Show r wr i x af wu ra n ad IS UNLUCKY PAPER MONEY racing men clip corners off two dollar notes before B bitting nc large numbers of clipped two dol lar bills have reached the treasury department depa ament at Iv washington ashington for redemption demp dempt tion ioa in the ilia last three years bills are all corn erless that Is all four corners have either been torn olt off or neatly cut off with scissors or knife the officials who interest themselves in tracing suco such things quickly ascertained that a superstition of racing people lay back of th the is corneliess corn corne erless riess two dollar bills it was found that some years ago tho the bikers in the racing game developed an antipathy to the two dollar notes considering si them unlucky their method ot of exorcising tho the devil ot of ill III luck clinging to the two dollar bill was to tear or cut off the corners before putting it into play the idea spread it infected the bookmakers book makers and some bookmakers book makers who received large numbers of two dollar bills in the course of a days operations fell into the habit of 0 clipping with scissors the corners of 0 SUCIL such notes as they unload upon their associates now it Is reported that distrust of the two dollar note is becoming general and that the corneliess corn corne erless riess notes are appearing in many different places |