The Washington times., 1905-11-21
RACETRACK WEALTH
FOR EE-CONDUCTOR
Remarkable Rise Of { Frank
England.
WORTH QUARTER OF MILLION
Began Six Months Ago With Seventy
five Cents in Crap Game-Plunger
Now at Benning.


How would you like to win fortune
OF S25O0O0 of Of capital of 70 cents?
To jump IN the short space of six
months from the humble and lowly job
OF collecting nickels and handing out
transfers on a Brooklyn trolley car TO
position where you could read your title
clear to n life Of ease and luxury?
Sounds nice. doesn't it? But the
chances are one million to one that you
never will. However. If you should hap
pen TO meet one Frank England, of
Brooklyn. who Is in Washington for the
Benning meeting. and fnd him in a
talkative mood he can tell you how 1t
feels. You are welcome to what ENJOY
ment you can get out Of the recital
England story has all the fairy tales
you have ever heard put away. 1t Is
just as fun OF romance, sounds just as
Improbable as the fairiest Hans Ander~
son ever unfoIded for the delectation OF
eager young believers, but in addition II
has truth and the records 10 back II up
Conductor at 81 Per.
Six months ago working twelve hours
q day for 81 per. now living on the fat
Of the land with real estate bringing
a handsome rent roll. money in the
bank. and the horses still running as
he guessed they would. But you prob
ably don't know how it feels to be the
possessor OF a quarter Of a million or
real money, that you can buy things
with and the writer can't tell you. So
what's the use. Here's the story:
one night last May England. who had
a few veins of sporting blood in his
system and occasionally wagered a
spare dollar on a horse race. felt de-
sire 10 tackle some game Of chance.
Borrowing 70 cents from his better half
he sailed forth into the Brooklyn streets
10 beard the tiger in his lair. Ene OniS
tiger ne could md that would nj ms
capital was q crap game Fortune en-
Veloped him with her smiles as ne en-
tered the door and he departed Scon
after with something more imam $50, the
bones having rolled TO suit him. TO get
q day on was easy and he Wended MS
way 10 the GrayeSend racetrack Win
so and a three-ply tin on hliy called
Last Cherry.
Wonderful Luck
Last Cherry won at q long price.
England gave up his job with the street
car company, and became regular al
the race track. According TO all prece-
dent. he should have gone back TO his
old employers in the space OF two OF
three weeks, humble and contrite il
spirit. asking for his old job back. But
not SO with Mr. England. Fortune had
marked him for her very own Inc
dcklo goddess continued 10 guide hin
along the right channels and the former
car conductor found the turf a royal
road to wealth. AS his capital grew he
increased the size OF his wagers. but his
luck held out. 1t was harder for him
to pick a loser than II would be for q
sheep 10 XIII n butcher. and he soon had
Surre1t OF wealth.
But England had trod the paths OF
adversely. and after wailowing in the
1ekh pots Of success for a time he had
no desire 70 renew his acquaintance with
hard times. Also. ne IS iong-headed
phlegmatic in temperament. and believes
that one bird IN his hand Is better than
two frogs n a pond. He began 10 in
vest his money in Brooklyn real estate
annexing choice pieces when the cold
cash was an fnGuCEment that made tiIt
terms favorable 70 the buyer. As horse
after horse Of his fancy gallOped home
a winner. and he continued TO extract
the coin from the strong boxes OF the
DCOkmakerS, he Increased MS real estate
holdings until his possessions now brine
him an income that makes his formel
STIPEND look like walking stick along
side the Washington Monument
Won 10000 on Bedouin.
A record Of EngIand's transactions Il
the betting ring would make most re
naFl1able showing Unlike most bl,
bettors he never cultivated the rnarke
habit. but always bet cash. One Of tn
biggest winnings he has made was whel
BeoolIin won the Aqueduct handical
three weeks ago He cleaned Up NOR
than $4,000 on this one race. But b
stumbles on TO q loser occasionally
For instance. he had a nice wager ol
Irish Witch. who fell IN the fifth rae
yesterday
England IS not averse to talking abSu
his success, though he does not cour
nOtoriety. He claims TO De an usbeiiev
er In the dope. characteriZinC II a
only III for foolish folks. but whei cues
toned about his plan Of selecting win
ners. or his method OF play, ne main
Lains q mysterious and discreet silence
The remarkable part OF Il all is tina
the story never leaked out until IA
reached Washington