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DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, 1926

THE STORY OF THE

STEEPLECHASE.

SOME INTERESTING GLANCES BACK.

THE NAME AND ITS ORIGIN.

Steeplechasing, which reached its cul- minating point with the race for, the Grand National, and has now been thrust saide for awhile, has a great history, as a writer in a London paper, and a very interesting story it proves to be, though one that is probably unknown to most sportsmen of the present day.

HARRY THAW WANTS TO

WED EX-WIFE EVELYN NESBIT REFUSES. CIGARETTE GIRL IN CABARET,

MOTHER YEARS FOR BOX.

NEW YORK, April 4th. It was learned today that Harry K. Thaw is pleading, with Evelyn Nesbit, the wife he cast off after she saved him from the electric chair, to remarry him.

Thaw met the dancer "secretly at the tlotel Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia two weeks ago, where on his knees and on the verge of tears, he pleaded: i

For instance, there are very few who can say, off hand, how the sport even

Evelyn, marry me again and let's gained its name, though. its origin is perfectly simple. In its early days, genstart all over. The Stillmans did it

Down in Atlantic City, Evelyn to-night tlemen riders would match themselves why can't wei” against each other over a given stretch of country, when it became necessary to admitted Thaw was pressing ardent suit. "Yes, he wants me to marry him pick out some conspicuous landmark to Act as a guide, and nothing served this again, but I am turning him down cold." the she said. "I know what I'm doing. I a marvellous, purpose more conveniently than steeple of a neighbouring church; hence realize I'm passing up

opportunity to get some of the Thaw the now popular name.

millions for my son Russell. Millions that he is entitled to.

There is small doubt that the sport which naturally evolved itself from the hunting feld, came to England originally from Ireland, and there is still in exis tence an old MS. in the possession of the O'Briens of Dromoland dated 1732, which recalls a match run over four and a half miles of country between two sportsmen, starting from the old church at Büttevant and terminating under the shadow of the spire of the church at St. Lager.

FATHER'S POWER OPTOSED. Reunion wna all right in the Still man case. But to marry Thaw would mean to bring Russell into his power. 1 shudder to think of it. I haven't for- gotten what happened to the Gump boy. I'd rather die in the gutter to-morrow than to subject Russell to the influence of

his father now.

PREMIER AMONG THE ILLUSIONS.

PUZZLED BY A SHINGLED BEAUTY. PHANTOM Ë NOTES,

In his letter last week our London cor- respondent referred to the great interest taken in the Optical Convention that has

of Science, Kensington.

been opened at the Imperial College

The Premier spent sometime in the entertainment section of the exhibition, where a number of bathing illusions are produced by ingenious arrangements of

lenses.

PLEASE TAKE ONE." One of the most interesting is that of a bundle of £1 Treasury notes, which dis grasp them. Mr. Baldwin, seeing the in- viting notice, "Please take one," tried to appear as soon as the spectator tries to

do so, and laughed when he discovered the trick.

"It would not do to hank our hopes on

said with a smile. Bettling the Budget on that machine," he

Another amusing apparatus, known as the Denth Ray, next took his fancy. This machine turns a spectators head into a skull. Mr. Ballwin jokingly tried to discover if his pipe had a skeleton, tou The machine, however, had no respect for out the familiar cherry-wood. persons, and the resulting skull was with

THE SHINGLED BEAUTY. Mr. Baldwin looked through "a pretty darkened room the head of a smiling and little window and saw at the back of a His New York agent has called meshingled beauty. He would not beheve It is necessary to travel forward to the

mirrors, and looked inquisitively behind early days of the nineteenth century top and told me that Harry was writing that the phenomenon was produced by a book called The Truth About Thaw,

there. and wanted to consult me about it. He the room to see if some girl were lurking aid Thaw would meet me at the Ritz in Philadelphia and no one would know That was in the middle of

ad any authentic record of a regularly organised steeplechase taking place in Ireland, and in 1903 one of these events

about it. was arranged and successfully carried through Unfortunately all details are

March. lacking, save the interesting one that the

"I went. Thaw's agent had a suite at prizes competed for were respectively "the Ritz. Harry was registered at the hogshead of claret, a pipe of port. and Bellevue Stratford across the street. He a quarter cask of rum," which would seem to imply that the occasion was re- garded as a thoroughly festive one.

came over a few minutes after I arfiy- ed."

PLEA DENIED PROMPTLY.

"I sat down and he started to talk,'

It took me about a

AN EIGHT-MILE COURSE. Before that date, however, we are told Evelyn said. of a steeplechase that took place in Leice-minute to turn him down. But he begged a week and meet stershire in the very heart of the English we to think it over. As I left he tell me hunting country. This has been des- would call me up cribed at some length by that well-known me again. He did call up. I told him I

wouldn't meet him again and hung up.) sporting writer of bygone days,

"Evelyn said she reminded Harry that Draid." so that it may suffice here to say she is still the wife of Jack Clifford. that it took place in 1792, and that the haw, she says, told her he'd get her

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course was the exhausting one of eight miles or more from Barkby Holt to the Caplow and back again. Mr. Charles Meynell, hearer of a very honoured name in the hunting world, and the son of the thea M.-H., proved to be the winner, with Lord Forester second and Sir Cik hert Heathcote third.

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Many blind people attended "to take part in some of the remarkable instru- ments for bringing sight to the blind. By the optophone a blind person is able to read any ordinary printed book or newa- paper.

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A LECTURE ROOM HOPE Opening the convention Mr." Baldwin said: "It is many years since I stood in a lecture room! I devoutly hoped the last time I did so that i should never do so again. But we are met here for so good a purpose that it makes tolerable to a

(Laughter.) speaker what otherwise would have been a most unhappy infiction."

Optical science, he went on, laid our course for us when we travelled by land. We could not travel on the sea or in the air without its aid. In peace it was neces

enjoyed; in war it was vital.

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Thaw received a blow to his pride, a stinging slap on the mouth, early this morning. Jeanne La Motte, 18-year-old cigarette girl in Jimmy Kelly's Sullivan Street place, did the slapping

Thaw swaggered into Kelly's shortly after midnight. He took a table on the He called Steeplechasing, however, was by no rim of the dancing oasis. menns generally known in England in Charles Murray, an entertainer, to his sing "Kiss those days, as an extract from the table and requested him

to afe Again, which, in her beyday, was Sporting Magazine of 1803 gues show. It is headed An ExtraordinaryEvelyn Nesbit's favourite song. Murray Steeplechase," and goes on to describe sang. it once, twice, three times. Thaw how on the last Wednesday in Novem- peeled off $200 from his roll and demand ber came on for decision a match which ed he should sing it again. Murray sang had created no small interest in the again. In all he sang 20 times and sporting world, and which among that then the other patrons began to hoot and coimmunity is known as a steeple-chase-hiss.

Miss In Motte approached his table the parties undertaking to surmount all.

Leaning obstructions and to pursue in their pro with her tray of cigarettes. Kress as straight a line as possible." across the table he spoke to her. Misssary in the civilisation which we now There were three contestants in this race, La Motte's right hand came in resound who were dressed, as we are told in thising contact with Thaw's face. The others interesting report, "in bandsome jockey present applauded.-Tribune, dresses of orange. crimson, and sky-blue respectively." The course extended over some eight miles of stiff country, and from the grandstand. The conditions of the winner performed the distance in the the race were a sweepstake of ten sover- very ereditable time of 5 min. 32 sec. eigns each, with eighty added, for horses The distances over which some of these of all denominations: twelve stone each, steeplechases extended would seem very gentlemen riders. The winner to be sold extraordinary to the modern rider across for two hundred sovereigas if demand. country. In 1816, for instance, a Majored." It is now a matter of Turf history Wilson wagered to ride his mare over that this race was carried off by Captain, twenty miles of country in one hour and Becher, who gave his name to the famous ten minutes. Despite a fall by the way, brook that has still to be negotiat he accomplished this fent with a minute ed" by horses taking part in the Grand and eleven seroads in hand. A year National. later, however, an even longer race took place, as duly reported in the Sporting 3 match Magazine for 1517. This wLI

A sweepstake of twenty sovereigns each, between two sportsmen and extended over. no less a distance than twenty-six miles, with one hundred sovereigns added; roughly half-way from London to Brightwelve stone each; gentlemen riders; the

At the annual conference of the ton. The winner actually covered the winner to pay ten pounds towards" ex- distance in a trifle under two hours, in- penses. No rider to open a gate or ride Faculty of Insurance, held at the Kings cluding the swimming of his horse through a gateway, or more than a hun-way Hall, London, Dr. E. Graham Little, through # river too wide to jump. dred yards along any road, footpath, or M.P., described the progress made in Rain Gradually, however, the cruelty that was driftway." There were seventeen starters the direction of national health. inflicted upon the horses by these lengthy for this race, which was the most im- observed that very much still remained rares appears to have become apparent poriant that had until then been attempt to be done, and in particular the con "Lottery," as every ditions of our milk supply were a re to sportsmen, and they fell into dis fed in this country.

sperieman knows, was the winner, much proach to the nation.

Some of the disappearing diseases, he to the dissatisfaction of the very strong

risk contingent present, and protests believed, might be due to a change in were at oner forthcoming from this quar-habits or even the changing fashions of ter against themade" feures that were the people. There can be little doubt," employed. These objections, however, he said, that the habits and costumes were fruitless, and the riders themselves of women at the present day have im- out. The pastime was by this time rapideemed well content to abide by the con- measurably increased their health. It

dijuna as originally laid down.

Invour..

--As distances shortened, wagering, how. ever, developed, until about the year 18

steeplechase was arranged between two riders for a sum of no less than four thousand pounds, and was duly carried

ly growing in favour and importance, and it was not very long before new con ditions began to be imposed. One of the most important of these was the forma tion of a regular course, over which only competitors were allowed to ride, in order to avoid the interference that had become common by partisans of one rider seeking to impede the progress of his rivals

LIVERPOOL THE PIONEER.

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Three years later, as has been said, the Grand National itself was founded, and the original conditions were as follows:

And when he had turned with disgust from the proffered beverage and tried to seek relaxation in the vinema, he would find that without lenses there would be hut a poor entertainment.

FASHIONS AND HEALTH. DOCTOR ON THE BLESSING OF SCANTY CLOTHËS.

Be

has been pertinently said that the minds Liverpool, however, was not alone in and the bodies of women

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HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER. Hongkong Observatory, May 19th.

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HONGKONG TIDE TABLM,

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are better its encouragement of steeplechasing, for ventilated in our generation than they

11 181 other towns, notably Aylesbury, Newport have ever been before, with surprising Thur.. 20 No inferior High or Low Water

Fri. 21

46-11.11 Pagnell, St. Albans, and Leamington, benefit alike to the mental and physical were all well in the running to popularise health.”

With regard to the male portion of

Satur 27 18 erces-country riding. Bat it was not long before all manner of rif-raff began humanity, the remarkable improvement

1. habits of temperance, both in eating 8.2 714 to be attracted to these meetings, and every manner of rasenlity and disgrace and drinking, has practically banished ful conduct became rile. The Jockey from our midst the important group Club was invited times without number of diseases which went by the name of It is decidedly interesting to find that to intervene, but it resolutely declined 'gout' and 'goutiness. Another general The 25 Liverpool, now the great home of theto interfere in cross-country or hurdle improvement affecting all classes and sport, was one of the pioneers in this racing in any shape or form. Therefore both sexes is the postponement of senility Wed 26

Fashion for the moment has decreed direction, and its first regular meeting a new body with adequate powers of con took place in the spring of 1836, though it was not until three years later that the Grand National was founded. It was on Monday, February 29th, 1836, that the first Liverpool steeplechase took place, The course was a two-mile one, and it had to be covered twice. A contemporary writer thus describes a meeting that was destined to become historic in the story of sport in this country, A strong re- commendation to it was that nearly the whole of the performance could be seen (Continued on next Column).

WEATHER REPORT.

Last night's weather report, forecast

trol was badly required, but it was not that women's dresses shall be sensibly until he comparatively recently as 1868 scanty, and it is incontestable tint the this body, came into existence. The women are now-a-days far more hygieni National Hunt Committee was then cally clothed than men, especially in the founded, and from that moment steeple summer." He described how a few days chasing as we know it to-day may be ago he saw & most depressing sight of and remarks by the Royal Observatory aid to have commenced. In this connec a hundred schoolboys, between the ages said: tion it is of decided interest to recall of eight and thirteen. all dressed alike that there is still living one well-known in stiff Eton, collars, heavy drab clothing has strengthened. The depression over and honoured sportsman who had not a from head to foot, and clumping heavy China has deepened and mored East-

Local forecast:-South-west little to do with the establishment of the boots-altogether about as idiotie eward. National Hunt Committee. This is that uniform of unhealthiness as could be

moderate, fine to cloudy. wonderful veteran, the Earl of Coventry, conceived."

The anti-cyclone North of the Bonins

winds,

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