Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-20
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lightest attended, the attendance always
daily increasing thereafter. AS stated in The

lightest attended, the attendance always
daily increasing thereafter. AS stated in The
Star, there was little or no difficulty in get
ting bets down by men whose financial re-
sponsibility was known to the professional
bettors, or who were vouched for by 9TH
ers. The system adopted was The English
or nod system, and while now and then
money passed hands, it rarely happened.
The small bettors Or ''pikers'' were practi-
caily debarred, for in the first place the
betting was done only in the paddock, en-
trance to which Enclosure cost every one
81, and in the second place, there were few,
II any, bets Of less than s. accepted.
How Betting Was Done.
Before the betting began, Robert Pinker-
ton, in charge of the course, announced on
behalf OF the club, that the law against
public gambling and the use Of any gam
bling device would be rigidly enforced, and
that while betting between man and man
would not be prohibited. the bettors, pro-
fesslonal and others, must not stand in any
s 9Ile pace or IN any way solicit business.
Inc professional bettors were, in most in
stances, attended by a man with a little
note book, Iii which a memorandum of the
wasers was recorded. But in most in
stances the professional bettor himself car
RED a little note book, in which he record
ed every transaction made by him.
District Attorney Birney was at the
track, but said to Star reporter that ne
however, that he knew of no law TO pro-
h,blt the nod system of betting But he
also remarked that if the professional bet
tors solicited bets or made use of anv gam
ping device, they could be punished under
TIE law against the setting up of "a gaming
table.
Time Made Was Fast.
rive races We're run, one Of them being a
steeplechase, and the time made in each
event was very fast. The finishes were
close throughout the day, and as not a IA
Norlte won, the professional bet1ors had all
TIE best of the argument with the public.
Inc hrst race, five furlongs, was won by
jimmy McLaughlin's Premier, splendidly
rlddcn by Griitn, the time, 1.O1 being with
In second of the track record Haltoa.
ridden by Sims, and the favorite, got off
badly and finished neck behind the win
her, ne being head in front Of Mangrove
an outsider.
Wyndham Walden's Her Own won the
half- mile race for two-year-olds, Marsh
Harfler being three lengths behind and one
IN front OF the favoriLa, Joe Hayman.
The stake event,the Blue and Gray handi-
cap, at six furlongs, was won by the Nor
ris' Paladin, Hawardan being two lengths
behind, and half length in front of ban
well.
The same stable won the fourth race, at
a mile with Brisk, beating Sue Kittie by
| nose, Ed. kearney being six length behind
The Easter 'steeplechase had four start
CTS, MARS man. Mill 10y, May blossom
and richards. In a bruistng finish the
former won by Ii head from Mill 10y, the
latter being a length in front of May Bios
som. 1t looked as if Richards would WIN
but he broke down just before going out of
the infeld and did not, of course, finish
Yesterdays Games.
The Louisville club journeyed to Cincin-
natl yesterday and suffered defeat, as the
record gives it, II to g. The Colonies
pitchers were easy, which had as much 10
DO with the result as anything else.
Pitchers RHE
cincinnati. RhineS ......l2 IL
Louisville Cunningham and Frazer 3 10 :
Breitenstein won the game for St Louis
from Chicago at the gounds of the former
club yesterday. the Colts fielded loosely
making several costly errors.
Pitchers. RHE
ST Louis........ BreitenStein .........10 8 .
chicago. ........... Parker .........2 )
Race Meeting Postponed.
The thirty days running meeting that
was to have begun a Electric Park Arl-
ington, near Baltimore, next Saturday has
been postponed one week, and the meeting
will not be inaugurated until Saturday
May .