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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-06

~ re OFTEN hear about the
M ups and downs of racing
and nearly everybody can
recall a score OF moral
stories about the fortunes lost on the
turf. as well as those won at the same
stand said well-known turf writer
last week. Il can point out half
dozen men who have been at Benning
during the meeting just closed and
who have won and lost thousands
one man in particular have in
mind. a young fellow who had $4,000
to my certain knowledge last August
and who spent the week at one Of the
best hotels IN Washington. sleeping with
one Of the crack jockeys and eating
when and where he could.
Sold Out Everything.
There is one true story Of nan
who beat the turf that is not partlcu-
larry well known. and which will bear
telling. That Is the story Of old Green
Morris. one OF the best-known men in
the game.
Morris hasn't much Of an education,
but he has a head full OF common sense,
and possesses good judgment and will
ingness TO work He is retired now,
and has enough laid by to afford him
a comforta bic living for the rest of his
days
once. down in New Orleans. Morris
luck began going against him. and
things went so bad until finally he sold
all the horses he could at auction, and
those he couldn't sell he turned loose in
the road. He then paid off his bills and
discharged all his helpers. lie cleared
out the feet from one OF his box stalls,
and going into IL, took of every stitch
Of clothing he had on. and taking all
the money he had left, he piled it up
in the middle OF the stall. Then ne set
fire 10 the pile and watched the bills
burn.
He poked his head out and got some
body 70 lend him "A shirt and a pair OF
trousers Then he touched another
friend for shoes and "A cap. and so on
until he had enough clothes 10 appear
in public with. Then he hired himself to
a trainer as rubber. From that time
| on he prospered. lie arose from rubber
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IN the Hawaiian group Of islands Is
one. Laysan. that is possibly the
i most wonderful home Of birds in
the whole world.
Uncle Sam maintains a lighthouse
there now. since Hawaii became part
Of American territory. and the Stars
and Stripes that hutter over this lone
" little Government reservation have
the distinction OF flying over the
strangest population that is under any
American flag. FOR the population is
composed entirely Of aIbatrosses, BOBBY
birds. stormy petreIs. pufins. frigate
birds. and other strange sea fowl.
They all nest on Laysan Island. SO
numerous are the birds there that. long
before the island itself can be seen
above the horizon from an approaching
ship the crew viii sight a cloud above
1t. That cloud is formed by the birds
that are forever rising and settling.
Recently Uncle Sam sent an expedi-
tion OF naturalists 20 study the island
and Walter X Fisher. the ornithologist.
who was one Of the party, says that
when they landed they got into the
petrol colonies, and that the earth was
so completely honcycOmbed by their
burrows that the members Of the ex-
petition were continually sinking 10
their knees.
From out OF the shadow Of the tus-
socks" says he. young aIbatrosses.
uncouth and awkward, snapped their
peaks at US and. occasionally losing
their balance from overhaste. fell for
ward on their chins. This proceeding
usually made the actively sick
Few OF the : = seemed frightened.
and with the exercise Of little care we
were able 70 approach most Of the spe-
cies as close as we wished. 1t was GER
tainly gratifying 70 be able 10 walk up
sto ar albatross or a BOBBY and watch
Il feed its young. and TO record this do
mtstic duty with the camera.
1T might. perhaps. be difficult 10 con
vcy the pleasure I experienced when,
standing IN a group OF aIbatrosses. one
came up and peered into my face, and
huding my intentions good. proceeded
10 examine iuquisitively the polished top
Of my tripod.
Many Of the young albatrosses would
allow themselves 20 be stroked after q
ludicrous show OF displeasure, that
would soon disappear as il they had
known us always The little rails scam
pered hsther and thither, like diminutive
barnyard fowls. but soon returned. cram
ing their necks 20 discover why they
had retreated.
when we sat working. tho Hole mil
ler-bird came and perched for a moment
OF our table ana chair backs, and the
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Chrysippus began to write his work
on logic in his eightieth year. Clean
thes taught his pupils up TO his ninety
ninth year. Sophocles lived to be
nearly 100. and during his last days he
wrote the "Oedipus CoIeneus." one OF
the greatest tragedies ever written.
Quintus Fabius was appointed augur
when he was past middle age. and he
held that Office for g. years. Livia. the
wife of Rutfus. lived to be 81; Terentfa.
Cicero's wife, 100, and CIodia, the wife
of Aufidius. 115- Hero. King Of Sicily.
lived to be 30. and Masinissa lived TO be
stiH older and ruled for 50 years. Cicero.
in his work on old age. says OF the lat
ter that nothing could induce him to
cover his head. no matter how inclem-
ent the weather was.
A 1ao-Year-OId Teacher.
Gorgias. OF Leontium. the tescher OF
Isocrates and other distinguished men.
was in excellent health at the age or
I07 years. Xenophilus. OF ChaIcis. the
Pythagorean, lived to be almost as old
as Gorgias, and his later years are de-
scribed as being most happy. Finally
ancient records show that Argan-
thonius began TO rule when he was
forty years old and held power for
eighty years. and in the third book Of
his History Asinius Polite tells us
that he did not die until he was past
his 10th year.
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place four stations so far apart that
tuned instruments would not interfere.
but It will require a good deal Of exper-
irnenting to solve the exact number Of
stations that may be established. You
see. when an electric wave is shot out
from the sending instrument it does not
go from point to point in direct hne,
as many persons unfamiliar with cleo
tricfty suppose It is shot into the uni
verse, and 1t goes in every direction,
spreading out in circles much after the
manner OF the circles on a pool OF wa
ter after a stone is thrown into the cen
ter. The further away from the center
or sending point the weaker the wave.
and the more delicately constructed
must be the instrument to record It.
Thus you can see that 4 is possible TO
have the electric waves meet at point
where they viii not conflict.
''Of course. one can readily see what
the wireless system will mean CONNER
cially. The great expense today in
handling cable matter lies In the cost
OF investment. the cost OF laying the ca
bles. There is practically no investment
in wireless system
Won't Talk of War.
DO you think we ever shall see wire
less messages shot from house TO
house, Mr. Edison was asked.
mo. ] do not think the wireless sys-
TEN Is the system for the land
But for war it may be useful: for
use in war balloons. Tor instance2
Maybe" replied the wizard. But /
don't want to talk Of war. ] would not
work on anything to be OF use in war
I suppose the system might be used BY
sending the wires mp in balloons and
having trailers to the instruments on
the ground But it is the indutrial and
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haps only one octave to work with: il
he gets too many tuned instruments the
vibrations will overlap and confusion
viii result.
You can understand how this would
happen by considering a simple example.
Suppose you had ten tuning forks Of
different pitch sending out sound waves.
and ten instruments of exactly the same
pitch to receive the sound waves The
receiving instrument would vibrate in
unison with its sending mate, and
would remain silent to all others; but IL
you get too many of them the tones
would co-mingle and you would get a
confused number of vibrations. so you
see there is a limit 10 the possibilities
OF tuning.
Possibilities of Great Speed.
But with wireless telegraphy there is
no reason why this should limit its use
! fitness The wireless sytem has adj
] vantages that far more than outweigh
any such restriction as that named
/ For instance. il has latent possibilities
OF tremendous speed. There are certain
natural laws that limit the speed OF
/ land and cable telegraphy, but these
| laws do not affect the wireless system
j DeueFe mat tney VIII ehSllE reach =
I speed Of several hundred words a min
ute with the wireless. and this. with this
possibility OF four transatlantic sta
/ tons. would give ample scope In this
I lies the great possibilities of the wire
l less method
Again. I do not believe that secrecy
K is entirely necessary. For humane and
! other reasons, IL is well. when a mes
| sage Is sent to ships on the ocean that
all should receive il. SO far as com
/ mercial secrecy is concerned, this can bt
/ protected. as Il is at present. by cipher
] The commercial business OF today. 81
/ far as cable IL concerned, practically IS
/ all conducted in cipher. and there would
/ be no reason 10 change this method.
| However, | think II is possible to
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nected by cable that we buy and sell in
al parts of the globe daily. IT will be
Of great advantage to change the rout-
ing of a merchant vessel to the high
est market
I don't think so much about the out
look for the wireless system on land.
That field is practically occupied. But
the ocean field is open. Yes the ocean
is the field for the wireless.
Il think it will only be a question
OF few years before wireless is com
pleLely developed-Or rather I should
say until it Is developed to a point
where It VIII be a practical and impOr-
tant factor in the Industrial world.
Marconi's Big Handicap.
Great inventions take from six to ten
years to develop. In the case OF wire
less biography development has been
slow, because MarcOni is compelled TO
do ali the work himself. He has TO cross
the water to make every important ex-
pertinent He cannot be IN two places
at once. Each change made at the send
ing end requires a corresponding change
at the receiving end. and Marconi has
to attend TO both.
= do not want you TO imagine 1 be-
/ lieve that the cable companies will roll
up their cables and go out Of business as
soon as the wireless system gets fully
\ into play. I do not think they Will. !
l believe there will be room for both.
! There will simply be a great growth Of
! telegraphing over the seas. and. as ]
have said, wireless has a field to Itself
la field that cannot be touched by any
| other method
/ How are the messages kept secret
]
now by tuning. This method has, / be-
Iieve been found to work well, though
| it, possibilities are limited. The prob
/ ability is that MarcOni will manage tc
/ get three OF four stations for trans-At-
\ lar.tic transmission tuned so that they
will nol interfere, but he is not likely
| 10 g, many more. You see he has per-
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of tomorrow, that we are only begin
min to know
We are only beginning to suspect
we know" said the expert, as he passed
cut into the maze of electrical equip
ment in the works outside.
Before he left the room I asked him
what he thought Of the wireless tele-
phone, but he brushed the subject aside
with few remarks. He did not think
there was much in 1t. and that IT would
not be of great benefit even if it were
perfected The telephone was distinctly
a local matter
If man speaks" he said, everyone
within a certain radius of the sound
waves may hear. Then the waves 20
onward until they are not strong enough
to be distinguished by the human ear.
1t may be that an instrument coald be
perfected to catch and record the waves
al more or less distance. but what use
would it be-
And so with question on his lips. the
great inventor slipped away.
Mr.. Edison's Modesty.
The modesty OF this great inventor
in discussing wireless telegraphv will
be noted particularly when it is known
that as early as 1885 he applied 10
Washington for a patent on his discsv-
cry that messages could be sent through
space without the aid of wires. 1t was
not until 1891 that his patent was al
lowed. the document being No. 1881
among the vast archives Of the Patent
Office
4 have discovered" says Edison. in
his application for patent. that If siIf-
ficient elevation be obtained to over
come the curvature OF the earth's sur
face and to reduce to the minimum the
earth's absorption, electric teIegraphing
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THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF BIRDS

Laysan finch and rail walked about our
feet in busy search for flies and bits Of
meat.
The beautiful little red hOney-eater
visited US each day at meal time. and
sought for 'millers' in the s=annies and
seams between the boards.
Thus, wherever we went we were
free To watch and learn and were trust
cd by the birds. II seems a most touch
ing and unique experience, and one
which demonstrates all TOD forcibly the
attitude OF wild creatures v iC' have
not yet learned that man Is usually an
enemy"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-06
Great Electrician BeliebeS
That Marconf VIII Gisdle
the Globe by HIS System
of Aerial SfgnaLS-He Err
plains Some Scientific Facts
IN Language for Laynlen.
BY PERCY LINDON-HOWARD.
Copyright, 1908, by Central News and Press
Eachangc.)

HoAIAs a. EDISON, the electri-
cal wizard, from whose quaint
J. workshop in the little town Of
Orange periodically emanareS
something or other that sets the
world agape. sat. the other day. in
his great airy laboratory. his eye fixed
on a spherical model Of the world mat
stands in one corner of the room, and
discussed with your correspondent the.
vastness and Importance of the posi-
bilities of wireless telegraPhy.
There has been so much mystery about
this marvellous discovery; it is so in
volved in technique. that it was sought
TO learn something from the wizard that
might be understandable to the great
common people-the lay men and wo-
men who know of wireless telegraphy
nothing more than that messages are
shot from point TO point without any
visible connection between the sending
and receiving instruments.
Edison's Two Prophecies.
It is perhaps as difficult for the great
electrician. absorbed as he is. and sat
urated with the very atmosphere Of
electricity in its most intricate forms.
TO discuss the subject without going into
technique and terms that the layman
cannot understand. as it is for tie man
who knows nothing of the mysterious
laws OF this element of nature TO grasp
the Thoughts that flow from the mind
OF Edison as freely as the prattle flows
from the lips Of a child. But the genial
wizard faced the ordeal with simplicity
and kindness.
OF wireless teIegraphy Mr.. Edison
made two speeches: one that it would
he the telegraph OF the sea. the other
that 1t is not likely 20 find great field
over land. He regards it's future COM
mercial use as foregone conclusion,
and sees the greatest benefits to human
ity in it's development
''Marconi Will Iaake wireless teleg-
raphy a success beyond a doubt" said
Mr. Edison. 4 think he viii work across
tho Atlantic commercially. In fact I
think he Will send messages around
the world by repeating stations; but he
viii not do it in one jump. Great I'M
deirakings are not completed in jumps.
The discovery of any fundamental prin-
cipies OF COURSE alHd9a - jump, Du'
the working cut of the details is an
other matter which involves labOriOus
work in the field of experiment, es-
peciany if it is 60 be worked on COM
mercial lines.
What It Will Mean.
Wireless is going to be the telegraph
OF the sea Time viii come when any
one on the Maritime Exchange can send
out "A wireless message and catch any
vessel afoat I'm any part of the world
and change her routing. You can read
lis see, when such a system is in thor
ough working order what a wonderful
effect it Will have on the industrial
world.
THE markets Of the world are so con-
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not the world Of strife we must think
How high is it necessary to have a
wire before IL can receive a wireless
wave?"
i 20 not think any specified height
has been decided to be the minimum.
asked Mr. MarcOni some time ago If I
could get anything If / put up a wire on
my hagpole and led it 10 my laboratory.
He looked it over and said 1 would get
everything within 100 miles Of the
place"
The Wizard Eliminates.
Then the curvature Of the earth does
not check the electric message"
40. The waves are everywhere This
room is filed with them Even the sun
spots are sending out waves at an enor-
nous rate at this moment"
Mr.. Edison's hands moved through the
atmosphere as If he were feeling for or
Tending the mysterious power which
Iand.
DO YOU think we are getting any
waves from Mars?"
VERY likely'
Intelligent waves-that is. directed
from there to us?'
The great electrician let his head fall
on his chest for a moment seemingly
WITH his mind miles away from the sub
jet at hand. Then ne murnured as IL
to himself:
I'VE are so small-sO very small" He
shook his head; then he Strengthened up
and said. Il always try to keep as near
to the earth as canal least within six
feet Of it when possible. / know little
OF the other planets.
''Eut you will agree that the inpossi-
bnlty of today is the accomplishment
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to one position and another until he
became a trainer. Later he bought
more horses. and when he quilt the turf
he had a neat sum laid by for the rest
Of his lie. and today he is living in
ease and comfort
Hard Luck Story.
Walter House. one Of the well-lInown
trainers in Eastern racing circles. is
the possessor Of the gifr Of story tell
ing 70 a degree that would bring pangs
OF jealousy to the most famous racon-
teurs Of the Senate and House. could
they but spend half an hour or more in
his company. House is doing well now
being the owner of several good horses,
as well as having contracts 70 train for
other owners. Like nearly every man
who has followed the races as a means
OF livelihood. though. House has known
days when he was up against it, and
II is when he tells Of his experiences
on the old Alexander Island and IVY
City tracks and the smaller tracks
throughout Maryland and Virginia, that
ne is most interesting.
lIn the Bushes"
These tracks were known in the par
lance Of racing men as bush tracks,
and when a man was taking horses
from one TO the other he was said 10
be lin the bushes" And FOR ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain the
''bushwhackers" had the heather Chinee
beaten hands down and running under
pull. The methods employed could not
be called crooked racing. for the game
was open and aboveboard 1t was sim
! ply a game Of wits between the book
makers and the owners wherein the
| public was never considered, one way
or the other Each side knew the other
was playing every trick known in the
/ game and il was touch and go 20
which won.
Alexander Island.
/ Il will never forget my days az Alex
/ ander Island" said We -er House.
| Sometimes we had stable full Of
horses and didn't know where the next
/ meal was coming from. Any man who
came over TO Washington to eat at
| Hancock's was looked upon as a regular
| 'Pittsburg Phil or a Riley Grammar,
and the other boys used TO follow him
| into the ring TO see how he bet. In those
days j was in partnership with nia..
everybody knows. We owned horses -
gether and he did the training One Of
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Dissolved Partnership.

w hats the natter ne saws.
d" 7 don't like the way you train. I
told him. You've taken this big colt
and burnt him clean out in three weeks. .
Suppose you take him and train
him yourself. says Bill
Not on your life says. He never
will be- any more good now after the
way you've handled him. and we'd bet
ter get rid Of him
$50 we decided to sell the colt and iii
vide up the other horses among our
selves. We put the colt up at auction
that day and got 500 for him. ] got a
nny and a colt for my share Of the rest
of them.
There was a jew kept an eating
house over there and We owed him
about so apiece for board. We owed
some other money. too, but the fellers
we owed it TO We're all right and we
did not have TO worry about them. 1
was afraid of that Jew. though. and /
used to have to wait until he went
10 market in the mornings before
would go and get my breakfast When
we got our $50 Bin says, Now / know
scrne good things that's coming off
this afternoon and Wen take this
money and bet it
" You can bet yours if YOU want TO.
I SAYS. but I'm going to take mine
and pay some of IL TO this Jew 50 as
l can eat of a morning.
when l went to the track that after
noon the races were going on. / met
Bill and he says 20 me- Go over and
see how sucA and such horse is on
the books I've got 500 up GA ham
and stand To sin sixteen hundred.
." Where do you smoke? l asked
him.
" Never mind where ] smoke. he
says You go look at that horse.
when nighl can1e that Teller had
yin 5000. and there 1 was with my
| forty-five in my pocket owing that
Jew nearly all of it..
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'HUNDRED-TO-ONE SHOTS"


our stable was four-year-old colt that
was dandy when we got him. In
three weeks time this fellow. whom we
will call Bill. which wasn't his name,
had him looking like a fence rail and
was working him a quarter in %. That
didn't suit me. so l went to him and
says. Look here. YOU and me parts
company. You give me what you think
my share I'm these horses is and we
o,Iifs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-26
MISS MOORE AND GRANT DEFEATED.
Worsted in Mixed Doubles by Miss Nicely
and Rowland, rs, IS.

Philadelphia, June 25-In the second days play
IN the wonen's national tennis championship tour
nament at Wissahckon Heights the surprise of
the day the defeat of the champions Miss
Elizabeth II. Moore and W {. Grant. both of
New-York in the mixed doubles contest. Miss
Elizabeth j. RostaI and Miss Dorothy RostaII,
who recently the Pennsylvania State cham
pionship in doubles, were also defeated. The sum-
mary:
Wouens singles (semi-fnal roundD-Miss Elizabeth H
Moore OF NewYor. defeated Miss Marjorie Oberteuffer
of Philadelphia 60 SO: c. b Nicely. Of Chicago
defeated Helen Chapman. of Philadelphia, 60
6-1.
Women's doubles preliminary round)-Miss NJ Jones
Nevada, the present national champion and Miss NJ
Hall OF California, defeated Miss Elizabeth ]. Rosta
Dorothy Rostall. the PENNSYLVANIA state cham
pfons IS. Is: Mrs Coe and Mrs Platt of Philadel-
pha defeated Miss Lycett and Miss Morice Philadel
pha. e. 6-1 Miss Helen Chapman. Philadelphia. and
Chase. Philadelphia, defeated Miss Corinne
Mock Philadelphia and Miss Z. V Howell Philadelphia
6-3. 81.
Mixed doubles preliminary roundl-Mss g. b Neely
Chicago. and W, II. Rowland Philadelphia, defeated
Miss Elizabeth H. Moore. New-York, and ". C. Grant
New-YcTk -, IS.