The Lambertville record., 1900-11-07
UNIQUE WAGERS
ON THE ELECTION.
Some Of thc Strange Bets That We're
Made By Political Enthusiasts
VI 10th Parties. IN

Although the air Is full of rumors
concerning heavy election bets, 1t il
about certain that up to date the wa
gela Of MI Richard Croker on Bryan
We by FAR the largest genuine ones
that were made during the campaign.
col Dewey. a cousin of the Admiral.
la over 10000 of real money up on
Bryan. against which $4,000 On Nc
Klnlcy was quickly placed. and other
heavy transactions have been recorded.
Mr. Croker lost $5O.000 which he bet
In 1898 on the election Of Van Wyek
for Governor Of New York. and was
determined to get his money back
lhis year If possible Mi Wormser.
Who took some of Mi Grokera Wagel5,
has made many other bets ON Mckin-
ley, thu total so far reported being In
the neighborhood of a quarter OF a mil
lion dollars lie gave odds Of to 2.
aid here were ptent4 Ot Democrats with
money ta take him np.
Aside from the money transactions
the usual number af crank WaBcrs were
offered up. one bet is reported from
81 Louis between two residents of that
city. thp terms of which were that the
loser was 10 eat a 1--we eockroacn
Another one is reported from New
Mckee, IN which thc stake WAS II bride
If Bryan was elected, Jume5 Howard was
to marry Mary Johnson; If Mckinley
asaleeted lie terms of the wager
which arr with the father of the giIi
called for tho cessation of the young
mans court hip.
In the early days of the Republic 1t
Is recorded that In IA campaign be-
tween Fcderalists and Democrats a
cask Of ale was wagered ON the result
by two prominent men or Philadelphia.
The terms were that the ale was To be
drunk at the Blue Anchor Tavern In
Dock street. then a widely patrorized
Inn a fortnight after the election was
held enough returns had come in to
show the result aad the bet was paid.
There was n good. old fashioned jam
boree at the ale drinking and before
the night wnA ended the whole party
was in the hands of the night watch.
The newspapers OF the day got hold of
the story and printed II, but. after the
fashion of those days no names were
given And. also after the fashion of
the day. the little affntr referred To as
"A hrawl and affray. when In these
days IL would be called a case OF
drunk and disorderly."
A bet which was wDtched with In
terest has been put up In one of the
Middle West states Two men one
named Ware and the other Terbot,
We're boys together ana aspirants for
the hand and hear. of the present Mrg.
Terhot Ware bet Terhut his farm
against Mrs. Tclh0t IN Hryan At nrst
Terbot hesltated to take up the wager,
but after IA few moments cunsidcra-
tion of the offer teieEraphcd the news
to his wife who waa In a neighhuring
city Mrs Terhot who Ia an enthusi-
astie Mckinley woman" WAS delight
ed. "Go ahead she wired In reply to
her husbands telegram, YOU have II
cinch." The election thpWa whether
or not Ware agrces with Mr. Tefbet.
Following the course of time and the
election bet. II is found that about
twenty years ago Jay Gould put up "A
steamboat ua a stake on an election.
whether the other party To the wager
put up another steamboat, OF an rduiV-
ulcnt In cash. real estate or railroad
stocks. ia not recorded, but at any rHte
MIR Gould won. Later he sold tho
steamboat he had Wagorvd to an actor.
who converted 1t into an excursion boat
and cot rich
When George Francis Train, the &c
centric, lived In omaha some years ago.
at the time when ne MaA prominent In
the building of the Union Pacific Rail.
road. II came to pass thaa an election
was scheduled MI Train Thought he
knew how the election WAS going. and
20 prove his courage made "A wager that
II his man was defeated he would wear
Il duck suit all the year round Mr
Train'a guess WAS bad aud he lost
lie lived up 10 the letter OF the bet
however. and for a whole Winter ono
Of those Omaha Winters. too. IN which
the thermometer takes sudden and IN
tNpttted dips 10 far heloM zero. aud
hlz2ards come along over night and
tr,vzv everything that is not actually
On Gte he Wore white duck There
were those " hu said he violated the
spirit of the bet lay WearirR half doz-
en- suits of uudcrcluthes under his
white duck. Hut Mr Train could stand
criticism better than he could stand an
attack of pneumonia and refused 10
abandon his warm underclothmG
They ten another story of an election
bet In the blizzard country 1t is tn the
eject that in 1SSS Ezekiel Thnrock, ef
HunneWell, kan. made a bet in these
tcrms. Ii Cleveland was defeated he
would toiu the church. Timruck " rs n
gentleman with IA reputation as a tough
and a had man generally. He had long
scorncd religion. and cursed religion
tsts. So his bet was Il heavy one Well,
lie lost
There Mer" many who thought he
would back ont and compromise 10y
giving the winner a hiE farm or some
thins of that kind But he didn't. lie
made application for membership in
the church. 1t SO happened. however.
that th,, IPupuns kufrNI- thp- terms. af tb,