The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-10-24

"Who knows anything about the re-
ported sale of a. Julien to Joe lIarker and Charley
Green 2'' said one Of party Of horsemen who were
sitting In the Jockey Club rooms the other day.
Nobody seemed TO possess any Information on the
sn oS ee am IKE I QUITTING $50 Of his money into
trotter although he owns several for which he paid
from $40 600 to $50, 600.
man, "for every dollar he has Is the result Of own
ing trotter.''
q Way back in the time when Pacific Mail was In
its glory Joe Harker was clerk In brokers' ONCE
New street, New York. Even then he loved trot-
ter and while on an excursion to Orange county
picked up Tor small Price 1io cot ina,
New York. Harker drove out To the roadhOuse where
Commodore Vanderbilt always stopped when out for
ride and soon after his arrival the old drove
up and sat down for his afternoon smoke. When he
had finished, and was ready To start for the city
again. Harkcr had his colt brought out and logged
along down the road behind the Commodore, and
when the old man's team was going pretty good
clip pulled ont and went by him: Once In front he
with him. The railroad kings eye had detected the
ease with which the young man had passed him, and
sooner was he near him again than lac asked whose
horse that was.
"'It's mine, said IIarker.
s''What is it?' from the Commodore
"'ony four-year-old that bought up In Orange
us he for sacs'
Now, young man. wan, that horse and II You
will send him around to my stable viii buy him.
...WelI said the Commodore, getting rather In
tereste1, 'sn't there any price you will put the
hOrse?'
'.NO way can get hing
''.Yes; II you viii give me pointer Pacific
Mall T. send the horse around.
'The Commodore looked at the young man In ad-
miraton OF his intense cheek lie was getting angry
well as interested, and said rather giuiiy that lac
would pay good price for the horse.
a. THAT won't buy him. was iIarker's reIonder.
$50 they logged along In silence all the way down
town. the Commodore noting the easy gait OF the colt
and feeling more and more that he must have him.
Finally he told IIarker send him around, and the
horse reached the stable that evening. The Commo-
dore drove him single and double for n couple OF
weeks, and finally sent for Harker The young man
was promptly on hand at the appointed time.
'''I want to pay you for that horse, said Wander
bilt, taking up check-book.
Z" He can't he paid for that way, was Ilarker,
"yanderbilt looked at him steadily for moment,
and then said; When ] want you VIII send foi
you, and Iarker left and went about his business
at was nearly three months before he heard from
Vanderbilt but day word came for him 10 call ai
the once. He went, and found the old man there.
'"Now, said the Commodore, 4 suppose that II
told You anything forty men Oh Wall street would
''No they wouldn't, replied HarEer. THAT Isn't
my way Of doing business.
We'll, you buy ], 600 shares OF Pacific Mall and
the Commodore resumed his writing.
looking up In few minnteshe found iiarkerstll
''Wby don't you go aud attend to tliatS tolC
you 10 buy /, 900 shares, ddntIr
Yes, said Ilarksr, but you might as well have
told me 10 buy rhs New York Central
"'Hayent You got any money!
"'kO, SIR
"'Then what were you driving such fast hors,
IorY
''I got him cheap
"'Can't you get friend To buy the stock for you
- Yes suppose could get forty Of them " c0ul,
prove that you told me 10 buy the stock; but that isn
my style
''Thls reply struck tue Commodore fOrcibly, and
when telling the story afterwards he would alude 10
with great unction The result Of The talk was that h
seut order Of his brokers 10 buy 900 share
Of Pacific Mail for Ilarker, aud hs Vanderbilt
would be responsible fOr II. When there was cleai
profit Of 200 600 IN the deal Vanderbilt told HaTks
TO sell, which lie lost no time Ia doing The yOunl
mani SecIetyensss had So Impressed the ComnOdor
that he took arker into his employ, gave him des
In his private oce, aud II IS doubtful II any man en-
1Oyod Nanderbllts confidence To the extent that JO
Harker did from that time until the old man died 3
-Chfc0gO Tribune.