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EVENING EEDGEB-PSriTADEIiPHIA-, MONDAY, 'AP1STE 17, MrO.
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CARRANZA TRAP
CAUGHT TROOPS
IN" PARRAL FRAY
It S J Forces Invited Into
Town, Theji Attacked,
la Belief
COMPELLED TO FLEE
Two Killed, Six Wounded,
in Battle at Parral
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 17.
Two American troopers wero
killed and six wounded in Inst Wed
nesday's fight at Parral, according
to a alsptnch received by General
Funston from Colonel Brown this
afternoon. They are:
KIL.LBD.
PRIVATE HERBERT LEDFORT,
II Trfcop. 13th Cavalry.
SERGEANT ItUFUS RUDdLEY,
St Troop, 13th Cavalry.
WOUNDED.
MAJOR FRANK TOMPKINS.
slight, left forearm.
LIEUTENANT JAMES BENJA
MIN, 6th Infantry, slight, loft
forearm.
COrtPOUAIi BENJAMIN Mc-
QHEL. M Troop, 13th Cavalry,
severely, left shoulder.
CORPORAL LEE WILLINOIIAM,
slight, left forearm r.
CORPORAL. RICHARD TAUMAS,
K Troop, severely, right elbow,
PRIVATE I. N. SCHENHUROEK.
K Troop, sllRht, left hip.
General Pershing's report indi
cated clearly that Consul Letcher's
report of the battlo was correct.
The account makes it clear that
thero was only one conflict.
SAN ANTONIO. April 17. Carranza'n
leaders have proved themselves Incapable
of controlling their own men. This has
been definitely shown, It was nsserted
hero today, by the attack on American
troops At Parral. While American offlcors
at Fort Sam Houston gave the Carranza
officers at Parral tho benefit of the doubt
and refused to say that the Invitation of
tho United States soldiers under Major
Tompkins to enter Parral wns a deliberate
trap, nevertheless the official report show
ing that Carranzlsta troops took part In
the fighting Is evidence that, the enlisted
men In tho do facto government's army
could not bo controlled
Tho points of certainty are that the
Americans were Invited Into the town by a
Moxlcan officer, and that a fight, which
was started evidently by a mob, rosultrd
in an eight-hour retreating fight by tho
Americans, who lost two killed as against
40 Mexicans.
General Funaton reports lie believed
General Lozano acted In good faith.
After Major Tompkins had led two
troops of cavalry Into tho town, at tho
Invitation of a Mexican officer, from his
camp 10 miles out, a place, was desig
nated as a camp on the outskirts. As
the Americans began to moo away from
the centre of the town to their intended
camping place, shots were fired from tho
mob which gathered at their rear.
Unwilling to arnuso a general fight.
Major Tompkins Increased the pace of his
men. But this merely encouraged tho
Increasing, pursuers, and they were Joined
by many Carranza soldiers, soma of whose
officers took charge of tho attack.
TROOPS MAKE STAND.
When the railroad was reached Tomp
kins took refuga behind its embankment,
and prepared to make a standi But a'
Carranza force of 300 men flanked him
and compelled him to retreat. From this
time on until dark the Americans fought
a rear-guard action as thoy retired. When
aid reached them they made a stand and
the attackers withdrew.
The fact that 40 Mexican soldiers wero
killed In an attack which cost the lives
of, two American troopers shows that
there was no break In tho ranks of tho
American soldiers when they fought their
way out of the town and engaged In a
running battle ,that lasted for 15 miles.
Major "Tommy" Tompkins, hero of the
'pursuit that sent Villa flying across tho
border at Columbus, was also the domi
nant figure In the Parral battle. Wound
ed by one of the first volleys fired by tho
(Mexicans, he stayed at the head of his
men and directed tho operations that
saved the force from extinction. Not only
did Major Tompkins effect his retreat in
a brilliant manner by taking advantage
of every natural protection, but he also
succeeded In taking with him his dead
and wounded.
RIOTS BREAK OUT.
The news of the Parral battlo and the
fact that the Americans were forced to
retreat before the Mexican troops 1b trav
eling through Mexico like wildfire today.
The Mexican reports, of course, disregard
the facj that the Americana were far out
numbered. The news is already having
ts effect. Reports here today say that
anti-American rioting has broken out at
Chihuahua City. Similar news from other
points is expected shortly.
In the meantime American army officers
are frankly skeptical of official Mexican
reports of. Villa's death. If these are part
of a plan to get Americans out of Mexico,
however, the United States military lead
ers will have to "be shown."
VILLA DEAD, CORPSE
FOUND, MEXICANS SAY
CeaUsaed from Fan On
taken to Chihuahua City to be exhibited
In proof of that fact. No confirmatory
report of the Mexican claim had reached
the State or War Department and offi
cials said they believed the report was
erroneous. At the Mexican Embassy It
was said details were still being awaited.
All official there knew was what had been
carried in the press dispatches and brief
reports along' the same line from repre
sentatives at Mexico City and Juarez.
In this connection ueneral Scott, Chief
i of the General Staff and the one Amer
ican soldier who knows Villa best, said
today that this Identification could be
made no matter how badly the body was
.mutilated.
"Villa has so many well-known physical
aharacterisucs that it would be impossible
to substitute another body for his," said
Mm general. "If It is Villa that la dead, it
WHl be easy to determine it."
OJRclala aaid that if Villa were dead the
American expedition would be recalled
Immediately. If be is not, the pursuit will
be continued while the State Department
takes up with Carranza the Questions
raised by him of limiting the character
of the punitive expedition and the fixing
of a time limit for the recall of the troops.
Poubt of the report was based largely
on otheq reports reaching the War De
partment tsilinjr of Villa's whereabouts at
various other points. A report from Ma
jor Robert L. Howxe, In command of a
picked squadron of the Jlth Cavalry, wir
ing from Santa Crua, near Parral, for ex
ample, said Villa was In the mountains
southwest of La Porta, 50 miles northwest
pf Parral. and not far from Satevo,
Secretary of State Lansing, regarding
tfce- reports, issued the following state-
CUti
Zack Cobb,, collector of customs at
Wt Fas, report that customs author
UiM at Juarex Informed htm that (he
iiend Vojy of Villa had been found
la n. KP and raannep not staiso.
Tfc WV wJM. b -hrwifbt into Chl-
UBfer, jimatiy jiWrwiMfl. by
. wmtmb to 2hSm rartiatbwir iudi-
eated there would be absolutely no change
In plans or preparations for changing
plans Unless unimpeachable confirmation
were obtained. The Department cannot
afford to overlook the posilblllty of false
reports. Intentional or otherwise, he felt,
While efforts are being directed toward
exact Identification of the corpse at Chi
huahua, General Pershing will be handling
his forces In tho field, according to his own
best Judgment.
Frtvate ndlces received here today
tended to confirm the report that the 2,
000,000 American mining properties at
Parral were destroyed several days be
fore a detachment of American troopi
wero attacked there. Merrill Scott, n
mining engineer and son of General Hugh
L. Scott, chief of staff, who had been cm
ployed at Parral, has been reported safo
on the border. He left Parral boforo the
anti-American sontlment there culminated
In the demolition of mining properties, the
advices stated.
4 TO 1 SHOT VILLA IS DEAD,
SAYS CARIIANZA CONSUL
EL TASO, April 17. Consul Andreas
Garcia. Carranza'n representative In El
Paso, today affirmed tho reports ahat a
body believed to be that of Francisco
Villa was being taken to Chihuahua. He
Issued tho following statement:
"Although it has not been oITlclnlly con
flrpied, you can be assured that tho body
of Villa has been found B0 miles south
of San Antonio, Mex. Tho placo whero
It wns Interred was discovered by a VII
llsta column, whom Ooncral Cabazos cap
tured. The corpse Is expected to nrrlve
at Chihuahua today."
Villa may be dead, ns reported, but
nrmy officials here wero nnxlous that the
body of tho bandit leader be Identified
by Americans ns well as Mexicans
A train left Juarez for Chihuahua bo
fore dawn today with a small group of
Americans, Including a number who knew
Villa intlmatoly. They expected to meet
at Chihuahua tho body taken from the
grave In tho mountains west of Sateo
which Carranza authorities say was that
of Villa. Tho grave was pointed out by
a former Vllllsta colonel In return for
amnesty.
TO IDENTIFY BODY.
It Is generally supposed hero that If
Villa Is dead tho American soldiers will
soon bo withdrawn from Mexico.
General Pershing knows Villa. Ho was
near tho spot whero the supposed body
trilln ...no A1iitmnr1 Tf hn u'nn tint
asked to Identify tho remains It Is hoped
I.... hn Vin mnv hit nVtln in rinnrt Rntnn-
thing definite about tho circumstances of
Villa's end,
TV., atnw trnm tini-nnflrmpfl Mnxlrnn
sources Is that Villa died two weeks ngo
following tho amputation of his leg. duo
to a wound Buffered In tho fight with the
Guerrero Carranza garrison on March 28.
Ho was said to have been secretly burled
by a few of his men.
SUSPECT A RUSE.
Somo of tho Americans, who left for
Chihuahua, marched with Villa for months
during his campaigns ngainst Huerta and
know his physical peculiarities. Unless
the corpso Is badly mutilated or decom
posed they will not be decolvod. American
officials have fen red, since- Villa was first
reported dead or dying, that Mexicans
might produce a body said to be Villa's,
malto a hurried Identification and then
bury It as a means of terminating the
United States expedition's presence on
Mexican soil.
Carles Carranzn, a nephew of the do
facto Government's chief, headed the Car
ranza detachment which located tho sup
p. set! body of Villa They are understood
to bo taking the remains on n special
train duo In Chihuahua today. As a num-
hftt" et rtOlz-lnla lliArn lfnnw Vlltn Inftmn.nlv
I Identification Is expected Immediately after
Carlos Carranza arrives with tho body.
GARCIA OPTIMISTIC.
All Indications, are that this story of
Villa's end is reliable, although as yet
not officially confirmed. Villa was treated
by El Paso specialists, and theso experts
declare that, owing to hla physical condi
tion, gangrene would havo followed In caso
Villa was wounded, unless tho wound re
ceived skilful attention. There was no
competent surgeon with Villa's band, or
In the territory around Guerrero. The
village doctor reporte'd to have operated
on Villa was believed to have been crude.
"It's a 4 to 1 shot that tho body Is
Villa's," said Carranza Consul Garcia. "I
cannot say that I positively know ho is
dead, but I have asked to have the body
sent to Juarez so Americans can satisfy
themselves."
FEAIt CARRANZA PLAN
TO HOODWINK THE U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 17. Although
the State Department authorizes the
statement that American troops will bn
withdrawn from Mexico Immediately If
Pancho Villa Is dead, the whole situation
hinges on the little word, "If." I
For more than a week now the Car
ranzlstas have been persistent In circu
lating accounts of their prowess, all cal
culated, In the opinion of many officials,
especially those at the War Department,
to back up the request for the withdrawal
of the American forces from Mexico, made
In General Carranza's name a few days
ago. In the view of many officials who
have been checking up these Carranza re
ports with subsequent developments, the
report of Villa's death Is but a natural
sequel to the advices which lately have
been coming out of Mexico.
One official at the War Department
pointed out that the original Carranza
account of the attempted massacre of the
American forces at Parral was completely
at variance with the accounts later re
ceived from other sources. Carranza, In
reporting the battle at Parral, laid the
blame altogether on the American forces
for entering the town, and In the same
breath urged Senor Arredondo, Mexican
Ambassador designate here, to use every
argument to persuade the American Gov
ernment to withdraw the troops. Then
came subsequent reports that the Ameri
cans merely went Into Parral unarmed to
purchase supplies and that they went In
even with the approval of the Carranza
commander there, only to be turned upon.
"The motive for all of these stories Is
evident," declared this officer, "If Car
ranza can hoodwink the American Gov
ernment Into the belief that Villa Is dead
he has won his point. But It Beems to me
that the State Department has gone as far
as It Is warranted In going at present It
It has consented to treat with Carranza
as to time and geographical limits of the
American expedition. If Villa Is not dead,
and there la no real evidence yet that he
Is, In my opinion the American Govern
ment could very properly propose that the
American expedition must continue until
the bandit Is run down."
U. S. AVIATORS ATTACKED
BY MOBS IN OHIHUAHPA
EL PASO, Tex., April 17, Rioting
started in Chihuahua yesterday, according
to dispatches received in Juarez. Yilllstas
In Chihuahua City, Incensed by the pres
ence of American aviators who had been
sent there to forward dispatches through
United States Consul Letcher to General
Funston, began street demonstrations
whteh soon developed into anti-American
riots.
Carranza troops were called out, and
the mobs, numbering hundreds of men
and women, were attacked. No mention
was made In the dispatches of the num
ber killed or If any Americans were slain,
but it was said that 30 VUllsta leaders of
the mob had been arrested and would be
shot, "and that the soldiers were rounding
tip all ViUlstas In the city.
Several thousand former Villa soldiers
who had been granted amnesty .by Car
ranxa and mustered out there are in
Chihuahua. They have been threatening
trouble ever since the American troops en
ured Mexico, and today's rioting- was the
ouixulnaticm pf a threatening situation
which the Oariarua. o!fiUL have teen
tryms tot weeks to avt.
VILLA'S BODY REPORTED FOUND
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According to Mexican reports to El Paso tho remains of tho bandit
chief, whom United States troops have been hunting, were disinterred
from their burial place on the Borja Ranch, San Francisco Borja,
about 70 miles west of Chihuahua City. Tho spot is marked on the
map by a cross.
HIGH OFFICIALS BONDED
BY SMITH COMPANY
Mayor Gives List Including Di
rectors and Other City Hall
Functionaries
Mayor Smith lato this nftcrnoon madb
public a list of departmental heads and
city officials bonded by tho Thomas B.
Smith Company, the National Surety
Company and other bonding companies.
The list Bhows that most of the high
salaried positions nro bonded by com
panies In which tho Mnyor Is Interested
Thoso bonded by tho Smith company
and tho Natlonnl Surety Company aro:
Director of Public Safety William H.
Wilson. J2B.000, Thomas B. Smith Com
pany. Assistant Director of Public Safety
Horry C. Davis, ?10,000, Thoma3 B. Smith
Company.
William H. Murphy, Chief Engineer,
Buroau of Fire, J10.000, National Surety
Company.
Department of Public Works F. L.
Comlskcy, chief of tho Bureau of City
Property,- $10,000, National Surety Com
pany. Department of Public Health and
Charities Director Wllmcr Krusen, $25,
000, National Surety Company
George W. Seeds, chief clerk, 5000,
National Surety Company.
Department of Whnrves, Docks nnd
Ferries Joseph F. Has9karl, Asslstnnt
Director, $10,000, Nntlonal Suroty Com
pany. Department of City Transit William
S. Twining, $25,000, National Surety Com
pany. Department of Supplies Joseph S. Mc
Laughlin, Director, $25,000. National
Surety Company: Peter J. Hoban, Assist
ant Director. $10,000, National Surety
Company.
Officials of lesser Importance bonded
by the National Surety Company Include
Dr. J K. D. Buckenham, superintendent
Philadelphia Hospital for C. D., $2500;
John J McCay, chief clerk Bureau of
Health, $4000, and James F. Coffey, store
keeper, Bureau of Health and Chnritles.
$1000
Bonds of other city officials were fur
nished by the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany, of Maryland; the American Surety
Company, and some of the other larger
bonding concerns doing business In this
city.
Tho Mayor's list gives about 80 of
ficials who are under bond, and shows
that most of the department heads have
taken out bonds with either the Thomas.
B. Smith Company or the National Surety
Company, which tho Thomas B. Smith
Company represents In this city.
EDITOR HELD AS SPEEDER
Logan II. Smith, editor of the John C.
Winston Publishing Company, Philadel
phia, will be arraigned at Central Police
Court, Trenton, N. J., tomorrow for vio
lation of the automobile speed laws while
driving his car on North Broad street and
Brunswick avenue. In Trenton.
Slit Smith lives at 4839 Pulaski avenue,
Germantown.
Smith left a diamond ring as security
for $25 ball. Imposed by Police Justice
Geraghty, He was one of six men ar
rested in a campaign inaugurated by the
police in the afternoon, under the direction
of Commissioner of Public Safety Labarre.
Jacob Rohrbach, a school teacher, of
Richmond Hill, Staten Island, paid a fine
of $25 for a similar offense.
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SEARING CASE LffiENED
T0THAT0FASHHURST
Widow's Suit to Recover Insur
ance Money Recalls Other
Notorious Disappearances
The disappearance of Richard L.' Ash
hurst from tho Million TJollar Pier at At
lantic City in January, 1911, was cltod
today ns similar to that of F. Roo Scarlnpr,
local contractor, whose widow, Mrs
Nancle M. Senrlng. Is BUlng two Insurnnco
companies for $18,000, tho amount of poli
cies hold by thoso concerns upon tho llfo
of her husband, who dlsap 'cared August
17 last whllo bnthlng nt Ai.antic City.
Before Judgo Thompson. In tho United
States District Court today, M. V. Wood
ruff, chief of pollco nt the seaRhore re
sort, was called an a witness by former
Judge N. W. Portor, counsel for Mrs.
Scaring. Woodruff testified that In tho
Ashhurst caso, ns In the mysterious dis
appearance from tho Stoel Pier, on Feb
ruary G. 1013, of Mrs. Emma Kcrner, of
this city, the bodies of the vIctlmB had
not been washed ashore, altliough thero
wns every circumstantial ovidenco thnt
they had been drowned.' OtKof Instances
wero cited, whero tho bodlea of drowned
persons had not been rccovored.
Mrs, srary n. Ferguson, Searing's
mother-ln-Inw, nnd his sister. Alberta A
Searing, a school teacher, also testified to
day. Mrs. Ferguson said sho saw her
son-in-law on the day of his disappearance,
walking In the direction of tho water.
That was her last glimpse of him.
Captain Nlcholau J. Jeffries, an old sen
ctptnln and volunteer llfo guard, was In
troduced as an authority on the action of
tut tldo and currents at Atlantic City
On tho evening of August 7, ho testified,
the tldo was running out. Searing was
regarded as nn expert swimmer. To
reach a depth suitable for swimming,
Jeffries declared, would bring him to a
line with tho end of Young's old pier
which was destroyed several years ago.
Another witness today was Elizabeth
Rendell, who was Searing's stenographer.
She testified that on the day of his dis
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occurrence thero was nothing unusual In
Searing's manner or movements May
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LIGHTS AND SHADOWS SEEN
BY M'LISS AT HAVRE DE GRACE
Wise Bride Heard Expounding New Economic
Theory Thousands Lost by Not Betting.
Some "Broke," but Happy
"Tou know," said the sweet young thing,
reflectively, as sho let her gaeo wander
over the picturesque race track at Havre
do Draco out to where the Susquehanna
River dimpled nnd sparkled In the after
noon sun, "you can lbse an awful lot of
money by not betting."
To those devotees of tho ancient and
moro or less honorable sport known as
"following the ponies" who wero In tho
vicinity this was a now philosophy nnd
they drew nigh not to miss the pearls
of wisdom dropping from the young ono's
lips. It's tho consensus of opinion that
ono can lose a lot of monoy by petting,
but hero was a new theory and that spec
tacular portion of humanity they of the
loud checks nnd they of tho "hot tips"
are ever ready to lend a willing car to a
new theory.
"Just think," the youthful oraclo con
tinued, nodding her palo blue ostrich
plumes sagely, "wo lost $83.60 by not
betting on 'llornx', $16 by not betting on
Ruth Strickland.' nnd $10, or was It $11,
by keeping off 'King Worth,' Wo might
have had tho new guestroom Bet, Jack,
doar, If wo only hadn't been so cautious"
Jack denr smiled n smllo which, trans
lated, was not exactly ono of a man who
has boon "so cautious."
In truth, ho shied away from tho betting
ring, whero that Interesting process known
ns "cashing In" was taking place, with a
mocment ns nervous as that of a 2-yoar-old
led to tho post for tho first time.
But tho sweet young thing who wns his
brldo clung to his nrm rapturously ns
thoy made their way to the train nnd
said sho thought tho races wero perfect,
"simply perfect," nnd she couldn't under
stand why "they" said such mean things
nbout them.
It wns n hnrd matter, Indeed, oven for
thoso unfortunates whoso wallets had
suffered that fatal emaciation which might
properly bo described as a 'galloping'
disease, to realize that Saturday afternoon
at Havro do draco was other than per
fect. Llko a dream river, the ultramarlno
Susquohanna lay partly enveloped In nn
exquisite lavondnr shcon, which ilcep
oncd and darkened Into a gorgeous purplo
as It veiled the low Maryland hills In tho
background. Tho air wns ns balmy ns
the poets make It, and the brllllnnt sun
Rhlno blazed llko unalloyed gold on the
6000 or moro people who, with tho joy
of tho spring pounding In their mollis nnd
tho moro visible ovldonces of tho scnson
perched on their bonds, forgot to bo down
cast when tholr favorite hunches lurked
In tho background, nnd remembered only
to scream with enthusiasm when tho
"baby" on whom tlley had stnkcd their
$2, orthclr $200, hotfooted it first In front
of tho Judges' stand.
Only tho young man o dlsapproos
gambling refused to respond to tho almost
IrrcHlstlblo nppcal of tho afternoon. From
tho very cradle. It seems, ho has thought
betting Immoral indulgence. But tho
woman tempted him, nnd ho did descend,
with fenr In his heart and pain In his
conscience. Into thnt den of Iniquity known
ns tho betting ring.
There with an nlr of conscious rcctl
turo that had been cruelly perverted, ho
set about carrying out tho woman's ex
plicit directions.
"I was Just about to Inqulro of somo
one," he told hor morosely nfterwards.
"where and how I was to", ah. place your
money when a gentleman of distinguished
bearing I assure you he had all the ear
marks of a well-bred man approached
mo, doffing his hat from his silvery whlto
head.
RUJHT FROM FEEDBOX.
"'Beg pardon, suh,' ho said to me
courteously, 'I am from Louisville and I
know the hawses purty well, suh. nnd It
you havo any spare change, suh, I havo It
direct from the stable, suh, that Sharpnel,
ns purty a bit of horseflesh, suh, us was
ever led on to tho track. Is tho haw.so of
tho dny. Yes, suh. I've put fo' hundred
dollahs jlown, Of co'so I wouldn't tell
everybody this, suh!'
"I gave him $5," the young man con
tinued, "nnd before I ' could tell him
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Nearly 90 Miles on One
J Gallon of Gasoline .?
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April issue of "Motor Print," is reprinted, through the courtesy of that publication,
by Crew Levick Company in the belief that it should have as ividespread publicity as
possible.
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drivo n car almost any distances tho
record Is nearly 90 miles. This is food
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a few simplo precautions it is possiblo
for every owner to reduce greatly tho
consumption per mile.
If tho car is run too slowly or fast,
there is fuel waste 15 m.p.h. is a good
average.
Until now tho average motorist has
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he jused because it was comparatively
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total car expense.
Make sure that you are getting all the
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you obtain lull measure;
numes leak: others have
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noasihle to find the error
the pump, so it is necessary tcjeheck: the
amount in your tank by freqifent meast
urement. Or. if this is
is advisable occasionally
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where I'd meot him ia get the winnings
he had disappeared. It's a good thing ho
came only from Louisville. Suppose he'd
been from Egypt or China, He'd have
had my shirt."
Just then tho offlctat markers put Into
their places tho eagerly awaited numbers
that told the results of tho preceding raco.
Tho "purtlest bit of horseflesh" evidently
suffered a sudden attack of hookworm nnd
had decided to go slowly and enjoy tho
scenery. Tho young man was exceedingly
glum. Obviously Shrapnel believes In
applying Fletchcrlzlng principles to tho
methods of equlno navigation.
But what could you expect of money
put on a horse with Buch a name? It
was Just ns ono of tho four young women
who itnt In the eighth row nnd bet E0
cents on ench race said, Money put on
Shrapnel would bo bound to go up In
smoko, and the man or woman who wns
foolish enough to tako a chance on nny
thlng named Fllttergold, when tho very
namo tempted fate, oughtn't to bo al
lowed In to the races
Down In tho paddock horses In various
stages of dress nnd undress, some with
tight llttlo "pnntlcs" on their legs and
othors btnnketed nnd hooded In resplendent
Scotch plaid robes, were led around and
around boforo tho expert gaze of thoso
nssembtcd to pass Judgment before betting
their money.
HOW TO PICK TIinM.
Here ono enn Icnrn a lot, If ono has
cars to hear. The sleek beauties, thoso
with tho pure whlto fe'locks nnd bcnutlfiil
satiny bodies are not the winners, accord
ing to tho red-faced, pungent-brenthed
connoisseurs who hnng over tho feuco nt
tho paddock. It's tho ugly bony brutes
of Gothic construction, the lean, nervous,
underfed ones thnt you wnnt to back.
"Show me a duster," said a domestic
nppearlng feminine crcnturc, whoso bon
net was raklshly awry.
Her companion wnR nonplussed
"Duster," ho repented vaguely.
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"You know," she explained, "The Jtlnd
of horse that runs well when the track's
nil dusty and muddy."
"You mean n 'mudder,' " he said with
nrt nlr of superiority when he saw the1
light
But not nil of the women who go to
the races bet on tho Jockey with tho most
fetching costume or tho pony with the
pleasantcst sounding name. I saw some
there with tho lines of nervous tension
cut deep In their faces, play as consist
ently nnd ns heavily ns your professional
race track habitue, and U seemed n deplor
able thing thnt a sport so exhilarating nnd
so fascinating to Watch coutd make a
woman a hnrrnssed being Impervious to
the fun of the thing.
It's not nt the trncK, however, nor In
tho paddock that you get tho real temper
of the race-track crowd, It's on tho
homeward Journey when tho ntmophere
of tho coaches Is freighted with tho fumes
of tobacco and tho bracing odor (Jf tho
fragrance given off by frequent bracers
may be raid to bo bracing) of tho stuff
that cheers and nlso Inebriates,
"I'd havo made $080 If tho track hadn't
been so blunted heavy "
"My hunch was all right, only ho car
ried too much weight "
"If I only hndn't let myself bo per
suaded, but ho said to me "
And so It goes. Tho optimism of the
loser nt the race track Is of tho most un
beatable kind In tho world. Out at tho
elbow, down at tho heel, sometimes not
knowing whero tho next meat Is coming
from, ho drenms opulent dreams of tho
hundrcd-to-ono shot that somo day Is
coming to him, and lie's tho happiest man
In tho world nnd nlso tho poorest
DOY KILLED IlY AUTOMOBILE
Knocked Down by Pnrmor's Machine
and His Skull Fractured
PITMAN, 'N. J., April 17. Rushed by
nuto to tho West Jersey Homeopathic Hos
pltnl nt Camden, after being run down
by nnothcr mnchtno on Broadway here
last night, Mnrtln, tho p-yoar-old son" of
Mr nnd Mrs. Harry Sands, of Kenton
avenue, died early thlB morning after
thrco surgeons had performed a dcllcnto
operation In tho hopes of saving his llfo,,
Tho lad was Btruck by nn automobile
driven by Isnnc Dllks, a farmer, living
near More, whlto he was crossing tho
street. His skull was fractured
An Investigation will ho mado by the
authorities
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