The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-26
FAMOUs BETTERS
OF Easlssh Nook ~ akers-A1ia.
listers aaA Membera sr Parsssn,st.

nem,~'.eenee. OF E.s,s.s R.e. -sh-r.-Nin
| listers asA Memhsrs &c Parissnsost.
From IA. Lendon ftM
| When tho history of bcttin.y comes to bc
| written by some competent hand II will appear
| that from tho very earliest timos nearly all the
gated region-hsvo sprung from very humble
origin. and started with very little capital. As
sense sense DO formed The saving msu,bsrs o. The
irhhternnly dio wealth. and ns tho rest IKE IN
G appSs1 Ss &c ok Is SsSG
SHG Mcn asf BbsSa9s tho true "ee
WSo we aro tod' lived G0F rcspectod BY air.
aud died rich a. the ago t.oo. after hay.
ssa ON 81 srado iii within irss years. 3, KS
| 70 municipal honors history ropents itsef. for
Michael was mere than once MAYOR Of Rich
talion Of acis Of Parliament is said to have
been the only thing that fnHsGt mn I'm any In
snes noue G" asso@te '' hun W. Whoa lis
brother magistrates disagreed with his read
n S"D to p nIS s9ns o
coins, and offer to lay tho bcneh 6 TO 1 ali
Os ssars ,st No w.s w Sa &a9 s ar s ;s
YEyn:S6{ rdS S.ssh nS cont ssa
early lilo, and. while on his rounds. Won some
slider with his winning. and from thi, small
Hall. Whonover he went TO q race meeting he
used TO tnko supply Of stockings with him to
stopped. and whonaver le won oyer a meeting
he always brought back brown windsor SOAP
OF his careful mo,ie OF living, It. is said that he
always refused 10 keep u servant until he was
%rs mn hour o. Sunday a.n ~ sGSs
his studies rs o!d w liam Scott-no relat to
made hrse rays ,9
Look twice overy year.
BETTING on horse racine is no doubt as old
OF Charles ii. racing seems to have so iargrown
from, a pleasure to business rs TO call for
legislative interfercnce. in those days, how
ever. it must have boon well nigh impossible 10
have obuained correct return OF The batting.
certain Mr.. Ogden. who had tho reputation Of
having such u marvellous head fer figures as to
one Of tho first to soc the weak points in the
old style, and tn reduce hookmakng to = sci
earior. ogden was another KAN plq Of q book-
@ g t n; rq I n. Hs II the
,,s r 9Sa's s,n now ps @and vbs s
pedestrian to Ascot covered with dust. ANUS
Ing himself with nrekp s n tho belt hSsstng
Frank Richardson allowed his fancy to outrun
his discretion. and plunged heavily on Fortuna
for tho I,egor Of that year. when She run Soc
3nd no was upable to meet his engagements.
10 hts credit. however be it reported that. In
adopted the business Ike course of asking for
itors. Thoso forboarina croaturos must have
jumped for JOY on hearing that Richardson
Il aos ky snoSs& g S"es
s pS Fs 10 To stated ter ife
what proportion his own uprlghtnsss and tho
pressure OF his friends contributed to tho re-
his Was to- redeem iee his
, In 1924 Richardson had great turn Of luck by
eSs Isry for me S q that ss
ti0nLho bought land. and built great house
Pace but iabSsd by tho neisSSors jerry Hal
Rs"re many ye%rs hHa Gssssd he Tas nG"in in
Nowmarkot Heath has ever been 2 iayorite
f Sl% VIM sG 'ha4 ;ssd
Iab s.asa BE .h sss
ssy hal hass appropriately enough CHI son 81
masssl sna v you'd Jay oss w.
preached just when MHnto1 was at the height sh
Story ns and sns up shs trade
h Et became dissenting minister i,
able and who owed ther, success to bookmak.
turn but bSy hs
snd%a o%sae betting man ~
for dSo hy Col MG iii .2 aSh, fS as; 18th.
y son twice. and then retired from tho prize rims
to settle at Newmarket. .wbore no used to keeI
a hell" and where, 1t is said, he began q sys;
"" ihnt may DO a ii,tie wide Of the mark, though
= There have doubtless boon several Dayises
. in tho ring, but the only two whose lives have
+ the cN-tnior. BEGAN by attending Q gaming
!, house in Picker ing place. after which he took
!: ly became prominent. bookinaksr. lie it wa,
3 who called out at tho Newmarket I su6scrptioI
o9 piece Of i%nsrtInonse for Which, b,
= was wclI snub' ID: while on another OCCASION
bet s a nsra of YhS IN eG %han
:, plunging days were oyer, einphas,zed tho entry
h 3, sa,u to t aonds to b
a sv DAVIS lee w.. y'n II. IL s9
= than" who irst had his attention called to tn,
!: lournsyman carpenter Of tho NewmsrEet Sub
$ Cubilt'.. and then after betting in tho streets
:. booked after by clerks in various public house.
Wen vi nh he laid f Icri Whom tho com
r mission to back The Cur for the Cesarewlci
had sfsa S., Il pavs ws s one n0S
Z. the best mon to win from, he wa
n one Of the worse to lose to. as he would nevs
Q be-. again with any ono who had to ask 70
u time" Besides the loss Of Gl2. 900 over Tn,
: Cur. Ho,spur's not winning tho Deroy is sait
: to have made difference to him Of a69u
y that sum. VotIGeur's Derby IL reported I,
have cost him $40 Ooo, while IN IN Tsddington'
u but in spite Of losses. his winnings are SUP
posed to have been large enough to hive al
lowed him to begin the season Of 1852 viii
IS minister Bank. 1t will bs romsmbsred tina
n Davis left his money to the Mayor aud Corpo
u ration Of Brighton. They. after coming L
z terms with tho relations. who d sputed tho will
IS lntely expended u large sum Of what the lie
:, viathan loft in the laying out OF Preston Park