Show T R Y TI arri DOES IT SOLVE A MYSTERY OF LONG STANDING aay did bir awyers tremont ont Sud sullenly lenly end his III Cai career reer tho the of abe that will re par interesting to horsemen the racing season had begun and lit in 0 saratoga Sara tuga aris thron thronged god ged wa with th visitors the hotels were crowded and tho the cott cotti agoa gos had long since been taken tho the balmy air tho the sight bight of magnificent magn equipages equi pages handsome well dressed men and beautiful women all conspired to drive away caro care no matter what ones trouble might bo be so I 1 thought as is comfortably s boated iu in a hugo huge rocking chair I 1 looked about mo from tho piazza plazza of tho the grand union hotel ono one glorious morning iu in july all the people near nie mo seemed intent on discussing only uno one sub subject eject viz racing I 1 remember distinctly to have caught several times timea tho expression hos holig a suro asuro winner nothing can beat him then again come one would say bay the black whirlwind is a wonder ile ho will win in a walk and various other liko like opinions not being familiar with race horses and racing slang I 1 was unable tomake to make headson boada or tails out of all I 1 had hoard and realizing that I 1 was out of my element clement I 1 concluded to tako take a stroll and indulge in a quiet smoke after having traversed two or three blocks I 1 found myself just behind two gentlemen walking loi leisurely sure along who seemed to bo be talking about something in a 0 very serious mannor manner tho the walk being narrow I 1 mado made no effort to pass then them and lazily followed behind enjoying my beloved very soon I 1 again hoard the word whirlwind and I 1 confess that my curiosity was greatly excited just at this moment a rather stiff summer breeza came camo up and hearing bearing directly toward us wafted wafred distinctly to me their conversation tho the larger of tho the two whom I 1 will do designate as mr A said to tho the other so bo you yon aro surely going to start him in tho the stakes today are you yon tho the smaller man mail whom I 1 will designate afons ai mr D replied why certainly im suro sure to win wim there Is ia nothing eligible to start stait that can call m mako ake my colt oven even extend himself of course lie ho will start and win vin too well said mr H 1 I chavon have a prop position losi tion n to make or ainther I 1 should say a bet to propose I 1 I 1 lets hoar hear it sold eaid mr D 1 I 1 in very cold and measured tones mr 11 then said mr D I 1 will bet you yon 5 that if your colt crosses tho the wire today tho the raco race will not bo be given to him and additional that it if you do start him ho he will never again run in another race i I 1 by this timo time I 1 was trembling with excitement but something beyond my lily control forced me to continue being nn an unwilling ot eavesdropper aves dropper i 1 mr D quickly replied replica why what lia is tho the matter with you has anything unusual limpp enod that has caused conr good to forsake you your proposition is too foolish to bo be thou glit of for a moment I 1 well replied mr II 11 a little bird brought mo file somo some extremely inter mahig nowa about your colt and I 1 do not believe that my mental faculties have forsaken me I 1 repeat that I 1 am willing to maka tile tho wager and I 1 know full well that I 1 thoroughly understand what I 1 am saying anil ana ling ing do you accept tho wager or not mr D all this timo time I 1 was wag only a few foot feet behind them regulating my pace by theirs and trying to appear very preoccupied after somo some hesitation mr D replied that ho would consider tho the matter and would give an answer befera I 1 somehow I 1 did not feel as it if I 1 had committed a very great offense in listening but at any rate I 1 thought that I 1 bal had heard enough so BO I 1 turned and retraced my footsteps thinking thoro thero wits was something very peculiar lit in what I 1 had bad overheard overboard I 1 worried over it so ranch much that I 1 concluded to go out to tho the raco race course I 1 called n cab and was soon their ii tho the bettin betting pavilion agit I 1 ap iwon preached ebed a man who ae omed to teo manner born bom and politely asked it if lio lie knew killow anything about a horse borso called tho the black whirlwind ho under stood at knoo nud and told me ino tho proper cauto was tremont and nd went ou on to say that in w all america there was not a y B year old who could outran autran him 1 after thanking hint him for his hid in forma tion I 1 went up to the grand stand oud and thero there purchased ft A pro grammo anro anio enough tremont was entered in tho the fourth race very impatiently I 1 sd sat thero there and waited finally tho first raco was run which I 1 watched wit with 11 little or no aal after the jockeys hall had dismounted again mado my way to tho tit 0 betting ring fing I 1 stood ethod on oil tile tho outskirts of tho the crowd quito quite interested interest cl if in I 1 na what flint I 1 saw null nud heard though I 1 coald cluid not un dorastand dor stand tile operandi op of tho the bookmakers book makers suddenly I 1 heard board a loud out shout from tho the end cud of tho the ring I 1 tried to ascertain what wag waa tho the matter but was pushed aud and jostled about by tw crowd crova so Hava goly that I 1 could not got an answer to my inquiries soon boon how over I 1 heard a voice cry out scratch r atch tremont I 1 this was repeated tod by many on all aid sides aides es everyone every ono tippo appeared area surprised cd and no ono one seemed ablo to gi TO any reason tor for tho the colts withdrawal after tho the excitement had somewhat abs I 1 returned to tho the grand stand and sat at there thinking deeply I 1 remembered tile tho conversation of n few hours previous and I 1 tried very hard to form sono boino opinion ni as to tho the itis ins and outs of what I 1 considered anery strange caso indeed Inde eil tho the only conclusion that I 1 could reach was wag that sir mr II 11 understood his own affairs well at last tho timo time for tho the stake raco race I 1 forgot to say that mr 11 hind had his big best sy S y carold car old for it a starter while the horses at tho the post I 1 heard n man sitting near mo me say why mr air 11 II will win sure fiure now that Tro monts of the way after a short delay the field was tent sent away away ou on nearly even terms at tho the half mr 11 II is fi colt was lending leading and running easily ile ho simply kept it up and romped past tho the wiro till an easy winner by four or five lengths lengthy after nil all the excitement of tb tho 0 daiji arty I 1 felt very bory much fatigued mid start eil ed to return to tho the hotel in leaving tho the stand I 1 noticed mr H and another gentleman gent loman lonian talking very earnestly together they were separated from tho the crowd aud their conversation was animated the old foy feverish erish curiosity of tho morning again assailed me and very BOO soon I 1 was waa within M earshot I 1 must havo have arrived just in time for I 1 heard beard mr 13 say bay why I 1 know all about it several elveral days ago I 1 knew that if I 1 madu made tho the matter public there would bo be moro more or less scandal so I 1 determined to give mr D a very strong hint which ho he has been sensible enough to talc take no woude wonder r tho colt won ill all hla his races last year carrying weight ns as a 3 2 year old when lie ho really was a 0 year old well tho whirlwind will never start again mr D will have to put him in the stud having heard this thia solution of the matter to leavo tho track when suddenly n man running very fast bumped into mo me with great violence knocking mo me to the tha ground and I 1 awoke I 1 had bad been dozing on tho the hotel piazza and my chair had tilted over it was waa only a dream after all but like tho wager a peculiar ono S a W in now york 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