Show GOT PURSE FROM THE BAR Winner of Race Had Close Call In Collecting Money Mars Cassldy the starter is fond of telling the story of an incident which occurred when ho was racing a string of horses on the unrecognized tracks of the outlaw circuit It was the last day of a meeting In a town not far from Jersey City and It was up to Cassldy to win a purse or walk to the next racing town He had a fair skate In tho last event of tho day and had engaged a daredevil jockey who he knew would take all kinds of chances Just about a hundred hun-dred yards from tho finish on this rollercoaster track there was n pitch hole such as often Is seen on a country coun-try road In winter There had been so many falls at this spot that tho jockeys always eased up I when approaching It CassIdy commanded I com-manded his rider to make his most desperate move right at this point and sure enough when the others took a wrap before reaching tho gully Cassldys boy dug tho spurs into his mount and won tho race The owner with a great load off his mind went into tho secretarys office to collect the purse Ill have to send out for tho money said tho secretary I hnvo paid out everything on hand I Cassldys jaw dropped with a click but ho managed to say Send out for IJ I send wheroT To tho bartender said the secretary secre-tary sllael Ansiro enough says Cassldy In relating tho story It was from the har till that they dug up my purse If the bar had been closed I guess I wOlllt bo thero yet |