The Washington times., 1904-10-09

tips are given freely. When the special
finally reaches St. Asa9h the "heeIers"
are on their feet ready TO make a rush
to place their bets on the first race. Up
the long boardwalk they hurry, jostling
each other in their efforts. The first
sign OF the real business Of this rattle
peaCeful-lOOking country station is the
tip agent with his bunch OF pink and
green envelopes. Here and there some
one viii stop and buy q tip, but the ma
jority would rather rely on their own
judgment
On Reaching the Room.
AS soon as they reach the doors OF
the poolroom their eyes seek the black
boards and only leave the magic figures
for odd moments during the afternoon.
such as when they are laying their bets
or reading the tips in the Telegraph %
There IS something fascinating about
that board, for half the time that their
eyes are fastened upon IL the lost ones
do not know that they are looking at IT,
When the returns are coming i'm they
do not watch the operator but the
boards, as though they Believed that
they could hurry the skate along that
is carrying their all at odds that would
make them happy for a brief half hour.
II is "a STRANGE thing that men who
have lost every afternoon for months
with perhaps a bright spot here ana
there, viii night 20 get TO the front line
in order TO play the first race OF the
afternoon. But they have the horse
microbe In them 20 such an extent that
they are practically incurable They
viii play and play until they are down
ana out and then they turn up for an
other Try at the game and will keep
on turning up until the pooIroom closes.
Where Women Sit.
Up in a little cubbyhoIe above the
heads OF the crowd on the main floor
are the women who are following the
races by wire. They place their bets
and then. hanging half out OF the win
dows of the balcony. they follow the
returns with breathless eagerness. They
seem 10 take the races TO heart even
more than the men, perhaps because
they have lost what a woman always
loses who leaves the straight and mar
row path TO frequent such Joints
the respect OF other women
II they cannot win In the games which
their mode Of life leaves them, what Is
the use of anything The men down
stairs pay little attention 10 the women.
It's dollars, not pretty faces, that they
are there 10 find Then. too. there are
few men even in that crowd who do not
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even though they are well el0ug on the
same road. They have all had mothers
or sisters or wives. and 10 goes against
them TO see any woman i'm that posi-
tlOn.
A woman may go TO the races at
Benning or Saratoga or any Of the So
called legitimate tracks and place as
many bets as she likes and not lose
caste (witness many members Of New
YOTk's smart seD, but let a woman
once go 70 "a place like ST. Asaph. and
il is all over but the shouting. and
somebody viii take care 90 do that.
Man With a System.
Have you ever watched the man with
a system? There's many a one to be
found at the p0olroOm. He has the
real thing. warranted 10 beat any line
Of bookmakers in the country. II Is
always true. however that this system
needs time to prove it's value. How
foudly its originator sticks 20 IL. risks
his good money on IL. and loses the long
green.
You can stand and talk to him all
night on the subject, but not convince
him that he is not going 70 be a mill
uonaire some day and float around the
world iu a z0OJ0-t0u steam yacht. The
fact that the boOkmakers have stood
ont against hundreds OF similar sys-
TENS for years has nothing to do with
his enthusiasm and 90 Is an insult 10
him II you doubt his statements