The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-03
BULLS HEAD HOTEL, CORNER THIRD AvRNul
AND TWENTY YOUTH sTRETs.

Perhaps tho best known OF these old
tRverns III New York Is the Bulls Head,
At the corner Of Twenty.iourth Etreet and
Third avsnue. 1t was built early In the
present century by an association Of butch
ere, and IVES for long time the great cat
lie market Of the metropolis.
mat there not long ago q venerable
butcher, by name William Doubleday.
~ have hung around this old place." said
he, "iOr nigh onto fifty years, aud ! may
say confidently that know all about 1t,
\ man named Swift was the first that un-
dertook to run 1t. Shortly after 1t YVES
started a line Of stages was instituted,
startin' from Pell street and runnin' up
through open fields along Third avenue to
the AtICk yards around here, When l
say line OF stages | mean one stage
named Gen GGtes,' was a young lad
in those times. After q while the prop.
erty was divided among the butchers that
bought 1t in in the fist instance, and then
by allotment 1t fell into tho hands oil
George Clinch, He run 1t pretty suCCssE.
iul for coma time, lean remember seein'
the herds OF cattle comm along the roals
from northern parts to be stocked In the
pens.
Sometimes you could tell they were
coming by the clouds OF dust they raised.
Soon you could hear their bellowings and
the shouts Of the men driving them, and
finally you could sec them coming down
tho road on trot, looking this way and
that, NJ II for some way Of escape from the
death that wEs In store for them. II was
exciting, l can tell you. After while
sEartedin business myself and made tho
old Bulls Head Tavern my headquarters,
II wRH tlIon that first saw Daniel Drew,
OF all the cattle traders that cong.egated
hero In those days Daniel was tho smart-
eat. IneVcr knew him 10 lose money.
He'd stand among others at one end Of
tho bar, where the money was piled in
heaps, and make the quiCkest and most
profitable trade OF 'en all Twas thought
among the dealers that aiore he quit be
would mako clean hundred thousand,
| remember another man named Allerton
who was large dealer. 1t was him that
first thought Of having saio made for the
money that used to 10y piled upon the
lar, with only ono man to watch II. The
old sale stands over in the corner now.
Since George ClinCh's time other parties
have run this place, such as Sargent
Springfield and George Metcalf. tits now
the property Of the Lorlllards, and no.
body can tell when they will tear the old
tavern down. ! hope not till am gone,
for I've Growed up with the place and
IL would hurt mo bad to see 1t CO."
The Bulls Head Tavern, or Hotel, as It
now called, Ia at present the reGort OF
horse dealers. The side street running
toward Lexington avenue, where the
stock yards once stood, is occupied entire
ly by sale stables. Little groups Of men
stand in front Of the Balls Head critically
observing the PAGES Of different horses as
they are driven past on exhibition. In
the barroom horse ia the sole topic OF con-
yerBStiou. lu a few years tue old build.
ing will probably make room for tene.
ment, and the stable In the Bids streets be
superseded by dwelling houses.
At the northern extremely Of Riverside
drive stands another resort OF historic In.
terest, l refer TO the Hotel Ol0remont.
II was builtin the early part OF the pres
ent century by DR.. Post as a sumner re.
sort, Prior TO 1912 1t was occupied by
Viscount Courtensy, afterwards Earl Of
Devon, and later on by the British Minis
tor, Francis James jackson, but its most
distinguished occupant was Joseph Bona
parte, Cx.kipg Of Spain. For many
years after this II was known az Jones'
Olaremont, and driving parties from Rlar
| and near made II their resort.