The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
NOTED RACING SECRETARIES
HCGH N'TSTYRE iND THE
FAMOTs YErER ctr.



ACase OF Misplaced ConE RI tuiations.
Some men ye-', discussing racing AMI
the nIen who had helped 10 make the game
ATTRACTIVE v hen lnr Of them mentioned
the name II = man no had a brief ex-
u'r.c:o,' - sccretary e one Of the blG
or--'' .ltl. rs around New YORK many
N"a-. go This man was SouthoTncr
and iu"w little 81 rT.ing when hes took the
post. hat lac " a. a past nGstor " h@n u came
60 dispensing hospitality. IA. was con
soluently exceedingly popular With III"
h0r'cI.n. ana IN fac; with evc-Vh,d with
whom II" camn m contact.
4 No. - hcar that mans nam" rhIt
/ | don't hsN" T. good laugh. r":TarE'"i
he ii ia" co.apaHy Halt IA G"g"a
/ EcutIciy Majors and Coloncls NO" ~
I hsrc for the yclrI.ng sal"s hen 'Er.r
/ Young stool had brought splendid pro ..
md they Mere naturally ha> ing = Eoud
f, time. and ui course didn I miss = ia" a. IN"
| race. Thoy had FREQ bad go AMI N"r"
made much OF -, erywh,te thu. Went
| II hap, enc that th. JOCKEY club M. 1t -
/ ing was Oh az the track where this NAN
Was secretary at the time and h" wln'N
and dincl the kenti -, ian- tn lie queens
they told the secretary that there might
be others NOR" capable Of making mp "a
fair overnight programme" but when II
came 10 extending IN" right hand ct good
! fellow ship IN" others in MS hn" ~ t. TiL" -
were loft at the post
ION. 81 them whisp":.! ~ tarcsc ell
! that the minute h. got hUIEc 'rr'l' I'm
! of pr!c el,s,s whIskev y hiCh '"ro.' ia .
| certain corner Of "A special cellar - which
! he only had III" k"y would l" forwarded
by express Ihoy wRS "a their b S'
! brimmci hats u a farewell ~. '-'c /:
the racing official TO como 20 Kentucky
Z at his peru Wh.u,., -r Il" could spai' ih'
rim.
The hard wOr.c ri oaiuial wa closing
up his books for the M Ing "a" day
when The cNprcF- Company brought - ~"
F. New lurk Office "A tcaiiohn that looked
as though IL contained tE' real thing
! II was from Lexington, kT and that
e., ,nin., n the lienographor was preparing
- cult work the 6emiiuhn caught the
secretary = eve and he dictated III" follow
ing note:
My DEAR CuLoNEL. The aroma Of your
delicious bourbon ills my room. Tn" nee
tar OF the gods WIS insipid indeed III com
rarison with Your incomparabi" whissey
| toast YOU louk,ng toward Kentucky. III"
home Of tho IniT"st women. the brave-t
men and the iiec'e,t horses in the world
The next morning there was Telegram
On the secre,ary's desk which read:
Sent YOU dem John Of maple syrup by mis-
take Kindly excuse blunder. Bourbon
goes forward tomorrow.
There was another time when this
same man was n trifie embarrassed to
say the least. Upon this occasion IL
vas his lack Of knowledge ~ racing rules
which caused his discontinue. One Of
he chief stake events. the largest for
two-year odds in fact. worth upward Of
, $40 oO0 To the winner. was TO be decided
during the absence OF the owner Of the
course. The stake was apparently at
I the mercy ~ his candidates. Of which no
fewer than three We're named To- start.
4 The prowess Of these two-ycar- was
80 we'll known that the owners Of all the
other nominations declined the issue and
The secretary after consulting the trainer
| for the stable Cablei the owner.
I Three starters from your stable named
FOR tn. stake tomorrow. Draw your
own conclusions
The next afternoon" resumed the
speaker within the required time a
Young kentuCkian announced that he
would start n chestnut FLY named after
his wife in the hope ~ securing some part
Of the money. rerna-king as he paid the
starting fec that one Of those others might
fall down. YOU know None 81 them
fell. but the chestnut FLY came home
booming and the secreta-y's far" wa a
study. He had forgotten AL about the
ability OF noinina'or To- annrvrre a
starter forty-ivc minutes before a rae.
and when his employe-' =, and date, were
the only ones named overnight he couldn't
resist the temptation To send the glad
tidings abroad
HE wasn't much like poor Hugh McIn-
tyre. who was secretary for the Brooklyn
Hockey club and other organizations
for so many years spoke mp a listener
-Npthing ever was knownto faze Mac. II
things went against him he laughed them
of. and many man " no went To him with
gri.v anre left the offic. with a smiling
face. I'm never forget one time. though.
that his powers We're PIT 10 the s,ipremest
test II was in the olsien DAYS when they
were IN the habit 81 giving small circuit
J through Virginia. the Carolinas and
\ NrNprKlA aver inc Wlihiip OF me Eastern
season at Washington. Some citizens
! NJ Culpeper Court House. Va. came up
/ so Washington and ask ed Mao To arrange
for n three days meeting at their town.
They would put mp the money for the
purses and Col. would donate the IA
nous CulpepeT cup. won shortly after the
war by his justly famous strain OF fight
ing cocks in a battle with the pick
~ birds from Charleston. The trophy
was described in glowing terms by the
promoter 81 the meeting. and when the
advance notices were circulated by Nc
Intyre-he was an old newspaper man
and few could excel him in his speciality
the Culpeper cup was pictured. II was de-
scribecl in great detail. and Joe Nc Mahon.
character in his day. who always had a
good horse or two in his stable. was among
those who succumbed 70 the blandish-
ments OF the accomplished secretary
He declared that he didn't want the
money particularly. though money was
always acceptable To n man about TO
enter winter quarters. but he would like
To have that cup To take home IN. the mis-
stI- for their sideboard