Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

6 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 • UAMTt* SSCCNTI UCM oluctt, mmoov * OO ****** ** smmiv > *•• ■<>■■ w*n 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.” ) 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 Suggestions to Xmas Buyers from our var ious Departments. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! 18-in. French Bisque Dolls at 98c. 23-in. French Bisque Dolls at $1.50 Other Sizes up to sls. Sterling: Silver Novelties. Sterling Silver and Pearl Paper Cutters and JIQn Pencil Sets at.... Tulfi Sterling Silver Toilet Pieces from 25c to $1:50. Sterling Silver Brush Cj Q 0 and Comb Sets (infants) at V* •'O Pictures. Our usual beautiful line of pictures is now complete at prices lower than similar goods have ever been sold for bsfors.