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THE DAILY BRITISH SH _WHIG, "WEDNESDAY, Y, MAY 29, 1918. We have a few Massey High Grade Bicycles left at this price. | Why Not Get yours now before they go higher. Near- ly everything has gone up in price more than the good old Bicycle | The indispensable, rticle that saves your time, your shoe leather and your pocket book. ome in Today TREADGOLD Vo SPORTING GOODS CO. 88 Princess St. Phone 529 "The Home of the Brunswick" TY YY YY YY NINN TRY ta . #4 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread om Tip of Each Cigar. od TvvvTYYYYYYYYY , CENTENNIAL YEAR me OF TROTTING HORSE First Public > Race in United States Took Place 100 Years Ago. season soon to will mark the centennial anni- of the first public perform- ance by a trotting horse for a stake or E Wager in America. The circum Is were thus related in Porter's $3 f the Times: : first time ever a horse trot- ted in public for a stake was in I818, an id that was a match against time for = $1000. The match was proposed | The harness racing open versary at a jockey club dinner, where trot- ting had come under discussion, and bet was that nd horse could be Be which coald trot a mile in three minutes. Ii was accepted by [ the late Major Wiliam Jones, of Long Island, and Colowel Bond. of Mary- fand, but the odds on time were im- mense, The horse named at the | post was Boston Blue, who won cley- erly and gained great renown. He subsequently was purchased by Tho- mas Cooper. the tragedian, who drove him on several occasions be- itween this city and Philadelphia, | ing himself to perform s in either city on al- homas Floyd-Jones, a descendant Major William Jones, who still has said in Backward Glances the race again time was trotted yn the turnpike jus! west of Jamaica: and that Major Jones sent to Joston for the horse, bringing him from there in sailing vessel. The thoro ¢ known a century ago a Ji ca turnpike is now called Fulton street. At the point where Boston 'Blue, or the Boston pony, trotted in 1818, there is a street railroad on the surface; spanning this is the main line of the Long Island railroad, and high above that is the new elevated railroad, connecting Ja- maica with New York by way of Queensboro bridge, When Major Jones he owned a horse called Mambrino, whase descendants have dominated the trotiing tracks from that day un- til the present time Among the 33,695 trotters that have earned rec- f 2.30 or better probably 33.000 trace ba to him in the direct male while descendants have low- the best time on record from 3.00 in 1818 to 1.58 in 1918 {of made this match "C" BATTERY SPORTSMEN. The Montreal Men Who Are In This Unit, Bernstein, in charge Jattery, R. C. H. A, to the 'Montreal Driver Louis of sports in "C" Kingston, writes Star: The sporting fans in Montreal will be glad to hear of tome of the boys who Bave enlisted in "C" Battery, RC. A. Kingston, The major- ity or dn known athletes from Montreal, by kind permission of Ma- jor La: ter, (3. C. Royal C. H. A, Kingston, who returned from the front, and is a strong supporter of all kinds of sports, I have been granted permission to keep Montreal in touch with the honors the boys will carry with them in camp and abroad, The following men are among those en- listed, "some married with children and some discharged from previous service, and many under the age limit: WF. Steedman, late of McGill 1904 and 1906 football and Y. M, C. A; Alec Silver, chanipion swimmer, M.A. AA. and all round athlete; Clarence Blickstead, member of S. A. late employee of the san Lyons, M\AAA, and SAAA; briel Lavalee, brother of the famous Rene Lavallee, and nephew of ex- Mayor of Montreal, junior nine Bro. and Mount St. Louis College; J. W. Gibbs, Spalding League Hockey and a noted swimmer; FF. A. Lane, No- mads ball team; J. Lukeman, noted all round athlete; A: Singer, Wests mount, well known to all sportsmen, who resigned a commission to enlist as a gunnér, and some more of the boys who need no introduction, like G. S. Belgrave, H. Epstein, R. J. Loveday, M. D. Carruthers, H. Fel- In The World Of Sport SHARK MEAT IS RANK. But the Arabs of Aden Eat It Both Fresh and Dried. Shark fishing is an 4mportant in- dustry at Aden. Arabia. The poor- er classes of the inhabitants depend on this fish for their only taste of sea food. Some of the meat is dried and preserved in salt. The fins and maws dre shipped to China, and the livers produce an oil that is used for a varnish on boats. The Arab in his primitive boat, or dhow, a flat bottomed craft of some 150 tons burden, finds his best fishing grounds between Aden and Shukra during the cool months from October to March. He uses both nets and hooks. ~ Fishing is sometimes done from a small boat, but this is danger- otis, as a la¥ge fish occasionally over- turns the boat, and the fishermen be- come the prey of other sharks. Small sharks are sold in the Aden fish bazaar for ahout half the price of other edible fish. Fresh shark meat is very strong, and one must develop a taste for it to enjoy it. Maleh, or salt dried shark meat, has the largest market of any of the by-products. It 'is wsed m such quantities hy the Arabs of the interior that the local market cannot meet the demand, and much of the meat con- sumed has to. he imported from the Arabian. gulf ports. Like the fresh meat, maleh is strong in taste and odor, A FAMOUS ENGLISH JOCKEY. Fred Mitchell, of England, is Assist- ing ir Red Cross Work. Freddy Mitchell, one of the niost famous of European jockeys, is mak- ing his debut in the United States as an emissary of the Red Cross in be- half of the Allies Mitchell is to French and English racegoers what Tod. Sloan and Johrny Reiff are to Americans. The youngest son of one of England's noblest families, headed by his father, Sir = Robert Mitchell, Freddy married against their wishes at the age of eighteen and sought solace on the backs of fleet horses whose fame «has spread through two continents. Freddy Mitchell is the famous Eng- lish jockey and trainer who was never known to put a bet on a horse. Dur- ing his twenty years on the English and French turfs he rode astride 495 winners--over the jumps and on the flat. ~~ His career began when he fin- ished in the money at the Grand Na- tional Steeplechase in England at the age of fifteen. Twelve years ago Mitchell went to France and settled at Chantilly, and was caught there in the German drive to Paris at the beginning of the war. It was this sportsman's wonderful courage which helped more than any- thing else to turn back the invaders, a MI it in. Nick 'Cullop and Eddie Plank, "the two southpaws who figured in the big trade between Yanks and Browns last winter, still decline to report to the chibs which obtained title to their services. - WAR DOC HERDS HUN CAPivES Duke van Ouderdon . a veteran stein, G. Ruttenberg, Jack Raston, A, Bovdvel, G. Ruttenberg, captain of ! VC. P. R, Bowling League. With the boys who have already enlisted we will sure keep the good name of the R .C. H A. up, as Major Lancaster thinks we are a fine bunch, The R. C .H. A. has always won honors as being one of the best sporting teams in camp. of the great war. With Colonel F. B. Ware, of the First Canadian di vision, his master, he went through COBB'S 14TH SEASON WITH DETROIT CLUB Thirty-one Years Old and Grand Old Man of Am- erican an League. ' Ty Cobb, the dashix dashing Georgian, is now the grand old man of the Ameri- can League. Ty is the oldest regu- lar in point of | service in that circoit-- since the passing of Sam Crawford and the relegation of Terry Turner to the role of substitute. = This is Cobb's fourteenth season with De- troit----and yet he may play regularly this year, as game, It seems unusual that anyone as young as Cobb should enjoy such dis- tinction. Ty is 31 and, while there are others in the léague older in years, there are none who 'have served as many years in major league harness as the great soutlierner. Terry Turner, Cleveland's white- haired boy, joined the league ane 'year earlier than Ty, but Terry ceased to be a regular a few yéars ago, though he may play regularly his year, as the Cleveland club has heen depleted by the draft. Frank Schulte, the famous old Cub, played fourteen years in the National League, and % now working his ff. teenth season 'as a pinch hitter for the Washington club of the American League, Wallace of St, Louis has played big league basebattonger than any other player, having played over twenty seasons--but not as a' regular. Wal- lace is used as a coach by the Browns, although he is listed a member of the team. 2 Cobb came from Augusta to Detroit in 1905. He was not yet 19 years of age, which accounts fbf the fact that he is the veteran of an organization numbering close to 200 players. Judging from his batting record of 383, and 'his base-stealing mark of over 50 in. 1917 it would seem that this great athlete is goad for many more years as-a top-noteher. If 'he cared to play ball that long there is little doubt that he could excel the long service records of Wagner and } Laioie. SherwoBd Magee is the real vet- eran of big league baseball, however. "Sherry" is entering his fifteenth sea- son as a regular, and has without question played more big league games than anyone in either league. Giants Want Rudolph. Having heen deprived of the ser- vices of Pitchers Benton, Barnes and Schupp, 'the Giants are around for new hurlers. It is mored that Manager McGraw will open negotiations with the Bos- ton Braves for the veteran pitcher, Dick Rudolph. Ever since the open- ing of the National League campaign Rudolph has been living in the Bronx because the Boston club will not ae- cede to his salary demands. The Boston magnates recently turned down Rudolph's offer of $10,000 for his; unconditional release, presumably made in the interests of the Yankees. The Giants will not be compelled to ask for waivers on Rudolph, and probably will be willing to raise the ante. ri: SOo0n Just about the time that Hugh Bedient returned to the majors an- other of those 1912 world's cham- pions also returned. 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