El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-11

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3 buy their hay in FL Paso much cheap
I er if the association would permit IL
But a price Of s. for each wagon thai
] enters the track prevents this being
( done and compeIs the horsemen to buy
their feed from the company store
I a much hated term in the southwest
I and Mexico.
Syndicate Betting Only.
/ The season Of 1909-l0 opened the
same as the first season and it was
] announced that open betting would DC
I the rule and that the ring would no'
\ be closed. But early in January, 1S1
1t Is said that W H Hanke, a call
/ fOrnia hOrseman who came to the
] Juarez track at the opening Of the sec
| Ond season with a string of horses,
took charge Of affairs. Affairs are re-
! ported to have been going badly with
! the association in a financial way dno
/ funds were getting low. Through an
! arrangement said to have been made
/ with Xanke, col" VIM and the OIh-
ers, Yanke took charge OF the entire
| betting ring He is said to have agreed
! to paw to the association $4,000 per day
for this Iuxuriant privilege. He was
| also to pay all salaries, even unto the
| Kentucky colonel, general manaSe r
! VIM, judge Shelly and the other mig n
/ er ups He is said to have coliecIeo
| from the bOOkmakers $500 per day Tor
/ the privilege of existing in the I'M
mediate locality to the betting rms
] came a syndicate affair in which prices
/ were controlled b. one man. the one
man being Yanke himself. He is said
! to open the ring by announcing the
! the price" price meaning the betting
/ odds, once the mOgul has fixed it.
Open Book Announced.
| at the opening of the 1911-12 season
I last fan, the announcement was made
/ over general manager Col" Matt
| WINS signature that there would be
an open ring, a deluge of booktes from
I the other tracks being the result For
! a few days after the Thanksgiving day
I opening, the bOOkmakers were allowed
| to make their own odds as was done
during the opening season at the track.
Then the edict was issued, 1t IS report
ed that the syndicate rule would again
be invoked and that Hanke would be
the man behind" as he is said to have
been during the winter Of 1901. A
perfectly natural question here arises:
Was the announcement of an open
book only a stall on the part of the
management to get as many book
makers here as possible and if not
why was the open book" so much
touted as the best form of betting,
abolished
Also, is it a fact that all the Of
ficial staff even the Judges and the
manager report to Yanke for their
pay checks at the close Of the days
business?
Public Has No Chance.
a glimpse at the percentage table
shows what the innocent bystander, he
being the public. is up against when
the program Of January 8, which is
fair example Of any other program at
the track. In the first race the per-
centage in favor Of the boOkmaker and
against the man who bets was A per-
cent.
In the second race the odds against
the bettOr were -76 percent upon any
horse in the race, IS percent against
the bettor picking a horse for place,
and 80 percent against him picking a
horse to show
If a bet Of 81 had been made upon
each horse in this race the gambler
would have got back "a percent or $3.50
for his SIS.
In the third race the odds against
the player were Is percent upon any
horse SO percent to place and 67-5 per-
cent to show.
In the fourth race the percent
against the bettor was 81 percent, to
against picking a second place win
ner and % percent to show.
In the fifth race the table was;
% percent against the outsider win
ming. p against his picking a horse
Tor place and 80 percent against any
horse he picks showing. In the sixth
race IA percent is against the player
winning 14-5 against his horse placing
and no show money was offered, there
being only four horses in the race and
the bOOkmakers not wishing to give
the players as good thing as 10 pick
Que out Of four horses to show. The
percentage against winning on any
horse, "A percent. is three or four
times larger than it should be, horse
men say, three percent being sufficient
" large to make a steady profit
= Case in Point.
On December go Meddling Hannah
the favorite in the betting at to 8,
and carrying practically all the play.
was left at the post and finished third
with Huffman up; InciSiOn, owned by
Yanke, a to shot, winning Huff
man was set down for life by presiding
Judge Price. Yanke was called to the
stand for an explanation and Huffman
is said to have left for New York the
following day without even waiting for
the customary fOrmality of a hearing
before the stewards
II the boy was ruled off the track
for life because of his work on Med
ding Hannah. and Yanke was Ques-
TONED regarding the race, why was not
the money which was bet on this race
the greater part or practically all-On
Meddhng Hannah not returned to the
ticket holders who had laid their money
on this horse and all others in this
racer Also did the owner of IncisiOn
lay bets at the prevailing odds of
to ! on IncisiOn. and If so why was not
he ruled off as other owners have been
in the past, together with their entire
stables2
Judge Clark, who became famous for
his square decisions in Kentucky
racing, always made the bOOkmakers
return all bets in races where there
was any question Of crooked methods
W NO II hGAponHlDlE.
p Another question: Who is respOnsf-
bic for the present condition of affairs
at the Juarez track
Are the men who have permitted
their names to be used in connection
with the Jockey Club Juarez, S. A. /. e..
FOllansbee. Kraft, Tefrazas, Mckinney
and Butler responsible and do thew
know what is going On2 If so, why are
their names left off the programs in
sSead Of appearing at the top of the
first page as was the case the first and
seconds years of the races?
Or are Col Matt VIM, Yanke ct
al, responsible2
The question is also asked: If col"
VIM failed to make a success Of the
races the first year-Which was ad-
open books" how are
the races keeping up now? Is it due
to the fact that the betting odds are I
controlled by one man. if so. is it q I
square game" for the public?
For five years. the New York race
tracks only charged the 5ookmakers /
S12 a day for the privilege of operating /
at their tracks: it brought competf5 1
ton and the bettOrs had more chance I
for their money. Even when open
books" were operated at Juarez. s2O0 /
a day was the charge.
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