The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
DROKUP, A
PROMOTER.
Ups and Downs OF Man Who Can
Always Make Money but Can
Never Keep What He Makes.

/ The taller of the two men coming up
! Broadway was evidently from the West.
| They were coming past the lower end OF
the Post Office when they ran plump into a
dignified. lciSurey gentleman whom even
the casual observer would have set down
positively for Yankee of the regulation
New England type.
The Westerner stopped short az he saw
the other and then thrust forward his
brawny right hand and sang out in a vioce
whose carrying quality revealed its prairie
training:
"Prokup. by the Lord Harry! What are
you doing here? / haven't seen you for
coon's age"
The man addressed halted and looked the
Westerner over coolly. Then a smile of
recognition came over his face and he
grasped the preferred hand warmly and
gave 1t such putAp-handlng as one rarely
sees performed by the genuine Yankee.
Hello, Reese" he said. "Pm glad TO
see you. Where did you come FROM"
Just now from Wall Street." answered
the Westerner. Been looking over the
cattle and game markets down there for
while First time | ever saw bulls and bears
together, you know.
rh.r. ,,s , Co.., ,,;,,,, 81 ,,..,,. 800,
rers,t;on anI ,hn,, ~, ,,,,, ,i,l,,,,,,,,, -,
proL,,n nIa.d.d , hue;,nsa ,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,
and went on downtown,
4Th,r, all ,ho u-.,., =, IL; e.;,
as Prolup disappeared in the crowd down
Broadway, lis the best demonstration
ever saw of the truth of the old saying that
you can't keep good man down"
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~ 'o' ,"' >''''' va" N9' ,'"s up anu
'he rairoaus were seliiile on 'he'r grants
Mt next to nothing to get settlers in. Pro-
kup arranged to handle lot Of that land
n nd then started in 70 hoorn the country
@uo ,ool, nav ,hat saan,ad ,r,io,h.,.
ne 'ooN "'y .'i'' se.ii,'' i',sn'
strange 10 me, ana the result showed mat
he had made mistake, but it was his first
venture in promoting. and he didn't forget
the lesson He organized great horse fair
y. =, -. ~, -, .,
a' gu, 'oWh' !" was d" au9"'u p'ooee"-
ing, for there wasn't enough good horse
flesh in that part of the State to get lp a
goo a show. and there weren't people enough
to mako il nav for ono dav
ar,... ,i,r,. D., .,,..L ~.
INA. uiu,i e'oi' f'oNup' 'housi ne
fenced IN half section OF bottom land down
below the station. put up exhibition build
inps and built a track He had stables
80, , ,,.ox,I,.onI o,,d all ,Lo o,,,,,,,,
ana sfanos'aho ana al, ,he aPpur'e-
nances' linen ne advertised big purses ana
actually got lot of cracks entered for his
races. Rarus, with a record of 2:l7 was
tho ton-potc h.r of tho trotters in those davs
Wv Nv " ~
anu frohup sot Nun io' MS '"o" anu uu-
vertised exhibition heats against time.
There was to be big fair along with the
rest and all the farmers were to bring in
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'''e'' INV ~ ", f y, ''''N' e rri I Wv,
so on, anu .licie was W ne oaps sloN anu
hread-naRhs contests anu oall games ana
a balloon ascension; IL was the real tnlhR
IN the fair me- l ten Von' ana II "astoruha
week. ,, n, a., .,..
We'll uiu. IroNup saw 'me th,hg
through, ana every'hmihs wen. on as ne hau
advertised IL WAS an mere Du, the people
10 pay lor II ahu 'h'y uiuh hve III tile
state yet ana Prokup nad hsgecteo o ar
range LOT excursions from Ne" ioIk ana
engage ana other Hielropohtah pohNs'
1t TOOK several Gays 70 nsure up Jlsl
how iar Prokup was III tne ilole "lltti II was
all over, but there WASH any more cnance
OF his paying out man mere Is OF my pelhR
the next klng OF England frokup gave
up the eholt 10 boom iand III 'ha' country
and just faded away
we didn't hear ior some Nimc where ne
had gone lhen up ne poooeu as pro
moter OF railroad deal IN mountain Guy
further West
There We're Two railroahs that mace
that city, but neither OF them hau secured
an entrance into the place BON STATIONS
were mile or more away from tne business
part OF town: ProKup slZeu mat tnhg up
Just right, He concluded that either one
of those roads would pay good price lot