The New York herald., 1921-05-15

to a friend OF his. a mule buyer for the
Government. named Pete something.
I'VE went to the races together had
lunch together and they suggested that
we go up TO Orlando the next day They
said Orlando was paradise for million
aires. There Jack pointed out some
buildings and homes which he had de-
signed. We sat down on an iron bench
near lake and directly along came a
well-dressed young fellow. and Jack
said: Hello George. what the he'll are
you doing down hereT George kind OF
drew himself up in a naughty manner.
and Jack said: oh, you needn't try TO
Jacoby's SON Then Z orge thawed out
George called him Off about three
steps, near enough for me and Pete TO
hear him, and whispered TO Jack that he
was down there playing the races, and
was mopping up. He ran his hand In
his overcoat pocket and pulled out n
handful OF big bills and whispered to
Jack so we could hear him: Are your
friends good sports7 Jack said cer-
tainly he thought we were. and George
came over and asked us II we didn :
want TO put up a little something. l
drew fve dollar bill out OF my vest
pocket. handed II to him. and told him
he could try my luck with that. the
other fellows gave him So each. George
went away and returned in about thirty
minutes with $40 apiece for US, saying
he had won an to 1 shot
We'll. one bet led TO another. and
each one got little bigger. and George
kept winning. and finally he came dash
ing back in a Packard and told us some
body had seen him at the racetrack
who might embarrass him with his old
man, and we'd have to go to The CLUB
to make our bets. We got into the car,
me jumping in behind them like a sheep.
and drove to what thought was going
to be a club, But 1t wasn't club. but
little old shotgun house. as ! call
them, out in the woods. ] mean IL was
a house with three rooms and porch.
and inside OF 1t was regular turf ex-
change. with wires and telegraph In
struments, a chalk boy marking up the
races, a man calling out the progress of
each race, a cashier taking bets and
paying off. and everybody excited.
And the Horse Won.
Directly George rushed over TO us
with a telegram advising him TO bet
on 'Ezell' He was very much excited.
He said he was going TO bet every dollar
he had. Jack. you bet 100000 he said.
Pete. you bet all you've got. Mr..
wynne. you put up $4,000 and I'll make
you rich ] didn't have that much In
my pocket and Jack and Pete said they
didn't have that much, SO George rushed
over to the cashier and asked IL our
checks would be accepted. The cashier
said he would be glad to honor the
check of any friend of George Jacoby.
So we put up our checks and directly the
caller hollered out; They're off,
Then he commenced to call off the
race. Ezell at the quarter, running
ahead he hollered. 'Ezell at the half,
Golden Eagle at the half Ezell running
ahead. They're coming down the
stretch. Ezell Is leading. Ezell wins !
well. sir. gentlemen, you can mag
inc how excited I was. There I was.
with check for $4,000 at five to one
on a horse ths had won the race. ]
had won s125.0U0. quite enough TO pay
the expenses OF my little trip to Cuba.
We all rushed over to the cashiers
window to collect our bets. and he
started to count out the money In big
bills. Then he stopped all of sud
den and said Wait a minute. gentle
men, how do / know these checks are
good?'
George insisted that his word was
good for every one of the checks, but the
big fellow over In a corner by the pile
of money and the rifles, spoke up and
said Not on your life. You know we
can't get by the boss with any such
transaction as that SO the cashier
said he was sorry, but we'd have TO
make good our checks.
II caught the next train for Memphis,
called on my cotton factors and got my
money. / had $40 bales of cotton In
their warehouse on which / didn't owe a
dollar. and had no trouble negotiating
an advance. I took 1T in New York ex-
change and put out for Orlando.
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