The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-10
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or. Tomorrow morning those treA =
ures of the rst Nap6Ieon. Of the H6t
ian nobility and those souventf1
many of the worlds great in fieids -
sport will be sold at auction. and 4N|
old man who owns them now VIII
back to his native kentucky sg sasSZ
AT the residence OF Charles HG94
ESD West Twenty fourth streets
the way the announcement Of the ~
is made on the auctioneer's casal0xM
but the old-timsrs in that world M12
say: why, t htasi'o 2vueiH1I edkEX
say: why. that's old Charley N6NNf
who used to run the National tsl4
with All Spencer down in FuttH
street, and the Twenty-fourth strN4
house and the Saratoga track eA
clIA - s7gss;s5 55S
The sale will mark the passing 3y|
ttre-oftiest- of tftos-~n mem wfrU ku1y7l
and VINO made that side of New. X044H
life in the T0's and SOS, and the -paS414
ing of one OF the last Of the oid-ttmaMg
resorts OF the "bloods'' Of those dAyM
when high play faro and roulette wex&l
the recreations OF the men ab0u&
town" Charley" Reed and J0hNi
Ryal will go back to Kentucky th6lxs
content to close long chapter NJ
life with quiet ending to the scen0o
of feverish excitement that markMM
their earlier days In New York; Y6&sz
terday the old owner, with his fait&gM
full man. was willing to talk a littI4
about the mementoes Of the old d.
with which has had filled his house 1M
former years.
That horseshoe Fitzsimmons mad%
for me-" he said, made II WITH h5M
left hand. Where is Bob now. EF~
sort OF lost track OF him lately u I'M
He's on the other side of the WORT
now. has just been through his l4N&
battle. defeat in the county I'M
came from near Sidney"
A defeat, Ell - said the old m91sg
We'll, there was a day when nothtMM
on two legs could defeat him. but m
stayed in the game too long. BHt
they're all alike. these fighters. Theirs
was Napoleon. he would come hAcal4
and he net-Waterloo."
Who were some OF the men wt4
played the games here the Oh
man repeated the question. "Oh, II
couldn't tell you that: they were n11M
who enjoyed a bit Of high play. soin
OF them are gone, most of them.
guess: bat some OF them have chtIdreM
living here now, and they wofiidnsf
=. like to- know these things Ts
/ From other sources came conflrm1s
j ton of his recoitections. "Old stshax.
ley Reed and his partner, AT 6peM2
GER" said one man, why, they W&xI
the kings In those days. Their pk11
saw what was probably the hlS&
play ever seen In America, ana
sibiy in the world John MoK1
built that house in Twenty-f06
street. and they bought Ii In 18Tx M
/ $50. 600 cash, and Charley Reed W6
1 10 Europe for the furnishings. M
one knows how much he spent f00
those, but Ii was a fortune. Thar
| they bought the Saratoga race txnnf
which John Morrfssey had bufit, e1I1
they built the Saratoga Club. NG
heard Al Spencer say that fhGS
| bought the Saratoga track VITA I'm
proceeds of single year in annfhNG
house they had in Livingston street
| Brooklyn. 3a
/ Yes. the play ran higi, m ThO6
days one man admitted There 49,
president OF the fennsylvxnia nGtl
road one night, up at the house III
Twenty-fourth street, and he said Ia
I the boss. IN give you 10000 1G<
that sideboard. Charley Tha4aI
the sideboard Of carved nutwood MI
there now, with n coat Of armo III
some Italian duchy on 1t. and the No.
/ just looked at him and said, why
! couldn't sell you that "Tom": TIA
break the set New York Tribnn4,
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