Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-28
The Road 20 Rum.

The London papers have lately recorded in a
lew sentences the death OF a famous "patron OF
the turl," who was in his way one of the fore.
most men in English society. The gentleman
10 whom we refer, Mr.. Charles Halowell Carew.
OF Beddington Park, in Surrey, has just died at
the early age Of tOrty-three at BOulogpe. in
France, with scarcely a sixpence that he could
call his own, his ample fortune squandered. and
ms patrlmony left to strangers, afiording an
other instance of that insane recklessness and
wilfu prodgality that too often pervade Ger.
tain class of English society.
Inc turf buried Mr.. Carew's money. Entering
the army at an early age, after a year or two in
an infantry regiment he EXCHANGED into a reri-
ment OF life guards, and in 1S49 commenced a
turf career, which terminated in 1866 in The
breaking down Of horse named Delight that
he ielt sure would, and had backed heavily to
WIN the Chester cup. That horse was the hest
Mr.. Carew ever had-perhaps, indeed, Inc hest
Of ms year-and might have carried off the blue
rloDon oil me turt for his owner had he been en-
tered for the Derby.
Fortune, or rather turf fortune, did not smile
on Mr.. Carew often; sixty thousand dollars he
gave Tor one horse, a hundred Thousand for an.
other; the sums laid out never came back again.
The large expenses of a stud, hunting and
snoring, OF which lie was passonately fond,
combined with indulgence in careless profnsion
and most unbusiness like habits, prepared the
way Tor the inevitable end. Soon the broad
acres and stately avenue Of Beddington melted
away Nothing was left at last, and one who
had entered upon life blessed with all that is
commonly supposed to make life worth the
having, died pauper and an outcast from So.
ciety in foreign land.
II would be interesting TO know in how many
Instances men Of fortune in England have been
geggared, and their families reduced 10 ruin and
ulsuess, through the medium Of horse-racinp
a99 Tue betting ring. Que Of the seven curses
VI LonuOD, not one whit removed from the
canning nell itself, is that temple of Namnon
at hnightsOridge 49, TattersalPs snbscrinfin1,
rooms IL may be safely asserted thot anon,
Lohdoners not one in five hundred conld mon,
ION the chlel qualities racer sbouid nosenes
NOT one IN ten lays the odds or fakes thern as
the case may be, for pure love of sport ami a
niue excitement on the race course If is esci,
mans iath IN the ignorance OF his neighbor
and his high respect for his own sagaeity talent
and good luck, wherein resides the secret OF the
horse betting mania that affiicts England as a
nation.
The peer bets his thousands, the commoner
his hundreds, the boi p0lloi their tens. The
costerm0ngers, chimney-sweeps and stable.boys
follow their leaders examples. The govern.
ment send out detectives, who on a sudden
sWoop down on gambling baud conducting a
racing lottery on principles more or less honest,
~ ~ some low public house, fine the gamblers a
l l'a hundred odd pounds, and leave the prime
VHsuuers untouched. Legislature frames laws
W improve the breed Of horses, queens plates
n I'm pe gwen away by the hundred Racing
Inay us'er pe racing for pure sport so long as
H ,.,a ana gamblers are permitted TO prosti.
3" ~ 'iieir own base purposes