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Show Irish Pat Didn't Start in Races on Next Day Unci; In the MP's, when bid Corrlga'n w as one of the ihunlnal lug tlgurcs In western racing, ho bud a big string of high class horses In Si. Louis. Irish Pat was among Iheni. The horse was eiiiered for the next day's racing, and Oorrlgan vvanied to give him a slow mile to "open him up," Corrlgnn alwa.vs eiuploved colored help, and, putting up one of his "colon-it Archers" on the horse, he led it to Ihe track and told the hoy to gab lop the horse at an open "hreo.-e." Just as the boy started an old friend stepped up and expressed , ,ie-slre ,ie-slre to see l-'reelaiid and some of n,,. "(her cracks of Ihe stable. Corrlgnn delighted In show Inn his horse. nl,, Ihe pair walked hack lo the obi stable, viird across Lull- iiv.-nn,.. He, on,ln;. ''del'csled 111 show In;., his horses. half hour passed. Suddenly the siahl'e foreman fore-man caine up; "Whole's Irish Pat, boss?" Coirh:n started on a dead inn for He Hack. The boy was just comlm, ai'"uud Ihe turn. Corrlgnn hailed bin, I'l aiil Ically, "VYIuil have von h-en doing?" "Jus' giillopln' Pat, boss." "How many limes have nui beer around?" "1'se done counlcd slxloen, ho, ," ll Is needless ii.v that IvUh Put did not iitart tlm ueit due |
