Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19
on a Bay Mare.

BILE, while Doggie rubbed away more
poundage. His weight dropped to a
hundred and iifteen-a hundred and
twelve--eleven-ten and half.
Then Jake put him up, and the boy
brought Secret Silver home by two
open lengths.
Devlin was satisfied at last Marty
kreuger was riding at 107 pounds
and doing all that was asked of him.
See that you stay at the weight.
Hippo told him. I'm gonna take
chance on you in the Belmont
Faint color crept into the boys hol-
low checks. The Belmont. Why. that
meant New York. with Kitty Keller
watching in the stands, Deviin saw the
impression he had created.
Sure. The Belmont Stakes. biggest
of 'em all. Fifty Thousand dollar
purse! Make a rep for life! What's
more, I'll put you on the winner. and
there'll be Il thousand bucks in it.
DOM right by you. amt II"
The hoy nodded eagerly. What
horse. boss?''
Lady III Lavender. said Jake.
Ten Tupper's mare. She was SO TO
in the winter books. and | got him
to lay five thousand on her nose.
Took some more myself. Twelve to
one now. BY post time. she'll be
favorite. Mile an three-eiehts is her
distance. ought to walk in
\ shade of anxiety darkened
Martyrs features.
.'Wcisht's been announced yet Mr..
Devlin""
Jake moved his head up and down
in ponderous affirmative.
Yeah, that's what brought the
price down. We're in at hundred
an five
"A hundred an FIVE" said the lit
tie money rider. Gee boss: You
don't figure that I Can"
Dcvlin's fat hands f1uttered in an
noyance. Now. don't get started
belly-achin', You're doin' 4 hundred
an seven. amt you? What's two
pounds. when you've only got to
make it for a day? You jocks give
me a pain
MARTY bit his lip and studied the
ANA ground. The Belmont and Kitty
Keller, Presently he looked up.
Best kids in the country will be
hookin' up in that race. I'll need all
my strength. How bout al!owin' me
few pounds overweight? Mexican
sun helps me here. but it may not be
very hot back there"
Devlin shook his head. NO over
=
figure what the horse can do. Either
you make it, or you can stay on the
ground and watch some other kid
grab the dough"
Marty touched his cap. "I'll ride
her" he promised. Thanks for the
chance"
Deylin waddled off. The little
money rider stared a the blue line
of distant Mexican mountains.
isl I Ila
Maybe then they'd figure my crackin'
point
old Doggie Brown blubbered like a
baby when he heard the news.
No, no. kid. l aint got the heart
to rub you no more. Stake me to a
gun, and I'll blow the head off that
fat
Shut up" said the boy. This amt
nobody's funeral but mine. Come on.
now-Set busy with the winding
sheet
Doggie, whimpering protests, brought
out the rubber bandages and wound
them about the boys emaciated frame.
Tho other jockeys shook their heads.
Marty, you're a fool" they told
him. once guy starts reducin', his
riding days are numbered
June, the month of romance and
roses. 1t was 10 days before the
SAINTS anu " DIS OoN II
to 106 pounds, with still another
pound to so. He was smiling across
the lunch counter into the eyes of
little Kitty keller--kitty, whose bust
ness in life was to pass out food, the
one thing that Marty needed most and
could not touch.
Now, Billy Ten Topper had been
caught short on the stock market,
with the result that nothing stood
between the family fortune and beg
gary save the dainty nostrils of Lady
in Lavender. If Marty Kreuger
landed that mare in front 1t meant
a quarter of a million in cash; and
that, in turn, meant everything, in
Guiding the hand Of Miss Marilyn
Vanderbeck, who was the Lavender
Lady" or Billy Ten Tupper's dreams.
The young clubman faced the crisis
gamely. Rather a sporty sort of
race" he admitted. II think I shall
have to go down and watch it,"
There were others to whom the
race meant q great deal, notably
clique of New York operators, who
stood to pay out a fortune if Ten
Tuppers mare captured the Belmont.
They had laid so to l against her
during the Winter, believing that she
would never start. But here she
was, fit as a fiddle and with the best
money rider in the country imported
for the occasion. From their view
point it was necessary to look for
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