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Evening star., 1939-01-22
tragedy Of Jimmy Sullivan Washington YOUTH Among Epcs of Jockey Fortune
Family Lorder Empty, Rides to Death on Mount
Turned Over to Him by Aqua Co|iente Pal;
Sonde Hires His Old Enemy, Workman

death on the track OF his close friend
Dominic Bellizzi, who was killed at
Jamaica.
Again, it might have been the un-
derworld threats that in 1888 caused
Pinkertons to guard him day and
night He wouldn't ride to suit
gambling syndicate, and SO he was
marked for kidnapping.
Weight might have had part.
When Coucci was an apprentice he
showed only 80 pounds on the scales.
That was when he won the Amer
lean Derby and Classic, the first ap-
prentice ever to score in those events.
A year later he was up to 100 pounds
and he kept putting on weight. He
had to take it off, the hard way, by
Turkish baths and long jogs en-
caSed in a rubber suit. Much of the
time he couldn't eat.
Mayhap the power he needed when
the real racing began in the stretch
just wasn't there. That's happened
to Sonny Workman, and any num-
Der of times in recent years he has
had to cancel his mounts because he
was too weak to ride. One day when
Sonny was riding in dull fashion, his
room mate answered question
about what was the matter with
him:
You couldn't ride either If you
had spent the night in a Turkish
bath and then hit the road In a
rubber suit this morning to take off
few more pounds"
Chew Gum to Moisten Threats.
Even water adds weight, so the
boys chew gum to moisten their dry
throats, and wet their parched lips
with their tongues. 1t helps also
to ease the tension. Next time
watch them chew as they ride to
the post, their nerves on edge and
tempers short.
Little fellows like Bobby Merritt,
who once tried to gain S pounds
and couldn't; Nick Wall, the light
weight whose 100 pounds got him
the mount on Stagehand last win
ter, and Sammy Renick don't have
to worry about eating and drinking.
Merritt sometimes eats five times
day. But their light weight handi-
caps them in the stakes, where they
must ride against such sturdy fe1-
lows as George Woolf and Harry
Richards.
There have been many brother
Evening star., 1939-01-22
HiuIeuh Park Results

Iy tl-e hSSoSidtcu llcsb.
FIRST RACE-Purse. $500: 2-year -olds;
Valdina Gold (stef1en) $50 80
a Valdina Spv Pariso) $50
Time Obs.
Also ran--Snuggle. c Tonganoxie Town
boy 1nscolad and Kai-Hi.
Valdina Farm entry.
Wooford Farm entry.
SECOND RACE Purse. 81 900: 3-year-
sldS; sbobo,. fH5i9nss 'ps9rl*, 'chu'e' % so ao
FoDiens Fspanla 'Eaths2, 'PaEl.9I $3.50 = =" :"
'e G. sons 1vn coss Bfas Ssq snrns BfGe B2osd
Stripes or 0f,(j Guard 2c,,, and MI Riyer,
THIRD RACE-Purse S1,loO: claiming;
4-year-olds and up. Gi2 furlongs
Hleh Omar NASH $50 4aO
LaSSator tPariSob $50
AiFo Aimsi ranLsun ~ Phantom Rnlv Van S,ys
Posterity., Your Buddy. Legenda Perfect
Peace and sargazo.
FOURTH RACE The Rtckenbacker
up, : furioneS tchute).
ST WIsl Damion p1'sss Mssde 1ssssto $50 ss"" Saoo
BaTtiy F "A 4. SMITH $40
lano.
FIFTH RAcE-The Hialeah Stakes;
purse. S. 600 added, 3-year -olds: fur
LONGS
Carlisia (Peters) 7.oO 44o 33o
Early Morn 1Meade) 40 $40
Cherry Jam fArcarol $40
Time 1:l02s.
Also ran-Easy Mon. Heather Time
ROYAL Pam and Bright Victory.
SIXTH RACE-Purse 81 600: claiming:
4-year-olds and up: Is miles.
Lady Genie 'Do1osol $50 40 $50
Town Car (Charltonp 93O 800
Sharp Girl (Yarberry) 40
Time. :5l4,
Also ran-Stop Light Almac. Babv Joe .
Mostly. Fredalva. Sand Cloud. Petit Jean
and Gold Cross.
SEVENTH PAcE-Purse 81 900: claim
:ng 4-year-ods and up: ] 2 miles Con the
turG
Green Melon CMeade, $50 $40 44o
Manhattan tYsrberry) 1890 II 10
Erada DufordD 49, 20
Time. 4:31
Also ron-Busbv Golden X Foreign Le-
gion. Balapin. Would Dare, Kindred Spirit
and Brandon Prince
EIGHTH RACE-Purse 81 1000: claim
Ing: ,4vear-olds and up; il. miles
Stephen Jay tDonoso) no 800 $50
Chance KING 'Yarberry) 44O
Time 3:O42s
Also ran-Giasby. Patan Celestino Lour-
des. Sir Reg. Silas. Mayro and Double r.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

Don Cameron then and only this
year Cameron, now trainer for Mrs.
Vera Bragg and Mrs. John D. Hertz.
got him back again. He engaged
him to ride for them at an annual
salary Of $4,000 and 10 per cent
Of the winnings.
II knew him when he was just
little shaver" said Cameron before
he went West for winter racing. "He
was honest then, and he's never
changed. He may not be the great
est jockey in the country, but he
always does his best and that's good
enough for me-"
Absorbed in Horse Racing.
Johnny is % years old now and is
preparing himself to be trainer.
Some Jockeys find no pleasure in
hanging around the stables. Johnny
does. Some Of them haunt the night
clubs and smart restaurants. But
Johnny gallops horses in the morn
ing, and afterward mingles with the
hands. No hunting, fishing or movies
for him.
Horse racing is my dish," he
says.
Usually he is an even-tempered
boy, but once in a while the crowd
gets under his skin. One day last
summer the bookmakers made his
mount, Merry Lassie, 1-to-2 favor
ite in a 6-furlong handicap, despite
her well-known quitting habit
Johnny got her out in front right
of, and coming into the stretch she
was out by four lengths.
Then from the pack Clodion came
charging on her, and a furlong out
she folded up (you really could see
her stop despite Johnnys strenuous
riding. Clodion beat her under the
wire by couple of lengths and
when Johnny came back to the
stands the crowd booed. He smiled
at first, but close to the fence a
sneering fan went too far.
His lips frightened and as he strobe
off he shouted:
"Try riding her yourself some time,
you big bum!"
With that he was gone, and there
weren't any more boos from those
close at hand. Perhaps it takes a
better sport to lose money than to
win.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
CarIisia Shows Way
At Hia|eah Despite
Interference
Just Beots Early Morn
In s.. 1000 Race; Meade
Escapes Hurt in Spill
BY the Associated Press.

~ Vic AosoClatCo GlCoS
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 21.-Bomar
Stables Carlisia, overcoming inter-
ference at the start. drove to victory
today in the $5,OOO-added Hialeah
Stakes, first important 3-year-old
race of the season here.
Jockey Moose Peters kept Carlisia
on top at the finish although Mrs.
w. P. Stewards Early Morn, with
Don Meade in the saddle, closed
gamely and would have won in an
other stride. Greentree Stables
Cherry Jam, the favorite ridden by
Eddie Arcaro, finished third.
Carlisia, a grey gelding, stepped
the six furlongs in 1:102, and paid
$740 to 81 straight, $40 to place
and $3.50 to show.
Early Morn refunded $4.10 and
$3l0 with Cherry Jam paying $340.
The victory was worth $4,190 to
Carlisia's owners, Charles B. Bohn
and Peter A. Markey of Detroit.
Narrow Escape for Meade.
The pacesetting jockey. Don
Meade. narrowly escaped serious in
jury in the sixth race. His mount,
Petit Jean, stumbled almost to his
knees at the start and Meade top
pied to the ground Petit Jean
partly ran and partly climbed over
the riders body, throwing a scare
into the spectators.
However, Meade arose and busted
himself off, the animals hooves
having barely missed striking a
vital spot.
Petit Jean went out and won the
race minus Meade, but, of course,
it didn't count.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

would ride the j. H. (Jock) Whit
ney horses for him next year.
The handy guy" one of the great
jockeys Of all time and now be-
coming front-rank trainer, must
have had mingled memories when
he made that announcement-that
is, if he thought back to a Sep
tember day nine years ago at Bel
mont.
Sande rode to enduring fame on
Gallant Fox and Zev, and that
afternoon he was up on the Fox.
Sonny Workman had the leg up on
QUESTIONABLE. Neck and neck, the
two great thoroughbreds came into
the stretch turn. with Gallant Fox
on the outside. Sande got his mount
under the wire first by a whisker,
and Workman, his boot white from
rail paint, claimed a foul.
He had been crowded against the
rail so hard. he said, that Gallant
Fox was able to nose QUESTIONABLE
out, for his mount got out of stride.
The red board went up after the
stewards cast Workman's charge
aside, and the two lads went off to
jockey quarters scowling and growl-
ing. Many a lusty quarrel has rip
ened into blows there.
And so it went. Minutes later
they gave up hot words and tossed
some stout hooks and jabs before
calmer hands could pull them apart.
All that Is forgotten now.
Allan Gray, chunky little fellow
who does most Of his riding on the
West Coast, was on the sidelines for
months because Of injuries. That
might have been quite a drain on
the bankroll, but Johnny Adams
wouldn't let that happen. He made
Gray his agent, and they stuck to-
gether up and down the coast, the
idle Gray making Adams engage
ments and collecting the usual per-
centage.
Adams a Real Runt.
There aren't many jockeys who
can touch the record of Adams, a
little giant from lola, Kans. He's the
shortest jockey to straddle a mount
in many year a feet inches, he
Isl, but the way he rides them in
makes some of the huskier boys
blush.
In 1887 he topped the list for the
number of winners, 260 in all, and
he gave Johnny Longden, the Can
Evening star., 1939-01-22
zevson Nose Winner
In Stone Memorial
Affair Grounds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21-The
Russell E. Stone Memorial Handicap,
featured race at the Fair Grounds
today, was won by Mrs. E. H. Bart
let's Zevson, over the mile and one
sixteenth route for 3-year- r-olds and
upward.
zevson, 7-year-old bay horse by
zev-Delphine, made it one win in
three starts this year when he de-
feated eight others for the $1,000
added purse. He stood off the pace
until the stretch run and then came
with a rush to gain the victory in a
photo finish. Mrs. S. Orr's Orinoco,
a second choice in the betting, took
the lead IN the stretch and lost to
the winner by nose. Cash O'Boy
ran third.
Evening star., 1939-01-22


in close accord with the Florida
Racing Commission, ordered the
first saliva tests in America to be
made early in 1884.
Widener was far-sighted
enough to realize that if horse
racing was to stage come
back, public confidence must
be regained.
Few people in this country knew
anything about saliva tests at that
time However, in France and Eng
land the saliva of horses had been
tested with fair success as far back
as 1910. Hialeah's veterinarian be-
gan to examine the saliva of win
ming horses more or less along the
lines laid down by the French, i'm
proving on the methods employed
at every opportunity. So successful
was this pioneering that the Florida
Commission took action against
eight stables that first year.
Today practically every one OF
the 20 States that permit racing
insists on the saliva test, and this
Evening star., 1939-01-22

adian booter, a run for his money in
1898 before being satisfied with
place money.
Adams 10-gallon hat is his trade
mark around the Western tracks,
and you can spot him in any sort of
a crowd. He rode his first mount at
a county fair in lola, and then held
his own for years on the "bush"
tracks of South Dakota, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas before head
ing for the big time.
The story is that nobody wanted
to sign him under contract when he
started out, and so, unlike most of
the boys, he never had an apprentice
allowance. That put him on his own,
and even now he won't sign up with
a stable, preferring to carry on as a
free lance, accepting the mounts he
wants and turning down all others.
A contract jockey can't do that.
The bugaboo of a Jockeys life we'll
may turn out to be fear of what
might happen in pinch. There's
a lot more to their lives than parades
to the post in fine colors. William
H. BilD Gallagher, an owner who
knows his horses, had a youngster
named Nose Merrill, now riding in
Florida, under contract.
Gallagher believes, and possibly
with reason, that the minute jockey
starts using goggles to protect his
eyes he is showing the first signs of
fear. So Nose doesn't use goggles.
The only exception Gallagher makes
is with jockey who has weak eyes
j. Mccoy, one of the oldest boys now
in the saddle, is an exception. He
has worn them so long that most
everybody knows him as Goggles
Mccoy.
Riding Slumps Puzzles.
A Jockeys winning streaks and
slumps are as puzzling as the form
of a horse from year to year.
For years the Bronx Italian, Silvio
Coucci, was one of the handiest boys
in the saddle. He rode like the pro-
verbal demon on favorites and long
shots alike and at times he actually
seemed to lift his mount past the
wire on the head end. Then he tailed
off. It took years before he made a
comeback, but now he's setting a
fast pace at Santa Anita with the
Alfred G. Vanderbilt horses.
Vanderbilt always has had the best
OF jockey talent available and there
were more than a few raised eye
broWs at his confidence in the one
time Greentree Stable rider who had
lost his touch. Well, it's no longer so
strange. Coucci himself probably
doesn't know to this day why he
slumped. It might have been the
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Sweet Nancy Scores
In Mud in Sprint
Al Santa Anita

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.-Norman
Church's Sweet Nancy won the
$4,000 Santa Susana Stakes over
the 7-furlong distance at Santa
Anita today, with Ciencia second
and Morning Breeze third in the
feature event for 3-year-old fillies.
Splashing over the rain-drenched
strip, the sprightly Church entry was
time In / minute 203 seconds.
Fourteen fillies accepted the issue.
Sweet Nancy paid 1920, $720 and
$3.50. Ciencia paid $3.50 and 50 and
Morning Breeze $3.50.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

method of detecting doped horses
has had a lot to do with horse rae
ing being restored to high place.
Tests Still Are Beaten.
Unfortunately infractions of the
doping regulations have been highly
publiciZed and have lent credence
to the belief that racing is not as
it should be- AS matter Of fact,
these infractions have been so few
and far between as to give racing
almost clean slate.
The saliva test as administered
in the most progressive of our rae
ing States does not halt the prac-
tice of stimulating race horses. does
not catch all infractions. 1t is
known that trainers occasionally
beat the saliva test.
Because 1t was claimed that sew
eral types of drugs could not be de-
tected in the saliva, the New York
State Racing Commission decided to
conduct actual tests on drugged
horses under actual racing condi-
tions. These tests were made last
fall with II different drugs and
combinations of drugs used.
Drugs were administered in
different ways and in different
amounts. Many tests were
made and specimens drawn.
Some were drawn Immediately
after a horses work, some half an
hour later, some an hour later and
some as long as four days later.
Samples were taken of the saliva
urine and blood. 1t was impossible
to discover evidence Of drug in any
of the samples taken within few
hours after actual administration.
New Test Finds Favor.
1t was known for long time that
certain drugs were difflcult, if not
impossible, to detect in the saliva
unless remnants of the drugs ad-
ministered remained in the mouth.
1t was very gratifying to find that
all of these drugs could be detected
in the urine. regardless of the meth
cd of administration.
Urinalysis has been used by New
York official for some time to sup
plement their saliva tests. The urine
tests have been so successful that
they are sure to be used more ex-
tensively from now on.
The Florida Racing Com
mission Is reported to be in
terested in urinalysis and has
ordered its chemists to expert
ment with 1t during the cur
rent meeting at Hialeah.
1t is the writer's opinion that the
saliva test will be thing of the past
within q year or so and that the
much more successful urinalysis test
will take its place.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Fair Grounds Results
BY the Associated Press.

oS tIe hSSOCldteQ TIeSS.
FIRST RAcE-Purse $500; claiming; A.
crout au Pot lConleyj $50 $40 $50
Bad Dreams 'calvero $50 500
Noah, atr;. Pride Fields $50
Also ran--Penrill. caracole, Texas Boy,
Royal Flight and Nogalo
SECOND RAcE-Purse. $500; claiming;
2o,ssr 2,yesr-olds: ! mile and 70 yards.
MoIIo HolI0n r,S ,Or1s, nsn, 740 100 $50
Cynical 'Dupuy 300
ts!d;I, Aiso +, vs. vcs.niysl Time; carol,tsr.
'nf I rssis rssSissDDinf Bow.
4J.sreoias mrnssf and up! furienss ssS": claiming
TWINKLE Feet Dyer 1I.0O $50
SOUND wave tBowen) $40
NJ Also r.nmHsn:y n; T:amvay Garden
Prne.ss Firm Hand Dan 'sahfi ssiIiinr D,ras and
st'GR, Ta.,a. MCGEE.
DAILY Double paid S3os2o)
FOURTH RAcE-Pgr.e. $500; claiming:
A. 11,year-olds and up; furlongs.
M;: :1:sf poiphis ss0H:os sconl.n '20 sssSS sssSS
Maleman Dupuy 400
Also ranETriickwick, Hijo M.n.co, Lieber
and Nemont.
FIFTH RAcE-pur,e. $500; Allowances;
3-year-olds; l mile and 20 yards.
Torch Stick tDupuy) go 4.eO $50
Patrol Scout (Marrero) 800 42O
Hope Diamond tDobson) 400
Time :433s
., Also ren-.Brisht. Sherry B.. Ny Shadow.
Plueky Byrd. Jubilee c. and Parkvood
Chief.
SIXTH RACE-The Russell Z Stone Me-
mortal Handicap: purse. 1000 added:
3-year-olds and up; Liza miles
Zevson tBurns) 1850 $50 400
Orinoco CEccardi $50 $50
Cash O Boy (Calvert) 800
Time. :46is
Also ran-Real Play. Taken, Dusky
Prince. spillwax. Whipowill and Casing
head.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse $500: claiming;
4-year-olds and up: 1A miles.
High Diver Dupuy) 1850 $50
JuSta Flight tOros) $40
Time 2:OS2s
Cover. Sayloma. Union. akipsea Autumn
Leaves. Ilga and Imperial Nick.
Field.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
SIeuths, Hour Glasses
Heurich Court Foes

The undefeated Federal Bureau of
Investigation quintet opposes Hour
Glass in a Heurich Amateur League
basket ball game at 7 pm. tomor-
row at Heurich's gym.
Following this feature contest the
American University Graduate ALL
Stars meet Delaware and Hudson.
The All-Stars are managed and di-
rected by Mrs. Maurice Enright, wife
of the referee.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Kelley 'Wynkoop Leads
In Weekly Gun Meet

Kelley Wynkoop led shooters yes
terday in the weekly meet Of the
Washington Gun Club, breaking 46
out of so targets. Joe Gamble, Wis
itor, was second with AZ breaks.
Gamble led the field in the 25-tar-
get event, knocking over 81.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Straight, Place and Show

Just few short ago the American turf had almost completely
lost confidence
ugly whspens that horse the ehat
caffeine and
other stimulants hardly science
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Fair Grounds Entries
For Tomorrow
BY the Associated Pr.ss

SECOND RACE-Purse, $500: claiming.
4a..ysar-9lds yea. and up; ! mile and 20 yards.
Evening star., 1939-01-10

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January White Sale
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Lace Cloths, Bedspreads, Fa-
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Blankets and Many Other
Items Now at Special Sale
Prices.
The P0lais Royal, Linens -.
Second Floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-22
TRAVELLING HIT
 BY COLD SPELL
Icy Roads Postpone Many Washington Birthday
 Trips

Commerce paused today in Wa terbury and the holiday of Wash ington's Birthday found general ob- servance with stores, banks, offices closed most courts suspended, the post office and the Bronson library likewise.
 Special services in all churches marked Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, to conclude with Easter, April g.
 Many Waterburians who had planned trips away over the holiday left last night with the promise by the weatherman that today would be fair. To the contrary, however, the dawn found Waterbury covered with snow once again and the snowfall continued until mid-morning with the temperature dropping from just over the freezing mark to around 24 degrees between 8 o'clock and noon.
 Thus, some who had planned ho- liday jaunts cancelled arrangements in the face of the snow and count ed themselves fortunate even at cessation of the snowfall when the streets and highways became icy with the sub-freezing cold snap.
 Desultory snowfall resumed just after noon but the forecast was for fair and much cnlder weather to- nlght and tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-22
DELAY ANTICIPATED M CITY REFERENDUM Amendments Loom in Bill Calling for City Man. ager Plan for Waterbury Egan Ex- plains Claims Against Old Age Bene6ciaries.

SIP and her doctor $1p0 for legiti- mate expense of last illness. The un- dertaker, in good faith, gave her 8 $500 funeral, being shown her $500 bank account. But under the law her doctor, nurse, and the hospital can only split $100 among them and her undertaken can get no more than $l00 out of his $500.
 "Before this law, the expense of last illness was a preferred claim against the estate of any deceased person in this state and 1t should still be, when our doctors, hospitals, nurses and druggists furnish ser- vices in good faith. Moreover, $100 only provides a pauper's funeral. To top 1t of the state gives one half it reclaifns from estates to the federal government under Section 308B of the P. A. of 1887.
 Many 8 person pays insurance premiums all his life just to have a decent Christian burial and this present law defeats his plan. After all, our old age tax is really an in- suraice premium.
 T think the welfare commissioner end his department will concur In this suggestion as equitable.
 T think our hospitals, doctors, and nurses should be protected when they furnish services in good faith" ,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-22
DANIELS RECALL T0 BE DEMANDED
Resolution to Be Intro. duced Asking Return of
 Mexican Ambassador

Washington, Feb. 22.-CUP)-Rep. Martin J. Kennedy, D., N. r., an- ncunced he would introduce a reso- hutton in the House today demand ing the recall of Ambassador Jo- kephus Daniels from Mexico. Daniels would be recalled to report d. rectiy to the proper committee of the House concerning the repeat cd violations of Amercian rights in Mexico" The resolution would re- Qusre that Daniels give "the reasons for the futility of his representa- tions and protests to the Mexican government in respect to these vio- lations which are constantly recur- ring despite the fact that the state department has led the American people to believe that negotiations with Mexico are pending which will satisfactorily result nj adjustments caused by the earlier outrages against American citizens sheet he inception of the Cardenas dictator ship"
 Kennedy explained in an accom- panying statement that he believed it is time for congress to have a direct reportf from Daniels "as to the exact happenings in Mexico" s'There surely must be something wrong in our representation in Mex- 1, ico," Kennedy said. '"The incon- sistency between the Mexican prom ises that are fed to progress through the state department and the pub lished reports of outrages more than justify congress taking a real hand in this situation"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-22
SONS OF LEGION
 ATTEND LECTURE
Interesting Exhibition Is Given of U. s. Navy Fol-
 lowing Meeting

Sons of the Legion Squadron re- gently organized here under the sii- pervisiCn of Corporal Coyle post, No. l, American Legion, enjoyed an ilr- usual evenings entertainment last evening at the close of their regular meeting at the Legion home on Holmes avenue.
 The youngsters met, confirmed the recent election of permanent offi- cers, and discussed plans for the closing of the official charter and the formal inauguration ceremonies to be held next month.
 Following the meeting the young sters fguratively speaking, took to the high seas and cruised about the world with Quartermaster Mich- ael Swata as navigator and narra- tor.
 MT. Swata, assistant naval re- cruiting officer for hte Waterbury district, exhibited motion pictures of the U. s. fleet in various corners of the world, explained the physical and mental requirements of appli- cants for enlistment, described the course of training, incidents in his long career as a "gob" and outlined some of the recent highlights in the development of the navy as one of the really great naval powers of the world and Americas first line of de- fense.
 A score of veterans of the World war, who saw plenty of action lover there" and who served in Uncle Sam's wartime navy witnessed the pictures and hear MT. Swata's lec- ture and voted the meeting as one of the best, most entertaining and educational in years.
 As @ matter of fact thme "dads" present enjoyed the evening with as much enthusiasm as their sons. A vote of thanks was given to Quar- termaster Swata for his interesting exhibition and his vedy enlighten- inf talk on the navy.
 MT. Swata was presented to the Sons of the Legion by Commander George F. Karnofsky.