St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-30
PnUNGERs AT WORK.
How Famous Turtles Wager Their
Money


David Gideon is a conspicuous exam
pie of the waiting sort, says a clever
Eastern turf writer. He can live ten
days or two weeks without making a
bet. Mike Dwyer, with all his hard
horse sense and. Judgment, couldn't do
that. He would die of ennui. Phil
might. But then Phil is a rare phiios-
opher. John Kelly asseyerates that he
has quit betting, but his "HoW bout
it?D is still heard in the land. He is the
willing recipient of more information
than any ten men that go a-raeing. He
usually gets 4 tip on every horse that
starts, but was never known to back
any brute that stood at a better price
than to / on. Mr.. Kelly dearly
l0ves-that is. he once dearly
loyed--to put up 81, 900 to win 5000. You
cannot pull him on a 10 to chance
with log chain. His faYorite system
of betting is to play favorite one-tWo-
three. He would like to play it one
two-siX. Mr.. Kelly is q yietim-a VIC
tim of popular affection. Whenever an
owner or trainer has a good thing he
must let the victim know it, and the
victim is forced to suffer from an en-
barrassment OF riches. Henry Clay Dit
mas, who is reported to have won $780,
600 last year, made a large part of his
money by place betting. He invariably
backs his horses three wavs-straight,
place, ana one-tW0-three, usually in
vesting enough one-two-three to save
his other bets. dit" who is one of
the best fellows in the world, has not
been as lucky this year as formerly. He
seldom bets less than $1,000 when
he has good thing" and has nerve
enough to put up $4,000. Moore, Of
Brooklyn. the young man known TO the
racing world two years ago as the
"GhOSt," is at it again, after years re-
tirement. He is another of the patient
sort. And he salts down" his win
nings in real estate, SO that the ring
cannot get them back. The ''Ghost" is
a very wise young man. ''Pittsburg
BilI'' is still plugging away, though
since he has turned bookmaker no no
tice is taken of him. Luce" AppleDy
was wrong on Sallie McClelland both
times, but he rarely makes mistake
when Tristan starts. Twice or three
times this year he and Tristan have
made his brethren of the ring very sick.
His luck of late has not been Dhenom-
email, more's the pity, as ne is much
liked. he is a good loser, but would
rather win. Stlll, when he loses, his
book wins, SO it is all right. j. E. Nc
Donald, NJ j. Corbett and Mahoney are
the plungers of the ring. Throw IN
David Johnson for good measure.
Jones is said TO have won 1900 on his
horse Bellwood the first time he started
at Brooklyn $4,000 the second time
and 5000 the third. One of the shrewd-
est betters at the Eastern tracks this
year is young Australian, a devoted
admirer of Sir Modred, which he de
elares most emphatically was the great
est, grandest, noblest race horse the
world ever saw. His eulogistic praise
of this horse extends even TO his de-
scendants, one Of which is the I'M
fortunate Tournament. lie still be-
lieveS that Tournament, properly
trained and ridden with force. skill and
determination, could give Burlington
FIVE pounds and beating at any dis
lance, at any weights and under
any conditions. But this has
nothing to do with the subject
in hand. Concerning his system of
betting, which has been highly success
full, he says: 81 go on the theory that
all races are run honestly. Of course l
know that as a matter of fact they are
not. | know there is fraud. but | know
also that there is far less OF 1t than pe0-
pie imagine. II | were continually
looking for it my Judgment would be-
come so warped as to render me utterly
incapable of picking winner. should
lose all idea of public form. speak
from experience, as | have been back
ing horses for ten years in England,
Ireland, France, Australia, New Zea-
land and America. / am not heavy
better. The bookmakers do not wipe
off their states when they see me COM
ing, yet many of them cannot help
knowing that am little ahead of the
game. ] invariably back what [ think
is the best horse in the race, regardless
of the thousand and one paddock ru-
mors that fly around to knock men off
their balance. If / were to listen to
half of the rumors set afloat for one
purpose or another l am sue / should
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