The New York Clipper (July 1903)

454 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. July u Checkers, News of the Game. In commenting on the recent tournament, belli at Newcastle, The Providence Journal soys: "Tlic two move restriction la what bent tbo Scotchmen. In other years each man lias nominated an opening for Loth men to play both sides of, giving one an oppor- tunity to book up and be coached during the play. It Is a pity that these big tourna- ments are played on the drawing of the white and black moves from the bag. The only advantage In playing this lottery checkers style, as tbe great Wylllo dubbed It, Is that It shortens tournaments beauti- fully." Angell, the San FranclBco ex- pert, recently split even with Lasker, the chess champion, In a checker simultaneous contest. Hilly Howe won bis two games, In Individual play, with ITof. L Ex- champlon of England, Willie Gardner, Is now considered the greatest living exponent of blindfold, simultaneous checkers. Re- cently, In a twelve game exhibition, he won ten and lost two. to show how thorough Mr. U. has this style of play Id hand, the following will well Illustrate: A player, who had been analyzing and pushing the pieces around, was ail mixed up. Whan Mr. t>. came around to play, It was stated to him, and he Immediately ordered the pieces set up and run the game down to tbe po- sition desired G. I,. Henson, tbe noted English expert, who did so well In tbe last International, has accepted a position In Germany, which will Keep him In that country for at leaat two years R. Stewart won a special prize—a gold medal— offered by A. It. Klrkwood, of Govan, for making the best score against the English players In the recent International. nounccd Mates" we have fewer than expect- ed, for a reason to be given later. Solutions. HI Wit. SCUAFEB. Enigma 2,423.-1. .Q to K It sq, K to Kt 3; 2..K to Q 2, I» to K Kt 0; 3..Kt to B 8 ch; and Q mates. (If Black 2. . H to It 2, or 1' to Q 5. or else; 3. .Kt to B 8 ch Is his hele nolr) : If 1. .1' to Q Kt 0, or It 0 ; 2. .Q to It 4, K to Kt 3; 8. .Q tks Kt P ch: {or 3. .Kt to B 8 ch ; and 4. .B mates) and 4.. Kt mates. (In this var., If Black 2.,1'toK Kt 0; 8..Q to It 3 ch. and Kt mates, or If 2, else: 3..Q to B 0 ch. etc.) It 1. .11 to Q Kt 2; 2..Q to B4, BtksR; 8..Q to B 6 ch, etc. If here 2.. 1' to Kt 0 : 8. .Q to It 3 ch, etc.—"Not so very 'mighty.' I have seen finer and better problems by this brilliant and highly accomplished author."—W. S. PROBLEM NO. 2,423. Solution of Position No. 18, Vol. SI. IIV W. SEWARD, NEW TOIIK. Black 2 5 7 10 12 14 15 10 10 White 0 21 22 24 20 27 28 80 31 White to play and win. 21 17 27 2.1 22 18 24 6 20 3 14 21 G 14 ID 22 2D White wins. Position No. Ill, Vol. 61. BY II. D. l'ETTEIISON. Illnck 1 3 K 22 20 White 10 20 21 K 0 While to play and draw. To Correspondent*. ltuo. Wai.cott. —You are worse than we were about Dr. tusker's penchant for little trips across the big ferry. W. A. Siiinkman. —Thank you very much for offer of assistance (u re that formidable solution. More fully by post. lino. Spknckii. —You "escaped a great ninsay," and our Denver brethren had a great loss In missing a "neck tic sociable" with you holding the centre of the stage. So "free confession" Is sometimes good for the body us well as tbe soul. Wm. Sciiafbh. —Bro. Spencer owns right up, nnd will do some more—only better; knew we should please you, and many others. We have sundry designs on you, to be broached shortly. W. II, Walker. —Trust n recent chess package reached you, and proved alike agree- able and prolllnblc. lino. Ki.mkny. — Am. Ch. Weekly received, thank you: will sec If our file Is complete, nnd report. Will utilize the duplicate an- nouncements—to your benellt, we hope. Bro. Mimii.KTON.—Thanks for your happy turn to our Counler-Gnmblt thought. There Is n striking Illustration to bo drawn from our pugilistic friends. 1..KI0B2 S..P-Q3 8..P-Q4 4..P-0.6 6..PXP 8..KXP 7..KXP P moves P moves P moves P moveB K-B2 1:3 S q (a) 0..K to Kt 5, 8..KXP 9..B-K. Sin) 10..K-Kt6 ll..K-Ktt) 12..K-Kt 7 13..P-B 7 + K to Q sq K-B2 K-Qsq KXB K-Qsq K-home 14..PJR, or O) mate, also leads to mate In Game No. 10, Vol. 51. DOUBLE CORNER. From Xotti Guardian, Between Messrs G. Jewett and T. Biggs, for the championship of Sheffield, Eng. Mr. Jewett played black. 0 14 10 15 18 25 15 18 18 22 18 ID 10 20 22 10 10 11 8 6 0 0 15 4 8 18 22 18 22 25 22 21 17 17 13 10 24 10 24 12 10 14 21 8 11 27 82 22 18 24 20 28 lli(ti) 10 7 14 10 8 4 8 12 10 23 12 10 22 20 0 0 27 24 20 10 7 3 20 10 13 0 10 15 11 15(C) 10 10 25 20 2 0 24 10 18 11 3 7 10 11 3 7 ID 24 8 15 10 28 20 25 0 13 28 10 31 20 7 10 10 7 7 11 7 10 0 14 28 82 25 22 13 17 32 28 22 17(d) 22 17 7 8 4 8 3 8(a) 14 18 32 27 22 18 17 22 28 24 28 22 17 14 24 10 8 12 Drawn. (a) Robertson's Guide glveB this as a losing move. (Id Tbo Guide stops here and says White wins. (o) The following, by A. J. Heffner, will draw: 2 0 20 28 15 22 10 14 31 27 10 7 0 10 23 10 22 20 23 18 « 10 2 0 10 14 18 9 11 10 7 2 0 13 2 0 20 31 20 11 10 15 0 2 14 18 0 0 8 22 81 20 18 17 0 10 23 20 14 17 10 22 13 18 23 30 23 Drawn, (d) Mr. Biggs got off the track bere. Tbe following shows the win: 20 23 18 25 8 10 28 24 0 10 4 8 2B 22 10 28 10 7 13 17 23 10 2 0 22 18 16 15 18 8 11 7 3 28 32 7 2 24 10 10 7 0 15 18 14 6 0 10 14 14 18 3 8 82 28 2 S 12 10 10 10 15 10 14 10 0 13 20 11 White wins. five moves more. "As B and K alone can not mate, tbe solver simply plays to get tbe Pawn np to do the business."—W. 8. EnlKinn No. 2,420. BY EliCOI.E DEL BIO. In our copy of Del Rio (1820) tbe fol- lowing problem forms tbe frontispiece, show- ing the translator considered it at least one of that great Italian's best: £ » I * I hUKt2, Klisq, QR6, KKt8,KKt3 Ml i S t hlsKte.herBsq, Ksq, KR3, B4, K3. Black to play ana mate In four moves. Development of Chess Problems. Continued from B. 0. U. "Tbe development of tbe problem by the Italian masters of tbe later eighteenth cen- tury was logical, but for that very reason led to nothing. Del Rio, Lolll and I'onzlanl (1782) Improved considerably on the practice of Stamma, but modified his theory In no essential respect. Their sense of beauty In chess, however, led them to lighten the Stamma problem by getting rid of Its su- perfluities, so far as this could be done with- out breach of plausibility. "In the hands of these men the resem- blance of the problem to a brilliant ending from actual play remained essential; but they strove to reduce the position to Its simplest terms. Superior Ingenuity also en- abled them to do more with the short prob- lem that Stamma bad done. Such problems as the present one are typical. This posi- tion illustrates the fact that from the flrst a tendency existed to make use of quiet key moves In tbe composition of short problems. Such keys could be adopted In a four move problem without detracting In any way from the plausibility of tbe position. But It must be observed that the Italian authors show no preference whatever for such keys, and use tbcm only rarely." Problem No. 2,420. BT QIAUBATISTA LOLLI (1783). BLACK. White, Our Uorres, l..PtoK3 8..P-QB4 S..KKI-B3 4..QKI-B8 B..P-QKt3 6..0B-KI2 I..KB-Q3 S..y Kt-K2 White, Black, Our Corres. Amateur. «..BxB2dP Castles 10..Q-B3 QB-Kt2 U..Kt-hls6 P-KR3 12..P-KR4 P-K4 13..QKt-B4 QKt-R4 14..KKtXP KRXKt 15..K II X K+ K-Rsq White mutes In four. II.—SCOTCH GAMBIT. Published some years ago In St. Louit Re- public. l..PtoK4 2..KKUB3 3..P-Q4 4..B-QJ? 6..P-U8 D..BPXP 7..KtXB 8..Castles O..Kt-B3 Black, Amateur. PIOQ4 P-KS KK1-B3 P-QB4 QKt-B3 K.B-K2 P Q Kt 8 QPXP PtoK4 U Kt-113 KPXP B-B 4(») P-QS KBXP KtXKt B-Q2 Kt-K2 lL.QBxKt KPxB.and wo have this position: Tonrm-v Announcement. Wo have now sufficient data on hand to nnnounce definitely the close of our "Counter- (ininblt Tourney, to wit.: Aug. 15, next; leaving two weeks to make up reports, de- cisions ami award of prizes, and so nave everything cleared up nnd the final results announced In TllR Ci.iitbk for Aug. 20. Rut II must lie remembered that nil our chess nintter Is made up one full week In mlvnnrc of date, so thnt the final reports from our contestants, which nre still In- complete, must be In MIron's hands (Comp- ton Village, N. II.) by Aug. 8. We feel obliged to any thnt a failure to report, with explanations (If any), by thnt date, will be considered n delinquency on the score of tbo time limit as originally set forth In the rules governing the competition. During the month we shall secure our Judges, lay our material before (hem, nnd, doubtless, receive their awards In due season. Indeed, half of the games are already prepared for the Judge In that section. In the department of "An- White nnnounced mate in 7 moves I (7) Neither Is this good; it prevents his Pawns from assailing the, B. (a) 1' to K B 3 would cost a piece. The Vienna Gambit. Bro. Helms, from special reports tabulated by Hcrr Georg Marco, has collated several points about these games of much value and first rate Interest, showing beyond dispute thnt the results of a tourney are not "all there Is to It." As a matter of dry figures, the Attack won 32 games to 37 for the De- fence. Well, let's analyse a bit. "Six different openings were experimented with, and a careful study of their several variations results In what may be termed a complete vindication of the legitimate K s Gambit, Including tbe K's Kt, Bishop s and Kleserltzky. , «_*_•»«■ "This may be better understood wheni It 4 added that the Attack sacrificed tbe K ivt In no less than twenty-one of the games ! as this sacrifice Is an extreme metbpd not re- torted to of necessity, and heretofore recog- nized as demonstrably unsound. It Is not lair to Judge the K's Gambit proper by the ver- dict of figures wherein these hazardous lines are Included. . . . "Of the twenty-one games referred to. White could claim but a paltry three, and of these two were to MacDonnell's variation In the Muzlo, by Marshall and Maroczy. Elimi- nating tie twenty-one games for the sake of comparison, there remain sixty-eight con- tested on a more conservative and practical basis, and the result Is that the Attack has the advantage, and that by six points I "Here are the games In which tbe K Kt was sacrificed during tbe opening stage: Allgaler, played 11, won 0, tost 8, drew 3; Kleserltzky. 3, 1, 1, 1: Muzlo, 7, 2, 5, 0. Total—played 21, won 3, lost 14, drew 4. Tbe Rlee Gambit. Our latest Information of this notable battle at tbe Manhattan C. C. Is that the Attack and Defence are Just even, with nine victories each and two drawn. The follow- ing, "one of the best games," is tbe more interesting as Black does not play tbe now almost universal 10. .P to K B 0, though his substitution does not prove much more effective. The game Is spirited and Inter- esting. Under tbe Cents. Attack, Keldanz. l..PtoK4 2..P-KB4 3..K Kt-B3 4..P-KR4 S..Kt-K5 8..KB-B4 I..KPXP 8.. Castles 9..R-Ksq 10.. P-B 8 11..P-Q4 12..RXB + 13..Kt-R3 H..QBXP 15..Q Ksq 16..0XKt 1T..B-Kt6 18..QPXQ 19., B X Kt Defence, Roethlng. PtoK 4 KPXP P-K Kt 4 P-Kt5 KKt-B3 P-Q4 KB-qa BXKt Q-K2 Q-B4 + QXKB K-Qsq Q-R3 KtW Q-herS Q.XQ K-Q2 R-Kt sq M..R-KBsq P-QR8 Attack, Keldanz. 21. .P to B4 22..Kt-B2 23..Kt-K3 24..P-R6 B-R4 R-B6 P-K« QPXP R-B7 R-K7 + Si..B-B 7(1-f- K-home 32..R-K7 + K-Qsq 83..R-B;d+ K-home 34..RXBP B-K 6 35..R-K7 + K-Qsql B8..R-K B74- K-home 87..R-K7+ K-Qsq &§..Kt-Q5 BXKt 89..BPXB K-Bsq 40..P-Q6 Resigns. Defence. Roethlng. P to Kt 3 K-home B-Q2 P-R3 R-home P-R3 BPXP B-hlg'< K R-t sq K-Qsq Tub Gambit Ctclone has struck Iowa. The I. Ch. Assn. bas added a K's Gambit corres. tourney, as a "rider" to Its fourth regular tourney. This latest ventnre started In with eighteen entrants. "One might as well be out of the world as out of tbe fashion," quotes Cortalr. And again Bro. Walcott: "Of what use are convictions with- out courage? Let them tote on their at- tacks." Bro. Mlddleton, In re C.-Gs„ says: "In chess, as in life's conflicts, It frequently occurs that tbere Is nothing like playing a 'Roland for an Oliver;' and If It's not good to attack early. It Is good some- times to stop an early attack with one of your own/' MEN WHO HAVE DEVELOPED WESTER N AMU SEMENTS No. 13. WHITE. White to play and mate In four moves. Game No. 2,420. A correspondent favors us with three games, with a suggestion not to publish his name. The time bas long since gone by wben the chess world cared much for games unless told who played them. As these two shorter ones are amusing, and have piquant termina- tions, we give them in compliment to an esteemed contributor. I.—1RREQULAB OPENINGS. R. L. CRESCY Was born In Moravia, N. Y., In ISfiO. lie followed Horace Greeley's advice wben be was twenty-one nnd went West. He lived In one of the Prairie States until 1800, when be moved to Chicago, and entered the real estate business. In 1801 he trans- acted the largest acre deal In the history of Chicago real estate, making a deal of $480,000 In land where West Pullman Is now located. He was appointed Chicago manager of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. In 1804. a position he retained nntil he was, four years ago, appointed State manager of tbe Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Phil- adelphia, a position which he still holds. Three years ago he branched out Into the- atricals, and made an Immediate success. "The Gambler's Daughter," a melodrama, which bas for two seasons been a big money maker In popular priced houses, was his flrst Lie hit. Last season he put out "A Ruined Life," and this play, with the one previously mentioned, will be retained next yetr with two companies for each piece. On June 21, at the Great Northern Theatre, Chicago, Mr. Crescy made a production of "Out of the Fold," end tbe piny will be added to bis attractions next season. "Dora Thorn" and "The Price of Silence" will be two more melodramas In hi* next season's list, and to (he management of these road attractions Mr. Crescy will, on Sept. 1, add the duties of proprietor and jnnnager of the Marlowe Theatre. Englewood, Chicago, where be will play popular priced attractions In the Stair & ilavlln circuit of bookings. — Chas. T. Toylor. of Tavlor's Southern circuit of parks, writes: "We opened our season May 4, and are doing a big business. I am running my own stock company, with vaudeville between acts." 41 » KATHRYN OSTERMAN Was born In Toledo, 0., and made her debut In "Hands Across the Sea," under the man- agement of C. B. Jefferson. She later was loading lady with Stuart Robson, and ap- peared with her sister, Anna Belmont, In the original production of "What Happened to Jones." She was then a prominent star In vaudeville for four seasons. She is very attractive, has a pleasing stage presence, and her work has always won favor. She Is the wife of J. J. Rosenthal, under whose man- agement she will star next season. In a dramatization, by George T. Richardson, of Dwlght Tllton's novel. ,r MIss Petticoats." ♦ »» Fonr 24-IIonr Train* to Chicago, In addition to the 20-hour train and three slower trains dally, has given the New York Central the title of "Tbe connecting line between the East and West" Do you won- der at this?— Adv. Midsuumeb Notes or Welsh Beos.' Newest Gbeai Snows.-The 1003 season of the Newest Great Is now in full bloom, and the management bas much to feel proud of and thankful for. The weather has been remarkably fine, and business everywhere enormous. The newspapers have devoted columns of golden praise, extolling 1he great merit and the cleanliness of tbe exhibitions presented. In addition to this many city officials in towns visited have used the ex- pression "come again, gentlemen. Yours Is the cleanest and best conducted show that ever visited our vicinity." The company of performers and musicians In the big show, concert and side show are the same that opened with us on April 15, at Lancaster, I'a. 8lnce the Inaugural date tbe show has Increased the seating capacity by adding one more 50ft. middle piece to the big top, which now consists of 120ft round top, with four 50ft. middle pieces. The street parade Includes one hundred and forty horses, ponies, mules and donkeys, three bands of music, musical chimes car and a steam piano, besides a long line of handsomely carved dens, tableau wagons and numerous led bay animals, forming In all a "real drawing parade," and one that Is favorably commented upon by the onlookers. All of the folks with tbe show have enjoyed ex- cellent health; this, together with the su- perior accommodations afforded. Is the cause of much contentment with this little big combination. Recent distinguished circus folks visitors Include: Gil Robinson, J. W. Goodrich, Sam Harris, Adam Forepaugh Jr., l'rank Morris, Tim Keeler, H. H. Whlttler, Augustus Jones, Pete Sun and Geo. C. Karla- vagn. The following Is the roster of the show: Managerial staff—John T. * M. H. Weleh, exclusive owners and managers; M. II. Welsh, director general; John T. Welsh, general agent; Clinton Newton, assistant manager nnd press agent; Chas. W. Gilder, manager advertising car No. 1; V. O. Wood- ward, special agent; Harry Blanchard, mana- ger advertising car No. 2; Edward Kennedy, secretary ana ticket accountant; Howard Martin, superintendent of dining tents: Charles Lovell, superintendent of tickets, and Frank B. Rhodes, manager of privilege car. Performers—Mr. and Mrs. Jack CoubIhb, the Three Flying Valenteenes, Frederic Wel- come, the Katamura Japanese Troupe, John White Jr., George Colby, Lottie Aymar, Prof. John White's animal acts, Warde Sisters, Gascocal Brothers, Ida McCormlck. The following comedy actors: Garry Vanderbllt, Mackey and Clark. "Rube" Newton, Paul Klotz, John McGady, Grlmaldl Brown and Edouard Sanford, and Charles Valenteene, equestrian director. Big Bhow band—Her- bert Swift, conductor; Charles Gerlacb, John S. Kutz, Fred Woodcombe, David Krick, D. P. Waldo, Fred Barney, F. P. Handley, John Bernhard, Geo. W. Taf, Bert Davles, E. W. Gerth, F. P. Eshelman, George Vogel, Chris Jacoby and Fred Mackey. Museum and side show department—George H. Irving, manager; Major and Ida Llttlefinger, Mr. and Mrs. Archie S. Robblns, Miss Valetta, C. H. Roberts, Miss Roberts, Prof. Casper, Captain F. Latellp, the Three Sisters Hya- cinth, Prof. Harts and Madame Irving. Operating department—Charles O'Brien, su- perintendent of canvas, with two assistants and twenty-five laborers; George B. Wltmer. boss hostler, with twenty grooms and drivers; Jas. Veney, superintendent side show canvas, with eight laborers; John Lloyd, master of properties, with nine as- sistants ; Patrick Murphy, master of trans- g>rtatlon, with ten "ralse-your-backs;" Geo. oyd, master of wardrobe, and W. Fields, night detective. II. Stanley Lewis controls all of the advertising privileges, Including programme, banners, etc. This is Mr. Lewis' eighth season with tbe show. Frank B. Rhodes controls the privilege car, and a fine "light" lot privileges. The same high stand- ard of morality and the entire absence of grafters pervades the show, the same as Id past seasons. Rats fbom Sun Bbos.' Wobld's Progres- sive Shows. —We are making our flrst tour of the New England States. The show Is giv- ing excellent satisfaction, and making many friends. Business continues up to the stand- ard, with advanced prlcea at many stands. A. J. Dixon, advance representative. Informs us that prospects are good ahead. Pete Sun has just finished building a handsome new baggage car for the No. 2 Show, which Is now touring West Virginia. He rejoined No. 1 Show at Mlllford, Mass., July 4. Roster of No. 1 Show Is as follows: Sun Bros. (George and Pete), sole owners; George Sun, manager; Pete Sun, general agent; S. Edw. Corbette, treasurer; Wi,ey Ferris, equestrian director; Prof. John Shelly, musical director; Ike Sherman, or- chestra leader; performers—Ferris Family, Urley, Lillian and Wiley Jr., equilibrists and gymnasts; James Hart, Chas. Wilson nnd Johnnie Parker, triple horizontal bars- Master Beno, hand balancing; La Vanlon and 81ster, flying act; Hartsell Bros., narry. Eugene and Charlie, acrobats; James Hcrt In lofty backward diving: Roland Chnraplon. Juggler: Leo Collins, high slack wire; Bar- rett and Johnson, revolving Mexican ladder; Madame Rosaline Stlckney, troupe of edu- cated dogs, twenty in number; Prof. Ed. kaen and his great talking horse, Black Jack; Comodore, the only rope walking mule, also a school of educated ponies; George ^. Jr, iK the e S? IIe6t „. nnd youngest clown before the public; Richard Brothers, In Greek and Roman statuary; also a strong line of leaps and tumbling, and a bunch of clowns, headed by Reld, Crelghton and Par- ker \, ^?. e c °b<*" consists often first class vaudev le acta, headed by Chas. La Nolr, the well known minstrel. Our side show Is getting Its Bbare of the business. Openings are made by Louie Chasnu. In this depart- ment we have our animal cages, and nre- p.^.S e Co ,£ elts ' In m J nd "adlng; Madame nhJlSZ wlt £. a DU ? 1 J5r $* '"go snakes; Chasnu, In his great Hindoo box mystery 1 James Venable. Punch and magic, and Lueala, the camel back horse. MuBlclana are : John Shelly, John Walters" P. E. Kee'er L,. 0 -* 1 '"^?' A1< $■ Williams, Ike Sherl mer, r. F. Pierce, Fred E. Teyon, F. H. Allen, Joe Raymon. Fred Moore and Will Snow. Chas. Gardner has charge of re- serve and concert tickets. A. C. Allen! steward: Harry McBrlde, chandeliers: Otto Summerfleld, master mechanic; Frank Knoc- v^ "&",.. watcb : Jack "enson, boss props.; Van Height, superintendent of canvas: Blllv Butts, assistant; Uncle Blllv Randolph vet- E'E f'seon. Frank E. Marvin, boss hostler, and a corps of efllclant assistants Tlffi^nSS L be S , tock "i excellent condition ihe parade we give would be a credit to a sixteen car show, and the spread of canvas we put up surprises the "natives." canTaa Notes prom the Tom Fraskltn Ntb Co. iT. fln. c . otnpan -I wcnt " nder canvas May 13. In a 60ft round top, w th two 30ft middle* seats for 1,200 people, and theTflneJ? outfit lhan money can buy. We have dlsre- Bfl? 1 ,h ?," rst laws of a ^nt and car?y no band. After our opening nieht sin n prevailed everywhere^ fte roster o? - the ^ m P"V ny ' K w| th one exception, le the saml 08 .* .£ al V b< *1 for tvro * earB Past. Rain did not affect us to any great extent. Indian Bill Noteb.— P. p Craft nn-. agent of Indian Bill's WHd West™wa, P nre! rffrm £*& a a,amoDa "udded Ea^ e ? AnJSL/ i ,be mcmb *w of the Wild West. tiXfwMw 0 ".* manager and proprietor of th ?,""2 West, made the presentation snirh sole owner.—We are touring ceinV.i n.,"*" sin to good business. Tbe only d--i*l. •.*•• the company has met with has i,"n . . S*> of rainy nights, and the loss of • „ A^t One was burned up at Oconto Wis , loot «. the other was lost at Wlttenber ■ u'i. ,' 5 . 16. Wben tho parachute left t h» h.n 3< there was not enough ballast *> X !mi > away and disappeared, and af:'. r R ,, r ?J lrt for several days the balloon c.'jin -f?^ found. Tbe company Is traveW £? *i now, as the horses and wagons uer» 7 n ( mi use to the show, and a heavy ,.Vn.„i t0 they were shipped to their win-.., o,?*' *> Roster: R. VT Hall sole prop «*.*"& Barth, manager; Capt. firkson ,'d,,^ representative; Ohet Warren 't r i, ,* Mae Hall, accountant; Oscar TuL-.« V^' : ment director; Louis Buch, musi,7l hi". ?* Bobt Engfer, ticket taker, \v„ A lr< ?«i special officer; Fred Ruggles. rhef. ,"• Carr, boss canvas man; Bin \v,ui„; " a props. Performers—Taggart I'ruiii» if*5 barth, Zarretia Bros.. B Itobt. aX '{? monlo Family, Davis and Bend On» t2? Slg. Montez, Mods. Bruett and John MtU? Band and orchestra—B. V. Hall baad ». r ter; Louis Bush, orchestra loader r?*: Warreo, Frank Mertz, Jim Mcrtzi.2! Francis, Bart Flannery, Al. ii.„ J H2 Craig, Eddie Shlnner, Joe Cram .nd^ Bass. Everybody Is enjoying Rood heilt? and a long, prosperous season Is looked for Roster of Sio. Sautellb's It kTbC France Reed, bareback and Jockey rM., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cousins, carrylar . ' Harry Smith and Chas. Watson, hurdle Mi Holmen Bros., horizontal bars «nd i' volvlng ladder acts; the La Ba-nnt contortionists and perch acts- Bin- pony, dogs, goats and monkey in. 5 . also riding Hon: Drako's trained sheen ini dogs, the Barnells, marble statuary and ii7 cling acts; the Latells. acrobats and oa'd Balancers; the Jeanettes, acrobats IZ aerial acts; Miss La Baron, chair balancing Jackson, boneless marvel; Newman. wlthYh pie circus; Mike, the wonder; E| mil Eddy, bounding rope; Harry La Mont'.id bis wonderful dog; Crlstmass, nrlnciM, clown ; Tommy Troy, Happy Hooligan, H.frr Newman, Friday and Shorty, clowns- John Deer, Indian rider; Mons. Dauphin llrht and heavy weight balancer; Chaa. WaS equestrian director. ^ The Gbeat Mabinellas, ring gvmca>'< have been with John Robinson's Circus iS AprilI 22, aod are engaged the entire set<ci which runs to December. m I f; W- Wakefibld, last season wltk tbe Wallace Shows, is dow official representa-irt of the John Robinson Teo Big Shows. presentation speech. ? r °\ a "X-$™«% "Sown"as G s^S ;r, Is with Mason Bros.' "U. T C" fo » Is playing the part of Uncle Tom and blgh^throwl^t.i 11 ^ 1 !^ »rt. .K do"ln2 band. tbrowlD * w,,b •""»*» In front of the mer, He miscellaneous. Notes fbom Davis' "D. T. C." Co — We are In our ninth week under catTu, and business is good. We bave enlarged our tent to a 70x40. Our street parade is a hit and tbe talk of tbe town. Jh- ager Davis has spared no expense In rat Ing It a success. Our stock and wagoag are in good condition. Mr. Davis iad> a flying trip to Jackson, Mich., to pnrthast two more new wagons and four bead of horses. The weather has been a little oat of the ordinary, but it did not hurt twi- nes*. While playing Emmett, Mich., some ol our people went down to Port Hnroo to see the Ulngllng Bros.' Circus, and got tack In time to play to a packed tent Mr. Ackerman, our stage manager, celebrated his thirtieth birthday June 18, and be re- ceived many presents; among them wis a diamond ring. He gave tbe compao; i banquet after the show, and we esjoj-l a sociable evening. Manager Davis made a fine speech. Martin Bowers sang, Earnest Fergason played a selection on tbe violin, Little Marie Conners sang. Nettle Banett sang, and L. A. Redfleld, Wm. Huatlogtoc Fred Scbneck and Orln Lewis, lmita:ed a German brass band, and Dusty, the picka- ninny sang. Everybody is well and nappj and tbe gent In white" greets us every Sunday morning. We all hustle for fhi Old Reliable —may It live forever. ROSTFB AND NOTES OF THE GEBMAX HtM- riNE Co., No. 8, now touring Indiana — Dr. E. G. Russell, manager and lecturer: Dr. Buffalo Frank, office worker; Mrs. Pearl Russell, secretary and treasurer, and son; and dance: Rich Kattman, comedian; lire. Grace Kattman, soubrette and organist: Prof. Ed. Clayton, leader of band and or- chestra: Jole Russell, wire, rings and tra- peze; Harry Lewis, double and single tra- peze ; Harry Bunis, comedian and ballad- let; Mont Booto, light and heavy welcbt balancing. We bave two fine cars, inn by our own auto traction engine. Oat rari and a 60x90ft. top are lighted by electricity, furnished by our own dynamo, which fur- nishes a brilliant appearance for tbe serpen- tine and Are dance, given by Mrs. Russell. also for the electric fountain. Our steas calliope will be bere next week. We have not played a losing week since the flrst of tbe season. The Clipper visits us regularly each week, and tbe "ghost" also. Jole Russell was presented with a fine com watch by his father for feats performed <a the slack wire. This boy 1b a wonder, even though be Is but twelve years old. »« travel In our own private dining and sleep- ing combination car. Lambrigqeb Zoo Notes. —We opened a: Mansfield. O., Ajjrll 27, and have done a nice business, despite the fact that tw weather baa been unusually bad. We hate enlarged our collection of animals: now nan sixteen large cages of rare animals, an we give a performance besides. Our roste! Is: Gns Lambrlgger, sole owner: Jlrs. J a, » Lambrlgger, treasurer; C. V. Lambrlgger, «* slstant manager; John Sappa, oriental mc- slclan; SuraUe, magician and figures: Dc* Tassar, gun juggler; Jas. K. Anderso-, tickets, and Fred Hide, In charge of canvn, with four assistants. „, Notes fbom Herbs of Life Medicixi to. No. 8.—We are Iaylog off for a week. Tie season so far has been great. We go ' n j the Dakotas. At present we sre carrjntj the following people: George Dickson, iroj Jaw act and magic; James Lelsam, sons "^ dance; Billy Bwartz, strong man; Man; Krohn, Blnglng and dancing soubrette ;„ 10 P. Relss, dialect comedian; Bessie Iius3ell, ere; cutlonlst; Joe Lasker, ventriloquist »°° lightning change act, and W. A. Russell, manager and lecturer. The "ghost 1 anpes" on time, and Tm Old Reliable Is ioo» w forward to with eagerness every l'r loa ,£' .„ Notes fbom Lato & La Plantes viao" 8hows.— We are In our eighth eu«esstci week, touring the small towns In the i*r vlnce of Quebec. The roster: F. '^L 0 ',.',.'. gler, wire walker and trapeze; T. P" 1 "^' grouud tumbler; the La Tlantc.--, trapes rings and percb, and the Adlnleni Sister*, contortion act. ,, _.,« NOTE8 FBOM THE WlZABD MEBRT 1HML —We have added a new 80ft. ml.Wle nl« f ; and bave put in about two fiu n,lrell „„ a V;r seats, to accommodate the crowds, n"'!. of the company: L. C. Havlser. MtPK Victor Havlser, stage manager; M. A. *« 1 lecturer; Weston and Wllber, Be«satw«i dnncers; Mart Acker, vocalist and corneal" 1 - Business stays at the top notch. n .- lnc Fbank B. Hdbik, manager of k°» • Frank's GypBy Camp and other attraction was severely burned and Injured, ye • r l Mn formed, In stopping what might ' n! ",,Vtic a serious Are on the broadwalk, at -"'" , M City, N. J., night of June 26. Seeing » flames coming from a large Oriental" 0 !;. Manager Hubln pulled down the JU" 11 !".* iu terlal. He was severely burned, and " given a vote of thanks by merchants. — Ethel Fuller goes with "The Han vTW Dared."