| Show Lunger Grannan a Friend in Need Washington Wahington Star StarRie RIley Rie Grannan a a mark for his ils friends as they call cal a man who overdoes the loaning thing but he was liberal toward men whom he liked and who fell tel into hardluck streaks said a a who wag wa II close to the plunger who died at Raw Rw Rawhide hide lide Nev the other day Of course I am arn speaking now of oC the days when Riley was wa there ther with wIt the bells bels on Along In his latter later years he have much to be liberal l eral with wih But when he be I had It i he know how boW to turn away aay from froin a friend who really realy was 1 down on his luck luck I Back Baek In 1897 biggest I yeara yeara ear a friend of oC his had a horse in the I Brooklyn handicap which was won by 1 Ornament Orn ment The Tl friends horse was wa mortgaged together with wih the few re remaining remaining horses hores in the Ue string The owner believed his good horse borle had a chance to win the Brooklyn and every ver dollar dolar he owned in the world only a I afew few ew thousands was up on the horse In Inthe Inthe inthe the future books boaks Not only that but the owner stood stood to lose the horse and andal andall ill all al the rest of the horses of oC his string if if the thE race went elsewhere which of course it did didWell didWell Well Vei Riley Grannan knew all aU about this business but the man in the hole know that the plunger knew It It The two men happened to watch the therace therace therace race from a a spot where they were close together in the infield Infeld Riley nley had one of his bumper bets on Ornament the winner As the field feld swept Into the stretch Ornament at that point wrest wresting wrestIng wresting ing the lead head from Sly Fox Fox and sailing saing along with wih mighty strides the plunger put his field feld glasses back into their case He knew ke that the race would be Ornaments by the te way that he h was going His glance glande fell tel upon the coun countenance countenance countenance of ot his friend The mans face was twitching although he saying a word ord Wheres your horse pal i the plunger asked the man who had had staked his everything upon his horses bor es chance The colt col was w s among the Nowhere Riley Rie replied the owner and he be started to walk away wa Then he turned back with a a sort of or a chalky grin And he my horse now either he added I 1 dun lose him Riley beckoned his friend back with witha wih a nod and the man returned to where the plunger stood 4 All Al In hi old mn man Grannan asked him In a low tone i All Al except a little haberdashery I bought sought yesterday replied the man who who had stood for the blow Horses in hock To their chin straps Got time to take a a bite bie of dinner at nt the beach after the last race Gran Grannan Grannan nan asked his friend and the latter later nodded nodded When the days racing was over the two men men drove over oer to Manhattan Beach Bech The plunger took up the mort mortgage mortgage mortgage gage on the horses borses of his out friend and slipped sUpped him be besides besides besides sides AH All Al of oC that money was wa repaid within six months but when he held hel out the helping hand Grannan I am sure was not thinking of when if ever the tho loan was going to t be made good goodHe goodHe goodHe He did not like to be on time the track although he never was wa known to turn the down if the theman theman theman man was one of his friends He par particularly particularly abominated having a man be begin begin begin gin a long hong story about why he needed the coin Riley a friend once said to him rushing up to the plunger on the Gravesend lawn one of ot men Just told me that Im Im a a thousand to the bad in i book from yesterday although Id Id forgotten all al about it I and I fetch the stuff down with me mc and Ive 16 For heavens sake why cant alt you ou bite all al that and Just say sa you want the thousand broke out Grannan and he passed his explaining friend the money mone objections to being touched on the track were due more to the fact that such incidents dis distracted distracted distracted his attention from the business In hand the racing itself than from any an unwillingness to give up He lie lost less through lending money mone perhaps than any of the big moneyed men around the tracks The had too keen Iteen an appreciation of or the value of the friendship of so openhanded a aman aman aman man as Riley Grannan to take chances on losing It I One forenoon six or seven years ago during the summer racing Gran Grannan Grannan Grannan nan met a betting friend now a n very e prosperous man at one of the time Broad Broadway way wa hotel hotels v The Time friend was taking breakfast and when he saw the I plunger e he looked chagrined Gran Grannan Grannan Grannan nan walked over oer to his table with wih a u ucO cordial cO lal greeting i Pirn Pm said sid the plunger what aik a I I IOU you OU anyhow I seen you at atthe atthe atthe the track for a long hong spell ten days or orso orso orso so soI so I Staying away for a a bit Riley Jicy said his friend What for asked Riley nley Coll ted feet The other man tossed ossed his napkin down and said i it p t I Nope ope Not No cold eold feet But B Bu t Im Im Into you for four foul thousand If you happen happel to remember and I want to meet up with wih you ou until I had th kale kaleto to hand to you all al Grannan grinned Youre an ass Jim he said pleased all al the same over the te conscientiousness shown by his friend Picking anything up upI I Oh in lots said the friend 4 Well Wel lets start said Grannan and the two went to the track In automobile That was the day when Grannan put over his famous killing on Intrusive sive elve He got 00 hewn down at 10 to 1 for his 1 Is conscientious friends without the latter later knowing anything about it I On the following morning moring Grannan walked Into the hotel where his friend was again breakfasted Count it I and see if Its Is all al right matey said sid Riley tossing to a yellow bundle beside his friends plate The The Th roll rol contained twenty bills bis your bit of ot the Intrusive thing and now if you ou want to pay me that four tour thousand why go ahead and pay your head off oc Grannan Crannan hated to be followed around in the betting ring In the days when he lie was doing his own betting by chaps eager to find out what he hewa was wa playing This sort of or thing even eventually became such a nuisance to him that he be quit qui putting his money down himself himsel employing shifting crews of ot commissioners to do his betting when he looking hooking but playing them from the ground One afternoon at Morris Park Grannan was executing one of those little betting tricks known as making a price He rustled rusted down the main bookmakers line lne betting at a crack on favorite The weight of f his money forced the prices up on the other contenders When the real horse that the plunger Intended to get his big money mone down on touched 5 to 1 on the slates his commissioners appeared at nil all al of the big bookies chairs simultaneously and took that one for gobs Grannan was wal slapping down the bets on the one that he mean a amote motley mote gang of followed foi 0 wed closely in his lila wake They The of course coune know the trick that was wa coming coring off ot and when they the heard him call cal off or the name of ot the favorite they rushed to get their small smal bets down Grannan have much sympathy with wih this tribe but just o a as he was turning away awa I from the time mob at the last stool on the tIme theline theUne tImeline line Une he espied a shabby poor devil devi with witha a 2 bill bi tightly clutched In his bis hand Something in the keen teen worried look of or the chaps eye touched the plunger Well Vel he said choppily facing the chap with wih the vis visible visIble is isible ible 2 note youve been treading on my heels for bc l r a mile mie now and are arc you sure you OU have got the right one oneat oneat oneat at that Well Wel replied the shabby chap I 1 Iwas Iwas was trying to listen Mr 1 Grannan be because because because cause I cashed a bet In a long longtime longtime time and got me down to my last two bucks and aud Come over here said Grannan taking the man by the arm and haul hauling haulIng hauling ing him over to a ring stanchion Are you oU a a gabber or can you keep your our tongue between your teeth The oking chap replied that he know anybody around the track to talk taik t lk to All Al right said Grannan Graiman hurried hurriedly ly skimming a 10 bill bl from his roll rol Take this and get it I down on Rilling i Boer for yourself dont pinch out any an I of It I but get it down as It I stands stands theres 5 S to 1 now if i you hustle huste and Grannan rushed off or to see that his lila commissioners were attending to their business of or eating up the price against Rolling Boer Beer The man obeyed the time plungers injunction and made the biggest bet of ot his life with a plungers money on a plungers selection for or his own profit Rolling Doer Boer walked in Ill Il bet that shabby shab y chap had a p a pleas pleasant pleasant pleasant ant thought or so of f Riley Rn Grannan when the plunger ash id in hI at Raw Rawhide Raw RawhIde Rawhide hide the tho th other day |
