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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
MANY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WINTER HORSE RACING.
Hot Springs and Los Angeles Will Divide Patronage With
Francisco and New OrleansNews the Eastern
Turf-What the Bangtails Are Doing in st. Louis
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The approach OF the fall racing season
calls the attention OF horsemen to the usual
details and arrangements of preparing for
winter campaigns While patronage in the
past few years has been divided between
San Francisco and New Orleans. there are
to be two more bidders in the field for pop
ular favor the coming winter. Ono is the
new Los Angeles Jockey Club. whose plant.
now in process Of construction. is to be
known as Ascot Park. The other Is the
Hot Springs, Ark. plant, also in process Of
construction.
A number of prominent business men Of
Los Angeles are behind this new venture.
and enough capital, 1t is stated, has al
ready been subscribed TO give assurance OF
well-equipped racing plant and q high
class meeting.
j. w. Brooks. the promoter and manager
Of the enterprise. attempted to run a meet
ing at Los Angeles last winter. An old
trotting track within the city limits was
brought into reauisition for the purpose. but
a number of complications prevented the
meeting from going through. chief among
which was the adoption by the City Council
Of an antibetting resolution.
Quite a number Of prominent owners In
the Middle Yves. had made oil arrange
ments to ship to Los Angeles. until it be-
came known that the meeting would have
to be abandoned. Mr.. Brooks. who has
been in the East for some time, recently
returned to Los Angeles 10 supcrintend the
construction of the new track. grand stand.
stables, etc.
Before leaving he stated that he had as
surances from several of the leading own
ers in Chicago, INCLUDING E. Corrigan and
p. Dunno, that they would at least send de-
tachments of their strings TO take part III
the Los Angeles winter meeting.
BROOKS GIVES HIS PLANS.
with reference to the coming winter meet
ing. Mr.. Brooks said: THE Los Angeles
Jockey Club is incorporated and capitalized
at $4,000, the stock being subscribed by
representative business men of the city.
Epes Randolph, president OF the club, IS
president Of the Los Angeles Interurban
Rai.way Company and vice president Of the
Pacific Electric Railway Company. of which
H. E. Huntington IL president. John J. Fay,
Jr vice president of the club, Is the re-
tired PRECEDENT OF the Citizens National
bank of Los Angeles. j. A. Muir. treas
urer. Is general manager of the Los AM
ge.es Railway Company. w. q. kerch0n.
one OF the directors. Is one OF the leadlng
lumber dealers Of the Pacific Coast. u a.
Hale. another director. is large wholesale
every Important city OF the Stats. w. =.
Dunn. also q director. Is well-knOwn at
toruey Of California. having tor yearS been
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

track and the load goes to contribute to-
ward the grading Of the course.
THE GRAND STAND.
A large tract is to be treated thus. From
the speed with which The work is going on,
however. the size OF the undertaking will
not be a disturbing factor. Already the
spot where the grand stand is to be placed
has been lowered more than eight feet. and
Is now being leveied or in readiness for
use.
The stand will face in a northeasterly, d.
rection. and Will have one extremity close
road ias The FiSs track viii run in diasonai
oirection-that is. it will have its back
stretch running northwest and its home
stretch southeast
All the stabhng will lie behind the grand
stand. The inficld is now dotted with q
Be made to preserve some Of these by trim
ming them for twenty feet or more This
win enable spectators TO look beneath their
A natural lake is situated in what will be
the, inticld. This lake is fed BY twenty
springs, and is Of clear water. 1t Is planned
OF the scenery. City water Is oitainable
throughout the tract. and a pipe will be laid
into the lake to enable fountain to be
The course will be the regulation mile in
circuit. ard the natural soil of the site will
be used IN Its construction. This is light,
quickly. No clay will be used in the build
ing of the course. Graniioide will be used
for walks in all sections Of the grounds.
Arrangements have been made whereby
car lines will lead directly behind tie stand.
The SPRING avenue line will h extended out
he directly behind the stand. according to
Captain Carmody.
ASSURED OF DATES
Il have assurances Of our racing dates
for next year." said the captain. land be-
Deye We will have the best class OF horses
in the West here. Our idea is to give big
stakes and purses and compensate ourselves
for the expense by the additional attendance
which Is sure to result. People will turn
out in large numbers when big race is to
be run. where they don't care to attend II
lot Of selling piaters are carded to chase
each other around the track.
I'VE VIII have Judge joseph Murphy 10
the stand. He is absolutely honest and will
stand for no fooling from any one. Our
starter Is not yet decided upon, nor Is on.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

eighty feet wide on the turns and eighty
ilve feet wide in the stretches. There will
De chute from which to start six and a
haIr ana seven fur.ong races, and also q
straight three-furlongs for 2-year-oid races.
we VIII have an inside training tr,k
htty feet wide and steeplechase COURSE
modelled after that at Hawthorne"
REEFS FOR JUDGE
According to Mr. Brooks. an effort will
be made to secure the services of Captain
James II. Rees of Memphis as presiding
judge, but should Captain Rees not &C
judge will be offered to a well-known Chi
cago racing official. and New York news
paper man. Mars Cassidy will be asked to
90 the starting.
The present Intention Is to give a ninety
day meeting this winter beginning Decem-
Der 25. The club will depend on the lnp;l-
,ation adjacent to Les Angeles and on win
promises an announcement in the near
future of stakes and purses of liberal
values. which he believes will be necessary
IN order That the new track may compete
successfully with New Orleans and San
Francisco.
The attitude of The Crescent Jockey Club.
and of the San Francisco tracks. toward
the new venture, Will, CT course, have some
bearing. Los Angeles is so far away from
New Orleans that the competition will
scarcely be felt at the latter point, except
that Los Angeles may take away. come
bookmakcrs and horsemen who would 9TH
erwise .tatronize the Southern track.
Los Angeles is 800 miles from San Fran
cisco. 80 that the new track will draw
very little patronage from the latter city.
In fact. 1t is suggested that high-class
meeting at Los Anpeles will help racing OH
the Pacific Coast generally, as it will at
tract more turfrnen to that section, many
of whom would divide their time between
the 10 cities.
:. DATE QUESTION.
Recently new governing body has been
formed to take cognizance of racing on the
Pacific Coast. This organization is COM
posed of The three tracks controlled by
Mr.. Williams. Tanforan. Ingleside and
Oakland, the track at Butte. Mont. and
that at Seattle. This organization will APP
portion dates and govern racing in its ter
ritory in about the same manner as the
Western Jockey Club
Mr.. Brooks states that he expects dates
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sMATHERS LOST FORTUNE ON RACE.
Bet 10000 on Billy Buck. Only to See
Him Prove His Inferiority.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Aug. co-Betting all OF the
Grand Circuit plungers and pikers to a
standstill single-handed. E. E. Smathers.
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entire stan Of track officials known as yet.
The idea of having a slight variance In
the grades OF tits course WAS taken e.ter q
study Of the Washington Park track These
differences In levels win be imperceptibie.
80 FAR as the eye Is concerned. but they will
be enough TO rest the horses.
Our betting ring will be under the grand
stand. We will build the stand on an in
cline. so that those standing in 'front.' in the
the shoulders of those in front of them.
We expect to have the track entirely
ready by December /, and most of the
stabling and fencing viii be up by that
time. The grading and laying out of the
course proper will be completed by October
here"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
STEAM Shovel.
"

the wcll-known New York road rider. yss-
terday wagered AMI lost on his new horse,
Billy Buck. 207i&, more money than one msA
ever poured into the pool box on the result
OF a contest between trotters.
Relying on the skill Of Ed Geers ana
the speed OF his horse. he sat smiling and
chatting with party of friends in Q pei-
vate box in the grand stand while pool dck.
cts calling for something like $4,000 were
turned to wastelsss pastebocr6. q pune
worth Ss6o was lost and horse that bad
before looked like the best trotter In hi9
class. with engagements worth $4,000 more
ahead of him blew up and exposed The
soft streak that was In him.
Men who should know said that NJ.
horse. The largest winners on the Taco
were Nick Hubirger of New Haven, who
took about $1,000 out Of the ring. and J. L
Druien OF Bar6stown. KY. who won ome.
thing Ike 5000 for himself and tpe n
Hudson Gal omb contederacy. -
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IN charge Of the law and political business
OF the Southern Pacific Railroad.
THE club has purchased 100 acres of land
just south of the city limits at a cost OF
S1250p9. A portion OF this land has been
used for number Of years as a vegetable
garden and the balance rs an orchard OF
walnuts. apricots and pears. An artesian
well furnishes an ample water supply.
THE grand stand and paddock VIII be
built on the same plan as that at Haw-
thorne. There will be 500 box stalls In sec
be placed north and south. SO as to have
the benefit of both morning and afternoon
sun. These barns will be built in the middle
Of the fruit orchard.
"A modern clubhouse will be built lust
south Of the grand stand. The track will
be the regulation circular mile course.
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Being Constructed With Slight Variations
Eevation-Pans and Programme of the New Undertake
ing Description of the Grounds Be of Natural
Soil
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
TOTEACH HAPPINESS.
Paris Newest School to Take Up
Vital Matter.

a school of happiness" is to be open
ed at Paris in the autumn by DR.. Paul
Valentin, says the Philadelphia Press
A complete course of lectures on the
subject will be given.
One of the teachers" recently de-
clared that "men and women will be
taught the art Of happiness just as they
are taught that of painting or of play
ing the piano" Among the kinds OF
happiness to be lectured upon will be
bow to be happy although married.
DR.. Valentin considers that conjugal
felicity depends upon three things
circumstances which he does not de-
fine and over which one may not al
ways have control, cerebral equilibrium
between the two parties and suitability
of character"
A periodical will be published by the
school called the Normal Life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
PREACHER IS A VAGRANT.
Made His Young Wife Work for
50 Cents a Day.

From the Atlanta Constitution,
REV" J. T. Lowry, a white man
who calls himself Holiness preacher,
was bound over by the recorder yes
terday on the charge of yagrancy. The
facts brought out in the case made the
most remarkable vagrant story that
has been handled by the police.
"Rev." Lowry refused salary of 81
day while his young wife worked
hard all day for only so cents. He
would not work, he was quoted as say
ing, because he thought the Lord
should provide for him. In his house,
or rather room, there is al old bed
stead, a dilapidated mattress and only
one pillow. He takes the PILLOW at
hight and lets his hard ,toiling wife
rest her head on pile of rags.
The alleged preacher put in the plea
that he worked now and then and did
not keep it up because it was not nee
essarY.
The case was made by Patrolman
Dan Cook There were a score OF wit
nesses that testified that Lowry
preached and did not work. He was
paid no salary for preaching.
Lowrey lived so witnesses stated, In
a squaIid room near the corner OF De.
catur and Billiard streets. He loafed
about the town all day and bought pro-
visions with the $3.50 which his wife
earned each week.
Lowry stated that he belonged to
the jefferson Street Cooperative
Band of Missions"
This man." stated the officer, after
all the witnesses had testified, lis a
vagrant pure and simple. He has
stated that he refused a job at 81 day
because he would have to move to do the
work and that would make his wife
lose her so cents day job. He even
won't buy his wife stove to cook on,
and she uses a neighbours stove and
does the neighbours cooking to pay for
stove rent. He takes the only pillow at
night and his wife has to rest her
tired head on lot of old ragged
quilts"
The recorder held the REV" Lowry
IN a 800 bond to answer to the charge
of vagrancy. He could not give the
bond and was sent to the tower.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
SARTO AT VENICE.
Pope's Influence There Arose by
Contact With the People.

Thousands of Venetian workingmen
while rejoicing in the triumph of Giu-
! seppe Sarto in the conclave at Rome
deeply regret that his genial presence
and helpful ministry will be known in
Venice no more, says the chicago
News The great cathedrG where Sar
to presided is frequented by his shep-
herdless flock. The people assemble be-
meath the quntuple domes and kneel
with bowed heads, anon lifting up their
eyes to the pulpit whence their arch
bishop was wont to launch many stir
ring appeals to the conscience of Ven
ice.
This scene is a forcible reminder OF
the character, methods and power of
the new pope. He believed first of all
in close human contact with his people
and then in the efficacy Of magnificent
church decoration and striking ceremo-
NAL for the promotion Of an elevated
state of soul. He thoroughly enjoyed
the splendor of the cathedral of st.
Mark and witnessed with satisfaction
how it's spaciousneSs and beauty af-
fected the worshipers. He was wont TO
organize special services involving dra-
matte elements.
On st. Marks day, before o'clock in
the morning the cathedral was always
filled with an eager multitude. Large
gondolas brought boat loads Of work
ingmen from the different parishes in
the city to the landing steps on the
Grand canal. Each parish formed
procession, with the parish priest at its
head in his black cassock singing the
litany. One procession followed anoth'
er into the church and up to the chan
Gel steps, where each in turn broke
ranks. The inpouring of these parO-
chial professions continued until st.
Marks was packed almost entirely
with workingmen and their spiritual
leaders.
Then Cardinal Sarto, gorgeously ar
rayed, mounted the pulpit and preach
ed a sermon. His natural eloquence
made douby effective the inculcation
Of lofty ideals of private morality, pa
triotism and civic duty. His sermons
were always punctuated with applause.
Nobody could overlook the close sym.
pathy between the preacher and the
people. 1t is thought in Venice that
such a leader will breathe a new spirit
into the papacy which will revive the
most remote disciples of the Catholic
faith
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
A Bows Wild Ride For Life.

With family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life, IS miles,
TO get DIR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds,
w. H. Brown, Leesville, Ind, endur-
ed deaths agonies from asthma; but
this wonderful medicine gave instant
relief and soon cured him. He writes:
II now sleep sOundly every night.
Like marvellous cures OF consumption,
pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, colds,
and grip prove its matches merit for
all throat and lung troubles. Guaran-
teed bottles SOC and Sl.00 Trial bottles
tree at Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
PARDON FOR MAMIE DECKS
Will Be Considered by Prison
Commission This Week.

Along with other applications for
executive clemency the prison com
mission will take up this week the APP
plications for pardon for MamiS DeCrls
of Savannah, sentenced for two years
for thefts of diamonds and iewelrY
There are petitions in her behalf from
Irwin, Sumter, Muscogee and several
other counties in the state, besides a
large number of letters. The opinions
on the subject are various.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
The Genuine vs.. COunterteitS..

The genuine is always better than
the counterfeit, but the truth of this
statement is never more fOrcibly real
lied or more thoroughly appreciated
than when you compare the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with the
many counterfeits and worthless sub
stitutes that are on the market. w.
S. Ledbetter of Shreveport, La, SAYS:
After using numerous other remedies
without benefit one box OF DeWitta
WiUchG Hazel Salve cured me" For
blind, bleeding, itching and protrud'
ing piles no remedy is equal TO De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve.
DAWSON DRUG co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
WILL TEST VAGRANCY Law
SUPREME COURT TO BE ASKED TO PASS
UPON ITS CONSTlTUTIONALITY,
Gvvton Parks One of Two Macon Lawyers
Who Will Oppose New Measure Says
II Contains Two Subject Matters.

perhaps more arrests have been
made in Macon under the new vagran-
~ law than in any other city of the
state. and it's constitutionality will be
attacked by two attorneys OF that
city.
One of them is Mr.. Guyton Parks OF
Dawson, who recently opened law Oh
ice in Macon. He has been retained
nv some of the defendants charged
with vagrancy, and is quoted by the
Macon News as saying that the law
covers two subject matters; that Is
that to all purposes and intents 1T is a
child labor law and also vagrant law
Tits charged by Mr.. Parks that the
law, since it embraces two subject
matters, is unconstitutional.
II is alleged in support ofthis charge
that the statute applies to crimes that
cannot come under the head OF vagran'
CIV and that do come directly under the
provision of child labor law, showing
that it is both vagrant and chlId Ia
bor statute. Mr.. Parks said he would
carry the case to higher court on
The grounds of its unconstitutlonallty
in embracing two subject matters, and
that in addition to this he would make
the point that the cases which nave
already been tried in the city court
have been disposed of illegally by rea-
son of the following facts; That the
law was passed on August II and that
on August 81, four days afterward,
some of his clients were arrested on
the charge of being Migrants. he
saws that he does not believe the su-
preme court will put its seal OF approx
al on a statute under the provision OF
which a man can be adjudged va
grant who has been CUT of employment
only four days.
Attorney John w. Cooper is the 9TH
err Macon lawyer who will test the con-
stitutionality of the law before the SUI
prame court. He says:
Ire GAVIN fdRfduG Ia" 10 "AOA"N'
a doubt the most sweeping enactment
that ever passed the general assembly.
1t is so general in its provisions that
YOU can arrest almost anybody, per-
sons, if you please, who while they
may be guilty of some other crime are
certainly not Migrants. A vagrant is
a man who is dependent upon charity
for support, and man is not vagrant
until his living is dependent upon
charity.
81 am not defending violators OF the
law who ought to be punished, but
maintain that we ought not TO have
law that charges a man with vagrancy
when his crime may be something
else. The intent of the law may be all
right. put in application is not good
law, and l am going TO make test OF
il.
The law is considered by the people
one of the very best that was ever en-
acted in Georgia, and it is hoped that
IL will stand the test 10 the courts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
The Freak Of a Cyclone.

A western. paper says picnic gill
was on the platform OF a rapidly NOV
ing train when it ran into cyclone.
The wind gathered under the girls
skirts, made parachute of her clott :
ing and lifted her off the traip into a
nearby corn field, where she landed
without bruise. We have always
heard that the western cyclones were
powerful risky, but rever did kno"
that they would take such liberties as
that with a picnic girl.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
His Life Saved by ChamberIain's Collie
Cholera and Oiarrhoea Remedy.

"B. L. Byer, well known cooper of
this town, says be believes Chamber
Iaiu's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOca
Remedy saved his life last summer
He had been sick for a month with
what the doctors called bilious dvsen-
terry, and could get nothing to DO him
any good until he tried this remedy.
1t gave him immediate relief" says B.
T. Little, merchant, Hancock, Md
For sale by Fsrrar & Harris, Dawson;
W I'LL ord s. CO. ,>Parkott.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
RAISES RYE AT GOOD PROFIT
Marion County Farmer Made Big
Sale in Americas.

Mr.. William Rushin, one of Marion
county's prosperous and progressive
farmers, was in Americas yesterday,
and sold to local dealers $400 worth of
fine seed rye produced on his farm.
Besides raising cotton successfully,
Mr.. Rushin pays attention to the
smaller crops as we'll, and every year
makes from $500 to 5000 on his rye
patch" as a side line. Americas
Times Recorder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
Search for a New Grain Route.

A British expedition has been sent to
explore Hudson bay for the purpose Of
determining whether new grain route
is practicable. The plan is to ship
grain from the western portion of Can
ada. to be stored in elevators on Hud-
son bay and shipped by water during
the brief summer season in which navi.
cation Is open.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
Doctors Could Not HELD Her.

I had kidney trouble for years, "
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shell
ton Wash, "aud the doctors could not
help me. l tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
and the very first dose gave me relief,
and I am now cured cannot say too
much for Foley's Kidney Cure"
HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
Living on Peanuts.

Four students Of Norwich university,
three of whom are working their way
through college, during the last three
months Of the college year saved an
even $50 each by deserving the frater-
nifty hash house" and living on pea
nuts, says the New Haven Chronicle.
Every one of the quartet is in better
health than when he started in on the
strange diet
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
Noted Collection for Harvard.

Harvard university is to have the ia
nous geological collection of Baron de
Beyet of Brussels through the kindness
Of Mr.. Carnegie. 1t Is rich in extinct
birds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the none
it if fails to cure. E W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. % cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-09
Some Saloon Statistics.

There are said to be 1000 licensed
saloons il the whole OF the south. In
the city Of New York there are "a, 900
such saloons. The south has about
three inhabitants to New York city's
one