New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
LOW MEN GIVE ODDS.
THEIR MONEY PLENTIFUL - SHEPARD
HACKERS FEW UPTOWN-WALL
STREET BETS PLENTY

STREET BETS PLENTY.
There was a report Yesterday that Tanrnany
would shell out a huge betting fund last night
and try to drive the odds back and make
Shepard the favorite in the betting. This fund
did not materiaiize, however AT the Hotei
MetrOpole last night George Considine, VINO is
regarded as the agent In betting for the Tam
many combine, said that he had money to
wager. At the Hoffman House there was little
money George wheelock. the bookmaker
appeared at the Hoffman House last evening
with $4,000 to bet Low. All he could get
down was $1,000 and he gave odds of 10 to
to get that Offers of ; to 4 and 10 to did
not bring forth any Shepard money. The betting
was extremely dull. The politicians said tne
failure of Tammany to put out a fund to keep
up the betting the surest indicatlon ITaI
Tammany realizes it is defeated. for Tammahy
will bet the other side TO standstill if 1t thinks
1t has chance to win. Only certain realization
that defeat is at hand the Tammany men
to refrain from betting.
A great deal of betting on the mayoralty con-
test was done yesterday in the financial district
The odds on Low on the curb ran all the way
from 10 TO to 10 to IL. and on the Stock Ex-
change Toto Q and 10 to s. 1t was credibly re-
ported that Tim Sullivan and his associates
OF the Democratic Club had sent betting fund
of $50 900 down Broad-st- brokerage firm
to be placed Shepard at the best odds which
could be had. The largest handlers OF betting
money yesterday the Stock Exchange
house of Roberts Blair s. Co, who placed in all
about $4,000 Shepard, most of 1t at odds or
to 10, a few of their late bets being at y 10 lO
This money was not the Tim Sullivan funo-
The Low end was taken for various amounts by
the Stock Exchange firms of j. H Sulzoacher
& Co. Buckhout. Davis & Co.. Halssea &
G. T.. L.. &
Co. wasserman Brothers. George Leask & Co.
Mckinley & Sherman Lockwood. Hurd & Co
and Burras & Klopfer. A few minutes after the
close of the market 8 W. Baruch. of A A
Housman & &C., entered the curb crowd with
an offer to bet any part of S2o,OOo on SneParo at
to 10. and quickly made two bets OF o. sdH 2o 70
$500 each. Then he offered another S2o.oOO at
even money and at that rate was able 10 reg
lister one bet of $500 Mr.. Baruch said that his
money had been put up by customers OF ms @ Tr1n'
but denied that II had been furnished by Jesse
Lewisohn. as had been reported. 1t is under
stood that the $4,000 is the sullivan fund
Allen Wood 4; MCCiraw made these bets taxing
in each instance the Shepard end $500 TO sI,oVo
and $500 to 81 900 with Parkinson & Bros TWO
bets each of $500 to S1ot3 with Mcintyre & Mar
not named. They took the Low end on
the following bets: $500 to S4OO with Kerr
& Co. and $500 to 1880. and $1,000 to
Mendham Bros. made bets on Low aggregating
$4,000 against S2o gass@d nbass on shepaTd aa,r By
Co put up 81, 40 in two bets. one Of 500 TO
81 900 and the other of $500 TO SlOoo Mcln-
tyre & Marshall bet $1,000 on Low TO Sou on
Shepard by Roberts. Blair & Co c. NJ Ml1zes1 o9o
heinler took the Low end IL. these bets: Si.WU
TO $50 with Daniel Blumenthal. S2.3oo TO $50
with NJ OChs, 81 900 10 SSoo with l. j. NlcCoI
MICK A Y. Roe bet 81 600 Low. against
Roberts Blair & Co.'S 81. 200 on shepard X w.
Clifford made these bets on Shepard; SOD S3ou , TO
MCINTYRE & Marshall. $500 TO $1,000 in several
small lots j. j. Judge made the following ", Goo pets
on Low: 500 to $40 With A. S1eeth SioVU 10
$3.50 with ]. Keane. $500 to $40 with Mend
ham Bros S y. Hammerslough bet 800 on
Shepard to S125 on Low by Sharp & & 1 Bryan, an
Kerr & Co. bet $50 on Shepard to SI'ooo' 'he
Low takers name not given. ..,,-
Thes, bets were made on District Attorney:
H T. Suydam. 5000 on unger TO j. n Mills
Sioo ON Jerome: H Sergeant. $50 on Jerome 10
Si0o nv, an ITnger man name not known; George
A. MulIarky. $500 on Jerome to 5000 on Cnger
nv q man whose name could not De iearhet:
TOdds of + 70 | were offered in the course OF tne
dav that Low would carry Kings county, ana
as good 3 to 1 was offered Inay no1 Ihe nea 81
the fusion ticket would run 1'.o~ ahead OF
Sbenard in Kings Efforts to communicate with
some of the Willoughby Street betting men were
made but without avail ,. >, ot5
'iSetb Low will go TO the post favorite. sald
George Wheelock at the Hoffman House last
night. -, < .o ho,,-s ,o
oct as stakeholder for $4,000 to SlSoc pet
before the Shepard man put IN appearance. W.
Brooks said: Although there are many peIs VI
aven money the odds practically on Low
~ from 10 to q and 10 to y The attempt on 'lie
- Of tho professionaIs handling Shepard
,,.onay which was deluged on the market at
,oon to-day and at the Hoffman House tom
nro,,ad IN be practically failure. my sei1 was
foo,irs about for that $4,000 bet said TO De
~ H. hands of A Shepard man. but failed 10
and ~ Tbe betting shows that Low is easily
fayor,re or else so much blum money would
b,,,a turned the odds The large bets MADE To-
n;gbt in the Hoffman House were purely pro-
fessional with rush to protection on poth
Sides 49, 1,-,sS .s.or;s
Mr Brooks later at the "aldorr-<Astorla
,Iacad a bet of 5000 to S4,5OO on Low Brooks
took the Low end Of 1t. go ~
..Joe' Vendig bet $4,000 even with George T.
Smith Pittsburg PhiD that Low would win;
George wheelock bet 5000 to si.ooO Win Leo
Never on Low Meyer taking the Shepard or
small end - ooo 1890 ,.. ,,o,a-
Jobn W. Gates bet $4,000 even with David
Gaoree Wheelock bet $3.50 to $3.50 that Low
would carry all five boroughs-
10 900 plurality in Brooklyn. He also bet soVH
even with Maurice Untermeyer that Low would
have 10 600 plurality in Brooklyn.
r H Brooks heard of the S5OOOO Sneparu
money at noon that A. A. Housman, the Drohei'
had TO put up on Shepard Brooks said;
.aI called up Housman and asked about II, aho
q member of the firm named Travers said that
they had only $4,000 and that IL was di,
placed asked who took the bet, and received
an answer that IL had been placed in small lots
offered to take $4,000 of IT IN any shape ana
was told that there none or IL 10 pe hau'
but there might be some on MONDAY after
ward learned that only a small pet OF SI'uU 10
$500 was made / will be hand Monday with
the SIS 600 to bet odd even. When get that
a