Show BELIEFS signs that point to good or bad luck alo transactions of a gambler AT j affected by various omens race goers superstitions in to lucky horses that settles it I 1 dont make a bet today to day why chato tho matter now well the man I 1 bought this pro gramme of Is cross eyed and I 1 met his gazo adno of tho worst signs of bad lucaj know and I 1 let the horse today to day c chis conversation was overheard at the entrance of a popular racecourse race course says A F aldrich in the new york star gamblers and particularly turf i men are very superstitious every thing they is cither an omen of good luck or bad and by cheso signs they are governed in all their transactions the dread ofa race goers life is a cross eyed man if a man meets a cross man when he is going to make abbt it sends a cold shiver all over him he ml put his money away and very often io div aljo track if a cross eyed woman ia and her gaze is encountered a roan will nave luck all day at ono of tho winter tracks a woman ohp ay iy A lastlo is a regular pati oa gots tips from all tho prominent on tho track and is salato mako lots of money she gets those tho man think it lucky to mee flier gaza she is a hoodoo to omon though and their bartic n aap mascot ki the clifton track is the cross eyed young man who sing out gol your pro gramme got your pro gnu niao at tho gate his patronage the and tho m n leimas they mahy turkmen hayo very childish ibia sc it they see the name of horo p laced in any prominent position while on way to the races they dinv inv taka that as a tip that aiji that wi n and will play it io abay wn and then the man will tull las how abo tip tho horse lose ho will declare that itha name was placed prominently before him so that ho should not play it and he mistook the sign on the way down 1 toa the monmouth lon mouth park races thoo who journe yby the boat to sandy book aro always on the lookout for pilot boats these boats are number and tho numbers arof painted lin black figures on ho mainsail should they bo lucky enough to seb a number they will play the horse that ith a fc number points to on the pro gramme i neach race around avory racetrack diore aro al y sways to bo koohai been there for several years nearly al of them aro beggars A few of them peddle pencils and other coall articles many of them are growing rich and they aro botin go tin rich simply throng hr the superstitions of the betters an habitual race goer thinks it is bad luck to pass a blind man without giving him a penny and if a penny is dropped into the blind beggars hat it will act as a mascot and bring the donor good luck for the remainder bf that day did you back white nose in the last raced asked a race goer of his friend in tho betting ring at bay on tho last day of the meeting no was the reply I 1 alli hurry up and got your money on fitzjames Eitz james for the next race its one of the best things of the season and farbes is riding 1 I gubbs I 1 wont touch it today to day why the matter well I 1 bacod my shoe up tho wrong way this morning ind then unlaced it and laced hitup properly th ats a sure sign of bad luck it 1 had lot it be laced wrongly I 1 would havo had good lack all day but liko a chump I 1 such a thins as that is such a hoodoo that if salvator and biff brown jug asro in a together and 1 to back salvator levells lovells Lov ells plug would win many of tho alg betters always carry a mascot ot some kind or another with them with samo it is arcane with others an umbrella some carry a dieco of money many of thorn having an old lots of them believe in some article of wearing apparel which may vary from a sock to an old coat the bookmakers book makers seem to bo particularly partial to coats A hunchback is always looked on with favor by patrons of the race course this is where turkmen differ from theatrical men as actors think a hunch back is a hoodoo and have been known to refute to play because they saw ono in tho audience turkmen think that to bo ablo to touch tho hump of a hunchback will bring them good luck all that day they scheme dinall kinds of ways to do so and if ono of choso deformed men or women happen to get into a crowd his back is rubbed very considerably before he gets dreams havo always been a favorite with bolting people to dream of seeing arof see secured enree 10 one aga the colt woodcutter won and hel youn effan has been happy over since hips are now to be had from somo a niceto i in machin es race attached haff a dozen horses oa efres and 0 o speeding round the track wh oh a nickel is dropped in the color of tho wins is carefully noted lous then study for a similar color and play that horse win nd sometimes enough to make the superstitious believe inthe tip to see a pip baTdor called borso aa they aro sometimes callad is a very good ato b bivs at low tho street stroet Is also d luck to h lucid one got out 61 bed on the right flodo and tho sh foot mus touch the floor first th cn thore is thi old su pc abou t dow moon 0 shoulder aho thor tip the is T the horsed are al aay to start very often she s adlo births girths got a little abose vrigil ask parmis sion to dismount anil have thorn enad aho superstitious call this putting on the cinch and as soon as they seo a boy they hurry off to tho betti ncr ring to put an somo money it is rath er curious to note that several borso s their saddled births girths tightened when they have been at the post lately have won choir races |