FAIR TO A CHINAMAN. 95 



the bunch. When they showed on the back stretch 

 Jock pulled him to the outside and turned him loose. 

 From that moment it was all over, the heat going to 

 the gray in 2:21^, with the Baby second, Jeremiah 

 third and Del Monte fourth. On the next trip it was 

 Graylight all the way, Del Monte pulling up in fifth 

 place, Jeremiah, Lucille's Baby and William Kearney 

 being between him and the leader in 2:2134. The 

 race then went over on account of darkness. When 

 the postponement was announced I was grassing my 

 horse near the upper turn. As Ragan passed by I 

 asked him how he liked it. Seeing he was worried I 

 thought it would be a good time to remind him that 

 the race was all over but the announcement and had 

 he listened to me he would now have $650 with $50 

 out for me in his inside pocket. As I said it he looked 

 at me rather hard and replied, 'That would not have 

 been fair to Charlie." 



That tickled me. Fair to a Chinaman. Who ever 

 heard of such a thing? "Ragan," said I, as I walked 

 off towards the stables, "you are in need of a guar- 

 dian," and I meant it. 



How Ragan and the Chinaman put in the night I 

 don't know, but both of them were out at the Island 

 next morning. I spotted them before the bell rang, 

 but kept shy of the pair. With the wind blowing a 

 gale and the dust flying, almost every one kept under 

 cover, as it was cold enough for October. Thinks I, 

 Ragan and his partner have a chill, a frost bite as it 

 were. About race time some one knocked at my stall 

 door. I crawled over, and peeking through a knot 

 hole saw Ragan and Charlie Sing. The door was 

 hooked, and as I knew they had no money I was not 



