Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-10
A FEW MIlLIONAlRt'S fADS.
Yachting and Postage Stamps Tor
George Gould, Palace Homes ior
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Horses
for Robert Bonner.

( death had more curlosities and brie-a-
! rae, gathered frJn all tn" countries "t
The worle, than any other living AmeTi-
can. Alexan .r Hamilton. in his cav
may have had more. az his hobby. too
ran this way. But Grant led In the last
I generation.
Senator Hill has fondness for old
| books. He cares nothing for laules
/ society, and very little for fine horses
| or grand turnouts. But he loves Ola
! books. II is said that Howgate, the
/ washington defaulter. who for years
/ carried on book business In New YORK
/ City under a well-preserved alias. MADE
I a fortune annually putting books In the
/ way OF the senator.
/ Levi p Morton. when asked his favor
I tie way Of spending the money he has
accumulated by long toll, said: why /
/ like to buy choice cattle. OF course, my
/ g.ltedged stock on the hills Of Elerslie
/ now yield me n fine income ] will not
ueny this fact But l viii say that
| when first began to buy the big, calm
/ eyed boyines 7 had no !dsa they would
! bring me money ! bought them be-
cause love to see their graceful brown
red bodies upon my meadows; and be-
cause / enjoy the rich milk and butter
and the pleasure Of having a fresh.
good piece Of bcef-just as I enjoy a
fresh chicken, l can say that nothing
gives me the Joy that comes of buying
n new lot OF the pure-bloods.'
For years Frederick Gebhard has
spent his money upon fine, pure-bred
bulldogs, He gave his sister, Mrs Nell
son, a bun pup which Is the most ad-
mlrcd of any OF his species In New
York Gebhard has at his LenoX farm
a fine assortment Of dogs of the bull
breed. He gave several to his fiance,
Miss Morris, and last summer had
some beautifully ugly ones az Long
Branch. Besides this fad. Gerhard
buys fine trotters.
with the first spare money ! got"
said Robert Bonner, II bought q
horse. physician told me ! would
have nervous prosratiou L did not
drive In the country every afternoon,
so l bought a horse, and my greatest
ambition was to speed past Commo-
dore Vanderbilt every afternoon. BY
and by bought Maud s Of the COM
modore, and since then I have devoted
all my money 70 the improvement OF
rioters In this country. / d, not trot
Tor money but I think the sport the
w0rthIest one TO be found anywhere,
and am not sure bvt that CHI man
who maintains n stable Of horses gives
employment to as many as men who
open woody1rds for the poor"
President Cleveland spends all his
surplus upon The Gray Glhl estate.
During Secretary Bayard's recent visit
there the president and Mr. Buyard
spent al one afternoon ard part Of the
next day driving over the place. Sew
oral hundred additional acres have
been added TO the first pr perty, and
The president slnce he put on the ad-
dillon last winter has stared a water
fall with a windmill and tns made
several art flc'al lakes on the place.
There Is a rockery for roses In course
OF construction, 1t Is interesting to
not that improving a country place Is
| President Clevland's ideal eXpandl-
| turc Of sp0rn money
c. p. HUNTINGTON amused himself for
| while deco atlng. at great eNn7nse
/ the mansion at the corner Of Fl,ty-
seventh street and Ffth avenue He
| employed splendid ar'l7ts umoNg the II
| Ellhu Feddcr and WIN Low. to paint
| pictures IN the dining hall and draw
ing-room II wOa as II lie wlntc to
see the fTcscoes always before him
lie spent a fortune that way,
Corenlius Wand ,rburs favorlte way
of spending money-aud he as a deal
| of It to spends In the co'lectian
| of handsome houses, Mr., Vanderbilt
] humans an lNe El'Ot a nO' lOntOn
| residence and a "hotel" IN Paris II
| also has a handsome hCusa a New
| port-one that he has lately bull and
| also the magnificent palace on III Ia
| avenue and Fifty-seVeutn street ca "a
| cornerad from the Huntington house.
| Once in his office at the Grand Gem
| trail station, Mr. Vanderbilt said to q
| friend: II am never so HAPPY as when
| planning new home for my fam ly.
. . .l.s. 4
| to earn money lust for the pleasure
OF spending It this way"
Mr., Hobart Chatfcld-Taylor, Chi
| cago's millionaire novelist, once said
| that he would be willing to publish q
| book OF his own writing every year II
/ only for the pleasure oil writing the
1 book and seeing his name and per-
sonol ideas in print.
1 John d. Rockcfeller's pet extrava-
gance is the buying Of musical nstru-
ments. lie has five pianos in his town
house. four West Fitty-fourth street,
and he buys rare vioins, when and
where he can find them, He also in
| vests in banios, flutes and musical in
I struments OF all kinds. He probnh y
has IN his home in the city 5000
worth OF modern playable instruments,
besides twice as much in ANTIQUES,
People usually suppose that George
AHRAAA NAAAN Alh bAA VI W All eANttN
vs. yachting Aud there is no doubt
but that he sperds a deal Of money
possibly 5000 coo this year--in that way.
But Mr.. Gould has another way OF
using his money for pastme. And
that IS the collecting Of postage
stamps. He has been doing 1t for
years, and Just what his collection
has cost him none but stamp dealers
who know the prices OF old and rnre
stamps can toll There Is story
told that last year one of the Rookie
fellers had his eye unon certain
old stamp IN the hands of an anti.
ovarian. But George heard OF it and
got Il.
Russell Sage enjoys keeping his
money, or rather investing. II AGAR
and again. He is a chldlcss man AM
takes pleasure IN handling his funds
When Mr.. Sage spends money he nut,
" upon the Emna Willard memorial
The Emma willard seminary VA,
where Mrs sage went 20 school ana
when, during the last year Mr.. sag,
gave 100000 for memorial buuding
with a dormuory dedicated TO Mrs
sage. It was discovered that his inter.
esis outside Of h's business were sau
catonal. Mrs SAGE has freouantly
said that she did not think 1t visa +,
spehd fortune upon PAINTINGS M,
Mnon anvth'ng else 20 perishsble ~,
S9ge fortune win presumably 70 :,
educational institutions -Addlson n,
man In New York News. ~