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10 — ee THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, hag) Eafe oe eee ee 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. The Newest . Fashions In Spring and Summer Carriages are represent- ed on our floors. -Such an aggregation of artistic and graceful ve- hicles has never been seen before in Washing- ton. A visit will delight you, and you are very welcome. Andrew J. Joyce’s Sons, CARRIAGE BUILDERS, 1028-30 Conn. Ave. “Crimson Rims Spin to Win.” THERE IS BUT ONE CRIMSON RIM. IT IS— The Syracuse * ¢ * —_A wheel that you ean always feel safe on. WHI stand the severest tests without * a berd or a break. ‘The handsomest and * most graceful bicycle of today. Price, $100, * to all-to mere, no * EF Otter good Whe * and fine repairing. Enterprise Cycle Co. 812-81 41 4th St.John Woerner, “Manhattan” Means ‘Best’ —When applied to the shirt. The new Manhattan Negligees are in, and for good, comfortable, neat, styl- ish Negligee Shirts there’s nothing better or so good. $1.50 the price. May tures. or with se eee re er is, $50 up. Renting im neat stripes, checks and mix- high turn-down collars detach>d a new style collar attached. Joseph Auerbach, Haberdasher, (it) 623 Pa. Ave. Cornell sells the best at the lowest price. For 5c. We have a clgar—made to our special h we sell for 5e. straight--$5 a and is believed to be equal to any r in the city. best customers have been smok- » for years. Fine cigars from $5 hundred. og, CORNWELL &,, 1412-1414 PA. AVE,, Re | AND CIGARS. 1t ght Underwear. French and Domestic Balbriggan, India auze and Light-weight Woclens—S0e. up. Jean and Barred Muslin DRAWERS, with elastic ankles—We. and 75e. STRAW HATS—Enclish and Belgian Splits and Mackinaws, $1 10 $2.50. String Ties and Bows, 2 for 25c. R. C. Lewis & Son, 1421 NEW YORK AVENTE ap22-14d Hutterly. Repairs every kind of timepiece. Expert work and small charges guar- anteed. 632 G St. ap22-12a Alpines for a dollar. s**** Firest Brown and Black Alpine Hats eee © ever sold for a dollar in this city—the +292 nobbicst <tyles. You've often paid $1.50 s 2° for not as good. This is Dunlap’s cole D. C. agency. Chas. H. Ruoff, Up-to-date Hattter, 905 Pa. Ave. ap22 200 $25 and $30 Suitings going at §20. Don’t Swelter In Heavy Clothes . —when you can have us make to your meas- t in either spring or sum- of Imported Wool- ich under price, is e opportunity slip. Haslett & Pistel, “=o” M417 PENYA. AVE. ap22-20d Bicycle Suits In all sorts of fashionable and serviceable tweeds and cheviots. Well made. Prices begin at $5.00. New patterns of Golf Hose—lots of them. 8 Stinemetz ap22-2nd and Son, 1287 Pa. ave. n.w. FOUND, MAKE A NOTE 07 TF YOUR NOTE BOOK. IT’S FOUND. . Table d° Hote Dinner that’ its mame. Not a discovery for us who've dined HERE. It's a new one for sou, if you have not. No such din- her a8 ours has ever been served for 60¢. You'll have difficulty in finding a $1 dinner With so large a menu—such tempt! ing cook- jo—and served in such inviting style. From to. FRITZ RE 'S HOTEL RESTAURANT, COR 4% ST. AND PENNA. AVE. ap22-144 About Summer Shirts! Perfect fitting shirts will contribute con- siderable toward your comfort during the heated teri They can't be bought ready to put on—they must be made. Let us Measure you and make your shirts to fit We assure you they'll feel better, I * and wear longer than any you've ever had. T. HALL, 9085t. “16d “A Well-Made Wheel’ Call or waite for Catalogue, GENDRON CYCLE CO., K. E. Gury, Manager, ‘824 Oth . AW. AGPSDRON, WHEEL CO,, (Makers,) Toledo, Ohio tu, thé&s2at THE HORSE’S FUTURE What Will Become of the American Thoronghbred? . THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Views of Two Experts From a National Standpoint. ABOLISH STARTERS AND POOL Apropos of the races, I have talked with Uncle Sam and with Senator Blackburn cencerning the future of the American thoroughbred and the American turf. No one will question that the Kentucky Senator is an authority on this subject. He comes from a locality where good horses are as elementary principles of right living as are pretty women and good whisky. But that Uncle Sam has any:interest in the turf may surprise you. Uncle Sam talked with me in the person of Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau of ani- mal industry of the Agricultural Depart- ment. Legitimate Racing. “The purpose of racing is not compre- hended by the minds of the majority,” said Dr. Salmon. “The turf has been so con- spicuously identified with gambling as to create the impression that there ts little legitimate, and nothing positively good atout horse racing. This Is a narrow view. As a matter of fact, legitimate racing serves business interests, and even the in- terest of the nation itself. Without the op- portunity the turf offers of realizing profits, there would be small incentive to the breed- ing of fine horses, and while a thorough- bred, under ordinary conditions, is valua- ble chiefly for the sport he yields to men of leisure, he is of very grave importance to the country at large in time of war. Of course, a horse bred and trained for racing purposes is not the thing for the army, but a strain of this blood is indispensable. “The government has never done any- thing to encourage horse breeding, though it is in the province and power of the bu- reau of animal industry to do this, should a request and appropriation be made.” Future of the Horse. I asked Dr. Salmon if he sees anything in the signs of the times to indicate that the horse is about to be left behind, to share the fate of the mastodon, ichthyosaurus and similar attractions of the bone display of ths National Museum. “On the contrary,” said he, ‘my opinion is that the greatest possibilities of the American horse are yet to be realized. Va- rious inventions of the age, the bicycle, electrical and other motor contrivances tend to reduce the demand for common stock, which will be permitted to gradually die out, and the possession of a horse will be a social distinction, which men will pro- tect and develop as they do everything else that is a matter of self-glorification. Moreover, there will never be the delight for a man in a bicycle race that there is to be had in a horse race, nor half the satis- action sitting behind the steering wheel of a self-propelled electric carriage that he Knows to holding the whip over a high- bred pair. so that something in human na- ture unites with the conditions of the sur- vival of the fittest to perpetuate and per- fect the horse.” Senator Blackburn on the Horse. Senator Blackburn very naturally re- gards the horse and racing from the stand- point of the great breeding district from which he hails. “Yes,” said the blue grass statesman, “there is a great future for the American thoroughbred, and the American turf, in spite of the unfortunate conditions to which blacklegs and purity laws—the two mill- stones of morality and immorality—have re- duced the sport. This meeting of the Jockey Club at Washington is a sign of the return to better times. The present, how- ever, is full of discouragements. There is no denying the fact that horse racing had almost ceased to be a sport, arid had passed into the hands of blackguards who manipu- lated it for the purpose of maintaining pooi rooms on every street corner, up every alley, and in the rear of every saloon. This has had the effect of reducing the actual merit of a horse to so little importance that the eastern racing centers are now ar- rayed against the great breeding centers of the west. We breed and train horses out in Kentucky, but we look to the large rac- ing centers of the country to exploit them. We haven’t the large cities and the great crowds which warrant hanging up purses sufficient to attract a fine array of horses. Horsemen are money makers. They gp where the big crowds and the big purses invite them. But now New York state and New Jersey have closed their tracks. Mon- mouth track, one of the best in the country, is the last to close. Effectin the West. “This has had its effect In the west. The Chicago derby is off. Corrigan’s track, at Chicago, has been closed. This may be due to the fact that Corrigan is not regard- ed as the best exponent of turf sport. At all events, there are to be no races at the Hawthorn track. This has been followed by stimulation of turf interests at Cincin- nati, Latonia, New Orleans and San Fran- cisco. There are liberalizing tendencies at those points. But after ail, it is the eastern centers that determine the development of our thoroughbred stock, and as it is now, the price of our colts has fallen one-half. ‘This cannot last long. Breeders are not in the business for the fun of it, and some- thing will have to be done.” “You do not believe the doom of the horse and the turf ts approaching?” I said. “By no means,” the Senator answered. “We cannot do without the American thor- oughbred. It is established beyond any question that the thoroughbred outlasts two generations, and into the third genera- tion of common stock. That being admitted, it Is simply a matter of economy and self- interest to preserve the thoroughbred horse. It is a measure of broad public economy, not only for the race track, but for all the uses to which the horse is put.” To Save the Thoroughbred. “What can be done to bring the sport up to a proper standard?” I asked. “There are just two things which can be done, and must be dofie, in my judg- ment, to save the ‘thorogghbred, and to put the turf onfa-pi & level. In the first place, the startef #fig¥oo much power. He can beat youw horse /before the race opens. I do not mean to say that all start- ers are crooked. No, but.they are human beings with human’ natures. They have their friends and acquaintances, sometimes in the pool boxes and the books. They have likes and dislikes for the various Jockeys. They are men of full information on horses, and they have their natural pref- erences for certain strains of blood. They may be perfectly honest, and yet with the very best intentions they may give a slight advantage to a horse which will give him the race, or they may place a hosse at a disadvantage and lose him the race. HAPPY oe MARRIAGES end on the way married Start right by having U when you become “a Benedict, 2OWNEY” BRIDAL CARRIAGE 1s the eastest and most elegant carriage ever constructed—richly eaparisoned horses—and experienced coachmen ¢nd footmen, Charges are very reasorable, EA fcw stalls fost vacated—desirable besrders warted. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1628 L STREET—PHONE 555. ap23-20d life 1s BE- ish tl Louisville Slugger Bats, 75¢. The ‘shipment which we received last Saturday was the larg- est ever entered. this elty, “Second-growth” Bats, 50c. each; $6 donen, “Select” Bats, 25c. each. Have you been in since the improve- ments have been made? You won't Tecognize the store—and we're not quite finisbed_ yet. fTappan’s, 1013 Pa. Ave. §,t810-3m,20 meet Now, there 1g a means for overcoming all this, by substituting a machine for a man. A machine can have no preferences. It is absolutely impartial. I have-not seen the Australian starting machine, but I un- derstand it is a complete success. It ought to be adopted as the first essential to re- storing the sport to its proper place. The Pool Room Evil. “Then, second, overcome the abuse re- sulting from pool rooms in no way con- nected with tracks. Today ‘there are pool rooms scattered all over the small cities. The men who patranize them never see a race, never think of the horses and take no interest in the actual sport. Do away with these outside betting resorts and make it illegal to place a bet. on a race outside a legal race track. Then you do away with the ircentive which the dry | pe clerk has to tap the till and sneak is money nto scme back pool room Fiery bet 1s open and above board. “Those are two reforms easily secured,” added the Senator, “and when we. get them, as we are sure to, there will be a general revival of racing interests among decent men, which will place the American thoroughbred and the American turf in proper relation to the interests of the country at large.’ PAULINE PRY. WITHOUT I ‘TERFERENCE. Sparring Exhibitions Last Highlands. Two sperring exhibitions were given at Steubner’s road house, at Highlands, last night, under the auspices of the newly or- ganized Nonpareil Athletic Club. There was a good-sized crowd from this city and the affair passed off quietly and without interference. The first bout was a fifteen- round affair between Alec Brown and Tody Banks, two clever lightweights, who gave one of the best exhibitions of the manly art seen in this vicinity for a long time. Banks had a shade the better of it, but there was s0 Uttle to chose between them that the referee, Mr. Pat Raedy, called the bout a draw, a decision which satisfied everybody but Banks, who acted as though he had been robbed. The second contest was to have been a twenty-round go for the middle-weight championship of the District between Billy Payton and Dick Phillips. Owing to the light receipts, it was decided to limit the go to ten rounds. The result showed that ten were. more than enough to determine the contest. The two men are personal enemies, and went at each other hammer and tongs, without much regard to science. ‘The pace was too fast for Phillips, and he resorted to butting and other foul tactics. He was warned repeatedly. The contest progressed without special advantage to either man up to the seventh round, when —during a clinch—Pbillips picked up his antagonist and threw him backward over the ropes. This was such a palpable foul that the referee promptly awarded the contest to Payton. Neither man was much hurt. During the evening Pat Raedy announced his willingness to fight any white man in the District. Night at To PROTECT OARSMEN. Senator Hill's Bill Passed Yesterday by the Senate. As noted in The Star’s report of the Sen- ate’s proceedings yesterday, that body passed the bill providing for revenue cutters at rowing regattas to preserve order. Sen- ator Hill was asked to introduce the bill by prominent alumni of Columbia College, New York. Columbia insisted that the boat race, in which her crew had entered to row the eights from Pennsylvania, Harvard and Cornell untversities, should take placa on the Hudson river course at Poughkeepsie. The other colleges voted against Pough- keepsie, on account of its being a navigable river and the likelihood of steamers inter- fering with the race. By way of a compromise, it was agreed at the last meeting of the delegates from the four colleges that if Columbia could get a bill passed by Congress protecting the com- peting crews from interference by excur- sion steamers the other colleges would re- consider their vote for Saratoga lake. If the bill is passed by the House it is more than likely that Poughkeepsie will get the big race. It will be remembered that at last year's boat race at Poughkeepsie between Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania, Gov. Morton's boat caused such a wash that Pennsyl- vania’s boat was swamped and Cornell's half filled. MORE ABOU WHEELS. One Who Rides and One Who Walks Give Views. The bicycle controversy, In all its many phases, continues to interest both sections of the community. The letter signed “‘L,” printed recently in The Star, has drawn ferth this communication from a wheel- man signing himself “Will you kindly permit another subscriber to add a word in reply to ‘L'? Almost daily for the past five years I have ridden my silent steed through the city streets, never avoiding any point, however crowded, and without ever having endangered the life or limbs of others, and I fail to see the neces- sity for more stringent rules governing the use of wheels. I know from observation that there are careless and indifferent riders, who do run people down, and I would heartily like to see them arrested and made examples of, but I have not observed any cause for complaint so far as the vast ma- jerity of wheelmen and women are con- cerned. “Regarding the use of the bell, experience has taught me that it is not good practice to ring it, save upon rare occasions. If the pedestrian is unadvised of the approach of a wheel the cyclist can always pull behind or in front of him without inconvenience or danger to either, save in crowded or ob- structed places, and in the latter his speed should he so reduced as to make an accident impossible. To maintain one’s speed and depend upon the bell to clear the way is but to court danger alike to rider and pedes- trian, for some will be confused and stop or step the wrong way, while others will not heed the warning, being in the condition of the man who, having eyes, sees not, and having eurs, hears not. On the other hand, I find the brake of much use to me, and thus far with its aid I have never failed to bring my wheel under complete control, however suddenly my path has been obstructed by careless or Indifferent pedestrians, heedless drivers, approaching vehicles or other causes. “By the ordinarily careful rider the only accidents likely to be caused are such as are due to contributory negligence on the part of the pedestrians, and these cannot be obviated by odious regulations. How much contributory negligence there is all riders well know. Children not only dart suddenly in front of the wheel while at play, but even purposely step in the way, while adults sud- dcnly and unexpectedly jump in front of one from a car, step from the curb without look- ing around when but a foot or two away, deliberately cross our path, etc. “Let us have an observance of the golden rule by pedestrians, as well as by cyclists, and let a few examples be made of the reck- less riders and drivers, and there will be no necessity for further regulations, nor cause for complaint.” Separate Rouds for Wheels. The non-riding population is championed by “T. H. A.,” who writes: “If any one doubts the advisability of either limiting the speed of bicyclists to that of other ve- hicles, especially in the public grounds, or of providing roads for their exclusive use, I would recommend him tg drive, ride or walk on the circle in the White Lot some afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. I would, however, warn him that in doing so he will incur the risk of not only getting killed himself, but of being the contributive cause of the death of some aspirant to bigycle fame. This risk will be augmented, If, per- chance, he is driving a horse, or pair of hherses, whose inherited epee to sud- den surprises have not yet been overcome. As the bicycle has evidently come to stay, would it not be wise at once to provide, as far as possible, a special track for its use, and thus mitnt the risks to which every citizen Is now exzosed? Why, for instance, might not an inner circle of ten or twenty feet in width be made around the White Lot, and devoted entirely to the bicyclists, at the same time prohibiting them from going on the main drive? I am sure this Ps occas will approyed alike b; vers, riders, wakes and bicyclists” a ®. Enviable. From the Yonkers (N. Y.) Home Journal and News. ‘Weary Wiggins—‘Uneasy Walker is de luckiest feller on de road.” Tired Traddles—‘‘How’s dat?” ‘Weary eins—He’s a an’ does all his walkin’ in gives him all day to loaf in.” - mnambulist, sleep. Dat WAS A BIG SUCGESS Innovation in Starting the Horses at Bettniry: LOCAL COLLEGE ‘BALL TEAMS WK fee en res A : A Long-Drawn-Qut and Tiresome aN Sire GENERAL SPORTING NOTES eevee The features of the racing at the Ben- ning track yesterday were a dead heat in the first race between Volley and Buck- rene, and a trial of the Clarke lining-up machine. While there was an increase in the attendance, yet it was not as large ag it should have been, although the in- crease was very encouraging to the man- agement. The fields were again small, and with the exception of the dead heat, the finishes were not close. Yet the sport was enjoyable, and as four favorites won, it was doubly enjoyable to the talent. The lining-up machine was tried in the first race, in which there were four starters at six furlongs. The machine consists of a bamboo gate, swung across the track from two opposite posts. Tne gate is lowered and the horses stand close up to it in a row. In the starter’s stand is a gong, and when the horses are in position he taps the gong three times. At the third stroke the gate is raised in a flash by a move- ment upward and outwardly by two men stationed on cpposite sides of the track, and the moment it is raised the horses spring forward, from a-standing start, of edurse, subject to recall, however, if all are not in motion and well bunched before the starting post is reached, the machine being placed a shy ance behind the starting post. In y 3 trial the ma- chine worked perfeci.,, aithough the field contained but four horses, and the start was enthusiastically applauded. It was also used in the run-off of the race, and again worked perfectly. Today the start- ing machine used at New Orleans will be tried in the fourth race, at a mile. Ran a Dead Heat. In the first race Volley and Buckrene made a dead heat of it, andeas “Pa” Daly refused to divide, it was run off, and his Volley merely brought down second money. Buckrene was 7 to 10 favorite, Volley be- ing second choice. The second race was for two-year-olds at half a mile, and Buddha, by The Bard out of Empress, un even money favorite, beat Arbuckle three lengths, he a nose in front of Aunt Sally. The race was run in .50 1-5. Doggett, on Septour, at fives, the second chcice, won the third race, at five furlongs, from Tenderness by three lengths, she a head in front of Silk, who was more than a length the best of the 3 to 5 favorite, Factotum, s But two horses started in the fourth race, a mile handicap—Bradley’s Clarus and Daly's Hurlingham. Keefe took the latter out in front and led all the way until about a sixteenth from home, when he al- lowed Powers to come up on the rail and beat him by nearly two lengths. The stew- ards called Keefe uj for an explanatio: and reprimanded him' for not keeping the horse going. The fact that Hurlingham is a rank quitter caused the stewards to give Keefe the benefit ‘of the doubt. Both horses were at 9 to 10: Over the Hurdles. | The last race was ‘the Virginia hurdle stakes, at a mile and 4 half, over five hur- dies. Four started—War Bonnet, ridden by Mr. Persse; Mars Chan, President How- land's Judge Morrow and April Fool. They finished in that ordér,“April Fool falling at the fourth hurdle, when he appeared to be sure of second money at least. Neither the horse nor his rider, Bfazill, was hurt. The winner was the 4 to 5' favorite, April Fool being the second choice at twos and Mars next in demand at-fours. -Jadge Morrow weight, 173 pounds, undoubtedly killed hi chances. LONG DRAWN OUT. Yesterday's Base Ball Game Between Brooklyn and Washington. The snail is proverbially slow, but this acme of retarded locomotion is not to be compared to the long-drawn-out exhibition at National Park yesterday afternoon, sup- posed to be a game of base ball, which the visitors. won by 12 to 8. At 6:15 o'clock, when ordinarily the ninth inning is ap- proaching an end, the Washington and Brooklyn clubs had just completed the fourth. Umpire Keefe, after an unusually stormy afternoon, called “Game!” on ac- count of darkness as the curfew chimes over in Freedman’s Hospital tolled the hour of 7, afid reference to the score showed that no further advance had been made than the opening of the seventh. It was as peculiar a contest as the one the day before was exciting, a see-saw strife, Brooklyn taking the lead, Wash- ington tying the score, the Bridegrooms again pushing to the front, Washington seeing the ante and going two better and the visitors finally raking in the pot, with a bluff of four. In the second inning Joyce, while at the bat, was struck squarely in the face by a Pitched ball. He retired, Rogers going to third and Lush to second. There was a continuous kick by the vis- itors at the umpiring, and in one instance a long perusal of the rules to decide a question as to interpretation. A gentleman with a fierce mustache, named Harper, who experienced some diffi- culty in making the sphere gravitate over the plate, pitched for Brapklyn, while young MeJames did like duty for the home club. On two bases on balls, a two-bagger and a single, the visitors led off with a trio of runs in the first. Washington, in the second, moved up within one point on a three-bagger, a single and a scratch, together with a steal. The men from Trolleytown got another in the third on an error, two steals and a single; two more in the fourth by means of a single and a home run, and an addi- tional half-dozen in the sixth through two bases on balls, several hits and a general tossing of the ball about the field in the direction opposite that in which the players happened to be stationed. ‘Washington, in the fourth, made two on hits and a base on balls, and wound up its run-getting in the fifth with four scores, the result of two hits too brisk for the fielders to gather in, a couple of errors and a hit. WASHINGTON v, R.H.O0 -H.0.4.E. Brown,cf... 1 0 5 18300 Toyee, 3b... 0 0 0 2111 Laxh,2b..0 0 1 0 8200 Abbey,rf.'. 1 2 2 0810 roa 220 Ze19 tw’ 114 8B 2 McGulré,c.. 0 2 4 0011 Rog’s,2d&8b 1 1 0 % 1201 Demon } 138 1) Harper,p. 2000 McJames,p. 11 0 3 0, ‘Total +. 81118 8 & *One out when game was called in seventh inning. Washington. oe o2024 (eH Brooklyn. 30120 12 Earned runs—Washington, 2; Brooklyn, 6. ‘iret base by errors Washington, ‘4; ‘Brooklyn, 3. ett on bases—Washington, lyn, 6. First on balls—Of McJames, 5; off Harper, 6. Struck out —By McJames. 3; by ‘Harper, 2. Home run—Grit- fin. Three-base hit: ers. ‘Two-base hits—Apderson (2). Sacrifice hit— Abbey. Stolen bases—De Montreville, McCarthy and Anderson (2). a Ae Harper, 1. Passed ball—McGulre. wire—Mr. Keefe. Time of game—2 hours and’ 20 minutes. How the Clubs Stana. hubs, W. L. PG.) Clubs. L. P.O. Philadelphia. 4 1 .600 Chicago % "500 Pittsbu 141 8B [500 1a 2% 8 ‘500 1325 th 18 8.600 Louk 8B 1167 Today’s League Schedule. Brooklyn at Washington. Boston at Baltimore. Philadelphia at New York. Louisville at Pittsburg. Cleveland at Cincinnati. Chicago at St. Louis, COLLEGE BASE BALL. Richmond Defeated by Georgetown, Johns Hopkins by Gallaudet. Richmond College and Georgetown Uni- versity played for the championship of the south yesterday afternoon on the college cempus, the home team coming out vic- tor by 19 to 18, although at the end of the seventh inning the score was 12 to 9 in favor of Richmond. Georgetown put up @ queer article of ball during the earlier’ in- nings, but during the latter part of the contest got together in fine shape, and clearly outclassed their visitors. The bat- ting in the eighth inning was terrific, and ten runs were the result, winning the game. Lambert pitched rather a steady game, ‘hile Mahoney, Harley and Fleming put up their usual good article of play. Elison for Richmond was replaced in the box by Willis, but the latter was unable to stop Georgetown’s slugging, and the former re- turned to his place again. The game, as-a whole, was rather unin- teresting, Richmond being credited with ten errors and Georgetown with seven, but the excitement ran high in the lucky eighth inring, and the admirers of the home team let themselves loose In earnest. The score: R.H.E. Georgetown .......3002121100-19 16 7 Richmond 2106030 0 1—13 1810 Johns Hopkins University suffered an- other defeat yesterday afternoon at the hands cf Gallaudet College, at Kendall Green in this city. The game was only six innings, but the deaf mutes showed an im- nense amount of improvement in their play, and won handily by a score of 6 to 2. Erd pitched a strong game, giving his opponents only one hit, while his men backed him up in good shape. The score: R.H.E. Gallaudets ................. 2000046 9 2 Johns Hopkins University 0011002 1 3 GAMES ELSEWHERE. Baltimore Again Defeats Boston and Philadelphia the Giants. At Cincinna’ Pitchers. R.H.E. Cincinnati. . Dwyer 795 Cleveland. . Cuppy . 4865 At Baltimore: Pitchers. R.H.E. Baltimore. 910 4 Boston. 158 At Pittsburg: R.H.E. Pittsburg. 813 2 Louisville. Clausen . BS 4 At St. Louis: Pitchers. R.H.E, St. Louis. Parrott 465 * Chicago. Friend -913 0 At New York: Pitchers. R.HLE. New York..Seymour, Meekin. 386 Philadelphia... Taylor .... 411 0 Hooted by the Rooters. The New York Journal says of yester- day’s game in that city: No tale of un- strung nerves nor hard-luck story can ex- cvse tke miserable performance given by the Giants in the second game with the Phillies yesterday. They seem to be grow- i.g demoralized, instead of improving, and the woeful lack of pitching “talent is be- ccming more apparent every day. Nor can the heavy hitters meet the ball at a time when rans are needed, as demonstrated by the last two games. The unhappy spectacle of disgusted rooters leaving the grounds in the fourth and fifth innings, uttering hoots of derision, conveys an idea of what the show was like = Base Ball at Metzerott Hall. The base ball “roottrs” in this city will have an opportunity of witnessing the game between the hard-hitting Senators and Ned Hanlon'’s champions at Baltimore Satur- dzy without going to the expense of run- ning over to the monumental city. The game will be reproduced at Metzerott Mu- sic Hall In the same manner as last year. A wire has been placed in the hall, con- necting it with the base ball park in Balti- more, and every play will be instantly re- ported and reproduced on a miniature dia- mond. Base Ball Notes. This is ladics’ day again, the final com- plimentery game for the fair sex for over a mcnth. Twice did Washington have three men on bases, and not a run could be squeezed in. Joyce's nose” was broken, and it is ex- pected that he will be laid up for at least a week. Bonner, formerly of Baltimore, was sta- tioned at second for the Bridegrooms, but did no better than Daly. DeMontreville and lightning may be men- tioned in the same breath, Rogers is st all times very much in the game, whether in the field, at the bat or on the coach lines. He has an unparalleled ascortment of antics, which never fail to amuse. A rcw.of private boxes is in course of erection on the roof of the stand. This is in line with the condition of the accommo- dations at other league grounds. Now, Mr. Keefe, keep ’em going today. We all had to eat cold dinner yesterday. The people pay to see a ball game, not a debate. Although the runner was not retired, Lush made a gallant effort to stop Har- per’s bard-hit liner in the fourth, There is now a get-up-and-get spirit about the Washirgton club that is refresh- ing, and which has long been conspicuous by its absence. Nothing is more tiresome at a ball game than the delay caused by protesting play- ers, The umpire can be gentlemaniy, but he skould be prompt and decided. In the first inning DeMontreville caught La Chance cff second by the moss-covered trick of hiding the ball. McGuire and Umpire Keefe had quite a seance of words toward the end of the game. Jim vas mad, not angry. As a result of the agitation in New ¥ork the infield today will probably be George Davis, first base; Fred. Peffer, second base; Fuller, shortstop, and Gleason, third base. President Young says that the protest of President Stucky of Louisville as to Um- pire Weidmen’s work at Pittsburg will avail nothing. President Stucky wanted Weidman detailed elsewhere, but Mr. Young has decided not to change his sched- ule, as he has unlimited confidence in Mr. Weidman. How ridiculous it would look if a judge waited for authorities to be searched every time he made a ruling! An umpire is for the time the judge on the ball field. Let "em file exceptions, Judge Keefe, but keep the case moving. Not Down on the Score Card. Frank Hough writes from New York: Manager Freedman is having his own trou- bles, no less profound than those of Arthur Irwin. The Evening World is making a strong fight for the return of Amos Rusie to the team and in voicing popular senti- ment upon the question it is publishing daily interviews with well-known actors, lawyers, politicians and well-known men abcut town. The visiting Philadelphia newsp2per push were interviewed on Tues- day and the reporter inadvertentiy credited one of the Quaker pencil drivers to a paper which was not represented. In this inter- | view the scribe passed some stringent com- ments upon Mr. Freedman. When he (the scribe) came to the ground today he was asked by Mr. man if he was connect- ed with such and stich a paper. The scribe truthfully answered no. hether this led Mr. Freedman to believe that the whole in- terview was a fake or not I don’t know, but anyhow, after the game this afternoon, as Mr. Hurst, the World reporter, was ap- Proaching the exit he was cornered by Mr. Freedman, who, after calling him a fakir, struck him on the side of the face without, however, doing any serious damage. Mu- tual friends prevented any further display of violence. C. A. ©. Bowling. Seven bowlers of the first assignment in the Columbia Athletic Club cocked hat tournament rolled their four games last night at the club house, the scores being on the whole only ordinary. J. Brown, Fisher, Stokes, Sutton, Treadway and Goodale will roll in the second assignment tonight. The scores made last night were as follows: Flynn, $4; Burroughs, 92; Grant, 92; Rice, 87; Schneider, 85; Gebecke, 70; Fowle, 59. Racing at Sandown Park, LONDON, April 23.—At Sandown Park today there were fourteen starters in the race for the Tudor Plate of 1,000 sover- eigns. for three-year-olds that have not won any race up to the time of entry. L. de Rothschild’s Imposition won; Lord Ches- ter's Lord Hervey, second, and the Duke of Westminster’s Shaddock, third. . The Walton two-year-old race of 1,000 sovereigns was won by Pretty Rose, the property of Mr. Roebuck; Magnificent, the property of T. Cannon, wes second,’ and Holy Friar, owned by Mr. R. Sherwood, was third. Richard Croker’s Red Banner and West- chester were entered, but did not start. Eleven horses ran, ————— The Saks ees enterprise was never better illustrated than in today’s special offerings for tomorrow. Ladies’ Shirt Waists. Just in— and we worked hard to Iand the lot--six styles in it—Pink, Blue, Green, Gray, Black and White effects — with mannish collars and cuffs, big Bishop ves, ‘The same patterns— made by the same manvfacturer—are be- ing sold’ in town now for $1. ‘We've got 50. dor- ens—sizes from 82 to 4i—that we can sell at Ladies’ Silk Waists— Summer wash silk—cool as a Shirt Waist. We've only 50 left— : Pretty stripes, in blouse front and back, crush collar and belt, Bishop | sleeves, perfect fitting. Worth $4—for $2.98. Big Bargain for the Boys. Two lots of Junior Suits that we closed _out for the maker at a spe- cial price. Gray is Brown. broad “rallor ‘braid and ‘on cuffs py scallops around in of jacket Wool—and a Jaunty tle rig for the 8 year-old youngs' Regular p: $3.50 for the same quality. $1.98. Men’s Neglige Shirts— A trivial thing makes a big difference sometimes. We ordered a jot of Percale Negtige ‘Shirts with pearl buttons—and_ they came in with stud holes in instead. They're $1 value—fast color—perfect fitting. If you’d just as “soon use studs as buttons you can have these Shirts for 73¢- Bats and Balls free with each purchase of Boys’ Clothing. Saks and Ks Se Be Se Ss Dh Dh WW es Ds De Wee sk Dh hs ss Dh Dh Dh Bh Me ae | | | RACING! | Company,. Pa. Ave. and 7th St—“Saks’ Corner.” : RACING! | - Benning Race Course. SPRING MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB DAILY UNTIL MAY 2. j 240) = Virginia Hurdle Race and Four Other- Races Today, ) C } MACHINE TODAY. TRIAL OF STARTIN Admission Hereafter Grounds, $1. ) to All Parts of the Ladies, 50 Cents. 340): Trains leave Sixth Street Station at 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. returning im- immediately after last race, — 40) :— BEN HELLEN, Secretary. it S. S. HOWLAND, President. = AN AGE OF INVALIDISM. Nll-Health Never So Popular a Topic as It in Now. From the London World. In an age when new triumphs of medical and sanitary science are being proclaimed” almost daily we fret and worry about our health in a way that wouid have excited the contempt of our unscientific ancestors. Go where one will, people are found dis- cussing ailments, comparing symptoms, recommending remedies and exchanging the addresses of specialists. We seem to go about feeling each other's pulses, look- ing at each other’s tongues, and reveling in the mutual diagnosis of functional “‘trou- bles.” The old-fashioned notion that it was undesirable to refer in public to one’s internal economy has long since been ex- ploded. Indeed, the liver has become not merely a standing topic of conversation, but a dominant factor of modern social Iffe, a fetish to which all ages and all condi- tions pay exaggerated worship. A complaint once supposed to be the specialty of sun-dried Anglo-Indians Is no claimed by apparently robust and healthy young persons of both sexes, and is made the excuse for every kind of weird dietary eccentricity. It has a recognized “brigade” of valetudinarian cavaliers named in its honor, who treat their morning canter a solemn act of homage to their dreaded idol, and a still larger phalanx who now seek to avert its terrors by the aid of the propi- tiatory “cycle.” There is something posi- tively grotesque in the intensity of self- coddling which ~prevails in these times. The cagerness with which people fly at a new specific and hail a new mineral water is only surpassed by the meek complaisance with which they troop across the channel to be annually steeped {9 hot mud, suffo- cated with mephitic vapors and “cured” with the indescribably fiasty products of regulation quell No health scare, even of the most far- fetched description, is too extravagant to secure ready and alarmed attention. Even with the protection ‘of “their rusks and milk puddings, their minced chicken and plain cutlets, their all-wool vesture and their twenty-five-mile “spins,” our modern sanitarians are never thoroughly at rest. They are forever forswearing this, warning their friends against that, discovering out- rages to the liver god and invitations to chronic dyspepsia in the other, until one be- gins to doubt whether a fatal illness would not be, all things considered, a welcome alternative to a life conducted on the latest senitary principles. : A vast proportion of this health-fanat- icism is, of course, nothing but the expres- sion of a particulariy uniovely form of modern egotism. It is akin to that other variety of self-pity which prompts so many moderately busy people to pose as the mar- tyrs of overwork. As a matter of fact, there is not the least reason why, with all its enormous advantages, the existing gen- eration should not be sounder in health and digestion than the men and women of a time when sanitary science was unknown, when medicine was in its infancy, and when cooking had not yet taken its’ place among the fine arts. Our “rude forefathers,” who could eat anything, and knew nothing of dict tables, cid not waste time in fussing about taeir livers, and were probably unaware, for the most part, that they possessed such in- cumbrances. It would be by no means a bad thing if a simila~ wholesome ignorance prevailed in our own day, when a smatter- ing of medical and anatomical knowledge combines with a good deal of morbid se’f- consciousness in procuring recruits for the “liver brigade.” As it is, we might do worse than revive the abrogated law of the social code which heid it a breach of good taste and good manners to draw attention Those who are unlucky enough to be re gated, or to relegate themselves, to an valid diet are out of place at the tables their friends. Until thei= recovery, tt would be far better for the doors to be locked upon them, that they might play <he vaie- tudinarian nowhere but in thelr own houses. ny MR. LABOUCHERE’S CONFESSIONS. When Attache of the British Legation Here During the Crimean War. From the London Truth, During the Crimean war I was an at- teche at the Washington legation, and as this was above forty years ago, I do not stppose that I am disclosing secrets in say- ing what then occurred. We received or- ders to recruit a force for the Crimea. This was a fad of Lord Panmure’s, who was then war minister. Sir John Crampton, our minister, vainly wrote to explain that this might get us into trouble with the United States government. The only reply was an order to obey. So we did. I was sent to New York to look after the recruit- ing there. We had a ship in the harbor, and we found no difficulty in filling it. A recruiter got $5 per man, and the man $5, accompanied with many promises of good things. When the ship was full it was sent to Novia Scotia, where we had es governor an old soldier with the reputation of being able to knock any regiment into shape. The government of the United States soon got wind of our proceedings at New York and at Niagara, where we had a Hungarian employed to slip recruits #cross the frontier. The result was that the members of the legation at Washing- ton and the consuls at New York and one or two other places received their pass- ports. What particularly amused me was that the consul at New York had had noth- ing to do with the matter, But we had elaborated a far grander scheme. We had found a sort of filibuster- ing general, who had agreed to provide us with several thousand men, who were to be recruited in Texas and the adjoining south- ern states. These were to be commanded by the general. The negotiations went of because, while we were prepared to give him the local rank of general in the Crimea, he insisted upon being made what he called a full general in the British army. To this we could not assent. I never could discover what became of my New York recruits. They were landed in Nova Scotia, and shortly afterward the that they had re- was going to take steps @ fitting state of disci- This was the last heard of them. governor telegraphed belled, and that he to reduce them to pline. eee How She Did It. Tt was too bad that Miss Brown dis- appointed the audience at the amateur per- formance.” Elsie—“But she didn’t. She was able to appear, after all.” Yes; but it was generally supposed e would not be able to appear.” <e-- An Oversight. From the Indianapolis Juurual. Wickwire—“I have been thinking what a narrow escape I had from being killed by Vickwire—Goodness gracious, dear! How was it?” “Oh, he didn’t happen to think of my name when he was confessing. ——__ ++ —__ An Abused iid. Fron the Boston Transcript. “What are you crying for, child?” “Lolo hurt me.” “How, pray?” “I was going to hit him with my hen he ducked his head and my fist hit the wall.”