The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-19

of the meeting to play the horses ridden
by H. Phillips, the boy who will ride for
Thomas & Shields this year, and she
went at it heavily. 1t was nothing for her
to- bet LOCO or even So, 900 at a clip. and
she soon had a bank roll that was too
heavy to carry.
THE big gamblers are at her feet She
has diamonds galore and drives to and
from the track in a $4,000 automobile
Every bet she makes seems to win for
her. ...-.-
"She gives champagne suppers and en-
tertains- royalty. In fact. she gets world
of amusement out of the racing game
just as she did in New York
''Then there is the little old lady who
used to bring her lunch to the big tracks
here, and ask tips from everybody she
met. She's down at New Orleans. and
how she lives is mystery to all. She
never bets more than dollar at a clip
and apparently she gets on more dead
ones than anybody at the track. Maybe
she's got money slowed away somewhere
but if she has she takes good care not to
let anybody know where it is.
Another veteran is the woman who
used to visit Guttenburg in the old days
with her son. Her husband, now dead
owned a big furniture store. and she play
ed the races behind his back.
Her son was her betting commissioner,
and they went across the Hudson day
after day. no matter how fierce the win
try weather was to play the game con-
Quoted by the Big Four of Hudson coun-
ty-Walbaum, Crusius, Carr. and Nc
Laughlin. Last summer she looked ill
and seedy, and this winter she seems to
be worse off than ever before. do not
know what has become Of her son.
THE men regulars at New Orleans are
numerous, and most of them have had a
"a III Of
are in dire circumstances. If they cannot
beg or borrow enough coin to get to Ben
nings next month they will start to walk
home.
''These fellows were broke when ia
n1aica closed the season here last Novem-
Der, but they got to New Orleans just the
same and had money to bet with after
they got there. One of them worked a
slick game on a woman, whose husband
a wen-known bOokmaker, had befriended
him some time ago.
He met the woman in the grandstand
one day in December, and told her a pitt
full tale of hard luck She felt sorry for
him, and told him she would give him
chance to pick up a few dollars by MAX
ing bets for her
1.-The fellow was very grateful, and pro-
ceeded to bet $50 for the woman on the
first race. The horse won at 5 to /. and
the woman bet the $500 right back on the
even money favorite in the second race.
Again the horse won, and the newly
made commissioner was in high glee.- Then
he hurried down to the ring to cash.
I'm the third race was horse owned by
a bookmaker of shady reputation. The
slick fellow knew him and asked him if
the horse had a chance. The bookie said:
8" Not chance on earth, for we amt
ready to bet!'
1.-THE price was 6. to 1. and the slick fell
low hurried UP to the woman in the
grandstand and told her that this particu-
lar horse was lead pipe
$ 'Plunge!' he said. Put the 5000 on;
$500 each wayr
1.-The woman liked another horse in the
race, but the tip was so powerfully strong
that she finally consented to play it. The
slick fellow ran off toward the betting
ring, but he stuffed the 600 plunks into