Show IS FAVORITE HOSE ot of us iia who go racing either for or a living or to be lively hear a large n u m ber of 0 good stories during our travels and laugh at them in proportion to their merit and piquancy few can be retold indiscriminately As a rule they are libelous belous ll or demoralizing or both it is not prudent to retail them in the family circle before of more or less strong religious convictions happily the story of ira Fa faltys ty s favorite may be told without tear fear ot of bringing a blush to the cheek of 0 t the he youngest or most foolish person who Is 19 he was the question people asked in wonder as they and he trent nent on the course probably with a common purpose to get a bit as the mission is called by those who f follow 01 it and the reply was invariably the same ratty fatty that was was all fatty pure and simple this seemed to satisfy public curiosity further was considered adventurous in view of the startling facts it might reveal to look at him was enough especially when he was backing losers truly fatty was a remarkable character in his life and customs also in his ideas as to the rights of individuals so far as personal property was concerned what he wished to have he be thought he was entitled to take it the owners attention was diverted and no man was cleverer than he in diverting owners attention when there was anything to be taken by doing so not a person of high principle he could afford to purchase the luxuries of the season in sufficient abundance to gratify his appetite which was immense to many persons of the highest principle such luxuries ale aie unknown when in his best form ratty fatty accomplished comp complis hed notable feats his favorite maneuvers were executed on the race course he was quite at home there and moved about both in the ring and paddock with immunity from assault A friend told me this story about fatty in confidence hence I 1 pass it or on in the same spirit we were returning from camptown Camp town steeplechases steeplechaser steeple chases after a tad bad day and were bemoaning our anaemic condition this is no game I 1 remarked for honest well meaning men and I 1 vainly hunted tor for the remnants of a cheap which I 1 hoped had not been thrown away in better times yes its a poor game said my companion comp anlon when one loses ones money la in order to maintain ones rectitude of purpose now look at fatty he lidded added after a pause palise rather inconsequentially you never hear him complain of his bad luck it Is those who have been playing with him who lift up their voices he knows very well that luck wouldn t keep him in grease tor for ills his moustache and boots but some of us are afraid of prison I 1 murmured regretfully well just listen to a short account of what fatty did the other day and then talk about prisons it if you like of course you know that at one time he be kept a small coffee shop in the east end of london and now bets in thousands that denotes the master mind he ts is called fatty because of his protuberance not in reference to any other personal distention RODE A FINISH lie ile looks at you as it were from behind a flour bag especially when wearing a white waistcoat and he talks to you as though he would fall backwards it you pushed against it 0 yes hes very hot Is fatty lies hes had his ups and downs and has always faced the music bravely hed a shirt on nis back or a scarf round his neck hes made money too by backing em on the course from personal experience I 1 knew that was true and I 1 could not help reflecting ting that a man must be clever to make money at a sport by which most of 0 us lose our little all and what we are able to borrow yet such a man Is no doubt more than clever he does not mind what he does my aly idea is ia that the wealthy punters are arc those who it 11 they cannot find winners find something else of value and do not necessarily wait until it Is lost but the last paragraph may be treat id as a philosophical digression having no relation to the story which was continued by my friend as follows d then fatty after a brilliant coup got some come racehorses ot of his bis own he was V as tired of backing other peoples gee gees and wished to try how he rould work them under his pirn proprietorship and supervision lElon lie ha had no desire to own high clasp horses he knew that money could be made out of little rams as well vell as out of 0 big only with greater certainty tanty he oad aad not a toul soul above his argument was wag that you can win as much with a bad horse as with a good one it 11 you can lack ack him with confidence to beat worse incontrovertible P I 1 remarked interrupting I 1 te r U epting the story tor for a moment I 1 but I 1 never couie find worse than mane nobody ever had such bad as those which I 1 collected with great care at a small expense no one ever accused you ot of knowing the game said my friend severely you should only go out with a barrel organ and a monkey being tied to its tall you might be clever enough to take the pennies it if the donors placed them in your hand closed it over them tenderly and swore you to secrecy but fatty was a perfect tradesman ile he was after the nimbly every time he used to back hill hia it was good enough to do so when not ho he used to let other people back them and invest his money on something else it is a beautiful game so long as you can play it without danger from the mob or from the tbt stewards who was faltys Fa trainer I 1 asked feeling confident that position was not a sinecure why surely purely you know retorted the historian fatty would of course only have one sort of trainer a man who would do as he was told without asking questions old jerry of realized his hia ideal of 0 that character you remember jerry he b always seemed to be trying to best somebody and was generally in debt talk about the very warm members he could give most of them a start ovel what Is called a rogues course and anc make hacks of em when it came to tc pure thieving I 1 should not like to b bf a dying man engaged in cuddling my moneybags money bags for the last time it if jerry jerr were in the sick chamber watching my struggles ile ho would accelerate my doom to obtain the treasure and how did his employer trust him I 1 inquired for I 1 had a little knowledge of 0 the trainer and recognized that the elegant simile a as to the peril of the moribund person toying with his cash deposits was not an exaggeration indeed jerry would no doubt have also removed any I 1 also teeth that might have been in the unfortunate persons jaws so as to get the gold to bet with trust him replied my informant well you know how far such men trust bagh other like one hungry dog doa I 1 trusts a hungrier one in sight of el an odorous bone so ion ions as both could get a bite they do not worry each as to which secured the most pestiferous portion they went on well tor for a time and faltys Fa nose reflected hiss hia prosperity to a marked extent it beamed upon us in the paddock and assumed morg mora colossal proportions and brighter tints as its owner put on flesh and added to his balance at the tha bank then came the picturesque incident at camptown Camp town park previously hinted at here hera the orator took breath and expanded his chest before embarking on the more exciting part of his recital refreshed by the rest he continued fatty had one oae of his bis in a selling race at camptown Camp town and on the book it had a great chance accordingly the public made his hia horse favorite and backed it down to even money in a large field of runners fatty could not stand that he did not care tot for even money chances so after conferring with his trainer he gave him instructions to the effect that the favorite need not exert himself unduly in the race and that precautionary measures might wisely be adopted with that end the wrong end in view having arranged matters to his satisfaction the astute owner of 0 the favorite went into the ring and backed a horse which he believed was a certainty certainly while his hia candidate enacted the part of spectator A jockey who would listen to rea reason when it took the form of ready money was riding the favorite therefore it was that when the horse cantered to the post fatty felt slightly above himself his usual sensation when he considered that he was backing on one certainty 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 thought his jockey could not quite hold him thus he found himself near home in ia view of the public before he ha was able to get a pull it was then too late pull as hard as he could people would see him he might be warned off naturally fearing that disaster he ha sat down and rode a unish finish of considerable sid erable merit making a dead heat beat of 0 it you may imaging imagine his employers awful sensations he had backed one of the dead heaters to win will a largo large stake he had laid against the other to loso lose a lot of money then jerry appeared la in the paddock and held conference with his patron the result seemed satisfactory to the latter he whispered a few words to ills his trainer and jerry hurried away again as though on a mission of importance it was so tor for that dead heat beat was never run off they agreed to divide I 1 asked innocently ly having no idea at that time what bad men will doto get money agreed to divide repeated my friend with scornful emphasis fancy fatty dividing anything with anybody when he had a chance of collaring collarin ff the lot when the time arrived for running off tile the dead heat the favorite could not be ba found jerry had been to tho the stables surreptitiously a and d lost him this like other thino things Is I 1 am informed easily done when you know how to do it fatty still goes racing and is far fatter than ever especially ally underneath his hia white waistcoat but tho public cica c 0 o not rusl ruai after his tot lot favorites now no and so some nc 0 of the punt era ars thoss wio who bet for a living and ivo well at times declare that they can afford to lose when ratty fatty wins la ia town |