The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-17
SOME VERY BIG WAGHRS.
Enormous Sums Won and Lost on
English Races,
Front the Fortniqht[u Revie,

To give some idea of the extraordinary
wealth of men in this Occupation and the
way they obtain it, | may mention that
Davis lost $4,000 to Mr.. Bowes, the owner
of Daniel O'Rourke. in one bet, when that
horse won the Derby. While at dinner the
evening after the race, Mr.. Bowes expressed
some anxiety as to whether Davis would
be able to meet his engagement, for he
knew of others to whom he had lost largely,
and in fact Davis was said to be hard hit.
G. c. Greville being one of the guests at
the table that evening and hearing the
conversation, mentioned the circumstances
to Davis the next morning on the course.
who Immediately wrote Mr.. Bowes check
for the amount aud gave it to him. This
wealth was made, and tens of Thousands Of
pounds more, by small sums received at
the list in shillings and half crowns by a
carpenter-for this was once the daily
occupation of Davis, the greatest better
| ever known.
We had then as owners of race horess,
the Dukes of Beaufort, Newcastle, and
Hamilton, Lord Stamford, and the indomi.
table Marquis of Hastings, Messrs. Saville,
| Chaplin, Sturt (now Lord Allington), Sirs
| Frederick tombstone and Hawiey, all of
whom knew how aud when to bet. Lord
| Stamford loss over Hermit for the Derby
970000, and Lord Hastings did the same
thing, but on Lecturer for the Cesarewitch
the latter won 975, 900, and he thought but
little of winning or losing $40, 900 on a
race If Lord George Bentinck could
fairly be called the Napoleon of the Turf
in 1889, Lord Hastings was deservedly en-
titled to the appellation in 1867, for he had
no superior i'll the magnitude
and value OF his stud
| Hr Fo.-
paid Mr.. Padwick eli, 900 for Kangaroo.
His three year olds-Lady Elizabeth, See
Saw and the Earl-were perhaps at one
time equal, to if not better than, Sir
Joseph Hawley's trio-Bue Gown, Rosi-
crucian and Green Sleeves. Goodwood was
then at the hight of its prosperity with SO
races and 80 starters in a race. The Duke
of Beaufort, always one of the
best supporters of the turf, had
10 starters in one year at Goodwood and
won four races, which included both the
Cup, the Stakes, and Three Hundred
| Sovereign Stakes won with Vauben. The
Marquis of Hastings won the Levant and
rich Post Sweepstakes of three hundred
sovereigns each with Ines. These stakes
were run for at the Bibury aud Stock
bridge meetings. His lordship's lucky star
was in the ascendant, and the racing had
never been so good before. In the SO races
that were run for, his horse started "a times,
| winning ten races of the value of 97,200
Whether we look at his gigantic betting
transactions or the number and value of his
horses and the stakes they won, it cannot
be denied that the Marquis of Hastings was
| then the first man upon the turf. may now
allude to yearlings and the price they then
fetched. At Middle Park about 1867, or
soon after, ycarlings fetched ex-
1900 guineas and a,4OO guineas were
given, and out of a lot one year the average
price was 500 guineas, or 10000 guineas for
the forty. Such prices no one thought
would be exceeded, or even ever reached
again. But prices have still gone up, and
brood mares have increased in value as
much as the yearlings, and in fact, every
sort of race horse has augmented in
value in like proportion; till now over 5000
guineas are given for brood mare and
over 1000 guineas for yearling. Stations
have fetched 5000 guineas, 10000 guineas
have been offered and refused for a horse
IN training, and 5000 guineas was sum
not sufficiently attractive to secure year
ling that was offered for sale
by private contract this year.
= y But these facts and figures,
gigantic and surprising as they are,
dwindle into utter insignificance when COM
pared with the value of Hermit. This won
derful and lucky horse stands alone as a
race horse and stallion, for Hermit has won
in stakes and bets for his fortunate owner,
Mr.. Chaplain, somewhere about 9l50,000,
and has since earned at the stud at least as
much more, and may still further augment
this almost incredible sum. Again, Dono-
van. up to the present time, has won in
stakes more than any other horse ever did,
and may, and most likely will, add many
more thousands to his record. He
has already secured 939,962, and
NAV vet even surpass the mighty
deeds of Hermit at the stud, as
he has triumphed over his performance on
the race course. Ayrshire, another lucky
horse, has won for the same ducal owner
nearly as much as Donovan himself, having
secured in stakes alone over $780, 900 up to
the present date, and may, like him, yet
increase largely this magnificent sum before
his racing career is terminated, and after
ward be at the stud as great success as
either of the two extraordinary horses
have lust mentioned. These few cases, TO
which many others may be added, will
show us the present value of our race
horses, and how greatly it exceeds the
worth of those of any other age or country.
The WORK of attending to trees in the Paris
avenues, boulevards and parks is in charge Of
216 men, who are headed by a sub-engineer and
| t,ro foraSt insy,actora and whose work costs