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THE BAY DISTRICT RACES.
First Choices Were Successful
in Four Out of Five
Events.
THELMA WON IMPRESSIVELY.
The Old Veteran Regal Took the
Last Race on the Card at
Odds of 25 to 1.
B. C. Holly sent Melanie up to his Flosden
ranch yesterday.
W. 08. Macdonough visited the track yes
terday for the first time since his father's
death.
Many thought Piggott put up a very negli
gent ride on I»ancing Girl in the two-year-old
event.
Charley Quinn and the usual crowd that ride
■with him went down hard on Red Idle in the
last race.
Tommy Lottridge, Bookmaker Rose's trainer,
had the handicap sized up about right. Tommy
said he thought his horse would win, with Ber
nardo the horse to beat.
Centurion's run yesterday should disprove
of any charge of criminality on the part of
Coady, who rode him in Tuesday's race, for
which the boy was suspended.
All interest in the owners' handicap to-day
is lost from the fact that the crack In
stallatOT is not to be a competitor. Mr. Boots
objected, and not without reason, to the small
size of the purse offered. If "crabs" are worth
a $300 purse, the best milers on the track cer
teinly ought to be entitled to more consider
ation.
Walter Hobart, the young millionaire turf
man who has been investing so extensively of
late in thoroughbreds, was an interested spec
tator at the track yesterday. Mr. Hobart was
very much elated over the victory of his colt
Bright Phoebus in the rich Realization stakes,
as second-place honors was the best he had
hoped for. The stable of racers at present
quartered at the Providence (R. I.) track will
leave for California on July 14, in charge of H.
H. liunn, the well-known gentleman jockey.
The string consists of Bright Phoebus, Sir Gala
had, Ferrier, Joe Ripley, Floodmore (the great
steeplechaser), Little Mid, Tigress, and eight
yearlings purchased at the recent Haggin sale.
It seems to be the rule of the world that when
reductions are to be made in the matter of
compensation for labor performed, the ax
always falls first on the lowly. Bo much
poverty exists among horsemen at the track
that the question of reducing the jockeys' fees
is now being agitated. Of course, the returns
for the amount of work performed seem great,
but a rider's dangers are many, and it is a ques
tion whether a reduction of the riding
fee would not have a tendency to lead them
from the path of honesty to listen to the
tempter's alluring promises of gain that lead
up the dark winding road to ruin. If, as has
been claimed, the Jockey Club has been making
so much money, could it not better afford to
abolish the impoverishing entrance money of
which horsemen have complained so much,
and which If done would afford the public so
much better racing? If this were done, possi-
bly much of the talk that is rampant imxegard
to jobs and jobbery going on at the present
meeting would be to a degree stopped, for then
there would be some incentive for a poor owner
to win a purse, and handling "dead ones"
would cease to he such a prolific traffic for an
unscrupulous bookie.
With one exception, the first choices
swept the board yesterday, having very
lipht fieMs to contend against. The one
lonely outsider was Regal, who led from
start to finish in the last race with as good
as 35 to 1 against Jtiim at one stage of the
betting. The attendance was light ana
the betting stagnant.
The Elkton stable's colt Monterey took
the opening event, a short six-fnrlong
dash, without much to spare from Roga
a 40 to 1 shot. The winner was
backed down from 6t05t01 to 2. Johnny
Capron, a southern sprinter, beat the flag,
and led the greater part of the distance,
finally ending up third.
Starting a prohibitive favorite at 7 to 20,
Her Majesty romped away with the five
furlong dash for two-year-olds, with Don
Pedro in the olace. Sory Lark finished a
good third. The run was made in 1:02%.
The third race, a seven-furlong run, fur
nisne.a another decidedly warm choice in
the speedy brown filly Tbelrna, backed
from 4t05t01 to 2. Arnette was second
choicer, ith threes about her, while Little
Cripple carried a small cargo of coin on his
chances for the place. Howard, Duke
Btevens and >~abopolasser were the out
siders in the betting.
Away fourth when the flag fell, the
favorite took the lead and was never ex
tended, finishing two lengths in front of
Arnette. The hard-ridden Little Cripple
was a length further away.
The six-furlong handicap proved a gift
for George Rose's vastly improved colt
Boreas, starting an even money favorite,
although some 7 to 5 was at one stage of
the betting obtainable. Of the other
starters, Ali Baba and Centurion were
tacked down a few points, Bernardo going
back from fours to 8 to 1.
Ali Baba too* the lead when the flag fell,
turning into the stretch full of run with
Bernardo at bis hee's. The latter took
command shortly after and appeared to be
winning when Boreas came along with a
remarkable burst of speed and won easily
by two lengths. Centurion was a fair third.
With post odrts of 15 to 1 against him the
old Veteran, Regal, jumped out in front
when the flag fellon the last race, a cheap
five-iuriong dash, and leading his field all
the way won comfortably by two lengths
from the 6to 5 favorite, Reno. Amigo was
a very fair third. Mulholland.
SUMMARY.
. Fan Francisco. July 5, 1895.
1-« QO FIKST RACE— About six furlonps: sell-
J 100. Ing: three-year-olds and upward; purse
5200.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. V 2 Str. Fin.
1111 Monterey, 103 (E. Jones).... 2 Si S.» 1/
1112 Rotation, 91 (Cleary) 3 84 2^ 2 A
.. Johnny Capron, 91 (Pi«rgou) 1 1* 17 3*
1105 Tom Clarke, 90 (Joe Weber). 4 4% 4/ 4V 3
1117 Halifax, 93 (Chevalier).. 5 0 5/ 5A
1131 Gold Dust, 101 (Hinnchs)... « 5/ « 6
Poor start. Won handily. Time, 1:13%. Win
ner, eh. c., by Hidalgo-Glen Ellen. _
Betting: Monterey 1 to 2, Kogation 40 to l,
Johnny Capron 10 to 1. Tom Clarke 4 to 1. Halifax
9 to 1, Gold Dust 50 lo 1.
iiQ| SECOND KACE— Five furlongs; selling;
XiO Jr. tv.-o-year-oids; purse 9 300.
Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. % Ktr. Fin.
1108 llfr Majesty. 110 (K.Jones)2 1/* 1/ \1
1113 Don Pedro. 92 (Chevalier)...! .23 11 2V a
1102 Spry Laii:. 101 (llinrichs)...4 4 4 M
(1097) Dancing Old, 97 (PiKROH)...3 3% 3% 4
Poor start. Won easily. Time, I :o2y a . Winner,
b. t, by imp. True Briton-Klsie Ban. .
• Betting: Her Majesty 7to 20, Don Pedro 10 to
1, Spry .Lark 10 to 1, Dancing Girl 7 to 1.
I i.>- THIRD RACE— Seven furlongs; purse
XluO. ?800.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. Kt. Va Sir. Fin.
(1059)Thelma, 110 (Chevalier) 4 \t 1/ 1* .
1040 Arnette, 101 (Piggott) 2 54 3-J 2/:
1180 Little Cripple,! (C.Weber).l 0 4.1 3/
11*29 Howard, 112 (Shaw) 3 3h 23 410
1116 Duke Stevens, 10*2 (Burns).. ZA.6 sy a
1091 Nabopoiasser, 74 (Ward).. .., 5Ah 5/ 6
Goodstnrt. Won easily. Time, 1:27y a . Winner,
b. f., by John Hajjpy-l'außy.
tins;: Thclir.a 1 to 2. Arnette 8 to 1, Little
Cripple tJ to 1. Howard 12 to 1, Duke Stevens 60 to
1, Nabopoiftßser 30 to 1.
HOC FOURTH RACE— Six furlongs: handi-
J lOU. cap; year-olds and upward; purse
1390, •
JnJ. Horse, welch t. jockey, fit. Va Sir. Fin.
1116 Bonos, 87 (Chevalier) 4 6 £},■'}* ■
1026 Bernardo, 101 (Hinrichs)... a » 3Vfc 2/
1116 -Mi nana,«7 (Burns) ..1 1* 1/. SA :
1125 Centurion. 90 (Plggott) 6 4/ 6 **
(1122)Kobolink, 85 (E. J0ne5). ...3 2/ 2A 5
Uood start. Won easily. Time, 1:14*4, Winner,
br. <■„ by Kolian-Ordnance. ,'.„'"'
Betting: Boreas even, Bernardo 8 to 1, Centu
rion 9 10 2, All Baba 12 to 1. Bobolink sto 1. v =
11 37 FIFT H KACE-Flve furlongs; selling;
X 1O I . three year-olds and upward: purse $250.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. ifa Str. Fin.
1127 Regal, 104 I Burns) 1 II 1/ 1*
1127 Reno, 110(0. Weber) 0 3/i 2/ 2/
U'J2 Ami«o, 108 (Sbaw) 6 65 4Vi SVa
1101 Clitlr.\ 102 (Hlnrlehs) 7 7 7 47
ll'Jl Red Idle, 96 (Piegott) 3 5/ SV, 5/>
im Soledad, 111 (Elrod) a 2/i B^6*
104 Po'.ttario. 99 (Chevalier) 4 4ft 6/ 7
Oood start. Won handily, Time, 1 -.02 y 2 . Win
ner, b. jr., by Regent-Bessie Douglas.
Betting: Re?al 15 to 1, Reno 6 to 5, Amigo 12 to
1, Claire 10 to 1, Red Idle 3 to 1, Koledad 7 to 1,
Politario 12 to 1.
Light fields are again the rule to-day.
Following is the list of entries:
First race, three-quarters of a mile, selling—
Arno 104, Silver State 104, Connaught 100,
imp. Lady Splendor 100, Greenback Jr. 89, My
Charm 89, Prince 103, Little Tough 106, Drus
cilla 100.
Second race, seven-eighths of a mile, selling,
inside course— Silver 89, Carmel 101, Crawford
100, May Day 104, Nellie G 98, Tom Clark 92.
Third race, three-quarters of a mile, handi
cap—Rev del Bandidos 112, Monitor 105, Le
dette filfy 97. Joe X 97.
Fourth race, one and a quarter miles, handi
cap—Commission 105, Del Norte 103, Flirtilla
00. Malo Diablo 90.
Fifth race, one mile, owners' handicap —
Royal Flush 84, Thelma 88, Mulberry 90.
HANSEN WILL BE EESENTENOED.
He "Was Found Guilty of Murdering
Mate M. Fitzgerald.
Hans Hansen is to be again sentenced
for the mnrder of Mate M. Fitzgerald of
the American bark Hesper. He, Herman
Sparf and Thomas St. Glair were convicted
and sentenced to be hanged. Sparf got a
new trial, and owing to the able defense of
his attorney, James Smith, he was ac
quitted by a jury in the United States
Circuit Court.
The Supreme Conrt, however, affirmed
the decision of the lower court in the cases
of Hansen and St. Clair, and the mandate
in Hansen's case having now arrived, he
will be resentenced this morning by Judge
McKenna, and later on be hanged, unless
the President should commute his sen
tence.
St. Clair was to have been hanged last
month, but pending a decision in the
Hansen case the execution was postponed.
When instructions in regard to St. Clair
reach here from Washington he also will
be resentenced.
THE KNIGHTS OF CHESS
Two Chess Tournaments Being
Played at the Mechanics'
Institute.
Score of a Came Between Howe
and Thompson— Their Official
Record.
During the past week unusual activity
has been displayed in the Mechanics' In
stitute chessroom, where a chess tourna
ment is being held. In the senior tourna
ment there are some of the cleverest chess
players on the Pacific coast, and therefore
many of the games contested are of a high
order and are watched by several men
with intense interest.
There are twenty-three entries for both
classes, eight in the first and fifteen in the
second class. Play commenced June 29,
and about seventy games have been
played already. Thompson, Palmer, Howe
and Samuels were the leading players in
the first class at G o'clock last evening. In
the second class the leading players were
Cole. Lazarus, Johnson, Thomas. Nevill
and Hirsch.
A telegraphic match will probably be ar
ranged with Seattle during the month and
also a match at a later date with Chicago
players.
Following is the score of a game between
Howe and Thompson, two of the strongest
players in the tournament. The game was
played yesterday and lasted nearly four
hours. " Howe made a losing move by
playing 36 B-K.t'2, which allowed Thomp
son* to get three pieces for the Queen:
FRENCH DEFENSE.
White— Thompson. Elack— A. Howe.
White. Black. I \Vh!t<\ Black.
1. P-K4 P-K3 "26. R-K4 QxRP
2. P-«4 P-Q4 W. Kt-B5 B-B sq
3. Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 128. P-Kt4 Q-KtS
4. PxP KixP 29. K-Bsq Kt(B4)K2
6. B-Q3 Kt-QB3 'SO. R-Q8 Kt-HH
6 KKt-K2 B-Kts 31. R-B4 Kt(K2)Q4
7. Castles Kt(Q-4)K2 132. Q-Q6 KH-Kt oq
8. R-K sq Castles ,33. «(84)83Kt-K5
9. P-QR3 B-K4 84. QzBV KtxKt
10. B-K3 K-R »q :35. PxKt K-Kt sq
11 B-QKtB P-QR3 !3«. BxKt B-Kr2
12. B-U4 P-QKt4 137. Qxß RxQ
13. R-Kt3 B-K(2 HR. BxR P-K4
14. Kt-Kt3 Q-Q3 39. R-Kt3 Q-K.i
15. Kt(B3)K4Q-Q sq 40. P-B6 Q-B5
[6. P-QB3 Kt-Q4 141. K-Kt2 P-R3
17. Kt-QBS B-B *q (42. R-Q7 (}KScU
18. Q B3 Kt(B3)K2 (43. K-R8 P-B4
[9. QR-Qsq P-QB3 ;44. TxP QxP
JO. B-Bsq B-KC3 45. B-K3 Q-K5
'1 Kt-Q3 B-B2 4«. P. Xt« T-KR4
>2 P-KR4 B-Kl2 47. R(Q7)Q3P-Kti
J3 P-R5 BxKt 48. R-K3 Q-Q«
!4 Qxß Kt-B4 149. RxKP QxR
;5 Q-K5 Q-R5 i 80. B-Q4 Resigns.
The following was the official record of
the players at 6 o'clock last evening:
X nme . FIBST CLASS. Won. Lost.
Howe 1%
QulrOKa } *
Franklin lVs 2y,
Samuels * •»
Thompson - 3 1
Martin • 1
Palmer 2 1
Harding 1 1
Nam I. second CLASS. "Won. Lost.
Falrweat her -••• 0 0
NevilL • » 3
Cole 3 0
Jiurkin 0 0
J0hn50n........ ° *
Kttlnger 0 0
Hlrsch Wz , 4 1/ 2
Lazarus 6% JVa
Demon ••• v 9
Asnmn 0 3
Newman... 6 •>
Thomas.... * 2
Torres 0 10
Spaldtng... ••••! »
Cutting & "
« » »
The Royal is the only baking powder
for those desiring the finest, most whole
some food. ; _
Five Live* for Two Cask* of Wine.
The following is from a private letter
just received by Henry Taylor of this City
from a relative residing in Silao, dated
Silao. Mexico, June 10, 1895:
■•We had a case of shooting railroad
hands here in Silao last week. Tuesday
Mr. Thibbitts' (the conductor's) train
brought in a carload of household furni
ture, and when it came to be checked out
there were two casks of wine missing, so
all the brakemen and trainhancis were ar
rested, and on Wednesday they had a trial.
"The guilty man and the wine were both
found, but it" was proved that four of the
trainhands had known he got on at, the
next station from Silao and was a suspi
cious character but had not informed
against him. All four of these, as well as
the guilty man, were ordered to be shot,
and they were all shot last week. Five
lives for two casks of wine! Wine of more
value than Mexicans!"
"This," adds Mr. Taylor, ''looks very
like harsh justice, and so it is— five lives
sacrificed for a few dollars' worth of wine.
But it must not be forgotten that this was
in Mexico, where for 300 years the people
have had bad teaching.bad government
and bad examples. Up to within the last
twenty-five yearß life and property had not
been secure in Mexico, but to-day in many
of the Mexican States both are iust as safe
as in the United States, and the present
Government is doing all it can to make
them more so. Hence the severity of the
punishment for the above offense.
. "There are no lynchings in Mexico. ]
have never heard of such a thing. Why?
Because criminals never go unpunished in
that couutry. There is no red tape about
the trials for murder, theft or even petty
offenses. Punishment often follows within
fortv-fiight hours of the crime, as in the
above case. Could not the civilized and
enlightened United States learn a lesson
from the swift though merciless justice
accorded by Mexico? I may say that SUao
is a town of 15.000 inhabitants, 240 miles
from Mexico City, on the Mexican Central
Railroad, the principal road in Mexico.
Baltimore Sun.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895.
SUMNER HARDY'S TENNIS
He Defeats His Brother, Sam
uel Hardy, by a Score
of Three to One.
EALLYING AT SAN RAFAEL.
The Volleying: Came Beaten— Last
Day of the Club Tour
nament.
"The championship round for the eighth
annual tournament commenced yesterday
at San Rafael at 2 o'clock and the Hardy
brothers of the new Lakeside Club were
pitted against each other to combat for the
honor of securing the title of champion
and to hold the new $200 cup presented by
the association for the ensuing year. The
flag of the California Lawn Tennis Club
floated in the breeze, but its only repre
sentative, Mr. Wilberforce, 6at calmly in
the umpire's seat delivering the scores to
VVitSCRPORCES Curling cock*
CRtPTOOWNxHiVI COLL.AQO.
the many pretty girls assembled to see the
combat.
Samuel Hardy lost the toss, and, as his
brother chose sides, commenced to serve.
Sumner Hardy took the first game without
losing a stroke and served so well in the
second that he repeated this dose, winning
eight strokes in succession. Samuel, how
ever, did some very pretty volleying in the
third, taking the game, and continued his
success in the fourth, but here Sumner
took another game, only losing one stroke
and making the game 3—2 in his favor.
iSamuel by continued good volleying tied
the score, but his success only lasted for a
moment, as his brother secured the next
three games after some very brilliant
rallies, winning the first set at 6 — 3. Time,
22 minutes.
The second set was not as exciting as the
first, and both players appeared * trifle
over anxious, often making very tame
strokes instead of putting their usual gin
ger into the pace oi the balls. There were
only two really close games in this set, both
of which were won by Samuel, after deuce
had been called numerous times. In the
ninth g^ame Sumner ran up to smash a ball
and being too sure, missed it altogether,
giving his brother a love game, and this
seemed to annoy him to such an extent
that he lost the'next game after bringing
tlie score from forty-love to deuce, giving
the set to Samuel at 6—4. Time, 33 mm.
One set all.
The third set waa the most exciting of
the afternoon and both players seemed to
realize that the winner of the cup would
be the one who could take this set. They
each played excellent tennis, eliciting
great applause from both galleries. The
games were not lone, deuce only being
called twice in this set, but each player
put more vim into the pace, and if they
missed a shot they missed it well, as it
was a well-iutended shot.
The excitement grew as the score con
tinued to even up, and great applause
marked the time wlien Samuel, after mak
ing three fine volleys, made the games six
all. Sumner, however, only allowed his
brother three points in the next two games,
winning with eight games to six in thirty
one minutes' plays, having the advantage
of two sets to one.
Both brothers here indulged in a shower
and started in the fourth set at eight min
utes past 4.
Sumner seemed to be the surer of the
two and took the first game after deuce
had been called once. Samuel next took
two games, but after that did not have a
chance, as Sumner began to drive and
volley as if he was just freshly starting in,
and won the next four games in seventeen
minutes— the shortest set played— makinir
game, set, match and championship amid
prolonged applause.
After this Mr. Wilberforce, the outgoing
president, presented the cup with a few
appropriate remarks, and the meeting of
1886 was a thine of the past.
Taking the match as a whole, it was slow
to the onlookers, as the tennis played was
too skillful for them to appreciate, and it
was only when a brilliant smash was in
dulged in or when a game was added to
one of the players' score that the applause
was general. There was, however, during
the match, an excellent display of eye ana
wrist skill, and many of Sumner Hardy's
back-hand drives have never been equaled
on this coast.
It was the old idea of a back-court game
against the volley, and to-day it is doubt
ful whether the volley game is the stronger
after all. Experts on this coast have held
that it is, but it has been proved in this
tournament that a good drive, combined
with a fairly good knowledge of volleying,
will beat any kind of a volley game, when
the volleyer* cannot drive successful^'. The
game put up by Taylor was at that time
the best seen here, but Sumuer Hardy's
game is the style to adopt.
The match lasted exactly one hour and
thirty-three minutes, and as it was in
tensely hot both players had to be in ex
cellent trim to be able to keep up playing
their game all the time. The exact score
was as follows:
Sumner Hardy. Samuel Hardy.
Games. Points. Games. Points.
24 143 17 123
Double faults. Double faults.
2 . 1
Samuel Hardy was questioned after the
match as- to how he had lost and said: "It
is a delicate subject to speak of, and a use
less one, as this score shows. My brother
simply outplayed me in every sense of the
word, and kept me guessinc as to where he
would put "the ball. Where a man once
gets his opponent off his legs the result
is always the same, and so it was with me.
He won, I lost."
The annual meeting of the association
> . - - - ■ ■ . - . . - . -■■*?... -
was held on the night of the Fourth at the
hotei. Before the meeting there was a
dinner given by the association and the
following were present: Samuel Hardy,
Sumner Hardy, A. B. Wilberforce, A. 8.
Keeler, W. Magee, D. E. Allison Jr., J. F.
Archibald, T. A. Driscoll, A. E. Kaeser.
During the dinner President Wilberforce
presented Sumner Hardy with the gold
watch and chain for being the runner-up,
and after that the meeting commenced.
The new officers for 1895-96 were elected
as follows: R. N. Whitney, president;
Sumner Hardy, vice-president; A. Starr
Keeler, secretary and treasurer. Execu
tive committee— Sam Hardy. W. Magee,
D. E. Allison Jr., George Whitney. By
general consent A. B. Wilberforce was
elected an honorary member of the associa
tion.
It was determined to hold an invitation
single tournament on August 2 and 3, at
the Hotel Mateo, for ten players, and also
to hold two tournaments shortly, one at
the California Club and another at the
Lakeside.
It seems that tennis is having a revival
and it cannot be doubted that it will soon
occupy the place it once held in California,
and the reason for this is that several of
the old stand-bys of the game, such as W.
H. Taylor Jr., Harry Stetson, Charles
Hubbard, Harry Haight and Joe Tobin
are coming back into the fold. It is to be
hoped that they will appear at San Rafael
for the double championship which will
be held in September next, at the same
time that the ladies' single tournament
will be played. Miss Bee Hooper, the pres
ent lady champion, attended the games all
the time and seemed to take a great deal
of interest in all the back-hand shots.
This was her weakest point, but it is un
derstood that she has vastly improved her
Kanie and will, in all probability, retain
her title again this year.
A 00W SVENGALI.
Hypnotizing Other Horned Creatures
Into a Fence Trap.
I was sitting at my desk writing when I
heard the voice of my landlady calling for
assistance, and I ran out to find her
wrestling with a cow that had got her
head fastened in the fence and was about
to demolish the whole structure in at
tempting to free herself, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Times.
My beautiful friend had allowed herself
to be so tempted by an experimental patch
of alfalfa that she had scrambled up a very
steep and rocky little hill as best she could
from the outside of the fence. This was no
ordinary «pnsible kind of a fence, but a
fancy filigree affair, made of 2x2-inch stuff
set upon a stone base, each panel being
about 2^x3 feet in size, with two strips
running from corner to corner on the in
side ana crossing in the center.
Into one of these angles the cow had
fastened her head, and the more she wrig
gled it the less chance there seemed of her
getting out. How she ever got in it was a
mystery to me, and I had to tear out a
panel of fence to set her free.
Instead of scampering away as soon as
she regained her liberty, the cow waited
patiently without until I got a hammer
and nails and repaired the damage she had
caused me to do. I thought she wanted to
thank me by her presence for my relief in
her distress, but I know now she had a
deeper and perhaps not so charitable a
motive.
The next afternoon as I sat by my open
window I saw the cow scramble up the hill
from the dusty road below and take her
stand by the very panel of fence where slie
had been caught the day before. I won
dered if she were going to repent her effort
at alfalfa stealing, but pretty soon I saw
she was working a schedule. Without ut
tering a sound and standing perfectly still,
she fixed her eyes intently on the little
stream of cows as they were passing on
their way to their various homes, but none
of them seemed to take any notice of her
except a little clean-limbed Jersey that
came near the end of the procession.
She stopped short, looked intently up at
the cow for a few moments, then, with a
whining kind of a low, she tossed her head,
turned and came directly up the hill. The
two cows stood facing ench other, the Ayr
shire looking fixedly at the Jersey for a
moment, then suddenly and with another
low whine the latter poked her head
through the opening in the fence.
Immediately the Ayrshire frisked her
tail and sped down the hill, leaving her
victim alone to her fate. Of course, I went
nobly to the rescue, and the poor little
Jersey was all of a tremble when I got
there, and thanked me with her beautiful
eyes before she turned away after she was
at liberty.
This same thing was fcpeuted every after
noon for a whole week, except that each
day the Ayrshire entrapped a new victim,
and the condition of that panel or fence
came to bo very far from strong from my
frequent manipulations while rescuing the
cows from their predicament. It is really
impossible to tell how long the thing
would have been kept up had I not pre
vailed upon mv landlady to let me board
up that particular panel for the sake of the
suffering cows that were yet to be en
trapped.
There is certainly no baking powder so
well known and generally used as the
Royal. Its virtues are so well known to
every housekeeper that the slanders of the
dishonest makers of the cheaper goods fail
to touch it.
She Had Bitten Herself.
About a quarter of a century ago Beran
ger's'Grisotte" was performed at one of
the theater*. The part of Lisette was al
lotted to Virginie Dejazet. This popular
actress, then advanced in years, had lost
all her teeth, and to do justice to her new
role she had ordered a frosh set. As the
tooth felt uncomfortable, she took them out
when the play was over and put them in
her pocket. When in the ereen room she
incautiously sat down, and immediately
jumped up, with a scream.
'What is the matter?" inquired our
jolly old friend, Adolphe Dennery.
"Nothing," said Mile. Dejazet. "I have
only bitten myself."— Revue Theatrale.
J. TALBOT CLIFTON GONE
He Took Passage on the
Steamer Umatilla Yester
day for Alaska.
WILL HUNT THE POLAR BEAR.
The Bloods at Burlingame Are In
Mourning and White-Hat Mc-
Carty Is Sad.
Burlingame is in mourning, society is
distrait', "White Hat" McCarty is in the
dumps. J. Talbot Clifton has hied him
hence, valet and dogs and all, for the snow
clad fields of Alaska, to return nobody
knows when.
It is a blow to the smart set, all the more
stunning in that it was totally unexpected.
At 9:30 o'cJock yesterday morning the
fishermen around the Broadway wharf and
the few passers-by who were democratic
enough to be out of bed at that hour saw a
sight. The steamer Umatilla was ready to
slip her moorings preparatory to gliding
out into the bay and the ocean for Alaska,
when the tall figure of J. Talbot Clifton
hove in sight, clothed in about as ill fitting
a suit of tweeds as were ever turned out of
Poole's. There were checks enough in it to
have made a banker's fortune and splotches
of color sufficient to enliven the most
erotic novel. Behind trotted the ever
faithful valet, canes and umbrellas in arm;
the dogs of the "Lord" in the leash follow
ing tamely after.
A moment later came a whole wagon
load of luggage, and in a very short time
ail was on board— Clifton, the valet, the
dogs, the canes and the luggage. "Lord"
Clifton was outward and northward bound.
Yes, indeed, "Lord" Clifton was bound
for Alaska, and none of the swell set, none
of the smart set— not even "White Hat"
McCarty — was on the pier to give him the
farewell shake or wave him bon voyage.
It was hard on the "Lord," after all the
dollars he had spent in Burlingame, that
the very few of his intimates who knew of
his intended departure did not come down
to see him off. Bad enough, and some of
the gloom of his thoughts was plainly vis
ible on his face as lie leaned sadly over the
rail and gazed at the waste of water below.
Gay and happy and fearless, with spirits
running as high as a schoolboy's, was J.
Taibot ~ Clifton at Burlingame on the
Fourth. Astride his nervy pony, Lima
Beans, which he did not buy from "White
Hat," he played polo with the Blues
against the Reds and lost. He was here,
there and everywhere on the field, making
fearful smashes at the little round ball,
kicking up a lot of dirt and making any
quantity of slushes, but making never a
goal. But little did J. Talbot care for that.
He cares as little for empty honors as some
of his friends do for empty bottles, and
was iust as happy in defeat as he could
have\>een with victory fanning the laurels
on his brow. He didn't make a goal, it is
true, and he didn't break his neck or take
a cropper, which is stranger, but he had
the excitement.
Afterward, when the summery gowns of
the beautiful women had faded from the
vicinity of the club, they all joined in, the
reds aiid the blues, the admirers of Tobin
and the friends of Talbot, and they
cracked any number of large "bots" and
had a real swell time, and then Talbot
broke the news to the fow choice spirits
remaining. He was going to Alaska,
would take steamer in the morning and
sail for the land of the Bering seal and the
blooming polar bear.
It would take something more con
vincing than rumor to explain the absence
of the only "White Hat" from the side of
his noble friend at the hour of parting
from the man to whom he had sold so
much remarkable horseflesh at such re
markable figures. He had sold him Lark
and Guadaloupe and any number of other
good things— any number of them but
Lima Beans— and he could not desert him
when he was about to sail for the land of
the midnight sun. But he was not there,
and up till noon yesterday there was a
well-founded rumor in certain circles that
''White Hat" had given the "Lord" the
cold shake.
As the clock in the Palace grillroom in
dicated 12 o'clock, however, this rumor
was dissipated in an instant, as if by
magic. Pale and downcasl, puffed under
the eyes, the celebrated white chapeau
crushed down on the head, "White Hat"
walked in. He looked neither to the right
nor to the left, but proceeded slowly
through to the bar. He took or.c stiff eye
opener and sank into the first chair behind
the screen. There were only a few present,
and McCarty said nothing, but every one
knew that he had tried desperately to catch
the boat and failed. He knew the "Lord"
had gone, ana therefore he was sad.
Last night McCarthy gave it out that
Clifton had sailed to the northward with
the avowed intention of hunting the polar
bear, and the polar bear alone. He had
promised to stay in Juneau, Alaska, till
one came down there to be killed and Mc-
Carty was to look after his Roman-nosed
steeds. Incidentally, of course, the "Lord"
might hunt seals. He was an old hand at
that business, McCarty said, having
toppled over any number of gold and
white and red seals, but never any Bering
seals. This time he would try them.
And that is the reason why Burlingame
is sad and McCarty has crape on his
noted high hat. .
A John Bull i'lugl Nhmr.n.
In a public house at Hammersmith late
on Saturday night there was a family
party of three persons: the husband, a
short sullen-looking artisan, in the argu
mentative stage of beer; his wife, a faded
anxious little woman with the traces of
good looks in her face, two of gin cold in
her glass, and in her arms a bright and
pretty baby in nice clothes laughing and
prattling at the light. The husband was
glaring pugnaciously at two quiet shrink
ing young men.
"Oh, Jim, do come 'ome," said his wife,
pulling timorously at his sleeve. "I'm
sure it s all a mistake; there was nothing
meant, I'm sure there wasn't. Come 'ome,
Jim."
"You leavte go of me," said Jim. "I'm a
going to aye this thing sifted out right
down to the bottom. Now, then, there's a
blindin' tanner," and he smacked a six
pence hard down on the edge of the bar,
and then, from force of habit, looked at it
to see whether it was a head or a tail.
"Now, then !" he said again, "somebody's
gave my child a tanner, and I want them
as geve it to iust pick it up again."
"But, Jim, the wife pleaded, "I'm sure
as there wasn't no 'arm meant."
"Do you know who it was as gave it?"
he asked.
"No," she said, hesitatingly.
"Then," he replied, with an impressive
effect of calmness and waving her aside
with his hand, "you just leave this to me.
I'm going to sift it. I ma-going to find out
who gave it, and I'm a-going to find out
what he gave it foar. If you don't know,
don't you interfere." Then with great de
liberation he picked up the sixpence and
put it in his pocket. "I'll clow no man to
give my child money," he said with a great
effort of sternness. "That's what lam
Mr. John Bull Englishman, I am. If my
child wants sixpence sh«'s liable to get 'em
from me. That's me, John Bull English
man. [Now, then." and once more he
pulled out the sixpence and slapped it on
the counter, "whose is it?"
The wife from behind him gave the
young men a warning look.
"Was it you as gave it 'er?" he asked
fiercely.
"No." said one of the young men with
evident shame at having to deny a gener
ous action.
"Because," the father went on, once
more picking up the sixpence and putting
it into his pocket, "if it was you, you 'aye
it. 'Ere, will yer 'ave it?" and he began
to fumble at his pocket. "I'm John Bull
Englishman, I am."
They declined to acknowledge the eift,
so he kept it in his pocket, and then taking
the still laughing child with great, assump
tion of proprietary rights from its mother's
arms he strode off with dignity.
"Poor old Annie," said the young man
who had given the child the money;
"that's the first time I've set eyes on her
since she left the factory."— Pall Mall Ga
zette.
JEPI DAVIS AND "PKINCE JOHN."
General Magruder Tells a Characteristic
Story of Their Meeting.
General John Bankhead Magruder will
be remembered by the old officers of the
army as a great bon vivant, a dashing
soldier and a polished society man.
"Prince John," as he was called, while not
afraid of field service, enjoyed a nice, soft
station immensely, particularly in Wash
ington; and such was his charming man
ner, brilliant record and personal influ
ence that he was more than a match for a
callow Secretary of War. He once told
me of a characteristic interview he had
with Jefferson Davis, while Davis was
Secretary of War. Said Prince John:
"I had been in Washington nearly all
winter, and was anxious to be assigned to
duty here, when down came an order for
me to report at some outlandish, one
company post in the West.
"I went to the War Department and sent
in my card to the Secretary, and was im
mediately ushered into his room. Mr.
Davis was sitting bolt upright at his desk,
looking cool and impassivp, not to say un
approachable.
" 'Good morning, Mr. Secretary,' said I.
11 'Good morning, CaDtain Magruder,'
said he.
"I thought that before requesting a
change in my orders I would try and thaw
him out a bit, and so, after a tew general
remarks, began thus:
" 'When I was in Paris, Mr. Secretary,
last year, I was thrown a great deal with
the officers of the French army, saw several
reviews, and was greatly impressed with
the kindly feeling ana admiration they
expressed toward the United States, and
when I was presented at court the Em
peror — '
" 'Captain Magruder,' said he, 'I despise
the French.' Then he began to look over
some papers.
"I saw it was no good trying to work
French reminiscences, so I began again.
11 'When I was on the frontier of Canada
some ygars ago I was very handsomely
entertained by the officers of the English
garrison. The regimental plate, priceless
in value and association, was brought, and
the dinner was one of the most recherche
affairs I ever sat down to. The menu
was — ' :
'• 'Captain Magruder, I loathe the Eng
lish,' said he.
"By this time I was somewhat rattled,
and began to fear it was no use; that in
fernal order would stick. Now, Davis and
I had been at West Point together, and in
the Mexican War. so I thought I would
make one more effort in the way of polite
conversation.
" 'When we were cadets at West Point,
Mr. Secretary—'
'"You have received your orders from
this department, have you not, Captain
Magruder?'
" 'Yes, Mr. Secretary; but, by the way,
do you remember the day in Mexico, just
before Buena Vista, when my battery was
passing your regiment, you called out to
me — '
"'Good morning, Captain Magruder.
Upon your arrival at your post please re
port the fact at once to this department.'
"Then I got up. We exchanged bows,
and I went out of that room route step.
Davis never did like me, and no amount of
savoir faire on my part could ever make
him unbend lor "a moment. He was like
that from cadet to the end of his Presi
dency of the Confederacy.'— Washington
Post.
At the Battle of Copenhagen.
Toward the close of the action Colonel
Hutchinson reported to me that the guns
wanted quill or tin tubes (which are used
as more safe and expedition than loose
priming), and wanted me to send some
one, adding, "his own men were too ignor
ant of the ship, or he would have sent one
before my return." I told him "I knew
no one that could so well be spared as
myself." He, however, objected to my
going, and as I was aware of the dreadful
slaughter which had taken place in the
center of the ship, I was not very fond of
the jaunt, but my conscience would not
let me send another on an errand I was
afraid to undertake myself, and away I
ported toward the fore magazine, says a
writer in McMillan's Magazine.
When I arrived on the main deck, along
which I had to pass, there was not a single
man standing the whole way from the
mainmast forward, a distance containing
eight guns on a side, some of which were
run out ready for firing; others lay dis
mounted, and others remained as they
were after recoiling. In this dreary scene
I shall be excused for shuddering as I
walked across the body of a dead soldier.
I hastened down the fore ladder to the
lower deck, and felt really relieved to find
somebody alive ; from thence I reached the
fore cockpit, where I was obliged to wait a
few minutes for my cargo, and after this
pause I own I felt something like regret, if
not fear, as I remounted the ladder on my
return. This, however, entirely subsided
when I saw the sun shining and the old
ensign flying as lofty as ever.
I never felt the genuine sense of glory so
completely as at that moment ; and if I
had seen any one attempt to haul that en
sign down I could have run aft and shot
him dead in as determined a manner as
the celebrated Paul Jones. I took off my
hat by an involuntary motion, and gave
three cheers as I jumped on the quarter
deck. Colonel Hutchinson welcomed me
at my quarters as if I had been on a hazard
ous 'enterprise and had returned in
triumph. Mr. Yelland also expressed
great satisfaction at seeing me in such
high spirits and so active.— Macmillan's
Magazine.
Cremation on 1 li<- Battlefield.
The other day the Emperor William, in
view of the carnage inseparable from lat
ter-day warfare, took counsel with the
medical staff of the German War Office as
to whether, or to what extent, cremation
might not be utilized for the disincumber
ing of battlefields after such sanguinary
combats as those, for example, around
Metz in the campaign of 1870. The subject
is full of difficulty, and even if cremation
be eventually put in practice for such an
end, it must, without question, call intooo
eration a much larger, a much more va
riously disciplined medico-military person
nel than hitherto. The electric light, after
darkness has set in, may be trusted to aid
in distinguishing the dying from the dead ;
but expert examination will be needed be
fore such an irrevocable process as that of
the crematorium is applied to bodies in
which the vital spark, not wholly extin
guished, may yet have a chance of being
fanned into tlarae. This examination will
not be called lor in the caae of those whose
condition is such that only a few minutes
can remain before rigor mortis begins to
declare itself. It may be spared also in
those cases where after operations the re
sources of the field ambulance have failed
to re-enforce the powers of life. But from
the two sides of the battlefield — from the
front and from the rear— the crematorium
will never be without food, ill too abund
ant, if the provisions of the Emperor Will
iam as to the "butcher's bill" of the next
great European war are to be realized. —
Lancet.
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