The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

| The man in the tweed suit whistled
gain. Better than 100 To l.. he said.
-ss,s 50 for my little old ss. Not so bad.
that. This racehorse game Ii getting TO
| be the limit Added to shs uncertain
"a 20 which horse will win 10 "A doubt "a
20 what a winning ticket in worth. Take
that second horse "a an example. She
pays 10 To ~ place and II to ID TO show
| figures that would make n hookmaker 3
/ blockman daily IN two days
But none III. less the discrepancy be-
tween the place and show figures in this
Gas. was not noticeable to the man who
! has grown accustomed to the vaRaries Of
price making IA practised by the pari-
mutuel machines. In some instances the
show bettor gets n higher price than the
man who backs n horse to run second.
| The irnpossibility Of the bettor's fig,irinR
the odds with any degree Of accuracy
gives an added ze~r TO the game and
instead Of the machine betting robbing
the game Of it, excitement. 40 many pre-
dicted II has added another elemen, Of
chance.
Not in n hundred years can they make
IL go with the American public. who are
accustomed 10 book max srs. ssid one
hickman, when in the spring of 1908 the
Kentucky Racing Commission assured the
fla, that In future The pari- mutuel system
og betting was To- h. used exclusively on
tracks controlled by the commission.
4 local newspaper took "A similar view.
II said
The new betting feature Will he a ~,
removed from what would maze the real
snort There will he no pushing. struggling
crowd 'hronginR 'h- betting she'd. lust a
lot Of sour vi-aged individuals watkins
around looking for sonnet hing 20 lean against
or -om. one Ia talk to Racing with tn"
betting done nv the pari mutucl machines
il a different sport from the one 20 which
ia, American public IL accustomed. IL
has carried ~" game back thirty years
ami s,Oo purses are In order
As matter os fact the day these
IuRuhriorIs waiiinGs wer. published MAY
/. is0sl tho first day IN recent years 81
racing " lfh the machines in us'- at Louis
willie. tn" betting public wagared over
So 90 all in small bets.
Bows, W. ar. gone yelled Bookmaker
Fitch when he saw the crowd besi.gInE
,h. boxes To invest their money
On the first dav Of the mutuels at
Latopia. Jun. ,. 1905 siO7 .32O was played
against the machines. The per cent for
sh. track management at the end Of the
day amounted to 8. 3ss. more than equiv
aIent to what Fifty hookmak.rs would
have paid for the privilege of booking.
and that number never seen at ONE
time NJ I.atOnia
Instead II -seek:ng something to lean
against che hettOr In the ring ae Latonis
to-day IL a buster man than he was in
the hevdey 81 the bookmaker. It IL the
pnblic which makes the favorites and
,h. prices, and the rush from booth 70
booth In an edore to compute tho number
81 ,ickets sold On each horse TO win. place
n show and 20 approximate tho prices
which each will pay. 20 say nothing Of
the crush necessary 90 get q bot down.
fills the betting ring with action.
But all the uncertain angles Of the game
h ad not yet made themselves known to
IN. II, an in tho tweed suit After stand
ing in line for FIVE minutes he finally
worked his way 10 the cashier. But that
! tndiv id,,al after looking at the tickets
! p,:-hah II back with n wave Of his hand.
Nothing doing Show tickets -four
windows to the left
show tcketI' Gasped tho holder.
| Their. 10, looked AZ his ticket. sure enough
il bore the legend SHOW in quarter inch
capitals Tho straight. placs and show
ticket. are sold at separate booths, each
/ booth handling only the ons kind. and
with his mind occupied in study Of the
| probable odds he had made his bet at a
show machine. saying 20 the ticket ssiler.
| ION. On Henry WalbaEk' A. a result
he ..nally casl..sl in $40 instead 81 t52s 50.
THIS error In common with nsw players
ut the machine. but not always 10 the
play.r's Disadvantages. A local politician
! pro:itsi bv a similar error the same day
He meant N bet on Flirting 90 run second
| in tn. Nxth race and after the race when
! Flirting was rss,irned a winner az q long
proc h.. told ons Of his friends Of his bad
/, Judgment IN not having purchased q
ticket straight instead Of place, and he
drew o,t tho ticket 90 show his frSeud.
The latter looked 10 over and saidi why,
| that's a winner It is q straight tick 81
and you ges si32 instead Of s27 50. simply
throu Oh bsrting as ths wrong booth.
| With ,he modern machines in uss
abroad chs grand total Of horses played
\ straight ~ shown continually and IL takes
but few moments 70 figure up what ths
| holders - the straight winning tickets
should got. The totalizsr also removes
all opportunities for Questioning tho hon
ssty Of tbs mem In charge of tho pari
mutlel betting. NJ any ono can figure for
himself whether or not the amount posted
| is correct.