Evening star., 1920-02-29

Say, boss. just what is it about a
political campaign that drives folks
plumb ratty nearly nine months be-
fore election2" asked Lon of Dopey
Dan as he pulled out the makin's.
Excitement. lad. The uncertainty
OF the thing" snapped back Dopey
Dan with fire In his eye. The an
ticipation Of r contest: The in born
desire OF the average American t"
have his judgment ratified IN the s!e"-
ton of his favorite candidate By a ma
jority of his feller countrymen. In
other words. the indescri'.a ole han
KERN for the satisfaction that comes
to us all when striugin' with win
ner,
go course. there be them who take
the great issues Of the day dead seri-
Gus to heart an rully an truly be-
lieve. deep down in their believers.
that if the party they amt hitched
up with should happen to cash the
whole bloonin' works will go straight
to the bow-wows! But. as a rule, the
great mass. the rank an file OF our
incomparabIe folks are mostly inter
eSted because OF the fght-the lii old
element of chance!
we mightn't he a demonstrativc ma
ton, lad. an lnebbe the connysoors
wouldn't call us artistic, but when 1t
comes to a. scrap where there's = ele-
ment Of chance-reSerVe US front seats
for we'll be there at the curtain.
"It's the ever elusive thrill were
continually on the hunt for. boy!
That ticklish iii feelin' that makes
the red corpuscles quivver. An while
different portions OF the popu'ace
have their own particular methods OF
pr0curin' this nerve-tick!cr. the great
political campaigns that are staged
every four years make 1t possible Tor
the whole nation to enjoy the sensa-
ton together!
It's the identical sweet shivver
that drives racesoers del-uns. The
thrill that nearly caused $4,000 nuts.
to stand on their heads one beautl1ui
September afternoon, back in 1879,
when at Sheepshead Bay they looked
up the stretch. an at the mile pole
saw a broad gap O daylight separate
James r. Keene's Domino from Au-
gust Belmonts classy lookin' chest
nut, Henry Of Navarro, with Lucky
Raldwin's Rey Ell Santa Anita fully six
lengths away!
The thrill that gripped the same
onlookers only couple O. seconds
later. when. all Of a sudden the shrill
voice of ono of Riley Grannan's lieu
tenants rose above tina clamor an
cried, Look ~ Hennery Come: rThe
noted plunger had backed the Navarro
horse to a fare-thee-weiI)
That was one thrill, son, long to
E
the mighty Domino, with Henry of
/ Navarro still a full length away. But
, the great chestnut was at last reused
With his neck stretched out, his eyes
blazln' with the fire of battle, all his
sluggishness departed. the choice OF
the west come down on his rival with
Irresistible speed.
Al the furlong pole that sterlin'
old race rider. Fred Taral. on Domino.
glanced over his shoulder an saw the
! chestnut at his saddle skirts! Then
the 'Dutchman' went to work as only
he knowed how, but his efforts was
useless,
at every stride the chestnut head
crept further an further along the
black colts side. Two hundred yards
from the finish an Domino was leadin'
by a neck. a hundred yards an the
neck was the shortest of heads. Tired
iii Perkins had lost his control of
Navarro. The great thoroughbred
was fIghtin' his race himself. winnin
his own battle.
1T was takin' all that was in him
to do it. lad, an his own neck was
stretched in his effort to pass the
black demon. but fifty yards from the
wire he did pass him. first the small
fiery head, an then the thin, sinewy
neck. until the judges was rea ached
lie had won by almost half a length
An when he come back all drippn'
to the stand. with the blood marks on
his side. he was cheered as no other
horse had been cheered in the east for
many a long moon. an he had earned
It. son. for he hadn't only give the
great throng a thrill, but had proved
himself without question to be one Of
the bravest an dependable one of
the truest an most gallant horses of
his day.
But did the big crowd hate Dom
ino. They did not! Not them true
blue Americans! No more'n they hate
the popular home player, who. with
the sacks all crammed in the ninth,
two out an one to tie, hits everything
in his vicinity except the pesky iii
pellet,
They'd both give their best, an
while failin' to come through, had
been part and parcel of the situation
that made it possible for all hands
to be in on the thrill
AN so it goes with political cam
paigns, fuctuation of stocks. grab
bags at church festivals or any other
arrangement where there's a ele-
ment OF chance! Our pee-pul are for