Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
KICK OF BOOKMAKER.
lie Wants 10 See the Track Necessary
Qualification.

VudiiIieHtlOn'
New Orleans, JAM S.-Said a man who
makes book with his own money and
who Is now making his irst study OF
the racing game in New Orleans:
Il have been trying since | came to
New Orleans to pick flaws in the racing
game you have here. | have mixed but
little with winter racing for the last
seven or eight years, and New Orleans
never attracted me before. came here.
| might say, with my mind made UP not
TO like It. | have never heard 1t said
that New Orleans had an ideal racing
plant, and all the glowing reports of
the size and class Of the attendance
and the willingness Of the natives and
the wintering visitors 10 turn loose
their money have taken with lib
erai admixture OF that saline commod-
ity which all conservative people use
TO neutralize reports that are supposed
to emanate from interested persons.
'"The only fault have to find" con-
tinued the bOokmaker, lis that the
bookmakers are practically shut out
from sight of the races. A man on
the block has little more chance TO
see what Is going on than he would
have In a poolroom. The narrow pas.
sages which lead from the betting ring
TO the outer air are congested when the
bell rings and when a man finds his
way out his view Of the race is OBJ.
structed. In searching for faults find
that the present plan of architecture
Is necessary, and that in the arrange
ment and construction Of the buildings
the club has done the Lest II could un-
der the circumstances. am told that
In former years the betting ring was
open on the track side and that good
view Of the races could be obtained by
the persons making book. Since have
been here | have not encountered any
tough weather, but they tell me II
comes, and that the present construction
OF the ring is meant for comfort. 1t
seems to me, however, that with a lit
tie changing about the ring could be
emptled more readily than 1t Is posi-
Bile now, and that the fellows on the
stools could see better for themselves
how their money Is going
II go largely to dope but my person
al observation OF the happenings in q
race have more bearing on my transac-
lions In the betting ring than what I
see set down In print, The men who
bet either on or against horse should
be permitted TO see what that horse
does. There are no two men who see
a race alike, and what little success /
have made as a bookmaker | attribute
to what | have personally seen. / am
willing to bet that not half the book
makers In this ring could tell you out
OF their own personal knowledge what
happens In any race that Is run, As far
as personal observation is concerned,
they might as we'll be conducting a
poolroom in Hot Springs or handbook
In New York, and yet you can hear
them around the hotels at night talk
Ing about bad starts and pin-headed
riders.
This Is as good a game as any man
wants to cut into The money ia here
for anybody who wants to handle II,
but half the people who are handling
II appear to he scared 10 death. The
papers talk about horses being Knocked
down, when oftcntlmes the out-in price
Is only the result Of vague paddock
rumor. The market Is Influenced by SUI.
perstition and small talk. STILL II IL a
good market, and any bOokmaker who
Is not afraid to take chance or Is Civ.
en- the opportunity to see for himself
should be able TO beat II. | have seen
men about me ducklng away from
horses at to 8 that should be 10 to I.
why don't ! 90 up and get 1t ?For
the good reason that II there Is n
chance to handle the money cheap |
am going to handle II that way"