Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1895, Page 10

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Kneessi, 425 7th Street. se7-284 eocieae DEOSOOEEEOESELODE SES So many reasons why the electric light is superior to gas light. Safer, more convenient, cleaner and easiest artificial light there is on the eye- sight. Electricity is rapidly side- tracking steam as a motive power. We furnish the power—will turn it 3 : | these on when you're ready: ted States Electric Lighting Co., 2 14th at. mw. ‘Phone 77: aul3-20d . ~ SATURDAY’S-INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIONS. From the Philadelphia Press. THE EVENING STAR, MOND#AY;"SEPTEMBER 9,/4895-TWELVE PAGES. ~ef—the trial games held at_ Travers land on Saturday. Crum was never in the hunt from the start, Wefers winning ty a yard from Crum, Tommy Lee and W. Goodwin being a foot behind. The time was 10 seconds. Wefers also won the scratch 220-yard race in 21 4-5 seconds, while T. Burke did a quarter mile in 49 3-5 seconds. TPesTsy Saturday’s League Scores, Pittsburg, 5; Washington, 2. Pittsburg, 5; Washington, 4. leveland, 4; Baltimore, 3. ; Philadelphia, 9; Louisville, 2. ‘hiladelphia, 13; Louisville, 5. Cincinnati, 8; Brooklyn, 7. St. Louts, 4; Boston, 8. -< cx; The League Record. “T @bs ow. L P.C.( Clubs. I. PC. Raltimore... 7138 .65i| Cincinnatl. 32 £33 DEFENDER’S VICTORY The Valkyrie Led Almost to the Turn. AMERICA WON BY NEARLY 9 MINUTES wa eS Rejoicing When the English Yacht Was Caught and Passed. THE CONTRADICTORY REPORTS An extra edition of The Star issued Sat- urday evening gave the result of the first race this year for the possession of the America’s cup. The Defender won by 8 minutes 49 seconds corrected time, and by elapsed time § minutes 20 seconds. The following table gives the official time of the yachts at the important points: Start. Defender Valkyrie . Defender Valkyrie . gs ssr Defender Vaikyrie . Defender .. Valkyrie Corrected Time. Defender Valkyrie . os When Defender Finally Pushed Ahead As the New York Herald remarks: “It is impossible to say just when the Defender overhauled the British boat.” The Tribune 83 &38 BE 88 BEE 3 3 5 5 - 5 5 4 5 a £8 Sh indicates that the Valkyrie was still in the | lead at 2 o'clock, for then “she tried to cross the bows of the Yankee sloop and failed.” Faces brightened, and men who had look- ed despondent braced up when some time later the Defender shoved ahead. One ac- count puts ft at 2:55. At any rate the Brit- ish boat kept to the front'so long that good Patriots were very uneasy. Even the most enthusiastic admirers of Defender and Capt. Haff, who has been to sea boats and steamers for nearly forty year: remarked: “We will be done up today, su: eee Valkyrie is a maryel in this kind of aaa cide The British boat led through the ly. Part of the race and until far out beyond any fixed point of observation. With an increase in wind came the De- fender’s increase in speed. So easily: did she overhaul the challenger that more than one observer remarked to his neighbor something to the effect that old Hank Haff had only been jollying his competitor. all the time. It was shortly before 3 o'clock when the Defender was on even terms with the other. Thence she gradually but pesi- tively forged ahead, and at it was es- timated that the Yankee boat was about three lengths ahead, ‘and well to windward at that. Both went along at a pretty lively gait to round the tuoy and square away for home. As can be seen by the table, Defender passed first by three minutes and twenty- three seconds—a gzin of three minutes and twenty seconds from the start. On the run home the identity of the yachts could not be disclosed, owing to the thickness, until they were | close to, the finish. Then a storm of whistles greeted the: vic- tor. Over eight minutes later the beate: visitor crossed and was courtedusly salitha, but most of the fleet had joine@ in the pro- cession for home. REPORTING THE RACE. Confusion Caused by Contradictory Bulletins Sent by Press Associations. The sudden adoption’ of an unexpected course for the great yacht race, rendering wnavaliable selected observation points, the feg, mist, haze and drizzle of rain which at different stages otscured the view, and the general resemblance at any consider- able distance of the two white yachts, com- bined to puzzle observers from all fixed points as to the fortunes of the yachts, and rendered inaccurate and unsatisfactory, in some details, all accounts of the progress ef the race, except those given by men who closely accompanied the racers from start | to finish, and who could not, until their return, municate with the shore. From uses resulted the contradiction in the tins concerning the first half of the race, which was noted In Saturday's St The period of contradiction was from the start to 2 o'clock, when the bulletins of the United Press ceased for a long while to be displayed. During this same time the Associated Press butletins furnished to The Star iepresented the Valkyrie to be steadily in the lead. The United Press bulletins covering the same time represented De- fender as overhauling Valkyrie almost at the start, .= having gained a clear lead at 12:40 p.m., only twenty minutes after the start, and as retaining and increasing it from that moment, appearing to be a little over half a mile ahead at 1:30 p.m. During this stage of the contradiction, the United Press was wrong, and the Asso- ciated Press and The Star were right, as The Star (almost) always is. No United Press paper now disputes that for the first hour of the race Valkyrie held and increased her lead, and the time when Defender wrested the lead from her is variously placed from about 1:47 when Val- kyrie abandoned an attempt to cross De- fender’s bow, finding she did not have, as she thought she had, the necessary extent of lead, up to 2: when the account of the race in the regular edition of The Star closed. It follows that di % all the time covered by the account in The Star’s regu- lar issue Valkyrie was either in the lead, as she is conceded to have been for more than an hour, or the two boats were s0 close together that the supremacy was in dou and that representations to the contrary picturing the Defender as taking the lead practically at the start, as leading distinctly at 12:40 p.m, and as being half a mile ahead at 1:30 p.m., were woefully in error. The A. P., which had been right In the previous controversy, then took its turn in this comedy of errors by sending out a dispatch from on board the steamship Mac- kay-Bennett to the effect that Valkyrie turned the stakeboat at 2:55. The Star placed implicit reliance (it had no reason to do ptherwise) in the Mackay-Bennett cable announcement, and treated it as con- firming its stutement that Valkyrie, not Defender, had been leading, This state- ment was, it appears, all right without the confirmation, and the supposed confirma- tion was all wrong, the wild imagining of somebody on board the Mackay-Bennett. Concerning the details of the race back from the stakeboat, both sets of bulletins ere as much befogged as the yachts. 2 U. P. bulletin preceding the announce- ent that the Defender had won stated ur New Fall and Winter Woolens are now ready. Hadn't you better make ions NOW and get first choice? se c SNYDER & Woop, An RUS 4 that “the boats are near the finish lapped. It Icoks. from here as though the Defender is leading by a narorw margin.’ At this juncture Defender was, in fact, about eight minutes ahead. The A. P. bulletin just before the announcement of Defend- er’s victory said: “The form of a big sloop yacht can be made out half a mile from the finish line. The second yacht is akout half a mile astern of her. The ex- eursion fleet is clustering about the finish Mine. The leader is being constantly sa- luted by steam whistles.” The Star in its regular issue made known the truth that during nearly all the time covered by its account the advantage was with Valkyrie, as well the error above noted concerning the turning of the stake- boat by Valkyrie, and in its “extra” The Star gave to thousands of Washingtonians the first information of the gratifying fact that Valkyrie’s advantage had been over- come, and that Defender had won a glor- fous victory. A Statement by the Associated Press. ‘Today the Associated Press sent out from New York the following: In reporting the international yacht race cn last Saturday between the Defender and Valkyrie the Associated Press provided it- self with all available facilities to accurate- ly and promptly record the movements of the two yachts. In addition to maintaining @ special leased wire from the Navesink Highlands, on the Jersey coast, from which the principal observation can be made from the land, it had special lookouts and telegraph stations at four other points on the Jersey and Long Island coasts, and leased wires directly connecting with its New York office, and had a tug following the yachts over the course. In addition to this it had a special wire frcm the cableship Mackay-Bennett, which had been brought here from Nova, Scotia by the Commercial Cable Company “o pro- vide facilities to report the race on the ocean at Sandy Hook lightship, eight miles from shore, from which point it was ex- pected that each would start. Owing to the nature of the wind, Saturday’s race was started from Seabright, on the Jersey coast, south of Navesink Highlands, and the course was fifteen miles to sea and re- turn. The land observation was only pos- sible for a few minutes after the yachts started, owing to the haze. It was only from the cable boat that it was possible to accurately note the movements of the yachts, as they passed the cableship al- most at right angles, pointing out to sea. “The Associated Press reported the po- sition of the two yachts, noting every movement accurately until they were near- ing the outer stakeboat, when they began to be lost to view in thick heze. The Val- kyrie led nearly all the way to the outer |: mark, and was outpointing and outfooting the Defender during the first half of the race, which facts were verifled by the offi- cial reports of the race, as made by the experts who followed the two yachts on tugs. The lead maintained by the Valkyrie on the outward run was verified by the representatives of the New York World, New York He:ald,New York Evening Post, Boston Herald and the other leading news- papers having representatives on the cable boat. When the two yachts were nearing the outer stakeboat the sky had become darkly overcast and the racers cauld only be faintly seen. The lookout in the rig- ging of the cable boat reported that the Valkyrie had rounded the outer mark ahead, which proved to be an error, and was the only inaccuracy in the report. When the yachts had nearly completed ; could be utilized in the first half of the run, a tug dispatched from the course by the New York World arrived at the cable boat and verified the lead of the Valkyrie as made by the look- out of the cable boat. On the run home, the shadowy forms of the yachts were only dimly outlined and their identity could not be defined. “The United Press bulletined through- out the entire race that the Defender was leading the Valkyrie. This was a false and misleading statement and demon- strated that that agency had no facilities to accurately repcrt the race. The Asso- ciated Press proceeded on the theory that either yacht might win, and it did not proceed blindly to state that the Defender would win. It told the truth as the race proceeded, and properly reported the Val- kyrie as leading, which the British yacht did until nearing the outer mark.” Superiority of the Associated Press. It is not strange that The Star should Place implicit confidence in the Associated Press, eve? to the extent of being led, as in the case of this inexplicable Mackay- Bennett cablegram, into an infrequent blunder. The Associated Press is furnish- ing every day exclusive and accurate in- formation from all parts of the country to the humiliation of its rival. In the trial yacht races between Defender and Vigilant it gave to The Star full, accurate and speedy reports up to the latest hour at which, by the quickest handling, the news this office, and The Star's accounts of these events were so su- perior to those in afternoon papers served by the United Press as to be beyond com- parison. In the first of the formal trial races with Vigilant, from which Defender when {n the lead withdrew, on account of an accident, this superiority was notably manifested, The Star being enabled to print an exclusive account of the ending of the race, while the United Press afternoon pa- pers were all at sea. Hardly a day passes without the service by it of some exclusive iterr of importance, like the nomination of Campbell for governor of Ohio, and of Lowndes for governor of Maryland in re- cent political conventions. In the very is- sues of The Star under discussion, those of last Saturday, The Star had as telegraphic exclusives, in its yachting extra, the re- sult of the Pittsburg-Washington base ball game at Pittsburg, and in its regular edi- tion a long list. Notably among these events of which the readers of The Star were informed, but for wkich one looked in vain in other evening papers, were the return to this country of ex-Speaker Crisp, the arrival in Cuba of fresh troops from Spain, Hardie’s speech for the red. flag in Chicago, Mr. Bland's prediction of a democratic split, and the departure of German-Americans from Berlin. The Star and Its Cotemperaries. A comparison between The Star and its U. P. cotemporaries shows that it is not alone in its telegraphic service that it is notably superior as a newspaper. The ex- elusive local items published in The Star of Saturday, the last regular issue, in- clude the announcement of the exonera- tion of Detective Proctor, the authoritative denial of Secretary Carlisle’s alleged inten- tion to take the stump in Maryland, the announcement of the new civil service ex- aminations in the G. P. O., the controversy over the cutting of tie rods or braces in the G. P. O. building, Colonel Wilson's re- port for August, important labor news with reference to the proposed organiza- tion of a branch of the American Federa- tion of Labor in this city, the report of the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, the arrangement of a new time schedule on the Belt line, and the progress in the work of making it again a belt line in fact; the Commissioners’ action regarding street ear fenders, and many other items of local news. And every recurring day tells a similar story. The Star prints today the news of today, and {t is (almost) always right. ——.—__. A Tramp With Lots of Silver. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A tramp named Jacob Rhine, suffering with a broken leg which he received by falling through a trap door in a barn where he was sleeping, was brought to the Read- ing, Pa., county hospital last night. Money was found sewed up in ateleast twenty places in his clothing. The total amount was $241, which included $160 in silvei Some he had been carrying this way fifteen years. -% ". Today's Schedule, Washington at Pittsburg, Cleveland at Baltimore. Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Louisville at Philadelphia, Chicago at Brooklyn. A BETTER BOAT WON British “Hopes of the Valkyrie Alimost’Gone, COMMENT ON THE ~,drwim and Phillies to Part. From the ‘Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia lovers of base ball will hear with regret that ‘Manager Arthur Irwin contemplates severing his connection witn the local National League club, but such is , EXCURSION FLERT the fact.. Just a week ago the Inquirer ~e = printed -a story 'that John Montgomery waco palgnt. manese the iacears ani oe and, while this has not been verified, it has The Second Heat of the Race | not neen dented. Tomorrow. .. THE BOATS REMEASURED LONDON, September 9—The Pall Mall Gezette, in its comments this afternoon on the international yacht race of Saturday, says: “We fear there is no America’s cup this year for, Lord Dunraven. The better boat won, as it is likely to win every time. The chief defeet of Valkyrie, to which we have, on several occasions, alluded, is the fuss she makes going through the water. The conditions of the first match, therefore, were much against her. With a calm sur- face she may do better, but in stronger winds she ig not.Jikely to.do so well. Eng- lish yachtsmen may console themselves as best they ‘can, with’ recollections of Britari niais trtumphs over the Navahoe and Vigi- lant.” E : In another plate~the Pall Mall: Gazette says that the excursion steamers follow: ing the Yachts hehaved even moré diagrace- fully than usual, but that there is no sug- gestion that they hampered one of the beats more than the other. Ge aes “Perhaps the most disappdinting féature,’”” adds the Gazette, “is the Defender’s gain on the broad reach home, when there was no rqugh water.” All the London papers dwell upon the crowding wf the:course-by excursion steam: ers. a ‘The Sur says:'There is no nation thet-we would rather take a beating from than America, especially as prokebly no other vould administer it. The Star’ says that bhp ageteat of Val- kyrie is far from being @ ‘disastrous one, and that there is no need to lose hope. The Evening News. d not see much, hope that Valkyrié wOl sen int (he 6uthe matches. This paper also comments upon the enormous expense of building and equippittg ‘Defender, where success, it says, is another triumph of the almighty dollar. ‘The Globe says: “Englishmen” generat will be ‘ready to echo the- straightforward verdict of Lord‘Dunraven's. representative that we were fairly beaten. The St. James Gazette. finds small com- fort for English-yacbtsmey jn the result .of the first heat. _. Tomorrow's The “second “rate Vot “the ‘year? for + thre’ Americajs-cup will, be sailed tomorrow by the Defender end ihe Valkiyrié. The course will be an equilateral triangle,,ef;ten miles to each leg. the first leg, if possible, being to windward. Remensuring the Yachts. It was’ decided ‘by "mutual agreement be= tween the cup defender syndicate and Lord Dunraven to mark the water line of the yachts yesterday. Hence the yachts were marked in Erie basin. No change was made in the other measurements. : . Ex-Commodore~Jas: Smith, president “of the America’s cup committee, was_inter- viewet by an”AsSotiated Press reportér last evening regarding the measurément of the Defender and Valkyrie. Mr. Smith said the occurrence shad ne special significance -or bearing on the races, but was simply a matter of form to complete the official measurements of Friday. _ Be - When the yachts were measured by Mr. Hyslop, last, week, there was not time to properly mark the load water line at the stem and stern of each vessei. Such mark- ing, however, is called for by_one of the racing rules of the New York Yacht Club, It is part of the official measurement. Mr. Hyslop made the board:ef trade ‘or Fitmsall mark on the water line of both ships. This consists of‘@ ¢rescent’ painted in red on the side in the center line, with the énd of each downward point resting on* the water line. : eee aes Discussing Tomorrow's Prospects. NEW ~ YORK, September 9—The hiet discussicn among yachtsmen today, was the weather for tomorrow; ail hoped for a good breeze for the triangular race, so as to try the yachts in conditions as different as possible from those of Saturday. The weather bureau, however, held out small hopes, the prognostication being for fair weather with light to fresh winds, “gener- ally southeasterly, gnd_ slightly _coole! ‘There were no signs of winds from the west- ward, and the indtcations were for about the same conditions ‘as on Saturday, ex- cept that there will be less ia ir Valkyrie stock Was decidedly déwn this morning, end few cowld_be foun xepture an opinion that the boat Would succeed in getting even, one.of the ragesaji .avas thought that with smooth water, however, the British-yacht, might.dodetter,-but.that the difference between heg and -Defender Was too great to be over 1G, = PINs Not only the followers of the challenger, but those who have pinned thelr ftttr on Defender, are anxious for a:blow, James C. Bergen, rear commiodoré»df the New York Yacht Club, who'is in charge of the patrol fleet,” has’ issued’ ahotf@? cir- cujar, in which he has requested tains of the various excursion boats more careful than they were on Sagurday. He draws atténtion to the fact that the race is to be only ten. to egch leg, and that it is absolutely fMcessary for tne yachts to have plenty of fom to turn. cap- 'o be ‘Tomorraw’s Alcxandes#gand Bittrtes First race, six and one-quarter furlongs, | selling—Siva, 1047 Hobby, ‘104; Monitoress, 104; ‘Sharon, 102; ‘The Sn@Ke, 102; Jurley, 102; Brogan, Mohawk); Pattie, 99; Dr. Parkhurst, 99; Rufug, 99; Gorman, 99; O’Hearn, 104. + roi ti Second race, seven-eighth: ing-—-Son Malkeur, 105; C:, dar, 105; By Jove, 105; ming, 105; Foxglov Maj. McNulty, 1 lumbus, jr., 10: 105; Hay Tey, 105; Can't Pel Third race, five-eizhthy year-olds—Al. Helenbolt, 419 Jeneola, 110; Murray, 15, Sweet, 100. od Fourth race, one milésy gelling—Mirag, 170; Prince Klamath, 104; Contest, 1 Lengshanks, 104; Tioga, 101; Brooklyn, 101. Fifth racé, four’ and one-half furlongs, selling—Avon, 124; Wang, 109; McMichael, 109; Jim McLaughlin, 100;,Hands Up, 100 f a mile, sell- |, 105. a_mile, two- Higbie, 11 Renning, 103 Bella W., 106; Miss Lou, 105; Ann, 1 Craftsman, 111. Sixth race, four and a half furlong: ing—Jersey, : 121; Fra Harf, 121; Eclipse, jr., 11 Morrissey, 106; Ros: Sixth race off. forming the sixth. ‘ta, 105; Foundling, 103. Fifth divided, division Crack Sprinter Crum Reaten. John YV. Crum, the Iowa University sprinter, whose phenomenal successes thfs season have pointed to his success in the coming championship games of the A. A: U., was decisively beaten by E. J. Wefers over the 100-yard course in the second se- Base Ball Notes. The western clubs of the National League will wind up their last series in the east for this year tomorrow. Then they go home for a final tussle among themselves. Fielder Lush was left behind by the Washingtons on account of his broken finger. Jack Glassccck threatens to sue the Washington management_for the ten days oe expired after recelving notice of re- lease. Manager Schmelz told Glasscock Satur- day that he would take him back at once if,the veteran wanted. Boyd was so: abusive Saturday that he was removed from the game. The Wash- ingtons claim that they were robbed of the second game. Tiernan of New York has not made an ror in the last seventeen games. - Of the last eighteen games played by,the Bfooklyns they won fourteen. Billy Nash of Boston is now spoken of as a possible manager for. the New Yorks next year. A. Gy Spalding of Chicago makes the fol- lowing sensible remarks about newspaper criticism: ‘“‘We have had a great deal. of adverse criticism showered upon us in Chi- cago, but there is no need of getting hot uyder the collar. My pclicy, to let the Papers roast the Chicago club'as much as they please, and thereby keep it before the public. is a good ore, for ‘f the newspapers Alidin’t-mention base ball, where would the National League be? It’s a mistake to an- tagonize reporters because of harsh crit- icism, for they are all honest in their con- victions, and have a right to say and write what they please.” The "Southern League has awarded the pennant to Nashville, after spending two days in heated discussion. Several games were thrown out. Atlanta has appealed from the decision to the national board. The Cincinnatis have signed a young pitcher named Davis, from Knoxville, for next year. He has a record of thirty-four winnings in thirty-five games. \ Whe Shamrocks took the deciding game of a series of five from the Maurrays yester- day at Highlands. The former’s victory Was mostly due to Moran’s great pitching. Buckingham played short, and was very successful. Boucher’s playing at first was a feature. sf Sporting Notes. The Princeton foot ball team will lose over half cf last year’s players. At Corey Island Clifford won the Omni- bus handicap, one mile and an eighth, im 1.53 1-5, beating Sir Walter, the 6 to 5 favorite; Beldimere, 8 to 1, was third. Clif- ford’s price was 3 to 1. At the fifth annual race meet of the Nor- ristown Wheelmen, Walter G. Douglas won tHe one-mile open from all the cracks. At the Irish games, P. J. Griffin, the champion collar and elbow wrestler of Aimerica, was defeated by Philip Cum- mings of New York, the champion Irish style wrestler. Cummings won the first fall, back hold, in two minutes; Griffin the second, collar and elbow, in five minutes, and-Cunimings, the third, Graeco-Roman, in eight minutes. “Rain ended the cricket match at Toronto turday between the English University layers and the Canadians. The Canadians were only twenty runs ahead, but only one wicket had fallen for the visitors when ‘play was stopped, and the game was a draw. The winners in the Lake Ariel regatta Saturday were Institute of Newark, N. J funior singles, Vespers, Philadelphia; ju- nior. doubles, Don Rowing Club of Toronti intermediate single, G. F. Hillegrass, jr., of Philadelphia; international four-oared, Vesper Boat Club; senior single, Vesper Boat Club; senior four oared gigs, Metro- politan Rowing Club of New York. J. H. Herrman, manager of the Lakeside Athletic Club of St. Paul, has matched Dick Moore and Danny Needham for a twenty- round contest, October 10, for a purse of $1,500. The men 2lso put up $500 each and the winner will take all of the purse and stake. The Grand Prix of the wheelmen at the Vendome du Leine was «arried off in Pa yesterday by the American cyclist Banker. —_—— FOND MOTHERS’ PRATTLE. Lively Rivalry in Singing the Praises .of Their First Born. They were two enthusiastic young mothers of phenomenal first borns—first borns are always phenomenal—and they were apparently greeting each other for the first time on a Coiumbia car since the said first borns arrived, which must have been something over a year in the back- ground of time. The first ¥. M. remarked that Augustus Alexander was aciually walking! Actually! It fairly frightened her when she saw him let go the chair and prance off by himself. It looked uncanny, like a—well—a trolley car, or something. ‘The second Y. M. smiled sweetly and said that her Robert Rutherford had walked at six months! Actually; and did anybody ever hear of such a thing before! She had his short clothes ready to put him into at that time, but refrained, so that his long dresses would keep him hampered, as she didn’t want his dear little legs to get bowed! The ‘first Y. M. was ready for her, though. Her A. A. could talk! Actually talk. Of course, any one else than a moth- er would scarcely believe that so young a child could talk, but really A. A. was mak- ing such giant strides as to his ripening intellect that-she felt almost afraid to let him be seen in public, lest his brain burst with the sponge-like receptiveness of jis convolutions. The second Y. M. was quite equal to the oceasion, and remarked most unconcerned- ly that her Rotert Rutherford had dis- tinctly said “papa” at nine months, and three days later astonished the family phy- clan by saying “‘dagoo’’ to him, which, were all frightened, and sat up with Roi- ert Rutherford all night,” she continued, “and put wet cloths on his head and mus- tard’on his little stomach, and he came out all right.” “I think I will get a little took and put down all Augustus Alexander's bright litt sayings in It,” returned the first Y. somewhat subdued. thought I would do the was the quick response of the second Y. M., “but I am afraid it would take a private secre- tary and a stenographer—oh, do you get off here? So glad I met you. Do come over and see Robert Rutherford. Ugh, the hateful thing, with her pimply Augustus Alexander,” she said to the elderly woman with her, who was looking very much be- wildered. “I'l warrant he is red-headed and freckle-faced, and it will be as much as a bargain if he ever talks so anynody can understand him. His father can’t. I wasn't going to have her boast over me, and that’s why I told such whoppers, Here! you, condu-c-t-or! This is ou street!” fu wrote this pocm?” “Yes, sir.”” “Well, I.must say it is very noble in you to bear all the blame yourself.” COMING TONIGHT Victorious Riflemen Have Left Sea Girt for-Washington. WINNERS IN SATURDAYS’ MATCHES Gen. Wingate Says There Never Was So Strong a State Team. JERSEYMEN ARE COMING Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. SEA GIRT, N. J., September 8, 1895. Not even one straggling member of the District National Guard detachment could be found at Sea Girt this evening, the last of the wanderers having departed for As- bury Park or Long Branch some hours ago, there to remain until such time tomorrow when suitable train connections can be made so as to reach Washington by about 7 o'clock. Sea Girt has completely collapsed and by tomorrow evening the canvas be- neath which the riflemen were sheltered will be stored away for future use, the corps of markers and scorers will be dis- banded and the crack of exploding cart- ridges will no longer interfere with the steady monotone of the surf. The surf, the club house and Capt. Bodwell, by the way, are always at Sea Girt, no matter what the meteorological conditions or the season of the year. Althcugh the fifth an- nual meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle Association has just been concluded, prep- arations are, nevertheless, being made for the meeting, which will not take place until the first week in September next. One of the most serious drawbacks from which the association has suffered has been the non- attendance of clever individual rifle shots other than those who were members of state and regimental teams. The non-at- tendance was due almost entirely to the fact that the association had not offered prizes of a character likely to tempt the best men to visit Sea Girt. Next year the program will contain inducements enough to keep everybody shooting from daylight until darkness sets in, for several members of the association have guaranteed at least $1,000 in money prizes, and that sum, care- fully distributed, ought to make the Sea Girt of 1896 a more attractive place than Creedmoor ever was. May Be arn Army Team Next Year. Another of the desirable things to be ex- pected next year relates to army represen- tation in the big matches. This year a team from the garrison at Governor’s Island participated in the regimental interstate match. Those who know how the team came to be are not at all surprised at the showing made, for the half-dozen officers and men were gathered together in the biggest sort of a hurry, and were sent <0 Sea Girt without any practice at all. Un- der the circumstances the army boys did very well, but they are likely to do very” much better twelve months hence, for they will in the meantime have had-ample op- portunity for preparation. The presence of Gen. Miles at Sea Girt on one of the shoot- ing days was regarded as being a healthy sign, presaging, perhaps, the entering of an army team in the Hilton match. Years ago the army was a regular. competitor, and three times did it win the Hilton trophy. There is no reason why it cannot do as well now as it did in 1880, 1884 and 7?885, and the chances-atethat Gen--Miles. will, when he takes his place as major general com- manding the army, offer such encourage- ment.as may be necessary to result in an army team competing with teams from tke National Guard. Saturdny’s Competitions. The matches of principal interest yester- day were the Wimbledon cup match at 1,000 yards—30 shots—and the department of rifle practice match, at 500 and 600 yards, 25 shots at each range. The-Wimbledon cup contest was held under remarkable atmos- pherie difficulties, for falling rain and roll- ing fog and erratic breezes made it difficult both to see and to hit the target at so long a range. One after another cf the com- petitors dropped out, until there were left only Private 8. I. Scott, Maj. Geo. H. Har- ries, Private F. L, Graham, Private W. W. Cookson, all of the District of Columbia, and Sergt. Perry E. Kent of Utica, N. Y. Scott and Graham were shooting high- grade long-range guns, and were therefore the “scratth” men. Maj. Harries and Pri- vate Cookson , were shooting Remington- Hepburrs, with plain miilftary sights, and were each entitled ta 6-points of-allowance; Kent was doing his best for New York with an old gas-pipe Hentington. Th€ scores at the finish were: Private Scott, 135 out of a possible 150; Maj, Harries (with allowance), 130; Private Cookson (with allowance), 107; Private Graham, 105; Sergt. Kent (with 18 points allowance), 56. This is the sec- ond time Private Scott has won the Wim- bledon cup. He did it first in 1893, with a total of 128, In that year there was no al- lowance for special military rifles, so the 125 then put up by Maj. Harries only took second place. In the department of rifle practice match, Lieut. Glendie B. Young, inspector of rifle practice of the engineer corps, captured the medal—which he will hold until the next meeting—with a total of 224; 115 points being put at 500 yards, and 109 at 600 yards. This medal was won by Capt. James E. Bell last year, but the captain this time decided that it would be more profitable for him to witness the yacht race than shoot for a medal he could not possibly get a title to even if he won it twenty times. Private George E. Cook of the engineer corps took the Hayes medal this year just as he did'a year ago. Seven shots were fired at 500 and 60) yards, and Private Cook's scores were 35 and A number of other prizes were won by Washingtonians, but they had not been figured out when’ the office closed yester- day, so no announcement is possible at this time. It is probable, though, that Private S. B. Wetherald of the engineer corps has captured first money in the all- comers’ match. Never Any Better Team Than the Dis- An attempt to repeat even a consider- able proportion of the pleasant things that have been said at Sea Girt about the Dis- trict of Columbia teams would result in the stringing together of compliments such as have not been paid riflemen for many years past. No American has had more practical experience with military rifle shooting than has General George Win- gate, who was for many years president of the now defunct Nationai Rifle Associ tion. Gen. Wingate was an interested spec- tator, while the Hiltoh match was being shot and sometime after the scores had been concluded he said that never within his knowledge had there been in the United States a team of riflemen who could possibly surpass in the essential matters of organization and scores the brigade team which represented the District of Columbia at Sea Girt this year and which in capturing the Hilton trophy had raised the world’s record. Gen. B. W. Spencer, inspector general of rifle practice for New Jersey, and one of the old-time directors of the National Rifle Association, ex- pressed himself to the same effect, not once, but many times, How the Team Was Officered. Importart factors in the team organiza- tion and high in the esteem of the team captain were two officers who have been heard from only a little, but whose work has had a great deal to do with team ef- ficiency, because it prevents friction and discourages ill humor. A quartermaster who never forgets or neglects anything Is Captain H. H. Parmenter of the second regiment. Captain Parmenter has been team quartermaster ever since the team started away in 1591, 2: he will probably continue to be team quartcrmaster } ows precisely fails to do tt in ¢ time. Tideu- as he wants to be, for he what to do, and he n the right way and at th tenant W. P. Vale has been team adjutant for several seasons, and he kno his business thoroughly. In addition to h duties as adjutant he is ordnance offic of the team and has charge of the ammunition. Throughout the entir Girt meeting not even one member of the detachment has presented a single com- plaint at headquarters, so it is certain that } team officers have done all that could be expected of them. Another contributor to the health and general comfort of t District detachment while in-camp was Corporal Tom Jones of company. A, first separate battalion. He was Always on hand whenever he was wanted, and. some- body seemed to be wanting him abddt all of the time. et Jerseymen Headed Thin Way. New Jersey riflemen may be looked for in Washington the last week.in October. It has become an annual custom for the New Jersey state team, escorted by the gov- ” ernor of the state and a number of the civilian and military officials of the state, to visit Washington, there to indulge in’ * friendly competition. Washington has al- ways won these matches, but Jersey keeps on coming, perhaps with the hope that some day Jersey luck may change, but ce! tain anyhow that whether it changes or, not the trip will be altogether pleasant. » No definite arrangements have been made. as yet, but the invasion is quite likely to take place, in which event the District | National Guard will see to it that the vis- ' itors do not suffer, either from hunger or thirst, while they are in the District of Columbia. 4 Washingtonians Invited to Savannah. Georgia wants the District team to make — a@ pilgrimage to Savannah in February. next. Last year a team from Jersey made | the trip and enjoyed itself hugely, al- though, as is customary with Jersey teamd, they lost the match. Next February—on Washington's birthday—the _ Geo! : would like to have a. trian matches and it is one of the possibilities that the! may be accommodated. Just how thi funds will be raised to cover the expenses of the Savannah competition is not yef - quite clear,~but it is to be presumed that the financiers who have piloted the Dis-* trict National Guard over many shoals and through devious channels will succeed in’ finding some way just as soon as they set themselves to do so. —_——__ TO RECEIVE THE VICTORS. Military Reception to Be Given To< night to the Riflemen. re Arrangements have been completed by- the military authorities of the District for. the reception of the victorious riflemen, who will tonight return from Sea Girt. Special orders No. 43, issued by Adju- tant General Mosher, are as follows: The first and fifth battalions, under the ~ command of Lieut. Col. Clifford 8. Wal- - ton, first regiment, will assemble on Mon- day, the 9th instant, to receive the brigade rifle team on its return from Sea Girt, N. J. Companies not of the designated bat-~ talions,. desiring to participate in the re- ception are authorized to do’ so, dnd wil be formed into a provisional battalion, under the command of Maj. Richard A.” O'brien, second battalion. ee Line wili be formed at 7:55 o'clock p.ni. on the north side of Pennsylvania avenug,. facing south, right resting on 6th street. The line of march will be up Pennsy} * vania avenue to 15th street, to New York avenue, to 14th street, thence to respees tive armories, ks There will be music, of course, and the- entire line of march will be brilliant with , fireworks. The line of march wfll be up 6th” street to Pennsylvania avenue, thence to_ 15th street, then ty New York avenue z: 14th street, where the first battalion iJ leave the line and march to its armory,’ ” after which the march will be by New York ~ avenue to the L street armory. pon reaching the armory the members of the rifle team will be entertained. a it has been erroneously announced that companies not belonging to the National Guard will participate In the parade and error has also been made in stating that companies may, if they. so will, wear such distinctive uniforms as they may possess, The facts in the case are that the first battalion has been ordered out in full dress, and the presumption at headquar- ters is that Major Suess, commanding the fifth battalion, will have his men wear the same garb. Other companies—to be organized into a provisional battalion, un- der the command of Major O'Brien—wil” either wear regulation’ full dress or fa- tigue, and if the latter, wilh wear caps; and not campaign hats. The brigade team—principals and altere nates—will, with the officers of the team, wear campaign hats, fatigue uniforms, field belts and legzins; runs will be car- ried in cases. The team will march in platoons of eight: men each. It will. be. immediately in rear of the fifth battalion and preceding’ the provistonal-battalion. . It is expected that the last of the team, members to arrive will reach the city shortly after 7 o'clock, but/it.has been de- cide? to hold the team until 8 o'clock, thus making it certain that every member will be present. __—— FOX FARMING IN ALASKA. A Successful Experiment on the Semedies Group of Islands. From the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. Fox farming in Alaska, which has as-- sumed immense proportions, was originated _ by a Pittsburger. In 1879 George Ward- man was traveling about the coast in the steamer Rush. He saw a valuable black* fox skin sold for $200, and-conceived the notion that farming the fox would he proftable. He got Breach Taylor, Thos. E. Morgan and Jamies C. Redpath inter- ested, and a company -was formed. .The gentlemen are agents of the Alaska Com- mercial Company at St. George. Morgan suggested as a place for the ex- periment the Semedies group of seventy rocky islets, sixty miles west of Kodiak, which produced nothing but sea birds’ and sea lions, and are uninhabitated. At the seal islands of the Pribyloff grow the Alaska Commercial Company catch from 1,009 to 1,600 blue foxes évery Wwintef.” The black foxes are scarce, while the blue fox is not nearly so valuable. During the winter af, axrangements were made with an agent at Kodiak to get some black fox cubs. .He secured half a dozen, and while he was away on business the natives killed the cubs by.kindness and by overfeeding them. No more of the cubs eculd be found, andeno further effort to carry out the scheme was made until the summer of 1884, when about twenty blue fox cubs were caught. They were taken in a steamer to Unalaska; and thence in @ chartered schooner, with a quantity of seal meat, to the Semedies Islands, where they were released. The islands are inaccessible except in calm weather, which helped the enterprise, as It kept poachers and Indians from catch- ing the stock. At first it was difficult to get any right on the land. The Treasury Department, however, addressed a letter to revenue steamers, and the provisional gov- ernment of Alaska, to give their protec- tion to the fox farmers under the law pro- tecting squatters, and the company has not been molested in its enterprise. The foxes eat eggs and catch birds in the summer. They are also adepts in killing sea lions, which serve them for food. They are very intelligent. They take the eggs in summer and hide them in the thick moss, which is like mattresses, and leave them until they get hungry in winter, and can find nothing else to eat. If they hid the eggs in the dirt they would be unable to scratch the frozen ground away from them in winter, hence the wisdem displayed in covering them with moss. The foxes have been watched during the months of July and August on the cliffs searching for eggs, and have been tracked to their hiding places. The blue fox pelt is valued at $15, and as seals become scarcer it becomes more valuable. All attempts to catch black foxes have proved failures, as they: are so scarce. Natives are hired to live on the island and watch the foxes. The latter are trapped in certain seasons, killed and skinned. The carcasses are valueless, as the Indians, who will eat almost anything, will not touch the fox meat. The number has mul- tplied from twenty cubs to about 500 foxes, and they have been trapped every season since they were large enough to be of valve. Mr. Wardman sold his Interest to Byron Andrews of Washington. The com- pany is in a fair way to make large for- tunes from fox farming. He Knew It Was Good. From the Chicago Times-Herald, “I think I've got a pretty good story here,” remarked the occasional contributor, as he seated himself and lighted one of the editor’s cigars. The editor glanced over the story. “Yes, he said, “I think this is a pret: good story. I tell it myself occasionally.” ee oe Crossing the Wings Tortures’ Fovwls, From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has begun prosecuting for tor- turing fowls by locking their wings over their backs, a practice almost universally in vogue among those who buy fowls alive. The society is determined to break up this t unnecessary and cruel practice, whick rture to these fowis, ~