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The Washington times., 1908-06-29
NO CRIME TO BET
ON AN ALSO RAN"
mo Finish; No Contest y
Decision Destined to Be
come ClaSSic.

NEW YORK. June 29.-It is not a vio-
lation of law TO bet on a horse that
loses.
Lay that fiattering junction 10 your
soul if you have dropped your roll on
an equine that was OF such lcisureIy
habits that # failed to get around the
track before the bell was :ining for the
next race You have +. on good au-
tbority. too. There is none better than
Magistrate Walsh.
Moreover. the opinion is official, for
II was delivered from the bench or
jefferson Market court. where tie mag
istra'e sat in all the robes and sIory OF
his office.
Tony Clark had been arrested by
Plainclothesman Hugh Meyers, charged
with taking a bet on Poterne in the
fifth race at Sheepshead Bay last Fri
day. The officer presen; ed as evidence
slip Of paper on which the bet mad
been recorded. hut could not swear that
this was IN Clark's handwriting.
What did the horse do?" inquired
Magistrate Walsh. solicitously.
Failed to Finish.
"Oh. he didn't finish replied the
officer.
Anthem" said the curt
brows knitted thoughtfuIy. Then he
took up a certified copy Of the law
This says for recording a bet 'on any
contest of speed II appears from the
evidence that this horse did not finish
the race. This being the case. there
seems to be no evidence that there was
any contest Of speed. Have you any
thing further TO offer?'
The officer had nothing further TO
offer. and the court announced: The
evidence being to the effect that the
horse did not finish. and there being no
evidence that any contest Of speed took
place, the defendant is dismissed"
Contest tf Speed?
Now this is a ruling which cannot be
disputed. + is final, and as unchenge-
able as the laws OF the Modes and Per-
SLAMS. The question horseroan are now
asking is, Does il apply 70 other things
as welI2
Suppose q horse is left At the Tost.
Does that indicate ihat no contest OF
speed was INDUCED in? What about
overnight entries? Was II a contest OF
speed you put your money on last week
or was l. simply bad Judgment on your
part Among all the decisions that may
grow out Of the new anti-racIng Jaws
this decision OF Magistrate Walsh VIII
stand forth alone. Il - a classic. There
are thousands and thousands who Will
agree with him.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
EXTREME SPEED BAR
TO TURF LONGEVITY
Penalty for Phenoms Looks
to Be Early Re-
tirement.

Careful observers Of the trend Of rae
Ing OF late have noted with alarm the
unusual number Of good horses which
are wecded out OF their engagements
long before the races are run.
Either because Of constitutional weak
ress. o. from some cause not yet dis
closed, many eligibles Of high class
have been scratched already this year
from stakes Of value. 1t is distasteful
for the optimist 10 be forced 10 run over
the list Of ellgibles in forthcoming
events, which only lately had afforded
great contests Already comparatively
few IN number the list has been still
further reduced BY the weakness. tenn
three-year-olds. Colin and Celt- The
list Of sound fOur-year-OldS is limited
also. and as for older horses except in
sprints, there are very few left
American Horses Sound.
Supporters Of the American race horse
az home and abroad nave for nearly
fifty years been justified in claiming
for il az least superiority in sOUndncss,
but the recOrcs Will show of late thai
the claims are not now well founded.
Take the list OF nominations made in
January for the $1,000 handicaps. and
see what has become Of the hors-s
which at that time seemed likely 20 be
sent TO the post In one or all Of their
engagements. Where now are NealCn.
Charles Edward. Montgomery Tony
Faust, Salvidere. McCarter. Superman
GloriheT. Dr. Gardner. EIeCtfOneer. and
nearly d score Of others which only SIX
months ago possessed the confidence ST
their owners
IN the three-year-Old division also .iie
defamation mas been more than usual.
Colin. Celt. Jim Ganney. Bar None.
Uncle Meelick. Beaucoup Alfred Noble,
and others which as two-ycar-Olds were
vcrv prominent in stakes. are now more
or less under suspicion OF unsOCndnesS.
The unusually large list leads to the
question. Is the Am rican turf deterio-
rating?
Not Excessive Racing.
Against Celt il cannot be urged that
he is lame or unsOund because Of eX-
Cessiye racing. for ne ran only twice
last wear. An excuse could be found
for Colin on this score. for # is marvel
Gus that he should have gone on from
Nav to October last year without de-
feat. vet none but ar iron horse could
be expected to duplicate such a daz-
Zlng career as three-year-old
Can IL be that the inevitable penalty
OF extreme speed - inability 20 remain
on the turf loaS Is tsat the answer
20 the question which this years Incl
dents have made more than PERTINENT
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
OLD MASTER REIGNS
A HEAVY FAVORITE

SAN FRANCISCO. June 29.-Gans
now reigns a top-heavy favorite in his
hght with Nelson set for July {, before
Jimmy Corroth's club, and unless Mel
son money bobs up shortly, Cans viii
rule a 1-t0-i choice. Already Cans ad-
mirers are Offering 1 TO 3. with no Mel
son takers.
Nelson's showing against AtteU has
led the fans here 10 believe that Bat Il
no longer the rugged. tough lad that
he wos when he met Joe IN GoldheId
and they have every reason 20 believe
Joe is far better today than when he
last net Nelson.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
ALL BETS ARE OFF.

Clark Grifth's disappearance from
the American League calls on an inter
esttug combat
The Old Fox intended TO 70 on the
rubber tfor an inning al Ieast) against
the Senator's. and IL was joseph JOkibus
Cantillons purpose 10 substitute him
self for a Washington whaler and take
a crack at G-iff's delivery.
Griffith thought he could strike out
Robin Redbreast, willie CantiIiou was
certain he could get "a homer Off the
Highlanders' late manager. All bets
are on
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
YALE STROKE IS Ill

THOUSAND ISLANDS. y. =, June
2s.-Dwight T. Griswold. the Yale stroke,
whose collapse last Thursday was fol-
lowed by an easy victory fo- the Har-
ward crew in the Yale Harvard varsity
race at New London. is 81 at the home
Of G. b NOyes on Deer island. Alex
andria bay. A brother OF Griswold,
whose home Is 81 Pennsylvania, has
been summoned.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

which policy has worked we'll for him.
Yet Cantllcn, the Washington man
ager. has done this same thing oftener
than any other leader in the league
and has recently been having no success
whatever from the scheme for which
McAleer is being so loudly praised.
How do you figure that?
When the Browns begin to get theirs
in punches, as they probably will
watch these same St. Louis boosters
wheel around and exhale the rOasts
which have made that town famous.
President Ban Johnson. Of the Ameri-
can League, announces again that he
viii issue within a week thereafter Of
fetal league batting and fielding aver
ages up TO July !. For this. much
obliged TO Ban. Despite the fact that
the averages have heretofore rot been
published until the end # the season,
all the leading newspapers have gone
right along getting out those they pre-
pare themselves or buy from syndi-
Gates. The discrepancies between the
various unofficial averages by July 1
every year are so wide that the public
IS completely mystifieG- BY letting US
nave the figures up TO the middle Of the
season we will all get set right and be
able 70 make fresh start. This is not
saying the coming averages from head
quarters will be infallible or that they
will not even contain more or less
serious mistakes. but they will be Of
hcial the figures that 90 in the year
books, and those we must accept
whether we like them or not.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
II STREET STARS REATEN

The Twelfth Street Stars beat the II
Street Stars yesterday p 10 l. The
feature was the pitching OF John Tam
bascio Tor the winners. Carper caught
good game for Twelfth The II street
team Tailed but two hits.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
RAILROAD Y. M. c. A. LEAGUE

ECneQu4e IDE week
Monday-Trainmer vs. B. and o.
Tuesday-Union Station VS.. Shopmen-
Wednesday,. and o. vs. Trainmen-
Thursday-Coach Yard VS.. Union sta
ton.
Friday-Shopmen VS.. Car Department.
Saturday-Car Department vs. Coach
Yard.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
TRUXTONS WINNERS.

The TruxtOns defeated tn Myrtle
Streets by 10 70 8 The feature was the
pitching OF Callahan FOR the winners
The TruXtons want games with All
teams ages sixteen and seventeen years.
Address Paul Callahan. Times office.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

Rapee. the fast second baseman Of the
Station nine. Is playing classy ball. He
had ten chances and fell down On but
one. Several Of these were sure hits,
but the little fellow pulled them down
in great style.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

Just 10 show the difference. McAlCer
is being given credit for changing his
lineup frequently TO meet emergencies.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

BurIey PLAYED his initial game with
the Car Department, Saturday. he made
three pu.-outs. two assists. and featured
IN double play, IN which he caught
the runner at first from deep left.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

st. Louis at the top Of the American
League sounds so much ike 4 Joke
that we have TO examine the standing
OF the clubs 70 see whether the car
toonist has drawn q little imp with
MS myers crossed or something Of
that sort 10 indicate that the rating of
the clubs is merry quip or
Treak OF midsummer madness. On the
whole, il looks good to see the Browns
leading the procession. II only for a
while. ST. Louis is a good ball town
where they go crazy over q team that
delivers the goods and support IL with
large crowds Its rise VIII be a help TO
all the other clubs.
One St. Louis writer attributes the
success Of the Browns TO the change
IN tactics on Manager McAleer's part.
lie Is created with acting more liberal
" and cheerfully toward his men. with
getting out on the coaching lines in
more or less lifelike imitation OF
Hughey Jennings, with not favoring his
veterans at the expense of the young
sters. with not keeping a pitcher in
until he IS pounded 20 pieces. and with
otherwise dispOrting himself like real
Shrewd and affable person.
As matter OF fact. the answer Is
that the team has changed McAIeer
and not McAleer the team. There
never was and never viii be q manager
who can stand the gaH Of incessant
defeats, the misery Of seeing a cub
that has the quality to make a good
showing fall by the wayside every day.
He not only naturally becomes discoU--
aged, but If he were to adopt the hila-
rioUs methods OF pennanL winners he
would make himself ridiculous ana the
public would give him the hOOt. This
is so whether you believe il or not.
On the other hand. when the team hits
its stride begins TO win even in spite
or adverse circumstances, any mana
ger viii get gay and become regu-
lar cut-up.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
Today's Games.

Philadelphia ar Boston
New York al BROOKLYN.
Chicago At Cincinnati
Pittsourg a. s.. Louis.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
National League.
Yesterdays ResultA

Chicago, .. Cincinnati I
Chicago, = CilCilnati. o.
PlttsDurg. 6. S.. Louis. 3
Plttsburg. Z, St. Louis L
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

Saturdays game was not a Suggest.
as most Of the preceding ones. No one
got more than two hits. and for the
hOnOrs, Osborne and Shanahan are d.
vided each getting a double and
single
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

The games here lately have showed
marked Improvement there are less
hits, runs. and miscues.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
Our Weary Wanderers Will
Open Here With YankS
Next Thursday.
McALEER'S CHANGE
EASILY EXPLAINED
Browns Success Has Enlivened
Him-Shifts Work With Him,
Fail With Cantillon.
By THOMAS s. RICE.

Now that the Chamber Of Commerce.
Board Of Trade game is a thing of the
past It Is time to think of the return of
the Washington team. which will take
place officially next Thursday after
noon. when il opens here with New
York. New York will also be played in
q morning and afternoon game on Sat
urday. which is July T.
There will be much curiosity about the
Nationals and also about New York.
Fans will want to see the home club
in action To form an opinion Of their
own about the numerous one-run de-
feats. Long distance reports are all
right. but they are not like being there
with your own private probe and ham
mer to treat the situation.
Concerning New York, the great in
terest will lie in the manner in which
Kid EIberfeld, one of the hardest men
in the game to handle makes out as
manager Of other athletes
That Elberfeld will necessarily prove
a bad manager because he was a b.
actor as a subordinate does not follow
More than one instance could be cited
Of hard citizens in the baseball ranks
who proved the rear goods when
put in charge of teams IL takes a man
Of a pugnacious disposition to get the
best results out Of the average run Of
professional diamond performers, col
Age men or any other class Of athletes,
ed we may as well throw out all this
dope about Elberfeld's scrappy record.
He knows the game and has been the
handspring Of the Highlanders in ire
past three years, despite his quarrelS
with Griffith and mis- fellow players. The
only question is whether he has, first
don't laugh-the luck, and second. the
subtle mental quality Of controlling
men
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
American League.
Yesterdays Results
Today's Games.

Detroit. 20: Chicago. 8.
s. Louis. G. Cleveland. J.
The Washington times., 1908-06-29
Standing Of the Clubs.

Washington at PhilsdcIphil.
Boston at New Tcri
The Washington times., 1908-06-29

In taking over the stock of clothing StrauS Bros the lines con-
SSt OF the very finest mems furnishings and hats tie
tire stock The following prices:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
VALUE OF RIGHT BREATHING.
Health Comes from Knowing How
and What to Breathe.

Dust laden with the germs of con-
sumption or other disease Is inhaleo
by all who use the streets, but dis
ease is not developed unless the
germs find conditions suitable for
their lodgment and growth.
With people having catarrh there
is an ideal culture medium for these
germs, as the irritated memorance
and weakened tissues Is a hot-bed
where germs must thrive and multi
ply until they are numerous and ac-
tive.
II you have catarrh, you should
use the quickest cure, the direct
method Of Hyomei, whose wonder
full medicated air is taken in with the
air you breathe, directly following
and destroying all germs that have
been inhaled, repairing any damage
they may have worked and 30 heal
ing and vitalizing the tissues as to
render catarrh and germ infection no
longer possible.
The unusual way in which Hyomei
is sold should dispel all doubt as to
It's curative properties, for Tallman
& Co. offer to refund the price to
anyone whom It fails to benefit. You
do not risk cent in testing the heal
ing virtues Of this breath Of life, for
with tvery 800 outfit Taliman &
Co. give guarantee to relieve ca
tarrh or money refunded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07

The following excellent bulletin
has lust been issued by the Washing
ton state college on the subject OF
wheat straw worms which have be-
come a crop pest in the Palouse
wheat belt. The bulletin says:
This circular aims to warn farmers
against an insect which threatens the
wheat crop, and to suggest measures
for preventing future injury. 1t also
asks wheat growers for facts bearing
upon the extent of the damage already
inflicted, and for material for iden-
tificatlon and study.
During the summer the attention
of the entomologist was called to
3O-acre field near Colfax which the
owner considered not worth harvest
ing. The samples of dwarfed and dis
colored stems and heads which ac-
companied the letter were recogniz-
ed as the work of a species of straw
worm or joint worm Isosoma).
An investigation by the writer
showed that the condition Of the in
tested fell was quite as bad as the
owner had represented and besides,
that every field in that vicinity was
infested to some degree. Some fields
contained areas extending over sew
eral acres which we're practically
worthless, and many were full OF
small spots in the same condition.
The insect responsible for this work
has been found this season at Green
acres, Spokane, Waverly, Colfax, Pull
main and walla walla, Washington,
and at The Dalles, Oregon. There is
little doubt that 1t occurs everywhere
throughout the wheat region in vary
ing destructiveness. An outbreak Is
remembered by farmers to have TAX
en- place a number of years ago, so
that the loss caused by the straw
worm must be estimated, not merely
as the depredations of this season
alone. but as a constant percentage
of the crop year after year, generally
unnoticed by the grower.
1t is impossible to foretell the ef'
feet of the straw-worm upon nex'
seasons crop, owing to the uncertain
ty of an important factor in such cal
culations, namely, the state of the
spring and summer weather during
the egg-laying season of the insect
Inasmuch. as no parasites have ye'
been found in the localities visited
while myriads Of healthy worms are
passing the winter in the stubble ant
straw as we'll as in early volunteer
wheat and hay-stubble sprouts, 1t II
probable that a more serious attack
will follow. For this reason methods
for protecting future crops should b'
considered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
ITCHING TORTURE
Of LITTLE BABY
Head and Face Covered With Awful
itching Sores and SCabs Would
Scratch Until Blood Came
Mother in Despair for Treatment
Did No Good-Dread Disease
YIELDED TO CUTICURA
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY

81 was in despair about my baby.
When he was about two months old his
face and head we're full Of scabs and
yery itching sores with terrible running
matter. had to tie his little hands in
bags for he used to make his face and
head bleed. / had two or three doctors
but they did not do any good. | was
told to try Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment and ! can say that they
stopped the running matter immediately
and soon after l had washed him twice
he looked almost well, but used about
three cakes Of Cuticura Soap and four
or FIVE boxes Of Cuticura Ointment, con-
tinuing the treatment for two or three
months. l also used Cuticura Rene
dies for my other children and took
Cuticura Resolvent myself to purify my
milk for my baby whom nursed while
he suffered with that terrible itching
and sores he had. Now always have
Cuticura Soap and Ointment in the
house handy. ! shall be glad II you
want TO publish this letter so that other
sufferers will come to know what good
the Cuticura Remedies can do. Mrs.
Frances Rizzo, 1905 Dickinson ST., Phila-
deiphia, Penn, Nov. and lS, 1906"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
TO REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE.
Radical Steps Taken by Plantation
Men to Prevent OverprOduction.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan 7.-As a re-
suit OF the national convention of the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive union, which began in Memphis
today it Is likely that a great reduc-
ton in the cotton acreage and pro-
duction of the country will be decid-
ed on for the coming year. A reduc-
ton Of 20 per cent will probably be
agreed upon, although some of the
delegates advocate only 10 per cent,
while some desire an acreage reduc-
ton Of 80 per cent.
Delegates and visitors are here
from nearly every county Of every
cotton-growing state, making the
convention one of the largest Of the
kind ever held in the south. The ses-
sions will continue three days. Pres
ident C. S. Barrett Of Georgia, is pre-
siding. 1t is expected that the acreage
reduction will enable the union to
prevent overproduction and maintain
the 15-cent price for cotton.
The delegation from Texas, the
leading cotton growing state Of the
Union, is instructed to advocate a 25
per cent reduction, as a majority of
the locals in the Lone Star state have
agreed upon that demand. Some
locals have asked that the land de-
voted to cotton be cut down as much
as so per cent, but 1t is not likely
that any such radical action will be
taken.
Among other matters which will
probably be considered during the
convention is the selection Of de-
pository for the state and national
organizations. 1t is likely that funds
of the national organization of the
Farmers union will be deposited In
Memphis, and officials Of several
state organizations may also decide
to make the banks Of this city their
repositories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
Freewater Notes.

Freewater, Jan. Mrs. S. A.
Pearson. wife OF the we'll known real
estate dealer, has been quite Ill for
several days.
The Congregational Sunday school
has elected officers for the coming
year. as follows: Superintendent. A.
Tanke: assistant superintendent, Mrs
J. H. Hafer; secretary, Mrs. Grim
Minis; organist, Miss Mary Tahke;
librarian, ]. Lamb; treasurer, Miss
Bennett.
]. 1. Collier, we'll known young
man of the state line, has accepted
a position as assistant occulist with
DR.. Schueller of Walla Walla. MI
Schueller will live at his home place
and will go to and from Walla Waila
on the interurban.
Mrs. James Evans will entertain
the Union Missionary society thls
week at her home in Freewater.
Governor Chamberlain has appoint
ed D. C. Sanderson of the Freewatei
Times. a notary public.
The people Of this section are
making preparations for an excellen
exhibit OF fruit at walla Walla wher
the Northwest Fruitgrowers' associa
ton will meet there in a few days
Fruitgrowing in all its phases VIII o'
discussed by many of the leading
fruitgrowers of the northwest
Wood is now selling at IS per cor'
IN the Milton and Freewater coun
try.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATlOhS ~ the
cannot reach the seat NJ the diseaoe Ia
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional rlseass
and in order to cure II you must tHke IN
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Care
taken internally and aets directly % Ia
tarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine.
was prescribed by one Of the best physl
clans In this untry for years and Is
regular prescription. IL is composed OF
the best tonlcs known, combined with tn
best blood purifiers, acting directly on tn
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
Of the two ingredients Is what produce
such wonderful results In curing Catarrh
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-07
Hotel ST. George.

A. C. Reeves, walla Walla; VIM
Troensyaard, La Granle; L. $. NC
Mahon, Portland; A. F. Benson ana
wife. Helix; F. ]. Chapman, Seattle;
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