Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

ana then heard that the animal
broke his leg in the race and had
to be shot. That is the real soul
of race track life. These men have
horse, more real and lasting than
most humans have for each other"
The HorScman'S Home
The sailor sings about his life
AS all there is worth while,
But he can have his stormy strife
Likewise his seas that smile;
Give him his far off ways to roam,
Give him his seas that roar;
But he who calls the saddle home
Knows joy forevermore.
He learns to love the music of
His horses flying feet;
No harplike sound in spars above
Can e'er be salt so sweet;
The silvery cadence of the spur
That jingles at his heel,
The smell of sage and distant fir
Such joys do horsemen feel.
So swing into the leather, pard,
And give the bronc his head;
The prairie's wide, so hit it hard
Before the day has fed;
The cactus flowers are white as foam
Upon the plains lands floor;
And he who calls the saddle home
Knows joy everywhere.
Arthur Chapm an.
New York, Oct. 10.-If you were a
heavyweight wrestler instructing the
soldiers at Camp Dix and q sport pro-
moter came along and called you a
German, would you consider it un-
due violence to spank the promo
ter?
That is what Wladez Zbyszko told
the West Side Court when he was
arraigned upon the charge of strik-
ing Lewis Meyer, of Mount Vernon,
a promoter of sporting events.
The big Polish wrestler said that
he was in the office of Jack Curley
the modest violet of sportdom, in
1882 Broadway, and Meyer came
along and called him a German.
That got my goat" said the man
with the scrambled alphabet for O.
name, "as l am 100 per cent. Amer
lean, SO l picked him up and spank
ed him. When he fell his head struck
q cuspidor."
Magistrate McQuade wanted to see
some marks of the encounter and
when Meyer could not show any he
dismissed the case.
Just because n man may hail from
San Francisco,
Or have a name SO scrambled as
ZbySZko
Does not say that he's a Hun
Or a spongy hot-croSs bun;
And you want to look out when his
husky fists go!
In formation that has been re-
ceived concerning Jimmy Wilde's
recent bout with Joe Conn in Eng
land. leads Joe Jackson of Detroit
to observe that 1t must be q source
of Joy to Benny Leonard that the
auieid nations have not standardized
boxing, as they have munitions and
motors. Benjamin boxed Ted Lewis
September % and drew down $11
90S as his bit while Lewis got S.
sos. Shortly before this mill, Jimmy
Wilde, who is a world champion, fiy-
weight division, and also an enlist
ed man in the British army, assign
ed to the teaching of boxing, a post
similar to Leonard's in the Amer
lean army, had a bout with Conn,
featherweight. Wilde is q fistic
idol in England-so well liked that
he and his opponent were able to
demand 100000 purse. 1t was to
be split, rs per cent. to Wilde, re-
gardless of outcome. In England the
government doesn't regard sport
either as thing to be squelched, or
to be disregarded. The authorities
stepped right in and forced the club
to give a winners and losers end,
with q 60-40 cut. This at one and
the same time forced both boys to
go the limit, and, with a decent
losers end, removed the temptation
.Nf DIy OIL he hnt
the military authorities passed an
order 'forbidding any man in army
or navy competing for any reward
other than a medal or trophy of
some sort. Money prizes were ta-
booed. Wilde had to fight, because
he was under contract But he
couldn't collect. Being a PARROT
he had battle to get into the army,
because of his weight, 100 pounds
cost him $4,000, while his oppon-
ent, who is doing nothing for his
country; took Knockout nW" and $4,000
cash. The $4,000 is still in the
hands of the stakeholder, who
doesn't know what to do with it.
The Boston Transcript is author
ity> for a yarn about a cold-blooded
husband who was awakened by his
wife when she discovered a burglar
in the pantry eating my pie"
Don't bother me- grunted the old
devil, You'd better send for coro-
ner."
Arrivals from Russia at New York
recently included man who says
he assassinated Gregory Rasputin.
There must be nearly whole boat
load of these guys in this country by
this time.
The jinx that always kept Grover
Cleveland Alexander from pitching
no-hit game appears to have fol-
lowed him to France, where he is
now serving as one of Uncle Sam S
fighters. Though probably the great
est pitcher in the country, Alexan-
der never succeeded in breaking into
less game during his major league
the hall of fame by twirling hit
career. 1t looked as IL he would