Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-03

- -
doesn't hey"
YES, the bookmAksr always wins
We'll, then, il YOU follow the same
rule and hack all rhs horses, you arc
sure 20 wan with one Of them
MY dear cAfid. ~ woman ever could
understand betting. and l am sure, II
ali women IN the world. hare No desire
that you should
sBut If yoa wont bet yourself. why
not give others the benefit Of your expe-
rlences You know everybody, aud am
sure that they would Be- glad 70 pay yoa
= commission If they won-which would
be better than being robbed out Of com
missions by wine merchants
Ths Hon. Tommy changed the sub
ject, bat. oddly enough, ne lay awake all
night thinking over the last words OF
his little wife In connection with her
strange ideas about how to win money
BY backing all the horses. The next
morning ne did not refer TO the subject,
but staid away from business and occu-
pied his entire day by mako out long
lists OF his rich racing AZ laintances
and compisng elaborate calculations.
Toward evening he went out and bought
a betting book. into which ne carefully
copied the result Of his work. This
done. he read il all over and smiled.
He then closed the book. ate his dinner
comfortably, retired TO bed early and
slept like top.
The next day he was out and about
betines. 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 has book mysterious
ly. and chatting with such OF the hab-
itues as he was acquainted with. He
lunched az 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, II 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 dissemination to take on
the youngster did not prevent his friends,
when be turned up at the Empire, from
saying that Tommy had had good day
more especially as to every one who
had lost or WOE he said. II could have
told you as much, only was bound not
10 say q word to 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 couple Of hundreds will let
you know good thing for Kempton on
Saturday, provided you give me your
sacred word of honor never TO breathe
nv name IS your informant whether it
comes OF or not, as 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 trifiing a condition was readily COM
| piled with.
Before Saturday came round all those
who had consented to pay Tommy f200
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 name
with the following sage counsel:
''The way you chaps lose your money
F. Is by going TO every race meeting. by
+; backing horse in every race. and by
F.! putting yoar pals on, and thus spelling
+. the market when you really do know
anything good. Now look ut me! l
always win money at racing.
II have done so steadily for years, bat
never go near a meeting unless know
something, and never have a sixpence
/ on more than one race. whether I win or
lose, and / keep my own counsel. You
are the only man / have given this tip
to, and, to be quite frank, the only rea-
| son / do SO is because / cannot get any
more money ON without spelling the
market; and am pledged to my inform
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 should never get the
Office again. 1t is by not being discreet
mat fellows spoil themselves, and if !
were to knock the betting about it is as
likely as not that they would pay me out
oy numbering me on to wrong 'un next
time. and "a have never taken the
knock don't want to start now"
I 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
F. following Saturday at Kempton, fo-
| which some thirty horses started. II
would be superfinous 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 $500 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 1.-The
! fuck of the devil With six Of his
friends. who believe in him az q prophet
ever after to be followed blindly, ne has
rejoiced-more especially on the Mon
day. when they each handed him q
check for 600. making in all $1,000,
/ with which he paid out the brokers as
he had promised the agent.
1t is due TO his sagscity 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 "a, 200; but he II CON
ta.,+1d xvSf1, This ha has the lows