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Show Tho Girl Who Bet. Peter Birch, the celebrated horse trainer, tells tho following story: "Once I was at the Monmouth track-it track-it was this year, too and I went upon tho benches, where I happened to sit ,ust behind a young lady of about 17, who I saw was in great trouble. Presently sho turned and asked mo which horso I thought would win, and I noticed she could hardly keep from crying as sho spoke. I told her that I did not know the winner for a certainty. She asked mo to put 60tno money for her on a horso, and I frankly told her she did wrong to hand her money to a perfect stranger; but she insisted, nnd 1 took it and bet for her. After tho raco I brought her back $S0, and you never saw anybody so delighted as she was. Then she told mo her story. Sho lived in New York, and kept house for her father and brother, and they had given her $100 to pay some bills. She had gone to the races, instead, and had lost $70 when sho spoke to me. Sho was desperate at tho time, not knowing what to do, as she dared not go homo without the money. I advised her never to bet again, nnd sho promised me that Bhe would not. But her case was only ono of scores that I havo seen; and there seem3 to be a peculiar fascination for women to bet when once they get to frequenting fre-quenting the track." Boston Traveller. |
