Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-22
Deatl. of George Bottoa siiey.

Yours truly, Fl. G. FINKnE.
Death Of George Bo,tcA alley.
Turf, Field ard Farm.1
Mr. George B. Alley died at his homo in
this city Tuesday morning of pneumonia,
The development of a cold he contracted
OF the preceding Saturday. The death of
Mr.. Alley removes from the sporting COM
mupity one of the best-kuown patrons Of
the turf, and from Wall street one of its
most familiar characters. Mr.. Alley was
, the son of Mr.. Saul Alley, one of the con-
! spicuous citizens of this city Of the last
generation. He was business partner of
| Preserved Fish, under the firm title OF Fish
| & Alley. Mr.. Alley was born in 1881, on
| Baekman street, this city. His business
| career was confined to Wall
| street, where, in 1868, he started
in business by himself, and became a
member of the stock exchange. After G.
while he formed partnership with Mr..
Frederick Lawrence, under the firm name
of Alley & Lawrence. His subsequent
ventures were by himself and then with
| Mr.. Robert Cochran. The panic of '73 re-
suited to him as to many otnors. dlsas-
trously; but ne recovered his financial
footing, and in 1875 retired from the stock
exchange. While in active business he
| was one of the trusted brokers of Commo-
| dore Vanderbilt. It was IN connection
with the turf, however, that Mr.. Alley was
most widely known. It was generally con-
ceded that he was the best non-professIon-
el Judge of horse flesh in the country, and
| his Judgment was superior to that of most
| pro! essional horsemen. Hiram Woodruff
| said of him in the "T'rotting Horse of
America :'"He has long been known as one
of the best and most sagaciOus judges of
| trotting horses to be found among the
merchants and business men of New York"
In 1862 Mr.. Alley went up into Orange
| county to take look at Dexter, of whom
| he had received favorable reports, and the
| result of the visit was his purchase of the
subsequent king of the turf, then four
| year-old, for $500. He placed him in
| Hiram Woodruff's hands, and after
successful career of eight years
with him, sold him for $4,000.
| Among other animals Mr.. Alley owned
startle (sIre of Majolica), which he sold to
Mr.. Bonner for $4,000. AT the time of
| his death he had no stable. He was one of
| the projectors of Fleetwood park, and was
| active in its organization as the Gentle
| mems Driving park. MIR. Alley leaves
| widow, four daughters and two sons. One
| of the latter is a member of the stock ex-
| change and senior partner of the firm of
| Alley & Dowd. There will be many sim
! cere regrets all over the country at Mr..
| Alleys untimely death, for he was gen
| tleman we'll liked by all who came IN con-
tact with him. The funeral services took
pIace Thursday morning from his late res
| idence, 100 East Twenty first street.
HoU Gratton Had 1t Played on HIM.
M. T. Grattan, in the Breeders Gazette
of the 18th gives the following particulars
of how the jockeys played 1t on him, as
one of the judges at Minneapolis, and how
he turned the tables on the jockeys after
ward. The tribute that he pays Parker as
driver will be generally endorsed:
On the first day of the meeting, in the
$50 class with six starters, it appeared
that Orinda. by Star of the West, might go
along little faster. While this idea was
| revolving in my mind a serious gentleman
asked for moments conversation, and
very gravely informed me that Orinda was
| being pulled, that he had lots of money on
her, would like new driver, and the only
| man he knew who would dare to go to the
front was -. When scoring for the
next heat I noticed this driver standing
| near by, and put him behind the mare.
| She gained position. but still acted as if
| the lines were too taut. Imagine my feel
| ings when it reached me straight
that the boys had feared I was detect
| ing their scheme, and had played it on me
with driver in their own interest. This
| incident bore them bitter fruit, however,
| the following days in the 2:30 class. There
were eight starters, and Elmwood Chief
| got to be great favorite. The race strung
out SO long that it WAS postponed. Chief
and Dutch Girl had two heats each; Noun
tain Girl had won the second heat in 2:28,
but had fallen back to third place in the
sixth heat. Money was pouring into the
box on Chief; only Mountain Girl and
! Dutch Girl were left to contend with him.
New drivers for both we're posted in con-
| spicuous places; friendly advice was Of
| fered with great earnestness, and appar-
emily as easily swallowed as in the Orinda
| job, but day of reckoning was at hand.
When scoring for the seventh heat,
! the girls were stopped, and Messrs. Parker
| and Spencer got up behind them. They
were not the men wanted by the conspira-
| tors. They had many motives for defeat
Ing the job, and that was why they were
selected. The gang were deeply concern
ed, but not hopeless. They still trusted
to Elmwood Chief to win on his merits,
for, like clever fgurers as they are, the
best horse had been selected to carry out
the scheme, and his hardest opponents en-
gagged to aid him. Mountain Girl proved
! little better than was anticipated, how
ever. Parker drove her with great skill
the best race of her life--which rebounds
| not little to his credit. The three got
away for the seventh heat as even
as die, Mountain Girl fight
| ing for the lead, which, in
spite of break that did her no good, she
won on the back stretch, and kept to the
finish in 2:30. The game now was des-
perate one. An offer of $500 was made to
Parker for the next heat made in writing
at that, but his negative was so decided
that no further propositions were made.
If he bad shown any disposition to 'do
business" he could have named his own
| price, for "the boys" were in heavy, and
| the short enders, the suckers, were about to
| down them for SO much money that it
| took their breath away. Many a we'll
s,ork Of ba bod hi, 1ock