New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-11
A SNAP SHOT AT ELIZABETH
HOW KIRK. WAS CAUGHT ON THE SLY.
suocrssFu1, END OF PURSUIT THAT LASTED


FOR MONTHS.
.cA, =, ras.- mi~nt be the of recent
rho,ooranb which Ernest Marx has put ociore inc
world Mr. Marx be IT known amon- ali moi' Is
kn enterprisinc ami ingenious camera snapper h"e
from the mort Of Plainfcld, n. j. FOR TWO years vi
mono he has been going the rounds oil the me''o-d"
raco courses Stamping at every thing worth swapping
=, o,d a cood deal not worth swapping at lie
.rrrss at close flashes he snapped at the judges.
ho snaDncd at Jockeys he snapped at trainers, Nc
snapped at pretty girls IN the grand stand ne snapped
At starter Caldwclls Evolutionary effects HIS col
lection Of caughtonthehy or caughn thea act photo-
craobs crew TO astonishing proportions and was much
admired by select few who were favored with
priyatc view. But there was ono picture lacking
and its absence did not fail TO excite remark
II was MARKS ambition TO acquire that picture at
the earliest possible moment but for months The
original Of that picture foilcd him. he was very
cautious and sly but the original was more cautious,
more sly. One day at Monmouth he nearly succeeded
in the accomplishment of lis desires. lie stood his
camera in the judges stand, took steady aim at the
north end Of the reporters gallery, and snapped
serenely but when the negative was developed ne
had TO acknowledge his hundreh defeat, for instead
OF that long sought picture he had succeeded only IN
swapping coat-ta and pair of legs Ii h'ack
trousers. all the keep from being snapped.
But Marx pcrscvercd. and on october is reached
the goal. AT IL o'clock in the morning he stoe
quietly the Elizabeth track and discoVeie' uo
original OF that picture hard at WORK In MS acousoo
corner. He was entirely alone in the grand stand
and so engrosscd in pr psrations for the afternoons
work that The snappers footballs were not
heard. Nerving himself for the final snap, Marx was
on the point OF pulling the trigger when fair DAM
sci of forty appeared the scene, seating herseh
about four points Off the port quarter of the original
Thought little dismayed by this inopporune
arrival Marx determined 10 let the occasion slip.
so he snapped away and caught both the original ana
the fair damse of forty Then he stole away to Plain
field developed the picture, printed it, mounted it,
copyrighted II sud labelled il, Kirk OCTOBER TO-
1850; Elizabeth Track"
Yes there sits kirk caught at last on the n.y. as
IL were lie appears extremely busy with long
pcncI and is looking 50 low down that his eye-only
the right one can be scen-seems closed lie has on
his fattopped srectaces and is pcerng through them
not over the rim. Ills big SLOUGH hat mashed In at
Inc top-Virgnia style-and peepng above the band Is
the return coupon of excursion ticket over the
Jersey Central G. Kirk" was never known to accept
fee pass over any road. In this respect his
rightly Is his regiOn His field glasses. much worn,
lie beside his nOIe- books on the shelf which serves
rs his desk and at hand IS that wonderful ham
mer-headcd knife which drives tacks and sharpens
pcncils with equal facility. In the background as
Her back hair is her most conspicuous feature. 1t
is done up with a sort of pIctZe twist.
Marx very lucky ia getting that shot He snapped
lust in time catch hrik' at the old trade which
he has adorned for twenty years. hriS has new
trade now.