The Meeker herald., 1890-02-15
some VERY BIG wAGERS.



Eaurnou. sum. Nan and Lost GA the
itac--tour.s. oi England.
/ To give some idea OF the extraordinary
I wealth Of men in this occupation and
/ tho way they obtain IL, William Day
mentions In the fOrtnlghtly Royiew that
Davis lost 10000 20 Mr.. B0Wos, tho
I owner of Daniel o'Rourks, In one bot,
I when that horse won the Derby. while
At dinner the evening after tho race
Mr.. Bowes expressed some anxiety as To
l whether Dayi, would be ablo To meet
l his engagement, for ho knew OF others
TO whom he had lost largely, and In fact
Davis Was said To have been hard hit.
As. c. g. Groyillo being one OF the guests
10 tho table that evening and hearing
he conversation, mentioned tho circun-
.tance 10 Davis the next morning ON tho
curse, who Immediately wrote MIR.
Buwcs check for the amount and gave
70 10 him. This wealth Mas made, and
ems OF thousands OF pounds more, by
mall sums received at tie list In shll-
iiHgs and hali-orowns 10y a carpenter-for
this was once the daily occupation of
Davis, tho greatest better ever known.
We had then - owners OF Faac-horsos
Hamilton. Lord stamford and tho in
dpmitablo Marquis of Hastings. M"ssra,
saVillo, Chaplin, Stuart NOV Lord Al
ingtonl, Sir, Frederick J0hnstone and
ilHwloy, all OF whom know how and
yhrn Ia bot Lord StamiOr! lost over
Hermit for the Derby E7D,0DJ, and l.prl
Hastings did tho sam" thing, but On
Lecturer for the ,es2rrwitrh tho latter
WON as, 900, amt he thought but iitflc q
winning ar losing EiO, 1pI On race, II
Lord George uenilErk could fairly b"
allied the Napoleon % til Turf In i-'i1,
lord HAstlHri vls iesaFyelly entitled
20 tho appollati1n In lss5, iOF hc had No
superior In the magnitude and value %
his stud or tho price he gave Tor year
liugs, lie paid Mr, faisicE flI,oJp Tor
kangaroo. ll!s thF,o iWS-year-ulls-
Lady Elizabeth, SEE saw and the Earl
wurr perhaps ~ one time eIual.p, " not
better than. Sir Joseph llEWlrys trio
Blue Gown. EosirrurisR and Green
Sleeves. Lockwood wa, then A. tho
height OF it, prosperity with - races
aai IS starter, In Far.. Tho Duke Of
beaufort, always one % the bert support
rrs OF tho turf. had 10 si4Firr, In
ono year a. oo.sdsDoi snI non Z
aces, which !nclult.l both tln
Cup, the Stake, and Thrco Hun
dn,i Sovereign Stakes won with
Nauhrn. Tho Marquis ~ Hastings won
'he Lsyant and the rich l'ust sweep
stake. Of three hundred spy"rriFus each
with Ines. These stakes arro run Tor
~ tho Hibury and St"ckbriiso meet
!ugs- His i.orlshIp's lucky star va, IN
tho ascendant, sad the racing had never
h"-u ~ good before. In tho - raecs
that Wcr- run 'or. hi, horses started -
shines. winning ton Flrc, 81 tho yaluo Of
$500. Whether a. look a. his gisaH.
tic betting Transactions OF tho n4mi-r
and value 81 his horses aud tho stakes
they won. IL eau ne, b" denied that tho
Marquis o' Hastings Nas thrH tho frHi
man upon the turf. I may now a!luIc
- y"aFlsnss and III" prlrrs they then
'rirhcd. A. middle PARK ai,1u: l-i5. o.
znon after. y-aFlinss fcirh"i ,Etraurii.
nary prices, =, much a. LOO gl.H"E.
and :. 200 suinCas s-rr FiNru. aai uu' -
To-: one y-ar tho average price vas 10
suin.ss, or eo.coo guinea, for tho forty.
sarh price, no on. thought would l." .
rKc--i-i. OF even ever reached again,
iigt price, hay" .tili son" up. and brpoi
n.F.s have lncrras.l Ia value a. Hurh
~ iHr y-arirSs. sr;. Ns 'ar'. every @pFt
II rarc'hoE,n has augmented in ,sIgr
In Ike proportion, I'LL nov over 5000
suin.as arr siy-n Tor hr.oi mar. and
orur 1000 guinea, for = y..rllnS. Stall. I.
Ions ha,. fetched 1900 cgIn-as. .0.cJi 4
rgincss have been offered and refused
for horse In training. aud 1900
ssin-ss Mas sum not sui'ic!oa,ly
attractive 10 SECURE a yrsrlins that
Nas offered for sale by private contract
this year. Hut these facts aud
rguf"a, gigantic and surprising =, ihcy
arr. dSiHdl- into utter insi.niauanrr
whUn compared with "a, value Of Her
nit This wonderful and lucky horse
stands alon" a. a Face. horse aud stallion.
for Hermit has won IN stakes and b-;s
Tor hi. fortunate owner. Mr.. Chaplin.
somewhere about GiSO. 90. and has since
earned a. tho stud at least a. much
moro, and may stll further augment
this almost Incredible sum. Again.
Donovan. up to the present time. has
won Ia stak"s moro than any other
hurs" over did. and may. and most like
iy will. add many moro thousands ,n hls
record. lilo has already secured I'D
mighty deeds OF Hermit at tho stad. n
hc has ,riumphcd over his performance
on iho raco-cour.". Ayrshire, another
lucky horse, has won for tho same dura!
owner nearly ~ much a, Donovan him.
self. having secured In STAKES alonr
over r;d,ooo up To IA" present date. aud
may, like MIN, yo, incI-as6 largely this
magnificent sum before his racing q.
rccr Is terminated, and aitrrward h'
AZ the stud NJ great success as
either OF tho two extraordinary
horses l have just mentioned. These
few cases, to which many other.
may be added, will show Us the present
value OF our rac".horscs, and how great
~ II exceeds tho worth OF those OF any
other age or country.
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