The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
TINES CHANGES
ASTONISH HIM
Charles Reed Returns to
San Francisco After Alb
Sence Of Just Fifty Years
WINS FORTUNE ON TURF
Gains Fame Through Efforts
to Purchase 0rmOnde, but
Is 0utbid by Macdonougll

Charles Reed, who has won a fortune
on the turf of America and Europe, is
back in San Francisco after an absence
Of just fifty years. He has been at
the st. Francis Hotel for a week and
is spending his time looking over the
great city that has sprung up since he
left here in "a. However, he is al
ways willing TO forego his sightseeing
for an hour to talk of old times, of
events that have made him famous
among racing men and to voice bits
from his book Of droll philosophy.
Yes" he hazarded yesterday, after
announcing that he had nothing to say,
''it is true that I once sought to add
the great Ormonde to my racing string.
went to the Argentine Republic to
purchase Ormonde and bid s13o, 900 for
him. but a cable from w. OBJ. Mac
Donough of your city here raised the.
bid to $4,000 and I let the good
horse go. 1t is just as well. however,
as developments proved, though 1
never look to the past.
My philosophy is that every day
marks the birth of a new world to me-
am here with my wife (she is s. and
am IS years Of age), and we enjoy
every day Of our lives. We will leave
tomorrow morning for Los Angeles
and from there we will go to FL Paso,
thence TO Mexico. From there we will
go to Paris, where they know how to
cook. and eat better than any other
people on the globe. Then we will get
ready TO go to Australia, where we in
tend enjoying ourselves.
This iS cftx
now. When I was here last the city's
landmark was an old adobe house at
Washington and Kearny streets. L
find that the people here are up 10 New
York in everything. Your. hotels are as
fine as anything they have in the East
and the way the city has grown up in
general is marvellous. When was
here last there was no racetrack in the
vicinity. Now I see you have as, fine
racing courses as there are in America
and 1 am glad to see that this great
sport is progressing.
L am an optimist regarding racing
Some complain that men lose their
money at the track, which is not good,
but 1 say that when one man loses
his money and becomes respondent Gf
he is a pessimist), another man wins
this money and becomes correspond
ingly optimistic. So you see everything
is equal and in the end all are happy.
I came TO the mines Of this State
in '49 and made a success Of my VEN
ture. Then turned TO racing and
made a success of that. 1 have never
had failure in my life and it is be-
cause I turn my back on the reyerses
Of yesterday and look forward to the
promises Of tomorrow.
4 have disposed Of all my horses and
do not expect to enter the racing game
again. But no one can tell what may
happen. 1 cannot tell what may hap
pen TO me the next minute, but one
thing is sure: have enjoyed my whole
life and hope TO enjoy many more
years I want TO live till 1 reach the
ICO-year mark; then I want a terrific
case Of smallpox to cleanse my system
SO I can live sixty years more. This
is how well I enjoy life, and all can
do the same If they but make up their
minds that they were born for the
world and that the world was not born
TO suit their various whims and
moods"