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at once to her as follows: "A portion
OF your generous gift OF tobacco came
to my share; received 1t to-day. and
cannot do less than extend to you my
sincere thanks ] want to do more, but
what is there possible? The smoke fund
has been friend to us. indeed. and the
donors, those whom ] know by having
had their cards. I shall always think OF
as true friends"
Foreign Legion Thankful.
A letter to the New York Coal Dealers
fund donors) comes dated March 81
from 1871 Rue de rUniversite, Paris and
tays: THE cigarettes you sent by THE
Sun Tobacco Fund were all delivered or
given to men who fought in the Foreign
Legion. some American. some Swiss,
some French and Colonials. but all OF
them men who have done splendid work.
There liz one Greek among our number
and one Turkish subject. though not
Turk. His name Is Jack Moyat. and he
Ia an American from Louisiana. He has
received the Croix de Guerre. with sew
ersl citations and wears also the Foura-
giere, his regiment having received this
distinction from the French Government
Another OF your proteges is Henry
Camel a Swiss. who has made a wonder
full record In the Foreign Legion. He
wears the cross with five stars and n
palm. and the medal OF the Legion
d'Honneur. As he Is only a private.
! these distinctions have been accorded
him for signal acts OF bravery before
| the enemy. He IL now In the Army of
Occupation awaiting rehabilitation. Jack
Moyat. the American. Is demobilized, and
has apprenticed himself to q jeweler in
| the Rue de Bac and engaged himself to
| a French girl. so he 10 likely to end his
| days in the country he SO bravely de-
Tended.
"As were these, 80 were all the other
| men who smoked your cigarettes-good
soldiers and brave men. They will all
be discharged from their military ser
vice and may not all return TO America
! But they wish to thank the kind gentle
men from New York who furnished
them with these good smokes"
Private w. L. Jarling writes on March
rs from Base Hospital IS to donor
Thomas Cakes and says: Few things
| have ever come to me just at the time
needed them most the way your ciga-
rettes did. was sick (but getting bet
ter, and well enough to SMOKEY and
penniless, or nearly 30, and yet had a
great longing for a smoke.
There did not seem any way to graf
ify this longing. because the other boy,
| were in the same condition that was
1t seemed that I would have to take thu
thing out by hankering. Then aloni
came THE SUN Tobacco Fund with 9
generous lot of smokes. OF which hat
my share. Please let me try to thanh
you. and will you say to that paper that
I am deeply grateful for what 1t hal
done for the soldiers?"
How the Fund Stands To-day.
l,,,r s,,>- 49,. rxru x,x,r>-rNa sr,>- e. oon n
United Cigar Stores boxes ............ n. o97 .
Otherwise acknowledged ............... SIS. sos
New contributions ...................... Tol
Total 1896, SD .
shipped and paid for. 80. .sssS. 1884
schultz Cigar stores boxes $50. se1 g
Grand total ........................-.S4 SS, 6I S
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PROF. HENRY NJ. STEPHENS.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Is. - Prof.
Henry Morse Stephens OF the University
of California. prominent educator and
author dropped dead at the Union ferry
depot here to-day after attending the
funeral OF Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst. He
was active in war work.
Prof stephens was born in Edinburgh.
Scotland. October 3. 1857. He received
degrees from Halleybury College. Eng
land. his alma mater. and Balliol Col
lege Oxford. and prominent universities
in the United States. Prof. Stephens
was the author OF several histories, in
GLIDING those of the French Revolution,
Portugal and India. lie was Contribu-
tor 10 the Encyclopedia Britannica and
the Dictionary of National Biography.
Prof stephens came to the University
OF California in 1902 as head of the de-
partment OF history. after having served
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DIR. II. AUGUSTUS WILSON.
Special DespatcA to THE Sun.


PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-Dr. H Au-
eustus Wilson. sixty-flve. one Of the most
prominent orthopedic surgeons In the
country and professor emeritus OF
orthopedic surgery at the Jefferson Med
ical College, died this morning at his
home, 1911 Spruce street.
DIR. Wilson gained prominence in 1909
when he brought to this country from
Vienna DR.. Heinrich A. Lorenz. who was
the originator and chief exponent or
bloodless reduction Of dislocation OF the
hip.
1t was not long after DR.. Lorens's de-
parture that DR.. Wilson began perform
Ing the difficult operation himself with
marked success. To his friends and as
sociates he was known as a friend or
the children. On more than one COCA
sion he saw on the street some crippled
child and had It brought to his home
for treatment.
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MANY NEW WORKERS
AT WHITE SULPHUR
Showers Keep Visitors Indoors
at West Virginia
Resort. .
Special Despatch to TEE SUI.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. Va.
April 1.-THE Greenbrier foyer was
thronged to-day with visitors kept in
doors by spring showers.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Ryan have ar
rived from New York with Mr.. and Mrs
Nicholas F. Brady. Mrs. Edward Van
Ingen and Miss Katherine Van Inger
also are here from New York.
Other arrivals to-day include Thomas
c. Pullman OF London, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry w. Oliver, Pittsburg: Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert f. Fales, Miss Margaret
Fales. and Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver W, Mink
Boston f. n. Carpenter. Wilkesbarre
Pa; George Bagby, Huntington. and
Mrs. William ]. Delaney. Chicago.
e r. Behrendof of Erie spoke before
the school children of the village to-da,
in response to an appeal by the loca
Board of Education. 1t is the object
of those interested to have weekly lee.
lures for the children to inspire their
to greater study.
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vICE-CoNsUL TO BE MARRIED.
Claude Ledger VIII Wed Miss Lit
ton OF England May 4.

Claude Kirwood Ledger. British Vice.
Consul In this city, will marry Miss Elsie
I.itton OF Warrington, Lancashire. In st.
James's Church. on Madison avenue. May
/. Mr.. Ledger IL son OF the Rev.
Charles George Ledger. vicar OF St
pauls Church. Tupsley. Hereford, Eng
land, and a graduate OF wadham Col
lege, Oxford. He formerly was British
Vice. Consul at Antwerp.
Miss Litton is a daughter OF the late
George Greenhall Litton and Mrs Mary
Grange Litton OF Warrington. Lanca-
shire, and a niece of Major John Littor
OF Sankey Hall. Warrington. She II q
guest In the home Of Mrs. Harry Gug
gsnhsim. $40 Madiso9,avsnus.
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HENRI RABAUD TO QUIT.
Boston Symphony Conductor VIII
He Succeeded by Monteux.

BosroN. April 16.-TIenri Rabaud. who
came from France last November TO
conduct the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira this season, has declined to extend
his contract, according to an announce
ment by the trustees to-day. He prefers
to devote his time to composition and
will return to Paris.
Pierre MonteuX. who conducted the
opening concerts of the orchestra last
fall. will succeed him next season.
NJ. Monteux conducted at a number
Of concert halls in Paris. and in 1911 he
was engaged as conductor OF the Russia n
ballet, with which he made four tours OF
Europe. In 1916 he came to the United
States with the ballet. and in the sum-
mer OF 1917 he conducted the Civic Or
chestra i'm New York In the autumn OF
that year he was appointed the regular
French conductor Of the Metropolitan.
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MRS. WILSON'S IDEA DROPPED.
Suggestion for Name of 23d Hog
| Island Ship Not Carried Out.

PHILADELPHIA, April l6.-The Amerl-
can International Shipbuilding Corpora
ton launched its twenty-third ship at
Hog Island to-day. The vessel a 1900
ton cargo carrier, was christened the
Kishacoquillas in honor OF the Liberty
Loan workers in Miffiin county, Pennsyl-
vania. The name was changed from one
suggested by Mrs. Wilson, wife OF the
President.
This is the second break in the list OF
names chosen by Mrs, Wilson, the first
change being necessitated by the similar
ity Of the names given TO two other
ships.
The sponsor was Miss Charlotte Kent
Skinner, a student at Bryn Mawr Col
lege. She is the daughter of o. c. Skin
ner OF Lewiston, Pa. Victory Loan
chairman for Miffin County.
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Miss Margaret Carnegie, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, whose
marriage to Ensign Roswell Miller Will
take place next Tuesday in the home OF
her parents. 2 East Ninety-Flrst street.
will have no attendants. She will enter
the drawingroom of the house with her
father, and the ceremony Will be per
formed by the Rev. William =. Merrill
Of the Brick Presbyterian Church, and
the Rev Sloane Coffin Of the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church. c. Rob
erts Miller will act as his brothers best
man. The .ushers will be Erskine \
White. William II. Stewart. James B
Waller, Jr., and Robert A. Franks, Jr
small reception will follow. The youns
couple have made no plans for the spring
and summer.
Eternal Royalty" Victory" ant
Jeanne dare at Prayer. are three
Of the tableaux arranged for the Rain
bow ball to be given next Monday eve
ming at Sherry's for the benefit OF thu
st. Ambrose Community Center. Tick
cts at So each may be obtained from
Miss Elizabeth Gum, $50 Seventh
avenue.
Mrs. c. Ledyard Blair left yesterda!
for White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
where she will remain three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs, L. A. d. Perclval hav'
arrived from their country place. neai
Sands Point. L. L., and are at tn
Vanderbilt for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dupont Prat
gave a dinner last night at the Plaza
Mr.. and Mrs f. skiddy Won stad
returned yesterday from Aiken, s. c.
where they passed the winter, and will b
with Mrs. Won Stade's parents. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Charles Steele, II, East Sixty-sec
ond street. for few days before open
ing their country place at Westbury L.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Tingley Wall. Jr., vii
pass the summer with her father, Fred
erick Brooks, at Watch Hill, r. I.
| The marriage OF Miss Ray Slater
daughter OF Mrs. Horatio ". Slater. I
DR.. James b. Murphy. will take plac
at noon. April %, in the home Of he
mother. 270 Park avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Tiffany Richardson
81 East Seventy-fourth street. hav
taken DR.. P. Llewellyn Chambers's will
at Southampton. L. l.. for the summer
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DINNER FOR vIsCoUNT IsHn.
British Ambassador Entertains for
Retiring Japanese Envoy.

Special DSspdtch 10 THE SUI,
WASHINGTON, April l6.-The British
Ambassador and the Countess OF Read
ing entertained at dinner this evening in
honor of the Japanese Ambassador and
the Viscountess Ishii. who will soon re-
turn to their home in Japan, the Ambas-
sador retiring from this post, The
guests included Secretary OF the Interior
and Mrs. Lane. Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Houston. the acting Secretary
Of State and Mrs. Frank L. Polk, former
American Ambassador Japan Thomas
J. O'Brien, Admiral and Mrs, Fletcher,
Mrs. II. G. Slater, Miss Laura Harlan.
Miss Flora Payne Whitney and Mr. and
Mrs Charles A. Mum. Jr
Mrs A. Mitchell Palmer was guest of
honor at q luncheon given to-day BY
Mrs John Lord O'Brian
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Ford have is
sued invitations to the marriage of their
| daughter, Miss Anna Marie Ford, to
! Thomas J. Donnelly of Paterson, y. j..
next Wednesday morning In the Church
OF the Holy Comforter. a reception and
breakfast will follow In the home Of the
brides parsntA
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HENRY j. COMAsKY.

Henry j. Comasky, who for twenty
seven years was clerk of one of the trial
terms of the Surrogates' Court. died yes
terday morning in his home. rs Varick
street He had been i'll of pneumonia
three days. Mr.. Comasky was at his
desk on Saturday and his sudden death
was a great shock to his associates. He
had been a consistent Tammany Hall
man all his life and was a member OF
the Huron Club the Tammany organiza-
ton in the district in which he resided.
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THE REV. y. N. FIGGIs.

The Rev. John Neville Figgis, the
news of whose death was received yes
terday from London. was from 1911 to
1916 a lecturer in this country on his
torical and theological subjects. He
came to Harvard as Nobel lecturer IT.
1911 and later lectured at New YORK
Seminary and at the General Theologi-
cal Seminary. In 1915 he went to Lake
Forest University, Lake Forest, ILL., He
was born in Brighton. England. October
Q, 1856, and was graduated from Cam
bridge, obtaining degrees from several
other institutions. He was one OF the
foremost English writer's in his field.
The sun., 1919-04-17
DARTMOUTH TEACHER RESIGNS
Prof. Frank II. Dixon to BE Profess
sor at Princeton.
Special Despatch to THE sus


HANOVER, y. H.. April 16,-Prof, Frank
II. Dixon, head of the Dartmouth eco
nomics department, has resigned from
the Dartmouth faculty to accept a pro-
fessorship at Princeton University. His
resignation will take effect at the close
OF the present term, He first taught in
the economics department at the Univer-
sity OF Michigan, coming from there to
Dartmouth IN 1898. He left Dartmouth
last year TO accept q position on the
United States Shipping Board. but re-
turned in the fall to act as temporary
director OF the Tuck School during the
absence OF Prof. w. r. Gray.
Prof. Dixon has acted at various times
in the capacity OF expert for the United
States Census on the valuation of rail-
ways. for the Bureau OF Statistics. the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
the National Waterways Commission.
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MISS ISABELLE GARwooD.

Miss Isabelle Garwood, daughter OF
the late Hamilton C. and Mary A.
Garwood. died yesterday in this city
after a long illness. She was SO years
Of age. Miss Garwood was born In New
Jersey but had made her home In
Manhattan. For several years abe had
been living at the waldorfAstor She
leav es a sister. Mrs. e. W. Paulling OF
Chicago.
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HOT SPRINGS DRAWS VISITORS.
Several New Workers. Join Colony
for Easter Holidays.
Special Despatch 10 THE Sc,

Special Despdtch 70 THE SUI.
noT SPRINGS. Va, April l6.-Anons
the arrivals at the Homestead to-day
were Mr.. and Mrs Edward Swift. Will.
lam A. Fuller, Donald Edwards and J..
Anderson, all of Chicago. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Baker and J. Peters of
Philadelphia.
George r. Bronson OF New York. Capt.
and Mrs. Radcliffe Romeyn OF Buffalo
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leland II. Ross OF
Morrlstown, n. j.. arrived late to-day.
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MISS RUSH TO BE A BRIDE.
Daughter of Navy Yard Com
mandant to Wed May 10.
Special DeSpaich TO The SUI.


Boston, April 16.-Miss Catharine
Rush will be married May 10 to James
Jackson Cabot of Cambridge in the
Cathedral Church of st. Paul. Miss
Rush Isl the daughter OF Capt William
r. Rush, commandsnt OF the navy yard
at Charleston. and Mrs Rush. Mr., Cabot
Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey
Lowell Cabot. He was a Lieutenant In
the Aero Squadron and returned early
this year from France.
The bridal party will include Miss
Helen Meeks, New York; Miss Theus
Munds. New York Miss Louise Inches
Boston; Miss Evelyn Hitchcock. Boston
and Miss Eleanor Cabot OF Cambridge
Mr.. and Mrs. William Watson Caswel
of Manchester by-the-Sea have an
nounced the engagement OF their daugh.
ter, Miss Dorothy Caswell. to Lieut.
George Alton Fuller OF the iolst Engi'
neers.
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MISS JANE A. DELANO.

PARIS. April 16.--Miss Jane A. De-
lano. director of the Department Of
Nursing Of the American Red Cross
died yesterday at the American Army
Base Hospital at Savenay. She became
i'll while making a survey Of Red Cross
nursing facilities in France and UNDER
went several surgical operations.
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Jobyna HoyvIa nd Stricken.

Jobyna Rowland. the actress. who n
appearing in Papa" at the Little The
atre, was suddenly stricken with appsn-
dicitis yesterday. Owing TO the impor-
lance of the part which she played In
this comedy the play has been taken out
of the theatre. Miss Rowland Is oou>
fined to her apartment at the Hotel Al
gonquin, where she Ia under the care Of
Or. Joseph Muir Of eos West End
avenue.
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Special Despdfch TO THE Sun.
BALTIMORE. April 16.-Miss Mary
Camilla Bonsal, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leigh Bonsal. will be married TO
Capt. Frederick T. Seggerman. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick X. Seggerman
OF New York. in June. The ceremony
will take place in the country home OF
the brides parents at Ruxton, and will
be followed by n reception. Mrs. w.
Wallace Lanahan will be her sisters
matron Of honor. and Miss Frances
Leigh Bonsal. whose engagement to
Lieut.. Weight Duryea has been an
nounced, will be her sisters maid of
honor
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RELIGIOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
st. Georges Church
gfsn on fsth street East OF 80 Avenue
III * All Seats Are Free

., Rey.sKARL IRELAND. ID. D.. Rector.
!, -. Thursday Evening, b 4. NJ.
Molly Communien and Address by me Hse'oi'
Good Friday ~ to M R.ctor.
n, --'fp sEasten Sunday Services
~. A.+-M.--Iiely Communion. address ~
no A A. M.--HoIy Communion, sermon py
ri the Reeter r..,,y.i
sr- z zssi..s 3 e. sssi Ssss s;.
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in the chair of European history in
Cornell University since 1894. He was
former president Of the American HIS
torical Association.
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KANDLE-MUND.
New Jersey Girl Becomes q Bride
in PhiIadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA. April 16.-Miss Lillian
a. Mund, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles p. Mund OF harrington, y. j..
was married yesterday to Elwood j.
Handle. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
c. Handle of Ocean City. in the Baptist
Temple this city, by the Rev. DR.. Rus
sell II. Conwell. Tho bridegroom ia a
member OF the staff OF national bank
examiners of District No. and the
bride is a yeowoman in the navy.
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PICTURE SALE NETS
$14,9S5 IN EVENING
Harpignies Landscape Brings
81, 450-TOtal Now Is
S23,517.

The storm OF last night did not inter-
sale In the galleries Of the American Art
Association and the room was filled. The
bidding was spirited at times, but no
great prices resulted.
The leading figure was s1,45o, which
was paid by Clapp and Graham for the
landscape by Harpignies, called "Souve-
mir de st. Prive." The charming Boil
DIM water color. the "Yiolin Girl" by
Mowbray. and the Girl In Boat" by
Hassan, were not sold. having been with
drawn by the Committee for Devastated
France from the sale.
Tho list Of pictures that sold for
$3.50 and up. with titles and buyers. fol-
lows:
No. 1N-Daubigny. "solen Couchsnt." u.
ie-Ale1andcr Wysnt, Autumn Morn
ing" Adam Kslin. :........::..::.. IA
Id. q. Brown. "shine. SIR" Mr..
1sp-Nattier (afteri. Portrait of Lou
Use de Bourbon. DR.. Frcder- -.
17o-BOucher (after). Nine. de Pompa-
dour. Mr.. Gumpert. ................ 1eC
1'2-Nattier (school oO, Portrait Of
Lady, w. W. Seaman. agent. SIC
NV. A. Bourguereau, An italian
Beauty. John Levy. ..............,.. 2C
HS-A; F. oudinot. Landscape with
Figures. Or. Frederick Pope. 16
Te-Harpignies. Souvenir de ST.
Prve. Clspp and Graham, ....,.. 4, 4a
H1-Jules Worms. Divided Interest,
William A. Burnett e. ...,.,....... 1st
@--Paris Bordone, Venetian Lady,
c. Gusliclmetu. .........l...... ~
i~-sir Peter Lely. A Gentleman. -,
I7-sir Peter Lely. A Lady Clspp
snd Graham. ..............-"..... D
1s3-De Laryiniere, Portrait Of
Woman, R. Fontane................< 81
1s3-Louis Tocque. Lady with Hurdy-
gurdy, W. W. Seaman, agent. ..... 20
1@-w. NJ. Post. Clearing Weather,
Dr. Frederick Pope. ............... 20
| 1V-H. o. Tanner. The Good Shep-
herd. G. l.. Berg .....,..."... 81
2m-Bruce Crane. Solitude. II. II.
Parke. agent. ...................... 81
202-George H. Bogert, Landscape,
| September Morn, II. II. Parke,
agent ........................ 81
ao4-Bruce Crane. Passing Storm. DIR.
| Frederick Pope. ...;....s....... 81
| G. L. ............,....,.'...,. 30
| 2lo-George H. Bogert. Landscape, T.
HATFIELD. .................. a.
ns-Pannini, Scene in Rome. c. Gw-
lielmett OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. E. 2
2la-John La Fargo Maus. a Samoan.
NJ Knoehler & Co.................. q
| t23-Rgaud. Portrait Of Louis XIV, .
| Albert Morse. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
The total for the evenings sale wa
s14,935. making a grand total for tn
collection OF s23.517.50.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Bronx Board of Trade
Starts Its Drive To-day
$4,000 Annual Income Fund
and Increased Membership
Are Sought

The five-day campaign to provide a
$50 600 annual income to boost The
Bronx an1 increase the membership
of the Board of Trade to 2 900 will get
under way to-day. The first reports
Will be heard at luncheon at Knights
of Pythias Temple at noon.
The campaign will be under the lead
crship of Olin j. Stephens. chairman
of the campaign committee. and Gen
erals Albert Goldman and J. Wynee
Jones. Men prominent in the affairs
of The Bronx will take an active part.
1t is hoped to raise the sum by Frida .
Luncheons will be held daily and
work Of the teams will be posted
Nearly 200 prominent men of The
Bronx will take part in the drive. The
ma jors" for the campaign, each Of
whom will command two captains, with
teams of five men each. are Philip E.
Mahony, Maurice Muller. Peter S.
O'Hara, Blake A. Hoover, Elisha H.
James John Wynne. A. Bauman, Rich
ard B. Aldcroft, Louis H. Werner,
August Schwarzier, Philip J. Schnei-
der Frank r. Guy, Joseph NJ. Callahan,
Henry NJ Hale, Fred w. Berry, Owen
B. Murphy, Edward r. Koch, William
A. Root and Homer Waltermyre.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Ten-Year-Old Arab
Wins 300-Mile Test
OF Equine Stamina,
Two 8-Year.Olds of Same
Breed Come in Second
and Third; One Finishing
Fourth Wins Speed Race

AVER, Mass, Oct. 19--Ramla, a ten
year-old bay Arab mare, ridden by A.
W. Harris, Chicago banker fifty.
one years Of age, was announced to-
night as the winner of the three hun
dred mile cavalry mount road test
from Fort Ethan Allen, VT, to Camp
Devens. Rama finished with per-
centage of 929. The horse is owned
by w. R. Brown, of Berlin, N. H.
Kinghsher, an Arab bay gelding
eight years old, ridden by Colonel
Frank Tompkins, was second with a
percentage of $685. and Kheyra, an
other eight-year- old Arab, was third,
with 72.4. Judging was on the basis
of 25 per cent each for speed and feed
consumption and so per cent for con-
dition.
The award was preceded by a
quarter race at Camp Devens
this forenoon, which was captured by
MIR. Browns Halcyon. This race was
put on to determine the condition of
the horses.
Finishing fourth, fifth and sixth re-
srectively in the endurance test were
Halcyon, with a percentage Of 71.3;
Grabbct, 6G8, and Castor, COL. Five
Of the horses awarded places are
Arabs and one, Castor, is a Morgan
The horses each lost from forty to
seventy pounds in the test.
Prior to the race this morning
Rustem Bey and Prince were with
drawn, owing to lameness, leaving for
the Judge six of the eight horses that
finished the 30omile course. The field
comprised fourteen starters when the
horses left Fort Ethan Allen last
Tuesday.
The test had the sanction of the
pureau Of Animal Industry and of the
Army Rcmount Boari. Prizes were
81 900, $500 and $3.50 respectively for
first, second and third. The winner
received for one year possession of the
United States Mounted Service Cup.
The cup will be contested for annually
hereafter until one owner has won it
three times, when it will go into his
permanent possession.
Purses and cup were offered by Mr..
Harris, who rode the winner, and Mr..
Brown, president of the Arabian
Horse Club of America and owner of
the winner. The judges were Major
Henry Leonard, Of Washington, D. c.;
Harry Worcester Smith, of North
Grafton, Mass, and Major c. A. Rem
ton, Of New York.