The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-10
Larry Jerome Had an Interesting
Career When Racing the Trotters
Frank Ellis Another Famous Sportsman Tells an Interest
ing Story Of Jerome's Life on the Track.

muttering as he fell. Ny stars. the
Indians Will, come next
"Of course Larry only did it for
joke but the incident ran the gaunt-
let Of the clubs and Fashionable as
semblies for weeks. A few clever
folk. when they heard of 1t, decided
that they would give Larry a try
out, SO one evening al a dinner, one
( OF them asked him what he did tor
a living. Turning towards the i'm
pudent. fop who was busy twisting a
monocle@ into place, Larry with a
smile replied: I keep a livery stable
in Venice a"
Why, my deaf SIR. there are no
paved streetssdn " egEice. Whafe Ids,
your patrons hdrsyss the horsesr' ri
On the ice in winter said
Larry, while the table roared and
the young cad beat a hasty re-
treat
Nothing in the world bothered
Larry Jerome He was in Paris on
black Friday. What he had went
with the holdings of hundreds Of
/ others. Whom advised that his
name was included in the list that
! failed to weather the storm he
/ picked cigar out Of a friend 8
] pocket, lit it and said: IT is just as
! pleasant to go broke in Paris as
/ New York
Simon Cameron, Of Pennsyl-
I ~vanta j, always delighted IN havir4g
Larry Jerome in his company In
+ the spring of 1856 he invited him
and few others including myself
! to GO with him in his car to see the
Kentucky Derby Lewis Clark. the
! president OF the Louisville Jockey
n h 4.
! four-ip- hand q nd Larry. WITHOUT a
= moments hesitation. mounted the
box and drove the party to the
Pendennis club. No one ever saw
better exhibition Of horan-1a / Ms l. i :
: iran what he put up that m0rnin-
or when after lunch he fooled the
coach to Churchill Downs
Before leaving MS to attend IL
lis other duties. President Glars
placed our party in "A box. It wac
located near the one occupied by
- r. Haggin, the owner of Pen Ali
who with BLUE Wing. was consid-
cred the two most formidable COM
petitors in the race He also gave
us a little informa ton about tho
horses and said that he though,
that the Virgil colt was the best
Calling a messenger I requested
him to go to the better ring and ge,
me the odds on Ben Ali. He re.
turned with the Information that
they were three and half TO one
Larry heard him and offered 20
place my money. I gave him $500
and that was the last saw of him
until after the race.
When the flag dropped for the
Derby, the field ran in a bunch I'M
I'll within couple OF furlongs of
the finish. At that point Blue
Wing and Ben Ali slipped out in
front and ran on even terms for
several strides. AS they approachA1
the stand. Ben Ais head showed
in front and il remained there TO
tina finish. In a few minutes !
learned that Haggin won $4,000 on
the race. My ticket also won but
Larry kept it. ! never asked hin,
4 for it and it was the incest preseu,
ever had an oppomunitS- to mike
to anyone.
4 Did Not Take to Sontheners.
For some reason Larry Jerome
did not take 10 Southern people. He
| always said that they had hig feet
and that was what kept them erect.
| One winter we were fishing at New
| Smyrn. Florida. All of the guests
at the hotel were from the South
except Larry and myself. He woui4
not mix with thenh while. his biz
feet idea was always on tap.
One rainy afternoon when all oil
us were sitting on tbs porch, IAarrs
| turned to me and said. 'F'ran}s.
| dill YOU ever know that was in
the war;.
"Of course said No in order