Modern Betting.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3043, 1 November 1888, Page 2

Modern Betting.

"Atlas/ 1 ,iu tho World, writes:— ■■ may astonish tkoso who .remember I ?''' the pluming days' of the Hastings o&iO to hour that betting on tho.turf: basVf been.farLeaviorduring: tho';hresontl^'-.' season than any former.' perjbity; and?:. •'. it is a far loss difiiculE task to foretell %■ the inevitable result of such dealing i'' lliar. to predict the winner approaching St. Leger. The of one sensational !'atarting.prico" >/ speculator, who thought nothing. of>;v iiavii)g'::SlO,ooo • on • ~c ortainty,'^as;eut'shorha%AM;^: ■ w bes*jibsii^ £16,600, Ind for M, jimouiji;|;on [the f - Monday, Biii sink retired. fWse;i-'. : more sensational k'as'ibfjen the 'bofinf | "■ Y ■ of df(rjti| f '*" Ujo tibod\ro&| ti^f: v lost Ijls,oCtO;Vacing; nhd' ; tmt isapY - , %nfr;ajsriglitj^ notorious member of tho bookmakliig" %-\ fraternity : who did. not possess':,: ; w> : t'• many shillings a few weeks aso. 'On ■ thßfiratday ot;the Brighton '.when .every, first .favourite lost, ? the ■■• "plungpi^had a ."bad ,-■' day,'! :■- won:]jls,(ioo on the Wednesday;an'd : /" ; :• thWfowv'trhthful illutrations ! willij; , sufficiently bear ouf- my ' stutflineiit^'>: rojipeotlng.the'inpiralleleJ "chanicterif/ of wagering' at - ilio : moinont,i,;Npr must jmentil^Je:; '■% oinittel of;iinother recerit ariatdoeatiot' :| focriiiy^'wlio,;'• besideslurgely'pf thoroughbred heavy ■;.:■' "' ;: '' K MsmwJß® levee! $$

One ofjtUe piisonots iii thecotticlor > was singing as ithe.Goutl opened; and) for a couple' of' minutes everybody'' listened to the. voieo ami the words: Oh 11 dreamed last night of do dear oldhouiCi ■-'•'' Of do fields'of oottoh an'corn; Of do bij; white house which stood on : i deihill— ■■. : ■,-,;',• Of dp cabin in which! trasborm

: ;.v, .'■■ CHORUS— ; '.: : ::; i, : . ! doohildren . . cumback,;. ,^T^?'' An'lsawmydeadXlary ßenin; ..;■ Aii'do songs of do negroes was bomb •' '■ ondonir •'•'■','! ; . Ab do quails whistled softly fur rain.' "It'ssad,MrStebbius," observed his Honour, as ho looked up. • " Itis sir, Such songs always touch my heart. .1 wish you'd let tho ikn go," " Woll, we'll sed.". ypii; mlf bring; him out." Tho prisoner proved to bo a coal-black negro with ono blind eye, clothing badly torn, a fingajipne up in a rag, and a bad limp of his : . legs, "ilsiybur-'iiamo Petor Jackson?" asked his Ifouor. "I dun refuse to say, sab." "What's tho matter with you, Peter?" "Do matter am dat soinu white folks will git killed if dcy doan' mind doir biaiess!", I'You were 1 drunk last night." "Idoan'keer if Iwas!" ( " Potor, .if.you have any excuses to Inmlio I will,hear.thorn." "I du want to go home, sab, an' Izo gwino, too! If anybody tries to stop me dey had hotter look out, Izo called Peaceful Pete, bill 1 ain't peaceful if >■ auybody puts deir hands on mo." " Peter, you are n bad man, and I shall send you. up for sixty days." "Iwoii'fgo.sahl" .It'took 1 three' oftlcei'storcturn Peter lb his cell, and during the operation Mr Stebbins received lhrec,kicks and-two bites, and tho sentiment wan-lsttockiil- out' ofbiniboforo ho got throte|JMtb. tho struggle,.

ONLY'A DET, . John'- Whito \m a icspectablolooking young man of 20, with a ; badblaclc'eyeauda sorrowful'loot,"-'-aud'wbeii the Court : intimated that': his sorrowful story.would he palieijfly : lie toned; to, ; lie oxplaineil: <> Youpe,''; I was going, up Woodward ■ Avenue ■'■ with a friend*,' We saw an .bid mair > en the corner. My friend hot tear cigars that I dus'cnt knock the old ' man's hat off." "And you took tho lot?" "Yes,-sir," . "And you , kiiookeUoff I liis;liatV{'{Ves.* , -i <, Aiid- , | "Tlie'oldiiiaiV down;""Was he arrested?"; "No, sir; ho, ; had goiip before tho oflicor got there. ■; I made a ibol'of myself,' your Honor." : »So you did, John. Beware of old ' men. They, lookinnoceat tod-harm.'-less, but strike like a pile-driver. : k Have you got a liver about you?" ;i rigliPir^u®n|Waflliaf : : brought liini:jout. s'!What v # mean §ooif;mi sfrsn£i iianles;and:s^:l ! this ad to S give

with ino in a gentle way;"-?' Very tvoll, prisoner, let mo throw out n Boft hint that you .were.-.onilmrrtisscd ycstortlayl'niv Jittlgo," Yes, ! l vriw embarrassed." " And you woro found asleep on the broad of your back," "1 was. I was m a case of mingled exhaustion and prostration." " For which the sentence—".'.' Gently,-Judge, speak Hsoftly." "Is thirty days.'' "That will do." 1 haven't a complaint to make, you treat mo kindly mid gently, and J ; will go up without a protest, Good'byo, Judge, ami may your business thrive and prosper until thoy have to enlarge the workhouse,—Detroit free Press.