The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
CALL or THE TURF
RUINS PUG|L|STS
McAuliffe Shuffled About $500, ZOO
To The OOkmakers-YOung
COrbett Hooked.

NEW YORK, July 31.-The sight
of Young Corbett and Abe Attell
down at Brighton Beach this week
trying to beat the horses recalls the
fact of the betting ring having en-
quilted many pugilistic fortune
within the last half century 1t will
be remembered that John G. Heenan
lost all the money he made in his
fights with Morrissey, Sayers, King
and other prize ring stalwarts of the
day in the booths at Epson Downs.
Still, that is going back some.
Within modern times many a
champion of the prize ring has been
a deuce in the betting ring. Take,
for instance, Jack McAuliffe, the
greatest lightweight in fighting his
tory and the one clearcut champion
to retire with full honors. In his
day and time McAuliffe earned up
ward of 100000. About one-eighth
of this came from actual fight win
nings, the rest being credited to, his
enormous earning capacity on the
boards with 1.-THE King of The Turf"
Though high liver, at least $500
900 of McAuliffe's fortune went to
the call of the racehorse, his famous
pool room at Coney Island costing
him 100000 in 1900. No pugilist
past or present ever made the enor-
nous money McAuliffe ground out
fifteen years ago. Jim" Jeffries'
one dissipation is playing the horses,
though, to be sure, the frugal
"Jeems" is even here too chary to
plunge beyond 800. Smart as "Phil-
adelphia" Jack O'Brien may be, he
once fell for the ponies.
During the time the famous Dan
Smith sold tips to the gullible race
going public O'Brien used to pay SIS
day for the tips which he had wired
over to Philadelphia so that he might
play them in a hand book at the
Bingham House. 1t is said O'Brien
lost all the profits of his first trip
to England in one month to the hand
book, sum amounting to over $14,-
600.
However, you couldn't get him
to pay on at first past the postbird
now.
Terry McGovery tossed off $780,
900 in four years on buying the cam
paigning race horses.
Young Corbett earned at least
100000 in his fights with McGovern
Britt, Nelson and Hanlon, not to say
anything of his theatrical graft at
the time he stood a champion. He
is now at the Brighton Beach race
track in pillar to post sort of a
condition. His money is gone, but
he still believes that he can beat the
horses and that some day the break
will come his way and with it more
gold and more fame
OF all the pugilistic victims of the
racetrack Young Corbett is the fore
most. His fortune is with the book
makers, and he is even now dribbling
off the final dollars of his share of
the money his recent fight with
kid" Sullivan, at Baltimore, Md,
brought him.
John L. Sullivan is an exception.
He never liked to bet on the horses.
Three weeks ago he visited Sleeps
head Bay to see Peter Pan run, his
first visit to the races since the day
Henry of Navarro won the Suburban
handicap.
Peter Maher is another inveterate
racetrack gambler. A good money
maker in his day, he losst "his"
through backing fourto five shot.
Maher was a Down and Out" club
member around the New Orleans
tracks last winter.
George Gardner, conqueror of
Root, Carter and other good middle
weights of few years back, sunk