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A LIVE INDIAN WHO IS SOME GOOD
John B. Foster
I OPJNG down Commonwealth ayr-
I nue. which Js in the roost fa*»
| ionable district of Boston, sm'.N
" !ng in friendliness at the cheera
and applauding shouts of thousand*,
who had gathered to nee the finUhln?
stretches of the New England Mara
thon ract of 25 miles, mcanwhll» roollv
peeling an orange and pulling it apa.-t
to moisten his parched and feveris'a
throat with the pleasing juice of the
fruit, Thomas Longbo&t. r.n Onondaß.v
Indian, son of the Sis Nation*, every
facial feature marked with the typical
characteristics of hie ancestors, hi*
physique eJnfewy, angular, in all wa« «
conforming to th*t of the ted mun of
ihe fore*t. set more tongues to svsp-
King in athletic circles on April It th-i:>
have buzzed on this *ide of the oec;>B
plnce Sherrins:. the Canadian, won the
Marathon in clreece.
The reason for this was n«.-i <Uij
wholly to the winning" of this parl'cu-
Zar Marathon five minutes faster thu:i
*he race had ever been run before, but
that the achievement defined him— A*.
Fomc bad Imagined — one of the great o-it
lor.}; distance runners of the world md
rendered it almost certain that lie '.r:!}
represent < the American continent |n
the next Olympic games, to be belt] in
London In 1901.
Around the Indian ?ettlement »t Cale
donia. ura.r Hamilton. Ont., yooiiu boy*
*nd youth* know thi* Indian marvel -is
•Tom." The old folks knew him *s
' that Longboat boy." who liked to piny
laerozsr when perhaps he should nay*
brcn doing other things; who could
run some, as everybody in the village
had witnessed, on the big: open field
whrre the Indian cam?* were playe-l.
«nd who.^like every youngster of hi?
»ge and race, took keen delight in
'tents of sped, leaping; and other con
tests that called for physical skill. Not
that he is expert in all uthlctic fst*,
but there is little of an athletic nature
that does not appeal to him.
Next fall he will be 20 years old. Men
who arc arise In athletics and who have
made a study of records say that no
youth of his age In history has a rec
ord for running which, is equal to that
Which he made in Boston on April Ifj
tt Js also their contention that some
t>arts of the race were traveled at a
crcater r.peed than an;- adult has bcs:i
known to make in Intermediate miles'
of like tests of endurance. Hence the
marvelouEnes's of his performance.
Perhaps Longboat might never have
known how much of a runner he is if it
had not been for another boy w'.io
t-laycd lacrosse against him and chal
lenged him to race. That was in 1301.
His career has ben very limited on
ihe road and track, and is the more
marvelous for that reason. Longboat
won the raco with his Indian chum. He
ran so well that he made up his mind
he micht win more important races M
ever he sot a cl.ancc to start in them.
Home of the old men who were wise in
bound! in the village confirmed him in
his belief, and advised him to keep hl3
eyes open. Probably they did it with
a mercenary Idea In view. They were
thinkinsr that the boy might earn sums
which would help to support the family,
and perhaps would be handy to loan to
his friends, in any event, he in re
ported lo have raced at the Caledonia
raJr in bis native village and he tron.
Still an Amateur
History does not *ay what kind of
a prize was offered, but it Is asserted
that he did not run for money. Had
he done so lie might have been for*
given, for he was. only a youngster
and knew little about the rules of th«\
Canadian amateur athletic union and
the amenities of pure amateur "sport.
Canada has turnrd out a creat many
fine distance runners. Among: them U
Oaffrey. lie r*h for the Boston Mara
thon a few years ago and won It. He
THE STORY OF ;TI^E dEeti^RA*lON OF iISIDEPENDEI>JC|
(Continued from Front Page.)
"Certain ßesolution*." says the Journal,
"being, tnoved |md seconded, resolved
that the consideration of them be de
ferred until tomorrow morning, and
that the aicmheis be en^olnrd to at
tmd promptly at 10 o'clock In order to
take the same into consideration."
Th« y debated nil the next day, Satur
day, and again all day Monday on *the
question. Who spoke and what wai
*sld are not certainly known, aj the
journal had no record. John Adahis
nnd his couchi Sam, Roger Sherman,
Oliver Wolcott, R, H. Ltc, Oeorco
Wjihc — these were undoubtedly the
great speakers for separation.
The chi&L opponent, Mr. Adams'
leading antagonist, was John Dickin
son of Pennsylvania. Dickinson at this
time. was a. man 4 4 years of &%c, three
years older than Adams, a gentleman
who had liad'as good an education us
the colonies afforded, and who had fol
lowed It by a term In the temple, Lon
don.
*'Rom the beginning of The trouble
with England he h&d opposed ht>r on
the ground that her acts were oihtrary
to English law — that there were purely
legal and constitutional reason* for re-
Mstlnp Great Britain.. The colonists
were not rebels, lie argueo. but "peti
tioners in ftrnif." In the spring ot !?•*,
although he had not hesitated to vole
war supplies or even to command a
Pennsylvania regiment, all the' force of
his Intellect was given. to opposing tb«
radicals In congress and in, ctrugftllng;
against any measure 'to irrevocable 'as
a declaration of independence.*' v ::
It was Dickinson, then, who, whan
tbe debate began on Le»"f moilon. wax
first on hie feet. His mo»t _ practical
arguments were that such a declaration
.was premature, that the colonies should
w&it at lean until they had perfected
their military arrangements and. se
cured.; If possible, the ' aid of France,
with 'which country they were then ne-
Kotiattng. The names of all -who fol
lowed Dickinson '; we 'do not know, , but
amonp them were able and. loyal men-
John Jay, James Wilson, James Duane,'
made record . time doincr it. There
rai-»d with him as a. companion an In
dian by the -name" of. Davis. Ho. saw
Lonarboat 'run at Caledonia and took
him under his wing, -r V \
For a year .he worked to- 'improve
th^ style of his Longboat 1«
not -b graceful runner. He is flat
footed. It Is characteristic of his race.
He did not know how to "get up on
his toex" and balance his weljrht prop
erly on his feet. He ran flatfooted
during a part of the Maratnon.
The style of thft youth improved
somewhat under careful teaching, and
Oavis decided to race him in the Ham
ilton Marathffci, which is said to he one
of the hardest noutes In the world. Th<?
hills make it co. \u25a0 The distance of thin
race is 19 miles* and 186 yard?. There
is a story to the eftcct that Longboat
ran the, route the day before tlvc race
to become accustomed to the. road, ft
is not incredible, seeing how well he
has performed since then. In any
event he started on day
in 1908. and the surprising case with
which he won, although he did, not
quite equal the record for the course,
which had been made by "Sammy'
Mellcr of Yonkerfs, on«* of thft best long
distance runners of ihp- United States,
stamped him as a remarkable athlete,
and Davis was elated at the success o?
his pupil.
Subsequent to that he won the Ward
race of IS miles over. 'a heavy and
muddy course and outclassed every
competitor who started against him. 1
On Christmas day at Hamilton, last
year, he won the road race of. 10 miles
in 54 minutes', defeating Cumtnings.
and his next race Of any prominence
was at Buffalo against George Bonhag
of this city, where, for the -first time,
he competed on an Indoor track, and
was beaten, although TJonhag had to
run In record time to defeat his oppo
nent. Longboat complained .that tho
boards hurt 'his feet and that he was
not accustomed to the' short turn?
Robert n. Livingston, EdwardJlutledge
— but It was; cvlilcnt from the begin
nlngkof the debate that; they were In
the minority. The delegates of seven
colonies — four In New England, three
in the south— were either instructed to
vote for Independence or leaned toward
Jt: those of six colonies — New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Maryland,
Delaware and South Carol! na—^were op
posed to the resolution. In such a mat
ter unanimity was \u25a0 of tho utmost.lm
portance. and after a three days'' de
bate It was decided to postpone a finnl
vote until the first day. of July, 1 and; ln
order that no time be lost a committee
was appointed , to feciiro a declaration
suitable' to lay before. the world," stat
ing the grievances which drove them to
separate .from Great Britain.
The committee was 'appointed -b'y" bal
lot .on June 11 and consisted, accord-
Ing, to the journal, of the following
gentlemen: ''.Mr. Jefferson, J. Adams,
Mr. Franklin, Mr. Sherman arid R.TH.
Livingstone." - * -•. .
'Xaturally one w«uld expect' to find
at the headof this committee Mr. Lee.
who hadf>rtsented the resolution. That
h<? wfts not given; the -place scenis -to
be due lo one of 'those nice little mat
ters of stato polities, .which j had ! *qult«
ns much infiuence with the •."Fathers";
as they have's today. ; Richard :Heiiry,
Lee wa« not beloved by r his- colleaguts;
from' Virginia, and - Jlr. s'Jefferson .was
sent up to rival andsgpplant him; so
#«ys Jphn Adam*. : .'
Jefferson; was "a comparatively \u25a0, new
man "in congresf. lie was ' only. 3 3 .. ye a r's
of #ge;attthe tlm*. and?h»d been ;a
member ; less ; ( th s ri .! a"; year. K yen "\u25a0. in
this time he: had, not been: at all promlf:
hent <ln: the 'debates of [tibngreSs.T But
if silent In debate. Jefferson; hadahbwn
himself '"prompt.MrrahU, eiiWlclt'and de
cisive ypon.ftommllteeiv and In con 4
Versatlon,*.' and ; was. looked tupon by all
of the older.imemlier*,; searching -for
young talent/; as oh* of \u25a0. the ; most;
promising young, - men . Vlfginlai*had :
sent up; '. Particularly "was 'hel well Vrl-'
garded for his \ abll 1 ties V as V : a ; writer?:
His public iddcuments' ha»J' ; become f fa- ;
mousthrougboutHhercolonies.^amlforie*
of them had /circulated in-
Great Britain. As the talent* needed ; in
which. are necessary, in' indoor runnings
H<ss-Jost thejraee b>v a trifle and was
much chagrined '\u25a0 to f find -hlniself beaten. •
He was w>. have appeared;. in rs'ow'York
at the mectlng^of; the^Ncvr York ath
letic 'club for another .trial against.
Bonhagt -but^at the m6m6ntv"hlu
eligibility was questioned by the Cana
dian amateur athletic %inion and, he
was not permitted, to appear.
*From A*<h land. Mass.. wher* the New
England Marathon . begins. Longboat
ran over hillß and dales: to the. center
of Boston, a distance of 23. miles, dov-i
cring the distance in 2 hours 24 minute^
>aml -24 second*. The recordVfoivthft
course prior to that >'ara 2- hours -23
minutes and -23 3-3 «econdi«! held' by
J, .T. Caffrey. also of HamlHoYs, Canada":
Whqu he l^d finished- the "race 'the
Indian lad -rode, in the "elevator to~; the
fourth floor of the IJos'tqnl athletic, ns--;
sociatlon, where he ran -twice .around'
tho Indoor track of '.'the club, - then'
walbjd its circuit four , or ' five times."
supported by his trainer, and arte»Mhat. ;
Jumped into a bath., donned ihl« ( street
clothing and said that he.was very.hun-.'
Kry and would cat.- Asked, about; his
future, he replied:'; .}*'; : . .'\u25a0--'- y/.:
"1 shall 'never ,run^ tho. New Englund
Marathon asain^,. . I", *hall "devote :my;
time to preparing myself foi-; the Olyni
plc: games In London next year.': : '•
That Is why all^ the athletic world
talks of Longboat, for. : men who ' are
prominent *in foot raclnglpn this, side
of the Atlantic, and on'tlie other aro
wondering whether, this boy, ;; whose*
athletlo training," has been ,aln]oj«p
whollj* that of natural boyhood exercise,
.will call across the ocean j and become :
the champion of the world- Mn vtho>
events in which he shall decide to take
|P«rt.Y: •\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0>,;:-\u25a0 : ' .\u25a0\u25a0: ; : \.-O.
Canadians ar^ very fond 6f their alh-'
IMIh heroes. They delight i in, givlhg
tnem \u0084 receptions;' and 'gifts -of conse-r
Vuetjec. T\'hen. Longboat returned to
Toronto he found tilmsdlf avsoclal Hon..
the 'new, committee -was .literary, tal
ent,' It t ls oVjdent that J erferson -~ was a
promising selection. :' V ' . ;: ' t ' - :: f \
On -the . first rimeetlng of the;comrrtlt
teev there: seQsiis to have ?b«en;-a til ttle
discussion about: v^ho , really should : do
;lh<» writing. Adams' "says ;he ; «nd Jet- '
, ferson wet e selected by- the; committee,:
but that lie Insisted that;; Jefferson^
himself- do It. r Jefferson ' denies 'this;
says .thati the; committee ,\pr«ssed :
him alono,toundcft«k r c l ;the:draft.".This;
.jjllght 1 discrepancy/. in ; the 'memory.; of
the : two honorable -gentlemen la 'of Ino
Importance; It was, -str.- Jefferson who:
lie was living UtU he -tliae. the 1 task
was glvcii.liini in a lionso rftiicr on the
/jutiklrts of; Philadelphia:, chosen pur
posely because .' the"; neighborhood -was '
: quiet. ,. Here ,he j had rented .a' second
:flb6r; ?and;-;was : ; accustomed "to 'work?
- whenever congress : was. not In' session/
\u25a0On coming up to s Philadelphia on Hhls
;trlpone"of:-hls" first* tasks, hadibeento
' go to a \u25a0 carpen t%r; and- give ,\u25a0 him a pMfK
of a* desk, he 0 , wanted 'made. -vTheideak
was v" 1 4 * Inches ? long s by = 10 < in- breadth i
. and . three in * height, ; and It was on this \u25a0
that? through t th«> longi June f days,'; he
labored ?. on -the; •declaration. • ' ,
v ;'\u25a0;• It 'must' be c6nceded;by. one, who reads
i the con temporary ., literature of the j reV-, ;
, olutloh' that 'the gist; of «lhe? document^;
Vwhlchihel produced f.wasllnVeverybody's
ifniO"uth.;i!.The,worda j <Jeclaratloh*of:lndefo
; pendence *. had ': been I * heard ? t or S a \u25a0 long :
time ) oorn r all ; sides. ;C Nothing J was : more 1
k firmly .embedded In;' the* hearts": of; the;
FUeople- than ;thelr v ' right vtoV:'Hre;< liberty
,jands, the i pursuit; of y happiness,? jnothlhg:
•' stronger 'than >1 their , conviction *-> that ;
-; governments -vV exist '?. to . . insure '^ithMo/-
4 rights;;and that they i'derlve^ their rju«t?
1 power* '.' from 1 ; the r consents of * the| gov- ;
erned.",-The:whole long list; of 1 grlev
anc<»s which Jefferson enumerates and
\u25a0?: which . makes ; upi the .bodyj Of ; thel'dbcu
;; rhent< had reported r*galn?*and'
agaln;from, different parts, of tthe;coun«r
try. What?Jetterionsd|diw|ie*totvoloei,
in the favorite; English istj'lefof >tti&da.yf
fthe?Bplrlt:'6f|lndependehcel abroad fandi
* to Estate the* different v grlev-1
«ances}of'thell3^colonl«ft}aSfa?jusUflca"-?
111 1 lon •rvof^r v 0f^ revolution.'; *^lt*-: was fii ; '? great:
document'Jbecausef it ;"expfessed, more
.• •\u25a0 :•• \u25a0\u25a0•-•\u0084-.- -.- -.- \u25a0. • ;. >-•'*.- -.- , . :
' but: h^ shrank from it. 1 . lie aleo found
.that ; the "city had Subscribed fSOO^to-
Swira a/p" I "** to send him to college,
and ihatrpleascd him mightily. , . -..;
\.V:Ther>".is another youth who is now
.^preparing tor -college' who ,ls likely to
_be \u25a0 n competitor 'in the next Olympics.
Hqr (« a student at Merceraburg, aca.d-
deniy. in "Pennsylvania and his ! name j Is
Lee.. Talbot. '".?, He -Is a "giant among M»
fellows ami /he* is expert at { the- ifames
v which ' haye'i'mado-l John Flanagan ; and
fVfißleyX'oe famous. V He' loves to throw
tholiariimer^and'Put the shot.'_-''\u25a0".~i~C
AComitig: World Champion
.Athletic -critics say that he Is - thft
most formidable candidate f or world*
f championship honors on either 'side of
\ the; A tlantlc. -t- iClfi their .belief that lt«
,-hai. barely yj^gun to know ': himself.
They T think ; the records of ; : Flanagan,
; ; Sheridan; Coe.- a rid other men whose
physical . prgv.esn ha 3 made : them fa
. mou* : are . likely to b« "exceeded by this
" you th.whO:iV;barely "ready toitaegln h!a
-college,'! studies. ; Hhouldi ho, b«s^a c;om
jpetltor'.lnithe OlyiKfiles of nest yetir
v they; predict that. In th« weight event?,,
. ns : posslbly-ln tho. running events In
'completely \u25a0 than had yet: been ; done "a
universal conviction and because of the
; senlun" for (selection-, which « lt ; showed.
ln'UO' sense* was.it an Invention.: ;•.-.
So^/welldldy Jefferson do -Ills work
that -.when he ; submitted , it 1 to;- Adams
Vand Franklin, before handing;! t; over
-', th«| com in i ttec. t iiey ' mailed only- a.
'f*w.' corrections. :• 'Jefferson then •; wrote
! but;.what'.he calls^a. '. "fair; copy", and
| tu rned{l t' over to \u25a0 tiro committee of -flvc."
founrt ; lt \l so ; \u25a0 K«od that;* they,
; changed; nota word of Jt," and on June
i : S8 ¥ t he ' document was r iald before con -
'tv*>**.\:- ;--,:-. ;\u25a0--.,' \u25a0*-\u25a0_\u25a0 -•~;1\ >•'.:, •\u25a0'
AVhilc Jertcreojv in his little; rooni; at
the " corner J of , Market": and/; Sov^nth;
streets , was laboring > over 'the dcclarn
tlon. the country. from ionc side; td'itho
; oth'r was busy, difseussainff; the- 9UbJc6t. ;
In; the fitates where {the sentiment for
";wa« -strong-^that; \u25a0\u25a0is;' in
New: England and the south— thelfcxulrj
Uation.wao ffrifat.tind lhejcolonialkon
grasses, eons of filbert jVconimlttces'and
i town ,; worked - with - renewed
• energy, f the excitement? penetrating jto|
' the •; moat • remote 1 set tlenicritis.;'.' Heavyj
pressure 3 was -brought ; on 2 the * colonies ]
.which up to -this -time", had; been;agalnst'|
CBeparatlon. I ;by^the.><Jl*cussionß ; in:news*j
*paper8 'and Jpaniphlets 1 and jhy? the! def ;
;" bat es t in ; assembl ies, ? con ventiohs,*f com V;
'raittces'of 'safety 'and'Tof jihspeotlOn^and.'
•in :•' town and : county % irteetln|rBC> Thd
whole i people \u25a0 soon-'tbocitiia? famlliair s
'with 'the v question vTantl *. thei r .^council* ',
:\u25a0 f celt the; effect , j o£;thV_popular
• ag|tation.l>Xot v only' j.were ttieTcounctlli;
!;atitooroe ibealegedol^v, th©.fadvocatesjof
\ letters^ ressolutlonsfi and.
vPetlUonsiwereVshoweredlonstheldeler;
: «atcs *in * cdngreJi«.*'i,Thel' delegates iof
;\u25a0 pen nay Ivan la • had been strict lyj ord*red
\to"; reject sahi*.propo«ltlon<forllnd«ip«nd-j
:rcnce,\but\th*Jradical4Partyjafithe?col-?
• ony. had» before f this taken; matters S lnto*
Its "own 'J hands '} and*, by ,.f an \u25a0) in terest t ng
•;re»olution|they'« succeeded t in loVerpow-^
s t ringed t h« I regulars aMdmbly^ *n* ft or?)
warded a message tocongress favoring
iindepehdaricerf-^NcwifJeVeey/Uoo.^senti
[,new7delefatei?lnstr«oted*forlthelreso^l
;luUonUfUheyl^th6utrft<it'inecessaVyT6iy
? M»ipedlent.'^
;
i Mr. Lee's resol ution; effected j the '.sepa-
which longboat 'may take part, tho
American J Continent c will have a repre
sentative ,' who -bids fair to sweep the
contestant* of; all- other" countries be
fore-hlm: : . /. ."
"While Longboat and; Talbot are pos
sibilities for the Olympics In 190S/> thcro
is a.touch of lnternatFonaL flavor, to the
competitions which j aro to tike • pla^o
this year. in golf and tennis. V:. :
. i;. M. Byers. the amateur golt,cham
plofi of the United States,; has sailed
across the ocean to compete in th«
l ration of the colonies from. Great Brit
> am, and the 2d of Jul>yis really inde-;
. pendence day. it .was this day. : John
"• Adams wrote ..his wiffc on July 3, that
: ' future ": .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0generations would 'celebrate;
i ..."The i'd day, of July. 1776, will be the
• : moat memorable epoc'.i inthe'lilstory of
: i-'Amcrk'u." he wrote. \u25a0"I anlVapt* to. be^
t \u25a0 llevethat it will be celebrated by suc
l cecdlnggerieratioiia as the, great'annl
.". versary festival. ;.:\u25a0 It ought to be j com
vmemorated as the day. of_ deliverance by
• solemn acts of 'devotion :to God -." Al- -
-•mighty. \u25a0ItiOUglit to bo solemnized with
pomp and parade, r wl tl\ . shows, ; games; ;
. -;\u25a0 sports, i guns, v bel ls.'v bonfires -; and ' illu
v minatlofts :fro'm r ;one;end^of this conti
.'jient -to the; other from 'this time for:
i v,'ird for,' evermore.'.' i. ;. ',
\u25a0'£'£: But-: it ; wa* \ on/ July ; 4" that the^docu
•|tment which T makes Ithe. {formal cxpres-*
jsioh^of independence, was. adopted." That
'.*•' f ormal s declft ration T came - r , be fore tho
-* house *,Im»ToedJately.-afterc the 'adoptionj
;of Lee's » resolution. 'and , was? taken up,'.
.-,' clause ! by elausei" for debate. .The; mem
> ;^bersj ' af Lcrl^tHelri 1 two ' dftys'4-Btruggle '
.V .were 5 not'--lh- any :mood * to \ deal'/, easily
kwlth v vMr. J - t Jefferson's^ production. v.~ On.
Vjit he cqntrary, ?.theyi set>: Uiem selves fvlg-.
i^broualy pieces.. \£
.With twb exceptions the: changes' they'
\u25a0^jnade' were .yerb'al,*, arid; to} the'sjreatilJn-;
v- prOvement ;\u25a0 of * the?ddcumentr" : ' The 1 two
ilreally.iimportantipbints which :'oQns;ress;
'J re fuse J I to fallow,, to ; 90 1 In to Mr. * Jeff cr
i gTsbn's \ paper^were,*; flrsCi a ; paragraph "' In '
'^whicli'.h'e -arraigned with- terrible; sever-;
1 j-ity> : the *i slave "' >. trafac.Vand; ;i'secbnd»v ; »
! ik charge -i that i the i English \u25a0> people ' had
: |iieen America
thelklng^ and i parliament.';;^:: _:/
' yffiThe f free j critlcisrrt \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 of ?, the *. declaration
©indulaed*,lnsdti.rlng:rtheidf!bate annoyed
J: s -Mr.l Jeff erson\exeeedingly.T; He"; made^ i t \u25a0
>ia -point soffoourtesyjto, 'reply; to inone "of :
\u25a0^ittibut; it 5 was!a s! i6asy.< to i see ' that ; hel took ]
•;?It;ba^ly.*o:^K; v; 'v,:^-v-j :/ :i.-V v - : -:. ; ; : -; •\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0;.
T the*debate on;thc dec-
VUaratlons continued; on i the tfoyjth^. Is
% v nkhdwh. , -While ; It \ wAa7gOln|: ; on the
? were J marshaling r?ail;s their
; \ to] secure a big jvote ? ; McKean \u25a0
'fe of I Delaware ; even \ sent f an A express ' at ,
'f? his rotrn| eSt>ehse S, to"* Dover? for/ Caesar
;^Re<!n#y/- r.''l : met' him- it: thejstate house'
his " boots,"- ' ' wrote" ilcKean ! ;
amateur tournament idf.Gc^at Britain J
"over, the course at, St;' Andrew's, ar.a
Miss Harriot Curtis woman
champion >of the,— United .States, will
visit ; Great Britain "and play, over Brit«
Ish 1 Inks -in company with her sister.
ilis3;Margarei?X!urtis. The latter Is
»ne of the best players In New England,
md, ; while never yet the champion,, has
been; runner,: upland 13 generally con
sidered her sister's superior. Her lons
shots are marvelous and ihe can easily,
do 170 yards with a cleek and 200 with
\u2666he driver, v
Mrs. Cuthell, iwho . was" Miss Rhona
Adair until .her.recent marriage, has so
far? recover'ed from her recent illness
that it Is reported-she will : again bo
able in take b»r place on the links. She
is Trell remembered in this "country, as
she paid a.vi*lt to the American courses
r/htn champion as the guest' of Mrs.
Clemefit Griscom of Philadelphia.
It is also very probable that tha
Misses Curtis will play with the Hezlett
sisters before they rcturn^to the United
States.' The latter are expert with the
drlvef nnd putter and have won'cham
pionshlps Abroad off and on for several
years..
In tciinls Mi3s May Sutton has an
nounced !ier intention of visiting Eng
land r/ith the' intention of winning for
the second time the international cham
pionship, which - she lost" In 190S to
Miss: Kate 'Douglass. Very ; unfor
tunately for Miss button's wishes. Miss
Douglass has announced that she will
no*t play this year. It" is not probable
that the American champion will bo
deterred from visiting- Ilngland on that
account, but, as she is frank enough
to -say for herself, she would dearly
Idvo to play Miss Douglass again. In
order that she misht meet competition
similar -to that which she faced In
1906. ~fi)flTßlW[fJl^
iMlss.Sutton's- same looks uncom
monly : good. - She'scemsto be back. to
all her "famous speed. She plays wltlT
afterward. V.'*He resided . eighty miles
from the city,; and arrived just as con
gress met." ; v
Not' only "was there no general sign
ing of the declaration of independence
on; the <th day of Juljv-177G. But. tra
dition has, Invested .the : day.'wlth other
dramatlcVfeatures" which are
false.'. It; is a: pity' not to, believe, as
most of us" were, taught, that while the
debate* was 'under way — _
... Tfiere.was tumult In the city, -
. - --Io tbe- quaint old Qoaker town:
—a pity notto be able to tell the story
of the;j?ray; haired bell-ringer., sitting
with one. hand 'ready on | the clapper of
Ins ' bell, until he hears . a youhsr . voice
.crylnsr. "Ring,"; grandpa, ring, oh^rlrts.
for^. liberty'" „ As 'a matter, of fact the
meetings of congress were held behind
. closed : ; i door's, > '"and ,tvhlle-'lt was well
known in 'the coffi-e houses of . the city
Lee's resolution had • been
.voted; on favorably,; and.; no doubt, too,
.that a^.formal declaration embodying:
Jtlwes 'under/ cbnsUle'raUoh,. no crowds
surrounded Independence hall, that day*
; there 'was no small -'boy-^-no- sounding
dfJthoMlbcrtjvbell.'; ; ,K:X
It was*.riot"'uiltil July « that
the . declaration ; appeared "- in . the" Penn
sylvania' Packet. ;>t On £ the 3th it was
read > in .the : state— house yard." The
patriots \ turned ; out Zin "a' great * crowd,
and > the reader.. '.'. John.' Nixon, was
.cheered to ; the "echo/ Afterttha/cere
mony;the;'crowd turned Its attention to
theklnsr's coatof .'arms, which was sus
perided"over" the doorway, in the court
room".Jofl the f: state .house; -tearing 1 , it
downfandftakingjt but and burning iLT
In^manyi places the reading of-:.; the"
dec ta ra 1 1 on which : had .been , ordered •by
congress was attended by similar acts
of .destruction.^ --'i^WKMSBHUBBBi ~ %
"' r As; a .whole 'the ; demonstrations" were
hot >? tiolsyh orifdestructivc. The ;' army,"
.whlchlinlght^liave^beenVexpected^o-in-.
dulge"in>sonie^vindictive;performance3,
received Uhe 1 news quietly, i and. In many
cases 'riheTpeo pie'? seemed . to [ feel ; deeply
the ?Bolemnlfy;dff the^step which
gress had taken and to -.have : rightly
concluded that ; prayers .were more ap
propriate to f the ; occasion • : than -~ • the
;tearirigxd° wn of - statues^. The -'only
colony _.%which \ had ref used '* to Ivote " for
Lee's; resolution fon^ the, "2d was' New
York. > No" sooner v had f. the ; vote been
Tne „ San_Erattcisc2_Su3iiay_ Call.
tha dash and ths power of % man. ami
the force and strength that she puts
Into her strokes have succeeded in car
rying many a man off his feet who has
tried to play against . her. either in
•Ingles or doubles. She is loth to dis
cuss her trip last summer, but she Aotn
admit that she was not quits up to her
game, and attributes it largely to In
disposition, which she could not over
come during heE stay on tha British
isles. A
The American men's team tnat will
go' abroad again to play for the Davis
trophy la a bit up in th« air at pres
ent. It seems quite well assured that
Beals Wright, who must now be con
sidered the veteran %>l International
players on this side of the ocean, will
surely be a member, and thero Is rery
llttla doubt that Karl Behr Jr.. tha
Yale youngster, whosd game Improved
with such telling strides In 1305. will
also be one of the team.
' Every effort is being used to Induce
Raymond D. Little to accompany tha
players. Beals Wright, Who has been
playing in England and France, and
who has but recently returned to tha
United States, says that It is Impera
tive, that Little so TTlth, the team if It
is to do anything: against the interna
tional organizations, as ho says tha
combination has been sreat-
Hy strengthened, and he is by no means
counting upon a weak game from the
British champions, even if the Doherty
brothers hay* decided to withdraw
*"from tennis for the year.
taken than the delesatea from that
state sent: a letter post haste, askins
?£ * Ji* aS , tO A bo tnelr " no o* action
thereafter? On July 9 the provincial
??rJT eS3 . or^ c , w York « was in
«ewlon at Wnlte .Plains, replied that
'the reasons assigned by tho con
tinental congress for declaring tha
united colonies free and Independent
states are cogant and conclusive; and
that while we lament the cruel neces
sujwhicn-had rendered that measure
unavoidable, we approve the same and
will, at the risk of our lives and»for
tunes. Join with tha other colonies In
supporting It." Congress was now
unanimous on Independence.
r On August 2/a committee appointed
on July- 10 to prepare an engrossed
f Op , y .5 f w the -declaration -for. sUrnins
laid lt^berore; congress. Many of tho
men who had fou«cht over It on the 4th,
of_ July were still present., bufln tha
meantime many . reiv delegates had
comor to Philadelphia, so that thero
were a jiumber present who had had
notMng-to-do with the original act of
adoption. Just what happeneds-ttt tho
signing we do not know, any more than
we know the details of the debate in
the critical days* when it was under
consideration.,. One thins la certain,
however; serious as this matter, of sign
ing really.,, was, nobody hesitated.
"Give me' liberty or . gtvo me death!"
was no mere phrajM for these men.
/They had weighed Its^srlm meaning:
and- deliberately accepted the alterna
tive. They even took up* with Jesta
the ;Tnatter^6f putting their names to a
document which,, if the cvloxues wera
defeated, would surely ; sentl ttiem all
to^the gallows. VThere., John Bull may
read my name without spectacles," said-
John ; Hancock. -as he- made - the big
flourish r; wltlr which w« are so familiar
from facsimiles . of the declaration.
"We must be 'unanimous,"? ha -said
again: '^there mu3t bo no palling differ
enttwayst.we-raiist all hans together."
And Franklin ; replied. >We' must in
deed all han^r together, or most assur
edly we shall all .hang separately."
'There go a flaw millions. 1 * said 'one "of
the members, aa John Carroll of-Car
rollton. * than "th« richest man of "the
coloaies, put his name to - the declara
tion. '..,'. . :\u25a0;/ \u0084':;-'•..-.\u25a0\u25a0;-\u25a0\u25a0
...The great -charter of freedom iwas
now complete/ **: