The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-13
AT THE TURF EXCHANGES.
scsNes AMONG MsH WHO e6cK
THE HORStS.

lffE rtOtOAO'
Of the Places In Eichmoh"
-, che Manner In which the Bets
10. Made on the steeds-Tips Given
Other Information.
In no place in Richmond is there so much
srnnressed excitement displayed as can
Il. seen at the two turf exchanges,
,,.h;c, are now running in full blast /
ON one of the side streets down town,
and what 4 surprise il is TO the un-
to see the class of men who "oach |
tho racers.r Yesterday at one OF the eN-
changes a larger crowd was presentthan mas
heen seen since the race between Salvador
and Tcnny. The crowd can easily be called
4 cosmopolitan one. Clerks who snip goods
IN the mercantile world touched elbows
with men who write insurance policies.
Railroad employees talk horses with col
,o,,ors poues and gamblers stand side by
side with politicians and men o. influence.
ryerv class. with the exception OF the
darley. is represented. aIr every one -
more or less interested as To VINO shali WIZ
Inc room i'm which the races are bet Is me
ro,. norton of a saloon. From the ceiling
oight electric fans do the work OF keepihg
Tho air clear of tobacco smoke, ana on one
lido Of the room large blackboard u
painted This board IS divided mo aDou'
eighteen different compartments, each pOr-
ton being about twenty inches wac ana
three feet long. Below seNerai VI .ne
snaces 10 middle line, IS printed mon
month - and from that line to the end are
the Chicago races. At the last cOmpaft-
ment the New York Worlds tips are writ
ten i'm chalk each day.
Above each compartment is painted hIsi'
second. or third race. a the case may ~
ana "A black space filled out Just below teiis
vhelber the race is selling" "handicap,"
or soup race
sJBDUFD COSNERSATiON.
BEFORE a race. conversation throughout
the room can be heard IN subdued ZONES
Refs ito win or "place, and ITO snow are
made. and discussions are held as 10 when
IL the hest bet. Alongside, on the leit OF
fine maine Of the horses, are the numbers Oh
odds given by the b0okmaker. THESE ODDS
are changed three times before lhe hoI7ea
RIM. For instance. take the second race
that was run at Monmouth fark YESTERDAY
In was july stakes for twO-year-olds. three
3olero. Reckon. Key West, FOXl0rd, Sroc
co. Necromancy. co.'s. and Nelly BY.
ON the left OF B0lcro % was written al
one lime. Opposite Reckon was Inc hgure
7. while Nellie Bly, was zap to .. The two
and "A halt aside Of BOlerO meant mat the
| boDkmakers would pay YOU. il BolerO won,
two dollars and a half for dollar put up;
that is, Il yOu played "to VIM II You mao
PLAYED B0lero for place, which means ior
/ that horse 10 come in second, tue DoOhneh
! ,vonld hand Won one twonty-fYe-halt oi
| the winning amount. 10 you playea ''l9I
show which means for BOiCrO 20 come Do
third. YOU only rot siXty-three cents. OF
course. every time you win the money YOU
| "put up is given back.
JOCKEYS NAMES.
To the right Of The horses names. in red
chalk. are the names OF the jockeys, ana
when a stable Is racng-that is, two or
more horses owned by the same mantle
name Of the stable Is given. In small H.
ures. IA the extreme right Of the compari-
moni. the weight oi the jockey Is given, ana
| there are several books within reach giving
| tbp pedigree 0f an the horses running.
No heis are usually made by the young
men over two or three dollars, and often the
bet is owned by a syndicate OF Two ara
four. The remark i- often heard, w III you
90 haifa dollar with me on Nellie BY, OF
some other horse. ''iOr show" Jack, Fay
Reckon 10 win. Have straight up rom
New York that he's tlo horse" what are
Won, nlavin0yr say, one. "Key West for
place .Oh. phshaw. why didn't you play
Nelne BLY,. think she'll win, but 10 play
for place is safer.
THE TICKET SELLER.
During these and suudry other remarks
the man who gives YOU yOUr ticket Yclls in
a steutorian tone the latest reports from the
track. "Gentemen,' Doc says. "the race is
4 about 10 hec.n. What are you going To-
,backY" There is also another sound that is
continuous the tick Of the telegraph H.
strument An operator is constantly en-
ployed in receiving tae races, ana the trat b
Gdds are also changed three time before il-
race. are run. Thus il is that Key West
NAV he.splling twenty tO one when the iif-i
odds are received. Five minutes later, the
horse has become moro az ldyorte with
the bO0k-makcrs at tie Park, ANA she
,oas down fifteen % one. AZ The last odds
only ten tOonc Is gwen. This rule is also
very often reversed. 4 horse may De
general fayorite. and the book-mokers VIII
only bet ito Win.' Later the equine Wi.
not have such popular support, and 'place
and '.shOW" bets are allowed.
now He BETS.
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hind which at one end d. the telegraph ope-
; ratDr. while 40 the other SITS the cashier
In the middle is q wide opening above tht
counter. very much like bank counters, and
behind This window SIC two men. THE
voupg man SAYS. "Giye me Boleru tO win
J 4 card about tue size ~ % playing carl
having the name Of tae boohm Aers and
other advertisement is filled out in blue
mcneil. 4 two and bali and one is written
! 3. IL rI Ifi. d
over again. Thus. IL tine man got card 3d.
p 3G4. the b0Okmaher numbers the card III
= penci GGi. This bet IS entered. with inf
number on large sheet OF ruled papei
by the assistant.
/, This procedure is kept mp until the tele-
| grauher announces. Horses 40 the post g.
Monmouth" The race is then closed. auO
men no once begin 90 gct i'm front OF thl
blackboard marked Monmouth. "lhcl
start Wells The Gfcral0r. aud 10 is echoed
bv the man who attends % the marking ON
: the blackboard. AT the quarter; Nccro-
. mauccr. Key West and Reckon are nect
and neck" There is painful silence, only
broken by uudges ard winks by tht
men 10 their companions. Iick, tick, tex
nOes the instrument. at the half states
the man at the ticker, "Reck0n leads by q
length. with SirOccO second Another
silence. broken by over jubilant men who
have bet. ON Reckon, or hy The suppressed
sighs Of those who bad backed Key
West. The stretch" j. yelled by the oper-
ator, and second later is told how. the
horses are going IN. "li0lerO leads 10y %
neck. Nellie BY second. Reckon third
Boero wins BIS second, Reckon third
D "Whard tel y0u." says one. 81 might
, have known Sir1ccO wouldn't win IT, SAY q
second Il have got even with them at last,
says a third.
AMER race before the tickets are cashed.
the confirmation has 10 come la. This is
rarely different from the result given a
moment before. but it sometimes happens
that a Jockey claimed a foul or for some
> other cause, the race is not won by the
horse that passes under the wire first.
CASKS OF LUCK.
There is, Of course, in any Of it. no dis
, honesty. The man who can 'pick win
/ ners" gets the money, and the man who
, can't. generally loses. As was said before,
very few large bets are made, except in
great races rs. for instance, the race be-