St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-30
PLuNGERs AT WORK.
How Famous Turtles Wager Their
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y, Money.
Pdvid Gf1eon is conspicuous exam
pie of the waiting sort, says clever
Eastern turf writer. He can live ten
days or two weeks without making
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 rare philos-
opher. John Kelly asseverates that he
has quit betting, but his ''How bout
it?'' is still heard in the land. He Is the
willing recipient Of more information
than any ten men that go a-raclng. lie
usually gets a tip on every horse that
starts, but was never known to back
any brute that stood at better price
than to l on. Mr.. Kelly dearly
loves-that is. he once dearly
loved-to put up 81, 900 to win 5000. You
cannot pull him on a 10 to chance
with log chain. His favorite system
of betting is to play a favorite one-two-
two-SiX. Mr.. Kelly is victlm-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-
barrassmento of riches. Henry Clay Dit
mas, who is reported to have won $780,
900 last year, made large part of his
money by place betting. He Invariably
backs his horses three wayS-stralght,
place, and one-twO-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. lie
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
very wise young man. "Plttsourg
Bill'' is still plugging away, though
since he has turned bookmaker no no.
tice is taken of him. Luce" Apple0y
was wrong on Sallie McClelland both
times, but he rarely makes mistake
when Tristan starts. Twice or three
times this year he and Tristan nave
made his brethren of the ring very SICK.
His luck of late has not been .phenom-
email, more's the pity, as he is much
liz
rather win. Still, 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 $4,000 on his
| horse Bellwood the first time he started
at Brooklyn, $4,000 the second time
and $1,000 the third. One of the shrewd-
est betters at the Eastern tracks this
year is a young Australian, devoted
admirer of Sir Modred, which he de
clares most emphatically was the great
| est, grandest, noblest race horse the
world ever saw. His eulOgiStie praise
of this horse extends even to his de-
scendants, one of which is the un-
| fortunate Tournament. He 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 Oh the theory that
all races are run honestly. OF course
know that as matter of fact they are
not. | know there is fraud, but | know
also that there is far less Of it than pe0-
pie imagine. 1t l 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 l have been back
ing horses for ten years in England,
Ireland, France, Australia, New Tea
| land and mpric9 I am NOT a 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 of
their balance. If l were to listen te
half of the rumors set afloat for one
purpose or another am sure l should
| go crazy"