The sun., 1910-01-02
MAN WHO KNOWS EYRlYB1lE
PERSONS HE NET AT THE
RECENT BICYCLE RACE. N
Comments Aroused by Appearances % ~
Jockey. a Sleuah. Gambler, an Exe
Prize Fighter, n Playwright.
waiter. an Ex-SDOrt and AOtel CierAg

waiter. an Ex-SpOrt and AOtel CaevAg
The recent six day bicycle rAce b
Madison Square Garden attracted -
many persons well known In varioas
walks of life that The Man Who Krowa
Everybody had a royal chance TO enter
Etain his friends. Sitting In the cAfB
! shortly after midnight he began comment
ing on various persons in this way:
See that little man over there with
the diamond rings and the big head
light? Well. he's well known jockey
who has been riding in Europe for many
years. He's made q lot OF money and
he's also spent Iot Some time ago
he married a woman ten years older thAn
| he is whose brother Is former middle-
weight pugilist. They all went TO aPkrls
and the jockey set the brother up IN a
big saloon. But the saloon didn't last
/ long because the fighter drank most ef
the stuff himself and gave aw-sy tba- rs<t
to his boon companions. Then the jockey
declared himself and his wife tied the can
| to the brother. who came back here and
has been doing the best he can ever sincex
The little fellow never drinks or smokcQ
but he likes to gamble, and I'll bet he'll
be up against a brace game before he
goes back that1l cost him the usual bundle
Not far away from him is one OF the
best known gamblers In town HeH
the guy with the black cigar and tlnS
light trousers He used to be baseball
| umpire and then ran a Sixth avenll6
saloon. Later he opened a game furth@r
UP town and got a nioe play. but he wasn't
satisfied. so he butted into the fghtink
game. He was selected to referee q hSk
bout between noted heavyweights which
came OF here when the Horton lawSwsee
alive There was a mixup which reslIlted
in one of the men winning on a foul
but the referee who had a thousand fn
the other fellow. declared all bets or
Somebody who had bet a lot OF sure money
on the mill got sore and few days later
this fellows gambling house VI wac
| Temporarily put ont OF business. You
couldn't hire him TO see a fight nowadRygi
| Here + one of the best private detecs
tives in the country, He doesnt l0o&
| the part, does heP Well he's been throuHN
the mill. no mistake He did time hum
| self once but he reformed and soon
became q famous thief catcher. Ht
| knows every big crook in the profeeHiQit
and you can always find him where thereN
a crowd. The fellow he's talking 70 ~
| Just out Of Sing Sing He's well known
! safe man and cant remain idle long. W ,
! anything Is cracked here within the usxt
week or so III bet that sleuth win know
sThe tall well dressed fellow who ioostl
| like a college graduate is an eS-pri1ft
| fighter He's been all over the world
in sea rch OF the coin. He's been D,e errffd
three times and is still in the game. Whate
his business? Search me, He'e been n
| diamond merchan, an automobile aGer1t
a saloon keeper, an actor. defecfive. u
horse owner a bookmaker.a q hocrwelknr
| in department store and hotel clert,
NensN- 1. ~ Ia
ocean steamers for white and also dealf !
in mining stock. Did he ever fake "A /.
fight? Isit true that Cook didn' find tNcs
pole? .Fl4T,
and a pointed beard is well known
PLAYWRIGHT, He used to be \ newspapef
writer and reported some OF the big ngl1tt>
When he began writing plays. he was
broke, and he got the big laugh every
where he went But he vas dead game
and stuck IL out Now he owns q bin
farm down in Maryland and has a ylal9i
He's breeding Taeehorses and, Y spqf
! when he ;ires Of the peu Hee alwayn
been nighthpwk. so this cycle race a ~
peals TO him. F" -g.ls. e..
Look at that cd guy over in corner
all clone. He can tell YOU an interesting
story about himself. Twenty years Arr
he was we'll known sporting man a1.i
never missed o good fight. Ho rnanaGef
a champion aud usde barrel Of moneTs
| But he was always a spender ana vent tnr
pace. He's been an invalid Tor yehre ara
how he manag ges to get living is mxsy
were his lifelong friends and now thst
they re gone the old man has lost heatts
What is he around here forr Oh. SUR
pose he meets an old friend now and thep
who will stake him 10 few dollars ttt
too bad. fer he WIS prince In the Old
davs. f...s ~
There's a waiter who used TO own.S
big restaurant on Broadway lie piHN
his coin on the horses and went bAck ~
the old Job He saved some moro dough-
went TO Gre yeBend one dav and WOMB
bankroll big enough to enable him to hpf
a couple OF good horses. For time NJ
prospered. but soon Old Hard Luck oVer-
took him and everything went wrctlk
He was in hook to his ears in a few wceAf
and again got a job WHITING on table. sMf
was working IN swell place up ON f1Wn /.
avenue for long time, but gusss be nlt
the booze and had to get out. They thA
me he's been saving his coin lately and "
going to tackle the ponies again. ff
The big fellow buying wtnel on,
he's a wine agent and q man sbout town:
He married rich widow a. couple ~
years ago, but she divorced him. Hae
written several plays end has tTail@n
around with prizefghters and fotorg
Yes, he's always got money, so theres
no fault 10 find with him. - {
1--we just noticed one az the owners ~
the old Gutenberg YaoetrSck. He was
power over in Hudson county, in thcSe
days and made a 3ortune. Hes been
mixed up in various business ventures
since and the other day he went into BANK
ruptcy. Two OF his old partners in the
Guttenburg venture are dead but eTpftifr
one is az rich as mud No. they newer
speak when thcy meet. o
There's n hotel clerk who has berr
working along Broadway for thirty yeax&
He never misses q sporting event efst !
always bete his money. He was aesociated Y
with Capt. Billy Conner for years Ann
when the latter died he duit caiIiNk
business. But he soon came back and hoY
has berth az e. big place not far frcfa !
Times Square. It's a safe bet that ~
knows moro people than do. h