Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
NEW YORK POOL
RO0MSARE LOSERS
JOCKEY CLUB INCREASES
VOLUME OF MONEY
Business Is Enormous at Gotham Race
Track Since New Policy Of Club
Has Been Put In
Practice

The policy of the jockey club against
the poolrooms in New York has had the
effect of turning a greater volume of
money into the betting rings at the
New York tracks. The claim that more
money is being handled this year than
ever before appears to be thoroughly
supported
Until last week, however, the book
makers. it seems, were unable to get
much ahead of the public in the general
summing up, but three unusually bad
days for the talent at Gravesend put
the layers more than comfortably on
the profit side of the ledger On this
subject the New York Sun quotes one
of the biggest bookmakers at the track
as follows:
Last Monday the ring won 100000
on the day. That is to say, the big ring
with $50 layers. Cowen alone cleaned
up $4,000 in that day, while even the
smaller operators, such as the non
members in the front line, won all the
way from $4,000 to $4,000 each on that
day.
1t was a remarkable bit of business,
but it was surprised on Friday, when
nearly $500O0O was won by the layers
on the six races. Cowen was $4,000
winner alone. Tyler cleaned up $50, 900,
while George Rose, Lichtenstein, Boles
and others were from $4,000 to $4,000
to the good. On Saturday it is not eX-
aggerating it q particle to say that the
ring won $4,000
The sheets will show the business
beyond a doubt With $50 layers, an
average winning for all three days of
$4,000 each would not he impossible, by
any means. Anybody who tries to deny
that there is more betting at the track
now than ever before is not on the level
with the public. The volume of busi-
ness is enormous.
Cowen was a tremndous loser up to-
the middle of the Belmont park meet
ing, his losses footing up to nearly
$4,000. But he has got it all back in
the last ten days. ] know of another
handler of big money who was $S0,00O
to the bad up to a week ago yesterday
These are facts. and they can be backed
up with real live figures"
w. H. Cheppu. the bookmaker, has
just returned to New York from
France. He says that there is no longer
any chance of pulling off any old-time
coups in that country since bookmaking
has been abolished. The mutuals quick
ly expose stable support.
Ort Wells has been declared out of all
COley lSldllu Jockey CIuD eHSdSeIneHlS.
Mr.. Longs good colt. Sir Huon, is
we'll engaged at Sheepshead Bay and,
in view of late disasters to good horses,
his advent there will be welcomed.
His engagements there and their dates
are: June 80, the Advance stakes, one
and three-eighths miles; July 4, Long
Island handicap, one and one-eighth
miles; July 8, the Spindrift stakes, one
and three-eighths miles
Tn, Of OF Iras he "
be started is known only to his owner,
but it Is generally assumed that he
will be sent for the $4,000 Advance
stakes, in which he may be called upon
to contend with Flip Flap, Oiseau, Ac-
countant Whimsical. Tokalon, Ormon-
dale, Cairngorm and RAMS Horn at
weight for age.
| Seventy-five teams and 200 men are
at work on the new race course of the
Montreal Jockey club. The work is
being pushed and the plant will be
ready for a fall meeting
A dispatch from Lexington says that
| Max Samuelson, who for several years
looked after the Kentucky interests of
the late Captain S. S. Brown, discredits
! the report from New York that Clar-
ence H. Mackay has taken an option
on Senorita farm and the stations and
mares thereon.
| A. D. Galbraith, secretary of the
Montana Fair and Racing circuit, is in
Denver in the interest of the circuit,
which is to open with mixed running
and trotting meeting at Butte, August
q. This meeting will end September
Z and will be followed by meetings Of
one week. each at Livingston, Boze-
man, Great Falls, Helena and Mis-
| soula There will be three or four run
ming races at each point each day, for
which the purses will average $3.50.
The Butte Fair and Racing associa-
ton has purchased the racing track
property belonging to the Marcus DAILY
estate. This is a very well equipped
plant with accommodations for 633
head Of horses.
The Butte promoters intend to reju-
venate racing throughout Montana, and
next season they are anxious to launch
a circuit comprising Denver, Salt Lake,
Boise, Spokane, Seattle and possibly
Los Angeles or some other favorable
shipping point in California.
The mining troubles are at an end in
Montana and racing Is expected to
flourish there as never before since the
palmy days. There are already three
pool rooms i'm full operation in Butte,
posting prices on the races at all the
tracks of the country. SO prosperous is
the condition OF the town that the Butte
management. according to Secretary
| Galbraith, has added four days to the
length of the meeting originally deter
! mined upon.