Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-07

BARNEY SCHRE1BER. CHRIS SMITH.
DAVE JOHNSON. JACK MDONALD.
can pick $500 long shots every day in the
year, Sundays excepted. He neglects his
business, rushes to the track or to some
poolroom, picks out a few other long shots,
backs them heavily in order to double or
treble his daily income and promptly loses
the money previously won and a few hun
dreds more that he has put away for the
proverbial rainy day. If he is wise, he con-
cludes that It. Helena is good enough in
the future for a frost bitten Napoleonic
bettor and turns his back forever on bet
ting rings and poolrooms. If he is unwise,
as too frequently happens, he continues to
play the races until he has lost every dollar
he has in the world and every additional
dollar that he can beg, borrow or steal.
Despite the fact that money placed on a
100 to l shot is lost in about 80 out of 100
cases, such horses occasionally win and
line the pockets of their unsophisticated
followers with the long green" Little
money ever changes hands on the win of
such a horse, however. for the reason that
his chance of success is so infinitesimal that
even his owners do not back him. At
Gravesend on Sept. 25, 1898, Grampan, Il
maiden 2-year- old owned by Gideon & DAILY,
won at the long odds of so to l. His owners
not only failed to place dollar on him,
but one of them lost $500 on Gortlius, the
second horse home. The win of such a
horse fills the bookmakers' hearts with Joy
and their strong boxes with greenbacks,
for the regular race track fOllOwers-the
talent-never bet on long shots unless they
have exclusive information that they are
good things"
If long shot is heavily backed, the price
against him falls with lightning rapidty
ha a n r
enough money at long odds to do the book
makers any material damage if he wins.
The experienced gamblers know the horses
and are content to back their judgment
with even money or give odds themselves
in order to see the color of the rings money.
1t is only the novice who attempts to pull
down $500 with So, and when he succeeds it
is the single success of a lifetime for him in
all probability.
AT Linden on Oct. 25, 1898, Son Malheur
landed a race ut odds ranging from 100 to
$50 to /, but she had lost so many races that
few people backed her winning event and
protited by her success. Last July Baroness
won at Monmouth Park at 60 to /, but her
owners had so little confidence in her that
they only had a few dollars worth of Baron
ess tickets. In September at Guttenburg
Come Home backed by few bettors at 100
to l, came home first in good order, but the
horse win did not make any one rich.
When the old ge(ding Rock won race
on a Chicago track not long ago at 100 to l =,
his owner did not win a cent, and the only
IS ticket placed on him was owned by
baggageman who had never seen Il running
race in his life and who sent his money to
the track by turf follower. The baggage
man backed Rock at long odds five times,
owing to a wnim, and the fifth time the old
gelding landed $500 for him. 1t is 100 to |,
however, that the baggageman will contin-
lie to lkck lang shots until his $3.50 net fade
away, carrying other hard earned dollars
with them.
1t is said that when John Mccullough
won at Roby at 10OtO there were but two
bets on him. One was held by dead broke
actor who placed his last dollar on the horse
for sentimental reasons, and the other wa
ger only rewarded its maker at 20 to l.
John McCullough's 6wner did not have a
dollar on the horse. Gsle of the greatest
plungeS ever made on long shot occurred
in England in 1867. Hermit, the favorite
for the Derby, broke blood vessel week
before the event, and 100 to l We're offered
against him. His owners, Machell and
Chaplin, backed him very heavily at this