The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
AT THE HOTELS.

FlSeon racing is one Of the most fasci-
mating sports in the world" said E. G.
Watson. wealthy mine owner OF Ne
vada, at The Raleigh last night. L have
had hand in nearly all the games OF
amusement but have found the game OF
racing the little birds not only interest
ing. but inexpensive, which is not so with
the sports Of to-day. At one time horse
racing seemed 10 me 10 be the game OF
the kinss.' but there are, MANY reasons
why a man should not play the kings
game. especially when the man is not a
king.
When the automobile craze hit the
country l was most enthusiastic bpt a
man jeopardizes his life in the sport
Yachting. golhng. polo playing. and al
most everything proved interesting for 2
time but the novelty soon wore on
About four years ago / CHANGED N
come across a pigeon journal containing
records Of races and all news inte-estin,
10 ianciers. The pigeon craze struck
me and has been my constant companior
since / imported about a dozen pigecns
from Belgium, where the finest stock In
tne world Is raised. had cote. or In
pigeon vernacular, a loft. erected and
DousHt all lhe necessary paraphernalia
. TO breed and race pigeons In loss 49,
year nay fock had increased ~ ,esrI,. e,'-I,.
forty pigeons. and In that time I bad
/ studied the art Of racing them.
A few DAYS before left home tn co7,e
10 Washington one Of the birds which I
had sent away a distance OF 500 miles
returned tc the loft in one day. That is
about tho record for 600 miles In the
( United States. I expect 70 race the birds
as far as 1000 miles next spring and
/ eventually / will send them l2O0 miles
from home
The cost Of maintaining a loft Is not
I 70 De taken into consideration, being only
ABOUT 81 year for each bird. A gardener
can care for the pigeons. and every
spring and fall you can enjoy a race that.
Tor excitement and sport surpasses any
Futurity or Derby in this country or
across the water.
You see, am what they cali a
pigeon bug"
While. Of course, Texas is oyerwhelm-
inglS Democratic. there is strong Taft
sentiment throughout the State. Bus,-
ness men, almost 10 a man. are for Taft.
fhere is feeling that II he should be
elected. confidence would be restored all .
over the country
The foregoing statement was made last
night by Everett Wyatt. railroad man
Of Fort Worth. Tex. who is Stopping AZ
the New Willard Mr.. Wyatt has re-
Gently Travelled much in his state. and
believes TAFT is more popular than any
Republican nominee in many years.
TAFT is regarded as a conservative
man, who has been thoroughly trained for
the Presidency. and who is as capable
. OF honoring the chair as any man in the
country While the business men want
70 see the jovIal War Secretary President.
the farmers do not and the latter class
form nint-tenths Of the population Of our
state. The farmers viii vote. one and
all Ter William Jennings Bryan. I think
they feel his nomination is necessary for
the welfare cf the Democratic party. II
he is nominated and does not gain the
election, he viii quit even though he is
a fighter. for Ire knows the end. on the
other hand. IL he is not successful in re-
CeivlnE the nomination he VIII work for
1872. and that Will be bad"
Speaking ot conditions in Texas. Afr.
Wyatt said. I'VE suffered with otlI. sis
ter States when the money trouble came.
/ do not think the effects have been Oh
liberated Although there is every prom
lse OF good crops. there is not enough
employment for laborers. This Is true In
states between Washington and Texas.
/ noticed while coming here on the train
that many factories are closed ana where
smoke should be coming from stacks
saw birds flying undisturbed.
w ithin the last few weeks many men
nave been put 10 work IN Texas reDafr-
ing railroads after the waslouts. Nearly
one-third Of the State was swept bv a big
rainstorm and property loss resulted. IN
Is impossible 20 estimate the loss. bur
some idea of il may be gained when il is
known eight railroads suffered loss OF
ttatnc for nearly two weeks in addition
10 the damage done the roads. Bridges
We're destroyed. and some Of these have
only been temporarily replaced"
Albert Pissis. one Of the most promi-
nent architects Of san Francisco. and
president Of the san Francisco CHAPTER
Of the American Institute OF Arcbitectura
IS at the New Willard. He was in Wash
ington about eighteen years ago. and
since that time has visited nearly all the
capital cities OF the world. STUDYING IA
nous styles Of architecture. In his first
visit TO this city, Mr. Pissis was i'm
pressed by the beauty Of the Capitol. He
made the second trip 10 see if the i'm
preston remained, and seeing al the
wonders of building in various parts OF
the world, 20 see If the Capitol impressed
him as it did years ago.
He said last night that no building in
the world can equal the Capitol. accord
ins TO his opinion
Although our new buildings in San
Francisco do not compare with those in
Washington or the monster Office build
ings in New York, yet we have erected
me structures since the earthquake. Be
tween Slo0,O0o00 and $4,000 900 has been
expended. Only about 100000 Of this
money has been borrowed We found II
hard 70 borrow money In New York with
in the last four or five months. and for
that reason the building has decreased. I
think II viii begin again as soon as funds
can be obtained.
In what some persons call a short
time there VIII be only two cities In the
United States. San Francisco and New
York. Never before in the history OF
this country has there been such growth
as in san Francisco In the last two years,
This growth will not decrease. The CITY
is surrounded by the best land in the
country. and has in addition the finest
prospects FOR foreign trade in the world.
There is one hdrbor. only. on the Pacific
Coast Of any consequence, besides san
Francisco Valparaiso is our only COM
petItor worth consideration"
CuttinG Her Friendship.
From the Baltimore American