Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-09
WON s250,000 ON
BET OF Is CENTS
Conductor Who Enjoyed Most
Remarkable Streak Of
Good Luck.
RESULT OF HORSE RACING.
Al Belmont Park Track. rno,,,,
Made One Killing of $4,000 -,
bedouin---All In Six Months

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on 'ne bergen street line of the Brook.
Ign Rapid Transit company. has as
compilshed the remarkable feat NJ rrn
nins 70 cents up to S25O,OOO within Ell,
months by betting on the horse racos
Last May, England lived in q 60 ,
month hat In Fulton street. near sum,
ner avenue, Brooklyn. He was on =,
| work. Today he owns and lives IN
handsome tour-story white stone h"n.a
AT NO. wi Cumberland street. which
ne purchased for sl2, 900 and hirnisnoi
at cost OF $4,000, all OF which came
| out OF his first winnings at Grave
| and Sheepshead Bay.
At the Bennings track England ,o,.
a sensational wager of $4,000 on Irlgh
| Witch in the fifth race through gnrt
riding, which ended by the INV hein,,
| thrown and her jockey, j. Jones. baina,
| knocked unconscious.
England's story, told In the lobhv q
the Hotel Raleigh, In Washington. en-.
ceeds the widest dreams Of romance
| lie Is quiet, unassuming man of Ger,
| man appearance neatly dressed. with
| only diamond stud large and glazing
| and that indescrlbably repressed man,
ner that betokens the plunger. Modest.
| - "'N Wv" Wv ''ViP VI questions, no
began:
Il was born In Jersey City. F,vo
| years ago | was car conductor, Now
| | own six apartments in BROOKLYN and
| own u fine mansion I'm Cumberland
avenue, Brooklyn. In two weeks mora
| / viii have the titles to two more pieces
Of property,
DOPE BOOK FOR FOOLS.
~ guess my rise was largely due IA
luck. For 20 years l have played the
ponles-long before | was conductor.
| For a long time | tried to dope them
out, and then ] found out the dope
book was for fools, and threw Il away.
'Aly system? Well. l guess you will
laugh. 1 call IL lunches some call IL
'mind-reading' and some 'spirlnalism.'
| get good information, too, about VINO
is betting and the workouts Of the
horses.
MY start was made really on "a
cents. one night / felt warm as the
gamblers say and | asked the wife II
she had any money. Why, yes. i've
got 5000 she said; so | took the Is
cents aud went to a crap game.
came away with $50. This was the
night before the opening OF the Graye-
send spring meeting. Next day / went
to the track and bet $50 on Last Cher-
ry. ] knew that the right money was
going on Last Cherry. Racegoers will
remember that 1t was his weak ride on
the second horse, Duenna, that got Hl-
debrand suspended finally ruled Off
That day ! cleaned up $500. From
that time on | was lucky. 1 guess
won steadily.
WON $4,000 ON BEDOUIN.
AT Aqueduct this fall won $4,000
on Bedouin when he won the handicap,
| bet and kept on betting on Beduoln
as long as they would take any money"
Here England broke off and became
mysterious.
why, they even had me followed"
he began after time, but they never
found out. | do not know a Jockey. |
have not spoken to one all season.
Say. this throwing down Of Irish
Witch today was pretty tough. Guess
III fold up and go back to Brooklyn.
II have spent S25, 900 this summer on
my wife and my friends, ] have lot
OF property and about $l50,000 in cash.
Il hope. though, my story won't make
anybody take up betting. ! spent all
my money for 90 years trying to beat
the horses. It's hard game
And his listeners all agreed.
BROOKLYN friends OF England supplies
mented his story with few ac-
counts of his winnings ana losings
His first great day, they said. was the
day of the Suburban Handicap at
Sheepshead Bay.
His first bet was $3.50 on Ivan the
Terrible. who won by a whisker. at IL
to 10. His roll of $3.50 went down on
Waterlight at 4 to 1. Wateright won
handlly netting him a profit OF SlS2O.
which, added to his $3.50, gave him
$4,000, He distributed this among the
bookmakers on Proper, straight ana
place. He got even money for the
place. Proper came I'm second, ana
England made something OF kill
ing" He placed all he had on Timber
at I and to 3. again winning and IN
the last race his fortune went down
on Memories at and s to g.
England had about $4,000 when ~
left Sheepshead Bay that day. II vas
more than he had ever possessed at one
time in his life. He felt so nervous
about It that he hired a couple OF pr
vate detectives to accompany MN
home.
BOUGHT HIM A HOME.
Theresa he said to his wife, wen
invest half Of this In a little home 20
that even II go on the boards agar,
well have place to live in-you ana
| and the children"
They went se-huuting next dal'
and carried home a receipt for Sl2OOV'
which they had paid for the Cumoer-
land street house.
on Aug. | England took his wlfe 70
Saratoga. He played Waterllght IN lus
Sartoga Handicap. If the horse nag
been victorious he would have Won
S95 900, but the race marked his Irs.
great loss. He held off until the Iist
three days OF the meeting Iheh h'
pulled up and quit a big winner "a
England returned to Brooklyn hlu
continued Specializing during the Al11,,
duct and Belmont park meetings
was AZ the latter track thar ne ii'uo
his biggest single winning. S4oVOV Z"
Bedouin lie also bet $4,000 on Nm
lirta at 10 and $1,000 on New Mompp
Hay at to I, winning both. a ven
ago he made another big Winning oa
Sidney C. Love IN the tWo-norse -,
nj Auueduct He placed SloVO dt ,iJ
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