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Show 'Vhfen a Horse Lies life Tough on mis O vvner , Py FRANK O MENKE 3 i ttfunt !seiu si s c K ion I u 1 k iJf i l .hot lol AM AIllan o of th K us f th 'U. kwaes a s I liar a 1 the A fUlo V in t a 1 11 bad n 1 1 his friends st linn as, rtel Mad Un . 'Herses hurst II w sot I tho ght L that lying VMS a tr ot tl o t l ad L foraee cut talk la t tl c V porter - , Ibll i J right tl a t tal 3 Vre.l Mdo b t tl t P ad t 11 1 ii tl e r a o 1 f JW kn that h oul a fh chan ot a li ..o i a I Vv ee 18 by his j,eue al It all tl his WMkout record 1 ght Quite right 1 v "H then ho cs t 11 1 v olte a, horse no en Ike a t ash ot ( Ugutiunz lu h s orko t h th ft pKHUises1 to i fhat ho II n tho ra . i But M may ran like a o o legged n ot ; In that rate A If "On the other ha 1 the horse a Jlot show a thu g in 1 worko ts au 1 K ttoa ny go out aul i tan e the t ell JBf "" never can tell abo t horses the re mm uh awful liars. jp 'But how do the pon es get the o n MET Just tarough the r 1 nj sa J SjK?' Midden Every fellow ho owns s Mr hots has fr ends who want to b t on aHp-thjit horse in. case that horse n the Wr SBUUon of the owned has a hai e to pflCJjRJt I don t like to tip off in fn ds t WTO wy horses beca se I wa t to v reser e CJ Jb.&T friendship b t those bo con e to HMk nM and insist pon some inside lopo on VCnning my entn -gBtr P trv to duek the bo s but they jBrafon't be ducked ud then I do the Mlayest thing I can I tell them j at SEsKif8' the horse dil in the worko ts Nmajanj in ease the workout was a tast jBgl1 I point out to the boys that if the WIN duplicates the time in the race 2afe hXely to, tinish in front Emgmm"il the horse was telling me the &path in his workouts rav friends ot sjpjwse cash in on their bets But if wlRte animal lied to me mv fr ends s al -ungSr' group together after the race and 2SBfcW an indignation meeting probablv TSMS the purpose of arranging a lynching JCfiCWfiL with me as the center of interest. ijtj ''Then there the rever'si. he by the "SjUorse. If the pony doe-sn t do erv itL-...jyallxQ his workout I tell the bovs about -- 9ai point out that the time made b . horse in his trials wondln t et him ai the money Then the dratted animal j nay go into that race and win b ten K fangths, whereupon my friends ret se K3r4v speak to me as they pass by be ! .wfl I didn t put them in on a winner ""They get the idea that I didn t want then to bet for fear they d depress th ttfls and make my winnings smaller ' m t we owners got a sad bfef - ' The public has the idea continued f lladden, that the owners of fast horses """Slake a kilhng each year in the bet feng stalls I dare sav that when a rae wlng season ends it shows that the bulk -t owners who have backed the r horses jave lost money . " The owner when betting on' his S.orse takes as mueh of a chance as the peetator does He may think his horse "Tfc the best in the race but the horse jav have kidded him. For instance I ve got a. horse that I backed with $o00 in each of the first three races He didn t finish in the moaej I got dis " ensted with him and the next t me out SSlaX didn t bet on Yes, ves he won qtnrt the odda wereong Had I backed lrm wnth $o00 n that raee I would "a e won back all T had lost on his ether three races and been at least $1000 to the good n addition But he 1 ed to me that horse d d jnd T hate 1 ars |