Show IS lS UNLUCKY PAPER P. MONEY IONEl Racing g Men Ien Clip CHI Corners Comers Off I Tro 0 Dollar Notes Before Betting Largo Large numbers of clipped 2 i bills have ha reached the treasury treasur department at ata Washington a for redemption in the last three years ears These bills arc are all That is all four fOUl corners have either cither been torn off oft or neatI neatly cut off with scissors or knife The officials who Interest t themselves In iii tracing such things quickly ascer ascel tamed that a superstition of ot racing people lay lar back of or the 2 bills It was found that thai some years ears ago aso the In the lie racing game developed de do- an antipathy to the 2 notes considering them unlucky Their finch method o of ot the devil of Iii JIl luck clinging to lo the 2 bill was to lo tear or cut off of the corners before putting pulling it into play The Idea spread It Infected the bookmakers and arid some bookmakers who received large numbers num nurn- bers hers of ot 2 bills In the the the- course of or a days day's operations fell ell Into the he habit of clipping clip clip- ping pins with whir scissors the corners of or such notes the as they couldn't unload upon their associates S Now It is reported that distrust of or the 2 note noto Is becoming general and that the lie notes noles are appearIng appearIng appear appear- ing In man many different places |