The Portland daily press., 1900-08-31

AOOdy ) bWO races W6ub OIL III COuS6Cu-
tive heats, the 9.17 pace to a favorite,
Rosalet, whose record was reduced to 2. ~
Ia The 2.16 trot was won by Genevieve,
whose record was also lowered.
Summaries:
2.17 Glass, Pacing; Purse S4OO.
RosaIet, b m, by Cleveland, (CIip-
penger), III
George K, br g. (Woodbury,) 2 8
j. w. e., blk g, (KimbalI), 3 2
Merry Go Round, b g, (Avery), 4 4
Time, s.15 IA, 2.13 "a, s1s IA,
PIG Class, Trotting; Purse 5000.
Genevleve, Oh m, by May King,
]. E. @t &, g, (o'NeiD, s3sI
Iona, br m, (Knapp), 3
Minnie B., br M, GRADY, 3
Emma D., b N, (Russell and Wood
burY),
Wildwind, ms, (Hyde). SIS
Dreamer, blk C, (Gatcomb,)
Rustlers b g, (Pray,) 6
Ginter, br g, (Bass), s d
Time, s.141-4. PIP 1-9, 2 1s1-4.
The fakirs havs reaped a harvest dur
ing the fair. Up to this afternoon they
had things all their own way and the
games have been going in full blast.
The operation OF these devices has been
a case OF robbery pure and simple and
some Of the hauls have been large ones.
The fakirs have been given the best
places on the grounds for plying their
trade. AS soon as the visitor passed the
gate he was face to face with them.
Gambling is bad enough when the game
is on the square, but the devices for
swindling here have. with perhaps one or
two exceptions, been conducted so that
the victim could not win. Each fakir
has been surrounded by flock OF vul-
lures known to the initiated as the
capDers, men who masquerade as players
and by their pretended winnings lure the
suspected into the games. This after
noon one man-and he was we'll dressed,
intelligent appearing man-stood in front
Of one of these games and put into it
nearly $500. He was seen TO make one
bet of $50. Afterwards he called upon
deputy sheriff. but be and the deputy
could not find the men who had run that
particular game, although others OF the
same variety were in progress all around.
One young man dropped $50. He would
probably have lost more If he had had
1t. The case which excited the most in
dignation was that of an old farmer. He
stopped in front of one OF the tables on
which the pin game was in progress and
watched it while the men who were
playing won large sums. The men were
cappers, but the old gentleman had
Il
ly he ventured quarter and the num-
bers on the pins, when counted, gave
total which was followed by a state
ment by the man running the device that
bets would be doubled. Again the money
on the tabled was doubled and again
the old man doubled his bet. There
was ten dollars coming to him now for
a dollar paid in. I t did not stop there.
The money on the table increased in
amount and the old man listened to the
capper who told him that he should stay
IN the game and not loss chance to
win all that money beside parting with
what he had paid in. The victim staid
until all his money, some seven or eight
dollars, has been placed ,on the pile on
the table. And still the pins would not
figure up total that meant success for
the old gentleman. The capper gave
him 80 cents to pay his fare home and the
victim wandered away. Another man
was said to have lost $40 during the
day and the number who parted with
amounts ranging all the way from So
to $40 was large Finally, late in the af-
ternoon, the authorities ordered the games
stopped. 1t was case of locking the
stable door after the horse was stolen,
and 1t was not a case where the authori-
ties could say that they did not know
what was going on, for the swindlers