Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-15
A U BLOOD.
What it Costs Him to Cut a Dash
and How He Does it,
Boxing, Shooting, Fencing and
Riding a Few of His
Accomplishments.
A Very Busy and Expensive Life

"A worry busy ana Expensive LILO
New York J. ufnal.
The rich ''young blood" Of to-day is
not the numoskull which people gen.
orally take him to be. He must pos.
sess certain qualifications to enable
him to take equal rank with his fell
lows. He must learn to box, shoot,
swim, hunt, to sail his yatch, to know
q good picture from a bad one, In
brief, to conduct himself as an intelli.
gent gentleman, Il net q highly educa.
ted one. 81 have pupils" SAID Billy
Madden, "who come to me as early
NJ seven O'Clock TO take their
morning lesson In sparrir &
manly young fellows, who give aud
take their hard knocks with the great.
est good humor. And the number Is
increasing. l consider Fred Goddard,
George Gould, Jim Travers and men
OF that stamp quite able to take care
OF themselves In q crowd. You see,
boxing requires q large amount of
self. control, and although l might
naturally be expected to favor the
sport, l can honestly assure you that
It's the best kind OF receipt for taking
the caddish element out Of o man.
Pupils of mine have often gone home
stiff and sore With bruises. Yes, men
whom, to look at, you wouldn't think
had strength enough to hurt q fly.
How much does 1t COST Well, to
make q good boxer 1t requires three
months steady training, and that will
eat up $3.50. Two hours q day con-
stitutes an average lesson"
Fencing Is also extensively taught.
Oakley Rhinelander is said to be one
OK the best amateur swordsmen In the
city.
Riding, too, Is becoming more pop.
ular than ever Evans, one OF the
most accomplished grooms attached to
a fashionable uptown riding establish.
ment, and who Is q characteristic Eng.
lishman,% remarked: "Bless your art,
sir, there haint a young gent wot don't
know something about O hoss, and
they takes to 1t wonderfully quick.
They come ere at hall hours, from 8
o'clock till z at night, and they pays
'andsome for wot they learns. How
many2 Well, I spose we have durln'
the winter season from fifty to a
'undred a dsy, and some on 'em pays
as Ugh as $50 and $40 a week, and
many on 'em brings their own bosses
In answer to the inquiry at the
Turf club concerning the cost OF
maintaining a hunting and racing
establishment the reporter was In.
formed that upon the most moderate
calculations these horses could not be
kept properly on less than 80, 500 a
year. This sum is absolutely ipsig.
nifcant compared with the annual
outlay of Keene, Vanderbilt, B onner,
and such men, who spend from $40,
600 to $3.50, 600 upon their stables.
At the New York Yacht club the
sameproportionate expenditure attains
Stewart Olsen remarked that he could
not give any adequate idea of the cos
of main aiming a yacht. "For much
depends upon the, Individual taste o.
tho ownor," he said. ga steam yach'
of thirty or forty tons will cost as man.
thoosand dollars. l could name a
least a dozen men who spend from
80, 900 to 5000 a year-whose yes
sells are aquatic palaces, containing
every luxury that money can buy. Tn
best yachtsmen that Is, those who ar
tho most practical-will look rather t.
the sailing qualities of their vessel
than to their elegance of appoint
ments. Among the Representative
: yachtsmen are Travers, Auchineloss
F.W. j. Hurst, Peter Stewart, Dwigh
Olmstead, Washington Conner, Te'
: Clarke, Lloyd Phoenix, L. A. Fish
: r. T. Yush, and a number of other
: who spend many thousand dollars an
nuslly On this amusement.
With reference to social and olul
: life the ''young blood" Is Target!
= guided by the tastes Of his ''set." ]
= he be "horsey" the Turf club 10 hi
general rendezvous; If aquatic, tn
. Yatoh club; II theatrical or aesthetic
= the Lotos, and II Of an e1olusivsl,
gossipy turn, the Union. At eithe
Of these resorts 1t costs him muc
money, but 1t Is very rare to find tbs
. he combines q liking for them Ill
His suppers are upon . lavish scale
;, and it is upon the authority of Myer,
at the Brunswick, that q ''smsll" sur
y, per party after the theatre for ten {
fifteen persons will cost as mush
$l5 q plate. Fred Gebbard, prior
!. Mrs. Lsngtry's arrival, once gave
" supper for ten that cost $500.
9. In brief, the expenditure of II
young blood possessing, say, $3.50
!, a year may be approximately itemlz:
as follows: Club fees, 5000; clothing
81, 500; horses, So, 600; entertainment
of various kinds, s.. 600; travelir
>, expenses, including hotel bills, So
y 600; yacht, SO, 900; pictures and bri,
a-brao, 80, 900; miscellaneous, 81
70 800; This is q moderate estimat
Is and Is based upon the suppositlc
10 that he lives within his Income.