Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

get an even break on the plotzsky thing.
Finally he had SO many burrows plowed
in me that 1 simply had to take his play
on the chance of getting some of 1t back
from him. I doped it, of course, that his
run couldn't last always. and that when
he stopped picking 'em successfully TO- a
couple Of days running he'd go TO pieces
in jog, and then I'd pull back some OF
the thousands that he'd prled loose from
me.
Why, one day. when 1 went down to the
track in the train, the cub was decent
and yet impairment enough to ask me II
1 wanted his play any longer.
Because" be said, Il seem to be
grabbing you right along. and II you
rather have me slap it down somewhere
else I wish you'd skate through ana tell
me So.
Il don't want you ever to think of
handing me such belt as that" l told
him. Just you cling right along with
me. I want some, or all, OF 1t back.
Up to date 1 figure that you've stung
me for about $4,000, and I'd sure feel
all gummed up if you were to stop shovel-
ing it my way now and grab away what
ever little git-hunk chance may have.
So I've replied that he'd continue to
string along with me, seeing that that
was the way l viewed the matter. he
strung along with me all proper enough.
Six weeks later he had strung along
with me to the music almost of another
$4,000, and still there wasn't any signs OF
the thing drifting against HIM;
Not a chance on earth. either. TO nnd
out where he got his swell dope. He
appeared to have got on pretty chummy
terms with a number Of big trainers, one
especially who wasn't second to any
trainer in the United States. This train
err by the way, was on visiting terms at
my home. Every time he sent one to the
post for stake race the one-time newsy
from my neighborhood who was wallop-
ing me would load my sheet up on that
one for thousands, and he drew down on
these bets so often that 1t gave me the
lid-buZZ.
When the latter end Of August swung
around there was l. drifting with bum
rudder toward lee shore, ana 1t was
that ex-newsy whose continued patron
age I'd solicited who had made me the
Patsky. AS near as 1 could double-entry
it. he had me then for just notch more
than $4,000, and NE reduced to think
ing just about that time about having
to begin life all over again.
My sinking fund had all been yanked
out of the bank, and the final wallop
that that newsy piunger handed me, COM
bined with some other jars that swept
my way about the same time. frisked
my satehel to such an extent that l
wasn't any longer in shape to sit on the
edge o. my stool and handle the big
spinach without taking welcher's
chance, which wasn't my kind Of game.
Nothing, consequently. remained for
your lllllc ulcSSLtlc " do uul ~ III a. l
down from the high stool and see what
could do playing EN- from the ground.
did this with Il whole lot of assumed
bored airiness and badinage, telling the
gang that l was tired of sitting in a
cramped position during the runnting Of
the races, and wanted to move around the
ring and get the use of my props for a
change. When 1 stopped booking 1 bor-
rowed about $4,000 and started to see
what I could do with the dope pencil.
But I didn't have enough luck to keep
yannigan dog out of the poundmas-
ter's vehicle. I couldn't do anything
right Nothing ran correctly for me.
One evening when l got home-this
was about the middle of September-I was
down to a thousand-do note. I hadn't
said word to the spouse about the
way the game had been flocking for me
don't believe in this thing of worrying
women till the showdown minute ar
rives. But when j reached home that
evening with only the ten-century note
felt that it was about along to me
to let her know where where both Of
US. in fact-stood.
"Now, regard me minute. young fell
low" I said to her TRY not to make
any of those up-stage faces about 1t. But
I guess it's a case Of back to the old
farm, Jock, for us. They've got my
bank roll and my goat.
They've tied can on me, and I'm run
ming away from wallops that aren't meant
for me at all. I'm getting so used to that
stuff Oh. think we ought to be able to