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Show CrtlTTtNOEN'S AUDACITY. til.hrat.,1 Turin,. n Who Aeroaa PlLh.,1 What rw Attempt. A little group ot veteran turfmen "e aiding In the lobby of the St Cherles hotel at New Orleans. La , talking HlHiiit iM-ople and things Speaking of nerve." said ono of the '!). apropos of a stnr) that had Just en told the nerviest, coolest, most elf-iKMses.nl man I ever knew In my "e was llarve) Crittenden, who CJ1 "i M nt Saratoga Harvey waa n jn'mbir of the irlchrntitl Crittenden "rally of Kentuck) and was a tlnely "wl. hlalil) eiluratetl, polished gent'-"sn gent'-"sn but he hail n streak of natural """,r n lug through him that he rould no more help than he could hlp be lolor of bis ojn, He waa the ort prm Ileal Joker that ever lived, but his dullness and presence of mind u,ed to Invariably get blm out of his tcrspes I was with blm nt I-oulsvllle In the fall of '8C, and he offered a trowd of its at the Halt house a bet oj 150 that ho would kirk anybody In lie tit) and not get Into the lmst trouble over It He kept the bet standing stand-ing for two da)s. nnd kicked seven or eight different people somo of them eldet!) men nnd men of prominence. In eerh rate he apologlied so suavely, claiming he mistook the victim for hla brother who had kicked blm the day More ns 11 Joke, that the victim became be-came mollified and assured him It was H right I have often heard since of other people doing the kicking act, but I ara suro Crittenden Invented It t another lime I waa walking along the street with him when he noticed a masher posing on the corner. He was exquisitely dressed nnd had a flowing blondo moustache 'Watch mo surprise sur-prise him,' said Crittenden, and turning turn-ing suddenly to the dude he selted both ends of his moustache, pulled them violently and said. In a loud, serious voice- "Pretty bird!' Pretty Pret-ty bird!' Then ho walked off rapidly and was out of sight before the fellow could recover from his amatement It seems foolish to tell, but It was ono of the most ludicrous scene I ever witnessed, When Crittenden pulled tho man's moustache his mouth flew open like a trap, but be was so paralyzed par-alyzed with astonishment he was un-ablo un-ablo to lift a finger." |