Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-23
AFTER DINNER ORATOR
Witticisms of Patrick Murphy,
a Horse Show "Find."
NEVER SMILES WHEN SPEAKING.

/ Extracts From His Speech at the Ma
fionaI Horse show Luncheon In
New YORK. which Stamped Him as
New Arrival In the Ranks Of Fur
Makers.
While it Is true that the annual horse
show usually makes a find OF some
kind that adds new interest to the en-
teltainment held in Madison Square
Garden, New York, this is the first
time that the find" has been an after
dinner orator of the first order, and
there is no doubt in the minds Of those
who heard Patrick F. Murphy, presi-
Cent of the Mark Cross company, speak
at the horse show luncheon the other
day that the show of 1903 Will be re
membered after the memory Of Subse
quent exhibitions has passed into OBJ
livion because of Mr.. Murphy's Wit
tcisms, says the New York Telegram.
Mr. Murphy, when he arose from his
seat at the table TO respond 10 the
toast, THE National Horse Show asso
ciation," to nse his own words, was
known to but q few and when he
resumed his place at the close Of his
speech had won his way into the hearts
of not only those who were privileged
to hear him, but also into the affection
of the fun loving American public.
Mr. Murphy looks the humOrist, and
ercn in ordinary conversation keen
flashes OF wit that make it impossible
to keep a straight face are continually
shown. His eyes seem TO laugh, while
his face is perfectly serious. He makes
remarks that cause those around him
to 90 into commissions, never So much
as smiling himself and only showing
his enjoyment of the fun by the twin
king of his light blue eyes.
The speech which made Mr.. Murphy
famous was in part as follows:
This is my first appearance ut any
of these gatherings, and in this great
city Of New York Il man has about as
much choice Of what is going to hap
pen to him before the sun goes down
as he had about the selection of his
name at baptism. | had no eXpecta
lion Of being called on TO respond for
the National Horse Slrow Association
of America. / am somewhat in the pc
sitiOn OF the parents at the college meet
ing where the students were thunder
ing against the stinginess of their ia
Tiers and one of the undergraduate
that these men are our fellow crea
lures And SO | would wish to claim
the same protection from you, q stran-
ger to most of you, having been born
In Edinburgh, county Of Cork, Eng
land, with a name that is distinctly and
deliciouSly Hibernian.
Il really can offer no satisfactory
reason for addressing you. l can say
nothing TO recommend me to your par
ticular attention except that / am a
Caucasian and a member of your OWE
sex. | should be pleased, very pleased
indeed, to say something in praise of
the gentlemen who have created this |
National Horse Show association. !
understand it is the nineteenth lunch
con and its twentieth year. Men from |
all parts Of the country are welcomed |
by you. Some men eminent in other |
cities, weary with unsatisfactory pros
perity, have come to New York. For |
instance, there is Mr. Rockefeller, that |
young Iochinvar who has come out of |
the west and whose chief mission Oh !
earth seems to be the pouring of /
Standard OH on the troubled vinegar