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Show Til K MORNING THE tho Grand Cleveland haa started oiwlni of at of light pnpammi racing features with a whoop and a hurrah that could hava (torn heard acrnaa three continent a If a man's hearing were good enough. The Forest City never had a more brilliant meeting, and the running off there of the Detroit atake rarea added conalderabla luater to the Inaugural. All eye are now centered on the "big ling where champtona will he made and unmade as swiftly ea ever of jrorec The absence of the uaual meeting in Detroit has not seemed to cause any lack of Interest In grand circuit events In particular of In trotting nnd pacing affairs In general. Tha substltuls meet of four days held Juat acrnaa tha border In Ontario, Canada, waa of eaay The abeence of Detroit from the circuit la regretted by all horsemen, for the town's loyalty to the light harneaa rarer hu alwaya toen of the sterling, unselfish brand that promotes the beat Interests of tho matter In point. Iferea uiahlng good luck fur next year for the founders of the M. and M. and City of Commerce slakes! (N. Y.) track. The stakes are lower 2:20 class, trotting. 11, SW; 1:10 rlasa, pacIn value than thou at Buffalo and ing, fc.oul; American Hurts Breeder FuCleveland, but their high class atones turity, Tuesday, Aug. 21 - 03,000; the Norfolk, In part fur this shortcoming. 3:00 class, pacing. 11.200: 1:11 rlasa. trotting. Mil; American Horse Breeder FuOther Grand Circuit Dates. turity. After Poughkeepsie which meeting Ihs Fonka-poaWednesday, Aug. closes Aug. If, tha big circle's dates are 1:10 claas, trotting. 11. i); 1:10 class, as follows: trotting. P.N0; American Horae Breeder paring. Futurity, three-ye-a RcodYill, Mam. (Boston). Aug. the Massa1. Thursday. Aug. lYovIdence, H. I., Aug. 1:14 chusetts. class, trotting, HUM; the Conn., flrpt. Hartford, , 1:U Keadville. 4 .Bynu-useclass, trotting, fl.aiO; 2:U N. Y.. Bcpt. Culiimhu. O.. Cincinnati. HcpL Friday. Aug. 1- .- IS. Ml): the Neponaet, II. SO; 2:13 class, trot-llnThe New England Trotting Breeders' 1:11 class, paring, 2:03 class, paring, 11,100; fres will offer at Keadvitle a for alltl.UP: class, trotting. schedule of events of undoubted class. Tha entries promise stirring contests, toms Readviria Rules.. and tha races at Columbus. Hartford. The rules of tlis National Trotting assoSyracuHe, Cincinnati and Providence ciation lof which this association Is a will be equally good. , member) will govern, except that horses The Readvllle programme la as folnot fl uiahlng within Ml yards of the winlows: ner In nnv race f an event will be ruled tha Blua Hill, out of further eumpflltlofl. Monday. Aug. three-year-ol- d. 3.-K- g. SD-- takaa Alive. The transfer of those two noted Detroit elakw foal urge to Cleveland will serve to keep Interest In them alive and Kaspa Interest In flourishing until aurh future time when the city fat here decide to tha lawa permitting trotting tracks to continue operations. After Cleveland came Buffalo, and tha u !er New Fork state track controllers offered attractions alluring enough to aereaa to the enthusiastic Detroit horse keep many drivers and trainers open fanciers and In some measure at least eyed o nights, smacking their lips in proved a balm to their badly lacerated anticipation. Now all la twady at the Poughkeepsie feeling. U 8't. class,-pacing- . 24-- g, assm-latlo- A BIG salary does not make a ' grant ball player," aaya a green diamond philosopher. lJL A Mu That la true. Bomethlng mows than salary and reputation la needed. Ae a matter ef truth. It ta quit often the Mg salary that unmakes a great ball player, for many a ball fnaeer has risen to fame and fortune only to Illustrate that he could not, or rather, hie head could not, withstand the accompaniments ef eiidcaaa. There are a lot of high priced hall players who are playing low priced ball thla season fit the Mg leagues. "ThelV names," I bear some one ask. It would be cruel to mention them. It might prevent them from getting Jobe next spring, and I never enjoyed seeing even a "four fluah" ball player starve to death In tha midst of riotous plenty. ef cld time form. Take those Boston Thera are Americana, for Instance. anma high priced stare on Collins' roll that might to be chopping lugs In the Michigan backwoods. m When Patience Is Ne Virtue. The trouble with many manugera Is that they are too patient. Instead of hauling a delinquent up short and telling him either to plsy good hall nr park his trunk, tha shortsighted Arid marshal will dawdle along, dealing out crisp greenbacks every month and wondering why hla tram la seemingly nailed to the second division. Oftentimes a manager lets a "sleeper stick on because the manager and he used to play together on the Fewer club of ths GmsIioiihs league twenty years ago. Hla good old pal must be given a berth. Old t lines' sake demands It. Hut the result Is usually The "Easy Monty" Beys. seen In ths percents ge column. There are a few ball players In the American and National leagues who, What Kind ef Ballooning? directly they passed the 15,000 mark In tha handicap salary race, "laid down "Ballooning Is the new and popular on their employers because of some sport, the pastime of the future," saye fancied grievance or through pure un- a well known 4'hlcago sporilng writer. holy lassitude and derided to get "easy That la probably true, but the term "ballooning phould he definitely exmoney" for a few months Their contracts protect them to a certain extent, plained. 1'erliape the Chicago, scribe to any man. or oralthough no major league manager ta uses it compelled to keep a "deed one" on the ganisation, or cult that exhibits tensalary list. The managers hang on to dencies to "go up In the air," or that n sudden revival has a predilection for "hot air In any these men. exim-tln. HARTZELL THE SENSATIONAL NEW THE ST. LOUIS form. If this sin'mlxc Is right the must hats' Windy tow n iiti'lmrity w minded muliy the feelings of two rr e thr-b.isehiill Ic.ioi big rig"t, whose troupes of gicn diiiinnud nuisil'ioraiics h.ive nut li.pl their foot oil solid ground. bgunnivt ly of run i ns, for n huigihy period. Ktn yhodv now Join in the churns: I l in a lovely h' Kill, .,n. P ililt'B around the ihiiret moon Iton't drop us buck (in eiir'l) too soon Or the f;cis will Knock our "blnoks (iff. : Book on the Olympic Games. K. Sulliviin. director "f et the r: Duils exposition end w hi was th American conimissloner to the Cilynjlc games of l.u.s, has wrhtcn a highly leicn-tinbook on t tie Olympic audios that were laid at'' Alliens this year. The book is pubiish- eil It a well Hthlrttr l.liiaiy series ii ml Is the first rumph-lropoit r uthh-liof that reiearhuUe event. I Tl.e volume dedicated to Theodore j Ilonsevilt. presidcid of the l'nlte.1 w wss honorary prud f!ales, or; the American Olympic commit ice. The Is m1ukI hook Ie Inforni.i-- i leplete with tioji anil ( on:. tins nearly a hundred full or riote pli upas dieront scenes at, Athens, portraits of Prtsi lent Umw.. j kn-iw- ' i wTr PRESIDENT OF STAGE NOTES. Joe Welter has engaaed Cissy D'Cnis snd Maurice Farkon for his music hall company next season. Hilda Rpnng will be a Mar under he management of Walter X. Lnwrencn rext season. Mr. I,n r nee bus also to offer arranged with tho Shule-rtHenry E. Dlxey In The Man on the Box at the Waldorf theater, lamdon. s next season. Whn X. C. tober produrtl'-- Gw-dal- make t Geer M THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. The stink'. '' ''The Ystikoo Goneur' In iiihhtlc structure ever huill the wui'lil the stadium, at Athens. -rn I at-..- ! ul 38-3- 1, 4-- 3, 5, 11-2- 1, r-- play 'f a newpur life. "Th Story S? muivy. who ha been encaged a une f the frlma d.u-n- l f.r the j n nf "Madmi) Duller-p- j ' " IP n.'t I'tly a V'X'Hl!! of ext 1lnc.nl Ability, hnt one ( f the mof--t txau- tirul u irien in the ivi'i nrii t a I tage, Mop ha been released I it H"vm (ipi-iat IiudApcvt tn maei-till crc.'.ce-tif.u'I;-At inati-v'!!' Mimrif run "f the tie Fbinken aid S'arc- !!(, niilo rniitle "per.i. "The' rui-cln- l' ert!:le.l "liiry Stnaf Sn-m.'s- i t . pis i Cobs o' s Davy Johnson, Turf Plungor. Davy Johnson, In hla twentieth year of fame a the most remarkable race track plunger and all round American gambler any one .ever haa heard of. Hands again with hi pocket turned Inside nut "broke. No man In A merli n has ever experienced so many (I ups nr. downs of fortune. He has year In and year out for two decades bean wealthy one day and Utile better off than ,t pauper the next. His latest misfortune I'lmo from Waterloo after Wutr-iloIn the big betting ring at Rheepshend Bay. X. Y the track when he l.u experienced his greatest piece of fortune t ('v the mascot race track of his astounding career. Ti t great horse, Rnsehen, winner of ths Gin ter liMulir.ip at Gravesend, X. Y.. whirh nismcd this racing season, and winner of many other big events, ht.l,u)erl to Johnson. Rnseben's romping won him almost a quarter of a million dollars, hut Davy Johnson tried to tr.ike him do too much. Rose-he- n was the star :hort distance animal. and at Belmont park. New York, Ins year he made a new world's record for six furlong 1:11. But Johnson tried to make the wonderful n distance sprinter long runner, and 1 'lira S:c!n Genii T'ltcr lerrrtly u odncc.t Kiej Ih S. K Murray :iikI stadium, In ether words. America excelled .the world allilelirally. Juat the same os France excelled In swordsmanship. the Purls In shooting, Italy In boating and bicycling and the .Danes In football. and the French are certainly entitled to a great deal of credit for their all round phewhtg In all otlier than the track and Ibtlii athkHIr events. We can see that the question of eVents will have to receive great consideration from the Greek and the international committees, for 1 really believe that these committee should establish the events and have them lived up to. For Instance, during ths olympk' games at Faria one Individual won the Olympic championship for fishing In IIik Seine for live fish. At fit. Iaiuls, In the game way and under Olympic; sanction, there was a toque rhainplonihlp. a sport which la unknown In other countries. Aud, speaking of sror-ln- g points In championships. If ono lakes In all event held under the Olymple series, the fit. Louis Olympic games furnish some Interesting data, for the committee, under Instructions from the International committee, hiul about M Individual Olympic events contested. Out of these about fourteen were won by foreigner, and, scoring on the point system, America scored rinse to I,5n0 points in these Olympic event nt fit. Ixui. In other words, more points by many hundreds than was scored by 11 other nation at Athena In IH and Athens In lfn. Nevertheless we publish in this volume complete record of all Olympic events that were held at Athens. The final classifications WIU prove Interesting. all By classification. In on event-t- he round gymnastic championship France had four mrn who received first prises, Germany four. Italy three and Bohemia one. While thnt perhaps Is a good system of scoring. It would be murh better If a conclusion could be arrived at os to the ten I championship; not have It divided among fourteen men and allow certain countries to score four first prize In one event. If fourteen men were tied for first pi ore or one wss equal to the other, the method for scoring should be to divide the points, and each man would thus be credited with one fourteenth of a championship, nr the fourteen should gn still further and have a real rhamplon. In h nother yin ssi firn I Ion gymnast irs France received three first prises, Itsly three. two and Hungary one. 5. se ' OCEAN RACE. Pt-d- Maryland and Virginia Circuit The Maryland and Virginia Fair and Racing circuit has held two very meetings at Norfolk and Tasley, Va., and on Aug. 14 the series at Poco-moCity, Md.. ojiene. Rockville, ltd., follows. Aug. 31, and then In the order named come races at Tolchester Beach, G. E. Noland, secreMd.. Aug. John tary; Tlmnnlum, Md., Sept. F. Anderson, secretary; Prospect park. Baltimore. Md., Rept. John T. 4'onglor. secretary; Easton, Md., Sept. E. 11. Larhmar, secretary; An Entree! From tha Book. In the o( ning chapter of hla hook Mr. rtulMtau speaks as follows: There h:is some criticism In relation to the 1.iitns of llie Amortruns. The Americans claimed slisoluti ly wh.it u te:cn taey a .'id. Atn ri u for thi I'linii e games ns they had lmen mill, estoe.) Athens In IKM. at Paris In ( .o S' l,oui In lau. snd si no t'eie did ih., e .aim Unit America won a ranee ch.imp'iu ship, a revolver cl.amplnq-sb'a ginninetk' I'huntploeship or a hniiiii i hutnp'onshlp; they did imt tucks an entry In il;-everts. Am'isi-rnl- ' Its te.ii.) i athlrt'cs. an.l s: rlaue.s Ro"hcn couldn't stand the tax. made hy Af. ricana have fur th aa the word is under atii'itie "wild rutted In hi betting ;I usJohnson stood, and i:,oso events took pliue In Roselien vegan to fail to land t -- OF M nh-lcti- ' BASEMAN count ties. The cnnlcnls also Include complete records f the Olympic games of 1805. 19o snd liief a history of the Olympic games ami description of the most A tvop THIRD AMERICANS. toll. Kina George of Greece, Crown Irinco I'onstiintlne. duke of Rparta, ITlnce Go ii'gr, Prince Xlcholas and Jtince Andrew and many pictures of the victorious American leant and Individual mcnilrera, aa well as numerous pictures of entrant from other iiu-.'i- PULLIAM, PLAN ANNUAL Initial steps have been taken lu nwh) the ocean yacht, race to Honolulu ai annual event. If present plans are f.ii lowed the contest will lie over a onUit from Ban Francisco to ih Hnnatls'i condition for racing. He also reporta Islands Instead of from Ban (, Audubon Boy. 1:52, In good shape trophy to be offered by Dm Hawailui and hopes to give him a better record Yacht club. If the contest becomes sn mums before the season la closed. one at leant ten vessels will pivbulv HARRY GRANT. be entered for next year's race. HARNESS HORSE BRIEFS. IDLE HOUR FARM. Zellca. the dam of Dan Patch, the The famous Idle Hour farm, Many champion pacer, arrived at Goshen recently end will be bred to Joe Fatchen, Ga., ia to be rehabilitated. It is ti aim of Its new owners to make it i 1:01. Ed Goers, the "silent man." shipped great winter training ground, uml t hi stable from Memphis, Tenth, to contract waa recently let for tueiri new training barns, each of whim wil' Llbertyville. I1U recently. box stalls. RUey B.. by Happy Riley, equaled the hava twenty-fiv- e Rtii'lert King. Mme. Una Aharhanell will co nt mad for a few week to rest prlo: to rum1rr her role of lisa when tl.I uccra i indented In Xcw Yoik t'ciily next Heat'in. ,Visr iiorthy Tennant, who will have the pari of Fi eiice t'unnlngtunn. ttie lerd-e- . m -- rh U Stolen Rlotv. spetidii-her vacation in Ihe lliite Gi'u-- s vlon of Kentucky and acquiring ro'tnnnehlp during this iei'i"'1. II e Gou; u. the fatuous magician, I "e t''uut p.'seessor of several dia-m.l riickpin given him hy h maj c I i . t; . . A Birdseye View of the Busy World of Sport 4 4-- HARRY Racing will begin at 1:10 p. m. each day (weather permitting), except that It may the last day If the begin at 1 o'clock association so elects. The positions of contending horses will be drswn for la the first rare ef every Gatcomb'a Stars. event, but in the second race horses will James Y. Gatcomb la looking on atari as they finished In the first and a Grace Bond. 1:0114, as bis chief bread third ae they finished In the second. The American Ilorae Breeder Futurities winner .of the season. She has winwill be mile heats, best two In three. tered well and la now In the pink of purse, and so today, for the twentieth time in hla career, thi indefatigable disciple of chance finds himself "cleaned out." Every time he has been swamped he solemnly announces that he haa done With the game of risking fortune on the horses. But tis well might a moth speak scornfully of a flame. Just a surely as the moth mines sweeping blindly hack at the light no surely haa Johnson returned to the race track. A Now EDNA MAY IN shoulder to shoulder with him In lift ring. Fondness for the horse brought him around race tracks when m was youngster, and the money which hi originally gambled and rolled into t big pile, only to lone It, was eurned at an expert In the care of horse Along the rocky road rr hi fortune-- ' In his twenty years of gamhling it It estimated that Johnson has won n.' HARRY GRANT. lost 12,000,000. Start? AN ARTISTIC There 1 no doubt now that Johnson will be able to command funds for a new start, although he bitterly declares that he Is at the end of hla gambling days and will turn his attention to a legitimate business pursuit and, if he gets on his feet again, will use them In running away from the allurements ' of the goddess of chance. The plunger larger in hla experiences than ever Riley Grannan or Mike Dwye- r- has among racing men tha aohrlquet of "the Adonis of the Track." John Is not the cold type of a gambler, but an enthusiast who, however, ran fare til luck a stoically as the most cold eyed of the men who bet BALCONY ROMEO DANCER. Marguerite Ferguson, who Is playing the role of Bldonle, the French mahl Iff PjKley A Luders successful op'ia "The Prince of Pllsen, Is one of tin best dancers the American slag ha ever produced. . Though quite young she la an adept In the old school ilamis that were popular on the variety stag twenty-fiv- e years ago, when stop dancing waa an art and got heartier recognition from an audience than the most intricate of modem ballet revolution! Mias Ferguson Inreceives today. cludes In her dancing repertory Jigs reels, clogs, hornpipes, Rcottlsh swon! dances, hoop and rope dancing and ths steps of a tarantella. SCENE : 4 AND IN MUSICAL VERSION OF JULIET. Edna May has again scored lfi London In a musical production. Thi r1 her vchidc is "The I idle of Mayfair," which 1 nothing leaa than a n)usa eralon of "R'ltnco and Juliet." esty Edward VH. and Emperor Wil-lla- t'i r.f Germany. Several times Mr. fSoidln has summoned to sppaar l.ef "te their ta.ijestie at Sandringham, where he a tivat favorite. Ml Julia Sanderson, the dainty little comedienne, is very fond of swipt-miu- g anil other athletic exercise. Harry Kvun. who I Included In the Kd-a pn.irge of the oil dremt. kicc. Join l R(X'kefe'er. Young Mr. Evan was singing in one of the music h I'! "f a westein rily aril was brought to Mr. hi feiier1 iintice. and he 1 1 H-- that he secured a g" , musical education. Pauline Gusman ha been engag"1 the for the role of Mr. Crocker, York widow. In "The Prince of PtlifV t Mine Gusman was a member of ' nd company "Tarwlfal" English canon she was for a time with Tr Rludent King cmpny. Miss Helen Hale of "The Msn W" Jfew" company la one of the latest devotees to the automobile ha hit. ' in may b fYrjr day rau promised to see 1 f |