The Washington times., 1935-03-20

other words, you can't wait to
see who wins the first race and
then select a horse in the third
event to couple with the open.
ing winner. Nix.
A Separate Pool
The support given the va
rious horses in the daily dou-
BILE wagering alone furnishes
the basis on which that payoff
is established. Naturally if you
play two favoriteS-in the first
and third respectively-you col.
lect only a nominal return,
anywhere from S to / to 10 to
/, because the favorites get
about the same proportion Of
backing in the double as they
do individually at the pari-
mutuel windows.
Immediately after the first
race as the double odds can be
computed, a board goes up on
the infield quoting the odds
which will be paid in case Ger.
tain horses win the third event.
These prices are usually accu-
rate, as the betting is all over
and nothing which can trans
pire could affect the pay-off.
Not a Farley Bet
Still others confuse the daily
double plan Of betting with the
parlay idea, which is just as
erroneous as the thought that
the pari-mutuel odds obtain.
There is no pyramiding Of
your winnings on the first race
victor on the horse you have
selected to take the third, COM
puted on the pari-mutuel pay.
off.
In daily doubles you simply
make a straight wager that q
certain horse in the first race
will win and that also a certain
horse in the third will gallop
home ahead of the others. The
track deductS it's percentage Of
the daily double pool, usually 8
or 10 per cent, and the players
get all the rest.
Were $1,000 bet in the double,
and only a single individual had
the winning combination, that
lone bettor would collect the en-
tire $1,000 less the tracks per.
centage. This is exactly what
happened at Tropical Park Mon
day when but one player had
the winning combination.
The daily double is the only
form Of track betting wherein a
player can place less than 50
on a race. His 50 covers both
the first and third race, which
is quite an item to the myriad
small investors who like to have
something on every heat, no
matter how little.
Heard and Seen
The heavyweight boxing situa.
tion is taking on some new as
poets, what with Max Baer and
Primo Camera winning "come.
back" fights since the turn of
the month-Danny O'Mahoney
splits all his earnings $3.50
with his manager, Jack Nc
Grath, proving Danny isn't a
Scotchman - Honeyboy Finne-
gan whose ring bringing-up had
Washington for a part Of its
setting, is now a court officer in
the Bay State. Joe Cronin,
whose Red Sox have played the
Giants in exhibitions, declares
Dick Bartell she best ShortStop
the Giants have had since Ban
croft. DR.. William Walker,
New York boxing commissioner
doctor, says Jack Dempsey was
the best conditioned fighter he
ever examined-and the good
doctor might truthfully have
added a lot of other "bests" con-
cerning Jack. Pitcher Henry
Cappola, Griff rookie, has a
brother living in Washington. >.
so has 10 10 White Of the De.
troit Tiger outfield. Listening
to the radio broadcast Of the
Carnera-Impellitterie fight when
Ray was taking it in the seventh,
eighth and ninth, a lot Of fans
thought back to the beating
Primo gave Ernie Schaaf, from
which he died. =. Batter Up"
the baseball sound movie, is
meeting with so much popular
ity in Boston that Umpire
George Moriarty will be kept
busy showing It right up until