Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-11
SOME RACING R
From the Washington Star.

| living i'm AN r. street office. couldn't
get mis- desk anything like cleaned up
I'LL nearly half past ,. last Saturday
aftefnoufl. Then he broke out of his
office at Il Cantel, making for the New
York avenue surface line of cars, Ben
ming -hound.
He wasn't 81 eager to make the
track in time for the first lact-3
o'clock-on his own account. But he
had "a $40 note, belonging to "A friend,
i'm his clothes. to be wagered OH Win
chester in the first race.
He was considerably worried. how
ever. when, ON boarding the New for
avenue car at Fourteenth street. he fig
ured that. with the clearest right of
way n the best going, the car you'd
only just about make Benning i'll time
for the first race.
The car hustled along at Il pretty
good clip till the bridge over the East
efn branch was reached. her the
ears fuse or hew-gag. or something OF
other. burned nut. and ii came to IL
%standstill. 1t was then eight minutes
To 8. The young man with the $40 note
tn go ON Winchester for a friend broke
out in a cold perspiration. There was
ITO chance for the car to reach the Ben
ming gate in time for amy of it's pas
seugers to play the first r&ce. Sup
posing Winchester We're To win at 30
or 80 to I or some such foolish figure:
He was In Il sad fume over the situa-
ton. when. to the rear of the car, he
heard the notes of Il three-Strap auto
mobile siren. The DUN man leaped
out of the stalled car. ram over tn the
middle Of the fOad and waved his arms
wildly directly i'm the path of the APP
preaching buzZ-wagon. The machine
slowed up.
Hey. there. Jim; what the dickens
aiis you?" the driver of the car called
1 O1f tn fhsA III man 81 onhtg rive
you a ltft--wagon's packed full now
Don't want amy lift" replied the
young, man. hurriedly. Here. lake
this handing the owner of the auto
mobile Il $40 note. and get it on Win
chester I'm the first race for me. Money
belongs to a friend of mine. and the
planned Winchester horse is liable to
cop and cut me out of II summer vaca-
ton If l don't get the bet down some
The. man i'm the buzz-wagun under
stood. He o the $40 and was on
his way before the young man in the
road had finished his explanation.
When the young man with the quick
thinking habit got to the entrance the
owner of the automobile was waiting
for him at the turnstile. He had sl1O
In his hand.
II got the bet down." he said. Just
as the NUTS were lined up to break.
"iuSaACSeSi WlNS, anu L SOt w 10 l..
The II street youths sudden impulse
to jump from the stalled car and stop
The automobile had been worth lust
500 to him.
Al to that same Winchester race.
George Sheridan. a well known follow
er of the game from Chicago. and a
heavy bet,or when he thinks he is in
good. had a dry remark to make when
the numbers went up. Sheridan had
gone to- some other horse in the race
to The tune of 5000. When Winchester
finished III the van. .'breezing." Sheri-
dan, who was standing just behind the
press box. damned his hat over his
eyes. thrust his hands into his pockets
and observed grouchily:
Winchester. hey? And Sheridan
twenty miles away"
The sal story attaching to almost
every case wherein one man bets an
other mans money mt a race track
had its en-inillionth exemplifcation in
the race which Fiat won, with AZ good
as 10 to ! against him.
P~ennsylvania avenue restaurateur
who e to the track by the steam
ears on that day was held up by q
/ friend at the station. The friend
couldn't get away from his business to
go to the track that day, 1t seemed.
but he had a tip on Fiat and wanted to
get $50 down. Would his friend, the
Fiat straight for him? The restaurat-
eur, remembering some doleful In
cidents In connection with proxy bet
ting n having II keeni sense of his "
nOt0riOuk observation-disclosures besides.
tried to duck. but he couldn't get out
of It. His friend was ipsistent, and
SO the restaurant man, took the $40 ana
promised to get 1t down on Fiat In the
last ace.
Rv the time hos reached thA <~..,..xn-