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BILLY OYLER ONLY .300 HITTER
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Midget Shortstop Only Man to Get Into the
Charmed Circle.
In the official records of the Individual players in the South Atlantic
League, Just issued by President C. W. Boyer, Billy Oyler, the Savannah short
•top, was the only man to hit in the 300 class.
This is a great surprise here. It was known that Oyler was well up
among: the leaders, but few believed he was actually the leader.
The complete record follows:
STANDING OF THE CLUBS AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON.
Clubs. Mac. Sav. Chas. Jax. Col. Aug. Won. P.C.
Macon 12 13 12 14 16 67 . 598
Savannah 9 .. 11 14 13 16 63 .567
Charleston ~ 8 10 .. 12 15 14 59 . 541
Jacksonville 11 10 11 .. 12 14 68 . 504
Columbia 9 9 6 10 .. 13 47 .431
Augusta 8 7 9 9 8 .. 41 .369
Games lost 45 48 50 57 62 73
BATTING AVERAGES.
Name of Club. Games. At Bat. Runs. Hits. P. C.
Oyler. Savannah 120 450 58 136 .301
Stinson, Macon 115 448 56 113 .297
Mullaney, Savannah 105 365 42 108 . 296
Smith. S., Charleston 118 486 67 137 .281
Viola. Jacksonville 97 367 65 103 !282
Holmes, Savannah 90 315 29 78 270
Yancey, Jacksonville-Savannah 92 349 55 93 ‘jjgg
Shea, Columbia 110 420 39 ni *265
Blake. Macon 105 419 57 m '265
Sen tell, Macon 108 426 58 112 ’3
Chandler, Charlestot-Augusta-Macon. 74 247 29 65 265
littig, Savannah-Colunibia 38 137 jj 3 g
Quinn, Macon 35 126 17 33 ’or?
McCarthy, Coulmbia 52 189 27 49 '259
Dexter. Columbia 53 204 19 19 V-s
Wilson, Charleston-Augusta 11l 432 41 j OB ‘o? n
Kennedy, R., Savannah—Augusta ..... 96 352 36 sm ‘Jen
Smith, J„ Jacksonville 18 56 4 14
Burt, Savannah 120 437 81 108 *ojo
Daly, Columbia 88 305 27 76 ’248
Engle, C„ Augusta 94 332 38 82 ’247
Sandford, Augusta 27 93 12 23 ’247
McKernan, Charleston 118 426 82 105 oVr
Bayne, Macon 52 175 13 43
Gunter, Columbia 101 371 55 91 'oJ?
Laßocque, Savannah-Charleston 113 406 47 99 ~V!
Stewart, Macon 33 115 14 2 8 '?44
Savidge, Savannah 46 140 11 o 4 ' 9 ,n
Ashcnback. Charleston 52 157 15 L
Buesse, Columbia 80 310 40 75 ‘tin
Keaton, Columbia 11 42 5
Cobb, Augusta 37 135 14 30 997
Torrence, Charleston 13 51 3 12
Kuhn, Columbia 99 362 55 g 5
Thornton, Augusta-Columbia 46 162 24 38
Trubey, Augusta-Savannah 118 381 2 so
Pratt, Jacksonville 90 324 47 -g
Reardon, Columbia 2S 116 21 27 999
Akers, Columbia 91 329 32 75 'tU
Miller, Columbia-Augusta-Savannah .. 120 428 56 a- 'oob
Eggert, Savannah 10 36 3 8 42,
Segars, Macon 11 36 0 8 909
Ray, Savannah-Augusta . 68 226 34 59 ~,
Curran, Jacksonville 112 415 62 92 991
Lipe. Macon 118 447 86 98 919
Chappie,. Jacksonville 79 282 28 60 919
Roth, Augusta-Savannah ..... 110 344 39 -3
Newnhain, Jacksonville 73 264 28 56 919
Suggs, Jacksonville 41 127 7 07 919
Harnish, Macon 77 315 30 67 211
Middlebrook, Jacksonville-Augusta ... 72 258 26 49 9in
Dingle, Jacksonville 112 394 6’’ 89
Rhuland, Jacksonville 121 395 44 s,
Smith, W„ Macon 114 395 69 81 '205
Sens, Macon-Columbia 24 83 6 17 204
Spratt, Augusta 121 429 60 87 909
Robinson, Jacksonville 86 296 18 ,A9
Mitchell, Charleston 105 377 46 7g
Donnelly, Charleston 79 277 21 56 ’202
Strader, Macon 36 130 16 9 6 ‘one
Reynolds, Charleston-Augusta 49 150 15 30 '2OO
King, Savannah 43 137 21 27 197
Bussey, Augusta 81 254 29 56 197
Barbour, Charleston 53 169 12 33 ’195
Childs, Charleston 44 133 10 26 19'"
Butler, Augusta 27 109 12 21 199
Polchow, Augusta-Macon 36 115 10 22 191
Hayes, Charleston 118 423 75 80 189
Kelley. Jacksonville-Savannah, Aug... 33 75 6 14 ’lB6
Kennedy, J., Savannah 64 174 27 39
Duplain, Macon 34 139 R> 2 5 182
McLaughlin, Augusta 43 134 10 24 179
Hook, Charleston 17 56 2 10 178
Hoffman, Macon 118 543 49 96 ’177
Stickney, Augusta-Macon 39 141 13 25 177
Mathison, Jacksonville 41 124 10 22 177
Kolar, Charleston-Augusta 46 137 3 24 'ji-
Grimes. Columbla-Augusta 11 40 2 "7 175
Nichols, Jacksonville 28 116 15 20 174
McMillan, Augusta 15 58 6 10 *173
Durham, Augusta 34 110 8 19 ‘179
Person, Jacksonville 65 221 17 38 172
Wynne, Jacksonville-Augusta 102 352 21 60 170
Engle, George, Columbia 79 269 25 45 *167
Thatcher, Savannah 27 72 8 12 166
Hays, Macon 13 48 6 8 *166
Whipple, Macon-Augusta 34 111 7 18 ’162
Lehman. Charleston 42 139 15 22
Hamburg, Columbia 23 86 6 13
Roson. Charleston 45 128 7 19 . 148
Connett, Columbia 31 89 4 13 ' 146
Helsman, Columbia 47 145 10 21 *146
Welch. C.. Savannah 43 188 9 20 !145
Hempleman. Charleston-Savannah ... 38 132 10 19 144
Staley. Savannah 10 28 4 4 '143
Dunlap, Augusta 22 70 10 11 142
Lucas. Augusta 63 193 8 26 .129
Bratton, Savannah 17 63 10 8 127
Herr, Charleston 14 42 1 6 119
Curtis, Augusta 10 39 4 '4 'io‘>
Murray, Charleston 35 105 2 10 *095
Womble. Jacksonville 10 32 1 3 ’094
Dovey, Jacksonville 14 36 4 3 'oi(3
Springs, Jacksonville 11 45 5 3 | O S6
O'Brien, Savannah 10 35 3 2 *062
Clarke. Augusta 17 50 4 3 060
Sechrist, Savannah-Augusta 10 28 3 1 [035
PITCHERS' RECORD. "^VifcAIV
Individual Fielding.
Per
Name and Club— Game*. P. O. A. E. cent
Reynolds, Oharleston-Columbia 18 6 42 1 979
Suggs, Jacksonville 30 21 90 3 ’973
Savidge, Savannah 33 22 56 3
Welch, Savannah 38 14 89 4 ,962
Lucas, Augusta - 23 6 67 3 i960
Rosson, Charleston 13 9 46 2 .957
Dovey, Jacksonville 13 6 37 2 .955
McLaughlin, Augusta 38 26 79 5 1954
Thatcher, Savannah 24 11 31 2 .954
Malthewß, Macon 10 1 19 1 .953
Person. Jacksonville 33 12 76 5 .952
Engle, Columbia 30. 26 94 7 1945
Chappie, Jacksonville 36 30 80 7 . 940
Heisman, Columbia 33 32 95 10 .927
Connet, Columbia 29 11 71 7 .921
Durham. Augusta 24 10 48 5 .921
Murray, Charleston 33 9 71 7 .919
Bayne, Macon 44 14 114 12 .915
Polchow. Augusta-Macon 26 7 73 8 . 909
Herr, Charleston 12 6 23 4 .879
Clark. Augusta 10 4 17 3 .876
Childs, Charleston 39 10 98 17 . 864
Segars, Macon 10 5 20 5 .833
Whipple, Macon-Augusta 34 4 47 1# .808
Gaines Won, Lost, Tied nnd Percentages.
G. W. L. T. Opp. Opp. H. B. S. W. P.C. Av.H.
B.H. R. B. B. O. P. Won. per G.
Welch. Savannah ..38 24 10 4 227 79 7 62 229 1 .706 6.00
Bayne. Macon 44 30 13 1 228 111 81 126 288 6 .69R 5.18
Rosson. Charleston ..13 9 4 0 84 34 6 18 27 2 . 692 6.46
Thatcher, Savannah 24 14 9 1 147 64 6 87 118 1 .609 6.15
Whipple, Mar.-Aug...34 18 12 4 26R 114 12 72 164 2 .600 7.90
Matthews, Macon ...10 6 4 0 65 33 5 29 38 7 . 600 6.50
Herr, Charleston 12 6 4 2 *1 87 2 27 41 0 . 600 6.75
Durham. Augusta ..24 13 9 2 162 91 11 80 116 5 .591 6.75
Childs. Charleston ..39 20 15 4 184 106 11 127 204 20 .571 5.75
Connet, Columbia ...29 16 12 1 227 107 10 79 137 3 . 571 7.83
Savidge, Savannah ..33 17 13 3 220 92 15 58 I*s 4 . 566 7.33
Chappie. Jacksonville 36 18 16 2 255 110 18 74 171 5 . 559 7.08
Person. Jacksonville .33 17 14 2 216 107 3 51 138 4 .549 6.54
Engle, Columbia ..,.30 14 133 210 112 9 66 85 6 . 618 7.00
Suggs, Jacksonville .30 12 13 5 198 91 18 63 165 13 .480 6.60
Murray, Charleston. .33 15 17 1 206 114 6 62 133 4 . 469 6.21
Dovey, Jacksonville .13 4 5 4 71 32 4 33 63 1 ,444 6.46
Reynolds, CTias.-Col. .18 7 9 2 126 52 6 28 68 1 .438 6.95
Polchow, Aug -Mac..26 10 13 3 178 60 18 5* 107 7 4. 665
McLaughlin. Aug. ..38 12 26 1 266 166 22 77 133 17 . 337 7.00
Heisman. Columbia .33 10 21 2 25a 141 16 33 139 4 . 322 7.58
Clark, Augusta 10 3 7 0 7 6 62 7 41 40 2 . 300 7,60
Lu< as. Augusts 23 6 16 2 174 94 11 42 *2 2 . 236 7.56
Segars. Matori 10 2 7 1 61 27 7 27 45 2 322 8.10
NOTELongest game Aug. 12, Charleston vs. Macon, at Charleston;
17 Innltigr. score, t-l. Pitchers, Herr and Megars.
Htrtke-out record. 16, Navtdge of Savannah. *"*■'’'
No hil-no run game; Parson of Jacksonville,
INDIi IIM Al. 1112.11180.
First gstemrs.
Name sod C|t> Gamas PO. A. E PrCt
Aebcoiwa, < 'feariaetoh 10 7| t • UNO
MulUney Savannah )06 Mo T 7 It M 9
L# K*. qu* ksvaonsb and c'harleal on ||3 9M 61 27 . 976
Bwaaer August s 8J 7#o 19 24 911
Mecca 11l 1J79 41 fT ,*1
a GvitwiUs M m 66 M Mr.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1904.
Pratt, Jacksonville 79 763 14 26 .967
Middlebrook, Jacksonville-Augusta 72 668 18 25 . 961
Ittlg, Savannah-Columbla 32 272 14 11 .963
Hamburg, Columbia 23 189 11 9 .957
McKernan, Charleston 10 105 9 6 .950
Second Basemen.
Engle, C, Augusta 11 28 29 1 .983
O’Brien, Savannah 10 19 29 2 .960
Trubey, Augusta-Savannah 118 347 313 33 . 944
McKernan, Charleston 98 271 257 32 . 932
Kuhn, Columbia 99 252 212 39 .922
Blake, Macon 105 173 266 37 .922
Dingle. Jacksonville 31 64 68 14 .918
Hempleman, Charleston-Savannah 38 110 99 20 .912
Pratt, Jacksonville 11 22 19 5 . 891
Wynne, Jacksonville-Augusta 97 206 225 65 . 887
Engle, G, Columbia 13 32 22 7 .885
Bratton, Savannah .. 17 42 32 10 .880
Hays, Macon 13 25 22 7 .870
Kelley, Jacksonville-Sav- Aug 18 41 29 13 .843
Reynolds, Charleston-Columbia , 10 16 18 7 .829
Third Basemen.
Smith, Charleston 59 105 124 22 .912
Barbour, Charleston 29 45 34 8 .908
Spratt, Augusta 121 188 248 49 .899
Daly, Columbia 88 142 174 36 .895
Miller. Columbla-Aug-Sav 76 85 146 31 .881
Lipe, Macon HO 141 200 48 .876
Rhuland, Jacksonville S4 122 155 43 .865
Mathison, Jacksonville 41 49 55 17 .859
Kennedy, J., Savannah 54 54 77 34 .824
Hook, Charleston 17 24 29 13 .803
Short- Stops.
La Rocque, Savannah-Charleston , 10 13 21 1 .971
McCarthy, Columbia 52 127 163 22 .929
Sentell, Macon 108 238 321 62 .913
Oyler, Savannah 120 202 357 56 . 909
Engel, C., Augusta 40 77 124 28 .877
Newnham, Jacksonville 73 122 194 46 .873
Dingle, Jacksonville 52 78 135 32 !871
Kolar, Augusta-Charleston 35 43 75 18 .867
Mitchell, Charleston 86 115 220 63 .842
Engel, Geo., Columbia 17 30 39 13 [B4l
McKernan, Charleston 10 21 29 10 .833
Miller, Col.-Aug.-Sav 42 45 119 35 !825
Thornton, Augusta-Columbia 42 81 89 38 .818
Eggert, Savannah 10 21 20 9 .802
Reardon, Columbia 24 45 56 28 .798
INDIVIDUAL STOLEN BASES, SAC
RIFICE HITS AND EXTRA HITS.
Name. S B. S.H. 28. 38. H.R.
Hayes .....47 10 6 2 1
Kuhn 45 32 1 2 0
Curran 44 5 16 1 2
Burt 38 10 17 5 1
Yancey 37 11 18 7 3
McKernan 37 36 14 5 0
Lipe 35 9 9 2 1
Oyler 34 23 13 2 0
Spratt 33 20 5 3 0
Truby 32 28 10 3 4
Smith, W 26 45 15 1 3
Ruhland 24 16 13 3 2
Gunter 24 8 10 6 2
Laßocque 23 24 24 7 2
Smith, S 22 3 19 7 3
Mullaney 22 10 21 4 3
Sentell 22 13 17 3 2
Blake 22 16 11 4 2
Miller 21 15 17 7 5
Pratt 20 4 10 0 1
Akers 19 13 4 0 0
Wilson 19 4 17 8 1
Holmes 18 16 10 3 1
Dingle 18 8 8 3 0
Newnhain 18 10 12 1 0
Chandler 16 14 6 2 2
Shea 16 8 13 5 3
King ...15 8 110
Thornton 15 2 4 7 1
Bussey 14 9 9 0 1
Kennedy, R. ...14 9 19 4 3
Donnelly 14 13 4 3 1
Daly 13 22 4 1 0
Ray 13 7 6 3 1
Dexter 12 1 10 6 1
Roth e. 12 14 13 2 4
Hoffman 12 17 11 7 1
Strader 12 5 2 1 0
Viola 11 3 17 4 2
Person . 10 3 4 0 0
Chappie 10 6 9 4 0
Butler 10 4 0 2 0
Mitchell 10 13 9 1 1
Kolar 10 33 0 0
Barbour 10 7 2 0 0
Buesse 10 6 11 5 0
McCarthy 10 5 7 0 0
Stinson 9 14 23 6 1
Stickney 9 3 13 0
Engel. C 8 6 9 1 1
MULLANEY HAS SIGNED CONTRACT
TO PLAY WITH MONTGOMERY TEAM.
Would Have Been Glad to Play With Savannah
Team Again Next Season.
Dominick Mullaney, the Big Chief of
the Pathfinders, has signed a contract
to play first base for the Montgomery
team in the Southern League next
season.
A more popular man never donned a
Savannah uniform than old Mull, and
he will be sadly missed in the diamond
battles next eeason. It was not a
matter of choice with him. He stated
before signing the Montgomery con
tract that he would have been willing
COLORED TEAMS WILL
PLAY FOOTBALL GAME.
Claflln Valrmltr Team Will Play
the For*t City Team.
Two teams of colored football play
ers will meet on the gridiron at Bol
ton Street Park this afternoon to de
cide the colored championship of the
South. The game will be between a
team from the Claflln University, at
Orangeburg, S. C., and the Forest
City team of Savannah.
The game was to have been played
last Friday, but owing to the inabil
ity of the college men to get away it
was postponed. Following is the line
up:
Claflln. Forest City.
Wells C Lloyd
Hampton L. F J. McDew
Lewis R. G. ... Whiteman
Carrion R. T Coston
William L. T S. McDew
Smith R. E Moore
Wilkins L. E Simms
Seawright L. H Grant
(or Des Verney).
Quick R. H King
Snell F. B Gaston
Bythewood Q. B. .. Washington
(or Geary).
BASKET BALL GAME AT
Y. M. C. A. TONIGHT.
The attraction for ladles’ evening at
the Young Men’s Christian Association
to-night will be a game of basketball
between the Blues and the Grays. These
two teams played some time ago under
the name of Russians and Japanese,
and will put up an unusually hot game
to-night. The line up will be as fol
lows:
Blues. Position. Gruys.
Suhley Forward Lawler
Hubert Forward Benet
Havarese Center Dyer
Kraft Back Lovell
Lodge Bark Rnteltrian
Admission will be by card, which may
be secured by application to the secre
tary.
JAYS AND GULLS MAY
NOT PLAY AFTER ALL.
be m Is Terns* el tisas
Has# Ist Meea Arranged.
According to s at*lenient mad* in
the Jat-bdonvUle limes-I'nlon yester
day. til*' gain*- ietasrw Js< ke*im Ills
I and * iiarteet<*fi, scheduled to take glut
en Dec. IT, may not he played at ail.
Reynolds 8 13 0 0 0
Kennedy,- J 7 33 5 3
Mathison 7 5 3 0 0
Duplain 7 7 2 2 0
Robinson 6 5 10 1 0
Engle, Geo 6 6 4 2 1
Wynee 6 13 6 1 0
McMillan 5 0 0 0 0
Kelley 5 3 6 . 0 2
Nichols 5 33 0 0
Reardon 5 7 1 1 0
Cobb 4 7 6 0 1
Smith, J 4 0 0 0 0
Harnish 4 4 11 2 0
Bratton 3 5 111
Hempleman .... 3 5 2 0 0
Sanford 3 0 4 1 1
Dunlap 33 2 1 0
Sens 3 2 1 1 0
Welch 2 12 10
Thatcher 2 2 1 0 1
Lucas 2 3 5 1 0
McLaughlin ... 2 1 2 0 0
Ashenback 2 5 5 0 0
Childs 2 4 6 0 0
Ittlg 2 18 3 0
Hook 2 13 10
Springs ..2 1 0 0 0
Womble 2 0 1 0 0
Staley 1 1 3 0 0
O’Brien ~ 1 2 0 0 0
Durham 1 0 2 0 1
Clarke 1 1 1 0 0
Grimes 10 10 0
Rosson 1 9 2 0 0
Heisman 1 1 0 1 0
Connett 1 3 1 0 0
Hamburg 1 3 2 0 0
Suggs 1 2 1 0 0
Dovey 1 0 0 0 0
Hays 1 0 0 0 0
Bayne 1 2 1 0 2
Stewart 1 3 5 0 0
Savidge 0 6 2 0 0
Eggert 0 1 3 0 0
Whipple 0 1 1 1 0
Middlebrook ... 0 4 7 2 0
Sechrist 0 1 0 0 0
Lehman 0 6 3 0 0
Murray 0 3 10 0
Torrence 0 0 2 0 0
Herr 0 1 0 0 0
Quinn 0 1 4 1 3
Polchow 0 4 2 0 0
to play with Savannah at considerably
smaller salary than he will command
with the Pretzels. He was not reserv
ed by Mr. Boyer, having been permit
ted to strike out the reserve clause in
his contract, tout he has not received
an offer to play with Savannah at any
price.
The supposition here is that Mr.
Boyer will manage the team himself
next season, and did not think he
could afford to pay Mullaney the sal
ary he was entitled to. Mull will join
the Montgomery team early in March.
as Managers Coleman and Dozier have
failed, so far, to come to an agreement
as to a guarantee.
Both managers were afraid that a
visit to Savannah to play the game
would occasion a financial loss, and
Charleston Is not disposed to meet
Jacksonville’s demands in the way of
a guarantee. There la little doubt but
that a game between these two teams
played in Savannah would draw be
tween 1,500 and 2,000 people, which
would be more than ample to meet all
expenses, and leave a good profit on
the side.
-■exl.ta Ql
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Dec. B.—Yorkshire
Lad, who won the second race by a
head in a drive, was the only success
ful favorite to-day. Summary:
First Race—Six furlongs. Nervator,
16 to 5, won. with Walter Duffy, 25
to 1, second, and June Collins, 9 to 1,
third. Time 1:21.
Second Race—Four and a half fur
longs. Yorkshire Lad. 9 to 20, won,
with Prestige. 15 to 1. second, and
Lauros, 3 to 1, third. Time .69 4-6.
Third Race—One mile. Lendon, 10 to
1, won, with Arachue, even, second,
and Rene Mac, 4 to 5, third. Time
1:52 3-5.
Fourth Race —Seven furlongs, han
dicap. Gus Heidorn, 7 to 1, won, with
Garnish, 5 to 2, second, and Ahola, 3
to 2, third. Time 1:36 1-5.
Fifth Race—One mile and a six
teenth. Gaslighter. 7 to 2. won, with
Lady Fonso, 20 to 1, second, and Al
comer. 15 to 1, third. Time 1:5816.
Sixth Race—One mile and seventy
yards. Bountiful, 20 to 1, won, with
Extol, 8 to 5, second, and Glendoh. IS
to 1, third. Time 1:56 2-5.
CH ALTON
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KINDRED SPIRITS OF THE “STRENUOUS LIFE."
An English Conception of the Kaiser and President Roosevelt.
THE OLDEST STATUE
, IN THE WORLD.
The finding of the statue of an un
known king, Daddu, or David, in the
ruins of the temple at Bismya, not
far from Bagdad, has aroused wide in
terest because it is believed to be the
oldest statue in the world. The shoul
der of the. statue was first noticed,
about eight feet below the surface.
Upon digging it out, a headless statue
THE STATUE OK KING DADDU.
(Found near Bagdad.)
was found, weighing some 200 pounds.
Carefully concealing the find from the
superstitious natives, the excavators
washed the statue at night under
cover of their tent, in camp. Soon
three lines of “a beautifully distinct
inscription in the most archaic char
acters” appeared written across the
right upper arm. “There were but
three short lines—little more than
three words; but later, when I was
able to translate them, they told us all
that we most wished to know.” About
three weeks later, the head was found.
One of the excavators writes:
‘‘A workman who was employed not
thirty meters from the spot where the
statue was found was clearing away
the dirt near a wall, when a large
round piece of dirty marble rolled out.
We picked it up and cleared away the
dirt. Slowly the eyes, the nose, and the
ears of the head of a statue appeared.
I hurriedly took it to my tent and
placed It upon the neck of the head
less statue. It fitted; the statue was
complete. From beneath the thick
coating of dirt the marble face seem
ed to light up with a wonderful smile
of gratitude, for the long sleep of
thousands of years in the grave was
at an end, and the long-lost head was
restored; or perhaps the smile was but
the reflection of our own feelings.
“The statue, including the low ped
estal upon which it stands, is 78 centi
meters high, and 81 around the bot
tom of the skirt. The upper part of
the body is entirely naked; the lower
part Is clothed In an embroidered
skirt of six folds held up by a band
and fastened behind. The back and
shoulders are gracefully formed, the
arms at the elbows are free from the
body, and the hands are clasped before
the waist. The well-shaped head is
| without hair, and the face is beard
less; the eyes and eyebrows are now
hollows in which ivory or precious
stones were set.”
Archaeologists say the Inscriptions
on the statue point to “an antiquity
exceeding that of any other known
king of Babylonia."
MASCOTS’FOR RACERS.
Tlie Fml Horses Iloust “Good Luck h
Followers.
From the New York Times.
Superstition follows the races.
Wherever you find horses, jockeys and
trainers there is an astounding abund
ance of this quality of mind. All signs
afforded by the mascots to the folks
about a racing stable are considered,
and the mascot standH a barometer for
the trainer’s and jockey’s spirits.
There Is a dog In the manger down
at the Thomas stable, and a pretty
dog, too. It was presented to Mr.
Thomas by Sir Thomas Lipton, and
that genial sportsmen, who believes
most vigorously in mascots, said play
fully when he presented' Minnie to
her present owner; “There, Thomas,
there's a dog for your manger, and if
I'm not mistaken a good mascot for
your iflew Hermis.”
Before that time Hermis had been
minus s guiding star. But Mr.
Thomas has been heard to remark:
“It’s mighty quepr how that horse's
lurk did change. By Jove, I believe it
was Lipton and the dog!”
Minnie Is a little fox terrier, bright
and of rather varying disposition.
When Minnie turns snappy everyone
1* on the qul vlve until I the next race
is mn and either won or lost. Oen
orally when Minnie is in this mood
the Hermis stakes are dropped at the
track.
Minnie In at Hrlghtun Winning.
When the '160.000 beauty” won the
Brighton Cup Minnie ana at the track,
id he whs in eapertaily tine spirits that
day—not a snap had she snapped or a
whine had she whined for 'lags—the
Lipton mascot waa doing herself
proud During Hie race Mr. Thomas
kept her on the far end of a chain
it is alleged alxsjt tlie stable that as
Hutu!* <ame In first Minnie raised
| upon hsr haunches and howled in a
| harvs-racking and sat -splitting man
ner. Whether this was the finest of
mascot intuition or a mere combination
of band, shouting and cheering that
touched the howl-producjng strain in
the dog’s nervous system can’t be de
cided, but the racing people like to be
lieve that It was a howl for Hermis,
and not for mere physiological rea
sons.
An April-Fool Day Colt.
Two years ago last April Fools’ Day
the men and boys were seated at
breakfast In the dining room at the
Haggin stable. Ah Sing, the Chinese
cook, was busy ladling out oatmeal
and preparing smiles that would stay
on all day. when he suddenly raised
his sham little eyes and exclaimed:
“Where is Bailey boy?” and for the
first time the men and boys noticed
that the most diminutive boy about the
stable was missing from his place.
However, before anyone had time to
go in search of the missing one he ap
peared in the doorway panting and
very flushed.
“I say, fellers,” he managed to jerk
up from some place in the region of
his diaphragm, “I say, there's a colt
down in the little pony’s stable—hon
est."
Now until the addition of this last
word not one at the table had doubted
Bailey, but that word was just enough
to start the fuse of Incredulity, where
upon the boys, recollecting that it was
the Ist of April, retorted:
“Aw, gwan, Bailey; you can’t fool
us, even if It is April Fools’ Day.”
Then, Bailey became indignant, and
ro vigorously did he protest against
all possibility of a joke that one of the
boys offered himself as a victim and
accompanied Bailey to the stable.
There, sure enough, was a little colt
beside the Shetland pony that belongs
to Mrs. Joyner.
Bailey was delighted, and to him was
given the honor of naming the new ar
rival. Here Bailey’s superstition came
to the front.
“I’ll tell you, fellers,” swinging his
drab eat) on his head hind end to.
“we’ll name her No. 13, ’cause she was
born on April Fool. You see, it’s bad
luck to be born on that day. but this
bad number will set it right—see?”
So the colt was named No. 13, and
two weeks later became Waterboy’s
mascot. It all happened this way:
Waterboy was being ridden out of
the stab'e on his way to “early gal
lops.” As he passed the inclosure
where the little colt was kept the thor
oughbred whinnied and No. 13 did her
best to respond; then this colt, as yet
very long of leg and short of body,
trotted along by the fence and con
versed in horse language with Water
boy.
It is interesting to note how very
much attached animals become to each
other. For instance, every morning
when Waterboy goes to exercise the
colt goes too; If she doesn’t the big
horse seems lonesome and actually be
comes sulky. At the races No. 13 is
always to be found in the field, and
she has not missed a race since she
was able to make the distance between
the stable and the track.
The llilly Goat With Irish Lad.
Irish Lad's mascot, in the nomencla
ture of a gentleman of color at the
track, is "jes’ a nat’ral animile.” It
is a goat. The reason Billy (for what
animal In the shape of a goat could
be known by other than this cognomen
■that has been Homerically passed
from generation to generation of goats)
is termed a “national mascot” is for
the simple reason that he is a goat.
It is a well-recognized fact that a goat
will quiet a nervous equine. Irish Lad
is an exceedingly nervous horse, and
when the point of hysterics is reached
and a sedative is necessary Billy is
brought into the pine-top carpeted stall
! and within a short time has by dis-
I tracting the horse's mind from its own
I state of nervous succeeded In quieting
the animal.
This particular Billy that belongs to
Irish Lad is a little brown goat
brought from the West Indies by some
animal-loving sailor. Billy has a fine
bunch of whiskers, and his horns are
of proportions great enough to inspire
terror in the mind of Boots, his self
appointed guardian. Boots, a little
black boy, is hardly more curious than
Billy. The pair seem well mated, and
by mutual agreement are constant
companions when Billy is “off duty.”
"Dat goat he near kill me one day.”
exclaimed Boots, rubbing his woolly
pate. “He jes' dun run right over
me; he didn’t care how much bigger
than he I was. He was out in the
grass an' I was stan’in’ here by the
; pump; he sudden looks up and see
de stall doo’ open, and he jest make
a line fer de doo’ and run right over
me and den—den he horned me, so”
—and the woolly head made two or
three butting motions. “But,” added
Boots In a pathetic little voice, “he
good mascot all same.”
Has Ambition to Soothe.
Billy sleeps in the stall with this
famous racehorse. At meal time Bil
ly is always on hand, not to eat, but
simply to sit by and take notice. He
seems to understand that his whole
mission in life is to play the soothing
role for Irish Lad. Whenever this
horse is in a nervous condition Billy
seems to know It, and makes a great
rumpus outside the stall until the door
is opened for him.
This Parrot Not a “Polly.**
E. E. Simathers has a horse and a
parrot. The horse Is “Big Mac.” Mc-
Chesncy's mascot is not more nor less
than a bird of brilliant plumage; but,
saving grace, he is not a “Polly,” neith
er does he Insist that he “wants a
cracker” just after having eaten. Nor
does he call incessantly for Ethel. In
fact, save a habit of slight profanity,
the bled is a model, and this particular
mold must have been broken when Dick
was hatched.
"McChesney! McChesney!—oh. 'Me-
Chesney!" is the first cry heard in the
morning about the stable. The bird
sleeps on a beam high, up in the stall
and makes a fuss when shut up In a
cage.
Mcf'heaney and thla bird are great
friends, and the big horse does not aeem
to object to the bird’s making a pereh
of his back In fact, many an hour
does Dick spend ensconced In the mid
dle of the racer's back.
Hu< h a sure predictor of events Is
this bird that his croak when ominous,
like that of the raven, is well heed"!
by believers In maecuts. He Is aurh
a pet about the place that not one of
1 the stable folk, evan altar Dick baa
chewed up part of a saddle or hidden
a stirrup, wish him to “leave the beam
above the door,” and as yet no on<-
has admqnished him to "get back into
the tempest and the night’s Plutonian
shore,” for only when there has been
a failure on McChesney’s part to win
some race does this bird croak “Never
more.”
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VISCOUNT RIDLEY.
London, Dec. s.—Matthew White
Ridley, Viscount Ridley, formerly sec
retary of State for the Home Depart
ment, who died suddenly from heart
failure while asleep at Blagdon, his
seat In Northumberland, was one of
the best known and most popular mem
bers of the House of Commons up to
1900, when he was given a peerage.
—Lord Kitchener’s well-known objec
tion to his officers getting married is
said to have Jed to the breaking of his
leg. The story goes that the Indian
commander in chief heard how one of
his most trusted subordinates, a man
whom he regarded as a confirmed
bachelor, had fallen victim to the fas
cinations ot a girl just out from Eng
land. He was informed also that the
two were in the habit of quietly meet
ing at a certain place in the morning.
Kitchener set out on horseback next
day to investigate and when on his
way to the alleged trysting place met
with the mishap which resulted in a
broken leg.
—King Christian of Denmark proba
bly Is the most democratic of all reign
ing monarchs. The people of Copen
hagen betray no surprise when they
see their venerable ruler approaching
and they treat his appearance in the
street as one of the ordinary daily
Incidents. King Christian takes his
walks abroad quite informally and
without ceremony. Frequently he stops
and exchanges unaffected greetings
with passers-by. Indeed, but for the
lifting of hats or other salutations as
he proceeds along the street the unin
formed observer would never take the
stately, white-haired man with the
kindly face to be a king.
—“ls your husband’s condition criti
cal?” “No,” answered the patient
looking woman. “That’s what makes
me think he must be sick. He doesn’t
find any fault at all.”—Washington
Star.
Est.DANIEL HOGAN
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