South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-03
SHOWS
He STILL KNOWS
A GOOD ANIMAL
Pays $4,000 For Peter Scott
But Has Made Big Part of
Purchase Price by TAX
ing Big Stakes.
BY Frank G.. Menke.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-Tommy
Murphy. the veteran reinsman and
owner of trOtters and PAGERS, paid
$780, 900 last winter for a ~trotter
named Peter Scott, 2:05 1-2 who was
sold for $4,000 as a thre~e-year-old in
1913.
Murphy must be losing his good
sense" piped up the knowing" per-
sons in the harness game. Peter
Scott isn't worth $30,0OO-nor any
thing near $50, 600. Murphy has been
'trimmed-and trimmed with his eyes
open"
Murphy smiled-and said nothing.
He just went ahead n entered his
new trotter in as many of the 1915
grand circuit races as he could. And
Peter Scott, to date. has won nearly
$4,000 in purses for Murphy-and
he has about eight or ten more en-
gagements before the season ends.
Peter Scott. by maintaining his
present winning record until snow
flies, will bring home about $4,000
for Murphy. He's got three or four
more years of racing in his legs and
he then can be put in stud.
Murphy losing his good sense, Ell?
Off Frightened Marquis.
The Rochester On. Y.) Times has
just unearthed a yarn concerning the
marquis of Uurrnsbury hat tells how
an Irishman once annexed his goat
goatee.
II seems that the marquis. who for
mulated prize ring rules that still bear
his name, was quite a gay quarrelsome
bird in his youth and prone to duell-
ing. But he lost his fondness for
challenging persons to act as the re-
ceiving end for his rapier or as tar
gets for his bullets after his encounter
with the son of Erin.
The marquis and the Irishman who
was a race horse owner, got into an
argument and the result was a chal-
lenge to the Irishman for a duel. The
challenge was accepted and the next
daytime 10, 1750-was set for the
revolver battle.
The marquis, who was then known
as the Earl of March arrived first at
the duelling ground. A few minutes
later the Irishman arrived, accompan-
led by several men. who carried a
black coffin. The coffin-bearers de-
posted their grewSome load in front
of the marquis and noticing a plate
on the coffin which read as follows:
James Douglass. Earl of March;
Born Nov. Is. 1925. Died June 10.
1850"
What's the meaning of this. sir?'
demanded the white-faced marquis of
the grinning Irishman.
We'll, sir. YOU see it's this way"
answered the Irishman. I'm a dead
sOt. | never miss. We're going 10
night a duel in a few minutes and 7
thought il would save trouble if I
brought our coffin right along so that
your second could drop you into il
and carry YOU away without getting
all smeared up with blood"
The sight OF the coffin. and the
Irishman's remarks broke the nerve
of the marquis. he a~pologized and the
duel was called of.
Packey Packs HuSkier WALTON.
The record OF Packey Mcfarland
and Mike Gibbons tend 10 show that
Mcfarland has the mightier wallop OF
the two. Packey has scored 80
knOckOuts in los battles. while Glib
hons has sent over a sleep punch only
20 times in 20 bouts.
Packey and Mike are both - years
old. bu; Packey began boxing in 1g04
while Mike started -four years later.
Mike has been boxing continuously
for he last seven years but Packey
ibid a Nine. Patti about two years ago.