The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-27

lose your happy homel'
Don't worry-watch me tell
II to EN- I says to Joe. as I stuffs
the roll n starts fur the stand.
was feeiin' purity good.
Wait a minute says Joe.
runnin' after me. You can't tell
them people nothin'. You amt
wise to that bunch yet. Bud-why
they'll hid you silly before they
hand II to you. I've been up
against it, he says. m I'm tellin'
you right. Just keep stallin'
around when you get I'm the stand.
n act like YOU don't know the
wars over
sFurget it, says. IN show
those big stiffs where to head int
As | goes up the steps l see
the judges settin' I'm their chairs.
m l takes off my hat. Colonel
King Amt settin', he's standinis
up with his hands In his pockets.
somehow. when l sees him | BE-.
gins to wilt-he looks SO clean.
Are YOU the owner of Count
Noble, Mr.. -er-?'
Jones. SIR l says.
.Jones?' says the colonel.
Yes, SIR / says.
Mr.. JONES' says the colonel.
how do you account for the fact
that on Thursday Count Noble
performs disgracefully, and on
Saturday runs like a stake horse?
Have the days of the week any
thing to do with it?'
Il never says nothin'. I Just
stands there lookin' at him, fool
in with my hat.
The judges are interested in
this phenomenon, Mr.. Jones, and
We have sent<for you, thinking
perhaps you can throw little
light on the matter says the col
onel. m waits fur me again.
| says to myself. But / can't make
a noise like a word, on a bet.
The judges, upon looking
over the betting sheets of the two
races I'm which your horse ap-
peared, find them quite interest
ing, SAYS the colonel. The odds
were short in the race he did not
win; they remained UNCHANGED
in fact, rose-since only a small
amount was wagered on his
chances. On the other hand, these
facts are reversed in today's race,
which he won. Ii seems possible
that you and your friends who
were pessimists on Thursday be-
came optimists today, and bene-
fitted by the change. Have you
done SOP
Il see | has to get some sort-a
language out of me.
lie was a better boss today
that's all | knows about it, says
The first part of your state
ment seems well within the facts
says the colonel. He was. appar-
emily. a much better horse today.
But these gentlemen and myself,
having the welfare of the Amer
iean thoroughbred at heart, would
be glad to learn by what method
ne was so greatly improved.
Il don't know why | ever does
1t, but it comes to me how Duck
foot leaves the towel on the birds
legs n | don't stop to think.
blistered him. 1 says.
You what2' says the colonel.
I'd have give up the roll quick,
sooner'n spit 1t out again, but I'm
up against IL.
1 blisters him. I says.
THE eolonel's face gets red. His
eyes bung out N he turns round
n starts to cough m make noises.
The rest of them judges does the
same. They holds on to each 9TH
er n does it.
You're outclassed, kid!' I
says to myself. They'll tie a can
to you, sure. The gate for yours!'
Just them Colonel King turns
round. n see I can't look at him
no more. l looks at my hat, wait
in fur him to say I'm ruled off.
Nv got a lump in my throat, m
| think it's a bunch of bright con-
versation steuk there. But Just
then a chunk of water rolls out of
my eve, m hits my hat-powi 1t
looks biger'n Lake Erie, m fore
l kin jerk the hat ANYHOW
comes another one. I knows the
colonel sees 'em, m I hopes L
croak.
Ahem-', he says.
Now I get minei' I says to
myself
Mr.. JONES' says the colonel,
m his voice is kinda cheerful.
The judges will accept your ex-
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