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 COAST POKER.

THE PROPER TIME TO GET "COLD FEET."

CATO WAS JUST BOUND TO PLAY POKER.

FINISH OF AN EDUCATED RED MAN.

THE UNCERTAIN GAME OF STUD POKER.

THIS MAN WON TOO OFTEN.

THE NERVE OF GAMBLERS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS.

THE INSIDIOUS GAME OF SQUEEZE-SPINDLE.