The evening world., 1904-02-26
Mans Best Friend EuIogized by
Members of the New Jersey
Association and Their Guests
from This City.
ALL AGREE AUTOS MUST BE
BARRED FROM SPEEDWAY,
James B. Dill Declares that
Every Man Is a Horseman by
Choice and an Autoist by
Necessity.

NcCeSSity.
Every man is a horseman by cho,c,
ana an autolst by necessity" sol,
lawyer James b. Dill at the annua
dinner of the Road Horse Association
or New Jersey at Newark last night
He WIS defending himself from tn.
charge of being one of the common
enemies OF the horse" preferred agains'
him by the President OF the sssocia
ton. James T.. Howell.
Nearly three hundred covers wer,
laid at the. banquet. and among the
guests were n half hundred horse ell.
thusiasts from New York. II horses
could have beard oil the ine things
ssid about them by the speakers there
would be a general strike to-day. even
among the rnck animals. just 10 show
that they realized their own import
ance in tho affairs. OF man. Nothing
too ~laudatory could be said. and the
spirit of the evening and Of horsemen In
general was aptly illustrated by n
story which Mr.. Dill told OF Tom
Reed, his personal friend.
Reed Wouldn't Give In.
every man hates to acknowledge
that. his friends horse is a better ami
NAL than his own" sal Mr.. Dill. while
the three hundred roared their apprc-
citation. Speaker Reed owned n good
horse. and 50 did I. OF course, he
thought that his horse was the only
one that ever happened. but one time
when wol were drawing up some Steel
npnHtratfon nanAra a. vraa naraganrv
that they be filed by midnight. and
as 1t was then s o'clock. Reed thought
that there was nothing doing
81 told him that with, my horse I
could cover tho ground. and he laughed
at me. But Il was done within the
time necessary. Reed was as pleased
AZ I was myself. but OF course didn't
want to give too much credit to my
horse.
HE must, as every HORSEPOWER knows.
ind some rift in my lutte and not praise
my horse too highly, so his appreciation
was like this:
".Dill, that's q mighty good horse
you've got, but its a mighty poor har-
ness!'
Now, / have been called one of the
common enemies OF the horse because l
use ar automobile. There's but little
Inference between an autoist and n
a-orseman-they are both high chargers.
Can't Afford n 2.10 Horse.
1--WE use automobiles not to use up
owr horses. A man has an auto because
he can't afford to hav a horse. he can't
AFFORD to have n 2.l0 horse. but gets n
thousand-dollar automobile.
but we all admit that the horseman
has the first rights to the road. We are
all horsemen by choice and autoists by
necessity. We observe this rule: Never
pass q horseman on the road-until he
passeB you.'
"Just TO show that ] NEAR what !
say about being a horseman FIRST. / will
offer a s1O0 cup TO the Association to be
competed for under any conditions at
any Nime.'"
In introducing MIR. pili, President
Howell said that there was no danger
Of the auto superscding the horse.
why" lie said, they even go fishing
In the things. They sit in the back
efd-the 'tonneau' | believe they call
it-and dangle the lines over. That's
the best thing a N auto can be used for
at that. Perhaps the reason Mr.. Dill
has condescended ITO be witt US to-
night is that there were no Road Horse
Associa tiohs between Orange and
Aioosehead Lake
Mr.. Howell's hit at Mr.. Dlll's famous
automobile trip to Maine last Summer
was received with much laughter, and II
WAS some minutes before the cooperation
lawyer could make himself heard and
give his apology for ever using an
automobile.
Many Trophy Cups offered.
There were more than a dozen trophy
cups offered by various members of the
association during the evening for COM
il. d. Gill. OF the local Road Drivers
Association, formally invited all the
guests at the banquet to participate In
In presenting the Invitation DR.. Gil
took occasion to take another crack at
the automobilists, inasmuch as they are
trying to get possession of the 5000, 900
Speedway for their W uses.
I'VE must protect our Speedway" he
said, and we hope we can keep the au-
toists off. We hope they can have one
that they will not attempt to grab ours
They are really entitled to a speedway
OF their own, and II the horsemen and
the Automobiles get together there's
little doub that they can get what thev
want.
"These people may be infatuated with
their 'choo-choo cars, but there's moth |
ing like a horse 10 rejuvenate a man
When he's tired u and then gets his
fingers on the ribbons. he forgets every
but his Joy. There's more soiid
fun TO the inch Of the Speedway than
there is TO the mile in anything else,
Why, we can even enjoy being licked
Ia a brush. Once ] drove in a great
team race behind Monopol and AM.
;isg ; against q pair Joe Meyer was
margin, and when / asked him where
he got his steppers he said, oh, they're
a pair of green ones from the plough
over in Jersey His reply didn't rifle
me, but brought a laugh. What auto
mobihst ever laughs when he's licked 2"
DIR. Gill was the only speaker who
touched on the future of the trotter aud
the possibility OF the track and road
records being lowered.
Among the invited guests were:
Henry NJ. Doremus. Mayor OF New
lrk; J. II. Bachelor, James ,. Dill.
Thomas MCGOWAN, u. ii. Johnson, John
j. Otterhein. Joseph l.. Mum. James
President Philadelphia Roa Horse AS
3ociation; y. L. Dodge, President New
xnrk Road Drivers Association; w. S
= Shields, Claiming Eastburn, O. ID
shank. Thomas IL. Morris, President
#feehold Driving Club; c. A. Coutant.
HqH4s Z Cockerill. Alexander New
Eeor1e n Coleman. Nathan I.
n. Il. D. GIN. Alfred Reeves, Ar
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