Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1895 — CAPTAIN RICE’S WHISKERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAPTAIN RICE’S WHISKERS.

Some Say He Was Ruled Off the Turl for Pullins Them. Habitues of all Western tracks from St Paul to New Orleans are familiar with the “gag” that Captain Rice, the Arkansas horseman, has been ruled off the turf “for pulling his whiskers." Few sportsmen are better known than Captain E. R. Rice, one of whose most

valued possessions is his tremendous crop of whiskers. They reach below his knees and their extremities not infrequently are seen waving through between his legs when the captain stands facing a smart breeze. Captain Rice, besides his string of race horses, owns an immense cotton plantation near Little Rock, and is one of the most popular men in his vast circle of acquaintances.

CAPTAIN R. R. RICE.