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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS &cAFES.

of the crops Of the preceding FIVE years.
He ADDS that eight such crops as that OF
1907 would pay for duplicating every mile
Of steam railroad in the U..ited States.
with terminals. rolling stock, and all
property.
The wheat crop of 1907 is 625,576 ooo
bushels, per cent less than the average
quantity for the five preceding years. But
cent more than the average although the
crops of 1901, 1902 and 1905 had each O
slightly higher value. than that of this
year. --'
estimated to be from $3.50. O0O,O 900 to $685.
100000. take third place, if In the final
estimates 1t does not displace hay for Sec
ond rank. The commercial expectations
are that the crop will be found to be the
third one in size ever raised. and percepti.
bly, larger than the average crop of the
previous five years.
Enforcement of Pure Food Law.
The Secretaries of the Treasury. OF
Agriculture and of Commerce and Labor
October II. 1906, promulgated compre-
hensive set Of regulations for the enforce
ment of the so-called pure food law. The
law became effective January 1, 1907, and
since that time the force of the bureau
Of chemistry, which does all analytical
work under the law, has been more than
oOuDieQ. "A force Oh 1000 inspectors has
been appointed, branch inspection labora-
tories have been located in sixteen cities,
and a board Of food and drug inspection
has been established in Washington. The
inspectors gather samples of suspected
foods; the bureau of chemistry analyses
the samples in the branch laboratories or
In the Washington laboratory (sometImes
BOTH, and all questions arising are con-
sidered by the board of food and drug
inspection. Food manufacturers are cor
daily supporting the principles of the law,
and no court cases were instituted during
the year.
Under the law Of June 80, 1906, the de-
partment's work in inspecting meat has
greatly increased. July 1, 1907, $3.50 em-
p!oyes were engaged In meat inspection,
compared with 981 the year before; 70S
in 1876 cities had the bene-
fit Of inspection, but only 1863 establish.
ments and IS cities the year before. The
inspection covered 50,999,034 animals,
nearly all of them inspected both before
and after slaughter; 1872 carcasses and
629,S76 parts of carcasses were con-
demned for disease or other cause The
inspection of finished products to deter
mine their condition has shown that near
ly one hundred varieties of products which
were In circulation prior to the new law
were in conflict with it, but now, as q,
general rule. the packing houses are COM
plying with the law.
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FINE SPORT AT BENNING TRACK
the Cardinals win be q faetor. MdElesky
il q fighting Irishman- He, won't gut and
he has some good new material

the Cardinals win be q faetor. MeElesks
10 q fighting Irishman. He won't gut and
he has some good new material II =.
Pulliam looks to see the Giants make .
better race next season II Slsthsvson
turns up tn good! condition and q new star
txirler IL found among the 3ssecruita.
It 10 said President Charley Murphy Of
the Chicago Cubs wants the world 9
championship series extended, In order to
insure the club owners getting more cash.
This is eommendable. fRen Charley
point Of view.
Ty Cobb led the American League In
stealing bases. Little do .the fans know
how Ty suffered to secure this snonor.
More than half the season his sides were
bruised and raw from sliding. 81. x: -.
The rumblins Of another base bali
earthquake is heard in StFTouis. Jimmy
McAleer is still Dissatisfied with tho per.
sonnet Of the Browns and ID saad TO be
engineering another three-cornered deal.
Cleveland means to hand its booze light
ers anti-booze contracts for the coming
season. Detroit tried this and It proved
q failure. Give the average player a
square deal and no restrictions will be
found necessary.
Some merry western gentlemen continue
to talk Of forming new eiGht-club major
league, and they have even gone SO far as
to call . meeting here on December IL.
This proposed new league Is q Joke with
the wise old magnates.
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dotch Champion Wrestler.

MONTREAL, Quebec, November 3d.
Frank Gotch last night defeated Yankee
Rogers in Q wrestling match for the
catch as-catch-can championship o.
America. Gotch secured two straight
falls in twenty-four and one-haIf and six
teen minutes. ~ - .-,..-. . ~.
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ODESSA. November 3O-Since Monday
or this week thirteen terrorists have been
hanged here. The swift Justice which 10
oeiEg m ted by the field courts-martiai
Is having an excellent effect on the dis.
orderly element. and is encouraging the
police to more fearless performance az
their duties.
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For tnree.yesr-oIds and upward; $500 ADDED

J. Good start; won driving; Miss Crawford. en-.
N a hy Tenuy-Flo II: owned BY W. ". OAR
den; trained BY B. FRANKLIN. = f
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Out in Cleveland they are trying to
form "a gigantic club Of rooters." This
is necessary In the home Of the Maps.
where the natives pay no attention to
clever plays and only make Q noise when
the home team makes an error. Queer
bunch Of fans In Cleveland. =
..- - - -
Says Harry Puliiam. president Of the
National League: 1.-THE race in the Ma
tional League viii be q war In 1908, and
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oosfA6ERCIAL pUOKpIN LEAGuE.

Victory for Cleveland Park.
The Cleveland Park foot ball squad wor
its first game Of the season against the
second Western team by the score Of II
to.5 Tho touchdowns for Cleveland Park
were made by Walker and Gillian.
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Experience" Wins Race.

entirely TOO mucn use OF MS mount speed
and ran him leg-ueary.
Experience" Wins Race.
The result was strong proof Of what
racing. experience can accomplish even in
a contest between troop horses. saddler
McGrath. who rode Gregg, was at one
time an exercise boy at the Sheepshead
track. While lad he learned the points
of the vocation Of a Jockey. During his
essential to have some degree OF patience
with horse to keep his head as a support
to failing strength, and that the winning
post can never be gained quickly by Fore
six furlongs. This knewledge. impaired
to him by trainers. enabled him t. tout
ride Sergt. Miller on the fastest horse,
and to earn victory with Gregg In the
this country between troop horses.
The race was q distinct triumph for
Saddler lMcGrath and was g. great
achievement on the part Of Gregg. The
gelding Is an outcast from the United
States service Recently he was con-
demned as unfit for the cavalry. A prics
of $50 was placed upon him by board OF
army officers, and was ordered 70 be
sold IN the next batch Of horses from
Fort Myer. This sale will take place In
two weeks and any man may purchase
him on payment Of SEQ. His fault. in
the eyes OF the army men, lies In promi-
nent "withers.'
Troopers Eager for Contest.
There were twelve horses entered. They
came from Fort Ethan Allen, VT (;
Fcrt Ayer, Va, and from the battery
stationed at the Jamestown exposition.
Not a, horse was missing at bnGle call.
All swefe ridden by troopers. The
horses were equipped with the: regulation
saddles and brides. The weights TO be
carried were not specified, ana Al they
met at catch" weights the riders were
Weight was only taken as matter OF
record, for future guidance to the officers
Of the mounted service. The riders OF the
FIRST four horses that finished. weighed:
Randolph. $50 Hughes); bay gelding, 18th
Cavalry, 1873 Smith.
There was ssP,E sreyeswhen tn rec
"5 to I and take your pick" There was q
tip eut on Dooley, and he was well backed
by the men Of Troop II, 18th Cavalry.
Then the rumor began to spread that
Gregg was an old thoroughbred. This re-
port proved false, but as McGrath bad
been an exercise boy the crowd followed
his fortune on the score that he had plenty
of experience in race-track riding.
Col Hatheld . Spectator. :
When the race, was called Col. Hatheld
the commanding officer at Fort Myes, &c
copied the Invitation Of the stewards te
view the race from their stand. The
tweiye horses filed out of the paddock
and slowly paraded past the grand stand
and to, the six-turlong post, at which
the starting barrier had been erected
startsE tsasidy got the hoFsss Hignse
der -Iackesa, ybeyed hfs instruction:
to the letter. The result was a fine start
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Virginia Triumphs in. Troopers
Initial Race.
- =: - go. .--'- e
GOOD. RIDE TURNS TRICK
Gregg Of Fort Myer by Squirt
Finishes First. .e..
~-tyf ..---.-
WRIGHT WINS AMATEUR CUP
Army ana Navy Wind Up Seasons
Foot Ball-Fitzgerald Beats
's-'' Andy McGarry. '':' --'
WRIGHT WINS AMATEUR CUE

The race; between horses belonging to
troops and batteries of the cavalry and
field artillery Of the United States Army
Corps, which was decided yesterday at the
Benning track. was q. thorough success.
and In the opinion of turfmen 1t was
worthy of repetition at, the race meet
ings on the great tracks in New York
state. The race was: won BY the chest
nut gelding Gregg Of Troop 6. 18th Cav
airy, Fort Myer. Va, ridden by Soldier
James G. McGrath. The time OF the six
furlongs was 1.33. -
No contest here this season aroused
more interest. The fact that the fastest
horse failed TO Win did not detract from
the keen enjoyment Of the race. Tho
contest was spectacular and the finish
keenly contested, but 1t proved. like many
another race between horses, that the
riders are potent factors In the result.
1t was, another case of where the
fastest horse had to succnmb at the
end through. incompetent horsemanship.
while superior. work tn the saddle trt-
umphed. Dan, q bay seldinS, eight years
old, that had been shipped from Fort
Ethan. Allen, VT, had tho speed Of his
field, and should have won easily, but
Sergt. Roy A. Miller. who rode him. made
entirely too much use Of his mounts speed
MA ran him 1e1-unearv
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Good start: won easily; winner owned By Troop
G, 18th Cavalry, Fort Myer.
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THIRD RACE
FOURTH RACE.

Army Mounted Service cup. for cavalry horses:
Nh uix ASsrlAnRa.
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CANTWELL PITCHED
GEORGETOWN TO VICTORY

Yale only touched Cantwell for three hits
yesterday upon Georgetown Field, and as
a result the blue and gray won from the
Ellis by a score of to 1. 1t looked as
though the tall boy who has been on the
local amateur slab for SO long was going
to redeem the performance of the other
afternoon when the Princeton Tigers
slammed his shoots In every direction.
From the beginning he had a deceptive
curve that had the heavy batsmen from
New Haven on the move. Tad Jones,
batter in every sense of the word, STOOD
before the plate and famed like he mad
never been up against such big game be-
fore Chaplin, another heavy hitter ana
the catcher of last season who Is filling the
right garden this year. also did his best
to connect safely from time to time. but
without success. Camp, the second base
man. who wears glasses and at times
bats like a fiend, would stand for a time
before the plate and then pitch the bat
down dejectedly after three strikes had
been called upon him.. If the Yale team
batted like Church the third baseman, the
story might have been different, for our
ing the contest he managed to get two OF
the three safe bingles Of the Yale team,
Kinney, the shortstop. getting the other.
Myer was pitching for Yale, and II ne
had received the support that CantWeH dlo
from the men behind him, the story OF the
contest might have been different, for at no
time did the man from New Haven seem
to lose his nerve even in the most trying
moments when the opposing team was lke-
" to score Clifford, the Yale center fielder.
also did some sensational catching of long
flies that came into his garden, and upon
more than one occasion the Georgetown
contingent in recognition of the fine work
done gave him Hoya. The score is as
follows:
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an exhibition affair. McGraw's actions
last season were mainly responsible for the
Giants failure to finish anywhere near the
Cubs. his muckerish tactics disorganiZing
his team. Some people are too thickheaded,
however, to ever get wise.-Cleveland News.
Manager Griffith has delivered an ultima
tum against poker and has put certain re-
strictions billiards and bowling. The
latter game he has advised his athletes
to cut out altogether. He will stand for
billiards at night, but not in the morning
before game, as he thinks it tires play
er out to keep walking around table.
little game of draw on the train will
not be barred, but he has forbidden hotel
sessions Griff argues that there are no
short poker games and that long seance
tires man out and makes him lose Sleep
Financial losses do not enter in his argu-
ment. He wants to guard against physi-
cal losses. Bowling, he thinks, Is bad for
ball players at any time of the year.
'Tll never forget the first time I saw
Elmer Flick play" says Charley Somers,
owner of the Cleveland club. at was soon
after he had joined the Phillies and was the
occasion of the first trip of that team
to Cleveland in 1893 after Flick had joined.
Bedford was deserted that day, all the
residents coming up to Cleveland to see Ell
mer play. His father and mother were in
the stand and perhaps they did not have
cause to feel proud. for Elmer made hit
every time he came to bat. l got stuck on
him then. and when 1 had the chance to
land him for Cleveland 1 was the happiest
owner in the business
The Detroit and Cleveland scribes are
arrayed in battle against each other on
trying to settle to their own satisfaction
which of the two is the better base ball
town. The Detroit Times man says
cleveland has become. in the judgment Of
experts. base ball crime" To this the
Cleveland Press man replies: 'If Cleve-
land is base ball crime. Detroit is a
fiendish atrocity. That punkest of all
punk base ball towns; that minor league
village four-fushing in major league COM
pany; that short-skate locality where they
have only one good crowd a year-on open
ing day; that place where the pop corn
man makes more noise than the two root
ers who go out on pleasant Saturday aft
ernoons; that knockers paradise. where
home run with the bases full brings
about one-third as much applause as any
Cleveland toiler gets for q clever sacrifice
hit; that Joke town where the daily attend
ance is flashed as 1000 meaning anywhere
from 1913 to 674. according to the weather.
that prehistoric hamlet where they don't
even have baseball extras! Oh, slosh!''
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PRELIMINARIES OF
NATIONAL GUARD MEET

The preliminary heats in the 50-yard nov
ice 5O-yard dash. 22O-yard dash. 1O0-yard
hurdles, 220-yard hurdles, potato race. shot
put and high jump for the National Guard
meet were run off last night in the drill
hall of the armory.
The list Of entries for this meet is I'M
usually large this year, as the only open
event on the program, the relay, has at
tracted many teams
The following have qualified for the finals
in their respective events:
5O-yard novice-N. B. Beale. Mcfarland.
WIlhort Fl. Babcock.
Potato race-Giovanhoni, Hubbard, Daily,
Royce. Mcfarland Sheers.
220-yard hurdle-White. Lorando, Daily.
-put-Reges, Bopp. Atkinson, Schlos-
ser.
50-yard dash-Schlosser, Royce. Brittson,
Lorando, Clark, Reyes.
iO0-yard hurdle-Clarke, Royce. White.
90 yard dash-Dennis, Schlosser, Wilhort,
Mcfarland.
High jump-Reges. Schlosser, White, Win
gate, B0pp.
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VINO ID playing tne game OF his LIE at second
while sehlady Is taking care of first base in Hick.
man absence.
single, two illustrations of timely tapping.
Ganley reached first and second on err
rors in the fifth. Cross lined to short By
brilliant base-running Ganley got from sec
derson flied.
The seventh round was life-saver for
Washington.
On a wild throw of his grounder Kitson
hit to center. Cross walked, filing the
bases. Bandit Altizer scored Kitson and
Ganley with wallop to center. Ander-
son hit to left, scoring Cross and putting
for cutting third. Anderson and Altizer
then successfully worked the double steal,
and the bandit was safe at the plate
Schlafy was an infield out.
Nationals Last Run.
There came an unearned run in the
eighth. Mil was safe on Scharnwever's
error. He stole second and went to third
ON q wild pitch. Kitson's long fly brought
him home Cross flied in the ninth. Altizer
doubled and stole third. Schlafy famed,
but Mil put Altizer over the pan with a
two-sacker to left fence. Heydon popped to
second.
Springfield got run in the first after two
were out. Doyle singled to center and
continued to second when Aiuzer booted the
ball Novacek's double scored Doyle in the
third. Tom Hughes received one OF the
worst commandments Of his career. Thorn
ton walked and Ruby sacrificed. A single
by Doyle, double by Novacek. singles by
Hughes Smith and Scharnweber. and a
double by Reardon, netted four runs. There
would have been six runs but for clever
throws by Ganley and Altizer. which nipped
one man at second and another at the plate.
Kitson was rushed to the rescue in the
fifth The veteran was in fair form. except
in the seventh. when an error by Schlafly.
pass q single and double gave Springfield
two runs. -
Washington left here last night for In
dianapolis. where game will be played
today and tomorrow.
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YALE COACHES
SERIOUSLY, INJURED

While the Yale base ball team was re-
turning to hotel after the game with
Georgetown yesterday William L. Lush,
the Yale coach and former outfielder Of
the Cleveland American League team, was
struck in the eye by q missile thrown by
boy and was so badly injured that 1t was
thought he might lose the sight OF that
eye A few minutes later Fred Tenant
an employee of the Yale team, was Kicked
by one of the horses drawing the omnibus
and Tenants leg was fractured. Both
men are under treatment and the club left
for home last evening without them.
1t was stated this morning at the hos
pitfalls where the injured men were taken
that both are improving. At the Episcopal
Ear, Eye and Throat Hospital it was ex-
planned that Mr.. Lush is in much better
condition than he was last night. DR..
Wilmer expressed the belief that the sight
of the eye will be saved.
The police report that Francis Dronen-
berg. fifteen vars of age. residing at 2Soa
Dumbarton avenue. threw the stone which
inflicted the injury. They also reported
that friends of Lush decided not to prose-
cute the hoy
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
EASY FOR QUAKERS

The bum and blue colors of the George
Washington team were trailed in the dust
yesterday afternoon at Van Ness Park
when they met the University of Penn
sylyanfa team. and the latter won by a
score of 10 to 3. 1t was Pennsylvania
all the way. and at no time during the
entire contest had the local team a chance
to win.
Brady. who was on the firing line for
the winners. showed by his work that he
is one of the best college pitchers In the
east He famed fourteen batters and al
lowed but three hits. Carr. who did the
box stunt for the local team, was touched
up for total Of ten hits. one of which
was triple and two of them doubles The
fielding of the local team was simply a
farce. as ten errors were ehalked against
them.
For the winners, Chic" Thomas, the old
Central High School star, was at the
third corner sack. and played fine game.
his one error being a hard chance while
at the bat he led hfs team, getting three
hits, two OF which were doubles. Carter.
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WAR Department TEAM
TO LEAVE THE LEAGUE

The War Department base ball team has
declared itself out OF the Departmental
League race.
Although unusually good material appears
to be available this year. both in the de-
partment proper and at Washington bar
racks-where the strong 18th Infantry team.
which won twenty-four straight games at
Detroit last season, is now stationed
Manager Dillon. who paid the expenses Of
the War team last year. has decided that
financing an amateur ball team in Wash
ington Is about on a par with entertaining
a mollycoddIe with brainstorm punches.
The practice which obtains In other ex-
ecutive departments of collecting money by
subscription to defray the expenses of the
respective ball teams is no. permissible in
the War Department. The employees OF the
Department of Agriculture, 1t is stated.
subscribed upward Of $500 last year to
properly maintain its pennant- winning
team.
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Notes of the Track.

Okenites good showing yesterday dra WIS
attention to his light weight in the Carter
handicap at Aqueduct a week from Monday.
In that $4,000 event the gelding only has
ninety nine pounds and should take a lot of
beating.
Those who remembered The Stars train
ing notes before the meeting about Jupiter s
good work with Tickle, and also the fact
that his boy lost both stirrups in his first
race last week, did not let the long price
offered yesterday scare them. The Hall
stable has certainly struck it's gait with
Giles, Tickle and Jupiter. And the end is
not yet word to the wise. etc.
Greene was well supported by Owner Cas-
sidy and his friends. although he showed
up sore. But he wormed out of it in the
race and showed so well that he'will do to
watch. He is a half brother to that great
long distance performer Ben Halliday.
The first run up of the meeting saw
Father Bill Daily lose his winner Warning
to Bob Turner for $3.50. an advance OF
$3.50 over his entered price OF this sur
owner of Turbulence. the same amount.
making second m neg worth nearly Is much
as first.
sydney Paget and T. D. Sullivan got in
from New York yesterday, and the latter
had big commission down on Workman.
Jockey Radtke must wake up at the post
or hackers will begin to scratch him in
short races. On Marksman he was clearly
caught mapping ana iOSl Ten lengths dl tHo
break, a mishap that lost him the race,
considering the gap he closed later.
Horses that are stabbed outside OF the
track must be in the paddock in time. as
the owner of Edwin H. found out to his
cost after the horse was ordered scratched
Those who took as a bunch the mishap
to the Belmont automobile for alleged
scorching and backed the stable yesterday
shook hands with themselves after they
had "parleyed their Okenite winnings on
Queens Souvenir And yet they say there
is no luck in racing!
Berkeley ran so poorly after getting
away well that form players will throw the
race out. The big chestnut needs racing,
and his two attempts may help to fit him.
Platoon Is not any bigger than q pony.
but he is a fast little horse. and must be
considered in his company at light weight.
Gen. Fownes believes. that his recently
graduated maiden Marster can stay as well
as sprint In good company. We shall
know more about him after he meets some
fast milers today.
Had Highlander given the Madden colt
Dead Gone bit of breather he would
have been In the money beyond much
doubt. but he ran the colt into the ground
in the first three furlongs.
Giles stumbled at the start and had q lot
of ground to make up. This little colt Is
as game as he Is speedy.
1t was the first public appearance OF
Pierre Lorillard's timber topper Mooksie,
and the daughter Of Bassetlaw made a fair
showing.