The Alaska citizen., March 13, 1911, Image 3

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CHIi'ACti .1.111 2' Dr It F
It • >'> vt!i‘. Wash . one of the
1« : t. g !.• i\> weight wrestlers of
it.'ry. wan's to -et himself
rig at.
A' •• ar: - iir.es I have lieen
• i or ! prot'.v mnh misquoted
- to m> it . ns of Frank Gotch
<;• rg Mm kenschmidt. anil
v i«h :•. i u, aid sot me right from
mv w: hand I don't want the
r , ,'h r of the men men
tioi .1 •.i t Aumierstnd me.
(it..- •’ in a nt paper said I w as
k g i. >tch Another said 1
tags 1 ,m> fussed with him. because
la ' oar I said lie could beat any
" • w •-Id. and n w I »ay
llaik.-ns.hmi.it is the grq,at
I'o ’.gin with I never knocked
i; it; m> life, lint on the c-on
- ry n- had nothing hut pleas
a: tilings *o -ay ah- ut him Win n
1 i thought Gotch was the best
w t. - - ■ 1 • r in 11. - - world I told the
tr; !i I ihit-.k right now that ho is
t!-.- tt -s- s i.-ntific wrestler in the
world
Sit,. . I have n.et Mac kenschmidt
how. - . r 1 have 1.-entno convinced
tt,a' 11-- '!.! nV weight ami strength
wo.ihl win i.gains! any amount of
v, kr.'-wn to Gotch or any
■; .-r wrestler. That simply is my
.: . n. and surely I am entitled
to ?1 a' Hy it I mean no slam at
the champion He is a wonderful
perform, l. a game man and a
g« tit ’.-in: n.
Nir however. 1 will express an
- it., n. and in doing so will say
•! r - bucked up and agrees with
the opinion of tit least four out
f.(ry live men I met who are
., laiifi- d' to speak intelligently If
c, -. h i, ally means to wrestle once
• r for his title, the man for him
• . m. , • is George Hue kensehmid'.
wh - , far as I have been informed
i , \(-r I. -t a singl- fall to his shoul*
dir- in hi- en'ire career. Gotch has
■hr n all 'll" remainder f us. and
n ;.. pas tin- enviable record and
s'anditig 'ha' the I.ion' possesses."
I'a -v Flaherty, th- veteran south
■n . > l.as en service wi'h
a! ci* half of 'hi Id big h ague clubs
i. 'he only slabman in captivity
m' u .• ru* k out a batter on two
pit. I#.! halN All the fans know
i> •!• Fla’ i r*> is the < wner of the
trh ki. -• m • i n of them all Base
u.-r- s. hi tu e * gay when Patsy
is i n the job. ns it is suicidal to
a'tempt to tret a Inc had on him.
• S'eve Kvan'. the Cardinals’ right
fielder |s iho mil* who served as the
fall csv the afernoon Flaherty
I filed his s'ellar p rprinani e of
.s-Hkinu out a ha’Dr on two pitch
o-l h'ol- P was in a came in Phil
a h ' ’ ;-i la -1 summer. Skipper
C '.rh I»<t in picked Patsy up in
t'jt-i s in. ami lie hueke I the Car
dinals in • tm <f his early shows
■■i'll the P11 lilies Kvans swings
from the 1 ft
"\V1 on Fvans faced Flaherty for
it... firs- time P'i'-v cave him the
!. -t he had. as Ed K< ney had pre
vioii-'iv laci-1 him for a otie-siiot.
and he wanted to get the left-hand
1 a- •• S'ov. missed the first two
FM rtv served mi hv a foot. Next
p-nsv • ried to pick Konev off first.
The iiis'int he whipped 'tie hall over
t-1 Hransfield. Kvans dropned his hat
an | l.i-ii. . (•■'( d • - heat it back to
t h C'it''"tial’s bench.
"Whir's th" matter? Come hack
hi re.’ sh -u'eil Fmoire Klein, who
was calling the strikes. ’Flaherty
111 !■ has two strikes en von. Steve.’
•You're blind.’ was Kvans’ renlv
to the arbitrator. '1 swung three
t iP’f
" ‘Quit kidding yeurself.’ stated
Ki in. ’Flaherty only pitched two
halts.’ .
' Yes.’ chirped hack Kvans. 'But
rr member when he whlnned the hall
over to Hransfield. Well. I swung
at that one, too.'”
XKW YORK. .Tan. 28. - "Pop”
Ar.-op. who won almost intemation
al fame as the efficient city clerk
of Chicago under the Dunne admin
istration. hut who has found a
great deal rf time to plav baseball,
made his second aonearance on anv
s’n'-p at tpp Xew York Theater last
nieht. The "r gram was a testi
monial to William H. Wood, and
the vfternp was annoitnred as mak
ing It's fir-t ami' aranee, which he
hastened to correct.
■'This is mv second." he said,
prondlv. Years ago the late Charles
H Movt wrote a nlav for me. He
entlefi it “The Runaway Colt." It
didn’t run verv far. I remember Mr,
H vt rushed into mv dressing room
af'er the first performance and
grasped mv hand. He said that af
ter seeing me as an actor he was
strengthened in his opinion that I
was th° greatest baseball player he
lire’ ever known.
"I’m dome this because I need the
monev. That's en the souare. I need
the monev. I've cot nil there is
out of polities and billiards, and
I’ve go* to find something else. Mv
con'ract here is a funnv one. I’m
bein'* paid hv the laugh: for a gig
gle I get *1: for a laugh : for
a scream. *1°. and for a round of
at-’-teii-e
Ho go' the round.
“Char'es Hovt was a i*r"it base
halt fan " said "Pon” “While at a
game in Chicago he saw me bluff
an umnirp in*o chancing his decis
ion. Af’cr the game he told me
that I had more nerve than any
a plav on me. Wi'h his ability and
my nerve, he said, we were sure
to succeed But we didn’t. 1
gticcs pe didn't have enough ability.”
Sn aking cf baseball plavers
“Pol)” said: “There’s Johnnie Evers.
Ev rs has done more to make second
base famous than anv man in the
game—that is, with the possible ex
oep'ion of Merkle—and the funniest
part of it is Merkle never touched
it. It reminds me of Mike Kellv,
who was one of my men in the old
davs. Mike had a bad habit of
making first and taking next. Once
in Pittsburg, the umpire called him
down for that, and he explained that
it was the first time he had ever
placed on those grounds, and he
didn’t know where second was. He
finally got so bad that I had to sell
him to Boston for $10,000.”
Anson picked out Christy Mat
thewson as the g-eat pitcher of to
day and compared him to John
Carkson and Amos Rusie. Connie
Mack he lauded as a man who would
be as great a loss to the ^Phlladel
phia Athletics as John J. McGraw
would be to the Giants.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. — Jt would
be easy to wri'e a I" k about the
queer things that hale happened
in t lie ring queer things of all
sorts, tragic, comic and just queer
Old-tini'rs remember Patsy Imodi
and I’o'o Troian, althc tgh eicn in
the ancient days they ware hardly
in the Net
champions but they could fight.
t'ne night these two fought in
llrooklyn The game was mowhat
uncouth in those days It was
considered just a< commendable to
win by trickery as by fair fighting.
I'oody and Troian wi re mixing m. r
lily when Ho dy suddenly shopped
am! said: "Hay Pete, your trunks
ate coining off.” Troian looked
down, and instantly Patsy slipped
one oil r to his jaw and dropped
him fin' on his bat k For a tnornen'
it lo ked like a kmukout. but Pen
got up. lighting mail. He rushed
Patsy across the ring and kn < ked
him through the ropes Patsy fell
outside with a thud. He stood up
and looked through the rop. s at the
raging Troian.
"Come in — hurry up come
in!" yelled Tn Ian. darning about
and waving his fists
"No." said D ody "I'm thro igl
for tonight."
And he stayed out.
IVIdMC! VS. OUUUdlU.
That was a funny one when I’eter
Maher fought Joe G'ddard. tlie liar
iier Champion Goddard was a
gri at block of a man wit > could take
an impossible am utit of punish
mint I’eter landed Ii is dreadful
wallop often, hut the Harrier Cham
pion simply leaned in against the
punches and kept coming.
If Peter could have kic eked him
hack on his heels once lie might
have floored him. hut IN o r losi
heart when his “wall p" didn’t
work Goddard was a sight: cut to
pi ces. eyes blackened. < overod w ith
blood. Maher didn’t have a script h.
At last Goddard pu.-hf d in against
Peter's wallop and got to close
uuarters Peter leaned ' ver and
covered liis fat e w ith i rose ii arms
Goddard, exasperated. lifted his
hug' arm and brought the side ■ t'
his list down, hammer fashion, on
the buck (d Peter's neck. P 'er's
km es caved in and he -lid gently
to the floor, taking care to res! his
tiead gtntly on hi- riglr glove. .1 tin
Iiv Kckhart started the cntitr. Peer
didn't stir. Johnny reached nine"
and stopped a moment. P ter
thinking the count over lifted his
his hfinl and loeki 1 a: Johnny. See
inf J to's hand raised to mark
another secern! Peter let his head
II p Imrk on the glove and rinsed
his eyes. He want d no m re of
: hr* Harrier Champion's game.
Smith and Ryan.
There was a tough fight between
Mis’erions lolly Smi'ii and Tonimt
Rv an. Ryan was the cleverest mid
dleweight in tin* < ■ 1 ir rv. Smith
was the toughest lighter. In their
various engagements nchk-tr It'd
inen able to land a kir i kuut. In
this particular fight I refer to Smith
knocked Tommy It an out in the
eleventh r uml. I' was a ipieer
knockout. Tommy f 11 across the
ropes and with the last glimmer of
consciousness threw his arms over
tnnti and held cn. There lie tiling
For a moment confusion held
sway. The refi ts di lift know
whether to count or not. as Tommy
wasn't on the floor. Smith started
to knock him off the ropes as one
might knot k an over ripe apple
from a tree. Then Tommy's fri inis
and two or three policemen jumped
into the ting. Much confusion and
long wrangling. Tommy had hung
limply on the ropes for 2a seconds.
Only two minutes of the round had
passed, but the 1/el! was rung and
Tommy’s seconds dragged him to
ii is corner and revived him. He had
two minutes' rest, and at the end
of that time Hie ring was cleared
and the referee crib red that the
tight go on. In the Itch Ryan
knocked Smith tint. The referee
cal'ed it a "draw."
McCoy and Sharkey.
Students of the psychological find
interi sting "dope” in the fight be
tween Kid McCoy and Tom Sharkey.
Both were at their best then. Jan
uary 10, 1S99. McCoy was a mar
velous boxer with a punch (tit of
all proportion to his weight. Sharkey
was 20 pounds heavier, built like a
sawed-off Hercules. Whin the fight
began it looked as if the slighter
man could hardly have a chance to
stand off the husky sailor’s rashes.
Hut he did stand them off. Shar
key had been training under Tom
my Ryan's tuition, and Tommy
Ryan wanted to show how much lie
had taught him. He told Sharkey to
he clever and box. That was pie
for McCoy. But the foxy Kid came
to the conclusion, after a little while
that he must knock Sharkey out
or risk being worn down and bea'en.
McCoy was one bundle of nerves.
His nerve strength was tremendous.
The spectators around the ring could
see McCoy gathering himself for one
terrific punch. In a moment the
chance came and McCoy put every
ounce of strength and vitality lie
had into one effort. He drove his
right upward to Sharkey’s chin. The
impact of the blow fairly lifted the
sailor .roni his f et and turned him
over in the air so that the back of
his head was the first thing that
struck the fFor.
onarsey uazeu.
Sharkey, very badly dazed, man
aged to sit up and take the count,
while McCoy smiling waited, confi
dent that Sharkey would n ver rise
in time. Sharkey did. And. gath
ering himself again for a single ef
fort, McCoy put all the force he
had left into another flattening blow.
This time Sharkey sat down, looked
puzzled, and jump d up. McCoy had
beaten himself. He had used all of
his strength in a vain effort. When
he saw Sharkey rise he knew that
he was beaten.
Sharkey, a stolid man without
nerves, had taken McCoy’s most
deadly punch, and was on his feet
f again as strong as ever. Realization
! of the fact that he couldn't knock
Sharkey out affected McCov’s high
i strung nervous system He was
I like a man with a double-barreled
i shotgun who had fired both loads
and didn't have time to slip in an
i other shell.
Tom O'Rourke chased Tommy
Ryan from the sailor’s corner and
ordered Sharkev to “cut that box
ing out and fight." Sharkey tore
into McCoy and gave him a fear
ful mauling. McCoy, sneering and
dancing, stalled with all his won
1 derful skill, but he couldn’t keep
| away and ho couldn't gather force
< nough to deliver another knoc k
■ .own At last Sharkey cornered him
on the ropes and. shifting in the
style mailt fam us years later by
Ki te lu ll, swept his (1st into Me
I'-y's midsection and nearly broke
him in two McCoy was counted
ut The reltree could have count
ed a hundred.
Jeffries tried io box with Jim
f ain't at Coney Island Corbet
t.'P in'el him easily until in the
J '.rd round Jeffries was told to
st p b vine and tight, for he was
losing. Jeff tore in. threw Corbett
vi 1 ini'- against the ropes, and as
Io rebounded jammei his great left
tut against Corbett's yaw. and
knocked him cold. It was one of
the most unexpected knockouts on
re c-erd.
6 HUBBIES AND 50 CHILDREN
I'KKTOKIA. Jan. Jl. The Trans
vaal i aims a record I r Mrs. Thila
\ an Wyk. aged TV She has .1"
children who call her mother and
JT" grandchildren Horn on Octo
ber Jo. 1S32. Mrs. Van Wyk began
wlial was to prove ail eventful mat
rimonial career at the age of IS,
v,lu ii she married He rns Jacobus
hubhe.
At the end of two years she be
■ line a widow with one child. After
being a widow for ten months she
married Nicholas Marthinus Hor
■ rius a widower wi h four children.
Af'er living with him for a year
and five months he also died, leav
ing her vviili live children. After
livo months she married for ilie
third time. David Stephanas I’icter
e. a widower with seven children.
With him she lived 11 years and
hail seven children, when tie also
hied.
Afur five years' widow hood stie
married for the fourth time, Dan
ill l.odew ikus Crnnje. a widower
vi li cigltt children. With him she
a Do lived II years and had f< ur ehil
di'eti. when lie. t o. died Kivu years
la'er she married, for the fifth time.
Hendrik Klopper. With him she
also livid 11 years and had ten chil
dren. when lie also died. After two
years she married for the sixth
time, on this i eeasion with Conrad
Hendrik Van Wyk. a widower with
five children, and with him site had
four children After having lived to
gether for 11 years lie also died.
SNEEZING CLOSES SCHOOL
Epidemic in Girls' Fifth Grade Con
tinues for Three Weeks.
READING, l’a.. Felt. t. - The
it ading school authorities are in
ti ligating the cause if the epi
demlr f sneezing among the pupils of
the girls’ fifth grade school, taught
lit Miss Rosa Ernst. The sneezing
hoi ante so serious that the scho 1
was cl cil the other day.
Ahoii' line weeks ago. when
sum ■ of the little girls in the build
ing began to sneeze no attention
was paid to it. hut when about ha’f
o' the pupils became affected some
:n uiry was made.
!' was believed at fir ' tlint 'he
to- zing was due to slight colds,
hip it wo-- [earned that as s -on as
tiie childri n remained at home the
■ in i >in" subsided. When they re
' iirned to si'Iio I they began to
- a lmrdor than ever. Kinalh
'tie children became nervous under
'he sneezing spells and tiie epi
demic was brought to the attention
of the sehool authorities.
Some of tie children are so bad
ly affected that thev are under the
carp of ptiv h ums. About 2d <f the
pupils are suffering. Miss Ernst.
Mi teacher, aim became affected.
Dani 1 S. Reider. superintendent
of buildings, went to the sehool to
make an investigation yesterday,
mid when lie got there he found
'he pupils in fits 'f sneezing. There
■'a re i ns'ant "k rehous!" No
sooner did one get ever a naroxvsm
'han ano'iwr took it up. The faces
of the children were swollen and
the teach r was nervous and sick.
R b'r-r soon began to sneeze.
Noting the condition of the pu
pils and the teacher, lie consulted
other rffleials and the pupils were
dismissed. Mr. Reider assisted sev
eral little girls to th'ir homes and
several were taken home bv other
girls.
The sneezing was at once refer
red to the chairman of the eom
mitt-e on sanitation of the school
board and a close inspection of the
rnm was made. It was learned
that only the pupils; in Aliss Ernst's
class are affected, there being none
in the other rooms in the building.
In the sam room there is an '
evening grammar sehool. It is be-;
lieved some one placed something
:n the floor, probably eavenne pep-1
per, in a spirit of mischief, and ,
never realizing the trouble that
w old result. The sehool will re
main closed until the floor ear. be
thoroughly scrubbed with soda wa
ter. after which it will be oiled
and the place thoroughly ventilated 1
JIM HILL BREAKS CIRCLE
Northern Railway Wizard Said to
Have Entered California.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 5. —;
■lames J. Hill now owns the West
ern Pacific railway. This news wat
ennveverl here bv information cf the
incorporation of the United Prop
erties company of California, which
is said to have over $200,000,000 be
hind it. This gees far to prove the
fact which has been a suspicirn in
railway circles for some weeks, that
Mr. Hill had acquired control of the
Western Pacific, starting with a con
solidation of the k v rou'e, Oak
'and Traction and Lewis water and
power properties, and with an actual
cash investment of $35,000,000.
There is at the disp sal of the
company resources for foreign cap
ital aggregating $35,000,000. This
vast wealth will be emploved in the
construction of docks and termin
als. and in the building of lines of
railwavs. Both will be extended to
transcontinental lines. The rela
tions cf the United Properties com
pany and the Western Pacific is close
and there is a strong indication that
'hrl foreign capital behind this is
closely allied with the Great Nor
thern group, and that, while spec
ulation has run the gamut of con
ieetpre as to how and when Jim
Hill would succeed in forcing an en
trance into California, Hill has ac
complished a coup of vastly greater
dimensions than has been imagined
in the wildest conjectures that have
found their way into print recently.
Mr. Advertiser, you are reading
this item. Nowq if you are interest
ed in finding out whether or not the
Citizen is a good advertising medium
just ask your friends tomorrow if
they did not also read it.
By a Jockey’s Blunder_
A Great Coup at the Racetrack
That Failed^^^^^^
'Have > a ever thought of the
amount of worry, patience and skil.
!i requires to bring a hors1 up te
the top condith n f r a special even?"
said a vetetan racing man.
"T'ae cc III ral ptlldie secs the' tin
iicmnc emeiit of the entries for a
stak" in the newspapers and people
go to ti e track and view perhaps a
dozen < r more splendid specimens
of the thoroughbred in 'he paddock
waiting the ca'l of the bugle.
"Kvery li rse lias bis own little
band of admir. rs. and each of lb
sleek, supple bodies glistens with the
polish that represents perfect health.
It has taken tnon'hs of careful 'rain
ing to obtain that bio m. and how
many days of constant watchfulness
and bow many sloepl. ss hours it has
cost none but the trainer will ever
kn w.
"It is not surprising, therefore,
when something happens to mar the
fruition of hopes nurtured f r months
that language helps to relieve the
situation A Jockey may through
carelossnc ss or overconfidence throw
away a rac e which with c are wi uld
have been an easy victory, or there
may lie oilnr circumstances, all be
yond the rontr I of the trainer — a
had start or a piece of foul riding. I
r< call a rare many years ago which
w ill illustrate the- pc ini I am try
ing to make
wuii.ini ,i* ami liiim .m ii
nings. to distinguish him from the
Western Jennings -had planned a
coup of i xtra rdinary proportions
with a three-year-old called Dunboy
tie. a horse regarded as a fair pi r
fornu-r lint not in the same class as
Hanover and other stars of the s um
age. So carefully had Jennings
guard'd his colt's real quality that
when the day for the running of the
rich Realization Stak< s came around
and Dtinboyne's name was am ng the
entries all hut a few of the Mary
lander's trusted friends believed that
the second or third money was what
lie was after, and the race was re
garded as a gift for the Dwyer can
didate. Hanover, with young Mr
l.aiighlin in the saddle.
"Hanover was a horse of a splen
did turn rf speed; hut had a high
headed climbing way of going which
would make a good judge think he
w uhl not stay over a long route
Ho was a rank horse too. hard too
control, and fought a rider from
•tie instant the flag dropped. His
n rvoits energy was on tap all the
>ime, and Jennings planned shrewdly
for nr tubs how tie would take into
camp the rce- gnized ehampion of
the rear among the three-vear olds.
“He looked long and critically a'
Dip work of the jock ys performing
•|rtt year, before making a selection
of a rider in th- Realization. finally
settling • tin n Garrison, then routine
to the i' int where he commanded
more money than attv oth r rider in
Amerii a. The Snapper. a ; G-irrisoii
"as ui'-knamed In Father Rill Dalv
who brought him nut. vns famous
for liis powers ns a finisher. and
Jenn'nes heliev d tliat wi'li a dead
"(lire horse like Dtmhovnp tinder him
in the last half mile Hanover’; coi
rs v.-nuld 1 e lo" ereil.
"Hanover because of his successes
in ether big events that season was
penalized to the limit, while Dun
boyne received a'l the concessions,
so that while Mcl.auehlin had a
heavv lead pad under his saddle on
Hanover there was no'hing on Don
boyne's short stnt hack hut 11 <•
pounds cf daredevil Impudence. 1
was friendly with Jennings and stood
within earshot rf him when he gave j
Garrison his Instructions, and in fact
1 bail hot some monev for the Mas
ter of Glingar. that being the name
of the Maryland place not. manv
mi’es from Hn'Mim re where the old
gentleman had his comfortable
home.
“ "Now. Garrison.’ said lie. 'Han
over’s a rank going horse and thev
can’t wait with i..m even if thev
wanted to. and I want you to lay
no close enough to aggravate him.
When you are five furl'ngs from
home don’t he more than two lengths
away from his tail and at the half,
mile polo come right along. You’ve !
got a game colt under von and don’t
snare whin or spurs if you have to
use them.’
“'All right. Pon,' was Garrison's
irreverent comment as ihe ve'eran
concluded his instructions, and a
moment inter lie was in the saddle
and tying a close knot just behind
the ears of the little stout bulldog son
of Uneas.
“Garrison rode with a shorter
rein than anvbodv else in the world,
and to my mind he was the original
rider to adont the forward seat,
•hough his stirruns were never so
short as those u=ed by Sims, Stoan
and o'hers who followed later. There
was the strongest rivalry between
McLaughlin and Garrison at this
time. Both had come from Bill Daly's
school, hut the former had long en
ioved the nrostiee of being the lead
ing American jockey and he resent
ed the pretensions cf his younger
rival.
vjmihsuu iiim uetm ctccuuiiieu in
vincible in the final part of a race j
and the Garrison finish was being
♦aken up everywhere. It was a tem- j
nestuous, hustling rush in the last
hundred vards that seemed to pick
un a tired horse and carry him to
victory by inches. Time and again
he had snatched races out of the
fire and the public, always prone to
adore the spectacular, were readv
*o heli ve almost anything possible
if Garrison had the mount.
“It was only natural that the boy
should become spoiled. The ap
plause of the crowd was music to
him. and there were occasions when [
he was accused of waiting too long
!n order to briny th° crowd to a
frenzv by the brilliancy of his hors'
manshin at the wire It was this
characteristic which probably made
him forget the instructions he re
eived for the guidance of Punbovne
in th« Realization, for when the
flag fell he took him back and per
mitted Hanover to dash away with
a long lead.
“I sat near Jennings in the stand
and there was a muttered curse in
his grav beard as Hanover came tear
ing down the straight the first time,
head in the air and almost pulling
McLaughlin out of the saddle. Manv
lengths behind • him plodded Dun
bome, his head low and Garrison
well over his shoulders. There was
no change for half a mile—it looked
like a romp for Hanover—nor was
there much difference for the next
ouarter save that to the expert eye
McLaughlin was not sitting quite so
straight on his mount, a certain indi
cation that the chestnut e It was
not pulling so hard and was prole
ably felling the tdg imp st he was
carrying.
■'Jennings was muttering maledic
tions tinier his breath, for it scion
eel that nothing short of an ace idea'
or a miracle could accomplish the
defeat of tlie favorite, whose advant
age was so great that he could tiro
and still win. When five furlong
from home, the p int where Garri
son had been told to tie within two
lengths of Hanover, there was n• ■
less than 20 lengths between tic
leader and ttie pursuer. Then some
tiling happened.
"Garrison set sail with Punboyne '
and the crowd shouted in amazetm tr
as the little bay bore down up n
his adversary. He sec tned fairly to
fly. so swift was his advance, and the
cry arose that Dunboyne would win
He overhauled Hanover rapidly, hut
the distance was short and the gap
>ec med insurmoun'a'de.
"McLaughlin turned in his saddle
at the head of the stretch and one
fleeting look tr.ld him that the sfu
ation called for all the skill at his
command. He knew that he had
a tired but game horse under him
and for a hundred yards he steadied
him. slackening his pace so ptrcep'i
bly that many thought the favorite
had broken down. He was husband
ing the cliing energies of his mount
as only the master reinsman could,
giving him a brief breathing sp 11 '
and when the furlong pole had been |
passed and Dunboyne was only four
or live lengths away McLaughlin
clenched hi-’ tc th. shook the bit in
Hanover' e mth and called on the
sup rb son c f Hindu for the cour
age a long line of indomitable an
cestors had transmitted to him.
“Gallantly the big chestnut re
sponded, and struggling valiantly
the two horses came to the wire
Garrison was now spurring and rid
ing like a fiend and straight ns a
chalk line was the pathway pursued
by Dunboyne. McLaughlin km w
better than to whip Hanover, who
would do his best needing no ether .
incentive than the rallying calls of
his rider or tlte sight of the black I
muzzle so close to his flanks. ’
"I was one of the tli usands mi
my feet and shouting till my throat 1
palm cl as the cults ran through that
final hundred yards. Dunboyne gain
ed relentlessly. Garris n's km c
t uclic'd McLaughlin in the last stride
and Hie noses of Hie colts nodded i
in the final jump as they flattened
out for the judges' decision
“Jennings was on his feet in no
last desperate rally, and as the.'
passeu i [ic w ire lie gave mr i migm
tilow on the chest. It s' etned tin
minutes before Hanover’s number
was signalled and then 1 turned
to lo k f r Jennings; lie had di-a;.
peared.
“I soon saw him elbowing his win
through the throng at tho tail and I
I was at his side win n the colt
i atm back to the stand to dismount.
Hanover’s nostrils flared till ;. mi I
could stick your clem lied fi~t in
them and Ills flanks heaved tp
tresslnclv. Mchaughlin was as tin :
as his h'Tse. As for Uunbnyne. lie '
was what his owner had claimed ■
him to be—dead lit. and he bit w no '
more than would be expected nl'o i
such a contest. Garrison, who had
ridden a truly demoniac five fur
longs, smiUd in Jennings’ face as lie '
tossed his whip to his valet and '
saitl between breaths:
’’ ’A little short today. Pop. An
other workout and I’d have walked *
in. Next time 1 ride him it’ll he 1
different.’
“’The next time you ride him!’
spluttered Ji linings in a fury. ’You’ve I
thrown your leg over a horse of
mine ft*- the last time.’
“Could you blame him? All the
months of planning the campaign,
the humiliation of hav.ng ihe best
horse at the weights beaten, and a
matter of more than JJO.OOO in
good, hard money in stake and
wagers thrown away for the sake
of a whirlwind finish.”
SAYS VENUS IS INHABITED
MONTGOMKRY CITY, Mo„ Feb. I
16. — That the planet Venus is 1
i
inhabited is the message given the
world with the advent of the new
year. And, furthermore, it is said
that the habitants probably are in
telligent beings.
This information comes from
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See. as
trorr mer in charge of the United
States navy observatory at Mare
Island, Cal., a native of this city,
in a letter to relatives here.
Professor See. at the conclusion
cf a long article on the evolution
of the solar system, says:
“Just as certain as the earth ro
tated very rapidly, and has not
been retarded appreciably hv the
effects of tidal friction, so Venus
likewise has escaped retardation of
axial rotation, and still rotates in
23 hours and 21 minutes, as has
been held by astronomers since the
day of Cassini. 1667
"Accordingly, it follows that the
conditions of this planet are more
like those of the earth than any
other body of our system.”
Professor See claims the accepted
theories on cosmical evolution are
vitiated by a false premise to the ef
fect that planets have been detach- _
ed from the sun by acceleration of
rotation when the matter of this
globe was originally expanded into
a nebula filling their orbits and ro
tating in the equilibrium under con
ditions of hydrostatic pressure.
Professor See claims the reasoning
on the sh- tiding of planets and satel
lites under the supposed influence
of the accelerated rotation of the
relatively large central bodies which
govern their motion is now invali
dated.
Useless Speculation.
"Metaphysics,” said Mavor Crump
at a Democratic banquet in Memphis
“is a subject that always makes
me think of an elderly couple in
Chattanooga.
“ 'I often wonder,' the wife said
sadly one day to her husband,
‘whether all those vows and pro
testations you made me during our
courtship were really true?’
“ ‘Well, well, my dear,’ the hus
band mildly answered mildly, ‘what’s
the difference whether they were
true or not. since we both believed
them?’ ” |
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i’.MMS. I'eb. to. 'flic proposal
A i. i ' Warner of Missouri t<
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I !■ inn.:.m that all who have!
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i ' ll.ardy a his own countrymen
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nv pan of the course, as was the
e vvlon Moisant lieeame the vic
im of his i wit folly.
V; Mu. tlie famous constructor of
'toplan s; l.egagneux. who lias
own at an elevation of nearly 3,500
aril;; l.eltlane. the hero of the
'reiich l-.'astein cirenit; Wynmalen.
ho holds tlie present record for
ight, and Hregi. till have express
d the same opinions.
"Is not my body my own?" ex
claimed Leuamteuv. If it suits me
to fly a mile above tin- * ai'h, whose
affair is it hut m> own 7 It is in
living one-third th:r height that
there is the greatest ri-k. Aviators
who wi ulii e- midy with Senator
Warner's propo id lire would do
will to order their eotlins in ad
vance."
"During my jonrm ■ from Paris
to line-els and luck," -aid Wyn
tnalle n. "i was oldiged to 11 v low
oil account id a tog O'herwise I
shotild have h • nr. wav At one
moment 1 wa in imminent danger
of collision wi'lt an eypn-- train."
BURLIN'. Fill lti it is stated
in military (gian ts that the strate
gists if the general .'atf have some
misgivings about i the Ger
man part (f tin' Paris Journal's
Paris I’.i rlin-1 irtt i ! -Pari $50,000 ae
roplane eompe'i'ton to 1'e flown ne\t
summer. It is Pared the competi
tors who mu « si.... t...| t■ > pattieipate.
may, t veil iiuwittinelv, cross Ger
man forts or I t"ified territory. ;t
knowledge ef whi< It w aid he of in
estimahle value to foreign powers.
Careless 1 nings.
Mrs Hoyle My hit hand says that
if he had the world lie'll gladly lay
it at my feet.
Mrs. Doyle- Vos. that is just like
a man; always h aving tilings around
for a woman to pick up."
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