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

panying such contests overbalance the
benefits OF. the athletic training; they
nave popularized gambling under the
Mise OF TAR dealing, and they have got
s9elr tolls about the rising generation.
Night andMorning, in the pool rooms of
WAS city, boys may be seen buying Paris
$50 In" the session. of 1874 an ATTEMPT was
made by the Legislature of New Jersey
suppress pool-selling at Monmouth
T LARK, which lies within their jurisdiction.
Ins only argument against the proposed
OIL was advanced with bland innocence
Dy tle two members from Monmouth
GQunty, who declared that the existing
enactmcnts against gambling were ~sutfi..
clent % cover the ground without the aid of
anys pecial weapon forged to destroy pool
selling at the park. At critical moment
the chief promoter of the bill was absent,
and to this day -" mutuals" in New Jer-
sey have been undisturbed by the author
tiles: In New York, the question of the
legality of the system has been put 10 the
Police Department, but no answer has as
yet been received.
The chances of winning at this species
OF gambling are not regarded as especial
ly promising at the best; but it has been
asserted that they are rendered less at
tractive to experienced persons by the
knowledge that the operator has always
the opportunity and not infrequcntlv the
inclination to defraud the winners in the
following manner: One of the en-
ployes keeps a sharp watch Upon the
race, and when an outsider comes up
the home-stretch an easy winner-an
event not OF very rare occurrence-he
quickly changes the record of the indi-
Gator, taking ten or fifteen from the num-
Der of tickets sold Oh the favoritc, and
adding like number to the tickets on
the winner. The sum total in the pools
appears to be unchanged, but the value
OF the winning tickets is decreased in d.
rect proportion to the number fraudulent
ly added. Investors find their returns
cut down, while the operators rocket the
difference. Take, for instance, the case
mentioned where there are 1895 to be
divided among those holding winning
tickets. Ten tickets have been sold on
F, and to the surprise of all F wins.
The operator may take five from the num-
Der recorded for A and add them to those
sold on r. There are now fifteen tickets
on r, each apparently worth $93. The ten
holders OF genuine tickets receive each
1913, and the balance of $465 is appropri-
"u7a Wy tue operator. JOnn Il. w lShart,
OF New York, published letter in Wilkes
Spirit Of the Times on May Is, 1875, in
which he mentioned an instance where
the mutuals" were sold on the Nash
vile races, and tickets on Verdigris added
as soon as he had won the race. Com
plants have been made also of the man.
agement at Jerome Park, in the race be-
tween NJ. H. B. and Shylock, which was
run during the fall meeting of 1873, Just
before John Chamberlain ceased to con-
troll the "mutuals" on that course Since
that time John Morrissey has obtained the
franchise, but the complaints have not
ceased. ON the third day Of the spring
meeting Lloyd's colt won. and tickets on
him paid 1925 each. 1t is alleged that
fourteen were added to the record of his
tickets on the indicator by one of the op-
orators. On the fourth day of the same
meeting the colt Algerine won, and tick.
cts paid $154 each. 1t is alleged that fif-
teen were added after the pool had been
closed. 1t is predicted that if these mys-
FERROUS manipulations of the indicator
become more frequent and notorious, this
branch Of gambling will lose its present
popularity.-N. Y. Tribune.