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caused much of the injury to players
On the defense. To reach this a rule
has been made forbidding sole leather
guards or protection of any hard, I'M
yielding substance.
Formerly after a touchdown the side
against whom it was made was obliged
to kick off after the try at goal. Under
the new rules they will be given the
privilege of kicking off or of requiring
their opponents to do SO. This will
prevent a team superior in running
with the ball keeping possession Of
the ball most of the time, as under
the old order.
The penalty for holding has been
changed to a loss of 20 yards instead
Of loss of possession of the ball. Trip
ping is also penalized by the loss OF
20 yards.
The linesman under the new rules
becomes practically an additional UNI
pire, ruling on and penalizing tripping
unnecessary roughness to a back after
a kick, and offside play in the line.
Formerly the linesman merely notified
the referee of the offenses named. 1t
was claimed that this power, given to
the linesman, would cause conflict be-
tween him and the umpire; therefore
it is provided that where both give
rulings on the same play a$acting diff
ferent sides, respectively, the ball shall
be put in play at the point where the
alleged offense took place and played
oyer again.
1t is hoped that the necessary alter
alton in the style of play between the
two 25-yard lines and the goals will
lessen the danger of injury through
the continual use of one play and also
increase the general interest in the
game.
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Anderson With Portland

Manager Ely of the Portland Browns
has secured the services of Arthur An
deIson of the Salt Lake team to catch
for the remainder of the season. Ander.
Nson played with the Los Angeles Ma
,ionals at the beginning of the season,
later with the Portland Nationals and
finished with Salt Lake. Anderson is a
first class backstop and u good hitter
He will strengthen the Browns behind
the bat.
Hullhurt of Los Angeles was not
needed by Portland. and word to that
effect was wired him yesterday.
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CAMP TELLS
RULES OF
GRID

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. Wal
ter Camp, athletic director of Yale
university, discussing the new football
rules, says that the first and greatest
problem that confronted the committee
chosen to revise the rules was to elm.
mate close formation, popularity known
as the mass play. 1t was this feature,
with the manner in which the fullback
was attacked, after he had kicked the
ball, which caused the game to appear
dangerous to the public.
AS the discussion among the mem
hers of the c.-''- ''HS not preduc-
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MODDER DUMPS TALENT
BUT LOSSES ARE |
REC0UPED
Running Events.

Good as is the reputation of the Spo-
kane Racing association for providing
interesting sport for its patrons, it is
doubtful if any past performances in
that line were Litter than those CT
yesterday, all considered. a capital
card of six races was provided ana
the program all through was not unat-
tractive to owners, who sent 81 horses
to the gong calls of Mr.. Leighton. There
was a good field in every event. The
entries were well balanced and the win
ners hard to find until the horses had
passed the finishing line.
In the first event of five furlones
Dunblane was played for sure thing
and proved to be a pipe Dunblane
won in a driving finish after getting
off well. Ned Dennis, the winner Of
the derby last year, performed well and
coming into the stretch it was neck
and neck between the old favorite and
Dunblane. Carson kept the princely
lad well in hand and all efforts of Jock.
ey Ross to get Ned to stretch out and
overtake him did not material good.
The superior strength of Dunblane
showed against Dennis in the heavy
going.
The talent picked Bmdock to win
the Club Cafe handicap, the second
running event on the card. but Gold
finder beat him so hard that the wise
ones and their dope cans had to 90
back and argue. the question with them
selves. He only had hundred pounds
on his back but in the heavy track
he could not have handled any more.
But it was the next event that proved
to be a heart-breaker for the race fol
lowers. Mac Flecknoe. the big yelloS
chap, with Sullivan on his back, was
the only thing that ever happened TO
hear the bunch tell about it. Some 'of
the wise ones, however, got bunch on
Hirtle. Ashley rode him in magnificent
style and he finished length and a
half to the good, with Mac Flecknoe
getting the place.
Button. the little lad who got the
most firsts, seconds and thirds in the
Portland meeting gave mastery ex
hibitoin of clever riding in the four
and half furlongs event by winning
Win NliNbSO ny " HtNN anu hN''i -
danger during the whole race.
In the seventh the way the dopel :
scared heavenward on Modder was Il
caution-and the way they hit eart h
again, when Casdale won by a neck.
was another caution. This was the
most exciting number on the card.
Modder was offered at odds of to >.
and if anything, looked like pipe,
he was ct" Ashley. however. after
leading by from a head to half length
almost to the stretch. pulled toward
the outer fence and allowed the Gas
dale to creep up just in time to get the
money.
The last race also saw some Of the
talent put decidedly to the bad on form
Poorlands. who ran so well here last
wear was offered at odds of s TO 2, hut
like Modder. after leading the bunch
almost to the finish he lost cog some
where and allowed Tourist III. to win
bv about his front teeth.
Harness Races.
First race-2:l5 pace
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tive of unanimous decision, there
was adopted a plan by which only The
play between the two 25-yard lines is
governed by the new rules, while be
tween these points and each goal the
old rules prevail This will afford an
opportunity of comparing the two
methods of play.
The most important alteration is that
requiring at least seven men on the line
when the ball is put in play at any
point, from one 25-yard line to the
other. This will prevent the tackles
back and guards-back plays, which, it
was claimed, were aimed at one man
and were certain to use him up before
the game was over. As an offset ia
this. the quarterback is allowed TO run
with the ball. provided he passes the
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Second race-2:l9 pace:
Halle Hinges (Heliman) ....... ]
Cavalier (Smith) .............. 4
Alcounter (Thompson) .......... 8 4
Economiser (MartinageD .......2
Time-First heat, 2:55 IL; second
heat. 2:33.
Third receive furlongs:
Dunblane, III, CARSON, 3 to 2.......1
Ned Dennis ia, (Ross), 7 to 10. ....2
Assessment, ia, ashley, . to L.. g
Time-l:05 10. Lexington Pirate and
Hub Prather also ran.
Fourth race-Club Cafe Handicap, one
mile:
Goldfnder, 100, (Smith), to l al
The Pride. l06, ashley. to 5.....2
Burdock. 10Y, (Stover), to l.....3
Time-l:4S. Clauditor also ran, but
quit at the half.
Fifth race-Five- eighths of a mile:
llirtle. lis, (tShley). 5 to l..........l
Machccknoe. IL. (Sullivan), 5 to l. 2
Rosebud. 1l9. (Adair). 5 to 2........3
Time-l:05 IA. Napon and Dr. Shei.
man also ran.
Sixth race-Four and half fulongs
Clivoso, ITO, (BuxtonD. g to ......l
Barney Owens, ll3. FelO, 3 to 2....2
Virgil d.. 10, ashley. 3 to 2......3
Time-:57 IL. John H. Carr ran.
Seventh race-Three-qurters of a
mile:
Casdale, Ill, (SoutholD, 2 to 1..,..,l
Modder,. Ill, ashley, to 5......2
Nassalo, los, (Rose), to5 .....,.3
Time-l:lS "a. AVIATOR and Degaunt
also ran.
Eighth race-Seven-eighths of a mile:
Tourist H.. 100. (Adair). : to 2,....l
Poorlands. 100, Mooney. 5 to 2.....2
Dancing Kid. 100. tSouthaln, Is to l. g
Time-l:29. Major Hooker also ran.
Hutch Miller left at the post.
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Carter and WaIcott.

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. AFTER a
series of bitches and delays the pros
poets seem bright for a meeting here
tonight between Joe Walcott and
Kid Carter. The two are down for
a l5-round mill under the auspices of
the Criterion club. 1t will be the
first time in a long while that Wal
colt has gone against a first class fight
er and the result is awaited with much
interest. Carter will have big adyan-
taqe in weight, but the admirers of
the colored boy are confident that the
latter's well known skill and hard-hit-
ting powers will more than offset this
advantage.
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The Reliance Athletic club of Oakland
has matched Billy Woods of Eos An
geles and Joe Millett of San Francisco
70 box under its auspices on October
q. Folev and Millett could not agree
on the weight and their match fell
through. The men meet at 1853 pounds
at 3 o'clock. This contest should be a
hummer, as both men have been com
ing fast
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LUNCH CARD
FOR The
PUCS

Willie Fitzgerald of New York and
RUFF Turner (colorod) of California
will be matched in a few days to box
20 rounds before local club
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We will CuPe...

You of your trouble if you will
give us chance. We can't
knock you down and drag you
in and give you treatment,
but if you are sufferer from
rheumatism or lumbago, you vii
find instant relief from our cleo
trio hot air or hot water treat
ment.
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Eddie Hanlon has accepted the offer
sent him from Seattle to take the
place of Aurelio Herrera in his contest
with Jack McCleland. The little fell
low had intended to make tour OF
the east, but the illness of his manager
Mike Short. has caused him to post
pone it. The little fellow came out #
his battle with Yanger in splendid
shape and will need but little work for
his contest with McClelland, which
will be decided on October Is. Eddie
will leave for the north Immediately
and will be looked after by his brother
George. his manager being unable to
make the trip. Harry Foley, his train
er and second, will also accompany
him
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Race Card Today

First-2:l6 trot; purse, s5OO-1dol, Fl
II. H. Coronado, Master Delmar.
Second-Half mile; purse, S2OO-Lily
Mac, l07; John H. Carl, Ill; Gladys
Bell, ll3; Aborigine, Ill; Virgil D.,
10; Tourist H., Ill.
Third-Selling, fve-eighths mile
Mac Flecknoe, 100; Ellis Glenn, lo7;
Rosebud, Ill; Hirtle, 100; Clvoso. l0s
Fourth-Selling; one mile-Fondo
III; Dancing Kid Jr., ll5; Poorlandsi
ll3; Assessment, Ill; Major Hooker,
ll3; DeGaunt, llk
Post time-2. p. m.
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Nate Green and Jew Jacob the Great
are at the Pacific club in the Interstate
track poolhouse.
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MAEL-ION
PIANIST, CLAIRVOYANT

MYSTIC LIFE READER.
Deals in all affairs of life from earliest
recolections to the end-she tells Your
life without question or without ms
take. She gives names, dates, facts
and figures.
Whatever your troubles may be. she
tells YOU all. an. with a conclusion
never else but satisfactory,
Out of town patrons send self address
ed and stamped envelope for special
rates by mail.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-21

confederatas anh eneamped on the ar senal grounds. January 1, 1863. the reg inent was made part or me second Brigade, Colonel Cahiil or tne Ninth Connecticut, comlnandeF. Malor-Gene- ral c. c. Grover gas the olVlsioh com mander. .-z-a March 13 the regiment with the brig ade moved on Port Hudson, the object being a diversion in the rear to assist Commodore Farragut to run the river batteries. It was afterward sent on a cotton expedition toward Port Hudson, and details were sent out on various expeditions. On April IA the battle of Irish Bend was fought. The loss Tor the brigade was between three and four hundred killed and wounded. The Twenty-fourth was with the. Fourth
 division in pursuit of General Dick
 Taylor in the Red River country after this battle. At New Iberia seyenty-hye men from the Twenty-fourth were sent to assist in the destruction of the salt works at Petite Ause Island. After this the division returned to the neigh
 borhood of Port Hudson and on May 24
 the Twenty-fourth was in advance as
 skirmishers, driving the enemy from
 the rifle pits under galling fire and holding it's position until daylight. One man was killed and three were wound- ed
 On June 1 the Twenty-fourth was be- fore Port Hudson with the reserve of the right wing of the Fourth division
 and remained there for two weeks. On June IA the second assault took place
 and in this the regiment played a con-
 spicuous part. Each man was assigned l to the duty of carrying two thirty pound gunny bags stuffed with cotton to fill a ritch in order that the soldiers following might pass over this bridge in
 charge. Under a galling direct and cross fire the Connecticut men fulfilled their mission, thrusting the little bags
 before them and rushing up the hill to within fifty yards of the enemy.s works. Of all the regiments that advanced
 across the plateau the TWenty-fourth was the only one able to maintain It's position. The Twenty-fourth lost sey-
 en killed and great number wounded | in this action. Port Hudson surren-
 dered on July 8. The regiment was
 complimented by General Banks on it's
 bravery. The general ordered Port
 Hudson inscribed on it's colors.
 The degiment left Port Hudson on
 July II and early in August went to
 Ship Island, remaining until September Ii. Several deaths occurred here and the health of the men was greatly i'm
 paired. From Ship Island the regiment
 went to New Orleans and on September
 15 sailed for New York. On September
 24 1t left that port on the steamer Gram ite State for Middletown, arriving early
 on the morning of the 25th amid the I firing of cannons and the ringing of
 bells. The regiment was mustered out
 October 2. 1s63 after service of nearly ! thirteen months. Its total casualties were 149.-Hartford Times.
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the Ninth regiment monument fund re- quested by the aldermen.
 4 communication from the fire com missioners stated that the Anthony Car roll matter had been tabled until next meeting. .
 A number os minor petitions were read and referred to various special committees.
 A petition by ". Trueman A. c. Rich and others asked that a thorough investigation be made in reference to the furnishing gas to the consumers in this city and that public hearings be held before the signing of the gas con- tract. The petition was referred to the committee on public lighting.
 The report from the bureau of com pensation as to the assessments for pavement in Putnam street was read and passed. s-..s .--..
 The same action was taken with re- gard to the survey and layout of St. Roman street, by the director of public ] works.
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ROPES AS FIRE ESCAPES
Commercial Travellers Confidence Van
 ished When He tried to Use One

Commercial Travellers Confidence Van
 isAed When He tried to Use One
 Yes. I know that. most of the boys carry rope around with ,em. said the commercial traveller. "and the time was when I would not have taken the road without one. but gave mine to my wife for an extra clothesiine three or four years ago. read occasionally of a rope saving somebody from a burning hotel, but don't care to be saved that way .
 But you don't want to be burned with the hotel, do you?''. was asked.
 Of course not, but if I can't get down by the stairs or the iron fire es- cape I'll take my chances on a. mattress or firemen's Iadder.p
 sBut what's the matter with a knotted roper"
 T didn't think anything was the mat ter for many years. I used to go to bed feeling as safe as baby in his crib, and if found a traveller who, didn't carry fifty-foot rope in his grip I set him down as very reckless man. One day. when I was in an Indiana tows, a lot of us got to talking about ropes and burning hotels, and wail-eyed buffer offered to bet me five dollars to one that couldn't slide down my rope from a third-story window and not half kill myself Of course jumped at the bet. but he knew what he was talking about. hadn't lowered myself six feet before the rope burned my hands and I let go and broke a leg. The trick was tried by three others, and though they es- capped broken bones. they were badly shaken up and tongue-b bitten. After my leg mended I bluffed everybody I met on that rope business, and never found a chap who. could slide down two stories and feel good for a month after. A sailor could do 1t, of course, but I'm no sailor, and if ever I'm cut off by fire I'll take fat mas as I come down = Detroit Free Press.
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grapeisrs otriae,
New York. New Haven
 and Hartford R. K.
von,, JUNE 22. 1eo3.

NEW YORK DiTisI11S, 1soS.
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 v,Gsnao gh boSdoN via New London and Pro iimItedl S9. .S9..o. 'n;sS A lparIor car simiteD. .2;57. sz:o5. '4:55 .6:55 D. Gas in. ssaagays. saa .s.ss 20 '2:S0 a. m.. .12:o5. sz:47. FOR BOSTON via Springfield = .1.15. IF 1i;oo a. m. .l:45. '5:J2 D. m. Sundays HARTFORD liis E i b'9;92 6TTIRs,1n; B; n;
 FOR MERIDEN. HARTFopn ,,.n spRINGFIELD-s1:15, $40, S:52 va.Sl <l0:OS lto Hartford), .10:5S (Whife hIorn,, hIS1o, tto tta,laao, asrtfo5SgS agS a:,H a 52;lo s145 25 Indadrtfordl, roo, 500, s1O:00 (Bar Harbo,re' , lnVg:o9, +10:55 (Nhite Mountains1. 1T ;31 fto sfeL1 ssffeLL1suenl Il D m Sundays-s1:15 q. m., F i0. SHORE LINE DIVISION.
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 por Middletown, Willimantic, etc.-7:S5 T. 'ran., rn., I2:55, 6;O0 P. m. Sundays-7:20 D. m. nor SneiDurne Falls, Turner's Falls. Will l.uIainspurg, Holyoke, and intermediate sta- so,a sslJ1s-l ;50 a. m. and 400 D. m For Vest ns5a ana intermediate stations, 5:57 D. m. 1 ..E E or tarmington, New Hartford and polrits thas S Sside.7:50 a. m., 12:04. 400, 5:57 5. n. 1o.fn n1r Waterbury, via Cheshire, S43 a. m.. m S'io, x'S0, 5:l0. 6:55 p. m. Sundays-9 a. IBERkSHIRE DIVISION,
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 Bor Wlnsted-7:lO. 9:45 a. nl., 2:s0. TAO P m. Sundays-8:25 a. m., 6:35 p. rn. For Danbury, Pittsfeld and infermediate poin5s-e:eo pc ! s-z a. m, via Bridgeport. 9:S3 a.. m., 5:5l o:00 p. m. (to New Milford. Sun. days-6:o0 D. m: to New Milford.
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MARRYINa uNpER DIFFICULTY.

In the northern Caucasus nearly half the death rate of the inhabitants is caused by vendetta. and at least three fourths of the vendetta cases are the result of a curious marriage custom which is now decimating the population. The native of those parts who wishes to take unto himself a wife cannot ar range the matter in the simple, off, hand manner in vogue in western Eu- rope, by popping the question" He must go home, sell his belongings and
 buy her fairly and sqparely of her pa- rents. the price ranging from thirty-five to two hundred pounds. This is cost ly custom in many ways, for it is not every young man who can afford to in vest such a large sum in wife, howev- CT accomplished. What generally hap-
 pens in such cases is that the indigent candidate for the order of Benedict in
 duces a few stalwart comrades to seize the maiden and carry her off What too often follows then may be gathered from case in point which nds jusl taken place in Sosslambek. Bokayeff is the bridegroom's name, and Neshkho
 that of the girl of sweet sixteen who had the misfortune to find favor in his
 eyes. His pockets being empty, he per-
 suaded three comrades to kidnap the
 maid, whom he then took off to another village as his wife. But her father, on
 discovering her whereabouts, had her
 sent back by the police, and then de-
 manded thirty pounds for loss of her
 services as we should say. Bokayeff,
 to whom the demand was made, would
 not or could not pay. The girls father thereupon claimed that sum from the bridegroon's companions, who are equally liable. They admitted the jus tice of his claim, and called upon Boka- yeff to hand over the sum to them. On his refusal they shot him dead, that be- | ing the custom of the country, although daggers are also allowed to take the place of bullets. The three youths
 were forthwith arrested and will, Of course, be tried and deported. But that, far from being the end of the mat ter, is only the very beginning. The
 kindred of the slain man are now pre-
 pairing to wipe out'' the relations of lithe murderers, while the family of the ,,dishonored girl is bound by the custom of the country to wash away the stain On her reputation in the blood of the Iclans of both the murdered man and his murderers. And Russian law is powerless to intervene.-London Tele-
 graph.
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THE MAORI "TAPU."
Certain Things oThat Were Sacred in
 New Zealand.

New Zealand.
 According to the laws of the New Zealand .eTapu' certain persons and things were always sacred. These were the bodies of chiefs and priests, and ev- erything connected with these dignita- ries. who had likewise the power of imposing the Tapu on others on human flesh, dead bodies, persons engaged in planting sweet potatoes, and the first sweet potatoes dug up, the first fish caught in the season, slaves attend- ing on sacred persons, etc. Various other things were tapued for certain ob- jects- trees to make good canoes, rivers, roads, etc; in fact, 1t was in the power of the chiefs and the priests to tapu anything. There was no ceremony on the imposition Of the 9Tapti;; places al- ways sacred were we'll known. Those made so for certain time were marked by q wooden image of a man daubed over with red earth, or by tying to the tapued object a bunch of human hair or piece of an old mat.
 It was unlawful for tapued persons to touch food with their fingers. Chiefs were fed by slaves, and persons not possessed Of slaves ate their food like dogs. It was unlawful to sail or fish on