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oYS sAle7 IN SoEYER-AA EVENTS AT THE
GORONADC Q.YMNEEATA

knocked down Q post: IN. the second
Hudson fouled wand and Pattee rode
gently home a winner.
The second event was race around
q post so yards away and back to
starting line. Eight entered. the win
Coronado polo team. an excellent
rider. who has spent many years
on cattle ranges. II. G. Pattee was
second. and S. Fritz Nave of Coronado
third.
In the potato race" spuds were laid
Is feet apart. in rows, each rider
having his. own row to ride. The COM
petitors had to pick the potatoes up
on the end OF a pointed stick and
ride back with them to the starting
point. Robertson again proved the
winner. with Pattee second and Nave
third.
In the stick and ball' race a polo
ball had to be driven by the aid OF
polo stick through four goals and
back to the starting point. This race
required three heats. Robertson won
the first in 1:4s. Nave was victorious
in the second IN 1:46, while Major
Colin G.. Ross, formerly member Of
the famous polo team OF Calgary.
Canada, but now resident Of Coro-
.nado, won the third IN 1929. In the
final heat Major Ross far surpassed
his first performance. driving the ball
around a course estimated at about
600 yards and hitting 1t between the
four sets OF goal posts in the excellent
: time of 1909. The major is q heavy
man who hits with great force and
also accurately.
The last event, the thread the needle
race, was the most complex and fur
nished the greatest amount OF fun
Every competitor having selected lady
as bis partner, the riders. each, pro-,
vvdGeu with needle and thread, started
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Captain j. c. Besley Of Hermosilio, Mex
leo, and Mrs. Frank w. Hogan OF Pasa-
dena: s. Fritz Nave and Mrs. Nave Of
Coronado, and Robert Lee Bettner and
Miss Mary Pinnel Of Coronado The Ia
dies. in light dresses and gay hats.
made pretty picture as they waited
IN a row for their chosen horseman-
Miss Dollie Bettner accomplished her
feminine task with greater expedition
than any OF the other fair ones, so that
her partner, E. Q. McVitty, reached the
winning post first
An event not on the card. but emf
nently in keeping with the spirit OF the
gymkhana, was the cake catching con-
test. shown in one OF the pictures. In
the front row are r. NJ. Tobin OF the
Burlingame polo team. Miss Eleanor
Sears of Boston and Major G. W. Hob
son OF the English polo team: behind
them are Major H. Romer Lee OF the
English team and Mrs. Hobson. Pieces
{ OF cake are being thrown down from
an upper window OF the Coronado coun-
try club house and tne people are try
ing to catch them In their mouths.
Among persons well known In San
Francisco society who were among thu
mentioned Mrs Henry T. Scott. Miss
Jennie Crocker, Miss Helene Irwin Miss
Eleonor Sears, TempIeton Crocker and
Duane Hopkins. Miss Sears. the famous
Bostonienne, did not appear. though
the occasion was horsey ons In the
riding breeches. top boots and mascu-
lire tweed coat that have excited so
much attention among the paragraph
ers. but in a fairly long skirt Of dark
cloth. with a. Jacket OF Norfolk cut ana
Panama hat adorned with a simple
college ribbon Another photosraph
shows Miss Eleonor Sears In the
horsey habiliments that she. wore conl-
monty at Coronado.
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contest each man enlists the Services
of a lady; then the men, mounted,
start from the line and ride to the
point where the ladies stand awaiting
them; each man dismounts, hands
needle and thread to his lady. who
threads the needle as expeditiously as
possible and hands it back; the COM.
petitors remount and gallop to the
finishing line. In the Aunt Sally race
two men and two women ride from the
starting point to a fixed place, where
men and women dismount: the men
hold the horses while the women
throw stones at four empty glass bot
ties; as soon as the bottles are broken
the competitors remounts and the part
ners race back to the post. In the
wand or maze event mounted competi-
tors ride in and out of rows of posts
or wands driven into the ground at
convenient distances in parallel lines;
they must make the ride" without
touching q post A common event for
the natives is the jinrickisha race
The "rickshaw," as 1t is termed col
loquially. is a sort of magnified baby
carriage (such as the English call
'perambulator"), fitted with shaft
and having two wheels instead of
four Europeans ride and coolies
draw the ventcle. two pulling by the
shaft and two pushing behind. Usu-
ally the last event on the card is the
menagerie race, which is highly
amusing
Inasmuch as many varieties OF
animals are common in Hindustan. 1T
is possible to get together varied
assortment of competitors. Among
the creatures in q menagerie race are
geese, roosters, guinea pigs, rabbits,
little pigs, etc, which are driven by
ladies with reins OF ribbon. The ef-
forts OF the drivers to get their awk-
ward or unwilling ''steeds" to hurry
along towards the goal provoke much
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ietic sports Of America and tf9 British
ness and ingenuity has been expended
on such games as afford harmless
amusement and do not require any
appliances that are beyond the some
what scanty resources of the ordinary
cantonment. or military post. Thus
arose the gymkhana, or outdoor gath
ering for purposes of recreation. in
cluding the race meet, in which horses
OF any sort take part, and the foolish
or amusing affair, consisting of horse
and pony races and humorous competi-
tions for men and women, mounted
and other sports. Every cantonment
in India holds a gymkhana periodi-
cally, the card" or program. being
made up OF fat and obstacle racing,
jumping blindfolded. sack and egg
and spoon races. for the rank and
nIe OF the garrison; a "chatti" race
for the natives, IN which an earthen-
ware jar full of water is carried on
the head. and race in which wheel
bsrrows are trundled; while the mill
tary officers and their womenfolk en-
gage in tent pegging and fitting.
thread-the-needie contests. Aunt Sally
races, the wand" or maze" event,
and ''menagerie" races.
In the tent pegging and fitting
event the competitors enter by couples,
the men riding at tentpeg fixed firm
~ IN the ground and endeavoring to
pull Il out and carry 1T OFF on the
point OF a lance, while the ladies tilt
at g ring. In the thread -the-needle
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polo fields Of the Coronado country
club In connection with the fifth. an
'nua1 meeting of the southern califor-
MIA polo and pony racing association.
1T occurred as arrelief to riders. ponies
and spectators after four days of siren
suous polo. and furnished plenty Of
spot. The first event was the wand
or bending. Gas it was called on the
.program) race. In this the contestants
rode in and out, passing first on the
near and then on the off side of ten
sticks set in the ground at intervals
of rl8e feet. Several of the riders fouied
q stick and were disqualified The
first heat was won by Harry Gordon
Fattee, Canadian, who has been a
member Of the Riverside polo teams
for some years past His time was 80
seconds. The second heat was won
by Frank ID. Hudson, another well
known polo player of, Riverside, in II
seconds. In the first iaccdf each
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The Persian ,wo. leans "a ballhouse
and Is applied in Hindustan to an out
door meeting for recreation.
An automobile gymk was held
on the grounds OF the Coronado country
club at Coronado beach In the spring
of 1907, and proved highly interesting.
But these events, though properly
enough termed automobile gymkha-
mas. were not gymkhanas in the sense
In which the word is used in India; for
the genuine and original gymkhana, as
has been stated, is based upon q race
meeting in which horses and ponies
take part and the sports. though of
various kinds, are chiefly equestrian.
Real, horsey gymkhanas, including
menagerie races, have been held ( In
the eastern states. where European
ideas are transplanted more quickly
than in the west; but the first real
gymkhana held in California was given
in March Of this year on one Of the
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ms. HosE MSS DcAA1T

Bf5A'YN-ER1 q -fa-rsaJ TTiASSS
meif ....~s,s. rlle result often Detng a
practical illustration Of the principle
that "the race is not always to the
swift
The gymlShana is popular in Great
Britain and is known in the United
States, though there Is not in either
OF these countries. where facilities for
sports of all kinds abound, the same
reason for the existence of the gym
khana as in India. where the oppor-
tunities for recreation are limited
When the motor car; came to California
1t enlarged the exiguous vocabulary
of the workaday Journalist by the in
PRODUCTION Of such terms. borrowed
from the French. as chauReur. chassis,
tonneau. etc. Among other terms that
the automobile brought in its train
was gymkhana, which is corruption
of the Persian word gand-khanah by
popular and erroneous association with
gym an abbreviation OF gymnasiusn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
THE GASOLINE TRUCKS CASE.
Advantages Claimed Tor q ever steam
ana Electric Tynea

and Electric Typea
when you 20 " a man and offer 10
sell him a sAsOlsne motor truck what
arguments do you make In behalf Of
that sort Oi carr q salesman was asked
recsntly.
we plead the cause Of Rasolene easily
enough aaid he 1T Is a mse u The
survival Of the fttest, We point out.
There are thousands Of cars made year
after year and new styles and makes
coming up all the time. both In motor
trucks aud pleasure cars. yet certainly
the very greatest percentage Of these are
gAsOlene oars. IL looks the simplest thing
In the world 10 ~. II they are being made
an the time. with tho beat bFains Of ne
autOmobile world trying 70 make some
thing better. Il stands 10 reason that
EAsolene IL the bes, fuel.
over In England they have some
steam truchs. but they haven't been intro
duoed here The chief argument In favor
Of steam IL IL feHibility. and all will I'D
init that. However, the leading maker
Of steam automobiles In this country
produces a gasolene motor truck. Fur
thermOre on the score Of insurance there
Il no comparison. There are places where
an exposed fame In garage would not
be permitted. The ordinary EAsOlsns
explosion Is not at all against the terms
of the policy This 10 an important thing
with almost everybody. and therefore We
point out the insurance feature.
In making a motor truck an important
thing IL 20 have the machinery simple.
that 10, almost fool proof. A great
many Of the persons who substitute
motor trucks for the horse variety want
Il possible 70 keep the drivers and help
ers they had before the change was made.
They want, TOO, not 70 have the wages
advance, aud that is a very big item.
They don't want 10 have 70 pay more
than drivers salaries for drivers. whether
they are Of motors or Of horses.
In a steam automobile there il too
much % watch Ia the way Of dials and
registers. and this distracts the attention
OF the driver. That IA our first oonsidara-
ton: 20 make a car that will be simple
enough 10 handle. 10 that Il will not take
an sRgineeF but just any ordinary man 10
handle IL. Furthermore the eXigencies
OF FfolnC Wpout tn9 City he HuNh tnat
simplicity IL a requisite.
En- electric machines there is also great
simplicity. possibly even greater than In
the gasolene machines Our contention
aGainst the electric machine IL In the
greater mileage that gasolene givee. We
contend that we can do more with our
cars in almost al Gases than the electric
car makers can do. Until q at0raGe hat
teTy n dsytsed that viii give = great
mileage 10 shall contend We have q better
ARTICLE than the maherB Of electrics.
We contend too that the constant
stopping and starting FHna down the power
In an electric machine. while u does NOT.
affect the gRsOlene car IN that way. An
other point We make q that u 10 eaay 70
repleniah the fuel In q gnsolone car hat
that lt takes a very long time 10 charge
an electric. On theae points We maGe our
arguments aRain1t the steam car and the
eleCtTio machine
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prepare a food 20 fatton poultry quickly.
This feed IL known a. forcing feed Ona
concern In America 10 using thousands og
carloads Of forcing feed each year and -
Ahipping the specially fattened poultry
not only over tho United States but ~
Europe a. Moil
Then there 10 the eGg food that IL pre-
pared Tor the feeding Of either dry OF vet
mash, and In the last year OF two the dry
form Of feeding has greatly increased
tho use Of the mash feed. In an up -
date fesd store you VIII end green bona
gran1lated bone. charcoal grite, oyster
shells. blood meal, &c. All these various
feeds add 10 che variety Of ones stock
and also assist greatly In Increasing tho
profits Of ones business
Once Mr.. POultryman would buy and
carry home with him Is cents worth ~
screaming. To-day hs orders 100. 600
pounds. ora ton 81 feed. Ths daalar
who buys high grade poultry feed a.
Ein a Ton finaA ready aal9 for MA EDpfla
with a reasonable profit.
a hen vii consume enough fcnd d mna
tain lie. Tho surplus win produces aRR
10 the amount OF five times har weight
eggB annually. 10 would b. next 10 im-
possible 70 imagine the amount Of ioad
consumed and % imagine the years
output o. eggs. When you stop % con
slider that u would take q man three years
~ count the egEl laid In iog9 you can
come % tho conclusion a. a dealer thNt
hone Ia q business that haa advanced 1Y
leapa and bounds.
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0RECKEN FEED.
Moasgn aeChsds 81 AlaklnE the Dlss va
IN Case.

Whsn people needed chicken feed
only q few years ago they went To ths
dealer OF tho miller. who would hand
out some corn or a poor quality Of whaat
aoEoaninRa. That and table REFUSE con-
stituasd he bill Of fare in the hen yard
But q mighty uncertain msnu Il Was In IA
results.
50 q widsawake feed man Of Missouri
according 10 tho Hog. Flour AND Fesd
Jouraai. conceived tho idea Of preparing
mixod grain rations for feeding baby
chiohs for tho first twenty-Ons days.
anothar. differently balanced for carrying
them until they are three months Of age.
and atiii angttisr hind fOr NJ aduit fOuiu
This form Of feeding 10 composed Of many
digurunt binds of grain. eut and mizad
tOguahar into balanced ration, 10 prodnoa
The results for which tho particular feed
q Intended.
d opened up q nsw line of business.
which has inGrsaeed 20 snch an agtant
thaa % amounts annually b upward In ths
hundreds % thousands Of dollars ne-
aidas ID Opgnod up Oth8r demands and
rsquiramoula 30 b. filed One biE corn
pany iuDoEtsd q man from Eprore 80 q
large pTioo Tor no other purpose th-n 20
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. "RLACKSMITH" cOPPERS.
Peculiar History e sSEae CAnadlna CSun-
terfest Penmles.

teFfest Penmies.
/ A GOOD deal has been heard Of late years
among coin collectors about the so-called
sBlAokamith' tokens Of Canada. Tbs
unsatisfactory condition Of the currency
IN Canada up 70 oOmpAFativsly recent
, times explains the reason for the issue Of
such coins.
For many years the supply Of legal
copper coins had been altogether made
auate. 90 that often anything In the shape
Of a copper passed current. A. the be-
ginning Of the ninsteeath century the
only legal copper circulating medium wa
an insufaolsnt and diminishing supply Of
worn out British half pence sent over
from England.
A httle later this vas supplsmented
by a dsluge Of imported private tokens.
Their OVerAbundance. according 10 =
writer In the Numism9tisi. soon caused
them % be- discFedited and strinRent
means we're adopted 10 prevent furthaT
importation Of such coin into Canada OF
IL manufacture there.
But. a. tho neoesaity fog an adequAts
supply q small change became more
pressing various says for evAding the
blOckade wore evravad, one a. these waa
by making Or "a rting toseao whioh
bore q date previous 70 the date Of the
edice excluding private coins, Another
way. which wag AZ ono ums very pFevA-
lenA IN England, Was % evAde TIE counter
feisinR ava By suppraasihg the legsnds
and substituting instead soma capriciafls
or nenninRleus legend, AZ 'CAndiug
RoInAnus,s s0sobgius III Rp1.' "0eprge
Rules.' s0lOriua Ter Vs." 40. These
spurious coina presented the aame general
appearance 20 The ignorant p0ptilAca 80
tho rnaal coinage.
A third maans. and Ehis is characteristics
Of ire Canadian hlAchnmleha, wns By
o0untgYfuitinG The worn British hRN
pgnaa, ne Only legnl copper coins IN GiYou-
lhti0n. on whluh Ire data, leggnd and an
but an indisfanCt outline % he design had
been eHnoed. Altlbeu4h they thSIa pro-
duOad = rude coinage thasa sAFly Canadian
coinaga showed Considerable alkin In 90
making freah Culna bear no anpaaranco
% an ala worn out but ain legal cnfFency
that theg were aba % circulate vnst
quantities q thalF slust1us imifa&i6na.
b u worth noting That ths DESIGNS On
tlaau Hlao1nmieha Ofaen face IN the oppo-
sito direction 30 their prCe1eypun.
Az en- eKplanatOn o. Their name ne
EtrFy " told that 4 blacksmith 81 ainanhlbB
habits lived m Montreal and when be-
wished " have y 'roOd tine struck two
or Tires dollars nf taana onunHra and
thereby supplied hlma9lf with mInloiana
change 10 GYAtiiy his Wishes The name
wa aduvtad By nuHQiElaa tigla and apphed
b tao Who'll oeFiea.
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amel Prc,enten Elanrmrni.

ft' lHdsrsoH IHi6ihOsRosr
"t-~. --- IRE iHnorrhi rasiss II
ng tn elopement o. q couple Of
rr. U anderson she other mora
ai been arranged by the couple
rl0rk In tho morning and 10
.."" 'HHf Tho gatheF Of tho gift got %
.n.T foo -sn me comet
'.- surprise and 10 the girls
lH Ns daughter dressed. with
co. .TI #rl 20 first she demurFad
'h" truth, but pretty soon a
r 'u be- gate, and then the
H"1 IL good deal that his daugh-
.'I fO ieil him. The el0pgInant
p -' -1iei and nOW the Disappointed
H-e ne comet for Il aIl.
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phanaanr nal.lnr b lllsaeurI.


JefersoA Guy rOrreaPondenee ~. b0Hfa
Globe Democrat
Jesse A. TOlerton. 8aats Game and Fish
Commissioner, and has EamaheepsF, Hart
ley Bg0adbent. took from The Besis to-day
so young English pheasanta. tho hrsl
brood "a hatch. There arc 9 701 ears IN
ersce=s az ineuhatlon. out % watch TalaFfsa
expects NOT fever than 5000 young Dheus-
ants.
The hRtchinR h done By ordinary Dom.
inirk hdhN on The STATE game farin waai
% Jefferson CITY. The birdr are fed on
BaaH around barley ana other foods.
Mr. Tolert0n Gays the birds viii 10 lib-
GRATED IN the severnl counties 81 the 1laia
when fully ffathered Hts deputy gnmk
unrdnna with che cooperation Of Ia
farmers. ulil 80 that they do not lack fOod
whnn tha cold weather sets iu.
ID Molarion'a venture n EuuueHrful thfa
vaar b. Will 20 into tho raising o. uhnananir
on a much afEuF Rgnle nqnt EE4Fi " VIZ.
fuueTiMgst too WIN pgairie chI9kguE.
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IRON fhe WasAinEi9H 8faF
where's your fatksr?- ASKED the man
on hoFushack.
Up the river habln' aRnwersd the hoy
Where's your big bruthsrY'
-uown The river halain'
What are you duingl-
-DigEn' bait
-Hasn't your family anything 10 do but
amune IiaplfF"
Mister " you think ue'Te dom thia for
fan. you wait an hear what NAV naym II
We come home without any dlh.
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YorE oorresDosdsHss PGlisGsIpAis Pv-ss'

N0FA eufFeaf1AasArH F1AaiAAtfANtad FFsa4.
Buliefa. go IN number. we're unaarthed
several days arc at Oetiysburg By wort
men who we're eGcavailng for the nov
AnWueYtoWn road,
10 4 believed that thav belonged 20 the
feun1ylvanlA reserves and were dropn0l
% ne Ammunition wag1n during the gulos
movements Of the day IN tho h1lfi8 a. ia11.
ne hulleia Wur9 found sons distance from
Me1M'a h0aluuHrteFl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

has undouot sily the right to reserve to
itself the power of final decision, or to
delegate that power to some ex-ofhcio
body or some specially constituted COM
mission. It's power OF repeal enables it
al any time to dissolve commission If
it should not deem il wise to enact its
recommendation into law. Thus, in the
last analysis. any commission. however
fully empowered at the outset. remains
subject to the will of Congress. In that
view of the case the proposed Senate
amendment merely brings into specific APP
plication ard immediate effectiveness the
review right of Congress.
Something should be done to secure a
systematic harmonious scheme of out
door art for the capital. There are many
msfits and mistakes now in evidence.
Statues have been placed facing the wrong
direction overba anced by neighboring
objects. inappropriately situated from all
points of view. There is no uniformity
Of pedestal style. no consistent law of
size or landscape relationship. No art
commission could be expected to correct
the errors of the past. but, acting even as
an advisory body merely. if Congress re-
spected its warnings. il could undoubt-
edly prevent further blunders seriously
harmful TO he reputation of Washington
as an art center and detracting from its
attra ctiveness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
The Colonel and Etna.

Nothing could be more appropriate than
that Col. Roosevelt should take advantage
OF his Italian trip at this juncture to view
Mount Etna in eruption He has been
called the greatest human volcano in mod
ern times. Both friends and enemies have
Hkened him to the great natural vents in
the earth's surface, channels Of vast
power, stupendous forms of natural ex-
preston. Those living in the vicinity of
Mount Roosevelt have always experienced
the same uncertainty and in some cases
the same apprehension the jewellers of
the slopes OF Nesuvius and Etna and
other chimneys of the world Repeated
lava flows cannot drive them from their
chosen places: fierce outpourings of
scoriae and hot ashes and gas have with
cred them. but still they cling to their
precarious positions, perhaps from sheer
love of danger.
But, metaphor aside, a mountain like
Etna would naturally appeal strongly to
q man like Roosevelt 1t stands for the
same unquenchable fire that burns within
him, for the same underlying impulse that
drives him forward. the same unexpected
ness that has always kept his world
guessing. One can imagine the colonel
standing at some convenient though not
especially safe vantage point, watching
the awe-inspiring vision Of the volcano at
work and restraining himself with diff
Guilty from going even closer The specta-
Gle of Col. Roosevelt contemplating the
sphinx does not nearly so well express the
worlds concept OF the man the prom
ised picture of the hero OF San Juan Hill
standing on Mount Etna and observing
nature in her most convulsive mood.