The Washington times., 1906-03-27
HERE'R THE BOYS
WHO GET THE COIN
Big BOokies Doing Business
at Benning.
BILL "WAN IS ABOUT
Afraid to Buck Against His Washington
Hoodoo-George Wheelock Too
Strong to Work.

AS is ever the case, the betting ring
was about the most interesting spot and
the most entertaining thing about the
Benning course yesterday.
If anyone ever doubted the assumption
Of a Washington sport being able TO
gamble gamely, he should have taken
a good look at the betting mart just
about the time prices had nicely settled
about the field of the Bennins Ecraicap.
the feature event Some way, everybody
IN Washington had a tip on Race King
AS soon as Lichtenstein put up TO
against the Tenny horse. the home
brew horse players went at the layers
line with the fury of the "Old Guard"
When the insiders from New York COM
menced TO dabble on BelIsncker and the
price against Race King started to soar
10 10 l in sympathy with the trend of
,the market, it was inspiring to see the
fi.miIiar faces of the Washingtonians
Stiu sticking TO their guns and plugging
Race King. Probably S25, 600 In hard cold
cash found It's way from the pockets of
the local players into the strong pockets
of the bookmakers' boxes On Race
Kings defeat in the Benning Handicap.
As usual Bill Cowan did not hoist
prices during the afternoon. This big
-
ington for the reason that he never
could win here. Bookma<ers. like
reporters are superstitious and accord
ing TO the gossip of the ring, Cowan
believes Washington is his natural high
ace '.noodoo.' II is told of Cowan that
once on returning from visit TO a
Mexican silver proposition, he came as
far as Baltimore. Md, and then
switched of TO a side line in order to
avoid the Capital City.
Sol LiChtenstein as in former spring
meetings ranked as the bell wether.
He made the prices and generally domi-
mated the ring.
Sol spent a funny winter When he
wasn't pla wing beneath the green lights
ne was at home reading his Bacon and
his Ma ulay far into the morning
hours. IL bet $3.50 on Fancy Bird in
tho very first race. forcing the colts
price from threes TO 6 to 5. OF course,
when L~ckcy won. he lost.
George A. Wheelock. erstwhile presi-
dent and leader of the Nets, was not
in the ring. He was an absentee for
the first time in almost ten years. There
was an aspect of genuine pathos in the
statement of o. A. Jones. NO. George
is not here and 1 do not expect him TO
put up price again
Wheelock has finally retired from the
arena wherein he entered a poor. unnn-
ished youth a few years back TO become
the r1CheSt DOOkuldkeT III AIntiltd W.
\ Jones is now one of the stanchest
bookmakers in this country. and always
draws a patronage from a numerous
clientele in Washington Humming
Bird Tyler was not in line. but Jim
my Cahill drew in and "Rop' Nc
Mahon did likewise.
John CaVaDaugh. superintendent OF
the betting ring. was early TO hand. He
lined out exactly eighteen Nets and
forty of rank and file outsiders. The
Nets were allotted space on one side
of the ring by themselves while the
forty outsiders" ranged themselves all
over thein closure.
All ewes We're alert for a sight of the
expected expulsion of the agents Of the
poolroom services doing business at the
Western Union pagoda under the grand
stand. However, the poolroom people
swarned about there the same as usual
and the Jockey Clubs threatened fight
on the system and the promised assist
anCe TO the Rev Slicer in his efforts to
lessen the poolroom evil by cutting off
the service from the trackside did not
materialize. Things went on the same
as ever. As announced some days ago
the bookmakers' supply stands were
moved across the Maryland line which
biSects the betting ring