The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-19
cRoEsUs ON THE TURF.
william X. Vanderbilt Going IN for
Breeding and Running Horses.


From the New York World.
Mr.. William X. Vanderbilt, who has
tried yacting and nearly every other form
of amusement. is now going in for breed
ing and running race horses. on Thurs
day last he telegraphed TO a friend-a
man who knows very nearly as much rs
any ore else knows about the turf--asking
the latter to meet him on board his yacht
Valiant on Sunday on important business.
That business was Mr.. Nanccrbil's new
project He conhded 1t to his sporting
friend with enthusiasm, ami the million
aires appearance as a racing man may be
looked for shortly.
The owner Of the yacht valiant has al
ways taken an intense Interest in horse
"a cling. He has been seen scores Of times
I'm the bettings rings at the big tracks
making circuit of the boolSmakers and
nghung his way among a swarm Of shop
bcys and Tslderloin district gamblers TO
tae stand Of the man who was giving odls
a shade better than the other bOokies."
lie rarely bet more than s. q time, bu,
once In a great while he went as high
as so.
After putting up his money Mr.. Van
derbilt goes to the same spot where he can
see the race. and no desperate gambler
rsking his last cent ever rocked so deeply
interested in the result OF the run as he.
Detection comes if he loses; eXultation
if he wins.
He has been singylarly lucky. too. He
avoids favorltes and backs the longest
kind of shots. Once he started in with
500, and by taking only the biggest odds
increased 1t to 5000 before he left the
track.
Mr. Vanderbilt has certainly made
money out of the turf. He owns large
interest in the Coney Island Jockey Club,
which has been a perfect mint 10 It's
stockholders. Now he Is going to embark
i'm new phase of sporting life. Many
knowing men are sceptical as to the
profitable ownership Of horses by men
who are not experts. They will watch
the new career of Mr.. Vanderbilt with
The millionaire has theory that
American thoroughbred mares and French
thoroughbred sires will produce a race
of colts which it will be Impossible to
beat. lie has bought a farm In France
at which ne will work out this idea. Now
he is going into the market to secure
the very best American mares that money
will produce ana 1t was to intrust him
with the comm ssion to buy them that
he sent for his friend to come aboard his
palatial yacht. 1t is not likely that with
Mr.. Vanderbilt in the market good Amer
lean thoroughbreds will decrease much in
price.
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
a horse breeder Neyert he4ass, they look
upon his entrance into "theYgame" as sig
nificant, believing that il may start a
movement among other large Croesuses Of
the east Very few Of the owners OF phe-
nomenal fortunes possess racing studs.
Mr. Aston il Is true, has started an es-
Establishment which sends 70 market patches
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 i'm
portant business. Lately, he has again
dabbled a little In horses Mr. Belmont
and Mr.. Loriilard, It Is true; are great
patrons of the turf but rich is they are
they are not in the Nanderbilt-Croesu
class referred to as having let racing Sc
verely alone.
The new auspices under which racing
exists In this state, some think may bring
more men like Vanderbilt into the racing
business. w. S. Hobart and Arthur White
son of Deacon" White, are quoted as ex-
aniples of aristocrats 'ta7ting to fthe turf
Richard Croker is not considered to be in
this movement.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt was an ex-
cellent judged of a trotting horse, and men
who knew him said that if he had not had
the ability to make money in other ways
he might have accumulated q fortune as a
horse trader The whole sporting world
will be interested in finding out whether
this faculty has been transmitted to VIII
liam K. Vanderbilt