Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

which foreign horses are allowed to
compete"
American trotters? We read of the
American trosters at the Levallois
track every now and then"
They amount to nothing. There is
just one good foreign horse here, that
Irish jumper. General Peace, that
beat them all again the ether day.
And, as a rule, foreign horses do we'll
to stay away from France, the only
place in the world where | have seen
horses go three miles at their full
speed from the fall of the flag. They
make every post the winning post, and
keep it up in a way that is killing.
At home our heavyweig hts-being the
heaviest weighted, they are generally
the best-do not go any faster than
they must. They take it easy every
now and then. You can't do that on
the Auteuil track, where you see the
best jumping racing in the world"
do you know OF any American Win
ners at these French races?"
There is none" answered Sheedy
you can't get the Frenchmen's mon
ey from them at the races any more
than elsewhere. My advice to Amer
leans in Paris is to do like the man
lin David Harum put their money
either in themselves or ON themselves
and not go mixing it up with any
Frenchman's money. 1t will get lost
in the shuttle. A letter of credit is
preferable to letter of introduction
1t speaks to everybody, in all Ian
guages, while the letter of introduction
is bore and a delusion."
yet we heard the other day about
that clerk in the American Commits
sar.at of the Exposition who has made
such big steady winnings at Long
champs with his progressive system
of backing. What was it-jockeys OF
stables?"
Eyes, yes, we hear of a winner now
and then" replied Sheedy, in a tone OF
weary resignation, "but these winners
on the Fourth of July-we see them &c
up, but we don't see them come down
If that clerk were to tend to his bust
ness, instead of monkeying with the
races, he would come out a. better win
ner at the end"
What about the Casino at Cairo?
Are you sgoing to have the concession
again next winter? Tell us something
about the high limit baccarat and
trente-et-quartene you deal down
there"
Don't say anything about that" i'm
plered Sheedy you can say that
know Egypt pretty well, that l air
pretty well known in the bazaars, and
have often been of service to Ameri.
cans when they were in douots as tt
the value of Persian rugs"
HIS
Il have heard about that great prayer
rug of yours" / said is it sucn q
wonder as the London papers made il
out?"
Judge for yourself" said Sheedy.
He stepped into an adjoining room
where we heard him wrestling with &
| trunk. Soon he returned-this sport
ing man, who is supposed to spend hi:
| days on the race track and his night!
over the green table, with no ideas out
side of sporting life. In his arms ht
| held the rug. He threw il out, and 4
unrolled as it fell. a glorious splash o
shifting glints of red. blue, yellow. gold
black. green and orange. magical,
changing as the long. silky nap fell o
its own weight. now light. now dark
two rugs in one.
! Look at those tints, Look al thos
glints. That's no prayer rug. man. al
though its shape is that OF a prayer rug
Prayer rugs have plain centers. The,
are plain rugs. meant for use, to pral
on. You do not imagine go paving
around on this one do your 1t is az
ornamental rug, picture rug. Thi
moslem prayer is in the centre and al
the blessings are in the corners 1t il
a rug to hazs on the wall and look at
The Americans who come to Egyp
think I am Judge Of rugs. | am
judge of prices. Las year in the Con