Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-02
HOODOOS OF THE TRACK.
The Various Superstitions That GOV
eFn Race Horse Betters.
Does Sense or Nonsense Have Most to
Do In Ruling the Worlds Affairs?


races at Monmouth this season may be at
tributed to the scarcity Of crows in New
Jersey, says the Brooklyn Eagle 4 year
ago the cornhelds and ont stubbles along
the line Of the New York & Long Branch
railroad were alive with these highly civ
ilized and sagaci0us friends Of the farmer,
and whenever "a race train sped past there
was vast chorus of caws and such a
nuttering Of wings as drew heads out Of
windows from one end Of the train to the
other. And then the old stagers We're
won't TO remark one TO another: The
tip could have been desired by those old
rose on the wing nothing could have in
duc,d them to invest their money on any
thing but Brokdale horses. If a person on
the way to the race-track happens to run
across a United State. flag in such a place
as to have his attention strongly directed
toward it. his first thought is: Has Cas-
satt anything in tO-day2' He then goes
over the programme looking for a Chester
brook entry Mr. Cassatt c0lors are
commonly spoken of as the national col0rs
but in reality they are more French
than American, and more Dutch than
either
When a betting nan loses nerve after a
series of heavy losses ne will accept a tip
from anybody and anything A young
man who doesn't know one horse from
another was approached In the paddock a
few days ago by New Yorker who bets
from $500 10 81 900 on a race and who is
regarded as a successful plunger
For heaven sake. give me a winner
he lmplored. i haven had place horse
in two weeks
He was completely unstrmg and should
have been in bed As he spoke a crimson
veil. such as pail women wear over their
hats and faces to heighteu their color
il0ated down from the Bridge of Signs as
that part Of the grand-stand between the
clubhouse ard the secretary office is call
Ell and fell at his feet He picked it up
and noticed that it had q narrow. white
border At that instant Heekler's bugle
sounded the horses 10 the post and Ienuy
passed him. Hamilton up. wearing the red
and white on the Pulsifer establishment
He sought no better tip, but hurried to the
ring and put up sl,SO on the winner of
the Choice stakes, getting even money. He
held 10 the veil until the race was run,
then called a messenger boy and sent it to
the young woman who had lost it
Many persons have au odd tjncy for
backing horses according TO cer,aln num-
her, ON the programme. but the reasoning
and ad0ptlons of mo- two men ara the same
Suppose no. wins the race and No. 9
runs second. 4 concludes bya, method OF
reasoning peculiar to himself that No 6
mus WIZ 'Ne Sg'"i" race ,t'duSe ~ %
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No. y sol'S ~ WIN ana sl'e races BECAUSE
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a spectator I'M doubt resorts 10 innum-
cradle devices i'm hi, search for tips it
only two horses 90 10 the post he probably
Hips dime. heads for one tails for the
other. TO decide which Is the winner. If
there are ten starter, he writes their re-
,peetiye numbers ON small bits of pap.r.
Shake, them In his two hands presses the
palms close together. opens them and
blow, the numbers away. The last one ~
leave hi. hand is the winner.
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