Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1904 — Was Glad They Didn’t Take His Bet. [ARTICLE]

Was Glad They Didn’t Take His Bet.

Alt Padgett tells a soul-harrow-ing tale of his misfortunes at the races at Indianapolis last Saturday where Billy Smith stood to win some good money, but didn’t. At the first heat Alt held Billy in a little, coming in well to the rear, just to see how much he had to go against to win the next heat. From the time made, Alt saw that Billy oould easily win the nekt heat, if he did anything like what he usually did. Alt then went and bet 25 good plunks on Billy, at 7 to one, for the next heat, feeling sure that Billy was right in to win S2OO for him. He started in the 6th in the bunoh, and very soon pulled around all of them, and was fast leaving them all behind, when all at onoe Billy broke all to pieoes for the first time this season, and it was so toDg before he could be brought down again he was so far behind that he was almost distanced, but even then he gained fast on the other bunch. Alt saw how much faster Billy oould go than the other horses, when he kept his feet, and in order to get baok his $25 with interest he tried to bet SSO on the third heat, but the betters were all soared of Billy by that time, and would not bet. So Alt started out on the 3rd heat with no money up, and was plugging right along at a sore winner gait, until the same was reached where Billy broke before, and there he did the same thing again, and of course oame in at the tail end again. And then Alt was glad he bad found no takers for his SSO.