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The New Yerk club will be the opposing club, presenting several new faces, while the Senators will go upca the field each player occupying the same position as at the close of the season of ‘95. A large gathering will be present, and it is a foregone con- clusion that a very interesting game will be played. The national game is very un- certain, and predictions are out of place, but it is an even bet that the locals win. Every playez of the local team is in first- class condition, sore arms and backs being out of the race, and all are full of confi- dence ; Prcfessional base ball prophets abound in Washington. Some have placed the Sena- tors as high as the first division; others as low as tenth, but ro lower. While every indication which usually guides the judg- ment of a base ball crank points directly at the Washington club as belonging to the second division, there is in the team the Possibility of better things, which in the natural course of base ball chances might land it among the leading clubs. If one were asked in what department the club is strong, one could not truthfully say that it was perfect in any. Mercer, Maul, Boyd and Anderson sre good pitchers; Maul is good for one game a week, and there may be a Rusie among the remainder of the Pitching corps, Malarky, McJames, Gilroy and Boswell; and if there is, the club will ‘cut a pretty figure in the 1896 race. If the pitching corps fails the Senators are doomed for second division honors, but even an advance of a place or two will be looked upon as good work, and still better things looked forward to in '97. The catching department is all right. MeGuire will do the bulk of the catching, and local patrons want nothing better, while McAuley, who has proven himself to be a first-class man, will be handy in case of accidents. The infield looks all right. Cartwright will do better work this season than last, Crooks and Joyce will play their usual strong game, and DeMontreville is expected to astonish the natives of the other eleven citles as the club swings around the league circle. No man in the infield can afford to lag in his work with a man like Rogers sitting on the bench, as he can play any position, and the way he hits the ball stamps him as a sticker of the first-class. Selbach and Abbey in the outfield cannot be improved upon, and if Brown bais up to about .250 he should be able to hold on to center garden. He is the fastest runner on the nine, a great fielder and a good thrower. Lush is good in any department of the game, running, throw- ing, batting and fielding, and will keep the three men in the outfield keyed up to their best efforts. The greater part of the team’s success de- pends upon Capt. Joyce. Good, clever han- dling may lead even a weak team away up in the race, and the experience “Capt. Bill” has had with the best teams in the country should enable him to get the best work possible out of his followers. Joyce has been hankering for a chance to display his ability as a manager, and it is given out that this year he is to have a free rein with no favors asked. Every man on the nine will play his best for Joyce, as he is a great jollier, and knows perfectly well how to smother up the weak points in a young player and bring forward only the best. Capt. Joyce's career during the first month of the season will be watched with interest, and until that time has expired it would be well for the base ball public to suspend its judgment and wait. The team should not finish worse than last season, and indica- uons point to the belief that they will do much better. The trouble in Petersburg Wednesday, be- tween the local club and the Baltimore players, demonstrated the fact, long known to many followers of the game, that the Orioles would go to the well once too often with their rowdy tactics. Players in the Nations! League and attendants upon the game have frequently uttered threats, un- der their breath, against the Maryland players as a result of their well-known methods, but the opposition went no fur- ther. In small towns it is different. The people swear by their club, and will let rothing stand in their way to help them along. The Orioles made a bad break when they kicked on the umpire at Petersburg. No one for a minute, thought the local club was better, and as they were out for practice they should have taken their medi- cine without a word. Jennings used lan- guage toward the Petersburg second base- man that only a coward would take, and that he was “slugged” demonstrated that what might “go” in National League cities could not pass muster in Virginia. The fight at the hotel was also the result of Kelly's conduct the day prévious, Quarles was umpiring. and? Kelly called him every- thing but a gentleman. The “Petersburg players are in a minor league and cannot be reached by President Young, and it is doubtful if Uncle Nick would do anything if he could, as he is perfectly familiar with the Oriole boys, but it is a safe prediction to make that followers of the game in eleven cities outside of Baltimore received the intelligence of the Orioles’ call-down with a great degree of satisfaction. The Baltimore papers raised a great hue and cry against the treatment their favorites received, but refuged to give the Virginia side of the story. It is hoped that the les- son will benefit the Baltimores. The coming season in base ball wi one of the greatest in the history Dene game, or there are many false prophets. Last season was one that showed @ bai. ance on the right side of the ledger, and the coming year bids fair to outdo the past in enthusiasm and attendance. From oii over the country comes word that more int terest is being taken than formerly, that is ‘no doubt due to the closer’ race for the pennant last year. In an exhibl. tion game last Sunday at Cincinnat! the attendance reached something like 4,500, and in Louisville the atttendance has been in the neighborhood of 2,000 at each game, In the east the interest is equally as great, but it has been worth a man’s life to at. tend the games on account of the disagree- oe weather furnished by Old Probabili- ies. In an interview wired the Boston Jour- nal from Cincinnnati last Wednesday, Mans ager Bancroft of the Red Legs makes the following prediction as to the standing of the clubs at the end of the season: Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnatt, Philadelphia, Brook. lyn, Cleveland, and’ perhaps’ Pittsburg, prominent in the first division, with Bos. ton’s chances best for the pennant, with New York, Washington, Louisville and St. Louis to contetnd for tall-end honors. The Prediction is all right as to the first di- vision, but the chances are the Cincinnatis will be fighting the Senators for seventh place before the season comes to an end. The Phillies appear to be the favorites down this way for first-place honors. Just think of a man weighing two hun- dred and sixty-five pounds being one of the best, if not the best, pitcher in the National League. One would think that a man of that weight would be so bulky that he would be in his own way. Yet there was not a day last season that Amos Rusle couldn’t tip the beam at that mark. Amos was no doubt over weight last season, as his work proved it, but that does not alter the fact that the New Yorks, minus the great Indianapolis pitcher, will be weak- ened fully 20 per cent. Outside of Ed. Crane, the big hoosier boy is the only man of that weight that has pitched success- fully in fast compan: Arlie Latham isn’t the only third base- man against whom a kick “‘from the in- side” has been registered. Over this way Billy Nash has the reputation of being the greatest of the great third basemen, but in Boston, where he has played so long, some of his old players have “it in’ for him. In speaking of Collins, the Bostons’ new third baseman, Herman Long shoots the following upper cut into Nash: “I think Collins is the greatest third baseman in the business. I will now have a chance to pay strict attention to my own position.” Well, well! The Phillies men put ie = d game aginst the eaters SSS orks of this ee Billy Nash putt in any bu ie pitchers against old comrades and play- ing for his life {nyevery series, “Scrappy” Biff Joyce is undoubtedly the humorist of thé Jeague. His writings and letters have quoted everywhere dur- ing the past winter, and while no attempt has been made by Joyce to polish them up, there were many st) of genuine hu- mor in them. Joyce is a funny man. Oth- ers who might %@ named mistake buffoonry for humor. « ~ Baée:Ball Gossip. During the praétice games in Texas the St. Louis club has been lamentably weak at the bat, and the indications are that the lack of stick work will keep the club around the twelfth place throughout the season. Hugh Duffy and the Boston club are get- ting good practice down in Virginia, and will, no doubt, be in great shape at the opening of the season. This club is about the only one that reaped good benefit from a southern trip, the other clubs having numerous players hurt or knocked out of condition through the rough weather. Out in Chicago the fans are in the dumps over the poor prospects for Anson’s colts. Nothing good has been developed in the way of new players, and the club looks to be weaker this season than last. So Freedman of the New Yorks is offer- ing prizes already for the best batters. What an incentive for team work and sac- rifice hitting this is. Fred Pfeffer should be released on top of this last move, and then one might be able to get a line on the kind of dope they are using up near Man- hattan field. Lave Cross will play short stop for the Phillies the coming season without a doubt. The way he has been hitting would permit him to make one or two errors a game and yet keep him on the team, but his fielding has also been of the best. Cauliflower, the Washington boy who will pitch for the New Havens the coming sea- son, has a bright future before him. He had the rankest kind of backing last Tues- day, but managed to keep the Senators guessing all the time he was in the box. O’Hagen and Hodge, two other Washing- ton boys on the same team, also played good ball. “Your Uncle’ Nick Young,” says the Cincinnati Tribune, “certainly made no mistake when he appointed Jack Sheridan an umpire on his staff. The work Sheridan did-behind the plate in this city last Sun- day was gilt edge, and if he can do as well as that in the regular season, Uncle Nick has a jewel.” Breltenstein pitched in the game against the Fort Worth club Sunday, and only four hits were made off his delivery. As evidence that the Phillies gained but little from that spring trip, It need only be mentioned that some of them grew heavier, Cross gaining nine pounds. Joe Corbett says he will devote his at- tention to outfield work hereafter. He is said to be a good judge of fiy balls and a “sure catch.” The Baltimore players all admit that they look to the Bostons to give them a harder Tub than any club this season, and the only other club they fear at all is the Cleveland aggregation. Connie Mack tells Kansas City people that with Hastirgs, Goar and Hughey, the three pitchers secured from the Western League,he will be able to keep em @J1_guess- ing. He says that the Pirates are stronger in the box than ever before. By letting Reilly go to Syracuse and Tur- ner to Cincinnati, the Phillies are without a man for emergency, except Hulen, for elther the out or infield. They are thus taking great chances. Ex-Gov. McKinley was given a silver 8 by President Robison of Cleveland, d_ here is what he said: “I have your courteous compifment of the 26th instant. Please accept my thanks. I enjoy few things more, ag @ relaxation, than to wit- ness a good game of base ball.” Capt. Billy Nash has repudiated the rules framed to regulate the conduct of the Phil- les this season. He says that he does not want to take the players’ money, but adds that if not in condition to play, any man on the team will be shifted to’ the bench and allowed a few moments for repentance without salary, Here is a good yarn from New York: “The executive committee of the New York Base Ball Club held a meeting yes- terday and decided that the $200 in fines imposed on Rusie must stand, as they were just and necessary for team disci- pline."” Members. present, Freedman and Irwin, Patricus Octavjus Tebeau will certainly have to buy a wine supper for J. Earl Wag- ner w his Spiders play in Washington this season. The owner of the Senators hurls the entire conservatory at Pretty Pat in the following language: “You may talk about your playing managers, your Comiskeys and Ansons, but none of them ever excelled Capt. Oliver Tebeau as a judge of a player or a hustler.” In the talk going the rounds of the Louis- ville pitchers to be let out, it is funny, in- deed, to see the name of Cunningham cou- pled always with some other unfortunate who fs to get the ax. Now, if ever a player demonstrated his ability to hold his own, Cunningham is that player. Last season the Colonels did not win many games, but Cunningham pitched In nearly half’ the victories. Jake Morse is responsible for the some- what surprising statement that the New Yorks were the worst behaved team In the League last season off the ball field, and were regarded as a positive nuisance in the hotels at which they put up. When Johnnie Ward managed the Giants they were models of deportment. Louisville “fans” are thoroughly arous- ed on the subject of base ball. When it is remembered that the attendance at an exhibition game Sunday exceeded by near- 2,000 the number of spectators that at- tended the opening championship game with Pittsburg last year. it is clearly ev dent that the Louisville public is enthus!- astic. Financial Agent Pulliam, in the light of yesterday’s monetary results, predicts a crowd of 15,000 at the opening champion- ship contest with Chicago on April 16— Louisville Times, “Chippie” McGarr and Morgan Murphy are rapidly rounding into shape for bail playing with the Browns. It ts practically settled that Pfeffer will commence the League season as the New Yorks regular short stop. Connaughton will be placed in left field. LOCAL BASE BALL. Program of the College Clubs During the Coming Week. In amateur base ball circles things have been lively during the week. The greatest game of the season in this class was play- ed Tuesday afternoon between Princeton and Georgetown, in which the latter team lost after a game up-hill fight. Out of the four games which Georgetown was sched- uled to play this week two games were lost, the other game being to Yale, at Old Point Comfort. while a third game was prevented at Richmond on account of the weather. The fourth game of the week will be played this aftecnoon on the college campus, with the Syracuse team of the Eastern League. This is the same team which defeated the Washington league team yesterday, and the result of the game this afternoon will give a chance of comparing the relative strength of the Georgetown team with the Washing- tons. es Next week Georgetown will play but two games, and as both of these are with teams of minor colleges, both games ought to be won easily. The. grat game will be Wednes- day afternoon with Hobart, while the sec- ond game will be Saturday afternoon with Washington and Jefferson College. Satur- day, April 25, thi strong team of the Uni- versity of Virginia will make its appear- ance, and a close ‘game can be expected. The team of Gallaudet College plays its first game of the week this afternoon at Annapolis, withthe middies. Next Wed- nesday it plays at the grounds of the Maryland Agricultural College, while on Saturday it is"Booked to play with the University of Virginia team, at Charlottes- ville, Va. The has been strengthened considerably, and with additional practice can be looked t6 do good work. The team of Maryland Agricultural College plays its first game of the season Wednesday’ with the Gallaudets, and after that its next game is for. April 25, with the Western Maryland College. The team of the college has been rather late in get- ting in the field, as compared with the other college teams, and the exact composition of the team is not as yet known, there be- ing plenty of good material from which to select. THIRTY YEARS AGo. 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It hardly seems possible that it is as long ago as that, for I don’t feel today a whit weaker than I did in the late sixties, when I was a member of the Olympic Base Ball Club of this city. It 1s only a quarter of a century ago that our club, the Olympics, was com- posed of the very pick of the base hall pro- fession, with Asa Brainard as pitcher and Doug. Allison, catcher; on the bases were Everett Mills, Charley Swazey and Fred Waterman, while little Davy Force was our short stop, and a good one, too. In the field were Andy Leonard, Harry Berthrong, who afterward became an artist, and es- tablished a studio in Boston, and John Glenn, one of the most reliable hitters and swiftest runners in base ball. These old times come over me more and more as I sit here getting ready for the opening of the base ball season’ next week, and I can- not help thinking of the changes that a quarter of a century have witnessed. Now the game has been reduced to a science, and is more firmly entrenched than ever in the hearts of the American people as their national sport. “I was very much surprised at the num- ber of veterans in the base ball world when I came to distribute the twenty-five sou- venirs of our silver anniversary as the Na- tional League. In looking over my list I found cld-timers scattered all over the country, commencing with the veteran, Chadwick, and running to the lakes, where Fred Stearns, formerly of the De- trolts, is now located. If I had been pos- sessed of a thousand souvenirs, I don’t think I would have had any difficulty in disposing cf them among the men who were the pioneeers in promoting our na- tonal game. WASHINGTON CRICKET CLUB. The Organization Expects a Lively Season. The Washington Cricket Club Is looking forward to a “ively season. The members have been industrious in promoting the in- terests of the organization. The pitch has been greatly improved, and the ground committee hope to effect many improve- ments before the opening of the season, which takes place in a few weeks. Owing to the lateness of the season last year before the club was organized, many were prevented from playing. Any cricketers in- terested can, by applying to the secretary, A. W. Cherrington, 1329 Q street north. wert obtain any information respecting the club, Tennis at Georgetown College. Tennis is a feature of Georgetown ath- letics this season; five courts have been rolled and laid ovt, and already practice games are being played. Among the good material is Thomas Driscoll, the champion tennis player of the Pacific coast. P. Mc- Mahon of Orange, N. J., is also a crack player. It is most probable that these two will represent the ‘varsity at the inter- collegiate meeting. which takes place the latter part of May. s FOR THE DIAMOND SCULLS. Dr. McDowell vf Chicago to Row at Henley, England. Dr. William S. McDowell of the Delaware Boat Club of Chicago has entered for the diamond sculls in the Henley regatta in England. McDowell weighs, in good condition, 170 pounds, and stands 5 feet 11 inches high. He is in splendid shape now, and with a few weeks’ practice on the water will be able to row the race of his life. The En- glish regatta will be held early in July. Dr. McDowell ccmmenced sculling in 1888, and has participated in all of the various re- gattas since that time. Last year he suc- Dr. William S. McDowell. ceeded in winning the amateur champion- ship at Saratoga from a field of the best scullers. At the People’s Fourth of July regatta in Pkiladelphia he met and defeat- ed the best scullers in the east. Later in the season, at the regatta of the North- western Amzteur Rowing Association, he won the quarter-mile dash, and also the senior single mile and a half in 9:41. Later he won the championship of the south at Indianepolis, and also the senior single event at the Labor day regatta of the LinccIn Park Navy. He is confident that he can row in faster time than in 1895. Dr. McDc well will be entered in all of the principal regattas of this country after his return frcm England. The Toronto Row- ing Club has entered Thompson for the Henley event, but McDowell is of the opin- ion that he can outdistance him. He is the only other competitor frem this elde of the water, and he has already been beaten by McDowell. If McDowell succeeds in win- ning the diamond sculls it will be a feat which has never before been performed by an American. COMING CYCLING EVENTS. Contests in Which Loe: Wheelmen Will Take Part. The next cycling race event after the Eclipse Park meet is the race of the East- ern Athletic Club, which will be held April 30. The distance will be for one mile, over the road for the club championship. The trophy will be the Weiss gold medal, do- nated for the purpose by Dr. George B. Weiss. The medal, a valuable trophy, was first offered about three years ago, when the Potomac Wheelmen were in full vigor, and upon the merging of this club with the Eastern Athletic Club the medal went also, This will be the first race for the trophy held under the auspices of the Eastern Ath- have succeeded in holding it are Howard Rhine and Harry Gaither. ‘The next race that is promised will be the meet of the Washington Road Club, which will be held on Decoration day. The mat- ter is being pushed forward rapidly, and the entry blanks will soon be out. The sanc- tien of the meet is expected during next Week, and, though no course has been se- lected, it is probable that the meet will come off as the opening of the new International Park. The use of the Eclipse track is hard- ly a matter to be considered. The other race now assuming shape will be an international twenty-mile road race, which the Arlington Wheelmen will give. This will come off in the early part of June, and, of course, over the Conduit road course. The matter was definitely decided at the last meeting of the club, which was held Tuesday evening at Losekam’s, and a com- mittee, consisting of ‘Villiam Gettinger, Fred Stone, Frank Potts, B. F. Larcombe and Paris Brengle, was appointed to take charge of the matter, and make all arrange- ments. he members were in favor of such a step, and the time of the meeting was consumed in the discussion of the matter. A meeting of the committee will be held Monday evening to complete arrangements. It is likely that, in view of the police op- position to the use of the Conduit road, the start and finish will be made from the In- ternational Park, though in the event of this being done the winner of the race would hold only a mongrel record. It could not possibly be a road record, because part of the distance was over a track. TO BE READY MAY 15. Work Rapidly Progressing on the International Track. The work on the International track, on the Conduit road, is progressing at a great rate, and the management expect to have the track completed and ready for practice riding on May 15, prior to the opening on Decoration day. The drawings for the grand stand have been completed, and the contract for the erection of the same will be awarded during the early part of next week. This contract will also luclude the erection of bleachers and fencing. The stand will have a seating accommodation for about 1,500 people, and will virtually be a three-story structure, situated at the southeast corner of the track, and adjoin- ing the electric railway track. The matter of access to the grounds for the benefit of pedestrians is receiving at- tention. The Great Falls road will put in sidings for extra cars, and it is also prob- able that the railroad will make an attach- ment.to their cars, so that wheels can be carried upon them to the park. Mr. 8. L. Phillips, the president of the Metropolitan railroad, has given assurance that his road will be in operation to the city terminal of the Great Falls road on or before Decoration day. It is not likely that the cable cars will run up to the Aqueduct bridge by that date. In plowing up the field a number of war time relics have been unearthe: solid shot was piowed up recently, which is supposed to have been fired from one of the forts across the river at target practice during the war. Quite a number of flint arrow heads have also been found. Another curiosity which will be preservel is in the trunk of the solitary sycamore tree which stands about in the middle of the proposed track, and which will be cut down. The curiosity consists of a bayonet point, broken off near the stock, which, though badly Tusted by the years of exposure, still re- veals its identity. The bayonet’ was un- doubtedly stuck in the tree during the war by some of the soldiers camped in the vicin- ity, and the growth of the wee has taken up a good portion of the blade. LOCAL WHEEL CLUBs, ‘fhe Season for Assembly R: Just Began. Among the local cycling clubs little ts being done, and the members are just be- ginning to take assembly runs, instead of individual spins. The club work on the road, however, has not fully launched itself, and runs will not be regular fixtures for all-day trips until about the Ist of next month. The Altair Cycle Club is about the only organization that nas adopted a schedule for this month. In club circles things are more lively. The Queer Wheelmen have been busy dur- ing the week, and gave one of the most enjoyable smokers of the season at its quarters, at 510 11th street. The comrit- tee in charge of the affair consisted of Messrs. Gardner, Pitkin, Slack and Voet, and they did their work in an extremely satisfactory manner. The attendance, while large, was select, and everybody present spent a good evening. The next regular meeting of the club will be held Thursday evening, the occa- sion being more importaat than usual on account of the fact that officers for the year will be elected. ‘The contes: this year promises to be closer thin ever before in the history of the club. Messrs. Woerner and Clokey are candidates for the presi- dency, while L. O. Slack and W. J. Espey will contest for the vice presidency. W. H. Henshaw and Frank Ghiselli will run for the treasurership, and Fred. Vogt and W. K. Larrimore, the secretaryship. For the road officers there fs a scramble for the captaincy, Messrs. Boyd, Pitkin, At- kinson and Long being in th® field. Boyd is at present lieutenant, and for his po- sition H. B. Dawler and F. J. Meye~ will contest. Messrs. Gardner and Vogt were appointed & committee to look up the matter of se- curing club uniforms, while John Woer- ner was appointed a commiitice of one to look up the matter of having a gymnasium. The applications for membership cf C. Louis Petze and Samuel Barnhardt will be acted on. The Altair Cyclicts held a meeting Tues- day, which was attended by about twenty members. In the absence of President R. W- Darby, Capt. F. B. Weaver presided. There was a discussion brought up about the advisability of permitting ladies to join the club, restricting the female mem- bership to active riders. There was much talk over this matter, and many of the members appeared to be in or of the movement, but no action was taken on the matter. A uniform was also decided upon, and several bids received, but no award made. A committee, consisting of Robert Cox, David Weaver and Walter Birch, was ap- pointed to secure further bids, in order that the olub may adopt the prettiest uni- form obtainable. David Reynolds and Loujs Schneider were admitted to membership, and applications received from two other bicyclists. Capt. Weaver has decided to discontinue the Friday evening run of the club for the present, at least, and to keep up the Monday evening ride. The schedule for the month is as follows: April 13, Anacostia; April 20, Cabin John; April 27, Benning. All runs are to start at 7:30 o'clock, from the headquarters at 1208 street. Lieut. William Britt wili be unable to en- ter any races this year on account of an attack of kyphosis-bicyclarium. The bicycle branch of the Eastern Ath- letic Club is now in full running order, with its new officers, Capt. H. Frye and Licut. Charlies H. Grace. These two have now under way a schedule of runs. The cycling membership of the club is in- creasing weekly. President Revill has been effording a good deal of amusement to the club in his efforts to master the wheel. The next regular meeting of the Wash- ington Road Club will be held Wednesday evening. At this meeting the report of a committee will be received, which was appointed to secure larger and better quar- ters for the club, which is now in a very healthy state. At the last meeting of the Arlington Wheelmen, eld during the week, four new members were admitted, among’ the n Ler being Messrs. Jones, Wick and Murp IN THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT. Crack Wheelmen Likely Mere xt Fal Washington is at last to be included in the national circuit of the League of Amer- ican Wheelmen races, and for the first time this year the local lovers of the sport will be able to see the crack racers of the coun- try competing for honors. The application for the races was filed a few weeks ago by the manager of the new international track, and the reply to his communication was received during the week, and publish- ed exclusively in The Star. The date assigned by Mr. Gideon, chair- man of the racing board, is rather late in the season—October 15. This is a season of the year to see good races, however, as the weather will be bracing enough to urge the racers to record breaking. It is noticeable that the fall of the year is the time when records are slaughtered. Should the weather be in any degree favorable and the surface of the track in good condition there is hardly any doubt of the lowering of one or more records. Another thing which can be looked after is the particularly late date for the circuit meet in this city. Being so near the start- ing point of the circuit one would suppose that this city would be visited either in June or July. The assignment of a later date by the chairman of the racing board can only be construed to mean that Wash- ington will be near the end of the circuit. The circuit this year will probably start in Massachv and then run west ‘d, though froM the experience of last year it is hardly lil y that the line will extend as far west as California. The return iine will be south of the west-bound line, and after taking in the national championship meet of the league at Louisville, come ciraight to this city, with one or two stops. From here the circuit wil undoubtedly run south, where the lateness of the season does not interfere so much with racing as further north. The end of the circuit will probably be at New Orleans. The work of arranging the circult is tedious and extremely difficult. Geograph- ical conditions and climatic changes are taken into consideration, with point of saving as much railroad tr: as possible. For this reason racing in the warm weather will be carried on 4 line as far north as possible, and then gradually work south as the season advances. The oniy objection that can be ra the local assignment is that there will only be one day of the sport. This cit hould have at least two days of good sport of that character, and there is iardly any doubt that the public would well the events, Manager McKean hi ritten to Chairman Gideon that the date set Ly him is perfectly satisfactory, — Qaualitied, From the Sen Francisco Py In the course of s the justices’ court, Barnes found it necessary in the sum of $100, an Blair, his assistant, to sign the bond. Any one but a justices’ court atto would have accepted the bond without question, but opposing counsel wanted to be su that he was worth the amount named, so he was summoned to appear before Justice Barry and answer questions as to his qual- ifications. “You are Walter B, Blair?” asked Justice Barry. “Yes, sir; that is my name.” vhat property do you possess?” ‘Well, I have a four-year-old boy, sound as a dollar, worth $2,000,000. I have a girl four months old that is as promising as any youngster I ever saw. She is worth $1,400,000. Then I have real estate worth Sales “Bond's Barry. ed to mney a bond d Walier accepted,” declared Justice ———_-+e--——__ In Place of Tobneco, From the Gentleman's Mazazine. Coltsfoot, or the leaves of the lettuce, be- ing slightly narcotic, would form a harm- less make believe for the good folks who persuade themselves that they could not sleep a wink were they deprived of their evening comfcrt. Ages ago both Greeks and Romans, according to Dioscorides and Pliny, found comfort iu smoking through a reed or pipe the dried leaves of coltsfoot, which relieved them of old coughs and dif- ficult breathing. And as to lettuce, it has been famous since the time of Galen (Claudius Galenus), who asserts that he found relief from sleeplessness by taking it at night. —__+oe-+—___ About Eating Crow, From the Texas Siftings. The man who keeps his mouth shut neves has to eat any crow. Spe No Telling What He Would Do Now. From Truth. “Lincoln never signed a death warrant.” True, but no one wrote a life of Lincolm while he was President.”