The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-06
3EATNG THE POOL ROOMS.


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Worried II Mystery ~ Vet.
Dispatches received from the West last
night told q sad tale Of the sufferfngs OF pool
sellers In Kansas City. ST. Paul. Omaha. San
Francisco. Minneapolis. and other frisky
towns. owing to mistaken or fraudulent
tslegraphio report OF the results OF the first
two races at Gutenberg. Putting all the stot-
les togetherit looks as II conspiracy had been
formed and worked with success.
Tho horses that tho men inside the comblna-
ton are sold to have put their money on were
Congress- in the nrst race and Rosa @. in the
second. Congress- was 10 to shot In the
five furlongs. Rosa G. sold at 2 to-.
The conspirators are said to have played
these two straight and place and in combina-
lions. The first reports put the losses Of the
pool sellers In tho West ut $4,000. Afterward
the figure was raised to $4,000.
Just what tho facts arc regarding tho con-
spirscy and the losses lie a little uncertain. but
there 10 NO uncertainty about the fact that the
names Of the wrong horses went out over the
Western wires for the two first races.
Tho real winners Of the races were Insight
for the I'VE furlongs and Brooklyn for the SIX
and half furlongs. Insight sold in the pools
ct 20 to /. and Brooklyn sold at 8 to 8. II tho
holders Of tickets on these horses did not
throw them away after the false results were
announced the bookmakers will have to add
the payment Of these long odds to tho direct
Just how the trick was worked is as yet .
mystery: The racing reports arc gathered BY
"a U tas ey From ss
!. under speoisllmanaGer. NJ D; p Mitchell IL
heard 81 tho matter frstt, from Chicago.
niRht y It WAS nearly o'clock when we got
ss inEin it. and y too ats for
had lsit che once. Il Is possible that :. wire
R no On
lines tho INSTRUMENTS and line have to be care
fully balanced electrically BY resstances.
would r ssS Ire great H skill and eomplsts set
and powerful bat
By means Of tapping the wire, 4 II
s6rssf IN the time between The sending and
sSsse s xs. q snly Nv sesends sltisssnss Ss:
SD shs S Srons s ess 70 IN:
veshgation will be continued to.morrow'
ns ass IL III es SHOW no" the
Omaha .s KS %ss. aSS
west show. that the pool rooms sui.
Il Is sstiMated that nearly SID 900 was
lost IN 81. Paul and Minneapolis alone. and
to srs no II III
Ghicago but the oonspirators had got at all
IL S0wnni s Snn okerS' and 1t Is claimed they
0TAaA. Jan. "a well.laid scheme to. de-
; fraud the pool room In this city was baked BY
the quick work Of the manager to-day When
the betting opened. four strangers entered and
began to play Congress. an 3 to shot for o
sssn ss rssu hu n asfs on ths
q named Congress- as the winner. In the
pext race the strangers began plunging
hsaytly on Rosie e. colt. to !
and When IL SPMaSsd
RoIncsd Rosie g. as the winner Manager
payment OF the tickets. and he at once wired
e s. S a sss q 9nS
place portion Of the money on Woodcutter In
The fourth race. Shortly afterward the follow
ing message was received:
ist dastsnsaIE- Ins,sht nrst. Bonnie King second.
AasS'i sh1a Second nssS Ye%x
When this announcement was m ,de the
strangers quickly Disappeared. There were
On. and they lost considerable. BY Mr.; sabin's
foresight the house was saved over 5000.
A teY minutes later kilograms were received
Pom kAnntgan. the Denver man who had lost
ssG per xsada
worked. even the cipher codes coming In prop
eriNr and 1t L. thought that Western race
houses lost fully $4,000 by the deal The
leak was probably at the raco course