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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-06
EASY FOR PROPER.
Beats GO-tO-I shot in FOIIansBee
Handicap at Oakland.

Oakland. CAL Jan "a big crowd wit
messed the racing AT EmeryvilIe to-day.
The weather was fine. but the track was
muddy Speculation was keen throughout
the day. thirty-six bookmakers attending
q speculative public.
FoHansbCe. a lightweight handicap at
seven furl0ngs. was the attraction. Tt had
an approximate value of $500. and eleven
horses faced the barrier Miss Oficious
was coupled in the betting with Proper.
and the stable came IN for a tremendous
plunge. especially as Miller was up on
Tony Faust. After quite a delay at the
post. Hoffman got the field off to a good
start
Toccolaw showed in front. but was
passed by Woolman. Lisaro took the
lead in the back stretch. followed by Col
lector Jessup. Proper ran over his field in
the stretch and won easily from Joe
Coyne, a 60-to-1 shot Tony Faust was
third on the back stretch but got cut
off. and fell back TO a rear position. He
closed fast, but had no chance to beat
Proper The winner dTifted from TO to
to /, owing to the plunge on Tony Faust.
The summaries:
FIRST RACE-FIve and oue-haH furIougs Dr
sherman l0I SANDY. 20 70 !. won, Bell Reed. 10,
Williams 9 to 2, second: Jake Ward l03 tEduganj
20 l. third. Time. III. The Reprobate, Pro
cIastinate. Roscoe. SoUndly, Mimo. Sea Lad, SID
Silver. and CanOnicus also ran
SECOND RACE-TWg-year-ol three frlongs
Firestone lis Miller. ! 10 {. won; Bravoure. 10
tdcIntyrel y to l. second; Wilmo-c. 1l2 (Hornerl
Is % J. third Time. 0-36- Heather Scot Love o.
G.ld sand Piper Teabath, jeremiah Bananica
Willie Gift. ana Charlotte B. also ran
THIRD RACE-One mile. Lucian. los iGraham
to . won; Cheripe l03 lW. Millerl 10 5. sec
ond; Cloche dOr. l07 a. Brown "A 10 5, third
Time Ill Is Dora l. Pinaud. Pay Ne and Ma
lanassay also 8n.
FOURTH RACE-FoIansbee Handicap; seven
eighths Of a mile. Proper, ls3 Brown, to l. won
Ice Coyne 100 HunteTl, 50 TO l. second; Ton!
Faust Il9 w Miller, 70 s. third. Time d IS
Collector Jessup. Miss OficiOus. LisaFo, Sir I'd
ward. Sir Russell. Clydeo. WoOma and TocolaV
also rEu.
FIFTH RACE-One mile. Northwest. l0 CW
Miller, TO !. won; BolOman, lgl iFOuntsin), u
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GOOD YEAR FOR FAVORITES
Out of 1927 Races, 1,097 Winners
Were Well Backed
MiIIer's Remarkable Success with
Horses at All Prices a sad Blow
10 Many BOOkmakers.

Not in twenty years did the horses run
so true To form as during the season Of
1906. Beginning at Benning on March .
and closing at the same track on Deem
Der !. 1,3Z7 races were run on the Jockey
Clubs big race courses Public form was
so dependable that GOO favorites won. with
29S second choices and 1879 third choices
also capturing purses. In other words,
1.097 races were won by horses that
figured on past performances 10 have ex-
ceHent chances. The percentage Of win
ming favorites. therefore, was .452. re-
markable record, considering the obsta-
Giles accruing from what is known popu-
larry as racing luck.
It became "a noticeable fact as the sea
son progressed that the crowd. which
averaged about 10.000 on all days except
Saturday, when the attendance figures
sometimes touched the 500 mark. prefer
red to back the mounts of Jockey Miller
TO the playing of public form selections.
resulting from "a careful perusaI Of the
dope" Miilers phenomenal success with
horses NJ all sorts Of prices was the death
kneu OF many bookmakeTs. At least, so
say some Of the layers themselves, and
they ought to know whereof they speak
/ The craze for Miller became so great that
no matter whether he rode the cheapest
KIND of "a selling platter the crowd poured
all kinds Of wageTs into the books. with
I Implicit confidence in the marvellous mid
gets ability 20 come home with some
part of the money. Miller rode the best
/ horses, however. I'm a majority Of in-
/ stances, SO that the wise money, in addi-
I ton 20 the pUblics wealth, was wagered
on him. the result being that when be
won a race with a public choice the
slaughter Of the rims was usually wide
/ spread.
/ The appended table viii show just how
I true the horses ran To form. conclusive
proof that the racing under the painstak-
7 ing government OF the Jockey Club was
/ conducted on strictly honorable lines. in
spite Of arguments of calamity howlers
/ that the sport never has been on the level
N5rrv Win E5rr.'-.
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TRAINING AT GARTH'S FARM
De Mund and Horace E. Are Getting
Into Good Shape.
Rafney's Cracks, Entered in Big
Handicaps. VIII Not be Hurried
in Their Work This Year.

Two -year-olds that have been en-
/ tered in all the big handicaps next sum
mer and that are expected to have more
or less of look-in not only for them, but
for the rich prizes for horses of their age.
are wintering near Washington They
are De Mund, which cost $500 as a two
year-old last year. and was somewhat OF
/ disappointment, and Horace F., for which
/ Paul Rainey paid S25.00o.
These TWO youngsters. together with the
rest. of the Rainey horses, are in charge
I of Billy Garth. at the latter's farm. near
/ Charlottesville, Va, and those who have
seen them lately are OF the opinion that
there Will be a different story TO tell about
them at the end Of next year
! one man who has had a good look at the
youngsters is Theodore Coles who has
/ lust returned from d visit to CharIOttes-
Vile He says that while De Mund has
not picked IN as much as Gart1 would
have liked him to do. the son of Gold
finch has made some Improvement. and
| that more Is looked for just as soon as the
weather moderates little
/ While Coles doesn't say so. he gives one
the impression that Garth believes the
/ big horse did not have fair chance last
year simply because he YVES put through
a grueling process of training for the sole
purpose of selling him for big price.
This. Garth thinks, took too much out OF
the horse. and ne never was at his best
during the remainder of the year.
| Garth has no fear that ne viii not be
able TO go a route, and those who re-
! member his runaway victory in the Flat
bush stakes at Sheepshead last fall. when
ne carried 10 pounds and covered the
/ seven furIongs in 1:25 -, will agree with
/ him.
Horace E. could not possibly look bet
/ ter he has taken on flesh ard filled
/ out. and there isn't a better looking horse
on the Garth farm to-day And what
! pleases Garth more than anything else IS
/ the fact that he has not taken a lame
/ step since he has been in Virginia. While
I he may not have the speed of De Mund,
some good judges think he viii stay bet
/ ter, and that he is the one that IS likely
/ 60 carry the Raiuey COlOTs in the big
handicaps, while De MUnd goes after the
| rich three-year-Old prizes.
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Longer She'll for Yale Crew.

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 5.-That Yale is
not much influenced by the English criti-
cism of American-built racing shells is
borne out by the fact that John Kennedy,
the well-known professional coach. went
to Boston and placed an order with boat
builder Davy, Of Cambridge, for new
eight-oared she'll The new craft will be
somewhat finer drawn on both ends, but
will carry all the bulkiness which charac-
terized the boat Harvard rowed on the
Thames against the Cambridge crew, be
ing twenty-three inches beam amidships
The new boat. Coach Kennedy said to-
day, will be sixty-one feet Tonga foot
longer than the one used last year.
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FINALS IN TOURNAMENT


Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. Cincinnati
has an eleven-year-oId bowler who is
willing to meet any of his age in
the country-bar none. An effort will
be made by George Kisker, of the En-
terprise alleys, to have the prize com
mittee of the American Bowling Con
gress which meets in st. Louis, offer a
prize for the best boy bowler of twelve
years and under. and if the committee
sees fit to do so. Henry GaUl, son Of
William Gaul, a Price Hill bowler, will
enter the contest. He uses the regula-
ton ball and has a remarkable curve.
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Oarsmen want Money for Regatta.

New York, Jan. 5.-Local oarsmen are
earnestly advocating plan that has
been talked about for many years. but
was only recently put in definite shape.
to procure from the city an appropria-
ton of $4,000 or $4,000 to help defray
the expenses of the annual regatta on
Memorial Day on the Harlem River
Among the arguments advanced by the
oarsmen are that for many years it has
been the custom fer the cities of Phila-
delphia and Boston to give money for
rowing regattas.
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Indians Mnr Play II st. Lonis.

St. Louis. Mo, Jan. 5.-If nothing I'M
expected happens between now and the
1907 football season, st. Louis Univer-
sitv and the Carlisle Indians will clash
here on Thanksgiving Day. COcheman
of the local university, has been a busy
man since the close Of the 1906 season
and IS booking heavy schedule.
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De Orc VIII Meet Killing.

Kansas City. Mo, Jan. 5.-John King.
the veteran catcher, who is now running
Use of Alfredo De ORC, former pool cham
pion. and now located in St. Louis, to
come here soon and play an exhibition
match at continuous pool. King is re-
gdrded as one of the best players in the
country.
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Ricbnrd CROKER TO Race Hero.

New York, Jan. 5.-Richard Croker, the
land, has shown his intention of racing
horses IN America again. In the entries
for the Suburban Handicap, to be run this
spring at Sheepshead Bay. is Mr.. Gro
ker's bay mare Blakestown. Croker
colors were last seen on race track in
the neighborhoOd of New York in 1894
Since then Croker has raced his horses
on English and Irish tracks.
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!. second: Banpolas lo6 (salliyanl, to !, third
Time ls3 Is. Gov Davis, Magrane, and Mandator
also ran.
SIXTH RACE-Five and oue-half furongs Cloud
light l@ iHomcr) 10 20 l. won; AlansaTd, lt9 W.
Miller, 70 5. second Native Son. 81 ihlfscn-
haunt 8 te third Time % Sir BTillard
Marion Rose, Woman. and Hugh McGoven also
ran
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Rowe Best Trainer.

James Rowe leads the trainers because
of the great winnings of the Keene
stable. Tom WEIGH jumped into promi-
hence because Of the sensational wins Of
the Newcastle Stable, that includes
among its owners Andrew Miller one
of the stewards of the Jockey Club.
Walter Miller of Los Angeles. Cal. was
the star jockey of the year. He broke
all worlds records for professional riding,
and on two occasions won every race Of
the card. Much Of Trainer WelCh's sue
cess was Walter AIller's success.
On October % he crossed the 800 mark
for riding winners, as against the 81
which was the best previous record. made
by Hildebrand in 1904. Hildebrand's rec
ord was for a whole year. NIiilers was
for the regular season. Both went TO
California tracks at the close of the East
ern season, and Miller at this writing
averages two and one-half winning
mounts a day. In the regular season his
legal fees reached $500. but extra money
puts his earnings at $4,000.
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CHANCE FOR FLINCH
Local Horse May BE Matched
with Rio Del DiablO.
A SPEEDY BOSTON GELDING
such a Race Would Place Finch In u
Difficult Glass for Next Racing Sea-
pOrary Offer for His Green TrOtteF,
but VIII Probably Refuse to Sell.

%
terday concerning a match race between
Finch. owned in this city, and the Boston
gelding, Rio Del Diablo. The latter Is
the horse that defeated Finch at Cumber-
land last fall. and also took the measure
of Senator Whiney's fast New Hamp-
shire mare Jennie w, at the Gentle
mems Driving Park a few weeks later
While Finch is certainly a speedy. game.
and true race horse, there is doubt as
to the wisdom Of matching him against
Rio Del Diablo. because the latter would
surely make him go in PIP or better to
win, and then put him into difficult
class when racing begins next year. Rio
Del DiabIo has a mark of 2:1I II, and
has seen his best racing days. Finch
has a mark of 2:l5 Is, and is in the prime
of his racing career.
There is a report aioat TO the effect
| that Charles McDermott has bought
Finch from John J. O'Keefe. The horse
I is now in Mr. McDermotts stable with
/ Florence C.. Marion Wilkes, Greenl!ne,
and the other fast ones OF that string.
I and is being logged double with Rex
l a
/ have pole team of fast PAGERS, and 1t IS
believed he has it in this pair.
1t is said that Philadelphia parties have
offered Charles Winsatt $500 for his
green trottiug geldins by Kelley. This
geIding has had but one seasons work,
and looks TO be exceptionally good After
handling him two months Tom Cannon
drove him three heats at a matinee at
Brightwood last Fourth of July in 2.26
/ 2.2g and 2.el He went ike a machine.
without a mistake. and undoubtedly could
/ 49,. ,t,,r,,,,4 so~o,,5s from everv heat
/ II ie 7,r5ersrood tbaf Mr. Winsatt has
/ ~ef,,eod ~ sen and the geldine may do
! .,,.-,-.. r.,,,i,,s, ~ ,aar
5- r..-. 7r.,-,,,,.s
A-'olloiU mn
/ ne" Iio-leI' Nloiil"l'' " 1''' w. VI. 'i-'
/ speedway during the matinee last wed
/ nesday. This stallion Is one OF the best
In some time. He goes bold and strong
and true. and seems TO have Iot OF
/ speed. Montana tuaTo IS SIX ys''Is oIl
mas q 1ec3Iu % -, anu 50 -,
- ~. - Inc 60,
$500
/ The most interesting feature of the nexl
.-.,,...... ,.,.,+f-... ,,f1i ~. a r,oa ba1u,aar
$50.
Larry MO- iili'N q 'lS '''i9' - - VI"
has won the series OF races lot liee-IoI
all PAGERS, and Everett Z. Taylor Far
---.- NOV. rL. Fraa-F.r-aH frof
The understanding. when racing began q
v,1r ago. was lhat the winner OF tn,
greatest number of heats during a serie,
Of four matiree5 should receive a speed
WAY wagon as a prize. Mysotis and Far
NOV, ba,.e eferbr heats each and the tie vii
1e racsd II N1yzoris has gone severs
ba3fs faster than 1903 She forced Charlie.
NfcDfrmutt's Rex Leader out las
being beaten by a shorthead Farney Ia.
walked over IN the last two matinees. n,
horse starting against him The tastes
heat he las gone during the contest W.
les II. and he and Mysous s1ouI'
furnish fast brush
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Herald Want Ads

viii be received at Johnston's Pharmacy
1921 n ]. ave. NV. and promptly for
Warded to the main Office.
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There was quite d gathering on the
speedway yesterday. the weather being
delightful and the course in good shape.
Among the visitors was ex-Congressman
Rayburu. OF Philadelphia, who is an
ardent lover of fast harness horses, and
who owns some good ones.
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3. F. McCaully viii put the sorrel stall
lion. CuyIer Boy, i'm shape TO start in the
SLOW trOt or pace at the beginning of the
coming series Of speedway matinees, and
he should make a good showing. Cuyler
Boy is by Cuyler he has shown miles
better than 2.20, but is yet green, so far
as a record goes. and has not been trained
for two years.
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Wing Wing Perc'g,
DOHERTY BROTHERS RETIRE.

OF Is-L---l U| = 10
Grand average Of winning fsTorites....-..... 4
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Pau! Y. Waters. general manager Of the
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company,
who recently brought 10 Washington the
bay gelding. Kin step, has purchased q
fun brother of that horse, and will drive
the pair ON the speedway together Kin
Step and his mate are by Kinster. e,16 II,
the sire of the fast-trotting mare Kin
stress. 200 "a, and Kinslee, the four-year-
old stallion that won the $1,000 stake for
80 trotters at the Gardeners Driving
Park. Baltimore. last fall.
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ROWING IN THE SOUTH.

Apprentice allowance claimed.
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There is a report afioat 10 the effect
that Charles McDermott has bought
Finch from John J. O'Keefe. The horse
is now in Mr. McDermotts stable with
Florence C.. Marion Wilkes, Greenline,
and the other fast ones of that string.
and is being logged double with Rex
Leader 1t is Mr.. McDeTmOtts desire 70
have a pole team of fast PAGERS, and 1t IS
believed he has it in this pair.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
By Catherine Frances Cavanagh


OF American homes, than they converted into
writing tables by the children. who themselves
To the serious business of writing letters san
Claus
hlle the tnicst tot may be satisfied with scrib-
h1ng teW chicken tracks on a piece of paper and
mprintInG soft, moist kiss stamp tor her
letter 10 Santa, other children consult the dictionary
III order that Santa Claus may note how we'll they
can spell and Others refer To their geogra phv To-
learn the names and locations of the " hich
are in the snow belt: Ter by way of them Santa
Claus Is to come with his sleigh and eight tinv
reindeer. Other children, noting how the cit,-
oSue craze has affected their parents. consult the
pages OF the big book ISSUED by mail order house
and look critically at the cuts and prices of certain
articles which they wish Santa Claus To- bring them
The advertising sections of the magazines are also
brought INTO requISt1On and Santa Is told that If
he wants 20 buy certain article To- 90 to kcepem-
all who adVertiSeS in '' Our F;tVoritt Monthly -
And 50 the Santa Claus mail that passes through
the regular channels of the Post once Department
source of great labor and expense to Uncle sam.
1t Is estimated that less tina thOtrs nd
letters addressed To Santa Claus under his various
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

f,I that way MANY time II a~ far back -" hen
her rno.he~ rsu "a rruar 'iispcnearE next door :"
my house and She and | used 20 st on the front
steps attc~ supper Shed have spells Of sttr1a
that Wa, ,hcn choriin "tt with Sigh IN the middle
nf l. md u.avuc tnr~h;u up with sIgglr %''e~5
thu, ,-.. The Irish II her h-c :; always caught ne
1fc must have been lnokIn' that way then, .'-
the ti--- -tlug | knows / rc reached oGt and IU.-cd
her ,1 Close She don't kick. but just Sr.uggeS her
he'd I..u .u ~. Shoulder. with them blue eyes
turned ur 80 / cau,d look say ta"n into er1. 1t
-e.t draw a deep breath
Sadie says J. husky like. you're ;He .ee-
Size only smiles. kind If sober. lut kind Of r.
t,-.-,.l tu"- Have Eru just ta""l 1t oot. Short
fI.r..rv." s.r~ -I,- .-. IT ,hc .ti--- l
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

Il the trip She corners almost everyone else, and
chns to 'em real earnest, but ! never seemed 10
,et III range Well was havin TOO good time
70 teeI cut up about 1t, but | couldn't help beln
1t ant until dinner time that got line on
her Say. She was Il coulcrser. thought No matter
what was opened up she heard her cue And
knock! Why, She had tack hammer in each hand
They cute spiteful little taps. that made YOU
smcker before YOU had time to be ashamed OF
Yourself for dom il.
Amt she got any friends besides what's here"
says | to Sadie, after we'd got through and gone
and them
1T isn't exactly s;fe." SAYS sadie
OH SAYS |. she's that kind. l. She: One of
the hornet breed, Well l hope all She SAYS amt
How about it
Well that was the beginning of a heart to heart
talk that lasted for Il good many miles Somehow
Sadie and Id never had u re; quiet chance like
that before, and 1t come out had It lot say to
each other don't know why II was but the rest
Of EN- seemed to let alone Some was back
under the awnin. and others down stairs.
payin' bridge. There was sinein too; but We
couldn't make out just who dom it, and didn't
care a whole lot.
Anyway. it was the bulliest ride ever had
The moon come up out of the Atlantic away out
towards Bermuda somewhere, and it big
as a billboard and as yellow chorus girls hair,
the air real mild and warm, like il was comm
summer again. and YOU couldn't a thing but
water and sky, except for the white flash of some
lighthouse way OFF ahead
forgot what it was we was talkin' about-each
other mostly, | guess, and old times. After a bit
though, we didn't say much of anything | was
Just lookn at Sadie. And say, I've seen her when
| thought she looked mighty nice, but | never got
Just that view of her before, with the kind of
touchin up her red hair and her cheeks and neck
lOokin like white satin.
She has a way too of starin off at nothin' at all
sometimes; and then there's look in her ewes and
a little twist to her mouth corners that just me
to tinglin all over with the Wantin to put arm
around her and tell her that, no matter who else
goes back on her. therel always be Shorty McCabe
waitin in the wings.
1t wa mt anything sudden for Id
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

tlovirl me u II o,s or sometime and 'hl~ i my
5rst set UP I'm little -,~'r 80: nuH things ought
- be done on one oi these .uut';c boat, but want
everyone to act hike thvv s.ar b0ar'icr> l-vtrN-
hing in sight IS Nouc~ FROM The '1Zzen a1'ch"T 2"
-,h.t.s IN th, ice fr,< icl.... hrh | ~a:. IT, Say
-lgh. her, that H. -.i.h'r a.& .'r 81" d. ''., Vow.
Nj Ba~sett lou can tie her loose
Honest that Was the mrs. speech ever shot OF.
- or ont al the rinL. tur r. seemed 20 60. The
..s all tuttIt me ou tho hack. md Elttn me The
grand j5llv hen cab comes do"" The pier ~. the
-uup some one waves Cci p~..-e... ,- out floats
Mr. Bitton Bailcv ..sls and .n
We came near t..e-ir ro" says / -tofIin ui'
- the gaugpiauk
But sax She Was -s .s-- -n. n.n hands ami
lhu The rest If EN- E.. ''r~ .-.:. '-.u.e- that She
H.rti- sees fnc .' .' B. ..- ...' ".. .l itt fr-l
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

motion caused 10y the receipt of these 'r'.tS -.
every rn~toltice in the land scores re 'i-J l'
advocates of Away with Santa Claus, They -
point out the trouble incurred hN the U' ~.
through encour.t 4iug the children O. tie'' T. +hf
fictitious gentleman who Is pictured IS q -
B.untiiul to the. irh tit.nts of Youu- FalNS In
Time was when the rules of the ."st'H''t -,
not So strict and when many of the tt'eIs -.
III great faith 70 Santa Claus did nt get ""I isi
tow n in which they were posted They were iI,
unopened. more often than opened q 90" il+Ttls
thropist of the town OF to small circle ' Ii he
nr,itr of The little nnrs ON santa Claus. But Up
was against the rules Of the Post ot,r hC 1iv-
which expressly state that No nali ~i''' = i IS
cred and appropriated hv one person " -I,sral
addressed To- another Nnd it ui'l t-Ne q ri1- Spc11-
act Of Congress 10 make the G"veri,iit-,. Inc &
IN every charitable person a party 't '"'
Santa Claus. - GOOD
Now every piece of mail addressed ." ',S ,3,rss IS
Saint Nicholas under anvone ct ms i''i.' Here
sent 70 the Dead Letter OtCc IN WNil---S = corps
il IS sorted by Mrs Patt LYLE Collins @i" -'
-C-stcae4 a. pGgg IS