The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-27

pool room embargo seemed 70 odsr An OPP
portuntty for gratifying.
Tbs manner IN which the Dryers have
and are undertaking 70 shut
out the pool room agents n ext temely COM
plete and ingenious. They began BY ex-
tho Western Union Telegraph CONF
pany, which was wiring h nows TO the
hundreds OF pool rooms In New York and
the country: II tho Western
privilege they could come inside tbs fence
again. for this was the fantastic rata OF loss
a. resulting from tho pool room
influence In keeping trade from the
track. Then tho fences were rugged
10 a. TO increase the difficulty
and sequence OF the events inside. Entries
have not boon given out Tor publication
before the race, and programmes have
not been given out on tho track until twenty
minutes before each race. lnstead OF M
announcement OF the result OF each race
BY means Of tho usual largo ilgures ana
spectators, the result 10 now hung inside
the stand, where there 10 no chance Of its
being seen from the outside and where ~
can BIO seen by only . small proportion Of
the spectators.
Tho result Of all this ID much confusion.
Without the entries the pool rooms afe ~
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going to the track to Soc. Ihs newspapers
have no announcements to pique curiosity.
Al the track. where thousands gather IN
spite Of the absence Of a single announces
msnt, there ID every day an unssemly
scramble for programmes when the moment
scramble after each race to ascertain the
result, for tho word must be passed along
by those who are In a position to get 9
glimpse OF tho diminutive nnounoement
figures. Everybody hRs been growing 2
growing ~peevishly il not th~roatenlnRiy.
But the Dryers have ~stubbornly hela ont;
others 10 got Al the RETURNS, in spite Of the
prohibition. have bsen exciting in the high
eat degree. II has been the joke OF the day
that after the Dryers have built 4 fence az
high as the wall Of a panorama the asplr-
ants for racing intelligence will go up in
balloons and watch the contests through
woman was caught waving q signal from a
window At the back Of one Of the stands,
and another woman who had walked to q
position from which she could make a sig
nal, was ordered back to the inclosure BY
Pinkerton man. The tricks and devices
rssorted to by tho smissaries OF the pool
rooms are of great number. But, in the
main, the plan OF tho Jockey club is sue
ceasful.
Meanwhile the men who are said to com
plain most bitterly are the trainers who have
horses at Sheepshead bay. These are com
PEELED to secure passes before they can get
their horses through the gates. and they have
often found, on reaching tbs track, thatthelr
horses, taken through in the dark, as 1t were,
have no chance at all.
The whole situation 10 curiously plctur-
esquea and In many respects one OF the lun-
NEST in the racing history of the country.
The Clothes Destroying Elevated.
There are many ways of running a new hat
but one OF the surest ia to stand or pass I'M
der an elevated road during or just after a
| rain without the shelter of a wide-spreading
umbrella. The distillation of SCOT, street
dust, iron powder and oil possesses staining
powers of an extraordinary kind, with
qualities of indelibility that might offer a
hint to the manufacturers OF writing fluids.
1t ia safe to say that thousands OF dollars
worth Of hats and clothes are every veal
roads OF New York, and in q large number
Of cases-particularly as the leakinRs often
occur in fair weathsr-the victims are IN
Suspicious.
Probably there ia no easy way Of remedy.
ing this annoyance. An overhead structure
il bound to drip otter it has been rained on,
and the beams and ties are constantly stor-
inc tho oil and dust necessary to accomplish
the mixture. Perhaps it might be possible
to have covered crossings, but this woulc
probably sound fantastic, especially to the
railway officials, who might advise you tode
better and hire a cab to run the gauntlet in
A Mean oke
The woman's hospital is on n side of tht
tracks that leave the Grand Central depot.
On the other is q large building which wal
approached yesterday by a woman with I
severe voice. and a relentless eye, who
rather suggested q social science delegate
she asked an innocent looking young man
who was coming down the path if this was
the Woman's hospital. With IN ~alacritI
that did more credit to his alertness than te
his discretion the young man said it was.
The woman went up to the entrance, anc
finding the door slightly ajar drifted into
the main hallway. Here shs almost imme-
diately met a middle-aged man OF absent
minded manner who was walking with 8
book under his arm. !.
EXCUSE me-" said the woman, will
something strangely, almost mysteriouslN
precise in her manner. but Will you dlrec'
me to the surgical ward?'''
AI-I beg your PARDON said the middle
aged man, stopping in his absent-mindec
stride toward the door,.
.The surgical ward" repeated the wo
man.
The man looked hard at the stranger fol
a moment. ''Do you know" he said. ~
don't know that / understand you"
"Are you not one Of the doctors?' asked
the woman, who now began to doubt the
entire nationality Of the man.
"One OF the doctors?" repeated thu
middle-aged mae with apparent perplexity
Then he said, with a CLEAN of enlightmen'
in his eye: "Are you sure you have thu
right institution 2"
isn't this the Woman's hospital ?" de.
manded the woman with a rather shril
note. ..
The listener shook his head. Perhaps hi
suspected that innocent looking Young man
'No,n no said gently. THAT'S around or
the other side of the railway tracks. This
is Columbia College,"
But the woman was gone.
MATT LAMAR.
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