The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
PASSING OF TURF PLUNGERS
mo ~ TTORS Va IONGER VISIT
IHI LOIiL TRtIhN.
nav, Johnson. John " Gates, ,IrSsr
IrWi,ohn, Diamond Jim Brady. John
nraLr, ntE TIM SuIIiN an. a.. o..
smathrr> an,l frank Farrell Qun


....r..- 4Nru.ti. A. I'm wasting my tim.
,.r r,rArsul a man yesterday Who
90. ....t" q Ing store book on the New
,cr. -t."'racNS Big b"ttors hav. dis
,.,...f-,-i ami th" little chars. not all of
r.- .nIrSr. are very slow IN paving
,It. ..,., owe This oral betting system
TO-. .rri trIng tor "A person Who has
o., N..H IT honor and IL willing tn hct
~. ...f - a. long a. his credit IL good.
lave Nhn does business AZ the tracks
le-,. r..-r nav all the Indebtedness or
20. .. ..I' Their" IL uo such ri" amply
~. .. 90. play"r. ~ IT - against the
-i.-, .. uut NJ cash Whom YOU make
I'M ...t. 0a' there - No way to- collect y
Oh. ...rr aims IN wager that there's
So. .,auE - IA" which | can rrvrr
80 .. what's the Use ~ going ahead
,.-..sr -l.h circumstances
E.r.. remarks. which were made 10
I'M So, IS urf repnrter. size up the sit
ra,..r ~ tho local raCeCours.s Ia rer-
f. There are no hig plung"rs and
f~''.-. any more. The speculation has
n,~r .rs..,i m volume until S5ON wager
n .-., rauIc among the memory
n..,-r- The former book max ers vino
rnr'.rI" 90 accept oral wagers are in
r-a.. y..."- "n the ragged edge so
el'..~.," an operator "a Tom shaw
~. nuUti"d thousands IN the daYs of
rr-luS"t letting rings. has been CON-
.,,l 20 quit shaw saws he has run
short IF ready money and cannot collect
A collar un e tpInkful Of pap-r Persons
~ thought nothing nf betting 81 .ND
- r rt,a before IA" Agncw Hart bills
yer. ,,s~,-l IN 1895 are either among
no %. ~siug or nave reduced their opera
'trr. 'n modest Sc5 waRrrs ThoS" who
~ -s,.i '0 th" extent of si00o. s2o.'So
AMI a,.n So "nn on "a single race have
a. .Hr"rfl, d'-s"rt'sd the tIrf for an time.
~ rn 'r r'o sorrow Of the price makers
I,.ra Iphu-nu. Who admits tlc les
I u.. ry .. mililpn on the racrtracks
r...' -.,'u mur' than = dozen races this
vet t.try ~ the spring Ia. visited the
r. .,s .u.~' Ut twice End wagrrcd mn W.,
g." '..a roe, but even IN hi- ah..ncn
rgu..~- IN recall the days. MT So very
lorg arn. when johnson WIS l.ttIng d, -us d
'-ura every daV. Winning and lnSing
~ -Iuuti- -ums with apparent uncon-
o.-r E..-.t-u. Juhn~Dn's fnmrsI- -r-intar.
Wa no" medium for many Spectacular
!,llnces IN" day TN. MARI Comedi.nns.
, Wfo Q shot heat tho Big Train Johnson
'.' no. WY lie went IN" rounds II the
n,"smaN"r- t"ttlng a. much ~ thev
Vug.i acr"pt and when Rrs.h"n went To-
r.. r.-' the noted sr-Cul't,r h1d covered
NJ programme with Transactions
~" ert down S.3uD. s.id johnson.
NH a hugh end I'm -uu trying &c.
rltra g. az more. hu thUs" fellows have
,,,lt feet II s"ems Mh.u C,rnndiauu-
v,u. with Rus"h-n So. nj johnson just
rHrn"d trough his field 81 ~>'s and
-ulai
I didn't think that mare hri on"
HInre m = million - t+st my hUr-".
ha sad johnson r'.u,rt up rlv 40 .sU
~ Ros.'icn another ti,r'. however. and
was Nv a novel rvh"me R.s..u.n was
N magnificent condition and Trainer
Weir had worked him privately in ph.-
. rlrnll time Ia. hig sprintsr Wa
-n,a-..i IN an overnight ra~. ~ Balurnn'
Pa. and had Practically nuthrug 20
r~.' ne other ~. rt"-s h-Iug IN" cheap
81 and of s.iling plat"r- IN" LAYERS
t'.--,.i ~ quoted X, --.b"n ~ the pru-
hif. ...- lids 81 To IN. and even johnson
- a ut t--i 80 thi- rldic,Il,u-ly short
49,. tut johnson hid something .l-.
u.. r. -I"sve. Approaching big hook
.u...- w.. wa never known 10 rcf,lrs
-0.s.~ fany kind he s'Id
Scat % you lay me that Rosebsu
oa.r ..tt IS FOR seven furiongs -
T. rack record Was .2H and ia" layer
Ts.s.,. ~ eyebrows. replied
wv even money j. about right
.. . ..t YOU SiuUs'- said johnson
co is
, q r.gr'. -ir'- was the r"sponG"
b-''.- 'ak- $3.50 more" exclaimed
q. niger and Il was a ~ Other book
ra-..- a.r. Interviewed with IN. result
u.r Johnson alone got down s2l.UD
w. q. -...-ral Gloss. friends Wag"r"i about
g. s. slo-" Then Rn--b"u. ridden out
Iy ." shaw hung mp IN" world record
- ,-g tu another occasion johnson
boa -., rurl~H rrltIy' races ia y single after
Dol It's IluuKIng m tn. h-ttinR ring
49, -..r-atIpu and THF SUN man when
o.. ,'. race Wa over estimated John
-h- winnings Al about SIS 50 An hour
s'"r I.rusrn called mp IHE SUS on the
IT,. '" and -siId
% b. much did you make me win to-
ia
% $1,000. was the reply
So. Nau' IHF SvS to hav" the
corr 'y'sr''~. so Won can PRINT that !
0"H'a.. o.. uI-' 80 npn on m. day
J 20 N.a.s- later Johnson went over
Nolr. .r.| gry" notes - the b,ppkmnkers
faF.... .r ''lrty DAYS That Wa prac-
''.. poe. md - he eNf"nsIy" betting
mo-.
"- 'rg Sullivan = another abs"ut""
IL ..-. -.'.u D ruc" his year and last
A. SITS N"r" few and Tar '.'-
- ~~ Iwpf'v 40 1911 admitted
-. nd. .r' SI.j.,stp hi- inability to pick
H''.- u'.ug r"marNIbi" That year
W. e.. y ..g was -" star Jockey and 20
G.. ...E''- was IN ~" nn''Ir" ~
.-. '- ~.uI'pr sullivan never could
20 y .. rr,'
.r p"' on him u. loses said IN"
..r man. and whom ! h''t On sDm"
.' col. DO. wins
.' Vas q great favorits player
". .. wrote. no names - the Jockeys
~ rrIuur and sept no track q
.. fr"lrltss- was his inevitable
.. Wat s. tho price, And having
'' . '." information he usually in
.ra Yi t.- hen'hU"n 20 bot one.
W tour ~ fiv" thousand dollars.
a. '. gt' H." He never owned
.-..- amt Wa entirely unfamiliar
.H'- Ws"n 4 race wnS under
|u. -.''rR m III" last row 81
'tri inquired.
Ft. J. he Winning