Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
BETTING is STILL LIGHT
COMPARATIVELY FEW AMI
SMALL WAGERS ON ELECTION.
Odds in Favor of Roosevelt's Success
Are 10 to 3-Some of the Prop
ositions Advanced.

Local betting on the election continues
at a very low ebb with the odds at 10 to .
in favor of Roosevelt on the general re-
suit. Even this liberal figure however has
failed to attract any considerable amount
of democratic money. The only confidence
displayed by the democrats is In regard
to the state election in New York. Large
sums have been wagered on Herrick. the
democratic nominee for governor, at odds
of 10 to IN his favor.
At Shoomaker's the local betting ex-
change the sum of $1,000 was recently
posted by democrats TO be placed on Her
rick at 100 to so. Late yesterday the re-
naming fragment of this sum was taken
by the Higgins supporters, probably on the
strength of the news from New YORK that
the Higgins campaign was picking up bit
and the odds against him had changed TO
10 to .. and in some instances to even
money.
Betting Unusually Light.
Geo. A. Williamson and Gus Noack, who
handle most of the big local commissions,
declared today that so far the election bet
ting Is the lightest they can remember IN
any presidential contest of recent years.
So far less than $1,000 has been placed al
together. including state bets, bets as to
the size of majortties, etc.
In former years this sum has usually been
doubled at this stage of the campaign In
the first BRYAN campaign no less than 500
coo changed hands at the local exchange.
The odds at that time in favor of Mckinney
were :; to !: but democratic money was
more easily To be had than now. In the
second Neutrality-suspicious. campaign the odds
on the republican ticket again stood at 3
to l. and the sum wagered through Mr..
Noack and Mr.. Williamson amounted to
more than $1,000.
These are indications that the betting
will pick up some next week and the fol-
lowing week. There will probably be a
shifting in the odds through change In
the drift of sentiment or for the purpose OF
inducing timid democratic money from its
present hiding place.
Since the ST coo wager on Herrick In New
York was disposed of there is but one dem
ocratic wager standing at Shoemaker s
This is a check for 500. which some en-
thusiastic democrat desires to bet that
Maryland will vote for Judge Parker. The
small sum of 80 was yesterday placed foI
a democrat against $50 on the general re-
suit.
Bets Awaiting Takers.
There are several combination bets still
awaiting takers. One student of the cam
paign wants to bet a pretty tidy sum on the
proposition that Roosevelt and Herrick will
not win in New York. The bettor who
covers the wager does so with the under
standing that in order to win Roosevelt
must get the electoral vote and Herrick,
the democrat, be elected governor. If either
OF these should fail the man posting the bet
would win
The latter however. If his proposition
fails to attract any one is willing to take
the other end of the wager and bet that
both Roosevelt and Herrick will be elected.
being perfectly cOntented to lose in case
either of the candidates fails of election by
the people.
Even money has been posted that the fol-
lowing seven states will go republican:
Delaware. New York. Maryland. Connect
cut. New Jersey, Colorado and West Vir-
ginia. New York and New Jersey may be
taken singly. but the others must be taken
in combinations of three states.
bet of 500 to $40 that New York will
vote for Roosevelt is still open.
Late this afternoon the following bet was
registered at Shoomaker's: Fifty even or
Herrick for governor. and so even on Par
ker carrying the state of New York. the
wager to stand as one bet