The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
%POOLROOM'S AMENITIES.
THE SEEDY MANS DOLLAR AND
THE MONEY 1T BROUGHT
Stratagem Needed TO Get II Down on a Race
Got TWENTY-FIVE for II and Let IL
Pile Up. bringing In 1900 The Money
Takers Pride and SubseqncntM Humiliation.

= 'Dlll> VI UIN utuNfI~' uiIu u w h'"i'' 'N'h
ncr, gave the naughty money-takcr behind the
desk Of the FCrty-secCnd street poOlrOcm sew
eral opportunities for thought on Wedn sdny
afternoon last. The man got into the upstairs
p%oolroom without the usual card Of lintrcduc-
ton. lie walked through the saloon behind a
man whom he probably knew was going up
stairs TO the poolroom. The lynx-eytd watchers
at the top of the stairs were uf their guard fer
the moment. and the man with the hard-luCk
story in his raiment stuck right behind the
privileged man in the van and passed in with
ont question as TO who stood for hin
The betting was inst in on thu first race NJ
Morris Park when he arrived. He stood and
looked AT the card and the blue-Iencillcd odds
thereon fer n moment, gr,nned deIraCa,ingly,
walked over To the farthsst correr Of the room.
sat down by "A SwisS-CurtaIn,d window and
stretched his arms, There he SAT ter three
straight hours without ever getting UP either 10
look at the shifting odds on the races or 10 get
near the youth who was calling of the results as
the raors were run. He spent most Of the time
in readinca paper-bound dos's-carcd ccpyIof
"DomIoy and Son" that he produced from his
inside coat pocket. After Il couple Of hours.
when he wearied of "Dombey." he pulled a
large bundle Of dope" from another coat pocket.
Some of his charts took him back 10 races run
away last spring, and most of them were charts
of races run on the Western tracks. lie spent
an hour over the dope" and then It was 5
o'clock.
First line o. bettin' on IN fft' race NJ Lake
side" sung out the youth who calls ont the re-
suits. placing the card Of the fifth race at AXE
side in the rack.
The man whose apparel was eloquent Of hard
luck rose slowly from hs chair. put away his
dope" and walked over to the rack where the
betting cards were on exhibition.
Thirty 10 one, he muttercd. as II to himself,
and he'll limp in"
Then he sloIched over TO the room where
the naughty money-takcr sat cnthroned. lie
pulled ionr quarters out of his right-hand vest
pocket and put them on the counter.
Dollar on Greensboro" he said, pushing the
four quarters toward the naughty man,
The naughty man looked up from the tall
stack Of nfties and hundreds that he was engaged
in counting. When his eye fell upon he -four
quarters he looked like Chuck Corners in the
act of saving "Fergit it,"
NO dollars. " he said, grufiy.
Hey" asked the man with the dented
hat.
Don't take no dollars" said the naughty
money-taker. distinctly. "Nothin' less'n two. "
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makeup. Real chesty about it. amt you?"
go anyway. said the man behind the desk.
The man with the broken shoes picked up his
four quarters and walked into the front room
again. He got his eye on the young man who
attends TO the serving Of drinks from the dumb
waiter. and approached him from behind.
Hey, Reggie, he said to the dumbwaiter
attendant, got this. ace, down on greensboro
tor me. Will YOU? I'm shy tho other one, and
the white chips here cost two. IT seems. |
CUES, they d leg you tax" a flyer for a one-spot,
wouldn't they"
naturedly took the four quarters.
On. maybs they'd pn.ll OF the limit for me if
boTTon , Y"R want, a h eve Tb he FG Jd ed I1yTn;;;
Say, You'd better go and get your laundry
out with the white chip. chum Oweneboroll
be smothered."
You get it down for me. Louie, and I'll bunch
him home. He'll limp, said The hard-luck-
looking man, passing over the -four quarters.
The youth in charge of the bwa took
tho four pieces OF silver. stuck them into his
change pocket, pulled out "A dollar bill. and
went into the room, whore the naughty money
Guess III pike this ono, boss, he said 10
the man behind the counter, passing over
the dollar, and the bet on Owenshoro AT 80 to /
was down
You're on" said tie young fellow TO the
man with III" tringed trousers. returning 10
TIE man room. But Us cigarette" money for
the house. OwenSborO wont get a whistle"
Then they were of NJ Lakeside, and OWENS
boro, leading for the entire mile and a quarter.
won In "A romp by four lengths. The man whose
four quarters We're thus transmit into s3l
took il 'oOlly enough.
a., NJ knew he,d linn H." he said TO the young
sauce at the weights. loull get your bit when
you cash that. Maurice"
When the race was confirmed the young man
at the dumbw alter was first in line, and ne the
naughty MAJ behind the desk handed him the six
fveS and the one he said
You'll be too hefty for light work IL YOU keep
nm ItE n tlnfN s4tH wont ,..hL"
The young man handed the s3l to the seedy-
looking man, and the latter stripped of one OF
the fves ana the dollar bill and passed them
over 10 the ~dumbwaiter attendant,
That's your bit Tor getting il down for me-"
he said. ""lf YOU want to chnse il along with
mine, you'll go home weighted tonight"
Then the secdy looking man went back 10
his corner chair and sat there until the bet
ting came in on the sixth Lakeside race. When
the first line OF betting was put up on the card
he looked II over for a moment. and then walked
into the naughty mans throne room.
Give us about twenty-five on La Princessa,-
what. ccnts?" said the naughty man. re-
memberlng the seedy mans -four quarters,
Say, You've got your Sandow vest on all
right to-day, haven't you?" said the man with
the dented hat to the money -taker. These"
and he pushed hi FIVE fve-dollar bills across the
counter He got SIPS against the s25 on La
Prtnc"Ssa, gave his initials 10 the sheet writer,
and walked into the front room to wait.
La PrinceSsa tiptocd her field from the start
and won, pulled t? a walk,
the young fellow AT the dumb waiter.
Nay, ! didn't think she had 9 show to fall
Il win a hundred and a quarter on IT," said
the men with the broken shoes,
The young man III charg" Of the dumb waiter
pulled ont ne four qnarterI that he had got
them to his pocket.
"Ill hang on 10 those" said he. They're
the BIZ -Four for mo from now on"
When the La princessa race was confirmed
all Of the men IN the poOlroom who had won