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Show POOLROOMS AREMR3PED Telcgrapli Operator Sends Oat False Report and Tickets Arc Cashed. m i One of the biggest coups ever pulled feff in the West waa hurled against the bank accounts of the poolrooms Saturday. Sat-urday. It is estimated that at least flOO.OOO. was cleaned up over the country coun-try on the play. ' ' CoL Van was the horse on which the killing; was made. He started a hot favorite fa-vorite In the last race at Ingleslde at even money. Step Around and Bren-sus Bren-sus were also heavily played for place and show. ' The operator at Ingleslde ent out the report all over the country that Col. Van was first. Step Around econd and Brennus third.. After the usual interval the "All right. Col. Van, Step Around and Brennus" was also re- celved and all the tickets on these horses were cashed without a murmur. Long after the poolrooms had closed frfte day a flash was received that -thwest had won, with CoL Van aec- Luf and Homage third. This proved to be correct and all tickets on Northwest, . . whose price was 8 to 1, -were- cashed Monday. Sachs' poolroom at Butte was touched for $1000 and the Comstock Turf Ex-- Ex-- change in this city was hit for 2800, besides be-sides the tickets on Northwest, The telegraph operator at Ingleslde had been bought. |