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Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals shouldn't make il its own
business to see that no more such in
stances Of acute brutality are per
petrated upon the valuable stock
which is left night after night on th..
Long Island tracks, at the relcntleSS
hands Of men who will stop at moth
ing to enable them to win few dol
lars. even at the expense of help
less. dumb creature
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4 LSO. what about the trick Of run
1 \ ming a horse around the tract,
half dozen times early in the morn
ing before an important race in
which he is entered. ostensibly l."
win? / have known of horses al
ready 50 tired when led 10 the posi-
they could scarcely stand Indeed.
l recall one time. down at the old
Brighton Beach track, where a Gel
ebrated horse entered in one of the
most important stakes of the season
was taken for a hard swim in a
pounding surf at 8 O'Clock in the
morning before his big race.
THAT horse must have got III.
notion that he was a summer guest
at the hotel instead of working for
omebody. His head got so full cf
seaside pleasures he loafed all the
way around in his big race twelve
hours later. No. ! wasn't down on
him. l had intended to bet on him.
but had seen enough. No webfooted
horse Will ever pack my dough-
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The wiles of the dopesters and the
night riders. inhumane as they may
be, are trivial, however. in contrast
with the methods of the spongers.
who infiict upon a defenseless beast
the most acute torture imaginable.
Once understood. it must be admitted
that the cruelty inflicted by the
spongers stamps them 8 the lowest
in the scales of the criminally vicious
classes.
The process of "sponging" a. horse
is easily described. \ sponge Of con-
venient size is merely inserted far
up one Of the horses nostrils, care
being taken only 10 place it so far
that it will not become dislodged
through the forced breathing it is
bound to produce. With the nose
thus clogged, the suffering Of a. horse
driven to it's utmost, its heart pound
ing and it's lungs filing and emptying
at every leap, soon becomes unbear-
able
There can be but one outcome. The
suffocating animal collapses. Down
it goes in Il pitiful heap on the track
or on the turf, as the case may be.
Down it stays until merciful nature
overcomes the outlawry and allows
the beast TO regain its feet, or else
until a mercifui veterinarian orders
the sufferer to be destroyed.
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T ATE last season it became known
IL that one of Mrs. Payne Whitney's
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passenger concerning the legal fare
to be paid, the cabby is obliged to
convey the passenger to the nearest
police station, where the officer in
charge will Immediately decide the
case. If the decision is in favor of
the passenger, the driver has to con-
vey him free of charge from the
Iolice station to his original destina-
tion. Pictures and complete records
of residence, age, description and re-
liability of each cabby are kept on
file in Lieut.. Collins office. The old
District regulation required that no
cabmen could remain on their public
stands or solicit fares after midnight
on Saturday.
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4 BOUT a quarter of a century ago
L when the horse was king in the
District of Columbia, Benjamin F. Nc
Caully was president of the Washington
Road Drivers Association and was re-
puted to be the best horseman in that
entire region. 1t was Mr. McCaully who
built the original Speedway which was
one-mile cinder racetrack that extend
ed from 23d street to the river and then
back to Nineteenth and B streets where
the finish was located. For many years,
this track was the annual scene of ex-
citing amateur contests as there were
more than 600 members of the Washing
ton Road Drivers Association who COM
peted regularly in races. One day 100
road drivers from Baltimore came to
Washington and competed against the
capital champions. During the winter
seasons when snow was abundant,
meetings were held in which superb
pacing and trotting horses competed
against each other when hitched to
racing sleighs. Philander Knox
notable statesman had a $4,000 pole
team which he drove in some of these
races.
Mr.. McCaully delights in recalling the
day when he defeated General L. s.
Grant in gruelling horse race. Gen
eral Grant was an ardent horscman, his
particular hobby being champion pole
teams. On one occasion in the evening
as recreation from his arduous duties
as Chief Executive, he ordered out his
favorite pair of race horses and drove
them down TO tho Speedway for a trial
rum 1t SO happened that President
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trouble, and spent three and one half
As miles. Mr.. HELEN. in conversation
with the amateur automobiles. there
after suggested that horses could
make the jaunt ins better time. An
argument ensued which finally re-
suited in a most extraordinary con-
test in which Mr.. McCaully. driving a
coach and four accompanied by
bugIer, with a relay of horses at
Laurel. Maryland. attempted to better
the mark of So hours between Wash
ington and altimore which Mr.. May
had made with his motor car
The humane society and the Dis
trict police tried unsuccessfully to
prevent the curious time trial. Mr..
McCaully evaded the policemen by
speedy coach horses at mad gallop,
he drove from the Metropolitan Club
to District Line before the officers
could intercept him. Near Beltsville,
one Of the pole horses went lame.
Finally the animal became so lame
that aIcCauIly. had to stop. jump from
the box cut away the harness with
his knife, shift one of the lead horses
to the pole position. abandon the
lame horse by the roadside and dash
madIy on with only three steeds.
Thus handicapped he finally pulled
into Laurel behind his schedule. How
ever, with fresh horses, he soon
made up the lost time and finally
reached the borders of Baltimore
He adopted the strategy of pre-
tending that his horses We're running
away as his equippage. thundered
down the principal streets. The
scheme worked well, and ultimately
Mr.. McCaullv drew up in front of the
MARYLAND Club with the bugler blow
ing as hard as the horses.
The trip was made in exactly three
hours. which was thirty minutes bet
ter than the automobile time Of Mr May
Mr.. McCaully operated the largest
livery stable ever run in Washington.
an enterprise which accommodated
399 coach; carriage and saddle horses.
He did all the work for the willard,
Arling on and Riggs hotels, and pro-
vided the leading embassies and con-
gressional leaders with equipages.
Two Of his most notable customers
were James G. Blaine and Mark
Hanna.
In addition he was an official judge
and starter for both the American
and National racing associations, an
experienced and daept horsennan that
knew the business from all angles.
Mr.. McCaully was promoter Of the
first horse show ever held in the Dis
trict of Columbia, a one-day exhibi-
ton which attracted many. thousand
spectators Closely contested races
were staged, as well as the usual
show-ripg. competitions.
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IVES. there was a time. scores of
j years ago. when livery stables
were almost as commonplace as pub
lie garages. now are in the vicinity of
our national seat of government.
During the. days when the McCaully
stable ranked among the best In the
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favorite steeplechasers, jumper we'll
known to turf followers as Roi Craig,
had been made the victim of spong-
ers. The case was reported to the
track police, but so far as can be
ascertained the affair was dropped
after superficial investigation.
What's to be done when every man
with access to the stable says he
knows of no irregularities?
The Whitney colt outrage caused
something of a stir directly after the
facts became known, but, at that, the
case lacked the f1endish savagery
marking the maltreatment of the Ca
madam jumper, William ii, which
came to light last week.
William II is the property of Maj.
Frank A. White and William A. Read.
He was entered in the steeplechase
at Aqueduct on the last Monday in
June. So satisfactory had been his
trials, so widely. expressed the con-
fidence of his owners in the horses
ability to go the distance with plenty
of speed that William III became IA
vorite in the race, but in the face of
the fact that the public backed him.
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our most beautiful American city is
famous.
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HNE reason why horse cabs are
Ostill popular and always will be in
demand in Washington is that hun
dreds of thousands of tourists annu-
ally visit the headquarters of Ameri-
can legislation. Many of them say,
'My father or grandfather visited
Washington twenty, thirty or fifty
years ago and was driven about the
city in one-horse cab. l want TO
make a similar trip. Where can l
secure a carriage?"
Many other people who tour Wash
ington from the Pacific coast, the
cotton belt, corn belt or grain belt
states are tired of motor car travel
when they reach the City OF Pre.i-
dents, and are delighted to while
away few days or a week rolling
around our leading streets and
avenues in horse carriage.
Over at the' traffic bureau of the
District police department Lieut..
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ing was never more popular in Wash
ington-even during the early days
when most of our national statesmen
lived jim Georgetown and rode horse
back TO the Capitol every morning
than it is right now. Pass through
Rock Creek Park or go down in the
vicinity of the Speedway bride paths
most any time of day and YOU will
meet many equestrians. There is no
other city in the country that pro-
videS more ideal and extensive facil-
tiles for saddling sports. More than
$50 fine thoroughbreds are now kept
at the stables of the Washington
Riding and Hunt Club at 22d and p
streets These mounts are owned by
the members of this private organ
ization, which throughout the year
sponsors several miniature horse
shows and similaT equine entertain
ments. Stables for new hunt club
near Wardman Park Hotel are now
nearing completion and will accom-
modate 100 horses; when finished.
Not so many years ago the ma
jority of the cabinet officers used Of
fetal carriages furnished by Uncle
Sam for their business and social
trips about town. The Postmaster
General, Secretary of the Interior,
Secretary of State, Secretary of the
Treasury, Secretary of Agriculture
and many others in the official family
travelled by horse power. Gradually
the horses and carriages were re-
placed by motor cars. Postmaster
General Burleson was among the last
to abondon the equine method of
locomotion. In fact, the horses and
carriages were still in use when Will
Hays succeeded him. Mr. Hays used
them for a few trips and shortly
thereafter the horses were sold and
automobiles purchased. Secretaries
McAdoo, Houston and Meredith used
government horses and carriages
during their cabinet incumbencies.
Today Secretary of Agriculture H. C.
Wallace still uses his official team
Of matchless Morgans. He is the last
of the cabinet to use horse power
instead of gasoline for his trips
around the capital city. 1t is quite
likely that several teams of horses
and appropriate equipages will al
ways be maintained for the use of
the Secretary of Agriculture.
About a year ago the Spanish and
French embassies discontinued the
use of horse-drawn carriages. They
were the last Of the foreign Giplo-
mats to swear allegiance to the mo-
tor car instead of to Dobbin.
About a year ago an out-of-town
promoter tried to interest District
capital in the establishment of sew
eral stage lines to run from Wash
ington to neighboring places of in
terest in Virginia and Maryland. The
scheme was to use tal1yho and
coaches and fours, stylish turnouts.
the best horsefesh obtainable and
nattily dressed, experienced drivers.
One of the proposed routes was to
Great Falls, another to Mount Ver-
non. This was the first attempt to
revive popular interest in coaching
hereabouts. The project was unsuc-
cessful. but it is prophetic of the
dawn of a potential era when the
horse will again be popular with the
most fashionable Nfolks-when, per-
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eastern states, there were between
80 and 80 horse headquarters in
Washington. each of which main
tanned 100 or more coach and car
riage horses, as well as saddlers. for
public hire. For example. on Sth street
between d and f sereets, there were
five large stables.
W. +. Dowrey. a famous District
horseman. operated an enormous. five
story brick stable, where he accom-
modated more than 500 superior
steeds.
John Gheen ran three large sta
bles and handled in the neighborhood
Of 500 coach animals. All the promi-
nent people of the National Capital
either maintained private stables and
stylish equipment or else rented them
by the day. month or year from the
leading liverymen.
Messrs. McCaully and Downey han
died more than 100 year-round con-
tracts to. provide suitable equipage for
the foreign embassies. American
statesmen and the wealthy people
who lived at least a part of the time
each year in Washington.
Every kind of a fancy carriage
known to the art of vehicle manu-
facture habits representatives in the
District. Mr.. McCaully- even MAIN
tanned several capacious talIyhos,
which were in great demand for
coaching parties that drove through
the District and into nearby Virginia
and Maryland. London and Paris be-
nf ha
car were no more famous for the
style. luxuriousness and multiplicity
of their gorgeous horse carriages
than was the Capital city of America.
Some Of the special-type vehicles cost
81. 200 or more. Harnesses with sill
yer mountings, made Of the best leath-
er on the worlds market, were used
as habiliments for horses that cost
anywhere from $500 to $4,000 or more
apiece. The best pair of carriage
horses ever driven regularly in the
District was the property of Benja-
min McCaully and cost $4,000. Even
today, with expensive automobiles
travelling all the leading streets and
avenues of the city, horses at $4,000
a head would create considerable of a
SciSdtioii.
The presidential inauguration was
a time when practically all the car
rage and saddle horses Of the Dis
trict, dolled up in their best bib and
tucker, marched down the Avenue as
trumpets blared and bands played
patriotic tunes. Four OF the sleekest
steeds with the silkiest coats were
reserved to draw the magnificent
carriage in which the newly elected
President rode. President Mckinley
was the last Of our Chief Executives
who made the epochal journey from
the Capitol to the White House be-
hind the elite and elect of District
horsedom.
That was back in the days when
there were between $4,000 and 10000
pleasure horses in the District.
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\ 7 present there are approximately
"A 1000 pleasure horses in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the majority of
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haps, Washington will be among III.
first of societys capitals to support
again the cause of the pleasure horse.
lnR. CARY GRAYSON, at Salubria
- Farms. Virginia: T. &. Mclean.
at his Leesburg estate, and Samuel
Ross. at his Maryland farm. are still
breeding race horses. Formerly the
first two named residents of the Dis
trict also raised showing and exhibi-
tion horses, but latterly they have
confined their activities exclusively
to the development OF heet-footd
thoroughberds. Several wears ago
the late George NJ. Oyster, jr.. oper
ated one of the best Percheron hors,
farms i'll the country. His beautiful
and we'll bred draft horses were prize
winners at many shows and fairs
Most every Washingtonian at on.
time or another has admired some Of
these black. gray or dappled animaE
as they clattered along our cit
streets hitched to dairy wagons.
Down at, Leesburg. Va. a short III
from Washington. is the famous es
tate of +. Z. White, president of the
American Percheron Horse Society
one of the best judges of draft horses
alive today, man who has worked
untiringly TO improve and popularizc
the Percheron breed.
\ wealthy man came latterly tu
the District from Ohio. He has de-
veloped a beautiful country plac.
out Woodley Road way An out
standing feature Of this estate j.
that the honk of motor horn never
violates its privacy. Coach horses
are used exclusively for pleasure
drives and trips to the shopping dis
trict. There are about dozen of the
handsome coach carriage horses in
the string. Mayhap, they are but
forerunners of the many outstanding
steeds which may traverse Wash
ington's pavement in 1888.
The pleasure horses are not promi-
nent on District streets if you go out
and take a curb -to-curb census. but.
Notwithstanding. there are many of
them that still eat their daily rations
of oats and hay in Washington
stables. Yes, even today. when there
is approximately one automobile I"
every four people ia the District of
Columbia, Washington still operates
three profitable 1i-fery stables.
Louis Miller, orer on 18th street, di-
rectly back Of the Department of Com
merce building, says business is good
and that carriage and saddle outfits al
ways will be in demand in Washington.
John Gheen, poplar show-rins
judge and> all-round horseman, who
runs prosperous livery on Irving
street. reports that many people still
prefer the horse to the motor car as
an ideal method of locomotion.
Mr.. Lloyd, who runs the Washing
ton Riding Academy. and owns 10"
saddle horses. even has To take
classes out at night because the
demand for riding lessons is so Keen
and saddling so popular in Washing
ton.
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cepted unite in placing the blame for
the possibility of such outrages in
the neglect of the jockey club to
police the tracks at night.
MANY frauds upon the public
have their origin on the tracks after
TIE sun has set" said a turfman who
knows the racing game backward
"Pimlico and Saratoga are the only
courses l know which are adequately
policed a. night. | don't see why the
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CRUELTY PRACTICED ON HORSES
AND SURE-THING. BETS GO WRONG
Notable edtoEna
Torture
eAnrua1

kicking around the stall of an or
dinary boarding stable outcast.
1t had been in the nostril of Will
liam ii for four days When it was
removed the horse had hemorrhage
stand
I. K x x
60 much for the operations of the
- spongers on William II. The dis
covery of the fiendish trick started an
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some Animal.
BY FREDERICK DALE.

n n ADE impudently bolder by the
hu success of their evil opera
VI tions last summer. the
'spongers" have again be-
come active on the race tracks around
New York. To greed. which drives
them to the extremes of cruelty in
impairing the staying qualities of an
animal bred at huge expense for the
development of speed, endurance and
gameness. may be traced. this sea-
son, not yet half over, the death Of
one high class horse and maltreat-
ment Of another which may result in
permanent disability.
Not only are the spongers at work
having left indubitable evidence of
their savage practices, but. it is
charged. the dopcsters, with their
drug compounds and cocaine syringes,
and the night riders, too, are providers
around the paddocks.
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Horses Have Washington Champions
Despite Domination Of the Motor Car

the He Of
TfAthugh the
Services Horses AreinK Demand
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\ present there are approximately
"A 1000 pleasure horses in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the majority of
which are SaAdlers. Horseback rid.
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BY GEORGE ii. DACY.

- ESPITE the 100000 or more
motor cars, commercial
automobiles and trucks
- which now daily whirl here
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maps washington will be among tn
hrst of society's capitals to support
again the cause of the pleasure horse.
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T ATE last season it became known
l. that one of Mrs. Payne Whitney's
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
NO MORE LIBERTY
Noted Lawyer Views With Alarm En-.
croachment Upon Constitution.

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 19.-Indiyidual
liberty is being beaten down, and the
right of man to govern himself is be-
ing defeated by the threatening en-
croachment upon the constitution of a
code of statutes to control the habits
and morals Of Americans" John W.
Davis, president of American Bar As.
ISOLATION, declared before the annual
banquet of the st. Louis Bar Associa-
ton last night.
Davis made many references in his
address to the danger of too much law, y
and to tendency to ignore mandates
of the constitution. He said "a mys.
FERROUS being called the state" should not
be set up to. the abandonment Of the
spirit of individual liberty. He also de.
nounced the radical element.
Speaking of the duty which lies be.
fore the legal profession to stem the
tide of excess government, Davis as.
serted:
Il would advise you TO preserve the
image of God in man, rather than ia
set up the image of man in the state"
Bruce A. Campbell, president of the
Illinois Bar Association, spoke briefly
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
MOURNS WALLACE
REID, A VICTIM OF FIGHT
ON HABIT-FORMING DRUGS
Tributes From Famous Stars Come Pouring in at News
of Death of Movie Actor, Who Expired in His
Wife's Arms, Mumbling Good Il Please"
Body Will Be Cremated After Public Funeral.

fcred a great loss" said Carl Laemmle
Some of the tributes of movie stars
were:
II cannot express the grief and sor.
row l feel. Charlie Chaplin.
MY heartfelt sympathy go out 10
Mrs. Reid. Lloyd.
This is one of the saddest things ]
have ever known."-Theodore Roberts,
He was n charming boy, with great
genius. Mary Pickford.
The motion picture has sustained an
iIreparable loss. douglas Fairbanks
The son OF Hal Reid. the famous
melodramist. did not want to be an ac-
tor, il is said. but desired to be mo-
ton picture director.
Like His Father.
Il never wanted to be an actor,
friends quoted him. "and ! still won't
want to be an actor. The promoters
liked the shape of my nose or some
thing, and j was powerless to do what
l wanted to do. But they're not going
TO get away with il forever. They're
not going to ruin my life like they did
my fathers. He could hav" heen n
great playwright, but they wouldn't let
him. Some of the boys got him to
W lite 'mellerdrammer' and, after Il
made big hit, they'd never take any,
thing from him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19

Los Angeles. Jan. 1s.-Filmdom to
bay mourned the passing yesterday VI
Wallace Reid, motion Pre- star
whose death ended his long battle fol
health after abandoning the use Of
bsbit-forming drugs.
His death came as he lay IN the arms
be his wife, known in the screen world
s Dorothy Davenport, and just after
lie had mumbled in semi-delerium: God
IL please"
He had been unconscious for many
hours, but in his last talk with his
wife, when his mind was clear, he
eemed to be aware, relatives said, that
Heath vas near.
At that time, he said: '"Tell them
mama, j have won my fight-that
have come back"
He. had affectionately called his wife
'mama" since the birth of their son
BLY,. five years ago.
Many Tributes From FilmdOm.
Representatives of all phases of mo
ion picture work offered their SYM
.sthy to his widow, little Billy and the
my adopted daughter. Tributes to the
lead actor, were many.
Eve have lost one of our greatest
tars." said Jesse Lasky.
"The motion picture art has suf'
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'In just the same way they ignored
my desire TO be director. They put
rde out as an actor and made money
OF Of me. Thereafter / was doomed.
But I'll show EN-. One of these days
I'll be free TO do as l like and that
will be the end of my acting"
Reid was a member of Los Angeles
Lodge No. 90, Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks, and it was an
nounced the lodge would conduct public
funeral services Saturday afternoon.
The body will be cremated in accord
ance TO Reid's wishes and the ashes
probably sent East. 30
Began in Vaudeville.
Reid was born in st. Louis, Mo-. in
1892. and educated in New York. His
stage career began in vaudeville With
his father in "The Girl and the Rang
er." and later he entered the motion
pictures in the early days of this in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
To Donate Bronze Tablet.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-The city counci
was asked today to pass an ordinance
creating an art commission to award d
bronze tablet. TO be donated by Local
bank, TO the owner who erects the most
artistic office or apartment building
during the current wear.