The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-11

At first I didn't know whether I'd give it to him OF
lf he should take it and lose would forgive
myself? And yct-it wasn't wholly hunch, for The
Hebrew the tip OF the night before, the tip that
/ hadn't been able to laugh down in the who gave
II to
Well, the upShot OF the whole thing that he
plunged The Hebrew Three of his five thousand
he sent to the poolrooms and the other took to
the track l had clean forgotten my excitement Of
the business 1t wasn't the money that hit me 1t
the idea of the and the picture OF that girl with
her big brown eyes and sweet voice. could have
made poetry her myself)
The day was erent, not a cloud-and the track was
perfect You know what the Park track is when IT'S
good? Well, this better still, and / knew that
Clyde would have preferred it heavy. nearly broke
my neck going to the post with my first mount and
The starter cursed me from where he stood to Christ
mas but he might just well have been In Chicago
for NIL heard him. You couldn't have chopped The
Hebrew out Of my head with an axe.
was making long guesSes to his opening price
when the wire went up and / got away last, But
never mind was on dead one anyway.
In Hurry.
wns cooling of in the jockey room when 1 heard
young Miles reading the list in The bunkers Say /
ncnrly came n croppcr chair when he read
The Hebrew, 80 10 l." jumped into my colors and
new down into the paddock | had Just four minutes
before weighing in aud tho place was jammed so
had To pick my way foot by foot. had about one
chance In thousand of finding Burns but knew he
would come around post me as soon as he could
The band playing way up In the big stnnd it's
funny, but Eve forgotten that tune and I'll bet
l have hummed IL n million times since
1t goes like this You know IT, do you!
Vel, to get back to my story was on the point of
giving him up and getting my mount when
he hove In sight Cool cucumber. he just gave
me nod as much MS to say ITS all down" and
moved over to the fence. The last / saw OF him he
lighting cigarette and holding the match foe
the man next TO bim to get u light. And I'll bet his
hand never trembled Talk about nervci All the cash
hc had in the world, the chance of marrying the girl
he loved. stakcd 30 10 l shot that would never
have gone To the post such a price IL one OF the
bookmakers had dreamed that IL had half n chance To
win.
A minute later all fling before the
stand aud what hand they gave Clyde He certain
ly looked Dt and Frost who had the leg up was the
one boy who knew how to ride him. | dragging
along fourth three behind Regent passabc nag
In his day. but and out "has-bee The
Hebrew my flank, and confess | did not Ike
his appearance. So far AS | could determine he was
apt up short. for he In Inthcr from end
To end and Hill who had the mount WINS as nervous
a colt. l would have given good sized purse to
have changed with him, butt might not have done
any better.
There must have been fifteen thousand people out
that day, and all l swept back TO the start
Ing post confused of color hedging In a
sen Of faces white a bunch of ghosts thought
we would never get away. and luck would have it
my mount made Nil the trouble He seemed To have
recovered bis lost youth for lie cavorted in and out
like yearling. At last. however. / got his head
straight and of
lost sight of The Hebrew In the rnix-,n tbnt fol-
lowed. though something seemed 10 tell me that he