Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-07

~ went over to New York to see the
1 \ running of the Futurity at Sleeps
head Bay met up with Fred Miller,
the Washington trainer of thoroughbreds.
Miller has been mixed u, considerably with
selling race wars at the various tracks dur
ing the past few years. and he told the
Washington bunch a story about a man
who got hold of horse in a bid-up with
out afterward remembering anything
about it.
I've become pretty well acquainted with
this man since the thing happened" said
Miller, and he's a pretty solid sort OF
chap He was never a regular at the race
tracks but played them only occasionally
by way of holiday.
"One day, during the Aqueduct meeting
last spring, he decided suddenly to visit the
track He came to this decision so sud
denly that he didn't have time to get any
luncheon for himself. and, by way OF com
pensation, he took q lot Of drinks on the
run. and additionally, on an empty stom-
ach while getting out to the track.
His stomach was out OF kNter-out VI
town as he afterward expressed it-and
an empty stomach wasn't meant 70 receive
hard LIQUOR anyway, and 30 Dy the tilitT M,
ne reached the track he was pretty wen
soused-so much So IN 1act; .nH. ", LII 81
he was there with the Navigation part Oh
II all right he afterward told me that ne
hadn't the faintest recollection o. solitary
thing that had occurred to him a1ter ne
passed through the track gaze tna1 ailei-
noon. -,
..In the second race he had hundred-dol-
lar bet down on one of the track Jokes
little gelding that had never been apie 10 se.
out of his own way: but the geldlng walked
home this day to the tune OF the nice 90 W
| that the chalkers had laid against MIN.
Nv friend with the subconscious pun on
was there all right when it came to coliect-
ing his winnings, and after getung the
money he drifted down to the rail by the
iudees' stand and saw that there was go
ing to be selling race sale. He telt pretty
soft toward the little gelding that mad won
him the 5000, he nudged around TO
where the sale was coming OH. -
THE geldng had been entered to De soio
for $500 but none of the. owner people
around the Aqueduct track cared 10 take
chance on getting the laugh by pidolng on
such a no-account seeming racing tool. so,
when the gelding was put up there was d
minutes dead silence MI:
-. Who is bidding this mighty TINS
gal-lorious specimen OF the thorouShpleo
tribe?' the auctioneer derisiveiy INQUIRED;
1.-The man with the souse on was, In the
meanwhile talking to himself.
"Ish a burned shame thash whash II
ish' he was saying to himself. 'Nicesh NJ
hawss like that, an ev'oody giVln nun "a
laugh Ish shame Amt soln shlah
fr it. LII hawss winsh me bankroll.
".All RI Then whasl. 1t up t me 90!
Wv bid fr III horsh thash ALL and so ne
swayed up to point where the auce, eer
could see him, raised his rignt 10. ehhsei
solemnly and said. I bid thoushan
"All ne needed to bid to get the horse was
$685. or S. more than the entered price
and the auctioneer hesisated over Knock
Ing the animal down to man so o .Snt by
edged up But the man Insisted that ms
thousand dollar offer was made on the level
and in good faith. and the geiding fell to
him. A trainer with whom he was acquant-
ed led the horse away to his shed ana oHer-
ed to look after him. The gelding. the new
owner found out. was entered for anotner
race on the following day. 80 he told the
trainer to run him right back on the next
day, and handed him $500 with which 10
bet on the gelding at any old price, no
matter how big or how little.
"srhink I'll shleep late tomorrow. ne
said to the trainer, AN 1 won't shee tn
racesh, but you run him an bet on MIN all
O. that five hundred, SHEEP
"At o'clock the next evening the man.
with scarcely any idea of what he had done
the day before. and absolutely no recoiiec-
ton of any of the incidents at the Aque-
duct race track, was poking around In his
bachelor nat, feeling pretty punk. but get
ting ready to go out. He hadn't been out
all OF that day. While he was moping
around for his bath robe, his nat bell tin
killed.. and the trainer to whom he had
pretty easy.
Why. hello there, mate said the man
who had been in bed with his head all day.
What fetches you along? Got something
good for tomorrow? 1 went out to the
track yesterday. and, like an ass. drank
lot of rot an empty stomach. and I've
been feeling like an abandoned birds nest
all day Sit down.
1.-The trainer looked him over with
laugh.
Say did you have anything left OF that
bundle when you reached home last nght?'
he asked the man.
What bundle?' was the quick inquiry of
the other. who was still in his bath robe.
he had won the gelding, without, how
ever. saying anything about the purchase
CT the horse.
1.-THE man in the bath robe picked up the
coat he had worn on the day before. frsked
it, and found about 81 800 more than he
could account for.
We'll. here's another little piece to add
to that said the trainer. and he tossed
rubber-banded bundle containing $500 at
the stunned man in the dressing gown.
Your winksy on that little gelding you
bought yesterday and handed over to me
to run for you today, you know explained
the trainer. He cops right over again to-
day at 10 to 1. and got the hull $500 down
on him straight at that price
49,, Say stop that daneeJiot drooline and
tell me what you're talking about the
man who'd been in the subconscious state
on the day before gasped. and then the
trainer put him next to the transaction-I
happened to be the trainer. by the way.
That little gelding is going to the races
yet, and getting his little piece OF the
change every once in a while, and I be-
neve his owner would match him against
the best thing Jim Keene's got at equal
weights and then stand a tap that he'd
hop to four miles,
lob T.