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THE MARION DAILY MIRROR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907. PAGE TFN i B IK U C. U li Splendid THK amount of the turf winning of Peter I'nn, llio son of Corn mnndo nnd Cinderella, nnp by Juntos n. Keene. In so Hensatlonal as to give him runk us one of llii greatest prollt makers of all tijne on the track. Of course this slate mclit Is made with due regard to the fact thai Peter ran Is only a throe-yenr-old Many n horse has won more lijopey In netual stakes than I'eter Tan, tour they were more than .three yearn old and so had had more lime: In which tut-xpand their bank nccoiihls. When I'eter Van recently galloped h&ihe a winner by a neck from Mct'ar tor' In tho classic Brighton tiaiitllozip at fjrlghlon UchcIi. New York, he added J2fl.t)00 to the list of hln winning. Jfis winnings for this your up to that timr had hf-cn $85,210 and represented his victories In such events as the Brooklyn Derby, .liine IB: TlitHl stake JUne 22;, Belmont stakes. May 30: Standard stakes. June 11,' and Advance HMkrs, July 4. He got swond money In the Withers stakes and Carleton stakes. I Has Won $114,500." tast year Peter Van won $40,310 When he won the Brighton handicap, hta total winnings for two yrsrs aggre gated $114. M0. James It. Keelie will not have to wotk for lili living from now on. Poter Pan Is enough of a brcadwlnnor to keep oven a million t.lre In funds sufficient to meet the lie v.jBsltlcs of life. Mr. Krone's misfor tune In having the peerless Sysonby.dle tin his hands appears to have been nm ply compensated by the exploits of the flashy looking racing machine named Peter Pan. It Is not fulsome applause to describe Peter I'nn as one of the greatest race horses in the history of tile American turf. He la all of that, and every Indication points to his writ ing a still brighter page for himself in cn.ilnennnals. In addition to his great burst of speed he has ,i stout heart a heart and spirit that would In tho past f - 1 Wri 2. M0RDECAI BROWN, CELEBRATED THREE FINGERED PITCHER OF THE CHICAGO NATIONALS, IN ACTIO,' Details IKrom Our Now York Ururnstlo Corre spondent. (TAGELAND in all its vailed fc ramifications wps tlteiafly aJJ stunned by the recent- iin- nouncement to iho effect that Ii !tlll greater theatrical combination was in process of formation, a combi nation that dwarfs the theatrical trust lni America today The Klaw & Er Jabger, Frohman, Hayman cl ul. nyii llpato. Tho announced combination includes not only the Klaw & Etlangcr. Froh man ct nl, theaters In America and Kngland, but also other theaters In England and some of tho best known houses in Franco, Germany and Aus tria ns well. In short. It Ih a "woild theater trust," with an estimated capi tal Of $100,000,000 that is cnnl' inputted. "fen of pronounced executive ability uro' behind tho pioject, and it seems probablo that-through the machinery r tho now comblno thoy will be able to ilojmlnato tho dramatic worlds of five or ulx nations. Confirmed by Erlanger. 'Xho first reports of the projei l wero no, believed to lie true, so portentous Wqfo they, but later they wei-o In largo part tonllrmed by no less an authority thdn Abraham L. Krlanger himself nvljo vouchsafed Information to the pjtct that Hitch a syndicate was need cd to glvo American and Eui'opcin n.mus'omont enterprises n concert of .thought and action. Furthermore he natped tho amount or capital of the en terprise nt $100,000,000 and stated that Iiovy Mayer, a Chlcugo corporation JaTVyer, had ulrcady sailed for Eurri o to perfect the plans and make final ar jra&jjemeutt) for the combination In addition to controlling playhouses Tn itho countries named, the syiuil. uta "tyllj -jfeoTern the playors who will bo Roaoclatea" with the thcutoin tihd atco .thiiltlaya produced Presumably tin plfWgn nnd pluywrlghts will have to Jb'ea&ve, bo good Bnd 'oboy ardets or tlsA (hey will be right lustily spanked, i' It ' Art Versus Commerce. DRiB exception that the projed will taak&tho dramatic art hopelessly ion miiifclal'ls not necessutlly well t.ivii Not-even a world's controlling tiici' jtruM con make the public pstrnii!,. u jB(Play( a play produced solely wrh icejpmerclal ends in view. On the .nn- UIO rmviwuii iuiidivi(ii i'ie pi' on Of a really successful ai tim : &ra oo great that ho is u u ess man who falls to onset v- Crhorefore the lueiubtuin of nip llonal trust, being able bu-iin r Will probably sf ek to luad. j, mi Ad crowd as much ifiiU ut' us in a wtcu jirpuufjiiyn uuu on ?rfy ntwtii NN Qualities of the Three-year-old Peter Pan Long have made A. champion out of many a quitter. Can't Dleheertcn Potor Pan. t'eu-r Pan doesn't haVo to get olt In front i stay there In nrdef to run a gim I rue or n fast race. He wn "come ftom behind" with alt the dash of it mountain l.'oti. Tho crowding and Jam ming at turns, the bunching of horses In front of him, the throwing back of stones and clods of earth by tho leaders- hoofs do not dampen his ardor. Ho bores ahead through It all, In 'time, as a rule, to get first money. He Is not disheartened when thtough accident or careless riding he Is carried too wide at n turn, throw Ing him to the outside and losing ground for him. That's what happened in the Brighton handi cap, but lie won handily nevertheless. For Peter Pan Is iv tighter, a gritty hunger on and a stubborn breaker through that Is seen only a few times in ti decade, ille has the combined ltinllttes of the pit bull terrier and the coursing deerhound. Best of nil. I'eter Pan Is owned by an honest horseman, one of the few owners whose horses always run to win. There Is no connecting link be tween James R. Keene and any book maker or any coterie of gamblers that work boat under the cover of night, or any money niching enterprise of my sort. It Is remarkable and disgraceful how few racing stables merit this de scription. The best tribute that can bo paid to Mr. Keene Is one I heard given him a few days ago, when a notorious race fixer and poolroom "capper" said to h man with whom 1 was talking: "No one can get to the Keene outfit. They run a sporting Btablc." In turf parlance a "sporting stnble" Is one that Is operated for pure sport, for pleasure only and not for tho pur poses of professional racing. Coming Swimming Features. Long and short dlstnnco swimmers have been having en nctlvo summer, to each Mtage they miuiul. In ono way art should benellt, because tho great resources of the sjndliate will make it possible for Its play ptuducers to go to almost any extreme In efforts to make a production artistic. According to some wiltors on such subjects today, the bigger the enter prise that controls stage affairs tho less .artistic and tho more "commercial" are the plays it produces. Such rea soning s not reasoning nt all, for the ennverso of the proposition Is that the smaller th mipnny, concern, enter prise or corporation that controls stago affairs the mure urtlHtle will be the plays Thrrefoic llio dinky little mun ager who has two or three companies doing "I'ncle Tom's Cabin" In one night stands in the Bush und Swamp of rropos A LEADING SCENE FROM "THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY," WHICH WILL OPEN LYRIC THEATER, NEW YORK, EARLY IN FALL "tin- IV nut io Yemeni i ,u, Minnie liir? in tho lending role, opened lasi season at the Herald Siptare theater N.w YmiIv und dull, unexpectedly, ti' tii'nixK, ' nit itt ueil u gre.r hig ha TJie Mii-st-s Uculah M Dlx and K. fl. Hulheiltiini wre tM authors. Tho Ilium of ih p.uy hu.s in U with tlie uilviuturts of a gin- plninl by Miss Dupiee In tapthatlng fashloh- who goes into a trance and umginuH sho Is Uvlnir wltn her micestors n totiplc of bun dled years or more ago . . , r PETER PAN, JAftlES R. KEENE'S THREE-YEAR-OLD TURF CHAMPION. and the neuron Is only at Its height. There are no signs of its wane. Long distance water sharps look for ward with great Interest to two Mara thon events arranged by the Missouri A. C. jt St. Louis and by Boston pro moters. Tho St. LoUls contest occurs lato In August and will be held over a straight away ten mllecourso In the Mississippi river. In addition to the Missouri and Chicago entrants, men from New York and possibly New Orleans will take part. Tho Boston Race. The Boston r.tce wnH announced to be about twenty miles long, covering u course reaching from the Charlcstown bridge over the Charles river to Boston light, situated "down the bay." The Brooklyn Yacht club holds n wa ter carnival Aug. 10 at Bensonhurst, N. Y. On Aug. 11 a race about nlno miles in length will be held In New York harbor start at tho Battery, New York city, finish ut Luna Park, Coney Island, N, Y. National Tennla fJhamplonshlps. Play for the national championships in lawn tenuis occurs at Newport, It, I., beginning Aug. 20, The winners of tho three sectional championships, In dou bles, eastern, western and southern, moot ai tue Crescent Athletic club, Bay Itldge, N Y.. on Aug. 10 and 17. Tho winners there will play Holcombe Ward nnd Benls C. SVilght at Newport for the ii.rilon-il title on or about Aug. 20. The winner of the all comers' tour ney at Newport will meet William J. ed Internatioea, circuit is tho ablest protector of tho sacred flume of histrionic art! This article Is not meant to bo a defense of '' syndicate methods when they are directed toward oppressing people inoro or less dependent on tho syndicate's pleasure. It has been widoly stated that such methods In evitably follow combinations In almost any lino of business. Whether or not they luivo over existed In tho tho atrlcal win Id In the past or whether they aio to come prominently Into piny In future it Is not within tho scope cf this arllclo to predict. English Managers Concorncd. The English branch of tho proposed ltiternatlou.il syndicate will be of tre mendous Importance. Among tho MMING-TENN Distance Water Races Details of National Tennis m Clothier of Philadelphia In the challenge round for the national I'hiuupiqnshlp In singles. "'V Winners In the various InterscholHStlc tournaments In singles piny at Newport for the n.iticnal InUrsrhokistlo cham pionship, play not to begin before Aug. A Voles From tho'Pugilistic Grave. Peter Manor, onecu diving prize fight er, has opened a, liquid Joy parlor In New York at lSlS'Arnslordam ayenuo. Peter says he hiiift-iiiftv resolved novor to fight again. Uyf resoHIng Peter has done the publliu'Vnst favor. Noth ing could bo moropfeislng to followers of flstlana than the news of Peter's withdrawal. Humorous, but Sad. Tho following story; Is told of Mnheri Ono day two Irishmen wcro talking In a Chicago streot qar. one said: "Mo b'y, there never wins a folghtor like Pater Maa-hcr.- He wuz a stout armed, lad, a shlfty'guy nut possibly, a little too fond of tliei drink " "Could he hit at, all hard?" queried the other. ". "Hit, hit? Wus It hit ye sald7v Why, when Pater Maa-her hit anny one. It wuz all over wld-'Im.'fBut darn It all, he never hit unity one!" ' - Latest Wall From English Turf. A dispatch from Loudon reads as fol lows: "King Kdwurd's turf advisor and trainer, Blchard Mush, bus come out with the statement that the adoption nf the American riding seal has ruined English mnuager i nrr.t-fi as co-operators In the trcni-nrtfiiM rcheme nro Gcorgo Alexandei. rflr Cfcnrles Wynd ltam. IJeorbohm 'iite, Cyril Maude. Frank Curzon, lieorco Edwurdes, Arthur Collins, S'-viiiiiurlHcks Imd the Gnttl brothers. I'h.-i'o men control all tho leading London IhoAtsra and pro ductions. .tu ' .' Art as Hitchcock-Views It. "I n tn ns devoted to art an any como dlan on earth," ,iv flaj'niond Hitch cock, star of "A Yunlfoo Tourist" com pany, "but the lonurr I am on the stago tho moro deeply I am convinced that It is not so mil. h how you play tho part that counif .. it Is how long you can keep the n lo buying tho two dollar eents In tin, orchestra circle. Sf GHTN6 l'ugllsh Jockles, and his declaration has canned a stir In racing elides through out I'uglattd and Ireland, "Agitation already Is In progress here to gt the Jockey club to abolish the starting gite to improve the situation, but there i doubt In some quarters ns to whether such a move would Ittfve the desired effect. That Idea was suggested mainly because the Jockeys are linnble to control their mounts behind the bar rier. This Is largely ascribed to' the American style of riding, called n 'mon key sent ' "In bin statement Marsh further eays that numbers nfyoung horses are con stantly being spoiled by Jockeys titling in thin fashion nnd by exetclso boys oping them. "Marsh contends that the old fn-li-ioned way of riding, with tho long stlr flp, such tis great horsemen like Fred .Whor and Oeorge Kordhmn utjd, Is the r'ght one. and Sam D.irllng, another Plnglish trainer of great experience, agrees with hint In condemning tho American sent." Is thW the manner In which ICngllsh tf.t'.f-ts nre trying to "squatc them servctt" for bad showings made by horJ?.i under th'-lr care? If so, they are ptttt'iHT up a flimsy protection for them-selvc-i 15ven nil Knglish nwnar ought to b blo to "see through" It. Tf trainers spsttt more time with their horsT and less time with bookmakers and -J" her gamblers, their horsqs would riiil closer to fotm, and there would bo lesa 'teed for silly exctini. , Dig Athletic Var Brewing, rj-fcent developments In the athletic v.v.-ld Indicate that some of tho lend Irt'f spirits In Young lien's Christian ns rJcltitlon affairs are suffering from Timln storms. At any rate, certain Tnung Men'n Christian association uth Utlo controllers have seemingly cm- TWO BALL STARS WHO J? fa-i 8 l'KANK J. rOKUIDON. I'll I'llKlt, P1IILADCLPIHA NATIONALS. "I nm a practical man, saino its HooHovolt, nnd I havo found that the publlc as well as the manngeiH havo only ono criterion of success, and that Is tho dollar sign. "Art is nil right If It pays." "Tho College Widow." "Tho College Widow" bin ROtlo Into Vclioon-al this week for Its fourth sea son on the road. 'Tho Morry Widow." The first Amorlcon performance of "The Merry Widow" mnv not IhKo placo In New York nfter all. Three different out of town managers have mado overtures to Henry W Savage to present tho fascinating Ylcnnoso opera ? f." ' SS. r u TKeatrical OK Matches bat ked on a ciusade against the Ama teur Athletic union. So acute. In fuel, has the situation become Unit one Y. M. C. A. athletic di rector stated that ho and his eo-opora-tors iignlnst tho A. A. O. would ba able to have any amount of money they necdvd to carry on the warfare that Is, In short, money contributed toward tho support of the Y. M. C. A. could be used to further the movement against tho A. A. U. Much nil expression, llko tho war now brewing, Is III advised, for the money coutrlbuied toward Y. M. C. A. work certainly should not bo diverted for any such purpose, especially In vlow of tho fact that tlie A. A. U. is known through out this country nnd foreign lands ns a model organization of Its kind, an or ganisation 'of 'the highest standards The A A, IT. has made amateur ath letics In America what they nro today, tho boat nnd cleanest in tho world, and II wll be a pity If the athletic end of the Y. M. C. A. work should come under a cloud 'In the minds of Iho American public nnd of those of foreign lands by putting Itself at Issuo with the A. A. U. The motive that Is prompting tho T. M. C. A. authorities concerned Is said to be a craving for power. The movement Is now centered In New York, Boston and Philadelphia, ac cording to reports. Ono thing tho Y. M. C. A. people want to do Is to havo power to reinstate their own athletps who have been dlsqunllllcd on charges of professionalism, etc. Tho A. A. U. wisely states that It will reserve this Impor tant power. The action of tho A. A. U. In disqualifying Y. M. C. A. teams In tho baskot ball championship contests of tho Metropolitan association held In Madison Squaro Garden, New York, wan a matter that aroused the Ire of certain Y. M. C. A. ofllclals. CHARLES 13. EDWARDE3. SHINE IN FAST COMPANY. Oi:T'-lK!.lIH OANLriY, NOW WITH WASHINGTON AMliltlCANS. I In their thentars prior to Its Broadwar production. Either Boston, Phlladol- phla or Washington is likely to hear the famous "Merry Widow" waltz bo- fnto tho cur tickling melody reaches Now York. Now Jones Play. Henry Ailhnr Jones' now ploco, "The (lulllcau'K Vlcloiy." which ho describes sh h tragic comedy of religious llfo in Kngland, will recolvo Its premier nt the Lyceum thoalor, lit nochestor, N. Y., Sopl. SH, and after brief engagements ouliildn of New York jvlll bo presented In Now- York at ono of tho most Im portant Broadway houses. This ploco will he staged In four acts and will bo n most nolulilo production. Tho en gagements for this play Includo Edith Taliaferro, AVIIIotlo Kershaw, Gortrudo Augarde, ".V. J, Constantino, W. II. Crompton, Mngglo Mnlloway Fisher, Conway Te'arle, Ivan Simpson, Fred Thorno and Chailes W. Butler, ?&&&:&& COSTLY MUSIClANS'-bEBUT8, It Is only the concert agonto whoi Know w hut un imtuenso nggrcgato sum lu ullitit iltl I ttir lirt ni'Arriinau rf Arnw I . i.lfr ...ui,.ni ., i. AaHiHin Klngors and instrumentalists Booking the highest musical honors, Those who imagino that once a singer or instrumentalist possesses a i certain amount of technical skill and ability tho road to lucrative engage ments Is easy would do well to pon der the fact that thousands upon thou- sands of dollars are spent In theso trial porforniancea every year by musicians or a high degrco of excellence, who aro never heard of again except in local or private circles. Thero Is often a deop degrco of' pathos and apparent self sacrifice about those trial trips, for ovory penny of tho family resources of tho aspirant is slaked on the Issue. A girl whoso parents nro cnniDaratlvelv noor. sav. . . i ... , .77 r, . vvi is nm oiiiy guieu wttii, a, una voice, uui has also taken high honors at some school She may knock at the doors of tho agents for months and years before i- m i i 1 1 1! ii iiuni-n 11 it rtjiiiiv iiiirii imiinn concert, and In these circumstances tho export usually recommends a morning ivcltiil, where tho critics, the other agents and managers may hear hor, The nieiubors of her family rako to gether every aVuilablo penny. But even heie dlro 'allure comes In nlne tefii c.isus out of twenty, for there are ii hiiinlioil subtle (iniilltlnl! which go to u uiKc up tho great .concert artiste, und thus must of these givers of coucertti Only become mure hocks and aton naps, ' though food of tlioir ltlad' . , ".! &w.j' vi3ft fwWi Combine t ?Ma EXPERT DISCUSSES :: MORTGAGE TAXATION :: ' 4-4--H-4- "A tax on mortgages, being a special tax tipon ono form of Investment, Is an Indirect tax, and the i-csult of a rclcano of mortgages from taxation will bo a lowering In tho rato of Intorest on loanable capital, Tho man who buys property on credit (let us assume for purpose of Illustration tho caso of a farm purchased with borrowed money) lias no reason td complain If tho capital which ho borrows Is not taxed to the holder of tho Instruments that roprcsont tho loan. It Is truo his prop, orty will bo assessed to Its full valito regardless of tho debt resting upon It, but tho first effect of such an adjust ment will bo to reduce tho prlco Ito must pay for his land; that Is to say, tho tax results In depressing tho v.nluo of land by nn amount equal to Its capitalization. Tho second effect Is that ho will bo obliged to pay less for tho moiy-y borrowed with which to purchaso tho land. It is doubtless truo that up to n certain point these two tendencies wilt counteract each other, for tho lower tho rato of Interest llio higher will bo tho valuation of land. But tho balance will most certainly bo to tho advantage of tho man who de sires to buy land with borrowed capital; for tho rato which fixes tho prlco of land Is the commercial or In dustrial rale, whllo tho rato that must bo paid fo? tho money borrowed Is tho current rato on loanahlo capital. Not only Is that latter lower In Itself than tho market rato on Industrial capital, but It will bo yet furthor depressed by tho exemption o! sirh capital from taxation. It Is lack of confidence In commercial laws by which values aro determined and to which mtracts aro adjusted that Incites to a -onstant ef fort on tho part of legislators to Jay hold of loanablo capital for tho pur poso of taxntlon. Expcrlcnco bIiowb thl3 to bo Impo'sslblo nnd analysis shows It to bo unnecessary. There is no reason In tho naturo of tho case, duo nllowanco being mado for tho peculiar Industrial qualities of govern ment bonds, why tho farmer should pay more for money than tho govern ment. Tho farmer's truo Interest lies In removing every clement of un certainty that surrounds a loan, and ono of theso Is tho threat of the lav that mortgages should bo taxed.' Henry C. Adams, Professor of Political Kconomy In tho University of Michi gan and Statistician for Intprstato Commotco Commission. PERSONAL PROPERTY Complaint Because It Does Not Pay Its Share of Taxes. Thero has been much complalut of Into because personal property, es pecially Intangible proportyj does not pay Us fair Bharo of public taxes. It Is said tho homes or worklug men pay moro In proportion to vnluo than any other kind of property. Tho criticism In, not confined to any section of tho cduntry. Tho conditions that existed sqon after tho century f. ommcnceil wero In somo respects unprecedented. It Is doubtful If thero was ovor a tlmo In tho history of this nation when tho rato of interest on tho best securities was so low as nt that tlmq. This commonwealth could borrow monoy tit tho rato of about two por cent and tho prlco of unnupslloncd se curities was so high that thoy yielded tho investor but llttlo moro than threo por cent on' his Investment. In such Cases tho payment of a tax of $20 on $1,000, which Is but llttlo abovo tlio nycrago rato of lato In this city, would rcduco tho not Income on such Invest ments to a very small Hgure. It Is not strango that thoso consorvallvo capitalists who never tako risks by In vesting In BC-mritlen that aro not gilt edged forgot to Inform tho assessuis of tho-amount of their holdings nmt tho prnctlco of concealing Intanglblo property becamo very popular nnd Is likely to contlnuo so. Tho rates of In terest havo advanced within tho laBt threo years and tho last legislature deemed. It wlso to exempt from tax ntlon tho bonds of tho state Issued after Jan. 1, lpOG, thus following tha precedent established by Iho United States soon nfter tlio comnioncemont of tho civil war of cxompUng gbvern nient bonds from state, county and municipal taxation. Somo complaint has licijn mado by real cstato owners becauao Jhc'rata of taxation of savings bivnlc xde'posltn la no low, but it Is doubtful If tbe public realizes as much In proportion from t o tnxatlon or intangiDin property ' bcld by prtvnto Investors as from tho tax on savings bank doPOslls. Tho laws of tho commonwealth, ns Interpreted by tho supreiifo point In recent decisions, mako. It 'eaBy for a citizen to claim a rcsldenco where ho snends very llttlo DCs hta tlmo, and capitalists naturally seclc thono nut- nicipautios wncro uio iuwubv iu .mo prevail and whero assessors nro moat obliging, , Assessors aro nwaro that If thoy resort tp oxtrcmo mensurcs thero will bo changes In tho legal rcsldenco of somo tax payors nnd a consentient shrlnkneo In Iho valuation list. Thero Is undoubtedly much undeserved crltl- , : . j ... , ,,i.n cism UOBtoweu on una uiuoo ui (niunu officers by iicoplo who do not apprecl ftto tne utfncultJes In tho way of strict, , catiItaWe taxatlonz-FltchburB - - (Mass.) Sentlnol. Tho only Just way to treat Intanglblo property Is cither to exempt It, or to levy a small tax upon It, say, one-tenth ot ono per cent, In vlow of tho fact that when In tho state It receives a certain pollco protoctlon nnd In bojiio CdHt-H, ullliough not lu fill, tlin romti ,,f nlilo nin norm for Hie finforceninut Cf vlglita under It. iLU'-I0 'i'iSSiJS - . ,. -- - y 1 X a h "5f mn