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PECULIAR REQUESTS FOR TRACK BADGES. Saratoga. N. Y.. August 17. Racing associations all over the country are more or less besieged bv direct requests for badges from persons entitled to the courtesy and by many who are not. The latter are the bane of all secretaries and their assistants as well as those who have only a remote connection with the secretarys office. The form of requests vary and at times are ingenuous. Among the numerous officials who find it difficult to evade the get me a badge" person, is William A. Pihkerton, head of the famous detective bureau. His daily mail is usually burdened with missives asking his influence to secure track courtesy for the writer Some of the requests are amusing, many serious, but for originality the following, received by Mr Pmkertoii, is in a class by itself: Address on envelope: Mr. Pinkerton, a detective of fame, Sure to make any man crooked be tame. At Saratoga Race Track Meeting, By thousands he gets kindly greeting. He always has an eye for beauty, flfr So, Mr. Postman, do your duty. W The letter: William Pinkerton, a Chieftain of Fame, Whose ancestors from Scotland came; Like Wallace, Bruce and Gilliand, They fought to free their native land, lour brother, Robert, R. A." P., Aspired to see his country free. I know him well and heard him say lie never was an A. P. A. I wrote the same and proved it, too, Throughout the West In ninety-two. Since youre a frieiid of tortured places, Send me a pass for Saratoga, races. . With best wishes, sincerely thine, "Rocky Mountain" Pat OBrien.
