The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04

gambler put the money on, and the three
Jockeys above named would not permit their
mounts to beat the good thing. So long as they
were satisfied with short odds the simple scheme
was profitable and undetected. Little Pete"
IL known to have bet as much as $4,000 in one
day. and the cleanup has been estimated as
high as 500, 900 on the season. The book
makers complained hard, but they entertained
only vague suspicious until the gang began
picking rank outsiders to win. The zeal Of
Chorn and Chevalier In pulling good horses to
let the skates" win. led to an investigation
which was assisted by certain revelations made
By Hinrichs. In its scenes and incidents there
10 material in the plot for turf dramas and rae
ing stories of the highest sensational interest.
Little Pete" claims to have made his for
tune as a shoe manufacturer. In his childlike
and bland way he ignores his standing as a
hacker OF fan-tan games and opium joints In the
Chinese quarter of San Francisco. He is also on
the police books as a Chinese jury fxer." 1t
was learned that the colored lads, Chorn and
Chevalier, Dow Williams, the guardian of the
Ing Little Pete's" Chinatown resort at night,
when the conspirators would divide profits and
arrange for future deals.
The Chinese gam bier is the conspicuous figure
in this turf scandal. His defence, contained in
the following letter to the San Francisco En-
dInfner, printed on March %, shows that he has
shrewdness:
To the Editor orthe Ernminer;
SIR: by giving space 10 THIS letter you VIII 90 Justice
to several wronsfnlly accused Jockeys as well as 70
S my' OF ,oo lss sT naHs sssPe sp IN t hsy sas siste ef thst , 4 mum INV
ERa 1n;ISs anS d Srren 4ass, With IN. me = sp to pgli hSr: srn in s the
can STATE many facts well known to every bookmaEer
on on the track to ,n d,sP gocrs. the cs stssem enss made, Il
M bnn,hsi were seG the, The. boys s.n With e,n whom ! had a;a,n done
rode = loser i BET against him; and that t]his:state Of
e ccntradletlon OF this wish to state that some OF
sheets will bear out what I say (my tickets all being
bought on credi!l: were lost on hors $ which we're
II your reporters viii interview mi on the
foM,iS STca . 5f I Se, $50 $3.50 w or s s9Sop 6 cn fs Ss %n. rld s'a,'j by
Chevalier. who put upa poor ride and was set down
I ha.s . 3 ! d Be, 500 S Pr $500 sS. on . Pas; 10 who H,S T, ~, beaten Psee
as hIffeSfh eyya Her WAS ~tan onedH by mef Du MS look
FEB: Is bet $500 on Paiomsei,a and $500 on Road
Crawford With Chorn up. Did this look ASH chorn
The day osfors, / bet $1,000 on Babe Murphy, who
va. beaten onehalf a length by perfargilla. with
! might give numsrou. other instance. where those
can be proved by the bookmasers sheets III"
- can only s scG for Jo Is hinr,fh,'s statement
BE visited me some time aso and wished me 70 assist
W sssaan me- h 10 loan q l' Elm / $50 20 roe 10 ra AZ iHs's sn sits aaa sinG
on his sorses This refused to do; A! thai "a lime IN Hinriens
is:asd, and declsrsd MS Intention q getting even g"
Erss. amount q MONEY on il he pas, six Week. has
s S.cn che rs ar,, f Or second % mo Sn9 rode Of al the a A%e ,hs 5r asad If
!.is is in theibookmnkers' sheets. Doe. tina. hook as II
S Sas e sssniss on pS ar ats :.sses ss sss9 / iES sa e .rs %I Ses on ,
Coll rs against Hiiaigo and gave Chorn $500 OF IL.
TINS was the only race that day upon which | did not
bet one dollar, as l liked Hidalgo. but thought the
Oh vs. too short. In regard to the visits OF horsemen
end Jockeys TO my place, ] wish to state that | have
Ire Iuentiy given sinai amounts OF money to Jockeys,
trni',ers. and fors|,nen who have given me tips on
waning horses, and owing TO this fact a number of
then have called At my place and asked for small
lnans Since On npse New Year - number OF boys
from the track have called at INV inv tat" n and were
nt-rtaineda at the Ch.nese theatre, IN which hold an
interest.
A. Tor the amount of money I have won. there Is not
q UoOkmhEer on the track. except +. NJ. Gaines and
y k"rt. hut has some Ot my money. and these two
have Lost v-ry little 10 me. and TO be ruled or the
trh'k IS a benefit to me financially.
FoSG CHING uLITTLE PETE.
HinTirhs may be reinstated in ak months, for
fh' Ing torned " States evidence. The others
szZletl out so quickly after faring as the
comet of the season" as this Chinatown mag
niie.