The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
FOLKS YOU SEB At THB TRACK
STORIES or NOTARLES AT BEL
Won't RACES.

Hustler VINO NAN $40 lntS ~ ~ 600 and
Then Lest q An ~ . FaVSrito LETT
a. the Post-A sporty BlAeksmi1h-A
Comedian VINO BETS on nunches.
We ought 20 - . lot Of interesting
feopls to-day remarked tho man who
AuOws everybody a. he took seat in the
'randstand a. Belmont Park. The races
ritract ali classes still. Hers's q chap
sor instance. the short fellow with the
red face. who Was a jockey a few years
AGO. but when be became too heavy to
ids he found employment - betting
agent for tho owner u prominent stable.
One day AZ Morris Park he started bStting
IN the first race with q ten dollar note.
Ne PLACED IL on q twenty 20 one shot and
caAhed Then he parlayed his winnings
On a Ave 20 one shot and collected again.
When Ave races had been won hs was
ST. 100 ahead. but he wasn't satisfied. The
ravorite in the sixth race looked like a
cinch. 20 this chap Wagered $4,000 ~
- ,. When the starter dropped the
Gag the favorite was lsst AZ the post only
10 run second. The bettor didn't drop
dead: he Just smiled and made bee line
Tor the cars. Hes been trying to roll
small bets into a fortune ever since but
luck has heen steadily against him
The tall man with white hair iron gray
mustache and a brogue 10 q regular He
owns several big blacksmith shops and has
nlenty Of money He knows all the
leading trainers and has the best kind Of
Information. Following the races has
teen his hobby for many years. He was
induced 20 buy a couple Of horses reosntly
and one Of them was prepared for killing.
TIE blacksmith kept the details a secret
until the day Of the race. when he hNnded
lh- zip 70 a fen Close friends The horse
rad shown a fast workout at daylight
-everal days before and when the chalkeFs
nut up n 70 the blacksmith aud his
friends had visions Of wealth: but the
horse could no, raise q gallop in the race
and came home a disGraceful last. The
blacksmith lost no time in hurryinE 10
he paddock 10 interview his traiAeF.
"G you don't take that plug on my
rands,- he said. I'll shoot him on the
SPOT 80 the trainer took the ho9e and
rave him away 10 a fellow who had'a milk
route and the plug IL still in harness.
This fellow with the sharp features
- we'll known trainer He used 10
handle the stable Of a rich Chicago man
and took some Of the horses 70 England
ten years ago. He got a thoroughbred
ready for one Of the biggest killings on
record and after the victory the English
turf authorities aid they didn't like his
methods They did nothing rash. for
here was no evidence Of wrong. but IL
Vas clear they DIDN'T like the way the
tvalner got speed out o. his horses. So,
they say. he received uuiet hint that bis
zhsanoe would be acceptable and he came
hack 20 tii- country. where he trained the
viuner- ~ ZONE - the richest stakes.
III employer has not raoed on q large
-osie ~ recent wears, 90 that the trainer
los had very little chance 10 show his
skill but he has a bunch % 'wO-year-Olda
~ his care nov and hopes 10 make some
thing out of them
-Handicapping IL a long suit with tha
man whose hair h pTematurely white
sud who wears Eyeglasses on the nip 81
hs nose he believes that figures do not
DO and has M faith in stable Information
~ bet that be- has a room full of dope
md from this matter he makes hia do
turtious and he's made money at the
game ton I've known the tims Whsn
hs'- Wage-ed ~ .nQO or more On a horse AZ
q long price and has cashed He believes
ru the honesty ~ all racsz and says that
the moment you think there's crooked
nas- Won 70 gone { heard him say ones
that n every horse ran true 70 form q
hr-t rlazs Handicapped gould not lOas and
7 know that b. the principle hs goes by
Speaking ~ hsudicapping reminds me
that ihe quiet boxing man with hiE held
glasses has made business ~ allOttins
veiEhts Tor many years He ran take
twenty five or more horses and in acnoF-
lance with tho quality shown by them
alla' Tho wetgltz in such q manner that
De ohaapest selling platter n IN equal
h-rwr with q stake winner According
to Die hXHss = field - this kind. provid-
ING every horse should rIn strictly IN form
would nui-h nm even terms Skill b r.
qur"d 300 arranging weights IN this man
uef NJ mere gie=sWurk and q fhnrnugh
knoy ledEa ~ horres ~ also important
An1s from he hfsi1ess n Arranging tia