Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 57

WAS Jolm‘s Collcge. An- napolis, Will Com- pete in Transatlan- Boats for Cup Of- fcred by King AI— bert of Belgim{l. i AN APOLIS, Md.. February 19,1921 7 who holds the‘chair of cher- istry in-the faculty of St. Johu's Col- Belgians, has offered, the race to'take piace same time this summers " - *1 am highly enthusiastic over jt.” he ' continued, “and am ady to mation as-1o the details of the pro- ] t i | tic Race of Small k gian consul general at New York. which regd: launch preliminary plans for the jaunt | mother: just: as soon as I receive more infor-|{in St. Louls, Mo. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON; D. HINGTON MAN ,IS ONE OF FIRST TO ENTER BIG .- TRANSATLANTIC RACE tor of civil law from Hamilton Col- tege of Law at Chicago. HIis vacht. the Siesta. though Sev “Annapolis, Md.: enty-one feet long. is only forty-fiv § < about two vears ago from Maitland W. F. CLAYTON.” _ | Alexander of the New York Yacht : |Club. It was originally built for _Prof. Clayton is a native of Wash- | ington, D. His Yather is dead. His Mrs. Mary P. Clayton.’ lives He fs thirty-ilve | of Columbia “Respectfully, decked over. discussed- in proposed race. a tentative way the He says he would years old, a graduate cruising jn Maine waters and is well | Prof. Clayton says he has already | Fhe yacht would be made over con- | siderably. Clayton says, in order to place. her in the best possible condi- *tion for the journey.- He proposes to the ‘waters of Chesapeake bay. One of the conditiors of the race is that the engine of the Siesta will have to be sealed. or else removed. The professor £ays he would prefr to have the engine sealed, so that | in the évent of an emergency it may ‘be used. ‘WHEN HENRY OF NAVARRE BEAT DOMINO BY W. H. CLAGE®T. WING to a decideds diversity . of opinion as to the relative " merits _of their respective —"" entties, intepsified by an un- warranted unpleasant personal feel- ing that had developed between th event occurred during the latter part of the nineteenth century th: miore interest and enthus! sweepstakes between August Bel- Keene’s Domino and B. L. (Lucky) Baldwin's Rey Bl Santa Anita, run ai Sheepshead Kay. September 11, 1895 As that exceptiopaliy brilliant rac- iRg SEa¥OD WS UrwViLg 0 i.5 Cio8e— a scadon noted for tne class of the entrants tna. had paru cluded in which were suca notau.e performers, besides tne abeve mcm- tioned, as Mequ.iial, One 1 Love, Clifford. Doris., Sir waiter and olu- | crs—rumors new thick and fasi re- the . proposed match race which would. crawn_the “victor king of the American turf. - . There was muen discussion--and oM2ny bitter woras passed, but when, ‘on September » Byron McClelland, ! man called out to hig clerk. acting for Messrs. Belmont and Bal win, signed an agreement with Mr.|Grannan. Keene and his son Foxhall for the special sweepstakes. the racing. fra- tornity of the country breathed of gelief. At first it “was thought that H. L.| riedly on to “Ike” Thompson, and Rose. ' a comparatively would add his brilliant newcomer, Brambie- Duchess horse. Clifford, to this galaxy | ting inclosure until ke was tired. of champions, but at the last minute he decided not to.. The terms of tbe agreement called fof 'z sweepstakes. at one mile and.a furlong, .$1.080 with 3500 added. Ag added clausé stiputated that a secol ce be run between the same hofses at the fall meet of the Brooklyn Jockey Club at Gravesend. ERE el Moss Rose; Domino, by Himyar-Nan- Litgle “Soup” Perkins was selected to 3 horse; Fred Taral, piloted Domino, while “Willie” Simms had the “leg up” on Rey El Santa Anita. It was expected that a great mul- titude would see this contest between the acknowledged.leaders of the se: n's stars, but while New York was ammed” with visitors drawn to_the city to witness the Defender-Valky rie JIT yacht races, not more than 12.000 persons were in attendance at the track- Those who were fortunate |him standing. enough. however, to look down from the most picturesque grandstand in the east, saw something that day that was worth while remembering to téll 10 their “children—~a memorable and stirring _contest with. neither acci- dents. fouls nor 'inférférence to mar the ¢ e or affect the result. The jubhouse was uncomfortably crowded with New York's smartest) t, the fashionably dressed women of which, -with. their exaggerated puffed #leeves aud.huge hals proppéd on the top of ‘their heads would doubtless caust 2 ripple of laughter it seen by the extremists of fashion in the feminine world Ypday. . On the Jawn ewery notable furfman could be found, .for.the race ' i was ol ! s e admirers and_partisans, no -racing | caused { known to the racing fraternity as 'h-u” ! “one-timers” had been, going on for Amérfcan sportdom than the special| denty a whisper went down the line, mont's Henry of Navarre, James R.jflelds of grain, iputed.” in- [ peaching - “Joe sigh | sand is enough to lose- to the race, {of The furf he would raise so much{ krench words, “couvre,” to ‘thé “chalkers” of that period | had apparently broken down. but be- whether Grannan bet or did not bet. | fore their groans had echoed across and if he backed Navarre, as hai i the track ‘Domino had again stood been predicted he would. the putlic|off his.rivals and was speeding like could be given' Domino at a larserjthe wind“down the backstretch two ice, and If he did not back the son ! lengths in front and . going along the Knight ofgElerslfe. the gentle- | easily. . men o= the high Stools might be com-| The ‘pace wis growing faster as elled to make.a gambfy of it. hold- |each pole was passed. The Navarre € the horse themselves, sometning | adherents looked blue as they noted hey were none too desirous of doing. ) the smooth, frictionless stride of Conslderable “nibbling” by, what is | Domino’rushing by the painted poles over there on‘the backstretch ia black -shadow. while two lengths |hehmd him Perkins was pushing and ,‘"DI ng the favorite to nang closer { to_Domino. 1t_certainly looked like the Keene avarre!” orse would win easily. Two-lengths Pown at the extreme end of the!behind Navarre was poor Rey El betting inclosure. a young. smooth- [Sania Anita. hopelessly oeaten, Simu faced man moved briskly along with |driving him = along ~just to keep a crowd of eager followers -hangirg | within “spe#king distance” of the close to his heels; He moved with [leaders. + s businesslike precision. and acted 1§ke | All *hé’ way up the backstretch, a man who knew what he was doing, jround the far turn. past the six-fu Tllman, veteran of | long pole, the saven-furlong pole. the more than 100 big beteing racss in :mile pole, Domino still held his lead the country, and admitted ta besone | unchallenged. of the most daring gamblerS of the! It wab only ‘a quarter of a mile time, he stopped. B i1o the judges and a broad gap of want Navarre, Joe. What are the | daylight separated the black horse 0dds”” from hi§ parsuers. Every Deinino T1l fay you 6 to enthusiast i the stands was cheer- plied Uliman: [ HiK the favorite: e i iz Grannan. | - en, ‘suddenly. a shrill voice rose -¥:1‘y° :e.u‘?'g;”" o'}‘;e'zo!sll':noz "TIl- | above the clamor, “Look at Navarre i come!" fifteen or twenty minutes, when sud- Just as the wind ripplés thfough. the “Grannan's gone o 5 for $5,000." re- v - & % Xk % NTO the stretch came Domino with o the Belmont horse still a good length 1away. But the great chestnut was at last roused. With his long neck stretch- ed out, his eves blazing with fire of bat- fl;. 11 his sluggishness departed, Henry of Navarre came down upon his rival with irresistible speed. e At the furlong pole Taral glanced over { his' shoulder and saw the chestnut at his =addle skirts. Then the “Dutchman “Twehty thousand, ~Joe. 4 The bookmaker hesitated for a min- ute, and then replied, “Twelve thou- Kiley,” and the plunger passed hur- after a similar scene with him pro- ceeded to make the rounds of the bet. * % % % HEN he walked out on the lawn to ‘watch thé finish, and, in answer to a friend who had intimated that he'd heard Grannan had bet heavily on the race, coolly replied, “I stand to pull down $60,000 if Navarre wins.” like | | went to work as only he knew how. but | his efforts were useless. | At _every stride the chestnut head crert farther and Jfarthier along the black colt’s side. -Two hundred yards from the fin'sh and Domino was lead- inz by a neck, a hundred yards and .the neck was the shortcst of heads. Tired little Perkins seemed to have !lost control of Henry of Navarre, The great thoroughbred was fighting the !battle himself, winning his own race It was taking all that was in him to do it, and his own neck wae stretched in his. effort to pass Dom- ino, but he did pass him, first the. smail, flery head, and then the thi Isinewy neck, until, when the judges iwere reached, he had won b# almost half a length. / When he came-back all dripping to {the gtand with the blood marks on his side he. was cheered as no other. horse had been cheercd in the east for a long time, and he had earned it, for he proved himself without question to gbe one of thie bravest and most de Ipendable, one of the truest and most }gallant horses of his day. That Henry of Navarre's victory was merited was clearly demonstrated even days later, when, on September 18, with Clifford and the Oneck’s sta- ble's game little campaigner, Sir Wal- ter added, he duplicated his perform- ance and again defeated Domino and Rey el anta Anita in the first spe- ciml run at Gravesend. -After a- gruel- ing fight with Clifford in the stretch he came on to win ‘going away.” Clifford finished second and Sir Wal- ter third, while Domino pulled up last, Despite his two defcats by Henry of Navarre, Domino ever warm spot in the heart of his owner, land those close to Mr. Keene have said that the noted turfman thought more of the big black than of any other homse he ever owned. - When the son of Himyar died the owner of Colin, Sysonsby and many others had Away from the maddening rush of |; % 2 the Ydi‘nK ‘and the babble of the grand- and, out in the quiet paddock, where andkerch ghe sunshine darting through the H i st to their many admirers. ttle. Byron McClelland, ‘trainer of of dress. but it was the spread P e iy ol Susecsa. F;:flt‘"'":" brought fame and popularity to said as much to Mr. Keene and hiatthe handkerchief and diverted it to son, while Sam Hildreth, who looked the use-to which it is now generally after the interest of the notorlous!yut. “rogue Rey. El Santa Anita, Kept! i crier becduse it .- This moody animal. | S :‘:::P::t":ge‘::o":n h-and-outers” of used in the hand. A “kerchief” was Rls day, was a horse of many moods.| & €loth worn over the head, and “ker- When-not ridden by one of the crackschief” Is the English rendering of two o cover, and So, “vouvre-chet” trduble at the post that more than| cher” or “head once his field had gone on and left; meant “head-cover. Soon after introduction into Europe The bugle sounded, and in a few : of tobacco from America the taking minutes Henry of Navarre passed|of snuif became fashionable, and ths through the paddock gates on tothe[rich, luxurious or dainty people of track and galloped slowly down pastithe British lsles begun to use the the judges' stand, his golden chest: kerchief 1o cover their noses as they put coat glistening in .the ravs n("n'litd. and they called the little the atterngon sun, @ new spring to|Piece of cloth, gauze, silk or lace a his stride, which showed- his condi-| “handkerchis “1 The little, square of goods has been tion. He was a grand-looking ani-i ., eq for many centuries, but in mal and when the thousands in the [ Cafried fon Wany centuries, but in stands cheered and he turned his in-| yyme of the classic Greeks and Ro- telligent head toward them he 100K-| mgpg—jt was carrled principally as ed what he was. true type of thelan ornament, and before the days of thoroughbred. bright and' clean-, Greece it 8 carried by rich and lithbed. ilofty Persians both as an ornsmental Domino followed shortly after andj article of dress and as a useful bit the ovation the admirers of the! of cloth with which to wipe molsture mighty black horse gave him 'was|from the brow. The French word for one long to be remembered. ! “handkerchief*} is “mouchoir,” and Rey El Santa Anite was the last to that noun wai ade from the French ief of The English caled it a hand- | a kerchief | History a monument erected in his honor. At one time handkerchiefs were of | many sizes and various shapes, und | T ouis 1 XVI, promulghted, on Jarnary . that “the Igngth of handk. | (hets &hall equal ufeir, breadth henco- forth throughout ghe kingdof.” It is related infold chronicles that the handkerchicf has played a cer- tain part in Evélish politics. In 1745 handkerchiefs were stamped with the portraits of the principal followe of the young pratender as a means } of miving publicity to these men and { aiding in their capture. It is related that some of the princlpals of the I occupied a! [ the following references to the Wash C.. 'FEBRUARY R WAKEFIELD, WHERE WASHINGTON WAS BORN, IS A FARM AND NOT ness rests on Mount Vernea It is not altogether beea o to th many go there to of Washington . or three re a steamboat v My Nount Capitnl Alute the near memory One reasen why we why Ao lands there, trolley | there and there thousand for housand stran rently the hoi Shingion lived, r wherein he I t the tomb in whivh sll that of him rests. not one man away from the hum bing world as the spot v lington w nowl his ancestors 1 his Lind live that place Licks imagination. to « ful memories and run antomobile | nerhiape rs who wher at thel away and maorta strays so I whers s not b th stir ad bt T Power 1 uy; Bood | trouble and No mhoat st { ane con. s thy Ivania which tomac river unty, Md from the born. widy 3 de branch line of the Penns. has its terminus on th t Popes ereek in ( hat bout fi Mace Where and on the v, Vil rbad-—no within @ fow ood | years no birthplace. conside: spur from down the There i ation for the trunk “neck” whic! a proposal building a road leading | h will connect -oads _which lead through woods and »ver fislds. Traveling over these roads s difficult in other than dry weather. The proposition of the people in West- morelanid _county is that the United States shall build this short road, the landholders being willing to cede the | right of way. It should be borne inl mind that the United States spent a arge sum of money to make Wakefield accessible to patriotic . pilgrims. And the government failed. 1t built a costly pier. which Potomac steamboats either could not or would not use. Itmadea road, perhaps a mile and a quarter or a mile and a half long, from that pier {o the splendid monument which it built on the site of the birthplace house. The pier, which was never used by the public, has disappeared, though very likely you may be able to see long rows of pile stumps it low water. And, of course, nobody uses the road that the government built. Far down the Polomac river, in West- moreland county, Va., on a stretch of nigh land, long an open fleld, but now wing up in cedars, and between two creeks—the upper called Bridges' and he lower Popes. after landowners of the early colonial age—stands a_simple white granite shaft erected by the “nited States government and inscribed ‘Washington's ~ Birthplace.” It stands »n the site of the house, long ago a ruin, n wirich Washington was born. ‘ron picket fence surrounds the monu- ment, and against the fence, outside ind ingide, grow clusters of big bushes which bear sweet fruit in season. These are the survivors of the fig bushes which 2rew in the Washington garden and are mentioned in some of the old chronicles, Scattered throush the surrounding turf wre bricks and smaller bits of native stone, once a part of the foundation walls'and_chimneys of the Washington house. The fild of the monument is| billowed with old corn furrows, new | overed with-firm sod, on which cattle raze and from which cedars and other | rees are springing. Old corn furrows are \\aner{ull)‘ persistent, and some- | 1imes fin this wonderful Potomac coun- try, ahd, of course, also in the valley of the Rappaliannock and the yalley of the Patuxenf. one may see the trace of the plow in woodland where timber has grown tall and stout since the last corn crop was cut. THE Washington bithplace house was destroyed by fire, and it/ geéms not to be known when this /| happensd. The chimneys, or parts of | them, were standing within the | memory of man. Washington Irving. in his “Life of Washington,” written between the years 1855-1859, made * ok k¥ ! ington h-rmc: “George, the eldest, the subject of this biography. was born the 22nd of February (11 0.8.), 1732, in_the hom. Stuart party caused handkerchiefs to | be stamped with the portrait of i George 1L that his image might be put to ignoble uses. In 1710 Queen Anne had the text of an important spoech she had made to parliament printed on handkerchiefs, that the &peech might gain wide circulation and get into the homes of England. 1 Great Goers. A GOVERNMENT official said at a farewell dinner: “My pleasant job had only one un- pleasant featurc—the office secker. “1s there anything to compare with office seekers? They're all alike, all equally indefatigable. In fact, T have never seen an office seeker yet who An - 0, With the Potomac River—History of the Farm-—Name Given to Place After Death of V\’ashington—Monument on -Site of House—Graves of Washington.s Ancestors—Need There w is some testimony conce: the chimne: other than that submitted by ington was an and thi and the I remember the stone mark: by Mr. ness Irving. Tn 1904 0id apple orchard near the ruins avas very attractiv elf other boys in the n Custis, and I recall with clear- that there was also a Washington birthstone there at the time of the Cus- tis marker. scribed That birthstone was in. with the date of Washington's birth and with the names of his parents. It was a part of the inside wall of the broken chimney. 1t was lightish-colorea stone and 1 remember that as a boy, | building their quarters I thought it was marble, and, therefore, | borhood, carried off this of great value. lief that th was marble, though, of course, it ma: have been sandstone or Hmestone. 1 have retained the be- marker on the chimne: was a little boy when Charles Jett came to live remember him well. he was remarkable for two things. First, because ‘which the boys called orchard,’ and second, because he pulled | pieces of it down the only standing chimney. that he the Wakefield farm. but I To my boyish mind on he cut down the old apple trees sen. Washington's saying When the necded some brick. 4 reek. A nu ! sons' who had given thought to the sub- Of a GOO& RoadA put there | 2 A VILLAGE s,08 Ey HE deathplace and the tomb n[} - = = e e R e Bdc 4 George. Washington are| . . : OAL Boire Fhecel rup Prof. Walter F. Clay-| Shefned it by s s lT Is Five Miles Below Colonial Beach. e L o T 5 day. except on Sunday, for tion | v 5 e ie left the homostead on Pones ton, Instructorat St.! Sl ee e R R on Popes Creek. Near Its Junction R S Rapp ericksburg provided | the Pop inis sc |ton annock opposite Fred er_children wers On the death of Washington the ssad by will t tine Washing son, George o 3 rge Corbin Washington | 014 the farm to John Gray of Staf ford county. who gave it to his son Atehi was next sold to ©. Payne took the prop inection with other lands balance on it of $15.90 hen sold the place subject debi to. Henry T. Garnett, who afterward removed from Wesi ounty to Alabama. The ext s0ld to Charles (. Jet there five or six vears niel Pavne died. and the farm wo- at trustees’ sale, the execuiors thus making it a part of ° estate Mr. Payne’s heire . became the wife in 1 am Wirt. sen of the W in | | <o1a buyin ithe Pa v stimulate : (13 WOULD like the adventure thoughta and patriotic resojves. Tt ~ "1;:" '::;:I‘::'l:'“;"l":m:‘:!'. rar that just such a trip will because the pi where Washington [schoorim town " Rackviite = e offer.” said Walter F ton, patience and a1 of | and bbarded with Samuel W. jzruder. who lived in a house called st ust Grove. still standing. on th: d leading from Beane, on the eld Jlege, in talking of his application to oy fohno st corzotown-Rockville road, to Bell's enter his seventy-one-foot yacht in line within sixty miles and the lisoniy bin John creek. In 1846 thi the transatlantic race in competition steam railrond is about ALY [MrS Wirt 1o John F. Wison of Mary nd. whose son. John E. married Bet Washington. x mrand aughter of William Augustine Wash 2ton. The farm, l than a certain bought by the United States. ro- in possession of Mrs. Wilson, Ains * *x ¥ % tomobiie rouad-— ha en- 3 pov tered the re On W her Washington'’: TH" government houghten stip for ahcestors took up tands on their set- an avenue leading from a long ement - Ameri but now such whirch it y road_ps ong the northern neck { tomace . sl ot b xkie W e o m e T B O AT TS ARV BN ONE FEET] | L i s il eng and it the mewihi At Boee ER 1S 5 3 BOAT IS SEVENTY-ONE irregulay peninsula between the Rap- e 3 the Washington , LENGTH pahannock and Potc ek otomar. ceme te of the birthplace = RO W i house. There it be : : : | . There ught 2 3 f st anca from_the Belgian consul| University, N. Y. and has been a carry a crew of three men. He would THAT road leads between Fred- Crianal forbe Saimame b e el general at New York. member of the faculty of St. Johu's | act as master of the craft.'and John ericksbi : 5 . o e S . : R B i O Tuseins s » ook neo Prof Clay: | o 1o s e e O e o it o ericksburg on the south side of BASE OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN FIELD NEAR JUNCTION OF | the sitc of Yhe vanished house and 0 RSN NS Seal fo enfec s il |Gt at the San Francisco Medical knoikn Canadian waterman, now iy the r.anrpa‘r;annm-k 10 Montross, county | POPES CREEK AND THE POTOMAC RIVER, IN WESTMORELAND |18 garden. The cox pier was . W s v |College for several vears before | Washington. would be the “skipper.” | seat of Westm a, in its| COUNTY, V T e two tons and eeventy-one feet!coming to Annapolis. In addition Mr. Neff. he has alread Soatad ey land l’""' Ho iy wfi'—__—,[",‘ * of any use. The iaadips. place over all. s‘sine" s the smallest boat | m‘a master ror arts degree from |pressed his anxiety to make the trip.j /B0 “" 5 moreland county, g }was difficult for river steamboats, and ever entered in a cross-ocean race.|Columbia. Prof. Clayton holds a de- Clayton s he has another man in hative county of George Washing- | washington. This stone was placed | Auzustine, who inherited it from h steamboat captain years a A i s 2 < £ 5 < as & e, 3 0 told Prof. Clayton mafled his entry in a|grec of medical doctor from Birming- mind (o complete the crew for the |ion. pa within about a mile and | there by (corge Washington Parke ' father Augustine, who was the, fathe- | The Star man that the go\'e‘rnmcnl pe communication te Pierre Mali, - | ham (Ala.) Medical College and doc- ‘jaunt. hree-quarters of that great Ameri- | Custis, Esquire. G inherited Wakefield from his 'father. | o made regulations that were So un- satisfactory to steamboat men that they refused to stop at that whart. It decayed until only the piles re- son has passed to another sphere and his widow, one of the Popes cre Washingtons, lives on the old farm in a big house built by her husband and “Hon, Pierre Mali, consul general of | feet on the water line. It is fifteen | carry, as much spread of canvas as |that Toud with Washington's birth- e o Rt e ars oy e ained. and withi ; * Belgium, No. 25 Madison avenue, :nd“onfe-hhalfllarlh beam an: has a | the éas‘a«l will ‘stond, jand in this place. Then. perhaps, a multitude o;ljm,',;’f‘g':firf,. e e e e SRR A M oo carried along 'b'}e e 5:1:4)?"'1 o = W raft of abput eight feet five inches. ' connection it is planned to convert|Americans may réfresh their senti- | field. slowl her W {tall monument wih 3 st Ll tide. has removed-the piles. N c‘“’nfié&%%&i ST SomNs| BCT KK T reforerice to the pro- The cratt 16 of the yawl-rixged aux. | the - Siexta |Into “Aehooner HgRIng. | MeN(s of Couniry and of N4 st a vers e D oI STl e e s the riear i e e LT ovai0\ \IAS | poseq transatlantic face for seiling]iliary tvpe, having a three-clinder. | Prof. Clavton is & man who leans holy shrine. I o e R Thé Star man ‘has preserved an ta.{ment inclosed® with wire encine by e L i Yachts for King Alflerts cup. T de-|eighteen-horsepower engine. Prof.|to the life of a rover. and since| The only practicable way of reaching was born on a_farm adjoining the terview he had with Mr. Wilson in | " site of the birth S - = sire to enter the yacht Siesta: I !ha“Tma' ton regards the boat as capable |bringing the yacht to Annapolis he hington's birthvlace “today is to | Washington-Wakefield property the summer of 1904. He said: T { blace s o -from Fred for the cuip which Albert, king.of the | (Iank you for Tull inférmation con- | of Weathering some mighty rough | hes spent much of his“(ime during | eave the public hishwax, which is an | fiva vears axo, AR A boy 1 usedl (o play member the Custis morker. 1t was | EriTkebre or ‘rom Colninl - Beaeh - i g i cerning the matter. conditions. The boat was purchased | the open months knocking about in | :Xcellent road, and’ pass along private | about the ruins of the oid house. There put in position in 1513, while Mr.|and, striking th> state highway from + Fredericksburg to Mo Grove. follow that for a thile and = half and then turn east for a mile Iand three-quarters along the private road of the Wilsons, passing the ‘Wil- {son house and coming to the monu- ment. Then, perhaps. they may fol- * Jow the government's birthplace lan. norlh» to the cemetery, returning to the birthplace and then starting baes. over the Wilson lands to the stats road along the ‘neck.” The propesi- - Custis was living at Arlington. It was a big howlder of Potomac blue stone and was probably quarried on the Virginia side of the Potomac near the present Aqueduct bridge. It was taken down the river by schooner and set on the site of the Washington homestead, then indicated by- stand- ing chimnevs. The stone was in position when I came in possession of Wakefield. few years before the civil war some colored men, rose at Oak I Spimunt iR 8BS fine o 2 SRacree 0 K5k w A, G ama tion is that the government. shall build a good road from the =tate highway to the Washington birth- place, about a mile and three quarters The origin and significance of th- iname “Wakefield" are obscure. arly always written that George { Washington was born at Wakefie.d ! yet Washington never knew the place {by that name. In his time it was the Popes Creek farm, or the home on ... { Popes creek. It is believed that the name “Wakefield” was given th farm by George Washingion's nephew {Augustine’s son). William Augustine the neigh- biz ston and put it in position as a back for Mrs. Wilson (born hington) traced the stone and compelled the marauders to return it to the old house site. In the handling it was broken in halves. but the two pieces were taken back to the site of the Washington home and set up again itors chipped the one and carried away hundreds of s souvenirs, and during the civil wat the last vestige of the Potomac blue stone that had been S the tbree participants were all the tree { d on Bridges creek. This house | chimney was torn down the birthstone the Custis marker disappeared Washington, for on his death he be- A7 gour-year-olds, they were schied- | o ones s cw’,‘;‘_u‘,’,';’,:", B 5 = ea ands a wide view over many | was broken and the pleces were thrown ! e queaths “Wakefleld to_his ton, George uled to carry 122 pounds. Henry of horses strode sgilently around under miles of the Potomac and the opposite | over in the clump of fig bushes nearby \SHINGTON TRVING ~peaks of| COrDin Washington. i == e T e oo aheds. obescs ot Eaeat {n| ~f~HE hanikerchicf is an cxceed-| survival and modification of (14| shore of Maryland. It had probably | With other boss, I used to brush away | \|7ASHINGTON IR peaks of| In this nmelghborhood are many Navarre was by Knight of Ellersit ingly old article or accessory | Practice. the birthplace of Washington on|Solemn and historic =pots. Theye fis | the For Washington family burial loi. vears those graves lay out un- Bridges creek. and in other places in nie Gray, and sire and dam of Rey El| Heary of Navarre. wax happy and of ‘the tobacco habit, and the | the fact that handkerchiefs are now ! this little histors it is referred to as the | inclosed in an open fleld. There was panta Anite were Sceviot and Alaho.| confident. ~ “Billie” Lakeland, . they ynufr_taking habit in particular, | Square is attributed tf an edict of Kiny { Popes creek farm. The monument is, & vAult in this Tot. It Tiad heen dug n the earth, bricked up and arch-d over. either flush with the surfac jof the ground, or it may have been la little higher than the ground. The top of that arch was broken in and nearly filled with earth. The few flat gravestones in the weeds and bushes were cracked in many places close to Popes creek and about a mile i from Bridges creek. And you should | bear in mind that there are two “Popes creeks” in the vicinity of the Capital; fone in Maryland, which is probably the | better known, and one in Virginia. about ; JRERCE, Were eracked In mons pitces fifteen miles below the Maryland creek. | fence about the lot and had it There is no doubt that the house incleand up, He kept a tence around i : | the lot until a patriotic %ociety, the which Georze Washington was born was | Society of Colonial Dames of 'Vir- on Popes creek, but George Washing- | ginia, did what could be.done to re- ton's father, Augustine, was the third Store the gravestones and bullt a 5 Y stone wall about the cemetery. One generation from the immigrant John|gac gravestone is incribed: “In mem- Washington, who settled on these lands, | ory of Augustine Washington, father and ft is believed that the first Wash- | of” General Washington, born in the ington house may have been on Bridges | year 1694: died May —, 1743. This % mber of years ago a Star|sione is placed here by the Society . I a number of per-, of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Virginia." 1t is not known that George Wash- ington's father is buried in this lot. but it is. believed that he is. Mary Washington, the mother, is buried - at Fredericisburg. within the orig- inal grounds of Kenmore. the home ¢* of her daughter Betty. wife of Maj. Fielding Lewis. Another gravestone in the Washington lot is inscribed : Here iyes ye body of Ji tine W y Popes 5 Westmoreland county, ye 24 of Xber. 1499, a: | died ye >#th of Sober. 1739, *Who left behind i he: »wo sons and one daughter. > man, after talking w | ject, set down this | There is considerable conjecture_as to the site of the house in which John Washingtor {the immigrant. dwelt. There is stroug pre. sumption that Washington the Great was not borp in the house which the first John Wash. ington made his home. Washiogton's birt lace is variously written of as b2ing «m ridges creek d Popes creek., One would Incline to thil that these were two namex | for one creek. Bridges creek lies between a jle and a mile und a_half above. or nortl 1 ‘The Washington Bx;‘r‘h‘nl and - the fam vault are on ETOUnY Shove Rridges ereek. The mationul monnment marking the birthhouse site is close vest of Pupes cree ‘measyrably e sectiomal one—Henry of Xavarre ‘apd Fey -El* Santa Anita, backed baz!u west and gouth, while the mighti®Domino was supported by the unswervin Jxoubfi of the east. Down In thé-bafling ring more.than 150 professional betters sat, perched This lady was the first wife of George Washington's father -and the mother of Lawrence Washingza of 7% Mount Vernon. Her old home, Blenk 9 Hall.. is about two miles from the 3 cemetery. | __Another tomb is that of *John Washington. eldest son of Capt. La rence Washington.” Other. inscriptive " i matter on_this stone is not legible. but one can make out, “Also Mildred Washington, eldest daughter of satd Washington. who died ye 1st day August, 1696.” Another. stome 1§ in- seribed, “Col. John Washington of . Warton, England. died Jan. —, 1677." -1 It was in 1896 that the government .+ buiit the monument at the birthplace, built the wharf which nobody used and which has been destroyed, amd didn't deserve to have. inscribed on his tombstone the epitaph which was once sugzested for an office seker of Paint Rock & ‘Here lies Herbert Maxwell, in the only place for which he never ap- plied. ™ Yo 'the bank of Popes creek. The house S marker and the family buriul ground are a mile apart. Such a condition was unusual in iearly | colonial times. The private burial ground was, as a rule. not far from the | Gwelling and in “most instances was butSa few rods distant. Not far from the Wash fington cemetery and on an elevated ground ubove Bridges creek ix a xpot on which lo g0 there "wus u human habitation. ‘The Tichnexx of the soil and the character of the { Vegetation prove this, besides, there have been unearthed Tragments brick, - glave and pot- ltery. Tt is believed® that the first Wushing- ton mude his. home here. It may be that the house overlooking Popes creek, and look- ing out across the Potomac river may ha been built by Capt. Lawrence Washington, son of the immigrant. This farm—call it the Bridges creek or the Popes creek farm, as you will— was the property of John Washing- ton, his son, Capt. Lawrence Wash- | built the road which very few per- Washington, a granddaughter of |ington, and his son, Augustine Wash- | sons use. because it starts “from mo- ‘7% William Augustine Washington, who |ington. -This Augustine died in 1743, | where"—that 8. from .the rivee - inherited “Wakefleld” from his father.'Jeaving several large tracts of land.!shore where there is po.shart. 3 o < 5 5 5 i verb “moucher,” which meant to wipe Teave the paddock, heavy hooded and ! verb imoucher’ which meant to wip wearing a strap around hiy neck to|® 3 ralated in old chronicles that keep him from wind-sucking. ima grande mademoiselle,” the niece At the post Henry of Navarre Nad|orjouis XWI. had her handkerchiefs the rajl. with the California horse ' 230 004 ith apPays of heliotrope an second and Domino on the outside.itied with mauve ribbons. Mme. d high on their stools. showiig an -un- | There was only a short delay. and|Barry had.a handkerchief on which usual air of expectancy. Each layer!then Starter “Jimms” Rowe- auzht:{:flr name was_embroidered in pre- jdx Weld I hjs hand a_pasteboard | them in line and let his flag drop. The us Stones. Marie Antoinette had n Whitl were ‘writtef the prices | bigx race was on. ln handibrehtaf which was a square gainst_the different “horseés.| Before the Judges' stand wnlol the rarest 13ce, over which splendid 5-slip Domind Was quoléd | reached Taral had sent Domino to!pearls were &cattered and meshed the front. and in the first fifty yards,With the lace, and it is said that a the son of Himyar was two lenxths | mate to that handkerchief was in pos- before his field. Behind him came | sexsion of Mme. du Lamballe, who Henry of Navarre, with little Per- |suffered the same fate as the queen. kins looking anxious. and last of all| Among extravagant and luxuriant was Rey El Santa Anit: persons of the sixteenth century in They had hardly passed ‘the first | France and Italy handkerchiefs were urlong pole when the Domino back- [ embroidered with armorial bearings rs let out a cry of dismay. Henry | wrought-In precious stones. and the of Navatre fn a dozen' strides had | custom of ‘embroldering initials on importance slipped by him and the black demon handkench @ LAWRENCE WASHINGTON AND MISS FRANCES WIRT WASHI DAUGHTER OF MRS. GEOR WASHINGTON OF CHURCH POL (PHOTO MADE ABOUT 1914.) ‘the ‘leaves from these fragments and spell the words that were chiseled in them. -T suppose these pieces of stone have sunk under the mold and 1 be- licve 1 could go to the spot where they lay so long and perhaps they might be dug up.” in 1813 the birthplace farm passed out of possession of the descendants of the immigrant John Washington. In 1846 it was bought by John F. Wilton of Anne Arundel county, Md. and he gave it to his son, John E. Wilson, who married Miss Betty been purchased with the property and was one of the primitive farmhouses of Virginia. The roof was steep and sloped down over low. projecting eaves. It had four rooms on the ground floor and others in the attic and an immense chimney.at each end .Not a vestige of it-remains. Two or three decayed fig trees, with shrubs and vines, linger about the place and here and there a flower grown wild serves to mark where the garden.has been. Such at least was the case a few years since, but these may have likewise passed away. One stone marks the eite’ of -the house and ap inscription denotes. its being the birthplace of Too Modest. ¢EJE is too modest.” A seator was analyzing a poli- ticlan whose career has thus~far lacked success. It's a fault to be too modest,” the senator” went on. too modest young actor once insented in a week- iy an advértisement that brought no answers. The advertigement ran: ‘Wanted—Theatrical) engagement; preferably small part,’ such as dead s is Uelieved te- be allody or shours outside.; - i and-on 1 &E-$.te 5; Henry of Navaree, T to 5. and Rey El Santa Anita, 215 to 1 ¥t wak evident. though. that not one f these cared to bet. They were ail wafting_for the appearance of one man. Along the aisles that separated these makers of odds there ran the question, “Has Riley Grannan bet on Navarre yet?' = It was @ matter of some { 4 Yo o F-Ha