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Albert Bostwich's trainer has got knee
boots on Johnnie Again, Yes, Bostwick is
automobile crazy. still no Las not quite
given up horses
4 lean. brow nish bav, with fair head GOO 4
legs and ligh' middle piece fast"> past.
one SPECTATOR grlns =, the sight, Sayirg
sagely;
David b looks d. though he'd run jos,
about 10 match his name sake this urrnlp.'
Instantly somebody retofts. wait III
YOU See him finish It's my belief he's never
been quite all out here--no more than the
man hos named for"
Maybe so" saws "A judicial third persoi
but. say, did YOU hear about old { hwcbs;
One day phile back Straus cot ~ 70 fri uoi.
TO hold watches on the old fellow while h.
stepped quarter sfter be got going Tor all
he was worth, aud lie made il IN 20 seconds
flat. What do you rlink Of thar \ -
gait for horse IL years old and faStoi
quarter than ever Cresccus trotted in race.
Hes wonder no mistake say the
onlookers. then hubble 10 the curb. saying
all together in n breath. And her" he
comes now Hurrah. He's having II ont
with Dave Lamar and sally simpson.
Down course two li'tlc dust clouds Fave
resolved themselves into 1ying haruessed
racers. with drivers sitting low and close
behind The wagons look cobwebbv-
hardly stout enough to endure the i'm.
pact ~ rapid air But nobody thinks OF
that; all hang breathless on the race
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the yellow ribbon ard the silver lace, but
one must go early to get full view Of l.
BY II o'clock the walkways are 50 full
they are no more than biurs and blo,ches
of color.
Al least half the onlookers are women,
tricked out in holiday bravery. Children
likewise abound. the most par, in CAV
coats, some few in sumbrc black ones
But even the black coats have reC.eening
fripperes of lace and color in head and
neckgear.
The surprising thing about the whole
assemblagc, indeed. is that it is dress
parade, no less for the spectator than the
performers. Beyond a doubt. going 10
the Speedway stands 70 many Ipt own
residents very much for what going to
church did 10 their rural ancestry
However that may be, he crowd rs in
excellent hunor with t~elf and the world
AZ large, with no greater present amti-
ion than TO be rcckonsd ia The know az
regards the speeding and the speodcrs
II chats, and prscns itself. and i1iffies into
gentle ripples OF interest AZ tine daring
Of venturous small boys. or at the sight
Of cunning small girls Juggling az the reins
out in the road.
Momently some star of the Speedway
flashes down the line. Murmurs go all
about
Nathan Straus has Cobwebs out this
morning, Pshau. was sure he'd drive
Alves instead
Hello, Fred Gerken in the side lines,
II can't be he's going 70 quit the game
There comes Claus Bohling! Now look
out, somebody. He told nv cousins uncle
yesterday he had the heels of everything
likely 70 show to-day"
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case TO himself But do wha, he
not shake her on She hangs like
a bulldog I'LL fifty yards from the
wire; then the man in the white hat,
who has been sitting ststue-like. leans
far forward swishes his whip nightly.
calls IN shrlll, wh!stling tones, lets out the
least bit of "A wrap and the racr Is over
Cobwebs has lost. though by q narrow
margin.
A third heat is, of course, inevitable.
People forget 10 gossip, and stand still
save when they crowd for better seeing
places.
This time the flyers come in view neck
and neck, each doing a desperate hast
from s'art 10 finish. How the big gallant
chestnut strains His motion is 50 swift
no eye can follow IL; the suky wheels show
only as u4nt!onlees, shining rims magically
impnlrd along the course.
And gaInciy the bay mare keeps at his
throat latch, lurchinS so high she seems
I" be fencing all the way. Neck ana neck
stride and stride, they keep il IN until the
very last; but the bay will not be denied
she gets her nose in front by at least six
inches.
The brushes have been typical-every
Sunday, every matinee, with sound footing.
sees them duplicated a hundred times
over. Even the least considerate horse
master hesitates to risk his Ayers upon
slippery or sloppy going. or in stiff, holding
mud.
Not a few horse owners have stables
close AZ hand L. II. Hartman, who owns
The fainods John r. Gentry, for example
has, right at The Speedway gates. what
Is said to he tho best appointed stable u
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nue., on the uppermoet verge Of Central
Park. It is something like two miles from
the Park 10 the head Of the Speedway at
I55th street. Thus there is a parade course
about four miles long
Sull st. Nicholas avenue is not the sole,
or even the favorite, route Of Speedway
drivers. Upper Seventh avenue and the
viaduct spanning the Harlem Valley at the
bead Of the Speedway are chosen somewhat
oftensr.
Another for those who like long drives
is the new Boulevard Lafayette. which
has been cut in the edge of the Hudson
River hillside and makes into the course
proper through Dykman street. which
is Tvs upper boundary.
Then. too, there are the suburban roads
and their contingent folk from White
Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers. All roads,
indeed, lead to the Speedway--even Brook
lyn and jersey folk wander in sometimes,
although they have fine driveways Of their
own.
Howsoever gathered. the show Of horses
and horsemen is we'll worth seeing. A
great many people evidently are Of that
mind, for upon any Sunday which promis es
good footing ten thousand are likely TO
gather and look on.
Special events, mitch races, the annual
road drivers parade. bring out from thirty
to fifty thousand spectators.
The knowing ones cluster as thick as
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and La Plata was under serious consldera.
ton, and the mere project would certainly
lead To an exhaustive examination of much
untravelIed country.
Col. Holdich referred ia the conference
that is to be held At Rio de Janeiro next
year 10 consider the question OF connect.
ing these three great river systems so as
In make continuous navgable water
way from the mouth Of the Ornoco River
across the Amazon basin and down the
Paraguay 10 the mouth If La Plata
Explorers have long b'lievcd that the
creation Of this uHbroken wa erway north
and south through the greater part II
South America Is perfectly feasible
II II worth remembering that between
the mouth u the Orinoco and he CITY of
Buenos Ayres there - only half mile
without continuous river channel This
half mile Is tie water parting between
the Amazon and La Plata systems.
Far NJ the Drlnoco l. the long river
Casiqulari wticn was originally a tributary
Of the Rio Negro affluenL OF the Amazon,
hut which, in the course Of time, dug the
channel Of us head waters hack until il
actually reached tho Orinoco, and now
forms II p.if ~ con .ett oli b'twcen the
Ofnoco ana the Amazon through the Rio
Negro.
One Of the questions before the con-
ference at Rio de Janeiro will be whethc
II will he feasible TO deepen this great
water communication so that II may be-
come a navigable highway carrying YES
eels from one river basin TO the other.
1he Madeira River y one Of the largest
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The man in front has a strong face.
bearded. shrewd-eyed, kindly. The lips are
set. the eyes tense. the whole pose full Of
power The whip IL held upright, the reine
tightly clutched; now and again he spec ks
a low word, too low 10 he heard by the side
walk throng though evidently reaching the
ears 81 his horse
Cobwebs may know intuitively what his
master asks. He goes, goes. with the mighty
stroke Of nacline. His stride IL low
his ears are fiat against his beautiful chest
nut head, his eyeballs fare, but no, with
temperate has the stay and the spirit
which. joined with speed. make the horse
which does or dies.
On. on, he thundcrs HE head nodding I he
least bit in fine. fauitlcss rhythm, his quick
ening hoof beats sounding a march Of tri-
umph as .is white nose goes past the post
half length to the good.
The battle IL not won. Dave Lamar
wheels ds soon as he can pull up, asks a
question mainly with his eyes. is answered
NTH uod, then, almost wing and wing
tn pair race away 70 the back stretch.
and again set sail
This time the mare lies at Cobweb's
wheel. III the first brush she fought for
each foot Of the way, She il bay, big
and shiny, in the very pink of condition.
n credit alike to her trainer and her sire,
the world-famous Electioneer.
She goes high, 50 high il almos. seems
she scorns che earth. but he' ieachins,
plUEg. dcvGur space. A casual onlook.r
would ray the horse went ten yards 70 her
nine, and covered ground with much more
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harness horses anywhere in the world A
dozen others might be named
Indeed, no man can hope for fame upon
tho Speedway without a considerable
string which Includes both blood and speed
A few of them ke, p only trotteIs; the most
part have az least ono PAGER. and in not
Few Instances I he PAGERS are the true stars
Brushes be'weeh tTotters and PAGERS
ore not rare, neither arc matches between
double teams 70 read wagons with two
persons instead Of the ordinary trotting
rig J K. Cockerill, now president Of the
Rad Drivers Association. has fancy for
driving double. often hooking up such
fancy performers as Swift and Pho be
tii.drcss or Honor Bright Z +. Smaih.
cgs has big string, whose bright particular
star y Queen Wilkes, az her best the adj
initted queen Of the Speedway.
Pt-sibly the most picturesque sud Ger
family the most Interesting Speedway
personality it Frank Work, The solo sur
vivor of the old time road brigade tina. in.
GUIDED Robert Bonner. " n. Vanderbilt
and their .ompcens, Although living as Ear
down a. Madison square, Mr.. Work keeps
five fyer- Peter Stirling, Mahalla, Pilot
Boy Merle Moore aud Sea Girl
He lermits no clipping, nor pulling OF
foretopS, and oriyen without boots or over
draw checkreins. The fact that he holds
his own with all Corners Is full OF encourage
ment for those who believe In giving horses
q chapcs unhampered by track devices
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Imperial Rome gave its populace bread
and circuses New York town. more than
imperial, as yet provides only the circuses.
But /, is a'qIestion il Rome ever spent as
much upon its amphitheatre as New York
has put into the Speedway and i,s sp-
proaches.
Manhattan's face IL full of choice topo-
graphical surprises. Not one of them can
compare fully with the Speedway site.
The course easily is among the mos, pic
iuresquo in the world
The driveway really begins somewhat
before the beginning In 81 Nicholas ave-
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but they hadn't seen him for days
Next morning | reached the Jones house
at 10 He was out, so ! walked up ard
down the block. Al hour or so later
saw one Of Joness clerks across the street
/ went over and asked automatically for
Mr. Jones
Say. what do you want him for: he
asked
Then | told him. was tired Of the
hide-and-seek game by that time. He said
he'd tell Mr.. Jones and telephone mt ali
appointment. This wasn't very satisfac-
tory. but il was the best ] could do, and
went TO the Office, where my expectation of
an appointment was ridicliled.
Il went to hi. Office about II the next
day and waited. At O'Clock the tele-
phore rang, ard his clerk informed me that
he'd met Mr.. Jones and they would meet
me on a certain street corner. started on
a nm, not very sanguine.
As I approached the corner l saw two
men. one the clerk. another a man who an
swered 10 one Of my seven descriptions.
A grin Of triumph came over my face when
saw him. He grin,ied back approximately.
II, vas Mr.. Jones. ] served him. ard VIC
had a little chat for a second Of two We
parted genially, and he seemed like good
fellow.
Now I'm trying to figure it all out. Why
didn't ne let me find him? Why did he
81 4 me on that chase TO Goshbink. and
as he really out Of town?
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APPETITE OF 4 FAMOUS TENOR.
ssmpaninis Daily Round Of EATING No,
Equallcd by Slnkers NnMadaN

] think Campanini was the greatest tenor
We have ever heard in this country" said
T.. u, Gilmore the other day But he ate
himself to death
We were great friends when he used 10
sing all New York on TO it's feet here al tho
Academy. He used to live nearby here
and lie used TO get up AZ Q o'clock in The
morning and breakfast,
Then he would lie around a while and
maybe practice a little before he came
down here. Regularly az about II o'clock,
hc would &c across Fourteenth street To 4
restaurant and get outside Of half a dozen
thick sandwiches and three or four glasses
Of beer
AT ! O'Clock he'd have lunch and then
he'd g. until about four or FIVE O'Clock h4f r.
eating anything more, when he'd fill ~.
again. A. O'Clock he'd have a hearty
dinner and after the opera al night he'd
spend several hours eating and drinking.
He got fat. Most of those singers get
fat and most Of the famous men singers of
his day ate like horses. There was one Of
them. . baritone who ueed 10 eat four
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around rocks walked the trestle. which
was quarter Of mile long, and learr ed
on the evidence OF five foremen. three
boys, one engineer and his superlnteLoeLt
Then began 10 smell raj. walked the
three miles Of excavation carefully. though,
and then went back to his house.
MIR. Jones is in Goshbink,' I was told
by that time l was guessing, so retired
to a reighborins drug store and bribed q
whether Tones was az home. No. he'd
gone out of town they told him
L got sandwich and came along by his
house eating II. just then man came
down the steps, so ! braced up and said
DO you know a Mr. Jones.
Why. yes. I'm your man, he replied.
Mr.. Clark JonesT ! asked, elated at
my approaching triumph.
on, no, he's my brother. You'll And
him in AT about O'clock he said.
'Cuysing Jones and everything connected
with him, hack to the drug store went
A. g 7 sailed forth
Mr.. Jones went OUT of town tonight,
the savage said.
Is he tall man. black hair and mus
'ache?' asked, ard she said he was
that Jones was the man who came down
the steps,
i dreamed Of Jones that night and a
sign With that name on II made me rage.
Next day was Sunday. You cant serve
a MAJ on Sunday, so was thankful. Mon
day morning at the Office the head of the
firm asked II I'd served Jones.
No I answered, he's out Of town,
they sSv
Well ger him. That's your Job, l
was tod. So ! started out again
There was nothing doing az his Office
or AT hi, house Their went To Goshbink
again ard walked the excavation. From
everybody who knew Jones | gathered
descriptions Of him At noon I "a, on
fence and turned things over in my mind
Seven people had given me seven different
descriptions. scanned every face met,
and Intercepted four cops. two saloon-
keepers, one druggist, two station agents,
two gatekeepers and one boy. None Of
them had seen Jones. His superintendent
told me ] must have missed him, a. be d
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until recently that the amount of traffic
would Justify the expense. With the con.
siderable increase of civilized population
in this part of Brazil the question Of easv
access 10 the sea is assuming an importance
which IL never had before.
The engineering problems will relate
mainly To the Casiquiari and the Madeira
rivers. In the latter stream IT, will bs
necessary TO circumvent quite a number
Of cataracts.
So much interest in the project has been
aroused that there is no doubt now that ia
practicability will be thorouehlv studied:
and this means a more careful exploration
of the regions along the proposed great
waterway than has ever yet been made.
All the world will be Interested in the result
of the conference al Rio de Janeiro.
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away the most impressive approach. one
secs high on the hill the historic mass of
Hamilton Grange, once ia" lon.. of Betsy
Bow en- Jumel. There is Tag in the ward
OF it a flag streaming straight cut upon a
tricksy west wind.
Behind the wooded back ground IL he
site of historic Fort George. now given
over to beer drinking AID the siecch ot
the Naterand But one need not think
Of that here il enough right AT hand 10
I'LL eyes and mind and perception
The road drops in a long incline, macadam
for ten blocks. after that broad reddish
yellow earthcn ribbon. Tie .id,waiks
edge IL like lengths Of silver lace.
There j. line Of green grass letw-en
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tice, not singing all the time. Of course.
Then lie lunches and goes out for long,
back. and eats his last meal before the
opera az abou O'Clock. He does little
scale work and gets 70 the opera house az
: o'clock.
He doesn't spend hours IN eating or
drinking after the opera is over, either
but usually makes for his home and that
is the sort of a life he leads all the season
TO he a great singer these DAYS one has
70 undergo many sacrifices and keep in
trim; the audiences are experienced and
critical beyond what they were"
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been there Saturday. walked the trestle
and wont home.
Next day I went straight 70 Goehbink.
NV faithful allies hadn't seen him. tele-
phoied, you VI dersta' d. to his ofice, reg
ularlv. One old foreman told me Jones
had been there that morring but ] didn't
really believe him. However. I walked the
three miles Of excavation aud the trestle.
ard after having dinrer in the back OF a
saloon with number OF the great unwashed.
left for Jones's house again.
HE was out. Of course. thought If buy
ing false whiskerg AID Disgusting myself,
but this Sherlock Holmes bushes. didn,
appeal TO me-. ! chased around TO his club,
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BIS LONG SEARCH FOR JONES.
LAW STU DENT WIN SIMMONS
HAD TROUBLES TO SERVE IT.
Don't Take - Law. He says. Unless Nou
Want to Travel All Over New York
and the suburbs In Quest Of . Man
VINO IL Having Fun NJ Your Expense.


III Won want 70 seizc the grea, hedge
hog success where there arc feues,
prickers. try soma,.ing else than law
said college graduate who recently began
work In a dovn,own law Office TALL
about troubles. did Won ever servo a sum
mons, NoY Nathan badI R,,t ons morn-
inc tho r,anayir, cl.,L aid IN mo,
Ever serve q .ummon.P-
-'No.' said
"I,'s ea,y' amid no .Hare ,aLe ,hi,
and ri,,, ,o IN, Nr Jonss mer,;oned yo,,
must be adj. 10 swear Won gave i, "a the
right man t;,1uuh,
Ian ri,b, 7 o,suor,d SCI nh, ~.
summon. In ,nv noc,,o. and .,a-,al IN, ",
,Jone, in o,i,stinr i,as ar, ofrcs an IN. r.s,
Sid. abo,,, a, bo,r,. rid.. from, ,bs ,a ~ of6o.,
His housa j. n.arhy and no is ,ou,r.c,or
for som. " ork IN a .,,h,,b wei, cali (,osh.
bi,L ahor, o,,o,,, ,,,;,,s s,, .n,,.h.-,
I d,dn't Lro,, ,hat .han
That dav I ,hou,b, ia find hin, ;r,ro-
dia,slv won, - bis os,o., -h.r. ,v..
told that he sont Tbav Alan, Lev a. har
he'd he IN an war, a. bis ho,,s. .o,,.
I was told hv on. M ,bes. coIor.d ,.,.on.
who give YOU apprehensions loo, ,hsv "a.
vert 10 heir origi,a, s,.,o ~ so ga oan... a.
arv limo 80 7 v.n, ha,L down,omn
aAl,o,, o,c,,,, ..ar- o,a;r A. III.
oYoe On, 4, hi. L,,,, ~, Eahod,,
knew, wb,.,e bo w.s "a -, "a NJ, ..
h.. hin, know, .h.,, ,,a,,oI. o r,,,,.oI
"a toll and his clorls oro,. .u.n;oi,,,- -,
IN. I ven, dowr,oy,, ana ,,,., de-,
tried again Mr. ZONES u,s mi, an. haar.,
ba.n bnno IN din,sr I ,ait.d. ,,n.;I n
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Holsters every night after the opera and
think nothing OF going TO bed on them.
ITS different these days. they say.
Singers are taking better care Of themselves
and living longer. besides being In better
training for their singing
A grea, tenor OF to-day livce careful
life IL he In wise enough 20 husband his
resources. Acting a Part In a great mod
ern music drama Uses up vitality and one
cant dseipate and keep in the swim.
Il know of one grea' ,encr Of the present
dav who rises al and takes some exercise,
followed by a rlbdn w. after Which he cats
light breakfast and rests n iit'i" whila-
Then hc puts n three or -four 'lplfs Of prac.
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southern afiuents Of the Amazon In
lie upper part II II separated from Tho
Aguepehy Of the La Plata haSin only ".
a Mario $ is,hmus Of slight elevation a,
not more than . half mile wide
No one doubts thn, il is perfectly fc1,,tI,
To build a canal nayigablc for large boa.
across his narrow divide. More than
hundred years ago a canal was actua!lv
cut through this divide Llge enoush -
admit siy -oared boats.
On two occasions since then the estal.
lshmen' OF permanent communicates
AZ ths yon, between the Amazon and /,
PA IA basins has been discussed. and tina
work probably would have been done
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no LINK W.iTERW.4IS.
Project OF Joining Three Great Rivers In
South America.

In his recent address before the British
Association az Belfast Col. Sir T. Fl. Hol-
dich said there promised TO he in South
America the greatest development Ct
artificial geography the world has ever
seen. After speaking Of the effect which
the Panama Canal will have on the whole
system Of Western sea connections, he
said that the possibilities of linking by
central canal system the three great
river basins Of the Orinoco. the Amazon
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New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

ton IN l151, when Nassau Han was bult. II was
when President John Witherspoon came into
Office in 1ICo that the Institution began 10 DE
potent factor il the province OF New Jersey.
When the Revolutionary War broke out us
undergraduates and alUMa. took an IMPORTANT
part in the struggle, and the college buildings
and campus figured in no small way in the
great conflict \ recent historian says The
position Of Princeton on the highway between
New-York and Philadelphia made j, "A perilous
place during the early days Of the War Of In
dependence. a critical battle Of the war was
fought within the limits Of the village The
college campus was the scene OF active hos
tilites. Nassau Hall itself was employed as
barracks and cannon balls mutIated its walls
There are few memorials IA Princeton more
highly valued to-day than the two cannon now
standing in the campus. both Of which were
used in the War Of the Revolution and left
after the battle Of Princeton near the college
little further on in his narrative he saws.
When the soldiers Cf the army mutlnied and
surrounded the State House In Phuadelphia
here the Continental Congress was sitting
Princeton was selected as the temporary cap-
ital OF the United States. For several months
the Congress held its sittinGs in the library
room II Nassau Hail. and the rooms Of the stu
dents were used by committees. At the com