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HOW TO PICK THE WINNERS AND WHEN NOT TO BET The man who, having bet, detects himself singing before a race, is doomed to lose. Money carried for three days in a mans shoe or a womans stocking is invested with winning powers, while some men will never back a horse except at odds of six to five or nine to five. They assert that they always win at those prices and lose at others. Few .betting men have the courage to wager their money after having seen a crosseyed person. Such an occurrence is regarded as a bad omen. When an accident occurs at the starting post and a jockey finds it necessary to dismount there is a great scramble of the superstitious to bet upon his horse. Many persons have an odd fancy for backing horses according to certain numbers on the program, but the reasoning and deduction or no two men are the- same. Sticking a pin through the program from back to front Is a popular method of picking winners. Perhaps it .Is as good a Avny as any. Women who bet have their favorite messenger boys, and will allow no others to place their commissions. "Oh, where Is my lucky boy?" Is the anxious inquiry that Is heard over and over again. If the lucky boy fails to turn up there is no bet. A speculator in doubt resorts to innumerable devices in his search for tips. If only two horses go- to the post he probably tosses a coin to decide. If there- are ten starters he writes their respective numbers on small bits of paper, shakes .them in Ills hands, presses the palms close together, opens them, and blows the papers away. Hu pins Ids faith to the lust one to leave his liand;-4-TitBits.
