The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
A CITY OF CONTRASTS
THE "DowN AND oUT'' CLUB IN
 NEW YORK.
American Horses are Jockeys to Inc wade Europe--All Night Banks Restaurants and Courts
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 New York. March a. Especial Cor respondence. )--Did you ever hear of the Down and Out Club?' Its head quarters have been discovered right here in New York and it Is not a fanciful organization either. Naturally enough the headauarters of this organization are located right in the heart of the financial district. This Is essentially a city of contrasts. On any afternoon, especially if the weather Is clear, a pedestrian in Ce- dar street. near Broadway, will mo- tice a representative gathering of this organization in little alley that runs between the annex of the Equita- ble Life Insurance building and the magnificent building which is the home of the New York Clearing House and the Chase National Bank. This is sheltered alley and run ming along 1t are open gratings from which come heat from the boiler rooms of the Equitable building. The members of the club who gather here daily are not tramps or hoboes. but are men who work for their living They are the sandwich men" who march up and down Broadway during the dreary hours of the day carrying on their shoulders signs advertising everything from the latest in sawdust breakfast foods to clothing. These fellows, most of whom are old men, and all of whom have seen better days. earn a meager dollar a day each for their work and sleep in the derelict lodging houses of the Bowery. From time to time during the day these men will leave the beaten path. go into the alley. lay aside their signs for few moments and stand or sit on the gratIngs to get warm. They have a restaurant at this club. too. It is not a preten- tious restaurant. but 1t serves. It Is presided over by an unkempt person who wears an apron that Is said once to have been white. He serves frank furters and saur9xraut from a porta- ble stand he carries with him. Some times to this is added the luxury of cheap candy which another vender dis penses.
 IL is sad aggregation of humanity that is to be found at this meeting place daily, and the members of the club" are in shrinking contrast to the evidences of great wealth surround ing them.
 The time has arrived for another American invasion of Europe. Several of the leading American jockeys are either on their way or about to start for the other side to ride on the Eng fish. French, German and Austrian race tracks during the present year. There is even more than the usual demand for American jockeys on the other side at this time.
 Danny Maher, who already has en- joyed six years of success in England. is to ride there again this year for Lord Derby and Lord Stanley, Lucien Lyme will make his second appearance in England this year. riding for Lord Carnarvon. Fred Taral already has gone abroad to put in another season in Austria. where he will con- tinue in the colors of Baron Gustave Springer and Herr Nicolas semere. Taral has been 6 jockey now contin- uously for more than twenty-five years and has a son who also is a jockey. The latter accompanied his father abroad and will do much of the light weight riding this year for the same stables that have engaged the father.
 Other American jockeys who have been engaged to ride in Austria this year are Skeets Martin. for Baron Rothschild; Harry Birkenruth, for Herr Mautner; Adams. for Baron Born; and Miles. for the Egyedi Brothers. Tommy Burns will ride in Germany this year for the Kaiser, who races in the name of Graditz Stables. Willie Shaw also will ride in Germany, as will Harry Lewis.
 The French turf will have a large mack, Nash Turner, Milton Henry, Harry Spencer and Shields.
 
 Now that the city has all night banks, all night restaurants, and vari- ous other features of life doing con tinuous business 1t has to have all night police courts.
 Action in favor of this move has just been taken by the Board of City Magistrates, which has asked the Leg islature to amend the charter to per init the appointment of two additional magistrates so that some of the courts can be open during the entire twenty four hours of each day.
 The great obpject to be attained by an all night police court Is the wiping out of the professional bondsmen. For years these professional bondsmen have worked In league with the police and have, for charges ranging from $5 up to any amount they could impose upon their victims. furnished police station bail of a more or less doubt full quality for men and women who have been arrested late at night on various minor charges.
 Time and time agaln it mas been shown that the police have arrested inoffensive people for the mere pur- pose of letting the professional bonds men reap a harvest. Other instances have been quoted of outrageousiy false arrests. By holding night court it will be possible to arraign persons without delay so that. in case of false arrest a person will not be confined in a cell unsuccess- fully. Professional bondsmen then will have to go out of business.
 
 The re-entry of William S. Devery into local politics brings back pic- turesaue figure who is bound to make things interesting during the summer and early fall.
 Devery. commonly known as Big Bill" intends to do his best to land his lieutenant, Peter J. Garvey, as the Tammany leader of the Seventh As sembly District. The former Chief of Police has buckled on all of his fight ing armor and is spending his money right and left to punish tho leading spirits in Tammany Hall for keeping him out ot the Executive Committee to which he was elected five years ago. In making Garvey hls standard