Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-22
A SHARP GAME.

Metz York E)OokmAkerS VtcttnHoo 10 tne
Exsant of $4,000 by Young Men Who
Bet on the ''shOrt" Horse.
NEW YORK, December 2l.-The pool
sellers and bookmsksrs in this city were
sWindlec last Saturday out Of $4,000 by Q
band of speculators. Since the opening OF
the racing season at New Orleans most of
the bookmakers here have been doing .
very good business. Notwithstanding the
talk Of the police, their rooms have been
well pstronized. On Saturday business
was especially good The different places
were all filled with a crowd that placed
their bets in o lavish manner. This bet
ting on the third came in from the track,
Il was TO be mile race, with FIVE starters,
and the odds against them were even
money on Bob Swim, to on John
Sullivan, S to 2 on Fletch TAYLOR, 5 to l
ON Flenr De LIS and 30 to l on Judge
jackson, with Godfrey on the outsider
The puhlic played on nothing but the
three iavoritss and some very large bets
were nande.
All fls bets had been made. aud the
book rare abcnt % be closed at No. 4e
Chatham street, where Goodwin 4 Co,
kept open house. Just before the instru.
ment announced the start youug man
about "a years old walked into the Office,
and pulling out pocketbook, cody placed
S25 on Judge jackson at the odds Of $50
81. and walked out. he stood to win
$3.50 or lose his $25. The players ip the
Office thought this rather peculiar, as nc
one had bet cent on the short horse,
and the young mans face was not familiar
to any OF them.
THAT fellows Western Union Iuspsc
tor" said telegraph operator in The
room. Then the books were closed, as The
news came that the horses were at the
post. The result came more quickly than
was expected, and the shot horse Judge
jackson, was the winner. The young man
returned and non .chslsRtly drew oat $75o
and disappeared. In all Of the different
Offices of the city the same incident hap
pened Just before the start OF the third
race. Different young men dropped into
ell the rooms and took any odds they conld
get on Judge Jackson. Wallbaum 4
Co., of No. 40 Chatham street, gave II to
l, and they parted with SSii to syoang
man. When the bookmsk"rs began 10 coI
pare notesit was found that in addition to
those mentioned, Ross & Co., # No 6l
Chatham street, hid seen yourg man
who bought Judge Jackson at 1915 10 $50
The Bridge Turf Company, No. II Cham
bers street, delivered $3.50 for $40 Al the
last place the operator ct tee instrument
remarked, as the player on the abort horse
walked out, that he was Western | MON
inspector, but that he did not know he had
ever gambled before.
These bookmakers all paid their bets,
but it was not long before the seqnel to
the young mems actions came out Il
began TO be rumorsd that there hsd been
deal among the telegraph cpststord TO
play little game on the ookmakers, and
by comparison il was found that the live.
| " Young men knew Judge Jackson had
won when they made their nets. The bets
rarely exceeded S25, yet every place down
town was worked alike, and it is estimated
that S., 900 in clear money was taken ont
of the bookmakers hands on this third
race alone. 1t ia supposed now that a
combination of this kind had been worked
on the other races, but as the odds were
not large the late bets were not noticed.
The Western Union people denJ that
any of their operators tsmpered with the
wires or used the information before send
ink ont the start. They place the blame
on the bookmskers, who, they cay, have
some private scheme Of their own. The
race news, thu bookmakers ssy, came ftom
New Orleans By way OF Cincinnati, and
from there to New York. Some one, they
say, in league with the oetters in this
town, had cut the wires between here and
Cincinnati, and had tsken in the news as
it came along. When he found it not par
ticularly well adapted TO his purpose he
sent it right along on its Journey 10 Ne"
York as If it had come direct from the
New Orleans race track. One change
| made in the forwarding Of the dispatches
was to put back the time al which the
horses were to start in the third race from
Is TO 20 minutes. AS result the book
makers kept their books open for bets Just
that length OF time after the winner wal
known in New Orleans. When finally the
news came that Judge jackson had won
the third race, the wire cutter had what he
wanted. Just how he contrived, If he was
in the West to give his friends in New
York private tip BY wire to hurry up and
bet all their wealth on jackson, remains tc
be discovered. The book-mskers will have
to swallow the unpleasant pill, as the pc
culisr nature Of their business would pre-
vent their getting any firm hold on tht
sympathies OF Judge or jury. But they
will try and discover how and where th'
news could possibly be blocked on bott
lines Of telegraph, if 40 it was
LAWYERS will gladly learn that Broug
ham, the great English barrisler, was al
WAYS careful of his throat, aud further tha
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is the best remed.
for bronchitis and other throat troubles.
BENwOoD.
There was quite an interesting race q
Lazier Rink, lat evening.
Through typographical error in SUI
5 DAYS issue, the consideration for the Hes
D ley property read 81. 900 instead OF " 400
The A grade Of the grammar depart
e ment of the public school is undergoing