New-York tribune., 1891-05-04

apoarc Cor Gold, is the name Of a new book by
50. podde one of the bestknown turf commissIoh'
.rs in Great Britain. 1t is made up ol Teoon'O'o"9
~ a. busy life on the English turf, ana contains n
ON Interesting story Here, for instance 10 o "'o
Jsrad Archer and Harry Constable, WhoSe ha'i0s %
,o1rn N followers of the turf in every part Oh "c
,rorid Archer committed suicide. COhstaoio u Va
.,rontion Both were regarded as above suspioloh'
,a poseberv thought Constable quite as aDe IIuoi
nc Archer and was the best friend harry e'oi n'1
In one Of the fashionable London cuDS OH '0'''il
occasion there was great "rumpus' because o"o VI
,.s members introduced as his guest leading Jockey
The Jockey Constable Inc hos' was "'N
hcry But the story-here IL Is ...,.
IN n,o occas,on at the close OF Newmarket meetihB
Harry Constable and Fred Archer taVeneu WIN n'
from the metropolis Of the turf to Eolho"ls onsoh
was going down to ride for Lord I'osebery AZ =.
and Archer who had been in Scotlshu' "sn.a "
=. II. bi,d NJ n country The cohNersa'iVi
,urneo ON the various tried by both oacKcr anu
LAYERS TO influence jockeys. Several iaus were -
who were fast becoming notorious one oil "o. n" %
died IN a fourpenny-anight odging-house' ano'ner WIS on
,h a fo, vears and third the most brilliant OF the lo''
whose honesty was questioned, subsisted III me' "'"i
uerod OF his life on charity 80 49,, =,
HAS nobody ever attempted 70 "i"pi w
your asked. .s odoo,o,ed n
"Some got up behno me ohce "
prevent me finishing" - - .a . ,ooa
laugh over it. no,, >, re,rarked
stohla but the strange feeling which possessed me In
that race haunted for many day.
"Dld YOU win 7" inquired Archer
'I did, but only by the shortest OF heaos s voc VA
The best horse in race but never so hard presea
In my life" .,o..o,. y, hooss
in race at Doncaster lost by the shortest oil heaS
and got two hundred for not winning" said Archer'
..Sonsensen l replied; II don't believe word OF IT,
sBut it is as truc~gs are sitting here one nun
red was pad in advance and the other hundred af tne
race Let us hear Constable first. and then VIII Vei
YOU nv story. Go it, Harry"
.You viii be interested this" Constable said turn
ing 70 me- "a peculiar sensation occurred TO me "heh
WAS riding horse Of which you were part owner AZ
Shrewsbury. The horse was cast-oh from hSan se
lie and was called VascO di CANA you anu M
partrid, ,e bought the preceding day. IL ha1 te .op
weight in Aveurlong race, and 1t eouiu ee' oa'
tance like a bullet from a gun. You viii recolecC 'ha'
YOU engaged the night before ana remember NV NV
chat about that evening at the 'hANeh oe'"
YOU and the bOokmakers They Kept pcsterlhg you W
baeh voseo and YOU always answered Yes, at price
It Is not often there is betting on 1loo pae 50
many hours before running but there was tha' nis'i
They offered you first 10 ., then to j. ana nhaly l.
.How much tor you asked, and think it was Errngtoh
ho said 10 GlO0 The others took heart and laid 70 l.
until YOU stood to win considerable sum- you tfeu
them out OF that price, and the last thlhg you '" W
mo when was going to bed was You are on hunu'eu
10 nothing Constable. DON'T let those fellows nave c
80 On tbeir side Tomorrow evening" Mr.. Partridge
caused much laughter by saying he wouiu sleep WIN %
horse know you told your trainer Wha' you h"u
Sn and IN case OF accidents made his most trust
,yorthv lad remain the night the stable lsuppose
>yas tbe netting that did IT, but had Nasco on the Dra
all night and l did net feel very reffesheo "heh sO'
up next morning" -, ..
QUAD a glass too much over night" said Archer.
"You know better, Fred. was particularly aDS.eni'
s hut WAS uneasy. There was, it is true q stone
~ pounds TO carry. but considered the race mei
question Of getting of. had ridden N"sco oOe' ~ =.
Enew he could hold his own at the start ferh'p' ~
tho
which disturbed me. Vasco was strong "'orie' "nu
elesen ran. You both know the result got away "e
enough but l could only win aitef hos' pu's
finish by the very shortest OF heads 'hous"' nov
either lost or that it dead heat plohV VIC nav
some fun that night at the hotel "heh 'he H'O"S w"
paid" -. 49,, ,o..o,
who got up behind YOU" reminded him.
-Constabe's face was clouueu H dh A"'''i'' ' "
said. In grave tones; - -. =.
''You may laugh at me II you Ike but from s'ar'
finish OF that race felt If some one had Iuhpeu vi
,eh,nd and was plnioning me by the 1t was viii
great effort was able TO snake OIL lhis horIu iee
and wn"
Poor Harry lie dOub. even then doomed to al
early DEATH and this singular feeling may have Deeh Du
o symptom Of the disease
I'VE we're depressed for a few minutes and neither
Us spoke Constabl, the frs: TO break the silence
Come Fred" he said to Archer, "tell US how yo
landed tha. two hundred"
at was this way" Archer answered was stayIH
tn lodgings at Doncaster for the Leger week, ana
wednesday night received small bu; heavy parcel
was not as fortunate now, else the man woul
not have dared try TO brbe me. Tho paieei was a
Ivcrcd NV an unknown individual. and on Opening 1t.
,una IL 10 contain one hundred soveregns In gold and
slin OF paper on which written: Ancther hunafe
to.uorrow ~ not win the PARK mn STAKES
much nore money 10 follow Now the horse referred
belonged 10 Lord Falmouth and almost certain 10 ""
took the note and the gold tO Matthew Da"soa' ana
went with me 70 Lord Falmouth said to his Iordsh
that would prefer another jockey being Iut up Out
would not hear Of IL. And about the g9ldF ask"
lie told me to keep It, by all means IAKe YOU llafr
felt ndgety day. The hlly seemed cool ana Vel
lit and was extra particular examining her grhs, at
i never rode a careful race, yet got beaten by
head BY something Nation which started at 10 70
4 was so yexed that could have cried. Lord Fanou
eheered me up by saying that l could not have rdd'
batter and that time would prOve-Ehieh IL did
that we had met more than match In IAnsons NIL
An inspector OF poee consulted ana he deposited OF
Of his men 70 watch my lodgings IN ease the oth
hundred was delivered and md out who the man wa
ahe preeaution was takcn ate when go: back
nv lodging, the second parcel my dIessingtabl
IL contained the first, hIndfed s0veieigns al
note and tic note wiiter was extremely obige
but that he would prefer my not drawing 10 50 nne
future. should have Lord fslmcuth al
Mathew Dawson laugh when / showed I, 10 them"
And what did you with the money! Conntab
asked.
KEPT It, Of course. lad ! not carried out
unknowns instructionsP
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