St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-18

Seven meetings take place at "the
little town" in the course Of the
year-the Craven. the First and
Second Spring, the July, the First
and Second October, and the Houghton,
and while these are on the place is full.
Several of the more prominent owners
of horses own or rent houses. many
more find room In lodgings, while every
available room at the hotels, of which
the Rutland Arms and White Hart are
the chief, is taken. There is, however,
scarcely so great demand for lodg-
ingS as there used TO be, for the excel
lent service of trains run by the Great
Eastern railway has brought London
and Newmarket so close together that
a good many prefer to make the jour
ney daily TO staying in town. The
Rutland Arms, with its court yard, Is
well known to all the visitors to New
market. Here Mr.. Tattersall has his
Office when the sales are being held,
and here il was that an eccentric lord
once had narrow escape from what
might have been violent death. he
was addicted to the practice of
DRIVING FOUR STAGS IN HAND,
and on one occasion a pack OF fox
hounds came across the line of the stays.
In an instant they "tOok up the run
mng." to use a racing phrase, and drew
perilously near his lOrdship'S vehicle.
The noble coachman, however, man
aged to get inside the gates, which were
instantly shut, just in time so prevent
the hounds and the deer from becoming
mixed. The White Hart is on the op-
pOSite side of the street, and further
along, and, like the Rutland, has its
regular visitors at race times. The va
Ill
features of Newmarket, and nothing
can exceed the trimneSs and neatness
of these establishments. If the 'train-
ing groom" of bygone time and the
earlier school of trainers could revisit
the earth. and see the style in which
the modern well-tO-dO trainer lives,
they would indeed be Surprised; but
change has come over the department.
of racing as over others. Fancy the
surprise OfOne of the old school on read
ing that one of his confreres had been
appointed private trainer at a large
salary, together with the payment
of IS per horse! And what would
the Jockeys who used to ride from place
to place with their saddles strapped to
their backs have said had they been
told that in years to come a mere lad
was to have retaining fee of e, 500 per
annum? Inc phenomenal winnings OF
the Duke of Portland are, of course, in
a great measure due to his trainer, upon
whom reStS-and the fact is often for
gotten when lavishing praise upon
jockeys-the responsibility of keeping
the horses in good health, and getting
them fit. George Dawson is the trainer
of the Duke of POrtland's horses. At
Bedford lodge Mr.. Baird keeps an enor-
nous number of horses; but his luck is
none of the best. OF all the frequenters
of Newmarket, however. there IS no
more ardent admirer of it than Prince
SOltykOff, who has made England his
adopted country, and Newmarket his
home. As at Doncaster, the betting
rooms are not frequented as they used
to be. 1t is said that the late ''LevIa-
than Davis, the bookmaker, then car
penter by trade, was engaged in execut-
ing some repairs to the rooms when he
was first taken with the desire to become
a racing man himself. He began in a
small way. as his earlier books were
made in Shillings; but soon became the
biggest liStman of his time.