The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-27
HAD MONEY TO BURN.
Sherked With Cash Pool Room
"Pil<ers" at Cincinnati.

"Pil<ers" at Cincinnati.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Had the business end of a live wire
made connection with their nerve CEN
tiers the push of the Newport pool
room could not have been more elab-
orately shocked than they were yes
terday afternoon by the act of a seedy
looking individual who said that his
surname was Wilson and that the place
he calls home is in Chicago.
Mr.. Wilson made his entry at the
Newport room just about the time that
the operator was telling the crowd how
Lady Of the Valley put it over the
plate in the fourth race at Morris Park
at the very juicy price of 80 to 1.
Wish I'd been here few minutes
sooner" remarked Mr.. Wilson to a
group who posed in the center of the
room as if trying to frame up some
excuse for not having at leafs six bits
on the long shot.
why, did you know about it?"
asked one.
Know about it! Well, 1 should say,
l did. I'd have had at least a thou
sand on that trick-maybe $1,000" re.
piled Mr.. Wilson as he shifted the ci-
gar to the left side of his face and
looked wise.
The gentlemen comprising the group
dug their hands deeper in their pock-
cts, and with askance looks at the au,
burn-coated Uranium under Mr.. Will
sons lid stepped away.
From the bughouse, sure"
Nix, he's pipe fiend."
Don't wake him up; let him enjoy
that dream"
These were the remarks of the gen.
tlemen as they lost themselves from
the view of Mr.. Wilson by mingling
with the crowd.
When the figures were chalked up for
the fifth race at Morris Park Mr.. Will
| son asked the layer of odds if he would
take 5000 at evens on Ethics. The wag~
er was politely declined, whereupon
Mr.. Wilson, as if in a rage, drew from
! his jeans a wad of money much after
| the fashion in which a market garden
| er would pull a bunch of water cress
| out of a creek. Throwing it into the
| window with an air of abandonment
! Mr.. Wilson asked if it would be &C
cepted as a wager on Knight of the
Garter to show at even money. He was
told that it would, and a count wa.
| made. There was $40 in the wad, and
he got ticket calling for 81, APO. knight
| of the Garter was third, and Mr.. viii.
son cashed.
There were score or more nice look.
| ing young men in the room who were
| glad to make Mr.. Wilson's acquaint.
| ance, and not one of them objected to
| having 40 drink with him. Mr. Wilson
was very agreeable, and bought several
| rounds.
Now it was time for the last race
| and Mr.. Wilson announced that he had
something to play in the event, if he
| could bet as much as $4,000. He said
| that l to ? St. Finnan to show was good
enough for him. and he told the man
at the window that he would be very
much pleased to leave the room with
| $500 or nothing.
viii you lay $500 to $5,OO0?' he
| asked.
You'll have to step out in the back
! yard, Mister; we don't allow any
| smoking in this room,'' was the answer
he got
Then ii was that Mr.. Wilson came uu
with a real big bunch, and then it was
that the Spectators and clerks, and
even the board markers and operators
nearly lost their breath
You have insinuated that I didn't
have that tritiing amount, SO I'll ask
you to count it, and then I'd like Ia
have in exchange piece of pasteboard
calling for $500 in case st. Finnan
lasts long enough to get there third. -
The wager was declined and Mr.. VIII
son was cheered by the crowd, in rec
ognition of which he bought a few more
rounds of drinks, stood for a touch
from about 20 good fellows who needed
the money, and then made his escape
to Cincinnati on a street car. ST Fin
nan ran third.