The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-30
ALL BETS ON MAYOR OFF
That wsro Made Before the Death or Henry
George.


George.
Bets upon the result Of the Mayoralty election,
made prior to tho death of Henry George,
were generally cancelled yesterday, and the
money was returned by the Stockholders. This
was looked upon as the fairest course under the
extraordinary circumstances. A very large
amount OF money In the aggregate had been
wagered on the Stock Exchange, in the Wall
street district. at the uptown hotels and sport
ing mems resorts. and, in fact. all over
town upon the respective probabilities Of
success OF the various candidates. The
death OF Mr.. George. it was ruled
by the sporting experts, put n radical and I'M
looked-for change upon the situation. because
OF which equity demanded the calling off OF all
bets. Among the well.known betting men up
town who united in declaring bets of were Joe
Ullman, Harry Harris. George Wheelock. Sam
Emory, Dave Gideon, Riley Grammar. Fred Bel
anger. and Jack Mcdonald.
Word was received at the Metropole Hotel
last night that the Bookmakers' Club had APP
pointed a committee to consider the matter Of
election bets made before Henry Georges death,
and that the committee had decided that all
such bets must be declared Off.
This decision. 1t vas said, wns made on the
precedent set by tho poolroOms in 1876. " en-
all bets on the result OF the Presidential election
Electoral Commission. At that time John Nor.
rissey returned all money placed in his place,
ana htIlN o. bllSb II OlntT pOOlEUOIh Hle ulu
the same thing.
There were some protests madn last night
said that the precedent was not n fair one be-
cause Morrissey returned the money he had rs
he stood 10 lose a big doodle, personally. The
other poolroom men, he said, were forced to
follow Morrisseys lead.
The bookmakers accepted the decision last
night, however, and they were busy fixing up
their books and returning stake money. Some
of them replaced the bets at the same or new
odds.
Joe Vcndig said that he had to wine SO. 800 Off
his book, and he was trying to make n new one
o %it4 oHa as 1 frnres on nF8 Tnn E Wa an 20 S eTois:,on ms
against declaring off bets made thai ne candi.
date would get more votes than a certain other
candidate, Nendig said:
'This is not a horse race. boys. There arc 30
many ballots to be cast. II the number OF candi
materially. affect the way the ballots will be
cast. If horse is scratched in a race he cant
ity to any other horse. The conditions of an
ELECTION and + hErfe race differ
+. Is. TalcOtt, who has been one OF tho biggest
bctt0rs Oh the result OF the election on the Stock
Exchange, made this statement as 10 his opinion
My Judgment is that all bots of every charac.
ter arc of. ! am supported In this view by
have had any communication. The death OF
Mr.. George changes the entire aspect OF tho
race, and the various elements of chance
were four candidates have disappeared now
thnt MI ; oeSTS g, is vr no 6.t longGr a factor.
Low. as the conditions which existed when
those bets were made do not exist now. ] have
received several communications from sporting
men uptown. and they assure me that the lead
ing bookmakers, as well as business men who
have mnfc bets on tho contest, declare all beis
Off, of every kind whatsoever. There has been
practically no bettln. to-day. Evcrythi e has
been "a, "A standstill, pending the decision OF the
George people as TO what they were going to do.
There will DO an entire Encouragement of the
odds"
Many OF the bets upon a particular candidate
against the field had been made on the distinct
should remain in The field. Such bets were. OF
course, declared off without question. In the
case Of bets made on other lines, such as ono
still living candidate polling more votes than
another. there was an occasional protest about
calling the wager or, but the matter WAS Rencr.
ally arranged satisfactorily.
No fresh betting money in any volume was
offered during the day on tho Stock Exchange.
and it was Understood that The big betting intcr.
csts had Withdrawn altogether bending tho re-
managers ana their selecting a successor 10
heir dead leader. News OF the nomination Of
Henry George, Jr.. did not reach the EXCHANGE
until late in tho day. There were a few isolated
Var. WICK would win ana ZIG to l that Low
would not win.
George Mourning buttons on Many Goats.
A few hours after the death OF Henry George
became known, there appeared on the streets
mourning buttons bearing the picture OF the
dead leader. Inscribed on the black border sur.
rounding tho face were these words. "Ipnry
George. Born sept. ., ls30. Died Oct. 30. 1897
Their appearance Oh many laprls told plainly
that the strong personality about which crystal
liZed the George movement w. sIII n IorCc In he
reCkOned with in this CaInpliun. desnite the
fact that the man himself was gone,