The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-07
CAESAR YoUNG'S RISE
FROM POVERTY TO RICHES,
Fell in Love With a Girl Injured in
the street, Welded Her and She
Was His Mascot.

the Street, Welded Her and She
Was His Mascot.
From the New York World.
Few men of wealth operating now
adays on the turf have had such pic
turesque or romantic careers as
Caesar" Young in his meteoric flight
from poverty TO comparative wealth
back to poverty. and then to riches
again. The element of luck-good luck
figures more in his life than in that
of most men, only to yield at last TO a
fatal climax.
Nobody knows Caesar" Young as
Frank T. Young, yet by that name he
was christened. His early victories on
the cinder-path and athletic field as a
mere lad caused him TO be nicknamsd
Caesar and his later triumphs at the
race courses forced the name of
Caesar" upon him with greater stress.
Around the year 1890 the Manhattan
Athletic Club and the New York Ath-
letic Club were fighting hard TO hold
the various athletic championships. II
became necessary for the Manhattan
Club to send a committee to Europe to
get some champions there. They had
had Billie" Young, who was cham
pion long-distance and cross-countTy
runner of England. But he had gone
to Australia and the committee from
the Manhattan Athletic Club decided
to bring the younger brother, Caesar,
to this country and star him. He was
a good runner and won the champion
ships here as rapidly as his brother
could have done. This was the begin
ming of his good luck. Free board at
the Manhattan Athletic Club was al
lowed to him and he secured work in
the business office of member at $12
a week.
It wasn't long, however. before the
downfall of the Manhattan Athletic
Club came An interesting story was
recently related by Young Of how at
this particular period of his life he
came to meet his wife-the woman who
waited for him on a pier TO go to Eu-
rope and enjoy some of the pleasures
made possible by the fortune which
had come his way.
Saw His Future Wife.
Young was sitting in his room al
the club watching a Decoration Day
parade. Suddenly he saw young girl
supporting another girl taller than her
self who had apparently been run over
or knocked down and injured. The
younger girl dragged the injured one
to the steps of the club house and laid
her down there. In an instant Young
was beside her; he lifted her into the
club house and sent for a physician.
When the girl came TO her senses
Young saw the prettiest pair of eyes
he had ever seen, and he fell in love
with the girl ne had befriended-
The girls name was Margaret Beck
er: she was II years old and a daugh-
ter Of well-to-do parents. She became
much interested in the athletic games
after that, and whenever Caesar
Young entered them he knew that he
was being waved on to victory by his
fair young sweetheart. They were mar
RED. although the day Young stood
with his bride at the altar he had 10
pawn a $3.50 stop watch for $50 10 get
money enough 20 support ms wife
the irst few weeks He began 10 see
that there was not enough money In
athletics for a married man and went
to work with the Western Union Tele-
graph Company in Brooklyn, in charge
of the messenger boys
Later he secured a position with Ma
honey. known in those days as the
poolroom king" and began to try his
luck on the races. He saved up from
his WINNINGS etsNl1s nan VI Will ne
raid for a race horse. The other half
was spent in getting the race horse in
condition for racing. and then the horse
died and Caesar" Young was once
again dead broke
HIS wife His Mascot.
He was not the kind of fellow to
Stav down hong He went back TO
Mshoney and worked as q clerk. max
ing books at New Haven with the
Yale students. He played the races
with rare judgment and soon got ahead
again. He had several thousand dol
lars ito the good" and decided 70
60 into the business for himself. He
followed the horses on the Western
tracks. He and his wife went @
Chicago ana Young made book al
Washington PARK. His wife was his
mascot, he always said. and II die
seem that whenever she placed money
on a race Il brought IN returns whic
she stored away as reserve capital.
Young bought two mares from q
sreeflsr Vim needed money paying 49,