The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

fishing their right TO participate in the
councils of the sporting fraternity, and
the Trial Horse got by
He made his way intuitivey to the
| faro table and called for d color. can
play If anybody elses got the same KIND
| of chips as me-" he told Lorenzo. and
Lorenzo said that was just the way 1t
! was with him when he used to go against
, it from in front. The Trial Horse ran
the $40 up to $780, and paused to take
, breath which in case meant to take
| while at the decanter on the sideboard
| and new perfeeto and a sandwich
As he attended to his creature wants
| MCCARTHY talked socially with Lorenzo.
(which is the Boss?" he asked.
WHO, Granaday?' asked Lorenzo, in
turn.
Yes" said the Chicagoan.
Hes down at the track" said Lorenzo.
"He don't usually go away from shop,
but he's been complaining about not feel
ing any too clipper lately, and thought
! he'd take little outing. Then he wanted
to see just how they're throwing it into
the bool5ies. So he put his clerk, Fin
| gers, in charge of the game here and
he breezed on down to the merry-go-
| round"
The Trial Eorse resumed his play. He
had been talking simply out of politeness.
thousand. He'd have something to
show to Red Lougnrey when they met
him for t. q eats. And in three deals
Lorenzo b. d the Trial Horse and McGar-
rlty was saying slip me a quarter, will
you, boz" and Lorenzo was saying,
Sure and the Pity was over for the
day. and Mccarthy was walking slowly
up the pike and trying to figure out how
he had lost his stack.
Louehrey didn't ask any questions, for
| he learned all he wanted to know from
the face of his sparring charge. 1t was
only when the Trial Horse, after the
third stein of beer, blurted out font of
condemnation that was unique even in
Sixth avenue that Loughrey said: WE'LL
why didn't you do what told you to
! dor"
| 1T amt that said Mccarthy, ANY
body can beat the bank Anybody that
knows how much three from four leaves
can beat the bank up to certain point.
There'il always be time when you're
ahead, and that's when to quit. bested
: that game for more than a century, and
! then was the time to blow l could have
/ lost a couple bets and then gone, but no,
! l got to wait till I'm all in. Gimme some
! more of that goulash. It's really eaty."
/ Loughrey said no more on that subject.
/ lie told the Trial Horse things looked all
! right for an engagement at the Fourflush
/ A. c., and for him to get into some sort
/ of condition Get good and proper look
! Ing, and I'll tout guy to bet the works
on you, and then you can lay down." he
! said and the Trial Horse promised and
meant it, for this was business, and he
was business man outside his predilec-
ton for the bank.
As they discussed the details many men
moved in and out of the eating house and
! in front of the long bar in the forward
end The Counselor. the cares of the day
+ over, stopped at their table and bought
a friendly round. The Trial Horse re-
garded him sourly. whats the matter2"
! asked the Counselor. whats the
! grouch?"
II don't wish you hard luck" said the
Ttie1 Horse, "only 1 wish you'd a
choked before you steered me against
that bank thing.
Lose out, did your" said the Counsel
lor, carelessly. well / tell you what you
/ do. Just go over to Mr.. Granaday and
! explain the circumstances to him, and
he'll give you back your money. He's
full of those tricks, and he's responsible
! for anything that comes OF in his dump.
That's him over at the table in the cor
! Ter, drinking wine with Harry Williams"
Mccarthy and Loughrey looked where
/ the handbook man Indicated, and were
| prepared to remember Granaday next
/ asked the Counsellor.
! mo, I don't want to meet him." said
| the Trial Horse, savagely. He might be
worse than the other guy. Come on, Red"
! He got up sulkily from the table. and he
. and his partner drew out into the tawdry
street. They brought UP at the Fourfiush
| A. c. and looked the place over, and
| talked bit with the manager about the
fight that had been arranged that the
Trial Horse was to figure in. But the
! fight never came off. A rival club man
! ager made some trouble for the Four
| fushers at the last minute, and just as it
looked as IL the Loughrey- MCCARTHY
! combination was due to gather, the blow
off came and they were out of 1t.
| And me in perfect training, too, said
| the Horse, disgustedly.
| .eWeil. you'll feel all the better for it,
( soothed Loughrey but Mccarthy Couldn't
see it at all. He said it was worse than
! Chi, where you could occasionally get an
! ace down. But here
..Shut up" said Loughrey. 9TH go out
| and win some money tomorrow. See II
| don't. 1 know a guy that trains for
! one of the big fellows, and he'll wise me
/ m Let's go down and see him tonight.
| The airll do us both good"
Where is he?" asked the Trial Horse
Hes living down at the Bay" said
|
pose there'u be more than 1000 people rid
| ing down in the same car"
Luke, the trainer, gave them cordial
! welcome, He was under obligations to
Loughrey, and he had them to the stables
! and to look at the best of the string.
Loughrey, as was his wont, paid lot
| of attention to everything in sight He
noted. for example, that one of the stables
! was vacant, that it had two entrances,
| and how the general scheme OF things
lay. He spoke to Luke about the vacant
stall 1--WE shipped some to Canada,
! said the trainer, land we're going to ship
more If they keep on acting the way they
| do down here"
s.fIow do you mean?' asked Loughrey.
| why, holding UP people and searching
/ 'em on the lawn and assaulting them gem
| orally" said the trainer 1T makes the
| game bad all around. There amt any
! body that's safe nowadays"
"Have they really been Selling folk and
| going through them?" asked Loughrey.
you bet your life they have said
Luke. "Come over here and look at
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