The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-31
onc-third off at Prahman's to-day.
WAYS OF THg TRACK TOUT.
strange and rrecarious Ways of Making
"a Living.

Strange and Precarious Ways of Making
"a Living.
He stands around in the betting ring
at the race track with one eye on the
black board and another roaming over
the crowd. looking for a marx. n
black board eye watches the odds on
the horses at the post as they are
hanged and never misses a NUMBER.
The other eye seldom fails to spot ne
newcomer az the track, the man with
one hand %nervously clutching his mon
ey and a mind vacillating between
three or -four horses and undetermin-
ed as to which one to play. The Eel
low with the keen Y on the black
board is a tout The other man Is
the mark" Before the mark has
spent many minutes wondering wheth-
err Dave Waldo has a show with 81
pounds up to beat Top Mast with "a,
the tout is at his side and in a mys-
FERROUS sort of stage aside says:
Il think Waldo looks like a pretty
good thing in this race, don't your
The mark" is duly BATTERED by this
appeal of the stranger to his race
track knowledge, n he feels that he
must show at once how well Versed
he is i'm horse lore.
Il don't know about that he says
to the tout, whom he does not know
from Adanl, l was thiHhlhS a h'tlS
about Top Mast, but three to five is
pretty strong
Yes. Tor Mast can so the distance, -
the tout uggest delicately. but that
Is "A lot Of weight for her. Dave Waldo
looks better to me at that price. ]
think I'll put down "A small bet on
Waldo anyhow" and he slips away
into the crowd.
The mark" does not see him put
-. ~. 49,. hsNf IA.
feels assured that he ala. Chuckling
TO himself over his piece Of luck in
thus securing the stable Information
Of a man who evidently is "A habitue
of the track. Mr.. Newcomer hurr1es 20
the bookmaker and makes his little
old bet on Dave Waldo. If the horse
loses the beginner sees no more Of his
friend. If II wins. however, he finds
somehow that the man who thought
50 strongly OF Waldo is right at his
! elbow when he cashes the ticket with
"A mild suggestion that he might come
in for a piece of the money, since IL
was his tip which brought about the
winning.
That is the tout That is the way
he makes his livelihood. at least that
is one Of the phases OF IL. The pri-
mary business Of a tout Is To induCc
you to bet your money on a certain
horse, with a certain book or al Ger,
lain odds. lie Is not recognized ny
the ace track management and there
fore he has TO work under cover. as il
We're. on some tracks a rigid watch
Is kept for touts and when one Of the
gentry is discovered ne is escorted Il
the fence and told To climb. Patrons
object 10 their presence. for they b.,
come a nuisance in a short iime. Usu.
ally the tout works on his own re.
sponsibility and takes a chance Of get.
ting a piece of money which may p,
Won his tips. Some OF them are in tn,
employ Of certain bookmakers and
bend all their energies 10 tuu hettor
against a certain book, but this bust.
ness is 50 palpable that Il Is not otter
done. Others again are under paA
from horse owners and engage In Va
rtous crooked deals with okler people
money, always, Of course using thl