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Show DRAKES DENY STORIES Expected to Lose $100,000 a Year on. Placing. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-Tho following letter has been received hero from Mrs. John A. Drake, wife of tho Chicago turfman: turf-man: Saratoga. N. Y. Every day absolute untruths nro being printed about Mr. Joha A. Drnko Mr. Drako Is not betting thousands of dolian on tho races. Ills bets rango from XO to J200 clubhouso nvcrnB bets of gentlemen of tho Mr. Drake Is not, nnd never was, a partnor of John W. Oatco. cither In racing, hotting or In any gumea of chance. B Ho is not playing golf for wngora of thou-sands thou-sands of dollars, and ho never did Ho la not plnylng roulotto or faro or any other gnmollng game nt Canficld's or any other gambllng-housc. Very truly yours MRS. JOHN A. DRAKE. Mr. Drake was equally emphatic In nr. ntervlew at Saratoga In. his denials of tho stories of largo betting. uv,,,u's or "I did not go into racing- until t retired from business." lie fnld. VieM strenuous llfo whllo I was In business and Mrs. Drake and mysolf went to Kurope for six months, and on our rln in 1900 I llrst went Into racing. "I knew it was a costlv camo nn,i (n my wife I could afford "to lose' Siw oob 'ri year at the gamo and still onjoy It "I had no Idea of making money out of racing or bet Ing on it. and no man who goes into racing for tho sport of it and races cleanly and honestly, can makA n,. money out of it. maKo an "Ho Is bound to loso monov nn mot. how lucky he may bo oTwir Anf" man has ever said that John A started a horso that wasTol "1 havo not played coif with tk t,. Gates for moro' than two years Jn?h.)v IJbcon on tho links Wh'Z 'iha? |