The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-01-14
WOMEN At ENGLISH RACES.
They Are Nearly ~-.l--;:ys WealtIly and
Attend I5ecEuse they Love Sport.

They Are Nearly -.l.ays Wealthy and
Attend l5ec2use they Love Sport.
The women : secs 1t tie races here
are the women IF the fashionable world.
beautifully artired. escorted by gallautS.
They move about on the lawn. or pre-
side at their luncheon tables under the
trees or over their hampers in their car
RACES; they chat and promenade. take a
light interest ia Che races, walk about
the paddock and look ut the horses, 90
the honors in d box or rest III their seats
at the grand stand: but one doesn't see
them hauling ont money TO put on a
horse or chasing around to find gu
whats good i'll this race" One doesn't
see them consulting the tips in the morn
ing papers, or Jacks tips, or anybody's
tips, or in any way showing that they
are afflicted with a severe attack OF
gambling fever.
The English women are the most
charming feature Of the English races.
They, with their lovely toilets and holi.
day airs, give it the garden party flavor
that helps to keep it a sport instead OF a
business.
Iat 80 ~ la SSo ANA
ways look on and never participate.
English women have a finger in the
racing pie also. You'd hardly suspectit
to watch them at the races, but they do.
They are usually women who 90 racing
for the love of the sport and who know
more or less about the horses. When
they want to bet they ask a commits
sioner, some gentleman who is betting
for himself, or else some n they can
tip for the trouble, to put a certain
amount on a horse for them. No money
passes on the course. The settling" j.
all done away from there, and usually by
letter and checks.
Women who bet heavily and contin'
ually-and there are su~ch-t-ansact theii
business directly with a bookmaker.
Just like a man. But this again isn't
evident On the course. When such a
woman fancieS a horse she sends a tel
egram from her home the morning OF
the day he runs, making her bet, or she
wires her bet-or .order"-from the
course before the race. Usually, too.
she's the sort Of woman who can retail
the latest fashionable gossip in piquant
style, while her equine fancy is add,
ing to or subtracting from her bank ac-
count.
There are !. great many English WON
Ell who bet in this way. and who now
and then stand TO win tidy sums in the
. early books on big races. Then there's
a lot Of playful %imprompta betting at
places like EPSON aud Ascot. I've seen
ladies lean over the front Of the boxes a
Epson and hand the shouting bookies
who stand III line in front of them SOW.
ereigns and half sovereigns and name
their horses, to give the day zest OF
''have it to say that they were on Il
Derby or Oaks favorite.
Aud I've seen ladies going to and from
the paddock at Ascot stop to have a look
at the shouting ring. and go up to some
bookie and make a bet Just to have the
experience and the bookie would he
''as polite as a basket of chips" and the
'experience' would be filed away with
those other wonderful ones of hedyed in
lives. like a ride on Jumbo or a dash
into the slums.-London Cor. Chicago
Inter Ocean.