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M TTIK OMATTA SUXPAY BEE: .TAXtTATlY 5; ions. FAST LIGI1T HARNESS RACING Secordi for Youngsters and Green Performers. ' BIO WINNERS OF GRAND CIRCUIT ndlll 0nn Fare Issae anarrlr 3fest easoa br Barrlaa: All rrai of Brttlar C eral Watt Star. NEW YORK, Jan. 4-Nw York's share in the aucreMfut trotting- season of 19 i largely rssts on the performances of George 1 O.. 2:06Vt, and the trimming of Bweet : Marl. 2:M, In their aeries of races by I Major Delmar. 1 :59H. both owned by Will Ism Bradley, who paid 30,0i0 for the stal lion Todd, another event of the year, end the placing; In the list of 2:10 trotters three prs,rtlrally rreen ones sired by Bellini and rared by W. B. Dlekerman, who owns the sire and the dams, the t-year-old filly Bestrlcs Bellini. S:0Rtt; Carlo. i:, and Toklo. 2:08. The verdict on the season of trotting snd pacing- by the breeders was one of satisfaction, while the amateur rac ing was of a high order snd the regular circuit more numerous and well attended. On the grand circuit, the main artery of i light harness racing, all the scheduled meetings were held except at Charter Oak, Hartford, to which rain gave the distance flag and the stakes had to be crowded Into one day. At Cleveland and Readvllle the horsemen gathered with the knowledge that no betting would be sanctioned, and no pools were sold at Providence after an arly announcement that betting would go on. There was betting on the usual line at Detroit, Buffalo, Poughkeepsle, Syracuse ajid Columbus. The sport flourished despite the ban on betting In the three Instances, and as manv of the owners never make a wager this condition has been demonstrated '.as not wholly Inimical to the breeding in dustry. It led to a declaration of In dependence that may be regarded as an ' event of the season by the Readvtlle stock I holders, who held a special meeting at Lexlngton. It was to meet the issue snuarely at Tlcadvllle In 1908 and announce ' that there will be no poolselling or book njaklng, In the belief that . besides the breeders and trainers the people at large . will give to clean sport the patronage 'extended to base ball and foot ball. Thirteen Big Winners. Thirteen trotters out of more than 150 to get Into the money on the" Grand circuit ' won $5,000 or over, one more than last year, and three of them were higher than the big money winner of 1908, Nutboy, 2:004, at $19,172. Sonoma Girl heads the list, so that Miss Lotta Crsbtree heads the win ning owners for two seasons. Miss Cath erine I Wllks' Kentucky Todd, winner of the 2-year-old Kentucky futurity ' of 1906, although he cut his mark to 2.0CV. was not of the thirteen, yet garnered $1,000. Ills win at Columbus, In which Fantasy's 1893 world record for trotters of 3 years lmd been equalled for the. first time snd Gen eral Watts met defeat, seemed to stamp Kentucky Tood as the king colt of the year. But nt Lexington General Watts turned the tables In the futurity on the Canadian colt and In Kentucky states re duced the world's record to 2:0;V At Mbertyvllle In July Highball gained the trotting record for a green gelding of 2:0tP4, previously held by Lord Derby, 2:07, but the defeated Sonoma Girl at the same track two weeks later beat Highball In 3:0V,. 2.08. 2:07. This was the fastest three-heat race ever trotted by a green performer. The mare won again at De troit In 2:8i4 and 2:094 after Highball had taken the first heat In 2:07Vi. and at Cleveland and Buffalo added further lau rels to her crown. At Poughkeepsle Watson, 2;07'i, defeated Bonoma Girl and Miss .otta Crabtree bought her for JJ6.0OO. Bad luck seemed to have followed the change to McHenry's driving, for Tempus Fugit and Highball beat Sonoma Girl at Heudville, . Wilkes Heart at Hartford and the rejuvenated Highball in a girat race at Syracuse trotted In 2:0GV 2:0tPi and 2:0fi. Fortune smiled again at Columbus, where Sonoma Girl beat Highball in the $10,000 stake, taking a record of 2:034, and also won the Mer chants, alter Margaret O. had taken two heats, while at Lexington Sonoma Girl won the Transylvania, and again trotted In 2:05'4, finishing at a two-minute clip. These won $5,000: Sonoma Girl. 2:0f, hr. m.. by Linwood. nix firsts In eleven starts. $23,660. Highball, 2:OSH. b. g., bv Dr. Hooker, five firsts, seven starts. $i0.S(O. General Watts, s-M'-i. b. c, by Axworthy four firsts, sewn starts. $20.1S. Wilkes Heart, ,.2:0ti, h. g., by Great Heart, five firsts, eleven starts, $'lo,025. Margaret O., 2:UM. b. m.. by Onward five firsts, ten starts, $S.510. Douglas. 2:K". gr. c, by Tood, two firsts, two starts. $8.0u0. Ullian R.. IMfc. h. ni by J. T nine lusts, ten starts. J7.R95. Jack Lyburn, 2:ftS4. ch. g by Alto Ley burn, two firsts, thirteen starts, $7,15o Tcinpus Fugit. 2:074. rh. g., by Mark Time, two firsts, ten starts, $0,475. Watson. 2K)74. ch. g.. by Hinder Wilkes, three firsts, seven starts, $5,ti25. ..''h,,hm' hrj h 1 y Athadon, one flt. eleven starts. $5,.13S. Claty Lotus. 2:0814. ch. m.. by Pllatus three firms, twelve starts, $5,267. Beatrice Helllni, il:.i, bl. in., by Bellini two lli-sls, seven starts. $j,000. Little Compared Gallopers. Genersl Watt won Into double figures, but a bagatelle compared with the earn ings of a S-year-old runner of equal class, Jttsa, 2:27V the Allen Farm 3-year-old filly that forced Watts to his world's record nd finished at the thrpatlalch the second heat In 2:W-. won K.WO In two second moneys." and is considered the best ruciug proposition for 1908, Trampfast. winner of the $6,000 2-year-old Kentucky futurity, 66 77 99 Scvcnty-scTcn for Colds and While the Grip is epidemic, It win pay you to carry in your pocket a vial of Humphrey's Seventy-seven ready for Immediate use and to take a dose at the fimt chill or shiver. Taken early, cuts It short promptly. Taken during the epidemic. It pre occupies the system and prevents its lliVublliU. "7 7" Is for that weakness and dis pondenry following an attack of Grip. "77" breaks up stubborn Colds that bang on. All Drug Stores 25 Cents or mailed. Huinpiuteys' Honieo. Mmiirtne Co.. Cor. WHIUin and John Streets. New York. ECZEMA nd Skin Trenblea Onred fot 01.OO. Prompt r , tticS rclUf or writs t aVm tor our book of cuxrs and testimonial r SJTEUBT rnrrLT BOO UK. Hi , tjf. .. (f0) o) with the record time for the first heat of 2:12'. earned UlnO In another stske. Helen Hale, who gHlnrd the 2-year-ol.l filly record at Iexington of 2:r.'i, iwon $M3 In two starts, while Blnvolo, 2:15H. who beat her In the Iexington stakes, earned $1,345 In four starts. The Lesdlng Lady, 2:164. winner of t2.KX) In three starts, completes the fastest group of 2-year-olds out In one season In many yesrs. Colts snd fillies at their heads In some heats may be reckoned on to go as fast next year, while many as good were kept at home after fast trials to avoid the crush with so many speedy ones until better developed next season. These withdrawals from the stakes for 2 and 3-year-olds helped to keep down the fields on the Grand circuit, while the speed revealed by the green trotters at Llbertjrvllle further reduced the receipts from starting fees by frightening many horses off to minor meetings. But Co lumbus closed the series with good fields and the annual aftermath at Lexington engaged 400 starters. Despite the number of neW'candidates with tested speed, the speed averages at each Grand circuit meet ing were not better than last year, except at Poughkeepsle and Syracuse. This table gives the starters and speed averages: Trotting Racing Starters. Average. Average. Detroit 172 2 10 23 2 07 N Cleveland 121 2 09 9 2 06 1 Buffalo 12S 2 10 5 2 07 40 Poughkeepsle 1 2 10 09 2 08 18 Keoclvllle lift 2 09 70 2 06 1" Provldence 118 2 IS 26 2 fli 87 Syracuse 111 2 10 M 2 08 12 Columbus Sil 2 10 00 2 07 B6 What the Pacera Won. Eight pacers won $5,000, a total only three exceeded In 1906, yet Kruger at the top falls short of Ardelle s total of $9,927 last year. This year's top stallion. Onward Boy, won $7,820, against Rudy Kip's $5,451, and Angus Pointer, the great racing gelding that died since being bought In at the Old Glory sale, captured $7,730. while Argot Boy's $5,337 was the most won by a geld ing In 1906. The number of pacers to enter the 2:10 list reached the unprecedented total of eighty-three, and twenty-four reduced their records In that list. Citation, 2:0SVi. was unbeaten In thirteen starts and won $5,625, but the mare only took part In the Grand Circuit at Columbus and the earn ings were mostly in the west. In 1905 and 1906 Citation was the contender against the best pacers of her class, the latter year go ing through the Grand Circuit and always being placed except at Readvllle. Rod Mc Mahon always drove Citation and this sea son he had also jthe newcomers, a brother and sister from the plow, Hedgewood Boy, 2:044, and Lady Maud C, 3:044, winners of $3,600 and $2,400. II. K. Devereaux, the Cleveland amateur, lowered the world's record for pacers un der saddle at Lexington by riding Kruger, 2:04, a mile In 2:1214, two seconds under the old record. The fastest green pacing stal lion was Straight Advice, 2Xf. winner of six races off the reel on the Western Cir cuit before meeting defeat. A notable colt out waa Shakespeare, 2:09. winner of the 3-year-old pacing division of the Kentucky Futurity and with Kavallo, second In each heat, bred on firm trotting lines. This re version of speed gaits Is taken as an erg" men for the abolishment of hoppli, , fotj It indicates that natural pacers are born as often as natural trotters. The following pacers won $C,000 on the Grand Circuit: Kruger, 2:04. ch. V. by Merucury, 3 firsts 10 starts, $8,426. Angus Pointer, 2:014, b. g.. by Sidney Pointer. 9 firsts, 10 starts. $7,730. Leland Onward, 2:04'4. br. h.. by Game Onward. 4 firsts, 12 starts. $7,321). A Alice Pointer, 2:054, b. m., by Star Pointer, 2 firsts, 7 starts, $6,625. Ma lor Mallow. 2:0KH. b. g., by Box Elder, 6 firsts, 15 starts. $6.2"iO. Hidalgo. 2:m-;. h. g., by Warren C, 1 first, 9 starts, $6,675. John A.. 2:03-i. ch. h., by Eddie Hal, 4 firnts. 10 Btarts, $5,450.' Thornwav, 2:05';. h. h., by Steinway.i 3 firsts, 9 starts. $5,000. The fastest records for the year follow world's records being denoted by an aster isk: ' ' Trot lino;. ' ' TWO-YEAR-OLD. -Colt Trampfast, by The Trunin, dam Medium's Last, by Happy Medium. in race 2:12'i Flllv Helen Hala by Prodigal (2:16), dam Red Silk' (2:1. by Baron Wilkes (2:18) 2:13' Gelding John Gray. by Prodigal (2:16). dam Eoxine. by Axtell (2:12).. 2:12' t THREE-YEAR-OLD. Colt General Watts, bv Axwortliv (2:1541. dm Carpet (2:28), by Prod- . lira I (2:16) 2'0R Flllv Bell Bird, bv Jay Time, dam Nancy Medium, by Bayonne Prince (2:214) FOCR-YEAR-OLD. Colt Coilero. bv Blngen (2:i'. dam Jollv Bird (3:15'4). by Jay Bird ...... J:0DJ; Filly Mavine, by Blyria (2:4. dam by Leland !:17' Gelding Bud Bonner, hy Prodigal (2:16). dem Miss Edgar (2:29). by Bourbon Wilkes 2:124 FIVE-YEAR-OLD. Stallion Athasham. by Athadon (2:27), am Cora Wickersham, by Junio (3:22) 2:04 Mare Claty Letts, by Pllatus (2:094). dam Msvme Nutwood, by Nutwood (2:18) 3:0R4 Gelding Jack Leyburn. by Alto Ley burn (2:244). dam Elsie Leyburn (2;27), by Expedition (2:15) 2:084 FASTEST. Stallion Malnsheet. hy The Director General, dam Plxtell, by Axtell (2:12) 2:05 Mare Sonoma Girl, bv Lynwood W. (2:204). dam Maud Fowler (2:2114), bv Anleeo (2:164) 2:05'4 Gelding George (J., by Homeward (2:1a1), dam Mabel, liy Junio (2:22).. 2:05'4 NEW PERFORMERS. Stallion Codero, by Hum.-n tOC1). dam Jolly Bird (2:15i4), by Jay Bird ::094 Mare Sonoma Girl, bv LynWood W. 2:204, da:n Maud Fowler (2:21s), by Anleeo (2:164) 2:05'4 Gelding Highball, by Dr. Hooker (2:234 . dam Lena 8. 2:224, by Tom Covington (2:2M4) 2:0C'i racing. TWO-YEAR-OLD. Coll-Rav o'Liglit, by Searchlight (2:03. dam Carrie M. (2:18, by Alexander Button (2:24 .7 2:134 Flllv Heulali Pnsev. bv Baron Posey (2:2141. ilatil Beulah Red (2:30). by Red Wing 2:18'l4 Gelding- Lord Prodigal, by Prodigal (2:161, bv Sultan 2:24 2:234 THREE-YEAR-OLD. Colt Shakespeare, hy Jay McGregor 12:0741. dam Miss Bpears (2:21). by Iiki-wood (2:17) 2:09 Fillv Bttty Brent. by Wiggins (2:194). dam Lucy, by Putclien Wllk.-s (2:24 3:104 Gelding llvmettus. bv Zoinbro (2:11). dam Silver Belle, by Silver Bow (2:161 2:04 FOCR-YEAR-OLD. Colt Dr. Munsoii, bv Ganibetta Wilkes (2:lt4, dum Me Too, by C. C. I'lav (2:1K 2:0 Filly-Elsie H.. by Bel wood Allen 2:1 Gelding The Dude, by Newton Boy 2:li4), dam Grace Augusta, by Gre- vllle 2:094 FIVE-YEAR-OLD. Stallion John A., bv Eddte Hal (2:15), dam Mattie, bv Newsboy 2:02 Mare Mona Wilkes, by Demonio l2:11i, dam Trix, tiy . Nutwood Wilkes (2:164) 2:064 Gelding Hidalgo. by Warren C. (2:11(. dm bv Morrill 2:044 FASTEST. Stallion-John A., bv Eddie Hal (2:15). dam Maine, bjrNewslxiy 2:03 Mare Citation, by Norvalson, dam Solita, bv Strathmore 2:03 Gelding Angus Pointer, by ' Sidney Pointer (2:074). dam - Jane, by Grants Hanihl. 'Ionian 2:01 NEW PERFORMERS. Stallion Straight Advice, by Free Advice (2.1U4I. dam Straight On (3:124). by Jerome Turner (2:154)-. 2:064 Mare ReproMrlil.-HH. by Direct Hal (2:iH4i, dam Regent's Last, by Prince Regent (2:164) 3:044 G. Irttng Hidalgo, by Warren C. (2 .1141. dam by Morrill t 2:044 World's record. Sweet Marie. 2:02. made half-mile track record for a mare of 3:07, and to wagon 3:f4. while Goorge G.. 3:054. trotted a half-mils track in 3:U6, the record. Ed Bryan, b. g., by Little Corporal, estab lished the record of ISM for five miles trotted tu vtugon. Kruger's pacing under had. I la of a mile in 2:12 was also a new record, PUBLIC TURF FORM IN 1907 In 1,127 Raced 721 First and Second Choices Won. GOOD SEASON FOB DOPE PLATERS Brighton Beaek Leads with Bit Per Cent of WUnlsi Favorites at Issiairr Meetlsrc, First eleetloaa Wlsslat. While a mejorlty pf the bookmakers and nearly all the wise plungers are In finan cial difficulties this winter because of what they term disastrous racing season, ac tual figures show that on the metropolitan tracks and at Saratoga between April IB and November 15 1,127 races were run, which produced 458 winning favorites, a percentage of .408, and 23 successful sec ond choices, a percentage of .263. This means that aside from the many good things that went over the plate, notably the killings with Crackenthorpo, Single Stone, Blue Book. Berrymald. Glenecho and numerous others, there were 721 win ners, a percentage of .639, that were backed heavily by the form players, or rather the race-going public, which Is supposed to have got the money as usual, although when the season of 1907 closed everybody seemed to be In hock. Brighton Beach surpassed all of the other tracks In point of horses running close to ptibllc form, which was probably due to unusual vigilance In the stewards' stand. Just 135 races were run at the beach and sixty-nine favorites won, hanging up the Unusually high average of .511. With twenty-four second choices also victorious at the beach, an average of .177. a total percentage of .688 for first and second choices Is recorded. But the best combined average is that of the fall meeting at Bel mont Park, when In seventy-two races twenty-eight favorites and twenty-three second choices were successful, an average of .707. When It Is considered that whenever pos slble all favorites and second choices are played back as far as there Is any reason able price. It can be readily appreciated by studying the appended statistics Just how hard it must have been for the men who handle the public's money. "The public Is very wise," said a lead ing bookmaker the other day. "If thero are twenty starters In a race Just three of them will be played. If they, finish In the order of the support given to them we get It In the neck unless we refuse to do any business at all. The only chance, we. have to make any money Is to lay these choices and then pray for some long shot to out In somewhere In the money. That is the only break we can ever get. If a favorite Is 'dead' ypu can't give it away, because the public Is next before the prices have been put up for a second. The regulars watch the wise fish and then trail with them. This Is why the bookmaking game is no longer a cinch as It used to be In the days gone by." "The following figures tell a complete story: ' , ' AQUEDUCT SPRING MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. -- 1st. 2d. -3d.. 1st. 2d. . 3d. . 33 13 4 I . 15 S .7 ,7 -Racing days. 10. Races run, 60. Per cent of winning favorites.'. - Per cent of winning second choices .360 Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .633 JAMAICA SPRING MEETING. Favorites. Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. "1st. 2d. 3d. 32 8 ' 8 ' ' 14 15 11 Racing days, 11. Races run. 68. , ' Per cent of winning favorites 471 Per cent of winning second choices... .206 Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .676 BELMONT FIRST SPRING "MEETING. Favorites. Second Choices. 1st. 2d. . 3d... . 1st. , 2d.. 3d. 21 . 12 t) : 14 Racing days. 9. Races un, 54. Per cent of winning favorites .3M Per cent of-winulng second .choices.. . .167 Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .555 GRAVK8END FIRST SPRING MEETING. . Favorites. 1st. 2d. 3d 11 4 5 Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4 7 6 Racing day. 6. Races run, 3S. Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .2NS .10", .315- BELMONT SECOND SPRING MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. 21 8 HI 15 19 6 Racing days, 9. Races run, 55. Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .273 .65!) GRAVEPEND SECOND SPRING MEET Favorites. , I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. S3 12 7 15 12 14 Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .431 .197 .624 SHEEPSHEAD SPRING MEETING. 1- avorltes. 1st. 2d. 3d. 39 14 11 Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. 22 13 12 Racing d.iya. 17. Races run. 105. Per cent of winning favorites Per rent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices .371 .209 .60 BRIGHTON BUMMER UKH3TING. Favorites Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d 69 SO 7 1st. 2d. 3d. 24 2i 18 Racinv days, 22. Races run, 13S. Per cent of winning favorites Pe. cent of winning first choices Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices SARATOGA SUMMED MEETING. Favorites. I Second f holces. lrt. 2d. 3d. I lt. 'At. 1. 52 2X 20 I 33 36 18 Racing days. 22. Races run. 132. ' Per (nt of winning favorites Per cent of winning first choices Per cent of winning 'lBt and 2d choices .611 .177 .683 .3!f .250 .645 SHEEPSHEAD FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. Int. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. 35 14 14 I 16 2H tt Racing (l'ys. 13. Races run, "9. Per cent of winning favorites -143 Per cent of winning second choices... .22 Per cent of winning lat and 2d choices GRVESEND FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. 27 19 16 I 19 20 13 Racing days. 12. Races run, 76. Per cent ot winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and. 2d choices BRIGHTON FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. 16 10 5 I 14 9 5 Racing days. 6. Races run, 39. Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices BELMONT FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I 1st. 2d. 3d. a '-1 12 I 23 14 Per cent of winning, favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per rent of winning 1st and 2d choices JAMAICA FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. I lat. 2d. 3d. it 17 11 I 19 IS 8 Racing days, 11. Races run, 66. Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per rent of winning 1st and 2d choices AQUEDUCT FALL MEETING. Favorites. I Second Choices. 1st. 2d. 3d. ; 1st. 2d. Sd. 29 21 ' I 21 15 18 Racing daya. 12. Races run, 72. Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices SUMMARY OF THE 8BASON. Racing days Races run Winning favorites Winning second choices Per cent of winning favorites Per cent of winning second choices.... Per cent of winning 1st and 2d choices. .615 .356 .260 ,6)5 .319 .707 .348 .27 .635 .402 .'Jul .6b3 ITS 1.117 . ..3 ." .A Yost Talks tm Jordan. Tost is talking right back to President Jordon snd It looks like he meant what he wss saying. Such spiels as Jordon has been putting up will make the athletes think tliey, are worth too much money. NEW TRACK AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY Improvements and Alterations Arc Now fader Way. SHEErSHEAD BAY. N. Y.. Jan. 4.-A brand new Sheepshead Bay rare track Is being prepared for next ' sesson's race goers. Extensive Improvements and alter ations are now under way. When com pleted the Bay course will be among the finest In the world. The track Is being lengthened to a mile and three-eighths, the stables are being set back, the grand stand Is in the hands of a remodeler and work on a very much enlarged betting ring has been started. Aside from the work of construction these are busy days at the Bay. All the stay-at-home trainers are at the track daily and the exercising 'ot the horses Is strictly attended to. Shed work Is about all they get now, except when the weather and track are good, and then the various strings are speeded over the course. The new 2-year-olds are the center or attrac tion whenever shown. Considerable Inter est Is attached to the youngsters of the big stables. Jack Joyner has some good ones In his lot from which may come the stsrs of the 2-year-old division. Julius Flelschmann, the Cincinnati sports man. Is likely to return to the turf, and If he does Tom Welsh Will In all proba bility train his string. When Flelschmann had a big stable several years ago Tom Welsh looked after It and won many no table stakes. Welsh was recently In Lex ington looking over a hunch of 2-year-olds that ho will train for Messrs. Miller and Paintor next season and afterward paid a visit to Cincinnati, where he met some old friends. Including Julius Flelschmann, Colonel Alec Labold and Henry M. Zeigler. During the conversation that followed Welsh was Informed that If he Would agree to train .for Flelschmann the latter might return to the turf, whereupon the noted trainer said that nothing could be moro agreeable to him. HARVARD'S SCHEDULE IS FULL Hot Likely to Take the Tigers On for Foot Ball. BOSTON, Mobs., Jan. 4.-At the close of each foot ball season a number of persis tent reports are circulated to the effect that Harvard and Princeton are to resume foot ball relations and meet each other on the gridiron once more. As a matter of fact, these reports are utterly without foundation. While the most friendly re lations exist between the two colleges there Is absolutely no likelihood that thev will resume foot ball games with one another tor some time to come. The reason for this is that It would h Impossible, so far as Harvard Is con cerned, to arrange a suitable date for a game with Princeton. For a number of years Harvard has had games on her schedule with Carlisle, Brown, Dartmouth and Yale. These games are all hard and are a great strain for the team to carry as It is. Were Princeton added to th games It would be more than the Crimson could hope to get away with. As long as Harvard continues to play with Brown, Carlisle, Dartmouth and. Yale, in addition to the game with either vi Point or Annapolis, it will be Impossible ror lier to find a place on her schedule for the Tlg?rs. 1 NAVY 1 GETS SILVER ; MUG FIRST Trophy to Be Given to Two-Tims Winner. ANNAPOLIS, Md.,- Jan. 4. By defeating the Army In last year's annual foot ball game the midshipmen of the 'naval acad emy won the first claim to a silver cup which will' become the property of either of the teams winning , two out of three of the annual contests, last season's game to count as, the first of the series. The cup was formally presented to the middies by , the superintendent, Captain Charles J. Badger.' The cup rests on an ebony pedestal six Inches high and Is itself twelve inches in height and ten Inches acroMS the top. The crests of the naval and military academies and the national emblem are on the top. The foot ball fields at Annapolis, West Point and Franklin field, Philadelphia, are engraved on the bowl, while several en graved plates are on the pedestal. En graved on one of theBe Is this year's score Navy, S; Army, 0, and the name of Captain A. H. Douglass, leader of the winning eleven. NEWPORT TO LOSE TENNIS EVENT 4 Rimor that National Championship May Be Removed. CINCINNATI, Jan. 4. 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The price ts 50c, 25c and TEN CENT8 PLK BOX ni CARRIAGE HORSES IN DEMAND Prizes to Foster Trotters and Thor oughbreds. asssaasassBBH STYLE FARMERS ARE TO BREED Government and tke Joekey ristk Bptk oKest CUa.es at County Fairs l.aMer. rota t Cask la This State. NEW YORK, Jan. 4,-Fostered by radi cally different sponsors the Bureau of Ani mal Industry of the Agricultural Depart ment and the Jockey club (here Is a race on to develop a national type of carriage horse. The arena of competition Is the countv fair. The government Idea ts to have farmers and breeders select trotting stork adapted to heavy harness and hold them for train ing and also to try and raise this sort In stead of always breeding for speed. To encourage them to hold the stock the county fairs are to be urged to open a string of classes that will bring the farm ers to the ring with their carlage stock as often as they now come with their flashy racing stork. The government does not give premiums, but only suggests how they should be awarded, which Is where the Jockey club scores by planking down the cash. This Is the government type for the national carriage horse: "Not under fifteen hands for mature horses; smooth, compact and symmetrical conformation; neck of good length. Inclined naturally to arch; sloping shoulders; well set legs of medium length; sloping pasterns and good feet; Bhort, strong nock; well sprung ribs, well rlbed up) to coupling; smooth loins; full flanks; straight croup, with well set tail; full, round buttocks." Classes ml the Fairs. Classes for such horses are to he opened at the leading fairs of the country, on a separaate classification for stallions of 4, 3, 3, and 1 year, and for a stallion with three of his get; for mares of 4, 3, 2 and 1 year, for mare and foal, 'and class for foal under 1 year. Ultimately championship classes for winners will be Instituted at certain fairs. The classification was worked out in May, 1907, by a committee organised to represent the Department of Agriculture, American Trotting Register association, American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, American Saddle Horse Breeders associa tion and the American Morgan Register association. "The adoption of the classification by state fairs Is especially urged," to quote from a circular approved by James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, "for the reason that they are In the closest touch with farmers, that the farmers are the breeders of most of the carriage horses sold on the American markets, and that the value of the American horse for carriage purposes Is rarely appreciated by the farmers who breed them. Hundreds of horses are sold annually by farmers at really Inslgniricant prices which after some months of finish ing and handling are sold as carriage horses at prices up into the thousands. Furthermore there Is a continual sale of stallions to supply this trade. These horses are usually only of moderate value as speed producers, but are of excellent car riage type. If the powerful educational In fluence of the fairs and stock shows la thrown Into the solution of the carriage horBe problem the farmer will not only be educated to appreciate the Intrinsic value of the native light horse for carriage purposes, but wijl recognise the worth of the stallion with good conformation and quality but only moderate speed as car riage horses, . and the problem of fixing the type will be one of early solution." The conditions governing the classes state they are only open to horses of Amer ican blood; that the stallions muHt be reg istered in the American Trotting Register as standard, or In the American Morgan Register, or In the American Saddle Horse Register, and that the breeding-of dams of produce must be given as far as known, but they need not be registered mares, except that no mare having a draught cross will be eligible. Thoroughbreds Are Barred. The barring out of thoroughbred stallions or the produce of such stallions from the classifications is thought by many to have been a mistake In view of recent develop ments In horse breeding fostered by the Jockey club of New York and similar in stitutions with an ultimate aim similar to the plans of the bureau of animal industry. The Jockey club has now forty-eight thor oughbred stallions at service for a nominal fee in agricultural sections throughout New York state to Improve the harness and sad dle types by mating with the country mftres, which are generally of trotting blood. Similar breeding bureaus have been established In Kentucky, Missouri and Cal ifornia, and they are to be Instituted In Louisiana, Tennessee and Delaware. The New York Racing association has decided to give premiums aggregating 314. 400 at the stale fairs of 1908 fur the get only of the bureau's thoroughbred stal lions. The classification is for brood mares with foal at foot, for yearlings, for 2-year-old trotters, colts, fillies or geldings, for 3-yenr-old mares or geldings suitable for general purposes. All roads for fine horses lead from the farms and the fairs to the city shows and the Empire State should gain some new csrrluge stock from the halfbreds to compete for these premiums. ipi 1 The Whiskey with a Reputation luaker WINNER OF THREE STRAIGHT PRIZES SI. Louis, 1904 Paris, 1905 Portland. 1905 Can this leave any possible doubt in your mind as to which Whiskey is the best ? For sale at all first-class bars, cafes and drug stores S. HIRSCH & CO., Kansas City, Mo. V. A. Sampson. Qen'l nn Many of you sre troubled and perplexed; waiting thinking turning wishing and finally despairing about your physi cal condition, meanwhile allowing some jpeclal dlHeasn or weakness to blight vour future career and prospects. 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