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IN THE FIELD 



When last heard from Dr. Craiiiptoii had i)ractically finished his 

 work in Siani. In a short note sent from Bangkok, he wrote as follows: 



"My son and I have been five hundred miles inland, and have made 

 collections there [8iam] that are satisfactory, while the study of the 

 ecology has been profitable also. Tomorrow we start by rail down the 

 Malay Peninsula to Singapore, collecting at two places, and then we go 

 to Java for a time. 



"The contacts that have been established with many men, and 

 several institutions, out here, will prove vahiable for the enrichment of 

 our departmental series. The authorities have been most helpful in all 

 places. 



"Various lots of material have been shipped back from time to time, 

 including the ^Mariana Islands collections, which were the most com- 



plete." 



ISIr. Chubb has given us a few notes on the week-end visit which he 

 and President Osborn paid to "Man o' War" recently: 



"At the beginning of the racing season, when reports began to come 

 in of the wonderful achievements of the great horse, 'Man o' War.' 

 our President began to feel a subtle longing for the 'track.' As these 

 reports ])ecame more and more marvellous, he openly declared his in- 

 tention of seeing the great horse run. But, alas! whenever the race was 

 announced and a trij) was planned, matter even more i^re.'^sing doomed 

 the President to disappointment. 



"I followed the steed to Saratoga, where I had hoped to see Professor 

 Osborn measuring with accurate eye those twenty-five-foot strides, and 

 watching the action of powerful muscles, but he received only meager 

 reports and photographs of a rather disapi)ointing quality. 



"Later, when jierformances were repeatedly given quite near home, 

 the fates wer(> unchanged, except that I did succeed in getting a number 

 of good photcgrajihs of the great horse during his races. But it was very 

 desirable to get close range photographs, showing structural features, 

 as well as carefully made portraits of this wonderful speed mechanism. 

 This it was not practicable to do while the horse was in training. Finally, 

 after 'Man o' War's' season was closed and he had retired to his home 

 stable on the eastern .shore of Marvland, we were invited bv his owner to 



