The Washington times., 1906-10-14

"DAVY" JOHNSON SUCCEEDS
"PITTSBURG PHIL" IN RING
Has Bet Cool Million Since Last May on Eastern Tracks,
and Is Some Loser Up to Date-Charley Ellison
IS Foremost Winner
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

By J. s. A.
NEW YORK. oct. 13.-"Davy' John
son IS the premier plunPer Of the year.
Not that ne has been most success
ful. for be is a loser. but this wonderful
moncy prodigal of the sporting world
he's bet three or four times as much
as any other individual operator in the
betting rings during the annual cam
paign just waning.
About a month from today, or 10 be
correct. November I6. New YOrkers VIII
see their last day Of racing for the year.
On that date the curtain VIII drop az
Aqueduct. J.. l., and by nightfal thous-
Hnds OF men and horses viii be headed
Tor the Benning track. near Washing
ton, ID. e.. the one stopping place in
the flight to the winter racing grounds
at New Orleans. La, and the CalifJr-
Mas After the running Of the heavy
betting Municipal Handicap today at
Belmont Park. many of the foremost
speculators and boUkmakeTs stepped
down and cut until the balmy zephyrs
Of springtime blow six months hence.
Johnson Is "Pittsburg PhiI's" Successor.
incidentally. Johnson and his tremen-
COus operations constituted the main
theme IA the gossip Of the professional
fraternity while reviewing the ups and
downs OF the year In the betting market
returning home on the race trains.
Johnson IS the real successor of the
PitIsburg Phil 20 aVeTTed BOOkmaker
al Haun In only one thing" came
the reJOinder from a nearby car seat.
How do YOU figure IT.. exclaimed
chorus Of voices. and then 'MaXey'
Blumenthal undertook 10 explain that
Johnson had quite as much nerve as
PM and would bet as much as the
deceased plungeT. but that Where
Pittsburg Phil would win three bets
out OF four "Dayy' could not make
enc stick up.
In other words. ''Plttsburg Phil was
"a shTewd. calculating operator, who re-
duced the matter of playing race horses
10 an exact science Johnson, on the
ether hand, is a slap dash sort Of fell
low, who VIII come into tue betting ring
intending q bet sl00 on q 4 TO ] chance
L. wind up wagering thousands on
% faVorite. However, there can be
little questions OF 'PItJsbuTg phi
money in their respective heydays than
any TWO other individuals oi which
turf chronicles recount
Losses Have Been Heavy.
johnson has run the gulI gamut OF
luck and fortune IN his rweuty-seyen
years of gambling, bul never did he
have a more exciting summer than the
one just AT an end on his own esti-
mate johnson bet as much as SI.0J5 600
since last May. Something ike $3.50 600
has remained with the Ting. During
the last few weeks Johnson has been I'm
luck and fully 600 00J Of this VAST sum
has been won back as consequence.
johnson s. zurpsssing faculty seems 20
be iu AN ability 10 bring new grist 20
the mill From Wau Street ne brought
ID score Of pletnoriC bank rolls during
the season. onl- to burn them up as
fast as Jhev came Io hand. He can go
broke today ang turn mp tomorrow with
500 uUl backing. At least that ls what
the bookmakers and the insiders say
and, Of course. they should pretty
nearly know.
For an idea OF just what a terrific
game this Johnson PLAYED an year II is
exactly Ss3 500 on August at Saratoga,
y y. while IA the day that Comedl-
enHe 4 20 60 ! shot, closed out k0Sepen
az GFaVesend he dropped almost F0t,e-,
Through last winter Johnson ganb-
ling rooms in Manhattan and hls " All
Street interests had proven lueI1uEe
sources of revenue, 50 that he was aole
10 attend the opening or racing at BEL
mont Park ION Metropolitan hand-cap
hts beloved sprinter, who mad esIAn-
lIshed the worlds record Tor Tnree-Quat-
tars OF a mile with lil POUNDS up. al
III SIS the autumn before, was starter
IN the Met Johnson bet $1,000 on
MIN and lost. All the world doth re
member the victory OF Grapple- oV 10
/ outside chance.