The Meeker herald., 1891-05-02
SOME VERY BIG wAoERs.


E.ss-t curses ~ Iasi-4iii
To give some idea OF tho oGtraord!nary
wealth of men in this occupation and
tie way they obtain IL, William Day
mentions ia the foEtnightly Royiew that
Davis lost 10000 10 Mr.. B0wos, tho
owner of Daniel O'Rourke, in ona bet,
when that horse won the Derby. While
u dinner tho evening after tho race
Mr.. IOwes expressed some anxiety as Ia
whether Davis would bo ahlo - meoi
bis engagement, Tor lao know Of others
- whom las had lost largely, and in fact
Davis was said to have br"n hard hit,
A.r. g, g. oToyillo boins ono Of thc gue1ts
i tho table that evening and hearing
he conversation, mentioned tho clEuunl-
lance to Davis tho next morning On the
curse, who Immediately wrote Mr..
i1Wra q check for the aIgunn' sud gave
Ia him. This wealth WAS made, rad
rms of thousands of pounds more, by
mall sums received ~ the list in shll'
Ing. and haii-cruwns hy carpenter Tor
.Als WAS once tho daily occupation of
Davis, tie greatest betluF ever kn,wH.
We hai then as owners Of Tae1-Lurtes
no Dukes Of Beaufort, Newcastle and
HAMILTON. Lord Stamford and tho ia
lOmiiaLlp Marquis Of Hastings M"ssrs.
sayilles Chaplln, Stuart tnuw isori Al
.nFt0nl. s!Ea Frederick Johns;lao sad
llawley, all Of whom knew how gnl
when 10 bot. Lord Stamford lost over
Hermit for the Derby l.1,Oo1, and Lord
Tasting, did the same thing, bat on
sgigss sgs he GseEsM.e hs il n, Il
winning or losing eto,Oo1 on u race. II
Lord George lisniiuek could fairly 10
allied the NAPOLEON II The Turf IN / y,
Loni Hastings MAS dcscryeily oatl,lsd
20 ia" apppllatlun In 1867. for ha h4i 40
hyperion Ia III" magnitude and Yalu" Of
h!i stud or the price lac FaNe for year
llRss, lie paid MF, raiWirl cii .Oll for
Kangaroo. Ills thrrs tua-yrar-5Itls-
Lady Elizabeth. See Saw and tho Earl
were perhaps A. one iimcclual.p, N not
batter than, sir Joseph ilaWicy'a Trio
Hue Gown, HnsisFIclsn anl GErcn
sleeves, t.op-lxpoi was then ct tic
height Of is prosperity with 81 rarcs
and - starters ia a race, Tho Duke Of
Beaufort. always on- Of the be,t support
or, Of tho surf. had 10 starters in
on" year a. GooiwoSi and wSn 4
races, which included both the
cup, III" Stake, and ThFpo Hun
trci Sovereign Stakes won with
Fauh"n, III" Marquis o, Hastings won
The lavsut and thS rich Pc. sweep
stakes Of ,hrco hundred soyorvlsns each
9!th incs. Thesp stakes WrFo run ios
~ tho BlhuFy and sJocibridgo meet
lnFs. Ills I.arish!p's lucky star was in
the ase"nilng, aud the racing bad never
Isnn ~ good before. In tho - races
;ha; wcrc run for. his horses started -
lines, winning ten races ~ tho value OF
fi.soo. Whether 80 look A. his rti'an-
to betting transactions 90 tho number
aud value of his horses and tho Riak-s
hey won, 4; can not b. denied that the
Marquis Of ilasiins. was thra the first
man upon the tuFf. may now ailglc
20 ycaElinsr and III. prices they then
fetched. AZ Middle rari, about i-ls. or
11u after, y-aFlinss fetched cSir4rnii.
4aEy prices. - much ~ i.S11 guiHrAs
nd :. 800 suln"As were given. and cut OF
a 10; one year the average pricc was so
'g!Hr@s, Or 5000 guinras for the forty.
such prices no ono thought. would to
exceeded, or even over reached again.
Hat price, have still gon. up. and brood
iasr.s have Increased In value a. much
"a tho y-aFllngs, and. la fact, every scr.
II racr'huEsa mai augmented in value
In like proportion. till now OVER 5000
ruinCss AZ" given fnr brood mare and
uvcg 1000 sgincaS for ycsEllng. Stall
Ions have fetched 1900 guincas. so.r10
Fu.ncas hay" been offered and refused
for y horse la training, and 5000
guincas was sum not sufficiently
attractive to sccgrc ycafllng .hat
g. II. l.
shis year. Hat these facts and
figures. gigantic and surprising as they
are, dwiudlc into utter iusiruilcarrr
when compared with tho value Of ticr-
init, This wonderful sad lucky horse
stands alone as a facc'hursc and stallion,
for Hermit has won in stakes and bets
FOR his fortunate owner. Mr.. Chaplin,
somewhere about rlIo.Do0. and has since
earned az the stud At least as much
"a ore. and may still further augment
this almost incredible sum. Again,
Donovan. up TO tho present time. has
wun In stakes more than any other
horse ever did. and may. and most like.
ly VIII, add many more thousands 20 his
record. lie has already secured 49,
Nja, and may got even surpass the
mighty dncds of Hermit at tho stud. G.,
hc has triumphcd over h.a performances
On the raco-coursc. Ayrshire, another
lucky horse. has won for the same dural
owner nearly as much a. Donovan him.
Hlf, having secured in stakes alone
over f3d,O1O up TO the present date, and
may, like him. yet increase largely this
magnificent sum before his racing ca
Ger is terminated, and aftcrward be
u tho stud "a great n success as
either of tho two extraordinary
horses have just mentioned. These
Tow cases, TO which many others
may be added, viii show US the present
value of our racc-horscs, and how great
ly It exceeds the worth OF those OF any
other age or country.
Household Angel.
For "a good pyprv-,lav hnt,apbp1i ,,rr1