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Show Time When Man Needs a Friend As for Hornsby. he gels full sympathy sym-pathy from this corner. For I have played the horses, and I know that a man is never in so dire a need of friends as when he ia listening to the sad returns from Arlington Park, Fair Grounds, Santa Anita, Belmont and Hialeah. If ever a fellow needa the comfort com-fort of etaunch companions it la at that moment whea word cornea down that the Judges, after a thorough thor-ough study of the euuruerreotypee after a photo finish, have decided oa the ether horse. Not aince the thumbscrew has there been an invention of torture to match the photo finish. It ia a soul-searer, a heart-tearer and a , general all 'round breaker-downer i of the human system. As a hoss player, Hornsby has been undergoing these sufferings, i Moreover, he has had the Browns I to contend with. After a man ataya i with the Browns aa long aa Hornsby has. It's a wonder he isn't playing the paper dolls, not the horses, I I think the directors of the Browns 'should not only pay his contract in full, but throw in a couple of surefire sure-fire tips in the fourth and fifth at Saratoga for good measure. |