Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21

few chances for them. You know there are
not many events in which foreign horses
are allowed to compete.
American trotters? We read of the
American trotters at the Levallois track
every now and then.
"They amount to nothing There is just
one good foreign horse here that Irish
jumper General Peace. that beat them all
again the other day. And, as rule, for
eign horses do well to stay away from
France, the only place in the world where
/ have seen horses go three miles at their
full speed from the fall of the flag. They
make every post the winning post and
keep Il up in way that is killing. AT home
our MISUNDERSTANDING the heaviest
weighted, they are generally the best-do
not go any faster than they must. They
take it easy every now and then You can't
do that on the Auteuii track where you see
the best jumping racing in the world"
DO you know OF any American winners
at these French races?
No American Winners.
There are none." answered Sheedy. You
can't get the Frenchmen's money from
them at the races any more than else
where. My advice to Americans in Paris IS
to do like the man in David Harum-put
their money either in themselves or on
themselves. and not go mixing it up with
any Frenchman's money. 1t will get lost III
the shuttle. A letter of credit is preferable
to a letter of introduction. 1t speaks t.
everybody. in all languages while the let
ter of introduction is bore and a delu-
sion.'
Yet we heard the other day about that
clerk in the American commissariat of the
exposition who has made such big, steady
| winnings at Longchamps with his progress
sive system of backing What was it
| Jockeys or stables?'
Yes. yes We hear of winner now and
| then" replied Sheedy, in a tone of weary
resignation, but these winners on the race
/ ka eli <1t
| of July-we see them go up, but we don,
| see them come down. If that clerk were &c
| tend to his business, instead of monkeyine
| with the races. he would come out better
| winner at the end
What about the Casino at Cairo? Are
| you going to have the concession agar
next winter? Tell us something about the
| hlgh-limit baccarat and trente-et-quarante
| you deal down there.
Don't say anything about that" imploret
| Sheedy. You can say that l know Egypt
pretty well. that l am pretty well known
| in the bazars. and have often been of serv-
ice to Americans when they were in doub,
as to the value of Persian rugs"
1T have heard about that great prayer
rug of yours 1 said. rs it such a won
| der as the London papers made it out?"
Judge for yourself" said Sheedy.
He stepped into an adjoining room, where
we heard him wrestling with trunk
| Soon he returned-ths sporting man. who
| is supposed to spend his days the race
track and his nights over the green table,
with no ideas outside a sporting life. In
his arms he held the rug. He threw it
| out, and 1t unrolled 1t fell. a glorious
| splash of shifting glints of red, blue. yell
low. gold black, green and orange. magi-
| cally changing the long, silky nap fell
| of its own weight, now light, now dark
two rugs in one.
Look at those tints, Look at those
| linte hat a1f ,aI
| its shape is that of a prayer rug Prayer
rugs have plain centers. They are plain
rugs, meant for use. to pray on. You dc
not imagine i go paving around on this
| one. do you? 1t is an ornamental rug, q
picture rug. The Moslem prayer is in the
| center and all the blessings are in the cor
ners. 1t is a rug to hang on the wall and
| look at, The Americans who come tC
Egypt think l am judge of rugs. I am 6
| Judge Of prices. Last year in the Constan
| tinople custom house, where the dealers
of the whole world come to get their stock
| We're 72000 Persian, Turkish and IndiaT
| rugs With Mr.. Scoring. buyer for Mr.
Sloan of New York, / went through tina
entire stock As for this particular rug,
had seen It hanging in Cairo bazaar fol
| years. and always wanted 1t. The ole
| merchant, who had held it twenty-five
years at the price of Il 200. at last died
| The rug was bought at auction by another
merchant-never mind for how much. He
got short of money later on. and l bought
1t from him at the price he paid for it
plus one years interest"
lis 1t for sale?' 1 asked. What Dc
you hold 1t at?'
Most everything has its price, replied
! the sporting. man. not the rug amateur
land If rich American should offer 50. OOt
for it l suppose he would get 1t. But I'm
not anxious to part with it. because Their,
are only many of these ancient Persian
rugs in existence. and their value goes VI
every year. This one is 205 years old, ant
l have its pedigree and history
Strange Hobbies.
Here was a sporting man whose hobb.
was so much oriental aesthetics that i
was hard to get him back to earth. II
the same way / recently met an authority
on decorative art whose chief aim in Paris
| seemed to be to witness French dot
fight The mind of man is complicated
Nevertheless / ventured.
There is no comparison between gam
bling in Europe and in America" saiS
Sheedy. taking a back tack. because owe
| there they are afraid to give you any limit
measly 500! 1 suppose they couldn't d.
much better IL they wanted to. becaus
they haven't got the public; but the thin
Ii they don't want to. They are an liz
norant lot. the gamblers of America
Every mothers son of them-with. one ex