The sun., 1897-01-30
SNAPPER GARRISON MOVES
THE FAMOUS JOCKEY DIsPosEs OF
MS PARK SLOPE house.

| Mirsbesu T.. Towns. the Poet Lawyer
| Gets &c for Less thsn oarrison Paid and
| Wants q. Transfer Il TO some Diviss-
Dia He steal . March o.. "Ai" smith
| Edward II. Garrison, better kno VA as "snap-
! por" Garrison. the Jockey. will no longer be =
i resident Of the Park slope In Brooklyn. his
nne four-story brown-stono house. 80 Eighth
avenue, having been purchased by Mirab"su
l.. Towns. the poet lawyer" OF that city. The
house is almost exactly opposite the Montsuk
Club and sdIoins the block wnich has long
been known as "Sportin xmen's row." and OF
which Mr.. Towns himself is at present one OF
the residents, his house being No. "a. which
was formerly the home OF ex.Mayor Alfred q.
Chaplin.
Garrison purchased No. 30 at the height Of his
fame 40 . Jockey, about six years ago. and fur
nished II handsomely. His intention. IL was said.
was to extend Sportingmnn's row that II
should take In two blocks instead OF one block
In Brooklyn's most select aristocretc district,
and possibly even reach the block beyond. In
which lisut-Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruff lives
A shock. II Is said, struck the members OF tho
Mon aux Club and the Park Slope people in
general when Garrison made his homo among
them, and II was rumored that efforts were
made 10 freeze him out by inducing him to part
with his new house. which cost him over s2U.-
decided TO remaiu. although ho was we'll aware
that his standing as professional" sporting
man cut him on from any social standing with
A few weeks ago it was learned that Gsrri-
son had decided TO move out, and that his house
Ing rumor that Az smith. who. It wa. urged,
was tho very Prince OF sports had deter
mined to move to brooklyn ahead OF the alb
sorption OF the sister city into Greater New
York and take some house in the neighborhood.
IL was agreed, Tia said: among = few OF the
almost entirely lost Its old sporting blood. to
bar him out.
addition 20 Mr.. Towns. Justice William j.
Gaynor: ex-ludge James Troy. .Coinmission-
es OF Jurors William lam a: Furey. Contractor
man, the latter being the onl" representative
OF the regul ar sporting profession. Mr.. Towns
was the prime mover in the scheme TO secure
the Garrison. house and yesterday he announced
that lac had become the possessor OF IL at the
very reasonable price OF something below Sl1.-
600. and that already an advance on his In
vestment had been offered him. Mr.. Town.
says that he Is anxious ~ have some brnnd
now blood In the neighborhOod. and that he
woul I'D be particularly pleased to lease or sell
thr house to some Of Brooklyn's leading minis.
ters
sold 10 any divine who has stu * to tho Ten
Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount
AMI who did not preach politics from the null
pit in thellste honorable campaign. Iwould also
make an additional proyi.o that he has not de-
nounced the Bradley-AIart; "a inasque."
.>s nearly all th. leading ministers In Brook
lyn spoke out omphatically against Bryan and
Bryansm. OF which Mr.. Towns had the dis
unction OF being the earliest and most earnest
advocate ia tho town. there would he very few
OF them. II would appear. who poss~rr the noe
.ssary requirements To bid for the vacated Gar
-ison domicile. MIR. Towns received numerous
congratulations yesterday from his neiRhbors
on his Investment and the success OF his effort
10 elevate che fashionable character of the Park
slope. Sportngmens row itself has lost one
OF its residents within a week. James G. Rowe.
the well-known horsemun, having sold his
hnn xUh fha
$4,000 house. No. .. also. II is said. conteui-
plates movement elsewhere. This rumor.
however. could not 10 verified. and friends OF
Mr.. Dwyer said that he has no intention what
ever OF deserving the Park SLOPE.