The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21
FROM TRACK AND RING
BY HUGH E. KEOUGH.

man that he accidentally had met con-
Hdence man and wanted to hand MN
over to justice. The amateur detective
and the harnessed officer waited in the
lobby until the show was over ana
then, as the crowd was pouring out, MT
LuCus pointed out Chamberlain and his
friend. Chamberlain took it as a joke
and gOoL naturally accompanied the po-
liceman to the station. where he was
booked on the blanket charge OF being
a dangerous and suspicious character.
No explanation went, and it was long
after midnight before any responsible
person could be convinced that ne
was all right. Then he was sprung.
He appeared before the Judge the next
morning and Mr. Lucus was called as the
principal witness Mr.. Lucus had not
changed his mind over night. and he and
the policeman. who plumed himself on
having made an important arrest, Were
inclined to make the case a good one.
What reason, Mr.. LUcus," asked the
judge sOlemnly, had you for suspecting
this man of being confidence man?''
We'll, in the first place." answered
Mr.. Lucus, The would not allow me to
spend a cent, but insisted on doing all
the entertaining. I never was so royalty
entertained by an entire stranger in my
life. and 1 naturally had my suspicious.
When this man here pointing. to Do
herty) greeted him according to the
formula observed by confidence men;
it my duty to hand him over to the
police"
Mr.. Chamberlain was dismissed with a
warning th2- the next time he did not
allow casual acquaintance to hold up
his end neither money nor pedigree could
save him from the rockpile.
Bill Waldo being son Of Dave and a
brother to Jed, was bred right to be a
jockey, but that let him out He never
performed up to his pedigree. An arrant
coward on horseback. he was as brave
as lion when brought before the track
/ nth RI IN Vy6
1t was at Harlem. where l was the eff
! ficient and painstaking elbow judge, that
/ Bill had the mount on horse that APP
/ peared to have a good chance, despite
that handicap. Bill administered to the
/ animal one of his characteristic rides,
/ and no sooner had he made his weight
| than he popped up into the JUICES stand
| to present his alibi and lodge an objec-
/ ton
Judges" he exclaimed pantingly,
/ what that fellow on that trick of Mil
/ lers did to me was a plenty
We'll, what did he do asked Colonel
/ Hamilton.
What did he do? Why. he did every
! thing except throw me over the fence.
/ He damned me against the fence, and
had to pull up to keep from going down
| Why, didn't you see it?'' The boy APP
| peared to be fairly astonished-
/ confess I didn't" said the judge
| where did all this take placer"
Right w there, around the three
eighths pole" said Bill.
As that was part of the territory over
which I was supposed to cast an eagle
eye. I was called into consultation.
testified to the best of my knowledge and
belief that at that particular stage OF
the proceedings that fellow thai
trick of Millers could not have touched
WaIdo's mount with a fishing rod"
| Bill glared at me accusingly while
was talking. When I was through hi:
lip cured contemDtuously and he said
well. all I've got to say is that if yoJ
didn't see that you must have been il
WIN it"