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CAPTAIN JAS H REES OUT OF DANGER Will Soon Be Able to Leave Pittsburgh Hospital for His Home The many friends of Captain Tames II Ilees whc is so well and favorably known as a turf offi ¬ cial and has been dangerously ill for the past two months will be glad to learn that he is recovering and will be soon removed trom the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh to his home In Memphis MemphisFor For many years Captain Kees has been a martyr to sciatica and neuralgia About three months ago he went to Hot Springs Ark for a course of bths and while there mastoiditis developed There were five operations iu all at Hot Springs followed br one of a major character by the renowned Pitts ¬ burgh specialist Dr Milligan who found a condi ¬ tion of the most alarming nature He held out little hope of recovery but Mrs Kees writing to a friend here says the wound is healing well and ur further complications are looked for by the specialist specialistCaptain Captain Kees first became connected with racing ii tlie days when Colonel Montgomery was the dictator of the Memphis Jockey Mull He was a most capable secretary taking sufficient time from his other business interests TO frame a program which attracted the best horses in the country for twentyone days during April Uiter on he was steward or presiding judge and sometimes filled both places in San Francisco Chicago and New Orleans lie was a terror to evildoers and his services were widely in demand until his steamboat interests demanded nil of his time timeIt It was to Captain Kees that James Sheridan the nldtlme starter who was i character in his day wrote a famous letter announcing that he would no start the horses at his next engagement with a drum as had been the custom in this country The letter is a model of lacom wit Here it is Eatontown N J J II Kees Secretary Memphis Jockey Club ClubDear Dear Sir At your coming meeting I shall start the horses with a flag instead of a drum There are a few deaf jockeys but I know of no blind ees Yours J SHERIDAN
