The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22

An sometimes wen dey's knockin,
She sorter winks her eye,
And slips acrost de table
Anudder piece o pie.
An says: Now. don't y mind 'em.
WIN dey was kids an hungry
wy, dey was Jest like your
Stories Of the Derby.
| If it were possible to write the full
and true history Of the Derby 1t would
contain some startling revelations of
| strange doings behind the scenes of
which the public has little suspicion
| and no actual knowledge.
| There is. for instance. little doubt
| that q very different tale would have
| been told of Teddington's Derby but
for the prompt action Of his wide
When the "Kentish Baronet" attend
ed the York spring meeting of 1851
| he was amazed to find the bookmakers
| eager to lay odds to any amount
| against his colt, who was looked on as
a certain winner Of the "Blue Rib
bon'' a few weeks later. Sir Joseph
| at once scented mischief, and, leaving
the course, he travelled as fast as re-
lays Of swift horses could take him to
i his training quarters; where he COM
municated his suspicious to Alec Tay-
lor, his trainer.
AS the result OF their deliberations
Teddington was at once removed to
another box. placed under the charge
Of a different boy, and strict watch
kept over him night and day. What
ever scheme was on foot to disable
the horse was thus effectually check
ed; Teddington soon resumed his place
as first favorite in the betting. and, as
everybody expected, won the Derby
with ease.
Another mystery which has not been
4 L., t. "a xx-f<1 y,
Leander and that memorable Derby of
1914. 1t was more than suspected
that Leander was a four-year-old, but
there was not sufficient evidence on
which to base an objection to his run
ming. In the race his fetlock was
broken by a kick from Running Rein
| and he was effectually placed hors de
combat. He was shot and buried, but
when a party Of sportsmen who
wished to test their suspicious dug ur
his body at dead Of night they found
that the head. which alone could set
, tie the matter, was gone.
Rattan. the second favorite for this
, race was made safe by cunningly
devised bolus, but who administered II
was never discovered, and, to crown
this Derby as the most shady and
fraudulent on record, Running Rein
who came in first. was found to be
| none other than Maccabeus, 4-year-
old, and thus an imposter Of the frs
water. But whenI it became neces-
sary to produce the horse for an ex.
animation by experts it was found
that he, like Lenders tell-tale head
had been spirited away.-London Tit
. Bits.
Z Dogs OF Constantinople.
: In the dog infested cities of thu
, Orient hydrophobia is seldom heard
( Of The dogs of Constantinople ar.
, nearly as thick as mosquitoes in Har
| lem or Staten Island. In certain quar-
l tiers Of the Turkish capital they lie 81
/ thick upon the sidewalks that tn,
people are obliged to take to the mid
3 die of the street or carry stout stick
t to drive them away. A traveller says
D | These brutes are four-stroke proc
! gentlemen-one stroke on the head t.
g awaken them, another on the legs t.
: let them feel they are awake, a thirt
8 on the face to make them get up, ant
r a fourth behind to help them to rul
I away"
s There are at least 225,000 dogs il
{ Constantinople, which has a popula
ton of 100000. They are the viles
{ Of towards. and are the scavengers o
q the city, living upon the garbag
j which is thrown into the streets, upol
f one another, upon cats and rats an
: dead Turks in the burial grounds
= They live in clans. Each clan has 1t
o territory, and woe to the unfortunat
. tnat StrdyS out Oh MS DdlllWlCk. ne
= instantly devoured.
Il Cats, the number Of which no on
/ pretends to estimate, live on terms G
e perfect amity with the dogs of thei
g district, even sleeping in the stree
8 with them. but the feline so imprud
: ent as to venture along the groun
o outside Of its own quarter is sudde
: food for the CANNES Of the territor
n intruded upon But cats are wise
g they stroll miles and miles over tn
e roofs, entering such houses as the
: find accessible in their ramble, an
i freely helping themselves to the goo
e cheer OF the 1arder.
q Constantinople is nearly surrounde
d by burial grounds. The custom is
n inter in a coffin and batten it dow
d with boards, but the body is not MOI
: than from eight to twelve inches bs
meath the surface, and easily gotten {
by the dogs. which, on account of tn
sloping ground of most Of the cemt
teries, can easily enter coffin witho,
ie disturbing much of the surface of til
l. grave, and find not only savory food |
:; the dead Mussulman's tomb. but ais
e cheap and comfortable lodging IL til
weather be severe.-New York Pres