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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-05-09
SECcION Nero ANT|L
Notas 6omercIa|es Dc San Juan

Ultimas operacionesde szdcar:
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AccI0nes
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Banso Territorial. 16} & 16.
Baneo Popular. Q 10 IL.
Buques anuncIados
Vapor espafiol <Miguel Gallarts,
sali6 de Barcelona lpara sus esca.
las del Mediterraneo Corr1s, vigo y
para esta el 30 dltimo.
Vapor americana sCosmos aali6
del puerto de Nueva York para el
nusstro ell S del ccrriente.
Vapof americana <Carseass. Con
destino 4 NV York saldrA el 16 del
actual.
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presente estara aquf procedente do 10
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Vspor f-ances <Montrsals del II
al 18 del actual SO sguarda proceden'
to de Puerto Plata y seguirA visis pc
ra Europa via Saint Thomas.
Vapor espafiol sMonssrrats del 20
al az del que eursa estara aquf pro
cedente do Colon y escalas sIguiendo
visis para Espsha.
Sc habilstoron de salido.
Para 10 isla vapor americana
SPonces CON transito
Buques en- puerto
TRAvSEIA
<Andrew Adamss cargando
sEduard StuwArds descargando
emma, deseargando
COSTANEROS
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<Msyaguezanss Arroyo y Ponce
<Caime'itas Aguadilla y Maya
Ruz.
sSan Miguels FAjardo
<Petras HumacRo
xAla Blanca> pendiente
<Progresos pendients
<Doloress Fajsrdo
<Dsseadas HumAcao y Naguabo
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<Porto Rlcos cargando
<Aurelias Vieques
<Dos Hermsnoss Fsiardo
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-05-09
N0TIC|AS DEL D|A

contra Urrutia. I'm eegrama de Pa
tllas -Ape'aci6n ell Tribunal Supreme Falieci-
mento en- Aguadilla. -Festas de Mayo en- Rio Piedras
-Orden de traslados en- la polcia.-Envenenamlen
Yabucoa.-Pequenos vagabundos presos Para
Estados Unidos. -Concierto velada en- el Ateneo.-
Otras noticas de interes general
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-05-09
PreoIos MIN dc los artlcul0s
que SO detaIlan en-
aImaQonos

que SO detaIIan en-
aIma0enes
Arroces de partido Jap6n do
ss}A6.
Idem valsaciano de s5s 6 Id. Id.
Aios de 80 etvs. & so.
yAmonss s9I q 10
Qussos smeos.s sl5 Pstagrks 20.
rosino, . 17is'
sardinas aumadas . 16 centavos
Jxh6n, 94& { s5 Rocamora
americana. s23 w.
Pasta del pals "a
Nxntess & e7 on On 'stal
Dc q & 10.
Harina dc ~ . s5i,
Habichuelas Americana soloradaa
,ArvAs s5i . s5a.
GarhsnxGs s44 40
Dasslao t5i asa
Cebollas at . 6.
Mantsq uillai dc s13 . 10
Papas amsrisanAs st . 81.
Tslaio St 40.
Leche condensada sAguilas q se
Id Id <Cruz Roias s6
Id i'd <Msgnolias s4i
DEL PALS
Axdsar para el sonsumo'
Massabado slsro do s3i "a.
Dc misl slaro . $3.50
Cantrffuga slaro de l'sss
Americana dc 81 1s@
De Ponce ~ . ~.
Ron 50 grades Cartier { sl.so ssn'
>vos gallon pagados r. 1rternas.
Maix Q LEO
Tahaco, nominal
PrecIos de compra
Almid6n . $3.50
Algod6n dc s . $50.
Cosos do Is . Is millar.
Caeros dulees s1S
eebo de res e4&
Cafe eorriepte de el0 & II
Camblos 0orrlentes
Eondre. check . 4.SS
Faris u III ~
Hamburgo ass
New York par
EspAaa 8 div 16 p3
C6daIas hlpotecarlas
Banco Territorial y Agrfcola $685.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26
Americas Money Kings Are Making Every
Effort to Interest Their Sons in Muscle
Hardening Sports, Realizing That Sound
Bodies as Well as Brilliant Minds, and
Physical Strength and Courage as Well as
Business Shrewdness, Are Absolutely
Necessary These Days For the Mamie
nance Of Their Great Fortunes that
WouldRapidy Waste Away Unless Passed
on to the Management Of Master Hands.

letic Club so that the private gym
naSium has come 10 stay.
George Gould.s gymnasium IS includ-
ed in his famous Casino al lakewood.
John Jacob Astor's, by no means so
complete. Is az hts up-the-Hucs0n es-
tate. FerncHme. Senator Clarks, is
mostly a swimming bath. but the pFin-
cipIe is the same one of the most
costly and complete private gymna-
siums i'm the country is maintained by
Che various Pratt families in Brooklyn
Considering their great wealth and
potent influence lu many great bust
ness enterprises. tie Pratts are hidden
from the ken Of the general public
To a remarkable degree They are big
factors in STANDARD oil. their holdings
tn the Long Island railroad, which the
Pennsylvania purposes 90 exploit 60 the
tuue of millions. are heavy aud their
combined wealth must be- such az 20
place the Pratt fortune among The
TWO dozen greatest in che whole couu-
try,
Charles Pratt the founder Of the
family. Was a big man in Oh while Vet
John D. Rockefeller was wondering
whether be could make good with his
N.. TT ta~H OF ftHf. 81 men HIt- ft..-
daTI was formed 70 was Pratt ana not
the Rocksf-lIers who had the whip
hand and ne might have kept IL had
ne been 90 minded The Pratt In
sLtute, a trade school ana more.
founded IN Brooklyn nearly twenty
years ago. has served as a model for
most of the Institutions OF "a similar
nature founded since then. including
Es
the breNeI Institute in Philadelphia.
The Pratt gymnasium is located
near the institute and near the PraJt
residences. II is a two-story red brick
building. and, including the apparatus.
must have cost fully s-0to3. It's lars-
est room Is about 75N5u feet in dim~1-
si0ns; it contains about every facIl-
ity for physical exercise 10 be found
I'm any college. athletic club or pro-
fessionaI gymnasium, except "A rum
ming track and a swimming tank. and
there are seven or eight smaller rooms
for tennis courts, etc. besides k.trh-
eu and a dining room.
In that buildinE you may bowl
shoot play pool or billiards, uaE-m
q room reserved for boxing and punch
bag exercise swing oH the r1psEe
pull weights and go through the eu-
tire list of stunts that are supposed
% be- physically beneficial THAT is
If you are "A Pratt ur a friend 90
Pratt. under the supervision Of "a
paid expert "a gsWUasIlC exercises
the same as If the gymnasium were
II public one or belonged J1 some i'm
stituticu or athletic club 70 is used
by all the Pratt families. 81 which
there are three or four, and ] ann
told that each family has the freedom
of the building on certain days only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26
Cross Country Riding for
COURAGE.

Il has been tradition among the
British for generations that ne other
sport OF exercise whatever would go
so far 20 impiant physical courage ia
the human breast as cross-country
misunderstanding the hounds On horse
back.
In this the dashinE cavaliers Of the
Southern States have always coin
cjdsd. bat il wasn't until some years
after the civil wars close that IL be
came standard sport for the multi
nflionaires Of the East Theodore
Roosevelt was one of the most en-
thueiastic fox hunters in America un-
iii he was made President ON one
OF his hunts over the famous Meadow
brook course he was thrown and had
his arm broken without being feazrd
enough to make him tell amy one hut
the doctor about H. Had the latter
kent stW no one would ever have
known Of the accident, for Mr.. Hoose-
veIt withdrew quietly and rode home,
stopping to telephone on the way for
"A surgeon to- go 20 oyster Bay and
set the fractured bones
The most enthusiastic cross-countTy
rider in tho United States and prob
ably the one with the most endu-
rance. despite his sixty odd years. is
Peter FeneIon Collier, the millionaire
publisher. who is now master Of the
Neadowbro0k Hunt lie plays polo
with much skill and enthusiasm. too.
buU fox hunting is his chief sport. He
began to ride 10 the hounds in Ire
land when only twelve years old.
and by the time he was ready 20
come 10 America. four years later,
had addes TO his original stock Of
the sort o. physical courage men call
nerve whatever was needed 20 make
him one of the most fearless riders
that ever bestrode a horse.
He didn't do much CrOss-country
riding the first few years he was in
America. for two reasons; first. there
was then practically no fox hunting
at an around New York. where he
located. and, second, he was too poor
10 indulge If there had been BY the
time the sport was beginning 20 de-
velop itself in America. +. r, Collier
had enough money To join in. how
ever. and for more than twenty years
he has done as much cr0ss-countFy
riding as anybody on this side OF the
water; perhaps he holds the record.
At ali events he holds the record
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26
AN ARTISTS QUEER HOUSE.

Zlem the artist was a queer char
acter He lived On a house at the tOr
or the Rue Lepic on Montmartre. His
house was his castle IN the literal sense
OF the word Ii was difficult 20 obtain
admission. for the painter had an upper
window. ont Of which he always looked
when the bell rang and iuJeTrOgated his
would-be visitors He had a basket
which he let down bry cord 10 receive
packages or MESA ges. and he slept In a
wonderful swinging bed.
His house was a VeTitahle museum. IL
Illuminated Persian manuscripts being
part of his collection. Some of these were
worth thousands of francs, but IL was
impossible To persuade him 90 sell any
Of them. In place of a newell poI on
his stairway stood the PROV az g1ided
g0ndoIa, and. closely immuTed I'm his
studio he painted pictures of Venice and
hade defiance 10 all who came 10 dis
turb his peace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26
RurLFR WANTED BRIEF.

While f c. Carrigan was IN Benjs-
min T. Buffers law office a woman
came In 20 ask some advice. As the gem
eral was not In Mr.. Carrigan question
ed her and told her he would submit her
case 10 the general, which he did The
general was 10 leave the next day for
Washington and told ~ Carrigan 70
urpugre a brief Of the case and show Il
10 him Mr. Carrigan sat up half OF the
night writing this brief The next morn
ing Butler told Mr. Carrigan he would
CarriCan Insisted that ne knew all the
points IN the case. but regretted that
he left the brief at home on the table.
Buffers reply was strictly 70 the point:
Young man. the next time you have q
brief 10 prepare for me bring me the
brief and leave your head at home or
th- table
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26

OF the fourth Vanderbilt generation
William X jr., IS the most active
MS auto and motor boat driving may
not property be termed athletic ex-
ercise perhaps, but the sport has given
him a degree Of bodily health that viii
enable him 10 take successfully the
business reins now held by his father,
the real Vanderbilt head. If he ever
chooses TO do so.
The chief obstacle 20 the success in
affairs which otherwise might Doe bis
IS the lack of Astounding health on the
the part Of the present Cornelius Van
derbft. Alfred Gwynne IS stronger
man. because of his foudness for four
in-haud driving. but neither he nor his
brother Reginald whose polo playing
is rather a joke, has the robust health
that vigorous physical exercise would
give.
Its because Of their conviction that a
vigorous physical regimen - necessary
20 the preservation Of their fortunes,
as we'll as the enjoyment of life that
so many modern American millionaires
are laying ont a good deal OF money
upon exercise plants Of one sort and
another.
You have read about their private
golf links, their private racecourses.
and thair polo fields for years; their
private gvmnasums are less exploited,
but IN many a multi-miilionaire's es-
Enlistment these days. the private
gymnasium is a feature as carefully
provided for as any Of the others. II
Is comu,ratively new thing, however
-T-t.- first f-o=f of a rea Sor- hlv com piete
gymnasium Is something for even "a
Croesus % consider. Without the
private gymnasium, however 10 be
athletic the rich man must minele with
a more or less common crowd, as Will
tam Waldorf Aston and Hermann Gel
richs used TO, at the New York Ath-
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"HerUH But Cool


p. r. Collier r. described bv experts
as -q.ryy- Uut cool ana level
headed rider r-.-r afraid but never
ruunIrs r4z.Iv irtl danger. aIwsvs
7lra q. 4..rg. 7f.r...-s D., "a p,esr,--
80 tl4t a- r4r.I. suffers an accident
d.. had d.. ....... ....-r.. f.u .f,, r,. s.,r..p
wears az, v.girb rsf5 bf,, mn for
some rf-9- Hf. .-.5.r4,-,- b,,.,s b. near
R.9 Rank n ! and h rrnou-, as the
Tar.zfs rfa f.s .f,.,,- ...,,,. III ~
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r...-...- .t.. ...li... p, .,..3.fs,. .5,.r 49,
.rs F..r-. r.,l 4.4-z ,..rt. ftst IN, ,.,,s
r.. ear . rr.-r .r h.. .ssg4sg ar ~
which his horses ba5 slraedy Essu
r..a.T I.,.f.. r.-.., ... b.. lf-f.,-t...4
De v.arrF ..r l.rr.r-.r ,b.nra rr.,,
business rI.ta-z 90 hunting costume
and arrive ODD The minute for the be
eua.ug Of u run After 10 was over
Dee would aEau seek The baggage ear.
and while rolling homrward over the
rails. would indulge in sponge bath
and rub down. after which be- would
dom his evening clothes. tfmfrs mis- az
rival ..za.f.,. 81. meet "a dinner engage
mont
ar 5fl.ar studied for the rri-srhard
when vourr 4s atu.r+e r.4f- country.
hut he saws The best horses for cross
country riding come from ireland be
cause tasy are better trained there
Tie adu.t- that American dogs ms~ be
best Ter following the fox On America,
hut al least half ~ his dogs ave inn
ported from ireland When be- has
neither "a hunt nor a polo match on,
De lNts ia set io WORK at his office by
'.''h 300 The morning. Ie Is So
hEs} De h1sn time tn 20 out % rs
shaved. and SD E1s installed a barber
I'D "a iiiae shop on the roof ~ bis pub
fishing house.
F'NH5u htenr, who preceded i. F.
collier as NJ. J.. ID. NeadoWbrook and
Is the son OF James r. keene, has fol-
lowed his fathers footsteps Ia some
degree iu racing though not IN much
else. His best known business venture
was made as special partner OF the
'fn ~ Talbot j. Taylor q Co, and his
success was not conspicuous. The nrm
FAILED and herne lost heavily. though
ne said hr Was out ar pocket only
s-'-... mere haea telle-
h't JED 7llIetles the story OF FoHhah
f'tue Us dlHrI0'I ne was TOT years
me tt7t SHOWN American gentleman
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An AbsOIuteL4 fearless Rider.

one of FcxhaT Keene's most promi-
ncnt characteristics is his fearlessness.
He seems positively without the sense
of physical danger, In one OF another
Of the various sports in which he de-
lights He has broken an arm, a leg. and
q COllarbone. but every time he has
been ready % risk fractured bones
again as soon as ever the surgeons
could patch him up. lie has quite as
many enemies as friends among those
who know him Wen. but enemies as
well as friends asree that HIS physical
nerve is the ultimate thing in that ltne-
FoxhaI Keene is new in middle life
and it is hardly likely that he VIII win
many more laurels in the sporting
arena. His Christian name is Identical
with the name OF his fathers race
horse Foxhau. famous years ago.
Whether the man was named for the
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that ne may have th7
physical strength and the courage mat
goes with it to tight the battle. what
ever It may be. that is surely his 10
night
For the rich man has his battle to
wage IN this republic as certainly as
the Door man, and II he doesn nkh'
r. we'll he may lose all mis- wealth.
Leaving out those which are Invested
4, cft,, real estate. a surprising pro
rorrfor Of the great American fortunes
are OF the sort that would waste away
rsDidlv unless managed by master
hands. and II is being understood To-
dav. as never before. that perfect phys
teal health Is a prime requisite 70 any
one who would maintain the mastery
Law Gould. himself a physical wr"h-
ling. who died comparatively young De-
cause he wasn't strong enough io ~taha
tho strain. understood the situation anu
showed Il by encouraging MS son
George in all sorts % athletic sports
George Gould. therefore. IS bringing
m his boys TO the athletic lie. Re
sult-he is aIu1ost always IN condition
OF nearly perfect health, while MS
sons are all athletic, Kingdom = n
famous tennis expert and champion Of
America. lacking only one or being
worlds champion
Without his extraordinary physical
fitness George Could lever could nave
picked up and extended the threads OF
his fathers plans as he has, and un-
doubtediv Kingdom Gould VIII find his
fine physical constitution. developed
under the direct care OF his father. "a
greater asset even than hts millions
The August RelmOnts furnish another
instance OF devotion to physical train
ing. Like jay Gould. the first August
Belmont was little OF an athlete, but
he encouraged his sons to be athletic,
and two OF them AZ least followed his
advice. Perry Belmont WAS a member
OF one Of the first polo teams that sever
pTaved IN this country. The present
August has been a famous cross-coun-
try rider as well as polo player
hunter and a yaChtsman. while ms
sons play a better game today than
their father
II has taken the Vanderbilts four
generations to learn the lesson. and
they have only half learned 10 AT that
The old Commodore got his physical
development and splendid bodily health
sailing a boat 10 earn living more
than a hundred years ago, but William
TT was much less robust, and died
wears YOUNGER than the Commodore.
cornelius. the second, died earlier than
William H. of overwork. Had his
body been toned up properly hy lively
rbvsicaI training ne might be alive
and efficient today. None OF his
brothers is. or ever was, especially
athletic. though William K. deyotes a
good deal of money to the support OF
the turf In France and Frederick
drives trotting horses The late Rus
seu Sage, a contemporary of William
TT Vanderbilt. was physically Efficient
away past eighty. He had the severe
bodily training In youth that gives en-
durance. though. 10 be sure. it came
because he had 10 earn his living by
what was virtually manual labor.
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cles for the newspapers and magazines
about them
He was such an enthusiastic mem
her OF the New York Athletic Club that
when 81 moved into a new club house,
some fifteen or twenty years ago. he
insisted on meeting aU the bills for the
JlllinraUtun attendant upon the open
ing. They amounted to about $3.50.
which he could easily afford. but some
members of the club resented his ac-
ton as ''presumptu0uss the club. they
said. could AFFORD To pay its own bills.
Celrichs heard about this talk and
withdrew from its membership. He
never replied 20 the criticisms. neither
has he ever crossed its threshold since
they were made.
Mrs. Hermann OeIrichs. you viii re-
member was Mis- Tessie Fair. Born
on the Pacific slope, she lives IN the
East most OF the time. Born East.
oelrichs live West most OF HIS time
he was IN San Francisco when the
earthquake toppled the city over. He
must be not far from hfty now. He
has performed nc athletic prodigtes so
far as the public SHOWS for a number
Of years
Some OF the younger members OF
the famous Cutting family are pretty
fair athletes James de Wolfe Cut
ting. In particular, being rather a
notable swimmer and boxer He has
engaged In some unusual swimming
matches between Baney's Beach and
the lighthouse at Newport with
Charles NJ. Oelrichs, the brother Of
Hermann.
But James de Wolfe Cutting Is wen
outclassed by W. Bayard Cutting. jr..
in the eye Of the world. because he
w. Bayard jr.-is not only a fine
specimen Of all around athleticlsm.
but has the added distinction OF be
ing one of the few full bred Ameri-
cans ever TO marry an English wom-
an of title. despite the amazing mum
Der Of American women who have
married British nobiemen.
The marriage took place little
more than five years ago, the bride
being Lady Sybu Cuffe. the really
beautiful daughter of the NTH Earl
Of Desart Young Cutting, who is
an impulsive chap was made secre-
tarv 10 Joseph IT. ChOate when that
eminent lawyer went 10 London as
American ambassador. Cutting met
LADY Cune at one of the first func-
tIons he attended after getting set
tied fn London. and their engagement
was announced soon afteTward.
There Is a story. v Itch need not he
verified that he had not known her
two hourz before he asked her 70
marry him. He took TO hiss diplo-
,,sti, lob as energetically as ne did
N his Iovemaking. but concluded af-
ter marriage 10 retire from public
life and go into the sugar refining
business. beginning at NordhoG, Cal
His bride thought that a good thing
10 do; sugar refining certainly is a
more remunerative business than di-
plomacv, and. while young Cutting s
family is rich, he las 10 make his
OWE money. She would he known as
Lady SybH Cutting in England. but
she announced soon after marriage
that she would drop the title alto
gether and be known as Mrs W
Rayard Cutting. jr.. exactly as II
born an American. Cuttings athletic
stunts were polo, football, rowing.
swimming. and golf.
ogden Livingston Mills, scion OF GO
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for one lays exercise Of that variety
accomplishing last year when. be-
tween sunrise and sunset ne led three
separate hunts ON Long Island. ana
covered almost thirty miles.
This distance is nothing eNtraordi-
nary in straight riding for "A hard
ened hors-man, beat Il Is very much
out OF Use common following the
hounds especially toF man OF his
age Mead1wbr10k has never had
another n D. a. who has dPe ae
much, and itas doubtful IL any ~ his
predecessors of any age could have
endured IT,
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horse or the horse for the man is IN
known 20 this writer.
Although reinforcement toward ath-
ieiics b compk raiiveiy a new one
among rich ATnerieians, n was not In
itiated yesterday
During the twenty years following
1876 Hermann Oeirichs now a Callfor-
man. but then a New Yorker. Of Ger
man descent. was the best all-round
atLAte among the rich men 81 this
country. He didn't especially fancy
such gentlemanly sports as lawn ten
MS, however, and golf was then prac-
tieally unknown IN America. Swim
ming was his greatest delight. but he
was a famous boxer, too. and both he
and his friends used 20 think him quite
ahlN % whip John L. Sullivan IN the
days OF that champion pugilist's prime.
oelriChs once proposed a match with
Sullivan for a good sized purse. stipu-
latiUg. however. that the meeting
should be strictly private Sullivan de-
Cllusd. az he said. because these
wouldn't be- anything Ia Il" H. him 10
fght unless NE public were 20 know
about So and have a chance 10 swell
the gate receips 10 the proper proper
uons- CE4riChs was exceptionally
anxious 20 prove himself A better man
with MS fists than THE big NJ. " but no
couldn't bring himself 60 the point Of
making a public exhibition as a prize
fighter Sullivan pr0fessec 70 be as
thoroughly disappointed as Oelrichs
was al the failure Of the match. but
both HNsu had friends who. familiar
with the powers OF both. said that in
his heart Sullivan Was thankful they
couldn't meet
As a swimmer Oelrichs easily led the
amateurs 81 his day, Tsn-miIe swims
were easy fer him. and one SUMMER he
used 20 swim out 10 the fishing banks
from seahright, ~ J.. q distance Of
three miles, and hack every morning
90 the great woTTiment Of some OF his
friends. Tlssy bombsrded the pe~s-
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ers. He maintained that no shark
would eat a man and offered 500 10
any one who would prove that one of
these big fish had ever attacked a
human being. The proof never was
forthcoming. and, therefore. Oelrichs
held that he had made his point. All
the same, there are many today who
are willing 10 believe the most ultra
shark stories.
Though swimming and boxing were
his favorite sports, Hermann Oeirichs
was true all-around athlete in his
prime. He was a runner, a feacer OF
unusual ability, an oarsman OF great
power. and an expert horseman- RE
could walk twenty miles without rest
ing. He made a scientific study Of al
forms Of exercise ard wrote many arU-