Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-09-06
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GRANTCOUNTY, WISCONSIN.
Tally One for the Dude.
From the Chicago Tribune, of Thurs
day last, we clip the following;

ldlil Out iuT TIE Duue.
From the Chicago Tribune, of Thurs
day last, we clip the following;
For nearly a year the press of Amer
lea has given much attention to Mr..
Fred. Gebhard and that young mans
admiration for Mrs. Langtry 1t was
his love of ''The Lily that brought Mr..
Gebhard into the cold and pililess glare
of an austere public opinion, aud in
considering him in the light of person
who had allowed his devotions at the
shrine of Eros to obtain a temporary
advantage over his better Judgment and
pocketbook some marked traits in his
character We're overlooked. People
have learned to think OF Gebhard rs a
brainless dude, but he is in some of the
ordinary transactions of life an astutn
and remarkably shrewd person. This
is particularly made apparent in his
connection with the turf He is an en-
thusiastic attendant upon running
races, and owns in Eole one of the best
long-distance race-horses in this coun-
try, ii not in the world Usually Young
men with large fortunes who 90 on the
turf retire at the end of q few seasons
IN badly shattered condition finan-
cially. Gerhard has proven a marked
exception to the rule. Instead of being
skinned he has assiduouslv devoted
himself to the labor of removing Gu
ticle from other people, and so adept
has he become in this particular indus
try that among the magnates of the
turf the little black-eyed New-Yorker is
regarded with mingled admiration and
awe.
Gebhard's latest exploit occurred at
the Monmouth Park race-track last
Tuesday, and besides causing chauIin
and financial disaster, to stalk boldly
through the camp of his opponents it
covered him with glory and enriched
his already comfortable bank account
to the extent of $4,000. The circum-
stances are these: Some weeks aro
Mr.. Pierre Lorillards' horse Iroquois.
that won the EPSON Derby two years
ago, thereby causing the British Lion
to think seriously of entering monas-
terry, was brought back to this country
from England. Having kept the COM
bined equine celebrities of England and
France engaged in q hopeless stern
chase of his horse for two years, Mr..
the return of the gifted animal to this
country, that he should be permitted to
exercise his dainty limbs on at least one
occasion in eantering gayly away before
whatever thoroughbreds might have the
hardihood 10 start against him. Con-
sequently sensational race was ar
ranged at Monmouth Park for last Sat
urday. The entrance was $500, the
distance was a mile and half. and the
track management added $4,000 to the
stakes. Mr.. Lorillard entered three
horses, the Dryers of Brooklyn put in
three, several other stables made en-
tries, and finally Mr. Gerhard, the UNI
assuming and supplemented dude
came forward and bashfully planked
down $500 for the privilege of having
his solitary horse appear in such dis
tinguished company. OF course he had
mo chance to win everybody knew
that; and the result of the race of Sat
uday last proved the correctness of ev-
erybody's views, as a skeletonic animal
named George Kinney and owned by
the Dryers, was first. beating the ia
nous Iroquois by two lengths, Mr.. Geb-
hard's representative being SO far in
the rear as TO not even afford his rider
a good view of the finish, between the
other horses Rumor said that Mr..
Lorillard lost $4,000 by the defeat of
Iroquois, and that the Dryers won $780,
600 by the victory of Kinney.
Mr.. Lorillard, smarting under defeat
at once proposed to run the race over
again on the first good day. making it
a match between lroquois and Kinney.
To this the Dryers agreed, but sug-
gested that the race be made a stake,
so that others could enter if they chose.
1t was simply form, OF course, as no
one would have the audacity TO start an
animal against the mighty pair that
had just finished first and second. Mr.
Lorillard agreed to this, and the race
was set for Tuesday. The Dryers made
two entries at $500 each, Kinney being
one of them, and Mr. Lorillard put up
81 900 on behalf of Iroquois and Drake
Garter, the last named animal having
been purchased by him few days pre-
vious for Sl7, 800. Nobody expected any
other entries, but Mr.. Gebhard came
listlestly forward and handed over $500
to represent Eole. Most of the people
present smiled at the supplemented
When the day of the race arrived Geb-
hard's horse was scarcely noticed in the
betting. People were jumping over
each other TO gamble on the chances of
lroquois. Drake Carter, or Kinney, but
nobody wanted Eole-that is, nobody
except simple Mr. Gebbard He va
liantly backed his horse, now buying
him for 5000 in pool of $4,000, and
again betting against s with the book
makers. The race began. There were
shouts and cheers when Kinney and
Iroquois began racing at each other.
Eole was not, apparently, in the
struggle. But about the time that
Kinney had run lroquois TO standstill
and raced alongside of Drake Carter at
a pace that made that high-priced crea-
ture feel sick at heart, the unassuming
Eole began to loom up very prominent
II in the horizon He cantered gayly
past Iroquois and Monitor. whisked by
Drake Carter as if the latter had been
tied to the fence, and then, in the ex-
uberance Of his old age, dashed ahead
of George Kinney and won the great
race in n canter by four lengths, land
ing the stakes of 81, 600 and about
$4,000 in bets for the young man with
the high collar, the tight pants, and the
toothpick shoes. Iroquois had beaten
England and France, George Kinney
had beaten Iroquois, but Eoie fairly ran
away from them both MIR. Gebhard
may be dude. he may have acted very
foolishly about Mrs. Langtry, but rs
Napoleon Of the turf he is marked
success.