The Washington times., 1906-09-16
MEMORY OF LITTLE BUTCH"
HONORED BY HIS FRIENDS
Pathetic Ending of Race Track "Newsy's" Lfe-Was
Popular Among orsemen-FOuntainblues Show
ing Keen Disappointment to Owners.
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

ed for decent burial "I want you
boys 10 do IL " he explained. He didnt
have 20 say anything further Boston
was on table IN . minute. He is smai.
but he has initiative. 1T is up 10 US.
fellers. I've got a half Whose next?'
spoke Boston"
TEe kids came in with their quarters.
their dimes. and their nickels in a tiffy.
Then Boston" "Gimpy." and Dusty
went through Park row. Boston wind
Ing up AZ the SEeepshead Bay race
track They could have had hundreds
of dollars from the bo0kmakers ana
gamblers. but Boston" wouldn't stand
for d. Just Sll5.75 was the total SUBJ
scription. The BOYS found they could get
a hearse. defray services. buy a world
Of vlolets. purchase a burial plot. ana
have enough left for TWO hacks. Later,
Boston" vetoed the hack idea" Let's
us salt de money down fer de grave,
stone" he averred, de trolley fer ours
Boy Friends Were PalIbearers.
The boys served as paubearers and
mourners at the Sixtl avenue unde
taking establishment and then went by
car over [ e big East T-v-r bid se 10
await at the gray side the coming q
the cortege. Mr.. Heig paid for his cab.
so did Archie thinner. the horse
trainer for Senator Tim Sullivan 5lr
Heig read the funeral service, ard "B0s-
ton as CHIEF mourner, laid a big bunch
Of the dark blue flowers on the casket
as 1t disappeared IN the open grave.
Cruelty a CIump Of l0osened soil cracked
on the pine covering.
Ashes 10 ashes-dust TO dust" read
Mr. Heig.
"Oh, he ==- &C white kd-dead
white. said Boston"
Then they turned away 20 catch the
first race and the pink Sporting
Special"
Fountainblue a Disappointment.
Nowadays you can Dee something other
than an insurance company president
and yet regret the past Jack Mar
tin. for instance. keeuIy rues the hour
and the day wh.n ne rode Fouutainblue
la the Flatbush Stakes running Of Sep
tember 5. FounJainblue went 10 tie
post a tremendously well supported
favorito and he finished in the ruck,
beaten twenty lengths by De Mund-
Ballot. Dinna Ken, and other youngsters
he had tOw-Toped at Saratoga.
The race was run in slower pace than
the work given Fountainbleau for the
event TWO days previously. Diamond
jim" Brady. the man who gave up $4,000
for the son OF Oddfellow, almost suf-
fered "a fit after the finish, while Trainer
Mat Allan wanted 10 go to- Martin
on sight. IN the meantime, thousands
of close observers Of the running Of the
Flatbush Stakes and good judges of
tvo-year-old iorm, put Martin on the
eriddle and he has been toasting and
sizzling there ever since
willie" Shaw gave EIectioneer, the
Futurity winner. a gruesome ride in the
FIatbush, too. tho colts owner. Billy
Lakeland. becoming so euraEed the
Jockeys friends had to escort the rider
from the course after the days racing
So hot became the shot from the press
and public that beth riders are out with
am announcement of their retirement
from the saddle at the close of the cur
rent season.
Martins Immense Wealth.
A local writer estimates Martins
wealth at $4,000 as the result of eight
years service iu the silks. which means
that his income averaged about SS2,9So
a year But that could not he so. Tor
during the first three years of his riding.
while under service 10 Alex Shields
az A.4liitA6ts Ill., ltA- AAiA ~HA AA-N
much more than his mere keep.
There must have been seasons here
in the East when he gaTnered as much
as $1,000 fact which occasions a
pretty line of reflection and makes one
stand in wonder al the great game this
horse racing business has become IN re
cent years. Apart from the wonderful
incomes Of the foremost Jockeys the
thought of the volume of betting IN the
ring on every dav of the racing season
about New York may occasion a thrill
of surprise.
On Saturday. September s, when the
Flatbush Stakes and the Century
Stakes were contested, 1900 raCe-goers
crowded the grandstauds and the lawns
at Sheepshead Bay. over 25.0oo Of them
paid the admission Of s.. the box Office
receipts on the day being over Sll40o5
all told. A conservative estimate Of
the betting market on the seven races
run that day is put at 10000. The
jockeys are the kingpins IN t43v siJua-
lion, and consequently their Bit Is
large and Juicy.