The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
RACING TIPSTERS HAVE
SUPERSEDED THE OLD TOUT.
Instead Of the Hustling, %sureThing Betting Ring "Grafter," Green
Race Goers Patronize the WeLAdvertsed, Wel[Dressed,
~ Suave Manager of the New Information Bureau
Explanation of Their Methods Of Business.

, but they soon bobbed up again under an
other name.
INFORMATION" THE
TIPSTER'S MAIN HOLD
The main .'hold" of the racing tipster is
his Information" He claims to know
when horses. that are not running are ready
| to win first out. or when ever they are
! meant" when they are not meant" and
they sell this valuable information at from
While 1t may Be that by payment Of large
sums or by betting for owners these men
adequacy Of all Information Is proven by
the oft-quoted cage of Mike Dwyer. when
| dSteen years ago, had his own stable rae.
| ing on his own track. with his brother as
Judge, his best friends man whom he had
| thing on the track, found himself $4,000
! loser at the end Of a ~f1fteen-day meeting.
AZ As,d 90 f sam sP msss,ns G PSiIa" 2 Ses any ana h ~Ur
after the race Phil admitted that he was
$4,000 to the bad on the meeting. So much
One certain day last year a leading form
Of tipsters advertised a certain good thing
to win the second race on a certain SET
was won by q 7-to-5 shot. Luckily enough
the first race vent to q 65to.l shot, Next
3o-to-1 shot would win the first race came
growing ROSTERS all over it IKE 2 party
didates had been successful.
With a hip. hip :hurrah they said that
tSslr t Rs0 nr.t race seo Se. .slnE vas at G 8 so I. .Fop
vertisements. I'VE were obliged to cover up
the identity Of this good thing by stating
that be was in the second race instead Of
OF course. they never sent out the name
Of the horse to anyone but they got q lot
| Of valuable advertising out Of the trick.
Wflfred T. Pond, an expert and h,gh-clsss
ures the writer Of this is largely indebted.
Kept tab on some of these bu-
reaus last year. He found that the best OF
them sent out q per cent Of winners, or
about the average Of the general hurried
up newspaper tips and not as high an aver
s seTib ss 0 from or i tw 70 s pe eeats e @sasn Yet Ses' s s@De
Of these bureaus claim to have exceptionally
! high-priced track watchers. handicappers
charge. from 81 to so a week for their in
1 Ninnefa q. a ahs d snsn send nev 1as as R mhaieSS
can be purchased for a cent.
1t 10 also noticeable when these tipping
lists of winners that said winners are in
yariably fayorites and very snortoprtce
Of an odds-on shot. Hence it Is shown
that public form. not private trials. is the
and that their track watches. trainers in
formation. ETC., IL largely mythical.
| MANY WAYS OF
CATCHING THE DOLLAR.
Many Of these firms have offices in diff
ferent parts OF a city and In various cities
selling Information, all operating under diff
ferent names and identical management.
The reason Of using this plan is that by
Office has a bad run Of luck another will
be In luck and that the firm will be get
ting the business, one way or another. BY
tics, 80 to speak, IN i've or SIX offices, one
office will be sure to land on several win
ners.
To be sure. there are many %straightfor-
ward and reputable Arms in this business
which honestly try to make their clients
centaEes They do not advertise g 5o-to-1
shot, but try by careful handling Of money
nice profit during q season. The public
seems to like the r50-to-1. fellows best Bet
ting people are strange and do not want
Careful seS pm ma lnn smsS !" The sIsn want moc chanc ss
to run 1t In a million or lose It ali, at once.
attached TT e the 70 t SDns sssnt. ps ssga Mr ef r sns w .sEss
attracts and holds the people to these tip
sters. The public Is not conversant with
know how. neatly these firms juggie figures
/ and facts without absolutely Illustrating
them. Even old turfmen fall for them and
ehced better do 80"
AT their worst. however, the ttpsters do
PICK winners. for in making good. their
bread and butter lies. Many OF them have
track watchers, timers. etc. and do not
advertise anything save what they posses
and sell. Private Information Is seldom OF
any value, not once say, in nifty races
Then .tipsters send out their tips, before
jockeys are listed and Q deal depends ON
the jockey So after all. the only thing a
Handicapped and bettor can 60 on Is public
form and keen personal judgment after the
II u that the Information Of the tipsters u
Of nd value beyond that Of the average
wen-conducted sporting page OF the daily