St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-31
MADE a KICK.
A Man Who Bet to Win, Not to
Lose.

Lose.
About two hundred sporting men
were attracted to Minnehaha Driving
Park, Minneapolis, yesterday afternoon,
to witness the mile foot race between
w. f. Walsh, of Saltwater, and E. G.
Gardner, of st. Cloud. The race was to
be for 500 side, and there was big
money up between admirers of the
two runners. j. l.. Black. of
Minneapolis, the backer of Walsh,
wagered Sl.4O0 on his man with gen
tleman from st. Cloud named Zapp,
Gardeners backer, who also bet about
Sl,300 more with Saltwater admirers of
Walsh. The day was rather cool, but
the track was in good condition.
After pools had been sold tor
about an hour, and every one
had been given an opportunity to invest
money, the race was called at o'clock.
Both men were stripped to the buff.
Walsh is about five feet seven inches in
height, and weighs about $50 pounds;
while Gardner is six feet in height, of
muscular build, weighing $50 pounds.
Fifteen minutes were spent in arrang-
ing preiiminarieS, and the start was
given by word The men got away to-
gether without either having the advan-
tage. At the quarter Walsh led by six
feet, and when the half was reached was
about eight yards in the lead; time.
2:11. Walsh had it all his own way in
tie last half. and gradually i'll
creased his lead to fifteen yards,
winning easily in 4:371S, which
was quite fast time, all circumstances
considered. Gardner seemed to be
badly pumped, and gave out entirely
ab ut fifty yards from the finish. The
rea fun began when the race was over.
The St.Cloud sport, Mr.. Zapp, let roar
out of himself that stirred the leaves on
the fir trees on Minnehaha avenue, half
a mile away. He said he had under
stood that Gardner was the fastest man
in the world, and had accordingly bet
on him. He had bet his money to win,
not to lose. The crowd guyed and
roasted him, but this did not sOothe him
any. The stakeholder was feShy
gentleman with a Iuxuriant black mus
tache and mild hazel eyes. He evident
ly did not know what to make of the
Would-be sport from st. Cloud.
"You bet on Gardner, didn't yOu?"
he asked.
yes" acknowledged the st. Cloud
kicker.
.Well, Walsh won. didn'the?"
"Yes."
'sWell, then you lose, don't you?"
s'But | protest against your paying
the money over"
''But you've lost it."
s'Never mind; | protest." reiterated
the loser, handing him written notice.
SO the matter stands. a gentleman
named Lee, who happened to be in the
stand as judge of scrub horse race,
acted as referee, and gave the race to
Walsh. Up to last night the pool seller
had refused to pay any bets until he
could consult an attorney, and quite
row over the matter occurred al the
NIcollet house. Mr.. Zapp is still
determined that the money shall not be
paid over, and threatens to sue the
stakeholder. claiming he has been
swindled. Spectators of the races, how
ever, seem to consider that it was
square. Fred Lowe, who mad the race
for Gardner, gave his money up, and
SAYS he is satisfied that Walsh is the
fastest man in the country. 1t is likely
that Walsh will run fiye-mile race be-
fore leaving for the East with Dever-
eaux, who has made a deposit with the
sporting editor of the Pioneer Press, to
to run any one in the Northwest that
distance.