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The Washington herald., 1909-11-21
Tcuny "a Good Investment.

When PuIslfar bought Tanav 81
yearliug the horse was regarded as
freak because Of his peculiar c0nfarma-
ton. Pulsifer did not expect much of
him. but the colt proved that he was
courageous and possessed OF great en-
du-arcr- He won a Brooklyn Handicap.
thereby earning Puisifer q lot of money.
as the owner had backed him literally I'm
the winter book at good odds Neither
Salvador nor Teuuy proved great iu the
stud. Their ger included some winners.
+ but none that could approach the speed
Of their sres-
Hamburg Belle was unquestlonahlv ITO
queen OF the U0tuEg world with Lou
Dillon not iu training When she
was matched with Jh-au the uubeatel
black stallion. last August she was pick
. ed as a sure winner 10y "a majority OF
. horsemen I'm the first trial the mare
was forced 10 establish the low mark
al --1lis fra order % win.
Hamburg Belle. registered as Sally Sim
mons IT, made three worlds records at
the North Randall track. Her first heat
was uotted in 2-ll4. the fastest mile
ever trotted In q race, and two seconds
faster than the previous record held by
. Cresceus. The second heat was t~0tteI
En- 2.Uss. the fastest second heat trotted
+ in a race. and the race itself was the
.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

Pinehurst, y. c., can certainly bear
witness to the magic influence Or golf.
Before tho establishment Of the sport at
that famous winter resort comparatively
few people had ever heard Of the place
To-day three excellent golf courses have
made the town one OF the most popular
recreation resorts in the country. Goli
and the judlcious use Of printers ink Sn
advertising are mainly responsible fds
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

The philadelphia Golf Association is
sued q NEATLY printed handicap list some
years a4o That inventory OF local talent
was tolehably comprehensive at the time.
and except for the undue attention Il
paid to several players by including them
more tham once at different ratings, It
may be regarded as a fairly accurate out
line Of the game as It was played in days
gone by. The schedule stu hangs on the
walls Of som4 clubs. and every now and
then an oldish chap who had seen better
days VIII point proudly TO his name there
on and say: IT was good one In those
days. but the years have got the better
OF me now" The list Is officially. still
In force It has never been recalled, nor
has any attempt been made 90 compile a
now one. Some Of the names on the
musty scroll are now. unfortunately, num-
bercd among the dead, quite a number
have forsakcn the sport. and more than
one thousand active golfers are treading
the links to-day without the benefit of an
authoritative recognition OF their playing
skill Every large association I'm the land
maintains an up-tO-date handicap list ex-
cept Philadelphia. and it's sad com
mentary on the local management that
70 persists On being the exception TO such
q universal rule Without having the
current schedule Of handicaps OF the Phil
adelphia Golf Association al hand for ex-
animation. the writer feels quite sure
that the name OF r. Satterthwaite. win
ner Of the Lynnwood Hall and Phladel-
phia cups, is not included therein. sat
terthwaite Is only one OF many leaders in
Quaker city golf who have no Official
rating.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

On one occasion. Mr.. Z. Drives Stroud
played under the name Of smith" After
the tournament, every Eolfing Smith in
the East was M In arms. each one fearful
that the general public would mistake
him for the one covered by the printed
reports. Stroud's selection was certainly
Hl-advised. He should have been more
thoughtful of other peoples feelings
Doubtless. he justified his act by the
thought that IN all this broad land there
might be one miserable Smith who could
stand the strain.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

OF nauonal scope 10 Il southern loulud-
ment much patronized by Northern play
ers The astral body was left tied TO
the desk. and The real thing with a
borrowed appellauon HE'D himself 20 the
battle ground. For the storys sake the
unfaithful servant may be dubbed Mr..
Blank. Blank either won the score round
or ran so close that he came promi-
nently before the assembled players. The
next day he didn't do a thing 90 his
opponent IN the preliminary match Skin
mish. but. on the second round by some
strange falling out of circumstances, he
found himself paired with tha president
of his company. The pres" happened
10 be an anable old duck-he wouldn't
have been n golfer Othcrwise-and not
knowing Blank by sight, but hearing that
he hailed from Philadelphia, spent the
time between strokes I'm trying 10 locate
mutual acuuaintances in the Quaker City.
Finally. he said. Perhaps you know our
Philadelphia manager, Mr. --?" and
ne called him by his name. BY this time
Blank was almost in a state Of collapse.
but he managed to summon strength
enough 10 say that he thought he did
During the balance OF the round, the con-
versatiOn was more or less strained: and
Il Is. perhaps. needless 10 say that Blank
| had. at least. the decency not TO beat his
Ninnocent superior officer. The evening
train North had an unexpected passenger
Mat p. NJ, and the next morning the
aktral body lost its job, and the real
thing was the busiest proposition that
ovAr represented a soulless corporation.
md shave was close. but the phiz came
through intact. Was ever a disciple Of
the Nancient and honorable more sorely
triedR
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21
FAMOUS HORSES GONE
Death Bids in Four Within
a Few Weeks.
THE PASSING OF SALVADOR
Recalls to Turfmen Great Rivalry
In Match Race mt Monmouth Park.
Belle Die Within Same Week-Au
Important In Turf History.

In the last few weeks death has picked
from their stalls four OF the greatest
rare horeae ever foared three Of Them
49,, .....r.. 60 49, 80 ...,t, ...t...
-,,
O'u age 0',l 'oON l'''ee Vi '",se ''0i7
animals, ana their passing feea4lea some
great performances on the track The
Believes noted for
more recent fcats and died practically
..ir rsr,lss-
AND Two famous uol'ers- iialiiJlI
Belle ana birectum-are the JurI toA coll
-ected Boy the grim reaper who spares
neither man nor beast. Tenny was the
o1.aaf .eu,s,.IaaI.u rival 81 C3lvafor and
49,, t--... .. 81 1,s. Lad O., ,,. ,.-o..s-
s'"- 10 --' 7'~, 80 N' l-'7 -'"
WINE iennE lald Gown MS uuIoeA OF
years last week
Turfmeu j never forget the great
rivalry baf.-an SaIvator and Tanuv
,r,..,- --.+ ~, d., notch r.co ar Monmouth
49, --,--
az ~ i-o'7 '' 'l'i,ii, u'- ."9 'o E''-.''
Gays OF RACING, anu H'l'aloI "Ou D'
only a head. The great Longsreet also
found TeEuy almost match for him.
The sWayback' was regarded as but
little inferior 90 either Of these great
racers. Horsemen regard 1t as the con-
sistency of tate that Salvador just 'nosed
out Icnuy in the race with death
. Dircctum also belonged % the past
generation Hs died two weeks ago al
Savage. MINI. Directum set world 8
record for iour-year-o.d uotters In 1888
The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

STANDING OF TIE TEAMS
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
THE APPROACH OF HAL
LEY'S COMET.
(Contiued from pa ge 2.)

oi COLLISION at either point any more
than there is Of collision between
surface car and an elevated train on
the one hand or between a surface car
and subway train on the other. 1t
has been calculated that the nearest
possible approach OF the comet to the
earth would be G.OOOO0O miles. but we
shall he millions Of miles farther sep
arated than that even when nearest.
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
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sng heat of the sun as it approaches tnat
hody develops vapors, which enveiop
the nucleus and are driven back INTO
xnace in the form of the tail. 1t is note-
worthy that the tail always streams
away from the sun, geang berore tne
head when the sun retires into space
This, 50 tong a mystery. Is now oe-
gieyed to be due to the pressure or hsht
| from the sun, so great force that not
les. than 10000 tons Of it ever rest
nnon the earth's surface. The tail Is
extremely thin, SO that the 1aln1est
starx can be seen through a mnhon
miles of it's thickness. The earth has
once or twice passed through comet
tail and suffered no harm. H. now
ever. there should occur head-on col
usion with the nucleus it would not
cplv be the end of the comet. but might
seriously damage il not ruin the eartn
| If nothing more, it would be likely to
! introduce noxiOua gases into our al-
mosphere. which would as swiftly pro.
/ duce death as the descending fumes ol
! Mopt Pelee. We have already shoWs
: that no collision is possible with HAL
T. | lNVS comet, NUt io1S az w
a that human history is yet to he con
II animated and that a divine r:tn He
hack Of the universe can we ir':,lige Il
now antiuuated fears. Nothing Is les
pyobah}e. even aStronomically. than
lr cometary collision. However, there
a! some ground for believing that in th2
is strange curiosity Of the plains Coo
es Rntte. Ariz., we have the evidence th'
e | ,nst onre A comet struck the earth. ~
IS if so. whether before or after the a
IS vent Of man. we have no means
nd knowing.
as Ha1,ev's comet will not he an aprs
're tion of 4 moment. like meteor, u
or ;, week or Two. like the moon
REG it's last appearance it was visible I
fn larger part Of n year. and certainty
III mnrtt,s we shall have our SKY. par
~. at night and partly in the i''orh,'
Ol, transformed by the presence OF l
30. not unwelcome stranger. Ii VIII
rnr sean the world over, PrarE al
ne' north pole and Shackleton at me S''
ri mole would each be cheered u?
VAS radiance. and seventy live years he
"us very few very old men will tf'
tue blingly point to the heavens ana
the that in their youth they saw Ssn
HeE' spectacle once before.
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04

The association of North Caro-
ina postmasters in SESSION III
Raleigh. adjourned at noonIhurs-
law to meet next year in Wins
1on- Salem. Officers elected Tor
next year are: c. a: Reynolds 9,
Winston, president; W. ". koI-
;ins, Ashevillc: S. NJ. Hsmrlck,
Hickory; Postmaster White, OF
Nebane, and J. Q; Fitzgeralad d
| Pelbam, vice presidents; }. r.
| Iovce. of Reidsville, reelected
| >ecretarV-treaSure
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
How Comets Are Captured.

The periodical comets are believed
to have been captured by some VI the
planets A comet comes journeEihS
through space under the influence "1
the sun, intending to pay US but
single visit. 1t passes so near great
Jupiter. for example, that its speed
( is slowed down below the critical
! noint 1t is thereby compelled t"
change it's orbit TO an ellipse and stays
With us for the rest of its life. NeP
tune is credited with capturing slS
/ comets. including Haliey's; Uranus
three, Saturn two, Jupiter about thlr
IL. One reason for believing ina
there is vet another undiscovered
o,anet l,cyon. Neptune is that Ger
tain comet shows curve which reach
IS out TO Il distant point where
planet ought TO he in order to ace"is'l
for it's introduction into our system.
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
c.narv Colored Railroad Cars.

Canary yellow has been adopted as
tho standard color for the coaches re
frigerator cars and all other box cars
used in the passenger service on the
panama railroad. Tests to ascertain
tho oolor hest suited to Withstand the
local climatic conditions, which are
unusually hard on exterior pa'i''s
were made with the result that ye''o"
WAS den,onstrat"d Il superior i's''h
| ,.,,;;,, nye,. th,, nthrr colorS tf'oo
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04

The Corporation Commissie n
Monday signed the formal order
requiring the Atlantic Coast Line
md the Seaboard Air Line rail
vays to build union passenger
stat at Weldon and to f'e the
plans ard specifications with tt {
commission in thirty days iron
! nat date. ,.~........
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
Peril In It's Head.

The head Of comet is the dangerous
part, consisting probably OF a mass ~ y,
uarticles like stones, held togethei o'
their mutual gravitation. The ihefeas
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04
Naming Of the Comet.

If has been ascertaiGe<t that the
period Of Halley's comet is i'll genera |
about seveny-fve years. though it is
sometimes a little less and sometimes
several years more, the differences I've
Ing due to the Influence OF the planets
! which il passes in going and coming
! This is therefore q historic comet and
bv no means an upstart. for it has
! recently been traced back to more
than 700 wears before Christ
Considering how Young the science
Of astronomy U.s. think Of being able t.'
.,ipntify appearances OF this same coln-
as in ALI the following, years; r. - ~
"A u AL. TC!,. iOtii. t145, 1922. l3Oi,
13-9 1856, 1881. 1891. 16S2, 1852. lS'o'
> 1910. In 1866 William tue C"nH"eF''
was terrifying Englahd. ana the come
was looked upon as an omen OF teif'
4 hle disaster. ln 1856 all Europe ""'
,noyed 10 terror by this enofM""
sword of light held aloft nlgntly III III
sky. and the pope directed that I" ''
Ave Maria should I've added the pr"Ht'
~ ord save us from the TURK. III
cone, and the devil" 1t was M 'n
=, ,;,,., that the nounday call to pFas'
hv the ringing Of church bells was i
II. troCuced. which has never oee" a'"
e. soued. Tu 1879 the comet nfst e''i
hack according to prediction OF u
At great Sir Edmund HALEY. the tr'ehu
Newton, and it hencetorth tooh op
. itself his uame.
There always has been and Sui
much Of mystery as TO the nature
com,ts Where they came ffom
Of ona knows. but they are in the
ee- verse iourneying through space W
wv frst sighted a comet looks only i'h
' faint nebula changing its pos''
among the fixed stars. AS II "'s
nearer the sun il becomes brlgh'ei
fore begins to shoot out tail. YET ht's1
the head can be recognized as
r? distant from the tail and a prlgnt
at the center of the head caneu
nuc,eus. Great comets like Han
are described rs presenting nea'
large as the moon, shining Win
t. hriohtucss of Venus and stretching
. +he TAI, over one-tbird OF the SKY.
,ev.s comet has shown a tail lorts
dsyrees long, which Is equal 10 a
Q L cession Of ninety full moons.
doas not always appear the same
I,ke,v on the present occasion 10
q length either greater or less.
The Robesonian., 1909-10-04

shall he millions Of miles farther sep |
ara ted than that even when nearest.
Source of Comets Unknown. !
1t used to be believed that comets !
were entirely Irresponsible bodies. not !
under the control of the same forces !
that control the planets. 1t was not !
perceived that the law of gravitation
has them in its grip. as well as earth,
Jupiter and Saturn. and that they fol-
low definite and well known curves.
A comet originally comes from we
know not where. Something has shot
it through infinite space. and it hap
| pens to pass within the range OF our
suns gravitating power. At once it is
| attracted toward the sun and comp"!-
| led 10 sweep down out Of space and
around the sun before it is released
Indeed whether il shall be released is
| altogether a question. If the curve on
which the comet approaches is what Is
known as Il parabola OF hyrerhola
It stands wide open at the farther end.
and the comet. having paid us Il single
visit. sweeps back into space and never
again appears ID our sky Bul II IL ne
an ellipsp it Is closed at both ends. and
after certain period Of absence back
1t comes as certainly as tomorrow
sunrise.
The truth is that all the planets
including the earth, are travelling
about the sun. not on circles. but OF
elIpses. but their paths are onl,
slightly eccentric. while that "f th'
periodical comet is extremely So
boys round hoop when pressed ou
Of shape becomes an ellipse. and tn
harder the pressure the more clip
teal it becomes. Such is the path
the periodical comet When the come
is as near the sun as the earth is,
it's speed be more than twenty 81
miles Il second it will describe par'
III bola or . hyperboia and will nevt
ur come back. If it be less than II
is same it will describe al eilipse AZ
" will return at regular Intervals.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-04

administration OF Abraham Lincoln IN
preparation for the Inauguration Nj Lin
coin started from his hocae IN Springfield,
Ill, on February II. accompanied BY his
family and a large party Of friends.
among which were his two famous secre-
taTies. John Hay and John V. NIcolay.
These were troublous times. and il was
owing 10 information which reached the
Presidential party that at Harrisburg,
Pa, the plans were changed. and on the
evening Of February q Mr.. Lincoln, ac-
ccmpanied only by Col. e V. Sumner.
proceeded 10 Philadelphia in a private
car They arrived in Washington the
next day.
LIncOIn's Wss Orderly.
There was so much talk Of danger 70
the person Of Mr.. Lincoln that the luaa-
guration ceremony on March was
marked with tense expectancy and not a
little fear. President Lincoln was driven
to the Capitol to take the oath Of Office
surrounded by United States cavalry.
Along Pennsylvania avenue. the line OF
march. expert rilemen were stationed
on the housetops with instructions %
watch the windows Of the houses along
the way and 20 shoot down instantly any
one who should point a weapon toward
the President At the intersections Of al
the streets there was a small guard OF
United States cavalry. and a flying bat
terry OF artillery ready for action was
stationed Just north OF the Capitol under
command OF Gen Scott.
For the first time the Inauguration pro-
cessioa was an orderly and weIl-planned
spectacle. II was very large and strik-
lngly imposing, one OF its features being
q large float representing the constitu-
tiOn and the Union Al ;hat time the
United States numbered thirty-four. and
these were represented by thiTty-four
little girls al dressed In white. These
followed the President-elect until ne had
taken the oath OF Office. which was ad-
minstered for the last time by Chief Jus
tice Tsney. after which Mr.. Lincoln
kissed each one OF the little girls in white.
In the evening al Inaugural bali was
held in G structure erected for the pur-
pose in Judiciary Square. but on the ad-
vice OF his friends President Lincoln did
not attend.
Events moved quickly In the frst four
years OF President Lincoln's administra-
tion. and when Il came tine for him 20
take the oath Of ONCE a second time the
city OF Washington was an armed gar
rison. Soldiers by the thousands thronged
the streets. Pennsylvania avenue was
decorated with the national cOlOrs. and
although there was a procession from
the White House % the Capitol. President
Lincoln was toe busy al the Capitol 20
ride with Il. He took the cath Of Office
for the second tine in the United States
Senate chamber, the oath being admins
tered by Chief Justice Chase, after which
President Lincoln read his inaugural ad-
dress from the east front Of the Capitol
President Lnccln rode back with the
procession from the Capitol 20 the White
House, and in the procession were car
riages which bore Mrs. Lincoln and the
The Washington herald., 1909-03-04

three inaugural balls-one at Jackson
Hall, one 81 CaTGss's. and a third at q
hall especially erected for the purpose in
Judiciary Square
In 1850 II was that Vice President Mil
lard Fillmore, Of New York stepped into
the vacancy caused by the death Of Pres
ident Taylor on July 9. 1880. President
Fillmore had served several terms IN
Congress. representing New York and
was a lawyer Of considerable note. He
was sworn IN by Chief Justice Crsnch.
of the Circuit Court Of the District Of
Columbia. and his inaugural address was
very brief
Unique Pierce Inaugural
In 1853 the inauguration Of FRANKLIN
Pierce was unique in that the Vice Pres
ident was not present. Fairly elaborate
preparations had been made 1or the In
auguratiou, and a platform IN the east
pcrtico Of the Capitol had been built en-
tireIy Of New Hampshire pine out OF
compliment TO the State which gave the
new President 30 the nation. The oath
Of Office was administered by Chief JUS
tice Taney. ard during the inaugural ad-
dress. delivered from the east portico.
snow began to fall, making the ceremony
uncomfortable. The Vice PreSident-elect.
William R King. OF Alabama. WIS IN
Cuba at the date OF the Inauguration and
he took the oath Of Office there, being
sworn In By United States Consul Rod
ney on q plantation near Matanzas There
was no Inaugural ball on March T. 1888.
It was during President Pierce's admin
istration that jefferson Davis. Of Missis-
sippi. held the Office Of Secretary OF War.
For the purpose Of holding a proper in
augural bail in 1851. when James Buch-
anan, Of Pennsylvania. took the oath of
Office, a special addition was erected 70
the city hall and che -es held
there. March that year was a perfect
day so far as weather was concerned
The Vice President. John c. Breckinridge.
was sworn in in the United States Senate
chamber. and afterwsrd the oath OF Office
was administered to President Buchanan
By Chief Justice Taney who then pro-
ceeded 10 the east portico. where he made
his inaugural address. After this e4-e
mony there was an elaborate bit formal
reception at the White House
Fer the first time n the histsy OF the
country the Inauguration Of tt @ident
OF the United States became. ,nifi-
cent display that has ever sft- a con-
tinGed, In 1851. at the beginR. ( the
The Washington herald., 1909-03-04

children. President LdncoIn's carriage
followed that OF his wife, and then came
the carriages bearing the diplomatic
corps The inaugural ball this year was
held on March s In the modei-room OF
the Patent Office. Both the President
and Mrs. Lincoln attended.
With the shadow Of President Lincoln's
assassination over the land Andrew John
son took the oath Of Office April IL 1851
There were no ceremonies. TIE oath OF
ONCE was taken IN Kirkwood's Hotel. at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, which is now a part Of the
Raleigh Hotel, and there too, the inau-
gural address was delivered and listened
TO by most Of the members Of Lincoln's
Cabinet and many Of the noted public
men Of the time
Grants Parade Brilliant.
Inauguration day. 1859. was another one
OF those rainy and clustering days which
has furnished an argument for changing
the date OF the inauguration 70 a later
time in the year. Up to the last moment
President Johnson was busIly engaged