New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-19
WAR Bookies' Have
Busy Opening Day
AT Jamaica Track
Khaki-Clad Titans Speculate on
Agricultural Possibilities
of the Inheld
Nv HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

1t was cold at the Jamaica track
Yesterday. There was a relentless
east wind which brought intermittent
splashes of rain and which crept even
Under the silver fox and the Russian
sable of the clubhouse and tossed
contemptuously aside the marabout
and the chinchilla with which the
feminine enthusiasts in the grand
stand sought to weather the blast p
Enthusiasts they were, or they
would never have remained! We tried
Tho orandstand first, and then the new
EDITION TO the clubhouse looked so
nice and cosey that we decided TO Try
,ha+ II was nice. but not cosey. Al
,topcb there were plenty of lambs
Who cried that they had been shorh'
tho wind went untempered.
Ir,;forms were everywhere IN the
oro,yd Not the gray-blue uniforms
~ which the guards of the track are
n ~ but the khaki of the guards
Sc onr nation and the blue and the
~ nf the marines. The Red Cross
sn,niforms also were much IN evidence
nd hove at least, money passed hands
freely. IT,, pus,
Az We watched the enterprisins
~, women in their white uniforms
walk among the spectators VIII one
hand grasping bundle OF greehpaens
while the other jotted down NOES 81,
. Mavie Blumenthal couldn't see
them, for under the eXistihg eonui-
tons it would have been 700 erue,.
/, looked like old times, ana IN our
mind we labelled these ked oross
ladies "war bookies.' A man WIN
small safe under his arm received .ne
funds from the girl scouts wheh my
could no longer manage them because
Of their bulk.
A group Of khaki-clad Iltans stooa
near the rail. and their interest seemed
IN centre in the vast inheld. An arsu-
ment ensued, and we were sure me
were estimating the amount Oh "hea.
ar the number of bushels OF potatoes
ar possibly the strength OF the onions
which might be raised there. IneirS
was the interest of the agricuiturist:
The lady who goes to the races IN
sisted on betting. She was>qulte spieh-
did in the majesty of her determination
NOT 70 yield TO the arm OF the law.
Wasn't that 81 hers and hadn't she
right 70 spend it as she chose! 1t was
and she had: only TO place mat pet
Che had first to find her man. Many
hectored, involuntary commissioner
who sought TO escape wa the press
hov was hailed from the rear ana
bseoed 70 take that 81 and play II
across the board and remember, dearie'
| can't afford 10 lose IT,"
lanes Butler doesn't look day older
than he did when he drove on tne
snssdwav when that splendid drive was
IN H. mime He assured US that the
telling was mutual. and then we were
ar,hoIdened 10 ask him about HIgh
Noon but ne only answered You Know
800, 49, ahout horses than | do" Well, as
!. hsnnorad no one could have known
Wigh Noon. for after carrying the white
and cherry away out in front into the
bomsstretch he quietly subsidized and let
Kewessa He Will and Leochares tpro-
nounced Le.ok-ares, please nave the
money.
Liked Mae Murray
We picked Mae Murray IN the hftn
race because we like her, but unfortu-
nately we didn't have our 81 across the
board and the little lilly finished third'
John f. Madden held reception IN
the clubhouse. 1t was informal. and
every one was there-W; X; Wander
b;I,c>schuyler Parsons, II. X. Knapp.
Phil Dryer, Andrew Miller Robert
billiard. Vincent Serrano. A. h. Ma
comber. Tod Sloan and so forth.