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The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Trip to Michigan for
Five of Carnegie Tech

Special Dispatch 10 Tlfn NEW YoRK 1iEnup.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. i7.-Carnegie
Tech Basketball candidates finished their
carry round of hard practice Thursday
when tho institute declared its annual
Christmas recess. The squad has been
hard at IL since football closed and
Coach Hal Iddinys has under him about
twenty promising men. including half a
dozen huskies from the grid team.
Techs season opens with trip
through Ohio and into Michigan. There
aro five letter men back from last
s-sson and the new material Is IN.
usually promising.
Frank III. Haaren. graduate manager
OF athletics. is busy trying to arrange
his football schedule for 1922 Yale
is 10 be played in New Haven on Sep
tember 80. Three Western Conference
teams have asked for games with Car
negie. Indiana offered date IN Bloom
ington. the University OF Illinois and
also University of Chicago. these games
for Chicago. II Ia just possible that one
or the games will be played. Centre
College also offered the Plaid d game
in Danvilc. Ky, on Thanksgiving Day
but this could not be accepted. AS was
fbo case this season Carnegie Tech
again will play Washington and Jeffcr.
son and Penn State.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
HOLLYWOOD ALICE
NOT SOLD--OWNER
James McCashin Explodes w.
III. Gocher's Humorous Story
of Sale.

1t is always sad duty to kill good
story, but the humorous account of the
alleged sale of the hoppled PAGER Holly
rood Alice, :o6h, 10 former owner
who failed to recognize her, as sent out
a fortnight ago by W. II. Gocher, sec
retary of the National Trotting Associ-
alton, and published in THE HERALD of
December 4, seems to have been hoax
Mr.. Gocher says he had it from Tom
Berry. the Pennington. N. J. trainer,
who was reported to have identified the
mare as Hollywood Alice after her former
owner Fred Ballentine, had bought her
for $500 under the belief that she was
q green one. Berry's explanation of the
matter Is awaited with interest by James
McCashin, q well known and reputable
dealer In horses from Morristown. n. j..
who shipped the mare to England about
two years ago and repurchased her there
last summer when she was being so
heavily handicapped that she could no
longer win. Her two seasons abroad
will operate to give her a time allowance
of four seconds in races here next year,
making her eligible to the 2:15 class
In letter to THE HERALD Mr.. McCashin
says:
"There was not a line of truth in the
story except that the mare was brought
back here to race in slow classes, which
she will do. barring accidents, under her
time allowance. There has been no at
tempt at disguise in either name or ap-
pearance. Evidently the writer, who re-
fers TO her faded and 'bleached' coat
and her thinned out TALL knows more
about a pen than he does about a horse.
Hollywood Alice was clipped before l
thought of buying her. and any horse
man knows bay always clips out
a lighter shade. And a shipper knows
the trouble with unprotected tails on
board ship. Several of my horses had
their tails rubbed almost bare.
II sent her to Ike Hully at Wee
quahic Park, in Newark, with instruc-
tions to only jog her, as she was COM
ing from hard racing. / think Ike may
be forgiven if he did let her step bit.
just to show his fellow trainers he had
the goods. There was no intended
lure or feelers' for buyers as i
bought the mare to race myself. Neither
did her former owner or any other man
exchange $500 for a halter with the
little mare on the end of it. or buy her
at any price. Her former owner knew
her by no other name than Hollywood
Alice. Tommy Berry never saw the
mare after her return from England, so
where did the writer get all the moon
shine about the new boarder at Tommy
Berry's stable at Flemington,' the night
letter advising Tommy of the find,
the high powered limousine with the
anxious owner meeting Tommy at the
station on his return from the West,
and Tommy's wonderful discovery of
the identity of the mare?"
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Cuba Supporting Racing
in Impressive Fashion
President Zayas and Society
Attend Frequently.

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 17.--Having got
ten away to an auspicious start the win
ter racing season at Oriental Park is
now in full swing and running along in
q manner that Is most encouraging to all
well wishers of the turf. The daily
patronage. which has been large and
representative of the best citizenship OF
Cuba, has been mostly confined TO the
native population. as the tide of tourist
travel from the United States does not
move southwark until after the Christ
mas holidays. At that there are already
quite q large number of "Americanos'
here, and many of them being first time
visitors are keenly delighted with the
superb Cuban climate and the oppor-
tunity to witness high class racing amid
beautiful surroundings. These people
have sent back TO their friends glowing
reports of what they have experienced.
However. racing i'm Cuba has reached
such a high state of popularity among
the native population that the sport has
long ceased TO be dependent upon pat
ronage from American visitors. Cubans
are naturally a sport loving race and
they have not been slow to take to
racing.
Not the least interesting feature to
date has been the frequent presence at
the races of DR.. Alfredo Zayas, Presi-
uent OF Ine itepuDllc, ana inc members
of his official family. The party al
ways occupies the Presidential box, en-
blazoned with the Cuban national coat
OF arms whenever they visit the track.
Society Is also well represented, princi-
pally on Sundays when the leaders of
Cuban wealth and fashion turn out I'm
large numbers. The handsome club
house. completed at n cost of S400. 900,
and said to be the finest of its kind in
North America, is the Mecca for the So
ciety folk.
Regarding the racing to date it has
proved eminently satisfactory. The only
drawback has been the comparatively
small fields and this condition is being
rapidly remedied now that the horses
are becoming acclimated. The unsatis-
factory track conditions that character
lied the first months racing last season
are not i'm evidence. at the present meet
ing. The course during the first fort
night was In splendid shape and enabled
the horses to hang UP fast times. of
which Moso Goldbatts Guvnor's feat
IN equaling the track mark for five and
one-half furlongs was the most notable.
Both the par-mutuel and bookmaking
systems of wagering are again in vogue,
and both have their votaries, patronage
between the two being pretty well di-
vided, although the books handle all of
the larger wagers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Market Demands Action
in Horses for Riding

w. ID. Grand. who has been IN close
touch with the market for saddle and
harness horses in New York for thirty
years, says tho demand for low going
riding horses is losing ground in favor
OF something with trotting action enough
TO give the rider a little more healthful
exercise. He believes the breeders of
hackneys are overlooking an opportunity
i'm not letting many Of their colts go
unlocked and developing them as saddle
horses. 81 would not touch n tail until
was assured that colt had the great
ness necessary for show ring competi-
tion in harness." he remarked the other
day.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
RECORD TIME SET
BY KINGS HORSE
Bowood Surprises by Covering
Mile and d Half in , Min
utcs 3 Seconds.

Special Gable to THE Ngw YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Dec. H.
The Kings colors were carried to VIC
tory the first time this season when his
horse Bowood won the Gatwick plate,
worth fl, 900, which is probably more
than the horse is worth. The royal vic
tory was greeted by a huge crowd as
sembled at this popular track with up
roarious cheering, for although many
persons lost money on the race, they
saw the race of a lifetime.
Dick Marsh. the Kings trainer, chose
the right sized prize and the right sized
field for the prize. the field being a
small one, only one other horse COM
peting. This was Winter King, whose
jockey, Steve Donoghue. probably is the
greatest Jockey on the English turf since
Fred Archer.
The distance run was mile and
half. The going was hard, but the
weather was fine. The horses got off
with good start, but crawled in pro-
cessional fashion around the field to the
amazement of the spectators, who al
ways expect to see a. rafting pace when
Donoghue rides. His mount this time,
however, was giving the royal horse
nineteen pounds and, therefore, Dono-
ghue permitted him to make the pace.
When furlong away from it, both
Jockeys espied the finishing post and IN
creased their speed to such an extent
that the winner actually was galloping
when he passed the judges box in the
wonderful time of three minutes and
three seconds. The jockeys looked more
tired than the horses when the race was
over.
The betting was eleven to four on
Winter King and was about the same
on Bowood never winning again. The
crowd felt that 1t was pity the King
was not present TO see his horse when
the racer was up to the trainers expec-
tations and at the same time TO witness
his first victory this season.
1t was the first match that Donoghue
had lost and the first time mile and
half was done in England in three
minutes and three seconds
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
$4,0OO,0OO Distributed
in Harness Racing in 1921
Nearly 1900 Trotting Meet.
ings This Year.

In his address to members of the Ma
t.onal Trotting Association at their re-
cent meeting in New York John G.
Welty, the president. said that during
the season just ended purses aggre-
eating more than s4,000,000 we're dis
trtbuted among owners of trotters ana
PAGERS. Nearly 1900 trotting meetings
were held, according to Mr.. Welty. OF
these all but fifty were on half mile
tracks The attendance in 1921, he said
has been the largest ever known.
Fred f. Field. head of the Brockton
Horse Show. lost three valuable young
trotters of his own breeding In the re-
cent fire which destroyed the barn In
which they were quartered at John w.
Stouts farm near Lexington, KY One
of Mr.. Fields fillies was Etawah's
Lily, 2:09i4. whose record was made as
a three -year-old last season. Another
was Donna volo Belle, 2:1s. Besides Mr.
Fields horses. The Northern Man,
2:06h, a we'll known sire; Thistledoune,
2:0sh. and several other fast ones were
burned
Jane the Great, 2:4h. is still in the
stable of Walter Cox, but with a new
owner. When this star of the Laure.
Hall trotters failed to appear at the
TOCeHL ulSpeTSii Sdie Oh >. A. Flctcner
horses in New York II was announced
that she was sick and could not be
shipped with the others. 1t now trana-
pires that she had been sold privately
to John G. Welty. president of the Ma
tional Trotting Association.
E. Roland Hartman OF the Goshen
Driving Club bid up to $500 for the
two-year- trotter Peter Earl. 2:1om.
purchased for $3.50 by J. ]. Archboid
of Brooklyn at the recent "Old Glory
horse auction. The colt is a full brother
to Judson Girl. 2:07A. by Peter the Great,
2:071i. He made his record in the an
nual race for the historic Lexington
Purse at the Kentucky breeders meet
ing.
More than 10 per cent. of all the trot-
ters and PAGERS in the "Old Glory sale
this year were purchased for export.
Among the fifty or more horses were
many with fast records but few whose
going will be much of loss to harness
racing or breeding interests in the
United States. BY their breeding and
records. however, some of the young
stallions and mares shipped to Europe
ore qualified to produce 200 trotters.
Divided authority in the government
of harness racing Is producing natural
results. Ringers are numerous: SUD-
preston OF time IL rampant on the
minor tracks, and as for making and
taking conditional entries. horsemen
who ought to know do not hesitate TO
say they can enter their trotters clear
through the season on the principle of
"pay II you start" in early closing
races and all.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Strub to Fight Draft.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17.--Dr. Charles
IT. Strub. president OF the San Francisco
club of the Pacific Coast Baseball
League. declared to-day that If the
maj jor leagues insist on the draft being
used he will introduce at the coast
league meeting next month resolution
declaring that the Pacific Coast League
is a major league and asking Judge
Lands, Baseball Commissioner. for such
a rating. DIR. Str,ib is opposed TO restor-
alton of the draft.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Grand Prix Next July.

PARIS, Dec. 17.--The 1929 Grand Prix
automobile race will take place at Stras-
bourg July IS, according to an announce
ment made this evening by the Automo.
bile Club Of France.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
New York Best Market,
Shippers Of Horses Say

Shippers of Western work horses to
the semi-weekly auctions at Fiss, Doerr
e. CarrolTs are saying this winter that
New York is the best market in the
country for the sale of green ones un-
der the hammer. Nearly every other
trade center had to stop the auctions
for want of buyers for time this year,
they say, but there has never been
time when shipper could not find an
outlet for his consignment to the sales
in Twenty-fourth street. Prices were
sometimes low in the dull midsummer
season, but the buyers were always
there, ready to take a. chance on every
horse that looked like making q profit
for them.
Shipments from Ohio, Illinois and Ne
braska featured the Monday and Thurs
day sales at 1Tiss, Doerr g. Carroll's last
week. IT was noticeable that none OF
them included horses weighing much
more than 1900 pounds. while those of
considerably lighter weight made UP the
bulk of the offerings and appeared to
be in best demand. Heavy drafters are
still appraised below par whenever they
come under the hammer. owing, IL Is
said. to the lack of work among New
York truckmen.
James McCashin, who is at westbury,
t. l.. with his latest shipment of Irish
horses, has sold to Charles +. Hubbs
the brown marc Irish Empress, 16.1
hands, that qualified as hunter this
season with the Meadow Brook hounds.
and to w. IL. La Boyteaux of the Rid
ing Club the bay thoroughbred gelding
that won at Morristown in the class for
horses suitable to become hunters Both
horses have action enough for the sad
die, Mr.. McCashin says, and were bought
for that purpose.
Henry Schafer of Brooklyn closed out
the livery stock OF Leo B. Dempsey at
auction on Wednesday in special sale
at the Raymond street mart.
Waller & Potters of Brooklyn will hold
another auction sale of seasoned work
horses on Tuesday at their Ru.lsd5s
street stables.
II. Kaufman & Sons are rounding out
a prosperous season in their big sad
dlery and harness store at 1913 Division
street. They are just now holding n
special sale OF horse blankets.
Van Tassell & Kearney are closing
out their stock OF harness and saddles
at Enthusiastically low prices.
The Bergen Horse Company Of Jer-
sey City sold a good run of seasoned
workers and carload OF fresh ones on
Wednesday at very fair prices for these
times. Their weekly auctions are to
continue right through the winter
George Watson Is selling n few inn
ported Irish hunters and saddle horses
all the time at Paradise Farm, Tea
neck, N. J.
Mt p. Newcomb. 924 Seventh avenue.
has a stable full of we'll trained saddle
horses ready for the winter buyers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

NJ. p. Newcomb. 924 Seventh avenue.
has stable full of we'll trained saddle
horses ready for the winter buyers
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

George Watson Is selling a few inn
ported Irish hunters and saddle horses
all the time at Paradise Farm, Tea
neck, n. J.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. by THE NEW York Herald
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

The Bergen Horse Company Of Jer-
sey City sold good run of seasoned
workers and n carload OF fresh ones on
Wednesday at very fair prices for these
times. Their weekly auctions are to
continue right through the winter.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

Henry Schafer of Brooklyn closed out
the livery stock OF Leo b. Dempsey at
auction on Wednesday in a special sale
at the Raymond street mart.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16

D. {. WOMAN AND
SON KILLED AS
AUTO CRASHES
Victims Are Mother and Brother
Of Capt. James v.
McConviIle.

Word was received here today Of the
death of Mrs. Catherine McConville
and her son, Gerald ]. McConville,
yesterday in an automobile accident
on the State highway, near Mount
Pocono, Pa.
The mother and son were riding in
a roadster. having left Scranton ear'v
in the morning, bound for Philadel-
phia, when another machine loome
up in the road. In trying to avert "A
collision McConville struck a culvert
st the side of the road. The roadster
turned over five times and landed In
a ditch. Mrs. McConville was killed
instantly and the son died several
hours later in a Scranton hospital.
Until recently Mrs. McConville and
her son have resided in Washington.
Capt. James V. McConville, OF the Will
lard Courts, another son, left Wash.
ington last night to take charge Of the
bodies.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
2,O0OFLOR|STS
At OPENING Of
SESS|ONSHERE
Convention Will Continue Until
MISUNDERSTANDING
Trips are Planned.

Washington today became a florists
colony when the thirty-seventh annual
convention Of the Society OF American
Florists and Ornamental Horticultur-
lists opened in the National Guard
Armory, Fifth and l. streets north
west.
The convention was called to order
at 1890 o'clock by Otto Baurer, presi-
dent OF the Florists Club Of Washing
ton. Addresses OF welcome we're made
by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
District Commissioner Rudolph. and
John Henry Small, Sd. The invocation
was delivered by the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery.
The florists viii be in session here
until Thursday, when they will EN-
bark on a sightseeing trip, which will
take in Mt. Vernon and other points
of interest In and about Washington.
The delegates to the convention num-
Der more than 1000.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
GOLD WATCHES
ATTRACT FANCY
Of D. {. THIEVES
Twenty Shining Timepieces
Stolen From Homes in Past
Weeks Operations.

Thieves In the District see, IN
have suddenly developed a liking Tor
gold watches. Nearly score of
timepieces have disappeared here in
the last week from homes.
Mrs. Kathleen Duggan, 1900 Mas
sachusetts avenue; - Mrs. Leo S.
Schoenthal, 904 Westminster street
northwest: Teresa Hines. 2235 Fiji
teenth street northwest. and Charles
Volland. $40 Twelfth street, added
their names this morning to the long
list OF owners OF missing watches.
west. reported the theft of 10000
l.. ID. Kelly, 917 e street north
cigarettes from his place. The loss
Miss Alma Craig. 1902 Sixth street
northwest, complained that a trunk
In her room was ransacked by an in.
truder, who stole $40.
Mary A. Woodford, of the Ashley
apartments. Eighteenth and California
streets. reported that some one stole
from her apartment a silk quilt, a
black broadcloth coat and thirty pieces
OF imported chinaware, totaling =
value of $500. A suspect Ia being
sought
Clothing and jewelry valued at $3.50
were stolen by a duplicate key thief
from the apartment of Emma Patte-.
son, 1343 Clifton street northwest,
some time last night.
A family wash valued at $50 was
stolen from the front porch Of 1910
Twenty-eighth street northwest last
night, according TO a report made TO
police of the Seventh precinct By
Julius Marcy, who conducts a dairy
at that address.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
443 MEET
dealt BY
VIOLENCE
% Are Drowned, While IS Are
Killed in Traffic Accidents
In Past Year.


neeioehIs' suicioea hoHicioes
and other violent causes contrib
uted to 44S deaths i'm the District
in the fisc.I v.,r of 1901 accord
ing 70 major harry l.. Iess1oro,
VINO has compiled vital statistics.
Suicides Increase.
In 800, -. So. ~,s. .,,t
eide. whi,a e. ,ha CO. &c nor;oa n
the YEA, ,,ra,,,o,,. thara 49, fortv
Thara 80 tha $50 ',,,Hr nf a.
temn,aS s,,o,aas e. 1901 ~. thsra
we're s,icidas
Deaths fro,, o,cobo, amounted tn
two IN 1aoI Tor The a., me- nariod in
Jeso fonr d,ad from the effects Of
alcohol
Motor. str.at rai,w.v, steam rail.
roads horsa"drawn vehicles and other
Vehicles were resnonsib,e for sixtv.five
deaths in the Dfstrict in 1921. while
for the fiscal wear of 1920 there were
seventy-one deaths due to the same
causes.
Hydroairplane accidents were re-
sponsible for two deaths in 1921, and
in 1920 one flyer lost his life.
Serious casualties resulting from the
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
JUDGE ACCEPTS
$4,000 BID ON
PRALL PROPERTY
Part Of Estate, Long in Courts.
To Be Disposed Of
September S.

An offer by John w. Csrdwell for
the purchase OF the Prall property at
91S and 800 sixteenth street north
west. embracing the Gordon Hotel, for
s57 800. made through the Percy III.
Russell Company, was today reported
TO Justice Hitz, of the District Su'
preme Court, by Robert II. Mcneil,
Thomas w. O'Brien. and Hayden
Johnson, trustees appointed by the
court to sell the property.
The sale was .conditionally affirmed
by Justice Hitz, who set September
for final ratification. Offers from
other sources will be entertained by
the court, provided the bids are in
excess OF $4,000 over the present
offer IL made prior to that date.
The Prall property has been in the
courts for a number of years, Mrs.
Elizabeth c. Prall. the widow of the
son OF the original owner, claiming
that she was entitled to the entire
estate as her husband was the only
son and the first born. The court
decided that she was entitled to one
fourth, but Mrs. Prall never accepted
this decision. She was finally ad-
judged to be OF unsound mind and
c. v. INLAY appointed her guardio n.
Mr.. Inlay asked for the sale Of the
property to obtain means for the
maintenance of Mrs. Prall.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
SCHOOL AFFAIR
ENDS|N TRIP To
GRETNA GREEN
Vaughan Connolly and Miss
CIauria Gall Tell Friends of
EIopement 2 Months Ago.

The many friends OF Vaughan Con.
nelly and Claudia Gall, popular mem.
bers OF the younger set" were
showering them with congratula tions
today. following the announcement
yesterday Of their marriage, two
months ago.
Though efforts TO keep the slope.
ment secret have been successful
since June Is, when they Went 10
Clarendon. Va, and were married.
the parents of the couple learned the
news and made public announcement
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughan Bradford
Connolly are now at home at l42J
Girard street northwest. Their mar.
riage was the elimination of a school
days romance. Both attended Cen
trail High School, where Vaughan
was football and track star. lie
graduated from Staunton Militar
Academy. Va, this year. He was q
lifeguard at the Tidal Basin Bathing
Beach for a time, but is now in the
real estate business.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
OVER 2,4oo TREES PLANTED
IN WASHINGTON LAST YEAR

Washington's tree population was
increased to 105,803 during the fiscal
year ended June 30 last, according
to the annual report OF Clifford Ian
ham, Superintendent OF Trees and
Parking. made to the District Com
missioners yesterday.
The report shows that 2,400 new
trees were planted to take the place
of others, that have either been Killed
or blown over by wind storms.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
TWELVE NAMES ADDED TO
NATIONAL FOUNDATION

The Women's National Foundation
announced today that twelve names
have been added to it's roll including
some OF the best known clubwomen
in America Mrs. Clarence Crittenden
Calhoun, president, persuaded several
prominent women 20 become
Founders" on recent trip to
Southampton. l.. /.
Mrs. Ernest Walker. introduced by
Mrs. Charles b. Howry. financial sec.
rtary. In a recent Founder" Mrs.
David Meade Lee, president OF the
Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hos
pital, has asked to be enrolled as a
benefactor.
Among those enrolled at Southamp.
ton are Mrs. u. u. Mellon, niece of the
Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. Peter
Larson, Mrs Il. l.. Thomas, Mrs.
George Leary. Mrs. r. +. Black, Mrs.
James Barr, Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt,
Mrs. II, Garvin. Mrs. T.. c. Tower.
Mrs. w. Harry Brown, Mrs. James r.
Sullivan, Mrs. Bacon, and Mrs. Henry
Rea-