The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

the department the seeds and instruction.
But, although the experimental results
thus obtained justify all the. expense in
volved,. they are by no means the chief JUS
tifcation. The greatest value of all this is
that each experiment station is a center
from which radiate rays of enlightenment
in all the surrounding country, rousing the
agricultural population to do better
things
1.-The extent to which a clever dog can be
trained is remarkable" said the advance
agent for a coming theatrical attraction
in the lobby at the Grand the other eve
ming, after witnessing the trained horses
and dogs with the Riccobono Brothers.
There are many canine actors on the
stage to-day whose intelligence has far
surpassed that of many alleged human
actors. People interested in such things
are just beginning to realize what a dog
can be taught to accomplish. 1t was only
a short time ago when we thought *
wonderful to witness the old familiar act
in which the papa dog in striped trousers
and suspenders, escorted the mama dog,
with her funny little dress and pa-asol,
across the stage, while pushing the baby
dog in a doll carriage. The trainers now
adays are putting the smart CANNES
through a newer and higher school of
work, and one trainer in New York has
even succeeded in getting his cleverest
pupil to do a serpentine dance in imita-
tion of Loie Fuller with voluminous skirts
on, which he waves about in a most skillful
manner, and another dag has been taught
the most difficult feat (for an animaD of
turning a forward somersault in the air
something never accomplished by four
legged creature before. There are lots
of bright dogs in the profession in these
paling days of vaudeville. and they are ex-
emplary members of the fraternity. too.
They are never late to rehearsal, or, if
they are, it isn't their fault; they never
talk back to the manager and they don't
care bone about press notices. Butt
must be admitted-once in while they get
mighty Jealous of each other"
XXX
There was a great deal of interesting
'hoss talk out at the State fair grounds
during the last week. One morning party
of stable men were Willing away an hour S
spare time recounting their experiences.
when one of them-an old man named Cob
Oakland race track in California-told how
Lucky" Baldwin, the famous Western
horseman. got his first start in the world
of finance.
Baldwin made his first big strike In a
most accidental sort of way said the
stable man. He wasn't miner at all,
as most people seem to think, but kept a
livery stable in San Francisco. 1 know
because ii was in that stable that l got
my first job A mining man owed him a
livery bill amounting to about $500, and
couldn't pay 1t. One day he offered Bald
win lot of stock in the Ophir mine, which
was near the mines In which Flood. Fair,
Mackay and others were interested. Ophir
stock wasn't worth much of anything
just a few cents a share, 1 believe-and
at that time none of the mines near it was
considered valuable. But as Baldwin
couldn't get any money out of the man. he
accepted the stock as payment of the debt
and put it away in his safe with the hope
that he might realize a little something
from 1T some day. He had about 1900 $50
shares. Well. one morning he discovered
that he was a millionaire The Comstock
mines had gone up and Ophir had gone up
with them-just because 1t was close to
them. The stocks that had cost Baldwin
a few cents a share were worth hundreds
of dollars each. He sold out within a
short time, and soon after had string of
race horses. Lucky Baldwin always loved
horses better than anything else in all the
world"