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THIEVING TOUTS ARE CAUGHT. "Two women who patronize the racetracks occasionally went to the track police Saturday and complained that two men who had Introduced themselves as horsemen, had robbed them of big winnings onAV. II. Daniel aud Miss Crawford," says the New York World. "According to their version of the story, the men accosteii them while seated in the grandstand and told them to bet on both horses, as they were Interested in them as owners. The women proved to be gullible, and confided1 their money to the polite strangers. "When one of the horses won the men returned, but postponed paying the money to the women, saying that they had another sure winner, and .advised them to place all the money on this horse that couldnt Ipse unless he fell. Nothing loath to win a small fortune the women did as directed, or thought the men did, ,and when Miss Crawford won at 20 to 1, they mentally calculated they were worth ?2,000. , "Subsequent events proved that they were worth that sura in their mind only, for the men failed to put in an appearance, although the women waited patiently two hours for theni. An investigation by the police. of the charges revealed the fact that tin; men had not bet on either of the winners. They stated that they had picked the horses because they thought they would not win, but advised the women to bet on them so that they could keep the money aftpr the horses had lost. The women had their money returned to them and the men were put off the grounds.
