The evening times., 1900-11-06
THE FINAL BE1HPIN1 odds !
Confident Baekers of Mr.. Bryan
Cut Down the Figures.
Local Hagers MostIy Made at = and
Men Were Offering LIZ and 4 TO
John Daily Finds No Takers for
10000 He Wants to Bet on Bryan

! before, and it is interesting 10 note that
either on account Of renewed confidence
among the Democrats or increasing doubt
| among the Republicans the odds have been
cut down. both on the general result and
on the different doubtful States. Some
money has been placed by local Bryan men
at l to 8. but in order to get these edds it
| was necessary to send to New York for It.
| Much Bryan money was put up OF the gen.
eral result yesterday at l to IL, and some
at to ,
The largest bet known to have been made
| locally was announced yesterday by a Gus
toner of GurIey & Johnson, who put up
| $1,Goe on Bryan against IS, eco. A customer
Of Bowers & Co had $2C0 up all day yester-
day 70 bet against $1,000. but found no
! takers
Hibbs c Co. have money to place at
8 1-2 10 1 on Mckinley. and they state
/ that it has not yet been taken up. a
! small bet was made yesterday through
them at to 1 on Mckinley. Il is whis-
pered that Andy GIeeson has several
! thousand dollars ready To place on Nc
Kinley at TO l. and that some small
I bets have been made for him.
Local betting on Maryland has been
! active, though few large Wagers have
! been made. One eyen-money bet OF
f~S1 Geo was placed yesterday. Both Demo-
| Gratis and Republicans were disposed to
| ask for slight odds the State this
morning
New York betting has been heavy. and
yesterday and today there was a distinct
! tendency to reduce the odds on MeKin-
! ley. John Daily, the big gambler, is re-
] ported to have $50, ,000 which he is un-
/ able TO place at to on Bryan. His
! roll has been all Bryan money for two
! days. and yesterday he was working hard
/ TO place It.
I The corridors of the Hoffman House were
filed last night and again today with poll
! tici2ns. sporting men. and others who want
! ed to wager On the election or who were
/ gathered out CT curiosity to watch the bet
ting. Last night when bonkmakers James
Mahoney and Joseph Vendig arrived al the
hotel at $3.50 o'clock il was quickly rumor-
( ed that they had S50,0 geo OF Mr.. Croker's
money TO wager on Bryan. II was said that
they would take all the Mckinley money in
/ sight at and IL TO /
/ = have none Of M Croker's money,
/ said Mah0ney. Il have little Of my own
money which I may bet l have already
/ bet 5000 against S2T Geo on Bryan Who
/ took the Mckinley end? You must excuse
me if l do not give you The names Of the
/ parties"
! II am not telling whom I represent
said Vendig- I often act as commissioner
/ for myself
Within twenty minutes Vendig had wag
I cred s, coo to $4.00o and $3.50 10 $1,000 on
Bryan.
youth rushed up TO Vendig and told
/ him that there was wealthy Republican
at the Waldorf who wished to wager So
0G0 against s. .OGe on Mckinley.
Two or three people have gone up there
after that money. said Vendg. Why
don't he come down here?"
Councilman Herman Sulzer, Of Sulzer's s
| Harlem River Park. was seen in The crowd.
Am l betting2" exclaimed SulzeT IN an
swer TO a query. Guess yes. / bet Re
publican business man named William Rice
S2.5o0 to $4,000 on Bryan"
One of the largest wagers Of the evening
was that of J. F. Franklin, of Portland
Greg. He wagered 81. eco against SIS eco on
Bryan. Frederick II. Brooks. of 170 Broad
! way, put up the Mckinley money for Chi
| cago syndicate.
Andrew J. WEIGH Of Hartford, owner of
tTotting horses, bet $4,000 against $1.z53 on
Mckinley Booknaker Marks took the
Bryan end.
Henry Hoffman bet s., ,o0O even with
Roche Lewis that Mckinley would have
| 100 600 plurality in this State.
Seymour Butler. Pinkerton's chief of
staff at race tracks, walked up to James
Mahoney and had little chat with him.
! The result of that chat was that Butler
! wagered $4,000 to s.. 600 on Mckinley. Ma
honey bet on Bryan.
I Billy Edwards, the ex-pugilis:. who was
/ Cor years the hotel detective went around
! asking if there was $4,000 OF Bryan money
I III sight to stack up against $40. 900 Of Nc
Xinley money. He said the people he rep
| resented did not wish to split up the
| no--ey.
Make it $4,000 TO s1O,OOO." said Ma
! honey, and there may be something
| IC5., / o-Sc eafl laT Il
authorized 10 give more than to / on
! Mckinley.
Bob Rose, the sporting man, was re-
t ported to have wagered S13. Geo even that
| Greater New York would give Bryan
| p 000 plurality.
Nathan Franks a friend Of City Cham
! berlain Patrick keenan,. bet s, coo against
$500 that Bryan would carry Greater
John Daily is said 10 have wagered s.. .00o
/ against $4,000 that Bryan would carry
/ Ohio.
| James Tauser put up s., 600 against SIC
| coo on Bryan. The bet was made early in
| the day. The name of the Mckinley hacker
| was not made public.
! L. A. Lemaire made the following wag-
/ ers at the Hoffman House during the
| evening: One thousand dollars even that
! Mckinley has 100, 600 plurality in this
! State; s4.400 to 81 400 that Mckinley will
! be elected
| John Rutherford wagered s100 to $500
| that Bryan would be elected a manu-
| factured named Newman bet on Mckinley.
! I'll bet $500 even that Bryan carries
| KentuckF." shouted a man in the corridor
! at il p. M. There was no response to this
| cffer-
| Harry w Walker, of the Bryan Com
mercial Travellers and Antitrust League.
| bet $500 even that Mckinley would not
| receive 100000 plurality in the State
| The closing betting last night was
| about 1-2 to 1 against Bryan. In many
! instances the Bryan bettors were de-
! manding odds Of 5 to 1. while the McKin-
| ley bettors were offering to l. There
were compromises at 4 IL to / on Me-
Kinley- This morning the odds generally
| were down to 3 IL to l.
The betting in Wall Street was not live
! ~ yesterday. There were no very large
! bets recorded. There was very little
| Democratic money in evidence There
| were a number Of offerings of bets. but
! few wagers were actually made
]. j. Judge announced that he had SO. 900
| to bet On Bryan at ] to 5. The closing
| odds were IL to l nominaIly.
Mr. Judge, who has succeeded E. B.
| Talcott as the betting authority in Wall
| Street, says that there is 81, 500 600 UP in
| wagers in the Street Among the bets on
| the Exchange yesterday were several
| made by Bell & Co. on Bryan at
| 1 to and TO 1-2 A r Wabeka het