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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

LING LEOPOLD of the
IL Belgians Has Taken On
a New Lease of Life Since He
Quit Tobacco and Alcohol,
and Works Harder Than Any
Three Men in Belgium-He
Begins Business at S O'Clock
Every Morning and Gets
Through With a Lot Before
Breakfast-His Plans for the
Future of Belgium = Facts
Gathered at First Hand, and
Which Vary Considerably
From the Grotesque Stories
Told of His Majesty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

The writer Of the following article is the
author of King Leopold II. His Rule in Bel
thoritv on Belgian affairs and better able. per
haps than any other writer TO get intimate
frst-hand news Of the kings doinSs. One IN
terestipy subject on which. for obvious reasons
he is unable to touch. is what may be stated
here as an absolute fact-however often II may
have been printed a rumor and afterward de-
nied-yiz that the household to which MI
mcdonnell refers consists. in addition to the
usuaI officiais of the lady known Baroness
Vaughan and her children. and that the baroness
is undoubtedly the welded though morganatic
wife Of the king.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

But this year 1 haven't heard any
body whooping very loud for the candi-
dates except the candidates. There 5
some talk. of course, on politics, but not
much more talk, SO far as l can tell,
than there is on the subject of those
new green alpine lids that are being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
lisa GREAT CAMPAIGN r. You LOVE QUIET

>~1D DEIL it's been a great
- campaign" said the Ho-
AAI tel Clerk Great Tor
wv who?" asked the House
Detective of the St
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

Last seasons observations of the United
states biological survey. the nations
clearing house for game data: showed
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hoof off enough to be able to let the
shoe tit in an even manner on the sur
face and then make the shoe SO 1t Will
fit tho foot in a natural way. YoA
must shoe according to tho foot and
not try to make every horse have
foot Just like something OF which you
have possibly read. but seldom see.
While shoes should not be left on
horses too long period. as the foot
will grow too long as result, on tho
other hand II Is bad policy to shoe tho
horse too often. as 1t Will require some
trimming at each shoeing. resulting in
destroying moro OF the hoof than
should be taken from the sensitive
structures within.
The hoof was intended to protect tho In
terna anatomy of tho foot, II was intended
with the frog to support tho weight OF the
horse. whether going fast slow. and IL
should not be taken away from tho animal
for looks by those who cannot appreciate It's
real value The nppers VIII usually take
or much hoof ns the animal AFFORD
to spare, thcn tho foot may simply be level
ell by tho knife or rasp. but 1t makes this
writer Just n little uneasy when he Dees
man look at n gauge by which he Is going
to trim horses foot to certain degree or
angle and then when the Same man takea
w a knife and starts to cut on the foot. II
~ time to holler "F.rc!" or anything else that
will stop the man from cutting.
AS / have said above, much can be done
by shoeing, to improve the action and gaita
of some horses. but the work should usually
be done on the shoe and not the foon
shoe may be inside thicker on the in than
to make the foot thinner by trimming
Remember the foot is tho foundation OF the
horse, and do not try to undermine him
with the knife by destroying his foundation
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DID GOTCH RESORT
TO UNFAIR TRICKS?
Many Think That the Farmer
Used Dirty Methods to Beat
the Russian.
by JEFF THOMPSON.

NEW YORK, April 11.--Well. Ameri-
ca now has the worlds champion
wrestler, Frank Gotch. the Iowa plow
boy, is the man. After one of the
most remarkable bouts ever fought out
on the mat in which there was n
combination of rough-house football,
rough and tumble fighting, prize fight
ing and wrestling for two solid hours,
the Russian Lion. bruised and bloody,
decided he had enough and the title
Went to Ciotch.
Perhaps Gotch would have won had
which Is open TO argument. AS a mat
ter of fact. according TO the accounts
of the fights l have seen, lie did prac-
tically everything but commit actual
mayhem on the unfortunate Russian
and the complacent referee permitted
IL to go.
In statement after the bout Ref
cree Smith said:
The powerful Lion complained sew
eral times that Gotch was jobbing his
thumb into his eve. Eie complained
of other things, too. but I did not
consider that 6 otch's transgressions
We're worthy of more than caution.
Gotch is postmaster of all the little
trickery that verges on the Illegal and
unfair. but his work in this line last
night ] consider to have no bearing
at all i'll incapacitating the Lion "
Another account of the bout says:
The end of the contest was dramatic
in tho extreme. Hackenschmidt with
his eyes fearfully lacerated. his nos
trils torn, his lips and face battered
almost beyond recognition, smeared
from head 10 foot with his own blood,
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THE RENDEz n1cMoNDs c,oss-CoUNrRY RIDERS
HORSES AND HORSEMEN

busiest of three-year- old trotters cam
paigned in this section last season,
even though handicapped by the name
of a horse to which he bears no rela-
ton.
Happy Tie passed from Captain
Browne to General Miles when the lat
ter was stationed In Washington. D.
c., and the daughter of Happy Rus
sell was one Of the fastest trotters
seen on the speedway at the national
capital.
One OF the busiest scenes in all this
section that can be witnessed pretty
much any day during the week is that
at the great plant of the Southern Stock
Yards out on Broad Street. For mag
nihcence of space, cleanliness. ariness
and the order that prevails too. this
plant excels anything seen in the whole
South. while in size 1t just about ranks
with any other In America. Under the
same roof thousands OF horses and
mules can be sheltered at a time. while
they are loaded and unloaded from
trains of cars that run right alongside
of the vast building. One OF the great
est attractions to most visitors to the
place is the splendid accommodations
for showing horses up and down the
eighth OF mile straightaway track,
building. This track renders 1t posi-.
Bile for horses to be shown at speed,
regardless of weather conditions, and
frequent use is made of 1t, too, espe-
cially during the big auction sales that
go on at least four days in each week.
Rchmond's first annual spr<ng sale
of trotters, PAGERS and high acting har-
ness horses will be held at the South
ern Stock Yards pavilion on the last
three days of this month, and the af-
fair promises to make history. as q
whole lot of speedy performers will
find new owners. Some thorough bred
horses of the bluest blood. too. will
change hands, as Buckland Farm sells
all of its holdings, among them being
full brother to Robert Waddell. the
brown gelding that won the American
Derby, Chicago's classic event of other
years, for the late Robert Waddell
while the California bred mare, Emf
nence, dam of Peter Paul, one of the
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Especial to The Times Dispatch !


LEXINGTON, VA, April 1l.-Rich-
mond College went TO pieces early in
the game to-day, and Virginia Military
Institute scored the runs which gave
them the victory. In the third inning
Gates reached first on Gwathmeys err
ror, went, to second on SCOTS sacri-
fee, and cage home when Gwathmey
missed PolloGk.s POP fly and threw
wild to first. A, moment later Pollock
crossed the plate on Grammer's sacri-
fee Lodges wild heave in the fourth
gave the cadets their second run, but
after ID Wright replaced G. Wright on
the slab in the fifth the home
teams scoring stopped. In the
sixth Devault walked Ezekiel, who
went TO second when Massie let
6. Wright's grounder go through him.
and scored on Sheppard's hit. Rich
1nond counted again in the ninth. De-
vault pitched beautiful game. and the
visitors We're unable to solve his deliy-
cry at critical moments. G, Wrlgh,
started out we'll but weakened. and
was replaced by d. Wright, who pitched
good ball Both teams did rather poor
fielding but in the second inning the
cadets pulled off pretty double
Doyle TO Beauchampe to Massie-cut.
ting off a run for Richmond
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WITH THE PONIES

Dr. W j. Miller, OF Wilmington. Del, has
purchased the mare Topsy Van, 2:lShs from
William b. Austin. This is new one Tor
the matinee races.
The FIRST horse this season to be killed
BY lightning was Beautiful sprite, by WIKI
ruteer dam Brittet. by Tommy Britton She
vas killed at Weston, w, Va.
II. NJ. Flick. OF Brady. Pa. has purchased
from L. e Brown. of Delavan. ILL.,, the 3
year old Wflful Parole, 2:20E, by Parole,
a:i6, dam Annie Baron. by Barom Wilkes.
Trainer John Rombnugh who will race
pn,kcy Hal, 2:07t4, this year. has another
fun brother to the of Star Hal in Hal
Boy that is claimed to be famous per-
former.
curt GosneIl has several flyers in his
string this season. Flying Jim. 2oSis; Fair
oaks. 2;11t.; Bedworth H.. 2:t4A: Davis s..
2;1,l,; j. j. s., 2:2it4, and Knightstown Bell,
g;19A.
John White. OF Atlantic CITY. who will
train for Ernest Shackeford, Will locate at
the Mt. Holly IN. ~ track. In his string
VII. be l. r. Washburn. 2:foR; club, 9:l6A,
by Ashland wilkes. aud three colts.
The Merchantville. n. j., track and stab
line Is undergoing needed repairs. Thirty
stables are now ready for use Harry w.
Davis. Z. II. Lingo, Uncle Dan" Bodine and
Frank Dickinson viii train there this season.
Ed. Sunderlein will be down the line this
season with the PAGERS, Jennie w, 2;oil. !;
B,llS W.. 2:11A; Burlington Maid 2;lSi4 5;
Allcnita. 2:lTis. and Bronnell, 2:22h all sir
ed by Alea nder son of Alcnntara,
Andy Mcdowell will train at Poughkeep-
sic y Y. He has select string in The
Friend. 2:05k; Charley Belden, cosy; To-
kio, 2:o9 a -year-old by Grattan Boy
and o'Nell. n o-year-old by Walnut Hall.
Miss Nina, 2:27h, by Red Medium, dam
Queen Alcynont by Alcymont, will be used
on the road by e. +. Hall. Washington, ID.
c., who has also purchased Red Princess. by
the same sire out OF Irony, by Princess.
clyde Mcbride. the New Jersey trainer.
has a dozen good ones to go down the fair
circuits this year, including Princine. 2:10A,
by sidney Prince; Red Axworthy. by Az
worthy. out OF Red Rose. by Nutwood, and
lot OF green prospects.
Lou Mcdonald is training at Selma. Ala,
a string of twenty-five head, In Kruger
500; Hdalgo, 2:04A Hal r.. 2:o7h Miss
Adbcll. a:O9A Amy Brooks, 2:1sA; Marvel
eta. 2:24A; John o., by Bingen; Allen Win
ter, By Ed. Winter, and several youngsters
by Virgins. the Bean Ireal, Walnut Hall.
Joe Patchen. Peter the Great and John y.
McKerron,
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busiest two-year- olds OF his year, also
goes. This daughter of imported kyrle
DAILY is with foal by Aloha, the sire
of both Peter Paul and Robert Waddell.
The most notable consignment OF speed
Is from Montezuma Farm, owned by
City Sergeant James C. Smith, who is
closing out after forty years expert
ence, while many other fast horses will
be found in the catalogue, now in press,
but soon to be issued. and that can
be had simply for the asking.
The stable OF thoroughbreds, owned
by Paul j. Raney, the Cleveland mil
lionaire. recently Shipped by William
Garth from 1ngleside Farm, Charlottes-
Vile, Va, to Belmont Park, New York,
arrived in good shape, and the condi-
ton OF the horses is the talk of the
place. Trainers and Others who have
declaring that string OF such proper
tons was never seen in better condl-
ton.
When the class of many Of the older
along with the general conformation
of the Juvenile division, the horses
handled by the Albemarle trainer seem
likely to figure as strong factors IN
been nominated, Eleven three-year
olds and upward are in the string
among them De Mund Heaslip and T.
S. Martin. the well-known Virginia
Gu SlSeplStiidSSi. ny Edthei .>eI
lie Racine, the four-year- old chestnut
nlly, by Racine out of Bona Vera. won
last week at Oakland. Cal, doing SIX
furlongs in 1:l4 10. and finishing ahead
of field of nine others. This fliy and
quite. good many other winners are
credited to Racine. the California bred
son of Bishop and Fairy Rose. that now
heads the stud of w. W. Osborne. a,
Gordonsville. Va. Racine was himself
a race-horse Of real class. and at his
new home in Virginia he is attracting
attention. The bay stallion has fins
size and is not lacking in substance
so that Mr.. Osborne VIII try him as
sire of hunters, jumpers and steeple.
chasers. with the belief that he vii
get cross-country performers of some
note
Pearl, the famous Canadian high.
jumper. alleged to have cleared the bal
at seven feet eight inches. is dead
The cause of death is given as amaze
mia, the veterinarian stating that at
ter death he could find no red blood in
lher veins.
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THE SHOE MUST FIT THE FOOT

BTJ. G. FIGRNEYHOEGH,D ID. V. s., II. S.
After practicing veterinary medicine
and surgery for several years the
writer soon found out that the majority
of horses suffering from lameness
were not only lame in the foot, or feet,
but in many cases the trouble was
either the direct or Indirect result Of
improper shoeing. 1t was the direct
result when the animals foot had
been subjected to the abuse of the
much used knife and the small shoe,
both of which actually had been used
to such an extent as to produce direct
pressure upon The sensitive portions
of the foot, and thus caused pain to
the animal, which naturally resulted
in the animal not only going lame in
the foot that was paining him, but 1t
caused him to step unusually short IN
all of his gaits owing to the fact that
he was not able to stand on the lame
foot or more often feet, long enough TO
use the sound ones properly. The indi-
rect cause is noticed where the rasp
has been too much used on the outer
wall of the hoof, and where the high
heel has prevented the pressure from
going where it belongs-on the frog.
Now. I am not going to state. as
some veterinarians do. that the black
smith is always the trouble In bad
shoeing. I think that In many cases
IL the plain country blacksmith was
simply let alone that he would put on
plain shoe, one perhaps a little too
heavy, but the country blacksmith Will
seldom injure a horse by that method,
which ruins hundreds Of our very best
shorses-by cutting away too much Of
that portion of the foot, or hoof, which
was meant by nature to protect the
animals internal foot. 1t Is more Of
ten the so-called expert sheer, or more
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often still the owner, and In some cases
the veterinarian who wants to have
the animal shod "up-to-date." using
that wonderful machine made to show
just the degree which the hoof should
slope. AS matter of fact you will
not find any four individual horses,
If you take them Just as they are
found, without selection. that will
naturally admit of the same slope OF
the hoof TO the fraction of a degree,
or to Il degree, yet snen this gauge IA
used every poor animal must be exact
ly like the one that was once thought
to have the proper angle. In fact, the
simple location of tho country, the soil.
moisture. etc, has an important influ-
ence on the texture of the horses hoof.
Therefore we must not have any such
absolute. fixed rule or guide for shoe
ing horses.
AS a matter of fact, II you let them
alone some of these expert shoers will
turn up nearly as much iron around
the sides and at the toes of the horses
foot as they Will put underneath to
protect the foot from the road or
street. 1 assisted n friend to buy a
marc few years ago which was not
only a good individual. but one that
had especially good feet: however. she
had the misfortune to drop one OF her
front shoes one day and the driver did
not notice this for some time until the
mare commenced to go lame. by which
time she had naturally worn off quite
lot OF the hoof from this foot. But
owing to the fact that her hoof was
of unusually good texture the hoof
simply wore off even and did not break
as a brittle hoof would have done. The
mare was then sent to the blacksmith
and shod. Now she had one long foot
and one short one. Thus she went a
little lame or uneven, as the foot of
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QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
nv DR.. j. q. FERNEYuoUGM.

Query No. /. 1 had a horse some time ago
that was affected very strangely. and died
In about seven days. The animal hrs. had
some disease OF the eyes: the membrane
would come down the eye. He then
got very stin. his head stuck out and his
legs set wide apart. and he would trcmble
and s,agger about like he could not control
him self Finally he went down and
sun tina, he could not bend his legs. His
neck and jaws also got very stin what
wan the trouble. and is 1t contagious?
Answer. Your horse hal 'tataDus dock
Jaw. 1t was cauEcd by germ which usual
ly gets into the circulation through "A simple
wound, such as the puncture by nall into
the foot say simple wound because II the
wound Is open. or is dischargtng then the
germ which produces tetanus is exposed TO
tho oxygen in the air which DESTROYS It But
in little simple wounds that heal quickly
tetanus IL often the result. The membrane
pro,rudlng over the eye, especially when the
animals head Ia elevated. Is one OF the frst
and best symptoms OF tetanus. 1t Is not
contagious, but you had better pick UP all
nails from where tho horses are, as the
earth in the vicinity OF where that hors.
picked up tho germ is. l suspect. inoculated
with. the said germ tetanus bacilli).
Query No. 2. Your wrote some time ago
telling what was thoroughbred "a Standard
bred and halfbred Kindly tell me which
bred you would call the mule. l wish
to speak correctly.
Answer. call the mule hybrid"
Query No. 8. have 1ooo-pound six
year odd driving horse. apparently In good
health. plenty OF life. but he will not gee fat.
feed oats and bran with some corn and
good timothy hay. His hair looks dry and
he eats clay, dirt, when he can get 1t.
Please tell mo in the Sunday Times Dispatch
what to do 70 cause the horse to take on
flesh. I am n regular subscriber for The
Times Dispatch.
Answer In tho Arst place I think your
horse is suffering with acldity OF tho stom-
ach. Give him little clay In his stall. II he
is constantly stabbed. daily for some time,
and also give him one tablespoonful OF soda
In his drinking water once day for three
days Do not let him have water until he
wants It badly. and then give It In a bucket
after you put the soda n and he will drink
1t Just at this period OF tho year. however,
little grass daily will be tho best thing for
the horse. find that sliEht handful OF
linseed meal In the oats and bran daily
makes tho hair look good and causes the old
hair to como on rapidly II tho grooming IL
properly done every day. Be sure to con-
tirue to feed the oats and bran. though
leave the corn or Just now. and water the
horse three times daily before feeding his
grnln. and then give him all OF the grain he
will cat clean three times a day. and give
little mixed hay three times daily also In
connection with tho other remedies mem
toned, and 1 think the horse will improve
in flesh, and his hair Will also become slick
In few weeks time
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h the Lawmakers half the catcher
'muffcd the bail and Morgan got his
base after three strikes. Cownn went
out mt first but advanced Morgan
Thon Jackson made a pretty single
witch scored Morgan Jackson, how
ever, WAS loft on base.
m the ninth inning Anderson singled
to left, was sacrificed TO second. and
came home on Batch's liner to left
But the next two men flew out to
RIGGS. The score
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L. M. l. TEAM DEFEATS
RICHMOND COLLEGE

and not a twenty-round bout, as supposed.
Nelson has been thinking of the matter
and has come to the conclusion that he
would not be doing himself justice TO engage
IN twcnty-round contest with Cans. whose
cicverness would give him advantage in
short bout. Nelson has, therefore, posted
u forfeit of $4,000 with James w. Conroth
to bind n match with Cans. Coffroth being
tho only promoter who can pull off bouts of
longer duration than twcnty rounds
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Georgetown Wins.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

ESPECIAL 10 The Tlmes-DIspa tch.
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, April
little University of Virginia base
ball team went down before the
Georgetown players by the score of >
to 2 to-day on the University grounds
Susong did some good twirling, strik-
ing out ten men.
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Wants Fortn-tirc Rounds.

San FRANCISCO CAL, AprI( lit is
possible that the match between Joe Clans
md Nelson. which WAS teutaiiyeB arranged
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Richmond.

Summary: Two-base hit-Clancy.
Three-base hit-Riggs. Stolen bases
Anderson, i. Clancy. /: Batch, .. Base
on bass--off Revelle, 8; Jackson. 4 Nc
Lean, i; Otey. 9. Hit by pitched ball
Lipe Struck out--By Revelle, 4 Jack
som i Mclean. 3; Otey. g. Passed
balls-Cow9n. / ; Erwin, /. wild pitch
jackson. Time of game-2:l0 Umpire
Harry Mace. Ettendance-5.250.
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Totals. ......,..97 . 3 ~ /
virginia Military institute,
Totals; ,.,.y...'S9 ~ 40

Totals. .,....,......3 S24 40 q
Richmond College .,.O o0ool0o -
T. Nj. I..,....,....,..... 02100OU O--S
Summary; struck out--By G, Wright
s; by p. Wright, 81 by Deyault, o.
Devault. 1. HIT by pitched ball-by
d. Wright, u; bw Devault, 3. PASSED
balls-Beauchampe Lodge, i, pow
BILE play--Doyle TO Beauchampe To Mas
sic. Time OF game :55 Umpire
Mr.. STREET, Of Washington and Lee,
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Joe Cans and Battling Nelson are to
mix il again. THIS tinr II is to be II
20-round 20 and they arc to fight IN
Frisco some time In May. Cans is
10 make 1s3 pounds and Nelson Is to
weigh as much as he pleases | don't
believe Cans can put Nelson out III 70
under these conditions. ! am
very sure Nelson can't put out Cans.
The negro should get the decision.
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that streamed from n score OF wounds
on his head and arms and body went
te tile mat al last with Gotch on top.
He was nalf blinded, dh2ed and WenrN
Gotcl, leaped upon him like II savage.
driving his knees into Hackenschmtdt's
body. and roughing in the. style used
when football was leEaliIed nun /.
slaughter The Russian suddenly quit
the struggle aud appealed to the ret
cree. AS ne had score of times be-
fore during the bout.
The two statements are interesting
in conjunction.
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hear jim Jefrrics is considering n
to open up u cafe on
broadway. There ia no doubt that the
big fellow could make so of 1t here
and he should be able TO hand down
good money
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News from the soutl, tells OF the
manner IN which Terry McGovern -
coming back to his old form ii Is
said he IS down to $40 pounds. has n
terrific punch and hopes, when lie gets
back 10 New York. to get on a match
with Owen Moran. / hope it's all trus,
for / always did like Terry.
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Query No. 2. Your wrote some time ago
telling what was a thoroughbred "a standard
bred and halfbred. Kindly tell me which
bred" you would call the mule. as wish
to speak correctly.
Answer / call the mule hybrid