The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-02

Second Race-Number four. Hur-
that No. was a horse called Ramus,
and almost broke. his neck getting to
the pooirroom- Scotty was there wait
ing for him.
Want to take little bet on RAJ
That's what I'ms@here for" said
Scotty.
What's his price p.
-Four to one
Well. I'll bet you $500 on him.
said the sucker, dragging out his roll.
IF you call that little bet what is
bigsone asked Scotty, pretending to
be surprised. He took the money,
however. and wrote out ticket which
would have been worth s$27,500 if
tRamus hadsnot already lost his race.
Our hotel man stood around on one
foot waiting for the news of Ramus's
victory to come IN. He didn't have
long to wait. but he didn't get the
news he expected. =
Results of the second race cried
the caller, coming from the telephone.
'Nealon wins
That Nevada e. nan didn't walt to hear
az y'ifloTa he made a bee line for for
there waiting # or.Shim withs smiling
faces. - s.
.'Well, parties: 1--WE turned the trick,
didn't we2" IsSafd. catching him by
minutes work isn't so bad is it?"
never saw a man look as he did.
.sWin!',. hesscreamed., Profit! What
do you mean? We lost and I'm
ruined!''
Then we did piece of acting We
got around that unfortunate sucker
with angry iWoFdssand threats and told
him he seetfl dnst work con game on
us; that We wanted our share of the
winnings and we were going to have it.
10 0t we in
was too puzzled and excited to talk
plain. ss...-
80, You , said second +, Esee.pum6sr
Look at the card!,
He looked down at the entry card
on the table. but tNealor, not Ramus
was No. 4. Ramus was fifth.
The explanation is simple. We had
advance with the horses arranged diff
prepared a number of entry cards in
ferent on them. On the entry card he
had seen before betting Ramus was
fourth, but he didn't know that
my God. 1 made a mistake IN
he cried. his voice raising
to such q scream we were afraid he
would have half of Kearney street in
on US. Then he threw his worthless
ticket down on the table and buried
his face in his hands.
When we saw the ticket we pretend
ed that our doubts were settled. but
we cursed him for fool and told him
to get out, that we wouldn't have any
thing more to do with him. That sug-
gestion reused hope in his breast.
Boys he said, i've been fool,
and 1 have cost you all a lot of money
we should have won. l haven't got
any more, but 1 go, back to Reno to-
morrow. I've friends there, and l can
raise $4,000 more, 1 think. Then I'll
come back and Well try this game
again. You can bet your life I'll not
make mistake in counting again
So the next day he started home TO
trv and raise more money. Meanwhile
we dropped in at Scotty's and got our
800. The other 81, 200 went
to Scotty and 49,. Our friend from
Nevada never came back. and. to tell
the truth. we did not care, for he
might have been ugly when he was
done the second time. May be some
one in Reno put him wise. If not,
this will let him know for the first
time how he lost his money. OF course,
you understand that while he was out
we changed the entry cards. Just one
week after this job we turned another
trick to the tune of 81, 300. We made
a slight chaIige in the game this time.
Instead of giving the sucker the
horses number on the entry card we
phoned this message:
place money on Gala ghan.'
He rushed down to Scotty'S and play |
I'd Callaghan to win. Callaghan had |
run second, and when he came back |
SadN " pul q 1AOlC IhOo5AA Se]SA VI Us
We made him repeat the message he |
1ad received place money in rae |
ng parlance. means second money, so |
We had little difficulty in convincing
him that our message meant to play
he money for place, which. if he had (
lone it, would have made his bet a
winning one.
We worked these two games with /
7ariations all winter long. In fact, on /
he day before the earthquake we
made a big haul. We never had a +
more prosperous season so far as big 1
were concerned, but it went [
as fast as we made it, and we had /
o be on the lookout for fresh victims /
III the time We did not confine our
selves to the overlapping dodge, !
either. We worked the stacked card
rick for those that favored poker
New York Telegraph.