The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

and for change thought I'd see how
I'd look as q toff I started on an
eighty-do suit, added a ten-dollar
hat, and threw in twelve dollar pair
Of shoes. A hundred odd went in silk
undergarmentS and socks. About six
hundred I blew In for jewelry, which
included diamond scarf pin. My
field glass, with silver trimmings and
an r. G. monogram was out OF sight.
The night following these purchases
spent a good deal of pocket money. l
started business next day with all the
new things on deck, and the slip went
down that same night to the tune of
some 100000 or so. 1t was the clothes
did it all, and that was their finish, as
well as mine"
How Pat Sheedy Does 1t.
Pat Sheedy's popularity in laying
bets has been his firm determination
to put up all the money he has at one
and the same time. He has said that
he would not wipe his feet on the class
known as doormat bettorS, who prefer
to spread the little they have over a
number of bets. Being broke is bag
atelle to him; his meteoric leaps from
poverty to wealth are punctuated by in
tervals of living just as we'll as he
wants to, because, as his final luck is
known by long experience to be a sure
thing, he commands unlimited credit.
Great men should have great peculi-
arities in their ways and means when
they become notable turf characters in
addition to being already notable in
the general sense and William K. Van
derbilt has risen nobly to the occasion.
AS one of those who have done so much
to add to the interest Of the scene and
the doings at Sheepshead Bay, Mr..
Vanderbilt must be included in any
self-respecting article on the subject
of this famous track. A bettor in small
amounts, as a rule, he still bets as a
sportsman, and so he desires, no mat
ter how small his bets may be, to win.
If we go on the proposition that his
income is $4,000 a day, six $500 bets
for each of the 365 days in the year
would be an easy thing for Mr.. Van
derbilt and need not necessarily cause
him to turn a hair.
How w. X. Vanderbilt Bets.
Whether or not w. K. Vanderbilt
cherisheS a mascot or not is not known.
but his belief in hoodooS is established.
He plays, when betting, lone hand.
He goes away by himself to some re-
tired place near the members stand
and INDUCES in silence. 1t is his idea
that if anyone speaks to him after the
horses line up at the post he will be
sure to lose. A quick start saves him.
If, however, the horses prove difficult,
and there is perhaps a half hour delay
at the post before starting, may fall
a victim to some garrulouS acquaint-
.ance who is indiscreet enough not to
respect his self-sought isolation And
very usually Mr.. Vanderbilt finds 1t
impossible to remain unspoken to for
the requisite amount of time.
Some one or more persons, seeing
him standing there by himself, are con-
sumed by an insane desire to speak to
him before the fateful moment Of re-
lief arrives. 1t is so difficult to be in
conspicuous and Vanderbilt.
It was Mr.. Vanderbilt's own fault
that this superstitious falling Of his
became known. One day friend in
terrupted his solitary vigil over the
starting of a race, and, sure enough,
the great man, having thus been spoken
to at the critical moment, lost his bet.
The cause of the hoodoo seemed so
plain to Mr.. Vanderbilt that he conflded
to the interrupting friend the secret of
his personal objection to being spoken
to at the starting time-and the reason
therefor. Then it became a current
joke among his intimates to look out
for Mr.. Yanderbilt's supreme moment
Of sequestration, and for one Of them
to whisper to another conspirator: See
me step over to Vanderbilt out there
and make him lose that bet"
Robert F. Lloyd.