New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-08
ODDS on ROOSEVELT.
nrFERs IN WALL STREET RANGING
FROM 10 TO . TO 10 TO =.

FROM 10 TO TO lo TO :
.,, THE VAN wyCK MONEY oTTAINABLE COY
rnrD By RrirRIcAN sAcKERs-p DEMO
CRATIC BrrroRs OF THE EARLY
PART or THE FIGHT
HEDGING NOW
NJ, Croker apparently believes thoroughly in
Nc adage that money talks as s evidenced
nv the lavish way IN whicn he has poured
Tammany cash into Wal Street to be wagered
,r advocacy Of the election Of his candidate
cor Governor But the effectiveness Of the cash
oreur1cnt has been decreasing from day to day
aesnito the faci that the volume has been swell
,cg inst as the more the Boss talks the fewer
o~s his chances OF success. in inverse proportion
- ,ho quantity Of the output of his views
The betting last week kept getting more ana
more favorable to RooseVelts chances, until
=, SATURDAY Chairman Odeu on behalf Of some
.r,e,ds placed $4,000 Roosevelt against
s200oO put up on Van Wyck by Bell 4 Co. who
have been handling Tammany's betting money.
rAa rer3ulum which on Saturday thus huhs
ave- swung yesterday away over to the hoose-
,.e,. side its course rejecting accurately me
hsuer II the experienced observers in W all street
III, nothing could prevent the victory OF the
porrb Riders Colonel There has at no time
haen any trouble about finding Roosevelt moneF
,o cover Van Wvck offerings AZ whatever odds
might ho prevailing. hut thc Roosevelt men
have in the main been content TO allow the
other side 20 take the initiative. Yesterday
hnUever with EVICTION Day 50 close at hand
and tho prosuec; Of Colonel Roosevelts success
50 clear. they t,t ia advisable. and found II
rscessary % Do some active husting to place
Their money. Every rumor of Van WycK Of
fer was tracked down. with disappointment as
The usual result. and all the Van Wyck money
which could be coaxed ou; Wa, promptly coy
cred O., odds ON Roosevelt which ranged ali the
vsv from 1O 10 g 10 - to =.
on the Stock ENchango and i'm The financial
district as whole the election for Governor and
the course of Tho betting or it were throughout
tho dav the laadng topics of interest and Of dis
cussou. Early i'm the day there were few IN
imporiau, h.ts AZ even money The first large
offer was made AT IN TO . on Roosevelt C.. II.
De Wit, seeking to place $1,000 on the Repuoii-
H. Combs x 60. offered 81 Cn each on Roosevelt
al the same odds but We're no more fortunate IN
drawing out Van Wyck money. John :. p
Crane of the stock Exchange. offered To he;
$500 on Roosevelt against $40 on Van WycN.
nut could not find a taker. The odds ran do"
q ln 10 : and soon To 10 10 g. at when poInl
Naeserran Brothers bet $lo1 on Roosevelt To ~ }
Put up by Van Wyck supporter They WeI"
-,,,~s r,rtu,a+a tban " G Tavlor Of the ST.. <
I-voIare,s ,,ho ,ainlv offered 500 on Roosevelt
:, SGG r-hs odds went even lower than IN to 6.
6, 80 inc ,orrbine 10 - : g. which figures a
fevy small bets we're reported. \ little after
noon Rel & Co who had had no money all the
,norrinq 70 bet received another supply Of Van
V-vck funds This money was offered for the
frno bv Q II De Witt at 10 10 ON Van Wyck.
and about $1,000 of IL Vas takor by Roosevelt
non at these odds
Iobn n Judge reported these bets on Van
Wvck at 50 10. Eight hundred dollars on an
Wsck TO Sl0D placed on Roosevelt by r. g
Cook; sf"' on van WICK aeans, en, F1"' pe' ~
s. y H"usnan' >iu' aSiinSs 80 ~ N. 500,
fred BENJAMIN A. 10 i"' 81" aSd'il@' H'''
lu' up by j. Young
AMONG me OUTSIDE ne,H =, Irl"',.' nln ~
i. fll!eT' %. ~" -" ,L ~ -, vi,
Ioosc'eit agalnNt Hi'" pdCrn on an ~ ~.
nv .SgIn'ah y. y. -, - .oi. .C,,1 roC e3,,a
60 ~ '''''
"t"' ,sIi,f- $50, ..l- ,,i,,,. 20 ,l,o CON,
'th.e5 =. ''Gl an ,--,4 .t., ,be, had
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ID Va '.eii"N Itp'.N" V'' " % na
lafi - IN" lnon'F sought ~ !" l''i''. w. ,,
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