The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-21
AFTER DINNER ORATOR
Witticisms Of Patrick Murphy,
a Horse Show Find
NEVER sMILEs WHEN SPEAKING

Extracts From His speech at the Ma.
tionai Horse show Luncheon In
New York, which stamped him a.
a New Arrival In the Ranks Of Fun
Makers.
While it is true that the annual horse
show usually makes a end" Of some
kind that adds new interest to the en-
tertainment held ii 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 +. Murphy, presl-
Gent Of the Mark Cross company, speak
at the horse show luncheon the other
day that the show Of 1903 win be re-
membered after the memory Of subse-
quent exhibitions has passed into OBJ
livlon because Of Mr.. Murphys Wit
ticisms, says the New York Telegram.
Mr.. Murphy, when he arose from his
seat at the table TO respond to the
toast THE National Horse Show asso-
ciation,7 to use his own words. was
known to but a 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
even 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 81 the fun by The twin
king of his light blue eyes
The speech which made Mr. Murphy
famous was In part as follows:
'sThis Is my first appearance at any
Of these gatherings, and In this great
city Of New York a man has about as
much choice Of what Is going to hap
pen to him before the sun goes down
as be had about the selection Of his
name at baptism. | had no expecta
ton Of being called on to respond for
the National Horse show Association
Of America. | am somewhat In the POI
sition Of the parents at the college meet
ing where the students were thunder
ing against the stinginess of their ia
theirs and one Of the undergraduates
arose and said, Let us not forget, boys,
that these men are our fellow crea-
lures And SO | would wish to claim
the same protection from you, a stran-
ger TO most Of you, having been born
IN Edinburgh, county Of Cork, Eng
land, with name that is distinctly and
delicously Hibernian
Il really can offer no satisfactory
reason for addressing you | can say
nothing 10 recommend me to your par
ticular attention except that ! am d
Caucasian and a member of your own
sex. ! should be pleased, very pleased
indeed, to say something iii praise OF
the gentlemen who have created this
National Horse Show association.
understand 1t Is the nineteenth lunch
con and its twentieth year Men from
all parts Of the country are welcomed
hy 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 Lochinvar who has come out Of
the west and whose chief mission on
earth seems to be the pouring of
Standard OH on tie troubled vinegar
of Sunday school problems, and he in
cldentally mentions that money il not
all But, gentlemen. many things can
be bought with money.
IF money Is not all it takes i man
with money to find 1t out.
Then there is that other gentleman
we have from across the water Mr..
Carnegie the star spangled Scotch
man, handing out libraries. re IS
what You might call a humorist in
money, giving away great sums to the
confusion Of oh statistics and the de-
spair Of all readers OF the Arabian
Nights. | do not know what we are
going to do with the generalization
that viii result from his labors. He |
really should take a leaf out Of the
book Of that Boston lady who used to
have separate bookcases for the male
and female authors. An Irlshman, a
countryman of mine, could only ex-
plain by supposing that she did not /
wish to Increase her librarv.n
This horse show speech was not Mr..
Murphy's first after dinner speech, by |
any means
Il used to speak quite frequently |
when was in Boston" said Mr.. Muir
ply II had occasion to speak there
very frequently. but since I've been in
New York ry opportunities have been
more limited"