Show JOHN JOHN W GATES AND THE CAB P little gambling episode in which watch me was able to say you lose three times A gates anecdote that never got so far as it deserved it it was true was about his riding down town from a new york hotel in a cab with a stock market friend III match you bald john watch me to see whether you or I 1 buy thia this horse and cab from the driver at its his it was cabby s so they matched and john watchie watch me had bad the satis fac tion of saying yo i lose the bar gain t john watch me had an other proposition to offer the new owner now III I 1 match you he said to see whether you keep the outfit or whether you sell it back to cabby at HP own price and once more john watchie watch me said you lose here it dawned upon gates corn com panion that in the last match john watch me had stood no chance to lose whichever way it went and he made remarks all ight said john watch me ill match you to see whether yoi or I 1 stand the difference between the buying and the selling price for what he had just sold cabby would only give a buying price that was just less this was the stake in the last match and for the third time john watch me was able to say yo i lo 10 lose |