The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-08
SUES RACE MANAGERS.
,,swssEN bet TRADE rNIoN'S
r,tBS ON THE HORSES.

DHNnU AFs#. |f H'' "
h's| +E, -,,.rone ofa suit on ttial yesterday
We r..,-. Amend in the Supreme Court,
oe"'.A, nv ~. J7.ted HonsesmithS n
o'o4s. rrso,ors mon. Local So, through
!. nrs.dent. Robert Andrews to recover
NIX from tho Westohester RACING Asso-
cation .n ,,o nooev vbioh
'-,ar treasurer, Peter Rasmussen,
Ns,a md lost ~ Morris Park in May,
'%s ond If thinks that the racing associa-
.boIlj he held responsible for the money
. " R,smussen lost it with bookmakers
20 i, sIi,re.. ply their trade under mo
,ssac,at.on's auspices
n,svrssen should have been a tipster,
r,,hI,r Racing men who were IN
and stoned 70 bis bets, after they
- consulted the dope for that meeting,
n.n,e nnch.ng themselves 10 md out II
w. were awake 1t is certainly marvel
W., .,a, anv man could strike so many
Dtarors and vet be a loser, The only ex-
Tano,ion offered was that Of an old stager
pLa unmarked that " tbs ever thus when
ron gamble with other peoples money
',oording 10 J. F. Perdue, counsel for
,hn borsesmiths union. August Belmont
'ndotber officers of the Westchester Racing
Is.ociation have been e%ubpenaed to
,o.,ifv AT the trial. So have most OF the
h~ookmakers with whom Rasmussen did
hn.iness. including Sol Lichtenstein, George
VbaelocA. George Bowles. Joe Vendlg
and other stars Of the slate. Mr..
i. sid 10 be ready to testify at any time,
", psrdpe denied that the action was
;,s,;red bv Peter De Lacy or other pool
ronn men to make trouble for the tracks.
II i. the contention OF the union, as ex.
r-assed in the complaint drawn by MIR.
pe,due. that the hookmakers who separated
Rasmussen from his union funds were
roarelv the agents or representatives OF
the ASSOCIATION, and that the latter is legally
RESPONSIBLE for their acts and liable Tor
the money lost.
TIE complaint sets forth that the associa-
tion hsa carried on race meetings, not
for the purposes set forth in its charter
mr. the laws oil the State, but as a place
WHARF gambling may be full and freely
INDUCED in" 1t ia further alleged that
the gambling or pool selling that goes on
81 1.-THE associations tracks Is in direct con-
travention Of the State Constitution.
The association is alleged to be a public
nuisance, and a special nuisance to the
United Housesmiths Union. and to be
harmful to the community and ~"subversive
Of good morals
Herbert Barry, Of Davies, Stone d Auer-
bach, counsel for the association. moved
todlsmiss the suit before trial, or the ground
that there vas NJ hIng in the complaint to
show that any officer of the association
ever got cent Of Rasmussen's or the unions
money. There is plenty of abuse in the
complaint saidMr. Barry. but not a word
of allegation to this effect
Lawyer Perdue replied that he expected
toshow that the officers stood by and watched
the betting going on; that they authorized
the ~bookmakers to ply their trade on the
ASSOCIATION grounds, and received money
in return for this privilege, II they did
50, be said, then some percentage of Ras-
mlsssn's spendings went to this end.
Justice Amend denied the motion to
dismiss and directed the trial to proceed.
Rasmussen, a neat looking German,
with a slight accent was examined by
Lawyer Martin Dolphin, for the union,
Dolphin wears a black name that hides his
~roatoollar.
u NAL4tSS dllI!.Ntti lLldl ne "de VI as
uIer, and that he took the unions money
70 gamble with. He took some Of his W
along with it, he said. but how much be
Old not specify. He was asked to tell what
be saw at Morris Park, and he entered
INTO a long discussion OF the familiar race
track scenes, the grand stand, the betting
mig with the bookmakers at their stools
surrounded by sheet writer's. cashiers and
q bowling mob Of men anxious 10 mako
money BY %dlvination.
Rasmussen told how he hustled around
the ring to get the best odds, how the bookie
noted the number Of his badge, the most
prominent feature Of the badge, as Lawyer
PeEdue got him 10 say, and how he observed
men with off cial badges floating around the
ing, watching the proceedings. Rasmus-
sen always stuck to the big men in the ring.
DE never tried the railbirds, He described
N detail, at the LAWYERS instance. how the
oooKmakers prepare their states and record
the bets they make.
LAWYER Barry objected strongly to the
use Of the word "hookmaker" as applied to
eol LIchtenstein, George Wheelock and
mat the word was as good an English word
ssahy other and carried a definite meaning
TThlch men Of the world all understand,
.Vuoe Amend settled the squabble by get
uns the witness to tell what he meant by
tSookmaker, and by describing once more
S1at he saw the alleged bookmakers doing,
thsse preliminary cauters over, Lawyer
poIphla got down TO the facts of Rasmns-
seI nettlGC He almost invariably played
Z horse to win. His first wager was on
reliable, May 8, in the opening race. He
kS SD 10 $50 from Lichtenst Elm and Re-
lsDe won. His other bets that day were
L ,t $50 70 S25, with Cowan, finished
aug The Bennington entry, $50 to $50,
I'm george Bowles, won; Simon Kenton,
sH 70 SO, with Levy, lost, and Monad-
TpcS' 500 10 s25 and s25 even, with Jones.
Itai was Rasmussen's only place bet in the
NT2Ie series. Monadnook came in second,
iHe heNt day he starred in well with Tn
} sasHeo, SM 20 $50, with Bookmaker Harris,
ruch Won. His FIVE other choices were
snafhp!iIn 500 to $50 second; Buckleya,
NO to So third. Salvage, 500 TO $50, second;
mnp1cfa'eS pronounced to rhyme with
sny ola Graf p $50 to 40, second, and Fila
IIyurr' s!5" 10 $50, Sc ond. He lost $40
~ lh' game went on. He struck two
~ On m, saturday, in ST. Bellane, $40
~ and The Caller, $40 to $50. Rut he
~ we 500 on two others that ran second
~. 'hlf0. Monday he had Mlozon, SIPS
~ wv won, and Merry Lark, $50 to $50,
saus TlhNirg the two first races. He had a
%So,u. q ihIrl and two losers later on, and
' Us si2o Oh the dav.
Jnef- va never a day in the whole
ssy aerI mat ne did not have a winner
g I'' H-i, Nav %, when circumstances
U,uea r!H 10 qut SIX DAYS he had two
Fra.I MS, ''I0" hs had three and once four.
ssn o9 m" last Gay he played, for first,
FFvVt' aa1 q 'hl'a ~ five bets az fair odds.
.n ''Ih' hen he got home Rasmussen
ds,ai'' p a a''l0 meWorandum book the
bs u bee" u.', Ter the day. He read