Evening journal., 1905-07-05
LITERAE


In this country where II
largely confined 90 sprintd &. (
portance of the part plA
they're at the post canno
lcstimated. Half tie battle
there; oftentiines in the sho
of five and FIVE and a half fl
struggle is actually decided
lnbCon that was stretched
track has ceased Qdivering.
duction Of the Starting ga
abolition of the old recall
have revolutionizei starting
lalmost say they have rel
tracing; certainly they ha'
lview-p point of the specta
horse nowadays is kept
longer than two minutes -
peevish and profane; fe
he could have seen the II
burg with 1874 pounds up
three quarters of an hour
lat the present day racing
show him that the timq
lelapsed since the field h'
the barrier until it is sen
lagos two and a half mimi
But though it may h
about this revolution rnq
| is nevertheless a science.
science in which each on
part i'm it-from the start
horse-must be possess
comprehensive kroWledg
viewpoint Of the jockey
this science consists In
fPet away first; from the
OF view. it consists I'm s.
Jockey does not get 81, Yor
llast.--James Fl. Tucker ~July
Outing.
Golfers for June "a Iiy says:
| The season has arrive N thous-
lands of human bodies packed on
/ floating fire traps, and aiken. for
consideration hither and yon. to enjoy
Temporary fefreshment on the water
Most of them happily perhaps. Will be
undashed by memories of the SlUcutn.
Probably the management of not one
steamer in the whole blessed domain
has been changed radically ON account
of the casual investigation undertaken
after the Slocum horror. The foun-
ldation truth is that the people don
care enough about the risks they run
| to make the authorities serious IN their
control Steamboat owners can make
]
passengers on the paddle boxes, BY
imakng life preservefs out of any mst
al that happens to be accessible ana
cheap. and by dividing a little with the
government inspectors. These .u-
Isroctors thus are able to provide
Greater comforts for their homes. The
lownsrs swell the number Of the PROS
lpercW the public crowds the steamers
10 81
happy. Why therefore. do we conf
plain? Perhaps it is perverse, but The
lsight Of so many thousands of children
land women put in danger of fatal ac-
lcidcnts by fire or wreck does not leave
JUS as comfortable as no doubt we ought
Ito feel. We cannot help wishing that
Ia horrible and entirely unnecessary
slaughter produced some little altera-
ltion I'm the system by which money is
lconed i'm violation of ordinary pre-
lcautions enjoined by law.
The second (July) issue Of Tales fui-
ily meets the high expectations aroused
by the first number of this new Mag
lazue Of the Worlds Best Fiction" The
table of contents Includes as many "a
lmous names as were TO be found in the
first issue. and the stories are. il pos
1.-THE translations are admirable through
lout There are seventeen contributions
lin this number, including the serial
"Siren Voices" hy Jean Reibrach. the
conclusion OF two part story. a--nnm-
lplcte novel and fourteen short stories.
Eight languages are represented. the
French again Leading with seven stor-
Hes. while Germany contributes three,
Russia two. and Denmark. Spain. r.
laly Hungary and American. one odch.
Not only are these stories thoroughly
Representative Of the various litera-
lures from which they are taken. but
leach one has some special and individ-
lual interest I'm variety and literary
merit it would be difficult to match
this issue Of Tales i'm the history Of
magazine publishing.