Show OLDISPORT EXPLAINS I I 1 wilyTIIO11SONI IS > IT I > I I HB OLD SPORT i stlrredf his toddy i with th Cwirl thai G comei fromj long t 7 t1 practice as fra leaned > + T 1 lean-ed against the bar > 1 l and prepares ft tell I Y I 7 why ire intends to S vote for Ezra f J Thompson fork Lt for-k l i mayor Remade no 1 I 1 1 i apology for taking f7 j 1 1 I the drink In fact 7 he Is a watm advocate c iv t i advo-cate of a reasonable I 1 tlYi number of drfnks tU every day But bee be-e fceUeves in moderation modera-tion Forty or fifty l1lc drinks a day la r r enough for anybody tho Old Sport thinks This was about his fortyfifth and he was in a humor for talking So you want tb know why Im for Ez do you young man toe began Well I dont mind telling you First and foremost this fellow Barnes dont know a faro bank from a roulette wheel Honestly now if he saw a stack of blues on the table and a stack of whltss and was offered eitihtor hed be just as liable to take the whites as tho blues < Thats the klnU of a duck Barnes is Ive got a case ten hero that Im willing to gamble he dbnt know a blinder from a toe weight What the dickens sense is there in electing a fellow like that mUyto of this hero thrivin metropolis Now Ez Is onp of the boys You can just bet he aint overoldn no stacks of blues You put Barnes and Thompson down on a race track side an side Where does Ez break for right away Ill tell you Its either to the paddock or the bettln ring Where does Barnes go He goes an sits in tho grand stand and the chances is moron even ha dont know the sire or dam of any boss In the race Take any old hoss you please an av Ez Thompson about Mm Hell tell you quickern I can drink l this dram who that f bosss sire and dam and gran dam and 1 all of his ancestry J J was clear back to Araby if you wantt to go that far Why Barnes aint in his class a minute Do you reckon Barnes could look at a race and tell whether a hoss was bein pulled or not Does Barnes know who Budd Pablo Is Does he know who Spain is Does ho know who owns Joe and Bumps I dont believe he even knows who owns Irma D A Where would this town be If we had a convention of turf men here and Barnes had to entertain cm Tako Ez now If Ez dont know moro about turf rules than the man tWat made em I hope I J lose every bet I make I from soda to bock next time I go against 1 the 1 bank S i IfEz is elected they tol1 iebeJw gpfas S to get the council t give tith a prlvafca I secretary Who I that secretary be Wolf I tho tips come pretty straight unlitl looks I reasonable to me I hear itst goln to be nobody but Tod Slban Grebt Scott think qt the honos that wi > uld bej to this com munifyj i Pore benighted Barnes probably dont 1 know who Tod Sloan 1st but S can tell you hes the top jockey this country Tas > produced Dont you ever gO to copparin TadS > mount unless our Jn o charitable humor With Tbd as < private secretary and Ez la tire chair I guess this went be a sporty old town Oh no The Old Sport wa i thoroughly wanned i up to his subject t I < now He was even so Interested In listening t list-ening to himself that 41 S htt didnt hear an invitation k in-vitation to take a S I 3 drink My boy he p went on 1 could 4ei stand up here IIOUP Ii I after hour and give I ii i you reasons why Ez I II ought to w elected U that nobody couldnt answer There cant be any question about it Go down to the public library now Do you find any turf books there Do you find any files of the Police Gazette If you sarched for a week could you find a hook that would give you the records of trottin an mania Wosses No Well I elect Ez and youll see in his first message mes-sage to the council hell recommend an immediate appropriation for the purctosa of books containln the information the public Is thlrJiin for Yes Im for Ez from soda to hock an the > boys is all 4 for him too You can gamble hell deal out of a square box t and run the gamo wide open No o welshers can sit in EjI an nobody who dont if know the fine points about bosses can get i any kind of a job under un-der his administration Theres fellows worlds for the city right now that couldnt tell whether they was gettin a run for their money if they had their case roll on the race Barnes would just about fill up the offices with that class of lads If a man dont know the difference beitwTecn double O In the green an a royal flush hes got no business holdin public office You have asked for my senlimerrte my son anthems an-thems them as the fellow said Drop around again some time an Ill try to posi you up some more on the real qualifications qualifica-tions necessary to a candidate for mayor The Old Sport silently allowed his forty sixth to gurgle down its natural channel and there slowly filtered through the swinging doors |