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UNFOLDS A HUMANINTEREST STORY Announcement of Harry Morrissey Resigning As Starter to Train for Henry A Porter The announcement made by Harry A Morrissoy last week that he would resign his position as start ¬ er on the Kentucky tracks to take charge of a stable if horses and breeding establishment for Henry A Porter the Oklahoma oil magnate unfolds a human interest story the like of which seldom takes place in real life only in fiction and magazine articles ays a Kentucky turf writer Porter and Morrissey have been friends for years and in the days when neither had any too much of this worlds goods they divided what they had About three years ago Morrissey was starting at Latonia and Porter dropned into Cincinnati At that time he Avns none too well off and Morrissey as he had done on other occasions befriended him Porter then was on his way west and told Morrissey that he had a deal on which might put him in excellent condition fin ¬ ancially anciallyTime Time wore on and Morrissey had heard nothing from his old partner During the spring meeting it Latonia Porter wired Morrissey that he would be here on a certain date He showed up all right mil then proceeded to have a confidential talk with Morrissey In a room in the Gibson Porter confided to Morrissey that he wanted to buy some horses preferably stud stock and that price was no object Up objectUp to this time Porter had said nothing con ¬ cerning Iiis financial condition How much do yon want to spend Morrissey asked rather dis ¬ interestedly for he believed that Porter was string ¬ ing him Oh a couple of hundred thousand re ¬ plied Porter Say Pat Morrissey always called him Pat what brand of dupe are you taking win n lid you start and how on earth did you ever get to wing against such a thing Porter laughed and then said AVell I guess that I had better stnrt in and tell you first that what I said about spending a couple of hundred thousand for horses was meant and that 1 have real hard cash to pay for them themHOW HOW PORTER ACQUIRED WEALTH WEALTHThen Then he unfolded his tale of how he had drifted into the Oklahoma oil fields rubbed an Aladdins lamp ind presto the oil spurted from the ground and Porter found himself a rich man lie had docu ¬ ments to prove what lie said ami when he had fin ¬ ished Morrissey really felt himself in need of some stimulant Morrissey advised his friend to go slow and late In the fall he purchased the mares and yearlings of the Kllmm Stud in England Long be ¬ fore they arrived Porter visited Morrissey at his Kempland Farm home near Lexington AVJien these mares and yearlings get over here you will need some more barns and some cash to take care of them wont you asked Porter Morrissey ad ¬ mitted that it would take some money to run them until grass came in so Porter handed him 25 MK mil told him to bank that and draw on it as la needed Then he insisted on Morrissey buying s me more land and seventy acres adjoining his farm were acquired It was during the late meeting at Latonia that Porter arrived here again and on tin following arrivedfrom S lay after the mares had arrived from England they went down to the farm to look them over Remember Harry around Guttenberg when you were riding horses and I was just hanging in there how you used to take me out at night buy me a big meal and then stake me to a nice clean bed asked Porter after thev had looked over his purchases Why yes stammered Morrissey but lets forget alxmt that No I have never forgotten it replied Porter and now I am going to try and even up those things Out in the pasture are eighteen mares and thirteen yearlings and weanlings They came here in my name but you have a half interest in them We are going into breeding and racing and you are acquireThat a half partner in everything we acquire That stunned Morrissey for the shipment of Eng ¬ lish horses cost at least 50000 and half of them belonged to him They have gone in deeper now and will have a racing stable next spring Evcrv one who knows Morrissey i wishing them the best of luck for a sijiinrcr better racing official never pulled a barrier spring than Harry Morrissey
