The sun., 1898-10-21
THE WAWAoEr RAUES.
Professional Bookies Make Things
Lively at the Gentlemen's Track.
The Contests Were Very Poor.

The Contests We're Very Poor.
The laws Of this State prohibit race
track gambling, yet in spite of this fact,
two well-known Philadelphia bookmak-
ers openly pied their profession at the
Wawaset Driving Association track yes
terday. '''9@"7
No attempt to disguise the fact was
made. The ''hookies'5' had their stand
just below the grand stand and made,
their books openly ~ ''' s"lsI 0'S 81 ''''f2'
The usual result Of gambling yinv con-
nection with the sport wasrivery appa
rent. ..,,..., ,..,, s.....,,,. -;
Several Of the races had that painfully
fixed look, .whichis the inevitabte ac-'
compartment of plenty of suckers and q
big book. Nobody Of any judgment. OBJ
jects to betting. As long as man enjoys,
competition in any sport, he will form
bis opinions of which is the winner. His
opinion is always strong, and it, is2 per-
.ectly natural that he should back 4, bis,
Judgment against that Of some other tel.
low with an equally strong opinion, by
putting up cold CASH. Is" Oh" 2NGj2 OF
The objection lies in putting in ipro-
fessional race track gamblers, men whose
business it is to win and whose methods
are always open to Question 2''' N, ''..s'
They bring with them an unenviablet
following Of disreputable wopls, who
prey upon those whose familiarity with
crooked racing is less than their own.
The work OF Starter Joseph Davidson
was unusually poor. He seemed to have
something the matter with his head or
his e,sight. AS, a, result, all sorts Of,
funny breaks occurred. The attendance
was fairly good in point Of size = a;,,T
Among those noticed were, William
Bush, Ada Winters, Milton Soloman,
Dr.. Brown, Sadie Martin, Harry Lodge.
Samuel White, AL Fountain, William
Simmons, Mike Donohoe, Bert Palmer,
Henry Grant, John Kelly, William Mar,
tin, Elsie De We're, Dr.. ), Ewes. Joseph
Davis, Cube Matthews, Dr.. Hammond,
Maize Jones, James, Fox, lone Hudsell,T
Captain Hossinger, Milton Carey, Mamie
Gray, James T. Winchester, ,Tody jones'
Schultz, George Garrett, Ned
Krause, William Holt, May Gordon,
Helen, Lange and many others, 4,,ra3 All
IN speaking of the races several people
said = you talk about the running races,
ON the outlaw tracks being cruoked.i
Well, they amt in, it when compared
with one of the races yesterday. M Why
il ever i horse was pulled, that animal
was Starlight Patchen, ,cl owned "a by
George II. Huber ana driven BY Billy
Biggs. ,a In the last heat Biggs made him
breah all oyer the track to prevent him
ueallng Excel. in ,Jr.l" ,t.fI rrogf ,,...44 r,o
Mr.. Huber had his money down on
Excel.
Before the second heat Of this race,
Hnber wanted to bet $lO0 on the field
,ganst Tiger Tom, the winner of the
irst heat, but the book,nakers would
lot TAX sit. Tiger Tom was beaten and
oy Excel. l. 7& c} la97 VII, 1t 97iS d" .7n
Before the third heat Of the SAME race
Mr.. Huber bet $40 on Excel to win u.s..
just where the Nmotive comes III is
hard to see. Mr.. Huber only stood to
win So on Excel, while If his own HORSE.
Starlight Patchen, had won the heats he
stood to win large purse. The whole
affair is one of those mysteries which
will occur on track where professional
gamblers are permitted. 4e'If1 7Hlot
II any body else but Joseph Davidson
rad been starter the race would have
,een declared of, but Mr.. Huber isa
member OF the association, consequently
III the crooked work was winked at.
The following is the summary: ,&i2vn9
'ifRsr. RAcE.2, 40 CLASS, TRor AND PACE
,4ho,, a. 49,. u Ii NJ ~ 3th t'bi'W "
'fRs!i0 tines AZ sa7sIRafs Wl@isssea, Ms aa
dary O., Massey's, Md. Q E6E8t
'ady Duroc, Smyrna, Dell. iSG5o
Time-2 26114, s2.2daa4, '27'u,'ugnt ,:dUpw bag
u SECOND RACE--2.30 GLASS, TRoT. oii99s
keel, SMYRNA Del sgsH 9t.... .s.fi8tl11g ri
iger Tom, baltimore, Md, ,.s.. ...;gaql s2y8s9g
tsrlight patchen, Wilmington, Del. 2 1 . a.