El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-03
HORSES ARE
SCARCE IN
ENGLAND
Plan to Revive Interest in
Horses by Encouraging
Breeding Welsh Roadsters
ENGLAND LOSES ITS
INTEREST IN CRICKET
IL FREDERIC J. HAskINl

tBE FREDERIC j. HASkINb
London England Aug. s.-The rap
idly disappearing horse is becoming
a serious problem in England. espec-
tally TO the War office, which finds
the question of remounts harder to
meet each year. The latest attempt to
solve the problem is a movement for
the revival OF the Welsh light roadster
and according to report of the
Board OF Agriculture, government
grants have been given for the en-
couragement of the breeding of this
type.
similar arrangements will probably
be made for the breeding of the rap
IDLY disappearing old DeYOnshire pack
horse, bur il is feared that it may be
too late to save this type. as it is al
most extinct Premiums are also to
be given to encourage the bredeinz OF
the old strain Of Welsh cob.
Something Wrong with Cricket.
something IS so wrong with the
British national summer game OF
cricket that its followers write letters
10 the papers complaining that the
game IS becoming decadent. This
criticism comes at a time which has
Deen hailed as the banner year for
imperial cricket with teams from Aus
tralia and South Africa competing on
home grounds with England for the
championship OF the empire But thus
lar the triangular matches have been
exceedingly disappointing from the
standpoint Of attendance. Recently
one of the most important county
matches attracted only -1S9 spectators.
Most Of the critics agree that the
fault lies in the slOWness of the game
and that something must be done to
shorten the matches, which now last
generally three days. This plan for
merely suited the Briton who took his
~ IL
moving machinery of his existence, but
the English temperament has lost
much OF its stOlidity and the metrOpoli-
tan areas which supply the gates for
all games live and play at approx /
mately the high speed which character
ICES American cities. The demand for
reform is in the air, but the players
are apparently satisfied with the pres
ent form Of the game and in any new
rulemaking they viii be able to over
rule those who are only interested in
the game from the 81 tatOrs' stand I
point
The loss of interest in cricket does /
not seem to have spread to other /
sports; on the contrary, other games |
are enjoying distinct revival. Even /
the ancient games of bowls is making |
Gently introduced game Of baseball IS 7
becoming very popular.
Atrocities in Peru.
Sir Roger Easement who wrote the !
/
on the rubber atrocities in Peru, was /
the man who first brought TO light the |
horrors of the Congo under the Leo
poidian rule. He has been in the con !
sular service Tor many years, but did l
not gain his knighthOOd until corona /
ton year.
During his investigation in the
Congo region he was frequently threat |
ened with assassination and his life /
was many times in jeopardy. When /
it was found impossible to scare him /
out Of the Congo King Leopold's 4
press began a Tiruleut campaign /
against him, and every effort was 4
made to discredit his reports and to 4
smirch his personal reputation. Since /
1908 he has been the British consul 1
general in Rio Janeiro
Plan Big Exhibition.
An imperial exhibition is to be held 1
in London in 1915. the definite plans /
for which were made at meeting held
in the Royal Colonial institute. 1t is
planned to bold the fair in the great !
hall. designed to be the largest in the /
world. which is to be completed by the /
date for the opening. The hall is to be
started at the conclusion of the Shaks-
pere England Exhibition at Earl's
Court, and it Is hoped that it will be
large enough to accommodate all the
exhibits. The roof is to be of a sin
gle span, about twice the size of the
span over Olympia, and the hall is to
have on the ground floor a superficial
area of 275.900 square feet and on the J
upper floor 105,y0 feet.
Motor Ship Makes Long Trip.
= The motor ship Selandia, the first in
ternal combustion engined ocean-going
passenger and cargo vessel has con-
cluded its maiden trip to the East In
dies, a 21,000-mile voyage, during
which the engines were stopped only ;
once for slight adjustment of the
valves.
In all matters of fuel consumption
ease Of maneUVer and general behav-
Tor. the vessel exceeded all expecta-
tons. East of the Suez canal the
motor ship gained the name Of Devil
ship" due to her movement without
either sails or tunnels. The success OF
the motor driven ship has induced her
owners to contract for three vessels
Of the same type, but with greater
horsepower and tonnage
Quaint Building.
The Royal Archaeological Institute
during its next session at Northamp-
ton viii visit one of the quaintest
ever erected in England. The
structure. which was built in 1900 by
John Tresham. is symbolical of the Trim
ty, and everything about it is built in
threcs. There arr three sides with
three gables on each side and three
floors with three windows on each
face. Each front is 80 feet long and
bears a legend of SO letters. The
is also three sided.