The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
GANTLBT OF The RACEGOERS.
THINGS THEY HAVE TO ENDURE
on THE WAY TO THE TRACK.
Fakirs. TIp~ters and Hucksser VINO Asssii
Their Far and Their Peckets Poetry
and song Also lnnicted on Them But
They're Good atured Through "a All.

Racetrack patrons are nothing N not
good naiurcd. They have To put up with
many Inconvenience. yet they seldom
grumble. Take a train any day. for in
stance. AZ Willis avenue station for Morris
Park and see for yourself what the good
natured racegoers have 10 contend with.
The gantlet which the talent are com
PEELED Ia run n long and persistenily active.
Al tho head 81 the line are generally the
loud-voiccd persons who have tipe and sure
things 10 sell Then there are the pro-
gramme sellers. the grand stand badge
man. the man with candy and chewing gum.
the BOYS with new spap.rs and pencils.
more fellows with tips. professional beggars.
With tales Of hard luck. alleged musicians
armed with sgueaky guitars and a~ntiquatcd
mandolins. and other fakirs without
limit. Though this army Of workers the
racetrack crowd bustleS into the cars
where. while waiting for the trains to start,
yenders still try To do business.
Nov. men!- roars a hard-looking youth
whose nose was broken In a fight some years
ago. and who ALWAYS wears a low crowned
derby hat over his eft eye. Nov. men.
II yer want der winners, git a handicapi
Give four winners on der card Yesterday
Come on. men. and put up der price. a quar-
ter. and ~ der money!
Tn. youth has In his left hand a bunch
Of salad envelopes which contain hnndi-
cap ngurpS. suppo-d 10 give probable
winners on form A meek looking citizen
who has evidently tried the scheme. tfnidly
remarks.
i didn't 500 no four winners on the card
yesterday. and | bought your handicap at
that
Jaw. git YER specs out and look WISE
r,tort- III" youth A. lie goes on through
tho car still "xhortiag the men to git der
money
Clos tnhind him Is the man who always
wears a Yachting cap and "A blue suit OF
clothes, tnp coat buttoned MP from whist
90 throat even on the hottest days In his
arms. carried Lib" a baby, l. "A pile OF green
pamphlets In sweet. duic"t tones, this
man saws 10 the waiting passengers
sTh" -sh"Ction- from all the morning
and evening ucwsphrerS, the weights ana
iockcyS. "a" odd against the horses and my
own Percentages. all together here In con-
v"nient form, on" dime, ten cents, and is
very cheap. gents. AZ that
Hero comes the candy man. wells q
good-naturrd cripple Tn" candy mani
Don't Ia afraid 10 the candy man ana he's
gov the Coois that's good. Oh, take a
crack NJ the candy man. the candv man..
the candy man oh, take a crack at tho
candy man. for he's ALWAYS on the square,
Cit that wuNtra, uid der winners, q
leatLer-lungpd hoy belluWg Nj der Nor
rs Park rntres' OH dat Hobokcn Bugle
dat give Ave winners on der card ycster-
day. is only "A nickel! WuNtfa' WuAtfai
Git der winners
Then a funny. little old man with an
eighteenth century stove-pipe hat comes
into the car NJ the front end Ills beard
H. long. white aud pointed His eyes are
sparkling with fun and ~shrewdne-s His
shoulders are stopped and he carries n
heavy grip, which ~. soon places upo tho
foor He smaCks hiS lips and rubs tho
ualma ~ his hands together When he
has attracted the attention OF the Gags
occupants. solely by his peculiar APPEAR
ance, he begins a speech which runs Sono-
thing like this
Now. ladies' and gentlemen, | want to
say that ! know all q We are goin' up TO
Morris Park with the idea Of beating them
nag- Some Of YOU will come home with
more money than you've got now and
Others will come back with empty pockets.
| have a winner In my pocket here, written
out on little slipe OF paper and intend 20
give IL to each 81 We who buys the gran
sarsfnlla which | make myself with my
own prescription. This candy IL a life
prcserver, I generally charge a dollar a.
piece. but I'll give 9S cents on for cash.
Get happy And get the winner, too
The Old fellow makes a hat and with every
stick Of candy he sells he gives a crumpled
piece Of paper on which IL scrubbed ths
name Of a supposed winner. ana some
times the old fellow hits a long shot. at that:
His maine il Clark and he IL known 10 all
racegoer- in the East and West. IL In
said that he has accumulated a fortune.
With the departure 81 odd Get Happy
comes the busy mar who constantly cries'
F, Grand Stand badges
Ills wares are indispensable. Strung
around his neck by a strap Is a cspactous
bag 81 leather into which he s'un- one.
two. Ave. ten, twenty dollar bills and some
times hills IL even higher denominations
with an abandon that u impressive. No
matter how many men surround him.
, each thristing money In his face the seller
NJ hsdg-~ never become- confused. He
can make change like lightning, can count
od the badges 80 fast that an onlooker
does not know how the trick II done. and
all the time he keeps his temper. d.
-Pogram' P'ogram' Program o tn rsoei
Git your p'ogram'-
This comes In a stereotypeo' mournfui
wall from half a dozen men WIZ have been
selling race track progr amnles Tor years
/, and DO II ~ II hey we're bored 70 DEATH
A man in regulation khaki uniform walks
through the tain selling what, Are snorn
as race wire al IS each, supplied by q pro-
fessional tipping concern. 4.
Peanuts. 1--WE a bag screams the ANAL
, boy. who also piTEs fep-ih chewing
gum, five a lar, gents!
The passengers az. bordering on a state
of ,n.ntal ~collst-a when a fellow with Q
, husky voice and n red nose comes into ths
|. car and states his cas-" IN this way:
, -Sav, gents. I'm a bloke wots up agin
|, der game for fair. --y I've GOV a in,ie
AahIl lnNff NbH - tA ~ 80
|, COS, a cent. I'll take wot get and say
! thank -c'-
He passes greasy cards around and
, then cpll-c's them or whatever change ne
r NAV -, IN view. On the cards mr." printed
4 A dnsgcrel about mother being too III
10 work OF something like that
boy. not more than IL, with a business
like air. hustles into IA" car. He has Q
bright face and a shrill voice.
Well. I'm here. gents. 20 advertise .
delicious lemon drop II purihes the breath
and IL made from the pure JUICE OF tho
Z lemon. Well. II don't cost nothing, as
I he hands out a sample. and - a delicious
ismon drop Well. who will buy Thank'es
sir Thank,cc sir They're only nv .
80, Th,nk,-,' sir,- And 80 he goes on
down through IN" cars saving Thank &c.
: sir every time he -ells a Tackase' 40 ,has
: ,ho~c present know just how many pack
! ages lac sells.
Tb. tram starts and most ~ the huck-
: s,.rs iump 81 on 10 the platform 70 make
an assault on another trainload. Ihs
passengers arr just :. %ginning To he re-
! h.y..i y hen a tall. hollow eyed man. WITH
. a saa yisag-. r~s~ w n IA" heah "i "ne