The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
THE ARREST OF
Mr.. GRANADAY
How Two Gamblers Landed
the Coin
AZ TER HARD LUCK RUN
Racy Events In the lllustrious Career
Of the Gamest Sport on the
Pike-Story of Trial
Horse.
AT TER HARD LUCK RUN


clubs as more encouraging than the Cook
County situation. The Trial Horse in the
good times could roll up a bundle of kale
that you couldn't carry if you had arms
as often as a centipede, but whenever he
did harness up wad he went through 1t
like the Empire State Express through a
tunnel
Mr. McGarrity's ostensibe profession
was that of trial horse to pugilsts with
championship ambitions. If they licked
him they got line on their class, II
they didn't lick him they lost their back
Ing Mccarthy didn't care much, either
way. He was tough His regular and
lucrative occupation consisted In posing as
Colonel Jacks Unknown or General Jim's
Mystery in the great fake-fight syndi-
cate bouts which were pulled off in pri-
vate for the benefit of one come-on, and
from which the gross profits were not in
frequently as high as $4,000. He would
be touted by Red Loughrey and after
the mark had set in a stack of yellows
on the Trial Horse, Mccarthy would
throw fit, bite on pigeon bladder hlled
with blood-colored liquid, and the club
doctor would order him out of the ring
But you can't pull one of these pleas
antries every day in the week, and the
supply of suckers from Sandusky, where
all the boobs originally hail from, can't
hold out indefinitely. When the game
began to drag Loughrey had caught the
rattler for the Grand Central, and the
Trial Horse had fingered on in Chi IN
hopes that something would turn up.
Which it didn't, and when Loughrey
wrote that fighting gentleman with
not too troublesome sense of conscien-
tiousness might pick up a few iron men
around the New York clubs, MCCARTHY
invested the last of his bolt of scratch
in ticket for the big town. He didn't
know New York, for he had operated
usually in Chicago, Denver and further
west, but he knew men pretty well, and
: he figured If New York was filling up
with a boxing club on every corner the
same as the saloons used to be, il ought
not to be a very hard task for a brainy
citizen like himself to get his bit.
"And I got to get it quick bo, he told
Mr.. Loughrey, as they sat in the back
room of the Hotel Champagne on Sixth
avenue, and took note of the celebrities
of their world as they passed in review
before the bar.
well, we'll make the start right here,
said Red, as the Counselor hove over to
the table and asked If anything was
wanted on the fourth.
whats the price Pins and Needless"
asked Loughrey of the handbook man.
You know / don't get no prices, pal"
said the Counselor, in a tone of remon-
STRANGE.
How you expect me to tell what size
wad l need to send in If | don't know
the odds?" asked Loughrey.
II don't" said the counselor, shortly.
'Say, do you want anythlng?'
''Give me 500 in Pins and Needles
straight" said Loughrey. How do you
pay off?''
'Closing paper prices said the coun-
selor THAT the way you want it?'
mo-" said Loughrey. Il want highest
paper prices"
They all laughed Guess you better
beat 1t over to Granaday's," suggested
the man with the handbook. Hes the
sort of liberal guy you're looking for
who's Granaday?' asked the Trial
Horse.
The Counselor looked him over Curl
ously He started to sheer, but the thick
arm of Mr.. Mccarthy gave him pause.
where you from?' he asked. Every
body knows Granaday."
''Well, | don't know him.. said the
Trial Horse, petulantly. Don't you like
1t because | don't know him?'
II don't care whether you know him or
not" said the Counselor, carelessly.
Hes got a swell game, that guy has,
You ought to see his place"
Got a bank there?" asked McGar-
rity, eagerly. That was now MS
usually went.
Sure said the counselor. and a
wheel and a KlondilSe and all the fixings
including of the wad. l DON'T see how one
man can carry 1t around, honest | don't.
Don't want any more on this race, do
your"
mo MORE" said Loughrey. I'm stand
pat on the double x.
He and the Trial Horse breezed over
to the lunch counter, where they played
the cold collation. off the boards. Starting
in at the brown cheese, they were off like
a team, and they made the spring onion
post together. At the olive turn the Trial
Horse was leading by mouthful, and
finally won by fork at the spaghetti
bowl, which marked the finish.
About this time, also, the finish OF the
race came in, and the counselor handed
Loughrey back his twenty and eighty be-
Sides adding that it wouldn't have hap
pened if the second horse had had boy
on him that could ride velocipede. Il
don't care nothing about that" said Mr.
Loughrey "All I want to know is that
Pins and Needles got first past the post
Lets go over to this Granaday's," sug-
gested the Trial Horse
What for?" asked Loughrey.
ooh, just to look around bit, and get
acquainted" said Mccarthy.
you want to wallow all over that
faro layout, you swine," decided
Loughrey. "You amt never happy I'M
less you're broke. Now, 1 want you to
can that stuff You've just broke into
fast company here, and you want to be
good I'm going Ito get match for
YOU at TIE Fourflush A. c., and If you
keep your eyes open you can see some
thing"
"Tnatli TO all right" said the Trial
Horse "But set to have some money
right away"
"All right" said Loughrey. Here"
He turned over $40 to TIE pug. That's
half the win And that's all you get,
no matter what breaks. If you want to
take 1t over and give 1t to this guy the
Counselor was talking about, go on
ahead and do it. You're 81 years old,
reckon. But after you've bowed 1t
don't come around asking me to stake
you again. l got to work too hard for
my money to keep you in chips to go
against the bank"
Gimme the money" said the Trial
Horse. "I'l1 meet you here tonight and
Eat" gasped Loughrey. Why,
you're lined to the chin now with The
food thing"
Meet you tonight" said the Trial
Horse again, and went out to take
chances on getting admission to the
place the Counselor had given him tho
address of. 1t wasn't very hard Gentle
men of Mr.. Garrity's appearance and