Show BOOKIES SWINDLED Chief Factor In the Scheme is Under Arrest in Chicago i Chicago July 1 Bookmakers at Vashlnstonparle track have lost thousands thou-sands of dollars through a swindling scheme that < came to light today The chief factor In the scheme is under arrest ar-rest and has named two men as his confederates All of the pool tickets used at the track are made by a downtown linn in this city and Sherman Chappel ono of their employees was placed under arrest on the charge of stealing tickets and using them to defraud bookmakers at the track After being locked i up for an hour he confessed and named C R Russell and R Levitt both well known at the track as his accomplices The plan was to watch for the issuing issu-ing of tickets and then making out a duplicate rush to the bookmaker as soon as the race was finished and cash In before the holder of the actual ticket I could get around I Is impossible to form an estimate I of how large the operations have been but ono bookmaking firm known ns the Frisco club has been the heaviest loser and It Is said that they arc out several thousand dollars Other bookmakers book-makers have been ht hard CYCLE RACES A FAILURE Unsatisfactory Track at Milwaukee I Cause of Trouble Milwaukee Wls July HThe grand circuit races of UYb National Cycling I association which are billed td he runoff run-off In connection with the twentyfirst national meet of the League of Amcrl I j I can Wheelmen will prove a failure so I far as racln7 Is concerned The whole cause of the trouble is the unsatisfactory I unsatisfac-tory track at the Exposition > building f Already the big failure of the meet I i the 1000 race between M Cooper and r MaJ Taylor has been declared off and Cooper left tonight for Detroit Taylor I Tay-lor leaves for Indianapolis In the morn ing ingTho The track was pronounced defective as early a Sunday last and officials have been busy ever since trying to remedy the trouble Several of the prominent riders sustained bad falls In the practice work and many alterations altera-tions have been made seemingly with I out bringing about the propel result Tom Cooper gave the track a thorough I thor-ough trial this afternoon and wound up with a fall that nearly cost him some broken rbs That was enough for him and Taylor said the track was anything but safe for speedy riding The trouble Is In the banking at either end of the track c Other professional ridork who dropped and Pres I out are Stevens Kraemer I I cott and the star amateurs Wheeler Wilson and Denny Kiser Kimblc Mayo and Newhouso are about the only fast ones left The total register of wheelmen up to 3 oclock this afternoon shows only G13 I where several thousand were expected Buffalo N Y seems to bo the only I place for the 1301 meet |