Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07
Rise and Fall of Men Who
Used to Bet Thou
sands.
LOSE S. Bet AND co BROKE.
The Most Remarkable Plunger in the
West is Young Joe Yeager--
Worth 5000, 900.

A decade or so ago tho swell book
maker, addressing his sheet writer an
nounced: Ten thousand to Ave thou
sand, Yo Tambien. Chris Smith," and In
ten minutes the famous mare was re-
turned a winner. give dollars on Lady
Jocelyn, II you please said the same
Chris Smith the other day and when
her ladyship was lel- at the post the
little mans capital was reduced to a
fragile. Smith II was who owned the
most pretentious stable In the west, In
GLIDING 70 Tamblen and Maid Marion
in the days Of his prosperity. when his
ring operations riyaled those OF the
"Plttsburg Phil" Of today; and Smith
II Is who perforce Is now very small
piker among very big plungers. And
there are others
Per contra, the regulation shoe
strlngtanyard illustration hn-s reali-
cation now and then. In New York
you have your turf prodigy "Pittsburg
Phil'-marking the transition from
poolroom piker to a bloated bondholder.
In the west the relgnlng sensation Is
boyish- looking-chap named Joe Yea
ger. IL was shoestrng not long
since. Now Il Is 100000 or more. Yea
ger has stock farm a stable OF run.
ners, is bookmnker on big scale,
and his ring operations now and then
are of kind to remind one of Drake
and Gates.
Wthal he Ia the reverse Of the
hashy stripping. IL quiet and caloulat-
ing, and the general ensemble strongly
IA IL ~ IN n
last.
From a Kansas City clothing house
porter with penchant for toying with
the tickle goddess I'm small way, Bar
ney Schrleber the genial Dutchman."
has developed into one OF the big racing
magnates of the west His splendidly
equipped breeding farm near 81, Louis
VIII nearly compare with the best OF
them; his stable OF active campaigners
number over 30, and his hookmaking
operations In recent years have Melted
him small fortune. Schrieber's ensem-
BILE ls decidedly Tcutonic without a
smack Of ELUSIVE pretenslon or affectn-
tion, and his blum and kindly bearing
enhances a striking personality,
Like some others, John Condor had
his tiny beginnings to-day, he Is a mil
lIonaire, with his big fortune augment.
ing right along. Stone blind he Is
still the active manager Of the Harlem
racing plant. and its principal owner.
while he has big blocks Of stock In the
San Francisco tracks, with other inter-
ests here and there. Harlem, though,
has been his principal money maker.
and Il may be said here that its net
earnings the prcsenf season probably
went beyond the s26O00O mark. It's
management, too, Is Of the live. pro.
gressye kind. with an eye TO clean
racing and not much wonder that enor-
nous crowds have been the rule right
along.
Severe moralIsts may bewail the
speculative feature IN connection with
racing and point out the failures aud
reyerses that Incidentally follow, But,
bless YOU where II the goody-goody
business In these days OF syndicates.
combines and cold bonded corners that
Is free from the sameY Racing, like
other enterprises. has lts drawbacks
and blemishes. bus while that Is go,
don't forget that this most fascinating
of outdoor pastlmos affords wholesome
and buoyant recreation for the million,
that the vast breeding interests of the
country are kept alive by the stirring
contests Of the course, ana that thou
sands Of people find their means OF
making a living through the operation
Of two great twin industries.