The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-15
TOUTS IN CLOVER
ON GETAWAY DAY
Old Gag Is Warmed Over and
Fed to Greedy Suckers
With Great Success.
BOOKS SCORE A KILLING
ORPHANS GET PORTION OF THE
GATE RECEIPTS.

Getaway day at the race track was
golden harvest for the bookies- The
proceeds OF the gate were to be given TO
the orphans of the State Street orphan
age. and in order that the fatherless and
motherless youngsters might have the
more, the free list was suspended for the
day. Unfortunately a feeder for the fair
grounds line of the Utah Light & Rail-
way was out of order and no street cars
were available until late IN the afternoon
For this reason the proceeds of the gate
were decidedly small.
! At the books, however, it was all one
way. 1t was the last day of the race
meet, and everybody needed the money
/ The toutS were particularly acCVe aho
| their victims were plentiful Everything
| was right for the harvest and there was
probably less than 10 per cent OF ule
| money taken in at the books that was re-
paid to the lucky ones who mad disre-
| garded the advice Of the touts and bet
their money on the horses that really did
| win.
particularly clever brace game and reaped
| a good commission from the boOkles Tor
| their afternoons work. The likely look
! ing victim stands near the edge OF the
betting ring, cautiously lingering his roll
and consulting the form chart. A stout,
| interesting looking chap appears near
| him and says:
l
The victim squeezes his roll little
| harder and is relieved TO see that MS
neighbor does not look anything like the
touts he has seen pictured and nothing
| like what he imagines tout will be- Inc
stout chap continues:
You know / own the books. It's been
going bad against me today i can never
| figure out the proper odds. There's Dunn
going over to bet He is one of the own
/ ers and always bets right. / am going
| to follow him over there and see what
l L IL. nVNA oil rn hnf a
| the favorite with odds on right away.
| am afraid he may notice me and give me
bum steer Follow him, Will you, and
/ then tell me-
! Only too glad TO get such good bunch
on the betting. the victim pursues Dunn
to the betting board: Dunn is short,
coat and white hat. He looks trifle
! young to be a horse owner. but the VIC
/ tim is only after Dunn's steer. just
as he reaches the betting board. Dunn
| emparrasses the victim by turning around
| and asking TO borrow a pencil. Taking
! the pencil. Dunn starts to write some
numbers on the back of a betting ticket,
| making these oral calculations:
| ''Manders. SIS; Mcintyre. $50; Leeds. $50:
| Nelson. SO; Gargan. sl5 at nine TO five
! Getting more courage. the victim with
the roll asks the horse owner what he
! likes"
It's Dunn and not the victim who i'm
mediately becomes suspicious. He imme-
diately shields the numbers he has made
his questioner.
see here" he says, aren't you con-
/ nected with these books?"
The-seeker for easy money assures the
horse owner he is not.
well. are you asking for yourself. or
do you intend to go around end tell every
body how TO bet if l tip you off to
good thing so that the horse viii be bet
off the BOARDS
The cautious better assures Mr.. Dunn
that all he intends doing is to bet his
| own money.
"Weli. If / tell you something. will you
give me your word of honor as a man
that you will never tell anyone else that
| | told you? You know l would be ruled
off the track if I was ever caught at the
| game / am playing
| The word is solenlnly pledged and Dunn
| asks the victim to follow him quietly to
a secluded spot. There Dunn looks about
nervously and in a subdued whisper re-
veals the awful secret.
You know" he says. my brother is
riding on the track and / bet money for
the Jockeys. Now let me tell you every
Lady Adelaide. She can't lose. Don't
you see the game? Now, how much do
you want to put up? Fifty? Better
ish tot play half cOf it for a place. You
can only get one to two and there isn't
any doubt at all about her winning. Yes,
that's it. Come with me and, III put it
up for you. Here's your ticket. Now.
! go up in the grand stand and sit down.
Don't come around the betting ring at
all. Someone might see you talking. No,
no, not all. That's all right. old man;
I'm always glad to put my friends next
to sure thing. So long. I'll see you aft
er the race"
From a seat in the grand stand. far
from the betting ring. the man who bet
on the sure thing watches the race
Runte starts off in tie Lead. with Lady
Adelaide second. Increases the
lead and the better .r. restless In
the stretch Lady Adelalue comes up
strong, but Runte wins the race.
The same game was worked by this
pair Of touts at every race. In the first
one 1t was Hi Caul Cap that was touted
TO win and the victims. through the kind
ness of the touts. placed all the money on
the horses nose and none for a place.
Cap led in the stretch. but ]. V. Kirby
four TO one, came up strong and finished
first
In the second race Black Domino was
the sure thing, but Nina Baker won. In
nsw-found friends TO put all of their
money on BurnOlette. but il was Slightly
that won. In the fourth the touts changed
the proceeding a little and Happy Chappy
was the horse. Happy Chappy finished
last and Ethel Day won the race.
Then came the race that Lady Adelaide
!. lost, and in the final race the horse
touted the most was Balreed. Sir Pres
ton, the horse on which there was the
least play, won easily, with Balreed Sec
ond.
Az OF which indicates that at least on
4 getaway day" as the windup of the
| meet is known in horseS parlance. the
boobies and the touts got the money.