The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-24
'DWYER HAS
GOOD LUCK
Fortune Seems to Be
Smiling on Him Again.
NO STARS In HIS STABLE.
But Greater Part Of His String Arc
Good Money Winners.
FIRST VENTURES ON THE TURF.
FIRST VENTURES ON THE TURF.

LOIf 0ltAlOuAh 10 10 nv thA' ta'a0 'H&
owner of no horse showing great promise,
he has a very fair collection Of dread
winners SO called, and their possession,
coupled with the fact that no Is playing
the races with much greater care than was
his wont some years ago, may help him to
recoup himself largely, II not completely,
before this seasons close. And while he
has his cnemieo, like most other men, there
is no question that the majority Of those
interested In racing, both among horse
owners and those who go habitually to see
the contests, would be glad should Mike
Dwyer land on his feet once more. His
unwonted care In placing bets was dis
PLAYED somewhat to his own disadvantage
perhaps last Monday when, although he
Cleophus, Ben Ronald and ~Kingdon-he
yet missed some good prices on Cleophus
and Ben Ronald, apparently not having
the nerve to risk moro than certain mod
crate amounts on their performances. Yet
Dwyer as, repeated often enough, would
net him handsomely before cold weather.
Dryer Then and Now.
Half a decade ago Michael r. Dwyer
was counted a millionaire, and all his
money had been made out of horse racing.
As a bettor he had mountains of nerve.
1t was not at all unusual for him to have
$40, 900, $40, 900 or even $40, 900 up on n
Of his horses at a "short> price" There
was a time When his betting transactions
were frequently larger han the combined
transactions of the next half dozen most
daring plungers in the country.
His troubles began when he got gay and
thought 1t necessary to invade the British
turf. The experiment cost him very
dearly. A little later he found that his
Rocklodge (Fla.) hotes property was not
as profitable as it should be. At n time
Standard Oil Flaglcr wished to buy 1t. blu
Dwycr wouldn't sell. So Flagler put up an
opposition house and cut deep into Dryers
velvet. Today, 1t Is said, a certain New
York bookmaker holds big mortgages on
the property and that Dwyer now wishes
he had disposed of it when he could.
Whom he sold Ben Brush to James II.
Keene last fall, it was generally agreed by
those who knew Dwycr well that he must
be- pressed for money, otherwise the sale
would have been obviously shortsightcd,
since Ben Brush could almost certainly be
trusted to make large earnings this season.
Those who sought to explain the transac-
ton on other grounds than Michael's need
Of ready cash ~venturcd the opinion that
he had immense faith In the future of his
8-ycar-old Michael III, then a very prom
ising colt. But this prop to his fortunes
was taken away before the opening of the
present season, for the colt died in April,
after having done so we'll In his early
work as to give promise Of winning the
Metropolitan Handicap and two or three
other valuable spring events.
Michael Ills death reduced his owners
string OF racers to the three which won for
him last Monday and a few 2-ycar-olds,
not enough of a stable, the knowing ones
said, to make the retention Of a high
priced Jockey and u first class trainer prof
itnble. To make matters worse Dwy-
er's favorite jockey, Simms, was reported
to have left him for good and all. But
most dark clouds are edged with silver
Innings after all. Simms Is still riding
for Dwyer, and while his horses are not
Hanoyers or Trcmonts or George Kinneys
they arc good sc~rviceable beasts for a man
who lives by racing to own.
"rhe Racing Twins"
Philip ]. Dwyer, Michael F.'s brother,
now president of tho Brooklyn Jockey
club, Is a very rich man.
4 In the old days tho brothers used to be
known as ''the racing twins" They be-
gan life ms butchers In a slaughter house,
and less than 90 years ago were working
at their trade side by side In the same
establishment. When they cast their
butcher knives behind them and took to
racing, It was not because of any special
liking for sport or for their health, but
simply and solely for what thcrc was In 1t.
The dicr Rhadamanthus was their first
purchase, II I mistake not, and In spite OF
gloomy predictions by many TURTLES this
rnccr proved n veritablc gold mine to the
brothers. For years they had phenomenal
luck, the first break coming In 1888, tho
year after Hanover astonished tho racing
world and won thousands on tho back OF
thousands for the Dwyor pockets. How
much tho Dryers lost that year no one but
themselves ever knew, but It is n fact that
twice between the beginning and the md
ing OF 1SSS's season Michael Il. was actu-
ally 'clean broke" though no kept all
knowledge Of his situation from the pub
lie and managed to pull through without
borrowing. His famous bet of $40, 900 20
win S6, 900 was made that year, I think,
on Joe Cotton, and the seasons ending
was not half bad from the Dwycr point OF
view.
Michael n. ~ He IL.
Michael r.. Dwycr must be not far from
so now. Some days he looks much youn-
ger, bet there arc times whom his ago seems
SIS at least. Ten years ago nc always
scanned less I'm age than he was, but the
strain of the Last decade has changed him
greatly.
He stil has tho power To laugh In the
old mirthful way, however, and the dim
pies accompanying his laughs and the
fuddy Dwyer complexion are yet In his
possession. He has always been known
among Turtles M n man Of unusually cor
rect habits, 10 o'clock being his regular
bedtime. which was sometimes showed
hack 20 o, but very rarely forward TO IL.
Sun nm A or Wnx his REGULAR time for ris.