Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02

tIldu MY 18tucT, SQe uu1&ly 1uuOuuCeO
Charlie. what would It cost to get
ready for that big racer"
About $500. altogether" he replied,
looking at her DULY. wondering what
she could have in mind.
"Tll give you $500 for q half inter-
| said Elizabeth. II can't pay it all at
once. but I can pay part cash and part
each month"
Nothing doing" said the boy. posi-
lively.
Why not?" she demanded.
Because"
Who's your partner if I'm not!"
she asked. reaching out and taking
one of his hands in her own. She sat
looking at him. and the boy fidgeted
under the question.
Il wouldn't let you gamble that
way" he finally said.
Then let me buy a half interest in
the colt
Again he shook his head.
Charlie. don't be foolish" she
pleaded. You want to make q try for
that big race and that money. 1 want
to try. too. II we lose we can stand it.
IF we VIM" he asked.
you know. she replied. simply and
shyly. He placed his free hand over
hers. and they were silent again for
a time. Presently she spoke. "And
we'll not say a word to anybody about
it, will we?''
That night young Charlie wrote
letter to the editor Of the Western
Horseman, and the next day he moved
into Muncie. Instead of stopping in
town he drove the filly out across
found lodgings in one of the long, low
barns at the head of the stretch.
THAT was the second week in June.
Summers in Indiana are long. and
hot. and for the sake of comfort it is
just as we'll to shift the clock to Sep
TENDER. the scene to indianapolis.
Thursday is no Jonah day at the
state fair. 1t is, rather, a whale of
a day because every HooSier with more
than a passing interest in a horse a
pig, cow. sneep. a hen. a turnip,
or any other old thing that grows or
is grown on an Indiana farm is bound
to be there from 9 o'clock on until
dark. Seven railroads and four interur-
bans bring the folks in for Thursday,
and the state pays back ALI at once,
the visits it owes indianapolis. They
get up soon and herd along three
street-car lines to the grounds right
after breakfast, because there is much
fore the racing starts on the big mile
track at 1 o'clock they must look
over the stock. inspect the new riding
plows. and find out who married the
youngest Purviance girl. to say MOTH
ing of thrashing out the political sit
uation a few times at some length.
At noon there is still standing room
in the big grandstand on the south
side of the track. but at o'clock
10 OF a n o
room in the length and breadth of the
grounds.
The trotting and pacing horse barns
are in three groups. the first group
back of the grandstands. and the Sec
ond budding around the hrst turn.
The third is a half mile away. across
the infield. outside the far turn. Resi-
dent horsemen use the frst group OF
barns. and early Corners and big out
fits commanding money and influence
get into the second. The little fell
lows, one-horse guys and those who
cannot reach the ear Of the super
intendent, swarm into the third,
half mile from the judges stand.
In the farthest corner OF the far
thest barn, in the smallest and cheap
est stall on the grounds. this Thurs
aay Of the Great Western ,n sake Me,, i0r
Charlie Myers and his filly by Love-
iess-Lady Anderson. Charlie was his
own stan of swipes and trainers. Be-
sides the filly. he had one old much
used sulky of the style popular In
training days. but impTactIcanie TOT
the races. 1t borrowed the new pneu.
matte tires and small wheels OF
modern times and added them to the
long shafts and 1ow-swinging seat OF
the old-fashioned sulky. Instead OF
his feet out to stirrups on
the shafts. and sitting hign oyer tne
horses hips, the driver using this type
of cart sat back behind the animal
and rested his feet on little plat
form shaped like a basket. 1t RODE
but was too heavy Tor
racing purposes.
Wright. venerable colored trainer for
the IClaypools of Muncie. about i
o'clock in the afternoon. say,
Harry" said the boy, ARE you too
busy to give me a little help this aft
ernoon"
ed. "Ah ain got nuthin' to do till to-
morruh, when ole Boss gwine trot
Alan in tn twelve class"
"Wish you'd help me out then" said
suhtain,y: glad to- :,,s old Harry aos b DE;
Kean vo. eve out TO- Mist Claypool.
When he comes tell i'm Aim roun' tn
cohnah. with young Mist Myahs.
Anil 70 with you right now: SUM-. ne
concluded, addressing Charlie.
The two Of them hunted ., ont
at once assumed charge OF the pro-
ceedings. He delivered himself Of q
scornful grafton within two minutes
after he entered the stan; Wnut
y'ali gwine do? Drive at nlly to ina.
pkep Iooka that bride. blinduhs big
as NAH hat. Boy. whut yah need ID
q complete set o. Equipment. Looky-
heah, Anil jus go get what 20 neeo;
vail cain 'spect that po' III MY pun
a wagon roun' tn track ana WIN
race" ,,t.,.
ignoring young Charlie. the old darky
fnssed away from the stall. Young
Charlie sat down on q oucket upeu1n
ed at the door of his stall. Ine nIiy
had worked out nicely; tro, ,,n ah INT
noon with a third, in which she STEP
ned out a good clip for the last nan:
Nervous and i'll at ease az tne Ci! ,io
for the event approached. Cna nS,
fumbled in a hip pocket ana D'o eed
folded back at the page listing start art
ers in the Great Western STAKE III
three-year-old trotters. Here Is "hA'
he saw:
1. Mack Toddles. hay colt. ~ 100 ,,..tcr
Toodles; owned BY Gen. ouane''
W. Va; driven by Fox. .,-..y>Av
Lovely Lady. bay ally. By Ioseiess .,L.;:
/. nd.rson. owned By Charles Myers, 3r.' Aunce'
Ind; driven BY Myers. nA..v MI.
,on.Nan Patch; owned By W. h. sawyer
Hamline, MINI; driven By White.
Young Charlie realized he vas cCm-
fronting a most formidable situatoh.
All that he had was smAlI ,iesS
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