The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-12
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lOCNO VALeN I'VE.
sse- sa- -rsr.- sr il.ay Proved Na'".sis
tO . Merchant.
PROM the baltimore sun.
A remarkable case of gambling luck oc-
eurrei i'm n Baltimore race pool room ON
SATURDAY. A emb Of n large grain
and -four firm who now and then tries To
pick out a winner of the races received n
~ralentinc Friday, which was the unique
production of n lady who knew his fond
ness for betting ON races. The tenor at
the verses was tn the effect that he had
better play the seventh horse on the hoard
for every race. as the judgment would he
equally sensible rs trying tn plny
horses On their previous performance and
their supposed present form. Tho ncr.
chant took y cue after the nnnner OF al =,
the high priced plunger, and though bis
judgement and the general opinion of the
nth hor.e was i'm most OF the six races at
G~utsenburg "a frank duffer." he showed
his valentine and asked what odds they
W win. Seven hundred dollars To u were
laid willingly. as IL was hardly possible
that even one OF the hors..s would w6n.
was laughed at for DIN so: The first
rare was at five f~urlongs. and there were
~, ~ s ,s,s heard. "i r. w w%, ~e Th " second r"ce
was AT seven furlongs and had IL starters.
King ldler was the seventh ON the slate.
ionss and had 10 starters. Paradise was
number seven. He won. The fourth was
Mt one mile. with six starters; Wahoo
headed the list OH tine bOaru and, by
counting down. the grain merchant had
IN go 10 the top again for his seventh
horse. Wahoo won. As the merchant
each side race the Others i'm the room
''vot ON To his curves as il wcrc, and be-
gan Ia take stock in his and TO
play the horses. The operator in singing
out the description of the races as they
were rum. instead of giving names to
seven, and each time as he sung out the
number il was greeted with cheers. The
nfth race was at one and quarter miles
two ON the board. and b the
sSven. He Won. The sixth and
was tn decide the bet, was exciting, as by
the time thu. hettors. lo,ngers and b
people who had heard of the affair crowd
~ into the pool room tn hear the result.
There were nine starters. Alva was num-
her seven OIL the hoard. He got away i'm
the lead and was never headed, winning
thc valentino bet and u pot OF money 8or
thc man who made IL and Tor others who
oilowed him. Every ~favorite On the
hoard was beaten, four short horses had
While the odds of 500 to 81 Which the
ookmakers laid, look enormous, n glance
seventh horse ON the board will show
how much tile advantage of the transac-
ton h bookmakcrs had. Had The bcttSr
U III - Stpo ihysN ~ uik
through the result would have, been as
follows: In the first race odd of 81 were
offered that Ross ,Viol would not win.
Two dollars would have netted 81 in re-
turn. The s22 could then have been
played against the next seventh horse,
kim fdlcr, at odds of S3 to 81. which
would have Melted $40, which at
odd of ri tn 81 aid against
Paradise would have ncttcd SiiG. This at
IS TO 81. which were laid against Wahoo,
would have realized $5.5li. which at SO To
81, the odds against Swift. would have
Noted S66.sssi. This at 50 to 81. Alva's
odds, would have made for the better "a
grand total of $S35,9O4. But this is what
might have been. As il was the book
maker only paid him Sl,4O2. The odds
were figured on the track odds,
whereas. if the odd as laid 10y
Baltimore booknnakcrs which were some
III higher on several of the horses. had
been followed his winning would have
been very perccptibly Increased. The
merchant * credited with having won
hcsides this bet over 81 ,OOO ON playing the
horses straight. The bct is considered
the most remarkable on record, not he
cause The amount won was large, but he
cause OF the seemingly ''rank outsiders
which won and the peculiar tip which
led to making the play.