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Who has n just stick to h.s job -"
But. General | interrupted. the
civilians cain you are paying the OIL
r7rs higher salaries than they received
and higher than the law allows 10
army officers"
That Is LOT ga he exploded. THE
army officers paced IN positions the
civilians 1T vacant have no; been
paid higher salaries, and whom = Lieu
tenant is paid higher wages than his
grade calls for it is because ne il filing
a civilians job at the civilians salary.
and II a Captain does a Majors work
i'm, he entitled to IA Majors pay? b.
cause he has a Captains straps on his
uniform, does that make his work any
cheaper?
"lool: at me- Can You lind "A re-
Spo H.b!c man N he States To n my
i~US.t!un for Slo.GOo a year? It's
worth $4,000 n year just 10 put up
w,,h the little ~anuoy1uces come
across every day and the c-i,icisms I
have TO put up with, and the pol. teal
influences ! have To- fight to prevent
making this canal a dumping ground
FOR favorites of political pYeformcut.
why. | could 20 to the states and
set a bigger salary any time | wanted
to, but I'm SIMPLY Gocthals OF the
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canal hurt by a few avaricious mer-
chants and have the one given a bad
name.
I'VE sell ice for 80 cents a hundred
pounds because we can do so and
make a reasonable profit. We make
Is cents a ton OF coal. which is fair
and at the same time facilitates the
passage of ships, which is what the
canal Is for. The stores phase OF the
business Of the Panama Railroad Is
small. hut as long as ! am Governor of
the Canal Zon I do not intend TO
permit ship or masters to be
fieeced by greedy owners. II the
Panaman merchants will meet our
prices they will get the business
we're not here to hinder them In the
least.
This canal IL a big problem unused
the General, gazing out of the window
over Balboa Heights, the new city In
course OF construction. toward the
docks at Balboa. II suppose thereIl
he a civil government here some time.
hut l know the hest service can be
given by the military authorities. This
whole zone should he a distinct mill
tary reservation. for II is the KEY to
the commercial and military suprem-
acy of the Western Hemisphere
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OF our men lay delirious with the
fever and the hot trop.c sun pouring
down, They were up at Empire and
ought to have ice, | sent to Panama
for ice. and do you think those sharks
would let us have II at a reasonable
price? Not at al. They demanded
cash and SO for 100 pounds. and En-
pire miles away and half Of the ice
would he gone by the time 1t reached
our sick boys. They would not deliver
il for less, and then we had to trans
port It ourselves from Panama to
Empire.
They charged us %eXorbitant prices
for everything, they robbed the m
ployees when they bought anything in
town. The Gringoes could pay and
they did. and wei, too. From that
time ! resolved that never would we
or anybody else he held up for other
necessities Of life. So We had our own
ice plant and our W stores system.
We have begun selling to the ships at
reasonable prices. We don't prevent
the Fanaman merchants from doing
likewise. and our selling merely acts
as "A preventive Of mulcting the ship
owner, which of course the unscrup-
ulous merchant doesn't like. ! don't
intend 10 have the business OF the
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Canal Xurc, 4 soldier who knows his
duty aud sticks on the job where heis
needed. Yes, and there are a lot Of
other officers putting up with a lot of
~aunuSauC,s In this pcsky climate when
they could make more money in some
other line IN IN" States. and they re.
Du'a, simply because II is their duty.
And | want to add there are n lot
Of civilians doing tn" same thing, who
could gct more money in the States,
hat they feel they " a duty to their
country right here. and here they stay.
~ don't hear them complaining, do
YOU?
This isn't the first time I've heard
80 "a fcN disgruntlcd civilians com
p.ain.ng. They are in some respects
Ike 4 lot Of children the weather
"cts nn their nerves Do you know,
we formerly kept the electric current
~ a. day and night? Why, | actually
found electric light burning all day in
many houses, the inmates being either
900 careless or too lazy to turn them
out. because the light was free they
iigurcd it didn't cos the Government
anything. To ave expense | had to
have the power turned off during GER
tain hours on certain lines. Immedi-
atciy there was "a complaint about au-
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Vosburgh, Official Handicapped, Sustains Public Interest
in the Game by Clever Adjustment of Weight,
Thus Keeping Breeding Farms Going

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6 rh.rnn,on pn,,an -.
d,,on ,,,ar ,ho ,nnun.omon ~ Oh,
u,a,,b,, a,d ,hor,for. au,om,,ioai.y
,coL -, -, ,d5od acc ,oupas n,aLin.
hi, ,,oi,h, ,ao 10 sid moi, .,,r,
rha nni,i,,n,, ,,a,n,, 90 49, aarr.,
Il, ,u s,ooniochnso a,a,,s e. ,ao
-.
Im No., u,o,ch, h,,a,,,,s ,ho ,o,,i-
as, i,n,ns, mts, lo iao nnnnds Tha,
ru,o h,s c,uaed much cnmni.ipiry hv
,ho ,nnnrnn, via, tho hond,canro
cn,,tdors ,hc hos, horse mic, ,,rrv
,hat yo,.b, and .n,,otino, in IN. caso
~ Mid class horses drawn to,o,hor
I'm .,,ch an ovont 4, seoms sto,gor,,o
~ .a,dtc,,nor bo, 40 o,,orna,i,.o
Nav yanrs 400 tho rac,,,
,i,. dsyised what ia Lnowr no h
u,oi.h, ,n, -, ~.c,oduia ,ha, 4, ,hav
dtow mn a scale of weiyh,s IN no car,
rl.d 81, certain speciaed times NJ tho
r,cIrc ,c,snn hv bor,os 80 cor,,,n ,yos
racing a snecised distance
81 n.v ycrv It,,e attention IN that
sc,,o :, s,id Mr. vosh,rgh "r ,h,nr
wn have ou,yrnvr ~ ana tho, =, 10
unfair today To the older horses.
H,rsas ore raced harder TODAY ,h,n
-they were whom I, WAS adonted az
tho time th,v are saw I, ve,rs OH
much nf their racing nower has h.en
taken out Of Thorn. Under tho ola
Scale they must concede weight IN
younrcr horses although their ,s,wers
arc wnnirp I, 10 upfoir"
1t may he added tina some time ago
Mr.. Nosburgh drew up n new scale Of
weights which IL now in the hands OF
the Jockey Club officials. 1t is not
Improbable that some day the new
scale may be ordained which will re-
move the hardships from the older
horse. In the meantime Mr.. Nos-
burgii. where the conditions do not
prescribe Otherwise. makes his own
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does not constitute all the horses that
have been entered in races or have
run In races during his official career.
He Il nothing to do with certain
races, such as those I'm which "condi-
tons as they are called. prescribe
the varying imposts, or where there is
u fixed weight for all entrants. He
has to 40 ONLY with tn, stakes. the
classics of the turf, the high weigh
and low weight handicaps and all the
other variations for them devised by
the acing association officials.
"Handicapping, by which We dis
cover what weight to impose on n
horse" he continued. "is based on the
form and the class of a horse, COM
pared with others against which he is
to run. BY form IL meant the physical
condition OF a horse Judged from his
most recent best race. by class"
he paused and smiled again, "weil. I
do not think ! have ever heard a
satisfactory definition of class but |
can illustrate It.
mo matter what may he the pedi-
gree, the breeding or the training of
a horse he falls into one OF four
classes Tor a reason no one has ever
been abe to- discover. These. classes
Cepend upon the weight ono class
should carry compared with the other
three classes that have IA winning
chance. Considering that ali the
horses were to run in y certain race
1t is judged that the first class can
carry from 100 to 1870 pounds. There
a.A ala -,.,. ~.u. So. A.
horses a year, IN this class. The mid
die class horses would have an impost
~ from ITO to 100 pounds. the third
from 100 to 10 and ihe fourth from
90 to 100 pounds. Cd,
"A horse wins his class for himself.
He may. pe the offspring Of the best
race horse and race mare Of their day
and yet fall into the fourth class. or
again, he may not have parents so
famous and he one OF the lords of the
turf. Arls:ocrat ~ commoner. he
finds HIS level-his class.
The weights ! have mentioned are
those which experience has aflNci
for al, the horses. As a matter Of fact.
| believe that the best horse in
training can give the worst horse as
high as sixty pounds the best OF tho
weights and heat him lsonomy, n
noted English racer. did 1t and won"
II Is further explained at this point
that in handicapping the Handicapped
has certain rules to observe in the
matter OF placing the weights, which
are rules of the Jockey Club. one liz
that in an races where the purse Is
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tocracy and despotism."
BY this time The General was warm
ing up to his subject. He leaned for
ward In his chair, his eyes swapping,
his hands moving emphatically and his
shoulders thrust forward in an ag-
gressive attitude.
Now, YOU spoke in the beginning
about the Panaman merchants be-
ing Disseminated against and treated
unfairly" he continued. The COM
missary stores Is "A branch of the Pan
anna Railroad Company, and although
] am president, | am not engaged in
the active management OF the COM
pany, which is the duty Of the vice.
president in New York. There are
times. however, when | have over
ruled some act or practice OF the rail-
road which VAS shown TO he not quite
proper. Although apparently part of
the Canal Zone government, II is a
separate and distinct corporation and
conducted as such, and mighty con-
vcnient ii Is. too.
These merchants who complain arc
suffering from their own misdeeds.
Let me tell you "A little back history.
When We came to the isthmus and had
to fight not only the forces of nature
hut yellow and typhoid fever some
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MILLIONS INVESTED IN HORSE RACING
REST LARGELY ON ONE MANS JUDGMENT

resulted. with the aid Of a memory
which Is spoken Of as marvellous, In
his being able to repeat the name Of
every winner Of the English Derby
from 1926 down to the present. with
such details as weight and In cases in
cidents OF the rae II IL said he a
10 the same for the Suburban, Brook
lyn Handicap. Futurity and other
American classics. This Is not lone
merely as a feat Of memory. but be-
cause he knows the strains that pro-
duced those winners, the history OF
the horses, their capabilities and ulti-
matcly the fate OF the bygone cham
pions. He was still In his teens when
he became an authority on race
horses, and II was before he was
20 that he became an editor Of the
old Spirit OF the Times, in its day an
authority also. He went to work for
hat publication in 1881 and was
working still. varying his abors by
contributions to other publications on
the scientific phase Of racing, when
the late John A. Morris founded Nor
ris Park. Mr.. Morris wanted nj FIX
pert Handicapped to allot the weights
for the horses which should run at his
park, and he retained Mr.. Vosburgh.
Monmouth Park was still in its glory
along the Jersey coast and d.. D..
withers, the controlling factor there.
engaged him for similar work when
1t was perceived how successful he
was. The other associations followed.
and since then, whether 1t was new
Belmont Park. revived Saratoga or
what not. Mr.. Vosburgh has been the
Handicapped.
The difficulty Of the work." re-
peated Mr.. Vosburgh. yes, there are
difficulties. and twenty-six years have
not smoothed them. Sometimes II
keeps me ut work until 2 or 3 o'clock
in the morning. and the records I
must consult would fill two trunks.
1T would I've rather easy, I suppose.
IL the same horses raced together all
the time under the same conditions.
We would have direct evidence to aid
us. am sorry to sal that seldom
occurs. Let us take. for instance. that
A. b. c. d, +. &C.. are entered in a
given race 1t is for four-year-olds
and upward. with the distance n
mile. The records show that a a
never run n mile III n race, Is mas not
raced since his two-year-old season.
e has raced only in England. comes
from the West and one has never met
the other before.
1T Is necessary for the Handicapped
10 take a long. tedious, circuitous u
He must handicap by class shown and
by lines az they are called. endeavor-
ing to get the capabilities Of each
horse with reference to the others by
studying their races with still other
horses which have raced with still
other horses. some OF which may have
raced with the other entrants In the
race. That takes hours"
Mr.. Vosburgh was asked whether he
ever sympathized With some OF the
horses upon which he has imposed
very heavy weights. The Handicapped
must not allow himself to sympa-
thize." he replied. "Per~og al feelings
should not enter into his calculations"
He instanced Ralnapn upon which
finally he put $50 pounds; Reliable.
who carried immense weight: Roseben,
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the first reason why | prefer a mill
tary or naval man in "A position of re-
spocs.O!.ity. Again, he Ia apt - fol-
low instructions without ;rying to
change tho.n To sU.; his own conccp-
tons. Thirdly, II is mighty important
20 have military and r-va, officers in
the Canal Zone who are fam..lar with
every phase o; it. SO that in case of
war they are especially fitted to take
charge OF its defence.
This canal should be considered
just as much a military acl rava.
necessity Ia the United states as -
commercial necessity. Now, as for
discriminating against tho civilians in
favor u: the military or naval officers
there .a nothing in il. Ii : true thl,
when "A civilian left his . ps.i.on ! of.en
put an crmy or navy ut.i'Cr in CharEc.
sometimes at ,uwtr pay, hut never, !
am sure, at higher. selected him
FOR the very reasons mentioned before.
II | had chosen a civilian | would have
To sc.oct another one in a short time
or as soon as some railroad or irriga-
ton corporation in the States decided
they wanted him to work for them.
They couldn't take an army officer.
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timacics and friendships in racing
circles as other men do. He must. in
short. he a student or professor, a
mathematician in racing, detached
from all feelings, able to crush the
heart of the earnest thoroughbred that
vi wore plates without compunc-
ton. II his figures call for il. raising u
dog" to the stake class II that be on
the paper. working always with the
blind eXactness of Justice.
The ideal racing handicap would
result IN u dead heat between every
horse in tho race. whether they he
three or twenty. There never will he
such a rae with the last named num-
Der, or even with the average number
Of starters. While the imposition of
weights might be mathematically per-
feet so many things int, rvcne to upset
II. Horses are like humans. and their
moods vary with the hours. Jockeys
are sometimes V c inhuman, each
with his mood and his abilities.
Then there are the incidents of the
race" which can defeat the best horse
or aid the worst. Some one has said
there are Mt least forty such incidents.
which must be foreseen by one who
would pick "A winner. beginning with
running away In going tn the post or
losing the weight pad. So long az
those things exist, so long as horses
and Jockeys are not machines and race
tracks are not perfect; so long as the
incidents are possible the handi-
capper will be the basis for all who
lilo - nxpt sIAsr . a.. -
racing contest.
Mr. Noshurgh puts his best mathe-
matical powers in his handicaps and
leaves the rest to the fates. He will
tell you this himself II you can get
him to talk at all. He has beer doing
this for twenty six years. That will
give a very good line on him." to use
a racing phrase. Twenty six years at
the work on every great track in and
around New York. holding the fate
OF the greatest horses the country has
seen in his hands. alternately blessed
or mathematical by millions upon
millions OF men. and yet known by
sight even to so very few In a night
the big track owner. horse owner. the
big layer, the big player. are known
TO thousands in the grand stands or
upon the lawns and followed with en-
vious eyes. Only casually do the eyes
I ever rest upon the quiet. slender nan
in the Judges stand. whose powerful
field glasses never swcryc from the
horses In a race, or who spends. the
between whites making pencil notes in
a little black book.
Mr.. Nosburgh opened hat little
black hnnE after tho HlnGa nf tho Inst
racing day at Aqueduct and made a
tpid calculation in the small sharp
figures OF an expert accountant.
AT the end of the racing to-day |
had Handicapped 1870 horses; that
il. | had allotted wc.gh;s 10 chat many
hor:e in ny twonty-slN years of cN-
pericrcc," he sad with a littie smile.
He explains also that this number
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finally he was carrying 1876 pounds.
There have been other horses which
went in at light weights only to nnA
and yet weight went up on them.
Those powerful glasses are not useless.
There are some little game which
of curse l cannot prevent" he ex.
planned. In a race, for Instance,
where the top weight must be 1876
pounds a trainer has "A horse which
he wants to win. He knows that he
cannot win with the heaviest weight.
He goes to a friend with a better
horse, which, however. may u he n
form, and has that horse entered The
top weight must go on that horse,
The other horse gets in with lighter
weight. ON the appointed day the top
horse Is withdrawn; the other wns
How do the horses # to-day com.
pare with the horses Of the past?"
Il am not old enough yet to believe
that the old days were the hest. was
the smiling answer. The horses to-
day are just as go d, averaging
throughout. and the racing just rs
good as ii eve was. The public IN.
terest in racing is revivinc. | Judge
that by the number of horses offered
for handicapping. | Handicapped
10000 horses in 1903. the high ;.de
of racing, and only 500 in 1871 when
Il was lowest. Last year the number
was 5000 and this year that 'iggg"
will he increased. The increased or
revived public interest Is seen in he
H.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
Georgia Woman Is
Champion Farmer

A woman, and Georgia woman at
that, has won the farming champion
ship of the southeast. She is Mrs,
w. w. Monk, of Sylvester, who won
all three of the grand prizes for ag-
ricultural and domestic products of
fered by the Southern Ruralist at the
Southeastern fair.
The awards were made Thursday
afternoon. They were as follows:
$1O0 in gold for competing for and
taking the greatest number of sing
lie prizes; $50 for competing for and
taking the greatest number of single
prizes for farm products, and $50 for
competing for and taking the great
est unmber of prizes for domestic
products
Mrs. Monk lives on her farm at
Sylvester, but besides this she owns
and operates several other model
farms throughout the state.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
LIMIT Of LAW GIVEN
THE KING OF TIGERS
Twelve Months in Chain-gang,
Six Months in Jail
and $1,000 Fine

The blind tigers have been getting
1t hot and heavy in the Superior
Court this week and if some of them
get over it they will never look the
same again" as the saying goes.
Steve Dunn was given the hardest
rap when Judge Patterson sentenced
him to twelve months in the chain
gang, six months in Jail and fined
him $1,000. He didn't give him an
alternative of paying a fine and es-
Gaping Jail, or working out the fine
he must work the roads twelve
months, stay in Jail six months and
then he still will owe the state
$1,000.
Garfield Beattie, the blind blind
tiger, of Winnings was fined and
ordered to leave Cobb county under
a suspended sentence of twelve
months. Under the new law the sus-
pended sentence is indefinite so he
cant come back like he did once be-
fore. If he does he goes to Milledge-
vile for twelve months.
And there were many others that
got fines from a hundred or so on
down, as the advertisers say 'too
numerous to mention
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
JUNGLE BILLY DIES
At AGE OF rs YEARS
Mr.. w. J. Manning Buried At
Powder Springs Last
Sunday Morning

Mr.. w. ]. Manning died at his
home on the Powder Springs road
Friday afternoon, after a long ill
ness, in his 73rd year. He came to
Cobb from Chester, S. c., when he
was nine years old. He married Miss
Elizabeth Lindley who survives him
with one son, Mr.. Frank Manning
and two daughters, Misses Lula and
Sarah Manning.
DR.. J. H. Patton led in prayer and
spoke of his long acquaintance with
Mr.. Manning who had always i'm
pressed him as an ideal soldier and a
man of utmost worth in every way
to the community in which he lived.
He was a Confederate veteran OF
Phillips legion and a member of Ma
rietta Camp 1853 which attended the
funeral and stood at attention on
each side of the long drive from the
house to the street as the casket was
borne to the hearse.
The services were conducted by
Rev. A. J. Morgan, of Acworth, who
read accounts of the deaths of Jacob
and David and spoke from the text.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints" Mr.. Nor
gan had been Mr.. Manning's pastor,
when he was a young preacher, thir-
ty years ago and he mentioned that
he owed much to the friendship and
good influence of his dear friend who
had passed away from earth.
Mrs. Charlie Northcutt, Miss Arrie
White, Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Worley
sang Jesus Lover of My Soul" and
'In the Sweet Bye and Bye" The
pall-bearers were his nephews, Char
lie Edwards and Henry, John, Law
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
METHODIST PASTORS SALARY
INCREASED BY STEWARDS

At the meeting of the new Board
of Stewards of the Marietta Metho-
dist church last Monday night, the
Pastors salary was increased from
$500 to $4,000. And on next Sun
day afternoon, starting at two o'clock
the stewards and the missionary COM
mittee, will make canvass of the
entire church membership, to secure
pledges for the financial support of
the church during the new confer
ence year
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
Cobb Herefords
Win In Atlanta.

IN the show-window of Anderson
Brothers store there are 73 ribbons
representing prizes won recently nv
Mr. James 7. Anderson's herd of 75
Hereford cattle
from Memphis he brought II rib
Dons, from Birmingham II, from Ma
con 20 including one champion and
. firsts. From Atlanta he has 8 rib
oons IN a contest open to the world
IN which one of his Herefords won
over an imported bull. In the South
ern Division he has 23 ribbons. one
grand champion two champions and
s firsts.
Mr.. Mills McNeel recently bought
a farm nine miles above Marietta
and also herd of 40 registered Here
fords from Kentucky. He sold one
nlne-months-old bull which won
first premium in its class and be-
came junior champion and grand
champion. He is registered as Wood
ford End. Mr.. McNeel has his half
sister, Leila Woodford, Jr., who won
blue ribbon in the junior heifer
class.
There are other herds in Cobb
County but we have no details about
them at hand. 1t is gratifying to
see the great interest taken in cattle
raising and in securing such high
grade individuals for breeding.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1915-11-26
MRS. AlONzO cARTER'S
LONG ILLNESS FATAL
Death Came After Illness of
Three Months With
Typhoid Fever

The many friends of Mrs Alonzo
Carter were grieved to hear of her
death Wednesday Nov. 18th. She
had been sick over three months with
typhoid. During this long spell of
sickness she was cheerful, displaying
the qualities that endeared her to
nurse and friends.
Mrs. Carter was the daughter of
Mr.. ]. r. Daniel, and was raised in
Cobb county. She was a good Chris
tian, using her Influence for much
good Her sunny, genial disposition
won her many friends who will feel
her loss keenly.
Family, nurse, physician and
friends did all they could to lessen
her sufferings and restore her to
health, but God needed another an
gel and called her home.
The beautiful white casket was
covered with many lovely floral Off
erings.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
George Grow at Mt. Bethel and the
remains were inferred at that place.
The pall-bearers were Messrs.
Charlie and Hoyt Daniel, Roy, John
and William Carter.
A husband, father, one sister and
two brothers are left to mourn her
loss, besides a host of relatives and
friends.