New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29
BETTING Ar JEROME PARK.
ADVANTAGES (; OF THE PAR MUTUEL
ts et.F SYSTEM.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE coUReD-RAcINe
TO BEGIN ON MAY 20.


MANY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE coURsE-RAcINe
10 BEGIN ON MAY 20.
II the theory OF chances were better UNDERSTOOD "o
shcrld hear less OF goers accepting ODDS OF 70
when the legitimate chance OF horse winning Is nisynve
In favor Of who has made book" against eight IN
favor OF those who have not Every bookmak~ on
racecourse that II he only has staying power
the tfi9ng reserve In HIS favor must make him tne
winner The experience Of his craft tolls him tn&s tho
bettcrs bound them al In heap 10 iose Inc
odds are ali in favor OF helkeeper" a. the saying
eoes and the man who steadily backs horses, allowing
that all Is above board 10 certain 70 lose In the en
So the bookmsker rebels when he sees his occupation
slipping away, and when he hears that me Ame''.n
Jockey Club will have nothing more TO 90 Win nun me
calls IL game OF blur.' wnks pats himself on sne
back, and declares that there VII Do pooknsns 'S''
the same ever at Jerome Park
II It DO game Of blum that Mr.. Jerome, Mr. Huns>h
MI Lovecraft and their associates are playing 'ner
hand exceptionally bold one In fact IL appears
DO lone hand-two bowers the JOKER ACC anu Ing
the hand that And when one sees such nsno
he feels like telling the bookmakers 10 lay down their
cards and QUIT They've chance against dead sure
thing IKE the American Jockey Club,
Why all this hue and cry against tho pan musue ana
auction pool7 Tho people want honest racing before
ANYTHING eiso on racecourse. The experience Of tho
last few years has demonstrated that there can DO no
honest racing long layers OF ODDS own horses ana
run Tor pulp them In the interest Of their books why
last year whenever an animal belonging 20 ono Oh tne
question that presented itself the bettor was not Gan
this horse win but Is soandso going to let him winT
And the way this interesting problem was 20
have 0 look ct so-andso's slate. The Initiated eouia
unfold with astounding precision tho tale thero po'o'
but alas the unsuspectng unSophsucated person
who had no intimate with the rsmihcaons OF
the betting ring The public cannot know these things
AS accurately as the few who follow racing as pusness
therefore the public must be protected
do not pretend to- say that pa mutuel inachlnes and
II
can't pull q horse, nor can an AUCTION poor IA
jockey. bookmaker can do both
OPERATION OF THE PARI MUTUEL MACHINE
The pan murue machine cannot lie about the ODDS,
certain critics TO the contrary Notwithstanding Jus
manipulation Is simple. Having selected' your norso
YOU see what number Is on the blackboard suppose
IL ia Hanover, No. 52oS. You want 10 invest so.
The tkea ara as apiece Ten on Hanover you say to
the attendant He gives you ten tickets and calls OUT
to his assistant Hanover ten" 1t Is your cuV 70
sec that the assistant turns ten times the KEY oesao
which are tho Of Hanover and the NUMBER ozoo
representing him II you the frst purchaser you
will see row Of cphers beside each key on the machine
and II your transaction is properly recorded the row
under No. b2os win show every one that ten tickets On
Hanover have been sold Should tho ASSISTANT iaii
register properly your purchase 1t 10 only necessary io
YOU TO insist that make the necessary corrections
INV any misohancs you get the wong tickets, the iaut
ia YOUR own Tho attendants, who are hired usually by
the dav or week have no interest In cheating any one
The Jockey club is responsible for all tickets sold
Let eight horses start In race-Hanover, Linden
The Bard Favor Racelsnd Dry Monopole, Blue wing ana
u,daIeo On Hanover 600 tickets are soldi on Linden
4so on The Bard 400 Favor 20; on Raceand LAO;
on Dry Mon0pole 500 on Blue wing 80 ana On nuas"
o making total OF 3249. Zach horse has his NUMBER
Hanover, No. S,2os, Linden, NO. Ie2oi Inc oalu' w
eli; Favor No. s4eo; Raceand, No. ana; Dry
MonopoIe No. 7,210j Blue Wing, No. 1910; dldaiso
No. 31e1. When the betting is closed the niusuel
machine will look Like this.