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Show GREEN GOWN WINS; HUNCHJPROVES GOOD There is one happy little woman in Salt Lake City. She is a temporary resident, and comes from the East. Her husband sometimes invests In pasteboards that call for "25-20 Esmeralda." or other symbolic signs understood to the initiated.' The little lit-tle woman herself Is not averse to investing invest-ing as much 'as S5 in similar stationery when the name of the nag happens to strike her fancy. Early Wednesday morning she was taking ta-king a constitutional on Main street when a smart green velvet gown In a shop win-down win-down struck her fancy. "It was a "hunch." "Green Gown, Green Clown?" she pondered. "Where have I seen that name?" She hastened to ner husband and asked Mm if there was a race horse named Green Gown. Hubby Informed her that Green Gown would start in the last race at Latonla that day. "Then can I bet fcO on her?" she asked, timidly. "If you have it to spare." replied hubby, hub-by, with a certain accent on the "spare." "Well, Just play this for me," she said, handing him two twenties and a ten. Hubby deposited the money at the bank where Interest rats are posted on a big blackboard. The "banker" did not know the odds, there being no quotations on Latonla races, but accepted the wager on form odds, not to exceed 6 to 1. There was an anxious feminine inquiry over the telephone at a newspaper office Wednesday night. Y-s. Green Gown had won. Her "hunch" had proved good and the little woman added t'SA to her pin money. |