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Show COST SOMETHING TO WIN BET. Took Beer to Get a Wager Down and Wine to Get It Cashed. The problem of getting a bet down ' at the race track under the present strict interpretation of the new law was solved recently at Gravesend in a rather Ingenious way, says the New i York Tribune. A man who was anxious to wager ten dollars on a supposed "good thing" approached a one-time bookmaker book-maker and asked what price he would lay against Rye In the fourth race. "Oh, four to one," was the response, "but I don't know you, and don't care to be arrested for accepting the cash." "That's all rht," replied the anx-I anx-I ious better; "come and have a beer. I'll pay with a ten-dollar bill, and you can pick up the change. Of course I'm getting a shade the best of it, but you won't mind that." They had the drink, and five minutes min-utes later a certain man rooted long and hard and shouted Jubilantly when Rye galloped home In front. He then rushed off to find tho "memory brokor" and get his money, but the same old problem confronted him again. "I'll tell you," slyly suggested tho one-time layer, "come and have a bottle bot-tle of wine; I'll pay for It with a $50 bill, and you can pick up the change. Of course, I'm getting a shade the best of it, hut you won't mind that." The wino was opened and tho transaction trans-action completed and then the better turned away, remarking: "It costs something to win a bet under tho Agnew-Hart law." |