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AN ADMIRAL WHO ENJOYS RACING Admiral Dillingham U S N an ardent lover of Hie thoroughbred and a capable horseman himself notwithstanding his nautical calling is a consistent it run of the Jamestown races The admiral is sta ¬ tioned here and he is at the track every bright day He has s ecn little of racing about New York but in Mi old days he used to get some sport at New Or ¬ leans and he knew Hawthorne pretty well wellTin Tin admiral will accept a tip when he thinks it comes from a reliable source but he dopes cm for lilmself II is more fun he thinks to win on his iwn judgment than to take another mans word for fordiuiral diuiral Dillingham told David Dunlop the other lav at the Monticello that he was looking for an old friend of his an Irishman by the name of Mc ¬ Carthy who put him iii the way of winning 210 at Hawthorne some ten years ago McCarthy was a man In met the winter before at New Orleans When McCarthy saw him he shook hands cordially and said Captain is there anything I can do for Tlierf is McCarthy the gallant seaman replied Yon can put me on to a winner This is my first Jiiik here this season and I know nothing personally f the form of these horses I have just 32 that isnt busy so Im willing to invest it as your judg tVjlu right here returned the genial McCarthy and its me that will dig ye up a winner Cap The admiral promised to do as he was bidden iinl McCarthy disappeared in the direction of the iuuldock McCarthy was hack in five minutes I have a good one for ye lie said in his broadest I in itrick brogue It cant lose McCirthv gave the admiral the name of a horse vliicirtheadniiral cannot recall and was off again Tlirlv of the thirtytwo went on that horse at 7 in i 1 and the horse came home on the bit bitI I wilted around until after the last race the admiral said to Mr Dunlop to see my friend Mc iVr liv But he did not show up nor have I seen lino this day New York Telegraph
