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THE SUNDAY . OREQQNIAN, PORTLAND, ATJfrTJST 12, 1900.
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"When Sfonntnln Tront Is 13 1 tin'.
When the mountain trout is bltln', in the lazy)
days o' May,
"Why. the spirit leaves the body, an goes wan-
derln .away
Btrayla' by the fields o" clover, whar the gold
en sunshine seems
Silenced waves o jspnir still hovcrin on th
pastures an' Jbe streams;
An you loll -within the cbadaers nigh eome
blossomln wild roe, . '
Jest 'a;-drbo.TnmY ' '
Dreamlrr". ' ,-"
Droamla'. hair awake an half adorel
All the dory o creation Is compressed In -on
short day. : .
"When the mountain trout Is bltln' 'In thclaxy
days o May.
Now -an' then across the medders rings thi
tingle o the bells .
Like the archeetry o Nature eomewhar bid
amore the dells;
Orioles trlnE: up an over, -an lnfloatln fronfi
thai hills ' .
Comes the blue bird's hallalooyer In the -softest
thrills an' trills. -
Xatn't unnatrel fcr a feller, ef he's ever lived
at all.
To be thlnkln',
Thlnkln'.
Thlnkln'. , . -Of
some one beyond rocall.
An to -wonder ef her spirit, ain't still with
you anyway. ' t
When the mountain trout Is bltln In the lazy
days o' May. Boston Globe.
PREPARING F.QR-REGATTA1
Yachtsmen and' Oarsmen Getting In
Readiness Purtell to JFlelit
Jost Other Events.
Sporting Interest now centers In the
coming: regatta and athletic carnival,
which will be held at Astoria-August 23,
Si and 25. Elaborate preparations aro
being mode, and If the programme Is
carried out, it will be the most impor
tant event of the athletic year, on the
Coast. Besides the aquatic sports, there
will be a grand fistic carnival, as field
day for athletes from all Coast cities,
and a series of amusements of all kinds
calculated to please all classes.
Baseball has taken another stride to the
front. The game between the Multno
mahs and the Torpedoes was fast enough
to set the cranks going again. From a
baseball standpoint It was the best of the
Beacon. To be sure, there were errors,
vut thov were insirmlficant when com
pared to the rank ones In the games that
were played earlier In the season. The
Multnomahs were up against hard luck,
and a harder team. The game was an
even break until the end of the seventh
innings. Several of the Multnomahs lost
heart In the first, owing to the bad Judg
ment of two of their players, and did
not bat as heavily as they were capable
of.
Tennis players are getting in trim for
the Fall games, and good contests are
Of daily occurrence. The club courts are
-well filled -each day, and It is a rare
thing for a player to have to hunt for
an opponent. Tennis has enjoyed a re
markable growth in Fortland during the
pa.t year, and It Is now recognized as
one of the popular games that must be
looked after by all responsible clubs. Be
sides the Multnomah handicap tourna
ment, the Y M. C A. tennis annex will
give a club tournament some time in
September. The latter games were first
scheduled for the present month, but
many of the players were away on their
vacations, and It was deemed advisable
to postpone the play.
Astoria's Refirntta.
During the third -week in August, the
harbor at Astoria will be covered with
craft of all models and all rigs. . The
committee having the affair in charge has
made preparations for an event Intended
to surpass anything that has ever been
attempted at the "'City by the Sea."
Prominent among the competitors for
J'onors in the sailing events will be a
number of craft belonging to .members
of the -Oregon Yaoht Club. The fleet from
Portland, will.leave its moorings next Sat
urday, and "will proceed to Astoria by
oafej- stages, many of the skippers desir
ing to put in a day or two fishing in the
numerous trout streams while en route.
Local yachtsmen are figuring In two di
rections, one faotion making preparations
for heavy weather, and the other for
smooth water and light breezqs. Tho
Knockabout is being properly overhauled
and put in condition for heavy weather.-.
She T-ili be among the leaders should
tho wind blow up fresh during the threo
days of the regatta.
Dodge and Todd, owners of Lark 6S, will
take their boat down, and they arc
making a big play for light breezes. If
their prayers are answered, thoy stand a
good chance for coming In somewhere
near first in their class.
Speculation is rife as to the probable
performance of the new sloop, Gismonda,
which was launched at Warrcnton Fri
day evening. The craft is owned by Dal
glelsn and Young, and Is one of the hand
borne, t yachts on the river. Her model
is a departure from the usual type, and
is a combination of the racer and tho
cruising craft. She Is, as nearly ae pos
sible, laid down on the lines of the fa
mous sloop Genesee, winner of the in
ternational championship races at Toron
to last year. She is 34 feet over all, 20
feet on the water line, and has a beam
of 10 feet 6 inches. She has a full bow
and square stern, which insures a great
fail-carrying capacity. The Gismonda
-will spread SW square feet of canvas.
She 1k i center-board craft, and Is
equipped with a cabin, having accommo
dations for four people. She will make
her maiden voyage in a few days, and
her owners will put her up against the
crack sloops at the regatta.
Besides the yacht races, the Astoria
regatta committee has arranged, as usual.
for numerous other aquatic contests, in
cluding those for "Whitehall boats, fishing
boats and cannery tenders, etc, etc.
Jtist to Fiprht Purtell.
George Green, who was booked to tight
Charles Jost, the well-known welter
weight, of Portland, at Astoria on the
night of August 3, hss baekea out, and
willj not .appear in the rjng at "faat time
or place.- His reasons-are not made pub
lic, out i is generally supposed that there
was not enough' money in sight to tempt
him, . Be that as it may, ,thq local sports
are not to be denied the .privilege of see
ing a first-class go, . ,- t """
'Paddy" Purtell has. .bobbed-up and
taken. Green's place. He .and -Joat signed
articles in Astoria Tuesday night, to'meet
in that city on the evening pt August 23.
The, men will weigh in at. thexingslde at
156 pounds, and. will .fight .under-he Mar
quis, o Qneensberry -rules, clean break
away and no hitting in the clinches.
"Paddy" Purtell is an old-time fighter.
He has been In the- rlpg for years, and
has met many a fighter with a reputa
tion. For some time past he has been in
the Sound cities. He defea,ted,some good
men there,, among them the well-known
middle-weight, "Nick". Burley. Purtell's
latest "go" was In. Tacoma, where he
I went down before George Green, in five
rounds. "Paddy" is a hard fighter, and
iJhas- gone into -active training at Astoria,
ienas neea takeRjn hand ,by his, brother
"Tollr ' n.rl ..nn. v.n ....Alt .t... JV ..
.the contest he wilt .work hard.
Charles Jost does not need a-further in
troduction to- the sporting men df this
section. He. is .stronsr -and clever, and
Lwill- put-up the toughest -scrap that Pur-
1 t11 .- LJijl 'l.i . J M .
-iu -iiixu uuu i ijk Planus jor a jong
TtJme. Jost has.-pone Into training -at his
-quarters in Albinajwnere he will work
out for the coming fight. He was never
in better condition than he is at pres
ent, and from all Indications his fight
with Purtell will be worth 'going to As
toria, to witness.
Z .1" " ,""" FleKl S'porls. ,
," Track and field" 'events will form no
small portion of the "sports .of regatta
week at Astoria. The Olympic Club, of
San Francisco, has wired the athletic
committee that a team of seven will be
sent north to compete In the james. Be
sides the Callfornlans, there will be teams
from Seattle, Tacoma, the Multnomah
Club-and-the Y. -M. C. A., of Portland.
The Multnomah men are In splendid con
dition, as they aro in training ?for the
coming Fau games. If they go against
the California men, one or two records
are likely to be broken. Kerrigan can
get up higher in the broad Jump and
Heater has never been forced in. the pole
vault. He can do better than 11 feet any
time that he takes a notion.
Among the Y. My C A. men who. wlj)
enter the Astoria games are: Mellls, the
sprinter; Wilcox, vho Is good at the
dashes and hurdlgsr Paquet, .fdr"the
weight events, and Brownell, Healey and
Redman in the runs. The leading .man
from the Sound will probably be Paris,
the distance runner who carried off every
thing at the P. N. A. championship games
In Seattle July 4.
Pape Coming ?Tortli.
Alexander Pape, the champion sculler,
of California, has announced his Intention J
of coming north to try conclusions with
some of the oarsmen of this city. This
will be welcome news to the large num
ber of Portland people who take a deep
interest in rowing events. Pape is one of
the crack oarsmen of the Pacific Coast.
He has worked his way' to the head of
the list In California, and now-he" Is look
ing for new fields to "conquer.
Patton and Ball will both take a shy at
him, and there are plenty of men who
profess to be confident that the Callfor
nlan will go home with the short end of
the rowing prizes. Patton is an experi
enced sculler, and has rowed in,' manv a
race. He pulls, in splendid form and isi
strong. Ball Is practically a" new man, but
he Is said to be a wonder: He, is long
ardlapk, and rows a powerful stroke, in
good form. He works like a steam en
gine, and It seems to be Impossible to
tire him. WILLIE ATKINS.
SEASON" FOR. TERMS.
Tonrnej-a Belntc Played or Arranged
Everywhere. ,
This is the season when the tennis en
thusiast has Opportunity to Indulge in
his favorite sport and pastime, and for
his benefit tournaments are being held all
over the country, from the international
tournament, at Longwood, to the local
club affair.
Last week .the ,toj,UTjament at Victoria
was, finished, andJ.with.ohe exception, all'
those picked to van were successful. The
surprise occurred, whea.R..B..JPowellt oi
Victoria, defeated Kus'sell, the Seattle
champion, 6-L. S-G. Tho results of the
tournament were as follows:
The Tlernlt.
Men's singles ' B..- B. Powell,5" In the
finals, beatA. JC, Goward, In a pro
longed five-set match. Foulkes, the hold-
FOR THE '(OPEN) GATE
JOHN" AND THE BEAR
cr of the challenge cup, beat Powell, the
challenger, in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
Ladles' singles Miss Kltto, challenger,
beat Miss Goward, holder, 6-4, 4-6, 10-S.
Men's doubles Russell and Gllllson, of
Seattle, In the finals, beat Combe and
Martin. 6-2, 7-5. Foulkes and Goward,
holders, beat Russell and Gllllson, chal
lengers, 6-3," 6-4. 6-S. 6-3.
Ladies doubles Miss Kltto and Miss
McRae beat Miss Bell and Miss Green,
6-2, 9-7.
Mixed doublesMr. Foulkes and Mrs.
Burton beat Mr. Barnard ana Mrs. Crow,
6-4, 6-2.
This week the Washington state cham
pionship tournament is being held at Se
attle. In addition to Foulkes and Rus
sell, Louis Freeman, of Pasadena, CaL,
- - 7S1 li-ftA mM .J& jrt-
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' ')' Lr.ylTyrrfl
Is entered. Freeman has not been play--ing
tenni3 for the p'ast two years, but,
for a long time, was champion, of South
ern California. In 1895 and 1S96 he was
champion of Stanford University and,
with O. -y. Plcher, represented, thai in
stitution fn the iritercollegiafe tourna
ment with Berkeley-. Thls.js Xfva. first time
anyt of thej California playershave com-pote6l-ag41n.st
jthose' oJLthe;PacifTc North
west,' anL the resuit'wili be" Interesting?
as. Affording a basis of comparison.
' Locally, tennis affairs have been ralfier
.quiet, th,e threatening, weather ,aqc6unt
Ing. In,part, for, tho,fallIng off In interest.
Matches wero played early In the' week
as 'follows " "
Matches Decided. - t
""' McAlpln' beat Goniph, 7-5, 'tf-3, G.'CM;"
Andrews and McAlpIn beat Foucher and.
Woemer, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6, 7-5. Tola last"
match was remarkable in that fourof'1
the five sets were dence. Cheal and La
Farge beat Lelter and WIckersham, 6-4,
vx-fJC&t;
S?.2h'W
6-4, 6-2; Van Duzen beat Thfelson,
"4-6, 6-1, and McAlpln beat Cook,
6-i.
6-3;
G-3. C-3.
The Hardy brothers of Oakland, Cal.,
continuo t play in the Eastern tourna
ments, with varvintr success. In the
Wentworth tournament, at Kew ' Castle, -r
N. H., Sumner Hardy was beaten imthc
second round by-J. P. Paret 6-1, C-4;-J
through Paret's greater steadiness. Sum-O-
ner Hardy beat Paret at 'Chicago. Inj
the same round Holcombe Ward beat
Samuel Hardy, 6-3, G-0, through superior
net work. Hardy was wholly out of con
dition, but, rather than suffer a default,
he plucklly played through.
Tho singles In this tournament were
won by H. H. Hackett, of Yale, who
beat Paret In the semi-finals, 6-1, 6-4, and
Holcombe Ward, of Harvard, In tho
finals, 0-6, 6-L- C-4, 6-3.
Tho Hardy brothers won the doubles
by successively defeating Paret and Dav
ids6n, '"6-3, "11-9;' Fischer and Small, 6-1,
S-B, and Hackett 'and Ward, 3-6, '3-0, S-6,
0-1, 6-1.
Paris Getting Ready.
George Paris, the -doughty colored boy.
"who can move along a cinder'" path at
the rate of 30 feet a second, has beun,
training for the- track -and field games
that are to be held at Portland this com
ing "Fall. Ho Is" not, says the Tacoma
Ledger, doing any hard work at the pres
ent writing, but, he Is getting his muscles
in shape, for the "Portlanders are. laying
for htm, and will win. the dashes by every
hook and crook known to the racing
RECEIPTS, AND ALL ASIA.
IS FOR
"FIMSH."
world that is, If they can. Paris, realis
ing that he Is up against the real thing,
and that he will have to pit his sklirand
knowledge against possibly four or'flve
of the best sprinters on the Pacific Coast,
has made up his mind that when the
races are over he will still be retaining
the name of the champion, of the Pacific
Northwest. - -
Cnnse and Effect.
Digestion, much like Love, and Wine, no
trlfllne will brook;
His cook once spoiled tho dinner of-an
emperor of men;
The dinner spoiled the temper of His llajeety,
and then
The Emperor made history and no,,ioae
blamed the cook.
F. J. aiacBoth. la tho Smart ScL
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A
FASTEST PACER ON TURF
hcOXBY, THE HORSE OFTHE HOUR
,urI it&ttfESS'-flOjnSB. "iVOItlD.
Br Facing: n. Mile, When Hobbled, at
Cjevelnnd,iin '2:0i,r He Won
His Highest Honors.
"Cone. (2:02)," writes Murray Howe,
In.' the: Chlcago-Times-Herald," Is vthe
hoso of tho hour in the harness-horse
world. Hip heat in 2:02 at Cleveland
lasf'-week.-'ln wWcn' he "was actually
pulled to a jog at the finish, makes him
look like the greatest pacer on the turf.
CONEY, FASTEST AMONG HOBBLED PACERS
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PACED A'SECO'XD HEAT AT CLEVELAND, IX i:0'i 3
"Star 'Pointer is a back number. Joe
Patchen's. limit, when he is strong,
seems to be in the neighborhood of 2:04.
John R. Gentry is reported to be laid
up for repairs, and neither Searchlight
nor Anaconda has ever seen the day that
he could pull up and jog home in 2:02.4.
hence it is more than pobsible that Coney
can defeat any hoise that wears a harness
to.dayr ,
""Many horsemen who saw Coney win
at Cleveland are of the opinion that ho
can pace a mile now in 2:01, and It would
not surprise many if he lowered the
gelding record of 2:01, now held by
Robert J., before the season closes.
Coney's performance is the more won
derful, because a majority of the critics
who watched him race last year brand
ed him as a quitter and a counterfeit,
and" even now ho- is obliged to wear
hobbres, that are und6ubtedly a handi
cap" to him. He ce'rainy was an erratic
and uncertain performer all' through his
last year's campaign, which was his first
on the turf, but he was not near as much
to bLme for his bad showing as the pub
lic thought ho was.
' "Keatlngr" I.hnRhert at.
"When Keating' came TSast Jn 1S9S with
Anaconda, Searchlight and .the record
breaking 3-year-old pacer Klatawah, that
lowered the world's 3-year-qld record to
2:03,6 that year, he frequently remarked
that notwithstanding that Klatawah was
the fastest pacer of his age that ever
started in a race, he bad left one at
home that could beat Klatawah doing
anything that pacers could do. The colt
Keating had reference to was Coney,
then a 3-year-old, -and the boys often
laughed at his stories of the youngster's
speed, and many -thought - that the
clever California " trainer who then
owned Coney himself, .was talking to in
crease the colt's value."
"When John Keating returned home
that Fall he took up the black fellow
and put him in regular training. All that
Winter the reports from' Pleasanton told
of T the marvelous flights of speed shown
by Coney in his work, and when he
came over the mountains early in June
he had been touted to such- an extent
that everybody expected to see him
sweep everything before him.
"Shortly after the stable landed In Den
ver, where the horses were to make
their, first starts,, .several, of the string
including the speedy Coney, were taken
down with catarrhal fover. Coney, who
was then a hig, strong, 'smooth-made,
handsome black horse -"about 16 hands in
height'," "commenced to 16se-flesh," and be
fore the, disease leffhlm he was but a
wreclc of' his former self.' He was a tall,
angular, seedy looking colt, and never
should have been started again that Sum
mer. .He was entered, however, in over
530,000 worth of stakes, and whether he
started or not, his owner would have
been compelled to pay the entrance fee in
all his engagements.
-- Decided to Start Him.
"After taking everything into consid
eration, Keating decided to start the
horse. He had so much speed that he
could not help but win a race now and
then, and even if he won only a few of
his engagements, he would win more
than his actual market value.
"He won in his first start at Denver!
but made a poor showing for a horse
of his speed, as he made several stand
still breaks when he was off In the lead,
without any apparent cause. From Den
ver he went to Detroit, where he was
entered In the JoOOO Chamber of Commerce
stake, but In his preliminary work he
.showed that he could not carry hi mped
over a half without making a break.
"As a last resort it was decided to try
the hobbles and' see if they would not
hold 'him together long endugh to land
the "big" stake. He had never worn them
befor6, b'ut.tooli to the, traps kindly and
with "their help pjaced one trial fn 2:05i.
,That was many seconds faster than any
o,'f"tho "otfter entiles ln4 the big stake
had' evqf' shown andhl3 'followers made
him a heavy favorite 'over the field ahd
backed him as It it was' all over. He
won a 'heat or-two, but when he looked
to have the race .safe and was sailing
along Yri front he lost his stride, and In
the ' subsequent "heats he' made other
breaks that cost hlmthe race. '
"There was poor Coney, a shadow of
his former-self, a. great, tall, weak, bony,
sorry-looking specimen of a. pacer, with
"his., legs. iled. together with a set,. of vhob-bles,-
and making costly "breaka out In-
front of a large crowd that had rieverl
seen him before and had heard wonder
ful stories of his speed and beauty,-but
knew nothin.
about his physical "condUr
tlon. No wonder they ridiculed hint and
IN THE WORLD J
vs.S'&r?' -' !?X&&m..
Jwm:rs4sgs& &, J?&jsm&gm
- 1, IX STRAPS.
called him a 'lobster' and a 'counter
feit.' He certainly looked and performed
like one.
Raced Like n. Cheap Horse.
"All last Summer he raced like a cheap
horse, but won close to $5000 because
he had so much more speed than any
other horse In his class. He closed the
season with a record of 2:07 and a badS
reputation, ana was sola at on.e ot tne
Winter auctions for a small price.
"Coney was Wintered East, and early
this Spring he was shipped to Keating at
Cleveland. He was big and strong and
handsome and looked like the Coney of
old, but when once a horse learns to de
pend upon the hobbles to help him regain
his stride when he makes a mistake, he
will rarely trot or -pace without them
again."'ThIs",was"6o 'with Coney, as, al
though he was sfforfg-eribugh to carry his
speed, Keating was forced to put tho
hobbles .on him wKeiThe got him ready
to" senff ifftd ''the money.. .
'Coney made his first start this year
at Windsor,; .where hel was, .second to Billy
Andrews, and, "In the - opinion of most
horsemen who saw. the, race, he was not
driven to win. utrPoirpIt two weeks ago
he was backedta ,win but lost the race
through an accident. At Cleveland they
b'acked him heavily again, and had the
satisfaction of seeing Driver McHenry
lay him up the first heat, while Prince
Alert, another hobbled pacer, beat the
field In 2:04, and then step him to the
front and win with speed'to spare in 2:02?i
and 2:0U.
Put Mm nt the Top.
"This performance, made Coney the fast
of 5-year-old 'harness horses, the fastest'
WAY A GOOD MANY
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PAT ME OLD FniEND, JOHN, APPEARS TO BE "ON THE HOG."
-hobblett-.pacer-ln the world, and the fast
est harness-horse that-the great State of
Calif ornla--ever bred.'. Only four horses
Star Pointer '(1:59"4), John R. Gentry
(2:00,'TJb'e Patchen" (m&T,' a Robert
J. 2:$1J have "better records than Coney,
and none of them was as fast as he Is
at the same age, and it is doubtful if any
one of them ever went a mile in 2:02
with as little effort as he did.
"Few horsemen will expect Coney to
beat. Star Pointer's record, but If he
should train on to that point, it will be
a calamity, from a breeder's standpoint.
"Any -horse that needs hobbles to make
him trot or pace certainly-lacks some
quality that an Ideal harness horse should
possess, and the use of such horses for
breeding purposes Is certainly retrogres-
slon, but If a hobbled horse should ever
get the world's record It would undoubt
edly Increase the use of the pernicious
appliances a great deal, and would dam
age breed Interests accordingly. But not
withstanding the hobbles, there Is no dis
puting the fact that Coney a the fastest
'pacer on the turf today."
FTHf 13? SPORTDOM.
Humorous-'"Side of the Situation, as
Seen bx.Pn.rngrnpb.erH.
He X suppose you are ready to pay me
the jkisa -i won 'on. the result of the ball
game. -
She Oh, no;-" I never pay gambling
debts. ' v
He (disappointedly) And there's no law
to collect them, either.
She (after a moment's sllenceBut you
might take the law into your own hands.
George. Philadelphia. Inquirer. k
Parke Your wife tells me you have just
bought her a new wheel.
Lane Yes. She- can now run home from
the golf links and see the children occa
.slonally. Detroit Free Pjress.
An old Scotsman, being asked why ho
did -"not play golf, replied "that it wa3
only for strong arms, supple Joints and
lang purses." And Sandy wasn't far out
of it. Golfing.
I went to a ball game" tho other day.
'and one of the players sent up a foul.
A countrified old lady sitting next to mo
tcjled out, "Where is It?"
"Up in the -air," I answered.
"I don't see any feathers."
"""This is a picked nine, madam," said
a cynical looking chap on her left. New
York World.
' "David was a good fighter,"' said tho
professional pugilist, "but he had some
hard luck."
"You mean the David who slew Goli
ath?" "Yes. He could have made a mint ot
money out of that fight if moving pic
tures had only been invented then."
Washington Star.
"A long shot won at the track yester
day, and we weren't therel"-
"Oh, well, I wouldn't have had 'a bet
on him If I had been there."
"How do you know?"
"Because he won." Chicago Post.
"This elevator," grumbled Rivers, giv
ing the button another vigorous push,
"Is like the Chicago League Base Ball
Club."
Brooks looked tho Interrogation point
he was too hot and tired to frame In
words.
"Because," rejoined Rivers,. "it doesn't
make half runs enough." Chicago
Tribune.
Van Gllt-bllt I hava Just had my
yacht remodeled.
Billyboy Who, I-didn't know -she need-
ped ft." " '" ' ' "'
Van Gllt-bllt Oh, yes. I can stow away
twice as much liquor - In hen now as I
could before. Smart Se.
Brassle What were you doing lugging
that bundle of sticks on the links yes
terday afternoon?
Foozle Well, I have come to tho con
clusion that It is just as good exercise
carrying the sticks as. to follow the ball
over the field, with only an occasional
muscular effort, so I make the caddv do
the hitting and I carry the bag. P Iton
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"It's not dark enough yet," she whis
pered, as she peered eagerly up and down
tho street.
"There's no one In sight," he replied,
after a careful survey.
"But some one may come round that
corner at any minute and recognize us,
and then I should want to die."
"Well, then, we'll wait a bit."
What dreadful deed did those two con
template doing?
He was about to give her her first
lesson in riding a bicycle. Unidentified,
exchange. .
"Niblack has become quite a good
playerj I hear," remarked, the man who
merely regarded the game with good
natured tolerance.
"Yes," replied Bunker, grudgingly, "but
I don't like tho way he addresses the
ball."
"No. It does seem Idiotic, not to say
vulgar, to swear at it so constantly."
Philadelphia Press.
"How do you manage to pick up so
many racehorses who have no pedigrees "
asked one turfman.
"I watch the ice wagons," was the
answer. "When you get animals whoso
dally business It is to haul the wagon
all the way from the Icehouse to the
PEOPLE LOOK AT IT.
last customer before the load melts,
you're very likely to find some phe
nomenal speed-.'' Washington Star. '
Doctor What you need, my man, la
exercise In the open air.
Patient Good heavens, doctor, that's
what I don't need I've been teaching my
wife to ride a wheel. Ohio State Journal,
Guide This is Bunker Hill.
Visiting Briton (also a golfist) Ah, that
was a bunker, to be sure. San Francisco
Examiner.
When you come to size up the baseball
situation there's a majority lot of dif
ference between pennants and penance.
Philadelphia Record.
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' A Mlrncle.
A bolo 'in ono stroke1 was tho scoro
Ot a tyro; all shouted. 'Encorel"
, "I'll not try it; again."
. . Said this wisest, 'of men
"For I might tako a-great. many more."
-Golf.
CROQUET OUSTING TENNIS
ReneTvcd Interest .Being Manifested
In Former Game In the East,
in Various Places.
The whirling of time has brought about
a renewed Interest in croquet as an out
door game, and many lawns of country
homes display croquet wickets whero
formerly tennis nets have been stretched,
says the New York Tribune. It ha3
been discovered that tennis Is too vio
lent a game" for the majority of womn,
and when the exigencies of golf are too
fatiguing, then the game of croquet Is
called upon as a relaxation. The manu
facturers are busier this season, they
say, than they have been in 20 years.
In. 1S70 croquet became tho rage in Lon
don through the enthusiasm of "Caven
dish" Jones, who was Instrumental In
laying out 12 croquet courts at Wimble
don, where a fine pavilion was built, as
well as two or three thatched Summer
houses. In 1SS0 camo lawn tennis, which
soon evicted croquet, and everything and
everybody belonging to It, but since 1S36
the game has been gradually creeplns
back to favor.
A certain Englishman objects to cro
quet as "eminently conducive to bad tem
per and selfishness." On the other hand.
It Is claimed that croquet Induces self
control, and that this quality is seen to a
remarkable extent at croquet tourna
ments. The moral of the croquet world
most emphatically 13 that temper must
be controlled, and sooner or later those
who may have shown any tendency to
display-unworthy feeellngs have to learn
better.
Condition of the laivn.
Tho lawn, to be In perfect condition for
croquet, must have the grass cropped
short and kept moist and greent On hard
and dry grounds the balls are liable to
give Irritating little leaps Just as they aro
passing the object hole.
The game of croquet should be played,
according to the American custom, on
grounds as nearly level as possible 90 by
45 feet has for years been considered a
convenient size., especially for grass
courts. Where accuracy Is required, the
dimensions adopted by the National As
sociation are as follows t Length, 72 feet;
width, 36 feet; corner pieces, 8 feet long;
inside measurements, with a lino denot
ing boundary of the field 30 Inches from
the Inside of the border. The surface
should be well rolled dirt, lightly sanded,
to hold the balls. While the game Is or
dinarily played on turf, all tournament
game3 must bo payed on dirt or "made"
ground.
The wickets must not be more than
four inches in. width and eight to 10
inches above ground. They should bo
sunk Into the ground six or eight Inches,
or set in blocks of wood burled under
the surface to Insure stability. When the
ground will admit of It, the stakes
should be placed 72 feet apart, with
the first wicket seven feet In front of tho
starting stake. The. second wicket must
be seven feet from the first, the third
14 feet to the right of. and one foot in
advance of. the. second; the fourth, on a
line with the first, and 20 feet In ad
vance of tho second, and the remaining
five at the same relative distance. Thus,
there will be five arches .in line between
the Btake3 andurlrjgajchea.
CorrecfMnllets and Balls.
The mallets should be made of boxwood
or dogwood, seven, to nine Inches long,
by two and one-fourth to two and one
half Inches In diameter, and the handle
of the length that best suits tho player.
The best balls are of hard rubber, and,
according to rule, are three and one-
fourth Inches In diameter. They can be
easily painted by using a preparation of
shellac dissolved In, alcohol, mixing Chi
nese vermllllon for red. Prussian blue and
zinc or flake white for blue, and zinc or
flake white for white. Thus painted they
dry in a few minutes, and wear for sev
eral days. The order of colors on the
stakes shall be red, white, blue and
black.
There are a few new rules which have
been added in late years In regard to
the boundary line, for tho boneflt of
those clubs which have adopted the new
style grounds, with corner pieces. These
are, that a ball shot over the boundary
or border must be returned at right an
gles from where It stops.
A ball Is In the field only when the
whole ball Is within the boundary line.
' No play Is allowed from beyond the
boundary line, except when the ball Is
placed In contact with another for the
purpose of croquet.
If a player strikes the ball when over
the boundary line the stroke Is lost, and
the balls shall be replaced orleft where
they stop, at the option of the opponent.
Play Censen.
If a player hits a ball oft the field by a
direct shot, the play ceases and the ro
queted ball Is placed on tho boundary op
posite the point where it lay before be
ing thus hit. But If a ball off the field
la hit from a croquet, the hit shall not ba
allowed, the ball shall be. replaced proper
ly In the field and play shall not cease.
Should a ball be resting In a corner and
another ball be played so that It should
be brought In at the same spot. It must
be placed on that side of the ball upon
wnlch. It passed over the boundary line.
The costume worn In playing golf Is
equally suitable for croquet, the short
skirt being ever desirable. While a game
may be Indulged In to while away an
hour before dinner, and-the players may
wear trailing skirts, which are sure to
more or less dislodge the balls, such a
thing would not be tolerated In a gama
to be played seriously.