VOL. XXI, NO. 3
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1917
FIVE CENTS
THE OPENING MATINEE
Hard Takes First Money and the
Honors in tbe Running Game
IHile Alcantara Caster Away from
the Field. Arm A mm Bee Comes
Hack to JLead the Way
THE JOCKEY CLUB
season was formerly
opened by Nat Hurd.
Hurd was first, last and
all the time when it set
tled down as to "who's
who and why." Those
who saw the races on
the brisk sunny after
noon of December 5th know, but for the
benefit of the unfortunate who did not
take the opportunity here is the way it
was.
Hatto was scratched, which left three
horses in the Innaugral Purse, 4 1-2 Fur
longs for Thoroughbreds, Kinder Lou
with Hurd up, Little Pop with Smith up,
and Marian II. ridden by Thomas. After
a lot of running up and down the track
and trying to get started, they finally
were . off. Hurd took the pole with
Thomas right after him and neck and
neck they came around the track until
the turn when Hurd sprang into the lead
and held it to the finish.
Not being satisfied with one purse,
Hurd went right after the Guests Purse
in 3-8 mile dash, and started off by head
ing Rex to a lead which he held until the
tape. Nellie with Thomas up won second
place and Cameron rode Lassie C a hard
race to third place. The pride of the
Pinehurst Stables, known the world over
asAre Amm Bee shewed the field the
dust in the 2.15 Pace for the "Mabel
Trask Purse.' ' Walter C. gave chase
each heat but the best he could do was
to push the champion to his limit.
ALCANTARA CANTERS A WAT
When a man believes he has a good
horse he will stay around to prove it, so
our old friend of the recent fair races,
Dr. James showed that there is nothing
like trying. In the 2.22 trot driving
Dixie Alcantara he finished fourth in the
first heat which was won by Dick Mc
Kinney driven by Reeves. The second
heat was very prettily run, the field keep
ing well bunched together' till well to
wards the finish. When Dixie Alcantara
and Dick McKinney pulled away from
the rest. Then the doctor gave his fav
orite the hierh sicn and Dixie developed
the speed and reach of neck sufficient to
win by an elL
The last and deciding heat was just as
thrilling all the way around, but towards
the finish Dixie Alcantara decided to vin
dicate her inheritance, and fairly boiled
away from the flying squadron, a hand
some and safe winner of the event.
TRAVELLOR TAKES THE HURDLES
Put four darkies on the same number
of horses and tell them they have to win
the race or bust, can you imagine what
will happen. And it happened at Pine
hurst on the same afternoon. The
Steeplechase was begun by Travelor with
Williams up starting off with a rush fol
lowed by Wells riding Sam It looked
from the grandstand as if it was going
to be a dead heat frotn the way those
boys stuck together. Hoof for hoof they
went over the hurdles until Williams felt
seconds, out of a board about five feet
long seven nails, hammer and saw, a chair
was brought forth, and the grand stand
applauded. Very good Eddie.
A SHERIFF'S POSSE
CUniSTJIll IDEE
For Local White aad Colored
Child rea
Those who are interested in giving a
war Christmas Tree to the three hundred
children around Pinehurst, who otherwise
would have little Christmas Cheer, are
asked to leave their contributions at the
.iesk of their Hotel or hand same to Rev.
T. A. Cheatham.
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NEW RESIDENCE OF ME. AND MRS. DONALD PARSON
that something must be done to win the
race, and whatever he did was pretty
sufficient, as Traveller shot ahead for a
short lead and held it to the wire. George
with Dixon up won third place, leading
John Henry on Gatherer by a jump.
A RECORD IN CABINET WORK
Wonders and Holies, they are back
again the tree choppers. And they sure
can chop. It took exactly two minutes
and four seconds for the best man to
chop thru fourteen inches of solid pine
wood. Take the money Bufus. That
man Picquet can certainly pick out some
novelties in the contest line. Not satis
fied with bringing on such an extraordi
nary thing as a tree chopping, he brings
forth the immortal Chair making contest.
In the short time of one minute and 17
The Opealaer Shoot
The Gun Club was the scene of the
first formal trap shoot of the Season
last Tuesday afternoon. It was the
first of the Weekly Trap events sched
uled to run through the Season. These
events are pulled off for substantial
prizes, and are run on a handicap sys
tem. Commander G. A. Elia shooting with
an allowance of twenty-five, took first
place with a net score of 94 out of a
posible 100 targets. Jay Hall shooting
with a handicap of four squeezed second
place from under the guns of G. M.
Howard, the Scratch man, whose 88 in
turn was seven points better than G. A.
McGoon, his nearest competitor.
Repells a Threatened Invasion at tbe
Lumber River
Men Familiar With the llaadllag
of Firearm and Ufe la the
Opea Called to Velaaleer
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THINGS have come to
y a pretty pass when the
wild fowl and the game
birds of the inner fast
nesses adopt the prin
ciples of Kulture and
mobilize for the invasion
of a peaceful and golf
loving country, but that
is what has come to pass. Numerous
scouting parties have been reporting the
presence of the sly and predatory Turkey
snooping around the very confines of the
village, and spying upon the sacred pre
cincts of the kennel3 and then laughing
at the pheasants (in the park) yielding
to the yoke.
This menace became so real that finally
even the most optimistic of the pacifists
were aroused to take some action. And
although utterly unprepared for the in
vasion, Sheriff Knight gallantly called
a volunteer posse, and set forth to hold
Blues Bridge against the flying menace,
even as Horatius of old. The ancient
ordnance with its yards of barrel, tried
and true, was taken down from the chim
ney jam. The B B shot and the powder
hern, languishing this many a day dream
ing of Kings Mountain and tfie final
obsequies of myriads of stout bucks
brought down with one ringing shot in
the Piney Woods, were girded to his
loins And on his left side, and on his
right side stood old veterans of the chase,
survivors of those days when the prowl
ing Turkey was a fixture in the landscape.
Not forgetting the crafty and deceitful
Artist, the treacherous interpreter and
spy, the handler of the Turkey call, the
man who understands the Turkish lan
guage, and lures the feather enemy into
the ambush. He is the Camouflage artist
of this war, the most important man in
the ranks.
Daring a lowering sky and a pathless
forest, a threat of snow and a certainty
of darkness this intepid band proceeded
to the old line of defence of the Sand
hill country, to the margins of that mys
terious and alluring region surrounding
the swift waters of the Lumber River.
They took the counsel of Carl Buchan,
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