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Show WAYS OF BETTING CONCERNS. Some of the Various Kinds of So-Called So-Called Turf Investment Schemes. There aro at least four kinds of concerns con-cerns connected with horse racing schemes for making monoy, which may .bo classod as follows; Co-oporn-tlvo companies, which glvo Informa tion and placo commissions on ono or moro rncos each day, as well as Investing Invest-ing monoy In tho purchnso of horses, racing, and breeding establishments; Information and commission bureaus, Information or tipping associations, and commissioners who either placo wagers or profess to do so at tho various tracks or In tho largo poolrooms pool-rooms In different parts of tho country. coun-try. Columns, r.nd In many Instances whole pages, of Bportlng and dally newspapers are used by organizations and Individuals In displaying tho tomptlng offers of "sure-thing" money winning Information, as to tho condition, condi-tion, oxorelso, and stablo knowledge? of well-known nnlmals which nro to run In tho sovoral events. Investors aro assured that thoy havo only to sond on any amount, from $10 up, In order or-der to havo It doubled or trebled In an Incredibly short spaco of tlmo, and all that Is asked of them by tho advertisers adver-tisers Is n fmall percentage of tho winnings, In addition to a dally fco ot from $2 to $10, for tho oxcluslvo lnsldo Information. Thoso concerns guarantee guaran-tee to placo tbo bets In tho hands of i vHBBBVBSSBBkMBlBSSV, (A. J.ADNDLD rellablo commissioners at tho track named or selected. Thoso who glvo tips for a consideration considera-tion of from $1 to $10 n day sond their Information by lcttor or wlro each day to their customers, who aro supposed to bo ablo to place their bets at will. Then there aro many commissioners who ndvertleo that thoy aro in n position po-sition to plnco wagers at tho track or In poolrooms nil over tho country for n pcrccntngo of tho winnings, and tho accounts of their customers are Bottled Bot-tled each day, or each weok, or on do-mnnd. do-mnnd. It 1b unreasonable, to suppose tuat all tho money sent to thcso commissioners com-missioners could bo Invested nt any ono track, and the mailing scheme Is simply n subterfugo for making an Individual book In many Instances. Neither tho tipsters nor tho commissioners com-missioners nor tho firms which combine com-bine both Information nnd tho placing of bets on It glvo any gunranteo of winning, but they nro blindly trusted by thoso who bellovo that they aro being furntHhcd with tho most exclusive exclu-sive Information, which in tho long run must turn out to bo both correct and profitable. Ono of tho prominent "turf Investment Invest-ment or co-oporntlvo companies," which is now among thoso which nro not paying out any cash to tho hundreds hun-dreds of clamoring customers, sent thousands of circulars broadcast throughout tho United States a few weeks ngo, In which thoy said: "Wo started In tho turf Investment business five years ago last August. Slnco that tlmo wo havo used n per-centago-wlnnlng system which has enabled en-abled us to pay a weekly dividend of not less than 5 per cent. Wo havo not mlssod ono slnglo wcokly dividend and havo paid In tho flvo years dividends divi-dends amounting to $1,300 on a $100 investment, "Bear In mind, our business Is largo-ly largo-ly transacted through tho United States malls. If wo had failed to do as wo promised tho postal authorities would havo stopped our mall long ago. Our position Is such that wo can tako no chances oven if Inclined to do so, for wo must bo perfectly squaro or stand to bo convicted for using tho malls for fraudulent purposes." |