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brand ALONG as the mainstay Of his su0-

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He still owns and breeds horses, but his
colors have not been carried to victory
in any Of the rich stakes for some time
now.
Yet Gideon has managed to play the
races this year with phenomenal success.
II has been a saying at the track for the
last two months:
Follow Dave Gideon and you will get
the money
Whenever a big killing has been pulled
of, the track sharpe have never failed to
implicate Gideon. Close at his elbow all
the campaign Jesse Lewisohn, the young
millionaire, has stood profting by his
wisdom and knowledge.
Lewisohn has been a plunger in every
sense Of the word. He has kept several
betting commissioners busy every day in
the year. He has wagered 80 much money,
In fact, that nearly every betting COM
missioner on the track has tried to gain his
patronage. Nobody knows how much he
has won; but that he Is well ahead Of the
game there Is no room for doubt.
Gideon Is rich. He can afford to have
a setback now and then, but he is almost
sure to square accounts with the book
makers soon after the reverse. He is con-
servative, close mouthed, shrewd, and q
practical horseman. There Is no limit to
his betting If he thinks he has sure thing
A year ago David johnson Said that he
was through with gambling, and partio-
ularly the turf, forever. Ho said that he
had won and lost q million dollars and would
turn his attention to something less risky.
But he was back at the old stand not long
afterward.
Early this season it was said OF him that
he had gone against the wall again, but
he bobbed up one fine day with a new bank
roll and proceeded to increase its size until
he decided to have a racing stable Of his
own. He considered that the horses OF John
A. Drake would be worth something to him
and he soon bought South Trimble, Rose
ben, Liberia and others, paying good prices
for them at auction.
johnson Is big bettor, too; one Of those
speculators who push their luck to extremes.
It is nothing for him to bet $40 900 on a race,
when he has the money, and he is a good
loser, too
E. r. Thomas has been a big and sue
cessful speculator also. When he went
into partnership with Alex Shields, smart
trainer, he had experienced his troubles
and was still regarded as a novice on the
turf Bookmakers have a fondness for
novioes with millions at their backs and
they did not particularly relish this partner
ship between Thomas and Shields.
1t did not take them long to find out
that this combination was a dangerous
enemy, particularly when Thomas won
upward Of 500 900 from the books on
Hermiss victory In the Suburban Handicap.
Thomas has learned great deal about
the inside machinery Of the turf since his
alliance with Shields was formed, and he is
q clever, careful. yet liberal player.
II he loses he must have a satisfactory
reason. II he wins he wins in great leaps
and bounds, and the bookmakers always
| squirm.
Then, there y Sydney Paget and his
! trainer, Jack Joyner. Paget has been
| very successful, for the excellent reason
that he has been backing all Of his horses
| and they have made a remarkable record
this year under the care Of Joyner. who is
| considered by many to be the champion
trainer OF them all. Paget has a certain
| following, which has also done well in tho
| long run.
He Is not o plunger by any means, but
he has been q good bettor at times. Like
many OF the trainers, Joyner Is not In the
habit Of betting much, but now and then
he has q wager down Of fair size.
Charley Cash, a bookmaker, and player
as we'll, Is a heavy winner. At times this
year he has been terror to other layers.
He has plunged time and time again.
At Brighton Beach he won $4,000 one day
on long shot and the next day he took
home a similar amount by playing favorites
only
Early in the struggle for gold, John j.
Ryan, the get-rich-quick man, won 00o0o
as easily as rolling of the proverbisl log,
and there Is no record OF his losing it back.
He bought Reliable at the Whitney sale for
5000, and proceeded to bet $4,000 on him
the first time he started.
Reliable was consistent winner in Ryan g
colors, and the get-rich-quick man made
the books fear him whenever he approached.
The day Ryan was arrested at the Brighton
track, preparatory to being taken to st.
Louis, he pulled of killing with Monster
and the records show that he was $4o, ,ooo
richer after the race.
Several days ago Ryan made his reappear-
anoe at the racetrack. Somebody asked
him IL he intended to do any betting.
Not on your hfel' was the quick response.
"I got mine and don't intend to let go OF
1t. The game Is too toughl'
Half dozen well known politicians have
been burned up, in the language OF the
ring. One OF them, member OF the Board
of Aldermen, told a SUN reporter In mid.
summer that he was 10000 loser.
A Brooklyn politician who was never
accused of being piker won SIS, 900 one
day on Waterboy at Brighton, but it is said
that heis $40 ,OoO out on the year. Politicians
have a strong fancy for racing, and most
of them are big operators, but 1t is fact
that many OF those who used to be regulars
never 20 to the races nowadays. Possibly
it is because they can bet ON the horses
elsewhere.
John Fay, who halls from Cincinnati
4 has been a consistent winner ever since
the opening OF the Saratoga meeting. He
ran a few thousand dollar bills into a $780, ,oot
bank roll by the time the fan meeting at
Grayesend closed, and is stin busy cashine
bets.
Another successful Westerner ia Kid
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