The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-29
TRTCKERY IN orr moor spoRTs.
BAN Players who Sell Games -Tu-fmen vhs
Hict win Othcr Mcn's Money.

To THE FDrToR or THE SUN-Sr. When
the robin comes back TO us from the South. wa
begin 10 prepare for row campaign In the out
door amusement line. The athletic young fol-
low whose school days are not fairly over dotcs
on base ball. He is willing to make martyr
OF himself to bc battered out Of recognition II
he eau get on the successful side. But in these
days 81 professional triumphs 1t is difficult for
tho amateur to realize his ambition. Club rt-
valry /. so intense that there has been resort
70 new methods to achieve victory. Tho main
burden imposed upon the club mcmbers is a
monthly tax to pay the salaries Of tho profes.
sonas who sport their respective colors. The
advantage of belonging to n privileged club Ia
that you can iirt with Edith on the green during
the progress OF the game. There are ono OF
two drawbacks. however Tho men you hire Ia
do your pluvug arc uncertain just about the
time that you begin to trust thcm implicitly they
put their heads together and arrange a plan 10
sell you out. They tukc the dollar and cents
Wow OF sport. and nre not proof against temp.
tttion. Oncr them enough. und-wcll, they viii
not win tho game \ on found them in the mnr-
ket, and should not be surprised ii they con.
tiuucd ia tic ninrket. Tho best way is TO 10
your own paying. Get til" professionals out OF
the way and YOU vii not always be hard mp for
pocket money, and Edith will smile more sweet.
ly ON you i0r the very reason that you Will be in
"a Lg-tlon t1 unnr her h0nh0nA oitancr,
Ih" horsr-raoiug -nHSon has fairly opened.
IL the proper lining Just now 70 tax horse.
You may not know anything about pedigree
ana ilf Nll' I Oh weight. nut you rhn express an
opinion ~ 10 Whether this or that color will "a
g. the front, and not get much further from the
truth than do some 81 those who nrr crammed
with racing lore i have observed that the
ladlcs usually bet on the color OF the riders
dress. never stopping 10 ask about the horse,
and as they meet with with more than average
success, | don't know but their plan IL as good
~ any. II saves u world Of trouble. Some pco-
ll" know too much They are 80 weighted with
inlviuuiun That thcy staEscr under the load
ana get confused Us 10 The paths which lead "a
success. They rely too much on system and
folio ft.f
ever know "A man to break a faro bank by ays-
tcmatic playf | guess not. But you may have
known luuati"s Who were sure that they had
discovered "a system which would Invariably win.
But somehow they had broken themselves in
making the dis roNcry II Is more difficult TO pick
The winner IL the spring races than in tho fall.
Tho horses are fresh from the winters idlencss.
and 40 form rapidly changes you have nothing
10 10 by which IL dead certain. All rules are
tnliblH on the turf You will find plenty OF wise
men who Will say nay to this. III you will allow
them they Will prove the truth of their words.
partnership. They Will furnish the lniorma-
ton, and permit you t. find the capital. When
chance luNOrs them they Will take half the win
niugs. Ii luck should 20 against them, they
viii allow You To- bear the whole OF the loss But
the majority Of these shrcwd fellows. on the
lookout for partnerships, know OF moro than
one way To- turn a penny They are clever in
the manipulation ~ riders and drivers. They
VIII stand in" with you on acortain horse and
thrn arrange with the rldor OF this horse and
the owner of q rival entry to have him beaten.
You lose, md your partner, smiling, divides the
spull- with his conirdcratcs. At the end Of the
campaign il j. more than probable that you will
sharks VINO boast OF information. but plead q
lack VI capital INK.