The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-06

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slept like a top.
The next day he was out and about
betimes, but instead Of once more dun
ming his customers for the commissions
which they owed him, he paid a visit to
all the starting price bookmakers, ask
ing the price Of one horse at each place,
making an entry in his book mysterious
ly, and chatting with such of the hab-
itues as he was acquainted with. He
lunched at the Cafe Royal, where he
met more friends with whom he dis
cussed the days fixtures, nodded his
head ominously and smiled knowingly,
and when pressed to express an opinion
said, 81 can't say;;' and when one young
sportsman offered to take a horse against
his, said:
"My dear boy, the first rule of racing
is that you cannot bet if you know-and
/ know"
His virtuous Discrimination to take on
the %youngster did not prevent his friends,
when he turned up at the Empire, from
saying that Tommy had had a good day
more especially as to every one who
had lost or won he said, 81 could have
told you as much, only I was bound not
to say a word to a SOUL" During all
that week the Hon. Tommy pursued
very much the same tactics, merely re-
marking over night, when the results
were known, IF you like to let me
stand in a couple of hundreds I will let
you know a good thing for Kempton on
Saturday, provided you give me your
sacred word of honor never to breathe
my name as your informant whether it
comes off or not, as I have grave rea-
sons which you must not ask me to ex-
plain"
Anybody who knows the fashionable
sporting world will readily believe that
so trifing a condition was readily COM
piled with.
Before Saturday came round all those
who had consented to pay Tommy $500
in the event of his tip coming off, and
had pledged their solemn oaths never
to divulge his name as their informant,
were duly placed in possession of a name
with the following sage counsel:
"The way you chaps lose your money
is by going to every race meeting, by
backing a horse in every race, and by
putting your pals on, and thus spelling
the market when you really do know
anything good. Now look at me! /
always win money at racing.
81 have done SO steadily for years, but
l never go near a meeting unless l know
something, and | never have a sixpence
on more than n race, whether I win or
lose, and l keep my own counsel. You
are the only man I have given this tip
to, and, to be quite frank, the only rea-
son I do so is because I cannot get any
more money IN without spelling the
market; and I am pledged to myinform-
ant not to personally back the horse for
more than a certain sum or the book
makers would tumble, and if the stable
were forestalled I should never get the
office again. 1t is by not being discreet
that fellows spoil themselves, and if I
were to knock the betting about it is as
likely as not that they would pay me out
by numbering me on to a wrong 'un next
time, and as I have never taken the
knock I don't want to start now"
This very excellent ADVICE was given
to some thirty-six of the Hon. Tommy
Arden's best and most ''oofy" sporting
friends. There were six races on the
following Saturday at Kempton, for
which some thirty horses started. 1t
would be superduous for the purposes of
this story to give the names of the horses,
their ages, weights or the names of their
riders. All that remains to say is that
the Hon. Tommy Arden had e200 to
nothing On every horse that started.
Needless to say, only six horses won.
With thirty of his friends Tommy has
condoled and said something about ''the
luck of the devil" With six of his
friends, who believe in him as a prophet
ever after to be followed blindly, he has
rejoiced-more especially on the Mon
day, when they each handed him a
check for $500, making in all 81, 200,
with which he paid out the brokers as
he had promised the agent.
1t is due to his sagacity to say that the
Hon. Tommy Arden only plays this
game three times in each year. Other
men would be more greedy. Tommy
only makes some 1000; but he is con-
tented with this, as he has the love
and respect of his charming wife, who is
n Of the prettiest and best dressed
women in town. In each year he also
makes some eighteen fast friends of the
men to whom he has given the straight
tip which has come off. The othera.
Tommy consoles himself by saying, have
as good a chance as any n else, and
they all have their turn sooner or later.
There are a few who, after two or
three experiences of Tommy's straight
tips, have become slightly colder toward
him; but Tommy makes no fuss. He
pays them out by quietly leaving them
out Of the next ''good thing;' for the
simple reason that there are always
other good men coming on, all of whom
he makes it his business to cultivate.~
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Continued.
a Resolved. That Miss Eva II. Lott be
transferred from the grammar depart
ment. School No. 2, TO the de-
parrlneut School No. 90. said transfer to
take effect Immediately.
Adopted.
ByMr. Jones, Chairman:
Resolved, That Miss Grace Hook be and
Is hersby appointed a teacher In School
No. 10 TO NIL the vacancy caused by the