Show FATTYS VOlUTE H08K of us who go 1f711 racing either for A n living or to be j lively > heart Urfi9 > 1I Ioo number of good atorlet during our travels and laugh + at them In proportion propor-tion to their merit V Ce and piquancy Few can be retold In dlKrlmlnalily Aaa Aa-a rule they arc llbelotii or dcmorallt Ineor both It In I not prudent tn ro tall them In the family circle before flitorn of more or leu strong religious re-ligious lunvlctlona Happily the tory of Fatty fRo vorlte may be told without frar of bringing R bluah to the cheek of the youngest or molt foollih person Who la Ief wo the questIon people peo-ple asked In wonder an they and he sent on the course probably wllh a common purimm do get n bit at the inlMlon la I called by those who follow fol-low It and the reply Will Invariably the same Patty That woo was all Tatty pure and llnplti tills avuiuil 1 to kjuily public curiosity further Interrogation was considered adtcnturuui In view of tho utarlllnc facto It inlclit rcMnl To look at him won vuouiih especially when he wits backing loner Truly Fatty won a remarkable character unconventional In hli Ufa and customs alto In ills Idem aa to the rIght of Individual 10 far aa per onal property woo concerned What bo nlihcd to have ho thought lie was entitled to take If the ownera alien lion was diverted and no man was cleverer than ho In diverting owner nltcntlon when there wai anything to be taken by doing no Not a person of high principle he could afford to porches the luxurlc of the teaion In miRlclent abundance to gratify his appetite which wu Im invne To many pcraoni of the high rit principle such luxurlca are unknown un-known When In his belt form Tatty ac rompllihod notnhtr foal Hli favorite mancu > era wi rculcd on tho race course lie nice at home there and mo ed shout both In tho ring and paddock with Immunity from atinulL A friend told nio thli alary about Tally In confidence hence I pan It on In the porno spirit We were returning return-ing from Camptown atceplechaic after a bad dAy and were bemoaning our anaemic condition I Thli li no game I remarked for honest well ntrnntng men and I 1 vainly hunted for tho remnants ot n cheap cilia rot which I hoped had not been thrown away In better times I Yea lt a poor game laid my compnnlonwhen one lose ones money mon-ey In order to maintain ones rectitude i of purpooo Now look at Tatty he added after a pauie rather InconM 1 qucntlally you never hear him complain com-plain of his bad luck It li I thoie who ban been playing with him who lift up their voices lie kuowa very well that luck wouldnt keep him In grease for his tnouitache and loots I I But tome of in are afraid of prlion I murmured regretfully 1 Well JUlt listen to a ihort account of what Fatty did the other day and ben talk about prison If you like Of I course you know that at one time ho 1 kept a mall coffee thop In the out end of london and now beta In thou ands That denote the mailer mind He li 1 called Tatty because of his I itomacMo protuberance not In refer enco te any other personal dlitontlon Th1flflTflflT1J11 I nODIJ A riNISH lie looks at you aa It were from behind be-hind n flourbag especially when wearIng wear-Ing a white waistcoat and he talks to you aa though he would fall backward If you puttied arnlnt 1L O peel hes wry hot li Fatty Hes had hi up and down and han always faced the muilo bravely wliether hed a shirt onsite on-site bade or a cart round his nock lies made monc too by backing em on the course from personal experience I knew that was true and I could not help re fleeting that a man must be clever to make money at sport by which most of us lose our little all und what wo arable ar-able to borrow Yet such a man Is I no doubt more than clever be docs not mind what ho docs My Idea Is I that the wealthy punter are those who If they cannot find win Den find something else of value ando do not neceuarlly wait until It I lost I Dut the lout paragraph may be treat id as a philosophical dlcretelon hay Ing no relation to the story which wu continued by my friend as follows I I Then Tatty after a brilliant coup got some rocehoriKii of his own 110 was tired of backing other people gee ceoe and wished to try how ho I I mould work them under him own pro t fll prtetorihlp and lupervlilon He had no desire to own hUhclau horses 110 knew that money could be wade out of little races as well as out of big only with greater certainty Ho DAd not n soul above platers his argument was that you can win as much with a tAd hone as with a good one If you cant can-t back him with confidence to beat none Incontrovertible I remarked In I leruptlng the story for a moment but I neior could ODd worse than mllll Nobody ever had such bad ours M theee which I collected with goal ore at a small fxrentfl No one ever accused you of know log the came said my friend mere I y You should only go out with s barrel organ and n monkey being tied tu Its tall You might bo clever enough < < to take the pennies If the donors placed I them In your band closed It over them tenderly and swore you to secrecy I lilt Fatty was n perfect trailMnnn lie was after the nimble nlnepenci very time lIe used to back his latcra when It was good enough < < to do I so when not he used to let other peo pro > back them and Invest his money Ion I-on something else It Is a beautiful mama ra long as you ran play It 1 Wllh out danger from Ibo mob or from the Icwnrdi Who was Fattys trainer I asked feeling confident that position was not a sinecure Why surely you know retorted hlitarlan Tally would of course only have one tort of trainer n man who would do as he was told without asking questions Old Jerry SmlgRlns of Itlpilon realized bli Ideal of thai haracter You remember Jerry hi nlna > a neemed to be trying to bent somebody and woo generally In debt Talk about the very warm members he could give most of them n start over what Is l called a rogues course and make hacks of cm when It come to pure thieving I ihould not like to bi a dying man engaged In cuddling toy inoncybngs for the last time It Jerry were In the alck chamber watching mj struggles Ho would accelerate m > doom to obtain the trraiure And bow did hla employer trust him I Inquired I for I had a Hull knowledge of the Itlpnton trainer and recognized that the elegant sluille at I 10 tho peril of the moribund person I toying with ills cb depoilts was nolan nol-an exaggeration Indeed Jerry would no doubt have also removed any fain teeth that might have been In Ibo un ortunato rerions Jaw to as to eel ho gold to bet with I Trust him replied my Informant well you know how far such men nut each other Like one hungry dot trusts a hungrier one In light of an odorous bone Bo long as both could get a blto they do not worry etch other M to which of u red the mint peitlfer ous portion They went on well for i time and Tattys none reflected file ironperlty to a marked extent It beamed upon us In tbo paddock and assumed I as-sumed more roloiail proportions and brighter tints as Its owner put onl flesh and added to his balance at tin Lank Then ramo tho plctureiiue Incident In-cident at Camptown Park previously hlnled at I Hero the orator took breath and ex pindcd his chest before embarking on the more exciting part of his recital Itctrenhcd by tho rest he continued Tatty had one of hli platen In a selling race at Caniptotrn sad on the fne book It bad a great chance Accordingly I According-ly I the public made bll hone favorite and backed It down to even money In a large field of runners Fatty could not stand that he did not care for even money chances Bo alter conferring confer-ring with his trainer ho gave him Instructions In-structions to the effect that the favor Ito need not exert hlmielt unduly In the race and that precautionary measures meas-ures might wisely he adopted with that end the wrong end In view Having arranged matters to his satisfaction the astute owner of lime favorite went Into tho ring and hacked a horse which be believed was a certainty while his candidate enacted tho part of spectator A jockey who would listen to reason when It took the form of ready money was riding the favorite Therefore It was that when the bone cantered to the post Fatty felt slightly above himself him-self his usual sensation when he considered con-sidered that be was backing ont certainty cer-tainty In a race and laying against another certain not to win The result of the race however was not what he desired The favorite had more In hand than his owner or trainer I train-er thought Ills jockey could not quite 1 I hold him thus be found himself near home In view of Oils public before he wax Able to get a pull It was then too late pull AS bard as he could People would ace blm lie might be warned oft Naturally fearing that disaster he sat down and rode a flnlnh of considerable con-siderable merit making a dead heat of It You may Imagine his employers employ-ers awful sensations He bad backed ono of tho deadheaters to win A large stake he bad laid against the other to lose A lot ot money Then Jerry Gmlgglns appeared In the paddock and held conference with Ms patron The result seemed satisfactory satis-factory to the latter he whispered A few words to his trainer and Jerry hurried away again AS though on A mleslon of Importance It was so for that dead beat wu never run oft Thoy agreed to divide asked Innocently In-nocently having no Idea at that time what bad men will do to get money Agreed to dlvldol repealed my friend with scornlul emphails Fancy Tally dividing anything with any body when he had a chance of collaring the lot When the time arrived for running oft the dead beat tho favorite could not Ice I found Jerry had been to tho stable surreptltlouily and lot him himTGIe This like other things li I am Informed In-formed easily done when you know how to do It Fatty still goes racing and Is I far fatter than over especially underneath his whlto waistcoat Dut the publlo do not rush after his hot favorites now and some of the punt en those who bet for a living and live well at times declare that they can afford to lose when batty winsIn Town |