The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-26

the men who follow the races for tn
 purpose of betting-are welcomed b,
 the citizens of Saratoga with pleasure
 because they bring money to the plac
 and they are desirable visitors. Th'
 stable people have rooms near the track and they attend strictly to their busi
 ness. They come to the village to dc
 shopping or to see the sights, but not
 often, and their presence in the place
 never gives the police any work or the
 order loving element any concern. The | bookmakers, their clerks and hangers
 on live in the village, but as rule they haver ooms away from the large hotels. In one quiet street, near the central part of the village, where there are
 many houses where ''roomers" are taken, there was a small colny of the
 racetrack people last season, and a
 more orderly class of people could not
 easily be found. They left their rooms
 early in the. morning, went to restau-
 rants for their breakfast and then drove
 to he racetrack. In the eveniny early,
 when guests crowded the hotel porches,
 the ball rooms, the concert places and the streets, these men were i'll their
 roms and to all appearances took no in
 terest in the amusements which made
 Saratoga attractive to the summer vis-
 itor. The people who are attracted to
 the village by the business in which
 these men are engaged are not so quiet
 as the business men themselves, al
 though thir "loudness" is within the
 bounds of Saratoga propriety.
 Probably the best place to see a rep
 resentative Saratoga race season crowd
 is at the club house. Canfeld's gam
 bling house would be more proper
 name for the place. During the day
 the house is deserted, and the stranger
 who drives past it on his way to the
 racetrack might easily suppose it was
 the home of some well to do Saratogian or the summer home of a rich New
 Yorker. If the man should stop at the place and enter the door at the head of the short front stairway he would find
 two or three sleepy men servants in the entrance hall, ane of whom would
 politely ask the intruder's business. At night the house bears a changed as- pact. Soon after the dinner hour men begin to fill the brilliantly lighted rooms and the quiet house of the morning son becomes transformed and bears all the signs of it's true character.
 To the right of the main entrance is the cafe. This rooom is furnished with tables and chairs, and at the side there served by colored walters A broad opening in the opposite wall leads to the lofty. handsomely furnished gam bling room, in which there are several roulette wheels and faro lay-outs. The room is brilliantly lighted, and the men who sits about the tables where the gambling is going on, and those who sometimes stand four and five deep about them watching the game and making bets themselves, are, with few exceptions in evening clothes, and no matter how crowded the place may be one rarely hears a loud word At one end of the room a broad opening leads into a restaurant, where men and wo- men dine and drink wine From this room the people at the tables can see the gambling rom, and the men about the roulette wheels have a good view of the diners. Women are not allowed in the roulette and faro rom but thou sands of dollars are wagered by women who sit quietly at the restaurant tables while their gentlemen friends slip away and bet for them. When the sea- son is at its height the games are run in the afternoon, but the crowd never comes until night.
 In the throng that fills the place be- tween 10 o'clock and "all hours'' may be seen men from all parts of the world and representing nearly all professions and callings Many go simply to look on, and of this class hundreds are by the games, by seing stack of chips grow in front of some player, to "try it just once" If these people get rid of their chips quickly they are usually fortunate, for, according to the testimony of an experienced gambler, 3 winning at the start Is sure to tempt the novice to further endeavors to get for nothing, and before he leaves Saratoga the club house has much of his vacation money. Circulat- Ing among the players and the visitors, | who are termed by the gamblers mem oers of the rubber brigade" are detec- lives in evening dress who know the | ard sharps and crooks of the large cit- es, and a wink from one of these men | puts a man to flight who, ac- ,ording to the rules of the house, is lot wanted in "gentleman's" game These men also know the rich and re- men of the country by sight, | lnd guarantee their accounts when hey ask for credit or expose men who masquerade as solid"
 Betting is done with chips, which the player purchases at the table where he days, but it is not unusual to see ] nan put cash on the card or number 1 n which he wishes to bet. One Sat- lrday evening this season while the Tub house was swarming with visitors, he players and spectators at the wheel earest the restaurant became interest d in a young man who came from one f the tables, napkin in hand, and, aaning over a boy of eighteen who was apidly accommodating a respectable
 le of chips on a $5 investment. threw
 crumpled bill to the man at the wheel, aying "Noir." The ball rolled and fell I a red space, the croupier unrolled he bill as he gathered it in with the ile of chips, and everybody saw that , was of the $100 denomination The allow young man never changed a luscle of his face, but retired to the estaurant. In less than five minutes e reappeared and again threw a crum- led bill on the table, saying "Noir," nd agin the ball fell on red. This was ; l |,