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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
SHELTER IS %PLUNpERED.
Bold Thieves Rob Vault of Gold Brick.
Worth $3.50, 600.


The Sclby Smelling works at Vallejo,
CAL, were robbed during u recent night
OF gold bricks admitted by one of the off,
'cials to be worth $2SO,OOO. Other esti.
mates place the loss as high as $35O,OON
The robbers conducted their operations
with Skill. but in their haste tc get away
left two big gold h-:cks on the shore Of
the bay. The robbers had evidently been
working on the case for two or three
months. They had dug a tunnel from
outside the house. first digging a shaft
about three feet deep. Then they tun.
neled in under the vault and, striking up
ward, bored a hole in the strong room
foor. Part of the holes had been bored
two months ago it is thought, and the
last one was bored on the night of the
robbery. Through that hole they took
the gold bricks and carried them to a
bank near the tunnel, east of the works,
where they Were evidently placed in u
boat.
The gold in the bricks is worth $1,000
an ounce. The two which the robbers left
behind are worth about $4,000. In adj
ditton to this there was stolen from the
bullion vault crude gold in all shapes
and sizes and some of it in bars of diff
ferent lengths. The thieves got all the
bullion in the vault, leaving behind only
the W bricks which they dropped on
the shore in their haste. Only one days
accumulation of refined gold was kept at
the works.
The selby Smelling and Lead Company
Is the largest concern Of its kind on the
Pacific coast. Ores are sent from all
over the western country to be sheltered
and refined and the gold is then turned
over to the mint. A steamer makes spe.
cial trips between the smelter and San
francisco. carrying the ores one way and
taking back the refined gold.
Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa County
and his deputies and Chief of Police San
ford Of Vallejo, as well as the police of
San Francisco and all the bay cities. are
at work OF. the case. but there is not
the slightest clew to the robbers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
bag. The balloon collapsed and began
falling rapidly.

oAisA AptuLSs
NJ. Santos Dumont did not lose his
head. He so shifted the gear that the
balloon would come down bow first, thus
!essening it's velocity. All the while he
threw out sand bags. The spectators
ran hither and thither, but of course
could do nothing to avert the daring
aeronaut's peril. NJ. Santos umont at
tempted to drive air into the balloonet,
which is a small balloon within the larg-
ar one, but the motor failed to act. Then
the gas went out of the rear balloon.
which hung in a flabby way and threat
ancd to catch the screw. Despite the
a%eronant's efforts a vicious puff Of wind
struck the fabric and the balloon explod-
ed with n terrible noise. Fortunately
this was just before the machine struck
the building.
Ropes We're lowered to the suspended
acronaut and he was drawn up to safety.
When he reached the roof Santos-Du-
mont invited all present to attend a trial
u the reconstructed balloon within a
months time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
WORLDS BIGGEST VESSEL.

Giant Steamer Celtic Makes Maiden
Voyage Across the Atlantic.
Seven sturdy tugs pulled into the White
Star dock at New York Sunday MORN
ing the greatest steamship afioat, the
FIRST 2O.OCO-ton vessel the world has ever
seen. the Celtic, from Liverpool, in eight
days and forty-siN minutes.
If one will imagine a building nine
stories high, with a frontage of three and
a half blocks, he will get some idea of
this biggest ship atloat, Which came safe
ly into port under command of Captain
H. st. J. Lindsay, II. n. Il. An idea Of
this sea giantess' size might be had, too,
from the fact that safely alongside her
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
THE CELTIC.

pier she lowered so high that her lowest
open deck was above the level of the pier
roof and no companionway could reach
it. This difficulty was overcome by open
ing The bulkhead doors of the middle
deck. At Liverpool the passengers had
boarded her by a temporary stairway
from the roof of the landing stage.
Though she brought over only 345 cab.
in passengers and 26S Storage passen-
gers, the Celtic has accommodations for
1853 passengers. $50 first class. 40 sec.
onu,' and the balance third. and, In addi-
ton, a crew Of 1856, in all, 3.19I human
beings. Still further idea of her size can
be gained from her cargo capacity. The
displacement ut load dyaught is 33S,222O
tons, her gross tonnage 2O,9O4 tons. and
she can carry over $4,000 tons Of actual
cargo. She is 100 feet long and 70 feet
wide. aud has nine decks, known as the
lower orlop, orlop. lower, middle. upper,
bridge, upper bridge, boat, and sun decks.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
HOTTEST OF MONTHS.
July Has Been a Record Breaker in the
Country's History.

- A~Sn - ~ ~
Country's History.
July has passed into history as a break
err of records in the matter of tempera-
lures. Not only did the thermometer in
most parts Of the country go higher than
ever before, but the heat continued long
err and new marks for average tempera-
lures Of the month were set.
Twice during the month was the record
for the highest temperature in Chicago
broken. On July 10 the thermometer
made a new mark Of 1O2 degrees. This
point, which surpassed the records OF
all previous years as far us the weather
bureau knows, was not able to keep the
pace Of twentieth century weather, and
on July 81 the mercury vent one degree
higher.
The following table shows the daily
maximums for the month ut ten of the
s..s.. .sAs-- "a Al- -:A- x>A~-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
VIII CONTEST LAND ENTRY.


Business Men Of Lnwton Urge Claim
of Wichita Girl.
John l. Calvert of Guthrie, Ok, one
of the Oldest established attorneys in the
territory, fled contest papers at the local
lind Office against the entry made by
James r. Woods, the winner of the first
number in the Lawton district land lot.
terry. According to the government plan,
W Gains were made to adjoin the
southern part of the Lawton TOWNSHIP.
This was considered the most valuable
land in the whole country thrown open
to settlement, and in filing Woods claim.
ed 100 acres running the entire length
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16

of the townsite. This shut out Miss Mat
tie Beals, the Wichita, Kan, telephone
girl, who won No. . in the lottery and
who was thus compelled to file ON u claim
of much less value. Five hundred Law
ton business men signed the contest pa
pers, which recite that Woods violated
both the spirit and letter of the home
stead not
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16

business in which he has determined to
engage upon retiring into private life
near Richmond, Va, will be ..of an in.
dustriais character" hut beyond this he
has refused to make n statement for
publication.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16

A new trolley line between New York
and Connecticut promises a regular run
Of sixty miles an hour outside Of city
limits.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
KRUGER LOSING HIS MIND.

Condition of Former South African
President Causes Alarm.
Former President Kruger's mind is
failing, and, according to London adj
vices, those who have recently seen the
President of the Transvaal are of the be-
lief that his complete breaking up is not
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16
ARE IMPROVED
oRoueHT.sTR,cKEN TERRITORY
HAS GENERALLY HAD RELIEF.

Some Sections Dry-state. East of the
Mississippi Still In Need of Rain
Corn in Illinois aad Iowa. Has Great.
~ Improved.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16

John Findley died at Deming, N. NJ.
from wounds inflicted by John Milton.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-16

Patronize those who advertise.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

,sEe a worked five
H. : sas same day Leahi
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
POINTERS ON SCIENTIFIC
HORSE HANDICAPPING

heat. That's the theory of it. That ir
does not always work out that way is
one of the glorious uncertainties OK
racing.
The modern method retains all the
good points of the old system, but de-
Veloped and elaborated so that the old
oiunt terminal becomes as a needle
point. In these matters Americans are
away ahead of the rest of the civilized
world. OF that there is no doubt, ana
tne conoition OF what may be termed
our racing literature proves it.
Today everything is reduced to
percentage and decimal point for
calculation. When these are massed
into total it definitely indicates the
pest horse on performances.
The old method held that weight
brought the horses together. The new
method realizes that one horse with
added weight runs more slowly as the
post is being reached, while the other
is running at the old rate, or even
faster because of greater encourage
to demonstrate the difference
Thus, If horse runs a mile. In 1:42
carrying lis pounds, his percentage or
decimal is possibly 108 If in a race at
the same distance, carrying ten pounds
more. it will be 9S a point being de-
Quoted for every added pound. Natu-
rally. If ten pounds be taken off, his
decimal rises to 49,
The arrangement of the osciIIatines
point is arbitrary with the calculator,
and is generally placed at a point
away beyond the record for the dis
lance, making it impossible to reach
the maximum, such as mile in 1:30,
for instance. So much for weight.
The speed of the last race was a mile
in LAP, and the percentage figure is
81. 49, this being the average number
of feet covered per second, there being
$3.50 feet in mile divided by the 102
seconds, which constitute the minute
AZ seconds. If the previous races run
by the individual horse Were at other
distances. the same line of calculation
rect figure for the distance
and Sportsman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
THEY CAN'T GET
A HANDICAPPED

Next Monday evening the Jockey Club
meets to receive the programs formulated
by the executive committee.
1t is anticipated that hurdle race ana
a race for polo ponies. to be ridden by
their owners, will be included.
The 2:15 class will in all probability be
changed to 2:14 class, as was original
ly decided upon. With 2:15 class, Tom
Ryder (2:131a) would be barred, while his
would be eligible for the 2:14 class. The
enterprise of Tom Ryder's owner i'm
bringing him from Hilo should at least
be recognized by giving the old horse q
chance to enter where he will have o.
chance to win.
The handicap question still bothers the
worthy members Of the Jockey Club, vho
with one voice exclaim. And where
shall we find manT'
Aye. Where, indeed, will they ind .
Handicapped willing to face the torrent
of abuse which will surely descend upon
his devoted head should every horse in.
the race not win?
Handicapping is the very soul Of rae
ing all over the world. Through ths
system horses can be brought together
the meeting of which at weight for age
would be a farce. The limited racing
material in Honolulu demands that the
handieapping system be instituted, else
fields numbering more than two are inn
possible to obtain,
BY handicapping the horses, races can
be prepared which will draw big crowds
on the two last days of the meeting,
which have in the past fallen lamentably
fiat. But no; swayed in their irresolute-
ness by a man or two who owns a brok-
en- down crack" and is fearful of his
steed having to carry five pounds more
than an Antidote or a Brock, the Jockey
Club pursues its undertaking course to
financial ruin and public conturnely with
giddy alacrity.
Who with an iota Of self-respect would
handicap the local equines ~ anyway
It's a question of would not cou1di
Hollinger's unknown crackertack me-
gotiated half mile yesterday in ;oo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

Nothing in racing has changed more
of late years than handicapping. Ten
years ago it was a simple rule of the
thumb" today it is an intricate sci
ence.
1t consists in the art of placing
number of horses on terms of equality
when the official Handicapped or club
does the work, but when the punter
does it, it means finding out what slips
the official has unwittingIy made, and
benefiting by them. He makes slips
because his work is done anywhere
from a month to twenty-four hours be-
fore race, while the punter has to
the last minute, with all the advan-
tageS of track conditions, exercising
data, etc, to help him.
Ten years ago a man took the en-
tries for race and avoided gathering
any idea of an official estimate. He
made handicap for himself as If he
had been the official, and when it was
finished he compared the result with
the official weights, picked out the
most favored horse, according TO his
argument. and played It,
Boiled down, this means he took
each horse, noted track weight, dis
lance, and where he finished. If a
horse carrying 120 pounds won from a
horse carrying 102 pounds, by half a
length, what weight would bring them
together?
This was a rude method of solving a
very delicate problem, for half a
length is a tenth part of a second over
six furlongs, and SO rude table in
use for nearly a hundred years, was
used, which was made to win by a
neck driving, was equal TO three
POUNDS; handily by a neck, four
pounds; half length driving, four
pounds; half length handily, five
pounds; length driving, six pounds;
and length handily, ten pounds, and
so on. Thus, driven hard by whip and
spur. winning by half a length, four
pounds was placed on the 12o-pound
horse. or four pounds taken off the 1922
pound horse would result in a dead
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
THE RELAY RACE
THIS AFTERNOON

Oahu College, Kamehamefa School and
the Male lima Athletic Club will par
ticipate in relay race at Kapiolani Park
this afternoon. The race will be started
at 4 o'clock. These are the teams:
Oahu College-Alfred Castle, viii
Campbell, Antoine Marcellino Edward
Deverill.
hameha-Hanakahi. Akana, Pa,
Punohu.
Male Ilimas-H. Sheldon, 1st: B. Hop
kins, "a; S. A. Crook, Sd; B. H. Clarke,
4th.
All three teams have been training
faithfully and have entered the contest
determined to win. Punahou has beaten
Kamehameha once at the relay business
and feels pretty certain of doing so
again. Kamehameha, on the other hand,
has an old score to wipe out and will
make a mighty effort to turn the tables.
The Male lima team is composed of
business men who have had to do their
training under difficulties which should
reIegate them to third place this after
noon.
The Oahuans look like winners, and the
time should be close to 3:47, or three sec
onds and fraction better than the ISL
and record for the mile relay.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

On account Of. the relay race there will
be no baseball games this afternoon.
Next Saturday the first of the Kane
hameha-Punahou championship games
will be played and around 1t the interest
of local basebailists will center. Both
teams have shown evidence of being very
strong this year and the series will be
keenly contested. The school has the
heavier nine and their prospects of win
ming the pennant appear to be very good.
Punahou win make great fight for it,
however, and her admirers are confident
OF victory.
The baseball situation outside of the
college games appears to wait upon the
action of the Honolulu Athletic Club.
This organization has been fortunate in
signing a strong lot of players-so strong
that they seem to have scared away all
opposition. 1t really looks as if the III.
A. c.. We're going to be hard pressed to
get a game.
Meanwhile several minor teams are
languishing for contests. Why could not
a league be organized to consist say, of
the following names? Young Mems
Christian Association, Maize Ilimas, Po-
lice Department, h. O. Hall & Son, and
any others that may be in existence.
The trouble seems to be in baseball as
in other local sports, that the clubs have
an overweening dread of losing a game
and consequently are 10th to arrange a
contest from which they can not foresee
themselves emerging victorious.
While this spirit prevails Honolulu will
continue to remain dead as a sport CEN
ter.
w H. Rabbit will referee the games
for the intercollegiate championship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
(cs IN RING AND ON
Track THE WORLD OVER

California beat Stanford at baseball
in the third and decisive game of the
championship series, by score of Q
to ). Stanford has won six intercol-
legiate baseball championships to Cali
fornias four.
ever raised in America, is dead of
pneumonia. Emin Pasha captured the
American Waterloo cup at Dallas, Tex
as, in 1899, the last time it was run.
AS a sire the hound was by far the
greatest in America.
Arrangements have been completed
for the second eleven of Stanford Uni
yersity TO play a game of baseball at
Salt Lake City. with the University of
Utah, next fall.
George Mcmillan, the most thorough
ly experienced of all the western COL
lege football players, will be among
the graduate cracks of Stanford this
coming season.
A challenge has been received by the
Oxford University Athletic Club from
McGill University. of Montreal. and
the University of Toronto, TO an ath-
letic meeting, to take place in Mon
treal previous to the meeting with
Harvard and Yale in New York.
The cup defender Constitution was
to have been launched on May sth.
Harvey Barket. of Brockton, obtain
ed a decision over Ernest Roeber, the
Graeco-Roman wrestler.
W. j. Cuther, the crack athlete of
the Palo Alto High School, will go
East to represent the Olympic Club.
of San Francisco. in the athletic events
at the Buffalo Exposition.
The third International chess match
by cable ended in a draw.
Tottenham Hotspur Won the English
Association football cup, defeating
Sheffield United by a score of 3 to i.
The game was played at Bolton In the
presence OF 10000 spectators London
thus Won back the cup, lost twenty
years ago.
The one. two, and four-miIe races for
the college championship of the Unit
ed States were run in Philadelphia.
Harvard WOE both the two and four
mile races, while Yale captured the
one-mile contest. The times were:
One-miIe. 3:27 1-5; two-mile, S:14; four
mile, 1915 20.
The International golf match be-
tween the United States and Canada
has been dropped.
Findlay S. Douglass, former anna
teur champion of the United States,
defeated Walter Travis, VINO holds the
amateur championship. in a game for
thu Lakewood Golf cup.
H. L. Doherty beat A. w. Gore, the
holder of the English championship, in
a game played in England, by 80
The mems amateur championship of
the Pacific Coast Golf Association was
won by Ernest r. Folger. of the Oak
land Golf Club. He and John Lawson
of the San Francisco Golf CLUB contest
ed the final round
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2 The above picture illustrates the sail
plan Of the Lawson cup defender. built
by Crowninshield of Boston. Concerning
the canvas to be carried by the yacht,
the New York Sun says as follows:
Mr.. Crowninshield commands the high
est admiration for the genius which con-
ceived and the technical accomplishment
that has executed yacht design of the
first class. His ambition has been sus-
tanned by practical ability He has de-
signed a yacht of sail power surprising
by far that of any predecessor, and the
consequent mistrust that he has created
in the minds of various experts seems to
be answered with fairly satisfactory as
surance.
OF course the question is, will the boat
stand the strain her tremendous spread
of canvas is to put upon her? Will she
endure the fearful pounding of the sea
that must be felt by that unequalled
overhang of bow and stern? VIII she
hold together? The general opinion,
doubtless. will be that she will be found
in all parts strong enough; and to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

..,.p,h kentucky Derby
r :. gntnsncs in the good
,lsrd scheck, the heav-
',,rts. finished absolutely
J. rode the winner.
. :: bought the american
! !. Terminus, for s1o,0eo-
IND Guineas stake for
|. sriss. was won by Sir
4, ridden by Danny
/ ggte was second and
4. carrying 10 pounds,
|. e-bhard handicap at
/. Tho race was for two
|, .,s worth $1,000.
= = sas sued Wells, Far
!. N 200 on account OF
8, Il his race horses by
= oakland Mole. F. w;
/ !, ii90OO, was rendered
|ssrg purposes.
/ srsott is winning many
r. FORK tracks.
|:.r.r defeated Oscar
+, -ounds at Mechanics
francisco. McGovern
r way throughout the
z Carbett refereed the go.
f.. in Gardner's corner.
r. avorite at odds OF 10
obtained a decision
/ n-ghsrty. Of Philadel-
IS The loser was clearly
Ia cut jim Trimble, Of
"a he first round. Terry
ssei the fight.
T. and Frank Erne are
n IN San Francisco on
,svts Of the McGovern
illNQ. and there were
s present.
ri Billy de Coursey
T.uund draw for the
iinpiOnshlp Of the
C9I was billed TO fight
Is. Of New York, was
81 aver Tom Coming,
T., in the twentieth
Ery which investigat-
Billy Smith. the pugil-
BY injured in London
hex Roberts. rendered
isntal death.
& Salt Lake, obtained
a foul, over Soldier
oakland, after eleven
g
e Of Pittsburg, was
: lie twentieth round
u Il Brooklyn.
III Fred Russell were
{, Z rounds in Denver
srsy was tavorlte al
hi
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

Edith R and Molly. two 3-rninute class
Hawaiian-breds, will race mile heat to-
morrow morning for $40 a corner and
dinner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

President Cornwell. owner of the Wal
kapu Cup, has announced his Intention
of again putting it up to be competed
for The horse that beats 1:16 over six
furlongs takes it. The record Is at pres
ent held by Hancock and Venus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11
NOTHING DOING
ON THE DIAMOND
) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
GAMES PLAYED.

Oahu College, 6; Y. NJ. C. A, 4.
Oahu College. IA; Soiace, 0.
Oahu College, 8; Y. NJ. c. A, z.
Kamehameha, "a; Male Ill
mas
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that We understand that her builders
have no. misgivings whatsoever.
The figures given yesterday show how
immense her sail pressure will be- We
know how every new yacht in the last
ten years has been a sensation in the
matter of increase of sail spread over
that borne by. her predecessors. The Wig
liant appalled, the oldest salts with her
11,272 square feet of canvas. But the De-
fender added 600 to that The Columbia
rose to ID, 1885, but here is a craft that is
to carry Eli. He must be a self-con-
fident builder who can promise to hold
1t all without half sinking his yacht
with the weight of rigging. The indie
pendence, nevertheless, will look more
like .cobweb than fish net.
Undoubtedly under the conditions she
is specially built for, strong wind and
a level sea, she will be flyer. She Will
probably be dangerous in any weather
that does not break her in two, and she
fills the mind with new wonder as to how
in sail area the Herreshoff boat in Bris-
toll will compare with her.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

Kamehameha cigarette tobacco is
guaranteed not to bite the tongue.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-11

ssn0srs Of the Jock
I, Wilder, S. V.
: Vida. J. ]. Ho-