“What do you mean?”
“Why, you see, he carries two or three accident insurance policies, rides a fifty-four-inch wheel when he measures for a fifty inch, so he has only to ride and take headers, to combine pleasure with profit.”
IT is said that Kluge, the well-known racing man of the Hudson County Wheelmen, owes his success upon the road and path to his profession as a paper-hanger. It teaches him to thoroughly “size up” the abilities of his opponents, and thus defeat them by taking advantage of their weaknesses.
RACING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.
| First—Adam. | A Driving Race—Trotting. |
| Last—Cobblers. | The Rail—A scolding wife. |
| Wins—Four aces. | Left at the Post—The starter. |
| Loses—A bluff when called. | A Foul—A duck-er chicken. |
| The Field—Potter’s. | The judge’s Stand—On their feet. |
| Beaten—A drum. | Dead Heat—110 degrees in the shade. |
| They’re off—Lunatics. | A Tie—A four-in-hand. |
| A False Tart—A mud pie. | A Handy-“capper”—A bunco steerer. |
| The Home Stretch—The one to get your hat on the morning after an evening with “the boys.” | |
THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON.