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I was glad Mrs. Woodburn wasn't there to hear. Jaggers had him out on the mat afore 'em all. Said he'd been caught nappin' by a boy with a face like a girl, too. Putnam 'orse and all. That got ole Chukkers' tail up. He made trouble in the weighin'-room. Said Albert had done him a dirty dish; but you can't go to the Stewards on that.
"'I have a piece of advice for you, Mr. Jones, he says. His voice ain't cheerful neither. It goes right into my gizzard. I turns and looks at him. 'Keep that horse blistered from now on! says the colonel. "Some ginnies is in the weighin'-room under the stand, 'n' hears it all. That's how I gets my name." "Hello, ole Four Eyes!" was the semi-affectionate greeting of Blister Jones.
One day he's comin' from the weighin'-room, still in his silks. His valet's with him carryin' the saddle. I steps up 'n' says: "'Kin I see you private a minute, Joe? "'Sure thing, kid, he says. 'N' the valet skidoos. "'Joe, I says, 'I've got a bird that's right. I don't know just how good he is, but he's awful good. I want to get wise to him before I crowds my dough on to the 'Sociation.
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