The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-10
ONLY BORROWEp.

Autumn comes, gray hair appearing,
~. Withertng howers, We pass away
ao ONLY BoR1sOwED.
Very early in my professional life, and
4 therefore great many years ago, was
consulted by a gentleman of large for
/ tune, we'll known on the turf, under the
following singular circumstances. It
seemed that,my informant, in the course
| OF that year, had race.horse, which was
first favorite for one OF the great races,
and that this hoSse had broken down
most snspicieuslyi while almost in the
aot Of winning the race. The owner-I
may call him Mr.. Stanton, although that
was not his real name-was exceedingly
annoyed,and disguised. and particularly
dispieasod with his trainer and jockey,
by whom the animal was ridden. He
resolved to dismiss the jockey, break up
his stables, and give mp the turf alto
gether.4 ~ @
The Jockey. whose name was Tom.
White, had previously stood very well in
the racing world, as keen and honest
lad. He had, been distressed beyond
measure at his failure, and had shed bit
ter tears in the moment of defeat. He
assured Mr., Stanton that the accident
must have been owing to foul play-that
the hofse had been got as somehow-and
that without greater precautions than
had been used, no gentleman need at
tempt to,train.
Mr.. Stanton believed that this was
substantially true, but was firmly con-
vinced that Mr.. Tom. White was not un-
acquainted with the source of the Gala
nifty. He therefore remained firm to his
resolution of selling his stud, and dis
missing White, which last he did. Tom.
got an engagement in the North, and left
that district Of country altogether.
Tom made but little remonstrance
against his dismissal. What he most
seemed to feel was leaving the yearling
colts, in which he had taken much pride,
and in particular one of which he had
great expectations, and had called, on his
rather @ bony, -shapeless animal, and
judges thought. little of him; but Tom,
who revered no ones opinion but his
own, was Ia; loud in his praises to
his mester. I2 e2 r. + last words, as he was
leaving, were. ,"Don't zee sell the couts,
squoire-dbn't zee sell cred Rover
he ba q rare 'un, he be-" and with
; shis friendly caution, Tom White went
out on hts way, and was seen no more.
In the spring following. Mr.. Stanton
advertised his stud for sale. Two days
before the time appointed, the stud
groom. presented himself to Mr.. Stanton,
while at breakfast with face of asl,y
paleness aud trembling limbs.
=. '.Piease. sir, Red Rover be stole" was
all his faltering tongue could expires.
"'Red Rover stolen That is inpos-
ble, my lad. He was locked up in the
stable last night saw it done myself. {"
@They be off wi him this morning,
los la
empty when we went at Z o'clock, and We
can't see him nowhere"
Although Mr.. Stanton had not the
same exalted opinion of ''Red Rover's'
capacity that Tom White had, he thought
him promising colt, but so utterly un-
formed as hardly to have tempted a
professional" tosuoh an act. But the
-audacity of the theft made him very in
eaKnant, and determined him to find ont
the perpetrator.
The examination of the premises
threw no light on the mystery, excepting
that it became certain that, however ac-
complished, the theft had not been com
mitted by violence. Nothing was broken
nothing out of order. The locks were
entire, aud the head man in the stables
oorroborated the lad in attesting that the
doors were found locked in the morning.
Such was the tale with which Mr.. Stan
ton resorted to my advice. No clue
Whatever codId be found to the perpe
TRAITOR, nnless~ the ordinary and simple
one, that the stable servnnts had con-
nived ut. the theft. But Mr.. Stanton
owned that there had been nothing in
their manner to warrant this suspicion,
although he was entirely at loss to ne
connt for the outrage on any other snp-
position.
did all could under the circum-
stances. I advertised fur and wide;
warned the great railway lines, and en-
.ployed the most eminent detective whom
Scotland Yard could furnish But not
the slightest trace could be discovered,
excepting that man had been stopped
at Hexham, with colt of which he
would give 10 satisfactory account, but,
as it was grey, and "Red Rover" was q
reddish-brown, the magistrate not only
would not detain the man, bit repri.
manded the police for experimenting him
when they had the description Of the
stolen horse in their hands.
Nothing had been heard of Tom White