The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-26

40 sue al ouc u the CAMPING houses OF
chicago. He was sitting at a table with 9
lot OF sharpers. he had been drinking
heavily and l could see that be was in nj
condition TO play. The sharpers were
cheating him at every hand and he was los
ing MS money very fast. | tried 10 gel
him away from the table but he would not
go and then in order TO protect him l told
MIN that would take a hand myself, and
asked him TO lend me some money to start
with. be handed me over $, 600 in chips
cesheo these and sat down 10 the table
but did not play. / watched the game
closely and the sharpers did not dare u
cneat him while / was looking on, and he
began TO win. From time to time would
borrow more money Of him telling him ]
had lost what he had given me, and we
went on IN this way until he had won back
nearly all the money he had lost and l had
IN my pocket the result OF my borrowings,
about $4,000 belonging to him. Then he
began TO lose again and at last he had moth
ing left but q &, 600 check on one OF the
banks of Chicago. As he put this on the
liable warned the sharpers not to play
against II and said, Gentlemen, | advise
yon Lot TO put up any money against that
cneck. This man is not responsible for
what he does, aud If you win the check |
will stop its payment at the bank IN the
morning The sharpers said they would
FISK It, They put up their money and Pal
mer lost. He then had no money left and
| was aoie to get him home. The next day
l was at the bank at o'clock and shortly
after had stopped the payment Of thu
check the gambler who held it arrived l
saw him as he came out of the bank with
the check still in his hand and l said to
him, My man, you had better give me that
check He replied that he would not do
30 and thereupon told him that if he did
not would have his gambling place shut
up for six months at least. and 1 would
charge him with having robbed my friend,
and knew / could smut him up. He finally
decided that / would DO as | said aud
handed me the check. When l got back to
my room l found Palmer awake He was
feeling terribly, he had forgotten ali about
my being present the night before and he
told me that be bad lost sll his money.
said nothing TO him about the affair and
that night we started back home together.
lie was worried during the whole trip aud
was trying to borrow. money of me to
square up accounts with his partners.
just before we rescued home l pulled cut
the$20,OO0 he had given me and handed it
oler TO him with the check. | then told
him the circumstances Of my getting il aud
he was for time the happiest man in the
territory. He had all his money with the
exception Of s., 600, and mis- gratitude to me
for saving this and his reputation was so
ehSoe tAdO Ac WOulu uO any lillsB lCr NE. i
don't think IT at all wonderful that he was
anxious TO see me elected, for he is a good
fellow and we have way of trying to even
UP such affairs with one another in the
northwest
GOSSIP ABOUT HORSES AND HoRsEMEN.
The summer days are filing the country
drives about Washington with spanking
teams and among the curious sights l have
seen on the road this week was Postmaster
General Wanamaker aud the president in
q piano-box buggy behind the postmaster
generals fast Kentucky roadster. On the
presidents knee was little Baby Mckee
and Baby Mckee was driving the buckle
1t formed a pretty sight and the president
and the postmaster-geDeral seemed more
interested in young Mckee than in any
thing else The president himself has
fairly good borges and is fond of driving.
see him now and then with the reins in
his hands and I saw him out yesterday in a
landau with Russell sitting on the front
seat beside the driver and the president
and Mrs. Dimmick riding Behind. His
favorite drives seem to be TO the Soldiers
Home and he often drives on the hin and
takes spin along the Columbia road.
hardly looking to the right or left as he
goes, but generally tipping his hat when
he is spoken TO- He seldom rides on horse
back and he seems to prefer the buggy to
the saddle President Cleveland rode
little in the saddle. He was too heavy to
cut much of figure on horseback and be
knew it. President Arthur rode a great
deal by the order of MS doctor during the
last years OF his life and he kept very fine
horses. Nearly all of our presidents have
been good horsemen. and President Harri-
sons grandfather, "Old Tippeoanoe,n was
almost crank on horseback riding, and
when be was inaugurated as president be
insisted on riding on horseback to bis in
auguration though a carriage had been
bought for him. and he rode out to the Cap
itol on his white war horse. Thomas JEFF
ferson rode on horseback 20 his Inaugural
ton, and the finest horses any president
has ever had were those of Washington.
de had great many fine steeds and he
made his hostlers wash The teeth of his
coach horses every morning and clean them /
out with tooth picks before he would take |
them out 10 drive. He had a coach which |
was the wonder of the revolutionary times I
and his livery was more swell than any
thing we have today.
Senator Stanford, though he has some of |
the best horses in Washington, never rides 4
them. He prefers 20 drive and his two |
black coach horses, ''Maior and George
are the biggest of the kind that have ever
been IN Washington. These horses are
over seventeen hands high aud they weigh
together just about ton and a half. They
are high steppers aud you could not buy
them for $4,000 apiece They are the
property of Mrs. Stanford-at least she
drives them in her big landau and she has
q coachman and footInan who are dressed
in black and who have black rosettes on
their high silk hats and the whole is a kind
Of q symphony in black Senator Stan
ford's stable is one of the fines in the city.
but 1t is not extravagant in the way of
With all his wealth. Senator
Stanford wastes no money foolishly and
The contrast between this stable and that
Of the rich Barren Rothschild of Vienna, is
doubt whether Rothschi d is
worth any more than Senator Stanford. but
ne has one box stall which cost Sl2. 600 10
build and his stable has marble floors, and
lere and there his walls are set with costly
lies, painted by distinguished artists, and
4 has rings chains and drain-traps of sill
yer. It's walls are frescoed with hunting ,
scenes and IL cost all told, in the neighDor-
hood Of hundred thousand dollars. SEN
or Stanford's stable did not cost one
ourth this amount. It is a plain brick
building and though it is perfectly ventil-
tied and heated and has nice quarters and
bathrooms for the men. IL is not made of
;ostly woods nor is It in any way extraya-
,ant. There are several other stables here
which are more exurevagantly finished. and
know one belonging to a leading politi-
ian which has brass harness hooks which |
'ost $40 apiece aud which has sponge bowls
Il brass which cost SIS apiece Senator I
stanford has nine horses in his stalls and
n addition to these. a Texas broncho. 1
Many of his horses are fast ana be has a
'air of roadsters which are worth $50. 600 {
nd which 90 at 2:l5 gait These Sena- I
or Stanford sometimes drives himself but {
e seldom speeds them, and his fastest gait
5 about mile in four minutes. He does l
ot like &c race on the roads and he is the 7
cost considerate OF men in regard to his /
orses. All of Lis horses here except the