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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-05-21

The Pioneers Had No Such Opportunity

THE real history of Montana oil
development is a matter of the
future rather than the past.
The past contains the story of the
beginnings-of the years of pros
pecting and experimentation The
serious business of the oil industry
is yet to come.
The real history will be written
around three factors:
l. Deep drilling.
2. Geophysics.
3. Improved drilling methods.
Any man who has dollar invest
ed in Montana oil should take time
to study carefully into these factors.
We believe that anyone who does
examine the facts carefully will see
his way clear to make himself a lot
of money.
In our recent Bulletin No. 473C we
briefly discussed these factors and
gave a general outline which fur
nishes food for thought and investi-
cation. Recently we have discussed
in this column something of the
market situation. That is a prime
factor. CHANGING back at the past,
we find that Montana has never had
a stable market for its crude. The
crude market has been a day-to-day,
hand-to-mouth proposition ruled by
the uncertainty on the one hand
that there was enough crude avail
able to take care of stable market
demand; and on the other hand a
uncertainty whether the next week
or the next month or the next year
would see a market for developed
supplies of crude.
Now that the Canadian domination
of the market is removed, Montana
producers know for the first time
that there will be a definite market
next week, next month and next
year for a certain number of bar
rels of crude. Whether that figure
be higher or lower than in the past
it is for the first time a certain
market. Present refineries and
those building or contemplated will
take a definite number of barrels
of crude per annum FROM MON
TANA OIL FIELDS. There will be
no substitution of other crudes.
There will be no market rocking.
For the first time we can see STA
BILITY in the market for petroleum
products, and this market is GER
tain to GROW, because of the adj
vantageous location of Montana oil
fields.
Then last week we discussed the
possibility of production in horizons
below the top of the Madison lime.
We know that if no wells in Turner
Valley were drilled below the top
of the Madison lime that there
would be no Turner Valley oil field.
We know that if there were no drill
ling below the Madison or Missis-
sippian lime in New Mexico that
there would be no great amount of
crude in that state today. The
same thing is true in the Midconti-
nent.
If it is true elsewhere that the top
of the big lime is THE BEGIN
MING OF THE BIG OPPORTUNI-
TIES FOR PRODUCTION, then
why is it not equally true in Mon
tana?
We have seen the history of the
famous 0hio-Baker No. 3 we'll We
now have the spectacle of the Ar
onOw-Government we'll which seems
to have tapped vug or fissure such
as made possible the Ohio-Baker
No g We know from +be hast of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-05-21

NOT CONTAINED IN THE FOR
NATION TAPPED BY THIS
WELL. The material which blew
out of the Aronow well was nom
porous and not capable of yielding
up oil as does true oil sand.
1t has been established be-
yo1od ana possible doubt, to the
satisfaction of every petroleum
engineer aChO has made
study of Montana OIL fields,
that this oil IS COMING FROM
BELOW. If 1t is coming from
Loa0er horizons, does 1t not
seem probable that there IS
MORE OIL REMAINING IN
LOWER HORIZONS?
One of the attempted deep tests
in Kevin-Sunburst field encountered
oil at the great Depth" as we call
it, of 1890 feet. But it was not
the same kind of oil that is found
in the main field. In the producing
wells which yield oil at the top of
the lime the oil is asphaltic base.
The oil found in the .Frazer-Rice
deep test at 1890 feet was green
oil, high gravity, similar to Turner
Valley crude Is it at all probable
that the few barrels of oil that
belched out of the Frazer well
before the terrific gas pressure
wrecked the hole, was ALL the oil
existing below the big lime? None
in the world would vouchsafe that
statement.
1t follows that since Turner Val
ley gets its production from the
lower part of the Madison lime, it
would be a good guess that some oil
will likewise be found in the lower
rart of the Madison lime in Kelvin
Sunburst. 1t does not seem prob
able that Mother Nature would de-
nosit oil below the big lime in New
Mexico. in Wyoming and in Alberta
ard not in Montana. which has more
oil at the ton of the lime than has
Alberta. Alberta development was
held back for years by the theory
that no oil could be expected from
horizons below the top of the Madi-
son lime. But Alberta had to drill
so much deeper to reach the TOP
of the Madison lime that the drillers
had modern equipment with which
to penetrate the lime So it was
that Turner Valley has become one
IF the worlds major oil fields:
through drilling to depths of 1000
feet to penetrate the lower part of
the Madison limestone.
The Madison limestone is around
500 feet thick in Kevin-Sunburst
field. 1t offers hard drilling for
cable tools. No rotary has ever at
,emnted to cut through it. The for
nations in Turner Valley are just
IS hard, however, for it is identi-
,al massive limestone, and Turner
Valley rotary drillers are able to drill
through the Madison lime without
.rouble
1t foIIoaOs that the dGy is
coming aOhen someone is going
to act equipment suitable for
drilling throu0h the Madison
lime IN KeVi11-SUnburst and 9TH
er north Montana oil fields.
The depth of any one Of the
producing aOeLls IN Turner Val
leg OIL field aUOatLd test not on
In the Madison lime bit all the
formations do9Om to and imcIotd-
ing the OrdOUician, a0hich is the
horizon of the greatest of all
producing formations on the
cOntinent-the WiLcor sand.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-05-21

We cannot help but feel that his
tory will repeat itself in Montana oil
fields as it has in other oil states
where deep drilling has been done.
IF the source of our oil is in lower
formations, and IF operators can 10
cate the structural conditions in low
er formations, it goes without say
ing that operators are going to drill
for that oil. They will find greater
rock pressure with depth. They will
doubtless have large flowing wells
for that has been the history of
other states and of Alberta, where
deep drilling has been done
Is it not apparent that the man
who owns royalty on a farm in
Kevin-Sunburst field today has
greater possibilities before him than
anyone has enjoyed III the past? We
recall the story of Spindletop oil
field, which was a spectacular pro
Queer at shallow depth. The produc-
tion declined and the field went off
to nothing. The royalty owner on
that field who kept his royalty sim
ply was unable to sell it or give it
away. Everyone thought the field
ready for abandonment. Then came
deep drilling. The lower sands have
produced more than the upper sands,
and the true production history of
Spindletop lays in the productive
history of the deep sands. We be-
lieve the same will be true of North
Montana oil fields.
Oddly enough, the average per-
son does not realize these simple
facts. Most people think that when
the oil at the Madison lime is ex-
hausted that Kevin-Sunburst will be
abandoned. We ourselves base our
royalty buying on the possible pro-
dHction of the horizons at the top
of the Madison lime, erratic as we
know them to be- At the same time,
when we buy royalty on 800 acres
we get not only part of the oil
at the top of the lime but also
in any and all productive horizons
in the lime and in the Devonian and
other formations on down to the
granite core of the earth. Today a
royalty may be earning a few pen
MES but with deep drilling this
same royalty may be earning a hun
dred times as much.
With Is years to study this sit
uation, we consider most fortunate
the investor who can come in today
and buy royalties. The man who
bought royalties back in 1922 had to
take tremendous odds, because the
sciences on which we depend for our
future were not known. There was
no possibility of locating structures,
faults and other structural features
through geophysics; there was no
drilling equipment to economically
test horizons below the lime even
if the oil were known to be present;
there was no such thing as acidiza-
tion which makes one hole as eff
fective as several holes of the oil
den days.
1t was not the pioneers who were
lucky: it is the third generation in
vestor who comes in today and buys
royalties on such a basis that the
production ABOVE the lime will
pay out and pay profit, with the
lower sand possibilities awaiting
fOrtunately-to make the really
great fortunes of Montana oil his
tory.
Persons interested in more ex-
plicit facts along this line are in
vited to write to us or call on us.
The attached coupon will bring
our current publications to enquir
ers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-05-21

Has got us a little bit daunted.
The ones you want. we can't print
And the ones we print aren't wanted.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-11
tenyma ocima.
"AnickO!"

Chasnfk, usmfvaje sc potme.
sile, odchazel Ike vsi. Semov-
sky s Anickou stall chvlli mic
ky proti sobe. Anicka hledela
ma neho ustrasene, ale necer-
venala Sc. Nevinnost sc cerve-
ma. Nedovede-li toho, je S ne
vinnost1 konec.
"Pan1 r1d1ci, pros1m vas, Cd
puste mi to!"
eco tt mann odpustiti? CO
isl zas vyvedla?"
"ze jsem sla S tim chap
CENT"
Semovsky hledel patrave do
oc1 devcete. Vydrzela jeho po-
hled.
"Anicko, rekni mi pravdu!'
Has Semovskeho incl dute a
jen S namahanim drala sc mu
slova z prsou. "Mas-li nekoho
rada, Tekni mi! Vzdyt ia ii
nemohu mic vycitati. Je piece
prirozeno, re mas radsi mlade-
no hocha, nez mne starnoucf-
no muze. Jen "a to tebe pro-
sim, co jsem tt uz tolikrate re-
XII: Zachovej 81 cistou dust a
ciste telo!"
"Nikoho nemam rada nez
vas"
Devce to vyrklo tax pevne,
jake kdyz to prvne Semovske-
mu reklo plac1c.
"Sl1bil jsem ii neco ma pa
matku. Ones jsem tt to prime
81. "Podal j otevrene pouzder-
ko S prstynkem. Radostny W.
kirk.
pane ridicf!"
Gale nikomu Sc O mem dar-
ku nezminuj! Lide jsou spat-
nj a Eli. Nikdo by neveTil, re
jsem ii dial prstynek ma pamat-
ku, kazdy by soudil, re je to
odmena "a neco necestneho.
Tedy mlc!"
"Budu mlceti. A pekne de-
kuji!"
Anicka vstrcila pouzderko s
prstynkem do kapsy a odbehla
smerem, kudy odesel chasnfk.
Semovsky vratil Sc k lesu. Mu-
sci nabyti klidu v pffrode.
"zarlim?" hovoril sam S Sc
bou. "Ale je vzdy lepe byti
podvedenym nez podvadejf-
elm. A proc zarlfm? Nam k
tomu pravo? Ovsem klopyt-
nell clovek sam, poznava te-
prve, re take JIM mohou klo-
pytnouti. A ia klopytl. Snad
jsem sc prohfesil ma sve zene.
Ne! Ma laska nenf mic hrfsne-
no. Kdo mi vysvetlf, jestli Sc
svou laskou sc nedopoustim
chyby? A mohu "a to, re to
devce miluji jake Maricu?Coz
nemdze muz milovati dive dra-
he mu bytosti? Ma to by musel
prijfti nejaky modern1 mysli-
tel, ably tuto zahadu vysvetlil.
Snad by O me druhe lasce re
XII: "Pozdn1 kvet." Mona, re
by take jen Tekl: "Zamilovany
starec!"
Semovsky sc Ease usmal tim
sym bolestnym 1smevem. 90
bema vyroky nebylo by mic Wy
svetleno. Ma kazdy pad z1sta-
ne stav me duse vecnou hadan-
kou pro psychology"
Vracel sc pomalu do vsi a
prave kdyz vessel do skoly, Sc
sla Sc Anicka opet S chasn1-
KEN, ktery ma nj cekal pred
chalupou jej1ch rodicn.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-11

u Semovskych chystali Sc ma
stehovanf. Skladalo Sc, cistilo
a uklfzelo. Marica, ktera pri
tom pomahati nemohla, chodi-
la pc chalupach a loucila Sc Sc
znamymi. V tech dnech nastal
konec skolnfho roku, Anicka
vystoupila re skoly. Loucila
Sc Sc Semovskym plac1c.
"Neplac!" konejsil il. "Snad
Sc v zivote jeste sejdeme.' Tu
ovinula pazi kolem jeho krku
a polibila no. "Sejdeme Sc il
ste!"
Nektereho dine potion vrati-
la sc Marica z navstevy We vsi
v stavu, v jakem il jeste nikdy
nevidel.
Plakala usedave, hledfc ma
muze vycitavym pohledem.
eco je ii, Marico?"
"Jeste sc ptej! Jest toho pl-
ma YES. Mas rad to devce Po-
volnych!"
Semovsky mcdowell zaplrati
ami hiatt. MAN," rekl kid
ne. Gale to pfece nemus1 bo-
lett. Nevidlm v tom mic necest-
neho. Nam to devce pTece rad
uz pet let. A vedelas O TOM"
"Pet let! Ale ty nesmls mlti
nikoho rad nez mne!"
"Marico, zarlfs! A bezd1-
vodne. Touto svoj1 laskou ne
stanu sc ii nevernym."
Gale ia nechci, abys tn hol-
ku mel rad"
Semovsky Sc usmal. Gale,
Marico, nemohu prece tento
cit vyjmouti re sveho srdce ia
ko jadro re slupek orechu."
"Musis! Mus1s! ia tomu
chci!" Marica dupala zlostne
nohou.
"Marico! Vzpamatuj Sc
Promluvme spolu klidne! Vsec
ko ii vysvetlim, abys mi rozu-
mela. Niceho spatneho prot!
tobe jsem Sc nedopustil."
J (Dokonceni pffste.)
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

Frank" CHAPMAN DIDN'T DO QUITE THAT
WELL he handicap race that cmaxed the re-
SEVEN SECONDS-a of hundred yardSAHEAD OF MISS
MANTEO H. which handled in mastery style by GEORGE
SEAY NEWCOMER RACING And let me right here
and now if you're willing that there's such thing
VICTORY George Seay scored one oe1oe Cne eyes Oh
100000 SPECTATORS.
HE HAD A START OF MINUTE AND so SECONDS against
world almost complete lap
but MISS MANTEO NOT Gold Cup Glass boat ALAG1
for the tuned to the sweetest
performance EVER GIVEN BY BOAT AG1 covered the Is
beating the record OF 6SSS5 miles mace
on Saturday the fifth when COUNT ROSS!
like mad to catch SEAY AND miss MAN
TFO . . Then he got ALAGI UP TO 7OS66 miles per nor
The third lap was turned 7O.5S3 miles per hour The
final lap 69984 mph the second at O97O4 ana e
fourth at SO 230 m.ph.
president FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT welcomed
= COUNT ROSSI and GEORGE SEAY to the POTOMAC winch
anchored the finish line He
upon driving which NEVER WAS SEEN
ON THE POTOMAC Before boarding the PoComac 10
greet President said: CHAPMAN STILL IS ItE
GREATEST HANDICAPPED OF MOTOR CRAFT IN The
WORLD"
VICTORY IN THE TWO MAJOR INTERSECT1ONAL FOOT
deep South NINNEsoTAs GOLDEN GOPHERS triumphed
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON at MINNEAPOLIS and Ala
the laundering of UNIVERSITY OFSOO!H
ERN CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS AN
IOWA Big Ten. UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
unhorsed the Cowboys of HARDIN SIMMONS COLLEGE OF 1eXds
THE EYES THE NATION WE'RE UPON MINNESOTA. and
indications astray the the nation Will remain
GopherS. who ouplayed Washington consistently
Especially the matter interruptions BOB JOHNSON
of scrmmage RAN IS YARDS TOUCHDOWN. FIERCE
BLOCKING his easier and JACK
MARUCC put in the final block to johnson the line
Continued Page Fl. Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
BURKE
$13,5OO GOLF

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept. 26
0.N.SD Leadership in the $13,-
500 golf tournament at the Fen
way Club today rested on the
shoulders of Billie Burke, of Cleve-
land, former National Open cham
pion, whose accurate drives and
deft puts have earned him 139
for two rounds.
Starting the third tour in the
108-hole event today, Burke faced
some of the nations best golfers,
whose skill and form cannot re-
main hidden for long. When the
field was reduced to 83, all of
whom registered 153 or less, Paul
Runyan, National P. G. A. title
holder, was closest to Burke with a
14O.
Trailing these were such stars
as Harold McSpaden. Winchester,
Mass, al; Ed Oliver, Whining
ton, 142; Mike TurneSa and Leo
Mallory, New York, l43; Johnny
Revolta, former P. G. A. cham
pion, 144; Sam Snead, West Vir-
ginia's long driver, las; Dick
Metz, Lake Forest, ILL.,, 146; Ralph
Guldahl, National Open king, 147;
Gene Sarazen, Johnny Farrell,
and Sam Parks, 149.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Statistics of Game
CLEVELAND

and elem Stralka, blocked punt.
The ball rolled over the goal line
and Edwards beat all opposition
tc it.
The forward pass played its
part in the several scores, but not
once did a touchdown come as a
direct result of an aerial thrust.
This is something OF a record for
the Redskins, whose attack in
previous games has consisted
pretty much of a feint at running
and a forward pass from any and
all angles; any and all zones.
Andy Farkas, the "Galloping
Hungarian" played brilliant foot
ball for the Redskins. He scored
three touchdowns and galloped all
over the field. He galloped 45
yards with a punt on one occasion.
His other forays were from 25
yards down to yards. He split
over tackle from the one-yard line
Continued on Page 16, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
$4,000 Cap at
'Graw Wednesday

at the 'Graw today from New
York to fill this engagement. He
has been assigned the top impoSt
of 1913 pounds and will meet such
formidable campaigners as ESpoSa,
stage gehand, MenoW, Nedayr,
Thanksgiving, Marica and others
who will increase the interest if
they appear to accept this chal-
lenge.
MARICA MAY DECLINE
Judging from Marica's action
and appearance on the track in
her morning work, she appears
to have had enough racing for the
present and perhaps will decline
the issue.
I called on James Davidson, of
Belair Stud, and saw a beautiful
display of William Woodward's S
Clydesdales. Benefactor, a strap
CONTINUED on Page 16, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
J. GAMBLE WINS.
initial DAPPER
dan SHOOT TITLE.
photo on Page 16)
BY CHICK KENNY

Breaking 95 out of a possible 100,
Joseph Gamble won the Dapper
Dan championship trophy at the
first annual Dapper Dan Club
Shoot at Griffith Farms yesterday
afternoon.
Gamble nosed out A. C. Tester,
George E. King and William Bran
denberg, all of whom smashed 81
clay birds, one short Of the com
pleted effort turned in by the
champion.
Although nearly 300 attended
the affair throughout the day
only 62 of the entries registered
their scores with Frank Huseman
director of the shoot.
Frank Burrows was awarded the
Tony Wakeman gold medal, with
a record of 81 out of a possible
hundred in the Class A competi
ton.
In the Class B competition, Cap
tain Zebley carried off the carving
set, first prize award, by shatter
ing 88 out of 100.
A. C. Tester, competing in Glass
C, tied with George E. King fo1
top honors with 94 out of 100
Tester was presented with a cigar
cite case, while King received a
shooting coat.
Two entries tied for the lead
in the Class D section, with 81
out of 100. They were c. Hottell
who was awarded two hunting
shirts, and A. Meister, who won
an electric fishing lamp.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 26
0.N.S.0.-Gabby Street today
got ready to join up again with
the legion of jOurneyman man
ayers who have stopped off for
a while in st. Louis.
The axe fell yesterday on
Street, who had pilOted the
Browns into seventh place in
the American League, a notch
above their standing last sea-
son.
Street thus became the fourth
major league baseball club man.
ager to be given his walking
papers this year. Others or
phaned by their alma matters
are Charley Grimm, of the Chi
cagO Cubs; frankie FriSch, Of
the st. Louis Cardinals, and
Mickey COchrane, Of the De-
trOit Tigers.
When he asked about his
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Street Fourth Manager
To Get Axe This Year

fully" said Barnes, "and I be-
lieve he has done as well as
anyone could have done. But 1
believe it is necessary to en-
gage q new manager"
Gabby haC. his first taste Of
managerial duties in st. Louis
at the helm of the Cardinals
back in 1888. He was replaced
by Frisch who was depOSed only
two weeks ago.
After a stretch at st. Paul
in the American Association,
Street returned to the Browns
as a coach under Jim BOttOmly,
who had replaced Roger Horns
by. successor to Street.
Although Street said he had
no future plans, when asked If
he expected to be back in the
majors next year, he replied:
Il am not at liberty to say
anything about that nOw."
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
International
U. s, british SEMI Pro
Series Set for '39

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 N.N.SJ.
An annual world series between
the national semi-prO baseball
champions of England and the
United State will be staged be-
ginning next year, Ray DumOnt,
president of the circuit in this
country, announced today, fol
lowing a conference with Alfred
GrOgan, representative Of the
National Baseball Association of
England.
The first such event will begin
on June Is, 1889, the series to
be billed for the best four out of
seven games and each game to
be played in a different city in
England, DumOnt said.
The United States will be rep.
resented by the BufOrd (Gal
Bona Aliens, who won the ma
tiOnal title in the recent tOurna-
ment at Wichita, Ka.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
CHICAGO SERIES
TO DECIDE CLOSE
N. |. FLAG RACE
By LAYTON CARVER

NEW YORK. Sept. 26 G.N.SJ.
The New York Giants finally and
definitely have been shorn of the
Nationa! League championship
which they held for two years, tine
Cincinnati Reds likewise are
doomeI to finish among the also
rams, 20 the pennant race today
settled into strictly a two-club
sprint through the last week OF
the season-Pttsburgh Pirates VS..
Chicago Cubs
Although the campaign will not
end until next Sunday, the winner
may be established any time
within the next few days. for the
Pirates-clinging desperately to a
two-game lead-Wil! carry the
fight with the Cubs right into
Wrigley Field for three games be-
CONTINUED on Page 16, Col, II
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Injured Ace
COnLee, Ram Center
To Be X-RGyed

Gerry Conlee, Cleveland Ram
center who was injured in yester-
days game, was to be X-Rayed at
Emergency Hospital this morning.
It is feared that he sustained a
fracture of the skull.
Max Krause, with badly
wrenched left shoulder, and Ernie
Pinckert, who pulled up with a
charley horse" were the two
RedSkin casualties.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
D,C.P|N PRExY
IS REELECTED

Perce Elicit was reelected presi-
dent of the Washington City
Duckpin Association for a third
term yesterday, following a meet
ing of officials of the league IN
the Raleigh Hotel.
Other officers elected include
Dave Burrows, vice president; Ar
Vile Ebersole, secretary, and
Harry z. Greer, treasurer.
Columbia Alleys were named
the site of the 1889 tournament.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
REDSKINS LINE.
MAIN FACTOR OF.
WIN over RAMS.
For the first time this year
1;,o ,.1o,,ol Foo+ha1ID

For the first time this year
our line played football"
In those words Ray Flaherty.
coach Of the Washington Redskins,
told the real story of the victory
of his team over the Cleveland
Rams. A crowd of more than "a, 900
spectators agreed with Flaherty,
for the Skins who outplayed Hugo
Bezdek's young but fighting aggre-
CATION put on a show of real power.
They scored five touchdoWns and
a goal from the field to round out
the total of 81 points.
Four of Washington'S touch
downs were scored overland. The
fifth was registered by Turk Ed
wards, who, with Wayne Millner
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

most important
feature of the
fall racing at
H a v + e d e
Grace.
There are 40
nominations for
the event of one
mile and one
furlong, but In
fantry and Pei
ligroso II will,
of course, be alb
sent, as sleep
ing S i C k n e S S
claimed t h e S e
two horses dur
ing the e D /
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Newark, Buffalo
Resume Cup Series

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 26.-The
playoff series for the international
League Governors Cup will re-
sumo here tonight with the But
falo BiSonS clashing with the
Newark Bears. Three games are
carded here.
Each team has won a single
game, with the Bisons trimming
the Bears, S to 3, at Newark
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

CdDpSu GIlC 6AO CuDAC 4A4C4A 4AJ OA OPAoAASo
whose owners elected to meet COUNT
ROSSI'S laundering Alagi in an effort to
save something out of the shambles of
race ruined by Withdrawals MR.. CHAP
MAN not only saved something, but made
a race WORTHY OF THE TROPHY out
of the material on hand.
HANDICAPPING SPEED CRAFT is an
old art with CHARLEY CHAPMAN =. 1t
was back in 1928 when the boom was on
FLORIDA that he was called to Miami
BEACH to serve in his capacity as handi-
capper GAR WOOD, the hawk-eyed
veteran of the tiller, was among the con-
teStants in that regatta &. CHAPMAN
had the boats roaring down the stretch
BOW TO BOW :. The PHOTOGRAPH
FINISH had not been thought of in that
day and time, but the checkered flag that
drops at the finish of these races whipped
up and down madly as the CLERK OF
THE FINISH signalled to the drivers that
they HAD PASSED THE LINE.