The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

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with others Of elbow toucling with
the blg and littl" people Of two CONT
ncnts
General .jarh -on ana Nrs. Marks
had bni laicly returned from 4 trip TO
England, whcrr thr General wa, re-
criycd and icrpqnizei IN American
| gentleman to 'Ac manner born The
! Duke a.! brlonShirc entertained the
master Of Belle Meade at Chat worth
CASTE the ,most magnificent and or
nate show place i'll the old country
The Duke Of Westminster made him
ut home ut Eaton Hall. and had his
Derby winner, trottel ont for his in
spoction. The Prince Of Wales hob
nobbcd with him at the Turf Club at
Newmarket, and asked him for an
opinion about his Great horse. Per
simmons. winner Of the Derby and ST.
Lcycr OF lS3G.
Il was somewhat disappointed with
pcrsinmons. said the General when
| 'Ic'hiHE Va IilS iHLTOuucJlOH 10 Tie
Prince. 81 doubt whether he is
really great race horse, such as Or
monde was. should class him,
rather as Il Lord Lyon or IL Galtcc
Moore than AS Il Gladatcur.'
| TN Newmarket Heath, where all the
great classic English races arc de-
cidcd, the Derby and St. Lcger only
excepted, General jackson met Rich
ard Croker, Of New York.
81 was more than pleased with
Tammany $ signal victory in Greater
New York, which, OF course, was
largely due to Mr.. Croker's great gen
cralship."
The breakfast was about ended,
and General Jackson felt converse
tional.
Il am particularly glad Of the
Tammany chicftains success, for I
am great admirer Of Mr.. Croker.
Indeed, ought to like him, for
my business dealings with him during
the last few years have certainly been
very profitable to me.
'Mr. Croker came to Belle Meade
just as you gentlemen came this
morning. He wished to see my es-
tablishment and | sent him word to
come out. had had no previous
dealings and, indeed, had only casu-
al acquaintance with him. He was
visiting the South on pleasure bent,
and when conducted him over my
farm | had no thought that VIC would
ever join in a partnership. AS we
looked over the stock he would from
time to time make inquiry as to the
prices obtained at my sale of yearlings.
l told him that at one sale in New
York 200 OF my yearlings had sold for
an aggregate of $2O3,20O. He ap-
pcared interested in my statement, but
made 20 comment.
That evening, when enjoying our
post prandial cigar. Mr.. Croker said to
nio:
" General, would likc'to purchase
Il half interest in the thoroughbred
product Of Belle Meade. Will you
name price, l answered affirma-
lively. Mr.. Croker inquired. How
much?'
II reflected for moment. and then.
never dreaming my proposition would
| be accepted, l said / would sell half
interest in the product Of my thorough
bred sires and dams for $3.50 900. Mr..
Croker asked for pen and ink, drew a
checkbook from his pocket, filled out
check and handed it to me with the
simple statement. we are now part
ners. Kindly send ME your acknewl-
edgcmcnt tomorrow. looked at the
check, found it called for $3.50, 900,
and expressed the hope that our part
ncrship might be mutually profitable
| one. | sent my rec,'i'', to Mr.. Croker
next morning and continued his
trip South that evening.
The first year of our partnership
We divided $55,0 Of course, this
was terrible fall from our record
made when the ycarlings averaged
81 ,O16 apiece. but tho country was on
tcring upon period Of particularly
hard times and the horse breeding in
dustry, perhaps, was the worst one
hit. Times continued to grow worse,
and when the time for our second
partnership sale came along, values of
young and old thoroughbred stock
were down to bedrock. That year MIR.
Croker and myself divided $53, 900.
Mr.. Croker appreciated the situation
and made no complaint of the poor
showing.
when l met Mr. Croker on New