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AUCTION sALEs-THIs DAY.
BY the Valentine Auction Co.,
AuctIoneers.

n RocKERY. PICTURES. CHAMBER
TABLES. INTERPRETATIONS, SEWING
MACHINES, ETC. AT AUCTION.
We will sell at our auction ware-rooms
No. 612 East Broad Street.
THIS wednesday, MORNING.
August 18th. at 1920 o'clock, large lot Of
Table Crockery, Bowls and Pitchers. ETC.;
Oak and Walnut Chamber Suits. Oak Side
boards, Extension Tables, Odd Bureaus
and Washstands. Bookcase. Wardrobes.
Enamclcd Iron Beds, handsome Parlor
Suit. Pictures. High-arm Singer Machine.
Gas Stove, Silver-pinted Ware. Refrgera-l
stovos, Comnterpanes, Sheets, Mating,
ChIlds Iron Bed, with drop sides: Lace
Curtains, Rugs. etc; also one good Up-
right Piano. st
Sale positive. Terms-Cash.
THE VALENTINE AUCTION CO..
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NEW YORK. Ang. ls,-Ihe Cotton Exchange
will be closed Saturday, September 9th, and
Monday, September tn,
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond. Ya:., Aug IS, 1908
QUOTATIONS.

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MIR. Fred. r. Shenault, of o. II. Berr3
g. co. is visiting King and Queen county
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BY the Valentine Auction Co..
Gig East Broad Street.

AUCTION SALE OF GOLD AND
~ SILVER WATCHES. PLAIN AND
SET GOLD RINGS, WATCH. CHAINS.
ETC as9.r .siss4}[ 9aa AlsN1ss gGs. III
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SPOT cotton closed dull; mtddlinE uplnrds.
II. rs; middling gulf 1900; snles, l0,450 bales.
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We will sell for whom It may concern,
at our ware-rooms. No 6l2 East Broad
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THIS WEDNESDAY,
August 10Th, at II 80 o'clock p. NJ. "a Solid
Gold Plain and Set Rings. Silver
Watches Gold and Gold-FilIed Watches.
Watch Chains, and miscellaneous lot OF
Jewelry, etc. etc. Sale positive. Terms-
Cash.
THE VALENTINE AUCTION CO.,
Auctionecr. I'D
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ora en-; fol,owng are the quotations tor The nnst
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CINCINNATI o., Aug is.,1iloGs =, s,cs,,n
stcntrj Mt s.. 256l3.35. Lambs Mt S3e.o'es
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PROTIT-TAKING had no EFFECT:
The heavy proHt-taking and the foreign selling
failed to check the market, and the current wss
so strong that the floor traders were content to
30 with II.
Chicago Great Western was heavy, and as the
foreign control has made no secret Of It's indc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12

Now. Il athletes walk in this ugly. wad-
ding fashion. what can bs expected Of tho
mass Of persons who pay no attention at all
to their muscles?
Look around you on the street and see
them-men, women and children-going by.
Only about one in hundred may be said
to walk at all. The other ninety-nine shut
fe, slide. drag. plod. roll waddle. teeter,
mirce. prance-but they don't walk!
Imagine an ancient Greek. with his ma
1estic, free stride, as compared with the
Americans and Europeans to-day!
THEIR WALK
A SUCCESSION OF FALLS.
The fact is. that the majority Of persons
to-day actually topple from one foot to the
other Their walk really and truly Is
nothing except a succession OF falls.
That is one reason why there Is always
so much showing and pushing in modern
crowd. Nine out of ten in the thronG are
80 insecure on their feet that they can
not possibly move without swaying to this
side or that. Most of them can't stand
still.
They can't balance on their toes. They
can't balance for even fieeting second on
one foot They topple every time they
raise a foot, and II the other foot doesn't
reach the ground Immediately to stop them.
they naturally lurch into any one who u
near them.
| Do not make the mistake of thinking
that this Is exaggerated in even the least
respect for the sake OF making point. 1t
| is literally true.
And II the Greeks would laugh at a mod
ern procession Of ordinary mortals. what
| would they have said if they saw our
| athletes step heavily and soggily into an
arena?
The fault is due. in the first place. to
| laziness. In the second place. 1t IS due to
| incorrect athletics.
1t is laziness that makes boys shuttle as
| they walk SO that you can hear the soles
| of their feet scrape the ground with each
| step.
1t is laziness that makes them wear their
heels down at one side more than the other.
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cause OF this is that few find it easy to
drop the head sufficiently to get it well be-
tween the arms
The result is they receive some trenend-
GUS blows on the head. and IL the water IS
struck bit sideways the ear gets most Of
the conclusion, and the result will frequent
ly be a rupture Of the membrane Of the
tympanum- A good preventive for such an
accident is to place In the ears a little medi-
Gated wool or cotton dipped in oil.
Another injury to health caused fire.
Quently by diving arises from getting large
quantities Of water into the lungs The
extent Of the harm done In cases of this
sort depends on the condition Of the water
as to its cleanliness.
II have often seen boys at Coney Island.
for instance. dive into the water at places
where 1t was absolutely filthy from the
evacuation OF drainage into 1t.
The danger to health. especially to those
with not overstrong constitutions. can
readily be seen. But am depressing. The
higher the dive the longer. Of course. will
be the duration under water.
Now. an inexperienced diver is rarely
able to hold his breath under water for more
than n second or two at 4 time. and II
the dive is an unusually high one ne WILL
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ment riding school at Fort Riley, Kas. end
DR.. C. D. McMurdo. veterinarian Of the
Tenth Cavalry. was put to work to pur-
chase the best ponies obtainable.
Tests were made in all parts of the coun-
try, and when comparisons were made the
ordinary range" horses Of the Nebraska
prairies were found to lead all contestants
at almost every point.
In the Government contest with horses
from all parts Of the country range"
ponies have been adjudsed as laving the
most speed. best constitution. quickest turn.
least excitab.lity and best disposition. be-
sides being capable OF doing more end
harder work than any other class Of horses
in the United States.
They have therefore been DESIGNATED by
the Government as the official horses to be
used by the cadets and officers ut the mill
tary school at West Point In their games
of polo both at the school and in contests
with other polo clubs of the Eastern cities.
A large majority Of the people Of the
country, and even 4 great percentage OF
welI-informed horsemen. would scorn the
idea of looking on the Western ranges for
thoroughbred horses, and yet one OF the
specifications of the contest in which the
Nebraska ponies were chosen was that
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ponies should not be less than one-har
thoroughbred.
The range horse Is usually thought of and
spoken of as a scrub" but his caliber has
been steadily improving for the last twenty
years.
During that time many imported stations
of the best blood have been sent to Nebras-
ka, and 1t is this strain which has brought
the horses Of the State to the point at
which they were enabled to compare favor
ably with the best blood OF older States.
There are herds of ponies on the Nebras-
Ia ranges numbering into the hundreds,
every one Of which il more than half
thoroughbred.
The first lot of Nebraska horses sent East
were for the personal use Of the officers at
West Point.
There were Just sixteen Of them and they
were revelations to the polo players Of the
East. who had never seen such agility as
the newcomers displayed. Soon this class
Of horses became popular In New York and
at polo grounds. and to ride Nebraska
mount In polo games became fad.
Then came the Government inspection and
contest and the decision that Nebraska
ponies were the best in the country for this
purpose.
P. G. Cooper Of Crawford Neb. who has
furnished large number Of these ponies TO
the Government. says:
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1t is laziness that makes them knock
holes into the toes OF their shoes.
LAZNESS CAUSES
ONE TO TREAD HEAVILY.
Laziness makes a person naturally drop
heavily on his foot every time he takes
step
Then he drags the other foot laboriously
and indolently SO that he can repeat the
operation
Do you think that you can walk?
Just step out smartly and before your
protruding foot strikes the ground. check
It and hold 1t in the air. Now. unless your
body stops instantly and smoothly and re-
tairs its balance without jerks or lurches.
you may make up your mind that you can't
walk.
Some boys swing up smartly enough
from their toes and swing their feet we'll
, But their bodies sway with each step as II
they were poised on spiral springs ike
, jack-ln-the box They don't know how to
walk, although they imagine that they are
walking beautifully.
1t is true that the forward and upward
impetus in walking must be given by the
toes. But their springiness and the spring..
ness Of the legs must not be Ike that OF
timber bellspring that Keeps on oooU,ns
and wabbling long after 1t has been pulled
The leg and toe muscles must have the
combined springiness and steadiness that
you find in a fine carriage spring. which
| lifts the wagon over obstacles. but doesn't
bounce It
| A boy must not bounce along like rub
Der ball and imagine that he Is walking.
Yet lots of eelf-conscious boys and men
who have studied a little about walking do
absolutely bounce.
GRACE OF MOVEMENT AS
| ILLUSTRATED By A CAT.
Watch a cat walk
| There is the grace OF walking Tor you:
| and
slide from shoulders to tanks. and yet the
| body Of the animal is as steady as rock'
except for its forward motion
Then look at an overfed. overbred dog.
like a pug or q King Charles. He wad-
dies like a duck All his body shakes wife
every motion Of the legs.
Look at a truck horse or greaI
Percheron that hauls the heavy brewery
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Of the shock and the feet. being free In
stead Of being dragged. will step forward
to overcome the fall.
II person walking correctly should step
on slippery place and fall backwards, the
free foot will swing forward at once and
balance him. Just as a skater keeps his
balance.
When 1ostled. such a person can ads-
step as lithely as a cat.
He runs into no one. because he can stop
short without an effort
Many persons might have escaped serious
street accidents from escaping vehicles to
leaping out Of the way Of falling objects.
If they had known how to walk.
OF all forms Of athletics. walking II not
only one OF the most important, but one
OF the finest.
And it is neglected almost entirely even
by otherwise excellent Instructors
You can pick up q dozen text books on
the care Of the body and see no references
to walking. except In chapters that tell
about walking for the mere purpose Of ex-
banding the leg muscles or Tor speed or
long-GiStance contests.
Yet a person who walks correctly. wheth-
er he Is walking for business Of pleasure,
will expand most Of the muscles Of his
body surrey. though perhaps not a.
n0uceably or swiftly, As they can be ex-
banded by SPECIFIC exercises.
1t IL queer. 3ur true, that many persons
think more. about the position OF their up
per bodies when they walk than they do
about their legs.
Tae poor legs have to learn to walk al
most without the help Of the brain.
Every other person who thinks about
his upper body Is most anxious about the
position OF his shoulders And what does
he 90 as Q ruler
He pulls his shoulder blade back until,
instead Of being straight and graceful. ne
II actually dsformed
He has forced his chest out. 1t L. true;
but he has also forced his lungs together
| In the back.
By the same action he has thrown his
arms entirely out Of balance. SO that they
| hang down almost behind his body. instead
I Of being carried at ease along his sides.
1t is common sight to sec a man who
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and other wagons. Its walk will show you
what acknowledgement does for the
muscles. The beast Is immense 1t has
chest and shoulders that are wonderful.
Its launches are masses Of muscle. But
fits walk is q combination Of lurching and
Flooding.
Then look at q race horse as II is be-
ing walked slowly along a road to cool of.
See how its slender legs carry 1t. superb
~ as a deer.
A man who really knows how to walk
! should walk like cat or a race horse. HIS
muscles should play from neck to heel so
that he can feel them contract and expand
UP and down his back and across his alb
domen as IL they were alive and rwining
around him. But anybody looking at him
should not be able to notice a single
| motion Of the body. except the forward
| motion. as he makes step after step.
With each step the bail Of tho toe must
give an upward impetus as well as a for
| ward one. But the body must not bounce.
That upward force must be taken by the
| knee. which bends Just enough to take it
| and carry the foot clear of the ground.
Nature is a magnificent economizer.
Whatever is the least laborious in nature is
also the most beautiful. Hence, she has
made that walk the most graceful which
| involves the least labor.
| FOOT SHOULD BARELY
CLEAR THE GROUND.
| Aue Aool ulust not De U1ted hSner tnan
Just enough to clear the ground.
The toes should point almost straight In
1 'front.' turning outward more and mora as
the body Is propelled forward. until. at
| the moment the toe swings the body along
the foot Is well turned outward. but only
| for an instant
"Springing' the body forward expresses
| 1t exactly.
The toe should not throw the weight for
| ward. but merely spring ii ahead, keeping
| 1t In control all the time.
A person who Is walking correctly in
this way has his body in such perfect COM
mand that only overwhelming force can
throw him.
1t is hardly possible for him to trip so
badly that he will fall forward.
His knees would Immediately take up part
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The ponies here run on the range the.
year round until they are taken In hand to
be broken, which Is when they are years
old: this gives them good, hardy constitur
tons. ~
My ranch Is about 1000 feet above the
sea level and find that ponies bred at this
altitude have better lungs than those bred
At a lower altitude. while the buffalo grass
on which they are raised rivals in nutrf.
ment the far-famed blue grass OF Ken :
lucky" ~
ut Is remarkable" says another author. :
ity. 1.-The way in which the tone OF the :
range horses has been improved. rs,
Fifteen years ago they were scrubs; i
to-day they are far on the road to thorough..
breds And there ara thousands OF Them,
on the plains. too =
when the East really becomes acquainted
with our horses We are going to send large i
numbers of them to the older States. Time 2
was when horse around here wouldn't
sell for S. but that's all changed now" sA,z
The speed requirement of the Governments =
examination was that each pony must makU
at least ore-eighth of a mile in thirtstn,,
seconds. the ground being very soft over
which the race was run. 4s.
These range horses never see the insidos
of stable or shed until years old. They.
are bred on the prairies and run at large
most Of them never receiving q feed o9 q
grain until brought In to be broken. saa
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in nine cases out ten. give up tho struggle
in trying to retain his breath, and inyarab-
Iy. too. just before his head reaches the sur
face.
THE result not infrequently is that the
water that has escaped into his lungs and
stomach is far more than Is good for him.
and to many It is positively injurious.
1.-The best thing know of to bring one
quickly to the surface in high diving is to
have piece of cork fastened under each
armpit. Corks weighing four ounces each
are sufficiently strong IN buoyancy for
man of $50 pounds In weight.
There are many devices by which the
corks can be kept secured under the arm
pits. Perhaps the simplest is to sew each
cork into tight-fitting canvas or cotton
bag. and then. again. sew each bag On to
the bathing suit by couple of strands, al
lowing the strands to run over the
shoulders.
'Those with weak hearts," the expert
added. cannot be too strongly advised
against high diving. The spring, the rush
through space. the break. and the entering
and cleaving of the water are altogether too
exciting for weak hearts. and especially so
in cold weather."
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INDTAN PONIES FOR
WEST POINT POLO.
Government Designates These An
imaIs as the Official Horses
for Outdoor Games.

Polo has been played at West Point for
number of years. but usually on low-grade
ponies.
The game has been INDUCED in more as
a sport than the Workmanship It involves.
Recently the Government has deemed 1t
advisabI to encourage all forms of horse
mansh.p in the army. and the authorities
have set about securing better mounts for
the cadets in order that the embryo officers
could compete on something like even terms
with regular polo clubs.
A board of examiners. consisting of Colo
mel Pullman. Deputy Quartermaster Gener-
al; Captain W. c. Short, Thirteenth
Cavalry. who is considered the most expert
horscman in the United States Army, and
who is ct present in charge Of the Govern
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thus imarines that he IS walking straight
ana matesticaHy.
His poor shoulders. b-aced back into q
position where they don't belong. make
him look as II he were cut out Of board
Instead OF making fine. beautiful slope
, from his neck those shoulders stick out at
right angles so that even his clothes hang
on him as II he were . wooden clothes
horse.
Others throw their heads back until their
breasts stick out Ike those Of a poutef
pigeon.
In this position they are beautifully
ready for banana peel or orange rind to
throw them on their backs. the moment
they strike 1t with their heels.
The way to walk straight Is not to think
Of the shoulders at all
Hang your arms loosely at your sides and
hold yourself erect by moderate tension Of
the back and abdominal muscles and the
Then your shoulders will have to hang
right
CHEST SHOULD NEVER
BE THROWN FORWARD.
Don't throw OUT your chest
The chest that II inflated properly by
deep breathing II bound to be thrown out,
and thrown out not like that Of q stuffed
figure, but naturally. because It can't help
It
Don't walk with a.stiH neck
Hold your head erect the way an animal
does
Watch q deer.
Its neck IL always In motion. yet # d
always held beautifully.
Is no good for either balancing or looking
around you- Poised confidently on strong
but plant neck muscles. 1t becomes what
Q head should be.
Many classes Of men who do much walk
ing. such as Indians. guides and trappers
walk with their bodies inclined forward
q little bit.
But they don't round their shoulders or
stoop their heads
They incline forward from the hips
This throws their weight q little ahead.
and gives the leg muscles the chance to
exert all their power in the best direction.
But the upper body u never bent by these
men. g
1t simply - held forward from tho hips
At very slight. barely perceptible, angle.
Even II correct poise In walking had Moth
Ing to do with other forms Of athletics It
would be invaluable In ITSELF The man
who walks right - going to keep his Or
gans-heart. Kidneys, liver and lungIn
splendid form. But. besides all this, u
helps wonderfully In all outdoor sports.
The person who knows how to walk can
learn 10 become . good boxer. because he
has learned one Of the vital Things in box
Ing.
No man can shoot well unless he stands
and steps well.
The good walker will poise better for
baseball. football and tennis. He will ind
that it helps him wonderfully in handbau
1t will help In rowing. for all the muscles
OF his body have learned to act In con-
sonance with the leg muscles. and that -
extremely necessary in rowing from sliding
seats.
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High Diving is
Dangerous Sport.
Few Have Special Aptitude Which
Allows Indulgence With
Impunity.

EXCEPT for those who have an especial
aptitude for it-and there are few-hish
diving Is a dangerous pastime to indulge
In," said diving expert the other day. A
good diver may occasionally lose his bal
snce, but, being generally coolheaded, he
can regain It, or at any rate. sufficiently 80
to prevent injury to himself.
Many of our young men and women who
70 to the seaside In the summer for the
bathing to be had come away permanently
injured for life by having recklessly In
cuiged in high diving. and few OF them. as
q rule. are able to explain how they received
their injuries.
In the majority of cases deafness Is the
most frequent injury INFLICTED By Giving. 1he
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Others walk so fatty that their legs bow
outward. Others stalk instead Of walking.
Look at any athletic field when the con-
testants appear on the ground and observe
how few of them really walk so that 1t Is
pleasing to look at them.
Good boxers and fencers generally walk
pretty well.
But dumbbell showers. trapeze gymnasts,
1ndian-club swingers. tug-of-war men and
almost all other athletes who develop their
upper bodies incline TO a walk as IL they
were bandy-legged.
They put their feet down firmly enough
too firmly. in fact They plod instead Of
walking
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n,rrnr ron rHu SUNDAY swusLIc

NRrrrEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Watch q person walk and you can tel
whether OF not he IS strong and healthy.
The atf1eteo who has overdeveloped part
cf his body at the necessary expense of the
rest Il betrayed by his walk almost every
time.
Not one out of ten athletes walks correct
u. He can't
A top-heavy locomotive or ship would
KabbIe Just the same way when it moves.
Yet lots Of boys. and men. too. are rather
proud Of walking stiffy when they have be-
eun to lay on muscle. Some OF them tread
heavily, like truck horse.