The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
DOG COST CoNSDNE $4,000
IF he HADN'T STOPPED TO HELP
HIM HE'D HAVE MADE A BET.

I0ny feeftb Tcfr1ef Neeuou AStentiOn
Just When Considlne Was waiting
for the . to I which He Was surf
He Could Get ON King James.
Col Al Simmons Of the Lehigh VALLEY
Railroad and Ed Rosenbaum. the theat'
rical manager. walked into the new
Metropole. the Union cafe, just across
the street from the Metropolitan Opera
House, yesterday afternoon and In.
quired IL George Considine wal around.
Hes in the back ROOM said jim
Hawkes., the veteran waiter, swaitn
for the top price on the Metropolitan
tn boss has got q feedbox tip right from
Johnny Madden and we're goin' to clear
up
what dye like in the big race. George''
asked Col. Simmons. @Fayette ought
TO come romping home 1t strikes me-
King James, said Mr.. Considint
firmly. Nothing to it but the Piaudit
colt. He likes the distance. the going
Is just right for him and he's got a boy
up that has some sense in his bean. He'i
a lead pipe. copper riveted. brass bounc
cinoh.
y got the last word from Madden last
night Mr.. Considine continued. 'Yot
can bet the missus's earrings on my colt.
said Madden. and when he puts II thai
strong why there's nothin' to 1t but ths
osshin' in
Opening prices on the Metropolitan
just come in, boss said Jim Hawkes.
sticking his head through the swing doors
They're laying 8 to s the James birdie
with 8 to s place. Do you care for it?'
'NiI.' said Considine scornfully. "Tht
price'n 60 up. Just as o o as the public
begins making think bets or Fayette and
Half Sovereign and some o Of thoss
~dachshunds and trying to win u 9
Walderf-Astoia on a free lunch invest.
ment King james will go up
'What're you betting?' inquired Col.
Simmons.
We made a little pool" said George
Considine, Johnny. Eddie Burke and my
self putting up 1900 for a splash at this
King James thing. It's 30 easy that it
hooks like robbing the poor. The moneys
up and I'm just waiting for the top price
to give the word
Nine to s, now, boss said Jim Hawkes.
at AIS O'Clock. Shall l give the Officer"
Two to l for mine.' replied Considine.
Tony Pearl and his partner, Bob Yosoo,
a vaudeville act, came into the back room
carrying a small and whining bull terrier.
Tony Pearl waAthe last man out Of the old
Metropole. When the ~auctioneer arrived
there to sell OF the furniture Mr.. Pearl
was still in bed but he awoke in time to
his bed from a boarding house keeper
who coveted 1t. When she bid S. Tony
Pearl made 1t S2.75, then rolled over and
finished his sleep.
What's the trouble with the dogi' said
Considine.
Sent him to a veterinary said Mr..
Pearl angfily, -and l wish you'd pipe
what he done TO them ears. Just mangled
EN-, that's all; They'll look like cauli-
flower sprouts.'
Bring him here" said Considine, -Im
get me some cement and a piece Of PASTE
board
The waiter brought a side Of paste
board box from which Considipe scis-
sored two small t~rianeles. each about
inches long. With the cement he
fixed the bits OF pasteboard base down
to the clipped ears Of the terrier.
hhc tAdAtuuk a NuAo VI . UOWGT-
ing plant said Mr. Considine as his
fingers worked busily. The ~pasteboard
will train those ears to stand stifly erect
and Il won't give any pain to the little
dog. I did the same to my g, 500 prize
winner. the one Billy Pinkerton brought
me from Paris
again and called out. but Mr.. Considine
paid no attention. He was too busy
with the little dog. The terrier had
whining n was wagging his
screw tail pleasurably.
ITS a shame the way some people
treat dogs" Considine went on. cutting
their cara and bobbing their tails. Never
buy a dog whose tail has been cut of.
It's pretty nearly a sure sign that the
dog has a streak OF bad breeding in him.
tail Is where the mutt comes out
and that's why shrewd dog sell
ers make a fashion Of bobbing. They
car. make a bad dog look all right
There was a sudden commotion out
Of fest to the telephone. where somebody
getting the returns.
They're of!' cried q voice.
Mr., Considine dropped the terrier
And ! haven't got my bet DOWN. he
Through the swing doors came a de-
WV ~ 'sh0 low oIti oNcI VIC
phone.
.Nimbus at the quarter" a husky voice
shouted, by a head! King James second,
by half a Zenith; Mary Davis third!'
There's nothing to It, / tell you!' ex-
claimed Considine. .I've burned up $4,000
monkeying with a pups earsl Can you
beat itt~
1Nimbus al the half!' cried the an
nouncer in q dead silence. king James
second, by half q ZENITH; Mary Davis
third! At the three-quarters, King James
BY half 2 ZENITH. Fayette second, by a
Zenith, Eimbus thirdl'
@There, I told you said Considine,
both hands. sits King James
.uckiumping. cakewalking. waltzing.
You Tony Pearl. take that dog out Of here
do something to the both OF you!'
And the winner!' came from the tele-
phone. For q few seconds there was dead
quiet. 1t was broken by the call Of the
man at the phone:
King James wins, all alonei Fayette
Juggler thirdl'
what will Johnny Considine and Burke
say when they come back from the ball
game and find that l passed up 1000 iron |
men to patch up q bull terrier ear9-
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