The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-01

is one of the long heads on
the turf, a compactly built, cold
eyed, steel-gray whiskered man, who
loves a horse and the money he can win
so equally that we hardly know whether
to consider him wholly or half mercen-
AIRY. His associate, Chamberlain, has
not kept worldly respect as Morrissey has,
and his "games" are under suspicion as
IA little more than skin and less than
kind" ' &C.,.
sanford.
NJ. II. Sanford, person whose sagaci-
ty, observation, means and responsibility
have commended him to the caution and
thought of the ca mp followers Of the turf,
is q retired Gotten manufacturer of Con-
necticut, whose health became impaired,
and who was ordered by his physician to
follow out of door pursuits. Unwilling
to be idle or disburse his fortune without
return, he resolved to take to the turf
and to stock raising on large and COM
prchensive scale, having had some ex-
perience in sporting life at New Orleans,
when he was buying cotton there. He
is, in some respects, the successor OF Ten
Brock on the turf-both being northern
men VINO imbibed the passion for horses
in the south.
Sanford has breaking farm in Ken
lucky, and an eastern farm near Pater-
son, y. j., which he calls "Preakness'-
the name also Of his finest horse, which
was beaten this year by McDaniel's
Springbok. He has become a merchant
in thoroughbred stock, pursuing the bust
ness with the efficiency Of a New Eng
lander. This year, at Saratoga, he was
dissatisfied with the arrangements Of
starting, speeding, training and judging,
and withdrew somewhat in apout. 1t is
often predicted that he will become the
leader of the turf in America.
The Lorillards.
The Lorillards are hereditary tobacco
nists, of acknowledgement extraction,
who manufacture tobacco, bring it in
their own line of ships from Norfolk to
New York and seeing some business
connection between the consumption of
tobacco ships and sporting life, have for
some time maintained very beautiful
yachts and finally have taken to the turf.
Pierre Lorilard, the best known of
these young men, is fine physical speci-
men of men, tall and shapely. He and
his brothers have stock farm, | think
in New Jersey, near Trenton. They
have come upon the turf WITH all the
momentum Of their name; but / have
understood that, losing Il race this year
on which they presumed they had II sure
thing these gentlemen lost their equanl-
mitv. turned OF their trainer and jockey,
and otherwise snorted around in way
not wise for tnrf philosophers. They
probably thought TREY were discharging
a crew rather than leading the "unhous-
elled, free condition of the turf, put out
of circumscriptlon and continc.
Mcdaniel.
the man who owned Harry Bassett, and
with him beat Longfcllow, and by Bas-
sett won a fortune, which he kept, though
with IN i'll grace showing rage when Mon
archist beat Bassett, is now the owner of
some of the best horses on the turf, at the
head of which stands Springbok.
NJ Daniel is native Scott, as have
said, settled very long on the Carolina
border OF Virginia, and n prosperous
slave trader. He is Il white-haired, red
faced, hot-blooded old man, amiable
enough in the moment of victory, and
hot and profane in the hour ofdefeat.
He gives his personal attention to every
animal he owns, watches all the minuti:e
of his business, makes Of his groOmS and
Jockeys, henchmcn and familiars, and Is
surrounded by turbulent crowd of little
who eat his pone, wear his
colors, fight for him, and if need be-,
sturvc for him.
He lives mt Elizabeth, n. j., owns a
farm near Paterson; is well TO do, thrift
tv; and is the Rob Roy of the turf. He
had to apologize to the Saratoga ass""'a-
tion this year for threatening to shoot
Donuhur, II contractor, wh6>" best horse
he bought at selling race. He has made
Il fortune on the northern turf, is saga
olous, keen and far above such As John
Harper in horse knowledge.
TraScrS.
William X. TravcrS, the head Of tn"
Saratoga association, is the son-in-law of
Rcvcrdy johnson, witty and rich. With
Leonard jerome, his former partner he Is
the founder of the northern turf. And l
NAV add that it is shrewdly suspected
that both Jerome park and the Saratoga
course are dcxtero,ls real estate speculs-
tons, where the turf interest protects
large pieces of property eventually to he
1 ,,..it ;,t, Sbn ,nurtnt Trayprs is said
to know little about horse flesh, and I"
trust the actual commerce in that article
TO his turf associate, Hunter, man of
means. bred among thoroughbreds.
Trayers is u tall. hawk-nosed man, of
groud step. gallant and fond ofthe ladies.
He has a magnificent summer house at
Newport.