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of admirers, and there was no race course but was glad to 

 secure his service as presiding judge. For years he offici- 

 ated at Churchill Downs, at Louisville, and his decisions 

 invariably gave satisfaction to all concerned. He was highly 

 educated and could converse entertainingly on all subjects. 

 Col. James J. O'Fallon, of St. Louis, Mo., was born in that 

 city and spent the greater part of his life there. He is a 

 scholar of the old school, whom it is a pleasure to know. 

 Col. John O'Fallon, the founder of the great O'Fallon fam- 

 ily in the West, was his father, and a man who was of un- 

 bounded popularity. Col. James O'Fallon was a valuable 

 acquisition to the American turf, and while his racing career 

 was not a lengthly one it was brilliant to a marked extent, 

 for he won the most of the great stakes for which he con- 

 tended. He owned Pat Maloy, Plantaganet, Altevela, Sun- 

 down, The Banshee, Harry O'Fallon (named for his son), 

 Kate Ward and others. In his manners he is as gentle as a 

 lady, and refinement characterizes his every action. A 

 friend he never forgets and his purse is always open to his 

 friends or any one in need. I cannot pay a high-toned^ emi- 

 nent Missourian a higher compliment. 



Hiram and Horace Argo are two Tennesseeans, who 

 have achieved distinction on the turf and in business and 

 turf and political life. They owned White Nose, a horse 

 of royal breeding, who raced and won hundreds of races. 

 Finally he died as a buggy horse in Nashville, but his last 

 days were spent in the quietude which he had so richly 

 earned. 



Bryan Obear, of Missouri, is one of the turfmen of St. 

 Louis whom every one feels better to meet and know. He 

 was the importer of George Frederick, and Bondholder and 

 Patroclus were among his latest holdings. Some of his 

 mares were the best bred of their day. Silverdale was once 

 his property and afterward climed to distinction as the 

 property of the famous John H. Schorr, of Memphis. Mr. 

 Obear is a gentleman and a scholar, and I am glad to be able 

 to speak of him as I do, for there is not a truer friend or a 

 man more worthy of respect in all this broad land. 



John H. Schorr is from Memphis, Tenn., where he has 

 vast brewing interests. But his chief belongings at the 

 present time and the ones that are liable to bring him the 



