New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
BETTING ODDS CHANGE
Backers of the Reliance Offer 3 to I.
1cith Fec Takers.

AIter the results Of yesterdays race the ba,
slns changed TO to 1 on the Reliance. Thar
TS practically no Shamrock money in sight
LIE 6LS prevailing odds had been . TO / on m.
Reliance but the Shamrock bac,srs v-ants5 Si'e
arthur Hanan. who won the Ca1a1a's cur M.
Iet n go SAlpper OF the Irondequoit Offered Ia
win single race At late hour Iast jsb. - -
S, o Iiit ms money in his pocket, having found
betunS IN Wall Street yesterday on the ,,.-h.
races was heavy. 1t was est,r,,,o5 ~. -, -
amount Wagered footed up 100000 or NO., =
the euro alone. The ruling odds were . - =
the romance Some Of the Individual bets ~.
as touo"s; A. c. Gwynne made sevsra1 H. a
S-oo 10 sIVO on the Reliance. FLOYD C,-au-.,-s
- ~ yet S=OOO against 81 900 with E7~,-,-
4llPS- Anhes & Newman bet 81 ono - 600, :
lne heHahce and 5000 even that shav,-oo,, ~
would WIN one race. with Edward w..
Charles NJ Minzesheimer bet $500 N 81 COO =
the Shamrock with wrenn Brothers ~ C,,,ca.-
William g. Gallagher made several bets - SsE
to S1OO on the Shamrock
Mr.. Cromwell, Of Strong sturgfs & Co ~.
Tered $1,000 TO 800 on the Reliance. ON ~.
STOCK Exchange II. a Harrison bet Wren,
Brothers $1,000 to 5000 that the Shamrocs
would lift the Cup F. II. Brooks took ano,h,-
bet Of $500 to $1,000, Allen. NIcC7aw e -, 80
ing the bigger end on the Reliance.
The Street took much more interest in tbs 49,.
than in the market. One was about as sxci,,,,,
as the other. Business was deadly dun 50 ~,a-s,
traders being at the race that there was =
marked falling off in the volume OF tra,s,,
tons from the previous day. Even soma r,a.,-
ings Of the Stock Exchange committees were ba,a
on Wednesday, so that the members could ga.
away yesterday. In almost entire absence
of financial news the news bureau Sips" which
are issued every few minutes OF the bushes,
day, were largely given up TO bulletins o. The
race. Sometimes fifteen or twenty of tbase
slips" would come out in succession containinq
nothing save the story of the yachts
Besides these bulletins and the afternoon
papers. the brokers were kept informed as ~
the progress OF the contest by vabbly ehg,s.
of the yachts, which haltingIy wandered across
Broad-st.. on wire from news agency In The
Edison Building. and by two flags on the
top, OF the Manhattan Life Building white
fag represented the Reliance and a green one
her rival. The relative distance the boats were
apart was shown by the positions on the pole Of
the flags.
On the bulletin board in one large brokerage
office the following appeared in the morning:
1855 a. m.-Sea active and strong. Very broad.
Some movement noted in the yachts
10.59is a m.-Blue peter hOistei-
tons
n!o9Ss a. m.-ShamToCk ahead by a small margin.
Both yachts bearing away. Both pointing we'll
II .l3 a (eX.-div)-Dying down of winds puts
curb on both yachts Trouble IN common is that
wind must be raised somehow.
HITS a m--FOg SO thick that can't figure out
the exact technical position, but wind shows some
evidence OF strong support From the point OF view
of the banks (Coney Islandt Reliance appears to
be nearly at par with Shamrock
II 80 & m.-Raining heavily. Plenty Of water n
common for both yachts. Neither preferred.
1925 u m.--We get il on good authority that the
first quarterly stakeboat has been passed
The curb brokers were hard put 20 IL 70
amuse themselves There was nothing doing
the curb so they resolved that something
should be done since there was nobody waiting
TO be done" Hence they obtained pail o.
water and two pencils. one red and one green.
The contents OF the pail were cast with
frightful splash into the gutter the pencils
were thrown on the roaring. turgid stream. and
a hundred men. breathless with excitement
pushed and jostled each other 70 see the absorb
ing contest \ board placed across the gutter
was the goal and the pencil which first came
into collision with the board was naturally the
winner. Odds were even. and the betting ran
all the way from dime to quarter. although
It was rumorsd that one plunger risked and lost
80 cents.