Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-26
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Several racing men were standing IN
front of Wizards last night discussing
Clifford's victory over Yo Tambien and con-
sidering the chances of the former when
he comes over the mountains to run against
the eastern cracks in the big events Of the
spring. The general opinion Of the coterie
was favorable to Clifford, and then the
talk ran on things horsey until 1t came to
steeplechasing. One Of the party was in
favor OF combining such sport to animals
ridden by gentlemen Jockeys.
That reminds me of something that &C.
CURED several years ago at Cedarhurst.
when poor Harry Harwood was alive" said
another. "Harwood was riding against Pat
Meany and several other professional jock
eys, and after going hard for a mile or SO
Of the distance he found he was beaten
and concluded to pull up. There happened
to be a haystack in the field at the side Of
behind this. His competitors went on, and
in a short while came around by the hay
stack again. when HARDWOOD rode out and
Joined them, and coming ahead crossed I'M
der the wire first. His number was run UP
on the board in the winners place and
Meany rushed to the judges to protest
against the decision on the ground that
Harwood hadn't gone the course. HARDWOOD
was called on for his side of the story and
merely remarked in a superior sort of way
that 1t was eminently silly to doubt that he
had been on the course the same as the
others and had certainly gone over the
same ground. The judges thereupon reaf-
firmed their decision that Harwood had
won, when Meany. turning to the crest
fallen jocks around him. calculated. Moth
er O. Moses. boys. jist see what comes of
bein' a gintleman!
did you ever hear about Meany's old
rival. Pat Nolan, and his fall at Jerome?"
inquired another In the party when the stab
at gentleman jockeying had been sufficient
ly relished. Well. Nolan was riding some
horse whose name 1 forget now and the
going was pretty bad. steady rain having
made the field sort of hummocky. He was
riding as hard as he could. with the de-
termination to win even If he had to kill
his mount, when the animals hoof went
into a hole and he turned a somersault
lighting right on top Of Nolan When the
assistants and stable boys who ran out
from the paddock reached Pat he was ly-
ing on his back, moaning about his legs
hurting him, and saying they were gone
entirely below the knee.
Cut of his boots said somebody. and
fellow pulled out his knife to carry out
the suggestion, when Nolan drew himself
together and scrambled up.
Cut on thin butes.' he yelled. 'Divil a
wan av YEN tech thin. Shure they cosht
fufteen dollyars. We blagards.' and he limp
ed to the stable with much Indignation
as pain"
NO" was the emphatic response Of a
day when he was asked II the plenitude
of his brethren here and their evident pros
perity was not due to something like an
epidemic of bad teeth among the residents
OF Washington. 1T is true that there are
a large number of dentists here, and that
the good ones are reasonably remunerated
for their professional labors. but the reason
for this is that the people here, as a rule
have excellent teeth and like to take care
OF them. Yes, there has been a great
change in the methods of the profession in
the past decade or two. and in its scisn-
tihc aspects II has improved and progressed
more than any other, 1 believe. The time
has gone by when sef-confidence, a strong
arm and pair Of forceps were all that a
dentist needed as his stock In trade.
The successful practitioner today must
needs be good deal of a physician and q
be exercised to save instead OF to destroy
There Is not one tooth pulled out and per-
manently lost by the patients nowadays
where there used to be a hun ired. and full
plates OF false teeth are almost unheard CT
now among first-class practitioners 1t is q
mighty poor tooth that grows in a gum
that properly applied dentistry cannot
make a thousand times better and more
useful than all the false teeth that were
ever manufactured"
Bleeding Kansas promises to be even
more CORY in a political sense this year
than ever BEFORE said Louis p. Allen CT
Topeka at the Arlington today. "Just now
the entire state is excited over the possi-
biiity of Gen. Weaver moving over from
Iowa and becoming a Kansan, with the
avowed intention of becoming the populist
candidate for Congressman in the sixth
district II he moves in by the LIST of May
he will have resided long enough in the
state by election time to be qualified as n
citizen and Representative IL he Is chosen
The populists. from Gov. Lewelling down.
are in favor Of the ex-presidential candi-
date pursuing this course, as they say he
could carry the sixth district beyond ques-
ton and add 10000 votes to the strength
OF their state ticket. There will be prob
apiy three separate tickets in the field next
fall. as 1t is not thought that the demo-
Gratis and populists will pull together again
as they did in 1892. so altogether the most
remarkable state in the Union has a high
old time In prospect during the next six
months"