The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

| race; Joe Hayman Of the famous mine,
| teen brothers: Riley Grammar, who played
coarse notes as long as his bank roll held
out: f. E. Smathers. who spent few lively
days at the track: J. J. McCafferty. who
| from small beginning. bet and won enough
| to buy himself several horses: r. H. Brown
the we'll known Eastern layer. and Man
Marks. who; In the few days since his ar
rival from the coast has been doing some
fair betting.
KELLY BET THEM HIGH.
OF the players from the ground among
those named. Honest" John Kelly probably
realized more nearly the ideal plunger than
any one other. Kelly was IN close touch
with Durnell & Herr. owners of the strong
est stable here. and with other owners. and
ANY time lime ne % bet less & than 500 to race he
ly ran up into four figures. He was said to
be pretty. big loser at one time. mostly
through book which he had on. but is
credited with having got out when he left
here for Hot Springs. Walbaum merely
piked" along for the first day or two of
his ten-day stay. but. after he warmed up
him to bet $500 to a race
Hackelburg was here about seven weeks
at the height Of the local season and was
betting pretty heavily-that is. for an our
of-season meeting. Report has it that he
was fair winner when he returned to New
York. Fred Cowan. who accompanied John
Kelly to Hot Springs. Is also said to have
quit the local game winner. Ralph Sugar
according to report, had a balance on the
winning side of his betting account when,
departed for Florida Abe Rossman and Joe
Hayman are still here trying to pick win
ners and playing with varying success.
tributed to make the game at the present
meeting unprecedented in the history. of
racing at the Southern metropolis. Sig.
Ne %cAsos Asoser steve Eps mns Ausn 5oe
Rhinock. Charles Bollinger. George Lack
mann. NJ: H. Tichenor. G. W. Poole. Charlie
sSSiison sSsgnnn Ed Bradley vs. W. s. Curtis. Tommy
Gardner. Sam Eildreth. Edward Corrigan,
Emil Herr. and Jim Arthur have cut the
widest swath. while New Orleans has been
pretty well represented in betting opera
tons by j. Barker Harrison and Bob
Parker. both Of whom are winners. as well
as Fonteleiu. who claims New iberia as his
YEAGER's PLAY WAS SENSATIONAL.
Yeassr fell In here after he had made a
name for himself as a successful plunger
at Hot Springs. The operations of the boy
ish-looking Gncinnatian in the poolrooms
at Hot Springs were the sensation of thef
year at the springs. and were widely ex-
plotted through the daily and the racing pa-
pers OF the country. and when he left that
famous resort for this city he was more
than 100000 ahead Of the rooms over there.
days Of his stay here. fortune took n change
in his favor. and at the end of his first week
he had recouped his first two days losses
and was about sl50D0 ahead of the local
game. Yeager probably made more big bets
than any one else who has operated here
from the ground He seldom. wagered less
than S.oO0 on race. and at times as much
as 5000. In the closing days of his three
weeks stay his losses exceeded his winnings
and he finally went back to Hot Springs
his return to the springs he has again
struck winning gait. and n recent letter
from there brought the information that he
of the springs
Suite. who accompanied Yeager back to
the Arkansas resort was also q big win
ner In the roms there. and It is said that
he began his pOolroor operations on vel
vet" having beaten the books here pretty
we'll durirr the two months he was in the
much Of figure in the local ring as he was
understood to be close to the cushion when
he nut In on apDearance. hut he lust about
held bis own while here Joe Rhinock. for
mer Mayor Of Covfngton. Ky. while he has
never rosed as plllnser. is a heavy bettor
on the Western tracks. He spent some time
attending the local races. was betting well
and gathered nothing for himself. Rhinock
has business interests here and in the Baan-
mont oil fields. and from here he went to
the ''hoom' town of TexaS before returning
to Cincinnati. Incidentally he bet 300
through the board on the Covinston-owned
mare Uledi in Sol. Nchtenstein's future
book on the Suburban.
BISHOP POOLE A WINNER.
Charles BollinGer. well-known louisville
turf follower and poolroom proprietor and
stoShEulueT III new LOUISVILLE Jockey
Club, was also betting pretty well in the
local ring during stay of seven ar eight
weeks. and left for his home quite a nice
winner. NJ. H. Tichenor. one of the Vests
heaviest bettors. was in the city only a few
days and his wagers usually were of the
modest kind' but he more than got his ex-
penses out of the local ring His trainer.
g. w (Bishop') Poole. did the plunging for
the Tichenor & Co. establishment. betting
as high as Sl00o on race. and he was on
EASY street" when early in January he
took Flocarl!ne. Waswift. Elsie L. and the
others OF Tichenor G. Co.'S winter racing
outfit back to Memphis
Ellison, as bookmaker puts 1t. always
wins. from which IL may be inferred that
he got all that was coming to him while he
was here betting from s1c0 to 1900 to race.
J. II. McAvoy; who stopped over here for a
DAY or two" In the early days of the meet |
ing on his way to Florida. found the game
so prohtabie that getaway day" has not |
vet come for him. He is now IS. 900 winner. |
Ed Bradley was here only a few days. but J
he had considerably more when he left to
assume charge Of his Palm Beach CluI,-