New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
STORIES or THE TURF.
From The Londom Telegraph.

STORIES or THE TURF
From The london Telegraph.
It is related OF Jack Mytton tbr e'der-one OF me
widest and most reckless madcaps th@t ever
charged bulihnch or took the dlcc-D2x III nanu
that upon one occasion lac won very large stake at
DOncaster Races In those days every patron Oh the
Turf who could afford pOs-chlsc ana iour horses
disdained to employ any humber conveyance, ana
il was said of "SGnirc MyttOnD tina. wien he died
in 1891, every pOst-boy IN England beWallen the
loss oi his best customer me DRUID lGiI r,, Us
that when the Sailor King" was on the throne,
ana during the first years OF her gracious S2j'si5
reign, the pOst-chaises at CncstcrIOrd--the HrSt
stage out from Newmarhet-wGre never AT rest anu
upon the death OF Mr.. George Payne, IN SeptemDeT,
1878, II was computed by ono who knew MN wei!
that he had spent more money IN pOSt-hofSes IMAM
would have suilictd TO provide competency Tor
mOderate man IL yeTting, however 70 JACK Myt-
ton" IL viii readily nc DeleNed thdi, having come
Ia DOncaster IN pOSt-chalse and tOuT, ne was not
likely 20 leave the racing metropolis OF the North IN
any other vehicle, after ne had undergone "ht WAS
to him the strange experience OF winning large
sum OF money, In those remote times. wnen posts
we're slow, and the delivery OF letters uncertain,
il WAS the uniform practice OF racing men, WIN
one exception, TO settle at DOncaster. Inc eH-
ceptiOn to which we allude was that OF the once
celebrated bOokm1keT "CrutcD RobI3son," WHO was
in the habit, when he could, of drawing what was
due to him from customers who had lost but oil
saying TO those VINO had won from him. settles
ia LuunOn.V Whom " Jack MyttOn was 50 iOrtu-
maze as Tor to spoil tie Ely pianS, or as they
were then called, " the Creeks AT DOucaster, he
oil ior his home at ia5tOn, Shropshire, with m;
best be tod III the WORDS of Charles james
Apperey, his biOgrdphor. =" have reason TO Pc
hGye," say Nj. Appcney that me money M
MyttOu had ut various times lOst-hOt at play, I0I
there | shOad say he was borne harmless as he was
a very dangerous opponent OF tae liable when ne
took In, dice-buX in hand-WOuld have purchased Il
pretty estate am afraid 10 say what was the
amount OF Dank-nOtes thai were blown one hgul
of his on his road home from DOhcaster
races, but ! have reason 10 believe II was several
thousand pounds. HIS account OF the aliair was
that lie had been counting large sum III Danh-
notes upOp the seat OF MS carriage III "hlcb lie was
seated alone, with all the windows down Ho zen
asleep and dld not wake until the night Was lar
spent his servant who sat behind III the uIchey
paying all the charges on the road. An eqllnOctla
gale sprang up suddenly and carried great part OIL
,he notes away, sweeping them out OF the open VIM
uoWs of the post chalSe. IL was always hls custom
to have large sum of money IN ms wiling desk,
but 1t was more than usually large al ms Ile, DE-
IN add ton 10 winning at thc races be had brOAen
the banks of two well-klOWn London helis on the
eve of his departure Tor Doncaster
Jack MyttOns' are scarce; but, within the
memory OF many still lying the son OF the mao
squire OF liastOn uyailed many OF his reckless
fathers freaks. Thus the younger Jack Mytt0n
once had "A cOulInlbol0n 10 lay against hot5c MHo
WAS a leading taVOrlto for the Derby III IyIInus
the FiIsJs year. linking that II would enable hln
to lay more money II ho IcI9ned 10 DE halt-drunk,
ne sprang upon one OF the brown tables at Lin
ners tlOiel when the cOttee-rOOn a. tldt famous
spOrtn ~ st was filled with visitors one night al
,er dinner Whea Jack MyttOn had LAID as luuch
money upon parole as he could get c1eGlt 1Or H.
ran upstairs to his bedroom and returned VITA sew
cfal notes Tor Il 900 each IN his hand ana pre-
Gee led 10 lay upOn what he called ready -mOhey
principles Perhaps was MOI quite 50 drunk as
ihey thought he Afterwards Temarktd 10 TREND
In truth, tue ready money business OF the tuI
would afford materials Tor many n chapttr worthy
to &c added 80 such books is Post and Paddock
or d" silk aud Scarlet" II only a maottI-hdnd were
available Tor the purpose Of arranging them. mus
II might De told that one Ot the most famous jock
ex, of "A century snce DIck GooGIson, was
always in the habit of carrying 4oOO note about
with him. because lac had once missed good Oet
through inability 10 post the money. a place might
he found Tor the story OF the Yorkshire DIdchIeg
who repaired TO an auctIOn-roOm where an estate
was about to be put up ana nad IL KhocAed uo"n
10 Inn for dig sum. PerceIVlng the man
rough attire, and the fact that Wls.s OF
hay were twIned round his legs. the
auctionoer naturally demanded that a
substantial deposit should be paid down. Here
il the cock-bIrd,7 exclaimed the purchaser, as he
pulled out Il Dank-note lor one hundred thousand
nouu,Is auG ve GOT the old hen at home" Among
The many stories told about Derby settings, II
might oe remembered that when cir Joseph Haw-
lev for the second year IN succession, won the great
Epsom race with Musjld III 1859 ne requested his
bankers TO keep tner doors open little later than
usual in order that ne might carry thither the
harvest he had gaIneIcd at IatteISaIl$
fore night fell A gentleman who was once
a prominent figure upon every racecOurse, ana
l. SIM living although he has retired IRON the turf,
might be consulted upon an Incident which betel
him many years 30 Ut GoOdWOOd. lie was making
book upon OF the races, ana offered TO Jay one
thousand 10 three hundred upon the Held il taks
it, sir was claimed 10y weIi-dIessed, genuemanlY
man standing lust behind him, and, ANXIOUS to 40
Lusnes, lie consented TO book the bet. winch he
Won. On the following Monday at IatterSalls he
eagerly awaited the advent Ofnls debtor WHO, "a the
clock Struck i've, rushed htrIedly INTO the room.
ApolOzing for the delay, the plea that his train
mad broken down, he pulled out note Tor one
thousand POUNDS ana asked tor change, when was
gladly given, and away went the sharp customer
NTH I'm, seven hundred pounds. Upon paying the
one thousand pound note mo his bankers hands
the asiouishcd boOkmaker was told that II was
stolen uotc, and thai payment OF II bad been
stoDDcd AT the Bank OF England. These and many
o,hrr stories of a like kind would well repay thcu
collector tor hls trouble III dlSlnteIrhg tEeu'