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VOL. XXXVII NO. 26. . OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNING, PECEMBEIt 15, 1907. J . . SINGLE COPY" FIVE CENTS.
Basket Ball Divides Time With Reminiscences of Games Played Outdoors During the Summer
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BASKET BALL TO THE FORE
Two Bijj Gamei in Prospect for Corn
traikeri During the Holidays.
SOME DOUBT ABOUT ' FINANCES
Colasafcla and Cklen;o,- However,
Woald Gl Them a Ckun.
bow Tkl Clasn AIh( the
Ciwki ( Coantry.
LINCOX.N, Dec. 14. (Special.) Chief In
lerest In athletic clrelee at 0a State uni
versity during the last week has centered
In the prospective basket ball games With
the Columbia and Chicago, teama during
the approaching hrtlldays. Beldom haa
baaket ball a an Intercollegiate game at
Nebraska received such an impetus ao
early In the season. Though both contests
If played, will 'occur at a time when few
of the atudenta are In the. city, the pros
pect of having their representatives pitted
agalnat both the men from Columbia and
Btagg's Maroona haa well-nigh done away
with ths -usual poet-aeaeon speculation on
the reaulta of the foot ball season, basket
ball meanwhile taking an unprecedented
boost In the affections of the students.
According to present Indications, the Co
lumbia game is more likely to be played
than It the one with Chicago, though the
date asked for by Btagg's men Is eight
daya prior to that wanted by the eastern
ers. Columbia wired Manager Eager ask
ing whether or not Nebraaka would play
on New Year's night. Eager wlrea Data
promptly that the date was to the liking
of Nebraaka. To this Columbia would
have to make final acceptance to make the
game a certainty, but the fact that It wae
asked for was taken In Lincoln to indi
cate that the Cornhuskera could have the
contest If they really wanted It. Chicago's
orotmsal was a little more Indefinite, te-
queatlng terma for a game here December
24. Terma were sent, and It la possible that
Manager Eager will try to land the game
- despite doubt he baa expressed as to the
financial possibilities of two big games ao
close together.
indents' Malastar mt Game.
The financial end of the matter la about
the only trouble the Cornhuskera would
experience In arranging their part of the
deala. The experience of basket ball boost
era alnoe the Introduction of, the game at
Nebraska has been that It waa dependent
for support chiefly on the students. In this
respect It Is radically different from loot
ball, the mainstay of all college athletics.
the devotees of the pigskin game being
drawn from the city and state in even
greater degree than from the eminent body
with most of the students out of the city
during the holidays, Manager Eager and
some of the membsrs of the athletlo board
have Indicated a doubt as to whether the
Drotioaed games could be made to pay
sufflqlently to Induce the would-be visitors
V to come to Lincoln. In caae both are nn-
r ally arranged for the prominence of the
eastern teama wUI be depended on to araw
record-breaking basket ball crowds.
Tho Columbia team Is considered the
equal of any In tha ranks of the college! of
the country. Last year Columbia waa 'fle
feated by Tale In the final game on Its
schedule, but for several years the New
Yorkera have proved themselves able to
maintain a remarkable record and have
won the eastern Intercollegiate champion
ship oftener than haa any other aspirant
for the title. The claim surrendered to
Yale last year was based on Columbia's
tUle to the championship the previous
year. This season Columbia Is out for
t battle early, with the hope of beating the
F.lls out again. The western trip the New
i, .r. takinr in In a way a rival
S affair to Tale'a tour. The scheduling of a
' in Lincoln Indicates. In fact, that
Yale Is to be outdone. For a number of
yeara the Ella have made annual clcanlng
up trlpa through the aouth aad west, but
have seldom crossed the Mississippi. Co
lumbia proposes to do the thing up right,
however. After playing In LIneoln the
New Yorkers would hit for the south,
playing In Kansas City and 8t. Louis, then
returning by a route which would probably
Include many of the oltles visited by Yale.
Chance to Prove Class.
Chicago holds a similar position In west
ern basket ball to that held by Columbia
In the east. The scheduling of both big
games would, consequently, provide an op
portunity such aa they have never had be
fore for the Comhuakers to prove their
class. The chance dues not come at the
i moat favorable time that could have been
V claosen for the Nebraska players, however.
Three members of last year's strong team
are back and probably will hold the;r
places. They are Captain Paul Bell and
hla brother' Dwlght, both guards, and
Walsh, forward. Russell Burruaa, twice a
member of the Cornhusker team, will re
register next semester and will be eleglble
to play on the team after February 1. At
present, however, he la not in tne umver
slty and .until his services may again be
depended on his place will have to be taken
by Stevenson or Jones, members of last
year's aeoond team. .
Captain John Waller of the foot ball
team Is the llkelfest candidate for center
at present. Several men who might beat
Welier out for 'the place are lneleglble to
play this year on aooount of faulty records
In their studies. The most promising man
for the place la Paul Anthes, a lanky Un
coin boy, who will give Waller a speedy
race aa soon as the second semester opens.
Waller, however. Is showing much prom
ise, despite the fact that he has been prao
, tlolRg only a. short time, and present in
dications are that ha will bold .the. key
stone position In the Chicago and Columbia
games, should they finally be played.
t Contest wlta MUaoarl.
Manager Eager tl.ls week scheduled an
other Interstate contest which will be one
of the moat Important on the schedule,
unlees 'overshadowed by auch contests aa
are now In. prospect. The contest Is to be
with Missouri university, which haa been
seldom met by Nebraska during the last
half -dosen yeara. The contract calls for
tha rame In Lincoln on January SI. On
January U Nebraska will play the Muaca
line (la.) team In Lincoln. Aside from
the dates for the northern schedule, al
ready announced, these are the only games
ao far. arranged for the team.
Manager Kager's annual financial report
of-the foot ball season, which will be
presented to the athletic board at Its meet
ing Moada. Is expected to show that the
receipts of 1907 exceeded those of last year
by approximately ti.iM. The expense of
4 the year have been heavier, however, than
tbey were In ISM. chiefly owing to advances
la the salaries of the manager and coaches,
tCwKtlnued on Page Two.)
RECORDS FOR THE LAST YEAR
Home Slew Marks liana l la Several
Branches of Athletic
Snort.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Whlle 1907 has
not been marveloss In record breaking -for
the whole sporting cslendar. there has
been a steady Improvement In many lines
of sport and the record breaking perform
ances have been of a nature to excite wide
Interest.
In the Ice and snow (ports, the snow-
shoers set a new mark In cross-country
running of nine miles In 47 minutes 20
seconds, and the ski Jumpers, who have
rapidly attained prominence, have placed
the record for Jumping at 114 feet. " The
local skaters were handicapped by a late
season and poor Ice, but In the Interna
tional meet new records were made, about
the best being 9 minutes 64 seconds for 6.000
meters (J miles 188 yards). In Ice yacht
lng a twenty-mile course (ten turns) waa
covered In 39 minutes 60 seconds.
Racing autos were credited with many
new records, the fastest mile on a circuit
track being that of 62 seconds by Walter
Christie. In road racing Nattaro ' (Flat)
covered the Grand Prix course In France
of 478 mllea at an average speed of .70.61
mllea per hour. Duray (De Dietrich) made
the fastest round of 47.8 miles In 37 minutes
64 seconds.
Charles M. Daniels, the New York Ath
letic club swimmer, will recelo the great
est credit aa one of the best recqrd-break
era of the year. He created more than
forty new American records, his 100-yard
mark of 65 seconds In the English oham
plonshlp and mile In 23 minutes 40 seconds
In a sixty-foot pool being simply marvelous,
In aquatics the one-mile canoe record of
8 minutes 45 seconds wtlh double paddles,
straightaway, was a very good perform
ance.
It was fortunate that Colin, the champion
horse of the season, found nothing to force
him to record-breaking efforts in, the 'way
of best world's marks. New, records were
made, however, among them being the one
and one-eight miles In l:50i by Charles
Edward at Brighton Beach and the six
and one-half furlongs In 1:17 by Brook
dale Nymph at Belmont Park. 1
The world's trotting and pacing records
were not shattered, but the newcomers
showed such Improvement that sorrlethlng
may be expected next season In this line.
Of the new trotting performances the 2-year-old
TTamfest , (2:12) and the 3-year-
old General Watta (2:06), also the mare
Reproachless i2:0i) among the pacers, di
vided the honors as the fastest of the
season. '
The shooters had their eye on the targets
In the Palma trophy international match,
In which a world's record of 1,713 out of
posslblci--f',S00 was made, and even Top
perweln's record , for breaking 7,000 flying
targets was broken by Captain Hardy, who
smashed 13,006 and then quit because one
of the Judgea had to be home In time for
hla supper.
Dr. Hudson of New York set up, a new
world's record of 1,165 out of a possible
1,250 points on a ring target at 200 yards
in fifty consecutive shots. Rudolph Oute
made 3,400 out of a possible 2.600 In a gal
lery match of the Zettler Rifle club. Wil
liam H. Herr, the professional, made a
new world's record at the traps, where he
shot at 14.0S6 targete1n competition and
broke 86.8 per cent. '
The professional billlardlHts appear .to
have nearly reached their limit In the balk
line gamea, although It Is not unreasonable
to believe that something further may hap
pen in this line the present season. Calvin
Demarest, in winning the national amateur
championship, put up a new record average
of 27.27 at 14. t Bush of Elmlra pocketed
88 balls from the break at pool; Nolan
averaged 1.6 In a three-cushion game of
26 points and Sutton made a run of 221
points In practice at 18.1 balkllne this
season.
Total attendance at the National and
American league base ball games was
,1 36.567, 300,000 more thart the previous
best record of 1904. Cobb of Chicago led
the American league batsmen, with an
average of .352, while Wagner of Pitts
burg clouted the horsehlde In the National
with an average of .350.
A homing pigeon made an average
speed of 1.612 yards per minute for W0
miles. Thompson's Colts bowling team
(Ave men) rolled a 2,853-acore for three
gamea. Ralph Rose, John Flanagan, Mar
tin Sheridan. George Bonhag and Melvin
Sheppard all broke athletic records.
BIO TEAMS TO LOSE MANY MEN
Yale aad Princeton Foot Ball to gaf
fer Throaga Graduation.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 7.-Yale,
Princeton and Harvard will lose many foot
ball men by graduation next June. Prince
ton will hava to fill Ave places, Yale seven
and . Harvard eeven. Princeton will lose
Its star ends. Wlatcr and Brown, together
with McCormlck, fullback; rhilllpa, center,
and Harlan, the clever drop-kicking half
back. Yale will lose Tad Jones at quarter
back. H. Jones and Alcott, ends; Blglow
and Paige, tackles; Congdon, center, and
Bomar. halfback. Harvard will lose Grant
at center; Parker, left guard; Burr, left
end: Newhall. quarterback; Apollonlo, lull
back; Stirr, left end, and Wendell, left
halfback.
May Captain the Cornhuskera
Next Year
TOMMY MATTERS.
Omaha Boy, Who Waa a Brilliant Tackle
In the Team.
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Another of theNebraska High School
LEXINGTON'S SQUAD, WHO CLAIMS TO UK TOR SWIFTEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BA.LL TEAM IN CENTRAL
WESTERN NEBRASKA. WHO CLAIMS THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE STATE AND ARE READY TO DEFEND
THAT CLAIM IN LEXINGTON OH IN ANY TOWN OF THE STATE. ',,.
1. Roy Nlsley, Sub.; 2, Aloysius llurke, Kt. G.J 3, Karl McKee, Rt. ,11. B. ; 4., Edgar NiHloy, Rt. T.; 6, Harry Sarr. Sub.; 8, Har
old Temple, Sub.; 7. Ralph Reynolds. Rt. End; 8, George Lincoln, U G ; 9. Roy WIlHon, Sub. I 10, Karl Jacolison, L. T. ; 11,
Carl Hock Sub.; 12. Charles McKluhen, W. H.; 1.1, Archie Gillund, Offlclul; 14, "Hob" Malone, Center; 15, John White,
3.; 16, Elbert Beardslee, L. E.; 17, Guy MoKee, L. II. M. ; 18, Jamta E. DeUell, Supt.
FORWARD PASS BOON TO GAME
riay Cats Big Figure and Makes Good
Impression.
SHOULD BE KEPT IN RULES
Coachers and Lawmakers Everywhere
'Are DIhsmIsc It. In Content
" plating; the Chansiea
t
to Be Made.
The forward pass In foot ball Is the
topic of discussion among tho loading
coaches and rulemakers of the country and
there now seems to be a move In favor
of some sort of change. Few want the
forward pass thrown out altogether, but
they are the extreme radicals. Some want
the rules committee to stand pat on tho
rule and the moderates ask that the rules
be modified, fearing the gamo will lose
Its distinctive features if the present un
restricted forward pass 1h continued. They
demand a short pass and an accurate one.
When the present eeaurm -started none
questioned the merits of the rules permit
ting the forward pass, but as the smaller
teama were matched against the larger
ones, all sorts of chances were taken with
the ball. The minor teams cut loose with
a recklessness which was alarming to some
of the larger teams and the cry that some
thing must be done was heard on all
sides.
Too much tinkering with the rules will
not do. Foot ball has Jumped hack into
popularity as no other condemned game
ever did in such a short time. The fnrwarri
pass and the open game were the features
In Omaha and exclamations of joy were
heard on all sides when' a successful for
ward pass was made. The forward pass is
one of the features of the game which Is
open, in full view of all and Is an excit
ing movement. A player scoots ahead of
his fellows and Is blocked by several mem
bers of the opposing team. Tho man who
attempts to throw the ball Is also tho
center of attraction for several members
or the opposing team, so a forward pass
must be executed quickly and skillfully.
L-ex. trie forward pas remain.
To Conateraet Ten-Year Rnle.
The forward pass was put in the rules
to counteract the effects of tho ten-yard
rule. The rulemakers felt-that no team
could consistently make ten yard gains
sini me well organized defense ef the
strong teams without some new rule which
would permit of strategy and to that end
the rule waa formulated to give the weaker
teams a chance to utilize their skill against
the heavier and stronger teams. It was
felt the forward pass would assist in open
ing up the game and make the play more
spectacular.
These plays worked as waa Intended dur
ing the first year. The defense was weaker
and the scores evened up and the coaches
gradually worked out a forward pass. When
the rules were changed from the loss of the
ball to a losa of fifteen yards the coaches
became more told and the change was the
signal for more passing.
At the beglntng of the present season
tha coaches showed at the start they hud
been working out various schemes to make
the forward pass more effective and In
stead of the shorter passes used the (lit
season of the operation of the new rule,
the ball was hurled yards and when the
Cornell-Pennsylvania game was on a fifty
yard hurl was often aeen. The long hurls
were the feature of the final contests. The
penalty of 15 yards for the loss of a suc
cessful throw was not enough penalty to
stop the teams from taking all sorts of
chances. Stronger teama claimed their
acores were kept down by the better lurk
of tho weaker Jeam in pulling oil theue
long throws.
Coach Warner of the Indians nd Coach
Crane of Harvard think the present rules
should stand. The Princeton, Yale and
Pennsylvania coaches thlak the rules
should be modified.
FOOT BALL RULES MAY STAND
Not Mark Change Likely to Be Mad
la fievlalon.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14. There Is much
speculation over possible changes in foot
ball rules for another year. Those who
have the best Interests of the game at
heart do not believe any radical changes
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LIVELIER YEAR IN LAWN TENNIS
Visit of British Teara Certain to
Ad Interest to American
Nenaon,
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The prospect Is
for a livelier season In lawn tennis the
coming year. The British players will be
here to play the preliminary matches for
tho Davis International trophy, and that
means, too, according' to announcement,
that they will take part In our champion
ships Further than that, before they do
get here an effort is to bo mado tq make
uniform the playing rules of both coun
tries, and, at least on lmoprtant points,
to eliminate possibilities of conflict or dis
pute.. ; - ' . " ' .
One of the most' Important points that
any joint rules committee can decide upon
Is the rule x regarding foot fuults. It is
very clear to those who havo watched lawn
Uainis matches that It Is unfair that a
player at the moment of striking the ball
should be well on his way up to the net to
get the return" of service. In tho first
place, tho closer Juj is to tho net the bet
ter chance he has of making an unplyabla
service and . the more direct force from
abovo ho can bring to bear on the ball.
Again, he Is right up where he can tako
tho return of service and lie In command
of the play from that on.- There are, of
course, fundamentals oj ar play, and It
stands to reaRon that no pluyer should en
joy ruch ndvantnges.
The trulh of the matter Is that the rules
of file two countries mean to prevent any
hu h unfair service, and it also Is a matter
of fact that the English referees do take
mcuHures to see that no player gets or
takvs an advantage of this kind. Over here
the system of conducting tournaments,
even the national tournament, which should
bo a model, Is so lax that whether by acci
dent or design players do foot fault con
tinually and without Incurring penalties.
Jf we were to meet a team of British
players here naturally all our best men
would be engaired, and our best men luckily
known enwiiKh not to foot fault, and
furthermore, do not do it. If they should
do so In their eagerness they might foot
fault nt a time when the loss of the service
would loso them a point, a game, a set
and pcthaiM an Important 'match.
There has been Vot a little complaint
against our players who go abroad that
they are cureless about their footwork.
The British rule Is explicit that no player
shall ht In motion toward the pet from
a point behind the base line before the
ball Is struck by the racket. Ho must have
both feet squarely on the ground. Our rule
does not so regulate the feet, but the sense
la the same. The facts are that In Eng
land most tournaments are models they
heve to be to attract the good piuyers
and there Is generally an effective corps
of referees. Referees In tournaments out
side of the national chumplonshlp here are
rare and there Is too much slipshod and
careless work In the' conduct of matches.
In some esses the managers make in hon.
est effort to have a good man for every
match, not Just tho one where two good
men happen to be engaged. The New York
state tournament, the East New Jersey
tournament and a couple of others that
nilitlit be mentioned were well managed In
this regard. The Middle States tournament
conspicuously wus not, and thut may ex
plain to the managers of It why the cham
pionship that should be next to the national
has fallen off until It Is very poor and
draws fewer men than the Ixng Island
tournament.
There was some discussion last year
when an American pluyer, D. P. Rhoades,
won sev.-ral matches In the covered court
championships In I-ondon. Rhoades foot
faulted several times. In the case of Mlts
Sutton no mention wus ever made of her
foot faulting, but If she served as she did
In America last season, she foot faulted.
The movement to codify and to unify the
tennis rules of the two countries is ap
proved by the best men on both sides.
Hedges Would Enlarge Plant.
President Hedges of the St. Louis
Browns is figuring on securing grounds
adjacent to Sportsmen's park, with a view
to enlarging It. The Browns need a bigger
hdme. Base ball Is rapidly becoming such
a big game that Sunday crowds of M0.O0O
will soon be a regular thing. When
Hedges gets U.OuO funs In his yard he's
packed. That means a loss of much money
ready w be picked up weekly.
Champion Teams
LONDON'S OLYMPIAN ARENA
Preparations for Great Athletio Meet
Are Beinz Made.
BUILDINGS GOING UP WITH SPEED
Splendid Plare for Holding: the
Show Where Men of All the
World Will Compete
In G nines.
LONDON. Dec. 14. Nothing more extraor
dlnary, as a constructive' feat, is to be
"Seen. Just now In London than the city
within a city which la rising as rapidly as
Aladdin's palace on the open spaces of
Shepherd's bush. ThoBe who remember
the cutting of the first sod for the exhlbi
tion buildings In January by- the repre.
sentatives of the French ambassador and
the raising of the first stu'nchlon of the
huge arena In August by Lady Desborough,
will best be able to appreciate the astound
lug advance made in the last few months
In the erection of tho huge constructions
that cover 140 acres of what was desert
land less than twelvo months ajro. Eight
spacious halls, each X) feet, by seventy
feet, are already outlined In steel. Iron and
concrete. For many tho external decora
tions havo already been afflxod to the fire
proof structural walls. Two hundred and
fifty thousand square feet of floor space
has been roofed over for the machinery
hall alone. Other palaces are rising rap
Idly for education, fine arts, music and
woman's work. '
On Its present condition, with only the
two great Bcgments finished at each end
of the mighty ellipse, the Olympic arena
Irresistibly reminds the spectator of the
coliseum, as f''at venerable monument of
Imperial Rome now looks In the splendor
of its majestic ruins. But the coliseum
with all Its tieres of arches, could be
easily contained within the completed
Olympic arena of today. Tho stadium of
modern Athens, seats and all, could be
built within the space of grass that forma
merly the center .of London's latest mar
vel. The ampltheaters of Nines of Aries
I could be hidden away at one end of the
t Shepherd's bush arena and scarcely Inter
fere with Its proportions. Some 80.000 peo
ple will be able to sit round its spacious
seats and watch the greatest athletic
gatherings the world haa ever seen.
According to reports from the various
countries Interested In sports In all parts
of the world, the assembly of athletes will
be the greatest, both In quality and quan
tity, that ever competed for International
Honor. France, Germany, Greece, the
I'nlted States and many other nations,
aside from England and the British colo
nies, will be represented by a host of en
trants skilled In strength, speed and en
durance, and the winner of any special
event can well be termed champion of the
world in hla particular specialty.
The Olympic games will be held under
the auspices of the British Olympic council.
The American committee, which haa been
appointed In accordance with the wishes of
Lord Deeborough as president of the
Olympic council, Is a representative one,
the honorary president being Theodore
Rnose.velt. president of the United States;
Casper Whitney, president, and Julius W.
Curtiss of Yale, treasurer. No athlete of
the I'nlted States will be permitted to com
pete In the She-ilierd's bush stadium
through an Individual entry. He must be
a member of the American team and en
tered as such by the American Olympic
committee. Only native born or naturalized
Americans, either residents of the United
States or having migrated to foreign coun
tries within recent years, will be eligible
fur the team.
While It Is not likely than any of them
will be used, the United States has quite
a feW athletes in England Itself who, in
case of necessity, or In the event of any of
them showing such class that they would
be entitled to places on tho team, can be
called upon to compete under the Stars
and Stripes at the Olympic gamea the
Rhodes scholarship men. Under the ruling
of Lord Desborough those men are eligible.
None of (he Rhodes men are world-beaters,
but - in lntercolli-glate meets they have
been placed well mort of the time.
Melertlnsr America Teara.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Bartow 8. Weeks.
Julian W. Curtiss, Ouatavus T. Kirby and
James E. Sullivan, the executive commit-
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WINNINGS OF KEENE STABLE
Remarkable Wnereas of Castleton Bred
Rare lloraea Daring Last
Season.
The wonderful success ' of James R.
Keene's racing stable'during the campaign
of 1907 will go down In turf history as a
world's record. No owner and breeder of
thnioughbred race horses ever won so
much money ' In stakes and purses In a
alngle season. The fact that Mr. Keeno
bred the phenomlnal 2-year-old Colin,
by Commando Pastorella. who won twelve
consecutive races without suffering a defeat
Is alone something to be proud of, but the
ddlttonal success of the great Peter Pan,
nother blue blooded son of the dead Com
mando, together with that of Ballot, by
Voter Cerlto, proves to the world that as
a breeder Mr. Keene stands pretty close to
rfio top notch.
From , unofficial figures Tho Bee has
complied a record of the Keene stable for
1807, which shows that the total winnings
were $40i.3SX. This amount Includes first,
second and third moneys, also . special
bonuses to Mr. Keene for breeding various
stake winners, and after all subscriptions
fees have been deducted. The achieve
ment stands as a world's record, the best
previous figures being J37tS.OOO. won by the
Duke of Portland's horses In Europe In 1SS9.
Almost from the opening of the season at
Aqueduct last April the Keene stable began
eendlng winners to tho post and In nearly
every Instance the horses were held In such
high esteem that the layers 'quoted con
sistently short prices against them. Mr.
Keene's horses won seventy races, were
second forty-four times and third twenty
two times, a remarkable performance,
which reflects much credit upon the skill
of Trainer James Rowe.
Colin. Peter Pan and Ballot won a
greater part of the money. Colin cleaned
up JUW,273, Including plate and breeding
fees. Ho began his remarkable career by
winning an overweight event at Belmont
Park on May 20. when his share of the
purse was a paltry S'.'IO. After- that he
triumphed in the National Stallion stakes,
worth 110,602 not; the eclipse stakes, neitlng
J1M35; the Great Trial stakes, $19,550; the
Brighton Junior stakes, $11,750; the Sara
toga Special, $14,500; the Grand Union Hotel
atakos. $S.:'50; the Futurity, $1:7,075; the Flat
bush Btakes, $8,40; the Brighton Produce
stakes. $10,874; the Matron Stakes, $11,242;
the Champagne stakes, $5,775, In which he
wound up the season. By long odds he Is
believed to be the greatest 2-year-old In
the world.
Peter Pan did not begin the season
auspiciously, even though Rowe pronounced
him the best 3-year-old In the barn. He
was beaten in the Wlther'a stakes by Frank
QUI and alro In the Carlton stakes by
Dinna Ken, but ho came Into bis own
when he captured the historic Belmont
stakes, netting the handsome prize of $22,
766. This race was a most Impressive
Keene triumph, as Superman, also by Com
mando. ran second. Peter Pan also was
victories In tho Standard Stakes, $5,300
the I lyn Derby, $10,475; the Tidal
stakes, la,050; the Advance stakes, $11,750,
and the Brighton handicap, of which his
share was $19,750. After that success Peter
Pan was retired and Ballot took up the
task of rolling up the winnings of the
Jockey club's -vice chairman. Ballot haj
been beaten In the Brighton Mile, but In'
.... . '
his next start he won the Iroquois stakes,
$5,850, and then won tho Invincible handi
cap at the Beach, netting $9,525. His next
success was In the Great Republic stake
at Saratoga, which was worth $1C,650 to
the winner. Ballot also captured the Cen
tury stakes, $15,150; ran third In tho Annual
Champion, under a bad rider: won the First
Special, $5,000, and the Second Special, $5,05
after which Salvldere took his measure In
the Cup Preliminary. Ballot was badly
beaten In the Brighton Cup, but after a
rest he won both the Election Day hand -cop,
$2,780, and the Edgemere stakes, $1,800
at Aqueduct. Peter Pan won a total cf
$S,490 and Ballot $63,2E0.
Superman's best race was In the Brook
lyn handicap at Gravesend, when he won
on a heavy track and picked up $15,800.
Aside from Colin, the filly Meggs Hill, by
Ben Brush Runaway Girl, was the most
successful 2-year-old, as she gathered
forty-three Btakes, Including the Belmont,
Furlty, Century, Flatbush and Champagne
stakes, all leading fixtures on the Amer
ican turf calendar. The appended table
shows, unofficially, how much each horse
won In cold cash:
Colin $13S.273Orlmuldl ' $ t.m
Peter Pan Kfi.lH'H Masque ........ 2.H90
fiallot K1.3XOI Sepoy
Superman lR.fitst! Veil
Megg s Hill ... ll.M Mask A Faces.
Ftizette 8.9vi Karl's Court ...
Reatlgouche .. 8. 7oi Sandal
Zambesi 7.345'Cilizen
Suffrage ...... 7.17Ti! Incognito ......
Celt 6,34": Summer Cloud.
Court Dress... 5,7:t5 Red Bonnet ...
Cabochon B,47o Besom
Philander 5,115 Peter Quince ..
I Total $40C3S
Coacbed the Intercollegiate
Champions
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CROW OF BKI.LEVL'E
TEAM S MASCOT.
AND THE
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2.4S5
1,520
1,0?0
720
630
610
6
20
190
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CONTROL OF NEWYORRTRACK
Empire State Racing Commission to "";
Make Good on Name. ' .i
STARTING METHODS DISCUSSED
Walkan System Will Be Given
Farther Trial, hat Is Not Looked'
t'xtoa aa m Permaaeat
Feat are of Raclag. '
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. A rumor has beer
In circulation among local turfmen that the '
state racing commission will exercise mora '..
authority In the general supervision of thn -sport
In this state next year than ever "
before and that Incidentally the members ,
of the commission, James Wedsworth, '
John Sanford and N. K. Knapp, will recom-
mend largely to the Jockey club that tha ;
walkup system of starting be adopted with- ;
out further delay. Just who started this 7 '
rumor nobody seemed to know, but In-
fluentlal turfmen, when asked for an
opinion declared that the state racing com
mission had no power to act and that lis
duties were limited solely to the granting
of race track licenses. Furthermore these '
turfmen said that the Jot key club had de
rided some time ago to adopt tho walkup j
system next season and that when the ),
spring meeting at Bennlnga opens next "
March there would bo no more flat-footed
breakaways. i
As a matter of fact, these turfmen In
sisted that the stewards of the Jockey club) ".
reached their conclusion last September V
and Intended 1o make an Immediate chanRe
at that time, but after deliberation It was .'
concluded that such a change would cause
no end of confusion at the barrier because
of tho fact that 90 per cent of the horses
had not been schooled to the new method.
It was also stated this week that before
Mrs. Cassldy finished his work with tho
gnte here a few weeks ago he was notified ."
thst he could operate with tho walkup next
March and that It would be well for him "
to employ this method at New Orleans, ;
where he will handle thu barrier all
winter. Cassldy has always been a strong."
advocate of the walkup' system, so that"
under the present plans he will be expected
to show a vast Improvement In his work,
which at times has not be,en entirely s-it,ls
factory In the opinion of the racing public.
Not a Permanent Feature.
But while It Is said that the Jockey club
stewards have yielded to an alleged public
clamor the fact remains that thfrre are
many conservative horsemen, who believe
that tho. walkup system will not be a
permanent fixture. These men have Insisted
all along that the walkup starting would
afford an immense advantage for quick
breakers at the post, whllo horses not In
clined to get away at a given signal would
be so hopelessly handicapped that they
would have practically no chance to make .
up lost ground. This haa always been the
contention of some of the. biggest betters
on the eastern turf, and aa these specula
tors usually study every angle of ' facing
with extreme care It Is thought that some
attention should be paid to those op
erations. The fact that the public has seen
some superb starting In yeara gone-lrjf
w'th the flatfooted break, as executed 'by k
T T:. i , j a ... ,
C. J. Fitzgerald. A. B. Dade and lav.
Holtman, 'would seem to Indicate that a,
change In the -walkup will be regarded W""
the light of a means of improving tho- work
of Starter Cassldy. Holtman. who atarted
at Empire City last summer, employed.,,
both systems, with the result that race
goers who looked on werw not slow In
declaring that the best results , accrued "
from the standing breakaway "
Crooked Racing- Idrr Fire. f'
The starting system, however. Is not ''
the most Important matter to be consld-
ered by the Jockey club stewards this
winter. In view of the erratic racing of (''
the past season, which caused all sorts of
Unpleasant criticism. It Is generally be- i:
lieved that the Jockey club will look Into
the advisability of having more competent
officials In the stewards' stands 1n future, 'it
That a more vigilant supervision of racing
is necessary In future nobody In authority
will deny, but Just at. present the propoel-
tlon to employ "professional stewards" 1
not regarded with particular favor by the i;
powers that be. The Jockey club neve
does things In a hurry, but when action 'la
finally .taken the turf Is usually benefited. -
The turf governors began a vigorous -crusade
against existing evils In October, 2
but the season waa so near a conclusion
that much was left undone. But It Is said "
that an Investigation of certain Important
matters Is still under way. and that, when
the season or 1908 rolls around there win '
be little or no room on tha metropolitan ''
tracks for unscrupulous operators.
BUSY DAYS FOR. THE TRAINERS
Mach Work Before tho Raeers An
Cooled Oat.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14,-Althourh anHvi
racing for the season has ended In the east.
-cwviiy or trainers and their help
about the, stables has by no means, im
pended, town at Gravesend and Sheeps
head Bay. where 90 per cent of the high
class horses are wintered, there are, as ,
yet, few Indications that the dull routine"
of winter is at hand. Several shipments of
horses have reached both tracks from Ben
nlngs. Before the last of the late racers
have been called out, so to speak, the
greater part of the month will havs gone.
Just as the two weeks of galloping are
required to thoroughly fit a horse for tho
strain of racing, care must be taken In
preparing for an extended period of Idle
ness. The Bennlngs runners coming baolc
for the winter must be eased oft gradually
by means of decreased work until their
handlers consider them fit for the Idle sea
son. Therefore, although there will be no
more racing hereabout until the first of
next April, more or less work In the way
of galloping goes on at the local courses
from day to day, and barring a spell of
very bad weather, will be continued
throughout the month.
Real winter at the race track brings tho
period of Indoor work. The horses by that
time do little, and trainers, stablemen and
exercise boys relax rorn the long hour
and steady work entailed 4n the handling;
of the runners during the regular racing
season. With most of the stables, how
ever, strict discipline Is enforced the year
round.
In the next few weeks to come owners
and trainers of the better class of horses
will have to decide about their candidates
for the classic handicaps of 1908. Nomina
tions to the trio of $25,000 races must bt
made by January 1, and It is a subject of
much study, especially with owners of big
strings, to decide Just what shall be hon
ored by a nomination to one or more of the
classics. Paying forfeits In races of this
kind means a big drain financially, but
few owners care to risk leaving out a
horse that may develop 4nto' a high class
handicap performer. Very frequent b It
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