The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-27
PERMEATES ALL CLAS-
SEs IN WASHING
TON CITY
WOMEN MAKE wAGERS
When Out ShOpping--Han
books for Their Benefit.

washington. Dec STA stroller
through any OF the bie meat and produce
markets Of washington is apt to over
hear rofne curious conversations between
the marSetmen ana their customers
stout. middle aged woman. with
blr market basket over her arm, APP
proacbes the stall OF the pork dealer
u,itb The srotless apron and the basket
work sieese protectors.
srhem was good pork chops you sofa
me yistiddy l don't think" che says 70
the naarketman. but she wears smile
ti,at ahows her dissatisfaction over the
pork cbops to be OF no great depth.
.scood thing I beat you IN that Pickles
bet or thered have been jawin Waith
for you"
who's ha' given that one a chanet-
PickIes.r replies the maTketman grum-
pilv. Lets see; you took oDenin odds
on that one, didn't your And be opened
at 4 to l."
~ aid not take oDenin' odds, said
cl.ssn. odds. and he closed at Z l..
promptly maintains the fat woman.
.Don' xoa, come none o that foolishness
on noe. said ciosin, odds. an you
know II. You owe me sio-th dollar
on that one was the on'y one ! piayed
yisiiddy."
Come q think Of It. guess you did
say closin' Odds" says the marketman'
sheepishly '.Pooty soft for your. Mrs.
McGina, puttin' them Z; babies over
What'n ye have tday7'
II want tws pounds O. sausage meat.
uhe replies. IAN / got pipe at MOO
orleans tday--Yor Yorkshlre Lad. Coin
BET you five on that one"
The marketman weighs out the TWO
pounds OF sausage meat and wraps y
IN Then. out Of the 80 coming 20
~ customer out OF the successful Pick
Les bet he takes her s. wager on York
ablre I.ad. that horse to go the same af-
t9rnoon al New Orleans. Then he sub
tracts the price OF the sausage n'eaf
from the remaining IS, and hands hls
customer the change.
Tradesmen Make Books.
DAINTY little matron with smai.
hut weli filled fancy market basket, trips
IN 10 the stall OF tho fruit dealer. Her
mouth Is slightly down at the corners
Il knew that that horrid old Paul
s1lnord wouldn't win" she says. a bi,
peevishly. TO the smiling fruit dealer
ANA think OF me betting 81 on him
You lust know he wouldn't win, TOO
when you took the bet'''
NO didn't lady; honest" replies
the narkeiman 'He looked Ike q good
thing Z me. OF wouldn't ha' told you
honest Like some orargesg Jes' got
some hne California grapes in"
y want 4 dozen seediess oranges,
an.-Do you think Belle strome has
any chance today2 ] heard about hef
this morning"
shes good IN the mudsky. all right,
and it'a muddy down in New Orieenz
now" replies the marketman.
what price will she be?' inquiries the
little mairon with the fancy g'arket
baeket.
~oh. ~ or I l." answered the mar
ketman.
"wen here's 81 on Belle strome. clos
inS odds" says the little matron. pro-
ducing her pocxetbook and getting out
the money That's the only one I'm
goin' 70 pay
The market fruit dealer takes her
money. registers her bet in the little
book that be draws out Of his ~aistcoat
nocket and gives her the change.
the big black butler for q conneeu-
cut avenue s-iniiy iumbers Up 10 tho
stan Of market dealer in butter and
eees and his sldes are shaking with
the soy that Ia In him.
ssI4ar har! hart" he laugha. rumbling-
ly, AZ he gloRts over the butter and egg
man "Ah jes guess dat was bad
comb b-nashun-Orly an Bullhnsh, bofe
tuh win-thutty-h and T. a., an dey
bofs win hy uh block. and the butler
leans against the counter and laughs
uproarlously. "Ah guess An eaynt pick
'em or nuthin'" and he bends him
SELF an hui double IN his manifestations
OF Joy.
The butler orders lot Of butter and
eggs for "hls famhly' upon connect-
cut avenue. and then he produces two
very limp and grlmy locking slips OF pa
per. These two slips Of paper are the
scrawled parlay bets Of himself and oi
the coachman OF his family
Women Play the Ponies.
He gets his winnings on the previous
days combination, dsposits the money
Tor the two other combinations. aud de-
parts. stin In the throes OF mirth over hii
success In beating the marketman on 1
$50 10 So combination bet.
The answer 20 all Of this OF course. 4
that very large number Of marketmei
IN the Washington markets have be
come makers OF handbooks. A gooi
many Of them have found the game "a
more profitable than the selling of pro
duces and they are doing business on th
horses az their stalls an the time
They have their regular line OF Gus
TONERS. mostly women. who not onl
buy things for NE table frofn them, bu
do their betting on the winter races J
the marketmen'a handbooks
Ia proportion % lte regulation, ther
arc more beitOrs cn tha horse races 4
Washington than On amy other City an Bl
United states-peyhaps two 20 one
Every horseman who comes here quick
iy becomes aware OF this fact.
The craze has had possession of al
elements of Washngton's pooulauon 70
good many years. ard q Is parlcularl
rampant Tor some wee6s or months az
ter ihe close Of a Bennins meeting. IN
proportion Of Nomen who bet on th
horses here is away ahead of that o
any other city on the continent.
Inul year or So ago. iho wome
who liked ~ bei on fhe ponies had % 80
ihtir motley down ~ "a clrcnltoss pro
cess II they were keeping their bet