Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-23


woerishoffer went on full steam. He en-
tered into and partly originated some
half dozen schemes, most OF which are
mentioned above. They were all started
with brass band and fireworks, and went
al 70 bankruptcy. He made, personally,
a fortune q every one Of them, and not
only did be go In upon bedrock terms and
often on mere capitalization Of his In
tellect and influence, but also wss the frst
TO step out, aud when the disaster began
he was found on the short side. Every
one who takes IN interest In Wall street
matters remembers how Denver & Rio
4 Grande stock was pushed to III before The
road was half built and how IL sold at ~
when the work was completed. The
story Of the fate Of the other enterprises
| In which be took interest would he
too long. The Northern Pacific and
| Oregon Transcontinental may be cited as
exceptions But If these companies
were not made bankrupt, their president,
/ Mr.. Willard, was. But Wocrishofer made
another fortune in them, for he was she n
I " the securities when Willard began 10
break. The public record Of this man IS
bankruptcy TO every enterprise and cor
poration he initiated or was intimately
connected with The record OF his pri-
yate lie ~ quite different. Like most
! gamblers, he was very liberal. All those
who were Of service TO him in any way or
20 whom be took fancy were amply re-
warded. At The stock exchange he gave,
at different times, assistance to dozens of
iellOw-membeis. Some he saved from
bankruptcy, others he started in business
Vi course all of them became his fools
and faithful servants afterwards, and he
died with probably more stock exchange
friends mourning over his memory than
any other member OF that institution viii
have.
For sportsmen, much more interesting
than the death OF Mr.. Woerlshoffer ana
the condition OF Wall street affairs Is the
prospect OF pool-selliDg and betting dur
ing the coming season. People flock
down to sheepshead bay, jerome park
and Monmouth park with the expectation
OF being able 10 risk little money on
races and thus have an interest IN the !
proceedings But lot OF fools are strik- |
ing about the immortality Of betting with |
out for moment considering whefe |
their views will lead TO. II betting is |
Killed In New York, racing will also be |
Killed. II racing is killed, any improve
meut in our breed OF horses will be |
killed, for no one can afford to breed or
import fine horses for fun. France,
Germany, and OF course, England,
the mother OF fine horses, have made
racing national affair, encourage 1t in
every possible way, knowing whaB a boon
4 grand breed Of horses is to country.
IN New YORK, however, our venal legisls-
tors and executive officers think other
wise, and, except there be sufficient
doodle" put up, refuse 60 allow betting,
Nh'ch IL an absolutely necessary adjunct
To racing Unfortunately, the Jockey
clubs were very stingy and refuse to meet
the demands OF the law-msters. aud Inc
question now arises whether III 10 viii
be any racing near New York or not. II
the boodlc men have their way, America
VIII no longer have the pleasure Of seeing
m lroquois win the English Derby. or 81.
lIeger or FOXhall carry off the Grand
Pix OF Paris, the Camblidgesnire aud the
CesareNitch.
Although racing has for the moment
@ot PACK eye, an American has DIS
lheulshed himself nightly abroad IN
'porlng circles; Mr.. Edgar Murphy
son ol lhe eX'collector OF the pr RI Of New
OH, lhomas Murphy, the man who gave
'N-President Arthur his ngst political
N'F N%AN 1'N"H niAAIul uNh lUhl re- |
armed from Nice bearing with him count.
ess prizes for his prowess at pigeon
'hooting After beating most OF the best
'hots In Europe he finished The season by
filling forty-two const cutlye birds. the
biggest score ever made. A great many
americans were mace very happy, for
u one time as much as sixty.nve to
me was laid against him. That most nm
american OF Americans, James Gordon
bennett, went so far in his enthusiasm
$ to give him dinner on board Of his
aclt, the NImouua. The Comte de
'atis and all the other royalties collected
I Nice did their very best TO entertain
III. Murphy, aud Of course through rim
onor hts country. The prince OF Wales
nd Mr. Bennett seem to have had real
oval time, both at Nice and in Paris, 20.
" with masks on to opera balls, but as
n rs the fair sex was concerned the
ditor OF the Herald was apparently anx-
Jus To keep back scat. RIGoLo.
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