Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

CALIFORNIA HoRsKMKN ENRIcHEp.-
Among sporting circles, the four mile race
was the all absorbing topic yesterday. The
appointment OF the secretary OF the Pacific
Jockey Club As distance judge. aud another
member OF this little club of six or eight
sports as assistant. was condemned in no
was the distancing idiocy. Prominent turf
men, embracing ar1ong their number men
who emerged from the ordeal financially
ahead, affirm that Hook Hooking, SO far
from being distancsd, was fully five lengths
Inside the distance stand, while Katie Pease
end Golden Gate were not much behind him.
Upon the management OF no racing event
has there been showered SO mach oppTobium
as apon that some term ID "the 10000
frsud, the great four-mile aad repeat fiasco.
The receipts fro-l The sale o. tickets amount
eu TO about SIS Geo. entrance fee az eign
horses, SIS, GOO; bar and ether pr. ytlegesi,
5000; admittSace Of teams to tho course,
- 900; admitt2nce 20 the grand stand, $1,000.
The total rece pts were about S45 ,05o. II is
estimated thSt one thousand persons were
and seventy Eve membership tickets, good
for each meaber's family, represented one
thousand more. The Amount OF money i'm
The pools is estimated at 500 900. The profit
10 the Jockey Club, all she horses but Foster
ard Rutherford being dfstanced, is set down
at upward OF so 0Oo.-lSan FronlSesco Ctron.
CHEATING IN COTTON GooDs.-Accord-
ing TO the Boston Journal OF Chemistry,
there is no produced a class Of goods made
entirely of cotton, ont called merino; aud
which have the look of the latter fabric,
owing 20 the woody surface Impaired To them
In the process of manufacture. These goods
are found both in she United States and the
Spanish American markets in large Quaati-
| ties, especially in mems undershirts and
| drawers. To cause the cotton TO Thus re-
| semble wool, it Is scratched, and the surface
| raised by particular operation. On Draw
| ing out thread or two and burning them
| i'm The flame OF a taper, IL the material be
cotton Ii viii consume To light, impalpa-
| BILE, white ash, cotton being vegetable
| fibre; but IL on the contrary, IL Is wool, and
| curl in the fame and show black ash, &C
| companied with q smell which will At once
| indicate its origin. Cotton Is now SO cleverly
| treated that II is frequently taken for silk
| also an animal fibre and the simple test re-
ferred TO can always be applied when theirs
| Is any doubt upon the point.
A TROUBLESOME CAT-The Utica Oh
| server of Saturday has this statement;
"Stories of danger n infants from cats At.
tempting to suck their breath have been frs
| quently rarrated, but similar attempts O
the animal IN regard TO grown persons al,
not SO common. An instance occurfefi Il
this city several days ago, however, v hic.
| would at least warn people 70 Keep eAfs on
of their sleeping apartments. A yo2n gen
the huge cat Of the family with Der paw
about his neck and endeavoring 70 get hi
mouth open. The cat was WORKING on hi
| chin, and had partly succeeded In opeuinl
| his mouth when the movement avakene,
him. He tried to push the cat OF, but could
not get 10 away NATL he sei1ed it violently
about the neck. choking the animal until Il
The cat has been excluded from the sleo :,
Ing APARTMENTS Of that family since ~
young gentleman's 1t least uncomfor 6sbl
| exr .erieLce."