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GOSSIP OF THE TURF TURFTheres Furthers Theres Theresa a highclass highlands newspaper man in Chi ¬ cago cargo who with his wife is almost a regular when the game is good Of course both bet he like the western man kept hotel and she pretty wisely for a woman One afternoon in 1894 and when the Hawthorne track was in full fullblast bullbat blast Mrs had a good thing Ray S at atSt aptest St Louis She gave her spouse a 20 note with full directions Gloucester was running in those days and Ray was one of its racing tools toolsMr tools Mr wandered to the first counter he came cameto cameo to laid down the note and said something about Ray S It was the Gloucester window that he had struck and ho got a ticKet 80 to 20 Ray pocketed it and wandered away Later along the ticket was delivered and under suspicion sub ¬ mitted emitted to an expert friendwho friend soon saw the error and knowing Joe Ullman Pullman well went to see him and have the bet shifted Before ho got to Ull Hull ¬ man the St Louis race with Ray S a 4 to 5 shot had been run and Ray S beaten In a second or two the Gloucester wire yielded up Ray as a winner Result 20 saved and 100 col cool ¬ lected fleeced purely through an error The journalist he reviews and comments nowadays takes advantage of this result and always declares that his error was none at all but a practical illustration of his own for the benefit of mis mils ¬ guided and altogether inferior femininity which seeks wealth from a mine in which it has not the sagacity to properly delve
