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The Washington times., 1934-09-11
END OF HOPE

"AII hope abandon, We who
enter here"
This quotation from the i'm
mortal Dante might we'll have
been written over the gates of AL
catraz prison, the new Devil
Island" according to Sergt. Wal
ter H. Thomas, who recently re
turned from California after es
corting eight dangerous convicts
from Lorton Reformatory to their
new quarters at Alcatraz.
The Gover eminent recently
changed the name to Devils
Island" Sergeant Thomas said:
"The prisoners called it that
from the beginning.
1--WE left Washington, August
20, in a special day coach. There
were three guards from LOrtOn,
Capt. Roster B. Wright, Detec.
tive r. v. Murray, and myself,
and the eight prisoners.
KENDRICK IN GROUP
"AmOng them was John Ken.
drick, Tri-State gangSter; Bull
dog Sweeney, who was cap
tured during a hOldup in which
his cOIOred companion was
shot and killed by Detective
Watson Salked; Albert Best, in
ternatiOnaI confidence man;
Harry Wimbley, convicted and
sentenced to life for the drown
ing of his wife and baby, and
Spencer Valdez, bank rObber.
"The cOnvicts were chained
together in twOs with hand and
leg irons. It took us 1OS hours
to make the trip and we never
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slept a wink-we didn't dare.
"At Ogden, Utah, a special
prison car with barred windows
provided by the Department of
Justice met us, and we finished
the trip in that car"
When they arrived in San Fran
cisco, the sergeant said, the
prison car was ferried over to
Oakland and on to the wharf,
where a Department of Justice
motor boat was waiting. It took
less than five minutes to trans
fer the men to the boat.
No Soft Jobs There
Soft jobs for prisoners and
convict TRUSTEES are unknown at
Devils Island. The entire prison
personnel is civilian.
Civilian clerks handle the cor
respondence and take charge of
the library. Civilian guards will
watch over the prisoners.
The convicts work in the laun-
dry, the foundry, kitchen, and
shoe shop.
Sergeant Thomas saw Al Ca
pone, known merely as mo. S."
running washing machine. The
former gang chieftain had lost
considerable weight and looked
bronzed and healthy, Mr.. Thomas
said.
Kelly Arrives
Machine Gun" Kelly, former
head of the Urshel kidnapers,
arrived at the island shortly after
the Lorton prisoners we're admit.
ted. Kelly was the one who
boosted that no prison could
hold him.
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A. j. DriscOll east and west
switches at the latter point.
The association suggested that
street car service between Georgia
Avenue and Fourteenth Street be
discontinued. The association
went on record favoring bus
line along Third Street Northwest
to Kansas Avenue to Thirteenth
Street and thence to the center
of the city.
Nominations Made
The following members were
nominated for office in the Bur
roughs Citizens Association: For
president, c. A. Dawson, E. H
Pullman, John B. Reeves; for first
vice president, Roscoe Wines;
second vice president, Miss Elsie
E. Greene; recording secretary,
L. L. Bowen; corresponding secre,
tary, j. D. Smoot; treasurer, T. W.
Buckley.
The sale of liquor in their
neighborhood was vigorously op-
posed by members of the Stanton
Park Citizens Association at their
meeting last night in Peabody
School.
A resolution was passed re-
queSting the ABC board to refuse
an application for license at
Third Street and Massachusetts,
Avenue Northeast.
William A. Roberts, Peoples
Counsel, today requested repre-
sentatives of all citizens associa-
lions who desire to be heard
during the public hearings now
in progress on rerouting of street
cars and BUSES to communicate
with him Immediately.
Drive Endorsed
The Congress Heights Citizens
Association at meeting last
night in the Congress Heights
Church, unanimously Endorsed
the recently organized Southeast
Washington Citizens Association
Conference, which consists of
nine civic bodies.
DR.. E. E. Richardson, Charles
Benner, E. J. Newcomb and Mrs.
Alfred E. Davidson were elected
delegates to represent the asso-
citation at the monthly meeting
OF the conference.
A petition is being circulated
to secure a playground in the
1900 block of Nichols Avenue
Southeast, on land owned by st.
EGzabeth's Hospital. In order to
eliminate traffic hazards the
Capital Transit Company will be
requested to rearrange the bus
stop in the 300 block of Ala
bama Ave. S. E.
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TEXTILE STRIKE
TRUCE NEAR
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civil and military authorities in.
creased rather than relaxed pre-
parations to cope with possible
violence in the strike areas. Three
New England stateS-Rhode Island
Connecticut and Maine-prepared
their militia for strike duty fol.
lowing serious riots yesterday.
Two Score Shot
AT Saylesville, R. l., and Daniel
son, Conn.,, two score persons were
shot or injured in clashes between
police and strikers. At Saylesvi!le,
700 employees of the Sayles finish
ing plant were virtually prisoners
in the mill under protection of
plant operators who feared to
permit them to go to their homes.
Three state troopers were among
Is injured at Danielson where
$500 strikers and loyal employees
claShed in a bloody melee.
A skeleton regiment of Rhode
Island guardSmen was concen-
TraCed IN Two armorieS while two
companies Of Connecticut militia
were ordered into the Danielson
section.
The Cheney brothers silk mills
at Manchester, Conn, were closed
today by flying squadrons of
strikers who drew 1890 workers
from the plant.
In New Jersey, operators of so
jacquard plants planned to re-
open today despite statement by
strike leaders that they won't
open if we can help it,"
Reports from the South indi,
Gated that some mills were re-
opening, although the strikers
were striving desperately to main
tain closed ranks. In some
quarters estimates of the number
reopening ranged as high as so,
although many were said to be
operating with skeleton stats.
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Mr.. V. A. Nichols, president
Of the Nichols Company, 326
Woodward Building, Insurance
Adjusters, says that, Believe
1t or Not" his firm represents
over 100 companies and they
have been operating since
1920. Their activities are con-
fined to adjustments for COM
panies only and they have Of
fices in Baltimore, Washing
ton, Richmond and Winchester.
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Believe It or Not

Mr.. Claude Corr, Of the
Corr's Bicycle and Sport Shop,
says that Believe 1t or Not"
that there are more than 5000
bicycles on the streets Of
Washington and that their
bicycle sales in most of the
stores have shown a decided
increase.
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WlCnOuC mortgages as security are
really not losing any advantage
in refusing to obtain them in the
case of the modernization drive
But they are helping property
owners thereby, since the prop
erty owners are relieved of the
necessity to fill out mortgage
blanks and go through other such
necessary routine.
Bankers Aid Borrowers
Most banks have been cour
teous and helpful in assisting
property owners to understand
the nature of the loans, and tt
obtain them. While the proceed
ure is simple, and approved bank!
have all necessary forms anc
blanks ready and waiting fol
prospective borrowers, there still
remains much explaining to de
before many property owners
gain a full conception of thu
method of obtaining and repayine
the loans.
OCAACA pAOPC4Gy OW11c1S are I'LL
certain which bank or other fl
nancial institution they Shoulc
make application to, since moi
all such institutions have agreed
to cooperate in the plan. Fol
these citizens The Washington
Times maintains one of it's serv
ice in connection with the ma.
tional housing program. The
Times will be glad to send any
property owner a list of the ap
proved financial institutions neal
his property, as we'll as to an
swer any other questions.
Simply write to the Housins
Editor, The Washington Times
enclosing stamped, self-ad
dressed return envelope to insure
a reply.
TOmOrrOW's article will con-
Germ other phases of the par
ticipation of private financial
institutions in the national
housing program.
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Mr.. Robert Thompson, Of
Thompson Bros, 1920 Good
Hope Road, says that, Believe
1t or Not Thompson Bros.
have been selling furniture in
Anacostia for nearly a quar-
ter of a century. Their trucks
are now seen on highways
making deliveries from one TO
one hundred miles from Ana.
costa, D. C.
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Mr.. Carly, of the Carly Eleco
trio Service, 1908 18th St. n.
W., says that, Believe 1t or
Not" they are automotive cleo
trical parts manufacturers
with 10 warehouses from coast
to coast and 10 foreign sales
men with orders from every
foreign country.
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TRUCK BAN ASKED

Residents of the neighborhood
Of Stanton Park have asked the
District Commissioners to prohibit
heavy truck traffic on Maryland
Avenue Southeast from Second
Street to Fifteenth Street.
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Commissioners Notices

COMMISSIONERS, D. c.. Washington.
September 6. 1934-Sealed proposals
will be received at Room 500 District
Building until . o'clock p. m. eastern
standard time. September IA. 1884, and
then publicly opened for improving the APP
proaches to the Bennng Bridge over tho
Anacosta River Including bridget with
about $500 tons of bituminous surface
course and about 5000 linear feet of ce-
ment concrete combination curb and gut
ter. or alternate. Apply Room 4@7. Dis
trict Building for proposals and specifica-
tions.
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urged that a
double track be
| aid on the
street car line
On K e n n e d y
Street between
Georgia Avenue
a n d T ir d
Street North
west. They also
urged that Ia
koma S ire e t
cars be routed
down Seventh
Street to New
" ork Avenue
Northwest, with
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The Florestelle eauty
Salon, at 9O8 H St. n. E.,
states that they have been in
business for ii years and carry
the largest business in North
east. They were awarded the
International Gold Cup for
Permanent Waving in 1888.
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Selingers, jewelers., at S1S F
st. N. W., have been serving
Washington in selling and buy
ing old gold and diamonds for
fifty years in the same block.
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Official Notice

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
BOARD. Washington, D. c. September
4. 1934-Notice is hereby given that the
following persons have applied for licenses
under the District of Columbia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act. that remonstrants
are entitled to be heard before the grant
ing of such licenses, and that hearing will
be had on such applications for licenses
on September 10. 1884 at 10 A. NJ. IN
Room 221, District Building: 724 George
Walsh. Jr.. TIA Walsh's Hardware Store.
Retailers Glass B. s27 Upshur St. y. w:
726, George Walsh TIA WaIshs Lunch.
Retailers Glass D, S2s Upshur St, N. W;
2274. James Dolfis TIA Triumphant Res
taurant, Retailers Glass C, 141O Irving
St. N. W: 2275. Walter Alvin Rogers.
TIA Ardmore Restaurant. Retailers Class
D. 915 Goth ST., N. W; 227S Herman
Gelman. TIA Elstreet Liquor Store, Retail.
er's Glass A. 1857 l. ST.. n. W; 2279.
Pearl D. Wakefield. TIA Wakefield Grill.
Retailers Glass D, $50 St, n W; $3.50.
Ollie E. Conwell Retailers Glass A. 1900
St. N. E.: 1891, John Michaelson, TIA
Stadium Liquor Shop. Retailers Class A.
SO Florida Ave- n. W: 22S3 Emilio
Gusberti, TIA Miliano Garden. Retailers
Glass D. 1880 Columbia Road, N. W:
1884 Universal Wine & Spirit Co., Inc.
Retailers Glass A, 1921 Connecticut Ave.
n. W. GEORGE W OFFUTT. AGNES K.
MASON. ISAAC CANS, Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
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Organizer Is Sent
To DanVille Mills

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. II (Spe-
ciaD Francis j. German, strike
chief, who predicts the Dan River
Cotton Mills will join the textile
strike, sent george E. Moorehouse,
organizer and man in charge of
the Hopewell strike, here today to
take charge.
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CITIZENS URGE
CAR LINE
CHANGE
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL

Members of the Manor Park
Citizens Association, meeting last
night in the Whittier School,
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Educational
WASH ZINES

BUSINESS OFFICE. 1917 n ST. n. ".
RATES DELIVERED BY CARRIER IN
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA.
Orders can be sent by mail or tele.
phone District 1000. Collection IL made
weekly by carrier.
RATES BY MAIL
Payable in ADVANCED
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CLASSIFIED SERVICE
Relieve 1t or Not"
Read the interesting Believe Nots Recommended Service
Firms who featuring unusual services the month Of September

All Travel Service
COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE
Steamship Tickets Tours and Cruises
Everywhere
Baggage and Accident Insurance
Travellers Cheques. Money Orders
Ask for Mr.. Darrell P. Aub, Miss M. j.
AM NteRH-S0SS e FExPPRFsE PRE- coI iPf9XHNY
1414 st. N. w. NAT. lO76 and IDS
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CARLETON A COWBOY

Tex Carleton was raised on
Texas ranch and expected to be
a cowboy before he displayed skill
as a pitcher.
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TOmOrrOw's article will con-
Germ other phases of the par
ticipation of private financial
institutions in the national
housing program.
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WITH APOLOGIES TO RIPLEY

CORONA Typewriters. new. Now SCI so.
Typewriters, repairs, rentals. Typewriter
Sales & Service Co., S11 18th NV. MA 1860
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Auto Tires
sILVERTOWN Golden Ply Blowout Protec-
ton Tires Ennis Tire and Rubber Co..
1924 14th St. N W.
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Basement Water PROBING
GRADY WARLICK basement Waterproof.
ing, repairing leaky brick walls. stucco.
plastering Satisfaction absolutely guaran-
iced co 3371
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FORD 1888 "v-s" COUPE. $3.50
Believe 1t or not. this is the biggest
value you have had offered to you in many
months Safety glass double horns and
other extras Don't be misled by the low
price Marked down for quick sale.
WAKEFIELD MOTOR COMPANY
(Ford and Lincoln)
1928 Sherman Ave. N. W. Adams 5000
EVERY USED CAR offered for sale by
one of our mechanic ssleSmen. Ask
Handley Motor Co., $3.50 Ga. Ave. N. ".
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Auto Syringe
SPRINGS for all make cars manufactured.
Large springs stock on hand: installed
while you wait; 24-hour service.
MARTIN & BOYD SPRING WORKS. INC.
622-624 L St. N. W. MET. 1857
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A Big Coyote

The coyote was viewed sew
eral times and of course was
the biggest whatever had been
SEEN" He was about the size
of a police dog and was in the
pink of condition. It was then
October 10, and while some of
us had been enjoying an Indian
Summer, most Of us were really
suffering from the heat as the
sun mounted high and scent
failed around 10 o'clock. This
one hunt was all the English
hounds (entered and unentered
that had come from Watson
Webb had to have to make
them just as keen after coyote
as they could be after fox.
At this time there were no
jumping places in this section
Of the country. It was diff
cult to keep up with the hounds.
One would gallop half a mile,
or a mile, or sometimes more,
and come to a barbed- wire fence.
The staples would be pulled
from a post by the first, one
up, the huntsman and the field
would walk their horses over
the down wire and try to gain
on the hounds before they were
held up by another fence. OF
course, it is not like having
jumping places but surprisingly
good time can be made with the
field Of the whips taking relays
on the fences.
Now the country is paneled
in a very satisfactory way, and
it is interesting to note that
one can judge fairly well the
line that coyotes will take
through the country. They are
not alarmed by hounds and
they are not afraid of people
on horseback, but they do re.
member having been shot at,
sometime or other, and they
nearly always take a course
that will best protect them from
possible shooters.
Fortunately, our hunting
country is privately owned and
while occasionally shooters do
appear, we are not greatly
bothered by them. The coyotes
are too smart for them, and
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Susie ingalls,
Not to Whip
For Mother
By MRS, FAY INGALLS,

10y GMASOS %A4 4ANAA6AAAAS
M. F. H. and Huntsn.Gn, Bath
County Hounds, Hot Springs, Va.
I am looking forward to TAX
ing the hounds out for the sea-
son Of 193435 on October /.
1.-THE more / see Of men, the
better like dogs" an old hunts
man said.
Well, maybe I have not been
a huntsman quite long enough
to say that, but hounds are at
tractive! We will have about
eight new couple to start on fox
or drag, and with the hounds we
ran last year they should i'm
prove quickly as we had drafted
all the ones that did not do well
in our country and are down to
really good ones. We never take
out very many coupleS-six
couples are about the right
amount as the country is very
rough and there are a great
many foxes.
We are hoping, through the
help of Mrs. William Luke II, of
Covington, Va, to be able to
add to our drag country the
country below Falling Springs
lovely, open terrain with natu-
raj rail fences that I have often
jumped mentally when pass.
ing by.
We naturally also hope to i'm
prove the drag country already
paneled.
Susie ingalls,, my youngest
daughter, unfortunately, has to
go away to school: unfortu-
nately, as she has acted as
Whip for me since Christmas Of
'33, when she got her pink coat
and cap as a Christmas present.
My other two daughters also
have been out with me in the
field. My other two Whips,
Cecil luke and Addison Gut
shall, will have to do all the
work for me except during the
holidays. AS they are both
splendid, however, the field will
not really suffer.
In october and November we
have two drags a week and one
fox hunt; in December, January
and February one drag a week,
and two fox hunts: and from
March / to the end of April,
again two drags a week and one
fox hunt.
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turn a vagrant American hound
back into the pack.
On one occasion the man
engaged as huntsman had par.
taken too freely Of our we'll
known Leadville Sugarmoon,
compared to which corn likker
is but baby food, and after
some delay and confusion as to
the location Of the meet, ar
rived looking so much like John
Jorrock's famous huntsman,
James Pigg, with the hounds
looking as if they had partaken
from the same beverage, that
the humor Of the situation over
came the disappointment of
delay. The field then followed
a full, high fragrance of anise
and alcohol that made checks
impossible until the hounds
practically had to be whipped
off the obliging cowboy who
had played Eliza.
After this ridiculous show
there were no more drags. A
few mornings later a dog coyote
was aroused out of a cover he
was known to have occupied
more or less undisturbed for
several years, and we had a
nice ride of some six miles,
from the ranch of C. A. Rey-
nolds to Lemon Gulch, on the
gently rolling and quite open
territory lying on the eastern
side of Wildcat Mountain.
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luncheon I was taken, along
with the other guests, to see the
hunters, stabbed close by. They
were a wonderful lot Of horses.
One stood out from the rest.
He was a dark brown horse, some
1862, and a beauty. My friend
asked me to look the horse over
and tell how old I thought he
was. The hunter had been given
my friend as a birthday gift and
a huge price had been paid for
him. She stated that he had been
bought for a 6-year-old, but that
some question had come up rela-
tive to his age, and that she
would like my opinion regarding
the matter.
I hesitated. She was inSistent.
Finally I agreed that I would
hazard a guess. When I looked
in the hunters mouth I saw the
most perfect bit Of work I had
ever seen. He had been Bishop
ed" and most neatly. The
mouth" said 6-years, but had
my doubts. I looked again,
closely. I was satisfied that this
beauty was much older than 8.
years.
The luncheon party in its
entirety looked on. I felt quite
self-conscious, but my friend Gan
American who had married into
nobility urged me on. I felt
that something was up" There
seemed to be a sort of challenge
in the air.
do you really want to know
this hunters age?" I queried.
My hostess was unrufned and
definitely insistent.
"WelI," / said, 81 think your
hunter is over IL years old"
ooh, / know" she said, "but
I want you to be quite exact.
You see, / have been telling my
friends just how smart we
Americans are, and, since you're
from Virginia, surely you must
know exactly how old he Is"
still rather felt that some
thing was up" But what could
I do?
Finally, I took the bull by
the horns, as it were, and haZ-
arded the opinion that her
hunter was 16. I was exactly
right.
The horse was by st. GaudenS.
This great sire had been dead
for nearly is years, and I knew
it. Sensible guess?
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Fifty People
Often Hunt
With Drag
BY EDWARD s. vOSS
Joint Master of the SmithtotOr

Joint Master of the Snlithto1Cr
Hunt, S1nithto1o1r. N. Y.
Our Smithtown Hunt main.
tainS pack of drag hounds and
hunts twice a week beginning
the middle of September and
continues until the end Of April.
The country hunted is mostly
grass and the fences consist of
strong post-and-railS from three
feet nine to four feet six high.
Through an arrangement
with the Meadow Brook Hounds,
the Smithtown Hunt uses the
Meadow Brook country for drag
hunting once a week, in addi-
ton to hunting the Smithtown
country. In exchange for this
privilege the Smithtown Hunt
allows the eadow Brook
Hounds to hunt foxes in the
SmithtoWn country.
The pack of hounds consists
Of English and croSSbred hounds
and we use about eight couples
for the drag.
The Joint Master with me is
T. w. Durant. The Huntsman
is Charles Plum. The Honor
airy Secretary Of the Hunt is
Ward Melville.
The field consists of about
80 or more people, generally,
and on some of the big days we
have as many as so people hunt
ing with the drag hounds.
This Hunt was organized in
1900. The Hunt button is a
running. fox with letters S. H.
1900.
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No Stone Walls

Each season the Arapahoe
Hunt and the property owners
have placed approximately so
double poSt-and-rail jumping
places, which vary from three
to four feet in height. For the
convenience of the field, the
top rails Of the higher jumps
are being removed so that the
jumping places will be between
three and three and a half feet
in height. Guard rails approx
mately 20 feet long replace the
top wire of the fences on both
sides Of the jumping place.
Chicken coops and brush jumps
are not used, as it is more con-
venient to obtain tree tops for
the poles of poSt-and-rails.
There are no stone walls in
our country. Some of our
friends brought up the fact that
there were no jumps, excepting
q few bitches, and others re-
minded us we had no jumpers.
Just as it is known to hunting
people that foxes are inclined
to make their homes in the
country where a pack Of hounds
is located, so do the hunters
seem to develop where there is
a Hunt. When one considers
the gyrations of the market and
the enthusiasm of business in
1929, one could not help but be
surprised at the number of peo-
pie who had the negative COM
plex-the "can't-be-done" atti-
tude-about a matter Of sport
at that time.
There were one or two drag
hunts held to give some of the
riders an opportunity to gain
q little confidence, without
violation of the then existing
laws regarding beverages. and
upon those happy occasions
some very amusing incidents
occurred. cannot say that
our Amateur Whips did them
selves particularly proud and
In the early days Of the hunt
the Amateur whip was con-
fronted with the question
whether to attempt to head off
an over-enthuSiastic member OF
the hunt, who was yip-yipping
his way across the prairie after
a jack rabbit, and whip him
back TO the M. F. H, or to