PAGE EIGHT THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1924 LAST SUNDAY RACES What is the Status. The Overwhelming Preference for Victor farlo CIGARETTES thicker Confirms our honest belief that We have produced the finest Cigarette ever sold 16 for 10 cents Gold Last Sunda, program gave promise of a bae day and truly Juan Fraec Park transcended sit on that occasion. Ideal January Weather prevail d, tbe track was much better than the prev. ous Sunday, he contests very keen and the monster owd was not disappointed, specially those who bought Urama is the Morales Handica.
It is indeed very gratifying ta note bow splendidly the large fields of natives are despatched from the starting gate.
This is in a large measure, responsible for the exciting tinishes which Di character most of the event.
The day classic was the seven rice for Imported hores of class Seven fine horses et gaged in this struggle.
Don Juan and Sasafras made the pace for five furlongs when Sisafras gave place to Factor Rus In coming up the home stret Teran on Factor Raso was inclined to create the spectacular by playing with Don Juan and then winning at the last moment; but the threatenink Lisor jo frustrated the plan and Factor Rus) barely e ned wib victory.
The Dr. Morales Handicap, fou furlong race for imported horses of class furnished tbe day excitement. Urama, a recent importation from Vene zveia, wbo had only 13 tickets, aumed the lead early in the race but to this was attached Title importance. When, however, she maintained the lead coming down the bome stretch the crowd stood on tip toe, and Juan Franco would have been as silent as a graveyard but for the lucky thirten Zapa bitterly isappointed ber backurs when she was beaten by Liandro in the Jockey Club Hand cap.
Rin Topacio showed that he properly belongs to a higher class when wh 118 pounds be won the Nauonal Handicap in the exellent time of. 57.
RESULTS Maiden Handicap, furlongs Flor de Lis 1, Spearmint Pol Dald 84 90.
National Handicap furlongsRon Topacio 1, Rialto Pool paid 00 Dr. Morales Handicap. fur.
longs Uraia 1, Doris Morton Pool paid 891. 90 Jimmierz Handicap, furlongs Chomba Loca 1, Horizonte Pool paid 90 Juan Franco Handicap, OPENING EXERCISES.
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Chlari Handicap, furlongsFactor Raso 1, Lisonjero Pool especially striking and must be paid 80 bracketed as a motherly talk to Hadico Premio Mixto, furthe students.
low No Se 1, Chagres Pool Mr. Walrond in a brief exhortapaid 70 tror urced them to make much of Jockey Club Handicap, fur the West Caribbean Training the opportunity afforded them by longs Liandro 1, Zapa2. Pool School to obtain a practical educa paid 16. 20 on the like of which did not exist ca the Isthmus, an education Traffic During the First Fit which is three fold in character, as teen Days in January it provides for the student a spiritual basis, and fits his body From January to 15, inclusive training, physically to receive the intellectual 237 commercial ships passe r ce he noticed that the majority As one interested in the through the Canal and pad of the students were coloured and 1, 097, 960. 42 in tolls. In addition le therefore begged to thank the to the 237 commercial vessels, Seventh small launches made the transit, the interebbery Adventist body for paying 90 in tolls The total for the responsibilities of life.
tolle collection for the period was 1, 097, 970, 32 The exercises were interspersed The average daily number of students, which added greatly to with two appropriate choruses by commercial transits during the the pleasant afternoon function.
first fifteen days of January, 1924, was 15. and the average daily colection of tolls thereon was 73, 197, 36. The average daily Prince of Wales Rides as collection of tolls on all traffie was 73, 198. 02. These averages do Jockey, Finishes Third not quite equal those of December, 1923, but are greater than those of any other month since the London despatch, States that opening of the Canal.
the Prince of Wales, who has heretofore seriously alarmed the royal NEW BUST OF LLOYD GEORGE family by his frequent falls from the saddle, today proved hin. self a jo koy of class.
Mr. Bryant Baker, one of The Prince entered the Sandown the best known English sculptors National Hunt flat race of over two has just completed a new bust of miles, riding Phaco, owned by Lord Mr. Lloyd George. When the Westmoreland. The heir to the scciptor started on his job he throne went trough all formalities found that it was a case of one of weighing out, entering and pabusy man trying to model one rading in the ring with the rest of who was busier. The result was the jockeys.
that Mr. Baker had to resort to When the Prince mounted Phaco all sorts of times and places in den order to get his work done. Mr. gave an exhibition of back jumping Lloyd George was surprised but the prince hung on.
when he was shown the finished Using an American racing seat, bust, because he could not re the Prince was with the rear guard member having poser for it. The for the most of the journcy, but, fact was that the sculptor bad pushing Phaco up after entering watched in the House of Com the streith he finished third.
mons and in the Downing Street great crowd cheered the heir office while his subject was in successful debut in first class flat ction.
racing.
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dragged down by aa undercurrent of orrow, crablike netiviti from in tividaus obed by juos and distortel minds With a growing Ppilation, Labor practically and diseri minstions rife among the labor Unions, respectable sad intelligent partirs must surely tremble for the ut are welfare of their children.
What will become of the young men and women of to morrow?
Is here no means of assisting tem some way or other? The fault is ours to a great extent.
Let us lift the curtain and look back to the construction days of the Canal, We see various sp: imene of humanity including the peasantry from every country under the sun We shilt the scheme along Central Avenue and the ruburbs of Panama city, the Progressive mind would never be gratified by seeing West Indiin business places. Nearly all of the commercial enterprises have been monopolized by the thrifty Jews, Greeks, Syrians and Italiaas. We glory in patronizing three places and building them up. The saying that blood is thun water is inapplicable to West Indians bere; for, if one opens up a business place, the current remark is: He now wants to get rich.
And the vil thought that forms the basis of the remark, We shall all remain in the mire.
These fratricidal and unnatural traits brand us incompetents, and as such, must only be tolerated through our willingness to stab a brother in the back by refusing to give him our support, when, by building him up, he becomes a power capable of representing us The irony of it is that we are all new Negroes. Indeed we are new new to most things progress.
ive. Although we retuse to give our brother patronage, yet in time of trouble he is the only one cought, becatuse it would be useless to seek aid from those whose pockets we have enriched. In the Court, by the sick bed and the silent grave, the neglected brother must be there About two years ago, an en.
terprising young man opened a small grocery at 12th October Street, Guachapali: Businesslike, courteous and generous, he de.
Eerves to succeed. But although he is an officer in the strongest (numerically) organization in the city and one that preaches refor mation to redeem the race, yet they have not redeemed themselves to the extent that a dozen of them will spend one cent with him.
Birth Like the flower girl he is still Mr. Ernest Yearwood, teacher at suading there, while the hundreds Chapter 14 School, Guschapali, pass unheeding. If the tenants o!
was a happy man on Thursday ten, of the houses on the same last when he received the glad block were to spend their daily news that he was the father of a dimes with thing man, in a bouncing baby boy which arrived Few yortbe he would have a Wednesday last at the Santo business place of which one conid Tomas Hospital Mother and justly be proud.
Babe are doing well.
Nobody thinks anything about us, and nobody has a right to, ACTIVITIES ON THE. while we depreciate ourselves Failures very often are installments of future victories. We (Continuei from page 1)
therefore, should gird ourselves been interfered with on tnat We should cast out the demons of with determination to try again account land and yet more land, with the true brotherly love and racial Cuttirg, clearing, cleaning of hate, fear and doubt; cultivate prosecution of the expeditious pride by pooling our resources and enprinteru rey work of a 07. civil perich any obstacled front before go on acpace making the all will be construction of camps and com ated. We should educate ourselves missary departments in various and our people, and let sections of the plantation easy.
our lives be so ordered as to comTIME OF UNIVERSAL LABOR UN other peoples with whom we live.
mand the attention and respect of REST APPARENTLY ALSO Then, and then only only will we REALISED know our status in in any comIt seems too that in treating with munity, and be admitted into the colored labor and situations whichare bound to on the plantation comity of nations.
arise from time to time, the LABOR TOPSY TURVY.
management has not underestimated the fact that we are living in a moment of time in the world the Commissary prices serve but (Continued From Page 1)
history of universal unrest in the rank and file of labor, and is to increase the resentment in the endeavouring to cope to the best breasts of the laborers. This order of its ability, no doubt with such was put into effect at least five emergencies that might arise and to years too late.
As one man said settle them wisely and justly where paddock after the horses are all it is like closing the gate of the reason on the part of labor is not gone.
abandoned or unconsidered.
In Almirante on Tuesday the banana labourers went on strike, THE BLACK REPUBLIC Whether as a means of prevention of rioting or for intimidation is not (Continued from page 1)
known but at the request of the but a record of hard fact and Police with fixed bayonets were a squad of National accurate observation. It does not despatched there under command even seek to prove that there is any congenital incapacity for selfof Lieutenant Zelaya.
goverament in men of negro blood. laborers have gone on strike and At Old Bank also, dissatisfied Indeed history holds many records put in a demand for six dollars Liberia on the part of small ruling per hour for general work.
of just as complete failure as in gold per trip and 25 cents gold classes of second rate whites, tried by the temptations of Still It is certainly a pity that these power.
it is a melancholy result for an ex make their fight so much easier men are unorganized as it would periment from which much was and their victory a foregone con originally hoped.
clusion, Races! Races. THE BIGGEST MEET OF THE CARNIVAL SEASON TO. MORROW Sunday, February 3rd, 1924 patronize MASSIVE RACES 9 for Imported Horses and for Native Ponies The Renowned Buck Dancer will stage his comeback, and others who have been off the track for a long time 63 HORSES WILL COMPETE Company First race starts at 15 sharp ADMISSION: Grand Stand Grounds 50c.
Ladies Free