The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-06-20
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EAHANNAAa
And u "a lost to Seattle
Does anyone for a minute suppose
that this city In actually benefited
BY tho race meeting being held nt
the NeRdowH7 Does any suppose
that those fancy vested gents. with
their Enudy craNata and their Jim
Grow diamonds are spending money
among legitimate places OF business
herc7 The writer doesn't believe
that there IL one business man Ia
the city OF Seattle with perhaps a
few exceptions in the eases OF those
keeping restaurants aud hotels
who really thinks he II gaining
anything by tho Van do Nantur
maiinuea
These crafty dope manipnlatoru
are not IN Seattle FOR their health.
nor do they intend 90 leave any
more money here than Is absolutely
necessary.
have talked with Dozen repre-
sentative retail merchants Of Seat
tie and only one endorsed the Mead
ows game az all and he owns stock
In tho track association.
To those who are n bit dubious
about whether much 81 Seattle'a
money really Eocs into the book
les hands. tho writer takes plea
sur0 IN describing the 'modua aper-
andia Of the Van dc vhntrr-hook-
maker clique.
First let me say that the Meadows
track Il unlike any honest. decently
conducted race track IN the United
states, II ia known as a "nyndicato
track" and any honest race-traek
follower will tell you that "ayudi-
cate track" and dirty crookedncas
60 hand IN hand.
A syndicate track" means that
the boekmakera form an irun-eiah
trust. each agreeing not 20 compete
with the other by cutting prices. a.
lowing one man "a designate the
odds each day In other words, the
sucker who desires ln take q lit
tie fller on the ponies must take the
odds that the syndicate give him.
whereas on honestly conducted
tracks the odds are much larger. a.
the bookiea vie with each other in
attracting patronage by posting up
the most liberal figures
Those who favor clean. legitimate
race track sport know that this Is
enc 81 the most despicahle methods
% double the public
known 10 the sporting element
But
10 this were all. u would not be -
bad However. the syndicate book
feature Is bat a stepping stone for
Mes1rs Van de Nanter aud his
ieeehes TO a more pa pahle aud 70.
pugnaut ffaud-a fraud that Will
eventually prove their nndulng. Tor
/ Il is only a matter - time when the
Western tneky club under whose
/ Jurisdiction the Meadows operafrs.
wili refuse 20 recognize the King
/ County Pair association and declare
it an outlaw track. This will mean
that every horse driven At the
Meadows. ever jockey riding there
and sVcFy nsRtT racing there. vlll
be ruled of II all legitimate trafka
In the enuatry.
/ The stepping atnue" referred e.
In the agreement between the track
association and the bookmakern by
which THEY DIVIDE TIE spOits
on A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
You fleece the suckers" saF The
Van de- Vantera. and give Ne 50 per
cent Of the blood money"
Every night The buukies and the
track folk get together. and the lat
ter hand over SIXTY PER CENT
or THEIR WINNINGS.
In addition 10 that the bnuklna
pat up the purses each day.
what do they make such Eeuer-
Gus concessions forg
Why are they willing 10 give The
Van De Yanters 50 per cent % their
winnings ana put up 1850 each
I day In addltionf
The writer knows why.
And 40 does the poor victim who
puts up bis good money against a
I bad Eamsi
The bookmnkara' connection with
the track gang bears the same re-
saublanee aa tho crook who hands
I the "eop" on the beat a piece of
money 20 be allowed to rob un-
molostsd.
Give as so per cent and the
purses and go the limit"
That's what the Van de Vanters
aaY to the hungry -mawed hookiea.
and the latter 10 go the limit
They adjust their books 20 that Il
is absolutely impoasib e. except
through a race track miracle for
them 70 lose. in fact. It f. imros-
slbie for them not 20 win And
the more money they make. the
larger ten golden stream that ppuru
into the King County Fair assocla-
tons Golfers
Nov. Just think this over for a
minute.
Just consider that Il IL money out
OF the track associations pockets
every time a heayily-played horse
wins
Remember. that when the bookiea
lose. the Van de Vantera loco.
and waen there IA n big killing. 4"
tho Van de vanterfs' pouch Grows
/ fafter
who ever heard Of decent race
track before where the owners and
bookmakers Joined hands and fat
tened together off the winnings?
For the benefit OF the layman |
may say that on hossstly- conducted
tracks tho hookmaker pays a GER
tain license fee, and n does not
make an lota OF difference 10 the
track owners. az an association.
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