The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06

been figured out as a man likely TO be
very valuable in a political organization,
but he has always refused to have any
thing TO do with such matters Once
when man had almost induced him 10
join a political club, he asked:
IF / went into this business would |
have TO TALK"
"Only little speech now and then, and
you'd get ahead all right"
speech" yelled Grammar, and with one
horrhed glance at the man he turned and
walked away.
Grammar has no politics. II he voted at
all he would have to vote in Kentucky,
but It is doubtful If he has east a ballot
in the last five years. having always been
miles away from Kentucky at election
time
II is hard TO ascertain much about
Grannans winnings. because the young
man mas no confdants, and many Of the
tales told OF him are based on rumors
that float around and become wildly eX-
aggerated as they travel. Grammar bets
I'm two ways-as a boOkmaker and as an
ordinary bettor. While he is plugging"
favorite in his own book he may De-
holding out some obscure animal and
betting heavily on him, through agents
I'm the other books. Thus he viii or4@~
make double winning, If luck is with
him. All OF Grannan's heavy plungine
has been done in the past year and ?
half The Western ira ks, yh9h ne used
to frequent, became too slow for him
AMI he came East 10 try mis- luck. Here
he knew he could bet any amount. while
on the other hand he realized that MS
chances as a booklnake- were BITTER,
because the greatest plungers frequent
-.
ers tried 10 down him wsen ne first 10
Gated here. but their heavy commissions
never phased him a bit VI. #. Dwyer
lost 5000 TO him one lay IN Banquet
whcreupOn Grammar sent sarcastic mes
sage 90 Dwyer TO the effect that ne didn't
like 10 handle such picayune sums, and
- Please send In some money next time
Two days later Mr. Dwyer sent In S30.uGl.
which Granran took with a smile He
WIS still smiling when Mr.. Divers horse
won, though he lost nearly $1,000 TO the
ErOOklynite on the race. After that
Grammar was hungrier IMAM ever for big
money. and the plungers couldn't bet
TOO nigh 10 suit him. He refused moth
ing. and when the money didn't come
In fast enough to suit him he would 20
out and bet thousands of MS own dol
lars, Just 10 l.ven things up" he would
say.
Last fall. when Henry OF Navarro ana
Domino ran a match race az Gravcscnd.
Grammar. who was very intimate with
Byron McClelland, owner Of the former
horse. did some of the most phenomena
plunging ever seen In the East. Mouat.ng
his box, ne took off his coat and announced
that he was going 10 bet his last dollar
on Henry OF Navarro. Then he chaikod
up a point better odds on Domino than
was offered by anybody else in the ring,
ami invited the public TO come On. Nike
pwyer sent in $1,000, which Grammar
took; Ike Thompson handed over $4,000
more, then came another $4,000 from Mr.
Dwyer, after which two 5000 bets were
handed up by commissioner said &c
represent James X. keene. owner OF
Domino. Thousands Of dollars more In
smaller bets came In, but Grammar never
WINGED, never once cut the price. In
all he took In 5000. and that represented
all that the people had to bet. for il was
still fifteen minutes before the race when
the young plunger took In his last bet.
II was the first time that the Easterners