St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-01
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There was a lively time in front of one of
the Dookmakers' stands yesterday afternoon,
just after the Hotel Ryan handicap was won.
During the betting a colored man stepped up
to a well known Chicagoan's board and said:
"Gimme 81 worth Nv Twilight, boss.'' 'Twi-
light so to !" shouted the seller, and the
clerk inside wrote something on a card aud
handed it out to the sable citizen. The latter
went away with his face illumined by a
smile, the secret of which lay in the fact that
the clerk had so badly Numbered as to write
Prime Fortunatus, so to 2" The darby
liked this immensely, but said nothing.
When the judges announced Prince Forum
atus as the winner he literally waltzed over
to mis- bookmaker and presented the ticket.
1t was not cashed, how ever, the bookmaker
claiming that its issuance with the big favor
ties name substituted for that of Twilight
was a palpable mistake. The gentleman
from Coon Creek was very wroth, and, as he
pocketed his ticket, announced with a blue
fame flourish that he proposed to consult
Senator Davis.
Another incident of the vintage serio-comic
occurred during the fourth race. A young
Englishman bought a ticket on Emmett call
ing for Sc to 3. The race was a heat affair, a fact
which Sir Albion did not appear to get his
eyeglass on. The first heat was won by
Gold Dust, n the Britisher slowly tore up
his pasteboard as he remarked with emphasis
and evident bitterness, Il might have known
he wouldn't win. That Hibernian jockey wore
a green jacket, and everything Irish is a hoo
doc to me-" A few moments later the horses
came out again, and Emmett won the two
succeeding heats and the race. Tit English
man bit his lips sadly. remarked that that
was the first thirty-nine dollars he had ever
torn up, and took the train for own without
waiting for the closing event.
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If you say 'St. Paul races to a Louisville
bookmaker he gets warm in the collar. 1t
seems that the two pool rooms in the Ken
lucky metro polls were last Saturday victim
lied by a well-dressed stranger in collision
with a telegraph operator. Pat Conley. IL
to 2 at the track went over the wire to
Louisville. The horse had been quoted at 3
to1 in the betting, but the Louisville book
makers posted the change in the odds. The
stranger made good-sized bets on Conley in
both pool rooms. Almost Immediately the
description of the race was ent in and Pat
Conley won. AS II to 2 was an unusual quo
tation of odds, the operator i'll the
Turf Exchange at once became suspi-
cious and consulted Proprietor Bour-
lier about the matter. When the
last betting on the third race had
been posted a message came in. 'Rimini now
II to H. and the stranger made good-sized
bets on Rimini. Rimini won. After the
horses were at the post in the fourth race a
new quotation was sent in Oh Donatello. who
proved to be the winner, and in the last race
Little Annie, the winner, was quoted at Il to
2. On neither of the latter races did the
stranger get down a bet, as the bookmakers
had become convinced that something was
wrong and refused to post the odds. The
Louisville Turf Exchange and Newmarket
lost about s. 1850 by the scheme. and the pro-
prietors of these places have shut off the st
Paul races, fearing Il repetition Of the
trouble.