, 1889-09-22
MARINE NEWS.

yesterday. ray 10 hlr. NlseIan UT
order $40 on account Deronda. A. Sure
thing"
psE~People who attend the convention
have noticed that Mr.. Hoyt Of Albany
has the facial contour and expression of a
tragedian aud looks like Edwin Booth,
while President Brown bears a striking
resemblance to Roscoe Conkling.
Bas- Preston. the shrewd young delegate
from Fremont wants to bet MIR. Goodell a
bale of blankets tl.as the Indians on the
reservation near his home own ponies that
can beat Deronda. He also declares that
T. A. Kent was offered the shattered idol
for use on the street car line, but said he
was too slow for the business. With the
returns all in it will probably be found
that Preston did not like the field Friday.
H6s- Surveyor General Richards is a
the capitol. The other afternoon Capt.
Nick O'Brien and q LEADER reporter
were calling on Mr.. Richards when Capt.
O'Brien said that when marching at Mil
nduhtC buC ptibpllaiipu hio OOdb 81
wet that he had to borrow another from
an armory. He said the pockets were
about half full of water and hat all in
all it was a pretty warm day. This re-
minded the reporter of a city man who
once related that at Yuma, Arizona. the
thermometer registered l60o in the shade
and that it was poor shade-only a few
willows. Some one called his attention to
the fact that water boiled at l40o. The
citizen calmly remarked hat he had neg
lected to say water in the red River
was boiling that very day. Surveyor
General Richards came to the front will
a fish story. A friend of his had once IA
vered select party with a grapic descrip
ton of how he he had battled two hour
with'a fish before landing it. He stfug'
gled until nearly exhausted but landed
the prey. How big was it?" inquired
some one. Il can't say" was the reply.
Il dislike to be inaccurate, and could
neither weigh nor measure the fish, but
remember that the lake was a perfect cir,
Gle half a mile in diameter, and the water
fell about twenty-three inches when
hauled him out" Frank Bond inquired
if Doug Rhodes knew this congress was
in session, and the party commenced talk
ing about county division.
pas- A very clever man about town
who made a little dump on Deronda last
Tuesday dallied somewhat with the flow.
ing bowl as a consolation. Next day he
was on the quarterstretch talking rather
incoherently of the beaten favorite. He
collared a roughly clad but intelligent
looking attache of some racing stable and
opened on him thuslv: Il bet you 81, DOC
to 81 900 that Deronda can beat Limerick
and ride him myself. viii you take it?
You dare not take it up" well" said
the horsey man with with great delibera
ton and seeming earnestness, III think
about it. but if I'm not round with the
money by IL o'clock tonight you needn't
sit up any longer for me-" Then he
went over and ''swiped'' somebody's beer
from the long counter.
nara gentleman who delights in be-
ing called clever played it pretty cute on
his friends at the races Friday. His
party was for Deronda first, last aud all
the time, but he only looked wise and
smiled knowingly when asked his opinion.
Just before the race he slipped down to
the betting paddock and commenced in
vesting in pools. He took $40 worth Of
Deronda, $50 of Wyoming, $50 Of Fear.
naught and $40 of Limerick at the post
odds. He distributed the cards in differ
ent pockets and memorized the location.
When Limerick landed a winner the
thoughtful man leered at his friends
with the cold smile of an oyster and going
into his upper left hand vest pocket dis.
played Limerick tickets calling for sec
and costing only $40. OF course he was
about 500 loser and couldn't possibly
have won on that sort of a play but he
made his friends think that he was one OF
the shrewdest horsemen in the world.
He told them that anyone might have
known that Limerick was the best horse
of the lot.
say-The first day Of the fair a couple Of
men engaged in an alteration near the
Art hall. One had a big revolver in a
belt, and with his hand OIL the weapon
abused the other man like a yellow dog,
applying to him every vile epithet in the
decalogue. The abuse was taken quietly.
After a while a police officer hap
penej along and induced the armed mar
to lay aside his artillery. He still fell
belligerant, however, and went down tc
T the bar in search OF his enemy. He found
him. They met, and the man who had