The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

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hard to tell Where notoriety
shakes hands with popularity
pinchbeck fame is apt to re-
.,,i, hut how quickly 1t settles into
otUylon and there In an end on it. 1t
M, IN, real article. The owner OF
s,as, racing horsefiesh is apt to be in
ma, class. but James Ben Ali Haggin.
.To d,ed last week at Newport and
Ohio owned and bred and raced great
rors.s IN his time, decidedly was not.
Ws vas indeed in class by himself.
,,r his greatest activities lay outside
,ts stable. the 4tud, the paddock and
,bs track. immense as James II. Hag-
eng interests were In all OF them.
The owner Of one great horse stands
Gins, 10 being n spectacular person. lie
"a In tho way of providing a thrill for
millions, and II no greater horse than
me lntervenes for a season even he
becomes a public parsonage And mostly
tho instinct that leads to the discussion
OF a classic mile and quarter Is not
sye,se TO the personal publicity that goes
with II. Here Mr.. Haggin and notoriety
par.Nd company. He wanted none OF II,
would have mono OF II.
consider the Earl OF Roseoery. He
Rad two ambitons-one to be Prime
Minister Of England and the other to
owl, winner Of the Derby. II Is doubt
ful which honor he esteemed the more.
Certainly the swagger Of his substantial
bosom was little more protuberant
after that DAY at EPSON Downs than
phar ne rose M the leader OF the House
o. Commons. The concentrated yell Of
Quarter Of a million OF English Threats
Al one hears II what time the satin
coated racers come tearing down from
Ts;tendam Corner on Derby day has
certainly memorable vibration.
Turn 10 Richard Croker, another win
nor u the Derby. not unknown in these
parts The long held lordship OF New
York which he maintained from his I'M
disputed throne In TaIninsny Hall was
merely prelude to the greater glory
when he led his horse past the grand
stand ~ EPSON. He has since lived as
moiesily as possible in the glow OF II
Ne and Lord Rosehery wore "the blue
rhhor ~ tho turf with scarcely a DIFF
ference"
No' - With James r. Haggin. No.
BODY knew him any better after his
great races han before. The words
"nrnor. lIaGsn." meant simply brand
Of horse and brought little or no sense
~ personality. lie did not shrink on,
~ sight. he simply kept out Of tn.
range ~ public vision why? Simpl,
that he vas built that way.
lie took no credit to himself for his
roissty: was simply unaware OF III.
lure of the limelight. He did not shrink
from thu public applause: he only
walked In the direction where there wa,
No sound OF cheering. And yet to tn.
public his horse owning horse racing
horse loving was all they knew abou
MIN. He never helped. never hinderec
that conception by any visible effort
He was in truth a remarkable man
Perhaps the most reticent man on tn,
American continent. he was none tn,
less true American type. We may b.
q nation Of takers, not to say speech
makers, but We do admit that achieve
ment Is the thing that counts and W.
can honor silence when Il Is abb,
personlaed
Ulysses 8. Grant. who did all tn
really tremendous military things in ou
civil war combat, was the silent man I
his contemporaries. When we remem
her that James p. Haggin, born In 1872.
the same year as Grant, carried hi
hlb!tual insolubility twenty eight year
longer than Grant did we are close
proclaiming a record. Mr. Haggin wa
- years old when he closed his yer
ohservsnt eyes forever last Sunday.
II he could not Use his tongue a
American high speed his eyes had III
host American quality. He saw OF
portunlty. More than that. he kne
how 10 grasp It. He was not born rich
hs died worth millions that II Is non
- my business to measure; the n
g1.herars will do that. Between thes
two Items, however. lie the Geographic
NJ thousands Of Americans who as trul
stand for the first century and ha
- our nation as do Washington an
Lincoln Emerson and Hawthorne an
al those whom We celebrate for the
genius. their altruism or their idealit
The sole condition OF the fame OF n
millionaire with us IL wherein he bent
flted his time and his people either
the getting or the giving of his acc,