view raw text
HOW DU BOIS SOLD BROTHER THOMAS FOR 90 Now York July 25 William Du Bois has had a load lifted from his shoulders The load is Brother Thomas a bay colt by Marins May II for which John W Gates paid 10500 two short son sons ago Du Bois was at Frank Taylors stablf on the Brooklyn boulevard Thursday morning look Ing over his crack fouryearold Charles Edward when J A Stanton came In Stanton had previously intimated that ho might buv Brother Thomas for racing on the Canadian anil western circuits When he entered the stable Du Bois guessed his errand errandWhat What will you take for that horse this morn ing Stanton asked askedDu Du Bois eyed him a moment and said Mve Mvestanton stanton grinned doprccatingly Du Bois under stood the grin and snapped out Well what will NlnVty answered Stanton sentontiously M Ilaveyou got the ninety asked Du Bois Right here said Stanton producing a sir roll of bills Take the horse said Du WA Bois briskly I havent a halter objected Stanton but I will pay you for Brother Thomas now and send a boy around later laterNo No said Du Bois I am going to give you a nice new halter and you take this mutt away imme ¬ diately It gives me sore eyes to look at him himSuiting Suiting the action to tho word Du Bois prodiicoil a nice new halter that had cost Frank Taylor 250 and ordered the stable boy to lead Brother Thomas ThomasStanton Stanton stopped to chat a while before taking his departure He said that he intended to take Bro ¬ ther Thomas to Quebec and after the meeting there to other Canadian tracks The game was easy in tho north he suggested When he had the horse good and ready he intimated that he might want Du Bois to put a bet down downNot Not inc declared Du Bois with emphasis I never want to hear of the horse again He has cost me 22000 already We thought we had a world beater lu him last season He did something at Brighton I never expected to see a horse do namely work fiveeighths of a mile in bettor than a minute I hate to think of that work It makes mo ill Brother Thomas is all ymirs You get him on edge and win all tho money in the world with him Ill worry along with Charles Edward and Nealon and Don Enrique Don Enrique will give me trouble enough I gnoss
