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GET RESULTS BY THOUGHT TRANSMISSION. Trainer at Saratoga Suggests a Way Out of the Difaculty to New York Poolroom Managers. Saratoga, N. Y., August 14. The information the New York poolrooms are getting from here Is of an unreliable nature, and tlie delay practically nullifies its usefulness. What the next raovo will be no one seems to have an -,idea. "They ought to employ some Chinamen, with their thought transmission schemes, to get ring information," said a horseman. "You may laugh, but I have seen the working of this thought transmission right here at Saratoga, and It. never failed, either, though I dont say it could be amplified to cover the present situation. A few years ago two trainer friends of mine who stabled near each other in Horse Haven each had a Chinese cook. They were great bettors when any horse from either stable which figured to have a good chance was running. But being economical, as well, they did not see fit to contribute any more to the gate than was necessary to carry out the scheme. "One of them would go to the field to make tie wager while the other would remain at the stable. Usually the stay-at-home was standing on a bench outside of the stable at the time of the running of the race. Not a glimpse could be seen of the course or of the people gathered there, but It wasnt necessary to wait lor the betting commissioner to return to know the result of the race, at least, so far as the medium of the Chinamens wagers was concerned. "Before the cheering over the result of the race had died out the Chinaman on the bench would know the fate of his wager. Him win, he would say without a sign of enthusiasm if such happened to be the case, or Him beat, or Him second, as the case might be. I had heard this story from my trainer friends, but. was skeptical until I saw it tested several times and learned that It was Infallible, now was it done? Thought transmission and nothing else. The Chinese have been famous for this for centuries, you know, and these apparently ignorant cooks were adepts at it." The Important race in England today Is the International Breeders Two-Year-Old Stakes, at five furlongs, which is to be decided at Kemptoa Park.
