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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
SARATOGA RACING
DRAWS SMALL CROWD
The Track Is Too Far From
the Centers to Get
Patronage
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-While there does
not appear to be the slightest ground
Ior anticipating that the Jockey club will
sountenance any opposition to the Sara
loga meeting. In casting about for a means
9l settnng the vexed question of racing
oates the feeling Is general amone the
great mass OF race-goers tn wbons ,,,rS
ponticS are OF little moment that the GOV
erning body should use the present crisis
SS S means OF aScertaining lust where
saratoga and the Saratoga meetine stand
estimates of race track attendance at
.ne string OF courses known as the Met
ropohtan circuit placed the average daily
attendance for that season at 10 0o6
tflgurlng on the months of July and Sen
itemoer. Immediately preceding and fol-
re,,,.a o~rnS g., 1he meeting OF the Spa. a con-
serVaEve estimate would be $4,000 a day
AZ saratoga the figures would not be far
wrong II placed at third of this number
and an Si,Ur., practically two thirds of the men
anu women who have helped to bring the
Saihe 20 state OF unparalleled prosperity
are deprived OF their fayorite amuss
Xaar ;nurlng u, the best racing month of the
distant. wv iiiieS
There has never been a reasonable ex
plLdHdtlon advanced as to the reason why
5ne Jockey club should so arrange the
v;a.es' knowlng that such a large propor-
M .lon OF face-goers cannot. for various
reasons, go to Saratoga. By some in has
Deen stated that as the horses are bene-
nted by their stay at the springs, no fur
hn tner reason IS necessary: The argument.
however, fails to include the horses OF
owners who feel themselves unable to
un1ertake the expense of the journey.
the Jockey club decided to allow one
or the minor tracks. like Jamaica or
Aqueduct: to conduct racing during the
month OF August this season. or until
iorrls Park is cut up into building lots
Iancy would be shown. II the attendance
AT the track is natural. instead of being
compulsory. as ii has often been claimed
II cannot be gainsaid that the sirnultane-
Gus meetings would not make money. and
the agricultural interests OF the state
would therefore be doubly helped for that
month There is no law to prevent this
plan being given n trial and it would seem
an easy way of avoiding an embarra ssing
clash or influential interests. the basis OF
year or two -
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
GIANTS TO ATTEND
THE INAUGURATION
Brush VIII Have Team In Washington
During Ceremony
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Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-More than likely
the Giants, champions of the National
league, will witness some of the Inaugural
ton. ceremonies at Washington early in
March. John Y. Brush. president of the
club, is making arrangements for this
pennant winning team to meet in the na-
tlonal capitol at the time when President
Roosevelt will be inaugurated. AS the
president, many members of the cabinet
and of congress are baseball enthusiasts,
the Giants will doubtless attract no little
attention on their way to better climatic
conditions for practice south of the Mason
and Dixon line.
Mr.. Brush and John T. McGraw man.
eger. will join the team before it leaves
Savannah, Ga, where the first work of
1905 will be done.
Nearly all of last years nine will be
seen at the Polo grounds again, together
with Neal, Lindemann. Graham and
Strang, who were not with the team last
year. Jack Warner will be missing, he
having been released to st. Louis.
Fourteen Giants have signed for the
coming season, the contract of the four
teenth being received at the Office of the
club this week. Claude Elliot. a pitcher,
of Wisconsin. is the last one to join the
fold. He writes from Pardeeville, Wis.,
that he Is almost down to playing weight
and that he expects to hold his own with
the best Of the pitchers this season.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
COLTS SHOW FORM
Featherstone Has Seven Likely
Looking YearIings
Snecial to the Cloha

Special to the Globe
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Seven of the
yearlings that will carry the colors of A.
Featherstone during the coming racing
season have been named by Julius Bauer,
their trainer. and these names have been
accepted by the Jockey club. These
youngsters are considered by Bauer as the
best of the colts and fllies in the stable.
A brown colt by Previous-Miss Longford,
half brother to Bondage. is named Su-
preme, and a bay colt by PreviOuS-Re-
Election, which has been named Reflector,
is half brother TO the Brooklyn handi-
cap winner Rena.
There are three youngsters in the lot
by Mesmerist, colt and two fillies. These
are the first of the get of the great two
year-old Of 1899 to race. They have many
characteristics OF their noted sire. and
Bauer is, SO pleased with them that he
has entered them in many two-year- old
stake events i'm the East. He will also try
to fit Igniter once more for the Brooklyn
In speaking of his horses this week,
Bauer said: Il would like to win the
Brooklyn handicap once more That is
the reason / entered Igniter in that event
and left him out of the Brighton and
SUBURBAN. When he was fOur-y year, old
| believe that II he had been as good in
the spring as he was i'm the fall, l would
nave won that event with him. He looks
better TO me this winter than at any time
In his whole career. and If / get him to
the post in good condition he will be in the
Disadvantage, the good two-year-old in
1901, will not race any more, and will be
retired to the stud in the spring. There
are several three-year-o the get of
Previous, which Bauer expects to win
many races for him this year. Two of
them before their illness last year showed
stake class. AT Kenmore farm in Ken
lucky Previous is regarded as one of the
coming sires of the country. No son of
imp. Meddler. the leading stallion of last
year. is better bred than Previous. and
his victories on the turf mark him as bril-
liant performer as Meddler has yet
sent to the races. The two-year-olds that
have been named are as follows:
Supreme. br. C. by Previous-Miss Long
ford.
Reflector. b. C. by Previous-Refiection
Wexford br. c. by Mesmerist-Maria
Louise, by Long Dance.
Markie Mayer br. c. by Previous-Bon
ME May, by Bonnie Brown.
Passifora. ch. f. by Mesmerist-Lillie Of
the West, by Bishop.
Nicetas br. +. by Previous-May Mack
by imp. Albert.
Cousin Kate b. r. by Mesmerist-La
Cheviot, by imp. Cheviot.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
SCHAEFER IS BACK
IN OLD TIME FORM
Defeat oy Hoppe Is Not Taken Seriously
by Experts
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Special to the Globe
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Billiard players
of experience and patrons of the game who
have closely followed the form of the
experts in recent years have been greatly
amused at various statements made anent
the recent exhibition games of Schaefer
and Willie Hoppe, in the South and West,
in the result of which contests it is made
to appear that because Hoppe was a fire.
quent winner the old champion has either
gone back in his playing or Hoppe is
now entitled to the championship. Schaef-
er has been i'll for several months and his
trip with Hoppe was against the wishes
of his physician. although the Wizard
was convalescent. Schaefer is now in
practice in Chicago. and a friend of his
writing to this city, asks that opinion as
to his form be suspended until the re-
suit of a-match game with Slosson shall
have been decided. Rudolphe had a sim
liar setback. but won a championship in
1875, while Slosson and Vignaux have lost
their ''stroke" only to come again" De
ORC. the greatest pool player the game
has ever had. was i'll for two or three
years, but now, at Schaefer's age is play
ing brilliant pool. Slosson, whom some
critics forget in boosting Hoppe has play
ed fifty games with Schaefer with hardly
one game difference between them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
"PlTTSBURG PHIL" WAS -s.
NO SYSTEM PLAYER
Played His Information Against That of
the Bookmakers
Special to the Globe

Special to the Globe
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Much has been
written and said about the late "Pittsburg
Phirs" system of backing horses. but In
the common acceptation of the term he
had no system. Il have nothing that
could be called system" he said to
friend during the meeting at Brighton
Beach in the summer of 1908. but have
one rule which L invariably follow. 1 fig
ure out the chances over night or early
on the day of the races, and jot down
what think ought to be the prices Then
l take the prices which the bookmakers
offer which look most tempting when
compared with my own estimate of what
/ think the prices ought to be. In this
way often bet on horse which do not
pick out for the winner. but against which
the books are Offering false price. In
this way get the best available value for
the money 1 invest and you know that
means success in any line of business in
the long rum
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
FROZEN TRACKS WERE
NO BAR TO RACING
Sporting Writer Tells of the
Winter Meetings at
St. Louis
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ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1S.-Apropos to the
postponement OF racing at Hot Springs
last week because of frozen track and
prominent local turf writer. talks inter
estingly of the old days at the winter
tracks around st. Louis, as follows:
In 1898 such small thing as a frozen
track never disturbed the regulars They
used to journey to Madison and East ST
Louis courses in all sorts of weather and
prior TO 1893. 1t was noticeable that moth
ing ever stopped racing in ST. Louis un-
I'll the time when the water rose over the
track in the flood of 1892, thus precluding
the horses from running. January and
teDruary of 1893 saw Madison having a
clear field in the racing way and the pro-
gramme was run off regardless of the
weather.
'.On one occasion. when a heavy rain
nad faiien and blizzard had followed in
its wake the track had been thoroughly
soaked and then frozen hard. The pro-
prietors Immediately set Il force of labor
ers at work with teams and wagons loads
OF sand to cover the circuit of the course
and to break the ice which made it a YER
liable skating rink. On account of lack
OF time the teams only broke up the in
ner section of the course. leaving about
ten feet OF ice all around the outer rail.
In the shuttle, as the horses came around
the lower turn of the five furlong track.
mare named Josephine Cassidy was
crowded onto the ice covered section of
Il
Her rider Jockey Madigan, was thrown
Immediately in the path of the other
horses and the hoof of one of the horses
fairly crushed in his skull, killing him
almost at once.
Within a week the same mare took a
tumble at the first turn of the track when
starting in a. five furlong race. She ship
ped on the ice covered surface and turned
a complete someTsault. catching Jockey
Mailing beneath her. Her leg was broken
and he received injuries which prevented
him from ever riding again. BY some CO.
incidence, nearly two years later, this
same mare was in one OF the most terrific
miXupS ever seen on the minor local
course. when three horses went down
in a heap at Sportsman's park. Nothing
of that sort deferred the game, however
and in the first winters racing at Sports
mans park heavy fall of snow and the
subsequent freezing only resulted I'm the
proprietors of the track putting 200 loads
OF sand over the surface OF the course.
This made the track safe enough. as re-
garding tumbles. but made it so slow
that racing was a veritable farce for the
first fortnight. Racing over sand in
which the horses sank to their fetlocks
was. one variety of sport" with which
galed.'
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
PLAN CIRCUIT FOR
AUTOMOBILE RACES
Speeders Aim to Revive Spirit of the ei-
cycle Craze
SnecinI fn the Glohe

Special to the Globe
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-Plans are under
consideration for an automobile racing
circuit on the lines of the bicycle circuit
of several season ago. IL the schemes go
through there will be tracks in Chicago,
Detroit. Rochester. Buffalo, Syracuse
Cleveland, Providence aud New York CITY
The plan was first discussed at Ormonde
Beach during the week of racing there 1t
is proposed TO hold two meets OF three
days each in the various cities on the cir
cult, with the exception of Chicago and
this city. The tracks at the latter places
Will receive weeks sanction. The sched-
ue Will be arranged IN such manner as to
give a spring and fall meet in each city.
Many manufacturers have been approach
ed. and have agreed to enter from one
to five cars for these races. and the plan
will be similar to that prevailing during
the height of the bicycle racing craze
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
KING EDWARD HAS
STRING IN TRAINING
Royal colors Have Fared Poorly During
Three Seasons
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LONDON, Feb. 1S.-The king at the
present time has eighteen horses in train
ing at Egerton house, Newmarket, nine
of them being two-year- olds. all of which
colors have been exceedingly unfortunate
during the last three seasons, and IL they
are to be lucky during the present year
the two-year-olds will need a good deal
count. The three-year- -olds are heavily
engaged, but they are a poor lot and they
are not at all likely to win any of the
weight for age stakes for which they
were entered as yearlings. A high opin-
ion was at one time entertained of Pen
shaw, by PerSimmon. out of Vane, sister
to Flying Fox. but he appears to have
turned out a failure The two-year-olds
include Null Secundus, colt by st. Simon
Nunsuch; Mores, colt by Ladas- Medora:
cot filly by Persimmon-La Carolina.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
THINK 1T OVER
Something You Can See In Any Restau-
rant or Cafe


rant or Cafe
A physician puts the query: Have you
never noticed in any large restaurant at
lunch or dinner time the large number
of hearty, vigorous old men at the ia
bleS; men whose ages run from sixty to
eighty years; many of them bald and all
perhaps gray, but none of them feeble or
senile?
Perhaps the spectacle is so common as
to have escaped your observation or COM
ment, but nevertheless il is an object
lesson which means something.
If you will notice what these hearty
old fellows are eating you will observe
that they are not munching bran crack
ers nor gingerly picking their way
through a menu card of new tangled
health foods; on the contrary. they seem
to prefer juicy roast OF beef, a prop
erly turned loin of mutton. and even the
deadly broiled lobster is not altogether
ignored.
The point of all this is that vigorous
old age depends upon good digestion and
plenty of wholesome food. and not upon
dieting and an endeavor to live upon
bran crackers.
There is certain class Of food cranks
who seem to believe that meat. coffee.
and many other good things are rank
poisons, but these cadaverous, sickly-
looking individuals are a walking con-
demnat1On or their own theories.
The matter in a nutshell is that II the
stomach secretes the natural digestive
juices in sufficient quantities any whole
some food will be promptly digested; If
the stomach does not do So and certain
foods cause distress, one or two of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal
will remove all difficulty, because they
supply just what every weak stomach
lacks, pepsin. hydro -chloric acid, diastase
and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act
upon the bowels, and in fact are not
strictly a medicine. as they act almost
entirely upon the food eaten, digesting it
thoroughly, and thus gives much-needed
rest and giving an appetite for the next
meal.
OF people who travel nine out OF ten
use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. knowing
them to be perfectly safe to use at any
time, and also having found out by ex-
perience that they are a safeguard
against indigestion in any form, and eat
ing, as they have to. at all hours and all
kinds Of food. the travelling public for
years have pinned their faith to Stuart's
Tablets.
All druggists sell them at 80 cents for
full-sized packages. and any druggist
from Maine to California, II his opiuion
were asked. win say that Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets Is the most popular and
successful remedy for any stomach trou-
BILE.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
MAY REVIVE BOXING
IN NUTMEG STATE
Promoters Have Bern Working Hard With
Lawmakers
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Special to the Globe
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 18.-Al-
though the proposition has been guarded
as more or less of secret, it may now
be stated on reliable authority that a bill
providing for "a more liberal law in regard
to boxing in Connecticut shortly will be
presented to the legislature, and, more
over, that it has been promised the ap-
proval of several of the lawmakers whose
backing will go far toward insuring it's
passage AS the law stands at present,
Connecticut is hardly healthful for those
engaged in the profession of pugilism and
the game has long languished in the Nut
meg state.
Indeed, so strong has been the sentiment
against sparring exhibitions that even the
most ,sanguine promoters Of the sport
have long despaired of ever obtaining the
least elastic provisions in its favor. and
year after year propositions looking to the
loosening Of the bonds have died aborn-
ing. At last, however half a dozen en-
thusiasts have mustered up sufficient cour-
age to beard the farmer legislators in their
lair, and a bill has been prepared by a
couple of the leading lawyers in the state
and it is believed that the bill will be
pushed through.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
SEASONS TROTT|NG
OUTLOOK is GOOD
Many New Tracks Have Been
Added to the Cir.
cults
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Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Enough trotting
circuits have been formed and dates Sc
aected to indicate that harness racing
during the coming season will break all
records for number of meetings and
amount of purses. None of the former
circuits has gone out of existence while
several new ones have already been or
ganiZed.
The Grand circuit lost Brighton Beach
but gained Cleveland and Syracuse for
1905. The Great Western circuit will lose
no tracks, and may add two or three to
ats list of 1904. The Lake Erie circuit,
which was organized recently at James
town. n. Y, is next Tn Importance. hav
ing large membership. What this cir
cult is to the East the "Gas Belt is to
the middle West
The latter circuit will open at Lima, O.,
on July 4. and close at Elwood, Ind in
September. 1t will make the purses not
circuit, an important chain of half-rnile
tracks. Will have additional members as
VIII the Illinois circuits. Among new
trotting circuits organized are the South
cihc coast, and the circuit headed by
Pittsburg
over the country, except in Missouri.
where there is some danger of the repeal
of what is known as 'The Breeders Law
forbidding speculation on race tracks
Although nothing definite is reported
from New England, the prospects are
good, and there is talk of even giving a
harness meeting on the once famous Old
Orchard (Me.) track, which has been un-
used for several years.
Fantasy, 2:O5. the worlds champion
four year-old trotting, mare, and the
champion three year-old in 2:OS%, which
was purchased by Oak Duke. of Wells
vile. N. Y, will be mated with oakland
Baron 2;0sA. the best speed producing
now at the Oakland farm of A. G. Van
derbilt
Reports indicate that the veteran train
youngsters in his string that will prove
as sensational performers as was Bon
Voyage, 2:15A, last year.
The oft-repeated rumor that the well
known trainer. Dick Wilson, has been en-
gagged to handle the string of George d.
Sherman. of Port Henry, for the next
brought out several high class horses dur
ing the past few years, and has proved
himself competent conditioner and race
driver H
James Brady. the trainer, who was
supposed to be permanently engaged to
train a number of youngsters from the
Dreamwald farm of Thomas w. Lawson,
has announced that he will be in the en-
ploy of w. H. Mcdowell, of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad, for the
season: Mr.. Brady was at the recent Car
den sale with the son of Mr. Lawson, and
went South, where he has a number of
youngsters belonging to the Boston breed
er. but whether he will give these up or
not has not been reported.
Several local and upstate trainers have
engaged stables at the Poughkeepsie
track, where they will do their spring
training. The track offers every facility
for proper stabling and training. John
Howell prepared Tiverton, 2:04R, on this
track last year.
Bon Axworthy is the name of the year
ling colt by Axworthy, 2:15%. and out of
Sunel, 2:0SA, the former worlds cham
pion trotter.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
CUBAN POOL SHARK
WILL PLAY KEOGH
champion De Orc Accepts the Challenge
of Buffalo Expert
Special to The Globe
RTEEAT

Special to The Globe
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 1s.-Alfredo De
Gro mas accepted the challenge from
Jerome keogh for the new worlds cham
Pionshlp, pool emblem. and the contest
dhust 1t take place before March 10. forty
uayS from date OF challenge. De Oro won
me emblem in the st. Louis tourney in
december. later defeating Grant Eby. who
nad challenged him. The game with
keogh will probably take place in his
Bunalo rooms. Keogh's friends have
onered to place Sc. 600 on their favorite
at reasonable odds. De Oro's Strong game
IN the tournament and against Eby was
IN ms strength at the finish. Keogh
pIays q raster game than Eby at the
staft, but is not of the same quality as a
nnlSher- De Orc is the most Spectacular
pool player in the world. and his remark
aoie ABILITY In combination shots. when
tne balls are punched has brought the
spectators TO their feet many times to
Gheer the Cuban wonder" In the ST.
four misses in fifty shots of this nature
which no other player would attempt.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
HORSEMEN SHY AT
BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Uncertainty Regarding Date Cause of
Light Entry List
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Special to The2Globe
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-Uncertainty as
TO the time Of the running of the BROOKLYN
handfcap 1t is said among turfmen was
the reason for the cutting of that race bv
owners in the matter of entries The re.
port that the Gravesend meeting would
be held much earlier than usual this
spring spread among horsemen, and as a
result the owners of several Of the high
class horses were skeptical Regarding
their ability to get their charges ready
for the race.
1t takes time and patience to get a
horse in shape for a grueling contest at a
mile and quarter so early in the racing
season. and for that reason many of the
big owners. Il is said. refused to enter
their best horses. AT that. however, it is
q strong field that will face Starter Cas-
sidy in the first really big race of the
year, and it is safe to predict that. rain
or shine. the usual Brooklyn handicap
crowd will be on hand and the field
Judging from the weights allotted, will
be large one.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-19
TOM SHARkEY WILL
WRESTlE PARDEIIO
Sailor Expects to Give Good Account of
Himself on Mat
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Special to The Globe
NEW YORK. Feb. 1s.-Grappling en-
thusiasts will have an opportunitv 70 SOC
Tom Sharkey and Leo Pardelio in a
wrestling contest in about two weeks.
Inc exact date and selection Of a place
Tor the contest has not yet been made
but each man has posted $3.50 for appear,
ance and side bet. Pardello agrees to
Inrow Sharkey twice in an hour AS
Sharkey has wrestled with Tom Jenkins
"Shad' Link. Atherton and most OF the
crack grapplers i'm the country he should
give PardellO the hardest struggle of his
life when they meet
Both men have started training for the
contest. Sharkey said this week that he
was in better form than he had been in
a long time. He Is training with Spike
Sullivan. who is matched with Jack Lea
for $500 side in private this month.