The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1V, 1896 v A DANGEROUS VENTURE, An Ocean Voyage Is to Be At tempted in a Twenty-Foot Scow. BOUND FOR SANTC DOMINGO. Frank Bornego Will Be the Master and Chiristien Nelson Will Be the Crew. One of st venturesome voyages I probably start from some time to-day. Bornego and Christien mpt to take what is prac- or less than a small Domingo, Lower e peculiar trude and front is that live to cross the bar. little s! ? | 10an would be three of three andahalt | | per cent bonds, with the list open for all | subscribers. a | investors by offers of this k San Francisco bankers fancy that the Germany and France tempt kind. bonds of the proposed 1ssue, bearing per ceut interest with thirty years to ru | will sell at a premium of twelve cents on | the dollar. “The chances are that the| | premium Wit go higher. The Govern-| | ment wiil not have the slightest difficulty in disposing of the bonds ata fair premiun will not be a great rush in San “rancisco to obtain the sceurities, but our pitalists are on_the rt, and the | | premium is not deemed excessive some heavy investments will follow S sl ! SUING FOR Possf:§slox. | The Blum Estate After Some Property | | Held by Judah Boas. | Isidor Blum, administrator of the estate | of Herman Blum, has commenced suit to | secure from Judah Boas and Flora Caro | possession of some real property on Bush | and Dupont streets and on Post and Stock- | ton streets. | On November 7, 1879, Herman Blum was | i indebted to J. W. Winter in the sum of | $2303. There w ount between the | two which reduced this amount, and | | finally Winter agreed to settle in full for | $500. Blum did not have the $300 ready | | so he borrowed it from Boas, and the | | property was transferred to Boas to secure | | payment. Boas was to hold the property, | | out of its earnings was to pay his own mand also a claim for $3000 held by | | | time for the opening race at Ingleside FAVORITES WERE BEATE. A Big Crowd and Lively Betting | on the Opening Day at Ingleside. THE GENILE SEX IN FORCE. Fair Lovers of Equine Sport Filied the Grand Stand—Pepper a Lone First Choice. | Long before the hour for the horses to | answer the bugle-call announcing post | track yesterday the grand stand was | crowded with agay throng, and the packed | betting ring was evidence that the new Pacific Coast Jockey Club is enjoying un- abated favor with the race-going public. The club was favored with delightful | weather for ils opening day and the track | resembled a pivce of velver. | The oceasion | also being “‘Ladies’ day,” the grand stand | | was filled to overflowing with fair race | lovers, and the air was murky with tips. An excellent orchestra lent additional gayety to the occasion by discoursing pop- J ular airs between races. | The racing was most enjoyable. There Wwas a noticeable absence of crowding and jostling, so frequent in races at the old track, the broad stretches and wide turns | | some rare puessiag in the o eliminatingall of these unpleasant features from the sport. The Jast race was marred by an accident, but the Iuckless rider fort- unately escaped with slight injury. A fenture of the day’s sport was the starting. Mr. Caldwell” was seen at his very best, and sent his fields away in rrand style, calling forth praise from all sides. The card looked an easy one to pick— oh, so easy—nothing but favorites. As the day wore on though how hard it got. The opening race developed a startling sur- prise, J. G. Brown & Co.s Wy sauntering in wit 4100 to 1 about him in the opening bev.tinF. With four favorites beaten and the talent in despair Pepper turned the tide of ii! luck by taking the last event of the day backeu down from 2 to 1 to evens. Lleven maiden three-year-olds furnished ning event— furlong open. Clara Wilson opened 4 t0 1 fuvorite, with Big C: ief a strong second choice. As post time drew nigh a sff play cut the odds against Mr. Reel from sixes to 11 to 5, giving him the call in the betting. As the race turned out he proved a small factor. Clara Wilson was the first to show after the flag fell, followed by Wyoming, who passed Red Pike, taking second place. This order was unchanged into Lhe stretch, but as the wire drew near, the outsider took the lead and won easily by a length. Pigue, poorly ridden by Isom, finished third. The winner was backed down from 100 to 20 and 30 to 1. The Corrigan entry, Kowalsky, was an 8 to 5 choice for the foilowing event, over seven furlongs, with nine starters. Per- haps and Unity were the ones principally backed of the outsiders. Perhaps cut out the running, leading into the streteh, with the favorite a close second. Cochran on Unity here let out alink and romped in the eaciest of winners, with the favorite in second position. Pittsburg Phil thought his horse Ed Kearney a “cinch’’ for the mile dash, and the crowd followed him. Sam Doggett had the mount and 3 to 5 was eagerly ac- | asi STHESCALL” "R ACING CHART. wenty-fifth Da; Track Fast. il Ing'eside Track, San Francisco, y of the Winter Me=ting of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Weather Fine. ‘Thursday, January ¢, 1896. THE TWENTY.FOOT ScOw GERTRUDE AND WHO WILL SAIL HER FROM HERE TO S [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] | | CAPTAIN FRANK BORNEGO, out ones s captain had ¥ s eye rip to Cocos Island the knowing wasa ebrained venture. The ions of buried treasures in d no attention to nt were told instead of find- g the sandhilis a watery grave. and the time reached the island, e treasu has not been found, h Cocos has been tunneled from its of the com age of the Gertr de is somewhat at of the Hayseed. Shealso w in the search for buried ire, bu nlike the Havseed, the rand his man know just where the precious met located. The little scow owned by the Ybarra Gold Mining Company 1to Domingo, and if she point be used asa : ines and the open n which the larger vessels v theconcern will anchor. ude is only 20 feet long and about 11 feet b She is squar e t the stern and is cutter- bow than she rigged. St and her master I he been solic ature forehol antity i and buoyant, h in ber that ght. In her ere is a considerable iron, and an attempt fternoon to put sevent These gs of nails aboard. her so deep in the water, however, that Captain Bornego came to | the conc better pa on that discretion was tle rt of valor, so he put them ashore little’ cabin is both galley, 1 cabin, and in it will be all the provisions and water. There is only roem for one man at atime to move around in it, so that it is lucky that either the n or mate will always be at watch on ae In tal t the trip yesterday Cap- | £ n when w “There is no danger to think of it. Every week in the year you bear of people being picked up at sea in open boats, and many a man owes his life to a raft of logs. Now they call the Gertrude ‘a box.’ “Very well I'll admit it just for the sake of argument. She is a perfectly water- tight box just the same and being well bal- lasted is perfectly safe. Our first stop will be at Ensenada and from there we will go to Santo Dom The Gertrude would have been sh.pped to the latter place had it not been for the fact that it is an open roadsted, and great dificulty would have been encountered in iaunching her. Once at Santo Domingo the Gertrude will run up and down the river between the mines and the coasting schooners that call there. If we have gnything like luck we will make the run down in about ten days and you can expect to hear from us at En- senada about the 21st inst.” The Gertrude has attracied a great deal of attention along the front and the chances are that when she sails there will be many bundreds of people to see her off. Captain Bornego says he will not takea tug, but will get away from the wharf un- der sail and make the best of his way down the coest unaided. READY 'TO INVEST. San Francisco Bankers on the Alert for United States Bonds of the New Issue. The leading banks and many of the rich men of San Francisco are holders of United States bonds, and it is certain that some of the thirty-year 4 per cents which the Gov- ernment now expects to issue will be taken by banking institutions of this City. A well-known banker, speaking on the topic yesterday, said : “The Hibernia Bank, which doesnot accept a deposit larger than $4000, has now §50,000,000in its keeping which belongs to depcsitors. This bank holds from five to ten millions of United States bonds. Now should a run atany time occur five millions of United States bonds could be sold atonce in New York and the amount of coin, calculating the premium, wounld be sufficient to meeta run of a year's duration. The depositors could stand in line fora great length of time before the clerks payingout coin on ordinary deposits couldlexhaust this sum.” William Alvord of the Bank of Calitor- ma remarked yesterday that this bank would, probably, take some of the new bonds. ?l‘he Bank of California bou some of the last issue, but did not make any money in the investruent, as a good round premium was paid. His judgment is to the effect that people with money looking for investment prefer to buy at par or a shade less than par. The idea of vaying a dollar and twelve cents for a dollar in bonds does not strike the masses as a popular measure. When the security offered can be bought for Y8 or 99 cents ople go down in their pockets and say- gs for the money to invest. A popular . 2 the San Francisco Savings Union, and then the property should be reconveyed to Blum. The claims were all satisfied in 1890, the ! plaintiff alleges, but still no accounting from Boas was forthcoming nor was the property retransferred. ©One-half of the | property had been conveyed to Flora Caro, | the plaintiff alleges, for the purpose of de- frauding the rightfu! owner, and all efforts to secure an accounting have proved in vain. He therefore asks that the convey- ance to Boas be treated as a mortgage, and that he be given possession as having sat- isfied the obligation. He also asks that Eoas be compelled to account and to pay to him all profits in excess of those neces- | sary to satisiy the claims agreed upon. The property is said to be worth $100,000. | WAS TEMPTED WD LOST. | Proprietor of the Hotel Langham Lays Money on a Horserace. | Frank Dwyer's Persuasive Tongue Made Him Break a Record of | Twenty-Six Years. | Jobn P. Gallagher, proprietor of thei Hotel Langham, at Mason and Eilis | streets, is nursing his wrath to keep it | | warm against Frank Dwyer, a well-known | | frequenter of the racetrack. | For twenty-six years he has steadfastly !set his face against gambling of every | ! description, but Dwyer’s persnasive tongue | bas at last made him fall from grace. | | Dwyer had been in the habit of dropping | into the Langham occasionally, and on | Tuesday morning he got talking to Galla- | gber about the races. | “My horse, Regan,” said Dwyer, “is a | | flier. Heis going to run in ore of the | | races to-day, and he is sure to win. Now, | Mr. Gallagher, if you would lay $100 on | | Regan it would be money in your pocke “No, sir,” said Gallagher, “you don't | | catch me betting on horseraces. Why, I haven't seen a horserace in tweut years, and I have never laid a bet ona | race, played cards, or gambled in any | | shape or form during that time, nor have | | I permitted it to be done in my house, and | | 1am not going to begin now.” | “That's all right,” replied Dwyer, ‘‘but | | you know it’s aifferent when you have & | sure thing. You give me $100 to bet and | | we will divide the winnings. Win or lose | you will get the $100 back from me.” |~ Gallagher, after more persuasive elo- | quence from Dwyer, yielded and gave the | 1850, Dwyer banded him a horseman’s| badge so that be could have access to the | —. | stables and saddling paddock, and together | | they went to the racetrack. Dwyer led | | Gallagher to one of the stables and showed | him three or four horses which he said be- | | longed to him, and pointed with pride to | Regan. “Pat him on the neck,” said | Dwyer, “he is as zentle as a lamb.” | Dwyer left Gallagber and told him be | would see him at the stable after the races were over and divide their winnings. Gal- ! lagher watched the races, and after the | | last one was run he waited for nearly an | hour for Dwyer, but no Dwyer appearad. | Yesterday he sent a sharp note to | Dwyer's house, and his wife called at the | hotel. She toli Gallagher that her hus- | band would call in the afternoon and a; range matters, but he did not keep his promise. | “I will make it interesting for Dwyer,” said Mr. Gallagher last night, “'if he "does not return to me that $50. 1don’t believe | he owns any horses.” ALMOST A ROBBERY. Radovich Makes the Acquaintance of a Pair of Foot- pads. About 8 o'clock last night L. Radovic}l of the firm of Radovich & Urhlandt, at present engaged as 2 mining engineer. was | attacked at the corner of Stockton and Pa- | cific streets by a couple of men evidently | looking for plunder.’ One of the men ad- dressed Mr, Radovich by name, offering to accompany him home.” Mr. Radovich de- clined the offer of the man’s company, and was about to proceed on his way when the | taller of the two men endeavored 10 ab- stract 2 gald watch and $25 which were in Mr. Radovich's vest pocket. Radovich shouted for the police, and passers-by ran to his assistance, and then the would-be robbers fied, one toward Chinatown and the other out Pacific street. L. NTO DOMINGO VIA ENSENADA. | RS | Index. | 5192, FIRST RACE—six ruriongs: maiden three. -yesr-olds; conditions; purse £400. Horse, welght. [ st.| 14 | 3 | 5 Fin. l Jookeys [ PeHIB £ ‘ i ._" 57 N ] 20 315 | 21 113! Macklin. .10 20 | k- 114 3 Doggett. . 532 5 61 | 613 3114 |8 8 | o1 | 3% i 10 50 515 | 851 | 5 6 11-5 ~ 11 | 718 | 6 10 30 5 415 | 4n” | 7 10 1 3 7h | 81 |1 8 5 8 569 ik ag nloaaety 9 “ 9 488 | Huntress | 81 \11 ey 0 1 100 501 | Bix Chier. | 101 (1035 |1 1 3 3 Perfec: start. Won easily. Winner, J. G. Brown’sb. c., by Pardee-Caprice. Time, 1:1614. 513, SECOND RACE—seven furlongs; selling; three-year-olds; purse $400. Jlo. Todex. | | 7 Bettng. index. | Horse, welght. | st] u | % [onerne (501) Unity. 3 1 484 | Kowaisky 32 | 214 85 22 12 4 42 ‘ 41y 15 61 | 7n 10 6n’ | 51 12 Th 86 12 9 2 %0 634 10 F At post 17 minutes. THIRD RACE—One mile; three-year-olds 51 and upward; conditions; penalties; allowances. « purse $400. Index.| Horse,age, weight. |St.| 3% | 35 | 3% | st | Fin ‘ Jockeys: | Bestiog: 504 WheelofFort'ned. 104/ 5 5 | 4h 2h | 115 | 13 Chorn... 3 7-2 4 Kearney, 5...111| 3| 815 | 83 | Sig | 34° | 25 |Dogeett 55 35 (451) Roma, 4 09| a| 237 | a5 | 487 | & ‘ 81 |r. 0 80 421 yo 8. ieel el g 5 | 5 415 | 43 4 487 |All Baba, 5 mif 1| asiel 28 | 114l 37 | 5 100 200 Wou easily. 50d_start. Index. | Horse,age, welght. |St.|Std. | 14 | 15 1 491 Burmah. 4 21250 1|31 | 314/ 8h 9 | The Lark, § 1970 51116l 17| 11 658" 510, 4h 2| 213! 235! 23 3157 18 85 16464 6 . [Capt Spencer, 4.2 8|7 (7" |7 | 0 1882 | Relampag ), 5 Good start. Won dri #Fell at first jump. | H1(, ¥IFTH RACE—One and a slxteenth miles: selling; three-year-olds and upward: purse $400. ming | ance, Bedford Index.| Tiorse,age,welght. [st|su.| 14 | 35 | % | st | Fin | Jockeys. tof'-“"ns-m 400 Pepper, 4. | 2|11 [319/4 | W. Martin. 485 G. B. Moy | 1]81 |71 |7 | Bergen. (408) Minnie Cee, 3 4i2h ({21513 287 | Leonville, 8 8 8 8 502 | Little Cripp | 61615 (5n |5 2| 425 Foremost, 4. 5171 1635 6 12| 445 Corlins, 4. ... 92 83/83% (11 1 | 462 |Belle of Stonewall, 4. 88| 7415 |4h |2 100 Good start. Won cleverly. Winner, P. Dunne's br. c., by Hindoo-Francesca, Time, 1:49, *¥ell three-sixteenths from home. THE “CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, Ingleside Track. In races where the horses have 1o record at th distance are given. Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair: H., heavy: m., e distance to be run the records at the next nearest mile; £., furlong; ¥, about. FIRST RACE: ve furlongs; selling; non-winners since October 1, 1895. T Best | . Index. Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. [Lbs Tk.| Owner. Pedigree. Geo Dickenson. {108/ | __ | F. Bodwell _______ Glen Dudloy-Jack Miner Mr Addie M 96/1:0185 |51 Willlams& fan-by Paisy Duffy Ida Sauer. 96 no re < ab) oe Hooker-Addie (" Neil Imp. Autonomy 105 ... 5 C. Burlingame -nator Stantord-Fiama Valparai: 102 'no rec. Rey Alfonso stable. Imp. Cheviot-Varona Idle Belle T C. Vanina.. Whit] Wildidler-by Billy Norfolk W arwick-Lady Middleton .. Prince Norfolk-Hardee . Emperor-Quandary l‘hu'hfll()b v Ben Wade Hooker-Luiu R fer All-Visalin oo . Cyelone-imp. Partisan Little Alp-Unknown Tl {Lbs rece est | Name. ord.| Dist. Owner. 1 Pedigree. Walier J Ida H.. arreit. .. Imp. Trade Wind-Daisy § Flambrau-imp. Petroleuse Imp. Kyrie Daly-Ex ract i1 o Rey-Heitie Hmphry Brown Fox-Trade Wind Ip. True Briton-Bix Bertha John : enry-Minnie Ip.Troe Briton-F.m *Jim Rrown-i roxim ‘Alio Mio-Constellation Imp. True Briton-Lillle S Ben Ali-Hidalga J. C. Humphre El Primero stable. R. Hughes. . B. Ward.. D. A. Honig. Lone siable M. Kerr THIRD RACE—One mile; selling. ] | Best | tndex.| Name. |nbe record.| Dist. |Lbs T! i i i Owner. | Pedigee. 981:41 1m Elmwood stock frm Imp. Brutus-Leda 3 1:0814 51g Fox. Imp. Trade Wind-Mistletoe \ arven, ine 438 Clartreuse I. a8 mp Zara burn-Enfilade der A'f-Attraction 14F.. « Anita stalie Grinstead-Clara D 1111/Fa’ | P. Duane. Hanover-Deceit FOURTH RAC! -Seven furlongs: purse. 1 | | Best | { | Index. | record.| Dist. |Lbs Tk. Owner. | Pedigree. 439 |C 1 7t 101 H. | E. Corrigan. Lonafel ow-Square Dance BCB Argentina 1:2045/ 6151 1103 F. Statie ano-Dolly L. 483 Perseus R : ambridze stable.. | :m. King Gallop-Nanka (494) Graiity 324 | Dare Dol & Vestchesterstable. Furondoie-<acistaciion G- B. Morrls & Co. | imp. Darebin-Trade Dollar FIFTH RACE—! T Best | R = Name. Lbs record.! Dist. |Lbs Tk. Owner, Pedigree. B2l 71 A. B. Spreckel Fellon ¢'irm- s 08 & Rox]" els.. Fellow e rm-Jnnie Bishaw (418) Podiga 478" Sir George... 511 Hiram Argo (498) Circe .. 507 Adam. 365 | May Ml arih: 879 |Glive 110 F..'{E. Corrigan. peror .o fik-Savanoh Hidalgo-Glen Ellen Elkton stabis. t imp. Kyrie Dal hite & Clarke. Joe Danieis-Miss Hooker In. Cheviot-Bessie Hooker ‘Inree Cheers-Betle ofLake & Rey Alfonso stal H. Taylior. Powhaitan-Cadiga L Ezen. Spendtiritt-lmp, Bleadiily |B. Schreiber. mp. Sax0u-C ais Lone stable. {imp. Fiiar Tuck-Jeasle C | Westcuester stable. | Pon hattan-Waliindoo B .iSco lander-Parid 8 .| Apaghe-Virgie IX T 1 iola -rs-lda O'Neil M. Vickwick-Henlopn o-Sister to Jim Douglas Powhatian-Fashionette mp. brutus-Beauty (mp.Midloth’n-H'laScratch aratana k fm Imp.Mtdiothian-LittleFlush Imp.Midiot: . Ironciad-Unknown | the rin; ] cepted. He proved the bitterest kind of a | disappointment. Apparently unable to | head Ali Baba, who cut out the pace to | the stretch, he finished a sorry second to | Wheel of Fortune, who won in aromp. The winner went to the post 18 to 5. The mile and a quarter handicap hurdle | race was a splendid contest. Eight crack | jumpers sported silk. So evenly had the weights been adjusted that there was no | pronounced choice, both Templemore and ! Tom Clarke going to the post at threes with The Lark third in demand. Esper. nd Burmeh were backed at | longer odds. The Lark was in front with | Templemore a close second nuntil nearing 15 very peaceably | A | | | | i the fifth jump, when Mara on Burman headed the bunch and won somewhat handily from The Lark, who lasted long enough to nose oui Clarke for the place. As good as12 to 1 was at one time obtained against the winner. The mile and a sixteenth selling affair, that wound up the day’s sport, was another pretty contest. Ransom and Kemus were scratched, leaving eight to face the issue. Pepper opened a 6 to 5 choice, but the coin was not forthcoming, and he receded to 2 to 1. Then a heavy plunger forced his | odds down to even nioney. Little Cripple | was well supported at twos, with Collins a fairly well played third choice. Littie Slaughter took the lead with Collins_after passing the stand, retaining it until the stretch was reached, when the favorite was slightly in front. When straightened away Collins was either bumped or stum- | bled, and feil, bringing Belle of Stonewsli, who was close up, down with him. Pepper then had clear sailing, and in a mild drive | won by a length from G. B. Morris in 1:49 flat. Minnie Cee finished in the show. | ErTSEE | Track and Paddock ITtems. | Wrestling matches have occurred with | the contestants astride a horse, but a pugilistic seance with the giadiators | mounted on fiery equine steeds is indeed | anovelty. Jockeys Garner and Macklin | indulged in a passage at arms during the ‘ finish of the second race, with the result l that the judges suspended Macklin, who | was the aggressor, indefinitely. Charmer, a bay mare, 5, by Wildidle- Turban, died at Ingleside track last week of catarrhal fever. Wheels n owadays are considered a mis- | fortune. But Joe Harvey, the man whose | wheel has brought him a fortune, won a | very_tidy sum over the victory of his raey | looking mare, Wheel of Fortune. | The well-known horseman, Frank Phil- | lips, had a $10 bet straight and place on Wyoming at odds of 50 and 20 to 1. Bookmaker Hugh Jones, who had been reading up the cuanges of the moon in an old almanac, also backed Wyoming in several books. “Jimmy" Coffey, the jockey, has pur- chased oi Mr. Hamilton the bay horse Zo- bair, 5, by St. Suviour-Nighthawk. Ths | reported price paid is $700. elamp go made a pirouette leap over | the first jump in the hurdle race, and irns went sprawling on the ground. He caped injury. ! ‘When the odds against Pepper reached the top notch, 2to 1, Charley Hughes of- | fered to bet Leo Maver $1000, and then the rubbing began. Tt did not stop undil | even money was the prevailing price. Riley Grannan was shuffling a tall stack | of twenties previous to the second race. ‘I'he stack was somewhat diminished after | Perhaps had finished third. | Pittsbure Phil bet over $2000 on his horse, | Ed Kearney, and sighed pecause there were not more bookmakers in the ring that he might bet more. Neil and Coney as usual had a good big vet down on Perhaps. The game little | brown gelding was outfooted through the stretch, finishing third, As Al Coney | razed wistfully at a number of tickets he held, and thought what m:ght have been, | he remarked to a friend, **Well, pally, | there’s nothin’ doin’.” The wind will not cut up didos with the | scales at Ingleside and weigh one boy light | and another heavy. As a precaution, a | glass case has been placed over the balarce | adjuster, with a lock attachment, the key to which is held by the clerk of the scales. George Cochran has the erratic Duke of Milpitas in training at the ocean beach, | and will shortly start him over the jumps. The Duke goes along hitched to a cart. George Van Gorden’s mare Playful has | been fired. Walt Vivell has & two-year-old out at his ocean-beach headquarters by imp. | Idalium, dam Aunnie Lewis, that is said to outlook any youngster 1n_this region. The Australian horse is certain to prove a | great sire. The following firms were laying odds 1n g vesterday : Kingsiey & Co., George | Rose, Eckert & Co., Hughes & Co., Davis & Shepherd, Stuyvesant Clab, St. Nicholas Club, Doyle & Co., Pacific Club, Oscar Bachman, J. C. Humphrey, H. L. Jones & Co., J. P. Atkin, C. W. Emerson, River- | side Club and Wallace & Co. Leo Mayer | cut in under the name of the Riverside | Club. Two fieid books attended to the | wants of the smaller betters. Little Slaughter, Barney Schreiber’s | lightweight, who rode Collins, luckily | escaped from his bad fall with nothing | more than a_broken collarbone. The in- | jured ricer claims that Martin, on Pepper, intentionally fouled him, knocking his | horse off his stride and causing the acci- | dent. The matter has been laid betore ! the judges and will receive a thorough sifting. MecIntyre, who had the mount | on Belle of Stonewell escaped withcut in- jury. | BETTER STREET LIGHTS. The Merchants' Association Istimate | the Cost of Electric Lamps for Downtown Thoroughfares. ! At the regular monthly meeting of the | board of directors of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation last evening the question of street | sprinkiing was again brought up. The association will request of the Supervisors | that the experiment be made of sprinkling | the business thoroughfares. The associa- tion offers to make this experiment with. | out charge to the City. | A communication was read from the | River Improvement Association, and was | referred to the committee on publicity | and promotion, which will represent the | association in a joint meeting with the other body to be held in the Chamber of Commerce on January 15. H. D. Keil was appointed chairman of the committee. communication also was read from the Van Ness-avenue hnrmvenwm Club, Tequesting co-operation for the widening of Lombard street into a boulevard. The matter was referred to the commit- tee on public_affairs, under the chairman- ship of A. 8. Baldwin. The committee | was instructed to co-operate in the fur- therance of the undertaking with the San Francisco Driving Association. A resolution was adopted petitioning the Board of Heaith to retsin Superintendent | Weaver in his office. The committee of public affairs w! submit for the consideration of the Sune visors a plan for the improvement of street lighting. Estimates are prepared for the lighting by electricity instead of by gas of Market street, from the ferries to Seventh street, of Stockton to Bush, Grant avenue to Bush, Kearny to California and Montgom- ery to California. Itis proposed to substitute forty-eicht electric lamps on Market street and seven- teen on the other streets, the cost of which at the current rates for electric li-hting will be §20 per night in excess of | the cost of gas. The board of di tors will represent to the Supervisors that the streets are not weli lighted | and that some action should be taken for improvement in this matter as | s0on as the present contract with the gas companies expires. This will be in seven months. The following new members were electe: Payot, Uptiam & Co., Heury Steil, Cook’s Decorating Company, G. N. Knowles. —_———————— A £10 Blaze. An slarm was turped in through box 175 yesterday aiternoon st 2:15 o'clock fora fire in an unoccupied frame dwelling-house at 1013 Hayes street. The carcless handling of matcnes by children started the blaze. The 03 GreTom | Gamage to. the building wikl smount io about THE POOLROOMS BEATEN. Ed Corrigan’s Move More Success- ful Than All the Machinery of the Courts. |DOOM OF THE BUCKET-SHOPS. The Ingleside Track Managers Lease the Only Wire and Thus Prevent the Results Being Known. The downtown poolrooms were gopen yesterday, but they did no business. The | action taken by Director Corrigan of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club has done more than the police and the courts have during the past six weeks in trying to break up | those objestionable institutions. | It is an earnest fad with Mr. Corrigan to prevent betting on ‘‘foreign” books. He has | always advocated that no man could pos- sibly be given a fair chance for his money if he wagered it at any place but n_:e one where the race took place. He is not radical in this idea, but he explains while a man may get ‘‘a square deal” upon some races, many of the races are finished | many minutes and the results known miles awav from the track by the ‘‘for- eign” pool-sellers before the bets are| placed, and these “foreign” pool-sellers or bookmakers who already know the result then accept or ref money offered them as wagers, according to whether the bettor is placing his money right or wrong. This_is caleulated to injure racing, and it is the aim of the Pacitic Jockey Club to elevate the sport—make it what it should be, a clean and exciting amusement for the public, not a means for irresponsi- ble agents to fleece the public. When the Pacitic Coast Jockey Club gave its mnaugural meeting about a month ago, it refused to allow a score or more of gamblers to o books at the track. They were an undesirable element and were | calculated to bring racing to the level of a | purely gambling Monaco. These men opened rooms downtown and asked that they be allowed to have a wire from the track_to their downtown rooms. The association refused the permission, and for a time the gamblers were inaquandary as to how they would get returas to be announced in their rooms. They found a way. The Western Union had a wire from the track for ordinary mews purposes, to give Eastern and local newspapers neces- sary information. It was not a private wire, hence any- body at the track was enabied to send any message presented. Therefore, while the asscciation frowned upon private wires direct to poolrooms, the proprietors of the latter institutions could dicker with the telegraph company to rewire to them from their downtown office any message sent from the track. This was kept. quite secret for a time, and to throw a veil of mystery over the proceedings, the pool men claimed that the news of the races was first wired from the track to Stockton, and from there sent here. Of course, this was untrue. The Jockey Club has had a couple of weeks to think the mutter over, and they hit upon the right method to do away with the poolrooms. They simply leased the only line from the track, and the Western Union is no longer in a position to accommodate their erstwhile poolroom | customers. | The result of this new move was ap- parent yesterday. The poolrooms on Ellis street and in “Pauper’” alley were unable to do business. They were left in the dark as to the odds which were being laid at the track, but they made odds of their own on all the horses, including those that were scratched at the track. This caused contusion. Worse than that, the winner of the first race was not known downtown until after the third race was | run. To fully understand what a hardship thisis to the poolmen, it must be ex- plained that the men who invest their halves and dollars in the downtown houses Lave but little wealtn, and they depend largely on their chance of win- ning in the first investment, so as to place their capital in subsequent races. Re- ceiving no returns, then, from the first race, until the last one is run cripples them financially and causes them to wait penniless and inactive during most of the day, when they were wont to do business. To givea veneer of legitimacy to their business the poolmen yesterday stated and stamped upon the tickets they sold that: “Commissions are placed in San Jose.” This is as big a fraud asthe former claim that the money was placed in Stockton. But they had to make some effort to pro- tect themselves in the claim that they are doing a commission business, and that all moneys placed with them are laid at the track or in some city where betting on horseraces is not prohibited. 3 Jerry Driscoll, t e‘}molseller, ‘was vester- day convicted by Judge Joachimsen of violating the pool ordinance, and was sen- tenced to pay a fine of §200 or be impris- oned in the County Jail for 180 da: The defendant’s attorney gave notice of ap- peal and paid into court $300 as bail money. A jury had been summoned for 2 o’clock to try the case of Gilbert Blodes, proprie- tor of the poolrooms frequented by women, but as Blodes signified his intention of waiving a jury the venire was discharged and the case set for trial to-morrow. CLARKE TESTIFIES. The Wounded Cashler Tells His Story of the Ingleside Rob- | bery. | Reuben Clarke, cashier of the bar at the Ingleside track, who was robbed of the Christmas day receipts, gave his testimony last night before Judge Low. It will be | remembered that the witness was shot in his left foot before he le: go of the pouch containing the money, and since then he has been at a private hospital on Eddy street nnder treatment for his injuries. Clarke said that the car upon whu was returning to town was stopped a tall man, whose face was covered with a musk, Ina A:torn a description the general appesrance of the def: Gardner. 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