Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1890, Page 8

§ v THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. APRIL 19, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. EXPERTS AT THE KEY. Washington Telegraphers Noted For Their Skill. A SCORE OF FAST WORKERS. Operators in This City Always Called Upon For Important Werk—Sketche: ef Men Who Stand in me Front Rank. _—__ E SENDS better ‘Morse’ than any other man in town,” said a telegraph P expert toa Stan reporter the other evening. Justas to who the “he” 4 referred to was is a matter of no Particular consequence so far as the general public is concerned, and the telegraphically Gisposed of the community can guess as to his identity. There is a great variety of first-class talent among local ope! ‘and it would be difficult indeed to find any one man of whom it might truthfully be said that he was much in advance of a score of brother or sister labor: All over the country is nat Washington operators are in the front rank. Whenever @ great political convention is held it is the Washington offices t on at are most frequently to furnish the operators, When nt Garfield was removed to El- beron to die a force of Western Union operators from this city sent out the pews of the wounded Mmau’s condition and finally of his death. Enor- mous is the amount of press and mercantile matier s¢ om the two telegraph offices on F street—the Western Union and the Postal n Garfield was shot the West- n was suddenly subjected to a most ed strain, but it was equal to the emer- called unexpec gener, an an¢ when ‘the last tired operator had sleepily off to bed there had been for- of the various newspapers the gating 000 immense number of private ‘ams ou that and other subjects. That was a large day's work for one office, but as nothing when compared with the la- hat in town on serably wet hiy disagree- able day when P om Was inangu- rated. The te er of words of news matter on that sion was 614,932, MAREAN. One of the most thor- v ators and a us to speed is ell Marean, of the Western in this ei and a practical all- round electricia : Marean te lessons i Niont ) on th the De war na and We road. In 1861 he came to this city and worked a for the American Company, being successively night chief operator, dav chief operator and assistant manager. In 1870 the Wesiern Union gob d the American and Mr. Marean was made night manager. Three years liter he was made assistant manager to Capt. Whitney and eleven years afterward was put im the position he now holds. The many important services rendered by him are not easily to be ennme-ated, but his discoveries and labors form no sma! portion of the tele- graphic history of the countr, WILLIAM H. YOUNG, Known of all news- paper men and key- rs and as popu- faras a brief sermon fs William H. Young. aight manager of Western Union office. He was born in this city and commenced his telegraphic career in 1854 with the Wash- ton and New Orleans ompany, actinz as the only messenger boy and as janitor, assistant battery-man and line- man. He soon became an operator and went to work for the Mag- netic Company. Wash- ington has been Mr. Young’s field of labor ever nce, with the exception of six months in 1856 mt at Moundsvilie, W. Va.. where he was in charge. He has held many responsible posts. To present the names of local operators in the order which they merit mention is almost im- Possible when so many of them are about equally capable. DENNIS F. BROW’. Dennis F. Brown en- tered the service at Boston in 18¢4.and has worked in nearly all the large cities of the coun- He now works the St. Louis Globe-Demo-~ erat wire and nds from 5.000 to 7.090 words every night. In 1883 he, with William Gibson, sent and re- ceived. with Chicago on oue side of a quidru- plex. 900 messages in «aS eight hours. The con- ESV7 - test was between the Wheatstone and Morse. and the Morse men, of whom Mr. Brown was one, beat their op- poneuts by seven messages. Louis M. SMITH. Louis Morrell Smith. Right traffic chief of the Western Union egraph Company. was born in Washi + November 1859, and began his te’ egraph service as Biessenger boy wh fiftecen years old. Dur- ing the centennial cel- ebration of the surren- der of Cornwa: at Yorktown. Va, in 1381, he was one of a half dozen operators sent there from this city to handle the great stacks of messazes and = specials that were filed for transmission. He was also one of the operators selected by Mr. Marean to accompany him to Cle’ nd. Ohio, to help handle the great rush of business at- tending the funeral of the late President Gar- field. Mr. Smith is employed during the day | t the banking house ot Lewis Jobn-on & Co., where he looks after the private wire of Messra. Moore & Schley of New York. FUANK KANE. Frank Kane is one of the best known opera- tors in the city. He was born im Philadel- | phia and entered the telegraph service there | in 187%. Four years aiterward he was trans- | ferred to the Washin: office, and he has been | here ever since, with | he exception of a six nts’ sojourn in New | xico, where he had rge of the Western Union office at Albu- ‘qnerque. He is con- sidered one of the most rr. skillful andrehable men im the Washington office. PUILIP BE. BROWN. Philip F. Brown was born im Baltimore in 1957 and began tele- graphing on the Phila- delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad in Baltimore in 1 ip 1852 he went to Cam- en station in the serv- lee of the Baltimore and Obio Railroad Com- Dany and in the fail of that year was trans- ferred to the baltimore and Ohio (Comme retal) Telegraph Companys ofice. Upon the con- solidation of the Balti- < more and Ohio with the Western ( nion in 1887 ho went to Decatur, Ill,, with the Wabash Rail- road Company. He was afterward with the Missouri Pacific railroad ia St. Louis, the Western Union in Chicago, the Postal Tele- graph and Cable Company in New York and came to Washington in September, 1843, for the Western Union. He is a very fast and legi- bie sender and was assigned to one of the Asso- ciated Press circuits, where he sends from ten a | time until 1883 worked | telegraphy tournament which took place in New JOHN M. FIELD. Jobn Morris Field commenced business as @ telegrapher at To- ledo. Ohio, in 1874, and afterward, entering the Western Union service, roamed around all the larger cities in the middie states, and in 1879 came to Washing- ton. Here he enlisted in the United States signal service, but in February, 1884. went back to the Western Union, He has worked ell the heavier circuits out of this office, In 1888 he was — night trafic chief and was placed in charge of newspaper matter. Locally, Mr. Field is the organizer and com- manding officer of the signal corps of the Dis- trict National Guard. WM. F. A. HASSON. Wm. F. A. Hasson, born in Cecil county, Md., entered the tele- graphic service in Bal- timore with the Amer- ican District Telegraph Company in 1876. After a varied and valuable experience in Balti- more and Pittsburg he came to this city in Oc- tober, 1889, and obtain- ing a position with the Western Union was at once assigned to one of <= the heaviest newspaper circuits in America (the St. Paul Pioneer Press). He has ne sent for a record, but on one occasion trans- mitted eighty-seven messages inan hour. By bis colleagues he is considered one of the very best operators in the employ of the Western Union, £ LESTER FISHER. Lester Fisher,a Buck- eye by birth, entered the service of the West- ern Union Company at Cleveland, Ohio. in 1870, and since then hae been connected with various companies, He came to Washington during the rush engendered by the Garfield assas- sination, and has work- ed some of the heaviest circuits in the Western | Union office, notabl the *Southern Press” circuit of the Associated Press, accounted one of the longest and heaviest in the country. He has been with the banking firm of Corson & Macartney for the past five years, HARRY M'KELDIN. Harry MeKeldin is another operator who can hold up his end with any of the record seekers of the protes- sion. He learned the business in Baltimore in 1565, end from that for about all the tele- graph companies in the east and south. For thi last four vears he has been working the Chi- 2% eago Infer-Ocean pri- Gal vate wire, using the Phillips code system of telegraphy. At the death of Gen. John A. Lo- gan he sent matter that filled seven columns of the Inter-Oceam and sent it in less than four hours, Recently he sent over two thousand | words in twenty-five minutes, using the code system, and it was received in Chicago by Mr. Charles Hays. Mr. McKeldin has always been selected as one of any detail which was sent out to do especially rapid work. He was one of the seven expert operators at the jail when Guiteau was bung. snd he also went to Long Branch when President Garfield was removed | thither. CHAS, W. THAYER. For twenty-two years Chas. W. Thayer has seen coytinnous service in the telegraph busi- ness and for the greater portion of that time he has been on at least even terms with the best operators in the country. He wa born in Georgetown. near Toronto, Canada. where he served his apprenticeship. When sixteen years of age he © came to the United RY ¥_ States and served first at Grand Hutcu, Mich, and then at Chicago. Mr. Thayer is at present night chief oper- ator of the Associated Press, having charge of the wires and bu-iness handled thercin at night. He is also Taz Stan Associated Press operator during the day, and when he has nothing else to do passes his time dickering in real estate, WILLIAM A, DYFR, William A. Dyer, the day chief operator of the Associated Press in was born n, N.J., in 1845, and began as a messen- ger boy. He com- at Trenton, in September, 1859, with the Electro- Magnetic ‘Telegraph At the age D Sat Bordentown, N. J., the headquarters of the Camden and Amboy Pa railroad, Great num- Z bers of troops en route so the front passed over this roud and rapid and accurate transmission of train orders was an important duty. In 1563 and 1564 he was in Philadelphia and then was at Cincinnati and Mobile. at the latter place being chief operator. Since 1878 Mr. Dyer has been with the Western Union and the Associated Press in this city. SAMES B. AUSTIN. James Beemer Austin, one of the “old timers,” is now with the United Press in this city. He is a thorough telegrapher. Mr. Anstin first essaved telegraphy in March, 1862, in his native town and home— Simcoe, Canada, InZ ., 1865 he emigrated to the=~ United States, and after gar service in many towns came to the national. capital in 1870 to the Western Union office. 1 Not content with being 7 an excellent “Morse” operator he, shortly after his arrival here, toyed with the **Printer,” as the House-Hughes printing telegraph instru- ment is called. and soon became one of the three expert printing operators in Washing- ton—Fred Royce and Jack Lombard—both old timers and still with the Western U m here— making up the remaining two-thirds of the “printer” force of the office. Mr. Austin is a charter member, and has been for the past eight years secretary of the Telegraphers’ i tual Relief Association of Washington, an or- ganization that has carried cheer and ‘comfort to many a sick man’s home. HERBERT 8. WRIGHT, Another of the United Press “‘swifts” is Her- bert S. Wright, who alternates with Mr. Aus- tin on the Capitol wire, Mr. Wright is a Wash- ingtonian, who com- menced the dot and dash business in 1869 with the Baltimore and Ohio Telexraph Com- pany. Mr. Wright is beyond question a rapid telegrapher, but his ex- tremely sensitive nerv- sous organization upset when he tried his luck at the national fast York last week. In the comparative seclusion of bis office he can rattle off about 235 words in five minutes, but when he basa large and chillily eritical audience his speed is-materially lessened, WILLIAM W. KELSER. William W. Kelser was born in this city thirty-one years O. He entered the wle- graph service as a mes- senger and when seven= teen years of age was oo ted as operator in Western Union serv- ice. Two years later | he was promoted to a position in the main ottice, w! worked | the heaviest wires with the “old veterans.” He wa Montgomery. Ala., but soon resigned to return to fourteen thousand words of newspaper mat- ter nightly. @an Union to Washington to accept a p'ace with the Ameri- | probab! » just organizing, aud | 4 year ago. . was the first operator on the rolls of that company. He was soon appointed night man- ager, and a‘ter the amalgamation with the Western Union became night manager of the Baltimore ard Ohio Telegraph Company under Col. Harry Clarke, and continued as such until they were bought out by the Western Union. After the absorption of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Mr, Kelser was sppointed official operator at the House of Representa- tives, which position he now holds. He is also rivate operator for Gen. Boynton, chief of the ashington lureau of the Cincinnati Commer- clal-Gazette, whose matter is transmitted in “short-hand telegraphy” or “code.” J. A. HUTCHINSON. J.A. Hutchinson, one of the best-known ope- rators in the city, started in as mes- senger at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1868, and a year later was in charge of an office on the Penn- sylvania railread. This did not last long, for Z - he fell asleep the sec: ond night he was duty and suspension followed speedily. A two years’ top around the ‘country followed \ and the Pernsylvania Company sent him to this city when the Balti- more and Potomac road was opened, then appointed train dispatch filled until 1841, when he res might managership of the American Union Company. At the consolidation of that com- pany with the Western Union he became operator for H. D, Cooke & Co., and at night worked the special wire of the Cincinnati Com- merewal-Gazell?, Mr. Hutchin8on is one of the four or five men in Washington who can send direct from short-hand notes, by means of which combination he can forward from 2.000 to 2.500 words an hour. He is private secre- tary to Senator Kenna of West Virginia, SAMUEL A, GALLATIN, Samuel A. Gallatin commenced to worry a key in his native town of York, Pa., in 1882, He started in as a m senger boy in 1881 and after fifteen months of combined labor was ap- pointed manager of the American Rapid Tele- graph Company's office in the same city. He came to this city, for the first time, in 1885, being engaged with the YBultimore and Ohio ‘Company. When the earthquake shook Charleston up ke ten- dered his services to the Southern Company at that point; went there and remained for some montis. Upon his return to this city he se- cured a position m the Western Union night force, where he is now emploved. When Judge Jere Black was buried at Fork. Pa.. Mr. Gal tin dida good piece of work, sending 5 words to Philadeiphia in one hour. He has a receiving record of ninety-seven messages from pw York in one ‘hour and fifteen minutes. Ina late private trial he kept up a speed of forty-three words a minute for ten minutes, VY GEO. W. HANN, The Postal Tolegraph Company has a num- ber of first-class men. y. Henn is a Francisco, legraphy in the freight ofice of the New York Central Railroadat East Buffalo, N.Y. He heldvar oussitu- ations untikearly in 1882, when he was appointed operator to \ the New York Produce hange, hand) the Chicago grain tations for five quo- r Since 1887 he has bee with the Western Union Associated Press in New York city and now works on one of the heaviest postal wires running out of this city. organizer and first vice York Tel sph Club, dentistry within a year, L, K. MILLER. Another of the, many who commenced at the bottom of the ladder ix . K. Miller. He was born at Homer, N. and began the stud: telegraphy whiie a We ern Union messeng boy at Auburn, N. Hann was the president of the New He will graduate in x. He has worked for sev- eral railroad companies, * and has held positions of great responsibility. rand brok slegraphy has also fulien tohislot. Heen- tered the service of the Postal Company in 1839, and now works the New York Press wire with a c It has been very difficult to make anything » a thoroughly fair selection of repre tive operators. A great many Al men y been omitted, not perhaps to th sadvantage, have been mentioned at ‘oyee, “Del” Marean, ¢ yer, Joseph (. I singham (who works the Capitol—that of tie Associ r mong those who might ater length are Fred v1 ed P ?ress), Louis Klotz, A. G, Jobnson, Johu A. Ryan, A. J, Lom- bard and H. H. F sos iD PLATINUM GOING SKYWARD. It Has Retently Doubled in Value and Wiil Never Come Down. Platinum is going up alarmingly, That metal so essenticl and well-nigh indispensable to certain of the mechan: arts has risen 100 percent in valve within the last year, and there is every prospect that it will continue to ascend in the market. No reasou seems to exist for supposing that it will ever go down again. Today platinum costs $11.50 a troy ounce, It 1s destined in ail probability never again to be cheaper—a precious metal, truly! This news, of most serious importance to electricians, is uow published for the first time. “Four-fifths of the platinum that supplies the world is obtained from two mines at Nishnee-Tagilsk and Goro-Blagodat, in the Ural mountains. Siberia,” said Dr. David T. 1 Survey toaSrarreporter the price of the metal being due chiefly to the increased cost of its production at the mines, you might suppose that the natural deposits were giving out, bat lam credibly informed that such is not at all the case, There are good reasous of a nature altozether different, jantinum mines are gold mines--the two metals are both heavy and are usually found together, The Ceposits of the Ural are mined not for platinum primarily, but for the more precious yellow etuil—the platinum is a ‘bypro- duct.’ They are ‘placer’ deposits in the beds of streams and other such spots, the gold and platinum being found mingled ‘with the send that has been worn away from the bills by the erosion of runain water, Hitherto” the placers of Nish gilsk and Goro-Blagodat nave been richiy productive of gold, and the owners of the niines could afford to sell the platinum incidentally obtained for a very moderate price. But now the gold has become scarce and they are forced to depend toa greater extent upon the plantinum for their profits, Of that metal, happily, there is uty left. Thus you see why it is that plati- num has douli in valne within a twelve- month and is still rising, with no prospect of going down again. “But there are other reasons. Until recently the platinum has been carried in guarded wagons from the mines of the Ural to the near- est express station, a distance perhaps of 200 miles; but now tiey are building a Trans- Siberian railway, and a great number of labor- ers, not to be replaced, have been drawn from the mines to build the line, This, for a time, lessens the production of platinum, At pres- ent the big dealers are buying up all the old platinum they can lay their hands on in anti pation of a furthur rise in price, so that a ‘cor- ner’ seems to be arriving in the commodity. “This increase of the cost of platinum,” said Dr. Day, in conclusion, “is of an importance to be appreciated when it 1s considered how renlte the wee sit this: moial bes insremea of ite. Its non-corroding property makes it an invaluable matetial tor chemical apparatus, and probably nore of it is employed nowa- days in the ponfon eed scientific instruments, &c., than for any other purpose, Besides, elec- tricians could hardly get along without it, utilize it every where—an inch of wire for eac! ineandescent lamp, in cdunection with tele- gtaphic instruments, and in every place where the of a spark creates ozone to oxidize the metal points it passes between. These are only some of the uses of platinum, which will ly bai so cheap as it was ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Effective House Adornments at Small Expense. THE RESULTS OF AMATEUR SKILL WITH HAMMER AND SAW—WEHAT A YOUNG WOMAN CAN DESIGN AND DO—ACCOMMODATING COUCHES AND CON- VENIENT BOOK SHELVES, CCORDING to the accounts of ama- teur workmanship in carpentry, cabinet making and upholstery that arise on all sides the profes- sional workers in those trades have formidable rivals. Itis @ great convenience when the man of the house ora man of the house can successfully wield asawand hammer for ordinary repairs, but when his ability goes further and he can fashion really pretty and useful pieces of furniture his feminine coadju- tors are indeed to be congratulated, Even then the situation has its drawbacks, for there is duch a thing as business which inopportunely presents _ itself, Just when the impatient possessor in prospective most longs for his skill to be applied in her behalf to some piece of work then a real or manufactured engagement calls him away, leaving her mourning her loss, When, however, the woman's fingers have the same ability and strength then she is indeed independent, and many monuments of her in- genuity and skill are ributed all over this country in pretty homes, both large and small. Here in Washington a number of such instances have come to my knowledge and in some cas the names of these “skilled artisan: are—tor other reasons than this, how. ever — known throughout the " land. The specialty of several of these amateurs takes the form of couches or divans, made often with box-lid seats, which make convenient reposi- tories for all sorts of accumulations, When there is space at the foot of the bed ina bed room that is a good place to put such a couch, In a boy’s or girl's room it will be found inval- uable for the concealment of the odds and ends which seem to naturally gravitate toward all children, In one house in town there is A UNIQUE CORNER COUCH, designed and executed by the young daughter of the family. In the library there is an angle between fire place and the sliding door open- ing into the next room. It is just the place for a couch, but the space is too small to allow the easy lounge that belonged to the room to stand there except diagonally across, This left an empty triangle in the corner and took away from the cozy feeling desired, This difficulty Was soon overcome by the dauntless young girl, who, armed with ~~ saw, | hammer and nails, soon constructed’ a seat of boards to fill the corner _ beyond the lounge proper. This was @overed with a mattress, upholstered with the same cover as the couch, which was pushed up close against it, and a very large corner divan is the result, which is immensely attractive, piled with pil- lows, and big enough to accommodate the whole family at once, Shelves are another fa- vorite theme for home carpentry. Book shelves, bri brac shelves, shelves to serve as china cabinets—all are made with endless va- nety as to detail, to suit individual needs, Some time ago I was admiring a corner china cabinet in the pretty home of one of our lite- rary men and was informed by the ingenious constructor of it that a dry goods box was the foundation.” The lower halt projected some- what beyond the upper and contained tiree shelves, while the upper had bat two. It was stained or painted, had a cleat to hold plates upright; also hooks underneath one or two shelves for cups, and filled with pretty china, which half-drawn curtains disclosed, was some- thing that at once attracted admiring notice, One day the charming wife of a naval oflicer, with pardonable pride, called my attention to achair which she had most successfully ré upholstered, She had gotten the proper i plements and the tufting and finishing were equal to professional work, The next time I saw her, however, she had a “tale of woe” to tell, The day after her task was so well accom plished giity friend dropped in for a social evenin y, the pride of its owner had given this same chair avery prominent position in the little parlor, Into its inviting embrace the visitor dropped, only to sink stiil luwer—to the floor, in fa amid the ruins of the pretty and attractive seat, A CHINA CABINET. In the very pretty dining room of the home ofa young Washington physician is a beautiful china cabinet of his own workmanship. Itis mide of oak with antique finish and very elal orate hinges and handles of brass. Bevele plate glass doors display the treasures withi some y handsome cut glass of the old si being among them, ‘There is absolutely noth- ing ubout it which hintsof amateur author- ship or home-made effects, but yet it 1s as I have said the sole work of the aforesaid doc- tor, Where one is fortunate enough to pos- sess quite a quantity of pretty china and glass, and the dining room is too contracted to admit of much room being taken up by cabinets, racks for plates or platters convenient and ornamental, Some like a high wainscoting running all around the room with a groove as the top finish in order to hoid plates, and a dining room which I have seen with this effect is very pretty, Without the wainscoting this can be attempted on a small scale by separate small racks, or simpler yet, by a narrow strip of molding—pieture rail is good— put in any appropriate space and capable of holding few or many plates. Above a serving table for instance, or ina narrow space b tween two windows with perhaps a picture above, Over a flat board of the old fasn- d mahogany kind'one would look weil, and asmili set of sh say two—sitting on hasideboard will give considerably more nm, ‘These may be of pine with mahogany stain, and WITH PRETTY SCARFS hanging over the ends, or down in front, as one chooses, Such scarfs worked on white or buff linen in a design of solid oranges and aves in the natural colors make a brilliant and beautiful effect, adding much to the attractive- ness of the’sideboard, A crystal bowl filled with oranges should be a permanent accompa- niment of such embroidery. A young wife in town displays with pardouable ‘pride a com- modious pretty chiQunier which is the work of her husband, whose profession is not that of carpentry. One of our society ladies has a fancy tor Wood carving, and some of the stationary woodwork of her home, as well as tables, screens, & bear witness to her skill in that direction, scination in wield- ing sharp tools to so ,buta girl hi small chance of gratifyinz such a taste, Once in a while a born “whittler” is seen and it is a if her talents must lie undeveloped, One girl with such a fancy comes to my mind, who, with but two or three tools, has made many pretty small objects, book racks, boxes, brack- ets and such 1 which plainly show the bent of her incituation, ckets are again coming to the objects of “virtue and bigotry,” as Mrs, Partington puts it. Some few are found in the shops, of plain, severe outline, enamelled white with a few gill lines for decoration, None of the open work filigree effects are desired now; but these, simp!e in form and ornamenta- tion, are very effective in some places. In out of the way corners in some houses the old-fash- ioned brackets still find a resting place, and some people have receutly kegan to hunt them np, and first finding a unique position for them, seeps them with silk or silkoline, so as to con- ceal them almost wholly and make them useful in holding a few books, a growing plant, or what not. HOW TO MAKE AN HOUR-GLASS TABLE, Among the essentially home-made pieces of furniture have long been the hour-glass tables, which are always pretty accessories in a bed room, especially where cretonne or chintz is used. Any oue with a little mechanical skill ean fashion the foundation of such a stand. Two round or square boards connected by a broom stick stem is ail there is of it. The lower board wants to be thick enough to make a firm standard for the Upper part, which may be considerably thinner, The covering 1s very simple, A layer of cotton is laid over the top to muke the cover lie well. A piece of goods is cut the shape of the top with enough mar- gin to bring it over the edge far enough to tack. A piece of the goods which is once and ahalf the circumference of the top in width and the height of the table in depth, with an meh added top and bottom for a shirring, is fuiled on, béing either gathered or laid in piaits to fit it to the table. It is tacked to top and bottom anda gimp is usually edded asa further finish, Sometimes a deep or narrow fripge or lace is put on at the top. A band of the material or a ribbon with a bow brings the fullness in closely at the middie of the center support and the simple task is completed. A WASH STAND WITH FRILLS, One of the fads of long ago in home industry was the making of burrel chairs, In an old, old magazine I remember seeing the process pom: out, with the last view a triumph of xurions ease and all to be accomplished by home talent! The wheels of time lave in rolied around far enough to bring this long by notion to the surface, and this time a Secret wash stand is evolved, even more won- 1 the side E THE KENTUCKY DERBY A Talk About the Great Spring Racing Event. SOME OLD TIME RACES. —_——. A Visit to Bellemeade—How the Famous Western Cracks Look in Their Stables ley, Prince Charlie and Fonso as Dangerous Horses—Former Winners. ——-__ Written for Tae EVENIxe STAR. HO WILL win the Derby? It was just about this time last year thats group of racing men stood at the paddock gate on the Louisville track and watched the flyers come brushing through the stretch, while the early morning's sun cast its lights and shadows on their glossy coats. As we chat a big chestnut gelding with white markings rounds the upper turn and comes* swiftly down the homestretch next the rails, while his white face weaves restlessly from side to side, and ever and anon, as some other horse races past him, he lifts himself with a mighty effort and throws the soft sand in clouds behind him in his frantic endeavor to break away. But Finnegan, the little Irish jockey, sits him like a centaur, and as he passes us his head almost touches his chest, and the veins, standing out like whip cords on his neck, all indicate that he is in high fettle, “Who will win the Derby?” It is Col. Harris who asked the question and a tall, sturdily built man, looking like a well- to-do farmer, who walked restlessly up and down before us, pulled up short and faced the speaker. “There ain't but one hoss in it,” said he sen- tentiously, for it was Sam Bryant who spoke. “There ain't but one hoss in it,” reiterated the tall Kentuckian, ‘‘an’ that’s that big feller as just galloped past us, Will he go a mile an’ ahalf? Of course he will, I tell you, boys, when that little old drum taps if old Proctor doesn’t go a marchin’ to the front from end to end then I don’t know nothin’ "bout hosses, an’ Ihev ben with ‘em, man an’ boy, sence I wuz thirteen year old.” FIRST VIEW OF SPOKANE. The next week found me at Memphis and on one beautiful sunny morning I journeyed out to the track in company with Mr, Charles Doherty, he of steeplechase fame, and we stood under the shadows of the club house watching a few of the derby candidates in their work. ‘Two or three passed us without g particular comment, but suddenly my riend grasped my arm and ejaculated, “Look out for that chestnut feliow that’s coming into the stretch, ‘They're going to work him three- rs.” he?” T asked, “That's Spokane of the Montana stables,” and as my friend spoke he pulled out his stop- watch, ‘ing the three-quarter pole the big fel- low increased his speed and was racing when he crossed the line. He galloped with the regu- lority of a machine, and when he reached the halt-pole on the back stretch our watches reg- istered 1:19 flat, ‘Can they beat him?” asked my friend, in- quiringly, and as I looked at the face of my timer and mentally calculated that he m have had 125 pounds on his back I came to the ne conclusion and registered my opinion that Ihad seen the future winner of the Derby. A few days afterward my peregrinations brought me within the gates of famous old Belle Meade, Of course, all your readers have heard of Belle Meade, one of the most famous thorough- bred breeding establishments in the world, with its 5.000 acres of beautiful roiling land, with its deer park, with the priceless auimals that roam at will over its broad meadows, the home of Luke Blackburn, Iroquois (winner of the Epsom derby), Enquirer, Great Tom and stanch little Bramble, UNCLE BoB. But perhaps you don’t know “Uncle Bob,” \ ~~ the faithful old colored retainer who has lived there from boyhood and who is Gen, Jackson's right-hand men, Uncle Bob is a peculiar character. His good sayings, and they are many, are treasured up by western tarimen who visit the farm, and it eves in one thing more than another it invincibility of Gen. Jackson and the is the Belle Meade colts. When Proctor Knott won the Fatarity Uncle Bob weut nearly wild with joy. The bells were rung at Belle Meade and the rejoicing was gen- eral from the highest to the lowest on the farm, “I knowed it all de time.” said Uncle Bob, in speaking to me of t ns dey couldn't nebber t An’ dey can't beat ‘im goin’ over dat Derby course, neither.” told him what I had seen Spokane do at Memphis, but the old man would not hear of anything better than his favorite. “Didn't I raise datcolt?” said he, “I knowed him when he war a baby, an’I knowed his mammy an’ his daddy afore him. Yo’ can’t tell me wuffin’ bout no Hyder Alicolt, Dey can’t make dat ole Proctor hoss stretch his neck.” Such was the fecling all through the west, with the exception of Memphis, before last year's Derby. We all know the history of the Louisville and Chicago events, for it ia a mat- ter of turf history how the Montana cham- pion trailed the banner of Tennessee in the dust. I have, perhaps, gone a little outside the flags, as we would say in racing parlance, in re- lating these incidents, but I have done so to show that in many cases, when horses in future events are considered well nigh invincible, often they are disappointed. In fact the record of the great events will show that in the ma- jority of cases the favorites have been beaten, and, indeed, this race has always been particu- larly productive of surprises. THR DERBY WINNERS, For the benefit of those who would study statistics I append a table showing what horses have been the winners of the Kentucky Derby, with their sires, the number of subscribers, starters and the time, 2 le Eels ° Year.| Winners, Sire, | 55) § | Time: a |a 42)15| 2.37 i Star Davis.....| 56) 9| 2.3734 1 Pat Malloy ““""| 46) 9) 337 1580) King Alfonso..| 47| | 2.3 15381 Virgil, «| 62) 6) 240 1852) 4) 314| S40 1883) 1 243" iS} 89 10| 337% RS! 7)207| 20 | 2.365 8 23 1888) 7) BBR 1839} 5; 8) 2 Ste By elancing at the above table it will be seen that this event was never won by a mare and never twice by the same owner. |The greatest number of starters was fifteen, being the year tuat Aristides won it, and the least number five in 1880, when the blue ribbon was carried off by Fouso, the property of Mr. J. 5. Shawhan, This year the nominations number 115, the second largest list ever published in the history of this classic event. In 1887 119 entries were received, but only seven horses taced the starter, and for that reason it would be some- what useless to review a lot of horses who have been entered but who will never be prepared tor this Ishall, therefore, of those who peeess romiuently in their two- be likely to go to ON THE List is Prodigal Son, a bay colt by Pat Malloy, out of Homeward Bound. Aptly enough named, you'llsay. Heis the property of the cele- ’ brated colored trainer, Ed Brown, and started reventeen times last season, winning three Ferrel SG y. Heisa ing fellow an. oul, high class year-old aot —-___ EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON PECIAL FIVE WEEKS’ FRENCH AND COURSes FOR TULRE AT GAILLARD 4 1205 F stn. The same lexse PROTECTION, -Then Comes Protection, one of the last sons ofthe great Prince Charlie, He, too, is the Property of colored man, “Bob” Campbell, Mr. Baldwin's trainer, being his fortunate owner and his sensational winning of the gard champion stakes last summer is still fresh our memories. Protection started seven times last year and C uree of prc ew and infallitie vocabulary of seve aply acquired by t lively and graphic scenes. ms cor d Academie, aud sass: classes. MSs Sar eke a ACHER OF ELOCUTION, apls-6r oTa Lat me JOHN CARVFR ALDEN, LATE Associate uh Mr Carl Faeiter st the New bneland x having taken up his reside ive a lumited umber of Puy Studio, 181% ay oe ts Alden may be Correct (deep) Breat Dramatic Act won twice. He will be a dangerous horse in the race, but I can’t say I would pick him as the wiuner; still he is very much fancied in some quarters, Itake Biue Blazes next on the list. It is pretty certain that he will start, for I under- stand that Mr. Cassidy, his owner, thinks well of him, but Ican not say that at any time last season did he show the form of a Derby horse. Now we come to Riley, the good son of Long fellowand Geneva, He is a big bay colt, « typical Longfellow, and_I like him better than any horse in the race. In. the first place I like him because he is a Longfeilow and you take a HORTHAN § “Acme Phor hy , ¥ tory Longfellow who has shown well as a two-year- | (1 %ve Ticrosek kr ey NESTE. B18 PA old and it is shoes to plates that he is better in | yanced courseot Pius,» new 7 HAKT, his three-year-old form. His dam is a War | Prpripal late of New kng. 7 Dance mare and the Longfellow-War Dance | “2))™ 7 Cross in one of the stoutest strains we have in | M§'S,PAUCMS CIVIL SERVIC! INSTITETR the stud book, to he is bred right any way to | aui ations. Special ‘Lessons tor Ccusus Davee, g0 the mile aud a half, Raghest retereucen. RILEY, @PCIAL Lessoss FOR WAR DFPART MENT 2 r x D m at Miss Balch’s Civil Service J: s I like Riley because he was a consistent per- 7iihet bw tasmame ~~ 2 former last year. He showed himself to be a A‘ SCHOUL— WEST END 800d colt in the spring and toward the end of | AM lOPA LMS Rw, bet Rand Lats, Nie 5 8 IAL SCHOOL, 407 F. CAP. ST. ervice Hxauinations inner ¥ terns: rapid prowress _ Send tor cin ar or call bet. Bann ts m19-te CURSES AND CIVIL, SERVICE PXAMINATION, Complete iiormat Ruceessiul prepara‘ton Lxperience of years in pre mute, Sw FLYNN, AM, Ivy iusucute, dom K ste Bw f he summer and fall a high-class one. Riley turted twelve times last year and won six | te~ aces, his last appearance ‘being at Lutonia, where he captured the Railway stakes from a field of six starters. The track was in miserable condition, and he carried 123 pounds, 10 pounds more than any horse in the race and ran the mile in 1:473g. That's why I like Riley. Re- ports reach me from Memphis that he is doing well. and, barring accident, will gd to the post in good shape. The Dwyer Bros’, Caldwell comes next, but I hardly think he will start, as I understand be met withan accident lately. He was looked on as a world beater in the west last year, but he proved to besomewhat of a disappointment when he came out east. He is being trained by Mr. Frank McCabe at the Brooklyn track. Frontino, the full brother to the great Fal- setto. is the next on the list to catch my eye. He did not start last year, but L saw him at Fleetwood in the spring, and he certainly w a grand-looking two-year-old, a trifle growthy, haps, for a coit of ase, but that will be remedied by the extra year. He is wonder- fully like Falsetto both im color and con- formation, Robespierre, the property of Mr. George N. Hankins of Chicago, will be another probable arter in the Kentucky Derby. He is by Jils Johuson, out of Agnes, and started thirteen times last season, winning four races in very fair company. Reports tell us that he is doing well and fancied by his owner and trainer, Frontenac, a chestnat son of Faisetto and Lerna, the (ate nd of Charley Jordan, the ‘meteoric colored plunger, is another candidate ved the only Goid Med ducaiion at tie World's Fair —ANTIPMEN TARY dexes. 151i Let Pupils Principal _ MHL BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, au, TRIAL Rranches in New bork, bust Hrookiyn, Chics Prance,. Beran aad wermauy, Moscow, Kuseia, and 4 lightand Terraces, terest cs 4 Citele €421-6m, Mr.and Mra, WM. D. CABELT, Principal PENCEKIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, se se Training. tural Drawing, alugue fren, b-B. Prunctyas; SARA A BOOKS AND STATIONERY Wop rixisu AN Are the Newest Note Pape WEDDING ORDERS ENGRAVED. Sompies and Prices F 1 Upon Application, that may go to the post. He is at present in ee Se rr Wm. Walker's stable at the Westchester track “of Paper Mt dis doing well, Last season he faced the “4 starter five times and got the brackets twice, ee a 112-3n . He 18 known to be very fast, butit is a question = if he can stay over a distance of ground. % - 7 : ; Phoent, the five-thousand-dollar son of Mr, | PIANOS AND ORGANS. Pickwick and Bonnie Wood. stands in the sta- ble of that notable trainer, Mr. Wm. Lake at Gravesend, He had an unbeaten r having started twice and won twice, not be sent down for the Derby, but if he is he will be a dangerous candidate. PRINCE FONSO, Prince Fonso, a grand looking son of the dead Prince Charlie, will need a lot of watch- ing, for last season he showed himself to PIANOS na a A SUPEKIOR ” ALE OF biat ure raue Leapise A ssrxcuesra DECKER BkuS, WEBLE Fisch ESTLY IVERS & POND ESIEY OKGANS. MODERATE PRICES. O14 lustrs PIANOS FSTFY O°GANS. FAsY TEEMs. nents taken an purt payment, Tuping 8 Expositic Indorsed by over LUO noun CUmiality. Old Pianos tai uy « A bee AA BR I AA BEL te ae A BR E be a high class colt. He is a rich chestnut in | aA ues ker color with white markings, He started eight NOS 1OCCH, WORKMANSHIP Ab times last vear and won four of the events, in- cluding some stakes, He will be dangerous in the race for the “biue ribbon.” That good sire Springbak will probably be represented by Eberlee, the property of Man- Special at! “Rew Artistic Diydes, Bed Dicoua iv. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A users” ix invited to thear fuiahed su desis of HIGH- AKA, Jiabos dor rent, laree mssortinent agers J. K. Megibben & Co., the well-known | emi zinius slnost evcry well Hnown mth un Kentucky turfmen. He was’ greatly fancied | (Uti; iu tiroush ei, wii im cian gut at wory last year, and was looked for by many to win the Futurity. He started eleven times last year and has one win to his credit, but it must be remembered that he was always well up in good company. Mount banon.a sonof George Kinney, now in training at Memphis, has beea talked of a great deal this spring. Indeed, I have heard it rumored that “Snapper” Garrison would go down to ride him. He was the winner of the Clark stakes at Lexington last year, and started eighteen times. The last that strikes me on the list is Gray- son, a cracking good colt, another son of George Kinney. He is the property of P. M. | West & Cc. ot Louisville, and they expect great things of him ti season. He only | started three times last year, but managed to pull off a good race at the Lexington spring meeting. ‘These are sume of those that I expect to see face the starter in the Kentucky Derby, but, as [said before, if I had to pick the winner I would say **Riley.” Guewx Carey. ~~ eee A Smart Hotel Man Outwitted From the Chicago Tribune. Col. Sam Parker of the Grand Pacific has nay whieh wa Li INSTALLS “don EASY ac ee: Using Eu per; 24-powe eaialucue led 224 Tremont ot. fur tee Boston, e ONAL MASSAGE CAN DE OBIAINED oF medical releresice, by apply ing at 815 ap Prompt treatment, Cousultation strietly confiden- tial. Separate rvoms for Lauies, Aiedicine, ay $1. Omcealways open. at her residence, Tse been behind hotel counters for many years, but | %# Pau: with Ladies oniy it was not until yesterday that he made his first $5 clicr cbettnade avcpin ral mistake. He will teil his guests what time a | ty use of LLASTIC stock aS train will start for Shelbyville, the best church | ina sislen addrem "Goubi bas Pare in the city, what hour «mail will arrive from | yeeryine LINDSAY, Manager Stes Yokohama, and the winner of the Inst Derby, | eee eee eee ene Rb all in the same breath. He will take all sorts EAD ASD be Wisk —Di Bi i 4 of 8.W., sppeared bef _re me and made lle, | ‘the Ulucot Fstublisred Layert Speciaiint the WillguaraLteea cure i licases ul GJ wen and furnish Beeweive, OF Le ch verbal orders, write them down after awh: and never overlouk one. Yesterday a clever purchasing agent of the Union Pacific road, abe i eny BOUT of ~, pad who has stopped at the Grand Pacitic for fifteen | tartued aid ‘svorn to Ltieve mie by Dr. BROTHEMS, years off and on, made a bet with Col. Parker | SAMLEL ©. MILLS, @ dotery Public iu aud for tue District of Comumiia tute va way of Jy, 2 nd won it. The railroad man entered the hotel about noon, and noticing that Col. Parker was on nen A HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRADICIED THAT Dr BROTHERS is the oldeet-ontat hed advertin- ine Ladies” he sent his baggage and overcoat into the chee Fiyescian in, tuts city pou cam room and strolled up to the desk as if be had | pubiidentiy conen.< De BLOLHLES. God "bet. aw, jouse a month, “What kind of a place do you keep here?” he asked of the iandlord. “What is the matter?” asked Col. Parker. distance married or winkla Forty years expeeuce, ape ANHOOD RESTORED BY USING A BOTTLE of two ot br. BLUL BE Iny Yi “You don’t call the guests when ordered.” il cure on case ot Nervous Devility sud loss of “That's a mistake, my friend; we never make | Mao nee aa such errors.” “You did with me.” “Are you sure?” “You remember the call for me left with you last night?” “Certainly, sir, Eight o'clock, was it not?” “Well, 1 wasn’t called this morning.” “I remember distinctly thet I sent a boy up to your room andawukened you. Perhaps you oversle} Sorry, sir.” “TU bet you a wine — that your boy never came to my room 23 “Tif take that,” quickly answered the land- lord, “But,” he added when too late, now can that we did not cali you this morn- “AFTER ALL oTninks PAu OoNnstLT 0, 329 N. 15th st, below st.Philadelphia ‘Twenty years’ experience in special cures the worst fase of Rervons Suit Rice