A Shabby Turf Critic., Daily Racing Form, 1897-11-06

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A SHABBY TURF CRITIC Heres Hermes some shabby comment about a turf ¬ man from an ancient creature who bull cons the present turf generation to which he doesnt doesn't belong He is known to the public as Broad church and comments through an excellent and respectable journal The Spirit of the Times of New York as follows If a man were to tell you that Barney Schreiber is an Irishman you could safely re ¬ spond pond that he was a liar for Barney has all the earmarks of the conventional German albeit he speaks good English At first glance he would slightly suggest the regulation Rube having a countryfied countrified look but in reality he is a sharp and shrewd bookmaker a successful owner and has made quite a fortune on the turf I believe he is loser on the present season but in a few years he made enough money to buy and stock a breeding farm to control a daily turf paper and yet retain a bundle amply largo enough for bookmaking and speculative pur pour Lposes Poses Schreiber has good manners and good sense and is very popular popularDAILY popular DAILY RACING FORM believes in telling the truth Broadchurchs Broach reference as to control of a daily turf paper by Mr Schreiber is aimed at DAILY RACING FORM The ordinary name of Broadchurch Broach is Thomas Atcheson Atchison He lies in reference as to Mr Schreibers Schreiber control of a daily turf paper perhaps with knowledge But at any rate he lies Atcheson Atchison has a sore spot to heal He has many fingers in pickle to many rings too But thats hats another story of items on call when necessary When I was in charge of the Tribunes sport ¬ ing King department it became necessary to print the keen figures of form from distant points Atch Aitch ¬ eson meson had been reporting racing at one of these points He wasnt wasn't up to date I got a man who was competent to do such work that Atch Aitch ¬ eson meson could not do according to his 1860 method Atchesons Atchison turn down for incompetence angered him himIf him If the human fossils who interfere with pro ¬ gress egress could comprehend the damage of their interference and the health of their removal the march of time would be far more harmon ¬ ious than it is The failure to comprehend this idea bothered Atcheson Atchison in 1894 and bothers him yet Hence his furtive untruth of reference as to Mr Schreibors Schreiber control of a daily turf If anyone thinks that I do not control DAILY RACING FORM he can try me out or ask Schrei Schreiber ¬ ber beer who is my partner and a most excellent one He has never asked me since he has had an interest with me to boost or boom any thing he owned or unjustly laud any enterprise with which he was or is connected DAILY RACING FORMS pages since its birth can attest tothisi toothiest Mr Schreiber and his interests have been treated on the same plane as those of other men and other interests The folks to whom Atcheson Atchison is in pawn have not been used so pub ¬ licly lily Particulars in this line also will bo fur wished on call F H BRUNELL BRUNEI


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