THE OltEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY 'EVENING,- DECEMBER 8, 1903.
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Now York, ' Dec. - 8. A ; s t rau'ge r who
: visited Madison. Square, garden a week
' ago last Monday (and saw a varied lot
of trotter sold at an average of 1400
v ' would be surprised to learn that he was
witfipsslng the closing scene of the
' greatest and moBt famous stock : farm
ever devoted to. breeding the American
trotter, .' r ,.--'sv i:;,vv; .
A farm which, began modestly with a
stallion at the head of the stud who had
' no reputation and a band of broodmares
which were unknown to fame but which
:-.y' in a few years sent forth year after year
a victorious, band of campaigners which
at various times captured nearly all the
, . world' - championships,.;. Yet such
- '' : broad and sweeping statement does, not
half, express the marvelous hlst6ry of
a " - the. famous Palo Alto farm, owned by
' - the late Senator Leland Stanford. .
: This magnificent s result cannot be
v pluced to the credit of either chance or
' r luck. Nature baa few accidents and
rarely makes mistakes, and though, she
guards well . her" secrets the scientific
. v breeders who' understand .-hri organic
i laws can take the .elastic material and,
"T ' " with patience and perseverance, produce
J?y r ' the Ideal aimed at.
. Stanford's Start.
When Senator Stanford ? decided to
' breed trotters ; at Palo Alto he came
east to Orange county, the birthplace of
"tho breed, and went to blntorlo Stony
Kord. at that time. With k far-famed
' AVoodhurn farm. Ky.. the great founda
"- - tlon stockyards of the breed. - The visit
4 ' - was. in 1877, and be bought Electioneer,
-7 - a '8-year-old son of llambletonlatrrdam
Oreen Mountain Maid, by Harry Clay.
Mr. Stanford fully realised the value
of Hambletonlan blood, and that he waa
-right with regard to theMiaitt-oi .naec-
.''" " tioneer Is proved by the fact that Gren
; 'Mountain MaM hernmn the dam of nln
"in the 2:30 list and the empress of aU
broodmares. I At that . time Electioneer
had not ono 2:30 performer to his credit.
- ' ad his uurchase was -made exclusivel y
on his blood lines and nis nno- inaivia
nellty, Ktectloncer : died December ' S,
" 1890. yet in that short space of time he
Dccamej.me aire vi awi m
zsr- vWhlle his daughters became the dams
But the grind crucial test of a great
i aire Is his capacity , not merely to pro
duce spe-ed In' the first .generation, but
' to so impress his predominating, person
" - allty on his offspring that they can. re
l r produce it in succeeding generations.
In this respect Electioneer shows the
most extraordinary results, as .at the
.' -'.ini of 1902 he bad to hie credit 93
- eons, who have tthei1 credit 78 trot
ters and 18 paoera In tha standard list,
, while 72 of their daughter 'hata pro
duced. 81 irotters and 1! pacers. And
the grandsons and granddaughters are
- ' doing equally well. ; : ,.
Bis Champion Boll. ... , 1
Senator- Stanford, did nothing : by
halves, and when he began to breed he
hired the most experienced colt break
ers and developers. . with that prince of
- trainers of young" stock, Charles Marvin,
os the general-ln-chlef. The old system
' " of leaving the stock unbroken till It was
' three or four years old was abandoned,
" and a modifled form of the thoroughbred
system waaintroduced, as the young
sters began their education, as soon as
they were weaned. . '
- It- was not long before eastern breed
ers were both astonished and bewildered
by the rapidity with which, new records
were made ana-me irtrammum
- tlons in time in the various colt cham
pionships. , v ' ' . .
' . . Becords Smashsd.' .' .
' On November 8. , 1881.- Hlnda 'Rose, a
yearling by Electioneer rotted a mile In
i :43, driven by Charles Marvin.' and
nine days later , went In '2;3W., .,Thls
waa the champion reco'rd at that time
for 'the age, On November 12, .1887,
Norlalne, , by , Norval, a son . of Elec
tioneer, cut the mark to !:ilH, and It
was at once seen that the champion all
aged limit ot1844, when Lady. Suffolk
Urst. trotted in 2:30. would soon be ac
complished by a yearling. The feat was
' performeOr Freedom In 1890 in 2:29,
but Ive was not a product of Palo Alto.
In 18917 however Palo Alto again won
the record with. Bell Bird.: by Elactloneer,
out of that queen of broodmares, Beau
tiful BellH, .who cut the record to :Zl,
and a little later to '2:264. -;
The yearling record today Is that
' jwade by Abdel In 1894 of. 2:23. He was
also a product of Palo Alto, being by
Advertmer, 2:1514 i "on of. Electioneer,
- dam Beautiful Bells. This .record Is
likely to stand, as the general opinion
of breeders is against , racing yearllnga
While tills ia a wonderful record. It Is
far surpassed by the,, performances of
the 2-year-old8.,lt'l a!mojti marvelous
fact that since November to, "l.SSOrto the
. present time, Talo Alto holds the- 2-year-old
championships and . that they were
all sired by, the mighty Electioneer. Fred
Crocker,.one of Electioneers first get of
rolls in California, on November. 20.
1880. trotted in. 2:25. and became the
2-year-old champion; . A year later -that
; a . mil, wiiMHnmmr Hv Klectloneer.
electrified the . trotting world by reduc-
ing the 2-year-old record to auj- inen
came the peerless SunoV Many breed-
' rrs and horsemen had declared that
precocious development meant early -de-
. cay and that great , speed lnk the colt
foreshadowed, failure In later; years.
V iv Buaol's Performanoaa.
Sunbl smashed all thesa theories by
winning In succession the 2, 3, 4 and all
eged -trotting whamptonshlps.; On Octo.
ber 19,- 1888, Suno put the 2-year-old
record at 2:20, but Charles Marvin was
not satiefled with this performance, and
oft October 27,' over the aame track at
San Francisco, ho drove her In 2:18, the
llrst time a 2-year-old went below 2:20.
Viewed from all standpoints of speed,
Sunol Is the'brlghtest gem intha crown
of , Electioneer. . " . '.
-:, The Oreatssr of All Arioa.
The vast majonty of breeders after
; Sunol"a performances declared that the
2-yearoldr limit of rpeed . had been
reached, and there were skeptics who
- thought that either the California tracks
were ahort or the watches fast. But they
were soon destined to receive a. shock
rroirr' Palo Atto, which exceeded .all
others as far as a ornado does a sum
mer breeze, At Stockton, Cal., on Octo
ber . 1891, .the 2-year-old colt Arlon, by
Electioneer, dam ;Manette. by Nutwood,
reduced the record to 2:16. -At-he
iaitiA track on October 21 ho went
In 2:14H. nd 1 on ij November : 10 Je
capped thep)lmax by placing the 2-year
ldi'corf at 2:10, This, k must be
remembered,'' was to the high-wheel
SEATTLE SPORTS MAKE ......
EXCUSES FOR DEFEAT
It appears that the Seattle football
players are about the poorest losers that
ever Invaded fthia - or .-any-other - town.
Immediately aft,er Saturday'a game, the
sporting writers from Seattle Issued
staments charging taptaln 6petdel
with lack ot Judgment In not kicking on
the third down, atthe time" that Mult
nomah held and secured the , ball.
Speldel was severely criticised, and m,ost
unfairly. It was 'ungenerous to a de
gree to blame Captain Speldeli for the
loss of that game,' especially In the face
of the brilliant manner in which he
played and handled his team. After
heaping Censure upon' the luckless cap
tain's head until they, goftlred, it sud
denly dawned upon the defenders of Se
attle's fair,' fame, that it? was folly to
blame a .Seattle man or the loss of the
game, whent might be charged up to
a Portland man, namely Referee Mc
Douell. . At once the blame was shifted
from Speldel to McDonnell, solejy to suit
the sport' who lost a few shecklea on
the contest. It Is about time that foot
ball elevens, especially college 'varsities,
should learn how to take a defeat, V Had
Multnomah, been defeatedvher men would
have taken It gracefully. ThjJ worth of
a true sportsman 1s best attested when
defeat comes to him. In" Saturday'a
game the visitors played splendid, ball,
but were defeated by superior playing!
If Speldel should be blamed for not
kicking, who. may be blamed for, allow
ing Multnomah ' to. adyance the ball 47
yards, by-straight Una bucking playst
Saturdays game belonged to Multnomah.
In tle ,prst feVmlputes of play, Wash
ington' was swept idown the field before
Multnomah's splendid charges to 'within
ii'few feet of the goal line. Multnomah
failed1 to score, not because Washington
heWbM because a wrong play was used
at tlffit time.- Straight football would
hava scored then. ' Again, In the first
sulky, and no S-year-old since,' with the
advantage of bicycle wheels, ever -has
been able to approach ItT ' It Ta the .one
bright particular record at a mtle to
sulky which has hot, been : reduced. ' The
magnitude of this performance can .only
be estimated by comparison.
At that time Sunol held the world's
Championship at ,2:084. and the beat
9.vear-nld record was 2:101 4. So lm-
Tcssed" was JTiialc61mrorbes, with the
magnitude of the performance wai ne
bought the colt, for $126,000 the aigh
est price ever Tald for- a trotter and
thelgheat price ever paid lor a J -year-old
horse of anV. breed. , , ,
v Many Champions. 1
Hlnda RoaK Who Inaugurated the
yearling champion 'roll ' for Palo Alto,
reappeared as a 3-year-old, and on Oc
tober S, 1883, at Hartford, Coon., she
trotted in a race In 2:20, being the first
3-year-old to go to that record. -At Lex
ington, Ky a week later she reduced
this record to 2:18. Sable Wilkes and
Axtell reduced the record and deprived
Palo Alto of the , -year-old champion
ship till 8unol won It back again on
November 9,1889, at Ban Francisco by
trotting- in 2:10. .- - . . -
There the record stood till on Novem
ber 12, 1892, Arlon. at Nashville, Tenn.,
trotted in the same time. nd over the
same track the bay mare Fantasy, by
Chimes, a son of Electioneer, reduced It
to 2:08tt, which Is today the champion
record for a 8-year-otd trptter.
In 1883 the bay mare Bonlta, by Elec
tioneer, captured the 4-year-old record In
2:184. A year later Sally Benton cut
it down to 2:17, and In 1888 Mansan
Ita, by Electioneer, trotted in 2:1. Then
Sunol In 1890 equaled her . 3-year-old
record by trotting In 2:10.
;.' i- Other' Olorlea. :'-,"
The culminating glory of Palo Alto
came when the bay stallion Palo Alto,
by Electioneer.' on, November 17, 1891,
won the stallion championship with a
record of 2:08. and Sunol in the same
year became the world's trotting cham
pion with a record or z:utt maae,to
the high-wheel sulky.,
;? ' A Pow Great Brood 'Kares.
No stock farm can rely upon Its sires,
no matter how highly they are bred nor
how impressive their personality may be.
Tho influence of the dam" is always a
formidable, factor in every breed. Sen
ator Stanford was as wise in his selec
tion of brood mares as he was In tha
choice of his premier sire. The queen
of ' the ' harem was Beautiful Bells,
2:39, who,. Judged from the all-Important
standpoint of reproducing capacity,
has.no living equal. Eight of her -sons
have jroduced ST12 performers, with
records from 2:03" to 2:30, and they
were all by Electioneer or hra sons.
' Dame Winnie produced Palo . Alto,
2:08. . Edith, by f George Wilkes, has
Hummer anIdoIlta, 2:08, on her
list Elaine was the dam of the cham
pion Moriaine. -Elsie ' produced Novel
ist, Rio Alto, Merry Osborne and Pallta,
all fast. Esther Is the dam of Express,
2:21; Kelly, 2:27, and Expressive, ?:12,
at 3 yearn old, and other fast ones.;. The
famous Columbine was the dam of An
teeo, 2:18; Antevolo2:19; Coral,
2:25, etc. Manette, the dam of Arlon
and other great' mares, worthily sus
tained the honor of Palo Alto and the
wisdom of Jia master., 7,f:- -
;', Xilred to Sea SneeaM. V
. Not often In this world la If given to
a man to see the magnificent realisation
of all hl hopes and ; ldeaa. '; Senator
Stanford did. He lived to see Palo Alto
become - the greatest speed-producing
stock farm in the world, the birthplace
and home, of champions. While -ks pre
mier sire' became the head of one of the
great branches' of the trotting family,
.-Now; all ;.has passed a way, Califor
nia's great senator and governor . died
yeari ago. The mighty Electioneer , Is
burled in the equine cemetery at Palo
Alto ;the sires and matrons, colts and
Allies are scattered .among the. stock
farms of the continent, and Palo Alto Is
only a brilliant memory.
, But It, Is a memory that i will never
die as long aa the trotter lives, and an
nals pfsport exist .... y
Dexter in New York Telegraph.
, Note. -A recent visit to the Stanford
museum disclosed the fact that the
skeleton of Electioneer la on exhibition
there,' the skeleton occupying a prominent-position
In tha northern annex of
that Institution. - i
FITZSIMHONS STILL '
' TALKS OF FIGHTING
(Journal Special aorvlce.) . . ? .
New Tork. Dec, 8. Robert Fitxslm-
rnons arrived yesterday. : He still has
pugilistic', aspirations and la talking
tight with everybody. He said when he
fought Gardner he was , In bad shape
with his .hands gone or he could have
knocked htm out "As for Corbett. he
Is a.bl cad." he sad, "I think Corbett
wouM be the easiest thing that ever
happened."' . ,i ,
half Multnomah carried the ball within
striking distance and . lost it. ' An at
tempt- at - goal by- Multnomah--waa
thought to be good by many who had
seen the play, but Referee ' McDonell
thought" otherwise. , .
. , In the'Beoond Half. ; '
. In the second half .Multnomah's game
waa to get the ball in Washington terrl
tory, and then carry It over the line, and
when : the opportunity came the trick
was accomplished, ,:, From thie mariner In
which Multnomah1 advanced 47 tyards, it
Is safe to presume that the length of the
field' could be traversed despite Washing
tortV strong defense.' . Regarding Cap
tain Speldel'a statement that be thought
he had only two and a halt yards to go
on the third down; when he had si to
go, but was misled by the referee,
but just to say that Captain Speldel is
away off la his calculations: On the
first down In the play that gave Mult
nomah the ball, Washington lost ground;
on the second play they gained to within
two and a half and three yards of. the
distance.: ' Referee a McDonell. shouted
'third dowat two and a half yards to
go,':, and Washington charged.- but failed
to make It. . At that time Multnomah
taok thle ball. Captain Speldel and -the
tn. who'sroasted- him' are fully aware
that they were defeated honestly, but
they are hard losers and dislike parting
with their colnjnuch more than they do
having their record broken. There ; ta
scarcely any question in the minds of
expert football men, that should Mult
nomah meet- Washington again, on a
Seattle gridiron, the Portland men would
win by at least three touchdown.
In-the meantime Seattle will continue
to rant and rave, while the tmpresslonjls
aoinr the rounds that they are only
ouarter-horse sports. ! Hurry another
meeting! ' '
GEORGE GARDNER IS
NOT-DISCOURAGED
' George ' Gardner la not going to be
discouraged by his last .tight and quit
laurels by fighting Marvto" Hart at Bos
ton oh Deceagber 30." Hart Is one of the
best, middlewefehts in the ring today,
and--Gardner wilt iiaveno- snap-whlp-pjng
htm. Kid Carter was matched to
meet Hart but 'for, some reason could
not come through, and Gardner was
substituted. , The latter said that he
would soon start for Boston to undergo
a thorough course of training. He wjll
go back a disappointed man, for if ever
a fighter waa sanguine of winning a
battle he was one when he entered the
ring with FltxclmmonS. can only ac
count for my showing," said Gardner,
talking of the fight "that that punch
Which I get in the ' fourth round dased
me, I certainly did not feel gooa alter
that, and still I should have done bet
ter. I auesa I was like a racehorse that
runs a bad race occasionally. If I ever
get a ehance to fight Flta again you will
see a different result. If you go over
my; fights you will notice that, I make
a better showing the second time I meet
a man. See what I did to Jack Boot"
Being beaten by Fltxslmmons was a
big misfortune to Gardner from a flnan
cltl standpoint. If he-had won.be was
to have gone on the Mad with -a show
for six . weeks, "and his. salary was to
have been 81.000 a week. ' His was a
cold loss of $8,000, and then Just think
pf the easy money he could have nicked
up going about the country meeting all
comers after his theatrical tour.-
BAGGED A TWENTY
- POUND WILD GOOSE
,-Sherlft Storey came , back from his
Sunday hunting excursion with, a tale
of having bagged a wild goose which
was a monster, weighing 17 pounds.
The genial sheriff sprung the tale on two
of his acquaintances, Messrs, Ed Schiller
of this city and George Wlthrow of Ar
lington, both of.whom are enthusiastic
sportsmen. After Storey had told his
goose tale assisted by vouchers from
his friends, Schiller kindly Informed him
that his bitd waa not the record kill of
the season, for Leon Butcher of Arling
ton succeeded in killing a monster gan
der which weighed 22 pounds and meas
ured somewhere about six feet from tip
to. tip. The kllr is vouched for by Mr.
Wlthrow, who Is yell known along the
Upper Columbia. "
Many other local sportsmen returned
from a more or less successful excur
sion. Among those who secured good
bags were George McMillan, W. B.
Fedhhelmer, Morris Abrams. W.att Moh
telth. Willie Riley, John Clinton, Leo
Thlbau and the Real brothers, aiftl party.
Several of the above shooters report
having bagged the limit. George Mc
Millan of the Multnomah club, although
having Just finished a hard game of foot
ball, shouldered his gun and hied to the
sloighs. George returned with the
rrnrtt A peculiar stunt that the foot
ball man did was to tackle three ducks
by the tall. How Tie did It he refuses.
to say, but he performed:, the trick, and
the eating last evening was,. the best
ever. , -; ,
10VUVO NOTE.
The Lewis and Clark bowling team
defeated ' the George Lawrences last
night on,, the Portland alleys, making a
score of 2,540 pins to 2,232 for the Law
rences. The Individual scores were:
, .LEWIS AND CLARK S. I
Totals
stammel . . v. .142 ,179
Capon ;,203 169
Taylor f . ... 200 128
Cooper ......232 f 167
Adamson.. 192 143
134 455
153 62S
181507
-123622
198531
- GEORGE LAWRENCES.
Hysmlth -ll 136 130417
Van Horn .,,.....,.173 121 ,143 437
Dan gher t y , v . . , . . 1 1 4 ! 1 S T ; 1 5 3 4 0 4
Lewis . . .,,.,.,,...184 189 - 162648
Slebels i .173 120 136 (2
The Lewis and Clarke bowled a strong
game, making an average- of 508- pins
per man. j.
MOHBOE- AJTO ZJKEBXOK.
' (Journil Special Serrlne.) j.
"Hew York, Dec. 8. Jack Monroe and
A 1 Limerick have been matched, for a
fight before the Criterion Athletio club
of Boston .on .December 17. The rival
heavyweights are busily' engaged in
training' for the event, which promises
to be a stiff battle.
Annoanoement.
to 'announce to
We be
the
"Want
heat public1
that we have fitted ud new
offices and a salesroom at our old ad
dress, 47 First street ' A visit, from
YOU would be 'very- much appreciated.
W. G. Mcpherson Co., Portland, Oregon,
U. S. A, , ,, . . :..... -. :.
CAPTAIN DE WITT
HAS GREAT RECORD
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ALWAYS BXZV AIT ATBXBTB BOTH
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TAtOB AT 2IASSAV WH.Ii HXyZB
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a When John Regal Da Witt, the most
conspicuous football product of the year,
along with Hogan of yale, and captain
of the champion Princeton eleven, whose
toe,', whose brain and brawn are synony
mous with might and Cunning la the
Homeric struggles on the gridiron, came
to old Nassau a freshman, he brought
with him from Lawrenrevtlle a reputa
tlon as an athlete. ,v Being of Immature
years, his prep school reputation,' post
haps, may have had the bjr.no means in
curable effect of enlarging his self-os
teem.-He mayjiave baon a trifle chesty.
as It is known in the vernacular of the
campus. ' That state of mind is of fre
quent occurrence among freshmen, but is
not one . which college boys encourage.
If. the youth is -of the right sort the
ailment is soon removed, and De Witt
was of the right sort. 1 If he' had any
undue Idea at self-importance It was not
Innate, only the natu rat 'result of clrcumH
stances. Anyway, the once green fresh
man has acquired popularity and undy
!ng;famo".'"vr:rv .' . ', ruT:
";: ;.. rareata Wall to So.
r.--3ihariifent of nJohn Regal Wltt
are people of means and Influence In
Regaisville, Pa., owning extensive min
ing properties. , As a football captain
there was nothing of a blustering nature
aoout,ue Witt. Kather he wa a mild
mannered leader, but able none the less
to impress his personality on hla team
mates ,and to get the best work out of
them.' He la of thwjulej,..'unas8umlng
sort; yet one has buCtojaeehia-deter
witmsd 'face"' and the solid manner In
ahlch he plants himself on his feet to
know that he is set In his opinions. ..He
Inclines toward rfttlcenco makes aqr
quaintances slowly, yet Is easy going1.
He Is self-contained, well polsedaven
rremperea,. yet strong Jn : hla- likes and
acter. Cold inperturbabllltyi ho, has in
moments of the most , exciting strife
In which he lias so of ten engaged. This
was ehown In the last Yale-Princeton
game, which he wanted to win more than
arty Other contest he ever had engaged
In. Naught in that game could upset Jils
steadfast purpose, nor dull the edge' of
his cool, determlnedvesolve. Becoming
flurried . or worried Is t orelgn to the
man a nature. . yfi , -
,' ' A Oood Student. ': "
ve Witt la a fairly good student1 He
ta neither a grind nor a shirk. One could
scarcely call him a hall fellow. well met
but as a lower classman he was up to all
the larks that were going on. He did
not overlook anything. With all his
strength there Is nothing of the bullv
about blm. He does not -use his giant
strength, as a giant "His sense of
humor is not great,? - said a fellow
rrincetonian. who supplied' the 'material
foe this sketch, "but I should say he is
inennea to look at things lUrhtlv."
. In dress De Witt is careful and in the
mode. His room In the New Little dor
mitory at Princeton is one of elegance. In
Its furnishings, the. chief feature of
which Is the vast array of medals, cups,
banners and other trophies won on. the
atmetic Held. It Is hard to believe that
one man could win so many. De Witt's
roommate is Stevens, the baseball can-.
tain,. Da Witt was a candidate for the
presidency of the senior class and was de
feated by Howard Henry, end rush on
the football team. He is a member of
the Tiger Inn club, one. of the leading
ciuos ror upper classmen. It goes with
out saying he 1 very fond ot athletics. k
Za 2oe'a Say. .
When young Arthur Poa was a, foot
ball ero at Princeton he was besieged
wun masn notes.- Girls from far and
near wanted his picture or his photo
graphs, The pleas of the sentimental
met the fate such pleas usually meet
but that does not cool the ardor of the
pleaders, and De Witt Is an exception If
ne escaped, it is the custom at Prince
ton when an outgoing senior's room is
arawn Dy anotaer student for the .latter
to ouy ttie furniture, the value of which
Is fixed by the college appraiser. When
Arthur Poe's effects were sold there was
a demand for Poe's shin guards.; There
will be enough De Witt shin guards for
sale as mementoes next- June, it is said,
to have supplied a dozen De Witt's.
RACING RESULTS
(Journal Special gervtre.)
' San Francisco, rtDea 8. Horton's
splendid finish In the sixth race was the
principal feature at Oakland track yes
terday. Results: ,
Seven furlongs El PUoto won. Tele
phone second, Elte third; time, 1:29.'
Flva furlongs Dargtn won. Instru
ment second, Harbor third; timet 1:01
Miie ana 6U varas. aemnar Kittv
Kelly won, ConstsUator second, Achilles
third; time. 1:43. v i
Five and a half furlongs, selling
Double Six won, Glendennlng second, Al
bemarle third; time, 1:06 H. "''
8eveta furlongs, selling Illowaho
won. Heather Honey second, St Wlnnl
fred third: time, 1:37,; ..
Mile and 50 yards, selling Horton
won, Rosarle second, Redwald third:
time, 1:43.. . , '
At .Hew Orleans Track. -
New Orleans, Dec. 8. Crescent City
results: "
Five furlongs Sea Shark won, Dla
phaneous second. King Counsel third:
time. 1:03 1-5.
Mtle and . a sixteenth Ben Chance
won, Allqdln second, . Falrbury third;
time,' 1:62 S-5.
One mile Mamaelle won,
Maxim' second, Free Admission
time, 1:46.
Sarah
third;
Six furlongs Cyprlenne won. Worth;
Ington second, Aggie Lewis third; time,
1:16 2-5. . .' ' ' ?
; Six and a half furlongs Bari of Avon
w'on, Balm of Gtlead second, Alpaca
third; time, 1:23 1-6.
Sljt-nd a half furlongs MacBeth
won. Emma A. M. second, Baronet third;
time, 1:24, ,
WHlr ABSWSB.
SUBSCRIBER In whist - a player
must follow suit ; If he has - it If the
player has no suit he may trump the
play or "slough." Just as ha sees fit,. -
Eastern and California races by direct,
wires, i We accept ommlnelons by
"nhona on above races from resnnn
Hlble parties. We also receive commis
sions fur ell leading sporting events In
ai1Voart of tho world, at Pnrllnnii f'luh
kUd Fifth itxeet . , ,
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GttlWSO coats, m
liAPiES' wm$ mm
LAUIES'" 'COATS, tmt
. This offer took the clothing" buying public by the ears. - It was the talk, the wonder of the city. Tha
last five days of last week'we did as above stated..,.: Hundreds who, read or bearj of our -otter did hot belleva
It couldn't think it possible but they. came in by twos, three and dosens to see; and the, result was that a
merchant tailoring and ladies'; clothing business to the-amount of a little over six thousand' dollar was dona
In five days. We will here make a most remarkable statement and are willing to make an affidavit to tha ef
fect that there were not over half a doien gentlemen who came into our store wanting aniLprepared to l)uy
a suU-wtho4iaovtuy-Ta oner laflrttnouti paraHetrinaaorequsnirTaxea our ability ana economlciUly
conducted business to the utmost to carry 'out our offer . Few, If any, other houses are able or have tha ca
pacity to make "such an' offer, but we do just what we state you can depend on that -It costs no one cent
'it we. don't' -',.,- , ' , - - . ' ' ' .'
: If you hear any one speak of the offer as Incredible,; or as Impossible, or as a mistake, ko ran full
engthrBat-tliam-inoncy; yOn.cah losel'for you will b banking on a .fact. The hundreds who last 'week.
v proved our proposition ,t0 be a real fact, please' talk about it; we can't pay you anything mora for the talking
than the astounding bargain you got by taking advantage of our offer, except we will do our level best to
turn your orders out in good style.:! Many .have talked, f or -ne the past f ew days. -Wa thank" you most pro
foundly; we appreciate the fact, we assure you.; The avalanche of. trade on i this sale assured ua that tha
people of Oregon' believe In us as a reliable house. We have been here a good while." but'wa were not -quite-sure
If the people would respond to a great offer like, this if made by any reliable houae because there baa
, been so much bunkoing, flim-flamming, changing of the, lights, In the. tailoring business .by lttherant,' all but
nameless, flash-ln-the-pan concerns. In fact we were complaining . to' an advertising man that' this out
rageous -grafting business as' done by questionable so-called tailoring concerns had created such' a prejudiced
sentiment that we were doubtful if a, genulnematter-of-fact big; sale offer," iriado by any rellabte concern
would, be , satisfactory. He replied: "Don't think that.,' Let you or any established house of favorable repu
tation make a. special offer of great merit, and you -will see how quickly the people will recognize and, give
their patronage." They did. ' . 7
CLUBS OF TEN-rTo any one In the city or country towns raising a Club' of Ten Pur-'
chasers of GENTS' SUITS we will give ONE SUIT and OVERCOAT, or LADY'S SUIT
' . or COAT FREE OF CHARGE for the trouble. Samples furnished from which to select.
ALL OUR OWN
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MERCHANT TAILORS
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Manufacturers of tadie$ Suits, Coats, Skirts, Ready-to Vccr or
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DAYS GIVING TWO FOR ONE
WITH AN ORDER FOR.
A GENTLERIAN'S SUIT-
: ' Read on, and all, then act for yourself, and also for your neighbors, your- -friends
talk to them, tell them what the old reliable Gents' Merchant Tailor
ing and Ladies' Clothing Manufacturing House TEX J. X. ACXXBOV OOH
rAHT. a rifth aad Aider Streets is going to do for the next few days. Tell -:
them the proposition we offer Is without parallel in the history Of business.
They'll be astonished. First thing they'll say, "How can they do ltr Tell ;
them AOKXBOir ft) CO. is an old, reliable house did not come here In a
night nor going away . in a day.. Tell them we have built up a Gents' Merchant
Tailoring and Ladles' Tailoring j Business from a $5 start to a $100,000 annual-
business, and that wa employ a great deal of 'help. What Oregon and Port
land needs and wants that . our; reputation Is "at stake -a thing an established,
. house has to be very careful of and that we could not afford to practice decep
. tlon. Telluthem that it Is and always has been tha policy of our house t mark all
. our stock in plain figures that customers canjread aame as easily as the man-
ager can, Tell them that all cloth offered for sale by. us Is purely all wool;
that It can't won't and shall not cost them one cent if they are not satisfied. .
.Tell them' hard, for many don't seem to know It that we ara the "largest cut
ting consumers of cloth in Jfortland; that we purchase our cloth largely, in
.full pieces direct from the mills i that they "can see such Is the case If they
will come here. Tell them that we have tha only thoroughly equipped plant for
this work this city j that we pay thehlghest wages, have, the most expert and
proficient help; that such help can't be had for a song; that we have a floor
24x70 feet for manufacturlng-r-over 'the New Tork Hat company." between Fifth y
and Sixth streets, on Alder street besides an upstairs floor at Fifth and Alder.
Ten them that we-will show sample model suite -of gents and ladles, also sam
ple overcoats so they can sea Just exactly how. they ara made, lined, trimmed
and everything;) that they can have samples of anything they purchase; that
we have a lot of big show-windows and that they will sea the greatest array of
Gents' Suitings At our regular marked prices', from $25 to $3B, ever shown la
this city. Tell them that within the past five days we have got In pattern
after pattern, bolt upon bolt, of brand-new late-style doth getting ready for
this month's sale. -., ' .r "-"A-1.-'" i5' ' ' .'-.- t , ;
, Aad dost forget to gay that the Gents' Overcoat or Ladles' Suit we ,
give free with each gent's suit above is well worth and cheap at tha price .of .
the one suit Tell them if the? have been "bit"" In the past it. lav because they ;
have gone into strangers' or unproven, unreliable or fiy-by-night housea who "
may hava been masquerading under the respectable name of tailors or of ladles
wear called "tailor-made ready-made" suits. Tell 'them this and you'll tell,
no lie. " Tel) them a good many "bit" people hava called on us In the past few '
weeks complaining how. goods In a suit did hot look like what they bought;
how there was not "enough" of the goods they Just selected to make them a '
suit, but there was something else, only It was a little better and cost a little more
how that lining differed in coat, yet looked the same when in a garment how
one fellow lost his paymentfjlMcausetha-ult-waa-aucljr botchf and III-"
fitting he would hot take it how he should have had his money back, but did
' not get ,lt how one poor .fellow, who 'could hot talk or understand English very
well, called on ua Saturday night to get us to sew on all the buttons on his
pants (they flew off while he was walking down town that evening) how his
suit waa a purely ready-made suit and had been three Inches too small for him'
. and had been let out that much and spliced with' different goods how. J. T.
Cromwell of Gresham, an old resident of Portland, " well known and an Influ
ential citizen, waa cajoled, disputed and given tha worst of It by an unreliable,
piratical concern, fell them all this you'll tell no lie. Tell them, then, to
come with you and sea: us and the elegant Gents' Overcoats, Ladles' Sulta and
Coats we will give free with- a gent's suit; " ; ? .,-v.;-.y. A .-: .
Our store will open at. 8 a. m andorders wilt be made In tha order in which '
they are taken. Tou can-close your eyes , and select you will get double tha
worth of your money on this sale. Thetadies' Suits or Coats glraa free means
It Is a ault complete, ready to wear, either from our own stock or wa will make '
one to your measure. You know we make right here every garment wa carry
MAKE. Tha. Gents' Overcoats , will be
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