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New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
DURLAND HORSE SHOW.
MOre than 600 Entries ReceiUed-
Some Ne7c Vanderbilt Horses.

Entries for the fifteenth annual spring horse show
of the Durand Company at the academy. in West
eCtn street on the evenings OF April IL IS 70 and
%. closed last night. The exhibition viii without
doubt sUTpass any previous affair this kind given
by Mr.. Durland. the entry list is the largest in
tle history OF horse shows outside Of the National
Horse Show al Madison Square Garden More than
six hundred high class animals will be shown in
the thirJy-nine classes. Alfred C. Vanderbilt has
purchased number OF new horses which Will be
shown for the first time al this show Mr.. Wander
bit @A also show RUstling Silk, which wen the
Challenge Cup last year; FuE Dress. Polly Prirn,
Sweet Marie. Alert, Lady Kathryn ana several
others.
Mrs John Gerken has entered i1er entire stable
& Prize winners. Among them Newsboy and
fElsiE en:ries nave been made by tie Elsnore
S:oek Farn }. Campbell Thompson has entered
!sis entire stable Some Of tie horses aae Katzcn-
ssshEoer XII Betsy Bonner, artists Model Cham
2.on ~ot.9 tng4ish. Earl VI Holme, Buster Brown
gsss!a ana Ny Dream another en.ry viii be J.
Ee4.g-as-Is AasteLAss-s
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
MR.. BELMONT THE HOST
WINS, BUT Has TO BUY.
His Colt Oke'aite Captures Ornard
Dinner Stakes Easily.
Fsy Telegraph 10 The TA5une.l

Washington March 3l--There was a touch OF
winter TO the racing at the Bennngs track this
Sfternoon. The first three races were run in e
heavy rainstorm, while snow fell the remainder
OF the afternoon. Notwithstanding this state of
affairs, a large crowd made the trip to see the
running OF the oxnard Dinner Stakes. for two
year-olds. at four and half furlongs; steeple
chase and four other races.
The oXnard Stakes was the days attraction
It was purely q sporting affair. being at $50
each. with $1,000 added. the owner of the win
ner TO pay for a dinner at the Shoreham Hotel
this evening. August Belmont, chairman OF the
Jockey Club. paid for the dinner. as his gelding
okenite, by Hastings-onents won easily.
A field OF eleven youngsters answered the
bugle call with Okenite an even money favorite
on the strength OF a fast work for the race
Donna Elvera and Lady Vera We're the best
played of the others. Okeuite. which showed
quality and seems 10 have the making of a good
youngster. had difficulty in winning. He was
away next to last when the barrier went UP. but
when the stretch was reached had caught the
leaders. Manila and Merry Iassie Once with
the pacemaksrs the race was never in doubt, as
okenite drew away and won galoping by five
lengths. Manila wac second. half length be-
fore Lady Vera
Donna Elvera, which piloted by the crack
Western rider. RadtSe. who came here from Hot
Springs 20 ride in this race. left at the post,
as she refused TO break when the barrier was
lifted
August Belmont also landed a purse with
Lacksy in the hfth race, as he led all the way
and won easily. This is the third time this week
that Nr. Belmont has two purses in one
afternoon Lackey closed a slight faVorite over
Ben Holder. which was left at the post. Red
fern, his rider, hisse6 by the crowd when he
1eturned to the judges stand
The steeplechass only galiop for the
70 chance, Kassil. which third TO the far
turn then went TO the front and won in canter.
gTom Cogan, the oddson favoTite, fell at the first
suEnp. while LeXky also fell. His rider. Kelleher,
lreceived nasty fall, and at first was thought to
tbe badly hurt, but later was found be
2niured.
( The opening race went TO the 20 l chance,
Winchester, which took the lead at the end Of
half a mile, and won In drive by a length from
Jack McKeon- The biggest surprise of the day
came in the third race, which won by Nut
wood, which was quoted all the way from so to
4 20 100 TO l in the betting. After a pretty
race he won by a nose from Monte Carlo which
beat Cannon Ball short head. Nutwood
well played by a select few. Father Bill" DAILY
won his first Of the meeting with Warning
sn the closing event Warning, which a l
70 faTorite. led by 4ve lengths all the way, and
won by that margin
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
MRS. PATERSON BEATS MISS MIX.
Wins United North and South Championship
Golf Tournament

Pinehurst, N. c.. March S1-The sixth annual
united North ard South championship golf tourna
ment for women ended to-day, when Mrs Srvra u
Paterson Of the Baltusrol Golf Club defeated Miss
Julia z Mix OF Englewood . up.
Miss Mix was down the turn but she rallied
coming In, reducing the TO dorme on the
seventeenth green She lost the last hole how
ever, taking seven strokes Mrs Paterson's five
4 q 6ig gallery followed the players from start to
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
RICHIE A FREE AGENT.

Cincinnati March SL-Richie. formerly of the
HolYoke and Brooklyn clubs. declared free
agent in a decision of the National Baseball Com
mission issued to-day. Richie was recently declared
contract jumper because OF his inability to prove
that he had been notified by the HOlyoke manage
ment not TO report for duty. but the case was re-
opened and he furnished the proper evidence TO
that point, and is declared eligible to play
with any national agreement club.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
SYSONBY THE FAVORITE.
ArtfaL Second Choice in Future
Books for Big Handicaps.

James r. Keene's great colt Sysonby is a
decided favorite at to 1 in the future books
for the three big mile and a quarter specials, the
Brooklyn, Suburban and Brighton handicaps
Harry Payne Whtneys feet fllly Artful is sec
ond choice at 10 to 1, while the others range
in price from u to l to zoo to /
B. J. Weller & Co, with headquarters at Gin
cinnau' announce the prices, play or pay as
follows
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

a short space OF time and more, of which the
details would fill a book, and IL has been done
largely for the sport a sport and for the Inn
provement OF the breed of thoroughbred horses
And IL VIII go on ever studying TO improve, and
II can be safely said that long as the turf re-
mains under its present control. so long will Il
retain the confidence Of those who have made its
present condition possible.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

No one has been able TO learn the identity of the
racers, for they have sped over the roads used
for the last two years as a racecourse at regular
Horses have been frightened. farmers have been
angered and chickens have been stricken with
nervous prostration
Another effort will be made this year 10 induce
the Board of Supervisors to decline TO grant the
use of the roads the racers. 1t is not believed
howsver that the effort will be successful
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.
The HighIamderS and Giants Unable
to Play Because of Rain.
TRy Telegrapb 10 Tbe T44hune.1 I

Birmingham Ala March 31,-When it rained
again to-day there were tears in Grif1ths eyes.
but he showed that he was disgusted His players
had the same feeling. The Highlanders in ex-
celent condition. but need just little more field
work before getting in championship form.
The team will leave Birmingham in the morning
for Atlanta From that point it takes up its jour-
ney home. playing games en- route.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

den release Of the load by throwing out the clutch
when the engine is turning at good rate OF speed
is dangerous Throttle acceeraton is BY foot-pedal
and the levers controlling the spark advance and
governor speed are mounted in fixed sector on tho
steering wheel. so that they always In position
before the driver.
Few details arc leaking out concerning the three
racing cars which being built for the Van
ts that the transmission will have Direct dTiXa ON
all of It's speeds, as we'll the reverse. There Ia
also a novel rear axle system. which allows the
use or a nnatng rear axle and still retains the
strength or the solid axle More than this nothing
can be learned, excepting that the drivers haVs
been decided upon and that tho ears win be OF ex-
sremely hight weight. Lee FraNer. the dasionar
OF the cars +. r. Moskovics and William 81 rel
den, of Pittshurg, Will drive. -
George II. Day, general manager Of the Asso-
LATHAM at IAcsnsed Automobile Manufacturers. who
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
AUTOMOBILE TRADE NOTES.

The two-cylnder Columbia gasolsne is said to
be the only car of its type having a governor en-
the engine The reasons for this equipment are
strongly supported by the makers Of the car, who
say that In this absence OF tho governor the sud-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY.

At Brooklyn-Boys' High School, 6; East Orange High
School, g..
At 81. Lous-st. Louis Amertcan), /; Louis cIa-
tionaD, o,
At Lexington. ya-University of West Virginia. 81
At Charleston. S. C.-Brooklyn, 9; Charleston /
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
VANDERBILT CUP RACE TRY-oUTs.
Racing Automobiles Already Making Life a
Burden for Nassau County Livestock

Already some racing automobiles are being tried
out over the Nassau County roads, presumably, in
preparation for the coming Vanderbilt Cup race
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

FOR SALE-1S-20 H p. Fiat Coupe In sxesllens
greer Just Syorhauied owner. purchasing larger ear
oeSes 10 sel Just the thing town uss or station
woEk IN the country; cost $1,000: lowest price Ss5OO
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

has has been taking much needed rest. returned p
the executive offices, No. East 42d street yester-
day Several important sessions OF the association
are to be held next week.
NJ Fallsres. President OF France, has purchased
Two Penhard cars-a S+-horsepower for touring ana
16-horsepower for city use.
The Mathesoa Automobile COMPANY In connsc-
ton with its new plant in Wilkes Barre Penn will
erect homes for the employees. The 4O-S5 horse
power demonstrating car will be ready for use a.
the broadway SalesrOOms tomorrow. NathesOu
cars are entrants FOR the Atlantic City races and
thu Gldden tour.
Hiram fticker's Sons, Of South Poland. Me-. have
purchased two OF the large IOzer touring ears Tor
use at the summer hotel at Poland SuringS.
Tho automobile stage line Instituted in the No
vada desert from Goldhed to the RulIGro district.
a distance OF eiEhty miles, Is in prosperous opera
ton, and the trip at this time OF year tS de-
HghtruL The automobile road, which Is not tho
same taken BY the regular stage line is in excel
lent condition, as large amount OF money has
been expended IN places and for its greater length
II Is as hard and smooth asphalt. The machines
used are Pope-Toledos with special bodies seating
nine persons. and this line is used exclusively BY
the mine owners going back and forth The trip -
inaue IN a little over four hours, and the Nns
Ter the trip,
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

NJ. Fallierss. President OF France. has purchased
@ 15-hOrsepower for city use.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Louisville. March S1.-The Giants arrived here
this morning from Memphis but were unable to
play the game scheduled with the Louisville nine
on account Of rain. The contest had aroused a
would probably have been Witnessed by a big
crowd. - 80
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

Philadelphia March 31.-The opening game OF the
series for the local championship between the Phil
adelphia National and American League teams was
postponed to-day on account Of rain.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

Hiram Ricker's Sons, Of South Poland. Me-. have
purchased two OF the large IOzier touring ears for
use at the summer hotel at Poland Springs.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07


safe investment pays. Also-and this
was the unique adVantage-it anticipated
the years, and gave one an investment
capital of S5,a5o at the very threshold
OF the transaction.
How can The Prudential pay so much
Tor so httle:-how can it take YOUR
S4o5.3o year for twenty years, and
when you are fifty give YOU an alternative
OF $4,000 in hand. or an annuity of $40
while YOU live? Because in addition to
II being Life Insurance the company buy
ing. as It does, millions of securities at
time, 1t can get bigger interest for its
money than yOu--a small investOr-can
get for yours. Beyond that-and here is
another great reasOn-it will issue policies
only to hale people. Every one who asks
tor policy dOesn I get it. The would be
policy holder must show himself sound in
wind and limb, or the company will re-
fuse him. 1t requires no argument to
show the effect of this in favor of the COM
panY-an effect which finally expresses
itself in those vast advantages whereof
I've told YOU to healthy folk who are
granted policies
When Senator Dryden laid the bed
plates of The Prudential as its founder.
he had industrial or mass insurance in
his thoughts Until then, in America.
only the well-to-do in this worlds goods
might talk Life Insurance The wage
earners, that great body OF people who
were poor couldn't think of a policy
because they couldn't manage the pre-
MUM. Insurance, in those DAYS, went in
one-thousand-dollar parcels, and was out
OF a wage-earner 5 reach.
Senator DRYDEN is a practical and
thinking man; he saw that. TO best help
a man, one had but to help him help him
self Then it was he resolved upon in
augurating an Industrial Insurance; and
with that the foundation OF The Pruden-
tial began.
America has taken many good thing
out OF England besides its Independence;
and among the rest. Industrial Insur-
ance. Senator DRYDEN, who begins a
study at its source, went 10 England to
make himself master OF the details OF
Industrial Insurance. This was in the
early '7os; when he had equipped him
self he returned and formed The Pruden-
tial in 1873.
Industrial Insurance is primarily a
burial insurance, which gives even the
poorest an opportunity to relieve the
public of burden that does not belong
10 il, and at the same time take his own
self-respect down with him to his grave.
and therefore il should have the widest
public endorsement.
Whatever may be the life beyond, Ger
tainly ones entrance into it can in no
wise be injured by making 4 reputable
exit from this one. Also, on grounds OF
sentiment, and for the mere sake OF
name, it is worth the while OF any man
10 be laid away under conditions Of
sOlvencv and level manhood He shall
be none the worse, here or hereafter, who
gives no occasion for those he leaves be
hind to either lie or blush when his funeral
is mentioned. Being first of al burial
Insurance, Industrial Insurance must
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07


ly-the man and the woman, the child
at school, the grandsire by the hearth.
There are those six or seven black
weeks-weeks empty of plan, void OF
direction-which inevitably descend upon
a house with the death of the bread
winner. With Grape on the doorl-that
is no time for a family to be without a
dollar. Industrial Insurance steps in and
pays the face of the policy-that policy
which five or ten or fifteen weekly cents
provided.
And what should it mean to paw those
five or ten or fifteen cents The foregoing
of a glass of beeri A walk of a mile on
Saturday afternoon, when one would
have else taken carl The sum is easily
mastered; and with the peril that lies all
across them like a shadow-the black
peril of dying pauper, with the blacker
peril superadded of leaving wife and chill
dren without a least splinter of provision
it Is no wonder that nearly every wage
worker. however small his fortune. buck
les himself, his wife and little ones with
this insurance.
There is another admirable plan, which
The Prudential makes. that should have
widest advertisement. The father may
also provide for the childs education.
Under the "Child'S Endowment" plan,
by the annual payment of a small sum, the
father secures the child say at the age of
eighteen, the fiat fortune of one thousand
dollars. An ambitious boy can 90 a long
journey into his books with that equip
ment of one thousand dollars
In England. when a rich mans son is
born. the rich man begins laying down."
in the baby's bibulOus behalf, cellars OF
claret or port. These are sacred as the
wine-bins of the son; and young hopeful
may pull the cOrks at twenty-One.
The Prudential "Childs Endowment"
offers a more reasonable field for the
exercise of paternal love. Instead of
laying down bin of claret, let the
father lay down the premium asked, and
thereby secure that money needed later
to give the son finished education.
Plant the tree OF learning in your
YOUTH, said Lord Chesterfield, and 1t
will shade your old age
The old Canteloupe expert of Black
heath was wise IN his way, and the Amer
lean father could do no better than Just
to help his son with the planting of that
tree.
There You have the story of my con-
version to Life Insurance. 1t protects
manor the mans family-from those
natural dangers that surround us all. 1t
protects a man from himself-often his
own worst enemy-and teaches him So
briefly and thrift. 1t lengthens life by
lessening anxiety.
The more | consider, the more believe.
II liner now, We're 10 clear for Europe,
wanting its lfebOats, vast would be Your
horritied amazement. By the same token,
il IS as wild venture and one as reck-
lesslv improvident, when man goes
sailing the dangerous reef-sown oceans OF
existence, with wife and babies aboard,
and never lifeboat policy of insurance
swinging from the davits, to see them
safe ashore should he strike and go down.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

man whose years were thirty. What
would he give. and What would he get.
under that scheme OF Prudential In
Surance?
Assuming then that under it he takes
out a policy for FIVE thousand dollars. the
whole amount of the premiums to be
paid up III twenty years: His premium
yearly, by this arrangement, will he
s4o5.5o But this further fact is to be
considered: While year after year he
pays s4o5. 50, and no more. the face of
the policy increases annually by five
per cent. During the first year, the policy
calls for $3.50; during the second for
S., 500, and so It grows until at the end
OF twenty years when The policy is paid
up and no more premiums are TO be called
for, the policy is worth $40. 900.
There then Is the situation Nv friend OF
thirty has paid into The Prudential.
during those Years. $500. On his side,
and as against this. he holds the com
panys paidup promise for $4,000.
What can he do with that promise: =
being now III his tiftieth year. He can
cash II at the company office for $40. 900.
Or he may have part cash. and part in
paidup policy, and there are other
methods Best OF all, he NAV buy an
annuity for himself; and il he be what
President Roosevelt would call e a square
man, he'll do the latter By this an
nulty plan, the company would receive
his $4,000; and for ii would pay him
$3.50 every year for life-being seven
and one-half per cent.-even though he
lived 10 be as old as Old Parr
The great point, never TO be forgotten
Tor II was the first reason OF inSuranCe-iS
that should he die al any moment during
those twenty years, were It the next dav
after the policy was written. his wife and
family would be paid the face of the
policy. II would be at the smallest
amount. S5.25o. It would increase five
per cent. OF S. 900 for every year the
policy ran.
Suppose my provident friend had put
those annual s4o5. so into bank at four
per cent. interest. 1t would take ten
years before the deposit climbed to
S., 600. And Vet, al the end of ten years,
that Prudential policy in the event OF
death would call for $500. No saving
could equal il: no investment approach
It. Samuel Smiles was right.
But, SAYS one turning the lis " and
'ands - in his thoughts, ii hehad put those
S4o5.So in bank, he could have drawn
them out at any time, and used them. 80
Read your policy, friend! Given a GER
tain age three years, l think, you, on
Your policy. can borrow from the COM
pany big proportion OF al you've paid
in as premiums. Or YOU can surrender
the pohcy for cash. The whole story Of
what YOU can borrow, or what YOU can
cash for is plainly told in the policy;
Tor / might say in passing that The
Prudential sells no pigs in pokes.
The longer | looked al the above insur-
ance. the more perfect the scheme seemed
to me. 1t was safer than bank; for there
can be no runs on The Prudential, to
lock its doors and put its shutters up, 1t
WAS better than other investment; for II
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

ITS policy holders. divers improvements
that were unknown when Life Insurance
was Young. Under the old system. a
failure 70 pay Your premium on the nail
when due, meant the death of the policy
You might have paid Your premiums for
years let Your foot but slip, miss but one
payment. and all was swept away The
policy died. the premiums already paid
were lost. and You were where YOU started
No. YOU We're worse off than when YOU
started: Tor there was now that handicap
of added wears Your increased age.
should YOU seek to take ont fresh insur-
anCe. would tell against YOU in increased
premiums You would now pay more,
while the face Of Your policy would be
10 bigger than before
This catastrophe, the result of a failure
10 meet ones premium, was obviated in
those offers OF insurance which The
Prudential held forth. II one who had
met his premiums during certain brief
space OF time-always written in the
policy-should fail in any particular pay
ment- the policy did not die. AS a primary
step there was a month OF grace given
the policy holder. II his premium was
due on the first OF July. he had until the
first OF August wherein 10 pay.
Even then default did not put him
ont OF court. Failing To bring in his
premium by August first. the whole
amount he had already paid in premiums
would be counted up. Then he was
granted paid-up policy, Tor a sum the
size of which grew in proportion TO the
whole sum OF his former premiums
those safety arrangements one sees on the
modern elevator The rope breaks; but
the car does not 60 crashing to the far
bottom OF the shaft. The mere parting OF
the rope gives instant action TO the auto
matte brakes the car Is caught and held
And 50 with these safety contrivarces OF
The Prudential Insurance Co. The rope
might break, the premium might fail
those automatic safety brakes will catch
The policy, -nidair. and the policy holder
i saved his honest proportion OF In
Surance. This feature OF excellence is
incident 10 al policies written by The
Prudential. Another element-and one
calculated - make easy the sleep of the
policv holder-is that the company
waives al right TO contest a policy, and
-guahbe IN court against the payment
II O loss. once the policy be one year old.
i DAY long gone in Life Insurance,
when he old and only the old method
prevailed, blunt parsonage, approached
ou the subject OF taking out q policy, put
rhe suggestion aside on the grounds, as he
Iirased them, OF not caring to go into
game where he had 10 die TO win.
Something Of this gentleman egotisrn
ard ~,lrlShness confess abides in a partial
sens, with me. II ! don : wholly refuse
game wherein YOU have TO die 10 win. al
lea-- Irefer those games in which you
--a. both live and win. Being thus con-
ti-o-ed ] am frank 10 say that OF those
Insurance rroffer- made by The Pruden
-il -ha- one 10 most win upon me was
-t. Guaranteed Five per cent. twenty
-.- Endowment Bond.
n illo-t~a-ing what might be done With