december july american journalist newspaper editor founded early american newspaper devoted sports working number small newspapers porter moved new_york_city 1830s employment newspaper city founded spirit times newspaper modeled london paper called london spirit went number names incarnations years devoted sports recreational pursuits porter main interests involved horse racing involved attempts create stud book united_states bear fruit instrumental development american literature spirit published number short stories american tall tale writers porter edited collections short stories american writers publishing spirit 1830s sold printer continued editor 1850s left original spirit hired editor sporting newspaper porter spirit times published porter died early life porter born december son vermont boys born parents father lawyer died suddenly leaving family difficult financial circumstances attended charity school new_hampshire family moved left school work print shop attended mother died meant family broken porter worked number small newspapers arriving new_york_city early 1830s new_york porter gained nickname york tall son editorial work porter edited newspaper new_york_city published humorous stories porter interested sports concentrated emerging sports journalism field december porter published issue new newspaper devoted covering sports recreational activities called spirit times porter imitated london contemporary english publication covering subjects attempt spirit times failed quickly porter sold magazine merged fisher publication traveller spirit combined traveller traveller spirit times brief period porter operated spirit employed porter sold spirit went work new edited time january porter purchased traveller spirit times renamed newspaper spirit times returning editing version spirit managed survive initial financial difficulties porter focused selling paper south west united_states emphasized subjects use readers cattle breeding farm methods books interest sports newspaper published weekly porter interested reforming sport horse racing expended effort newspaper trying bring horsemen parts country effort bear fruit spirit information interest involved horse racing printing statistics results races porter involved attempts publish american stud book race horses united_states similar published england documenting horses february porter announced spirit projected coverage project edited secretary washington project porter turned january project finish work project abandoned porter served disputes sports rules sports betting porter encouraged new authors south west write newspaper helped books published edited collections short stories frontier quarter race kentucky sketches sporting interests spirit involved emergence american literature especially tall tale form humor porter encouraged southwestern authors write publish short stories spirit involved getting works published book form editor collections published quarter race kentucky sketches published porter instrumental encouraging career writer contributed spirit wrote pen hurt spirit circulation porter responded buying main competition moved new_york_city porter edited paper stopped published porter continued publication annual stallion lists publication lists horses owned breeders purchase strained porter finances sold spirit printer retained porter editor 1840s prosperous 1850s magazine encountered difficulties porter left richards paper printer began new sporting newspaper called porter spirit times employed porter editor later life porter served secretary famous match race fashion spirit known coverage horse racing porter main sporting interest fishing porter married brothers died porter caught cold died consumption july house new_york_city left unfinished biography friend journalist historian wrote porter undoubtedly american sports respectable standing
William T. Porter