The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20

~ ONE men never are satisfied. Some
 men, too, have particular periods o of ill-luck, or think they have Alfred M. Lamar fits under each of these headings He used to be mixed up in art He had some knowledge of painting and made fair living buying and selling the works of artists. Among his patrons were men of the financial district, and that is how Lamar got the Wall street fever. No man who contracts this complaint ever fully re- covers Lamar was so quick. so bright so clever so versatile, so engaging in manner that he had an idea Wall street was just the place for man of his talents. He made some money down there and then he opened a shop as broker. Some persons called it bucket shop Whether he bucketed the busi- ness or not. he prospered and spread out. It was not long before he had the whole second floor of the Consoli- dated Stock Exchange building at Broadway and Exchange place. Gus toners who visited his place could look right down into the pit of the old ex- change. He was right in the center of things.
 He opened branches in Harlem, in Forty-second street and in Twenty third Not content with the accounts of men speculators, he made bid for those of women. As he grew in wealth he grew in ambition. New York got too small for him.
 There was lot of excitement in the Klondyke Men were making fortunes there over night. In the Nome district they were picking up sands laden with gold Everybody knew the Nome dis trict would play out before long. The wise men knew the real wealth would come from the interior and that there were big deposits to be found in the hills.
 Lamar became interested in a mining proposition in the interior The pros- poets were alluring. There were count less millions to be taken out of the hills. but the work had to be prose- cuted under the greatest difficulties Firm in the belief in himself. Lamar plunged. He put $10O.000 into the prof ectt Nearly all of this money went for machinery or other development pur- poses. That wasn't enough to satisfy him. He became interested In trolley ---s-- in Ohio and invested a small
 In them. He was going to be
 treet figure, trolley magnate
 ming king.
 was not satisfied August Bel
 les R. Keene and a lot of other the Wall street district were rsEgnares of the turf. owners of great stables. patrons of the king of sports. The gentleman of sporting proclivties never Is content with his own particular llne of endeavor The race track book maker may be making a small fortune in Nkmaking, but he will not be satisfied
 is a sure thing that he will play faro bank or buck the stock market. The man who runs faro bank will play the horses or take a flyer in Wall street The Wall street man is almost certain to play both faro bank and the horses.
 Mir Lamar. through vanity or love of sport, decided to become a patron of the turf Preliminary to this he went about the organization of a large stable. He
 moderate in his expenditures.
 a lot of highly bred two-year-
 ged competent if little known
 i'd got hold of a really clever,
 ' jockey.
 re few things that can eat LID
 ster than racing stable. There are few animals liable to more ailments than thoroughbred horse. There are few fields into which man can venture that are likely to bring more dsappoint- nients than racing. In the matter of ex- penditures. two-year- r-olds cost more than horses of mature age They offer great CT possibilities. real good two-year- old is young gold mine, but real good two-year-olds like real gold mines are scarce A lottery is a mild and compla- cent affair compared with two-y ear-old. Men who own two-year-old thorough breds that show anything in the way of