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Hor.c NarInes 60 Hunting.

Now. with his Horse Marines he
goes forth to hunt Indians. and par
ttcularIy the Infamous renegade sol
df~r and Indian bandit Antonio But
neither song nor story tells Just what
happened 10 the redoubrabIe Horse
Marines History records that they
returrcd to Durango with sundry
bloody sacks dangling from their sad
die horns. and riding straightway 70
The governors quarters there ex-
hibitsd their contents. rolling out up-
on the floor the bloody heads OF red
men. demanding 500 for each. 4
stormy. scene ensued. in which the gov
ernor charges some noncompliance
with TIE terms Of the contract. and
the Captain" Of the Horse Marines"
IS finally seen leading his men furi-
ously away. and they thus disappear
from the scene. dropping out of sight
as completely as though swallowed by
the earth.
Malicious tongues had st that the
heads brought in ard rolled upon the
foor before the governor were the
heads Of tame Indians living in soma
Of rhe scattered towns 10 the north of
Durango. and Che Horse Marines
in their failure to encounter the real
Thing has swooped down upon these
iuonans5ve fellows tilling their fields.
speared them and carried off their
heads in triumph TO claim the prom
ised reward.
a peripatetic German scribe heard
Of the story Of these Horse Marines"
and used The incident about which to
weave q story for German pub
Usher. The story was TO the effect
that forty heroes from the Western
States arrived in Durango. Durango
was IN mourning owing to the Indians
having sWooped down upon the city
and carried of two hundred virgins
belonging TO the best families. The
forty heroes from The states at once
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Becomes Chief Among Indians.

ASEAGAifEU AafA - HAaABAAE AtAAaalhAEa
She had been scalped. blt otherwise
uainJlred. She was taken to Durango
where she lived to tell how Antonio
I'D the Indians down on e sslto, and
express her own determination to live
to sec The wretch brough; 20 justice
sre raid Antonio himself had seize5
her. He was smeared with paint and
5edecke5 vvi.h feathers in imitation Of
his indian comrades. and lest she
should rot know him. ne pesred down
into her face asking her Il she recog-
nizsd hsvn. She certainly did for she
began upbraidinE him roundly. unable
tn bring herself 70 fear the soldier
scamp. upon whom she had vented her
anger On so many occasions in the
past. lie then threw her 70 tie
ground and with the aid OF one of the
Indians Who held her feet and hands.
he passed his sharp knife around the
top Of her head. thus removing her
scalp With all the dexterity Of saw
age Indian
It wasn't long after this venture that
Antonio became chief among the
Indians and made himself known as
the leader of a band which under his
guidance became the most active and
bloodthirsty OF all the so-called Co
manChes Their raids were repeated
with equal suddenness and success.
deva Jating the land and inspiring
dread and terror throughout the coun-
try around Durango. The Mexican
soldiers were powerless to cope with
them although the governor OF Du-
range had offered 4 reward or 500 for
the head Of every Indian they brought
in.
This was the state Of affairs when
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Found City In Panic.

Arriving ar Durango. Captain Box
found the city ver@'ng on sta.e OF
panic. Durango but few years be
fore had numbered 5000 inhabitants.
but the Indian repredations upon tho
country around had disturbed the ag-
Firul-uraI conditions to the extent %
producing a famine. and that with
an outbreak or cholera. had reduced
the ponuIaticn to only 5000 The i'm
9aense cattle estates north Of Duran
go had been repeatedly plundered.
and nearly aIl the agricultural IN
dusuies wiped out of existence by the
Indians. who. growing boIder with
each success, now carried on their
raids up To within the very suburbs
of Durango itself. The in-fed. rug
g~d. hadly-treated Mexican soldiers
proved worthless against these In
dfaus. Of whom they were thoroughly
afraid ON one occasion a body OF
lauc'rs. numbering 163 men. sent
from Zacatecas Co the relief Of Du-
rauEo. were suddenly hostnlzed by
mere dozen of the Indians armed
with hows and arrows. and their
commanding officer. instead Of rally
lrg hls men 70 make stand. the
bugle sounded the double quick"
and the Iancers spurred their horses
ir an ieaominious tieat, pursued By
TIE Indians and their de-istye yells-
These Indians appear TO have wan
dsred down ia the frs, place from tie
borders Of the Western States They
claimed 20 be, or az least were known
To- the Arexlcans as. Comanches. but
were iu all probability renegades made
Ep Of Indians from various tribes for
gays came into Chihuahua nearly all
nn foot and scanslIy armed, more like
te-earz than warriors on plunder
b.rt Their derrcdations were slight
at 1rst. but lack OF pubic spirit in
coHnating them, emboldened them
ana they gradually equipped them
selves with their plunder and organ
izeI into more or less powerful bands.
They drove OF herds of cattle which
rhay sold across The border pshcur-
ing arms and ammunIJion in exchange.
and returning shey sw1ored dnWn
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Quite a Spectacular Gent

WALKING portrait gallery has
n been arrested iu Tunis where
~ ne had long been wanted as "a
ueserJer. The name ~ JhA
humcn picture show i~ Sarthe ON en-
terlns the police station he abruptly
removed all his clothing. and. when in
a state of nature said: Observe m,
skin You shsn't nave it, II Il vorth
its weight ia gold"
Sarthe uTadorned IS adorned tho most
Little Of his natural skin Is left Visible
On his chest are tattooed Two pictures
o ladies'. il color, blowing Kisses % a
cavalier, the tip Of whose haJ feather
reaches SaTthe's NECK On his right side
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sarthe has tire portraits or President
Loubet and the ShaE OF Persia shaking
hInds ON his left side are Mm~ s. e-fa
Guii5ert and MayoL the masic-aaU
singer who created the "mart-hichc.
Sarthes bacl0,is treated in pureIy deco
rstLrc style, rather after the manner
OF Boucher Podgy cupids are repre-
sented in gafIands OF rosebuds. and o
scroll or flowers runs up and down
Ssrjhe's spire- After duly a5miring
him, the police made him PIT his clothes
on again. He is naturally proud OF his
skin, and would have gone on showing
airself as lons as he had been asked.
Ills Illustrations cause him no discom-
f1rr
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cred. a voritsble citadel thought 20
impregnable 20 any number Of naked
Indians which could bring themselves
10 hear upon IL. The soldiers station
sd at this place seemed 20 have been
particularly mtreated the uleager pay
which they received from the govern
msnr al rare intervals being alin.
Immediately sequestered by JEe .
prietor of the ranch or his employs
as soon as received. usually for foo1
and provisions. Antonio who was evl-
IDENTIFY Of a more independent sp.rif
than his comrades. rebslIed al this
treatment only 10 have coa.s OF IRE
heaped upon his head. particularly by
an old woman who made tortillas ami
sold them 20 the soldiers az an exog-
b!tant rate.
one evening az The sound OF retreat
(. was found that Antonio was miss
ms from the line of the soldiers pass
ing list Antonio had desrreE To
the lnloleut officer Ia s....-.....d II
didn't u AXE much d!H.rea ~. one
etE-cd soldier or less: Antonio coaIi-
go far for me would bc appreneud-
.y the relentless officers ll what
ever town he might seel, refuge. sn5
o- aoIrse sent back. and with ,ae SELF
assurance that the defauI,ing Antoa5o
would feel the sting OF al least twenty
Iashes upon his hare back as soon as
returned. the officer dismissed The mat
Ter from his mind
Antonio returned, lut not ss uis cc.a-
mandinF officer had supposed I1e
came with a horde OK Indians AT sis
back. and with his superior knowledge
~ the habits 81 The garrison. he ss5c-
cessfuuy surprised the place and ca~-
ried 70 rs storm. massac-eirg men.
women. and children, and applying th-
torch TO ali that would burn. Whether
he spared auy OF his former comrades
Is no. recorded. but he did spare Jhe
old totgua maker. against whom lac
seemed TO have the greatest grievance.
Assistance arriving shortly after the
place Ead been given over TO the
flames. the old woman was found
rropped Up and moaning in one corner
OF the yard. her head AND fare eov-
cred With blood.
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sally forth. oyertake the Indians, and
rescue the virgins, bringing them back
IN triumph 20 Durango. and the city
reio!ces
To tha credit OF the Americans be-
longing to that race OF flibusters 50
prominent in the events Aof those days.
after Investigations proved that the
Horse Marines OF Durango were not
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Agrees to Exterminate Sarages.

Box wert 70 the governor with his
plan ard found willing ears. Up To-
the time of the Mexican war with the
United States, the Mexicans mad be-
Iteved in their own prowress az fight
ers. They had repeatedly defeated, in
their own estimation. one OF the finest
armies OF Europe. thst Of old Spain.
and they had even marched into dis
tant Texas. sat down before the Ala
mo and butchered the Americans
who, so bravely resisted them there
But the invasion OF their territory by
The Americans as consequence or
that Texan war, changed all this. and
the Americans had grown in the eyes
OF the NfeXicans TO be regarded as able
to cope with anything this side Of
-el inferno So when Captain Box
proposed to the governor his plan OF
turning his marines into q body OF
horsemen to hunt Indians. at the rate
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Captain Box with lis footsoTe marines
OF the wrecked ArEo arrived and took
up tHe.r Iodas.gs ia mason. SORT
of Or.ea-a. bossery for u.au aH-
beast Cn-y taw days before the
Indians had dashed into the suburbs
o. tne ci,y terrorz.uE the people wlta
their warwaoops .ancns several iH-
aividuaIs in the streets, and se.z.as
two OK ,ur-e women whom taey care
r.rd on w.lb t.em. 80, even Tie 500
ID head bounty had been sufficient -u-
decemeut Sor rre Mexican soldiers 20
ga in their pursuit Rut $40 far t.e
head OF an Indian seemed a big induce
meut 70 tHe weary marines and be-
sides their captain had marines asp.ra-
-fons. Hadn't he led them surcessru-.
Iy over mountain and through dale
and would tx not be hitting -ewar,
to have the tigle which they had con-
ferred upon him confirmed by a COM
mission ln tbs Mexican army. These
things discussed at length in the bare
rooms OF the mason developed into "a
plan TO organize a guerrilla force un-
der the leadership Of she zhipvreckrd
Jason and hunt Indians at the rate OF
500 per head.
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jerks, or the. horse Ma
rines." was a hlibuster Of
the tragi-comedy kind whose
conspicuous flash upon the
horizon of fame was as sudden and
as rapid as a meteor In a star-lit sky.
The man himself. although the inspi-
ration of a song which lives in the
memory of nearly all OF Us. is lost 70
fame and lies buried I'm some unknown
grave. not having had even the dis
tincrion OF facing the fusiliade or
mounting the fatal scanold 70 pay the
penalty OF his ambition.
1t is only owing to my wHnderings
in Mexico that am enabled 70 give
some account OF this soldier OF fortune
and his meteorIc career. It Is doubt
ful even If the author Of the famous
song ever knew ot the real existence
Of his hero, whose name being man
ipulatcd through story into song as
the indomitable Captain jerks" who
fed his horses on corn and beans.
was real character by the name Of
Box. or. Captain 69N. This Captain
BOX was a shIpwrecked argonaut who
appears 20 have gathered around him
other adventurers, mostly the marines
Of the stranded Arg7 and like a mod
e-n Jason attempted 20 make his way
across Mexico 10 the Pacific Coast to
re-embark for California in his quest
Of the golden fleece. II was when
that vast tide Of immigration was
sweeping across the North American
continent from many directions for
the gold fields OF California. Mexico
as a result Of her war with the United
States and internal strife was in an
almost complete state Of demoraliza-
tiou.
1t appears that this modern Jason,
leading his band OF adventurers up
over the mountains and tabIelands OF
centraI Mexico. had seen service in
the Mexican war, and evidently had
some knowledge Of Mexico and the
NIexicans. Footsore and weary. this
band for the most part sailors
climbed the mountains following the
winding trails over desert regions
stumbling now ana anon in-o fertile
valleys. and seeking relief from tho
hozrltable natives IN an occasional
village or pueblo. To through "a
catecas they wen6ed their way. iu
tending TO eur across the Sierra NIadre
range and make the port NJ Mazate7.
Ratwccn Zacateras and Durango
they found the country had been
more or less devastated by msurau3-
ing bands OF Indians. who. swoopiHg
down upou the smaller and uapro-
tected settlements. had plundered
them and fra their homes, killing
and scaIp.ng their de1enseIess occI-
pants. OaIv +he large estates. or ha-
c.71das. protected by fortified walls
and rarrisaued by Mexican troops.
had escaped the ra. ages Of these In
lraug
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Of 5000 q head. the governor entered
heartily into The project Even If The
Americans did not Get anv Indians
they stood good chance Of getting
killed. which was also slight con-
zsderation in the mind of NIexieans In
general Personally they Getested the
Americans. notwithstanding the good
opinion they had OF them as fighters.
and wh3le they did not dare molest
them themselves. the plan OF pitJing
trrm against the savages with the
prospective result Of either the one
or tHe other being done up. seemed a
good one.
The governor was so enthusiastic IN
the scheme that he even went to tile
extreme OF furnishing horses and
equipment Tor this foreign contingent.
stIpulating. however. that the cost
should be deducted from the bountl-s
Due for the heads of the Indians.
which should be brought In. and evil
IDENTIFY foresee.ng the possibility Of
fraud. 1t was further stipulated that
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The Renegade Antonio.

such was the case OF one Antonio.
who was a soldier stationed at q large
cattle ranch called El Salio. on the
road from Durango 10 Mazatlan. The
dwellings az this hacienda were forti-
hed by a high wall. ,oophuled and TOW.
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Continued from Second Page)

only Macklin Of the old firm knew
him personally. Hence, neither Dunn
nor Raddam could identify him when
he called 10 get the bonds OBJ
viously. Jimmie. this very important
fact could have been impaired TO the
thieves. as well as their other info~-
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upon the small settlements of the ma
tive=, numbering men, women. ana
children out OF a spirit OF pure dia-
bolical cruelty. Not infrequeutly some
Mexican soldier. braver and toldes
than his comrades. driven by the hard
fars. injustice, and brutality Of his
officers 20 desert, would Join these In
diaus where his knowledge proving or
great value TO them. he would be
taken into their band.
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p heads bvouehf in should 5e IN good
condition Accordingly. q contract 20
the effect vas daly drawn up, sigus1
and scaled. and we may now drew
upon our ova imagination for the
next chapter ia the story as related
ia g1at once popular song. Captain
BOW appears ou the stage as the re-
uouned jerks. who displays his is-
rorauce fn respect To horses by ie-
caring tHat he feeds hiss ou beans.
H4 universal d.st of the. oIeucans, as
well ss corn. lie fails 10 state. how
ever whether the "-orn ard beans
Oh Oalch he feeds ris horse is cooked
and On the form OF The Ssw England
dish called suc5otash, hut he is
captain In the army.' and that eiates
him and coudoles him for living be-
y7ud his means" or whatever other
shortcomings he may have had.
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Americans az al. although theiy cap
tain may have reen. They we're Tor
the most part Greeks. there were g.
couple Of lrishmen among them and
TWO Germans They probably disaJ-
peETed with their mounts bv tie way
or MaZatlan. Vhers sEey cmbar-ed
tor California in quest ID the Colds
Fleece, their origiuas ceEsI.atlou
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Pa &c Three
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By THOMAS ROBINSON DAwLEY.

-" he man who inspired that
once popular song. Cap
jerks, of the Horse Ma
rines." was hnbuster Of
+b. era ssi-,o,,,a4,, bir5 v,bcs.
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balls. He's not any too sure of
thrown balls. Darned If he is good
catch of flys. and his arm is bad!"
He stopped a moment and then added,
But he's 4 hell OF good ball play
err"
There are lot of others. now as
in the past time. whose brains car
ried them through season after seas
on after their arms wore out and their
legs cracked. or that terror of all ball
players. muscle binding" put them
to the bad. They went right along
and by quick thinking. pulled OF
stunts and got away with them before
their opponents walked up to what was
going on.
Haven't you seen slow runners,
men who couldn't do 100 yards in Is
seconds. make monkeys OF the best
throwing catchers, and steal base at
ter base, while ten-second men are
thrown out ten feet? The difference
is in the brain and not in the legs.
They are not beating the catcher
They are outwitting the pitcher
and are safe. practical. before the
catcher gets the ball. because they
are half way down before the pitcher
lets go OF it.
The cleverest bi, of quick thinking
| ever witnessed was years ago in
Cincinnati and Bid McPhee. the
King" pulled it OF. How fast he
thought can only be guessed. 1t must
have been instantaneous. Bid was on
first base. with nobody out. when
some one drove a bounder straight at
Wild Bill Everett. who was playing
first for Chicago. Bill dug up the ball.
touched first. and made one of his
copyrighted throws to second to catch
Bid. having plenty of time for the
double play.
The ball disappeared. Dahlen. who
was on second. never saw it. He
thought the ball had hit Bid. The UNI
pire, crouching to see the play at the
base. lost the ball. Bid hesitated Il
second. glanced around. saw the en-
tire Chicago infeld running around
wildly, and tore for third. At third,
after turning the base. he hesitated
again. looked back. and then tore on
home. From his actions both at Sec
ond and home. any spectator would
have sworn Bid was as ignorant of
the whereabouts of the ball as were
the Chicago players.
The Chicago team was wild with ex-
element. and the crowd was mysti-
fed. No one knew where the bail
was. The only clew was a yell of
amusement from the Cincinnati
bench.
The ball had disappeared utterly
and the umpire threw out new one.
After the game We learned what had
become of the ball. Everett had hit
Bill with 1t. The ball had struck him
under the arm, and. holding it tight
against his body. Bid had carried it
entirely around the bases. acting as
If he didn't know where 1t was.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Baseball

A ball player as approximately two
fifths of a second between the time the
ball hits the bat and he sees 1t COM
ing toward him in which he must de-
eide how to make play. Often he
must think quicker than that. for an
accident. an unexpected turn of q
play, may force him to abandon his
plan and adopt a new one. A fifth
of a second is a long time at the fin
ish Of steal. 1t represents the diff
ference between safe and out, and the
man who thinks quick, who "gets the
jump on the ball" is the good bali
player, while the fellow whose brain
works just flash slower goes back
to the minors
or course, baseball nowadays has
been reduced to such a science that
the individual thinker does not stand
out as he did in the old days. Every
one Is supposed to know exactly what
to do. The base runner is supposed
to know. without signals. just when
the batter intends to hit, just which
ball he will strike at, and the batter
knows just which pitch the base run
ner will run on. Every one knows
that with two out and a runner on
first the third baseman and second
baseman will make the throw to first
base. and that If the ball is hit to the
shortstop he will throw to second.
Every throw and every move is fig
ured out to mathematical precision,
and the dullest player can learn the
system. yet there still is so much
room for thinking that the man whose
brain is as agile as his body shines
as star, while the other fellows
throw away ball games.
Never was this fact SO impressed
upon me as few years ago when l
was sitting with Comiskey. Commy
was talking, half to himself, about
Dick Padden. who was about as quick
a thinker as ever played the game.
II can't understand It," soliloquized
the Old Roman. HE can't hit hit.
He can't run. He isn't good on ground
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CHICAGO WON AGAIN.
Chicago University Eleven Made Easy
Winning Against Indiana U.
Associated Preaa IN The Esvensur Tl-,s.

winning Against Indiana U.
Associated Press TO The Evening Times.
Chicago. Oct. 29.-Chicago's fleet
footed back field ran up big score
on the Indiana university football
team at MARSHALL field this afternoon
The Maroons succeeded in crossing
the Indiana goal line five times. one
in the first half and four times in the
second half. four of the goals being
kicked while Capt. Eckersall added
four points TO the total by 4 pretty
drop kick from the 43-yard line. this
being the first scoring done in the
game. The final score was Chicago
33, Indiana S.
The Maroons successfully defended
their goal line from touchdowns. in
fact, it was only once in danger. but
Capt. Hare, of Indiana. drop kicked
goal from the 15-yard line, when
the Chicago's line had proved i'm
pregnable to assaults by straight
football. and in the second half. Nc
Gaughey made a place kick from the
30-yard line following a fair catch.
Throughout the entire first half and
during most of the second half of the
game. it was largely a battle between
two clever punters. Eckersall and
Hare, while long runs. trick plays in
volving forward passes. quarterback
kicks and double and triple passes
abounded. In the second half Chicago
fairly ran the HOLSTERS of their feet
with the rapidity of plays and the
score quickly climbed,
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Billiards

In 1872 balk line game between
Edward Gardner. the national ANA
teur champion. and DR.. H. D. Jen-
nings, at the Knickerbocker academy
in Brooklyn, the champion made the
remarkable average of 60. This is
one Of the highest averages ever made
by an amateur in practice. Mr.. Card
ner defeated DR.. Jennings by a score
of 300 to 80 in FIVE innings. the win
ner's best run being 1870.
Ora Morningstar began his 1872 balk
line game against John A. Hendricks,
an amateur, at the formers academy
with run Of 1913, after which it took
him fifteen innings to make his re-
naming 172 points. The score was
300 to 131. Morningstar averaged
10 1915. and his opponent Ills
with consecutive double figure runs
of 20, is. 46 and 16. Tonight Morn
ingstar will play Walter Leonard.
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HARVARD BEAT CADETS.
Five to Nothing Score In Past Gam,
at West Point SATURDAY..


Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
West Point. N. Y, Oct. 29-Har-
wards football team today scored a
victory over the cadets by a score of
5 to 0. 1t was not an overwhelming
victory. as Harvard scored only one
touchdown, and that near the end of
the second half. The game itself was
somewhat tame in comparison to con-
tests played under the old rules. Har-
ward did better work in punting, but
when it came to bucking the line. the
visitors were outclassed. In fact, at
every stage where old-time tactics
were permissible the Army tore a gap
through the New England line or
skinned around either end for sure
gains. Fumbles were made at critical
moments, but as both sides erred,
neither side gained anything.