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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
Jake aaudaur to Race Again

NEW YORK. May l9.-Jake Gaudaur. the
veteran Canadian oarsman. has the fever In
his bones. and the palm trees and the tink-
iy bells Of the rowing world beckon him
to come. So Jake is packing up his per-
sonal effects in his Canadian retreat and
intends to make new bid for the pro-
fessional sculling championship Of the
world.
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Georgetown's Boat House Moved.

The huge floating boathouse, formerly
the home of the late Prof. Langley's aero
plane, now used by the oarsmen Of George
town University, has been removed from
the foot of Saith street to a short distance
above the clubhouse Of the Washington
Canoe Club. where 1t Will remain moored
for the season. The wharf property for
merly occupied by the university, at saith
street, has been leased by the Weaver
brothers TO the Otto Coke Company.
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Four-Mile Heats.

The famous mare Idlewild, who had up to
that time been making turf history for
nearly a decade, was then the observed of
all observers. But the great old mare was
in foal at the time. and Capt. Tom Moore
never should have started her. His excuse
was that his action was dictated by cour-
tesy to the new jockey club. OF course.
she cut little figure in the race under the
circumstances.
The first heat saw Idlewfld the pace
maker for nearly three miles, at a slow
pace, when Jockey Littlefield cut kentucky
loose, and, going out in front, he led all
the way to the last mile under wraps at the
end. Fleetwing was second, Edgar third
and Idlewild last. Before the second heat
Idlewild was scratched. The time of the
heat was "A.
Kentucky led all through the second heat
and won that heat and the race in TAT in a
gallop; Fleetwing second, Edgar third
Kentucky the last day of the meeting
ran four miles against time In 1872. equal
to 720 on a regulation-shaped track. He
was a great race horse. yet. strange to say,
a failure in the stud.
Memory again goes back to other great
horses and noted men who figured in those
never-to be-forgotten days of sentiment and
pride in the sport as conducted at old Je-
rome; of August Belmont sr., Leonard Je-
rome, Laurence Jerome. William Reverdy
Travers, John F. Purdy, Alonzo c. Moran,
Milton Langford with ear trumpet always
within reach1 Pierre Lorillard, George Lor-
lizard and d. d. Withers, who chewed his
cigars and rarely smoked them.
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owner. Paul Rainey, every success with De-
Mund and the other high-priced youngsters
In Mays barn. It IS just such men as Mr..
Rainey that are badly wanted on the turf.
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A Record Selling Race.

n hSCOIo SSIilnS naCe
D. d. Withers presided over the Pontiac
selling race dispute at Jerome in 1877 a
cause celebre in American racing history
in that the horse in question was bid up
from 81 500, his entered price to $15G05,
the highest boost" ever recorded in this
country or any other as far as known
Pontiac was one of Pierre Lorillards two
year-olds, put in a selling race at the fig
ure named, and his victory netted his owner
some 10000 In bets besides the purse.
When put up for sale after the race the
first bid was 5000, and the bidding pro-
crossed by $1,000 bids up to $1,000 the
owners bid of s. each time protecting the
colt. Then new bidder took hold and ran
the colt up still further to $4,000, when
Lorillard's agent, Auctioneer James O'Neill,
bid So for the owner and bought the colt in
for $15,0O5.
BY the rules the owner of the second
horse would get half of the s12.505 raise, or
S6,252.50, and the jockey club the other
half But Pierre Lorillard, after the colt
had been knocked down TO his agent as
noted, went to the judges and claimed that
his agent had exceeded his authority, in
that his instructions were to only protect
the colt up to $1,000, and no more.
This Agent O'Neill denied, quoting as
proof that Lorillard was near enough to
have stopped him 1t any time, and the fact
that he Qorillard) let the sale go on SO wed
that the protection had not been limited as
he QLorillard) claimed
But the judges ordered the colt sold over
again, the decision being very unpopular
one At the second sale Pontiac was run
up to s7,505. and bought in. And this ended
the highest selling race run up on record.
Dead Mans Turn.
At the second turn by the club house bluff
at Jerome the serpentine- shaped track
made IT advisable for jockeys that wanted
10 take the shortest way home to cut across
the track from the outside at the bluff to
the inside at the beginning of the south
field turn
This caused so many jams and fatal acci-
dents that this double turn grew to be
known as dead mans turn" being always
more or less of a menace until a patrol was
stationed there to keep tab on the rough
riders.
1t was at Jerome Park that the English
nobleman Lord Vaudeville on Bullet rode a
match steepleChase race with the late Sec
rotary j. G. X. Lawrence on his own horse
Resolute. The latter was the victor over
the full three mile course.
Ex-Representative Perry Belmont won the
members cup at Jerome on Spindrift a
horse borrowed for the occasion from turf
man Joseph Donohue. And after the race
August Belmont was so pleased over his
sons success that he nearly dislocated
DonOhue's shoulder in thanking him for the
loan Of his horse.
Such horses as Ruthless. Monday, De-
Cancey, Pirateer. Stonewall Jackson, Local,
Katie Pease, Pompey Payne, General
Yorke. General Duke, Abd-el-Kader, Add
el-Kowee, Catesby, Monarchist King1sher,
Regardless, The Banshee, Plantaganet,
Helmbod, Wilddle and Preakness all ran
at Jerome Park, as well as hundreds OF
others that have earned imperishable fame.
Its reign marked one of the brightest
pages in American turf history. C. c. P.
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Appropriately enough the star event of
th5 opening day at this time-honored old
racecourse was entitled the Inauguration
Stakes, and It was a. the good old-fash-
toned distance of four-mile heats. For
weeks efforts had been made TO bring to-
gether those three great turf giants, the
fve-year-old Kentucky. Norfolk and Aste-
rod. The two last named were never beaten
IA a race. nor had Kentucky suffered a re-
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owner. Paul Rainey, every success with De-
Mund and the other high-priced youngsters
In Mays barn. 1t IS just such men as Mr..
Rainey that are badly wanted on the turf.
The Keene Stable.
James r. Keene's powerful stable has
been very slow this season In getting on
the mark. and Jimmy Rowe won his first
race on Monday last with Sahara, q bay
lilly by Commando--Veva, which won an
event for maiden three-year-olds The
keene stable has five entered In the Elk
pectation stakes run on Monday next, but
from all accounts the stable does not con-
tain any youngsters of special merit. With
the expense of keeping forty fifty horses
in training and the large disbursement for
forfeits, etc. 1t Is easy to figure that Mr..
keene would have been a lot OF money ont
of pocket from the beginning OF last sea-
sor up to the present time II II had not
been for the winnings of Sysonby, who will
not be trained this year. for outside of the
champion the stable has not produced any
thing that has paid for Its individual keep.
Mr.. whitney's Horses.
The Whitney stable, which was so promi-
nent In the two-year- events last sea-
son, is also reported to have nothing APP
preaching championship form among ITS
two-year-olds Before sending them into
winter quarters at Aiken, s. c., last year
Mr.. Whitney and John Rodgers failed to
discover out of some thirty yearlings more
than half dozen which had shown enough
speed TO warrant their being entered in the
stake events. One of these, the Nasturtium
-Hanetha colt which had been named Rho
dodendron. died from pneumonia shortly
after returning to Brookdale from the
south. This is the colt for which Mr.. Whit
ney paid some 5000 at last summers sales.
He a big, fine looking yearling, and
the loss Is a severe one. or the three en-
tries from the stable in the Expectation
stakes run next Monday the Martagon--
Ondulee colt. sired in England and import
ed in utero, is a good looking and very
fashionably bred youngster.
M H. Tichenor, the Chicago turfman I'M
covered a good two-year-old last Tuesday
in W. III. Daniel. bay colt by Woolsthorpe
-CoIlinc. This youngster made a new
track record, running the straight five fur
ming very easily with 10 pounds In the
saddle. He is a remarkably good sort, and
is likely to make good showing with the
best of his year.
Sysonsby's Skin Disease.
The skin disease which has necessitated
Sysonby's retirement from the turf has been
will be sent to Castleton, and. it is said, will
be brought back next spring and put into
training again The horse never was In
danger, although lot of alarmist reports
We're put in circulation AS four years old
is about the worst age for racehorse, Sy-
sonby will probably be benefited by the rest
but 1t can be said that it is more than prob
able that the American turf has seen the
last of Sysonby. Mr.. Keene has been some
what disappointed by the get of Commando.
and is very anxious to breed from Sysonby
so that ii is said by those who know that
he is more than likely to follow the English
fashion and retire him permanently.
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verse since he ran fourth to Norfolk at
Paterson in the first American Derby.
But Norfolk went lame after his great
races with Lodi at San Francisco and Sac
ramento and the trip between the two
oceans at that time had to be made as
Norfolk and Lodi made it when they left
the east for the Golden Catchy sea via
the Isthmus of Panama. So Norfolk did
not come to Jerome Park
Asteroid was shipped east from Kentucky.
however, and great interest was felt all
of these two great sons of Lexington over
a route like four-mile heats. At first Aste-
rods work al Jerome was phenomenal.
The son of Nebula had leg that gave
his trainer uneasiness all through his turf
career and a few days before the opening
of the new course Asteroid pulled up lame
after a hurricane trial at three miles. This
settled all chance OF his starting in the
four-mile race, and Asteroid was stopped
In his work
But the horse remained at Jerome and
was shown on the course with the Alexan-
der colors up as the horses he was to have
met paraded to the post for the great race
at four-mile heats. The massed thousands
warmly applauded the game Kentuckian
that had come to enter the lists and thus
closed the public career of a great race
horse
Four horses started In the Inaugural ton
Stakes: Idlewid. Ill (Abe): Kentucky, ia
&c. Littlefeld); Fleetwing, ia Oavison),
the auction pools Kentucky sold for 81 ,0C0;
Fleetwing, s275; Idlewild, $3.50; Edgar, $50.
and at post time they averaged to 1 on
Kentucky. The last named stripped in per-
feet condition and attracted much attention
IN the paddock.
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No better or more desirable time for the
importation of a dog with a faxed pedigree
could have been managed than the present,
while the government authorities are deep
in the consideration of the framing blank
ct regulation to cover importations of live
stock for breeding purposes. AT the Pitts
burg dog show OF last March a chow dog
was shown by Mrs. Van Heuson of New
York, by the name Of Red Craze and with
the pedigree of that celebrated English
dog. The dog was duly put on record with
the kennel club, but was not offered for
registration and was passed and accepted
in regular order. The dog was again shown
at Atlantic City, and although no definite
statement was made at that show it was
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will be called upon to run under the car
rage and keep their place. In awarding
these prizes 20 per cent will be given for
working ability and - per cent for show
qualities. Exactly how this is to be worhed
out will appear at the show, for there are
no instructions beyond these conditions in
the premium list. Mr.. Terry, whose best
speed is now estimated at two miles per
hour is going TO judge this special which
is attached to his breed. but as to how we
will have to wait developments. This IS
sure to draw crowd TO the horse show
ring, where it is to be decided.
Apropos of American money for Ameri-
can dogs what viii fox terrier and collie
breeders In this country think of It when
they are told that Mr.. ]. Coatsworth of
Atlantic City has sold his two weIl-known
Boston terriers Vet and Vet II for $3.50.
two-thirds of which total was for the older
dog? These are very good dogs. but we have
bred just as good fox terriers and as good
collies here and have them In this country
now, but because the big money buyers can
go to England when they want winners
and pay their cash to Englishmen the I'M
fortunate American breeder of collies and
fox terriers has to take his 500 or 5000
for a similar class of dogs the Boston
terrier men get $500 and 81 600 for. This
thing cannot continue forever and wants
only 10 be known thoroughly and pondered
over for little while before we have the
needed legislation for our benefit.
u
Connecticut Is favored with a law which
allows Of dogs being considered property
and therefor they cannot be destroyed with
out the owner having a claim for recon-
pense. Following up this legal line comes
a decision by Judge Mathewson in a case
for damages for the killing of dog on a
railroad track, the track being a high
way trolley line The Judge held that
there were decisions to the effect that a
dog was not trespasser on such a track.
and having much right there the
trolley, for that matter, the company
liable for any negligence on the part of Its
employe, the motorman if he did not slack
en- speed and use reasonable care TO allow
the dog to get off the tracks. The motor
man is not supposed to take ii for granted
that the dog will get off in time to escape
injury. II is understood that the case Will
be appealed but 1t will take some great
reasoning TO overcome such sensible view
of what is due the dog. AS usual thing
l have found motormen very careful in
such cases, so that when any of the fra
ternity runs amuck over dog he may be
set down as an exception.
The Duchess of Newcastle, who has long
been the leaL.ng exhibitor of Russian wolf
hounds In England, is announced about
to give up the breed and confine her ken
nels to wire-haired fox terriers, in which
variety she has long been prominent.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
DALNY'S COMMERCE.
Many Traders FIOekinE to the Newly
Opened Tianchurinn Port.
rom Daily Consular Reports.

From Daily Consular Reports.
Consul J. +. Jones, Of Dalny. reports
that great commercial activity is mani
fest in all parts of Manchuria His let
ter says:
'Dalny, with its superb harbor facili-
ties and railroad leading to the north
ern provinces. Is developing rapidly into
commercial city of no mean import
ance, and merchandise is coming direct
from many ports The British-Ameri-
can Tobacco Company was the first Of
the foreign firms 10 enter the Man
churian market as soon as the city of
Dalny was declared an open port and
promptly entered into competition with
the japanese tobacco monopoly. II has
succeeded in forcing the price Of
Japanese cigarettes down to about half
Of what they sell for in Japan. and are
sending agents throughout Manchuria
with the evident purpose of capturing
the trade. Even IN the japanese ba-
zaars, in fact in the one operated by the
government itself. other cigarettes than
those made in japan are on sale, and
there is already quite a demand for
them
The United States is supplying prac-
tieally all the -four used in Manchurja
Each steamer brings thousands Of
bags. The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. a
prominent Japanese concern. is the
agent for large Pacific Slope -four
concern, and the product of these mills
is being rushed into the interior The
ManchUs are Ereat users of flour. and
the product from the United States is
best adapted for their uses 1t has tho
glutinous qualifications which is neces-
sary in the making of macaroni, which
forms one of the principal diets of the
Manchurians"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
ADVENTURES IN BALLooNING.
DR.. Julian Thomas Tells Some of His
Thrilling MIdaIr Experiences.

DR.. Julian p Thomas. the noted
| aeronant. tells of some thrilling ad
ventures in balloonlng in the December
Worlds Work On one occasion, he
saws. raising suddenly through a
stratum OF clouds 10000 feet high in
the air into brilliant sunshine, the gas
dilated. l let out a little. Down We
dropped into a cold air current. The
| immediate condensation of the gas
dropped US back into the cloud layer
which condensed the gas still more and
accelerated the drop. We came out
directly above a stretch OF woods over
which lay another cool belt. BY this
time we were falling like a rock. we
were going so fast that the bagfuls Of
sand we threw out went up instead Of
down. Hastily we drew out the drag
rope. the anchor, the lunch basket
20 little purpose We struck the trees
with terrific crash, but escaped, how
ever. with nothing worse than a shak-
ing-up and few bruises.
The most exciting trip ever made
was a record-breaking voyage that be-
gan one Sunday evening The weather
was not propitious. but we cast of. We
sailed across the Hudson River TO New
Jersey. and plunged into a cloud. After
| travelling twenty miles, 1 descended to
drop a note 20 my wife assuring her OF
our safety Again we shot into a cloud
Presently we drifted over village and,
with that eXaltation that accompanies
/ the sensation of floating In the air, en-
jOyed to a strange degree the music OF
church bells drifting up from below.
Before we were aware straight into the
bulging front of a huge approaching
thunderclOud. II seemed TO open and
swallow us into a pit OF gloom, and
simultaneously into the heart of the
widest thunderstorm l think / have
| ever seen. The clouds rolled and tossed
and twisted. The balloon would now
be forced down, then tossed up. and
again spun swiftly about like a top.
We lost all sense OF direction. Thunder
was crashing and rolling and crack
ling all around US. Lightning flashed.
not In forked zigzags, but in great
flashes Of fire. IT was frightful- We
did not want TO descend, but presently
we heard the unmistakable sound OF
water not far away. Letting out 1t
tie gas, we shot downward Faster we
dropped. and faster. Land was below
US The problem was to land in the
high wind without damage. ! let out
more gas. We landed in tree-top
with a jar that fixed the basket so
firmly in a crotch that il could not be
dislodged by the wind, for now we had
dropped below the storm.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
AS TO OWNERSHIP OF IDEAS.
why Writers Refuse to Read Manu-
scripts Submitted TO Them.
From the Bookman.

From the Bookman
A good many of our most popular
story tellers make II a point TO refuse
positively to read manuscripts of novels
that are sent to them for suggestion and
criticism. They are moved TO this stand
not only on account of the time involved
in this labor. but also through reasons
of precautlon. They have learned that
the average untried writer has usually
comparatively little understanding Of the
fact that the general contrivances of
action are and have been for centuries
the property Of all mankind Conse-
quently. the novelist who reads manu-
script must ever after avoid in his own
books the remotest suggestion of a scene
or idea contained in the beginners work
or else be boldly charged with the ap-
preparation OF another's property.
Apropos of this subject, an experience
in the career of our late contemporary,
the critic. may be interesting. We sup
pose that no Idea in connection with mag
azines and newspapers is more generally
common property than that of A depart
ment devoted to answers to correspond
ents. Under some form or another It may
be traced back almost to the infancy
Of periodical journalism. Yet as some
thing startlingly new. one person wrote
to the editor OF the Critic suggesting the
establishment Of such a department A
year or two later the magazine found It
expedient to devote a few pages to
answering questions. whereupon came
a most truculent letter charging the
theft of an original idea and demanding
a considerable sum in payment.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

cans, but as Americans. All this did not
take a great amount OF money as cam
paign money goes, but II took systema-
tic business head. and the head was Cor
teiyous
News came In during October OF an
Irish-American Republican Club in
Connecticut town, composed Of young men
whose fathers had voted the Democratic
ticket all their lives.
Thus Cortelyous personality impressed
itself on every detail OF the campaign.
Near the end OF il something happened.
which proved in a somewhat striking way
the loyalty Of the little force to its chief.
Somebody suggested taking subscrip-
ton for a memento Of the campaign, 20
be presented to Mr.. Cortelyou just before
election Everybody, from the men high
in council to the very sweepers Of the
offices, contributed something, and the
SNOWFALL rolled rapidly UP until It
amounted to over S400-not bad for a
working force Of little more than hun
dred. The gift selected was Tiffany
bronze representing the farewell OF
Orpheus to Eurydiee.
A Notable Scene.
Word went round one Saturday after
noon that the presentation would take
place in the Office OF the chief at 8
O'Clock. No one who was in that crowd
of loyal and friendly co-workers viii ever
forget II. There were men who had known
him for all his official life. and men who
had never seen him before; young men
and old; girls vino had been folding and
sending out the daily bulletins; keen-eyed
newspaper men; square-shOuldered, busi-
nesslike department heads: and in a lit
tie bunch in one corner were the foreign
born writers and speakers who had been
translating Roosevelt literature and max
ing speeches in every language under
heaven It was the first time the force
had been all together since the campaign
began.
Mr. Cortelyou expressed his thanks as
quietly, as effectively, as he had done
other things. But when he said, with a
deeper note in his voice more effective
than any trick OF oratOry, And il we
win-and we shall win-we shall know
that II is a fairly won and honorable
victory"-then there was a spontaneous
burst OF applause, and they cheered again
and again the man who had not only
their loyal service, but their faith and
their admiration.
1t was Characteristic of Mr.. Cortelyou
| that only the briefest mention Of this in
cident was allowed 20 get into print. and
l that he would not allow the bronze to be
| photographed for publication.
When the result Of the election was
definitely known. President Roosevelt sent
telegram TO young COrtelyou, boy at
school. to the effect that his father had
won the Republican victory. The proud
est boy in school. II not in the United
States that night. was undoubtedly the
! recipient Of that message.