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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

breakfast Then discussed question of what to do
Harold suggested hching the and going after
his small which repaired at Excelsior
sailing it Fred and seconded the
ton before arrived where the boat
and leaving another boy. who had with us Tor
the drive the sail and shortly
reached home without msehap. that nearly
thru canal between lower lakes
hearty lunch decided to the afternoon at the
exciting the sailboat wind pretty heavy,
the tipped rather uncomfortable
had to hold the boat and heavy caddy
at the time Several times when the boat
particularly lurch all went into
Jones' locker AT the golf links spent pleasant
strenuous afternoon, afording friends great
deal Of amusement with mighty strokes at the ball.
other knock holes in
grass time quickly and before
it the sinking. We shouldered clubs
the boat and sailed quickly home where after eating
supper, shortly the usual
pillow fight but all agreeing that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
A NICE THOUGHT AWHILE AGO.

day, quite while thought it would be nice
trip When arrived there the
harvesting left the buggy
ran to them They worked hard and
pted poor men, because it warm in the
the not long because when
it would be time to
go the roads wet after the rain Just
good time flew fast it
about when started for home
there That is the shortest
day Florence Bjornlund,
Sixth Grade, 1915 Second Street s.
#s%s.
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THE LONGEST WAS THE SHORTEST.

- .
Of the June 81 proved to be the
shortest vacation A large party
girls boys had planned boat trip The day proved
slight We arrived the
nine o'clock jolly party After
viewing the interesting points Of the lake, such
gracefully curvng bays interesting shadows In the
along shore,
our minds began dwell material things, but
thinking tried to imagine
we hungry. decided
lovely spot, spread luncheon. After
resting spell again the not
when inquired what the time and to
Of all of the exclaimed why, it is
after three it late
could to the landing, where
NAMED till half fve How the time did y It seemed
as just stepped off the train when
again, fairly seated thought myself
WELL hasn't short We hare scarcely had
time to do anything" OF days my this
proved when had hoped it would
longest --Elvira Under.
A Eighth Grade, Fifteenth S.
School.
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SLEPT FOR THE SEVEN
EEPERS.

After several hard efforts I sue
ceeded in really getting up.
= essed in great haste and when I
went down stairs, found the table
all set and ready for the coming
meal. / thought must have got
ten up very early, but on looking
at the clock I saw it was about
twenty minutes of one. could
not believe my eyes and looked
again. Sure enough, it said twenty
minutes to one. ran into the par
lor where my mother was and
asked her why we did not have
breakfast. She replied, "Why, my
dear child, we had breakfast ages
ago. + ate light meal and then
in the next room. intended only to
about fifteen minutes sleep had me I
and it was nearly half-past six bef'
eapcoc Thic was NV shortest v9c9t
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THE JOY OF WORK.

THE JOY OF WORK. $500
My shortest vacation day the day
tion when started work The quickly that
it seemed tho it only about
blow busy.
At o'clock heard the whistle blow and thought it
dinner time went after lunch
eat dinner. To the other boys
going with their lunch baskets. asked the
boys why they going early and said
this is not early quit work at six o'clock
ming T surprised but jumped my
and cap and rode home wheel fast could
it, it time bed. interested
in work. -Fredolph Erickson,
"A Sixth Grade, 1901 Jefferson NE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

1O1 q VtIy IItlI5 WIllfe, as
thought, and when I asked my I'M
Gle what time it was he said it was
ten minutes after three, so I put on
my coat and started out for the ball
park, returning home at six o'clock.
1t was the shortest vacation day I
ever had. Arthur Piers,
A Sixth Grade,
Horace Mann School.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1908

then it dinner After dinner piled another load in two
hours When piled it played till supper.
went fast After piled third load
two hours The time quickly that could
not realize it. The that when
hard and when played played hard.
"A Sixth Grade, -IngvaId johnson,
Holland School 1907 Madison Street NE.
At THE SOUND OF A WHISTLE.
One morning I awoke and heard the rain patterng
the roof. thought what disagreeabe
have After breakfast began read, but
long when Whistled for my
and rubbers and went out to find that it of
friends who wanted down and play in their
received permission and went First made
trapeze and then fun commenced,
that forgot about dinner. dinner
was all dust. After dinner commenced
and had lovely time until the trapeze broke When
finally opened the door, it beginning to get
dark When went home related all THAT happened and
spoke of how short the day had seemed
B Sixth Grade wrence Lund.
sfsa Jackson School. 1907 Second
ON A VERY WINDING RIVER.
My shortest vacation spent in the country
at uncle's when they had the picnic
the afternoon played and all Juniors
know it is fun to play when you cider people
along to join in the
had dish of ice each, which my cousin had
river which flows thru places day
seemed much any other vacation days.
tho did get up went to bed
later. -IIildur Allen.
A Sixth Grade, 2511
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EIeHTEEN Hours SHORT.


complete the had planned
opening of school, but what reaching
home find that the week allotted
already flown and school the following
all that work into but
most important parts which thought mastered,
scarcely had time to speak, question, eat
meals. flew from task to another, arranging my
study collecting materials finishing one
after another, regardless the fight time
watching the amount of ahead me;
finishing the last article by
twelve solemn strokes Of the clock jumped nsnctivey
and found myself at this doefu hour
the lower aoor Immediately stretched tired
limbs hastily assembled the stairs
wrapped in the deepest sumber. Altho
a. to II Of eighteen hours, constant dill
gence had rendered it, shortest
= "A Tenth Grade, Alice E. De Kroyft,
South Side High School. 2321- Nineteenth ". S. $50
RULE WITH NO EXCEPTION.
It has been said that there everything-and
the rule has exception in this
thoughtful
in planning vacation had my enemy, Father
Time not interposed should still be enjoying life So
thoroy enjoy myself picturesque town
toward which had
lessly ignored SWIMMING by days, SO nat
uraiy suddenly day!
Then all scurry, making necessary
preparations departure actually wings!
Before had finished the tedious task of packing
already afternoon, taking leave
friends, before begun
to Amusement hostess suggested that it train
time. would have endured to pre-
vent the existence of period, just
Dark found the station, experiencing the
the words There's naught painful than good by.
Attic the train late it seemed only seconds be-
black putting around corner
"Cose clasped hands meeting,
Low, kind words hearts beating"
andI sailing away-away from the shortest day Of
vacation! Henrietta Lund,
Tenth Grade, Cos Seventeenth Av s.
South High School
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ONE SHORT DAY OF BALL, BALL, BALL

The shortest Of vacation days the of
three months vacation,
passed swiftly with unusual of baseball
it the first day. and took advantage Of it. There
interest mingled with excitement yelling
the community boys There the swift Whizzng
curved ball. the ground ball. etcetera etcetera. The
fielding q
hit in the jaw by ground ball, jump, and all
accidents long
and a run. yell the boys good of
passed with only this of baseball It
hour to the interest in the fun drove
time all swiftly aeas Josewitch
A Eighth Grade, iii Nineteenth Street.
School
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There much to be done that warm August day.
It little sister was to have birthday
party all work must be hnlshed be-
girl arrived There sweeping and dust
ing; scrubbing baking; dishes to be washed all the
dressed and other things HOW
flew! It seemed tho we did not have
the time wished for and was drawing nearer
with vim the morning sped and When
dinner time came we hardly lunch But
everything good order and all the girls had
equally good time in the afternoon as we
the morning, think enjoyed bet
labor. played had enjoy
able time night arrived almost quickly
When that day looked back it, it
hours, together with play
the time fly quickly. Esther NJ Carlson,
Tenth 1907 Seventeenth Av. S.
South Side High School.
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HALE AND HALE.

My shortest vacation I a
half day and played half day. ] my
uncle's in the morning until
prised when the engine help
ner I then went to dinner with and me
flew there too 1t seemed that
last was to go to the ball at three o'clock
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A Sixth Grade.


Ethel Caldwell
A Sixth Grade . ~ 80 80 2434 Fifth Avenue S.
THOSE LONG TEN MILES.
My shortest day when I took trip The
miles very slowly, stupid
ST. Paul boarded the
facing and it did not take long for to make
quantance if talking a
hour but when asked the conductor what time it
he told it ten O'clock had started at The
ion left the train and waited father the
from their they hill
the hand My father glad that had
took to the boarding house for dinner This
with the to their work Of the
with They were building great arch creek and
in making it they had to turn little creek aside They
had dug little canal, deep narrow, water
began making water wheels and putting
water It seemed if had played with
few minutes when heard putting
and found that it time the
That day seemed like only half George stobbs
A Fifth Grade 2533 Columbus
Garfield School.
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would have there woodple close beside
it for lives just the wood
when the bull dashed in front OF back
stood looking at that woodpie
hours. And you know what that means when you want
to do SO much. But by and by he left and climbed
down and home. When reached the the folks
eating dinner We beds,
then bushel
of pums don't else, by time the
horses ready and had home against will
But that the shortest day of the whole year.
@ezi Caldwell
A Sixth Grade. 49, esss 2434 Fifth Avenue S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-05
WON BY WESTERN.
Business High School Defeated by
Weight and Superior Work.

The foot ball team of the western Hlsn
School outplayed the team of the Business
High School yesterday afternoon on the
Georgetown gridiron The score was IL to
o. and the entire game was played under
difficulties The spectators crowded into
the field at times in manner which threat
cned to cut the players off from any oppor-
tunity for brilliant play In the early part
of the game there were several fSuc en-
counters between players on the rival
teams but personal differences We're soon
lost sight of in the desire to win the game
Western kicked off to Business ten-yard
line. Western got the ball on tumble ana
by steady plugging sent Church through for
a touchdown, and Kincaid kicked goal. This
player was used by Western in all her mass
plays and his work was of the gilt-edged
order. The heavy work of carrying the ball
straight through the Business line was
exhausting, however, and several of the
players were temporarily knocked out.
In the second half the Business team
seemed to brace up little, but the superior
play and the weight of the Western players
told on their opponents. After heavy scrim-
maging up and down the field Kincaid kick
ed a field goal. The ball was Immediately
put in play again. but time was called with
it on the Business thirty-siX-yard line after
ia lxicl< off The. ifDa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-05
Guntons Beat LaureIs.

The Gunton foot ball team Travelled to
Laurel. Md, Tuesday afternoon and played
the strong eleven of that place, defeating
them by the score of IL too. Both teams
were badly handicapped by the absence of
several of their regular players, but. not
withstanding this fact. good. spirited
game was INDUCED In throughout both
halves. and had not ia fishsss confined the
last half TO four minutes of play the GIl-
tons would have made asmuch larger score,
as their superior weight and fast, we'll
formed interferences, SEEMED to be intact
from assault by their epponents James of
Gunton played his customary good game
having both touchdowns TO his credit Capt.
Winans. Burke and Gentner also played ex-
ceptionally we'll Capt.3IlittI and W. Flies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-05
BOARD OF HANDICAPPERS.
Turfmen Continue to Discuss BellVos-
bureh Affair

Tie trend OF horsemen's thoughts Just
now is toward a board of handicappers to
assign weights in the handicars. in place
OF the one-man system. The little quarrel
between l.. V. Bell the millionaire horse
owner. ard w. s. Vosburgh, the handicap
per, has aroused to action the owners who
have submitted in the past to allotments of
weights which they have never sanctioned,
but were afraid to object to. A. the Aque-
duct track yesterday several horsemen
voiced their sentiments for a change.
Arthur Featherstone, at one time presi-
Gent of the American Bicycle Company. and
one of the most liberal patrons of the turf,
sa ID: II have no objection to Mr. Vosburgh
in his line of business, but / think board
of handicappers composed of at least three
men would give more satisfaction. Three
men act as handicappers in England and
the system works well. IF the same was
adopted here it would do away with cavil
and talk of prejudice. 1 am in favor of
trying a board of handicappers."
John W: Schorr. the rich Memphis brew
or. said: Il am in favor OF a board of han
dicappers- in England three men assign
the weights, and similar number do like
wise at Washington Park, Chicago At the
latter place NJ. n. Mcfarland secretary OF
the Memphis track; James Howard sacre-
tary OF the Washington Park Jockey Club
and Judge Moore. the presiding official OF
the course assign the weights. Their work
has given great satisfaction to the western
horsemen. Each man assigns weights 10
the horsss separately. and then all meet and
compare notes. Then an average weight Is
decided upon <etween the minimum and
| maximum figures think this plan could
be improved upon by asking each man to
place his weights I'M an envelope seal them
up and direct them to the secretary Of the
meeting. to be opened only by him. This
official could take fhe weights and strike
the average, which, would be the official
weight"
Philip J. Dwyer ia on record that he is in
favor of the board of handica ppers. In an
interview he said: MIR. Vosburgh is a good
Handicapped. but the jockey clubs are al
his mercy. If. he should be taken suddenly
i'll few days before the weights for the
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life when out for a mountaineering run.
He has impatiently waited for the moment.
A lighted cigar has been in his mouth for
hours before he takes his seat Food he
has not tasted since the early morning
meal. There is neither parleying nor fid-
ding for the start. AT the word he is of
like fash.
He sits low in his carriage. the top of the
hind wheels extending higher than his head.
If the road is dustless, he does not wear
goggles His keen black eyes shine like
fire. His hair is long, and 1t Is given to
the winds to play with as he makes the
throbbing, pulsating machinery move as
with the swiftness of light. There are no
grandstand plays for him. The shouting
multitude that splits the air with vociferous
hurrahs as he passes might have remained
at home so far as he cares. He neither
sees nor hears them.
At the first quarter he settles down into
running. When other drivers reach sharp
and dangerous curves, Involuntary they
ease their speed Oldfield Increases il IL lie
can Then on another stretch the restless
eye sees only a moving streak Neither
man nor machine can be outlined. Again
comes the turn; the inner wheels stir up
the dirt and there is cloud of dust which
for second only obscures the object and
thence 1t leaps into the open again.
He drives with an unlit cigar between his
teeth His hands are as steady as the dial
OF clock. The belching vibrations of tho
surcharged machine thrill him: the noise of
the wheels soothe his ears. AS he runs
I(sontInued on Fourteenth pa1aA
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KING OF SPEED MAKERS.
Characteristics Of the Great Chauffeur
Barney Oldfield.

Barney Oldfeld who in Denver last
Thursday broke all former automobile rec
ords, making 4.44 for the five, 9.321a for
the ten and 14.21 for the fifteen miles has
clearly establish himself as thhe most dar-
ing of all machine drivers. The figures
quoted above he promises to lower.
Oldfield possesses all the daring spirit
that chharacterizes the desperate. He is
of good Indiana birth, but his early life
on a farm did not strike him being
suited to his tastes He despsed thhe hoe.
frowned upon corn fields got sick when
harvest time came along and left home
when he was asked to feed the hogs.
That was about The time when the bicycle
craze struck the country with murderous
force Arriving at Detroit. where he still
makes his home. his FL st money went to
procure a wheel He rode it, too. and in
every local race became contestant. He
also rode i'm contests in Chicago, New
York, Cleveland and New Orleans.
1t was always his ambition to attain
speed He tried nearly every make of
wheel on the market that he might be
Americas champion. He took his exer-
else daily, never hating and never per-
turbed by bad weather. He tried firing
on express trans mat he might expert
ence the exhilarating effects of rapid loco
motion. When his engine began making
telegraph poles look like fine tooth
comb a light would come IN his eyes and
a smile spread over his countenance for
then he WAS supremacy happy.
The spirit of dare-deviltry is in his
blood. When a bicyclist he was most
happy when riding down forty degree
planes. When his engine was delayed on
scme siding he would sit on the end of
cross-tie and look gloomily into the
distance, conversing with no one and not
caring to do so. As soon as the great
piece of machinery got in motion his heart
beat faster.
He is professional driver of automobiles
IL he were possessed of wealth II Is prob
able he would have barn filled with the
fastest automobiles that money could buy.
The ones he has been driving for the past
three years have been petted and stroked
by him as II they were human things.
When the nights have been dreariest he has
slept in them. No mother ever had
greater passion for her first born than this
westerner bestows upon these bloodless ma
chimes.
He is an awe-inspiring piece of animal
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big spring handicaps -ai@ due. it would
cause no end of confusion and much trou-
BILE and research in order to assign the
weights to have them qua in time. 1 have
been an advocate of the board of handicap
pers for some time. but I am only one
voice in the Jockey C1ubsS
Andrew Miller, another member of the
Jockey Club. was slightly in favor of the
present system in vogue. II think Mr.
Vosburgh is competent to handicap the
horses, but am open to conviction IL any
good argument is advanced that board Of
handicappers would achieve better results
There is board OF handicappers in Eng
land. 1 believe, and its work gives sat
fsfaction."
OF many horsemen interviewed. Miller
was the only one in favor of the one-man
system. All the others advocated a change
to board of handicappers. One or two
suggested that If the Jockey Club officials
would like to get the opinions of the horse
men on the matter it would not be a bad
idea If they asked the owners to vote for
or against a board of handicappers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-05
RACING AT AaUEDucr.
Three Favorites Rewarded the Betters
bv Winning

Barring the first race yesterday, the ring
was forced to pay out big money all the
afternoon at Aqueduct. in spite of the fact
that only three favorites won. There was
marked falling off in the attendance COM
pared with that Of election day: still 5000
persons turned out. the perfect weather
and what looked to be an easy card being
the magnets.
The Schaffer- Meyer confederacy. which
has received several hard bumps lately
sput Demurrer over the plate in the fifth
race. backing him heavily all over the ring
at fives, and then attempted a big killing
in the last race with Elsie L., who was
hammered down from 20 to to skies, bu,
ran second to Tribes Hill, second choice
who covered the mile in 80 As.
1t looked as If the fifth event was lead
pipe cinch for Potente from the way he
was played. He opened at fours When
the bugle sounded he was an s to 5 favor
lite, but he got the worst Of poor start
and then ran as If he was either indisposed
or was suffering from an attack Of sulks
Redferr, on the other hand, made a quick
break with Demurrer, who was never head
ed. though forced to a drive by Dramatist,
to l. in the last sixteenth. Demurrer won
by a length and half in 40 3-5, Drama
fist beating Oclawaha by length.
With increased confidence, the Schaffer-
Meyer contingency loaded the gold on Ell
Sic L. VINO was taken 10 the front In a
similar manner by Redfern, but was col
Jared by Tribes Hill the moment Callahan
let the latter have his head at the top Of
the stretch for victory by five lengths.
Elsie L., however, had mortgage on the
place with four lengths over the favorite,
Mabel Richardson, who was poorly handled
by Burns.
In the first race at six and one-ha1f fur
longs, Burns was also guilty of slovenly
work on the favorite, Blue and Orange.
The jockey evidently thought he had
things all his own way, SO did not exert
himself until it was too late, O'Neill beat
ing him a length with Athlana, IL to l..
The favorite was only head better than
to 1, half length away.
L. v. Bells Grenade was l to 2 favor
lite in the second event, for two-year-olds.
at six furlongs, and he won, as he pleased
by a length and half from w. c. Whit
neyS Mineola, in TIA 3-5 Agnes Brennan,
who set a fast pace for nearly half mile,
was a poor third. e0
All Gold, 0 to 5 faVorite. continued his
consistent work by taking the third event,
at mile and a furloig, but his hackers
had heart disease when Cochran sneaked
up with Ethics on the inside in the last
fifty yards, Fuller waking up just in time
to hustle All Gold past the judges winner
by half a length, Ethics beating Wild Pr
rate, second choice, head. The time was
La %
The only stake, the Babylon handicap,
for two-year-olds, at seven furlongs, was
travesty on the sport. There We're only
two starters, Andrew Millers Reveille.
to 8, favorite, beating E. r. Thomas Dim
pie in a common canter py four lengths in
81 80 Redfern rode two winners.
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The Final.

The final between the winners Of the three
races was rowed amid much excitement, as
it decided the university championship. Be
fore the race it was believed it would be
close one. The three crews got off with
the ''preps' slightly in the lead and the
sophomores and law students nearly neck
and-neck." The shells were all on even
terms before they reached the halfway
mark but at the bridge the sophs had the
lead by dozen feet, with the others side
by side When they We're 200 yards from
the finish all the coxswains called for a final
spurt The law juniors, responding better
than the other crews. shot ahead of the
sophs and crossed scant four feet ahead.
The props were a quarter of a length be-
hind the cOllegianS. Time law ) minutes
20 seconds; sophomores, minutes 2OJ sec
onds; props, minutes, 81 seconds making
this the fastest race of the four.