El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-09
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Eyes, I'm 'Skeets' Martin. Qui
chewing that car Wheel
This is what a dapper-looking we'll
groomed young man said at the y. n
station yesterday morning, while ne
walked along the side of the waiting
east-bound Limited. The first remark
was addressed to a reporter and the
last to ''Sport.'' Sport is inciden tai
property of McFarlane and Stevens,
the great bicycle racers, and Martin
| takes him abroad in trust.
'Skeets" Martin, as perhaps every
body in Ell PasO doesn't know, is one OF
the three greatest jockeys in the
world, and he is one of those who, with
Tod Sloane. has done somuch to create
the demand for American jockeys in
England.
! Greatly" he said this morning
"there is no comparison between rae
Ing here and over there. Here 1t is
all for the.money aud sport is second.
and the result is an awful come down,
| like on the San Francisco track. for
| instance. But over there, all is sport
| in the truest sense. Few horsemen
| make money, and man has to be a
| horses. Everything is high class and
lean people best.
why is Sloane getting unpopular?
[ didn't know that he was. But. as q
matter of fact, he laid it over the Eng
lish boys so that he became the vogue,
and of course everyone expected TOO
much of him. The natural result is
this temporary fall from favor. Sloane
was coming on with me from San Fran
cisco, bnt had to stay over to look after
h1s | there
visiting my people.
"As to our style of riding, you
know yourself that when you sit up
strai ght on a bicycle, the wind holds you
back. Bend to the wind, and you offer
less resis lance. On the same principle,
we ride far forward on q horse, and
lean over on his neck. The English
will soon use the same style as we do. "
Martin is an agreeable little chap.
not at all affected, married man, too
though he doesn't look it, and very
well dressed, with perhaps few too
many diamonds. He rides this comm e
season for Sir Atkins Griffithe, and
gets S12, 600, besides various peroui-
sites. He sails from New York on
the Oath inst.
Hon. W. A. Hawkins, whom ali Ell
Paso knows as the general counsel of
the Ell Paso and Northeastern, and as
prospective United States senator from
the state-to-be of New Mexico, would
make an excellent news paper man.
He is quick to see the vivid contrasts
and the lights and shadows of real
every day life.
son my way down from Santa Fee
Monday night said Mr.. Hawkins,
train at Albuquerque. On the plat
form of the station there, was piled
tier upon tier of collins awaiting trans
fer to the train to the east. They held
the bodies of American soldiers who
had died for their country in the far
away Philippines. There was some
thing infinitely sad in this lifeless re-
turn to the land OF their birth, and it
was all the more impressive from the
incident that followed.
when the train came rushing in
from the east there alighted from the
coaches more than fifty youEg, whole
some looking boys, who swarmed over
the platform and into the brilliantly
lighted dining room with all the eager
ness and e9Hgy and enthusiasm of
typical yOune rAmericans when g din
with their chatter and animation.
They seemed the essence of youth and
were apprentices on their
way to join ships in the Pacific of the
American navy. When dinner was
over, they flowed out on the platform
and were filed with evident delight at
40 opportunity to guy band of In
diens who were there for
the money tourists gave
them. The Indians danced, in the
very shadows of the coffius. The young
sailors had eyes only for the novelty
and excitement of it all, and we. in the |
back ground. marked the strange
commentary afforded by
the original Americans of the past, near
the very bodies ofthose soldiers who
had helped 80 no ak e the greater America |
Of today, d!sporting themselves for the
pleasure of the coming admirals who |
will make the America of the future"
"It is funny remarked customs |
officer the other day, 'how some peo-
pie will persist in smuggling. 1t Is not
that they can get anything better in |
Juarez. or that it is cheaper in reality
AS matter of fact those silks and |
European imported goods sold there |
are of class made purposely for the
trade of the Mexican Free Zone. The
and dealers well under
stand that the object of those purchas
ing these articles is simply to smuggle |
regardless of the quality of the goods
they get. For instance, imported silk
are cold there that look fine
st first. but in less time than it takes
TO tell it, they are sill out at the toes"