The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-30

fortunate circumstances made the SER
vice Of the presiding judge impossible.
The judge was alone responsible,
with no interest in any result, know
ing no man, having no friends and re-
calling no enemy. He had neither
knowledge nor care for the odds nor
the jockeys nor the ambitions or ne
cesEities Of owners or trainers. He
was the most important man on the
to the results. He was not a recluse.
nor was there :writteg rule Of conduct
Tor him outside his fours Of duty. but
from the bugie call'I In the first race
until the all right" signal came from
him after the last race each day he
was the personification of imperson-
tality-an %Iutocrst, but with exacting
responsibilities.
His duties? Not many, but all
ireighted with importance both to
himself and the public. A failure to
check the horses as they went TO the
post. an error in the v~erihcation of
colors. a mistake in noting. in the case
OF a stable entry, the horse declared
with. an absence at starting time
these and q dozen other happenings
and he would be forever lost at the
finish. for he could o argue the
horses back into the positions in which
NSs '0SsGV I'LL nc CllIltI
knew the winner the instant the horse
cached the finish or he never could.
And with him every one race was the
same as every Cther. In great take
races there was involved the prestige
to the winner and his owner hut
many a time more money changed
hands on the result of a selling affair
than on the decision Of one of the
classic handbags.
A rather cold-blooded position, one
might say. and Yet it is one that racks
the nerves and makes the heart iump
Inc writer has known many judges,
and never saw one that at the close of
the day was not all in" His actual
Work would no occupy more than one
hour OF the afternoon, and that di.
vided into six periods, but it was work
Of extreme t~enseness. There was the
obligation of the close checking of col
ors. of identifying the horse in his
mind, the excitement attending the
start. the following with the v of
h contestants around the course, not
ing their varying positions as possible
factors later, and then in the last hun
dred yards. when the crowds were
cheering their favorites and the Jock
eys calling for their last supreme ef-
fort. this man in the box took his eye
from the struggling field. and. settling
himself down at the sighting poles
the only COO man on the course and
the only man upon whose Judgment
al! depended-waited until the winner,
With possibly three or four COMPETE
tors aligned. t~hundered past him.
1t may have been a neck or a head
or only an inch that separated them.
The horse h a was in front a yard
from the finish may have faltered; one
that was In the rear at the head OF the
stretch may have come go fast on the
outside that nc may havc got up in
time-a hundred things may happen
In the last hundred yards that may
be OF Interest TO everybody but the one
man and ne the all-important one. II
there were fouls or jostling or crowd
tng-the stewards would lake care of
them. The Judge IL alone with his re.
sponsibilitics. That is what make the
judges. AZ II rule. short-lived. They
live too much when they are working.
The unconscious excitement %necessari-
~ dependent >upon their position
wrecks their nerves.
And their compensation? Well,
those who of1iciatcd at the larger
courses got $40 a day, and usually
care was taken to zee they had such
81 season as would net them about 81.
500 n year. which is 10000 less than
suprcme court judges get in New
York. OF course as against their
salary. their expenses were nothing
save their actual maintenance. Their
luncheons and the luxuries OF cigars
and mineral waters were theirs for the
accepting. and. rs a rule. in their va
cations they we're guests Of clubs
through invitations of the stewards
who are members. The stewards have
a strong Partially for ahooting as a
recreation for judges. II keeps the
eye keen and every sense Of Judgment
acute. something that ordinarily doeA
not come through fishing or yacht
ing or many other forms Of recreation.
BiliOusncss Is due to a dIsordercd
condition OF the stomach. Chamber
Iain's Tablets are essentially 81 stom.
ach medicine. intended especially to