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wered according to Act of Congress in the year. 1891 4} Street d Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, ashington, D. Entered as second class Matter aut the New York. N. Y., Post Office. Issued weekly, Subscription price, $2.50 per year. May 1, 1897, No. 18 oO, STREET & SuitTu, Publishers. ON EW vO R K. 29 Rose St., N. Y. 5 > ents CHAPTER I. _ ‘The majority, however, are men who until the race is called, do their best to ‘find standing room in the immense bet- Sheepshead Bay; a bright afternoon in/ting ring where the hundred or more june. |bookmakers are shouting the odds and A scene at the great race course. taking in the money of those who are It is the day when an event of national | determined to try for a profit out of the interest is on the programme and not less day’s sport. than twenty-five thousand people have} There are six races on the programme ' gone down from New York, Brooklyn|and there is plenty of money up on every and surrounding cities to see it. one. There are visitors, too, from many dis-| Each. race will result in fortunes tant parts of the country and one can|changing hands, but interest centres hear in the excited conversation of the| upon the fifth event. | crowd, the twang of the down-east Yan-| | In the conversation heard all over the kee and the broad musical accents of| betting ring and on the grand stand and rae esa who are ‘‘from Kentucky, |out among the stables there is little else nts 7) |than expressions of opinions as to the re- Since noon, long trains have been arriv-/|sult in the fifth race. ing in rapid succession and unloading! It is asif the entire crowd had come their thro g of spectators. ‘down to see this race without a thought good pany of ccm are women n and of the others, and why not? ie _ Who has not heard of the Treadwell ‘Plate? : yee 4 THE GREAT RACE. ’ - ’ : ¥ ft 7 r ? C “ | =| - te = , ~ e le = a . e + * : ‘ » ; . t - “ ”- ‘ - 2 — - i . P . ? ’ e — — | \ « on , - » a -— dicsly Ube bi: PG: 5 Geese — . « = ome St Catt +f 2. i> F ee —_—— “ “ee . Gane