Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-02

company. He had enjoyed a successful
career in Europe and he was successful
artistically here.
In the keen rivalry for honors in the
coming tournament of the Lakewood
Polo Club, George J. Gould and Harry
Payne Whitney have nearly cornered the
market for polo ponies. After securing
the ranches OF California Mr.. Whitney's
agents have succeeded in obtaining ten
ponies. for which he paid $4,000. MIR.
GouldS agents have ridden thousands of
miles through the Southwest seeking
ponies. The net result of their labors
was a carload of eight studs. The tour
nament' will be held on the Georgian
court grounds and will open on April IS.
The opening game will be played by MIR.
Gould's team, which consists of himself,
his sons. Kingdom ana Jay. and Ben
jamin Ncoll, and the Westchester Coun-
try Club team, which is composed of
Lawrence Waterbury. !. NJ Waterbury,
John +. Cowdon and Henry Payne
Whitney.
The yachting season has opened on the
lakes in Central park Both of the larger
lakes and most Of the smaller ones are
now dotted with the clean. white sails of
the trim little craft all day long. To peo-
pie who have seen Central park lakes
but seldom the foregoing statement
would perhaps seem absurd. 1t is a fact
nevertheless. that much money energy
and interest is shown in the sailing uual-
rites of the park craft every year. Many
of these vessels are revelations in the
way of marine architecture. showing as
they do the careful details of design that
would do credit to a Herreshoff or a
Crowninshield Several clubs of many
years standing arrange contests during
| the season, and the resulting sport is en-
n in, fbo l.
imagined, however, that the park yachts
are of large tonnage, for the largest
never exceed four feet over all and
therefore never carry crews Bv an ar.
rangement Of elastic rigging they are
made to vancouver back and forth over
the water, sailing before and abreast of
the wind and lacking like the real thing
The Haymarket dance hall. which has
marked the center of Tenderlon activity.
is about the only reminder of the Ten
derloin that is left to the city. The
Sans Souci' of the wicked Tom Gouid
and the "Armory Hail. of Billy Nc
Glory of unSayOry memory have long
since passed away, but the Haymarkct
lives on with astonishing vitality. That
a place like the Haymarket has heon
able to continue in business almost unn-
terruptedly since 1872, despite reform adj
ministrations of the city government and
despite the efforts of citizens leagues and
women'S organizations, is one of the as
tonishing problems OF the TendcrIon.
There is an explanation of it, and the eX-
PLANTATION is that its various proprictors
have shown exceptional skill in keeping
just within the law. The thieves who
made their headquarters in places like the
Haymarket and the Sans Souci IN the
old days are barred from the Haymark-t
today. Then it is declared that, as Il
matter of fact, the liquor law is more
closely observed there than in any other
establishment in the TenGerloin when
the proprietor had an all-night liceiSc
few years ago he sold liquor all night
He has not an all-night license now. and
it is alleged that promptly at ] o'clocI,
each morning the Haynarket bar shut
down and only soft drinks are served. al-
though the dance goes on indefinitely.