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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09

the best race riders developed since
 the famous Tod Sloan, and his style
 of riding greatly resembles that of
 Sloan. He crouches low over his
 mounts neck and by gentle methods
 gets everything possible out of the
 horse he rides. Radtke is essentially a
 hand-rider, seldom applying whip or
 spurs, and his "coaxing" method has
 met with great success. His rapid im-
 provement and present efficiency have
 been phenomenal. considering the
 short length of time he has been rid
 ing. Other great riders have worked their way to the top by slow stages.
 Radtke's success has been by leaps and
 bounds. He has peculiar way of
 nursing horse along, lying low be-
 hind his neck. avoiding all wind inter- ference. and in finish he is cooler by many degrees than Henry Spencer. "the iceman." ever was in his most re- frigerated days. He mad seldom been
 beaten in . head. neck or nose finish, and the enthusiasm that he arouses knows no bounds. Jack Keene. to whom Radtke belongs. has a string of horses that gives the boy a fine chance to revel in the rays of the limelight Keene refused s12,505 for the boys contract. and he was wise when he re- jected this handsome offer. Radtke is on an exaggerated scale the sensation created by Eugene Hide brand few seasons ago on the coast. The boy seems to have every requisite of a good rider--a perfect seat. good hands. cool head. is a fine judge of pace and cool as a cucumber when ap- the judges stand. Besides all these qualities. he possesses that pearl of greatest priee-honesty. Ex- perts are sure that Radtke will have no trouble in keeping mp his winning record after the expiration of his aI- prentice allowance. which still has . short time to run
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
TO TRY AGAIN
Massachusetts Cities May Start the Old Game Which Was Once
 50 Successful.

lrockton, Jan. 9-Steyen D. Flan- agan, of Lawrence. to whom Il letter was sent by Manager Charles c. Fitzgerald of the coming new rink in this city, sounding the situation in regard to polo in his district, has re- piled that if league can be largely formed by the promoters he can probably get another team or two to help out in his part of the world. It is taken that he doesn't care to 20 to Lawrence but that he may be abla to land Lowell or Danvers, or per haps both. Olneyville is another possibility.
 John ]. Whalen says that Quincy or Waltham are all right uifora, the game. preferably Quincys as it is nearer Brockton and there would be more interest between these two cities. The Quincy rink is a big one, 137 feet by GO, and with plenty of chance for the happy spectators.
 For league hereabouts there are many good players living in this part of the country and it is believed that a large number of them could be Ob tained to play this spring. Amorg others there are Tom and Steve Murphy, the two Mooneys. the two O'Malleys, Heffernan. Piggy" White. the old Brockton goal tend; Mike Cashman, another ex-BrocktOn guar dian of the cage: Patrick Farrell of Fall River the Broadbents, Clifford and Allen of New Bedford, Finney. Callahan and Besse of Plymouth. Janelle, Knowlton, Bill Mckay, Louis Jason. Scribner and Levi Foster. Around this city there are Fitzger- aid himself. who will play center with the Brockton team; Weimert, Fred Reagan, Mcintyre. Eddie Quill, Conathan and Fogg of Weymouth. and long line of others who have played polo in the past that is as fast as the Maine league is showing today, if not faster. Along the mid dle of March additions could be made to the teams from the western polo players who will be arriving to be Y players who will be arriving east then. and there seems to be no dearth of performers if league is formed.
 Fred I1eish of Youngstown, Ohio, wrote to Fitzgerald the other day. Leish is having trouble getting vic tory out of his team and he needs help. Fitz replied that he would go as manager and player for $50 week and $100 guaranteed for ex- penses. After Leish got over the at tack of heartburn that followed the receipt of this news he wrote back that he wasn't making any money this season and that life insurance salasies were not possible for him. Fitzgerald didn't expect that his offer would be accepted when he sent it on.
 Joe Fox. the former Lowell and later western goal tend and mana ger, is with John Burgess. the goal tend. running a rink at Glen Falls. \. Y. They had one for time at Albany.
 Taunton wants no polo. Skating is all they want over there and the people are so eager to skate that they object. 1t is said, to even giving up time for a fancy skater to exhibit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
ALASKA NATIVE BEAR HUNT
In Which Famous Hunter Displayed
 Agility That Was Mar !

Bear hunting as pursued by the Alaska native is an interesting game, remarked J. P. Gardiner, a Nome miner, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
 sI witnessed bear hunt on Kadiac is- land a few months ago. A big brown bear, one of the species familiarity known on-Kadiac island and the other. Aleutian islands, was pestering the set clement, and a native who bore . wida reputation for prowess among his peo- ple decided to go after the animal. Be- fore starting on the expedition, how ever. he went to his mother and obtained her permission. His mother was the oldest woman of the tribe. and without her consent he wouldn't have stirred an inch. She gave her consent, so the na- tive hunter. armed only with . knife. started out. Three more of us, with rifles, accompanied him. We agreed among us to allow the native to have the first chance at the bear and to shoot only if he failed to kill the beast.
 We came upon the bear in a ravins. The native crouched on the ground as the bear came up. We became quite ex- cited It was to be hand-to-hand bat tie. and we feared the native would get the worst of it. As the bear approached the native it reared on Its hind legs. We had our guns ready for instant ac- tion. But the guns were not needed. Quick as flash the native sprang up ana had his knife plunged into the animals heart and was away several steps before the bear knew what had happened. It was death blow. and we packed the pelf back to Karluk fin triumph"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
GREAT. SLAUGHTER OF CAME
Thousands Upon Thousands of Wild Animals Destroyed in South Africa

Daring the four months of the shooting season of 1904 something like 13.0o0 head of game has been sold on the Kimberley market. Those figures were rather staggering. but ft is surprising. perhaps. to hear that they had more than doubled during the present year.
 The secretary of the Game Protec- ton association had obtained a return from the msrketmaster which showed that 2s.ll9 head of game were sold on the Kimberley market during tas period April 1 to August IS last. IF of that 2a.11s. say 2.eQ0 head vers small birds which did not come with in .he usual interpretation of the word game that Ieft sonething like zT.opo head of buck and bird. vhies were included in the usual inserprsts- ton Of the word game That vas . lzmentabIe return and clearly su- phasizsd the necessity for tskinE sor1s action to stop the indiscrininzfe slaughter of game
 The totals under ths various hea1s of the return showed that t1s ums included asa sprineesck. 9l4 6sfkex. 1sis sisnbuek. sss3 harss-ths past season had tsen a rsnsrksbie o1s fw harss. ss all kner-sss7 korknan. s za7 redrirG 1s< gztnes fswf. 197 pszur. fzs vf11 1zek. s viid esers --s ss<s -s-trf1r~s and snasl b<r<A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
OFFER HART AND o'BRIES.

Butte. Mont. Jan 9.--An offer for fight between Marvin Hart and Jack o'Brien has been made by the Mon tana Athletic club and a good sized guarantee put up for the bout. The Louisville man has notified the club officials that he has accepted and is willing to post forfeit of s2.J00 if 0BrieD will cover it. From a financial standpoint tho club looks to have good thing, as the specified date is Miners union day in June, the banner day of the year for crowds in this town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
OLD HICKORY HANDICAP.
Alma Dufonr. Added Starter, Scored
 Easily at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. a-Alma Du- four. an added starter. scored easily in the Old Hickory handicap at City park. The race was a mile and quar- ter and was worth s1.410 to the win ner. The Corrigan mare. a hot favor ife in the betting and though weakly ridden. came through in the last fur long and won easily from Harry Ste phens. Edward Wilder and Grenade were tho other winning fayorites. Gold en Link. the faworite: Evander and Wreath of Ivy lost their riders in the steepIechase. The track was fast in spite Of light rains. Summaries.
 First Race. .- Edward Wilder. first. Bonart. second: Arthur Rosenfeld, third.
 Second Raee.-Liftle Red first: Gen tisn. second: Capitano. third.
 Third Race - Grace Wagner. first. Msleiiction. second: The Don. third
 Fourth Race. = Alma Dufour. first; Harry Stephens. second: Attila. third.
 Fifth Rsoe.-Grensde. first; oriy IL. second: BeIlindian. third.
 Sixth Race.-Creolin. first: ChanIey. second: Onyx H. third
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
The scores of last nights game was as follows:
NOT STATE CHAMPIONS.

Charlie Jobnson's Elm City bowling team defeated the Strong Waterbury Casino quintet in this city last night, winning two out of the three games. Collett and Charlie Johnson were the most consistent pin splitters for New Haven. while Bossell piled up phenom- enal high scores for. the home team. His three string total amounted to. GA. each of his single strings netting over 200 pins. Following is the sum- mary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
HODGE VERY ILL.

Holyoke, Jan 9.-Word was received yesterday in Holyoke that Carson Hodge, last years crack twirler of the H0lyoke base ball team, was critically ill in his home in Philadelphia. where he has been employed in grocery house. Hodge was an important fac tor in the success of last years team and his loss would be hard blow to the Holyoke management. as he is one of the few who was relied upon return ing to the fold the coming season. The fans. too, would be much grieved if anything serious should happen to the clever little curve artist
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
HUMMELL GETS INCREASE.

Holyoke, Jan 9.-John Hummells terms have been met by the new man. agement of the Brooklyn team. and the former Holyoke infielder will play un- der Pat Donovan. 'Hummell went to Brooklyn under protest, claiming that the salary was not large enough. This season he baked on signing and Han lon, who was managing the club. gave him no encouragement. The new man. ager, Pat Donovan, heard Hummell's grievance After considering all phases he recommended that the play CT be signed. As Hummell had sev- eral chances in the Tri-State league and was in demand by clubs willing to pay more than his Brooklyn salary there was little chance of retaining him unless by making the monetary induce, ment strong.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
AUSTIN RICE TO FIGHT.

Austin Rice of New London has been matched to fight Kid Sullivan in a fifteen-round bout before the Eureka Athletic club of Baltimore next week. Although Rice will be giving away weight to his younger and more huskl opponent he does not believe that Sul livan's punches will stop him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09

little Fl e r m a Il Radtke. the Chica- go jockey, or rath- CT apprentice. By his artistic saddle work he has easily been the favorite at all the meets in which he has ridden. That he will lead the list of riders on the coast this winter, where he is at present perform ing, is conceded  by all. Horsemen have come to the C on c u sion that Radtke is one of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
THE SPORTING NEWS.
THE ' DIAMOND
BITS OF NEWS
A Few Pointers Heard in the Dead of Winter About the Players
 and the Leagues.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9.--One hundred and fifty-eight baseball clubs were repre- scented at the meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues here today. It is conceded that President P. T. Powers and Sec retary J. H. Farrell will be reelected. The real fight is expected over the se- lection of the national board of arbi- <nn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Ha'pennies and Farthings inAustrali.

Half pennies are very scarce in Australia. 90 much 90 that an attempt once made in Melbourne to run a half penny evening paper soon failed be- cause people mad not the coin where with to purchase it. And if halfpencs are rare. farthings are euriosities A shrevd Melbourne shop-keeper has importeI some thousands of bright new King Edward farrhinzs. and he is reported b be doing roaring trsds- They are piled up in heaps ia his windows and attract gaping crowds Every article hs sells is 90 musa sna three fsrthings-Londcn Chr1lieis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Auto Road in Manitoba

A movement is afos, to construct . 15s-mile road for automobilisfs near Winnipeg. Man It will be oval i1 form and the expense of construction will be met from the tolls collected from those who use it- It is proposed to run some big races on the road. which will be oiled to keep down ths dust
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
THE PUGILISTS
BOUTS LAST NIGHT
Three Founders Were Warm an q Fast-Bob and Julia Will
 Act Once More.

New York, Jan Skid Stein bested George Jansen in fast three-round boxing exhibition at the stag of the Navarro A. C. in American Theater hall last night, Both are strong boys and some of the wallops that were landed were almost hard enough to kill an ordinary man. In the first two rounds Jansen had things his own way and beat Stein all over the ring. The latter came back ill the third, however, and with his heavy swings more than evened the score. In q mix-up at the ropes in this round Stein knocked Jansen through the ropes. and after that he maintained good lead
 Frankie Howe had Larry McGrath almost out. in the third round Of the opening mill. Howe repeatedly land cd stinging blows on his mans nose and jaw and had him bleeding all through the fight. Larry was game, and although he was knocked down five times in the third, he kept coming uheh, uuu lloNt EOulu HUI put ullu lO sleep.
 Jimmy Moran bested Young Gold man in one of the best bouts of the evening. Goldmans left eye was to. tally closed at the finish, but he vas there with the gameness. and succeed ed in putting over several good blows while he was in the ring. It seemed impossible for him to hurt Moran, however. and the latter proved tke better boy.
 Little Jack Goodman made Al Carey look like an amateur in their three round session. This bout was stopper in the first round in order to give Ga rey chance to recuperate from the beating Goodman had given him. and in the next two rounds Goodman could have finished his man at any time had his manager not cautioned. him to take things easy.
 Bert Reyes and George Hoey fought q good draw. The first two rounds were tame. but in the third both men did some fierce execution and at the end honors were about even. In the other bouts Terry Edwards had shade over Kid Betts. Bob Adler best ed Tommy Straub. Harry Engel and Johnny Powers fought Il draw and Kid Stinger won from Harry O'Neil.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
O'CoNNELL WAKES wRoTH.

Edward I. O'Connell, the wrestling instructor at Yale. writes to the Hart ford Courant from New Haven as fol- lows:
 T would like to state through the columns of your newspaper that I am very anxious to secuye match with Captain Billy Madden of South Man chester and have offered his hot air manager all kinds of inducements. but all to no avail. I wish to let the pub- lie know that the sports from South Manchester. headed by that dead game sport. McHale. are. shouting about backing Madden against me, but they know way down in their hearts that Madden would not dare make match and they are perfectly safe in footing their horns and telling how much money they will back him for when. match is made.
 "McHale says he will back him for $500. but I know if McHale ever saw $500 he would go money mad; in fact, I don't think all the sports in the bush town together have got $500 in real money All they have got is a lot of cheap talk and that don't count Now. I will be kind to them and give them q chance to get back what they lost on Filler and any time Madden and the rest of the bush town sports can get courage enough to make a match will bet any part of s1.0O0 on the out come. Now all that is necessary is for McHale to post forfeit to bind his agreement that Madden can throw me two falls in one hour and then I will show them what wrestling really is"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09

Sammy Shakraeyl better known as the Young Turk" who has particr- pated in many wrestling contests in this city. is now in Birmingham, Ala bama. but still is interested in the do- ings of the grapplers of Waterbury. Sam intends to come back here in month or two and says he will be willing to take on all aspirants who think they have q chance with him. He is very anxious to meet smith of the Brooklyn Athletic club and states that this is the first match he will make. He says he is in fine condition. John King of Orange street for The present will receive all commuDiea- tions from those who wish match with the Turk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Circular Lovs-Letter.

A recent candidate for parliament ir England wrote an address to the eject ors of lhs town he wished t0 represent and love letter to his best Eiri- He put the tuo erusiOns in the xrong en- velopez. The printer vas quite szr prised at receiving an order to print 1e.e9e copies Of the bye letter fa cir culzr form
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
THE CHAMPIONS BEATEN.

Bridgeport. Jan 9.-on Buffers Vic tor alleys in this citv last night. the New Haven and Bridgeport state league bowling teams met in an exhi- bition match before one of the largest crowds in the history of the sport in this city. The rolling was close and exciting Bridgeport succeeded fn winning out after the hardest kind of a struggle Janswick of New Haven was high man. The summary:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
GOODMAN FoULED DEsHLER.

Boston, Jan 9.-Dave Deshler or Cambridge won from Kid Goodman on q foul in the eleventh round of their l9-round mill at the Douglas A. C., Chelsea, last night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Largest Islands.

The largest islands in the world are Greenland, New Guinea. Borneo. Mada- esscar, sumatra, Nipon. Great Britain and Celebes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Bss Rases Wo. Fe.r Tt--..

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan e.-Bob Ra- eoa von for the fourth succe<sive time at oakland although his closest com I-esitor. Anzlets. ran fur5gusly to cap ture frSt honors MsfsB1a. tlse favor ife. wss close third DT Lexgo woa the last race easily. Sir BriIlzr wns Ieft at the post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Big Sheep Owner.

Gov. Miguel Otero. of New Mexico, is the most extensive sheep owner in the southwest, owning . flock number fng ss.oeo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
O'Brien Bcfurc the Footlights.

NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-"Philadelphia Jack" 0 Brien. congueror of the once invinciblc FitZsimmons. made metro politan debut last night. when an en- thusiastic audience that packed tho Circle theater saw a display of his tistic prowess in three round bout, automatically announced as "an exact reproduction of the closing rounds of the battle that marked the downfall of Mir. Fitzsimmons and the elevation of Mir. O'Brien to the worlds heavyweight championship"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Unyieldine.

May . man feels that he could be quite comfortable if his conscience posld meet him haIf~ay.-Puck
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
KING KNOCKED OUT SAVAGE.

Augusta, Me. Jan 9.--Tommy King knocked out Jesse Savage in the fifth round at the Augusta Athletic ciue last night. It was fast fight through out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09

IUIHIS .J-I SID 1Jt~--tJf
 After this match Collett and John son rolled Fred Jaeger and waIte.- Malsch for a side bet of s10. the local boys beating their opponents by over 100 pins. Jaeger's work was great. securing a total for three strings of g-1 Tho efnrac faIfaxr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
Pavnshops in Italy.

The government runs the pavnshops of Italy and no interest Is required on iozns
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
vey ofsm.

-EvfI s wrought by want Of thought. As vszl e by want of heart
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09
SENSATION OF HORSE RACING.

The sensation of the horse racing worli during the past year has been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-09

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
CnIor Schemes Tn Building.

Strange how little we Americans do With color. We have u red brick mouse or a yeHow bs.ck house with Il red tile .'a5e or :, -s.een root, and that's ahoa. the gan4ut we run. Most beautiful ei fects can j5e -;;iii.ed 5y the ns" Of enam Jed colG@> even on :islt surfaces; dainty patterns can be Y'or,ied oGt and bril- liant yet il;>r.!o..ious es.ectS Sainei Our eoleriag schemes are talle. We certainly i.s.'-,. :.#,,i 10 learn i'll that re spect from tic i,r>:ans of old. They vcre E!astc": in enamel. and thci york was sor&eous. beautiful Wi :, it i; ,ac,: ns taste: i. certainly is ne,
 i. Of material There are Aneaicss:
 :.,..'s of til. that produce .2:lte"i:' ,.,ral to that of antifuity. the riches
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
The Singing Tree.


 he singing tree (. Australia some it resembles ;t gigantic ilettle. Y s< i}.l unpleasant odor. and the na z...s aud native animals are careful to 49.d it. When Il nan is Stung iy the se't- or. te put t more prosaiealiy "'cI.a-i 'v ..." frees tl1orA tie little a5u9'l s,ve:' him at iirst no pain What- z..'r B;it ill a few la=:;;.tt'| a Maaaea.
 F., T :s .f2t G',: tl1e victim s;lrekS
 ...fyts upon th" ground. For months . :'W.Ifi when water touches the F" ,s2,t great ;,ee;ony ensnes. Dogs :, .u >tG..., ..H;l abo.,t with piteous :. :: HcS. hit..@g pieces of flesh from the .fsrp tilHt has zera StfiHg.