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Newspaper Page TextTIIE StTXDAT OREGONIAX.-PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1910. . 4 region ef Southeaetern Russia, : and the end is not yet. . The conflicts between the ignorant peasantry and the authorities over the attempted enforcement of health regula tions and the segregation have added heavily to the casualties caused by the Coscacka wreaking vengeance on the wild tribes who wander through these terri tories without regard to sanitation. To these nomads tha Cossacks as well aa the peasantry attribute the cholera outbreak, with the result that they are being sub jected to a terroristic crusade, in which scores have been killed after shocking tortures. iThe Cossacks are entirely out of hand, and swear they will make It im possible for the wandering Tartars to for get that the Don provinces are unwhole PUGILISTS SEEM IN POOR REPUTE .PORTLAND CRICKETERS LEAVE TONIGHT TOR TOURNEY AT VICTORIA, WHERE PLAY OPENS TOMORROW. ABOUT JOHNSON rl-. 11 MUL. . , j tAtV"!'lL- lUeU.4at 5-" - I3 J t ' ... . - a'a Boxing Men Expect Fair Play From California Republi cans' Nominee. Since San Francisco Barred Fighters, Doors Are Now Closed Everywhere. some for them to live in. : : -St . , BEN SELIG TALKS OF GANS HEAVIES CHANGE SCENE SPORTS WONDER - ft - - - V 1 s Kaufman-Lane Go, Prohibited In n Vork. Take M(rh to Phila delphia N'o Championship la Iarohred, . Advertised. bt w. j. prntAts. Buffeted about from pillar to post me to ba the fste of tha prtia fight ers ever alnca tha Jeffrtoa-Johnaon fight was banished from Son Frsnclsro, for tha other dsy tha police of New Tork 'City refused to allow Bill Lang, of Aus tralia, and Al Kaufman, tha California!!, to mix it for ten roumla In Gotham. Rafuatd prm!aaton to light In New Tork the barker, of tha two big "lem Ofia". touted ace Mall by tha fletle pro motera and tha fight dopeMers who fall for tha easy language stuff. Immediately transferred the scene of action to Phila delphia where si round engagements are permitted penm Vacuously. It Philadelphia etood for O'Brien so long, there Is no rea son to doubt that tha Quaker bug can siaol for a couple of more quinces. No Champfonahlp Involved. Tlie Lang-Kaufman proposed mlxnp la heralded as a championship battle. What championship Is Involved? None of the dnpevters or ihe Immediate frlenda of either man can name the championship, unless It la to settle which of tha two la tha worst "mutt". Kaufman fell be fore tha notorious "f sker". "Philadelphia Jsck" O'Brien, and Bill Lang succumbed to Tommy Bums almost as often as Jack Johnson used to fight Joe Jeanette, and this Is going some. If either of these burllea can legiti mately claim any semblance of champion ship caliber, their early ring performances re far from flattering demonstration of even near prowess. Kan f man Is No Fighter. Five years ago Billy Delaney. who wed to know considerable about the fight game, pulled Al Kaufman, then 18 years of age. rot of the amateur ranka and decided then and there that he was the new world beater. Kaufman started off by licking Bam Berger. and any 18 year old kid In the country who could not do tha same thing ought to be sent to bed Immediately after the application of the sllppr every night for pix months. Delaney then thought It a great boost for hla "kid" to ic him on Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, and thle time Delaney neglected to flix It so that O'Brien would lay down", and the result was that the "coming champion" received an awful .-oir to his ambftlona not to mention what . O'Brien did to his physical proportions. Xhla marked. Kaufman's flnlsh for the time being, and Delaney dropped the "phennro" with the reluctant admlMlon . that ,He needed "seasoning". Kaufman needs a great deal more than seaaon- ing. and this will be demonstrated If he . ever fights Jack Johnson on the level.' l.ng la Joke, Too. As for Iving he Is almost as much of a Joke as was "Boshter Bill" Squires, an other Australian quince who was trimmed dedSely by Tommy Burns, the "near" champion for a time. Burna fought Lang two or three times and each time be had no great difficulty In putting the Australian to the queer. Iang may be a champion In Australia, but before he hooks up with Jack Johnson, unk-n he can frame the negro, he had better go back to . Australia Intact, so It Is more than likely that ha would be sent back In sections were be to collide with John son, and Johnson happened to be In clined to fight some. The heavy weights of today are the huge Jokce of the light game hiMory. There Is not one of them, aside from Johnson, alio would have been able to argue through one round with John L. Sullivan when the famous champion waa In his prime. Kaufman. lng. Burns. 0"Brlen. Jeannette. Langford. and all of them have nothing to show that they ever could tight. M'CIUW PITCHES GKEAT GAME Montoano Win From Aberdeen by Shutout. 10 to 0. MONTESANO. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) McGraw held Aberdeen to three hits and Montesano won 10 to 0. Eg erer. who pitched for Aberdeen, was wild as a March hare, giving ten bases on balls and anowlng ten hits. Aberdeen played a poor fielding; game, the six errors charged hardly showing the play. A fast double. Cleaann- to Arland. was the fielding feature. This Is the last of the series of the State League on. the home grounds. Tha ecore: RUE R H E Aberdeen... I l Montesano. 10 10 4 Batteries: Egerer and Hust: Mc Ciraw and Moore. SEATTLE'S ERRORS ARE COSTLY Vancouver Bunches Hits When Champs Make Boots." PTCATTLE. Wash.. Aug. . Vancouver bunched hits with Seattle errors In the second Inning and won by a score of to 1. Gardner kept Seattle's hits scattered, and given faultless support. Tha score: R.H.E.; R.H.E. Seattle 1 T i Vancouver .... C Batteries Chtnault ar.d Custer: Gardner and Sugdrn. Spokane 14: Taconia S. SPOKANE.' Aug.' to. Spokane start ed scoring early in the game, pushing tr.ree tallica over the pan on Scbmuts before tha contest was well under way. Kaae. the Ta.com a southpaw, relieved Sclunuts In the second round, but waa treated no more gently. Score: R H E! R H E .Spokane... 1 IS IITacoma 2 5 7 Batteries Claflln and Shea: Schmutx. Kaue and Brnes. ' BARE FEET ADVOCATED -Glasgow - Medical Director Advises Discarding of Shoes. GLASGOW. Aug. 30. (Special. Wealthy Scotch mothers of sturdy offspring are discussing the Issue raised by District Medical Officer William Cullen. who holds- a brief for bare feet. "The habit of going with feet bare." ha sayn "is something of a National custom In Scotland, and If rm seen now than several years ago. that is solely because of the changing custome of the people, and in no to any adverse Influence that It aver had on the health. "If the wealthier sections of the com munity do not now. In the city, permit their children to exercise In the naked feet, they familiarly dress them In san dala and cotton sock a a custom which haa little more than the virtue of cleanli ness to recommend It. WEIR!) LEGEND IGNORED OIL MAfJNATE WIIO IWGHT STANDARD FEARS NOT FATE. Lord Cow dray Makes Home at Coon try House Where Disaster Befell Several Former Owners. LONDON, Aug. !. (Special.) After hla atruggle with the Standard Oil trust. Sir Wetman Pearson, now Lord Cowdray. haa been taking a holiday with his wife. The tenanta In Dun echt. Aberdeenshire, entertained them at dinner on the occasion of their visit to thla fine Scottish home, an unex pected and felicitous piece of hospital ity which greatly pleased Lord and Lady Cowdray. Lord Cowdray's title is taken from the beautiful estate he purchased from Lord Egremont. Cowdray originally belonged to the families of Bohun and Browne, and. like Dunecht, Cowdray Is popularly supposed to have a mediaeval curse resting upon It. Some monkish prophecy appears to exist about the di rect line of the Brownea and their home-coming simultaneously to an end "by water and by fire." The uncanny state of affairs hap pened In this way. Sir Anthony Browne got Battle Abbey aa a gift from Henry VII. Tbe new owner destroyed the church and built himself a lordly dwelling-house with the material a few weeka after the abbot had been dispos sessed; and It Is supposed that tha abbot curaed the family for this act of vandalism. Sir Anthony'a son preferred Cowdray aa a residence. In due course Battle Abbey was aold and it Is said that the monkish curse followed the family. The Brownes suffered their double disaster In September. 1793 the eighth Viscount .Montagu waa drowned In the Rhine and the splendid Tudor House at Cowdray was destroyed by fire. The estate passed to the Points family, through the marriage of the Ill-fated Viscount's only sister to W. Stephen Points. Disaster by water soon over took the new owners. The heir to the estate and his brothers were drowned at .the seaside In sight of their parents. But the newly created Lord Cowdray, backed by the moral support of Mexi can oil-flelda and a huge Bhltlsh busi ness, baa no use for legends or shonk Ish spite, and smiles at the old-time tale. Fandom at Random BILL 8TEEN pitched one of the finest games of his career yesterday, and deserved to win. but fate ruled otherwise. Steen worked hard and waa steady throughout. He walked but two men In the whole game. Jack Lively pitched some tine baseball himself, and a fatal base on balls Issued by him to the ever-dangerous Olemn In the ninth !s what prevented him getting a shotout game. Fast fielding marked the game through out, and many a ecnsattonal piece of work by the players prevented the scor ing of runs at critical moments In the matinee. Happy Bill Hogan had hardly been nritched Into the third base position when he made a great catch of a foul fly against the grandstand, retiring Sheehsn In the 11th chapter. Maggsrt waxed exceedingly angry at the rulings of Brother MeGreevy, and came within an are of getting chased to hold solace with Wolverton. "M.iggle" Is hitting like a fiend and he thinks he ought to get one every time up. Tommv Sheehsn played a splendid game about third base yesterday, for the little chap speared all kinds of hard grounders and captured foul flies with .the utmost abandon. Tommy alxo hit the ball often, but not safely. a Buddy Ityan and Billy Speas were quite active In the outer garden, for the two fly chasers captured several, hard hit balls Ishelled for several banes bad they reached terra flrma in safety. It la now up to Vean Gregg to win to day's game for Portland and thereby give the home guard the advantage of the odd game of the series. Gregg seems to have the sign on the Oaks, and they do not appreciate McCredie'e idea In pitch ing the southpaw when it la Tom Sea ton'a turn. Big Mac knows, his business, however, and Intends to open the er!es with San Francisco with Seaton. who has been mom effective against the Seals this sea son. Seaton la In line form lately, and Portland may be fortunate enough to get the Jump on the Mohlerltea. FARMERS R0UJ BRIGANDS Notorious Chieftain Candino Is Slain Near Palermo. MILAN. Aug. JO. (Special.) A band of brigands who had descended the mountains around Palermo on a big cattle-raiding expedition waa intercept, ed near Garonia by a atrong muster of farmers. After two of the brigrands had been killed, the rest scampered away, leaving a trail of blood from a third member of their party who had been severely wounded. Among the dead is tha notorious chieftain Candino. Conaul P. FTmeraon Taylor, ef Stavanser, atstea that an EnaHah avntllrata has pur chased a aarOlna-eaportlne plant at Haiise ausd. on of the laraeat in that Norcian diatrlct. It ts Installing naw machinery for tha extensile manufacture of fish ball. " -e--'-i 'Tr ' ' J 7 wj ' - A The annual Northwest cricket tournament is to be played this year In Victoria, B. C, starling tomorrow. As In the past four years, Portland will be well represented, and a team leaves for the Canadian city to night so as to be on hand for the opening game, in which they are drawn to play against Kootenay. Pressure of business is preventing Greaves. Neame and Gray, three of the best batsmen, and Bailey from making the trip, but Captain Fenwick Is taking up with him several seasoned veterans, and some promis ing younger players, who. It Is expected, will maintain tha honor of playing under the club's colors, and bring back with them the coveted cup. W. G. Smith, who Is one of the team. Is In his best form thla year, and heads the club's batting averages. Fenwick and Churchley have also made several respectable scores In home matches, and from these three men most of the runs scored are expected. Copplnger, who Is also a member of the team, la showing Improved form over last seaaon, both with the bat and ball, and should be of material assistance. ' . The teams taking part In the tournament this year are: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, ' Burrards, Koote nay. three clubs in Victoria and a team from the garrison stationed there. On the way north a friendly game will be p'ayed In Seattle. . , -r , t The following Is the personnel of the team: E. T. Fenwick. captain; W. G. Smith. J. J. Churchley, J. C. Cummlng, M. Copplnger, P. C. Browne, A. E. MacKenzie, 8. Hooke, A. Berrldge. J. Mallett, George Banham, G. Shipley. LAST RAGES OM SATURDAY RIVERSIDE DRIVING CLUB TO HOLD FINAL MATINEE. Programme of ' Five Fnst Events Promises Exciting Time as Pre . HarTest Festival Affair. The Riverside Driving Club will hoJd Its last matinee race of the year next Saturday. This race will be a sort of curtain-raiser for the Harvest Fes tival to be held a week later, and the members are expecting, a record crowd. The programme will open with a match race between T. W. Murphy's Sis Merldan and R. L. Evans Schelagh. the horse winning the best three in five heats.. Sis Merldan has a good record, having won every race she has entered this year. Schelagh is a new horse on the track. The second event will be a pacing race between O. J. Brown's Georgia Rose. L. W. Watts' Blue Jacket. D. C. Anderson's C!co and Dr. Treve Jones' Alexander Queen. Chico and Alexan der Queen were not in the race at the last matinee and with their rest this undoubtedly will be an exciting race. Event No. S will be a trotting race between C. W. Flanders'- Guy OT-Jght. T. R. Howltt's Dottle Dimple, J. P. Porter's Ora May and C. W. Todd's Clam Bake. The latter raced the first time this year at the last matinee and won a heat. The other horses have each come under the wire first sev eral times. Event No. 4 will also be a trotting race. Clayton Fallas .says he thinks that his horse. The Jewell, can beat C W. Flanders' Cantatrlce. H. M. Tillman's Padishah. A. O. Hall's Alice Jones and A. R. Hadley's Lena H., but this will be fought out next Sat urday. Event No. S will be a trotting race between M. J. Myer's Effa M., G. K. Howltt's Sargo. C. A. Akisan's Planter and H. T. Drennen's Lillian M. The meet will wind up with a boys' pony race. The boys are allowed to enter this race free of charge and prizes will be given. IL O. Fargo will be the presiding Judge. Women will be admitted free. This will be the last race given In the NEWPORT WELCOMES FISH CAUGHT DIRECT FROM '-ST'- -w-Va Wf A r ..." t LAVNCH BLl'B BELL WITH CATCH OF FISH. NEWPORT Or Aug. 20. (Special.)' Tha above photograph shows Captain Frank Saltus and his little launch, the Blue Bell, with a catch of deep--sea fish. amounting to 1500 pounds. The fish are rock cod, lynn cod. kelp, red grouper and squswflsh.. The Blue Bell although a small craft, goes out to sea. In, all kinds of weather. She has made several trips to Coos Bay and the Columbia River. At present Captain Saltus is engaged in supplying the New port people with ocean fish, and such catches as the above, which he frequently makes, mark his success. ? - " . . JJh , city by tha club this year. Summary of events: Event No. 1. match race trotting, mile heats, best three in five T. W. Murphy's s. m.. Sis Merldan; R. L. Evans' b. m., Eche laah. Event No. 2. pacing mile heats, beat two In three O. J. Brown'e br. m.. Georgia Moan; U W. Watts' g. g.. Blue Jacket; D. C. Anderson's b. g.. Chlco: Dr. Treve Jones' ro. m.. Alexander Queen. Event No. 3. trotting mile heata. beat two In three C. W. Flandara' b. g.. Guy O'Llght: T. R. Howltt a b. m.. Dottle Dimple: J. P. Portera blk. m., Ora May; C. W. Todd's ch. g.. Clam Bake. . Event No. 4. trotting mile heats, best two In three Clayton Fallsa" a. m.. The Jewell; C. W. Flanders' b. m.. Cantatrlce: . H. M. Tlltman'a b. g.. I'adlahah: A. O. Hall's b. m., Alice Jonea: A. H. Hadley'a a m., Lena H. Event No. 5. trotting mile heata. beat two In three M. J. Jlyera' b. f., EfTa M.; O. K. Howltt's b. g., fiargo: C. A. Akisan's b. g.. Planter; H. T. Drenen's a m.. Lillian M. Boys' running race ponlea to be 14 handa hlRh or under. All boys to be 15 years or under. AMERICAN MOTORBOAT VICTOR Dixie II Finishes First In Interna tional Races English Second. LARCHMONT, N. T.. Aug. 30. The champion American motor-boat Dixie II finished first this afternoon in the inter national races here. The Duke of West minster's Pioneer waa disabled when she seemed a sure winner and finished sec ond. Both the other entries quit. The Dixie's time for the three laps of 10 miles was 69 minutes 44 seconds. The Pioneer's time was 1 hour 13 minutes 21 seoonds. She was out of the race 20 minutes with a blazing carbureter at a time when she was gaining one minute on the Dixie in every three miles. It was a flat and lifeless sea. with only the faintest of breexes on which the race was made for the Harms worth trophy. The British sent two hydroplanes, the Pioneer and Zlgarella, Into the race. The winner, owned by Vice-Commodore Fred erick K. Burnham. present holder of the trophy, waa the only defender of the cup. Papke to Fight Four Men. - CHICAGO, Aug. 20. At a conference between Promoter Hugh Mcintosh, of Australia, and Billy Papke, claimant of the world's middleweight title, yes terday, an agreement was drawn up whereby Papke will meet four middle weights In Australia during a perloj covering not more than 20 weeks. The four men are Dave Smith, Arthur Crlpps, Edward Williams .and Lee O'Donnell. all of whom are practically unknown to AmTrlcana. It was also agreed that none of the fighters would weigh more than 165 pounds ringside. . 'f .1' ft I' hi ; Wax r . - " - ' a. V. Vs- V -4? I p 1 H s- f a aaaaajaaaiaaaaataMaeataaMaiiiatims teta asw i n r i - i ill SIX PEAXS ARE SCALED MAZAMAS TOP MOUNTAINS AD JOINING THREE SISTERS. Computations by Party Show Alti tude of Middle Sister 10,240 and South Sister 10,590. ECGENE, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) A Mazama expedition consisting of H. H. Prouty, C. W. Whittlesey and Tom D. Eliot left the main camp on August 13 to attempt the ascent of Broken Top arid the Bachelor, two peaks belonging to the same group as the Three Sisters. Broken Top, lying south of the South Sister, and with jagged, precipitous cliffs around the summit, was scaled on August 14. The next day the party climbed to the top of the Bachelor. Mazama records were placed on the summit of each peak. Thus far the Mazama outing party has scaled each of the Three Sisters, the Hus band, Broken Top and the Bachelor, all mountains containing fields of perpetual snow. The topmost pinnacle of the North Sister was made by H- H. Prouty, the only one to succeed In climbing the almost perpendicular precipice of rock. It is believed to be the first time this pinnacle has ever been climbed. C. B. Aitchlson, after a series of care ful computations, haa determined the height of the Middle Sister to be 10,240 feet and the North Sister to 10.590 feet. The South Sister has not been computed", and Is considerably the highest peak of the group. Unnumbered thousands of gaudy winged butterflies were observed about the summits and on the southern slopes of the Middle and South Slaters, and a solitary chipmunk was startled out of a crevice in the rocks but a few hundred feet below the top of the Middle Sister. Prune Dealer Protests Rate. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) H. S. Gile, a leading prune dealer of Salem, has filed a conplalnt with the State Railroad Commission against certain rates on the Southern Pacific. He de clares that the rate on fruit and vege tables for less than carload lots be tween Portland and Albany is' 2& cents, while the rate from Salem to Albany on the same clas- of shipment Is 27 cents. He considers that the difference Is unreasonable and has requested the commission to take action. OCEAN, INSTEAD 0E BAY. , h . On Time Manager of Clever Black Lightweight Declare He Was Nearer 40 Years, Than 44, Age Given In Records. BY HAURT B. SMITH. SAJJ FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Tha sporting element of' the state haa been taking quite an Interest In tbe political campaign and with Hi ram Johnson nominated on the Repub lican ticket, does not know Just where It stands. Johnson and. In fact. Curry and Anderson aa well, are on record aa favoring appropriations for district fairs. Thla will tend to boom tha har ness horse game, although It will not bolster np tha fast fading game of the runners. Aa regards boxing, Johnson, it Is believed, will be disposed to play fair. This Is what ha told a man who is Interested In the sport: "I have Just as much red blood In my veins as the next man. I have a son who is a member of the Olympic Club and a boxer. I am a firm believ er In boxing, but I think that It should be regulated. I do not believe In each matches as the Jeffries-Johnson affair. That is going altogether too far, but with reform and regulation, there la no reason why boxing contests should not prosper." If Johnson wag correctly quoted, and I have reason to believe that he was, the boxing game in the state will not altogether fade away. Fight Suggested for Golden Gate. When word came from New York that the acting Mayor had refused to allow the 10-round bout between Al Kaufman and Bill Lang, it was sug gested to Louis Blot, who will hold the September date, that he might sign up these two chaps for San Francisco. "I am afraid that It would not be good policy," replied Blot. "In the first place, I think that we will have to steer clear of the heavyweights for a time and In addition to that, I do not think it would look well to take up a match that has been barred out of New York. I have in mind a 13-round match between Abe Attell and Lew Powell and believe that it will draw well Sat urday afternoon, September 10." Which shows that even in California we are becoming decidedly conserva tive. Vans Near 40, Says Sellg. Some Interesting information in re gard to Joe Gans was given out this week by Benny Sellg, who for some time acted as manager of the light weight champion. First of all, Sellg says that Gans, Instead of being 24 years old. aa the record books say, was nearer 40. Benny relates that some two' years ago, Gans happened to talk about his age and remarked that he was 32. Sellg anlffed Incredulously. "I know what I'm talking about." re plied Gans, "because the book, at home says I was born in 1870." Which would make Gans 40 years of age. Doubtless he was. Sellg then went on to tell of the early history of the black. "Gans never wanted to fake a fight, said Benny. "He was usually forced Into allowing a man to stay. For in stance, he would be all ready for a fight and when he would get Into the ring, his manager would say that ao-and-so was to be allowed to stay so many rounds. Joe would protest, but would be told that the money was bet that way. I don't know whether there was any arrangement In the fight with Jimmy Brttt. because I was not man ager, but I do know that Gans only re ceived $5000 for his end, where he should have had 150,000." In regard to the estate that Gans la said to have left, Sellg Is authority for the statement that his property in Bal timore waa heavily mortgaged and that when matters are cleaned up, he"does not believe there will be more than $5000 left for the family. At the same time, I notice that Mrs. Joe Gans haa issued a statement in which she says that It was the express wish of her husband that no benefits be arranged for either himself while he waa alive or his family. She also says that she has sufficient to keep her. Mcintosh Making Har- Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian pro moter. Is making hay while the sun shines. He haa recently arranged for Billy Papke to go to Australia for four matches, and this week he wrote to San Francisco, making a proposition for Abe Attell to go to Kangaroo land. He has four matches In sight for At tell. two of them being with Frank Thorn, who holds the lightweight title In Australia and Boer TJnholz. In eacn instance Attell would have to give away soma weight. Considering the present unstable con. dlflon of the boxing game In the United States. It Is quite within the range of possibilities that the California man will accept. Fight Pictures Shown. Moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight were displayed last Sunday night at a banquet given by the Indoor Tacht Club, a freak organization, of which .Jimmy Coffroth is the moving spirit. Tex Rlckard, when he came North from Los Angeles, brought a set of the films with him, and it was through his courtesy that they were shown. Allowing for conditions which made it impossible to show the pictures to the best advantage. It can be said that the films are' only fair, and will not call forth much enthusiasm. In the first place," with Johnson, a black man, boxing a white man so swarthy as Jeffries, neither t boxer would be brought Into relief. Secondly, there was little about the fight which would call forth enthusiasm. It was a eaae of one man wearing down the other, so there was nothing brill Laitt and no punches that stand out by themselves. No move has been made as yet to dis play the pictures in San Francisco. It has been Intimated that steps might be taken in the courts to prevent inter ference by the Mayor, but this has not been donfe up to the present writing. CHOLERA BLASTS RUSSIA Latest Epidemic in Southwestern Section Results in 4000 Deaths. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. (Special.) Not les than 4000 cholera deaths have occurred In the latest epidemic In the Don LONDON SEASON IS DULL Mourning for Edward DeprivtJ So ciety of Much Pleasure. LONDON. Aug. 20. (Special.). Cowes regatta has uttered the last word of the London season and the general feeling in society is one of relief. The retrospect is melancholy with disaster and disappointment. The depression due to King Edward's death has been as persistent as the rain, which marred nearly every outdoor function. With Dorchester House closed to formal entertaining. Americans in Lon don, who by right of position gravitate to the Whltelaw Reid set, found them selves more or less at a loose end. Storekeepera and hotel-keepers have recouped themselves somewhat by means of the record number of Ameri cans present in the metropolis from June to August, and feel duly grate ful to their Transatlantic clients. The only successful outdoor event on a big scale waa the Duchess of Sutherland's garden party. Dull" weather deprived the meeting of the Four-in-hand club at Hyde Park of much of its public interest. The onlj-Angrlo-American of note present was Cora, Countess of Strafford. She ac companied Major-General Sir Ewart, who drove four powerful chestnuts. The Duchess of Sutherland's garden party, combined with the weddings of Lord Maidstone and Miss Drexel. Lord Acheson and Miss Mildred Carter, and Montagu Eliot and Miss Helen Port, provided the purple social patches of the season. The Dublin Horse Show on August 23, to be attended by Lord and Lady Aberdeen, gives society a chance for a last rally. But keen sports are not likely to be drawn away in any large numbers from the Scot tish and Yorkshire moors. WINANS HASBIG CONTRACT American Objects to Baggage in Railroad Car Racks. ' LONDON, Aug. . (Special.) Ameri can holiday-makers in Europe are at present sharing the spacious time of idle ness with large numbers of Britishers with whom August is a favorite vacation period. Travelers on the railroads often need to provide themselves with a specially sweet temper for their Journeys. Bag gagemasters are unknown in Britain, where the checking system is not in operation. Consequently, It ' is usual to find overhead racks in railway cars plied with heavy grips. This custom Is particularly obnoxious to Walter Wlnans, of Surrenden Park, Kent, the famous American horse breeder. "I absolutely refuse to let anyone put any object heavier than a railway rug either above me or opposite me," he says. As Walter Wlnans Is a cosmopolitan, equally at home In all European coun tries, he takes on a big proposition in the wsy of possible disputes with fellow travelers. He could argue with advan tage, too, If need be. for he ts also the Wlnans of revolver fame, the winner of an international shooting competition in Paris, when he lodged 11 bullets in a "man" target out of a possible 120. Among Americans who have rubbed shoulders with crowds of holiday-making Britons are John R. Sayler. Cincinnati; Miller Outcalt, Cincinnati: H. C. Hack ney and wife, Chicago; George Steven-" son. Philadelphia; Charles Warren, De troit: J. A. Gregg, St. Paul, Minn.: A. E. Lawrence, Boston, and B. D. Odell, New burg, N. J. BLACKMORE IS BELIEVED Devonshire ' People Have Faith i.i Reality of Lorna Doone. LONDON, Aug. 20. (Special.) Dev onshire people who believe as an ar ticle or their creed that once upon a time Jan Rldd and Lorna Doone really lived, have become disgruntled. Sir Edward Fry, at a meeting of the Som erset Archaeological Society, has tried to disprove the Doone legend, a species of blasphemy to admirers of Black nJore's masterpieces. The titled sceptic, while admitting the probability of the story, maintained that while old writers referred to the traditions of other bandits, no writer mentioned any Doone tradition. Sir Edward Fry specifically gave it aa his opinion that no piece of historical evidence has ever been produced to show that the band existed, though their long-continued misdeeds were of a nature to produce a whole library of cheap books such as formed the read ing of country people In the 17th and 18th centuries. Notwithstanding these learned con tentions, Devonshire people stubbornly refused to relinquish their belief in these heroes of popular imagination, haunting the wilds of Exmoor, who seem more than real to the minds of natives and tourists. ARCTIC DOGS COLLECTED Fine Assortment Gathered for New Polar Expedition. CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 20. (Special.) With Captain Roald Amundsen, the leader of the latest Arctic expedition, have gone the finest assortment of Arctic dogs ever collected for such a trip. A hundred and two were sent from North Greenland to Norway, and 99 of them reached Chrlstlansand in fine form. There they were fed for a month on horse flesh to fit them for a long Arctic trip preparatory to boarding the famous Fram. On the sea trip the diet will be changed to dried fish and the dogs will be quartered under a spe cial awing to protect them from the sun. These precautions will insure a better physical condition than would have been possible had the dogs re mained in Greenland through the Sum mer. They were selected by Inspector Dan gaard, of North Greenland, and Captain Amundsen declares they are the best lot he has' ever had at his disposal. Farmer Takes Trip In Air. BUFFALO, Aug. 20.(SpecIal.) Hen ry Schultz, a farmer living on the Nash road. In Tonawanda, Niagara County, had an experience in aviation, when a small tornado struck the load of hay on which he was seated, driving to market, and lifted the hay and farmer from the wagon high into the air and then deposited Schultz, still on top of the hay. several hundred feet distant from the wagon.