The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31
AT THE THEATERs
BIlou-'In Old kentucky."r

Queen Bess," the favorite, won the;
Ashland Oaks, on the Bijou track, yes
terday. in q driving finish and after she
had been pocketed at the three-Quarters
and apparently put out of the running.
The mare carried considerable money and
her victory was a popular one, Several
Of the ''bookies" were hit rather hard
and Horace Holton, who had given odds
against the Layson entry, must have lost
q small fortune on the result. Back OF
the mares win. there is a pretty and ro-
mantto story involving her owner and
Woodlawn. Layson's country home.
| This young woman Is from the noun
tain country and Mr.. Layson met her
when, he visited that section earlier In
the season. She was the belle Of the
district and. oddly enough, Frank Lay
son. who has been the despair OF the
matchmaking mamas for several years.
suooumbed at once to her. charms. How
ever, the mountain maiden had other adj
mirers, and one Of them, a moonshiner,
named Joe Lorey, forced a quarrel upon
the race-horse man and would, it is said,
have killed him had not the girl come
| to the rescue. Stories Of the meeting
differ, but all admit that the girl saved
her lovers life.
| Then Layson returned to his home.
Shortly afterwards Maid Madge of the
mountains appeared upon the scene. The
stables at Woodlawn caught fire, the blaze
evidently being the work Of an incen-
diary, and Queen Bess would undoubtedly
have been burned to death had not the
girl rushed into the burning barn and
heroically led the high-strung mare to
safety.
This, however, was not ALL Two hours
| before yesterdays race, word was brought
| to Mr.. Layson that his jockey was drunk
and would be unable to ride. AT first he
considered scratching the entry, but final
/ ~ Colonel Sandusky Doolittle, the we'll
| known turfman, secured q, boy who, he
said, had been highly recommended to
him, and Layson agreed to send Queen
Bess to the post
After the race had been won and the
jockey had weighed out, it was discov-
| cred that the ''boy'' was no other than
the little mountaineer who had twice be-
fore come to Layson's aid in time Of need.
| The last chapter Of this story Of saddle
and sentiment comes in the shape of an
announcement that Layson and his pseu-
do-jockey will be married just as soon as
| the grand circuit closes. - z
All Of which is merely preliminary to
the statement that Jacob Lifts I'm Old
Kentucky has returned to the Bijou for
it's eleventh annual visit. The play has
lost none of its power to please, and 1t .ts
certain to do the usual big business. Miss
| Bessie Barriscaele is Of the dainttest
and most charming Madges ever aseen,
The others are eminently satisfactory
and the pickaninnies are great altho most
Of them are something too old, now, to
come under that designation.
! Melodramas come and go, having out
lived their popularity, but TN Old Ken
j lucky, continues, season after season, and
the public seems never to tire of seeing
it. The reasons-it is cleah and -Whole9
some, contains a, fair amount Of sensa-
tionalism, and tells a highly interesting
story in a thoroly enjoyable manner. ~.
| y j. S. Lawrence.