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Two Favorites Get First Money in Races at Col? umbia. Columbia. S. C, December C? Tho largest crowd of the season witness? ed the running of au ordinary card ut the Fair flrounds trnch heio to-day. The wenthor Wtis warm and pleasant and the finishes mostly close. Two favorites finished first. 'Jockey Turiief was suspended for Insubordination. First race?$-00; two-yeur-olds; six furlongs?Mamlta tf> tu 1 ? first. Miss Stannli (t to 1) second. Deduction (3 to 5) and nut. third, 'limn. 1:14 1-6. Second race?purse |200: two-year olds: six furlongs: soiling?Ncllo (5 to 1) first. Judge llowell ta to n second, Electric (1 to 2) third. Time. 1.11. Third race ?purse 8250: two-year olds; five and u half furlongs?Jaw none (7 to 2) first. Silas ijruinp (3 to ft) second. Queen Heo tl to 5) third. Time 1:0$. . j Fourth race?purse ?250; three-year-! olds; mile; selling?Troy weight (S toi ft) first, Helene t'T to 1<>) second. Chlp pewnyan t l to n third. Time. 1:41 2-5. Fifth race?purse ?200; three-year olds and up: mile: selling?Camel (S to 1) first. Clem Bcachuy (I to .*>) second,j Roebuck (8 to B) third. Time. 1:11 Sixth race?$260; Ihree-ycar-olds and up: live und n half furlongs; soil? ing?Richard Reed 17 to ;i first. Seneca (l to 2) second, Love Wutebes (5 to 2) third. Time. 1:07 1-3. r Bowling .?WS l.v.'ti? er teams ruled their postponed uilnti s at lite Newport last night. For The 'rimes-Dispatch B:iitey ivaa high total with 541, und Captain Bell Inch pooie. with 211. Jennings was second with lii. Chupln was hign total for tin; News Leader, with ft II. The News Leader won two out i f thrc4 games The score: Times-Dlapat? b. inn Tolu It Bell Cap!. 133 211 171 MS Jennings . 153 131 1S3 527 Deasy . 150 lit! 16" 451'. Davis . 151 I7S 177 50G Bailey . 170 1S7 181 541 Totals . 757 M3 S7S 2,618 Xem Lender. 1 2 3 Totals. Brytiiit. C?pt. 1S1 133 19S 509 Chopin . 173 105 194 64? Itcud . 102 193 2?<i| Curry . 179 116 13S 5s:! j Blair . 193 172 173 r.:t8; Blind . 130 . 130; Totals . SIO 71S $932.451 Alcus vs. Journals to night 8:30. Stnudlng of Club?, Clubs. W. L. B.C. Remington!: . 11 4 .7:13 News Leader. 13 ?. .?19 Alco . II 7 .611 iimos-Dlspatch ..10 S .555 Virginians . 11 10 .523 Journals . 7 8 .467 Cook Printing Co.. 9 12 .428 Newport s . 3 18 .2 4 2 Meli I p In the 1.1st. (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch. 1 CliHrlottetyllle, Vs., Ptumbtr 6.?The Vir? ginia football elcron. with a total of 2311 points Just before the Thanksgiving came ] ?a? played, had scored leh second highest [ number 0' points mauY by any college team ;a ibe country. aeconT^y to tlguree com- j piled by an Kaslern paper. The total number of tallies made by 'the ] eight rnghi ? ? university teams follows: I CsrlUlc, .57; Virginia, 2R-. Georgetown. K4: I renn stau, is;; Princeton, nt': Brown, I7J: Tai'.. 161; Dartmouth, 13;. The Virginia I eleven ai that -late bad only thirty points ? t?red against them. There nearer, show up j In comparison with scores of leadingI lean.; of the toMba!! world I Start and Monograms Awarded. I Special to The Times-Dispatch.) Wo;i ItahiBh, X. C, Decemhi-r 6? Stars i?nd monogram* for the IM1 tootbull si-usnn have i'ccr. awarded to tin- following men by th? Athletic Council: Stars to Seifert. Floyd, I Dunn, Hunt. Captala Stafford. Cool, Hart Stll and Ituberuon: monograms to Mclvrr, [Keller, s>lo? Phillips, Anthony. Hargrove. SpSnctr snd Howler, manager, thi latter With the letter "M" unq>r It. \orfolk Academy Defeated. ISpeclal r*f he. T^mcs-Dispatch.] Norfolk, Va.,-iiccitnibor 6.?The Maury High School football eleven defeated the Norfolk Academy team to-day. to 0. Lends Academy Train, Annapolls. Md., December Mid-| shlpman Peter Powell Bodes, of Ken lucky, to-night was elected captain; of the Naval Academy football tcuin | for next year. Bodes Is fullback on 1 th. team, a position which he has tilled j satisfactorily for two seasons. manyTn line Hundreds flush to Pay Poll Taxes la Order' to Uuallfi. Three receiving telli r? In the office of ?':iy Treasurer Pac* spent ?11 of yesterday receipting for the pol! taxes of citizens who with to qualify themselves for the sprinK election. It has br*n impossible because ,/. th< rush o' the post few dnvj to get accu? rate tlgurn. but It is already evident that the qualification to vote win fur oxceed that Of yean past. Hut three days remain for thore \>ho have not yet paid to qualify, as Ju'Jge Witt has ruled that Saturday .r the U?; day under the law whleh requires pa> Jneilt six monthr prior to tin general olco tton. which mill come mi the ?ecottd Tue?-' ?bj in June. Tho Mayor snd nil members of the lowtr branch of the City Council are to t>4 elected at that tln>-. Many petitions hav? come in Deputy Treasurer Held tf, keep the offitii open igt night? for the remainder of the week, and it la probstde that some sucn arrangement will be jnade at least for Saturday after? noon r.nd r.lght. But to avoid a tedious ?watt In line, citizens desiring to preserve tn?!r right to vole are being ur^e-i t? t|\imt ily early this morning ?r to-morrow morn? ing. I'iMliog t lob 1 bartered. A charter was granted yesterday by the f:att Corporation Commission tin \V?*t ham Csuntry Club (Inc.), a fmhlng nub. which proposes 10 operate on the upper giver. The capital authorized l,j the char? ter It from U.OW tQ |)0.i.?u. Clifford Kmllli Is president; I.. O. Miller, vloe-prcsldctit; Jatnet Peebles, secretary, and Kdgar Allan PROFESSOR LEWIS IS SOME ARTIST Makes Most Favorable Impres sion Upon Large Audience by His Dexterity. IMlOI'IOSNOIt I,i:\vis. Professor Simoon Lewis?lie finally confessed to itie Simeon?gave the pa- ' tions of the Newport billiard parlor* :i sample of what he could do at linger I nnd noFi> billiards last night, and if the ] rest of the performatives he is sched? uled to give tire half as acceptable no I trie sample, (he professor is ? wlstard i Indeed. Not deigning to ttccepl .1 cue, the I protessoi played several c/.nics with ' tin best that could be produced. In (ho tirst set-to tie managed to inuUe seventy-live points while his opponent was gathering a measly ihlrly-lwo, nolwHltstandinK the f.ut that the pro- j lessor was playing cushion carrom,1 while his opponent was playing a j straight rail game. The second con i test was with four wlelders of the cue. ; These four made exactly four points, while the exhibitor rolled up 100. 31 nil* itiniciilt Plnya. 11 was really a marvelous oxhibit'otl [of what a man can do with his lingers [when it conies to controlling the Ivo? ries. Professor Lewis not only showed What he could do with opposition, but 1 In lotting the large audience into Home | ef his secrets he pulled off some of the , most difficult shots on a billiard table, such ns UiaSBCS from every angle, draw shots, follow shots and others, which put to blush many of the other performers witnessed locally. To-nlghi, nt the Newport, he will play four selected players, each felloe, lug the other, 100 points. lie vvj|| play elghtren-Inch balk line game, two sin.is in. while his opponents will piny the straight rail game. They will use a cue, while he will depend entirely upon his fingers, lie will also give ah exhi? bition of Chinese pool, using two cues. . Winnen nre particularly invited toj j view the exhibition, and special simis [will he reserved for them. The dex? terity of Professor Lewis with his lin? gers cannot bo explained. It must he witnessed. Many excellent cueists have been seen In Richmond, hut no man approaching Professor Lewis in hls: novel performance bus before been brought forward. He played a short : game of tweniy-tlve points with his ii"Se. and showed equal skill with this organ. The exhibition begins at B:30| o'clock. REGENT REGRET LATE REPENTANCE (Continued From First Puge.) has been Invited to fj?, to Wu Chang to Join in the pence negotiations there, but has declined. Ho considers the negotiations nt Wu ? 'hang tiiiofflclnl, j as the centre of republican government I has been transferred to Shanghai pend? ing tin- declaration Of Nanking as cap? ital of the republic. renditions, firovf Worse. Cleveland, Ohio. December C.~"Cir? cumstances growing worse. All arc having the station." This cablegram came to-day from ' Sh'en-Chow-I'u, province of Hit-Nan. j China, to liev. ?Icorge Johnson, secre? tary of the Hoard oi Missions of the. I Kvan-gcltcal Association, w hose head? quarters are In this city. The message ; I was signed by Itev. A. II. Butzbach and | wife, of llonton Harbor, Mich., who.; With Rev. C. E. Ralick, wife and two children, of Napervllle. Iii.'; .Miss KHz j nbeth Schcmpp, of Reutlingen. Cor- ] ' many, and Miss Anna M. Roloff, af Hanover, Ohl., have been stationed nt j Shen-Chow-Fu. The cable gave no Information ex. I ccpi that concerning the safe depar? ture of the missionaries. list He In Progress,, San Francisco! Cnl., December 6 ? Dispatches received to-day from Hbaiig I luil I . the lining Sal Vat Po report ihn capture of Wong 1*6, north of Hah ikow, In Ilil-Poh Province, by the rev I otutionlats. I A battle is said to be In progress about the town of Hoa-Kan, where the j Imperialists have mudo a derided stand. Wendling To-XIght. Thi cetinrl <.r the weck-nlglit serler of Lenne? in "Answer to Moeiern Doubt" win given by Hon 'Jeorgu It, Wendling In llii v. M. <:. A. Una lo-nlgbt at <:2<V when 111 be "T8|<I Hebrew l.aw Ight Mr. Wcndllng's subject ?if Tarsus." In this lecture powers nr.- used to their ?to make il rt real Whiskey OLD QUAKER is kept constantly ul a sum? mer temperature for many years? think of the labor. But the reward is a flavor and smoothness that pauperizes language. A trial best tells the tale.? Honest Old Quaker Sptc Distributer R. L. Christian, & Co., Richmond, Va. Undoubtedly the greatest value in the world. "Ask the man who actually knows." FORll AUTO CO., 1629 W. llroad St. FAST GAME FOR SATURDAY NIGHT Local Y. M. C. A. Quint Will, Tackle Fast Team From Newport News. A rast game of basketball is ached-1 tiled tor Saturday night, when tin- Cen? tral Y. M. C. A. senior loam plays the Newport News association team. The lorn I players arc putting up a fust game In practice, and as the Tidewater boys are always hard players, the re? sult of the game will be knqwn better after it Is played. The Richmond team will be picked from the following players: ,1. II. 'twining, V. A. Wells, I'. 1?. Thornton. M. P. Lawrence. W. A. Bruce, N. P, Motcalf and W. II. Gllntnit. A curtain raiser game will he played between the reserves and the graded class team at 8:30 o'clock. To-night at !' o'clock a basketball league composed of members within the association will be organized. A ' lass (11 lit and volleyball game will precede the organization of the league. TRAI1S ARE II TRIPLE WRECK Two Freights and Fast Express Crash, and Six Men Arc Killed. Pittsburgh, Pa.. December 6.?Six men were killed attd live Injured to? day In a triple wreck of two freights und a fast express train on tho Penn? sylvania ltnllrond ?I Devil's Hcnd. near Manor. Fa., twenty-live miles east of hero. One freight trnln became stalled and ii second crashed Into It. Before warning could be given the express I train, carrying nothing but express [ business, westbound. smashed Into j the freight wreckage. Twenty horses were being trans? ported West on the express train, and all were killed. It Is estimated that the total value of tin- horses killed was between 150, 000 und JS0.O00. (Continued From First Puge.l supposed to be contained In the rcu sons given for Dr. Carrlngtoii'a dis? charge on October 31?that he had. af? ter he had failed of re-election, stat? ed In the newspapers that prisoners wero being held In tho penitentiary In the Interest of tho shoe company when they should have been paroled. The board directed him to appear and give his proofs of this accusation, but, he declined to do so. stating that hoi would reserve his (lro for a future In -1 vest lg.it Ion by the State Board otj Charities and Corrections, or by tho Legislature. This action of the board has been declared void and illegal by Judge Scott, for the reason thut Dr. Car rlngtdn was given no notice or hearing of charges against him. It Is for the. purpose of giving the notice und hear? ing that the meeting of next Saturday bus been called. Wiin .\ot Contempt. Attorneys for Dr. Cnriington yester? day called the attention of Judge Scott to the new, move of the board, suggest? ing that It was In contempt. However, the court held that this position was not tenable, but that, on the other hand, tho board had recognized the court's order by serving notice ac? cording to the law on which Judge Scott relied In his decision. in Its notliicatlon to Dr. Carrlngton of the trial on Saturday the prison board distinctly reserves every point, the letter plainly stating that the di? rectors do n"t concede the correctness oi thr ruling of the court in reinstat? ing him. and that the trial is to be hold by the board of lls own volition. The hearing on Saturday is stated to bo to give Dr. Carrlngton "an opportunity then nnd there to meet and if you can refute the grounds on which you wero removed, and which ore substantially contained In a communication ad? dressed by you to the boiud of duto of October 11, 1911." onieers Arc Fleeted. (Special t<> Tho Times-Dispatch.) Suffolk. Vn., December 6.?At a moet i ii ii here of tue Missionary Association ?-I the Eastern Virginia Christian Con? ference 1100 was appropriated to a mission church In Newport News, the same amount to a Portsmouth Church rind $120 to the mission in Winchester. The following ofilcCrs wero elected: 111 v .1. W. Harrell, of Portsmouth, president; He v. C. H. Rowland. of Franklin, vice-president; Rev. R. II. P.el, of Wtntior, recording secretary. Rev. M. I, Bryant, of Norfolk, corre? sponding s< ?retaryj B. Tj. Jones, of Hol? land, treasurer. Throws six Heavytvelffbl*. New York, December ?CJloynnPlI rtaieovlch, holder of the Italian heavy? weight wrestling title. threw nix! heavyweights in less than twenty mite Utes actual wrestling time at Mndlson Square Oitrden to-night. The cliam plon Undertook to throw all the men In two hours time, catch-as-catch-enn style, with only n moment's rest be? tween bouts, and lo forfeit $1,000 to each man ho did not throw In tv/onty minutes. Trial C.ors to Neit Term. Trial of the Indicted former officers of \ the Ordei of True Reformer! will not be rln. as previously ?tated. on Det-emher Jl, but, owing to the crowded docket of this term*, will be pnitponcd to .January f.. Four ni?-n art held in 11,000 ball sachi while Reu? ben T. Hill, alleged defaulting cashier, la nt lit a fugitive. Tobacco Concern* [.IcenAsd, At stated In Tb* Times'-Dispatch .Satur? day, llcer.se* to do bu?!n??s in Virglt'.'.i I have b*rn lmi'd %y the Htate Corporation j Commission to the I.tgg<tt A- My/rs Tobacco Company and the P. I.or?lard Company, two ot the concerns into which the Ameri? can Tobacco Ooinpnn> ban been subdivided; Will Mal.., Address. Cornier Mayoi f.'arildn Mc'a/thy will make an address m tb. women of Rich? mond tblH afternoon nt t o'Uock In the First Baptist Church. PERSIA'S LITTLE BOY SHAH Mny lone hl? <hronc nw rMall of country's fiunrrel vrlth Ru?n!a. Pertinent Comment By GUS MALBERT. Walter Camp, dean ot all the foot? ball exports, writing for Collier's, bus picked an All-America football eleven, (?amp's knowledge of the game, bis deep interest in the welfare of the sport and bis careful, painstaking methods, always makes his selections command respect whether we agree with him or not. Here Is the team he hns named, supposedly the best which could be picked in all this wide lund: i'hc All-AmerleM Team End?White. Princeton. Tackle?Hart, Princeton. Guard, Fisher, Harvard. Centre?Ketcham, Yalo. Guard, DulT, Princeton. Tackle, Devore, West Point. Rind?Homclsler. Yale. Quarter?Howe, Yale. Halfback?Wendell, Harvard. Halfback?Thorpe. Cutiisle. Fullback?Dal ton, Annapolln. In addition to picking a team, Mr. Camp has gone Into a discussion of the football rules. He cannot see tltat the forward pass has accomplished anything for the Improvement of the game, and he believes the onsldo kick to be largely an element of luck. He lind that several changes are needed, most of which should Increase the value of offensive play and diminish the success of a well-coached defen? sive eleven. While there will be ninny who differ from Mr. Camp, he Is going to navy many followers. Incidentally he favors Increasing the number of downs to four, leaving tho distance to be gained the same. After discuss? ing the season from almost every con? ceivable angle, ho comes to the con? clusion that It had a disappointing, finish, and his reasons for saying this are that there, were too many tie scores and that the favorites were generally whipped. Some, of us may not exactly follow his line ot reason? ing, hut since Camp has spoken, we will listen. i C ontrary to the general rule of this pnper, an answer will be made to a letter received from Lexington, signed "A Constant Header." The Tlnies Dlspatch usually Ignores letters which are not signed with tho writer's name, but since tho Lexington wrltor hns For ItO Years the House of ClunlUy. Straus, Gunst & Co., Distillers nnd lllcndem of Fine Whiskey*. Drink Old Henry Its Long Ilccord Proven 11s Merit. tfktda&g Built to "Ssww* Serve Hifjliest Price and Best. W. C. SMITH & CO.. 314 N. Fifth. Vine and Main. OUNCES OF QUALITY IN EVERY POUND. "Guaranteed for Life." RICHMOND MOTOR CO.. lnc\ 313 WestMalo. The buyer who knows the dlflero i ? automobiles will own a Jones Motor Car Co. All? Are *n<* Broad Streo some justice in his cause, this an? swer Is given. The letter, briefly, j claims that the rating given the teams In the South Atlantic division by the writer was Incorrect, and that V. M. I., which appeared seventh In tho list, should have been rated higher. As a matter of fact, the writer con? fessed to not having witnessed a sin? gle game played by tho Lexington school. He relied entirely upon the may prove almost anything, almost conclusively, by comparative scores. For Instance, the Army played Ueurge- I town to a standstill, and yet the Army was defeated only ibree points by thn Navy. As the Army dcfeited Yale. aiorgutown might . very well lay claim to a position higher In the standing column than the New Havon eleven, yet there U no one who would so rate the team. V. M. I. defeated A. and M by a goal, the score being i to 6. From : accounts the victory wan ttukteh in the ex- , treine. Nevertheless. It was a victory. Tho author of the leticr of protest, which seems have been written In a spirit of kindness, ; carries tho comparative ?cor? proposition still further, pointing out that whllo Vir? ginia defeated Carolina IS to 0, the univer? sity ciiiid only score II points on V. M. I. It nil makes interesting reading. Just as | comparatives scores always do, and It may ( be that the man who wrote the letter la , right. Tho rating given in ibis paper was the comporlte work of several men. or f rattier was made after consultation with men who have watched all of the teams In this section. V. M. I. baa a great racord for the season of 1911 nond non one, certain? ly not the writer, would do that tram an Injustice. If the contention of tho> Lexing? ton enthusiast Is correct, then the teams would be rated as follows: First, George town; second, Virginia; third, .V. 1*. I.; fourth. V. M. I.; Hfth. A. and M ?: sixth. Carolina; seventh. Washington and Lee;| .eighth, Johns Hopkins; ninth, Davidson. As stated at the outset there Is some nirrlt to the V. M. I. claim, and If the writer Is In error, be Is at least quick to make a correction. V. M. I.'s only claim to posi? tion i.i on the victory over A. and M., and Ibis may entitled the cadets to fourth place. With the football season over baseball fireside gossip again enter* the lists for favor. In Itlchmond the amateurs are do? ing the only constructive work In bnr.cball. They arc organizing leagues, all of which are woll officered, and they are forming plans for the next Benson. Not a dtiy passes but something else happens which strength? ens the bold of the amateurs on the pub? lic. Prom present Indications there will be about six leagues In the field lighting for honors. Already there are two class A leagues formed; one class H. and one clans C. The bankers are trying lo put n league In the field, nnrt there will be at least one more class B organization, sufficient appli? cations having already been received from enough teams to make this positive. It promises to he a great season for tho ama? teurs, and If the plans for tho formation of n Itlchmoud Amateur Baseball Associa? tion go through, ns now seems probable, the I amateur* will have their own inclosed parks, i located In several sections of the city. How different from the professionals. In their sinks their Ja nothing but fighting. Instead of building up nnd trying to mak.i the league n greater success next season they nre continually teuing down. For some reason several people who should know better nre confoiyidlng the natlonul commission with tho national board of ar? bitration. The national commission baa no? thing whatever to do with minor lcaguo affairs. The commission simply hears the troubles of the majors. Among tho minors ihn national bonrd of arbitration Is tho final body. Before this body tho troubles of the league will bo laid bare. The family skeielons will bo paruded. Tho politics of It all will be disclosed, and then the wlse liends will sit nround the long table nnd decide which faction la right, f. It. Wil? liams. preSldont of the Virginia League now. nt any rate. Is a member of the na? tional board of nrhltrntion. Whether or not this will give him nn Inside track re? mains to be seen. Junt a few days will In Icrevcnn before It Is acttled. The board meets In New Voik next Tuesday, when It will be nil tbresh'.d out. IfiiObey Jennings, manager of the Detroit Tigers, is well enough to alt up nnd take notice, nnd his frlonds are glad. Report has It that unless there Ib a relapse be will be able to leave tho hfipltal on Saturday. Charley Murphy, of the Cubs, sometime enemy of Tom Lynch, president of tho Na? tional League, has withdrawn his objection to the executive, and is now strong for Lynch, which merely shows that friend Chnrles Is a wlsor man than his critics havo credited him with being. Lynch has mads the best presidont the older organization has ever had. nnd that I? Baying a groat deal.. He should be elected for a term of years,,for this continual haggling each year lo doing the league no godo. So Charley Dooln Is to leavo the Phillies. Horace Fobcl has said so, and Fogol's word Is law. It Is Phllnflclphls't loss, for Dooln is one of tjio brainiest baseball heads In the major lengue. It seems to bo a ques? tion of clash of nuthorlty. Tho aalary end of It could be ntrnljrhtnnod out all right. Richmond Is to have cloven new bowling alleys. They will bo located nt tile north? east corner of Eighth ajid Rronfl Street?, nnd tho parlors will probably open Satur? day. the t.am. Naturally one IZt'i-monoararj . An/?lv? S/vidi Jfralf jrsaavtaskinaraciofoxf The Chalmer* 'Thirty With Self-atarter Leaves- Nothing to be Desired The Chalmers "Thirty-six," S1800?a big. powerful, self-starting car?is built to meet the most exacting requirements of the motoring public. It leaves nothing to be desired judged by any standard?power, comfort, beauty, con? venience, safety. Its long stroke motor is a great puller; a won? derful hill-climber, and gives you all the speed you want. The four forward speed transmission?until now found only on the highest priced makes? give a flexibility of control hitherto unknown on medium priced cars. ? The new Chalmers compressed air self-starter and the Continental demountable rims do away with the last of the inconveniences of automo biling. The body is big and beautiful. You can see this new car at our show room now. We hope you will call. ordon Motor Company l INCORPORATED B ^ ? Continued Kroni First Page.) think makes u drink," replied the wit- i ileus. "Well, about two Inches and a quur tor," replied the Senator. "Was It part of your business to go around your hotel buying drinks (or guests?" "No, It wasn't a business," said Stunner, "it was a pleasure." Can't Agree on It. Zentner loott the stand and corrobo? rated Stunner's testimony. Ho and the Investigators hud a lenghty con? troversy without result as to how much one must drink to becomu In? toxicated. He tostlllcd that White bud declared: "You know I'm a Domocrut, nnd 1 voted for Lorlmcr, nnd I'll make that hunch come across. I'm going to got a lot of money without working." The bearing dragged until tho dls- I cusslbns of sobriety entered into It. At one time fcionator Lorimor (Tied his head on tho back of bis chulr and dozed on* Into u nap. Major Wood qallltlon. Major James B. Wood, recently re-elect- i ad Superintendent ot the Virginia stato Penitentiary,' Qualified yeetcrday In the Hut-tings Court. His term la lor .'our years ttoin Junuary 1 next. Settled Out of Court. The suit ot W. C. Atklneon against Cau thorn Orutheis for %UA, representing tho value of ono horsr, was dismissed from the docket of tho City Circuit Court yesterday, having b?en presumably settled out of court. AI.l. AGE STAKES wo.\ ny disk SON Newton, N. C-, December G.?The scc-j ond day of tho Virginia-Carolina field trials opened clear nnd cold. Tho mem? bers' all ugo stake was finished, and, as predicted yesterday, Benson, owned by Jack Dunn, the Baltimore baseball magnate, won llrsL Benson is u grand dog and will go down the line for further honors. Malmaison was sec? ond. Ecllpso third, and Beau Sport fourth. Eight brace wero run In tho derby. Tho winner receives the Virginia derby cup. Those showing best were Jersey Jack, owned by Frank Relby, Phil? adelphia; Nun Wiser, ownod by J. C. Wise, Richmond; Indicator, ownod by 13. P. W;lkliiB, Rlverton, Va., nnili Frlnce William, owned by Charles B. Cooke. Richmond. Tho derby will bo finished In the morning. The annual meeting was held to-night, and the following of? ficers elected: Dr. Leo Buckner, president, Roanokc, Va.; E. P. Wlnkins, first vice-president. Rlverton, Va.,; 11. H. MeCorrnlck. Becond vice-president, Charleston. W. Va., and R. P. Stcd man secretary and treasurer, Winston Salem, N. C. RACE IIOnSB OUT OF CLASS. AXI) ARB EXPELLED Now York, Dccombor 6.?At the meeting hero to-day of tho board of review of tho National Trotting Asso? ciation, Mrs. Angus Ronner, of Lon? don, Ohio, owner of tlie bay gelding Gus B., a pacer; William Behzo, of Co? lumbus; Robert Perry, Zanesvlllo; C. E. Jackson, of Suff Ilk, Va., together with tho horse, wore expelled. It was elalmod that they raced Ous II. under tho alias of Brownie B.. 2:10 1-4. and out of ItIb class in Virginia races. I AMUSEMENTS i - Academy?Dark. IHJon?"Beverly," mntlnec nnd night. The .Surprise of the Season. Only the fortunate few who wit? nessed one of the two performances nt the Academy of Music yesterday of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's play. "The Dawn of a To-Morrow," know what the great majority of Rich? mond's theatregoers missed. Those of us who follow more or loss closely the contemporaneous stage, with its constantly shifting plays and players, know of tho success of tho play with ICluonor Robson oh Its star, and ware prepared for its poetic symbolism and beauty, but wo had not even dared hope for such a presenting company as tliat which gladdened us yosterday. I Beginning with tho star, Isiihelloj Lowe, every member of the company, with ono exception, played with tho eaao und certainty of experienced and competent actors well rohoarsod In a play of singular effectiveness and unique purport, nnd several of them glowed with that sacred (Ire that com? pels an audience to forget the actor tit the character. The ono exception may bo forgiven, and all the rest must ho the more admired becausM of the. changing und doubling of three or four parts necessitated by the sudden Ill? ness of one of the cast. Miss Lowe, as Clad, the raggefl rrsht c' London's East Side, gave an almost brilliant performance of ono of tho mo?t pathetic, cheerful, hopeless and hopeful characters that ever made on* laugh or ohokt?paradoxical nfi this; Undoubtedly is. Living In a barn gar? ret, hungry, and wretchedly clad, ?:,<? know that sha was of tho ecum of tho earth, a companion of thieves and thugs, and had no hope of material betterment: yet she kept "off tho streets," and. nt tho time of her norost rfeed, she raised her bands and simply "arst" some power above for help. In Hupromost confidence, because, as she said, "It eyen't understandln', hut just bellevln' " that brings It. But, good as Miss Lowe was, she was surrounded by men and women who played so well, so artistically, that her performahcu did not overshadow tholrs, save by Its proper anil Intentions] prominence. ft, Harry Hoy's characterization of obi Fir Oliver was excellent, both In make-up nnd In acting; John David? son made of your.g Oliver a cynical man-about-town, whoso description a* "tho cleverest degenerate In Iyondon" was easily credible; James Hester first attracted attention by the quiet per? fection of his D.>ctor Heath, and later won ungrudging admiration by hla striking impersonation of the wlfc beatlng Jem: Dan Fitzgerald. In tho first act, played the bit of Powell, the servant, as one Is not accustomed to seeing servants' parts done, and. in the second act. mad! tho thief an ob? ject of profound pity with a fow lines, and then sal silent?expressively. It that may be said. All the smaller parts were well piny cd; oven Lord Tommy was por? trayed by a clean-cut Juvenile, I*. ("relghton-Hale, who looked and played tho gentlemnn. And there waa one man whose performance, will remain In my mind for many a day, his name is Con way Wlngfleld, and he played tho role of Dandy, another thief. Hunted, shrinking and trembling, yot with a man's henrt nnd courage, when tho safety and honor of his sweotheart woro threatened, he seemed not to play the part, but to live It. Tho setting of all throe acts was also excellent, and altogether tho per? formance wns the happiest surprise of tho season. W. D. O. "Nnilghty Marietta." Osrar Hammersteln will present Mile. Florence Webber In "Naughty, Marietta" at the Academy to-morrow and (Saturday and Saturday tnat'nee. The now comic opera Is by Victor Her? bert and rtlda Johnaon Young, and Is snld to he brimful of melodious music, and has been staged more elnborntely than the usual attraction of its class seen here. "Naughty Marietta" nns gained tha strong commendation of Now York au? diences, ns wns shown by Its long and sttcessfu) run of six months at the New York Theatre last season. A special augmented orchestra has been assem? bled to bring out the beauties of Mr. Herbert's score, and the chorus will be one of the most proficient vocally that ever added to the success of a comic opera. A variety of handsome costumes of the eighteenth century, together with appropriate scenery, will make striking stage pictures. BIJOU?Next Week A. ?. Delamator announces a Massivs Scenic Production, "The Stampede" WITH LILLIAN BUCKINGHAM. The Hebrew Lawgiver' Y. M. O. A. ITA LT,. Hon. George R. Wendling To.Night (Thursday). 8i20. Contributor's tickets and Thursday night tickets at Y. M. C. A. PEABODY CONCERT BY GEO. F. BOYLE, Pianist, AND J. C. VAN HULSTEYN, Violinist Given under the auspices of the Belle Harrison Circle of Kings' Daughters for the benefit of the Sheltering Arms at the Jefferson Hotel Auditorium, DECEMBER 9, 8:15 P.; M. Tickets on sale at The Gresham Court, Owens & Minor's, Crenshaw's, R. L. Christian & Co., Polk Miller Drug Com? pany, Childrey's. The Hanover, The Jefferson, The Raleigh, 100 East Franklin Street, and 317 West Franklin Street. Reserved Seats $1.50, General Admission $1.00,. Gallery 50c