Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Immense Pool Winning
1Philadeldhia Times.

The speculative supporters of the pool
selling shop on Samson street are in a
state of fermentation over the unpIece-
denied streak of good luck a mysterious
investor from Chicago has struck. lie is
about 40 years of age, and his sharply cut
face, which bears neither beard nor mus
tache, may be seen in the international
room whenever pools are being sold.
Notwithstanding the fact that he has
won many thousand dollars this month,
he Sstlll enveloped in the seedy-looklng
suit OF clothes he wore when he first be-
gan attracting attention. The kilograms
he receives from time to time are adj
dressed to j. r. Hoadley and he admits that
he halls from Chicago. The REGULARS"
in the pool rooms called him Lucky
Hoadley," or ''the Chicago man" One
of the booksellers said yesterday, in re-
ferring to the stranger: ''He used to come
floating in here every morning for about
week, and plank himself in 'front.'
row chair and remain anchored there all
day without dropping cent. All of Q
sudden he went down in his clothes and
hauled out wallet and began buying
pools. That was on September 2. He
invested about 800 in the auction pools,
50 in a combination, and about $50 in the
French pools. He caught four winning
horses, frankie B., Knight Templar, Jes-
sic D and Fellowplay, and he drew $500
out of the auction pool-b0X, and some
thing like $500 from the mutual machines.
His combinations turned him in $l36.45,
so he cleared nearly $1,000
in one afternoon. That just
!. l., 1of,
ners every day since" On September 3
the 'Chicago man" invested 81 in the
combination on Fair Count, Memento
and Parole, and got $l65. 40 in return. He
drew $3.50 out of the auction and French
pool box on the same day. He opened
the eyes of the knowing ones on the fol-
lowing day by backing frankie B., Mary
Anderson, JEANNE and Una, and they all
won. On September his winnings on
Sir Hugh. Fair Count, Olivia and Sly
Dance amounted to $1,000, although he
had but $50 invested IN the four events.
His 50 tickeRon Sly Dance alone paid him
over $780, Mhis unparalleled luck made
him the lion of the room, and the mo-
ment he began backing horse the crowd
followed his example, He evidently
noticed the attention he was
attracting, for he did not appear
in the pool rooms on September Z
About noon, however, he sent repre-
sentative there to bet 5000 Of that sum
sl76 was laid on Crickmore's beating the
flying Hindoo, and the remaining s24 was
in three 81 combinations, and nine 81
tickets on Bounce and Marchioness.
Hindoo met his first defeat this year, and
as Bounce and Marchioness won their
races the two combination tickets were
worth about $50 When the Chicago
man presented himself at the cashiers
Office next morning he received $943 for
his tickets He had some one employed
on Monday to make investments for him
on the Lexington races, for as soon as the
last event was decided he marched up to
the cashier and got 1928 for tickets on
Patti, Getaway and Fiona, the three WIN
ming horses. Persons who have followed
the lucky mans movements say that he
has named and backed over thirty win
ming horses in the past ten days.