Evening star., 1922-07-09

nest when the horses appeared Tor TN
third heat Of the frse-for-ali pace
Sd~ards was nervous and up in tht
air. but intent on winning the heal
and thereafter the race. Tolin ant
Brown wers aetsfminsd to show u
o'brien ana carry out the White Win.
ter program. The judges were posi-.
tive that all four PAGERS wers. gpina
70 pace to win or know the reaSol
why. The starting Judge was beni
on sending the Arid away the hrsi
time down, no matter how they vert
lined up. to prevent. IL possible. any
pet getaway schenes. But the
sAeftR. behind HIS black mustache and
eyebrows, carried more concentrated
sssenes Of liberalization than the
wAois lot
200" tAouted the starting judet
a. the four PAGERS wheeled un.
der the wirs. C'Braen had weddins
Be,is tapping along At a fairly GOOD
kAtt aRd To1ta and Brown were eloss
up. But Edwards rushed White WIN.
ter down on the outside this time al
q great rate ana headed for the pole
He tore across in front Of the field.
White wintef s.feaaea to the hrsi
tura In front. swans in to the pole
ana heAded the held around ths
curve. going like house Afre.
o'Btieh pulled up slightly, but stayed
on even terms With Expressman and
Romeo. They hew down the back.
"a
this fashion. ana shot into the stretch
ciosely punched. Passing the grand
land the hrst time. pacing like mad.
,'hite Winter. Expeessman ana
Romeo seemed TO have Wedding
Balls irmly pocketed. Rounding thu
short. sharp hrst turn again o'srien's
position looked desperate. He WA
hemMed in, with the front-runnina
White Winter making the pace. Ans
white Winter. unatr urging by Ed
wAras. was hitting an awful gait.
NeMeo ana EkpeSssmAn were pacing
a. smoothly a. machines. Down the
back stretch they new again and into
the fAf turn. o'Brien. feelias hin
Clay pAser was about done, here made
hts Ar1t play.
Pull cut there" he yelled At Ed
wards. Coming through"
At the SAINT Instant he took the
whip to the ehoppy going weddins
Bells The man with the pole horst
10 entitled to the rail whenever he
can Eet II. n he can show more foot
In the pinch, the outsider who hat
erab1sd the pole must pull cut and
let him come up. Edwards glanced
1aickly over his shoulder and noted
the oncominE Wedding Bella, whose
stick was nsAr jabofnG him in the
hack. In panic, he pulled ouf
slightly. ana OBricn showed his pa
cAr'k nose into the breach. Right
hsre vas the Edwards Tolin. Brown
game upset
last turn and dug into the home
stFetch for the last time before Tolfn
and Brown fully realized that instead
Of o'brien they had only empty air
in their little pocket. They inmedi
ately gave up the game and set sail
for the leaders, swinging outside the
two IA trent.
At the last stxtetnth OBrien wal
fairly throwing the ttrinG wedding
Bells AlAne and had the horse up even
with white Winter. AZ they straight
en&d out FOR the wire he yelled aeai1
at Edwaras:
Give Us room now
"bsn'. jusnp. dammit" replied Ed
wards nervoukly.
TO b. safe. he pulled out & little
more toward the center Of the track,
thsreby shutting of Romeo and Ex-
pr%ssman from coming through.
o'Brich steeted wedding Bells over
with him and went to the whip. Be-
fore Edwards had rikhted himself and
| before ne could get white Winter
strung out to the limit. wedding Btili
j was half q length in front. Bobbins
up and down in his seat like 4 jump
ink jack, yelling ana wildly plying
| his whip, Edwarda went after o'Brien
| hammer ana eonHs. White Winter
tore out samely enough. but o'Briea
was fiShtinS wed1int Bells home and
i showed the son Of 0Iaymore under thu
wire q winner by seven inches or
more. 1t vas cruel, msddeninG nm
ish. Every Tom. Dick and Harry il
| the grounds, except o'Brien and tbs
/ bookt<s, had lost money.
1EDwAkDs with a whole town,
IL LOSSES weighing on his crooke.
little heart, sought out Tolin and
Brown for consolation. DisEustet
| with the whole affair. they gave hir.-
less than none.
"You told us this fellow was
BOOB" said Brown savaxely. and ~e
| played him TO- . suckuh. We got
| what was comm to US, that's all.
they were standing in An open
space near = pump. halfway between
i the barns and the betting rings
OBrtsn approached from the direc-
ton Of the betting rings. his pocket;
i buisink with money and his face
| bulsins IN Z fat grin.
4 "Hsre comes that guy now" said
Edwards with \ snesr and n snarl
| strueeling on his face. you Ncs
because it's more fun than watching
! the jail, you do"
more fun and, more profitable" ad-
| mitted the sheriff. smiling good
humoredly.
"suppose y'all been collectin' on yo'
wedding Bells7" asked Brown.
'I always collect on delivery with
that horse" o'Brfsn replied. wed
ding BSlls. c. o. b. That's him."
How much did you win on thu
heater querisd Edwards, snserins.
Not 4 nickel. I bet on the race