The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN ‘FRANCISCO 1CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1896. SOCIETY'S ADIEU T0 THE HORSES Brilliant Finale of the Equine Show in the Pavilion. Swelldom T.rongs the Seats to See and B2 Seen Around the Ring As a Social Event the Exhibition Was a Pronounced Success and the Steeds Were Goo'. When the show opened in the morning there was a fair attendance of spectators, though most of those vresent were in some way interested in horses or rigs. The earlier events of the day kept things moving and included various classes that were filled and keenly competed for. The first class to be judged was 14 on the catalogue—horses three years old and over and shown to wacon or harness. The entries were: E. W. A. Waterhouse's chestnut stallion Quicksilver Junior, J. P. Dunn’s bay gelaing Hailstorm, John Par- rott's grav mare, Twilight, Melville Schweitzer's bay gelding Aleck, Herbert Levy's brown mare Hermia, Frank Gor- man’s chestnut gelding Colonial, J. C. Kirkpatrick’s black mare Azalia, Charles F. Hanlon’s bay gelding Fred, Frank H. Burke's gray mare Edie, A. B. Spreckels’ chestnut geiding A. B. Wilkes, Agnew stock farm's chestnut gelding Tommy Down, Andrew McDowell's gray eelding Caryle Carne. W. S. Hobart's chestnut mare Hazel Wilkes and black mare Mat- tie Merrill, W. H. Vioget’s brown stallion Wil1 Nutling, H. E. Wise’s bay mare Madera and A. B. Spreckels’ bay gelding Grove A. The blue ribbon went to Mr. Hob: s Hazel Wilkes, the red ribbon to Mr. McDowell’s Caryle Carne, the white ribbon to the Agnew stock farm’s Tommy Dawn and the vellow ribbon to Mr. Kirk- patrick’s Azalia. The next events were judging one coach- | ing stallion and two coaching stallions in class 30 and 31, in which George B. Sperry’s imp. Young Adonis with two colts and one filly won a first prize. In the next cls be same horse got another blue rib- bon. Nonnpareil, exhibited by J. 8. McCue, won second prize. Two pony tandems competed in class 54 A for prizes. They were limited to 14 1s 2 inches, and W. 8. Hobart won prize against Mrs. C. H. Leadbetter Jr.'s team that got the second prize. George A. Pope’s handsome chestnut horse Arlington was taken sick and had to be scratched in all the classes in which he was entered, so he was out of class 47 for the best hivh-stepper 15 hands 2 inches and over. The considerations in thisclass were siyle, conformation and action, and the horses had to be shown before appro- priate two-wheeled vehicles. It proved to be the event of the morning. Walter Hobart had Peacock, Paragon, Madison Square, Monarch and The Czar in against Pcpe’s solitary Sweetheart. Hobart’s horses in this contest won many prizes, and it was generally believed that the crack horse- Madison Square would carry off the blue ritbon. But the judges, who knew their business, thought differently, for Pope took the blue ribbon with Sweet- heart. The Czar got second prize, Mon- arch third and Paragon was highly com- mended. performance of professional coach- men driving pairs of horses closed the morning’s programme. Only three coach- men entered out of the many in and near San Francisco: Joseph Dyer, driver for C. A. Baldwin; Peter McKenna, coachman for G. A. Pope, and John Carroll, coach- man for Henry J. Crocker. ideal in the box, stiff and haughty and 'N‘ HIIS GLIIRY Equus Rex Abdicates in a Blaze of Glory. the correct thing, don’t you know—eyes ahead, a rod down his back and arms in hidden splints. At least it looked like that arrangement, and he won the prize. McKenna won the second prize and Car- roll the third. W. S. Hobarf’s head man, Fred Rockett, turned up his nose at the performance. “McKenna,’e hain’t the ’ead coachman for Mr. Pope: ’e’s honly the driver for Mrs. Pope,” Fred explained with an air of ennui. “Really, youknow, Hi couldn’t enter against’im. 'Ad Mr. Pope’s ’ead man gone in, Hi’d be in, too.” Etiquette is everything nowadays, and the head coachman, who won’t take the lines until he pulls up his gloves, is up to date on ethics. The third annual horse show closed last night in the usual *blaze of glory.” Henry Crocker, the president, was all smiles, which incidentally led another officer of the association to remark that so much smiling gave him a cola. Everybody con- nected with the management was de- lighted, and especially so because the end was the most briliant part of the show. The seating capacity of the Pavilion as arranged for this occasion was taxed to its utmost last night, when, in spite of the storm, all swel:dom turned out, and with it tne crowds that paid fancy prices for chairs off i the background. It was a striking scene under the lights when the show was at its height, All around the ring was a moving mass of ladies and their escorts, the ladies in appropriate Dyer was an | gowns, and behind were the boxes, every one of them packed with fashionable people. Sull further back were the tiers of seats crowded with a select share of the local population. There, too, evening dress and elegant costumes were in order, and everywhere an air of superiority was apparent. The ring itself—well, it was the ring in the horse show. Otherwise it was not startling, except when some novelties were introduced. 1t was simply a show by a few men, with an occasionsl out- sider by way of variety. Still society sealed it with the seal of approval and the horse show was the thing. The rain and the murky atmospnere did not deter the ladies from attending the show in the aiternoon, and of course such considerations never once entered into the minds of the sterner sex that for the last few days divided its admiration in un- known proportions at the Pavilion. The boxes were mostly occupied, and the little ones with overweening ambitions to nos- sess ponies, or at least a pony like Tad- pole, crowded every available spot round the ring. "And as for the rows of r served seals in the rear, they were comfortably filled and even the galleries had a fair share of spectators. This was interesting to note while the rain rattled mightily on the roof. Promptly on time four horses in harness were judged in class 35. Half of the en- tries were scratched. This class was for | mares or geldings 15 hands 1 inch and | under 15 hands 8 inches, suitable for road work in gig or dogcart. W. 8. Hobart's Peacock won the blue ribhon, George A. Pope’s Arsenal got the second prize, Ho- | ;“Now, if I only had old Doblin | here I'd show them fellers a | hoss what is a hoss.” | bart’s The Sid got third and Henrr J. Crocker’s Dorothy was highly com- mended, Racing ponies were judged in class 744, | which next appeared in the ring. This was entirely Hobart’s affair. The leading | young horseman had his ponies in parade and took first prize with Gold Coin, sec- ond with Comanche, third with Doc Tevis and the bighly commended rosette with | Brandy. Mr. Breden showed his Texas | Siftings, but merely showed him, | Thespectators were treated to aview of | the horses entered for exkibition and had | an_opportunity to compare notes of the | different swell steeds that passed around n parade. | Class 34, which followed, included pairs | of mares or geldings 14 hands 1 inch and | under 15 hands 1 inch. They were just the right kind for use on roads in phaetons | or like vehicles. W. 8. Hobart took the | blue ribbon again, this time on Pride and Prejudice, two handsome bays, and George A. Pope got second prize on Romulus and | Remus, while the house declared hy its applause that his pair was the prettier and | nicer in this particular class. After the | ribbons were awarded the twe teamsdrove | round the ring, but Pope’s received the | decision of the house. | the old and well-qualitied judges of horses, | outside the ring, admitted it. | " There was nearly a Lalf hour to spare, | and little Tadpole was brought into the | ring for an exhibition of jumping. He | cleared five-foot hurdles without a rider, | whereat every little boy and girl in the | boxes exclaimed, “f must have a pony!” | Then it was the proper thing for children to seek Tadpole and—*just pat him” in | his stall. Texasfiftingsand Huntress en- | tertained the house by clearing hurdles in graceful style until it was time to call the driving trotters judged in class 13. There were three horses entered— Owyhee, by John F. Boyd of Oakwnod Park,J H C, by William H. Vioget of Lawrence, Santa Clara County, and Gen- eral Barnes, by the Aénew stock farm, Hillsdale. These horses were awarded prizes respectively as named, The grand event of the afternoon was the contestin class 584 for the best per- formance of an amatear in driving a four- in-hand through obstacles. Henry Crocker tooted his four Jashing bays, Joséph D. Grant was in the ring with his elegantly appointed rig and his four little beauties, C. A. Baldwin with his dignified four and the yellow and black break ana W. 8. Hobart with a picked team of prize- winners competed. The test was severe. Each competitor handled his own team, but only Mr. Grant went through in good style. He picked up his horsesand trotted through the obstacles without drawing in the lines. Mr. Crocker got safely through the pedestals, but only by pulling up occasionally. Then the track was cleared and oniy Mr. Grant’s team remained. Mr. Crocker heard a lady remark as he drove past the gate, “That’s too bad,” and the gallant president of the show smiled and touchéd his hai. But he re- turned to the ring, The aifferent drivers changed and their skill was tested with | Mr. Grant’s four. After a long trial Mr. Crocker won the blue ribbon and with it the silver cup offered by A, B. Spreckels. The closing features of the afternoon’s entertainment were the parade cf all win- ners in classes for ponies in harness and of all winners in classes for driving trot- ters, roadsters and pacers. The Pavilion was crowded at night, nor was the large attendance confined to so- ciety itself, but the galleries and back seats were well filled, and so far as patron- age on the closing nightis concerned there could be no reason to complain, In fact, the Horse Show Association was delighted with the support accorded, for there was an immense crowd present in theevening, and the whole house was warm, enthusi- astic and well pleased. The last performance opened with jude- ing two teams of fourdraught horses each, the horses to be over 1500 pounds. Golden Gate Park entered Tom, Jerry, Bob and Belle, ponderous grays, and Mc- Nab & Smith had their truck team, Fred, Dan, Joe and Sam, in the ring. Both teams were gray and looked as much alike as peas in a pod, but the Park team had the best coat and in other points were su- perior, and to the greatdelight of the Park stable manager they got the blue ribbon. McNab & Smith’s team got second prize. James McCue gave another exhibition of his trick horse that needed no bridle or reins to guide him, and received rounds of applause. n class 38 six road horses in gigs or dog- carts were judged. They were restricted 10 15 hands 3 inches und over. George A. Pope’s Bweetheart was again successful, taking the biue ribbon. W. 8. Hobart’s Monarch won the second ribbon and Henry J. Crocker’s Edgar, a chestnut horse, got third prize. Then followed a parade of all winners in classes for saddle horses. They madea pretty spectacular display as they passed More than one of | around with more or less ribbons tied to their bridles. Before they all got out of the ring the prize-winners in classes for Lorses in harness and carriage horses en- tered and showed themselves to an admir- ing throng. 5 The best park amateur drivers were judged in class 58 for fours-in-hand before drags. The horses counted 60 per cent, and appointments 40 per cent. W. 8. Hobart carried off the blue ribbon with bis team Czar, Sultan, Damrosch and Seidl. Henry J. Crocker got second prize with E {win, Edgar, Prince and Dorothy. The spectators were treated to a novel exhibition of Walter Morosco’s six-in-hand driven by Jake Foster. The six horses are jet black, highly spirited animals and the carriage a gorgeous combination phaeton. And the way that Foster drove wasenough to arouse the envy of the swell coachmen. The next speciacular eveat was the ex- hibition of W. S. Hobart’s thoroughly apoointed road coach with four in hand, a footman in flaming scarlet livery, who could blow any tune on his long horn, and a cockhorse with a liveried boy riding away in front. The narkémucemen, William Wallace and Joel A. Harlan, competed in throwing the lasso. Harlan never missed in his throws and was awarded first prize, Wal- lace was second and Park Policeman Arellanes third. Officer Arellanes never missed, and what is more he called each throw. The decision, however, rested with the judges. In the exhibition of bucking broncos two daring riders set the hotse wild with excitement. Their nhorses ‘‘bucked” and twisted, but did not throw the riders, one of whom, William Lelivers, a vaquero, living at 220 Ninth avenue, Richmond, met with a bad accident while sitting quietly on his horse beside the fence. The horse took fright and *‘bucked” over the railing among the spectators and fell upon Lelivere. A groom grabbed the horse and others extricated the rider, who was carried to the Receiving Hospital. Lelivere's collar: bone was broken and he received severe contusions. The last event of the year was jumping by horses entered in class 82. There were eleven competitors and they took the hurdles cleverly. Hobart’'s Huntress was given the first prize, his gray borse Royalty the second ribbon and H. C. Breeden’s Texas Sift- ings the third prize. A horse from Port- land, Or., Blairheart, owned by Mrs. Thomas Fitzgibbons of that city, was highly commended, while 1is perform- ance won applause frow the audience. It was tuen close to midnight, and to the strains of an inspiring air by the orchestra the fashionable gathering dis- persed and the horse show of 1886 was over. —_— BALDWIN WAS ATTACHED. A BIll of $53 Caused Much Trouble Behind the Scenes. There was a little sideshow not on the programme yesterday afternoon at the Mechanics’ Pavilion, and it caused con- sternation behind the scenes among grooms, coachmen and others. The cen- tral figure was C. A. Baldwin of Santa Clara County, the swell exhibitor. The other figure was a Deputy Sheriff, Mr. Baldwin was served with an attach- ment for §53, balance of a bill due a horse- trainer named James Garland since last April. Attorney C. W. Stoffers, with a Deputy Sberiff, entered the siables while Baldwin was driving his coach and four-in-hand in the ring. They immediately went to Baldwin's section and attac hed his prize pony Tris- tan, then ready to enter the ring hitched to a buggy. Tristan had two first-prize ribbons and-one third-prize rosette tied to his bridle, and it really was a shame to touch bim, he looked so proud. As Baldwin’s head man, Dyer, was abont to arive the pony into thering the Deputy Sheniff caught the lines. *‘Hold ou, there; you can’t go in,” he said. “That'd all right,” replied Dyer, whose face was a study at this moment. “‘No, it is not all right.” The class-caller interfered and had a brush with the deputy sheriff, “Well, let him pull out of the way of other ponies,”” saia the caller. Tristan was released momentarily and Dyer, taking advantage of the freedom, dashed through the open gates into the ring. Meanwhile Baldwin was informed of the attachment and he went out toget the money. Half an hour later he returned with the $53 and the attachment was raised. To Test the Tax Question. J. C. Corbett, F. J. Silvey and W. H. McNeil, by their attorneys, Haven & Haven, have ap- plied for a writ of mandate to compel Treas- urer Widber to pay $40 05 alleged overcharge on taxes levied on the property of Harris, Kingston & Co. This action involves the re- paymentof a large amount of taxes that are said to have been collected by mistake on ac- count of the action of the State Board of Equalization. Judge Seawell has set Wednes- day, December 23, as time for hearing argu- ment in the case. ————————— Another Magazine Company. The Femily Journal Publishing Company has peen 1ncorporated with $100,000 capital stock for the purpose of publishing a.maga- zine called the Family Journal. The stock- holders dre: R. A. Gibbs, Bolton & Strong, Gertrude Zindar, Mae E. Gates, Jessie Norton, J. Burt Davy, Tneodore Holly, F. R. Hardy, Dr. D. Maclean and W. A. Curtis, Mr. Gibbs hes taken $3000 worth of stock, Bolton & Sirong $200 and the others $100 each, e e Dangerous Blaze. A one-story frame building- at 409 Sutter street belonging to James Govern and oceu- pied by Hopke Brothers as a dyeing establish- ment was destroyed by fire yesterday after- noon. The fire was caused by the careless use o{ benzine, which was being used in cleaning gloves. The loss was only about $300, but a neigh- boring three-story bufl&lng had a nlr‘rlow escape. ——— First Half of Paterson’s Fee, Judge Slack Thursaay signed an order au- thorizing the executors of theestate of James G. Fair, deceased, to draw $5000 from the Ne- vade Bank in order to pay ex-Justice Van R. Paterson, the first half ufms fee for represent- ing the minor heirs of the decedent. —————— Favor the Nicaragua Canal. The directors of the Merchants’' Association have adopted resolutions requesting the Cal fornia Senators and Representatives in Con- gress to continue their efforts for the early completion of the Nicaragua canal to be under American control. ————— PersoNs wanting very choice Oriental rugs can now cater to their desires. There is to be sold at auction at Golden Gate Hall the best collection in the United States. Five medals were won at the World’s Fair 1n Chicago and four at the Midwinter Fair in this City by this col- lection. Lovers of artin rugs should ex- amine this collection. The auction sale will commence Monday, December 14, at 2:30 and 7:30 p. M., continuing four days. il — oo Two of John Adams’ Messages. The messages of President John Adams contained 1n the collection of originals at the Capitol in Washington are all auto- graphs, he scorning the intermediary acency of a secretary, His first messaze thus preserved reads as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate;: 1 nominate John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts to be Minis- ter Plenipotentiary from the United States to the King of Prussia. JOHN ADAMS. Gentlemen of the Senate: 1 nominate Geor; Washington'of Mount Vernon to be lieute ant-general ana commander in chief of ti armies raised or to be raised in the United States. JORN ADAMS. Observe that it is not *“George Washing- ton of Virginia,” but of “Mount Vernon.” President Adams, you will also notice, dated his messages from the country at Igrge. , His bnnawziun* is large and angular.—Philadelphia Times. e ee—— PLAIN and silver-mounted pocket-books suits able for Christmas presents at Sanborn & Vail's, b CAME ON THE FIRST WAGON TRAIN Strangs Career of J. D. Ap- plegate, Commissioner of the Klamaths. The Veteran Indian Fighter on the Resurvey of the Reservation. The Red Men Will Probably Get Pay for 500,000 Acres—Resident of Oregon 54 Years. Registered at the Grand Hotel is a tall man, with bushy gray hair and rather stern features, who walks with a quick step and who would be marked as a man of strong self-rehance and individuality. He is J. D. Applegate of Klamath Falls, Or., who came to the Webfoot State fifty- four years ago. He came on the first wagon-train that ever rolled down into Oregon from Fort Hall. With him on the train was Peter H. Burnett, who afterward became the first Governor of California. Mr. Applegate is from Missouri and of ! it doesn’t pay to raise large quantities of grain and other vegetables and products for shipment. We have to devote our at- tention to raising something that we can driye out, and for this reason raising cattle and other stock has been the most profit- able business that our people couid engage in. We need aratlroad, Isuppose we will have one some day, and when we get it it will open up the country very rapidly. “Then one great thing we have up there is Crater Lake, the new Nationai park of Oregon. Thatis in our county. It takes about two days to get there, but Klamath Falis is the point from which you start. Crater Lake always will be a wonderful attraction, not only for Oregon people, but for vast numbers of tourists.” Mr. Applegate and his associates will probably be engaged a week yet on their report. HAWKS OBSOURED THE S8UN. The Season Following the Snake Season d in Maryland Opens Well., Next to the eastern shore, the western mountains are the most interesting por- tion of Maryland. There is always some- thing going on. Directly the snake sea- son closes in Washington County the hawk] season begins in Allegany. This past season was one of the best snake eras in the history of Washington County. Each day there was a snake story, until | people got to expect them in the morning paper and feel sorry when by some chance they did not appear. The closing of the series appeared the other day. A snake along the canal had ruined its digestion by swallowing an enormous ear of Wash- ington County corn, with the shuck on, in the same raw condition as were the stories people had to swallow. But as we have said, that story ends the series, and the hawk season has prcmptly opened in Allegany, the adjoining county. Last nignt the Sun received the following dispatch from a correspondent in Cum- berland: “Farmers from the lower section of the famous family of Applegates, who ' Allegany County report the passage in a A A :.‘l" ) 4 7/ Wy, J. D. APPLEGATE, Who Came in the First Wagon Train to Oregon. , |Sketched from life by a “Call” artish] were the first settlers of Oregon and long prominent in the affairs of that State. Lindsay Applegate was his father, and Elisha Applegate, once Surveyor-General of Oregon and known for many years as the Sage of Yoncalla, was his uncle. Mr. Applegate, who is now here, is a veteran Indian fichter. He has been in the most famous wars with the Snaxes, the Klamaths, the Modocs and other In- dians. Probably no man in Oregon has a more intimate krowledge of the wild and unfrequented parts of that State than Mr. Applegate. He is now here finishing up his work as one of the three Indian Com- missioners appointed some months ago by President Cleveland to survey the Klam- ath reservation. R, P. Hammond of this City and W. R. Coleman of Missouri are the other Commissioners. They spent almost three months in surveying the boundaries of the reservation, and are now here to make up their report. *‘What our report will be,” said Mr. Ap- plegate yesterday, ‘‘of course I am unable now to state, except that for one thing— none of the settlers in any of the country bordering the reservation will be inter- fered with. I would like to have you know 80 that they may be entirely relieved of anxiety on that score. The Indians have all along claimed that their reservation fell short of what it should be by some 500,000 or 600,000 acres. They claim thata large part of the fertile valley lying east of the reservation should have been included in it, and also that a considerable lot of ;lnid to the north ought to have been n it. _*‘When the boundaries of the reserva- tion were taken, away back in 1864, the crests of different mountains were made ‘the landmarks, and the description of the land was taken down very briefly by aid of an interpreter. The Indian names of the mountains and other places were designated and those names became speedily unknown, so that now wher one hears these names, or 3t least when a majority do, they have no conception of what the meaning is. It was with the end in view of straightening out the whole matter that the commission was appointed. We had some pretty rough work. We had a lot of survey outfits and we climbed mountains, some of them as muoch as 8000 feet high. *The land that the Indians wiil get will be lieu lands, that is land outside of the reservation in some other place where there are no settlers to be disturbed, or the value of the land at the time the treaty was made. Probably the latter way will be the way that it will be settled, “Now a word about Kiamath Falls. Probably you would like to know a little something about that and the country we :‘:l. tflurs. l’:':‘ l. big e‘onntry. a great eal of it veryfertile, and with water power, the like of which it is hard to find anywhere in the country. The little town of Klamath Falls is a busy place and an important trading point. I has elec- tricity in all the houses for lighting pur- poses, has a water system, too, which delivers water in all the residences. ““The great business up there is stock- raising. Being away from the railroad, southwesterly direction of a flock of hawks that was two miles wide and was fully three hours in crossing the valley. The sun was obdcured for a while by the moving black cloud., One farmer not satisfied as to thespecies of the birds, firea into the fluck and brought down six. They were found to belongz to the bird and not chickenhawk species.” Bome people may think that this story is exaggerated, and that the farmers in the lower part of Allegany expanded two vards into two miles, just as some people suppose they can expand 50 cents into $1. But the story may be entirely correct, except possibly with respect to the cloud being two miles wide. It may have lacked some little of that width. ‘We have some indistinct recollection of a true hawk story which came from the Eastern Shore some years ago. According to that story one of the remote districts of Dorchester County, bordering on the bay, was visited by hawks in a multitude such asis described in the Cumberland dispatch; possibly not quite such a muiti- tude, but still a multitude. At that time the county was paying a reward for hawks’ scalps. When the hawks appeared, therefore, every man and boy who had a gun went to slaughtering hawks, and the county was only saved from bankruptecy by the failure of the supply of ammuni- tion. As it was, the bill for hawk scalps was 8o great that an act was rushed through the next Legislature to repeal the hawk bounty. Indeed, some of the East- ern Shore men wanted a special session called.—Baitimore Sun. JAPANESE REVERE ROYALTY. Object to Having Stamps Bearing Likes nesses Canceled., Private letters from Kioto bear proof thot the Japanese have their own way of doing things, says the Boston Journal. They recently had a new issue of postage stamps which bore portraits of two of the princes who died in the recent war. Stamps of 2 and 5 sen were to be issued. In the United States one portrait would have been put on the 2-sen stamp and one on the 5-sen stamp, but in Japan it was thought that this would be discriminating against the memory of the one pictured on the lower denomination. This is why philatelists find that there are two new 2-sen and two new 5-sen stamps—each denomination having one kind 1n memory of each prince. Buteven this careful arrangement dia not prevent a new trouble. Some conservative Japan- ese are contending that it borders on dis- respect to the imperial family to poliute their pictures with saliva and then to blotch them with ink in the process of cancellation. One man has declared in the papers that he will decline to receive any mail matter bearing these stamps, Some postmasters have requested that they be allowed to put the canceling mark only on the edge of the stamp, so as to avoid defiling the princely faces. = To old-fashioned Jap- anese it is especially displeasing to see {foreigners putting portraits representing men of divine descent into their mouths and putting thorg on the envelopes with as much indifference as we_employ with the faces of Washington, Franklin and Grant on our stamps. Some Japanese, if they use the stamps at all, must rever- ently lift them %o - their head, carefully wet the glue with pure water, and then utter a prayer as they attach them to the nvelope. 3 Did i‘t”ever occur to an American that it was discrimination to place a portrait on a lower denomination stamp? If this matter ever was discussed it was probably agreed that the greater honor went with the cheaper stamps, which arein wider and more general use. As for attaching any respect to them—do you know, withs out looking, whose pictures are on our va- vious stamps? CYCLING RECORDS. Professional and Amateur Figures to Date Arranged by Chairman Gideon of the Racing Board. The following are the accepted profes- sional and amateur records to date as just arranged by George D. Gideon, chairman of the racing board of the League of American Wheelmen. This table of records is the very latest out and is partic- ularly valuable for reference at this time when so many trials are being made at the Velodrome here and in the East. The table is as follows: PROFESSIONAL RECORDS. FLYING START, PACED. Miles. Time. WINNER. 23.. 0:68 3.5..W. W. Ham| ton, Coronado, Cal., March 2, 1896 %.. 1:17 ..PeterJ. Berio, New Orleans, La, December 20, 1895. l... 1:391-5..W.W. Hamilton, Coronado, Cal.. March 27, 1896, 2.... 8:4315..P.J. Berlo, Loulsville, Ky., No- Vember 18, 1895. 5:50 4-5 P._J. Berlo, New Orleans, La., 7:50 : 9io02.5) December 13, 1895. FLYING START, UNPACED, G:28 2-5..0tt0 Zlegler Jr., Laredo, Texas, June 8, 1898. 0:84 1.5..W. W. Hamilton, Coronado, Cal., March 2, 1896. 1:39 1-5..Clinton R. Conlter, Denver, Col., October 2, 1896. 4:29 «.A. F. seun, Louisville, Ky., No- vember 2, 1895. ..A. F. Senn. Louisville, Ky, No- Vember 19, 1895, A. F. Senn, Loulsville, Ky., No- vember 18, 1895. > 24, 19:54 25..1:02:37% COMPETITION, STAXDING START. %.. 045 _F. E. Schetski. Santa Monica, Cal., February 22, 1896. %.. 1:0045..0tto Ziegler, New Orieans, La., | June 13, 1896, H %.. 1:26 ..’ro;‘n l]ogr»er, Ctoeinattt, Ohio, | ay, 1896. l... 2:104-5..Arihur Gardiner. New Orleans. TANDEM. FLYING START, PACED. 1... 1:501-5..Crooks-Welnig, Loulsville, Ky., October 25, 1895. FLYING START, UNPAOED. 0:52 8-5..Terrlll-Taylor, Coronado, Cal, 1:25 8-5. Emarcl;{'zl;‘olflfl% J Cal., 4 ..Evans-Hatton. San May 28, 1895. s 1:54 2-5 5 Evans-Hatton, San Jose, Cal, May 29, 1896. i J AMATEUR RECORDS FLYING START, PACED. 2-5..J. 8. Johnson, October 31, 1893. 1-56) A. W. Porter, Waltham, Mass., November 2, 1894. 1-5} Amos B. Hughes, Denver, Colo., 4-6§ May 23, 1896. 1-5.. Amos B. Hughes, Denver, Colo., June 19, 1898. 8-5..Amos H. Bn%-u. Denver, Colo,, May 28, 1896, 6:80 4-5 8:48: 10:5515 13:14%% [Ged. N. Adams, Jacksonville, Fla, July 17, 1896. FLYING START, UNPACED. 125 1-5) A. B. 8imons, Demlog, N, Mex., :33 3-5 May 26, 1846. 89 ..Harry C. Clark, Denver, Colo. November 2 °, 1695. 1:261-5..J. D. Park, Denver, Colo., November 24, 1894. 1:37 ..F. B. Stowe. Sg'lnghtld. Mass., October 20, 1894. 2:06 1-5..Harry C. Ciark. Denver, Colo., October 17, 1895. 4:38 3-5..Harry C. Clark, Denver, Colo., November 11,'1895. = O. B. Hackenberger, Denver, 153335 Colo, December13, 1895. 26:26 4-5.. A, F. Senn, Utica, N. Y., October 25..1:05:30 ..A. F. Senn, Utica, N. Y., October 50..2:29:00 4-5.. Wil lam Becker, Free) 1, g October 17, 8bs. T b COMPETITION, STANDING START. eoo Y. 0:29 5.6, F. Rovce, Paterson. N. T, July 14.. 043 ..G Orge Facker Jr., Denver, Colo., “{my fl. 1895. .. 1:01 ..Frank M. Byrne, fan J :: w September'g, 1495 o> Ok 2s.. 1:25 1-5..Floyd A. McFariand, San Jose, Cal., July 4, 1895. ... 2:002:5..Frank F. Desmond, Jr., Denver, 45 35,068 M Taioanls: 2. 4:251-B.. vo, Latrobe, Pa., # 20, nfis. i s, SO v 105 8- . A. Maxwetl, St. Loul: & L o, 2 00i00eT 24, 1890, vl ... 9:422B8..A. A. Hansen. Minneapoll ¢ b Minh, Augustis, 18050 Suwe 11:4915..3, C Siltohell Loeville, Ky., tember, 14, 1895, 14:36 17.00 19:29 1 00 & & Cbabich S Eores s 0. 0B ALRLGAANRNAD LRGAD AOO Grrnin i irin SBE e B Lt o 140 3 L1 A. A. Hansen, M AMinn., Augus: 16, 18950 0¥ SEEEE 1B e gt &5 e SEEEERSRE G ks 5 & e TANDEM, FLYING START, PACED. 0:36 4-5 5 | Haggerty-Willlams, Waltham, 03435 1" Mass., November'2, 1604 1:52 §-5.. Haggerty - Willlams, Waitham, : Mass., Octover 27,1894, FLYING START, UNPACED. %4.. 0:261.5..Devlin-Hanson, ‘B.tvulld.. R I, NEW TO-DAY! EXAMINED BY THE X-RAY Dr. Cook, the Great Specialist, Admits a Reporter to His Laboratory. A Marvelons System of Treatment With Diffsrent Kinds of Elec- trical Current. Among the many subjects of keen pub- He interest to-day there is none that claims mord attention than that of the ap- plication of the great X ray discovery of Dr. Roentgen, and especially is this true when its use by medical men s consid- ered. The demand for X ray instruments has been enormous, so the makers of scientific instruments say, and the medi- cal fraternity generally is much stirred up over the matter. Itis eminently gratify- ing to know, however, that one of the finest, and probably the very finest, ap- paratus of this nature which has ever been constructed in the world was secured by Dr. Cook, the eminent Specialist of 865 Market street. That fact 1s not surpris- ing, as it is well known in scientific cir- cles that Dr. Cook is invariably the first physician to pour out his money on any improvement in medical or surgical ap- paratus, no matter in what quarter of the globs the discoyeries are made. Cost what they may, this learned specialist buys them all, and after submitting them to most careful experiments keeps what he finds to be unquestionably good. Ever since the installation of his grest X ray apparatus, it has been the custom to beg from him an opportunity to see a patient examined by it, so that a full account might be given of it, bat as all his pa- tients’ affairs are kept very strictly confi- dential, it was not till a couple of days ago that some one was foucd who was willing to have a reporter present when the doctor “looked through him,” as he called it. After a wait of a few minutes the(!mrty proceeded to the speciaily arranged de- partment yhere. the wonderful instru- ments are, and not a moment was lost in reliminarijes. The patient stoad up, held By two assistants, the electrical apparatus was started in motion with a queer burr- ing sound, and the doctor, with steady hand and eye ablaze with interest, placéd the observing screen #t the patient’s cuest. All was silent as death, except for the whir of the dynamo, and slowly the screen was pdssed /from point to point over the entire’ front of the body, and this com- pleted the jpatient was turned round and | an examination of the back was'begun in the same way. Eventunally the doctor paused. Evidently he had become,much interested. For minutes he never moved his glance from the screen. Then the on- ward march was taken up again, and at length the examination was completed. Notes having been made the reporter was allowed to look through the screen just at where 'the X ray had shown the seat of disease to be. It was simply marvelous. There plainly, even to an unctutored eye, wasadistinct enlargement of the liver, the construction and form of which was as plainly visible as if the man had been dis- sected then gnd there. “I shall first of all treat him with Far- radic electrical current.” said the doctor as the party left the X-ray department, and consent being again given an ad- journment was made to the medical elec- trical deparfment. Here there is a grand combination pf devices, probably the best inexistence, for imparting the electrical current direptly to any part of the system. On one side-are arran, the connections for givirg galvauie el ;fi’.@d energy, and from the other the ¥arradic current issues. A large switchboard, which con- trols the distribution of the force from three distinct sets of storage batteries, is on one side of the room, and there is also an operating-table and a cabinet of medi- cal and surgical appointments. *Before treating him,” said Dr. Cook, “I will ex- amine his throat and allow you to do the same, but in advance I may tell you that it will certainiy be found to be a littie ul- cerated.”” He then inserted a very tiny electric light into the back of the man’s mouth, and on being allowed to inspect it the reporter was both amazed and a little bit terrified. The little'electric licht showed the con- struction of the throat most vividly, and 8 fearful mass of uiceration it was. So bright wasthe tiny thing that you could see it clearly through the sides of the mouth, As the reporter was about to retire in order that the treatment mizht commence, calling the:doctor to one side he asked if such a very severe case could be cured by any means,. “‘Oh, yes,”” was the reply. “We have had cases a good deal worse than that. His is principally neglect of a bad case of blood disorder, but we shall pull him through. In fact I don’t believe that there isa case of this sort nowadays that is altogether incurable.” It may be siated in closing that a single inspection of Dr. Cook’s wonderful equip-~ ment will demonstrate to the greatest doubter that not only have great strides been made in medical electricity in this age, but it is'very plain too that Dr. Cook is altogether entitled to the place which he has long since neld, namely that of the most progressive as well as the most competent specialist on the coast. 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