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The Washington times., 1905-07-24

ed; he is quick to take advantage of the
mistakes of his opponents, and, above
all, has that supreme confidence in him
self which never Knows defeat. These
are the qualities I contend should be in
stilled both in officers and men, and
my utmost efforts shall be directed 10
this end.
The public should understand that the
men who comprise these teams are the
individuals who man the guns, sight.
and fire them, are the marines, the coal
Iassers, from the engine room; Ia fact,
from all divisions of the ship. and that
IL their routine work Intelligence must
LS used; in no sense of the term are
they now, or VIII they become, what is
termed trained athletes, any further
than their duties viii permit.
Special Privileges.
Some time ago 7 issued orders that
men belonging TO or attempting TO make
the various teams, whether baseball.
football, track, field and racing crews,
wrestling, boxing, fencing. 30 matter
what, should be allowed TO go ashore
for practice. and that such practice
should be considered part of their drill,
and that such squads should be in COM
mand OF an officer. Orders We're issued
that the men OF the various teams en-
tered in the Fourth of July meet should
be permitted TO go ashore, regardless of
conduct class
While on this point I might say that
the man striving for athletic supremacy
must, of necessity, excel the man who
does not enter the lists, consequently
his worth is greater, and his reward is
certain advancement
VIII Keep Records.
It Is my intention TO establish as soon
as possible and practicable a system
of examination and bureau Of statistics
aboard the ships; every man to be ex-
amined as to his physical Improvement.
and a careful record will be kept. Judg-
ing from the present outlook il will be
found that there viii be q marked i'm
proVement in conduct classes. which
means a higher morale.
one OF the great difficulties in handling
large bodies Of men or securing men to
enter service different in many ways
from the ordinary walks OF life, is the
| lack OF diversion in the daily routine.
Men must be made content with their
environmnt, and the captain who solves
the problem IS the one who will enjoy
the sweets of successful endeavOr.
Officers Also.
By every means in my power, both by
the offering of prizes and by com
! mendation in general orders. I will en-
courage athletics in the navy I want
| TO say that means I feel the officers need
| TINS as nucA as the men, ana tnat the
man with the commission will enter
! against the enlisted man, each strug-
| Cling for supremacy. regardless of the
difference in rank aboard ship.
| With due appreciation OF the demands
I CT modesty, ! feel l may be permitted
to say, if I can see athletics generally
adopted in the United States Navy, and
the morale Of both officers and men
raised through any efforts OF mine. that
| my last years III the active service will
not have been spent in vain.
| Copyright. 1905. by the Illustrated Sporting
| News Publishing Coz
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Arouses Courage.

The man who follows athletics learns
l. think for himself and act promptly
IN emergency; they rouse his dormant
courage until he has the heart of q
hon and the aggressiveness and deter
n:ination Of a bulldog, when II is need
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Admiral EpQns Boosts
Athletics in the Napy
Warmly Recommends That Sailors Be En-.
Couraged to Enter Compeftions---Help-
full Morally and Physically

Rear Admiral Rohley D. Evans has
come out as a strong advocate of ath-
letics in the navy, and has written az
interesting article on the subject for the
Illustrated Sporting News.
The reputation of Admiral Evans as a
fighter and commander is worldwide.
and his opinions are held in high re
spect by naval authorities. His unquali-
fed Endorsement of systematic and per
sistent development Of athletics as IN
aid to The men physically and morally
IS sure to carry great weight and at
tract more attention to the subject than
has been done before. He says:
United States Flagship Maine. Province
town, Mass. July s, 1905.
That general athletics. particularly
track and field sports, can be success
fully Introduced IN the navy of the
United States was demonstrated in re-
markable manner at ProvincetoWn.
Mass. on July 4. 1865, and proved the
correctness of my contentiou-that 1t
was q good thing for them, and that
they wanted it.
Meet a Great Success.
So far as l know, this is the first
time in the history OF the nayIes Of the
world that such a raaet has been held,
although the British navy goes in for
athletics. TO a certain extent. No man
may presume TO say how farreaching
Will be the effects OF this meet at Prov
incetown on the navies OF the world but
the results in our own service are not
difficult to surmise.
II is a matter Of great pride TO me that
the officers and men of the flagship
Maine. Missouri, kentucky. kearsarge,
Ala abama and MasSachusetts-an OF the
battleshlp squadron of the North Allan
tic fleet. which l have the honor to COM
mand-entered so heartily into the con-
tests and with such excellent showing
From the six battleships over 300 men
entered the various events and made
records which will be the basis OF com
parIson In all future meets of the kind
in cur service. When one takes into con-
ants We're not trained athIetes-In the
general acceptance OF the term-their
performances and records are truly re
maTlza BILE
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Share $2,O89.68
In His Bout With Britt
Total Receipts S8,7O7-Jimmy Got S3,13452
Looks Good, But Was Not All Velvet.
Due to HerfOrd

SAN FRANCISCO. July 24.-The re
ceipts of the twentv-round glove fight on
Friday night between Jimmy Britt and
Kid Sullivan, of Washington, while am
pie. considering the caliber Of the con-
test. were rather disappointing to the
promoters.
The sale Of seats netted IS, 701, Of which
the fighters got 60 per cent, or &5J24.26.
Britt's share was S3.134.52 while Sulh-
van was given SOS .6S. the club taking
S3. 1880.
1t might be thought that the losers
end of the purse represented a big sum
to Sullivan. but II was not all profit by
q large amount Transportation to the
Coast and back for himself and Al Her
ford and three or four weeks at training
quarters with an army Of sparring part
ners and other hangers-on. who demand
their little bits, make a big hole IN that
s.. 900 pile. but the principal item viii
be the share of Manager Herford.
Must Credit Herford.
Without the willy Hcrford Sullivan
would have had no more chance of fight
ing Britt than of fighting Jim Jeffrles.
Also had 1t not been for the sldllfUl
boosting which Sullivan has received at
IIerford's hands in the Baltimore fights
in the past season he would never have
been considered in the IemOtest way a
plausible opponent for the Frisco lad.
There are several men in the country
who are better and faster boxers than
Sullivan and could have forced Britt to
the limit TO win, but their managers
were not as wise as HerfOrd, and they
have had to content themselves with
minor fights, while the Washington
boxer has acquired the prestige o. hav-
ing accomplished as much against
Britt as was done by Young Corbett,
Battling Nelson. and Eddie Hanlon.
What is SuIlivans arrangement with
Herford about splitting up the pro-
ceeds Of their Iabors is not known. II
is said that Sullivan draws a regular
weekly salary, whether preparing Tor q
fight or not. HerfOrd taking chances on
getting the money back out OF purses;
The Kid Will be q Dig drawing card
from now on and Will be much in the
public eye all next winter, and there is
little likelihood Of the astute Al los
ing on his contract
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The Finishes.
PLANS TO FORM
CUMBERLAND LEAGUE

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, July 24.--An ef
fort is being made to form Cumber
land valley baseball league. to include
Eagerstowu. Chambersburg, Winches-
ter. Waynesboro. and perhaps other
towns in the valley. Manager H. S,
Geiselman, of Waynesboro, win visit
the various towns anC assist in forming
the league. Leroy McCarden, Hagers-
towns crack one-armed pitcher. Will
probably sign with Waynesboro If the
league is formed.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
American League.
Philadelphia, 1; Chicago. O.
New York, 5; St. Louis 2.
Boston. s; Detroit. /
National League.
No games.
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and after that whenever there was
mix, James was strong for the clinch-
ing. With Nelson he ran away, and
whenever the Dane got in a few on
the ribs. clinched like a wise. Well. you
cant blame him. It's ali in the game.
and if he can go the twenty rounds
with slight lead the coin is his So
there you are.
Had Britt a good waIlop the other
night Sullivan would have been out in
the eighth round after ne was dropped.
Mr.. b. Nelson, OF Eegeswisch, will
now have a chance TO show his teeth
unless Britt gets out OF it again. Jimmy
Coffroth, of the Colma club, has offered
the pair a $4,000 purse for finish fight
and Nelson viii bet $4,000 on the side.
The latter will fight. winner take all
so that would mean $4,000 TO the man
who was victorious
Britt and Nelson would put up the
greatest finish fight ever seen, and the
decision would settle for once and all
the much -talked-of last fight. Britt was
given the decision over Nelson in their
last battle, but every man in the gal
lery hooted his head off after 1t and
howIed for another go. After this the
rings would be divided as to the winner
thing it was.
Should Go to Finish
In finish fight there would be no
yells, one or the other would win de-
cisiveIy. and this should certainly be
the next go Nelson is willing. but Britt
is not, Britt says he can get as much
money In Frisco. The biggest purse he
ever received in his life was $4,000 for
the Corbett fight, and that house was
packed to the ra.ters at fancy prices.
too. He can't get $4,000 in a limited go
If he packed them in on top Of one an
other.
These two should fight to finish if 1t
We're just for public feeling alone. If
Britt feels like holding Nelson off for
a month he can do so. If he feels like
fighting some one else. he can break off
negotiations and sidetrack again.
Fight II out to a finish and settle all
this yelling Nelson is willing. If you
can knock him out, James, go and
knock. There's nothing to stop you.
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ToDAYs GAMES.

American League.
Washington at Cleveland.
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Detroit and Boston at Columbus,
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
CORINTHIAN CLUB
HOLDS A REGATTA
Power Boats Race on the
Upper Potomac.
TWELVE LAUNCHES CONTEST
Three Glasses Represented and the
Sport Is Above the
Ordinary.

The Corinthian Yacht Club yesterday
held the largest and most successful
regatta Of its career.
The sport opened with a race for
power boats and twelve of the craft
propelled by artificial properties con-
tested for supremacy. This race was
open to all owners of power boats in
Washington and furnished the best OF
its kind ever seen on waters directly ad-
jacent to the Capital.
All the races We're ar distance Of
three and oue-haH miles. The start was
made in front of the Corinthian House,
at the foot of F street northwest. and
the finish was at the new highway
bridge In the power-boat races there
were three classes represented, one for
launches, twenty-five feet long. one for
those tHenty-one feet in length, and an
other for boats measuring eighteen feet
and under, In the first named class the
Irene was the first TO cross the line,
completing the course in $3.50.
Lessie a Winner
The Lessie won the race for the TWEEN
ty-onq-foot class. in 26:4o. and the Rip
pie was the first to shove her Prov
across the line in the eighteen-1oot
class. She covered the three and one
half miles in BIS. In the twenty-onc-
foot class the Viola did not finish. and
was consequently disqualified
The next club races. which win COM
prise contests for both power boats and
yachts, viii be held on Sunday. August
6. over the same course.
! The yacht races yesterday We're more
of social affair than one for suprem-
acy, 50 the results are not given out.
The order of the finish in the races
for motor-power boats Is as follows:
The Finishes.
25-foot cIass-Irene, 25:50, first; Edith.
26:0O, second; Lulu b, 26:30, third;
Mamie. 2g;l9. fourth.
2l-foot cIass-Lessie. 26:40, first: Fiji,
| q 80, second: Ruth B., 29:18 third.
Glass for eighteen feet and under
| Ripple, Bis, first. George V, 35:10. sec
| ondi Margaret b. 36:01, third June Bus
IS 90. fourth.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29
Pauline Hall and Her Ponies and Pets

IT HERE are perhaps, few ponies
that have become better known
through their respective local-
ties or are more beloved than those
which belong to Pauline Hall and her
little daughter. Their home is at
Caryl. N. Y, some twelve miles out
from the city, where both in paddock
and stable, they enjoy the freedom
and luxury of the freely distinguished.
1t was the faithful Albert" who
brought the first two Shetland ponies,
IRA and Useeba, from Peoria, ILL.,,
directly to the stable at Caryl. IRA
is a gray and white beauty. Useeba
white, marked with brown. Together
they form a pair so striking in ap-
pearance that all who see them must
turn for a second look. For although
strong and sturdy, these ponies arc
small, scarcely holding their heads
above a tall mans elbow. 1t is never
tneleSS the ndDlJ OIL lnelT OWhSi "
drive them from her own door to va
rious places in the city and then back
again to Caryl toward evening. 1t is,
indeed, regarded as nothing extraor-
binary for them to cover a distance
of thirty odd miles during an after
noon. They step over the ground
lightly, at a lively pace and return
to the stable without showing the least
sign of fatigue.
Many a believing soul sends out
wish as they pass, since owing to their
markings they are termed 'piebald,"
and therefore under the spell of she
old saw asserting the ability of such |
to grant wishes. When they stop,
moreover, in some crowded thorough |
fare of the city, children innumerable
surround them; old ladies even shower |
them with praises. In fact, their mis-
tress amusingly tells Of q trip in |
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29
Prize Stories Written by
The HeraId'S Young Folks

a bottle of alcohol mans heart. Then
the boy stayed there, and seeing a
small note on the ground, he picked it
up. 1t read:
by whoever this here is found
Look little further in the ground"
The boy started to digging at once
and in a little while found a tin box,
which was very heavy. He succeeded
in getting it out after hard pulling.
Then he took his pick and picked a
hole in the tin. On the end of his
pick there was small piece of gold.
The boy finally laid his pick on the
ground, and after much pounding got
the lid off the box, and inside were
pearls, diamonds and trinkets.
In the meantime the father had come
home from his work and had found his
wife on the floor. After reviving her
he asked her what was the matter.
She gasped, willie! In the back
yard"
The father thought his son was hurt,
anu Idn " llle ydru 10 see w llle SOIl-
ing out different kinds of jewels. He
told his father all about it, and found
gilded nutshell, which was glued to-
gether. He broke the shell open and
found note, which said:
Lucky finder take all this, as I will
be in Mexico the time you find this.
The slayer of e. G. B."
The father spread the news over the
town and everybody wanted to know
who E. G. B. could be. After a week
or so of hunting in books and pamph-
let's a man found that E. G.. B. was
jeweler by the name of Edgar George
Blase, who was murdered and robbed
by an unknown man.
Willie's father had lawyers go to
court and see if the money could be his,
and the court said yes.
Willie after few days got his pony
and cart, and was seen driving around
town with his little sister. His step
mother after her fainting spell was as
good to Willie as anybody else, and
If you would go to that town you would
still see the yard where this boy found
these trinkets and in this yard you
might see the finest house in town.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29

IRA and Useeba, and it disturbed their
digestion not one whit Indeed, they
are all around comfortable little crea-
lures, seldom falling i'll, and quite
willing to be driven double, tandem,
or even mounted for riding. 1t is
Pauline Hall the younger who enjoys
this latter sport to perfection and pre-
sents a gay picture when on the gray
and white pony, whose forelock and
with scarlet ribbons.
During horse show week IRA and
Useeba wore a holiday look, as they
were then shown at the Garden, their
owner feeling, as she says, quite con-
fident of their carrying off the honors
of their class. This, moreover, was
the first time that they have been
publicly exhibited. But short time
ago IRA became the mother of a tiny
gray and white colt, christened Teddy,
while Useeba's offspring partook
solidly of her brown coloring. The
name of this amusing baby colt is
Nibs Although it is but six weeks old
bit is Put in his mouth and he is
regularly harnessed to a skeleton cart,
that early in life he may hold a sense
OF responsibility. Little Pauline, her.
self but eight years old, does the
breaking. Once, however, small Nibs'
head is turned from the road he
makes the long run to the stable at
an astonishing, almost perilous, pace.
Bit and bride lose for him their
meaning; dinner and mother have
taken possession of his young wits.
1t is indeed a most comical sight to
watch this infant Shetland accustom-
ing himself to grim duty. During the
Harvesting he stands remarkably well
and is ever obedient to the voice of
Albert" who truly has his welfare at
heart. Already he has learned to mind
the bit and the reins' guiding power
Among ponies Nibs so far might be
termed an infant prodigy; but once let
his mother come in sight, or lump of
sugar be shown, and his virtue, alasi
falls to the ground. He becomes then
roguish and willful as a baby.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29
OLDEST KNOWN Tree

The town Of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name ly.
ing off the coast Of Asia Minor. pos
sesses the Oldest tree in the world.
Under its shade Hippocrates instructed
his disciples in his methods and views
concerning the healing art 1000 years
ago. Tradition carries the age Of the
tree back to the time of Aesculapius
(of whom Hippocrates was a lineal de-
scendant), which would add some 400
years to its age. A great part Of tho
trunk is built around. and there is a
fountain known as Hippocrates' Foun-
tain. The circumference of the trunk
is thirty feet, and there are two nam
lower branches, which are supported
by masonry columns.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29
UNEXPECTED LUCK
BY Charles Holborn-cIass H-TweIve
Years


Once there was a little boy, whose
mother died when he was very young,
and his father, a workingman.. married
a lady who had a little girl This lady
did not like the boy, and when the girl
played with the boy she would get a
sound whipping for it.
Before Christmas the boy had been
begging for little pony and cart, but
he did not get it.
About the middle OF January his step
mother told him he would have to dig
a ditch, so it could be ready for the
plumbers.
Early the next morning the boy
started to digging. My the ground
was all thawed and was also full of
rocks He worked very hard and near
the end he found big rock. He dug
all around it and at last got It out.
TO his amazement he found under IL
a box all tied and nailed tightly. He
hurrledly dug the rest of his ditch.
and called out his stepmother, who
helped him cut the ropes and pry open
the box Inside they found a big red
handkerchief tied around something.
The Woman united the knot ana saw in
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A good thing for his discipline is that
his young mistress while training him
is absolutely fearless. She minds not
into what brambles he leads her, how
often the cart is overturned or on how
hard a run he jolts her over cobbles to
the stable. Still she holds tightly the
reins of government and at length pulls
him into order. Teddy, while also
being taught the ways of his after life,
is hardly so apt a pupil as Nibs. and
owing to his uncertain behavior is sell
dom brought out on "show-off'' occa-
sions.
While undoubtedly the most interest
ing, these ponies are not the only pets
that share with Pauline Hall and her
daughter their beautiful home at Caryl.
In an adjoining paddock to the ponies
are two Angora goats, fine specimens,
each of snow white woolliness and
curved horns Though the rams use
fulness is past, his young mistress no
longer needing him to draw her cart,
he is still favorite and Is tenderly
housed in the stable over the winter.
Time, it seems, has simply lightened
his cares without detracting from his
comforts or pleasures.
The two Angora cats are beautiful
creatures and not spoiled through
overpetting. Almost as wild they are
as young hares, and not an atom less
curious. Against the stranger visiting
the house they rub and purr until in
turn they are offered caress. Away
then they dart into some mysterious
darkness, from which their vivid eyes
flash sparks.
So much part of the daily routine
in this house has it become to cut meat
for the cats and the black and tan
puppy, to prepare food for the goats
and watch the nourishment of the lit
fant Shetlands, that children of the
neighborhood also have learned to seek
it's kitchen door when bread and butter
are wanted. Needless to say, their
desires are needed, and as well their
expectations that layer of jam shall
be spread over the whole.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-29
MY BROTHERS POCKET
BY Agnes Hole-CIass A-Fourteen
Years

Years
Boys differ from girls more in the
number of pockets they possess than in
any other thing. Possibly a girl may
have one small pocket, but more than
likely she has none, while the number
of pockets a boy owns is unlimited.
One bright summer afternoon, as
was diligently practicing Schuberts
"Serenade. 1 heard suddenly an i'm
of my small brother bewailing the fact
that he had lost his pet horn-toad from
a hole in the depths of his trousers
pocket.
Here, Sis he shouted, "come, sew
up this hole in my pocket before 1 lose
the bait L am going to fish with to-
morrow and all my new agates.'
Schuberts "Serenade" was left peace
fully alone while L got a needle, thread
and thimble and prepared to begin
side out and into my lap spilled the
most amazing pile of rubbish that was
ever collected in one heap. Three fat
fishing worms encircled jackknife, a
small white mouse was nibbling a pieca
of dOughnut, two pennies, six nails, ore
screw, one empty cartridge, one yard
of string, two fishing hooks, one wad Of
chewing gum and seven marbles were
among the contents. l hurriedly de-
posted the collection in fathers waste
basket and patched the pocket. Then
! called Harry to restore his posses
sions to their abode.