New Britain herald., 1914-04-25
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or thirty years ago
 0 was one of the best known sporting men
 f- in Connecticut. His &j name was Edward
 Hyland but those who knew him never called him anything but Red" His hair at one time was inclined to be of that color, but of late years it was srayish, but it's owner never grew old
 in either heart or spirit. He was all
 ways Red" Hyland and would sit down and talk of horse racing and
 sprinting as long as he had an au- dience. He was we'll informed on those topics, too, and in his day knew how fast every sprinter in the sta te could run a hundred yards when un- der full steam. He attended all the handicaps in New England and always carried good sized wad, but whether he added to it or lost 1t all he wcs always the same Red Hyland, the same sport, as full of enthusiasm as ever and able to borrow enough to start all over again when he needed 1t. He won a great deal of money, but lost just as much and perhaps a little more, still he retained an in- ,terest in sprinters and running up to the day of his death. He will be remembered as the trainer of Frank Kane, who under his direction became the champion sprinter of Connecticut. New Britain had a number of fast sprinters at that time but Kane beat them all. It was Red" Hyland who really brought him out and it was he who was back of him when he beat Herbert Rigney of Waterbury at Charter Oak park, winning the cham Ctot a
 wonderful race, greater even than the one in Philadelphia when Kane beat Eddie King of this city who it was thought would win the handicap, but he went down to defeat before Bennett of Wallingford and later Rigney, the latter saying that he would not make any effort to win and Kane, who was then growing fat, did not train and when they came on the track Rigney announced that he was going to do his best and won the race. There was a lot of local money lost on that contest. Hyland was back of Kane when he ran against Jake Thomas at Ira park, the latter winning without any apparent trouble and also capturing the ham, dicap. He proved to be a ringer" a man named Wagner, one of the fast est ment in the country. The prize money was withheld from him for a few days but it was finally paid him and with a snug sun ne won in bets he left New Britain with a grin over the way he had hoodwinked the local sports. Frank Kane was 8 great lit tie runner and until he began to put on flesh there was nothing in the state that could beat him. As he be- gan to lose speed "Bunce" Flynn of Southington put in an appearance and so did Dan" Budd of Meriden who went over to England and won a handicap. Hyland had a brother who was a trainer or college athletes He died several years ago.
 The report is that there is dis position among some members of the common council to cut off the salary of the members of the board of pulp lie works and ask citizens to serve for the love of the city. The day for that kind of service has passed in New Britain, never to be reestablished. When men worked for the, city for nothing 1t was in it's early days when the population was small and when there was comparatively little to do in the way of city business. When consolidation went into effect the l board of public works, with no sal ary attached to the membership, ex- l cept that of the president of the board, was compelled to meet from | two to three nights a week, usually ! until midnight and sometimes later, 1 in order to act on the matters that came up for action. It was like be- 1 ginning all over new and the council | hot not be expected to perform such ser l vice without compensation. The 1 meetings are not as numerous now as they used to be but the business to be 1 transacted has increased, it requires men of judgment to do it and they cannot be obtained for nothing. There is no other department in New Brit
 ain that has so much work to do as ! the board of public works and it
 would be not only unwise, but decid- i edly unfair to ask men to do it with l out compensation. There does not
 seem to be any difficulty in obtaining
 men to serve on boards that meet
 only about once a month. but it 1 would be difficult to obtain efficient
 men to serve on boards which meet
 every week as does the present
 board. It has often been said that i important city work should be paid 1 for and the truth of this statement
 becomes more apparent as the city I grows and its business increases
 There have been times when there
 was talk of paying a salary to the I members of the common council, but
 this has been drowned upon and just l ly so, but the time Is coming when
 salaries will have to be paid to more
 officials than at present and the reason
 for it is the growing disposition o1