The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-20

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The betting continued at st, ASaph's
,,,ck to-day, the money being placed
IN the pool room at Wheeling as had
been arranged few, days ago By Col
onel I'LL. the owner and promoter OF
the ST. Asaph track The following de-
scnpton OF the placing OF the bets Will
be OF Interest:
As each man entered the gate there
was thrust into his hands a card bear
ing the list OF entries at the New Or
leans and St. Louis tracks and hand
tu Of printed blanks, on which to
write orders for the execution OF COM
missions. Inside the pool room, instead
or the names OF horses, the blackboards
were decorated with notices as follows:
40 betting done or permitted mere.
no commission tickets furnished
here
A telegraph operator occupied a seat
behind the counter. and three clerks
attended TO receiving the commissions.
The operator first called out the riders
IN the various races ut New Orleans
and half an hour before post time for
the first race he announced: FIRST
line at New Orleans" First line
meant the first odds quoted At the track
which the betters proceeded TO record
on their entry cards. a Few minutes
later the second line. or second track
batiInC. was announced. and the back
crs proceeded TO get their commissions
IN, They wrote out their orders on du-
plicate slips, bearing the same number
AND handed them TO the clerk, with ten
cents commission fee.
The following Is a copy Of the ticket:
VIRGINIA JOCKEY CLUB.
Please forward for me TO Wheeling.
W. Va, the sum OF So. 10 be placed
on horse ........ At the best odds OBJ
tainable. Charge for commission ten
cents. A..
Virginia Club acts In the premises as
a common carrier. for the purpose OF
transferring the money above mention
ed TO the place designated.
"Notlce.-Amount OF order returned
less commission. when failure to e&-
ecute Is due 10 accident or other I'M
ayoIdable delays in transmission.
After the slips were stamped the clerk
handed one back to the bettor. The
stamp read as follows: 80
Comm reed. v. ]. c. March u.s.
lseS.''
No Commissions were received after
the horses were at the post The total
sum received at each starter was wired
10 Mclaughlin & Company. turf ex-
change, Wheeling. ". Va, and n rev
minutes later the operator announced;
Commissions have been executed! AZ
the came time handing to the clerk In
charge A dispatch signed mclaughlin
& Company" reading: Commissions
accepted, o. X" A description OF the
race followed soon after, and the for
tunate hackers Of the winner preserved
,bsIr ends OF the order blank, which
viii he cashed tomorrow. II Is under
stood that all the officials OF the club
formally rendered their resignation re-
Gently In order to avoid possible respon-
sIbillty.
for me Commonwealth. tried to place a
baS on Tom Payne. but was Informed
he could not bet there, but that COM
mission would be executed for him at
Wheeling. He refused blank, but was
accommodated by an outsider. tx
Mayor Downham tried TO have COM
mission executed after the horses were
at the post. but was turned down,
All the features OF the commission
business were carried out. one OF the
clerks will be arrested and the lndlct-
I'd 10 return will keep the authorities
busy between now and Monday. II will
probably contain ten different nllega-
lions and the greatest care Will be ia
ken in drafting 1t.
II is conceded generally that there Is
mn possIble chance Of conviction under
the MaupIn bill. which simply PROMPTS
betting in the state or Forwarding or
pretending to forward money TO bet NJ
race tracks. The companion to the
Maupln law, however, which deals eA-
clusIvely with betting on foreign events
il sweeping. II prohibits Forwarding
or pretending 10 forward money TO be
bat outside the commonwealth. IL Is
under this law that II will be attempted
10 secure conviction. The lawyers Tor
the tracks. however, claim this bill IL
constltutIonally defective and are sure
Of securing a decision IN their favor In
the lower court. II the decision Is
against them an appeal WIN be TAKEN
and the track people will, X necessary,
attempt 10 enjoln the authorities from
interfering with their Duslhsss Pehu'"s
n Anal decision.
n the track wins the system will BE-
modified 50 as to allow the cashinI
OF tickets Immediately after each race
OtherwIse. their profits would be ser
iously curtailed. as after the victory
NJ blg favorite all the money would
he tied up in their hnnda. with no
chance for them 10 win II BACK again
On the succeeding races. The sports
were busy laying odds on the side yes
to-day Of two 10 one against the law.
T'opIes OF the commission slips In use
were forwarded several days ago TO the
governor the attorney general and
Judge Chlcestcr, OF Alexandria county
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