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MAD SIGHT RACE AT FINISH
Thrilling Home Stretch Run After Hares
Ends Paper Chase.
Several Hundred People Watch the
JFun from Country Club
House and Carolina.
WAS a merry race, the
second paper chase of
the season, run oft' last
Saturday, and a score of
riders joined in the pur
suit of the wily hares,
snatching victory from them when it was
nearly won, after a neck and neck race
down the home stretch. There were a
couple of harmless tumbles to add to the
excitement, and several hundred people
witnessed the start and finish from the
broad verandas of The Carolina, making
all and all, an occasion which was gen
erally enjoyed.
Five minutes was the time allowance
given the hares, Miss Mary C. Dutton and
Mr. J. Cushing Todd, and they were off
at the word, like the wind, vanishing to
the rhythm of hoof-beats, in a cloud of
dust, on the rise of the Dickinson School
road.
Minutes dragged while the hounds
were held in leash, but the word finally
came and with wild halloo the pack gave
cry, each striving to be the first for a
grip at the quarry. It was easy going
down the soft, sandy road, but with the
turn into the scrub oak, troubles began.
Clear and sharp, however, stood out
the trail, and in and out, up and down it
led, due west for a while, then swinging
sharply to the right, crossing the Poultry
Farm road, dipping into the ravine and
climbing up the opposite hill, straight to
the Village fence, then sharply to the left
and round the corner. From this point
on it was clear sailing, with good going,
and gradually the faster riders began to
leave the pack behind, until when the
gate near the negroes cabin adjoining the
golf course was reached, only two wrere
up in front, C. E. Speakman and Alfred
Dustin, riding neck and neck, with the
lust of conquest in their eyes, and the
spirit of their steeds throbbing their veins.
Into the scrub oak the trail swung from
the gate, but only for a short distance,
when it ended in a pile of paper and the
empty bags. Just a second the hounds
stop to gather up evidences that the trail
had been worked out, and then plunging
spurs into their nervy steeds, the wild
race for home and victory, began.
When the sixteenth tee on the golf
course was reached, the hares were
sighted on the hill near the seventeenth
tee, and with the mad sight cry the
hounds sounded the death knell !
Players on the golf course heard it and
understood its meaning, and the echoes
caught the ears of the crowd at the
Country Club House, which flocked
to the verandas to witness the race.
Then the tired hares thundered past with
the speed of the wind, and as their echo
ing hoof-beats died away in the distance
the wild ripity-rap, ripity-rap of the pur
suing hounds came from the other
side. Past they went a moment later,
with Speakman in the lead, crouched low
down upon his horse's neck, his eyes
straight ahead, and his horse's neck
straight out !
Half a length behind was Dustin, high
up in the stirrups and forward like a
jockey, belaying his horse like a trooper,
oblivious to all but the excitement of
the moment. !
It was infectious ! The crowd on the
Club House held its breath while the
riders whirled past, and when the spell
was broken, gave vent in unison, to a
ringing cheer.
Two minutes later the race was over,
and the hounds had won. Singly and in
pairs the remanant of the pack flocked in,
the first after the leaders, following some
fifteen minutes later, and the last about
twenty minutes. There was a jolly as
sembly at The Carolina, in which every
body tried to talk at once, tell everybody
else their experiences, and to suggest
plans for future runs.
INSU11ANCE MEN IIEIIE.
State Underwriters Association meet
at The Carolina. ,
The annual meeting of the Life Under
writers Association of North Carolina
met at The Carolina yesterday. Presi
dent II- B. Wilcox, and Secy. P. D. Gold,
made their annual reports showing the
excellent work of the Association during
the past year. Charles W. Scovel, of
Pittsburg, Pa., President of the National
Association, was the guest of honor.
Important changes were made allowing
regular life insurance solicitors of Legal
Reserve Companies to become members
of the Association as well as general
agents.
W. II. McCabe, General Agent of the
State Mutual Life of Worcester, Mass.,
was elected President ; 11. Y. McPherson,
Manager of the New York Life, Vice
President, and P. D. Gold, General Agent
of the Provident Savings, Secretary and
Treasurer, for the ensuing year.
At the annual banquet in the evening,
President Scovel, of the National Asso
ciation, responding to the toast "Our Na
tional Work," made a strong and com
prehensive address. He said that the
great institution of Life Insurance had
been 'passing through the throes that
herald a new era. The agents in their
organized capacity, he pointed out, were
becoming a more important factor, and
they must take the broadest view of their
duty ; first to purify all field practices,
and second to help educate the public in
the fundamental truths upon which Life
Insurance must build this new era of yet
wider usefulness to 'the family and the
community.
The party, including many ladies, will
remain here until Monday.
JIJtllXE lOlllEY.
Mrs. JF. II. Raymond and Jttr. John V.
Craven the Winners.
One of the interesting features of the
week at The Carolina was a bridge whist
tournament, suggested by Mrs. W. O.
i,eniz, oi jjxauch Chunk, Pa. Two hands
were played on pivot system, so that all
contestants came together. Dainty prizes
were offered and the scores were excel
lent, Mrs. F. II. Raymond, of Somerville,
winning the women's prize with HOG,
and Mr. John V. Craven, of West Ches
ter, Pa., the men's with 982.
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THE SCORES.
F. H. Raymond,
II. G. Waite,
Esther A. Kuhuen,
M. Kuhuen,
Heloise Smith,
J.II. Bronson,
Mabel A.Craven,
A. T. Harris, )
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W. O. Lentz,
W. J. Godfrey,
II. W. Brown,
F. J. Evans,
Mr. John V. Craven,
Lieut. F. J. Evans,
Mr. II. II. Harper,
Mr. B. R. Smith,
Mr. L. E. Wardwell,
Mr. La Fayette Lentz, Jr.,
Mr. J. D. Foot,
Mr. A. T. Harris,
Mr. Angier,
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750
664
568
Note Mrs. Cross and Mr. Angier
played one evening, only; Mr. and Mrs.
Harris finishing the hands.
ZOO CONTINUES POPULAn.
llrief Sketch of Miff Satan, the
African Li on.
Attendance at The Zoo continues satis
factory, and the daily crowds embrace not
only new comers, but those who have
been frequent visitors. The baby monkey
is as lively, Methuselah as vicious, and
the entire collection as attractive as ever.
Satan, the splendid African lion, has a
record which is not an enviable one,
having several trainers. He was import
ed from Africa to Germany by a fur
dealer, and was purchased by Mr. Ben
son in Ulm, Germany, in 1902, when two
years of age. After his arrival in Amer
ica, Mr. Benson thought he would make
an apt pupil, and so he undertook to, and
was successful in teaching Satan and his
mate, many tricks.
After the animals became proficient,
Bronco Moccacio performed with them
with great success, until he was severely
injured by Satan at Indianapolis. The
well-known trainer, Capt. Barrios, next
undertook to master Satan, but he also
was severely injured while performing
in Springfield, Mass., and was obliged to
give up the task.
Mr. Benson next performed with Satan
at intervals, but the animal was treacher
ous, and injured his owner at Providence.
Since then Satan has been put in the un
tamable class, kept for exhibition only.
An Ideal Valentine.
Eyes of soft and dewy brown,
Sweetly, shyly looking down,
Cheeks that shame the Jacqueminot,
Lips that make a friend of foe,
Hair that's spun with threads of gold,
Shimmering ringlets you behold,
Grace that only fairies brought
Ah! the charm of love is wrought.
Would that I could call her mine.
This ideal Valentine I
FIRST GYMKHANA TOESDAY
Program of Varied Interest Announced
by the Committee.
Dummy, Addition, Potato, lance,
1(111, Scarf and Pumult 11 ace
Events Planned.
PROGRAM of excep
tional and varied inter
est has been arranged
for the first of the Eques
trian Gymkhanas which
will be held Tuesday
afternoon, next, in the new riding rin
at the west of The Carolina, beginning at
3:15 sharp. These events were among
the most popular of last season's enter
tainment features, several hundred people
always being in attendance, and there is
every .indication that they will be fol
lowed by even larger numbers this year.
There is a snap and go which appeals,
just enough, of the hair-lifting to make
the breath come quick and fast, and in
addition, frolics which amuse and enter
tain.
THE 1M50GKAM.
Tuesday's program will include the po
tato race in which potatoes are trans
ferred from one side of the ring to the
other, by aid of pointed sticks; a merry
frolic which always holds the interest of
both participants and onlookers. An
other event will be the lance and ring
contest, in which hanging rings are re
moved while riding past at full gallop.
A third feature will be a new one, an
addition contest, in which the men will
select women partners, who will be sta
tioned upon the opposite side of the ring.
At the word the men will mount, ride
across the ring, dismount, and hand a
sum in addition to their partners, who
will total it as quickly as possible, and re
turn to the rider, who will mount and re
turn to the starting point ; best time to
win.
Another new feature will be the dummy
carrying contest, in which participants
will ride to a given point, dismount, pick
up a dummy figure, supposed to represent
a disabled person, place it astride the
horse in front of the saddle, mount and
return to the starting point.
Another event will 'be the scarf race, in
which contestants will ride in pairs, to
the top of the hillock on the Dickinson
School road, turn and return to the start
ing point, holding a handkerchief or
scarf, lightly between them. The penalty
for losing a hold on the scarf will be dis
qualification. The pairs will ride singly
and the best time will win.
Another event will be the pursuit race,
in which contestants will ride in pairs
and attempt to remove a ribbon bow rest
ing upon the left shoulder of the oppo
nent, and while riding upon the right
side.
Points counting three, two and one
will be awarded in each event, the highest
total winning, and there will be souvenirs
for the winners in the various events as
well.
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