The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1895. > SANTA ROSK'S MUNIC IPAL WATER SYSTEM, What the Mayor and the Councilmen Say of Its Practicability. THE TAXPAYERS' UNION. A Large Majority of Voters Support the Present Ad- ministration. THE OLD WATER COMPANY. Interviews With Many of the Leading Citizens Concerning the New Plant. ation of municipal owner- supply by a California city isa neral interest to every citi- zen in It seems to be the pres- ent tendency of municipal governments to er their own control two of the 10n necessities of any consider- y—water and light. Asyet, in the experimental ample of its realization by ail thoughful citi- The ship of 1 Wi take is watched keen! zens. The busy, prosperous city of Santa Rosa offers the example at present. In May, 1893, her citizens indorsed at the polls, by nearly a three-quarters majority of the en- tire vote of the city, a plan to issue bonds 1 the sum of $165,000 for the erection of a water-works plant to be owned and oper- ated by the municipality. In September year the contract was let, the bonds ed and the work begun. Early in the spring of the comir ar the work will be completed, 1t is calculated, and Santa Rosa ! have her own water sapply. Naturally enough there have been some differences of opinion among the citizens of Santa Rosa concerning the advisability the practicability and the methods adopted of securing the new water-works plant. Heretofore THE CALL has published brief telegrams from Santa Rosa which have in- dicated some of the opinions held and statements made by various persons inter- ested in the important measure. Thes have been read with keen interest by citizens of other municipalities who are watching the progress of the work at Santa Rosa with something more than the calm- ness of disinteres It will be recogniz that a paper like 11e CALL, that wishes to be impartial to both sides of a controversy can do mnothing better nor fairer thau to allow the re tives of the opposing factions to pr own ter to the ju: If Santa R cessful f ent fact decision of the mat- 1t of the public. plans are carried to suc- Santa Rosa will stand as an to other cities that E int i in similar movement hand, if Santa Rosa th n t she will remain as an example to those who oppose the further municipalization of public utilities. With the end in view of presenting more complete data concerning the diiference of opinion ex in Santa Rosa on the ques- tion of the m alization of her water supply, T L ned to one of its staff reporters the duty of interviewin Santa Rosa, a number of the more prom- inent citizens who have been active on both sides certainly a living issue and of far more than local importar Some prominent citizens Santa Rc who would nat ally be expected to speak on this matter, while willing to express their opinions in s his private conversation, did not wish to be publicly quoted, and consequently their views do not appear in this article. — SANTA ROSA’S MAYOR. E. F. Woodward Says the Council Carrled Out the Will -of the People. “You will find that Santa Rosa is prac- ly a unit to-day in vor of the rapid tion of the city water works under the pians that are now being carried out,” said Mayor E. F. Woodward. “You will find that whatlittle opposition there is to these plans comes from a very few men who would be, financially bene- fited by the failure of the municipal water works. Let me give you a brief history of the matter. In May of /1893 the election to decide whether water bonds should be ued or not was held. The vote stood for the bonds to 251 against them. Previous 1o that we had an_imperfect and inadequate watersupply. Complaints were rd on every hand. Inthe dry season, was used for irrigating, house- greatly for alack of water. More than this, the quality of the water was bad at times, and often it_was not fit to drink. The present Council and Mayor were elected, without regard to politics, because they were pledged to give the city an adequate water supply that should be nwne‘d by and operated for the whole peopie. ‘At first it was thought desirable to buy out the plant of the ola water company, and such a proposition would have been submitted to the people had it not been that the owners of the existing water company valued their plant at what was generally conceded to be an exorbitant figure. I believe the Council would have indorsed an offerof $175,000 from the water company. It would have cost about $100.- 000 to put the plant in proper shape for supplying the needs of the City. But the olI'water company held out for $225,000, or thereabouts, I believe, which would have entailed a much greater indebtedness upon the City than the Coancil was willing to assume. Experiments were then made and estimates secured of the cost of a pumping works and reservoir. It was {ounH that an inexhaustible water supply was at hand and experts pronounced it to be of the bestand purest kind. It was found also, that tbe needed wells could be sunk, the pumps put in, the reservoir built, and the pipes laid—in fact the whole plant complete for the sum of $161,000. “This was the proposition_submitted to and ratified so enthusiastically by the peo- ple in May, 1893. The bonds bearing 4 per cent interest were duly issued. The finan- cial crisis came along just then, and as it was impossible to dispose of the ordinary municipal bonds at par just then we changed them so as to make them paya- vle in gold coin of a certain standard semi- annually and at the city of New York. There was some question as to the legality of these bonds, 50 a test case was made, and the Supreme Court_pronounced them illegal. Then the bonds as authorized by the election were issued, but could not be placed at once. The city officials knew that a deter- mined effort would be made by those in- terested in the of to pre- ot e old water company P! 2 1eirarguments in their | in the discussion of what is | | the will of the people finally defeated by | the technicalities of the courts. This they y determined to prevent if possible, and to this end their work was done quietly and without any blare of trumpets. In Octo- ber of last year the contract was let to the lowest bidder, after due and legal adver- using. “Robert Effey of Santa Cruz and Garrett & Co. of San Francisco were the only bid- ders, and under the law the contract was awarded to Effey. He transferred the con- tract to Paul B. Perkins, who, in Septem- ber of this year, became the purchaser of the bonds. ‘It was this latter transaction to which the Taxpayers’ Union has taken excep- tion. When the bonds were placed, this consummated the contract, and the work was commenced at once. Everything was done in a regular and legal manner. The | Council had the advice of the best legal talent in the county in all its actions, and results will prove, I believe, that these ac- tions were honest, sincere and in dae legal form ou will find that the Taxpayers’ Union has a very small membership, and that most of thera would be financially benefited by the failvre of the new water system. Complaint has been made that the city bas no adequate bond for the per- formance of the worl That complaint is groundless, as the city is amply secured in the fullest manner against the failure of the contractor to perform his work honestly and according to specifications.”” e ageaC TAXPAYERS’ UNION. President W. H. Byington and Other Members Criticize the Mayor and Councll. “It was a reckless and irregular piece of | work from first to last, this action of the | Council and city ofticials in placing the | bonds and letting the contract for the new water works,” said W. H. Byingtor, who |13 one of the larger property-holders at Santa Rosaand president of the Taxpayers’ Union. “In the first place the present water sup- | ply is ample for this city and there never | has been a need for another plant. It isa piece of municipal extravagance that will | be sure to have a bad effect upon the future | of the city | “Itis probable that no city in the State, or any other State, of the size of this city, has had so many suits tried and pending as Santa Rosa has had during the past | year. It becomes necessary to inquire as to the cause, at least, of some of them. If the action of its Mayor and Common Coun- cil has been within the !imits fixed by law for their guidance, as the agents and trus- | tees of the city, then the bringing of the | suits should be condemned by every per- | son having knowledge of the suits, and the Mayor and Common Council should re- ceive that support and praise to which | merit and integrity are entitled. “If, however, the Mayor and Council, knowingly and purposely, met in secret | session, or outside the Council chambers, arranged matters that would come before them officially, as such agents and trustees; it they concealed from their principals, the people, so long as concealment were possible, their official actions; if repre- | sentations have been by them made to the public which were intended to mislead; if | they knowingly attempted, not once, but | more, to exceed their power, and only de- sisted when compelled to by decrees of | court; if they have placed the people’s money where it is liable to be lost, without taking security—then, in such case, their action is a matter for serious consideration and should be fully inquired into. | claim that all of these things have been don Union has felt in duty bound to bring the matter to the attention of the courts.” | | COLONEL J. D. McDONALD, president | | and chief owner of the Santa Rosa Water | | Company, takes a similar view of the situ- | ation. *‘Our wate: stem is perfect,” said | he, “*and there was no need for another | plant. More than this, the contract bas| been let for about $30,000 more than the | | | informed. There appears to | tin this city which is reck- s entailed upon the prop- | They have little or nothing | es, and no appreciation of the burdens imposed upon taxpayers by municipal ¢ AL | erty lent of the | a, which _insti- | | tution dited with being a holder of | | some of the stockin theold water com- | pany, said he did not approve of the course | pursued by the proponents of the new | Wi no specific charges to make against those who engineered the job,”” he 1id, “but in my opinion they acted rec and illegally, to say the least. It t in going to the courts for an | of the matter we are taxed | [ es aund legal expenses of both | | sides of the issue, and it appears that the | | will be fi d before the courts In view of these m not certain that it is wise for us | to continue the legal battle at sent, | though we have justice and principle on | our side. ANDREW MARKHAM, a director of vings bank, very positive in his assertions that the actions of the Mayor and the Council were illegal and should be | the subject of judicial investization. taken the proper stand in the matter,” said he, “and that we are bound to press the suit now 1n the courts. We represent the heaviest taxpayers of Santa Rosa, and consequently the men who are most inter- ested in checking this extravagant tendency of the present city officials. We are bound to get to the bottom of this whole matter ans see that justice is done to all con- cerned in it.” SESCTE TWO LEGAL OPINIONS. City Attorney W. F. Cowan and Lawyer A. B. Ware for the | Water Company. “It was a star chamber proceeding throughout and illegal and irregular as | well,” said Attorney A.B.Ware, who is counsel for the Taxpayers’ Union in the suit now pending against the city authori- | ties. “‘Our positicn is best stated, perhaps, in the complaint filed against the city. In that document the invalidity of the bonds and contract is claimed on two grounds. First—That fatal jurisdictional defects exist in the proceedings prelimi- nary to the supposed issuance of the bonds | and letting of the supposed confract. Second—That the defendants were guilty of fraud in suppressing and conspiring to suporess free bidding,whereby it is claimed that the contract was let for at least $31,000 higher than if it had been fairly Jet ! in an open market, after, instead of before, a sale or supposed sale of the bends; and in allowing and causing one of their num- ber, the original contractor for the work of construction, to exchange the bonds for the mere promise to perform the work. “We allege further that there was no money 1n the treasury applicable to the construction of the water works at the date of two certain blds, or supposed bids, and that this fact was_known to the authori- ties; that the written portion of the two bids were in the same handwriting; that one A.L. Fish informed the defendant that he would bid $130,000 if the bonds were first sold and the money placed in the treasury, and that the said “ainount is the full value for the proposed work; that there was less than $40,000 in the treasury when a certain warrant for $161,000 was ordered in favor of the contractor by the municipal authorities, and that this $40,- 000 was not part of the fund provided for the construction of the water works, and that all the defendants knew it; that the the placing of these bonds and the | bonds are now in New York and that the letting of the contract, They had befere | minutes of the Council are silent as to them the experience of eight other cities | their disposition; that the contractor is wWhere water bonds had beeen voted and | almost, if believe the Taxpayers' Union has | We | Tupper has been and is st. | porter of the municipal water system. ,and for this reason the Taxpayers’ | | wholesale and was understood and prearranged that no other bids would be permitted for the bonds than that offered by the contractor. “This, practically, is ‘the Taxpayers’ Union’s case against the city officials of Santa Rosa. The case is entitled Mock vs. Santa Rosa. We stand prepared to sub- stantiate all these allegations in court.” “Not all of these particular allegations are false,” said City Attorney W. F. Cowan, who is _defending the Mayor and Councilmen of Santa Rosa against the suit brought in Wesley Mock's name, *‘but the laims of fraud and illegal procedure are certainly false m everfr particular. They are not only false allegations but ridic- ulous ones as well, and are not really be- lieved by the few men who have sub- scribed to the tenets of the Taxpayers’ Union. ““No one seriously believes that the Mayor and Common Council of Santa Rosa are corrupt. These allegations are made in desperation, in order to make the Council show its band and divulge all its proceedings in this matter, so that the | courts may be invoked on technical points | 10 defeat” the will of the people as ex- pressed in that overwhelming vote for the 1ssuance of water bonds. “It is false that there was a conspiracy to suppress free bidding on the contract; it is false that the contract was let for $30,000 more than the work could have been done for; it is false that the con- tractor is nearly or quite insolvent, or any- thing but solvent and reliable; it is false that insufficient security was given for the right performance of the contract; it is false that—but why go into details at this stage of the proceeding? Every allegation of fraud or conspiracy is utterly false and groundless and will fall flat and pointless before a judicial investigation. | “If the men who are back of this suit have the courage of their convictions why do they not put up the required bond, have the work stopped at once and the suit heard in court now? True, it would require a heavy bond to secure a manda- tory injunction, but if these allegations of fraud and conspiracy be true there can be no danger of any loss from the placing of such a bond. “The whole purpose of this suit is an at- tempt to throw odium on the present city officials, but the attempt will be fruitless. These men have carried out the wishes of the people who elected them by an over- whelming majority. They have taken no step without competent legal advice, and they retain to this day the entire confi-! dence of the electors who clothed them with the authority they have rightly em- p}oyed for the benefit of the whole peo- ple.”” Associated_with Mr. Cowan in the de- fense of the Mayor and Councilmen is At- torney Thomas Rutledge, one of the ablest lawyers of Sonoma County. The Tas payers’ Union is also ably represented in the fegal battle that is now languishing in the courts, for Mr. Ware is assisted by torney Farquehar, who is o secretary of the Taxpayers’' Union, and is known as an able counsel. Bl e v THE CITY FATHERS. Santa Rosa’s Councllmen and the Stand They Took on the Water Question. Santa Rosa’s legislative board comprises the Mayor and six Councilmen, who are chosen from among the representative business men of the beautiful and thriving community. This is Mayor Woodward’s second term at the head of the city’s affairs. Heis also the Treasurer of Sonoma County and one of the most popular men in Santa Rosa and the entire county. He is a property- owner in Santa Rosa and the proprietor of a livery business. Councilman G. A. Tupper is the proprie- tor and manager of the Tupper House, one of the well-known Santa Rosa hotels. Mr. a stanch sup- Councilman F. Berka is one of the sub- stantial citizens of the county, a property- owner and the proprietor and manager of a lumber-yard in Santa Rosa. He says he has entire contidence in the successful out- come of the city’s water plant. He acted with the other Councilmen in the matter and is_satistied that he did nothing more than his legal duty throughout. Councilman C. N. Collins is one of the partners in the firm of Collins & Weel retail butchers and cattle Mr. Collins declares he has noth- aealers. ing to regret in the action of the Council, | and thet every step taken by it w. and in accord with the w tors, Councilman T. P. Keegan is a membe of the firm of Keegan Bros., the clotuie He isa property-owner and a successiul bus- | ness man. “The old water company gave | a very poor and inadequate servi | Mr. Keegan, “‘and the Council only ¢ out the will of the people in instituting the | nzw water works. Criticisms have been | made as to the adequacy and quality of our | new water supply, but these ha been based upon ignorance of the real facts of the case. We have a limitless supply of {-uru, soft water that has been pronounced | by Professor Rising of the University of | Caiifornia of the first quality. From the | opposition of the old water company we | found it necessary to use a little diplomacy in planning the new system, but I can assure you that all of our acts were en- tirely legal and conscientious, and we have no fear of the outcome.” Councilman E. D. Harris is well known in business circles in Santa Rosa, and is at | {‘rcsem. connected with one of the largest | hardware-houses in that city. He is i full accord with the action of "the Coun and declares his readiness to stand or fall by the verdict of the people when they shall come to pass upon the matter. Councilman J. 8. Wilson owns several | pieces of proverty in Santa Rosa and is the | proprietor of a grocery and notions busi- | ness there. Like all his colleagues in the Council, he is a firm believer in the suc- | cessful issue of the hew municipal water works. ‘“The action ef the Council was harmonious from first to last,” he said, *‘and when the new service is in operation the action of the Council will again be fully indorsed by the people. The receipts of the water works will more than pay the hond interest, even at a greatly decreased rate to the consumer. Iam confident that | Santa Rosa’s water supply will be an adced inducement for people to settle in our city."” e PROMINENT CITIZENS. 3 legal | es of the elec- Well-Known Busliness Men of Santa Rosa Express Confidence in the New System. The following brief interviews are ex- pressions of opinions of some of the promi- nent citizens of Santa Rosa on the im- portant water question: A. B. LEMMON, editor and proprietor of the Santa Rosa Republican—I believe that the action of the Mayor and Council- men 1n this matter has been not only con- scientious and entirely legal, but also for the best interests of the entire community. The allegation contained in Wesley Mock’s suit against tie city, tothe effect that A. I,. Fish would have taken the contract to put | in the plant at a material reduction, falls completely, I take it, when the fact is shown that Fish put in no bid at the proper time, and that he only maae his' offer on the street” after the contract had been let. The old water supply was inadequate. We needed a better service; the people wanted it and authorized it and are certainly going to get it. When comypleted it wiil add one more to_ the long list of advan- tages that Santa Rosa has to offer to home- seekers and settlers. We paid tne old water company about $30,000 a year for its inadequate service. Qur bonds hear 4 per cent interest. Any one can figure out for themselves the pecuniary gain to the city under the new system. E. B. MORROW, hardware merchant— The old water company was given every possible opportunity to sell its plant to the city at a reasonable appraisement. Their service was inadequate, both for domestic consumption and for the Fire Department. not wholly, insolvent; thatit | A better system was an imperative neces- | men s P and wil sity. Santa Rosa does not owe a cent. The old water company collected annuall; a great deal larger sum of money than all the city’s tayes_amounted to. When the new plant is in operation water will be practically free to the citizens of Santa Rosa. R DR. W. E. LOWREY—I voted against the water-| owns considerable property here, was one of the original members of the Taxpayers’ Union. But now that the work is pro- gressing smoothly I am opposed to any further contest of the matter, and believe and hope that the new plant will be com- pleted in due time and operated success- fully and with advantage to the whole city. B. M. SPENCER, grocer—I have heard some vague talk of dishonesty in this mat- ter, but I do not believe that thé accusa- tions are made seriously. Whatever my opinions we first, 1 am certainly op- posed to involving the city in any further lawsaits. I believe the new water works RBORG, druggist—I believe entiment in favor of a munici- pal water system iS even stronger now than it was when the bonds were voted. The intention is, I believe, to make the er ultimately free to all citizens and thun{) rations met by general taxes. would certainly equalize the burden and be & splendid thing for Santa Rosa. I have all faith in the new system and in the men who projected it. W. E. McCONNELL, attorney and ex- tirst I voted ag a city water works, fearing that the plan was premature. But now I want to see the Work carried out successfully, and I be- lieve that it will be. Santa Rosa will be that much richer when she owns her own water system. D. N. CARITHERS, clothing merchant. against the movement from because I do not think it was a wise or a regular proceeding. But now that the work is in progress I think the best we can do is to keep hands off and lessen the expense as much as maybe. P. TOW meat market—The old water supp! v inadequate to the ty, so the citizens voted for a new system that should be owned and operated by the people, and T think you will find but very few personsi Santa Rosa to-day that do not reali visdom of the plans adopted. In San | Francisco you call the kind of people who objecting to the new tem A's a matter of fact thereis no real opposition worthy of the name to the municipal water works L. BURRIS, I have be the star [ shier Santa Rosa Bank—I am certainly in favor of the new | water system. Whatever might have been thought of the advisability of the bond issue, it seems to me that the only thing to do now is to lend the new movement every encouragement, and hope for the rapid and successiul completion of the new plant. W. D. REYNOLDS, real estate dealer— Of course I am in favor of the new water supply, and I believe every public-spirited citizen of Santa Rosa is of the same mind. It means not only cheaper taxes, but cheaper insurance rates as well. It means a big saving to propeity-owners and water consumers generally. It is one of the best things this city could have—a water supply of its own. BLODD OF THE MARSHES Brundage, Head Keeper of the Teal Club, Smashes a Hunter’s Nose. The Sportsman, on Entering the Cars, Was Knocked Down by the Gillie. Teal Shooting Club, whese headquarters 15 at Teal station, Suisun Marsh, distin- is 1ed himself yesterday afternoon by drasving the first real warm blood that has | been shed on the Suisun marshes this year. | The trouble came about in this way: Some hunters, who had been domiciled at Bell” | principal siough hin half a mile of the | Teal Club’s rendezvous, were returning from shooting in the company of a guide named Aiken. As they were crossing the ailroad b-idge, which spans the slough near Teal station, Brundage, who happens 10 be a colored man, shouted at Aiken, snd then calling the attention of the sports- d: *‘Aiken, ex-convict.” Brundage repeated this statement with emphasis again, and Aiken replied by telling Bwun- e that he lied. Mother, the sport man, who wi 1ided by the marsh, grew angry at the guage the keeper used to his guide, and g to Brundage said: *“You ought to hang turn be ashamed of yo self; why, the niggers in the South for such langu that”’ « Brundage grew furious, and imm diately telephoned to Su stable, who arrived on the 4:30 p. M. train, which' was in charge of Conductor Avery. As the hunters were boarding tne cars at the station Brundage was waiting opn the platform for the arrival of the man who Bad so deeply insulted him. Mother was the last man to step on board, and as he landed on the second step Brundage aimed a well directed blow with his fist at the hunter’s face and struck his nose, in- ficting a deep gash {rom which the biood poured freely. Constable Kinloch im- mediately placed Brundage under ar- rest. He was brought before Justice Maynard, pieaded guilty to a charge of battery and was fined $5 and costs. The hunter who was struck said that Brundage will not get off as lightly as he expected, He ]\rmi\oses to employ legal talent to-day prosecute Brundage to the fullest extent of the law. The head keeper is re- ported to have said that one of the em- ployes of the Teal Club was shot at yes- terday and for this reason he lele]]whune(l the Constable for the purpose of having little faith placed in the head keeper's statement, as there are none of the keepers under him prepared to show any signs oi injury from leaden pellets. Sportsmen who happened into the pre- serve were handed notices to vacate the premises, but of recent date no injunctions have been served.” Troubleon the marshes is daily expected, and unless a settiement is soon had of the long-pending injunction case which is to come up before Judge Buckles of the Superior Court at Fairfield v);n Thursday somebedy is liable to get hurt. CASWELL RECEPTION. A Special Committee Will Meet the Returning Commander at Port Costa. At a meeting of the committee that will receive Thomas Hubbard Caswell,sovereign grand commander of the Supreme Council of the southern jurisdiction (mother coun- cil of the world) of the Ancient and Ac- cepted, order Scottish Rite Freemasonry, held yesterday, it was decided that on his approach to-morrow morning he will be met at Port Costa with a private car and welcomed home again by the committee composed of August L. Otr, J. L. M. Shetterly, C. A. Wagner, H. J. Lask, C. L. Pierce, T. H. Goodmano and W. F. Pierce and then escorted to the mole, where all the members of the Rite will be in waiting to receive him. The members of the Rite will assemble at the Masonic Temple early in the morn- ing and in a bodngo to the rmole. Upon his arrival in this City the sovereign grand commander will be ‘driven to his home, and when he has rested from the fatigue of the trip he will be tendered a formal reception and banquet at a time agreeable to him. This will be either in the Masonic Temple or in the hall of Golden Gate Com- mandery. ond issue, and my wife, who ! president of the Santa Rosa Bank—At| nst the proposition for a | James Brundage, tte head keeper of the | ark, which is anchored in one of the : HENRY PETERSON, WHO REPRESENTED CALIFORNIA AT THE AUSTIN REGATTA. | [From a recent photograph.] vou are a thief and an | | Aiken un for a con- | the shooter arrested, but there is very ! THE BAY DISTRICT TRACK, Detective Took a Race in an Exciting Finish From Fan- nie Louise. FAVORITES WON THREE EVENTS The Veteran Oregon Eclipse Proved Too Much of a Stayer for Ferris Hartman. The win of Caliente yesterday certalnly does not speak well for Hinrichs’ ride on the coit a few days back. In thatrace he got cut off at the start, falling back and never getting near the front again. Yesterday with Coady, an in- ferior rider, up, he fell back to last position, but went through hisfield in thestretch like a race- horse and won in the remarkably good time of 1:0114. ‘he stewards held a meeting at the conclu- sion of the races to look into the peculiar ride made by A.Williams on Montana in the last race. The boy appeared utterly incapable and the racer’s owner would probsbly be requested to putup a more competent rider in future. He was backed down from 25 to 12 to 1. The horse was full of run, but Williams took him completely out of the race, making his run | only when to win meant an impossibitity. The owners of good horses seem to be | keeping their charges under cover, for yes- terday’s card was made up of a very ordin- ary lot of selling platers. The track was | bullet fast and fast time was the general | rule. Of the six favorites, three lasted long | enough to get to the wire in front, while | two second-choices and one outsider gob- bled up the other events. About the prettiest contest of the day LT S ey 959, THIRD RACE-Five furlongs: selling « two-year-olds; purse $300. Time, 1:0;,4 Ind. Horse, weight. jockey. St 34 Str. Fin. 237 Caliente, 102 (Coady).......6 8 33 12 227 Imp. Endymion, 99 (Chie- valier) 3 4 287 Jack Atkins, §9 (Mcintyre)2 237 Litde ¥lush flly, 99 (Coch 2t 3% 236 Don B i 236 Don Pedro, 102 193 Suftrage. 99 (1o, 614 2386 Waiter J, 102 (McClain) 1 127 Fireman, 106 (1. Sloan) 8 Con easily. Winner, K1 Primero , by Kl Rio Rey-Hettie Humpbrey. aliente 8 to 5, imp. Endymion 4, Jack Atkins 40, Litile Flush filly 12, Dou Pedro 12, Suffruge 12, Walter J 5, Fireman 10. D 6 FOURTH RACE—One mile; selling; three- 1y Ind. Start good, . year-olds and up; purse $300. Time, 1:4115 Fin. Horse, weight, jockey. 14 Monita, 104 (J. Chorn). 244 Olivia, 92 (E. Jones). . 38 Centurion, 101 (Donnelly St. 15 Str. TG t. Saviour-Night Hawk. B fonita 14 to 5, Olivia 5, Centurion 11 “harmer 4, Schuitz F FLIFTH RACE— « all ages; purse $300. 26 ve and a hal? furlongs; Time, 1:0714. And. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 35 Str. Fin. 249 Oregon 109 (W. Martin 1 30 2% 11 784 Ferris 1 Slaughter). o 1n 21 (189)Grady, 94 (McCiain) 42 35 33 242 Encino, 92 (E. Jones) 5 1h 48 44 (248)Soon Enough, 102 (Mcin- tyre).. 4 51 63 610 124 Midlo, 87 (Wallace). 66 6 6 Start poor. Won handily. Winner, J. Robbins’ ch. g., by Joe Hooker-Lulu Riggs. Betiing: Oregon Eclipse 11 to 5, Ferris Hart- man 3, Grady 11 to 6, Kucino 15, Soon Enough 75, 107, 969, SIXTH RACE—One mile: selling: three- + year-olds and upward; purse §300. Time, 1:40%. Ipd. Horse. weight. fockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. (289)Detective, 92 (Chevalier)...4 35 25 114 228 Fannie Louise, 98 (Don- nelly: 2 11 11 2 250 Hy Dy, 101 (Riley 4 83 250 Duchess of Milpites, Sloan).... . 33 43 239 Montana, 5 i 250 Mary 6 6 Start good. Won dniving. Winner, Westches- ter stable’s b. g. by Imp. Deceiver-Exile. Betting: Detective even, Fannie Louise 9 to_5, Hy Dy 20, Duchess of Milpitas 5, Montana 12, Mary S 40. Following are to-day’s entries: First race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing—Silver 100, Prince 105, Burmah 200, Kitty A 102, Sinbad 105, Soledad 105, Gondola 105. g it was furnished in the last event, a mile sell- ing dash, when Detective, the even-money | favorite, Fannie Lonise and Hy Dy in- dulged in a blanket finish. Detective gained the verdict by a scant half length, | with the other two short heads apart. The winner covered the distance in the re- | markably good time of 1:4034. A five and one-half furlong run, with light | welter weights up, opened the day’s sport | and resulted in a hollow victory for the | second choice, Selkirk, who led all the way and won by six lengths, pulled up. The | 8to 5 choice Allahabad took the place from | Rogation without difficulty. The next race was over the same dis- | tance and under like conditions. Morgan | G, ridden by his owner, J. Johnson, proved | the victor, winning cleverly by a length | from Eva S II gelding. The 8 to 5 favor- ‘ ite, Mount Roy, was third. The winner was | 8 and 10 to 1 in the betting at one stage. | The El Primero stable’s good youngster Caliente downed the seven youngsters op- | posed to him in the two-year-old event at j five furlongs very impressively. Going to | the post an 8 to 5 favorite, he got away ' well, but almost im mediately fell back to | last place. Under Coady’s urging he | wended his way through the bunch and won at the end handily, a length before | Imp. Endymion, in the fast time of 1:01}4. The fourth race, over a mile, was a very open betting affa.r. Centurion ruled a | slight favorite, with Monita a decidedly | heavily backed second choice, played down | from 6 to 3 to 1. Charmer went to the { front and cut out the running, leading | until well into the stretch. Olivia here | took the lead and looked a winner until within thirty vards of the wire, where she was passed by Monita, who came strong | under Chorn’s persuasiveriding and beaten out d& neck in 1:4134. Centurion finished | third. | The fifth race, a five and a hslf.furlonfi i spin, for all ages, brought out six goo | sprinters. Grady_ opened a 3 to 2 favorite, | but finally closed an equal choice with ! Oregon Eclipse, both going to the post 11 | t05. The race simmered down to a drive between Oregon Eclipse, ridden by Willie Martin, and Barney Schreiber’s youngster Ferris Hartman. ~Oregon Eclipse out- iasted the two-year-old and won by a length in 1:07){. Grady was a bang-up third. f Fiftieth day. Monday, November 18. Weather fine. Track fasi. /7 FIRST RACE—Five and a half furlongs; 207%. selitng; light welter-welghts; purse $250, Time, 1:08%. Ind. Horse, weignt, jockey. St. 1 n. 246 Selkirk, 136 (U, lfi"éf)- ...1 15 % '?H 235 Allahabad,132 (J.Johnson)3 44 b 28 235 Rogation, 133 (Maynard)..4 74 Blg 214 Leonatus, 136 (A. ard 62 4 44 Long D'Or, 133 (Ambros 21 2 b1 216 Little Flush gelding, 128 (Scewart) 5 3% 3h en 194 Corrinne Buckingham. 133 (J. Murphy). .. 7 6h 720 187 Prince Devine, 181 (Wilk- ins).. .88 8 8 Start . Won easily. At post 12 minutes. Winner, D. Eridges’ cb. b., by Verano-Genovivia.. Betting: Selkirk 11to 3, Allahabad 9 to 5, Rogation 80, Leonatus 20, Long D'Or 20, Litile Flush gelding 7, Corrinne Buckingham 12, Prince Devine 20. 978, SECOND RACE_Five and a halt fur- 290. longs: seling; light welter-weights; purse #2650, Time, 1:08%. Ind. THorse, welght, jockey. 248 Morgan G, 130 (J. Johnson)6 (243)Lva S 11 gelaing, 128 (Stew- art). 235 Mount St. 15 Str. Fin. 214 12 , 183 1% (Barcon 194 Dorsey, (252)Bob Tucker, 128 (Elrod 183 Josie G, Miss Murphy, 138 (J. Flynn} 188 (Wi At post 10 minutes. by Joe Hooker-Bonita. picting: Morgan G 6, Sra ¥ eciding 15105, [ount , Dors ucker G 20, Miss Murpby 40. G Second race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing—Sleeping Child 106, Toano 111, imp. Lolo- kulani 107, Beatrice 104, Duchess Towers 102, The Judge 114, Hiram ATgo 103, Last Chance Third race, eleven-sixteenths of & mile, two- year-olds, -selling—Perhaps 110, St. Lee 104, Claud Hill 101, Belle Boyd 108, Marionetté 106, Zeta 99, Virgie A 103, Miss Pollard 101, Laura F 112, Veve 108, El Primero 102. . Fourth race, three-quarters of & mile, purse, non-winners—Jim_Corbett 109, Great Falls 112, Valparaiso 109, Silver Lip 104, Lady Spicndor 109, Al Broeck 104, Ida Sauer 104, Irma 104, R H 109, Joe Hill 109, Judge Tam 104, Fond Iopes 104, Fijian 104, Huguenot 1 Fifth race, thirteen-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing—Rosebud 107, Rose Clark 106, Charmion 112, Model 102. Sixth race, one mile, selling—Faro 104, Leon- ville 105, Sen Luis Rey 101, Favory 101, Don Casar 101, Happy Day 101, Schnitz 103. BARRED FROM FOOTBALL A Scholastic Requirement That Results in Loss to Both Varsities. Simpson, Hall and Garton Cannot Play, so the Olympic-Stanford Return Game Is Off. Simpson, Berkeley’s star tackle, and Hall, a promising halfback, are debarred from playing in the California team in the great intercollegiate game on Thanksgiv- ing. And Garton, the giant center rush at Palo Alto, is also disqualified. Such is the decree of the faculty athletic commit- tees of the two universities. By an intercollegiate five-year agreement entered into last year Berkeley and Stan- ford decided that a special student, to be eligible to the Varsity, must have to his credit ten hours’ university work, and must also be taking at least ten recitations of one hour each a week. This was done for two reasons. Primarily it isto prevent men of particular physical fitness from being faked into college simply as football material, without their havine to undergo and generally without being able to pass the rigorous entrance examinations im- posed upon the regular student. A secondary consideration, and one in which the faculties are more concerned, is the check thus placed on the improperl prepared student, whose college worl might suffer from attention to football. But when a special shall have been in col- lege long enough to receive ten hours’ credit the supposition is that he has come for the purpose of study and not simply to try for gridiron glory with the slimmest possible scholastic requirements, So much did the Berkeley men prize Simpson that they forgot the intent of the agreement and offered to overlook Gar- ton’s ineligibility if the Stanford manager woulld permit California’s new found tackle to play. mong Berkeley’s list of eligibles this ear appear the names of Archie Pierce ast year’s center rush, and for several i‘earu a member of the faculty; Walter enry, a '93 graduate and a student in the Law College, and Kington, center rush of the Olympic team, who is & member of the College of Pharmacy. tested Pierce’s name for this reason, The Staunfords’ manager has everthe- | less Pierce has played year after year on the strength of being registered as a gradue ate student. The Olympic-Stanford return football game agreed upon for this afternoon is off. The Stanford manager notified the Olym- Eics yesterday that the lateness of the our of the proposed game would make it necessary for hig men to hurry to the last train without a bath after the coatest and then not get their dinners till 8 o’clock, and he considers such irregularities in- jurious to the team’s condition when so few days remain before the intercollegiate match. The Olympics could not go down to Palo Alto to play, so this afternoon they will have another of their secret practices with the Berkeley eleven at Central Park. But ihe Reliance men have decided to practice with the Stanford Varsity on the college campus this afternoon. Events seem to have shaped themseives 80 that the two athletic clubs are taking sides with the college players. 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