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Middletown transcript., 1903-02-14
DELAWARE NOTES

Townsend Is to;haye q shoe factory.
! Milton,a Town Council will take action
to prevent dogs from running at large
Frederic Clark has been elected preai.
dent OF the Fencing Club, organized bys
students OF Delaware College.
Rev. F. Burgette Short leaves VIII
mington in two weeks to become fiiian-
cial secretary of the Pacific University.
st. Jose, Cal.
State Senator s. S. Pennewil has sold
the Fem farm, near Milford, 10 JOHN B.
Smith, cashier Of the First National Rank
OF Milford for $3.50.
Because John Crawford. Of Tatnall
street, Wilmington, asked boarder TO
pay he was struck on the head with a
lamp and painfully injured.
In New Castle County Court Monday
Jehn B. Deeillis, an Italian detective.
was fined $500 and costs for attempting to
shoot another man during quarrel
While coupling cars in the west yard,
wilmington, Sunday, John Blake, of No.
1647 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia, had
his foot crushed, and was sent to the
hospital.
Fred Stuart, Howard Segars and Rich
ard Patton, colored, and Frank Curzo,
were fined So each in Wilmington City
Court for taking coal from the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company.
The City Council of New Castle has
been notified by Attorney John II. Rod
ney, Jr., Of a suit brought by the Rad
Commissioners for $170o, a bill which
has been standing for three years.
BY the will of the late Samuel Culbert
OF Wilmington, his entire estate, some
$40, 900, goes to Mrs. R. NJ. P. wisdom,
OF Philadelphia, during her life, and
then to her son, Samuel Culbert Wis.
dom.
William Bayard Gem, for many years
foreman OF the boiler department Of the
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany, in Wilmington, will be retired
under the pension system of the com-
pany.
The difficulties at Knowles Wooden
Mills, at New Castle, have been settled
and they resumed operations Monday
with the entire force, about 250 hands.
The plant is to be remodeled and more
capital secured. =
The time limit for equipping street
cars in Wilmington with tenders expired
Monday, and about two-thirds of the
cars have complied with the law. It is
expected that more time will be allowed
the companies.
An Italian jumped upon Peoples I:
Railway car at Sixth street and Wood
lawn avenue, Wilmington, Sunday night,
and attempted to stab Iza Iszard, mo. !.
torman, but be was pulled away by am
other italian, and both escaped.
Bernard Dougherty, of New Castle,
was seriously burned about the face and
head at the plant of the American Bridge
Company, Edge Moor. The gas from
fresh-coaled furnace ignited and flashed
in his face as he opened the door.
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Baiiimoro oaio Railroad

The baltimore & Ohio Roalroad has
placed on sale at all principal Offices east
Of the Ohio River. Winter Tourist Tickets
to points in Alabama. Florida, Louisiana
Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina
and Texas; also Havana, Cuba and Mas
san, N. p, at reduced rates.
For additional information cali on
Agent Baltimore & Ohio r. r., or write
H. A. Miller, T. P. A., Wilmington, Del.
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4. 0. .. Y. FIGURES
Receiver Reports That S84,-
900 Were Paid Out Last Year
DEATH CLAIMS WERE AZ.

The Grand Lodge of Delaware, Ancient
Order Of United Workmen, held its an
nual meeting iii Wilmington Tuesday
and Wednesday. The reports submitted
showed the order to be in excellent con-
dition.
Grand Master Workman Benjamin A.
Groves presided and made his annual
report in which he congratulated the
members upon the work done during
the year.
He announced that he had continued
the offer of his predecessor for the Grand
Lodge to give each subordinate lodge
50. 80 for each new member and 81 to the
member proposing candidate, and dur
ing the closing part of his administration
made the following liberal offer to the
lodges initiating new members between
October LIST, 1902, and February 1st, 1908:
One new member, So; 8, 81; 5, $12; 10,
$25; Is. $50; 20, $50; %, $40; 80, $s6; 35,
s1O2; 40, $l1S; As, $135; so, $l75. Some
OF the lodges responded nobly.
Grand Recorder Charles E. Woods, in
his report, gave the following statistics:
The balance on hand in the beneficiary
fund. January 1st, 1902, was 50, ,a49.62
During the year nine classified assess
ments were collected, amounting to $S6, :
4.32, making a total of $SS, ,603. "a.
Forty-two death claims were paid, amount
ing to $4,000, leaving balance in the
beneficiary fund, December 31st, 1902.
S4,603 "a. The amount collected on ac-
count of guaranty fund from nine classi-
fed assessments, $S,7s5.47.
The amount remitted to Supreme
Lodge in full, $S.745.47. Balance on
hand in general fund, January 1st, 1902,
81 ,69a. 84;-amount collected during the
year, IS, ,2o2. rs; total, $40, ,9o2.5 50; amount
expended during the year, 81, ,432. SO;
leaving balance in general fund, So, 470.-
%.
Membership January 1st, 1902, 4,348.
Membership January LIST, 1908, 1927.
Grand Receiver Edgar A. Finley re-
ported as follows: Beneficiary fund
Balance ON hand January 1st, 1902, ST..
1902; receipts, ss6,25432; disburse-
ments, $S4, 600. balance. 81, ,6O3.94.
Guaranty fund Receipts, $8,7S5.4
disbursements, the same.
General fund Balance, January 1st,
1902. $l,699.94; receipts, $9,2O2. .65; dis
bursemepts, $7,4s2. 36; balance, So. .470. %;
summary beneficiary fund, 1908. "a;
general fund, 1910. %; total balance on
hand, $s,074.17.
According to the report of the finance
G. B. Pretsyman, Charles M,
Murch and James Clark, the assets of the
grand lodge amount TO 81. .735. %, and the
liabilities, $685. 40, a difference in favor
of assets of So, ,S6a.S3.
The report of Grand Medical Examiner
Lewis W. Finn shows that 26S examina-
tions were received, 23G approved, 81
rejected, one not disposed of and two
reopened and approved.
OF the deaths, one was from typhoid
fever, one from cancer, two from apo
plexy, four from Bright's desease, nine
from affections of the heart, one from
paresis, two from pneumonia, six from
accidents, and three of the decedents
suicide.
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CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS

The movement for consolidating many
little scattered country schools into a
few large, well equipped central schools
is extending rapidly through the Union,
the change having added greatly, it is
found, to the value of the education OBJ
tanned by the pupils. Consolidation is
made possible by the use of carriages
with good teams and reliable drivers to
collect the school children every morn
ing from their homes, convey them to
the school and return them to their
homes in the afternoon. This plan is on
the whole cheaper than the old one and
more efficient. 1t also secures better
teachers and better attendance.
Eighteen states have adopted the
scheme of consolidation for part or all of
their territory, the list embracing the
six New England States, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania; Ohio. Indiana,
Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas; the
Dakotas and Florida The educational
gain of lengtliening the school year, bet
tering the equipment, raising the stand.
ard of teachers, classifying pupils, securr
ing emulation-this is obvious. Life in
thinly settled sections loses some Of its
drawbacks when the social feature of the
new method is considered. It is plain
that the improvement of school facilities
win tend to keep the more prosperous.
farmer from moving to the towns to give
the children a chance for an education.
1t is clear, too, that children Of foreign
refractory material for the
district schools-get their Americaniza-
tion, with their education, more rapidly
in the larger, more efficiently conducted
classes. One may hope also that the
greater seriousness of the work of the
new school will gradually create better
class OF school committeeman, less given
to petty politics and less open to the
of the school lbook agents.
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roreoaat for February

Rer. Ira Hicks. the noted weather
forecaster. predicts mostly rain and
snow and generally stormy weather the
present month. He predicts rain, snow
and wind storms almost continuously
from the 9th to 14th. the latter being the
day Of the elimination.
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WIN naok Hia paok

Robert Cochran. Jr., of Galena, claims
to have six fox hounds, one noted
champion s'Blue," which he will match
against any other six in Kent, Queen
Anne or Cecil counties for purse OF 500.
Mr.. cochran's pack shared in a lively
hunt at Kennedyville last week in which
thirty dogs and twenty riders joined.
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Barton for Manager !

stirlith Brothers, the owners Of the
Wilmington A. A. baseball team, an
nounced Wednesday night that Harry
Barton would be manager 81 the team.
He has been appointed to that position
and will at once begin the work of select
ing team. Mr.. Barton was the catcher
of.last years team and is one of the most
popular players ever in that city. 1t is
expected that he win make an excellent
manager.
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Harford County Fair

The dates fixed for the Hartford County
fair are October 18th, 14th, 10Th aud 10th.
The association viii join the Maryland
and Virginia circuit, and urge that three
81, 900 stake races be arranged for, entries
to be paid up to July LIST, nominations
not to be made until ten days before the
respective race meets, records after that
day to prove no bar.
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sEcRET socIETIEs.

SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middietown Council, No. 2, Jr. Q. q. A. Al.
I Meets every Monday night In McWhortef's .
Hail at s O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. r. d A. M. Meets
nrst Tuesday Of each menthin Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, /. o. o. F.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Hall at 8 O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. Il, X. OF p. Meets every
Wednesday night In McWhorter's Hall at
8 O'clock.
Welcome conclave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night In Z
Union Lodge, No. 9, A. o. q. w. meets every
"a and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets 6rst FRI
day night OF each month In Hose House.
THE CHURCHES.
Bethesda M. E. Chureh.-Rey. c. T. Wyatt
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath at
1870 q. M, and 7.30 p. M. Sabbath School
every Sabbath at p. M, A. g. Cox, Superin-
tendent. Prayer meeting. Thursday at 80 p.
m Women's Foreign Missionary society, first
Friday night of each month. Women's Home
each month. Official Board meeting drst
Friday evening Of each month at 7.30 O'Clock.
Sunday morning class, $50, Louis Fennimore.
leader. Tuesday night class, T. -3U the ptStor.
Wednesday night class, 7.30, A. G. Cox.
Forest Presbyterian Church.-Rev. r. II.
Moore, Pastor. Services held every Sabbath
morning at 1880 o'clock, and every Sabbath
evening at 7.S0 Sabbath School will be held
every Sabbath morning at 9.l5 o'clock, j.
Fletcher Deakyne, Supt. Prayer meet
ing every "Wednesday evening. Young Peo-5
pel's Society Christian Endeavor meets every
sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock. Junior So
ciety Christian Endeavor every Friday even
ing att O'Clock.
Services at Arm strong's Chapel the irst
Sabbath of each month at 8 p. m.
st. Anne,s Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rev. VIM. J. Wilkie, Rector. Holy Commun-
ton on the first Sunday in the month at 1886
q. m. On all other Sundays at 7.30 a. m. Di-
vine services every Sunday at 80 q. m, and
7.30 p. m. Morning Prayer and Litany every
"wednesday and Friday at $50 q. m. Even
ing Prayer on Wednesdays at 7.30 p. m. and
on Friday at $50 p. m; during summer
months at 6 80 p. m. On all Holy Days SER
vice at $50 a. M, Sunday School at 9.45 q.
m. Adult Bible Class at 7.45 p. m. on We'd
nesdays. The Guild meets every Thursday at
p. m, the Junior Auxiliary on Saturdays at
3 o. m. and the Woman's Auxiliary on the
second Friday of each month at $50 p. m.
The rector conducts service In Odessa In the
room under the Hall on the first and third
sundays Of each month at four o'clock, and at
st. Mdry,s Chapel, Townsend, on the second
and fourth Sundays Of the month at half past
three.
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M.rs, p.rer ont ~ robaoovo

William GiIds, of Chester, Pa. goes to
Europe next week, claiming to have dis
covered the secret Of making paper from
tobacco leaves for cigarette wrappers.
He has been making experiments for
ye rs.
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New Orleans. Sent. LET 1oeO.

MEssRs. ELY Bsos. II sold two bottles
of your Liquid Cream Bslm to a GUS
toner, William Lam5e-ton, l4l5 Dela-
chaise St.. New Orleans; he has used the
two bottles, giving him wonderful and
most satisfactory results. GEORGE W..
McDurF, Pharmacist.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York,
Cure Feyerishness, Bad Stomach, Teeth
ing Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30
coo testimonials. They iseger fail At
all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. ].
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ALLwHo USE AroMIzERs in treating nasal
catarrh will get the best result from Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price, including
spraying tube. 75cts. Sold by druggists
or mailed by Ely Bios 56 Warren ST,
M
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II Kssps the Fest warm and urY

II Keeps the Feat Warm and Dry
Ask to day for Aliens Foot Ease, pow
der. Ncures Chilblains, Swollen, Sweat
ing, Sore, Aching, Damp feet. Al all
druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
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the SANE CUT PRICES which we MADE loar anis sU
Come and et vonr choice while you have such an
Our prices must be higher for the time being Will
follows 40 s5- NJ s,e .4e
up $3.50 aAuas .sClassic," "Nubian ana d. JeWei oaK
Single Heaters No 10 to No IT, at 70 9o to sazoo 600 90
Sunshne Range Coal Wood No ssO no ao sSS oo
sIron King" Cook Coal or Wood No z slloo NO. o s1o.o
No. 9, s23.50. cog ~, NJ
800 90 ruSpntns3ErER ssPeninsuarn Steel
Range No. g. $18. So stove with Reservoir szo ~.
Steel Range "Premier' No g. WITH H1GH-cLOsEI AM
RESERVOIR no better made $500 Steel Range
No g. with Closets Reservoirs at corresponongyo
prices All the above Cook Stoves and Ranges are OF very
highest and finest grade We have great variety 81 o.e
Cooks and Ranges coal or wood and coal HEATING se az
much lower prices "a
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rliddIetown Directory.
MUNICrpAI, oFFICERs.

President, William Il. Cochran; Secretary,
George q. Rowe; Charles H. Howell, ]. II.
MeW horter.
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THE TRAsscnrrr 500 per year.
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The House of Representatives passed
the Littlefeld antitrust bill on Saturday
and it will now 60 to the Senate but will
not be taken under consideration there,
both time and inclination preventing its
being taken up. It will, Of course, be re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee of SEN
ator Hoar is chairman and he assures
your correspondent that he is very doubts
ful # it will be even reportedte the Sem
ate.
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i Peoples National Bank.-President, Geo.
N. d. Hart; Cashier, Geo. ID. Kelley; Teller.
". g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street. 80
Citizens National BaHk.-Preside dent, Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, E.
Davis. Bank Building ON South Broad
Street.
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The Statehood. situationin the Senate
is still in "statue Quay" to use the wit
ticism of Senator Platt, but there are in
dications of compromise which will be
reached in the near future. The present
plan is to admit Oklahoma as one state
and Arizonia and New Mexico as another.
This does not meet with the approval Of
the Democrats and for that reason Sena-
tor Quay has not yet given It his approval,
but as it becomes evident that no more
favorable arrangement can be made it be-
comes more likely that he will do SO.
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THE j. S. SEPARATOR

Nav be a little higher price than some
sotber @ separators, but those who use it find
after after. q short time in use that it is the.
GWEA S11gl c pEST S:sTt BECAUSE TT GETS ALL
THE CREAM, and the longer il Is used,
tho .a cheaper it will be; for the difference in
tbe e onant @ ty Of cream saved win soon pay
for for the Separator. Get u SEP
npaToR and q aDAVISz SWING
cHT1RN. and you will never regret 1t.
.eThe price Of COAL is down'.not
o.ras Il should be-but it is down. And
the an, nriee Ice of Stoves advanced ten per cent.
since sim lst January, 1903, on COOKS and
HEaTEI2S l1Il hut we will continue selling att
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-07-10
TRIBUTE ia WTON,
Monument to His Memory Erected
In ethe Philippines
II Was Built by the SoIdiers OF the
American Army In Honor OF
Gallant Soldier and Friend
81 Of the Natives.

In q lonely rice field in the Philip
pine islands a monument has been.
erected to the memory OF. Mai. Gen.
Henry W. LaWton, whose widow is
now living at Pewee valley, near Louis
vile, Ky. It was built by the soldiers
OF the American army in the Philip
pines in honor of soldier. It is sit
uated about Is miles from Manila,
near San Mateo, and is the only evil
dence to- show that a battle was ever
fought at that place. Tt was here that
Gen. @Lawton was killed, on the morn
ing Of December I, 1899, while in front
of his men, leading a charge against
the breastwotks of the insurgents. =
The monument was built by the en-
listed men of the Second United States
infantry, under the supervision of Maj
III. Il Bailey: It is in the shape Ola
pyramid, feet high and noun b dlI tea
uponsthe topix an old spani shgEc ann 81.
surrounded by four modern shells. y:
iAdjt. Gen. Corbin has just received
fromssa friend in Manila an account of
the unwilling Of this memorial on Feb
ruary.s % last The. ceremonies were
simple, yet very impressive r.rvrT
That Gen. Lawton was loved and re-
spected by those who served under him
was attested by the presence at the
ceremonies of a large number of Amer
icanssswho had served with him in@his
Indian campaigns in this >country.
Conspicuous also among those present
were@the Lawton post, No. 1, Veterans
of the Army of the Philippines, and a
number of native Finpinos. ~
f: When Maj. Gen. George W.zsDavis,
commanding the division of the Philip
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is A SECO n NJ OIlY,
Dr.. Torrey, Of Chicago, Hailed as
Most Famous Evangelist. 81
Has Just Returned from q Tour Of the
World, In the Course OF Which
He Converted Thousands OF
Unbeuevers. IL

With the return Of Rev. DR.. I. A.
Torrey to Chicago, after memorable
tour of the world occupying one year
Ave months and % days, he may lind
suggestiveness anew in the old PROV
erb: "a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country. For when
DR.. Torrey left Chicago it was as one
of the leading workers connected with
the Moody Bible institute, q good or
ganizer of Sunday schools, and an
evangelist of more than local notori-
ETY.. Returning, however, to, the
church in which Moody rose to. fame,
DIR. Torrey brings with him a record
of revivals in foreign lands which haye
marked him as the leading evangelist
of his time. .. e.. -. 49,. .s4g,<Sss$ IN :;
s. Gray, rotund, impressive and al
most austere,'' is a descriptive bit of
English employed b. one Of his hear
.ers who wrote of him in London, and
any zone of his acquaintance in Chi
cago will testify to the faith ulness Of
the observation from the point of view
Of the; stranger. =. On the. splatform,
however, fillea with earnestness and
speaking in the full, powerful tones of
the orator, he becomes commanding
figure with a magnetic presence.
n; Yes, you might say that he has the
Moody method" said a Chicago
friend, speaking of him to a Tribune
reporter. ''When you discovered what
the Mood method was you found it
ito be a something which was: appeal
ing to you in person. without regard
to any other of a thousand persons
who might, be sitting around you.
And this. is the Torrey' method; he
speaks to you in person and you feel
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Man OF Ana1rS.) ~''
safety depends upon somebody having
the will to do right when it is in his
power and may seem to his interest to
do wrong. <>'' ''* -
"When the people were considering
the adoption of the constitutional the
United States. one of our wisest states.
men said that the real and only Sc
curity for a. republic is when the rul-
ers have the same interest as the peo-
pie. If they have not, constitutional
restraints will break down somewhere,
except for the sense of duty of the
rulers.
Cali elections depend upon this
principle. You may multiply election
officers and returning boards, you may
provide for an appeal. to court of first
resort or last resort. But in the end
you must somewhere come to a point
where the sense of public duty is
stronger than party spirit, or your
election is but sort offghting, or if
not that, a sort of cheating. +:
'The same thing is true of the indi-
vidual voter, or of the legislator who is
to elect the senator, or the governor
who is to appoint the judge, or the
executive officer or the Judge who is
to interpret the constitution or the
statute and decide the cause, or the
juror who is to find the. fact. On these
men depend the safety and the perma-
hence of the republic On these men
depend life, liberty and property. =.
Sand yet each of-them has to make
that choice. Each has: to decide wheth-
er he will be influenced by ambition
or by party spirit or the desire for
popular favor or the fear of popular
disfavor or the love of money, on the
one side, or by the sense of duty on
the other.
''The great single purpose of moral
education must be to induce the will to
adhere to its general, permanent and
deliberately conceived purpose, in
spite of the motives which appeal to
it with special strength at the time of
the choice of action. In other words,
it is to give strength to resolution
which will overcome the strength of
temptation.
''To teach this to the youth of the
republic is the great duty of the uni
versity. The final purpose of all schol-
arship, as of all life, is character"
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CHICAGO DERBY WINNER


I The Picket, q horse that never be-
fore flashed first past the post, won the
American Derby at Chicago on june
20. He set the pace every step Of the
distance, was never challenged and
won in gallop by six lengths. He ran
the Derby distance, one and q half
miles, faster THANH ttWassever rumble
fore in the race.
His time wass: 33. Claude, the VIM
ner Of three derbies, was second. Ber
nays, the Cincinnati candidate, was
third. z=s .5=..
It was q race without the thrill Of an
exciting finish. The crowd Of &C, 600
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HEAD OF THE PICKET. ~
(Kentucky Colt Which Just Won Over
uaa,s.rss.s...s.eS$ Sd, 600 for Its Owners.) ~
people which witnessed the sixteenth
running of the event saw a contest
that was decided when@the field turned
into the stretch. In 'front.' of a strug7
Cling field The Picket ran so easily
and truly as to leave no doubt where he
would finish. The. roar of cheers which
greeted the successful horse began
when The Picket was more than an
eighth of mile from the wire.
The Derby was record-breaking,
turf event in more than the fast time.
that was made. Nineteen horses went
to the post, the largest previous field
being 49,: The largest crowd that ever
gathered on western race track COW
cred the Washington Park grounds.
The race. was worth $32, PTS gross value,
the richest inzthe history of the races
with one exception. Betting on the re.
suit beganin March and continued I'M
til the horses went to the post. More
money, itis2asserted, was wagered on
the Derby than on any other race ever
run in America. E<=+@ 5ar = :
Jockey Arthur Helgesen, who rode
The Picket to victory, was II years old
last September. He was born at Man
.istee,> Mich:,7ain 1855, but most of his
life has been spent in Chicago. His
father lives at IT'S North Humboldt
sire et, Chicago. "a ~, !. ~