The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-23
EMOTIONS UNDER CONTROL.
MEN WHOSE FACES GIvE NO TR1c.
OF GAINS OR LOSSES

The power to restrain all appearances Of ep,o-
tion. TO mask the feelings. and give no indic.-
tion OF what Is passing In the mind, is not given
to every man. No better opportunity is anor5s6
for studying the vartableness VI the hnm.n
character than on the race track, where 40 n.n,
conflicting emotions are encountered. IL ,.A..
a man beyond the ordinary In many resnec,. "a
maintain a stolid ind ference. or at any rat.
semblance of stolidity, when horse, a..
fighting their way TO the wire .na
thousands, and at times tens OF Thousands ~
dollars, are in the balance. The average specp.
lator who is content with a wager Of se5 or az
usually gives voice to lusty shouts when hi.
money is won, or encourages the rider Of hi,
horse while the battle is being fought; but It 1.
a singular fact that the greatest %plungers OF the
turf rarely give any expression to their feeling,
either during or at the conclusion of a contest.
Michael +. Dwyer, George z. Smith, and
Riley Grammar are all alike In this respect.
Whether the faculty is cultivated, or whether n
Is characteristic of the men, is not known. but n
is a fact that has been commented upon many
times. Those who know VI. +. Dryer intimate
ly claim that they can tell whether he has won
or lost nfter each race. While the race In
under way there Is no indication whether the
horse which bears his money has a chance Of
success. the muscles of the face looking like iron.
so fixed and rigid are they, and when the race
is over and those about him are shouting their
loudest there Is to the ordinary observer no
change in his appearance. Those who claim to
have mastered his secret say that II he has won
there will be no sign Of tubilation or exhllars-
ton. but II he has lost and the wager has been .
large one the blood will slowly mount into his
neck and the lower portions Of his face until the
veins stand out prominently. He rarely II ever
complains, and nine times out Of ten can explain
why his horse was beaten, and he turns, almost
before the winners number has been hoisted, TO
give his betting commissioner orders about how
the money is to be placed on the race which
follows. IL must be at a cost of much mental
strain that NJ. F. Dryer keeps his emotions In
check. and men who relieve themselves By
lusty shouts when they win or vigorous kicks
when they lose claim that they do less injury 70
their health than by walling mp their feelings,
and combining the battle to their brains and
nervous systems.
Pittsburgh Phil and Riley Grammar are much
alike. Both are pale, almost sallow in COM
plexion, and they have no trick OF color By
which their friends can read the story Of their
losses or their gains. Both can ait in the grand
stand and watch a contest from start TO finish
without n ommen ana It Is only after the race
has been decided and the excitement on all
sides has subsidized that they may remark in .
casual. matter-of-fact tone:
well. I win $4,000 on that, and I thought
Jne money was gone nhlI way uOWD tho BtrotCn.
What did he win by? A nose. l guess. II was
mighty close" II was an ordinary thing last
season when Pittsburgh Phil was playing in bad
form for him to lose as much as SOC, 900 q week,
but he has won as much as $4,000 In . single
race, and he would discuss the happenings Of
either occasion with the utmost sang froid.
Grammar and Smith have been termed "cold"
because Of this faculty. but they are anything
but cold in their contact with men outside of the
race track. their generosity being monumental.
Richard Croker aud James r. Keene gave an
excellent illustration Of their temperament at
the Gravesend meeting Of the Brooklyn Jockey
Club last spring. Mr.. Keeno il an energetic
man, a bundle Of nerves, strung 70 the highest
tension, by years OF experience In the maelstrom
matte, rarely speaks. and never becomes en-
thusiastic over anything. There was In 1899
s sTst., deal s Of artvi swy Psswee o,a DOb s : NJ ":
k m.@s. ana q t the X ysSi t sS far h, as ne. %ssrni 6sS
run a famous dead heat for $4,000 was an in
dication that the rivalry would be carried into
had a smart colt in 1893 called Hornpipe that
Dobb!ns could yaISuish., Before Domino, APP
stake, and as Hornpipe had been tried with
Domino it was only natural, TO expect that
a good line on Domino and Dobbins.
While the race was being run Msssrs. Keens
and Taral and simms were doing their most ar.
d aissiH s wSfs; H shd Hsfns % %Horih a%isiin EEo %P 1sd
HornpipeV', and looking at least twenty years
younger. while not a dozen feet away from him.
and his hands clasped behind his back, was MI.
Croker. as motionless as the sphinx.
Mem k &c aee sS}So sE'Ss s auhs ~ 8R hh tSs OTs.r o OF Dos:
bins, his blue eyes dancing and sparkling with
james Rowe, in the days when he trained
the front, could hold his own with most Of the
" %rooters" or shouters OF the turf. He had able
trains for the Bienton Stable, and in Davy John.
son, the 6oqkmaker. The old selling stand AZ
: on, S0n Park ark was their IT, eyrie when they had
mile from home they void let out . yell THAI
could be heard a, mile or so away. and this
w whs Ae Franz nR %eCabs sh tells s0f heS Rove RSS p srsss.d a:
man who was shouting for Crickmore the day
Bay, and the man, who evidently
had a bet on the Marylander, was shoutingi
:" Go on. Crickmore; we've got that great crack.
Just then Rove reached for him, and ths
'f siliy G .sSSss sn q 35S saf E sfs ssSsps ar. sturdy
.rooters. and the latter's"Go on, you, Wtllie!" q
Morris Ps sG fS %Sen Ram spe'S %o1 ou t6e M a,%ss1d 4.
and when the horses were half way down tS:
remarks TO Tarai. and the fact that TaraI was
many hundred yards away and in the excite
impassioned, shaking his fist at the Jockey,
CASTOR shouted:
"You call yourself a rider, Taralf Show them
you can ride. That's the way, Freddy; show
them you're a horseman! Show them you can
out of his antics than they did out Of
the finish, for RamApo won cleyerly.
Jack Bennett bets a thousand or two TO q race,
and relieves his feelings by a shout or two when
the finish Is close, and his friend Valentine
the battle is hottest. Billy Thompson, Tom
Harmon. and Husky" can rival the siren
whistles OF any triumvirate OF New Works fire.
boats, and are the most picturesque and effective
Of the genus that the East can produce.
A Church-gOInE Thomas Cat