The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08

the enterprise was success. He later
increased the number Of his drove of
dark horses taking to England more
than 100 men on two occasions.
In 1880 he was at the height Of his pow
er: Among the others, he Controlled Hav
erly's theater. In Fourteenth street: Nib
10 s, the new Brooklyn thater and a
theater in Chicago. He started Hayerly's
Grand Athletic and Pedestrian Exercises
and the Haverly National Printing com
pany. He took the Fifth Avenue theater
on a five years lease from the GiIseys
after stephen Fiske, Maurice Grau and
max Strakosch, Succeeding to Augustin
Daly, mad had a try att it.
During the height of his prosperity his
lleutenants included most of the men who
nave come to the front in recent years as
purveyors OF. amusement. Charles Froh-
man, Daniel Frohman, AL Haynan, Gus
fave Frohman, VIII j. Davis, Harry
Mann, Frank Mckee, Frederick p.
Wright, Thomas Mcclure, Charles L. An
crews and William FitZsimmons were
among the men who We're in his employ.
he was the promoter of the Chicago
Jockey club race track. paying $15O00O for
the controlling interest He was identi-
no with various mining enterprises, and
mad ofnces in this city, Chicago, Boston
and Denver. In 1884 his love for specula-
tion caused him to overreach himself.
and ne failed. But he was always sue
ceSsful snowman, and his collapse was
due to his mining investments and the
accompanying speculations in the West
ern mining exchanges and in Wall street.
Eugene Field thus apostrophised him:
Jack Hayerly, Jack Haverly. won,
der where you are.
Are your fortunes cast with Sirius, or
meath some kindlier star?
How happens it we never see your won
drous minstrel show,
With its apt alliterations, as we used to,
years ago?
All the ebon aggregations that afiict
these modern times
IN T-f1 NV Of
of our rhymes.
And I vainly pine and banker for the
WA. Joys ~ that hat used to come,
Jack Haverly, here's hoping that
some bright, lpropitious star
your interests are,
For my heart is warm toward you for
the Joy you gave me when
glad again
To see you marching UP. the street, with
your dusky knights of song
By George, I'd heard the gang Of boys
And I'd stake that all our plaudits and
acclaims would overcome
The trumpet ump-ta-ra-ra and the big
base drum. ~ sFfsfs
Many poker stories are told of Haver-
" On one occasion he was said to have
met rich southerners on a railway train,
who suggested a little game. 'tAll right -
said Haverly. .Tn tell you ha6AIwe'll
do. Well each take 5000 and buy TWEEN
ty chips. Then we'll play one freeze-out
for the whole sum-" The Southerner
gasped but was game. In twenty min
utes his roll had passed to Haverly's in
side pocket.
Haverly's generosity was also a favor
lite with his friends. On one occasion a
treasurer Of one of his companies turned
out a defaulter. Haverly called the man
to his ,1 office and asked him to tell his
describing the temptations he had been
under. When he had finished, Haverly
said:
Got any money!
The man replied that he was absolutely
without funds. Haverly handed him a
hundred-dollar bill. told him to do hetter
next time and bade him goodbye.
The Reward of Perseverance.
Puck
George-I understand the Gottits had a
hard struggle to get into society.
Jack-I should say they had! Why, old
Gottit had to spend nearly four years in
the Klondike!