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THE BAY DISTRICT RACES
Captain Rees Was Never in the
Hunt With the Flying
Installator.
THE SPEEDY FLY IN FRONT.
Fireman, the Brother to Torch
bearer, Took the Two- Year-
Old Event Driving.
Niagara of Dick Ledgett's string pulled up
bleeding Blightly at the conclusion of the third
race.
Fireman, Fly and Installator were the three
successful favorites, the other two events going
to outsiders.
Elrod, the newly arrived Latonia jockey,
rode his first mount on Cnarlie Boots, finishing
a good third.
Billy Beverly at one stage of the betting laid
8 to 5 aeainst Installator, but later on bet on
him a-J a lower price.
The gelding Chnrlie Boots finished third in
the two-year-old race to a colt owned by the
man alter whom he is named.
Florence C gave a fine exhibition of bronco
bucking while at tlie post in the youngster
race, unseating her rider once.
Monroe Johnson's good-looking El Rio Rey
filly tiara Johnson was well backed in the two
year-old event on the strength of & recent faat
workout over five furlongs. She ran an ex
cellent race.
J. B. Ferguson, the popular colored trainer of
the newly arrived Westrhester stable, was for-,
tnnate in landing his first bet in California,
lie backed Amigo, the 10 to 1 outsider that
«on the opening race, and will no doubt con
sider this a lucky omen for the success of his
string.
The Eimwood stock farm experienced a
most successful day. Fireman and Installator
both won their races and Remus was beaten
out but a short distance in the third race. In
his present form it is doubtful whether there
Is a horse quartered on the track capable oi
giving Installator a race at a mile.
The meeting of those two fast miiers,
Captain Rees and Installator, was the me
dium that attracted a very fair-sized crowd
to the Bay District yesterday. They came
together in the last race, but what was ex
pected to be a horserace from beginning
to end turned out a very tame affair. The
Captain was chalked up an even money
chance when the odds were posted, with
the Eimwood stock farm representative a
shade cheaper at 6 to 5, which later on was
raised to Bto 5. Then the money went in
on him, and when the bell called the
horses out he was the even-money favorite
•with 6 to 5 offered against Captain Rees.
Of the other starters in the race Mr. Jingle
was about the only one that carried any
coin.
To a poor start, Installator went right
out in front, and running under restraint
the entire distance, won pulling up the
last hundred yards in I:4l}^. Ca.ptain
Rees, cut off a couple of times, made a
poor showing, failing to finish in the first
three, Mr. Jingle getting the place, with
AH Baba. a 60 to 1 shot, third.
The racing did not open very auspiciously
for the favorites, Ike L, the 9 to 10 choice
for the opening dash at five furlongs, fail -
ing to set a mark. Amigo, a 10 to 1 shot,
showing prominently as the horses entered
the stretch, won easily, two lengths in front
of Mt. Carlos with 80 to 1 against him in
the betting. O'Bee.the second choice, was
third, but a head further away.
Better luck followed the favorite in the
next event, the four and a half furlong
cpin for the members of the two-year-old
division. Fireman, who finished second
in his preceding race after getting away
lart, was made a 6 to 5 choice, with Don
Pedro. Charlie Boots and Clara Johnson
fancied in the order named.
To a straggling start Britannia, Clara
J hn son and the favorite showed in the first
flight. Clara Johnson entered the stretch
with a commanding lead and looked all
over a winner, but Hennessy brought the
favorite up the last sixteenth and in a drive
won by a head. Charlie Boots finished a
good third.
The Elm wood stock farm again furnished
a favorite for the mile selling affair in
Remus, who went to the poet 2to 1. Miss
Garvin though, with her light impost of
eighty-six pounds, carried the handicap
per's coin, being strongly backed with
threes about her. Fancy prices were
offered against the balance.
The light-weighted Miss Garvin skipped
out in front with the favorite at her heels
when Ferguson sent them away and every
thing looked bright for him until after
rounding the far turn, where Chevalier
was urging him. Miss Garvin entered the
stretch first, vith Faro the contending
horse. The latter, by hard riding, passed
the mare forty yards from the wire, win
ning by a length. Remus came again at
the end, beating } f iss Garvin out for the
place. The winner's price was Bto 1.
With nothing fast enough to make him
quit the Elkton stab.eg fast sprinter Fly,
who opened at 7 to 5 and receded in the
bc-tt ing to 2 to 1, led h: s field throughout in
the fourth race, finishing a length in front
of Major Cook at 15 to 1 in the betting.
Boreas, the second choice, was a good
third. The speedy geking tripped the
five furlongs in 1 :0lj^. Mclholland.
BUMMABT.
Biv Francisco, J'ine 30, 1895.
IT-JO FIRST RACE-Five fu longs: selling;
ill — , three-year-olds »nd upwa d ; purse $250.
Ind. Horse, weight. Jockey. S:. J^ Str. Fld.
1106 Amigo, 92 (Plggou) 3 l/i lVfc 1*
110* Mt. Carlos, 107 (Peters) 7 Vi 3/» 2fc
UOl OBee, 100 (Hinrichs) 4 41 4^4 SI
1 : 07 Rogation. 96 (Cleary) 5 t! 6-' 6<
1106 Josie ft, 92 (Chevalier) 8 76 11 6h
1 101 Ike L, 98 (E. Jones) 1 3ft 2/ 6-5
1087 Red Rose, 95 (Burns) 2 2A 6^770
lOfc? Wilda, 95 (Co'ady) 6 8 8 8
<"iood start. Won handily. Time, 1 :02 : V2. Win
ner, b. g., by Joe Daniels : Panlsana.
Betting: Arnigo 10 to 1, Mt. Carlos 80 to 1. O'B»e
3 to 1, Rotation 160 to 1. Wilda 100 to 1, Josie G
6 to 1, Ike L 9 to 10, Red Rose 50 to 1.
1 I-! O SECOND RACE-Four and a half fur
i- 1 J-«->. longs; maidens; two-year-olds; purse
$HOO.
Ind. Horse, weight. Jockey. .. St. % Sir. Fin.
1097 Fireman. 110 (Hennessy). ...3 3V» 2** lnt
629 Clara Johnson,97(Chevafier)2 21 It 21
1052 Charlie Boots, 109 (Elrod)...i At 63 3/
10K2 Pansy, 102 (Martin)... 5 6* 4/ ;4A
7153 Britannia. 101 (Hlnnchs)....l \h af "s3
1097 Florence C, 107 (Ames) 8 8 OVi 6y»
1097 Don Pedro, 106 (C0ady)... ...7 11 IV* IV*
1082 Billy McCloskey.lo7 (JPeters)6 61 8-8
Good start. Won driving. Time, :56i/i. Winner,
br. c-i by imp. Brutus-Ariola.
KPttinV: Ffirman 6to 5, Clara Johnson 8 to 1,
Charlie Boon 6 to 1, Don Pedro 5 to 1. Fanny 10 to
1. Britannia 26 to 1, Florence C 10 to 1, Billy Mo-
Closkey 20 to 1.
11l i THIRDRACE— One mile; selling ;thr*«-
J 1 Jt, year-olds and upward; purse $300.
Horse, weight, Jockey. til. V, Str. Ffn.
1101 Faro, 104 (Coady) 6 3h 23 1%
(1101)Rr.mus, 106 (Chevalier) 42i •Ay» it
109 V Miss Uarvln, 86 (E. Jones).. 2 li/ a 13 3*
( 1 08 d) Han ford, 92 (Plggott) 1 4h 43 4J
1] 05 San Luis Rpy, 101 (Hinrlchs)3 5* bis 6
1051 Hy Dy, 103 (Riley) 7 6V2 6/opuW
HOT Niagara, 91 (Mclntyre)-. ... 6 7 7 up
Fair atari. Won driving. Time, 1:42%. win
ner, eh. h.. by Prince of Norfolk-Avondale.
Bi ttine: Faro Bto l. Kemus 2to 1, Miss Oarvin
8 to 1. San Luis Rey 8 to 1, Hanford 6 to 1, Hy Dy
15 to 1, Niagara 50 to 1.
Ills FOURTH RACE— Five furlones: sell-
J 1 U. Ing; three-year-olds and upward; purse
?300.
Ind. Horse, weight. Jockey. St. Vi Str. Fin.
1084 Fly, 103 (E.Jones) .........1 •" U - 1* 1/
1100 Major Cook, 92 (Mclntyre). 4 33 2AA 11
UO2 6) Boreas, 99 (Chevalier) .3 4/ 4.1 3/1
109'J Blue Bell, 96 (Coady) 2 . 2% 3/ :Ah
1072 Royal Flush, 112 (Hen
,„„ nessy) ......; ..... C 55A M M ■■ .
1038fteraphln.82(Plggott).......6 6 6 6
Good start. Won driving. Time. 1:011,4. Win
ner, eh. c, by Bevellle-Fusllade's last.
Be. ting: Fly 2 to 1, Major Cook 16 to 1, Boreas
7 to 2, Blue Bell 15 to 1, Boyal Flush 4 to i,
Btsrapnin 4 to 1. - -■
111 (\ *' IFTH RACE— One mile; purse ?350.
Ind. Hone, weight, jocke*. St. Vj, Str. Fin.
(1103)IustaUator. 102 (K.Jones). .l 13 15 14
1095 Mr. Jingle. 108 (Chevalier) .2 2h '23 It
1103 Alißaba, 95 (Ptggott) 3 *l 33 S3
1085 Capt. Rees, 114 (C. Weber) .5 5 HO OD
1098 Duke Stevens, 97 (Coady) ..4 3/6 5
Struggling start. Won pulling up. Time, i :14^.
Winner, b. c.. by Imp. Brutus-Insiallatlon.
Betting: Inst»Uator even, Mr. Jingle Bto 1. AH
Baba 60 to 1, Captain Rees 6to 5, Duke Stevens
50 to 1.
Following are to-day's entries:
First race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, selling,
non-winners— Red Wing 109, Auteuil 104,
Chief of Scots 102' Dollv II 94. Leonatus 102,
Tuxedo 104, Halifax 93, Druscilla 97, Wild
Rose 110, Currency 104.
Second race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell-
Ing, light welter-weights— Red Idle 108, Moni
tor 97, Crawford 115, Rose Clara 117, City Girl
86, Zeta 90, Veva 104.
Third race, thirteen-iixteenthsof a mile, sell
ing—Nellie G 103, Centurion 103, J. O. C. 110,
Lady Jane 95, Ricardo 106, Ric« 106.
Fourth race, one mile, selling— Raindrop 99,
Roadrunner 102, Jerom«Sll2, May Day 102,
McFarlane 90. Bobolink 93.
Fifth race, about three-quarters of a mile,
selling, extra, three-year-olds and upward that
have not won two races on thi« track since Oc
tober 26, 1894, winner to be sold at auction for
£800, if for less three pounds allowed for each
$100 to $100, maidens and beaten|non-winners
allowed five pounds. Entries close at 8:30 a.m.
WILL SETTLE THE STATE.
The Big Colonization Scheme
Wendell Easton Is Working
In London.
An Exhibit of California Products
in London and Agencies AH
Over Europe.
The largest, and what now appears to be
the most promising Californaia immigra
tion enterprise ever organized is being
pulled into working shape by Wendell
Easton, who has been in London for several
The syndicate, corporation, or whatever
it may turn out to be, in which Mr. Easton
is interested, is by far the largest and
strongest one in capital and influence
which has ever been organized to bring
European colonies to California lands. In
one of his private letters from London Mr.
Easton has recently expressed his opinions
of future success in glowing terms, and said
that he believed that 10,000 well-to-do peo
ple of Europe can be settled in California
within twenty-four months.
If Mr. Easton's expectations are half
realized, the work will be the most notable
and valuable colonization enterprise Cali
fornia has seen, and it will do much to add
to the development, population and wealth
of the State.
The promoters and backers of this col
onization enterprise have been working
quietly and saying nothing. Those inter
ested in it here will not yet 6ay much about
the business details of the scheme. It is
learned that a new corporation has been
formed here to hand le large tracts of Cali
fornia lands mainly by selling them to
Europeans that have some money who can
be induced to settle in California. H.
Francis, an Englishman who belongs to an
influential London family and who has
become quite well known in the Califor
nia business world during the last tew
years, is one of the leading oreanizers of
the project, as are Easton, Eldridge tfc Co.,
the real estate people. Other people in
California and London are interested.
Mr. Francis recently returned from Lon
don and Mr. Easton will return soon, when
George Easton will go there and keep
things moving.
George Easton and Mr. Francis say that
all arrangements for the working of the
project will not be completed before Sep
tember 1, by which time large plans for
inancing immigration from Europe, es
pecially from Great Britain and the coun
tries of Scandinavia, will be in operation.
The corporation will have large tracts all
over the State, which will be offered to
immigrants who will be of a class able to
make the first payment and furnish suffi
cient guarantees. Besides the well-known
people who will manage the enterprise
there will be concerned the Wilson Steam
ship Company. This is said to be the
wealthiest steamship company of Great
Britain, owning over fifty steamers, but its
business, which extends overall the world,
mainly consists of immigrant traffic. This
company has long established immigration
agents aJI over Europe, and as the connec
tion of tnis company with the California
enterprise will be in the nature of a part
nership, its Bgents will become agents for
California lands. The California people
will keep an able representative in London,
the steamship and other English peopie
interested will keep an agent here, and
altogether there is to be an influential,
broad-gauge and permanent agency for
bringing desirable immigrants from Europe
to California.
That is the gist of what George Easton
and Mr. Francis said yesterday about the
scope and plans of the enterprise, which
they would not speaK of in detail. English
capital and Englishmen are being inter
ested, and various negotiations here and
abroad are pending.
"One thing I am free to say," said
George Easton yesterday, "is that only the
better class of people will be brought here.
Land will be sold, subject to four pay
ments, and the first payment must be
made on the other side. One difference
between this and other colonization
schemes of the kind is that every
purchaser will have a reliable guarantee
that the land he bays and the conditions
he will find are exactly as represented.
The men interested both tnere and here
are of such standing that the guarantee
will mean something. Since leaving here
in April my brother, Wendell Easton, has
been pretty well over Europe and the
pending negotiations are about completed.
My brother writes that from his observa
tion he believes that 10,000 desirable people
can be brought here within the next two
year?, but if we are half as successful as
that we will be dome wonders. He writes
that he is visited at his hotel in London
by an immense number of inquirers about
California, and many of them are people
of money and influence. Here is an origi
nal note he sent me, which arranges an
interview with Lord Herrick, who wants
to come here with £10,000.
"We have a number of large tracts all
over the State, which we will try to settle.
One is the L. J. Rose estate in Los Angeles
County. Then we have the Mitchell estate
of 50,000 acres near Modesto, a tract of
20,000 acres near Sacramento, belonging to
a syndicate, and a large tract in Salinas
County, which will be especially desirable
to Scandinavians.
"We have others and will acquire others.
The lands will range in price from |15 up
ward and will be adapted to a variety of
crops and tastes. An especial effort will
be made to bring out large colonies of
people, who will settle together. We will
establish and maintain an exhibit of Cali
fornia products in London, and I am just
now negotiating for the purchase of the
exhibit which at Chicago was sold to the
Land of Sunshine Company. I found that
it had been sold to another company And
taken te Kansas City, where it is now.
We will move that to London soon if we
can get it and re-enforce it. It would not
be wise to say much about our. plans in
detail now, but ?veryth ing will be ready
for operation within two months, I am
confident."
Every Paris school has its "canteen,"
where free meals are given to the children
who cannot pay, while those who are bet
ter off pay in part or in full. Each child
brings his clean napkin, his little bottle of
yin oidinaire, and sometimes fruit or a bit
of cheese for dessert. The cooking is usu
ally done by the janitor, and the meals are
served at little tables in the playroom.
The cost of the portions, generally stews
of meat and vegetables, is about 2 cents for
each child.
The Defenseless Mennonites have nine
oci eties and a membership of 856.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1895.
THE KING OF THE RIFLE
Strecker Has a Previous Rec
ord as Champion of
the World.
BIG SCORES OF THE PAST.
He Has Faced the 200-Yard Rifle
Target for More Than Twenty
Years.
It was no great surprise to the many
friends of Adolph Strecker in tnis City to
learn of the remarkable scores made by
him at the inauguration ceremonies of the
shooting festival of the National Schuet-
zenbund of the United States which be
gan Sunday at Schuetzen Park, Glendale,
L. I. His scores were: 46 out of a possible
50 at the standard target, 73 out of a possi
ble 75 at the ring target and 97 out of a
possible 100 at the man target. At the
ring and man targets he carried off the
first prizes, while at the standard he was
tied by two other marksmen, one of them
also a Californian, E. Blondau.
Strecker is the acknowledged champion
shot of the world at 200 yards. His best
score, which is the world's record, was
made last August at Schuetzen Park, San
Rafael, when he scored 366 points ont of a
possible 600 in 200 shots at the point target.
He has also figured to great advantage in
many other contest* with the rifle.
He first came into prominence in 1874,
when he won the King medal from a list
Point Target.
of competitors numbering 1100 at Balti
more. He again came well to the front in
1876, when he was beaten at Philadelphia
by William Haves at a six-day bullseye
match by a small margin. His defeat, his
friends claim, was due to the fact that just
before the contest he had been confined to
bed by illness for a period of nearly five
months. Since then he has not been in
any matches in the East except the recent
one at Milwaukee, but has done a great
deal of clever work in this vicinity.
His forte is shooting at 200 yards, but
several years ago he bhot against Milton
Farrow of West Virginia, at' Alameda, at
500 yards, and though his opponent re
sorted to reclining positions and Strecker
fired standing the latter came away the
victor.
At the Midwinter Fair shoot, although
he failed to carry off any first prizes, his
failure to do so was attributed to lack of
practice. At the pcint-target match, in
which only centers or red flags counted,
he scored 23 in 100 shots, while his success
ful rival, Mr. Enret, secured 27. But in
Ring: Target.
the total number of points Btrecker made
the best record. Again, in the man-target
match, at the same time, he made a score
of 93 out of a possible 100, but was headed
by 0. P. Young, with 96.
His latest exploit had for its scene Shell
Mound Park, the event being a shoot to
determine who was to secure tue free
ticket to New York offered by the Exam
iner. Thirteen men competed. He won
with a score of 347 out of a possible 600,
with 200 shots at the point target. Second
place-was taken by D. McLaughlin, with a
score di 320.
At the shooting festival held at Mil
waukee, from June 19 to 23 inclusive,
Strecker demonstrated that he had lost
none of his old-time nerve, delicacy of
touch, strength and accuracy of eye.
In the standard-target shoot the task
was to score 250 with the fewest number of
shots, five being scored for a bullseye.
Strecker reached the limit with Bixty-one
shots fired in fifty-five minutes. The com-
Setitor coming nearest to his score had to
re 101 shots and occupied two hours in
the task.
At the man target Strecker scored 97 out
of a possible 100 in five shots and carried
off the first prize.
There was a team shoot during this fes
tival in which eleven cities were repre
sented. Strecker was in the team, entered
from San Francisco, and while his team
failed to win, he made the largest indivi
dual score of the fifty-five men comprising
the various teams. The shooting was at
the ring target, and Strecker scored 222
points out of a possible 250, tea shots be
ing fired.
In the individual ring-target shoot, how
ever, he was beaten by one point by Max
Rosenthal of Milwaukee, who scored 94
out of a possible 100.
Strecker is now in the prime of manhood,
and within the next few years he and his
rifla -will be frequently heard from. He
will round out his forty-third year on the
4th of July. He is married and has two
children. "For the past twenty years he
has been the senior member of the firm of
Strecker «fe Kern, barbers, on Post street,
near Kearny. He is a member of the
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club of this City,
and also of the California Schuetfcn Club.
His partner, Mr. Kern, although not an
expert shot himself, is a great admirer of
the champion, and takes the keenest inter
est in his success.
Strecker's success, he says, is due to the
possession of remarkably steady nerves,
a clear and strong eye, to the abnormal
strength in his legs, and to the great deli-
ADOLPH STRECKER.
[From a photograph.]
cacy of touch he possesses. The strength
in his nether limbs he attributes to This
habit of standing erect while engaged in
his vocation, and his sensitive touch to the
frequent use of soap and hot water, which
keeps the epidermis of a most delicate
texture.
His favorite weapon is a 32-caliber Win
chester ritle with nair trigger, and he is
credited with being one of the very few
men who can touch a hair trigger without
releasing it. This attribute is said to
greatly aid in accuracy in firing. Strecker
molds his own bullets and rills his own
j shells, using 45 grains of powder for each
i charge. He pays particular attention to
seeing that his "shells are perfectly clean
before loading them, boiling them and
then thoroughly drying them. He prac
tices nearly every Bunday at San Rafael or
Shell Mound Park.
The targets most in use for 200-yard
shooting are the point, ring and man.
The first named is a black disk 12 inches in
diameter, divided into three parts by fine
white circles. The center is 3V£ inches in
diameter and scores three points. The
middle ring is Y% inches in width and
scores two, while the outer has a width of
2% inches and scores only one point. This
is the target generally used in deciding
who is entitled to be king of the shooting
festival.
The ring target is divided into 25 circles,
each being three-fourths of an inch wide,
and are numbered from 1 to 20, the marks
man being credited with the number of
the ring he hits. The portion of the target
Man Target.
from 18 to 25 is painted black and the re
mainder white.
As the name implies, the man target
shows a portion of the human body, from
the head to the waist. It is 39% inches
across and is divided vertically into 39
sections, each 1 inch wide, except the
center or heart, which measures 1% inches,
The sections are numbered, from each of
the sides to the heart, from 1 to 20, the
rifleman scoring as many points as is indi
cated by the number on the section he
strikes.
At the point target the customary num
ber of shots is 200, at the ring target three
and at the man target four.
The Stanford Decision.
United States Circuit Judge Ross has
given the Government ten days in which
to file a new complaint in the Stanford
case. Judge McKissick, special counsel
for the Government, is in favor of an ap
peal on the demurrer without filing a new
complaint, as he is satined that the case
will be carried to the United Stated Su-
Ereme Court in any event. Nothing will
B done, however, until the ten days in
which an amended complaint can be filed
expire.
Deadly Statistics.
A distinguished specialist has carefully
noted the difference between 12 families
of drinkers and 12 families of temperate
persons during 12 years, with the result
that be found that the 12 drinking families
produced m those years 57 children, while
the temperate ones were accountable for 6l.
Of the drinkers 25 children died in the
first week of life, as against six on the
other side. The latter deaths were from
weakness, while the former were attribu
table to weakness, convulsive attacks, or
oedema of the brain and membranes. To
this cheerful record is added five who
Were idiots; 5 were so stunted in growth
as really to be dwarfs; 5 when older be
came epileptics; one, a boy, bad grave
chorea ending in idiocy; 5 more were dis
eased and deformed, and 2 of the epileptics
became by inheritance drinkers. Ten only
of the 57 showed during life normal dis
position and development of body and
mind. Fifty of the children of the tem
perate families were normal in every way.
—American Practitioner.
AN ELABORATE SWINDLE
The Gold Brick Game Revised
and Brought Strictly
Up to Date.
FBUSTRATED BY ACCIDENT.
Tuscarora Too Keen For Arizona
in the "Lost Mine"
Speculation.
Possibly the best planned and most in
genious attempt to work the gold-brick
swindle was foiled a few days ago by the
absence of one link in the chain. The con
spiracy from beginning to end was ar
ranged with surpassing care and intelli
gence. At the very moment of its con
summation it broke down, and its failure
was almost the result of an unforeseen
accident.
Aleck Priino is a French Canadian, and
has been for years a successful miner in
Tuscarora. He is a man well to do, a good
miner and possessed of more than ordinary
shrewdness. Some days ago Mr. Primo
was approached in Tuscarora by a mild,
honest-looking individual, who wore the
appearance of a prospector, one who had
spent his best years out of doors.
"Is your name Primo?" asked the
stranger.
4i Yes; that's my name," said Mr. Primo.
A look of blank disappointment came
over the face of the stranger. "I have
made a big mistake," he said. "I came up
here all the way from Tucson to look up
my old pard, Primo, and now I see you
are not the man."
The discomfiture of the man was so
genuine that Mr. Primo pitied him and
asked him to his house. But he refused to
be comforted. He had left his Arizona
partner in Tucson while he looked up
Primo, and he had failed after all. There
was nothing for him to do but to return at
once.
That evening he disclosed the object in
seeing his ancient cc apanion. He had
got the secret of a mine called "the Lost
Mine," in the mountains in Arizona, and
he wanted Primo — the Primo he expected
to find — to help him out in securing it.
An old Mexican woman who used to get
occasional nuggets of gold from it and who
had kept the secret of its locality for years
locked up in her breast, believing that she
was going to die, bad told it to her son.
He was sick, too, and Dick Williams, his
Arizona pard, and himself had at last
wormed it out of him. The Mexican was
then in Sacramento, and he had promised
to join him there as soon as he had seen
Primo. But Dick would be a sad man
when he heard of his mistake.
Mr. Primo quite unsuspectingly offered
the Arizona man the hospitality of his
home, and became that evening interested
in the story of the lost mine. The Mexi
can had a gold brick from that mine— at
least the Arizona man believed it to be
gold, bat it was not assayed. The greaser
was ftard up, and he felt sure that he
would sell this treasure for much less than
its actual value. He (Tom) would buy it
from him, but if Mr. Primo, who somehow
reminded him of his old chum, would
take it and stand in with them on tbe big
mine, why the offer was open to him.
At this Primo got a bit suspicious, but
when Tom showed him a clipping from an
Arizona paper which told about the lost
mine ana also stated that Tom was about
to journey to Tuscarora to hunt up his old
pnrd Primo, he began to think that this
was "straight business" after all. Still he
resolved to proceed with his eyes open.
He consented to go with Tom to Sacra
mento and see the Mexican.
During those interviews the Arizona
man showed that he had plenty of ready
money, and when, the next morning, he
drew out his wallet to buy his ticket
Primo perceived that it was well filled
with gold.
Arrived at Sacramento, Tom toot Primo
to a lonely spot on the banks of the Ameri
can River, where they were to meet the
Mexican. After a lot of mysterious signal
ing a dirty, sick-looking Californian came
out of the urush with a bundle under his
arm. He held a whispered conference
with Tom, who came back with the brick
and told Primo that the Mexican would
trust him with it to have it assayed.
On their return to the city Tom proposed
that they see a jeweler and get his opinion
on the brick, which certainly had the ap
pearance of being solid gold. He went
into the first shop he came to, and re
turned, stating that the jeweler could not
assay it, but he had told him that there
was a United States assayer stopping at
one of the hotels.
And here occurred one of the most in
genious stages of the conspiracy. When
they entered the hotel the clerk replied
to Tom's inquiries about the assayer and
pointed out a quiet, well dressed man who
was looking out the window. He, said the
clerk, had come there a few days ago and
told them that he was a United Btates
assayer from Philadelphia, traveling in
California for his health. He cheerfully
offered to assay the brick for them and
borrowed a brace and bit. He bored into
it and pronounced it gold.
This assured Primo that there was no
deception in the business. The turning up
of the assayer, who was an accomplice,
and who made the hotel clerk an uncon
scious one, convinced him that the Ari
zona miner's tale was true, and that he
was just what he represented himself. So
he consented to go to San Francisco with
him, buy the brick, and let the Mexican
take them to the Lost Mine. He was
saved by one bit of caution. When they
g6t to this City, Primo proposed before
paying the money to have another assay
made. The Arizonian did not think it
necessary. He had returned the brick to
the Mexican, who was ready to hand it
back as soo o n as he got the money, which
was about $3800. But Primo insisted, and
his companion saw there was no help for
it. "All right," he said; "I'll go and find
the Mexican."
He put on his hat and departed and that
was the last Mr. Primo saw of him or the
Mexican. He had failed at the last mo
ment. The San Francisco assay would
have spoiled the whole business and Primo
congratulated himself on his escape.
The notice in the Arizona papers, the
staking out of the assayer and the Mexi
can and the dramatic art with which the
entire plot was conceived and executed to
the minute of its collapse form a chapter
in the history of the gold-brick swindles
which has no parallel.
For thirty years the Royal das been the
standard for purity and strength in baking
powders, and has been placed at the head
by every board of official examiners,
whether State or National.
CHAMPIONS OF THE KING.
Fights That May Be Held in Texas
When Corbett and Fltzsim-
in on s Meet.
Bam Fitzpatrick, who is the manager of
Lavignt, the famous lightweight pugilist,
states in a letter to a friend that it is al
most certain a match for th,e lightweight
championship of the world will be made
in a few days between George Lavigne and
Jack McAuliffe, to be decided at Dallas,
Tex., on the evening previous to the big
fight between Corbett and Ritzsimmons.
Fitzpatrick is authority for the statement
that Peter Jackson has announced his in
tention of being at the ringside purposely
to challenge the winner of the big match
to fight in any place where protection is
guaranteed.
Now the telegraph conveys the informa
tion that Dixon of Boston and Plimmer,
he champion feather-weight of England,
will also meet in Dallas some evening dur
ing the week in which Corbett and Fitz
simmons will settle their fistic dispute.
It will therefore be seen that a great pro
gramme of fistic sport is being arranged
and that the championships of the world
between the famous feather, light and
heavy weight pugilists will be decided.
In case George Dixon cannot manage to
get to the feather-weight line his place can
be readily filled by Anthony, the Jittle
chunky Australian, who easily whipped
Mahoney at the Colma Club a few evenings
ago. Anthony is only too anxious to meet
the best man among the feathers.
It is said that the next steamer from
Australia will land a fighter here named
Tnt Rvan, who is reported as being a won
derful heavy-weight. He may be matched
against Joe McAuliffe, Barney Farley's
champion, for a twenty-round contest, and
if he should whip the Mission wonder he
may safely go East and challenge the win
ner of theCorbett and Fitzsimmons battle.
Farley says that McAuliffe has improved
so much s'nee he whipped Professor
Bergen that he will surprise everybody
when he will next appear in the ring.
00BBIGAN AND HANKINS.
Th#» Latter Denies That There Has Been
a Split.
The reported split between Ed Corrigan
and George V. Hankins, the well-Known
turfmen, contained in a dispatch from
Chicago yesterday, created some interest
in local turf circles for several hours. It
made the prettiest Kind of a story, but that
was all. It was not true in any detail,
and now local turfites interested in the
coming battle between the Bay District
and the new track are wondering who
"doped" the dispatch.
The comity, the special had it, hereto
fore existing between Hankins and Corri
gan had been ruptured, the former declar
ing as a reason that Corrigan had retained
$50,000 of the fund pooled for racing pur-
poses.
A. M. Allen, who is building the new
track, doubted the report in the dispatch.
To satisfy himself in the matter, he at
once telegraphed Hankins asking him if
the report was true. Last evening he re
ceived a telegram which settled the whole
matter. It was signed George V. Hankins,
and simply stated: "It is not so."
Now the racing world can breathe easier
fora while at least.
DEACONESSES MUST PAY.
Manager Vining; Refuses to Allow These
Charitable Women of the Metho
dist Church to Bide Free.
Until the Ist of January of the present
year the deaconesses of the Methodist
church were allowed free travel on all the
cable and electric roads owned and con
trolled by the Market-street Railway Com
pany.
At that time an order was issued rescind
ing the passes then out, issuing an edict at
the same time that these ladies must in
future pay their fares or walk. In April
last Rev. .Drs. Hirst and Dille callod on
Manager Vining to see if some arrange
ment could not be effected by which the
deaconesses would be allowed to ride free.
The point was made that the sisters of the
Catholic church were not called upon to
pay their passage, and there was no reason
why other ladies engaged in benevolent
work should be called upon to do so.
Manager Vining refused at first to listen
to any protest, saying that nuns did not
ride on passes, but on their dress, and that
the dress of deaconesses was not distinc
tive enough. It was then reported that a
badge would be given deaconesses, which
would allow them the privileges of the
road free of cost. All they had to do was
to "display the badge.
It turns out, however, that badges have
never been given the ladies. Manager
Vinine is now in the East, but an inquiry
at his office yesterday disclosed the fact
that the Market-street Company never had
the slightest intention of issuing badges to
the ladies, though they were led to expect
Buch courtesy at one time. "The only
people given badges," said Mr. Vining's
chief clerk yesterday, "are regular em-
Eloyes of the road. It is not probable that
adges will now cr at any other time be
issued to ladies."
BOUGH OK THE OYOLIST.
How a Practical Joker Made a M«m of
Trouble.
An elaborate practical joke has been
playeh on a Belgian cycli3t. While taking
his usual afternoon ride along the central
boulevard of Brussels he entered one of
the cafes for some refreshments, leaving
his machine against a lamp-post, saya an
exchange.
A joker seated outside on a terrace
pinned his trousers in the orthodox cy
clist's style, as if he were a genuine bicy
clist, and, taking hold of the machine as if
he had just dismounted, halted one of
those long white-bloused street commis
sioners to be met with at nearly every
street corner in Brussels.
"My man, iust you look after my bi
cycle and see that no one takes it during
my absence, for there are so many bicycle
thieves about the city you cannot be too
careful, so keep a sharp lookout and nere's
a franc for your trouble."
The joker then crossed the road, taking
up his post at a cafe opposite to enjoy the
result of the franc's investment. Out came
the unsuspecting victim and taking the
machine was about to start.
"Hold, there, old chappie, we know your
measure, so off with you," said the while
b loused one, at the same time gently forc
ing the astonished cyclist back.
At first he thought the man was drunk,
and expostulated quietly with him, but all
to no purpose, the trusty guardian simply
replying that "he knew what he was
about. Finding persuasion useless, Mr.
X lost his temper, and the discussion
soon grew to angry menaces on both sides.
Meanwhile a large crowd had assembled,
highly amused at the prospects of a
pugilistic encounter. The appearance of
a policeman put a stop to any fighting,
and he took both the belligerents to the
station, escorted by an immense crowd of
spectators.
The unfortunate bicyclist soon recol
lected that he had in his pocket his license,
on which was recorded the number of his
machine. In consideration of this testi
mony the machine was handed over to the
rightful owner.
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