The Christinas Races
Concluded from page three)
Eleanor Abbott, Miss Bliss, Miss
Nave, Miss Tufts, Miss Gold
smith, Miss Sugg and Mrs.
George Leach.
THE MULE DERBY
AUTOMOBILE RACE
Five machines have entered for
-this event.
THE STABLE DOPE
Opinion on the probable out
come of the steeple chase is a
badly divided affair. Anyone
looking for a tip in the paddock
can find one to suit him. Miriam
H. finally came off with the most
races to her credit last year, get
ting the better of the Wanamak
er entry, and showing a definite
superiority over Travellor. But
Travellor has improved, and is re
garded as one of the steadiest
horses in the Pinehurst string.
Hurd has always been partial to
him, and has recently been a big
winner backing him in the flat
races against the pick of the field.
He will ride him Christmas day,
and has considerable to say on
his prospects.
But he will be riding against
another of his string, the tho
roughbred Kittron. Kittron has
not been tried out over the jumps
in public ; his speed is well known,
and he has the bottom for a stiff
pace. Eddie Coleman, who is
slated to ride him, is the only flat
authority we have for his being
a sure thing. Chase, the fine
looking bay that carried off the
purse in the Guests' event last
Wednesday, is also entered an
other mount whose steeple chas
ing ability is an unknown quanti
ty. Old George is the best jump
er of the lot, and makes the bar
riers in splendid form. The only
question is whether he has the am
bition to keep the lead of so fast
an aggregation.
Meantime all speculation is put
up in the air by George Maurice,
who intimates that he has found
a horse that will make the whole
bunch look like a picture of still
life. His easy confidence and his
clam like silence on further par
ticulars make anyone wary of
giving odds with the field.
Swinnerton still offers to cover
all bets on his Are Amm Bee, and
only laughs when Thomas prom
ises to repeat his performance of
two weeks ago with Farmer Boy.
But Farmer Boy is not the whole
problem. Mattie the Great is
heralded as a pacer that is en
tirely out of the class of any
thing we have seen it is inti
mated that she will simply walk
away from the local stuff, and
spend her time establishing rec
ords. This is all very well. But
Penny chimes in and says, "What
about Walter C. ? Walter C. has
been running the Grand Circuit
all Summer entered twenty-one
races and bore off the money in
twenty-one of them. J. C.
Thomas himself has nothing but
praise for this horse, which he has
driven in many a hot encounter.
He says that if he can bring him
into the stretch in the lead, that
nothing on four feet can ever beat
him home. Walter C. runs geared
up like a full rigged ship, and
many is the race he has won by
reason of his invincible appear
ance. As Senator Cammack said
of Colonel Roosevelt, his natural
gait is running away, and when
he lights out down the course
Thomas yells, "Look out, I can't
hold him," and everybody give
gangway.
We are informed by the racing
committee that Barnie Oldfield
and Guy Vaughn will lead a field
of cars around the track which
will astonish the multitude if they
don't go over the fence and into
the rotunda of the Carolina on
the first curve. There will be
five cars in this performance,
driven for big money. The sur
vivors get the money.
Crowded Out
Nobody ain't Christmas shoppin'
Fur his stockin'
Nobody ain't cotch no turkey,
Nobody ain't bake no pie,
Nobody's laid nothin' by,
Santa Claus don't cut no figger
Fur his mammy's little nigger !
Seem lak everybody's rushin'
An' er crushin',
Crowdin' shops and jamming
trolleys,
Buyin' shoes and shirts and toys
Fur de white folks' girls and boys,
But no hobby horse ain't rockin'
Fur his little wore-out stockin.
He ain't quar'lin', recollec'
He don't spec'
Nuthin' ! Hits his not expectin'
Makes his mammy wish, O laws !
Fur er nigger Santa Cluas.
Totin' jus' er toy balloon
Fur his mammy's little coon.
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Feeding Car.
Price $5.00
f. o. b. Kankakee, III.
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There is no gift that will give more happiness
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Dodson Sparrow Trap Automatic drop and
double funnel trap combined. Price $6.00
f o. b. Kankakee, 111.
Nature Neighbors Best set of books about
birds. Beautiful colored plates.
Free Illustrated book telling how to win
birds to your gardens, and descriptive folder
of Nature Neighbors, illustrated with birds in
natural colors. A picture worth framing.
JOSEPH H.'DODSON
Mr. Dodson is a director of the American
Audubon Association
Wren House
Price $3.00
f. o. b. Kankakee, III.
Weathervane Feeding
Table. Price $6.00
f. o. b. Kankakee, III.
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