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The New York herald., 1922-12-01
Norwich Quits the Turf.

Whether Norwich ever races again
or spends his future life in the stud,
according to the present plan Of his
owner, the son of Runnymede will
be remembered as two-year-old Of
dazzling speed and courage.
Early writer's on the race horse,
and both the thoroughbred and the
standard bred types may be included
under this head, deplored the train
ing and racing Of horses before they
had arrived at maturity. These au-
thorities argued that early training
meant early decline. One of the
most insistent opponents of early
training was HENRY WILLIAM HER
BERT, who won fame under the name
of Frank Forester. He was followed
Pby CHARLES j. FOSTER, who not only
expressed his own belief that early
racing was bad for the thorough
bred and thestrotter but quoted ex-
perts like HIRAM WOODRUFF, whose
book on the care and training of the
trotter is a classic.
These men argued earnestly against
the practice of training three-year-
old trotters. What would they say if
they were in the flesh to watch races
at heats as they are now held be-
tween two-year-olds?
The fact is that the thoroughbred
natures rapidly and this is in a
measure responsible for his early ex-
ploitation in racing, but backNof this
is the desire on the part of breeders
and owners to get quick returns on
their investments. The breeder mar
kets the produce Of his stud as year.
lings. The buyers race them the fol-
lowing year. The size Of stakes for
juveniles is a powerful incentive to
follow this practice.
Because Of this every season pro-
duces examples Of thoroughbreds
that are as good in their two-year-
old careers as they are at any time
in their lives. Occasionally one OF
them is better at two years than ii
ever is after that age. Norwich be-
longed in this class. The day he
won the Walden Stakes in Maryland
over the mile course he was at the
top of his form. His victory in the
Kentucky Derby was not as good
performance as his victory at
Pimlico.
Whether Norwich will be a sue
cess as sire of race horses is a
problem. He is going into the hands
of the expert Miss DAINGERFIELD, who
is already the custodian of Man o
War. In her charge he will have
his chance.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
In Lancaster County.
More About Place Names in n Fa'
yored District OF Pennsylvania.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Pennsyl-
vania having come underline notice CT
your post office epic writer please allow
me as a native of that State to thank
you for your array Of names and. above
all, for the inclusion of Bird In Hand,
In the county of Lancaster.
Old Man Grillbortzer, who used to live
near Skelp Level. used to say there was
but sheet of paper between Lancaster
county and Heaven. and II you ask evil
dence of the truth Of his assertion,
rlease observe that the county contains
an Eden. a Paradise and Providence.
Please also take due and proper notice
that in the local language It Is not
Scalp" but "Skelp'' Level. Grasshopper
Level Is another bit of history in the
county, embalming a tradition that the
humble insect in mass once stopped a
railroad train at that point.
For fear that Lancaster county may
suffer from too much praise and too
lofty suggestion must tell you that
the Buzzard gang. outlaws, dched the
law and its officers there for years
also that the county once had as q
citizen n man living in Salisbury town
ship near the Welsh Mountain. home
of the Buzzards. who named his son
Wilkes Booth, after the murderer OF a
certain Abraham Lincoln.
BIRD IN IsND.
BRooKLYx, November 20.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
Hanlets of Many Kinds.
Edwin Booth and ROssi the Best OF
Them, in One Mans Opinion.

To THE New YORK HERALD: 1t is a
poor actor who cannot make success
of Hamlet. He must know how to read
blank verse. That is essential.
Hamlet" Is a blood and thunder
melodrama-redeemed by the genius of
the dramatist. With open mind Hamlet
Is easily understood. Stuffed with ira
dition and preconceived notions, critics
rave about complexity, but the mass OF
comment as to the proper Interpretation
OF the character is mere literary junk.
Was he crazy? No, but some writer's
seem so.
Fifty-two years ago I saw Edwin
Booth as Hdniiet in a magnificent pro-
duction at Booths Theater Twenty
third street and Sixth avenue, but
have not relegated all other Hamlets to
the discard. Edwin Adams was a good
Hamlet. e. l.. Davenport was fine
Forbes Robertson in his prime was
splendid. Creston Clarke, nephew OF
Edwin Booth, did we'll; E. H. Sothern
was good enough for me John i. Kell-
erd was interesting Walter Hampden
not bad
The best interpreter of Hamlet after
Edwin Booth to my mind was Ernesto
Rossi. I sat close to the stage at
Booths Theater forty-one years ago this
month and watched him with delight
His musical voice In his native italian
simply wonderful.
The great Italian tragedienne Ade-
laide Ristori said that Salvini was su-
perb. but gave the palm to Rossi FOR
spirituality. Ristori could not find words
to express her admiration for him. "Ah
Rossi! Rossi, transcends us all !"
1t Is a mistake TO think that Better
ton. Garrick. Spranger Barry. Edmund
Kean. Samuel Phelps. Henry Irving OF
Edwin Booth had the least right &c
patent Hamlet or compel all inter
prefers to conform TO specification.
Edwin Booth and Ernesto Rossi were
spiritual Hdmlots although the text dc.
clares him "fat and scant of breath"
oh that this too, too solid flesh would
melt" ! don't remember whether OF
not Bernhardt omitted that line. but
despite the critics. / enjoyed her per-
formance of Hamlet.
Fechter wore n blond wig varian,
from the traditional black. No one can
ever realize all of the features so-called
Shakespearean scholars have foisted on
the poor Prince.
While | cannot help giving first place
to Edwin Booth and Rossi l have ap.
preciated the work of all other actors
have ever seen in Hamlet. 1t Is not
more difficult than many other charac.
ters to play. His diction must be Eliz.
abethan. not Manhattanese Give EN-
tall a chance There is no reason why
a player must be supcrlative genius
before the wise men of Scorneo and
the public can accept him as the Dane.
HERBERr 4. RESToN
New ROCHELLE, November 90
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
Conserving the Quail.

w~n it was proposed to classify
the quail as song bird and thus to
protect it from gunners protests from
every part OF the Union reached
Washington. They came from or
ganizations as we'll as from individ-
uals who go afeld in the autumn
with dog and gun.
One OF the soundest arguments
against removing quail from the
game bird classification has been
made by T. GILBERT PEARSON, presi-
dent OF the National Association OF
Audubon Societies. who contends that
the change would defeat the object
aimed at. Mr.. PEARSON says that
sportsmen do much for the protection
OF these birds. Thus winter feeding,
when the snow lies deep, saves the
lives Of countless quail.
The influence of the true sportsman
is for preservation always. He does
not exhaust a bevy, but leaves sum-
cient birds to provide a supply for
auOtUtT SedHOh. OuNc tHt tiOSeu
period is on the preservation OF the
species is matter of duty with him.
Tf IL were not for the activities of
game protective agencies and indi-
viduals quail would long ago have
become we'll nigh extinct in the
northern and central States. Tens
OF thousands Of the birds arc brought
from Mexico annually and distributed
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
DR.. Hibben for War Debt Cancellation
Prncetons President Urges That America Again Prove
That She Has Soul.

pleased TO lay down. We can give them
power in their councils and at the same
time safeguard our constitutional rights
and natural traditions in any manner
we please.
What Is imperative is that we I'm the
United States should no longer keep our
selves in short-sighted. self-centered
complacent isolation. Europe needs us.
and we recognize that need, and yet we
withhold our help.
Moreover, such policy would react
most favorably throughout the foreign
population of our country We think
ourselves isolated from Europe. but we
are bound by many invisible ties to all
the countries abroad.
"One of the most serious problems OF
the present and the near future in
America is to create and hold spirit
of loyalty among our foreign born popu-
lation. A policy of international CO.
operation on the part of our Government
would tend to create through the con-
sequent feeling OF gratitude this much
desired spirit Of devotion to their
adopted country.
''The greatest need of Europe In this
present critical time is the stabilizing
influence of n disinterested Power such
as that of the United States The power
which we possess is clearly manifested
by the success of the Washington Arma-
ment Conference. The beginnings OF
great things were accomplished there,
but unfortunately. that conference had
no continuing existence.
1.-The conference at Genoa failed be-
cause the United States vas not pres
ent at the council table. The council
at Lausanne will fail for the same rea-
SON. The meetings of the League of
Nations have been relatively impotent
because the United States mas not been
a party to them.
''I do not know whether to regard II
as tragedy or comedy that we should
in the present world situation be rep
resented at the various conferences
abroad by one whose function Is that OF
q spectator. We are the only nation OF
the world that can act with striking
power, and yet we are satisfied to look
on.
I'VE may delay and delay, and delay.
taking those steps assuring us that the
world war was war to end wars until
1t Is, too late to avert such war. and
too late TO guard ourselves from partici'
patton in it, or from the disastrous ef-
fects upon us and upon the generations
yet to come, of another world war"
SwARTHMoRE. Pa. Nov. 30.-President
Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore College
In an address at the Thanksgiving Com
munity Church service to-day urged
greater participation in European affairs
by the United States.
"At time when the world is suffering
for want Of leadership" he added, "a
tariff wall which shuts off the importa-
nf highest
ever made by any country. Is preventing
the economic readjustment of the world.
President Aydelotte closed his address
with an appeal Ito translate the best OF
our private thought and feeling into
public act, to forget our selfish safety
and material benefits and dedicate our
selves to the task of expressing the
greatness and idealism that are inherent
in America"
The New York herald., 1922-12-01

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 30.-Declarins
of her war debt from the Allies to make
sure that the world war was war To
end wars. President John Grier Hibben OF
Princeton University i'm an address at
Rice Institute here to-day asserted that
now is the time for the United States
to gauge whether the war sacrifices OF
the country have been in vain
"a great TOLL" he said. was paid by
the Allies in the year when we were
in preparation to enter the war. II we
exact further payment In money we will
be demanding that the Allies pay the
debt they owe us twice over. 1t may be
said by some that while this is a gem
erous solution on our part of some of
the difficulties of Europe. 1t is not
right that the nation should forego a
contractual debt, that the Government is
the trustee Of the funds Of its people and
must safeguard the financial interests Of
selves demand it they have the right
to sacrifice their own interests in view
of higher end possible of civilization.
I've have already manifested this
The indemnity given to US by China on
account Of the Boxer rebellion was found
to be larger than the claims OF our
American citizens. Consequently we re-
fuv e. 70 III i1or
action now on our part would not only
give new courage and hope to Europe
but would bring to our American people
again the same elevation of spirit which
we experienced In the years of 1917 and
1918 during the world war. 1t is a
great day in the history OF mart<ind
when a powerful nation shall rise up
and prove to all the world that 1t has
soul
IF we are wise enough and great
enough to do this thing we should very
carefully safeguard our generosity
through the demand that the nations OF
Europe should balance their budgets 50
as to wipe out the present annual de-
ficits. They cannot do this, however
without very substantial reduction OF
adj their army and navy appropriations.
ITO reduce their armaments and war
appropriations they must be delivered
from the bondage Of fear. the fear Of
invasion and the scourge of war This
is particularly true In the case OF
France. An assurance of this kind can
be gained only by means of the COM
bined authority of the great Powers of
the world reorganizing the sovereignty
of their common cause. as in the days
of the world war. to the end that there
may be Peace on earth and good will
toward men,
but European nations cannot at
present give this assurance of immunity
from invasion and war without the ac-
tive help and cooperation of the United
States in their councils. 1t is very evil
dent that they would welcome our pres
ence, whatever conditions We may be
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
Turks Disregard Allied Decision.

The revolt Of the Turks in western
Thrace against the decision of the
allied Powers to deny a plebiscite
to that controverted territory adds
disturbing complication to the
already perplexing situation with
which the Lausanne conference is
struggling. According to the latest
news from Constantinople, the Turks
are we'll supplied with machine guns
and ammunition. They have seized
Xanthi and set up their own Gov
ernment and are besieging Dedea-
Catch, the seaport Bulgaria seeks to
obtain by decision of the conference.
Western Thrace is still in the
hands of the Greeks. 1t Is Greek
garrison that Is holding Dedeagatch
against the Turkish rebels outside
the walls and the Turkish inhabi-
tants inside, who are strongly in
sympathy with the besiegers. Greece
has In western Thrace only the rem
nants of some Of the army corps
which fed from Asia Minor after
KEMAL's advance to the coast. They
are poorly equipped, and in the pres
ent unsettled condition OF Greek af-
fairs it is doubtful whether the Gov
eminent is in position to enforce
strongly repressive measures against
the Turkish revolutionists.
In the northern part of this Thra-
clan territory Turkish Nationalist
army appeared few days ago before
Karagatch with the intention of oc-
cupying the town. Karagatch Is the
railroad station for Adrianople; it
is about two miles from the city. and
as it lies west OF the Martha River
IL was not included in the Thracian
award made by the Mudania treaty
tC the Turks.
The Nationalist army. finding it,
self opposed by the allied force of
occupation. did not attempt to seize
the town but encamped on the east
bank OF the Martha, evidently
lied force. The allied plan for the
western bank OF the Martha is to set
apart a neutral strip three miles
wide which will give Bulgaria an
outlet to the Egean Sea.
The Turks have opposed this plan in
the conferences whenever they have
met western Europe. They are now
unquestionably endeavoring to win
their point by force Of arms. That
the revolt in western Thrace was TO
mented by Kemalist agents and that
the attacks upon Dedeagatch and
other Thracian towns were secretly
encouraged, IL not supported, by the
Angora Government appears certain.
There are too many unmistakable ev-
\ licences OF clearly defined plans and
skillful generalship for the revolu-
tion to be accepted as merely a spon-
The New York herald., 1922-12-01

in territory where they afford good
sport. Only those who have never
known the pleasures Of jaunt in the
autumn through stubble and sedge
behind a good bird dog will quarrel
with Mr.. PEARsoN's conclusion that
"in most instances the fortunes of the
quail may with fair degree of safety
be left in the hands Of the game pro-
tective associations, which have an
intense personal interest in the pres
ervation of the species"
The New York herald., 1922-12-01

but that little is perfect OF its kind,
and the best that any poet does is to
leave a few lines that are perma-
nently treasured.
Poets, long after they are dead. are
seldom read in their entirety. except
those who are stretched on the rack
in the classroom. and they often are
not read afterward at all. Better for
HousMAN, perhaps. that he has been
one of those who travelled light, like
THOMAS GRAY, than one whose fame
staggers under heavy burdens, like
WORDSWORTH.
A century hence, when HoUsMAN's
name is still fresh, the dust will be
thick on most of the quantity pro-
ducers of his time. for it is only the
great genius who can afford TO be the
author OF too much.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
EVENTS TODAY.

Young Peoples League. United Synagogue
of America. opening of three day session.
Jewish Theological Seminary, S3i West 123d
street, all day.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. study hour
for manufactu turers and designers. Grace Cor
nell. 10 A. M.
League for Political Education. Prof.
Bruno Tosell' VIII talk on The Situation IN
Italy" Town Hall, II A. NJ.
Hunter College. class of 90, luncheons
Hotel Astor, r. NJ.
New York City Federation of womens
Clubs. meeting. Hotel Astor. T. NJ
American Criterion Society. luncheon. Ho-
| tel Commodore, Z. NJ
Hattridge School Alumnn League. luncheon.
| Hotel Commodore IL 80 i. NJ
Interfraternity Conference, Hotel PennsyI-
vania, session commencing nt noon; dinner
+ for secretaries OF various fraternities, $3.50
p. NJ.
Organization meeting OF theatrical press
| agents. Keen's Chop House, 1880 r. NJ.
| United States Daughters OF 1912, lecture
by Prof. william Starr Myers OF Princeton
University, Waldorf-Astoria, II A. NJ.
Hunter College. dance. Hotel Btmors,
s 80 +. NJ.
Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. open house night
at the mems clubhouse. s>P. NJ.
League for Political Education. Henry
Morgenthau will lecture on THE Turk In
Europe" Town Hall. j. Nj.
Sidney Hiliman. president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers of America, will
| speak OF present conditions in Russia and OF
| the concession held by the Russian American
| Industrial Corporation. Carnegie Hall. 8
| =. NJ.
! ST. Andrews Society. dinner. Waldorf
Astoria. T. NJ.
japanese Association. dinner. Hotel Astor.
! 80 L. NJ.
| Evander Childs High School Alumni. dance.
Hotel Astor, =. NJ.
Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sciences,
Academy OF Music, poetry reading, Kath-
crime Tift-Jones. T. M; lecture. impress
sions OF Recent Visit 10 Slavonic Coun-
| tries" Or. Clarence A. Manning. s:15 p. NJ.
Peoples Institute, Cooper Union, lecture,
What Has Happened 70 Radicaiism?'
Everett Dean Martin. 8 p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
The Pasture Pool.

From the Kansas city Times.
The smartweed lifts it's cloud of soft
pink bloom
And trims the edges OF the pasture
pool;
It's mldweek. but Sunday silence
The children have gone back again
to school
| miss the chatter of their lightsome
talk
Their happy laughter made the whole
farm gay
Yet something comforts me that's kind
OF strange
The FIRST wild ducks lit on the pool
to-day.
It's foolishlike. but when the children go
The ducks wing in across their south
ern track.
like 10 think they're hostages I hold.
And when they go the children will
ny back
Therein the pasture pool they seem to
It's safe to rest a bit from gun and
foe;
Father would grant the hunters their
request
But I get cross like to tell them
No.
All winter through the vagrant docks
wheel in
TO ind the corn ] scatter by the
shore.
Way worn and cold they huddle close
and rest
To gather strength for their long
flight once more.
When smartwced pink shall cloud the
apple trees.
The ducks wheel north across the
worlds blue dome
They call to me, "Good-by. good friend.
good-by.
We leave you. but the children shall
come home J"
NELL LEWIS WOODS.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
In Australia.
CornstaIks Sixteen Feet High and
Squashes That Do as Boats.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In re-
gard to the rivalry between New York
state and Australia in the raising OF
giant sunfiowers and giant pumpkins.
have letter from my friend Councillor
Robert Z. Cameron of Orbost. Victoria.
Australia. who says:
"A pumpkin. grown by f. Munday
weighed on arrival at the homestead
from the field-grown In the open field
-194 pounds.
"A sunfiower grown by Mr.. Hossack in
the open field measured 20 inches in
diameter.
'.Mr. Hofen grew on broad acres 147
bushels Of maize-Indlan corn--to the
acre.
~"rhe average yield of maize for the
Snowy River Valley. in which Orbost is
situated. taking one year with another,
will work out at 80 bushels to the acre.
I'VE grow the short varieties Of maize
here. but even with these it is quite
common to fnd stalks of sixteen feet,
but l do not know what the record
would be.
''The land on which these growths
take place is subject to floods and is
watered by streams which have cut
down through cliffs of limestone"
Mr.. Cameron adds: Il have records
greater than these. but as l am not in
II position to guarantee them l only give
those i have been able to verify"
Z Mr.. Cameron also sent me some
photographs which he says "are not
faxed in any way, but are the genuine
thing" They show parties OF four and
five children out boating in what seem
to be halves of Hubbard squashes.
WALTER LYON.
MrLNGAvIE, Scotland. November Is.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
taneous uprising of the Turkish

tdHeouS uprising VI ING Aurhlsu
population.
The question of western Thrace
was the first on which a decision
was reached by the conference. The
Turks reaction to it is in line with
the arrogance and disregard of in
ternational rights they have shown
since their military successes in
Asia Minor. The danger in the stu
alton lies not alone in the strife
between Turk and Greek in Thrace
hut in the possibility of its spread
through the Balkans.
The Bulgars have crossed into the
contested region from Bulgaria and
Macedonia. These guerrilla bands.
which have in the past been the
cause of many political and racial
disturbances, are probably not sup
ported by the Bulgarian Government.
They are too uncertain and dynamic
force for any organized State to at
tempt to control or to depend upon.
Their activity is clear indication,
however. of the unrest in southeast
ern Europe.
All the Balkan States Joined west
ern Europe in the Thracian decision.
They did so because they believed 1t
presented means to hold the Turk
in check and to- restrain him from
encroaching upon their own terri
tories. In their present temper they
may be determined to hold the Turk
to the conference decision and he
will find they will be quick to ac-
cept the challenge.