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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01
CONDOR THE
BIGGEST THING ON WINGS.

pierre az that great nelgnt- as IT aoes at
the level of the sea. Nc; other created
being can do this, as ne other living
creature can lift itself so far above the
earth When flying it sails in majestic
circles Or hangs poised in the air as if
suspended there by an invisible cord. OAR
win once watched a condor for half an
hour as 1t hung over an Andean valley.
and never once did he detect the slightest
movement In the great bird or its wide
spread pinions. It's home is above the,
snow line, and it chooses as its faYorite
dwelling places where great cliffs descend
sheer down for thousands Of feet. It
wanders sometimes to where the cliffs of
Patagonia frown over the troubled seas.
bl.s prefers to seek It's food In the noun,
tain Valleys It is a bird blessed with an
appetite as remarkable as itself, and one
ons1or has been known to devour a calf,
lsdog and q sheep in single week. On
the other hand, It can go without food for
more than forty days. By preference the
condor feeds on carrfon, but If no carbon
offers, it will not hesitate to attack sheep,
goats or small deer. 4
Probably no other created animal has
such keen sight as the condor. From tre-
mendous heights and from great dis
tances 1t can spy carcass and will
sMoop down on it with the rush and
speed Of the wind sweeping through the
mountain gorges. Though good -sized
condor measures fifteen feet in It's ex-
pause Of wing -condors have been shot
with that spread there seems TO be no
thentic record Of the weight Of a con.
dor Of that size. The weight Of the bird
is estimated by good authorities, how
! ever, at about forty pounds for one W.T..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

- Saratoga of ole.
But all this has been changed through
the agency of two men working indie
pendently and for different purposes. but
each having a most important bearing
upon the rehabilitation OF Saratoga.
William G. Whitney bought the Saratoga
race track and Richard Garfield bought
the principal gambling house of the viii
lage Mr.. Whitney is a man of. large
ideas; so is Mr.. Garfield. Mr.. Whitney
determined to make the Saratoga race
course the greatest track in this country.
This was delightful news to Mr.. Garfield,
who thereupon determined to make his
gambling house the greatest in the world
and at the same time close all the other
gambling places in the village. Mr..
Whitney bought a large tract of land
put a big force of men at work and is
spending $1D0,0OO in extending and beau
tifying the race course. Not only that
but he is arranging a program by which
the Saratoga association will offer the
largest money prizes Of any race track
in America. These stakes will eclipse in
value the rich prizes offered by the
Coney Island Jockey club and the Morris
Park officials. although Saratoga will
have limited patronage, while Morris
Park and the Sheepshead Bay tracks
nave the metropolis to draw on for sup
port. Some of the Saratoga stakes will
be worth $4,000 to the winner. h.
There is belief that no place is so
good as Saratoga for reyiving or restor-
ing the energies of a jaded or ailing race
horse. To the men of the turf it is
known as Horse Haven. and the virtues
of the waters and the. balm Of the pines
serve to attract many stables. D..
J Mr.. Garfield, on the few occasions
when he consented to talk. has expressed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

the belief that gambling is reprehensible,
bur II 4 ms I, will gamble he should play
with M Garfield It is in full conso-
nance With this philosophic observation
that Mr. Garfield is preparing to furnish
to those who flock to Saratoga the only
gambling house in the village, but this
one SO t.ig SO wonderful and so satisfy
ing that it will be in keeping with the
great rage course Mr.. Whitney is estab-
fishing. 1t will so overshadow the Monte
Carlo by the Mediterranean shores that
men like Charles NJ. Schwab will be re-
luctant to admit they played in the one
across the water. The gambling hall will
be decorated with some of the finest
works of art, the furnishings will be of
the richest and most beautiful, the din
hers will be exquisite and the. play will
t. us high as the player desires. The
present clubhouse occupied by Mr.. Cam
field will be remodeled and extended. the
most 5skillful of dealers in all the games
the house deals will be employed, and
nothing will be left undone to make the
place the most complete and beautiful
gambling establishment Of the world.
There will be no limit to the play. A
visitor will be permitted to stack checks
up to the ceiling whether he is betting
on the turn of a card at faro or the roll
of the ball at roulette. How much Mr..
Garfield is to spend on these improve
ments he alone knows. He does not take
the public into his confidence. but what
ever he is spending on the clubhouse is
but a small part of his outlay.
To safeguard his enterprise and to make
his monopoly secure it was necessary for
him to do things in the way of law max
ing which are without parallel in recent
times How cleverly he has worked and
how adroitly he has maneuvered is evil
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denced by the acceptance by the legis-
lature of the bill which gives to him the
control of Saratoga. r. a..
h. To be sure, the bill doesn't say this in
plain language. If it did there would be
an outcry from one end of the state to
the other. The bill simply takes away
from the state and from officers of the
state or county any power to interiors
in the affairs of the village of Saratoga
All the power in the village is left to
the village officials. But the village Of.
ficials will see no wrong in what Mr.:
Garfield does. .",s..> X. 5=.:@ T. .-.5-
= How necessary such a law was to Mr..
Garfield was exemplitied last summer
when a rival gambler, Dan A. Stuart of
Texas and New York, endeayored to con-
duct fine club house in Saratoga, and,
failing because of the interference Of Of
ficials controlled by Garfield, sought in
revenge to have raids made on Garfield S
place Mr.. Stuart engaged a prominent
, criminal lawyer from New York, fur
nished the evidence upon which warrants
were issued by a Justice of the peace, and
for his trouble he. had to leave town.
and his counsel was threatened with i'm.
prisonment, if he did not get out too
The policemen to whom the warrants
were given to serve waited until Mr.. Can
field had been informed Of the precise
time they would call, and when they ar
rived the club house was as genteel and
respectable looking and as free from evil
dence of gambling as is the chancel of a
church. Mr.. Stuart stormed and threat
ened, his counsel declared the local courts
and the Officials Of Saratoga were de-
| bauched and were but creatures of Can
| field, and he announced he would bring
the facts to the attention Of the distric,
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i rest OF the year in eager anticipati ton of
the next season. If epidemic or other
disaster should keep Saratoga closed one
season the village would go bankrupt.
Old residents pass the winter in telling
Of the glory of the village in the old days
and in lamenting that it hasn't kept pace
with other resorts.
In the new race track and the energies
being put into hoteT life by the plans of
Mr.. Whitney the Saratoga property own
ers and small business men saw the dawn
of a new day. 1t was not difficult at such
a time to make it plain to the villagers
that the hordes Of gamblers who make a
practice Of visiting Saratoga to open
games during the season did not visit the
Spa for the benefit of thesvillage, but for
their own well-being Then it was pointed
out thta Saratoga. distant as it from a
large city, must be exclusive or it be-
comes cheap, and the only way to make
it exclusive is by keeping away the
rabble Discreet hints of Garfield estab-
fishing the most magnificent gambling
palace in the world were overmany.
Gambling is not a sin in the eyes of the
Saratoga villager,. for If it were not for
gambling he couldn't live. People wouldn' t
go to Saratoga if they were unable to
gamble. Then, another thing, gambling
never hurts the Saratoga man, for no
Saratoga villager is allowed in a gambling
house as a player. {. :. n r. . y,,sl
Unfortunately for Senator Bracket, I'M
fortunately, too, perhaps, for Richard
Garfield, one of the small gamblers
driven out Of the way was not of the
migratory hand, but an old, old citizen. a
man who was a gambler and public
character when Richard Garfield wore
knickerbo In the many, many years
lA"Cale' Mitchell had been in Saratoga as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

HE ornithologists of Great Britain
rEN and America have just finished a
III spirited "A discussion, which has
E lasted for more than a year, as
10 which is the largest bird that
IA flies. The prize has been awarded
"a an American bird, the great condor OF
tbe Andes TO another bird, which is
a, American now, has been given the sec
,ond prize, Il is the fierce harry eagle Of
the Philippines. Our own turkey comes
very near the second place, ana II Ems
land succeeds in present attempt at re-
3ntroaucinsr f,a famous great bustard into
the tight little island, 1t W:il nave etle
largest bird to our turkey. ft n
In this discussion the term largest
l. as been defined as meaning q bird which
has both the largest spread of wing and
the heaviest weight This combination OF
two essentials has made the exact. choice
for second, third and fourth places mat
y ter of calculation. But there is no unes--
4 ton about the choice for first place. The
condor is king.
In the United States we have, BESIDES
the turkey, four other BIRDS which are
ranked high in the list of the largest
birds. They are the beautiful golden
eagle. the national bald headed eagle, the
n great wild evan known specifically as
the Whroper, and the California condor,
which is almost as large as his South
American brother 8j3 IL
In-m many RESPECTS the South American;
4 condor is the most rem ark BILE OF all Nv
ing creatures No ether bird can fly so
Il high HUMBOLDT saw one flying over
tChimborazo at height Of over g, 600
feet 1t seems to fly as easily aud
n, eatha as easily in the rareded atnlos-i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

nrteen-foot spread Of wing. Old travel
ers' tales tell of condors with an eigh-
teen-foot spread of wing, but there is no
authentic record Of bird having been
measured which comes UP to those fig
ures. Two fine specimens of the condor
reached the New York Geological society
recently and are installed now in a cage
in the Bronx Park. New York. They are
not nearly full grown, says the Washing
ton Post, but they are huge birds even
at the present stage of their development,
In putting forward the claims of the
turkey to be the third largest bird that
flies if not the second. the tame as well
as the wild bird must be taken into con-
sheraton; for the domestic turkey GER
tainiy can fly, and sometimes ascends
to the ''tipmost top Of the tallmost tree. .,
though he is not so lively on the wing as
his wild brother. 1.-THE wild turkey,
says William T. Hornaday of the New
York geological gardens, SIS the king Of.
game birds, and q tfaraway look comes
into his eyes as If he were thinking OF
his Thanksgiving dinner. There issa wild
turkey in the geological gardens which
arrived there last spring-a beautiful
specimen. He weighs twenty-eigght pounds
now, and is increasing. Domestic turkeys
of thirty pounds are not uncommon, and
Audubon speaks Of one which weighed
thirty-six pounds. Ronaparte the
great emperor, but his brother Lucien.
prince of Canine in his work on ..Ameri-
can Ornithology, speaks OF turkeys
Weighing forty pounds and regards all
reports of larger birds as fabulous !.
Benjamin Franklin wanted to have the
turkey adopted as the national bird Of.
the United states instead of the eagle,
and made out good case for the bird
as against the claims Of his successful
rival by the bird IN question is called
a turkey has been much discussed with
out reaching any definite conclusion One
theory is that the turkey named himself
BY his peculiar .t'eluck. which sounds
like turk. turk. turk. (,
The turkey however, while he has the
weight. lacks the immense spread of wing
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

disappeared from England in his proper
form mysterious phantom bustard used
TO fit at nighF across the favorite resort
of AIRY and .Arriet, and may possibly do
50 now. though it has not 'tgot into the
papers" Of late. This phant ON bustard
OF Hampstead heath even engaged the
pen Of Charles Dickens, and was for. a.
long time a, part of the folklore of Ion
don. Perhaps 1t was not folklore and a
Y phantom. Perhaps solitary bustard
hiding somewhere during the day, did
really run about Hampstead heath at
might the last Of the bustards revisiting
lt1e glimpses Of the moon and waiting for
death to end its race. Here Is a chance
for Ernest Seton-T Thompson to write a
story, The Last of the Bustards,'' which
shall be as great On its way as .'The Last
3 Of the Barons.'' k a,s
Tn speaking of big flying birds, the wild.
swan should not be forgotten This bird.
sometimes attains to a weight of twenty
I five pounds, and has an expanse. of: wing
OF seven feet. The albatross som etimes.
weighs seventeen pounds and has four
tenn feet expanse OF wing
The laenmnergeter the great bearded
vuiture Of the Alps, is the bird told Of
most frequently in song and story as a
kidnapper. AS a matter of fact, It is
doubted by the best authorities If the
faeunmergeaer ever stoops to any br,t a
carcass. Nevertheless, there have been
pretty we'll established cases OF it hay-
Ing carried off young lambs ana Kids, and
one has been shot while eating a rabbit
which it had just killed. Yet one natural
tst who watched the faemmergeier for
4 twelve years never once saw. the bird
attack any thing alive. The 1aemmergefer
sometimes weighs sixteen pounds and has
wing expanse Of over nine feet It is
Thought that the depredatfons OF eagles
Lave given to the laemnnergefer its bad
name by getting their exploits mixed up
with his.
harpy eagle could carry of a small
BABY II It felt 90 disposed ana the golden
eagle can carry on small fawn OF q
/ I'D % q Wild turkey, and does Il when ops
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

which birds. Of the eagle tribe nave, and
this gives the harry eagle an advantage
In the competition. Until the recent dis
coyery Of the harry eagle in the Philip
2 pines It was supposed that 1t existed no.
where except in South America, with q
related form In New Guinea There is q
0lsndid Specimen q the ha1py easle e.
the Washington Zoologfoa2 Park which
weighs between twenty eight and thirty
pounds When It is considered that the
golden eagle weighs only twelve pounds,
the sea eagle only sixteen pounds, and
the Spanish imperial eagle only. a little.
over ten pounds, it will be seen that
the harpy undoubtedly is entitled to be
considered the largest Of eagles, il not
the second largest ct flying birds. No
measurements which can be accepted as
exact scientific records have been taken
by the ornithologists Of the length of
body and spread OF wing OF this great
and fierce bird, but it is established that
the bird has spread Of at least ten
to twelve feet K. ses .5si 3.z
D In South America the harpy lives in the
dense tropical forests and preys on small
animals. When hungry, If the stories of
the Indian natives are to be. believed, it
viii not hesitate to attack larger animals,
or even man himself. It Is probably the
tercest of all flying birds, and is of a
most uninyiting cast Of countenance
When seen in full face It's head looks like
That tSof one of those creatures Of myth
sology. the harpies, which had the head
and face of a woman and the body Of a
bird of prey. In Grecian mythology the
darpies were ravening creatures, deflings
everything thew touched and CARRYING
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

harpy.% There are those who not only de-.
mand second place for the bustarG, but
are inclined to give to him first place
among the birds that fly. Even such an
eminent authority as J. E: Harting OF
London seems to. incline that way But
the biggest bustard Mr.. :Harting cites is
1.-the Seville bustard, with a weight of
| thirty pounds. and the biggest authentic.
spread Of wings he cites is only seven
feet three inches. The German naturalist,
I the younger Naumann, tells of, bustards4
weighing thirty-two pounds, and says that
he has been assured OF the former exist
ence of specimens OF the bird weighing
thirty-ive or. thirty-eight pounds. From
the earliest times me flesh Of the bustard
has been the delight of epicures, which
will account for its extinction in the Brit
ish isles and the fact that it is noEndt
common in Northwestern Europe IT is
a shy bird and lives largely on "a vege-
table diet. When on the wing tts1ALghtsiss
as majestic as that OF the eagle 10 sfhe
last century the baistard began toabesex-
trenfeJy rare In England, and in the early
part of the century the birds were met
with only occasionally In out -the-ways
places. What were the last two recorded
British bustards of the old stock were
Killed IN, Nnrfoik IN 1883, tut hardly a
month passes without a rAport from some
one In some part5of England who believes
that he has seen one OF these immense
creatures. Naturally the thought OF so
huge . bird living in a crowded country
Ike England appeals to all that Is ro-
mantle In man. Several imported bus
Itards have recently been turned out on
an estate In Norfolk 1.-THE country from
| which they disappeareD with the inten-
ton o. making the breed again common
as game bird in England but they have
not thriven well England seems to be
| populated too taickly for the liking OF
the bnstard, which Is fond of the solitude
OF deeply wooded and little trequented
regions.
"a popular English belief among certain
classes is that Of the phantom bustard Of
Hampstead heath. After the bird had
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

portrnity offers. The latter sometimes
weighs twelve pounds and has an ex-
panse OF wing Of seven and a half
feet. 1t is capable Of enduring extreme
cold and is immensely strong for its size.
THE prey which it kills and carries or
frequently exceeds it's weight With its
remarkable keenness of vision 1t espfez
Its prey from a great height, and fails
upon 1T with tremendous velocity and I'M
erring precision. The bird is common in
this country but seldom seen in the East
ern states. Tt lives to extreme age If, #
meets with no misiiap and there is an
authentic record of one living for over a
century in captivity. The American eagle
that is, the so-called bald headed eagle,
which is not bald headed at all-is a
fish eating bird generally, though it will
not disdain flesh when it can get It, and
often attacks small quadrupeds and
smaller birds. According to Audubon the
bald eagle can ascend until it disappears
from view, without any apparent motion
Of IT'S wings or TAIL It grows to be about
twelve pounds in weight.
An eagle which, though smaller than
amy Of those mentioned, is dreaded most
thoroughly because Of Its fearlessness
and fierceness is the savage and powerful
Alpine eagle. known in Switzerland as the
steinadler fstone eagle.) Matthias Schmid.
the famous painter Of scenes in the Tyrol.
witnessed the taking of a child by one OF
these terrible creatures and painted the
scene In picture which is being exhibit
ed now IN Germany. poor peasant
woman had laid her sleeping child in
what she thought was safe place in one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

M cheerful assistance OF the leglS-
b~i islature of the State of New
4 " York the village of Saratoga IS
Il ' to be made the Monte Carlo OF
america. and Richard Garfield. the rich
,st and most influential gambler of the
lay,, Is to be Prince Richard Of the new
Aonaco priricipality. -. 'a-&
--. Gambling. always has been one OF the
great attractions of Saratoga, but moth
ng as ambitious and Dretentious as the
move now under way was ever Launched
here before. While Mr.. Garfield con-
.eived the scheme. Senator Bracket has
deen the active spirit and sponsor for the
project. He is personal counsel for Mr.
Garfield The senator has met with some
opposition in Saratoga, principally from
jillagers who had interests in small
gambling establishments. which were to
2e wiped out of existence in order that
SIR. Garfield should have the field to him.
}elf but this would have passed unno-
.iced had it not been for the tragic death
Of Gale Mitchell on Wednesday, Jan
:. Mitchell, legislaIed out OF office by
Erackett his business closed and his
iealth impaired, probably intended to
'evenge himself by killing his enemy
when he went to Brackets Office. Then,
IN his chagrin at missing the senator, who
had departed for Albany only two min
htes before. he killed himself at the door
of the senator's office. But that is mere
ly an incidents
Saratoga, long before the war. was the
mecca of the wealthy The waters We're
good, Or supposed to be good, the sur
roundings were beautiful, the patronage
was aristocratic and exclusive, there was
horse racing in the day and gaming at
night. The hotels were the finest in
America, the hops were great society
events. and visitors, principally South
ern planters. considered that there was
no place in the world like Saratoga
OF late years Saratoga has been back
ward. The race track became the property
of Gottfried Gottlieb Wa1baum, of Gutten-
burg memory, finer and larger hotels were
built at new watering resorts, poolrooms
and small faro games blossomed in the
once exclusive village. and 1t looked as
though Saratoga was becoming decadert
and it's day was done. Race meetings were
held and there was plenty of gambling
at the height of the season, but the rae
Ing was poor, there were too many cheap
faro games, and Saratoga was no longer
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

u EW YORK, FcD. 13.-With the
] cheerful assistance of the legis-
al islature of the State of New
VI York, the village of Saratoga IS
y to be made the Monte Carlo OF
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
WATER PEOPLE WRITE
Want to Know When the Next Meet
ing of the Corvallis Council Will
Occur

A letter has been received in
this city from the people who pro-
pose to bid for a franchise for a
new water plant at Corvallis, asking
when the next meeting of the city
council will take place. From this
it is supposed that they are making
arrangements to be present, and to
make their offer on that occasion.
The next meeting of the council
will be on the second Monday
in September, which will be aweek
from next Monday.
Meantime, the pros and cons of
the water question are much dis
cussed, and the expectation is gen
era1 that new conditions of one
kind or the other will result from
the agitation. While in town,
Engineer Smith who is at the
head of the plan for bringing noun
tain water into Corvallis, said that
if granted a franchise by the coun-
Gil, his company would have the
plant in full operation within a
year and a half after the contract
was signed. It is estimated that
the cost Of the undertaking would
be somewhere between $40, 900 and
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