Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-13

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The climax to the most remarkable
harness horse season in many years
came yesterday at Indianapolis. when
Minor Heir hung up a worlds race
record in the wonderful time of one
minute and fifty-nine seconds. This
record, however, the first to be made
under two minutes fiat in a race. was
not the most astounding feature of the
dash. The horses finishing second and
third finished the mile also in less than
two minutes and the fourth horse tied
the previous worlds record. Lady
Maude c. finished second in 1871:
George Gano was third in 1:59% and
Hedgewood Boy was fourth, complet-
ing the mile circuit in 200. The agi-
tation against the gallopers is helping
to bring the harness horse back into
Its own by renewing general public in
terest in this cleaner and more scien-
tihc branch Of the sport.
That Democratic landslide promised
since the dissatisfaction with the pres
ent administration became acute seems
to be on it's way. Very properly the
slide has started up in the northeast
corner of the map. From now on ii
will be aided, although such aid will
hardly be necessary, by the force of
gravity. The first Democratic governor
z;-a. 1oon TO- h1aa o1ara., ~ Afo4nn
The Democrats control the Legislature,
perhaps, so that Senator Hale's decision
to retire was well-timed. He would
have peer retired perforce otherwise.
Apparently it is to be a bad year for
all kinds of political "old guards" In
a great many places too much interest
is being taken in Republican primaries,
because the successful aspirants sim
ply will have been prepared for the
slaughter.
Just p for a moment that the
heads of the beef trust who We're in
dicted yesterday in Chicago by a Fed
.eral grand jury, charged with being in
combination in restraint of trade,
should be convicted, and suppose the
conviction should stick through as
many appeals as could be taken. Then,
supposing-we are in II now and might
as we'll carry it through-that Messrs.
Armour, Swift, Morris, etc, should get
the full penalty of the law for their
offense-s5,0 900 fine and a year in Jail for
each of them! Quite a number OF
prominent persons who are violating
the Sherman antitrust law as a mat
ter of course and business would begin
to run around in circles. An an object
lesson such an outcome of the trial
would be immense.
Mr.. Grahame-White has failed at the
Harvard aviation meet to show that his
interviews are worth $500 apiece. Ralph
tombstone, in a Wright aeroplane, yes
terday made the Englishman look like
a novice in the speed tests. Ther
Brookins, to round out the American
triumph, went considerably higher int
the azure in the trials for height thar
Mr.. Grahame- White cared or dared t
follow. Thine Briton saved his a by
q flight to the Boston light and return
in time which averaged less than {
mile a minute. The Massachusetts NEE
has proved wonderfully prolific il
broken aerial records and demonstra
tons of the progress which has beer
made in this most rapidly progressing
of the arts.
Senator Lodge is quoted as saying o.
the Democratic landslide in Maine: .,
believe that the success of the Demo
Gratis, particularly that of Frederick w
Plaisted, the Democratic candidate TO
governor, was largely due to local con
ditions." Perhaps the senator from
Massachusetts realized that the reail.
Important local conditions" which
caused the Republican rout exist in al
most every State in the Union, am
are, therefore, general conditions, ant
| felt justified in indulging in a bubble
1t is impossible to believe that anyon'
of Senator Lodges reputed acumei
could really convince himself that tn
underlying causes of the Republican
disaster in Maine are peculiar to Maine
The beginning of the end of Coney'
successful 1910 season was ushered /
last night with the coronation of tn
liking" and queen of the carniva
| Mardi Gras scenes which have mad
the island resorts event a rival of tn
original New Orleans Mardi Gras wer
repeated with additional f1ourishei
More confetti than the average ma
was able to believe the world cor
| tanned was put into circulation. Thi
event is probably a fitting climax I
a. Coney summer, but the island durin
the five nights celebration is no plac
for anyone who is not full of a carniv;
spirit. which is able to make vast a
lowances for the time and the place.