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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUBSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1896 11 guisition was in Catholic Spain there were tri- bunals infinitely worse in Protestant England. Moreover we have a fair test of the relative sruelty of Protestant and Catholic persecu- tion for religion by compariug the doings of the Inquisition with the doings of Elizabeth— Good Queen Bess. Taking the number of ex- ecutions by the ln%uishiun during that reign for all causes we find they amount to 1700. Now we know that in England over 14,000 English priests alone perished during the reign of that virgin tyrant. Two hundred died on the scaffold and 1200 were shot down like carrion crows, while no one knows how many perished in the filthy prisons into which they were plunged. This calculation does not take into_account the laymen and women who suffered the extreme penalty for their falth. Indeed, if we had a qompléte record of all the Catholics put to death during thatone reign, even Llorente’s figures would pale into insignificance. might add that, while we have noton record 8 single expression of reproof from a Protestant ecclesiastic against the proceedings of Eliza- beth, we have on record the protests of Popes against the cruelties of the Inquisition. Lecky himself, who is not our friend, distinctly says in a sentence, half of which Dr. Wendte characteristically suppresses, bears testimony 1o the intervention of the Popes: “One or twb Popes endesyored to moderate its severities, and reproved the excesses of Torquemada in language that is not without something of evangelieal milaness.” Again, though Erasmus, according to Lecky, endeavored to assuage persecution, though Alphouso di Castro’s protest stayed the hand reign of Mary, Lecky is able “Among_the Protestants it may, I be- e safely affirmed that there was no ex- of the consistent advocacy or practice of toleration in the sixteenth century that was not virulentiy and generally denounced by all sections of the clergy. 2. The Huguenots. Dr. Wendte produces the Huguenots and the massacre of St. Bartholo- mew to keep company with the Inquisition. Dr. Wendie, hovever, s careful not to say that the uguenots inflic 85 much pers i ever they recelved. e e Catholic majority was disposed to granf toleration, but &s Mr. Buckle remarks of thony the Huguenots “were not content to exercise their own religion unless they counld also trouble the religion of the others.”” And in another place he remarks, “Whatever may be the popular notion Iespecting the necessary intolerance of the Catholics, it is an indisputa- ble fact that, early in the seventeenth cen. tury, they displayed in France & spirit of for- bearance and Christian charity to which the Protestants could make no pretense.” During the ten years betore the massacre of g;.r]e!;r‘holomew the Catholics had been mur- of in cold blood and with circumstances deliberate cruelty at Orieans, Le Mans, es, Tours, Bayeux, Angers, Bourges, Macon, La Rochelle, Grenoble, Poi- i d many otfiex towns. Nimes on Michaelmas day, 1567, the suenpu led out their victims fyrom the Ho- ¢l Ville one by one, cut their throats and cast their bodies into a deep well. _1donot offer these facts as an excuse for St. }Ar(hol?mew s day, but as a proof that Dr, Wendte’s ancestors were not the injured inno- cents some would have them to be. r. Wendte speaks of & Popeas giving thanks for the massacre. Itistrue that the Pope did give thanks, but it is just as true that the real ature of the massacre was withheld from him. He was given a version of the tragedy, which led bim to believe that the Huguenots haa been detected in a treacherous design on the French Kingand had been defeated. H te This version was behieved by Philip of § and Elizabeth of England. We need ot or der that it was believed by Gregory XIIT. It was for the preservation of the French King and not for the massacre of the Hugueno that he gave public thanks. iyt scs. Having now offset the Inquisi- England and th¢ Huguenot with Huguenot we can pile the Duteh and the Al- genses together and set them against Ire- i, and Dutch and Albigenses together will kick'the beam. Moreover, we have left still otland, Scandinavia, Denmark, the English olonies and Geneva to put over against any new Catuolic atrocities which Dr. Wendte may discover. I think that the unprejudiced histo- rian will find that though the denominations have only a history of 300 vears they have succeeded in spilling more blood in that pe- riod than the Catholic church throughout all ner existence. (f) MARYLAND. Dr. Wendte tries to make it out that the Cath- olics of Maryland were compelled to grant toleration through necessity, not through choice. If this hypothesis be true, why was not the condition insisted on in the grant? The grant was the largest and most liberal ever given to any colony, and the propriecor had full liberty :xo exciude all but Catholics if he wished to 0 so. _Dr. Wendte cannot argue against a fact. The first example of toleration on these shores was given by Catholics, and no Catholic either then or since protested against it. (9) ECUADOR. Dr. Wendte produces what he the concordat of 1863 with Ecuador. Until he gives his authority for the sauthentic- ity of that document I decline to consider it. I'have had too many bogus bulls and papal documents palmed off on_me in this contro- versy. I cannot ressonably admit this new specimen until Dr. Wendte authenticates it. 3. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS. Dr. Wendte sa1d the Pobes were opposea to treedom of speech and of the press. I answered that the condemnations which he quoted were directed against precisely that license of speaking or printing against which our own eonstitution provides by libel and slanger suits and by the suppression of im- moral books. D:. Wendte replied, *‘T am & very busy man.” 4. THE JESUITS. Dr. Wendte speaks of the expulsion of the Jesuits from several countries for thelr politi- cal intrigues. Dr. Wendte is rapldly learning the terminology of the A. P. A." Iassert now, and 1 am_pre d to prove it, that in every case the Jesufts have been expelled, they have been expelled in defiance of the princi- 5&9! of justice and liberty. Theenemies of the esuits in every land have been the enemies of society and constitutional freedom. 5. CATHOLICS AND REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS. Dr. Wendte says that Catholicism favors monarchy and Protestantism republicanism. 1f this is 50, how is it thatevery Catholic coun- try on this continent is s republic? How is it that the great Catholic nation of France is a republic? Why is not England, or Prussia, or Norwsy or Sweden & republic? The fact is, end history proves it, that_the triumph of Protestantism meaut everywhere and always the triumph of despotism. 6, CATHOLIC LEARNING AND PROTESTANT SCHOL- calls ARSHIP. Dr. Wendte has expressed the opinion that we Catholics are but poor, ignorant dolts and that the brains of the chureh have been Prot- estant converts. The only reply that T will make to that asser- tion is to quote agsinst Dr. Wendte one of the converts he mentions, Brownson. He says: “I have as a Catholic felt and enjoyed a mental freedom which I never conceived pos- sible while I was a non-Catholic.” (Vol. b, p. 185. “I haveknown I and well the Protestant clergy in the United States,and I am by no means disposed to underrate their abilities or their learning and science, and n.nhouqh 1 th the present generation of ministers ialls far petanr i predecessors, I esteem highly the contributions they have made and are making to the literature and science of our common country; but our Catholic clergy, below in many respects what for various reasons they should be, can compare more than favorably with mefi 1n the correct and classic use of the Englis nguage. "%moy surpass them as a body, in logical training, in theological seience,in thefaccuracy and, not untrequently, in the ‘extent of thoir erudition. Indeed, I have found smong Catholics & higher tone of thought, morals, manners and society than I heave ever found, with fair opportunities, among my non-Catho- lic countrymen, and taking the Catholie popu- lation of the country even as it actually is, under all its disadvantages, there is nothing in it that need male the most cultivated and refined man of letters or of society biush to avow himsels a Catbolic. (Ib. p. 188). Camfglre an Irish or Spanish peasant with an English or German peasant, the learned Benedictines of St. Maur or' the Bollandists With your most erudite scholars or critics, or the great medieval doctors with your most 1auded Protestant theologians, the’ difference in mental lucidity, acutenessand strength is So_great as to render all comparison almost ridiculous.” (Vol. 8, s Such 1s Brownson’s answer to Dr. Wendte. PERSONALITIES. I assure you, Mr. Editor, that I consider it & Jraste of valudble spuce o spend time in mere personalities. As far as possible I have tried to keep my private affairs out of this discus- sion. I have not produced my cook and m{ tailor as authorities in theology, nor have troubled the public with a catalogue of my Protestent friends. 1 have not been so im- pertinent as to hint that Dr. Wendte is a late convert to Unitarianism, I have not paraded rivate letters to strengihen my argument, I ave not suggested that my opponent entered this cantroversy through base or unworthy motives. All'these things Dr. Wendte has done while proclaiming his superiority to me as a Chris- tian and as a gentleman. Ii therefore I do waste some of your vajuabie space in discnss- ing personalities to-day. Mr. Editor, I claim that I am but following the example of one who in his oft-expressed opinion is & model of manners controversial. In the first place, therefore allow me fo re- sent the imputation which Dr. Wendte would sten on me that] am a hater of Protestants. Idonot think that anything which I have I said or written would lay me open to that charge. In all this discussion I have not spoken of the great Protestant community ex- cept to ?B“l 1o its sense of justice against the tactics of Dr. Wendte. I have not beslavered Protestants with com- liments as Dr. Wendte has beslavered Catho- ics. My silence was sincere. Dr. Wendte's effusiven i If I accused Amer- B yanze would the be taken from the calumny because I said stin, Ibelieve that Protestants are truly loyal? If Taccused Dr. Wendte's caste of unfairness, ery and the suppression ot truth would I e ‘amends by calling Dr. Wendte manly? If I called the members of the Protestant churches 1gnorant would I undo the effeet of my charge by saying I am scquainted with some very estimable Protestants? No, Dr. Wendte, I have said nothing in praise of Pro- testants because I have said nothing in blame of Protestants. Ihave not patted them on the shoulder with one hand nor picked their pocket with the other. My contention has been with you and with your authorities. When I said certain tactics were dishonest I meant your tactics. When I said quotations were garbled I meant that you garbled them. When I said that Protestant scholarship was a humbug I meant your scholarship, and when I spoke of erassand supine jgnorance conceraing Catholic doc- trine I meant the crassand supine ignorance of which you gave evidence. If this controversy is to descend to person- alities let it be understood here and now that there are only two persons concerned in it— you and I. Ido notintend to be placed in the unenviable position of making war on Protes- tants. All through this controversy I have acted on the defensive. You came into the controversy of your own free will. What were the motives which animated .you it is not for me tosay. How you retire from it isnot my part to describe. But I cannot allow you to wrap yourself in Cewsar’s mantle and point to the envious rents as the reason for which you retire. You retire as you came in, your own master, and I protest against the high-handed impudence which would place in my manners the reason for retiring from the field. Let me say right here, Dr. Wendte, that there is no reason in the wide world for recognizing you as an advocate of Protestantism. If I re- member aright some years ago the Protestant ministers of Oakland denied your claim to the title of Christian and refused to aliow you to participate in their Monday meetings. That you lost anything by your exclusion from that weekly rendition of Mother Goose’s melodies 1 do not believe. It is true that since this con- for; m. troversy broke out they have asked you back. T would bave thought more of you if you had It does not said nothing sbout the invitation. prove that they recognize you as a_Protestant or a champion of Protesiantism, but proves that they think that any stick is good enough to beat & yellow dog. : Let me here resent another invidious dis- tinction which Dr. Wendte would inflict upon me. He insistson singling me out from my brother priests and calling me & good and loyal citizen, as though other priests were not as good citizens and as loyal. Allow me toin- form Dr. Wendte that I repudiate his enco- miums. My honor is the honor of my brethren, and what insults’ them insujts me. When he sneers at them as the humble vassals of Rome he sneers at me. the grace of God Iam & member of the Catholic clergy. Idisown any attentpt to make me an exception to them. If 1am in any way loyal, they areé far more 10;.&1. IfI am a good citizen they are far better. They epend themselves and are spent in ministering to the needs of the poor, and it sounds well for the chaplain of Dives to snarl at those w?o bind up the sores ot Lazarus. The loyalty of Catholic priests is not hall- marked by the utterances of the ministry of a sect which ministry has never shown that it was more loyal or more devoted than the clergy of any other sect. The loyalty of Catholic priests is witnessed not only by words but by deeds. Their patriotism is told in the lives of John Carroll end of John Hughes. Their allegiance was manifested in the Civil War before 1 was born and their devotion is marked by the marple shafts under which lie the priests who fell beneath the yellow fever or the small pox, as the sentinel falls at his post, as the captain goes down with his ship, as the shepherd who is not a hireling, whose own the sheep are, knows that greater love than this no man hath that he lay down his life for his friend. And now I bring this long letter to a close. Dr. Wendte may make as many farewell ap- pearances as a prima donna, and if he produces anything new I luF‘pose T shall have the liberty of answering it. I regret that the con- troversy does not end as it began; but Dr. Wendte is responsible. He has charged the Catholic community with & crime which they repudiate, and, though their innocence has been proven clear as light, he prefers to claim a barren controversial victory to their good name. Yours truly, P. C. YORKE. A GREAT DAYS BACING The Most Successful “Ladies’ Day” of ‘the Meeting at Ingleside. THE STARTING-GATE POPULAR. Red Glen Beat Ed Kearnéy a Nose in the Most Exciting Finish of . the Day. Car after car rolled up to the entrance of the Ingleside track yesterday loaded down with passengers. The delightful weather drew the fair sex out in vast numbers. The Australian starting machine was a novelty. The poolrooms are on the brink of starvation, and these two features helved to swell the numbers of the male portion of the assemblage. The pro- gramme was an excellent one, snd alto- gether it was without question the most successful of the ladies’ days inaugurated by the management of the new track. The fair plungers in the grand stand indulged in some fierce wagering, and the hapless man that strolled into the grand stand without being the possessor of a tip soon found himself isolated. The outsiders in the betting all received more or less support, but the expected long shot failed to materialize, favorites and seconds and third choices baving it their own way. ¢ There were two or three nasty spills in the hurdle race, but the riders luckily es- caped without seriousinjury. The Australian starting-gate was used to dispatch two of the fields. The first at- tempt resulted in a very pretty.start, but at the second trial, in the last race, Nephew managed to carry the webbing away with him, not, however, spoiling the start, which was a good one. hen the jockeys become more accustomed to the new device there is no doubt of its success. - The opening mile dash, with seven starters, saw Gratify go to the post a hot 7 to 10 favorite. He ran in second posi- tion until the stretch was reached, when he drew away and won easily by three lengths from Oakland. Pecksniff once more finished in the show. The next event, a six-furlong spin, was a_ very lively and open-betting affair. Hermanita tinally closed a slight favorite over imp. Fullerton Lass, going to the post 13 to 5. Audimere and Myrtle H made most of the running until nesring the stretch. Monitor there took the lea and in a drive beat the 60 to 1 shot, Hunts- man, out half a length. Poorly ridden by Martin, the favorite was a close third, 1 The third event on the card was alsoa six-furlong run. he Corrigan entry, Kowalsky, with Tod Sloan up, ruled a 4 to 5 favorite, and, always out in front, won easily at the end by two lengths from Pique. Minnie Cee was a good third. '?here was the hottest kind of a tip out on the Corrigan jumper Contentment to win the mile and a quarter hurdle event, and a world of coin went into the books on him at2to1and 9 to 5. There were nine starters in the affairand the field presented a very pretty sight. While making rapid strides toward the front tbe first choice, who was ridden by Andy Biakeley, fell tak- ing the fourth jump. Arctic, who had been in the lead from the jump, won clev- erly by a head from Arundel. The winner was as good as 7 to 1 in the betting. A seven-furlong condition race allowed Bellicoso to get in at ninety-seven pounds, and the half brother to Crescendo was & warm 13 to 20 chance around post time. Racing out in the lead, under restraint must of the way, he won romping from the 9 to 5 second choice Logan, who did not fare as well as the winner av filag-fall. Thelma at 20 to 1 was a creditable third. e e “THE CALL” R ACING CHART. ley-mn’d Day_of the Pacific Coast Jockey Ciub. side Track, SanFrancisco ,Wednesday, Febru: Weather Fine. ary 12, 1896. Track Fast. Ingle= 8] , FIBST RACE—One mlle; selling; three-year-olds and upward; purse $400. Index.| Horse,age, weight. |8t | 14 | 14 1 % l s | Fio Jockeys. | Betting, 676 |Gratity, 3 2| an i—‘z £YE O 676 |Oaklan il em |7 82 | 65 662 | Pecksniff, b....... 6| 4 314 [ 38 | 81 659 | DuchesMilpitas,d. 5| 64 | 54 | 58 | 53 674 |Brameta, 3.. ¥ aslanfiegilas 671 | Dungarvan | 8| 31 | a8 | 43 | 434 678 [Daylight, 8 begil 63 | 7 7 Bad start. Won easily. Winner, Westchester stable's ch. g, by . Time, 1:48. (82, SECOND RACE—Six furlongs; selling; purse $400. Index. | Horse, age, weight. | St.| 14 1% 3% str. | Fin. | Jockeys. ugemfl%‘ ! 3 . %-‘1; ;a!lonnor. 3. 4 414 g}/’ 8-2 untsman, 2 30 638 | Hermanita, 4 71| &X 135 Auatmere, 3. ih | 1n 15 93 | 94 4 { 81 | 21 20 577 (Fieet, b.. 5n | 84 10 653 | Foxhall, & 10 {10 | 92 660 |1ke L, 4... 81 | 815 {10 | |Mackiin. 12 662 |Hiram Argo, 6h | 73 | 7 | J. Chorn 4 8 Good stast. Won driving. Wianer, California 1:1614. $R3, THIED BACE -Six furlongs; selling: three-year-olds and up; conditions; purse $400. Inaex.l Horse, age, weight. | Betting. Op. CL 664 | 669 664 658 848 | 650 |Meadow Lark, 4. (874) | Claude Hill, 3. vaisky, 3 85 710 7 162 5 9 4 7 15 9 8 10 7 40 Good start. Won bandily. 1:15. Winner, E. Corrigan’s br. ¢, by Isaac Murphy-Derochment. Time, FOURTH RACE—One and a quarter miles: + ward: purse 3400. 684 ; over five hurdles; selling; four-year-olds and up- Index.‘ Morse, age, weight. | St. Jockeys. ‘onf"""&'. 663 | Arctic, 5. 3 Madden 5 [ 666 | Arundel.'5. 1 Cuday. 7 € 844 |Zaragoza, 6. 1| Swifs 20 30 655 |Templemore, 6 | Boy: 752 165 655 |Esperance, 5. 8 | 3. Dwens. {12 “20 571 |Capt. Spencer, 5 Higgins 130 50 ....... |Contentment,'s \137| 2 | Blakeley 2.2 95 655 | McGovern, 4. 8 9 | MeCartne; 60 150 584 |Amigo,n... . | E. Finn 30 60 ... | ATgenta, a. i 213, Ezell 4 15 Good start. Won dr ving. minutes. Time, 2:2014. *Fell at first jump. **Fell Winner, Welcome stable's br. h., by Robson-Greenleaf. At post 12 1 at second jump. *#*kell at fourth jump. FIFTH RACE—Seven furlong = hree-year-olds and upward; conditions; allowances; penal 685. fea: purse $400. 5 arry Index.| Horse, age, weight. | 8. 14 1%, | % | str | Pin Jockeys. | Betting, (672) | Belllcoso, 4 TiEs [F18 | 18, | 3¢ 11390 6’ 4! 510 3h 21 23 2 85 6| 435 | 41 44 32 4 15 | 21 2% | 2 13 3h 46 8 25 3| 37" | 540 | 530 | 580 2 80 8l & 6 6.8 50 300 Good start. -Won easily. Winner, Pueblo stable’s b. c., by Peel-imp. Janet N. Time, 1:3814. 686 SIXTH RACE—One mile; selling; three-yes ar-olds and upward; purse $400. Inaex.{ Horse, age, weight. |St. | 14 % 3% ste. | Fin Jockeys. [Og“”m& (659) | Red Glenn, 5. sn | 21 | 2n | 1 52 3 (670) |Ed Kearney, 18 AT eantie Mo 2 i 33 4.8 ns 7 7. 7 7 130 30 Poor start. Won driving. Winner, Cambridge stable’s b. g., by Glen Elen-Red Girl. Time, 1:4214. A STAGE CAREER. Dr. William P. Sprague Is to Act With Louis James’ Company. Dr. William Pardee Sprague, a well- known physician, has been an elocutionist for a long time, and in a short time will become an actor. He has secured an en- gagement with the Louis James company. Dr. Sprague is a son of Homer B. Sprague, who came to California to pro- mote the advancement of Mills College as an educational institution, but afterward came to San Francisco. Professor Sémxgue is a. Shakespearean annotator, and his son has a right to bea Shakespearean impersonator. e President Krueger of the Transvaal re- public has two cousins who live in Kansas. CHARLES M. ROUSSEAU’S DESIGN FOR THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING. > . 1 .~m:‘..”<...m ] 3 S ' “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at Ingleside Track. In races where the horses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest @istance are given. Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair; H., hea 3 m., mile; 1., furlong: ¥, about. FIRST RACE—Half a mile; selling; two-year-olds. Best Name. |Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Owner. Pedigree. Lord Chesterfid|108 1o rec. Burna & Waterhuse| Imp. Chesterfield .| Billy V! |108|no rec. | Elkton stabl Imp. Sir Modre Red 100100 re Odell etable Thres Cheers-E; [no rec. Dbins. ‘mp.Calvados-Virginiy Tngleside 103 B. Schreibes Bishop-Ameriqua > 20 542 | Modestia *1100 mbricge stabie.. | Prince Norfolk-Edna SECOND RACE—Thirteen-sixteenths of a mile 5 selling. Dist. Tk. Pedigree. 7 [ 71 ) ¥ 1m F.. Litteral-imp. Roval Title Joe Hooker-Addie O'Naill Imp. Brutus-Viola Rea E.of Nrflk-M.McCrthy'sLast Imp. Darebin-Hirondelle Panique-Illia Maijor Ban-Miss Flush Imp. Brutus-Nabette -|Captain Al-Gold Cup C. F, Sanders....... Garden City stable. Elmwood stk farm. |Owen Bros....... THIRD RACE—One and a sixteenth miles. Best Lbs| record.| Dist. ‘LM | owner I-r Pedigree. ..|109) 7 |(11-16m|110 F.. Elmwood stk frm/Imp, Brotus-Swayback 114 7 XZ; m 110 H..|A. Shields Voltigeur-Pert 91111165 b4 ¢ wa[ J. Brenock. Rapture-Ventura 90(1:4674(1 5 1104 |H.. @, B. Morris & Co|Imp. SIr Modred-Preciosa 29 7 V116 m 105 | F ../ Woodlawn stable. Imp. Greenback-Priscilla B‘l 1634 111-16 1| 98 Fa.|GardenCity stable Tmp. Midlo kian-Filens 89 419 61 107|F..|Cambridgestable. Prince Ro; al-Manzanita 94/1:417%1m 88 F..[G. Rose.... Eolian-Ordnance v Bl! ool oo fe.. B. Schreiber. Macbuff-Miss Lawrence 104174874 |im 50y| 98|F..|R. Van Brunt ...’ St Savior-ip.LizzieHamptn FOURTH RACE—Five furlongs; handicap. Best Index.| ~ Name. |Lbsjrecord.| Dist. |Lbs Owner. Pedigree. (661) | Derfargiila..... 102 |G, E. Smith.. ‘Onondaga-Elsino; (ggg; |Geo. Mie 18 W T Stanoid Tofin Boma o> 861 *[Tmp. Kyrio Daly-af 662 . Corrigan......... | ADache Tricksey S81° 1 508 |G. B Morris & Co..|Imp. Marin-Ventura 632 | Del Monte stable. ..|Imp. Brutus-Beauty FIFTH RACE—Seven mrlnnn‘: three-year-olds, Index. Name. Lbs Dist. 624 |Unity. 1108 635 H. H, Tk, 08 F. . . 7 H. Pedigree. —_— - |Irap. Rossington-1 [ Per-imp: Mutiay e - |E. Corrigan.... TLongfeliow-Modesty SIXTHA RACE—Thirteen-sixteenths of & mile; selling. Pedigree. Elias Lawrence-PrincssGlen *|Imp. Cbeviot-Lurline «|Post Guard-Marguerite “{Im. Mr. Pickwick-Henlopn . |Ip. Midlothian-HelenScrieh Im. Midiothian-Liitle Flush Imp. Sir M -Gy psy Three The last race on the card was a selling event over a mile for the better class of selling platers. It was the swell betting affair of the day. Bueno backed from threes to2to1 was the post favorite, with Ed Kearney at3a shade shorter than Red Glen in" the books for second choice hon- ors. % ‘When the gate sent the field away, Lumle took Ea Kearney out in front ard it looked as though 'he intended making a runaway race of it. Coady on Red Glen made his ride in the stretch, and in a rattling drive beat Kearney out a nose. Basso finished third. Track and Paddock Items. The youngsters in the two-year-old run to-day will be started by the Australian gate. On Monday Little Cripple won a mile and a furlong race in 1:5614 very easily, ridden by Tod Sloan. Yesterday he ran in a mile race with but three pounds more weight up and the judges apparently thought he ran his race when he wound up fourth, behind Basso. Many of the inhabitants of this ‘‘bush’ country, who are gradually becoming enlizhtened by the importation of learned racing officials, do not. The horse wasso‘‘tired”” when pulled up that he wanted to run away, the reverse way of the track, with Sloan. Thehorse'’s owner did not like the showing his horse made, and was informed by Sloan that his saddle aliured. The odds against him also slipped, for he went back from 3 to 7 tol. Bassoran in the race won by Little Cripple on Monday, carrying less weight, and was unplaced. ROWING OVER MORELLD, An Attachment Suit Which Caused Considerable Trouble. Ash and Chretien Say Perjury Has Been Committed—A Mistaken Writ, The horse Morello has again, in a figura- tive sense, appeared in court, and this time with much more excitement than before. ; During the afternoon a suit on a promis- sory note made by Van Ness, who is being sued for the horse, in favor of Louis Lam- mertz, who is suing for the horse. It is for $1600. When the suit was filed an attachment was asked for, and the object of the at- tachment was the horse. The affidavit on attachment was made upon a biank from the Justices’ courts; but this was passed in the rush of business in the clerk’s office, and the writ of attachment was issued. No sooner was the complaint filed than Porter Ashe and John Chretien were out in the County Clerk’s office investigating and trying to have the writ set aside. The note was made in Chicago and was made payable in Chicago, but the affidavit set forth that the obligation was contracted and was due in this State. Samuel H. Beckett, to whom the claim had been as- igned, was the affiant and plaintjff, and Mr. Chretien and Mr. Ashe both agreed he had committed perjury. They say the County Clerk had no right to issue any | writ upon such a complaint, and they | went before Judge Seawell to have him set | 1t aside, but he would not do so until all parties could be present. During the morning Judge Seawell had vacated the injunction which the suers for the horse had secured and which prevented the Sheriff of Sonoma County from turn- ing the horse over to Van Ness. This was done because the court deemed sufficient the bona to which the plaintiffs in the suit objected. : orter Ashe objected to any delay, as he feared the plaintiffs would secure a writ of review from the Supreme Court, and so he intended to go to Sonoma on the 5:10 train and secure the horsé. In the mean- time, however, the attachment suit had been commenced, and the horse could be held under it long enough to allow of the agvplicnlion for the writ of review being filed, and to tie up the horse for an in- definite time. J. J. West, who filed the suit for attachment, and who is an asso- ciate of Abraham Ruef, counsel for those who are suing for possession of the horse, assured opposing counsel, however, that no writ of review would bé sought, 2nd so tue case was allowed to lapse until this morning, when Judge Seawell will hear it. It is claimed by the plaintiffs in the suit that Van Ness wishes to keep possession of the horse untii the breedins season is over. This belief is strengtnened by the fact that Jack Reiss, Ed Corrigan's right hand man, is_ puiting up, through the Pacific Surety Company, the $20,000 to se- cure the delivery of the horse should the case go against Van Ness. Ashe says he ;vifl have Beckett before the Grand Jury for purjury, committed in his affidavit on attachmen OLYMPIC CLUB DOINGS. Result of the Billiard Tournament. Athletic Grounds Will Be Placed in Good Shape. The Olympic Club directors at a meeting held last evening decided to make exten- sive improvements in the outdoor grounds. The tracks will be fixed up in the best pos- sible manner, and a fence will be con- structed on the south side of the park to keep the sand and refuse matter from piling in upon the sprinting stretch. Games will be held during the summer season, and’ Captain Gill proposes to or- ganize an athletic team which will journey to Portland with the cbject of contesting against the northern athletic teams. Plans for a grand handball court Lave been submitted and, when the time is ripe for the erection of a. court, the lovers of the game will see the best equipped court in-America constructed in the lot that ad- joins the club on the west side. The billiard tournament of the club is attracting much attention. On Tuesday evening the results of ‘the first contest were as follows: First class—Burns, 300 points handicap, scored 300; Forsyth, 250 points handicap, scored 164. Second class—Espinosa, 150 bandicap, score 85; Thornton, 140 handicap, score 140; Espinosa, 150 handicap, score 135; Josephi, 130 handicap. score 130; Nolan, 190 Epndicap, score 190; Thornton, 140 handicap, score 127. Third class—Wegenor, 150- handicav, score 150; Pockwitz, 115 bandicap, score 78; McCarthy, 140 handicap, score 140; ‘Bennett, 140 handicap, score 131; Dodge, 125 handlcl&, score 125; Bryant, 130 hanar- cap, score 108. 52 Eeoond night, first class—Williams 300 handicap, score 300; Louis 250 handicap, score 244. . 5 Second class—Smith 150 handicap, score 135; Thornton 140 hnndicuq. score 140; Edwards 150 handicap, score 150; Vaughan Imp. Mariner-Queen Emma | 130 handicap, score 124: Espinosa 150 handicap, score 150; Vaughan 130 handi- cap, score 78; Hodgkins 200 handicap, score 126; Nolan- 190 handicap, score 190. Third class — Hampton 150 handicap, score 150; Bennett 140 handicap, score 85; Moore 150 handicap, score 114; Wegenor 150 handicap, score 150; McCarthy 140 handicap, score 140; Bryant 130 handicap, score 115; ‘Dodge 125 handicap, score 125; Pockwitz 115 handicap, score 77. The con- tests will be continued this evening. The final results will not be known until all of the contestants have competed. ——— ‘The Columbus Loan Society. The Columbus Saving and Loan Society held & shareholders’ meeting yesterday, at which the following gentlemen were elected officers: President, J. F. Fugazi; vice-president, E. C. Pelmieri; treasurer, G. Costa; secretary, F. N. Belgrano; assistant secretary. A. A. Micheletti; directors—Isaias W. Hellman, Joseph Cuneo, G. Bacigalupi, George Caglieri, F. Arata, A, Cheers-Belle of Lake | Chichizols. POTTER'S FRIEND FOUND, Dr. A.G. Hicks Dined With Him at the CLff on the Fatal Friday. THINKS HE FELL IN THE DARK. Tale of His Last Carouse—Local Police Disappointed by Failure of a Clew. The following telegram, received last night from Tacoma, turns considerable light on the closing hours in the life of H. Cranston Potter of Tacoma,whose body was found in the surf at the ocean beach on Sun- day: TACOMA, Wask., Feb. 12.—Dr. A. G. Hicks, who wes with Howard Cranston_Potter on the trip in San Francisco which ended fatally for Potter, arrived this evening from San Fran- cisco. It was he that dined with Potter at the Clift House on that Friday night. “We finished dinner about 7:30,” said he thi§ evening. “Potter wasn't intoxicated: nelther was I. We had a quart bottle of cham- pagne together at dinner. He was slightly obstinate, and when I suggested that we go back to the City and attendg the theater he de- murred. He didn’t want to go to the theater. Then 1 wanted to go back on the cable, but he wanted to go back on the steamcars, to board which would necessitate going down the hill and over the place where grading is being done. “‘He would not go on the cable, but started downhill for the steam cars. I hurried off and caught the cable-car leaving at 5. “I believe that Potter, in the darkness, 10st the road and weunt over the cliff. A man who never touched liguor would be liabie to do the same in the dark.” Hicks denies that Potter led a swift life while in the City, and is positive that there was no woman in the case. Captain Lees still adheres to the opinion that Potter was accidentally drowned, and in_ support thereof points to the-act that Dr. Barrett, who made the autopsy on the body, found the lungs full of water. If he had been murdered and his body thrown into the sea there would have been an ab- sense of water in the lungs. The bruises on the hips and elbows of the body also showed that it had been tossed about by the action of the surf, “The statement,” said the captain last night, “that Potter was seen talking to some one on Market street on Saturday by a Mr. Hood has been proved to be a mis- take on the part of Mr. Hood. ‘What could have been the motive for a murder? Potter’s watch, silver watch- box and purse were found in the pockets of his clothes. True, there was only 10 cents in the purse, but it was shown by Christiansen, the barkeeper at the Cliff House, that Potter asked him if he could lend him $5, which, however, he did not get.”’ The captain believes that, after leaving the Cliff House, Potter wandered down to the beaci, and in his intoxicated condition ot into the surf and was lifted off his feet y the undertow and was drowned. It is probable that he may have stumbled into a quicksand, and was drowned while at- tempting to extricate himself.. - Captain Lees said last night that he ex- pected & man to cail who might be able to throw some light upon the affair. He waited till close upon 10 o’clock, but the man did not make his appearance. The captain said he would be sure to turn up this morning. He declined to say who thfi man was or what he was expected to tell. A gentleman called at police headquar- ters last evening. He said he was a friend of Potter’s family and he was anxious to get the facts about his death so that he could write to the family. Detective Gib- son gave him all the facts in the posses- sion of -the police. The inquest on the body will be held at the Morgue this morning at 10 o’clock. Architect Polk’s Recov:ry. W. W. Polk, & local architect, hes been ailing for some time but is some better. 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