The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-08
BETTING CLOSES AT 3 IL TO 1
EVEN MONEY az I PLIRALITI
or GO.ssOO FOR DIN.
Hair q Million said 10 Have Be~n Net d,
the Coed Men In vail street Against
the wicked Men Last Nights waxrrs
Mere small Mostly ON Piaramiie..

inc sood Wrn ln Wou street against
the wicked Meu Last Nights waxers
Mere small Mostly on Piuramiie-.
The election betting closed LAST night
with Dix a > to favorite. In the HoT-
man House. the Waldorf. the Knicker-
booker and other cafes the spectators
were offering TO bet g., to tina, Dix would
win. hut there were few accepfances.
Most OF the guessing with coin art ached
was on puralliie-. The betting was even
thar Dix would have sO.oOO.
Old timers could not remember when
there was 80 little betting at the Hof-
man House. Ono, the clearing house
for nigh, before election waser~. the
Hoffman last night attracted few per-
sons with real money and not one-t bird
the crowd Of former years. A few book
makers. no, the big men OF their once
brisk trade. nosed through the inert
crowd hunting for champagne money.
mat ching their wits against each other
and trying TO scalp ;he odds a point or
young men flashed punches Of one dollar
bills and talked loudly but no yellow
money was in 81 ght anywhere.
There were three reasons given for the
decadence Of once lively market public
fear Of the stringent new anti betting
law. the dislike Of the betting men 10 risk
much NJ such long odds as prevailed and
the manifest lack Of confidence ON the
part Of those who talked Stimson but
held on 70 their cash The big book
makers were not around Such lights
Of the Metropolitan Turf Association az
Sol Lichrenstein. George whe~Iock. Billy
Cowan and George Rose STAYED away
from the cafes Smaller spectators
backed Stimson almost TO man for small
amounts Circular Joe vendig. Bob
Rose and others were willing to talk TO
people who thought their estimate 81
" to on Dix was wrong
The one bookmak er in town Who fan
cied Stimson's chances was Dutch Fred
walbauln. Who ran the old Guttenburg
rac~track. walbaum 10 said TO have
made $40 900 worth OF oral predictions
that Stimson would be the next Governor.
In a chat with Felix lsman. the real estate
man OF Philadelphia and New York. Wal
baum remarked that one might risk
81 .O0O that Dix wouldn't have $1,000 plu-
rality in the State. Isman said that one
might venture 5000 that Dix would.
There were no witnesses TO what hap
pened
AZ the Hoffman there were many small
bets-si0O TO SIS that Dix wins. t5OO to
ssO that Dix wins. SO to $40. and 50 on.
Most 81 the betting was on the probable
plurality Of the Democratic candidate.
md perhaps s5.0oo was wagered at evens
that h. would nave e0.O0J
The Hoffman 'lahblers figured Wilson
20 win IN New Jersey and made the odds
: 20 ) on his chances Their. was lit'lr
betting on that proposition Ther" Was
4om. even betting that Hearst personal
vote would he 5000. and some money was
pu, up on the proposition that Kings
county would give nix 800 plurality
At the Waldorf n well known cont ractor
started things moving with net 81 81 go
to $40 that Di> wouldn't have ~ On over
Stinson His offer was snapped up So
quickly tina, he went to the bar for a drink
and To- think things over Presently he
offered to net q. O0S AZ evens that Dis
worlldnt have 10000 hut the r-spon-.
was immediate and he stopped betting
befor. much - h"l. had i..en mad. IN
tn. 5000 roll
r. I Wilson. .Ir thought hat a man
could afford To give ; TO against Dix
having i25 O0O. but nobody agreed with
him Alfred Vanderbilt found man
who agreed with him that 81 100 to 81 500
, hat ~ inson would he elect ad was prop
osition worth considering.
Fred Brooks a betting commissioner
in the old days said that Si0,Oa was
offered against SO. OO0 AZ the Waldorf on
Dix but that there were no takers
There was bet Of $500 even that Henry
Gcorer boats william = Rennet IN th"
Congress district. and IA bet
Of 81 900 20 sam that Harold 4. Content.
Democrat. beats Andrew r Murray.
in tn. Min 'nentn Assembly
Therr wer" n few bets made AZ
even money that JeT ,rson Levy wins over
Parsons in IN" Thirteenth Congress
There was slack betting on IN. result
in other states although proportions
wcvs mlds Of even money that the Demo-
Gratis carry New York. New Jersey and
Ohio.
There Vas lively betting downtown in
the afternoon. with q lengthening Of the
odds in Dix's favor. Speculation started
on the basis Of , and -, to that Dix will
vim. bu, in an hour NJ two the Dix brokers
appeared 10 gain confidence and we're
willing to 20 point or two further To
meet the demands 81 the Stim-on specuia-
tors The prevailing odds were 90 /. and