Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-12
The Row in the
Berkshire Club
BY JOHN n. BATTERY

II
IN shire club first split into fac
tions. but il did, and when the an
nual election of a president began
20 be discussed Tuck" Jackson be-
came the natural candidate against
Roswell Posthorn Tolliver. present
incumbent and leader of the ruling
clique. Tuck. whose name is in the
blue book as Tucker Devices Jackson,
capitalist. had personal reasons for
wishing the downfall of TOlliver, and
they dated back nearly two years,
OF TO the time when Tuck tried To
get his cousin Harry into the club.
Tolliver. who was an unmitigated
snob, set his stubborn head against
letting Harry in and tried 10 reason
Tuck out Of the idea Of getting the
boyle was only 2l-into a club
which was quite beyond his means.
Of course. Harry took umbrage 1t
this line Of talk and gave the %
jector the retort sarcastic. Then Toll
liver went among his friends 10 such
good purpose that Harry was black
balled when his name came up for
election to membership.
As a matter Of fact, Harry Jackson
was poor enough, but the chief OBJ
lection against him was his personal
appearance and general makeup. Not
over five feet tall red-headed, skinny,
ireckled and bOw-legged from CON
tinuOus horseback riding. the can
didate was regarded as quite de trOp
in the sanctified and ultra smart cir
Gle Of the Berkshire Country club.
Furthermore the little fellow dressed
like country jockey, and not all
his cOurtly punctiliousness, not all
his ready wit and acknowledged su-
periority as a crossscountry rider,
polo crack and marksman could off
set in the eyes of the fashionab BILE fac
tiOn his gaucheries of dress and his
perfectly ludicrous physique" as
they described il. However, Tucks
rev with the Tolliver clique over
Harry's defeat had been almost for
gotten by most of the members, and
the opponents of the snob element
were quite content to wage a war
of ballots upon the single issue of
Tuck's popularity with the real sport
ing element of the club.
Converts had been won to the re-
voting faction, but a careful canvass
of the life members revealed the fact
that the election for president must
be so close that tie was the best
that Tuck could expect. Nobody but
life members could vote, but as near.
ly every man in the organization had
that standing there was no trouble
in forecasting the vote. MAY 81 was
the day set for the election. and a
programme of many field sports was
arranged for the purpose of bring
ing out a full attendance of the mem |
bers and their families. The chief
feature of the sport was to be the |
of new half-mile race
track, then nearing completion. and |
the horsey element of the club were |
training their thoroughbreds for six |
weeks before the event. Tuck Jack |
son, as chairman of the board of |
stewards, had charge of the sports.
and as his associates belonged TO the |
anti-Tolliver faction there was much |
chagrin when the snobbish president /
entered two of his best thorough
breds in the Life-Members' free-for-
ALL The announcement that Tolliyer
was in with his cracks DISCOURAGED
me younger sportsmen, many of
whom were eager for a chance at the |
first prize, which was nothing less
han a life membership in the Berk.
shire. Most of them were horse
Door" and couldn't raise the $4,000 re-
luired for the coveted certificate. and
none had racer that could hope 10
'eat Posthorn. the Lexington geIding
hat had already walloped every gen.
leman-ridden horse in the county.
The old crouch wants 10 win that
membership for Roswell, thatchuckle-
Ieaded son Of his" growled Tuck
r TO the stewards. He's too close
sted TO buy him one"
But Tolliyer was obdurate TO their
ELECTIONS. Under the rules any eli
ible gentleman in or out Of the club
ould compete, he said, and he, for
ne, didn't propose to have the rich ,
rize carried on by an outsider. "The
lles of that race are too open" lac
Nplained TO Tuck. "All the riders :
ave 10 do to qualify is TO get ten I
fe members 20 vouch for them. ] !
mt propose to take any chance OF l