The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-22
JACK THE TIPSTER.
A Famous Race Track Man In
the City.
FROM THE POST AND PADDOCK.
How Riley Grammar Plays the Horses
Odd Characters Seen by
Track Follower.

r,-r - paFlfsv he BEST known pubic
,snsf.- Of the American race tracks. - IN
IN. city He IS not here for pleasa
either In fact he IS II hard luck, Owls
10 Ere that not Only burned up MS stosA
In trade ana al his clothes, except one sui'r
h,,. sook ne roof from hts tather-in-iaw.
Charles Borchers. who lives at Soiiins
Prairie. Pierce county.
PefYIey was IN New Orleans the greater
part OF last winter. but went 20 Sihc.n-
natl II April. owing 20 his wife's heath.
and subsequently came West. intending 20
pass on 70 California after visiting Alrs-
Reflley's father ar Collins Prairie. MIS
Kelley was seriously III az Collins FrAiFls.
with the result that Rellieys spare caAh
was nearly exhausted before she recovered
To make matters worse. the house
rzurht fire on THURSDAY evening while All
is inmates were out looking AZ cox lhs
only things saved were a few oedciothrs-
Reiliey lost al MS race track literature
including some CriokmoFe & Higgins tlIi
guides and a valuable set Of stud BOOKS
Yesterday he walked 10 Puyallup. eleven
miles. and then caught an electric car 20
Tacoma. coming over 20 seAtte on q
steamer re Is tryiag 70 set % Cahfornia'
where he thinks he can earn enough money
10 get back East. where he has many
friends.
ReiIley has had an interesting career. and
what he knows about the post ana pad
dock would fill a gooi-stzed book. FOR
twenty years he has made the playing OF
races his sole business. devoting from SIX
TO twelve hours day 20 the sets OF races
which he intends 70 operate on heli1ey y
not like other tipsters, because he does NOT
claim 10 give "a sure thing.
NO one but an IDIOT" said Reilley last
evening, believes in such gan never re-
sort TO anything ] cannot prove.
..fN
ago and was brough> up around racing
stable I worked for such men as Pierre
T.orrlard August Belmont, senator
Hearst. whose son now owns the New YORK
Journal and the San Francisco Examiner.
| received a bad fall at Jerome PARK ABOUT
fifteen years ago. while riding in hurdls
race, and that put me out OF the saddle.
After that commenced selling tips on an
the prominent race tracks throughout
America. I have tipped in my career the
longest shot horses In the betting without
A doubt. namely John Sullivan. at Wash
ington park. Chicago. odds 100 to I. and |
was lucky enough TO have had s. on him.
II was rather a queer combination OF cir
cumstances that put me in the position or
having s. on the horse. In fact, i was
bantered into II. | happened 10 look at the
board and saw what thought was false
price against the horses chances. ] went
10 10 tlFktUlA tAIKBsts al OtAA NAiaf ANe-
among the bookmakers. and bet him 81
against 500 that Sullivan would win. Car
roll took the s. and threw ii in a box, say
ing: Cigar money; have you got any
more?' He kept on kidding me and l
threw down s. more. Carroll only laughed
at me and finally I scraped up all the
dimes and nickels had and fred them at
him, g in all. Sullivan won very easily.
beating Leahman. who was even money
IIzqr~ 4 I GfsFf
vanr l saw his owners Campbell and
Fenton, OF Chicago. going down the line
taking any price for their money. They
had been playing In hard luck all the way
up the line and / came TO the conclusion
u was time for them 10 break the ice.
Figuring the race on paper Sullivan stood
a good chance. IT was reported that Camp
bell and Fenton won $4,000 on that one
race. retrieving all former losses OF the
season. AS for myself. i got 500 for 81.
Another big winning I made was when
Troubador won the suburban handicap I
had a friend who was very close 10 the
stable and gave me the tip. months be-
fore the race was run. He said that Trou-
bador was the best horse OF the two en-
tered by 8. $. Brown. Those who were on
the inside heightened the price on Trou-
bador by filing the books on Tr0ubador 5
stable companion. Jim Guest. / was in
Mobile. Ala. two months before the race
and sent on 10 a friend OF mine in New
York 70 bet So on Troubador at the best
price he could get. My friend was so
confident. having sent him several good
things before. that he went TO skate
bookmaker and offered 10 bet him $50 on
Troubador AZ odds OF 100 20 I. just as
quick as he made that offer the book
maker said nit and commenced tele-
phoning his brother "pencillers'' that a
af@ Ezr sfwr H.
would take any price for his money. That
night Troubad0rs price was Is 10 l. His
owners then Allied every book In America
at that price. The day the race was run
I was in 81. Louis, and standing TO win
g. 30 I he1ged OF $500 OF my tickets
Troubador Won very easily and lost his
owners friendship BY spelling the price
in the winter book
Speaking OF nervy bettoTs. Kelley said.
The nerv!est bettor without a doubt IL
Riley Grammar. the youthful plunzer. he
will bet more money on his judgment than
any other man IN the country. He will
take bigger chances than any other man
and stand Up 20 the rack when he loses
without a tremor. have seen him win
and lose thousands Of dollars. and nobody
could tel by his actions which side OF the
fence he was on. He - not more than n
years ola, and started in as caller for
Mr.. NNtGN . f0Efn nH0H. Nj. H0FlE was
probably the largest beftor in his siay on
the turf Grammar was always lucky and
nervv in his small betting and naturally
S~iftei into doubling his bets II he won
81 one race he would bet the 80 back on
the next ans IN that wav got a large ba nix
ron. He started making what is called
the field or dollar h0ok IN the big ring
Probably his largest bet was when Henry
% Navarro and Domino ran their great
dead heat match. Grammar bet The Don't
~ men So go az e3fs OF & that Navarro
would win II has got so now that
eve-vhoav thinks Grannan's FIRST name Is
Riley but az matter az fart he was
uickna1ae3 hat by Mr. Bo'av His real
mama Pc Charlie Grammar. OF Paris XIV
'Tsra imam Is very close ruoufheS and I
think ~ has = good deal % tuck com htnef
with his Judgment Re Is alwavs a. The
track watching fhe workings a. the
horses and uroha bly, knows "a much about
the condition 81 fhs horses as any man
81 America lie can tell At a glance
whsfher = previous rare has hurt a horse.
Another big better in his day was CARTS
Smith IRE cw uer q tha peerless Maid
Marion a16 Ya TambGeu. both ~ whom
died iris year But be 81 different from
GraurHu. ! have heard hfs trainer ten
hiTn that his horse would sin ara Re-
cause he 1i9n-t fhfrk 80 h would 81 ara
hef on some other horse IN the rsce 20
bat his OWE. and would see ais ourn
horse sin easily. lie has made what we
rsU sor1e very Big scratches. ! Was IN
CoyiuEs00- Nv. IN TIRE pool rooms last
summer when he came from sarafoQa-
and al the capital ne had was "a rae
took ;hat So and wou - o.a the frst dav
In a week he VAS 81 90 strong
"Ah0ut the oldest character among the
hookmakcrs vas Burton. q Nashville.
FE~ would take more rwornv ~ a er~a-
thnt he ass net think had chance than
arv other hcokH asker ever saw Whp@
tne rare was eeirr run ~ would "a OUT
hack 81 the grand stand ard waTk pu ana