Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

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@. What is the oldest race track IN
use in America?-A NJ
A. In 1913 Kentucky's first race track
was built near Lexington, and the first
jockey club was organized. This track
was abandoned long ago, but the Ken
lucky Association race track, estab-
lished In Lexington in 1925, is the old
est track now In use in America.
@. What is q sea hedgehog?-M L.
A. A sea hedgehog. also called globe
fish, Is largely tropical fish. 1t gets
its name from its ability to initiate its
stomach with air or water. When 1t
does this its spines, with which the fish
is provided instead of scales. protrude,
forming an adequate defensive arnor.
Fish blown out in this way turn over
and float, driving before the wind and
waves.
@. OF what college is Gen. Summer
all now president?-W. L.
A. He is president OF the Citadel,
South Carolina Military College, at
Charleston, S. G.
@. Is there a newly formed associ-
alton in Scotland to preserve historic
places2-F. B.
A. To perpetuate its historic land
marks Scotland has established the
National Trust for Scotland for Places
of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty,
Ltd. 1t was announced by the Duke OF
Atholl at the first meeting in Edin-
burgh that the trust already owns his
toric Crookston Castle.
= 9; Where is Sir Hall caine buried'-
A. The famous novelist Is buried at
ancient Kirk Maughold, on the Isle Of
Man.
Q. What are the Twelve Tables?-
M. K. s.
A. They are the tables of wood on
which was engraved or painted the
earliest codification Of the Roman law
OlASuldlly ~ III NUMBER, Two Utfl6rS
were afterward added, containing sup
Elemental matter, and the whole code
was termed the Lex XII Tabularum
Claw Of the Twelve Tables.
@. How old is Ellsworth Vines, r.,
the tennis champion?-A. L.
A. He is 10 years old and Is the
youngest player to win the national
championship in the present century.
Q. Please give the early history of
pugiliSm.-A. r.
A. This practice or sport Of fighting
with the fists is first mentioned in
literature in the twenty-third book of
the "Iliad"; another full description is
in Vergil's "Aeneid." Although fist
| fighting was supposed by the Greeks
OF the classic period to have been a
feature Of the NEUROLOGICAL games at
Olympia, 1t was not actually introduced
into the historic Olympic contests until
the Twenty-third Olympiad, after the
re-establishment of the famous games
by Iphitus, about $50 B. G. Onomastos
was the first Olympic victor.
@. Was there at one time town
called Pullman in Ilinois?-W. A.
A. Pullman, which is now part of
Chicago, was founded in 1880 by
George Mortimer Pullman. the inventor
of the Pullman car and founder of the
Pullman Palace Car Co. He at
| tempted to make It a model town, and