312 RACEALONG 



There are days when the ringer is a lure for those 

 who are seeking easy money. In the end it is the 

 most expensive that was ever collected. Like Dead 

 Sea fruit, it drops to ashes at tH^ touch after the 

 victim has run the gauntlet of the black mailer and 

 every other kind of parasite that lives by their 

 wits or what they know about a man who has not 

 been caught. 



The hand of every man who stands for all that 

 is good in racing is at all times raised against the 

 sure thing player, who goes out in broad daylight 

 to rob those who enjoy contests between horses 

 which are classed. Frequently a hint from one of 

 them or the grooms who live in the stalls during the 

 racing season puts the brand on the raiders. 



There has been cases where one will race for a 

 season or two before being detected. In time, how- 

 ever, some one calls the turn as truth will work its 

 way to the surface on a race track as it does in other 

 walks of life. When it does and the mark of fraud 

 is placed on the names of the guilty parties it re- 

 mains, like the old time brand on the convict, for 

 life. 



