Show S. S oo t 10 In J- J o At A. A Q as a a. IDe r 7 t z I A 2 M r- r r r 1 1 n i r t Ha a r v J tm j r L I F tile the ands of ot men and OF women wio have taken up pho- pho U graphy either olther as a a. J i s prote there is th only a 3 aa a a. very cry ISm small all portion of ot these who have mastered the art of t f s or arc are to use uee the technical l t term tm manIpulators manipulators man man- I I ot of of I the thc rapid shutter Of the tho hundreds of or professional nal amateur I camera knights of New W York lork those who b havo become expert in the rapid fire work of ot reproducing events I on field eld and turf success can bo ho counted on the fingers of ono hand When hen ono pauses to consider that every dally daily maa and pictorIal ial periodical published in Greater t r New York maintains a a. staff stat of or expert pho 4 to fla say pC the scores of ot news agencies and antI concerns whoso II business it if Itis is to mako pictures for and sell nell them to the newspapers tho the foregoing foregoing fore fore- I going statement sta might be regarded as asan asan asan an b but t it is ne le lees s true One man In Creator r New n e York who stands stands' head and shoulders above all alI r other competitors In tho snapshot field Ocla tolls a remarkable story of or his hie achievements and tho lions for tor the same samo This artist C C. 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C Cook Cool is the official photographer for I 2 z well vell known sporting publication and I IB lii the maker of ot the pictures used sd in illustrating this article and in discussIng discuss discuss- ing his work docs does so 50 with SO BO much modesty that those who hear him relate the many hairbreadth escapes escapee ho he has hud had on the track and steeplechase course ouro while chasing a picture marvel marvel mar mar- vel at the nerve he is so often called upon to display As Mr lr Cook says while whIlo hundreds are using the rapid cam camera very ory few of ot them get beyond tie the easy stages the usual dally daily newspaper stunt stunt the tho photographing of athletes 8 n automobiles the thc harness horse Osh Ish jumping and man many other and comparatively slow moving objects that do not require unusual But when they tackle th the fast moving racehorse or tho the fallIng fall tall ing InS steeplechaser they are tackling i tho the h hardest propositions known In pho pho- I and that so 60 few are able to I master It la is attested by th the two or I three who are aro following ft It successfully In discussing hH his work Mr lr Cook has this to say Just bow how and why I 1 have been successful Is la rather hard bard to say but tho the greatest r requirements I find necessary are tho the cool steady stady nerve nervo and quick eye One must become absolutely tely oblivious to his every surrounding reI re to- to I of how horrible It may boo bo I never nover permit my mind to wander from Crom my work whether It is a Q S Suburban burban a 0 veiling aa race or a steeplechase horse horco and t jockey tumbling ond over end I keep leeD my wits about me never allowing myself my my- self to become the tho least excited for tor tho the Instance on oni gives in to and nervousness ho might Just as well throw the camera aW away as far au ac getting getting get get- ting good re results goes In lri taking his many steeplechase accident acci acci- dent pictures pictures and 8 and he ho has bas more mora than a 3 h hundred Mr lr Cook remained as us cool as the traditional cucumber cucumber- and with his camera camern working to backed back back- n ed by hl his quick eyo eye he ho declares it II is easy and falls to see Just why hy everyone everyone every every- one pronounces a his work BO so marvelous To the quick eye oyo more moro than anything else ho attributes his success for Cor In the ability to see Bee the tho particular picture of oC each tAch accident and In being belaJ able ablo to tn snap tho the camera at that particular lar instance In In- In stance nee lie the secrete of success ss U These accidents occur r and are aro over with in such a 0 r remarkably ably short time limo that there Is Is' Is not nor a a traction fraction of a sec eec ond and to Ie lose loae In jn th the taking of them Yet ono one must got get tKo tHe focus 8 and likewise bo ho very CIry care careful CuI to get t them on the tIme plate for this In Indeed deer Is mo mot mort t essential Get It I t ting the focus le iS probably the moat most r difficult task for one never ne knows just juet when and where a horse h IK Is going to I fall sometimes lie he Is hi withIn eight or ton ten feet teet an and again tlc 50 51 feet o of th tho camera I yet t tho focus mutt be sharp SharI and when I 4 t Z in J c I t Itai i J rf A 1 OS 7 f. f x J I feZ ry a- a J Y x o. a C py L i 4 fi i j I g lZ AW 9 Cd A. c l. l L. L r r IlSa M ane I s.- s. 1 feZ A p. p 5 i pf f tf r S S 'S 6 ch EY ane d 7 z i i y one ona takes into consideration all the things necessary to do toward making a successful l picture he ho must think fast and work tun still faster taster The human machInery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery m must st be working like a 0 clock tho the camera must be perfection and the photo photographic plate must be of oC the beet and if It ther is a n slip in any of oC the three an Imperfect picture or no rio pic pie ture turc at all will be the res result lt The quickest bit of snapshot work Worle eu on record had to do with the tumble of oC Woodside Woodside Wood- Wood side at New ew Orleans last winter as pictured here which the tho photographer describes as follows The race in ques ques- Uon tion was a h hurdle race and there was no place for Cor me mo to stand eland but alongside the Inside rail and shoot through tho the opening In tn the fence tence The Tho horse fell within eight feet of me mo and the tho instance he landed into the tho plate I had a n snap for Cor ho he was on and off again agam in tho the twinkle of oC an eye eyo When tho the plate plato was developed horse and rider completely filled there thero being not more than a quarter of oC an Inch to spare at tho the bottom bot bot- bot- bot tom torn and probably not a a. half halt at nt the tho top of the tho plate The Tho focus might have been a bit better but I was too oc occupied occupied oc- oc In getting the horse on tho the plate to do much In selecting a Jump whore where ho thinks a n fall lo is liable to occur tho the photographer photo photo- grapher does docs not pick tho the same on one over again Like lightning these ac accidents nc- nc rarely strike twice in the same place He studies the conditions of oC the race the tho heroes and the distance and picks his spot pot accordingly J Sometimes lie does not rely on ono one jump and covers as many as four Cour In a single raco race which In Itself is something of ot a feat and re re rc- quires good sprinting When a a. photographer sprints at full speed for an aim eighth of a n milo mile ho In lit not In the best bent condition to take tale picture and durIng dur dur- ing this speeding the tue plate plat must he be changed the tho shutter wo wound nd and th the slide drawn for Cor the next exposure With I all these lhee handicaps Mr Cook Cool declares ho failed only once arid and then thon at tho the Benning meet In Washington ton last fall After Arter sprinting across tho the entire In In- field neld to t take ko time the hor horses es as 08 they rose for tho last jump photographer and I horses reached hed the th obstacle t lp at nt tho the saint Mine I moment One hor horse o considerately name came n a fearful l cropper and as lie was lal hurlIng hurl hurl- air ing InK through space paCO with jock joek jockey high hl-h In iii I tho the the deadly camera Camel W wax wame N aimed 4 11 ud mid I L man behind It blazed a away Wa j Au-j u i 1 other othor glance however howver convinced the theartist I t artist crUst that he had failed to draw his I slide and Instead of ot having a 3 plate plato showing one of or tho most sensational tumbles of ot that meet he ho found Cound that ho had drawn a a. blank In tho the actual takIng taking tak tak- ing of or the tho picture the s successful photographer pho pho- pays but little attention to his camera always keeping his eye eyo on the hor o feeling the focus Cocus with one hand and releasing the shutter with the other Of Ot course coursol he Is always alwn's sure that his camera Is working smoothly be before Core ho starts darts to take t the tho picture then thon ho focuses carefully on a lL certain suet spot where the horses aro to land and awaits aWl results result A As tho the horses rise to take lake the barrier his eye lye c cannot leave them arid and If it one of ot them falls to como como up tip tin as ho he should he ho must change his bis focus to whal whatever whaler er position h hu h has h ts in- in b by simply turning tho the wheel heel backward or 01 forward us as tho tue case mo may be and that automatically In that wa way the falling Calling horse has the artists artist's entire attention and It is only the time question question ques ques- tion of releasing releasing- the shutter shuder er at nt the tile proper Instant A careful cardul stud study of at the pictures shown hero brings out the fact that had any m one of oC them been snapped snapped snap snap- ped the tho smallest st fraction of oC a second sooner or later the tho picture would have been marred For Foa instance take lIo the ho picture of Jockey Stone Stono falling from Sandalwood The Tho Jockey la is suspended 6 In tho the ala air as 5 J if attached to wires anti and Is lf full fully two feet from the ground s From the Iho time ho he left the saddle until ho struck tho the earth not more than one one- I fifth o of a 0 second elapsed During that brief Interval tho the picture re could have been taken laken In mOst moat an any position A 1 twenty fifth WC ty of ot a 8 second lat latr 11 r Stone wo would ld have havo been on the tho ground and the Iho same fraction sooner ho would 0 h have hc c been licen photographed diving lug over the hta head somersault fashion Tho The most potent paten t factor In the success UCC of snape snapshot hot picture re taking is Js tho great head headway made mallo within the past last five years yer In tho the manufacture of oC elates Less than a aun tho complaint was WIlH general among photographers that no plato plate had hami made its Ile appearance that was wn considered sufficiently fast Now ow till all Is IN ct changed and as nei good an nn action plc- plc I tiit luro turo can be tak taken laken n on n n. dark gloomy day I aK am at noon noun on in tho tue brightest day dy of ot sum um- fumI I r. r In fu Curt l on Cr very sunny nays days I complain strange to lo say sa that tho plate works ta faster t l' l than the thol I i shutter and he lie can scarcely give a short i 1 enough exposure With rapid shutter work to this extent Itcan it itcan itcan can readily be seen seon what a burden has I been lifted from rom tho the artists artist's mind With Witha a n. plate absolutely reliable for speed and perfection with a camera that never nevea nev new er ea falls fails fitted with the best lenses made the tile success of the picture alone depends upon the alertness of ot the tile man behind the gun Kun Perhaps the most difficult of all nil fast moving mo objects to photograph cock fights are aro tho tile most trying Their wings 9 and anil feet teet are in iii constant motion motton aa arid ami although the tho author of the accompany accompany- InS big pictures had made mado hundreds accompanY I of or attempts at at- tempts to get good pictures s of oC these results it was not until last winter that ho he was enabled to them A camera built bunt especially for him that can be speeded up to a twenty one part of or a 0 second was used lP an anti anu e d was by c exercising ever every I particle of oC s s. s cd ed In the camera to tc toI overcome tile the flutter of or their wings I It was almost Impossible to toll tell howand how hou howand and whore he ho got them for tor they Jumped Jump jump- ed ell so quickly and wont went at each other I so ISO furiously that time after time he lit missed getting them on the plate After After Af AC- Af- Af S ter tel using up more than two dozen plates and developing them all nIl the tile ar artIst artist ar- ar tl-st. tl found Cound that he had about si six perfect per per- feet teet pictures th these so ho prized more highly than an any in lii his big collection with the tho possible execution exception of oC that of ot I Jockey Stone Stono tono suspended In midair after being h hurled from front the back of oC Sandalwood Sandalwood Sandal Sandal- wood Is an art art art-an an art so few havo succeeded In mastering mastering- that ItIs it itIs l Is not s surprising that the they the thc successful sue suc on ones onos os should command such fabulous pa pay for tor their services or tho the I fruits of ot their labors I Y c it f 4 V A I Ic 5 4 oj W S t tA i I A A ws ii C j y 4 4 A S S a- a izZ ay w z t JI S S 9 S j i- i |