Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-22

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confne themselves 70 auction pools and making
combinations. For the benaAt of the mn
citing emotion OF awaiting returns ffom horse
race to determine the condition Of their FINANCES
1t may be well TO describe
A PooI ROOM.
One side Of the wall IL painted blsck from
door to ceiling, and inscribed thereon, in chalk
with the weight each racer carries. The book.
maker. who stands behind q counter somewhat
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he will lay against each horse, and that's where
he has the advantage, for the better must take
the the
that the bookmaker Is willing TO lay that
that horse will not win. The figure on the right
will not get q place. That IL that he will not
come in first or second In the race. For exam
pie on the left Of the name shows that TO
the right Of the name indicates that even
money is bet that the horse will not come In
first or second: The better selects HIS horse
from the list OF entries posted. He lays down
the amount he wishes TO wager on the counter,
and receives card, on which Is written the
name OF the horse and ths odds. He has then
side Of the room the entries in all races are
posted, on q much smaller scale, together with
front Of the name OF each horse. The better
lays down dollar, calls the name OF the racer
he wishes to back, and receives q small bit Of
Ing TO that name. The number of tickets sold on
each horse is carefully kept opposite the horses
name, and the total sold on the race Is kept reg.
amount OF money invested upon 10, less I'VE per
cent for the house, in divided among tina hold
ess o. tickets on the ginning horse This
arranged that the better can also back the
horses for place. Each ticket Is fixed at one
dollar.
COMBINATIONS.
Adjoining the Mutuals is large blackboard
divided into tnnulaerable small squares by
each way. Each one Of these little squares is
numbered, and above them the entries In three
races are written, each horse, as In the Mutuals,
system. The better invests nfty cents and re-
ceives q small card bearing the three numbers
corresponding to the three horses he has Sc
squares or "boxes," with g figure below indicat-
ing how many have bought that combination.
The three horses selected must all win in order
per cent commission, in the pool is divided
among the holders OF tickets on the successful
combination. Tickets are also sold on the field
that none Of the combinations selected win be
successful. II they all fail the pool is then d.
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THE AUCTION POOLS
are Just what their name implies. The entries
are conspicuously posted and the aucttonser
calls for bids for first choices. The person bid
ding highest has the choice knocked down to
him and he names the horse he thinks will
win, receiving o card containing the name OF
that horse. Bids for second choice, third choice,
and so on consecutively, ARE asked and Knocked
down to the man who offers most. Where
there are half dozen or so entries, frequen thy
a field OF several horses, which are not regarded
az CHASING up well enough to stand good
from each bid goes to make pooi WHICH, ess
the five per cent, is turned over after the race
to the holder OF the ticket containing the name
OF the winning horse.
SCENES In A POOL ROOM.
The crowds which gather In the several pool
rooms daily, especially during the time while
the races are being run, furnishes evidence of
the lively interest felt here In racing, and Of
the many who indulge In the sport. Each pool
that the anxious better ia not kept In suspense
long after the race is run. In the jostling
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satisfied expression Of his countenAnce and the
air Of confidence with which be expresses his
opinion OF coming events. Nor is it any more
Of detection and the eager expectancy with
which he scans each new conner in the hope
that it may be friend nom whom he can
plays. Comparatively few men risk their own
Judgment in backing the horses. They rely
upon "'tips," - adyiees how to play ara called,
from the track. These come by telegraph to
numerous persons daily, either from friends or
from parties who regularly engage In the bust
ness Of furnishing information. Every man
who gets his daily "tips' by telegraph has his
valuable Information. But he binds each one
thing he has nom getting out. It is scarcely eel;
falltble. They are very often misleading.
THE MAN WITH A xELEoRAN.
The lucky man who receives q telegram when
the betting fever b running very high Il the
envy Of the crowd. He PUSHES to q corner, mods
. summons to several friends, and together
they eagerly read the contents. The dispatches
are always brief generally simply naming Ger
direct him to hack those hosses. The little
group perhaps re.d, Back ~ (naming horse,
with your Last dollar" Perhaps another fortn.
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horse races. Az soon % the days racing 70 over
the winners are posted, the boards cleared OF
and the entries for the next days races put up
and in the evening the ssrne cu3tomers who
crowded the rooms during the day are on hand
for further investmenta
George wilkes Illnesa,
ONCE DAsHING JoURNALIsT BOW 4 PHYsr
CAL wRECK-HIs DEATH N1Als AT HAND