The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14
WINNING WOMEN.
FAvoRlTE HORSES.
Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach the
Scenes of Ladies Ventures Oh the
Turf-One Robs Her Hus-
band for II Stake.

One of the most striking features of
gatherings on the race course is the
enormous hold the betting mania has
acquired over the gentle sex. The days
are practically over, and the keenness
with which women pursue the mighty
dollar in the betting ring is little short
goer. Time was when ladies
did not attend races save in
the company of their husbands, brothers
or intimate male friends. Now, for a
great number of women who 20 racing, |
Il male escort is supertluous: in fact he
is in the way. There are messengers on |
the grand stand who do all the buying of |
tickets and also the cashing in for
small percentage, and do 1t much more |
quickly and reliably than the ordinary !
male race-goer can do. The consequence
is that regular hen parties are now made |
up for the races, and pin money goes in
a way amazing to behold to the unso-
phisticated husband or father.
In its middle stage the betting fever
| among women is rather amusing, and
providing the female hacker is provided
| with liberal allowance of common
SENSE it will lead to no particular harm.
| The writer numbers among his acquaint-
ances lady whom her husband has
taken to races very frequently during
the past three or four years. He never
bets himself, but he allows her from $50
to $25 per day to invest. She starts in
every year with charming enthusiasm
to bet nationally and carefully, so as to
make enough money to buy liberal pres
ents for husband and friends, but in her
career thus Tar she has failed Signally.
She made her beginning this year
ut Sheepshead Bay, and impaired to
the writer in confidence that she in
! tended to buy II conversation chair for
her husband with the proceeds of her
Coney Island investments. The first
three days she was out, but last Tuesday
she got Il fresh supply of money. II
melted like ice under a blazing July sun.
Finally she began to grow demoralized
and bought one of the 2l-cent tips
which ran her deeper into difficulties.
Dear me-" she said sadly, on the way
l home, "such luck! After the second race
| began to give up all hope of getting n
:; chair, but did hope that would win
u sufficient to purchase n couple of tides
Now, even they have flown to the dim
/ distance"
= While this lady was unlucky, how
Q ever, there was bevy of fair ones
l. betting Immediately behind her who
G "picked" winners with startlingly uni
10 form success. There were four of them
+ and they won on six out of the sever
" races on the card. They We're adopts i;
Z the use of racing slang. They knew al
5, about pace" and Judgment" The,
% praised Lewis "strong finish,n and con
lr demned Mclaughlin Tor having riddei
War Eagle "all over the place." Alto
y gether they were experts, in a measure
= and they probably had paid dearly 70
- their experience. They enjoyed tn
nc races, however, and the fun and excite
III ment of betting had as much attractio
l- Tor them as the mere gambling part {
the transaction.
At Brighton Beach one secs the wor.
side of betting among women. Day u
tor day, rain or shine, one can see I'll
of same faces ut tile lower end ofthe stant
49, all outwardly indifferent, but at III
~ same time intensely Interested in form
ny condition, weights and jockeys. II
.Cs racing itself does not interest then
=, They do not even take the trouble
~ looking ut the contests. A finish ma
ir. cause them to arise, but II is only to st
ho whether tho horse they have backed
Js doing well. They win or lose with Il
... most philosophical outward indifference
49, An instance occurred few days az
a
~ fully shows to what I'm extent womC
mr. will go that have become euSlayed to be
III ting. Ii was tho race which Vocal
,,n won no ShcGpshead Bay last Saturda
H. The finish between him and Miss @ro'
nc Stor was a very close one, and from tn
.ae part of the stand where the writer 5
,is looked very much rs If the lilly had W.
on by u nose. Immediately behind d
to writer sat middlo-aged woman of NJ
in tronly proportions and demean,
or. Her face W white with suppressed c
.an element. In fact, she was SO nervo
,,n that she did not trust herself To look
'th the race. When Miss Brewster CHI
= n lcngCd Nocalic in the stretch she aro
ms however, and big beads of prespira:i
rm started on her forehead. As t
I'm horses shot past the post 5
,nn clut jhed the writer's arm and hoar
nm ly inquired: "What Ito you think We
Nv sir2" "Miss Brewster, | believe" "
tho the reply. "Aly Godw she eXclaim,
md don't tell me that! | have backed
tnr other one" \ few minutes aft
non Vocplic's number went up. The Won
left cried with joy. "That saved me-" ,
ket light. al was away out on the meetil
orv and to get even | took $50, which
.ing husband had laid aside to pay
nrs interest on loan. Twenty-Five doll
,rk. went on the other races, and
ncl tracted by Nocalic's light weight
'bv determined to risk all that was left
him. Had Nocalic lost, am afraid {
could not have faced my husba
Now, however, win $50, which puts
,or- nearly $50 to the good on the meetin
- Occurrences like this make even
oi'ic most enthusiastic male plunger |,
'itv, rather queorly ut his favorite ami
urt. mcnt or mode of speculation, whate
tton he chooses to call 1.-THE Hour.