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Show TALK OF THE TOUT, PECULIAR EXPRESSIONS USED ON THE RACE TRACKS. While- Mystifying to the Uninitiated, They Are Easily Understood When Once Ex-plalned Ex-plalned Some of the Phrases Are Very "Catchy" .Mostly of English Origin. Race track phrases as Intricate to th uninitiated as a Fiji islander's love song are fast creeping into all walks of life, and the slang which makes up the vocabulary vo-cabulary of the turfman is liable to be heard in the social small talk of the day, in the rigid business house and frequently fre-quently in the clubs. Where some of the terms originated is a mystery, but the genuine "tout" speaks nothing else, and his jargon is at once interesting and novoL Nearly all of the expressions, expres-sions, like the thieves' lore, probably came from the English courses, and the 1 English race going people are more familiar fa-miliar with the words of the stable boy or lower class than the American patrons pa-trons of this sport of the kings. The running track has loaned some of its choice ones to the trotters, and the mixture mix-ture at the tracks where thy long tailed light harness performers win stakes and purses is a combination of later years. The modern "tout," this genius being be-ing one who almost sleeps on tracks and imparts his early morning information to you when half of the winnings of your bet are promised him, can spin it off by the yard, and some of his expressions expres-sions are indeed unique. "There she goes all to pieces, "he will exclaim as the filly he has picked to win suddenly wavers and begins to fall to the roar. He mav sav somethinff about her "shutting up like a jaok-knifo" jaok-knifo" as she drops into the "ruck," which name is applied to the tail end of the procession. Should she go out of her proper course in running, he will inform in-form you that sho has "bolted, " and he will call her a "bore" if she happens to swerve against another horse, impeding his progresa If she should have been pulled for some reasons he had not learned, he may call her a "dead un," meaning that hp was not, intended to win, bnt if he applies thri word "duffer" "duf-fer" to her that means sho couldn't beat anything. . ' On the turf the term "deadbeat" has two meanings. It is sometimes applied to a horse completely exhausted and is always applied to any man who fails to pay his debts. Iu the latter sense the turf is no different from any other placa "Why, he'll lead from end to end" would signify that the animal in question ques-tion will be in' front of the others from the start to the finish. Should another horse come up suddenly and dispute every inch of the way, the newcomer is said to "challenge" the other, and when he arrives alongside of him and there is no difference between their noses from the stand the two are racing "head and head. " It might seem to be a breach of etiquette to hear a man say that some old horse is the "swellest maiden" on the track. This would indicate that the horse is the best one that has never won a raca Should a track follower tell you that he saw a certain horse out for a "pipe opener" in the morning, but he didn't "negotiate" well he is intending to convey the information that in the morning exercise the horse would not jump or run we'lL The betting terms on the track are quite amusing, and some of the expressions expres-sions for amounts of money are on a par with the "super," "benny," "mush" and other common terms among the light fingered gentry. "I run a nonv into a century and then dropped the whole thing trying to run it into a monkey. " The pony is $25, the century $100 and the monkey $500. Should he have won the last bet, and the bookmaker, book-maker, taking time by the forelock and his cashbox by the handle, disappeared without paying off, the dishonest gentleman gen-tleman would have carried the name "welcher" around with him the rest of his lifa The words "cinch," "moral," "lead pipe" and a few others not unlike them are used to indicate that a horse cannot lose unless he should fall down. To win "hands down" is to reach the wire first without effort or "in a bloody canter," as a track follower might observe ob-serve in his philosophical way. And when they say a bookmaker the "man who lays odds against your judgment is grounding" up his book they mean he is trying to get money on some horses which have not been heavily backed, so that no matter who wins his percentage is there just the same. "Come' ' means a horse which is catching catch-ing the leaders very rapidly and "coming "com-ing again" means one that has done this then fallen back and suddenly gaining courage and speed makes another an-other dash for the front. Should he jump on to the hind legs of one in the lead he will be said to have "cut him down, " and should horse or jockey fall just as they are in sight of the money somebody will probably say, "He came down a cropper. " The vocabulary of the follower of the track is quite extensive and very catching, catch-ing, for the pleasant little dinners after the derby or handicap has been decided are likely to have lots of such expressions expres-sions mixed in the idle prattle while the viands are being discussed. Exchange. |