The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-12

OO0 OJo When Mr.. Schreiber could do more
! on 500 than Mr.. Arnold could on s2ca.-
1 90. Mr.. Arnold was clearly doing poor busi-
| ness.
| A man of good address and manner, Ar
mold surrounded himself with the most
pleasant fellows in the sport. His brother:
| hi; books. He delightful man to
| talk to. All his clerks. bookmakers, track
men and assistants were equally popular
ARNOLD NOT RATED EXPERT.
Mr.. Arnold was not rated horseman or
hookmaker. ktley and Tomlnson, his track
| men, bought his horses. Billy Walsh made
his book. Arnold looked on and managed
| affairs generally. Walsh won some 81 500
for him at the Fair Grounds in the fall of
| 1901. but lost most of it at New Orleans
on the track and in a poolroom opened in
Parson DavieSS billiard room. He lost S. 900
bank rolls at New orleans that winter, but
| came to St Louis with money in May.
Then Peaceful won the Inaugural and sail-
| ing was plain.
| 1t has been said that the victory of Peace-
ful in the Inaugural was a life-saver for Ar
nold's company. According to report the
United States authorities were harassinY
| the concern for miSus1ng the mails. When
| Peaceful made good the company showed
tanning the story of the great race evil
dence of good faith, substantially and abii-
ity.
Up to last July Tom Miles trained the
stable at salary of so a month. very small
pay. Tom Kiley, who succeeded Miles. got
$500 a month. This about evidences the in
months.
Mr Arnold always went to the track with
his wife and SON mrs Arnold is a lady of
exceeding charm of manner. shy and re-
tiring She always dressed in black. In even
ing dress. her splendid diamonds attracted
general attention. Mr.. Arnolds little son
always was with his parents. He has
pair of s,rikingly brilliant black eyes. and
used to shout for the success OF the horses
racing in his fathers colors with the great
est enthusias SIN.
After the races Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold in
varfably left the track together, with the
Junior member of the family trotting after
them.
Arnold was lavish with his money. He
never refused to contribute to worthy
cause and was seldom known to refuse the
request of any race-track regular for
Few of the men who attempted to dupli-
cate Arnold's record in the cooperative
turf-investment business ever succeeded In
making dollar for themselves prior to
their debut as prospective money makers on
other persons capital.
to read how these turf experts were going
to make per cent weekly for friends.
strangers and enemies; This phase Of the
the unsuspecting public, for the simple rea.
son that they had no real knowledge of
what sort OF a proposition they were really
Liberal TO ToUTING OWNERS.
Arnold's policy was to pay literally for
New Orleans tried to get him to bet for
them every time they thought he had
chance TO win.
Nose Goldblatt made him win some swell
bets in December and the money orders
Nose received as his share of the candy"
nearly killed the other owners at New Or
leans with jealousy. The day that Arnold's
own horse. Brown Vail. won at 100 to l. the
stable failed to bet dollar on the mare
The victory proved fine thing for the
firm from an advertising standpoint, how
ever.
Arnold himself devoted his energies to the
actual management of the bookmaking and
horse-racing departments of the concern.
The office end of the company was taken
care of by l.. A. Gill. who had two able
assistants. Bishop and FOute.
Bishop is tall. thin. gray -whskered in.
dividual. who has been managing the breed
ing farm He could tell the pedigree of any
of the Arnold horses, but he had the happy
faculty of being too able to explain success
fully what enormous profits are to be made
in the breeding business.
Nobody ever made a dollar breeding thor
oughbreds. but Mr.. Bishop mapped out a
system of conducting the business that he
said would revolutionize the whole industry.
Neither Gill nor Foute seems to have any
real knowledge Of the turf. Gill was seldonr>,
seen on the track.
Representative Tichacek of South ST.
Louis acknowledged to the writer that he
was an agent Of the Arnold company and
that several of his relatives had some
like ESQ in the company.
brother Of a wealthy State Senator from
Southeast Missouri also has $500 in the
Arnold concern. This mans brother de-
nounced Senator Ernest Martin for intro
ducing his resolution of investigation and
held Martin responsible for Arnold's de-
termination to close UP shop temporarily.
Most of the persons who invested in the
cooperative companies admitted when
questioned that they were taking a chance
last until after the Worlds Fair" was the
invariable reply to queries as to the possi-
oiiity OF the company going I'D in smoke.