The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-04-17
HORSE AND E

Hyx7HAT's GOOD today?" asked
Wv the waiter.
II was just talkin' to the chef
It's a tough Card he replied.
Some days it's easy to figure EN-
some days it amt"
"Any late scratches?" I asked, as
he handed me a menu, which looked
strangely like a racing program.
mo. Everything is goin',' he re-
piled.
.How's the sirloin?" / asked.
"They gimme the word it's okay..
Looks fit and ready for the test. It's
in smart hands"
1T wasn't so good last time out"
I remarked.
They wasn't trying with It" said
the waiter. They're shootin' today,
I hear" 8
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'How about the tenderloin?"A't
'It's droppin' down. where 1t be-
longs and should win In ltoday's
field" said the waiter. .
81 got a ~tenderloin here last week
that was pretty disappointing" I
said.
'How so?
''The waiter told me its workouts
were. sensational and that It showed
Derby quality. It was a bum, even
with catsup riding said.
Maybe they was waitin' to find
the right spot" said the waiter.
"You can't be sure of anything
about beef these days"
you're telling mel"
'"The chef had a couple OF good
things this week. Trials had been
okay. He recommended 'em to a
customer, but they broke down in
the stretch. The customers still
think it was a fix" said the waiter.
ibid they complain to the boss?"
I asked. -
mo. They filed a protest with the
racing associations" said the wait
Ell.
A%bugle blew 'boots and saddles"
Its post time in the Kitchen" ex-
planned the waiter. "You better
make up your mind"
''What's the word on filet mi
gnon?" I asked hurriedly.
Its rated a good bet for a sprint
but If you like a route I favor sir
loin," said the waiter. II got a
feelin' you came in for lamb chops.
If you did, don't let me tout you off
onto any steak. Stick to your own
handicap figures these days"
At this point a waiter rushed in
from the kitchen and whispered to
my waiter. They talked out Of the
sides Of their mouths for some time.
what did he say?" ! asked my
waiter. l@E3
He likes hamburger at the
price, the waiter said. H..
I decided to GO for hamburger,
with mustard up. After a while my
waiter returned with a platter which
contained only . boiled potato and
some green peas. q:
what happened to the hamburg
err" I demanded.
"It won," said the waiter, 'fbut
they disqualified it."
The plane in the last Elizabeth
crash landed at Idlewild, after "A
flight from Florida, at 1881
Whatever inspection and attention it
got there consumed only three-quar-
tiers of an hour before it left for
Newark, leaving there at. 12:18t..t e.
Is that the key to the tragedies, in
adequate time for a 100 per cent
check? :. And the hurried opera
lions which a shortage of time de-
mands? If mechanics can do a
proper job on a 6~0-passenger air.
plane after a 1,200-mile flight in less
than two hours why does it take so
much more time to tune up an auto?
-. Serge M. Rubenstein has been
ordered deported after eight years
effort s~..e If all his lawyers go
along it will take the largest of
ocean liners Jose Ferrer took
an option on 1.-THE Shrike" three
times before producing it We
always thought it was three
shrikes and out' -. Probably that
New York nan who stole a big pas
senger bus and operated it for at
least n round trip always had an
ambition to drive a machine with
out any regard for tenders
After % years at the Roosevelt,
Guy Lombardo has given way to
Freddy Martin, a bandleader dis.
covered by Guy i. Lucian c,
PSprague, Well-known railroad man
whose pledge of Allegiance was
a Christmas greeting unusual, sends
his friends the Gettysburg Address
in color on embossed parchment for
Lincoln's Birthday . Can you re-
member away back when if a man
had money he was thought to be
well off? AL Pearce, a new.
conner to video. has a home-spun
quality . . Sort of cross between
Art Godfrey and Bob Burns.
The New Jersey legislature is