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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

Two of James Blute's horses stumbled
yesterday while exercising at Ascot
and the riders were thrown to the
ground and severely shaken up. Jockey
Carroll was breezlng Peeping Tom when
the animal stumbled throwing Carroll
10 the track. Carroll was not injured
beyond a severe jolting and bruises,
Pat Reidy, the old-time steepechase
rider. was schooling Castalian, the
crack jumper which won several events
In the east this and other seasons, when
the animal stumbled, throwing Reidy
TO the track. Reidy was Jared con-
siderably but not otherwise hurt
Neither Of the horses were injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

L. A. Bonsack, who shipped his stable
of cracks to Oakland and made good his
intentions of pulling off a few kill
ings" with them, will ship his entire
string to Ascot November 26 and cam
paign them here during the entire meet
ing. High Chancellor, Judge Denton,
Blissful and Del Coronado will be pack
mules for local plungers every time they
go to the post
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

40 SECOND RACE-Fve and a half furongs. Selling.
~ For three-year-olds and upward. Purse &OO
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18
OAKLAND FORM CHART

OAKLAND, Nov. 49, 1906 Sixth day, California Hockey Jockey
Club Presiding Judge, E. c. Hopper Starter, j. j. HoH
weather clear. Track fast
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

az SIXTH RACE.-one mile. For four-year-ods and
0U ward. $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

Tme-142a4 Start poor Won pulling up; balance driving
Ikki made good showing Possart will do especially
heavy muddy track Liberto poorly handled Dr.
Suckey well.
Place and how betng-F. e. o Ind out; The
I.ady 4 to and %
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

"a FOURTH RAcEsix furlongs For three-year-ods and
O4 upward $500
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18
Nashville Selections

Weather clear; track fast.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

II FIRST RACEFve and half furlongs. For two-year-
" olds Purse 500
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18
.Coupled with Deutchland.

"VUUUI6U WIVI DOU tOIIIuIIu'
Time-1:13%. Start good.
Tocolaw showed startling
T. Clark on Deutchland at
usual speed but stopped at [
race. Tab her. Escamado '
Judge ran a dull race.
Place and show betting-T
land even and / to 2; Firebal
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

Start good Won Ridden cut balance driving;
strong; finished courage boy of
Dvina came from az Ceeres but
stoned badly Briarhorpe If short
ands being-Rghful to 2 and Gorgalette
to nd 1 to Divina show to 5.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

2S FIFTH RACE-sx and half furongs. Selling. For
% olds and Purse $400.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

~ THIRD RACE-One mile Selling For four-y olds
10 and upward Purse s4OO
index. Horse. WI ST. II y Str. Elm. Jockey. op. C
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-18

AlnonB lne prominent eastern owners
who will bring a strong string to
Ascot is Jack McGinnis, owner of
Buttling. 1t is reported that Buttling
will be retired for the season and saved
for the important handicaps to be run
off in the east next spring. Buttling is
said to be high class performer and
capable of going in the fastest COM
pany. 1t is probable that some of the
Ascot prizes will be sufficiently tempt
ing to drag Buttling out of the stall
occasionally during the meeting.
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Who Won Riches Tells Of His First Success
Ru(1 &c

When lie had finished tho last orders, men
toned and delivered them no dropped In to
500 Cornell. who suddenly pumped the cues
ton at him:
Goodrich. what Will you,make me 1000
of the tuckmarkers for?"
Goodrich was dazed. In all his widest
estImatea OF the Immediate future OF the
new business he hadn't dreamed or 1000.
After a bit no managed to collect his ideas.
and tho negotiation that followed resulted
In his agreement to make a thousand tuck
markers for 81 1000.
On the strength OF that order he pro-
cured financial aid to start a manufacturing
business which grew so fast and so wonder
fully that In less than four years the profits
from, that little device made him a rich man,
In Ave years he made 100000. In fifteen
years he an,assed q fortune. Then came
the panic OF '73. For six years following he
was forced to sell goods at less than cost;
he was forced to sacrifice valuable real
estate to keep his factory going, In 1883
he had to quit,
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with coal for Newcastle might ask, When
the writer has fxed upon the types Of pub
LEGATIONS which are likely to find place for
the matter, the next question ISL which
indlvidualsned am likely to realize the
most money? From that point he makes up
bis mind regarding the Individual publica-
ti0n.9 and with that publication In mind, the
matter IS written as carefully to conform to
the general policy as the writer knows how.
Writing Now a Profession.
y To the person beginning to write for the
prints OF today there should be reminders
OF tho fact that ting, II not always an
art, at least is a profession. Many person
is attempting public inroads upon authorship
so radically uncqulpped that for him to at 4
tempt the practice Of law or medicine out
Of such incompetency would land him In
prison. Plano players who would not play
In public forfworlds; singers who would deny
their plishments anywhere save In
the house of q friend; carefully schooled
students Of oratory who could not be In
duced to step upon a platform with twenty
friends In the room-any or all of these stcp
forward before unnumbered thousands with
literary compositions OF various kinds. hay
Ing no experience of tho work and no knowl- &
edge Of 1t, yet incensed when tho story
which SO many friends have decided IS
= perfectly lovely" Is turned down by an
editor who has +" not even read It through
as they I know by the two pages that were
turned upside down. and which were re-
turned exactly In that position.
II w
Precocious Child Literary Bore.
Some publications are bored by q class Of
literature which is turned out by the pro-
cocious child which " has such a talent for
writing" Poems arc received that have
been written by girl or boy only :" 10 years
DID," and the delighted relation Is shocked
when the editor has to say that It is lot pos
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money III pay you."
Tho dlsgr unite d
platter suddenly tossed

platter sudden tossed
tho package to him and told him to so along
and get the money. Joytully SELLING 1t. no
started on a run for Lake street. and In a few
moments no was showing the shining attacks
ment to his hrst patron.
VI ," They look we'll, Goodrich" said Cornell,
Il !" I'm In an awful hurry. Mr.. Cornell, and
II you would kindly give mo tho money for
them right away It Will bo a great favor"
"All right, Goodrich. YOU shall have It. With
pleasure and the satisfied customer pro-
ceeded to pay $1s
Goodrich started for the door, hurrying to
remove the cloud under which no felt his
reputation was resting.
Here. Goodrich, come back here" called
Cornell.
3" What Is the matter Mr., Cornell7'' he
asked falterlngly
2 How much will you make mo three dozen
more for 2" asked Cornell
Goodrich drew long breath, lie quickly
gave Cornell to understand that he must
have the same price as for the first dozen, his
facilities being too limited 10 permit Of any
reduction, and an order for the three dozen
was soon given, Then quick time was made
back to the platers shop, where he paid the
bill,
Ho SGT to work at once, and with the help
OF the now hopeful wife the three dozen
tuckmarkers were completed IN FIVE days
and handsomely plated In o couple OF days
moro.
Before delivering the let he took them
around to the different sewing machine
offices In town and exhibited them, and sues
ceeded In obtaining orders for eight dozen.
He delivered the three dozen receiving Soa
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other small tools several feet Of brass wire
and seven pounds OF sheet brass at rs cents
q pound. his entire outlay amounting to So
q
Overcornes Second Great O Obstacles.
Utilizing a small spare room. he proceeded
to fit up q workroom, In three days the
first lot of one dozen tuckmarkers was ready
for the silver platter. fut there was no
money left to pay for the plating, The >.
left after purchasing the plant had gone for
household needs during the three days re-
quIred for the making OF the tue kmarkers,
1t was necessary that they should be plated.
however, so the manufacturer took them
to downtown silver plating shop. The
price for plating would be so and they would
be done In two days, He trudged back home
to endure two of the uneasiest days that he
had ever spent How could he get those
tuckmarkers out OF tho plat ers hands with
out the money to pay for the work was the
question.
On the day the tuckmarkers We're to be
finished he took the old trail downward and
entered the presence of the platter With his
heart somewhere In the vicinity of his heels
The plate proceeded to wrap the tuckmark-
crs UP carefully, and place them on the
counter.
I've no money to pay for It, Mr. Fooe"
No money, hey! How do you expect to
get 1t without money!" growled the platter
drawing the package hack
"l'll tell you almost gasped the impecu-
NOUS manufacturer. III you'll only trust
me about fifteen minutes I'll bring you the
money, I've got the goods sold, and as soor
us can get there and get back with thu
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plan Leads to Prosperity.

Judge Kavanagh lays special enlphasls,on
the fact tina t the man who followz'this course
is usually financially successful
Il =, You can bank on It every time" he says
I" that the man whose wife Is managing his
salary for him Is prosperous. When see g
man that happen to know hands everythin ne
over to his wife Saturday night ma TX him
down as getting along. He has started on
tho right road to get rich, for IN t,irne cases
out OF ten he is saving something. And y
fact which, he is apt to overlook IS that 4
he only spends a little less than he n,akes.;he
IS bound to get rich. Awomanwho manages
her husbands salary will help him to do
this pretty nearly every time. as women are
5stIngler than men. Some men find 1t irapos-
slble to save money and q man has got to
spend less than he makes before he cansbe gin
to get along. n. 5gs 3s.8
1.-THE man whose wife Is enough OF a,mana-
ger to help him get to this point by taking care
OF his money for him may consider himself
fortunate rather than considering It q reason
for divorce And another thing you may be
sure or, is that ii the wife asks her husband.
20 give her all Of his salary except $3.50 a
week there Is some rea son why It Is good for
him. II he is marrled'and has only succeeded
in getting to where he makes an extremely
small snlary,it is more than likely that he
needs somebody to save It Cor him. II he
can't learn to save himself let him hand
over everything but his baresexpensest to his
"a
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Me- ans Happier Home Life.

:. People who do this way always keep out
OF the divorce courts, There is more than one
reason for It, for aside from the fact that
they are not getting Into trouble financially
they have acommon bond Of Interest In their
little fund OF savings. This makes for happl-
ness In the same way that children do, and the
talking over and planning how best to invest
their little money dtaws' them together and
makes them happier. ,s$
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By G. Il. Callahan.

himself In the face. 10
BIn&th s m 0 o d h 9
tackled Cornell and made mastery ef-
fort with the rudely made and roughly finish.
ed device tina he exhibited upon the machine.
1t did the work well, and at length he was
awarded with an order for one dozen of the
tuokmarkers. The three miles back 10 his
little home were trod lightly.
y
Wife Nearly Balks Inventor.
1 He proceeded at once to his chest OF tools
and selected several articles,
Where are you gong2" asked his wife.
'.Im going to take these tools out and sell
#them,n replied Goodrich.
What for?' faltered the alarmed wife,
who at once suspected his purpose
ITO buy materials and tools to make
tuckmRrkers With" said Goodrich.
You shall not do SUCH a foolish thlns.
You will ruin our only chance for bread
flashed the wife, who had no faith In the IN
ventIon,
~ must do 1t, will do 1t, 1t Is my only
chance to do anything In the world" said the
sorely beset man,
You shall not take those tools out Of this
house for any such purpose" and the now
desperate wife placed her bnck against the
doU.,
He explained. All In vain, however, for the
excited wife still opposed his exit with tho
precious TOOLS Then the sternly resoute
man forced an exit With his bundle and pro-
ceeded to the shop "a friend. where he
parted with his tools for the sum of$1l,
With this capital no once more took the
three mile walk to Lake street and selected
o small Yise, a soldering Iron, a few files, and
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Expects to BE Rich Again.

Despite his 70 years, Mr.. Goodrich Is an
agile and Vigorous man, IIe says he be-
!leves he will yet invent something that Will
bring him y return Of his wealth, All OF his
Inventions arc devices for the use OF women,
"They are the best buyers" said Mr., Good
rich. . They spend the money the men make
have never made anything conventional.
All of the 1900 devices used In homes and
which bear my name are unconventional
goods. M
Making money Is o..s thing; keeping Il
is another" concluded the man Of varying
fortunes.
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are In league ainst the unknown writer
Naturally a publisher would rather have a
good story by writer whose fame is in
eyerybodys mouth than to have really
q excellent story BY ar unknown. But never
Il theless It is true In the Office Of almost any
3 OF the leading publications OF the country
that the /" discovery = of a writer. who has
given the editors the thing they have wanted,
becomes the theme for office elebrations
and congratulations. Why should It not?
The publisher is In the position OF selling
the public something the public wants, and
not something that an arbitrary group of
editors decide should be forced down the
Threats of the people. It is the publishers
business to know what his constituency
wants. and II he doesn't know the bank
ruptcy court is certain to pass In Judgment
upon his incompetency. On the other hand,
granting that he knows. the adventurer
into such literary fields should concede his
judgment and try to conform to the needs
of his editors.
Study Style Of Publications.
How can the contributor hope to do this
without knowing the paper or periodical 10
which he would contribute? For instance.
for the Atlantic Monthly to receive a fiction
story that might be admirably adapted to
the Smart Set would abe to prejudice the
Judgment Of the whole Office against anything
the writer might afterward submit. It would
be like submitting something on the dry
goods trade to the editor of the Railway Age,
Or like a eulogy upon Tom Paine and Bob
1ngersoll prepared for the Christian at Work.
4 Among writer's OF experience. one might
find scores OF topics which they have in
mind and which they would be glad to write
OF, provided there were " market for them"
The writer with subject matter In mind
needs first to ask himself, 1" What am
going to do with it?' The question Is just as
bluntly practical as a like one which the man
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"Clean Copy" Helps Sales.

Clear. typewriter copy may cover several
sins OF commission In an otherwise good
story. Bad pen copy may ruin the pros
poets Of some Of tho best products OF the pen;
a reader may resent such copy beyond trying
to dccipher It, While In these days Of the
typesetting machine there is n double loss IN
having man who can set five times the
work-of hand compositor sit over a $4,000
machine and not do half the work of the hand
compostor,
The beginner at writing ta q chance that
never before was his. but he has a good deal
to learn before even tho slightest recognt-
ton OF an accented article is his, Editing
and publishing is a business and business
methods are observed In It. The proposition
before the writer Is to equip h,m1elf and
then deliver the goods.
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slble of publication. He may have to admit
that 1t is pretty good poetry for q ID year old,
yet ought to be able to clear himself In his
position by asserting that he isn't printing o
child's paper .s
Put upon sound basis of common sense,
the contributor to the current periodical and
daily press should remember that no Is not
al editor; frequently an editor is In the posi-
ton Of printing something which he cares
nothing for himself. The contributor, to BIO
successful. needs to give the editor credit
for knowing what he wants, and, once no-
ceding this, to refrain from sending him
matter that Is out OF line with his policy; It
is far easier and more natural for second
and fftharuce from a writer to be returned
thanlt was for the reader to have returned
the first one, 5Ss 5il4f
It Is quite common that ono publication
accepts a manuscript that has been refused
by several others to which It has not been
suited. But to send soiled and fingered
manuscript to a publisher may be an affront
to his reader and prejudice It beyond fair
hearing.
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How 10 Meet Price Gutter.

In contrast to this, another merchant with
twenty years successful experience ono
who had met and vanqulshed many a com
petitor at last saw his Waterloo, as he
thought, In a new firm which started up lust
opposite him, haring In his face all sorts
of huge placards of cut rates, This new
force to combat was syndicated one, which,
With Its branches all over the city and with
It's huge backing, was no mean antagonist
The usual sympathetic advice of the croak.
ers was offered, and tho public thought that
tho death knell was rung, for the cut prices
were put at too low a figure to permit any
profit. Now was the time when the business
sense Of this man dictated the only saving
course to be pursued and that was one of
courage: TO keep the store open until the
business went TO smash, but never to give
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- Q you remember the red felt border on
I the slate you used when you were In
school? The man who Invented that
border invented many other things
the tuckmarker on the sewing ma
chine, for instance-and he has made over
$2.o0ooo in royalties on his Inventions, al
though he now has little to show for It.
This man, who has invented moro success
full things than any person In the world, Is
still inventing away a hard as evert to earn
a living. He la Harry Clinton Goodrich Of
Oak Park. ILL.,
He made $45 by inyenting the felt border
for school states and saving the nerves Of
thousands OF teachers,
He made ~ 600 900 out OF the tuckmarker
He invented practically every attachment
used on q sewing machine today,
Goodrich, now IS years OF age, Is still work.
Ing, because he Ia poor. IIe has a theory
and that theory Is to invent nothing except
those things that women will buy, He has
saved the women OF the world thousands Of
years Of labor BY his devices.
Drama Of the TuokmArker.
Goodrich tells q dramatic story of the In
yentlon OF the tucls1narker. He had n most
Astounding faith In his invention, but he
failed to Interest others whom he approached
to solicit financial aid He laid It aside and
resumed his trade as a carpenter and took
contract to build couple of cottages In
Chicago and came near losing all his money,
Almost pennless, he carted home his tools
and vowed he would never take them out
again, The next day he put the tuckmarker
In his pocket and trudged three miles down
town to Wilcox & Gibbs office.
He was known to L.. Cornell Of the Arm.
He was desperate man, with starvation
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Hall Discovery ofNew Writer.

1t is to the army 0f growing writer's to
whom this Is addressed. however. Thou
sands OF them are floundering hopelessly in
the mre otdespondency and have not the
least idea of the causes OF It. Thousands
OF these are revengeful because through.
some mechanical arrangement OF the pages
OF the manuscript they have absolute proof
OF the fact that the I" story was not read
through as II chef would need TO sip
a whole caldron OF coup to discover II It
were At TO drink. Jf
Others are discouraged for the reason OF
preconceived idea that the publishers all
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Don't Quit Till.
~ on Win or at.
the Wrong Time.

I q you are In the game, stay Ii, Until you
win. Don't quit at the wrong timei
There arc two kinds OF men In the
world: The one knows what he Is do
Ing hangs on to Ills work With bulldog
tchacity until he accomplishes something;
the other takes UP work In Il haphazard way,
gets discouraged at every setback, quits At
the wrong time, and then blu1nes fate when
he sees another. beginning where he left
OFF succeed.
The case Is cxempned by the woman who.
after feeding fine lot Of poultry all winter.
Just at Easter time sold them at half price
10 her next door neighbor, who reaped the
profit, 40 cents Dozen
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Wouldn't Quit Even for Queen.

3 II Is related OF John Brown OF Balmoral.
who was an ardent fisherman. that one day
while ernploycdln salmon fishing message
came from the castle on Dee side saying that
Queen Victoria desired his presence. \ Tell
her majesty that I'll be there qulckly," he
replied. never stopping his mighty struggle
with an unusually strong salmon.
Another and more urgent summons came.
/" Tell her majesty that l have a salmon
on. but III be there In few minutes" said
Browns playing the salmon, which was
still holding out pretty vigorously.
A third and more imperative order came.
Tell her majesty" shouted Brown In his
transportation, I. that It's not possible for me
TO leave without the salmon.
! The laws OF all true craftsmanship COM
lnandcd that the play be played, the game
be landed. and the fisherman not quit at
the wrong tlme-even though a queen were
kept waiting.
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r uns Befo re H . Is Whipped.

Never does business acumen and shrewd
Judgment have a better chance to display
Itself than when some unforeseen occurrence
arises. calling out all ones resources. Then
tho caliber and nber OF the man stands re-
veal led; whether It stlffens to the storm or
weakly willis and bows before the unexpect-
ed blow.
case in point happened recently in Chi
cago suburb. a new grocery was started
In a locality where the one store had been
supreme. Dissatisfied patrons hocked to the
new caterer OF Kitchen supplies-a thing
which usually occurs In the business world.
for people always are curious to see what
the new man has. This particular grocer
instead OF meeting new conditions by making
better deliveries and braclng up generally to
compete with a rival. simply acted as II the
Inevitable had come. and the handwriting
for him was on the wall. He saw disaster,
Wilted. and dropped In every fiber, and In
panic sold out to his butcher. who seeing his
opportunity, graspcd It, regained the lost
patronage and Is now withian enlarged store
and all enlarged business reaping the fruits
OF the trade that his predecessor had built up.