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nifty Of making dessert.

nifty of making dessert. rb,,
"trench pudding" 1t is made e,or
broken biscuits, condensed milk ,a.i ui
little water added, slightly eavo..,
with mud-put into a cantesr
cooked over little spirit stove tro--I ..I
as ''Tommy's cooker"
"a firm in Blighty widely odvo,.,.
these cookers as Necessity so, ;,
men In the trenches. GullibIa ~
buy them-ship them to the Toro-,ip,
who, Immediately upon receipt of So,1'
throw them over the parapet. S.
times Tommy falls for the al -,
uses the cooker in dugout to tha a,
gust and discomfort Of the o-b., =.
cupants.)
/ This mess is stirred up In a tin o.,
allowed to simmer over the aa,n.-
from the cooker until Tommy did
that it has reached sufficient (cluar;l.s,
consistency. He takes his bayonet ana
I by means of the handle carries y
mess up in the front trench 70 COO,
! After 1T has cooled off he tries to ea, ;,
Generally one or two Tommias in
section have cast-iron stomacbs o-1
the tin Is soon emptied. Once | tasted
trench pudding, but only once.
In addition to the regular ration I,
sue Tommy uses another channel ;,
enlarge his menu.
In the English papers a 'Tonol,
Soldier" column is run. This Il 70.
the soldiers at the front who are snn
posed to be without friends or ,olp
tives. They write to the papers and
their names are published. Girls and
women In England answer them, and
Send out parcels of foodstuffs, c,ga.
rettes, candy, etc. I have known .
"lOnely" soldier to receive as many q,
five parcels and eleven letters In ops
J week. ..n
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CHAPTER VII.
Rations,

HatlonS.
Just doing off Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted in.
In Tommy's eyes lance corporal is
one degree below a private. In the
corporars eyes he is one degree above
a general.
He ordered me to go with him and
help him draw the next days rations,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
machine-gun section, lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw rations for the following day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains office)
slip showing the number of men en-
titled to rations, so there is no chance
of putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
he was burglar in civil life.
Then I spread the waterproof sheet
on the ground, while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the rations on it.
The corporal was smoking a fag, I
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking a fag.
How envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and real
lied that the first requisite of a non
commissioned officer on active service
Is diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed a
semlcircle around US after the corporal
mad called out, "Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written list Of the rations. Sit.
ting on the floor, using q wooden box
as table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted Of the fol
lowing:
Six loaves Of fresh bread, each loa,
, OF different size, perhaps one out Of
the six being as fiat as pancake. thu
result Of an army service corps mar
placing box of bully beef on It dur
Ing transportation,
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sons. he does not care to have light
ed cigarette in his rOuth.
Stretcher bearers carry fags for
wounded Tommies. When a stretcher
bearer arrives alongside of Tommy
who has been hit the following conver-
sation usually takes place: Stretcher
bearer-"Want q fag? Where are you
hit?" Tommy looks up and answers,
"Yes. In the leg"
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our billets and l had to get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
sue. Dinner consisted of stew made
from fresh beef, couple of spuds,
bully beef, Maconochie rations and wa
ter-plenty of water. There is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes.
After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trenches-'It can't be DONE" l slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was hOrrifed to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls of mud. Then he
poured in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
I thought he was taking an awful risk.
| Supposing the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour Of unsuc-
cessful efforts I returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet
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GET READY FOR
CANNING AND DRyrNc

Raleigh, June 21.-It is of ,-;taI ~,
portance that every housekeeper n
North Carolina begin to lay plans ,or
for canning or drying all Of The ,,y~ .,,r
plus perishable products which ~.
produced IN the war gardens this Wear
The Importance of this cannot ba
urged too strongly, states Director
B. w. Kilgore of the .Agricultpral
Extension Service, and, as long as tha
supply lasts, every housewife nav
obtain, free of charge, a copy Of ry
tension Circular II on Canning AVID
Preserving With All Recipes" and
Extension Circular so On DRIVING of
Fruits and Vegetables F,r Horne C,r.
sumption" These may be had upor
application to the Agricultural ry.
tt nsion Service at Raleigh, n. c. and
should be in the home of every Sousp.
wife in the State.
MORTGAGES SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the power and
authority contained in certain mortgage
by Henry Crawford and Jennie CraWfoyd
his wife, and recorded in the Office Of H.
Register of Deeds for Robeson county IN
Book A, Page 2S4. reference to which
iteieuy Hldue LOT CNe terms and condition;
thereof. default having been made in the
payment secured therein, will offer for sale
at public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, in front of the court house door in the
town of Lumberton, N. c.. at 12 o'clock nooa
| on Monday, July Is, 1918, the following de.
scribed real estate, to-wit:
Lot No. Z, situated in the town Of Rei
Springs, and being the same one sold to D. E
Mudd by R. C. Mullican by deed dated Feb
ruary 9th, 1913, and beginning at the corrg-
of lots Nos. 8, 6 and and W. B. Robeso1
running with said Robeson's line 100 feet to
| ditch and r. F. DeVane's line: thence WITH
| said ditch and DeVane's line 50 feet to L1.
No. 9; thence with said lot 100 feet to tts
corner of Lot No. 8, thence with sad d.
/ so feet to the beginning
This 18th day of June, 1918
D. E. MUDD. Mortgage
w. H. Sanders,
| Atty, Hamlet, n. C. 6 Il Ml.
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FAMILY PLEDGE MUST
BE TRUE STATEMENT
Family Heads Urged to Make Accu-
rate Reports of Family's Support
To War Savings amily
Pledge Becomes Permanent Record.

Winston-salem, June 21.-State
headquarters for War Savings calls
attention to the fact that the family
War Savings pledge-that given by
the head of the family for himself
and the dependent members of his
family-must be true statement as
to the number Of War Savings stamps
bought by members, and particularly
as to number they will pledge them
selves to bug during the remainder
holder, will be called On to make this
pledge during the week Of June IS %,
and he is urged 10 canvass the mem
bers of his family before that time
to know how many stamps they own
and how many they intend 10 pur-
chase by December 31st. He should
know this that he may represent them
fairly in the pledge he makes for
them.
AS the pledge made by the head of
the family will become a record of
| history OF this great war, State head
quarters emphasizes the Importance
Of this pledge being an accurate rep
resentation of the fanlily's support to
tse War Savings campaign. It calls
attention to the fact that it becomes
a permanent record Of the service the
family renders to this call of the
Government, and that after it is made
nothing has the power to change it
1t would warn against the tendency
of family heads to underestimate the
Importance Of this request Of the Gov
ernment and to pledge too little to the
cause, an amount that would not bs
representative Of the family's ability
to save and lend to the Government:
nor their willingness to serve thei,
II Country at this irnnarati1-o hn,,, /
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lover the Top
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunne, Sero;ng in France
CHAPTER vi.
Machine Gunner Serving in France

WoDyrlght, 1917, by Arthur Guy Bmpey)
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(To Be Continued)
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advises that every family take time
before making the pledge to consider
first, what it owes to the soldier now
IN the heat of battle fighting and dy-
ing, and, second, what would their
money be worth to them if Germany
should win this war.
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ten established in every public school
recently launched by the United
States Bureau of Education and the
National Kindergarten Association is
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NOTICE DISSOLUTION.

Notice IS hereby given that the co-partns,'
ship heretofore existing as the Fairmont Ha;a- 2
ware Company has this day been dissolved y
mutual consent. The business will be contih-
ued by Mr.. J. R. Bracey under the firm nan;
of the Fairmont Hardware Company. A.
accounts oweing the Fairmont hard~s::
Company up to June 1st. 1913. should De pa.
to the undersigned or their authorized ageLh
and all indebtedness incurred by the az "a.
Fairmont Hardware Company after June -
1918. will be assumed by Mr. Bracey-
June 1st, 1918.
H. H. BAILEY,
". NJ. GADDY,
W. B. FORD.
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6 10 4 Mon,

Agents wanted for aoo'e'
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EXECUTRIX NOTICE.

q Z.
Having this day qualified as executrI
the last will and testament Of S. Maggie
Brown, deceased, late of Robeson COUNTY
North Carolina, this is to notify all per5ols
having claims against the estate Of iar
deceased, to exhibit them to the undersigLa
day of May, 1919. or this notice will be pls:s
ed in bar of their recovery
All persons indebted to said estate VI
please make immediate payment.
This 25th day of May, 1918.
NANCY B. BROWN, ExecutE
Red Springs, n. c., F. I.
Mclean, Varser & Mclean.
Attorneys M.
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A KINDERGARTEN IN
EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL

The movement to have a kindergar-
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LEARN BEST FARM METHODS
Modern Principles of Agriculture Be-
ing instiiied Into the Youth of
Our Ally Italy.

The use of scientific farming meth
DDS is spreading and developing in
Italy; the eliminating of waste and
the replacing of the old-fashioned de-
vices is becoming a fact in the fertile
land south Of the Alps. One of the
most useful agencies for populariZing
these modern methods are agricultural
institutions where boys are taught the
principles Of modern farming.
The department Of civil affairs Of
the American Red Cross has recently
given material assistance to one of
these schools of agriculture estab-
lished by the Salesian Fathers in the
fields just outside the Porta Furba, one
o. the historic gateways Of Rome. This
assistance has been conveyed through
an Italian organization, engaged in
work similar to that carried on by the
A. r. c. and known as the "COmitatO
pc gil Orfani de Constadini Morti in
Guerra" The boys of the school, all
orphans Of peasant soldiers, are given
training in scientific and practical
farming, the object being to strengthen
their attachment to the soil, also to
convert them into good and intelligent
farmers. Lectures and classroom in
struction are accompanied by field
work with modern tools, under the di-
rect supervision of the younger ia
theirs Of The institution, who work side
by side with the boys In the fields,
teaching and demonstrating.
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TO RENT-Rooms for ligh
housekeeping. 50 Spring St.
Ito If
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Atrocious.

II. 6. Wells brought back with him
from the Balkans-he explored the
Balkans before the war-a pair of
Bulgarian boots, which he sometimes
wears in the privacy Of his Sussex
home.
Joseph Conrad visited Mr.. Wells re-
Gently and found him attired In these
boots.
Mr.. Conrad studied the boots a long
time, for they were remarkable-of
soft red leather, the toes pointed and
curled up, the fronts embroidered with
gold thread and strips Of white fur
about the tops.
In heavens name, Wells" said Mr..
Conrad, where did you get those
boots?"
Mr. Wells, coloring a little, thrust
his feet beneath his chair.
81 bought Them" he confessed. "in
Bulgaria"
"Ha, ha, hat" laughed Mr.. Conrad,
1--WE heard lot about Bulgarian
atrocities. but I never expected to
come across pair OF them in Sussex
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ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER

Robert Shaw and mother, Mrs.
Charles Shaw, visited at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Katheleen Cliff
ford, at ST. Johnsbury Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Merle Heath of St.
Johnsbury spent the day Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Wal
ter.
Miss Sadie Powers and Fred Sim
nnds spent the week end with rela-
tives in Peacham.
/ Miss Charlotte Stiles gave a Hal
lowe'en party Thursday night to
about 35 young people. Games were
played, fortunes told, refreshments
served and very pleasant evening
spent.
Sunday it seemed good to hear the
church bells ring once more after be-
ing still about five weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Rice of ST.
Johnsbury spent the day, Sunday
with her parents, MI. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Hallett.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Powers, DR.
and Mrs. Stiles, were business visit
ors in Waterbury Saturday.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Tuesday afternoon with
Miss Helen Graves.
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WAR PROFlTEER IN HOLLAND
He Has Grown to Surprisingly Large
Numbers and Is Always an OBJ
iect of Contempt.

Though he has lined his pockets
with gold the Dutch war profiteer is
d marked man, Isaac +. MarcossOn
writes in the Saturday Evening Post.
I was walking down the HOogstraat-
the leading retail business street in
Rotterdam-one day last June, when
my companion, widely known Dutch
man, tugged at my sleeve, pointed to
Il man driving in q smart new dog cart
and said: He's an over"
'What is that?" l asked.
"a war prOfiteer," he replied.
I then discovered that the Dutch
have coined this phrase to indicate the
despised type. 1t is Il combination of
the first letters of the two Dutch
words Oorlog Whist, which means war
profits. When pronounced it sounds
like "ower."
Holland "has the number" of these
gentry. They are spotted wherever
they go, and by an interesting system.
1t was explained to ME by a Dutch
man in this fashion: whenever you
see Il man with a new motor car or a
new carriage you can put him down
as a prOfteer. No self-respecting
Dutchman will buy new vehicle these
days. Besides-as far as the motor is
concerned-petrol is scarce and too
high for the ordinary man. Some
pfoiteers try to disguise their cars by
buying low motor car numbers"
The prOtiteerS have grown to such
| numbers in The Hague alone they oc-
| cnpy whole residential district. By
fitting irony it is located near the
peace palace. Here they have taken
| possession of scores of imposing res
| licences, whose Owners have not been
| able to maintain them under war con-
| dilions. 1t is the domain of the Dutch
i new rich. Holland imposes tax of
| so per cent on war profits. Since 1915
| it has yielded the government nearly
! 500 100000, which would mean q
gross total of nearly $300,000,00 But
! these actual taxes are about as fair
an index to real figures as the in
! horitance tax in America is to real
! inheritances. Besides, there is the
| huge pool of untraceable profits gar
nered by the farmers, who have been
among the principal profteers.
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BAT AT HOME EVERYWHERE
as Their Fiabits-Not Especially
Deadly to Mosquitoes.

AS a group bats are Of worldwide
distribution except in the inhospita-
bic polar regions. They are real MANI
dnals and present an extraordinary
variation in size, from tiny little crea
lures, almost as small and fragile as
butterflies, to the huge fruit bats, with
spread of wings like that of a wild
goose.
The heads Of bats are strangely
sculptured, some being smoothly con-
toured and shaped like those of little
1oXes; others appear like miniature
bulldogs; and still others have curious
cartilagfnous nose-leaves upright on
the muzzIe. Some have the entire face
nodded into hideous mask repulsive
to look upon.
Their habits are equally varied to
meet special conditions: Some are
eaters Of fruit alone; others feed sole
~ upon insects, while others bite other
mammals, including man, for the pur-
pose of drinking the oozing blood, upon
which they subsist. All are nocturnal,
But some appear late in the afternoon,
Eefore the sun sets. Most species,
however, wait until the shades of
night have covered the earth.
Throughout the world the majority
Of the species of bats feed upon in
sects, but there are many fruit eat
ers. The teeming insects and plant
life of the tropics afford a never-fail-
ing food supply, and the center of
abundance Of these animals is found
there. In some localities between 20
and 80 kinds of bats exist, with such
vast numbers OF individuals that the
bat population far Outnumbers all 9TH
er kinds of mammals combined.
And alas it is not true that bats
prefer a diet of mosquitoesl
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If hoarse use the American Throat
Tablets. adv.
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QiIind the WheeIs.

No one can afford to let another per-
son exceed them in pOliteness, and
there is nothing in the world that will
oil the wheels of life like the lubri-
cant of courtesy. Try it in your daily
for not being in good form, even if
you should slip in a few obscure terms.
For in this busy age each one is an
arhiter of fashion oneself. 1t would
be a refreshing thing to introduce d
few of the old-fashiOned variety OF
social amenities-at least it would be
refreshing to the elders Of some OF
the boys and girls of the period.-Ex-
change.
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LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Oscar Beck, who was severely
burned by a gas explosion, is more
comfortable.
The local board have received word
from Governor Graham of a call
from Vermont for rs men to go into
service at Fort Slocum about Nov
25, but have not yet received Gale
donia county's quota, 25. Regis
trants who are in special or limited
service may induct until Nov. 20 and
thereby secure state pay for self-ln-
duction. Four classes of men are
wanted, warehouse workers, general
office clerks, stenographers and ty-
pists.
Lieut.. Harold H. Carr and Miss
Madeline Weeks were married at the
brides home Saturday afternoon by
Rev. F. B. Rishards. The ceremony
was performed before only the i'm
mediate families. Lieut.. Cam is still
with the Aviation Corps of the Unit
ed States Army and is now ON his
way to his station at West Point,
Miss. Both the young people are
well-known in the community and
their many friends extend congratu-
lations.
c. Wesley Steele was operated on
for appendicitis at Brightlook Hospl-
tai Sunday and is now getting along
comfortably.
The scale shops closed down yes
terday afternoon to give all their en-
ployes chance to vote.
Mrs. R. H. Burke and, daughter
have gone to New York to see DR..
Burke before he goes to Texas.
! Chaplain Paul D. Moody arriv-
ed in New York Monday Gu a
months furlough from his service
overseas, and after long distance
conversation with his wife started
at once for Washington. He will
come to St. Johnsbury as soon as
his official duties will permit.
The classes in home economics
and manuel training will begin
next week. All who intend to
! join must register at the Summer
street school Thursday Nov. 7, al
4 7.3O p. m. Tuition for 20 weeks
for home economics, s.: for man
ual training, $3.50.
Mrs. Fred Pope has returned from
Bridge;pn Me.
MI md Mrs.Bert Gibson have re-
turned to South Manchester Conn.
The Ladies of the Church of the
Messiah will give a clam chowdel
supper Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5.3(
to 500 o'clock
MENU
Clam Chowder
Crackers Hot Roll
Pickles Cream Oak,
Brown Bread Cut Cak'
Baked Beans Doughnut
Coffee
Adults so cents.
Those under Is 35 cent
Children Is cent
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Sept. 8, 1918.
Juneau, Alaska.
The American Chemical Co.,
st. Johnsbury, Vt.
Gentlemen:
Will you sned me two boxes Of the
American Little Liver Tablets and
two tubes of NaZol?
Very truly yours,
Mrs. c.. r. A
Juneau, Alaska.
Letter received by American Chem
ical Co., Sept. 20, 1918. adv.
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MENU
Clam ChoWder

Adults so cents.
Those under Is 35 cents
Children 25 cents
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Palestine Commandery, No. S, K. T.
Stated Conclave, Tuesday evening,
November 18th.
2. s. Waterman, E. c.
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FOR SALE-2 tenement house in
Summerville, barn, garden, cleo
trio lights, bath. Price $240O.
Insurance on buildings alone
$4,000. A. B. DOW, II Eastern
Avenue. 10 II. -
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Haswell Royal Arch Chapter, No. IL.
Stated Convocation Friday evening,
November 9Th, at 7.3O P. M. Special
dispensation has been granted to vote
and ballot or this date.
Birney L. Hall, E. H. P.
F. G. Moore, Secretary
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MASONIC NOTICES

Passumpsic Lodge. No. II, F. & A.
M.
Regular communication Thursday,
the 14th Of November, at 7.30 p. m.
Masonic Temple. Visiting brethren
welcome.
Orville N. Pinney, w. M.
Fred Fl. Dolloff, Secretary
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WANTED-An experienced Wait
ress at once at the st. Jonnsbury
house.
10 If
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-19

$500 added. ) furlongs-Crystal Ford. iOG.
kelsay. . to ). 4 to :. :. to :. won: Dancing
.sronS Dr. RAJ NIs io4 Merslcr re tysr to
3 to ). third Time ! ol ~. Prim III. Ar.
,msnt. Umbala. Frank Shannon, Unwlss
Child. Little BESSIE. Miss Leola, Sweeplet,
Saddle, Rock. surplice, Pluviada and Lace.
second race. three -ycar.oIds and up. $500.
I mile and 10 yards--Cadiliac Iii. Iyke. II
,S ,: 10: 10 10, to- won; Wood Violet. ~
to J., third. Time :4s Preston Lynn.
E'derken. IIesse. Goblin, Ruthie NJ. and
Third race, three yea r-oIds. selling 5000
added, mile and 10 yards.-Fredc-icl the
Great Ump.), 1o6 MerGler. q to !. to 10,
I to I. won; Empress. 1906. ShuttinGer 3 to
McTasEart, to l., g TO l.. 4 to 3. third,
Time. 1I5 rs. Nolawn and Blazonry also
Fourth race, the Rcsedals Of $4,000, dIies.
Taplin. : to l. s TO 3. 3 to q. won: Aunt
pinah. ITO. Lyke. to |. 3 to :. out, second !:
Lady Rosebud. 30, Callahan. 40 to I. 10 to
1, 4 to 1, third. Time. 1 90 20, Wise Joan
Fifth race, tho Richmond, three. year-nlds
and up. lightweight handicap. 500 added
5h furiongs-Compadre 11:. Walls. to I.
e won; ksiitsmd anSnd iGs sorrs rroxlsg
third. Time. / :05 Ak. DIR. Johnson. Arnold
Top Coat. Reveler, Hill McCloy. Top of the
Sixth race. thrs e-year-olds and up. Purse
imp. IlS. Troi.c, to out; out: won:
Hill simmonds;; 10 fitz, 20 e l. to- |, !
Darkey' Phaierian. Sunny Hili. Miilrace and
Roxborough II dmp.) also ran.