Show BETTING IN NEW YORK CHOKER PUTS UP 10000 AGAINST 840000 Tammany Chief Got Odds of Four to OneOther Bets Made of Five to One on McKinley Richard Croker last night made a bet of 10000 to 40000 on Bryan the McKinley Mc-Kinley end of the wager being taken tiy Jacob Field With one exception this Is the largest bet of the campaign I The cxcdptlon Is the wnger of 50000lo 20000 made by Louis Wormscr with Mr Crokcr The bet was made at DelmonIcos Mr Field offered to give odds of 4 to Ion McKinley and Jack McDonald a bookmaker who had a commission from Mr Croker accepted the proffer I and agreed to take the Bryan end for I 10000 As soon as the matter was arranged ranged Mr McDonald Inquired If I there were any more McKInley money I to be had at the same odds I Yes Mr Field replied I have I i 300000 more to place at that figure No other wager was made A prominent New Jersey Judge yesterday yes-terday wagered 5000 on Bryan against 20000 on McKInley with a wellknown Wall street banker For good reasons I the names of the bettors ore withheld Falling to excite the Bryanltes to abetting a-betting Interest In the election at odds of 4 to I McKlnlcys supporters In Wall street yesterday again Increased the price against Bryans chances They offered 4U to 1 that Bryan would not be elected This Increase of half a point In theo the-o ds resulted In a goodsized wager being be-ing placed The bet In question was between M B Mendham Mcndham B others bankers and brokers of No 20 Broad street and J J Judge a betting bet-ting commissioner Mr Mcndham bet Judge 22600 against 5000 that McKInley Mc-KInley will be reelected Judge said that he niaclp the wager on behalf of a person whose name ho was not at liberty to divulge Mr Mendham said I that he was belling In his own bohalf bell Co member of the stock exchange ex-change yesterday placed for a customer custo-mer at odds of 11045000 on Bryan to 20000 on McKinley on the general result re-sult of the election J The absence of Democratic money In Wall street yesterday was fl disappointment disap-pointment to the McKinley men be oanae It had been rumored around 1 Hoffman house on Wednesday night that 50000 to he wagered on the Democratic standardbearer would be placed with Bell Co yesterday The money was supposed to come from Mr Crokcr and a friend Bell Co when asked about the matter bald that they knew absolutely nothing about It They had received no Information from the Democratic club that would lead them to believe that Mr Crokcr or any other member had Intended to post 50000 with them for betting purposes Bell Co announced however that they had a commission of 1000 to bet at even money that McKinley would carry New York by 75000 plurallly and 250 against 1000 that McKInley would carry the Empire State by 200000 majority ma-jority In uptown sporting circles the price I against Bryans chances also lengthened length-ened Joseph Ullmann a bookmaker said that he would lay 4 H i to 1 that MoKlnloy would tuiccccd himself He said that he had tried to place a large sum of money on the Republican nominee nomi-nee but was unable to find any takers New York Herald Oct lHh Five to One Placed on McKiiiley Of the 50000 of money which It was reported In belting clrrlos uptown that Bell Co would have 1011lacoon Bryan 5000 was placed yeatcrday on the stock exchange The money was I placed In ono sum against 20000 put up by a member of the exchange In the outside market J J Judge who has handled considerable Bryan money had various small commission to execute covering special States and pluralities well su about 2000 nt odd of 1 to 5 on Bryaii lie placed ono bet of 5000 on Bryan against 22500 on McKInley which was put up for n client by Maurice 13 Mcndham of the firm Mendham Brothers Another bet of 10000 against 2500 was said to have been made on the board1 but no announcement was made of tho taker L Several amounts of from 25 to 500 woro offurcd by various bfokera on Mc Kinlcy but with no lakers New York Journal Oct 19lb i |