The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

in 7.2S. and "a the track waa heavy. with
the turns pretty aat. wO thought he was
cherry ripe. About this time there we're
signs ~ improvement In the enemy's
camp and I caught him q mile In 2:tO
He wasn't rolling m much and ! thought
] iathOmed the reason when ! caught
the CLEAN of toe weights
The race bad been set for o'clock
on SATURDAY. afternoon. and Il was pretty
we'll known un and down the river that
hwas o. ~ that the hOtela were pretty
well crowded with visitors from Natche1
and other points. Hhsre were probably
2.OnO persons a. the fair grounds by an
o'clOc,y when the horses were brought
out. Earh had had Nome rnurinE work
that morning. and a brisk mile In 100
now A. the perspiration flowing freely
Our siNRl had done all his own work up
10 nstw. hut on this occasion he had a
hoy who had charge of his blankets.
h'lck,., sponge and traps. and among
the latter was a mysterious looking pole
about seven feet long the like 81 which
] had never seen hefOre.
when W. scored down for the first
heat could hardly hold nv horse bark
90 his. and when tho starter shouted CO.
I stepped right ~ and won all the wav.
jogging home a dozen lengths IN the
good In 2.3S We had agreed IN waive
distance. and I was sorry that had when
on looking over my shoulder ] saw NV
rival doing one Of the JIMMY jump up
breaks
when We turned around and logged
hack % cool out continued the livery
stable man. I almost fell out 81 the suikv,
for. looking me square in the eve. the tel-
low saws I'D have won that heat " NV
horse didn't Jump a shadow a. the quar-
ter pole was ~ astOnished that
could hardly speak. hut ! finally asked
-arca-ticallv u he would like IN hot some
thing that ~ could win the next heat.
Sure he would 1--WE hundred br a thousand,
and I couldn't get the money too quick
On suit him
Then something funny happened when
the hell rang for the second heat. That
long stick which had noticed was
fastened 10 the saddle pad. and the sharp
pOAt Of II was buCklsd tightly into the
biz Of the bride. The horses head was
az least six inches higher than usual
and when h. logged IN the stretch he
made me rub my ewes In aulAzement,
/ Ne was a. smooth a. vaseline. When
/ We turned and came down for the word
my horse was on his toas, hut though
We were moving At a twenty clip the
D NHANNFT NNHssfA III lMNNllNH N'NA w"
pole. and all that saw of the leader
after that wac portions ~ red whislSer
] REUSED my charge with the whip, hut
though he trotied fast the hor-e in front
Of us moved with tho precision n loco-
motive, and was beaten handily by a
dozen lengths When We pulled up the
stranger remarked giiielessly.
He went better that timev
One lOok az the time, 2ia. convinced
me that ] had caught a tartar. and |
strOlled over to where the horse was
being walked about cooling out for the
next heat. leaving the Wilkes horse IN
charge 81 nv men There we're toe
weights that looked a. though they
would tin tho beam at ten Ounces each
screwed into that trotters tOes. They
would double the sire 81 those he carried
Z In the first heat. and the MYSTERIOUS
pole was on the ground A. nv friend
had remarked the morning ] tried the
Strangers horse out. | evidently did not
have the receipt on that occasion.
am considered a fairly good loser
and took my medicine all right The
next two bets were like the second, and
] think that big gslding could have trottad
that bull ring close % 2.iS that dav ANDY
WEIGH once said that he would LEI Klamath
step on him for a quarter. IN pure gated
was the famous M0rookus Eelding hut
Andy should have seen this fellow move.
Toe weights made a champion out 81
Smuggler. hut had forgotten II. and the
lesann the nd whiskerrd man Who said his
name Wa Street taught W. In Mississippi
Tor he played Il down the line In one or
two plare- WAS productive II much good
, We never sire up a horse now ell we know
how m,lch tr1tck h@ carries. and we have
some fairly gord colle~tians ~ shadow
blinds eating poles. pokes standing mar
/ 'inRRles. roller motion shoes. tne weights
and ho0ts 20 show would-he sure thing
/ men who think that Yickshurg isn't on the
map Street wa frank enough With me
after be- got 0ur money His horse
couldn't trot a lick except when balanced
/ perfectly. and then he combined his
/ knowledEa ~ this branch ~ the hoT~e-
mans arr with his insight into human
nAtur" and invariably got q wager. Tor
no one could resist the temptation % Try
I the hor-e ont In the 0Ener'z absence