, 1874-08-01
expected to bring me 40 near my, ond Tint !
would loso stomach for D fair oontost.
"Unablo to GOT any Of them to moot mo, '

] lAdks
~ lhcn leolinod to fight, until ras worried
md set upon II, aud put Of print, mid flnally
tl,oy whipped my old father, md apt,scI nv
family. Haid to my wlfo u cAit liyo tllig wnv
soall havo 10 fight thsi man. My vito Haid
OH my father-in.iaW'H farm. "
every otlort Was nlndo to bring tho whole
scntimont Of Tho Unisod Statca up against mo,
nsn a1m Gahs ,ei IT,, how many yeara aud lew muoll
odtgm Of soekipg to cha|longo au Amorlcan rs
an trishmn,'. Mr. 1loonau tiad tho American
co!oln to t,o ropcs md hin COAT whom ho took Il
oil, waa actually !inod With tho American tlag. 1
had to laugh tn hIs faee. Ho broke my nose y
becou1 time. and thinls llo could strike tho most
powerful blow of nily ulan I oyor Baw; bnt
won tho battle aud closed thom out. I followed
him to England to 500 the fight 4o llud with
y IT, waod s o E soo ' s s d. p
that old Hyer o0terio coHed out"
1 HAstnDtIEhtNG.
Ihon. tho still-powerfltl gladiator relatod
how no came to pay cards by profession: VA
other avocation oqun1 to liza start. I have al-
! ways played oart!s moro or less. NY general
| reputation amongst Americans, I felt, foqlrcd
mo- nj to 10 something to start my boy, for whose
ohaaott up tho soat In Congress, 60 aa to bo
ablo to Hay: II your father did begin in tho
rlug lle wrote M. O." aftor his namo,'"
Iho next movement Of Morrissoy waBin 1861 to
| hero ho rclatos, ho determined, consistent with
Ills profession, to begin q new local caYeer ILL.,
reot aud pcnceable with mail. Ho had tho friond-
Bhip Of th1t largo class OF physical boings who
outraged i'll Saratoga by Jauea Marvin. who WAS
his cos!oaguo Afterwards in Congress-. OF courBo
he made money; for the game he phys la Bot
mail,ly for sporting men who bot high mud sur
men, Wa.Btreot brokers, Journalistic politiuIans,
and apopulntcrs, ars tho froquentors Of h1s
ho,tBo. have soon two Souators Of tho United
statos iuhabitantB Of his piaoo. invited there as
Ills guests. Ha ta always master Of the situation,
somewhat modified Rld sultenod III manncrs,
but Ills rights lie dcnnnds With AZ much of forooi-
ty aud dircGtness IA IN former days.
am too old to fight now" lie said, land
eoald @ never y; train to condition; Inovor would
respect what tho people did for n,c."
MorriHsoy Ia tho
FOUNDER OF THE RUNNING TURF
US We SEQ it to-day.-a business In which. ho
says, there aro from 50, ,000, 900 to 3d. 0OO 900 ill.,
vested III AtNorica, whorcaa III 1864 they could
not atart Aait-a-lozen lorsea Oh tho Ssratoga
Coulse,--tha only courso in the country, LIE de-
rived tho most efficient and stoadfast support In
this from Johu Tracey (tle son-jn-law Of Reyer-
Associatioa,. Morrissey bought tho whole pop
erty, using tile na,noa Of Vanderbilt and otAcis
whose united wealth, lie says, amounted to IN
wards Of $loo. 600, 900. With those names, ho
es1nee - n "isaons 80, u'hae.sHb rolGe repeal
m otfenae to run d horse. Gov. Fcnton s,gi,ed
tho BILL The property cost 1Ior,issoy about
5l00, ,ooO to boEin win, aud lie now owns fov
"A"Ao' 'eo' >"",, NJ. as',, r',,,rx 1neso ma,e+n
apart from Saratoga. Ills vito is handsome
woman, Tho attonda the balls, but has no soeisl
passion and ho neTer speaks to gontlcman
.s =? 'aaios. e ms neon much con-
% wLom he aoot n 10 sun wG bcnr ta m nano
cataon s.a anq ~ . haSe profession: Ihe young man
Of Tia tsthnra ni,reoi aos sss ana TO DO
f ,,,'.i, s,as ,rana e1 Iaee.tlacks and stabea
viii n ra|nna oe e1fa11,;n .7 county, peg1nl9g
mi .1n 1erono ar entodqns 10y a 70 patefson y ~
a,'1 e. nyeI,;,a % naa naiis gong Oh to uia-
49, ~ op1.p ILL., oula LaTS, anu elsewhere, be-
W" ~ sa,s sus .un99Hsuto tn o o. 4aoliissoy:
-,o;,,o stn,o," ~ - H.. s. slau " tho Nht' fhat tue
racns c@;s ~ asotK s o. tue noa;h vas nearly extinct
1wng wv .uo,.a " .ne soisea . haf,ng boon Killed II
LII. .no uAsn!fy. sala j: Them people will
a'.i t;'. 3"as 3"tStoe% na Ill loesaer years,
royiyo @ and can aoi re;mnn't % hon mne1 tIoy eau
nitnr ,patH .ne aa a,o nna nuy a traoh At that tio
nnt ,o''t Saaanm IT, nSr laH9f Joronlo hor bg-
ohs, ta .lanter NE. nof Aepanlci ownoa horse. In
ot;am i; tau asa, sA 10y paen 9tonsns up to ez-
whoo sentiment Of lis So1I ~ IN ayor ona ~ 'ao
th MIN tno i,e1 Ill Lng'and. 1t ID
tno 1aetoue' sn'eaca!ehs'
As nt'slsEsshIAS, ..- ..
Aloff1ssoy aa decisive, bold, direct. Ho Is turf
man, sporting-mEn, street-operator, rcstaura-
tcnr, anu politlclsn, and must work thu year
Toaha nAs It Ii shitl by c!tizons OF Saratoga
that, with all Ills vonturing, tho only money that
has adhored to his hands ia what lie nut in Snra-
toga real est9te. Horo bo OWLS several hundred
thousand dollnra Of valuable tpwn-lotB aud par[,-
stopA. . LIS Ho!ub-nouso, which cost $G0, ,00D. was
nn'!1 on pieco of qnicksand, and resting Oh
pMnEa. IL has settled equally several inohoa,
aha as NO" q tineiy-smproycd Bqnaro of ground,
1nclosng Separate building for pool-roon,s q
second ior public game; third for tho servants
aud sporting employees, Who number about fifty;
aud the mann cl!a,b.i'ull:lng, OF pressed brick.
consisting OF library, large restaurant, draw
.ng-roon, and gamlng-roonl, below, aud, above,
pokor,roons aud chambors, On the premises
aro ,, valuable mineral springs; Probably nowhere
tn bat a. hoinbonrg u there such palace hazard
Ihe furniture, plate, md upholstery nro Of tho
best Peoplo goo, to tho restaurant who neyer
oe,1 soe tho games; NO "9appers," ruuncrs, or de-
so arc aea HaS@ Iho arc
this restaurant u tho safety Of tho games. ue