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Show OCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O WELL-KNOWN TURFMAN O O TAKES HIS OWN LIFE O o o O Los Angeles, April 18 Dos- O O pondency over ill fortune with O O his horses this season, and O O firief over the passage of tbe O O California anti-Gambling law. O 1 O caused Chailes G. W. Poolf. O O familiarly known 'as "Bishop," O O one of ihe oldest and best- O O known horsemen In the coun- O O try to commit suicide at Santa O O Anita track yesterday. O The act 'was committed In O O Poole's stable on the track O O grounds. He slashed his wrist O O with a razor and to make doalh O O sure, took a dose of carbolic O O acid. O O Poole was a native of Ken- O O lucky and had been racing O O horses for twenty-five years. He O O was one of the old guard that O O Included Ed. Corrigan. Dave O O Waldo and Tom Stevens, all of O O whom were the central figures O O in turf circles around Chicago O O fifteen years ago. The old turf- O O man had but one horse left. havv O O ing lost his best ones several O O vears a?o. This was Frieze. O O owned by Kelly of .Toilet. Ills.. O O and trained bv Poole. Poole left O O a wife and daughter at Great O O Bend. Kas. O O oooocoooqoooooooo |