The Sunday Oregonian., August 21, 1904, PART FOUR, Page 32, Image 32

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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, 'AUGUST 21, 190. -
LACROSSE MAKES "RAPID HEADWALj
NEW SPORT BECOMES INCREASINGLY POPU
LAR IN PORTLAND
IT has been -well said that one watch
ing a game of lacrosse is constant
ly reminded, if pictures and tradi
tion are to be believed, of a graceful
game in ancient Greece. There is the
toe .breathless, tense Greek statuary
air, as the lacrosse-players stand at at
tention, -waiting at the face-off for the
sound of the referee's whistle as a
signal that they can commence play.
Toot-oot-oot. and the lightly-clad ath
letes suddenly leave statue-land and
come to life, running at high speed,
waving their lacrosse sticks in their
hands as if to mow down some enemy.
There is body-checking, quick eye and
footwork, plenty of hard knocks, dodg
ing, combination play, advice roared
from the bleachers to some favorite
player as ho rushes along with the
ball in the netting of his lacrosse
stick, and the roar of applause as he
scores a goal.
Since the Portland lacrosse Club
rwas organized about three months ago,
it has worked so hard to lift the sport
into a high plane thSt it has nearly
made lacrosse a household word here
among those who love invigorating,
healthful, outdoor sports. Commencing
on the Multnomah Field, the Portland
Xacrosse Club was sheltered under the
wing of that crack ' organization, the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, un
til it could fly with wings of its own.
The start was far from disappointing,
although envious Seattle sports who
framed the Northwest Lacrosse League
saw to it that Portland met the strong
est club in the league, Seattle, and not
the weakest. However, the defeat
was not a bad one, and the young la
crosse players learned a thing or two
from the stalwart Canadians who com
posed the Seattle Lacrosse Club, one of
the strongest organizations on the Pa
cific Coast.
At this Juncture, Macdonald Potts,
the secretary of the Portlands; "Walter
B. Honeyman and other friends lopked
out for new blood to make a strong
team, as there were not then 12 experi
enced .players In the club willing to
play at matches in those debutante
days. George Oddy, one of the best
cover-points . that ever played in that
position in any country, and who
learned the game in Eastern Canada,
happened to come to this city looking
for work, and he was immediately made
captain of the Portlands. "When other
players in "Washington and British Co
lumbia heard that Oddy had agreed to
reorganize the Portland ctub and make
it the leading lacrosse organization
along the Pacific Coast, several of them
came to Portland and secured work, so
that they could be with Oddy and the
Portlands. Hawes, third defense man,
was a newcomer who quickly made a
name, but the star of all, the dashing
player who has won all the girls'
hearts, is Mike McCann, standing six
feet two inches in his stockings, or
rather, socks.
It was at the game with Tacoma that
Mike made his Portland debut, and "Look
to Mike" gave the hint that a star play
was anticipated. Rarely did McCann dis
appoint His reach is longer than that
of most men, and he requires two ordi
nary players to watch him. He Is tall,
thin, rapid, and nervy. Fred Lawrence
is a courageous, skillful player, and a
good shot. C. A. Stewart, big and chunky,
and with a complexion that dairymaids
would envy, holds down second defense
and rarely does an opposing player get
past him. Harry "Wilson makes a clever,
resourceful center, and Dr. Braden has
very few equals as goalkeeper in this
part of the country. Braden is quick of
eye, and he can almost anticipate a play,
so experienced is he in all the tricks of
the lacrosse trade. He and his clubmates
will have the games of their lives Fri-
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TACOMA LACROSSE TEAM.
rajsJ . strong San Francisco Lacrosse Club are the blood. There is a story told of a town
promised in the near future. in Eastern Canada, where lacrosse was
day and Saturday, when they face the Very few new field games have leaped the ruling passion. A clergyman once
famous Victoria, B. C, lacrosse club, first into such sudden popularity In this city visited the leading school and sternly
at Astoria and then on .the Multnomah as lacrosse. The attendance at the vari- asked of one of the junior classes: ""What
grounds In this city. The Victorians are ous matches has been encouraging, and. is the chief end of man?" A little boy
among the .best lacrosse players on thi3 the spectators have followed the whirl- brightened and replied: "Oh. I know,
continent, : and if the Portlands can even ing dashing movements of the players Please it's to get into our lacrosse club."
hold their own with such powerful rivals, with the most lively Interest. Lacrosse Portland Is getting to be such an ideal
they . will be in luck. Games with the is Just the running, fighting game to stir lacrosse city.
WHIMS AMD F7YP;S OF TE-A-PTRlVl KERS
WITH the approach of the social sea
son In town importers and dealers
in Japanese and other Oriental wares are
setting forth a tempting array of trinkets
for the tea table or cart.
The very newest offering is the broad,
low, shallow ' teacup, which has entirely
superseded the slender, high cups hereto
fore associated with the tea service.
These new cups are as broad as or
broader across the top than the ordinary
family coffee cup, and not more than an
Inch to two Inches In height. They are
prettiest In the eggshell patterns, with
the exceedingly fine and translucent lin
ing. Wedgewood is also popular.
For use with these cups comes a new
spoon, almost as small as an after-dinner
coffee spoon. In fact, if the hostess
selects her cups carefully she can em
ploy the small spoons she already uses
for demi-tasse. For many years the
vogue has been for a collection of odd
and widely different teacups, but now the
demand Is for complete sets.
Trie latest fancy In a teapot Is of Sat
suma ware, which looks like Inlaid work,
depicting tiny Japanese scenes. The pot
Is small with a fiat bowl, and has a spout
six inches in length, whic-i Is longer than
the teapot itself.
The perfectly equipped table boasts of
two teapots, the ono in which the tea Is
brewed and "the one from which it Is
served. A "taster," whose word Is law in
importing circles, says that the true taste
of any tea 13 lost after it has been brew
ed four minutes. At the end of this time
the only flavor noticeable is the bitter
ness of tannin, the dangerous quality In
tea. Hence the secret of making deli
cately flavored tea is to serve It after It
has been brewing but a minute or two.
When a large number of persons must
be served In rapld succession, the tea
should be brewed in one pot, permitted to
to stand two or three minutes, and then
poured through a china not a -metal
strainer Into the second pot. Both pots
must be steajnlng hot before they are
used. In warm weather a cosy is not
needed, but in Winter the second teapot,
or that from which the beverage Is serv
ed, should be covered with a cosy. The
old-fashioned cosy, like a hood, Is much
In use, but a daintier accessory for the af
ternoon tea table is one of the wicker
affairs lined with padded Japanese silk.
These come in sizes to fit almost any
pot.
In tea carts there are offered some
dainty wagons better suited to boudoirs
than drawing rooms. They are of French
rattan in the natural color, combined with
another delicate tint. They can be secur
ed In pale blue, pale pink, light green and
paje yellow, to match boudoirs decorated
Jn such tints. The top has a glass tray
effect, and on the lower shelf are three
compartments for the cakes, crackers,
etc., separated by rattan railings.
For thfc drawing room the Inlaid ma
hogany tea cart remains In favor, and to
PORTLAND LACROSSE TEAM.
cover the top of these extravagant pieces
of furniture come the most exquisite of
open work dollies, the better to show oft
the beauties of the mosaic work.
For tables from which tea is to be
served at a large afternoon function, the
new tablecovers are rather email, made
to fit Just Inside the edge of both round
and square tables.
Two new. wafers are offered for ths
fall season. One of these Is called the
cigarette wafer, and Is a delicate, rolled
sweet cracker not unlike champagne
wafers In texture. When men are pres
ent, chocolate snaps are considered es
sential. These are a rich chocolate paste,
rolled In Imitation of a cigar. Unsweet
.ened crackers and a soft cheese to spread
upon them have now a place on the after
noon tea table, and pate de fol gras Is
much served.
In some homes, where the love of Ori
ental effects will not down the cosy
corner has been succeeded by a tiny
tea room. This la fitted up .with deli
cate, transparent Japanese hangings and
furniture. A pretty fancy for lighting
this room is to cover the electric globe
with a brass frame a foot or more in
diameter. This frame is wound lightly
with a Japanese scarf, spangled with
light-weight Japanese coins. If an elec
tric fan is cunningly hidden at a conven
ient distance where Its draught will
strike this shade, the coins and silk
fringe will dance right merrily and throw
a quaint, flickering light over the tea
table.
Great Horses .Meed Companions Dogs, Kittens, Monkeys and Goats Make Good Pets for Famous Tracers
GREAT horses, like great men, so
Percy, an eminent turf authority,
says, must needs have companions.
He says that many of our fastest trotters
and pacers of the day, unless they are
accompanied by some favored chum, such
as a dog, kitten, monkey or goat, will
fret. Some will train fairly well over the
homo track, yet once on the road it is a
trial to owners and trainers to induce
them to eat.
Champion Cresceus had a bull pup for
a traveling companion, but It was not
because he was a light feeder, but merely
because some admirer presented his
breeder-owner-trainer, George H. Ket
cham. with the dog, "to go with Cres
ceus," as he worded the deed of gift.
Horse and dog enjoyed life at the tracks
the better thereafter.
Joe Patchen IL. 2.01, had a kitten of
which he was especially fond,, -It was,
like the great pacer, black, "with 'white
points, and was named Joe Patchen
I believe. When Jack Curry had the
great warhorse he always gave him over
to one of his many dogs, of which, as
all know, he owns a number, varying
from fox terriers to the staid nirt nninto
with a few pensioners boarding here and
mere. '
Star Pointer, 1:59. the pioneer two
minuter, had a dog named Burns, that
resembled a cocker spaniel, yet was a
size larger. He was liver and white, with
gamy tail, cut short and carried saucily,
and woe to the man who so much as
touched a strap or buckle on the old
horse's outfit. When M. Murphy sold the
horse at the Garden, back in 1898. Dnv
McClary and Burns went with him to
w. j. wnue, 01 tjieveiana. xnat is, they
were unaer agreement to-go. Burns
started from the bulldlntr in eood faith.
but for the first time on record failed to
go witn tne norse ana nis caretaer,
Jf5Sft Smith, ivhn hv fh'fi mar. tnflav has
In charge Mr. Murphy's great string of
vice, 2:10; Wesley R., 2:10; Rotha J., J
2:12. ana Dusty Wilkes, 2:15.
Whether or not they found the dog I am
unable to say, but McClary remained
here several days chasing up clews.
Anaconda, 2:014, has a goat for stall
company, and so, too, have Birdlna,
2:08, W. C. Floyd-Jones' pocket edition
pacer, and A. J. D.. 2:09, F. G. Schmidt's
good matinee trotter. All are nervous,
high-strung and sensitive horses, and
need jollying along somewhat. You see a
goat will pitch in and eat the oats if the
horse is pouty and refuses to eat, and so
is a distinct advantage. Horses can be
coaxed at times to eat, but the surest
way on earth Is to let them see their
rations stolen, then they will eat.
It is rare sport to see Birdlna and her
goat fight for the posesslon of the .feed
box. "Billy" will butt her and she will
push and snap at him. Dinner time with
them means . an" Impromptu scrap, with
honors fairly easy. Wonder It Is that the
mare never injures her eyes. A. J. ,D.
and his goat are fixtures at the Empire
City track, and when the , owner moves
his horses tagjowns'theblllyicornes, too.
Dark Wilkes, that won a heat In 2:09
the opening day at Brighton Beach dur
ing the first year's trots there, then died
because of exhaustion caused by the' ex
cessive heat, had a monkey for a stable
mate. Jim McGregor tried everything
else, then got the monk. He was a terror
to the stable boys. As fast as bandages
were rolled up he would undo them; let
a boot be where he could reach It and it
was a hard-looking lot when he had done
with It. Still, Dark-Wilkes' won races
with the monkey as mascot, and lost
when alone.
"Plunger Jack" Cummings has a-buff
and white kitten around Prince Alert's
box always, and it makes one shudder
to see the little thing go under the great
pacers heels and crawl arouitd 'the stall
when he Is frisky, yet he wouldn't harm
her for worlds, and. always has an eye on
, her once she leaves 'the doorway for a
stroll, every now and again going to the
blanket bar to see If she has returned to
her cozy corner.
"That's the best kitten we have ever
had." said "The Plunger" to me one day
recently. Then picking her up, ho placed
her on the horse's back, where she curled
up as comfortably as possible, and he re
sumed hl3 munching of the allow
ance of hay. ,
Geore West, now no more, poor fel
low, had a mare in 1S96 that was fast,
but a poor doer. Little Abnet, 2:10.
Many may recall her, because so very
smalL She would not eat, so he thought
out a plan that worked nicely. Knocking
out a" board on one side of her box near
the door, and doing the same on the
opposite side at the far end, ho would
place a wisp of hay near enough to ad
mit the occupants of the adjoining stalls
poking their noses through and getting a
stray bite. Rather than allow herself to
be thus buncoed out of her hay she would
busy herself right quick, and then the
danger was that she would bolt her ra
tions. From a miserable little light feeder
she grew good and strpng, and raced
well .for poor West to the end that
Frank Gorton .sold her to the Glorgl
Brothers, of Italy. Abnet, like others,
was a poor roader, and got track sick
because of. too constant contact with
life between the high board fences.
Once "she got used to life on the high
way she raced better and improved In
disposition.
The veteran Salisbury never allows
a horse outside the track for jogging,
yet ft may be that he fears the trolleys
and autos, also hard, fllnt-llke pave
ments. Where good roads are at hand,
as at Hartford, Glens Falls and Pough
keepsle, leading trainers U3ually give
road work. There Is no set formula in
conditioning horses, apparently. The
trainer encounters many problems, but
light feeders or bad" travelers are tlie
most undesirable in the, long run.
Many may recall Fanny Foley, that
Gus.Macey had out as a 2-year-old and
staked way down the line. As a year
ling she showed 2:28 In Ohio, then was
bought by 'Frank Rockefeller for $5000,
and the entire horse world awaited de
velopments, It being fancied that she
would take a race record bordering on,
the phenomenal, and possibly reach
Arlon's 2:10 at two. -
She would work ' sensational frac
tions at the home track, down in Ken
tucky Versailles but once away she
would stop eating, fret and fume and
naturally lose speed and cause a let
up. After trying her several years Mr.
Rockefeller bred her. Next she was
matlneed, handled by Harry K. Deve
reux, who drove her in 2:11 to wagon.
Writing from memory, Fanny Foley
has no harness record below about
2:19, yet had she been a good "doer,"
as they term it, Macey had every stake
he ever '"named her in at his mercy,
reckoned on rare speed and behavior.
Dave Raybould and I saw her trot a
quarter at Chicago the season Mary
Beaufort won a stake for 2-year-blds
In 31 seconds, and like clockwork were
her footfalls and stride.
When at Glens Falls, 10 or 11 years
ago, I encountered th'e man-eating old
horse. Orange Bud, 2:21, then- about
20, but racing the half-mile tracks of
that country successfully and last.
Over at Gloversvllle one day, thinking
to write something about him, I cut out
to the track early and sought his stall.
Of course every oa -had warned me to
keep at least 20 feet from his heels, and
I supposed I'd have to view him at long
range.
He was stabled alone In a shed, and
seeing but a youth of not above 14 around
I despaired of getting to view the old
horse.
"Want to see Bud?" Inquired the bright
little chap. "Well, sir, I'll lead him out
for you, but please don't lay hand on
him. So saying, he unlocked the door,
quietly slipped a lead bridle over, his
head, spoke kindly to him and led him
out Into the sunshine. "Oh, yes, I take
care of Bud, don't I, old boy?" he said,
and began stroking his coat, smoothing
the bandages, picking straws out of his
mane and otherwise improving his favor
ite's condition.
That day I saw the boy boot and
harness the horse for Seeley, his trainer,
and take him to the stand for the jog
ging. The horse had killed two negroes
years before, and no one but that strip
of a lad would he tolerate in his old age.
He could go over and under him, pick
up his heels In the dark and do anything
he chose, and never carry a stick, so
great was the horse's confidence In him,
yet If his trainer went within 20 feet
when he was not In harness he would
square away for a long-range sighting
kick at him his arch enemy. When In
harness lt'was all off, for he seemed to
sa, "Now you've got me." Robert Mc
Gregor was just so. Dan Hurley could
hitch and handle him In the stable, but
once harnessed his then owner, the late
W. E. Spier, used him as a roadster quite
often.
Do you know that old St. Julien, 2:11.
one time turf ruler,- absolutely hated Or
rln A. Hlckok, hl3 trainer and part
owner? Well, It was so. Late in life,
when running at large the season around
on a big ranch In California, he saw
Hlckok one day and started for him,
and was driven olt only after a few
stones to the .ribs had done well their
part. Sunol,.2:0S, now a broodmare at
John H. Shults' farm at Portchester, hat
ed Charlie Marvin. She may have
changed as she has aged, yet she was a
very unpleasant thing In the stable.
Searchlight. 2:03, and Royal Victor,
2:08, have troubled trainers because of
bad disposition of late years', ' and the
former Is at present exercised only by
being turned loose' In a paddock at the
Pleasahton. Cal., track. He has not had
harness on his back since Mr. Bronson.
sent him back to the far West. For
tunately, however, vicious horses are the
exception and not the rule nowadays.
Dexter, 2:17, had no lingering love
for the late Robert Bonner, and would
not tolerate him around. Allx, Jay Eye
See, Nancy Hanks, The Abbott, all were
pleasant horses, but Cresceus will not
brook a stranger's advances, nor does ho
really care to have other than his usual
caretaker around his stall. Truth to
tell, possibly little Miss Rachel Ketcham
or Mrs. Ketcham might be allowed to
stroke his golden chestnut coat, but he
will stiffen up and glare at a stranger,
preferring to be let distinctly alone.
The caretaklng Is different today and
horses' dispositions are improved there
by. Not so much of scraping, hand
rubbing and more of showering with some
menthol wash, covering with a lightish
llnsey and walked till cooled out enough
to brush up and put away. They band
age less and over cotton always, and the
horses are allowed to eat plenty of hay
rather than to be muzzled 2-1 hours be
fore a big race and sweated under blan
kets, scraped and rubbed, rubbed and
scraped, always being fussed over and
watched for fear they "train off."
Then they are worked differently, as
well. Formerly It was 10 or 15 miles of
road work off days to leg them up; mile
after mile workout days to stay them up
and within three or four seconds of their
capacity was all ever allowed, thus keep
ing them always doing something not to
their liking. Today . they are not roaded
as severely,. nor drilled to death on star
vation hay rations, receive a variety of
feed and plenty of water, are allowed to
brush and given few six-heat repeats
In their work. Then, too, the boys seem
to care for them Just as well as when
they lived by the stall door, shaving,
sleeping and Hvlng-with the horse.
Some of the best caretakers are driving
loday, and among them two are con
spicuously successful David J. McClary
and Vance Nuckols. The former has had
Star Pointer, 1:59; Gulnette, 2:05; Joe
Pointer, 2:05; has educated and sold
Elastic Pointer, 2:06. and Morning Star,
trial 2:04. and apt to prove 1904's sen
sation. Vance Nuckols' fastest is Home
Circle, 2:0S. and also Schley Pointer,
2:0S; right at the little fellow's heels.
So far this season he has won above
25 races, and lost less than ten. a wonder
ful showing. Nuckols neither uses liquor
nor tobacco, and sticks to the old way
going without a necktie, as It ia more
comfortable. He owns two billiard sa
loons out in Cleveland, his adopted home
town, and is a moneymaker.
McClary has sold two pacers for $19,000
and owns today a 3-year-old trotter apt
to cut the world's record of 2:0S, as he
has thus early trotted a repeat In 2:11.
He is undoubtedly worth right at 515,000.
and even more with his stake engage
ments. McClary began with the former
champion, Star Pointer, taking him at
2:04 and reducing his record to 1:59
our first mile below 2:00. To James A.
Murphy he owes his advance, as it
was he who gave him his great start up
the path In the tralnera' . world. He is
a splendid nurse, and that sort develop
Into successful race drivers. No amount
of praise would suffice ahent the Star
Pointer campaign, and therein Jesse
Smith should share the glory, as It was
he who cared for the horse.. Always
unsound, often a cripple, 'he. raced the
championship back In 1896.
Needed Instruction.
Atchison Globe.
The girls need Instruction along this
line: They don't send the boys home
early enough. Any boy who has to work
at 7 has no business being out of bed
after 10 at night. The girl's father also
has his rights. When the young man
stays late, he spoils an old mans rest as
we'l - his wr prospects. '"
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