The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-18
scLARENcE MCDOWELL AN Ex.
aJIsITE IN THE Full SENSE
o He TERMS He s:
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NEW YORK.

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NEW YORK.
Clarence mcdowell has reduced Hv-
ing to- a fine art He is an exquisite
III the highest sense Of the word. In
searching for as parsonage Of similar
CHARACTERISTICS and sniceties of life
zone must go 8backSto Beau Brummel,
or leap through the ages to Petronius,
the Roman arbiter of Eelegance. Few
s men 8of the present age can approach
him iii the ability to extract from ex-
Sist ence al that is richest and most
luxurious. He is no Berry Wall, 20
sstartler of fashion Those VINO knew
In well sa he Is the best dressed
man Few oTiiss and probably the
man who Ives best ard makes liring
bay l,f,a ne iarges returns, says the
press.
the small details of life that care
gless donsff col:nt at all are shown
homie esactioas Of Clarence
oassl te1pera nent. i: IS in
thee u tie things tfiat he ;liastrates
the ma stery Of tie AIT OF living.
There Is an exactness of detail in the
man S attire; for instance, that har-
monies to a dot with his exactness
nf habi t. o3more would he leave his
apartments with e carelessly tied
shoelace than he would enter the din
ing room of his one minute later than
his usual time. In his attire there is
no note at jars IN color or design
any more than in his d emeanors could
be found a single ripple to ruffle his
abitna1 serenity
aIcDowellsi is known by sight to hun
sdreds of thousands of persons; he
known more intimately by a very
small percentage of that number. His
position as racing judge at all the
principal courses in the East and
South during the last IS years or SO
has made him a figure to a multitude.
And his; remarkable nicely in garb
has given him a distinction among
persons to whom rainant is subject
sof much Importance. He wears
clothes at times that on other men
would approach loudness. But he
wears them with a complete harmony
of ensemble that somehow makes
them merely elegant and artistic.
Ample opportunity is given to Nc
DoWeu to indulge his pendants both
by reason of his income and his oc-
equation His actual days work is
from minutes to half an hour. He
arrive at his pulpit at 1925 P. NJ
five minutes before the first race of
the: day is scheduled to start-never
aminute sooner or later. He remains
there until the last race has been
finished and the last jockey has re-
ceived his Official nod as permission
to disnount and weigh in, which is
$50 o'clock. During
this period of three hours, however,
there has been nothing requiring his
scrutiny except while races are
actually being run, a space of two
minutes or less to each race. Now
and then a wrangle, a protest or a
bit OF inquiry stretches the working
time a few minutes. 1t is an ardu
Gus day when Judge Mcdowell has
to work a whole hour.
He oficiates at the tracks at Ben
nings, AGueduct, Jamaica Morris
Park. Grayesend, Sheepshead Bay,
Beach, Saratoga and New
pay lie
tracks is $50 "a day, or $500 a week.
At New Orleans it is 5000 week.
$33s3a day. He is no figurehead.
but one of the most important men in
racing Upon his decision race is
awarded Upon his decision depends
at least million dollars day, con
sIdering the amount OF backing the
entries receive throughout the coun-
During racing in the metropolitan
circuit Judge Mcdowell invariably
stops at the Albemarle hotel; at Sar-
atoga he is a patron of the United
STATES hotel, while officiating at Ben
ninss he lives in Baltimore, which is
his native city, at the Chelsea. In
New Orleans he makes the st.
Charles his headquarters. At each
cf#these hostelries in turn he must
have the same suite of rooms, and
these rooms must be furnished and
decorated exactly to his ideas. In T
New Orleans, for instance. the suite
OF rooms he occupies in the ST.
Charles is decorated in accordance |