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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895. THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, First Cholces Were Successful in Four Out of Five Events, THELMA WON IMPRESSIVELY. The Old Veteran Regal Took the Last Race on the Card at Odds of 25 to 1. B. C. Holly sent Melanie up to his Flosden h yesterday. ra W. O'B. Macdonough visited the track yes- terday for the first time since his father's death. Many thought Piggott put up & very negli- gent ride on Dancing Girl in the two-year-old event. Charley Quinn and the usnal crowd that ride with him went down hard on Red Idle in the last race. Tommy Lottridge, Bookmaker Rose's trainer, had the handicap sized up about right. Tommy he thought his horse would win,with Ber- nardo the horse to beat. rion's run yesterday should disprove charge of criminality on the part of Coady, who rode him in Tuesday's race, for which the boy was suspended. All interestin the owners' handicap to-day lost from the fact that the crack In- or is not to be a competitor. Mr. Boots ed, and not without reason, to the small size of the purse offered. If “crabs” are worth & urse, the best milers on the track cer- ung millionaire turf- n investing so extensively of eds, was an interested spec- tator at the track yesterday. Mr. Hobart was very much elated over the victory of his colt Bright Pheebus in the rich Realization stakes, 8s second-place honors was the best he had hoped for. The stable of racers at present quartered at the Providence (R.I.)track will leave for California on July 14, in charge of H. H. Hunn, the well-known gentleman jockey. The string consists of Bright Phcebus, Sir Gala- had, Ferrier, Joe Ripley, Floodmore (the great steeplechaser), Little Mid, Tigress, and eight gs purchased at the recent Haggin sale. 1t seems to be the rule of the world that when ons are to be made in the matter of pensation for labor performed, the ax alls first on the lowly. Bo much ¥ exists among horsemen at the track that the question of reducing the jockeys’ fees being agitated. Of course, the returns @ amount of work performed seem great, ut a rider’s dangers are many, and it is & ques. whether a reduction of the riding would not have a tendency to lead them from the path of honesty to listen to the tempter's alluring promises of gain that lead up the dark winding road to ruin. If,ashas been claimed, the Jockey Club has been making so much money, could it not better afford to overishing entrance money of men have complained so much, h if done would afford the public so erracing? If this were done, possi- he talk that is rampant inwegard and jobbery going on at the present wonld be to a degree stopped, for then e would be some incentive for a poor owner to win a purse, and handling “dead ones” would cease to be such a prolific traffic for an unscrupulous bookie. tion With ‘one exception, the first choices swept the board yesterday, having very t fields to contend against. The one ider was Regal, whe led from start to finish in the last race with as good as 25 to 1 against him at one stage of the betting. The attendance was light ana the betting stagnant. The Elkton stable’s colt Monterey took the opening event, a short six-furlong without much to spare from Roga- , & 40 to 1 shot. The winner was zed.down from 6to5to1to 2. Johnny apron, a southern sprinter, beat the flag, and led the greater part of the distance, ¢ ending up third. ing a prohibitive favorite at 7 to 20, Her Majesty romped away with the five- Pedro in the place. Sory Lark finished a good d. The run was made in - The third race. a seven-furlong run, fur- nispea another decidedly warm choice in the speedy brown filly Thelma, backed from 4to5 to1to2. Arnette was second choice with threes about her, while Little Cripple carried a small cargo of coin on his 1 ces for the place. Howard, Duke Btevens and Nabopolasser were the out- iers in the betting. - Away fourth when the flag fell, the favorite took the lead and was never ex- tended, finishing two lengths in front of Arnette. The hard-ridden Little Cripple was a length further away. The six-furlong handicap proved a gift for George Rose’s vastly improved colt Boreas, starting an_even money favorite, although some 7to 5 was at one stage of the betting obtainable. Of the other starters, Ali Baba and Centurion were backed down a few points, Bernardo going back from fours to 8 to 1. Ali Baba took the lead when the flag fell, turning into the stretch full of run with Bernardo at bis heels. The latter took command shortly after and appeared to be winning when Boreas came along with a remarkable burst of speed and won easily by two lengths. Centurion was a fair third. “With post odds of 15 to 1 against him the old veteran, Regal, jumped out in front when the flag fell on the Iast race, a cheap five-furiong dash, and leading his field uf} the way won comfortably by two lengths from thbe 6 to 5 favorite, Reno. Amigo was a very fair third. MULHOLLAND. SUMMARY. Eax Fraxcisco, July 5, 1895. 133 FIRST RACE—About six furiongs: . 00. 1 23 ). ing: three-year-olds and upward; purse Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. ¥ Str. Fin. 1111 Monterey, 103 (E. Jonies).... 2 83 82 17 1112 Rozation, 91 (Cleary)........ 3 23 215 21 Johnay Capron, 91 (Piegott) 1 1§ 1/° 3¢ 1105 Tom Clarke, 90 (Joo Weber). 4 4147 414 1117 Halifax, (Chevalier) 5 6 5I b 3131 Gold Dust, 101 (Hinrichs)...8 57 6 6 art. Won handily. Time, 1:133%;. Win- hy Hidalgo-Glen Ellen. g: Monterey 1 to 2, Rogation 40 to 1, Johnny Capron 10 10 1, Tom Clarke 4 to 1, Halifax 90 1, Gold Dust 50 to 1. 1134 In Poor ner, ch. Bettin E—Five furlongs; selling; purse $300. t. 14 Str. Fin 2 1 u U 2: 2 2 % e, 8T 314 314 4 Y. Winner, SECOND ¥ . two-year-otd (K. Jones)’ . 92 (Chevalier)...1 101 (Hinrichs)...4 (1097) Dancing Giri, 97 (Piggott). Poor start. Won easily. Time, b. 1., by imp. True Briton-Elsie Ban. hg: Her Majesty 7 Lo 20, Don Pedro 10 to 1113 Don Ped 1102 Spry La: 1, Spry Lark 10 to 1, Dancing Girl 7 to 1. 1135, TH=D RACE—Seven furlongs; purse 9. §300. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. (1059) Thelma, 110 (Chevalier). iz 17 12 1046 Arnette, 101 (Piggott). 55 33 ar 1180 Litte Crippie,112 (C.W 6 43 31 1129 Howard, 112 (Shaw).... 3h 23 4I0 1116 Duke Stevens, 102 (Burns)..6 22 8 5 1091 Nabopojasser, 74 (Ward).. Good start. Won easily. Time,1:27%,. Winaer, v Pubsy. hell to 2, Arnette 8 to 1, Little to 1. Howard 12 io 1, Duke Stevens 50 to opoiasser 30 10 1. FOURTH RACE—SIx furlongs: handi- « cap; three-year.olds and upward; purse Ind. Horse, welght, jockey. Bt. 15 Str. Fin. Tiis Boreds, 71 o U 5t an 379 2r 1116 Ali Baba, 87 (Burns). . A 12 17 8 1125 Centurion, 90 (Piggott).....6 4I b 43 (1122)Bobolink, 85 (k. Jones)....8 27 2h & , 1:1414, Winner, Good start. Won easily. Tim br. c., by Eolian-Ordnance. Belting: Boreas even, Bernardo 8 to 1, Centu- rion 9 (o 2, All Baba 12 t0 1, Bobolink 5 to 53 FIFTH RACE—Five furlongs: selling: . three-year-olds and upward: purse $250. 1137 Ind. Horse. weight.jockey. St. Str. Fin, 1127 Regal, 104 E,B‘mm . 1 3r 18 1127 Reno, 110 (C. Weber) 8h 3r oI 1122 Amigo, 108 Sh.vgl. 83 415 33 1101 Claire, 102 (Hinrichs) W7 i 1121 Red Idle, 96 (Piggott 61 b4 5h 11827 Soledad, 111 (Eirod) 2n 8Ya 6 104 Solitario, 99 (Chevalier). 4h 61 7 Good start. Won handily, Time, 1:021. Win- ner. b. g., by Regent-Bessie Douglas. Betting: Regal 15 to 1, Reno 610 5, Amigo 12 to 1,Claire 10 to 1, Red Idle 3 to 1, Soledad 7 to1, Solitario 12 to 1. Light fields are again the rule to-day. Following is the list of entries: First race, three-quarters of a mile, selling - Arno 104, Silver State 104, Connaught 100, imp. Lady Splendor 100, Greenback Jr. 89, My Charm 89, Prince 108, Little Tough 106, Drus- cilla 100. Second race, seven-eighths of a mile, selling, inside courseSilyer 89, Carmel 101, Crawford 100, May Day 104, Nellie G 98, Tom Clark 92. Third race, three-quartersof a mile, handi- cap—Rey del Bandidos 112, Monitor 105, Le- dette filly 97, Joe K 97. Fourth race, one and a quarter miles, handi- cap—Commission 105, Del Norte 103, Flirtilla 90. Malo Diablo 90. Fifth race, one mile, owners' handicap— Royal Flush 84, Thelma 88, Muiberry 90. HANSEN WILL BE RESENTENCED. He Was Found Guilty of Murdering Mate M. Fitzgerald. Hans Hansen is to be again sentenced for the murder of Mate M. Fitzgerald of the American bark Hesper. He, Herman Sparf and Thomas St. Clair were convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Sparf got a new trial, and owing to the able defense of his attorney, James Smith, he was ac- agxnc_d by a jury in the United States ircuit Court. The Supreme Court, however, affirmed the decision of the lower court in the cases of Hansen and St. Clair, and the mandate in Hansen’s case having now arrived, he will be resentenced this morning by Judge McKenna, and later on be hanged, unless the President should commute his sen- tence. 8t. Clair was to have been hanged last month, but pending a decision in the Hansen case the execution was postponed. ‘When instructions in regard to St. Clair reach here from Washington he also will be resentenced. THE KNIGHTS OF CHESS Two Chess Tournaments Being Played at the Mechanics’ Institute. Score of a Game Betweer Howe and Thompson—Thelr Official Record. During the past week unusual activity has been displayed in the Mechanics’ In- stitute chessroom, where a chess tourna- ment is being held. In the senior tourna- ment there are some of the cleverest chess- players on the Pacific coast, and therefore many of the games contested are of a high order and are watched by several men with intense interest. There are twenty-three entries for both classes, eight in the first and fifteen in the second class. Play commenced June 29, and about seventy games have been played already. Thompson, Palmer, Howe and Samuels were the leading players in the first class at 6 o’clock last evening. In the second class the leading players were Cole, Lazarus, Johnson, Thomas, Nevill and Hirsch. A telegraphic match will probably be ar- ranged with Seattle during the month and also a match at a later date with Chicago players. Following is the score of a game between Howe and Thompson, two of the strongest players in the tournament. The game was played yesterday and lasted nearly four Howe made a losing move by playing 36 B-Kt2, wkich allowed Thomp- son to get three pieces for the Queen: FRENCH DEFENSE. White—Thompson. Black—A. Howe. White. 1. White. Black. . P-K4 {26. R-K4 QxRP B-B sq QK3 Kt(B4)K2 Kt-B3 Kt B-Kth Kt(K2)Q4 Kt(Q-4)K2 |32. Q-Q8 _ KR-Ktsq Castles |33 R(B4)BSKL-KS B-R4 34, QxBP KtxKt 10. K-Rsqg (35 PxKt R-Ktsq 1. P-QR3 [36. BxKt B-Kt2 12 PQKt4 [37.QxB RxQ 13. BR2 |38 BxR P-K 14, Kt-Kt3_ Q-Q: 39. 15. Kt(B3)K4Q-Q sq 40. P 16. P-QB3 KtQ4 4 17. 5 B-Bsq 4 18 KyBgK2 {43 3 sq P-QB3 |44 B-Kt3 45. 21. K B-B2 |46. B. 29, P-KR4 B-Ki2 47. 23] P-RS BxKt 8. R- 24 QxB Kt-Bd QxR 25. QK5 QRS Resigns. The following was the official record of the players at 6 o'clock last evening: Won. Name. FIRST CLASS. Lost. . 14 1 215 Samuels. 3 Thompson . 1 Martin . 2 Palmer 1 Harding. . 1 Lost. 0 3 0 0 4 0 41, 11 v 3 5 2 10 5 7 Catting. .. The Royal is the only baking powder for those desiring the finest, most whole- some food. e . Five Lives for Two Casks of Wine. The following is from a private letter just received by Henry Taylor of this City from a relative renidmf in Silao, dated Silao, Mexico, June 10, BS?.S: £ £ “We had a case of shooting railroad hands here in Silao last week. Tuesday Mr. Thibbitts’ (the conductor’s) train brought in a carload of household furni- ture, and when it came to be checked out there were two casks of wine missing, so all the brakemen and trainhands were ar- rested, and on Wednesday they had a trial. “The guilty man and the wine were both found, but it was proved that four of the trainhands bhad known he got on at the next station from 8ilao and was a suspi- cidus character, but had not informed against him. All four of these, as well as the guilty man, were ordered to be shot, and they were all shot last week. Five lives for two casks of wine! Wine of more value than Mexicans!” “This,” adds Mr. Taylor, “looks very like harsh justice, and so it is—five lives sacrificed for a few dollars’ worth of wine. But it must not be forgotten that this was in Mexico, where for years the people have had bad teaching, bad government and bad examples. Up tb within the last twenty-five years life and property had not been secure 1n Mexico, but to-day in many of the Mexican States both are just as safe asin the United States, and the present Government is doing all it can to make them more so. Hence the severity of the punishment for the above offense. . “There are no lynchings in Mexico. I have never heard of such a thing. Why? Because criminals never go unpunished in that couutry. There is no red tape about the trialse for murder, theft or even petty offenses. Punishment often follows within forty-eight hours of the crime, as in the above case. Could not the civilized and enlightened United States learn a lesson from the swift though merciless justice accorded by Mexico? I may say that Silao js a town of 15,000 inhabitants, 240 miles from Mexico Oity. on the Mexican Central Railroad, the principal road in Mexico.” Baltimore Sun. SUMNER HARDY'S TENNIS He Defeats His Brother, Sam- uel Hardy, by a Score of Fhree to One. RALLYING AT SAN RAFAEL The Volleying Game Beaten—Last Day of the Club Tour~ nament. =The championship round for the eighth annual tournament commenced yesterday at San Rafael at 2 o’clock and the Hardy brothers of the new Lakeside Club were pitted against each other to combat for the honor of securing the title of champion and to hold the new $200 cup presented by the association for the ensuing year. The flag of the California Lawn Tennis Club flcated in the breeze, but its only repre- sentative, Mr. Wilberforce, sat calmly in the umpire’s seat delivering the scores to was held on thenight of the Fourth at the hoter. Before the meeting there was a dinner given by the association and the following were present: Samuel Hard Sumner Hardy, A.B. Wilberforce, A. 8. Keeler, W. Magee, D. E. Allison Jr., J. F. Archibald, T. A. Driscoll, A. E. Kaeser. During the dinner President Wilberforce presented Sumner Hardy with the gold watch and chain for being the runmer-up, and after that the meeting commenced. The new officers for 1895-96 were elecied as follows: R. N. Whitney, president; Sumner Hardy, vice-president; A. Starr Keeler, secretary and treasurer. Execu- tive committee—Sam Hardy, W. Magee, D. E. Allison Jr., George Whitney. By general consent A. B. Wilberforce was elected an honorary member of the associa- tion. It was determined to hold an invitation single tournament on August 2and 3, at the Hotel Mateo, for ten players, and also to hold two tournaments shortly, one at the California Club and another at the Lakeside. It seems that tennis is having a revival and it cannot be doubted that it will soon occupy the place it once held in California, and the reason for this is that several of the old stand-bys of the game, such _as W. H. Taylor Jr., Harry Stetson, Charles | Hubbard, Harry Haight and Joe Tobin are coming back into the fold. It isto be hoped that they will appear at San Rafael for the double championship which will be held in September next, at the same time that the ladies’ single tournament will be plaved. Miss Bee Hooper, the pres- ent lady champion, attended the gamesall T SKETCHES ,0F SAM'HARDY AT PISAY/ vy WILBERFORCES CURLING COCKS CREPT DOWNuHIS coLLARY the many pretty girls assembled to see the combat. Samuel Hardy lost the toss, and, as his brother chose sides, commenced to serve. Sumner Hardy took the first game without losing a stroke and served so wefl in the second that he repeated this dose, winning eight strokes in succession. Samuel, how- ever, did some very pretty volleying in the third, taking the game, and continued his success in the fourth, bui here Sumner took another game, only losing one stroke and making the game 3—2 in his favor. Samuel by continued good volleying tied the score, but his success only lasted for a moment, as his brother secured the next three games after some very brilliant rallies, winning the first set at 6—3. Time, 22 minutes. The second set was not as exciting as the first, and both players appeared . trifle over anxious, often making very tame strokes instead of putting their usual gin- ger into the pace of the balls. There were only two really ciose gamesin thisset, both of which were won by Samuel, after deuce had been called numerous times. In the ninth game Sumner ran up to smash a ball and being too sure, missed it altogether, giving his brother a love game, and this seemed to annoy him to such an extent that he lost the next game after bringing the score from forty-love to deuce, i the set to Samuel at 6—4. Time, One set all. The third set was the most exciting of the afternoon and both players seemed to realize that the winner 0¥ the cup would be the one who could take this set. They each played excellent tennis, eliciting great applause from both galleries. The games were not long, deuce only being called twice in this set, but each player put more vim into the pace, and if they missed a shot they missed it well, as it was a well-intended shot. The excitement grew as the score coh- tinued to even up, and great applause marked the time when Samuel, after mak- ing three fine volleys, made the games six all. Sumner, however, only allowed his brother three pointsin the next two games, winning with eight games to six in thirty- one minutes’ plays, having the advantage of two sets to one. Both brothers here indulged in a shower and started in the fourth set at eight min- utes past 4. Sumner seemed to be the surer of the two and took the first game after deuce had been called once. Samuel next took two games, but after that did not have a chance, as Sumner began to drive and volley as if he was just freshly starting in, and won the next four games in seventeen minutes—the shortest set played—making game, set, match and championship amid ymlongez{ applause. After this Mr. Wilberforce, the outgoing president, presented the cup with a few appropriate remarks, and the meeting of 1595 was a thing of the past. Taking the match as a whole, it wasslow to the onlookers, as the tennis played was too skillful for them to appreciate, and it was only when a brilliant smash was in- dulged in or when a game was added to one of the players’ score that the applause was general. There was, however, durin, the match, an excellent display of eye an: wrist skill, and many of Sumner ardf"s back-hand drives have never been equaled on this coast. It was the old idea of a back-court game against the volley, and to-day it is doubt- ful whether the voliey game is the stronger after all. Experts on this coast have held that it is, but it has been proved in this tournament that a good drive, combined with a fairly good knowledge of volleying, will beat any kind of a volley game, when the volleyer cannot drive successfully. The game put up by Taylor was at that time the best seen here, but Sumner Hardy's game is the style to adopt. The match lasted exactly one hour and thirty-three minutes, and as it was in- tensely hot both players had to be in ex- cellent trim to be able to keep up playing their game all the time. The exact score was as follows: min, Sumner Hardy. Samuel Hardy. Games. Points.|Games. Points. 24 1 7 123 Double faults. Doubie taults. Samuel Hardy was 3uestioned after the match as-to how he had lost and said: “It is a delicate subject to speak of, and a use- Jess one, as this score _shows. My brother simply outplayed me in every sense of the wors, and kept me guessing as to where he would put the ball. Where a man once gets his opponent off his legs the result is alwaysthe same,and so it was with me. He won, I lost.” e The annual meeting of the association iving | the time and seemed to take a great deal of interest in all the back-hand shots. This was her weakest point, but it is un- derstood that she has vastly improved her game and will, in all probability, retain her title again this year. A 0OW SVENGALL Hypnotizing Other Horned Creatures Into a Fence Trap. T was sitting at my desk writing when I heard the voice of my landlady calling for | assistance, and I ran out to find her | wrestling with a cow that had got her head fastened in the fence and was about to demolish the whole structure in at- tempting to free herself, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times. My beautiful friend had allowed herself to be so tempted by an experimental patch | of alfalfa that she had scrambled up a very steep and rocky little hill as best she could | from the outside of thefence. This was no | ordinarv sensible kind of a fence, but a | fancy filigree affair, made of 2x2-inch stuff | set upon a stone base, each panel being | about 234x3 feet in size, with two strips | running from corner to corner on the in- | side and crossing in the center. Into one of these angles the cow had fastened her head, and the more she wrig- gled it the less chance there seemed of her getting out, How she ever got in it was a mystery to me,and 1 had to tear out a panel of fence to set her free. Instead of scampering away as soon as she regained her liberty, the cow waited patiently without until I got a hammer and nails and repaired the damage she had caused me to do. I thought she wanted to thank me by her {Aresence for my relief in her distress, but I know now she had a deeper and perhaps not so charitable a motive. The next afterncon as I sat by my open window I saw the cow scramble up the hill from the dusty road below and take her stand by the very panel of fence where she had been caught the day before, I won- dered if she were going to repeat her effort | at alfalfa stealing, but pretty soon I saw she was working a schedule. Without ut- tering a sound and standing perfectly still, she fixed her eyes intantly on the little stream of cows as they were passing on their way to their various homes, but none of them seemed to take any notice of her except a little clean-limbed Jersey that came near the end of the procession. She stopped short, looked intently up at the cow for a few moments, then, with a whining kind of a low, she tossed her head, turned and came divectly up the hill. The two cows stood facing ench other, the Ayr- shire looking fixedly at the Jersey for a moment, then suddenly and with another low whine the latter poked her head through the opening in the fence, Immediately the Ayrshire frisked her | tail and sped down the hill, leaving her | vietim alone to her fate. Of course, I went nobly to the rescue, and the poor little Jersey was all of a tremble when I got there, and thanked me with her beautiful eyes before she turned away after she was at liberty, This same thing was fepeated every after- noon for a whole week, except that each day the Ayrshire entrapped a new victim, and the condition of that panel or fence came to be very far from strong from my frequent manipulations while rescuing the cows from their predicament. It is really impossible to tell how long the thing would have been kert up had I not pre- vailed upon my landlady to let me board up that particular panel for the sake of the suffering cows that were yet to been- trapped. e ——— There is certainly no baking powder so well known and generally used as the Royal. Its virtues are so well known to every housekeeper that the slanders of the aishonest makers of the cheaper goods fail to touch it. ———— She Had Bitten Horself. About a quarter of a century ago Beran- r's “Grisette’’ was performed at one of the theaters. The S:rt of -Lisette was al- lotted to Virginie et. This popular actress, then adyanced in years, had lost all her teeth, and to do justice to her new role she had ordered a fresh set. As the teeth felt uncomfortable, she took them out when the play was over and put them in her pocket. When in the green room she incautiously sat down, and immediately jumped up, with a scream. “What the matter?”’ inquired our jolly old friend, AdolYne Dennery. “Nothing,” said Mile. Dejazet.” “I have n myself.”—~Revte Theatrale. only bil J TALBOT CLIFTON GONE, He Took Passage on the Steamer Umatilla Yester- day for Alaska. WILL HUNT THE POLAR BEAR. The Bloods at Burlingame Are In Mourning and White-Hat Mc~ Carty Is Sad. Burlingame is in mourning, society is distrait, “White Hat” McCarty is in the dumps. J. Talbot Clifton has hied him hence. valet ana dogsand all, for the snow- clad fields of Alaska, to return nobody knows when. It is a blow to the smart set, all the more stunning in that it was totally unexpected. At 9:30 o’clock yesterday morning the fishermen around the Broadway wharf and the few passers-by who were democratic enough to be out of bed at that hour saw a sight. The steamer Umatilla was ready to slip her moorings preparatory to gliding out into the bay and the ocean for Alaska, when the tall figure of J. Talbot Clifton hove in sight. clothed in about as ill fitting a suit of tweeds as were ever turned out of Poole’s. There were checks enough in it to have made a banker’s fortune and splotches of color sufficient to enliven the most erotic movel. Behind trotted the ever faithful valet, canes and umbrellas in arm; the dogs of the “Lord” in the leash follow- ing tamely after. A moment later came a whole wagon- load of luggage, and in 4 very short time ail was on board—Clifton, the valet, the dogs, the canes and the luggage. ‘“Lord” Clifton was outward and northward bound. Yes, indeed, “Lord” Clifton was bound for Alaska, and none of the swell set, none of the smart set—not even “White Hat” McCarty—was on the pier_to give him the farewell shake or wave him bon voyage. It was hard on the “Lord,” after all the dollars he had s]ient in Burlingame, that the very few of his intimates who knew of his intended departure did not come down to see him off. Bad enough, and some of the gloom of his thoughts was plainly vis- ible on his face as he leaned sadly over the rail and gazed at the waste of water below. Gay and happy and fearless, with spirits running as high as a schoolboy’s, was J. Talbot Clifton at Burlingame on the Fourth. Astride his nervy pony, Lima Beans, which he did not buy from “White Hat,” he played polo with the Blues against the Reds and lost. He was here, there and everywhere on the field, making fearful smashes at the little round ball, kicking up a lot of dirt and making any quantity of slushes, but making never a goal. But little did J. Talbot care for that. He cares as little for empty honors as some of his friends do for empty bottles, and was just as happy in defeat as he could have been with victory fanning the laurels on his brow. He didn’t make a goal, it is true, and he didn’t break his neck or take a cropper, which 1s stranger, but he had the excitement. Afterward, when the summery gowns of the beautiful women had faded from the vicinity of the club, they all joined in, the reds and the blues, the admirers of Tobin and the friends of Talbot, and they cracked any number of large “bots’ and had a real swell time, an broke the news to the faw choice spirits remaining. He was going to Alaska, would take steamer in the morning and sail for the land of the Bering seal and the blooming polar bear. It would take something more con- vincing than rumor to explain the absence of the only “White Hat” from the side of his nobie friend at the hour of parting from the man to whom he had sold so much remarkable horseflesh at such re- markable figures. He had sold him Lark and Guadaloupe and any number of other 00od things—any number of them but Eima Beans—and he could not desert him when he was about to sail for the land of the midnight sun. But he was not there, and up till noon yesterday there was a well-founded rumor in certain circles that “White Hat” had given the ‘‘Lord” the cold shake. As the clock in the Palace grillroom in- dicated 12 o’clock, however, this rumor was dissipated in an instant, as if by magic. Pale and downcagt, puffed under the eyes, the celebrated white chapeau crushed down on the head, “White Hat” walked in. He looked neither to the right nor to the left, but proceeded slowly through to the bar. He took ore stiff eve- opener and sank into the first chair behind the screen. There were only a few present, and McCarty said notbhing, but every one knew that he had tried desperately to catch the boat and failed. He knew the “Lord”’ had gone, and therefore he was sad. Last night McCarthy gave it out that Clifton had sailed to the northward with the avowed intention of hunting the polar bear, and the polar bear alone. He had promised to stay in Juneau, Alaska, till one came down there to be killed and Mc- Carty was to look after his Roman-nosed steeds. Incidentally, of course, the “Lord” might hunt seals. He was an old hand at that business, McCarty said, having toppled over any number of gold and white and red seals, but never any Bering seals. This time he would try them. And that is the reason why Burlingame is sad and McCarty has crape on his noted high ha A John Bull Englishman. In a public house at Hammersmith late on Saturday night there was a family party of three persons: the husband, a short sullen-looking artisan, in the argu- mentative stage of beer; his wife, a faded anxious little woman with the traces of good looks in_her face, two of gin cold in her glass, and in her armsa bright and pretty baby in nice clothes laughing and prattling at the light. The husband was laring pugnaciously at two aquiet shrink- ing young men. ©0h, Jim, do come 'ome,” said his wife, pulling timorously at his sleeve. “I'm sure it’s all a mistake; there was nothing meant, I'm sure there wasn't. Come 'ome, Jim.” 3 ““You leave go of me,” said Jim, “I'm a oing to 'ave this thing sifted out right gown to the bottom. Now, then, there’sa blindin’ tanner,” and he smacked a six- pence hard down on the edge of the bar, and then, from force of habit, looked at it to see whether it was a head or a tail. “Now, then!"’ he said again, “‘somebody’s gave my child a tanner, and I want them as geve it to just pick it np again.” “But, Jim,” the wife pleaded, *“I’m sure as there wasn’t no ’arm meant.” “Do you know who it was as gave it?”’ he asked. £ “No,” she said, hesitatingly. “Then,” he replied, with an impressive effect of calmness and waving her aside with his hand, *‘you_just leave this to me. T’m going to siftit. I'm a-going to find out who gave it, and I’'m a-going to find out what he gave it foar. If you don’t know, don’t you interfere.” Then with great de- liberation he picked up the sixpence and put it in his pocket. “I'll elow no man to give my child money,” he said with a great effort of sternness. “That's what I am Mr. John Buil Englisbman, I am. If my child wants sixpence she’s liable to get’em from me. That’s me, John Bull English- man. {Now, then.” and once more he pulied out the sixpence and slapped it on the counter, ‘‘whose is it?"’ The wife from behind him gave the young men a warning look. “Was it you as gave it 'er?” he asked fiercely. “No,” said one of the young men with evident shame at having to deny a gener- ous action. “Because,” -the father went on, once more picking up the sixpence and putting it into his pocket, “if it was you, you ’ave it. ’'Ere, will yer ’ave it?” and he began then Talbot ! to fumble at his pocket. “I’'m John Bull Englishman, I am.” TheK declined to acknowledge the eift, 50 he k eqt it in his pocket, and then taking the still Jaughing child with great assump- tion of proprietary rights from its mother’s arms he strode off with dignity. “Poor old Annie,” said the young man who had given the child the money; ‘‘that’s the first time I've set eyes on her since she left the factory.”—Pall Mall Ga- zette. JEFF DAVIS RINCE JOHN.” General Magruder Tells a Characteristic Story of Their Meeting. General Johr Bankhead Magruder will be remembered by the old officers of the army as a great bon vivant,a dashing soldier and a polished society man. “Prince John,” as he was called, while not afraid of field service, enjoyed a nice, soft station immensely, particularly in Wash- ington; and such was his charming man- ner, brilliant record and personal influ- ence that he was more than a match for a callow Secretary of War, He once told me of a characteristic interview he had with Jefferson Davis, while Davis was Secretary of War. Said Prince John: “Ihad been in Washington nearly all winter, and was anxious to be assigned to duty here, when down came an order for me to report at some outlandish. one- company post in the West. “I went to the War Department and sent in my card to the Secretary, and was im- mediately ushered into his room. Mr. Davis was sitting bolt upright at his desk, looking cool and impassive, not to say un- approachable. “‘Good morning, Mr. Secretary,’ said L. “‘Good morning, Cavtain Magruder,’ said he. “I thought that before requesting a change in my orders I would try and thaw him outa bit,and so, after a tew general remarks, began thus: ““When I was in Paris, Mr. Secretary, last year, I was thrown a great deal with the officers of the French army, saw several reviews, and was greatly impressed with the kindly feeling and admiration they expressed toward the United States, and when I was presented at court the Em- peror—' “‘Captain Magruder,’ said he, ‘I despise LSRR “p the French.” Then he began to look over some papers. : “I saw it was no good _trying to work French reminiscences, so I began again. “‘When I was on the frontier of Canada some years ago I was very handsomely entertained by the officers of the English gdrrison. The regimental plate, priceless in value and association, was brought, and the dinner was one of the most recherche affairs I ever sat .down to. The menu was—" i+ ‘Captain Magruder, I loathe the Eng- lish,’ said he. “By this time I was somewhat rattled, and began to fear it was no use; that in- fernal order would stick. Now, Davis and I had been at West Point together, and in the Mexican War, so I thought I would make one more effort in the way of polite conversation. “‘When we were cadets at West Point, Mr. Secretary—' “¢You have received your orders from this department, have you not, Captain Magruder?’ “iYes, Mr. Secretary; but, by the way, do you remember the day in Mexico, just before Buena Vista, when my battery was passi,ng your regiment, you called out to me— “‘Good morning, Captain Magruder. Upon your arrival at your post please re- port the fact at once to this department.’ “Then I got up. We exchanged bows, and I went out of thatroom route step. Davis never did like me, and no amount of savoir faire on my part could ever make him unbend for a moment. He was like that from cadet to the enda of his Presi- dency of the Confederacy.”—Washington Post. ——————— At the Battle of Copenhagen. Toward the close of the action Colonel Hutchinson reported to me that the guns wanted quill or tin tubes (which are used as more safe and expeditious than loose primins). and wanted me to send some one, adding, ‘‘his own men were too ignor- ant of the ship, or he would have sent one before my return.” I told him I knew no one that could so well be spzred as myself.”” He, however, objected to my going, and as I was aware of the dreadful slaughter which had taken place in the center of the ship, I was not very fond of the jaunt, but my conscience would not let me send another on an errand I was afraid to undertake myself, and away I posted toward the fore magazine, saysa writer in McMillan’s Magazine. When I arrived on the main deck, along which I had to pass, there was not & single man standing the whole way from the mainmast forward, a distance containing eight gunson a side, some of which were ran out ready for firing; others lay dis- mounted, and others remained as they were after recoiling. In this dreary scene I shall be excused for shuddering as I walked across the body of a dead soldier. I hastened down the fore ladder to the lower deck, and felt really relieved to find somebody alive; from thence I reached the fore cockpit, where I was obliged to wait a few minutes for my cargo, and after this pause I own I felt something like regret, if not fear, as I remounted the ladder on my return. This, however, entirely subsided when I saw the sun shining and the old ensign flying as lofty as ever. 1 never felt the genuine sense of glory so completely as at that moment; and if had seen any one attempt to haul that en- sign down I could have run aft and shot him dead in as determined a2 manner as the celebrated Paul Jones. I took off my hat by an involuntary meotion, and gave three cheers as I jumped on the quarter- deck. Colonel Hutchinson welcomed me at my quarters as if I had beenon a hazard- ous enterprise and had returned in trinmph. r. Yelland also expressed Freat satisfaction at seeing me in_such high spirits and so active.—Macmillan’s Magazine. COremation on the Battiefield. 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