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1 , , 1 , 1 . . SWINDLING OF ENGLISH BOOKMAKERS. A learm-d jii.l.- of the Kinds Ib-nr-h once said 1i1.1t if in, .si swusasera aaed half the If laaltj to f.M.iw an honest trade thai the] did in their netar Ions prm tiees they Would s.sui ami of ineessity gats a furtanc that would do them er-iiit. And this fa 111. .us 1. 111. ilk has reeeiilly been exempllhed by some I treiiielv clever dodges that have conic to llghl 111 the eoiirls when tricky folks haw been cliaieii with swindling "bookies." Tin- method af one of the neatest frauds upon a lioi.kiunk r cjiine mil reeintly in evidence before 1 maxislrat.-. A in. 111 who had become well known to the "bookie" would visit him on the uf lenioon of a hi race and aneaal some time ehatthng with him ill his own room jusl about wlnn the race was on. Then suddenly he would say: "Oil. look hero, old chap, id aim,, si forgotten! Why, I Wanted to back l.lllb- Minnie. What price is sin- 7 to I? Well. Ill lake that. If yon dont mind, though the race is on nmv, I suppose. I.ui .1-in-illi.T of us knows anything about the result. 1 expect oii wont abject. Tin- "Imokie" used to accept the bet, and invari ably Hie said horse won nud he had lo pa. After two or three doses ol this sort he bi -an to siisp. I sossethlng WTOJSK, but CoaM not detect what it was or In.vv he wns being "done." Then, one day. whilst tin- bettor was with him. he heard a man in the street below begin piny in;; a cornel. And somehow il struck him that In- had heard a cornel played Micro before, more than once, when his client had been Chatting wilh him. He said BSthlng. but N solved to notice if the same thing happened again. II did. Ami even imaln. Then he tank action, filially it turned out dial the bettor was warned h] the tune 1 be cornel played under 11 pit an annul scheme what horse had won the race, actually lie lore In- made the hot with tin b«.kie." An even smarter dodge was that brought to Hghl •sane time ago, known as the "telegram fake." Here a gnbg used to work the oracle aplendldly hi a clever trick. Members of tin- gang went lo differ cut postofltoes where each man Hied "p telegraa fornss, bunking every karat In the race. Them hi bunded to some clerk who had ..In ulv in front ol him n idle of aMMMgoa awaiting transmission. And the lol wen- placed at the bottom of the heap t-lake their turn. This was none 11 few minutes before the racp nmi run. I.ui as nil telegrams are -lamp .1 urhea tuhei iii. inch received the stump and nark ahowlng ilia they were in beln re Iln lime. Within the nexl minute or so a special wire would coma to anollic-ollice 110I too far olT giving the actual n-ailt of thi race for the g.iilnaiiie "f "" gamg. The various nninU-rs of |t then used to nroceed iiLniii to tin- saVaa already aw-ntloaed, state thai I hey wished to alter or revise the teiegr s tlu- hni written fthortl] before which any sunder is en litleil lo do If his message has not bun dispatched .n.l ■-.. liny t:..i possess Ion of the unsenl telegrams Then the* destroyed most of the useless ones, i altered them so thai they availed little. While lie "wire" which bucked the winning horse was. oi course, allowed to uo iusi »s it was By thj ;,, gentoas aw Indie, which was worked for months m it was Ultimately disco Vend and put 11 stop to bv tin landing In jiiil r most ,.r the gang, the i ooklc- v.in- done ..ill of large s | of money week aflii week. II remains to be added that if any mi ml the gang had re nan a to believe that the wins would not be sniJii icnti v delayed by press of bnalness In sent ■ woniy meaningless telegram to himself ni his I, ..in.- address. Then them was the ease where n man was asum rated tor defrauding 1 bookmaker by what came t«. be called the "river s|i|i dodge." In this rase the swindler actually went with the "bookie" for ■■ aft •ft hshfng on the Thames al Molosey, and then ilrea his unsnspertlng euei jr,io a chat aboat Bn chief Ca.es, laying bets on every event imi winning oh lime. it w is thi- very surprising run of sarcesa which proved the mnns undoing and raised the "Ih. . ki..s" suspicions. Wlnn III" whole tarts caiiu- to llghl it turned out thai il had head arranged between the defrunder ami ifcderate I lint tin- winner of each rare should have Its ii.nne written on al Irani lifiv small ~iip-of paper, which were put Into Ihe Thames higher np Ihe river, and than tloal. -d down to MlUsm J as regu lir Hots; n the bosom of IhV waters. Naturally, the swindler in the punt, hiokins out . 1 -j - 1 1 . for throe, lanaai d to neeare one or more. and thus learned the info! Hon be desired, aftir which be would Let hi unsuspecting coaspnnioa In la. him the Stsrttng price agslnsl Hint Is.rs. . even I booed Ih.IIi of then knew the race was then over, for what "b.H.kie" iii sin li :i iM.sitieii coaM sums il the very msa who hnd been ith him in 1 hshrng punt for two hour-, l.cb. re the race, and had never .en or spoken t ■ ami but himself during ill thai ii ? -LoasJoa TldMts.
