The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-24
|MART|N1MEN ARE
BUS. C c 4 \ IN.
Thousands Of Dollars Were
.W,agcd On the Senatorial
& Fight. i.
BET MUsTAcHlos AND LOST
Montague A ltl1Fi ere tit Will Push
Friend In Whcelbarrow
ThroughHAsl1land

X The feeling expressed BY Sir John
1ralstaff when he fsuil: "sblood am as
melancholy as IL. cat or a lugged
bear" was abroad with about has the
population OF Richmond yesterday. .5
ut was settling day with those who had
not bet wisely, and while there were those
who presented Il smiling Martin appear
ance, there were others on whose face
was pictured unnistakable signs Of mel
$ancholy.5 jtis
Thousands OF dollars were wagercd on
the result OF the senatorial fight, and
those who did not risk the pelf, made
&wagers that caused no less cruel results
TO the losers. r. 5. i,5
One OF the most picturesque OF the
Wugers was made " a citizen who had
Sularity Of Governor Montague, that he
swore sacred oath that he would sncri-
flee his magnificent moustacho II his
hero went down In the dust Of defeat.
sf Yesterday, at precisely / o'clock, the
1roseate martial pdornments fell a victim
to; a barber's blade. andt after being
placed II, a roonyfbox, became the prop
erty OLA Martin man.
S5 Won Coin Of the Realm
n Two young. but distinguished attorneys
I at law members Of the Commonwealth
Club, won $500 eacn on the "sure thing
from scottsvllle, and d certain Mr.. Aaron
Marks. from the arshes of Norfolk,
transported several thousand ducats to
the city by the sea- Mr.. Ma rks,s. wad Is
said to have been SO large that he enl-l
.ployed a messenger boy to roll 1t to the
tion for him. i4sgB4s4t
One Of the most interesting bets that
was made and lost0 1as that wagered
on Montague by Jackson Wise, who put
up $500 on the pure 4 election candi-
date. IL. *
X A we'll known club man and warn sup
porter OF the Governor dropped $2,4OO
In good coin OF the realm:in laying against
the gentleman from Albemarle. Possibly
he did not know that zone Of the best
runners on the ira cks this season Is an
Albemarle sprinter4 named TON Martin. Z
The much talked OF bet Of 100 to 500,
bet by a Martin syndicate, has been
turned over, to the syndicate manager,
who will shortly declare dividends that
will make the Standard OIL magnates look
like group of paupers.
$ One of the Syndicate, who owns a
well known race horse, took down $4,000
In single outside bet. He says: This
game has the bookies' skinned to q
finish" Y. l Y. =, v .,il ,,5t /,
rhe hats and. cigaarrss tatatsSwere won
ana lost. would flll4af freight car. and
some OF thoseM who have been choking
over campaign weeds are. how luxulriantly
putting "the real thing.
Landed Fifty Bets.
One young follower ofS'''the senator, Is
said to have made fifty bets Of various;
assortments and landed every one. He
Is as elated as thoughahes had Mr.. Rookie
teller t"tainted millions" to check upon.
A popular police commissioner is said
to have increased his bank account by =
iudicious investment on Mr., Swanson and
to have won a motor car on his faith In
the Department running" OF Senator Mar
tin. He remarked with a knowing grin.
to a group OF friends who were con rn t.
ulating him that the car was OF little use
to him, as he had no experience In run
Ming MACHINE" Possibly t is not polit-
ically constructed. " si5y
a newspaper man who draws n princelH
salary from one OF the great afternoon
papers, lost $50 to n brother Dives on the
senatorial result Keeping the years sal
airy sin the family" SO to speak lessened
the pangs OF parting and tempered the
lows OF tumultuous welcome.
The sum Of five hundred dollars was the
"mere bagatelle' that an insurance man
allowed to escape from his roll" when
the senatorial news meth his aston1shed
gaze. while 'hy drummer" paid for
one thousand cigars Of an expensive brand
1ust to prove that his forecast had been
at fault. -.
h a WheelbarroW Ride.
IN Ashland there will lRbe an open air
show on noat Saturday afternoon that
will cause the crowd to leave the cold
stove OF the popular corner grocery store.
4 Montague man will push In wheel
barrow a Martin disciple from one end
OF the town to the other. as a token OF his
lack OF judgment.
Il may, be- said in advance that the
Montague man will not exercise too great
On "a in choosing the primrose path in that
great political push,
TO 5cxult 10 the victory OF their cham
pion, a party Of five club men have bot
on the majority that will be received by
Mr. Martin, and the gentleman who strnys
fnrthest from the lucky number Will play
host at dinner TO his more knowing
friends.
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