The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
FORTUNES ON THE TURF.
GAMBLERS WHO HAVE BECOME
WEALTHY ON A LUCKY BET.

acters Among the Fraternity WhC
Have Rolled Up Snug Amounts IL
Brief Periods.
From the Neto York Herald.
With most people to speak OF bookmakel
is to convey the impression OF man Of
fortune. who has none OF the ups and down:
of the ordinary race horse gambler, but who
sits in little box in the betting ring of d
race track from the start of the firss race TO
the fiEish of the last and takes in money by
the handful, which he is very careful not
to pay cut again. And yet how en-
tirely wrong this popular belief isl How
many bookUakers there are who have not
known their periods of pecIniosity when
they did not have a dollar that they could
cali their ownl Their number Is scores and
nobody enjoys telling OF these ups and
downs in life more than the bookmaker
himself. l sat with party Of bookmakers
in the cafe of a well known Bohemian club
last evening and the subject
most dwell upoa was the
fortunes which had been made BY book
makers and gamblers when they were abso-
lutely broke"
"Take Charlie B.. for instance, said one;
che had Just $50 il his pocket before the
first race to-day, and yet when the first
horse passed under the wire IN the last race
he had g. 80 IN his pocket. | would gam
Bile that it will be 81, 900 inside Of a wesk."
did you ever know Old January or
JanvryT p said another. ''Old January was
natural born gambler. He was never
happy unless sitting in front Of faro layout
and was gambling from night 70 morning.
He had little money, but soon lost It at
the gaming table and was for a long
time broke One day he raised the wind,
and with SIS in his pocket entered q ganb-
ling house and started plsy. He loss stead
lily uatil be was fat broke Leaning back
in his chair he ran his hand into his pocket
and pulled out peppermint loEsnga 1t waS
white and about the sizs Of q CHIP. and
without moments hesitation he laid il on
card and awaited the turn. He won. and
placing the lozsnge back in his pocket he
continued playing with uuvsrying luck.
lie was as lGcky now as be had been I'M
lucky before, and when be quit for the
night he had the comfortable sum OF SO, so
10 his pocket. He Eept right on playing
each night until in few short weeks be had
Sl0e, 900 in the bank He died 3 very rich
man, and it was all due 10 8 pepper mint
lozeDge and sleepy dealer in a faro bank"
FRANK sNYDER's BEN ARKABLE LUCK.
Il know Of case almost as remarkable, y
said gentleman who never misses day a.
the races There Is Frank Snyder, the
young physician whom every body knows.
He was = doctor with but g small practice
when be went TO the races one day. A
frisnd had loaned him badge, and be had
S. in his pocket He noticed IN the first
race horse named 0rzgeuse, CT, 80 ths
booknakers call him, Orange Juice The
odds were 40 10 ], and Frank played in his
S. and won, cashing up s205
he continued 70 go to the track and 20
play the races, and in five weeks had depoe>
tied s27 900 in the bank. Before the year
was out though he met with bad luck and
had only a paltry $3.50 Of the thousands
left.
He roaned about the betting ring look
ing for q good thing. when he was
approached by couple OF friends who asked
him TO chip liz TO start book. his brother
in-la~ also went into the scheme, and with
6 bank roll Of 5000 the four men rented q
stand II the betting ring and went to work
They did fairly well for few weeks, and
then found that the firm was too large and
decided To separate. Frank and hi
two went into business for Themselves. Tn
four took $1,000 each IS their profit from
the original invest snt Of 5000.
sSYDER'S FARMERS AND JACK E'DOSALD
''The two who left Frank Snyder only re
mained together for three months, wher
they, too, separated They divided $l50, 900
their profit on half Of the original 500 in.
NebbEA. E6tky DuSlDeSS, say you. Oui
how long do you suppose It lasteds One
day along came quiet tip from a racing
stable that the favorite was out of condi
ton and would be beaten. The former
partners each laid heavy odds against this
fevorite on tie information, and when the
race was run and the favorits had won they
were, in the parlance of the turtle, no
in il
Said another man: Everybody who goe
70 the races kpNypN tTaokt Mcdonald xvh,
has been bookmaker since the recollec
ton Of the Oldest turf follower. Som
years ago Jack went broke and wandered
about the race track watching others play
Ing all the good things. One day traine
gave Jack a good thing It was q case 0
hog killing he said, and would be sprung
on the following day. jack had no rnonel
70 partake of any hog killing but he hat
friends, and to those he went and 'tipps
of the good thing. One of his friends wa
plunger, and having faith in the til
played IT heavy in the ring,
" Mike most good things, it landed, aut
Jack was the richer by $1,000. Then wha
TO do with the money was the question
Probably the ring would have had il bu
for the oppoTtune arrival Of Butch Thomp
son. Thompson was on the downs too
but be also bad thousand, and with San
Emory. Butch and another, Jack formed
partnership and opened book The bool
nourlshed, and to-day, although no longe
together, Jack Mcdonald can draw hi
check for six figures, Butch for the same
Emory will never starve for want of money
and the fourthmember of the combination
when he dies, will leave a nice fortune fol
the lawyers to struggle for.n
HIS CUFFS HIS RACING SHEET.
''John HILL said another Of the party. "i
an interesting figure VI the turf world. Hi
was seller OF fish and vegetables in Phila
delpnia. He was hit with the horse rae,
fever and was frequently seen in Lowell,
pool room in that city. Finally he wen
broke. He had nothing but a silver watch
which was to him very valuable. He sue
ceeded In raising $50 on the watch from
friend, and stationing himself outside O
LovelPs he started in making book on tn
races himself. He took any bet from
cents up, and made money fast.
"When he had 5000 saved he came to thi
city and went out to the Clifton track
where be made book for few weeks. II
was not very successful, and finally forme
partnership with Charley Kane, maxim
a one-two-three book at Gutenberg. III,
firm made about $4,000 and then quit. Hi
offered half interest in his business {
Doc a man well known on the race track
for $500, but the offer was declined. H
continued TO make q one-two-three book OF
the different race tracks, and now is WORT
$l1l. 00e
HE is the owner Of eight one-two-thre
books and is making money fast He he