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The Washington times., 1911-10-09
| LAUREL MEETING
IN SECOND WEEK

LAUREL, Md. Oct. 9.-The Maryland
State Fair Association today enter!
urCn its second week of the annual race
meeting with every indicaticn n of a repe
tition of the success which crowned to,
affair during opening week.
The entries have remained consist
| emily large and the public has seen g
lot of good sport for the $4,000 in purses
which have been hung up by the asso,
citation.
There have been three big stakes de.
ci6ed 50 far. and two of them have
teen won by Lawton Virgins, from the
BurttsChell stable.
This stable now heads the list of win.
ming owners at the track, and it will be
hard for any of the others to overhaul
its lead.
Lawton Virgins Winnings.
Two such stakes as Lawton Wiggins
has won will carry a string of horses a
long way, as they amounted 10 over
$SoOO J. W. Schorr is second On the
LIST of winning owners. while the others
are well together.
Three out of the six days saw a SLOW
track. but the soil is of the kind that
dries out quickly. ana will be good for
this afternoon. Many other stables
Which remained over at Louisville to
start horses in the endurance stakes
Will now ship to Laurel, among them
being that OF II. G. Bedwell which will
Include such horses as Berkley. Prince
Ahmed, Righteasy, and Madman. These
alone are four well worth the seeing.
The Schroeder horses will be at Laurel
tomorrow from Toronto, which VIII in
Glide the famous old horse, Jack AtkIn.
stalls nave been held over for this
string, and the colurs will soon be car
ried at Laurel by the Big Train. as
JACK was always called. w. W. Darden
Will come ih tomorrow with his famous
sprinter, Little Father.
Ladies' Day At Track.
This will be ladies' day at Laurel.
and a first-class card has been ar
ranged for the fair sex. Manager
Brown has arranged to give away
handsome souvenir satin programs, the
same as those that were given away
at Jacksonville last winter. Every lady
who attends the races will be admit
ted free of charge, which will include
a seat In the grandstand.
These ladies' days will become as
popular in the State of Maryland as
they have In the other cities in which
they have been held. Mr.. Brown be-
lieves in furnishing sport for all, and
In this way attract many to his course
who would not go for only the thor
oughbred racing.
During the week he will arrange for
an exhibition of the flying machine
men and will put on couple of nov
city races There have been fewer
Withdrawals at Laurel than are usu-
ally seen. This is due to the scratch
rule. which is in force there. Man.
ager Brown will not allow horsemen to
fill races and then withdraw.
This, in his opinion. Is not fair to
the public, and 1t spoils many a field
when the best of the horses are with
drawn to one or two. This assures a
good card for ladies' day, which will
see a well-fiiled handicap as the fea-
ture. -....
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7 the course, can be taken as a criterion
the Maryland Jockey Club is looking for
the most successful meeting Of its sue
cessful career.
Late arrivals at the different stables
brought the total number of horses
close to the record for the fall meeting.
and, judging by the optimistic views OF
owners and trainers, there will be some
mighty interesting racing before taps is
heard.
This afternoons card will be featured
by the Junior STeeplechase, in which
three-year-Olds are to be given an op-
portunity to show their prowess In a
race. Eight young fencers are entered.
and as each has displayed lot of class
in their early education over timber, it
will doubtless be a grand race, for there
are few chases of any sort at PimIico
that do not furnish. excitement. Satur-
days struggle was a criterion, for after
getting over the final brush, Vilhalia
and Thistledale had a gallant battle for
supremacy. In addition to the event
over cedar, the rest of the program is
first rate. The Oriole Handicap, at a
mile and quarter. 1t IS true, has
small field. but the class is there, and
temia, and Owanux will meet in this
event, and it will be far from a one
horse argument.
Tomorrow racing will be featured
by the Patapsco SteepIechase for hunt
ers. at two miles and half, and the
Arlington Purse of 5000 added, at q
mile and an eighth. On Wednesday the
Washington SteepIechase, at two and
quarter miles and the Wicomico
Purse of 5000 added, at a mile and
three-sixteenths, will be the star
events. On Thursday the Emerson
Steeplechase and the Stafford Handi-
cap of 800 added, for three-year-olds,
at mile and three ee-sixteenths, will be
the stellar attractions.
On Friday the Rennert Steeplechase
Handicap of $7O0 added and the Severn
Purse for two-year-olds and upward
will be run. Saturday will be one of
the biggest days of the meeting, and
thousands will gather at the course to
see program of seven races, the prin-
cipal event being the running of the
Walden of 5000 added. at a mile. in
which the best two-year-olds in train
ing will be seen in action.
Besides the Walden there will be the
Belvedere Cup. for gentlemen riders,
at a mile; the Elkridge Steeplechase,
for bona fide hunters. at three miles
over a brush and timber course, and
the Eutaw Purse of $500 added, at a
mile and five furlongs.
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Racing Begins at
Virginia State Fair

Racing at the Virginia State Fair, at
Richmond. commenced today with six
interesting events. and will continue
every day throughout the week. On
Wednesday and Thursday seven events
have been scheduled. and steeplechase
will he run each day.
Attractive purses are offered in every
race, The entries including the best
trotters and runners in the South. The
feature event will probably be the Vir-
g!nia State Fair Steeplechase, " hich is
scheduled for tomorrow. Hunters duly
qJaIified under the rules of the Ma
tioual Stseplechase and Hunt AssoCia-
ton or the Canadian Hurt Association
will re eligible for this event. The dis
tance set for the steeplechase is about
two miles and quarter.
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the score:
nnnGEN j

Runs-Priest. Crooks, Snyder. Cantwell (2),
Handiboe MarcerOn. Hurley. Kelliher C2).
Left on bases-Cornell. s; Local Stars. II.
First base on errors-Cornell .; Local Stars,
3. First base on balls-On Sterzer, 4; of Rob
ertson, 3. Struck Out-By SterZer. s: by
Robertson, 6. Three-base hit-Kelliher. Two
base hits-Kelliher. Cantwell, Crooks. Sac
rifice hits-Murphy, Sterzer. Moran. SaCTi-
fee fy-Steele Stolen bases-Brown. Muir
ply Steele (2). Double plays-Moran to Hur-
ley to Macdonald; Moran TO Mcdonald to
Brown to Robertson to Hurley: Murphy to
Crooks. Hit by pitcher-By Sterzer CMcDon-
aId. Wild pitch-Robertson. Passed bali
Mcdonald. Umpire-Mr. Belts. Time OF
Game-2 hours and Is minutes.
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Nielsen is very busy.

For those Of you who are inclined to
figures. here are few: The team bat
ting average of the Giants is .272, the
Athletics -294. In fielding the Giants
have figures of .S61 and the MackereIs
.sG2 The Giants have stolen 23S bases
during the season, against 22S for the
Athletics. The American League cham
pions have scored s56 runs, while the
Giants have Tailed only TN times. The
Mackmen have made 1,5oS safe hits,
against 1,29S for the New Yorkers. From
these figures you can argue any way
you wish and make your point. When
the series is over and the winner de-
clared, it will probably be unnecessary
to remember these averages. The series
will establish it's own
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Pikers Walking Club
Holds First Trip

The first walk of the season held un-
der the direction of the Pikers Walk
ing Club was held last Saturday. be-
tween this city and Harpers Ferry
Messrs.- INLAND, Devlin, and Mcguire
were the participants.
Walks to Cumberland and Philadel-
phia will be made during the months
of November and December. and Man
ager Paul Coephert is anxious that any
citizen Of Washington wishing to take
part in either of these trips, communi-
cate with him at 2631 K street north
ives.
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FoxhOund Men Are
Gathered at Barre

BARRE, Mass, Oct. s-Foxhound
men from all over the country gathered
here today for the annual trials of the
Brunswick Foxhound Club, one Of the
foremost of the yearly levents Of the
kind to be held in the East. Follow
ing the Derby Stakes to be run today
and tomorrow will come the All-Age
Stakes, which will be started wednes-
day morning and continued until the
Judges arrive at their decisions.
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Maurice E. O'COnnor
Honored by Athletes

Maurice f. O'Connor, Of the Aloysfus
Club, is honored by appointment as a
member Of the registration committee
of the Catholic Amateur Athletic
League of the United States
He will have charge of the district
comprising Washington and Baltimore.
to register all amateur Catholic ath-
letes. Mr.. O'Connor was chosen by
President William O'Sullivan. of the
league, and Michael Roddy, Of BaIti-
more, chairman of the District registra-
ton committee.
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Five more for Giants.

Germany" Schaefer was the official
umpire of the game bez ~ the Newark
Indians and the McAleer An-Stars yes
terday at Newark, and was the hit of
the afternoon. AS each batsman ap<
preached the plate Schaefer introduced
him, using considerable flourish and
lengthy words. Also he cut up plenty
of his peculiar me rkey shines. too,
throughout the game. and when the last
nan was out the fans, 5000 or more of
them. voted him worth the price of ad-
mission. He'll be on the coaching lines
today at Florida avenue
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Keep This in Mind.

Rube Marquard says that he will
easily win from the Athletics with his
lump ball After some ofstHe White
Elephant sluggers Jump a few of
them against the outfield walls "Rube1
won't think they're so easy.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Joe Wood Worked for
Big Bonus This Year

Joe Wood, the speediest pitcher of the
Boston Red Sox, was considered down
and out last season. He has been work
ing on bonGs basis this season, and
has made coed. The Red Sox owners
have offered this pitcher a good salary
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip
"Epery Knock Is q Boost"
Welcome, Jimmy!

Today the McAleer All-Stars, "a little
weaker tnan they were expected to be,
battle against the Mackmen at Florida
avenue. and most likely a goodly throng
will he there to see. These games
should be of great benefit to the Ameri-
can League champions, keeping their
batting eyes in trim. their muscles sup
pie, and their minds off that greater
series to open on the Polo Grounds next
Saturday Also, they should be good
ball games, too. Yep, I'm going to be
there.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Pennsy came back.


Now that adversity has struck him,
Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion
Of the world. is trying to WEIGH on those
sayings of his when he first landed in
Old England. He then determined to
remain on the other side, where the
people liked him and gave him a square
deal. something impossible of finding in
the United States" Funny how quickly
he changed his mind as soon as his
bout with Wells went by the board
Now he is groaning out maIedictions
against those same English and vowing
he'll return to his native land and COL
lect some needed money. Jack may dis
cover that his remarks have Travelled
ahead of him, and that that needed coir
Is not forthcoming when he gets back
TO New York.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Hagerman w dlted.

Pitcher Hagerman refused to report
to the Boston Americans until Buck
O'Brien, a teammate, did likewise
When Buck went to the speed BOYS
then Hagerman followed suit
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
By CHARLES W. MURPHY.
president Of Chicago CubsD

A hard fight fraught with ex-
citement is what l anticipate in
the coming battles between the
White Sox and Cubs for the
championship of Chicago. There
should be little surprise if the SER
les goes the limit, for l have
studied the two teams closely and
find that there is not much to
choose.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
They'd Shine, Too.

Mathewson may be rated the greatest
of pitchers but Mordecai Brown and
Ed Walsh. with the same team OF base
stealers and bHters, would shine Sc
brightly Vt more so.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Seen Cy Cummings lately?

Three hundred sport writers will
watch the worlds series games and
millions of fiorid words, mellifuous
syllables. and such, will trickle forth
over thousands Of miles of wires as a
result of the meeting of Mackerels
and Giants. For once the man inclined
to read baseball-and he is legion-wiII
get his fill, and then some, of his
greatly-loved sport. We shall read of
every movement on the diamond.
caught from hundreds of different
angles by men of different minds
But here's a secret-most of this junk,
signed by names great in baseball
circles, will be written by those same
old friends of yours who have been
doing IL all summer.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Stanaing of the Clubs.

Yesterdays Resulta
Chicago, 8; Pittsburg, 2.
st. Louis, S; Cincinnati, O.
Games Today.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia.
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Chicago Preparing for War; Which Breaks Nert Friday afternoon
What They Say
By CHARLES A. coMISKEY,
president Of the White sox.)

president OF the White Sox.D
Pitching will decide the issue In
the city championship. Both the
White Sox and the Cubs are we'll
fortified in this particular depart
ment, and with favorable weather
l look for a renewal of the scenes
that attended the games of 1906. l
am confident the South Side will
again boast the city title.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Opening Day Crowd
Foreshadows Success
For Pimlico Meeting

BALTIMORE. Oct. s-Satisfied that
the opening crowd on Saturday, which
was one Of the largest in the history of
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Giants remain favorites.

Giants remain favorites.
Carlisle Indians will romp over the
gridiron at. the Hilltop next Saturday
and Dap Dailey's companions will
be pushed to their limit of endurance
to Withstand their rushes and their
tricks. Though it is early in the
season the sborigines should come to
Georgetown fit for the fray. Coach
Warner will have them equipped with
amazing, subtle trick plays which
should keep the big crowd of specta-
tors on edge from beginning to end.
New football has been accepted by
the Indians with great delight It puts
a premium upon their great speed
Georgetown will have the heavier team,
but this will mean slight advantage
If the day is fine and the field hard.
Going out to see the struggle? It'H
be Wen worth your while.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays, Resultl
Chicago, 10: Cleveland, 4.
St. Louis, II; Detroit, 2.
st. Louis, 5; Detroit, O.
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Going to Laurel today?

cong TO Laurel tOday2
Tough luck for the Red Sox to be
nosed out SO closely and niftily by
their brethren of the white hose. The
TayIor tribe loses place in the first
division through yesterdays victory of
the White Sox over the Naplanders
and many whole-hearted supporters of
the team drop their wads on that very
fraction of a point separating the two
teams. Yea, baseball is an uncertain
game.
The Washington times., 1911-10-09
Friday Witnesses City Series
Open at Southside Park.
Ed Walsh in Box.
TICKET SALE WILL
OPEN ON WEDNESDAY
"SiIk" O'Laughlin and Hank
O'Day Chosen to Do Um-
piring.
Their Schedule.

Their Schedule.
October 1S-Cubs at Comiskey park.
October 14-White Sox at Cubs park.
October 15-Cubs at Comiskey park.
October 16-White SOX at Cubs park.
October 17-Cubs at Comiskey park.
October lS-White SoX at Cubs park.
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Totals.12 81 80 10 Al 12 10 161
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Runs for the Week

American League.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-12
A THING AMERICANS DO WELL.
Briton Says Parliament Might Learn
Something From Congress.

Briton Says Parliament Might Learn
Something From Congress.
A week is devoted to the swearing
in of members when new Parliament
assemblies at Westminster. After min
listers, leading members of the Oppose
ton and other privy councillors have
more or less comfortably taken the
oath and signed the roll Of Parliament,
there is an ugly rush of members from
both sides to clutch stray copies of
the Holy Bible laid on the tables
brought in and set on the floor below
the mace.
At each table the clerk and the as
sistant clerk administer the oath. As
many members as can shoulder their
way in and grab their share of
Bible, hear the oath recited, kiss the
Book and make another dash for
place in the queue formed on the way
to the roll of Parliament, lying open
on the table Having signed il, they,
following the clerk to the chair are
personally introduced to the speaker,
shake his hand and disappear They
manage this thing better at Washing
ton. was present at the opening Of
Congress summoned under the first
duly elected presidency of Mr.. Roose-
welt and watched with interest the
process of swearing in. AS is the case
at Westminster, the speaker Uncle
joel first took the oath.
That was the sole point of resem-
blance between the two performances.
Uncle Joe resuming his seat, the clerk
called upon members representing par
ticular state to advance to the space
fronting the platform on which the
uneanopied chair of the unwigged, not
gowned, speaker of Congress sits. Form
ing up in lines representing the full
muster of the state representation,
the newly elected members heard the
oath recited and each man, having
brought with him a copy of the Bible,
kissed it in seal of his oath of loyalty
to the constitution State by state
marched to the front. paraded, took the
oath and dispersed to make room for
the next on the rota. 1t was all over
in half an hour.-London Strand.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-12

when, coming to a rise in the ground,
the prisoners were seen some distance
ahead slowly walking, loaded with ball
and chain and guarded by troops.
Suddenly Petroff felt something hard
and cold against his ear and at the
same time heard an ominous click.
He did not need to look aside to know
that 1t was a revolver. With one hand
Anna pressed it against him and with
the other held paper and pencil be-
fore him.
write an order to release JEAN"
she said.
IAN orderl What would an order
from me avail?
'fWrite! At three flrel onew
He dropped the reins.
sTwop Ht@
He wrote what she desired.
'Leave the sleigh"
He did so. She whipped up the
horse and, covering the distance be-
tween her and the prisoners, presented
her order. Jean was released.
Taking him into the sleigh. she
drove away by a diagonal road. Nei-
Their she nor Jean was ever again heard
of In Russia.
They are now In America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-12
DEFRAUDED EDDY
FOLK, GOES TO JAIL
S. G. Parker Admits Having Subscrip-
tons to Fund to Defend
Will.

Boston, April ll.--Samuel g. Parker
who under the assumed name Of Eli n
Dow, used the mails in scheme to de.
fraud first readers OF the Christian
Science church, was sentenced to East
Cambridge Jail for one year yesterday
by Judge Dodge in the United States
district court upon a plea of guilty.
Parker was arrested in New Haven
after he had mailed circulars to about
LOO first readers urging them to make
contributions to him for the purpose OF
defending the will of Mrs. Mary Baker
g. Eddy, the founder of the church. He
represented himself as a retired director
of the Boston Savings bank and gave
his address as 81 School street, Boston.
About $40 in checks and money orders
was received by him; but he did not
cash them and is said to have received
no money from his scheme.
Parker is we'll known in New Haven.
His wife is a paralytic and is depend
ent upon him for support. He served
10 years and she served four years for
forgery committed in Connecticut in
1900. II was stated in his behalf yes
terday that he had shouldered most of
that offense to protect his wife.
Il. G. Thomas. secretary to Gov. Bald
win of Connecticut, appeared as friend
and counsel for Parker, az also did
Deputy Marshal Parmales of New Hav-
en-.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-12
THE MASSACRE OF THE TEXAS.
Killing of Thousands of Unmatched
Chickens and Hardshell Crabs Alleged.

Norfolk, Va, April 1.-THE killing of
many unmatched chickens and hundreds
of hardshell crabs by the big l2-inch
guns of the battleship New Hampshire,
when they sunk the old hattleship San
Marcos in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake
bay, during naval experiments, has
caused farmers and crab packers of the
eastern shore OF Virginia and Maryland
TO protest against further similar tests.
Heavy losses resulted to these people
from the first tests and they hope to
induce the navy department to call off
another test which is scheduled to take
place soon. IL Is declared that for a
radius of twenty-five miles about Tan
gier Sound. chickens about to be Matched
under hens and in incubators, as well
as hardshell crabs packed for shipment
to northern markets, were killed BY the
heavy conclusions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-12
Smile When You Feel Worst.

"The way to get cheerful is to smile
when you feel bad, TO think about some.
body else's headache when your own /:
most bursting, to keep a-beleying the
sun is a-shinin' when the clouds is thick
enough to cut."-Lovey Mary.
The -who-thinks came up the
street behind me the other evening
whistling most blithe!y. Happy to.
night I" / inquired, as he overlook me
'Well, no; to tell the truth I'm rath-
er the opposite he said. "Pm whistling
because | want to be cheerful. You
can't always be happy, say, but you
can always be cheerful"
Seems to me there's world Of phil
osophy in that last sentence. You can't
always be happy, but you can always
be cheerful" You can't always say
what shall happen to you, but you can
have full control over the way in which
you shall take It. You can't control
fate, but you can always smile at its
worst efforts.
Of course you love Henley's splendid
lines.
at matters not
How charged with punishment the
scroll,
] am master of my fate.
| am the captain of my soul"
but perhaps You have only thought of
them as being connected with the noun
tam tops OF life. It seems to me that
there is finer application in eonnec-
tion with the valleys OF everyday liy-
ing.
The man who is captain OF his soul,
in the truest sense, will be able to say
of the petty disappointment and trials
of life: "These circumstances can him
der me but they cannot alter my seren-
ity. They may keep me from being
happy, but they cannot keep me from
being cheerful
To be sure, this ideal of cheerfulness
is not an easy thing to live up to, but
its rewards are in direct proportion to
its difficulties. For its first reward is
that the man who can say, Zone can al
ways be cheerful" may know that he
is most truly captain of his soul" It's
second is that he will not lack for
friends. Stevenson has said, "A happy
man or woman is a better thing to find
than a five pound note" and / don't
see why II shouldn't be true of the
cheerful man as well, And the third
reward will probably be that the out
ward eheerfulness he forces himself to
will gradually create an in
ward habit OF happiness.
You can't always be happy but you
,an always be cheerful, and if you are
cheerful you win probably be happy. 1t
sounds paradoxical, but it's true, just
The Exchange.
Dorothy Dexter.