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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1903)
I A PART THREE PAGES 17 TO 2S VOL. XXTT. . PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MQRNING, AUGUST 30, 1903. ' NO. 35.' POKTLAND TO HAVE FINE RACE TRACK raoSfSNMOVB WHEN the present Improvements coins' on at tho Irvington track ue completed, Portland -will bavo tho most up-to-date race track In the Pa clUo North-west. The officials of the Multnomah Fair Association havo spared no expanse In repairing the building' and grounds, and "when tho place Is thrown open, September H, thoso "who have seen Irvington track at its "worst will be 'greatly surprised at the Improvements which havo taken place, and from now on the track will bo one that can be jpolnted to -with pride. Another announce ment that will please the Portland pub i Ho la that from now on the city Is to enjoy one. If not two, racing meets a year. . It -will, take at least another -week, or fserhnps ten days, to complete all of the improvements under way, but before this takes place the advance guard of the horses "which will race during the meet llhg will havo been quartered in. the sta btea. Most of these will como direct from Seattle, while others will como to the track when tho fair at Salem closes, as J "Kill also tho fat stock and Implements and. general farming products which were (on exhibition at the State Fair. It has been determined by tho Associa tion to give four running races a day and tone harness event. Arrangements are on foot to havo the Portland Hunt Club open tho meeting. A handsome silver cup .will be the prize Offered by tho associa tion for the best gentleman rider. There is also talk of hanging up suitable prizes for the private turnouts. Tho purses that the gallopers will struggle for aro also generous. Tho racing this year and for many years to como "will bo In the hands of gentlemen -who will not stand for any crooked work. The scandals and Jobs, which made racing In Portland a by word throughout the Pacific Northwest, and which brought crooked touts, horse owners, Jockles and gamblers to the city, aro things of tho past. Irvlngton track, under the present management, "Will not bo a haven for horseowners of tho "rough-house" kind, neither will it bo a harbor where scarlet women will hold sway. Instead, It will be a placo where mon,--women and children can go and enjoy themselves -without fear of coming in contact with objectionable com pany. The officials of the association are: A. R. Diamond, president; E. W. Bp oncer, -vice-president, and L. H. Adams, secretary and treasurer. The trustees are Sanford Hirsch. George Gammle, A. R. Diamond and L. H. Adams.. LOU DIIXO.V AS A XIUCKY FXLIvY. Snarly Training: of Famoni Mare That Trotted Mile In. Tto Mlxiutea. Since October 12, 1S15, tho day that X.ady Suffolk trotted her remarkable tnUo on tho old Beacon track at Hobo ken, New Jersey, tho American breeders of trotters and pacers havo been ongaged In a duel against time. The mark in eight -was two minutes. It was a mare that set tho breeders gossiping on that October day of long ago, and it was a mare, Lou Dillon that established the new record on Monday last and this won derful bit of horse flesh not only trotted tho. mile In two minutes, but according to her driver had something in reserve, and now the light-harness world has its eyes sighted to tho 1:C3 mark, and they expect that Lou Dillon will reach this record. Tho in aro has everything in her favor, the most important being that sho mado her two-minute record early In tho season which Is only two weeks old. Now that this little California-bred xnore has dipped two seconds and a Quarter off all previous records, gossip about her is qulta natural, the most In teresting perhaps is that written by 'Volunteer" in tho Horse Review. He soya: In the ''California Horseman" for Au gust, Mr. Joseph Cairn Simpson devotes several columns to Lou Dillon, in which he recites como hitherto unpublished facts about her. Those connected with her earliest history coincide "with state ments made to me a week or so ago by Mr T. J. Crowley, of San Francisco, whom I met at Cleveland and later in Chicago. Mr. Crowley is an active mem ber of the directorate of tho Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Associa tion, and he is naturally an enthusiast over Lou Dillon. Mr. Sanders has also himself toil mo many things about her. Lou Dillon was first harnessed in No vember of her yearling form, tho task oC fcrcajdnff hex beins easayed-by PranlJS, 3 v, y Turner, superintendent of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, where she -was bred, and the farm trainer, Dick Abies. She -was not vicious, but very high-tempered. Moreover, she was brainy, and exerted her wits to the utmost In her opposition to the straps and shafts. She wore on tho patience and temper of Messrs. Tur ner and Abies pretty severely, so the next spring (1SO0) they were not sorry to turn her over to George Ramage, the as sistant trainer at Santa Rosa. Ramage found that she had cultivated the trick of throwing herself when hitched and refusing to budge until unharnessed. He cured her of this one hot morning by allowing her to havo more of her own medicine than sho wished for. When, ac cording to programme, she had thrown herself and declined to get up, he sat himself comfortably down beside her, lit LOOKEfO DOWN THE TRACK, 8HOWINQ a cigar, pulled out his newspaper and proceeded to allow her to repose at her own sweet wilL An hour passed; tho sun blazed hotly; the filly began to got tired; tshe twisted and -wiggled; once or twlco she raised her head and looked round Inquiringly at Ramage is if to ask: "What are you up tor Finally it occurred to her that she. -was not having any fun while her trainer appeared to be enjoying himself. She gave Mm a last, Inquisitive gaze, rose quietly and shook herself and never attempted to throw herself again. After this she re fused to bo hitched until a twitch was put on her noso, which was used for four or five weeks before she decided to give up. Ramage always had tho idea that sho would trot fast, but sho was mixed galt ed at first and Mr. Pierce, her breeder, told him he was -wasting his time on her. Ramage then offered Mr. Pierce first 50. then CS for her, but Mr. Pierce said if sho was -worth that much to 'Ramaga sho -was to him. Heavy shoes and too weights did not straighten her out, so after trying them they were discarded for a very light shoe. Just about this time the filly was scored by a dog one day and struck into a very fast trot, and soon after sho showed a quarter In 37 seconds. Ramage kept her until Janu ary 1, 1S02. when sho was technically four. . and then she was placed la tho hands of Millard Sanders. The best Bhe ever showed Ramage was a mile in 2:13 and half In lCU- Eo always Insisted, from the time sho first found her gait, that she was a trotting wonder. Good luck has had a considerable share in tho shaping of Lou Dillon's career. Sho was of tho temperament that re quires bending, not breaking, and. as for tune willed, sho pasfed from the hands of one man "well suited to her into tho hands of one ideally so. Millard Sand ers Is a great horseman, but aside from his pore ability as such, he poscsses & mildness, patience and insight into equine psychology that are extraordinary. These qualities won him his first success -witn the irascible, untamablo Guy, "who had been a. failure for. all his previous dlstih ilahedtraincrs ffhatr toogt, - flt TRTOUT AT 2.20 CLIP. ."$, THH GRANDSTAND; CZ.UBHOC5B TO THE teen years ago. Millard was then, prac tically speaking, an amateur. He has since acquired a remarkable knowledge of tho trainer's art. Much of this is the ac cruement of experience, but xnoro of it is due to tho Insight which expert enca may lncreasa but cannot create. When Millard took Lou Dillon, but a little mora than a year ago, ho found anew tho opportunity to exercise all his discretion and all his ability. She was nervous, headstrong, and a problem. She could trot wonderfully fast, but thero wero days at a time when she refused to trot at olL At cno period, so Mr. Sand ers tells me, ho was on the point of en deavoring to make her pace, but her gait, when aha "would trot, was so pure, with light shoos, that he decided that a trotter she was and a trotter she must be. The California papers are now devoting a great deal of attention to tho practic ally unknown pedlgreo of the famous brood mare Venus, dam of Sidney Dil lon. During her turf career Venus was entered and raced as by Ventura 2:27i. the almost purely thoroughbred son of Williamson's Belmont, who got Stem winder, dam of Directum 2i. Count Valensln. breeder of Sidney Dillon, raced Venus and then bred her t6 Sidney. Later bo gave her sire as not Venture but Capt. Webster, also a son of Belmont, and her dam as by Shenandoah, son of Kentucky Hunter. Still later ha with drew this. The column of "Jottings" in the Breeder and Sportsman, of August 1, in discussing tho probable breeding of Venus, quotes the celebrated Dan ("White Hat") McCarthy as follows: T bought Venus from Billy Lyle, who had purchased her from Sabo Harris, who bred her. Harris brought her dam across tha plains -with him. and I have heard him state her breed ing, but have forgotten it now. Ho told mo he bred the mare to Ventura 227&. and tha produce was Venus. Billy Lylo always claimed that Venture was the sire of Venus, and I think thero should bo no doubt about this. I sold Venus to Count Valensln and I don't know "what Information ho. got -that led - lT -.mm HORSES WORKCfO OCT LEFT. but I shall always think that Ventura was the sire of Venus." If "White Hat's" recollection is re liable thero can be little doubt as to Venus' sire. Moreover, the summaries of tho six races trotted by Venus In 1SS0 can bo found In Wallace's Monthly, and she Is there also given as Venus, by Yenture. Again. Venus was a chestnut and Ven tura was a chestnut, whereas Captain Webster was a bay. All these things prove nothing; but they are not without Influence In the drawing of Inferences. I find In the Bretaer and Sportsman tho statement that Mr. Ramage also broko and trained Sidney Dillon and drove him a. mile in 22 in 1:0C Mr. Sanders tells me that the first six foals got by Sidney Dillon havo all shown miles In 2:1S or better. But there will be no own broth ers or sisters of Lou Dillon, for her dam, Lou Milton, although well-preserved and young looking at 23 an age at which many matrons are still productive has stopped breeding. BASEBALL GOSSIP. Hero is -what a San Franclscob aseball scribe had to say about the 15-lnnlng game which Ike Butler won: "To pick holes In such a thrilling exhi bition was an Impossibility, for it was one in which every mother's son played the game of his llfo and left the grounds a living hero. In yesterday's game they wero all stars, no lobsters. They could draw salaries In any league. They owned tho city when they walked down Market street last night. Nothing was too good for the talent that put up such a great game, which will be talked about the rest of the season. Besides being a gamo chock full of beautiful fielding stunts, there was some fine hitting and masterly pitching. Ike Butler, the Oregonlan capi talist, who will have barrels of apples to sell to consumers this Fall, plowed up tho box when Ham Iberg was not excavating. The former had a shade the better of it. Inasmuch as ho held the Prodigals down to six very scattering bingles, and during the 15 innings only passed one batter to first. Certainly this is a record, that few .year ana.Xew:t.q?hot3ccoiacg. a .member-of ja. full-Xlede& SPKEDIKO DOWIf THE MM 9 AT IRVTNGTOK. will. Tha capitalist had such perfect con trol that ho could have driven a tack Into a board with a ball standing 70 feet off the first time he tried. Iberg, who is building fiats south of tha slot with his earnings on tha diamond, was touched up more freely, but at that ho pitched a creditable game. What kept the runs down on his side was tha grand support behind him. Shay played one of his bril liant games at short, Irwin had nine chances at third, accepting eight; Krug was a star in center, Leahy caught bis usual snappy, heady game, Pabst was steady as an eight-day clock, and Meany, Delmas and Lynch did all that wero asked of them. "In passing out tho bouuets to the vis itors the largest bunch should go to Phil Nadeau after Ike Butler has been remem bered. This sturdy outfielder found Iberg's curves to his liking, punching out five out of seven times up. In the out field he captured five files, a majority of which he got after long runs. Hurlburt ran second in the batting race to Nadeau, adding two singles and a two-bagger to his record. Other excellent work was done by Anderson, Holllngsworth and Francis in the field, and Shea gave But ler noble support behind the plate. This young backstop Is developing into a first class artist. He has a strong arm and put more ginger into tho gamo than tha average man." Mrs. Newwed George, dear, all last night you wero crying In your sleep: "Give me a high ball! Glvo me a high balll" Newwed Guess I was dreaming I was erer playing baseball. Pitcher Lynch, of the Brown University team, writes that ho is receiving no re muneration for playing on -the Newport. N. H., team; that ha is working at the Newport House; that-ho has In no way violated his standing as an amateur; that ho does not need to play for money, and he obtained his present position before tho present baseball connection -was thought of. All of this may bo true, but t that does not alter the fact that a player STRETCH. . mm y&3fct I -- NEW JUDGES AND THIERS STANDS. professional team, such as tha Newport, undoubtedly loses his amateur caste as thoroughly as ha would If ho played on tha Boston professional team, even if he worked in a hotel and did not receive a copper for ball tossing. The Boston Herald Is perfectly willing to leave Its position on this matter to Dr. Nichols, of Harvard, or Mr. Walter Camp, of Yale. Tim Donahue, tho baseball catcher, who died at Taunton, Mass., reecntly, figured in more good stories than any other player before tha public. One of Tim's charac terister Hlbemiclsms was perpetrated at Hot Springs. Both tho Chicago and Min neapolis teams were training there, and one night there was a fanning match In "Billy" Moran's room. Ryan, Klttridge, "Noisy Peto" Cassldy and soma others were arguing. Tha argument grew so noisy 'that a traveling man In the next room beat on the door and said: "For heaven's sake, you fellows keep quiet. I've got to catch an early tralr and want some sleep." After that the argument -was less up roarious, and an hour later, when all was subdued. Moron, an Inveterate joker, said to Tim: "Tim, It's an infernal shame tho way you treated that traveling man." "Tho way I treated him?" said Dona hue Indignantly. "Why, you fellows were making all the noise." Of course the entire crowd supported Moran, and Tim lost the argument. Finally he said: "Well. If I didn't treat him right Tm ready to apologize," and straightway he went Into the halL beat on the traveling man's door, waked him and apologized. What tha traveling man said cannot ba printed. Three hundred dollars has been depos ited with tho Blnghamton Trust Com pany by Manager Howard Earl, of tho Rlon baseball team for Harry Wheeler, of Blnghamton. The money cannot be drawn till Wheeler Is 21 years old. Last Summer young. Wheeler saved tho lives of several members of tho Rlon team by shouting a Lwarxung-o.-.aa. approaching train &3 they- were about to cross a railroad track In a carry-alL The money has been raised by, the team as a reward to tho boy. baseball longer than the "oldest citizen" can remember, and who. therefore, should be able to pass a fair opinion, does not bellevo that the star batters of tho pres ent day are any better than thoso of tho past. "I think that the golden age of batting." said Old Eagle Eye, In discuss ing the matter recently, "was from 1SS3 to 2S93- The vast difference In scoring methods 13 a point that Is overlooked in-' comparing records, past and present. Inr the old days inflelders got errors tlma' after time on plays that every scorer gives now as hits. Any sharp drive that tangles up an lnfielder Is a hit nowadays. You hear the scorers continually say: Too hot, Too slow. or Took a bad bound. Fifteen years ago tho scorers were always soaking tho fielders, and the old Idea of scoring an error to any one ouobed a ball and dsdn t get It was n somo reporters minds until the croaked." Beckley concluded: "The hits that Brouthers, .O'Neil and Browning mado were the real thing. They fairly smoked as they sped along. I think that thoso three fellows, Anson, Connor and Davo Orr, If they could bo back In the game, and as husky as they were then, would beat .350 easy, in splto of tho foul-strike rule. All the players -would havo fatter records If the modern scoring system had been in use in thoso times. I don't think there's much differ encoTn individual bat ters. I think Wagner and Lajole aro Just as great as tho old-timers, and I think the old-timers were as good as they are now. But -what I do bellevo is this: That there were three or four mighty sluggers in. those days where there is ouo today. Of course there were many mora stolen bases, but that isn't stick work; Just an accident." New York Evening Sun. Thero is one pitcher in the Pacific Coast league who is doing beautiful work for his team which does not show on tho surface on account of its standing. This pitcher Is Jay Hughes, who is the samo cunning, clever curver of old, and but for his splendid work on the slab this season Seattle would be farther out of the fight than It Is. Just think, Jay has won 14 games and lost U for a team that has been hovering around the tail end all the season. With a -winning team behind him It is no telling how many games ha would have won this season. Now that Parke WJlson has managed to collect a fast aggregation, Hughes' pitching will be noticed more by tho fans, who measuro a pitcher's success by the games he -wins. Captain "Van Buren wa3 trying to instill lnto the minds of his Browns tha neces sity of hitting to right field, and ho was met -with this convincing argument: "If wo could hit that way, wo would be In tho blg league. We're lucky to hit the ball at all." Thero -was no further talk on the question of placo hitting. HORSE-TAMERS AT "WORIC Snbjasate Vicious Animals Toy Means of Strange Odors. Philadelphia Record. "Ono of these horse-tamers," said tho keeper of a livery stable, "gave mo somo pointers tho other day. If what ho says la true to tame wild horses Isn't such a won .derful thing as you'd think. "It seems," the man went on, "that horses are tamed by smell. By attacking that sense the most vicious nags can be made gentle. The tamer says only three smells aro required tho smell of horsa castor and of oil of cumin and of oil of rhodium. Cumin and rhodium you buy. Horse castor you make yourself. 'There is an excrescence that appeare on horses feet, a kind of warty growth. That is horso castor. You chip it off and it has a musty smell. Carry a little of It In your pocket. It is attractive to horses. "Now, when you are going to bring in from the fleldsa bad horse one of that kind that Is apt to kick you in the back or to bite off your ear you put a few drops of oil of cumin on your hand and you can approach the animal from tho windward. He sniffs the delicious cumin and draws near with a gentle whinny. You rub his nose with the hand that is odoriferous, and then you pour on his tongue about eight drops of tho rhodium. That settles him. He follows you, then, like a pat dog. He is all yours. Because you have mado him acquainted with tho heavenly bliss that comes from smelling horse castor, cumin and rhodium the ani mal will love you like a brother, and ho will do anything you want him to do until his dying day. According to my friend, it's by these tactics, by this appeal to thqs -nose, .that all hors o-.tamerg Kork,"r,