The Washington critic., 1885-08-26

fought him at times when il was not
popular to do so, aud he evidently
knows something about Mahouc's ma-
tics, for he told Baltimore sun CORE.
spondcnt the other day that when be
was at the head of the celebrated "B'g
-Four" aud making thin-s towid for
Mr. NIahouc, the Huc,'s representa-.
tivcs offered him anat I'm the United
state, Senate. % seat in the House or %
place ON the gubcrna'oiai ticEe, IL IA
would lclup
AsGyncrul Ncwborry know, virginia
politics as well as any man in the
state, his prediction as to the result of
the coming election is worth having.
Ii is that the Democratic party will
carry the State without doubt.
THE IVY CRY RACES.
In our sporting columns will be
found complete list Of the entries to
the stake races at the fall meeting Of
the National Jockey Club 1t would
be difficult TO make out list including
more Of the noted racers in the country.
Miss Woodford, the Queen of the Turf;
Frccland, Longfcllow's sturdy son;
Portland Richmond The Bard Lumin-
Gus, Favor Joe Cotton, and in fact the
very pick of the horses that have been
running at the Western tracks, Mon.
mouth, Saratoga, Shccpshcal and
Brighton will be here. The Ivy City
meeting has great advantage over the
summer meetings in that the choice
racers from all the summer meetings
cen be- ON hand. The Autumnal IIandi
cap will doubtless be as fine race rs
was ever run, rs the Lorillard, the
Kclso, Dwycr and Rancocas stables are
represented This magnificent gather
ing of highly.brcd racers has been
made possible only through the excel.
lent management of the National
Jockey Club. by their strict and stern
integrity its officers have inspired uni
versal confidence that races at Ivy City
will be honestly run. Days suspcn.
sion showed the manner of men the
National Jockey Clubs officers are and
did world of good for the club and
the turf in general.
TESTING SILVER CIRCULATION.
II is not proposed to print or issue
any more one or two dollar notes until
after the convening Of Congress.
About two weeks ago an order was
sent out recalling all of these notes in
custody of the subtrcasurers, and yes
terday the last installmcnt arrived All
the small notes held by the Government
are now in the Treasury vaults in this
city.
The purpose of this action is to as
certain how large silver circulation
thc country can carry. While the
small notes We're procurablc it was
almost impossible to procure this in
formations Now it is believed that for
thirty or sixty days the demand for
silver dollars will be unprecedcntedly
great, and the next three months will
demonstrate how large n silver circula-
tion is possible. The Treasury authori-
ties claim that the financial condition
of the Government makes il incumbent
upon them to get out the silver dollars
even TO the inconvenience of the public
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND will be called
upon soon to appoint another brigadicr.
general in the army, to take the place
of General Nelson II. Davis, Inspectors
General, who goes on the retired list
September 20. Colonel Roger Jones is
the senior assistant of the corps, but as
he will not retire for age until 1895, it
is urged by the great majority of army
officers that General Absalom Baird,
also a colonel, be promoted to the com
ing vacancy, as he must retire August
0 1888. The vacancy will promote
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph G. Breckcn-
ridge to colonel and Major Edward NJ
Heyl to lieutenant. colonel, leaving a
vacancy of major, to which Colonel
George W. Davis, captain Fourteenth
Infantry, aide-dc-camp to Lieutenant
General Sheridan, will undoubtedly be
promoted.
THE Car and his spouse and the
Emperor of Austria and his better-half
met at Krcmsier yesterday. They came
together with a clash and did an un-
usual amount of royal hugging and
kissing. The Car seems to have been
very much smitten by the Austrian
lady and kissed her repeatedly. And
the Emperor stood by and never said a
word. We do things differently in
this country not even General Sher-
man would give another mans wife
more than half dozen buses at once,
especially If her better-h half was in the
vicinity.
THE Alexandria Gazette is strongly
urging the necessity of new road be-
tween that city and the National Capt..
tai. There is no doubt that such a
thoroughfarc, properly macadamized.
would in time become one of the most
popular drives in the country. More
than that ii would become eventually
well built and embellished, adding
largely to our suburban attractions.
YACHTING men in New York think
that the Puritan, which has lust
proved herself so clipping n craft, will