Taking Chances

· 1922

INTRODUCTORY NOTE. THIS WIRETAPPER WAS COLOR-BLIND. "WHOOPING" A RACE-HORSE UNDER THE WIRE. JUST LIKE FINDING MONEY. THIS SON OF FONSO WAS OF NO ACCOUNT. HARD-LUCK WAIL OF AN OLD-TIME TRAINER. STORY OF AN "ALMOST" COMBINATION. "RED" DONNELLY'S STREAK OF LUCK. AND "RED BEAK JIM" TOOK THE TIP. THE GAME OF RUNNING "RINGERS." EXPERIENCES OF A VERDANT BOOKMAKER. THE MAN WHO KNEW ALL ABOUT TOUTS. A "COPPER-LINED CINCH" THAT DID GO THROUGH. HE "COPPERED" HIS WIFE'S "HUNCHES." A RACE HORSE THAT PAID A CHURCH DEBT. A SEEDY SPORT'S STRING OF HORSES. THIS TELEGRAM WAS SIGNED JUST "BUB." STORY OF A FAMOUS PAT HAND. GREAT LUCK AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME. CARD-PLAYING ON OCEAN STEAMERS. THIS DOG KNEW THE GAME…

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