The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
FEW BooKMAKERs MADE MONEY.
Though Play Was Heavy ON the Chi
caeo Tracks, ayers Kept the Con-.

Though Play Was Heavy on the Chi
caeo Tracks, Layers Kept the Coin.
Despite the fact that the betting on the
Chicago tracks during the season. which
came to an end with the close OF WORMS
fall meeting a week ago yesterday. was un-
precedently heavy. very few OF the DOCK
makers who operated at the Windy CITY
tracks found the season profitable. Gut Oh
seyenty-Ave or more layers who were IN
line part of the season. and some OF rne 4.
is said. were as strong financially wnen the
blow-of came as they were May l. Many
the season closed. and in a number Of cases
the bellows were past "menoing. More
went broke than quit to the good. Others.
that they were obliged to quit There was
no case of WEIGHING during the season, but
one firm OF New Workers found themselves
the 2-year-old stake at Worth, October IL.
thai they did not dare to book on the re
manning two races of the day. ana suspend
ed operations right then and there. One
other firm which had cut in At Harlem TOT
three days gave up its stand at the close
OF the first days business as II was oeemeo
too risky by those interested to attempt to
weather the gale the remaining two days
of the drawing. 1t was only in cases OF this
kind-where books suspended Operators IN
could know anything of the layers financial
embarrassment. In any number OF cases,
d dnSSsn; sG9xs T because He Of Of lack hUa e os funds 5
with which to continue operations. The re-
suit was that OF the sixty-odd books which
ten Of which went East after the close Of
the big meeting. only about thirty were
alive when the season ended at Worth:
makers that quit the season any consid-
cradle winner can be counted on ones I'm
gers. Three Of these were Joe Yeager.
ger. 1t is understood. is about the biggest
winner. at least among those who remained
on until the end. Two weeks before the
ahead Of the game, and with some favora-
BILE breaks subsequently, he probably added
another $1,000 to the amount Young Yea
ger plays high. and let him have a Few
favorable breaks and he will have some
thing to show fer 1t Like most other high
rollers. though. he must have his price.
On more than one occasion at the recent
Worth m~eeting-an doubtless the same
thing was true at the other trackS-he
started out to bet on one particular horse.
bet on some other horse in the race. George
Hicks. report has it., was between 2100Q
than when he first came up here. Duck
worth was also a good winner. how much
has never been said. Duckworth is a very
A close student of form and condition of
horses. and a good Judge Of prices, he
comes nearer working along straight busi-
ness lines n almost any other bookmaker
In the West. It Is not SO much a gamble
with him as 1t Is with men like Cartwright.
LHommedieu, 1eager, Lanneman, Weller
in fact. a major portion of the Western lay
ers. but. instead. he works more nearly on a
percentage basis While he never makes
sensational winnings on & race like those
named. his combined winnings have. each
year that he has booked, considerably ex-
ceeded his total losses for the same period.
with the result that very few Western
bookmakers are as strong financially as he
is right now. Marcus Cartwright is report
ed to have won pretty well with that one
of his books over which he presided In per-
son. but Pesch. according to report. lost
some for him. George Rose booked a few
weeks after the Washington Park meeting
and then went East. His loss through the
mysterious robbery. of his strong vault in
pany's institution cut largely into his profits
at the Chicago track. though 1t is general
understood that he was still a little winner.
Frank Zimmerman was a pretty good winner
at one time. but he lost most of II back.
Steve LHommedieu-wel. II Is hard to
figure out how he does stand on the season.
1t may be said. though. that he has had
quite a strenuous season Of 1t. Practically
broke when he got to Memphis in the spring,
the big plunger ran $500 I'D to 1900 at
Montgomery Park. and secured a bank roll
with which To, operate at Chicago. When
the Washington Park meeting closed he
was sS!0e winner. Then luck took a turn
followed at Hawthorne and Harlem he
dropped his roll. and was about where he
was when he landed in Memphis In the
spring. Ihen came a few weeks lay-off, a
visit East and a return with a fresh bank
roll Fortune once more took a shift in his
favor. and when Worth closed he was a
good winner on his latest capital. As he
had nothing to begin with he. Of course.
must be accounted among the seasons sue
cessful ones among Western LAYERS.