Show TAKEN DOWN DOYN THE rp Doc Doe Street Puts Up Op Cloven Clevet ve Job on Some Wise Ones There goes one of the shrewdest horse horsemen horsen horsemen men n In hi this country said a man in New NewYork NewYork York the other day Tn T individual re referred to was Dot Doc Streett Ill IlI tell you youa OU a iii FT lIon about him continued the stranger A decade or 30 so 0 go Streett had some trotting horses He brought one to t a i town in the interior of the state to board for the winter The horse Rore was a good 1 looker but did net not impress the ke t e natives natives who woo knew a good horse when they the e rw I one as favorably as it did Streett He Hewa was wa never tired thred of boasting about the animal and nhat hat he e was going to do with him the following season on the grand circuit He drove the horse occasionally as u the spring Pring advanced but still every everyone one olSe thought he was an overrated animal especially when Streett began to use him himas himan as u a hack to te drive about nights Streett was finally called caned away on business bu He arranged to have the horse fed and exercised but asked as a particular ular ula favor that no one be allowed to drive the horse during his absence As soon as ashe ashe ashe he was out of the way we e dec deeMed ed to see ee j Jut st what kind of an animal Streett had bad hadin hadia badIn in ia the barn The alleged champion was ws s hitched to a sulky and driven a mile on the local track His performance was just good enough to convince us that he was a useful roadster but not Dot worth con eon considering aldering seriously in a race r ee When Streett returned he Ie rushed to I Ithe the stable and made a careful examina examination I ion tion of the horse bors orse and ami wanted to Know if anyone had bad driven him Of Ot course we said no DO He then began to boast ef of what the tie horse bone had done and could do doWe doWe doWe We saw a little easy money in sight and aDd ventured to differ We e offered altered to tot tob back our opinion with t money Our wag wagers ers era were reluctantly taken up by b Streett Then he Indulged in some e more boasting and more wagers were made It was waa finally decided d ded to send the big Wg hay bay against time me on the local track the following fo day He was to cover a mile In to win vIn in 1 MM for tor Doc Streett We had bad been fool QUI foolish lob ish enough to lay odds when Streett was i reluctant to back his opinion The rhe next n morning Streett who is a good farrier brought a trunk from the depot which contained a complete horse borse shoeing outfit He erected ere t a at miniature forge in the yard and then brought out isis his charge The Th plates were removed from his feet leet and new ones put on At the appointed Sime all aU adjourned to the tracy track Streett drove the WE big bar ba around af the course several rett times and a soon convinced us that the horse bone was better than t we e bad d thought him He asked for or ori I Ithe i tIN the word got BOt Ot It U and reeled reel Ct oft off the Ute ruSe mile I f without a skip Kip or any apparent effort IR i is h s tt The stakeholder handed over th money and d Streett packed up his is belong belongings hugs ings and bid us all an affectionate fare farewell fareL well L The next day I picked up o em e of oC the discarded plates which was wu lying In la I the tb I yawl yard where Streett had bad thrown It H It was solid olid Id lead and weighed w hed about three and a ait bait it pounds I kept It as a souvenir of ol my share of oC th u lost OB on a tl athing asure sure re thing we had tried tied and proved ved but still Mill W w like Isice JOt all alt ether sure Know Snow Fitzsimmons Be Ji Fitzsimmons rapped Impatiently at atthe atthe I the tile stage ue door Lets have your ticket said the man maa IB tp charge Dont need no bloomin ticket said sl d dB Bob B Im I nt nat racket wont work here herb re remarked re marked aked the th doorkeeper Yo You will have te try some ome other scheme You say Im not con tinned the tile middleweight champion Well WeIl ell I m seer se And ADd Pits Fit pushed p h his lIs hand out W front of him 1 so abruptly and nd firmly that the doorkeeper whose who e face was wa located In the right of way which the hand traversed was rudely Jarred It was a convincing movement and nd Fitz walked in followed by the ponderous Jet Jef Jeffries de fries Subsequently su the doorkeeper sought out Pits and anel asked keel to be excused exe bat but Fit Pita refused ed to answer him Of Ot such sueh is great j At the Ute same sam time a number Dumber of per pee persons pers s sons w learning of the M tb t envied tie a because t tins the which watch lie be enjoyed in getting an open detI 1 Jolt from trio 9 yet freckle N c of of Boo i |