The daily sentinel., 1912-01-08
GUY BEOWELL
QUITS RACING
Grand Junction Horseman of Nation
al Reputation Says He Can't Earn
Decent Living amy More.-He
Will Dispose of String.

mat he mas LETT the racing game
for good and will dispose OF his
horses is the statement credited to
II. Guy Bedwell. the Grand Junction
horseman who has achieved national
reputation by his fine track animals.
The following from the salt Lake
Herald-Republican will be read with
interest locally:
Chicago, Jan. S-Disgusted with
the present chaotic condition Of the
turf and his inability to earn a de
cent living, despite the fact that he
possesses one of the most pretentious
strings of racers on the American
turf. II. G. Bedwell. the Colorado
turfman, has decided to dispose OF his
horses and reengage in the drug
business out west.
Speaking of his determination TO
quit the game in which he has been
a very prominent figure, Mr.. BedwelI
gives it as his belief thai racing will
never come hack."
II have upward of 100000 in
vested in thorcugAbrcds and an !
have been able to earn with them
during the past ] . months would not
pay their feed bills. said he. "They
ruled me off on a ridiculous charge
In Kentucky last year and forced my
horses into idleuess for over six
months. That cost me about S25.OO0
alone and since ! have been reinstat-
cd and allowed TO race my horses.
! have been losing money at a terrific
rate, and If | dom quit pretty soon
I'll be in the poorhouse
facins Only tor Very Rich.
9E present condition brings to
mind an assertion often heard made
and. yes, ridiculed mere than once.
because | then believed Door man
had as good a chance to amass a
fortune on the turf as in any other
line of business. 1t was that the
sport of kings was strictly rich
mans pastime That's what it Is
now, sure enough. Only millionaire
can afford to own and race horses
u am going to ship my horses over
TO Charleston and endeavur to win
few purses with them. Along about
the end of the meeting there / am
going to put the entire stable up for
auction and they 20 TO the highest
bidder. After thar ! am going back
to- Colorado and re-engage i'm the drug
business. ] made a living at thar
years before | ever saw a race horse
and J guess l have not forgotten the
tricks OF the trade, Al any rate, I'm
done with racing"
II. Guy Bedwell has enjoyed a me
teoric career on the turf. From an
unknown druggist in Grand junction.
Colo, to the premier training of
thoroughbreds was The remarkable
stride to fame and fortune made bv
him in a period of less than ten
years. From a one-horse-badee To a
collection Of racers which embraced
some of the best horses raced on
the American turf was the manner IN
which Bedwell's thoroughbred hold
tngs grew in the same Length of tiA,e
A year or so ago he broke INTO
the limelight by heading the list OF
owners Shortly aft
er that he got into trouble with the
officials at Latonia over the now ia
nous Nadzu doping" case and he
was ruled off the turf and denied
the privilege to sell the horses for
racing purposes, Af5er repeated an
peals to the Kentucky racing com
mission he was reinstated by that
body. but luck had changed in the
interval and his horses have not been
able to earn for him the same gigan-
tic sums they did previous TO the time
of the Latonia trouble. So he has
decided to quit the game aud takeAlu
his place behind the counter in his
old drug store in Colorado.
a plunger pure and simple. men In
his confidence assert that Bedwell
won and lost several million dollars
during his career on the turf. Prob
ably 100000 of this money is vet
invested in the thirty-odd head of
horses in mis- racing string. but it is
hardly expected that he will have half
that sum If he carries out his plan
OF auctioning off the horses at the
present time.