New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
HURRYING TO TRACK.
Different Sorts of Persons WHO Try
to Uin in Sport of Kings"


under the SUM- On a Saturday afternoon the race
trains carry the Wall Street broker, the drygoods
clerk. the politician. the policeman of duty and
the pickpocket duty. the -'piunger and the
-piker.' There professions which not
represented in that happy -so-lucky crowd hurry
ing to the track. Every seat is taken, the aisles
crowded and yet there is not room
Maybe il IS the love the sight OF the thorough
bred IN action which is responsible for this hurry
ing throng but this is extremely doubtful Spec
uIation in America ranges from the crap game
to the rise and fall of the stock market The
messenger boy rolls the bones" and loses. n.
calls hard luck The broker blanes the mar
ket.' And probably the racetrack exerts It's fas-
cirating influence through the speculation con-
nected with IL.
Quick action is what Americans after. ard
they go to the racetrack to get IT, Broadly speak
ing. racetrack followers may divided into two
great casses-the regulars and the "irregulars''
1t has been estimated that there are about te,
thousand regulars around the greater city. To
them racing Is a business pure and simple. NOT
that racing is pure and simple. for II It they
would have quit the game long ago. But they 20 70
the TO make living. 1t is impossible 70 esti-
mate the number Of "irregulars' occasional
visitors 10 the track. A big like ths
Futurtty the Brooklyn the Suburban or the
Brighton draws a crowd Of 4Oo9e. Probably three
fourths of the number are "irreguIars.'' But OF
that number there less than thousand who
do take a chance"
There's fun if you don't bet' is the general
bettOr
ports his Judgment against that Of the bookmaker
forms of the most interesting parts Of the
sport Of kings BY far the greatest number Of
known as s'handica ppers'f or 5oneS+s-s ' 6 81
sees them the trains eagerly scanning the past
newspaper selections. but they handicap pIay.
Selections % do ther gur sn o WnG 5Sdcs1 m9Ks bss ts
They study what certain horse has done IN the
try to figure out what he will do in his next Tscs
asalhs. az 'e = oppoSIns eoIes 10 them the small
ton Of the track. the weight the horse carry
the horses position ar the start the number Of
horses in the race whether the horse runs better
which the handicaPper puzzles over His IL bust
figures the stresses and strains for a bridge bnt
the engineers figures make allowance for bigger
Then, there is the follower Of tips His pockets
are oG.sins one oaX ana the next ne has no use for
dock and any place where he thinks he is liable 20
means the ability OF a horse 70 win This class
must trust to The judgment Of Others and do i,
crowd gets its Information from the ''rarbirds' or
the racetrack with the rising OF the sun II is their
business to watch and time the horses in the early
thegseIves for the thopoTEhbrsds Do not % sr4D 40
while training. or course. the majority Of the
Gence. for that Would arsct the 6etti2g So tho
Racing luck Is a proverbiaI term Right here
ia where the vast army Of woman spccuIators come
regulars for there many women regulars
do their betting purely on sentiment, and IL is
long run as the "dopesters' They play a horse
because ne has name which appeals to them
heart or Brother Jack Sweetheart hasn't got q
companion .:F,jfty 70 oneE Do via afty dollars
heart is a dog He can't run fast enough TO keep
warm You put your dollar with mine on the
finally the wise one places $50 on the fayoTits
a n I a
iIisr cry They're or" rolls through the grand
and takes it into his head TO sulk He is hope
leSsly beaten at the haif-mie post On they come.
A second more and the race viii be over Out q
oEneT s and e the fRr one fans o the she Was
crowd And the fair ones companion grunts Well.
The women bettors are also attracted by the
some one jockey whose riding ability stands out
sistentIy by the women and often BY the ren.
sIi5sGi' Sloan. Fuller. fiiHT Tarai Radtke and Miller
The ways Of the woman hettor are beyond ths
snd bco sgUa I ,orssy @ % o1esIlrs. as f1 men ThaIr
little black handbags always contain the past per-
formances.' covered with mysterious figures some
but s. bet is generally their lirnit-
Then there is another class OF 6ett9rs 5 wE9 90
into the ring without hayIns prev2us.y,, MADE ug
their minds minds as 10 What horse they VII 2s4y
'pIuuger' has his betting commissioners. whose
business IT is to go down the line Of book1naks.s
lucrative odds. In their wake comes the followers
OF wise money One OF the commissioners
places a bet OF 500 at odds OF 8 10 ! Furt1e- on
he places the same amount at ~ TO 1 II So-and-
says this class. and in moment the "oocs-7s
flooded with MOonbeam money.
And then there the system players X
would take a book describe all the systems 70
elaborate but for every system there are q nun
dred broken bettors. These men believe thSir
systems" fnfalble. and when they go PROSE
they never blame the system. but themselves
because they didn't stick 10 heir system
level headed men fan victims 70 systems.
Among the disgraces Of the turf are the proleS-
sional "tpsters,' who advertise: - = -,
Get Ready for Ny Giant Killing VII surrey
Be 20 l or Better This Is Sleeper Iney ttays
Been Keeping IN Soak for Long Time &c ne
Limit He WI Tow-Rope His Field and Bring
Home the Money in Walk. - -, ...,
For these daily safe. sane. sure bets ue up
sters'' charge about SO for the meeting These
takers publish long list OF s 6ss
would have netted the better about $50 LOT tNehI
days' play II these "tpsters know as nlucn
about the horses as they pretend ana aovertlse
they wouldn't be selling their 19E ~ oE
rter 10 the wire. and this Is corronorated oy ne
va ths government proseCutss all such cases tnat
come under its observation
rha history OF the turf contains some remark
INTO a fortune but for every story OF this KIND
fbera are a thousand where fortune has dW1noled
down to a shoestring- IL is unfortunate tnat as a
rIa m. novice bettor Is generally successful Ior
then he begins think that ne can peat Ins
1oniss The more he wins the more he oets, ana
fhsr n doesn't take long for the ponies 10 oeaC
him The successful turf speculstor certainty
earns every cent he wins