Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1888 — BRITAIN’S GRAND HORSE [ARTICLE]

BRITAIN’S GRAND HORSE

PURCHASED HY an AMERICAN FOB A FABULOUS AMOUNT. The Winner of the Derby Races Sold for 5X5.000 A Crank Who Wants Cleveland to Tarn Over the Presidency te Him—Expenses of the State*. (New York spacial.) The Derby winner, Ormonde, has been sold to an American for £17.000. This is next to the biggest price ever paid for a stallion. The buyer is said to be John A. Norris, of Throgg’s Neck, L. 1., who has made millions out of the lottery business. The purchase of Ormonde is lottery business of the wildest sort. The horse of the century, the winner of the triple crown, the mighty successor of West Australian. (Hadiateur, and Lord Lyon, the champion of the English turf, the invincible Ormonde, is a “roarer." If he were not no amount of American dollars could have induced the Duke of Westminster to have parted with him. All the resources of science have been expended in a vain effort to cure him of his malady. At the close of the racing season of 1886 Ormonde was universally and justly regarded as the grandest horse in the world. If he had broken down, his value as a sire would at least have been as great as the sum ($70,000) given by the Duke of Westminster for Ormonde’s grandsire, Doncaster, and for many years to come the winner of the Derby, the St. Leger. and the 2.000 Guineas, would probably have hold his court in Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, as a worthy successor to Touchstone and Pantaloon, to Doncaster and Ben d’Or. But being touched in the wind, his noble owner had no use for him, and sold him to an American for $85,000. This sum, preposterous as it seems, is $9,000 less than Lord Dupplin paid to Mr. Gosden for Petrarch, the St. Leger winner in 1876. Ormonde is five years old. Ho is not u perfect beauty, nor is he a perfect horse to the eye. His color is dark bay, with the black rising nearly to the hocks. There is a groat deal of daylight under him. Home people soil him leggy. He is over sixteen hands, a powerful, rangy, and impressive creature. The shoulders aro long, bold, and sloping; the neck is short and thick: the feet and legs aro firm as Steel, and tho quarters uro superb. 111-fortune seems to follow tho noted race-horses imported from Englund to the United States. Prince Charlie, who was purchased in England only four or live years ago, died in 1886. His owner at onco secured Lord Falmouth’s Derby winner, Kingcraft, to take his place. Kingcraft died on tho steamship that was bringing him over. It Is a singular coincidence that Blue Gowm tho winner of the Derby two years before him, also died on tho voyage to this country. There aro, however, two Dorby winners now in tho: United States—lroquois and St. Blaise. Nearly two years ago it was suggested that tho Duke of Westminster semrOrmondo tD Kentucky, where, it was believed, he might bo cured of roaring. It is rumored tnut Mr. Morris bought Ormonde tor Senator George Hearst, of California. THE MAN WHO WAS ELECTED. r A Crank Who Wants Cleveland to Turn Over the Presidency to Him. [Washington telegram.) Tho man who thinks he lias boon elected President to succeed the present incumbent has already turned up and wants to oust Mr. Cleveland right away. He is u crank named G. W. Jamison and says he is from Hartsville, Bucks County, Pa. Officials ob the White House have been annoyed by the man. who has paid frequent visits there for the purpose of seeing the President.' He is about 45 years old and welll dressed, and presents tho appearance of a man in good eireumstanees. Early In the morning and late in the evening he; appeared to see tho President on important; business. Each time he appeared he carried in his hands a bundle of manuscript and* newspapers. On a dozen or more sheets of legal-cap paper he has written whut purports to bo a report by the Secretary of tho Navy. This convinced the officials that the man was a crank, and Sergeant Johnson notified him to keep away from the White House. One day he managed to slip in un-f noticed with a visiting delegation, and! when discovered by the officials he was up! stairs on his way to the President's room.: Sergeant Johnson then put him out and* again warned him to keep awapundor ai threat of arrest. This, however, did not; frighten him, and a few hours later he returned in u cab and again insisted on seeing' the President. Ho was sent sway from the; door. Later on the officials discovered that the visitor had left his coat. Ho returned te tho White House and was placed under arrest. He was taken to tho sanitary office,; whore he was questioned by Sanitary Officer Frank. He said that he was a widower and; had four children, whom he left in charge of a Mrs. Rutherford. “There was an election last month," remarked the stranger. "I believe there was," said the officer. “Well," said Jamison. **there’is a mistake) /is to the man who was elected. Cleveland; and another man ran. Cleveland was defeated, but the other manjwas not elected.*; “Who was?" asked the officer, "I was,” he answered. “And I came herw to sec that President Cleveland turns over| the office to me and not to the other man.* EXPENSES OF THE STATES. , A Table Showing the Population, Tari Levy and Expenditures of the Several States. • Below is presented an interesting table showing the tux levy, population and expenditures of the various States of the Union:! § § ! STATUS. OS ■« . L M. I as all 11 '* £ J g 1 A1abama1,262,505 0.55 ’$ 999,589.27* Arkansas 802,535 0.40 540,000.00 California 834,694 0.608 5,040X118.00 Colorado 194,327 0.3# 612,000.00 Connecticut. 622,70010.20 1,721,171. 14* Florida 264,493 0.30 208,824.15 GeorgiaAl,s42,lßo 0.377 4,458,839.10 Illinois 3,077,871 0.35 4,217,000.00 Indiana 1,978,301 0.305 4,774,226.41 10wa.1,624,615 0.25 1,660,358.31 Kansas.. 996,096 0.36 2,778,8t».8m Kentucky 1,648,690 0.475 2,653,4«)A> Louisiana 930,946 0.60 1,516,906.64 Maine.. 648,936 0.275 1,168,544.80 Maryland....’ 934,943 4). 187 2,125,109.9 a Massachusetts 1,783,085 1.50 G 11,071.293.9 a Michiganl,636,937 0.127 2,885,252.97) Minnesota 780,773 0.19 2,759,814.981 Mississippi 1,131,597 0.35 904.K8.74 Missouri 2,168,380 0.40 2,870,05b.00| Nebraska 452,402 0.8125 1,411;154.1i Nevada 02,266 0.90 257.149.56 j New Hampshire 346,9911.40 348,984.96 New Jersey 1,113,11610.256 1,262,950.44,' New Y0rk5,082,871 0.296 15,829,124.971 North Car01ina.1,399,750 0.375 785,641781 0hi03,198,032 0.29 3,056,667.471 Oregon 174,768 0.605 279.139.7 W Pennsylvania 1,282,891 0.178 7,203,295.42 Rhode Island 276,5310.12 819,706.06 . South Carolina 995,57>0.425 987,974.831 Tennesseel.s443s9 0.39' 1,250,000.00; Texa51,591,749 0.38 1,936,000.00 “Vermont 832,286 0.12 W 0,000.901 Virginia...... 11,612,5650.49 Bffißs,9UlM WeOVirgtala. I 61(4457 0.35 L824.1M.6fl