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LUCIEN APPLEBY NO AVELCHER. A story illustrating the squareness of the late Lucicn o" Appleby, a bookmaker and breeder of the old school, was related by one of his intimates following his recent death. The salient points arc as herewith given: Back in the days when Slonmouth Park was a flourishing racing center and John Huggins trained for the late Alexander Johnstone Cassatt, and jockey Fisher was a rider of skill. Sir. Huggins had a Falsetto filly belonging to Sir. Cassatt called Falsestcp. Frtlscstop was as fast as the wind for five-eighths of a mile, but Sir. Huggins had tried time and again to make her stay three-quarters, and she had failed so signally that the fraternity began to suspect that she could not win at six furlongs. One dav Sir. Huggins dropped Falsestcp in a race of live arid a half furlongs with as common a bunch as ever appeared at SionmOuth Park and early in the day on which this race was to be run. Fisher handed Sir. Appleby 5. and asked him to put it on Falsestcp. Fisher himself was to ride the mare, and the rules against betting by jockeys were not as strict as they are in these times. "I think you are burning thisYnoney up. Fisher." Sir. Appleby said, "lint It is voirs and Ill put it down." Then he added: "What do you think you ought to get?" j "From the way this mare has boon running." returned Fisher. "I should say that 10 to 1 would be a fair price." "She will be that easily," returned Sir. Appleby, "so I will lay you 15." "In that case." said Fisher, "you will oldige me bv taking another 5." "All right," replied Sir. Appleby, "I start the day 0 winner." But it turned out that neither Appleby nor Fisher guessed anywhere near Falsest eps price. There was plenty of money for the Falsetto filly, which opened at 4 to 1 and closed at S to 5, and won in a common cantor. .Many bookmakers would have tried lo put Fisher olt with 4 to 1 for his fifty, but not so tall Lucien Applebv. Immediately after the last race of the day be strolled over to John Huggins barn and handed that veteran- eight erisp one-hundred-dollar notes to be given to Fisher.
