The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

lee Juggins. and all the others that amass-
ed fortunes in year or two and lost
them In a single season He'd like to get
out forever but he can't.
Riley Grammar Is the youngest plunger
this country has ever known. He is only
% years old, and has just finished cutting
his wisdom teeth. Men who don't know
too-thin. paie-faced. beafdless and III,
venile. He is the kind of youngster that is
lost In crowd. That Is. when he Is not
asserting himself.
There is nothing noteworthy In Gran
mans appearance He Is slight and rather
tall, and there Is a stoop to his shoulders
His face Is gaunt and rather weak. He
lacks the firm mouth and square chin
which physognomists say denote the
strong-minded man. His eyes are his best
point. They are blue or gray. as you look
/ them in different lights, and are In ac-
ing hours
Grammar lets very little escape him.
When horses are racing he watches their
every move and every motion of their
jockeys. He wants to see the whole race
from start to finish. He is as nervous at
such times as girl at graduation.
Grannan's eyes got him his first start in
life. As boy he was selling programmes
on western race course when f. G.
Botay, big bettor, noticed that Grammar
had an aptitude for distinguishing the
relative positions Of horses at various
points in the race. He took him into his
service to make exact records OF how the
horses ran. The pay was 50 a day, ana
Grammar invested II cautiously in bets. At
the end Of three years he had won enough
to be in position to bet as~much as his
employer. Then he gave up the old job
and started In on his own account, al
though he was only % years old.
Grammar went N to partnership with
Col. w. f. Applegate as q bOokmaker,
and their success was phenomenal. APP
plegate, however, couldn't stand the pace
He'd bet the national gold reserve on
single race" said Apologize, but I
don't care to take any such chances"
So they parted and since then Gran
nan has sfeadfastiy refused to have a
partner in any of his operations.
IF 4 have an opinion" says he, my
whole heart IS in 1t, and / see no reason
for weakening When / back a horse
I bet every cent / can find takers for.
Partners are inclined to be too careful,
so l go it alone
OF the kind that ought to make many
friends, but his intimates are very few.
Byron MeClelland, the former owner Of
Henry Navarro, and Pat Sheedy, the
gambler claim the distinction of being
more closely intimate than any one else
with Grammar. The plunger has known
both Of them since he began going TO
When Henry Of Navarro and Domino
met at Grayesend last fall Grammar was
making a book IN the ring. When il
came time to put up the odds he took
off his coat rolled up his shirt sleeves
and quietly said to the crowd gathered
"Gentlemen, / have few dollars I'm
willing to lose on Navarro, and Ill bet
all of il that Domino doesn't win"
Nike Dryers money was the first to
reach him, Dwyer betting $1,000 on Dom
ino Grammar laid 5000 against II. Book
maker Ike Thompson gave him two bets
of 5000 each and Dryers commissioner
came In with second $1,000. Two bets
OF $500 each which Grammar accepted are
said to have come from James X. Keene,
owner Of Domino. but the plunger never
weakened. He would nos cut Domino s
price down from to ).
Before the betting on the race was half
over Grammar had taken &c., and stood
to lose S5l, 200. Stlll he wasn't satisfied.