Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

Front street, which still holds its own
as one of the best hotels in Canada. and
Is none the worse for its old-fashioned
and peaceful atmosphere. Last night !
really thought 1 was back in the Jack
blocks when a rough-looking miner with
a good cargo Of spirits on board rolled
into the bar. announcing he had Just
made $4,000 that morning by selling
some claims and didn't care how soon
he spent it, as he had $4,000 more on
the road as soon as he had completed
a further sale of some claims. He re-
duced his capital by several dollars in
buying drinks for every one.
No doubt there are great fortunes being
made and to be made in the northern
Ontario gold fields. and If IT was not for
my dearly beloved Star should be
off for the north, as the scenes of yes
terday. brought back the old gold fever
fered, and to an old prospector the call
Of the wilds is intense and inspiring.
But l have my new-found friends In Chi
cago and their call is even stronger to
me than that call which drew thousands
OF men to the Pacific in the late forties.
There is not much in the way of sport
going on in Toronto at the present time
except foot ball and lacrosse. The rae
ing for the present year is all over, but
as soon as the winter sets In there will
be plenty of sport in the way of curling,
tobogGanning. Snowshoeing, skating, etc.
Many Of my friends, 1 am sorry to say.
are away on hunting expeditiqOs. It is
the deer shooting season. and all good
lovers of that fine sport are away 10
make the most OF a short season. / saw
some magnificent looking buck on my
arrival at Toronto station that had just
come in from some sportsman's camp not
far from this city. l suppose there is
scarcely any place In the. world where
finer deer and moose shooting can be hal
SO cheaply ard easily as in Ontario. 1t is
.-l, -
the rich, and nearly all the young men
of Toronto who are keen on shooting can
manage to get a weeks sport after the
deer on a modest sum. !.
A great many Toronto horses are be-
ing prepared to send to the New York
horse show November Is. Sky Scraper.
q horse standing fully seventeen hands
high. is q magnificent jumper. and on
several occasions here has cleared seven
feet. He is expected to make a world s
record jump in the Madison Square Gar
dens next week, and there are numerous
other hackney and harness horses which
the Toronto people think will uphold the
honor Of Canada / wonder II we have
any horses from Chicago going down to
this wonderful show. There surely must
be some, but l cannot say that I came
across as many horse lovers in Chicago
as / should have liked to have met.
At the London horse show, held al
Olympia. Kensington. the Americans
pretty nearly sweep the board. Mr. Win.
ans always had the most wonderful stable
of horses, but I fancy that, though a citi
zen Of the Emitted States Of America, hi.
| horses practically all are stabbed and liv,
in England. Then, Of course. we have
young Vanderbilt, who has done so much
to revive the glOries of the old coaching
| road to Brighton. and who, as a rule
| takes all the first prizes for cOaci
horses. There also are several prominen
New Workers who send over magnif1cen
| horses, including Judge Moore, between
whom and Winans there is always :
great rivalry.
The kings cup. given for officers Of tn,
| army of every nation, is always one o
! the most popular events at the Londol
| show, and some of your American OF
| ffcers came over last year and gave :
wonderful exhibition of cross countr.
i riding. but. strangely enough, 1t has beef
to the Latin races that most OF tn
| jumping prizes have gone SO far. TIL
| Italians are the most wonderful tricl
riders in the world. and their horses ar
trained almost like those of a circus, AM
perform astonishing feats.
| Last year the prize was won by
French officer. and the only thing w
| Britishers had to console us was tn
| fact that the horse that this gallant of
| ficer rode was bred in Ireland. In fact
| I believe II Is a well known and uni
| verSally acknowledged fact that the fin
| est jumping horses come from the sout
of Ireland, and If you look up the pedi
| gree of any we'll known steeplechaser o
show jumping horse you can bet 1OO to
! the horse came from Ireland, or at an
| rate his grandfather did.
! The American race horse owners hav
| made themselves popular in England b
/ their good sportsmanship and the fac
| their horses always are out to win o.
| every occasion. The American trainer
also are equally appreciated and moth
ing would please British sportsmen NOR
| than to see an American owner an
trainer win the Derby. Joyner woui
! receive applause from his many new
! found friends if he were to lead out
horse that could win the premier race Q
/ the world.
This is not only my own feeling, brI
that of a number OF British sportsmen
| and the idea came into my head of ex
i pressing this opinion through meeting
we'll known English racing man who wa