The sun., 1910-05-15
TIV WHO KNOWS EVERYBODY
,,KyS ANOTHER VIEW or TEE
roIks At THE RACETRACK.
,..,..n Wuh Money IN Search % Excite
went Brewer Up % Anun-C0l.
,e,lng . MaFkcr-BFeaking % Turf.
nan Gru q JOckeY lntO Trouble.

.s,rrday is the best day In the week
"a, go,abes. said the man who knowa
~.-vhriv a. he looked over the faith
.l Al Aauedrct the other day. They
,,,v A sort Of half holiday down here.
,,i even though the game 10 crippled they
!. enough action to make the trip worth
vb,a There's a man who has never
,.sn A New York track before. mean
,,sman with the brown nustaChe and the
,,,ic-ahlv long hair. He's from Mexico
and = said to be very rich. He became
iptsr~t-d IN racing in his own country
.ons time ago and invested large sum
At money "a the construction Of a modern
,,,rk Iust over tbs border. Several
ve,l,hv Americans got him into the
.,bs,ns and he found there was so much
s,.-'ameut IN il that he decided 10 buy
anne high class thoroughbreds in part
p.rstip with a Cleveland man and race
lem on the American tracks. II ne had
vatsd New York three years ago he
you'd have found racing in a far more
pusperous condition than IL In az present,
FOR in those days an attendance of 1900
.d,v vas considered a matter Of course
whereas l.5OO persons a day in these
ZINES IL an excellent turnout.
That thick set old man owns several
b,.Ueres down in Tennessee and has
,l.rtv ~ money. He has owned a racing
stable fur some time and IL always mp to
snM His ColOrs are seen on the winter
snl summer tracks. and Il he isn't able
20 5e On hand IA person he keeps in close
,olch With the situation by means Of the
,segraph wires. Sometimes he bets
bssvilv and also wins. aud then he il
1uhhHng over with eXubeTance; but
les good loser and Is also loyal to his
rrafrer a man Of wide experience This
Va, shown recently when the trainer re-
used 20 divulge certain stable secrets
10 a hg bOokmaker. The latter vowed
vsaEeanCe and notified the brewer that
5sd nd up his horses whenever they
ron selling races just 30 long ~ the latter
sept the trainer In his employ The
1o0kmaker was politely requested to
.aase himself. hut juss the SAME 0hs uf
rs agents hid up a horse owned by the
river the other day. which caused the
alter 10 explode lie told the facts.
am 'hes say the turf governors are look
ag into the matter.
The smooth faced chap who never
.iri'es Is the brother-in-aw uf a leading
ulsr and trainer He II something
"a trainer himself He Is 80 close
nouthsd that he never gives tip %
nyl dv Ask him point blank n he
-frks . horse he is saddlinR will win and
s'1 tel you he doesn't know. yet az
1e ,ane time he is probably betting ON
.m go the quiet It's safe 10 say he's
s.ar without money. for he Il well oon-
I-.-sd IN the turf.
% YOU notice the sturdy old fellow
,tr snow white hair and mustache who
Years eyeglasses, Well. he's been max
ID, ro1k on the big tracks for a dozen
0a7s. II makes no difference how hard
.av o0me. he's always on deck. rain Or
-.u. Hes past 10 now. bat he Isn't
afraid II any man. ! remember several
YEAR ago Wten a man who has an Office
ma skyscraper oame % the track one day
md bet a SOO marker with the veteran
Ie lost the wager and the next day he
tiilsd 20 come across with thSc0in The
ID 5Ookmaker waited a week or 20 aud
zen began 20 call up his iorgetful client
n the phone every morning The in
nraule reply was that the business man
vas cut to lunch or wouldn't be- down p
!, vas tiresOme. hut the old fellow never
gave up. One day he went down 10 th.
..yscraper and waited outside. A. his
px-clisnt came out about noon the
rtalksr grabbed him by the collar and
N.ng on. A crowd collected. and just
uhsB somebody said the COPS were coming
.t- 1sttor surrendered. They went IN
-is and the O0OkmakeT got his money
triumph.
'Herss another old timer who knows
hing Or two about looking after his
IN welfare. He owns a shifty stable.
20 never let's any one know what he II
daile. II he doesn't bet his horses in
urably suffer defeat. but when he puts
10 checks down they usually roll home
rl'h the coin. some time ago il was
sd that he had a million slowed away
s'meNhere. but last year the story was
circulated that he owed a crack Jockey
more han $40. 600 In back salary and fees
Whether this was true or not ] cannot
sy but its fact nevertheless that this
ran started several horses about that
ame and hacked them heavily. Il was
AID that he Practically scuttled the shin
. bet on them and told the Jockey that
they didn't win he'd 90 broke. The
lokey Apparently rode as well as he
aheW how. bu. the horses were trimmed,
ben came a serious quarrel between the
.oy and his employer which got the
llrneT into trouble. and they tell me the
20 Z not vet.
You'll always sse that alx footer
sArang near the Ratss when you enter
~ racks He's one of the head sleutha
Ai he's got an eye hike q hawks. He
fIa the crowds as they flo In past ths
L't-i takers and II q crook tries 70 ggi
ass stopped and turned back. The
aAW Wkshaw has been in the business
years and he Knows all kinds of shady
sons ~ sight He seldom makes
A'iases but in order % be sure that
-loay Under suspicion has entered ths
-t-a BE- spends the afternoon saunter.
Shout with both eyes open.
here a veteran horBeman who car
2 some interesting yarns. Hes beer
Ie ilrl a. least forty years and m
Eolf y the fact that hs once rode q
~ owned hy Gen. Custer He alsC
~ Tor other great men In the old day.
~ once had a mount in a nine mii'
sm-thIng unheard of these days
a. owned and trained many famOu'
...'l.rs"s m his time, and though hi
-" mas thinned out In recent year
~ 1nm stays away from the races.
r'l lHfEay ever gained more fame thar
lars laced man when he wore N,
li' Was the sensation a. q ridel
years igJ and his wonderful finishes
.H.t'i 0i everywhere. He handed
~. H An"rras greatest Thoroughbred
-. earned t rrncsly salary When h
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