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                                   BY
                           CLARENCE L. CULLEN

                               AUTHOR OF
                        "Tales OF THE EX-TANKS."

                        G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS
                                NEW YORK

                    _Copyright, 1898-1899-1900, By_
              THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.

                         _Copyright, 1900, By_
                       G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.

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CONTENTS


    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 OF POKER.
    WIND-UP OF A TRAIN GAME OF POKER.
    QUEER PACIFIC