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Show CURIOUS DOCUMENTS SOLD IN LONDON London. June 15. Some curious old documents offered for sale recontly bj a London dealer prove clearly that tho wild fowl which occupy the lakes in the London parks wero In occupancy occu-pancy there In the reign of James l' One document Is Lord Rochester's bill of charges "for keeping the fowle nnd beasts at the St. James Parke and Gardens for Aprlll, May and June, 1011." It is signed by the Eal of Salisbury. Salis-bury. Another document is for the "charges laed out on St. James parke and tho springe garden for keepinge and feedlnge his Majesties forrayne bestes and fowle there 1611-12," nnd this Is signed by Sir Julius Caesar, HORINE WONDERFUL JUMPER Now York, June 15. In moro ways thnn one George Horlne, tho young Leland-Stanford student who broke Miko Sweeney's long standing world's record for the high jump and became the most talked of athlete of the year, Is a very remarkable young man. With practically no outside assistance he taught himself how to jump, evolved a style of Jumping all his own, used It became tho greatest jumper of tho time. Now ho declares he is sure several sev-eral eastern athletes, among them Piatt, Adams, Grumpelt and Erick-J son, ought to be greater jumpers than himself. Ho explains this Interesting belief with tho statement that their natural spring Is superior to his and that the only roason he Is their master mas-ter in the snort Is his moro effective stylo. "I was much impressed with the performances of the eastern high jumpers." said Horlne "To begin with, thoy all have great natural springs, but I notice that nearly all go over the bar with tho head much higher than tho feet My study of Jumping hus convinced me that the most effective way to Jump is to go over the bar with feet higher tlian any part of the body. I evolved this stylo through long experimenting and I think my success has been due largely to following this method" |