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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

why are guests 50 habltually dis
contented7" asked the landlord
They're not really discontented,v an
swered the clerk. They merely want
to convey favorable impression about
what they are used to at home.H-
Washington Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

A young man who was to be mar
ried IN church to Miss Way, after d
cOurishlp Of four years, privately re-
quested the choir not to open the serv-
Ice BY singing. This Is the Way long
have sought
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

"why have you taken your son out
OF school without asking permIsslon?'
Father "a grocer = But they were
running him. wish to bring him up to
carry on my business, and they were
teaching him that there are sixteen
ounces In a pound Motto Pu Ridere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

It Is said Of a champion mean man
that the only present he ever made to
his wife was on the twenty-afth anni-
veEsary Of their wedding, when he
gave her four yards Of cotton cloth
with which to make him a shirt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

Teacher What happens when per
sons temperature goes down as far as
II can SO? Tommy Then he has cold
feet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

Witeheraft IN the Ninetsenth Century.
Most people believe that witcheraft
among civilized people ended when the
"Ealew witch mania" ran its course
and died out In the year 1892. It did
as far as Amerlca Is concerned, except
among savages, but in other countries
the belief In the superstition did not
die until a much later date, even If 1t
can be truly said to be dead now. In
France an old beggar was tortured to
death as late as 1907 on the charge Of
being one who "communed with evil
spirits" and in Spain witch was
burned In 1908. In 1850 in France a
man and hts wife tortured 4 suspected
witch to death, anSl nothing at all was
tdone with them by the criminal courts
on account of the lingering belief in
sorcery. Four years later a witch was
drowned in England. and In 1850 one
was burned In Mexico. In 1874, 1879,
1880 and again In 1889 witches were
publicly burned In Russia. and even
as late as 1890 regular judicial trials
OF witches were had in Prussia, Po-
land and Austria Hungary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08
ALL nae WORLD

knows that Billiards. Snow Liniment
has no superior for Rheumatism, Stiff
Joints, Cuts, sprains, Lumbago and
all pains. Buy it, try it and you will
always Use it. Anybody yho has used
Billiards. Snow Liniment is a living
proof Of what it does. All We ask OF
you Is TO get trial bottle. Price rs
!, 50 and 81. d & "
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

The world knows nothing Of its
greatest Van ArteveIde.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-08

Ri-focals

Do you wear Bi focal glassesl If 50
call and see the latest IN that line
Of spectacle lenses, the Celebrated
INVISIBLE BI F0CAI.S without
that annoying line. DR.. E. CARR
Optician, No. 1904 Chickasha Av.
Opposite the Midway Hotel. In Of.
fce every week day except Monday
and Tuesday, devoted to outside
practice. Izth years practice. 3rd
year in Chickasha.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
Plucky Proctor Knott.
By G. G. Pettus.

Grandpa's accident at Brighton Beach
when in the paddock just before going to
the post for a steeplechase he was knocked
down by an automobile did not help the
horses chances any in his race. While the
crack two-year-old Stargowan. who bolted
into the fence at the starting point the
next day, knocked out several of the rails
and his own part in the race as well, caus-
ing the old guard of the turf to grow remi-
niscent over similar accidents in past years,
where the mishap sometimes proved a
'hunch" and the victims went right ahead
and won as if nothing had happended. j.
B. Haggins fine colt Tyrant by Great
Tom Moselle in a breakaway at Jerome
Park fell head over heels and threw Patsy
Duffy, his Jockey. breaking his collar bone.
A stable boy was hastily put up and the
colt trembling like an aspen leaf. was lead
back to the post. where for several minutes
he would not join his horses. But when
the starter finally got the field away Tyrant
went to the front and was never headed, to
the great delight of some superstitious back
ers who supported him after his fall.
Juggler. the maneater, while at the post
in front of the stand at Gravesend decade
ago, seized the jockey of the horse next
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Betting in the Handbooks.
By Clarence L. Cullen.

Sad stories. those parlay bets-about 90
per cent Of them.
little while ago I met IN Chicago a
confirmed parlay bettor. I had known him
IN the halcyon days Of the Chicago tracks.
At that period OF II he would drive his
1900 pair of trotters, hitched to daz-
zling skeleton runabout, to the track every
day and If. at night, hts little bite to eat
with q few friends along, would cost him
10 go south with the change. He would
feel slinky and mean and pikerish If he
bet anything smaller than $3.50 to a race,
and. for him. the skies We're of hyaline
trausIuceuce and the world swan in rose
for quite a long time
Then his epoch nudged along when he
cou!dnt get a break-as II nudges along
take him very fast. When they closed the
Chicago tracks he took to the poorooms.
When they put the skids under the Chicago
IOO.rOuus, he fell for the handbook game.
Which ought TO be about suffiCiency.
When you fall for the handbook game,
well
Anyhow. when I met him in Chicago the
other day-not having clapped an eye on
lin for quite stretch Of years-he looked
like q tramp.
We'll. are YOU getting a lot at the Old
thing l asked him In that arch tone Of
hr.czjuess.
He gazed at me sadly
stop that frivolitng," said he land slip
No two bits. I'm there with yen for the
ats-sinkcrs and coffee sound Ike a dream
OF Ari'by to me just now. Perduce.'
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won him out several times over in the
Tallapoosa, by Great Tom he was a colt
| of good size, weighing close to $50 pounds
| and Gen Jackson set him down as one of
| value of the stake and his bets in tho
auction pools.
This heroic beginning of a great career
for Proctor Knott was followed by subse-
quent stake victories that spring and sum-
mer QSsS at Louisville, Chicago Sara
toga and Monmouth Park. until .1ryant's
colt reached Sheepshead Bay late In Au-
gust, with over $4,000 to his credit In
stakes and purses
The first Futurity stake, estimated value
$4,000. was the all-absorbing topic of dis
| cussion in the turf world and no cclt or
| FLY engaged had better credentials than
| Proctor Knott So the Kentuckans rallied
| at Sheepshead Bay in force, reminding one
| very forcibly of the Longfellow- Bassett
race at Long Branch sixteen years before
| when 500 westerners arriving at the track
| in a late special broke down the fence and
| marched In rather than get in line TO pur-
| chase tickets! But US their leader met
| Manager John ChamDerlin on their way 10
the stand and settled the gate admission
| in a lump the incd. It nded amicaby
| Opposed to Proctor Knott in the first
! Futurity the flower of the two year.
| olds, east and west the Hagglns. Lorillards.
| Belmonts, Scots, Badwins Cassatts and
other milionaires all having youngsters en-
! gagged. Among these j. B. Higgins Saliva
tor. bred at Rancho del Paso farm, was
| looked the one Proctor Knott had
| to beat. By England's speed marvel Prince
| Charlie, out of the stout American-bred
| marc Salina, by Lexington Salvador COM
| bined the bluest blood of the hemispheres,
| and from foalhood the handsome chestnut
| colt was the idol of his breeder, J. Haggin,
| and his son. Ben All Haggin.
The morning of the day the Futurity was
| run Sam Bryant went up and down the
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| year before finally deciding that he would
not train again. Then they sold the horse
to Gen. w. H. Jackson lis breeder. and
| Blackburn was sent to beautiful Belle
| Meade, his birth pace.
Each year the Luke Blackburn yearings
| We're eagerly soush; after at the Belle
Meade sales. for Gen. JACKSON gave the
| horse every chance, mating him with some
| Of his best mares. BaCkburns former
owners, the Dryers, were liber al purchasers
| of his progenJ
| to forty eaclinls were being got ready
| for the annual spring sale AS was the
| custom the youngsters were turned out
| every day, rain or shine. fol exercise In
| fifty acre padd )cks, the colts in one pad
| dock and the FLIES in another. They would
| race each other up and down in impromptu
| trials of speed.
| More than once at Belle Meade was 1t my
+, privilege and pleasure to witness these
| yearlngs gallops, a combination between
a wild west show and series of races over
| the grassy turf, the youngsters coming
under the head OF "guideless'' racers. each
! racing on his or her courage alone entirely
| free and unrestarined
Before the galloping was begun each
yearing would be led alone to the big
| barn door, opening out on a spacious fifty
acre paddock. and as the door would slide
open the youngster would be "shooed' out
! by the attendants. Nine out of every ten
of the yearlings would bolt out of the door
! like shot out of a gun, and at top
speed to the far end of the field.
| rms program would go on until all the
youngsters were turned loose, and then the
! band would voluntarily herd in one end of
| the spacious paddock as If waiting for a
| signal. This would turn up in weird
| halloo" from several of the farm hands.
and the whole band of youngsters would
come charging down the grassy eXpanse
| like a battalion of cavalry, at racing speed
with those in the striving with might
| and main to catch up with their speedier
I fellows in front.
In these yearling races through the field
| big white-faced. white-legged colt would
| frequently outstrip his fellows, even when
| starting from the rear and having ground
| to make up. Then he would come through
the bunch like whirlwind even though he
had to bump his way at times to get an
opening
| The consequence was that all the farm
| people marked this youngster as future
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to him. the colored lad Spider Anderson.
and sinking his teeth in the boys leg lifted
him out of the saddle and shook him as
a terrier would rat.
Anderson finally got loose and was taken
to the clubhouse. where a surgeon exam
ined the boys leg and dressed the wound
caused by Juggler's savage fangs. Then
Anderson went back to the post, where the
field was waiting for him. and getting upon
his mount again, the mare Fides, owned
by August Belmont the plucky little negro
went on and won the race, amid the thun-
ders of applause from the excited specta-
tors. James McCormicks horse Autocrat,
by Prince Charley. in a race on the wind
swept heights Of Gutenberg, jumped over
q big dog In the homestretch that crossed
his path and won like a cross-country per-
former. But perhaps the oldest accident
Of them all happened to the great colt
Proctor Knott at Nashville. Tenn, in 1883.
when he was a two-year-old. He got hung
on the track fence which he tried to jump
In his ante post gallop, and was cut and
bruised before he was released from his
voluntary ''straddle," yet went on and won
his race
When that great race horse, Luke Black
burn by Bonnie Scotland-Nevada. broke
down in the Coney Island Cup of 1851 his
owners, the Dryers kept him for another
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entire length of the Futurity Chute" pick
ing out all stones and pebbles on the track
and as the other trainers saw "Stoncpicker'
Bryant at work they followed suit until the
six furlong chute was as clean as u bill
Hard table
In the afternoon 10000 persons Witnessed
one of the greatest finishes N American
turf history between three colts bred n
Tennessee California and Missouri. The
last, considered a plebean, to breeding
alongside Of his blucr-blocdgd opponents.
would have won the race hut for his jock
ey's weakness from reducing.
Betting favored Proctor Knott and Saliva
tor at to l each, while it was 10 10
against the Missouri bred colt Gallon. By
Faustus owned by Uncle Jim Gray. known
! and esteemed throughout the middle west
| as a thurman and breeder. Ga!en was rid
den by Turner. Proctor Knott by Barnes
and Salvador by Isaac Murphy, the great
| cclored jockey.
After Galen had led from the start he took
the outside at the 'elbow." where the
Chute" joins the main track because his
Knott and Salvador were taken the shortest
way home over the inside rails Proctor
| Knott winning by neck from Salvador.
| with Galen across the track under the
judges stand beaten only half a length!
Proctor Knott won $50 700 as Il two-y"ar-
old, the greatest amount ever won by a
colt or FLY of that age up to that year
And the next season added fur iher 10 MS
| fame and his owners bank roll liut BryaiI'
| always afterward declared that he TOOK IN"
greatest chance of his turf caree: ~hcn nc
| started the colt that hung On ths
! fence at Nashville.
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carrots" airlly replied Burke. Not in.
hey? You fatigue me. What's going to
stop him."
"Weu, l dunno" unused Wheelock. but
they're only In when the red boards down.
aren't they? You've been playing the
horses since last Tuesday a week, haven't
you? Well. you've seen two or three nice
things toppled and tetered over. haven't
you? Uh-huh Dye want $4,000 for that
bit of scribbling 1 passed you this fore
noon?"
The peanut and gum stand Is on the
other side of the ring, George, replied
Burke. walking away.
Burke walked out to the lawn to see the
race. He saw 1t right enough. Tammany
cantered along out in front like bell cow
plus for about half the distance. and then.
at the top of the stretch, Tammany broke
down all in heap. His two forelegs. that
had been subjected to some patching, gave
way under him, and, to clinch things, he
bled at the same time Tammany never
faced the barrier after that-he was all
in for all time. A lump of Camembert
whose very name one forgets won that race
IN which Tammany was chalked at l to 60
You can meet the approachable Eddie
Burke any time you want to along toward
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track at all that day. but to get the thou
sand down on combination bet 1or the
five. If he could; He went to r, George
Wheelock, the bookmaker, at the norman
George couldn't see several horses among
the five to get any part Of their purses. and
80 he laid against Burke's list. He wrote q
ticket calling for $4,000 to $1,000 and
The last horse on Burke's list was the
great one, Tammany. Wheelock. In laying
the parlay price. figured Tammany as
about an even-money thing, and SO wrote
him in parlaying the ticket.
Burke didn't go to the track but hung
around a ticker in Long Island City till
three of the horses on his list had COPIED:
Then he couldn't stand 1t any longer and
track. When he got to the gate he found
that the fourth horse on his list had con-
nected with the first money.
He found, in addition, that two of the
great contenders in Tammany's race. the
one to wind up the ticket. had been
a waikover for Tammany It was pretty
nigh post time for the Tammany race and
the layers Of odds were holding Tammany
at / to 60. which. Of course, meant just
out in the betting.
AS he swung into the betting ring. Burke
came upon George Wheelock, and Vince
lock, not unnaturally. was looking cha
grined.
Eddie" said Wheelock, espying Burke,
I'll slip you $4,000 for that ticket gave
you this morning. Here's the money" and
he began to count out $1,000 bills.
Run anyway and roll your new hoop,
George" replied Burke. That's the grand
price you're offering me against Tammany,
to GO shot isn't it? Wouldn't that be
cunnin for you!
well, I'm offering to put something in
your hand-a big piece, too" said Vince
lock. land Tammany isn't in yet. is hep"
'In his STALL cooled out and munching
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sisted that some means be taken to insure
better work at the barrier. While some of
the stewards are opposed to the moving
start. they are now in the minority and
have been outvoted.
But it is not anticipated that any change
Will be made this year, at least, not at
the metropolitan tracks as that would be
regarded as rather too violent a proce d.
ing by the conservatives of the turf gov
erning body. The change was not agreed
upon without a stiff fight, but the recent
agitation and the good reasons brought
forth for change of starting method have
brought some of the stewards around to
favor the walk-up start who formerly were
opposed to it. Under the new rule the start
ing will absolutely be put up to the Off
cial In charge of the barrier, and he VIII
be held responsible for the successful work
ing Of this very important department of
racing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
WINNING FAVORITES HIT
THE BOOKMAKERS HEAVILY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 2T.-Judged by the
large fields at Brighton this week horse
men arc anxious to secure their getaway
eXpenscs to Saratoga. Empire City, Fort
Erie and the Canadian circuit, or wherever
they may make the jump next week. Not
at any time this season have fields aver
aged so large as now, yet the proportion
of winning favortcs has continued fully up
to the average.
Indeed 50 well have public hackers sue
Ceedcd in landing well-played winners that
- per cent of the layers that were in line
at the opening date have dropped out the
last few days for financial repairs Ihis
has made quite a gap in the bookmakers'
ranks. but as the whole game of racing Is
generally a survival of the Financially fit
est. these ups and downs of the sport are
taken with due philosophy, for there are
other days
Considering shat James r. Keene's great
horses that have already earned him close
to $3"I,s7p this season are all homchreds,
it makes their great merit all the more
gratifying to- their popular owner. II was
It kc'tuckiHn who said ne had rather breed
and own Kentucky Derby winner than
I've President of the tuitet states. But
Owner N-ru, has bred winner after winner
Of great races that throw the Kentucky
',,'. Wy D.. ..i ,.,.,..-,....,,-or5 colt
nv Voter. ran sou impi,sS.yely in his $I,"oo
win ;or Brighton" : li"lH"is STAKE '.at ne
i"".lS "r as i'r'i'.,'' ''A '.N - o.,
-. r...... 80, ,,,., -.,aiI.r lines and
doc, moi weigh Within I5I or 2o0 pounds of
his sttHl-mlt.. nGt in tile iroluois he
s1oaId'r'a I-' .dH@> liz " i''l anu
IAN '.' ''''. ',..- - I,ioI IN
-. t{,ri.. ~ ,y,rrr,. r.,nuaninn of Peter
D. 10, f,,..r ',.,t..s.. mis- season with
I.,,..r l1.,..,,,,,..,,. Srl,id,.re Frank
IN ,., -. t,I,,1rI him, Ken Golf
81 r,.,,,.-.,,,I,., and ,tI,r rack three
- lie ,. g., ~ ..lI R,u,t how
- ~, r.. x1-u4n Rrirnton Derby
5.I,i a., c't,,,.JI,, r.>t AZ the Taarh
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five-year-old Thistledale won his maiden
steeplechase through the Brighton field
This horse, giant in size, can run a mile
in l. 80 on the fiat and now that he has got
to know his business over timber there is
no telling just how good he will prove to
be- Phantoms death leaves Good and
Plenty the mainstay of the Hitchcock jump
ers. but Thistledale will be backed to de-
feat even him.
President Fitzgerald of the association has
been continuing his good work In the stew
ards stand with his associates by the
closest supervision of the Jockeys In each
race, and the two disqualifications this
week for rough riding, coupled with
weeks suspension of young Notter, have
met with general approval. The public
wants to see just such activity as this In
the stewards stand. as it keeps the jockeys
in their bounds and conduces to truer run
races. y. - Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
MAY ADOPT WALK-UP
SYSTEM IN STARTING

NEW YORK, July 27-There are good
grounds for the belief that the walk-up
system of starting will prevail on the east
ern tracks next year, or at least that rule
will be adopted permitting the starter to
use any system that he desires and holding
him responsible for getting the fields away
In good order. 1t Is understood that the
stewards Of the Jockey Club have had the
matter under discussion and that the pro-
gressive men in the organization have in
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He Is a chestnut, standing fifteen hands
three inches, and carries himself with the
alert poise and elastic action found only
in the most sensitive and highly strung Of
the thoroughbreds. He Is grandson of
the champion sire, Allerton. The photo
graph was made in Potomac Park Tuesday
OF this week, the exposure being one five
hundredth of a second in duration
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WEEKLY MEETINGS TO BE
HELD AT BRIGHTWOOD

HIS marc did NOT boya % 90, r,,,,h as. .,
her class TO win her race. the fastest heat
pelns 222A.
~ , ~ uas i"""N'ns ,lhursdhyl MT. wa
ing ceIdjnr Kidd IN ~, - ~ ,'n 'ts pa *,
race Mr.. Waters had To TAX. m" ans, ~ TIC
field. being absolutely last In the summary.
ia, LARRY MoO ofnlck was more fortunate. as
.,Soissr,;,% ~ &, M ~ MY SoNs, teamed nv
trance Fec I,bn s,ort .i,;,.,r sia ~ heI en-
FIRST tbfs sc,s,,, ~, 49,, - 80 "'N '"r
she may do hettsr rb"r Sb ~ as 'it',' ald
races undar nor h.rt On -, ,rt b" iii,ie
Dorsey was nm at,airs, ,ho ha,, -, '.~' I 10y
line again win H. ~, -, - - - a.
the . - uare Ps',li,n ~, ,i IN ~; 81,
Edna capt,ro1 tbn ~, a., - -
in - and . - ANA i1nrsn,, IL, ,,,, %
II second money P,trr Ia, L. I,l1,,t
got fourth money and sd 80 ,',, -
fee. Some of tho local b,rs,s nm a. -
gagemsnts I'm W.s, lri,.,,,,i. - ~, ~ IN. ~,
shipping EXPENSES ''N anu save
-
greatly overshadowcd during tlo past week
by the opening OF the grand circuit IN De-
troit. where the fastest tru,iey~ OF any pre-
vious year met Thursday last 10 contest
Tor the Merchants and Manufacturers $40
90 stakes Pubic curiosity has been
"het'ed Tor two weeks past to razor :
cage as TO whether the winner would be the
memphis owned eeldng. Hghball 81 the
California owned ana bred mare Souoml
HiFl' -FOUR weeks ago well-postcd horsemon
could see nothing TO II but llighball. After
the ge.ding beat the mare al Liheryyvlle
one heat In the fast. time of 2.oj'4 the High
pan partisans thought it was all over for
.'ic nl1' anu an nvr!s h'td d" when he
ana ,lain, tbs ,,nne,, IN IL -. 80 '''o '.i ~
MARI came b,cis a,d r. tll,., ~,
NM :, an 80. t1;; - to.i'"'NS Me'h
suro nenIlo hocn,. ~ an,,bt no'.'V coo
bIntad 49, ~ ~ ii az; - - - VIZ
nnrh hiah = ui ,,'aH VI, II ~ Hi'i,,l
pra,,,,', -. h1 nun Am an ulSIS'uy.
wbiob Ia 49,, 30 ht r So 80 - 'i'v, "a
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ALLERTON, JR.

and has brought him up in light harness in
this city.
Allerton. Jr., took the blue ribbon In his
class at Manassas last week after having
been driven all the way from Washington
two days previously. He was pitted
against a very good field comprising many
horses which had been held at ease for the
event,
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spots won more than S225, 600 for the
financier. but this year their winnings will
be far above that amount. So far they
have gathered in about 500, 900 and with
some Of the rich prizes that are yet to
come his total will surely reach $500 600
This is phenomenal sum for one stable
to gather in one season of racing
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GRANDSON OF ALLERTON.

Above is a photograph of Mr. Frank p.
Altemus six-year-old registered trotter, AL
lerton, jr.. one Of the notable horses Of
Washington. Mr.. Altemus has owned him
since he was a little over two years old,