Evening journal., 1895-07-16
VANDERBILT AS SPORT
William K. to Establish a Rae
ing Stud Farm.
he HAS CAUGHT THE TURF FEVER.

The Muitimiliionairc Has become EIated
Over the Success Of His 50 Piunees In the
Betting Ring and Now Wants a string Of
His Own--Wm Have Farm In France.
NEW YORK. July i0.-Mr William X.
Vanderbilt who has tried yachting and
nearly every other form Of amusement, Is
now going in for breeding and running
race horses according to a morning paper.
on Thursday last he telegraphed to a
friend--a man who knows very nearly as
much as any one else knows about the
turf-asking the latter to meet him on
board his yacht Valiant on Sunday on i'm
portnnt business. That business was Mr..
Nanderbilt's new project. He conndcd it
TO ms sporting friend with enthusiasm.
enu the millionaire's appearance as a rae
ing man may be looked for shortly.
The owner Of the yacht Valiant has al
ways ,aken an intense interest In horse
races. He has been seen scores Of times in
the betting rings at the big tracks max
ing a circuit of the bool1makers. and fight
ing his way among a swarm OF shopboys
and Tenderloin district gamblers to tho
stand Of the man who was giving odds a
shado better than the other 'bookiesu - He
rarely bet more than 50 at a time but
once in great while he went as high as
500
After putting mp his money Mr. Van
derbilt goes to some spot whore he can SEQ
the racc, and no desperate gambler risk
ing his last cent ever looked 50 deeply in
terested in the resultof the run as he. De-
lection comes If ho loses; exultution II no
wins
Ho Ia Lucky Bettor.
He has been singularly lucky too. He
avoids favOritcs and backs the longest
kind Of Shots Once he started In with SEQ.
and by taking only the biggest odds Ia.
creased it TO $4,000 before he left tho
track
Mr.. Vanderbilt has certainly made
money out Of the turf He owns a large
interest in the Coney Island Jockey club,
which has been perfect mint to its stock
holders. Now Ae Is going to embark in "a
new phase Of sporting life. Many know
ing men are skeptical as TO the profitable
ownership Of horses by men who are not
experts. They will watch the new career
Of Mr. Vanderbilt with great interest
Tho millionaire has a theory that Amer
lean thoroughbred mares and French thor
oughhred sires will produce race of colts
which it will be impossible to beat. He
has bought a farm In Franco al which he
Will work ont this idea Now he Is going
into the market 60 secure the very best
American mares that money will produce.
and It was TO intrust him with the COM
mission to buy them that he sent for his
lriend 70 como aboard his palatial yacht.
II Is not likely that with Mr. Vanderbilt
m the. market good American thorough
breds will decrease much In price
Astor IIas Racing stud Too.
Mr. Vanderbilt has never displayed a
great knowledge Of horses except ,in his
lucky bets. Horsemen say that they do
not believe he has any wonderful talent
as horse breeder. Nevertheless thew look
upon his entrance into ~the game as
significant, believing that 1t may start a
movcmRnt among othor large Croosuses Of
the ease Very few Of the owners Of phe-
nomenal fortunes possess racing studs.
Mr. Astor, it Is true has started an astab-
lishnent which sends to market batohes
of very Indifferent yearlings, but he stands
almost alone in that respect
George Gould had the racing stud fever
a few years ago, but his father cured him
Of It by calling his attention to more Inn
portant business. Lately he has again
dahhled a little in horses Mr.. Belmont
and Mr. Lorillard, il Is true, are great
patro1l q the turf; but, rich as they are,
they are not in the Yanderbilt- Cresus
class referred TO as having let racing se-
yerely alone.
The new auspices under which racing
exists In this state, some think, may bring
more mon like Vanderbilt into tho racing
business. W. S. Hobart and Arthur White,
son of Deacon White are quoted as ex-
amples Of aristocrats taking TO the turf
Richard Croker is not considered to be in
this movement
Old Commodore Vanderbilt was an ex-
cellent judge Of a trottine horse and men
who knew him snid that If he had not had
the ability TO make money in other ways
he might have accumulated fortune as
horse trader The whole sporting world
will bo Interested In finding out whether
this faculty has been transmitted to vii.
liam X. Nanderbilt.