The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-03
noted SPORT DEAD.
Clay Dilmas Sue
cum BIS to Sudden Illness
His News Service.

NEW York. August 5, 1893 Henry
Clay Ditrnas. the ~weli-kiown sporting
m an. died suddenly at his home at Kings
Highway, l.. l., early this morning.
Bright's disease was the cause OF death.
Mr.. Dim was apparently in good
health, and his sudden death was a great
shock to his family.
Mr.. Ditmas spent yeste rday at Man
rattan Beach, and returned to this city
last evening about seven o'clock.
While on his way from tine ferry he
WAS taken suddenly i'll, and went 10 tho
United States Hotel al Fulton aud Pearl
streets, whers he nsked for Il room. He
old tins proprietor TO telegraph for his
brother, Stephen Dumas, Swno Is In busi-
ness in john street, near Nassau. Pro-
prietor Heldling immediately hotiied his
brother, VINO went To the hotel at ones,
where he found Mr.. Dttinas complaining
Of cramps in the stomach.
A RELAPSE.
DIR. Stewart OF the Astor House was
called in, aud after irving Mr.. Ditnlas
some medicine decided to remove him to
his home. The three got into a cab and
were driven TO DR.. Ditmas' home at
uD to W o'clock this morning. when his
brother left the house, Mr.. DiGmas ap-
peared to have recovered from his attack
entirely. He suffered q relapse shortly
afterward, which resulted in his death.
When MIR. Ditmas reached the United
States Hotel he told Proprietor Her,iting
that ne had been TO Manhattan Beach
With his children and had spent Two
hours In the water, which mad made him
III.
He then went over to Browns drug
store, across the street from the hotel aud
ordered d bottle OF liniment. Hetold the
clerk To send it Over at once, as he was
feeling very badly.
DIR. Stewart, VINO attended Mr.. UiInas.
WAS not AZ The Astor House this morning,
but DR.. Harrington said that DR.. Ste warL
remained with Mr.. Dilmas until his death
early this morning.
Mir. Dlttnas' mother. who lives at the
old family home at Flatlands, l.. l., is
eighty years old today, aud there was TO
be a reunion OF The family at the old
homestead. Mr.. Stephen dumas was at
his place OF business for q this
morning. He WAS greatly shocked. after
he had left mis- brother carly this mora
ing, apparently out OF danger, to learn
later OF his death.
HIS GARRETT.
Mr.. Dltmas Was d married man about
tifty-two years OF age. He had q large
family. consisting Of four daughters and
two Sous.
MIR. Dltmas nae devoted most of his
ii me recently to horse breeding, aud was
a we'll known and familiar parsonage
about the big tracks, where he had many
friends.
Mr.. Ditmas was thu head of the Dit.
mas Company. The firm really con sisted
of Henry Clay Ditmas and his assistants.
He styled himself official turf correspon-
deut. 1t was his business to collect aud
supply news and information of races
for fna n aa ff rnnl rn4rra ~
country.
His Information was sent over the
Western Union wires exclusively. He
a q contract with the Western UniO.s
Company to send descriptions of races.
starters, jockeys, betting and race track
gossip To his clients. who were the pro-
prietors OF the pool rooms in all parts OF
the country.
A few years ago the Racing Association
discovered that the information was
worth a lot of money, and after some
trouble Ditinas agreed to pay 81 500 a day
for the privilege of reporting races TO hi
customers.
Prior TO this time. however. he had
paid nothing for the Information, aud tue
Immense tolls paid to him enabled him to
amass Il fortune of about $3.50, 900. He is
supposed to have died worth tnis su M.
HIS income up to the day of his death
was u big one. but not nearly SO large as
1t was Wien all the pool rooms We're In
full blast aud before he had to LAY for his
lnformat lou.
HEAVY LOSSES.
lie was a heavy bettor. His losses
aggregated thousands on this season
until this week. He won $500 on Ormus
on Tuesday. He backed tne colt at 20 to
1 to get the place, which he did.
He also plunged on Wolsey on the full
place books on the same day. Wolssy ran
fprr nth EIn roIl 10 .vuirnn - 49, 49,
that he would lave got even on the sea-
son had Wolsey been third.
This race cost him $1,000. He spent
money layishlv, aud was very generous to
his friends. His no bby was to become a
breeder. lie had a humble of Shetland
and Welsh ponies III his farm.
lie also owned the thoroughbred stall
lion Saxony, as we'll as a NUMBER Of brood
mares. As AN owner OF horses b. was
unsuccessful.