Evening star., 1922-07-28

| ing to me.
| When we reached the. street he
stopped under an arc light and saw
MN DIVE down into his pocket and
at 1t curiously.
Il saw her take it out Of her pock-
etbook and throw it into a corner as
| explained.
What do you think it is?" I asked.
they, get a chance when they are
pinched-throw it away"
! Perhaps" answered Kennedy. "Eut
us worth studying to see what drug
! she is really using"
rojns hase disedt,v as It was. Craig insisted on
plunge into work. First he took the
! little hypodermic needle with which
ne hau drawn several drops of blood
from the race horse and emptied the
| contents into test tube.
| Finding that 1 was probably of
more use at home in our apartment
asleep than bothering Kennedy. in the
laboratory, said good might. But
when l awoke in the morning found
that Kennedy had not been in bed
| at all.
1t was as expected. He had work.
ed all night. and as l entered the lab
oratory l saw him engaged in check
| ing up two series OF tests which he
| nau Deen making.
asked.
He pointed to corner where he
Kept couple of guinea pigs. They
We're sound asleep, rolled up in little
fluffy ball of down. Ordinarily in
very frisky.
Yes" he said. II think I have
| round something. 1 have infected
just drop of blood from Lady Lee
into one Of them. and 1 think he's
good for long sleep"
asked.
That's what puzzles me-" rumi-
mated Kennedy. DO you remember
that bottle l picked up last night? ?
l haven't finished the analysis of the
blood or of the contents of the bottle,
but they seem to contain at least
some of the same substances. Among
the things / find are monopotassium
phosphate and sarcolactic acid, with
just a trace of carbon dioxide. 1 in
Jected some of thes liquid from the
bottle into the other fellow and you
see what the effect is-the same in
both cases"
The telephone bell rang excitedly.
rs there Mr.. Kennedy there?"
asked long distance. adding. without
waiting for an answer, Hold the
wire. please"
I handed the receiver to Kennedy.
The conversation was short, and as
he hung up the receiver Craig turned
TO me.
1T was Broadhurst at the Idiewild
Hotel" he said quickly To-day is
the day Of the great interurban han
of $4,000. Usually they take the
horse over to the track at least a
week or two before the race, but as
Rroadhursts stable is so near he
didn't do it. hoping he might keep a
better watch over Lady Lee. But
she's no better. If the horse is being
tampered with, he wants to know who
is doing it and how"
Kennedy paused a moment, then
went over to a cabinet and took from
it bottle and a very farge-sized
hypodermic.
We must have been among ehe first
on the field at Relmore Park that
day. Lady Lee had been sent over
there after we left Northbury the day
before, under the care of Murchie and
McGee, and had been stabbed in the
quarters on the track which had been
assigned to Rroadhurst.
With Broadhurst, who was watch
ing for US, we lounged across the
field in the direction of the stables.
There was no doubt about it. Lady
Lee was not in prime condition. 1t
L was not that there was anything
markedly wrong. but to the trained
observer the famous race horse seem
ed to lack just trifie of the clan
which meant to win.
While Murchie and the Jockey were
talking outside to Rroadhurst. Ken
nedy slipped into the stall to look at
the racer.
stand over by that side of the
door, walter" he muttered. 'Tll be
through in just a. minute. 1 want you
to act a cover"
Quickly he jabbed. the hypoderrnic
into the horse and pressed down the
plunger.
Lady Lee reared and snorted as she
had done before when he extracted
the blood. and instantly Murchie and
McGee We're crowding past me. But
the instant had been long enough for
Kennedy. He had dropped the hypo-
dermic into his pocket-and was en-
deavoring to soothe the horse.
Il guess she's not very much used
to strangers" he remarked cooly Nc
one thought any moro of it ap-
parently.
A few minutes later. Broadhurst re.
joined Kennedy and myself. I could
see that his face showed plainly he
was greatly worried.
"I don't understand It," he kept re-
peating. And what is worse. the
news seems to have leaked out that
Lady Lee isn't fit. The odds are go
ing up"
henneuy lOOhcu MN hASoly
moment.
"If you want to win this race. Mr.
Broadhurst" he remarked in Low
tone. II should advise you to watch
Lady Lee every minute from now
.sWhat do you meant" whispered
Broadhurst hoarse1y.
II can't say yet-only watch"
While Broadhurst and Kennedy
hovered about the stall on one pre-
N@l,
chile and McGee as they directed the
rubbers and others who were prepar-
ing for the race watched the trainer
and the jockey minutely. They GER
tainly did nothing, at least now, to
excite suspicion. But might not the
harm have already been done? was
When the bell sounded the paddock
call. McGee led the racer out of the
stall and to the paddock. Presently
the field. Lady Lee at the fore, walked
past the grandstand and .cantered
slowly down the course to the start.
Meanwhile, following Broadhurst
we had already made our way over te
the clubhouse inclosure,
III 1t was not like the old days, wher
there was money everywhere. thou
sands of dollars in plain sight in the
cash boxes of the bookmakers, when
men rushed wildly about with hand
fuls of bills of large denomination
and bets were made with frequent
rapidity. And yet there was still q
certain maelstrom of the betting ring
left; but the bookmakers had to carry
everything in their heads instead OF
setting 1t down on paper. ] knew the
system and knew that, in spite OF the
apparent ease with which it seemed
possible to beat it. welshing was al
most unheard Of.