The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-13

building is an ordinary upper Broad
way saloon facade, with four half doors
opening into the street. The visitor. en-
tiers and finds himself in front OF cigar
counter. Further along Is barroom.
where the attendants make no bones"
Of discussing the good things that
might be bet on In the back room,
through the open entrance OF which
may be seen the pool-room, crowded
with a throng decidedly more mixed in
its makeup than the average group of
This rear apartment Is reached only
through the bar and when the races have
been run. fJr the day. reassumes the
room" During the day but five small
tables are left on the floor, with a like
number OF chairs. he remainder being
pilel w on top Of the ice-o3x to make make
room measures about l6x20 feet. and Is
prettily decorated with oak trimmings
and several choice paintings hang upon
Agains, the rear wall Is a huge mirror.
rs tape with monotony of buzz" and
"click,click.' That this instrument is
Of determining odds becomes apparent
later on, and although Jockeys, odds and
scratches are declared. no Geographic
on the right hand side, nearest
Thirtieth street. are ranged four tables
in n row. at which four individuals
primed for business. These tables arc
80 placed as to fill all that side Of the
room from the ice-box to the rear wall
AT the first Is young man whose face
IL not unfamiliar as the presiding genius
OF a betting sheet. Tall, with dark hair
falling straight down over his forehead,
with prominent features and an alert
look upon his face. he sits with ready
blank tickets. by inches in size. At
his left hand is an ordinary letter file.
Beside him At the next table; is a
who murmurs in a low tone. " Come on.
boys not much more time; come on.
now"
an Evening World" reporter. stepping
:" All right, sir: what initisls?" was
tSs Sn r sa4z a Sna
and stuck II into the letter-file under Its
proper index. This pool,,room has not
yet gone back to the old prs ctice OF
race and cashed. but memorandum Is
made as has been described. thus doing
away with the additional paraphernalia
OF sheet and tickets.
the room are another pair, who do bust
ness in exactly the same style. Neither
| OF the four pays out winnings. however,
Across the room sits another man at
table. lie has a percentage card and a
little pile of tickets, and his voice is
heard occasionally thus: Make your
combinations here, boys.
Like the other criers opposite, his &C
cents are smooth and his voice low. He
IL prepared to write odds on combina-
lions. and does II thriving trade. That
the establishment receives information
on which to make odds Is apparent
from the fact that odds are given on
the second race before the first has
been run Off, and that these odds will
be found similar to those posted at the
| track Jockeys names are also given
| and set down on the percentage card
As no wire other than that which ope-
! rates the ticker enters the room. a mes
sengcr replaces 1t and conveys the de-
sired Information. This Is apparently re-
ceived at another point by wire. After
leaving the pool-room at 1918 Broadway
yesterday. the messenger darted around
the corner and entered the ground floor
# Al West Twenty-ninth street, where
he remained. This was formerly a pool
room conducted by Bookmakers Newton
lard saloon, yet It Is hard to conceive
how II can be run at profit upon two
billiard tables and one pool table in view
OF the elegance Of the surroundings.
Just after a race has been run there
enters the establishment at 1918 Broad
way a brisk little man. who takes UP
his station behind one of the tables.
The winners are marked on the card.
not word being said, and quietly the
lucky hackers line up and are paid upon
mentioning the amount of the bet and
| the initials given.
| A formal Identification Is made In this