The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
TAXING NOM ENDS or IT.
Easy Lesson. In the Art Of %',ci,ing on a sure
Thing.
From nc Nor ORLEANS Timos-Dmocrot

the he ting odds are I~pllil'H of"'h' "'l'''
an election" remarked a local t~IIinlrn, IL"
can always pull down a ME" little bundle "i
money. either way ID" thing goes
How do you mean" asked al uus"IhistI-
Gated friend.
Il mean that every time the odds movca point
replied the turfman. you have a chsne" 20
protect your bets aud get a shade the best
Of il. II Is simple ~ \, B. & Take myself
for instance; ii makes no difference to me
financially whether Bryan or Mckinley Is
elected-ln either case stand 10 win $50. vet
| have made only two small bets The way
IL was done was this About u week ago /
happened into the - Charles corridor ana
found a red hot Bryan man bluf.nE a couple
Of Republicans I'm lay You 500 even that
Bryan wins" lie was shouting, and ! stepped
w quietly and took the bet, for, while ! am
- Democrat on IrirC,I 10. I'm not ~ ia" habi
OF letting any good things sin br uunotIcrd
Two DAYS later | found some Republican money
being offered at the regular odds Of 3 TO !. ana
! invested $50 ON Bryan, getting $50 against
That's the way | stand now II McNinI'y
l. elected ! lose iny last net of $50 and win my
FIRST one Of 500. leaving me -tUl sjoto the good
II Bryan get, in ] l5-o ny 500 bet a nd win
$50 ON the . to ! odds-u,t result the same
So. by tying up "A total Of $50 for a few days
a am u'li y tam ~ l''' ''"'
dollars either way tue cat jumps Ihai's
fair interest on the investment. ! only wish
| had it in thousands instead Of upits."
The unsophisticated friend was greatly i'm
pressed that's "a capital scheme" lie said,
is it frequently worEcdf"
"Of course" replied the other when the odds
vary on horses. In different pog,rooms. q
smart hooAutaker who has taken % h"i al sucli
and such price can rush out ana protect him
,.If ,NuttlN u. 4 did the other DAY II lit ttll-
that were offered on the election IN New l"fA
have been correctly reported, "p.la l'N'
nothing better than to hay" mau" a book on
the result. taking the Mckinley e'd oil I'll" pro-
u-ltion here and then protecting my I'It 4'
licans In New York CITY HaN" been El'ths a.
hIgh a, ) to ! Assuming that 10 T." tIut, ! IL
tell you how ! would hHve worked y l'N,
DAYS ago Mckinley money was being oH'I'I
here at 3 to / Sgpuu-a was landing o "ti
OF 1t and somebody made NJ" a bet o' 80" oli
BRYAN ! would lnt Y 81" 10 cover It IuI,
for me Of sG6 So AGAINST MCKINLEY at . 70 ! ~
other words. 500 81 against $50 80 Nulf j.
KIM KIM sTg9 80 II NIX i11lay i, successful / Vim
jhc other fellows SlUJ BRYAN bet. taken IN New
orleans. and lose tie $50 80 Bryan bet Of n.
event / am $50 81 ahead, and can repeat the
, operation as long A. get any bets. II TOOK
T, si,ou IN Bryan money. it would cost NE 500
| 10 hedge In New York. and | would have a
sure thing on winning 1885, 10 matter when
Bll gets in. 1t, a beautiful system and can t
but the Mckinley odds have since drorp"d,
IA New Orleans, TO 2 ~ l." said tne Interested
Xii the better" replied the turfman. pro
yidcd. Of course. that there IRE still ChlWps who
: are putting up to / ia Gotham. MI itft Is ne
cassary il to make a slight change IN IN, ig1r'-.
! v hen | book Il 500 BRYAN bet here, ! hedge
with q $50 BRYAN bet Of my own IN NV, orr.
Nj book then stands 500 to siV' o., NnNn,r.
| carr, the election. / win 500 and lose $50. wee
ver-i | win ESQ and lose $500 lIl.er wa.