The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
BETS MADEO ON PURE HUNCH.
NEW sENSATIoNS FOR VOLUNTEERS
EROM CAMP ALGER.

KOwfNnn Study TnCttCl Mt the ST. ANOnh Pool
room With surprisinE Itesults-An Iownr
with a soyen-Race Combination Tickle,
and the Run He Had for His Dollar,
wAaurSnrou Ju,v ao-Aoro-a ,bo potomac
IN tha Viroinia aido about AGO mi,os from,
Waahin0top Inv trolIev oar and about nm onuot
distance frnm Csmn Alger tbore IA nm nhon.
donod ontIoyv rocatrocL called q, honrb 7,
bas moi Noon ororotod IotoIv ovv,no 20 4 ardden
dIaltko which tho vir1In,n authorItIos tool n
borao ractng aavoraI Thousand cornloIsanI
aoyernmont muIns with tho hronI an a.
nevlv bIocked ont nm tbeir sbouIdora have
bean skvlnrtino about the tracl, incloa,re
aimee tho be0,nning ~ tho war and hundred
Of commissarv md onnrtormnster wagons nnd
nmbulnnces have recently beon -assembled
| tbaro In raadinnaa IN be attached 20 militorv
exnaditions 40 called for About balfofthe mulas
went M Porto Rico Last yveek and 90 the race
track 0rounda do NOT look ouite 90 IIve,v ma
| tbav dLi Th.ro "a ploptv ~ o~o,tomont az a.
| Asaph. hovvaver Ever since rac,no woa smasbed
| over there n racing Doolroom has been RIM ON
tho 0rounda Thcro "a n noyvorful ont,-roc,no
and antI.noo,room law IN The stntuto booke ~
| the state NJ yirojnis. but tbe manager ~ the
| noolroom seem 10 Get along all right with the
Virginia authorities Tho reaplts ~ NH tho bIo
race meetinga in the conntrv are called on
| there. and n good many hundreds of Young
men in the Government employ In this town
keen the game going nv handing most ~ thar
| monthly wa9es over the counters Of the 81
Asaph ticket writera
Until about n month opo the manopera ~
tbia noolroom M az Asaph had tbipca ali tbojr
own wav. There was no competition and the
Young man heroabonts VIII had tho yirns ~
the game In their blood simplv Ind To NAV the
ponies or die. of course. Therefore. when tho
price OF n horse came In as. saw. even money
and the plovers yyere privileoed IN het on tho
~favorite at that price or lot the race alone. Ten
to 1 shots were cut to q 10 1 on the poolroom
board and 40 on. There wasn't much chance
for the talent to got rich at this game. but thev
oil went up against il, and the poolroom people
got fat. About a month ago another little shack
~ a noolroor, NO. s+arto5 ~ a. vinniSto -
oftho Long Bridge. Track odds were ohalkod up
on the board, and the big poolroom's customers
the new establishment. '"1 The ' biz o %01Sy 10
nsn mt began e M. to , Civ track odds; too, but it was
no 30. !. mao iost us custom, Two weeks later
the smaller establishment went up in the air.
has been giving track odds to its patrons ever
greater qSt, tn them enI # %E"SeS Sotore' o HS'n s,uc a t tha Ga%e
AIeer soldier hovs boya tomnd nnt oho,t thp
place the poolroom has been getting the money
OF men in Government straight uniforms. some
Of them nOn-coms., but most Of them pr V tel
young fellows who have private incomes from
home. and these have taken to tho St. Asaph
game with the enthusiasm Of novices. In
49,, 80 Wv 49, "Ho epehu .
leaves OF absence. to say nothing OF their Gov
eminent pay and home-seraped cash. at the st.
s few Of ss the .s ss'f bs1s.. from ons the l;s. cities ss,t know the
therein, and they play according to form with
these men don't appear to make out half so we'll
as the fellows from the country districts who
don't Know a ~horoughbred from a ton OF coal,
and play f~avorltes or long shots on pure bunch.
a EawII9oking young fellow belonging TO one
on q 400 TO combination OF SIX horses running
bother the poolro6m people any. They knew
th.sey,d get the 800 back; -,
soldier; .1lest knCwedit. I can't ,iose;
fa Ths next 1u aSy he d1r SsqSsp the , whole 500 90, on 2
Brighton, whose price was : to 55 5 on. YOU "
Few ofthe soldiers are able to take the game
t Tish oo s%i1lSisPt sI rdnE;ns t. eRI seat v them 1HE7IS IN il
s ssa + @ &c ceR Pe0S oysr the Sed w fns' a Tslt n 5SE the
e eft tie O eoante ens' s eSafiG Up t faa s a1wn r an is0 ont
the board oyer and over again. Perhaps onefn
the horses in the stake races chaiked out on the
~board-races at Brighton, Washington PARK
and 81. Louis. For the remainder the game
appears to be n pure gamble, and yet they apo
pear tremendously Immersed in It. A smooth
other day before the betting came In for any Of
the races. and. for no particular reason that he
that carried the names Of the horses on the
Brighton card. W. '"
I'll bet I kin pick all O. them naRs." said he
looking at the board wistiuily. But | only;
Pick nothint you ant" said one Of his
comrades. What do you know about horse
racIl'?"
fair grounds at Des MoiHes onct. and | pieked
to win. But You can't bet thatoaaWay kin E EMSS 81
Atout explained to the conidsnt Iowa. ovT S1 that
to win the seven races at Brighton and s ~
about $50 to I for his dollar,
he walked up TO the combination counter,