DEATH FEAST
FOR YA-I-E-NOH.
MRS. COXYERSK. THE "OK K-WHO
WAT<,UES-OVKR-L T S," MOl RNEI).
ndians Commemmorate the Woman
Whom They Made a Chief and Who
Devoted Her Life and Fortune to
Them. —Joseph Keppler Describes
the Ceremonies.
Joseph Keppler, ol Puck, returned le
ently ti> his Stateu Island home from a
ip to Western New York, where he at
ended one of the most memorable gath
• intr S of New York reservation Indians
«r held in the State. It was the "Adia-*
,vow- Ha," or Death Feast, of Mrs. Hax
iet Maxwell Converse, who died sudden
■ in her apartments in New \ork just a
aar ago.
Mrs. Converse had devoted her tortune
nd the l>est years of her life to promot
ing the welfare of Indians, particularly
♦.he Indians of the New York reserva
tions, In heading oil legislation adverse
to their interests, in promoting legisla
ion calculated to l>e of benefit to then,
in protecting them from injustice and il
legal encroachments, in extricating
lliein from difficulties, in advising them,
teaching them and influencing them to
right ways of living Mrs. Converse
"rom very early girlhood was indefatiga
le. Her father and her grandfather had
neen notable for their friendly interest
in the Indians. Roth wens adopted, ac
>rding to the Indian patriarchial eere
ionies, into the Seneca tribe. Ihe grand
father, Thomas Maxwell, was adopted
by Red Jacket and was a uiciiil>cr of the
Wolf elan. The father, Thomas Max
well, Jr., was adopted into the Deer clan.
Mrs. Converse herself was adopted into
'ie Snipe elan, and was made a chief.
The Indians of the New York reserva
'ion fairly idolized her. Her lightest
or<l was law to them. They called her
a-i-e-noli, which means "--lie who
.vatches over us." When the ews of lie;
-widen death spread among them, a yeir
igo last month, it came to e,ery Indian
like a personal disaster. At Mrs. Con
verse's funeral in New York the grief of
the [ndians present and the solemn ritual
if their funeral services performed by
row, the "preacher, n as they call him
of the Indian*, were particularly impres
sive and all'eiting.
Rut the great Indian ceremony, the
Death Feast, given when anj < ne of pe
culiar eminence among them dies, w.i->
not given in memory of Mrs. Converse
last year. The Indian custom is that
this solemnity shall take place on the
tenth day after the death of the person
who is mourned. But the custom also
provides that in case the tenth day falls
upon any regular feast day or reunion,
then the "Adia-Kow-Ha" shall be post
poned until one year from tiie date of
tiie death. So the death feast of Mrs.
Converse was postponed until Nov. 18,
1004. the first anniversary of her death,
For many years Joseph Keppler has
been a student of Indian customs and
traditions. His interest in the welfare of
the New York Indians is second only tc
that which distinguished Mrs. Converse
and now that their "Ya-i-e-noh" is gone
they in a large measure turn to Mr. Kep
pler to take her place. lie has 1 eei
adopted into the Wolf tribe. He can un
derstaml and speak with some proficien
cy the Seneca language. When seen al
'lis home at Stapleton, Staten Island
Mr Keppler talked freely of the peeuliai
ceremony which lie had just attended.
"It certainly was a very impressivi
■vent."' he said, "to one who has sunn
knowledge of Indian customs and Indiai
aith. They are devout believers in th<
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immortality of 1 lio ~• ul. as you know,
i ho time lived by custom am aig then
toil (lays nfter the deicase- .< >r ho:• li n
( ■(•death feast has t«> <!o with tin i'.ulU
of theirs. Thev believe ilia I ten da. '
ti i life i- extinct, the spirit of the oa-;
jK-rson h 'vo.s aliout lite •■■•cue <■' !
earthly abode.
''They believe also that '-ometimes. i i
the case <>f a liie that i- suddenly cutoff
in youth, the -pirit returns and reani
mates the body, tor that reason tiiey
make a hole in the grave that the spirit
may have ready access to the ltody, an 1
they al><> leave fond by the grave that,
the reanimated laxly may have suste
nance. All these, however, are lather
symbolical observances than oUierwise.
But the final departure fmm earth, on
th<! part of the spirit, is believed to lie on
the tenth day after death.
"The Indians believe also that the
spirit returns to earth on the anniversa
ries of death, so in case other customs
prevent the celebration of the death feast
on the tenth day, it is postponed, as in
this case of Mrs. Converse, to the first
anniversary.
"The scene of the Death Feast 111 this
instance was on the Cattaraugus reserva
tion in Krie county. It was held in the
Snipe Clan's Long House, which is back
in the country about a mile and a half
from Law ton's Station on the Erie rail
road. The Ixing House is a plain frame
structure with two doors placed diagon
ally opposite each other in corners of the
house. Through one door the women en
ter an l leave, and through the other the
men. There is but one room in the
building, aliout 30 feet long by 20 or 25
feet wide. Tn one end of it—the women's
end—there is a huge open fireplace, in the
other there is a stove. There are fixed
benches all around the sides of the room,
but (in this occasion extra hem lies were
brought in and placed in rows down the
center. There are no backs to the bench
es. These central seats were for the
Snipe ( lan, who were the chief mourn
ers."
''l got there on Thursday, the day be
for the feast. For several days before
mi ners had been <ut Munitioning people
to the feast. There are eight tribes, or
clans, you know the Wolf, the Deer, the
Turtle, the Heir, the Heron, the Beaver,
lac Hawk and the Snipe. These clans
are each divided into two groups the
elders and the young men. To each of
tiie-e clans and groups runners had gone
out conveying the message of the Snipe
clan announcing the "Adia-Kow-Ha.'"
' The runners do not go in the old way
mi foot through the forest, of course.
They go by any way they can get there
- i n foot, in wagons. >r even by railroad.
"When I got there, all about the vicin
ity of the I.OHL' lloil-o you coul 1 hear the
clump, clump, clump of the heavy wood
en pestles pounding up the corn in the
big tree trunk mortar-. '1 liese mortars
are made of a seeth n about three feet
long of a tree that may be a foot and a
half or two feet in diameter dug out to
within a foot or six inches of the bot
tom, with a rim left around ihe outside
that is two or three inches thick. The
pestles are great heavy smashers several
feet long with both ends left thick and
massive, so that they may be reversed.
The middle part is cut and rounded down
so that it may be readily grasped by the
hands.
"It i- tedious and heavy work brayinp
corn to meal in this way. Sometime?
three Indians, each with a heavy pestle
worked at one mortar. This require*
quick, alert action. If the striking pes
tie is not withdrawn before the othei
comes down with a smash, it is hit. ol
course, and then the handle dies back
and is pretty sure to hurt somebody, the
person holding it, most likely. So there
is required a certain rhythm in swinging
the pestles, and to keep the time beat a
sort of droning chant accompanies the
work.
"This was the sound 1 heard about tin
Long House on Thursday aft rnoon and
evening. It is the old Indian way of pre
paring cornmeal—the way that they
have done it for hundreds of ? ears back
long before they over saw or heard of n
white man. They are intelligent enough
to know its inconvenience and imperfec
tion-. Don't make any mistake about
that. They like mill ground llour and
meal and use it on all ordinary occa
sions. lint at these ancient ceremonies
the old way that they got from ttieil
forefathers is the only way that w ill do
"The\ bray the corn and the wheat
and they make the cakes and the Indian
bread for these occasions just as it was
made on the day ( apt. John Smith ami
.his company invaded Virginia. The
bread is peculiar w hen it is done—a dark
but by no means doughy mass and very
nutritious. They put the brayed con:
and whole beans right out of the pod in
to a kettle and boil them together foi
hours. \\ hen the bread is done tlu
beans appear scattered all the way thru
it like raisins in a cake.
"Well these preparations n;i Thursday
went on until after dark. Then they be
gan again before daybreak oil the morn
ing of the feast day. Great piles of
wood had been cut and heaped up, and
mi 1 r 11n* I, ii;.' House uric half i dozen
kettles with ih-en roaring under them
in t' ■ r• ■ • 11;■ ii 1 Indian women wotk
• 1 tii.'ill. In t!)c si; kettles
' w .undo ,s i;l <(ii n w. -i ' »i?ed. Son
after dnyln ak the Inlians sun.iuonc.l v
J omen i t.*..an to i'itivo. I hey came
in uts if w.i -. So ne in' them ciinic
ill from wagon-4 :iti'! those \vli« wen; m re
pi > spcion?, in liugirien.
"Many f.inic strnggling in on foot af
ter walks in some instances of ten or fif
teen miles. They were dressed in all
sorts of farm eiwtumes, but only the
older women wore any of the old Indian
garments and ornaments. A number of
these had on the historical red and blue
leggings reaching from the feet up aliove
the bottoms of their short skirts. There
is a head work Iwirder around the bot
toms of the leggings and in many eases
it is very artistically and neatly done.
"It.was 2 o'clock in the nfternoon when
the feast began. There were then as
sembled in the Ix>ng House, I should
think, between 200 and 300 people—men,
women and children. The members of
the Snipe elan, the chief mourners and
the hosts of the occasion, occupied the
central benches. The rest were disposed
about the room haphazard fashion, save
that the women were in one end and the
men in the other.
"ficorge Chief, the l'.nglish name he has
adopted, is the chief or head man of the
Sui]m* clan. He is tall, straight as an ar
row and bears the burden of nearly 7fl
years wonderfully well. He in a veter
an of the civil war and a man of decided
force. It was he, as chief mourner, who
gave the signal for the opening of the
ceremonies. He did this by simply bow
ing gravely to Chester l-av. Chester Lay
is a head man of the Wolf clan, lie is a
(iovernment interpreter and census taker,
Ilis Indian name is "Ho-Do-.\u-Tchia,' :
meaning "Hearer of the hartli."
"At this time all the food had been
brought in and was arranged cm benches
by the fireplace at the women's end of
the room 'I lie kettles tilled with soup
the Indian bread and cakes and the pres
ents t<> Ih' distributed by the Snipe clan
among the other mourners—all these
were there in wait ing. There was a deej:
and very impressive silence in the room
when 1 To-Do-Au-Tchia' rose in response
to the signal that all was ready. Hf
spoke in the Seneca language, which is n
very sonorous and musical tongue, by tin
way. '
"Wow we have all met together,' IK
said, 'and wo, the elder brothers, condole
with the younger brothers the great los;
they have met in the death of Ya-i-e-noh
She was like a great tree in the forest
Her strength supported us. Like spread
ing branches she sheltered us and pro
teeted us. Her kindness and tenderness
were like blossoms. And now the tree if
cut down. The branches shelter us in
more. The leaves and the blossoms arc
all withered and dead.'
"By this time nearly all the women
and even many of the men were in tears
Ho-Do-Au-Tchia talked for nearly hall
an hour recounting the good deeds .Mrs
Converse bad done for the Indians. Tlier
Chief William Crow spoke. Ho is a head
man and the 'preacher,' *as he is called
It was he who performed the Indian
burial ritual at Mrs. Converse's ftinera
in New York.
lie expounds to the Indians the doc
trines of "(ia-Xia-Deio," or "Beautiful
Lake," as his name would be translated
- the great Seneca prophet and teachci
of over a hundred years ago who did sr
much good by warning the Indian?
against the snares and temptations ot
the white men's civilization—the drink
ing, the fiddle playing and the gambling
Chief Crow, as the expounder of this
prophet's doctrine, holds high eminence
among the Senecas.
"'We ouglil all,' Chief Crow said, 'tr
thank the Croat Spirit for having sent
that good woman among his people a
tlie bearer of his love to them. Wc
should ever be thankful for her good
words -words that were wise, that urged
all to abstain from vice and evil ways
We should thank her 112. r her work foi
us among our white friends, for making
us to know that which we did not know,
At home or far away she was always oui
friend —always our Kver Watehfiii One.
"( liief Willi ini Crow's speech made a
great impression and the weening broke
out afresh a- lie went on. Tlis appear
ance was very impressive, with his white
hair and -trongly marked features. He
is about ,0 years old. Ilis Indian name
is So-Xo-(!ah. It means 'Falling Snow.'
".lob King, head man Of the Heaven
clan -poke, and then the food was hand
ed around. It was brought in great
bowls, and each one broke off a bit of
the bread. The soup was ladled out in
to pails and eaten there or carried away,
May Davis, head woman of the Snipe
clan, was designated to distribute the
presents.
"They went to the runners, to all who
had assisted in preparing the feast and
to those most intimately known to Mrs,
Converse. The presents and the food
were received in silence. To have said
"thank you" would have been a sad
breach of etiquette as indicating any
kind of thankfulness that there should
be oecasion for such a ceremony. The
pie-cuts consisted of knit mittens, of
cloth tor gowns, caps and other useful
articles. It was long after dark when
the feist, .'inled and the Indians went
as iv. evidently s.jd at heart, to their
homes."
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WOMEN SPECULATORS.
ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SIGHiS
CF NEW YORK WHICH ONLY
THE INITIATED SEE.
WHERE TIIEY L.Vi THEIR MKTS <>N
STOCK-MARKET FLUCTUAI IONS.
Broker Says They Are Bad Losers.
Between 10 a. m.and 3 p. 111. a contin
uous procession of women may be seen
streaming into the offices of New York
brokers who make a specialty of catering
to the feminine love for speculation. A
private room is set apart for their use.
an<l as it is equipped with rocking chairs,
ornamental tallies, growing plants, and
in some instances divans heaped high
with pillows, they feel very much at
home there. The only business-like fea
tures of these rooms are the bulletin
board covered with stock quotations, and
tiie tickers.
in the office of a downtown broker
there is a particularly luxurious room
for the use of women patrons. As a rule
25 to 50 women may be found there, and
the hum of gossip never ceases. The ma
jority of them are hard-featured, elderly
females, but here and tnere is seen
youthful face on which no lines have as
yet been drawn by anxiety and nerve
tension. They cluster round the tickers,
taking turns in reading, the quotations
aloud. When a woman drops the endless
strip of paper another grabs it eagerly;
sometimes her voice grows shrill with
excitement, and again it fines away into
an almost inaudible whisper. Sobs and
hysterical laughter are of frequent oc
currence, and excitement runs high
whenever the ticker proclaims a decline
in stocks in which one of the speculators
is vitally interested. If she has lost
heavily fans and smelling salts are
brought into requisition, and in the lan
guage of the cynical youth who attends
to Ihe bulletin board, "Dere's de devil to
pay!"
During the recent fluctuation? in stocks
the brokers were bosciged by panicy wo
men who wished to sell out. N'o amount
of argument could convince fhoui it
would be wiser to hang oil like grim
death, and their weak-kneed condition
demoralized (heir sister speculators mi
til the broker found himself surrounded
by half a hundred women, imploring,
clamoring, and making life hideous for
him.
''l like the ladies, 1 less *emi" he con
fided to a reporter who had wandered in
to the room, "but they're 'ad losers,
d I mean very hnd. and I've decided
to give up this branch of the business al
together. I'll only deal with men in the
future. They are philosophical, 'atient
and don't scare on the slightest provoca
tion!"
Leaning against the window in a far
corner of the room and staring vacantly
into space was a fragile little woman
who paid no heed to those around her,
Occasionally she roused herself for a sec
ond and glanced at the ticker, but soon
subsided into her attitude of hopelessness,
A Tit ian-tressed actor whispered the dis
consolate one's story to a friend. The
poor little thing had been a swell mod
iste, and had managed to save $5,000. In
an evil moment she listened to the glow
ing accounts of gains told to her by a
wealthy customer who knew as little
about stocks and bonds as she did about
needlework. The microbe of speculation
got into her blood, and she dabbled in the
stock market with all the abandon of a
financial infant. Iler savings melted like
snow before the sun; her neglected busi
ness dwindled to nothing, but even when
the money had all been swallowed up
she returned day after day to the office,
watching the ticker as th uph her life
depended on it. She will never again be
content to cut, drape and fit, for the fas
cination of speculating has unfitted her
for prosaic work.
.Mingling with the hysterical novices
are many cool speculators who possess a
store of knowledge about the intricacies,
or inside mysteries of the stock market.
I hey are apparently unmoved by losses
or gains, and watch the rise and fall of
pet stocks with a calmness which is en
vied by fhose to whom self-control is an
unknown virtue.
These women do not like newcomers
in their field of action. They refuse to
give lips to the unenlightened and in
many ways discourage other women from
entering the market.
"Ko, i can't give you any advice," said
one of them coldly to a nervous girl who
had been fluttering near the ticker for an
hour. '"The broker can't help you either.
He'll sell you any shares yon ask for,
but ho won't express an opinion as to
whether the deal is apt to prove, a good
one for you. There is no primer nor code
of rules to guide you to success. You
must have a natural aptitude for the
business, sound judgment, and a certain
amount of daring, and even then it's (en
to one you'll lose!"
The habitues arc on cordial terms with
each other at least while herded togeth
er in the broker's room. Mutual hopes
and fears make a bond between them as
they stand shoulder to shoulder beside
the ticker, and confidences are freely v\-
cha n« r ed.
It is not an unusual -iglit to behold a
■ ale matron, wife of a reput ible m r
j chant bei'iy soothed and cheered 1 . a
j young woman with peroxide hair, wh"
| speculates with money given to her by
the husband of some coiifidin f!ri/.elda;
and the newly rich woman. \ hose head
has been turned by the unwonted posses
sion of hard cash calls her arist'-T Hie
neighl r, who lias always had money,
"My dear" aad "M \ love."
| Judging from the scraps o convert
j lion that float around the room, the male
I relatives and protectoi - of feminine spec
lul >toi-s disapprove heartily of their
! mania for dabbling in stocks.
"Would you believe it. dear." gm •. led
!one woman, "S\\ husband has threat' led
to -ue for a separation unless I promise
I never to put my foot inside Ibis place
again! He calls it a bucket -hop. v n,.],
a low - rt f • name, isn't it r And lie 1
- iy« In »ill st. [i in\ allowance it' I don't
-tit rambling. Men are «n unreason- i
blc! lifi 1* i (it using tli ■ '■ .<1 'gain
liii«r' in t!. i- connect ion. I llr'tk that's
«!<> ri _• 111 .1 torance. Of rotir-8, I've
(II piled .1 pile of 111 oil ' I'C.c. ! 11 fliesi j
J'v< .ii;i<U- (|iiiic a little, too, at . it'»
t'n iit in-,'. I simph cant give it np!" |
"it I had a husband like tiiat I'd soon
settle him!" commented a grim-visaged
spinster, "My brother took a similar
stand some months ago, although he's on
'change himself, lint lie was In artily sor
ry when I pot through with him!"
"I lost SaOO on Western Securities yes- ]
terday!" wailed a sad-eyed brunette,
"M,v father was so angry. lie advised
me to sell out a few days ago, and 1
could have done so at a profit, but now
tlio price is oil' three points, r.iul I'm out
about $300."
"Tough luck!" cooed a sympathizing
blonde, "But time, tide an<l the ticket
wait for no woman. After all. the great
secret, of this business is to know when
to quit. For my part, I never plunge.no
matter how tempting a deal may appear.
I am content to put up a moderate
amount, wisely invested, in gilt-edged
bonds, and let it go at that."
The other women listened attentively
to the words of the oracle. She always
had phenomenal luck, and the broker
himself treated her with extra deference.
When she won he praised her unerring
discernment, and when she lost, soothed
her by dwelling on the fact that her oc
casional losses were trifling compared
with her winnings.
lint, it is when a realty bad slump oc
curs that pandemonium reigns supreme
in the ranks of the women speculators.
They stand before- the quotation board,
white-lipped and wide-eyed, watching
the quick-witted boy chalk up the price
changes; then, when the worst is learned,
gasping sol,, ii|| the room, and weeping,
wailing ami gnashing of teeth is the or
der of the day. The cooler and more ex
perienced bands glance contemptuously
at their suffering sisters, and gathering
around one of the tables proceed to fig
ure out how much they would have
saved if tliey had sold short before the
calamity, at the very top prices and had
covere I their stock at the bottom. W hen
ever a "rally" brings a ray of light into
I the darkness the weeping women arc on
I their feet in a second, laiighin : hysteric
ally, and looking once more a> though
lift* to them was full of joy; the verj
ticker sounds mirthful to them, and their
lips move us though they were c>>llllllllll
- happily with themselves.
Another phase of the -peculating
mania is the eagerness with which the
feminine victims seek tips. Their own
broker is not willing to drop them a
hint, as a rule, l>ut they read the market
reports feverishly, listen thrillingly to ru
mors regarding stock, no matter whether
they emanate from an office boy or the
director of a company, and even when
they have 110 money to invest they haunt
the broker's rooms, in which there is such
an atmosphere of excitement. The
strain begins to tell on them: they be
come as responsive to the fluctuations of
stock as a good barometer is to weather
changes. When the market is reported
.is "wildly nervous," their condition be
comes an exact match for it.and the poor
broker often has occasion to curse his
fate when unreasonable demands are
made upon him, and a croud of women
gabbling like magpies, surround him with
feverish cries, "Sell! Unload! Oh, hur
ry. or I'm ruined! I will goto law with
you unless vou do something—anything
—at once!"
Automobiles, hansoms and four-wheel
ers wait outside the brokers' offices to
whirl away the enterprising women, but
it often happens that the exigencies of
stocks make it necessary for them to
descend to the level of a street car. If
they have done well they emerge wreath
ed in smiles, and visit some swell res
taurant. where they indulge in a dainty
bite, with an equally fortunate compan
ion. But if the fates have not been pro
pitious. tbe.v hide their sorrows from the
public gaze as quickh as may lie, only
to reappear again the following day,
buoyant and full of confidence that they
are about to reap the fruits of "a good
spec."
Students of human-nature find much
to interest them in these private rooms.
Xot long ago a well-known actor called
every day for a month at the office of
the largest broker in this special line of
business, and sat quietly in a corner
watching everything that went on. Her
identity was not guessed at until the oc
casion of her last visit, when she said
gushingly to the high-priestess of the
ticker; "1 thank you so much! I was
not a bit good on facial expression, so
my manager suggested that I study from
life. Because of having watched you
women so closely, 1 can now simulate
fear, horror, despair and every other emo
tion!" Then she quickly vanished, and
therein showed her wisdom, as otherwise
her face might have been disfigured, for
the average woman speculator does not
care to be studied, even in the interests
ot art. Stanley Scott in linfTulo Sunday
Express.
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AMERICAN TROTTER.
Evolution of Speed is Wonderful—
Breeding Farms Scattered
Over Many States.
I in; -ii•«■ i evolution of tlir American
trot for> is something wonderful, when
in' roller! (lie dreary lapse of years re
-1111ii«'< 1 for nil physical processes. (112 the
modern man gradually evolve*! from the
npe, no scientist, however speculative in
pre phesy, has over told the thousands
of years that must have elapsed between
the man-like apt; and tin* ape-like man.
And not oven Dr. Darwin in his great
woik oil the "Descent of Man. under
takes t<> toll us at what stage of the de
velopment. the ape developed his tail and
stood on his I.eels. But the evolution in
speed of the American trotter, or more
properly the United States trotter, is the
marvel of all the modern prophets of evo
lution. Look at the startling figures:
l"p to IBS 4, or only 20 years 'igo, there
was not one 2.10 trotter. Now we have
over 220. and during the season that end
ed in Memphis 32 trotters made now
records of 2.10 or hotter.
And there is another remarkable con
dition. Of the 32 new 2.10 performers,
30 sires and 32 dams, all of different
blood lines, are represented. There is
no longer a monopoly of a few trotting
families in our extreme speed list.
Nineteen of the 2.10 trotter.! of 1001
are by sires never before represented in
the 2.10 list. This is over one-half, and
includes Tiverton. 2.04% (who trotted
the fa.stest lieat of the season), by Gali
leo Rex. The other 2.10 trotters by
sires not heretofore represented in the
2.10 class are: George G.. 2.00'/,, by
Honiewood; Snyder McGregor, 2.07%,
bv Gilman McGregor; Angiola, 2.08',4, by
Gregory the Great; Aristo, 2.08'/,. by Xu
shagak; John Taylor, 2.08'/,, by Dispute;
Tuna, 2.08%, by James Madison; Torn
Axworthy, 2.OS'/,, by Axworthy; Aero
lite. 2.091,4, by The Bondsman; Hal
Prey, 2.0!)'/,. by Woodsprite; Van Zant,
2.0!!",. by Chime Bell; Alexander, 2.00%,
by Star Duroe; Altro L., 2.00%. by Al
cant irns; John Mac, 2,09 . by l!ex
Americus, 2.11'/|; Kent. 2.09 : ;J, by Wilks
. aid; -I i 111 Kerry, 2.10, by Orange
Wilkes; Kirk wood. Jr.. 2.10. by Silver
thorne; Norimin I!.. 2.10, by Phallas,
2.1:5 ~ the one-time champion.
It i- gratifying to note the luge ntun-
I or <n breeding farms represented in the
lew 2.10 list. located in some I.") states.
A.iul more gratifying than ill other
considerations is the fact that the -ea
s 11 of 1904 has developed more extreme
spool ill the aggregate than in any soa
-011 of the past and that more race
meetings were held with a larger aver
ago attendance than ever before known.
The 32 now 2.10 trotters for 1904 rep
resent a larger number by three than
ever before known, the best previous
number was 29. in 1902. -American
Sport snian.
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