Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
Riley Grammar, The Open Hearted

and the, two went to the track In
| Grannan's automobile.
THAT was the day when Grammar
put over his famous killing on lntr,l
sive. He got $1,000 down at 10 TO 1
for his conscientious friend without,
the latter knowing anything about IL.
On tho following morning Grammar
walked into the hotel where his friend
was aain breakfastng.
"'Comt 1t and ace IL rs all right
matcy.' said Riley tossing n yellow
bundle leside his friends plate. The
roll contained twenty $500 bills.
That's your bit OF the Intrusive thing.
and now IL YOU want to pay mo that
four thousand, why. so ahead and pay
your head on
Grammar hated TO be followed
around In the betting ring. in The ,iays
when he was doing his own betting.
by chaps eager to find on, what he
was playing. This sort OF thing even
tually became such nuisance 10 him
that he quit putting his money down
himself, employing shifting crews or
commissioners to do his betting when
he wasn't booking, but playing, them
from the ground. Ono afternoon at
Morris Park Grammar was executing
one of those little betting tricks.
known as making n price He rush
ed down the main bookmakcrs line
betting $500 at crack on the favor,
tic. -. N
THE weight OF his money forced
the prices up on the other contenders,
When the real horse that tic plunger
intended to get his big money down
on touched s TO / on the slates his
commissioners appeared AT all of the
big bookies' chairs simultaneously
and took that one for gobs. While
Grammar was Hiapping down the $500
bets on the one that he didn't mean
n motley gang Of pilkers followed
closely In his wake. They, OF course
didn't know the trick that was coming
on the name of the fnvorite they
rushed to get their small lets down.
Grammar didn't have much sympathy
with this tribe, but Just MS he was
turning away from the mob at the
last stool On the line he espied n
shabby poor devil with So bill tight
~ clntched In his mand. Something
in the keen, worried look In the
chaps eyes touched the plunger.
"'Well, he said. chopply facing
the misunderstanding chap with the
visible SO note, you've been treadiug
on my heels for half mile now-and
are you sure you have got the right
one ut that?'
well, replied the shabby chap. I'll
was trying 10 lls,en, Mfr. Grammar, be!
cause l haven't cashed bet In long
time. and they've got me down to my
last two bucks, and
Come over here. said Grammar,
taking the man by the arm and haul.
Ing him over TO ring stanchion. Are
you n gabber, or can you keep your
tongue between your teeth?'
THE de1ected-looking chap replied
that he didn't know anypody around
the track to talk to.
All right said Grammar. huryledly
SHINING a 500 I'LL from his .oli
Take this and get 1t down on Rolling
Boer for yourself-don't pinch ont
any of 1t. but get 1t down rs II stands
there's to l now. If you huBtle
and Grammar rushed oil to see that his
commissioners were attending to their
business Of eating up the price
against Rolling Boer.
THE. shabby-looking chap obeyed
the biggest bet of his life, with n
plnnger's money on n piunger's Sc
lection for his own profit. Rolling
Boer walked in. III bet that shabby.
looking chap had pleasant thought
or so of Riley Grammar when the
plunger cashed In at Rawhide the
other day"