The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-03
BETTING LIGHT ON
ELECTION RESULTS
Irregular Throughout the Day
With Odds in Favor of the
American Party.
ESTIMATES PLACE AMOUNT
WAGERED AT S25. 900
Largest Bet Is That BranSfOrd
Beats Wallace and Muir
dOch Combined.

About $4,000 in election bets was
| in the hands of the three chief brokers
when the polls closed Tuesday night
at Z clock James McTernay, OF the
ONYX bar on West Second South street,
presented opc bet; Lowe and company
on South Second street held something
over $1,000, and +. j, Kuster and H..
=. Jones, mt the Flcur dc Lis, held
about $4,000. Counting other bets
about the city it was estimated by The
brokers that fully $4,000 had been
placed on the outcome Of the election
Betting throughout the entire day
Tuesday was irregular AZ one time,
on Lowe and company's blackboard. !.
there was bet that Murdoch would
beat Wallace, $50 on Murdoch and 500
on Wallace, and a few moments later
4 bet Just the reverse was posted. Both
bets were promptly taken. The brok
crs said that If any one had cared TO
do so that he could thus have secured
several hundred dollars of sure money
by watching his chances, no matter how
the election resulted.
The largest reported bet was made
carly Tuesday morning of 81 900 even
money that Branstord would poll moro
votes than Murdoch and Wallace com
hned. This was the favorite bet till
late IN the day. when the sentiment
changed and the Bransford money on
thus bet was not 10 be had,
Favorite Bets.
The three favoritc bets were that
Bransford would poll more votes than
Murdoch and Wallace combined, that
the American party would elect eight
men, and that Murdoch would beat Wal
lace or Wallace would beat Murdoch,
More moncY was placed on these three
propositions than on all the others com
bincd. The hrsI favorifc, that Brans.
ford would poll more votes than Mur.
doch and Wallace combined. stood in
favor of Bransford ill near the end of
the day and then switched TO the re-
verse; the second favorite. that the
Americans would elect eight men. did
not change throughout the dav, while
the Murdoch and Wallace proposition
changed back and forth hourly.
The next best bet was how much
Bransford would poll. The number
ran from ll.OO0 votes, The highest csti-
mate. down TO 10000. as the polls
closed. The last bet placed with Lowe
y company was that Bransford would
poll 1000 votes, with $50 to back IT,
but The bet fcll through, as the other
side wanted to put the number of votes
at I2,50O
AZ the f'leur de Lis the odds in favor
OF Bransford began at 10 10 > and
shifted back and forth from that figure
TO 10 10 I. The last bet placed was
500 TO $50 IN favor of Bransford One
hundred dollars was placed mt > TO |,
another 500 at ! to | and many smaller
bots at about this proportion. Law
renee aud DininEy ran oven money
throughout the day. with little betting
on them,
One bet was made in the Flcur de
Lis ai 5000 TO $3.50 that the Americans
would elect eight men, with the 5000
on the American side In other bet
Ting places money was going up at
even odds on this same bet. showing
how irregular tho betting was and the
chances there were 10 secure ''cinchcs. 9;
The Flcnr de Lis also held two bets
that Bransford would have 5000 more
votes than all combined against him.
500 TO. 500, and 500 60 5000 were
thc amounts m cash. the bettor saving
that BrauSford would get more than
1000 plurality, taking the small end
ot the money.
Some OF the Bets.
Some Of the bets ON the boards. as
the poll, closed, were as follows:
500 10 f25 that Bransrord vonld
he elected; no takers
SO TO 500 that Murdoch would not
be third: taken.
so even that Murdoch beats Wal
lace: taken.
$50 TO 40 that Mulvcy is elected:
not taken.
So Dininny docs not beat Lawrence
Loo votes: taken.
go Brausrord docs not poll as MANY
votes rs Wallace aud Murdoch com
biuod: not taken
S2O Bransford docs not poll III 900:
not taken.
$Iro Bransford leads his ticket; uot
taken.
so Americans elect eight men;
taken.
$25 Murdoch beats Wallace; taken.
S20 and So, two bets. that Murdoch
beats Wallace; NOT taken.
500 TO $40 IIolley Is elected; not
lukou.
$40 to f2o Reed is elected; not taken.
$3.50 10 $50 Americans elect eight
men: not iakcu.
80 Peabody is moi elected; takou.
500 to $50 Wallace beats Murdoch:
taken.
500 10 $50 Wallace beats Nurdocl;
taken.
so that Bransford Will not noll as
many votes as Murdoch aud Wallace
combined: not taken
$50 that Bransford does not poll moro
votes than Murdoch and Wallace com
hIurd was the last bet taken IN Lowe
& Co. S place.
Rumorg a-Plenty.
There were all kinds Of rumors about
large bets aud vast odds, but apparent
u nothing cam" of them Most of the
actual money placed went up with The
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