The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-25

yAe Pnasas Ysanx r1uuger Who Got Rsd
- In Two Hear~-
Prun the London Telegraph. |
Undcr this heading Mr.. Ernest Bcnxon
has written. I'm one volume, a sketch OF
his racing and gambling career. dedicated
80 all parents and guardians tn whom Is
tutr1sste<l the responsibility OF making or
marring the future of the helpless chill
drsn intrustcd tn their care, wishing them
n all complement of discretion and amia-
hility, and their wards n happy immunity
from the miserics endured by the author
during his minority"
The first chapter il devoted tn ~ sketch
Of his minority. When Lee first learned
that he was coming into money he had not
the slightest idea of the value of the COM
modify.
"Here was I, well within sight of the
Promised Land of plenty. without n notion
in my head OF how To husband my ~
sources ar how tn get anything like value
for n
Mr.. Benzon's voyage tn Australia
yielded no remarkable Incident. "As
luck would have it," he says. 1--WE were
just i'm time for Pennington races" I'm
four days he lost fs.OOo. and tn pay this
sum il was necessary to raise money.
ITO effect this our transactions were
something after this scale. / would get
zoo for an acceptance due when j came
Of age for f5y0uO. hut the more l borrowed
the less cash I used tn get for the paper.
gethcr there must have been 100000 worth
Of my paper in Ia Victorian bill dis
Al one sitting Mr.. Bcnzon's Iosinps at "a
game of unlimited loo. played with two
other PERSONS. represented on paper no
rG5, OO0.r
OF the occasion of his coming of age the
"Somctling like i'm round figures ! had
~ quarter of "a million at my disposal; not
all in ready money, but all i'm negotiable
&SAoelrifiaS- Thnrs. yuaA .l,nplf "A (rul 1cirsv
loose, and one Of my guardians drew "a
check for that. Then I went OFT straight
lying. and with these as security borrowed
100000 from them. Of this sum l paid f:S3.-
900 TO Mr.: Sam Lewis for money obtained
enough, the solicitor ! employed took
good care of me i'm settling up. Some fell
OOO against me took GOO chccrfuIiy, aud
40 that was all right. Again. "A man
named Barnard, had ci0,OOo of paper,
badly treated. When thism matter came to
he settled 1 was accompanied in my rooms
by my friends. Lord :. ID. and Mr.. G.. b.,
two OF the hest. who were exceedingly
,hossh. 1 should not have paid more thai'
To many PERSONS the most Fascinating
chapter Of this lremarkabie nutobiogra-
phy will I've that headed my Racing Ex-
from IL:
The first race meeting that attended
AS u man OF Ltl age wskS the ElSp1ll
spring meeting. upon which I lost about
I6.oO0 upon. Carlton. l have. alluded TAI
my visit To the Isle of Wight. The Isle of
netting went, for though ! won "a race ON
the last day ! couidn't half back my
horse"
Among many instances of his winnings
and losses we may quote the following in
reference To the Hamilton Hunt club
race: 81 here bought "a horse called
Bayonet, who won his race toy IA head, and
upon whom won sioo, having laid $500
hut they would not bct. as the race was
to In a gift for Bayonet My
managing my stecplechase horses. and 1
Ind DalesInan.~ Ganlecock, ChaIcsry and
propriety, the latter trained by Slherrarsl
there, and I had a real good time, win
ming about GlO.OOO. Then we got ON To-
the nhils stakes at Kemp'"n: where
high way in which twas betting. II was
"a name hate. although now
am accustomed to it,. In fact,
/, got, into trouble with own.Is
market. hut i SOON got taught better than
that. However. Bcndigo won. and I had
rived at the conclusion that racing was
the best game i'm the world. Ii was at this
meeting that first made the acqnaint-
certainly been, all through. the greatest
friend To me that l cvcr lad. IL had al
ways listened tai him I SHOULD have had
the greater part of the f250.OO now, in
stead Of being without il. I went tai soc
Sir George in Curzon street ON the night
of the 'Jubilc, stakes. aud he arranged
with me that l should come into the stable.
! bought Binficld and won about f5,OUO ON
him. i again ran him in IA selling race,
and bet ON him until the COWS came
home,'' and Won another $4,000 ON him.
After his l went to Gooiwood, where a
pericnccd "a most awful time, nearly
everything ! backed going down. A. u
matter of fact, I lost f3O.OOO on the week
and f:O.0OO an the fortnight.
After that four of us-Losi Lurgan,
Sir George Chctwynd. Mr.. Hungcrford,
and myself-in Shcrrarfs- stable went tai
stay at Manchester. and there ! ran STAN
islas. who won his race i'm IA common cam
ter. He never did me another turn.
Again. / had n very bad race over Ayre-
shire I'm the wlitsuptidc plate. / hal u
lot OF money ON. hut he got beat. In short.
this WAS "a most disastrous meeting for
me. as. though I had "a Roosi race ON STAN
islas for the first event. j lost quite f1O,-
600 on the week. Then came what turned
out To he for me n very bad Ascot. On the
first day l lost f3.uo on Bcndigo fo- the
Jubilee cup. E3.OOO on Aparch for the
Thirteeth Bieuniel stakes. Goo on Reeve