A Day at the Races Page #5

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I'm betting on Sun-Up. Some other time.

- Two dollars on Sun-Up.

- Hey, boss. Hey. Come here.

Sun-Up is the worst horse

on the track.

- I notice he wins all the time.

- Just because he comes in first.

I don't want him any better than first.

Two dollars on Sun-Up.

Hey, boss, come here.

Come here.

Suppose you bet on Sun-Up. What you

gonna get for your money? 2-to-1.

One dollar, and you'll remember me

all your life.

That's the most nauseating proposition

I ever had.

Come on. Come on.

You look like a sport. Come on, boss.

Don't be a crunger for one buck.

Thank you.

- What's this?

- That's the horse.

How'd he get in here?

Get your ice cream.

Tootsie-fruitsie ice cream.

"Z-V-B-X-R-P-L."

I had that same horse

when I had my eyes examined.

Hey, ice cream.

What about this optical illusion

you slipped me? I don't understand it.

That's not the real name of the horse.

That's the name in code.

Look in your codebook.

- What do you mean, "code"?

- Look in the codebook.

- That will tell you what horse you got.

- I haven't got any codebook.

- You don't got one?

- You know where I can get one?

Well, just by accident, I think

I've got one right here. Here you are.

- How much is it?

- That's free.

- Oh, thanks.

- Just a $ 1 printing charge.

Well, give me one without printing.

I'm sick of printing.

Come on. You want to win?

- Yeah, sure. Of course I want to win.

- Well, then you've got to have this.

But I don't want the savings

of a lifetime...

...wiped out in the twinkling

of an eye.

- Here.

- Thank you very much.

Ice cream...

"Z-V-B-X-R-P-L, page 34."

Hey, ice cream, I can't make head

or tail out of this.

That's all right. Look in the master

codebook. That will tell you where to look.

Master code? I haven't got

any master codebook.

- You don't got a master codebook?

- Do you know where I can get one?

Well, just by accident, I think

I've got one right here. There you are.

A lot of quick accidents around here

for a quiet neighborhood.

- Is there a printing charge on this?

- No.

Oh, thanks.

Just a $2 delivery charge.

Delivery charge?

I'm standing right next to you.

Well, for such a short distance,

I make it $ 1.

Couldn't I move over here

and make it 50 cents?

Yes, but I'd move over here

and make it $ 1 just the same.

Say, maybe I'd better

open a charge account, eh?

You got some references?

The only one I know

around here is you.

That's no good.

You'll have to pay cash.

A little while ago, I could have put $2

on Sun-Up and avoided all this.

Yeah, throw your money away.

Thank you very much.

- I'm all set, huh?

- Yes, sir.

Get your tootsie-fruitsie ice cream.

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