Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-12

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but also at much cheaper rates than
the English traders have put their
goods upon the market"
John MOrrIsaey's Successor.
Gatb's Saratoga Letter to the Cincinnati En-
quirer.l
Charles Reed, who unostenta-
tiously prints his name among the
turfmen as G. Reed, is the successor
of John Morrissey as the physical
champion Of the Saratoga sports.
Not as vain as Morrissey and dis
liking notoriety, and taking no
pains to attract public men to him,
Reed is still an oddity. lie owns
with Mr.. Spencer, an educated man,
one-half the games Mr.. McOor-
mick, another sport, owns one
eighth, and Mrs. Morrissey has one
third. Reed and Spencer manage
the pools on the race.track, and
their commissions are in the neigh
borhood of one thousand dollars
every racing day. The gate admis-
sions are double as much. They
conduct the two performances in
every respect as well as Morrissey
did. Reeds tastes are domestic,
rural, and for the horse. He knew
Morrissey in California, both New
York boys, when Morrissey fought
Thompson on Mare Island. Caught
by the war in New Orleans, Reed
reached New York about 1866
badly broke, and knowing his stur-
dy, almost stolid identity and game
ness, Morrissey sent him to Sara
toga, where he has now been fifteen
years.
Although Reed lost twenty thou
sand dollars the fret fortnight he
was at Saratoga, he did not lose the
confidence of his associates, and
finally became interested in their
games both at Saratoga and New
York. He owns a residence al
Saratoga which cost him, with the
! ground, $66, 900. His stables, il
the rear Of it, are unique, and con
: tain sixteen stalls, each of which i
! as large as small parlor, square anC
: without any protuberance or oh
iect in them to rub or harm tn
horses; no racks or hooks, merel
four smooth walls and straw, Th
: food is passed into the horses cell
\ in zinc troughs, hooked benin
into the post hole. On four side
the stable is surrounded by a GOV
cred arcade upward of one hundre
!; feet long with sand floor to exercis
= the horses in winter, and a large
: grass paddock opens out of it. II
breeds both dogs and race horses
! and President Hayes has two pup
y from his Kascar dogs, the paren
:, pair having been bred in the Jardi
- dAcclimatization, at Paris. The
9 are nearly unknown in this coun
! ! try, and are of a dull, woolly, blac
! ! color, their hair dropping lik
y llama's wool, or rope curls over tn
round, agile bodies. Twill make
little sketch of Reed at home on al
other day.
The fair, undisguised, open gan
ing of Reed aud Spencer is prefer
n able to the secret gaming carried o
in the hotels by well dressed an
often educated gentry, sometime
/ respectfully connscted or descende'
W These men are at once pimps an
J. plqndererS, luring the stranger int
'r their circle, and there, by an III
of derstanding, "skinning" him. Or
S, of the hotel proprietors told me tn;
IS a few summers ago he found parI
s, of his respectable guests winniu
Dl considerable sums Of money fro
4 others by the use of marked card
re The raScals were all men of ostens
r, BILE professions or business pursuit
l. generally Wall street operator
O. Another time tho same prophet,
II found, by the aid of a letter left
IS a deserted room, that a comm
le wealthy guest at his establishmer
u was to be swindled--a man with
D, passion for card, playing, who ha
of already been heavily plundert
es once, and was now being followC
up for another tussle. BY a seTi
n Of Investigations, and the aid Of
n. higher class of gamblers, it w
I'd found that the Scheme was to
n two Of the hotel rooms so that
IS, person in tho hidden room cou
is read the Victims hand and tel
i, graph tito the opposite player,
ot LeDroaV in Onltf0rnfa