Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

us lTleiluS, us tney COLL man who
ioverdoes the loanlng thing. but ne
WAS sure-enough liberal toward men
whom he liked and who fell into hard.
luck streaks,'' said turfman who
was close TO the plunger who died ut
Rawhlde, New. the other day. says
the Washington Star "Of course. [
am speaking now of the days when
Riley was there with the bells on.
Along in his latter years he adm
have much to be liberal with. But
when he had 1t he didn't know how
10 turn away from n friend who really
was down on his luck
"Back In lSa7-Grannan's biggest
year-a friend of his had horse In
the Brooklyn handicap. which was
woa by Ornament. The friends horse
was mortgaged. together with the few
remaining horses In ths string IT..
owner believed his good horse had n
chance to win the Brooklyn. ana evarv
dollar he owned In the wor,d-only n
few thonsands-was up on the horse
In the future books. Not only that !,
but the owner stood to lose the hors.
and all the rest OF the horses Df his
string If the race wen, elsewhere,
which, of course. II did.
We'll. Riley Grammar knew all
about this business. but the man in
the hole didn't know that tho plungor
knew It, The two men happened to
( watch the race from spot where
they were close together in the IN,
field. Riley had one OF his bumper
bets On Ornament. the winner. As
the field swept into the stretcl, Ornn-
ment at that point wrestling tho lead
from Sly Fox and sailing along with
mighty strides. the plunger put his
field glasses back into their case. He,
knew that the race would be Ornu-
ments by the way that lie was going
His glance fell upon the countenanca
OF his hardhit friend. The man's fnre
was twitching, although he wasn't
saying word.
Where's your horse. pal?' the
plunger asked the man VINO had s,s,.-
ei his everything upon his horses
chance.
THE colt was among the tail.-na.
ers.
nowhere Riley" replied the
owner. and he started to walk away.
Then he turned back with n sort II n
chalky grin. And he isn't my no, so
now. either he added I dun lose
him. 'r'''s
Riley beckoned his frieni hack
with nod, and the man returned TO
where the plunger stood
"'All in, old man.? Grammar ackcd
him in low tone.
GAN except n little hahnrdashery
] bought yesterday replied the man
who had stood for the blow.
"'IIorses in hock?
Ito their chin. straps
Loot time 10 take bite ~ dinner
| nan asked his friend, and the latter
nodded.
when the days racing was over
the two men drove over 10 Manhattan
Beach The plnnger took up the
mortgage on the horses OF his down.
andout friend and slipped him $4,000
besides. All of that money was To.
paid within six months. but when he
held out the helping hand Grammar,
am sure. was not thinking of when.
IL ever, the loan was going to be made
good.
HE did not like to he 'toucned' on
the track. although he never was
known to turn the TOUGHER down n
the man was one of his friends. EeI
particularly abominated having a man
ibegin u long story about why he need.
ed the coin.
"'Riley, friend once said to hin.
rushing UP to the plunger on the
Gravesend lawn, zone of LitchteIi-
STEMS men just told me that I'm a
thousand to the lad In Licntenstein's
Hook from yesterday. although I'd for
gotten all about 1t. and l didn't fetch
the stuff down with me, and Fee"
".For heavens sake, why can't you
bite all that and just say you want
1.-THE thousand?' broke out Grammar
and he passed his explaining friend
the money.
"Grannan's objection to being
touched on the track was due more
to the fact that such incidents dis
tracted his attention from the bust,
ness In hand--the racing itself-than
| from any unwillingness to give up.
He lost less through lending money.
iperhaps, then any of the big moneyed
linen around the tracks. The touch
ers's had too keen an appreciation OF
the value OF the friendship OF so open
handed man as Riley Grammar 10
| take chances on losing It,
zone forenoon six or seven years
ago, during the summer racing, Gran
nan met betting friend, now very
prosperous man, at one of the Broad.
way hotels The friend was taking
breakfast and when he saw the plum
ger he looked chagrined. Grammar
walked over 10 his table with cor
| dial greeting.
"'Jim.' said the plunger. what ails
you, anyhow? | haven't seen you at
i Tho track for long snell-ten dnYs or