The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-19

Owning and racing horses is ndiudgcd
upon all sides to be II costly luxury.
Who sweeps in the coin, then? Is it the
boolimaltcr on the track? Ask any one
of them and he will tell you that he
counts himself fortunate indeed if he
comes back to town with thousand or
two. The hundred dollars day he has
to pay To the association for the priv
ilegc of hanging up his shingle in the
betting ring at the track and the keen
rivalry of his brother boolmakcrs keep
him guessing as to how he will meet his
obligations.
At last we have it. 1t must be the
city poolroom keeper who catches the
nimblc dollar as it wings it's silvcry
flight across the equine armament.
Hero, again. we are disappointed. The
confdcs in you. will whisper in YOUR
ear that his lot is the hardest of all.
First, the landlord insists upon six
times the rent he would get from any
other tenant, and then = here the
whisper becomes less audible and more
tragic in its intcnsty-thc police must
be cared for. Without protection" the
poolrooEi keeper can do no business
TO crown his misfortuncs, he will add
the officers of Il certain society, founded
for the purposes Of social regeneration
insist upon their bit" and he must
give up or seek for pastures new.
With Il Sigh he concludes by saving that
he counts himself lucky to have the
whcrcwith 10 pay rent and buy bread
for his family.
Whose capacious paw then. grasps and
holds the long grccn?" Is it the high
priced jockey? Some of these midget
nonarchs, know. make all the vay
from $4,000 to $4,000 upon their sea.
sons mounts. Here, again, we are ut
sea. With the exception of dashinr
Fred Tar;il none of them has any money
to speak of. brief investigation,
however, shows the reason for this
With the exception of Taral they all
back their mounts or some other fell
lows mounts. snapper Garrison
the demon rider of the American
turf, is as daring Il better on IL limited
scale as the marqui" of Hastings or
''Plungcr" Walton. Although his earn
in%s yearly aoproach' $4,000, hc is
generally plum broke" Lately. how
ever. he has wooed successfully that
ficlilc jade fortune, and is about $50. 600
to the good. VIII Snapper continue
to hold her smiles?
Fred Taral has. however. n beautiful
mansion ut One hundred and Twenty
sixth street and Lcnox avenue, for
which he paid ST. 900 in cash Iicspcnt
$4,000 in furnishing and fitting il up,
going So far even rs IL construct Il hand
some Turkish bath
.lcrc Dunn. famous the world over as
horscnan and all around sport, stout
ly ayers that the owner of nags does
not by a long shot capture the money
that is lying around loose. .Jcrc has
had stables of trottcrS md runners, and
once with his trim little mare Village
Maid made $40 900 off n thonsand-,lollur
investment. The mare was a; 40 to |
shot. and hardly anybody but Jerc
dollar on her chances
Horse owners said .Icrc to nc.
don't make the tons of gold people
seem to think they do. Rich men like
Mr. Belmont and Mr.. Lorllarl had
magnificent stables, yet in the last few
years had such hard luck that they de-
cidcd To sell ont. Fred Gcbhard. too.
who is Il young Crnsus. could rot stand
the pace. even with such splendid
horse as l.olc in his stable, and he. too.
sold out. y few horse owners make
money. but the majority do not. They
race simply out of love of sport"
WILLIAM SrANDISI HAYES.