The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1895, Page 8

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SLUSH DIDN'T BOTHER HIM Libertine at Odds of 12 to 1 Was a Surprise in the Han- dicap. JULIA 0 FIRST AT 15 TO 1 Coady Got Thornhill Home in Front of Pepper in the Mile and a Fur- long Run. The biggest surprise of the racinglat Ingleside yesterday was the victory of the record-breaking Libertine in the mile handicap. The wise ones were aware of the slashing sprinter’s aversion for mud, and, of course, as the track was sloppy, they said he had no chance. The going yesterday was not of the sticky, holding sort, and Libertine fairly reveled in it. There were but five starters in the race, and Vinctor held sway in the final betting, with Handsome and Sister Mary next in demand. Ten and twelve to one could be obtained about Libertine. fell Macklin took the latter horse out in front and, with Sister Mary for company, the pair had the race to themselves. Turn- ing into the stretch Libertine had a slight advantage over Sink’s mare, but easily outfooting her to the wire, won by half a length. Vinctor was a poor third. There were six races down on the card, with a liberal supply of entries in each, and it was a singular coincidence that When the flag | ! there was not a single case of scratching. Favorites did not fare as well, possibly, as they have in the past on a dryer track, for but two managed to return with the coin. Still most of the winners received sub- stantial backing. ; | The win of fnlia O in the opening dash at six furlongs was in the nature of a sur- prise, for the issue was thought to lie be- tween Realization, the 9 to 10 favorite, and Johnny Payne. With 15 to 1 against her in the ring Dan Honig’s mare had the most speed in the stretch and won by a length. A length away imp. Amarino, a 50 to 1 shot. took the place from the favorite by a head. A five-furlong dash for two-year-olds, with ten starters, resulted in a very easy | win for Summer Time, who went to the post a slight fayorite over La Viente. She | passed Easel, a 50 to 1 shot, before round- ing the bend for home and beat her three lengths. La Viente was a close third. The fourth race was also a sprint for two-year-olds, at five furlongs. With eleven starters Ramiro and Kamsin went to the post equal choices, at 3 to 1 in the | ring, Chorn, on Ramiro, got his mount | away first, but was almost immediately | passed by William Pinkerton, who headed him when straightened for the wire. Ra- | miro, however, came away under Chorn’s | riding and beat Pinkerton three lengths | eased up. Grady, who ran an excellent | race, was third, a length in front of Kamsin, ! Thomas Lundy’s Thornhiil, the bold- faced Cheviot horse, again demonstrated | his fondness for mud in the mile and a furlong selling event. Going to the post | second choice, Coaay gradually moved up | from third to first position with him as | they hit the stretch, and, increasing his lead at every jump, he beat the 6 to 5 favorite, Pepper, three lengths. Cadmus, who seems to be on the improving order, | was a fair third, Barney Schreiber’s Yemen was an 11 to 5 favorite for the last race of tbe day at six | furlongs, but was beaten out handily by | Sligo, the second choice. Pat Murphy was a good third. Track and Paddock Items, It is turf history that no love is lost be- | tween Starter Caldwell and Marty Bergen. “THE CALL”» RACING CHART. eventeenth Day of the Pacific Ingleside Track, San Francis Coast Jockey Club Meeting. Weather fine. Track sloppy. o, Tuesday, December 17, 1895. —Six furlongs; selling; three-year-olds and upward; allowances: purse §400. < 3 FIRS JFNJ Time, 1 v 5 & 7 B 3 s Betting, Index. st] 34 | % | % | s | Fmo | Jockeys 10,, % Ju 0, 3. 96 2h | 21 ‘ 11 3 15 Amarino, a........ 104 64 | 435 | 218 % 40 104 8 ih | 1n | 32 -5 9-10 104 1 315 33 | 44 3 101 4 58 | 5 | 52 25 104 7. 710 7 | 623 10 101/ 5 41, 16 I8 8 102 3 sl piirilg 40 Poor start. winner, D. A. Honig b 1., by Outcast-Malva R. D RACE—Five furlongs; selling; two-year-old flllies; conditions: purse $400, Time, st Tiorse Index. a; Jockeys. | pnetting, _|T. Sloan. Garner.. + Shepard. . 10 5 7 5 6 15 20 Macklin.. 5-2 4 Donnelly. 20 60 Sloan 2 12 le's b. 1., by Fitziam thre ‘e-year-olds and upward; purse 8500. Time, 1:45. Index.| Horse, age, weight. | st.| 14 | | % | str. | Fin. | Jockeys. Pl | 115 Macklin [ 10 | 210 |Doggett. |73 72 | 32 |r.Sioan | 85 52 | 46 |C Siaughier 15" 12 | 5" M. Bergen...| 2 2 Good start. by Leonatus-Falaise. 399 « 1:04%5. : two-year-olds; conditions; allowances; purse $400. Time, ‘l Jockeys. lol‘l,ellll’\{:x {3. Chorn. 3 3 1D 8 Sy . S| 6 9 4 8 40 40 36 20 100 s FIFTH RAC « purse §400. 100 Time, 2:00. 2—One and an eighth 1nlies; seiling; three-year-olds and upward; penalties; Index.|Horse, age and weight.| St. Thornhill, 4.. a8 Foi 5 Winner, T. Lundy’s cf h. h., by Cheviot-Phebe Anderson. furlongs; selling; three-year-olds and upward; conditions; purse $400. [ str | Fin [ Sockeys. {u‘锓"‘éi | St | 22 | 13 | vogge.. |4 15 | 24 |C. Slaughte: 52 115 T i 4 “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at the Ingleside Track, With the Weights, Best Records and Pedigrees. In races where the horses have no record at tl distance are given. he distance to be run the records at the next nearest m., mile; £., furlong; *, about. ds m aidens. Record. | Owner. Pedigree. No record. 2 No record... No record o record Peixoito .. Rey de Avache. AdlphSpreckels Mt.McG | Mabel L. Globe. ... El Carmen 2| No record. -|R. W. Roberts. Imp. Brutus-by Kelpie Apache- — Corrigan. Isaac Murphy-Jennie Tracy Burns&Waterhouse| Day Star-Miss McGregor |W. D. Randall. ..... Hyder Ali-Carne G Strathmore-Zoo Zoo *|Ea Corrigan-Charlotte Prince of Norfolk-Parales Major Ban- Acquito Imp. Keene-Pinkey .| Empe'r Norfolk-La Clenega |3°C Homphrey | Neil & Coney anClemente o Schreiber. |Santa Arita ix furlongs: selling. Oregon 370 |Carmel «s-..... Highland. 870 | Ricardo......... 359 |W. L. Munson.. 104 | Best 1 | Lbs record.| Dist. |Lbs Tk. Owner. | Pedigree. 107 ] 107 - Three Cheers-Rosette 104 Plenipo-Jaconet Jake Johns! 104 .| Enguirer-Babee | Arunde! i10 | Duke Norfolk-Elaine Georze 104 Loftin-Emma S. F. Capps.. |F. Phillips. THIRD RACE—One mile. |.. | Best Lbs| record. 1 Index. | X me. Pedigree. Navy Blue. Roma. Dungarven Pescador. oderocio . Santiego . [ Blue Wing-Bay Bet, Imp. Braius-Beauty Hindoo-Calphurnia Gano-Armeda Howard Imp. Sir Modred-Preciosia _|Lwp. Woodlands-Sister “|Emperor Norfolk-Dolly 1. ... | Imp.Great Tom-Envenom |Santa Anita stable..| Grinstead-Clara D “FOURTH KACE—Six forlongs: selling; three-y year-olds. T Best | Lbs| record. | Dist. Index | Name. Pedigree. 393 | Schnitz. Panique-Tilia 370 | Collins . Inspector B-Piazza 9. Tamm... Imp. Greenback-Una B D. A. Honig. -|Outcast-Maiva W. D. Randall.. Hyder Ali-Floride . F. Capps. -|Fellowchrm-Sallie Hamptn Westchester stable.| Imp. Deceiver-Exile B. Schreiber. Macdaf¥-Miss Lawrence F. Phillips. -|Imp. Wagner-Mamie Cole ne and a sixteenth miles; hurd! : handicap. st ] Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. | Lbs | Tk. | Pedigree. |St. Brandon | Beliringer. Licero 3 8 | White Cloud. 814 134 'm 614 *114 m'128 H 38 St. Blaise-Guenn Tronbador-Boscobelle Longfellow-Belle Knight +| Woodbury-Unknown imp.Midlothjan-Probability Robson-Greenleaf | Joe Hooker-Oxilla xteenth miles; hui rdle; handicap. | | Beat | Index.! Name. “Lbs‘rrcord.‘} Dist. iLb:!Tk.' Owner. Pedigree. z = — — Hov Rutherford-Josie C |n/,m I,lSB‘F“ ‘Apmlwlnnem % S mp. er-Leoneite 134 'm 120 F..|H EI'Kio Rey-Sooner 3 Uncertainty N | [ 2 Emperor-Quandary 310 |Nellie G. 1 uth Park siable.. Sampson 390 |Alexis Garden City stable. | Argyle-Frisa 31 | | { and I always like to help my old neighbors THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 189 The two crossed swords again yesterday In the opening race Bergen, who had the mount on Johnny Payne, was inclined to have things his own way at the post and it cost him $100. In the fourth event he was up on Governor Budd and again dis- pleased the starter, for which he was re- stricted to accepting the mounts of the Corrigan stable alone. Jerry Chorn was very frisky at the post in the fourth race with the Baldwin eutry, Ramiro, and his endeavors to beat the flag cost him $50. 5 Captain Rees, the chestnut horse in the string of “Curly”” Shields, was “fired” by Dr. Masoero yesterday. Ed Purser went down the line on Vinc- tor, but recouped his losses by backing Thornhill. La Viente ran a fine race. The filly was last of the bunch down the backstretch, but went through her field aud finished a good third. . Kamsin went back to 6 to1 in the bet- ting, when a strong play at the last mo- ment brought his odds down to threes, equal choice with Ramiro. He was away none too well and finished fourth. In addition to gentlemen already named as contestants in the gentlemen’s race to- morrow there is a probability that Charles Baldwin and James J. F. Archi- bald, well-known society men, will have mounts. Seats will "be reserved for about 150 of the lady friends of the gentlemen who will ride in that race, to whom complimentary tickets have been issued. DUNKER'S WEINERWURST. How the Supervisor Is Said to Have Stood Up Nick Ahrens. Imported Sausages in Return for In- flence With the Fire De- partment. Imported weinerwurst sausages are said to have been added to the list of articles acceptable to the wealthy member of the Board of Supervisors from the Seventh Ward in return for favors done in his offi- cial capacity. The story of his gathering in of §5 pieces, hats and suits of clothes have all been published, buta new one that might interest the Grand Jury is submitted for its consideration. The way the story istold down on Fol- som street among his neighbors woula in- dicate that'there isa touch of ingratitude | downtown rooms would receive small patron- in the navare of the member of the Solid | Eight, and one old neighbor who ran with | Dunker in the Lincoin Hose Company vears gone by swears that never again will he help the representative from the Sev- enth to stand upa man for a package of sausages, not even imported weinerwurst. Nick Ahrens has a big sign along the whole front of his saloon on the corner of | Market and Steuart streets, and several months ago the Fire Marshal complained that it was likely to interfere with the de- partment in case of fire and recommended its removal. On receiving notification to | remove it Ahrens, it is said, hunted up his friend Dunker, the chairman of the Fire and Water Committee of the Board of Su- | pervisors, and Dunker immediately inter- | ested himself in the matter, saw memoers | of the Fire Department one afternoon about the hall and induced them to allow the sign to remain. William J. Harrington, the well-known | politician, says that he happened to be at | the meeting of the board that afternoon and tells the sequel: “Dunker and I are neighbors and have been for many years. In “fact, we ran with the old Lincoln | Hose Company together, and I have never supposed that he would stand any one up for anything. “But that day after the board adjourned we met and he asked me to jump on the car with him. Going downtown he said: ‘You know Nick Ahrens, don’t you?' ‘Yes,” I said, ‘old friend of mine.’ “Well, I'll tell you, Billy, what I want you to do for me.” You see I have fixed it for him to keep his sign out on front of his place. Now I want you to give me a big sendoff when we go into his saloon. I want you to tell him how much trouble I had in getting him that permit and that sort of thing. See, don’t you?’ ‘‘ ‘Certainly, Chris,’ I said, ‘I understand Eerfecllf’ and lldoall I can.’ I thought e was laying his pipes to ran for Super- | visor again or maybe Sheriff or Mayor, out when I can. “Well, we got down to Ahrens’ place and went in and Dunker gave him the ‘glad hand’ and said: ‘Well, Nick, I've fixed that thing all right for you, but it was a big job. Those Fire Department | Feople are hard men to manage. I've had | ots of trouble over it.’ “Then I chipped in and said: ‘Yes, Nick, and it was a lucky thing for you that You had such a good friend in the board. t took a lot of pull to save that sign. Such things can’t be done for nothing. The chances are that Dunker had to give away several places to the chief of the Fire De- artment or the fire wardens in return for etting the sign stay.’ Then Mr. Ahrens immediately calls Mr. Dunker into the | back room.” I don’t know what happened in there, but Dunker came out pretty soon looking very flushed in the face. I was just sampling a bit of imported sausage. ‘Have a piece of this sausage, Mr. Dunker,’ I'said; ‘it’s very fine,” and I asked him if | it _was California sausage or imported. ‘Why, that’s weinerwurst,’ he said. *8: Ahrens, at least you might give me a saus- age or two for all Ive done for you.’ **Ahrens was willing to do that and or- dered his barkeeper to wrap some up. After stopping the man from ringing some ordinary domestic sausages in on him Dunker got the weinerwurst and we started on uptown. We walked on up as far as Folsom and Fremont and stopped there to bave a druk, but do you know Dunker never made an offer to divide; didn’t offer me even a single sausage. Well, it's not the first time [ have been left. ' Dunker is ungrateful,” and Harring- ton whistled the *'Sweet By and By."” ——————— THIRTY DOLLARS A SEAT! What Sedate Philadelphians Paid to See Their Actors Play. Playgoers growl at the price of seats in the theater to-day, but let them read what was charged in Philadelphia at one time, as told in the interesting new volume of stage reminiscence, ‘‘Shakespeare’s Hero- ines on the Stage,” and then rest content. The story is told in these words in the book : *In 1769, at Annapolis, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ was produced by the New American Company, with Mrs. Osborne, the heavy tragedy actress, as the heroine. The curtain rang up at 6 p. M. in the ‘new’ playhouse. Gentlemen who desired to pay but 5 shillings sat, perforce, in_the pit or upper boxes; those who could afford 7 shillings 6 pence chose the more fashion- able lower boxes. ‘‘Some of the cheaper seats were not easy of access, if we may judge by this adver- tisement in the paper of theday: ‘Upper boxes are now preparing, the passage to which must be from the stage. It is there- fore hoped such gentlemen and ladies as choose to fix on these seats will come be- fore the play begins, as it is not possible they can be admitted after the curtain is drawn up.’ . “Asfor the cost of going to the theater in the New York playhouse at that time, that ran lower; gallery seats sold for two shillings each, pit s afs for four shillings and the boxes, of which there were ten, for five shillings. These prices, however, were apparently very moderate (whether they were New York shillings or sterling shil- lings) compared with the prices at the Philadelphia Theater in 1780, when fifteen dollars was charged for the admission of a child, twenty doilars for a gallery seat, thirty dollars for admission to the Ppit ana forty dollars for a box; but these latter vrices, it may be added, were in Conti- nental money!” | the pool-selling. | and though the collections from individuals | are small, numbers make up for the light con- | assertion is evidently true, as $500 & month to as has already been shown, is an injustice to the American system. Next to the last para- gnph is one which reads: “Tomy mind the est way to crush out this evil thoroughly is to SPECULATING AT RACES, How the Englishfimn, the French- man and the American Lose Their Money. pass a law making bookmaking in any shape or form illegal. That might seem too drastic a measure, but it would effect a radical cure.” Were it feasible to separate the English from the American and French systems and exclude “bookmaking in any shape or form,” there would be & “state of affairs” which would please me exceedingly—a better situation, in my opinion, for all concerned, excepting the “pencilers” and their employes. The French system alone is found to all that is needed in that country; that and the American ample for this. A majority, however, favor bookmak- ing; but when it is taken into consideration that, with the exception of obsolete statutes in & few States, there was no opposition to racing until the English plan of betting on races was adopted and very flule probability of adverse legislation, even its most ardent supporters must admit that the adoption was ill-timed and a great misfortune to racing and trotting. Iam willing to admit a decided set against many of the English inuovations, and it may be that this bias is nearly akin to prejudice. Be that as it may, there are millions who agree with me that English domination and diplomacy. which has resulted in England’s aggrandizement, to the serious detriment of this country, must be replaced by American systems, There is no doubt that a true American will take the place of the anglicized executive after the next Presidential election, and should such a thing again happen that an American Embassador vilifies his country in his speeches on foreign soil, the ax will fall ere the wire ceases to vibrate which brounght the intelli- gence. Not a recall. Popular jeeling so strong THREE SYSTEMS COMPARED. End of the De Lacy System in New York—A Comprehensive Review of Local and Foreign Methods. The following communication from an authority on the various local and Conti- nental systems of speculating on borse- races will undoubtedly be read with inter- est: Editor of Morning Call: Breeders, owners, trainers, in fact every one who has au_interest in California horses, mbst feel ibat The Cass is doing a vast amount of good for them by e battii 80 ¥i, B inst the downtown | under the pressure of American sentiment atlling so vigorously agel "% | that in imitation of the first great American betting-rooms. s Tn tondaasing the fight, howsves, Tk Gkis | {raitor the country he serves will be his future ation. is in error, though joint'y with other daily ; 5 papers of the country, in calling the places in | The American horse-world is under immense which the gambling is carried on “‘poolrooms.” | Obligations to the “mother country.” . The Not a pool i sold in any of them, and the | foundation and subsequent improvement of racehorses and fast trotters came from there. obloquy is, therefore, undeserved. & e distinet methods of wagering | With so few exceptions, that outside of late SR U B oars | importations from Australia and s couple on races: Pool-sclling, strictly American, . E ¢ though an Trishimen was the inventor and the | Fom France, there is no other blood in gur first to introduce it also from the ‘‘green isle | T&cehorses. Fast trotters are still more indebted of the ocean,” auction pools, the name given to | 1o English progenitors, the only one of any distinguisn jtfrom the French, which is termed | Bote Of other breeding being the imported mutual pools, and the English book-betting. | TTipolitan barb, Grand Bashayw. The last-uamed is by odds the oldest system | -American racing has been put on a more and may be said to date from the time when | POPular basis by the introduction, in late English racing became established. The book- | Years, of English methods, but these united maker—that is the man who lays against back. | Obligations do not compel the adoption of all ers of horses—is the main figure, ticket and | that1s English, good and bad indiscriminately. Sheet writers, cashier and others being subot- | While America obtained the foundation of her dinate. i world-famed fast trotters irom England, that is The auctfoneer is the active agent in auction | 811 the share of the glory that can be awarded. oolselling,with assistants to write tickets and | S0 far is England outclassed in the | Ecep the books. The French systém is mainly ( f8¢€ in which lightharness horses figure carried on by a machine, which registers the | that were the old-time “distance” of number of tickets sold on each horse anad also | 240 yards in -heats of four miles to porereesle. Eoiras Poichd 1o pae i, e eRELD O the Were auction pools the only system in vogue, English wonld be. behind. the flag - Ana. st full of the notion that whatever is English is *proper form,” “Anglomaniacs” in this coun- try strive to replace the “truly American’ ) ilatori horse, which has not a peer for all kinds of | has much wetght, and that dilatoriness would | J0mse, wijeh hasnot 8 peer for all kinds of be an etfectual estopper to the business which X ) ting is now the cause of 80 much opposition, and | f(:;';_}]‘lfl;wl;;ecsknga English and other foreign that so well deserved, that those who conduct | 2000, ZOTeen, aod, with them the short dock, it and receive large profits are its only sup- | Plu_ ’of e pa e § l}w, IH porters outside of their victims. place of the Ame n road wagon, in fact, a The time required to obtain & ticket from | the English notions, however absurd, howev the bookmaker is measured by the space neces- feg"fel"'" to the great body of the American sary to make one or two marks on & card and Pel lzm- Slxrred Wil Baly picudtond. being handie the money, and_tnat is done with such | , 1 a it ERne p . behind the times, in not encouraging all the expedition thata few seconds will constiute | peiiad the tmes fnmot encouraging el the the delay, unless there be a_crowd before the | ] Would-ha purchaser. Even in that case there | American methods. American customs and, is not a long wait, provided there is some push | especially, American horses. Short docks have | and energy in the buyer, o thata person who | Cértainly the sanction of antiguity. There is | yen, an old plate, “A View of a Horse Match at | | age, doubtful of doing business enough to pay therental. It is somewhat tedious, and this is the only objection that can be offered which ngs but & few minutes to spere can make the | 8 G w of a t fivestment. Withananctionser of the speedi- | Newmarket, between ey Windham and Bay est class there is quite a delay before mtebpoo“s ! &g:gg- Al;a‘;:'e_‘d”!ry‘m"t ‘go:;{lcor:lg‘, l,"::'al e closed, and then tlls purchaser may nOvRCEDlc | arerepretentaEWith very shost candal append. 10 Kou/S Lomsinana ac they | ages. Bay Bolton was foaled in 1705, %0 that foxy. The Suisiiesnancting Bad © (00 Vv (30 Ne8 o ihieginciic ' not fis o 20 to the English on this account, and also from | ! % thegmactico fs not far there being a greater profit to the racing asso- | ;::thfiezm‘t‘linu!x;clg gl:‘l]eneruul;;&unm:l ke S BOoa6ling is purely u commission business, | PIICKIng of the hairs. Three per cont 1o the mrevailing pereentage, | . Book betting is quite as ancient, and though TS0 DL Ce N o 6. pr S Dircenii&e | holding a stick by the ferule, and some others though 5 per cent has been the tax in Califor- | 2 . ok among the minor details of the horse show, are nia the past season, while it is a rare thing | JTRONE t1€ MUBOr detalls s il that the bookmaker h ss than 10 per cent toward l!he O Tl ath. B e the “best of the deal,” and frequently three ERtng meg:e JLETLE times that in his favor. Even odds, which are | . J0s. ¢ N. so manifestly against pettors, Go not deter | O8kland, December 16, 1895, them from wagering, & majority never think- ing of the hidden per centum, whereas the auction pools with the smaller commission in 9! ever, enables them to pay big sums for the privilege, and thus the revenue of associations are enlarged and owners of horses directly benfited by the increased amounts of purses and larger additions to stables. The difference between bookmaking and auction pools in the matter of revenue to asso- ciations can readily be understood by refer- ence to the receipts of the California State Agricultural Society. Preyvious to 1895 specu- lation on reces was restricted to pools—auction and mutuals, The returns from that in 1893 was $10,305 and in 1894 $8169. This was ob- tained through a return of 60 per cent of the gross receipts from the firm which conducted | Why No Japanese or Chinese Plants Are Now Imported to This City. Federal Officials Fear That Germs of Disease May Be Brought | In 1895 it was resolved to admit book-betting, Here. and for that and pool-selling a cash bid of $16,- 500 was secured, about doubling the receipts from that source. There are objections to bookmaking which are not met in auction pools, and 1o offset them an increase of money 1o offer in premiums. Downtown betting-rooms intensify objec- tionable features without compensation of any kind, unless the pecuniary advancement of those who conduct them is considered in that light To benefit a few the many are taxed, In past years at holiday time large quan- | tities of Japanese and Chinese plants have | been shipped from the Orient to this City, | and 1t was not infrequent that people in | decorating their homes mixed the lilies jand ferns of Japan and China with the | | holiy and fir of the colder climes. This | year they will take holly and fir straight, tributions. The facility for “getting on” small | for there are no imported Oriental plants sumns, which the locality affords, tempts those | in the San Francisco market, and there who can illy afford to lose, aud still worse to | o)) 110t be any this year. use money which does not belong to them. b What can be done with comparative secrecy, The reason for this is the prevalence of | “'hdefl'ns £t iho.anecontse Shere iy publiciiy | cholera in the Asiatic countries. Nearly and a minimnm rate which keeps out the very small iry and that could be enlarged to | 8ll of the plants that come across the the benefit of all, orl at least, those who have | Pacific are shipped in pots and in their & logitimate connection with racing and race- | native soil, It is well known that nothing W absorbs and holds the germs of disease, especially in an epidemic, ¢o much as the earth, and the microbe of cholera clings It is well known that the Wagner move was made to checkmate the enforcement of the El- to the earth longer than that of any other disease. lert ordinance. One of the leading men in the downtown rooms asserted that there was no | | When the cholera was at its height in { China and Japan the secretary of the danger of suppression now and that a high | license wath be acceptable, as it would re: strict the business so that it would be remu nerative notwithstanding the cost. The last Rureau of Agriculture of Washington neld | | considerable correspondence with the United States Ministers and Consuls in China and Japan, ana the result was that these officials decided to put a stop to the shipment of all plants to the United | States. This was accomplished by their refusing to sign a clean bill of heaith on all plauts, either in or out of soil. With- out a clean bill the steamship companies could not accept plants, well knowing | that the same would be destroyed imme- diately upon reaching tbis port. For the past two or three months plants bave not been shipped to this port from | the Orient, and there is no chance of there | being any for several months to come. By that time there will be no demand for nor | profit in that class of ornamental vegeta- i tion. It is only during the fall and winter that Oriental ferns, shrubs and bulb plants can be shipped here to any profit, because the hot weather is unfavorable to trans- portation, and it is only at this time of the season that there is any considerable demand. 5 The local dealers in Japanese notions and plants regard these restrictions as great hardships, as they count upon mak- ing good profits on plants during the holi- day season. 'he hardship falls the heaviest upon the local Chinese, who always make prepa- rations for their New Year and holidays several months in aavance. They import tons of lilies and other prized plants from their native land so, that the plants wili be in full bloom when their New Year holi- day opens. This year they must be satis- fied with the product of bulbs and potted plants carried over from last year. Usn- ally at this time of the year large quanti- ties of Chinese lilies can be seen in the Chinese quarter and in every Chinese washhouse, This year few if any can be seen, and they are all of last year's stock. ——————— FAILURE TO SUPPORT, W. F. Gove, an Architect of San Jose, in the Police Court. William F. Gove, an architect of San Jose, appeared before Judge Campbell yes- terday morning to answer a charge of fail- ure to provide for the support of his minor children. He was arrested last week at the instance of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children. His wife, who lives at 1310 Bryant street, informed the society that he had not contributed any- thing to the support of his two children for the past five years. One of the chil- dren had been placed in the orphan asylum at San Rafael and the other in a charitable institution in this City. Gove promised the Judge to pay $20a month into the hands of Secretary Me- Comb of the society, and, upon that under- standing and the first payment having been made, he was allowed to go. one attorney and & large sum paid to another to conduct the suit, with increased emolument for winning, was only a precautionary meas- ure, liable to fail in the purpose, while a | license would insure “solid” protection. Li- censed or unauthorized, downtown betting. rooms are sure to end in the passage of laws which will be an interdict to all racing. This | has been the result in Connecticut, New Jersey | and lilinois; hampered New York associations | to a degree that has nearly been a complete bar, and which in any other locality would | h;l\'c brought that and kindred interests to a close. The teachlngs of the past ere guides for the future, and it is an idle expectation that marks California an exception. It is an absolutely safe inference that downtown betting-rooms will eventually kill racing, and if there is no way out of the difficulty than that suggested by the Chief of Police in THE CALL of .\Fonds Y that too will end it, so that all the bright pr pects for the future are merely mirages, a vis. ion of splendor, a dream, gorgeous and re- splendent, to disappear in ¢louds. Fond hopes are dash'd— Like poppies spread, You seize the flower, the bloom is shed, Or like the snowfall in tne river, A moment white, then melts forever, Orlike the borealls race That flits ere vou can voint Its place, Or like the rainbow’s lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. The good sense of a majority of California people, however, will prevent such a consum- mution. The stakes are so large that the com- bined efforts of bigots and De Lacy disciples will be unable to gain a single victory, if even the smaller wing of the army has a “barrel” to employ attorneys and corrupt legislators. De Lacyism in New York is virtually vanquished. The suit in which De Lacy was plaintiff and defendant has opened the eyes of people who hitherto have fought on his side, and now the compact between 'Blifil and Black George Wwill no longer insure allies to give weight to the unholy alliance. Ingleside, as thoroughly uqnlpged and- as wellappointed a8 any racecourse in America, will soon have a partner in one equally as well adapted for the purpose of racing and equally As attractive in the Oakland course. Working in harmony, with no clashing of dates, the evils of continuous racing in_one locality are over- come and yet securing the benefits of the Cali- fornia climate for winter racing. Large as the expenditure has been and will be on these two magnificent racing grounds, the capital in- vested in other branches of or incidental to racing is far larger- Outside of what may be fermed racing and breeding interests, the Btate at large has a_stake so deeply interested that there is scarcely a business or pursuit that isnot benefited. The foremost State in.the Union in the line of breeding and rearing the highest type of horses is the acknowledgement of the world, at least the horse world, and assing over other advantages, far in the lead n all the requirements for successful racing in winter time. The plea has been made that Eastern h orses carry away the greater portion of purses and Eastern bettors the larger share of money won. This {s far from belni correct, and were there ‘‘space”” enough available and should a person take time to form a just estimate there is little hazard in stating that the balance would be on the other side and the money brought to California by those who attracted mainly by the winter racing and left here is at least five times the amount of that carried away. And now when stricter attention is_given to Chief Crowley’s remarks on the downtown | cember 7, Mayor Sutro announced, with | carefully. | | pisin view elicited a good deal of gambling. | EHULEHA IN THE EA TH { The large percentage of the bookmakers, how: | 1 rooms and their suppression,I am ready to #gree with him in one of his estimates. *he heading of the article or the first line of it in large caps is, “The Pool-selling Evil,’ ——————— A NEW violet toilet water. A bottle presented free to each purchaser in our perfumery de- and that | partment to-morrow. Sanborn, l.il&Cmy B SUTRO NAMES THE MEN, Fifty Citizens Selected to Fight the Pending Funding Bill. WHO WILL GO T0 WASHINGTON The Mayor Says That With Ten Thousand Dollars He Can Defeat Mr. Huntington. After ten days of arduous labor Mayor Sutro has named the committee of fifty, who, in behalf of the people of California, are to make the fight against the so-called funding bill now pending in Congress. Their names are: Charles Ashton. Joseph Britton, W. M. Bunker, James H. Barry, O, D. Baldwin, E. S. Barney, J. M. Bas- sett. L.’ Dodge, John T. Doyle, J. L. Davie, Mayor of Oakland; B. F. Dunham. L. R. Ellert. George K. Fitch, J. Richard Freud. George T. Gaden, Adam Grant. H. E. Hignton, on C. Hawks. J.C. Jens, William Jobns, J. C. Jordan. Joseph Leggett, Oscar Lewis. Stewart Menzies. Charles A. Murdock, M. McGlynn, P. Ros: tin, Albert Miller, James Madison, W. L. Me: seorge W. Monteith. Max Popver, E. A. Phelps. Taylor Rogers, John M. R olds. Charles A. Sumner, J. Scott, Charles M. Shortridge, F. J. Sullivan, Levi Strauss, . W. Thompson, L J. Truman Isaac Upham. \ A. A. Watkins, C. B. Williams. It will be remembered that at the mass- meeting held at Metropolitan Temple, De- the assurance born of experience, that it only required a little money and hearty co-operation on the part of the people to defeat Mr. Huntington and his assistants. Ten thousand dollars, he said, would do the work, provided no false steps were made. This money could not be raised by ordinary process, and he suggested that a committee of fifty be named, composed en- tirely of men of unquestioned anti-railroad feeling. The honor of seleciing this committee was conferred on Mr. Sutro, and it needs but a cursory glance at the names sub- mitted to show that he has done his work With the exception of Mayor Davie of Oakland, only local names are to be found on the entire list. A noticeable | feature of the committee, yet one that was necessary in the choice of a body of this is the utter lack of partisanship showi the selection. §epubucuns, Democrats and Populists find equal repre- sentation, so it cannot be said that the | fight is for any party. | With a desire to hasten the organization | and work of the committee Mayor Sutro | suggests that the formality of personal no- tification be done away ‘with, the names as published above being suflicient notice of appointment. These gentlemen are ex- pected to meet at the Mayor’s office, new | City Hall, on Friday next at 1 p.a. A | permanent organization will pe effected | and such other action taken as will assist | in the defeat of the funding bill, One of the chief matters to be consid- ered by the committee will be the appoint- ment of some astute person to goon to Washington for the purpose of keeping a personal eye on Mr. Huntington. Just who that person will be is, of course, | problematical, though there is'a prevalent ieeling that Mr. Sutro is best fitted for the | undertaking. The Mayor does not take | kindly to the proposition, though he does not by any means say he will not go if the committee should uranimously will it. | He thinks the paramount thing to do, however, is to raise $10,000. With that sum he says that the pending funding bill can be defeated. “Will I go to Washington if the com- | mittee desire it?” said Mr. Sutro, yester- day, in answer to the direct question. *Well, I hardly think so. In fact, there is no occasion for me to go, because I can do | more good right here at home. However, | the question of going to Washington is purely secondary. The main thing to do 18 to raise the necessary money with which | to tight the octopus, “With $10,000 I can defeat Huntington with all his millions, but there must not be any delay about beginning the battle. Itis for blood this time sure, and unless | Californians bestir themselves there is danger of the funding bill passing. I have recent advices from Washington to this effect, and that is one reason why a meet- ing of the committee is called for Friday. I trust not a single member will be absent, for time is the thing at present.”” | i | The Child Swallowed the Whisky. A three-year-old child, Oscar, son of Mat- thias Mattson, a sailor, of 31 Clarence place, died yesterday 6f what the doctors call acute alcoholism. Mrs. Mattson gave birth to a child Saturday, and it is also dead, so that there are two dead babies at the Mattson home. Little Oscar seized a pint bottle of whisky yesterday morning, whicii had not been placed out of his reach, and sup;o!ing it to be soda water drank the contents. It was at once seized with con- vulsions, which were followed by insensibility and death. NEW TO-DAY. 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