The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-12

By HUGH E. KEOUGH.

man." answered Passmore. with yaWn.
'sYOuah boss train is too slow fob US gem
men to ride on. And say. Kunnel Brien. you
al Just pint de way 70 de kitchen where
de colored folks eats or I'll tell de Jedges
who It was dat used de syringe"
At last accounts PassmOre was still rub
bling horses at the Baldwin ranch.
/ haven't seen the counselor lately. II
may be that circumstances have Increased
the distance between the component parts
II the racing Industry, or that have not
been looking very hard. His relations
with Lucky Baldwin were terminated
with characteristic suddenness on both
sides. leave the reason therefor 20 TIE
natural inference.
No two OF the favored few that come
into the possession Of money by apply
ing their talents to horseracing are anect-
ed alike. There Is really little In that
aphorism come easy go easy" The
tendency Of the successful p!unger is. as
ne would say. to so TO SinksvIle y with
all but a working capital Of reasonable
dimensions. The successful plUnger who
goes broke at his own game is rare
The only high rolling horse players who
have gone back by the same route that
/ can recall, without going TOO deeply into
the subject, are Chris Smith and Riley
Grammar, and they never fastened their
talons upon what IN these days would
be considered big money" The others
have conceived a violent attachment for
their winnings after they have reached
the 5000 900 mark, and their ventures In
he betting market have taken a more
cautious trend. PittsbuFg Phil" who
died OF an ailment diagnosed as " suppress
sion Of the emotions" put half million
where he could not reach IL. He insured
himself against dying poor. He kept loose
enough 10 give him the " percentage OF
bank roll " against the game, and the
percentage Of bank roll is the advantage
OF the gamester. no matter what the
game may be. The philosophy Of the
dealer Is that the player who takes
chance with his last money is fool
One with the Inherent plunging procifT-
ity may take a desperate chance to get
hold OF something, but when he gets hold
Of it he regards II as his and he will
guard It more jealousy thar the average
man who has his money come to him
through legitimate business channels.
All this leads UP 10 what I intended to
say al the outset, and that is that you
viii never see Charlie Ellison broke Eli
son has got his" and he is proud IN the
possession OF it. It has come to him in
increasing gobs as his years on the turf
have rolled by He has put IL where he
cannot reach IL himself for any trivial
purpose. He has become used to it's
ownership. He has resigned himself TO
the blissful condition OF conscious afiu-
ence and he looks down with calm In
difference on the possibility that the tide
which he took at It's food may be turned
the other way.
a few years ago Ellison's attitude
towards his wealth was awkward. so to
say. He placed an estimate upon It's i'm
portance that was incidentally amusing.
Michael Joseph Shannon, the Celtic
bard was once an attaehe OF the Ellison
menage. The stable was quaFtered on the
backstretch at Montgomery park. Mem
phis. subtropical thunder storm blew
up one night and threatened 10 strip the
roof of every building on the premises.
Shannon was scared and ne made no pre-
tense of concealing his fright. This is
my finish, know II Is" he walled, pacing
the floor and Wringing his hands. THE
house is going 10 be struck. and I'm gone
sure"
Youi" exclaimed Ellison in a voice that
stood off the thunder. You What's the
difference about you. Look at me. with
al. that money!
FROM mere IL looks as II the Id would
follow the yellow fever in New Orleans
and If the lid is clamped on down there
1t is likely 10 be fatal TO almost as many
people as the fever was.
The reform wave and the cold wave ap-
pear to be going south together, and, IN
less there is a patching up OF seemingly
unpatchabIe troubles IN the turf world
racing may stop even In the Crescent city.
1t is reported that Capt Sam Brown is
not well and may not finance the Ameri-
can Turf association in its New Orleans
fight The news Of Browns illness comes
with report that the picturesque mil
licnaire Pittsburger may drop out Of the
game.
The wise ones in the racing world are
scared-for II looks like a legislative up
heaval in Louisiana-and what will poor
piier do then, poor thing?
Roosevelt is right about this race sui
eide. If he can convert Condor and Corri-
gan all may yet be we'll