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always interested In the technique of
getting the most out of the human
machine. Indeed, the most vivid men,
orv I have of the Beckett-Carpentier
fight, which really put Carpenter on
the international boxing map is not
of the fight. which lasted 20 seconds.
but of a conversation I had with the
prince about training in youth and mid
die age.
1t was the princes debut as patron
OF the ring The scene was the Stadium
Club t"to boxing what Ascot is to Eng
lish racing as sporting writer has
pithiiy put IT.. Carpenter. who had
leaped into fame by knocking out the
tall Bombardier Billy Wells at Client.
had come to try conclusions with the
big Englishman. Joe Beckett. The
French boy looked white and drawn be-
side the burly. well colored Beckett. and
most people agreed with Arnold Ben
nett. who before the fight began told ne
he thought Carpenter was "a dead
man" People were not then aware
of the tiger that slept in that pale
French boW
The prince had come TO his first big
fight with Louis Greig. This was in
December. 1919. The prince was "a
and only Just back from his first great
postwar tour to Canada and the
States. He looked with interest at the
crowd--one OF the most brilliant and
intriguing that ever assembled round
a ringside-and up al the movie cam
era men. who had their feet in rope
loops. Charles Cochran, the promoter
sat beside the prince. but gave up his
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Bagging Porpoises.

CEA fishing is a very different al
fair from the quiet occupation Of
the rural stream-side angler, and the
difference becomes all the more strik-
ing as the size of the saltwater game
increases. There is no more exciting
exploit than that of capturing a school
of porpoises, which is sometimes ef-
fected in the following manner:
A seine nearly mile long Is paid
out from the steamer to incloSe the
fish and cut them OF from the open
sea. At the wings and bag Of the Net
small surf boats are stationed. who's
crews strive to frighten the porpolses
when they attempt 70 make q com
bined charge upon the net.
As the huge creatures. often weigh
ing 1000 pounds each, can easily break
a seine if they set out for it, the only
safeguard is to distract them and di-
vert their attention. Slowly anc
steadily the seine is drawn in toward
the beach. and when near enough
smaller seine is brought into play in
side the larger one.
With this a few porpoiSes at a time
are cut of from the main school. and
hauled by main force on the shore,
where they are dispatched With lanceS
or knives.
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! the brain which transmits the power Of
| motion to the limbs was, in their Opin-
/ Ion, completely wrecked. Maybe II was.
| But Trubee Dawson out of his will set
| up a new transmission system. BY sheer
| will he rose from his bed and by will
| he got upon his crutcheS and by will
| took himself 10 law classes at Columbia.
Admitted to the bar. elected to the
| Legislature. he entered the chamber on
crutches. living miracle OF will.
| He has never fancied himself as a
public speaker. His pet story on himself
| Is OF the occasion when some one came
up 10 him in the smoker on train and
! said
II heard your speech the other day.
| II hope YOU didn't suffer rs much as
did" Dawson replied, hopefully.
We'll. that's for you to say" was the
answer.
| At Albany he kept quiet but he
| studied. conferred and listened so effec-
| lively that there developed consider
| able number who were anxious to run
| him for Speaker. Meanwhile he was
made chairman OF the National Crime
| Commission.
The endowment his father had made
! to free him for public service seemed
| In fair way to being cashed into
purely political career. Just then came
| the Washington offer to be Assistant
Secretary OF War for Aviation.
For young man with fine mind
| and transcendent viii the offer OF
bureaucratic Job looks like an invitation
to crawl into pocket. To Dawson II
looked like a chance TO work In the field
nearest to his heart--the development
OF American flying. 1t was. besides, an
unploWed field. There was chance to
be In on the making of the whole new
Government program.
He had gone To Albany ON crutches.
He had forced himself to walk with
crutch and a cane. then with cane.
He came To Washington walking with
neither crutch nor cane
As soon as he had taken his oath OF
Office he turned TO Gen, Patrick and
said II want my first official act to be
a flight"
Here" said Gen. Patrick, turning
| To Capt Eaker that Capt Eaker who,
along with Fairchild, made the South
American trip and piloted DE YiSon on
his recent Panama fiighn, here, so
roll out my plane and take the Secre-
tary up
Eaker tells how Dawson soon took the
controls himself. how he showed that
he was trained flyer Eaker tells you
how Dawson spelled him ON the Pan
anna fight,
| In the year and half or so since
that day DAWSON has flown about 400
hours. The average time In air OF the
average pilot over such a period Is
about 1870 hours,
Cracked up smashed up~by viii Da~
vison Is again IN the air,
II can't tell YOU what II means To the
morale Of the corps" nyef remarked,
TO know there II fellow like that~~np
there lo0king out for ust'
The old Joy of the air has come back
TO him, For him there IL no inhibitlng
memory delight
They have inundated him In his new
ONCE with the inevitable flood OF hu-
reaucratic detail Whenever he can set
away from II he flies. And when he
flies he likes to carry with him hooks Of
the kind he most enjoys reading
biography.
When he landed after the Panama
flight the other day people we're amused
10 sne him crawl back through the fusa'
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of Wales as Fight Fan Puts Pugilsm on Fashions Map

1t was heavy going that day and there
we're several falls-and had arrived BACK
In town just in time to dress quickly
and motor from York House to join US.
Yet all he had for dinner that nignt
was a spoonful of caviar. taste OF SOLE
a slice Of woodcock and glass OF cnan1-
pagne.
T remember on another night last year,
when the prince was joining me for
a fight at the Royal Albert Hall, he ar
rived late and slipped into his ringside
seat beside me He explained that ne
had dashed up to town from his hunting
quarters and had stopped only TO change
and eat a sandwich. His lunch that day
had consisted Of a sandwich or two and
a glass Of sherry, between hunts.
Members of the princes entourage
are as keen on a good fight as the prince
himself and have many happy mem
ories of fight dinners at which MAJ. the
Hon Piers Legh and Sir Godfrey
Thomas have been my guests. JUST
after the prince had returned from his
trip to Spain last year Sir Godfrey came
with me to see Johnny Hill, the 2l-
year-old Scottish stone mason and ex-
amateur champion, win the hyTelsns
championship and the Lonsdale Belt az
ALI Barber of Brighton out in the four
teenth round.
He told me. as we ci1atted over
glass of champagne at Princes restau-
rant afterward. that the private sec
retary's department was being showed
under with letters. And this vas the
While the Prince Of Wales was King
Alfonso's guest at Seville there was
naturally some question as to wnetner
he would conform to the national Gus
tom and go to the bull fight. Nov. tne
prince did not intend to go TO Dull
fight anyway. with It's ghastly carnage
of horses-animals that he loves.
A newspaper correspondent in Seville,
however. wired back TO his paper II
London that great bull f2h; was being
staged in Seville-the chief center o.
Snain's national sport. The finest bulls
are bred there and the best toreadorS
come from q Seville suburb. And the
correspondent said that the Prince o.
Wales was expected to attend.
This was interpreted in the London
newspaper Offices as meaning that the
prince would go and the news story
with the heading. Prince to see bull
! fight" flashed all over the country ant
/ the world
OF course. the prince did not go and
later dispatches from Spain made this
| perfectly clear.
Thereupon a food Of letters began 10
| pour in, chiefly from America The
| Prince of Wales mail is always a heavy
| one but Sir Godfrey said that no other
affair in which his royal highness has
engaged has ever brought such volun0
| Of letters.
| fCopyriEht reservedD
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made the managers get a move on
They got some wires and ropes. and the
banks Of lights were pulled higher and
70 one side
There had been an incident or two
over the fight before the big event Le-
whisky vas fighting Bombardier Wells
Something went wrong with Levinsky's
arm Some folk in the gallery scented
fake and said so az the top of their
voices. OF course il was a perfectly
straight affair. but the gallery was in
a bad mood anyway.
To crown everything Pete Herman
was over weight and Jimmy Wilde. who
weighed about seven stone dressed and
was invariably giving away weight. said
he wouldn't fight him. He was quite
within his rights. But they told him
the Prince Of Wales was there and they
mustn't disappoint him.
Well. I'll tight for the prince" said
Jimmy at last. but for nothing and no
one else" And on that he took the ring
and put up one Of the greatest fights Of
his life.
But even then the fight might not
have taken place but for the sagacity.
tact and presence Of mind OF the prince.
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that some one viii accuse him Of cour-
age HI surely cannot object to being
accused of will.
BY will he falSified surgical opinion.
daunted fate and walked. BY viii he
set up q new control of mind over
body made new set of balances so
that today he plays squash and tennis
a good game at doubleS--and hunts.
He is fond of motion picture cameras,
fond OF dogs and guns, and he has fine
specimens of all of them, Some day he
will carry out his dream of going into
Africa. 1t is hoyhood dream, sprung
not from his being naturalist, but
from the influence of Carl Akeley.
II 10 enjoy good books Is To be aca-
demic. then he is academic. II 10 de-
vote steady work to the job IS TO be
serious minded. then he is serious
minded. He remains delightfully."- un-
harmed by his seriousness. as he re-
mains delightfully."- eompanionahle In
spite OF = sense OF duty which omitS
no possible detail III its expression
Delightful talker. good raconteur,
DAWSON enjoys conversation, That is,
he enjoys real good talk" likes TO
thrash out arguments and ideas, People
interested In the lines OF thought In
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BY HARRY PRESTON.

Celebrated Brtush Suorssman. Who Has
Taken the Prince 10 Many FiShts.
~ NE day historians Will note as
an important fact illuminating
social life in postwar England
~ and the democratic character
OF the hei: to the throne that
Edwaro Prince of Wales became after
the World War what Americans call "a
fight fam"
In pre-war England this would
scarcely have been possible. Public
opinion would have frowned PugiliStS
were Stin thought to be rough fellows
and boxing "a brutal sport" But times
have changed. and now the average
BrltiShcr thinks all the more of his
future king, healthy. open-air young
man. relaxing occasionally in a ring
side seat from heavy and ar6uouS public
duties
There are few distractions. after
hunting, that the prince appreciates SC
much as a good fight, know some
thing about this, because OH number
of occasions the prince has honorti
me by his company al bis boxing
matches.
The first occasion might we'll have
been also the last. II was only the
second big fight the prince had seen.
6AkI AAtAAAS> NNLAt WINS
that had She princes interest not hees
genuine and Soli6--and had he not. dur
ing his intimate contacts with the
fighting troops in France. come to un-
6erStand men ihoroughiv--he might
never have attended another contest
1t was at the Royal Albert Hall early
in 1920. Jimmy Wilde. that eXtraor6.-
nary little man with pipesten arms. but
fist like a steel hammer (the greatest
boxing freak in ring history. / Think.
vas fighting Pete Herman Bonhardier
Billy Wells was also having an argu-
Evening star., 1928-04-22

as you are was the order. Tell us
about the fight" said the prince. as
soon as we sat down to dinner What
sort of fellow is Dempsey? Is 1t
true that Carpenter nearly knocked
him out with that punch we've heard
so much about?" I had to tell him all
about the fight and the men-1 knew
both personally.
At 10 o'clock prepared to take my
leave. But the prince stopped me. NO;
you must stay" he said. Where shall
we spend the EVENING"
The question was little embarrass-
ing. Brighton Is an early-to-bed town,
and for moment I could think OF no
where we could possibly go. Then ! re-
membered that some pierettes were per-
forming on the Palace Pier.
THE very thing" said the prince.
So We all piled into my car and went
down to the pier We walked to the
end unrecognized. paid for our seats
and went in. The place was crowded.
In minute of two the prince was rec
ognized The program was nearly over.
They played God Save the King" and
we all stood up.
do you think that they would sing
some more Songs?" asked the prince.
Would they? They would sing all night
for the prince. In fact. they sang 10
more songs, and then the prince turned
to me and said, They must be very
tired now" The word went across and
God Save the King" was played again.
The crowd surged around the prince
then. but he did not slip away, He
struggled. literally showed and elbowed
his way through the jam to reach the
platform, and there he shook hands
with every one of the people who had
entertained him and expressed his APP
probation and thanks. 1t is little
touches of consideration. kindliness.
courtesy and thoughtfulness like this
that endear II. r. II. to men and
women the world over.
But, reverting to boxing. On
the night when Elky Clark, the ay-
weight (who recently fought In the
States). was to have met ALI Barber at
the National Sporting Club I had the
honor Of dining with the prince at st.
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lage and drag out ponderous volume
on DiSraeli.
LOW can one describe this sort of
II steadineSs of courage? Mr.. Dayi-
son himself likes to tell OF the time a
group of friends were talking about
courage" and fear" There were two
kinds OF bravery. he said: that of the
man without imagination who takes
all sorts OF risks because he Is oblivious
of the consequences and that of the
man who enviSages them all, but over
comes his own imagination. And Archie
Roosevelt told his story of the zion
tanner who, gloriously tight. came home
in the small hours.
He let himself in softly downstairs
and then, thinking of his wife waiting
for him above. fed in terror to his
cage OF lions. crawled IN and went 10
sleep.
Next morning his wife came down
looking for hun. Suspecting where he
was she went to the cage. There he
was. sound asleep among the lions
Looking through the bars at him:
Coward" she cried.
Dawson Is, perhaps little afraid
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reminds me of one of the rooms in the
old Palace VerSailleS--a message came
through that we were not to wait. The
prince was coming up from Northamp-
ton where he had been hunting, and
would be little late.
We went down then to the dining
room, sat down AT the long table and
began The prince arrived halfway
Il .rough the meal, and shall never
forget the impression he made when he
came in. finely flushed from exercise
and fresh air, with that something in
his eye. that intimate regard peculiar
to men who care for sport and athletics
"A fash that establishes friendly con-
tact Immediately over gulfs of rank and
blood and differences of calling He
was comparatively without stiffness.
affectation or elf-consciouSneSs.
But we had not occupied our ring
side seats at the hall many minutes
before trouble began. The arrange
mentS were very bad. and the balcony
crowd. unable to see properly because
Of the banks of lights put up for the
cinema and press cameras, began TO
shout, The prince saw what was wrong
and said IL was shame the people i'll
the cheaper seats should not get as
clear a view as the ringSide audience
He asked me 10 send for the manager
When the latter came the prince
asked him If something couldn't be
done He didn't like to sit there with
a good view while other people who had
paid their money couldn't see. Tha,
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PRINCE AT THE RINCsIDE

ment with the formidable heavyweight
Levinsky.
had ventured. through the medium
Of Wing Ccmc.. Louis Greig. then
controller 70 the Duke Of York and
an old friend Of mine. 20 ask If the
priRce would join my party for the fight.
Louis had presented me 10 the prin e
on the night OF the Beckett Carpenter
fight at the Stadium Club the previous
December and hoped his royal high
ness would attend some more contests.
and SO give boxing some badly needed
encouragement.
Back came the reply that the prince
would not be able 70 dine with me. bH:
that I was 10 dine with him al St.
James Palace. ] called upon Louis
GreIg al the palace TO explain that this
was q little awkward for me, as ] had
already invited my guests for dinner
and the fight. Bring them all, vas
the laconic reply received.
THUS on the night Of the fight pre-
sented myself and my IA guests at
the palace. There were z. v. Lucas,
the novelist ana publisher, remember:
Tom Aarlowe, the then editor Of tIs
Daily Mail: my brother Dick. Louis
Greig and his brother Arthur, and some
others.
While We drank our cocktails In the
beautiful reception room upstairs--h
Evening star., 1928-04-22
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SNAIL.

HOWEVER thick his shell. the snail
II fears the sunlight In the hot
days of Summer be draws deep into
his refuge II the ground Is arid and
stony. he bores a noie IN the rock
ehoSen by him as best suited 10 his
reeos His work is SLOW and very
hard but il is very dear 70 him. and
while be travels long way 70 find the
food that he Graves. ne always crawis
bark u his refuge. no matter now Tar
IL may be-.
Lodged in his retreat when the
weather is Cry, his volume dininisneS
because he loses q great deal of moist
Ure. At such times, feeling his SHRINK
age. he seems 70 be attacked by a sefse
Of weakness and, as II " escape from
danger. retreats 10 the darkest hollow
Of his shell
When the cool nights and the rains
come he takes water. sweiis 10 a con-
siderable slze, and. as II treasured as
" ils ability 70 cope %lth outside con-
6itiofs. eineygeg from his Summer
hiding place,
Much lE get ~ he learned Of the
mechanism BIZ which The gradual ex-
tension Q! ms feet. nead and tentaeieS
as accomplished bat Il has been
learned bY CioSe observation tiIat al
the members lengthen IN The same way
gradually Ike 4 gioYe being turned
from the inside " take It's proper
shape snc position
The snslls loConotl0n Is very inter
egtsng lie can work ilis way along be-
cause the Soae " his :oot closely I'd 70
heres 10 the ground and gives nm
means VI pufcbase Ills foot ia soft
and ylsoous Yet. even 80, his way IL
hard when the ROAD he runs ls uneven,
sanay or pebtiy, and therefore hatQte
gives him means " prepare path
On the forward part u his f0o, fe has
a gIand which - 0llS the ground that
a llDgicate1 psib II n}Ade Tor Dis as-
oenslor ~ the heights III which he
aims
The snail's foot Ia muscular organ
ef complex structure. with flDefs fbsl
ya1n III three directions lepgibSi5e
er.sswise aud obiqQeIy. The length
wise muscles are the real walking
muscles They obtain then poNef from
fiae nervous system. The power g9e'
L9 the feei iu The form n contraction
waves The action starts IN lie hee
arc runs forward increasing ~ 1t an
Xenees Tie contraction st the bact
oIIxes the eet.0n through the ioopmo-
l.oa muscles. At point t9*sIe VA
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front. the nerve-wsyes cease and the
conVulsion sends the foot forward few
fractions of an inch.
The speed OF action is variable. II
depends upon the nature Of the ground
and the size Of the snail. The little
snail moves faster than the large one.
and the young one moves faster than
the adult There Is a clear relation
snip between the sole OF the snail's
foot and the speed of Its movement on
the ground. The broad, short foot Is
slower than the long foot. but the foot
increases In length as It is increased
In breadth by the play Of It's trans
verse fibers.
MoIlusks would be easy prey for
many animals were 1t not for their
power 10 retreat into the depths of
their shells. 6olidly inserted IN the
shell fixed 10 d spot near its axis by
one Of ils eztremities, the columnar
nguscK ends on the other side in fam
shaped screw whose spokes or iibeTE
penetrate the mass Of the foot, the
head and the tentacies. When the
snail is frightened or in danger the
governing muscle contracts and hauis
ti2e whole body into the shells foot and
heed As the body retreats a peculiar
action takes place The vascular eavi-
ties sre partly obIiterated, and the
greater part Of the blood recedes of
turns back u the region Of the ylscera
Although the snail runs away from
hot sunlight, his body does not con-
tract, nor does he show any sign of feel
ing III any kind when he passes from
the darkness into the light. The or
gaus supposed ~ he his eyes~lhe
organs which are carried OH his great
lentacies do not always prevent his
collision With obstacles, and when his
entscies afe amputated hs moves on
! apparently untroubled Yet he exam
! ines sll obstacles with his tentaeies af
/ carefully as If exploring them viii
/ eye aud finger tips.
/ The infant snail, though II has nd
organ 0t observation, examines objects
/ ia the same cautious and inquisiLiyt
! fashion, and III many cases, as u
/ moved by sudden fright, snails contract
! before they reach the object they start
| io examine. Possibly The sO~caIled
eye" plays sn important part pos
| slily as many have supposed, the tenn
| pefatIfe gives the animal It's warning
/ It IN doubtful whether the visual organ
~ sucn beings has anything 10 m
With their easy movement through tbeiI
world.
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Before the boxers took the ring the gen.
eral discomfort had become alarming. 1t
really looked as IL there were going to
be riot. The booS and Kisses, which
had started when the WellS-LevinSky
fight was postponed. grew ominously
louder Come on, prince. give us a
speech" yelled some one upstairs.
That cry grew insistent. The prince
was my guest. became most uncom-
Portable. But the prince sized up the
situation and the temper OF the crowd
and dealt with both coolly He thought
for a moment or two. and then got up
and climbed through the ropes into the
ring. and made little speech which
began simply: Il thank you for the
kind way you have received me. :"
That settled it, The sporting spirit of
the crowd was instantly caught, and
held. Here was not merely prince,
but a sportsman, a man who could talk
to them as man to man and yet hold
his dignity as a prince oil the blood
royal and their future King should.
Roars of cheering broke out, ana con-
tinued unabated for five minutes. while
the audience sang enthusiastically. For
He's a jolly Good Fellow" and there
was no more trouble after that,
~
7 COULD tell many stories OF the
princes wonderful human touch"
his extraordinary thoughtfulness and
appreciation for any little favor or serv-
ice. He never takes anything for grant,
ed. l remember one little incident in
my home town, Brighton.
l had just returned from the Demp-
sey-Carpentier fight in the States. The
prince had come down 70 Brighton for
a brief holiday. TO rest and recuperate,
and was staying with the late Sir Sid
ney Greville. groom-in-waiting TO the
King. whom I knew very we'll and who
then had house near Brighton.
I received a command to dine. Come