The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

OF the mare To approach. Take that mar
VA front. boy. and stay there. He then
s.ant the mare away With a winning Lead
Everybody in Tennessee swors by Col
Mont gomery and nobody thought OF even
Questioning his methods But that was
IN" tolonels way Of spuaring man for
leaving his mare at the post Well and
good. they were content They tell me
that even FL Corr,gan. trucul-nt as hs
| always has heen. never found fault with
anything the Colonel said or did. and
! that's bordering on the miraculous, for
Corrgan has had trouble at one time or
another With almost every racing ofiicial
IN the country
Talking OF q nimble witt spoke up
another man. -Corrigan wouldn't get
second money in any competition II all
the stories they tell about him are true
! HIS strong features are we'll known
! They tell one about the day he entered
a saloon IN Detroit, The man behind
the bar was remarkably unprepossessing
lie glanced at Corrigan and then shouted:
Everybody have drink on the house
You too; he said. pointing To Corrigan.
Somebody asked the barkeeper the
Caus. Of the hospitality
II always said Id treat the house
whenever an uglIer man than | am came
into the place and this is the appointed
time. was his explanation.
-torrigan laughed with the rest OF
Them Al the Joke and when they had
drunk hs pulled out SIS and addressing
hls conversation To the man behind the
tar remarked
oh, | don't know. I've seen uglier
stnen than either OF us and IN bet this
much that one comes in this town within
ten. minutes that will win my money
hands down
- You re- on, was the reply as the man
OF BOTTLES covered the wager
few minutes later Corrigan's brother
Pat. with whom he had an engagement.
entered the room. Ever see Pat CORR
gam Well. the barkeep gave one look
and handed over the money.
-Corrigan's wit played prominent
part in allaying difficulty between him
self and Thomas H. Williams. the pr.si-
dent of IN. New California Sporting Club.
some years ago. The men were once
quite friendly. bur Corrigan affiliated
with Prince Poniatowski and helped To
build lngis-ide, rhe track which caused
50 much trouble in California and which
Williams and his associates finally bou ght
MIR. Williams IA a man Of high temper
and known courage and at one of the
meetings when AN effort was made To
settle the differences between the warning
organizations he tainted Corrigan to
take the matter mp personally. CorrIgan
demurr.d. saying that hs was not armed
Williams Was willing TO provide the
weapons and the situation was tense
when the big mamie Is more than six
feet tall and ~ broad a. a barn door
leaned back in his chair and cycling the
lean. alert figure of his adversary quiz
zicallv said.
Now ~. hers. Tom: YOU couldn't
miss me. m So hig and couldn't hat you.
you so thin. so what the usey
Tn. nerves Of the onlookers. strung
almost To the breaking point. found re-
Taxation IN the hearty laughter which
followed this sally. and there were no
host Utilities at the meeting
IN was at this point that the veteran
ttrf mud -nlAt..r Of fortuna t'ha rla.
Reed passed the group and acknowledged
the salutations of all.
There goes the greatest philosopher
| have ever known. was the remark of a
man whose business has brought him into
Cluse contact with all shades ~ men on the
turf for the past thirty years. You all
remember how: he went To Buenos Ayres
To buy Ormonde twenty years ago only 20
find upon arriving at the Argentine that
Young William d Rrlen McDonolIxh of
California had secured the famous stallion
for sIjO OOo He -traightway return ed
home and upon my attempting TO commits
crate with him he merely said
It's all right. sonny. God Almighty
ha. hi. own way OF doing things. Perhaps
II all for the best
-Ormonde has gone down into history
a. a comparative failure as "A sire. mighty
raCehorse though he was. and Reeds
philosophy SO far he was concerned
was sound. Then cams. the purchase OF
-hall never forget that evenin & at latter
-all- when taSton. the auctioneer. who.
liz" tn. horse h. sold. j. dead and gone
called for bid on the superb stallion.
The arena was thrOnged with men and
women. many Of them in evening dress
The horre. his head held high. looked about
with startled eyes. and perhaps there
came To MIN a memory Of the day when he
led the pride Of England thorouHhhrsdS
hOrne III the Derby The ovation the
bar raT..tyad fully IA q a Te.
wsrd.d his enort- at Ep-om. and he
bounded from side Ia side in the sawdlst.
Ea-t"n held up warning hand finally and
stlllsd the applause. remarking that the
self or Some Of tho spectators who were
uIas-ad all about the rOped on arena
within which the stallion stood.
When m. auctionesr had told Of the
prnw.s- OF ~ Blalse on the turf and IN the
- tId h. called for a hid and for u moment
there was absolute stiffness. Then like
pistol shot came that one bid
One hundred thousand dollars
An eyer wsr" turned to the broad
figure ia the chair bv the side Of the
arena The instant harlis Reed = square
'opp.d hat and plaid wai-tCost were
noted the applause was tremendous
T. took minutes for The auCtIoneer 10
secure quiet and then his pIeadings for an
advance on this prlnCely figure were IN
,ain II was we'll known al the time
-al. who had sternnIned . buy III" horse.
They AT dumbly by and heard he hammer
fall without opening their mouths.
That evening aft er ~ Bla.se had been
rrlt away IN hls box stall went 10 the old
gen, ieman and after Congra'uiating him
on his nerve and emf erDrise asked why he
had not started tn. bidding at S0..1
IN he hope thar there would he no "ompeti-
tion aftarsay. s75.00 or Ssooc".
Sonny he always called me sonny
sonny ne saws. l wanted To earthquake
en- That was his way Of stopping com
retltion He wanted th', hors" and he
inquired that lie was worth sloo. 0Oo TO him
and h. came prepared to offer hat much
in one lump. IL earhqnaked the Others
all right
Il wa- in Saratoga on. day put in still
snot her member Of the party. i had not
been particularly for innate IN my -pec'I-
larion nor yet had my health been all mat
I could have desired. Walking mp Broad
way I met MIR Reed. who stopped lie
shook hands heartily and incurred how
things were going with me Though INV
pocket was light | responded. bully
-sIk.,'a ri0ht INV hay ns down