Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-03

sxclaims, parenthciicallv, ga pretty long
uoti" Inc .sstmoty Of this witness fur
nishts MI. D. Opportunity for two other
good bits. Among other thlnrs su,possd
| 10 ausliiy Mr.. Clay as an exnert was the
fact that lie had an unclo Who oxna1
Memhrino Chef." Saws Mr. N .Mr
| Dickens, In one o. hi. 'sketcbe., o ves a
dialogue which Is opposite. a younv laly
on n picnic exclaims Sir sinpklns. 1,
| you musical No, mIdam, | ain't. hut I
had an uncle Who PLAYED on the Germ,n
| fute.' " seems tint II was nj the sng.
pesiion OF TINS witness that the horse, at the
| time Of TIE accident which ended his course.
wss going the rornGs ~ the Virginia fairs
"for tie steauylng benefits Of a campaign"
| offcr 1htch' Wrought the "expert.v he
could be wrought home. handled carefully
| through tue winter, sud taken North 4
woild'beiter The next spring. This re-
| commentator ~ Bristow" reminded
| Mr.. b., as Mr.. Lincoln would have said. OF
| an 6cdote told 81 the late DR.. GeSsncr
Harrison a" he c)naclentiouS Professor
YVES asked bya Mr. Brown for a letter OF
r, commentator. which he granted In these
words: Mr.. Brown has been sludvmg
Latin under inc for three wears: II he will
apply himself diligently for several wear,
mere think he may ultimately acquire
some knowledge OF the lngugc.I" NJ.
D., sftcr saying TINT the defendant h,l
failed TO impcsch or d'scrcdIt the evi.
dente establish ing the high qualities
and value Of the deceased, and had failed
10 take the testimony Of numerous eek.
pcris" in the State IS to horse-nesh in gen.
eral, proceeds 10 show what the defendant
did do: "But this is what he did. He en-
plOyed the Hon. John \. McClull-who Il
rot unknown to fame ~ 4 practitioner Of
law. State-craft, horse-craft, and stage
craft to got evidence and meet the emer-
geDcy: and this gentleman. who well illus
traies the famous lines Of the great drama.
tisi, pertinent to his last Profession
| IAN the worlds n stage.
Ard all the men and women merely player;
And one man IN his time plays many paris
played his part a. well as Circumstances
slowcd. The evidence. such - It Is, was
gotten through the accommodating d.pO-
sitioDs OF three Marylandcrs-a hotcl-keap-
or, farmer. and a horse-i jockey" We
cannot refrain from giving one more from
Mr.. b. as a fitting conclusion. " Bristow F"
had been trained for time upon the track
Of n Dir. Cain. OF which Mr.. y. remarks
that 1t "secms to have done duty alternate
" as a race.course and 4 corn-field." This
Nr. Cain WAS examined ~ u witness for
the plaintiffs. but seemed to know very
little about the horse. Mr.. b. rectes his
testimony, and adds: "IIe could not have
said much less, and he dill not say
more. He seems to have lived in bliss
iul ignorance that around his circling
track had sped the many twinking feet
" one Of the famous trotters OF the
American tui' that III after years was to
make a record in this court, il nowhere
else, without n parallel in equine history"
1t would doubtless be well il many OF us
could thus relieve the anxious cares OF IN
eXecting and laboriouS profession. These
briefs are marked by very great ability
one Of them. indeed. il 4 monument Of PIT
ticnt industry and con,ummatc sklll-anl
il we cannot say that 1t i the best We have
ever seen. it is only because we have seen
many from the same hand.