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New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
RACING At NEW ORLEANS.
Nedro, Backed for a Killing" Beats
Gold Circle a Head.

New Orleans, Dec 2o-Nedra. backed from "a 70
l TO Il to l, won the fourth at City Park to-
day, TO the noisy delight OF those who knew of the
killing Nedra forced the pace but was all out
at the end TO beat Gold Circle a head.
Bertha E. was beaten in the fifth race by Gold
Proof They were equal choices in the betting az
10 . Dargin and Tinker were the winning favor
ties Garner rode two winners-Tinker at IL to g.
ana Dr. McCluer. at TO /. The summaries follow:
Won: cannon Ball. 112 (douutain) 8 TO l. second:
hterey l"2 Hennessy) to Q third Time i:17s
eiI, Mlhken Maggie Mackey Nutwood Rainland
second race fseven furlongs)Tnker 81 Garner II 10
q Non John Garner, lG7 Swain 10 l. second; For
Slehef, lT2 tMcMahon) Y 10 !. third Time, :32g
jungle Imp Bert Osra. Limerick Girl Woodcairn Orfea
DLllonai and Mrs Annie also
Third race 9one Laiiel-Re6ounder lcs Gloyd) 13 TO
lu2 Martini. 10 l. Time 1. AZ Glen 1;alisnt
oo Stone and Keinwood also ran.
Fourth five furlongs)-Nedra SO (5oidstein) IS
. J. won; Gold Circle, 90 lMarnl second: Prince
I5rutus. ll0 tDaly) II 10 l. third Time fO5<. Mnot
ldaha, Grace George, Paragon Beau Brumme
sefoeoeTs Midway. Mary Candlemas and Laura Hunter
Fifth furlongs-CIold Proof III iNiooD to
Won Bertha E. JOE Qiennessy) 2 s. second; Gauge
carol. Kara. Fargo Posing Miss Dustin ran
Sixth mile)-Dr McCluer 90 (Garnerl, 70
! won Happy Jack, 1o2 CAustin) 3 / second Lam
padrome 20 CEnglandeTl 12 / third. Time, .47A5
Bon Mot. Footlights Favorite Balshot Society Bud
knowledge and Falkland also
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
THE ARMY AND THE CHAUFFEUR.
School for Drivers May Be Necessary as Auto
Grows-Various Notes.

Quartermaster General Humphreys gpeech at ths
dinner given in Washington last week by the mem
bers OF the Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers who went to Washington TO in
vite President Roosevelt to the Seventh National
AutomOble Show contained some interesting pre-
dictiOns TO the future OF the SasOlene buggy.
He cited many instances where the automobile
would facilitate the work at the army posts As
a means OF transportation OF soldiers he Was non
communicative He predicted that the automobile
for the heavy work of hauling material and am
munttion and doing the usual work OF the army
horse or mule possible
He in favor OF the automobile Tor general
use In the army and hoped that the time was not
far away when the adoption OF the automobile
would facilitate the now arduous work OF many
OF the army departments General Humphrey,
however is of the opinion that in order TO in
the adoption of the automobile in the army
II would Do to consider the al tnl-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
MR. Vanderbilt ELECTED
Renamed as Commodore of the Nero
York Yacht Club.

At the annual meeting OF the New York Yacht
Club. held at the clubhouse, No. 81 West 44th
street. last night. the following ticket selected
by the nominating committee, of which Fred
erick G. Bourne was, chairman. was unanimously
elected:
Commodore. Cornelius Vanderbilt; Vce-com-
modore, Arthur Curtis James; rear commodore.
Frederick F. Brewster; secretary. George A.
Cormack; treasurer. Tarrant Putnam: meas
urer Charles Lane Poor
Regatta Committee-Hyde B. Parsons. Ernest
E Lorillard and Walter C. Kerr.
House Committee-Thomas A Bronson. Hun
ter WyIes and George A Freeman.
Committee Admission-Henry C. Ward,
Edward F. Whitney, George A Adee. Alexander
e Cochran and George A Armour
Library Commitiee-Greenville Kane. Nelson
Macy and James A. Metcalf-
Model Committee-A- Bradlee Hunt, Paul Eve
Stevenson and James Douglas Sparkman.
Committee on Club Stations and AnchorageS
No. l, William H Thomas; No >. Henry H.
Rogers; No. Is. Cord Meyer; No. t, Augustus c..
Tyler; No ., Charles Lane Poor; No. o. Maxi
milan Agassiz, No. g. Henry c. Ward; No. g.,
William Lanman Bull; No. 10. J. Harvey
Ladew; No. II, Paul @. Thebaud
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt presided at
the meeting Forty-tyo yacht owners were
present. A committee consisting of w. Butler
Duncan, jr., Charles Lane Poor. H. De B. Par
sons Walter c. Kerr and Harry Maxwell was
appointed 10 investigate the present method Of
establishing the ratio of the sail TO the dis
placement by scantlng measurement and re-
port back to the club.
Resolutions were adopted thanking the naval
members Of the club for the magnificent col
lection of models of war vessels presented to the
club The collection includes all the types Of
vessels, from the Bonhomme Richard TO the
Connecticut OF the present day. 1t is the most
twenty-one types. A duplicate of the collec-
tion made for the government.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
WITH ATHLETIC BOWLERS
Elizabeth Club Loses Odd Game to
the Columbia FiUe.

The Columbia Club won the odd game in Ath-
letc Bowling League series the alleys of the
Elizabeth Club. last night High scores were re-
corded on both sides, not total falling short OF
the 800 mark. The Columbia nve put up the ex-
ceptional average OF s47 while the home team got
a mark of $685.
In the first game the Elizabeth combination
at It's best Not single spare was missed. and
the team totaled $50. Columbia touched sS6. with
SIX missed spares. Columbia the second game
with BOT as against even 300 for the home team.
In hls game the Hoboken hve missed twice as
many spares Elizabeth. but the former offset
IuthOia' with sSs, won by thirty pins The scores
were follows
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
THEODORE B. STARR
Diamond Merchant,
JeWeler and
SilverSn1ith
Tubular Hall Clocks
with cases of exclusive
designs
MADISON SQUARE
New York
CAPTAINS OF FOOTBALL
Backs Hare the Call Among Leaders
of Nert Years Teams.

With the election Of Bartel Parker captain
of the Harvard football team for next year
Tuesday. the leaders of the more important
college elevens have been selected. The cleo
tion of Parker was a surprise, he did not
play up TO expectations in the Yale game this
year. and was not generally considered a candi-
date. He is a popular fellow. however. and
hard worker. and has the faculty. his friends
say, of getting all there is out of his men. In
almost every other case the player who was
looked the probable choice was elected,
and all appear TO be we'll qualified TO take up
the delicate task Bigelow. of Yale; Mccormick.
Of Princeton; Folwell. Of Pennsylvania; Cook,
Of Cornell; Douglass of Annapolis: Smith. Of
West Point. and Pryor, of Brown distinguished
themselves during the Just closed.
Bigelow was the only one who was generally
selected for place on the many All-Eastern
teams that the critics put forth. but the others
earned honors on many fields. Cook was re-
elected captain at Cornell, a distinction rarely
accorded
In the selection Of captains, the backs have
been favored TO a marked degree. This is usu-
ally the case year after year. and is due largely
to the fact that the behind the line are in
better position to direct the work Of an eleven,
to say nothing of having greater opportunities
TO shine, and earn a forward place In the
not necessarily make a good leader. but other
qualifications being equal. the dashing back
would be preferred to the plodding lineman
with the average player.
In the following list of forty captains, of
as many elevens, twenty-seven are backs and
thirteen are linemen, divided as follows: Half
backs. thirteen; fullbacks ten; quarterbacks
four; tackles five; ends, five, and centres three
The guards strange as 1t may appear, were en-
tirely neglected. OF the eight leading teams this
year Yale chose a tackle, Princeton a fullback
Harvard centre, Annapolis halfback Cornell
a tackle, Pennsylvania a halfback West Point
a halfback and Brown end, and the honors
were evenly divided between backs and line
men.
There was time when the quarterbacks were
preferred TO all others for captain, as the quar-
terback Is the field general to large extent as
he gives the signals and directs the play. In
recent years, however, the tendency has beerCo
get away from quarterbacks as much as possible
IN order TO divide the responsibility. II is ask
ing too much OF one man 10 direct the play and
supervise the general work of the team at the
same time The captains of forty of the more
important elevens follow:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21

hall there will be complete departure and IN the
basement and the rathskeller Will be other totally
different schemes, In the concert hall the scheme
panels Of Oriental design IN the basement the
covered with delft burlap and the brick pillars
with Dutch paintings. while the ceiling will be
draped in white The rathskeler and grotto viii
be decorated with English paintings and panels OF
Spanish leather Everywhere the idea Of autumn
out coldness. The old Garden will lose ts idenuIy
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
LTVELY COURT TENNIS.
John White Beats French Champion
TrO Sets to One.

John White the promising professional marker
of the Racquet and Tennis Club, his spurs at
the local club yesterday afternoon. when he de-
feated Ferdinand Garcin IN court tennis match.
two sets 10 White received odds OF half 10
from the French champion n. g. Patton acted as
referee and John Hammond attended 10 the mark
ing According TO the conditions eight-game sets
were played At the finish White had a total of
twenty-one games TO eighteen for Garcin.
With a majority of the spectators who filled the
dedans and galleries. Garcin ruled favorIte as It
was figured that the greater experience OF the
French champion would prove too much for the
younger man, especially as II the latters first
important match. Garcin played with an easy,
graceful style. but his shots lacked the force and
vim OF his opponent Most OF the play on the
nooT and straight tennis for the greater part OF
me time Neither made many shots TO the win
I.lls 3Penlngs although occasionally these counts
were brought OF cleverly.
Temper. more than anything else, respon-
part of the tbr5 sen R po3g ba U"n ba IN me & R
5 and I,bsr ~ Ile +5 ndo won IIe Ne RLst SET
the second IL looked all over for White The lat
the marker asked Mr.. Patton if the men were play
!yg vantage sets. No replied the referee from
who the further end Of the court waiting for
" Ute s service. did not hear Mr.. Paton's answer
, ms came Went 10 the nome player when Garcin
lost lost a chase The latter was surprised when White
Ia N france they aIWays play vantage sets
tor time in the deciding set Garcin appeared
encba9 S% fSen Won i6er tPa games a ne
the seventh and eighth. White would not be de-
MED, however and the foreigner found 1t innpossi
RE g score again. Garcin complained of the light
which was none too good. A glance the
score shows that White counted TO the dedans
eight times. TO the winning galleries twice and TO
Tho grille six times Garcin reached the dedaps
six times the winning galleries four times and the
grille three times. Prominent among those present
We're Charles e Sands, Percy r. Pyne. I'd. J. r
Byers, Edward s. Knapp, Louis Livingston T. A.
Havemeyer, Isaac Townsend. Louis E. Larooque
Harry Holbrook. F. D. Pelton Dr. H. c. Haven
]. D. Forbes Harry La Montague, II. Markoe 1r,
W. 3. Dinsmore, z. Livingston. FoXhaI Keene and
W Post
The scores Of the match were as follows:
FIRST SET.
%S5s SfFfie -: -: ] 5
SECOND SET.
&55s1 GsIoin -: -: ! ! 2 : . ~ 5G ! ! Gs
THIRD SET.
White ........-,..-s..- l ] Is
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
cRoss.couNTRY RUN FOR BOYS.

Owing 10 the great interest In cross-coa'1s .ss,
ming this year the Public Schools Athieuc sSsr,-
has decided 10 hold the first cross New
York on Saturday afternoon, staftiI,s e,.et =, PARK
The course win be laid through EIvss s ,Frss and
one-half miles
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21

The Rowing Association has decided 10 rent the
no.or DoaI BISON Tor use as a coaching launch for
me Ooio'ilnie sophomores defeated the freshmen
n fast game OF basketball Yesterday afternoon
Dy q score OF = 10 II.
The Columbia athletic committee has 7ooan+Aa
the explanation made by Captain Dixon of The
soccer ioot3al team that he did not Understand
eligible TO play against Vale on Thanksei,ine Dsv
James L Rice, the new coach of the Columbia
crew Is responsible for the statement that the
eights that have represented Columbia IN the mas,
have been too heavy Mr. Rice believes tbat a,
average Of 80 pounds is about right weight fot
a boat. e's'1 i"t
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
FIRST BoARD-FRENcH Defence

The second round VIII be playe8 in the following
order to-day. Columbia vs. Yale. Harvard vs.
Princeton The following VIII be the schedule.
Burgers Gslel VS. CapahLarca SCoIurbaJ. W2.H Co
luubial - kimbau yale; kelsey CTa1-) BIuube-g
fco-nmn'aj. Brown 0lwiial Rosern Yale. Erark-
ct HarvarI vs Ward Princeton; Stephens trincetorl
Ns Mcclure fHarEar5 tiruenirE Harvard Williams
T1noeton and N-Deruatt Pr1cetCu) vs. johnson Iiar-
var5l.
The first named in each pair has the white pieces
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
ST. PAUL WINS AGAIN.
Beats st. Marks School an One
sided Hockey Game.

The St Paul School Of Concord. y H. defeated
the hockey seven Of 81 Marks School. Of South
boro. Mass by d score of 10 o. ~ the s. Nicholas
Skating Rink last night. The 81 Paul bows g7ve
another oSstlng exhibition OF clever plav such es
"Wednesday. --N' .'~'-''i 'h
s1ff@os 2 P@Y e a last game making thra, OF tic
6s@s.S scored Dy lls side. Baker twice sem IN.
PUCK into ne cage. The nrst half ended 3 D. -
y favor OF 81 Paul. The Lineup and sur. -
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
GOLF CHAMPION GOING ABROAD.

Eoen Al Byers. OF Pittsburg. the national ANA
teur golf champion. is to so abroad IN February.
II Is said that he intends 10 comret In The am,
teur championship OF Great RrItstn which vrtn ~.
held at st Andrews IN Nav ~ 'i 'o
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
WISCONSIN TO ROW SYRACUSE

lBy Telegraph 10 The TribuneI
Milwaukee Dee. 2O.-PIans have baap cou,nls,aa
.Ot an eisht-oared shell race between the crews or
Wisconsin and Syracuse here nsxt IuuA
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
THE COST OF ROWING.
What Columbia Spent in Putting
CresCS on the Water-NOtes.

s j. Pterrspont. msnager ot the Columbia crew
made public the annual report for last year yester-
oay The report shows thar Il cost Columbia
SSSH 81 10 put her crews H. the river last year
These expenses were divided as follows.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
eAsEaAlI coMMIssIoN 70 We

Cincinnati Dec eO-The annual meeeIss s,ls IN his
National Baseball Commission VIII oS .,,.ssa o. "a
city on January Z The schedule ev', % ,at ness =
che same tirne 10 eliminate eonrieuAs
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
w. x. GILLETTE TO REPRESENT N. y "

New York University viii be repreSSi,s1a, s.S1a,,, As
annual meeting Of the Intercoues'a'9 .,- nv Pro-
sOciation OF the United states next W sor nnsny
fessOr w X Gillette. who mas U,vySittea On sta-
years chairman OF the faculty e0i'
dent organizations.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21


New Ycrl's need OF new show building is
brought home in way more emphatically than
by the regular automobile show in Madison Square
Garden every year. Scores Of would-be exhibitors
were refused space In the coming show of Janu-
ary Il TO 70 for lack Of room This need OF a big
show structure may be greater than ever next year.
for according 10 ono high in authority there ia
likely to be only one show. The talk about the
possibility Of several shows being held in New York
next year has led 10 this likelihood OF only one
show being pointed out by executive officer of
the Association Of Licensed Automobile Manu-
facturers. who says;
The subject Of shows is q most interesting one
from every point view. and so important thar
an early discussion Is naturally productive Of bets
shows made by the manufacturers not licensed
under the Selden patent must necessarily he
ature, for most important situation in the in
dustry seems TO have been overlooked by them II
is expected that long before another show time ar
riVes decision will be reached In the cases Dend-
ing against the Ford Motor Car Company John
dealer and user, respectively. for infrfngement oi
the United States patent No 5s9IG0 Granted -
George b. Selden in 1880 The decision will mn
doubtedly make very radical change In the as-
pect OF the situation
r W. Kelsey. who is driving a 4o-as-horsepover
Matheson car from here 10 Chicago, 70 make the
trip IN nve days. reached Cleveland az $50 O'Clock
p. M on Wednesday, on time, He encountered mis-
cradle roads, but has had no trouble with his car
W. W. Burke, the New York manager OF the
Electric Vehicle Company, was the fortunate win
ner or the privilege 10 exhibit car IN the lobby
q G tnS hotel Breslin during automobile show week
u 10 ls. 0 ''li' S''i'N'iS
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21

10 meet these expenses there were receipts Of
$3.50 q Taking into account the debts sin nm,
paid The total dencit is now s8l6 10. OF the re-
oetpts the graduates contributed S4Ol5 the largest
single amount. The other receipts were made ,lp
aB follows:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-21

portant question-that OF the chauffeur He OF
the opinion that to perfect the system and main
tain q well organized automobile corps depart
nent for chaufreurs would have to be established
at Wost Point at the various military posts.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
VOICES FROM THE PRISON.
Some Of the Worlds Great Book,
Written in Cells.
From tho New York World

K%ropotlin tells in his memoirs how
during his two years Imprisonment II
the fortress of ST. Peter M st. Pau
he wrote two large volumes on his
glacial explorations. For some time
the authorities would let him have
neither books nor pen and ink, but the
Russian Geographical society inter
coded and Alexander III. gave permits.
sion for him to write till sunset" AT.
ter he had escaped, the second half OF
his manuscript remained in the hand.
of the secret police for twenty year,
before he recovered 1t in exile.
1t is an even stranger story thai
now reaches US Of a scientists lift
work done in a Russian cell. N. A
Morozoff was n of the young nihil-
lists involved in the plot TO ~assassi-
nate Alexander III. in 1881. For near
ly twenty-five years he lay a prisoner
In the Schlusselberg fortress. to be
released finally last October after the
czar's decree of amnesty. He, too, was
at first deprived of the students ma
terials. His one book was the bible
After some years the guards brought
him other books and e and paper
Now he is about to publish IN ST. Pc
tersburg twenty volumes Of a scien-
tifc work chiefly devoted to chemis-
try, which he wrote in prison.
The worlds literature is vastly the
richer for prison-written books. Bun.
van. the Puritan tinker-preacher
wrote Pilgrims Progress" and sup
piled President Roosevelt with his
''muck-rake" text in the intervals OF
supporting his family by lacemakina
in prison. During his thirteen years
confinement in the Tower of London
Sir Walter Raleigh had written his
History of the World" After his re.
lease he was to make a last voyage tc
the Orinoco and return to England &c
be executed. Defoe was twice pilloriee
and thrown into Jail for his politica.
pamphlets, there to find leisure tc
write the story of Robinson Crusoe an6
his mar Friday. to the delight of cen.
turtles of young and old readers. Fol-
calling the prince regent "a fat Adonis
of fifty Leigh Hunt was sent to Jail
for two years. Byron, Shelley anc
Keats were among his visitors, and his
release was followed by the publica-
ton of "Rimini" n other prison
poems.
Tasso was confined for insanity first
In a monastery and then in an asylum,
and composed his epics during lucid
intervals. 1t was while the Algerine
pirates held Cervantes for ransom that
he began Don Quixote." Andre Che
nier sang his sweetest songs during
the six months under the Terror while
he lay In St. Lazare awaiting the gull
lotine. Within our own time The Bal
lad Of Reading Gaol" and DE Pro-
funds were produced by q convict
who then for the first time gave a tone
of sincerity to a brilliant talent.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
Poverty and Crime.

Lewiston Journal: Eleven thousand six
hundred and sixty deaths of such a nature
that investigation was deemed necessary
occurred in New York city during the year
1904, according to statistics Just compiled
at the coroner's office. OF this number
1898 bodies were buried in the Potter's
field, 81 going to unmarked graves. never
having been Identified. The problem OF the
social evils has important relation 10 these
data. 1t IS unspeakably insignificant.
while wages are high and skilled workers
scarce, that there should yet be so large
and so menacing a contingent Of poverty
and crime. Until we have better tene-
ment houses, less spolls In politics and
efficient Industrial education, we shall
nurse poverty and crime by baI or by
inapt institutions, for which Socialists"
ianting In saloons continue to impeach all
society for It's want of social conjunction.
In our Judgment the problem Of foreign
immigration adds no little to the perpiex-
tiles of the situation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
Servant Turned the Tables.

Scotsman: A story is told of a high
Anglo-Indian officer VINO was in the
habit IF soundly thrashing his servants
when they d~ispleased him. One day he
ordered a servant 10 go 10 a summer
house in the compound and wait for
him there. Presently turning up with
d heavy horsewhip. he thus addressed
the offender:
Now. you s~coundrei. Ive got you in
A place where no one can hear, I'll
life"
The servant. though a man OF power
ful physique, squirmed, native like.
'Sah, you sure no one can hear?"
Yes. o s~coundrel, I've brought you
mere for that purpose"
Then. sab, l think I'll thrash YOU"
And he did 1t so thoroughly that his
master was not visible for a week.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
Mother Goose in Russia.

Contributed.
Sing a song Of Russia,
A land where troubles lie.
-Four and twenty big bombs
All baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened
They went off with a jar.
Now wasn't that a pretty dish
To set before the car?
Old Mother Hubbard
Went TO the cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone
But q bomb coming by
Blew the cupboard sky high,
And so the poor dog got none.
Alexandria. Ind. William Purdue.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
What's IN a Name?

There's so much in a taking name. you
know. and have such a good enc for my
new play"
'what is it?"
The VIII o. the Wisp.'"
well, IL there's anything IN a name,
with one like that, you'll soon ger
swamped."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14

In China a man cannot by will dis
pose of his land in favor OF any one
person, whether relative or stranger:
1t must be distributed among all his
male children without exception.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14

At Wellington. a little town in the
west Of England Of only 1000 inhnbi-
tants. no fewer than 5.23S trnmps had
to be accommodated last year.