New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-29
4 TALK WITH "PLUNGER" WALToM

Theodore Walton, the proprietor OF the ot
James Hotel waa one OF the passengers the Brit
annie, which arrived from Liverpool on Monday. ho
went to his house at No. 10 West Fifty -eigntn-S"
where he passed most of the day. recovering from
the effects OF tho voyags which unusually rough
In the evening no the hotel where many Oh MS
friends called and welcomed him home He was asked
by TRIBUNE reporter II 1t was true that he hao os'
1926 600 In betting horse races while he was IN Eng
land "By no MEANS" he replied, only ATTENDED,
two race meetings. having gone over for my health ana
did not wager very extensively"
"What gave use to the report +"
"The fact that Mr. Lolards sachem did not win tho
Cauabrdgeshire 1 suppose. hacked the horse to win
S3OOO for me- because thought he had good chanc
But it was long odds, and as also Dackeu
the winneras well the horse which came IN sec0hi my
losses were not what many people w0ud lbo W oe.unc
The fact Is that bet to win and not to lose AS thce
is Of my paper out, no one needs TO Do very uon
Was there not some trouble about your having backed
OF Mr. Crawfurds horses before the owner =, Mon
trose but do rot know much about IT, She is uhreao
onnbie in turf matters and jumps at conclusions hAe
many English women who are seen upon the tuIt
Are the ules for steepleclases very popular -
"They may be with some people who think tue G more
danger there Is the greater the excitement But VIII
the Jockeys they not Why just THINK OF noIso
taking high fence, having first cleared water Jump,
water is after the fence but there it il before Form
ery they had little rail or bush inst before the
so that the horse would jump; Now there Is hQ1Y
The result will be that II horse slips he VIII tn pie
four feet of water ana break, In az prooao5' MS
own neck as well rs that of his jockey"
How about tie complaints that the streets III your
district have not been kept clean !" . -,
am very much surprised TO hear that there nave
been any ON Saturday last thousand loads Oh urt
were removed while the average before was about 500
If any one thinks that AN not Ia earnest IN the WOfk
they are much mistaken. Just look at the capital tlat
have Invested i'm the business $4,000 Is pledgeu IO
the faithful fulhlment OF the contract, because WOuu
not ask any one sign such iron clad bond az the
Department required Then there Is SlO0OC with the
Controller that Is not bearing interest Ny plant cost
about $4,000 and $50 600 Is the amount OF my
rail nay
while sometimes do not receive anything from inc
Department for six weeks But the statistics VIII snow
how the work is done. We have to 20 mile TO get
seven loads Of street dirt. When | began, we got
twenty in the distance, while the Police Depart
ment scd 70 yet thrty-seyen Ny heart is in the work.
No man I'm New-YOk wOrkS harder than do IL Is my
ambition the streets Of New-Iork as clean as me
streets of Paris III the paving is ever done well as 1t
Is in London Paris, then will have clean strets
As for the snow have offered bOnus to anyone VINO
will invent machine that will dO the work several
have been offered and am going TO Try them. because
nv principle is 10 do the work with machinery ana not