The sun., 1919-08-31
PART OF the RACE TRACK LAWN.

rich. Gus is a regular-nas been for
years. He used to be a So bettor.
Then he turned bookmaker. His
lean and melancholy visage has never
been known to be lightened by n
smile. His face proved to be his for
tune. Crowds fiocked around him on
the lawn. A horse was named after
him and is knewn as the king OF
selling platers." Gloomy Gus had been
around the tracks since Reckon was a
two-year-old. but somehow never got
a good grip on fortune until this year
Of marvels. At Saratoga this month
he has cleaned up 100000. That was
his goal, and on Tuesday he an
nounced his retirement and repaired
to the paddock. there to indulge his
passion for standing with arms folded
in front of horse and appraise its
chances while the saddle straps were
being cinched.
In the old days of adversely he did
not mind being called Gloomy Gus.
He was a marked man at the track
and he liked 1t. Now that prosperity
has come he wishes to be known as
Mr.. , but here the tale must
halt. He wishes to be known as Mis-
ter. with his last name affixed, but
nowhere in the mob that has known
him as Gloomy Gus all these years
could THE Sun reporter find a soul
who knew what that last name was.
Seasons Biggest Bettor.
The most successful bettor at Sara
toga this year has been, so the gos-
sip goes, q man little known TO the
public-E. G. Soule Of California, the
biggest bettor Jim Hogan. Soule,
who was to be seen in the paddock
after each race, is a gray haired, silent
man. and is said to be a mathematical
prodigy. He is a Handicapped: he re-
duces a horses stride to figures and
works out his programme on a scien-
tiflc basis.
His luck has been so consistent that
hundreds OF other men are always try
ing to find out how Soule Is betting,
so that they may rush in and do like
wise. The result is that whenever
Soule lays a wager, usually a COM
paratively modest one, so many others
follow suit or bet ON what they believe
to be the same horse that the result
seems like a tremendous plunge.
Hence the saying, Wherever Soule
goes a fortune goes with him."
Renewed interest in racing due to
the success of "oral betting" and the
end of the war has drawn to Saratoga
group OF men commonly referred
to as the NEW millionaires." Con-
| spicuous among these are the pro-
motors OF oil companies and Western
ers who have made sudden fortunes
| through the possession of oil lands.
| Conspicuous, that is, in the sense that
| the requirement of riches through the
newly discovered treasure Of the earth
has been 30 much talked about that
the mortal thus blessed is singled out
Of the crowd of ordinary plutocrats for
special observation
OIL Men IncOnHpicuOus.
AS a matter of fact the oil man
neither in his appearance nor de-
meanor is to be distinguished from 9TH
ers at a place like Saratoga. A group
of men stood chatting in the lobby
OF the Grand Union Hotel the other
night. Near by were three we'll known
bookmakera A stranger who hap
pened in was asked to guess which
group was which. He pointed to the
bookmakers and allowed that they
looked to him as II they might be oil
milllonaires- The race track face
does exist. but 1t Is we'll not TO be
too sure Of what you see. 1t is doubt
full II all the splendid creatures in
barouches observed by Josiah Aliens
Wife in Broadway. Saratoga, In the
golden sos were of the aristocracy.
There are many reasons why place
like Canfield's never again can exist
at Saratoga The FIRST OF these Is that
Garfield is dead. Other intelligent and