Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-11

Washington Park under the gulse OF
rcspectabiIity. II the employers OF
Chicago would come to appreciate
how many dangerous allurements
there are for young men in the
few weeks of pool-selling at Washing
ton Park there probably would be a
stronger sentiment against the
system in vogue there than there now
is. | am decidedly in favor of doing
away with the pool-selling at Wash
ington Park and am glad the Daily
News has begun a war on the system
of gambling allowed there. 1t can
not be opposed any too strongly
1--WE would not employ man whom
we knew to be pool-buyer, said
Montgomery Ward.
Young men who gamble are quite
likely to become unreliable, and we
do not care to take any chances on
them. A young man may start in
by buying few pools and not intend
to keep up the practice at all. If he
loses he will probably want to gamble
again to win back his money If he
wins he may come to the conclusion
that he can make money easier ty
buying pools than in any other way,
and will very likely try his luck
again In this way he may be gradu-
ally led into the habit Of gambling,
and when he has once acquired the
habit he is likely to be unreliable"
would it make any difference with
you where man bought pools if he
applied to you for pOsition?'
1T certainly would not. | do not
want gamblers in my employ any
how. 1t would make no difference
to me whether man was in the habit
of buying pools at Washington Park
or elsewhere.
The fact that Washington Park is
patronized by a weather. class of
people than are some of the other
tracks would make no difference with
me-"
"You would not then be inclined
to call Washington Park gambling
any milder form of the vice than
that which exists at other courses"
Il cannot see that there is any
difference. 1t is all gambling.
Glasses of patrons and location of
grounds do not change the evil The
young man who goes in with the
track-followers at one Of the less
reputable courses and the one who
lays down his money with stylish
companions at Washington Park are
both gambling. If they are gambling
that is enough. Their companion
ship nor their style cannot excuse
the practice OF the vice l can see
no good reason for unfolding an evil
simply because it is practiced or sup
ported by an aristocratic class of
citizens"
Although | am member Of the
Washington Park Club" said J. J. P.
Odell, president of the Union national
bank, lam opposed to the system OF
pool selling that is carried on at the
races at Washington Park. 1t seem:
to me that the members of the clut
should conduct it without allowing
| gambling to be practiced at the races
| am opposed to gambling generally
and public pool-selling is the mos
pernicious form of gam bling. The
members of the Washington Parl
Club can wen AFFORD to run the track
without having pool-selling at thu
races, and that would seem to be TIN
proper way to conduct it,"
What effect do you think pool
selling has on young men VINO ar
employed on salaries?"
Il am not inclined TO think tina
young men who are kept busy by EN-
ployment are apt to sluander none.
at the races as those who are idle
Young men who have little to do ar
more likely to patronize the pool
seller than are those who are indus
trious."
ADO you think the Washingto
Park races are any worse in inhuenC
ing young men to gamble than thos
at the other cOurses:"
"No, will not say that they are
simply say that ! am opposed To 200
selling at Washington Park and ,sls,
where
Il cannot see why any diserlmiua
) ton should be made In favor Of Wash
ington Park pool-rooms said John A