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day. With q few horses and a small
bankroll. he gathered 100000 in a
short while. assisted by truly wondrous
luck. Seven years go he endowed and
founded a race at Aqueduct.s He gave
$20008o out of his own purse as added
money to the entry fees. declarations
etc, Of the owners OF the several can
didates. The late Thomas Reilly, OF.
the Queens County Jockey Club, called
the race the Carter Handicap. Year
by year 1t grew in Importance until
now 1t is worth small fortune-S10.-t
900. The mighty Roseben won 1t last
year, while looking down the list of
Carter Handicap winners one may dis
Germ names OF Ornlonde's Right. Ethics
and the mighty Beldame. Here is the
sentiment interviewer with the Carter
Handicap: Two years ago, while the
great crowd rushed and crushed to ac-
claim the winner. q poor old man bent
and broken, stood at the railsde least
observed in all the great throng. It
was Captain Carter. His name was on
8everyalip, yet for himself not a pass
ing glance. The years since the fix
sture had come into being through his
devotion to the turf had not treated
him kindly. Soathere lle stood q hum
an sermon on tho fickleness and the
frailty OF the world Then the tragedy
Of the Carter Handicap comcs into
mind On the day Beldamc won. tho
late Caesar" Young first met "Nan"
Patterson. The mare brought home d
complimentary bet for Man" that day.
The swirl and the long story with its
Tenderloin trimmings was there begun.
&With the running but few days off !,
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THE CARTER HANDICAP is A BIG GAMBLE;
a SCORE or FIRST-RATE. CRACKS WILL STARTl%

race a week ago ut Bennings. Trainer
BILLY" Garth Is smiling in confidence
whenever he talks OF this son OF Ban
1nockburn and, the Carter Handicap.
Last Spring in California, Horace Z.
raced under Barney Schre1bcr's col
gors. So Impressive was his form that
Roy Rainey, the Cleveland millionaire.
gave $4,000 for him. Thon. after a
dismal race or two about New y or:s In
may, he was given up as a two-yenr-old
possibility. When Horace p. was turn
ed over to Garth, the colt was found
to be "thrushcd," his hoofs being soft
ana shelly. However, he is In grand
condition right now. Under 105 pounds
he will fly. Miller will probably ride
him in case lnquisitors, McCnrter or
j.. G. Core. of the Newcastle Stable, are
not started, the ''marvel!Ous One" be-
ing under contract to this establish
ment. De Mund will probably scratch
from che Carter Handicap, where he $
asked to take up los pounds---top
In the Metropolitan Handicap, at Bel
mont Park in May This Dc Mund may
be ono of the greatest three-ycar-old
ever known and a conqucror OF Salvl-
dere, say his admirers. New Orleans
says to look out for Glorifier, a grand
horse, who ran SIX furlongs In 1:12 LIS
recently Z. .
Elsewhere Will BIO found the pro-
bable field of starters. together with
| the engagements for the race SO far
entered into by tho Jockeys. The 1907
| Carter Handicap Is u very open race
! at best.
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lines suggested by Mike Murphy, Penn

lines suggested by Mlke MURPHY, Penn-!
$sylyanias celebrated trainer, makes
4 1t one of the fastest tracks in tho
country, and 1t will undoubtedly be
faster than over this year,
The records have been broken each
successive year, and 1t is likely a few
Will 60 this year. although the track
records have almost reached the point
where one cannot expect to SEQ them
broken bY'intcrscholastic athletes. They
are as follows. One hIndrcd-y yard DASH
a o seconds; 220-yard dash, {;a2-2-5; 44O-
yard dash, :5a3-5; SsO-yard run. 200;
milerun, 4:44 Go; high hurdles. Il 6 81 81;
low hurdles. 20 As; pole vault, 10 feet
dig inches; high Jump feet II
inches; broad jump, g feet 101-2
inches; shot put, 43 feet G inches; ham
smer throw. 1876 feet 10 Inches.
Some OF tho boys who mado these
records In the past four years have
been doing notably In college athletics
since. particularly. Robinson%at Yale,
Hnnhag, at u,of r., Hunter OF Central
High In tho two-mile interscholastjc
! races last year; loulaney who made
b the high jump record five years ago.
has never had any ono approach his
distance In the later meets Kent, who
won the low hurdles two years ago. is
running in great form In one OF tho
New England Colleges, While Ralph
Gamble. Tones star did great work
for Princeton at the Acknowledgements
last year. Hugh GAMBLE his cousin,
is tho cal tai ii OF the ONE track team
llthts year, and his team ina ties expect
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BOSS CROKER TO RACE
AGAIN In AMER CA

q NEW YORK, April G.--Richard
Croker intends to race In this country
again. Mr.. Croker Is now breeding
racers In Ireland, and will, In duo
time, enter IN the Futurity and other
stakes run here. Ills recent nomina-
ton Of Blakcstown in the Bic hnndi-
caps would have been followed by
sending that mare to this country
to race, but she broke down some
weeks ago Mr.. Croker has bred most
of his mares thls year to the $4,000
stallion Clonnel. and he w II also re-
sumo breeding to Americus. the eAmeri-i
can stallion which raced here uAder
tho name of laey del Caseres and In
sIInglund established a great reputation
as nEi Splinter For q year lie Il has
been In Italy. One Of his tWo-yea.-
races In z 9oe on the I'm lisll turf.
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Ing a perfect game. and then throwing
"a few balls over the grandstand or in
the bleacheries. He soon learned to
control the ball, but the name stuck
to him. Beauty" Bishop was with US
for the season, end went to some Of the
high-class minors. E
'"rhe other prominent players are
well known, and have been mention
ed before In this series. eybold lis
with Philadelphia, Dundon with Chi
cago, Donovan with Detroit, Shannon
with the New York Nationals, and
Chesbro is resting RI
II consider the team the strongest
ever in Richmond as n whole. and
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that means that 1t was probably tho
strongest in the country in its class.
The pitchers We're Chesbro. Bishop,
lF'laherty, Pfanmiller and Donovan.
Hess and Steellnan were tho cntchers;
Calhoun was ut first, and he. was one
Of the best with great hitting eye !;
Dolnn played second; Wrigley. short.
ana Dundon, thlrd-base. The outfleld
was the Same as the year before-Sey =
bold, Hargrovs and Shannon"
The next group will represent the
old champions OF the State League,
when Tannehill. Bertc, Pender and that
bunch were the kings Of the Southern
diamond. %
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had been playing great ball around
Philadelphia, and we took him in. His
work was gilt-edged, and before we
had had him two months, Brooklyn was
after him. They finally got him by
draft. and he made good with tho
Brooklynites until he hurt his leg.y s,
q .ssWrigley was one Of the fastest
shortstops in minor league, and I can't
see why he isn't in bigger company
now Wild Bill Donovan also went
to Brooklyn, and won out Then he
was sold to Detroit, where he Is now
playing. Wild Bill was given the
name in Richmond by the newspaper
men. because he had the habit of pitch
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POLO SEASON OPENS.
Squadron A to Play the Army at
West Point, a

( NEW YORK, April G.-'rhe first polo
match this sneson between Squadron A..
M g.. Now York. and West Point will
be played on the parade grounds at
West Point on May 25th. Tho return
at Van Cortlandt Park. Cups offered
for tho Camden. S. C., Country Club
tournament, April S-13, are MS follows
Individual cups for teams of three; Cam
mden country cub ep s. lG@n nhs
.p}lzes, open, to teams OF four under
the existing handicap. the aggregate
not to exceed sixteen goals; no member
OF tho team to exceed five goals.
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Transcontinentaal lRiders Appear

y Otto Kltk and Joseph Collins, two mcn-
bers OF tho Century Road Club, OF Amer
la, are 'aakimg their plans to eeipse,
Of something over thirty-e eight days un-
der tho tntelnge Of some Of the veterans
of the New York Division, the riders
$500 milo flight, and arrangements have
been made to start on May 26th,g In adj
dition To their Century Road Club menu
hsrshp hot men hslony f nro mheatria
TO them, as they will find warm friends
lin each large city they teuch.5Eb
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TT lake the big men in the list--Ches-
bro. Donovan. seybold. Shannon. They
are now in big league company, and
Wriglcy. who was field captain; Steel
man. Dolan and Calhoun, are in some
OF the strongest Of minor leagues.
"Steelman started in with us as a
wonder We picked him up from CAM
den. We had an off-day and were to
play with Atlantic City. after win
ming series from the Philadelphia
Athletics. and were shy q man. Hess
was sick. and some one in the party
present when We were dep1oring our
fate mentioned steelman. He said he
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JOCKEY MIC col II O 5RIDE5!N
CARTER HANDICAP

MEMPHIS TENN, April 6--Jockey
David Nicol, who has had things much
his own way in the Nest for8three9se SEM
sons as the premier Jockey, will re-e.:-'
ter Eastern competition this year on
opening day at Aqueduct He las been
engaged to ride l3nrley& O'Neil's Jug
Eler In the Carter Handicap. Eioolhhns
been absent from Now York since the
1906 turf season. when he was intrust-
ed withAthe mounts on James r.. Kecne's
sysonby, Nieol was never defeated ON
SySOnby. 43s5 sl l4 slt tH ss
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IN my opinion said President Jake.
Wells this Is tho strongest minor
league club ever got together. This
fact was established when the club
1t broke UP the Atlantic League. We
had already won the championship IN
1898, and habit cinched the following
year. Toward the later part OF the
season we had to sell out to Syracuse,
! of the Eastern League. and the club
was transferred to that city. or
course, in the uale the Richmond peo-
pie interested got something out Of
the deal.
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pack no less than 1876 pounds. There
is nothing certain about it, but If the
big Splinter starts he will be fsrvorlte.
all right. for he is beloved of the
average New York racegoer. So far
as Washington and Bennings are con-
cerned three-year-old, Horace f., Is
given q royal chance. despite bad
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it9looks as Il Trainer Frank Weir may
scratch Roseben. The big horse has
been doing well in his work up at
5Grayesend, but he is an older horse
than he was q year ago, ana conse-'
quently harder to edge up" for a race
/ SO early in the Spring. Then again
Handicapped Vosburgh asks him to
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Hunt Fixtures.

IA tTSnec,ali ahe Times Dispatcl,.l 55s{ Il
n. ORANGE, VA. April 6.-le Toma-
hawk hounds Will meet during, the or
.Aprjl 10 III ms follows. 5s9 81
AZ Y Il 8 Il y
4 n l'riaay,8 ssth, Orange, ss;s0 Y, NJ.
Wallace Sanford, Master,
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scHUYLKILL REGATTA.
Committee Trying to Get Crews
from Princeton and Annapolis.

IrO1ll F1TlTlCpTuIl9 anu AllldpOllS.
x BALTlMOHls.3l MD, April G,--Tha
stewards OF the American Rowing As
socinta9n are deyoting all thor encr-
gies toward securing the entrles Of
crews from the United States Naval.
Academy and Princeton University
for their fifth annual regutta. whiclsis
to- DO held on the schuSikIll Rlvcr,
Philadelphia, on May 25tll. These en-
tries arc being sought in tho inter-
est of$alnateur rowing, and there is
good reason for the belief that both
6of. II ese institutions will have strong
crows there. One of the rules for tho
Junior cnlleg vents Is that all oars-
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men who have never rowed In a var
sity race at Poughkeepsie or New
London are eligible.
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ny ]. s. A. Macdonald.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April Gin
just about weeks time.-or to be
exact. on Monday. April 5-will be run
and won the first real big race OF the
metropolitan turf season Of 1907. At
Aquednct, l.. T., the home course Of tho
L Queens County Jockey Club, on that
date. there Will be contested the seven
TIL Carter Handicap, 3 year olds and UP,
at seven furlongs. This years renewal
is worth $4,000, guaranteed. which
by the way, makes this first of the
seasons handicaps quite q pretentious
affair and well worth the attention Of
the biggest stables in training. Al
ready the racing folk here on the scene
OF turf activity at Bennings, are COM
mcncing to canvass the field OF pro-.
bable starters with the idea of picking
out winner. In fact, from now on.
| the big thing in a racing way here in
| the East, will be the Carter Handicap.
After winters layoff from their.
fayorite pastime. thousands and thous-
ands of New Workers Will tumble over
one another on Carter Handicap day to
catch Il glimpse OF the horses and the
| besilkened jockeys--not to- say any
thing Of the mild gentlemen known as
| the bookmakers. So 1t comes to- pass
that annually some 10000 enthusiasts
brave the chill early April "blow" off
| the nearby Atlantic, in order to lend II
| hearty welcome to King Thoroughbred
returning to his realm.
A Carter Handicap is not without its
romance and tragedy. It is only a
short way down the vista of the turf to
a memory of Captain Carter. The Cap
tain was one of tho old school of turf
Himyar.s The bay stallion is half
brother to Tommy Atkins, Trumpet,
Maxine. Gomez Trogan. David II. and
Electioneer, winner of tho Futurity
Of 1906. the aggregate winnings OF
these sons OF Quesal being upward OF
i 100000
i r. II. Jackson. Of Wheatland Lou
doun county, Va, has sold his farm
a fine estate of 800 acres, to Harry r
Mears, OF Pittsburg. Va, for $4,000
\ Tho price obtained represents All aver
age of 500 per acre. but tho land II
Z highly improved and the place adorned
by fine buildings OF modern architec-
4 ture. The place will be converted by
Mr.. Mears into Il stock farm, for Which
\ 1t is well adapted, and 1t is tho In
trntion Of the new owner to breed I'm,
Lcrses ana cattle, BROAD ROCK.
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TONES BIG TRACK MEET
FOR SCHOOLBOY TALENT

him to break his previous records this
season.
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
ANSWER FILED.
Lien and Rec ,iversbip Law De.
MED by Attorneys.

Austin, Dec 1S.-TEe Wutcrg-Pierce
filed an answer 10 the st.to II u9tion in
which it denies the icn ana receiver
ship law. They also aver fhat the III
preme court has ~ jnr,s1i~t ~ under
the constitution AMI law t. giant 10
motion It is aso a,ie@oI that iAe
m3tion sets up no sufficient facts 10
warrant this court In granting tho
state of Texas the relief asked for
also that no valid law is in forno cfv
Ing the state q valid in On to Trrr.
ert; of the WaterS-Piorre Gil co,Nvany
90 secure said judgment, nnl trnt =
valid law Is In force rroviG:nq for the
appointment of receiver Th'& n~s.~ r
Is made In reply to the states no
tion, which sets M the facts rali 4 On
by the oil company for tho anr~fr'
ment of receiver by Federal jude
Bryant
The state filed an additional rrotion
which sets out the action that has
been taken by Federal conrts in con
nection with Federal Recniver Dor
chester and also the announcer mt NJ
Judge Bryant that he is ready and will
ing TO turn over the proDcrtv TIL"
point IS also raised that dilatorv acts
on part Of oil company have not put
the property beyond the control of the
state
The supreme court dismissed the an
plication for writ of madamus in the
case of MunsOn VS.. Land Commits.
sioner Terrell. The court held that
relator Munson has slept on his rights
In his effort to get patent on part
of the 1880 acres granted by leaisla
ture to Big Foot Wallace on Mustang
island many years ago
A party of Cotton Belt railway off
cials, headed by President r. r. Brit
ton. General Smner'ntendcnt Navwn"
and General Freight Agent lie Hane
are here comforting with the railroad
commission relative to the commits.
sion's equipment order recurring that
the road add several hundred thou.
sand dollars of additional equipment
These officials are protesting against
this order. w. G. Connor. president
the Dallas criminal Railway company,
Is also here in connection with this
matter
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
BRIDES CLUE.
Seven Scotch Lassies VIII Marry
SeNen Scotch Sweethearts.

New York, Dec. 19-When the Allan
liner California, which has just arriv "a
at New York, sailed from Glasgow
there were in the first cabin seven
lone Scotch women They did not
know each other. but before the ship
mad been out a day they were all ac-
qualnted and within another twenty
four hours they had formed brides
club. for the confessions which follow.
ed their aCCuaintanceship proved that
all seven were coming to America for
the purpose of being married In each
case the bridegroom to be. is a Scotch
man, who had been in America for
some time and who finally so placed
himself as TO be able. not only to fur
nlsh him home for his Scotch sweet
heart, but to send her the money to
travel to the new country in n first
class StaterOOm. The weddings will
oil take place soon and each member
OF the club has agreed to write the
full details to all the other members
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, Land Of
face at Natchitoches. La, Dec. IL, 1907
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final FIVE years proof
IN support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of
the Court, at Shreveport, La, on Feb
ruary IS, 1908. viz: Homestead Entry
No. 76S3. G. H. Perkins. Rodessa, La,
made April II. 1899 for the south half
OF southwest quarter section ~, town.
ship 2. north, range I6 west, Louisiana
meridian. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of said land, viz. !:
John Payne, John Stewart, Jake Gillum,
John Keel. all Of Rodessa, La.
ERNEST BREDA.
Caiicasian, Shreveport. Register
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
NOTED C|RClj5nANC]NE
Gus Ringing Dies In sanitar-
fAr1 at New OrIcana
BURIAL Is AT BARAB00.
Decease4 Who Was d the Head Of
the Mammoth Amlsemcnt Concern
Bearing His Name, Succumbed 10 .
Complication of Ailments

New Orleans, Dec. d9.-Gus Ring
ling. head of the circus combination
which controls the shows Of Ringing
Bros, Barnum & Bailey and Fore.
paugh-Sells. died here "Wednesday at a
New Orleans sanitarium His death
was due to complication of diseases
Mr.. Ringing came to New Orleans
about two weeks ago with the hope
that the southern climate would be
beneficial
Charles ard Henry Ringland. broth
ers of Augustus Ringing. arrived from
BarabOo. Wis. the hor Of the Ring
lings and winter quarters of their
shows, a few days ago They had been
In constant attendance upon their
brother ever since. living in their pri-
vate car. which was parked near the
sanitarium where he was undergoing
treatment
The casket containing the body was
placed in the Ringln~ private car and
attached to the Chica 20 limited on the
Illinois Central railroad. 1t will be
taken to Baraboo
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
BANK CLOSES.
Head of Institution Found In a
Bathtub Dead.

North Attleboro, Mass. Dec. 19.-
The jewelers. National bank of this
town, whose presid mt and cashier
Frederick f. Sergeant, was found dead
In bathtub in his apartments Tues
day night, failed to open It's doors for
business Wednesday, Notice was post.
ed on the doors stating the bank would
remain closed pending an examination
into its affairs Bank Examiners Ed
ward Ever and Harry N. Currier are
making an investigation.
According to the last statement the
banks capital stock was 500. 900; sur
plus and undivided profits. $40,35O:
deposits. $1050,710: loans and dis,
counts. $917,760 The bank was the
successor of the AttleborO National
bank, which was organized for the con-
venience of the jewelry trade in this
district.
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
DESPERATE.

The Sanders press has grown desper-
ate, or we should Judge so from the de-
liberate mendacity in which they in
dulge regarding Mr.. Wilkinson, his pol
icies and the strength of his following
For instance, the Catahoula News
states that:
At the Washington Artillery hall
meeting many expected to hear "Wilkin-
son declare against horse racing and for
prohibition, failed to hear it because
Wilkinson was afraid to say it, just as
he, has been afraid to issue any plat
form, for fear the people would find 1t
where he did stand.'
Wilkinson did declare against racing
at that meeting and came out on the
side of decency on the saloon issue.
Mr.. Wilkinson also started out
says the News, as friend to the farm
ers, but when it came up before the
Legislature as to whether or not the ex-
changes in New Orleans should be in
vestigated, along with the labor condi-
tons, every Wilkinson man voted
against the investigation of the ex-
changes"
That statement is a bald falsehood.
No such vote is of record, ard the story
IS campaign fabrication.
And the Monroe News uses this
stuff
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
HOFFMAN PARCLED.
Has Been In Sing Sing Prison
Fortv-Seven Years

New York. Dec. 19.-Franz Hoffman
is at New York after forty seven years
spent in Sing Sing prison With him
came Thomas O'Shea. who served
twenty-five years in prison. Both at
the home Of the Volunteers Of Amer
lea, where Mrs Booth. known to the
prisoners as the little mother" prom
ises to care for them Both are pa
rolled, having been sentenced for life
The men were brought to New York
by the warden. to whom they stuck
closely urtil they were turned over to
Mrs. Booth. Hoffman says he has not
friend in the world. and is afraid he
Will be lonely outside the gray walls
OF the only home he has known in
many years
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
TOO FOND OF KITTEN.
Little Girl In Trying to Catch Pet
Burns to Death.

New York, Dec 19.-Fondness for a
kitten caused the death Of four-year
old Frances Cressia. The child was
left alone with the kitten in the house
and when her pet escaped from her
arms. the little girl chased It about
the kitchen. Finally the kitten crawl
ed under the kitchen stove Little
Frances followed it as far as she
could. and in doirg so Jared the stove
in such way that Goals were shaken
out and set fire to her dress The
child's screams aroused the neighbors,
who broke oren the door of the flat
and eAting.ished the flames. but not
until the little one had been so badly
burned that she died few hours later.
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
Bomb Traced.

Boise, Ida, Dec. 19-The prosecu.
ton in the Pettibone case traced the
peabody bomb from the time Harry
Orchard said he and Jack Simnkins
'nreW II IN creek at Wallace to it's
appearance in the court room here at
Hhe Haywood trial. Corroborative ev-
ldence was introduced on the testimo-
ny OF Orchard in regard to the Vindi
Gator mine explosion, and the state
proved that the registered letter and
telegraphic money order received by
orchard while at San Francisco we're
sent by Pettibone, facts admitted BY
the defense
The Caucasian., 1907-12-19
COMMENTS ON FLEET.
Japanese Journal Does Not Consider
Trip Intended as Threat

Trip Intended as a Threat
Toxic, Dec. 19.-The Jill Shimno. an
independent paper. which has wide
circulation In intellectual and busi.
ness circles publishes an editorial ar
ucle on the dispatch of the American
fleet to the Pacific This noteworthy
naval undertaking" the paper SAYS,
Is one that will attract the attention Of
the world, We do not entertain the
ldea 1Or one moment. however. that
The purpose of the trip is to threaten
Japan. Should the American fleet visit
these shores it will be given a most
cordial leception-one worthy the spe.
c1al friendship between Japan and
the United States. Our only fear ig
the dispatch of the fleet NAV oncour-
age anti-Japanism on the Pacific coast
and bring about repetition of the
regrettabie incident at San Francisco
We trust, however. the United States
authorities will take the necessary
precautions in this regard"