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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-20
"WAIT DES A MINT"

have gallant lover
He's true as true can be;
Hut it's come 10 this when want a kiss
He always says 10 me:
Wait des a mint
He does not love another.
His heart Is all my own.
Yet grieye 10 know, when ne treats me so,
That mine 10 him has flown
Wait aes q mint"
His face is very fair;
His eyes are violet blue;
And the light they send rs on me they bend
Most breaks INV heart In two
Wait des mint"
Ills hair Is like the sun
That shines upon the dew:
But he likes not girls. and he shakes his curls
With words that pierce me through
wait des mint"
Whenever talk OF love,
In moonlight or by day.
He just looks q. me. and In hooking giee
Remarks. and runs away:
wait des mint"
I'll tell you what I'll do
To punish this young man
When he wants wife. II IL takes his life,
I'll say TO the young woman:
Wait des mint"
Sandy Broad, in Harper's Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-20

LILY, there Is sadness and melan-
choly in your eyes tonight, and your
cheeks seem blanched." Ives, George.
am far from being happy" "Conflds
in me, dearest; let me share your sor-
row. Fave the buffetings OF this cruel
world cast gloom over your soul?"
well, not exactly; but. you see, am
bound to wear my new shoes, and they
pinch my feet drosdfull1."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-20

TEN years ago good buffalo head sold
from sl5 to $40. The price now ranges
from SIS to $500. Rocky Mountain sheep
are not very numerous, and the hand
some head OF that animal brings from
S35 to 500. Mountain sheep are sold in
pairs, when the taxidermist has saved
the whole animal, and they sell for $3.50
o pair. Elk heads sell from S35 to $500
each. Grizzly bear rugs bring from SIS
to $500 each, black bear as high as SIS.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13

eimp6rcnOfte /; aber er 1T Ietber ni6t ~iIolirt.
So muBte ). 8. ein Snioat, Der BET ben
6oAiprun9iibunget i'm Srodenbaus ges
laAt bate, 10 LANCE - inter 8epa6ung
burdb einen 0efreiten-tn Der 6 II tebeu9e
perbarren, bis er sulammenbra6. Sin ans
bcrer nuroe beim Getpebrappel pom llnters
~offtsier nit Der @etpebrmiinpung 10 DOr ben
0lagen 9eronnt, oaB er umfiel. Gbenio
murOe er in Der Snitruttions1tunbe Dor ben
Dtogen setreten, baB er ppm Site ftel.
ltuo nenn Die @riabreierDiiten beim @rers
siren 10 ms @eiidt 9ei6lagen tparen, DOB
Die ytale blutete, bonn purOen ie nod nit
ben lBorten perb0bnt: rSauf' niht 10 piel
8ier, ba1n bait gu fem ytaienbluten."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
NDpp'S
Qentfdes Ma9enpnluer
BELT ipe5iel langjdbrige
@er0
merchantmen:

S9ort felt sebn Sabren bate tb Elm iGiperes Wtngen
Ieioett, ipeltes 10 nod nn6 nod i1limmer purbe. NIs
ib lebtes Sabr 7 Wfonate Douitanbi9 niebergebro9en
mar uno bic 5t 8atbe g~e5D9enen ser3te 1i1t 81 BeIfen
oernto9ten, oielrtebr bic oeri9ludte1 Wteot3tren rtetn
&eiben MIR boffuun9sloier gentadDt botter, los i'd im
u@briftltt1e1 goti6after" BON Popps Seutinen1 Ntos
9enpuIoer, befisn 9eiltroft BON 1tebreren 4atienten bes
aeu9t purbe. 9tes i9ten Elm 6in9eraeig bes Iiebelt
SotteS gu iein; ib lisB mir foglet9 0aODn i9tden nnb
na9 gerbrouf ntebrerer SGa9teln 6~erielben fonnte
i'd baS 8ett .lpieber ~perIaiIen. 9tun bin i9 10 tuieoer
~6ergsIteat, nte es elm 81 Sabre alter Mnnn, benz burf
i9arfe Mebi5inen bic 3dbne perlDren gin9en, %eriporten
fattn. &ud1 elnt9e bom0opottIfe Dtittel TIT elmer ytods
fur baber fi9 iebr beipdbrt. WtD9en bieie sSeiler nod
oielen 3ilfeiubenoen our &enntniB 9eGangen unb sur
9eiIut9 oieneI. Sizes miini9t BON 9ersen
slpril 1889. &.SIneburg SofefieIb, Mtnn.
unter5ei9nete tennen Batter Sineburg Iebr nobI.
Sein 3uItanb mar elm berortiger. bob ollie, fNbit
&er5te, bic Soffnung fir feline Seteiung ~aufeabei.
Damn fing err on, Qopp's Mta9enpuloer an gebranben.
lpurbe better unb lit jest BON ietner 3ranfbett o6aig
gebetlt. Qn) anoere Perio1ten IN bic er Se9enb fbnre1
ans 9let9er Grfabrun9 Glblnenbes iber bieies Seil.
1ntttel b%ertbtet.
aep. s. 6. @9mibt Rep. S.. 80 oIIen.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
Qn5ei9en.


1T cine etsentbnmli6e Msbt5tn. @te TT ~fprsfaltts
~3uberettet aus Gariapartna, S6nen3abn, IIraunpurae,
Ord, 4tpllepa, @ahbplDerbeeren nnb onberen bes
tonntcn ruD wertbppaen pegetabilti4en Setltpfen,
Notwithstanding, bas benz SprbiTen garfas
pariGa etne Setlfrait perleibt, ipte ie tn dnperen
Mepi3tnen ni6t gu ftnben tit. GS berrtrtt bG, no
anbere GrSneten ~periaSen, ~mertmdrttSe 9Iren.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
oInmpio. mofh. serr.. IA. 0ea. 1sss.

OIpmpto, 9Gafb. Serr., IA. Sea. 1888.
Sd bite, nod iur $500 bon Sbrert 9uIper nit Der
YoIt an ienbeu. Gett sehn So9en babe i'd bafielbe 9e.
braudt unb balte mid i~iber5elQt, baB cine obnige 6eis
lung eratelt niro. Mnoeren 2eibenben empfeble i'd Sbr
Yulper. Ser Sbri9e SSotber 6. @Idffen.
Sine Sba9tel Mtaeenpufoer foftet Slips. 9rei
S1o9teln Wtogenpulber unb 5ipei Sba9teIn &eeu.
Itrllnos.Yileu meroeH nod grnpiang opn $500 to1ten.
irei suaeIanot. Srudio6eu iiher N~tolaria, &beuno.
tismus. 8anbpurm=2eibeu, gprit=Rur, 2eiben Der
Itbmnn98.Sr9au ipe5iea fir Stebner, 9farrer III no.,
out WunI9 fret.
Wfan abreiiire einfa9:
3opp's 2sortGfintG, 8biIabelpbia, 8a.
g6mctccm Sic SieIc 9tmnomce aus, tie tau,t
mar ieIten lpicoctboIt mcrOcn.
ND 23bea, 13ior, 1OFeb, Tins, 14op, 12mot
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
Dernildtes.

Sn ben Iebten Saaen tpurbe in
|Sopa7s Stats 6aupt Il abt Elm
proGtbtttoni it / d er nWaienz
conpent" abgebalteit, in Incident Z79
6irden, LOG Genperen5uereilIe unb IL
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
DonN's 9~arfapnrtAn

aetbnet f5 baburd aus, baB cS tei alien aIaIien Der
Bepblterung tn sletd Dpbel1 @nieben ftebt. $50 e8
etnmal ~Sebraubt lpurbe, ptrD e5 cine g%tebltn86z
Wfeni5in unb oft al8 eine grt %alsemetner Nar1ilienz
Meri5in betra6tet. 2aIen Ste il6 ntdt tslhpaten
anpere. Mebtstnen git f%aufen. @eben @ie iider, ben
d9ten Nrtttcl AT %be5teben. Gin5ig %3Iberettet DON
6. S. Sppp & Co., gpct9eter, 2prrel, MfaIl.
HOO Rafctt Cir Tnfl.tr.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
Dooo'a 9arfapartQa

It bas Bette G1utrctnigun8SuitteG, faS bcm Gutlifurt
ii Gebpt ltett. G8 iGalit ale ttnretntgtelten aus benz
glut pe9 unb furirt Scrppbeln, Sal5duB, Seulen,
ansIdtaS, @auti0drfe, Gpspepiie, @auentefApercen,
Sppfmeb, r,nperpauftGteit, ol9emeine
5t1p66e, aatarrb, &beumatiSmu8. Gterenz nnb
2eberleiben, beIciti9t ba8 9eiibl Der WRatttSte,t, re9t
Ben Tppetif an 1rnb bdut has Gpftent auf,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
Gtabltrt cit 1851.
Henry SchOellkopf,
Wholesale & Retail Grocer,
252 & 254 OFT RanooIpb=Stry
srpii9en 6rnnflin, unb N}ortetsStraBa

Wholesale & Retail! Grocer,
252 & 254 Oft Rdnoolpb=Str,
alpii4en GrnnfIi1. uub G3urtet-straBs
empieblt i'll frii9er @aare:
gtcms @iibc6cr Wic~Ieafpar9elm.
G6)Mittnpbten uio $%eitppct Hii6ctt,
tyr@M5DTidJe GrtIc3. SbampiguOnS,
Triidc gctro6nctc NiIsc, Sf),u anime.
~SSisprr'a gctrofnete5 getttiIe,
Menc 0rltuferH, &tuIcR Ilt0 &3sric,
TcinIte 4crG9cfjte, g~sbci5cagrteS,
3yrifd1e G IcianebI, 8arfoHelntcbI,
sS~ialicuiid)c Yiu0eln uH0 atafaront.
SfaiieMtidle Goitat1ict un0 M0rtt,elatls &1Ic,
3ted,teu 8 d uciserfGle, SSr6mtcrfaIe,
&eDoca Iuo G0amcr &6ie,
.tpouefprt t1t0 Santetttbcrt SSdic,
srrprtage De Ssic mo YseuSd)atCtcr SAL,
S~lcinItcit &imbrrSer, &ahut= MIto @oanofaie,
0cue Saroeucn ano Gar0eucatenttcr,
Npnctit=&tlO IH0 SieIcr GpEptteu,
GranpT ~ pci9cr Gcrnetat=2Surit,
8aInmi unto GritTcEebcrtourit,
G1micbrffte umo 0dnfetebcr=@ altcten,
ySeue hpn. Misunderstanding,
Scam 1trgcr - cu=SS0ringc uID StoGffde,
SanDiar, MndIpnts tm0 Hale,
@fari,tirtc ~&sirtuge nnO rnI. Saroiten,
TciuIteS Ciinc1t= ttiS0 MoDuDL
@cd,tcn &icetgs UleiideEtraftt
&opmig taO S9iiIbceriGft,
3cutiGes Sluctidlenrtas t'no Strnen,
Sfri1dten WsohtIanNseu ttiio N1tntnteI.
Scinften SaDnz, @offa= 1tno Mio.Se1Tee,
0icdIte uinazGbocnIaoc mto &atGoS
Scimitcu rain. II. Ntuef. Sbcc,
GnriScr Sd)nupftabaG BON 2obbcG,
Spl3IG,nnc, GDIapantuTcIt,
GpinnrG0cr, GGpufre5cr II. o9l.
3u ben ~b1aigIteu 8reiien.
HenryESchoellkopt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
0nuo'a 9~orfapartAn

Bat tn nadtcr Ma0e eisentRan,li9e lnb unperSIeiHz
lt6e &urea belrirtt. Sn 2ppea, Mail. tpp e9 9ia
sanSe MacbbarI6aTt Iib ~be8ielfen bertent. Die Ippz
ibeten tn 2pnelt p~ertaufen nebr ppn 9ppb'3 Sarfaz
parilid, ais ppn alien anperen neutrality-suspicious.
SuIainmen9enprnmen @letde Grfrl9e iinb aus aleu-
dnDeren 2anbe5tbctleE 5u ~perSeihnsn.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
urfuGtne acobemh GIeneIanb, Ohio,
= CFfnhn~ 1000 '.."

Sri9inolsgrief.) Sir ben etneei9loIfenen getrn9
BON $500 ienoen sic mir, bite. 8opp's oenti1es Wtas
9enplluer. 9Str boben Sbr 9ulper III ben lebten iefs
Sabren in unierer 9rDBen 6anttIie gebrau9t nnb oub
an 5reunoe Oeri9enft; eS bat lit allen 6aaeu 9eboIien.
WtptberS ct. 90 a ,, Cup.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13
9iptpn, Roniag. 81. Sam. 1889.

Xtptpr, &anIaS, 81 San. 1883.
Orieinol.Srief) Senben Ste mir %gefdli9it fir bic
anIte9enhen $500 Pulber uno 9tlen. Gs nlott MIR
9ergniigen uub ih baltic es fir meine hrtitli6e PHi9t,
nibt mr. r1einet SemetnoesWtit9Itebern, %ionbern oI6
alien Nnberen bel jeber 6eie9enbett SIR Maaenpulper
gu empIe1len. 9attiagenb Der Sbrt9e
Bern Gep. q. &unteL G. PIP. S.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-13

erie 9o., 4. sSebr. 1889.
Dri9innl.grief.) @n9efit9t finben sic $3.50 fir
apet tpettere Gda6teln 9nloer, ba fmb bic Iesten oils
berft beiliam BET mir unb Auberen 9e5eigt boben. gG.
%tungsooa SatberW t. 8. 9e6er.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-31
THE LAMP DID IT.
A Lodging House Burned Out on L
street Last Night.

A Lodging House Burned Out on L
street Last Night.
Shortly before o'clock last evening the
fire department was called out to suppress
a fire at 727 L street, doing considerable
damage. The house is a two-story, owned
by s. s. Nixon, and was occupied by three
families. The fire occurred in the middle
portion, where Mrs. Henrietta Wolfe re.
sided and kept dodgers.
There was no person in that portion Of
the house at the time the fire occurred
Mrs. Wolfe had gone to the depot, and left
q small lamp burning on a table in the
kitchen. The supposition is that the
lamp bursted. as the flames we're first seen
to break from the kitchen in the rear.
When the front door was broken in the
stairway and room above were burning
but the fremen soon had the fire out. AL
of Mrs. Wolfe's furniture, however, and
the clothing of her roomers, is thought to
have been practically ruined. Among the
things burned was fine piano. She was
insured for $500. The damage done to
the building is also covered by insurance
Mrs. S. Spencer resided next door, and
nearly everything in her house was rnined
or badly damaged by water.
Mrs Spencer lost gold watch and s
purse containing some $50. 1t is moi
known whether the articles were stolen
from the house during the excitement, OF
dropped in the haste to get the things ouI
of the house to place of safety.
1t is reported that Mrs. Wolfe also lost
some money.
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dissipation. This explains an item in yes

dissipation. his explains al itctH IL CO
terday's paper"
Gardiner, then route agent for the UNION,
was shot in the back and seriously injured
bv one William F. Hobson. Gardiner was
in Murphy's book store, at Fourth and j
streets. when Hobson entered and shot
him. The shooting was the result OF some
talk about Mrs Hobson. GARDENERS wound
laid him up for some time. Hobson after
ward tried to drown himself, but was pre-
vented.
........E. Gaxiot, who ran bathing es-
Enlistment on Second street, got clear
water by sinking four-inch well 10 a
depth OF eighty feet, whence he got good
supply of clear and pure water. This be
pumped into tank above his place. The
novel feature of the enterprise was the fact
that tae pump was operated by q couple OF
big dogs, which kept tread-mill going
most of the day.
..G General S. A. Booker and ex-Mar-
shall Terrill of Stockton had serious alter
cation in that city one day. Booker called
TerrIll liar, and the latter knocked him
down. When Booker arose he aimed q
pistol at Terrill and would nave shot him
had not Judge Shaferstepped between them
and seized the weapon.
days as we'll as the present. The men en-
gagged in grading California street, San
Francisco, quit work because the contract
ors would not reduce their hours of labor
for days work from eleven to ten. The
men were paid off, and the contractors
filed their places with eleven hour men the
next day.
..... James B. Haggin had suit pend
ing against John Semple and others for
$50 900, being the principle ($10,000) and
interest on a note given only three years
before. The note was secured by a mort
gage on the San Juan Grant, adjoining the
Norris Grant, and now owned by Cox &
Clark.
........ Jerry Face, a special officer, got
mixed up in one of those pulling-and-
hauling affairs that are sometimes features
of primary elections. and during the squab-
BILE somebody's pistol went off. Jerry
caught the bullet in his leg, but the wound
was not dangerous.
......At the Stockton Fair the Sacra-
mento Baseball Club won the first prize, a
massive silver pitcher. The scores were
Sacramentos 73 Live Oaks 7; Sacramentos
49, Stocktons IL. That was baseball with
vengeance.
......... Thirty years ago there were only
$4,000 miles of railroad IN the United
States. Now there are 162, $50 miles, ex-
elusive of side tracks and switches.
MON the oath of August an Swear
old son of Mrs. Russell, living on Eighth
street. was drowned in The river while
bathing.
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the train about IL O'Clock Friday night at
a station called Copeland, which is but a
short distance north of Vina. AT that
place some scoundrels had placed an OBJ
struction between a switch or guard rail.
and when the locomotive encountered it it
was Immediately derailed. The first bag
gage car was also ditched.
Fortunately the train was moving slowly
when the obstruction was encountered. 1t
appears that several sfsh-platesn had been
discovered upon the track (evidently
placed there by the same parties) just
before arriving at Copeland, and the train
had not gotten under full headway when
the larger obstruction was run upon. Had
the train been running at its usual rate of
speed the loss of lie would probably have
been terrible.
Word was sent to Red Bluff, and
wrecking train Immediately went TO the
relief of the disabled train. Owing to the
manner in which the rails had been twisted
and broken by the engine and baggage car
in leaving the track, a temporary track had
to be laid around the wreck. A new en-
CINE was also sent up, and in few hours
the DELAYED train resumed its journey
south.
1t is believed that the perpetrators of the
foul deed were party of tramps who have
of late been infesung that section, and who
were recently put off of several trains for
attempting 10 beat their way.
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DIED.


Sacramento, August BINARY. wife of Luke
Grogan. native OF County Westmeath, Ire
land, II years.
Friends and acqusintances are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral. from her late resi-
dence, NJ street, Eighteenth and Nineteenth,
this Sunday afternoon at o'clock; thence to
the Cathedral, where funeral services viii be
held
Sacramento. August 29-Daniel G. Bowsher,
native of Ohio &c yesrs. 10 months and .
days.
Friends and acquaintances are Respectfully IN
vited to attend the funeral from the residence
of his bother. A. L. Bowsher 1919 seventh
street, this Sunday afternoon at > ciock.I
Sacramento, August SO-Mstie Nj, wife OF ;. ;:
Handing a native of Michigan. ~ years, 3
months and % days.
iRemains viii be shipped to Woodland to-mor-
row (Mondsyl morning at lOSO o'clock for in
termenEl
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DISPUTE OVER A PICTURE.
A Citizen Claims He Bought 1t, But til
Salesman Says Otherwise.

A Citizen Claims He Bought 1t, But the
Salesman Says Otherwise.
Walter Mastin called at the Police
Station yesterday and wanted to have
Tojetti, the artist, arrested for embezzle-
ment. Msstin said he went to the picture
sale on Friday night and decided to buy q
painting, catalogued as THE Shepherdess. I"
When it was put under the hammer but
one bid was received, and it was taken
down. Afterwards he went to one of the
clerks and asked what be would sell the
painting for. The latter said S17, and
Mastin agreed to take it. He paid So
down, and promised TO call the next morn
the picture. When he went there yester-
day he says be could not find the painting
he had bought among the others, but saw
il in a sideroom.
He was about to pay the S14 due, when
the clerk told him he was mistaken in the
picture, and that it was not the one be
selected the preceding evening. Mastin
persisted that he knew what he had
bought. The clerk was equally as positive
that Mastin was mistaken. and upon his
refusal to give up the painting Mas;in went
down to consult the City Attorney.
The latter advised him that civil sui
was the only means by which he could re,
cover the property or damages.
The auctioneer who conducted the sale
was positive that Mastin had made mis-
take, and that The Shepherdess'' was no
the one he had pointed out as DESTROYS O
purchasing
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SPECIAL POLICEMEN.

An Alleged Obstruction in the Way OF
Payment for Their Services.
City Auditor Mckee has discovered sec.
ton of the charter of Sacramento which
prohibits the paying of special officers by
the city, and has notified the Chief OF Pc.
lice that there may be some trouble when
the fifteen extra specials appointed for the
two weeks of the fair present their de-
nands for pay. The section referred to
reads as follows:
The Board of Police Commissioners whenever
expedient, or on the application of any citizens,
may appoint special policemen to do special
duty at any place in said city. But the police
men so appointed shall not receive any pay OF
compensation from the city.
Chief Drew proposed to hand in a COM
munication to the Board of Trustees next
Monday requesting that fifteen assistants
to the force be appointed by the Board be-
lieving that the difficulty can be got over
in that way.
But the section quoted is intended to ap.
ply to permanent specials. These are paid
| by the persons whose premises are guarded
| by the special officers having regularly de-
fined beats. The Police Commissioners
have always appointed additional officers
for special occasions, and there need be nc
| trouble about their pay.
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half feet to the rear of it, The right foot is
braced in a little hole about three inches
deep, which the Splinter digs out with his
spiked shoes-something after the position
of some baseball PLAYERS when at the bat.
The left arm is well extended in front, and
the right extended behind, so as to balance
and place the body as though it were on a
pivot. When the start is made the right
foot and right hand come forward stimuli
taneously, and the lefts, of course, behind
By starting in this manner an ordinary
Splinter ought to be well under way in ten
yards. There are other styles of starting
as is everything else. One style that may
be mentioned is used by many good pro-
fessional runners. for the simple reason
that they can't break themselves of it.
They put the left foot on the mark and
throw themselves into position all right.
but in starting they involuntarily lift the
left foot over the line about eight inches,
and then comes the other foot. While this
style is acknowledged by the men using it
to be bad. it seems impossible for them to
get out of the habit. 1t is attributed more
to nervousness than anything else. From
foot to eighteen inches is lost every time
this is done, and they cannot get away so
quickly. The strong right foot must be
brought forward before you can get into
the stride.
NOVICE AND PROFESSIONAL RUNNING.
Good judges have given it as their opin-
ion that the difference between novice
and professional, from starting alone, is
ABOUT ten feet in fifty yards. The novice
goes to the scratch as a rule in a high state
of excitement and jumps over the line and
| back again at every sound he hears. FL
| nally he becomes bewildered at his own
actions, and when the pistol goes off he's
| the last man to leave the scratch.
| A good illustration of the advantages OF
knowing how to start was had in the big
race at Saratoga several years ago between
Priddy and Stratton. Sratton got the
best of the start by just ten feet by stand.
ing on the mark and not bewildering him.
self as Priddy did with his jig-dancing. Al
the finish Stratton was a scant ten fee
ahead-so 1t will be seen that fast running
is not always what wins races.
The distance that man can run at full
speed is generally conceded to be l27 yards
This is now the scratch distance of tn,
great Sheffield handicap. Some of thu
handicaps are as much as fourteen yards
making l13 yards that the limit man takes
OF course the 'full speed" distance de
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HOW TO RUN.
SOME VALUABLE POINTERS FOR AsPIR-
ING LOCAL sPRINTERs.
The Value of Knowing How to Start
and the Advantage of a
Long stride.

One of the features of the coming State
Fair will be the athletic contests.
They will consist almost entirely of run
ming events, at various distances, from
fifty yards to two miles, and are to be I'M
der the auspices of the Pacific Coast ANA
teur Athletic Association. There are
something like seventy entries in already,
and the affair promises to be most sue
cessful one.
These contests will be the first genuine
amateur contests ever held in Sacramento.
Local athletes are taking considerable in
terest IN the events, and quite number
are training now for them.
sPRINTING AND RUNNING.
Foot-racing is divided into three classes
-sprinting, running and medium dis
tances. England is the birthplace of
"sprinting." This class includes the short
distances-all distances up to 400 yards.
Medium" distances are from one-quarter
to three-q quarters of mile inclusive. Be-
yond the three quarter mark it is called
running"
In the snort distances, or Sprlnlng, eV-
erything depends upon the strength of the
runner. Strength takes the place of wind.
But in medium and long distances wiry
men of good wind and endurance are the
most successful.
The quarter-mile distance is the most
difficult TO run, for the reason that q COM
bination of strength and wind is necessary.
The person running this distance mus. do
it in almost sprinting time; yet he must
have wind and endurance enough to keep
it up-a quality that is hard to find in the
average lot of runners.
Next to possessing speed, the principal
thing in successful sprinting and running
is the starting. In race between two men
evenly matched as regards speed, the per-
son getting the quicker start wins the race.
Some great runners have been known to be
so perfect in the necessary art that they
could, four times out of five, get away from
the scratch simultaneously with the crack
of the starters pistol. Particular among
those were the late H. NJ. johnson and
Harry Berthune.
The idea in starting, and what the best
sprinters in the country bold TO be the only
proper way, is to put the left foot to the
mark, with the right foot about two and a