Show Telegram Short Story JAKES JAKE'S LUCK By Martie Ramson Ya can say what ya want about guys havin bavin a lot of tough luck but if f ya ask me I think that Jake Daubert was the original Hard HardLuck HardLuck HardLuck Luck Kid Poor Jake Jako tried a million ways to o make a killin kUHn but like Jake himself himself him- him self elf will tell teU ya Some guys are just lucky everything they touch turns to o gold but me everything I touch they hey tell ten me ta put back Jake owns two horses They're good horses mind ya But theres there's two wo things Jake Jako cant can't do He cant can't win vin a race with a purse bigger than thana a grand and he cant can't get even money on his nags nags every time they hey run The horses in their own class were outstanding and to race them hem in races for grade A horses horses- veil weil theres there's no percentage in that for Jake cause they wouldn't wInand win winand and hed he'd only be blowin the entry fee ce So Jake figgers what hat he can cando cando cando do to g get t a price on his horse Inthe in inthe the he fourth race of Saturdays Saturday's meet The purse iJ 13 3 only a a. grand and Jake cant can't see see where he can make any monc money after he pays stable expenses entry fees and the tho jock jockey e So hes he's gotta get a win ticket on Lobo and get a price that'll make him some dough Its It's fifteen minutes before three o'clock and post time for the fourth race is three e twenty Lobo is up upon upon on m the odds calculator at 2 to 1 Doran a swell swen lookin little bay bayhorse bayhorse horse is in there at 3 to 1 and Home I Girl is 5 to 1 Home Girl beat Lobo I once but it was on a muddy track I and the track today Is dry and fast which Home Girl dont don't like so the only real worry Lobos Lobo's got is Doran Pretty soon a rumor goes around by ay some guy that's seen Lobo inthe inthe in inthe the stable an an says the horse is got gotan gotan gotan an abscess on his leg an an its it's in a bandage He says it must be pretty bad 1 A Well VeU it dont don't take a rumor long longto longo to o get around and soon a lot of dough is chalked up on m Doran and Home Girl which changes the odds on Lobo to 4 to 1 then I-then then 6 to 1 Jake likes ikes this and pretty soon goes out an gets ten fifty dollar tickets on Lobo jobo to win Jake knows darn darnwell darnwell well wen that there aint wrong with the horses horse's foot cause he wrapped that bandage around him him- self Besides Jake figgers Lobo could outrun anything in that race even It if if he had to run on three legs So when the horses go to the post an Jako Jake is down for to win at 6 to o 1 I hes he's pretty good What Jake Joke doesn't know is that Pitch Ormal who owns Doran is just as anxious to win as Jake is Pitch is bettin a grand on Doran to win Yin at 3 to 1 L Pitch an Jake meet just about the time time- that the horses are arc ready to go an Pitch asks Jake why he dont don't scratch a horse when hes he's gotta bum burn that horse a mile ain aint t gonna help the foot any says says Pitch Why dont don't ya a take a little pity on the horse Say Say retorts Jake Lobo could outrun that skate o a yours on three legs Well VeU I dont don't like ta take advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of ot ya a Jake but ya a agot got to back that up Back it up Say tell teU ya what Ill I'll do Bet ya Lobo against Doran an the purse that goes to the winner winner win win- ner goes with it The guy that backs out is a bum Jake Sake you just made yourself a good bet Youre You're on And they bind the bet with a handshake that's all But a handshake was all that was needed cause each guy knew that the other would keep his word Pretty soon the horses are off Doran takes a lead on the field an holds it around to the quarter turn Just about there Home Girl takes a neck load lead with Dear Fly second an Dor Dorah Doratt n third to worry about cause there aint a whole horses horse's length the three horses But about four Jeng lengths hs in back was Lobo Generally Jake doesn't worry nono nonG on account of Lobo bein a stretch runner an an a amile amile amile mile is Is' Isa a long way to go but he aint never seen Lobo this far in back He wasn't worried about Lobos Lobo's leg cause ause he knew the horse was was' in perfect shape Coming around the far turn Doran starts So does Lobo for that matter but he cant can't run fast enough to make up all aU that ground Hed He'd done it before but somehow it looks as if his legs just couldn't get goin Well Veil to tp make it short an sweet Doran finishes in front with Deer DeerFly DeerFly DeerFly Fly second an Lobo third Well Veil Vell Pitch says to Jake looks like ike Ill I'll have a job on my hands to fix up Lobos Lobo's bum leg Yeah you win Pitch says sas Jake But theer aint wrong with the horses horse's leg That was just a agag agag gag of m mine ne to try an an get a bigger price I cant can't figger out why the horse lorse wouldn't run Ive I've seen it beat that hat kinda time by three seconds just Guess I never ne willbe will willae be ae able to figger out what's what Pitch smiled If only Jake knew that his jockey bought a half interest interest in interest in- in terest in Pitch's stable the day be before before before be- be fore the race Copyright for Cor The Telegram The government of ot Japan has asI assumed assumed as as- control of the export of news- news I reels |