Show THE KING OF BOOKMAKERS George Hose of Brooklyn Is known throughout through-out the horse racing world as tho king of bookmakers book-makers Gentleman George as ho is called by tho regulars at tho race tracks handles from 75000 to 120000 n day This monoy passer t through his hands and those of his two cashiers Q during tho two and a half hours devoted each racing afternoon to speculation Rose has made a fortune as a bookmaker z and Is known to bo worth 600000 This money did not como to him suddenly but by long year of hard work In 12 years he has hud only ono vacation last season when ho took a three months trip abroad with his wlfo During every other racing day ho was hard at work at th I various race tracks of tho country lose never visited a race track until he was past manu estate A friend took him to tho old Brighton Beach track and he was so fascinated by tho sport that In quick succession ho became a mild plunger nnd a horse owner He soon tired of both ends of the game and shortly after ho had re celved 15000 his share ot his fathers estate he branched out as a book maker Fortune was not kind to him at first and ho lost every dollar ho had He wwxed hard as a clerk saved up 1000 and again tried his luck This tlmo he met with success and ten years ago ho began to accumulate his present fortuno Tho favor to own racehorses again came over him about eight years ago and ho bought and leased n number tho best known of which were Tea Rose Torslnn Geyser Nephew Tiger and Geraldine While ho had some of these horses nt tho old Bay District track in San Francisco ho recognized that Tod Sloan was a great rider nnd long before that Jockey gained an international Inter-national reputation Rose gave him mounts when other owners refused to do so soIn conjunction with his business as n bookmaker Rose owns 55 per cont of the Ascot racetrack at Los Angeles Besides the holdings In this property he Is a director In ono of tho largest banks In California owns plenty of real estate In San Francisco and holds stock In a vineyard which produces tho I I grapes from which an excellent native wIno is made I |