TIIE OMATEA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, ACJGI'ST 11, 1900.
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liy .MARTHA McCL'LLOUl-WILLIAMS.
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(Copyright,
1000. by Martha
Williams.)
McCulloch-
Through tho dimness of August dawning
tho course at Lorls park showed ltko nn
enrthen river, dun and wile, washing
jifilnuouRly about a vi'lvct tufted Island 01
lnfleld. Where the straightaway cut through
the Inland tho turf was something worn.
That was tho highest point of all the course,
end thero folk congregated to watch the
racers at work. It was a sight so well worth
reelng a good few tamo to look, from the
city ten miles away, as well as from tho
country houses all round about.
Tho wholo course Indeed was a show place
Its setting up had been the pastime of a man
who had a great many millions, along with
tho Inclination to rpend them royally. Next
to his wlfo anil his honor ho loved a good
horse, so you will understand that hi: had
rejolocd cxieedlngly to part with one of the
millions In making ready for battles royal
between tho kings nnd queens of the turf.
Tho clubhouse was tho sum and pattern
of slmpln yet elegant luxury, tho stand n
nilraclo of comfort; more than all, tho free
field a boon to tho plain people, who Upon
high days nnd holidays parked Its board
Boats, happily tincuvlous of folk upon the
roach tops, In the boxes or scattered about
tho flower-spangled clubhouse lawn,
There was stnblo room, free, for 1,000
racers, ulong with training quarters ns
liberally planned. The course Indeed waa a
village In Itself, bigger and more populous
than tho straggling trolley-haunted hamlet
Just outsldo ItB gate. The gate opened every
mimmtr morning at 3 o'clock, so that such
trainers as cared to give their strings slow
road work for hardening might send them
out and over miles of the broad, hard-bcatcn
clay highway.
A string, hood id and blanketed, had Just
(Midden out, looking like four-footed ghosts
In tho gray crepuscular dawn-darkness,
ivhon a smart trap rattled along tho village
plnjet and swung In with a flourish between
tho big stone portals. It was too dark to
neo tho horses, but they exhaled u sweaty
Kmcll, which told that they had been driven
hard. The driver puffed with long, vicious
inhalations at a very lino clgur. Ho Bworc
between his teeth as a second out-coming
hooded string forced him to check nnd pull
flhnrply to imu side. Tho oath would have
astonished thoso who, knowing him on tho
Hurfaco, fancied they knew him all through.
They said that Uix llascom, bookmaker, had
the austerity of u priest and tho conscience
of a pirate.
A slim, lank lad, sitting at llascom's
elbow, gnve a lltllo distressed cry. "You
know It's tho worst ort of luck to swear
before breakfast," he said, half hesitatingly,
with a llttlo catch under tho words. Das
com sworn ngalni this time outrlpht. "It
dori't seem llko anything could make my
luck worse," ho added. "I wonder If you
know Just what I dropped on the Kquus Sat
urday? Exactly $15,000 and all becauso or
tho Ilrnvo "
"I begged you not to lay odds" tho lad
began, llascom laughed shortly. "You al
ways do that,"' ho said. "If I listened to you
In six mouths I'd be "
"You havo uet now for u year, ovory time
you gavo oddK against Thu Ilrnvo," tho lad
said huskily. "I reckoned it nil up Punday
ho has lost you over $50,000. I told you at
tho vory first ho was your luck"
"Tho devil's own luck!" llascom said sav
agely. "Yet I can't hato htm, d n him!
It's In mo to lovo a Iiomo, an J he's easily ths
horso of a generation."
Tho brightening east touchol all tho gray
and green of thu coursa with suffused rosy.
rndlanco. Sparrows were twittering madly
nil about, flying In huddled flocks around tho
stablo doors, sotting their heads astdo, and
quarreling greillly over tholr flotsam of
chanco oatB. In tho trees shout tho train
ers houses a few venturcsomo robins lot
fall now and then a dropping note. The
untouched turf was all n. shimmer of beaded
clow, Every footmark Bhowed on It a print
of vivid green. Thoy wero reasonably
plenty, and for tho most part ran In straight
lines toward that high upper cornor, where
tho straightaway camo In. Tho barrier,
of course, was across it. Only when u
straight dash Impended was nny training
permitted over Its olaatle. loamy breadth.
llascom sprang down n hundred yards from
the corner, Hung tho rolns to his companion,
ttaying: "Put them up, 'Urlosc, then como
to mo but bo suro you don't get run over.
Ho shot across tho track, dodging In and
out of a moving mnio, squeezed himself
nlmost Hat against tho rail, and ran until
no camo to tho place ho sought. Already It
had twonty occupants men. horsey mon
of nil sorts and conditions, from tho tout to
tho millionaire. Though tho freemasonry
or sport for tho tlmo leveled artificial dis
tinctions, they wero almost silent too in
tent In gazing to wasto tlmo In speech.
Tho courso was nllvct. Six hundred rac
ers walked or cantorcd or galloped nlong
The bays were as largely white-starred and
snipped, with even nn occasional skewbald
Against their mass as against an Indistin
guishable background two unique racers
wero thrown Into high relief.
Ono wan pigeon-blue, with white mane and
tall, tho other that rarest of all thluga, a
perfect golden chestnut. Both wero stal
lions, 3 years old, nnd magnificently bred.
3ulclmn:i, the pigeon-blue, was grandson to
Uend'or, If ho did throw back In color to
omc remote Ilarb ancestor. He Flood six
teen hands full, a big, slashing, long-striding
beast, upheaded nnd full of Arc, yet
playful as a kitten. Tho Hravo'n coat was
no such puzzle of heredity it came straight
from his Hire, St. Maine, nnd was further
legitimized by his dam's pedigree on both
sides she was Inbred to Lexington, As tall
t Suleiman, In action ho appeared half n
hand lower. Suleiman ran all above ground.
Tho Ilravo had a fashion of lying very close
to It when he burnt wind down tho home,
stretch.
So far the vagaries of a peculiar racing
season had kept tho pair apart. Suleiman
had mowed down tho west, JUHt as The
Hrnvo had conquered tho cast. Both were
u
f pi
lm If
hive it in uix!
TUB RISK!"
DO! THINK OV
It, somo swathed In blankets and bandages
uomo stripped as If at tho bugle call. Evory
trainer stood, timepiece In hand, watching
with lntcnso eyes his own partlcula
charges. Now and again one sent a long
hall nt a boy who rodo too fnst or too slow
Now and again also n beckoning ban
stopped a string short, waved them nway
to quarters, a rub down nnd tho test
tho thermometer. Thoro was something
uncanny lu the space, thu silence, th
movement, above all in tho flies of sheete
figures, each with n etnil-human lump
crouching upon Its back. It was nmazln
to recall that somo of tho lumps wero Jock
cys. world-famous, with Incomes n prlnco
might envy, Imperious to nil tho world out
tide, yet here almost nbject beforo tho slow
elleut men, with hard-lined faces, wh
-poko shortly when they spoke nt all, and
directed affairs In a sort of grotesque panto
mime.
As morp and moro racers came out fro
the rub-down, stripped and shining like
satin, tho spectacle brightened. Among the
rutin coats there wore blacks a-plenty, the
meirst sprinkled of grays, too many dull
washy sorrelu, and bays and dark ehes,iiu
In platoons, Near half tho sorrels and
chestnutu worn whlto stockings all round
Suleiman led by near n hundred yards, the dlscocred a great ono the wrongdoer would
Urave had decided It was time for dunning.
Ho stretched himself, loweied his head and
struck Into an easy sweeping, stealing stride
that devouted the c urse faster than even
Suleiman's Javelin bounds. At the next
furlong pole Tho Urave had made up twenty
yards. Suleiman heard him coming and lay
down to It, swinging Into a killing dead run.
Hut run as he? might, Tho Bravo crept up.
As they swung n second time Into the
stretch tho blue stallion was not twenty
yards to the good. Bound tho turn they
pay the full penalty of tho law
' I I wanted to pull The Brave out
thero on the courso so's to fool you
bockles Into laying big odds against htm
I know he can win ns he pleases If only
I ituld n-kept you from knowln' It, too,
I might n-had u chance." Harris wound
up miserably, llascom chewed the enit
of his cigar a minute, then thrust his hand
deep In his pocket. He drew It out full
i of thousand dollar bills. "Luck's been
I fair this week, Mark," ho said, "so 1 can
forged, with still the golden henfl advanc- j spare this lot of plcturs for a good whiu-
lng. Through tho outstretcn tnc duel lasted, you take 'em and square things After
with no advantage to either of the pair. As , Ward we'll talk of balancing accouuts
nhcatcn, and in tho minds of their follow
ing unbeatable. In tho books outside and at
home Bascom had won on Suleiman a few
hundred dollars moro than ho had lost on
Tho Brave. They wero to meet In tho
Searchlight, Lorls Parft's richest stake. It
would bo run upon the very last day of tho
protracted summer meeting. So that set
full threo Weeks ahead much too far for
any thought of final preparation. Still, the
ralners of both cracks kept them going
overly. Both had raced hard since
prlng, neither could afford a letup, nnd
oth, It was ccrtnln, would bo tho better
for a Hpaco of seml-rctlrcmcnt.
It was tho hopo of seeing thera that had
brought at least half tho crowd. Before
Drlcse, tho lad, had como back It hail
swelled to nearly 100. 'Drieso threaded It
shrlnklngly, edging around tho burly figures
hlch crowded thickest nt Uascom's el
bows. Ah the lad moved a whisper run
eblnd tho backs of hands: "That's Vaux
Andrleso Vaux BaBcom's confidential
crlc, you know." When nods had nn-
wcred tho whisper another ran back:
Wonder It ho couldn't glvo a mighty
tralght tip for tho Searchlight? "
One man, gray nnd pursy, nnd npple-
necked, went bo far ns to pluck nt
Drleso's nrm and say, In a carefully uncon-
orned voice:
"What's the good thing today, Vaux1
e always know there's somcthln' In tho
Ind when wo sco you nnd your boss up
It It tho lark."
llascom turned, frowning henvlly ns he
caught tho words: '"Drlcse, I want you!
once!" ho said, reaching to clutch nt
tho lad's shoulder nnd drnw him In front
f himself next tho rail. Thero ho thrust
chronometer Into his hand, with a mut
tered order, only hnlf uudlblo to tho rest.
Still, It sulllced to sot up In them n sharp,
pricking expectance. Whcro a horse or
his preparation woh concerned, they bo-
oved supremely In Bascom. Ho liad
been for half an hour watching tho courso
and especially tho year's equlno gladl-
tors ho must bo suro something of mo
ment hung In tho wind, thus to leave his
own eyes frco for watching.
Suleiman and The Brave had come hack
from tho rub down. Both had been warmed
up very gradually, walking first, then can
torine, then set In a brushing gallop, nnd
endlnr with half a mile- on the dead run
Tho Brave's trainer scowled a little as he
went to the chestnut's head and ran his
hand down tho clean swolling throat. AI
through ho was a hundred yards off, Bas
com. through his glass, noted the scowl
Ho wondered a little- at It. Tho trainer,
Mark Harris, was n genial fellow, commonly
n love with himself and life and things.
Bascom had no time to Bpeculato over the
scowl. Harris spoke shortly nnd with cm
nhasls to tho Jockey, who leaned from tho
saddle to hear, held up his nana as mougn
In wnrnlne. then waved the lad on. The
ockcv looked over his shoulder. Suleiman
was coming perhaps twenty yards behind.
In shook his reins and whistled very low.
notautly Tho Bravo began to move, not In
whirlwind fashion, but with slow, easy
strides. Sulclmnn passed him In a rush ami
ran bucking nnd ramping ahead. Suleiman
had tho family temper, and something In
tho rubdown had not been to his mind.
Why, Sulcy 'II spread-caglo that fellow!"
ho puroy man said, complacently. "I tell
ou, gentlemen, my money goes on the hiuo
horse, no matter nt what odds."
Better wall and see tho finish," a sec
ond man said, good-humoredly. A third, n
newcomer, tall and llorld and smiling under
cavernous slouch hat, nodded nsecnt.
That's good advice," ho said. "I've como
ton miles this mornln' a-purposo to ec-o Tho
Bravo. Ho's a sort of old acqualntanco of
mine bred In Kentucky, you know, where I
llvo. In fact, I know the man who bred him
nnd saw tho colt tho day after ho was foaled.
It's as much on account of Major Thompson
ns myself that I camo this morning. Ho
charged me tho last thing beforo I left, 'Bo
sure you bring mo a true account of that
colt.' "
"You'vo seen him In a race?" the pursy
man said, tentatively.
Tho other man shook his head. "No,
worso luck to me," he said. "I'd like to seo
him In the Searchlight, but that's out of tho
question. Still. I think If they let him run
truo this morning I shall bo able to pick
tho Searchlight winner."
"Then you'vo seen Suleiman run?" from
tho pursy man. Tho Kentucklan nodded
"Twlco!" he said: "Won a couple o' thoU'
sand ovor him In tho Lakeside derby. Qreat
horse Btlll, unless tho other's changed a
heap slnco I saw him in tho pasture, I've a
notion hos Just a bit better."
Thero la comity among trainers. As soon
as It was seen tho big racers were nut for a
trial tho bulk of the hones drew to the outer
half of tho course. Thus the Inner half
wag free as for a race. The men nt the cor-
uer, slowly wheeling glasses to eyea, could
seo nil the way round. At first It was tnmo
enough. Suleiman ran like a mad horse,
fighting for his head, savaging his pace
maker and buck-Jumping every threo
stride, but under doublo wraps, no tho paco
was slow. In splto of the slowness Tho
Brave hung still fifty yards back. Now and
again ho tumed his head, whickering faintly
to his stall-roato a yard behind. Impatient
murmurs rose nmong tho watchers:
"Why don't they let 'em at each other?"
the pursy man said. Bascom laughed u hard
laugh. "That would never do never In tho
world," ho said. "Tho main use of trials
Is to show what a horse can't do. If he was
up against the other fellow they might show
what ho couid."
"Hold still! You'll see something It yoti
wait long enough!" tho Kentucklan sang
out cheerily. Tho horses were In the straight
beforo tho stand, a little more than half a
mile from the stnrt. Tho paco waB quicken
ing sensibly. Suleiman no longer ran zig
zag. Ho was settling Into a long leaping
stride, high and freo and open as the day.
"Jove! He's fencing all the way," one
man said. Another nodded sagely, "That's
his way," he said. "I believe ho hates the
ground. Ho always runs as far from It as
ho can "
"Ho gets thero Just tho same." the pursy
man said exultantly. "Talk to mo about
your Brave. Look at him now!"
"Ho Is worth seeing," Bascom said, smil
ing tranquilly. The Kentucklan laughed
aloud, At the third quarter polo, though
they swung and squared away for home
they were nlmost lockel. The watcher
held their breath. No need to look at
watches. They knew they wero seeing tho
best race ever run on the courso.
Who would win? Suleiman wns tireless.
Still The Bravo came on, moving llko n
shadow In High!. They were halt through
tho last quarter, The Brave's noso at Sulei
man's throatlach. Both Jockeys crouched
far forward. Neither dared go to the whip.
Thoro was no need of it indeed. Each
stallion knew ho ran ngalnst a rival, not
n pacemaker, nnd was mad, with n consum
ing mndncss, to come In first.
Suddenly Mark Harris ran down tho
courso shouting wildly. Nixon on Tho
Bravo nt once pulled tip, leaving Suleiman
to gallop home ulonc. There was a rustic of
resentment among tho watchers. "A d d
shame! That's what I call It," the pursy
man said.
"I'm satlBiled," tho Kentucklan answered.
with Sharp and nil the rest.
When Bascom got homo lata that night
n yellow envelope lay on his desk, lnsldu
thero wns a slnglo line: "Drothor lu con
dition to be brought cast coming via
Chicago." There was neither date nor
signature, but Bascom understood, ana
smiled. Ho pulled forward a calendar nnd
marked off fifteen days on It. "I don't
know whether the lime Is too long ot
too Hhort," ho said to hlmsolf. "Anyway
I havo got tho cards In my hand, nnd out
certainly going to play the game through."
I. oris park was at its best upon Its last
day of summer racing. Thu flowers on the
lawns had never been so brilliant, the turf
so green nnd velvety, tho throng In stand
nnd elubhouso quite so distinguished, nor
that In the free field quite bo overflowing
with puro Jollity nnd delight In sport.
Tho day had been clear and whlto hot,
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OF THE BULLDOG IN HIM."
sloners for mysterious pair s out of town tho best of tho ruck In second place nnd bond kisrs her nnd says
It was the fancy who picked him winner said ,The Brave absolutely lnst. Then. Indeed.
the popular voice. The talent to n man pandemonium reigned. Yells, cries, curses,
pinned Its hopes and risked Its Searchlight hisses rent tho nlr. Sharp, ten yards
money on Tho Brave. uway from llascom, was dazed, his face
And how they cheered him when ho came! white, drawn and aged. "I have no ex
Last of all, looking finer than silk, fitter , cuse to offer. " ho said to thoso about him.
than he had ever looked, sweet-tempered j "The herse was lit to run for a man's life,
as n lamb, not even snatching on tho bit, ' u is only that ho will not stny."
but caracoling nlong ns though keeping "Thnt I what I thought. Ho Is too
time to the wildly ringing shouts! Bascom handsome to have anything of tho bull
oven drew n hard breath ns he listened. dog in him: 1 laid accordingly," llascom
'Drieso shut his eyes tight n second, nnd tsald, with tho nccent of respectful sym-
let his head droop so. Bascom touched his pathy, as he moved away.
"Hi: IS TOO HANDSOME TO HAVE ANYTHING
"It wuh worth twlco tho trouble of coming
to say nothing of the talo I shall tell tho
major. O, but he'll bo a proud man after
tho Searchlight. His fear had been always
that Tho Bravo couldn't stay. All the
colt's wins, you know, havo been at n mile
nnd under. Ho hasn't got Lexington nnd
Longfellow blood for nothing. After today
I Bhan't fear to bet on him In nny com
pany. Ho'll win 'from eend to cend.' "
"Blood docs tell," Bascom said almost
affably. Tho Kentucklan laughed ub ho
answered: "Sometimes." Then, after a
llttlo pause, he ran on:
"Yes sometimes. But thero has got to
bo something cIbc You'll hardly bellove
It, but Tho Bravo has got a blood-brother,
Just his own age, nnd as llko him ns two
peas lu tho pod, who can run over anything
ns long ns ho stays In front, but quits like
a cur tho minute ho Is collared, or even finds
another hoi so close behind."
Aro you suro of his breeding?" Bnscom
asked.
'1 ought to la I bred him myself. Same
Blre, and dams full sisters." tho Kentucklan
said with n grimace. "And I thought I
had n world-beater until tho brute camo 2
years old. Money wouldn't havo bought him
ns a yearling. I was glad to give him to
n fellow who was going up In Ohio. Of
courso I couldn't let him stay In Kentucky
there we havo no use for quitters and
cowards."
You should havo shot blm," Bascom said,
with a laugh. "That Is tho proper ending
for tho story, which renlly has Interested
mo very much. Tho Ilravo has been n sort
uf hoodoo for me nil this season, but 1 shall
havo to forgive him, after this morning. I
ngreo with you, ho wlnB on his courage."
Bascom did not speak on tho way home.
Andrleso drove, with hands so tremulous
the horses nfter a while becamo skittish.
When, for the third time, they began to
dance, threatening to upset the trap, Bas
com Bnntchcd tho reins. Still, he kept
silence until he was alone with Andrlete In
his own apartments. Ho had sat at his
desk for ten minutes, running down the
columns of tho stud book. As ho looked up
from It ho said, with a leaping smile
hato sending you on such an errand, 'Drlcse
you have un Inconvenient nmount of con
sclonco still but there Is nobody clo
daro trust In auch u matter."
'Drieso got very white. "I hnvo no con
science except for you," ho said. "You
know that. I saw your plan in your eyes
whtlo that man was talking. (llvo It up,
Uix! Do! Think ot tho risk!"
"I llvo for risks," Bascom said, shutting
his llpa hard. "They are the only things
worth living for almost. Still, I think I
might satisfy my cravings with onu big,
overwhelming risk a risk that has honor
and cuso and profit on ono Bide and on
tho other the blackness of darkness. That
Is why I nm bo set on this adventure. Help
me carry It through. I glvo you my word,
If It Is a success, and I don't see how It can
fall, we shall be able to chuck up tho ring
nnd we will. I will take away with mo to
some far country"
"Don't," 'Drieso enld, putting n hand over
his eyes. "Uix, you don't need to bribe
me. even with promises. Only tell me
what I nm to do."
Bascom told, speaking low and rapidly,
and tit tho end thrusting Into 'Drleso's hand
a huge roll of money. When It was safely
stowed nway Bascom ran on: "Start tit
once, by tho fastest train, and telegraph tho
minute you llnd out anything. Hero nro
tho names horse nnd owner I only hope
tho horso has not been tin own out of train
ing. If ho has, we must wait but this Is
tho golden time. Wo shall never havo such
another chance. Mark Harris Is In trouble.
What the trouble is I shall know before to
morrow nlcht."
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It was n trouble common enough nnd sor
did euough. Harris, n rich owner's thrlco
trusted employe, had dropped f 10.000 of
money riot his own In tho effort to bent the
books by an Infallible system. I'nless ho
could make good the stable's bank balanco
within tho next fortnight there would bo
the cxposuro which meant ruin. Sharp,
tho ownor. prided himself upon paying bo
well the men be paid must remain honest.
Therefore, ho wns pitiless to the least
fault In them, It was ccrtnln that it be
ns befits August s farewell, but toward
o'clock n dcltcnto mottled white cloud
dimmed without chilling tho Btreamlne
sunshine. Thero was baroly wind enough
to flutter tho flags upon their staffs ana
to rufllo the dusty leaves upon the trees
around tho courso.
Hero or thero, In convenient forks and
crotches, adventurous lads sat snug. From
their clevatlpn they had oven a sort of pity
for tho folk In tho stand nnd olubhouse.
No doubt It wns fine to sit thore but not
to comparo with this perch upon swaying
boughs, whcro nil the happenings ot tho
park were In plain and proper sight. Tho
flno pcoplo could see no moro than the
start and tho finish. Tho troe-hauntcrs
watched everything with avid eyes, and
heard nil tho gossip of track nnd Btnblcs,
with eager cars.
It was retailed liberally directly under.
neath them. Trainers' houses nro cen
ters of insldo turf knowledge. Today
thero wns ono overwhelming topic, com
mon alike to training quarters, club house,
paddock, Btand nnd freo field Bascom's
foolish laying against Tho Bravo. Not
withstanding ho was odds-on In all tho
other books, Bascom wrote him 5 to 4.
Ah a consequence ho was nearly swampod
by the rush of layers. Ho would havo
been quite swamped but that he had taken
the precaution from the beginning to lay
only on tho event of the Searchlight.
"Tho fellow's mad, qulto mad," com
mented tho pursy man, as ho pocketed a Blip
made out for $1,000. I'lenty of others
thought nr.d said tho samo thing, but as
tho supposed madman had tho namo of
being shrewdly far-sighted, nnd, further,
had money to burn, thoy also mado tholr
wagers, and did not niako them small
Bascom smiled nt them, us he gavo out
the Blips. Ho was not writing himself,
neither wns 'Drieso. Ho had half a dozen
clerks and cveu then thero was waiting.
Ho stood a llttlo stooped nnd spoko now and
then In whlBpors to young Vaux.
"No more bets after tho call to post,
mean to sco this race If I never bco an
nlhnr ' tin shnllfnil. n lln hennl ttlfi Rad
dling bell. Tho mob of bettors answered fffK
with n howl. A follow uooumaner auouiea j
across:
"Say, Bascom, you're mighty good all nt
once, throwing nway your money to keep
tho rest of us from losing. But you
needn't expect ub to pass round tho hat
for you. If n man goes broke with his
eyes open, ho deserves what ho gets."
Sometimes," BaBcom said, composedly.
Drieso turned white. "Oct awny nt once.
Oo outsldo. Your face tells tales," Bas
com said, pushing tho lad almost roughly
away. 'Drieso went laggardly, lifeless
and with hanging head. Ho was nlways
pale. Now the pallor was a sort of lvorln
tint moro ghastly than death. Hn crept
to tho lawn's farthest edge und flung him
self nt length upon the grass, prosslng both
hands hard over his uyes before he opened
their dark-fringed lids.
Ho lay there, outwardly quiet, full of
riotous tremors, until UaBcora stopped and
touched him on tho shoulder. "Stand up!"
ho said, Imperatively. "Watch them go byl
Wo must get out of this everything that Is
In It. It Is something to hear how the
crowd will cheer for Tho Brave."
He spoko very low, and ended with a faint
chuckle. 'Drieso rose, staggering n little,
clutched tho lawn fenco and hung a llttlo
over It. Ulppllug huzzas heralded the ad
vanclng racers. Cp and down for a full
quarter of u mile tho courso was thronged
on either side. You might havo walked tho
dlstanco upon human heads and every head
was set hard toward tho dun eurthun river,
Eleven horses camo along It. Suleiman and
Tho Bravo ought to huve made the Held
smaller, but thero was tho glorious un
eertalnly of tho sport to save owners and
trainers from being frightened out. So
black and bay nnd gray and chestnut, sorrels
In a variety, nnd ovon a dappled gray, camo
mincing nnd prancing on, necks arched.
coats shining gllddcry-smooth, with Jockeys
all In tire-new cblors as gorgeous as a tulip
bed In April bloom.
Tho cheering roso and fell Irregularly
until Sucllraan swept In view then It rose
shrill und ear-piercing, with nn undernoto
of drtlunce Suleiman had gone back In the
books to threes. At that thero were big
bctB on him bets made by truth cotumla-
hanging hand and Bald lu n fierce whisper:
"D n you! Brace up! Don't you, won't
you see, it's tor you 1 nm doing this? I
want to quit to make nn end, nnd a good
end, to this wretched mnsquerade of ours."
'Drieso stood up, a flicker ot lambaut
red In either check. "I I havo not com
plained," ho said. "No! that's the worst
of It." Baacom rotortcd, still In a whis
per: "You forget, though I wns a gen
tlcmon once. It hasn't been pleasant for
me sending my wife about, to crush with
tho ring."
"Hush! For heaven's sake, hush:
'Drieso said, gasping faintly. Baacom
glued his cyo to his glass, watching tin
start. He saw Mark Hnrris nt Tho Brave s
head saw Nixon lean down, nnd mentally
heard Harris' last orders: "Keep lu front
tho first mile, wnlt through tho half, then
como home, leading nil you can."
There wero three brenknwnys. In each
The Brave led. Bascom smiled ns ho saw
It: "The game's working benutlfully," he
said In 'Drlcse's car. 'Drlcse had a glass,
too, nnd mado bellove to look. It Is a
question, though, If tho deep-sot, dark
frlngcd eyes took any Intelligent noto ot
what they taw.
"At last I" Bascom said, dropping hir
glass with n long, deep breath. It was a
ragged start, but fair enougii, wun miici
man lying n llttlo back, Tho Brao in front
and tho others well bunched townrd the
middle of the course. Fresh shouta went
up as Tho Brave shot ahead, opening a
gap between himself nnd nil contenders,
running stroug nnd free, nnu closer man
over to his mother earth.
"Ho Is tho Antncus of racing." n pedant
said to his elbow neighbor watching the
golden head flash further and further fot-
ward. The neighbor grunted. 110 wns noi
used to mix mythology with hlH Bport. Ho
had como out for a good tlmo which
meant ho was there for the ilollciou
thrill born of Bcolng n horso como first ana
knowing that It meant money In the pocket.
But Baacom, who overheard tno peuani.
smiled comprehension, nnd said over his
shoulder: "You ought not to Bay that, It
you havo bet on Tho Bravo, uomcmbot
Antaeus had his Hercules!"
A cry mado him look at 'Drieso, whos
eyes now did not lcavo tho racers. Tho
first mllo was run, and still Tho Bravo
whs In front, going llko a whirlwind, nnd
two lcnethfl to tho good. Nixon hold him
hard, but still ho ran, his matchless steal
ing strides defying vision. iiaBcom s neari
gavo n great bound nt tho Bight. "God!
Suppose nfter nil, ho Is not u coward!" ho
whispered hollowly In 'Drleso's car.
Ho looke d ngaln. Still Tho Bravo ran. 110
wns half through tho outstretch upon this,
tho excess dlstnnce. Ho had but to run on
for flvo furlongs moro nnd Bascom would bo
ruined beyond nil hopo. Could Nixon bo
playing false? Could the Kentucklan? but
no! No man in his senses would have
parted with such n beast except for ludublt
ablo cause. Tho man thought ho spoko
truth. If Bascom hod bolloved him to his
own undoing tho fault lay wholly with himself.
Only hnlf n mile now. nnd still The Bravo
led gallantly. He had never stridden to
strongly, so swiftly, with such ease, might
and grace. Tho hushed throng watcnea wun
bated breath ns ho swept tho ttnit-mne post,
swung and squared for the last quarter be
foro tho run home.
Suleiman lor well back. Thero were
three horses betwixt him and The Bravo
At tho polo his Jockey stood up, shook his
reins, drew his whip and drove homo the
spurs. Then began a horso race to Btlr tho
blood. Like a lance well hurled Suleiman
went forward, collared his horses and leaped
nfter The Bravo. A llttlo quavering cry,
the rattlo of suspended breath told that the
course noted. It swelled to u roar, honrso
and wild as the rush of Icy seas, In tho next
half minute. For ns ho caught tho thunder
of Suleiman's hoofs behind Tho Bravo
slackened, shortened stride, shut up like n
Jacknlfe. Suleiman locked him, passed him
ran clear by two lengths, Nixon piled steel
and catgut, but nil In vain. There upon
what had promised to bo his field ot triumph
ho showed himself n quitter of tho worst.
Nobody believed oven their own eyes
until Suleiman dashed ovor tho line, with
Bascom went to l'arls on tho strength
of that thrlro lucky stroke. Ho lives
thero In quiet elegance only his namo Is
not llascom now. His wife Is slim, with
no beauty, but a pair of big. dark eyes.
Occasionally a look of frightened melan
choly erctp.4 into them mid then her bus-
Don t bo frightened. 'Dries- I prom
Ised you never to go Inside u murv gulo
ngaln and I shall keep my wrrd "
Lorls park, of course, has forgotten Has
com nnd most of his works, but If yo.i
happen to lounge there abbut trnt'iltiic
quarters, through nn off day or ix dull ono,
tho chnnces nro that some veteran will
toll you the other side of this story and
finish with. "And sure as you live, the
very next morning they found Tho Brave,
poor fellow, dead In his stall. The vet
said heart disease, but wo all had our
opinion. Sharp, he's a hard man, mighty
hard, and ho wanted to win that Sennh
llght tho very worst way. Funny thing
though. Is The Bravo has got n brother
soniowhero out west and somo of tho
gamest youngstet). In training nro his
sons nnd daughter though folks say ho
was n quitter, too. '
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