The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
DIAMOND JIM'S LUCK
Winning Horses Bought by
Owner of Accountant.
GOLD HEELS FIRST PICKUP
Then Came Oiseau, WnterIight, Ac-
cOuntnnt, and FOuntainblue, which
Richly Rewarded Their Owner.
Brady Picturesque Figure ON Turf.
Never watches His Horses Run.

i Within the few years that James 3.
/ Brady has raced horses he mas gained turf
fame and fortune. He entered ''the sport
of kings a novice at the game. but by
either good judgment or good luck he has
/ bought some of the best race horses that
/ ever carried saddle, and with them won
many 4 sO-called classic"
Was It good judgment or merely luck
that caused Diamond jim" to buy sue
/ cessively the great horses Gold Heels,
Oiscau, Waterlight, Accountant, and
/ Foun.ainblue? Whenever this question is
asked Of Brady he will say. Good Judg
ment or the part of Matt Allen and my
self" But when the query is put TO
/ trainers they always reply heaps Of
1 good luck
Whether 1t was judgment or luck that
/ influenced the big Wall street financier
TO select these fast horses while other
men are paying big prices for thorough
4 breds that had little or no speed, Brady
/ bought them, and he and his trainer.
/ Matt Allen, managed them so well that
every horse more than repaid its pur-
chase price within the first year that it
passed into The hands Of its new owner
and trainer
Starts with Gold Heels.
| Gold Heels was the opening wedge for
/ James b. Brady's appearance on the turf
/ This was in 1901 At that time he knew
little or nothing about race horses, but
/ took the tip rendered him by his
/ friend. F. c. McLewee. and bought Cola
! Heels for $4,000. MeLewee had served
Lis apprenticeship in turf affairs some
years previously when he acted as the
manager Of George Ehrets stable.
/ 1t was .his knowledge, gained while
with Matt Allen, who had trained the
Ehret string. that caused McLewee 20
/ suggest 10 Brady that Gold Heels was
good horse to buy. The horse at that
1 time was owned by Dave SlOne. who had
/ bought him from the late ". c. Whitney
/ The latter parted with the horse FOR s..
/ Geo. believing that he was merely a cheap
selling platter. Under Stones care he inn
proved so much that It attracted Nc
( Lewees attention, and he IN turn told
Brady that the colt represented a hid
/ den fortune. for he would undoubtedly
develop into a great race horse.
/ Brady, who, at that time knew more
about promoting a financial deal, bought
/ the little bay horse and turned him ovei
+ 10 Allen to train. 1t was his first ven
/ ture and fearful that il might be a fail
ure, he entered the horse in McI.eWoe's
name Under the latters Col0rs-wEire.
with red stars, the old Ehret siIks-iOld
Heels won the Suburban Handicap Of 1892
/ In the fan OF 1894 he told him 20 be
on the lookout for two good race horses.
/ Allen saw Oiseau and Waterlight, told
I Brady about them, asked him 10 call and
l irC ha 1-.F fNrre
could be bought. Brady looked them over
and then bought Oiseau for $4,000 and
/ WaterliEht for $1,000
/ These horses were really Bradys en-
( tree to the turf. They ran in his name,
/ and for the first time his red, white. and
+ blue COlors were carried.
Plunged on Oiseau.
/ OiSeau was the first horse to win for
/ him, and in less than two races Brady
/ by plunging heavily on him, won his pur.
chase price. Waterlight soon after foi-
/ lowed the good fortune Of his stable.
{ When this season opened Brady soon
realized that he had % get new material
/ if ne wished TO keep up in the front ranks
/ as an owner Of fast horses Oiseau was
/ i'll and Waterlishts legs were under sus-
I picion. 1t was then that he decided 10
I
Crane, had been beaten twice by Burgo-
master. but he was such a good-looking
/ horse, sound in wind and limb. that he
! impressed Brady and Allen rs a first
/ class investment While they were talk
/ ing the matter over, news came that
/ Burgomaster had gone lame. and this re-
moved .he chief stumbling block IN the
path of Accountants probable success.
! Immediately Brady FASTENED TO W. Harry
/ Brown. who owned the horse and bought
/ him for $500
/ Accountant was wei engaged in many
rich events. but he had TO win a num-
/ Der Of these in order to repay his pur-
/ chase price. In order to do this he had
| to race many miles Brady was not
/ afraid Of the outcome, and he was sub
| sequcntly rewarded for his courage when
! accountant developed into the best race
/ horse OF the season and won stakes that
were worth iu the aggregate S75,oO0
Fortune for FountainbIue.
] Tt was because he had such sreat sue
! cess with Accountant that Brady bought
Fountainblue for S35, ,CO0 This colt start
/ ed off by winning the first time in his
/ rev owners colors, but later met with
/ two defeats. In these races he was ba,t-
en- by De Mund and Salvidere. His show
! ing was SO poor that neither Matt Allen
IlOr Brady believed that it was a true
1 exhibition OF his speed. and harshly
criticised the horsemanshiD Of Jack Mar
4 tin, who rode him.
! Bitter as these defeats of Fountainblug
/ were to Brady, he never lost faith in his
/ horse, and when that colt won the TIT
umph Stakes recently Brady nearly went
/ frantic with JOY
/ Brady is one of the picturesque figures
/ on the turf He had previously earned
/ the sobriquct of Diamond Jim by appear
/ ing in public places fairly ablaze with
diamonds. Zig, white stones were i'm
/ br'lGe,l In umbrellas and canes. lie car
Iied them in cuff buttors, his shirt but
/ tons, and even wore them as buttons on
/ his waistc@at. He was living. breath
/ ing diamond miro, and attracted atten-
/ ,inn wherever he went by the display of
/ wealth
It is one of Brady's peculiarities that
! he seldom, il ever, sees one of his horses
! run every foot of the race in which it is
entered