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THE BOOKIES AT FRISCO. Concerning the results of the bookmakers and outside speculators flirtations with Dame Fortune during the Sail Francisco racing season, the San Francisco Chronicle of Monday says: "From a bookmakers point of view the race meeting which came to a close Saturday has been the most disastrous on record in California. The layers of odds have usually made big money for several seasons, but this has not been the case for the past two seasons . The I , i . bookies who made expenses this year were not very numerous. It takes 1,050 a week to operate a book, which means that the bookmaker must really win more than ,000 a month to make expenses alone. This figures 5,000 for six months, "Undoubtedly the biggest loser was the Stuy-veaant Club, a book operated by John Coleman. The losses of this book amounted to 5,000. Duriag his few months stay here Riley Gran-nan must have dropped fully 5,000. Hugh Jones and Tom Costigan had a very tempestuous season, and their experience in booking must have cost them 0,000. M. Getz was credited with winning 0,000 on the outside, which he lost in two ventures at booking. Jack Newman lost ,000 on the block, but he got nost of this amount back by speculating on the outside. "Kid" Weller, who was heralded as a "plunger," was reported to have lost 0,000, but this sum was greatly out of line, as he did not have that much money to his name. At the outside he probably lost ,000. Jack Atkins dropped a couple of bank roils for his backers, amounting in all to perhaps ,000 W. Applegate toyed with the chalk and chamois for several weeki, which luxury cost him ,000. Maxey Blumenthal lost a like amount before he left for the east. Eddie Gaines got rid of ,000 booking, while P. Froe-lich lost a bank roll of ,000 the first month he was out here. Paul Ridley blew in ,500 while booking. It cost John Fay of Cincinnati ,000 to find out that it was a hard game out here." "Barney Schreiber had tough luck and must have gone away 0,000 behind. Herman Hoffman stayed out the season. He had a losing streak and was 4,000 to the bad at one time, but he pluckily stayed with the game and won 0,000 back. John ONeill did not play in his usual luck and returned before the season was over fully ,000 loser. A month ago Gus Bluhm was ,000 loser, but he won steadily the past three weeks and managed to quit a slight winner. Jackman, who was backed up by Gecrge Rose, lost one bank roll of ,000. "The winners were few and far between. Joe Rose again quit the biggest winner on the season. He doubtless won 0,000- Pete Reilly retired 8,000 ahead. Bill Beverly is credited with cleaning up ,200. John Humphreys, Phil Howell ana P. Archibald won from ,000 to ,000. George Rose won several thousand dollars booking, but the dollar book privilege was a losing proposition and he could not have made anything on the season. Frank Eckert only booked a month, but he must have won a couple of thousand, "Among the horsemen and speculators Tom Woodford, C. Dwyer, Plunger Hill, Abe Stein, T. Hackeberg, Charles Qulnn and Fred Cowen all fared badly. Ed Corrigan had a most suc-, cessful betting season, an unusual expetience for him. He won perhaps 0,000, Tom Ryan is reckoned to have cleaned up 5,000 in coups with his horses, while P. Ryan perhaps won ,000. The local bettors, P. McMahon and John Lyons, are credited with substantial winnings."
