New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06
NOT A BET TO BE HAD.
DEMOCRATIC MONEY DROPS COMPLETELY
OUT OF SIGHT.
BrG ODDS OFFERED on MORTON AND STRONG
HILL SUPPORTERS TO HEDGE-SCENE
AT THE ST JAMES HOTEL
SOME, OF TIE WAGERS.

SOME OF THE WAGERs
Election betting has a strange fascination for men
who do not bet. The scenes in the st. James Ho-
tel yesterday afternoon were like the ones IN former
years. with the single exception that the RepuD-
lican candidates the avorites In the Detth2 at
almost prohbitive odds. The corridors were filled
all day by crowds of who surged around in
dense masses whenever bet was about to be made
In the morning and until late hour In the evening
il looked If there going to be what the pet
tors call shift" In favor of Hill and Grant. which
caused scme Of the Morton and Strong men who
bet cash to waver and wait for better odds. The
delay caused them to lose a golien opportunity
from a betting point of view. money, said 10
be Demo ratio. was quickly placed on Morton at )
to . on 50 that when the furry was over 1t was
announced that Michael f. Dwyer was i'll and had
retired to mis- room and would not bet any more
money on Hill at any odds This caused the men
who were anxious to bet on Morton to accept 50 to
sloO until all the money Ia sight was exhausted
There was lull in the proceedings about s
O'Clock in the evening when TO on Morton was
freely offered. with only few takers, Who bet small
amounts. Ten to three the closing odds. with
the Democratic bettors at a standsti. demoralized
and amazed at the volume of Morton money in
sight. There was hut little betting on the Mayor
atty as the big bettors wanted to wager on the
result in the state.
Peter De Lacy caused sensation at about I
O'Clock by walking into the St James accompanied
10y "Al" Adams and Offering 20 bet $4,000 TO 5000
that the anti-r2nbling constitutional amendm'n mt
would be adopted. g. q. Walbaum accepted one
half OF the bet Edward Kearney made the
custodian OF the $500 few moments later
Joseph Vendig wanted to accept the other half Of
the bet. but De Lacy refused TO bet with him. and
walked over TO Delmonicos. where James K
Keono. Philip Dwycr Colonel Thomas Edmonson
and John Hunter were at dinner De Lacy sue
ccedcd In betting tho remaining 5000 with PHILIP
DWy"r who bet $1,000 against it,
Charles Heneman bet $50 even that the amend
mont wou.d be adopted. Joseph Nerdg be, $ic,rp
on i'm against $1,000 foows. $iVo against $0.-
C1 with William Connors: 5000 to 5000 with a
stranger 90 the Gisoy House; $500 against Si2v)
with ttor from Baltimore. s. O0 at odds Of to j
wiki several business men, who desired to with
hold their names The total Of Vendigs betting Is
SO 9CO which will him $53.et0 should Hill be
elected
Tobias Wall bet $4,000 on Morton against $4,000
with the general public on the result man from
Counecticut who wore a sombrero. wanted 70 bet on
tn plurality Mr. Wal accommodated him. ana
puj up s25oo agans, 5000 that the returns would
give Morton 5000 plurality. James NJ Westcott'
from Hosion. Mass. bet James Mahoney SloCp 70
5000 that Morton VOID be elected Mr.. Westcott
bet AL" Powell $1,000 to 500 George Wheelock IL
a lucky bettor. as he bet 5000 to 81 on Morton
Iohn B White bet against $1,000 on Grant win
J. j. Hlein. Tobias Wall succeeded in betting $'
even on Strong. J. J. Hasin bet a man who was not
w on betting Np even on Strong.
At the end there was cyclone OF Morton anu
Strong money that at II o'clock the betting was
over for the night. Although there has been a lo'
| OF talk the betting has been extremely hgh'
| throughout The Wall street syndicate. headed DS
r r Adams. did not appear at the 81 James las
nirht thereby losing the chance 10 place n iars'
amount OF money. In spite OF the severe storm
AMI m. wcll-known aversion Of Republican voters
-, ,,ir,, ,,sa. hor and a muddy track. their canpl-
dates are looked upon as the sur"st OF "ihhciS ~
! the netting fraternity IN this city
BETTING was lively on the Stock fNrhdH-e N'S
fcri1v morning. and Il gooG many wage "ei'
a-, made I'm the afternoon. Most o. IN" pets W
none ff. bet Harry Combs $1,000 to $1,000 ha
Morton Wouli he elected lie offered $1,000 TO S.vv
fIaf Morton would have - 9ll plurality Dul u "a'
NOT f,E,u uy H." made another oner ot NNV" l'
S. t.p sn The lluraliteS ~ inns oH'F S"tti'
ON. took no 5000 OF the money ana put up ~'wp
Air Adams also Wa-ered 5000 10 5000 WIN or
irrdo Jones that Mortons plurality would ns
q, ,o1l one ~ his other bets was a wager WIZ
Kerr y co. on strong Nj. ;NlamS saiu ~, ~ ii., ,
/ placed over SoDoo or Morton during the campaign
/ at odds rangins from 10 TO 10 10 80 /
/ Richard 4 Easted bet $1,000 10 So" on Stron.
/ with W 49, oliver and som" other brokers'. j. =
/ Kilhreth made Il wager Nith Harry content o
S;s, To- 500 on strong Warren James also BET OF
/ strong and the amount $500 against 50"
4 which was put up by H. Benedict - H.,
ON the Consolidated Exchange W. t. Mendhar
bet 5000 10 $500 on Morton with 4 man whose nam
was not given out IL also wagered sl,vD 70 >"
/ with ] " Van Ness on Strong. There was
/ largo number o. small bets ~ tde on both m
stock and con nsolidated exchanges at odds TO - q
-, ,ii,rIs Hos bet 81 900 to $500 on Strong viii
Lewis ana $50 20 SlsO Strong with }. {. SNl!th
| This money was placed on the Stock Exchange.