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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
BIG BOW IS
THE WINNER
Beats LiVius in Thornton Stake and
Breaks Record for Four Miles
at Oakland Race
Track
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14.-A
great crowd turned out at Emeryvile
today to witness the running of the
four mile race for the Thornton stakes.
The weather was clear and the track
fast.
Big Bow, purchased this morning for
$4,000 by President Thomas Williams of
the California Jockey club from G. w.
Scott, was the favorite. He won the
race, at the same time breaking the
track record by one-fifth of a second.
Livius, on his Los Angeles reputa-
ton, was made second choice, to
and to /.
Byronerdale made the running fol
two and a half miles. with Big Bow
always at his heels. Under a master
ly ride Butwell made his move at the
right time and took the lead when
ready and held his field safe to the
wire, winning by three lengths.
Livius came from the last position
in the final mile and although he made
up some ground his squirt proved un-
availing and the best he could do was
to finish an easy second. Time 7:16.
Cloyne, though Judge Nelson lost only
in the last jump. Results:
First race, 1 mile and 20 yards. selling
Wuerzburger 92 (Buxton), to l. won; Tonic,
l02 "a. Welsh). to l. second; Huerfano. 1O2
d. Butler), to 1, third; time 1:43. DeGram-
mont Henry o., Sapearl, John H, Talamund,
Adele Brooks, Haber. ST. Orloff and Astoria
Belle finished named
Second race. furlongs, seling-Andrew B..
Cook, lis Knapp, to g won; Belle of Iro-
quois. 1OS CW Kelly. to l. second; Naga-
zam. 116 (Scovile). to 1. third; time 1:14.
Lord Nelson, Captain Burnett. Dick Wilson.
I'll Cazador Zelina, Governor Orman. Tawas-
entha and Peggy O'Neal finished as named
Cloyne, SS (Charboneau), IS to 5, won; Judge
Nelson 105 Nycurgus), Is to 1, second; Peter
Sterling, 116 CIV. Kelly, 10 to S, third; time
40 1-5. Northwest. Massa, ]. C. Glenn and
Wing Ting finished as named.
Fourth race, miles, Thornton stakes-Bg
Bow. 112 (ButwelD, II to TO- won Livius, 10I
(Gilbert), 2 to /, second; Benvolio, 115 (knapp)
s to l. third; time 7:16. Byronerdale also ran.
Fifth race 1 mile and 20 yards-Silver Line
81 (Gilbert), 1S to 1, won; Gargantua, 1l0 Uy-
curgus) S to 5. second: Mike Jordan, 107 (But-
welD 10 to 1, third; time 142. Phil Igoe Max
ttess Follie L., Miss Offcious, Mill Song fin
ished named.
Sixth race, furlongs-Fireball 104 tLycur-
eus) to l. won; Gemmell, 124 (Knapp), tc
l. second: Johnny Lyons. 102 Niayes) to l.
third; time 1:12 So. The Mist, Burning Bush
Bucolic, Silver Stocking and Cloudlight finished
as named
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
NO HIT, NO
RUN CONTEST

The first game for the interscholastic
championship of Southern California
played in Los Angeles was won by the
ST. Vincent high team from the high
school of San Bernardino by the score
of to 0 yesterday afternoon.
1t was the Saints game from the
start, as they outplayed, outbatted
and outgeneraled their opponents. But
the bright particular star of the day
was j. Conts, the pitcher of the local
school. His curves were so effective
that not one visitor made hit or a
run, but one reached first on called
balls, while ten were not able to hit
the sphere at all.
The scoring began early In the first
inning. with one down, Workman
walked, stole second, went to third on
wild throw and scored when Easton
threw wild in attempting to prevent a
squeeze.
two-bagger, Bonig flew to Lindsay,
Deckman singled to right. scoring
Phillips; Wylie hit to left, sending
Deckman to third, and both came home
or Bastanchury's three-bagger. Bas-
tanchury was squeezed home by Conts,
and Ohhasso famed, ending the scor-
ing for the time.
In the next inning the last runs of
the game were made, when four sim
giles netted the Catholics two runs.
San Bernardino's only chance to
score occurred in the ninth, when, with
none down, Hodge walked, Lindsay
was safe on Deckmans error and both
advanced a base on pretty double
steal. But with a man on second and
third and none down Reeves flew to
Phillips. Hodge was caught in an at
tempted squeeze and Easton flew to
Deckman.
For the Saints, Conts and Deckman
riayed star games, while Hodge of San
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
COLT HAS A RIGHT
TO WIN DERBlES
BY J. C. GRIFFIN

Meelick, the three times Derby WIN
ner, is a son of John e. Madden's st.
Simon stallion, Planudes, and Ilithyia,
a daughter of Tammany and Isis. Isis
was the mother of the celebrated Sprtn-
ter Isidor.
Meelick has every excuse for win
ming derbies, for he is superbly bred.
His second dam was Shotover, a
daughter of the EPSON Derby winner
Hermit, and was Derby winner her
self Meelick is a common enough
looking colt, but he ran some excellent
races in the east before Sam Hildreth
purchased him from John E. Madden
for $4,000, and since then he has more
than purchased himself out by winning
the California, Los Angeles and Cres-
cent City derbies in line. And added
to this is the fact that the son of
Planudes won them on successive Sat
urdays and was opposed by the best
3-year-olds in training.
Chapultepec, which Meelick defeated
Yesterday. can also trace his blood
back to Derby stars. He is out of
Graciocity, which also dropped De-
Mund James B. Haggin bred her and
also her dam, Graciozo, daughter of
Ben Ali. the horse which won the only
Kentucky Derby in which the owner
of Rancho del Paso ever had an entry
Meelick will not be shipped back to
California, at least for two weeks, as
there are no more rich stakes for which
Mr.. Hildreth's crack can contest. The
colt will be kept at New Orleans and
started in the other Derby of the two
run in the southern city each year, and
in all probability his owner VIII then
send him on to the east and point him
for the early season classics, in which
Meelick is entered
Should his success continue Meelick
bids fair to outrival Claude, long hailed
as the champion Derby winner of the
American turf
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
EDDIE MENNY WANTS TO
TANGLE WITH CHAMPION

Eddie Menny would like to nave a
chance to stop Johnny Coulon, the lit
tie Chicago splinter weight, and is
hristling all over with challenges to
meet Pop Coulon's son in any ring at
It's pounds at 6 o'clock.
Eddie probably has as good right
to self confidence as any of the other
preliminary talent in line for Johnny's
title. as he has already stopped Young
McGovern in three acts and trimmed
the same boy another time on a de-
cision award.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

HOTEL GREEN, European rate
$150 per day: American rate $3.50 per
day upward.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
LONG BEACH HIGH WINS
FROM HUNTINGTON TEAM
Special to The Herald.

LONG BEACH. March 14.-By a
score of 741s to 20la Long Beach high
this morning defeated the Huntington
Beach high school in a field and track
meet on the local grounds. Blodgett of
Huntington Beach won the mile run
and the locals annexed all the other
events.
Thompson. the Long Beach youth
who is expected to some day break
more than state records, had no diff
ficulty in winning the 100-yard and 220
yard dashes. His time in each was, re-
spectively, 10 AS seconds and rs S-o
| seconds.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

HOTEL GREEN. Pasadena. Cal,
!. .merican and European plans.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

ct. Dugan). to 5. won; Old Honesty, III (Mc-
'DanieD, IL to s. second; Donna, 81 a. SMITH,
to 13, third; time 1:53 10.
Sixth race. ! mile and 10 yards, selling
Ouaggo won, Land Breeze second, Blaze
oLight thidr; time 1:45.
Seventh race / mile and 20 yards. selling
Jack Witte won Warner Grswel second; Ben
Trovato third; time 1:44 80.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
CHICAGO
SCORE BY INNINGS
SUMMARY

Three-base hit--La June. Two-base hits
Anderson, O'Neil. Sacrifice hits--Osteen. LIE
June, Brashear. Smith. First base on errors
Los Angeles 2. Chicago 4. Left on bases
Los Angeles 1s, Chicago 10. Bases on
balIs--Off Most /. Thorsen 3. Olmstead 2
Randolph q Manuel 2. Nagle 3. Struck out
BY Most 8. Thorsen 1. Randolph 2. Ohm
stead q Manuel 3. Wild pitch-Randolph
Hit by pitched ball-Delmas. Time of game
-2:55. Umpire--ODay.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
SAN BERNARDINO
SUMMARY

Three-base hit-Bustauchury. Two-base hit
Phillips. Sacrifice hits-Lindner, Workman.
Couts, First base on called balls-Off Couts q;
off Easton, /. Struck out-By Couts, 10; by
Easton, 2; by Lindsay 3. Left on bases-St.
Phillips, /. Wild pitches Easton, l; Lindsay,
]. Time of game--1:20. Umpire-Barnard
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
HOW THE GIRLS PROPOSE.

The leap year question. "Shall the
girls propose?" is again up for discus
sion.
Those who advocate the right OF
feminine initiative say:
There is no good reason why man
should have the exclusive privilege OF
taking the first step. 1t is simply
MATTER OF CUSTOM. And the GUS
tom is a relic Of the days when women
did not amount to much and were
given little to say, being in effect the
slaves Of men.
On the other hand, say the opponents
Of a change:
To make woman the prime mover IN
marriage proposals is to destroy the
true conception of the family. Man Is
the HEAD OF THE FAMILY. say
these conservatives. He SUPPORTS
the family. Therefore it is his pecul-
Jar province to make the first advance
in the founding of the family.
And the others retort:
It is not always true that the man
is the real head and support or the
family. And, If it were true, 1t does
not follow that woman is less interest
ed in the family and the home. The
woman takes home and family the
more seriously. To MAN marriage Is
an EPISODE: to the WOMAN it is
EVERYTHING
And there you are.
/ However. rs 4 matter OF fact
Women usually DO propose.
They may do 1t az Priscilla in "The
Courtship of Miles Standish" did 1t.
They may say, why don't you speak
for yourself, John"
Or as Patti did.
When the lover Of the great prima
donna said to her. "All Paris says we
are engaged" she replied: "Well. why
not? am sure | should be happy"
In most cases, while the girl may not
actually propose in WORDS she pro-
poses in ACTIONS. And actions speak
louder than words.
Few young men will care to propose
who have not received some form OF
real encouragement some assurance
of the acceptance Of their suit And
the bright girl knows very well how
to give the tacit assurance IN AID
VANCE of the formal engagement
There are some exceptions (mosuy
in novels, but the ordinary proposal
is brought out through some common
place. 1t is simply the occasion of the
halfway meeting Of the mutual desire
which has many times manifested It
self.
Let no one worry about the lack OF
womans opportunity or her ability to
use her opportunity. Given the RIGHT
MAN. the girl will find the way.
The girl knows how to propose. She
does it by making the man propose.
And she does it without surrendering
her maiden modesty or her womanly
dignity.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
BULWER LYTTON.
He Was a Grotesque Figure According
to This Picture.

He Was a Grotesque Figure According
to This Picture.
The late DR.. Edward Vaughan Ke-
nealy, who appeared as counsel for
the Tlchborne claimant, was we'll ac-
quainted with many Of the celebrities
Of his time. In the memoirs which
his daughter has published there are
some piquant passages. Here is what
he had to say in his diary about Bull
wer LyttOn:
"Dined tonight with the lord chief
justice, Lord Houghton, Bulwer Lyt-
ton and other senators and ladies'.
Bulwer Lytton is a clown. He was
shabblly dressed and sided into the
room with slouching air and gait. He
held his hat in his hand as though
about to drop It and looked as though
he did not know what to do with his
legs. He gapcd, his eye was lacklus-
tered, and be said nothing 1t Is al
most impossible to believe he wrote
the works which pass under his name.
His wife says he did not write them.
He has great nose like Fitzball or
Bardolph, but not so red as the lat
ter's. lie has cut off his beard, and
the hairs are scanty and scrubby down
his lank Don QuiXote jaws. / expect
ed a fine gentleman, perhaps n fop like
his own DevereuX or like Bolingbroke,
and I saw a crapulous fossil. He took
Mrs. Round down to dinner, but never
spoke a word to her, remaining silent
or mumbling to himself. I think Cock
burn was ashamed Of him, and, al
though he asked him especially to meet
me, he did not venture to solicit my
opinion of him. But l told it to him
And he was ashamed Of his guest"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
Heart to Heart
Talks.
DID HE LOVE HIS MOTHER2
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908. by Edwin A. Nye.

To the best mother boy ever hau'
These are the last words you will hear
from me. Lovingly. CHARLIE
Having written the above, Charles
Jacobs Of New York city, young man
of nineteen years. put bullet into his
brain.
There was no good reason why ne
should have done so. No motive Is as
signed for the act When his mother
heard the pistol shot she fastened TO
his room. She was crazed by the
shock. Scarcely could she be prevented
from hurting herself from a window
Query?
Would a boy who really loves his
mother kill himself and break his
mothers heart?
Certainly not, If he was sane.
The incident end the note serve to
remind us that there are altogether
too many young men like Charles ia
cobs.
Perfervid expressions of love for
mother like the above are mere oozings
Of sentimentality. The expression Is
cruelty belied by the acuOn.
1t Is easy to compliment ones moth
er. Such expressions are natural. 1t is
quite another thing to repay the moth
er love by course Of conduct that
Will make the mothers life happy
one.
Il is easy to sing the refrain, IF you
love your mother, meet her In the sky"
The sacred theme lends itself to the
haunting notes Of the tune. But 1t Is
an entirely different proposition to
make mothers last days her sweetest
DAYS and to cause her always to be
proud of her boy.
The sentiment without the life is the
veriest bathos.
The grisly bum who infests the po-
lice courts easily prefaces his maudlin
plea for clemency by the snifile, Il had
one Of the best mothers boy ever
had"
The declaration is an indictment
which leaves no room for special pity
More Is to be expected Of him who had
a good mother. And If the son goes
down despite the mothers goodness
the more delinquent does his conduct
appear.
"The best mother boy ever had"
II only the Charles JacObses could
see the full significance Of the words!
The pity of it Is they cannot under
stand that such q mother calls for
THE BEST BOY A MOTHER
EVER HAD!
The mother Of Charles Jacobs Will
find in her heart a great pity and n
great love for her boy. Mothers are
made that way. But
If Charles Jacobs had been consist
ent be would have written these words
in farewell to his mother:
To the best mother a boy ever had l
go contrary to every instinct you have
given me- l choose TO plunge a dagger In
your heart. CHARLIE.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
HE GOT THE TICKET.
A Simple Little Errand That Made q
Lot Of Commotion.

a Simple Little Errano mat Maoe
Lot Of Commotion.
One Of the most amusing accidents
Imaginable happened to an old gentle
man in one Of our large eastern cities.
He was asked to buy ticket to fire
mans ball and good naturally COM
piled. The next question was what to
do with it. He had two servants,
either of whom would be glad to use
It. but he did not wish to show favor
itism.
Then it occurred to him that he might
buy another ticket and give both his
servants a pleasure. Not knowing
where the tickets were sold, he In
oulred Of a policeman, and the officer
suggested that he 60 to the engine
house. So the old gentleman went to
the engine house that evening, but
there was no one In sight. he had new
err been In such a place before and
stood for q moment or so uncertain
how to make his presence known.
Presently he saw an electric button
on the side Of the room, and he put his
thumb on It.
The effect was electrical in every sense
of the word. Through the ceiling
down the stairs and from every other
direction fremen came running and
falling. the horses rushed out Of their
stalls. and, in short, all the machinery
Of a modern engine house was instant
ly in motion.
Amid all this uproar stood the inno-
cent old gentleman, who did not sus-
pect that he had touched the fire alarm
until the men clamored around him for
information as to the locality Of the
fire.
Then he said mildly, 81 should like to
buy another ticket for the ball, If you
please"
The situation was so ludicrous that
there was a general shout Of laughter
and the old gentleman bought bis
ticket, and the engine house resumed
its former state of quiet.-Exchange.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
PARIS AND LONDON.
Contrasts In People and Manners In
the Two Great Capitals.

the Two Great Capitals.
In the streets French traffic all goes
to the right; London coachmen drive
always to the left. Parisians live to-
gether in large houses like barracks;
LondOners have one family in a house.
The Londoner has latchkey, the
Frenchman n concierge.
Paris has its cafes, London its clubs.
Partisan beds are up in an alcove in
the wall; Londoners sleep in the mid
die Of the room. Londoners take three
or four meals a day, Parisians two.
Paris dimes, London eats. Paris
loaves are long, London loaves are
square. Paris drinks wine, London
beer. Paris takes coffee, London tea.
Frenchmen while dining talk to their
neighbor and enjoy each others So
ciety; Brltons sit alone at table and
don't say much, but enjoy their food.
London wOrllmen work in their ordi-
nary clothes, call each other "mate," "
smoke clay pipes and punch each 9th
er's heads occasionally; Partisan work
men do their business In blOuses, call
their friends "citlzen" or "sir," smoke
cigarettes, take their hats off to each
other and do their fighting with their
feet.-LondOn Tit-BitS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15

American stage celebrity, like her con-
temporary, Mary Anderson, walked al
ways the paths Of rectitude and right
eousness. Clara Morris and Mary An
dersonl One names these women al
most with veneraton.
When misfortune came to the for
mer, an admiring world offered gifts
and tribute.
1t is we'll that Americans should hon.
or Clara Morris and that the French
people should refuse to decorate their
brilliant actress with loose morals.
Because:
The world everywhere needs n re-
vival Of the stern teachings of moral
obligation and clean living. And de-
linquency in high places must not be
condoned.
The French nation cannot afford 10
lower the ideals Of feminine honor
even for the sake Of genius.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
MOHAIR AND ALPACA.
These Fabrics Come From Two En-
tirely Different Animals.


tireIy Different Animals.
"The other day l heard u couple OF
men arguing about mohair and alpaca,
one OF them gravely asserting that
they were different names for the same
fabric" said a New York importer.
1.-THE assertion was very far out of
the way. The cloth known as alpaca,
If genuine, comes from the wool Of the
animal Of the same name, which
thrives only In the Andean regions
Of Peru and Chile in South America.
The alpaca, or paco which resembles
the llama, looks a good deal like our
domestic sheep and has most beauu-
full fleece. Great fOcks of them browse
on the highest ranges of the Andes
and are the property Of the native In
dams, who shear theH once a year.
Many efforts have beeEmadc to breed
the alpaca in different parts Of Eu-
rope and Australia, but witholF sue
cess. A cargo of them was brodght to
Baltimore some time in the middle OF
the last century, but the experiment OF
raising them In the United States was
likewise a failure.
"The cloth known as mOhair comes
from the Angora goat, n very different
animal from the alpaca. The angora
is found In South Africa, but the lar
gest 1ocks are found IN Asia Minor
Exchange.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
Sroelle In Great Cities.

The man with a nose always recog-
nizes the small Of the place, and he has
only to land at Calais to smell garlic.
London's smell-when the Londoner
returns-is just SCOT and fried fish
Paris always smells of chocolate and
wood smoke. Florence Is violets and
sewage. But so soon as you get to
Russia the smell is quite different.
Moscow, the city Of fruit that comes
from the Crlmea, has a special smell
Of the cranberry (Which has various
names) in late summer. And you can
not land in st. Petersburg without no
ticing instantly the smell Of the place.
London Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15

of its infantile heroes and heroines,
strange shapes and glowing sprites
answer. Here"
Well
There is no harm to the child's flu
ture in the kaleidoscope Of It's early
imaginings.
Sometimes, indeed, the mother may
be startled at some Of the special Won
ders seen and reported by her mno-
cent offspring. She needs only TO re-
member that she herself was once
child. She will understand.
In the early years the athletic mental
forces are just getting under way for
the long race that is ahead. What
wonder If at first they indulge in some
freakish gambOls?
This Worcester mother would put a
full stop to this gentle, preliminary
training Of the gathering mental pow
ers of the child and bind them to the
treadmill Of the grownups.
Impossible.
The warp and wool of the childish
mind is not built that way. The child
must needs indulge its childish dreams.
1t must needs wonder at the doings of
the genii of the little folk-else 1t is
not q child, but only freak Of nature!
1t seems this too careful Worcester
mother is afraid lest the "fancies OF
infancy may foster the superstitions OF
maturity" Is 1t so? Has it been so
of all the hosts of the children Of the
past who have so devoutly bent to the
wondrous waving Of the wondrous
wand of the fairy queens?
One need not particularly pity the
Worcester tots.
The solicitous mother may take
away and burn at the stake every fairy
book in the house. Nevertheless ma
ture never yet tamely permitted case
of arrested development.
The budding fancies of childhood
cannot be nipped by human hands
They must grow to their full fruit!on
and flower
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-15
TWO ACTRESSES.

1t is reported from Paris that Sarah
Bernhard is making another attempt
to secure admission into the Legion of
Honor.
Two or three years ago Bernhard
tried to get into the charmed circle
Of French distinction, but the cabinet
refused to adopt the action of the
council.
1t is to be hoped she again will be
unsuccessful and that she never may
be allowed to wear the bit of red rib
bon on her breast
And that is not a heartless wish.
When Napoleon Bonaparte instituted
the order and decoration Of the Legion
Of Honor he decreed that no person
with a questionable past should be ad-
mitted. Doubtless the rule has been
violated, but it is nevertheless the rule.
Sarah Bernhard is a woman Of great
genius, but
Her life, as it is known and read Of
all men. has not been above reproach.
Many times she has violated the moral
codes. Her career has been checkered
with many lapses and escapades.
1t may seem a hard thing to remind
q woman Of her past delinQuencies, but
Bernhard is a public character. She
is seeking pubic hOnOrs. The r1blic
morals are concerned. Pun Aent
must follow violation or the standards
must be lowered.
Much is pardOned to genius-too
much. And when genius is persistent
" sinful II must be made to suffer the
same as mediocrlty-and more so.
1t is pleasing to turn from the ca
reer of this French actress 10 that Of
Clara Morris, the American actress.
who is about the age of Bernhard
and who is spending her declining
years in the love and esteem of all the
people.
Though poor in purse, because Of her
generosity, Clara Morris is rich in char
acter.
She, too, like Bernhardt, came up
through great tribulation. She, too,
had genius. and .strove. But our