Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-31
EyENiNo EpITIoN.

Il ,bookieg hads@%kn0Nhn sWhpxAE knev
about my hi they'd sh1xS come
icIoseslo marking her . their slstes.
Won, 1 sssr 1 ~ saan1pefossiaans
Intarted----tlhis q With gViyandiers en-
[teted.ssWaS itts OYScour1e,f 66bkies
IandIthe pubic sIto0, knew aofa0thine
about her They knew hGF.,pedikreg:
knew that if blood means AnythinE.
the mare should sh1Ss beSn 4 toy.
position which had yanishedN beneath
my handling Of her. ssrhey also knew
Ithat ah4 Wa carrying four Bound
fless than III her inst when she'd
finished outside the money nose:
also theyB2knew that the distance of
this. race. q furlong beyond the. mile.
9 no unsSited tosa horse With her
Ibeen normal Odds. considert1fg what
tall the world KNEW. But ive toAone:
/ stood back, away from the stools.
ard watched feW minutes. And (
lHW d doxensbettors back away from
1.-TWO ~bo0kmakerA each, according to-
1.-THE singDoMs lsv1ice on theSbookmaker
as he cried they bets o the clerk.
withsa piece OF chanseson yivandiere.
The public wasn't nnisied by tho
scorrful odds The public knew
lenough to realize. that & ahye 10 one
lVtvAndiere wa 4StemptinK bet. but
the bOokies!-sWher did they ret OF
Ito price b mare thAt-way7a went
down tho lineTto Ikey Blatk' book.
Funny. too, when you stop to think
lot it Just because, asyearsor two be-
fore. I'd trimmed . couple Of Long
Ito take keys roll aWay from him,
and because key had been fervent ia
This protestations or friendship ever
lstnce, and had almost fallen 'onNmy
neck When he me- me down here at
tGrantham. now, when I thought I
lIhads 4 sure thing, 4 .piayed Il With
But Ikey'd been sore if I'd "patron-
lied" another book. .s n 4 Isl.
Some Of that nice, Fat, vivandiere
fstuf1,"" I said to him. %g$t
Show 7" said key with : grin Of
welcome. s
win said I. .Just write me
ticket for eighteen hundred, and
here's the bankroll." I handed him
LIT Was the bank-roll-entife.
key waved his tat hands. '.You
good ss s:44@
Make what look soodr Ny faith in
the mare? !" WIS.,
He looked at me with an odd *
] ~ lACC EUI6s. CllaI8
lit: why not a ten-spot, and
We'll, you tat son Of israeli"
fblurted out; what are you running?
~ charity kindergarten for sap-head
tbettors7.'
key couldn't flush; at least, you'd
never detect It On that sallow greasy
face OF his. But he perspired a bit
and his grin was feeble
4 .".snre. not, but-kernan, you're. my
frfent, undYII don,d want a frient/of
mine to lose all he's got"
! II I hadn't been hot under the co1-
lar at his trying to play wisenheiyker,
I'd have noticed his dialect then, IN
a Hebrew unless hi was ratified. But
the ideasof any one-and a booknak-
er at that!-advising me how to bet
On q horse I'd trained
There are other books told him
iIcoldly, ""only, knowing you and none
iof the others--ssI turned away.
.1iif me your money" said key.
llshrug that seemed Is say he-miEht aas
! well take 1t as any ono else.
I got my ticket. calling for eighteen
hundred X Viyandiere won. Then E
Igrinned. Ikey was q good little
iskste. at that. I crooked my finger
ana he bent over from his high, stool
Ii whispered. Just erase those odda..
g noticed the public,s eating EN- up.
Ii know every horse in the race and
iwantgto tell you-NViySndiere Nm q
walki That's sall!!ss n
|. key perspired asshtf 3 freely.
IHestook of his derby and moppeds his.
bald head. Sure, Mr.. Herman. dofss
lrighd; youstrained der horse. q
And as I turned away, ! saw the
Ito seven, 10 one! i saw the pubic
rushing to It. / smiled; for once the
bookies were going to getgthetrs.
Then / climbed into the rickety
Ngr4ndstand-if possible always
.wafcf my entries from the grand
stand; I don't know Why know it's
because racing, Though business, is
la sport to me, and I-wanf-to be away
iifroEu4the business; atmosphere of the
stables and up with the spectators to
whom q race is a race. and not the
illumination Observation-Disclosures OF
wav IN a. the ton I 9atched tha
seven horses charre at the barrier .''s