Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1894, Page 11

. THE EVENING STA WINTER RACING| ——o——— Graphic Story of a Day at Alexander Island. THE ANIIOUS, FEVERISH CROWD Sporting Men and Those Who Are the Bookmakers’ ‘‘Lambs.” A SERIOUS COLLISION Last Saturday was a bitter day along the flats on the Virginia side of the Po- tomac. An icy wind swept down from the bleak, snow-covered hills on the westward, whipping through the bare trees with a vicious swish, nipping ears and nose of outsiders, driving the frost into one’s very marrow, and; finally, whistling across the ice-bound river beyond the shore. Under foot the ground was hidden by a thick coating of tce and frozen slush, and the ruts of the Virginia roads were stiff with frost. Wherever the earth showed throvgh {ts snowy covering it was frozen hard, and bristled with jagged chunks of ice that cut like a knife whatever trod upon tt. Tho last place and the worst possible time for a horse race, you would think. Yet in these unfavorable, these seemingly impossible conditions, two score or more Dlooded racing animals were made to pound thelr way through ice and mud ground 4 “track,” driven by as many half frozen and shivering Jockey Inds, in order that several hundred men might bet upon the result and lay odde with beokmakers Upon the winners, It was not for the love Of sport that this was done, for there was @othing of sport in the stru over the frozen r ited were been the spinning of so many board, for it was t ed, not the game, The racing was merely a game of chance, upon which men were willing to stake money, differing only from other games of chance ty that te pleying involved suffering to the Qotive participants. a Feault Of Saturday's ysport’ on the frozen track one human utd is ebbing out ite close in the hospital ward and a noble racing animal has been destroyed. A Dreary Race Track. The scene of the “racing” was the Alex- ander [sland track, located just beyond the south end of the Long bridge on a strip of flat land between the hills and the river. Under the cold and sickly sunlight of the bleak December afternoon, in which The Star reporter saw it, the scene and the surroundings were inexpressibly forbidding. To the westward and southward of the e backed by snow-covered whoge sides had been sliced away by the brickmakers. On the north were the frozen marshes, dipping down to the ice- covered river, and between the track and the river that small but virile annex of hades known as Jackson City; that hotbed of vice which grows murder as its choicest #eod and robbery its least innocuous; a Collection of small wooden shanties, occ’ ge by saloons and gambling rooms. The ulldings at the race track consist of a two-story club ho’ and grand stand, some all detached structures and, off by the river, a row of stables for the horses. ‘The “track” last Saturday might have served to a considerable extent for a skat- ing rink. Over one-half its width was cov- ered with a eoating of ice and frozen slush, the latter 4 mixture of snow and mud, pro- duced by the storm of last Wednesday and congealed by the subsequent freezin; weather. Next to the inner rail surround- ing the track was a narrow space from which the ice had been cleared, and which was merely frozen mud, the ruts and clods - showing signs only in places of thawing out. A number of horses were being coursed over this space that their hoofs might beat the surface into a semblance of condition for use, while harrows and rol- lers were being used for the same purpose. One of the horses, which paused a mo- ment in front of the grand stand, lifted a hind leg as tf in pain and bent his hoof in @ most expressive manner. A bloody fet- lock showed where the noble animal had rammed his foot through the glassy ice that cuts like a knife. Seven Car Loads of Men. Seven car loads of men went over from ‘Washington on the first train, and other train loads came at intervals. The men trooped through the gates and entered the main building under the grand stand, in which are located the betting stands. It is a long and wide room, with glazed win- dows on the western side and a bar across one end. Two immense stoves heat the place, but artificial heat ts almost unneces- gary when the room becomes filled with a dense, jostling throng of men, crowding and pushing to get at the betting stands. Along one side of the room are twelve or fifteen little stands or booths, which are occupied by the bookmakers, the men who make the bets with the frequenters of the track. In one end ts a larger booth, where = can be made upon races run in other tes. ‘The Professional Sports. Imagine for a moment that you are with The Star reporter in this place. Let's mingle with the crowd, Msten to the talk and endeavor to enter into the spirit of the eccasion. The crowd itself is an interest- ing study, a collection of heterogeneous elements, welded for the time into a homo- geneous mass by the white heat of the pas- sion of gambling. All classes of men are here, but t animated by one com- mon destre- at money from the bookmakers. At this early stage of the game they stand around in small groups, discussing the merits and chances of the horses which are to run. If you you will soon observe that the crowd seems te be divided into two gen-. eral classes of men-the professional fol- lowers of the race track and the laymen— the latter fellow-townsmen of yours, among whom you occasionally recognize a face with a start of surprise. These pro- fession«'s are sporty-looking chaps, usually well fed and well groomed, but with the un- mistakable stamp of the paddock upon face and clothes and in accent. They make @ o following the races, year in ear out, staking their experience of ‘ds against chance with the bookmakers. Theirs is a business requir- ing application, watchfulness and a certain amount of nerve. They do not need your pathy, and would not want it. hen 'y lose they accept the situation without @ murmur, and when they win it is as a mere matter of course. ‘The Bookmakers “Lambs.” ‘The other portion of this crowd is of a different. mcld. They would be quick to resent your sympathy, although they de- serve it. These are the “lambs” who keep the bookmakers in business, and the latter laugh at them while they fleece them. Clerks, artisans, young billiard room loung- ers, while here and there a man who has come for the novelty of the thing will] leave early in disgust and ride home on ‘he platform to free himself from the atmos- At the Fint phere of the place. Nine-tenths of the citl- zen class in attendance here are men who look like they cannot afford to lose money on the races—for lose they surely do in the end. How they manage to come day aftor day could best be explained by the fami- les at home, who undergo the sacrifices necessary to enable them to keep up this or by parents who furnish the money. r, that is none of our affair, On the outskirts of the crowd, raveled edge of old garment, ts of unfortunates, representing the last stage of those who play tho races, Overcoatiens, run down at the heel, pinched and hungry looking, they hover close to the great stoves, They have managed some way to in and now they find a« spectes of gratification of their passion for gambling i t least soving what is going on around Perhaps they can borrow dollar before the day is over, and with trembling hand, like the opium fiend as ho reaches fer the pipe, will rush to bet it, Opeontug Up the “Hooks.” The ® movement in the crowd and a bustle around the bookmakers’ stands. ‘Tho business of the day is about to begin. ‘The bookmakers are opening their booths for commerce, and the shearing of the lamba will soon commence, The crowd forward, anxious to got sight of the odds offered, In front of each booth {a @ blackboard, upon which are written the names of the horses entering thin race, and opposite the name is a figure stating the amount the bookmaker t# willing to bet, For jnstance, here is a horse named “West Side,” which the bookmaker thinks Is not likely to win, He will bet you $8 against that this horse will lose. Here is another jorse considered still less likely to win; the bookmaker will bet you $20 to $1 that A Busted Sport. this horse will not win. The crowd begins to ti the odds and men push forward to make their bets. The odds are constantly changing. The bookmakers watch each other's blackboar: closely and change their figures as they see their neighbors change. Perhaps the crowd is betting too freely upon the 20 to 1 horse and the pook- maker becomes uneasy. He scales down the odds or offers none at all. Possibly he has ceceived a “tip” from an inside source about some horse and he changes his figures accordingly. Step up into one of these booths and look down upon the mob. It is a sea of up- turned faces, upon nearly every one of which Is the stamp of avarice and greed, flushed with the passion for money. The crowd is feverish, excited and sways here and there in the excitement of the betting. ‘All these men are actuated by the same motive, to beat the bookmakers, who stand above them, calm, cool and calculating, playing upon the excitement of the bettors with skiliful hand and looking down upon them with ill-concealed scorn. It Is not ard to see who are the masters in this struggle of the mob of bettors against the many bookmakers. The outermost edge of the throng is almost hidden in the cloud of cigar smoke which hangs above the scene. A confused Babel of talk, oaths and excla- mations arises from the pushing, bustling mass. There is nothing thrilling in the temper or atmosphere of the occasion. It has not even the redeeming feature of a strong, passionate vice. It is sordid, vulgar gambling. They're 01 Suddenly there is the loud ringing of a gong on the outside. Instantly the betting ceases, the crowds turn away from the booths. The horses are about to start. Some of the men go outside to see the race, but the greatest proportion hardly take the trouble to step to the windows which line the front of the room. Let's go to the rail and see the skating match. A handful of men, enveloped in their greatcoats, maintain a difficult footing on the ice by the rail around the track, humping their shoulders to the bitter wind which sweeps around the corner of the building. Down the track ie a bunch of horses pestrode by dapper jockeys in silk shirts, riding breeches and top boots. Is it not appropriate that the starter, who is watching them line up for the go, holds a yellow flag? What more descriptive of the contagion which infests the race track, the pest far worse than smallpox which af- flicts the unfortunate habitues. Would it not seem more harmonious if instead of the stars and stripes which snap in the westerly gale from the flagstaff on the simply low, follow melancholia, impair- prace tices, often indulged in by the young, through ignorance of their ruinous conses quences. Nervous debil- ity, and loss of manly wer, not infrequently result from such unnatural habite, ‘To reach, reclaim and restore such unfortue nates to health and pagpiness, is the aim of an association of medical gentlemen, who havo repared a treatise, written in plain but cbast uage and treating of the nature, symp- toms and curability, by home treatment, of Guch diseases. A copy of this useful book will, on receipt of this notice, with 10 cents in stamps, for ‘. mailed securely sealed in a plain envelope. Address, WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. ¥. If You’re in the Ballet Skip this, because the BOTTOM OF YOUR SKIRTS NEVER WEAR OFF! Other women are not so lucky, but THERE IS NO EX- CUSE FOR AN UNTIDY DRESS SKIRT, as we rebind them for 25 CENTS, or rebind ‘and reface them for 50 CENTS. Can't get it done cheaper or better anywhere. We also o bachelors’ and family of every description a ingly low rates. Goods called for and delivered. Universal Mending Co., ROOM 4, 1114-1116 F ST. 320-2m == R, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1894-TWELVE PAGE grand stand a great yellow flag should flaunt over the place. Finally the horses are off; they make the best of their way around the half-thawed track, scattering a storm of clods aud ice from their hoofs, that beat into the faves of the rearward riders lke hail. A look through field giass shows the animals lipping and floundering over the track, and it seems that every moment they must go down. You must know that these horses are not shod with regular horse shoes. They wear only very thin plates of st2el, weighing but a few ounces, not thicker, in fact, than the blade of a stout knife. As tne plate is flat, it affords no purchase on the icy ground. The few men at the rail watch the oncoming racers with an ogca- sional oath of dismay or delight as they see their favorite falling behind or forging to the front. The horses sweep by the goal with a final spurt, and prance back, smok- ing and steaming, to allow ‘he jockeys to dismount. The animals are covered with mud, and some show bloody legs where the flying ice has Cut them. What noble-lcok- ing fellows they ara, with far less of the brute in their handsome eyes than in some of the human faces that peer at them over the rail. The horses are dripping with perspiration and the steam rises from their smoking flanks in a cloud as they stand puffing and blowing in front of the judges’ stand. The Jockeys cannot dismotnt until the judges give the word, but in a few minutes this is given and the boys are off. Blankets are then thrown over the horses and they are led away to the stables. The jockeys are fairly blue with cold from their ride in the bitter wind, and hustle away to the fire. Their faces are bespattered with mud, and one boy has & bloody gash on his cheek, where a flying piece of ice has struck him. These jockeys are delicately built and some of them already show the sults of exposure and the hard life they lead. ‘The crowd in the betting room wanders back to the ®ookmakers’ booths, where the placards for the next race are posted, and the betting begins again. ‘Those who lost are anxious to retrieve thelr misfortunes by another trial, and those who won are all the honors of the evening. Saturday night he made the highést individual score and bowled over the greatest number of pins—495, 3 The South Washington boys played their usual steady, even gam, but lost. In their last six games bowled the highest tear: score was 744 and the lowest 729, and all on away-from-home alleys. From now on the result of each set of games bowled will keep the boys guessing. The counting of chickens (games) before “incubation” doesn't go any more, and in- dividual record playing shovwld be laid aside entirely and steady, earnest team work be made the only object in view. ‘The scores in detail are as follows: First Game. Y. M.C.C. Scores. W. A. C. Scores. R. Lehman 175 Kidd. Mulquin Y.M.C.C. R. Lehman. Mulquin. Y. M. C, C. R. Lehman. Mulquin. equally as eager to play, believing that this Is thelr lucky day, no that the gam- bling fever Increases, and the crowd ls now more excited than ever, . Women Who Pinay the Races, Come upstairs into the grand stand and wed another form of the gambling fever. This is where women play the races, Thore are probably a hundred or more in the place and they are all here to bet money on tho horses, These uniférmed young men, whom you seo moving about in the throng, take the orders from the women and from men who do not want to ko downstairs and place tt with the book- makors on the horses speciiod by the bot- tors It tw cany to seo that theme women are as feverish for the play ax the mon, but there in something repellant in (helt eagerness, If you should come here ofien you would see the same female fa day after day, for when 4 woman becomes an inveterate gambler sho t# more constant to the passion than a man, The afternoon slips swiftly awa: ‘race follows another in quick suc- cession, with the same scenes attending each, Toward 4 o'clock it grows some- what dusky in the betting room and the lamps avo lighted. The immense room ts Insufterably hot now and foul with smoke and the odor of the stable, but the 700 men who are wrestling with the book- makers do not mind it. All they are mind- ful of are those rows of figures on the blackboards, When the sun was just dip- ping behind the Virginia hilla and redden- ing the western sky the last race was and Won. Lost. Per ct. To play. 14 10 583k 12 9 it 2t ri i 18 4824 H Washington., 11 13 45824 Buena Vista,, 9 12 ‘B80 QT The next contest will be between the Co- Jumbias and the Buena Vistas, whieh will be ed on the alleys of the Columbia Athletic Club, on nesday evening of this week, ‘The result of this match will determine wheth Columbias will take the lead on the pignahip race, and have worked up fr since December 4, tt would soem “that the nouds of the team" have not suffered, ©, A, C, Kentivittes, Another Indies’ day will be given at the Columbia Athletic Club on the afternoon of the ith of J . amoker will oceur on the g6th, and fe & program ts ady under way, ‘The p cipal event at the club next month will be a ption on the night of the 1th to the business men of the city, The amusement committee will at all mes welcome sum- gestions which may assist them in provid= ing entertainment for the club, The ¢ mittee consists of the following genUemer Alex, P, Shaw, Dr, y, HH. King, Chaa, Howard, J. Barton Miller, J. ‘T, hv Hubbard T, Smith, H, C. Stiles, C, I. Me Enaney, Thos, Frangg, Jr, dnd Joseph Cullen, Introducing the Game of “Skat.” ‘The game of “skat,” go popular in Ger- many, was indulged in) yesterday by a party of German-Amerieans at Chicago. called. It was pretty gray outside, but that made no difference. It was still light enough to distinguish the winning horse when he crossed the line, and that is all that is required. There was a bunch of good runners skirmishing for position around the starter’s flag, anxious to get way. A Collision—Possibly Fatal. Down dropped the flag and they were off, when suddenly one of the horses wheeled around and collided with Keramas, who went down on the frozen track with his jockey, Boyle, underneath. The racers dashed away, and the attendants rushed forward to extricate the plucky boy from the struggling animal. Both were hurt and they carried the jockey off the track. Poor ttle Boyle was a sorry sight, and was immediately carried away to Providence Hospital, to recover or die, as may be, while the horse will have to be shot to put him out of his misery. Little heed did the crowd pay to the accident, however; the lucky ones were cashing their checks, while the losers were too busy cursing their luck to think of much else. It was full dark as the train load of men rolled into the depot at 6th street. Truly, it was a day of noble sport! Winners on the Island. Just after the start of a race at Alex- ander Island on Saturday Keramas fell and kicked Jockey Boyle in the face. The winners of the day were West Side, Billy Boy, Farragut ani Vestibule. RECENT BOWLING SCORES. Matches on the Alleys of the Young Men’s Catholic Clab. Again the team of the Y. M. C. C. chalked up three more games to its credit—this time captured from the team of the W. A. C. The last six games played by the Gon- zaga boys show that they are doing ex- cellent work, winning all six, the highest team score being 76 and the lowest 739, and of the last nine games bowled they have won eight. Steady Jimmy O'Connor again captured a I could get relief FOR from a most hor- rible blood dis- ease I had spent hundreds of dollars trying various remedies and physi- cians, none of which did me any good. My finger nails came off and my hair came out, leaving me perfectly bald. I then went to HOT SPRINGS Hoping to be cured this celebrated treatment, but very soon became disgusted and decided to try S.S.S. The effect was truly wonderful. 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CF Mourning Hats a spe- clalty with vs. Mrs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G St.’ Latest Ideas in Millinery. 428-2000 Tobacco Juice in the Monument, ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: One of the most conspicuous notices in the Washington monument—that most no- ble shaft ever erected by man—reads: “Gen- tuemen will please abstain from the use of tobacco in the monument.” Even a casual observer does not wonder at this, for the monument inside is stained from top to bottom with the remains of the filthy sputem of some soulless vandal. The more observant visitor, however, notices that the worst, if not the only evidence of its use is upon the east side of the elevator shaft, and might possibly be at a loss to ac- count for this until he made one round trip standing rear the cage door. It would be easily explained then. The ‘elevator con- ductor is responsible, and if,there’s a single hundred feet of that shaft at which he does not aim a mouthful of amber fluid on both the up and down trips, it is not noticeable. Some white paint has used on the east side to partially cover up the stains, but that It is allowed at all is shameful. If it is kept up long enough no detent man will enter the monument, as it is barely clean enough for ladies now. Toa visitor it is extremely frritath and de- tracts greatly from the pleasure of the trip, to be blamed for the filth and caution- ed not to increase it, when all the blame rests upon the monument employes. It ts ear! recommended that some officer of the,monument association make an in- ction trip in order that the filthy con- on of the place may be noted and rec- tified. A ENT VI£ITOR. spital Changes, Tomorrow Dr. Leonard Bell, the chief resident physician of the Emergency Hos- pital, will retire from that position and Dr, {James R. 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To all who are likely to neod anything in this line we extend a hearty invitation to visit our establish- ment before making purchases. Everything in FINB DECORATED CHINA, STERLING SILVER, PLATED WARE, SPARKLING CUT GLASS, &e. CHINA TEA, DINNER and TOILET SETS in grent variety. A large number of OPEN STOCK PAT- TERNS, from which you can make up dio @ ner and ten seti ny number of pleces. Pi. W. Beveridges 9° IMPORTER OF POTTERY and PORCELAIN, 3 @ 426-48d 1215 F AND 1214 G 8T8. 00054 406000965591 900 2008 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH On All Holiday and Housefurnishing Goods EXCEPT McCONNELL'S GERM-PROOP FILTERS. J. W. BOTELER & SON, 923 Pa. Ave. 412-284 urn Over A New Leaf On New Year's day--begin life on @ new plan, We will warrant that At the end of the year you will have something to show for your invests ment, We'll warrant you will have as cosy @ hone ae there te ip Waehington—and the paying for it ‘Won't have cout you @ slugle self. denigl-nor & moment's embarranee mont, All worry aud trouble are forelgn to our Equitable Credit System. ‘That smoothos the way, Gives “you all: the reyulsitos of homo-male fog—PURNITURE, CARPET, DRAs PELIA, BTOVES, Ete. on your owm terms, Whether weekly or monthe ly paymeats-of big or small Amounts, doosn’t interest us 00 Jong as you do as you promise you wit, House & Herrmann, 917, $19, 921 and 923 7th St. ae 636 Mass. Ave. Dardoeoedendendendendatneeeeeetete ‘December , Clearance List 1894. worn Wheels. “PNEUMATICS 1 Ladies’ “Lovell” Safety, G. & J. tires, en- trely new and guaranteed every way; shop- worn; price reduced from $110 t 1 PRINCE, 26-in. pneumatic tires, 24- 2 COMBINATION RAMBLERS, wheels 265 30-1n., used some, but tn good riding con- 2 CENTURY COLUMHIAS, '98 pattern, "94 G. & J. tires; Nos. 9989 and 15068; newly refinished; each. 1 DART, G. & J. pnei pa tern, 30-in. wheels eeesesees 1 No. 1 DIAMOND PNEUMATIC RAMBLER, CUSHION TIRES. 1 RUDGE, Model *D,"" No. 70810; new and in fine shape; cut from $140 to...... most new; cut to. ie 5 1 COMB. CUSHION RAMBLER, good con- dition .... SULID TIRES. 2 JUNOS, Ladies’ wheels, cut from $65 to feach) 2s... wentones (Drop fram, ball bearing and in good Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., 1325 14th St. N.W., mV Ashington, D.C. 4s. PRICES, NET CASA. ition; Nos. 2175 and 4493; each........... 44 REL IBN RES Second-Hand and Shope G. & J. Lires, fine shape........ceeeeeeeees $0.08 condition.) SHOOT HDSHOO SS SS90SSS90099900 If You Want the est . : utterine 4 Come to Us. SQUARE, MARBLE AND GLASS STANDS, Center Market. | @ 420-404 \@ \* --sptendid for henting an “off toe a sick ch or bath Gas Radiators, $10 —more elaborate than the stoves _ throw we h Taylor's at No ch il stoves: ree. Tubing. Te. ft. up. ae Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y. Ave. 427-288 °* preturoa, Scrap Mutertats for Da t Fancy Wort, per. Flowers made to order, 42T-ia Wilkins & wn | POOCORSOREE COSC SOOHOOONOSE Gas Heating’ GAistoves ot: SSTSIOSIOZO 4 oo ° AIST NFOF OOF 9 OOOO SOOOYD d