The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05

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ring, where the entire progress of a race
round the famous blur turn could be
made out.
Those in the north end of the stand
could not See the horses for fully fifty
yards or more as they rounded the club
house blum and made the turn into the
south field, the abrupt turn causing count
less accidents In the twenty-eight years
history of the track So many of them
proved fatal that the bluff twist was
named "gory" turn. But from where the
| three of US sat in the lower end Of the
stand every move Of the jockeys and
| horses could be seen.
The Get Away
The track had been partially recon-
structed and heightened from a mile to
mile and furlong. two new 'chutes'
put in, etc And as the race in question
was a mile and furlong the start was
made directly in front Of the grand stand
True to his programme laid out Mccarthy
got away In the front division with Ori-
famine and laying in front of Biggonet
along another horse, the mare was not
only in pocket from the outset but get
ting the mud from both the others in
| heavy doses.
BY the time the bluff turn was reached
Mccarthy crossed over with Orinamme,
going from the outside of the track to
the inside rails, rounding the south field
Here Maynard had got Biggonet out of
her pocket and close up to within length
of Orhamme, looking as If she could go
to him later But round the lower turn
Orifamme still showed the way and the
way Bggonet was getting plastered'
was a caution. while, as for her jockey
Maynard. his face was so covered with
mud that his own mother would not have
known him.
Gamely the half-blnded mare and jockey
came down the home stretch hill IN close
pursuit of the flying gray leader. But the
| latter. with hardly fieels of mud on his
Jockeys slll1en Jacket or his own glossy
skin. always held her safe and won very
/ easyily at the finish.
Then Wvngardt said. We'll, boys. let's
go and cash" and as he got up he took
from his pocket the supposed $3.50 ticket.
! As he did so and looked at the ticket
/ Wyngardts face underwent transforma-
ton that would have made the late
! George /. Fox or any one Of his fellow
! facial artists turn green with envy his
/ eyes got as big as saucers and, waving
/ the ticket in his hand, he was off down
1 the stand steps, three at time, and we
after him. as best we could. To all our
calls for explanation Wyngardt turned
deaf ear, making bee line for the rear
| of Haughton's stand.
As our wagers on the winner were n l.
/ crate ones and would keep we both W =
| ed to see what was up, realizing tut
some mistake had been made in Wynn
gardts bet, whether for or against him
we would soon know. and as he was at
the head of the small line waiting behind
the Haughton stand.
Soon the call of "all right was heard,
and as Wyngardt made no protest we
were satisfied when he handed the cashier
his ticket that he had not got any the
worst of It." And when Haughton's
cashier handed him a number of bills Of
| which the top was a thousand dollar note
we knew then that Andy had quite The
best of IT. in some way or another.
Wyngardt Was Grinnlne.
Before coming to us Wyngardt grinnng
like "chessy' cat, started for Haughton,
who was standing on the front of his
box The bookmaker. who was nothing
If not philosophical was chatting pleas
antly with Charles Reed as If nothing
had occurred out of the usual routine.
And as far as he knew. up to Wyngardt 8
temperance nothing unusual had oc-
cured for his book had broken nearly
even to the race. and but for Wyngardt' $
| Orifamme bet would have been a good
winner
But as Wyngardt came up with: IT say.
1iauRntOn why III the Il ulu YOU lullfS
| meant to bet you $500 on Orhamme,
even If | did hand you five hundred dol
lar bill in mistake for a fifty?" Haugh-
toms whole demeanor changed
Turning to Reed he said: Listen to
this chump. Will you? He handed me a
five hundred dollar bill before the race,
when I had 10 to up against Orihamme,
and says; Put that on Orfamme
straight and now he comes and says he
] -, 81, IA
Reed that | will take $500 bet as quick
as a s. bet II it suits my book and in
this case | had not yet written ORR
fiammes name on my sheets when this
chap comes along, and now he asks me
why wasn't l a mind reader, don't you
know"
With grin Reed answered; Say.
George. this reminds me of the night I
was sitting i'm the St James when Jim
B. came up and asked me to stake him
to couple of hundred to play bank on
shares. Jim is pretty handy at bank. you
know, so | let him have the two CEN
turtles. The next day who should come
along but Jim with a roll of $4,000 that he
had won from my $500 loan.
LAS he handed me back $1,000" continued
Reed my 500 and my share of his $500
win, l asked him where he had played.
AT - West - street.. said he, and I
liked to have fallen off my chair For it
was my own house. Jim did not know
where my house was nor did he know
while there that I was Its hacker. and 7
had loaned him 5000 to heat myself out of
$1400. his share of the play. Jim wanted
me to take back the Sl400, but I let him
keep it. 1t was my fault in not telling
him to steer clear of - West - street"
BY this time Wyngardt had got over
their mutual excitement, and it was
the last race of the day. the two. accom-
panied by Reed, all of Haughtons clerks
and ourselves. adjourned to the Gold
room" at Wyngardts invitation, I am
not much on champagne myself, except
at meal time, so l left the party early.
At that time they were getting along so
fast that they were breaking the necks
off the bottles to open them more quickly.