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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
DISEASE GERMS IN CLAIMS.
Don't Stop Eating Your Shell-Fish,
But See That They Are Thor
oughly Cooked.

The infection of the few oysters that
are cultivated near the mouths of sew
ers, and their share in conveying ty-
phoid fever, is now an old story. The
harm done, though relatively small, is
real and serious. 1t is now said that
clam beds are also in danger of contain
ination from the same cause OF course,
the proportion of clans which are ex-
posed to disease germs is exceedingly
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
No Profit in It.

"How is the cattle business in this
neighborhood?" asked the stranger.
''It amt what it used to be-" grum-
bled Uncle Jed Sorreltop. "Six months
ago a freight train run over an old
cow of mine. The company didn't set-
tie with me till the other day, and all
l could get out of 'em was $25. By
gum, could a. sold 'er to the butchers
fur moren that!"-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Seemed Probable.

Vivacious Miss-Just as soon as VS.
had gone out on deck, though, storm
came up, and we hurried down the COM
panionway-you know what the COM
panionway In a steamer is, don't you.
Mr.. Feathertop?
Mr.. Feathertop-Yes; it's a2sort Of
er-lovers' walk, isn't it?-Chicago
Tribune. fsFs48 h.=s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
A Change Of
Base
By ]. c. pLuMMER

tcopyrisht 1901, by Daily Story Pub Co,
M HAT 'eavenly sermon" re.
" marked Mrs. Gaskins, as she
emerged from Ebenezer chapel into the
rather sooty air of Southwark.
IT would have moved q marble HIM
age added Miss Carrie Gaskins. re-
proachfully cycling her escort, Capt
Peter Warlev.
capt. Marley bowed his.head in dire
conjunction at his hardness Of heart
ne loved Miss Carrie most ardently, and
haa proposed to her five times, but,
wnlle she admitted he was not disagree
aoie to her, she declared that, until he
haa become a truly converted member
VI the Ebenezer fold, they could be moth
ing more than friends.
HI could never, never think of mar
iy'ng worldly man." she had at divers
umes affirmed most positively.
capt. Marley had not the slightest OBJ
lection to becoming member of Eb-
enezer nor, indeed, to attaining that
membership by the way of the old-fash-
Toned emotional conversion; in fact. he
sorely envied those ladies Of suscepti-
olllty and avoirdupois who both nimbly
ana vociferously proclaimed their Joy
at being loosened from their sins during
the present revival at Ebenezer. Unfor-
tunately, SO rhinoceros-like was the
hide OF worldliness which invested the
captain, that neither melting hymn nor
oenunciatory sermon brought him to
the mourners' bench, and Capt. Marley
was discouraged.
Its your 'ardened cart" said Miss
carrie, severely, as he babe her good
night &f
can't make the port" replied the
captain, YEARLY. Many a good sailor
can't just pass for a masters certif1-
cate"
Miss Carrie shook her heaf1 disc nnrov.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
The Joeerfv Lesson.

433S VV5S31y 6SSS013s 8
OF isthmuses, continents, capes and canals
The pupils had shown off their knowledge
most fully.
Said the senior director: 1.-The b'ys and the
gals
Hev sartinly got up their jogerfy bully.
Jist one other question I'd like to perpound,
What is a volcaner? Who'll tell fer a
penny?"
A moment Of silence, intense and profound.
Hits a mountain whut's sick at the
stummick," said Bonnie.
-Lippincott's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Or, the Road to Fame.

Old PratEitioner--Well, how did you
succeed wish your first diagnosis? Did
you profit by my advice?
The Young Doctor--I think l did,
sir. l told the patient that he was
suffering from a combination of live-,
stomach, heart, lung and brain trouble
o. P.-Gaod! No chance of a mis-
take there.--Tit- Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

miles, with the exasperated owner pos
sibly hard in pursuit and the chances OF
the raider finding his own camp has
fallen prey to some other tribal diver
sion, appeals irresistibly to the excit.
able Somali
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Willie Saply-Dearest, I've been dis
charged from the office! I've lost my
job!
Mrs. Willie Saply (nee Gotrox)-How
perfectly awful!
Willie-Yes; your father always was
MISUNDERSTANDING Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Something Like a Waiter.

Stranger Ito hotel proprietor),-Havs
you a vacancy among your waters
Hotel Proprietor-Nel, ! don't know.
suppose might make Place .ss fo pan a mar
had any experience in waiting? :.
wei, / should say So, I waited -
years to marry girl, and last week she
married another fellow. STRAY Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
In q Good School.

First ActressRe don't see
how you manage to get that swell SO.
ciety talk down SO perfectly. You
never travelled in swell society, did
you?
Second Actress-No. When am ON
the stage I listen to the conversation
going on in the boxes.-Chicago Amer
lean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
.,.s,ssi,i
49, s..s VI s5I
6 z4HI::' = !! +: *Ss5I !
The Vice Of Politics.

What is it, my children" exclaimed
the temperance advocate, that causes
men to ignore the ties of home, neglect
their families, stay out until after mid
night, and get up with bad headache
in the morning. r~s=s.--s7sez7, .re=.sasss
IT know" shouted a young, wide
awake in the room.
We'll, my little fellow, tell the others
what it is ss,=a..as.vss2ss s,sg-
Politics! '-Tit-Bits,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Did She Mean the Dinnerp

Madam" said Growells, this is the
second time this week that / have
come home and found my dinner cold
II it occurs again there'll be trouble. !"
Well; rejoined Mrs. Growells. III
there is I'll make It hot for YOU
Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
His Argument.

$50 you are an advocate Of vege-
tarianism!''
Eyes"
For what reason?"
IF I can persuade everybody else
to live on vegetables, perhaps eggs and
beef will become cheap enough for me
to have all want of them Wash
ington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
An Afable Debtor.

II guess there's no use Of sending
any more bills to that man." said the
senior member of the firm.
Does it make him angry to be
dunned?"
''Not a bit. He invites the bill col
lector to sit down and tells him stories
and prevents him from getting money
anywhere se."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
81 know" shouted a young wide
Parental Solicitude.

Daughter-But. ma, l don't like
him. @ IA
! Mother is an only son and his
father is very. rich. AZ II s.
Well. as to that, his father Is q
widower, and may marry again. :"
"True. did not think Of that Per
haps you'd better marry the father"
IN. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Mamma wants the part of the paper
that tells about the terrific Slaughter
"Tell her I'm reading the war news
now, but in minute she can have"
"She said the terrific slaughter in
spring bonnets at Maxim & Sellem's So
Chicago Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Useful

Has your flying machine ever been
actually used?"
YES" answered the young inventor
sadly. "Th- folks used 1t for kindlina
last Observation-Disclosures Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Removing the Cause.

Mrs. misunderstanding must be
done. All over the country, the men are
rebelling against what they call petit
coat government
Mrs. Rightem- Then we must remove
the cause.
Mrs. Sweetie-But how? yttak5
Mrs. Rightem-Wear bloomers.-N.
Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Discomfort.

Each season that greets US discloses
Some grief for a joy that is lost.
In winter we're signing for roses:
b In summer we're wishing for frost.
Washington Star. 80,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
UNEXPECTED Result.

He knew she I'D a heart of ice.
And yet he sought to win it;
He thought 1t would be cool and nice,
When he was strictly in it,
But woman loves q man to fool.
AS he found when he got her;
For. instead Of keeping cool.
She keeps him in hot water. III
Chicago Daily News. ssf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
The Trouble with Him.

His constant boast is that. s'be1inks.
He always says just what he thinks"
7 And yet he might not bore
II what he thinks he'd say. and then w
Have mercy on his fellow men
And not say any more.
Chicago Record-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Trausparent Umbrellas,.

31o11oEs@1 ez1e 077101
Transparent umbrellas are late now
city in London. The substance of which
they are made has the color OF ivory.
and it's constitution is secret OF the in
ventor Collisions are thus rendered un-
likely.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Tnm+iah1e.

AAss sAss~ASs 49, VIZ
Though wishes were horses" in fact in
these days. .zze. ,a-z5~s-ssss ss7seza--.,s4s4
"A little reflection reveals
That half Of the beggars would register
kicks r:sS kss5sEE Eks5
Because they weren't automobiles!
N o, Times Democrat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Small Figures.

Mrs. Bacon-I see by the papers that the
average family in the United States has
four and seven-tenths persons. -
NJ: Bacon-I suppose I'm the seven
tenths in this family.-Yonkers States
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

It is, of course the unexpected that al
difference to the I-told-you-so person.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Lucky for the Heroes.

There is no kissing in Japan, which,
remarks the Chicago Daily News, is
lucky for the naval heroes,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. a certain cure for swollen, sweating.
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, II. z.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Means to the Same End.

He never bought golden brick,
He knew the good old joke, .4
He bought some Wall street shares in
stead
And that's thy he Is broke.
-WaShingtoa Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
WHERE ALIENS COME FROM.
Countries That Are Sending Their
Surplus Population Here-What
the Figures Show.

During recent years the character of
the immigrants to this country from Eu
rope has been steadily becoming less de-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and coids.-J.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Great minds must be ready not only to
take opportunities, but to make them
Cotton -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Mabel--"Why didn't you screams when
he put his arms around you?" Ethel
Il wanted to, but couldn't, and when I
could didn't want to."-Butte Inter-
mountain zE#r
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
japanese Women

Not only have Japanese women
adopted the European costumes. but
some even wear trousers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
So Like Her Tnther.

! He kissed! Although she'd orter
3 : Have frowned upon such pranks.
The editors coy daughter
Returned the thing with thanks"
Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
CUTICURA PILLS
For Coollng and Cleansing the B1ooA
In TortuRtng, Disnguring HumorA
80 Chocolate Pulls 16c.

Cuticura Resolvent Pills Chocolate
coated) are the product Of twenty-6v
years practical laboratory experience in
the preparation of remedies for the treat
ment Of humors of the skin, scalp and
blood, with loss of hair, and are confident
" believed to be superior to all other
blood purifiers, however expensive. Com
plete external and internal treatment for
consisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the
skin, Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set is often
sufficient to cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Mamma-Now, Teddy, supposing !
give you two nickels and baby one
dime, how much
Teddy-Make it dollars, ma. 'Tain't
real money and you needn't be stingy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Theory and Practice.

He felt that he could run the earth
His genius none could match:
Although he vainiy tried to farm
: A seven-acre patch.
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21
Hand Power Hay Pres. s2s 90,

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age; A boy can make regular sized l4xl8x
4S in. bales like fun, and two boys can
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fts' SEND THIS NOTICE TODAY
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
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Hay Press, SO also hundreds Of tools and
thousands Of yarietiesso Of Farm and Vegs-
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

'o7 latter slapping the wrong man f.
miliarly on the back )-"Oh, pardon me,
SIT. l thought you were some one else"
'04-''4ou are quite correct. am.".-
Harvard Lampoon,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

It takes more than a fence to make Q
garden.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

she-Prof Henpeck of Yalevard col
lege spoke ten languages.
He-He hardly gets chance to
speak one at home.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

Putnam Fade1ess Dyes produce the
brightest and fastest colors.
The evening world., 1904-09-12
POLO SEASON TO
CLOSE SHORTLY

~ polo season II to come to an end
|ns11er this year than ever before. Tho
|euniulng features on the programme
|qogtst Of the juvenile championship,
NH WI be played this week ut the
noc1nway Hunt Club. at C~edarhurst.
8, ~ Myopia Hunt Club. at Hamii-
Mass.. and the Philadelphia
10Y Club at Baia, Pa. These events
- e the utmost Importance to the
Duoss Of the pastime. for they serve
Gcvesop the youngstsss who can play
800 anl Increase their efforts 10
~ handsome cups offered by
4. Haszard.
- championship for the
M a trophies viii be contested
VIM c6r{Andt PARK grounds
y Tbese events are open
cDs1g 81 fhsir locality,
The evening world., 1904-09-12

Walter J. Travis and II. Chandls
Egan will come together agnln In q sol
tournament IN 81. Louis next week.
II 10 not At AL likely Travis wouif
have gone 10 81. Louis had no beer
successful last week. Even his friends
admit that Travis feds psAt Il 10 up fC
him to win a big svent In order tt
retrieve, In a measure, his prestige al
a golf champion. Fresh from bis Eng
lish Victories. II was q severe oiow &c
be defeated for the American hohor W
the second match play round, m'
result Is sure TO occasion e~onsfoe'ao'e
golf comment abroad.
Travis did not iiks the Baitusro
course, and he criticised II severely
Perhaps that may have anectsd ms
game. but a. a true sportsman golfers
considered sush criticism u, advised a
he had fully as good opportunities 70
aocustom himself to It's differences oil
NAV. compared with Garden City. as
the majority Of other eonpetaeoea
From all that Is dennitely known mere
in the East tho 81. Louis course y nc
better. The Glen Echo links. however
have been greatly improved and 'n'
eighteen holes have q playing distance
OF Sre yasds. with q bogey score Oh +"
strokes. =,
The presence OF Travis and Esan IN
the olympic event will add greater
prominence to the Olympic Tournament
Comparatively few Fasteners VIII 60
and except for Trsvis's determination
to win. the contest would virtually b
a Western open competition. IRE cham
pIonship play will begin Sept. 10, with
A th~lrty-slx-hole medal play qualifying
round, thirty-two to qualify Tor ths
match play rounds. All OF the ROUNDS
will be th!riy-six holes, n round being
finished each day, bringing the maj on
SATURDAY. This will give a splendid test
~ golf. and should Travis and Esan
meet in the ANAL round the event VIII
rank as one OF the star golt toarna-
nents OF the year. A numoer OF hand
some nrlzes have been offered.
In local golf circles the coming week
will see a three-day Invitation toirna-
ment on the links OF the Essex county
Country Club, at orange, II WIN oe
played on Thursday, Friday and satuf-
day. A number OF the Baltusrol com'
petitors last week were invited 70 con-
The evening world., 1904-09-12
SOON TO BEGIN
WORK ON THE ALLEYS

held by several leagues at former heal
quarters and the interest manifested
In the clubs has been greater than any
previous year. New leagues ara being
orHanised and the commercial and pro-
fsssonali men will be more largely rsp-
resented.
Tue settlement Of vexed questions be.
tween Eastern and Western bowler, In
the American Bowling Congress has
restored unanlmty all over the u
try. and the national championships at
Mlvaukss this year will undoubtedly
draw q larger number u contestants
than satasred at 81. Louis last spring.
From the West there comes a report
OF the reorganization OF the National
League, which vas started last spring
loo lats to be sueoessfui. with strong
clubs In eight leading cities There n
no reason why such a league should
not become quite as popular as a win
ter sport az baseball In summer.
Inc western bowling season IA Csi-
than usual. the arrangement being
hscessltated BY the dates for the city
championship, which covers two weeks
around Christmas, and for which big
prtsss ara offered. Already twentv.
eight leagues have Arranged schedules.
and this IL about one-Quarter the full
list. which will be larger this winter
than ever before. Many leagues have
been OBLIGED TO Increase their club nom
bsrship TO take In the many a~pplicants,
some leagues having upward OF twenty.
nve clubs.
The evening world., 1904-09-12
FALL SEASON ON
SPEEDWAY OPENS

The fall season on the Speedway has
begun. Thousands OF sight-,eers lined
the course Sunday and watched the
PAGERS and trottsrs get their workouts,
Nathan straus. behind his favorite
trotter Cobwebs. was one OF the early
arrivals. He sent his game trotter
down the stretch In company with A.
simon's mare, Norma s., ana defeated
her quite handily.
Later he changed horses ana held
the ribbons over the black trotter Ted.
and won from George Huber's Mary
Pandet. Andrew Kanes Juno T., V.
Green's Florence wilton and Claus
Bohllns's champion tro,ter Kingmond.
Another good stepper that csme In
Tor her share OF victories a C.. 3.
Rice's PAGER, Amy wilkes. The mare
had her first go with Ben Lichten-
berg's BILLY Palmer. She won this as
she pleased,
In her second race she had for COM
pany the fast PAGER James Shevlin.
driven by Harry Phillips, and Billy
Palmer. James shevlln put up a good
stiff hght but could not win. The mare
won out by about two lengths.
Amy Wilkes also won a good three
cornered brush from Index. with J. la
Place at the ribbons. and Mary Pandet.
driven by George. Huber. The mare
finished her days work by winning q
race from &. Blocks PAGER. Bicycle
Girl.
Two good races were won by r..
Green's mare. Florence wilton. The
irst n she won from James Murphy's
Dusty Wilkes, while the second sho
captured from m Unknown driver.
There were a number OF other spirited
rnees during the day.
Entries closed yesterday for the re-
newal Of the Brooklyn Speedway
championships. The events will be de-
cided next Sunday morning over the
upper half OF the Speedway, From the
character and records Of the horses
entered the brushes should prove the
best Of the season.
Brandywlne. s.lsa: Impatience. glgk;
the parkway track WINNER. Grover O.,
2l5h; Gelatine queen. 40; Alice Drake,
lin; the New York Speedway mare,
Trixis. 1:11. and many other good
horses nave entered TOR the events,
The committee announced yesterday
after a session at which the entries
were considered that the meeting goes
over for one week II 4 storm prevents
The evening world., 1904-09-12

Bowling tournaments are soon 70 b
under way.
All over the city preparations are
being made by tho crack alley men
10 get an early start for the biS games,
90 that the matches will not u late
into next summer,
In speaking Of the game, A. Y. Trouss.
cher. one OF the b~est.knovn followers
Of the sport. said.
"whils some improvements are being
made on the up-to-dAts alleys. w are
not Inclined 10 think that any radical
changes car be adopted. Years Of ex-
psrierce and experiment have perfected
the present Equipment. and the matter
Of procuring a ~~ell.seasoned stock IA
the most serious question we have to
meet.
we sre making soma experiments
with a nsw bowling ball which n cut
Into sisht sections. II " purposed TO
insert three sections Of hard wood. each
OF about one inch In thickness. In tho
ball, two perpendicular and n hofi'
fontal, the idea being that BY TINS
form Of coestruetion tho unsuccessful
EFFORT to get lisnum-vhas wood which
will not shrink or lose form may be
overcome. what the result OF the nov
experiment may be It 10 now impossible
to state. although some success has
been reached"
8, far this season meetings have been
The evening world., 1904-09-12
HAS LOST
TACKLE KINNEY

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. 1,-Yais
continues to lose the strong players she
figured on having for her football eleven
this fall. The two latest who cannot
play are Ralph Kinney. the stslwart
tackle and Jack Owsley, the crack half.
back. Kinney has a couple Of condI-
tons, and while Il Is possible no may
remove hem the chances are against N,
Owsley w will 20 on the gridIron
again. he says, He was kicked In the
head In the Yale-Princeton game mat
fall and bis skull was injured so badly
that doctors have forbidden his PLAYING
asain for fear that he may receive Z
mortal wound.
The d~esertion OF the Yale squad satur.
day by jim McCormlck. the Exeter
Academy fullback. and the announce
ment that .hs will enter Princeton, was
FOUNDER and he was relied upon to do
tho heavy ground gaining from The
backneld formations. As Tripp. the
former University OF Chicago guard
who was looked lp to as the coming
man In the Yale centre, has been con.
ditioned In his studies. and Levine. Tor.
merly % Colby, and B~atchelder nave
been disqualified, Yale will have 10
depend on what the incoming freshman
class furnishes rather than tho materini
that seemed good for this year.
The two good ineligible men who were
IN college last year and whose inelIrl-
bllity has been removed are William
MacMahon. the former Bucknell can.
tain and tackle, and Danny Quill. the
Amherst player.
The evening world., 1904-09-12
WALTHOUR WINS
Bic GERMAN RACE

BERLIN. Sept. n-"Bobby" WAL
thour, the American cyciist. won the
international bicycle q c at 100 kilo-
meters 10 miies SO feeD here. His time
vas lnlS Diekentmann, Of Holland:
Hall. OF Holland. and Rohi. OF Germany.
finished al named. wslthour won easily
and without having to change hli motor
pace.
This 10 walthour's second important
victory upon the European tracks this
season, 40 he won the i00- kilometsr
motor-paced race for the worlds cham
pionsh at the Crystal Palace, London,
on Sept. 8 lie 10 also the holder OF
the American long distance champion
ship. and won the last two sis-day
races In the Madison Square Garden.