The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-07
THE RISKYMILLIONAIRE
SPORTS AND PAsTIMEs OF THE
MONEY KINGS.

jay Gould Romps ABOUT the SrOunos
Of His Country House With the Chill
dren-The Poker Players of Wall
s+reet-Russen Sage as a Horseman.
Copyright 1897
NEW YORK. July 6.-Ohce upon a time,
and not SO very many years ago either, the
traveller along a certain maple-shaded road
:, the beautiful town of Irvington-on-the
Hudson. which derives its name from
washington Irving, the gentle genius who
,5earzed this whole region, might have
seen a short, slightly built, dark complex
,oned man, with piercing black eyes, play
ing with twochildren on the stately grounds
of palatial country seat. The children,
q boy and girl, are turning rope and
the gentleman jumps with the agility OF
ronpish school girl Then they all stop
and break into merry laughter. 1t Is
beautiful spot; the grounds are laid out in
elegant partierreS; the lawn is closely cut
and fragrant; the landscape would charm
him who is wise enough to be lover of
nature. At no great distance is the road
which the slab-sided, green-eyed school
master traverse ed i'll Irving'S Sleepy HOl-
lows on his way to court Katrina, the rosy
checked daughter Of prosperous old Myn-
heer Van asset; and 1t was on fatetul
night on this same lonely highway that
the pedagogue, having just received the
mitten from Katrina, realized that "trou-
bles come not singly but in battalions,"
when dark against the dim midnight moon
he saw looming up before him the dreaded
headiess Horseman carrying his head I'M
DER his arm. The next instant the mystic
rious equestrian throws his head at the hor-
ror-stricken pedagogue, which strikes his
distracted pate with terrific force, and
shattered pumpkin found the next morning
in a ditch hard by, gives touch of harsh
realism to the doleful tale. 1t is upon this
region, that by q curious chance, fashion
has alighted and dotted it with palaces set
in the midst of enchanting greenery. The
3D. little black-eyed man, dark almost as a
Persian, whom we see on the beautiful
lawn, has decreed a more stately pleasure
dome than did Kubla Khan in Zanadu, by
ALI, the sacred river. 1t is man famous
liz two hemispheres-Jay Gould. He filings
aside all restraint as if under the spell of one
of Cotton Mather's witches. ia whom, by
the way, the ancient inhabitants of this
somniferous region implicitly believed He
Jumps the rope, he plays tag" with the
children, he romps like a school boy. His
daughter Nellie and his son Edwin are his
com panions in these juvenile pranks which
reveal the man at his best
n All that is past now; the children have
gone out into the world. But in a few
years the same interesting spectacle may
q he witnessed by astonishing wayfarers, for
Mr. Gould has two grandchildren. To-day,
however, Jay Gould is a morbid man whose
character is SO to speak, petrifying. He is
becoming miser. lie enjoys taking
drive with his daughter-in-law Mrs. George
Gould nee Edith Kingdom, formerly a we'll
known actress, but his chief amusement
now is his business. He deeply mourned
the death of his wife last year, as he has
always been domestic iii lis tastes. He has
not forsaken Wall street. He seems to find
a certain amusement in speculation. He
amuses himself" said one who knows, "by
footing with the market. He cares nothing
for horses and has only four in the city,
which he keeps for the use of his children.
WI q at his place at Irvington he often
amuses himself by learning the botanical
names of the plants in his grounds and
Conservatives, SO that he is now a fair
amateur botanistn But his one over
mastering impulse is the acquisition of new
millions lie once said thai be no longer
cared for money except as means of car
rying cut his railroad projects; but the
character of the man has changed. Gold is
now his master. He cares nothing for
sport or for men who do.
black goggles to prevent the gravel from
flying into his eyes as he drives a spanking
span up the boulevard. He has a weak
ness to be thought great horseman. He
drives we'll,
Coils z, Huntington cares nothing for
horses, lie often drives down to his office
In the Mills building, but is not a horse
man In the ordinary sense. One of his
greatest amusements is to travel.
George Gould is a member of the New
York Athletic Club and is very regular in
his attendance. He is well built and great
ly enjoys the exercise at the club rooms
Edwin Gould'S hobby is cavalry. He is a
member OF troop of horse in this city
which he thinks will yet rival in popularity
the Seventh regiment
Addison Cammack Is wholly Indifferent
TO sport, unless it consists of worrying the
bulls in Wall street.
JeSsse Isaac and Joseph Seligman, the
bankers, are good equestrians and are often
seen cantering in Central park.
william Rockefeller, of the Standard
oitConpany, has private racing track
and many fast trotters, and is well known.
ene of his horses has a record of 2:14s/
Frank Work, who was once a great
friend Of William H. Vanderbilt, has a
number of fast horses. His "Edwardn has
made mile in 2:17A, "Otsego Prince
SP H'Billy Freer, 2:2l, and his best, ''Dick
Sniveller, !" 1861.
Hood Wright, of Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
tne bankers, has a mare, Bertha"
T Tnlch has a record of 2:20.
lhomas w. Pearsall, who made n
million dollars in Manhattan Elevated rail
1 r., stock some years ago owns edwin
d5horne, horse that has made a mile in
IL William R. Travers, the famous
w q Wall street, had good many thor
UugAbred horses, and was a sportsman in
Ihe strlctest sense. His stable was infested
win rats and it occurred to him that il
would be a good idea to get dog that
would rid the place of the nuisance. He
agreed to buy dog which was offered to
nltn provided he should prove a good rat
Ter. The dog, a small animal, was brought
10 tne stable and soon ferreted out rat of
e eousual size which proved to be ferocious
Iglter The rat was actually getting the
oeStef the dog when Mr.. Travers who stint
tered, cried out with delight:
Il don't w-w-want your d-d.doo-TT
4 pIbly the r-r-rat."
august Belmont, the representative in this
country OF the Rothschilds, has stud farm
II va Long Island and gives more time aud
a I Wnm non TO horses than any other man in
,on nl1 81 etreet. de owns many good horses,
august Belmont, Jr., was recently ar
Il esVeu IN Hempstead, Long Island. by Off
GERS GERS OF the Society for the Prevention of
VI uelUy TO Animals for rabbit coursing or
more more. properly, rabbit butchering bv ebla.
-, atl, men on horseback galloping around