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Holdups on the Job.

Pueblo.-Two amateur holdups shot
and severely injured w. E. Wilson.
proprietor Of the Triangle saloon, and
then robbed the cash register and re.
lieved two other men in the saloon
Of their valuables. Thirty.two dollars
In money and three watches were sc.
cured by the footpads. The conduct
OF the men convinced the saloon.
keeper that they were amateurs at
the game.
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Beet Loving Cup Arrives.

Greeley.-The $1,000 silver loving
cup won by Orion Timothy, aged II,
of this city at the National Land
Show in New York last month, for
the best sugar beets grown in the
United States. has arrived and Is on
exhibition.
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Exper. palryman in Weld.

.Greeley.-Owing to the interest Of
Weld county farmers in the dairy bust.
ness, 1t has been proposed that the
county secure the services Of an ex.
pert farmer and dairyman who shall
give his whole time toward establish.
ing the dairy business here and aid.
ing farmers with suggestions, advice
aud practical demonstration.
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Livestock.

Observation-Disclosures steady to
shade higher. Beeves, $4,000 $50:
Texas steers. S4.2O@5.75; Western
steers, $4.tOGG.SO, stockers and feed.
crs. $3.25G5.75; Cows and heiiers,
$2.0O@G.50; calves, 35.O0@7.50.
Hogs Market slew. Light. 5000
6lo; mixed. 37.7507.25; heavy. $3.50
625; rough, $3.50 600; good to choice
heavy, $5.S5dC.25; pigs. $i.5005.70:
bulk Of sales, $5.950G.l5.
Sheep-.Market strong. Natives,
S2.40Q 400; Western S2.7O04.0O: year.
llngs. $4.00G5.25; lambs, natives, Si.oe
0G.10.
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Sues Victor for Blq Sum.

Cripple Creek.-John Carbis Of
Goidfield, Colo, has filed suit in Dis
trict Court for damages Of $63,571
against the city Of Victor for injuries
alleged to have been sustained last
February when he fell through de.
fective iron door covering coal
chute.
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Mine Guard Fatally Shot.

Mine Guard Fatally Shot.
Downer-William Bashford, aged
thirty, employed as guard at the
Monarch coal mine Of the National
Fuel Company, was shot and probab-
ly fatally wounded by Billy Adams.
employed at the same mine.
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Butter and Enus,

Kansas City.-Butter Creamery,
S5c; flrsts. 33c; seconds, 3lc; pack.
Ing stock, 20hc.
Eggs-Extras. 32c; flrsts. oOc: sec.
onds, 17c.
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New Record Established.

San Francisco.-Thirty-eight days
from Tsingtau, China, the British bark
Calcutta has arrived. establishing q
Asw record for the journey.
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Potatoes Pay.

Delta.-J. E. Moore, who owns a
farm five miles from here on the Gun
nison river, realized $4,000 from po.
tatces grown on forty acres.
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New Paper at Greeley.

NV" TaPer az 0TeeIeys
Greeley.-A new newspaper is to be
published here weekly, beginning this
week, with V. Phenix as editor. It
Is named 1.-THE Champion" and will
try to inaugurate reforms.
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Sheep.
Lambs, good to choice .5.0005.60
Lambs, fair to good ........ .4.50@5.00
Feeder lambs, I. p. r. ..... .4.2504.S5
Yearlings. fair to choice ...s.75@4.25
Yearlings, feeders, I. p. +. ..3.7504.i0
Wethers, fair to choice .3.35@3.85
Wethers, feeders, I. p. r. ....3,00@3.50
Ewes, fair to choice 2.75@3.50
Ewes. feeders and culls, I.
p. +. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .1.5002.75 I
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Hay.

Colorado upland, per ton. .15.00@16.00
Nebraska upland, per ton. 13.50@14.50
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton .11.50@125O
Timothy, per ton ....... .15.00@160O
Alfalfa, per ton $3.50. .11.00012.00
South Park, choice. per
ton :. .................16 .16.O0@1700
San Luis Valley, per ton. .13.50@1450
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .15.O0@16.0o
Straw, per ton ........... 4.0O@ 500
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Flax.

Duluth.-Flax-ln store, $2.1O; on
track, $2.12; to arrive. sell: Decem.
ber, $40; May, $500.
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COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Part. Of the State
stern Newspaper Union New. Service.
COMING EVENTS.

January 11-l2-Second Annual Good
Roads Conference-Pueblo.
Jan. 1s-20.-Seventh Annual Nation.
al Western Stock Show. Denver.
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Eggs.

Eggs, case count. less com. 500. 5000
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Butter.

L'bh 20
Creameries, ex. East, lb. ...35 G37
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. .35 137
Creamerles, I'd grade, lb. ..2S @29
frocesS ...........20 OFT
Packing stock ............ 2lX
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LATE
MAR K EFT
CITATIONS
estcrn Newspaper Union News Service,
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Beef steers, corn fed good to
choice -. ..,......,., ,6.0O@700
Beef steers, corn fed, fair to
good ;. ................4.5 .4.50@5.50
Beef steers, grass fed, good
to choice ............... .5.00@5.75
Beef steers, grass fed, fair to
good -. ). .4.3565.0
'Heifers. prime, grass fed .4.5O@4.9o
Cows and heifers, grass fed,
good to choice .4.OO@4.65
Cows and 'heifers, fair to
Stock cows and heifers. ... .2.00@3.25
Feedings COWS Observation-Disclosures
Gamers and cutters $3.50. .1.5003.00
Veal calves ...............4.5 .4.50@6.00
ouiis -. ..................1 .1.oUD3.fV
otags .................3. .3.25Q4.5O
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice -. .......... .4.50@5.45
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good ..................3 .3.50@4.50
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair ..............3 .3.OOQ3.50
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Hogs.

Good hogs ...............6.o .6.oo@6.15
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
NEW WHITE RACE HOPE SEEMS
TO BE IN NEED OF MANAGER

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, January l.
Carl Morris Of Sapulpa, who has jumped
in one short year from the obscurity as
the rapidly shifting glare OF the public
spotlight, Is another Of those mushroom
"hopes of the white race"
To the casual observer. who has seen
him knock out dub after dub with sledge-
hammer blows. powerful enough to drop
an OK. Morris looks like a world beaten.
, But to the critic who realizes that a
champion must have class. experience
and an intimate knowledge of the game
1t IL apparent that Morris has to travel
a long road before he gets the speed and
cievernesS to entitle him to consideration.
The truth is he has lot to learn to bring
home the kale, even in matches with
tough second raters.
Morris has something OF q record here
abouts. No man has been able to stand
before him for moro than Ave rounds.
hunter because Of the easy way he has
disposed of the men he has met He Is
young-twenty-four to be exact-and as
strong as an Alaska brown bear. He
spent four years In the army, and 1t was
there he learned to put on the mitts. !"
Firing an engine completed his develop
ment.
Morris IL not as awkward as might be
imagined-he's Just green. He is light -
mis- feet for man who towers feet4
inches and weighs 24O pounds. He has a
reach of 81 inches. 8 inches greater than
Johnson, and the barrel he calls his
chest stretches the tape at 40 inches. HIS
waist line needs reducing. and he ought
to have a handler. His training has been
crude. and sports who have seen the big
fellows natural strength and know hts
courage believe he made a mistake when
he failed to come to Oklahoma City and
let Jim Corbett look him over.
II hear he has an awful Kick In either
hand, and TN take him east IN the spring
II he'll come here and convince me he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

lack Coombs of the all-conquer1ng
Athletics not only turned in more VIC
tories than any other pitcher In the
American League last season, but ne
also set the pace in splitting whitewash.
Thirteen times in the last campaign did
the pride Of Shibe Park and or kenne-
h,,n,<port. Me-. let his opponents down.
without a run. Two of these contests
were Of more than regulation length
Coombs being Philadelphia's gunner In
the sixteen inning runless battle played
with the White Sox August 4. and being
On the mound for the Mackmen IN the
eleven-round % to engagement played
with the Maps September q.
Coombs was the real shut-out KID OF
the American League and whitewasneo
I'll seven opponents of the Athletics. lie
shut. out the st. Louis Browns three
times. Chicago. Cleveland. New a aolS
Jackets of white on the Bostons once ano
On the Detroits once. No other artiilerfst
in the Junior organization eQualeo CoomDe
record of shutting out seven teams. Rus
sell Ford of the Highlanders distributing
ciphers to five clubs.
Mack.s expert gunner damned MS
thirteen shutouts into three months OF the
campaign, using the whitewash brush
fer the first time against the High
Ianders June ~. and for the last time
September u, when he claimed the Maps
os victims. Inning JACK
twirled one shutout game In June, nve
in July. three in August and four In Sep
TENDER. c..,
From the way Frank Paderewski Smith
sta rted ont. Il seemed as II he intended to
ablish a worlds record for whitewash-
ing teams. The Piano Mover BANKED
three teams in the first month OF the cam
naipn and then either lost his ambition
or his cunning. as thereafter no club was
immersed in the whiteWash bucket oy
him.
Rnsseu Ford and Walter Johnson
ranLed second to Coombs In distributing
ciphers. Each young wizard or the
mound figured In eight debates In wnlcn
his opponents failed to cross the plate:
The Hilltop star made specially OF
White Stockings, who thrice were blank
ed nv the Highlanders when Ford was
nitcNinr. Johnson let the Maps down
without a run on three occasions ana also
treated the Browns the same way.
Fourth among the wielders OF the
whitewash brush stands Ed walsh or the
Chicago club The Renowned Strutter
was in seven arguments IN wncn ms
teams adversaries failed to reach the
hureau Of registration. shutting out the
Roston Red Sox no fewer than four
times George Mullin was Detroit's most
eminent shutout artist. Ray Collins Bos-
tor,s and Fred Falkenberg Cleveland Q.
On the at Louis club both Barney Peity
and Jack Powell laid claim to this title.
Forty-eight pitchers enjoyed the pleas
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can deliver the goods" said Genial Jim.
Morris didn't CO. He has an ex-railroad
telegrapher, w. F. Stone. as manager.
and Stones experience in ring affairs is
limited. to put 1t mildly. In the hands Of
the right man Morris might advance rap
idly. but his own greenness, added to his
managers, does not promise a brilliant
future. If he succeeds it will be despite
handicaps.
Morris victory over Marvin Hart has
given him more confidence than all his
previous victories, and he insists he will
be ready to meet johnson in q year. He
defeated Hart by cinching and using mis-
extraordinary reach to hammer Harris
kidneys.
Morris is easy to handle now. He has
the disposition Of q big, overgrown, good
natured boy. So simple and direct is his
manner, SO strange 10 he to the ways of
the fight promoters. that he has profited
little in financial way from his lights
Manager Stones method OF exploiting
his fighter smacks Of the bushes. After
the fight with Hart he took Morris to
Memphis, all fused up in evening clothes
a shiny silk decorating the giants dome.
In this outfit the 'hope was introduced
to the fans at the Ross-Barry scrap 1t
was scream.
Friends Of the fighter, unblinded by
prejudice, hope he will be taken hold of
by some one who knows the game from
A to lizard. They believe he has the stuff
in him. but they appreciate the fact that
unless he Is properly coached he will
blow up. despite his natural ability, of
which he has a large stock.
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swift opponent to get over it. Tho old
timers evaded swings for the Jaw Is,
ei1her ducking or stepping back.
cd Of tr lnasg6s!ea tas present. ss
knuckles were toward the approa ching
Dlow and directly alongside OF the Jaw.
IL Is a perfect block for q swing. Al
may De seen ia any contest between
clever boxers.
It is an indisputable fact that -y,1i,,,
Corbett invented most of the scientific
moves used at present in puRiifsfn.
Kid Mccoy and Tommy Ryan addsd
TO Corbetts discoveries and other skiII-
~. men launched other improvements.
GrinO. the erratic Australian. was the
nrst boxer who evaded swings by STEM
ping inside OF them and counterfnc
straight to the face or body aa ne
stepped in. II he slipped inside the
and he had two free blows TO. plssf
wherever he pleased TO put them.
Fitz Gets the Credit.
Bob" Fitxsimmons Il credited with
having invented the shift owing to hi,
defeat OF Corbett by that move. DID
timers. however. Will recall thar
George La Blanche. the marine. used
the same move and the same SHIFT blow
years previous to the cortbett-F FIJI
fight -. -e ~c. erf 49,
He Knocked out big Jim Brady with
II In 1885. and later on in a bout, with
Reddy Gallagher showed the shift to
perfection. Reddy picked It up from
the marine. and knocked out Dick Col
lier and Sam BittIe with it. "Buffalo,
Costello also used the shift in several
Of his fights in the early sos.
Fitzsimmons was the first fighter to
use the inside right cross with any ef-
fectiveness. He used It when an on
ponent swung at his jaw with the left.
and when. old Bob landed with this
blow the fight was over. He Knocked
out Jim Hall and Dan Creedon with
this blow
Joe Choynski used short downward
chop blow with which he knocked out
many any opponent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

The number Of shutout games in 1910
in the American League was 127, as
against las in the preceding campaign.
In four contests last season neither team
could harvest q tally. the r,lnless draws
that were fought being between Chicago
and Philadelphia, Cleveland and Phila-
delphia, Cleveland and Washington and
New York and Washington.
The Chicago team showed the greatest
aptitude for getting mixed up in white
wash games The Sox were In Al such
battles, winning D. losing u and tieing
one. The champion Athletics won %
games In which their opponents failed to
get q run, and were kept from scoring in
only half a dozen slcirmishes. The pitch
ers who hlanked tho White Elephants
were Russell Ford. Walter. Johnson, Ed
Walsh. Ray Collins. Ralph Stroud and
Harry Fanwell.
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SEXTON TO COACH HARVARD Al
Brown Man to Have Charge Of Base
.g..a, 49, Ball Policy. -retfb4

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. January THE
new Harvard base ball coach IL DR..
Frank X. Sexton OF Brookline, who
was graduated from Brown with the
class OF 's3. DR.. Sections contract calls
for three-year engagement. and he
will have full charge OF the Harvard
base ball campaign.
The new coach had has a varied base
ball career. He played four years with
the Brown, University team, and fol-
lowed with several seasons OF independ-
emit and professional play. In 1895 he
was member OF the Boston National
League club pitching star. Az Q. col
lege pitcher he made remarkable rec.
ord while at Brown. One season thu
Providence collegians defeated Penn
sylvania, Yale, Harvard and Princeton
within two weeks. with Sexton in the
box for all four games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

up to a pitch by astounding reports in
some OF the papers regarding the out
come OF the magnitude Of the invasion,
there are some persons who do not wish
to see American horses shipped to Eng
land. especially yearlings, for the purpose
Of sale. 1t is claimed that the Americans
are destroying the English market. and
a petition will in the near future be hand
ed to the Jockey Club asking that body
to take some action with regard to the
taxing of all foreign-bred horses sent to
Englapds shores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

He kss y0ntA In &1a
Gav0r. He D0sseose6
marvelons .strength.
He has courage, aad
out.oE.do0r lie 6aD
given Afm. q srlenAla
cOnstituti0n.
He has es.AA ssee -
hls ewp abllity.. Fer
. ma. q His tsllk H.
test work q femarlE.
aAle.
He lacks experiences
no - - OSse0s ~
oeeds T. b eoache& ~
m sl6 hand, VIE
went let hin snake
the 0lsta1es - Ra11
men eninently AttsG
- shl1e. IN he x1nk.
have made o1G which
alono preveateA t1leR.
feoehanG the toDA.
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SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Will Probably Be Decided Some Time
in March.

CHICAGO. January 1.-According to
President Brown of the National Anna
teur Athletic Union. the Chicago Athletic
Association is going to try to secure the
national indoor swimming chaupionships.
If these events go to tho Chicago organ
ization the championships will be decided
some time y March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

The Maps are without a good man to
lead of in the batting order. Manager
Jim Mcclure is puzzling more over how
about anything else. Terry Turner is
about the best man to lead now in the
team. but he Is not considered good to
start the list. even though he should bat
better next year than he has done in the
past.
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AMERICAN HORSES ABROAD.
Claimed English Market Being De-
stroyed by Invasion.

NEW YORK, January 7.-Quite cru
sada Is going on In England relative to
the invasion Of American-bred horses.
Judetng from the feeling existing among
some owners and breeders there. worked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

ure of keeping their opponents away
from the plate, Blanding of the Maps and
Russell Of the Athletics celebrating their
advent into fast company by turning in
shutout wins. Blanding BANKED the Sen
ators and Russell calcimined the Red Sox.
Below will be found a table showing the
number of shutout games each American
League pitcher won or tied last season
and the teams that he kept away from
the Mate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

Fred Clarke has decided to retain ONT
fielder Vincent Campbell. vino, despite a
good start, proved somewhat disappoint-
ing as q sub gardener OF the Buccaneers.
Clarke has also, changed his views shout
spring training. He will 20 to Hot
Springs about two weeks enxller than
usual and will play many more exhibition
games than has been his habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
HARRY WOLVERTON
A NATURAL LEADER
Former Philadelphia Third Baseman
Knows How to Handle
Minor Leaguers.
is SUCCESSFUL MANAGER
ON HIS PERSONALITY
Makes Brilliant Record in the East
ern. Tristate and Pacific
Coast Leagues.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, January 7.-One
minor league manager who Is sure OF
landing in the major league some day is
Harry Wolverton. the Philadelphia, who
has finished his fourth successful season
in the smaller circuits.
Wolvertons record is unusually good,
for in the four years he has served as
field leader he won two pennants and
never finished lower than second place.
lie got his first chance as handler OF
ball team in 1907. when he plotted the
Williamsport team of the Tristate League
to the championship. and repeated again
I'm 1898. In 1909 he held the reins Of the
Newark team of the Eastern League, and
shaped a misfit outfit into landing in sec
ond place.
Last season Wolverton went to Cali
fornia, and took charge of the Oakland
team of the Pacific Coast League. and,
although Oakland was a tailender for the
first six weeks OF the season. Wolverton
.aced it so phenomenally that it was
nosed out by PYtland for the pen
Soiverton has already won his spurs
as a third baseman. He did good work
for Chicago the Phillies. Boston and
Washington as private in the ranks,
and today is an excellent performer in
the position, for he batted at a .265 gait
in the long Pacific coast season and COW
cred the bag with distinction as we'll
Is a Natural Leader.
Always close student of the game and
leader of men, Woverton fell into a
managerial part naturally. He had his
troubles when he began as leader of the
Williamsport team, Tristate League, in
1897 for the club was full of bugs" and
other players who were notorious as trou-
ble-makers.
While the season was young Wolverton
signed a noted pitcher, a big fellow with
extra-fare train speed, but who was
hard man to keep I'm line. Unless You
stroked the pitchers back right he was
useless Wolverton knew that this fell
low suffered from exaggerated ego He
thought that there was nothing in the
pitching line that he did not know, and
he was always willing to share his SUI
perior knowledge with other members OF
the staff without asking.
Wolveton knew this type OF man, and
before the bug Joined Williamsport |
Harry called his pitchers together. I'll
Look a here, boys" he said, you all |
know that X is bug and Wen
have to humor him. / want all you fel- |
lows TO look up to him as IL he were the |
TO him and ask his advice about your |
pitching ard then quickly forget what |
he tells you. But keep him 'kidded this |
way all the time and never cross him..
When the big pitcher Joined Williams
port, the other twirlers kow-towed to him
as IL he were an East Indian prince. This |
was something new for him, for he got |
nothing but the laugh from players on
other teams where he played, and he Tell
for it strong.
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Another corbett Invention.

Another thing that Corbett invented
was the perpendicular guard. Previous
to this time the fighters used . horizon
tai parry. and 1t was not difficult for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

Our clothes are SO well made that
they look stylish N long as You wear
them. All our coats are made with
the nnest hair-cloth and canvas fronts,
that hold them always I'm shape. We
have q great star Of cutters, designers
and wOrkmen who produce clothes OF
the highest class.
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Forty-eight pitchers enjoyed the pleas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-10
NEWTOWN.

James O'Connell and John ]. Keat-
ing were over Sunday guests of Shell
ton friends
Miss Rose Leavy and John Leavy OF
Bridgeport. spent Sunday with theft
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j.
Leavy, of Walnut Tree Hill.
The baseball game played at Hill
side Park, Sunday afternoon, between
Walnut Tree Hill and the Pastimes of
Sandy Hook was very exciting and
resulted in favor of w. T. H, the
score being ST. The home team will
play with the Retail Clerks of Bridge
port. next Sunday, at Hillside Park.
The game will begin promptly at 2
p. m
George Fairchild left yesterday for
an extended visit with friends in South
Britain.
Miss Tessie Carmody Of the Danbury
hospital, Is enjoying two weeks va
cation at her home in Sandy Hook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Ready enter
over Sunday.
At the annual meeting of the Ec-
clesiastical Society of the Congrega-
tionai church it was voted to engage
the Rev. Alexander Steele for the en-
suing year, with an increase of sal
airy.
Forest fires in Grays Plains district
destroyed a quantity of cord wood on
the land of Thomas Heating. Build
ings on the land of Mr. Heating and
julius Bressen were saved with diff
fculty
Frank Chambers and family of Wa
terbury are spending few days at
their summer home in Zoar.