The San Francisco call., 1896-02-12
POOLROOMS ScORCHED.
Winning Tickets Cashed on a
Horse That Finished
Third.
Their Scouts Sent Olive In a Winner
and Hundreds of Dollars Were
Paid Out.

There was CONSERVATION in the down.
town poolroom Joints yesterday. They
sprung surprise on the Ingleside people,
and it proved a most expensive one for
them. Making a roundup OF the buns,
dissolute characters, "dope" fends and
that ilk that patronize their dens, the pro-
prietors picked out crew and each was
giuen number. If the horse down on the
programme as No. finished in front, why
bum No. was to parade in front of the
grand stand, and confederates on a neigh
boring housetop would spot him by means
Of a telescope tieldglass. 1t so happened
that Kamsin, No. 10 on the programme,
captured the opening event, but bum No.
10 and "ex-con" No. 6, who had probably
been getting rid of their daily allowance
by imbibing at the bar, got their numbers
mixed up, and the man representing No.
6. which was Olive, sauntered out in front
of the stand, and very speedily Olive was
telephoped in the rooms as winner.
The commission joints had laid and
4 to l against the mare, and hundreds of
dollars worth of tickets are said to have
been cashed. One room alone. it is said,
paid out $500. AS Kamsin won the race
they will also have to pay tickets with his
inform their poor dupes that the commits
sion was not placed.
As on previous days, these sharpers con-
tinued in their pursuit of setting the laws
at open defiance. At l :35 P. NJ. the odds,
as figured by the combination on the en-
tire four races, was telegraphed to Messen-
ger Il Co. at San Jose, and that mythical
firm wired the prices back to the rooms.
This is where the handkerchief is placed
over the eyes of justice, but the knot is
tied later on. at :35 the poolrooms
posted the odds and jockeys on the horses
starting in the opening event. Did the
ODDS come from IngIeside2 Hardly. for
price against single horse was not
chalked up in the Ingleside betting ring
until 1888, just three minutes later. Three
of the horses against which odds were low
were scratched. Glaring errors were also
frequent on their boards in respect to the
Jockeys marked up to ride. McHugh,
very ordinary rider, was posted to ride
Kamsin, but in therace Kamsin was plloted
by Cochran. The latter rider they had up
on Levena c., who finished second. ].
Lamley rode her in the race. The odds
and Jockeys in the second race were also
badly contorted. Lord Chesterfield, 80
to 1 shot on the track, had 2 to 1 laid
against him.
ahead of the bookmakers at the track in
posting their odds. Booking at Ingleside
began at 3:02 while the rooms began TAX
ing coin, according to the odds on their
boards, at 3. On the three horses that got
inside the most of the money, they failed
to have the correct riders in a single in
stance. Jones was up or Sir Vassar in
stead of Lamley, Donnelly on Scimitar
in place of Chorn, and Doggett on Leon
vile instead of Garner. Ida Sauer. 300
to shot on the track, was held at 10 to /,
and Magpie, a 100 to chance, at the same
short price.
The fourth was repetition OF the other
race. The rooms posted their odds at 40,
lust ten minutes ahead of the Ingleside
pencilers. The rooms were in receipt OF
no scratches, money being taken on all of
the starters. Captain Spencer was scratched
at 80, ten minutes after the race had been
decided.
Messenger & Co.'s service was still bad
on the fourth event. Boyd rode St.
Brandon, but the pooIrooms said Kenny
was 20 do the trick. Burmah was to l
chance at the track, but the gamblers
thought we'll of him and the 'lambs'' got
but s to against him.
The Jockeys and odds on the last race
were also badly jnmbled up. Out OF thirty
eight Jockeys posted at the racetrack, the
poolroom had eighteen OF them wrong, in
addition to ten marked up to ride horses
that were scratched. OF the five winners,
the correct jockey was chalked up on 5ut
one horse.
The public is fast getting an insight into
the questionable methods resorted to by
these tricksters, anu many OF the dens
were practically deserted yesterday, ex-
cepI possibly by few miserable speci-
mems of humanity, who, pennlless them
selves, found certain uncanny pleasure
| i'll seeing Others fast following in their
| footsteps.