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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 7, 19D0.
K
Tne Solitaire Player.
Sft shuffles the weary cards again.
And He cats the pack anet7,
4&nd He deals them out -with a. heedless hand
In the samo -that Is aever through.'
He deals them out with a neefiless eye,
He places them, one by one.
He shufflco and cuts and begins once mpre
la tie play that Is never done.
Borne that He deals are Xings and queens.
And some are attendant jacks,
But most are-the half-way number cards;
The bulk: of the -weary packs. ,
And here and there la the jostled rows
Is a lonely, sublime, sad -a.ee,
SBut most of the cards are compound things,
With the earn of the less on their face,
Ee lifts and places them one by one.
And combines them as they fall.
And builds on the nces that base the 'whole,
And the kings top off them- all.
But ever He shuffles the cards again, -
(We cards') and He deals anew,
iknQ. He -wearily rebeglns the play
In the game that Is never through.
K. V. Blsley, in the Literary Review.
SHOWING OF THE SEASON
Very Satisfactory Results Recorded
in Nearly All Branches of Atnletles
During the Past Year.
Looking back over the year just closed,
from the standpoint of sports, it is one
of which Portland may -well be proud.
Field sports of all Muds have been fos
tered and patronized in almost alf
"branches here, in a way that should bo
commended. If there is any exception, to
4hs general condition of things, it must
be In the direction of track athletics, and,
incidentally, bicycle racing. The slump
in track events may be explained by the
fact -that Portland's crack athletes were
batt34n& .for -the glory of their state in
quite another way an .the Philippines, but
elnce their return their influence has
been felt in all branches of sport Bi
cjcle races have been discarded, on ac
count of a lack of track facilities.
One of &e most marked steps in the
progress of sport -was "Che formation, last
spring, of the Oregon Fish and Game As
sociation. This organization has for its
prime object the projection of game of
all sorts, .and the results of its -work are
already manlfeet. The membership con
sists of the most influential rod and gun
men of the city, and not only this city,
but of the entire state, so that with the
good work already begun great things
may be expected during the coming year.
Football and Baseball.
BasebaH and football have been confined
strictly to amateurs. No professional
league in baseball has been in existence
in this section during the season. Not
withstanding this, ifcere have been games
of a most Interesting kind played during
the summer between local and outside
amateurs. The "Torpedoes," of this city,
was the strongest aggregation of ball
ttossers in this section, with the Multno
mah Club a close second. Should the
members of the former team succeed In
getting reinstated as amateurs during tho
wmter-Ha thing that it should not be hard
to do, -as those who are now disqualified
are not a present following ball-playing,
but more steady employment at their ce
spective trades then next season should
eee a first-class amateur league In the
city. Club members, and ekib members
only, are the constituents of Multnomah's
baseball and football teams. The wisdom
of this step has been fully apparent dur
ing the past season.
Nest in order of interest "has been boat
ing, both In oairsmanship and sailing.
Tne Portland Rowing Club has had a
most successful year, its showing In the
contests in which It took part being very
encouraging. The club was handicapped
by its new Shells, imported from Eng
land, not arriving in time for use during
the summer months. The Yacht Club,
formed in Juive, has done much toward
bringing together the skippers of the vari
ous craft and in establishing a feeling of
good-feBowship that Is bound to bear
good results, both in racing and cruises,
in the near future.
Golfs Rapid Growth.
The rapid strides of the successful and
energetic Wavorty Coif Club must not be
lost sight oL The ancient and royal
game" is receiving the enthusiastic pat
ronage of the leisure class of our dtl
sens. Tho club's advancement during the
year and occupation of its commodious
and luxurious home at SeHwood; Its pur
chase of the territory upon which the
links are situated, and the increasing
numbers of players, mark an era of prog
ress in sports in this city. Dasva tennis
has had a revival. Today -there are more
players and clubs in Portland than ever
before. The praise for such a condition of
things must be awarded to the young and
energetic Irvington Tennis Club.
Outside of racing, bicycling for pleas
ure's sake has made much advancement.
The miles of paths built during the sum
mer, branching in all directions from the
city to the romantic suburbs and outlying
country, hare done much fpr the pleasure
of the rider of the silent wheel. Foot
ball during the late fall was pre-eminent.
Portland holds the championship of the
Nortfhwest with the 31. A. A. C's strong
team, w&ile, in addition, it has the two
rattling inter-schotosUcs the High school
and Bishop Scott academy teams. Never
has this city been treated to such a high
class of football as it has had during
the past season.
Indoor Athletics.
Indoor athletics, with bowling as the
kingpin, have received unstinted atten
tion. The athletic classes In the big gym.
nasiums of ttie I.H.C.A, and II. A. A.
C are superior, both in numbers and pro
ficiency, to those of the past. Basket-ball.
h&n&D&ll and indoor baseball are receiving
their quota of attention. Y. M. C. A. Is
nearixur the top in indoor atbietics, but,
Ov MlrM. B A St)
for lack of a field upon which to train,
outdoor work has not received -needed at
tention. It Is to be hoped that the associ
ation, during the coming year, may see
Its way clear to furnish its ambitious
young athletes with proper outdoor facil
ities. Horse racing, the sport of kings, has
been in a state of innocuous desuetude,
through lack of management and result
ing lack of public support. Racing there
hf; been, and a slight improvement was
noted, but there is plenty of room for
further improvement, which has been
promised, and the result is looked for
with impatience. Taken as a whole, tho
sporting season has been a banner one,
and, with this good beginnlg, let the good
work go on.
The members of the Y. M. C. A. basket
ball team, who made the trip to Seattle
and Tacoma, returned with nothing but
praise for their treatment while In the
north. On Saturday night, December 30,
and New Tear's night, they played
against Seattle T. M. C. A., and in each
case luck was against them; the games
resulting la Seattle's favor by scores of
262, 18-10. At Tacoma they played on
Tuesday night an exhibition game with
the local association, winning by a score
of 11-9.
Colleges Taking Up the Game.
Both the Northern and "Valley colleges
are taking up the game, and contests are
being arranged with Portland's Y. M. C.
A. A match game was to have been
played here on Friday night with Salem,
but the latter team failed to appear; how
ever, the Portland boys will go to Salem
to play on January 13. The ladies' team
from the Portland Turn "Vereln has a
game on with the T. M. C. A. ladies'
basket-ball team, to be played in the near
future. The Corvallis girls will be here
next.
The January contests in indoor athletics
will take place on Tuesday night next, in
the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. The events
to be contested will be the 50-yard dash,
the 100-yard dash, high jump and fence
vault. Twenty entries have been maded
There will be a big exnlbition of gymnas
tics by the junior classes in the latter part
of the month.
The erection of the new clubhouse of
the M. A. A. C. has already begun. The
excavation and clearing of the ground is
in progress, and the work on the house
will be pushed to a rapid completion.
Contracts have already been let
SCHAEFER. ON BILLIARDS.
Discusses Development of the Game
and Its Future.
"Jake" Sehaefer, the famous billiard
expert and champion, contributes a very
Interesting article on billiards and billiard
players to a recent issue of the New York
World. He declares that during his many
years of devotion to the game, dating
back to the last of the "sixties," there
have been more changes made in it thah
in any other sport. He says It has been
developed to that point where the-18-inch
balk line, "the most difficult of the open
table systems of play," appears to have
placed a limit on Its further advance
ment. To show how radical the changes
have been, he expresses the belief that
"William Sexton, one of the greatest bil
llardlsts of his day, could now be defeated
bj- a third-rate amateur.
"Billiards," Mr. Sehaefer continues,
"had not gained a firm footing In this
country until the early '70s. At that
time a large table, having a pocket in
each corner, was in vogue. My first
match against George Slosson, 'the Stu
dent, was played in 1S73 in Indianapolis
on that style of furniture. In those days
the masse shot was unknown, a shove
shot being used instead. Wedging the ob
ject balls against the points of the cushion
in the Corner called 'jawing' was then
allowable, and under such rules the old
time experts found little difficulty in mak
ing big runs. Then those who were fore
most in billiards abolished this system, of
scoring caroms and the four-ball game
had its boom. This was soon changed to
the use of three balls, as now played, be
cause of the clusters of over 1000, which
the top-notch players were scoring.
First Chalked Off in 1873.
"The table was first chalked off In 1S73,
but it did not seem to make any differ
ence how the spaces were restricted, the
object always being to overcome the
'crocking of the balls; some one always
Invented a way to push up big runs. As
the chalk-lined table appeared to be a
failure, most of the professionals turned
back to cushion caroms. Maurice Daly
and William Sexton were master hands
at that game, as was also 'Student' Slos
son, who has developed it to a high de
gree and now plays it to perfection.
"About 15 years ago the agitation for
some restriction was again felt. When
rules had been made which were accepta
ble to all of the first-raters, a tournament
was arranged and held In Chicago in 1883.
Maurice. Vignaux, the great Frenchman,
and probably the king of billiard-players
today, was entered, as were also Sexton,
Maurice Daly, Joe Dion, Tom Wallace
and myself. How it happened that tho
top place in thiB tournament fell to my
lot has always been a mystery to me. It
did, however, and since that time the
balk-line game has always been my
stronghold and favorite. Indeed, the fact
that it is now recognized by the amateurs
as the style of play adapted to champion
ship matches Is evidence of Its superiority
over other styles of billiards.
"Frank Ives entered the billiard arena
in 1SS3. In a few short years he conquered
every expert of prominence, and was re
ally the champion at the time of his death
last August With the attention that bil
liards is now receiving from the amateur
and professional, the time appears ripe
for bringing out the best and most prom
ising material from the class of shortstop
players in the professional ranks.
Best Men in the Class.
The best men in this class are Sutton,
Mornlngstar, Mclaughlin, Maggioll, Ca
ton, Eames, Carter, Spinks and Gallagher.
These players are all good, but have never
been successful in keeping abreast of the
changes In the game. It is ajxise of the
game developing more rapidly than the
players, and they being cut out In conse
quence. Slosson and myself are now prac
tically left alone in a class a few degrees
better than the men named. Of these
men the players of greatest promise are
Sutton and Mornlngstar, in the order
named.
"Both are young men, and are in every
sense of the term 'corners' in -the field of
billiards. What their absolute relative
speed would be In tournament play has
yet to be decided. There seems now ;to be
a possibility that the exact position of
tnese piayers in the shortstop class may
become definitely fixed, end also their
relation to the first rank and perhaps
championship honors. For some time past'
there has been earnest talk of arranging
a tournament that would fix the status of
the shortstops and would perhaps brihg
out a man capable of challenging for the
championship emblem, which was re
turned to the Brunswick-Baike-Collender
Company by Frank Ives.
"To my mind this tournament Is greatly
to be desired, as the hearty competition
in which the players would enter would
greatly add to the life of the sport, which
is now in such a lively condition. There, son, who succeeds to the title and Is the
never seemed a better opportunity fot only child of his first wife, a.daughter of
putting billiards on the same high plana the last Duke of Sutherland, will probably
In this country that it enjoys abroad, es- branch out more extensively than his fath-
The Girl He Takes Behind Him.
TATTOOING ON BACK OF ENGMSHOFFTCER.
According to the Iiondon correspondent of the New York "World, many aristocratic young
Englishmen, serving, or about to eerve, In South Africa against Oom. Paul and. his sturdy
Boers, are having strange tattooing devices put upon their arms, chests, backs and legs, em
blematic of loe and war and parting and Hope. The usual decoration Is a picture of the
young officer's best girl, sometlmeo In the meshes of a spider's web, as in the sketch here
with presented; sometimes the face alone.
One guardsman, who bears a title known the world over, has had two portraits done, one
on each arm. Another Is decorated with shrapnel shell, while a third bears a complete rep
resentation In vltld tints of the guards' colors and motto. Sometimes the tattooer is called
upon to reproduce In facsimile on some soldier's brawny arm a sentence written by a woman's
hand, or perhaps her name and the date of a betrothal. The fad Is growing and Is spreading
among clvillana
peclally in France, and the doing of it lies
wholly with the lovers and followers of
the game."
ASSOCIATION FOOTBAIil.
Scotch and English Game Is Slowly
Gaining: Ground in America. -
It has been said that every sport or pas
time, no matter what Its popularity on its
native heath, finds a place in the category
of American games. Thus, English crick
et, Scotch golf, Irish hurling and Cana
dian lacrosse all have their followers in
this country, while the national or chief
pastimes of other countries are not forgot
ten. Of recent years the Scotch and Eng
lish game of association football has been
creeping Into popularity, and although It
has had many things to contend with, it
has obtained a firm foothold here, ana
nromlses t6 become some day one of Ihe
leading winter pastimes of the United
States.
In the New England states, according
to the New York Times, the game is now
the chief winter amusement. The fact
that its introducers and principal votaries
are -workingmen, whose time is so limitett
that games on the Sabbath have been in
dulged in, militated against its popularity
with those of more leisure, but the forma
tion of teams by Harvard university and
other prominent athletic associations has
succeeded in killing the prejudice, and
now the highest class of amateur sports
men Indulge in the pastime. The game has
gained many devotees in all tho chief atn
letlc centers of the country, and Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pitts
burg and Detroit have each several clubs.
Wherever the game has been played It
has served as a great attraction to the
spectators, and in England crowds of 30,
OCO and 40.CO0 are not infrequent at the prin
cipal games. Governing bodies for tnu
game in this country have not made stren
uous efforts for the promotion of its pop
ularity. There was an American associ
ation, but its value, if any, was confined
to one district. What It needs Is a series
of intercity games, and an annual inter
national contest for the championship
would serve as a drawing card.
The mfrequency of accidents and the
stringent rules against foul and rough
play are an important argument in favor
of tho association against Rugby rules.
The universities and public schools In
England rejoiced when they saw the on
ward march of the association football.
Fewer broken limbs signaled the advance
of the new game, and when a football
match passed off without accident, relief
was depicted on the face of the principals
whose charges had frequently been sent
home badly Injured.
FOUR TIMES WON THE DERBY.
English Turf Xost a Famous Patron
in Duke ol Westminster.
The death of, the Duke of Westminster
Is a great loss,, not only to the, English
turf, but to breeding interests all over the
world. Horses produced from the Eaton
Hall stud have made thefr mark wherever
racing is in progress. Many bred by the
duke have distinguished themselves in
this country. Among them are Ormonde,
Rossington, Golden Garter, Gold Finch
and others too numerous to" mention.
The duke did not begin his turf career
early in life, says the Chicago Tribune.
He was nearly BO years of age before ho
ever owned a race horse. Even when he
entered the business he did so more from,
sentiment than. from, any loye for turf
pursuits. TSarly In the century his an
cestors were leaders In racing matters,
their colors, yellow with a black cap, be
ing so popular that the victory of the boy
inyellow was always greeted with cheers.
The father of the late duke had no tasto
for the turf, so Mr. Merry, a rich Scotch
man, assumed the colors. Well did he
maintain their prestige, f or ha sent ih'em
first to the post for the Derby on Thor
manby in 1850, and after twice being sec
ond with Dundee and Marksman, he again1
won with Doncaster, though In the, meaiw
time Macgregor and Glenalmond, both of
whom started top-heavy favorites, but fin
ished last, somewhat smirched the colors.
After Doncaster's victory, Mr. Merry, on
account of ag& and feeble health, conclud
ed to retire from, the turf. At that time
his trainer was Robert Feck. Unwilling
to be thrown out of employment, Peck,
bought on time Mr. Merry's lease of the
Russeley stable and his horses In training.
No sooner was the deal concluded than
the purchaser started for Eaton Hall, and
succeeded- in persuading the duke to res
cue the family colors from degradation. by
taking the stud oft his hands. This the
duke consented to do, "but though he paid
Peck a big bonus, on his purchase, he did
not long retain him in his service. Two
years later he placed his horses in charge
of John Porter at KIngsclere, Hampshire,
where they have remained ever since. The
combination proved fortunate, for though
the duke would race only those of his own
breeding, he won four of the last 20 Der
bys, a record no one has yet surpassed.
His firs success was with Ben d'Or, a
on of the first horse he ever owned, Don
caster. The next home-bred one to win
Was Ormonde, the latter son, though In
the meantime the yellow and black were
to the fore on Shotover, whose dam. In
foal to Hermit, the duke had purchased
from Mi. Chaplin. The success won should
have remained unbroken, for there is no
doubt that Ormonde's first son, Orme,
would have won in 1892, but for going
amiss. Baced as a 4-year-old Orme beat
all the best horses brought against him,
and during his first season at the Stud
showed his quality by siring Flying Fox,
who not only won last year's Derby, but
in a career during which he has been bur.
once defeated, and theii by the American
bred Caiman, has won more money than
any horse has done before, or probably
ever will do again.
The death of the duke -will not, however,
cause a breakup of the stud. His eldest
er, who never bet a cent, while his suc
cessor gave the ring a hard rap when he
won the 2000 in his maiden effort with
Peregrine, though they got all their
money back and a little besides when,
four weeks later, the American Iroauols
cantered home In front of him for the
Derby.
All in tne Same Pen.
"One of the boys at the hotel put me on
rtp a little poker game," said the dry
good$ drummer to the Washington Post,
"and I went around to see what it was
like. There were about 30 respectable
looking people in the room, and one of
them was trying to teach me the value
of the cards, when the police broke in
and made a clean sweep of everybody.
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HE'UQ NETH3R
Nejct morning, when arraigned at the
police court I wanted a lawyer, and there
was a general laugh in court, as hl3 honor
replied:
"I don't know where you'll get one.
There are-nine In town, but all are in the
pen with you!"
"It was so," continued the drummer,
"and things might have gone hard with
ua had it not been for the fact that the
Judge was, there, too, but had just stepped
out as the raid was made. Nothing was
said about it, of course, but he let us off
with a fin of S2 eaoh and n. lot of father.
ly advice."
FORMING HORSE JOCKEYS
"PA. BIIX DAJLY AND, HIS FAMOUS
SCHOOL AT CONECf ISLAND.
Many G,raduateB "Wlio Have Earned
or Axe. Earning; Prin.oely In
comes on the Running; Turf.
"Father Bill" Daly's school for jockeys,
at Coney Island, N. Y., is a unique fea
ture of the American turf. The success
of Tod Sloan and the ReifC boys in Eng
land has awakened the desire among
thousands of lads to become skilled
jockeys, and this eccentric Irishman is
now flooded with requests, from would-be
apprentices. He is recognized as pre-eminent
in teaching boys how to ride. His
reputation in this respect is of long stand
ing. He made Jimmy McLaughlin, for
many years the premier jockey of Ameri
ca and the greatest rider of 2-year-olds
this country has yet produced. Edward
(Snapper) Garrison, too, was a pupil of
yonr "Uncle William." and now comes
little Winnie O'Connor, who headed the
list of winning jockeys last year, though
but 17 years old. Then there are Willie
Palmer, Johnny and Jimmy Lamley,
Panny Maher, J. Slack and another lad,
little Brennan, who, Daly says, will make
America's greatest jockey, with a little
more training.
As these boys graduate from the Daly
school, says the New York Sun of recent
date, they are in demand at the big racing
stables, for every horse owner knows
that a Daly pupil has been so thotoughly
trained in the business that he Is capable
of riding the most important races. So
they come year after year to Coney Is
land, where Daly's winter quarters are.
and any day you may see these appren
tice jockeys tearing along the cycle path,
bundled up in heavy clothes, with perspi
ration oozing out of every pore, and
followed, perhaps, by an admiring crowd
of schoolboys. The young jockeys are
striving to keep down their flesh, so that
they can ride at the smallest weight pos
sible. Powerful Motives.
Every one Is urged on by the thought
of making perhaps $100,000 a year and
winning world-wide fame, and incidentally
by their temporary father, who is known
to be quite active at times with a bale
stick. Mr. Daly gets his boys from dif
ferent places. Some come from orphan
homes and poor families who are only
too glad to have a child taken care of.
Others have run away and drifted to
the "gaffer-ln-chief," who, however, does
not take any chances, and requires each
boy to be properly vouched for and In
dentured to him for a period of five years.
L'egal papers are drawn up and signed by
the boy's parents and guardians. Then
the lad becomes Daly's property, and if
he runs off may be arrested and re
turned to thB school.
Mr. Daly .gives no money either to the
boy or his relatives. He simply contracts
to make a jockey out of the youth and
take care of him 'until he Is graduated.
In this way Daly accrues considerable
money, for bis boys get 525 for every
race they win, and $10 for a losing race,
to say nothing of la.e gifts from the
owners. Yet the price is not too high for
the training.
In the first place a boy must have a
natural aptitude for handling a horse.
Daly can tell the minute a boy takes a
mount whether he is of the right sort.
If the boy shows any signs of fear It
generally settles his case. "There are ex
ceptions, however," said Mr. Daly to the
writer. "Now; that boy Slack, for in
stance, is a little skeery, yet he will
make a good boy. I got him from a
trainer down in Kentucky, and the lad
was half starved. He trained him wrong
by putting him first on a powerful horse
that he could not hold."
- Daly makes no mistake like this; Ho
gives the boy an easy mount at the start,
and then trains him by riding alongside
In a little pneumatic-tired sulky, in which
his horse can trot or gallop at will. From
there he calls out instructions to the boy.
DO IT AGAIN.
Chicago. Times-Herald.
and the only thing that he requires Is
that the boy shall obey on the Instant
every command and show no sign3 of
fear. When hs has taught him the cor-
rect position and the practical details
tn& apprentice gets a chance on a "try
out," that is, a preliminary race to test
the horse that is entered for an event.
The head jockey rides tho horse that Is
to race and the. head apprentice takes a
mount on tho triaL horse. If ho shows
himself capable in this he is later on
honored with a mount in a real race.
To school him for that occasion tha.
master Introduces the pupil Into many a
mystery and art of the business, and
first of all impresses him with the Im
portance of getting off at the post. This
Is an axiom fairly seared on the mem
ory of a Daly boy. It means that. In
stead of waiting for the others to get
off in the van, as do the English jockeys.
the rider is to dash to the front and get
the best position possible, seven or eight
lengths ahead of the others, and then
rest there. American jockeys have been
successful in England by practicing this.
The riders there are accustomed to hold
back until near the finish, and then trust
to a fierce sprint to win.
Daly's methods are rather severe at
times. If a boy shows a yellow streak,
be Is apt to be punished, and many com
plaints have been heard from time to
time, but these is no gainsaying the fact
that he turns out jockeys. Another point
which he Impresses forcibly on his pu
pils is the necessity of forcing one's way
in between two horses ahead. This re
quires the greatest pluck and endurance.
Winnie O'Connor, who, by the way. Is
a nephew of Daly, has made his repu
tation thereby. When a dozen horses are
coming on at the finish, you hear the
little fellows calling all sorts of things
to one another. "You horse Is played
out," says one. "Let me pass."
"Make an opening there." screams an
other with an oath. "My horse, is freshl"
At a time like this thousands of dol
lars may depend on acting with the
rapidity of thought. If a boy is behind
a bunch of horses his only chances of
getting ahead are either to go around
one end or dive In between two others.
To execute the former maneuver a horse
must be in magnificent form, with wind
to spare, toT he is almost sure to break
his pace, and thl3 Invites defeat. To
plunge in between mean3 that a boy's
legs may receive terrible punishment and
the horse risksr a fall, but that is what
Daly requires his boys to do. "Get off at
the post," are his last Instruction, "or
I'll " The boy gets off.
Mr. Daly gives his pupils all the bene
fit of a lifetime's experience on the track,
and It was through his tutelage that
Snapper Garrison won the Great Ameri
can Derby at the world's fair in 1S03,
worth $50,000. The Snapper rode Bound
less, a fairly good horse, but greatly In
ferior to most of the field. Garrison had
this advantage, that while the other
horses were, nervous and quick-tempered.
Boundless was of the phlegmatic, cart
horse type.
Wears Out the Others.
The wily Garrison made the most of
thisby delaying tho start.
For one whole hour the horses were at
the post, trying to get off, and all the
while the Daly graduate was getting per
mission to dismount and fix his stirrup,
thereby resting Boundless and worrying
the others. He knew that if he could
only keep it up long enough the compet
ing racers would be worn out with the
excitement, and such was the result.
When the field got off, Boundless
plowed his way to the finish fresh as a
daisy.
Daly is not inclined to talk much of
hl3 school and the management, but he
says that Garrison gave him trouble in
plenty. One rule Is that the boy3 must
be in bed by 9 o'clock every night, and
Garrison Incurred Daly's displeasure once
by tying half a dozen stirrup straps to
gether and sliding down from the second
story after hours. When he returned
from the theater that night Daly pro
vided an entertainment that the Snap
per never forgot.
Daly's apprentice boys live a regular
life. In the summer they get up at 4 or
5 o'clock and wash at the pump In tho
yard, and without breakfast proceed to
the- stables. Each boy ha3 two strings
that is, two horses. He takes out tho
first string, and for two hours exercises
him by leading him about,, then riding
him at a trot, canter and gallop. After
leading him about again to cool, the boys
get a good, wholesome breakfast all fat
tening foods being eliminated as much as
possible. About S o'clock tne boy exercises
the second string, and that practically
finishes his day's work.
Daly does not require his boys to do
any menial work, such as currying a
horse. He regards the, profession as too
high for that. Grooms and hostlers do
all the stable work. In this respect Daly
la of the new generation, which exhibits
the little colored jockey traveling with a
valet and secretary, and arriving at the
track in a victoria. Thirty years ago a
jockey dressed himself, carried his own
saddle, and even rubbed down his horse.
Customs are changed. Daly does Insist,
however, on the boya attending church
regularly and getting what education they
can, and he tries to prevent them from
gambling.
Bets Only Small Amounts.
This last is done not on account of any
moral scruples, but because Daly has an
axiom that "there- is nothing so uncertain
as a horse race.'" For this reason he bets
only in small amounts, no matter how good
a thing he may have. His pupils tell a
story of haw on one occasion he was get
ting an old horse In foim by soaking his
feet In boiling-hot water to reduce the in
flammation. A tender-hearted man came
along and threatened to nave the veteran
trainer arrested for cruelty to animals.
"Why, that water Isn't hot," said Daly,
when the argument haa reached a fever
heat; "I can. put my own foot in it."
"I'll bet you $10 you can't," said, the
other.
The boys were all about nudging Daly
to take up the wager, but after a thought
ful silence the old gaffer said: "No, I
won't bet you $10, but, say, I'll bet 53
that I can keep" my foot In there two
minutes." The stranger did not know
that Daly has a wooaen leg, and took
the wager.
After he had gone away, marveling at
the trainer's nerve, the stable boys de
rided their father with his lack of tho
same.
"Why, pa, you had a cinch," they
chimed in chorus. "Why didn't you bet
$100?"
"Now, boys, hush, up," commanded Daly.
"I tell you, nothing Is a cinch at the track.
Supposln I'd put in the wrong foot!"
paly's correct name is W. C. Daly, and
he Is sometimes called tho "sage of Hart
ford." At the- track he Is simply "Pa
Bill." If you look at him twice you will
notice that his typical Irish face, with tho
firm chin. Is Illumined by the shrewdest
nalr of eves one could hope to see and
L that what he says about horses and jock
eys Is generally worth hearing. He has
amassed a considerable fortune with hl3
school and horses, and made many ror
tunes for his boys, who. as a rule, do not
follow tha examDle of their preceptor and
i take care of their wealth as It rolls In.
Wagged His Tail.
A big buck deer, suspended by his heels
In front of a game store on upper Broad
way, created much excitement yester
day afternoon. Stiff and stark as he
was. he wagged his tail. The man who
first saw the tall wag nearly fainted.
"Have I got them?" he asked himself,
and then he stood open-mouthed watch
ing the tail wag on. A big crowd gath
ered. In a few minutes the matinees re
enforced the throng and Broadway was
blocked. It took two policemen to clear
1 the sidewalk. Still the doer kept on
wagging his tall.
Finally the owner of the animal admit
ted the trick. He had put a small elec
tric battpr inside the deer and attached
the wires to Its tall. Cincinnati En
quirer. May Wear Yale "Y."
The number of athletes at Yale this
year who are entitled to- wear the college
"Y" is 66. Of this list seven are baseball
men, 13 are, crew men, 19 are football play
ers, one is a member of tho Yale gym
nastic team eight are bicycle team mem
bers, and the rest include the team, man
agers. Three of the men were allowed to
wear the "Y" because of their having
participated in more than one branch of
athletics.
BOWLERS AND BOWLING
TOURNAMENT SEASON INliUGURAT
ED AT ASTORIA!
Contestants Gettinjr Together for tho
Coming Contests Here and
Elsewhere Gossip.
The tournament season opened at As
toria yesterday afternoon, and from two
to ten sets of games will be bowled in
the three contests scheduled, each wek.
until February 25. The association cham
pionship and the "Big Four" match both
of which began yesterday, will end en
the 26th, and the Interstate match will be
gin January 20, and end February 24. Tho
games scheduled for this week are as follows-:
Wednesday, Oregon Road Club, at
Y. M. C. A.; Thursday, The Dalles, at 11
llhee; Friday, The Dalles, at Y. M. C A.;
Saturday, The Dalles at Astoria, and Y.
M. C. A. at Illlhee.
Next week Illlhee will make the circuit
In the "Big Four" schedule, opening at
The Dalles on the ISth. While some
think that the Y. M. C. A. has some ad
vantage, on account of having o bowl
away from hom but one game on each
trip, experiencea bowlers do not consider
this as a material advantage, and bowl
ing three days In succession on- strange
alleys will not affect -cores. So little
Is this taken Into consideration that bowl
ers are freely predicting that the Feld-n-helmer
cup will go either to The Dalles
or Illlhee, with a shade of probability in
favor of the former. The- contests, how
ever, will be exceedingly close, and if
a resort to total pln3 to decide Is nec
essary,, nobody will be surprised. The
Dalles cjalms to be short one or two of
thplr best men, but the same state if af
fairs has existed before and the team ha3
always been able to give opposing team3
all they want to do and ha3 usually pulled
out on top. There seems to be something
In the air at The Dalles that makes the
propagation of good bowlers an easy task.
All Teams in Good Trim.
A good many of the Portland bowlers
have picked Barker, of Illlhee, for nrst
place, in both individual totals and per
centage. Astoria Is doing great work la
practice and will be able to display a
large element of fireworks against oppos
ing teams. Illlhee and Y. M. C. A. are
always In good condition and will do good
work. After next week the relative
strength of the teams In tournament work
should be known.
All the clubs entered In the big inter
state match bowling tournament havo
either selected their team3, or brought the
matter down to a choice between a few
bowlers. The Seattle Bowling Club's team
was announced last week. Postmaster
Croasman will captain the Arlington team
and will select it from the following named
bowlers: C. L. Nichols. Wirt Minor. W.
F. Bunrell, W. T. Mulr, R. R. Reid. F. P.
Bays, J. H. Lothrop and A. B. Croasman.
Dr. F. Cauthorn has been selected by
the bowling committee of the Multnomah
Club to captain the club's championship
bowling team during the present season.
The doctor is too well known among the
bowlers of the Northwest to lequlro any
introduction. That he will get together
the best team possible is assured. He
has chosen eight bowlers to constitute the
team and substitutes. They are H. L.
Idleman, D. B. Slgler. E. E. Mallory, H
Buckman. R, H. Pickering. C A. Craft
E. J. Ball and F. Cauthorn. These will
begin hard practice at once and he teem
will no doubt be in proper condicion fc
opening the tournament at Arlington on
January 20.
Tacoma Waiting Up.
The Tacoma club- will be deprived of the
services or Joe Carman during the inter
state matcb, a3 no la to leave for an ex
tended trip tnrougn the Eastern states
about tne mldale or thl3.month. The t&ra
will be stronger tnan usual, aitnoug i
weakened somewnat by tha loss of Car
man. U'nere is more Interest being mani
fested to bowling in that city at prestnt
than for several years past, and the result
is the development or several new oowlera
of marked ability. Ned Parsons will cap
tain tha team, which will he selected from
the following-named bow!er3: Eberly,
Steeb. Griggs, Tinling. Baker. Tousey and
Liarsons.
Tha Commercial Club has not yet fully
decided upon the make-up of its teanj but
it Is mora than probable that Captain
Dunlap wilt choose six names from this
list: J. O. JBurcknardt, A. B. Graham, H.
Beckwltn, J. jtf. cuillson, j. M. Mataena,
F. S. Skint and J. Jj. Dunlap.
The. Seattle Atnietlc Club- has secured.
"Jlmrnie" Barragar as- one of Its team.
and will coma into the race well fixed
in tho way ot bowler3. The probabilities
are that the team will be made up aa
follows: Churchill, Nelson. McKenzie,
Bowes, Cole- and Barragar. but this Is not
absolutely settled, aa the club may In
augurate a short try-out," in order to
get six men out or lir or 12 who are anxious
to shine. Tne impression seems to pre
vail generally mac the Seattle aowimg
Club will win nrst place, but the bowiers
here are wary ot e regular annual pre
dictions o wnac some outside club is go
ing to do, and are not losing any sleep over
It. It is, nowever, conceded that tne a.
ij, u. is the "real thing," and a danger
ous proposition, as It is doing wonderful
work at nome. unis contest is going to
be a close one, and to pick tha winner
a t03 up.
"Big-Four" Agreement.
By special agreement of the compeung
teams, eaca team m tho "Big-Four" match
will be aliowea to provide ball3 for their
own usa during tournament games. Tnera
la an association rule which prohibits this,
unless ail tne C1UD3 interested consent.
There was soma opposition to- the scnema
when it was nrss. proposed, but all tne
club3 have consented to tho proposition,
and eacn cluo may use on all the. alleys
any bails tney may choose to- provide.
A newly formed bowling team from Ho
quiam, waan., visited Tacoma one night
last week and bowled against the Union
Club team. Tne Tacoman3 took three, out
of the four games, and had 111 pins to
the good, out the visitors made a very
creditable snowing for beginners, tnis
being tnelr nr3t appearance in tournament
games. Tne new team a'so bowled against
the Seattle Atnieuc Club, but thexesuit
has not been ascertained.
Craft, Ball.- Zeller and Farrell, the win
ners of the last set of team medals at
Multnomah, easily scored a winning of the
new medals Tuesday night. This team is
doing such nne work that It seems moro
than probable mat they will also own
the new medals. The bowling Monday
night was exceedingly poor, only the win
ning team securing anything like a good
total.
The captain or Commercial's- "All Wool'"
team, ttie winners of the juvenile cham
pionship last year, has announced ni3
willingness to consider a challenge from.
Muitnomatt's "Potato Squad," and tnus
give the latter an opportunity to retrieve
their lost laurels. That Captain Schalk,
of the "Spuds. will avail himself of tni3
offer. Is certain. Probably no event at
tracts mora attention among the Port
land bowlers than the annual struggle or
these two teams, and all will hope tnat
the matcn will be arranged before the
end of tne montn.
The December averages at the Seattle
Athletic Club were hardly up to standard,
but tne leaders got out well. The aiteys
at this club are notoriously slow, ana,
measures are now being taken to speed
them up The nve leaders, with their aver
ages, were: cnurcmu. 4L47; Cole, 41.14;
Bowes, 40.82; Pope, 40 61; Jackson. 40.17.
George W. Hazen, of the Commercial
Club, covered himself with glory one day
last week by cracking out a single-game
score of 80. With eight consecutive strikes
up-. It looked Ilka a SO, but hard luck In
the ninth frame spoiled it. Eighty la tho
highest score reported from any of; thei
club- alleys for several months.
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