Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-18
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From the Washington Star

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I'M nearly half past = last SATURDAY,
afternoon. Then he broke out of his
olilce AT a canter. making for the New
York avenue surface line of cars, Ben
ming bound
re wasn't so eager TO make the
Track IN tlme for n first race-3
o'clock-on his own account. Rut he
had Il $40 note, belonging To a friend.
IN ms clothes, To be wagered on Win
chester I'm the first race.
lie Was considerably worried, how
ever, when, ON boarding the New York
avenue car al Fourteenth street. he fig
ured that, with the cleares, RICH, of
May and the best going, the car would
only just about make i5enning III time
for the first race.
The car hustled along at "A pretty
good clip till the bridge over the East
"fli branch was reached. Then the
cars fuse or hew-gag. or something or
",Hei. burned out, and II came to a
slandstill. 1t was Their eight minutes
TO 8. The young man With the $40 note
to go ON Winchester for Il friend broke
out i'm Il old perspiration. There was
lio chance for the car To reach the BEN
Ming gate in time for any of it's pas
s''s'sefs to play the first race. Sup
posing Winchester We're tn win al 20
pr 80 To i or some such foolish figure?
ne was I'M A sad funle over the situa-
ZION, when, to the rear of the car. he
heard the notes of a three-strap auto
mobile siren. The young man leaped
out of the stalled car. ran over to the
middle of the road and waved his arms
Wildly directly in the path of the APP
preaching buHz-wagon. The machine
slowed up.
Hey. there, jim: what the dickens
ails YOU" the driver of the car called
Out TO the young man. Il can't give
YOU a nft-wagon's packed full now"
o want amy lift" replied the
Young man. hulriedly. Here. lake
this handing the owner of the auto
mobile a $40 note, and get it on Win
chester i'm the first race for me. Money
blamed Winchester horse is liable to
cop and cut me out of Il summer vaca-
ton If ! don't get the bet down some
way, and
The man in the buzz-wagon under
stood. He took 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 $40
i'm his hand.
II got the be-, down." he said. just
as the NUTS were lined up to break.
Winchester wins, and l got 10 to H.
The r street youths sudden impulse
tn jump from the stalled car and stop
the automobile had been worth just
500 to him.
George Sheridan. y; we'll known follow
er of he game from Chicago. and a
heavy bettor 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 I'm the race
10 the tune of $500. When Winchester
finished in the van. 'breeziilg.' Sheri-
Ian. who was standing JUS, behind the
press box. .iainmed his hat over his
Eyes. thrust his hands into his pockets
and observed grouchily:
"Winchester. hey? And Sheridan
twenty miles away"
The sad story attaching to limos
every case wherein one man bets am
other mans money at 81 race track
had its ten-rnillionth exemplification in.
the race which Fiat won. with as good
as 10 to l against him.
\ Pennsylvania avenue restaurateur
who went to the track by the steam
cars on that day was held up by a
friend at the station. The friend
couldn't get away from his business To
go to the track that day. it seemed,
but he had II tip OH Fiat and wanted to
get so down. Would his friend. the
.estaurateur take the $50 and play
Fiat straight for him? The restaurant
eur. remembering some doleful in
Y ptSIItS ~ W O9l-
ting and having IL keen sense of his OWL
notorious observation-disclosures besides,
tried to duck. but he couldn't get out
vi it,. His friend was insistent, and
so he restaurant maj took the $50 and
promised to get II down on Fiat I'm the
last race.
BY the time he reached the track the
absent-minded restaurateul had clean
forgotten all about that $50 Fiat money
to be put Gown for his friend. He
didn't. in fact, stay at the track for the
$40 up to and including the fifth race,
and then he concluded that he'd got
all that ought to be coming to- him for
one day, and started TO town in All
electric car. On the way I'm he began
to figure up his bank roll. checking off
his bets and winnings. He found that
he was $50 ahead of the balance figures,
and he was very gloatfu'. indeed.
"Well. this" said he To himself, lis
bOokmaker or a bookillaker's crew. One
Of those cashiers must have given me
500 too much IN settling one of my bets.
Fine! l uppos I'll spend the whole
day tomorrow looking up that cashier
and giving him back the $40 he gave
me by mistake-yes. YES" and he con-
tinled to gloat most cheerfully all the
way back to town in the electric car.
He met the man who had given him
the $50 Fiat money when he got off the
car to change for his at the
transfer station. The Fiat mar began
to execute difficult and involved Jig
steps as soon. AS he saw the ~restallsa-
teur.
Vow. / guess I'm the poor horse
Picker. amt u" he gurgled to the res
tkurateur. I'm "A perfect shine at his
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