New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
"JAUNDICE'S" LAST RACE

body he would have tried to make
 his mount jump the Grand Canon
 had the course led in that direction
 Falls and broken bones failed tc
 break his nerve. but his subcon-
 scious honesty was shattered. or
 the flat he never had ridden q
 crooked race. He was restrained
 by no consciousness of right or
 wrong. He tried always to win be-
 cause he loved the horses he rode
 Over the jumps he had no such scruples. The steeplechase horses were has beens" like himself and entitled to no consideration. He
 commenced to ride queer-looking races. He was nineteen when he fell off the favorite in a steeplechase race to permit an outsider to win and the stewards ruled him off the tracks for one year.
 What Jaundice did in that year of
 banishment he alone knew in detail.
 Barred from the only home and the only associates he had ever known, the great loneliness came upon him, He was broke. He stole and was sent to prison. When the suspen- sion was lifted he went back to the tracks. He had grown heavier and
 his eyes and his mind were blurred hy drink, He lived with the horses. attaching himself to the stable for which he had been star jockey; and lived in the stalls and the cars. His love of the animals themselves had wnned. DrudGery and vicious living had warped even that in stinct. When he dared he became a tout, whispering information tu petty gamblers at the edge of the betting-ring. When he left the tracks at night it was tu bctray stable information To bartendcrs in return for drinks.
 When Inc was twonty-twn thore remained two lovos hy which 1t was proved that all good cannot be smeltod ont of a human being. one was for Doc Grausman, tho gallant bay stako horse of the stable, whose dam he had ridden to victory many times. Tho other vas for Lord James.
 On rarc-traeks there is something in n name. Jaundicc received his because his complexion had become n dirty yellow. Lord James was 70 calied because the ono spark of de- renry remaining in him caused him to rnnceal his family namn. II was ropntcd that he was tho son of an English nohleman and that he could have tltle and estate if he re- turned Co England, Rags of m old pride and remnants of decent breed- ing restrained Lord James from mentioning tho family name as his own or from returning homo fo dls- grace them. He had come to a younger son, with stable oS race horses and high hopes. Robbed. iecced. he had quit" Jaundice cannot be spoken of as having degcneratod His orig inal height permitted but q slight fall. But Lord James had sunk to even lower levels. He was q eadger. a tout, and q sneak thief at such times when no risk was involved.
 No ono aronnd the tracks hated either Lord James or Jaundice. They pitied Jaundice, but the touts dcspiscd Lord James. He bad lost all his courage. fl he ever possessed any. and drink had sapned his health and his brain. of the trio. only poc Grausman bore his name honestly. His names were those of his sire and his granddam, and he was of royal blood and three years old.
 When Lord James and Jaundice had become friends no one know. Probably it was during JaHndice's career as a winning jockey. while he scattered money rccllessiy after