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The herald., 1895-07-28
Los ANGELES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY as 1885,

| its glory. II wasn't much of track
| then. and getting around it's short curves
| in ali Kids Of winter weather wasn't {
much sport for the jockey.
"Guttenburg has. graduated good
many riders. for, in the old days. the
wouldn't ride there. and the horse own
ers bad to do the best they could with
clever stable boys.
Matte V. was the name OF the first
horse l rode in race. 1t was winter
time, and / almost froze while the horses
were at the post. | got the rail by soc:e
lucky chance, and managed to hug it all
the way round by riding part OF the time
with one foot hanging over the fence. 1t
was wonder my leg wasn't broken in
hundred different places but it was my
first race, and ! was reckless and willing
to do anything to win.
II didn't win, though, as my mount
was bumped and jostled about in the
stretch. | managed to land third money,
and had the satisfaction of seeing my
name hoisted on the boards. 1t was also
gratifying to read the papers next day
and see that my name was not included
among the ''aSo rams.
Jimmie Lam bley. the head of the ia
nous iambley family OF Jockeys, in
speaking of his first race said
Il am Bill DAILY boy. like Snapper
Garrison, but ! came along several years
after him. Whenever the old man and l
had row he used to say: Look what
| made OF Garrison. I'll make just as
great rider of you if you Il attend to
business.
Il don't remember the name of the
horse | rode in my first race. Bill had
SO many horses and | wa such little
chap, weighing about seventy-!ive pounds \
that it seems n long time ago. | think
it vas 2.year-od race OF five furioags
and my mount was maiden and, l
think, unnamed.
I'm those davs Daly never used to name
his horses until they had won race.
didn't get on any too well, and l could
near Father Bill. who was near the
starter, yelling a, me. / tried my best to
win, but if had been the greatest rider
on earth | wouldn't have landed that
horse first at the wire. | don't think he
ever got out of the maiden class. When
a horse hasn't got the speed all the
jockyship in the world wouldn't make
a racer out of him.
The herald., 1895-07-28
Optimists Say the Doom
of the Steam Road
Has Come
THE RECENT EXPERIMENTS
Motors on the New Haven Road Can
Make Ninety Miles an Hour Easily,
A B. & 0. Motor Beats
q Locomotive

Electrical optimists are beginning 10
shout that the doom OF the steam rail-
road has come. Four years ago when it
was announced that an electrical road
was to be built in Southern Europe capa.
BILE of sending heavy trains along at q
speed of 120, or, for that matter 40 niles
an hour, the same optimists agreed that
the days OF the steam road were ended.
Since then. however. great strides have
been made in the inventive field and, al
though the l20-mile-an- hour road has not
materalized, the supporters of electricity
as against steam are in a much stronger
position today than at any time since the
first discussion of the project.
The fact that the Nantasket branch Of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
road has recently been changed from
steam to electricity, and is now operating
successfully under the latter power, is the
best eviuence yet produced of the practi-
cability of the scheme. Railroad men are
inclined to regard the change as almost
too important for newspaper discussion.
They want to sse their way clearly before
committing themselves to an expression
of opinion.
That electricity will eventually be the
motive power OF all great railroads they
The herald., 1895-07-28

stances. The cab. which is spring sup
ported on the truck frame, is of sheet iron
and wood, and has windows on all sides
in order that the occupants have an un-
obtructed view in all directions. Within
the cab is set up the series of parallel con-
trollers, by means OF which the movement
of the locomotive is at the instant COM
mand of the driver, and the air pump.
The trucks are OF forged iion. each rest
ing upon four driving wheels OF cast steel
siXtytwo inches in diameter. Flexibly
supported upon each of these trucks are
two six-pole, gearless motors, one for
each axle, transmitting their motion from
the armatures to the wheels by means OF
an especially designed flexible coupling.
The method of spring suspension has
been carefully modified to allow of the
immediate adjustment OF the wheels to
the Irregularities of the track, and thus
effect a diminuton in the wear both to
the motors and the track. The massive
armatures are of the ironclad type. A hol-
low shaft serves TO carry the armature,
and through this passes the wheel axle.
to which it is connected by the universal!
coupling. which allows of freedom OF
movement in any direction. The total
weight of the locomotive is ninety-fye
tons.
Three years ago there was a great deal
of talk about an electric road between
Chicago and st. Louis making the 80
miles IN two hours and a half or less.
Practical railroad men at the time placed
little nfidence in the scheme, claiming
that its projectors were trying to attain
the perfection of electrical rair ,a1ing at
one bound and without the necessary in.
termediate experiments. Time has shown
their judgment to be true. A wedge
shaped motor like that shown in the il
lustration waslto be used for the purpose
of reducing the air resistance to a mini
mum.
Railroad men agree that the use of cleo
tricity will not become general on the
large trunk lines until an absolutely GER
tain system of underground contact has
been worked out. tThe overhead wires
they claim will never do for the grea
roads. No condait Las yet been designed
which will withstand the adverse condi-
tions OF climate in the northern states.
A street railway on the conduit system is
being operated in Washington with fair
success and another in Chicago. The
only really successful one is that in Buda-
pest, which is thirty miles in length. The
climatic conditions there are almost ideal,
but the mechanical features employed are
not superior in any way to those tried in
this country.
There are a great many obstacles to be
overcome, but the representation of an
electrical enthusiast that before 1900 trains
will run between New York and Chicago
in six hours may yet come true.
The herald., 1895-07-28

Robert T. lI.incoln, son of President
brahum Lincoln.
George b. Mcclellan, son of General
George b. Mcclellan.
Fred u. Grant, son OF General L. S.
Grant.
Allen Thur van. son ofiAllen G. Thur
man, the old -Homan.
Incldent tally. Benjamin H. Harrison.
grandson OF President William H. Harrl-
son but that is an old story.
Some of those above M med are Just
about to make their debuJ in the arena
OF politics, while others can already be
classed as old campaigners.
There is young James Il. GARFIELD. for
instance. He is making "a comparatively
humble beginning, and intends working
his way up the political ladder step by
step. He has never sought appointment
to any office, but hopes to make an entry
to the realm of statesmanship through
the votes of the people.
He has been nominated for state sem
ator in the same district of Ohio which
sent bis father to the Legislature thirty
six years ago. There are other coInci-
dences. which in a sentimental way will
help along the campaign o! this young
man. His lather was % years old and
had been married Just a wear when he
ran for the Office that his son is now
working for.
Young Garfield is also 2S years Of age,
and has been married a. trlHe moro than
year. The father and son We're both
graduated from Williams college, but the
son had the additional advantage OF a
course in the Columbia law school OF
New York. and moreover had travelled
extensively abroad. He is also Il rich
man. whereas his father at the same time
of life was poor.
There was some ltale objection to the
nomination OF young Garfield on &C.
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the long run it may be as good policy
as any other.
After the getting off plan had been
pounded and kicked into me | was given
mount. think it was on an old horse
named Ligan. II was a mile race, and
| got off well. All through that race |
had in mind Father Bills wooden ley
and | rode the hardest | knew how from
the drop of the flag. | managed to win,
but only by short margin, ahd when
got back to the dismounting judge ana
saw my number at the top OF the board
felt vastly relieved.
II didn't get ANYTHING extra for win
ming the race, but thought thar a - bill
should certainly nave been given me.
But inste ad Father Bill said: See what
| have done for you. | have made you
able to win race. Now go to bed and
get up early
Fred Taral was raised in the little town
OF Mattewan, III. and il was there that he
learned tc ride. lie began riding the
active little Indian pony, and was IN ex~
pert at bareback work when but zen years
old. He had natural fondness for horses.
and spent all the time he could about the
different stables of the place.
1t was at the fair grounds near Matte
wan that | rode in my first race. 1t was
only scrub affair at ba7t.' said Taral,
IN telling the story. ''but it was an event
of great impor rtance to me at the time.
only weighed about 50 pounds. but pre-
pared weeks anead Tor the event, and as
the race was to be at catch weights | felt
it incumbent upon me to get down at
least five pounds. All kinds of horses
were entered, mustang, marlborough
bred, thoroughbred and no particular
breed at all. | was on a half thorough
bred and half mustang named Jim. 1t
was halt-mile race for $50. and some of
the riders weighed twice as much as |
did.
Anyway the race was inn and [ was
beaten about twenty lengths, three horses
finishing ahead OF me and four in the
rear. beat the last horse about forty
lengths. winch gave me some melancholy
satisfaction although | cor fidently ex-
pected TO land,the race.
When asked what win had given him
the most satisfaction. he said that the
day he beat Clifford with Domino last fall
gave him the most pleasure. for the rea-
son that he had always claimed Domino
was distance horse as well as a sprinter,
and the race proved it. Domino, Tsral
saws, is the greatest horse he ever rode.
Sam Doggett. the hero of many sensa-
tionsal wins, said: Il was put through
a hard school at5the .Guttenburg track five
years ago when 1t was in the hey day Of
The herald., 1895-07-28
ALL ABOUT THE
FARMER WHO WAS CUTE, ALSO
OTHER CUTE FOLKS

"Talkin' about farmers" said Mr.
Tutgall at a recent meeting of the Cob
den club. II got brother in Illinois
that's been farmin' for twenty years
ana he's been gettin' cutter and cutter all
the time. Last spring my daughter. the
musical one, went there visitin'. Now,
brother had never seen her and as she was
goin' to travel all alone we were at loss
TO know how he would he able to recog-
Iize her wnen she got there. We wor-
RED about it for some time, and then we
hit upon the plan of tying red ribbon
10 her arm and writing that by that sign
he would know her. But Ellie. that's nv
daughter. objected, and saiL she didn't
propose to be labeled for every man on
the train to be guessing at. There are so
many cases reported in the papers about
girls going to marry lovers they have
never seen. and being labeled in that
way, and she thought every drummer
would think she was one OF them kind OF
girls.
At last she hit upon scheme herself
and it was good one. She had Just had
a photograph taken in her music gradual
ing dress and 1t actually looked enough
like her to recognize, if you was real well
acquainted with her. Well, she sent her
uncle one of them photos and told him to
look fCra girl like thai in the picture.
She got there at night and when sht
stepped from the train the thought oc-
Cured to her that being uark her uncle
would not be able to recognize her after
all and it worried her greatly. Bnt just
then she saw an old gentleman with a
lantern and photogra in his hand GO
ing among the people who had got off of
the train, looking at every girl closely
with the lantern and then comparing her
with the picture. Sne knew it was her
uncle and with "a glad cry she ran up to
him and said: Here l am, uncle DEAR
Just like that.
My brother compared her with the
The herald., 1895-07-28

fenced in, throughout its entire distance,
and equipped with separate tracks for
freight. way and express trains.
Already speed OF more than eighty
miles an hour has been obtain ed on the
Nantasket road and the trains can be run
as easily at ninety miles as at eighty. but
the road is paratively short and ham,
pered by frequent curves, except for a
single run at point just below Nantas-
ket.
There is little to suggest the trolley
in the construction OF the road. In place
OF the girder, groove. stilt-like "T'' or
the other styles of rail n electric rail
ways. there is used the conventional "T''
rail employed by steam railroads. The
rails weigh seventy EIGHT pounds to the
yard, and are OF the type known as the
"Old Colony section" AZ inches high.
and are laid precisely as the rails OF a
steam road.
Two flexible copper bands seven inches
long are placed under the base OF the rails
The herald., 1895-07-28

To secure traction they have been made
extra heavy. weighing when fully equip
peJ about &C, 600 pounds each. Two will
have four motors each and the others
two motors each, hung. on trucks.
The cars are equipped with tho Wcsting-
house air brake. and have all standard
appliances of the steom cars. In addi-
ticn to l5-inch gong at the front ends
OF the motor cars. each of these cars has
q chime whistle, worked with com pressed
air in place Of steam.
Save for a single feature, there is not
the slightest resemblance to the steam
locomotive. Tha. feature is the COW
catcher at both ends oil the motor cars.
1t is situated underneath the platforms.
the locomotive, as with the steam loco
motive. The wheels are about the size
of the largest wheels used on stea IN cars,
but the axles are considerably heavier to
withstand the strain OF the electric gear
ing.
One OF the reasons for selecting the
Nantasket branch as the line for expert
.:.ent is that within its short limits are
condensed most OF the difficult problems
which will have to be solved before cleo
trieity can be recognized as successful
substitute for steam. Trains are now
running at short intervals on the road.
TheBaltimore and Ohio road has also
undertak the work OF solving the cleo
trical problem.
1t Is the intention OF this company to
operate freight and passenger trains in
the Great Belt line tunnel of Baltimore
ny locmomotives in which the sole pro-
pulsive power will be electricity. The
work on the generating plant and the
hugo motor is about com pleted. A half
section OF one of the trucks is shown
here. The motors were built at Schemes
tady. and a unique test made there
shows that the hauling power Of the
motor is greater than that OF the heavy
steam locomotive. On the tracks of the
New York Central the motor was htched
to heavy six-wheel engine. The ma
chimes were set in motion in opposite d.
rections, and the great tug OF war between
steam and electricity was begun. The
strain on the coupling-pin was terrific.
but the question was soon solved as the
electric locomotive pulled the steam en-
gine up and oown the track at will.
These motors have not been designed
fcr great speed. fifty miles being ABOUT
the limit. They are the largest railway
motors in the wcrld and while ponderous
IN appearance, are by no means so bulky
as might be expected from the heavy duty
they are called upon to perform.
They are SO set on the track that they
are easy Of access under GALL circum-
The herald., 1895-07-28

Among other i.teresting things. Ysaye,
the celebrated Belgian vi0linist, said a
few weeHs ago, that Bach was for him tho
alpha and omega. in Wagner we find
Bach in Beethoven. Bach and. indeed,
his influence Is to be seen in all the great.
est writers. - Wagner did for She music
OF France what the war of 1870 did for
rer politics. - Chamber music is for me
the highest art. one is not led away by
the sensuous charm of mere iOne-color."
He believes that the French now lead in
chamber music. although they have only
about twenty works produced by the
younger school. The French and tie
Russian are. in his opinion, musically
the most promising nation at present
The merit OF these Russians, as well as
those of the Frenchman, the Gremans are
unwilling to admit. ! have often re-
quested our foremost German conductors
to bring out the works of some of these
men. But no. The Germans live in the
past (and glorious past it is, too), and
us for the present they never get beyond
the heavy. tiFesome Brahms.
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count OF his youthful appearance, but
IT was pointed ont .hat the same OBJ
Jections had been made when the father
had been nominated. Young GARFIELD
- anxious to go 10 congress, and, If pos
sibie. from the same ohio district, the
Nineteenth that sent his father many
years ago lie is 4 good speaker. has a
level head and his friends are confident
that he will make brilliant showing in
the state legislature.
Ohio politics. however, are always red
hot. He has become identified with the
Republican faction, which seeks the eleva-
tion of Fire Alarm Foraker should
the Mckinley or Sherman forces earn an
emphatic triumph, the political progress
of the Foraker followers may he arrested
for some time.
Robert T. Lincoln is being mentioned
again as possible candidate for the pres
ldency in 1886 For MANY years he has
been regarded rs a presidential po8sibil-
jty. AT the Republican national conven-
tioh Of 1888 he received a scattering vote
o five of the eight ballots cast. His forces
were raggeGly organized, however, and
no determined or business-lke effort was
made at that nme to win for him the
Aomination.HIn the convention OF 1892 lie
The herald., 1895-07-28
AN lNTERE TING TRIO

Sherman, son of Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman. Not one person out of a
thousand in New York. or for that mat
ter ten thousand, knew that the late gen.
eral had a son living in the city. 1t Is
with great surprise that some of the peo
pie living in the new Twenty y-lifth assem- .
bly, district recently learned that Mr..
Sherman is candidate for the offics of
assemblyman in the state legislature.
This district is q fairly strong one, as it
includes portion of the old Eleventh,
which was controlled by the colored vote.
Mr.. sherman is a lawyer at No. 80 Wall
street, New York. and has quiet .prac-
tice that does not bring him largely be
fore the public. He is not rich man in
the New York meaning OF the term, ana
has never before sought to bring himself
within the piercing range of the public
eye. HIS practice is good one. and if
he succeeds IN getting into the political
arena he viii find many ola friends OF his
father ready and willing to push him
along. .-rt:.
Allen Thurman, son of the Old Roman,
and sometimes frivolously referred to by
his opponents as the Roman Candle.
has recently come forward as the leader
of the Democratic silver men of Ohio.
The TACT that he speedily made enemies
shows to the keen politician that he
must have more than average ability.
The politician without enemies is like a
bird without wings. Mr. Thurman is
iealy hampered by the prominence of
his father. He has been accused of trad
ing upon the fame of the Old Roman bus
his friends say that lie is big enough
man in every way to conduct u fight
unaided by the sparkle OF the family halo.
IhIs makes it appear that the sons of
presidents and famous generals are going
to form an important factor IN the poll
tics of several states in 80 and '96. 1t is
quite true that at 10 time previous in the
history OF the country was there such
q galaxy of them seeking political prefer
ment as now. 1t looks like determined
effort 10 dissolve the popular belief that
great mems sons seldom amounted to
much
The herald., 1895-07-28
BRIGHT SONS OF
FAMOUS MEN
Sons of Presidents and
Generals in the Pol
itical Field
FAMILY HALO HELPS THEM
P. Tecumseh Sherman, George B. Nc
CleIlan, James r. Garfield, Allen
Thurman and Others Seek.
ing Office
FAMILY HALO HELPS THEM

This is going to be great year for the
sons of famous men. Heredity, whel it
has political flavor, seems to be assert
ing itself with unusual force, so much so
that the sons of ordinary men with aspi
rations for public office had better make
q careful study of their respective family
trees and endeavor to bring to the sur
face some ancestor who was a great man
fcw generations ago.
Summed up briefly, these are the men
who are now in search of political honors
and whose fathers were great men before
them;
P. Tecumseh Sherman, son of General
William T. Sherman.
James r. Garfiel',, son of james A.
Garfield, the martyred president.
The herald., 1895-07-28

was raggedly supported. showing some
strength among the delegates of the New
England states.
There are two facts which may co unit
against the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln in
1896 no matter how carefully his fences
captured four of the national Republican
nominations. and in the last campaign
the state was carried by the Democracy
This puts it in the category of doubtful
states for the first time since 1856. when
it went Dem ocratic. There was no break
in its Republicanism until 1892
George b. Mcclellan, son of the great
general, has already won many successes
IN the political field, although a very
young man. He was one of the few
Democratic canldates for congress towitii-
stand the ravages of the Republican tidal
wave last Novem Der. He will represent
the Twelfth New York congressional dis
trict IN Washington when the fifty fourth
congress Assem- bles. Colonel Mcclellan as
president of the board of aldermen &C.
quilted himself credita oily and takes pride
in the fact hat he is a Tammany Hall
man. 1t is TO this organization that he
owes his rapid progress, and the fact that
he was the son of such famous war gem
eral had considerable to do with Tam
many's interest in the young man, as he
drew great many G. A. r. votes which
would otherwise have been cast in the
Republican fold.
Colonel Fred d. Grant has had many
public Donors thrust upon him. He is
retiring, modest man, and the last one
in the world to make original overtures
for political preferment The fact that he
was "the son of his father brought him
into notice and thrust the honors upon
him. Colonel Grant is anything but a |
practical politician. As police COM |
missioner OF New ! ork he now occupies |
an ideal position for his tempermament. |
with the possible exception OF his being |
too tender-h hearted.
Colonel Grants moies'y restrains his |
political ambition. 1t is not likely that |
he will ever attempt the dizzy heights OF |
craftsmanship sought after by Mr.. Lin |
coin.
A brand new conner is P. Tecumseh |
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at each joint, and riveted to them. The
bonds are so placed that when the angle
bars used in splicing the rails in posi-
tion the bonds cannot be seen. Inc
length of the bond is reduced to a mini
mum TO insure the maximum carrying
capacity with q minimum of resistance.
The tracks are fifteen feet apart from
center to center, and between the tracks
IS the single line of poles upon which are
supported the cables anu trolley wire
cross arms. The poles are twelve to four
teen inches at the butt and 10 to II inches
at the top. They are tainted black to Il
point feet from the ground and white
to within Il foot of the cross arms, theL
finished in black.
-Four motor cars built after the style of
baggage cars are tho electric locomotives