Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09
|l||EER MEN IN The
/ GAME OF RACING
Many Peculiar Characters Are
"''I developed on Turf at All
Times.
COLONEL BILL sCULLY ONE
u Them Are Known on a"
NV, ...,,.-,.Ar Plant Casey" and
4 Few Others

.,r man are equal on the turf ana
an ~, Nv IL saying credited TO Ad-
ulus, pous once England's greatest
nllIs ,,.aasr NJ race horses, whose repu-
hai ,an a. such yet lives in the minds OF
. AN. familiar with turf history
''T rh.t ,b,s is an apt phrase is prove :
.. . day on the various race course
s ', ,ss world, for on the turf the owner
w., " n the stableman and the miliioh-
,Irs NAV be seen rubbing elbows with
The bookmakers clerk. The regular
rocesoer knows every other regular,
end while many Of these same regulars
come and 80 and never are missed
Il their passing. still there are some
Characters well known on the turf that
ara such familiar landmarks that their
nassing will make them missed when
tbey are no longer seen at the meetings
where they may have been so well
known.
And these same characters are not
millionaire owners nor great plungers,
but lust part of the general cosmopol-
tan acknowledgement characters whose
lndivIduaitles make them stand out
from their fellows Even brief men
ton Of all Of these would fill book.
but such a book would not be complete
unless it told OF Col Bin Scully
BORN IN OLD KENTUCKY.
The colonel was born In old Ken
lucky. the land Of horses, whisky and
colonies. The title Is an inherited one,
for Col, Bill was not old enough to
take part in the war that brought so
nany wel-carned titles 10 men of the
south,
Born where the blue grass grows and
the thoroughbred thrlyes, II was bus
natural that Scully should take to tho
turf. He did so at an early age, which
was so long ago that but few OF the
present generation Of racegoers know
Just when he broke into the game.
Col. Bill never owned any really
great horses that have left mark on
the page Of turf history but II for no
other reason, this quaint character on
always be known because Of the Soul.
u ~ race Of which he was the origlna-
4 Tor.
81 1t happened al one time there were :.
y humoer pf poor horses on q certain race
rack. Sclllg who had voice In mat
ters on that particular course, Originals
ed novel race. All entries We're To
DO made with the understanding that
tne winner Of the race should be either
kilied or branded and turned out. new
ser 70 enter another equine contest.
strange to say, the plan met with favor.
ana one such event was carded every
uay OF The meeting. with the result
mat quite a few wort Q,ss animals
we're taken out OF the game. and now,
wien particular poor field of horses
u seen on the same card, some one is
sure TO make the remark that it ought
10 De called a "scully race"
OLD AIR PLANT" CASEY.
DOWN at New Orleans at this season
Ky DC FOUND Air Plant" Casey, who
~ oe found on any OF the northern
aasAs during the racing season in those
iHh casey, come hot. come cold he
T. 1,, st"ays at some race track, FulI ~
.lsn WIZ he has ever a ready answor
him vat may De made to
furrna '-''N SEASONS ago. CASeE
" w az the Saratoga race course
az was not an owner of horses and
E Sas noI entitled to a complimentary
any, MI tz 70 me race course, according 10
, ,,,,. hnogI rules of the turf. The Sec
i h, ~. Of me Saratoga plant was deal
~ wv the badges with a tight hand
I, wa. never troubled Casey. He
M, O 'ae usual bold front and an
s'd at the secretary's office inst as
,as case he was turned down with thn
t 1's5s.ns 3, remark that there was no |
81 Casey. ~ the astonish-
a.. wen you are not a horse o,,no,
v,s I'm sure you are not a Jockey o.
ny. should give YOU a badge % , so
lu s The secretary. se re-
h NJ sii ,o oui ain't I one Of the pillars
n ana % ca was the ready re1oind-
30 aHu casey ont 'N''''