Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-25

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while May weighed 220.
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ENFORCING THE LAW.
| owners of race-horses are very much
disconnected at the interference with the
betting at Brighton Beach and Rockaway
AT The former place the racing has been
entirely suspended and many owners are
taking their horses away to Washington
and Baltimore. The Jockey club meet.
ing begins on Tuesday at Jerome park,
and IL Is very doubtful whether there W Ill
be any betting there or not. II there Il
not the meeting will be a failure, and
owners of large stables will be obliged 10
take their horses ont West to Chicago
\ and st. Louis Enormous prices have
been paid for yearlings at the recent
sales, but It is scarcely likely that rae
ing men will care to pay any more large
prices when they cannot have cnance
to win back part Of the money so ex.
pended The stopping OF betting Will
thus affect breeders, who will no longer
be able 10 import valuable stations
and the American breed Of horses is sure
to deterlorate. And all this is done not on
account of any moral objection to betting,
but merely because sufficiently large
"boodle" was not supplied TO the hungry
crew of legislators at Albany.
Another "strike" which was source
of annual profit to the Albany people has
been unsuccessful this year, and q large
number OF innocent investors have to pay
because the demands OF these cormorants
were not satisfied Every year some bills
are introduced at Albany TO reduce The
price OF gas, and 1t is an understood
thing that the lobby is properly looked
after by the companies. This year, how
ever, the companies did apparently not
come up to time, and an act was passed
preventing manufactures of gas charging
more than 81 % per thousand cubic feet
The Consequence has been that the stock
Of the Cons olidated Gas has dropped from
10 to below so, and even the stock Of the
Equitable Gas company has suffered
something.
A well known amateur tenor of New
York has Just been getting himself into
solid mess. lie is, or rather was, mem
Der OF the Union and New York Yacht
clubs After a prolonged spree few
nightssago he went TO the former club,
accompanied by q woman and another
man, at the early hour of 1880 a. m. They
went up stairs to the large y odel room,
where there is piano, and ordered
bottle of champagne. While the wine
was coming the fair damsel sang "Near-
er, My God to Thee" while the tenor ac-
compauied her on the piano. Meanwhile
an old member OF the club, who Is in the
habit OF reading the morning papers, hap
pened to turn up, and, needless to say,
there was an interesting scene. 1t is
said that the club will probably accept the
tenor's resignation and not insist upon
eNpelling him, and, probably, the Union
Will take the same course The tenors
father Is the proprietor Of one of the
leading New York hotels, and the young
man has talent enough to make q notable
person OF himself if he had only little
more tact.
a recent London cablegram informs US
that Minister Phelps is overwhelmed with
applications for presentation to the queen
pouring in upon him from Americans So
lourning in or passing through the island.
ms week was presented, among others,
Mrs Peter I. Barlow Miss Marion Lang
don, and Mrs Schuyler, of New York.
Now these presentations, from the man
ner OF securing them, have become per
lect tatce, inasmuch as anyone possessing
a sutllclent amount OF money can be pre-
sented. Ladies who have the right of
making presentations at court have even
advertised the privilege, as the following.
which appeared in a recent is ne OF the
London Morning Post, will show:
A LADY Of Family will he happy TO PRE- .ENr
"a Another, everything OF course being sntis
factory at either OF the Drawing. rooms IN NAV
Liberal terms Address I" BarOl etagu" NAYS
100, Pccadilly, ". "' .
This advertisement was answered by
ady who wished to know the "true in
Warnness," and "Baronetage" proved 10
DC the daughter OF a baronet, the wife of
gentleman in reduced circumstances
ana who really had thepower Of present
ing at drawlng-room any lady of respec-
-anilitY' "Baronetage' was willing to
present her correspondent, but, not hav-
ng attended drawiug-room Of late.
would nave to arrauge Tor court dress.
me cost OF which would be sixty guineas
,aoout s8l5). Payment in advance of
nils amount was required. The nerotia.
lions were ended by the supposed debu.
ante notifying "Baronetagen that her
husband objected to her proceeding further
u the matter.
from what occurred II will be seen that
.he affair, so far as "Baronetageb was
concerned, was perfectly genuine, and
mere are oozens of wealthy snobbesses
VINO would consider the price OF sixty
suineas cheap. RtCoIo