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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNN 13, 1090, THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, Imp. lvy Again Shows Herself to Be a Sprinter of Quality. MULBERRY WON IN A DRIVE. Realizatlon, Well Ridden by Che- valier, Downed His Field in Fast Time. Chevalier, who is doing by far the best riding &t the track, rode three winners yesterday, and was beaten but & nose on Garcia. On account of the uncertain condition of the racing situation in the East, Johnny Coleman has received word from his partner, Hughey Jones, that he will start for California with their string of horses inside of two weeks, Henry Wendt, who will book for George Rose in the East, leaves to-day with the other mem- bers of the crew, among which is D. W. Hig- gins (Rataplan), who is now in Mr. Rose’s em- ploy. Tod &loane, the jockey, accompanies the party. Mr. Rose goes as far as Sacramento, where he will stop over until Sunday and then continue on East. The 1ong spell of racing hasnot been without its effects on_the nags that have withstood the campaign. Scarcely a day passes that some woe-begone specimen of the thoroughbred does not pull up bleeding, a spectacle that is any- thing buta pleasant auxiliary to racing. So yesterday when Demoerat pulled up with the Ted life’s fluid pouring outof hismouth, the judges decided that in future the entry of horses known to be afflicted in this manner should be rejected. Through gifts and unlooked-for circum- stances, Nick Hall's string of racehorses is gradnally becoming depleted. A short time ago Sweet Alice fell dead in a ri nd on Wednesday, becoming disgusted with his time Der-toppers, Nick gave Wyanashott and Long- well away. Yesterday morning, while being worked out, Norlee suddenly swerved with her exercising boy on the backstretch, and going over the fence broke her neck. The unlucky horseman now has but a few left of his string, and intends putting lightning-rods on his sta- ble at the earliest possible opportunity, The principal topic of conversation of late among habitues of the Bay District is the peculiar in-and-out running of the horses of the Elmwood stock farm, and not without reason. Mr. Boots, owner of the stable, is a man whose honor and veracity havenever been questioned; and in this he is fortunate, for were the horses in many another stable to be run with so many zigzag attachments they would have come in for the official frown long before now. Roma’s startling performance on Wednesday, after her last bad run, started the gossip. And, strangely enough, a certain few seemed to be aware of the fact that she would Tun well in this particular race and the filly was heavily backed. On Monday, at his maiden attempt, Tiberius, & two-year-old, although beaten, putup asplendid race. On that day there was a jam to get aboard and he was backed down several points. Yesterday | he opened an 8 to 5 favorite, but for some un- | explainable reason the wise ones fought shy of him and around post time 2to1 was obtain- able. He run well for a distance and then quit like a dog—quite the reverse of his previous run, when he finished gamely. These are but & couple of the inconsistent performances of the horses from this stable, and th& opinion is expressed by a few that some one in the stable other than the owner knows too much aboui the horses. If it is due to incompetency in | training Mr. Boots should notify the public on a bulletin-board when his horses are not in shape and not have them shooting at the moon when strong first choices and stand by cha- | grined when they win as long shots to the bookmaker’s profi A deciaedly beneficial change in the weather and a rather fetching card at- tracted a good crowd to the track yester- day, there being a much more generous sprinkling of the fair sex than for some time. If the band had played a few new selections the management could haye | been complimented upon furnishing an ex- cellent day’s sport. The time in the different events was fast, but' the favorites received rather rough usage, snd there is slight doubt that as the old roan " Tim Murphy, first choice for the last race, finished behind the money, the talent had bé:en worsted. The handicapper had been most kind to the fast gelding, Fly, in the five-furlong hanideap, ketting him in with 101 pounds, and this was the main cause of Tim Mur- phy being /scratched. To the surprise of all, howevei, Fly was also scratched, leav- ing the A@stralian mare, Ivy, to go to the post an 8 tio 5 favorite. For second choice honors it was close between America and Howard. Banjo and Gypsy Girl were the only other starters. Sent away to a pretty start Ivy showed first, but was almost immediately passed by America, who headed the imported mare well into the stretch, when Chevalier let out a link and she won with the most consumnrate ease by alength in 1:01. How- ard made a bold bid for the money, but had to be content with third place, half a length behind America. The winner, a handsome, bay mare, has a long sweeping way of covering the ground and in her present form will be dangerous in any company. It was reserved for the fourth race to furnish the most exciting finish of the day. The distance was a mile and seventy yards and_ Mnulbezry, certainly the classof the outfit, was a strongly played 4 to 5 favorite. Garcia, the second choice, had quite a fol- lowing, but against the others the prices were long. The favorite got there, but it was such a tight squeeze that many of his backers were troubled with a nauseous feeling that savored strongly of seasickness at the finish. The lightweighted Miss Buckley of the acrobatic Boots string made the run- ning all the way to the stretch, followed by Road Runnérand Garcia, the favorite in the rear having been cut off a couple of times endeavoring to get to the front. Straightened for home, Garcia was in front, full of run, ana Sloane saw that he had no easy task ahead of him to catch Schwartz's gelding. It was Tod’s last mount previous v.oiis departure East, and he wanted to win. Through dint of the hardest kind of riding he succeeded in snatching victory at the wire by the shortest of headsin 1:46, a fast-run race. Sir Reel was a fair third. The Elwood stock farm’'s Yyouugster, Tiberius, who ran such a good race at his maiden essay on Monday, when heavily backed. ned an 8 to 5 favorite for the opening dash of four and a half furlongs yesterday, but he had bookmaker’s ague or some other complaint, for he couldn’t beat a_goat. Strangely enough, no one seemed to want to back him and he went to the post 2 to 1. Virgie A was the caper; backed down from threes to 13 to 5 she le all the way, winning by three lengths from Lady Gray. Rejected, first away, finished in third position. Ichi Ban was backed from 6to5t07 to 10 to win the second race, a cheap six-fur- long selling affair, but after getting away in front and leading until a furlong from home he was pnses by Connaught, a 15 to 1 shot, who won easily by two iengths. Sheridan was a good third. B A five and a half furlong sprint wound up the card, and Tim Murphy again went to the post favorite, and once more fin- ished in the ruck. He opened at even money, but around posttime 8to5 and Jots of it was hung up. = Tim had his speed with him, and taking the lead the first furlong led into the stretch with Seraphin, a 10 to 1 chance, at | race between the | Directly and Carbonate. bis head. The latter soon headed the big roan and looked for a while like a surprise party, until Chevalier brought Realization along, and in a very pretty drive won by a head in the fast time of 1:07}4. Joe Cot- ton finished a good third. MULHOLLAND. SUMMARY. EAN FRA 1034, FIBsT Ra D%, longs: maidens: two-year-olds: purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jockev. . 14 Str. Fin. 1021 Virgie A, 102 {Chevalier) 1h 13 13 1008 Lady Gray, 102 (E. Jones La2 2 940 Rejected, 102 (Sloan)... 87733 82 763 Little Flush filly, 103 (Pig- 9 8 5I 4 89 71 5 5 41 614 67 4 5n 4n Th 1008 Bell Oak, 102 (Mart 6 6185 85 AT Y start. Won easily. Time, :3614. Winner, by imp. True Briton-Big Bertha. ing: Virgie A 1810 5, Lady Gray 8 to 1, Re- jected 6 10 1, Elsie 20 to 1, Isabelle 30 to 1, Tiberius 810 5, Bell Onk 40 to 1, Little Flush filly 30 to 1, Don Pedro 10 to 1. 103' SECOND RACE—S(‘X furlongs; sell- i . ing; three-year-olds and upward; purse Good k. . weight. Jockey. St. 34 Str. Fin, Connaught, 100 (Hinrichs)..5 41532 12 1024 Ichi Ban, 101 (F. Jackson)..1 14 17 27 1029 Sheridan, 111 (Joe Murphy).6 64 41 33 1024 Queen of Scots, 86 (Wilder- muth) . 7 78 T 41 1017 Minnte Bi 2 5181 8¢ 77 Amigo, 95 (Chevalier) 1 22T 61, 1029 Joe Frank, 98 (Shepar 88 8 7 1029 Democrat, 103 (Shaw 3 31 6y bled Fair start. Won easily. Time, 1:1615. Win- ner, ch. g., by Joe Daniels-Santa Rosa. Betting: Connaught 15 to 1. fchi Ban 4 to5, Sheridan12to 1, Amigo 4 to 1, Minnie Beach 1210 1. Joe Frank 6 to1, Queen of Scots 12 to 1, Demo- crat 15 to 1. 103 THIRD RACE—Five furlongs: handi- 0. cap; ihreeyear-olds and upward; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jock: St. 14 Str. Fin. (1006)Imp. Ivy, 95 (Chevalier)....1 214 214 13, 993 America, 87 (E. Jones) 1511 2n 1010 Howard, 106 (Coady). 31 81 31 1000 Banjo, 100 (Hiurichs) . 4 5 45 1006 Gypsy Girl, 92 (Burns) 5 42 4155 Good start. Won easily. Time, 1:01. Winner, b. ., by imp. Castor-V eneration. Betting: Imp. vy 8to 5, America 7 to 2, How- ard 1810 5, Banjo 5 to 1, Gipsy Girl 30 to 1. 1037, EQURTH RACK—One mile and seventy O | . yards: selling; purse $300. 15 Str. Fin. 4h 4T 1, 819 Mulberry, 101 (Sloane)......5 n ao1 rcia, 86 (Chevalier) ....."\4 37 21 22 (1016) Sir Reel, 107 (C. Weber).. 3n 8 Miss Buckley, 86 (E. Jones).2 17 Tig 47 Road Runner, 104 (Shaw)....1 24 5 5 Good start. Won driving. Time,1:46. Winner, b. h., by imp. Deceiver-Jennie McKinney. Beiting: Mulberry 4 to b, Garcia 5 to 2, Sir Reel9to 1, Miss Bilckley 6o 1, Road Runner 25 tol. 1038, FIETH RACE_Five and a half fur- . longs: seuing; three-year-olds and up- ward; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weignt. jockey. St. 14 S 979 Realization, 107 (Chevalier).3 1025 Seraphin, 89 (Piggott) el 1012 Joe Cotton, 100 (Hinrichs). 1 1022 Tim Murphy, 109 (C.Weber).4 1025 Gold Bug, 106 (Peters). 5 020 Rico, 103 (Shaw). .. 7 1026 Myron, 93 (E. Jones) 6 Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:0714. ner, b. h., by Regent-Sadie. Betting: Realization 7 to 2, Seraphin10 to T, Joe Cotton 7 1o 1, Tim Murphy 8 to 5, Gold Bug 8 to 1, Rico12to 1, Myron 12t01. 1" Win- Following are to-day’s entries: First race, seven-eighths of a mile, selling— Normandie' 102, Raindrop 104, O'Bee 100, Greenback Jr. 90, Tom Clark 87, Hanford 93 Don Cee: My Sweetheart 91, Jerome S 106, Emma Mack 96, Fleetwood 90, &an Luis Rey 98, ‘Adelante 93, Niagara 90. Second race, mine-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing, two-year-olds—Edgemount 102, Tiberius 95, Lady Gray 86, Linda Vista filly 93, Veragua 04, Zeta 102, Joé K 95. Third race, three-quarters of a mile, handi- cap—Charmion 110, Hymn 108, Rinfax 107, Thelma 107, Arnette 96. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Remus 105, Hy Dy 104, Centurion 101, Roadrunner 107, Symp’s Last 104, Faro 103. Fifth race, eleven-sixieenths of amile,selling, light welterweights,inside course—Hyman 121, Outright 108, Morven 119, Major Cook 108, Crawford 121, Inkerman 121, Julia Martin 1illy 106. ON EASTERN TRACKS. Carbonate Was Not in It in the Race With Directly. DENVER, Coro., June 13.—The “princi- pal event at Overland Park to-day was the three-year-old pacers Carbonate went off his feet shortly after the start in each nheat and was not in the race at any stage. Directly paced the first quarter of the sec- ond heat in 32 seconds. A large crowd was present. The track was fastand the weather fine. Trottin; Pacing; purse $100 Directly. Carbonate Time, A 2:14 class: purse $800. , 2:18—2:20. Running, purse $125, five furlongs, Dick Broadwell won, Junetta. second, King Regent third. Time, 1:06};. Running, purse 125, seven furlongs, Billy Sunderjand won, ‘Venwood second, Artless third. Time, 1:3134. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 13.—Seven furlongs, Shanty Bob won, Powwow second, Shining Belle third. Time, 1:30. One mile and asixteenth, Rapidan won, Blue and White second, Prince third. Time, 1:5035. One mile, 0'Connell won, Trenton second, Service third. Time, 1:4214. Five and a half furlongs, Schiller won, John B second, Black Knot third. Time, 1:091%. Seven and & half furlongs, First Chance won, Bill Q’nm second, Saxaphone third. Time, 1 CINCINNATI. Onro, June 13.—Attend- ance 7000. Track good. Six furlongs, Enid won, Baxter second, Pre- ferred third. Time, 1:16%. Six furlongs, Alto June won, Black Hawk second, Cerro Gordo third. Time, 1:16}4. ©ne and an eighth miles, handicap, for three- ear-olds, $500 added, Pocahontas won, St. Yiaxim second, Selika third, Time, 1:5415. Five furlongs, Covington Spring Seiling stakes, for two-year-olds, value of stake to win- ner $2090, Remnant won, The Dragoon second, Irish Lady third. Time, 1:02}4. Five furlongs, Ban Johnson won, Old Canter second, Hardenburg third. Time,1:04. Six furlongs, Asbland won, Captain Drane second, Goodwin third. Time, 1:15%. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 13.—This was the last day of the spring meeting at Gravesend. In the first race but six horses started, and the jockeys behaved so badly that the stewards fined Keefe $100 and Reiff $50. Six furlongs, selling, Prig won, Hurlingham second, Factotum third. Time, 1:143{ One and an eighth miles, Qur Jack won, Song and Dance second, Restraint third. Time, 1:584. Five furiongs, Handspring won, Requital second, Sebastian third. Time, 1:03. Six furlongs, Liza won, Applause second, Con- noisseur third. ‘Lime, 1:15. Five furlonga, Premier won, Heresy second, Shakespeare (hird. Time, 1:03. One and an eighth miles, Long Beach won, W B second, Salonica third. Time, 1:59. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 13.—The un- expected defeat of Queen Alfred, a four- vear-old trotter from Texas that has won nearly every race in which she has started this season, was the feature of the third day’s sport at Fleetwood Park. The course was wet and slippery. Trotting, 2:18 class, purse $500, Soudan won, Queen Alirea second, Dudley Olcott third. Best time, Pacing, 2:10 class, purse £500, Gileurry won, Paul second, Susie G third, Best time, 2:131¢. ROBY, I June 13.—Six turlongs, Col- lins won, Effie T second, Le Pros Lyon third. Time, 1:18. Four and a half furlongs, Mickey won, South- worth second, Gemsbok third. Ti) E ¥ y me, :58. Six and a half furlongs, Weaverman won, Sonvenir second, Importance third. Time, One mile, Eagle Bird won, Florence P sec- ond, Mordette third. Time, 1:45. Six furlongs, Frankie D' won, Cave Spring second, Casar third. Time,1:173%. On the Eastern Diamonds. BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 13.—Brooklyns 2, base hits 5. errors 2. Clevelands 4, base hits 8, errors 5. Batteries—Daub and Grim, Wal- lace and Zimmer. PHILADELPHIA, PA. June 13.—Philadel- hias 2, base hits'9, errors 2. Louisvilles 3, Pase hits 11, errors 0. Batteries—McGitl an Buckley, Inks and Weloh. N ,N. Y., June 13.—New Yorks base hits 5, errors 5; St. Louis 4, base hits ?; errors 6. Batteries—Kusie and Wilson, Brei w"ggn'o;"d; e 13 B N, Mass., June 13.—Boston 20, b hits 18, erfors 4; Chicagos 3, base hits 5, errors 4. Batteries—Sullivan and Tenny, Hutchison and Donahue. 20 mil 12 PACIFIC COAST RECORDS, An Interesting Table Compiled by the Wheeimen’s Rac- " ing Board. A GUIDE FOR FUTURE WORK. All Coast Track Records Up to Date—California Club’s Road Race. The following table of records is com- piled from data on file with the racing board of the North California Division, | League of American Wheelmen. Itis be- lieved to represent at this date the best track records made on the Pacific Coast at the respective distances and under the conditions stated. The table will be submitted for approval to the racing boards of the several Pacific Coast divisions of the L. A. W., or to the representatives of the National Racing Board in those divisions of the Pacific Coast where no racing boards have been appointed. To the extent that it is approved this table will stand as representing the recog- nized records of the Pacific Coast; and all future claims for records will be sub- mitted to the racing boards or National Board representatives in the Pacific Coast ivisions, to be by them accepted or re- jected as a majority of such board or repre- sentatives may vote. Racing men will take notice that all future claims for records must be presented in proper form. No records will be al- lowed on oral reports. Race promoters are exceedingly lax in this respect. The racing man is the one most directly inter- ested, and he should act for himself. The proper form on which to make claim for a record will be found in all published copies of the racing rules, and the form in extenso can be had on application to R. M. Welch, representative of the National g Board in California, who compiled the ac- companying table: Racing | bill passed away the last chance of horse- racing in Illinois, with a betting at- tachment, during the coming tvyo years. All the big stakes at Harlem will be declared off at once, including the $20,000 derby, the $10,000 Garden City handicap and other stakes. All the big stables will be shipped East at once, as they regard Illinois racing as dead. e ey CORBETT AND FITZSIMMONS. Important Details for Their Meeting Oc- tober 31 Completed. CHICAGO, IrL., June 13.—Daniel S. Stewart reached Chicago last evening from New York, whither he had gone to arrange for the championship battle between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. “The Florida Club accepted my proposi- tion to move their concern to Dallas,” Stewart said. “I produced a copy of the statutes showing that there is no law in the State against pugilistic contests, and told them if the club was transferred to | Dallas T must be elected president and | treasurer of the club. Dwyer, Vendig and | their friends thought this over, and the re- | sult is that I was elected president and | treasurer of the Florida Athletic Club, and the club is transferred to Dallas. “Iam now on my way to Dallas to begin | the construction of the amphitheater in which the fight will take place. It will be amammoth structure, built in octagonal shape. There wiil be four entrances from the cardinal points of the building. The seating capacity will be 40,000. There will be 250 boxes, with ten chairs in each. The | seats §20. During the weck in which the | fight will take place there will be a fair sion rates from all the surrounding coun- try. I have secured a cheap rate from two before been secured for a similar event. | “Corbett and Fitzsimmons will meet on Thursday, October 31. There will be one | other contest, probably between Dixon and | Plimmer. There will be a carniyal of | four fights. The mill between the little | men wili take place probably the second | day preceding the Corbett-Fitzsimmons battle.” | From what Stewart says there will be Ino middle, light or welter weight fight, PACIFIC COAST TRACK RECORDS, CoMPILED AND CoRRECTED UP TO JUNE 13, 1895, DISTANCE. NAME. ‘WHERE MADE. Crass. 14 mile, competition. 14 mile, 14 mile, fiying, unpaced 14 mile, tandem, flying, unpac 13 mile, competition. %3 mile, competition. 13 mile, competition. g, 14 mile, standing, paced. 13 mile, flying, unpaced, tandem. . 1 mile, flying, paced, tandem... cimas. T. Dy 1 mile, competition, pace E 1 mile, competition, unpaced. 1 mile, competition, paced 2 mile, competition... mil e, competition, unpaced. mile, competition, pac 2 mile, standing, paced.. 3 mile, competition, paced 4 mile, competition, paced 5 mile; competition, pace 6 mile, competition, paced . 7 mile, competition, paced . 8 mife, competition, paced . 9 mile, competition, paced 10 mile, competition, paced 11 mile, competition, paced 12 mile; competition, paced 13 mile, competition, paced . 14 mile, competition, paced . 15 mile, competition, paced. 16 mile, competition, paced 17 mile competition. paced mpetition, p: mpetition, pac 1 mile, competition, 2 mile, competition, 3 mile, competition, mile, competitio 25 mile, competition, le, C le. R. L. Long and {San Francisco, May 30,1894 .. San Francisco, May 30,1894 cramento, Oct. 10, 1894, Sacramento, Oct. 17, 1894 Sacramento, Oct. 17, 1894, acramento, Oct. 11, 1894, San Jose, April 20. 1895 Pheenix, ‘Ariz. -amento, Oct. .| Sacramento, Oct Sacramento, Oct. Los Angeles, May 3 19 4 6 1-6 51-5 ‘acramento, Oct. 3 08 Angeles, May 12-5 163 Angelen: 55, 514 835 fl“/l . i Lageles, ) 814 Los Angeles, 2 Los Angeles, 51 105 Angeles. 2 |Los Angeles, M 3 Los Angele: 3, | Los Angeles; Los Angeles, ) | Los Angeles; ) Los Angele: Los Angeles, 3 Los Angeles, ) Los Angeles, Los Angeles; ) 1.0s Angele EEREEEE R RSN EEEEPE RRPPRELE W ERMERPE bbR> The racing board has i No. 11, under date of June 18, 1895, as fol- lows: Senctions granted—June 11, E. E. Barack- man, Senta Monica; July4, Ontario Wheelmen, Onterio; July 4, Petaluma Wheelmen, Peta- luma; July 4, Coronado Track Association, San Diego; September 9, Riverside Wheelmen, Riverside. Transferred to class B—Horace Slater of Los Angeles, on account ot his voluntary with- drawal from class A. The California Cycling Club will hold a five-mile road race Sunday over the course from San Mateo to San Carlos, starting from the former pointat2 r. M. The en- trants and handicaps are as follows: Klauenberg and Boyle, 2 min.; Vermeil, Nelson and Thomas, 13{ min.; Green, Bell- man, Mayo and T. Wall, 1§ min.; J. Wall, Strahle and Friediander, 12{ min.; Klotz and Birdsall, 1 min.; Sternberg, Theisen and Egeberg, 3{ min.; Struven and Reid, !¢ min.; Lovie, { min.; Alex- ander and Harvey, scratch. The performances of the two scratch men wiH be watched with interest. Har- vey is a good road rider, and can ride his ten miles under twenty-eight minutes any day in the week. Alexander is recently from the East, where he made quite a rep- utation for fast riding in relay and road races. There is some possibility of his lowering the record for the course of 12:05 3-> made by Charles 8. Wells of the Bay City Wheelmen last Sunday. The wheelmen are all heading toward Santa Cruz this week, to attend the Carni- val and races there to-morrow. Captain Thornton has called a run of the Olympic Club Wheelmen, which will leave by the 5 o'clock boat to-night, wheeling to San Jose and over the mountains to-morrow. The Reliance and Acme clubs of Oakland will also ride down. Several parties are going down by rail and steamer. The Imperial Cycling Club held a re- ception and entertainment at its club- rooms, 636 Golden Gate avenue, last even- ing, which was well attended and very en- joyable. Mr.S. W. E. Hawkins, advertising man- ager of the Stearns bicycles, says in the Newspaper Maker that next year, after the resent contracts expire, bicycle advertis- ing will be done mainly in the daily papers instead of in the monthlies as now.” The daily paper is the paper of the present. The magazine is to it what the almanac is to the morning’s weather report. REFUSED A LICENSE. Legal Trouble Over the Contest Between Dixon and Erno. BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 13.—Mayor Schieren this afternoon refused to grant a license to the Seaside Athletic Club, and also refused to grant it a special license applied for by President O'Rourke, who is also Dixon’s manager, permitting it to bring off the bouts which have been ad- vertised to take place to-morrow night, among which was announced a meeting between George Dixon and Frank Erno. Judge Brown has issued an order com- pelling Mayor Schieren to show cause in the Supreme Court to-morrow why a man- damus should not be issued compelling him to grant a license to the Seaside Ath- letic Club. The application was made on an affidavit by O’Rourke, claiming that the club had lived up to the letter of the law and that if prize-fights were conducted it was the duty of the police to arrest the of- fenders at the time. LA A il Horse-Racing Dead in Illinois. CHICAGO, IuL., June 13.—With the adjournment of the Legislature to-night without calling up the Humphrey racing written, since it has been settled that the great fight will take place in Dallas. He ous light, welter and middle weights shall get in under cover of the big show, and there will be but two matches, Dixon and and Stewart holds that these are enough and worth the journey to see. e Great Interest in the Southwest. DALLAS, Tex., June 13.—The South- west has gone wild over the Corbett-Fitz- simmons match. The following was re- ceived at the Coney Island Turf Exchange addressed to Stewart & Co.: ESTACADO, TEX., June 12.—Don’t forget to reserve plenty of room for the Western cattle men. I can vouch that 75 per cent of the ranchmen will be in Dallas on October 31 jo see Corbett and Fitzsimmons box. So don’t forget our class. JonN E. HOWARD. view of the fact that while he filled the position of Attorney-General there were contests right along in the different cities of the State and he made no move to sup- press them, it is believed he will not now interfere, as the law has not since been changed. — e CHESS BY TELEGRAPH. Arrangements for the Vancouwver - San Francisco Match Completed. VANCOUVER, B. C.,June 13.—All ar- rangements for the chess match by tele- graph between the Vancouver and San Francisco Chess clubs to-morrow night are compieted. Two games will be played. Vancouver's committee on No. 1 board consists of Hoffar (captain), Dr. Bell- Irving, Hooper and Crickmay, and No. 2 board of Keith (captain), Smith, Proctor and Grant. i S A Five-Mile Record Broken. CHICAGO, ILL., June 13.—John Law:on, the “Terrible Swede,” thisafternoon broke the world’s record for five miles, previously held by Bainbridge. Bainbridge’s record was 11:40. Lawson made it in 11:33 3-5. _—— A Cable in the Clouds. It seems that Mr. Shepherd has a very rich mine in an almost inaccessible part of the Mexican mountain ranges, a long way been eq\}ipring at great cost with first-class mechanical ?pliances. Some time ago Mr. Shepherd concluded that his equip- ment required 5000 or 6000 feet of wire rope for carrier purposes, but how to get it up into his mountain fastness in a single piece, as required, was a question. By no possi- bility could it be moved from the railroad to final destination on wheels, and he didn’t see how it could be carried by burros. But a Mexican did. He explained his plan, got the contract for carrying the 1}4{-inch cable and successfully ‘executed it. He coiled the rope up at fied distances alon, its entire length, each coil being approxi- mately of the same size and designed to weigh 300 pounds, and loaded iton a string of burros with proper fastenings. To take g{ the slack between each two burros two exicans with padded shoulders were in- serted and faithtully kept u rather portion of the line. was a curious one, to be sure, but it got there all the same.—Philadelphia Record. —————— Buenos Ayres is building the largest opera-housein the world. their end, or 'he procession in Dallas, and to this there will be excur- | bout whi i ai : abous which (eo gmuch hasybeentsaid and) per cental—the Chicago market is strong at does not intend thatany of the multitudin- | There is considerable speculation as to | what Governor Culberson will do, but in | | removed from any railroad, which he has | | { | Eastern lines which I believe has never | A STRONG WHEAT TRUST. The Combination Will Clear a Million in Less Than Six Months. FARMERS TO PAY THE TOLLS. By Fixing Ocean Freights the Trust Governs the Entire Qutput of the State. It was announced yesterday that a num- ber of free ships were bound for this port; that their identity was being kept secret so that the local wheat combine could not set their plans to buy them up; that upon their arrival within the next two weeks they would load wheat for Liverpool at a rate much below that established by the combine, and that their cargoes would not be controlled by any one of the four firms in the combine—McNear, Eppinger & Co., Baldwin, Girvin & Eyre or Balfour, Guthrie & Co. All this was rumored, but, like many another rumor, it conld not be substantiated by tangible facts—more’s the pity. Should the rumers turn out to be true it will mean prices for boxes has not been settled, but | the disruption of the wheat trustin this | the admission will be $10, with reserved | City, w hich in turn will mean lower freight rates on wheat, a higher price for wheat, a strong hay and grain market generally, better prices for all farm produce, at least $2,000,000in the pockets of the grain farmers of California and a prosperity of the entire State in keeping with and that always fol- lows upon the E\Arnsperil\’ of its producers. But the brokers of San Francisco say the rumor cannot be true. They say that iree ships cannot come secretly to this port because the agencies of the wheat trust are omnipotent on the seas in the matter of gathering news of the move- ments of vessels. They point out that nothing can stand against the wheat trust, because it has not only the capital with which to (?erule, all of the Fair wheat to handle and the only wheat shipping firms in the city as members, but it has also the facilities for handiing grain that no other California merchant or combination could command. Already the trust has chartered all the ships deemed necessary for the maintenance of ocean freights, and it stauds ready to charter as many more hottoms should that course be essential to the per, ctuitf‘ of the wheat trust. Oh, e wheat trust will live, say the brokers and the wheat merchants of this city. Not gladly do they say it, but with the certainty of a positive conviction on the subject, born of their knowledge of the men who form it and the methods they have employed. ‘‘Nothing” now can harm the wheat trust,” said William H. Yates, the Cali- fornia-street broker. “Free ships cannot come in, and if they could the combine would gobble them up if they needed them or wanted to keep them out of the hands of other shippers. But who’s to do the ship- ping in these free bottoms, granting that there should be such? There are only four firms in town and they make up the trust. No one else could ship'if they wanted to do 80, for these firms have all the warehouses and shipping facilities in their own hand. “There is only one thing which can spoil the combine now and that is a quarrel among the four firms that comyose it; and that is a contingency not at all prob- able. Their common interests—amount- ing to $1,000,000 or more—will keep them together. In less than six months the trust will clear thatamount. Itisn’t a matter of guess work at all but one of cold calcula- lation. The trust can’t help clearing a cool $1,000,000 between now and the last of December. That’s $250,000 apiece for the four firms—a neat little profit for half a year’s business, and surely a sufficient in- ducement to maintain harmony of action among them for so short a period.” And who pays the tolls? Mostly the farmer, but no taxpayer may escape his share. The cost to the farmer is quickly reckoned. Suppose California raises 1,000,000 tons of wheat this year—a suppo- sition that 1s not up to the careful esti- mates made for the “street” and the mar- ket. It ought to sell for from $1 to $1 05 $133. The rate tixed by the wheat trust is from 70 cents to 95 cents per cental. The difference is $2 a ton. This is a very safe estimate—leaving a wide margin for even possibilities. On the ‘‘street” the farmers’ loss is estimated at Plimmer and Fitzsimmons and Corbett, | i’ oo S3iL 1€ $2000.000 and be safe. Then remember that four firms in San Francisco have the power to lessen the profits of the farmers of this State to the amount of $2,000,000. It seems odd, but it is true, and moreover the power comes merely from what is known as business sagacity. There is nothing dishonest in the transaction. It is quite regular, the whole thing, in the business world, and a verv simvle operation withal. The four firms named began this little business enterprise by chartering all the ships in sight. When' they had chartered enough of them to be able to say to the vessel-owners what rate they should charge for carrying wheat from San Fran- cisco to Liverpool, they fixed that rate very high—so high that wheat must be sold very cheap in order to leave any margin at all on the Liverpool prices for the ex- porter. Then these four firms clubbed to- gether again, and bought up that big lot of ’93 wheat that the late Senator Fair had accumulated in his last deal on the wheat market. Senator Fair merely meant to speculate. Wheat was verf’ low when he began buying. He thought it would go up in a month or two, so he bought heavily. But wheat staid where it was, and did not rise. To prevent it going still lower Senator Fair had to buy still more wheat. He had to buy so much that it took all his spare cash, but still he had to buy more. He raised money on his se- curities, he borrowed money, he mort- gaged property, and with the cash thus raised he bought more wheat. If he had ceased buying the wheat would have depreciated, and that would have meant the loss of a great sum of money to the Senator. Folks say that it was the miscarriage of this wheat deal which killed the Senator. Anyway, he died before wheat advanced in price, and now all the wheat he owned, amounting to 180,000 tons, has been bought by what is called the wheat trust. With this enormous block of wheat in its controi, and with the vessel rates placed so high that wheat must be sold very low in order 10 leave a profit to those who han- dle it, the wheat trust has things pretty much in its own hands, while the farmer— well, the farmer’s interests do not cut much of a figure in the calculations of these shrewd gentlemen and sagacious business men who have been forewitted enough to see the chance to make a profit of $1,000,000 in less than half a year and have been able to command the capital with which to carry on their business enterprise. It"is wrong to uugpose that these men have combined for the purpose of oppress- ing the farmer; it is wrong and demagogic to say so. The purpose of the business combination formed by these gentlemen is to increase their profits $1,000,000—nothing more and nothing less. Of course, the farmer is apt to take a different view of the matter, because, in a way, it touches his pocket. It decreases hisnet earnings for the year. But then the farmer never was very strong on po- litical economy and in great E\zsiness affairs of this ‘kind. He 1s apt to takea ersonal view of the matter, and seems to orget that his loss will be another’s gain, and that it is a perfectly legitimate thing for half a dozen business men in San Fran- cisco to clear $1,000,000 in six months. In truth, the farmer is prone to consider his own necessities. And while the commer- cial world sees only a clever stroke of busi- ness in the big wheat deal, the farmer sees only the pecuniary loss to himself and his family in the deal. Down in the San Joaquin Valley, where NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. TREMENDOU e e A AR PPN A $ SUCCESS — O OEEL———— REAT SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE! The OVERWHELMING SUCCESS that is greeting the Great Sacrifice Clearance that we inaugurated this week proves the RE- SISTLESS POWER of the cuts in prices made in all departments and in inviting an early inspection of our offerings we assure all that everything, even THE LATEST STYLES AND NOVELTIES, will be found on sale AT TRADE-COMPELLING REDUCTIONS! At 10 Cents Pexr Yard. 20,000 yards HIGH-GRADE DUCK SUITINGS, in the leading shades and colorings; reduced from 15c. At 8% Cents Per Yard. 50,000 yards CRINKLED CREPONS, a new serviceable wash fabric, in almost every imaginable coloring; reduced from At 64 Cents Five cases FULL STANDARD PERCALES, 14C. Per Yard. inches wide; reduced from 10c. OUTING SHIRTS! At 28 Cents. BOYS’ NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, in neat fancy patterns, warranted fast colors, reg- ular price 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 45 Cents. MEN’S NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, with laundried collars and cuffs, regular price 75¢, will be closed out at 45¢ each. LACES! LAC ES! LACES! At 25 Cents Per Yard. BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE and BLACK BOURDON LACE, 8 inches wide, regular price 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. At 18c, 25c and BUTTER POINT VENISE former price 40c, 65¢ and $1. 88c Perxr Yard. LACE—4-inch at 15¢, 624-inch at 25¢, 9-inch at 35c a yard; HANDKERCHIEFS! At 15 Cents LADIES’ SHEER LINEN LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, slightly value 35¢. HANDKERCHIEFS ! Each. imperfect; regular CALL EARLY! THE BEST BARGAINS GO FIRST! Markel Smeel, corner of Jones, SATN TRANCOTSCO. most of the wheat and other grains of the | State are raised, the farmer has been | counting on this year’s crop to help him | out of the bad hole the drought of last | year left bim in. Half a dozen or more | usiness men in San Francisco own most of the wheat land in thevalley. They rent it out on short or long contracts to the farmers. If the cereal market is good one year then the rent is higher the next year. Often the rental, price is fixed at such and such a percentage of the gross or net in- come. Tast year wasa bad one for both the landlord and the farmer. Whole sec- tions and quarter sections of wheat and barley were burned to a crisp before it had ever grown long enough to make good hay. At the end of the year a good many fam- ilies packed their b?ankets—whirh means, in the vernacular, that they left the valley with blankets and perhaps a few household goods as their only available capital. The | total wheat output for that year was only 653,000 tons, and so far as the San Joaquin Valley crop went, only the ranchers who | sowed tracts along the foothills, where there seems to be subterranean irrigation or seepage, as the ranchers call it, reaped a large enough crop to pay their rent. But many of thelandlords were indulgent enough to_renew their leases to the same farmers, with the understanding that the back rent should be forthcoming from the crop of 1895. It is rare thattwo dry seasons comie in succession or that_they come any- where near each other in this favored State. The farmers of the San Joaquin Valley— and elsewhere the conditions were much the same—planted again for the crop of 1895. There was enough rain last winter and, what was better, there were late rains, The' grain all over the State did finely. Hope came to the farmer. As he looked out over his miles of budding wheat and barley and oats, already breast high, though just beginning to turn from green to gold, he saw a L\rumise of prosperity. He could see his debts paid and something left over to begin the new yearon, He had still the railroad rates to fear, but in the_starting of the San Joaquin Valley road he saw a promise of freedom of that bondage. The Southern Pacific would not dare increase rates this year, and so abundant was the harvest that there was | profit for the farmer even at the existing rates. As the last year was an off one for grain surely there would be good prices for | the harvest this year. , So the farmer worked harder and harder. He rose with the sun and only left his | fields when it was dark. And le sang as he worked. Next year the schoolhouse could open, for a good crop meant the | luxury of a teacher, for the lacking of which the schools closed last year. And the farmer of the San Joaguin was happy | because the future was bright. He wrote | glowing letters of the climate, of the won- | derful productiveness of the so regularity of the seasons and the absence | of rain during harvest time to his folks | and bis friends, who still plow the barren soils of Vermont or wrestle with the ey- | clones of Kansas. And he pictured to | himself—in the not distant future—a small | fruitranch. A dozen acres was his dream — | all his own, with water rights and no fcar! of the dry seasons. And so the farmer ! worked and sang and dreamed. ! Meanwhile these San Francisco gentle- | men, the members of four wheat-shipping firms, had dreams of their own. heirs | were no paltry nor earthly dreams—no dreams so lowly as that of tilling the soil or watching wheat tops burst or fruit ripen on the trees. Theirs were dreams of vastness—dreams of millions, and the power and the luxury that come with the millions. They saw a chance to fix the price of wheat in California. They im- proved the chance. Liverpool is the wheat-seiling market of the world. To sell your wheat you must get it to Liverpool. You must take it ' there in vessels. If you are a farmer, of | course, you sell your wheat before 1t gets to Liverpool, before it is loaded for Liver- pool even. 'But it amounts to just the same thing. Whatever the Liverpool R‘nce is, that fixes the price paid the farmer. hough from the Liverpool price there is deductable the cost of getting the wheat to Liverpool. In theenglhe farmer vays this cost. If it costs only a little to get the wheat to Liverpool then the farmer of the| | which he called attention gets costs there more for_ his a good deal then the wheat. to get If it the wheat farmer gets less for his wheat. The Liverpool price does not fluctua with the rise or fall of ocean freight rates, because at Liver- pool there center wheaf ships from all over the world and the only thing that governs the Liverpool market is the abundance or the shortage of the wheat crop of the entire world. This year the Liverpool price is good; so ood that wheat sells in Chicago for $1 33, Now these gentlemen of San Francisco saw that if they could raise the rates of freight between this port and Liverpool then the farmer wouid have to sell his wheat much cheaper than otherwise—so cheap in fact that it would permit them to buy all the wheat the farmers had to sell and hold it until the end of the season, Then the Liverpool prices would be still stiffer and they could sell their wheat— the wheat they had bought from the farm- ers for from 90 cents tc 95 cents—at a handsome profit to themselves. And the lot of wheat they had already bought from the Fair administrators could be used to satisfy the present market and prevent the price of wheat going up before they had purchased the wheat crop of the farm- ers of California. And so the wheat trust of 8an Francisco was born. And with its birth faded the song and the hope of the San Joaquin farmer. As the dream of these San Francisco gentlemen began to materializ so faded the dream of the man whose dream was bounded by twelve acres of fruit land and water right It isn’t as bad as it might be, of course— that is, for the farmer. And it is really & clever stroke of enterprise on the part of the t.zemlemen who compose the wheat trust. Citizens of That Prosperous District Meet and Discuss Reforms. The Richmond District Improvement Association is holding semi-monthly meet~ ings with a view to the general improve- ment of the locality of the City repres sented. Last evening the association met at Simonds Hall and discussed questions of practical interest to the property-holders. A communication from ‘Citizen,” in to the lawless- ness of that contingent of young America that resides i Richmond, wasread and tabled until such time as “Citizen” chose to make known his identity and make his charges more specific. The president, Charles H. Hubbs, called N. W. McComas to the chsir and moved that the authorities be asked to sell no more lots in the cemeteries, as such a | course would pe a menace to the health of those living in the district. The motion that there be a cessation of such sales was unanimously carried. It wasdecided to agitate the question of grading the streets from Point Lobos to the park and the intersecting avenues, and from Fifteenth to Twenty-fourth avenue, It was further decided to request property- holders on these streets to grade their lots and sow them to grass. As aresult of the meeting the associa- tion will _recommend that the electric lights on Point Lobos avenue be extended to the ocean. Mr. Hubbs announced that Governor Budd had stated thag he would consider the appointment of Dr. Petrie, who is a citizen of that die. trict, to a position on the Board of Health, The subject of securing adequate po- lice protection was broached, but the i association concluded, after some discus- sion, to take no action on the matter until the police force is increased, which will be done next month. The suggestion thas the Supervisors be urged to grade Califor nia street from Central avenue to Twenty fourth avenue, and the matter of laying plank sidewalks on California and Take streets to Twen‘t._v-fo“rlh avenue were alsg discussed, and will be referred to the Board of Supervisors. The next meeting of the association will be held on_ the 26th inst, The officers of the association are Charles H. Hubbs, president; N, McOomas, Thomas J. G;ynn and G. B. Low, vices ‘ngfl}ients:_ - G. Maloney, secretary; William Clisby, sergeant-at-arms. '