Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17
WHY HE DID NOT WIN

Inc man with tht aottesf-tip-o -the-s
winter-straight-ff0 he track Was 50 busy
one day while ago that for fully four
hours he was a Keen aff1ictton to his friends
Hs hal Tho e,ne al, ,,gbt ana he knew ii.
:, -, :. -,r,a,r i,
ne got the WIRE along toward ~ sioeA ~
the morning, for 1t had neen niea IN NeW
Orleans as night message
The Notwithstanding was from a Wash.
snstor man y.rn baa ropa down 70 New
$3.50 ~ 800 ~ M 49, -.
orieahs re" uass peiofe Jlsse " no
little spin and look EN- over
Before leaving he had, at tne solicitation
of this marty ~ the second part who bur-
ao,.a ,,is tria.,as eo,. a eons,aarahle uort,on
$500 .s :. .S..u, ~ : =. =. 49,,
OF working day. PROMISED .Ha', =. -
pened to run slap into anything that iooNeu
mighty good to him at either track while
In New orieans he'd clip it along
,rh;a ~, ,,a,,t =, Nam orleans was
Ais mas WY "en. ~ ~" :, 49,,
known TO De q smart cnap IA respee. " ~
morse business mats the reason y,
party OF the SECOND palt Was so .a that
begging MN 10 senu up ie.e ans t..inS ne -
s'.ach nun as aooh.ns pa 49,. -, any.Siny
AMI ,eiiieiiips', - ! oon - 80 ~, =,
that looks particularly rishe vine ~
gown there. said me man VINO ~, %an .,, ~
view orleans, u. not soshs 70 "as ~. 80 ..r
ana eueet putuhs |. on .ns as..,n,,
aunnlns nee.y puia 49, ,n 1,,,r,.,,g get,
as how It's appIoaenihg me pu. . n,,.s ,ne.
away period, ana II 'iaro 70 eee nse on" ~
.tt.y,-
go as say, II ! don aug up SUITS ms 's.. ms
that looks IKE coin IN the Kick. = sa ~
telegraph Tolls even ulieo .ns ~, ~ let
.equareu IVY niss ~. oilG nS bis Fam
n.a " ho'e pay" "A A'i AA's" ~
ny. Of
ms SOUNDED pretty gooa 10 .ne paa = s y.
tne secohu palt. re was 'uss 1 10 w. go 30
Tue nse ohe s az h any y;. nna i os Sattins
quem.S H1u 'me orte.r 49,, ~ sniana
niohey VI Wy saiie.S ni w, 49, "a
Wluns ooNn On "irea ,ninss LIN fsst
snoweu theniseYes unapIe ~ 80
snoush 10 get up even iioue"'e pe'
pna.on. e.o ,,s
6ut: as Jay succeeueu oaS after i.is
I.isnu oepaI LUZ ION Nv " ioa, 80
no Sooo thing Game spaFkins Osei Wy
soutnerh wire. ne began 10 give nus apsei IN
1rieho up anu 10 coHcluue tnat tne .,ah ~
Asew o1leans nto aooot eohs LIN ny ..1S ~.
after TWO OF three DAYS OF ngntlhs the osa
game ana was prooapiy making ms way
BACK 70 washington on tHe eruckoeams oi
something OK thht sort.
hut !ust as ms Despair OF settlnS any
KIND OF WORD. prontapie or unproHtape,
iro.l we" dreams was ut us ape~, lhe
tooheo-1of teiegram came aiong. II came.
700. on pay-uay morning. Whlcn mace II
AovA an Tug mere .ofeiy anu pIacticapie,
Put Mheh inc reelpient opened " aus Jaw
zen. Inc Up looked IKE shoo'ms Win
pop9un at the planet saturn
sea voyage Is an the candy today, tne
message ran. It's IN, Get aown straight
only. IeH the punch
Inc man VINO received the wire pulled
open the oesk IN winch ne Kept MS care
Iui,y coiiated coiiectlon or dope sheets
ana went over Sea VOYAGES winter record
II was dlsmal-looking record for the
most part but gong away oack TO the
early part OF the New Orleans meeting he
round that Sea voyage had nailed race In
the mud Inc track on the day the mes
sage was received was muddy. The man
with the night message started out to I'M
Iold MS tip to the bunch. Before getting
through expauating eloQuently upon the
GOOD thing he had about come to believe
that the tip wasn't joke himself. and he
meant 70 paste at least sSo OF his pay day
com on II.
He never knew there was so much skepti-
cism in the world however, as ne found to
exist IN the bosoms of his friends. 1.-The
punch. when he opened the telegram for
them to look at and started in with his
story of how he'd got 1t and how especially
significant 1t was in view Of the caution OF
the man who sent it.
I'm not getting EN- from him every day.
fellers. he would say to each of them
This is the first one he's sent me, and you
know what wise dub he is about the
ponies. Before he went away he told me
he'd send me Just the one habesxy and
here 1t Is The horse is a mutt. of co,rsaN
I know that myself. Here's tho dona IN
him. and he looks like a niece ne Cav
ernbert on what he's been doing for n,onths
past But you all know what an aU-rtpbt
Teller 1t Is that's sent me this tin and I'm
going to break off the biggest hunk of
on,
you don't take Uttie niaca ~ !, ~.
you'IP'-and SO on and an. On u,t,h m y.
| the eloouencs OF which he was oa,eh,a
But thew all gave hin, the 1o,,, a,,r.h,
laugh. They kneur all ~. .,,n 1u'in.las
things. Most Of 'en, b.a So r saas soou
''picks, of one or ntbar oP ~. psas ing III
tipsters IN tba winter r,aa.,,,n toi
were conseouan+Iyr IN . 60 % tiiu my
sitiveness when ~. ,.rd 60. h aeate sen sen
mentIoned in th.i, b,. mgru up WAS even
n was n,oinal. t ms
ha had i, tt<, Lt5, IA .lie aitefhoon before
tba ro,rd - 80. t, u nus spirit, made
of .sIi11irs +r nc ot .t loF me purpose
sh, fse .ieit Tue sood sea voyage
tanLiad oc,,f9 az e.a nan VI al those whom he
bis u.nr,l e9 sa, IT, ana ne had all of
IIa 80 % iU ~ ms tatile-
~ up WIZ. Sulldty ana divers re-
o.nioo ,t,'at dough, heaas and pig-conks at
the r,,.r,'s aHa iep1iied 10 telephone for
Sis rea1 % LING up the number of
saH he I'D .a lla nupook man ana getting the
Son -, .sau 20 aeiue ior TIE Sood thlng-
r. u. I'LL Ai' a. eouid get no response to
ropehtso I 1l OF the familiar handbook
hta me man with the good thing in
sto poehet TAXED IL over With the cigar
80 ii n anu iouhu OUT Tor the nrst time
IN tt,t... p9siniling JUST that morning, the
t tni men hao given up the use of the
.easpnoAe IN lheir under-covev trade. and
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