The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-19
IT'S A FOUNTAIN IN q TABLET.


shattered fortune. Riley Grammar re-
turns TO the track and wins fame again.
ana another fortune.
those of our readers who follow INC
sporting columns. first heard or him
this season in Europe where ne won
sensational amounts in pounds s'eI-
ling Then he came back. modesllE
told an about IT, showed his ron OF
something under million and set'ieu
down 90 bet again
Settled down Let the term stand il
best describes Grannans long easy iop-
ing attitude. his bovish lounge on se'iee
or in chair. His stride of the seat wneh.
I'm Interested moments. he tells you now
he did it,
Riley Grammar. with q rollicking irish
name ass his only Introduction came
North from Paris. Kentucky. when ne
was only twelve wears old. ana, az ne
himself expressed &c. has been knocking
about with horses nearly ever since.
His first regular start toward his pres
emit position was when Botay, who is wei
known. especially m the West, ms a .ndn
VINO IRAN a shoe string up into nanN
roll" gave him % position. and When me-
was twenty years. or nine years ago ne
branched ont as ruiz hedsed doom
maker. bent on a mission of enignlen-
ing the racing world
And enHghten Il ne did. He maze
bets with everyone who had doNar To
nut up and ho was as cordial 10 me
q better as to NJ. r. Dwyer I'm the lat
ter. big days. A fun account or ms
gambling transactions has not been pre-
served
To induce Grammar 20 talk 10 YOU or
his betting. if you approach him 10 tns
rieht spirit. is not difficult for there Is
absolutely nothing of the 'pouVeau
richie" about the man. But If IS I'M
possible 10 record an be tells YOU hl7
ups and downs have been as the SANDS
of the sea- To him life seems Go hold no
rest from the perpetual uuquiei or the
betting ring and the fevcrish excitement
of the gambler Beneath the native
snvness and rtticence Of the man TINS
spirit crops ont and he IS aware or
himself
81 IKE 10 gamble" "a phrase he uses
repeatedly. as b. seeking some sclf-jusu-
hcati0n.
A friend says of him. Gle seems 10
wish 10 impress ON one that be- must bet
that IN is secud nature 10 him. ard that
ne ts Co be no more blamed for rlskins
his money than Doe Dr. for eating. But
and there can't Doe too bic p Co., thls
.but-tncre is huge difference between
him and the ordinary bOOkm7ler ana
betting man. lie believes in the honesty
OF racing. He does not see fraud in every
race. and this is the foundation ot hls
spocuiatiOns He backs horses 1u h'7
own opinion. An owner may-irequenily
docs-teu him that his horse i- nor I''
N Riley Grammar thinks that hors" can
H.fF | ~
owner or trainer has said.
Details might Dee given of many iudi'
vidual bets which Riley Grammar has
made. Ilo lost $1,000 on Cleaning one
aav ana So 90 on "A stceplechase the same
day. p,u0er brought 1920" into his
coffers. the C0mmoner won him BLOOD
ne also won him Si0ooo the day follow
ing. nm,
An authority ON the track says. He
has food 20 win $780, on daN rae
ing. has actually come out $500" aheai
after losing $4,000 iu one race. ana Do IT.
d. $4,000 on another. Tn few words. he
looks upon "A bet Of S2oo0 as mere ESQ
precision of mis- opinion that 20 horse has
"a GOOD chance He very seldom bets on
horse. at Odds on. and says thai MS loss
OF $4,000 on a horse last week Was ih'
first money be had lost this way I'D
very long time.
Grammar is "a young man, Who docs
credit 20 the gerat gambling fraternity.
Tie is a modern evolution of the ola uhlf'
high class gambler. Such n man SLIM
uates business I'm a ring instead ot dam
aging &c. lie maintains the prices ana
makes the public bet and with him
booking other pencillers Will handle
more money ON a race than they Wou.d
without him. lie may die pror-most
great gamblers have-but even 70 he does,
mo- one viii be- able % truthful'y say mar
Dee ever won money by other than .quare
gambling.
"It is calculated TO make fhe ordinary
mortal gasp 20 talk 10 this tau Fellow.
There is no inclination t0 blow his own
trumpet. even when one is teeklng 10
draw him out upon what for lack OF "A
better word. must Doe ca leI bic exploits
lie mentions the loss or gain ci sums
that would make "A Wall street million
aire vince with as perfect Diacld.ty ss
The average better narutes the come
and go OF his tens or twenties.
Needless 10 say hi- transactions have
been vastly exaggerated. They are every
dag. and viii Dee 500 long as he continues
90 do business on his present scale. hun-
drcds have been exaggerated mo thous-
auds. and thousands into tens OF thous-
ands Talking to him the other day. /
asked whether bee had ever taken n as
much money rs has been statfd-over
s2lo0 on certain race out of New
York
why. no." be replied. laughing "I
couldn't There IS not thar much money
IN the town
What is the largest sum you ever
stood 90 lose on d horse2
After IL m0ments pause Tor reflection
Grammar replied. "'Weu / Trims s-j.-
~ laid against Or. Hasbrouck, and he
won. TOO. / lost t20~o over Dobhins in
the same way. and those were me two
biggest losses ] ever made. IL seems as
81 there is limit SET so the amount I
shall win. I've often got up 20 "a certain
point and then always bcgiu 90 lose
Whenever / begin .o bet WY big that s
the time my luck fails me.