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RECALLS CR0KER-DALY TRANSACTION. When Biehard Croker was at Aqueduct recently, one of the first men he s|io!ie lo was W. . Daly. He saluted tin- Connecticut horseman cordially, say ing: "Are you still at this basteessl You must be at least eighty years old." "No. I am only sixty-two." said Daly. Tears ago. when Mr. Croker tirst went into raeins. he purchased from Dalv the .. .It. Prince 0 cargo, for Sll.tH* The colt had cost Daly only 0 as a yearlins. "I put that 2,000 into the noney that paid for iny hotel at Hartford, said Daly, "aad thanks to that money 1 now have souieiliins to live on." Ji.hu L.-unley. one of mauv jockeys aeveteped by Daly, rede for Mr. Croker wbaa he raced his horses, as |j.l also Willie Siniins. who went to Baglaad in I8B5 with the ill-fated stable joiutly owned by Messrs. Croker and Michael DwyrX.
