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Show in FOX WINS WITH 5C0-1 SHkd ;d Noted Turf Celebrity Piloted Ho Across Wire at Long Odds ! Couldn't Make Bet 'le is Paul Fox, a noted turf celebrl recently sold his horses to a New CV leans man and Is quietly spending I winter In New York. Nearly 25 yei ago Fox was a Jockey. One day Morris park he was engaged to rhh horse named Poor Jonathan. whW was quoted at -iW to t In the betting ring. Fox, as he climbed Into the saddle, sad-dle, was told by a docker that his mount would win, but he had no money and could not find any one who would bet so much as a ten spot on the despised old nng. Addle, ridden hy Sum Doggett, was a 3 to 0 favoiile, heavily harked by the plungers and the form players. But Fox rode Poor Jonathan as If for his life nnd won ti e roce by a short head. To make matters worse. Fox wns unable to collect his Jockey fee of $10 for several iluys. |