LATEST LOCAL EPINARD OVERWEIGHT BUT WINTERED WELL Bo Says Eugene Leigh, Ameri= can Trainer of the French Champion. Maisons-Laffitte, France,- March 17 ~--Epinard, the wonder horse of the European 1923 racing season, has wintered very well and his scratching from the Lincolnshire Handicap was not due to any distem- per or trouble with his legs, which are sound and strong. Too much weight, both on his back and over his ribs, is the reason | which prompted Pierre Wertheimer to withdraw the horse from the Eng- lish classic. Wertheimer thought that asking a horse to carry 140 Ibs. so early in the season against the class entered in the handicap was "a bit rough," and he did not want to take the chance of getting the horse to sour on his work, or meet with a defcat before starting off 'on his American cam- paign. The record weight ever al- lotted by the British handicapper, previous to the iinpost on Epinard, was 138 lbs. which Polymelus was asked to carry some years ago. Polymelus scratched. The freezing weather of February made the track here go hard that it CORNS SOFTEN IN FOOT BATH Hot water extraction of corns and callouses offers the only perfect way to rid yourself of these painful troubles. Take just a minute or two and spread a few drops of Putnam's * Painless Corn Extractor over the sen- sitive surface of the corn or callous, and the pain is stopped at once. Then you will forget your corns, because they will not pain. Later you use a hot foot bath for five or ten minutes. Corn crumples up and drops off. It is "a grand and glorious feeling that you get from Putnam's Painless Corn Ex- tractor, It costs but little, and Is sold by all druggists. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR WINTER Boole Vung FROST'S AUTOMOBILE PAINTING 200-305 QUEEN STREET. Auto Tops and Seats Recovered Side Curtains, All Kinds of Bevelled Glass Lights | SPORTING RAY MOND BOLL Former Sally Leaguer, who is slated for a 'permanent berth with the Leafs. His flelding has featured the exhibi- tion, games with the Tigera in the south and according to Manager Howley, the Toronte club will be bet- ter fixed at second base than since the days of Eddie Fitzpatrick. AAA AAA AA AN was practically impossible for Epin- ard to do any hard work at all, Eugene Leigh; the American train- er who looks after the conditioning of Epinard, told the correspondent the other day that "working 40 pRQnds off Epinard in five weeks was |a much easier task than taking half a pound off Johnny Dundee in five days in order to make the feather- weight limit." ' Epinard's first engagement is at Saint Cloud late in April, and Leigh says he will have the "horse fit to run for a king's ransom." Epinard is one of the sweetest tempered animals that the veteran trainer ever has looked after. His constant' companion is a 'mongrel dog! from which the speedy horse refuses to be separated, even when locked up in his stall for the night. An effort once was made to have Epin- ard take up with a dog of high de- gree, but it failed. The only show of temper that the horse has ever shown was when Wertheimer insist- ed in forcing upon him as a compan- ion, instead of the mongrel, a beau- tiful 'prize winner at one of the re- cent dog shows. Epinard kicked, literally, for the first time, and the attempt was abandoned. . Jersey City International baseball club has been sold, It is reported $85,000 was paid for players and franchise, FRANK (FLASH) GILHOOLEY There 1s no better lead off in baseball than this diminutive outfielder, who has seen service with the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, and who was purchased by the Toronto club from Reading last winter, We Can Regrind Your Cylinders square with the base -ropfid and true with a heavy duty cylinder grinding machine, giving perfect work in every respect. . Automotive Grinders Limited 225 Wellington Street BARGAINS IN USED CARS 'Molaughlin K-45 --.. ~~~ = - Nolaieils C 0s ame se mw ed em we Bae Bis "-e Er es ee ee . THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG FROM THE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. | Baseball fiends from all over Ontario gather at the O.B.AA: annual meeting in Toronto to-day to plan the campaign for the coming season. esting developments. | It should be an interesting meeting and there may be some very inter- A The Canadian Intércollegiate Athletic Union is meeting at Queen's University this evening. More interesting developments are possible there though nothing of a sensational nature is on the slate. Things that never happen--The Printers' Baseball Club, of Kingston, senior champions of Ontario for 1923, are reorganizing for an even better campaign in 1924. enter the International League have not been confirmed. Rumors that the team would turn professional and Manager Ham- mond is reported to have secured first rights on the Newark franchise, however, "Slip me a million and I'll fight, All I ask is to make it right; Only a hundred thousand down, And maybe a mortgage on the town. Slip me the government mint and I'll Sock his chin for at least a while; Six hundred thousand ¥ Well, I may--" Howinelldotheygetthatway ? How can a duffer preserve his soul When six putts land on the edge of the hole ? Our esteemed friend Jakle Solomon should hold, forth in all his glory at the O.B.A.A. meeting to-day. However, a lot of people know the Peterboro magnate much better now than they did a year ago and his lengthy orations will. not receive quite so muck attention. - On Friday afternoon four young men turned out on the cricket field with bats, baseballs and gloves. season for Kingston is officially inaugurated. THat settles it. The 1924 outdoor ball Let them go, starting even at the wire and may the fan with the loudest voice' win out. -------- HELEN HOLMES, Movie star, boxing with Harry Mason, English lightweight champion, while on their way Fencing and Rifle 8hooting Austria's Hope in Olympics ' Paris, March 18.--Austria hesitat- ed long before deciding to partici- pdte in the 1924 Olympic Games, but once having made up their minds the Austrian. athletes are resolved to make a strong bid for world recog- nition. At Chamonix her unrivalled figure skaters, singles and pairs, car- ried off two firsts and one second in the three events competed. Fencing and rifle shooting are the events in the summer sports towards which the Austrians are bending eveyy effort in their training. Aus- tria's fencers in pre-war Olympic Games have always given a good ac- count of themselves, and French fencers here feel that they 'will again prove a factor to be reckoned with. Austria will be represented by eight fencers and two jurymen. « An Austrian team of"six men will compete in the rifle target shooting competition, while two will enter the clay pigeon shooting. The" Austrians have specialized in the light and middle-weight boxing classes, and will be represented only in these two categories. They have entries for ten track events, the 5,000 metres being the race which they have uppermost in their minds. Ten shot putters . and javelin -| store, Treadgold Sporting from the U.S .to Europe. er tt a a throwers are entered and five wrest- lers, also in the light categories. Austrian oarsmen, however, have remained irreconciliable, and abso- lutgly refuse to participate in the Olympics from which their German comrades are barred. & J: THE BARRIERS RUN, It. win Be [Oy to All, Athletics-- + Run Next Fall. In order to promote and popular- ize the sport of middle distance run- ning the Harrier's Club of Queen's University, at a recent meeting, de- cided upon making the Harriers run, which will be held next October, an open event, Invitations were issued to the Kingston Collegiate Institute, Regiopolis College, the Y.M.C.A. and other organizations known to be in- terested in athletic activities, The invitatiofis were 'not confined to members of organized athletic clubs, however, so that any individual ath- lete in Kingston and surrounding localities, who would llke to com- pete in a middle distance run fis yrged to start training at once for the Harriers run of 1924. xy The harriers run is 8 race of be- tween five and six miles over country roads and through city streets, A generous prize list was provided last fall by the following prominent mer- chants and business men of King- ston. W. Cusick, Lockett's shoe store, Bibby's," Abernethy's shoe 'Goods Company and James Bews. In. all GENERAL REVIEWS |Jooked for a very successful year for nine prizes were offered. hope of the club to be able to ar- Tange an 'even more elaborate prize list next fall. Further information may be ob- obtained hy writing the secretary. of the Harrier's Club, Queen's Univer- sity, PICKS OSHAWA TO WIN CENTRAL ONTARIO LOOP So M; P. Duff, League President, Stated at Lindsay Recently. President M. P. Duff of the Central Ontario Baseball League expresses the opinion that Oshawa is the team to beat the . championship this summer, -He is also. rather dubious as to Belleville"s prospects ons ac- count of Williams' departure. The Lindsay Post carries the following interview with the feague president: 'Among the visitors 'to Lindsay in connection with the C.N.R. official visit 'was Mr, M. P. Duff, of Belle- ville, who this year holds the respon- sible position of president of the Central Ontario Baseball League. "In conversation with a Post re- | presentative Mr. Duff stated that he the league, as the four teams Belle- ville, Kingston, Peterboro and @sha- wa, have apparently rounded some good material together. He at the same time éxpressed his regret that Lindsay had found it a matter of policy to drop out. Lindsay, he stat- ed, had always been a good support- er of the league, and a drawing card. NEWS SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1924. TIMELY COMMENTS It.is the |g "At the same time President Duff said he understood just why Lindsay d0d other towns had dropped out, that they were unable to carry on in face of the enormous expense of playing baseball to-day. He hoped for better conditions. "Regarding the Belleville team he had very little to say, except that the NOW IS THE TIME NATIONAL Base Ball Week . 20578 rr a 1024 ai 5 HE 819 110 Sole Agency for Kingston SPALDING'S ATHLETIC GOODS World's Best Sporting Goods for 48 Years. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 PRINCESS ST. PHONE 529, ' oo Grand Trunks would make an effort to put in a strong team, They would suffer greatly by the loss of "Lefty" Williams, the Indian twirler, but had great hopes in Keon, the young twirler from * Tweed. "The president looks for Oshawa honors." ---------- panion, on J nn © EXCEPTIONAL RIDING Com FORT Owners continue to comment 'on the marked riding comfort of Dodge Brothers Motor Car. Increased chassis length, low- swung body and generous seat depth have much to do with this. Primarily, however, it must be accredited to the greater buoy- ancy of the new spring equip- ment. The rear springs are ten inches longer, and underslung. M. OBERNDORFFER 124 CLARENCE STREET., LL] to be the team to beat this year for ; He who knows not the way to the f sea should make, the river his com= '