St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-10

Of the expert from 1875 Broadway were
quick to observe a slight weakening OF
the circuit and difference in the style
of Morse used by the sending operator.
The betting showed Liselg to be the
favorlte at odds Of to 2 against, while
the quotations on the other starters
ranged all the way from 3 to 40 to /.
Jack was one of the first men to get up
to the nearest penciler's stand, and.
knowing that the odds could be no bet
ter than. at the most. 3 to at the track,
rlsked bet of 500 straight, and the
same amount for place.
Tod had, in the meantime, Kept his
eye on the members of the firm OF Cleary
a. Co.. three of whom were present. He
was soon able to report to Jack that
they were backing the favorite TO run
either first or second, Cleary having
made one bet of $500 to $400 that LiSelg
would get the place. When the second
betting came over the wire the faYOrite
was reported as having been backed to
even money, and, just previous to
post" time, the message came that
"Liselg was now to s." When the sig
nal, They're off," was called, and the
result of the race was announced. Liselg
was reported the winner by two lengths.
and conspiratorS and other hackers of
the favorite compelled the house to pay
off on losing book.
There was no other pronounced fa-
vOrite until the sixth race was reached,
and Jack observed that the firm was
playing cautiously in order to avoid sus-
picion. For the last event of the day
Don AlonZo was called as the first
choice at the track at 3 to 1 against.
Jack and his companion knew that the
horse could be no no better than even at
the track, and the former started for the
betting desk. He was stopped by Tod,
however, who said that he did not be-
lieye that Don AlonZo could win with
122 pounds up.
Suppose you back my judgment this
time, Jack, and put the money on Pap
poose tor place and to show? | like
that colt, and don't believe the favor
tie will run one, two, eight"
Jack finally agreed TO this PROPOSE
ton, and secured a bet of 500 to 500
place and 5000 to 500 show. The winner
of the race proved to be Tod's choice,
and that individual complained at once
of the fact that they had not backed the
horse TO beat the entire field. Don
AlonZo could get no better than third
place, and Jack chuckled to himself as
he thought of the firm losing Oh their
bottled-up good thing"
tuesday was a
Great Day for FaVOriteS.
The firm made the usual switch on all
but the second of the first five events
OH the card, and made a rich haul on
all of them. The three men were APP
parently strangers to each other, but
they were singled ont by the crowd as
being three of the four luckieSt men in
the place. 1t is needless to add that the
fourth was our friend Jack.
Before the fifth race was run Tod had
left the pool room and taken up his post
in the main office. The plan was that
the moment that the winner of the sixth
race was announced he was to leave the
office as hastily as possible and tele-
phone the result to Jack. who would be
at an instrument in building adjoining
the fremont.
When the official result of the fifth
race was announced, Jack observed that
the circuit of the wire suddenly weak
ened and then the following was licked
off: Next race at $50" 1t was then
estimated that the members of the
firm" were going to allow themselves
ten minutes additional time in order to
manipulate the betting and finally re-
port q false winner, if their choice
proved to be such. When Jack first OBJ
served this allowance of thirty minutes
OF time instead of the usual twenty
minutes, he was fearful that the firm"
had changed their minds and intended
to wait and play the genuine winner.
His mind was set at rest on this score a
moment later, however, when the first
betting was reported. 1t appeared on
the board as follows: