South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-20
SALE OFF WHEN
HORSE FINISHES
ONLY BAD SIXTH
Drivers Confidence in Animal
Cost Him Big Pile of Coin.
Indians Have link
Chaser.
By Prank G. NIenke.

NEW YORK. Aug 90 - Thirty
thousand dollars is what IL cost AN
owner because he had supreme con-
ndence in his race horse.
Eddie Mcbride is the owner and
two-year- George smith is the
horse that figure in this story
George Smith went Co the Saratoga.
~. r.. track with an uubeaten record.
There Was much speculation as TO the
value OF the horse Finally Mcbride
put a valuation Of $4,000 on him.
Anyone who wants TO pay me that
price can have him. asserted Nc
Bride.
John Sanford. the millionaire. who
has string of speedy horses. became
interested i'm the George smith horse
and looked him over the day before
George smith was to run his first sara
toga race-the Sanford memorial
stake.
you want $50. 900 for him now. but
how much will you want if he wins
tOmOrOw's race ." asked Sanford.
lies yours for $4,000 now or after
the race" said Mcbride.
Sanford hesitated for a moment and
Mcbride taking the heSitancy TO mean
that Sanford wasn't sure about the
qualities of the horse. burst out with:
II believe you're skepucal-and
GtnNIE are tktIL4trtl aINAA AHN'IA ~
smith He's run ON all kinds Of trac 1s
against all kinds of horses, and under
an kinds of weather conditions And
he's never been beaten. That ought
TO be proof that he's a real race horse,
but TIL go farther. I'll run him to-
morrow-and I'll beat the field with
him"
"Oh that's not necessary I like
that horse and in buy him right now.
crrfr 10 hill Gf ale and IL
ont the check
And right there is where Mcbride
made his $4,000 error. Instead Of
accepting the proposition he answer
ed:
Lets put the sale through tomor-
row night. I want TO run George
Smith under my cOlOrs tomorrow for
the last time. / want TO run him
ainst this classy field and demon
strate to all that he's the greatest
two-year-old in the world And If he
doesn't win YOU don't have TO buy
George Smith ran that race. He
was a favorite in the betting. And
George Smith. the hitherto unbeatcn.
finished q miserable sixth-fnished
behind n lot of horses that seemed Of
the selling platter variety in COMPARE
ON YES. the $50. 900 sale is off.
The improved showing of the In
dians is due largely 10 the fact that
they are now equipped with one Of the
best little jinN chasers i'm baseball in
the person of a youth named South
worth an Outdelder and pinch hitter
recently secured from the bushes.
Southworth performs more ink
chasing tactics than any player since
the days Of Josh Devore He's as
superstitiOus as George Stallings and
ne never misses q chance TO jinN the
opposition.
Whenever he goes 10 bat he splits on
his bat. He claims that will bring a
hit If he's ON the coaching lines and
a halter steps up To the plate in "a
pinch. SOuthworth PUSHES to the plate.
takes the bat out of the batter's hands.
splits on 10. makes "a few mystic signs
over Do and tLen hands il back
Southworth believes that crossed
fngers-On his part viii cause the
opposition pitcher to- issue a base on
balls II SouthwOrth stands on one
foot, after one OF his teammates gets
on the bases. that man viii score pro
vided Southworth can stand on that
foot long enough.
The kid may never develop into a
Ty Cobb. but the fans consider MIN
worth the price of admission as a side
issue OF the straightaway baseball
And furthermore. the New York fans
who saw him i'm action here were de-
lighted with his pep" and his enthu-
siasm and they're hoping they'll see
a lot more of him.