The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-11-23
Gsnbhns BY Pools.

al New -1QFK contains many gaNQl1QG
houses, btl4 II it y s.pasa tAey Ave hotI job
truded themselves on! public attention.
Recently, however, one form of gam
bling has become more bold and conspicu-
Gus, and at the present time there are At
proprietofsp openly invite speculation Oh
any event in the sporting calendars,
through # anction ptDls,,' a.P&ris .mut1s
"Paris mutuals,' are recent Inventions.
many year5 at tie FreneL races cotrse, j.
troduced them to notice, and amassed
great wealth by the percentage or" eens
mission" of ten per cent. which he
charged on them! The Paris INITIALS re-
quire two ropeGaterS, an indicator, q
crowd Of SPECTATORS, and an. event which
may be decided: III any isne of nseveraf
ways. 1t NAY be = hoatraces Or 4t ball
match, or it may be a race of dozen
horses in which any oneabf them may
come out under the wire first. .!TheisnsS
tenn is best explained BY an illustration.
Suppose six horses named respectively A,
B, c, D. and e are entered ifos race.
The operators set up a black tin box, with
round blank spaces like staring, eyes cut
in the lid, over each Of which is placed
rs ;:'$ ~ 3!;;! \; h: 4
c." He sreqeiyes parti- celored tickeh
with a number printed ON it, and simulta-
neously tlie operator gives the indicator
turn, click gees, j, the 9apaehiaery,
the blank eye apportioned to c
gives wink at the folly IF The human
race, the, figure one appears. thereby
sophicai lno1otdneii IJn1 gu K1osAef
speculator pays his money, and by eye
and ear The Speculation is informed thatAsa
has " gone twenty, on four c. AT. length
the bell for starting the horses sounds,
when the pools close, fF sheqld Close, ths
entire number Of tickets sold. Being ihdf:@
Gated at The sdp of the upehile. 'whils 9
glance at the space under the name OF
each h6ts6 ievSeiSt Ne !Pafsi aAarss of thes
pool. Suppose that pools have sold IS
follows At five dollars b ticket: One hum
dred tickets on A, eighty OF n sixty y99,
G, forty on D, twenty on E, and ten on F,
a total Of tiikets eplesentipeg t$hf9o.
First, the operator takes out bis percent
age, the af1cuiat Of which varies. ii Az first
Oller chspgad zen epeg. cents hes Compel,
n o9 in sAls s9T9iFy Pas ledasea . y n "
lana tHrcG: mixing Cue CuiCuiataou III
ten per cent. hssisa 81 1860, 'e%o $A6l .&bs;
395 to be divided among the holders OF
each 'isas pS e sasest L
ticket pays ST., As riff OWNS, each ticket
pays $33.25; ifU Wils; ieae6 tiEEet pays
$34-8S; if E wins, each ticket pays Soy 70,
and if p yinas fschi tieke5j PsEA$l RsiopH
The race Is over, one OF the horses has
won and biz. hackers receive the returns:
The first III PARIS nutaap' ifadicator ~
Jerpmes Rrrb wesp set uR dnnng =, VIZ
said tlfaf 20 well known isWall a street.
broker initiatea the ub!iG INTO lts nysaz'
ferries, and even manipulated the ma +,
chine himself. aEater John oChaAbsaaini
importethprwe iDdicatogss anefzsinqas taal.
time they have appeared st many racing
meetings. They were taken do~r TO
Long Branch at the time of the swim
IN %l iyi iH ;&s 1S zSs Sssn 'ss1aa&aa
cellar in New street, in the attempt to
bring stock speculation sssthin the reach
faofi the ive-dollar capitalists; they have
s sss aDas III fBf1 ssaF lfEl as 3a /