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this country a battery commander got
his battery across neld which WAS
in view of an observation party $500
yards away. He doubled section. piled
hay on the carriages, stuck punches of
it in the harness of the horses and
started the sections across the exposed
field, keeping them about a hundred
yards apart and in sort Of a zigsag
disorder which was neither line nor
column. They were not fired on. II
the observers picked them up at all.
they probably mistook them for a pro-
cession of farm wagons hauling crop
off the field.
ried his guns and caissons along the
road that crossed that field he would
have been alphabetically destroyed.
They do things at maneuvers which
cannot be done In war and in this
war things are being done which UNI
pires and instructors at maneuvers
say cannot be done.
$50 far as ! know this ruse de tree
branch Is an innovation in modern
war. so tar as4-advancing Infantry is
concerned. I have many times seen
gun wheels and horses pretty well COW
cred with boughs to make them less
conspicuous. and in the old days when
a battery was masked in slight def
1ade. tree branches werR used as
screens, but suppose In this age when
artillery goes into position in fash
defffade this form Of deceit IL not prac-
ticed. New earth 10 q very conspic.
uous thing and in throwing up trenches
1t Is the common practice to veil the
raw dirt with boughs or grass or some
thing in harmony with the landscape
SO that those trenches will not stand
out in the picture like barn on nre.
"A few days ago in q news dispatch
from the battle lines along the Aisns
river / read:
'.The allies aviators apparently dis
kI H.
big German guns, Notwithstanding the
cleverness with which they are hid On
beneath the earthen covering strewn
with the branches of trees.'"
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Prusco, Dog Messenger.

pRUsCo, the dog messenger, accom-
panles the French motor cyclist
scouts on their expeditions. and carries
messages back and forth to the French
army headquarters. He rides in the side
car OF the motor cycle, and has been
30 highly trained that he Is as keen
on the trail as one of the best trained
men. and he shows wonderful discretion
while on duty.
Dogs of war is not an empty phrase
and a large volume could be written
on these wise and faithful animals who
have taken prominent part in war
and the lives of warriors. Bismarck.
who accomplished the coalition of the
German states, twice owed his life to
a noble greyhound. his constant com.
panion. This famous hound accompanied
him to the conference between the en-
perors OF Germany and Austria, be-
having there with diplomatic courtesy
and reserve that would have done credit
to Metternich."
Frederick the Great of Prussia con-
fessed that he liked dogs better than
greyhounds. his favorite ones always
accompanying him. All his dogs lie
buried at Sans Souci. at the end Of one
of the beautiful terraces.
Another distinguished soldier. Peter
the Great had penchant for italian
greyhounds. owning fine one named
Lisette, who once saved a life and re-
ceived the Victorian Cross for her
bravery. She was devoted to the en-
peror, and long bore the cruel treatment
Of an ill-tempered monkey of which he
was very fond.
William of Orange owed his life to a
pet spaniel, who aroused him from q
sound sleep just in time to escape BY
one door as the enemy entered BY the
other. The monument to William at
The Hague represents him in armor re-
cuning under q marble canopy with the
faithful dog at his feet. William in
troduced Dutch pugs into England.
A Tong haired skye terrier named Beba
remained with Mary Queen of Scots on
the scanold, and when she knelt at
the block he lay concealed in the folds
Of her robes, and was not discovered
until the head was severed from the
body.
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ish buildings filed with hoary treas
ures which can never be replaced. the
danger to which the invaluable art
collections in Europe are exposed BY
the present war is becoming realized.
Paris, London. Dresden and Munich
are the great art centers of the world.
In their art galleries and museums are
gathered together most of the most
precious "object dart" in existence.
In the gallery of the Louvre, Paris,
is assembled the most magnificent coll
lection Of antiques. paintings, ,statuary,
gems and curios in the world. and yet
these fabulously valuable treasures are
daily open for the inspection, pleasure
Paris transcendent Importance as the
mecca for students. connoisseurs and
lovers Of the beautiful from all over
the globe. And yet. as unreasonable
munists in 1871 deliberately attempted
to destroy the historic palace and its
priceless contents. Only the opportune
arrival of the French troops from Ver-
from utterly destroying the Louve as
completely as they had destroyed the
splendid Imperial Library with its
10000 volumes.
While a gallery may escape the misfor-
tunes of Louyain, there Is always danger
at such a time, chance of the great
art centers becoming besieged and a
stray shell reducing the building and its
contents to ruins. 1t Is possible for the
great art collections to be destroyed un-
Intentionally by the war aviators who
drop bombs from the sky over the great
cities Of Europe, endangering art treas
ures which have been boarded for CEN
turies for the JOY Of the people and for
the delight and education Of posterity. 1t
is bitter arraignment Of the progress
of the age that the ancient city Of Lou
vain was destroyed and that the riches
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where he became a 'Iay-brother." To
the careful teaching OF the brothers
he owed his splendid classical train
ing SO valuable to him IN his work as
an artist.
Rubens built himself Q large house
in Antwerp and employed not only
VAN Dyck, but Jordaens. Snyders and
other Flemish artists. who attained
just fame. In the year 1922 Rubens
was summoned to Paris to decorate
the Luxembourg Palace-now the gal
lery-for Maria de Medici He is said
to have parted with his entire private
collection Of pictures, selling them in
a lump to the Duke of Buckingham.
teen Titians. twenty-one Bassanos.
thirteen Veronesses, eight Parma Vec-
chios, seventeen Tintorettos. three
Leonardo da Vincis. three Raphaels
and thirteen of his own paintings. be-
sides a large number Of less famous
compositions of the Dutch and Flem-
ish school.
Rubens became a great favorite IN
England and was kntghted at White
hall. OF his most famous works his
Descent from the Cross" is in Ant
werp. The Fall Of the Damned" In
The splendid Musee Moderne in Brus-
sells embraces more than go pictures
and many fine water colors and draw
ings. In the Palais des Beaux Arts
a handsome building In the classical
collection Of older pictures and sculp
lures. Brussels is particularly noted
for her fine collection Of the early
Flemish and Dutch schools.
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sailles. The artist has shown with life
like accuracy the agony of the dying
warrior, deserted by wife, bereft of
child and forsaken by the relatives and
friends whom he had permitted to share
some of his grandeur. A splendid
a conspicuous place in the beautiful
new Corcoran Art Gallery in Washing
ton.
London's galleries. while fine and
numerous, do not rank with those Of
Paris in importance. But while Lon
don may not excel in the number of
old masters. she Is rich in things quite
as precious to her people. The Ma
tional Gallery faces the famous Ira
falgar Square, known as "the heart of
London" The majestic column to the
hero of Trafalgar rises in the center.
the work of Sir Edward Landseer.
Upon the pedestal Is inscribed the fa-
miliar words of Nelson: England ex-
poets every man to do his duty"
The houses Of parliament are justly
famous for. not only their enormous
size, but also for their beauty and for
their exceptionally fine situation upon
the banks of the Thames. St. Paul.S
Cathedral is q work Of art which scars
aloft. proclaiming in silent majesty the
words inscribed below relating to Sir
edifce, who with Nelson and yelling
ton sleep in the vaults: "If you seek
his monument. look around YOU" OF
all England's ancient heirlooms she
The exterior Of the abby 10 pure
Gothic and exceptionally fine, but It's
old gray-walled interior is still more
Interesting. 1t IL Eng)and's Pantheon.
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Love and the Wolf.

A T q dinner in Tonopah Senator Key
Pittman. apropos OF q rash elope-
msnt on the part Of two young con-
stituents. shook his head and said:
Love laughs at locksmiths. And
later on, alas. my young friends win
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Of the past, which have endured all tho
vicissitudes Of the dark ages, are now
threatened with extinction by the latest
aeroplane, the most powerful projectile
from the newest siege gun or by some
other twentieth century scientific instru-
ment for dealing death and destruction
The Louvre has not only the finest ex-
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Hague, the Germans destroyed two
famous churches at Dinant, Belgium.
In one of which was a priceless altar
piece by Rubens.
With the wiping out by fire of the
picturesque and ancient city of Lou
vain and the destruction of its his
torical university and rare old Flem-
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agreement were not made public, but
It is known that to escape the fate
OF Louvain the authorities of Client
agreed to purchase immunity by pre-
senting the Germans with s10.00o,000
worth of food, forage, motor cars and
other supplies for their army. Accord
ing to another report. dated at The
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CROSSES FOR GALLANTRY

ration. About 500 officers and men
have been the recipients of this honor.
The United States has a special re-
face of the enemy, known as the Com
gressional Medal Of Honor. 1t is q
hve-pointed bronze star.
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lery III Florence alone. But while the
Belvedere" or the LAGOON" it still
possesses the finest aggregation of pic
lures in the world. and it's museum is
rich in antiquities and splendid col
AS recently as 1900, by request of the
Baroness Rothschild, the gallery added
to it's already enormous number of
masterpieces The Resurrection of
Christ" by Fra. Angelica: The Virgin
and Child" by Botticelli: "The Glorious
Del Sarto and many other almost as
famous canvases.
The mutilated Venus victrix,"
known the world over as the Venus
Of Milo" is one of the most beautiful
and valuable statues in existence. 1t
armless Venus was. dug up in Melos.
one of the islands of the Grecian archi-
pelago. by q poor peasant, and shortly
afterward France secured this exqui-
site antiquity.
In the Salon Care" of the Louvre
hangs Murillo's masterpiece. 1.-THE I'm
maculate Conception" 1t represents
the Virgin standing on a cloud. sur
rounded by number of adoring little
cherubs. the crescent moon at her feet.
The Virgins face is seraphic, and she
is robed in spotless white. with her
coloring is exquisite. and the picture
10 q general favorite with the hundreds
who view it daily.
The Gallery of the Luxembourg, in
Paris, also occupies a palace. In 1t are
displayed tho works Of living artists.
Ten years or SO after death the works
Of the deceased master somewhat arbi-
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nection with the retreat Of the
British from Mons back to the Marine
which has brought up a recollection OF
Macbeth" said an old soldier now TAX
ing his slippered ease in Washington.
do you remember" he continued
''that in the fourth act of Macbeth
while the witches in a dark cave flut-
ter around the great cauldron busy
with their brew. Macbeth enters and
salutes them with, How now. you Sc
cret, black and midnight hags,' and
ask, What is't you do?' He has quite
a parley with the witches when an ap-
partition, an armed head, appears, and
says, Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!
beware Macduff: beware the thane OF
apparition, a bloody child. appears and
bids Macbeth. BE bloody, cold and
resoiute; laugh to scorn the power of
man. for none. of woman born shall
harm Macbeth Then a third appari-
tion appears which calls to Macbeth:
Be lion-mouthed, proud and take no
=. care who chafes. who frets, or where
conspirers are:~ Macbeth shall never
vanquished be until Great Birnam wood
to high Dunsinane hill shall eone
"As you know. in the fourth scene OF
the fifth act, Malcom. old Siward,
young Sfward, Macduff. Menteth, Cath
ness. Agnus. Lenox. Rosse and march
DInsinane With stretch Of forest In
the distance. Siward asks. What wood
is this before usr Menteth answers,
The wood Of Birnam.' Malcom says.
Let every soldier hew him down a
bough and bear't before him; thereby
shall we shadow the numbers Of our
host and make discovery err In report
Of VS. A soldiers says. 1t shall be
done
4
'In the fifth and last act Of that mur-
derous play great -Birnam wood does
come against Macbeth and a messep-
ger with great excitement says: AS
did stand my watch upon the hill,
looked toward Birnam, and anon, me
thought. the wood began to move In
the next scene. the plain before the
castle. enter with drums and colors.
. .Malcom. old Siward, Macduff. etc. and
their army with boughs.
"All that was recalled to me by the
following bit of narrative in corre-
in the forest Of Crecy:
The French and British alike
swarmed about the wood with axes.
knives, saws and even sabers. They
haQ Wloe area Qown IN next TO no
time Line after line of infantry, each
man carrying a thickly foliaged branch.
moved forward in close order toward
the enemy. while behind. amid Topped
tree trunks, our artillery got into posi-
tion with machine guns and thirteen
Founders to cover the wood. As it
moved forward all was a-rustle. The
attack which followed was as rapid. as
flerce and as bold as anything that has
been done In this huge campaign and
won all the success which it merited.
1.-The mysterious. slow-moving wood
soon showed that there were more
than umbrage in its texture 1t snarled
dame and spat bullets, while overhead
the shells Of the French and British
artillery sped screaming to their mark
This method Of concealment is a
venerable russo de guerre. 1t has been
employed time out OF mind. During the
present war some pictures have come
over from Belgium allowing Belgian
troops with straw sewed or pinned in
TUFTS over their uniforms and hats so
that II they were lying in q stubble-
field they would merge into the land
scape.
II remember once at maneuvers in
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0ermany's coveted and famous Iron
Cross was instituted by Emperor Fred
erick william III OF Prussia In the
year 1913. The cross Is of Iron. but is
rather heavily edged or bordered with
silver.
The distinguished battle honor OF
Great Britain. the Victoria Cross. Is
bronls cross, inscribed For valour."
It was a decoration created during the
Crimean war in 1856. The possession
Of this cross gives immortal fame, or
as nearly as fame can be immortal, to
the English soldier wearing 1t. and
ae IL considered almost q priceless
herftaGe by that soldiers posterity.
The Victoria Cross Is granted to SOL
6iers and sailors of any rank for a sim
gle act of valor in the presence of tho
enemy. It is Maltese cross Of bronze.
With q royal crown in the center. sur
mounted by lions head and the words
For Valour." are indented on q scroll
below the crown. The ribbon IL red
tor the army and blue for the navy.
4 psnsion of approximately $50, or f10
Seeyling, q year accompanies the deco.
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A CTS of peculiar bravery on the
n battlefields of Europe are being
rewarded in many instances by
those crosses or symbols of conspicu-
Gus gallantry which sovereigns or ma
tions bestow on their heroic and de-
voted soldiers. In the news that
filters through the censorship Ameri-
cans are reading of the Victoria Cross,
the Iron Cross. the Cross of st. George
and the Cross Of the Legion of Honor.
These military emblems give to the
6ortunate recipient life renokn In his
own country. and in some cases es-
pecial rights and privileges. The old
eot OF these decorations Is the Cross Of
Gold. given by Austria The order Of
which this cross Is the outward sign
was instituted In the year 1867 by the
&mprese Marie Theresa, soon after her
accession to the throne. 1t bears the
same Inscription as the British Victoria
Cross, the legend on the English cross
being the two words. For valour,"
while on the Austrian cross this senti-
Uent II expressed in the Latin word,
sFortitudini"
Ths next Oldest European battle cross
Ss tho Russian Cross of st. George,
which 10 Of gold with a fine medallion
q st. George Staying the dragon. The
Russian Order of the Cross of st.
Catherine II In 1853.
The French Cross Of the Legion of
Honor was ordained by Napoleon the
Great, and he also decreed that every
should have the additional distinction
Of receiving q military salute from Of
ncers. non-commissioned officers and
privates.
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\ a dispatch from
Ghent, dated Sep
tember 8. 1t was
r e p ort e d that
B ur g o m a s t e r
Braun had COM
pl e t e d negotia-
tions with the
commander of the
G e r m a n troops
threatening that
city. All the con-
ditions of the
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Interesting Galleries
and Museums in the
War Zone-The Mas
terpieces in Paris Gal
leries-In the Ruins of
Louvain Treasures
of Westminster Abbey.
Works of Old Masters
in Berlin and Other
German Cities.
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Light Harness Horses in Demand
IfWar with Mexico Breaks Out

ford. who has been training the horses
Of Wiessner Bros. Chase. Md, moved
his stable to the Driving Park durin;
the week. The story goes that Miller
has got another Alice n. 2.os IA. in his
recent purchase. Virginia Girl. a sister in
blood. She has paced an eighth for
Miller in fifteen seconds. the report is, z.
+. Hall thinks he has n good prospect
in four-year-old Red Princeps. that. he
has just got from Frank Tippetts.
Hall also thinks he has a sure enough
trotter In J. Henry, and says IL the Cum
mer gelding ever did have bees In his
brainpan, which he doubts. they have
hived elsewhere. n. J. Ward of this
city, shipped his two and three-year-old
trotters to Corbin last week and will 90
to Baltimore soon to see how they per-
form. ID. J. Mccarthy. these DAYS, is a
very busp man. Virginia Lass dropped
a horse colt during the week to Marc
hand, son Of Moko and Krem Marie,
2:H IA dam Of four, and Mac and the
foal have been giving pink teas ever
since. The colt is a big one for his age,
red chestnut in color, with a blaze in
the face. and a white sock on its right
hind leg. As the Moko's are the reai
thing in trotting circles. and. as Virginia
Lass is Virginia Maids last foal, Mac
Is In genuine luck.
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acknowledgements Match.

In the Harlan McCammon match both
PLAYERS went out in 4S and returned in
% and "a. respectively, the last two holes
not being played. Harlan got beautiful
on the fourth hole C525 yards, which
is one under par. The cards follow:
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LEVI. b. / rp.


FOURTH SIXTEEN
Semi-fnals-J. H. Clapp Chevy Chase. defeated
A. l. Hswes Richmond, Va, By ! no. % hoaes
W. c. Mendeihan Chevy Chase, by up.
Final rcund-y. H. clapp defeated W. C. Mendei-
hall By MP and s.
CONSULTATIONS
FIRST SIXTEEN.
seminnak-A. s. Msttingiy. Columbia. defeated
H. NJ Clements. Philadelphia, By up and .; I'd
ward Harlan. Columbia. defeated John c. David
son Columbia. by up and l.
Final rnnd-A. S. Mattingiy defeated Edward
Harlan BY up.
SECOND SIXTEEN
sezni-hnals-J. ID. Casseis. Chevy Chase, defeated
J. 4. Baines Columbia, by mp; W. o. Gilbert.
Columbia, defeated A. B. Shelton. Columbia. By S
up and 4.
Final round-w O. Gilbert defeated j. D. c..el.
BY Sup and 2
THIRD SIXTEEN
Semihnais-E H. LOTUS. Chevy Chase defeated
J. w. Childress. Chevy Chase. b. up and q holes;
L. ID. Underwood. Columbia. defeated @. A. Rankin
Bsnnockburn, By up and J.
Final round-Es II. Lotus defeated L. D. Under
wood b. Up.
FOURTH SIXTEEN.
Seni-hnals-Hughes oliphant. Chevy Chase. de
feated A. ]. Cummings. columbia. b. 4 up and );
Irving Z Smith. Columbia, defezted J. g. No
CuIum. Cherry Chase. BY 4 up and J.
Final ruundI. l. Smith defeated Hughes OIL
plant by up and 6.
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ENTRY BLANKS
ARE NOW READY
Athletic Committee Of hide
pendence Day Celebration
Announces Events.

Entry blanks for the municipal track
and field events to be run on Indepen-
dencc Day on the Monument Grounds be-
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
northwest. Saturday. July next, have
been prepared and are available for the
athletes OF Washington The games win
start promptly at $50 O'Clock the morn
ing Of July 4. aDd one Of the army
bands win be on hand to lend interest
to the occasion The following are the
events which have been arranged by the
athletic committee. of which C. Edward
Beckett Is chairman.
EvENTs-oPEN HANDICAP.
Ioo-yard dash. novice scratch Chose
who have not won a prize In any run
ming events in open games; loo-yard
dash, open to all competitors; tp-yard
run. SSo-yard run: two-mile run: Running
high jump: running broad jump; putting
l2-pound shot.
Relay races for the championship ele-
mentary schools Washington Playground
Relay teams must be composed Of boys
who have competed on relay teams in the
elementary schools championship games
Relay races in the following classes.
teams composed of four boys and two
substitutes: Thirty-five pounds, $50 yards;
100 pounds, 40 yards; lis pounds, 40
yards; unlimited weight. $50 yards.
In all events contestants must be ANA
terrs. in accordance with the definition
used by all amateur athletic bodies and
residents of the District Of Columbia
No entry fee charged any contestant.
All entries must be handed in in per-
son at spalding's. s13 Fourteenth street
northwest, not later than Saturday,
June q.
The personnel Of the athletics commit
tee IL as follows: c. Edward Beckett.
chairman; william B. Hudson. NJ d.:
David E. Garages. c. Earl Smithson, and
Edgar S. Martin
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by L. D. SALE.

ny L. ID. SALE.
War with Mexico will make huge drafts
on American horsefesh.
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~ - -. W., tn hose hs.,
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Most of these horses were bred with
the hope of getting speed enough TO
race; but. as only small percentage
OF horses annually bred for racing pur-'
poses do race satisfactorily. the remainder
must necessarily be used in other ways
for the road. farm, and for work in
towns and cities. The motorcar is grad
uaIIv eliu,in ting the horse for ni,reIy
road purposes, but should war with Next
co be declared there will be urgent de-
mands for him, II he be sound and not
understood. Il
ssss
II the United States declares war with
Mexico, and the war lasts longer than a
few weeks or months, there will arise
a demand for horses Of the right type
that the government will find It hard
to fill While the climate of Mexico is
not as torrid, nor as enervating as that
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HANDICAP COMPETITION.
KILLED IN DUEL.

Havre. France, May 1s.-In q pistol bat
tie between police and two murderers in
the street here today. one of the latter
was killed and the second surrendered.
The murderers, known as Fruitz and
Lambert. had killed chauffeur in Col
mar. Alsace. and fled here with the in
tention of taking passage to New York.
Fruitz was killed.