The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-04
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Lawson N. Fuller, who IL going to make q
recordtbreaking mile with hfs eight horsen Mt
the Fleetwood track on Juno ~, and expects to
have on that occasion Mayor strong and Rus
sell Sage as passengers, Is probably ono OF the
most temperate OF men In this city in all things
except horsefesh. He will keep good horses,
and lots OF them. Mr.. Fuller is now 73 years
old, and there are few men of half his ago who
are in better physical condition. 1t requires
strong arms and q clear head to drive eight
horses q mile In less than three minutes.
81 raise my own horsos," said Mr.. Fuller. SOW
eral days ago, ION my farm up In Vermont, and
they are good horses, II / do say so. / have al
ways been fond Of horses. AZ good a friend as I
have ever had was a horse that drove horc for
and no one evor passed him. He did for me
what no human being could have done. On sew.
and / was worried and sick at heart, that horse
pulled me through. 1 would take him out on
s oaSd ao1 %s ana sorsc I S %Onla or net tT0 y wi aiirs sS%e
man; My friends said that I always came back
LAUGHING, after q ride behind that horse, When
and there he died, I bOlleyo that a man is bet
ter for loving good horses"
The business Of making press clippings and
souvenir books has been developed to an extra
ordinary extent by various bureaus started for
that purpose, and one of them has Just an
nounced the completion of two large hand.
somely bound scrapbooks that will DO Of great
interest to the young woman whom they con-
corn when she gets old enough to read them.
At present she hasn't cut her teeth. She is the
daughter Of an American millionaire. These
birth and all the autograph letters that
were written to her parents oongratu.
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handsome volumes and the clippings are con.
ths be 1siilssl May,i to t ssf S Of i g R pEapssa f fSsss
volumes mes contain thousands Of clippings and the
entertainment in this country ever attrasted so
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Theatrical people who wanted to place money
on the Brooklyn Handicap on Monday, but who
could not run down to tho Gravesend track,
were not thwarted in their desire. Tho tip was
whispered along the Rialto that a well-known
and presumably responsible sporting man was
making a handbook on the races. He had no
office rent to pay. nor any expense for sheet
writers. His stand was a shifting one. For an
hour or more he held forth on the curb on the
southwest corner of Broadway and Forty:frst
street. Lounging against the lamppost in front
of the Broadway Theatre, he pencilled bets
and took tho n money on which iSh,- actors aSrioi tnU We ed
probable starters in the Handicap. It is. per-
haps, unnecessary %to'stete that the smiling book
maker did not cry the odds, nor did ho solicit
would give a quiet tip to his friend who had Just
ton to the bookmaker would follow, and. in a
moment the transaction would be recorded. A
RRG poaSWa OF be snS saS the sns Me SGSf%sk and Sf the c on
sino:. He was also seen doing business near
the Herald Square, Theatre, and he was not the
only one. as the theatrical colony In town ON
Decoration Day can attest.
There goes o man who makes q good
living out OF Broadway real estate and he
doesn't own q foot of it," said a Spectator
in uptown property. The man he pointed out
Is responsible, in q measure. for tho continu.
anoe on an upper Broadway block of three
one.story, unsightly frame shanties. On each
side Of the frame structures a tall hotel towers.
The entire block is owned by the Aston estate.
Some years ago the shrewd lessee Of the frame
has ten years to run. lie tinkers at the shanties
just enough to keep them from falling in or out,
ana a sira Sy s saole eIsanerI 70 a q eie oHFS Sesle q e eoSStn q ak.
trict messenger company, he makes a profit Of
$1,000 a year on his lease; 4 representatiSe o6 Of
cash for a surrender OF the lease, evidently that
the Astors might extend one or the other Of the
wasn't ready to quit at that figure; Meanwhile
thousands OF New Workers who daily walk or
shanties are allowed to stand In the very centre
of New Works liveliest quarter.
For the first time in several years there has
been no effort made to give here a season Of
English opera. 1t was only a very short time
ago that at least one of the theatres was GER
tain to be occupied by n company appearing in
the repertoire popular with the English opera
companies. One brief and unsuccessful attempt
with a comic opera is the sum Of this years ef-
fort, and it is not very probable that any attempt
to revive that form OF entertainment on the old
lines will be repeated.
The regular performances OF opera here have
exhausted all the taste for opera that the COM
munity seems to possess, and rather than hear
mediocre performances at low prices the au-
diences, which these spring seasons OF opera were
int tended to reach, would climb up to tho gallery
OF Lhe Metropolitan or stand up downstairs.
Frequent performances have settled the fnte or
these cheaper opera comp nles, and the works
which could formerly be relied upon to attract au-
diences OF a certain size are no longer vital. The
attendance at the performances declined grad
ually, and practically this same experience has
been observed in a number OF cities outside of
| New York. Where formerly several companies
singing opera In English toured the country
with profit there are now very few, and these
| are avowedly cheap companies, making q par.
ticular feature of tho small price OF admission
The disappearance of these travelling com.
panies IL explained by the trips OF superior or
CARNATIONS, such as the Metropolitan and the
Damroch companies, Persons may not go, to
near tHCSe bllHeTS Nntu lney NlblJ u Town, uul
they sot the standard and there is no favor for
artists less eminent. The experience OF one
opera company In another city which gave its
performances at a very low figure has been much
discussed and the troupe which attemptsa very
large repertoire has been highly praised; But It
is probable that the performances Of this COM
pany would attract very little favorable atten,
tion here, and q knowledge of the singers
who make UP the company make 1t
seem perfectly apparent that the extrayagant
praise OF the company cannot DC founded on
sober judgment. All the taste there is for
opera here can be satisfied by the performances
OF the regular companiCs that appear at the
Mctropolitan. Evidently there Is no demand
for other performances OF any character, and
the discontinuance OF the spring seasons at the
various theatres is an indication OF tho cx.
ccssive supply, and the diminution began first
with the least attractive elements. There ID
seemingly room now in New York for only the
best opera.
The proposal for n parade ground in Central
Park looks to supplying New York with some
thing which 1t does not possess yet evidently
will need some time. If not at present. 1.-The
question Of where a parade shall be held" said
a militia officer the other day els already grow
ing a difficult one to meet. The eternal altera'
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