Evening star., 1963-04-27
SEGH AT LARGE
Take q Tip
From Calvin
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

FROM A GRAMMATICAL standpoint Calvin G. Will
hides philosophical approach to betting horses is
negative. From practical view, Calvin is positively
fautleSS.
Don: take no tips from no race track" is Calvn's
admonition.
Maybe you and I don't know what Calvin means when
he says that but he certainly does In the last two
this breeder turned horsepayer has esti-
mated $4,000 the twindoube betting pools at Charles
Town and Shenandoah.
BY day and by night, Calvin to have the real
knack being able to double his pleasure and his fun to
say nothing of his income.
BETTING HORSES is a hobby with Calvin hobby
the Internal Revenue Service encourages him to practice
more often The IRIS boys cut into his earnings hand
Somey Calvin doesn't know exactly how much his reuct-
ant partnership with IRIS has cost him.
mo use for TO try and figure that out he says.
They got more bookkeepers than got don't think
they've shortchanged themselves much either"
In the last two years concentrating almost exclusive
y on Shenandoah Calvin has been in the winners circle
almost as frequently Jesse Davidson the night ovals
regnng riding champ Davidsons attendance record has
been better but Cavns payofs have been higher, no
nconSequential achievement.
Pick EN- Yourself" Calvin advises land don't take
no tips from track It's easy enough to go broke
yourself"
CALVIN DOESN'T KNOW, he says how much he's on
the plus side of the $4,000 he's won the last TWO sea-
sons but reckons I'm smart bit ahead He refuses
to quit winner He's become such part OF the Shenan-
doah meeting that the starter before turning the horses
ont for the fifth race-the first heat of the twndoube
bettng-also checks the mutuels department to make
sure Calvin is present.
In Today period last year at Shenandoah the track
that kicked off the pool betting in the Calvin clicked
on two twins total of $4,000 Two weeks ago, when
Shenandoah opened its current social season. Calvin
on hand for the inaugural with his usual luck He was
one of the $500 winners
Calvin doesn't rely on his luck and/or skill at the
mutuelS window for living but admits it's much more
fun than Juggling the mail around his native Thurmont,
Md
HE'S BECOME so renowned for his ability to play
the legal numbers game that he often asked to go to
Roosevelt and Yonkers harness racing meccas to help
solve the riddle of the daily double
Wilhide 49, has been in the mai-toting business Tor
the last years been in the horses business pract-
caly all his life His father bred harness horses on the
Whide farm in Thurmont.
He didn't know it the time, but Cal looks back
on it now that was when he first became smtten with
the idea of making money horses He funked out as
a breeder but when Shenandoah inaugurated the twin
double Calvin finally found his niche in the horse ousl-
systemP Sure, Calls got system "I pick 'em to win,
he boasts automatically setting himself aside as unusual
Cavins unique formula proved successful ne oougnt
horse King Tar for $1,000 couple of summers ago ana
made money here also
purses at Delaware Pmlco and LAUREL and when CALVIN
felt his system longer applicable to King Tar ne
unloaded his stable" at a profit naturally
THE PAST PERFORMANCE chart on Calvns romance
with twin doubles reads like page out of Paul Gettys
investment diary
There was 81 1886 return at Charles Town In 1851 MS
first venture weeks later when Calvin was oegnnng
to get the hang of the situation he smacked em for
Last April 27 the lights lit up the first time for him
at Shenandoah The return $4,000.
Calvin really was getting hot. On May at Shenan-
doah he was there when they wrote out check for
$1,000 His last success but not his absolute last by any
means opening night at Shenandoah when he was
a $500 winner
Calvin usually is accompanied to the track by his
wife, Alma 81 player She has yet to hit twin Doesn't
Calvin give the good wife the benefit Of his skill hunch?
Nope" he replies, and she don't help me, either.
Calvins bank account testifies to their unique
patibility