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FORWARD PASS RULE.
MAY BE CHANGED

NEW YORK, January %. = Competent
foot ball legislators spent many hours yes
terday at the Murray Hill Hotel talking
over proposed changes IN the foot ball
playing rules. The occasion was the an
nual meeting of the intercollegiate foot
ball rules committee.
The members of the amalgamated COM
mittee are Prof. l.. NJ. Dennis. Cornell,
chairman: f.. X. Hall, Dartmouth, secre-
tary, Prof j. b. Fine, Princeton; Walter
Camp, Yale; Joshua Crane. jr.. Harvard: !:
Lieut.. IL. b. Hackett West Point; Paul
Dashiel, Annapolis; DIR. Carl Williams.
Pennsylvania; A. AlonZo Stagg. Chi
cago: DIR. j. 4. Babbitt. Haverford; Prof.
C. W. Savage. Oberlin; Prof w. l.. Dud-
ley Vanderbilt; DIR. J. l.. Lees. Nebraska ];
DR.. Fl. l.. Williams, Minnesota.
All the members were present excepting
DR.. Williams of Minnesota and 4. A.
StagS OF Chicago. who were snowbound
en- route from the west.
The entire time of the committee was
passed in considering the many propo-
sitions that have been made 10 change the
forward pass rule as it was played during
the season of 1907. The principal obiec-
tion to the rule is that il admits OF reck-
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BURNS HANDICAP
TO BE RUN TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO. January 25-The
fifteenth Burns handicap is 10 be decided
this afternoon. Fourteen horses have
been entered for this most important
feature of the western turf when the
champion thoroughbred of the winter
season will be proclaimed. but it is eX-
pected that at least three. and possibly
four. will decline the race.
The track at Emeryville is in very bad
condition. The heavy rain of the past
two davs has converted the track into a
veritable sea of mud. and the race will be
test of fitness and stamina. \ large
crowd is expected at the track and lovers
of the thoroughbred are arriving from all
directions to see the best horses in train
ing on the coast contest for the purse of
$4,000 which will be divided among the
trio in the lead at the close of the one
and quarter miles struggle.
Despite his impost of 12S pounds. Mont
gomery promises to be stanch favorite
with Clamor and Sidney f: standing
we'll with many hackers.
The probable starters and. jockeys are
as follows.
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BALTIMORE WHISPERS
MADE BIG SCORES

NEW YORK, January 25.-About 100
persons took part in the whist tournament
at the Hotel Victoria yesterday. At the
morning session of the Atlantic associa-
/ tion congress there was an open progress
Sive game for pairs, with twenty four
tables in play. This was divided in two
sections and in the first ID. w. Smith and
Walter Manning of Baltimore made high
score on the north and south side with a
plus of eleven tricks. On the east and
west side Mrs. Clarence W. Vail of Brook
lyn and George F. Williams of New York
were high. with plus OF six. In the sec
ond section, the honors went TO w. A.
Graustein and G.. Morey of Boston north
and SOUTH, with six plus, while two pairs,
Mr. and Mrs J. S. AcEldowney of Balti-
more and r.. c. Arnold and S. u. Pierce
of New York. were tied Tor first place
east and west, each with plus of eight
and half.
There was another match for pairs in
the afternoon when the Baltimore eX-
pert. Mr.. Manning, with Mrs. Beverly
W. Smith OF tnat city for partner,
made the remarkable score of IA plus on
the north and south side The high score
east and west made by f. Dale and
S. n. HinteFmeister of Scranton with s
plus. While this was in progress eight
teams of four also competed for d special
prize. The winners were McEldowney of
Baltimore, Mrs. }. S. Mcfdowney of Bal
tim0re, Mrs. y. A. Smith of Bayonne, n.
j., and George Thomas nf Baltimore. They
won six and a half matches, lost one and
a half and had plus score OF l..
There was another large turnout at
night for the progressive pairs game. Two
of the knickerbocker Whist Clubs men,
bers George +. ADAMS and r. l.. Lieben-
derser, made top score on the north and
south side in the first section. with plus
c. l.. Bacon and j. r. Bowker of Boston
were high east and west. with s plus. : In
section two high score, north and south,
was made by e. Dale and +. A. Hinter-
meister of Scranton and w. G.. Morey of
Boston We're top east and west with II
plus.
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ROCKSAND'S FIRST
AMERICAN FOAL

NEW YORK January 1.-THE first
foal in America by the $4,000 imported
stallion Rocksand has been reported
from August Beinont's Nursery stud
farm, in Kentucky. in a chestnut colt
from the Rayon dor mare Fetch. AS
the first foal by the high priced English
horse winner Of the Two Thousand
Guineas. Derby and St Leger in 1893
and regarded as one of the best individ-
uals ever sent ont of England. the new
conner at the Nursery farm would excite
curiosity on account of his sire alone.
as Rocksand. bought in England by NJ.
Belmont III 1905 and brought TO America
that year to take place at the head
of the Belmont breeding farm. attracted
much attention then.
Interest in the chestnut colt at the
Nursery stud. foalad January 20 and now
five days old is increased. however. by
the fact that tire sucking has other
claims to consideration. chief of these
being that in the scientific classification
of equine blood lines the Fetch colt is
o. the same origin. tracing in direct fe-
male line. as Colin. the champion of the
turf last season and winner OF S1D. .GW.
the root OF the family being the Davilrs
Old WooGcoak mare. seventeenth dam of
Colin and nineteenth dam Of the Rock
sand-Fetch colt. The family is most ia
nous in England as having produced
diHoh6 cSiiFi oiCot itO''Ss isSi'oiiS. c.iS
OF the great race horses and sires of the
turf ard sire of Isinglass. the greatest
winner I'm the worlds records. with $50
Gn0 to his credit: Sir Hugo. Derby winner
Monaruua sire of Gladiator: Vedette
Surefoot and Cambuscan.
In America the greatest share of fame
for the line. which starts for the stud
book with the Davills Old Woodcock
mare was contributed before the advent
o. Colin by Second Hand. dam of Exile
Eric Esquimeau and the producing mara
Edith. and more recently by Fen Follet
DAM among other noted horses. OF St
Florian and Fire Fly. Colin. by Com
mando-Pastorella. has for his NTH dam
Nan Darrell. by Inheritor. and the same
Nan Darrell is the seventh dam of the
Rocksand-Fetich colts, one pedigree trac-
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Acquit Charles B. Thompson.

PITTSBURG, January 2J.-Charles B.
Thompson of Atlantic Highlands. y. J.,
with offices at 20 Broad street. New York.
was yesterday cleared in the criminal
court of the charge of larceny.,a charge
on which he was once kidnapped from his
home state and more recently rearrested
in New York on the charge Of bail jump
ing.
There did not seem to be much ground
for the larceny charge and the jury not
only acquitted Thompson, but charged
the costs to James Papassimakes. who
made the complaint. An officer took
Papa ssimakes in charge \ charge of
false pretenses is also pending against
Thompson, who is president of the West
Chester and Pottstown street railway.
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SENSATIONAL END
TO A MATCH RACE

PHILADELPHIA. January 25.-What
prom: sed to be one of the most sensational
indoor match races in athletic history was
spoiled last night at the First Regiment
Armory by the hot-headed temper of Mel
vim w Sheppard OF the Irish American
Club. New York Sheppard was running
a special / 000-yards ma tch race with Guy
Haskins of the University OF Pennsy,va-
MA 1t was the feature event OF Company
indoor games.
Haskins led at the crack of the pistol
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Difficult River Rescue.

NEW YORK. January 25.--MchaeI Mon
aghan. motorman living at 35f West
50th street. walked off the end of pier
at the fopt of feth. street last night into
the Nortluriver. \ dozen men who were
working on the pier threw a rope TO him,
but he couldn't hold on. Finally the res
cuers got a ladder and held IL while one of
their number went down and fishcd the
motorman out. Monaghan was held as a
prisoner in Roosevelt Hospital On = charge
of intoxicatiou.
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ing back for both horses. through the re-
mainder of the female line. Fetch. by
Rayon d'Or-Feu Follet. is comparatively
young mare, and not remarks bly, dstin-
gushed either on the turf pro-
ducsr. but in the matter of blood she has
endowed the first foal by Rocksand with
every argument>in favo. of his justifyinS
the attention that his appearance has
caused
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TEAMS TO SOON
START SOUTH

still another Base ball is a pleasure
with him nowadays. He's a saving man
and will no doubt keep III the game Tor
a good many years to come. but just 10
show his independence Flick will un-
doubtedly announce his retirement this
spring as he always does.
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Logistilla, Colonel Jack and GromoDol
are considered doubtful starters
Gromobois weight and jockey unan-
nounced.
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played two years on the American League
team. He is still held by that club. which
has just written him asking him to return
for the coming season. He also has an
offer from university team. and may ac-
cept it. as he prefers coaching to continu-
ing his big league base ball. Lush Is still
coach of the Yale basket ball team, and
is absent with that team on its trip TO the
University of Pennsylvania.
Capt. Jones of the Yale nine is getting
ready an announcement relative to the
graduate coaching scheme.
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Totals. Az 47J 45j Totals. 442 Az AGA
'Dunn rolled second and third games.
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a lot of base ball erazed men of Colo
RADIO are planning TO organize state
league. They claim 10 have d dozen good
towns and worlds of silver and gold 10
back the scheme. They are figuring on
Denver. but may invite trouble from the
Western League if they invade there.
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street, opposite the Horse Guards, be-
tween Trafalgar Square and Westminster
Abbey, and his garden extends down to
the Thames Embankment; several acres.
surrounded by high wall, in the very
heart of London
His grace keeps Melrose Abbey in ex-
cellent condition and has entirely arrested
natural decay. The custodian is an intel
ligent. we'll informed woman who gives
information accurately and without any
frills.
1t did not need the historical associa-
lions or the romances of Sir Walter Scott
to draw pilgrims to this place, for the
beauty of the ruins is sufficient attrac-
ton. No one with any taste for or love
of the picturesque can ever forget the i'm
preston The transepts are the finest
part of the abbey. and the marvellous de-
| tail and graceful lines of the tracery are
uncomfortable in their carving. 1t is a
| matter of profound regret that neither
history nor tradition has preserved the
name of the architect who designed IT. or
the builders who transformed the quarry
stone into such artistic forms. con-
siderable portion of the abbey has been
reproduced in a modern Episcopal Cathe-
dral at Edinburgh, which was built few
years ago at the expense or me Misses
Walker two maiden daughters of de-
ceased distiller of great wealth Inc
world owes them debt or gratitude TOT
duplicating and preserving some or the
beauties of MelroSe.
Tomb of Michael Scott, the Wizard.
The tomb of Michael Scott. the wizard,
so famous in song and story. lies on the
south side of the chancel. 1t was he who
cleft in three parts the Eildon Hills that lie
back of MelIose. and, If he had not broken
his sword with the force OF his blows. he
would have divided them still farther.
Near the east end of the chancel Is buried
| the heart of Robert the Bruce. the Lib
| orator of Scotland. which was deposited
| here after the unsuccessful attempt OF Sir
| William Douglas to carry ii to Jerusa-
| lem for burial in the Holy Sepulcher. King
| Alexander ii and Joanna. his queen, sister
of Henry III of England. are buried near
| the altar. and among the many tombs are
those of several of the Douglas clan. in
| Guiding The Dark knight of Liddesdale.
| And humble people we'll great
| were allowed to lie down here for their
| last long sleep. Tom Purdie. the faith
! full friend and gardener of Sir Walter
| Scott, rests in the churchyard, near the
door. where is an ancient sun dial bearing
| this inscriptions:
! 'Sa, gaes We compass round about
| Sa truth and laute do but doubt
Quaint Epitaphs.
| Near by Lies all that is subject to NOR
tally of Andrew Pringle." who died in
1850, and left this warning:
BE We also ready.
The small and the great are here
| Near by "Lyes ane Honorable woman,
| Christine Lunde, spouse to James Quit
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VIM. Ill. McKNEW CO., 933 PA. AVE.

and is hidden from the street by the
foliage of ancient beech trees. n modern
manor house, owned by Lady Orr-EWlng,
wealthy widow, stands in the adjoining
inclosure From her windows her lady
ship may always look upon one of the
loveliest pictures of natural scenery that
you can imagine. The ruins are pictur-
esque from any point OF view. however,
the massive roofless walls and the towers
are gracefully draped with lustrous ivy.
The turf within the Enclosure is kept In
perfect condition. and IS as thick and
springy as Turkish rug I4aburnum.
hawthorn, iilacs and rhododendron bush-
es grow in dense masses around the 1oun-
beauty, while in the background are
groups of massive beeches and oaks
whose equals are seldom seen
The abbey was tbuilt in l150 by the
Lord of Lauderdale: it was plundered and
burned in 1922 when Edward III was re-
treating from his unsuccessful invasion
of Scotland. 1t was rebuilt and destroyed
and rebuilt again. and since the Reforma-
ton has belonged to the Earls of Buchan
from whom the present owner Is de-
seconded.
Sir Walter SCOTS Tomb.
The Abbey Church has been the burial
place of the families in the neighborhood
for several centuries. and they still claim
the right, although Lady OgrEwing keeps
out as many possible. Among others
entitled to this privilege are the Hallibur-
dons. the family to which the mother of
Sir Walter Scott belonged and by that
means he was entitled to seven feet of
ground for himself and an equal area for
his wife and his children, while, of course
the Earl of Buchan was eager to enhance
the distinction of his ruin by securing so
eminent tenant. Sir Walter Scott chose
Dryburgh, because his wife wanted to be
buried there. and within the roof1ess walls
in what was transept of the Abbey
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Church, is group of ordinary tombs tina,
ipclose the dust of the Scott family The
inscription upon his is as brief as it could
be: Merely the name and the date of his
death.
''Sir Walter Scott, baronet, died Septem.
Der 81, 1882 a D.
In similar tomb Of chocolate marble
rests. Dame Charlotte Margaret Capten-
tier. wife of Sir Walter Scott of Abbots.
ford. baronet. Died at Abbotsford, May
Is. 1926"
On either side of this distinguished
couple lie their son and their daughter
Lieut.. Col. Sir Walter Scott of Abbots-
ford, second baronet. died at sea. Sth of
February. 1S47, age forty-five years." and
Dame Jane Dobson, died at London.
March ~. 1871
AT right angles below these tombs is a
fifth stone. Inscribed as follows: Here,
at the feet of Sir Walter Scott, lie the
mortal remains of John Gibson Lockhart
hts son-in-law. biographer and friend.
In conspicuous position. at the top of
a hill. not far from Dryburgh Abbey is a
colossal statue of Wallace. erected by
the eleventh Earl of Buchan, about TWEEN
tS years ago.
Historic Country All Around.
The surrounding country is all historical
This SECTION of Scotland was fought over
again and again in the border wars, and
many OF these peaceful fields have been
drenched with blood. No part of Scot
land has seen SO much active warfare
But today the earth is smiling in it's rich
ness and in the peace and prosperity and
contentment Of its people.
There is picturesque village every way
you look. neatly kept cottages. an old
fashioned inn. with a few. shops and n
post office, and always an ancient church
surrounded by little cemetery. wherein
sleep the generations who have lived and
loved and toiled here. And IL you will
look about among the tombS you will
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bank. Soho. Deciessit 10 July. 1902 La
ment for sin and styll thou mourn for the
clay"
A man named James Fisher, who lived
at "Sorrowlessfields." Is buried here. On
inquiry find that happy place to be a
well known farm about six miles from
Melrose.
In one of the cloisters of the abbey Is a
small red tombstone which needs an "Old
Mortality" to clean the lichens from the
letters and make the name le.ible. But
these lines are perfectly distinct:
THE Earth goeth on the Earth,
Clustering like gold,
The Earth goeth to the Earth
Sooner than it void.
The Earth builds on the Earth
Castles and towers,
The Earth says to the Earth
All soon shall be ours
Dryburg and Melrose Abbeys
Compared.
Sir Walter Scott is buried at Drybureh
Abbey. about six miles from Melrose, and
you have to pay shilling to see his tomb
The ruins of Dryburgh are about the
same age. but much larger than those Of
Melrose. The walls are more massive, al
though they do not compare i'm beauty,
and the surroundings are more pictur-
esque. Melrose is i'm the middle of a
village. and the houses are built to its
very doors. Dryburgh is in the country,
and there are fields and forests in every
direction. 1t is reached through a roman
tic lane between hedges of hawthorne
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never fail to find some queer or quaint
inscriptions. In no way have the Brtons
displayed their eccentricities SO much as
in the epitaphs of their dead. Near the
little village of Belses. which marks the
site Of the battle of Ancrum Moor. fought
between the Scots and the English in
154J, is the burial place OF ScotSwoman
named Lyllard, who participated in that
battle with her father and brothers. and
the fact is recorded upon her gravestone
In the following language:
Fair maiden Lylliard lies under this
Stane.
Little was her stature,
But muckle was her fame:
Upon the English looms she laid Inony
thumps
And when her legs were cutted off
She fought upon her stumps-"
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Naval Institute Organizes.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, October 16.--The Ma
val Institute. composed of officers of tbs
United States Navy in all parts of the
world. organized for the purpose of sub
hitting papers on and discussing naval
subjects. has elected officers as follows:
President. Rear Admiral @. F. Goodrich:
vice president. Capt. Charles j. Badger;
secretary and. treasurer. Prof. Philip X.
Alger: board of control. Capt. w. F.
Worthington; commanders, c. a. Cove
and G. r. Clark; lieutenant commanders.
w. H. G. Billiard and Fl. F. Bryan. Prof.
n. M. Terry. These officers will serve
one year.
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SYDNEY MUD SPEAKS.
Discusses Issues of the Campaign at
Hyattsville Meeting.
Special Correspondence of The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Nd. October 16. 1908.
Representative Sydney T.. Mudd was
the principal speaker at meeting in Ma
sonic Hall here last evening OF voters of
the upper section Of Prince George coun-
ty. Harry w. Shepherd of Hyattsville
presided and workers in the republican
ranks had seats on the stage. In add
ton TO Representative Mudd addresses
were made by Thomas Parran and B. IL.
Warner of Montgomery county.
Without going into detail and making
no attempt at elaborate distinctions be-
tween The two parties Representative
Mudd said that Mr. Bryan. who IS the
platform, the inspiration and the al of
the democratic party today" had made
more changes in his, political policies
than had Happened TO any man Of any
political standing in the history of a
century.
After discussing national issues Mr.
Mudd paid his respects to Samuel Com
pers and then replied to some Of the re-
marks made during the campaign BY
Capt. Smith, democratic candidate for
Congress in the fifth district.
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II you want work read the want cui.
umnS Of The Star.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1908-11-18

soon wear themselves to powder. But active, use
tul occupation is both tonic and soothing soda
tive to troubled spirit.
My friends, L entreat you, don't let your sor-
rows stagnate; they will turn your heart into
len OF bitter waters, from which will sprout the
rank PUSHES OF sef-will and rebellion against God.
Turn your sorrows outward into currents of SYM
pathy and deeds Of kindness to other people, and
they Will become stream Of blessing. bap-
tsm OF trial may be your best baptism for Chrst's
service Working is better than weeping; and if
you work on till the last morning breaks, you will
read In that clear light the meaning Of many of
your sorrows.
Life is sweet, but heaven is sweeter;
Love complete, but there completer.
Close beside our wandering ways,
Through dark nj gifts and weary days,
Stand the angels with bright eyes:
And the glory of the cross
Falls upon and sanctifes
All our PAIN and all our loss.
Though we slip and sometimes fall,
God is helping after all
Brooklyn N. Y.
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The Lord Baltimore Question.
Brooklyn, N. J

Condensed by The Westminster from an open
letter published in the Baltimore Sum-
10 His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons:
In your recent sermon in the Roman Catholic
Cathedral OF Westminster, London, you are re-
ported as saying, concerning the colony sent by
Lord Baltimore to Maryland in 1884:
This colony of British Catholics was the first
to establish on American soil the blessings of
civil and religious liberty While the Puritans of
New England persecuted other Christians, and
while the Episcopalians of Virginia prosecuted
Purtans, Catholic Maryland gave freedom and
hospitality to Puritans and Episcopaans alike''
In view of this statement on such a conspicuous
occasion, will your Eminence allow one of your
fellow countrymen, Marylander, to ask you pub
hcly one or two questions.
l. is 1t not fact that Lord Baltimores COLONY
which you call colony Of "British Cathoics''
was composed IN very large part of Protestantsf
Were not Protestants indeed in considerable ma
jority?
The colony consisted, as Lord Baltimore wrote
TO wentworth, OF about ''twenty gentlemen of
very good fashion and 300 Iaboring men, If NAV
also be remembered that two of the Councillors Of
the colony were adherents Of the Church of Emo
land, and that great numbers of the colonsts. an
Parenty the majority, took the oath of British al
leglance before sailing, that oath which Pope TJr
ban VIII had charged the Irish 'ratber TO lose
their lives than to take" How then can vour En-.
1nence Justly call Lord Baltimore's colony q col
ony OF British Catholics'? [ beg to refer to
the work Of DR.. Ethan Allen, "Who Were the
early Settlers of Maryland published in 1865;
10 that OF the Rev. b. F. Brown, published in 1870.
and entitled 'Early Religious History of Mary
land Maryland Not Roman Catholic Colonv';.
TO Streeter's Maryland 200 Years ApO - and to