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that the vessels from that station did
their fair share of the work.
Once or twice dispute arose be-
tween an American destroyer COM
mander and a British. In all such
cases Admiral Bayly vigorously took
the part of the American. You did
perfectly right" he would say to our
men, and then he would turn all his
guns against the interfering Brit
Usher. Relations between the young
Americans and the experienced adj
miral became so close that they would
sometimes go to him with their per-
sonal troubles; he became not only
their commander. but their confidant
and adviser.
There was something in these bright
young chaps from overseas, indeed, SO
different from anything which he had
ever met before, that greatly appealed
to this seasoned Englishman. One thing
that he particularly enjoyed was their
sense Of humor. The admiral himself
and he also had the advantage. which.
was not particularly common in Eng
land. of understanding American slang
and American anecdotes. There are
certain stories which apparently only
an upbringing on American soil Quali-
fies one to appreciate; yet Admiral
Bayly always instantly got the point.
He even took Z certain pride IN his
ability to comprehend the American
joke.
One of the regular features of life
at Queenstown was group Of re-
tired British officers-fne. white
haired old gentlemen, who could take
no active part in the war. but who
used to md much consolation in COM
ing around to smoke their pipes and
to talk things over at Admiralty
House. Admiral Bayly invariably
found-delight in encouraging our on
GERS to entertain these rare old souls
with American stories; their utter be-
wilderment furnished him endless en-
tertainment. The climax OF his pleas
ure came when, after such an expe-
rience, the old men would get the adj
miral in a corner and whisper to him:
what in the world do they mean?"
Ito be Continued Next Sunday.)
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evidence, for example. that the ele-
plant family started all wrong much
earlier than any of these dates. in the
big amblypods. The popularity mem
toned tinoceras had reached full
modern elephant size. He sported not
only pair of powerful tusks in his
upper jaw. but had four horns; and
pair of knobs adorned the end Of
his short-length trunk. Yet he gave
up the job around the year BIC.
2,250,000 because he had started all
wrong with 'stumpy" feet (shaped
something like yours. mine and the
bear's) and the habit Of rising on his
toes, although he walked fat-footed
like the bear.
\ X
So, therefore, skip the Oligocene.
Long. slow work was done in it, of
which we know nothing. Trench
digging in the American Tout sector
confirms that around the year B. c..
100000 there were four tusked Euro
pean elephants averaging seven feet
high and with under jaws Of enor-
nous length. Such was the long
necked tetrabelodon-but also longer
grasping power; but 1t was not yet
getting on alone. The lower jaw had
elongated uncouthly to support the
heightened trunk. Tie two were get
ting in each others way. If one had
to go. 1t would clearly be the phe-
nomenal chin which had served as
scaffolding. Now you know why this
party was named tetrabelodon.
'Tetra" is Latin for ugly. uncouth.
unbeloved and unappreciated.
Even the tetrabeiodon was not yet
real elephant His skull was more
of the true elephant shape: his too
numerous tusks were OF modern make,
except that they were partly enam-
eled-all for show and glitter, as you
might say---but the fact that the ele-
plant family was still experimenting
around the year &c. 100000 is
proved by the appearance of such by
products rs the dinothcres.
Dinot!leres bobbed up in Belgian and
Italian trenches. True son of his
ugly pa---more "tetra," hideous. than
old te.rabclodcE himsalf-the dino
there's had tile sense to change his
name, but could not change his face.
His trunk had become long and
strong--renu;red. at last. no chin.
support And the hard orking chin,
elongated r!dicu!ously during a mil
Ion years OF he!pfulness and now
abandoned and disaine. curved
strongly downward. as to get away
from such ingratitude.
The upper jaw was without tnsks:
but the only downward, bending chin
in the whole world (and what a
benderD grew n pair OF powerful
saber- shaped tusks for self defense.
for roofing up plants. and TO turn
over big stones in dried-up river beds
in order to discover water.
Dirotheres never got to America.
but they wandered over Europe. Asia
AID Africa for half a million years.
The stra -chinnei tetrabelodon dis
covered America where he rcamcd
with his four tusks until the early
pilcccre. say BIC. 100000.
The only place where elephants i'm :
proved sraadly, now for a Ions time.
was India
In digging thoir training trenches.
native Indian troops uncovered GUAM
titles OF hoEos and fossils. Al was
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1914. at Upnor. opposite the Chatham
dockyard. came on an enormous
straight tusk and lots Of bones. The
British museum preparation, l.. Il.
Parsons. took up the find. 1t was
giant straight-tusked elephant on
English soil. proved by his teeth. in
excellent condition. This particular
beast stood fifteen feet high. top
ping all specimens. both living and
extinct. His leg bones proved 1t. The
straight tusks are sixteen feet long
greater than his height, even. So his
head. shoulders and forelegs We're
enormously developed.
This straight-tus boy, they say,
displaces the North American impe-
rial mammoth from his pedestal as
the largest known elephant, for the
biggest American mammoths had
never gotten above thirteen feet six
inches. Somehow. the idea has grown
up that mammoths were the giants
among elephants. yet no true" man.
moth (elphas primigenius, not i'm
perator). say the English, can be
shown to have exceeded nine feet six
inches. Qess than the modern Indian
elephant by foot, and the typical
African elephant still today attains
eleven feet six inches.
Tire truth is that the mammoth de-
veloped in hard luck. The northern
hemisphere was growing very cold
and he. who had the patriotism to
'linger in it. was forced to grow wool.
This began around the year BIC.
$4,000 Even the rhinoceros devel-
oped wool before he quit the spruces
and jumpers for southern chimes. The
straight-tusked lad beat it, but the
good old mammoth wandered in the
snow and ice, and slush and hail, and
fog and cruel. cold rain, his tusks
curled up like the kaiser's mustache.
He made the northeast passage to
America, and grew imperial, but even
In America the glacial period was
coming against him.
The earth wobbled; our hemisphere
turned at greater angle from the
sun. Little by little an ice sheet COW
cred northern Europe. In America the
east suffered more than the west, but
half the continent was finally cover
ed with ice from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, III SOME parts 5000 feet thick.
California, there is reason to believe.
became great rendezvous for glacial
refugees. Many mastodons migrated
10 South America. Even in our SOUTH
ern latitude the cold must occasion
ally have been very severe; for man.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of chilly regions
were at times down south as faf a,
Mexico.
Three times again, the earth wob-
bled. The whole business occupied
100000 years. In the warm intergla-
cial period elephants returned north,
among them the big straight tusks.
who appear to have become extinct
before the second glacial period, when
all were forced to beat it south again.
The emigration track by Spain (Gi-
braltar) and Italy (dry land to Africa
now represented by Malta and Sicily)
Ia strewed with clues. When the good
climate returned no elephants re-
turned with 1t.
The result Of all this refugeeing Is
seen along the emigration track.
Elephants grew smaller and smaller.
The extinct elephants of Crete stood
less than Ave feet high. Trench dig
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already we'll known. about this time
(say BIC. 400,000). the mastodon
elephant was fully developed and
fiourishing in India, of imposing size.
with a much shortened neck. much
reduced under jaw and a trunk be-
coming a powerful grasping organ.
with free play in all directions
How long had he been occupied in
self-improvement? Goodness only
knows. perhaps 100000 years We
know only that by putting in his
spare hours with the right course. he
won promotion. Being ready for a
job "far up the line" he got the ap-
pointment because he was prepared
for it. Every elephant now in a sub
ordinate position can make his OPP
portunity. just like this man did.
Let none be discouraged. Pay no
attention to the criticism of the jeal-
Gus. Even the mastodon, with his
brilliant success, was not a true ele-
plant" If you listen to professors Of
aristocratic universities. They criti-
else his teeth and they point to his
l.
Indian trench digging has unearthed
SO many elephant teeth of improving
forms and reinforcements that spe-
cialists are carrying them around in
bags.
Teeth! Better teeth! The elephant
family would probably. as fact,
have gone out with the four-tuslle ed
tetrabelodon. or bent chin dinotheres,
in the increased cost of living had not
the mastodon begun Improvements
with his we'll known nipple TOOTH
His molars were ridged across the
surface, much as in the case of mod
ern elephants, but the ridges were not
SO numerous and the inter-ridged
spaces, instead of being filed with
cement, were usually raised up into
little knobs or nipples. 1t was the
stegodon cousins who filled the spaces
with some of the inner tooth sub
stance known as dentine modified
into cement. In their trench bags
they carry improvements which were
very deeply ridged, with the inter-
spaces filled up with cement. The
teeth thus had rough though fairly
level surfaces. and were excellently
adapted for grinding purposes. As
after events proved, elephants toothed
in this manner were alone destined to
survive. Teeth are vitality important
Take cane of your teeth.
Mastodons had got to Europe in
the later pilocene, but forms of the
ma9todon type, like the favorably
known dibelodon. had arrived in
North America 100000 years earlier,
say BIC. $4,000.
Better yet. around Be. SOC, 900, true
elephants, fine beasts fully fourteen
feet high (three fee. taller than the
famous Jambo) were roaming in Eu-
rope. as indicated by discoveries of
the French front. These dates are
approximate. but the fact stands out
that the elephant family was going
strong VIXEN they bumped against the
earth wobb!e. In our northern hem
isphere the temperature had been de-
Ginning for a million years. Apes and
tapirs quit Europe. Huge elephants
were still finding accommodations
say BIC. $50, 1000: and the presence of
new straIght-tusked forms testified
30 arrivals in the family. But
England made this grand trench dts
covery. A party Of royal engineers IN
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In digging thcir training trenches.
titles OF hoEos and fossils. Al wss
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
RY 7 IT. DUCKWORTU

NEW YORK. April Golf by air
planet Impossible? NOT al all.
Arrangements are being made right
now 10 get Chick" Evans, the Chicago
wonder, open and amateur champion,
to play Francis Ouimet. former open
title holder and the boy who beat Var
don and Ray. the redoubtable English
man, in the most famous championship
play-off in history, Is holes, each Of
the holes to be on a different course.
the players 20 be whisked from one
club 10 another by airplanc. The Unit
ed states Amateur Golf Association has
been asked 10 lay out a course.
At least two planes will be needed
for the players, and the Curtiss people
have consented TO place two fast ma
chimes Of the bombing type at the dis
posal OF "The Cleek and Brsssie Esca-
drille." Evans, his caddy, clubs and
gasoline will be piloied in one machine
and Ouimet and his paraphernalia In
the other.
Il is proposed 10 drive OF from Gar
den City. The second hole viii be across
Long Island Sound at the SiwanOy
Country Club. The rest Of the holes
will be played at BrOokline, Mass: Man
chester. Vt; Pittsfleld. Mass; sleepy
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
MIDWEEK SHOOT ON
GREENHILL TRAPS

President simon, Of the Greenhill
Club announces their regular mid-week
shoot will be held Thursday afternoon.
Shooting will continue until 80
O'Clock. There will be straight % tar
get events for those desiring 10 prac-
tice up for the Registered shoot at
Bellevue on Saturday. A special %
target event. the first 80 targets will
consist OF "Quail' targets, and the sec
ond. 10 bird targets thrown from the
Hand Trap. will have every shooter
working hard for a good score.
The quail shoot OF fifteen targets will
be run one man up, gun in hand. not
at shoulder. he starts TO walk from
the % yard mark toward the traphouse.
and gets his targets any time during
this walk at discretion OF puller.
The 10 Bird Hand Trap targets VIII
prove the shooters mettle. They Will
be thrown by the well known Hand
Trap expert. Haze Apgar.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
HARLAN FAVORS
TRI-STATE League
Will Enter Team and Use
Enclosed Field if Organi-
zation is Formed
PROMOTERS WANT
EIGHT CLUBS

Plans looking 10 a Trl-state League
OF baseball clubs are taking definite
form. The latest team TO express
1cslrc 90 enter such an organization IS
Harlan boiler shop. Admission Of
this team means that the league, II or
ganized. will use Harlan field on the
days the Harlan big team Is out OF the
city. vii Del Is likely 20 be the second
Wilmington team IN the league. Plans
are now under way to interest Elkton,
New Castle, Newark. Middlctown, Ken
nett Square and Hockcssin in the pro-
posed organization.
GOrklyn, Marcus Hook and Claymont
are also spoken Of as possible appu-
oants for berths In the Tri-State. Pro
moters Of the League say 10 looks as
strong as the old Trl-County League
al 1915 and every effort VIII be made
60 get the organization going early next
month, provided all the teams men
TONED express their desire az once 10
come In. Applications should be sent
10 the Sports Editor Of the Evening
Journal.
The Harlan team IS composed OF the
pick OF the old All-Wilmlngton League.
Among the players who will try for
lhe team are:
Copshaw. catcher, New York State
League; pitchers, "SlOw-ball" Joe
Briscoe, George Winters and George
Enott; Jake Reason, FIRST base; Hickey
Run Of Browntown. John Gcrtzcnberg.
Jimmy Mayhart, Joe Rougherty, Nick
erson, Draper, Ike Smith, shaw and
Courtney.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
YACHT OWNERS GET
READY TOR SEASON
Boats Being Painted and
Fitted Out for Summer
Cruising
UNITED CLUB WANTS
FLOAT AT THIRD ST.

Wilmington yachismen are burnlsh-
Ing up their boats for the coming sea-
son, which 10 is expected viii witness
a revival OF aquatlcs because Of the end
ing OF the war. With navigation on the
Delaware restricted and also because OF
the draft yachting was suspended last
year, but the ban is now lifted, the boys
are coming home, and boats Will soon
be In the water ready Tor tuning up.
Daylight saving gives many a man
an opportunity toward the fae end OF
Che day 90 put I'm a few hours paint
ing his boat. taking down and clcaning
the engine. caulking seams. and the
thousand and ono other details neccs-
sary 90 make a mOiOrbOat soaworihy.
The principal rendezvous Tor Whining
ton hoatmen. the Orchard, as The sec
tion along the Brandywlne about Elev-
onlh street bridge is known. presents
a busy scene these days, and many "a
man can DC observed climbing over
decks, or hanging over the Side Of his
craft welding a paint brush.
Thus far two new yachts have been
acquired Tor the Wilmington feet
Commodore Horace g. Easthurn has
bought the 5s-fo0ter shark from the
dupont Company, which had used 20
during the war for patrol duty on
Carncy's Point powder plant. Mr.. East
burn VIII rcchrlstcn his boat, and has
asked yachtsmen 20 suggest a new
name for 10. lie wants a name not too
long. that will be OF pleasing sound.
Mr. Eastburn also owns the Rex. which
he probably will dispose Of now that
he has acquired the larger shark.
Another new Wilmington yacht Is
Or. c. A. Church's Mystic, a 30-footer.
Dr. Church has sold his iO-footer Al
hambra 20 a Baltimorean, and bought
the new and smaller boat He didn't
like the name 10 carried, so he painted
Mystic over the stern, and u VIII carry
that name hereafter.
William Frederick win race HIS yacht
Helma again this season. 10 Is one OF
the crack boats Of the Delaware river
and can make any Of them hump when
it comes TO actual time performance
The Helma Is famous in the class in-
side 40 feet. and has won many prizes
] Now that Commodore William =
/ lMcCOrkindale has returned permanent
lly to Wilmington, yachtsmen are won
dering whether he will not spring a new
lboae on them this season. Mr. Nc
Corklndale owned the Use %, but ha
sold that 60 fooier and may get
smaller boat His son. William Nc
/ Corkindale. Jr., is a skilled navigator
land for awhile was in charge Of th,
naval patrol IN Philadelphia harbor, d,
having been quartermaster In Tho
[ navy until recently, when he was dis
charged from the service.
The United Boat Club has requested
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
GREAT STRING OF HORSES
TRAINING AT FAIR GROUND
PRESACES RECORD SEASON

Idelwild. br. g.. 2siA.
pasa Bird, b. m, s2iis.
Baroness Ophelis. rn m, 22sA.
Malcolm Jay, b. h., 2.30.
Troticrs without Records.
Russell Cochran. b. b., trial 2.i5%.
Billy schuler, b. g, trial 2iih.
Dan Morgan, b. e., trial 2.2O.
The Apostle, b. e.. 220.
Elesias knight. b. h., year old.
Being prepared for the matinee sea
son under the direction OF their re-
speciivc owners are:
Miss Wlttendale by Lord Nitendale,
PAGER, no record, L. o. Ross, owner.
Lottio Johnson, by Russell, no record:
John Zcbley, owner.
Acheen, 2i2A.
Roselyn Mckinney, green trotter w.
VI. Taylor. owner.
Lady March, W. NJ. Taylor. owner.
Count Peter mo mark. by son OF
Peter the Great; dam Sweet perfumoi
William Ward, owner.
Pacing Bill, PAGER, 2i0; John Mitch
ell owner.
Andy Mack, iroller, Thomas Porter
owner.
Earl Knock. green PAGER, years
Thomas Porter, owner.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09

Hollow, y. Y: Merions Philadelphia ;
Chevy Chase, Washington; Atlanta;
Nashville; Cincinnati; Kansas City;
Midlothian, Chicago; Shaker Golf Club,
Cleveland; Pittsburg, and back TO Gar
den City.
The idea is TO play the most dinlcult
hole on each course. and Il Is being
left TO the L. s. A. G. A. to pick out
these holes.
Golf has been played by moonlight
and John ID. Rockefeller has for years
"tramped" the links az pocantico Hills
on a bicycle, but this Is the first time
in the history OF the "Royal and An
oient" game that It has been played
with the assistance Of airplanes.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
TO FORM TWILIGHT LEAGUE.

The local Y. NJ. C. A. proposes to have
a baseball league this season and Di-
reetoy Book is now endesyorins 10
marshal the ~" athletes, having abil-
ity in this line, 70 make selections. IL
is the plan Of the director TO do their
playing by twilight-in othes words
TO use the Legislative time" for the
furtherance Of sport. II the league de-
velops players q more than the ordi-
nary sort, q picked nine viii be Sc
lected and Transforming" campaign
inauguFaied.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09

One great advantage OF this compo-
site course IS the fact that one player
VIII have no cause TO grumble that
the other has the advantage Of know
ing the ground
Oulmet will have a little advantage
when he volplanes onto his home course
at Brookline and Evans will be on
familiar territory when he pancakes
I'm Chicago, but neither man will be
laboring under a handicap at the other
places.
It IS expected that this novel match
will take, barring tail spins" or faial
nose dives" at least two weeks "a
play, as the course, the longest In The
world. is some 5000 miles In length.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09

Activities OF the Delaware Horse show
Association are increasing every day,
and tho stables at the Delaware state
Fair Grounds at Elsmere are full Of
valuable trotters, expected TO make In
terestlng records for their owners and
the 1919 season.
The following horses are at the Del
aware state Fair grounds In the hands
OF Trainer a. H. Tyson.
Direct Bngen (grccn trottorl, by
Blnges. dam, COnsuela s., 201 81
stella s.. by pilot Medium, Jr. ,mati-
nee record, 2i6 ~.
Ad Bingen, bay colt, four-yeor-old' by
star Bingen.
Chris Mckinney four-year-old, by
HaI b. Mckinney.
Winnie Wickerson, four-yearold, by
Wapomcc, 2i3 l-2.
Horses owned by !. Writ Willis, In
the hands OF Mr.. Tyson are:
Kenneth, 2tj ia by Crysiallion,
2OS ~
Little Lady 3rd. matinee record,
223 "a, by Del Coronado, 2o ~.
Hazel Echo, 3-ycar-old flly, by Edw.
Todd.
Another fliy ny the same horse, full
sisters 90 the fast Edw. Direct 90,
200 III
Miss Liberty. trial. 2ic ~ by sam
Felipe.
owned by stephen McNce, in tho
hands of Mr. Tyson, are:
"Sllkcy Bell" 2ii Ia by Fortune
Bell
In-he S. p. Peacock stables are:
Bette NJ. 200 "a
Miss Marquc, 22i "a.
Walter b.. 2ii "a.
Liberty Bell, green PAGER.
Nugget Boy. 2i7 "a.
Tom Axworlhy, 2is ~.
AZ the track, under the care OF
Trainer smith. arc:
Helen Axworihy, matinee record.
is "a, by palo AXworthy, formerly
owned by L. scott Townsend.
Horses IN charge or Trainer A. il.
Worrilow are:
PAGERS.
The Weed. blk. e. 2Oiih
Madam Mae b. m. 20I't.
The Maid, d. m., 20Sa.
Dandy Dillon, IN. g. 2.iAh.
Buster f., IN. e., matinee record, SOL
Trotters, with Records.
Spriggan. b. g., 20sh.
Walnut Maid, b. ~, 2i2h.
The High Born Lady, br. M. 2i2h.
Margaret Hall. IN. M, 2iih.
Peter Fleming, br A., 2.i5h.
/ Helen Holiday, 2i9h.
Johanna, b. a., 2t9at.
/ Peter Cupid, b. d.. 2i9&.
| McKylo Boy, b. 2. 23ih.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
SEVEN TEAMS WANT
in ALL-WILMINGT0N

Seven teams were represented 81 me
ueeting Of the All-Wilmington League
IN Brownson Hall last night, and al
ihough rules were not adopted, II was
lgreed TO open the season on Msy 8. u
Is hoped 10 have an eight-tesm organ
izatlon, and II the eighth one does NOT
send a representative 10 the next meet
ing Of the league on Friday nignt, a
tix-club organization will be formed,
The teams and the men representing
them last night were: Keystone, Robert
Grant; Pusey and Jones, Thomas Hsr-
riss Hillcrest, Thomas Baldwin; BrOwR-
son, Andrew Rimlingers Neighborh9od,
y. Smith; Triangle, Frank Brand and
Aloysius TsyiorS Eleventh ward,
Francis Duncan.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
SHELDON WINS AT y. N. c. A.

Grammar No. gymnasium class
competed in tho six-lap potato race
at the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday afternoon.
This Is The second event OF tho athletic
contests held IN this group. They Will
try the running broad jump next Tues
day Douglas Sheldon won the potato
race. time "a as seconds; Archie Mac
lean was a close second In % 2-5 sec
onds, with Is. Diffenderfer coming third
in 26 IS seconds time,
Evening journal., 1919-04-09

the Park Commissioners % place a
landing float for motor boais at Third
street park. not only FOR use Of MEM
bers Of The club but for boat owners
In general. The subject VIII come be-
fore the Park Board 40 rs meeting this
afternoon. Tho United Club. whose
house Is on The south bNk OF the
IS planning for an active
season and Will entertain many visit
Ing yachtsmen.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
LORRAINE WANTS az;

Manager bill" Benson's Lorraine A,
A. baseball team is snxiously waiting
70 arrange games for the month Of May
with any fast semi-professional club in
or out Of the city, Lorraine seems TO
be about the fastest club in the In
dependent ranks, Of this city, and any
out-of-town club, Offering a reasonable
guarantee, can be accommodated by ad-
dressing the manager, VIM. F. Benson,
No. s27 Clayton street, or phonins 1885
d. & A.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
NEwPoRr DIS. WANr eAMEs.

The Newport Junior baseball team
wishes challenges from any team Of
the surrounding country whose play
ers are between a and i6 years old.
send challenges 10 Evcrson Bullen,
Newport, Box IS or Phone 557s J =.
Evening journal., 1919-04-09
UFRACL MAY MEET LEWIS

john HeracIl tho local grappler, Is
making a transforming trip through
tho West. He left this city yesterday
afternoon and his first stop win be in
Kalamazoo, Mich, where he viii take
on Tam Draak. Before he returns he
intends 20 make a match with Strang-
Ter Lewis.