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Show WHEN A "HUNCH" HELD GOOD. I Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested a j Bet on "Wing Ting." j Kny Spenuo, n well-known horseman I I of .Mexico, Mo., won $1,000 nt tho ' I Louisville, Ky rnco meeting a short ' time ago ns the result of a "hunch." . Mr. Spence has a large breeding stable of "runners" near Mexico, and attends nil the big racing ovents In i the country. Not long alike ho was 1 In Louisville and entered the betting I ring lo see what odds were being offered of-fered on the various entiles Ho found that Joaquin was the favorite at even money, nnd pulled his wallet from his pocket. Intending to bet on that horse. His attention wns at-' at-' tractcd by something that fell from his wallet to the ground, and ho stoo-ed stoo-ed nnd picked It up. It was a Chi-' Chi-' nesu laundry ticket. He looked at j the "hooka" again nnd found that thoro ' waa an entry with a Chinese unine. Wing Ting, at ten to one. That settled set-tled it, for lie considered hu had ro-, ro-, eeived a "hunch" Hint could not bo , overlooked. Wing Ting wou handily. I Needless to say, those w'.io backed tho I favorite considered Spence tho sov-I sov-I enth son of thu seventh son. Kansas , City Star. |