Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-18

ton, the missing witness in the Thaw-
White case, the young woman for
! whom District Attorney Jerome wish
ed to have Africa searched. made the
above remark as an overture to her
| first statement regarding the case OF
Harry X. Thaw.
| New York, Nov. i4.-The railroad
throne of King Hartman was suddenly
assailed by two of the governments
foremost trust busters and desperately
/ defended by trio Of great corporation
] attorneys i'm the United States cir
! cult court on the occasion of the final
\ threshing out before Judge Hough OF
/ the question whether or not Mr.. Harri.
man is to tell from whom and at what
| profit the Union Pacific company ac
| uuired nearly one hundred and fifty
million dollars of the stock OF other
corporations Are we to leave the
great western territory of the United
States dependent upon one man? Is
there to he no railroad competition
between the Missouri river and the
south Pacific coast? Is congress so
impotent to prevent group of men
from controlling all the railroads of
the United States through the medium
OF stock ownership Of directors.
New York, Nov. l4.-When the bug.
Ter plays Aud Lang Syne" at the
finish of the last race at the Acqueduct
track tomorrow, the curtain will be
rung down on what has been, in many
IN the history of the American turf.
with the metropolitan season on the
eve OF It's finish. there remains hui
two weeks more Mt the Bennings track
at Washington before racing win close
altogether in the east Those who do
not follow the tlloroughbreds To the
capital and later To New Orleans and
California must foreeo their favorite
sport until the bugle calls the horses
to the post for the first race on April
II next, when a new metropolitan sea
son will be inaugiirated.
During the season now drawing to
the end there has been a dearth of
good material among the older horses,
but many high-ciass 3-year-olds have
provided excellent sport, while the 2
year-olds have heen quite up to the
average, and Colin, the champion of
his age far a favorite The perform
ances of this unbeaten son of Com
mando have alone made this season
one long to be remembered in the an
nails of the turf, while Peter Pan.
Charles Edward Snlvidere. Nealon and
others have added luster to their fame
and helped to make the season a me-
morable one.
After the racing tomorrow Walter
Miller, the star jockey. will pack his
trunk and leave for California having
decided not to stop off for the two
weeks racing at Bennings. Miller will
20 directly to the ranch of his new
employer Thomas A. Williams, and
viii remain there a month. hunting and
fishing Williams is of the opinion
that Americas premier rider is track
weary and that n month of play will
put him into condition to do the work
OF his life in California.
II is now practically certain that the
Empire City track will figure in the
distribution OF dates by the Jockey
club for the season of 1908. The sue
cess of the meeting held at the Empire
track this season was too pronounced
to be ignored by the racing kings
o. the metropolitan district, and these
men who control racing in the east
would hesitate TO take any such ar
bitrary and unpopular step as deliber-
ately to boycott Empire City and drive
It into outlawry.
The point where friction is likely to
Butler will be asked to accept. Butler
would like nothing better than to race
again during the meeting at Saratoga,
but II local opposition Is to be al
lowed to the upstate meeting. the sea
side tracks win hardly rest content
with the division of dates that has
been made in other years. Butler has
| already shown himself strong and
determined fighter, and he may be
equally rebellious If he is asked to
take dates in the early spring or
late fall, leaving the richer summer
/ dates TO the other tracks.
Reports have been In circulation for
some time of compromise that might
/ hc effected. under which the meeting
| at Saratoga would be cut down to
| ten days or 50. during which the
| Empire track would operate here in
| addition to an allotment of spring or
fall dates The Saratoga association,
It has been suggested. might migrate
bag and baggage, and, leasing the
Brighton Beach or one OF the other
Long Island tracks, reap a share OF
the richer returns that are drawn from
racing within the metropolitan limits.
But such an arrangement as this the
Saratoga association would undoubted.
ly be financial gamer, With lid
! ta lap a.