The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-19
fOUHS Who GOT IN WRONG
RACETRACK YARNS or TIPS
HANDED TO OWNERS.

10 Play His Own HOFse. Emperor Of
NorfOlk-Green u. MOrrIs's Winning on
Cunard mat . TIpster Helped AlOng.
AT the Bennings track in Washington
the other day a Washin gton tout-a pretty
green one. you1l be Saying-got the button
hole clutch Of John Madden and spent
Ave minutes trying to steer Madden on to
one Of his own two-year-olds, said a layer
who took In the Washington meeting.
The tout didn't know the smartest horse
man In the United States from a cake OF
soap. and he used up a lot Of breath trying
10 tell John what a cinch Madden's Requltal
ally Abandon was.
John let the tout talk. He wasn't busy
and the tout amused him. The tout told
him that he was such pals with John Madden
that Madden cried like a baby whenever
they had to be separated for fifteen min
utes or go. and a good deal more like that.
Then Algy Dangerield, the Jockey Club
secretary. swung along and addressed
Madden by name. and the tout, gasping
like 4 stranded doglsh, took il on the lope
for a shadowy corner Of the grounds. where
presumably he kicked himself some.
Some Of the biggest men in the racing
same have had these entertaining en-
counters with touts who didn't recognize
them. and / never met a turfman who
didn't get some fun out OF these incidents.
eday Lucky Baldwin hadhls pet. Emperor
Of Norfolk. in a race at Washington Park
Chicago. Lucky figured with so much
certainty that his great horse was In, as We
Say, that he had his commissioners in all
Of the big cities to get the coin down,
About an hour before the race the old
man strolled up 10 the bar fora little drink
He was tossing in the drink when Spinner
Latin, a well known Chicago tout Of his day.
ambled alongside. Spinner had been in a
hospital for several months, and the great
Lucky. who'd only been operating on the
Chicago tracks for a short time then, was q
new one on him.
Judge said Spinner to Lucky, I amt
no saminsky. but ! sure hate { see good
people like you look T. be let a wealthy
chancet grease by EN-
why said Lucky, looking as IL he was
pleased to be noticed by a person with q
pair Of field glasses slung over his shoulder
do you know something about this race?'
s'Do | know somet'in?' almost groaned
Spinner. Why. gram'pa. I'm back down.
town now, opcnin' wine on my winnin's.'
You don't tell me, eGcitedly exclaimed
Lucky. Well, | declare, You must have
some remarkable inf0rmation.'
'C'mover here painted Spinner. taking
Lucky by the hpel Of his frock coat and
ARa o tpn hin on m n Garner NJ the hnF
enclosure. Pop, you look right = me.
You look like class and like you'll stick tn
route. Lis'n & me and git sOmet'in' fr
yourself
Indeed | shall" put in Lucky, playing
II along because he enjoyed il.
Pop, went on Spinner, 'd'jevver hear
o. that CAV Of maverick that owns bout
half o. California ans got a mortgage on
tbs rest Of it' Lucky Baldwin, I'm spielin'
about
Seems 10 me like I've heard that name
somewhere or other said Lucky.
'Uh-huh. All right said Spinner, Well 9,
femme tell you sOmetin' gram'pa. II
they's anythin' foxier n deeper n coinier
racin' around these groun's than that
same OIL shorthorn Lucky Baldwin, then
IN lap up buttermilk fr the rest O. me
life and pertend T. like it,
'Is-er-is Mr.. Baldwin represented in
this racer inquired Lucky. pretending TO
be eager 70 arrive at the point.
'Is he represented in it, repeated Spinner
In a tone OF pity. Is tn SUN a-shinin'2
Pop, he's got a pup In this race thatll b.
lyin' down poundin' his ear in his box wen
Oh tn rest o. them woodchucks is roundin'
the far turn, His ones named Emp'ror o
Norfolk. The Emp'ror could win this II
he had the shingles, tn hoIsemaid's knee
an tn bubonic plague all az oncet. Go to
that one, gram pa -Emp'ror o Norfolk,
pipe tn name-there's all tn 3 4 / you
can eat-and II he don't come home with
tn carrots III snaR a job drivin' a truck
fr Marshall Field 4 Co. and start takin'
a business course at tn night school
81 really believe said Lucky TO Spinner,
who was brick red in the face by this time
from the JOY OF having nailed a like one.
that / shall follow your advice in this
matter. The betting ring seems 10 be
very much crowded to-day. though. Could
] AJAX you TO make the wager for me?'
Nav, / couldn't think Of dom it, said
Spinner, holding out his hand with a grin
for bucky's money,
Lucky pulled out a yellow roll the size
Of a prize squash and skinned OF one OF
the hundreds into Spinner's init. The
tout sailed into the ring and found a chalker
who was laying 10 TO / against the Emperor.
He bought a ticket reading $1,000 to 500
and vamped back to where Lucky was
waiting for him at the bar.
You hold the ticket, il you please.
Young man, said Lucky 10 Spinner when
the tout offered 10 pass him the ticket.
Il never have any luck holding tickets
myself
Then Lucky passed with the tout out
onto the lawn TO witness the race. The
horses we're on their way 10 the post. All
Of the friends OF Lucky marvelled to see
him walking around the lawn and conves-
ing chummily with one OF the best known
touts around the Chicago tracks.
Emperor Of Norfolk got away from the
post on his toes, and when he came down
10 the wire all alone az the finish be was
merely lolljng in his boys lap.
Awful poor. amt |, gram'pa" gloated
Apinner. 'Putrid. amt I? Didn't know a
ting about Lucky's ace in tn %cistern, did |,
OF nothin'? Waitn | 20 get tn kale on this
ticket-meet me at the bar, and the tout
dashed for the ring.
'"LucR wandered up the lawn and over
10 the bar, picking up excited friends as he
walked. BY the time Spinner got the
ticket cashed and reached the bar there
was something doing in the bar enclosure.
About forty Of LuCky's friends had formed
a Gordon around the old man, and they
we're dancing an lnjun ring-around-rosy
around him. The magnums we're stacked
up on the bar three deep, and the contents
Of the magnums were for anybody that
swung along with a thirs'.
What's the matter with old man Lucky?
Hes all right" the bunch Of dancers around
Baldwin we're bowling at ten second in
tervals.
Spinner, returning, saw this stuff and
halted. He stood at the entrance to the
bar for a minute or 80, trying TO grasp the
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