Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-03

years SINCE any OF them have been seen
thrrc. Ihcits ami missppropriatious OF
moneys IA that quarter Of the town have
OF latter years been accomplished by
'tu ted employees aud other men whom
the detectives cannot reach ~ n rule m
tii thor crimes have been committed
$1,000, GOO RECOVERED.
During the first iour years OF In
spector Byrness service at the head Of
ms department he made three times ~
many arrests as had been made during
Z the previous !0ur years. secured q aimI-
Tar proportion OF convictions. anl re-
covered moro than S2,O00,00 q stolen
property.
Cine ol the best features Of his system
has been the employment Of young men
oud the education of them to do tbs
work.
~ 1882 he persuaded the Legislature
70 extend the facilities OF his department
Toy establishing the detective bureau,
with larger force ot men at increased
pay. 10 nov compriecs forty detective
''reeants IN active service. every one Of
whom, 1t as believed, is highly qualified
ior hia work.
ii Us sand that Inspector Byrnes is not
novel in hs methods. Ihls nav bc
true. but if hc has any ORIGINAL ways Of
DONG ms work TIE reader may be certain
lAAl Dee Keeps them to himself.
HOW HG woaas.
or course it need not be said that IN
spcctor yruet after hs long and most
successful career. b. "a man OF unusual sa-
gacitY in dealing with mon. Nhtuerit
"e by terrouNng or shrewd persuasion,
or clover surprises, TINT be makes crimi-
nails confess 10 him of their own nisIeeds
and give important evidence in the cases
OF others, nay be considered az the iu-
spectors private business. ltmav u9tbc
improper, however, 10 state that one of
tao most valuable factors in his system IS
Inns remarkable knowledge OF the crimi-
nal class and his wonderful memory. 10
seems TINT he never fOrgcts face. He
knows just who tho men are Vho DO the
various kinds OF crime, and Il. for in-
stance, SAFE 10 broken. he is morally
certain that somo one Of limited nun
hcr u criminals. every one OF whom is
personally known 20 him, dIi tine busi-
ness. When he has settled the where
anOuts ol every ono of tucHe men st the
timo the crime occurred be has fixed
upon the individual WHO was guilty, and
it then remains 10 secure the evidence
tnot rs necessary 10 convict lp court
Inns may, Il course. be thc most difficult
part OF ell toe work. but with his clever
assistants, ALWAYS ready 20 do his bid
D.. \ ia
oi convictions in our criminal courts IS
the best proof Of lis distinguished abili-
O..
Tur NIVrFg SPORTS
II is not ten, uo, not six, years AGO
that the Kentucky Derby and The
Nnhers and The belmOat founcd the
ongrossiug topic Of conversation Tor oil
devoted follower. of aiciuR, and If man
he'd fancy there were any number 81
opportunities ot investing bg or Little
money on hi choice at odds proporlOn-
ate TO the risk be took in backing horse
many months before the race. For the
benefit Of tine uliultatcd In racing par
lance though there are precious few
lct me state that the three events alluded
g. above ara weight for a2e races for
three. vear-oids The Mlthers and the
Belmont have been and ia measure
still are thecrack events OF jerome Park.
where regular racing was first instituted
IN the East. The two eyentsare modelled
respectively a.ter the two great Enghsh
classics. the Two Thousand and the
Derby. the former at q mile and the lat
tcrot "a mile and II half.
ruF SUBURBAN.
In 1854 the Coney-Islaud Jockey Club
first opened o handicap Of exceptional
value. ana with conditions so arranged
as To call for very heavy list Of entfies
aad provided with easy declaration
clauses. This wns ths Suburban. Almost
from tho outset 1t Oycr-hacOVod the
weiglt-ior-ape races. The idea OF
handicap is 20 give all horses. good and
bad, an equal chance, and the tcmpta-
ton aft securing long odds about mo-
1cratei performer IN first elias, company
Was III, si-iible. and $50 betting WIS cor
med ON al, over the country for months
before the race came of. me fact, too,
thnt 81 winter fayOrte never did encceed
in landing the stakes lent an additional
hlhp 10 the speculation, AMI thus there
va. scarcely an animal among the entries
that did not carry more or less money.
A few wears later the brooklyn Jockey
/ Club opened the Brooklyn Handicap,
which is an exact counterpart Of toe
Suburban. b., too. WIS instantly taken
up bv the public Then came the Ameri-
can Jockey Club with its City Handicap
and the Louisville Jockey Club with ITS
Kentucky handicap, anu for every one
tine dear public rushed ~ and tread on
each others tenierest corns in the wild
desire to "get on IA good thing.
cllf ASD KKSTUCKY HANDICAP.
And this wear there is nothing, abso-
lutelv nothing. The weights were an
uounced month ago. the acceptances
have oil been published a week. and vet
| there ia no list Of odds published, and
what is more, there viii not be. Not
single hookmaker Of standing u New
York viii open book on the Suburban
or Brooklyn. and a. regards the city
handicap and the Kentucky handicap
racing. people hardly seem 10 know that
they exist. In other cities which are
noted as sporting centres where winter
books always tourished, such as Louis
Vile. Chicago. Cincinnati, ST LouiR, New
Orleans. san Francisco Pittsburgh. Bal
hmore. etc., the same dulness prevails
Tine only exception seems TO he Wash
inQton. a note from there Informs me
that two firms will open $4,000 books
early ia March.
AMERICAN "FADs.
There are three reasons for this, or
perhaps four, the additional one beng
The readiness with which We Americans
change our fads and before We are well
ON with the the new love have forgotten
I'M about tho old. But the main factor
against interest in the luturesis this con
tinucd winter racing. At Gutenberg
NOT single day has been missed, no
matter low bad the weather, and at
Cbfton there have been but three post