The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-18
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Very carly in my professional hfe'
asd therefore great many years ago.
awas consalteds BY gen'ses,sn Of large
. fortune, well known on the tart, under
ehe following singular circumstances. 1t
seemed ,hat my Informant, in the course
of that gear, had ,ace,horse, which
was f,st fsvorite for one of the great
races, md that this horse had broken
dour mcst suseiciously while almost in
the nc. Of fwinning the race The own
", 1uay call him Mr.. Stanton, although
sha, was no, his real uarue--was exceed
= ingS znneyed and Disguised, aud par
sicul.riy displeased with his trainer and
Jockey, by whom the animal was ridden
lie resolved to dis,niss the jockey, break
UP his stables, and give up the turf al
together.
The jockey, whose name was Tom.
White, had previously stood very we'll
10 the racing world rs keen and hon.
css lad. He had been distressed be-
yond measure at his failure, aud had
shed bitter ,ears in the ruoufent of de-
feat. He assured Mr.. Stanton that the
: accident must have been owing to foul
d: olsy-,hat the horses had been got at
,so,nehow-and that without greater
precautions than had beeuu>ed, no gen.
slenssa need sttempt to train.
Mr. Stanton believed that this was
sabsssn,islIy true, but was firmly con-
viuecd that Mr.. Tom. White was not m
acquainted with the source of the GALA
unity. He therefore reuIuiaed firm to
his resolution Of selling his stud, aud
Diminishing White, which last he did
Tom. got nm engagement in the North,
and Left that district Of country alto
geshes.
Tom made but little remonstrance ..
xsiass his dismissal. What be must
seemed to feel was leaving the yearlins
colts, in:~hieh hehad taken much pride,
and IN particular one Of which he had
great expectations, and had called, on
ais own account, tho "Red Rover He
was rather boay, shapeless animal, and
judges thought little of4aim ; but Tom,
who revered no ones opinion but his
own, wa, always loud in his praises to
his master. His last words, as he was
leaving, were, "Dou't ZEE sell the colts,
eauoire-don't zee sell "Red Rover
he be rare 'ua, he be-" aud with this
friendly caution, Tom White vent out
ON his way, and was seen no more.
In the spring following, Nr. Stanton
advertised his stud foe sale. Two days
before the time appointed, the stnd-
groom presented himself,o MF. Stanton
while at bpeskfast, with face of ashy
paleuess aud ,rcnbling limbs.
.,Plsase, SIR, "Red Rever' be stohc,'
WA I'll 6s tailoring tongue couh ex-
press.
"sRed Rover sto!en1 That is rmpos-
ale, my lad. He was locked up in the
ssable last night saw it done myself"
+They be Of VII hin this morning,
sn,how," said the lad. ellis stall was
empty whoa We went at Z o'clock, aud We
cant zee him nowhere"
Although Mr.. Stanton had not the
same exalted opinion "f"Red Rovers
'espscity that Tom White had, he
enough, him promitiug colt, but go
utterly Uniformed Is hardly TO have
tempted s"proFsssional' to ssch an act
But the audaci,y Of the theft made hiui
very iudignaut, and determined him 70
End out the peTetrutor.
The examination Of the premises
threw no Fight on the nystry, eSc' p'lrg
chat i, bccsue certain that, however ac-
cumyGhhsd, the.heft had notbccn com'
United by violence. Nothing was broken
-posliDg ous Of order. The locks were
epti,e, aud the head man in she stables
corrvborased the lad in attesting that the
dsors we're foand locked in the morning.
Such was the tale with which Mr..
Stanton resertea to nay advice. No clue
whatever could be found TO the perpe'
traitor, unless the ordinary and sinple
one, shat the stable servaass had con-
uived at the theft. But Mr. Stanton
owned that there had been nosaing 10
their manner TO warrant this suspicion,
although be xas entirely at a loss to &C
count Cor the outrage ea any Other sap
Rosi,ioa.
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