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TRACKS PUZZLE MOTORISTS I
Los Angelci Board Track and Indian
apolis Brick Cause Guessei.
WHICH IS BEST. IS QUESTION
HtrM'i itil (nrrkan Hr.-ortl
.aler lla Rrrn nlfkJ "
Rolk irii ki.incl It'a liar lo
Maar I hrlr Merit.
NfcW VuilK J:i'. Is.-Tiie rf.i h
Suit Uitclilei:ii of wo! Id s ami Ameri
can lerotd at Ijos Angel and lnilimi.tp
uiia has ini'j'd onf iilei able rot fusion tn
Ui mirdi of nuny anil the fiie"lnn of
hiili Is ti e faaiei, bonid or brick mr
fti ond uhiiii lonrfe actually liulri the
:s record In not clear to many. A
paii.-cm ot the ttiHika made 81 lhce Ino
motordromes shows ihst, taking every
duns of n' into consideration, the Ims
Jkrgelea mile hoairi track proved fanter al
:i distances save one mile and undrr. The
teacoTi a speedier mark at one mile could
be set at the lloosler speedway than on
id nooden course, is because Indianapolis
Is a two and a half mile circuit with mile
etiaithiavray stretches, calling tor no turns
tvlthin this distance, while the L.0.1 A11
Beleg one Is a perfect circle, one mile In
circumference, making constant turns nc
essaiy. For lnsiauc.fr to.npave the l(W-mile mark
at Indianapolis villi Ilarromi's hoard
tiack figure for the same distance. Kin
caid, in a National, on the former course
got over the ground In S.l;'.';::f,; llarrouu's
board track mark was 76;L'l, or seven min
utes faster. In the free-for-all at the ten
mile distance, Bragg, who made the best
Indianapolis mark, was clocked in the Fiat
V) in 7:02, while Itobertson, in the 90 Sim
plex, on the mile hoard course at I'laya del
Key, scored 6:85, The five mile free-for-all
figure for the brick speedway Is 3:34.9, made
by Bragg, while on the Los Angeles saucer
Le Talma In a car of the same make, made
the figure of 3:18:3 more than eighteen
second faster.
In the 451,600 cubic inches displacement
class, where the same distances were run
on each course, Oldfleld in a Knox covered
five miles In 3:42:2 on the boards, while
on the other local the same car and driver
was clocked at 4:01:03 nineteen seconds
slower on the bricks. At ten miles, with
the same car. Oldfleld holds this class ret
old of 1M-.92, made at Playa del Itey, as
gainst his mark of 7:50:7 on the Hoosier
course twenty-eight seconds slower. Take
the S01-450 inches class where comparisons
are possible: At the Los Angeles saucer
Nlkrent In a Uulck, covered five miles In
8:5:S against Klncalda mark of 4:u6:7 with
a National at Indianapolis. Nlkrent also
made the ten-mile fast record on the coast.
with matinee performances on WedneMas
ml fatmdays. Hut this 1'iuf. llatihett
new 10 he a pitiful ciealenie. When Sa-
! rah Jane lold him she couldn't he any more
1 than a ai.-Ur to hint he Just li kr-d up his
j hal. as t i as you 'leae. and saiil that I
iii was a fine evening and went aasyy.
I "The next dm sue met him and he nieiely .
I honed distantly. Then die realized that.
It as s'l off. iu use one of Mis. BUger's i
j e.pi esslnns. Well, she was perfectly In-j
fiuuaied wlih that man and when she 1
saw that nIic had let him get away she!
locked heixelf Into a room and refused tot
tat anything, and she is going Into a de-'
tllne. She's Just a shadow of heixelf. Her j
slsitr. Mrs. Wilkers. Is alm.i.-l distracted j
over the affair. What do yon think Mr.
Wilke. s di.lV .
' I don't kno, hut if he didn't Lhiashl
tnat piofessor lie s no friend of mine." I
"That's what lie should have done, but
he due.n'i eni u l.e any more pride
I than lii.i sistci -In-law, and he actually
ieni to thai music teacher and told hlmi
thai S?aiali Jane was dylrg of a broken
heart. He ia!d the whole case before him
and the piofes.--or never batted an eye. He
said that If Wllkeis' story was true he had
reason to he thankful ti'iat Satan Jane
didn't accept him.
'If she refused me when site was willing 1
to many me.' said he, 'It shows that she
is Intlni.eie. If she would decieve me In
such an Important, matter hot entire life
would be a long deceit. I asked her to
marry me in good faith, and was willing
to put up a cash forfeit," said lie, 'and she
passed me a photograph of the north pole.
The matter ended there. The incident Is
close:!. 1 am nov,- paying couit to Miss
?arphiia, Tulliver and I have reasons to
believe that she will give me a square
deal.' Now what do you think of that'.'"
"I think, Sarah Jano was perfectly right
when she refused him the first time he
proposed. If a woman Is denied that priv
ilege you might as well deny her every
thing. Hut that's all I can ray for Sarah
Jane .Stringer. -V woman who will go back
on her victuals and lock herself in her
room and weep till the carpet Is wringing
wet, merely becauxe a music teacher with
a bald head is acting independent, hasn't
any ot my sympathy. Chicago News.
process. And dry! V have seen a
city man eat away all around mv of these
lotirly berries until It Ftood like a ap
at the top of a thin column e-f the llu
rrateilsl: and It Is no exaitsei atton to say
that he gaied and lurio-d pale when the
'oliimn toppled nnd the berry lolled oi'f.
If that precious fiult hnd dropped to the
floor after all his pAins to conserve It
fur the last mouthful, the whole day would
Iih turned black. All honest, oid-fash-
iuned strawberry khoitcake neer contains
such potentialities for tragedy: It Is simply
a delicious crust and plenty of Juicy red
berries. No gasps nnd white fares and
ruined dss 10 with this recipe! This
platter Is us full of Joy as the one thai
bears the Thanksgiving Hay turkey or the
Christmas plum pudding. Here Is a topic-
for James Whitcomb Riley. Will he write
for o the song of shortcake strawbei ry
shortcake, country style, with Jersey
cream'." Collier Weekly.
MOTORDROME FOR NEW YORK
Enthusiasts of ,Metropolis Now Plan
ning for Biggest Course.
JOHN T. RAINIER LEADS MOVE
STODD ARD-DAYTON, 50 h. p., $2750
I'vlluwers of Idea I'olnt tn lucres of
Hriaatoa , Beach i rark and) p.
clare l.alham ( mll
Oatatrln ill.
:S.'8, while Aitken's Indianapolis mark In
this class was 7:57:Ol-a full minute slower.
Again In the :"31-3O0 Inches class, Harroun
in a Marmon on the plank circle made the
five-mile mark of 3;W:97, while Dawson, In
the same car, required 4:41:03 for the In
dianapolis mark. The ten-mile marks In
this class are 7:35 for Nlkrent on the coast
an) S:l for Harroun on the Indiana course.
Kven In the 161-230 Inches "Baby" class, the
board track proved raater. Nlkrent' Bulck
covered ten miles In 8:40:17 at Playa del
Key, against the Chevrolet Bulck figure
of .03:( at Indianapolis.
Of course, all of the Lo Angeles records
were made under American Automobile as
sociation class C, governed only bv m.tnn
displacement, because at that time the 1910
rule and definition of a stock car had not
been announced, although In nearly every
case competitor at Loa Angeles drove
tock machines. The Indianapolis class
mark were made under class B, and there-
role btand aa purely stock car rcor,iu
Nevertheles the comparative speed possl-
Diiiues are conclusively demonstrated above,
cvcini me luenticai cara
nd driver competed at each course and In
very case of a race of more than one mile
proved that the hoard course Is the faster
Plans Tor a circuit of these board tracks
ra now maturing, so many cities being in
terested and various promoters wanting
board motordromes. While the above men
tioned phenomenal record were made it
should be remembered that jiot a single
erlous accident occured on the Playa del
Key saucer the seven days' meet and three
weeks of practice, which in itself is a
notable record.
WHY SHOULD WOMEN FEAR?
Nebraska lensna Incident Trovoke
Remarks Br a "Mere
Man."
HE WAS A CRUEL MAN
Heartrending Pate of the tilrl Who
(Sot Left on n Second,
tall.
"I just dropped In to return the lard I
borrowed the other day." remarked Mr.
Btgler, taking a seat. "I was over to se
Mrs. Wilkers last evening, returning some
raisin she loaned me, and I really was orry
for her; she feel to bad over her sister's
love affair. I suppose you have heard
about It'.'"
"I hava heard no particulars," replied
Mrs. Jone. "I know that Prof, llatchett,
th music teacher, has been going with
Miss Stringer for a- long time."
"Well, its the awfulest story you ever
heard. Mis. Wilkera told me all about it,
and I promised faithfully 1 wouldn't tell,
but X fetl aura you won t lepeat It. That
professor Is the moat cold-blooded man
lu Ihe countiy. He ought to many a
crocodile or an anaconda If h wants a
wife. He Just treated Sarah Jane Stringer
tanaaiou. tie proposed to her ahont
It has lemalred for a Nebraska woman,
head of the normal department in a col
lege, and therefore, presumably, a person
of mature years and more than common
Intelligence, to defy the United States gov
ernment by declining to tell the census
enumerator her age, and persisting in this
refusal sr. firmly that as a result she has
been indicted by the grand Jury.
Just what she has been Indicted for doe
not appear contempt of the government,
perhaps, and contempt was probably what
Khe ftlt at what seemed to her like an un
warranted prying into her private affairs.
What business was It of the United states
how old she was, anyway, she doubtless
thought. And by what right did it send
an Impertinent whipper-snapper around to
ask her such intimate personal questions
and to demand Information which she had
withheld from een those of her nearest
and dearest who did not have access to
her family Bible?
There are people so constituted that they
have no comprehension of the sucredness
of statistics, and doubtless thls Nebraska
woman Is on of these. She probably does
not realize, notwithstanding her high po
sition aa an educator, that the entire cen
sus machinery would be disorganized and
Its results incomplete and therefore unsat
isfactory If the number of her year on
earth were not incorporated therein. She
does not understand that she cannot live
to herself alon and keep her own secrets,
but that she must disclose to Uncle Sam
anything he wants to know in the way of
figures. Uncle Sam has a passion for
figures, and will not be denied when he
starts out to collect them.
The Nebraska lady is the only one who
has had the courage to persist in a de
fiance of his prying propensities, but doubt
less a good many people secretly hope that
she may win in her contention with him
before the court. For an astonishing num
ber of persons, men and women, married
and Blngle, object to a stand-and-deliver
demand for the number of years they have
lived.
Jt Js not that they have any hope, or
even any desire, of appearing younger than
they are. If they have normal Intelligence
they know that yeara tell In face and form,
and thai moat of the people who know
them can make a very close estimate of
their age; It is simply that by tradition
they have come to regard this bit of knowl
edge as exclusively their own, and by in
stinct they prefer not to dwell upon their
passing years having achieved in them,
perhaps, less than they had hoped and not
to call the attention ot other to them.
II U rather a queer whim, thi reticence
in regard to age. but It is so general that
custom has come to respect It as It does
the similar secretlvenes concerning one's
Income. It Is so well understood that men
and women beyond the yeara of youth mum
not be aHked to tell their agea or how
much money they have to live on that
when some rude person breaks over th
rule it causes a shock of surprise and In
dignation. It Is no wonder, therefore, when
an official person comes around and delves
Into the intimate family history, that a
share of this disgust is occasionally visited
upon him. It Is hard for some peoDle to
a learn that there is no knowledge which Is
END OF AGREAT EPOCH
ralna- of the Last of .Mainland Ter
ritories an Kvent of Historic
Slgnlfanee.
"Approved. William H. Taft." As the
Isst stroke of the eagle quill pen crossed
the "t" one era In th history of the Amer
ican republic ended and another began.
The era of the old terrltoiles had closed.
There are legal formalities still to be com
plied with, and the flag may not officially
show- forty-eight star until July 4. 1912.
But the age of the territories with all that
It meant of adventure, of romance and of
national glory, has closed.
Consider how different was the map of
th United States to him who reaches this
year the scriptural three-score and ten.
When the child was born iii lt4U there were
only the old thirteen states and thirteen
more. Michigan was the last, and but three
years old as a state. Florida was still a
territory. So was Wisconsin.
West of the Mississippi were the slates
of Missouri and Arkansas, the latter only
four years old and beyond them "the
Indian territory" and the independent re
public of Texas. To the northwest was
Iowa territory, stretching vaguely westward
from the Mississippi.
Beyond them was Mexico, and the dis
puted "Oregon country," whose winning
for the union by Marcus Whitman and the
hardy pioneers who followed his guiding
Is one of the hero tales of our history.
That was the United State in 1840, the
year of the "log cabin and hard cider
campaign," and of "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too."
During the next two decades the terri
tories and the states came fast. American
military skill and valor won the war with
Mexico and swung the flag half across a
continent to the Pacific. American diplo
macy settled the Oregon question. Amer
ican enterprise fo.ind Eldorado where Span
ish sloth could not find it In a hundred
years, and created In a year a state such as
the earth had never seen a state of whose
population at least three-fourths were men
under 50.
Hear the roll call of the territories and
the states as that child heard them added
to the list and saw the new stars put In
the flag before Abraham Lincoln entered
the White House to save the union:
Florida and Texas In 1845; Iowa in 1S46:
Wisconsin In 1848; Oregon in IMS and 1859;
Minnesota in 1849 and 1858; New Mexico and
Utah in 160; California in I860;
Washington in 1853; Kansas and
Nebraska in 1854, and Kansas In 1H!1.
Colorado, Nevada and Dakota In 1861.
Ten new territories organized, three of
them and three older territories becom
ing states; the gigantic Lone Star added
to the American constellation; a national
domain which congress had no time for
mally to organize as a territory, it grew
so fast into a state.
That was the great age ot expansion
ot the American republic the age In which
war. pioneering adventure, commercial en
terprise and religious zeal, combined to
overrun nnd possess the western half of
our continent.
It was an age whose .achievements have
been depreciated and derided, but still It
tower as the colossus of modern history.
But during that time the American peo
ple n,ot only extended their empire to the
Pacific. They also organized their new
dominions' and laid the foundations of the
marvelous development that ha come,
since It was settled at Appomattox that
this republic was neither to continue halt
slave and half free nor to be divided, but
was to he one country with one flag from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and between
northern and southern boundaries whose
final situation It would be unwise at this
time to predict.
With the signature of the president on
June 20. to the act enabling New Mexico
and Arizona territories to become states
the ages of the territories has closed.
There are still territories, and doubtless
future states, but they are more or less
outliers from the continental block now
soon to be filled with forty-eight Inde
structible states of this indissoluble Union.
Hie old territories will be missed. They
were the visible signs of national achieve
ment of all kind and not one or two
kinds only. To find emblems like them
we must now look to our isuands beyond
the seas. Chicago Inter Ocean.
NKW yoltK. June 1. Kenewed interest
In the demand for a specially constructed
automobile racing track within the metro
politan district lias been aroused because
of the unexpectedly great attendance at
and enthusiasm over the recent tweniy-
ruur-hour race at the Bngnton Itejch track.
The fact that modern automobile race
courses have been built and are being sup
ported at smaller cities, such as Indianapo
lis. Atlanta and Los Angeles, has started
the general query among motor car race
enthusiasts In this city as to why New-
York is being outstripped In this particular.
This query ha had added foice lent to It
by the news that a big speedway is to be
constructed on the route from Philadel
phia to Atlantic City.
While there seems to be a general desire
on the part of the metropolitan tradesmen
to see a movement started looking toward
the construction of an automobile (peed
course in thl vicinity that will be second to
none in the world, the most Insistent expon
ent of the Idea is probably John" T. Rainier,
who has already expressed himelf on the
subject. Mr. llainler, w ho has been one of
the most consistent supporters of automo
bile racing on road and track, now declares
that a great motordrome for New York
Is absolutely imperative. lie Is ready to
Join a movement for the construction of
such a course and hH only stipulation is
that It must be the finest, safest and fast
est in the world.
'I see no reason." say Mr. P.ainler, "why-
New York should not have absolutely the
fastest and best automobile speed course
in the world. There ate more automobile
owner and enthusiasts within fifty miles
of this city than in any other equul sized
district on earth. This Is the greatest auto
mobile selling center on .the continent. It
Is the greateft news disseminating center
and It Is the logical point for the greatest
motor car speed battles in this country, if
not in the world. The attendance at the
last twenty-four-hour race at Brighton
Beach, which was held before the season
had opened at that resort and with weather
conditions that were none too good, "Is an
indication of the kind of support that this
city will give to competition of this kind
when conducted as have been the Brighton
Beach races, on business lines.
'This city ought not to play second place
to London or any other foreign capital.
much less to Philadelphia or Los Angeles.
If Phlladelphians could see their way dear
to spending a large sum of money in the
construction of a modem motordrome, New
Yorkers ought not to hesitate in doing like
wise. I venture the prediction that though
the coat may be enormous, a motordrome
here will pay for Itself within two years,
perhaps one year. The talk ot Inability
to obtain a suitable site is all nonsense.
It 1 not necessary to build such a course
in the center of eome established resort or
of a. populous district.
'Why, this motordrome project is big
enough to be placed In a barren waste and
It will quickly establish a resort around It.
Acquire a elte in the Jersey meadows or on
the Palisades or in Westchester, or Long
Island, and eo long as It is within easy
riding distance and can be reached by train
or street oar, 'it will get the crowd. The
attendance at the Brighton Beach races
has not been a Coney, island attendance,
but has been made up almost solely from
motor car enthusiast who have gone direct
from New York or further for. no. other
purpose than to see the races: Just let
there be a few world' record oil such a
course and the crowd will flock to it so
fast that there will be no further doubt
as to Us financial success. I am ready
to Join a movement to build a mortor-
drome here, but I stipulate that It must be
the fastest and safest In the world.
jeally didn't mean U In dead earnest, you
know, sn expected him to beg her to
Ilionin a Tinn
change htr mind, and give him on r.v ..f INdrinA I IUIM
FOR A' POET
hope to feed hi hungry heart on. She!
I fond of English novels, you know, where! Premier toufet-tluu ot Artfwl Cook
Measured lu for a
mini 111 lover aown hair a
dozen limes before she accepts him."
"That th right way, too, novels or no
novels," aald Mrs. Jones. "The girl who
file Into the arms of the first man who
pioposes la sure lo legist It. 1 don't
blain Sarah Jane Stringer one bit. Mr.
Jone proposed to m five times before I
consented to marry him, and all the Unit
I loved the ground he walked on."
"Most men have some persevertiice "
aid Mr. Blgler. "Take the average man
and If he want a girl bad enoguh to mar
ry htr he'll propose every day In the week,
Song.
Heady-iiiad dinners never si tu savor
less a In these latter wtk of spring,
when we read "strawbe.-Ty slioilcake"
on tne menus but know that th words
Hand for little more than a taunt. Be
hold: A pal yellow material In two lay
ers, topped with a lonely at ra wherry,
stuck into an uninviting white aubstance
that might be either a discouraged char
lotte russe or a "frosting" of whipped
cieam aolidifiod by tome secret chemical
He Wa uteri All to He Honest.
Mark Tulley, atate treasurer and candl
dat for re-election, was traveling sales
man tor tw-enty-iiv years and naa a luud
i l kuuh stories of tne roan.
lie tells mat one time he was in a town
in central Kansas where a protracted re
vival meeting wa going on. tine ol tne
residents u( tho town was named Toby,
tie was a tall, gaunt man wan long
wnlsket. and waa very tond of whlskv.
of winch he frequently imbibed beyond hi
limit. This man was attending one of the
meetings ana tne revivalist was busy scor
ing every form of vie and calling down
arasiio conaemnation upon tnem.
"Woe to the drunkard! Woe to the
drunkard! Woe to the drunkard! Woe to
the drunkard!" he shouted in doleful tone.
Old Toby got on his feet and tugged at
ni wnisKcrs, ana tne tact that he atut
tared only made hi Interruption more
marked: u-g-g-guess th-th-thal ui-m-e!
l-i-l-l in p-p-present.
The preacher went on "W. to the liars
Woe to the liars! Wo to the thieves! Woe
to the thieve! Ill voice was dolorous
and aepulcliural. 1
Again old Toby got to his feet. He mo
tioned around the room, swinging and
pointing with hi arm and finger:
"U-g-get up!" he commanded. "G-g-get
tin! lie. a calllu on --ome or you fel
ler! I've answered p-p-presnt. It your
turn now. S-s-stand up and be c-counted!
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