The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
GOOD THINGS THAT WIN.
BETS Ar the RACE TRACK THAT
BOOk MtkERS r SHY or.
offered BY Men who Have Lost All Their
Money and Want TO stake watches or
Jewelry A scarfpin worth $3.50 That
Was Dear at 800 Other Insta noes.

relieved from the iostli ng u the frenzled bet
tor+. were hopping their foreheads and roofing
for the unplayed rank outsider 10 reach the
wire first when a wsll-drsssed young fellow
sidl, d up -heepishly to the layer Of odds AZ the
extreme end Of the line, pulled out a plain gold
timepiacr. unlocked II from the chain and held
il out to the boohmnker
say" said the young fellow 20 the book
maker, bl,rshirg a biz az he spoke. lust lay me
against that up 10 ten plunks, will YOU The
last three races have pushed me OUT. and there's
a long one IN this that I want TO play for the
place. The watcl's worth a hundred and a
quarter, and | have soaked II for frty often,
but | Just need 10 go q ,en-spot on this race.
and II | don't pick il right. why, the timepiece's
yours" and the young man named the long
p;ic-d horse tina. he wanted to play for the
place
The bookmaker smiled and shook his head.
L cant do it. son, " said he I'd like 10
oblige YOU, ard | know the super'> worth ten
times ten by the looks Of il, but | haven't got
any rawnbroSars lice nse. and We never had
any luck at that game anyhow | used often
10 do that FOR accommodation and ! always got
hammered for my good nature. Better STAY
on this race. pal. And, say, lot me tell spu
something. not in the way Of lecturing. but
because it may do Won some good II you don't
get hot around the collar. and i. YOU take the
advice the way It's meant. When a young
fellow gets the horse bug 40 bad that he's will
ing 10 risk a nice piece Of tlnware like thai
watch Of yours for less than on--tenth Of is
value on a h6rse Tor plac" in a bunch " maiden
tvo-ysnr-olds. i's time for him 10 take kind
Of a timber-hiich on himself and let the ponies
alone for little while, for when he'll mako 4
$ sacrifice like that Just for the sake Of getting
down a little bet. II shows that hos got the bug
pretty bad and ha ought 20 give himself a
chance TO think before he lands n trouble over
the game Understand SOM No harm done,
| hope"
The young man returned the watch to his
pocket.
Il don't know but what Won re right. he
said, bi.inS hs mIstache thoucht'glly. and he
walked away
Ia bet any man In the ring Two 70 one, rlcht
now % said he bookmaser whom The young
man had approached 70 his Shea'vri'er. when
the youth with the watch had gone his way,
that the 10 rae that lad wanted % play for the
place and the plugs 10 10 / on my slate, and
a -'ill better egIra on .ome %, the others Id
BET two 70 one, II Selt AXE betting. that that
horse will get tho place In this race | never
knew IL to fail. | nerar vct took a persona.
chatter from q bnt'or. or was asked 10 take a
thing Ike thar "A the equivalent Of money, that
the hOrs" The cashless man wanted 10 play
didn't land ust where ne wanted him 10 land
I'm dead sad ! haven't got any OF thar horse
on M slate. and | wouldn't lay against him
now under any circumstances lis one Of
those things that have always
They re on shouted the ring announcer,
and two minutes later the numbers went Up,
The horse ihat the Young man wanted TO play
FOR the place NJ 10 10 | won the race gallOping
at 80 TO / 10 win Tho bookmaker smiled AZ his
shsetwriter whom th- result was made known
Il never knew Il 70 fail he s'ld, and then
the tide OF bettors On the next ra ~ sweptiu
IT'S queer. - said this bookma ker on the n
train after the days racing, referring TO the
case Of the Young man with the watch. ITS
queer. this devils fever that selzns a man who's
bet and lost all his money On a racrtrack lie
IS Wild 20 play the next race Hes always got
broke and can't plav II. and he'll do any
thing short vi mu rd.r or arson TO get the
mroney 70 plank down on that good
pens TO meet without any hesitation or
conjunction, although he may be a man 10
whom the Borrowing u money from hr- friends
familiar practice l. h. dO"sn I see any ot his
friend, around that he cnn touch he gaze
about wolfishlv and ha tael- IKE going up and
garrDttnS tn" hr-t CHAP he secs displaying a
wad When the horse game gets a man going
that way. ~ / old that Young fellow. ~ time
for him 10 pasa II NJ, even 4 he has TO take n
plain sewing Tor a living. Tor a chap who feels
that way when he's been nosed out Of III.
money he brought out 70 the track to be-, Ia a
hard .o-er and wasn't made Tor a race track
gambler and II he keeps plugging avny at Il
i'll either break his health and his heart or
land him somewhere where the cable cars wont
run over him and the brides wont sing ~ Inn
" rc often tackled by fellows who'v gone
broke on the first few racs- and want u- 70
lay against their rlrg~ OF their pins or their
watches The STUN they oSer J., invariably
worth many times " mat they asa ~ 10 accept n
for IN the betting transaction, and I've often
wondered why ente-priSing paDnbrOkars don't
establish hti!e corresponding piants across the
way from The ruCe'racks, they 4 surely ger a
lot Of custom II they did. once in a While a
boOknaker viii take 4 p%er-OuGl chattel and lav
aga INST II Tor a man mes seen around a good dral
and whose patronage ne mas enjoyed. butl''Sn
thing thar bookilakers don Z Ike 70 90 II
seems 4 BIZ too much Ike blood Winning and
some OF ~ have got a DI' OF sentiment Isit Vet.
tor all that. and Tor all that For Instance, on
the second day pr This meeting "A Young chap
fairy well known to one Of the biz LAYERS. anne
10 the lave llst before the last rae and wheH-
died him into lCccptlng A $500 diamond rlnE ~
falt sorry FOR tho foolish aid h" WASH I much
more THAI a kii and n saw him SirrlHg ~ the
end u a car .ootlns mighty S.oomy ana !9r-
lOrn on N" trip IN IN" LAYER went Mp 10 the
lad and >nHHsod the ring back 10 MN, Savirc
TN Just take vonr marS"rf To- mat hundred,
son, aHd Won can >dlare II =" zen you Ser
around tolt. Take Your rock and wear 7
The bo" fdu Z want 20 'ik' u and talked
braveiv about not feeling Ike doing the baby
act that way but 4 Wa plain To, 400 mat the
LAYERS generosity ht him right whore he lived.
and he was On hand before the -lates went up
for The frat rae" IA" next day and made the
hundred good
recoiyed a lot or hard jolt- in accepting
pledges that way before | got wise 10 the fact
that thar Nh-n ny game. AMI pAs1Hf i NJ
a hotel clerk thai I snow. who mad 4 pretty bad
case uf horse bug. crUWird ~ Wv up to nv