Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-05
THE WHIP
Great Attraction at New Academy Of
Music Baltimore kexs Week.

AID announcement OF interest to the
atregoers Of Baltimore comes with
the engagement OF ths Drury Lane,
London success, 1.-THE Whip, - which
rlsy will be at the New Academy Of
Music next week. After a phenom-
email run Of two years in London,
where blase audiences were whirled
into a sea Of excitement, 9Th
Whip repeated its enormous triumph
ct the Manhattan Opera House, New
York. where it continued for an en-
tire season to crowded houses.
The authors, Cecil Raleigh and
Her ~ Hamilton, have told a rousing
story ia four acts and thirteen scenes,
that holds audiences spellbound with
interest, combining the merits of a
love story and detective tale full Of
startling Incidents. The Marquis
Of Beverly, who is the breeder end
owner Of famous stable Of lace
horles, has entered bis new favorite,
1.-THE Whip. at Newmarket for the
race of two thousand guineas.
Lady Diana Sartoris, his beauti-
fol granddaughter, is wooed by a
certain Captain Sartoris, who is
really an INSCRIPTIONS villain and a
fortune hunter. Into the picture
comes Lord Brancaste, holder Of an
estate nearby, who is injured in an
automobile accident end brought 70
Falconhurst. He falls in love with
Lady Diana, who recipiocates the
affection, and Captain Sartoris, see :
Jog the rival in bis wsy, plots to
overthrow the young lord
There are plots and eounterplots
In the effort to do this the Captain
making use oil a fair sdventuress,
hrs. D'Aquilla. who at one time had
laid Siege 70 the heart Of Brancaster
and almost married him, a special
license having been obtained before
he affair was finally broken Off. BY
means of this license, however, btar-
ing Brancaster's name, Captain Sar.
t0ris. posing as the lord and with the
assistance of a weak and erring
clergyman, marries D'Aquilla, using
the license and Brancaster's name.
BY means of this false proof she
succeeds in having Braneaster driven
in disgrace from Beverly's house,
although the Lady Diana still has
faith in her lover and tells him so
when they meet few days afterward
at the Horse Show. Here also she
advises him to place his money on
The Whip, and be does so TO q
considerable extent Captain Sar-
toris and Mrs. D'Aquilla find that
the only way to thwart Lord Bran
caster is to stop "The WHIP from
being In the race Their plot is TO
have the box car in which the horse
is to Newmarket, wrecked.
A conversation between the con
spirators, however, is overht ard by
the trainer, Lambert, head Of the
Beverly stables, but bv an accident
Lambert IL reverted making this
known until the train has started.
Sartoris is on the train, and as it
reaches a tunnel Sartoris creeps back
to the box car and uncoUples il from
the train. On comes the following
express, the rumble of which is
heard in the distance. Just mo-
ment before it crashes full speed into
the box car rescuing party arrives
in an automobile and lead the horse
to safe ~ and to winning race.
The Whip" manage ment finds ic
necessary to use Eve special trains
to carry the scenery alone, not taking
into account the horses and dogs
There is an excellent company Of one
hundred players and numerous
stage crew.