The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-27

Improvement during The next few days will
determine greatly whether or not they
will he absentees. Boruaman's injuries
were chiefly bruises, and with liberal mas
sage and hot applications he was himself
in the couree Of a couple OF days.
On.the third day at sea, which was Thurs
day, the eprinters were out for a real airing
and they donned their athletic toggery, to
the surprise and curiosity Of the other
passengers. The work took place On the
spar deck. the round Of which made about
ten laps to the mile and a forty-yard straight
away was improvised, and here the starts,
dashes, and other ~limbering up capers were
INDUCED. None OF those on the team had
ever seen Queyrouge in his war paint, and
all were on hand to see the New Orleans
flyer in action. He Ia credited with a o As
seconds record for the 100 yards, and by the
critics for some time has been regarded
as the coming man for the century in Amer
ioa. But to his fellow sprinters as we'll as
10 the others he was a huge disappoint-
ment, for instead of striding out on his
toes be simply strobe along and threw up his
heels behind in the most primitive man
ner.
How he ever did the Q AS seconds u is
hard to understand, but probably he may
do better when on land. Hahn, Schick
and Eaton did some alta rts, and the triad ap-
peared TO he we'll tuned up. especially
Schick, who was Of late supposed to be
short of work and entirely lacking in con-
dition. Leavitt,, the Williams College hurdler.
disregarded all advice as to danger and
betook himself daily with a strong clothes
horse, which he borrowed from the laun-
dress, to the bridge deck. and there he exer-
oised himself and hoped over his i'm
promptu hurdler all alone in his glory,
Parsons, L~ishtbody. Valentine, Raoon,
Pilgrim and Sullivan cantered half a dozen
laps around the deck, but they usually had
a hard time trying to guard their shins.
Bonhag and Cohen threw in their lot with the
Marathon men. Fowler. Forshaw. Frank
and Spring. and the sextet loped around
lap after lap in Indian file for five miles.
The latter four came out again in the after
noon and covered about the same distance.
The rear deck over the quarters Of the
second cabin was monopolized by the
jumpers, weight putters, wrestlers and pole
vaulters. Edgren brought a leather bag
filed with grape shot on board and Sheridan
and himself spent half an hour twice daily
propelling the missile. Edgren was taken
sick with tonsilitis on April Q, 20 Sheridan
was left to perform their little act alone.
4 sort Of a watchword that grew up
among the team was the term "scarra-
bootch,- though nobody seemed to know
it's origin or to what language it belonged.
and there was enough varieties on board.
Patois Of Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,
French. Russian, Greek. German were
SPOKEN. but not one could parent the tri-
SYLLABLE. Ii came to light in a peculiar
way. too, Prinstein, dressed In his green
trimmed trunks Was cavorting around the
deck when somebody. taken by his antics,
shouted out "S~carrabootch!" Bornamann
heard the word and adopted il to his vocab-
ulary, giving it an extended derivation,
such as meaning appreciation, approval,
surprise, s%alutation and applause. In a
day or two everybody aboard was "scarra-
bootching' everything else, and its univer-
sal use was settled.
Though a bit noisy and unshon In spots
the travellers by the Rarba rosa liked the
members Of the team, especially those of
the fair sex. who warmed TO the light
hearted Ways of the boys. It was sur
prising, too, how quick acquaintance
formed and how spontaneous the couples
sprung up. irrespective Of nationality or
other racial differences. Probably AT the
end of three DAYS every member Of the team
had his STEADY, and in the moonlight after
supper they were each and all out for a stroll,
and with the easy indifference of a ramble
in Central Park.
On April q the lookout from the cro'nest
shouted Land no." and without delay the
glasses were brought into play. A dark
speck wac seen on the horizon, but far
away. It was lea med from one Of the
ships officers that it was Flores, one Of the
most western Of the Azores. Later in the
day the island Of Fayal, another or the
group, doomed up, and as the ship went
within about a mile Of shore the green
fields and whitewashed houses were a well
come sight to those who had been several
days with only sky and watsr to meet their
eyes. 1t was announced that next morning
at I o'clock the ship would pass by the
island Of San Miguel OF ST. Michael, the
most important Of the Azores archipelago,
and that the sunrise behind Ponta Delgada
was q sight worth the loss Of a nights
sleep. OF ourse, everybody wanted to he
up and the stewards had a busy time get
ting some Of the ~sluggsrds out in time for
the spectacle. About 5 o'clock the Bar
barossa slid by the snow white town with
the green hills Of Pico de Salamao as a
background.
The view was superb, the great Atlantic
stretching away, with the island Of Santa
Maria like a misty mass in the distance.
And the effect Of the daw over all was be-
youd description. Great soimitars of varie-
gated light streaked the sky and it changed
almost in a moment. The multi.colored
string. remained, but kept changing hues
until the sun absorbed them into the halmy
haze Of morn.
During the trip the team had ample
opportunity to study the other saloon
passengers. They numbered 2to bound
for different points on the Continent. One
old mEn WA Of much interest because he
had the appearance Of John u. Rockefeller,
He was Immediately christened John d.
Another was a dead ringer for the young
King Of Spain. He vas a Mexican going to
the royal wedding, he said, and il he were
to be believed he was at the wedding and
coronation of every king. emperor and
ruler in the world. There was Roosevelt's
double 40 far a. the glasses and the look
went, but he by no means possessed the