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The betting was spirited. I was busy all the time with my 



other horses, as I had a number there with me. Occasionally 

 some of my friends would come to me to know what I 

 thought — if I was backing the mare any. T told them no, I 

 had not bought a ticket on her and should not until 1 had 

 seen them trot a little, for it was a good field of horses and I 

 thought it would be a hard race for her to win. Consequently 

 the betting was good and Frank got in S 1,665 and got a little 

 more than even money against it — which was $J65 more than 

 my order, but Frank said the betting was so good he could 

 not let it alone. 1 told him all right, to ke.ep going, and be- 

 fore we ever got the word he had on $2,185. 1 told Mr. Cra- 

 mer we had on $1,600. He threw up both hands and nearly 

 fainted. He said, " My God ! Suppose she gets beat, what 

 will we do ? " I replied, "Andrew, if she does, I will take care 

 of the money part ; but your old mare will probably be in 

 hock the balance of her days." He said, " Jack, I guess you 

 are right," and went off and sat down in the shade. Jimmey 

 Golden had Viking in thisjrace and he thought well of him 

 and played quite a sum of money; at least, he sent word to 

 me by a friend that he had money enough on Viking to win 

 about $2,000, and wanted to know what I had to say about it. 

 I said, " Tell Jimmey it is everyone for himself to-day." S. 

 W. came to me several times and wanted to know what I 

 thought about my mare in the race. I told him as 1 had 

 others, that I had not played any money myself and 1 thought 

 Elmer was a dangerous horse in the race. So he bought a 

 ticket or two on Elmer and stopped. He was too smart, and 

 would not have it that way. He watched the tactics and soon , 

 got right and put his money on Kitefoot. I was not veiy 

 well acquainted with Mac at the time, or I should have put 

 him right at the start, as he has been a great friend of mine 

 since and we have played thousands of dollars together. I 

 regard him as the greatest manager and best pool buyer that 

 ever went out on a race track, and he is one of the straightcst 

 men I ever knew. Jimmey Golden says he can climb a tree 



