Evening star., 1895-06-01

tions! These tips" are a phenomenon Of
Paris. They are sold by stable boys" on
the pesage, by mysterious ladies in black
on the pelouse. They are advertised to be
forwarded by mail or telegraph in the
sporting papers. They are revealed hy
clairvoyants, discovered in coffee grounds
by amateurs, worked out mathematically
by clerks in office hours, communicated"
to theosophists, forced by the spells Of
Rosicrucians told by fortune tellers with
hen and pack of cards, and men eat
special dishes late at night to note what
dreams may come, but chiefly they are
furnished by the daily papers in way to
leave each Journal boast legitimately Of
the winners 1t has picked IN any week.
In the Prix de Neuilly, run on Sunday,
May II, there were seven printed entries
Berancon. Mic-Macs Muguet, Fedor, Danu-
bienne, Ortrude and Oriflamme II.
The Courier du Sor, the Paris. the
Lanterne gave the tip "Muguet. The Jour.
the Soir and the Gaulois gave "Fedor."
The Figaro and the Eclair gave Gertrude"
Gil Bias. the Petit Journal and Auteuil-
Eal and the Matin gave "Orifiamme H."
The Voltaire gave "Mic-Mac," and the
Paris-Sport. "Danubienne."
Among them they had divided all the
happened to be "Fedor" Another triumph
of provision for the Soir. the Gaulois and
the Jouri
A dozen little sporting dailies live by
dications."
Clang' clang! another race. Observe The
ladies'. The majority in the pelouse care
nothing for the racing. They have come
than men. The reason is that being habit
uated to bargaining in shops they de-
termined to receive large value for their
money. The mutuels pools sell tickets at
dollar each. ''1f the favorite wins how
much will 1 get for my dollar?' About s..
IF this other horse wins how much will
he pay?' He ought to pay 50. and this
other?" Oh. he will pay you $50 if he wins.
favorite. But this horse will pay $50 and
the favorte only s.; go. do you think 1 am
crazy" And the best Is that she often
comes off with the bank notes.
The mutual betting Is simple in eXecu-
tion but more complicated in result. First,
however, Paris mutuels" do not refer to
Paris. the city. 'Pari" is French for "bet," "
of which paris" is the plural. Mutual
bets. They are so mutual that they fuc-
tuate with every agitation of the crowd
and make not simple hazard. but hazard
superposed on hazard. The man behind
the counter in the booth sells various tick
cts for the various horses, all at the same
price. When the race is won the holders
Of the winning horses tickets take the
money of all the others-who are losers
and divide it among themselves in the pro-
portion Of single tickets held. A black
board man, who notes each ticket bought,
becomes a kind of Indicator toward the
last end of the betting of what amount
each horse will pay, If winner. But his
blackboard gives more exact idea of the
crowds varying fancy. A man may run
across from the pesage and quickly take
ten tickets on dark horse. The crowd
observes, stampedes. He must have in
formation" All the odds that looked so
generous to certain horses heretofore now
change by magic. Oof! If you are careful
you are sorry that you paid your money in
In these French races there are some
times four places" whereby all those who
have bet on the first four. the winner and
ers, who have bet for place" and not TO
win" Alas! this greater surety goes often
hand in hand with emptiness, and when the
commission of the assistance publique has
been deducted you may have won as little
as 10 cents. STERLING HEILIG.