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C0l0red athletes Here Enjoy
Glo,ving Program During 1896

light-heavyweight. William knight;
heavyweight, James Kenner.
The Y. M. C. A. Pioneers, with only
two reserves, were acclaimed junior
basket ball champions. while the Cres-
cents were crowned champions in the
senior circuit.
The Freedmen's Hospital nurses
were tops in girls basket ball.
The Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.
play, were supreme in volley ball here.
Golf Honors Earned.
THE Royal Golf Club not only cap
tured local honors, but won the
Eastern Association championship at
Philadelphia. Eddie Jackson captured
the District crown. While Todd Dun
can and Frank Perkins stood out
locally in tennis. Warren Weaver of
Baltimore invaded to annex the sin
giles title and paired with . fellow
townsman, Edward Jones, to take the
doubles crown.
Banneker and Francis swimming
pools combination trimphed in the
annual inter-city A. A. U. swimming
meet. Banneker ruled the local
teams.
In professional boxing the follow
ing boxers were popular: Feather
weight, Willie Green; lightweight,
Meyer Rowen: welterweight, Billy
Eley; middleweight, Sammy Williams;
heavyweight, Killer Lamar.
Lincoln Roots pulled q comeback
to capture the District horseshoe
crown. Bernie Robinson and Walter
Smith, respectively, won the Maryland.
and Virginia State championships.
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RUARK CUE CHAMPION
His Three-Rail Win High Spot Of
Games Revival Here.

Billiards, which for years has been
struggling for an existence in WASH
ington, showed distinct signs of max
ing a comeback during 1896, although
there was little formal competition.
The manager of one Of the largest
cue houses reported 20 per cent
increase in his business.
Some of the leading figures in the
billiard world gave exhibitions at the
Arcadia and at the establishment Of
Lewis and Krauss.
The only championship tournament
was held by Lewis and Krauss, with
Gene Ruark winning the city three
cushion crown.
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CAPITAL PIGEONS
SCORE BIG SWEEP
Two Lofts Here Clean Up
in Competition With
Best in Country.

NY WINNING the only two ma
l. tional awards annually at
stake among the countrys S
IL pigeon fanciers. three local
devotees of pigeon racing gave Wash
ington a clean sweep of 1855 high
est honors of the sport in America.
w. F. Dismer and Theodore Nc
Gam, co-partners of the famed Dixie
Loft. and members of the Washington
Racing Pigeon Club, brought the Cap
ital its first signal honor when they
were awarded the gold medal of the
Hall of Fame by the American Racing
Pigeon Union, the highest award the
fancy can offer. The presentation
was made at a colorful banquet at
the Willard Hotel last Winter before
hundreds Of out-of-town guests as
we'll as local leaders of the sport.
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YOUNGSTERS TO BOWL
Tourney for Juniors and Boys L
Slated at Arcadia.

A championship bowling tournament
for boys and juniors, sanctioned by
the National Bowling Congress, will
be held at the Arcadia alleys Decem-
Der 28 and 20, it was announced yes
terday. Total pins for the six games,
three to be rolled each day, will de-
termine the winner. q.
Entrants for the boys tournament
must not have been over Is years Of
age as of January l, 1885. while
juniors must not have been over Is
on the same date. Afternoon and
night blocks will be rolled, starting at
5 and 8 o'clock.
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Few Local VictOrs.

THAT one race was the high light Of
the Capitals greatest annual water
carnival, in which many leading ma
tional racers participated and in
which the only victories scored by
local water followers with one excep-
ton came in the Evening Star spon-
sored sailing races. The exception
was the all-Washington motor boat
sweepstakes. which was captured by
John L. Hyde, jr, in his Wrinkle Sd.
Four local sailors, however. won over
classy fields in the regatta, r. Hedges,
A. Barnhart. Fred Tip and E. NJ.
Cox taking the respective Champion
ships of class B, A, moth and alba
tross.
The latter showed they had been
well prepared by weekly sailing races
which had been sponsored on Is
Sunday afternoons throughout the
year by the Potomac River Sailing
Association. Spring and Fall series
were held, with the following cham
pions being named by the association
at the conclusion of the last race in
October: AlbatroSs, E. M. Cox; 90
foot open, Judge P. E. Edrington:
comet. D. Werner Smythe; class A,
Jack Marsh; class B, J. w. Maloney.
and moth, Fred Tip.
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Cup Yacht Keel
Casting Tuesday
By the Associated Pre5s.

By the Associated Press.
BATH. Me, December 19.-Bath
shipwrights made painstaking prep
arations today for the biggest keel
pouring job ever attempted by an
American shipyard.
They planned to cast in one piece
Tuesday the lead "fin" of the
100000 Americas Cup contender
Harold S. Vanderbilt is having built
at the Bath Iron Works.
Officials said the keel would be
the largest ever cast In one piece In
the United States.
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HEADS BASE BALL BODY,

DR.. T. A. johnson has been elected
president and secretary of the Hills
dale Athletic Club, which already is
planning for the 1887 base ball season.
Other officers are Oswald Stewart, vice
president: George o. Brown, treasurer
and manager, and John Norris, ser
geant-at-arms.
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TRIP FOR SEMI.PROS.

WICHITA, Kans.. December 19
P.-Raymond Dumont. president of
the national semi-pro base ball con-
gress, said today an "all-America"
team of Is will be selected at the
close Of the national semi-pro tourna-
ment next August for an exhibition
tour of Hawaii.
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" " participating, washington
colored athletes had an
interesting year.,
The foot ball season, although
marred by Howard University's loss of
all its games and the cancellation of
its Thanksgiving contest, was carried
on by the Miner Teachers College and
the District Colored Foot Ball League.
Miner Teachers stood out, beating
some strong teams to win the mssority
of their games. In independent foot
ball Willow Tree and the Yellow
Jackets tied for the District crown.
Howard's athletes excelled in only
one sport-the Bisons nosed out
Hampton for the c. I. A. A. soccer
crown.
In the high school class Armstrong
won in foot ball, swimming, golf, bas.
ket ball and track and shared base
ball honors with Dunbar High. Dun
bar ruled in tennis. while Cardozo,
although failing to win a champion
ship, experienced one of its best COM
petitive seasons.
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Earns All-America Honor.

A L MEHRING of the University Of
= Maryland's rife team brought
additional fame to his school and to
himself when he was named a men,
Der Of the all-America collegiate
team, selected on the basis of season
averages.
Although there was no competition
among the schools. an all-high rifle
team was selected which placed third
among teams of the Sd Corps Area.
Those on the team were James Waters
and Raymond Hodges of Central; Ge-
rome Du Bosky. Arthur Hamilton,
Jack Dove, John Amante. Ralph
woodward, John Greenit and John
Berger of Tech, and Victor Hoge.
James Robinson. Julius Caesar. Will
liam Haber, Lawrence Westcott and
Walter Smith of Eastern.
Sergt. Henry F. Stille won a place
on the nationally selected all-Marine
Reserve rife team which won thir-
teenth place at Camp Perry, 81 notch
es higher than the same team placed
last year. Lieut.. John E. Fondahl and
Pvt. First Glass; Frank A. Martini
chek won the trophies annually
awarded to members Of the 5th Bat
talon of Marine Reserves at Camp
Ritchie, Md.
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Title for Western High.
GETS PREP GRID TITLE.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 10
R-The Lee High Generals Of Co
lumbus, Miss, turned back the
powerful Austin High Of Chicago, Z
to 8, here today In an intersectional
foot ball battle and claimed the
mythical national prep school title.
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The prep school singles Champion
ship held at Georgetown University
was won BY Nate Ritzenberg while
Allie went on to win the Middle At
lAntac Junior crown Ia baltimore.
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Big Increase In Entries.

ENTRIES in the young bird races
nearly doubled the former maxi
mum, William ]. Haste of the WASH
ington r. P. c., emerging with the
best average in the unprecedentedly
large field. John E. Preston, club
mate Of Haste, won second and Will
liam Rupert, third. Walter Hixon
won the short average speed diploma.
Interest here centered in the races
Of the National Capital Concourse
Association because of its big COM
petition, but other series were held by
the Aero Club and the East Potomac
Club. All told the year 1886 saw the
Capitals fanciers sponsor probably
the most comprehensive program ever
attempted by any city.
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YIN. C. A. Provides Champions.

THE Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.
produced champions in three sports
boxing, basket ball and volley ball.
The boxing team came through with
a most successful season and produced
the following weight champions: Ban
tamweight, William Banks; feather
weight, Willie Mcbride: lightweight.
James Briscoe; welterweight, James
Price; middleweight, zander Ingram;
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Wins Chattanooga Classic.

Drank E. GORELY of the Greater
Washington Racing Pigeon Club
took the other national honor when
a pigeon from his loft won the Ma
tional Chattanooga race, the yearly
Kentucky Derby of the racing pigeon
game. Gorely's birds were in COM
petition with the best from every sec
tion Of the country.
Locally, the most priced diploma of
all went to Henry C. Hile of the
District Club for the best average
speed in the years three series of
races. Hile's record, furthermore, was
the best made in the District since
1891. Gorely had the second-best
average and the Dismer- r-McGann
combination the third. An outstand-
ing feature was the winning of first,
second and third places In one of the
600-mile races by Dismer and Nc
Gam, the first time in history that
such showing has been made.
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CHESS PROGRESS
HERE IS NOTABLE
Numerous Journeys Held by
Leagues Here-Mugridge
Regains Titles.

r. NTHUSIASM for the intel.
- ectual pastime Of chess waxed
and f1ourished in local circles
- during 1885. A galaxy Of not
able masters-Arnold Denker, Her
man Steiner, Samuel Reshevsky,
Israel Horowitz-entertained the gen.
eral public on several memorable oc-
casions at the Jewish Community
Center.
To Capital City Chess Club, WASH
ington's Oldest chess unit, came Newell
Banks, chess and checker master, exc
hibiting his great skill before host
of fans. Milan Vidmar, European
star, paused in the midst of an inter-
national convention of engineers to
tilt with chess lovers at Hotel Gordon.
w. B. Mundelle celebrated his sOth
birthday anniversary by meeting all
comers at chess and checkers at the
"Y' on New Year day. Banks like.
wise performed at the "Y."
High Schools Take Up Game.
1--WE of the leading high schools OF
the city, banded together under
the title. Washington Interhigh
Chess Association" battled furiously
for the school team trophy donated
by /. S. Turover and Central trotted
home with the bacon, with Robert
Knox, captain of the victorious quin-
tet, anneXing the individual high
school championship.
Departmental chess increased. Fac.
tions in Agriculture clashed under the
captaincies of D. S. Burch and George
w. Hervey, but G.. Paschal won the
club tournament.
Donald H. Mugridge, vanquished by
Martin C. Stark in 1885. came back
with renewed vigor and better style
of play, which netted him two crowns
Capital City Chess Club and Dis
trict of Columbia Chess League, the
latter embracing the largest field Of
entries during the entire history Of
the league.
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oH Tennis Make Notable Advance Around CAPITAL This Year
d. c. Skeet, Trap, Rifle Shots
Garner Many Honors in 1886

every local trapshooter when he cap
tured the 200-target, 16-yard competi-
ton, emitting him to represent the
District in the champion of champion
events at Vandalia, Ohio. Dennis
A. Upson, whom Wilson defeated in
the shoot-off, gained considerable
satisfaction, however. by winning the
only other two championships at stake,
the handicap shoot and doubles title
of the District.
AS in the past six years, all local
titles were decided over the traps of
the Washington Gun Club, whose
singles championship was won by
Wilson and the 50-target doubles title
by Julius Marcy.
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Extends Tennis Reputation.

WELSH further extended his repu-
W tation in national circles by ex-
tensive travelling during the season,
defeating three nationally ranking
players, two within the first IL. j.
Gilbert Hall, ranked No. 8; Gene
Mako. the Davis Cup star and No. IL
player, and Billy Reese, No. %, all
felt the string of Barneys strokes.
Many capable out-of-town netmen
from the East, meanwhile, were play
ing in Washington, foremost among
them being Frank Buddy Goeltz of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa; Hunter Lott of
Philadelphia, Price Colvin of Balti-
more. Jack Talbot of Staten Island,
and Lieut.. James McCue Of Annapolis.
McCue was one Of the principal fig-
ures in local tennis circles all Sum-
mer, defeating some Of Washingtons
best players and engaging in a sensa-
tional 36-game set with Dooly Mitch.
ell before losing, 17-19. He won the
match, however.
Because its best players were ell
gible for the Hotchkiss Cup team for
the first time In history, due to their
withdrawal from public parks, that
inter-city trophy came to Washington
for the first time in five years. Nor
folk, Richmond and Baltimore were
the competitors.
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Central Hixh Triumplis.

CENTRAL won the high school
championship with q squad COM
posed Of Charley Charming, Ralph
Buddy Adair, Harold Landsman,
Meyer 0elfand and Bernard Blanken.
Dewitt, through the sole efforts Of
the. Ritzenberg brothers. took the
prep school championship, each
brother winning his singles match
and pairing to take the doubles.
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from being the site Of the i'm.

FROM being the site Of the i'm
l. portant North South skeet
shoot to the fact that it pro-
L duced a member of the all
America college rife team, shooting
activities interested hundreds here
this year. Interest was split among
traps, skeets and rifles.
All previous attendance records
were smashed in the North South
skeet shoot in May, with over 200 en-
trants participating in the various
events. Four Washington men were
among the winners, George Deyoe.
police sergeant. winning the 20-gauge
event; Fred Ramsdell being first in
Glass B; B. A. Cummings, first in
Class c, and A. w. Walker first in
Glass D. H. G. Walters and C. C.
Clerk. IT,, placed second in Glass B
and C, respectively.
Other important local skeet COM
petitions were for the French Am.
bassador's Cup, won by Andre Fiot,
vice counselor of the French Embassy,
and for the perpetual Prince de Ligne
Cup, competed for twice annually. 1t
was won for the first time in 1886 by
the team of w. D. Leetch. Tom RAN
dali and Whitney Leary and for the
second time by the aforementioned
Walker, Walters and Frank Vermil-
lion.
Titles Are Garnered.
MANY State and sectional titles
fell to local marksmen. Larry e.
Williams, jr., winning the Middle At
lantic junior championship and the
all-bore championship of Delaware;
George Deyoe and Mrs. Albert w.
Walker winning the Maryland State
championships for men and women:
Mrs. Walker repeating her triumph
in the Virginia State Fair shoot and
Deyoe also winning the 20-gauge
events in shoots at Hot Springs,
Staunton and Richmond.
Walter S. Wilson won the cham
pionship foremost in the ambition Of
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oOS31Gb III Wy GilC IlldL
100000 who saw it, there Is
" little doubt that local boat
ing's supreme thrill for 1885
was furnished on the second afternoon
of the Presidents Cup Regatta in
September, when the Delphine VIII,
beautiful white streamlined Gold Cup
boat. leading eight competitors on the
straightaway, bounced uncertainty on
the rough waves, careened high in the
air, then overturned directly in front
of the judges, pinning its driver and
his assistant beneath it under the sur
face.
Although Jack Rutherford of Long
Island subsequently captured the Pres
ident's Cup, the piece de resistance
of the three-day regatta. the major
ity of the spectators will remember
the sight of the near-tragedy far
longer than they will that of Ruther-
fords Ma-Ja II pulling away from
the defending champion. Notre Dame,
in the final heat on Sunday after
noon. Miraculously. it seems, both
the driver Of the Delphine VIII, gray
haired Frietof Ericsson and his as
sistant. Edward Mckenzie, escaped
without serious injury.
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w yITH colleges, high schools
M and independent clubs
w participating, Washington
co1orod othIntoS had on
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BOATING POPULAR
SPORT IN DISTRICT
Spill in Presidents Cup Re-
gatta Thri|Is-Canoe
Crown to D. C..

v TOUCHED for by the more than
100000 who saw it, there Is
" little doubt that local boat
ipo'e siIpray,,e thrill for 1o26
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administrative steps taken
during 1886, giving tennis the
greatest boost 1t ever had re-
L ceived In washington, DOM
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YOUNGSTER STAR
0ND|STR|CT LINKS
M. A. Crown Brought Back,
National Fame Gained.
Women Win Laurels.

n r ARKED by the sensational
N n rise to the top of q pair OF
VI young golfers, return of the
4 ' i Middle Atlantic champion
ship cup to Washington after an alb
sence of eight years, and advance to
the final round in the national public
links championship by Washington
bred municipal star, golf around the
Capital enjoyed one of its banner
years during 1896.
Although there were not many in
vitation tournaments played, the links
sport provided plenty tournament play
for its devotees.
Bobby Brownell, 17-year-old Manor
and Indian Spring youngster. provided
the biggest sensation of the golf year,
winning the District championship at
Manor over a strong field and defeat
ing Roger Peacock, the 1885 champion,
In the final round.
Yoder Gets M. A. Laurels.
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Derby Day
Continued from pose fwo

Even at the Grand Prix de Paris one
has less sense of the barrier between
the classes.
The charm of the Grand Prix lies in
its being the most cosmopolitan affair
in the world. Princes, peers, cabinet
ministers, famous painters and FASH
ionable couturiers rub elbows with
trainers and Greek bankers and Argen-
tinian cattle princes and gigolos.
Senator's are two-a-penny. Deputies
just members of the mob.
The Grand Prix that saw was a
memorable one. The great little Eng
lish jockey, Steve Donoghue. was
riding horse called Kefalin, and he
had a grievance to avenge. A short
time before Steve had ridden Kefalin
in the French Derby and lost by
hair. Indeed, a closeup photograph
of the finish showed Kefalin ahead by
nose. However, the judges awarded
the race to horse called Ramus.
Kefalin and Ramus were meeting
again. with the same jockeys up. at
the Grand Prix that | saw - and
Donoghue was out for blood. He was
off to good start and rode easily until
they turned into the straight. Then
Donoghue rushed to the front Fifty
yards from home his old enemy
Ramus came laundering up behind. 1t
looked like an ominous challenge. But
Steve called on Kefalin and they won
by three quarters of length.
When | saw the Viceroy's Cup at
Calcutta, the banner event in India,
found color Of different sort. The
glittering uniforms of the staff, the
heavily bejeweled turbans of the
Maharajahs, contrasted with the white
robes of screaming natives. the silks
of the Chinese.
The Sahibs are no keener sportsmen
than the natives. The Aga Khan, who
has won so many big races, is not the
only Indian prince with zest for the
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as have done one or two commissions
in town, shall be back to fetch you"
The man drew her to him. Honey,
don't know what I'd do without you.
Arlette. sweetheart, I'm crazy about
your He kissed her passionately.
Void" she exclaimed, gently with
drawing from his arm. Il must go.
Before you know it, shall be back
with the car" They went away from
the window and out of Neds field of
vision.
He was aghast. Fame was clearly
infatuated with this woman - short
of carrying him off by force, he saw
little hope of extricating the young
fool from her clutches. But the at
tempt must be made. AS he was
debating the point she appeared sud-
denly at the pavilion door. At her cry
of Maxi the man in the denim apron
came hurrying through the orchard
and they went off in the direction of
the main house together.
1t was now or never, the Major
decided. He paused for an instant to
listen. The man and woman had dis
appeared: all was quiet within the
pavilion. Breaking from the copse he
ran up the steps and into the house.
Young Fame was lying on the bed
in an upstairs bedroom when the
Major burst in. Hartigan had feet
ing impression of comfortable,
rather prettily furnished room. Lis
ten, Fame" he said in a low and hur-
ried voice, your sisters looking for
you. I've come to take you to her."
The young man sprang up. His face
was curiously thin and almost devoid
of color - Who the devil are you?"
he demanded rather thickly.
Who l am doesn't matter" re-
torted Hartigan sharply. But if you
don't grab this chance and come away
with me. you're apt to be arrested by
the Federal Secret Service II guess
you know what for. Come on, Fame,
we've no time to lose!'
Why do you keep on calling me
Fane?" the young man demanded -
his voice was slurred and Hartigan
wondered whether he had been drink
ing. my names not Fame - it's -
it's - well, anyway, it's not Fame.
And now will you get the hell out of
here and let me sleepr'
The Major caught him by the arm.
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EASY TEST PROVES
SPOT FOR ROSES

Important in rose culture is drain
age. To test it, dig a hole about ~
feet deep and fill with water. If
the water drains away within a
reasonable time, drainage is salts
factory.
Roses like a clayish soil, but any
soil that grows good flowers of
other types will grow good roses.
At least seven hours of sunlight
daily is desirable, and protection
from high winds.
Remember roses are heavy feed
ers-they constantly draw eleven
different food elements from the
soil. So don't give them bone
meal, manures or sewage products;
these supply only two or three of
the vital elements. VIGORO. the
square meal for growing things,
supplies all elepen in balanced pro-
portions.
Every three weeks after buds
begin to show, rake a handful of
Vigoro into the soil around each
rose bush and water in thoroughly.
You won't be disappointed. You'll
find Vigoro produces more roses of
greater beauty and fragrance.
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turf. There is hardly a rajah or Sultan
who has not his expensive stable.
The Melbourne Cup in Australia is
run on the most beautiful course l
ever saw. Built on a natural hill. it
cost f25O.0O0. The spacious grounds
are superbly Handicapped.
incidentally, the Melbourne Cup is
a grueling race. The distance is two
miles and it is even harder on jockeys
than horses, especially if the jocks
have been getting down to weight. The
year | saw it run the winning horse
came in with its rider topping off his
mount in faint. Many a race is lost
because the jockey and not the horse
is beaten.
But We have strayed far from our
own Churchill Downs. One bit of its
history deserves recalling: it is the
only instance. so far as | know, of an
owner winning great race to his
intense disappointment. The owner
was the famous veteran, Colonel
Bradley. His horse was the favorite,
Black Servant. A running mate called
Behave Yourself from the Bradley
stables was entered as pace maker.
Black Servant got away with the
field at his heels. AS they rounded the
turn Black Servant and Leonardo III
were neck and neck. Then Black
Servant went into the lead. Suddenly
a horse came laundering down the
outside of the track. Lyke, the jockey
on Black Servant. looked over his
shoulder in alarm. He was relieved
when he perceived that the challcng-
ing horse was Behave Yourself.
Lyke yelled at little Charlie Thomp-
son, on Behave Yourself, expecting
him to pull up. But it was too late.
Behave Yourself crossed the line
ahead of his own stable mate. And
Colonel Bradley, who had bet heavily
on Black Servant, saw himself double
crossed by his own horse.