The sun., 1908-04-26
had 4 SURE THING IN PARIS
EXILED TOUT PLUNGED on A
FRENCH SNAIL RACE.

slippers simmons Home Again Win story
Of the Ingratltude OF n. Henri Dubut
and the Loss Of Ills Bank Roll ThFOugh
an Application Of salt 70 the Racers
Slippers Simmons blew into tho pad
dock at Aqueduct at the opening and set
the racing universe In motion. He Yves an
unexpected windfall. He had wired from
Paris that all was we'll with the sport Of
kings over there and the railblrds made
books with small change that he would
stick where the going wasgood. But his
muciage was thin.
I'm straight from the boulevards, and
for good he said with emphasis. The
parleyvoos have got the Indians beat
mile on sign language, but they're sure
dippy on straight goods.
(which specification INCLUDES a former
friend OF mine named Dubust, whom !
picked up on the Roo Boullemash. He
was the goods. all right. an I've got no
protest coming; but the way he doped me
into plunging on a crooked snail race would
have turned Larry Summerfeld yellow
with envy. Game Tor the dream5
when picked NJ. Henri Dubust out OF a
hole dug in bis pockets by spades being
trumps at tho wrong time | thought ! had
unearthed a grateful recipient who would
put me wise TO certain uncertain PROPOSE
tions which come 10 the greenhorn from
old New Rochelle. Gratitudel II simply
oozed out OF his joints and into the at
mosphere like the fog on a damp night IN
the swamps beyond Sheepshead Bay.
As long as ! paid the oarfare and let
Harry work In his old transfer tickets he
was the man on the job and working over
time. He couldn't do enough for me
Then when / eased up on the bank he
eased up on the gratitude, and when he
found he couldn't do me for enough he
rang on and gave me the double oross.
'Eet ees one new-what you calf
sensation, tonight he says, as he ran
me down one evening. 'Eet COS ze grR-a-nd
excitement Of horseraoipg with 70 horses
left out he says Come wiz me and
will show 20 game and bring ze bemen-
dous roll he adds with grin.
well, he walked me down along the
Seine into an alley. Somewhere in the
alley we stopped in front OF a cafe, II
was Just a plain ginmill, but there was
something out Of the ordinary scheduled
to take place inside.
The crowd gave that away. There was
q mob Of sports, and they were all going
In AID none coming out, and the noise that
filtered through the door was the dlp Of a
foundry six weeks behind
on It's rush orders.
Now for ze sport Of sportsl' eIolaims
Henri, ducking into the oaf6 and pulling
me into a back room with the mob.
True as live, the room WASH I big enough
10 hold Teddy'S AnAnias Club, vet there
seemed TO be enough people In II TO fill the
Along the sides we're rows
Of benches rising behind one another almost
10 the ceiling. and all filed,
AT the far end was a space clear Of fur
niture and packed with a mass OF crazy
parleyyoos yelling bloody murder at a
pair Of little men In white vests who we're
seated behind a railing filling doPe sheets
with ink
What's the gamer ] asked. kiving
poolroom I'm Of, because don't like your
brand Of telegraph operators. I've been
punoture1 by that particular kind Of honey
bee before, | says And had.
Cannot you comprehend ze spectaole?
replied NJ, Dubust, eying me Indignantly.
Eet eeS Ze race meet. Ze populaoe zey
are in 20 betting ring who have 20 money.
Ze remainder have occupy ze benches
what you callf-ze grand stand. Eet
res re gra-a-nd race meet. and In re centre
Of 20 building Is re race course
i didn't have a microscope with me so | |
squinted carefully down the room. Then |
turned pale and leaned against Henri |
Tor support. You couldn't blame me-
'In the spotlight OF an arc lamp hung |
lbove the middle OF tho room was a billiard |
liable, and on this billiard IA bic was whole !
racing establishment no less Along the |
middle Of the table ran track marked on |
with little wooden fences about an inch |
ligh-a track about six feet long, a foot |
vide and straightaway And at the bar |
-ier were six entries for the first event, |
ined up and waiting for the signal.
And the entries we're sns sils-ordnar |
Zarden snails, each with little white shell |
IN its back, and horns, with eyes on tho |
,nds Of the horns which eyed the barrier |
ntelliRently. They were the booded aris-
ooraCy OF tho snail turf all right.
At least they all looked good 10 me |
Except the smallest snail, which seemed |
N color and outcassed generally. There |
vas a number 0 on his shell, and / wouldn't |
ave backed him myself in a race against |
I've entries OF Little Neck clans.
Are you game TO play Seek wiz 20 tre-
nendous bank roll at 10 TO 1 TO wing asked |
)ubust, while looked over the field.
81 am mott! | nys shortly
you sren says Harry, slappng me on |
he back You could not help eet. have
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