The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-26
THE YEAR IN RACING
FORTUNES THAT HAVE BEEN WON
AND LOST ON THE
TURF
GEORGE ROSE THE KING BEE
California PenciIler said to Have
Cleaned Up Over $4,000
Eddie Burke $4,000
to the Bad.

NEW YORK, Dec 25-The racing year
just closing has been a lively one for
professional turf observation-disclosures
ers and plungers.
George Rose, the California penciler,
won $4,000, while his business rival Ed
die Burke, who often sat within a few
feet of him, lost S125 GOO. These amounts
represent the extremes of success and
failure by the two largest operators In.
the betting ring of the Metropolitan race
courses.
David Gideon was the largest individual
winner. This well known plunger and
horse owner relieved the bookmakerS of
100000 during the year. But for him and
'sPittsburg Phil' the bookmakers would
have been enormous winners. Mr.. Gid
con began the season badly. and was
big loser at one time, but made up his
early deficiency; and quite large WIN
ner.
His success was mainly due to several
coups which he pulled off from the fall
meeting at Sheepshead Bay to the close
of racing at Washington. His reliable
old horse, First Whip, started his change
of fortune by winning two heavy bets for
him during the concluding days at Sara
toga. This gave him confidence, and he
backed Josepha, Clonmel, Namtor and
Darlington to win a fortune. The quartet
won their respective races. Not fall
ure was made. All were at large odds.
Josepha's highest odds were 80 to l.
Clonmel r. Namtor 20 and Darlington Is.
The bookmakers fear Mr.. Gideon more
than any other plunger in the country.
He is a clever judge of horses. and he
knows more about preparing horse for
race than half the trainers in the coun-
try. Under his careful tuition three OF
his horses, His Highness. Butterflies and
Requittal, won as many Futurities, rec
ord no other man has achieved.
George 9. Smith (PittSburg PhiD Won
$50, 000 his friends say. The bookmakerS
claim he secured double that amount.
Phil admits closing up the season with
a profit.
His jockey, Shaw, was very successful
in the first period of the sport, and Phil
backed his mounts. He won various large
sums throughout the season. His largest
loss was when he bet nearly $4,000 on
Chiffon to. beat Yankee at Saratoga. III
he had not met with this serious re-
versal of fortune he would have We'd
with Mr.. Gideon for the honorS of first
place
George Rose is now the premier book
maker of America. He daily handles tens
Of thousands. of~dollars where his rivals
L
of his operations is scarcely dreamed of
by the public. 1t is a common thing for
him to handle $4,000 to race On busy
days his take will record $4,000 to
$4,000. He employees two cashiers, three
to four outside men, and a sheet-writer.
1t is not generally known that Mr..
Rose was born and brought up in Brook
Ign. He was twenty-five years old when
he attended his first race. That Was after
he had taken the $4,000 his father left
him and started in business. He laid
siege to the 'bookmakers' bank accounts
at first, and found he could not get any
part Of their money. Then he tried his
hand at owning race horse, and found
there was more pleasure than profit in
the sport Disappointed with his expert
ences on the turf, he sold out his bust
ness and went to California. There he
made book and lost his money.
He worked hard daily until he had
gathered together few hundred dollars.
Then he opened small book. Fortune
smiled on him, and as his fortune in
creased he widened out his business.
Mr. Rose was the first man to "diseov-
err TOD, SIoan's ability in, the saddle.
When he had horses in California about
seven years ago Sloan could not secure
a mount He put TOD UP on his horses
and never had occasion to regret his
choice. Sloan has never forgotten this
friendly turn, and always calls on Mr..
Rose when he comes to America.
Mr. Rose Is worth nearly half million
of dollars, the greater part of which was
made laying odds against race horses lie
owns property in Brooklyn, New York,
San Francisco and will soon have some
at Sheepshead Bay. He Is negotiating lor
land there on which to build summer
home.
Eddie Burke, who handles nearly as
much money as George Rose, lost a for
tune. He lost steadily throughout the
season When he went to Saratoga he
was $4,000 to the bad, and he lost $4,000
at that meeting, which proved Water
loo for all the layers In the latter part
of the season he lost $4,000 more, max
ing $4,000 in all. Mr.. Burke's book is a
syndicate affair, several men being IN
terested in 1t. The principal hacker IS
Edward Marks.
Sol Lichenstein won about $4,000. his
trip to Washington cutting down his
early $4,000 profit just $4,000. George
Wheelock won $4,000. but most of this
was secured betting on Seth Low.
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