The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-09

short they set man with red
dish hair and muSfachc in which
there Yves a sprinkling a white
turned his chair iowa ri a table and
called someone in wall street over
a private wire. After ticking of a
few messages ard receiving replies he
closed the key end rsumed the con-
versatiou by remar}ling that IL wa 8
his only connection with the street
and that when the wire Was put in,
The most OF the calls came from
New York from parties who were
anxious 70 reach him while on a visit
10 the Fashion stud farm at Tren-
ton. y J. The speaker was Henry
y. Smith. al orc time the most ram
pant heear op the stock exchange
ard whose failure for over $4,000. geo
n ln1ost caused n panic.
With smile he referred to the rip
pie which he caused in the world
Of fnance at the time and said:
From the beginning Of nv career
fortune used me as football She
favored nee with many boost when
did not deserve r. aud whenever 7
received a filt there was 10 one to
blame but myself
Upon being asked for brief In
side sketch Of his career, Mr.. Smith
who in hts 1av owned Goldsmith
Maid Lady Thorn, Lucy and nay
Could as well as Rosalind Tattler
General Knox and several other fast
trotters. replied: My career dates
from the Civil war. I was then iiV
Ing TN Buffalo ~. Y, When gold
went 10 premium | made trips to
Canada, picking Il up and disposing
OF IT in the American market In
81, }s = ~tnnt 70 ATf q !
TO start a private bank in Bufra To-
and when II began TO prosper ] start
ed investing .he deposits in Wan
street This was prior to- the day of
private wires and IN order to look af-
ter my investments / was compelled
TO make two or three trims q week
to--Eew York. At tho Same time
ives also forced 10 keep w appear
ances at the bank and sec that the
depositors vera atisf1ed thas Il was
solvent. Finally q rumor ran through
the city that everything was not
right at the bank. When I heard OF
Il, instead OF making 81 denial ] pur-
chased the finest residence ] could
find on Della ware avenue and started
In to furnish the house and stable
in a manner that made the neighbours
stare and also start the local papers
with a column or two story about
IT, In few days the furry was
over and the deposits flowed in heav-
ier than ever.
ABOUT this time Mr.. Martin who
had considerable capital asked me 70
make n few investments for him, and
in a brigf time we opened New
YorA Office under the name Of Smith
and Martin Also one evening while
stopping al Che Clarendon hotel in
New York Charles Kerner intro
duced me to a slim man with a. sal
low complexion, full beard and spark
ling eyes. He asked me to place a
few orders for him in tn street, and
when I looked at his card saw
that his name was Jay Gould. His
| selections brought him q good return
and he proved such n successful in
weston that We took him into the
Arm. changing il to Smith. Gould
and Martin BY this time passed
the Buffalo hank along to other par
ties and located in New York. All
the world knows the history OF the
firm on Wall street, as well as the
part IL played on Black Friday,
AFTER doing general business in
almost everything In the street. we
took up the railroads ana eventually
| controlled the Erie. Also with I'M
limited wealth there also came a
desire to ds bible in trotters. and be
] fore long owned tho best in the
world. Dan Mace had Lady Thorn
ready 10 reduce Dexter's record when
he careleasiy allowed her to walk of
4 loading platform at Rochester and
krsks her hip. Dobie did the trick
however. with Goldsmith Maid. bu