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this side of the ocean so sweeping as of
late years. He had not yet established the
Castleton stud, but relied his material
either from ready made race horses, as in
the cases of Dan Sparkling. Spendthrift and
others, or from the yearling lottery from
which he was fortunate enough to secure
at WOODBURY. the great Foxhall, still con-
sidered by many the best race horse
tory.
FoxhalIs Caesarewitch and Cambridge
shire successes, the latter with 126 pounds
up, rs a three year-old. from thirty-tWo
other horses of all ages, electrified the Eng
lish turf world and landed his owner wagers
amounting to 100000. besides the stake
values. He also won the Grand Prize of
Paris, Ascot cup and other great races.
Jockey Garrison's First Big Stake.
Among the two-year- entered by the
keene stable in the first Great Eastern
were the four maidens. Sugar Plum, Sinaloa,
Fandango and Dutch Roller. None of them
on form was much, and all were certain to
get in the handicap light. SO, after trial
between the four, won by Dutch Roller very
easily. the latter was quietly pointed for
the new event, for which he had been given
the featherweight of 30 pounds.
BY Dutch Skater, out of Constantinople
Dutch Roller was an elegantly bred colt. His
sire, a great race horse in France and Eng
land was by the FLYING Dutchman-Fuie
by Gladiator, while his dam. a daughter of
Lord Lyon. was equally well bred. I'm
ported with his dam, Dutch Roller devel-
oped into a racy-looking two-year-old, not
q giant, but a powerful. chunky built fell
low.
An English boy named Day was riding
for the Keene stable that year, but he could
not possibly make the ninety pounds allotted
to Dutch Roller in the Great Eastern. So
the rising young jockey Garrison was en-
gagged two weeks ahead at q liberal fee
whether he won or not. Two weeks before
the race. Dutch Roller was started in an
overnight purse, in which he ran a strong
fourth to some good youngsters from the
Dywer Lorillard and kittson stables.
In this race Dutch Roller had up fifteen
pounds more than his Great Eastern
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become one of the most popular features OF
the Coney Island fall meetings In 1884
Green Morris, then In partnership with ].
d. Patton of Missouri, won the Great East
ern with his Ten Brock colt Ten stone
ridden by j. Caldwell. He had 1O5 pounds
up.
Pierre Lorilard's great FLY Dewdrop
with no pounds up and Olney in the sad
die. landed the Great Eastern in 1885. That
was a great year for the master Of Ran
cocas.' outside of Pontiac's Suburban VIC
tory, when the police stopped all betting at
Sheepshead Bay And the 500. 900 coup
planned dwindled down to about one-tifth
of that amount. got on in private wagers
and the winter betting books.
j. b. Haggin's gigantic colt King Fox
nearly seventeen hands high won with 125
pounds up in 1885. Then Bookmlker Joseph
Cllman's Raceland G1S) proved the victor
IN 1887. and was sold at Washington that
fall to August Belmont for $1,000. In 1883
the Castle stables great little colt Diablo
took up 1l8 pounds and won, He was not
much bigger than Ginettc. but when older
took up big weight and won many stake
events Senator Hearst of California won
with Tournament. % pounds. in 1889. Then
IN rapid succession the annual vlctors were
Byron McClellands Sallie McClelland 12i
pounds in 1880. and John DAYS Ludwig,
Jos in 1891. August Belmont won it the
next two years 1S92 and 1899 with Lady
Violet, 1875. and Jack Of Spades. ia; and
the Morris stable in 1894 with Gutta Per-
cha, JOG pounds uD.
In 1895 the Brookdale stables One / Love,
100 pounds landed the prize. and Marcus
Ogden. in 1896, with 125 pounds. after hav-
ing previously won the Futurity. John
Madden's great colt Hamburg won the best
Great Eastern. from a weight standpoint,
in 1897 with the crusher of 1876 pounds up;
and the succeeding victors were +. q. Pep
per's Black Venus. 1l3. in 1898: Bromley's
Mesmerist. 1870. won in 1899. and s. c. Hill
dreth's Beau Gallant 10Y. in 1900. Then
followed Endurance by Right. 1876. in 1901;
Golden I'm 1902. LADY
ia. in 1903: Tradition. 12s, in 1904: BurgO-
master. 130. in 1905. and Sewell. 1Os. a year
ago. The Great Eastern's record shows the
top weights to great advantage as a rule.
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TO PLAY BALTIMORE TODAY
LOCAL CRICKETERS WILL MEET
ST. GEORGE.
Second Game Between the Teams Will
Take Place ON the Grounds Near
Chevy Chase Circle.

The final intercity match game, TO be
played on the home grounds at Chevy Chase
Circle. will be played today between the
Sons of St. George Cricket Club OF Balti-
more and the Washington Cricket Club
The game Will be called at - o'clock The
final intcrcity match between these teams
Will be played at Baltimore the 10th in
slant.
The members of the home team hope to
even up the score which resulted from the
last match between these clubs. recently
played in Baltimore, and have been indulg-
ing in hard practice in preparation for the
match As a final practice and for the pur-
pos. of obtaining q line on the form OF the
players hard practice match wa s. played
yesterday on the home grounds between
members selected 10 represent the captain :
and presidents teams of the club. capt.
Cannon had the players constantly on the
go with the result that the tie ldIng was not
only sharp and clean. but several senSa-
tiOnal plays were made, among which was
a difficult cne-Aand catch by SOuSa- The
scoring of runs was rather difficult because
OF the fielding but Warren was able to run
up Is before being bowled by a wicked
Yorker" sent in by Davis.
AS a result of the practice game yester-
day Capt. Cannon will make his selection
following players: Cannon (captain), Brem-
ner, Davis. Warren, Roberts, Burke, Pigott,
Jowsey. Lake, Barr, Sousa, Seitz, McCub-
bin and Dyer.
The score of the practice game of yester-
day follows:
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weight; and Day. who rode him, told Mr.
keene when he dismounted in the paddock
that at ninety pounds he would beat moro
than would beat him In the big race So
impressed was Mr.. Keene with his Jockeys
opinion, added to what his trainer had
already said about the colt that he turned
to his friend and confidential agent De
Courcey Forbes, with I'VE have had a poor
year at home and abroad De Courcey
Guess we had better try to make our years
stable expenses with this colt" Forbes
assented with the remark, And 1t won't
take much to do It either. He'll be at long
odds in the betting"
Dutch Roller was not started again until
the day of the big race, The meeting at
the Bay had been phenomenally successful
thus far, and the best horses in training
had drawn large daily crowds from all sec
lions.
Big Field for the Eastern Inaugural.
Nineteen colts and FLIES were posted as
starters. George Lorillard sent three to the
post-Thackeray, III; Louisette, 49, and
Economy, los. Pierre Lorillard two-Leo
104, and Huron, 100. Commodore Kittson
two-Panique, 107, and Allia, lO6. D. D.
Withers two-the Cyclone colt, 1O7, and
homage, ZIG, While the other starters
were Mr. Kelso's Water Lily, 1O6; E "
Snedeker's Duchess, 113; Fannin & Co s
Decoy Duck, 107; w. l.. Scott's Greystone.
10l; Dryers Ecuador. ia: w. p Burch's
Mittie B., 100; W. Walden's Tou, 100;
Byron McClelland's Blast, 100; Clipsiana
stables Sandotal, 90, and ]. R. keene's
Dutch Roller. 90 pounds.
The three-quarter mile chute had not yet
been built, and all these short races were
run around the ring, which made them that
much harder to estimate. But on public
form the race looked to lie between the
youngsters carrying Pierre and George
Lorillard's colors, although there were sew
eral other maidens, like the Keene colt
Dutch Roller, about whom coups had been
planned. Among these was the Carolina
owned FLY, Decoy Duck, whose trials had
been little short of wonderful. And In the
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Waddell's Excuse When an Actor.

When the merry Mr.. Waddell, who, 1t is
claimed, has caused Connie Mack's hair to
gray rapidly, was an actor in that spectacu
ular drama entitled THE Stain of Guilt"
he was not always to be depended on to
show up at the theater in time for the
performance, and sometimes he failed to
put in his majestic appearance until
couple of days had elapsed.
One night when the company was in
Chicago RUDE had an engagement to go
out with some congenial spirits, who We're
not satisfied until they had done the town
thoroughly. 1t took quite awhile to look
the Windy city over with any degree OF
thoroughness. Hours had sped by, and
night had fallen over the town before
RUDE bethought him of his engagement
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Jack Chesbro's Explanation.

Jack Chesbro Of the New York club is
noted for his immense appetite. and on &C
count of it he is subjected to lot Of good
natured kidding on the part Of the other
members of Clark Griff1th's ball team.
But the good-natured CHESHIRE doesn't
mind the guying a little bit, for Jack
though a gourmand, is by no means a
dummy.
At the Victoria Hotel the other night in
New York, where Laporte, Elberfeld, Will
liams and Chesbro were having a late sup
per after visit to the theater, the enor-
the viands caused Laporte to say to him:
Great Scott! Jack, what an enormous
appetite you have! How do you account
for the fact of your being such great
eater?"
II dunno replied Ches, as he began
tearing half of chicken into shreds, ''un
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events drew patrons with big money to in
vest. They made a big book at the prln-
cipal tracks and had a powerful racing sta
BILE, their King Alfonso FLY, Sister, having.
only a couple of weeks before. won the rich
Autumn stake for two-year-olds, at the
long odds Of so to 1. Natalie also won the
same stake for the firm the next year
1854
Going I'D to Kelly the Keene commits
sioner bet him 500 against $1,000 as a
'feeler." But Kelly only grinned as he
now. I'll take it ALL" And he got $1,000
more on Dutch Roller. making the two
transactions aggregate $4,000 or 81, 100.
Then Kelley, after talk with his partner
Bliss, sent out $500 by his outside man and
laid off that much Of the wager at the
same price.
BY this time the horses were filing out
of the paddock. and a classy looking lot
they We're, with all the principal Jockeys
sporting the silks of their respective own
ers. Walter Onley, father of the young
Jockey now riding Fontainbleu and other
horses for J. B. Brady and Matt Allen, was
up on Leo. Mclaughlin on Ecuador, Hay
ward on Louisette. Barber on Thackeray,
Donohue on Duchess, Hughes on Paniuue
Maynard on Mittie B., Walker on Sandoval.
Holloway on Tolu Shaner on Huron, Sparl-
ing on Nonag e, Fisher on Decoy Duck and
Brennan on Economy
Hermon Conkling, just appointed a Jockey
Club official in place of William Kane. de-
ceased, rode Blast. and the entire collec-
ton of riders was a notable one rarely
seen out in one race in these days Con-
spicuous among the bunch in the post pa
rade was little Garrison. bumped" up on
the neck Of Dutch Roller, and the colt
proved such a handful to the kid that q
runaway looked imminent more than once
on the way to the post
Dutch Rollers Clever Victory.
Starter Jim" Caldwell had his troubles
when he took the big field in hand at
the post. and the air was sulphuric over
there for the better part of forty min
utes. Then after he had fined several
Of the older Jockeys, and nearly scared
Master Garrison out of his wits by
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What Tom Hughes Was Requested to


When the Washington club was coming
home from its second western trip the ma
jortty of the boys were herded in the smok-
ing car. while several of the other fellows
We're scattered throughout the train passing
the time away as best they could. for max
ing these long jumps is the nightmare of a
ball players life.
elongated Tom Hughes was reposing in the
most comfortable position he could find
when ne was aroused from the lollng state
ne was in by a tap on his brawny shoulder
turning about in his seat to ascertain
who had the audacity to be so familiar.
Tom was confronted by little old man
VINO wore glasses and who regarded the big
pitcher quizzically over the rims
This Is Mr.. Hughes, the celebrated base
pan pitcher Of the Washington base ball
team, is 1t not?" inquired the little man. as
he assumed the attitude of an experienced
cross examiner
my name is Hughes. all right" replied
rom, and am a pitcher for the Wash
1ngton club too, but about the celebrated
part OF your argument 1t is not for me to
say; kind SIR" added Tom, with yawn.
Well chirruped the little man, "a
gentleman across the aisle there told me
VINO you We're l do not know anything
about base ball." he continued. but have
heard that the men who play it are I'M
usually strong individuals Am I rightly
informed?' he asked, as he perched one
leg on Toms seat.
Why" said Tom he began to sit up
| and take notice, "ball players are like other
| athletes, some are stronger than others, and
vice versa"
But you yourself Mr.. Hughes look like
a very strong man, are you not?' inquired
Well" replied Tom. II wouldn't exactly
regard myself as an invalid but at the same
time wouldn't undertake to throw Sandow
or Hackenshmidt in less time than a cou-
pie of minutes.
Eyes, yes" hurredly cried the little old
gentleman. as he caught Tom by the Shout
der. .! -awfuly glad I was not mis-
taken in supposing that you were possessed
Of a great amount of strength. for, you see,
l have seat In the next car, and I can't
get the window down. and want you to
come In and put 1t down for me-"
And before Tom. had sufficiently recov-
cred from the shock he found himself
swinging on to the top Of the window in
the next car, with the little old gentleman
standing in the aisle declaiming to the
other passengers about the strength of ball
players in general. and Pitcher Hughes in
particular
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NV VINO look AT Edward Garrison,
- the burly trainer of Lord Lovat,
would take him for the famous
- Jockey Of twenty years ago, de-
vcloped by Father Bill" DAILY,
from feather-weight lad. After the race
for the time-honored Great Eastern handi-
cap at She,pshead Bay yesterday. a race
ia; las made American turf history for
tie past twenty-five years, James Rowe,
trainer ut the Keene stable, turned to Car
rspn with the remark You don't look like
tie n.nety-pound kid l saw win the Great
Eastern handicap, In its inaugural year,
I>>3 But you are that same kid, and you
Won on Dutch Roller for Mr. Keene. At
that I rode lighter than you did for Col
Mcdaniel. I only weighed eighty-seven
pounds at Jerome Park in those four mile
races"
As Rowe tips the beam at 90 pounds and
Garrison at about 80, the bystanders ap-
rleciated this exchange Of "reminiscences be-
tween the two cx-jockeys, for only a corpo-
rails guard Of the present generation of
raCeGuers were witnesses OF these achieve
ments OF Rowe and Garrison in the saddle.
recorded at a time when good riders were
much more plentiful than now Had the
scale OF weights been raised. 1t should
have been long ago, we would have more
hrSt-Class Jockeys today.
Older than the Futurity, or indeed than
any two-ycar-old stake at Sheepshead Bay,
the Great Eastern has always been a popu-
lar event with owners and trainers. And
when the fertile brain OF the late score
tary OF the Coney Island Jockey Club, ]. CT.
X. Lawrence. evolved the new stake in
1SS3, its conditions met with instant favor.
The inaugural entry was large, ninety
seven two-year-olds. Representatives from
most Of the great stables and more than
one owner got ready for prospective coup
In the new stake.
James r. Ke1ne's stable was not so large
then as now. Nor were his successes on
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auction pools she sold equal favorite with
the Lorillard entry.
Cathcart was very heavy; Decoy Duck
$500; G. Lorillard entry, $500; P. Lorillard
entry, $3.50; Withas entry, S125; Ecuador
f Duchess, $50, and the field six horses 500
The auction selling always began before
the odds in the ring were posted, and many
of the bookmakers began their days opera
lions by becoming hackers for the time
being perhaps to lay of such investments
later, as the market might indicate
The first investment in furtherance OF the
contemplated coup ON Dutch Roiler was
made by De Courcey Forbes. Taking
front seat in the auction quarters he pur-
chased most of the Field pools sold. which
included, besides Dutch Roller. the fillies
stone Sandoval and Blast. Before the sell
ing closed Forbes had secured between
four and five thousand dollars worth OF
pools on the field" calling for close to
other five in the field proved the victor
By this time the ring had begun business,
and the layers made the Lorlllard entry
and Decoy Duck the favorites, while they
offered 20 to 1 against the keene colt
Dutch Roller. But the field was SO large
and the issue looked so doubtful that the
odds were liberal against anything IN the
race.
An $4,000 Coup.
After a conference at the club house be-
tween Owner heene and Agent FORBES, II
was decided to send thousand dollars
more into the ring on Dutch Roller. which
would make the coup net about $4,000 II
it went through. The Keene commissioner
In his round for toy prices, found that
the colt had been "nibbled" at by people
who had noticed Forbes steady purchases
of the field in the auctions. And the only
bookmakers who would take much money
that had 20 to 1 UP were Kelly & Bliss.
James Kelly at that time was power in
turf affairs in more ways than one. He
and his partner Chauncey Bliss, had a COM
modious turf exchange in 2Sth street. New
York. where pools nightly on current turf
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Practice for the Tech Eleven

Manager Thrall of the Technical High
School wants all candidates for the Tech
team to report in the schoolyard tomorrow
morning for practice. The Tech team loses
only two men by graduation this year and
plenty of good new material is expected.
Mr.. Hecox will in all probability take
every expectation that Tech will land the
high school championship. A fine schedule
has been arranged. Only light practice will
he INDUCED IN for the first few days The
first game IS with the Maryland Agriculture
College, the 2Sth instant
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Del Mason's Wit.

Del Mason, the Cincinnati pitcher who
once played In Washington. is one Of those
dry, ready-wtted characters who never
lose an opportunity to turn some incident
into jest.
Del is also known among the base pan
fraternity as being the easiest proposition
in the business to touch and though II IS
a fact not generally known, yet base pau
players are assailed in every city by peo-
pie who consider them legitimate prey
when 1t comes to begging money.
Very often it is the old down-and-out
player, who gave his coin to the barrooms
when he was getting the long green IN
punches, who tries to get a five-spot on OF
the present-day ball player. But senerany
1t is some one who claims to come from
your home city.
The other day at Cincinnati a fellow
called at Mason's hotel and after handins
Del a whole string Of hard-luck stun, ne
struck him for the kale and he got IT,
When he was leaving the hotel Mason
turned to Miller Huggins, the second pase-
man, and said:
THAT fellow reminds me Of carriage
cleaner
way?'
"Oh," drawIed Mason. in that lazy man
ner he always has, because he sponses lof
a living"
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What Abattachio Wanted to Know.

Abattachio of the Pittsburg team is one
of the cleverests boys inzthe business, and
can play any position but the pitchers.
Bach, as the fans call him, is great
fellow for going around to parlor enter
tainments, and Pittsburg is noted for this
form of relaxation. At these parlor so
Gals it is said that the clever ball player
is the real candy kid, too, on account or
his good humor and his willingness to
oblige.
The other night he. Leach and Beaumont
attended a soree at the home of some OF
the elite in the neighborhood of Mount
Washington. and the other two fellows IN
troduced Bach as an italian count.
The people present thought he was the
genuine article, and they made whole
lot over the ball player. This was espe-
cially noticeable on the part of the LADIES'
After a few the musically lncllnea
folks present had favored the hearers with
specimens -of~theiraart, both instrumental
and vocal, Beaumont told the hostess that
Abattachio was~a skilled pianist
Upon hearing this the lady OF the house
sided over to the corner where the player
was deep in converse with fair young
damsel and she asked him:
My dear count. won't you play the piano
for us?'
Sure" cried Abattachio, rising hurried
ly and going over to the instrument On
but I say" he exclaimed, where Is the
handle to the thing?"
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John M. P. Sold for $4,000.

SHEEPSHEAD BAY. N Y, September
l4.-At the disposal Of the Brownleigh Park
stable, held at Sheepshead Bay today, John
NJ. p, the imported English jumper, was
sold to ]. E. Widener for 5000. He is a
bay gelding, eight years old, by Brittanic--
Guiding Star
Sewell, first-class three-year-old was
Knocked down to the Burlingame stable,
owned by c. r. Durnell, for 5000 Fred
Burley bought King Cobalt for 81 800 and A.
Stokes paid s., 800 for King Sol
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GOES TO THE TRI-STATE.
Associations Claim to Glea-
son Denied,

BUu OGu1eU,
CINCINNATI, Ohio. September 14.-In Q
decision handed down by the national base
ball commission today the appeal of Presf-
dent o. Brien Of the American Association
from the ruling of the national board, which
awarded player H. Gleason of the ST. Paul
club to the Tri-State League, was denied.
1t appears that Gleason's name was upon
the list Of players submitted to the national
commission and to the national board by
the Tri-State League committee at the
meeting of the national board last Janu-
airy, and that O'Brien waived claim to the
player along with other players then in tie
Tri-State League. Gleason being awarded
to the Tri-State at that meeting, the COM
mission refused to reverse the decision OF
the national board.
The application of Player Oscar Knobs,
formerly of Chicago and Brooklyn National
League teams, for reinstatement, was de-
MED. the commission finding that he was
clearly a contra ct-breaker
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PRESIpENT'S TEAM.
BILLTOWN WINS OUT.
Captures the Pennant in the Tri-State
League.

WILLTAMSPORT, Pa. September If
The Tri-State League base ball season clos
Cd today. Williamsport winning the pennant
10y a margin of 10 points. The other clubs
finished IN the following order Harrisburg
Lancaster Trenton, Altoona, Johnstown
Wilmington and Reading
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RECORD FOR ANGUS POINTER
PAGES FASTEST MILE IN THE
PRESENT SEASON.
Horsemen Believe He Could Have
Gone Under the Two-Minute
Mark if Pushed.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, September 4.-The
Grand Circuit meeting closed today with
splendid racing, Angus Pointer in the 2.O3
pacing making the first heat In 2021a and
the second in 201%, the latter being the
fastest mile paced in the country this year
In his record-breaking mile Angus Pointer
took the lead at the start, and at no time
was the nearest horse within a good length
of him. 1t was the opinion of horsemen
on the grounds that If Angus Pointer had
been pushed he would have gone the mile
under the two-minute mark. Sunderlin
was wildly cheered when he drove back to
the judges stand with his fast PAGER.
The favOrites took all three races. Ethan
Roberts won his second race of the week,
the 2.ls pace, in spite of obstacles. The
first heat he was forced to the outside
and broke badly. The second heat he won
by ten lengths, but was disqualified for in
terfering with Princess Hal and Julia Mar
lowe. He paced eight heats in three days
The fourth heat, in 2.21%i, was due to the
horses back OF Ethan Roberts going to
repeated breaks.