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MATINEE RACES
OF HARNESSMEN
DRIVING CLUB MEMBERS TO
MEET MAY 81
GOOD CLASS OF ENTRIES IN
sqREs FAST EVENTS
Los Angeles Harness Association
Makes Extensive Plans for Track
Contests in South Next
July
BY DAN PATCH

The next matinee of the Los Angeles
Driving club will take place at Agri-
cultural park on May 81. AS Decora-
ton day falls on Sunday this year, 1t
will be celebrated on Monday, and the
Driving club will hold a most excellent
program on that day. With the large
number of horses now in training for
the campaign Of 1909 there will be no
lac kof entries, as all are able to step
fast now and by that time will be
pretty nearly ready to race for money
and certainly able to go best two in
three, as the matinee races are at
pretty near their clip, and the majority
of trainers will be only too willing
to have their charges go short race
at a matinee by way of q workout
well knowing that one race like that
is as good as four or five ordinary
workouts.
The Driving club can congratulate
itself on the classy performances at
every matinee they have given this
year since the inaugural one ON last
Thanksgiving day, which will go down
in the history of the club marked with
a white stone on account of the Copa-
de-Oro-Velox race, if for no other rea-
son. There has not been a single poor
DAYS racing since then, and some OF
the events We're worth going miles 10
see; as, for instance, the free-tor-all
trot at the last matinee on May l. Thls
one should be the best of all, as there
are more horses in training now and
are in better condition to race. The
interchangeable Dan Hogan has promised
a novelty race that has not as yet been
seen here. The riders will appear at
the wire leading their horses, the sad
die of each being on the ground. At
the word Ego" they must saddle their
mounts, race up the stretch to the
quarters pole and dismount, ad-
Just their spurs, that they will lind ly-
ing on the ground, mount and race to
the wire.
The prizes will be handsome cups to
the winners, and a full band will be in
attendance. The comfort of the spec
tators will be consulted in every way
possible, and a charge of % cents will
be made at the gate which will include
a seat in the grandstand. Though the
program will probably call for five or
six races it will be rushed through as
usual without boresome delay, and the
audience will be able to get home in
ample time for dinner.
The Polo club cup offered for the
free or-all pace will again be raced for,
and Siegfried who has two legs on
It and Joe McGregor, who has one,
will have several others to beat this
time Mandolin, who was laid up with
a cold on May 1 and unable to race,
will be all right by that time, and it
looks from the way one or two others
We're working out at Agricultural park
that there might be some new candi-
dates to dispute his honors of the free
for-all with the above.
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Professional Racing

The Los Angeles Harness associa-
ton which is not to be confused with
the Los Angeles Driving club, the lat
ter being a strictly amateur organiza-
ton, while the former represents the
professional end of the game, has got
out its entry blanks and circulated
them broadcast along the coast, and
already requests for blanks and in
formation are coming in in regard to
the meeting on July A. 10, 16 and II.
From the way the classes have filled
in the northern towns whose entries
have closed it looks as if the lists will
be we'll patronized here as well, espe
cially as San Bernardino and San Diego
will give the horsemen three consecu-
tive weeks in this part of the state to
start the California circuit of 1903. This
will give the horsemen of the state
chain of meetings beginning at San
Bernardino on June 20 and ending at
the state fair at Sacramento on Sep
TENDER 4. Then the North Pacific fair
circuit begins at Everett and continues
through to October 10, with the windup
at Boise, idaho. The purses and stakes
range from $500 to $4,000. The members
follows:
California Circuit--San Diego, week ending
July 10; san Bernardino, week ending July II;
Los Angeles. week ending July "a; Fresno,
week ending July 81 Salinas, week ending Aug.
T. Peasanton, week ending Aug. IA Woodland.
week ending Aug. 81; Chico, week ending Aug.
Is; state fair Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4.
North Pacific fair circuit-Everett, Aug. 30
Sept A. Salem, Sept. 1918; Portland, Sept. 20
%; Seattle, Sept. 27-Oct. 8; Spokane, Sept. 90
25; Walla Walla, Oct. 40; Boise. Oct. Ills.
At San Bernardino, June 1880 and July /;
entries close June l.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDING

which he played with just a second,
and Murphy reached first in plenty OF
time. But Jimmy Toman saw it other
wise and called him out.
The Seals made their two runs in the
fourth. Tenant was hit by pitched
ball and was sacrificed along by Bo-
die. MelchOir also received the ball in
the stats. Jimmy Williams walked
MrArdle hit a screaming liner to Chris
tan which was too warm to hold and
Tenant and Melchoir came home. The
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WESTON STILL WALKS

HAYS, Kas., May 15.-Edward Pay
son Weston arrived here shortly before
2 o'clock this afternoon and was met
by a boys band and a big crowd of
citizens. After resting about an hour
he started again on his journey. He
walked from Russell to Hays, q miles,
in hours today without resting. He
expects to pass Sunday in Wakeney,
K1S
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swife straight ball struck the Vernon
second baseman in the pit of the stom-
ach and doubled him up for a few mo-
ments
There was a noticeable silence among
the northerners yesterday, and McCar-
thy had a peaceful day Of it. A few
more fines may convince the Beavers
that when they step into Los Angeles
a series of clean ball perforce IS ahead
of them.
Truck Eagan made a sensational
catch of Johnson's stiff liner in the
fifth, running away over past second
to pull it in with his left hand and
throwing the runner out at first.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-Chicago
defeated Philadelphia today. The game
was a battle between Moren and Over
all until two men were out in Chicago S
half of the ninth, when three runs were
scored on a base on balls to Stein
feldt, Hoffman's single and doubles by
Tinker and Moran. Score:
Philadelphia O. hits 6, errors 8.
Chicago 8, hits Z, errors ?.
Batteries-Moren and Doom; Over
all and Moran. Umpires-Emslie and
O'Day.
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NOTES OF The GAME

A double out at first was one of the
peculiar features of the game. In the
seventh Mott walked, and Kinkel hit
a bounder in front of Ort. The latter
touched Mott, who was running back
toward first, and beat out Kinkel to
the bag, also putting him out.
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Breckenridge is getting into form,
and has shown quite some class in his
last two games. Yesterday the Beav-
ers never had a chance, and he con-
tributed to the thrillers with neat
stop of Armbrusters terrific bounder
straight at him.
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MICHIGAN Is WINNER

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15-Michi-
gan overwhelmed Ohio State in the
track meet here today. Ohio State
won only the 440-yard dash, the pole
vault and the broad jump.
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Hits made off Willett, o. Two-base hits
Speas Bernard. Sacrifice hits-Martinke, Oh
son. Eagan. Bases on ba1ls-Oh Breckenridge,
2: off Hardness, 2. Struck out-By Bracken-
ridge, 3. Double plays-Johnson to Ort; Breen
to Olson to Ort; Ort unassisted; McCredC to
Ort. Hit by pitched ball-Haley and Martnke
by Hardness. Time OF game-1:45. Umpire
Mccarthy.
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SACRAMENTO
SCORE BY INNINGS


Three-base hit-Daley Bases on balls
OF Ehman ,. Briswalter /. Left on bases
Los Angeles Z. Sacramento 4. Struck
out-By Ehman 6. Briswalter .. Hit by
pitched ba1l-Flanagan. Goodwin Double
play-Delmas to Howard TO Dillon, Time
of game-1:30. Umpire-McGreeyy
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NEW YORK, May 15.-Cinclnnal de-
feated New York today through poor
work by Schlei, whose wild throwing
presented the visitors with the win
ming runs. Score:
Cincinnati 5, hits II, errors 0.
New York 4, hits 7, errors 2.
Batteries: Fromme and Mclean
Ames, Raymond and Schlei. Umpires
-Rigler and TRULY
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SCORE BY INNINGS


Two-bage hIts-D Lewis, J. Williams.
Sacrifice hits-Browning, BodIe, Melchoir.
Bases on balls-Of Browning J, Tonnesoh
& struck out-By Browning s, Tonneson 3.
Hit by pitched balI-Tennant, Mslchoh.
Double piay-Hogan to Cameron. Time of
game-1:40. Umpire-Toman.
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List of Guaranteed Stakes

No /, 2:2O class trottlng, $500; No. 2, 212
class trotting. $500; No. 8. 2:09 class trotting,
$500; No. 4, 2:2O class pacing, $500; No. 8, 212
class pacing 500; No. g. 2:O6 class pacing, $500;
No. Z, 2-year-olds trotting, $500; No. s, 2:25
class trotting, for horses owned in San Ber-
class pacing for horses owned in San Bernar-
dino and Riverside counties, $3.50 In addition
to the above a running race will be given each
day the purses for which will be as follows:
q mile dash, 500; Y mile dash, $751; 4 mile
dash $50.
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BROOKLYN, May 15.-With the
score to l against them, Brooklyn
today succeeded in tieing the score in
the eight, only to lose to Pittsburg
when Miller scored his third run with
two out on a pass and hits by Wilson
and Gibson. President Ebbetts of the
Brooklyn club protested the game on
the ground that Umpire KLEIN violated
rule GA in allowing Miller to score from
first by a wild throw into the crowd
Score:
Pittsburg 6, hits 8, errors l.
Brooklyn 5, hits s, errors 2.
Batteries-Camnitz and Gibson; Nc
Intyre and Bergen. Umpires-Klem
and Kane.
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The Vernon heavy stickers woke up
yesterday and pounded Willett so hard
that two innings sufficed to relay him
to the bench. After Hardness was
warned up he delivered the goods.
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List of Guaranteed Stakes


List of Guaranteed Stakes
First day, July 5-No. /, 2l2 class trottins,
$1,000 No. 2, handicap trotting, $500; No. 3, 2:O5
class pacing, $500.
second day. July 6--No 4, 200 class pacing,
5000; No 3, 2:15 class trotting, $1,000; No g. 200
class trotting, $500.
Third day, July mo 7, 2:12 class pacing,
$1,000; No. s, handicap pacing, $780, No. o. 2;l5
class pacing, $1,000,
Los Angeles Harness Horse association meet
ing July 14-15-16-17; entries close Tuesday, June
Purses
First day. wednesday. uly 14-No l, 2;25
class trot (2-year-olds) $500; No 2 22o class
pace, $1,000; No. 3, 2:2O class trot, $1,000.
Second day. Thursday, July 15-No, A. 2;2'
class pace (3-year-ods) $500; No. 5, 2:l2 class
pace, $500; No. 6, Canfeld stakes 2-year-old
! trotters (closed),
Third day Friday, July 16--No 7, 2:12 class
trot $780, No. s, 2;O7 class pace, $500; No. o.
| novelty.
Fourth day. Saturday. July 17-No. 10, 2:1'
class pace, $500; No. II, 2:l5 class trot, $500
No, 49, handicap trot, $1,000.
Horses and Horsemen
M. d. Wisdom, the editor of the Ru-
raj Spirit, Portland, Ore, and circuit
| secretary of the Northern Pacific fan
circuit, was visitor to Agriculture
park last Thursday in the interests OF
| his circuit, and was kept busy greet
| ing old friends, making new ones ana
watching the horses work out. He pre-
diets a great seasons racing for Cali
fornia and says all the northern states
| that he has visited since leaving home
/ are coming down to start the circuit at
| San Bernardino. From here he goes
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Hardness hit two men yesterday and
when he landed on Haley it hurt. A
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victory which st. Louis scored over
Boston today. Score:
St. Louis 5, hits 8, errors 1.
Boston 8, hits g. errors 2.
Batteries; Sallee and Bresnahan;
Nattern and Smith. Umpires-John-
stone and KLEIN.
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BOSTON, May 15.-Mattern's Wild
ness was mainly responsible for the
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Purses

Los Angeles Harness Horse association meet
ing July 14-15-l6-17; entries close Tuesday, June
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WE CARRY OUT ALL OUR PROMISES
rymanwo
rthg Thorough
defctt that shouldb ATTENDED 0
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16

their price, they are wen sa'isneu ~ '0'
alone.
"Have YOU ever noticed" he continued tna'
there is more bomb throwing more AiunapAs
more mysterious murders III o r,.
months than in the spring, summer OF eai5
f.u9 Tho winter is the hard time OF the year
with all Italians and naturally the cohec'ions
come harder Men who have given up ie"
dollars now and then for months sudueniy oe
eide that come what may, they VIII pay ~
more According to the laws OF the traoe
this means punishment and there you nave
your CutrageS
The intense love which respectable ltaf
ian hears for his children has made KIDNAPPING
highly lucrative
The Italian kidnapers about New YORK
have been almost uniformly successful since
+hov bauan signing their letters La Mano
Nora" In every case the child has been even
tuallv returned to his home or left where the
notice would be sure to find him Equally III
every case there have been indications tnat
the father, in spite of the most strict 1nstruc-
lions to the contrary from the ponce quletiy
paid over the amount demanded by the biack
Handlers or at least satisfying portion OF II
knowledge Of kidnapping cases nearly al
ways gets to the police and without delay
An Italian mother whose son fails TO return
from an errand to the bake shop around the
corner or whose daughter disappears between
the public school and her home, does not feal
even the Black Hand. Her husband ma,
cringe and tremble when she suggests the pc
lice, but II be delays, the mother. with man!
walls of anguish, rushes to the nearest police
station and blurts out the whole story AS
rule the police have little or nothing on which
to work They have the Black Hand lette
demanding the ransom, but of what good Il
that when the leader of the gang may be tina
dapper. swarthy brother-in-law who Is evel
then in the parlor mingling his temperamenta
tears with those Of the family?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16
ART OF LIFE SAVING
VIM. Henry, Champion Swimmer.
Coming Over to Teach Us
He 10 Founder. Of the Royal EnQilaA
Society Devoted to Rescuing the
Drownino-Easy When You
Know How, He Says.

LOndOn.-Remarkabl progress h
the art of saving life from drowning
has been made both in Europe and
America since the foundation 18 yearD
ago of the English Royal Life Saving
society which first organized this serv-
ice to humanity. William Henry, the
founder of this famous society. LETT
England recently on missionary visit
to the United States and Canada
After visiting Montreal, Quebec. OttA-
wa, Kingston and other Canadian
cities, he will give lectures and, illus
trations of life saving in Buffalo. New
York and other places in the United
States
Mr. Henry is one of those enthu9i
asts whose zeal is infectious. Being
in the happy position of financial indie
pendence, he devotes most of his time
to his hobby-life saving-and under
his direction the society has grown
from a small body in 1891, when it was
founded, to embrace more than 600
affiliated associations and clubs, num-
bering over 100000 members.
The governing authorities of schools.
colleges and universities in England
all have come under his sway. He has
visited nearly all the continental coun-
tries and has established societies in
Italy, Germany, Sweden. France and
| Finland. His methods OF life saving
are being taught in the Australian
commonwealth, New Zealand. India.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16
BlAcX HAND Ni4RNlNC 90

weeks perhaps, but it is not possible oppor-
tunties for labor that they discuss. Their
need of money is mentioned quite frankly. In
the next breath one of the gang recalls that
Giuseppe the tailor, looked sleek and prosper
GUS standing in front of his shop an hour be-
fore Another cries for pen and paper, which
the master of the wine shop brings with never
a smile though he knows only too well the
nature of the note that is about to be written.
One is silently nominated to scrawl the COM
mand another puts on the decorations and
third signs La Mano Nera. The tailor Is
ordered to come three nights later at 1850
o'clock to the stone arch in Washington square
and hand 5000 to little man with hump on
his back who will be waiting there. He is
told further that if he fails or mentions the
letter to the police death and destruction will
be upon him.
The next morning Giuseppe has hardly
opened his shop before the postman comes
with the letter. One glance at the clumsily
drawn black hand and the daggers scattered
about is enough to tell him that the curse has
fallen. For a time he is too frightened to
read the sum OF the extortion. The patrolman
on beat passes his door, broad-shouldered,
strong armed sign law and order great
temptation comes to Giuseppe. He will be
brave as the American papers advise. He Will
call the police. He rushes out after the po-
iceman only to be overcome with blue funk
before he can blurt out his troubles, and ends
by asking some foolish question that has no
bearing on the terrifying letter. So on the
appointed night he goes to Washington square.
The hunchback is there, waiting, with par
ticular eye for possible treachery from plain
clothes policemen. Giuseppe slips the de-
formed one an envelope and both hurry from
the spot in opposite directions. Around the
next corner the hunchback becomes = changed
man. The hump his back disappears and
the breaking OF of bit of putty Strengthens
a seemingly twisted nose. At the wine-shop
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16

not one of the lieutenant's squad WV
not have gladly risked his life TO 10y
on real Black Hand chief
ober second thought and continued IN
cation, however, return the Black Hanu
5 proper category. 1t is not and never
been society. 1t knows no chieftain ho
of spoil division. no sacred oath. 1t has
meeting places, consequently holds ho
ungs. 1t is in short, but name ior d
u OF crime peculiar to Italian crooks, anu
so surprisingly successful because of the
permanent of its south Italian victims ana
INFORM dread of the extortionist
Is almost ludicrous to realize how the
mat is now a world-terror was invented
'ome years ago the story of an ltanan
uer was running in the New York news
rs. The police made little Roadway anu
shipments Jagged. A space-writer on
an morning paper needed more money
me story was bringing him. he couio
nore space only by giving new twist 10
o'ime' by working up an exclusive angie
ne victim of this murder had received
warning him that death would follow
la'iure to contribute a specified sum py
''ain date. At the top OF the sheet was
&c drawing Of fist holding long, wicked
mug dagger. 1t was drawn with black INK
oloer, sinister emblem. For the reporter
'e,u an idea. The name "Black Hand
ECU from his Imagination and there you
win great circumstantial detail ana
ny, nt neads he introduced his find to the
The murdered Italian was the victim
apacious organization of cutthroats IL
.ne american edition of the much-feared
relncarnation of the deadly Camorra,
m IT the reporter combined the worst
, wi, of each.
'cS characterization was an instantaneous
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16
William Henry, Champion Life Savor,
Who 10 Coming to America.

Malta Egypt, the West Indies and
South America; and now he is on to
the schools, colleges and cities of the
North American continent in search
of converts and recruits.
AS a swimmer Mr. Henry is famous
not only throughout the United King
dom but also all over the continent OF
Europe He was long-distance cham
pion of England in 1899, salt water
champion in 1899, and won the life
saving competition at the Olympic
games in Paris in 1900. Besides these
he has taken part in numerous inter-
national competitions, winning prizes
in Austria, Belgium, France, Finland.
Germany. Holland, Italy and Sweden.
until to-day he is the possessOr of
more than 900 trophies won in swim
ming and life-saving contests.
Every school in England which has
a swimming club attached to it teaches
life-saving as part of the curriculum.
Examinations are held by the society
and certificates granted, and the great
| progress made may be judged from
the increase in the number of certifi
Gates awarded since these practical ex-
aminatiOns were instituted.
my object in going to America, 4"
said Mr. Henry just before leaving
London. lis to try and stimulate the
heads of schools and colleges there to
take up life saving and have it taught.
just as they teach the children to
read The Importance of knowledge
of the best method to rescuscitate an
apparently drowned person ought to
be clear to everybody.
People get drowned in America
Just as they do in England: but hun
dreds of lives would be saved II would
be rescuers only knew how to go to
work. In every part Of the world
there are hundreds of abortive efforts
at rescue every year. Frequently what
would have been single tragedy Is
turned into a double one through the
absence OF little knowledge on the
part of the would-be helper"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-11-16

criminal back to Italy with fortune accord
inc tn the Scilian rating, and not even the po-
TOO will venture to estimate its cost IN human
life.
Tho black Hand crimes all follow the same
-, lines Int that is no argument that
tbere is an organized society Inc yessme"
who terrorize country postmasters an WIN
ofter an identical fashion. but no one nas
orer animated that they were orgahizeu- oai.
crackers the country over use 'ne san soo -
,s Methods but who has suspected them VI
on" ,,;rr conventions? The East side gangs
.IJ,,mntv, Jacksons, the Paul kellys anu
, ."o ,;,,o-nlunder similarly with more or less
wv Int the only connection between
ng and gang is an occasional ieuu' .ne
s,lt;ng shooting up" OF when gives 'ne "
lice opportunity to send sanes'e'
to Sing sing
NJ italian is too lonely or too poor 10 EN-
-, BLACK Handler sheet OIL Pape''
ond ink. and enough knowleose VI ,'"''
peh few lines of demand ana Tue az
~ threat are all that is heoe''a-.
pnss;h,e victims are on every manu- - tho
-, g., tho dingy basement hali-"as w. tho
,,,ool. the fat and timid grocery heepe ,,a,ow
corner: Antonio, OF the te"e al dressed
WIN So =. noes his gang of street s"eepeiS
III VIZ" ro nossibe victims OF the siaeie
di n,ooL Handler and all sooner VI i
,sa;r tribute OF course ne sisn9 49, ra;t
pay .,en Nora" and then sits back 10 wa,
La Ma n,s,,,v Of the spell of temperanen'"'
dread ,oo,,,nqed
,,,s shop OF Mulberry beho VI
basement street four or five greasy
Ia men gather Of an AFTERNOON WV