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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
Veteran Builder of Speed ways Gives Views on Re- gently Constructed Tracks and Races Thereon
SAYS BIG ENTRANCE
 FEES MUST NOT BE
 TAKEN FROM DRIVERS
Declares That Sheepshead Bay Race Just About Paid Expenses and Other Big Races Lost Money

''The day of the 35O-mie and 5o0-mile s. c"Jack'D Prince pioneer builder of wood tracks for bicycle motorcycle and automobile racing. The Sheepshead Bay race was most tiresome to the spec tators after the first 15o miles was cov- cred. and only the fact that new world 8 record was hung up saved the day. /
 Likewise, the construction of huge rac- ing plants involving expenditures rang ing from s1,0o0,OOO to Sl,OOooO0 is a thing of the past. The long distance automo- bile race craze and the extravagant idea of constructing speedways can be lilSened to the war stock craze now prevalent in the cast The comparative smallness of the Sheepshead Bay money receipts and the elimination of four-fifths of the best cars and fayorite drivers before the fin ish of the race, was the one thing needed to open the eyes of the public to the fact that of the seven big speedway plants in the country, only two have q chance to more than pay running expenses. The fortunate two were constructed on an economical basis and require no huge sums each year for interest, taxes and maintenance
 Another reform that must come to pass before automobile racing on a large scale Will be successful is in the matter of subsidizing the starters in these big races rather than squeezing them for ex- orbitant entrance fees. The famous driv- CTS and their equally famous mounts draw the people into the speedway gates No one will pay good money just to look at a speedway. When these great drivers enter an announced race and their names are used to exploit and advertise the race. they certainly deserve to be insured against q total failure to par ticipate in the prize money on account of some mechanical defect over which they have no control. The promoter poclI- cts the gate money drawn into the strong box by the names and reputa- tions of the drivers. and the driver gam bles everything on the chance of nos having a flaw in q piece of steel.
 When such famous pilots as Resta, Cooper, Burman, DePalma, Rickenoaeker Wilcox, Atllen Mulford. Pullen, Porpo- rato. and other noted drivers, gave up weeks of preparation at big expense and suddenly found themselves "out of the money" the situation must have provided much food for thought.
 "m the speedways in which l am in terested, 1 shall certainly insist in the future that each driver starting in oui
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
DAY OF $50 AND 5OO-MILE AUTO
 RACE ENDED, AYS JACK PRINCE

events be given a substantial bonus to insure him portion of the money he has drawn in our box office. The prize money the more fortunate ones will receive will certainly provide suf- 1lcient incentive for each man to try to outdo the other. Otherwise, surf . clent cars for competition will not be found at the end of another year.
 The board track is the only surface Tor a motor speedway. Seven years ago 1 pleaded with the promoters Of the Indianapolis speedway to permit me to construct board track for them They refused and built at an ultimate cost of $750,000 and two and a half mile track which has never shown as hlgh speed as was shown repeatedly over one-mile board oval l construct ed at Los Angeles in 1910. Last year Dulit In Des Moines a one-mile board track, highly banked over which Ralph DePalma in Stutz showed mile at the rate of 103 miles an hour. My next speedway at St. Joseph, Mo-, will be one and half miles around and l am guaranteeing the speedway com pany that a speed of 115 miles an hour Will be shown on it within two months after it's completion
 TO invest more than Sl50O0O in an automobile speedway Is the height of folly The receipts at Sheepshead Bay amounted to $225.000. With the $50, 1000 purse offered the money winners. the actual expense of running the first meet without figuring overhead charges, interest, taxes, etc, surely amounted to $175000. It does not take lightning calculator to figure the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

PREPAREDNESS PROGR RAMMF
 INCLUDES EXTENSIVE ROADS

That military preparedness for de- fense includes extensive roads con- struction. viewed from the standpoint of the country as a whole, is made apparent in sentiment which comes from the Atlantic seacoast, the Pacific slope and even the Gulf of Mexico.
 Recently the Alabama legislature unanimously passed joint resolution prepared by John Craft of the state highway department, and of course as- sented to by Governor Henderson, which calls upon the President and Congress of the United States, ito take such steps as in their wisdom appears to be most expedient to bring about at the earliest possible moment the construction of a national system Of good roads" Il is set forth in the pre- amble that "a great war now being waged in Europe demonstrates that national system of good roads is es- sentlal to the successful protection of country in the event of war"
 At the recent Pan American Roads congress in Oakland, Cal, among the resolutions adopted was one in which the congress recommended ito the Con- gress of the United States the advisa- bility of Investigating the necessity of building a hard surface highway along the Pacific ocean side, from Mexico to British Columbia, and other na- tional highways to be used as military and commercial highways"
 Earlier in the year at meeting of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

ultimate finish" of such expeDsiyely constructed plants. The Chicago speea- way is mortgaged for S1,0UO,OOO Its hrst meeting with tremendous attend. ahce, Just about made actual expenses ana two subsequent meets lost money cf Minneapolis there is still a worse tale to be told. The laborers are be slesing the speedway office daily clam orlng Tor wages due before the open ing or the course on September 4
 ihe promoters of these expensively constructed speedways base their ar gument and prospectus on the success or the Indianapolis speedway during it's nrst three annual 50O-mile races The Indianapolis course then occupied A unique position in the sport and that It's success in 1912. 1913 and 1914 will never be repeated Is my guess
 I have been at this game since it's inception, and l should know what I am talking about. Economically and intelligently constructed speedways operated economically and intelligent- ly after they are built, will be the only survivors. And cooperation between the speedways and the drivers in the way Of scheduling events at distances at which drivers will be enabled to send their cars through the entire race and giving these same drivers a share Of the money whether they win, lose or draw" is the only solution of the problem
 And the successful speedways will be only those adoptiong such a policy and managed by men of experience rather than visionary stockselling scheme promoters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
CAN'T SPARE EVEN
 ONE AXLE FOR TEST

peculiar condition confronts the makers of internal gear drive axles in
 this country Some little time ago ten tative arrangements were made for a very comprehensive test of several types of axles of this kind. The tests were to have been made in an eastern laboratory especially fitted for work or that kind but a few weeks ago when the word came the apparatus was ready canvass of the manufacturers or internal gear axles showed that not a one of them could spare single axle at this time. Everyone is work ing up to the full capacity of his plant and the tests have accordingly been postponed until more favorable time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

incidence of the purchaser driving his car home from Northampton, Mass. He passed through Syracuse Here's the Wire we received a few minutes later: New Rec six just passed through syracuse going west. Must be plenty of them. Why don't we get ours?
 We are shipping more than our usual number for this season of year." says MT Rueschaw, but seems as if there was no satisfying the demand. Sometimes I despair of every supply ing it, but at that it indicates a won derful condition in the country when people everywhere are crying for cars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
Bean Shooter Blinds Boy
the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Bennington, Vt.-Walter Ho1lister, will lose the sight of one eye as the resl of stealing grapes from the garden Charles P. Oatman, and a specialist the Troy hospital claims there is lit hope for saving the other eye
 With a single barrel shotgun loaded wi peas. the owner of the property shot the boy at about 20 feet distance, t shot striking him in the face. Oatm claims the discharge was accidental.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

or the Maine Automobile association, the chairman of the state highway commission contended that the first federal money spent in that state should be in connection with a sys- tenn or roads paralleling the coast, to serve particularly in case of military necessity
 At the October meeting of the exec utive board of the American Automo- bile association with President John A. Wilson presiding. a resolution was passed at the suggestion of Chairman Diehl of it's national good roads board. that the A. A. A. respectfully asks the Congress in its consideration of federal aid in good roaos to the several states to bear in mind that highways constructed in seacoast and border states should possess a relationship to the military preparedness of the coun- try which is demanding such wide spread attention.'
 The state and local clubs of the American Automobile association are calling to the attention of their rep resentatives in Congress this action of the national automobile body and also asking that bill shall be passed pro- viding for an annual federal approprf. on the basis of area, population and road mileage, to be supplemented by a like amount of money from the states and the total to be expended on post and military roads selected through the cooperation of the respective state highway departments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
Not a Model Husband

From the Louisville Courier Journal
 Our romance began in a most TO- mantle way. My wife saved me from drowning. She's a magnificent swim mer. you know"
 "I notice that you don't go out very far now"
 'No. I don't know if she would save me again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

ably accounts for the great numbers that are now being sold to women.
 Instead of luxury only indulged in by people of wealth the automobile has developed into q practical necessity This is particularly true in the vast farming sections of the country. Statistics show that the farmers are largest purchasers of motor cars, yet they are the last people on earth to spend money fooishly They do not invest in a car merely for the pleasure part of it last. The aver age farmer looks upon the automobile as time and money saver that will permit him to accomplish more work in less time than a team of horses
 Tn the cities the motor car has be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

come almost indispensable to doctors and professional men. It enables them to make more calls in a day than they could in a week if they had to depned on horse trolley car as means of transportation. Statesmen. collectors, and in fact all outdoor business men are using the motor car to facilitate their work
 Every city and town in the country can boast of its quota of cars, but the present owners constitute only a snalI proportion of the possible purchasers. This sevidenced by the fact that dealers are continually oversold no matter how large their allotments from the factory"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

habit among boys Of carrying such liter.
ature around in their pockets. 1t is per-
niclous literature, because it presents.
under an illusion Of real life and actual
facts and persons, pictures Of herosm
and of daredevil crime that is unheard
OF except in the pages Of these worthless
stories.
The effect is the creation in the boys
mind of wholly abnormal way Of living.
which seems to him wholly admirable.
His mental imagery comes to be in
spired altogether by these false and ur-
worthy ideals. SO that he is out of SYM
pathy with the hum-drum affairs and peo-
pie in actual life When he runs away
from home to be a bandit, detective or
an Indian fighter his family are at a loss
to account for it. Through timidity he
usually adapts his dime-novel ideals to
uses nearer home. He becomes a terror
to the neighborhood, lies, steals and may
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

Boys during the period of adolescence
are apt to be representative. Criticism
irritates them and punishment may make
them quite reckless. Family quarrels,
any sort OF uncongeniality at home dis
turbs them apparently beyond reason, so
that they may seek the society Of COM
paratiVe strangers and be easily inf1u
cnccd into wrongdoing
Boys live in mental world created by
powerful impressions received in various
ways. That which is unfa miliar and for
hidden creates lasting Impressions and
affects character. 1t is easy to learn from
many young and old offenders that one of
the chief formative influences Of their
careers lay in the cheap novels, dealing
largely with bandit and detective life in a
high-colored fashion, which they were in
the habit Of devonring to the exclusion OF
every kind Of literature.
Every one knows how prevalent Is the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

do worse. He may have been led into all
this by his own mental imagery, stimu.
lated by constant reading of unwholesome
literature
Dellnquents Of this type are vain
glorious and very knowing. rafting on
10 the examining expert like this:
Iheres no kind of n lock or a boy
am. us theatres all the time, that's me.
LOOK lessons on the riano for three
years, but forgot ii ALL I'll tell Won the
KIND OF fellow am. I'm n fellow who
Is not going to let anybody get ahead Of
me. shot couple Of kids once. One
OF mem was trying to steal one of my
chickens. I'd knife or stab anybody be-
lore ia let them get ahead of me- A
sporting life is the life for me- You can
only live once, and you might as we'll
die now"
This was boy who had had every
opportunity, was strong and capable,
more than ordinarily intelligent. He sim.
ply would not be controlled. He was
quite willing to tell all about himself
when arrested for thieving:
Did ] go with a bad bunch when
was kid? Well. should say. WHY.
they're all in States Prison or The re-
tormatory now One got three years in
the band house. Say, did you ever hear
OF the street bunch? or maybe the I,
street gang? What else could Teller
40! didn't have no father. My mother
ana then it's stealing Did bum?
Well should say! When l did start
truancy, tell you ] did, One four
months did not go single day. When
see any KIDS get into trouble I can give
them good advice-don't start bumming,
and keep away from the bad bunch"
mental Imagery and mental conflict
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

lions responsible for the existence Of a
majority of the bad boys and girls
brought to the attention of juvenile de-
Nnquency experts.
inheritance Of an excess of energy NAV
DE a cause of Juvenile delinquency as we'll
as hereditary physical and mental dc.
reefs Excessive energy is usually
accompanied by much self.will and self.
assertion, with resentment OF any sort of
restraint If the father happens to be of
s me same type there is apt to be much
~; lion ana pad temper over the situa-
ton. This crops up in the investigation
Nhen the boy relieves his mind to the
expert he will say:
don't see why father thinks I'm so
pau, since he's just like me- I'm not
weak. I'm strons-and I do just as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

majority OF them would have been
spared that fate if, at the beginning of
their delinquent practises, they had been
understood"
10 come to thoroughly understand a
pad boy is not an easy task Even if his
commence is gained and he expresses
hlmseN frankly and without reservation.
there are important facts 10 be learned az
which the boy himself probably knows
nothing. The circumstances of his en-
vlronment, of his home life, the mental
and moral status Of his parents and other
members OF his family, distant heredity
influences, childhood development. illness
and injuries and social experiences-all
these have TO be weighed and considered
as part OF the complex thing called per-
sonality.
Next in Importance to the matter OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

satisfied interests, including misuse or
nonuse OF special abilities, &c.
III this analysis defects OF heredity ap-
peared SOP times as probable factors, but
not once as the main cause Of de!in-
qUcncy: showing that while defects Of
body. or mind. or character that are in
hcritcd have n certain bearing in every
case, environment, family conditions, So
Cial experiences, mental obsessons and
so on are more important Aas direct
causes.
a general cause Of greatest Importance
is poverty. The huddling Of large fam
lies Of children in few rooms in tene
lncnts crowded with other large families,
which necessarily increases the chances
Of association with the cons,itutionaly
coprnvcd and intcrferes with observation
OF the common decencies Of life, besides
emphasizing temptations toward dishon-
csty, deceit and theft, these are condi.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

90 "''''i'iit piODdD Is the
usually secret mental life of the
had hoy. 1t is an axiom of the
experts that all conduct is di-
rectly an expression OF mental
HE. OFTEN a hoy begins his ap-
parently ineNplica BILE career OF
Wrongdoing because of some un-
wholesome idea that obScsses him
lie dwells constantly upon that
idea, Vlsualizing il, worrying about
II secretly until he loses his grip
on what is normal and wholesome.
!! his confidence can be gained
ana he unbosoms himself OF the
whole matter its hold upon him
ranishes and the battle for his
reformation is virtually won.
Inc comparative frequency of
different underlying causes for
bad behavior in boys and girls are
probably OF some interest to pa
rents; but as Or Healy says, sta
tistics will never tell the whole
story. statistics form an in
ieresting, though not the most
valuable, feature oi mis- volume
entitled, The Individual Delin-
qucnt,' recently published by
Little, Brown Il Company. Bos.
ton GU, OF S2% cases the causa-
tive factors are distributed as fol-
lows:
Mental abnormali,ics and pc.
cullaritics, 45o, defective home
conditions, including alcoholism,
lc2; mental conflict Gas referred
10 aboyel. IS; improper expert
ences and habits. 46; bad com
panions, 81, abnormal physica /
conditions, including excessive d.
vclopmcnt, 40; defective or UNI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

Copyright 1915. by the Star Company
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-11-05
AS TO THE BEST BREED OF HOGS
FOR THE FARMER. IS

The question is often asked What
u the best breed Of hogs?" In an
swering this question. 1t may be said
there is no breed Of hogs that is
''best" for every farmer. That
which is best for one may not be
best for another. In q general way,
the bets hog is the one the farm
ar likes, provided OF is what his
market demands. Should his mark
ct want hog # the bacon type. then
one or the other Of the breeds Of
that type would be best In his case.
On the other hind, should the most
marketable be fat, or ard. hog.
then the most profitable animal for
him to raise would be one or other
Of the lard types.
This Is matter which the farmer
will have to lecide for himself.
After the farme.. has decided upor
the breed Of hogs which he believes
to be the best and most profitable
for him to raise, however, he should
then stick to that breed and endeav-
or to develop it % its mot perfect
condition.
There has been tendency, up to
the present, to change breeds fire.
Quently. and upon the slightest sug-
gestion, whether with apparent rea-
son or otherwise, before adequately
determining the suitability Of each
a. to the needs Of the farmer. or
the requirements Of his market
This is to be deprecated, as 1t Is not
possible to get the most oht Of q
breed by continually rhanging from
one to another.
The most famous individuals, and
the most famous herds Of animals,
have been built up, developed and
perfected only by sticking to the
breed and getting the most out Of it.
There 10 plenty OF room, and sale,
for all the different breeds of hogs;
but it Is useless for an individual to
try to raise. and bring their most
perfect development, all Of them.
In the opinion Of the writer, there
will be an increasing demand In the
State for pure bred hogs Of all kinds
for breeding and grading purposes;
and those who make q specially, each
Of his own particular breed, will reap
the benefit Of increased prices Tor
Of the highest excellence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-11-05
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