Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

concern was beyond eighty when he Died
and yet every business day, ram OF snllIe'
storm or calm. he was at his place OF pusl-
ness on Union Square, keeping an eye on
the minutest details of his business almost
up to the time of his death.
About the only notable mlllOnare OF new
York who has virtually given up work ana
who has so announced is William g MT
ney A couple of years ago ne pesan "
gradually withdraw from active particip pa
ton in business and to put his vast holu
ings in many great enterprises IN sucn
shape that they could practically take care
of themselves.
I'm tired of work" he said at the time
| land I'm pretty nearly through with II.
| I've at least done my share. / m ABOUT
| sixty years old now and I'm pretty cpll-
fortably fixed this with somewhat hu-
morous smile mo man, in my opinion
should work after he's sixty If he can ar ar
| ford to quit. l can afford to quit, ana l m
| quitting I'm going to enjoy myself LOT me
| rest of my days I'm glad to say that
| have still the capacity for enJoyment-fact
| is / believe I'm as capable of enjoying my
self as much right now as my son harry
| or any of the rest of the youngsters Anu
my fun ought to be all the keener because
| rye worked hard to reach the point where
| I could indulge in fun. I'm going to en-
deavor to make the next ten years or my
life the most enjoyable and restful L nave
known.
whitney Likes Horses.
"It's an acute pleasure of mine to see my
race horses run-and win I've already won
the English Derby with an English horse
running in my colors. Now | want 10 WIN
the Derby with an American-bred colt IN
my colors But that's only one OF the
things 1 want to do. l want to shoot, hsh'
swim and lob about at random, without
any peremptory business demands to beck.
on me back. I'm arranging Things so ina
ii will be vain for you young gentlemen OF
the press to rush to me for Information
when there's a peculiar financial situation
I won't know anything about hnance.
No I don't agree with Mr.. Carnegie that
a man who dies rich dies disgraced; but |
do believe that man who dies rlch, anu
who has been rich for long while, ana
who has failed to knock off money-getung
long enough to go after whatever fun he
can find in life. has shown himself to be a
very foolish man."
From mentioning possible winners of the
English Derby in Mr.. Whitney's stable of
race horses to writing down the name Of
Nav J.. the alleged race mare. is step
from the sublime to the ridiculous. But as
the despised May ]. is probably going to
race at Benning during the approaching
meeting word or two about the extra
ordinary performance which the mare af-
| forded some 1900 race-attending New
| Workers the other afternoon ought TO be IN
| order.
Almost from the beginning of the metro
! politan racing season the mare May j. has
! been byWord and joke among race fol-
| lowers around here. She was the mos.
! consistent taIl-ender in training from the
| opening of the first meeting. Last in the
! procession was her position for exactly
! twentv-nine races. Along toward the mid
| die of the season they got to betting that
she would finish last. and those who were
| foolish enough to accept bets against this
! proposition soon learned their lesson, for
! they lost out on it every time. In some of
/ 1..f- Nov r no oil oct or
! eighth of a mile. She didn't appear to be
| able to fast enough to keep herself
| warm even on the most blistering days of
| the midsummer. Her owner raced her con-
| stantly. in order to claim horses out Of
! selling races. Once when May J. at
| the Sheepshead Bay meeting in September,
| she went to the post at these figures: 10 coo
! to l to win. 4 600 to l to run second ami
| 1000 to / 10 SHOW or run third. And
| yet. Notwithstanding her atrocious record
| and the fact that her place at the wire
! was invariably last. there were always
| holiday folk willing enough to risk few
| dollars on her chances ACROSS the board"
! About a month ago May Us owner sold
| the Door despised mare to the son of
| once famous jockey for $50. He would
| have given her away had he not been able
| to sell her for the 500.
May Us Good Work.
| One day last week this under dog" May
J., was entered in a race at the Aqueduct
/ rave IIdCh lux Idlu6u SedT-OiOS ID
motley parcel of animals that had never
| won a race. There were twenty of them
entered, and every last one of them went
| to the POST. When May Us name was
| posted a starter there was the usual
| bolster Gus laugh among the wise ones, and
| the terms land crab and mud turtle
! and goat and skate and steam roller
| flew about, as they always did when May
! Us name was mentioned. Few OF the
horses in the race were known, but. even
! at that, May j., as a simple matter OF
| course, was made the rank outsider by
] the bookmakers. One Of them made her
| price 1000 to /. but when quite a number
| of needy-looking -''pikers" swooped upon
| him and took that price In 50 and S. bets
| he rubbed" the odds and made May J. 500
to to win. After while. so steady was
| the stream of 81 and S. and even $40 bets
! at this figure that he rubbed" again, so
that May ]. closed In his book, as she did
| all over the ring, at 300 to l. Scores of bets
| were registered at this figure. and every
| time bookmaker took in a bill on the
| Joke mare he laughed in the better's teeth
! The queer assemblage of race-betting wo-
| men who attend the races every day around
| New York, year in and year out, mystifyng
| everybody as to where and how they man.
| age TO get the money to keep pounding
| away at the difficult game, bet their small
| bills with eagerness on May j. Their femi-
nine intuition seemed to conquer their mere
| reason, and they argued 1t that MAY J
would De Dound 10 Win-Some day. A GER
| tain bookmaker became the butt of all of
| his companions In the ring when he bet $500
| on May ]. across the board at 200, so and
| 40. thus standing to WIN $50, 900 in case of
! May Us success -
with midget of an apprentice Jockey on
| her back, who had never ridden a winner
in his young life-the tot of horse rider
| only weighed some sixty-five pounds, and
| had to carry lot of lead pads to make the
mares weight in the race. eighty-eight
| pounds-May j. walked sereneIy, il rather
| sluggishly, to the post. There was only
| half minutes tockeying for position at
rier. The midget aboard of her was so ex-
cited that he didn't use his spurs on the
/ despised mare or start In to use his whip
on her ike HALL Instead he merely cluck-
| ed to the downtrodden. and meek-looking
| joke mare In order to get her away from the
post and under way--and thea II happened.