The age-herald., 1900-12-11

that 1t would weaken discipline and ef- 1ciency and promote drunkenness in the army!"
 1.-The fall of Tod Sloane. the jockey. will not be surprising to any of us in this coun- try who have known him long" said a Bir- mingham man who takes a personal inter- | est in the turf.
 When first knew Sloane he was young boy in Nashville. picking up such odd jobs he could get, and he was up to all sorts of tricks that were vain and ways that were not bright. He and a fel- low eonspirator boy like himself, once played friend of mine and myself very sharp game and after that We fought shy of him.
 "Of all the coarse, vulgar and ill-bred boys l ever knew connected with horses, Tod Sloane was about the coarsest and have always wondered how gentlemen owners of horses in England and elsewhere could tolerate his offensive vulgarity. Of course l have never believed one word ofn the cheap newspaper stories about Sloane being chums with big men in England, and the references to the Prince of Wales and his friend Tod Sloane have merely dis guested me as common lies told to the gal iery. Some of the papers have been print Ing pictures of the Prince and Sloane with that friend fake under them. I don't be- iieve the Prince ever spoke to Sloane in his life, whatever business dealings he might have had with Sloane being through an agent
 The coarsest thing I ever saw Tod Sloane do was done to some ladies on the race course in New Orleans several years ago. Sloane was very small, a mere child in size, and good-looking. He had won a race and he dismounted it was noticed that as usual he had a big chew of tobacco in his mouth-he eats tobacco by the pound. Immediately after leaving his horse he passed three very beautiful and fashion ably dressed ladies, who clapped their hands in cheering him.
 :" There he goes-there he goesn they cried, and Sloane looked up.
 Come here, little boy, and we'll kiss you, one of them said laughingly.
 Sloane approached them, and with his big chew of tobacco between his lips. he slobbered:
 - Here yer are-fire awayI'
 one night last summer in the - hotel. London, an American lady whom we know was greatly disturbed by some one kicking the door of a room near her apartment and crying vigorously. She stood it as long as her nerves would stand, and then step- ped out into the hall to see what was the row. She saw what appeared to be a small boy, lying on his back kicking room door madly, and crying frightfully
 Come, come, little boy-stop that! You are dlsturoing the whole house. and you are a very naughty boy
 The boy scrambled to his feet, and lowing low he said:
 Madam, I'm Tod SIoanerp
 
 MT. B. H. Cabaniss has returned to Birm- ingham, after some weeks travel for the benefit of his health He is now fully re- covered, and is able to resume his accus- toned duties
 Maj. Joseph Hardie and Mrs Hardie have gone to Selma to visit relatives for few days, after which they will go to California for the winter.
 Former United States Senator James L. fugh is enjoying robust health at his home in Washington. Neither mentally nor physically does he show evidence of his advanced years. In private letter to a Birmingham man, the distinguished states man expresses the opinion that pending na- tional legislation marks a radical turning point in American life. but whether for the better or for the worse 1t may require fifty years to develop. Senator Pugh con- tinues to take a deep interest in national politics.
 MT. Thomas P. Grasty of the Baltimore Manufacturers Record, the most widely known of Southern newspaper writer's is in Birmingham.