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Evening star., 1932-06-26

HE racetrack has fascinated mlaoy
during the last decade or so, and her
lunches" and systems" have caused
the old timers to scratch their heads
and ponder.
When milady goes in for racing she
goes in for it heart and soul. She'll bet her
last dollar on her favorite steed and, if she
loses that, she'll pawn the family jewelry.
Here IS the principal difference between the
lifetime male gambler and the enthusiastic
female who has fallen" for racing during the
last few years The man will study which
horse is a mudder and which is not: which
horse runs best when the whip Is applied and
which does not. He'll find out whether the steed
goes best in a mile race or mile and an eighth.
He'll study the pedigree of the horse thoroughly
and, after all that will wait for the pSycholog-
ical time to place his bet
Some women will go to that trouble also
q But they are few and far between. Milady, as
q rule, will pick a horse because she likes the
way it runs Because it has four white feet, or
because she likes the colors it carries, or its
name
Thousands of bets are laid every week, race
track experts tell me. name lunches" And
women are greater "hunch" players than men,
\A TONEN also great system" players.
w One woman TO whom talked called her
system the ''bricklayer's system" asked
her what she meant and she said she was play
ing the horses alphabetically Shed get list
Of entries and look over all the names. Wen
say the names were, for example, HourlesS
Rosebud. Twenty Grand, Air Pilot and Ex-
terminator in the order named with long list
of others following. She would go down the list
counting off when she saw Hourless. when
she came 10 Rosebud, c at Twenty Grand, D
at Air Pilot and z at Exterminator Ex-
terminator was the horse then on which she
would place her bet, as the first letter N the
name of the horse conceded with the letter of
the alphabet
It's remarkable how sometimes women will
play these systems and put to shame the most
careful calculations of experts. I told one
instance Of a "brickayer system" player who
picked horse the trainer of which friend of
mine knew well
Your horse can't win. know his trainer
and he told me only Is minutes ago that
the horse wasn't right today" my friend said
to the woman.
But my system says he is due to win and I'm
going to bet on him." the woman insisted.
The horse won and paid 40 to /.
This might seem to indicate that lifetime
devotees of the sport, who have made careful
studies of all phases of racing, have no more
chance of beating the game in the end than
the woman who plays haphazard system.
Race track men will tell you, however, that
the woman player may win for while with
her system. but in the long run the real
student Of the game will fare better.
It has been estimated by various experts
to whom I have talked that only per cent
actually beat the races, meaning they make
money in, the long run. An additional per
cent pay their expenses. ..t. 10,
Evening star., 1932-06-26

IF there weren't a heavy percentage against
the public we wouldn't have 'bookies' and the
mutuel betting system" they point out.
Some horses make great records on fast
tracks and then lose for their supporters when
the biggest race of the year is run muddy
track Bubbling Over was one such horse.
Many picked him to win the Kentucky Derby
a few years ago, but heavy rainfall con-
verted the track into sea of mud as the
newspaper men say, and Bubbling Over failed
to come through
ONE type of horse works himself up to a
~ certain a foot ball team points"
for a certain game With that big a
matter of history, the horse is through" and
is seldom heard of thereafter Other types
of horses run their supreme races and then
taper OF gradually.
Still others, like Man o. War Twenty
Grand and Sun Beau, keep on getting better
and better until you wonder if they'll ever stop
being great racers.
Man o. War for instance, the worlds
fastest horse of his day, and in a short racine
career Of three years lost but one OF the 81
races he ran against the best in the field.
Today he rests in luxurious quarters on farm
near Lexington, KY, is insured for half million
dollars and receives several hundreds OF visitors
daily many Of whom are women
His owner Samuel G.. Riddle of Philadelphia,
paid IS 900 for Man o. War, and the king of
horses earned close to $3.50 900 before his retire
ment at which time he held three world
records and five American records for speed.
Mr. Riddle Is said to have refused an offer Of
$4o0 900 for the famous horse with the COM
ment that Man o. War was not for sale "at
any price"
Race track fans recall Hourless as a horse
that needed the whip to carry him on to his
greatest efforts. Scores of Others including
Man O. War and Omar Khayyam, needed
whip.
There are horses that may run unrestricted
throughout the race and others which have to
be restrained by expert jockeys of the Earl
Sande Pony McAtee and Buddy EnSor type.
The jockeys, too, have their peculiarities. Some
are steady others failures nearly all the time,
and still others "streak iockeys'-that is. win
ming in spurts that are followed by long periods
of losing.
All these various phases are studied con-
tinualIy by the earnest devotee of the track.
THE man or woman who backs horse with
his money would do well to find out just what
distance his or her favorite runs best vet
eran gambler told me.
George E. Widener'S jamestown is one of
the best milers ever saw, but he can't go a
mile and an eighth. It isn't because he lacks
win when he has to run that extra eighth of
a mile There others like him, and person
who backs horse for longer race than that
it's all about"
i I asked this race track friend about the value
of tips and he said he considered most Of
Evening star., 1932-06-26

w S. Kilmer stables in Binghamton, N. Y.
1t was my privilege to see him only few
weeks ago. He spends his time either in his
stall or playing about with pony, his con-
slant companion.
"Old Slim" is receiving splendid treatment
there just reward for wonderful horse.
B. SNODGRASS is newspaper man, wide
y. ly known throughout the East who
has been covering" races for IS years He
also is known as Boots and Saddle" and has
seen more than $4,000 races during his life.
Suppose a person who knows absolutely
nothing about horse races to start in
betting right now. How much chance would
he have of being ahead of the game five years
from now If he played the horses consistently"
I asked Mr.. SnodgraSs.
About one chance in twenty" he replied.
"The odds are that heavy against you. Don't
forget the State takes out its percentage, which
makes it just the same as a game of Kelly
pool or poker where the house is taking cut.
That percentage will get you in the long run.
You can't beat it.
Women love horses more than men do.
Women get more Of thrill out Of the sport,
but bet smaller amounts. Women often place
their bets without knowing the slightest thing
about the various entries and win sufficiently
to put to shame the many so-called experts.
quite bit of money horse called Tie
Pin because she liked the tie pin her escort
was wearing.
Men will sit down and ponder over the
races. while women will bet on lunches"
4 Ar. sNoDGRAss says that women go es-
iVl pecially for the races in Maryland, and
that their increased interest in the sport has
been due largely to steam heated stands, the
restaurants and the fact that society leaders
go for the sport in big way.
Look over the average racing crowd in
Maryland and you'll find just about as many
women there men,"
Mr.. Snodgrass believes increased interest In
horse racing has been due more to certain
horses than to love of gambling He names
Man O. War Exterminator, Sir Barton. Omar
Khayyam, Old Rosebud, Roamer and Hourless
among the horses that have been responsible
for the popularity Of the races. just as Tilden
has doomed tennis Dempsey boxing, Jones
golf and Cobb and Ruth base ball.
"One day up at Saratoga. Frank Bryan. head
of steeplechasing. tried to interest Adolph
Ochs, famous publisher in the sport, and Mr..
Ochs at first said he thought the races were
run merely for gambling purposes" said Mr..
Snodgrass.
Come over and see for yourself.a said Mr..
Bryan to Mr.. Ochs, leading him to a spot where
l5,OU0 persons were trying TO get look at one
horse-Man o. War.
'Mr. OchS took look at the crowd and
finally got up close enough to the great horse
to see him. He was sold on racing from
then on.
This is only one of many instances bear
ing out my contention that the primary inter-
est in racing is bs the horse and not in the
betting"
So. from now on, the queens are going to
object to the term Horse Racing-the Snort
OF Kings ri.st@.F >4tnN--' to-->l ssn1 ! sA't
,t6epvrisht, 1881 ,Hon sc;rsL
Evening star., 1932-06-26

W. S. Kilmer stables in Binghamton, N. Y.
1t was my privilege to see him only few
weeks ago He spends his time either in his
stall or playing about with a pony, his con-
slant companion.
"Old Slim" is receiving splendid treatment
there, just reward for wonderful horse.
Evening star., 1932-06-26
Horseracing Is No Longer Mans Game
Women Flock to the Tracks, Play Their
'Hunches" When They Bet, and often
Make the old Timers Look Bad WIhen 1t
Comes to Picking W,mners.
BY C.. WILLIAM DUNCAN.

- HE racetrack has fascinated milady
during the last decade or so, and her
lunches" and systems" have caused
the old-timers to scratch their heads
and ponder.
When milady goes in for racing she
Evening star., 1932-10-09

putedly Ralph Sheldon. Joe Salts and
others. hijacked truckload of beer in
bound from Joliet. Morrie Keane and
Thomas Egan, the drivers, were bound
hand and foot and tossed into McEr-
lanes car.
What was to be done with the prison.
ers?
McErlane, in answer, is alleged to
have turned toward the rear seat, fired
a blast from his shotgun into Keane's
body, reloaded, emptied it again at
Egan. It was the first gangland ride 4"
McErlane was arrested, indicted, but
beat the rap" The prosecutor drop
ped the charges.
Time and again he proved his I'M
munity.
Nearly is years ago he figured in a
sensational escape from the old Cook
County Jail. Lloyd Bopp had been con-
victed Of the murder of Herman Malow,
an Oak Park policeman. McErlane
was awaiting trial. One night Nc
Erlane, Bopp. Earl Dear and big Joe"
Moran, q safeblower, now in Joliet
Penitentiary, captured a county jail
guard, locked him up, crawled through
bars already sawed loose and dropped
down q rope to freedom.
A year later McErlane was caught
but the penalty was only three years
>. CONTINUED On Page 2, Column q
Evening star., 1932-10-09
MERLANE, FREQUENT TARGET
OF GANGS, DIES NATURAL DEATH
Inventor of Underworld Ride" Tried for
Murder, Shot Often, Succumbs
to Pneumonia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October S-Frank Nc
Erlane. ruthless, mad killer who cheated
the enemies that tried to kill him In his
own way. died in bed today.
Prosecutors of two States had tried to
put him away for murder.
His common-law wife had shot and
wounded him.
Gunmen sought him out in his hos
pital bed, but their bullets failed.
Pneumonia took him at last, in hos
pital down at Beardstown, ILL.,, but q
peaceful death was denied him, even
though it was natural. In his last hours
he struggled violently, screamed in his
delirium-fearing, perhaps. the foes Of
the underworld in which he had lived
violent life; fought against four strong
men who endeavored to quiet him IN his
cot and knocked out nurse at his bed
side
For 81 years he had been feared and
hated as q cruel wanton slayer.
He had been the inventor Of the gang
land death ride, had helped engineer q
famous jail-break, but had never been
convicted Of murder.
It was back in 1923 that McErlaue
end . coterie Of. -Oapone gunnersy re-
Evening star., 1932-10-09
WOOL DEALER DEFIES
PICKETS IN DAKOTA
Truck Load Dumped in Ditch, He
Refuses to Heed Warning to
Halt Sales.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MINOT, N. Oak, October 8-Dump-
ing Of truckload of wool in roadside
ditch drew fiery declaration of def
ance from the owner tonight.
Elmer Rose, local hide and fur CON-
pany manager, said his firms marketing
would continue next week despite warn
ing Of pickets who commandeered his
truck and rolled of 312 tons of wool.
He said he would not institute crimi-
nal action against the Is pickets, but
that marketing of wool and hides. which
are under the Ward County Farmers
Holiday Association ban on ncn-perish-
able products, would not be discon-
tinued
Walter Ham. driver of the truck, told
officers fence posts in the road forced
him to stop near here late yesterday.
Ham said pickets bearded the vehicle,
forced him to drive back miles and
remove the load. After picketing ceased
at 6 pm, company employees reloaded
the wool and brought it here.
Holiday Association leaders said they
halted company truck last week and
let it proceed after being assured by
the driver no mere wool would be mar
keted by the firm.
Pickets have been on roads near here
more than q week in their attempt to
raise farm products prices by curtailing
marketing.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Foot Ball Results

With $4,000 on hand to see Ala
bama trounce George Washing
ton. 28-6, at Griffith Stadium,
and the largest throng ever to
attend a game at Maryland u,
where v. P. I. won decisively.
$50. foot ball swung into its full
stride yesterday despite unseason-
ably warm weather. Gallaudet
was nosed out by Washington
College in its contest. 60, while
American U. went down fighting
against Hampden-Sidney by a
1920 count.
Michigan and Purdue register
ed spectacular conference VIC
tories in the Midwest over North
western and Minnesota, respec-
lively, 1876 and TO, while the
feature in the South was Tulane's
34-25 score over Georgia.
Chicago. playing Yale in the
East for the first time. achieved
a TT draw. but the biggest upset
was Ohio Wesleyan's 1912 vic
tory over Syracuse. Navy easily
defeated Washington and Lee, 33-
o; Army swamped Carleton. $40;
Columbia vanquished Princeton,
20-7; Dartmouth was able only
to exc out q 60 verdict over
Lafayette; Indiana surprised Ohio
State with a TT tie; Notre Dame
opened its season by burying the
Haskell Indians, 1870. and Ne
braska conquered Iowa State.
1875.
In the South. Florida defeated
Sewanee, 1910; Tennessee con-
quered North Carolina, 20-7;
Kentucky sank Georgia Tech,
1875. and Auburn downed Duke,
1877.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
S7Q,0D0,0(O BRIDGE
ASSURED BY R.F.C.
Loan Promised for Structure
412 Miles Long Over San
Francisco Bay.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Corporation yes
terday agreed to lend California enough
money to assure construction Of a Az
mile bridge across San Francisco Bay,
the largest structure of its kind ever
projected.
The span, toll bridge, will connect
the San Francisco side of the bay with
Oakland and Alameda County, linking
population totaling 100000. 1t will
form direct automobile route between
San Francisco and points east and
north of that city.
The corporation agreed to buy $62,-
100000 of bonds provided the State will
supply the remaining needed $8,000,-
600. 1t also required that the State
place operation of the structure in the
hands of the State Highway Commis-
sion until the bonds are paid off. 1t
1t estimated the bridge will pay for
itself in Is years.
Besides the San Francisco loan the
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Evening star., 1932-10-09
FRANCE DECLINES
PACT WITH JAPAN
Validity of Treaty of 1907 Is
Controverted- Fixes Zones
in China.
BY Gable to The Star.

BY Gable to The Star.
LONDON, October 8.-The Japanese
government several weeks ago offered a
formal alliance to France. the Sunday
Times will state tomorrow, but the
offer was declined
THE offer was carefully examined at
Quai d'Orsay French foreign ofice),
but all idea Of accepting it was aban-
doned after a veteran French diplomat,
who has had considerable experience
in Far Eastern affairs, placed on record
his emphatic opinion that to accept 1t
would be 'dishonorable,' the news
paper reports. 1T was considered that
it would be a breach Of faith with the
other powers to conclude such an alli-
ance while the investigation by the
Lytton commission into Japanese action
in Manchuria was proceeding"
Japan Aided by France.
Incidentally, this papers diplomatic
correspondent says that the Lytton re-
port would have dealt considerably
more severely with Japan save for the
opposition of its French member, Gen.
Henri Claudel, whose standpoint
throughout was favorable to Japan"
The writer declares that, behind the
scenes in France and elsewhere. a live
ly controversy is proceeding regarding
the question of the validity of the
Franco-Japanese treaty of June ~,
1907, and especially of the letters ex-
changed between the two governments
defining the object of the accord.
The treaty contained no time limit
and the letters exchanged bound France
and Japan, while respecting the ''inde-
pendence" of China, to recognize Chi
nese regions where their respective spe-
cial rights and interests would be recip-
rocately upheld.
Southern China for France.
In the case of France these regions
were the three Southern Provinces Of
China. In the case of Japan, they
were Fukien in the South, and in the
northeast those areas of Manchuria and
Mongolia in which Japan claimed spe-
cial rights.
The present controversy turns upon
whether this treaty and the letters de-
flning it, have been superseded by COW
enant, which binds the members of the
League to abrogate international obli-
cations inconsistent with the terms Of
the covenant.
(copyright. lss2)
Evening star., 1932-10-09
MRS. FERGUSON
IS HELD NOMINEE
Texas Supreme Court Orders
Name Placed on Election
Ballot.
BY the Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Tex, October 8.-Mrs
Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson was certi-
ned officially today as the Democratic
nominee for Governor Of Texas under a
Supreme Court decision ordering her
name placed on the November general
election ballet.
The court ruled against Gov R. S.
Sterling, who contested Mrs Ferguson's s
nomination on the allegation that up
ward of $4,000 illegal votes had been
cast in the August run-off primary In
favor Of his opponent Mrs. Ferguson
defeated Sterling by about 1000 votes
in the primary.
In compliance with q writ Of man
tary of State, telegraphed certification
Of the nomination to all county clerks.
authorizing them to have the name
printed on the ballot. The tolls were
paid by James E. Ferguson. husband of
the nominee and himself a former Gov
ernor.
The court expressed no opinion on
the merits of Sterling's charges of
fraud, or his primary opponents counter
charges Of illegal voting in favor of
Sterling. The decision held that it
would be impossible to try the contest
and obtain final Judgment before
November 8. Dismissal Of S.erline's
action in District Court was upheld.
The court ruled that Mrs. Ferguson's
certificate Of nomination, issued by the
State Democratic convention, was
valid and gave her title to the NOM
ination that could be set aside only by
a final judgment of court of compe-
tent jurisdiction. Since the court con-
cluded it was impossible to obtain a
final judgment in time. it declared Mrs.
Ferguson had the right to have her
name appear on the ballot
A plea that "the intense feeling Incl
dent to this. as well as other political
campaigns. will cease" was made to-
night by Mrs Ferguson.
She expressed the hope Everybody
will not turn their attention to Demo-
cratic victory. State and national, in
November. from which the people expect
relief from our present economic trou-
bles."
LAS Governor" she said, II promise
to give my undivided time and atten-
tion to the affairs of the Office OF
course, my husband will help me as he
should, and as every one expects he
will"
Evening star., 1932-10-09
ROOSEVELT GIVES
DAY TO NE|GHB0RS
Recommends Lehman as
Successor and Hits G. 0. P.
in Hyde Park Talk.
By the Associated Press.

HDYE PARK, N. Y. October g.
With Alfred E. Smith definitely aligned
on his side for the remainder Of the
campaign. Franklin D. Roosevelt spent
today among his neighbors Of Dutchess
County and recommended to them his
old co-worker, Herbert H. Lehman, for
governorship.
Appearing as the honor guest of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt home club on a
flag swathed platform in the county
fair grounds at Washington Hollow,
the Democratic presidential candidate
told the several hundred persons of his
home county about the cross-country
campaign trip he just finished and OF
his ideas Of the economic interde-
pendency Of all sections of the country
The crowd grouped before him, lin
ing the fence about the race track,
sitting on the grass that bordered the
track and half filling the band stand
behind him as the candidate outlined
his views that all prosperity must flow
from the raising Of the economic level
Of the different branches of agriculture
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was convinced
that If the prices of major agricultural
commodities, wheat, corn, cotton and
tobacco, could be stabilized at a rea-
sonable level, the prices of others would
automatically advance.
Higher Price Hope.
AS the automobile of the Governor
drove through the crowd to the speak
er'S stand and he walked to the stand.
escorted by State trooper, there was
a cheer from the crowd Mr.. Roosevelt
sat and listened while DR.. ]. Lewis
Amster. the chairman of the clubs
Committee on Arrangements, intro
duced Lehman, who in turn introduced
the presidential candidate.
A warm October sun beat down upon
the open stand and shirt-sleeved man
passed through the crowd selling lem
onade from white pitcher. In the
center Of the race track lines of au-
tomobiles were guided into parking lots
by State troopers
Lehman told the crowd that he came
as an admirer of the guest of honor
"the next President of the United
States" The lieutenant governor told
OF his long association with Roosevelt
and said that If he went into the guber-
material office to succeed the candidate
he would have the examples of Alfred
E. Smith and Gov. Roosevelt to live
up to-"
AS Mr. Roosevelt came before the
microphones man in the crowd
shouted
Duchess County's President"
That's something" said the candi-
date, smiling, that I haven't heard
since left here"
He told Of the crowds he had en-
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Nominated
Bv Gotham C.. O. p.
For Mayors Race
7l.Year.Old Candidate to
Oppose O'Brien, Choice
of Tammany.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October SITS Lewis
H. Pounds, organization Republican.
against John P. O'Brien, Tammany
Democrat, for the next mayor Of New
York
From Brooklyn, and former State
treasurer, Pounds was nominated unan-
imously tonight in citywide G. o. P.
convention.
Like that of the Democrats last
Tuesday, tonight's was a convention in
forn1ality only, to comply with the law
Fully hours before the approxi
mately 5000 delegates gathered in
Mecca Temple, off Broadway on Fifty
fifth street, the five borough organiza-
ton leaders had agreed upon Pounds.
Uproarious throughout, the conven-
ton assumed the nature of campaign
rally, tossed into a climatic furore with
the surprise visit of Col. William ].
Donovan, the Republican nominee for
Governor.
For all of 20 minutes, the horns,
Continued on Page 4, Column -
Evening star., 1932-10-09
HOPE RISES IN LONDON.
Three Powers Are Understood To
Favor Conference.

LONDON, October CP.-Govern-
ment officials indicated today that they
were more hopeful about the disarma-
ment situation. This feeling was
predicated on an authoritative state
ment that France, Germany and Italy
favored an early exchange of views as
suggested by Great Britain when the
powers were invited to confer in Lon
don
The opinion expressed by observers
here was that if there Is a genuine
desire to bridge the gap caused by Ger
many'S withdrawal from the confer
ence at Geneva, the matter of place
and date for a four-power meeting
could be arranged without difficulty.
Norman H. Davis, American delegate
to the Geneva Disarmament Confer
ence. will go tomorrow to the country
home of Sir John Simon, British for
eign secretary. He will spend the night
there, returning to London Monday
morning. and with Sir John he will dis
cuss disarmament in general and naval
arms in particular. This afternoon Mr..
Davis consulted with Ambassador An
drew w. Melon.
Sources close to American officialdom
Continued on Page 2, Column 81