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BUYS A RACE TRACK TO DISCHARGE THE STARTER Here is a story "White Hat" McCarty once told when in a reminiscent mood and his thoughts wandered along the bactstretch of the Bay District track in San Francisco: "Those were the days when it was really the sport of kings, " he ventured. "There were certainly many kings in the game. 1 can remember as if it were yesterday when Lord Talbott Clifton was there in all his glory. This boy was some sport, take it from me, and he only had a dozen millions or so to make the mare go round every time he so willed. "He was a real English lord who loved horses. He had his four-in-hands, six-in-hands and the like, and he was also a gentleman rider of note. That dandy could ride, but he had one fault, if I might say so. Lord Talbott insisted on having his own way, and he usually got it. "Ill never forget one day at the Bay District when he was riding in one of the gentlemens races. As usual, he was going over the track just as he pleased. The starter rebuked him in no uncertain tones, and you should have heard the come-back. "Know what Lord Talbott did? Why, he opened negotiations for the purchase of the track. He told me that he didnt have any use for the blooming track, but he wanted to be in a position so that he could give that starter his discharge papers." : ;
