The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

fortune 40 that when Guiteau's shot para
lyzed the country Keene was believed 70
he at the end Of the road. He went, on des-
perately, rallying by an occasional coup.
but being overwhelmed by the collapse Of
deal In Northern Pacific. He then took
to dealing in privileges. and he sold these
80 recklessly and the market turned SO
unfortunately that he entangled himself
beyond hope Of redemption, and ON April
30, 1894. gave notice OF suspension. On
that day he said to THE SUN,
in an effort to maintain my position on
falling market | have paid out millions
Of dollars within few months to protect
my privileges. and finally determined to-
day to call a halt for the general protection
Of all with whom have business
As MIR. keene was not member OF the
Stock Exchange and not formally estab-
lished in business as banker or broker. the
usual methods of announcing "a suspension
We're not open to him.
MIR. keene got back into the market
again, for he couldn't I've kept out, and when
success came to him he paid all the debts
that were outstanding when he suspended
in 1884. He turned bull as stocks made
unprecedented advances with the incoming
OF this century and was credited with getting
out at a profit. His bear campaigns, TO
which his natural tastes seemed to force
him, were the losing ventures of his recent
wears He was assailed bitterly by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit management in
1880 and was charged with being the source
OF the r,mors affecting that stock. Again
he was credited with inspiring the attacks
on the State Trust Company in 400, which
resulted in the merger Of that company
with the Merton Trust Company. Then
came the Metropolitan deal, an attack on
the same interests that had been assailed
in the other bear movements
In the far past Mr.. keene whose specially
.lsAs NHx.<l
to manipulate SIgrr Chicago Gas. American
Distilling and other stocks. He always
had an intense fondness for horse racing.
Almost from the time he came from the
Pacific Coast until he failed in 1884 he had
stable Of thoroughbreds. II Ia possibly
true that Foxhall was the most celebr' ted
horse he ever owned. because Of HIS triumphs
both on the French and the English turf.
But If FoShall was the most Celebre ted
horse that Keene ever o~ned. Domino
won more money than any other horse that
ever carried Mr.. Keene's colors, and keene
caused to he engraved on the monument
which he erected over DominO's grove in
the Blue Grass country the stntement that
the horse was the x! NEST thoroughbred
that ever looked through a bride.
Other famous horses tat have been
owned by Mr.. Keene are Chorister,, st.
leonards, who ran second TO 8oundless
IN the American Derby Of 1892; Horoscope.
Conroy, Commando, Car and Bells, who won
the English Oaks year before last: Tommy
Atkins, Olynpian. DazzliAg, WHO fell
in the race for the English Oaks this year;
Whitechapel, Buster and Surbton, MIR.
keene's horses this year have not been
particularly successful, the two-year-old
Palmbearer being the most consistent per-
former of his two-year- odds.
After Domino broke down Mr.. Keene
re"lized the dream of his life in having
stock form on which he could breed the
horses which ha raced The farm. CT He'd
the Castleton Sud. near Lexington, XIV.
is one OF the finest stock farms in the United
St7tes There he installed Domino and
other sires and M irons. and there he bred
Commando and Con~ov and Cap and Bells
and other horses tat have won races for
him on both sides OF the Atlantio, After
C"rand Bells won the English Oaks year be-
fore + st, Mr.. Kecne divided the purse
equs lily between certain English and Ameri-
cen hospitcls. Two Of Mr.; Keenes horses,
Rigo!on and Cardinal Wolsey, are entered
for the Brighton Derby to-day.