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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01

runners have left the institution. it is
safe to presume that she will not. Car
roll Institute. of this city. has one OF
the fastest teams in the city. but as
yet Mr. Thompson has not arranged race
for her. There are several other teams
which may come. but until day or two
before the meet Il cannot be told
whether or not they viii appear That
Is the Blue and Gray managers relay
card. and those who have seen other
meets. and are in a position TO judge,
say that It is an excellent one. and
surpasses the majority of those held
within the past FIVE years. or since
Georgetown started indoor meets.
Shorter Events Interesting.
None the less interesting are the short
distance events on the card. The next
race to a one mile affair. is the ss0-yard
handicap run, then the 44O-yard run.
22O-yard dash. and 1OO-yard dash. Most
Of these are handicap events. The good
runners will start from scratch. or the
regular starting line. while those who
are not so good and lack experience
will start from various distances from
that mark Last year Alex. Grant. one
Of the fastest Iong-distance men in the
country. started from the scratch. and
quickly overhauled the other contestants
and won easily. He may be entered In
the handicap events this year. but as yet
has not given a decided answer. He has
practically made arrangements TO par
tieipate in a Northern college meet, but
may change his mind at later day. and
figure in the local games.
The 5O-yard dash is what is attract
ing the attention OF almost everyone
who has heard the name OF the cham
pion of that distance. Arthur Duffey, the
Georgetown Wonder" This is the only
event in which the midget will par
ticipate. and he will try his best and
hardest 10 successfully defend his title
and smash the record at the same time.
This is a handicap event. and like the
other races. the poor runners will be
placed ahead OF Duffey, and anyone else
whom the official Handicapped may
place on the regular starting point.
Captain Thompson OF the Amherst Col
Iege team. which defeated Georgetown.
will be entered. as will Dick Dear. the
popular local school boy, who is now
attending Pennsylvania University and
representfng her on the track VIII
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CHANCES FOR SUCCESS.
Prospects of Men Engaged in Different
Calings.

Assuming that you work for vour uv-
Ing. and taking all trades and profess
sions together, the odds against your
earning $1,000 year are just under
1,274 to l. That income is the stand
ard OF ordinary success. But speciaf
success Is generally h1ed at an Income
of over $4,000. and II you hope to
strike out" TO that extent YOU win
have to conquer odds OF $50 900 to 1.
There are about 1900. 600 people in
Britain Who earn money. and Of these
1o.sss make over R1.OOo a year. There
are only sixteen. by the latest returns.
who make over $50. 900 out Of their own
business and professions.
II you are a busIness-not n hank
clerk. you are one among about 800 900
an enormous class or these. sixty
are promoted TO partnerships or posi-
tioDs OF trust worth R1. 900 year. or
succeed TO that extent. by some means
or other. every year. taking ten years
average. You have in this business a
5000 70 l chance.
Counting the officials. their ordinary
incomes average ss los per week. bit
only about three bank clerks in each
year. among all the banks in the king
dom. are raised 10 partnerships or man
agerships worth over G.. 600 a year.
Railway clerks. a much bigger odds
body, numbering &c. 600. have still bigger
odds against them-about 300 to 1.
and on an average five railway clerks
Cor former railway elerks) drop into in
comes Of $1,000 and over On the other
hand. they have a fair chance, 1000 to
or thereabouts. OF eventually getting
the recognized comfortable income
$500 year, and that is comparatively
short ODDS in the battle Of life.
Should yoE be a grocer, you have a
1000 TO l chance of success over III.
Il. 900 a year. for there are nearly 300
O0c more OF you struggling for the same
goal, and the race IS a keen one There
is q pretty steady average OK fifty sue
cesses per year in the grocer trade
among that 100000; though at the same
time there are about 700 failures. for this
= a II AudA uiAS the small man
very hard, and IL comes second on the
list OF dangerous trades-dangerous to-
the pocket or these wins from seveni
TO ten amount 10 over G 1000 a year
each; but Sir Thomas Upton is the only
one who has passed the s5o 900 a year
limit Of late years-one does not COUNT
cooperative companies. of course. Tbs
average. taking the big town grocer and
the little village grocer. and leaving out
the great Combines" come to e2o0 per
annum for each man that runs a grocer's
business.
Ambitious people should leave the
butchers trade alone. for though IL
gives one OF the best chances for a com
Portable income-up 10 $500 a year-ths
real successes are few. and every small
butcher has 10000 to 1 against him Il he
hopes TO reach or pass p. 900 per an
mum.
On the other hand. failures are few
compared with other trades Of about
the same standing. and the number OF
butchers who retire yearly with incomes
of from 600 10 $500 to depend on dur
ing their declining years averages about
250.--Answers
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know the ms and outs OF the race of tnat
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strong team against the fastest high
school team in the country The Dwight
School. of New York city. holds that dis
tinetiOn. and Will be matched with the
Louisvillians. In order 10 make 81 IIs6re
interesting, from a local standpoint. the
managers propose TO put in an aII-Wash-
ington team. composed Of boys from
Technical, Central. Western. and Bust
ness High Schools OF this city.
Those are the races which have been
definitely arranged. Yale stated that
she could be depended upon to send
down some good men" Mr.. THOMPSON
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Entries Are Practically Closed and Every
indication Points to Most Successful In
door Meet Ever Attempted South of Phil
deIphia-ApIications Still Pouring In.

NJ EVER before have the students
M of Georgetown University
looked forward to an indoor
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In Philadelphia Duffey was defeated by
Amsler. a Pennsylvania man. who was
too good to-be given as large a handi-
cap as he had. If the handicappers
make the mistake by placing Amsler.
who will run in the 5O-yard dash here.
as much ahead OF Duffey as he was in
Philadelphia. Arthur will be in serious
danger Of losing the event for which
he has trained so faithfully and con-
scientiously.
The shot put event has champion in
it-John Dewitt, who, besides being the
champion shot putter Of the world. is
also one OF the worlds most famous pig
skin hooters in the country. He is the
champion punter. and has won several
games for Princeton by his excellent
work in that line. Dewitt will also cap
tain the Tiger football eleven this year.
and has wide reputation as an athlete
of the first water. He sent in his en-
try to the shot put more than a month
ago.
Dick Sheldon. of the New York Attn
letlc Club. who is also one of the hest
shot putters in the country. is entered
in the local meet. Sheldon and Dewitt
are old rivals. Sheldon threw the six
teen pounds of lead distance of 40 feet
2 inches at the Boston Athletic Associa-
tion meet in the City OF Culture several
weeks ago. This put Dewitt on the Iui
vive, and in practice at Princeton the
other day he smashed the fnter-colIe-
giate record
Edgar Glass May Come.
Edgar T. Glass. the modern Hercules.
who played guard on the Yale football
eleven, may also be entered in this
event. but as yet he has not sent in his
entry blank. The managers expect 1t
before the night of the meet. and II they
do. the shot put will be battle royal
from the start Glass is a veritable
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does not know whether or not that
means a relay team. but II 10 does. he
Will be able TO cope with the situation,
as he has & friend who is endeavoring
and will probably succeed in getting a
onc-mile squad from Harvard Prince
ton will send some short distance men.
but said nothing about a relay team
Notre Dame the team which ran away
from Cornell last year. may enter. but
in view OF the fact that most of he fast
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Holland, the Georgetown man, who holds
the record for forty yards. and a num-
Der Of other fast men. Duffey is con-
valescing from an attack of grip, but
on the night of the meet he hopes 10
be in prime condition 10 run the race OF
his career.
Owing 10 the shortness of the dash.
and the good men entered. it is be-
lieyed that Duffey is in danger of de-
feat. unless small handicaps are given.
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STARS FOR GEORGETOWNS BIG ATHLETIC MEET

more than TWO seconds from the standing
record for ;hc distance The record.
which was smashed. was established by
the feet-footed Blue and Gray runners.
The record for a relay mile is 4 minutes
. Is seconds. Before the Georgetown
amherst race the record established by
Georgetown was minutes II 3-5 seconds.
If the Blue and Gray lads negotiate the
distance in 4 minutes and sec
onds. as they have in practice. they
will establish new record. and will in
all probability outstrip the boys from
Pennsy.
Olympia's Swift Team.
The strong Olympia Athletic Club of
this city has entered a swift team, and
the managers have pitted it against the
Baltimore Athletic Club and the Mary
land Athletic Club. The Washington
Young Mems Christian Association will
probably figure prominently in the meet.
The relay team has been matched with
the Central and West Branches of Balti-
more. and owing to the intense rivalry
existing between these teams. this inter
city race should be worth watching Two
Junior teams from the Friends Select
School of this city will meet teams from
the Young Mems Christian Association.
and the latter association also has
number Of men entered in the short dis
lance and field events. Emerson Insti-
tute, Of Washington; Boys Latin School.
OF Baltimore. and the Penn Charter
School, =. Philadelphia. will run a three
corne-cd race. as Will Friends Select. OF
Wash gton; Mckenzie School. OF Dobbs
Ferry. " Y, and the Marston School. Of
Baltimore The Louisville High School
athletic trainer informed Manager
Thompson that he was anxious TO put his
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tower of strength. and can hurI the shot
a remarkable distance. He has not prac-
ticed this one particular event to any
great extent, but he is an all-round ath-
lete. and part of his stock in trade is
shot putting
The high jump also has a champion.
Samuel S Jones, of the University 4
New York, and the champion high jumper
OF the world, Will hgure in it. Jones
recently established a new record by
jumping almost six feet. The conditions
were not very favorable at the time he
established the record. At the local
meet everything will be favorable for
the best possible results. and new fig
ures may be hung up. after the event
has closed.
Although Manager Thompson has not
heard anything definite from the Car
Isle Indian School as yet, Glenn. better
known as Pop" Warner. the "Ameri-
cans" trainer. promised to send some
good short distance men and a relay
team. II they are sent down, Mr.. Thomp
son will make the Johns Hopkins-Villa
Nova race a three-cornered race, in
stead OF having those teams run alone
A Military Sweepstake.
Another event which the managers
are endeavoring to arrange is a regi-
nontoJ raca batvreep tho rea,,1a- -
volunteer soldiers stationed in and
around Washington. The athletic com
mittee at the Engineer Corps, Washing
ton Barracks. is anxious for some of
their boys in blue to participate The
marines are also enthusiastic over IL.
and the COrcoran Cadets. of the Ma
tionaI Guard. are DESTROYS of compel
| ing for the handsome relay prizes. The
other team which Mr.. Thompson is hop
ing to secure is one from Fort Myer,
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West Versus the East.


West Versus the East.
The Wisconsin started the agitation.
The track manager Of that Institution
informed Mr.. Thompson that the boys
from the West were solicitous of meet
ing the fastest four-miIe teams in the
country. and as Cornell and Pennsylva-
MIA held that distinction efforts were
made at once to secure the race. Cor
nell jumped at the idea and consented
readily to the meeting; then the man
ayers put il UP to Pennsy. and there
they encountered the only difficulty.
The manager OF the Quakers declared
that the team was not in practice. and
could not do it's best work If the race
was arranged on such short notice.
They promised, however, TO reconsider
later. AS yet the answer has not been
received. Mr.. Thompson is DESTROYS of
bringing the Wisconsin teams here, be-
cause they are all crack athletes and
have the reputation OF being among the
best in their class. Besides. It would
afford an excellent opportunity for those
who wish to judge for themselves to see
how the westerners size up with their
tenderfeet opponents.
II the four-mile race does not pan out,
and even IL it does, Cornell and Pennsyl-
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and reputation Of giving some OF the
handsomest prizes offered in competi-
ton. This year the awards VIII be more
handsome than ever before. and that
means a lot The first prizes in the
events VIII be made of gold. with the
seal OF Georgetown. with a diamond in
the bosom of the eagle. on one side. and
on the diverse side will be engraved
the event and the name of the winner
The second prizes will be OF silver.
with a ruby in it. and OF the same de-
sign. The third will be made OF bronze,
with an emerald setting. and OF the
same design as the others. All OF them
will be in the form OF watch fobs, and
can be made useful as well as orna-
mental. In the relay races all OF the
members of the victorious teams will be
given first nrize gold medals. Contrary
to the rule in vogue in most of the 9TH
er universities Georgetown will not
award any silver or pewter cups to the
winners of the various events
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Special Train to be Run.

In order 10 accommodate the large
crowd OF rooters and participants who
Will come from Baltimore a special train
will be run from that city to Washington
about o'clock on the afternoon of the
meet. About five hundred people will
come over from the Monumental City.
Johns Hopkins University alone has
forty-seven entries in the various
events, and the rooters of these athletes
will swell the number TO two hundred or
mere. Several athletic clubs Of Balti-
more have entries in the events. and
their followers viii MAKE quite an az
eregation. a section Of the grandstand
In Convention Hall will be roped of for
the Baltimoreans. so that they can root
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL.
A Glimpse of the Sultan as He Rides
in State.

n NIImDBe OF Ine sultan as n e H10e@
I'm state.
If you wish for a glimpse, and that
but a momentary one, of the Sultan of
Turkey then drive to Yldz Kiosk,
for the day is Friday, and he goes to
the Salemlik, as his fathers did before
him. He is envoloped in a cloud of
ministers and military guards, who are
anxious only, as they press around, to
protect him from the faintest whisper
or suspicion of any storm outside his
palace walls. To-day the sun is dis
tinctly warm, and wakes up all the
color sleeping in AIRED fez, blue tunic or
feather-light cloak of a Turkish wom-
an. The clock on the gate strikes half
past 1.-THE Mohammedan 8 day begins
at sunset-and the pick of their cav
airy, infantry and artillery take up
positions to right and left of the road.
A rattle and rush of heavy wheels, and
up the hill come fifteen or twenty carts
filled with sand, which quickly carpets
the dirty road To see this done with
such lightning speed makes one wonder
whether the Sultan knows how filth
ly dirty are the streets of his capital
This is more unlikely las he only quits
his place twice in the year, and on both
occasions this dust throwing perform
ance takes place all along the route to
STEAMBOAT, where stands the mosque OF
San Sofia.
All eyes are now turned towards the
palace for the ladies of the harem are
approaching in close carriages drawn
by gray horses. They enter the gates
of the inclousure in front of the
mosque:the horses are taken out and
remain there under the charge of a coal
black eunuch, taking no further mart
in the ceremony. Seated in one Of the
carriages is a fair haired little girl
about 5 years old-the Sultan's only
daughter. Just brief pause, and then
the bugle sounds, and a tremendous
roar goes up from the thousands of
left the place. On top Of the minaret
by the mosque priest leans over and
shouts down a prayer, which is an
swered again by roar
We Franks are Accommodated in a
portion of the palace just opposite the
gates which commands an excellent
view OF the whole proceedings. as well
as the Sultan's yacht, the Izzedin,
which lies at anchor In the Bosphrous
far below. In solemn state and gram
eur the royal procession passes. The
sultan ~ dressed In a plain military
frock coat, with fez. His four little
sons, 10 all Appearance II the same age,
mounted on Arab ponies. salute as he
passes the gates. the band AZ the same
time striking up the sultsn's march.
which has smart, uptap air about u.
Onlcefs and men Ike salute. aud the
service IN the mosque commenceA
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| awkward thinks, she hurried from the
room. Were there not enough men
like this? Why
And again the question formed In
her brain, why should Harry go?"
There was no room for her in the
| officers ROOM where barrels and
boxes were being showed toward wait
| ing men. The din of the drillroom
confused her. The shrill voices of the
women pierced her ears. The soldier
boys rushed about excitedly with dust
on their uniforms, and forced gaiety
on their lips. 1t was all very dirty,
offensive and absurd, from Marga-
ret's point of view. She wandered
| from group to group, returning greet
| ings with common-places. Later on a
| bugle sounded, aud the entire COM
pany lined up while Col. Davitt, a
veteran of the Civil War, presented
the captain with a revolver and ad-
| dressed the prospective heroes in
! flowery periods. Margaret caught her
| husbands arm as he was hurrying
back to the officers room.
Harry, do you know it's mid
night"
you bet we know it, and no end of
work to be done. You'd better go on
| home, Madge. There are plenty of
folks passing our house."
He did not notice the light that
| flashed into her eyes, nor the strange
note in her voice as she answered:
81 shall wait for you, if ii takes till
morning"
She sat on an upturned soap-box in
the corridor where she could watch her
| husband at his duties. The crowd in the
/ drill room thinned. Weeping woman
passed her and she glanced at them
impatently. The privates were I'M
rolling their blankets and falling TO
sleep where they happened TO fall And
still the figures in the officers room
moved briskly. And still Margaret sat
watching her husband with hungry,
burning eyes.
The city hall clock rang two as they
stepped out into the fresh air. Marga-
! ret filled her lungs with II, taking deep,
long breaths. Harry's voice rang clear
and incisiye on the quiet air. He was
telling how Col. Davitt's youngest son
] had cried because he failed on the ply
steal examination.
J Jolly good OF the old colonel, wasn't
Il to make that nice little speech to
, Capt Hall2"
Il think the whole proceeding was
very silly" responded his wife in hard,
even tones.
Harry bent over to unlatch their
gate, and he did not offer 20 speak
again until they entered the house.
Then when he had turned out the lights
and barred the doors. she laid her hand
on his ann.
Let ~ ~ here for a while-and
talk"
Here" was their favorite corner.
the pride Of their small reception hall.
and b nisf came before Harrya eyes,
as be drew his wife down beside him.
Then suddenly be commenced % talk
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ing the soldiers march to the depot
next morning. At last Margaret
abandoned her vigil on the front porch,
entered the dining room and packed a
basket of lunch. She selected the best
the pantry offered, wrapping each
dainty separately in tissue paper and
covering all with snowy linen. Then
she put on one of her prettiest dresses,
and fastened Harry's favorite ribbon
to her collar. 1t all appealed to her as
means of riveting the domestic fet-
tiers. Her head throbbed in time to
her overcoming murmur of II won't
give him up-I won't"
Lights blazed from every window of
the armory. The babble of voices
met her at the foot of the stairs. She
paused in the doorway of the drill
room. The air was thick with dust,
through which she saw vaguely a
mass of blue clad figures, each sur
rounded by a circle of somberly cloth
ed friends. A young girl clutching a
string of brass buttons and bows of
tri-color ribbon stopped at Margaret's
elbow, and remarked:
isn't it too lovely, the dear, brave
things!"
Margaret turned from her coldly,
and asked a young man she knew by
sight where Sergt Lawrence was.
I'm the officers room, ma am.
They're packing supplies and he's the
busiest man in the bunch"
Sergt. Lawrence blew his wife a
kiss from the tips of his grimy fingers
and went on with his work. With
the ghost of a smile, she held out the
basket.
TOO late, dearie. I got so hungry
I waded into crackers and cheese, but
there's couple of boys in the next
room who just enlisted. They walked
in from the Dunbar ranch. I guess
they'd be glad to have that lunch"
Harry went back to his work, and
with a Tightening of her lips, Marga-
ret carried the basket to the two ranch
hands, sitting stiffiy and uncomfort-
ably erect in their newly donned uni
forms. They accepted the proffered
lunch without hesitation and fell to
with a relish. One of them, picking
out a piece of snowy angels food
nudged the other and whispered
hoarsely, That's how things come
your way when you wears de blue"
Margaret's hand frightened on the
basket and without waiting for their