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Evening star., 1937-09-19
Shy Larng Breaks Leg Destroyed Meno Wins Champagne
BELMONT TRAGEDY
'STUNS 1900 FANS.
Loss OF Mars Colt Throws
Turf's Juvenile Title TussIe
Wide Open.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press,
n YEW YORK, September 49,
M Tragedy threw the race fo'
" the 2-year-old turf champion.
ship wide open today wher
Mrs. Ethel v. Mars Sky Larking
leading contender for the honors
broke leg and was destroyed as Hal
Price Headley's Menow came through
with an unexpected victory in the
sixty-seventh Champagne Stakes at
Belmont Park.
The bay son of Blue Iarkspur, a
sla500 investment as yearling,
snapped his right foreleg 3 furlongs
from the finish of the 6i5 -furlong
sprint while racing head and head
with Menow. There was no chance
to save the speedy colt, which had
won five of six races, including the
Hopeful, and earned S41,135.
Alfred Robertson, Who escaped in
jury when thrown from Sky Larking,
was heart broken, crying like a baby
as he returned to the Jockeys room
IN the starters wagon.
The best horse I ever rode" cried
the veteran rider "Why did such a
thing have to happen to him?"
Accident Great Shock to Fans.
HE accident so shocked IS 900 fans
that they had few cheers for
Menow as Charley Kurtsinger drove
the l2-to-1 shot on to win the purse
OF $4,225 by four lengths from War
rem Wright's Bull Lea, which also fin
thed second to Sky Larking in the
Hopeful. Another length and a half
back trailed William Woodward's
Fighting Fox, brother of Gallant
Fox, maintaining a record of having
finished in the money in each of his
four starts.
Sky Larking, whipped only in the
Arlington Futurity, was the even
money choice. He broke from the
barrier as if to justify quickly the
favorite's role. For three-sixteenths of
. mile he battled stride for stride with
the Kentucky-owned Menow. Then he
began to falter. Gamely he tried to
carry on, but his leg snapped and
gasp went up from the throats of
thousands watching through their
binoculars. The majority kept their
glasses on the Inflated colt as the re-
mainder OF the field sped past.
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Benjam, tenth at the halfway mark,
raced up to fifth position at the head
of the stretch, there overhauled Eve
ming Shadow, which had run fourth
up to this point, and finished fourth.
Alvin Untermeyer's Chaps and Joe
w. Browns Spillway also passed Eve
ming Shadow, which wound UP sew
enth. Chaps was fifth and Spillway
sixth.
Valdina FARMS Teddy's Comet, the
favorite at to ., could do no better
than thirteenth under his top weight
OF 126 pounds. The brown son of
Teody-Flying Comet was in close
quarters most of the way and weak
ened slightly toward the finish.
Since Pit Bull had been unable to
do any more than garner one sec
ond place and one third place out
of his seven previous starts, he was
placed in the mutuei field with six
others for betting purposes. The
field paid $14 for So straight; $3.50
place and $3.50 show. Bigey returned
$3.50 for 50 to place and $500 to
show while Legal Lights show price
was $500.
Evening star., 1937-09-19

CARDS GET WEBB.
The Cardinals has purchased Short
stop Jimmy Webb Of Columbus.
Evening star., 1937-09-19
Belmont Park

Entries for Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
FIRST RAcE-The Yorkyille; purse, ST.
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H. w. Maxwell-Wheatley Stable entry.
w. 8. Kilmer-Fair Fields Stable entry.
Arnold Hanger-King Ranch Stable en-
try.
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SECOND RACE-The Connemara: purse.
$1,000: claiming; 3-year-olds; 4, miles.
Perfect Devl - los < Bitter Berry = 116
Eboniste----- 100 Trauwina ---- 105
Unfailing ia
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SIXTH RACE-The Ravenswood: purse
81 900; allowances: 3-year-olds and up;
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FIFTH RACE-The Bandala Handicap;
,urse. 81. 600 added; 3-year-olds: elaSs
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: Hawthorne
Entries for Tomorrow.

101 AOIIO1IOWs
By the Associated Press.
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SIXTH RACE-The Shoreham; purss
81 600: claiming; 3-year-olds and un:
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| FIFTH RACE-The Regent: purse
$1,000; claiming: 3-yesr-oids and up;
/ Is miles
Kairack 112 xYes Polly 1o7
Bon Hamburg 1O7 xIrish Ford Ito
| xCrout Au Pot -105 Wee Emma 1I2
xMindreader los
Evening star., 1937-09-28
flight CONTINUED
FOR NEW PRECINCT
Mid-City Citizens Associa-
tion Hears of Situation
Demanding Action.

Continuing Its fight for re-establish-
ment Of q separate police precinct at
the present Women's Bureau, on Fifth
street between M and N streets, the
Midcity Citizens Association last night
voted to request inclusion Of such a
plan in the 1889 District budget.
Approval Of A. j. Driscoll's address
before the Commissioners at the recent
public budget hearing, in which he
requested the items inclusion, also
was voted.
Citing the need for q separate pre-
cinct. one member charged that in
coming van drivers, congregating in
the vicinity of Sixth and Seventh
streets on New York avenue, had
created nasty moral situation" that
invited prosecution on Mann act
charges. Complaints Of this situation
were ordered sent the Police Depart
Evening star., 1937-09-28

ment and the Commissioners. The
resolution was then referred to the
Executive Committee for possible
further action.
A motion by F. B. Hoffman re-
questing the associations disapproval
Of the gross business receipts tax was
passed unanimously. Hoffman stated
the tax was unreasonable and unfair
In view of the fact that it was imposed
on the gross receipts, thereby causing
large concerns which operated on slen-
der margins to pay the same amount
as the smaller businesses.
In q resolution which classed the
1899 budget as proposed by the District
Of Columbia department heads as "ab-
solutely beyond reason" the associa-
ton voted disapproval Of the budget
in its present form.
Another motion protesting payment
by the District for the removal OF
unused street car tracks and request
ing the Commissioners take steps to
recover $212,424.87, allegedly already
Evening star., 1937-09-28
RIVAL ASSOCIATION
DRAWS OPPOSITION
North Capitol Body Votes
to Protect Its Own
Boundaries.

Opposition to formation Of . new
citizens association in the Edgewood
area that would include the north
ern part Of the North Capitol Citi-
zens Associations territory was regis
tered last night by the latter group at
its first meeting Of the year.
Recently circulars, arguing for the
need of a new organization, have been
sent throughout a triangle bounded
by North Capitol street, Rhode Island
avenue and Fourth street northeast.
I'VE are perfectly willing people In
Edgewood start their own association,
but absolutely oppose their incorpo-
rating any Of our territory" E. B.
Lawless, president Of the North Capt.
tol Association, said. I'VE believe that
the North Capitol Association is fully
capable Of serving residents within
its area to the best advantage"
A petition to pave the alley con-
Meeting Girard street and Michigan
avenue northeast. west Of Trinity Col
lege, is being signed by residents OF
the Girard street area, Robert Yost
past president OF the association, an
nounced. Yost reported Trinity Col
lege is willing to bear its share of the
expense.
Evening star., 1937-09-28
YELLOWSTONE CLOSING
ORDER IS REVOKED
Ickes to Leave Park Open Another
Two Weeks at Request
of President.

Va = 00AACAls
By the Associated Press.
Secretary Ickes said yesterday that
1T President Roosevelt's request an
order closing Yellowstone National
Park to travel September rs had been
revoked.
The park will remain open to tour
lists another fortnight, he said, unless
snow blocks highways
Mr.. Roosevelt visited the park over
the week end and at that time heard
protests against the unusually early
closing, which had been ordered as
an economy measure.
The revocation, Secretary Ickes said.
applies only to tourists and not to
fishing or other facilities requiring
regular park STATS.
Evening star., 1937-09-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAY.
Meeting, committee chairmen, Co.
lumbia Chapter. Women Of the Moose
5401 Sherrier place, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Zonta Club, Y. w. G. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets, pm.
Luncheon, Monarch Club, Willard
Hotel, 1918 pm.
Luncheon. Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Soroptimist Club, Willard
Hotel. pm.
Luncheon. Lions Club. Mayfiower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dinner meeting. Credit Bureau
Willard Hotel. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-09-28

spent for this purpose, also was voted
unanimously.
Two committees were appointed In
connection with the associations an
nual election OF officers. to be held in
October. Appointed to the Nominating
Committee were: Hoffman. George A.
Warren and Hugh H. Groves. The
Auditing Committee will be composed
Of the following: Mrs. Arthur Skinner,
Miss E. L. Grosvenor and Miss Alfred
Wynn.
Evening star., 1937-09-28
Sub Can Reach % Knots

1t is estimated that submarine
can attain not more than % knots
surface speed with the present 5000
b.h.p. engines.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
fl.,ldsN SDrlS'} .
Everyday dy~Llipping Il IL
ts,, ..... ~. 49,. STEPSONS,H ~ -r.a.r g. ;
".H". By JOSEPH FORT NEWTON '.'
tCopy-ight,. 1887. by United Feature Syndicate lne

"Onc of those stcpsons of Fortune, whom
she treats with increasing vlgor, and enoS
bv disinhcriting altogether" SO man III a
famous Sir Walter Scott story described
himself.
Some such belief, or unbclief, is all too
widespread today, to Judge from the letters
that reach me. How many feel that lte' or
fate, or ill-uck is against them, and they
give up?
INV father and mother did what they
could for me-" writes Il young man, Dul
it was little If could have gone to the uni
yersitv. and had influence enough, things
would have been better.
IF had had chance, could have done
something But was condemned from youth
to a business | did not like. | was set i'll a
groove which | have never been able to get
out of.
Such words set the tune for many who
excuse their defeat, or the mess they have
made of things, on the ground that bad luck
has dogscd their steps, and they cannot get
the "brcaks," as we say.
ncN are llkc MIL Ill lilN A''N' '>ii''o''
story who insists that ever since his birth
the giants of ill-fortunc have dragged him
bv the wrist But that is not the truth OF
the business.
The secret of our failure, as of our ull-
happiness. is in our failings, not in fate. 1t
is either weak spot we have not watchccd'
or wrong mental attitude, which has made
us slaves.
If we look into the lives of great men and
women we find that every one of them
seemed at times doomed to defeat. But they
defied that doom. challenged it, reversed 1t
and won out.
Shakespeare was right: THE fault, dear
Brutus. is not in our stars, but in ourselves
that we arc underlings.' Life gives us the
raw stuff of character, but we shape or
mar it.
There are no Stcpsons of Fate or Fortune;
we arc all sons of one great Father, who
knows no favoritcS One can get too much
help from others; out best aid is our own
and it is our job.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
What Other Editors Say
Should Improve Them, Too

Everything about automobiles has been !mproVed
within the past few years, save one thing.
The tires have been improved in remarkable
fashion The old type of highpressure continually
blowing -out affair has given over to the heavy
cord balloons which often wear out before blow
ing into the proposition The engines have been
made far more efficient, the bodies are now all
steel and are streamlined, the maybe" aspect has
been taken out of starters, and the Wlndshlelo
wiper actually wipes the windshield.
And although not so much has been done about
lights recently, they are much better than they
were decade or so ago. But one thing about auto
mobiles has not been improved as much as should
be-" The driver
This must be So because, with all the mechanical
improvements mentioned, nice, shiny, new auto
mobiles continue to crash over fills, into bitches,
trees and other cars with amazing and fatal per-
sistency.
We have brought the mechanical side OF motor
ing to perfection. Isn't it high time we concen-
trated bit more on Mr.. Driver?-Winston- Salem
Journal.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
MEDICOS VS..
SURGERY


ice to humanity than the surgeon"
In a pinch the skilled surgeon with his
instruments may save a human life thru the
performance Of an operation requiring
technical skill that the mere medical prac-
toner does not possess. The surgeon steps
in when the medical practitioner has eX-
hausted lis bag of tricks and thrown up his
hands i'll despair. The surgeon often saves
the life that the mcdico has abandoned
But think of the millions of humans who
are spared the surgeons knife by the timely
advice of an intelligent and conscientious
medical diagnostcian who enables the pa
tient to correct disorder before it becomes
serious!
High blood pressure; cardiac, pulmonary
and kidney disorders; glandular deficiencies
and numerous other ills, detected in time,
will yield to intelligent treatment. The med
ical practitioner must always precede the
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

surgeon and should, in most cases, super
sede him.
But there should be no place in medicine
for the sloven or the quack. The medical
practitioner should be serious ana persist.
ent student, keeping himself Informed OF
every advance in the knowledge of his pro-
fession, always on his toes. A lazy, slovenly,
oninionated medico satisfied with himself
and content with his empiricism is dis
grace to his profession and menace to hui
mapityJ o ,,. ,1.,y
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
PAGE
BUDDHA

OWNS, SAYS: Il have never
felt such freedom in my life; just to think
that | don't have to worry about owning
things any more!
\ wear or SO ago that same woman lost
her home which she had built with bor-
rowcd money before the Depression. In
Depression wears she couldn't keep up her
payments. the holders of the mortgage fore
closed and she lost most of her equity IN
the property.
Il felt relieved then," she said; but my
feeling of complete relief now that my per-
sonal possessions are reduced to few per-
sonal effects that | can carry around with
me, is indescriDable. | guess you would call
it new birth of freedom"
We can appreciate the good womans emo
tons; it is human to tire of the responsibility
of ownership and management
Which reminds us of w. p. A. worker
we picked up on the Wright Memorial
Bridge two years ago. He was trudginS to
his job on the Dare beaches, five miles from
his home in Currituck Asked how life Jared
with him, he replied:
Pretty good. see them that has had, los
ing their homes and their farms; | never
had nothin', never been used to nOtlIin', ,
never wanted nothin' much and the De-
preston amt hurt me like it has folks who
couldn't take it,
Write your own comment on the philOso-
ply of the woman and the man, both of
whom were unconsciously expressing re-
lieious emotion hundreds of years older than
Christianity.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
ELIZABETH CIT Y 5
CYCLISTS AND
THE LAW

{ TUE LAW commission is SetunS ltS
hand to no easy task
whom if undertakes to bring bicycllsts TO an
observance of traffic laws and rules ol 'lie
road.
To impress upon the delivery and meSSen-
Ger bows and the youthful recreatlonal rloerS
of bolb sexes. who constitute the vast ma
ioritv of cyclists today, with any idea OF llle
importancc of following any regulation other
tb,p that of their own inSOuciant Will, mlSnl
we'll prove task to tax the ability OF the
noIrr force and exhaust such feeble penal
ties as the law provides for their KIND
probabIv no new city ordinances VIII DC
necessary. for bicycle regulation IS as Ola as
the bicvclc itself There are no doubt stat
utrs unrcpcalcd on the books, which cover
every contingency of illicit cycling even
though an occasional crusade against SIDE
walk riding NAV have been the only appll-
cation made of them in a decade or TWO
BEFORE automobiles monopollZed the atteh-
tion of the lawmakers. riding bicycle with
ont 4 bell. or light at night. and the helnouS
crime of "scorching," were lntractlons whlch
orcupicd law enforcement officers to no
small extent.
The difference Ill the revival OF such laws
will be that instead of seeking to protect
pedcstrians from the danger of being bowled
over. the chief aim will be to protect the
cvcIist from himself and to reduce the nerv-
o,,s prostration casualty rate among motor
lists.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

80 closely interrelated is the
mechanism of modern civilization
that a change occurring in one
part, say of industry, will produce
an effect in quite different and
unexpected part, as, for instance,
in the schools or the use of natural
resources. Hence we need a view
of the general causes, types and
trends over a broad front, since
any specific program may be af-
fected by force originating else
where" From the report of the
National Resources Committee on
archaeological Trends.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
Asp1HN

I levels of five years ago, Wllell Wv
ton sold for 6 cents.
The, present eontrol method
making diversion payments 10
fafthers Miio take cotton land out
Of, prqduetiopE- -fiisr largely Incl
fective in areas where the ylelo
is high. If a farmer knows he will
getta good yield, he is not inter-
ested in, a diversion payment OF
S. cents a pound when he can
grow the cotton and sell it for II
| cents.
Most sensational is the eXpan-
sion in California, where produc-
tion was insignificant until two
years ago. Present acreage lndl-
Gates a leap from 100000 acres
last year to $4,000 this year.
Yields are high in California, and
growers scorn a diversion pay
ment of 5 cents pound.
While production figures are
creeping up again, exports con-
tinue to decline. Exports for the
shipping season of August to June
were $4,000 bales, the lowest
with one exception in the last 20
years.
! VOOdOOiSm
The mysteries Of VOOdoOiSm
have been probed by writer's on
Relief. When WPA publishes its
American Guide covering New
Orleans, it will offer the reading
public a delectable account of a
Voodoo drug store in New Orleans
with an inventory of it's mystic
potionS.
The WPA writer apparently en-
tered the drug store, bought a vial
of Love Oil and came away with
that and a list of other charms
offered for sale.
For so cents, one can buy Con-
trolling Powder, Courting Powder,
Dragons Blood. Delight Powder,
or Luck Around Business. For the
same price. one can choose be-
tween Get Together Powder and
Separation Powder.
Gamblers Luck is somewhat
more expensive, however, costing
rs cents. Equally expensive is
French Love Powder. and it costs
a full dollar to purchase Dice
Special.
Lucky Jazz, Love and Success
Powder. Three Cross Powder, and
the Sixth and Seventh Book Of
Moses are all offered for a dollar.
Most expensive potion on the
entire list is Easy Life Powder.
This costs $3.50.
Incidentally, the business thus
revealed by WPA is illicit.
Merry -Go-ROund
One cut follows another in Re-
settlement staff. A year ago the
Washington force numbered 3,715.
Now they number 1850. Another
cut, due next month, will bring
them down to l700-a new cut OF
1000 people from the Washington
staff Of one agency alone. Mean
while, cuts in the field force "a
mount to 1000. Roy TaSco
Davis, former U. S. Minister to
Costa Rica, has become head of
a girls school in washington
uburbs-National Park Semi
nary. . Hoping to become a dip
Tomato. Helen Davis, daughter of
Dwight, not related to Roy Tasco,
is cramming for exams in the
Foreign Service. Still another
all-time record was hung up when
Argentine corn arriving at U. S.
ports the week ending July Is
amounted to 3.750,000 bushels.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
With the HumOrists
EASY METHOD

I'VE never needed; any of them new-tangied
scales in Ireland = said OHara There's an aSy
way to weigh a pig without scales. You get a
plank and put it across a stool Then you get a
big stone, Put the pig on one end of the plank ana
the stone ON ezother, and shift the plank pntil
they balance Then you guess the weight of the
stone, and you have the weight of the pig.''-Ex.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
German Girls to Farms

Berlin. U.R)-To alleviate the
shortage of labor on the land and
to give practical assistance to
farmers, German girls will be al
lowed in future to volunteer for
farm labor instead of serving in
the WomenS Labor Corps proper.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
French Prefer 81 ha''G !.

French Prefer 81 hd'" !.
Tours. France. Wn !. :
Martin is the mot popa!a. =" .
French saints, if popu!d.'2.. ...
be measured by the nuA% !.
cities. villages and cIi'ic.'Ss :, !,
ed after him. 3.G72 chuic.',' = :
bear his name, dottma '"o To-
country.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
Ancestral Castles for Rent

Budapest, U.H - The homes of
the feudal lords of the middle
age in Hungary may be occupied
this season by American tourists.
The impregnable castles with
moass, drawbridgeS and game pre-
serves. for the fir~t time in their
long history, are for rent.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
POLITENESS

An Irishman had peen thrown a fence by
an enraged bull He had just recovered when he
noticed the bull paving the ground and furiously
tossing his head.
If it wasn't for your bowling and scraping," said
Mike I'D think yer threw me over on purpose
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
"Composcrs" in Phone Bo"

Cleveland. U.Pj - Famous
posers are well rcprcsei''oo
Cleyeland'S ncwc ic.gp!'o"
rectory. The book rcyca.
Bechs eight MendclSsoiln''
Schuberts, five Hanae@ ,
Haydens. three MacDO"''
Neyins and a Verdi.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
Who?

A judge has ruled that Mae
West had a husband and must
now pay all the costs of his suit
to prove it. The court holds that
a married pair don't have to live
together to establish a marriage
and that it might be better if they
didn't.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

Chicago, July 22-.s-
and Mrs. William Il Lc.c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axe, J. u
agreed today with police thai
shouldn't have taken their ls'
with them when they went Y
the play You Can't Take i
You" When they arrived .
from the play two Dand.s
them up and took SLIT II y
nv and cash.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

Atlantic City. n. j.. July .
U.H)-Mrs. Yetta Goodman 2
fined 5000 today for running
rooming house in an eXcss
residential district despite
claim that all "a persons L !
house were members Of her "a
lily.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

Des MoineS. Ia. July y
BY the light Of candies ana iA
light, an eight pound baoy
was delivered early today a, !
Lutheran hospital when The .
electric power went cut 10
minutes.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

New York's more fashionable
night clubs now have a waiting
list of people wishing to be robbed
in their limousines after leaving
the clubs.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
QU1RkS|
In The Neu3
BY UNITED PRESS

East Orange. n. j., July :.
W.R)-AuthoritieS tonight S0--.
milk thief who leaves note
empty bottles on dOogS,eps "a
ing please leave an extra Qua
and then drops around to col
the surplus.
The daily independent., 1937-07-23

In fact, if you insist, arrange
ments can be made to have the
bandits follow in one cab and the
photographers in another. mi
The daily independent., 1937-07-23
WELL?

The pupil was asked to paraphrase the sentence
He was bent on seeing her.
He wrote: THE sight of her doubled him up"