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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-07
Fire Engine Tests.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
The article in Sundays issue on the re-
cent trial of fire engines gives the world at
large to understand that the indianapolis
fire authorities estimate the capa bilites of
an engine entirely by it's performance in
competitive test. and it is to be hoped that
this impression is not the correct one. 1t
has been found in all the fire departments
worthy of being called first class that to
try new steam machinery by running it at
its utmost speed for the trivial purpose of
outdoing its own or anothers work dam
ages the engine in most cases more than
years of ordinary service. Neither does it
settle the vexed question of superiority,
usually because of chance conditions such
as the skill of the man in charge and the
other factors which may give the one
engine temporary advantage over the
other.
Inquiry of the smaller cities principally
those with volunteer departments. would
develop the records of many scores of these
so-called competitive tests, in each of which
some one engine utterly yanquished its
rivals. but this adds little to the sum total
of human knowledge, no one machine
ever gains more than its proportion of vic
tories in spite of the extravagant claims of
builders. Moreover the country is full OF
crippled steam fire engines showing serious
injuries or leakage dating back either to
some competitive test or to grand display
given by the makers on the delivery of the
apparatus to satisfy such relics of volun-
teer times as believe that engine IL de-
signed principally &c throw water over
church SteepleS.
Costly experience has taught all best
posted firemen to rely their knowledge
of the mechanical requirements of a fire
engine in selecting one for purchase. and
in this durability and reliability cut the
largest figure In their estimation the ma
chine that will get out and throw water
two hundred feet whenever called upon.
and keep such stream up for week If
necessary. is worth very much more than
one that will throw twice far for ex-
nibition and then he slow TO steam out of
repair when most needed Hence with
practical men exhibition tests cut no figure,
and a new engine is simply inspected with
great care and worked for considerable
period under the conditions which prevail
in fire service for IL is well known that
competitive trials mostly tests OF the
expert engineers and not of the machines.
The writer Is satisfied that the Indianapolis
department contains many men well quail
fed TO judge OF the merits of a engine
offered for purchase In the light of their
own mechanical knowledge and the expert
cnce of their own and other citie~ AS be-
tween any two machines already in service
Judgment should not he pronounced until
there is chance see the result Of years
of hard work for that Is the only true cri-
terlOn. III. w. Is.
Logansport. Ind, Oct. ).
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weak to sc lower others steady; bulk of sales
at s3m3. 20; heavies, $2.S5@3.10; packers s3q5d
mixed. $36l3 20; lights, $3QI3.22h Workers. $o.zVW
3.22la; pigs. $3.10I3. 20. ~
SheepEReceipts 5000: shipments 600. Market
steady; lambs, so; muttons. $l.5o@Zso.
ST LOUIS. Oct. .-Cattle--Receipts, 5,4Oo
Shipments 600. Market strong at yesterday $
advance native shipping steers S5.9oa 800
dressed beef and shipping steers, $500 100 light
50 4OS 40; stockers and feeders s2.5oD3.S5; Texas
and Indian cattle strong on good cattle STEADY
on others; steers. $2.5oGS.6o bulk at s2.eoG32o
cows, $1.50I2.60. o 49,.
slow and 5n10c lower; light, $32oe33o; mixed -
63. 25; heavy S3.05G3.30.
Sheep-Receipts. 900; shipments none Market
steady but slow; natives. $edS; Southwesterns,
s2.50G3.50; lambs s3@4
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Beeyes-Receipts none;
1OG11c dressed weight; sheep, 9la@l0hd refrigc
orator beef, SpSa4c. Exports 700 beeves, LOO
sheep and 2,4S0 quarters of beef Calves.Re-
ceipts 276; veals and grassers very steady; West,
ems dull; veals, $5@75o; grassers' s2'o@S good
to extra calves, "a. 49, -
Hogs-Receipts, $3.50. Market lower at $3.50
1880
sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 2,4l7. Market slow
and weak: sheep, $2@3.50; lambs, s4Wo-
CINCINNATI, Oct. 6.-Cattle steady at 1925
IA %; receipts. 3OO shipments, COO
Hogs steady at $2.50@3.4o; receipts 200; ship
ments. ], 200.
Sheep steady at s175@S.10; receipts. LOGO; ship
ments. LOCO. Lambs steady at s3d425.
EAST LIBERTY, Oct 6.-Cattle slow and UNI
changed veal calves. s5.50@6
Hogs steady and prices unchanged.
Sheep steady: prime. So go; fair, sS65d3 20:
common, Sl.75G2.35; common to good lambs. u
G41c
LOUISVILLE. Oct. 6-Cattle-Receipts light
and market unchanged.
Hogs steady and unchanged.
Z Sheen--Iittle doing light receipts.
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices in Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial MetronoIis

NEW YORK, Oct 6.-Flour-Receirts. % Goa
brls; exports, 1919 brs. The market was fairly
active and held higher in sympathy with wheat
winter patents, s3.75m4.1o; straights 49, 1908 55
Rye flour firm. Buckwheat flour dull at ST. so
Buckwheat steady at s7@sslzc Corn meal firm
Rye quiet; No. 2 Western, 4S1k@44c Barley
steady. Barley malt quiet.
Wheat-Re oeipts 355, 800 bu: exports 1902 bu.
Spot frmer; No. l hard nc Options opened
strong and active higher cables and English
buying, coupled with reports of large acceptances
here and at San Francisco. but lost part of the
advance finally the increase in worlds stocks
and realizing closing unsettled at 1@15sc adj
vance; May, 77A@7Shc, closed at 77Ac Deem
Der. 74A@75}zc, closed at 74Ac
Corn-Receipts, $500 blu; exports 70 10 bu
Spot firm; No 2, 2sslc. Options advanced early
on small receipts and higher Kansas freight
rates later eased off with wheat and closed ss6S
l&e net higher: May, 321sq32Ihc closed at s2Hc;
oats-Receipts. 25S, 600 bu; exports 1872, ess bu.
Spot firm; No 2. PC. Options quiet. but firm
554c net higher October, 2iaG2i5Sc. closed at
fisy 9 6e, ffs 22M g32f closed at 22c
quiet but firm; Wool quiet, but frner
5@5sic; picked shoulders. 3%a4c. Lard firm
Western steam, 445c; October 44Oc nominal; re-
summer yellow. 25@26c.
changed others 1C@15 points lower ruled gen
orally weak with wide changes and unsettled
decline; Sales. 1900 bags. including: December.
93Oet9. 40c March, 93009.40c Spot coffee-Rio
steady; No = invoice, 1o1hc iobbing. lie. Mild
quiet; Cordova. 15417e. Rio-Market firm; No 7
Rio. 10c; exchange, 21-32d; receipts for two
DAYS. $4,000 bags cleared for the United States
10 oo0 bags; cleared for Europe. 900 bags; stock
go 600 bags Total warehouse deliveries from the
United States. 5291 bags including - 939 bags
from New York New York stock to-day 1S5. i01
bags; United States stock. 233 bags: fioat for
the United States, 363.0o0 bags total visible for
the United States, 5S6.509 bags. against 566 go
bags last year.
sugar-Raw quiet; fair refining, 47sc; refined
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Beginnings in Art.
Chicago Post.

chicago IOSt.
In Boston | know young man who hung
about the art schools till he was twenty
five without earning Il penny toward his
own support. His father Il decent,
honest barber. This youth could make a
sketch in oils One cannot sell such
things and his work never attained suffi-
cient excellence to pass the jury of an ex-
hibtion Too. he was graceful fellow
Stephen Crane begins sentence that way,
so why not j? he posed to the admira-
ton of his companions and to his own vast
enjoyment. He could not tear himself away
from the pleasant surroundings of study
and youthful enthusiasm Eventually the
patient barber revolted. When | last met
my young man and asked what he was
doing he avowed. with many lamentations.
as though it were thing TO be ashamed
photographers on theatrical posters Not
high art. but fellow must live. He had
forgotten that Cheret worked years on the
atrical autographs. and Huysmans. the
French critic says: There is more talent
in the slightest of them than in most of
the pictures at the Solon
/ once knew a girl in San Francisco n
bright pupil in the modelling class. year
ago she had great hopes OF obtaining the
contract for a national monument in Wash
ington. a big architectural thing This
summer she wrote bitterly: Il begin to
think | shall do well tf 1 get as much as
member that Barge won Immortality in
little figures originally destined for the
tops of clocks. In all probability she could
greatly improve our lamD posts. Unfor-
tunately. she scorns anything less than a
national monument.
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quest at the quotation given. Poultry. on large
receipts, is weaker in price Holdings of grapes
large and prices easy. CTanberr1es are weak
a quiet demand Druggists having a
good trade: so are leather dealers Still. in all
lines there is for Improvement to reach the
average of October business of years past.
The local grain market shows more activity.
Of corn 12c. Oats are steady. Track bids ruled
follows.
Wheat-No 2 red SIC: No. 8 red 65a6Sc No
red, 52Gt69c; wagon wheat, Coo.
Corn--No. / white, 2414c. no. white. 24l5c; No.
white, 24l4c; No. white mixed. 2s1ac; No. .
low. 23tzc No. mixed, 23l9c No. mixed. 231sc
Cats-No white zoe; No white 1sc; No
mixed 1910; No. mixed. 151zc
Hay-No. / timothy, $s.500s; No. timothy.
s14s; prairie, s546.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Hens, 6tzc; springs &c: cocks. Sc;
young turkeys, S-lb, fat, 712c; under Glib. DC:
ducks, &C., geese 40c for full feathered; soc for
plucked.
Butter-Country. &c: choice, &c.
Fggs-14c
25c per h.
wool--Medium unwashed. 12c. fine merino. un-
washed loo: tub-washed. 20G23c; bury and
understandable, sc less.
Beeswax-3Oc for yellow; PC for dark.
HIDES. TALLOw, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. l. &c: No. ., 61.c;
No. l calf. TIC: No. calf, &c.
Green Hdes-No /, &c; No. 2 Sc.
Grease-White. 3a4c; yellow. 2s.c; brown, 24c.
Taflow-No. l. &c; No. 2. 21ac.
Bones--Iry. sl2@13 per ton.
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Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-Plain and common cattle
sold badly, but good beeves steady and
choice droves We're again scarce and firm, with a
sufficient demand to absorb all that were offered
The great bulk of the native steers crossed the
scales at a 25Glf.Se, with fair sales at "a s505
and limited sales to butchers at So 40G13 Co
Stockers and feeders brought 80. 5003.75. a few
selling slightly above this range. Cows and
heifers sold s1.25M350. with scattering sales
OF extra good 360Gt. Bulls sold from
S1.60 TO $3.50 and calves brought 81 50GD6 10 for
poor to prime. Texas steers sold at 81 506I3 %
and Western range steers at 1904. prime steers
being at 81. 10n4.25.
There was a good demand for hogs prices
generally averaging a nickel higher. except for
lights. which were merely steady. Common
heavy to prime iishe SOLD at - G5d34e, with
prime medium and light selling together. pigs
were numerous and sold at s1.756l3. 40. according
to quality. The bulk of the hogs sold at
s3.0503.25.
Trade in sheep moderately active. prices
ruling weak except for few fancy focks Prime
native export sheep were pretty much nominal at
s3Gt3 %. Western sheep We're wanted Sl50n
$50 sales being mostly at s.. 40 and upward with
feeders in the usual good demand at 81 i0d2 IS.
Lambs sold at 81 59e4.e0, chiefly at $3G425 fancy
lambs bringing s4.15ae5.
Receipts-cattie. eco; hogs. 1900; sheep.
21o00.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. tattle-ReceiptS l. 200:
shipments. 1900. Best grades strong Zoe high
er, others steady; Texas steers S24f3i5; Texas
cows. sl.50u2s0 native steers. s5N4.s5: native
cows and heifers. si.s0Ggs; stockers and feeders.
s2I365 bulls s2M2.75
IIogs-Receipts. 1000. shipments. 700. Lights
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Available supply State ment.

NEW YORK Oct. Especial cable and tele-
graphic dispatches TO Bradstreet's covering prin-
cipal points of accumulation indicate the follow
ing changes in available supplies last Saturday.
compared with the preceding Saturday:
Wheat. United States and Canada east of Rocky
mountains, increase, 2,C0i,000 blu: afoat for and
in Europe, increase, l. I20 600 bu; total increase
in worlds available, 3, I2l 600 bu Corn ncrea Sc
$4,000 bu. Oats, increase, IS. coo bu The mere
important increases in stocks of available wheat.
United States and Canada not covered in the
official visible supply statement for last week
are 6S,0C0 blu net at Northwestern and Canadian
ern interior elevators in the United States So GEO
bu in Chicago private elevators: IS, 600 bu at
Rochester; $4,000 bu at Oswego: % 600 bu at
Omaha Corresponding decreases include 2s2 900
bu Galveston: leo. 0O0 bu at Louisville. 80 600
bu at New Orleans; $4,000 hu at Cleveland a like
amount at Nashville and e.GG9 bu in Milwaukee
private elevators. Total available wheat stocks
on the Pacific coast Oct. show increase OF
l. s42 Geo bu during The month of September.
Available stocks of wheat in Australia amounted
to 100000 hu Oct !, reduction of 400 600
bu from the total cabed Bradgtreets on July
/ last.
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LOCAL GRAM AND PRODUCE.
Fairly Good Trade. with No Changes
in yuluek

On the wholesale streets yesterday. despite the
fact that a Part of the day it rained. trade was
quite active. Low rates brought In a good many
retail merchants. The chief complaint with the
wholesale men Is that the retail merchants pur-
sue 80 much of a hand-to-mouth policy in their
purchases that 10 sell what once called a
good bill Is exception. Stocks of all kinds
are low and merchants need the goods. but they
buy cautiously even In such goods people must
have. In prices there important changes
In some lines tile tendency is to higher prices,
but II lis not pronounced TO move prices up
materially Choice fruits are shade higher
Irish POTATOES are firmer. Eggs are In good re-
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futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations follows: Flour. firm
no; spring wheat, e1asc No. spring wheat
eeoQoe72c;- no. red, 7O!ae. No. corn, &c. No.
oats, IfAc; NO. white, f. o. b. 19121c: No z
white white f. o. b 1s3sq2oc. No. 2 rye. 36c No 2
Pariey h9 9f11nSi; No f. o. b.. 249ts4c; No 4.
timothy seed $2;5o Mess pork, per brl. S.. 45@
loose. 340Q3.6 soc: dry-saited shoulders boxed
5zsQ4c; short-clear sides, boxed. 3sk0D3s4c
Whisky, distillers finished goods, per GAL 81 is
Receipts-Flour. II, 600 brls wheat 1871 600 bu:
corn, 1893 600 bu; oats. 731 coo bu: rye % 600 hu
barley, 49, 600 blu. Shipments-Flour 900 brIs:
wheat $4,000 bu corn, 1856 600 bu; oats, S27 600 bu
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Thur.any.a Bnnk CIcnrinu.

At Chicago-Clearings. sf4. Sid. 52s. Money firm
on call. 6ei1 per cent; on time. per cent. New
York exchange. Soc discount Foreign exchange
weak: demand. s4-sf; sixty days. 4.s2ie
At New York-Clearings sl0s. 255. 2e9 balances
SC. 2Sl, 3Ss
At Boston-ciearings. si7l7o.ss2: balances
SEIZE e0S
At Baltinore-clearinss. se,se5,s4s; balances
s40s. 6l5.
At observation-disclosures So s26 155: balances
8, 21s 16l
At New orleans-ClearIngs. 50. eas. 81.
At Memphis-Clearings sfss 221; balances
s1o2.s $50
At ST. Louis-clearings, sa.65ols7: balances
S34a To-.
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Enapprecia ted.
Washington Star.

washington Star.
'.Jabez' she said quietly. Il heard We
tellin' the other day how ter git this coun-
try out'n financial difficulties.
YES. An whut / told was right.
Il reckon that's mighty vallyble informa-
ton
Course it's"
well, | wish we could git chance ter
swap Ii off with some Teller fur a receipt
fur gettin' the mortgage off'n the farm"
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Dry Goods.


NEW YORK, Oct. Cit has been a very quiet
market especially for all styles of staple cotton
goods. There was a call for moderate quantities
of novelties in dress goods, also for solid fam
mel fabrics for current wants. and a fairly i'm
proved demand in the way of orders for spring.
Coored cottons We're in good delivery orders
as were wide sheetinEs and medium grades of
beached cottons. Printing cloths very dun
255c.
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MetllS.

NEW YORK, Oct 6.-Pig iron steady; South
steady: brokers' 1850: exchange. 1O.65@1O. 75c
Lead easy: brokers, 2.6oc; exchange. 270aD2. 75c
Tin easy: straits, 12.606I12. zoe: plates steady
Spelter quiet; domestic. 360G3.70c.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-Lead dull; common held at
SOC and desilverized at 2.55c. Speter steady
sales. a 8 -. >
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Cotton,

NEW YORK, Oct. 6-Cotton easy: middling
SIC; net receipts. 351 bales gross receipts. $40
bales; exports to Great Britain, $40 bales: ex-
ports to the continent 1,545 bales; forwarded
S15 bales: sales. 4,525 bales spinners 725 bales :
stock, 1872 105 bales.
NEW ORLEANS oct e.-Cotton steady: mid
ding. 7asc low mddling. 7Ac: good ordinary
15-ltc; net receipts, 1850 bales; receipts
31,G76 bales; exports to the continent 425 bales
sales, 5,100 ba' Isl stock, PA, 067 bales.
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore
Cincinnati and Other Points.

doing. Wheat opened excited and advancing on
eager demand which found little buy
Higher cables and heavy buying by foreigners on
this side caused further advance. after which
the market for futures became quiet and weak
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Marriage Licenses

Charles E. Bray and Nora Brown.
John A. Butler and May Glenn Wallick.
David Begger Caldwell and Ella Weir.
Thomas Legion and Della DEWEY.
Riley w. Neese and Lizzie Claman.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Dull-HOEs Active
and Steady-Sheep Dull

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 6-Cattle-Recepts. 600;
shipments light. There a fair supply on
sale to-day and the market was dull at un-
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,ners' Supplies.
REAL-EsTaTE TRANSFERS.
Six Transfers. with Total COnsid err
alton of %4.44O.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office of Marion county, Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending p. m. Oct 6, 1885, as
furnished by Thee. Stein. abstracter of titles,
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets. In
dianapolis. Suite 229 first office floor The
Lemcke Telephone 17ee:
Samuel Y. Perrott. guardian. to Rebec-
i. Lewis. Tart lot is Gold
Adair's subdivision of Terry & Rob-
inson's subdivision of outlot 40. $4,000
Samuel Y. Perrott, ct al. Rebecca r.
Lewis part of same lot........ -. 2.1oo. 90
David M Gardner to Oscar Bailey. part
ship II. range 10000
Carrie f.. Yates to Leanna McCord
al, lot 10 Pursells subdivision Of
Jones's addition 10000
Catharine Haley Mary E. Yorger.
part of lot Records addition to Law
renee Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Addie Campbell to John NJ. Lovinas.
tion haywood. ................ 10000
Transfers. Z; consideration 440 90
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Wheat Booming

And never offered better opportunity MAX
ing money. Write T.. s. MURRAY & CO.. Bank
and Brokers. 122 Iiialto Building, Chicago,
members OF the Chicago Board OF Trade in good
standing. for their Book on Statistics and Specu-
latiee Information and Daily Market Letter
both free. SPECIAL. ATTENTION GIVEN TO
otfT-OF-TOWN ORDERS.
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Nails and Horsesr,o,a..

LEO. extra clean. 71gfs0c: orchard grass. extra.
$1.60; red top, choice, socuS.-to; English blue
grass "a lbs. $1.356I1.E0
Nails and Horsesiloes.
Steel cut nails, $40; wire rails. from store,
$50 r@tes: from mill. s255 rates. Horseshoes,
per key, $3.50; mule sn er kp4,, SAC.
nails, s495 per box Barb Wire. galvanized, 81,
painted, s1.75.
Timers Supplies.
Best brands charcoal tin, &c. I6x1f f4x20, I2x12
S5.596; TX, 16X14 14x20 12x12 sI9f.50; IC. I4x2o.
roofing TIM s4.50a5. &C. 2ox2s. s9Ilo block tin.
in pigs, 19c In bars. &c. IroT.-27 b iron, Sc per
ID; charcoal iron, 50 advance: galvanized. 70 per
cent. discount. Sheet zinc, 64612c Copper bot
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VITAL STATISTICS-OCT. 6.

Transfers. 6: consideration ............s 44o.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
So A MONTH
DURING OCTOBER.

WHEN DOCTOR Mccoy ESTABLISHED Ma
TIONAL PRACTICE IN WASHINGTON IT WAS
HIS PLAN To GIVE EVERYBODY AN OrpnR-
TIJNITG TO OBTAIN THE BENEFITS OF Ills
TREATMENT. II Is STILL HIS PURPOSE To
Do THIS AND WHILE HE DOES NOT PROPOSE
TO REDUCE HIS FEE--WII4L MT DO IT. IN
FACr-IIE WILL FOR TIE TINE BEING ABol-
ISH IT ALTOGETHER, AND GIVE FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER HIS SERVICES FREE,
CHARGING ONLY FOR THE MEDICINES, MAX
ING A UNIFORM RATE OF SIS \ MONTH. THIS
Is PRACTICALLY A RENEWAL OF THE opl'oR-
TUNrTY GINEN DURING SEPTEMBER. ALL
NEW PATIENTS WHO APPLY BEFORE NoyEM-
Der /, AND ALI. OLD PATIENTS WHO RENEW
BEFORE NOVEMBER J. WILL BE TIRE NT1GD
UNTIL. CURED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF 50
A MONTH. THIS ArPLIES To THOSE WHO
ARE DEAF AND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING
FROM ALL DISEASES WITHOUT ENCEiTioN.
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looking and we'll built He has a frank.
open face, and does not appear to be affect
ed with case of swelled head as many IN
his condition would be.
Racing Is a business with him, and While
he cannot remain at 1t all his life. he IS
making hay while the sun shines. He Is
comparatively new rider and gained CEN
siderable prominence last year while riding
In class 3. This year he entered the pro-
fessional ranks, and has been extremely
successful, at present having the credit or
winning more races on the national circuit
than any other man. and holding more ma
tional records. This year in racing, en- and
off the circuit, he has won $1,000 outside o.
the salary that Is paid him. This is a very
large sum, but man has to be an expert
rider in order to secure this much. Las,
year Eddie Bald, who will be at the meet
Monday succeeded in winning p;!Zea the
value Of which was over $1,000. lie mad an
easy time Of it. This year the racing zen
are more evenly matched, and consequently
the prizes are distributed among a larger
number.
Cooper, when asked to what he attribut-
ed his success as racing man, aHectloh-
ately patted his trainer on the back ana
said. Mother Webb" Last year, he said,
he had the speed necessary. but lacked the
experience. He did not have any one TO
look after his interests and, not Knowing
himself. he did not make as good snow
ing as he ordinarily would have done. In
most of his races with Bald he generally
got out of the latter's way, permitting him
to take the pace, and in this way he lost
many of his races. This year, under his
trainers guidance, he has pursued a d'f
ferent course, the success of which 1s
clearly demonstrated. One of the cycle
papers gives him the credit Of being the
headiest as we'll as the leggiest man on
the American track, and this is doubtless
true. He joined the national circuit June
% at Peoria and since that time has been
in constant training.
1T is not such an easy thing as one
would think" said he. "a man in tretn-
ing has 20 put up with many things and be
regular in his habits. He also has to be
particular IN his dieting. 1 always mar
aga to retire at an early hour and get