The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-02

wsilch was brought to q sudden close by
the cry of the operator .STneY're off,
instantly there was a dead silence The
| incident OF the stealing of the watch was
forgotten, in fact, TO look at the upturned
sea of faces. it seemed as If everyone pres
emit had his whole soul wrapped up In the
deep voiced operator. l began to get in
terested myself. Success in the lead,
Was the next exclamation OF the operator.
'Drunistick leads by neck at the quar-
| Ter, Success second, Herman third, was
the next information OF the operator.
Drumstick will win in a walk, said
| Diear-eyed youth alonside of me. Her
man leads by two lengths ut the half: st.
NC second. Drunstick third, echoed the
operator.
was instantly approached by my
colored friend, whom / had missed for
some time. who encouraged me by saying
that Herman was a great finlsher. At
the three-quarters St. Nick had reduced
/ derman's lead to one length. Herman
led by q neck in the stretch, st. Mic.
second and Success third. Now you
could hear pin drop. The excitement
was intense. Very close tinishn is the
omnibus declaration of the operator.
| This increases the intensity of the excite
4 ment.
i ''St. Mic wins" are the words which
| strike a kuell to many hearts. Alongside
Of me was a fellow, a clerk Of about
nOuncement of the winning horse was
made he turned white as a sheet and tore
| up his ticket picked up the pieces and
followed him. The ticket showed that he
| had placed SIS on Drumstick to win. He
Went down stairs and drank four Whis-
keys in succession and went away.
! Now, to return TO my ebony colored
| friend. When st. Mic was announced as
| the winner, / observed him IN close con-
versEtion with the gentleman whom he
| had tod 10 play St. Me. he followed
| him to the window when he got his ticket
cashed, and | watched his eyes glisten
| when he was rewarded with crisp bank
note. The system Of these touts is SIM
pie one. They pick out some soft betters
and give them q straight tip.
They will give one man one horse TO
play another different horse, and so on
until they have tipped every horse in the
the race. When the race is over they
/ approach the successful better and gem
! orally beg a dollar.
| The fourth race being over the same
scene was enacted during the following
| two races. AS the results We're read
blanched faces, curses and imprecations
were heard on all sides and more than
one poor fellow who had worked hard all
week, saw his earnings disappear in a
| few moments into the hands of these hui
man sharks.
The book they make is something aw-
| full They make what lis called q round
book, in which they stand 10 win more
or less on every race. They have no
opposition as the track book maker
| have, and arrange their books so
| that they cannot lose. 1t can readily be
understood then what little chance the
poor fools who frequent the place have of
winning.
Separated from McLaugh Inns place by
partition is another room. This was opened
few days ago by firm from Sixteenth
street, New York. The firm intended to
open ui nearer the railroad track but Nc
Laughlin coaxed them TO his place in
order TO keep his crowd. This firm was
not doing as much business yesterday as
Mclaughlin, although the place was
| well crowded.
While was strolling about the place |
met a very communicative individual
who informed me that Freeholder Arthur
| Fitzpatrick, of the Third Ward, Newark,
was the gentleman with the big mus
| tache who was writing the sheet for Nc
| Laughlin at salary of $40 day. in
vestigated this astounding declaration
and found it to be true. Mclaughlin also
pays several ward politicians and political
bummers So a day to court friendship
| with certain powers that be. My com
| municatiye friend also informed lie that
| Mclaughlin was interested in poker
| game in Newark
| Leaving McLaughlin's rendezvous pro-
ceeded to the next nearest den. This was
| located in boat house on the brink of
| the river. Paul Bouer. Boats to let"
is the innocent looking sign on the build
| ing On the ground floor lives BOuer and
his family. Upstairs is located the pool
| room. The room is low and considerably
smaller than McLaughlin's.
The place was crowded and the atmos-
phere stirling. The same scenes were
enacted here, only there was preponder-
ance of negro touts in this place. Collins,
formerly of Collins & Newton, who made
fortune in Hoboken about four years
ago, owned this place until six months
ago, when it was sold, so Collins states.
to one of his clerks. The name of the
clerk could not be learned.
THE HUDSON CLUB.
The next place visited WAS 1.-THE Hud-
son Club" The Hudson Club is a one
story frame structure near the bank of
the river, and was, l am told, expressly
built for pool room purposes. The bust
ness here was rather dull. ! bought
a ticket on Vendetta, and OF course Ven
delta did not win. | did not buy the
ticket to cash it. however. 1t is said that
the Hudson Club is owned by some Hud-
son county politicians. Who they are
could not be learned With all these
facts in my possession / visited Police
Headquarters in Harrison. Police Head
quarters is not very imposing structure.
After wait of about an hour Judge,
Chief, Mayor, etc., Lynch entered.
do you know that gambling is going
on in Harrison, Chiefs' / asked
well, / amt sure about il.
"If you will come with me I will con-
vince You that 1t is" / ventured
"Oh, yes" said he, '.but they do not
harm anyone My hands are tied in the
matter; anyhow. A party in Newark
made complaint some time ago and /
sent the papers in the case TO the Grand
Jury. That is the last l heard of it. So,
you see, am entirely powerless in the
matter as there seems to be pull some
where"
Leaving the Chief, l repaired to the
pastoratc of the Church of the Holy Cross,
of which Father O'Connor is pastor
Father O'Connor was not at home, but
, Father Began informed me that Father
O'Connor was bitterly opposed to the ex-
isting state of affairs, and had preached g
sermon about six months ago which
stirred the authorities up somewhat ana
had the effect of closing the rooms for
awhile, but that they were open again in
full blast the following Sunday.
CEENEV W0NtT TAIK