TI1E OMAHA SUNDAY DEE: MARCH 13, 1910.
S
PLUNGERS OF IRON NERVE
Three Ken VTho Showed ITo Feeling:,
Win or Lose.
COLD PLUCK AT ALL TIMES
Xo Complaint Mad by Mlk Dwfff
Abtal' Bil Lick (ktt Coat Him
Tkaua4 Bis Wager a
I nttibars Phil. '
NEW YORK, March 11. "Tou mark my
words," raid an old-time speculator on
turf events, "ire the fellow who bottlea up
lila feelings and ahowa no signs of emotion
who goes away quicker than the chap yho
yells his head off when hla horse wlna.
"I've noticed the quiet onea down the
Una and the best examples of their kind
have gone. I refer to Mike Dwyer, Pitts
burg Thil and Pat McCarren. Nona of
them ever batted an eye when ha had a
nose finish for thousands, but they burnt
up internally and would hava lived longer
If they had yelled now and then. It's the
way a high-strung chap has of letting off
steam and it relieves the tension tremen
dously. "I remember th day that Previous
failed to get away from tha port for the
Futurity, which the colt's subsequent form
showed he could hava won easily. Mike
Dwyer owned Previous, and ha had, I
' think, $28,000 up on the son of Meddler.
"It waa Dwyer's custom to view the race
from the end of th grandstand . neareat
the clubhouse when they were running at
. Bheepshead Bay, and b waa pacing up and
down with his field glasses in , his hand
while the big bunch of i-year-oids wera
at the post. From tlma to time he would
stop and look anxiously through the
.' glasses. Finally there waa a shout of
"They're off!" and with a cloud of dust
three-quarter of a mite away Indicated
that the raoe waa under way. Dwyer's
glasses wera glued on the starting point
when Mr. PcttinglU raised the barrier and
the moment the start was made ha began
pacing to and fro taking no mora interest
1 Ik. I-OXA i
la .ij .www.
" 'Somebody's left!' ejaculated a by
stander, ''
" 'Yes, It's Previous,' remarked th Iron
nerved plunger, aa ba continued on bis
walk.
"It waa no fault of the starter that
Previous failed to get away, nor waa it
through any remissness on tha part of
Blms, ' the famous colored Jockey, who
bad the mount It happened that Previ
ous had drawn tha outslda position at the
post and that the farmer had the field
next to the Futurity chut planted in
oats. The waving grain' swayed tempt
ingly near tha colt. and he turned his head
for a hasty bite just aa Mr. Petting 111
released the barrier and called 'Come on!'
.The Jockey and colt' wera both caught
unawares -and it waa too lata to rectify
the mlBtako, though, there are some who
still think that Previous could have gone
after his field and won. -
"It la not recorded that Mr. Dwyer ever
made any complaint' 'to anybody or mur
mured over his hard luck. He realized that
he waa up against fata and accepted what
came as his share of the uncertainty of the
sport.
"Those who wera moat familiar with,
Dwyer found it Just as hard to gauge him
and his methods as the moat utter stranger.
He dearly loved a favorite and tha shorter
v. - r.J.l.Vh. miw. mnwIAV h would het.
vliv wwaw " -- '
"On on occasion ha bought a horse
named Joe Cotton for $10,000 and started
to win him out Th odds wer 1 to ft, and
at ioois iiam; ; .--.
race was at the Bay and th California
mare, Birette, waa at Cotton throatlatch
all th way through the stretch and only
the Judges knew which had won at the
wire. Not a musol of the plunger's placid
face moved aa Cotton's number was flashed
to the announcement board, and hla only
remark, as a friend who sat with him rn
th timers' stand slapped him on the back
In congratulation, was: '
' 'Tight squeak.'
"Pittsburg Phil was much like Dwyer In
some ways. He was equally as silent in the
eaily days of his career, but when the dis
ease which carried him off subsequently
had made severe Inroads Into his system,
he waa at times querulous and would argue
vehemently when the soundness of hla judg
ment on a race was disputed. Pittsburg
was not a fond of favorites aa Dwyer, but
like his great rival ther was nothing that
occurred during the running of a rac that
he oould not tell with great accuracy.
"Whether h was betting or not h al
ways watched the horses run, and there
was nothing thai occurred during that rac
that waa not put away in a corner of his
roarvelously retentive mind for future us.
II played fewer races than Dwyer, going
cn the theory, always sound In any country,
that the man who tries to beat every race
has only one sight in view bankruptcy
sure and certain. When he had viewed the
possibilities of the various candidates in a
rac from all points and made up hla mind
that a certain horse could win, nobody
could talk him out of betting on th
chanoea of that particular horse or mare.
' "Ke -waa cunning; to a degree In his
method.t, and It Is 'on record that he has
through hla agents wage'""' much as
$1,000 on a horse in a race In order to
mislead hla sworn enemies, th book
makers. When the deluded penclllere had
offered a sufficiently tempting figure
against the horse Pittsburg really wanted
to wager on, his money appeared moat
mysteriously. He had many confidential
betting agents or commissioners, but was
' constantly springing surprises on the fra
ternity In the shape of fresh recruits.
"It Is said that a burnt child dreads the
fire. It was a true saying so far as the
bookmakers wera concerned, for they had
such wholesome respect for th young
plunger's Judgment that they cut th prlc
th moment It was apparent that It was
d ii
Humphreys Seventy-Seven
Famous Eeniedy for Colds &
n
Li
. Grip, like Malaria assumes many
forms, bo that "When Grip prevails
overythlne is Grip."
"Seventy-seven" taken early, knocks
It out promptly.
' Taken during its prevalence, preoc
tuples th system and prevents its ln
vaslon. it
Taken during an attack, it lightens
shortens and ultimately cures.
"geventy-aeven". breaks up hard
stubborn Colds that cling.
Hand to carry, fits the veet pocket.
All Drug Stores, S5c
Humphrey's Honieo, Medicine Co., Cor.'
Vliilain an. I Aua bir i, fr York.
his money that was coming into th ring
In such chunks.
"In the early days of his frw, which
by the way hogsn St old Monmouth park
about Ict6. the smart bookmakers of the
Wheeloek and Uchtsnsteln type thought
they could break htm, and they took his
money every time It was offered and on
anything thst h cared to wager. Pome
heavy winnings, on In particular over
Rollan, a horse owned at th Urn by the
late A. J. Cassatt, president of th Penn
sylvania railroad, and afterward sold to
Garrison, the Jockey, caused tbein to look
for softer game.
'The rac where he made his star win
ning was over a l-year-old owned by him
self and whose private form had been care
fully concealed. This youngster's name
waa King Cadmus, and Fred Taral. who
la still riding horses, waa engaged to ride
the colt In a dash down the old straight
course at Morris park. Taral waa In the
heyday of his career and could outflnlsh
any jockey then In the saddle. It took all
of th phenomenal Dutchman'a muscular
driving and lifting to land King Cadmus
first by a nose. Pittsburg waa In the
stand, the least excited man In th throng,
and the only sign of emotion he showed
was a slight smll In reepons to Walter
Keyes's Jubilant announcement of 'George,
we've skinned the rami'
"Smith waa never very fond of giving
Information to those who he thought were
not entitled to it and he would never admit
how much motley he wen that-day on King
Cadmus. It waa rumored that th records
of the ring, which could be got at pretty
thoroughly, as nearly all of th smart fel
lows got a lambasting, showed that Smith
took more than $100,000 out of th ring over
that particular race.
"But Smith won on other people's horses
very largely and frequently scored when
the owner and trainer of th horse did not
think they had a chance. Sometime he
would meet the trainer and In an exchange
of opinions would demonstrate clearly that
the horse under discussion should win that
day, taking form shown on a previous occa
sion as a line by which to figure. Com
mencing life as a cutter of corks and hav
ing practically no knowledge of horses, he
developed Into - one of the best judges of
condition to be found anywhere, and If a
horse did not warm up to suit him or show
tha sweat running clear and profuse In th
paddock before th race ha would have
none of him; or, if by chance his money
was already down, he hastened to hedge. -
"Smith was clever enough, too, to always
have some good riders that wer friendly
to him, and one of them, Willie Shaw, who
is now riding in Germany, waa as close to
th plunger as his brother, Bill, who
trained th horses running In the nam ot
Pittsburg. Shaw was never much . of a
finisher,. but he had that rare quality which
mad Isaao Murphy, Jimmy McLaughlin
and Willi Martin great Jockeys h oould
tell you everything that happened during a
race after It was over." '
"Of course you all know that the best
horse does not always win. Half a doien
things can happen during the running of a
race and any one of them may b fatal to
th chances of th best horse.' Getting into
a pocket la on of th ways a good horse
can lose, and especially it there are Jockeys
riding who have a grouch on the rider on
th horse that is In the tight place. They
won't pull' out and let tha unfortunate
through, and In taking back and going
around the field much. precious time is lost.
"Shaw could not only tell what had hap
pened to his own mount but to every other
horse In th race, and perhaps you don't
think that sort of news was valuable to
Smith. Th horse that met with all th
trouble would probably be at a much
longer v price the next time he faoed the
barrier, and plenty of folks couldn't un
derstand how anybody oould -bet on hla
chances with the degree of confidence
Smith displayed when he put down his
thousands. They knew - mor - about It
though when tha horse romped home, how
ever. "Did you ever think that Pittsburg Phil
was about th only on of th big plungers
who brought next to nothing Into the gam
and left more than $2,500,000 In good, hard
cash and securities when he died a few
years ago? Just run your mind over some
of the high rollers, MIk Dwyer mad
money and lots of It in the metal business
long before ha evor thought of owning
thoroughbreds. John W. Gates, as you
know, got his easy money In Wall street
The old timer Bernard, had a profitable
business working for him, and It kept him
going for years, and so It goes on down
tha . line. But Pittsburg Phil cam from
$S a week as a cork cutter to a millionaire,
and all between the ages of 20 and 37.
-"Did you ever hear of the time he got his
tickets mixed at old Monmouth and got
Into trouble for a day or so because of
his youthful appearance?" Interrupted one
of the listeners. "No? Well, I'll tell you
about it
"Phil had grown tired beating Georg
Price's poolroom at Pittsburg and he
yearned for actual racing and a sight of
som of th horses and jockeys h had
been reading about and figuring on for a
few years. He packed his bag and landed
In New York, knowing not more than two
or three persons In the big town. One of
these waa - a printer who had worked In
the composing room of a Pittsburg news
paper, and being fond of the races him
self and a. frequent visitor at Price's had
made the acquaintance of Phil, who, by
the way, gained the sobriquet which stuck
to him through life by giving it up when
ever 'he bought a pool, much th same as
a broker in th street gives a name to
the purchaser of stocks.
' "Pittsburg always looked youthful, and
when he first, appeared at Monmouth he
was not mor ' than 21 and looked IS or
younger'. It was the day he burned the
ring up on Kolian and h was In such a
hurry getting his. money down that some
body else In the excitement of the specula
tion got one of his tickets calling for $2,500
against. $M0, while in return found among
his possessions when Eolian breesed home
a- pasteboard reading $126 to $26. I As ha
hadn't bet a lens sum than $100 In any of
the books he knew right away that a mis
take had been made.
"He rushed Into th ring and up to the
particular bookmaker with whom he had
mad his waiter, and before they bad be
gun to pay off protested against the pay
ment ot th larger ticket. Th flrat man In
Hn waiting to get hla money - waa (he
holder of the $3,500 to C00 ticket, and he
loudly called for hla money when, the ques
tion of his having gotten the wrong ticket
waa debated. It happened, fortunately for
(he youngster, that he had bet wrth one of
tha squarest men In the profession, and he
sent for Mr. Wither, the president of th
track.
"You remember th old gentleman. He
was a man of few words. PlMwburg had
a heap of winning tickets calling for up
ward ot $20,000. and the-'5 In disput was
the only small wager In th bunoh. Th
father man had his Ion $2,600 to $500 and he
didn't like that kind of a better. Mr.
Withers thought Pittsburg a .very young
man to be betting that kind of money, but
he very sagaciously ordered both men to
appear before him at 1 o'clock th next day
and to submit proofs of their Identity and
bring some evidence of their financial
landing.
"Pittsburg hunted up his printer friend,
who was sticking type on a morning news
paper. - The printer knew, tha sporting re
porter of th newspaper and he brought
Smith down to th office and explained th
care. Would the reporter say a word to
Mr. Withers th next day? He would and
did - Smith showed .bank books on New
York and Pittsburg institutions indicating
deposits of upward of $2fW.(V). The other
man tu brssen up to a certain point, but
finally confessed that the $31 bet was his,
and they both got their money."
"Ye. I retnember hearing something
about that at the time," commented the
veteran, "and It taught Pittsburg a lesson
and he always as long ha tha ticket sys
tem was In operation would find a quiet
spot and Inspect the pasteboard Indicating
his waa-era before the horses went to th
Poet. Ther Would be a heap of them at
times that looked at a distance Ilk a
pack of playing cards.
' "I hsv often seen him amusing him
self In th train on th homeward trips
scanning the tickets he had not cashed
and occasionally, If he had a friend along
with him. making such comments as these:
'Hot ten luck! Should have won that one.
Horse got cut off or he would have walked
In. Bad judgment to bet on that mare,
coat was dry and dull, not as good as she
was. Got a bad rid for that bunch, and
so on all through th string.
"It was Illuminating to listen to him
and I picked up many a bet by remember
ing some of the things he said. Take
him all In all as a hors player he was In
a class by himself. His devotion to his
mother and brother was beautiful and
he left them both rich when he died.
"But say, th boy that would play them
higher than a cat's back was the late
Senator McCarren. He would fall for tips
and you know any man who throws away
his figures and the dope sheets and takes
the promiscuous tip that floats around the
paddock hes his finish In plain sight.
"McCsrren's first taste of success as a
racing man was away back In the let
'80s and early '90s, .When, in partnership
with Frank Seaman, he owned three real
good horses on stake animal named
Strldeaway and two - topnotch setting
platers, Balston and Drum tick. Counsel
lor Bill Brian waa training for them, and
whatever else you could say about Bill
he knew when h had a good hors keyed
up to concert pitch.
- ''These horses wer th sort you could
rely upon, as they wero gam to th core
and they wer placed with splendid Judg
mentalways a shad lower than they
belonged and let -me remark that that's
th way to play the racing game; try to
make the public believe you have a sell
ing plateT- when you really hava a stake
horse, and if yon can fool th boya tor a
whil you will cash mors bets than you
will los. .
"Bob Tucker - bought Strldeaway for
$10,000 after a disagreement betwen th
partners which resulted in tha Counsellor
taking Balston and Drumstick, and th
Senator was out .of th game for som
time. However, Ilk most of thos who
want action, he got back again and fol
lowed th horses until he died. I guess
he lost and won as heavily at times as any
of them, and h certainly took greater
chances than anybody I know of. There
was on particularly disastrous day at
Saratoga, when he want beyond his limit
and walked In from the course with on
of his bosom friends.
.'"Well, I had a grand day,' h re
marked with that white smll which
earned him' th undeserved sobriquet of
Chilly Pat
'U want to aay right now that McCarren
waa not chilly to those whom he had con
fidence in. Naturally, playing th gam he
did, he did not. wear his heart upon his
sleeve, but If ther waa a caso of anybody
that deserved help and Pat had the money
ha gave It up cheerfully, and he didn't talk
abont it either; that was the best if it.
"But I'm getting away from by yarn.
When Pat said ha had a grand day his
friend knew what it meant and being a
roan of few words, himself, he remarked in
the varnaoular: . . . '
' 'How much did you go for?'
" "Only a hundred and five,' was the
reply.
"A prolonged whistl waa tha only com
ment of the senator's companion for a
moment and then with a grin illuminating
bis rudy fao he aaked:
" 'How much have you gotr
" 'About sixty-five.'
" 'And where are you going to get the
balancer qulssed the inquisitor.
". 'From you,' was th instant reply.
" Th you are," was"the only com
ment from th rubicund on, who knew th
senator spoke th truth. .
" He paid up that $105,000 on Monday
morning with as good grac as though ho
war doing those he had lost th money to
a very great favor. It was the same year
that Pat mad his famous plunge on a filly ,
named Ocean Tide, owned by himself.
"Th occasion was the Great Filly stakes
at Sheepshead Bay and th rac was worth
upward ot $20,000. You would think that
winning that would hav satisfied most
any ordinary man, but Pa wasn't ordinary
in any respect and he planned to make the
winning of his llf. The moat dangerous
opponent Ocean Tide had was the, after
ward famous, filly Beldam, owned by
August Belmont
"This 'young man, the apple of th eye
of th chairman ot th Jockey club, was
the favorit for th race, having shown
some very good performances. Not much
was known ot Ocean Tide, but she had
shown phenomenal speed In her training
exercise, and Frank Brown, who- trained
her, told th senator that sh was a
phenomenon and that no man's two-year-old
oould beat her.y
"Nobody can find out how much money
McCarren bet on her that day. He sat in
a box In th second gallery of th big stand
at Sheepshead and watched th rac with
out th .quiver of an eyeJaah. ' His filly
was on th Inside next th rail and as th
Senator's box was below th finishing line
th angl made It appear as though Ocean
Tld bad won from Beladam by a short
head after a moat furious struggle, th pair
running lik a team throughout th last
furlong or so.
"Mr. Belmont waa seated In a box near
by. H waa among tha first to congratu
late th Senator. While th men were
shaking hands a shout of surprise came
from on of McCarron's companions.
" 'Why, they'v given It to Beldame!'
"Th senator smllod and still holding Mr.
Belmont's hand remarked dryly:
. " 'You wer wrong it appears. I con
gratulate you most heartily, Mr. Belmont.
Wasn't it a great raoer
That waa th last big plunge that Mc
Carren made," aatd the old timer as he bit
tha end off a fat black cigar preparatory
to lighting it
"Say, Gates never loosened up much un
less he had a hunch good and strong that
tie was liable to cop," commented a sporty
looking fellow who had listened Intently to
th narrative, "and mayb h couldn't
holler when he got stung for a wad.
"I remember one when Boots Darnell
waa training Nealon and that bunch that
on of their good things hit the rocks at
Brighton and I think I can hear Gates
yelling yet.' I think It was Doggett laid
him a long pries on eomethlng that looked
Juicy to the big fellow, but aay, klddo,
honest, something ailed that horn that
day must hav been sitting up with a sick
friend the night beforfor h couldn't lose
that tired feeling that they get occasionally.
Course If "horse could only talk and tell
us when they had a headach it would help
som and wa wouldn't blow ur rolls on
them wben their mlnda wasn't on the
gam."
'That' as true as tha gospi of St Paul
that last remark of yours, young feller."
said tha veteran as he buttoned up his
overcoat preparatory to swinging out into
Broadway.
Persistent Advertising la th Hoad to Big
Returns.
KEEPS FISH WITHOUT W ATER
Device of a Woman Who Hat a Pri
vate Hatchery,
OXYGEN-FED TANK THE MEANS
Mrs. Freak M. Jobnsoa the rce.s
fal F.xperlmeater 9fc and
Haaband Deeply Interested
la Study of Flak Life.
NEW YORK, March 12. Mr. Frank M
Johnson, wife of a Boston surgeon, has
devised a means of keeping allv without
water. Both Mrs. Johnson and her hus
band are deeply Interested In fish culture
and hav at Springfield, N. II., a private
fishery of their own.
Mrs. Johnson, who Is now staying In
New York, gives this' account ot her de
vice:
"I always was a lover of outdoor life,
and after my husband became wrapped up
In hla fish hatcheries I was soon so en
thused by his experiments that I took It up
with him.
"After a time naturally fell to
perlmentlng with all manner of fish life,
not only together, but in a sort of rivalry,
It waa In some of these experiments that I
perfected my device that enables fish to
live without water. I waa not at our
hatchery at the time I made the discovery,
but In my house in Boston, and when I
actually proved that my theory was right
I stepped to the phone and called up my
husband at jhls office and told him of It
'No!' he replied. 'Yes!' I said. Then he
cam home to see It
"I first took a large glass Jar, much
longer than wide, in th bottom ot which I
placed a thlok pad of dampened felt Then
near the top of the Jar I put in an Intake
tube on one side and an exhaust tub on
the other. Midway in the jar I put a little
screen shelf on which I laid the fish. After
moistening Its gills with water I closed the
top ot tha jar and started oxygen to work,
simply pumping it In the jar In the ordinary
way. I not only kept th first fish alive,
but experimented on others and they
thrived for days and weeks.''
"But what keeps the fish' from flopping
about on the screen in the maner ot fish
when out of water?"
"Because It Is intoxicated. The fish Is
simply drunk with oxygen and lies there
Inflating Its gills as reguarly as when In
water.
"You can Imagine how valuabl this dis
covery may prove to government hatcheries
when you stop to think that In shipping
fish across tha continent to stock streams
and rivers the gqvernment - uses an espe
cially Improvised car for Its ' purposes.
This Is so built that the water Is forced
round and round' in the tank In order to
supply fresh ox j gen, -which not only keeps
the fish agitated, but results In great loss
of life often, as well.
"A car built on th oxygen plan, which
now I have proved to b practical, will
keep the fish quiet and the . oxygen will
keep them allv until they reach their
destination, when they can b returned to
th water.
"Fish are experimented upon, you un
derstand, by governments In order to bring
fish life up to its highest standard as a
food. The poor of this country and others
must have fish as a food, and this Is why
hundreds of thousands of dollars are ex
pended to breed certan speolcs to a hardi
hood that will make it possible to live In
waters hitherto unknown. Take th Mis
sissippi river, for Instance, slow,' slug
gish water, whera all sorts of experiment
ing has -been don in determining what
fish will live there. Carp were put there
by th government because they will live
ther and was something that th poor
can depend upon as an edible. Catfish,
buffalo fish and other hardy fish were
placed ther tor tha same reason by the
millions.
"At . on fishery in New Hampshire,
which, by tha way, is named Ko-le-le-mook,
an Indian word meaning good fish
It g and good hunting, wa ere back In the
hills twenty miles from railroad, and I
stay there from the first of March until the-'
streams are frozen over. Our fishery Is
the enly one where artificial feeding Is not
resorted to. All our fish feed naturally.
We have one large lake of thirty acres
with a system of several ponds, all con
nected by dropping the water level of each
a little lower than tha other.
. "The government people have bee i par
ticularly kind to me, too, and hi ve af
forded me many opportunltlea to experi
ment in fish life. Whenever they want a
painstaking experiment performed they no
tify me and I am only too eager to take
It upv Our life up at Ko-le-le-mock Is sim
ply roughing It all summer lorg. We have
a so-called shanty to live In and th hills
and ponds to fill our lives.- I have been
experimenting In fish culture myself over
seven years. Fish are attacked with all
sorts of diseases, and I set out with suc
cess to cur som of them. I also cross
fish and breed hybrids and each year grow
mora Interested. We have a superintendent
on the farm, and Dr. Johnson spends every
minute of tlma there that he can take
away from his practice."
BONHAG IS TO QUIT THE GAME
Stadlea Preveat Beat Bfaa ot All from
Competing.
NEW YORK, March 12. George Bon
hag, who proved himself the greatest dis
tance runner In. the world by running two
miles in nine minutes and fourteen sec
onds in 'Buffalo recently, will probably
run his last Indoor race during th pres
ent board floor season. Bonhag, when
pressed on the subject of his rumored
retirement," said: 'This will be my last
year on the boards without a doubt. Next
wlnUr will be my hardest year In the
pursuit of my engineering studies and I
will be obliged to forego running to give
very minute of my time to college work.
Very likely I will compete In outdoor
vents after this winter, but there Is lit
tle chance of my doing any mor Indoor
racing."
Bonhag has alresdy smashed th two
mile, three-mile and four-mile Indoor
world's records this winter and will very
l)kly bring down other marks ere the
season Is done. Negotiations are already
under way for the Indoor king to meet
Jack Tait, the crack Canadian, In a mile
and one-half mile. Talt Is the ruiyier
who forced Bonhag to run the two miles
within five second of Shrubb's 8.09H In
the Bison City.
JOHN BULL SKATES ON ROLLERS
Popalarlty of the Game la England
I Immense.
NEW YORK, March 12. In an Interview
with J. Walter Spalding, who arrived from
England recently, he stated that ha was
simply astounded at the remarkable growth
into popularity of American roller skating
in England. Germany, Russia, and espe
cially in Italy. Rinks are going up In ail
tha leading continental cities and the skat
ing fad la carrying everything before It
Mr. Spalding waa also very much im
pressed with th gam of soccer foot ball
as played at present In England. This
game has been worked up to such propor
tions that on on single day a tabulation
of attendances at th Important champion
ship mateUe bald shows that over 400,000
spectators w-re watching toeoer foot ball
contests at on tlur
Kentucky Objects
to the New Rules
Trotting Horse Breeder Do Not Like
the Shorteni; of the System
of Racing-.
NEW YORK, March ll-Tne Kentucky
Trotting Hors Breeders', association Is th
first to take exception to the rule passed
by the recent congress of th National
Trotting association shortening the system
of racing. That exceptions would be taken
by a number of racing organisations to
this rule was fully expected, consequently
the announcement from Lexington and Its
final result will be of timely Interest to
trotting horsemen.
According to reports from Kentucky, Sec
retary Horace W. Wilson baa officially
announced that the t-year-old division ot
th Kentucky Futurity, entries to which
will close March 15, will In the future be
a special race. In place of a best two In
three aa It haa been for years under the
old rule.
As the entries do not close for this stake
or purse until mor than a month after
th rule waa adopted by the congress, it
naturally comes under th new law and
haa to be raced accordingly, yet by making
th event a "special" the Lexington as
sociatlon Intends to evade this rule and
have the t-year-old division of the Futurity
under practically the old system.
Tha new rule, aa all horsemen know, is
that In two-tn-thre races none but heat
winners can start after the seoond heat.
or In caae of a split heat, so that ther
cannot possibly be mor than three heats
for th race, with only two starters for
the third heat
In making this division of the Futurity
a special race, the Lexington association
announoes that ths race will be limited to
four heats, and a horse not winning or
making a dead heat in three heats will bs
ruled out, though sharing In tha money
according to th summaries. A hors win
ning two heats wins th race. In case the
fourth heat be a dead heat th money will
be divided according to th summary of all
tha heats.
The new rule as adopted by th Na
tional and which will be passed by th
American Is absolute, because It allows
no racing association to specify any other
conditions which will etfeot same. Ths In,
terestlng question now Is whether tha Lex
Ington association can carry the proposed
change, which is directly contrary to rao
ing laws, by calling this particular event
a "special."
ROWING DATES STILL IN THE AIR
According; to Custom They Will ' Be
Held In th East.
NEW YORK, March 13. Th executive
commute of th National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen will meet In this city on
March 19 to fix th time and plaoe for
holding this year's championship races,
Other matters may coma up, but no changes
affecting the amateur status of any oars
men hav been received. Last year the
racea wer held In Dtroit, and as there is
a tacit understanding that they shall al
ternate between the east and west, the
comnuu.ee win unaouDMaiy agre on a
course convenient to th oarsmen, of this
section. There are two cities anxious for
th honor Boston and Washington and
th rowing associations representing these
centers are conducting a vigorous cam
palgn; as a matter of. fact' the Potomaa
River association began Its canvass at the
time the rowing season was in full swing
last August A commute will be on hand
at th meeting to present the advantages
of th Fotomao course. Clauds R. Zappone
is chairman, h has considerable Influence,
being president of the Middle, States
Regatta association, and his committee
will also hav the support of th Balti
more oarsmen.
Recently tha New England Amateur
Rowing association met and decided to
send a delegation to the meeting to urge
the claims of the Charles river course, at
Boston. Too offset any opposition to the
effect that the course Is not dependable
for shell rowing and that on several oc
casions races have been postponed on ac
count of rough water, th representatives
will state that they propose to lay out two
on mile and a quarter straightaway
courses on on the Boston and the other
on the Cambridge side of the Charles
river; therefore, If the water is rough on
one of the courses they will simply move
to ths other a'.de. They will point out that
never within the memory of th oldest In
habitant has it been rough on both sides
of th course on th same day.
The New England contingent has the ad
vantage of Washington In the important
matter of funds In fact this Is all-Im
portant In rowing regattas. The national
championship were held in Boston several
years ago, and after all the expenses wer
paid whtch is a condition Insisted on by
the national committee in each section
where championship races are held there
was a balance of $1,200 from profits on
grand stands, which haa been drawing In
terest since that time. It Is also learned
that In event of tha committee de
ciding on Boston, a serious effort will be
made to bring over the Belgian eight who
won at Henley last year, and try to ar
range a special race with some star crew,
preferably the winner of the Harvard-Yale
race. Whether this can be done Is, of
course, extremely doubtful, but th New
England association announces that It will
do its best having taken official action to
that effect.
So far as amateur oarsmen in this
neighborhood are ' concerned, they are
especially interested In making the national
regatta a success and securing transporta
tion facilities for their boats. The water
lines to Boston hav generally been more
careful In transportation and care of shells
than most railroads, and as this Is a mat
ter of the greatest Importance, the feeling
Is obviously In favor of the Charles river
course. All followers of the sport know,
too, that Boston la the greatest city for
amateur rowing interests in th country.
It Is predicted among thos In th "Inner
circles" that the committee will favor
Boston and give Washington the regatta
In Ml
CORNELL HAS VETERAN SQUAD
Nearly All of Last Year's Team to
Appear on Diamond,
ITHACA. N. Y., March 12. The Cornell
base ball squad contains nearly all the
VMJ0 varsity, and several good men are
available for the 1913 team. Practically
the only loss due to graduation Is In the
pitching staff, where former Captain Cald
well and Ward Gable will be missed, but
E. E. Goodwills aryi Murray Howes re
main. C. F. Abbott and n. V. Hyatt have
been recruited from last year's freshman
team. Other veterans who are eligible are
Captain Paul Williams and C. V. Laity,
catchers: Tip Watson, first base; W. W.
Matchneer, second base; Magnrr, short
stop; Howard and Jones, third base, and
Judson and Thompson In th outfield. The
prospects of a heavy hitting team are ex
cellent. Hughle Jennings, manager of the
Detroit Tigers, recently spent three days
In Ithaca and looked over the siuad. He
predicted a fast varsity nine for Cornell
this season.
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