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WALTERS AND THE DOGS DOGSCharles Dogcarts Charles Walters the bookmaker is still fond of laying long odds against what he thinks are the bad horses in races racesIve recessive Ive I've been bit several times by the dogs says Walters WaltersOne Walters One day I was booking at Morris Park and some dog named Black Hawk was running against a good lot of sprinters I laid 100 to 1 against him and could not get him played so I boosted to 200 to 1 After awhile a little old Irishman with a 20 bill in his hand sneaked along in front of my box and held it up in my face Give me 2 on Black Hawk1 he said Oh make it 5 I answered sort of joshing him Make it ten he came back at me a little hot in the collar because he thought I was try ¬ ing King to kid him You might as well make it 20 Think what a nice ticket it will make All right make it twenty and I handed him the ticket 1000 to 20 20Black Black Hawk won I paid the Irishman off in three thousanddollar thousand notes and some green ¬ backs of smaller denomination He would hare none of the big bills He didnt didn't want that kind of money I think he hired a hack to ride into town that night nightBut night But I am still going after the doga dogma
