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The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Century Of Harness Racing
on PHILADELPHIA Tracks
Quaker City Has Had Mile
Course Since 1927.

For the frat time In almost one hun
dred years Philadelphia will be left
without mile track for high class har-
ness racing when the Belmont Driving
Park 10 converted into a fair ground.
Tho Quaker City, was second only to
New York in laying out a track for
trotting In early days, It's famous Hunt
ing Park course having been built in
1877 on the site OF the present day public
park OF that name. The New York Trot-
ting Course, at Centerviile. L. l., near
tho sitel OF the present Aqueduct race
track, was opened in 1895.
The last races At Hunting Park took
place in 1850 or 1856. The Point Breeze
track. built In 1854. then became the
Philadelphia headquarters for trotting.
It's checkered career continued until
about fifteen years ago, when 1t became
a railroad yard. Long before 1t closed
the Belmont Driving Park was built.
near the suburban station of Narberth.
on the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Numerous other tracks dotted
the harness racing map In Philadelphia.
but these were the three on which the
important trotting meetings were held.
Belmont's rcd letter day was In 1881.
when Maud S. trotted against time and
William II. Vanderbilt with a party OF
friends went over TO sec her perform.
Mike Coodin was lessee of the track on
that occasion. and II was said ho built
the Bingham House with the gate re-
celpts OF the exhibition. Mover fast
track. few important records were made
there, but some red hot racing was seen
In the days when the Southeastern Cir
cult opened at the Pimlico track in
Baltimore early In May and took IN both
Point Breeze and Belmont Park In Phil
adelphia. Fleetwood. Park in New York.
Franklin Park and Mystic Park in Bos-
ton. Old orchard and Rigby Park at
Portland. Me
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

occupied territories. which also would
drain Germany OF money. The forced
sale OF horses and an attending decline
In breeding fine animals would result IA
well, the ownerg say.
AS a result, with insufficient funds
gathered from the season just closed.
owners have given orders to allow the
horses to be used by careful horsenlen
and horsewomen, and In the crisp morn
ings there always Is large held gal
looping around the tracks of the suburbs.
AS a usual thing, the trainers say. tho
Americans are extremely careful with
the horses and ride easily although some
are trifie overweight A number or
members of the American colony haNo
taken up obstacle racing with the hno
Jumpers which would otherwise stand
idly and hungrily in their stalls. While
the prices they pay are not high 1t Is
expected that many q stable purse villa
be we'll filled for the winter.
Obstacle racing has been harder fir
that nat racing. The Countess Won
Ostheim's entire stable was the only one
in Germany which gathered In moro
than 100000 marks fors the season.
Condo and Erich, her two star per-
formers carried most OF this sum homo
winnings Decrease.
Captain Won Zobeltits won 100000
with all his horses. while the Starpes
stable of thirteen horses which made
record winnings last year. brought in
only 73o, 900 marks this season. Minor
and savoyard. owned by Herr Won Tep-
per Laski, gained $4,000 marks this
wear. Other stables brought ridiculously
low winnings, causing such deficits that
the Union League Club decided to make
a determined stand before the Reichstag
for saving the sport Already the sales
of many well known German horses to
Poland have been recorded.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
TABLE. RACES TO GUIDE THE b
berlin MAY DECIDE
TO ABANDON RACING
Low Purses and High Cost Of
Upkeep Threaten Sport
in Germany.
syeoss. Correspondence. to THE Nrw YonH

Specials Corrcspondemos to The NEw YonE
BERLrN, Dec. o.-Many American men
and women In Berlin are taking their
daily exercise astride some OF Ger
many's fieetest race horses Trainers
and Jockeys ruefully watch tho bounc-
ingly amateur and sometimes over
weight riders, but only reach the con-
clusion that the horses must earn their
feed during tho winter and perhaps
longer. In the meantime the owners.
through the Union League Club, are
seriously considering whether or not
racing will be reopened until better
days come.
The entire matter will be iald before
the Reichstag at an early date and that
assembly has indicated that 1t will
gladly lay aside moro serious affairs
Of state temporarily to save the popu-
lar sport II possible.
Members Of the Union League Club.
after collecting data from all trainers
and owners, reached the conclusion that
the present cost year of a racing
animal is 100000 marks and that on
an average a single horse cannot win
moro than $4,000 marks during a year
under the best conditions, while II
ought to win at least $4,000 marks.
The owners contend that horse must
win one-fourth OF the cost OF it's keep
or a stable cannot be maintained.
Ask Reichstag's Aid.
As remedy the owners have sent a
memorandum to the Reichstag asking
whether or not 1t would be possible for
the State to forego its share of the rae
ing receipts, or at least double the pres
ent sum. They nlso ask that tho State
allow the track management to use more
than one-fourth of the entire receipts of
o meeting for purses.
AS an alternative the owners show
that unless the state makes these con
cessions the sport which has flourished
for one hundred years will have to be
aband oned. This. they add. would cause
a large outflow OF Germany money to
r rench race tracks and in all likelihood
would lead to the establishment of
French and English racing clubs in the
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Barn Ride at Durland's.

An indoor hurdle race furnished the
thriller OF the annual barn ride" at
Durland's on Wednesday evening. II
was won by d. c. Fonda's thoroughbred
hunter Mavourneen, but the real star
was william Durland's Tidbits. pony
only 1872 hands high. that finished sec
ond with little Ernest Nudge on his
back. Mrs. II. II. ITaisted's Yama Boy
won the jumping competition. with Mrs.
L. G. Kaufman's Lady Betty second and
Joseph ". Meyers Easter Morn third
The barn ride brought out "a ring full
of strikingly attired equestrians, both
men and women. Carl Stoerger and
Mrs. Anna Keys won the prizes for the
most original costumes worn by any
couple. while Newton Rice and Miss
AbbIe uuyler Held tq9k the prizes for
comicz
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Practice at Lake Placid
for Columbia Hockey Team
Local Collegians to Spend
Five Days There.

Nine members OF the Columbia hockey
team will leave for Lake Placid Tuesday
night to spend five days upstate for
some intensive training preparatory to
the match with Princeton. January 8, at
the new Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.
The team will be the guests Of tho Sno-
Birds Club during their stay and VIII
engage in several games with the Dart
mouth team, which will also bo at Lake
Placid during the, period.
The players who will make the trip
with Coach Tom Howard are Rollins,
Rogers. Rackow, Marshall. Baldwin.
Hanson. wahlig and Glib. Although
four members of last years squad are
among the missing. Coach Howard, the
former Canadian star. considers pros
poets good. -Four veterans available are
Captain Walter Rollins. Dave Rogers,
Canadian Marshall Baldwin, forward,
and Rackow, defense.
The schedule follows: January s,
Princeton at Princeton: 18th, Amherst
az Columbia; 18th, University OF Penn
sylvania at Philadelphia; February 3,
Cornell at ithaca; 10th. Hamilton at
Clinton; cath. Dartmouth at Hanover
(pending); March ., Williams at Colum-
bia.
Although Coach Ed Kennedy OF the
Columbia swimming team expects little
from his VARSITY squad this winter, he
promises TO put a fair team In the tank
next year, provided the present members
OF the freshmarA team will be eligible
then. The schedule for the first year
swimmers includes nine dual meets IN
addition to participation In the intercol-
legiates at Princeton. March % and ~.
SIX OF the dual meets will be with the
local high schools. including the T.. S.
A. l.. champs. and such schools as Mer-
cersburg. Pawling and Montclair.
Most prominent OF the freshman
swimmers IL Bill Wright, who halls from
Central High School. Erie. Pa. Wright
was tho captain of the Eric Central
team when Il won the first annual Co
lumbia University interscholastic swim
ming meet last winter. He was first In
tho so and 100 yard events. lie holds
the American interscholastic record OF
Is 3-5 seconds for the 40 yard swim.
Seven matches ~have been slated for
the first year wrestlers. four OF which
will he with college freshman teams
City College, Brooklyn Poly. Pennsyl-
vania and Princeton. The season will
open January s with Adelphi Academy
at Columbia and will come to n close
against Blair Academy In the Blue and
White gym Saturday, March 3.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Betless Harness Racing Likely
to Be Abandoned on Two
More Eastern Mile Tracks.
by GURNEY O. CUE.

Boston and Philadelphia having with
In the last week been added TO Pough-
keepsie as more than doubtful appli-
cants for Grand Circuit dates in 1928,
the outlook for the Eastern end of the
country's one. big league of mile tracks
In harness racing is rather dark. The
news from Philadelphia is that the old
Belmont Driving Park has been leased
for fair ground and that the new
management win rebuild the track as a
half mile ring. In Boston G. w. Leonard.
who financed the betless Grand Circuit
meetings at Readville Trotting Park for
several years, has stated that others
must now be responsible IL the Angus,
races are TO go, on, and no one has yet
appeared who would assume the finan-
cial risk.
These prospective Withdrawals will
leave gap OF three weeks to be filled
unless the circuit Is to be shortened so
far as its Easterns meetings are con-
cerped. 1t has been stated unofficially
that Goshen's mile track would take the
place OF Poughkeepsie. Whether this
plan will be carried out, however, with
both Philadelphia and Boston missing,
remains to be seen, since those meetings
helped materially to induce owners and
trSiners to ship their horses on from the
West. In the absence of new members
to fill the gap it is likely the stewards
at their annual conference In Toledo
next month will meet the situation by
setting back the opening of the Grand
Circuit from the first until the third or
fourth week In July.
For more than decade the Eastern
end of the league, where every form OF
betting is prohibited by laws that are
enforced on Grand Circuit tracks, has
been so weak that a break like the
present one was always to be expected
When the circuit was young the Eastern
meetings gave it it's @trength. In those
days Cleveland was the only Western
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Seen and Heard
in the Horse Market

Breeders of race horses In England
have been. complaining about a want OF
activity in the export trade. but Phil
7. Chinn OF Kentucky and other Ameri-
can turfmen put life into IL at the New
market sales a fortnight ago. Mr..
Chinn bought fifteen weanlings, eight
two-year-olds and five mares in foal,
all of which are now on one of the
Atlantic Transport liners consigned to
w. r. Goes Himyar Stud at Lexing-
ton. Other notable purchases were made
for A. b. Hancock of Charlottesville.
Va. who bought brood mare by
Spearrnint. another by Roi Hcrode and
two-year-old by Black Jester Wal
ter j. Salmon OF New York paid $4,000
for the producing mare Princess Ster-
ling (dam of the 1000 Guineas winner
st. Louis), by 'F1orizel IL, out OF Ster-
ling Balm. by F'riar's Balsam. and 81 900
for Brig of Ayr. by Ayrshire out OF
Santa Brigida. by st. Simon. Sho Is in
foal TO Swynford, while Princess Ster-
ling is In foal to Bachelors Double.
Horses of ell commercial types were
bought worth the money" last week
IN the regular Monday and Thursday
auctions at ,fiss. Doerr g. Carrolrs.
Buying for Christmas delivery work is
HDOuI ONtE dtlu tllo Ahti met 10 uilutF
niably dull, yet whenever really high
class draft or wagon horse comes under
the hammer at the old Twenty-fourti
street mart there arc half dozen ag-
gressive bidders for him and he invari-
ably sells well.
Canadian buyers took large number
of fast trotters and PAGERS TO ,he Pro-
vince OF Quebec after the recent "Old
Glory" auction sale. Most of them,
however, were of the 500 type.
The Bergen Horse Company's weekly
auction on wednesday drew q large
crowd at the Communipaw avenue
stables in Jersey City. Good horses
sold well.
II. Kaufman e. Son. 1898 Division
street, expect TO open their new uptown
saddlery and harness store IN East
Twenty fourth street soon after the
first of the year.
M. u. SNewcomb reports occasional
sales OF we'll trained saddle horses at
his Seventh avenue stable.
Britton rprbes, o:osls, n trottcr that
won many prizes at American horse
shows q few years ago. was cold at
auction In London recently for s7c5.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Maryland Football Slate.

Cor.LEoD pAnK. Md, Dec. 23.--Two
Eastern universities, Yale and Pennsyi-
yania, are TO meet the University OF
Maryland on the gridiron next fall. The
Maryland schedule. announced Tonight,
includes eight games with SoutherH
teams. ono with Pennsylvania, 60 be
played at Philadelphia. on October q, and
ono with Yale. to b4 played ut New
Haven ON November To-
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Swimming Races at N.Y.A.C.

A swimming meet Will be held by the
New York Athletic Club on Wednesday
evening. January 10. The events TO be
contested are as follows: Fifty yard
swim novice 100 yard swim, handicap f:
100 yard breast stroke, handicap; fancy
dive, handicap water polo. Gold New
York A. G. die medal viii be given TO
first, silver medal to second and bronze
medal 20 third In each event. Entries
close with Paul II. Pilgrim on Saturday,
January G.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Schedule of Coming
Dog Show Fixtures

January 15-Pekingese Club OF America,
at New York city. George r. Foley.
superintendent, 1900 SAMSON street,
Phiiadelghia, Pa. Entries close De-
January Ie--Amerioan Spaniel Club, at
New York city. X. r. Keasbey. secre-
tary, l75 Fifth avenue. New York city.
january 26--American Pomeranian Club,
at New York city. Mrs. II. L. Clarke,
secretary. sheepshead Bay. Brooklyn,
rss y. A.. o. .-, -, w..
Oicense), at New Orleans, La. r. s.
Dehre, secretary, 1850 st. Louis street.
New Orleans, La.
February le-14--Westminster Kenney
Club, at New York city. George w.
Gall, superintendent, Sc West EoFtieth
street, New York city.
February l7-Newark' Kennel Club, a
Newark, n. J. A. ID. Horn, secretary
Newark, n. J.
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AocIEs, FOOTBALL CAPTAIN.

Jack Pollet, star tackle, and former
stAlent of stuyvesant High School, has
been elected 10 lead the football team
for the coming season. With Pollets
spirited and aggressive work TO spur the
teams the Aggies hope to produce q
winning agEregaticuy
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KENNELS.

BRUSSELS GRIFFoNs. beautiful puppies
also several imported show specimens. Mrs.
OLIVIA CEDAR. Pelham, MY. 21p Pelham.
NEWFOUNDLAND dogs. finest in the world
championship blood; puppies and grown
dogs for sale prices on application. DR..
NJ. j. FENTON. Welleeley. Mass.
PEDICRJssD police puppies for sale. reason
able. ago seven weeks. y aud months.
J. NJ. BAKER. Jericho Turnpike and South
Huntington road, Huntington. l.. /. Tel.
'S3s-f'-2 Huntington.
Pas<INGESE and Pomeranian toy puppies /.
pe,,greed stock; Ideal Christmas gift.
F1atbtr.n 1880
POLICE DOGS. grown, male. AGILLNER.
Locust ss., school ST. Rockyiilc Centre.
l.. 1.
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Britton rprbes, e:osls, n trottcr that
won many prizes at American horse
elbows few years ago. was cold at
auction In London recently for s7c5.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

M. b. sNewcomb reports occasional
sales of we'll trained saddle horses at
his Seventh avenue stable.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-19
FARRELL

sYNOPs1s-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been dark period in
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret Is hinted at in a
document left by the elder Fair
child, which also informs Robert
he is now owner Of a mining claim
In Colorado, and advising him
to see Henry Beamish, a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim, a
silver mine. is at Ohadi, thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against a certain man,
"Squint" Rodaine, his fathers en-
emy. Robert decides to go to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
Fairchild assists girl apparently
in frenzy Of haste. to change a
tire on her auto. When she has
left, the sheriff and a posse appear,
in pursuit of, q bandit. Fairchild,
bewildered, misleads them as to the
direction the girl had taken. At
Ohadi Fairchild Is warmly greeted
by Mother Howard. boarding
house keeper, for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild
learns something Of the mystery
connected with the disappearance
Of "Sissie" Larsen, his fathers CO.
worker in the mine. He meets the
girl he had assisted, but she denies
her identity. She Is Anita Rich
mond, Judge Richmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim, Fairchild is
shadowed by man he recognizes
from descriptions as "Squint" Ro-
daine. Back in Ohadi, his fathers
old friend, Harry Harkins. a Cor
nishman. summoned from England
by Beamish to help Fairchild.
halls him with JOY. The pair find
the mine flooded and have not suff1.
cient funds to have it pumped dry.
Later in the day "Squint" Rodaine
announces that he practically saw
Harkins fall into the flooded mine,
. and evidently is drowned. Harkins
being a. general favorite, the entire
population turns out to clear the
flooded mine. When the work is
practically done, Harry appears.
It had been a shrewd trick, and
the men take 1t as a good Joke.
Fairchild learns that Judge Rich
mond is dying, and that he and
Anita are in the power Of the Ro-
DANES. They begin, as partners,
to work the mine. In their hearts
both fear Larsen was killed by
Thornton Fairchild and his body
buried by a cave-in which destroyed
the mine. At the "Old Times Ball''
Fairchild dances with Anita, to the
discontinue of Maurice Rodaine.
son of "Squint," supposed to be
engaged to the girl. A bandit holds
I'm the dance and shoots a merry.
maker. Maurice Rodaine claims he
recognized the bandit as Harkins.
The latter is arrested. Fairchild
interferes to save Anita from the
bullying of the two Rodaines, and
is mystified at Anita's apparent
ingratitude.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-19
The Cr0ss-Cut
By Courtney Ryley Cooper
Y Courtney Ryley Cooper

me from the ground up. Worst we
can hope for is a conviction and then
Supreme court reversal. I'll get him
so mad he'll fill the case with errors.
He used to be an instructor down at
Boulder, and I stuck the pages Of 4
lecture together on him one day. That's
why asked for an early trial. Knew
he'd give me late one. That'll let us
have time to stir up little favorable
evidence, which right now we don't
possess. Understand-all money that
comes from the mine is held in escrow
until this case is decided. But I'll ex.
plain that. Going to stick around here
and bask in the effulgence Of really
possessing case. S'long!"
And he turned back into the court
room, while Fairchild, the dazed Har-
ry stalking beside him, started down
the street.
"'Ow do you figure it?" asked the
Cornishman at last.
"What?"
"Rodaine. e 'elped US out!
Fairchild stopped. It had not oc-
CURED to him before. But now he
saw it: that If Rodaine, as an expert
on mining, had condemned the Blue
Poppy, it could have meant only one
thing, the denial of bond by the Judge
and the lack Of freedom for Harry.
Fairchild rubbed a hand across his
brow.
II can't figure it," came at last
"And especially since his son is the
accuser and since got the best OF
them both last night!"
"Got the best of 'em? You2"
The story was brief in its telling,
And it brought no explanation Of the
sudden amiability displayed by the
crooked-faced Rodaine. They went on
striving vainly for a reason, at last to
stop in front of the post office, as the
postmaster leaned out Of the door.
"Your names Fairchild, isn't itY
asked the person Of letters.
"Yes."
"Thought so. Some Of the fellows
said you was. There's been letter
for you here for two daysw
"For mel" Vaguely Fairchild went
within and received the missive, 8
plain, bond envelope without re
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-19
CHAPTER x
-

The Rodaines were on the sidewalk
when Eairchild came forth from the
Richmond home, and true to his in
structions from the frightened girl, he
brushed past them swiftly and went
on down the street, not turning at the
muttered invectives which came from
the crooked lips of the older man, not
seeming even to notice their presence
as he hurried on toward Mother How
ards boarding house. In his creaky
bed he sought to think, but in vain.
After hours, daylight began to streak
the sky. Fairchild. dull, worn by ex-
citement and fatigue, strove to rise,
then laid his head on the pillow for
just moment of rest. And with that
perversity which extreme weariness
so often exerts, his eyes closed, and
he slept-to wake at last with the
realization that it was late morning,
and that some one was pounding on
the door. Fairchild raised his head.
"Who is it?"
mo one you knOw-yet. I've come
to talk to you about your partner.
May l come in?"
"Yes." Fairchild was fully alive
now to the activities that the day held
before him. The door opened. and a
, young, man, alert, almost cocky in man
ner, with black, snappy eyes showing
behind horn-rimmed glasses, entered
and reached for the sole chair that the
room contained.
my names Farrell" he announced
Randolph P. Farrell. And to make
a long story short, I'm your lawyer
"My lawyer?" Fairchild stared. II
haven't any lawyer in Ohadi. The
only"
"That doesn't alter the fact. rm
your lawyer, and I'm at your service.
And don't mind telling you that it's
Just about my first case. Otherwise
don't guess I'd have gotten It,"
"Why not?" The frankness had driv-
en- other queries from Fairchild's
mind. Farrell, the attorney, grinned
cheerily.
Because I understand it concerns
the Rodaines. Nearly everybody has
little money stuck into their enter
prises. And seeing I have no money
at all, I'm not financially interested.
And not being interested. I'm wholly
just, fair and willing to fight 'em to
standstill. Your partners in jail,
as understand it. Guilty or not gull
ty7"
"Wa-wait minute! Who hired
you?" Then with a sudden inspira-
tien: "Mother Howard didn't go and
do this?"
''NIother Howard? You mean the
woman who runs the boarding house?
Not at ALL"
"But-"
"Im not exactly at liberty to state"
Suspicion began to assert itself.
"Under those conditions. don't be-
usvs-"
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-19

turn address. He turned it over and
over In his hand before he opened 1t
then looked at the postmark-Den
yer. At last:
"Open it, why don't you?"
Harry's mustache was tickling his
ear, as the big miner stared over his
shoulder. Before them were figures
and sentences which blurred for a mo-
ment, finally to resolve into:
''Mr. Robert Fairchild,
"Ohadi. Colorado.
"Dear Sir:
II am empowered by a client whose
name am not at liberty to state, to
make you an offer of $4,000 for your
property in Clear Creek county, known
as the Blue Poppy mine. In replying,
kindly address your letter to
"Box $50, Denver, Colo"
Harry whistled long and thoughtful
ly.
That's 'ole lot of money!"
can awful lot, Harry. But why was
the offer made? There's nothing to
base it on. There's"
Then for moment, as they stepped
out of the post Office. he gave up the
thought, even of comparative riches.
Twenty feet away, man and a girl
were approaching, talking as though
there never had been the slightest
trouble between them. 1t was Maurice
Rodaine and Anita Richmond; they
came closer. her eyes turned toward
Fairchild, and then
She went on, without speaking, with
out taking the trouble to notice, ap-
parently, that he had been standing
there.
After this. there was little conversa-
ton until Harry and Fairchild had
reached the boarding house. Then.
with Mother Howard for an adviser.
the three gathered in the old parlor.
and Fairchild related the events of
the night before, adding what had
happened at the post Office, when Ami
to had passed him without speaking.