The Washington times., 1910-10-08

and the Jockey Club o. KID a ten-day
meet lust cause II was a fair Get
that? al right. new 20 look for tho
fair.
After yuh get tired Iookin' for the
eNnioltlon come over to me an I'll put
yuh hep. No. I'll save yuh the trouble
III put yTh wise now.
Some Exhibit.
Il guess the guys runnin' this show
want the farmers 20 specialize, cause
the farm products exhibit consists Q,
two pumpkins and one turnip. on the
level
Guess where they ere?
over on an old foap box in the
jockeys dressin' room. In the foist
place that dressin' room IS in the pad
dock. IN the second place it costs two
DIS eXtry TO get into the paddock. Do
yum Set me now. II yuh don't I'll give
yuh The summary.
This is al AGRICULTURAL fair. amt II?
Inc farmers ~ supposed 10 pay six bits
10 see Il. amt they? Veil. they pay
their six bits and that gets 'em 10 see
what:
Why. the ponies, and the chanst 20
leave some Of their harvest money with
the bOOkieS- If they want 10 see the
agricultural eXhbit-meaniug the two
pumpkins aud the Iurnip-they goes up
~ AAAC HoAuB[A R4lC anu GOlku6 W NhO
pits more. IL lay a 100 TO / right now
that they amt a farmer in SOuthron
Maryland that's seen this great agri-
cultural exhibition. l think there's a
couple o farm wagons and a rake or
Two over beyond the hill on the far
turn " hich Is supposed TO illustrate the
kind o vehicles that ought 70 be kent
On modern farm, but nobody sees EN-
/ amt got no kick comm cause they
amt notnln else on the grounds TO
keep the rubes away from the bettin'
ring.
Did I say rubes? That's a Joke. I
guess about fifty farmers hook CD and
come 10 the track 10 take a nfer on rhe
ponies. The rest is the guys from
w ashington VINO used to play EN- at
benhlnS, anu the other rest is the
crowd from Baltimore, who still has a
Gnanst 10 play the game AT PimlicO
Iheh there's our own crowd, and a fine
mess we are since that Hughes person
got through with US Here we are
plkln around at country fairs thar'd
MAKE Us an when the game was -four
ishln' IN New Yoik.
Maxim book ain't what IL used to
De BACK nome We had some chanst.
We Won big and sometimes we lost
DIE put twas big coin with a capital
3 We didn't have tub wear binders
Tor fear hundred dollar note would
scare US tub death II twas flashed
on Us sudden like. Say. II ANYBODY
offered 10 bet me a hundred bones On
ten 10 one shot, I'd rub and put ID
even money so quick the bettif' sruv
woulda thought his eyesight was
fierce.
Some Pikers.
rhine chanst We have o.. Iere in
this two by eight burgh. We're lucky
If we can break even on the horses
that have a chanst 10 cop the money.
Our pickins is the pfkers. and the
pickins amt so big at that. II we
eat an extry big dinner at night and
dow ourselves - a cold bottle it's
cause the DclI-LoEs and walters in
washington and Baltimore had a good
day and come down 10 play the long
shots We get their coin in ones and
tWos, but they amt enough OF them
Oettln 70 let MS get some Of our dia-
monds out o hook
cash on one OF these thirty 10 one
shots III have to get a job windin'
bandaFes on the horses legs
Remember all the stuff we use tub
hear ABOUT the king o. sports: renem-
Der the good old days when We Ust tub
hear the crowd roar They're orr and
then hear a Tunnin' line Of talk every
step OF the mile Do you hear any o.
mat now Not SOS II hurts your ear
drums. Down here we get a couple a.
thousand people who's gamblinl They
shove up tneir coin, go out an look AZ
the race with as much enthusiasm as a
clam and come back 10 cash or to plav
a long shot 70 get even on what thew
lost in the other races.
Take u from me, as an aEricuit1raI
show this is juicy lemon. AS a gam
bin AFFAIR it's a pikers' game. The
puDIlc's welcome 20 all ii gets"