Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clubhouse were John D. Hertz, Jack Dempsey, Postmaster General Farley, Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane and J. H. Louchheim of Philadelphia, who bet $1,000 on his Morpluck and then contrived to lose his pari-mutuel tickets to a pickpocket who got no good out of them. A squad of National Guardsmen used clubs to keep the spectators in the infield under control. The spectators threw chairs at the guardsmen...
...Churchill Downs last week, bettors wagered nearly $500,000 on the Derby. On an ordinary horse race, for every dollar that is bet at the track, $10 are bet elsewhere. Total moneys that changed hands on the Derby probably amounted to more than $10,000,000. Conspicuous by their absence in the crowd at Churchill Downs last week were the two bookmakers generally surmised to have handled a larger share of this than any of their confreres: Thomas J. Shaw of New York and Thomas Kearney of St. Louis, the only important bookmakers in the U. S. who make "winter...
There are two kinds of bookmakers in the U. S.: those who operate at race tracks and those who handle bets elsewhere for the convenience of their customers. Of the latter, there are about 10,000 in Chicago, 20,000 in New York, 100,000 scattered about the country, in cigar stores, poolrooms, newsstands, lunch rooms. Some are agents for big bookmaking establishments. The majority are independent. Since pari-mutuels-machine betting at race tracks through a general pool, in which the odds are determined by the amount bet on each horse and of which the state and track each...
...TIME with Huey's picture on the cover remained on the local newsstands for only a short time To attribute its disappearance to an orgy of buying or political prejudice would be an even bet...
...first Crimson shell will not compete against the New Yorkers even in this race, an informal and off-the-schedule contest, but will be pitted against Bert's prize yearlings. The Freshman seconds will have opportunity to bet shirts with the Manhattan first '38 shell...