The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1904, Page 7

) (bout the game this year,"’ said a prom- f BOB DAVIS HIT ‘FOR $500,000 "Bookmaker Who Runs Big Pool- Room and Takes Money Others Want to Lay Off Will Quit. Your Address. ‘Tear out and ma: ‘STRONG SCHEME WORKED \ FROM NEW ORLEANS. First Betting So Maniputated that Money Is Played in New York and Track Odds then Drop. Know H Bob Mavis, the biggest pool-room operator in town, Is reported to have lost half a million dollars during the Past three months. An extraordinary tide of luck seems to havo set in againat Davis, and general surprise has been ereated by the announcement that he intends to quit the game. Davis ds the silent partner of William H. Cowan who ts the largest operator 4 the betting ring on all the metropoll- tan race-tracks. Cowan has gained re- nown by his nerve and daring. He has never been known to refuse a bet and has often accepted commissions $25 000 on A single race. Cowan and Davis both make book on the principle that no one can pick the Winner of a horse race. They figure that in the long run the player is bound to lose. No bet has ever been too large for elther Davis or Cowan to handle. Men who are commissioned to Place thousands of dollars on a race in- variably offer it to Davis during the Winter or to Cowan in the summer, and 4 has never been refused until recently. Big Money Laid Om, Throughout New York City taere is An extensive system of telegraph wires, All of the big pool-room operators are on this system of wires. When one operator recelves so many bets on one horse that his book is topheavy he can turn to the wire and lay part of it off with others on the circuit. Ana until recently it was generally offerea to Davis, because a lump sum would be| J. G. Billingsley, of @ccepted, and thus save the trouble or| years has been crippled with disease. parcelling it out. he writes: Lately Davis has turned down several ate offers of commissions and during the} —1,have spent, with past few weeks has been laying oft| ‘ll the rest.” many of his bets. The news flashed all ever the circuit. For a man who was never known to refuse any sort of a bet from one dollar to $50,000 this was sur- prising. Inquiry developed the fact that Davis had been hit so repeatedly and so hard that he was not only ourtalling hls Operations but was so discouraged at | his run of luck that he confided to a few friends that there was a chance of his quitting the game. Not Surprised at Davin. Pool-room operators all over town were @ot surprised by the announcement that | Davis might quit. There ts not a room | fn New York but has been scorched this winter by the play on New Orleans That is all. of ears ago my little girl for mx months. tried cure her, and she has remained curs ra, if you po desire others of this cu Zou pe) deeite. case was dangerous. had been sick for 20 years. For 8 practically no work He writes: “When she first started takin: barely weighed 00 pounds; now shew able easily to do all her housework for other you have cases. day to me. —who asked for my guarantee, 39 out have paid. Paid because they got well. If 1 can succeed in cases like these—f time in 40, in diseases deep-seated and chi it certain I can ys cure the slight! Banking and Financial. , Bhoop. Box 6661, Racin Win. Simply Sign This and Get Well. Take it a month at my risk. fails the druggist will bill the Don’t Wait Until You Are Worse Taken in time, the suffering of this little one would have been prevented. Her mother writes me: as, sick continuously many doctors, and We Potties of your remedy. 13 falled, yet 1t took only two, bo! your remedy, 13 Rockdale, N. Y. ‘Tis a pity she aia eh first write me, before the The wife of Omer Andrus, of Bayou Chicot, La. years could do Twenty “dark” years might have been “bright” ones. of Thomasville, Ga., Now he is well. jedioines, and the Eine me inore good Both money and suffering might have been saved. ‘And these are only three from over 65,000 similar These letters—dozens of them—come every How much serious illness the Restorative has pre: vented, | have no means of knowing, for the slightly ill and the indisposed simply get a bottle or two of their druggist, are cured, and | never hear from them. But of 600,000 sick ones—seriously sick, mind you nara seacroir sacagicticiedi-asts ae kesiceaa ahaa eecticammainnin maaan hile Mice aren an eae aE * aa THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1904 ow to Send no money. Simply sign above. Tell me the book you need. with a druggist near you for six bottles of Dr. Shoop’s Restorative cost to me. You may oil and rub, engine. It will never be is necessary. will. those organs. After almost a lifetime for three Tien I know the remedy. all the research, the trials difficult, discouraging. 7 had almost deserted. My only problem ts to that 1 know how to cure means exactly what | say phrases in it. and I will take the risk And you—not | of each 40 fail but one ronic—isn't Banking and Financial. aces, “ahere 1s something very peculiar ent operator to an,Evening World re- ter, ‘Just what It Is we have not able to fathom. But there ts a/ wertain olfque tiat is daily beating the Booms out of thousands of dollars. It Is teady, dally drain, and it has made ry book in town a big loser. There ts manipulation somewhere wuls year, fut just where it 1s located we have not een able to determine. “Now when Exclamation won a race @ few days ago the opening price sent \tn from the track was 8 to 6. The books made it 7 to 10 and expected a, play, but not a dollar was forthcoming. The second betting announced 4 to 5 the price against Exclamation, and we hunched jt to even money. Instantly | there was a flood of money all over the NEW YORK Tax Exempt (Payable in town. Every book was loaded up, and mL = the money was scarcely down when a OFFERED DIRECT TO INVESTORS Hash comes that Exclamation is now 3 t Now, was this hunch in the sec- ‘ond betting sent out for the purpose of Botting a certain bunch get their money Gown at an extravagant price or not? What is what we cannot determing. Thing Happened Too Often, A legal Investment for taxation except for State p bids received, thus giving vantages as dealers. “This same thin has happened so many times that ue are ara a, ‘The offering the highest premium. es appear to be quoted at the track, ed in there are many falxe price laid Nena 8 MUBT. AG cy That ix, 4 or 6 to 1 will be Inld against Sa" Palete unsuccessful bidders." For full ® horse that legitimately should be an ‘at 2 City Hal New ‘Tork. pr tocb Feliance, Consult any Bank or Tra We have to accept these prices, the money at and the moment we are EDWARD M. GROUT, Com de® up, bang comes a series of hes, and we wake up to find that we in very bad. This whole thing Beems to be engineered at New Orleans nd there ts « crowd in New York that fs taking advantage of it.” Last year every pool-room in town. swas beaten for thousands of dollars| | traordinary activity of at ward: the. Stinter by comparison, Th nituas @ solution. on the ‘¥risco races. ‘The winners were | Tey ae rete ene Ot the. oat, popular unertingly played. It wad a long time) bookmakers that ever accepted before tho pool-room men tumbled to! ie tae Gee Taha honest in ail hie deal the fact that a certain crowd was get-| {UtelY SQUIf? Sora te unhesitatingly ac- tng the results of the races over one telegraph line before the regular repurt| , That he has lost half « million dollars of the other company reached the city, does Rot mean that Yo work this game the leased wire of ytoNehy Mincereated with Billy Cowan ® newspsper was used, This was a hus been moneymaker every wire direct from ‘Frisco. ‘The winner, Davis robabty feela that he where would be flashed over the wire to the mot an y men in New York, The other report, against « sure losli something that he h | chance Yo beat. not an even being relayed at various points, was ———a—<—_ thee, ny minutes late reaching WYKEE SUES GAS COMPANY. Stewards’ Action Peculiar, | Am a result of the leakage of gas The line handling racing reports has! which flooded the Savoy Theatre and the exclusive privilege of supplying made it impossible to give a perform- racing information, As soon as the ance, Frank McKee, lessee of the the- {ucts became known the pool-rooms re-! tre, has brought suit, against the Con- fused to take any more bets on Call- solldated Gas Company for $60,000 dam- fornia races. There are now two tracks | In California, one at ‘Frisco and one at, hick, Los Angeles, the latter track beginning! Sethe fumen were a0 thick,” aald Mr, early In the afternoon. ‘The pool-rooms | °K re. Haske ne ae en now want the California information, {and’ we ‘could ‘give no. performanc but {t is understood that the telegraph | ‘There. was never any danger to ompany, piqued at the turn-down given theatre oF audience, but in view of ¢ fe “pool-rooma last winter, has |recent disaster In’ Chicago 1 ‘aecided Forubed to supply. te hot to take any chances and abandoned ¢ pool-room men this winter marvel the night's @. nerformance, wt the quiescent attitude of the stow= trds at New Orleans. They point ‘to| sult to the Bonds are awarded to bidders “This deposit will, 1 | ton is puzzling to the operators and) « $10,000,000 a CITY 336% ee Gold Bonds Fifty Years) °**'TO BE SOLD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1904/* trust funds, exempt from urposes. No ‘‘allor none” investors the same ad- ie reased envelol TWO PER CENT SHE Must Ue In cantor cartitied check of requested, be revurne: ar information see “City: Record,” published at Company, or address ptroller City of New York 280 Broadway, New York| «sisi “KEEP WELI. SYUL TRADERS eovone INFORMED. To do eo, read our 400-nane Vv aRRET LETTER. ‘Mailed Free. A Inaved Gratle, STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, COTTON, 53 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Determining the character and financial ponsibility of your ris ae important selection of rinht tock i Flats and Apartments To Let. Re me au) saad wi0un at Purchase and Exchange. STAMPS G RED ING ORRENCERADING SEAMEA Riavern W mete at per oka at pro: portionate prices a1 — ee furnished Kooms To Let. 2TH 208, 5 Hall bedroom “add large 'To matse bustness boom during the @ull season it is only necessary to advertise in the night place. an "te responsi proueh 8 omday Wert tha rig place I. I will arrange If it succeeds the cost to you is $5.50. And I leave the decision to you. Why The Restorative Succeeds ter, without steam. More power—more steam And so with the vital organs. That's mere repairing. Permanent cures never come save through treating the nerves that operate And that my Restorative does. sides and researck in hospitals—I made this discov- ery. | found a way to treat, but the nerves—the inside nerves—that operate these organs and give them power and strength and health. That discovery has shown me the way to cure. It makes my offer possible. I never can forget the study, I have watched its action year after year in cases it bring back health to those poor ones whom hope 1 know what it will do. And so 1 make my offer. And the bare fact that I make such an offer ought of itself to convince you decide if you are to pay. Haight & Freese tog a — If it All You Need To Do Simply sign the above—that ts all. Ask for the book you need. The offer 1 make ts broad—is adjust and repair a weak stronger nor do its work liberal: The way ts easy—is simple, The Restora- tive Is certain. Doctor temas vou But do not misunderstand me. This ts not free treatment, with nothing ever to pay. Such an offer would he misleading—would be- little the physician who made it. But I believe In a sick one’s honesty—his gratitude. That when he is cured, he will pay the cost of the treatment—and gladly. I make this offer so that those who might doubt, may learn at my risk. Tell of it, please, to a friend who Is sick. Or send me his name. That’s but a trifle to ask—a minute's time—a postal. He is your friend. You can help him. My way may be his only way to get well. of labor—of study at bed- not the organs themselves, and tests that perfected it. lened after, Hine} nave! seen I, a stranger, offer to do all this, friend, his neighbor, simply write? Won't you, bis convince you. He will learn from my book a way to get well, Perhaps, as I say, the only way for him. His case may be serlous—hopeless almost. Otber physicians Please read it again. It | —other specialists may have failed. The matter is No catch—no misleading urgent, then, Simply this—you take the medicine Write me a postal or sign above to-day. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 6651 Racine, WI: Railroads. Railroads, Pennsylvania NewYork Central RAILROAD, | stale waive we wd devas rum Gum ¢ be dhs Strestetely Ee eh nd DESHROSSES and CORTLAND | # dria, Habreas.... 090 AM ihe leaving, time from Deab : roo PAL cUitiaudt ata dwetive minutes Tater tree, that 0 PM At i Pastor, Bleept: 3 oe ing, Care. Vor Chitags, “totlan PM Bieauine: and uaceraiion cane Alan ; 10 Aa Cincinnatt, indianapolis, Se Louis Dining 00 Aa Ww A. 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