The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Vanity That Cost n Million.

4 number Of racing men were chatting
i'm an uptown hotel on Broadway Few
evenings since, says the New York sun,
and one Of the party, who had been
abroad in company with Walton. the
famous Dluugcr, when the heaVy speculd-
tor made his second trip TO England
told how near the American came TO
creating a sensation which would nave
made the country ring from one END 10
"The vanity of a jockey" said this
man, cost Walton and his friends
$l.eyJ.VJ and this is how il all happened:
Walton had in his stable among other
horses Mr. Pickwick, Sutlcr and the s.
year-old Hopeful, which he still owns
and has in the stud somewhere near
New York. We had been winning our
share OF the money, both on our own
horses and on those of other owners and
the season had opened up ia the most
propitious fashion. All Of the American
contingent took advice from Petite as
We called Walton, and We had made the
ring vince several times on settling day.
Sherwood. who trained for Walton. had
Il very high opinion of Hopeful, and
wanted to run him in a stake race, but
we begged him 10 hold off and pick out Il
selling event instead. and prepared 10
make a coup that would be talked about
for months TO come. After seeing the
City and Suburban run We ran back 10
London. and from there took the train TO
Epson, where our horses were quartered.
Ii was our purpose TO deceive everybody
as TO our intentions, ana that morning
the horses were brought out, trotted and
centcred. and carefully put away, as
though they had had all their work for
that day. In the afternoon, when the
Downs were deserted. Hopeful and SUIT
Ter were brought out IN company with
Richmond. "A high-class horse, then train
ed by Sherwood, but afterward bought by
WALTON and brought 10 this country,
rusling third I'm POn'iac's Suburban.
The Trial was a great success and show
ed MS thar Hopeful was a grand 3-year-
old of quality sufficiently high 10 win
many stakes for race horses OF his age.
Richmond beat him about a length, and
the 3-year-old beat suffer away OH, IN
fact we were in high feather and consiA
cred the money We INTENDED 10 place on
Hopeful in the coming race as good as
won.
Racing in England is vastly different
from thp snort ia this country, ana the
great public knows far less about the
merits of the horses than they do IN
America Horses run fewer races. are
trained privately, and sometimes are not
seen i'm public for months together. As
a Conseolence form is much harder to
follow. and these who have a bottled
IN good thing and know how TO guard
tiaiJ secret get price that is at times
a.tonishinely good. We were amazed to
cst as GOOD at 10 TO | against Hopeful
and the strdngest part or II all was that
- Moro we bet the more the ring seem
al ,nrabIe of absorbing. We told our
i,.Lev II won't mention his name, but
g. - a good one In his day. and most
80 ,'o,, know him) that We stood To win
a fortune and 10 take no chances From
The start Hopeful was in good posi-
In and after making splendid turn
nis.tronham Corner we began TO cheer
g. our chestnut beauty was striding
~ - In front and moving over the turf
a. ,gnidcent style. A hundred yards
-, tbe finish We were eXulting in our
,i.,,h and nifty yards from the line
nnthtno hut "A miracle could keep us from
octtinc rhe money w hlps were nyln$ ne
5TIi - and our colt was still I'm hand.
When | think OF what happened then
NV nv, faint and want TO swear. our
4 49, With the insane desire of show
jpi,ot a good thing IL was. took pull
li!s ,Hi..'af,,Is head the great. lOng-strd-
az III, became tangled and was thrown
ING ~ vide. Webb was on the nearest
Oh ~ IL Councillors. and he had all but
Oh iI'' nm riding but, like the great
iSnrgarnan that he is, ne gathered his
hoI seii,% nj by one OF the grandest efforts
morse an seen. nailed Hopeful and beat
! We en the post | went broke over the
MN vi hut nothing could stay Walton's
idCe' ,bSt day, for despite his losses on
iuch &c ne quit the day $500 TO the
tne what would he have won II our
soVu. hadn't Numbered? Fully $1,000
loChey the entire story OF his life might
W, been changed. Had he got that
nav money together they never could
,ili.l made him surrender. I'll never for
se' This: The overweight beat your
Whiting 10 his upper lip. which, like all
~ Englands jockeys. was clean shaved
- nan had "a mOustache"