The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26

HC wns not making books, jut merely conduct
ing n betting business on D per cent. commission.
What arrangement no had made with the police
Is not known, but one, or more OF tho local police
There was no attempt at co%nccaiment OF the
Kind OF business being transacted. Betting In
tho ring at a race track under tho old conditions
m "Hgrs sho; S;Ggf IA nI 10 lay yous sh HGts' . gentle,
@ "S;Gp r saH"'S hero enc and fa deposit 20 u" your sP' cash. s.0c just
tell mo how its to be placed. aud III place 1t.
Sane yous, choice, your Odds and tho amount,
4 youth stepped forward with q roll of bills
nEainRt the Held the stakeholder announced.
Amy iakersi What's that. sir? You'll take
S' Then ho c Sn u I %'H With tSES 10" o StTas'' of tho
money ms to whether 1t was TO 90 In n lump or in
That goes, sir" tho man announced. "Plcnty
moro left. gentlemen. Who wants itH
Sometimes the bets would come In homogeneous
Here's $50 to $40 on Cornell against Yelel"
cried the betting man, and that having been
Yale $50 against Cornell $40" which also went
,",What did I tell you, gentlemen :" he OK;
In tho pool room The betting was mostly In
I iSTsalS IN Is or sn% Sia S 9Ts but t% the there s'T %ss q Il sT wSs
&c Ss" that h, N not &c, to have tsn some money down was to
miss one of the chief pleasures of the race. Tho
largest bet seen by Ii SUN man on tho street
was made by a very young.looking Cornellian,
WHO kIOOu OulSlut ~ uNCIbbo itOlh bbS A'Si
son House and observed discontentedly:
ro "It max makes ne iT. sick eli The TnG 6 ,hSy ddysrstii9i te os
Harvard lar .Yoletcornell. Why don't they put
Cornell first sometimes 7
1t happened that a Yale man nar ana Inc Z h6 ,andVa h1a
plant and laughed al, him to his great offence.
You fellows think that wo don't figure at
wat until tho race is over" said the Har-
ward man; "then you'll SEQ why Cornell is put
""Iwhatrl you bet on that r. cried the other ex-
ION Harvard against Cornelli oh, $780,"
.And might go another hundred on Yale"
added Hsa' the }, m xsiG b % ,Ss sF ihan We're trying to over.
awe tho Cofncllian, who didn't LOOK as Il he
Ss%. sn be m l,sSly e GGn nsSd goo q r %IIf he e saia! but h'
its, robbery" sighed the Harvard man.
Don't, YOU mind replied the coEnollian.
But the two were satisfied to leave the bet as
It stood.
be judged from the confusion Of odds at the
ward a close second. and Cornell In the rear with
odds of dig or 3 to l against her.
EXODUS TO THE WEST SHORE.
BY noon the exodus across the river began.
Two crazy ferryboats essayed to transport tho
they will stand a vast deal OF overlooking. The
sun was beating down with terrific heat, and the
trip over on the damned boat was something 10
wilt the collar and break the spirit. Nor was
GOODNESS to be found on the other side.
A mile and a quarter from tho Highland sta;
the conservation train of tifty-three box cars, and
the crowd set out to walk down the track to. the
' 'he Silence nt was Of sat sFenay mach Ths c;uI RSf eniipsnih iR
sound was the music Of the fakirs' voices.
se hsedfy os sps sSs vest 81 t sac OF ri The h TiSer. A rSP the
crowd walked along the ~sun.smitten stretch Of
railroad, it was nccosted on all sides by invita-
| tippaf IN huN- Eiref rapna the lAmnnAla man
Wet and cool!" he cried. Fresh from the
spring, Cold lemmo-lemmo-lcmmo;nad
Just beyond the station a wheel OF fortune
held out It's a~llurements, with considerable re-
turns.
ou mEa' Marbi yGu t isn g SaPp ,s on q: aS G q m monsy.
field. Pick your number and watch the little
Here y'are. gents!, howled another fakir
J with a new song. Keep, yer t'roats moist!
Lozengersl Lozengers!,'.
Nor was the willy thimblerigser lacking. with
than anything else from the college students.
waeers on the basis Of bet yop you've, got it be-
tween your fingers now" which tended 20 cause
a Ian eond ini,h G 3bs business rs,sh,Sa II hn his = Line wb,c,
he had been doing in the hotel at Poughkeepsie,
the betting man brought a carriage across ths
the observation train. decorated it with flags,
and set a man ont in front to shout: Bet;
llHp uOne HtTC. N All youE DGlo, kCuIS. AL
fair and honest. Make your offers"
Besides these gentlemen Of business There were
Tags. canes, badges. pop in bottles, chewing
gum, seats on the cars, cushions. and pro.
srammesi The one thing particularly neeaful
II q man had come along with a supply Of those
he could have made his everlasting fortune-if
he escaped being mobbed to death.
AS on the other side OF the river. the betting
was Of the go-as-you-please order. Walking
of a wager at odds Of considerable range. and
the late arrivals who had not had time to get
OF opportunities besides those furnished by tho
professional in the carriage. Quickly the train
Allied filled uR: and presently sa y every ca, car seen from On a
huge vari-colorcd posy.
VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATION TRAIN.
From the observation train the scene was ono
the river IN ful} regatta, adorned with the fnest
yachts in the country. Each yacht was a-fiutter
%ith aba sRI n of fi sSss,e. pf in 8 and b gay y
landsman, which performed nimble evolutions
in the breeze, From time to time there would
which extended for a mile up the river. a natty
r1w6oSt manned by t sailors; or a witt little
filled with small craft, flying to and fro in an in
conse9pent sort Of way. Back Of the train lay
who p%urposed seeing the finish rather than the
start.
IDEAL BOATING WEATHER.
1t was an ideal day for tho race. Fleecy
patches OF moving black shadow on, the
hills to the north and the green land
scape across tho river. Just q little
the surface a bit, while in spots the water
roughcned, and blackened, showing where a
'..catspaw" was scudding along. In tho un-
sheltered or tho open cars IL was uncomfortably
hot, but that meant 80 much the better race,
and there was only 80 much grumbling as a man
feels II his duty to himself to indulge In.
1t was almost time for the race to begin, and
there had been little cheering or singing. The
crowd was too much stretched out for that. The
first slogan from the lower end OF tho course
came from the Richard Peck, which steamed
up from down the river. packed and blackencd
with humanity, and with a big Yale banner hung
over her bow. Some OF her passengers started
UP the Yale yell and Others began the Harvard,
and in tho intervals of the "Rahs - could be
heard the jerky; sharp Cornell, l yellr, like a
pack OF firecrackers between the booming OF
S Ysio %rattl tme o SarT tb aia ISear c sesr st 2 a reSSp %hiis
the yelling was still going on the train started.
In the rush that was made by those who had
been wandering about on tho shore instead Of
sitting In their seats IL is n wonder that nobody
was run over. All got aboard with the loss OF
nothing more, than a few coats, hats. and UNI.
brellas. To those above on the hill tho train
must have presented n neglige appearance. for