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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Millionaire Horsemen Who Are Too Wise to Bet on Races

To more fallscious idea pre-
III walls generally than that the
men principally interested in
u y running horse racing, stew
ards and members of the Jockey clubs,
etc. bet heavily. 1t is also the pre-
raiing opinion that such noted turf
men as August Belmont, Harry Payne
whitney, James II. Keene and Herman
b. Duryea. deeply interested in racing
in a financial way, care little or moth
ing about racing as a sport, but are
simply engaged in it for revenue only
These ideas are widespread and have
taken deep root in the minds of many
men. But so far as the individuals
named are concerned the assumptions
arc positively wrong. August Belmont
does not bet "A penny on the result of
a race, James r. Keene has not placed
a wager In many years on ono of his
horses, and Harry Payne Whitney and
Herman b. Duryea are such small bet
tors that they are sarcastically re-
fcrred to by the club contingent as the
"pikers of the millionaire brigade"
IT would be hard to find the whole
world over. if II were raSed and scrapcd
thoroughly. four men whose love for a
horse is deeper than that of Belmont,
keene. Whitney and Duryea. In the
race horse these multmllionaires find
b genuine and abiding pleasure. They
furnish recreation for them, a surcease
from the cares and worries of business
life
In the development of their colts,
from the time the horses first enter the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
How Long wilIlN stay rbsr,

There are times when am blue,
And you bet hate 'em too. : tfsgsfa
There are times when there mo 10y IN
anything. = Y y tltt. 4. .sS'-,,
When dark clouds come cross my sky.
When ] almost wnnt- to cry, y, y
When I.cuss, instead Of praise, tho BIRDS
that sing. s-1 Il Sis y .{'itf,,y
But that's when I'm busted nat.
When1'm realizing that =, III
I'm rlghtgup against the commonest~os
woes,
But it's Just tine other way;
There's no night--it's all bright day--
II only have dollar In my clothes.
There Is nothing quite so sad :.
I TO one almost always glad
Than 10 Know his pockets don't contAip .
cent. t NJ
All his chcerfulness will fade, iiffe
Into deep dcorair he'll wade. s.i.
And he'll wonder whore on earth his
money went, ~
Hut the sun win shine once more,
Shine ~ brightly a. before.
And hs'Ilsfset q tings Of Joy cisar - ~
When the time arrives that he Y
Can dig wherc M coin nhQuld ho
And discover he's : toiiar IN his clQtkeA
-. ysSonyeS) )47ook
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
keene and SYsonbY.

In the peerless Sysonby, probably the
greatest race horse that was ever foal-
ed In any country, Keene found his
chief delight. He frequently referred
TO him as the greatest horse that ever
lived. Every time Sysonby beat bis
field homeland he did so in every race
except one-Keene would shake hands
with everybody. from stable boy to
state senator, and stand by his horses
side for an hour and sing his praises.
But he never bet a cent on him.
The victory of Sysonby meant moth
ing to him except the keen delight of
owning the fastest horse. The value
of the stake was a mere incident.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

Jeff knocked me against them and
bounded into a rishthand jolt from the
big fellow The jolt on the jaw finish
cd me.
II had been out of The lighting game
for several years prior 10 this meet
ing with JEFF. ] made the match to
show the world that | still had good
fight left in me.
my sixty-ohe round fight With jack
son has often been called my greatest
battle, but my first go with jeff was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Tho Literal Victim.

They stood pensively on the platform
of the toy railroad station Mt the beau.
tiful suburb Bensonvllle.
II understand you clearly" said the
victim. "You told me that the proper
ty was but stones throw from tho
station. Where is it?"' y, ~. II.
"Its just up the road BIT" replied
the real estate man.
But 1t should be right here. You
said stones throw
"Yes." ~
"Now, see here. sir" cried the vic
tim testify, "you know blamed well
that stone can't throw"--Harpers
Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Arabs at the Hippodrome.

The management of the Hippodromc
has captured "A real live band of Bed
ouin Arabs TO the number of twen-
ty-four they are now appearing night
ly and daily at the monstrous play
house, and they lend highly pleasing
color and variety to a programme al
ready as colorful and varied as any one
could desire.
The Arabs are as 1.-the, active and
muscular Il band as ever crossed q
desert With them are their camels
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
GROUP OF pERFORFlINC ARABS -

Thc chief part of their performance
is series of novel, interesting and cx-
tremely spectacular acrobatic and
tumbling stunts, something entirely
different from those ever seen in this
country. They have the celebrated
"whirling dcrvishcs beaten fourteen
different ways from the home plate"
as George NJ. Cohan would say.
feature of the troupe Is Tio-Tio
Benga, a morsel of tanned humanity,
seemingly about twelve or thirteen
years old but. in fact, he is twenty
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

brain behind IT, A man my smile and
smile and be n holdup artist. Perhaps
Mahommcd Orias Is humble and sub
dued while at the Hippodromc, be-
cause he is afraid of the ncighboring
ticket spectators, who make Raisuli
look like a two spot In a pcnuclle deck.
or course 1t Is hardly fair of the Hip
podrome management TO subject an au-
dience to the presence of Moroccan
bandit after said audience has eluded
the clutches OF the spectators, and
they win probably put Mahommed un-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
scoREBoARDs FOR uMPIREs.

Electrical scoreboards operated from
near the home plates probably will be
adopted by the American league clubs
to indicate to spectators every decision
made during a game. instead of the
signal system by umpires' gestures
which has been under consideration.
President Johnson of the American
league has made that prediction.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

Customer-Iook here! bought .
bottle of your hair restorer last week.
and all I've got for using It 10 couple
of large bumps on my head.
Hairdresscr--GO Good graclous! must
have given you bottle of our bust de-
yeloper In mlstake!-L London Opinion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
Other Expenses.

A high priced Jockey and his add-
tional fee of s25 for winning and $40
for losing mounts bring the item of
these two employees close to 100000.
AS each man enters his horses extern
sivcly In the big stakes and overnight
races. the entrance money will foot up
$4,000 or $4,000 for each owner dur
Ing racing season. Transportation,
feed bills and stable help will easily
cat up from $4,000 TO $4,000 more. IT
Will be seen from this that at least
100000 should be won by each of this
trio of turfmen to keep him even.
Mr.. Keene's stable succeeded last
year, but the Belmont and whitney
horses failed These gentlemen. there
fore, lost money by racing horses last
year. Herman b. Duryea, who does
not own large stable of race horses
and has no stud farm. Is not under
such great expense. but his outlay was
considerably more than his horses won
last year and he, too. found that the
ledger devoted to his racing stable
fnilrd to show q profit.
Racing may have It's alluring- and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

Harry Payne Whitney probably loves
his horses less than did his father the
late William G. Whitney, but he con-
siders them his chief pleasure and
spends much of his time among them.
He bubbles over them with enthusiasm
when they win and is sorely disap-
pointed when they lose. He yelled like
a Comanche Indian when one of his
fathers horses at Morris Park, n. ",
some years ago, beat one of the best
belonging to Keene.
Since his fathers death he has been
more reserved, however, and has not
shown so plainly his delight when ono
of his horses finishes In front. In for
mer times Whitney backed his horses
heavily and was one of the plungers of
the day. but now his bets are exceed
ingly small and seldom exceed $50. and
these bets are only made occasionally.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

a whirlwind. When ! fought Jackson
| was young, fun of courage and took
more Of q chance than did in any fight
afterward."
THOMAS r.. CLARK.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

golden side. but TO the millionaire
patrons who conduct big racing and
breeding establishments II more often
proves big expense.
Harness Horse Boom.
Evidently the harness horse season
will be hummer" Already over 400
race meets have been announced. and
many more viii follow.
In the cast new circuit is form
ing, with tracks in Pennsylvania,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

Maryland, New Jersey and New York.
The arrangements Of various annual
county and state fairs have Joined in
the enterprise and beneficial results
will undoubtedly follow to the pro-
moters as well as to owners and breed
ei's of.trottcrs and PAGERS
Jim Corbstt "Reminisces."
Ex-Chainpion Jim Corbett SAYS the
greatest fight Of his career was that
with jim Jeffrics when he lasted
twenty-thice rounds With !; jeff at
Concy Island, \. Y. In speaking OF mis-
career recently Corbett gave his YER
sion OF his defeat on that occasion by
Jehries. Corbett says, ",rhe ropes beat
me that night" and in explanation
speaks as follows:
"At the time met Jcffrles at Coney
Island, In my first fight with him. May
IL. 1900, JEFF was In his prime. OUT
pointed him TWO TO one. and II the con-
test had gone the llmit---twenty-f i've
rounds--the decision would have been
mine. w
"Jeff realized this AZ we'll as did,
and. growing desperate. crowded me to
the ropes. The ropes beat me that
night. They were drawn taut
bVuneed- or like = rubber ball when
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
LOUISE CLOJJER

ism. 1t rightfully demands at least a
modicum of physical stamina
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
| Real Bandit

Another member of the band Is one
Mahommcd Orias, who was formerly
one of the outlaw Raisulfs bandits, one
of the notorious crew that made Mo-
rocco a zone of terror TO tourists and
native merchants Mahommed has a
smiling face that little betrays the ma
ture of the daring spirit and perverted
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23
II. B. Quryca.


Herman Il. Duryea takes lively in
tcrest i'm horse racing for many rca-
sons. He Is an ardent sportsman and
vigorous athlete. In the summer
months he takes early morning trips
TO his stable, dressed in a sweater and
old clothes. When the horses finish
their carly morning spins he looks
them over carefully, consults with his
trainer and usually walks home TO his
breakfast and enjoys the exercise.
When the horses race. Duryea, IL he
thinks well of their chances, bets $25
on them, and frequently he is content
with a modest $40 wager.
While Mr.. Keene's horses won over
s150,00O last year and in the neghbor-
hood of 100000 the year before, the net
profit was very small, The expenses
of stable and breeding farms such as
Belmont. Whitney and Keene maintain
will reach nearly 100000 year, the
cost OF stations and brood mares and
training expenses being very heavy.
Each owner has "a trainer that costs
him about $4,000 yearly and fee OF
10 per cent on all winnings.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-23

four. Tio-Tio's name. in Arabic, is said
to mean "a Bird and he is "a bird. He
is a bundle of steel springs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
SCOTT GETS BUSY.
He Introduces Bill to Stop Gambling
in Grain.

Washington, Dec 20.-A definite
movement to stop gambling in the nat
ural products of the country, which
may develop into a formidable move
ment against Wall street speculation,
was started in the house of representa-
tives when Representative Scott of
Kansas, the new chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture, introduced a bill
TO Prohibit dealings in grain futures
and to impose severe penalties for vio-
lations of the proposed law. The bill
is like that introduced by Representa-
tive Burleson of Texas to prohibit
gambling in cotton futures, except that
1t is aimed at grain gambling. Scott
and Burleson, although the latter is a
Democrat and the former Republi-
can, are acting together. The COM
mittee on agriculture, to which both
measures have been referred, either will
combine the two or will report both IA
vorably and ask for early considera-
ton.
The alliance between the Democrat
from Texas and the Republican from
Kansas to effect a great public purpose
is the forerunner and concrete indica-
ton of a combination already being
formed between the south and the west
to protect their mutual interests from
the corporation controlled eastern men
in both houses. The western grain men
and the southern cotton producers are
convinced that the prices of their prod
ucts are beaten down by the gamblers.
They are determined that In fighting
the gambling evil they will put their
cause above party considerations or
considerations of personal political in
terest. If they find that they can stop
gambling In wheat, corn, cotton and
other products of the soil they believe
they will open the way to stop gamb-
ling in stocks and bonds. This sub
ject is SO intimately connected with the
financial question that southern and
western men are disposed to consider
the two together.
Cotton and grain gamblers are great
1y alarmed over the prospect of this
legislation and are combining to OPP
pose 1t. The cotton exchange of New
York has issued a call to the Chicago
board of trade and all other boards of
trade in western cities to unite in an
EFFORT to save themselves by preventing
the passage of the several bills in
tended to wipe them all out of exist
ence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
UNION OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Is Proposed Through the Enactment
of Necessary laws.

looking to the enactment of laws that
will bring together on common
ground all the leading medical sys-
TENS have been adopted at a confer
ence here. Those in conference were
members of the council on medical
education for four recognized national
medical schools of the United States
the regular. homeopathic, eclectic,
and physiomedic-and a committee
from the confederation of licensing
examining boards of the United States.
The question has beer. considered by
medical schools for some time and at
recent meetings of the various schools
representatives were selected to at
tend the conference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
TWO HUSBANDS IN COURT.
Past and Present Appear Against
Woman in Divorce Suit.

Chicago, Dec. 20.-A Husband of
the past tense" went to the rescue of
husband of the present" in the di-
vorce suit of Mrs. Antonio Uhlir
Number 2" and ssNumber 81 formed
an offensive and defensive alliance
against the wife that was and is.
They appearedrbefore Judge Car
penter as witness and defendant re-
spectively. The. defendant, Joseph
Uhlir, who. in his "a years of life, also
has been married. thrice. sat for an
hour comparing notes with John Ger
veny, his immediate predecessor in
the affections of his present wife.
Number 8" expressed his envy Of
Number 2's' present lot.
Il found that being married twice
was enough Cerveny said, to Uhlir.
II wish I had been satisfied with
two times" Uhlir said regretfully.
Mrs. Uhlir. who is So years old, told
the court of the cruelty of the de-
PENDANT.
Uhlir denied the charges of his wife
Cerveny then took the stand and
testified concerning the complainant's
habits while he lived with her.
81 could stand it only seven yeare
of the fourteen we were married." he
said.
Judge Carpenter will hear argu-
mentS of the attorneys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
JESSIE BURKE Is ALIVE.
Insurance Company Has Paid Policy
on Her. Life.

New York, Dec. 20.-All doubt as
to the identity of the young woman
buried at Rochester last October as
Jessie NJ. Burke, seems to be cleared
up by the receipt by her mother of a
letter from Jessie,s who is in New Or
leans. Before she died, the young
woman buried at Rochester said her
name was Ella May Burke. known on
the stage as Mignon Worth. Mrs.
Burke, however, identified the body as
that of her daughter Jessie who had
run away from home several years
ago to go on the stage. So complete
was the Identification that the Metro
politan Life Insurance company paid
a small policy on the girls life.
Ella May Burke, the dead girl, is
said to have come from Chicago. She
and Jessie Burke were no relation,
yet so much alike did they look and
SO near alike were several birthmarks
they bore. that even the mothers eyes
were deceived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
ISLANDS TO SPARE.
1t Is Found That There Are 1900 in
the Philippine Group.

San Francisco, Dec. 2O.-When
Uncle Sam acquired the Philippine
Island he learned from the Spanish
charts that there were about 1900 of
them. After a few ships had pune
tured holes in their bottoms in water,
which, according to the charts was
deep, the question of making new
charts was taken up by the United
States coast and geodetic survey and
the result to date has been to arouse
grave distrust of the Spanish guides
to navigation. DR.. G. E. Yeagle, who
has been attached as surgeon to the
coast survey steamer Fathomer for
the last two years, arrived here from
the Orient on the liner China.
DR.. Yeagle says that the American
survey, which will not be completed
for ten years, already shows that there
are 1880 islands in the archipelago.
The American surveyors found the
Spanish charts full of remarkable in
accuracies.
The United States steamers Faith
omer, Pathfinder Research, Marin
duQue and Romblon are now engaged
in the work of charting Philippine
waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
Is A TEEToTAIiER COMPETENT?
Question Arises in Selecting a Jury to
Try a Saloon Case.

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Wh ether a "tee-
totaIer" is competent to serve as q
juror in the trial of Thomas Chamaies
for operating a Sunday saloon in vio-
lation of the state law was question
that caused a deadlock for more than
an hour between contending attorneys
in Judge Heaps court room.
On behalf OF Chamales, Attorney
Austrian strove hard to get the "tee.
totaler" and prospective juror to ad-
NIT he entertained a prejudice against
the saloon business that would make
1t impossible for him to give fair
trial to the defendant. This view was
stoutly combatted by Assistant States
Attorney Northup for the prosecution
and Attorney Adolph Raphael for the
Chicago Law and Order league. They
had accepted several jurors who free
ly avowed they patronized saloons
VIII enever they felt like it, and 1t was
commended there was no incongruity
in having a total ebstainer from
strong drink on the same jury.
The prospective juror will be ex-
amined again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
A PARDON FOR A SOLDIER.
Clemency Is Shown j. NJ. Payne, u
Fort Leavenworth Prisoner.

Leavenworth, Kan. Dec. 20.-A par
don from the president has been re-
ceived at the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth for James M. Payne serv-
ing a three year sentence for obtaining
money under false pretenses. Payne
was a soldier in Battery B. Fifth ar
ttllery. He was in correspondence with
an army nurse at a post in Texas.
Payne represented himself as single
and said that he was on the point of
receiving a commission as lieutenant
and he borrowed $500 from the nurse.
He made arrangements with the Texas
girl to marry her and after several
postponements she came here and in
vestigated. She learned that Payne
was already married and that his wife
and small child were living in Atchi-
son. Payne was tried by courtmartial
on conduct to the detriment of the mill
itary service and disgrace to the uni
form. Payne had served only four
months of the sentence when the par
don came today. 1t is said that the
pleadings of his wife aided in securing
clemency for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20

Basketball Teams Long Trip.
New York, Dec. 20.-Columbia
university's basketball team leaves to-
day for a trip through the south and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
Leavenworth Miners Strike.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 20
Forty-four coal miners employed at
the Brighton mine struck last night
because they were not paid in the
regular manner Tuesday. It is said
that more employees will strike unless
they are paid before the week Is out.
The Brighton coal mine was closed
twelve years ago because of a strike
and only reopened last summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20

west which will cover $500 miles ana
will be one of the longest ever made
by a college athletic team. The first
game will. be played tonight with the
Georgetown university team at Wash
ington. Ten men will make up the
SQUAD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
Killed by natural Gas.

Wellington, Kan, Dec. 2o.-Fred-
erick Bennett. 20 years old, a lineman
in the employ of the Missouri & Kan
sas Telephone company, was killed by
natural gas fumes at the Taylor
rooming houseton West F'ourtn street
Wednesday night. The BODY was dis
covered Thursday afternoon. ne sept
in small room in which was gas
stove with no f1ue connection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
GOLD FROM THE SOUTH.
Steamer Brings s1,s5O,OOO to Boston
Bank.

Boston, Dec. 20.-The steamer Cor
onda which arrived today from South
American and West Indian ports,
brought s1,95O,OOO in gold from
Montevideo for the Second National
bank of this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
Has Reached $1o7,so7, 900.

Eickleheimer & Co.. ,ocay engaged
100000 in gold for import. This
makes a total of $107.307, 900 gold en-
gagged abroad since the present move
ment began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
The DoubIe Track,

OF the Union Pacific r. R. between To-
peka and Kansas City is a model in it's
49, WY ar daiIv that are models of con-
venience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-20
OTTAWA Five Defeats X. q.

Ottawa, Kan, Dec. 20. = Coach
Brummage's Ottawa university basket
ball team defeated the K. U. five here
last night in a hard fought contest,
80 to SO.
The Washington times., 1907-08-06
REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS
PLACED ON RECORD

Moore and BarbOur's AdditiOn-Frank
L. Slaymaker to William X. Melchiar,
lot IS. block 4. so.
Pandle Highlands-U. s. Realty Com
p9ny to William NJ. Hunt. lot 10 block
h62-. $40.
18th street southeast. between f and
G. streets-Karl +. Brodt TO Babette
Haas, part original lot Is. square SIC. SO
Addition 10 lie Droit Park-Abner
Greenleaf to Edith NJ. Cowling. lot Ga.
block g. $40
l236 Thirty-ffth street northwest
Rose A Stohlnan ct vir, Charles p, to
Lillian +. Williams, lot 81, square lZ21.
SO
Barry Farm-Wiiliam II. Underiue et
ux. 10 Chester +. Johnson. part lot 23.
section 1. SO
70S 20 ia Twenty-third street north
west-James F. Hood ct al. trustees, 70
Simon and Gustave Oppenheimer, part
original lot 16. square q. SO
Fourteenth street southeast-Henry
5. Walter ct ux. TO Walter H Murphy.
lot q. square 1858, SO.
1913 COrcOran street northwest-Henry
l. Plum ct uX- 20 5. Cornelius CisseI, lot
1O4, square 155, SO