The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
ENDEAVORERS HORSE TR0T
am NORTIFTILLE SAW ,JOHN MAJ
LOCKS MfRENWIE 1HREEN STHdIGHT
Did Judge Young Make n Book3-ChriStian
Endcn,or Girls,Checi ed from the Grand
stand Pastor Fiuhburn, Mindful of
tic P,.t would Not stop the Race.

tian Endeayor trottinR match. the mere con
tcmplation Of which threw Worthwhile and
Riverhead into q ferment OF excitement a few
daya ago. In over and John Hallocks black
marc Alice B. is tho CHAMPION Alice. by win
ming three straight heats with comparative
ease showed that there was a heap sight more
in her than Johnny Hallock ever let his fellow
members OF the Avenue lChurch
OF Worthwhile know about In their brushes with
him along the Sound Avenue Speedway. The
Christian EndcavorNrs turned out In full force
10 see the match. despite tho seal Of dIsap-
proyaI put upon it by the Rev. W. II. Fishburn.
pastor Of the church. aud the protests OF cor
tain Leading spirits in tho Worthwhile society Of
Christian Endeavor
The grandstand at the Fair Grounds was
crowded with pretty girls. who wore their
Christian Eudeavor badges. and cheered lusti-
ly for the young mon Of their church who
drove the trotters The young men did their
best IN the race for glory and portions OF the
purse but most of the trotters were plough
horses who found It difficult to strike any
thing like happy medium between a walk
and run Infrnctions OF the rules. however
were overlooked and as long as horse came
down tina stretch on a trot any little running
he might have done around the turns on the
far side OF the track was forgiven.
Word went out after the match that Justice
OF the Peace Dan Young had made a book on
the result and that every male Christian En-
deavorer at the track to say nothing OF num-
Der of Worthwhile young women, had taken
shy" at the Hon. Dams bank roll. That Dan
Young was taking bets aud that ho was nc
cused openly Of irving 10 swell the Foreign
Mission Fund Of the Christian EndeaNor So
ciety Of Worthwhile In this way thcr" is no
doubt for Terry McGlnni- was seen TO lay him
So that Billy MclDermott'e olga ID. would beat
more horses than would beat her. In II mo-
Inent Of mental alteration tn" Hon. Dan took
the bet and 81 was Slipped out of III" mission
roll at the conclusion Of TIL, final heat. Dan
remarked. as he reluctantly gave M the
money. that it would ucCrssitat" cutting down
the Worthwhile appropriation 70" IN" relief Of
the starving IuluS "Iu-t two pairs Of pants ~
Worthwhile is Il farming community about six
miles from here. and Tor village or FROM
railroad it is about As liyrlya place as one could
find on the map. The Congregational church
is the only house Of Worship IN the place. one
evening in May The Luce boys. George and
Israel. appeared ON Sound avenue with their
plough horses Moll and Mary hltchcd To
sulkies. They went driving NJ md down
this road. and when a neighhor hailed Israel
win the query; He'll there Isra"i watcher
sTfns !" st "2 '@ Mo" h n"thn tbs !. TanHs
L.. 2,3O She's trnttm' horse DO tell.
2"m ~% the "t @ mare a aaT0F GT" E
metamorphosed into Brownie. $50. he went
XaT ri that suikics began to app ar on Sound
avenue each evening Certain Young men Of
Luce boys were n"t GoinG to heat them. out,
ana ono ly one they converted horses from
W%%.s 'f Eak "% P HsSn ""E Maor %n"s
rSSYsor ;lnhnny HallGek turned Ti, ont Ace B.,
Yonns 6a maEs max Ss a. s"" iin t%
than" as a trottsr under the name Of
1 H%y n,E n by p qeus al :. six that at thy Thy ca gG
go a4unrt"r OF a mil" without running and
then the rivalry brram" keen. Charley Wells
Second
Will Israel Luce H"clared thai h. detected all
IA ns tTatg in rf s MADE f an - HShuy
ilallock thought that his, Alice B. might be
sS s u" VIII h , %ov SS Of ths @ he
would not guarantee to do any better than that.
sdan TI y a 6oh S Was %y%XT % h
way by IN" enthusiastic hursemcn. that tn"
E sems nH ohn ia m h e
geston. and. rs his mar" had been getting the
S wSi S2e SS@s 2 Of IN him RIOT i T"S
tribute to purse to 60 7" the winner. Charley
Msliss MAJOR having c3nsisttsmtiy iirkSl every
in. The others were perfectly willing tn enter
3 ha Of WEh %ns to 90 ""G the
ST. - 10 60 to the second 800 to the third
t was wa "a at I'll The irst meeting of the Christian
Endsayor Society," AFTER II" m"kWE q v ms
right M in, meeting and declared that it was
diiRrarrful for lot Of young men calling
a 1Sns either bs sd 2 T r% sn and
creasing sorrow the spirit Of rivalry engcn-
dered by the brushes on the road. aud now that
stake and match at IN" lair grounds had not
time Tor -0mr one 10 come forward ana call
ahalt, Thu young men left the meeting rather
dnzcd after uther members had risen and
echoed Miss Luces sentiments. The next day
Northvilie Vas , r%Tp HYart; nnt most q The
decided to 20 ahead. whether the old folks
liked it or not.
w the race and stop PLAYING into tn" hands o
TIE devil was circulated and an effort was made
young women declared that th"!y.ished to -es
the race and that they would not Il" thing tc
Then Pastor Efhnnrns sssis,sn.s was sole
silence. His attention had been called to tn,
ysars ago which had been started BY S n m"
ding pastor the church . had been mystrriousl,
Having G" "Ionunie Get Your Dun ' played OF +"
ons aas naS tx" last T'f fact '' r"ed
tie Breacher's at,Sntion was the experience 9
Just before him. The key. Mr. Grnth tool
sides in CONTROVERSY Petween the youngc
finally preached n sermon the point OF which
was that the Young people were the most al
he had eyer seen. The Rev, Mr.: Griffith wake,
the plank, so to speak, after this Pastor Fish
him to do was to ignore the whole thing.
Worthwhile has been on edge for to-day 5 race
for two weeks past and this morning almos
the entire POPULATION came to town in arn
wagons: in caarrsgrs. aud afooti m" trott"r
taken out to the fair grounds, wher" they w"r,
afternoon, BY, . o'clock the grand stand wa
crowded. and almost all of the innrd space wa
taken un with carriages and rigs al yarlOu
kinds Down around the stables the mon o
Worthwhile were gathered.
IN tell you what. boys" remarked Deacon
Ollie Wells The Teller that beats MAJOR got.
"Crrtainly looks that way" put in Johnn
Ilallork inuocently. while tho chest ot Charlie
Wells. the owner of Major, came ont an inch
Are Yer h"ttin', deacon t' whispered tn
Ron. Dan Young in Deacon OI,i"'S ears
Gosh. Dan Young. believe You rn II max in,
a book replied the deacon Amt yO
ashamed. and YOU IA memher Of the Christian
Endeav0r society Say, what yer Iayiu agnns
Major. oh -
Deacon Wells and Justice Young hnishc
this couN ersatiln later. because innrgr Lac