TH1E pro vo herald ffflOMGIffim r v t Nation Is :tb Rght the Loan Sharks 7. - if'm,. a T tt - . . .. ! - U LTHOUGH horse ra-- clng on many of the most prominent la Atnertca has in recent years gone Jnto eclipse and the huge purses of days, gone by are, "to a great extent, a thing at the past, the breed- Ing of thoroughbreds continues, and thrives. The market nowadays js not found so much among the owners of racing stables as among that - large and Increasing percentage of the public that has means and inclina- "-tr-ack in from-unju- vrnnvrnr. - . it The reader will, of course, under stand that the term thoroughbred, as here used, refers to running horses There are persons who are under the Impression that the high-clas- stock farm begins very early In life and is very thorough. However careful handling is requisite, for a majority of the foals are decidedly shy. When the age of seven or eight months is attained the average young thoroughbred is sufficiently broken to undergo a preliminary trial.-- JLs a yearling he is subjected to further tests, but it is not until the animal Is wl! into the second the y ear y horse-flesh- I if ? - Amer-lea- s trotter has as that much right as the running., horse to designation as a thoroughbred, but in strictly correct "saga: .: horsemen refer to the fine trotters as "standard bred" and re- serve for -- the the: breeder determines whether the youg-- , ster gives promise of a turf career or is better adapted to servj.ee as . roadster a or a mount for the Sales huntsman of yearlings are term held usually Tu n n ers tu midsummer and there is seldom any dearth Of bidders , .1 -- .,...!. from breeding covers cost of feed farms which have1 been awarded blue ribbons in BREEDING fMPTt awl labor and takes the past no account of the investment repreAt all times it is essential for the breeder or owner to keep a sharp watch regarding the health sented by the stock farm usually a of his blooded equines. Particualrly close watch heavy one. There are breeders who must needs be kept as to tne condition of the declare that unless they can sell' each It is obof their yearlings for a pfice close mouth, legs and feet1 of each animal. a not vious cat a do and be make horse reasonable cannot that "they properjy in the South, where labor nourished if be has a sore mouth, but profit, adequately iA is cheap and where the initial cost of just as lie cannot run satisfactorily if his feet much of the land was fairly low, it are in bad condition or the shins are "bucked" Is possible for breeders to make the bugbear of .Training a thormoney from sales at lower figjres oughbred for racing involves, of course, special than that mentioned. Instruction quite aside from anything Included in The organization and management the animal's education at the breeding farm, but of an for that matter every step In the life of a young breeding farm is interesting from the manner in which it thoroughbred taxes Ihelieroper of the nervous, insures attention to detail. The ownanimal, And the men in charge of one of these equines must show judgment and er of the farm is usually his own manager, but in some Instances there is patience in introducing a charge to also a resident manager- to handle each new., experience even though it be some1 matters when the owner Is absent-- as Dl....vt. thing so simple as Initiation Inro the mysteries l he must be much of the time If of a or the donning of a blanket for the L JJ TTTTE XMnPLE or , ' he atetnds the fairs, horse shows and first time. In the Since the are ttnibeT-topperB." of Under decadence a the United manager as the jumping horaeg-requ- i-number orsesales. racing States a number of American millionaires who xkUUed Jralners, each ofJ whomls responsible jjite for the education of a certain number of horses, . reed"th6f6ughbr The modern American thoroughbred, as we see and has the assistance jof several helpers in his him at our present day race meetings and horse ply their own racing stables have transferred the scene of their activities to the Old World There work. In addition to this staff there Is a boss or hows, is the product of fouf centuries of breed-- " The ancestors foreman for each barn and' under each barn areseveral In England; quite e few In France and Ing, "training and experimenting. a number In Ireland, where Richard Croker, forboss Is enrolled a number of grooms, exercise of the present numerous equine family were mer Tammany leader, is among ,those who have boys, etc. At. some of the costly farms' In Virbrought to Virginia by the early English settlers established Important breeding farms. With most and Virginia and adjacent parts of the Sofcth ginia and Kentucky we find every modern facil of these wealthy meji. however, breeding Is a ity from a private electric light and power plant have always been famous as the breeding ground to feed cutters that not ooly take the grain from '"Tad. - The men who breed thoroughbreds for a of thoroughbreds. However, much of the breedb the private elevator and crush It, but mix the livelihood continue to do business at the old stand lng of thoroughbreds which is and has been done feed In any desired proportions. carried on tor iu America and most of them obtain satisfactory - this favored region has beenfinancial returns. The education of a thoroughbred at a modern lo the task rather lhan for profits for their, efforts. There is a wide difference between American thoroughbreds and those bred In other notable horse-raisintectioni (for Instance, Jreland). but 7 it would be difficult to find an American horse- - man who will not argue up and down that the STORY OF A MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE LIVED HAPPILY IF HE HADN'T HAD ' Yankee steeds, are aa fine examples of SO MANY RELATIVES. founA any wherelontheg!qbe as may be Is admittedly shorter v The American thoroughbred than bis English prototype, but H is claimed that I kin remember when th' only feller that bad .So one evenln' Sara Bud went home he found this lack of stature Is more than counterbalanced his verandy covered with relatives ah' th' hall a suit case wus bo me dude with two sets o' sccn-- ' . and -- superior constitution. n dances.- - Now, fall o' suit cases. AVeeks went on an' they kept ery thatattended all th' Horsemen in the -- United 1 States and. In the one you meet, Hunyaks an' all, has a suit ever' Ever, few days a new family comlnLanlplnV . .United Kingdom hold .Jo .different Ideals In breed-- case an' is goin' some place er Jlst glttin' back. Sometimes : it wuz Uncle Jlra group appeared. dl1 - Ever' time Ing that are boupd to be reflected by, certain anVhls family. He'd bring a read about somebuddy returnln' dressed hen imllarltlesIn.lhe animals produced. In America ; bome-afbirL'- a er see jlelUulIuJLiwoj-tekBlvLs.lijtwo. Aunt LJde then weeks;. stay. aii'lbey'dall the tendency has been to develop thoroughbreds an' (th' girls would come with a pound er two a ole bittered up pasteboard suit case, I think o at ' 'that will run comparatively o pale butter an' say, "Now, Ellle, don't you go Sam Btid's fate. maximum speed, whereas in England greater at-- , Sam Eu4 got married long before he begun t' t' no trouble on our account Tb' Lord ''ows we tention Js bestowed upon the problem 'of breeding an' he never seemed able t'.fjnd anything hain't used to much;' then Cousin Bill would shave, will and carry ' horses that will run long distances do at home that jlst suited him. He was alius happen t" be in th' city an he'd say, "Now. jlst weight. It Is to be expected that with .the passtalkin about "acceptln"' a position," an when he'd Sam, remember, no didoes. I kin eat anything field usefulness of ing of racing as the supreme you kin;" then Sam's father-woulgo 'way f accept it he'd alius come back an' say. drop along for .the .American thoroughbred there wlll be i1. "AW, they dldn t. want t pay notbin .vHe dldn t with one side of his suit case full o' Early Rosa more to Yankee breeders of tendency on the part want a Job with wages "erhe didn't even wa.nt pertaters an' th other side full o' socks enough ts . nearly approach the English standard, which situation. He wanted a light position with a a f run him a month.. He alius mixed business with r Ideal horses fpr private us;-supposed to produce knew what he wahtedH eood in' when he wasn't out t th' stock yards Ndbuddy salary. pleasure The hreeding of thoroughbreds In America has ' he'd set on th' verandy in his stOckin", feet an do fer he couldn't do nothin'. In States the most extepslvely - been carried-o- n watch, th autos go by. HIS relatives. got kind o'Jired, o' him after he of Virginia, Kentucky. California; Montana, Penn- er nine years, an' I guess he tfe' relatives kept comln till Sam had arouhd foo'ed eight sell New York;andNew jersey aylvanla, Tennessee, took he bis one golden-oa- k his noticed day inbT5st In thr lactory an'- - go tr bookkeeping The requisites "aretan equable climate, Then his "big home- - went next an' he rented a dresser an' fourjAslrs a plaid husk mattress an good soil with a foundation of limestone, plentiful . "cu-l"- u an had Opyt In foldln' furniture an' cots,- ilal " "aun There n .huflilflnre of sweet grass. watAF x an mm an nis wire lit out. "em at auction from fe.' ole town looked SamVp sold mod. .an' Ever'buddy of farms h,o,Hn . c mi cv iu aohub o em ten. wus fer beard him an' Nothin' years. nearly brought hickory nuts an' sorghum an' est pretensions, but the tendency of recent years found a ole city paper Kerr one remained ver. ., an' When Pinky day pawpaws .:.;. wher estates vast wealthy appears to be to create One Saturday he returned home after puttln' In a empty egg case. Th' fust thing he read wus men specialise in the breeding of. thoroughbreds a delegatldtsryboMe' folks WW interutban aa' this: "While Samuel Bud, a wealthy an' prominent - by aid of every facility, that, money and thought ,- wusorossin' J Washln'ton street' fell int' a easy chair an' picked up th' dally paper. ..Vi.i- .- vcan manufacturerfew years ago eight. provide In Kentucky by "a tpTirlncar Purty soon bis wife, who .wus peelin'lome tarnipl 'Tyesdsjtvnlnrbe wus struck; stock farms .were, merged by 10757. North Meridian his at home, t' in th' kitchen, beard a muffled , report' Rushln' taken an estate-of millionaire into one vast breeding fully lnt th' room, she found Sam layin' on street He' wus not seriously injured.' v two thousand seresi. ; In his hand wus 'a cKcpIn from th' paper sayln': . not Bam Bud wealthy manufacturer! Jlst think ; Experienced breeders figure .that - sts The State Grange win" meet 1nTthlsclty next Uss than 112S to tsJaVs thrtrouabbred yearling - o' Itt An' Hvln' on th ortn iiae. too. Tbat - Wus week.--A- be . . Martin, In Indianapolis News.1 ... enough fernls kin folks. t an slock farm and th Iff sum merely 3UE ----- to-$5- 00 ' business of making small loans upon the security of pledge or mortgage of. .personal property or assignment of wagev Drastic laws have been invoked In many states against it. Societies have been organized to protect st Victims practices, but the press accounts are soon forgotten by all save the unfortunate clients of the money lenders, and the campaign to remedy the conditions surrounding the business has been marked by years of fruitless struggle. Laws are "constantly and uniformly evaded,- - ignored and defied. The gov ernment officials and legislators have repeatedly announced their firm in tention to drive the loan shark out of Grand juries have time existence. indictments returned and again against these gentry; accompanying their presentments with statements of extortion and oppression ulmost tinbe lievable In this enlightened age, but Btill this blot on our civilization in s an d a p pears ref uMb se r even to increase In size. - oOeeptlne YraTnfnSorspBr6r qualifications ACEtlTV 3.ouiedthe even the vogue of the automobile aeems to iiave dampened the enthusiasm of"these riders and hunters and polo players who demand and are. willing to pay for special cross-countr- ;VLOAn has money to lend "and the man' who wants to -- borrow cannot be enforced eS- until an agency Is" established to sat his need at a lower cost Recogisfy In this fact, philanthropic men in WASHINGTON, The loan shark nizing disregard of human nearly .twenty cities, eoatent-Wit- h a exrights continues In most cities to act unreasonable tribute from the reasonable return upon their invest socle-tie- s wretched men caught in his net. Lead- ment, have organized remedial to" make loans atrtke losesLrates ing newspapers throughout, the of interest pracfi able ' to deserving TMOPQUWmf j. The many unsuccessful attempts to legislate the usurious money lender out of existence have shown one, thing very clearly, that a law that comes between the unscrupulous man who w h yNferJ f ' a. high-strun- g four-foote- re-m- to--e- - n peepl-pe- pledged or mortgaged. In many cities efforts are how being " " made by' 'citizens backed, by chambers of commerce and Iboarda of"trader to Those itt organize similar societies. opcrat ion ha v.e ,proved . themselves a practical and measurably successful means of accomplishing what drastic , legislation' and popular clamor has been powerless to do. The loan shark, has not been entirely eliminated from t h e -- ctt i es in h ich t erate, but his exactions have been re-iduced appreciably. Briefly stated, the programme of the remedial loan movement includes th organization in all cities of competitive loan societies of a social natur In the pawnbroking and chattel loan fields! the establishment of associations for savings and loans -among employees, Supplemented by . the investment of honeBt capital on reasonable money-makin- g basisr In all states legislation will be .sought chiefly to facilitate this competition . -- - hese-eoeleties- a-..- -- Sent "Happy New Year' ' to the World miles of telegraph and A MILLION cable wires throughout the worjd were thrown open to the tickof ft sidereal clock in the Naval observatory on the heights overlooking Washington at the moment 1911 changed to 1912 and Uncle Sam through them all called Tils "Happy New 'Tear-t- o the world. Every city and hamlet in the nation, the ships at sea, travelers to foreign 1anoiefe't6Jimed m"'it.V moment that the nation officially announced the arrival of Time's new old timespan. Yet the piece merely swung its pendulum as might any such on an obscure mantel and knew not the iniport of the mesplain-face- d sage, it. sent. The tick of this clock heard as New Year's eve came to an end is the message of them all that extends furthest of all those sent since the world be' gan. It Is'llashca out from the Naval observatory at Washington each year. As the seasons pass the extent of Its reach is Increased and that of this New. Year's night was greater than any of its predecessors. It was ticked off to Nome, to Rio Janeiro, to Shanghai, to Cape of Good Hope, to London It informed the lonely operator at a th ' wayside Btation In Arizona that w- ?rt-eat "vr Jir WBoCrr It carried the message to the farming: town in Iowa and to waiting thou- " ' sands in Boston. This message awakened a spark of enthusiasm in the breasts of thOB banished to the lonely Island of Guam to learn that it as New Year hack.,-home. The men of tjie fleet and th& ocean craft far out at sea pick up its x' message and rejoice. jt All these wires and cables and cur rents of the air respond' automatically to the ticking of this plain old clock at the observatory, which clock Is the official standard time regulator of half the world. There is none: of jibe re- laying' and delay In the ordinary jrans- mission of messages - for these con- ; ' ' . tracts are automatic and the message is instantaneous. : -- lJZ. . bnx-stal- - - Uncle Sam's Navy Holds Second Place n.nt we have more guns available for . fi'ghtlg"ci'""tnT'B'road8Tde; The"Florl-d- a, which is of about 22,000 tons, can n the broadside tttt 12 bring to tear-oinch guns. The German dreadnoughts' . - 1- g THE RUINATION OF SAM BUD - -- .u -- , - 40-re- of, the same displacement can only bring eight guns to bear. "Now this represents the fighting;; value of the two navies and Is actual-- , ly 20 per cent ln"gtinB"ahead of Oei many as against Germany's ten per' . cent of tonnage, which really means' . nothing as a factor in fighting. y"Germany has not yet awakened to; .s the fact that Great Britain began to follow us in broadside arrangements about three years-ago- The kaiser's l empire Is still behind in the main ele- -' ment on which navlea can be. coms pared as to efficiency. .' Another thing-.-i- In the construction bureau States navy point out the fallacy of the statement published broadcast thai Germany will hold secal ond place among powers, the' United States, when supplanting the ships now being built by both nations are completed. After reviewing the difference in tonnage, which is not largely in favor of Germany, a competent naval expert says; that nearly all the German ships,, "Taking the present and the future into consideration, the present ' su- which on paper are monsters carry guns. , periority of the United States, as sec-du- d only In" the world,: continues because "They- - have only recently started t our superiority consists in the fact build guns, and we are build-----I- ng rifles. that of all ships of the same displace- - EXPETtTS tne-nav- '. h ' h h -- -- short-distance- s f -- -- f 't . '""' i.i.fi. ""' - . : d . ' -- th'-floo- r. Old Panama Landmarks Are No More ., on the Isthmus- - of MANY villages . Intimately .associated with the history of the stirring buccaneer days are soon to disappear forever beneath the surface of the vast artificial lake which Is now slowly filling up between. Catun and Mata-chl- .. T?. f' MA' , n. ".' T These places were known to European civilization - many years before Tamesldwn was settled ofMassachu--sett- s Bay was an English colony. Now they are little more than Jungle hamdislets, and nothing -- of value-Tvil- l appear when the rising waters of Lake v Gatun blot them out of existence. The Canal Record gives a list and short, historical 'sketches of some of the vanishing villages. Heading the fist is the, oldJtown of Gatun, which is already practically covered by eighty feet of rock, earth and water, and : '' Some of the inhabitants Jelleve thar will not takeiaceVI.&ntl one old bush settler, after having ignored repeated warnings, ventured his opinion that the Lord has promised never again to flood the earth. ' - ' New rainfall records were "established on the Isthmus of Panama Nov. 28 and'.2dt";accQrdlng to reports Just" received hre,,LAtPorto Bello about 2.46 inches of rain fell in three mla- -' utes. The total for, that shower waa; other placet destined to disappear are 7.0 Aborca Xagarto'Barbacoas, JCaimitO, Matachlna,, Ballamonos, Santa Crux, fVn fiefinmn doliro and Cnires inches.-- titpheaf three-quarter- flTik s' tnlnnraa . v . ' nrwvlmia " . reop! ' of an, inch of riQa' In IQftS A