The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-23
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

c. J. Hamlin of Buffalo, N. Y, is registered
at the Palace. Mr.. Hamlin is the proprietor of
"Village Farm" one of the most complete es-
adjustments in the country devoted to raising
fast stock. He is the owner of Nightingale,
Robert ] and Fantasy, three world-beaters,
and has in his stables a number of other ami
mails that have acquired fame on the track.
The three horses mentioned were, in company
with twelve others, sent to Southern California
by Mr.. Hamlin last fall. They are in
charge of Ed Geers, and Mr.. Hamlin
said yesterday that his idea of sending the
horses to this State for the winter was merely
an experiment. He wanted to see if the CHI
mate would affect horse as favorably as it does
human being. The result, he says, has
being pretty satisfactory, and the coming sea-
son he expects to make some new records with
his stable. Fantasy, who has a record
of 2:06 as four-year-old, which is seconds
better than that of Alix at the same age, is the
pride of MI. Hamlins eyes. "If we have no
bad luck this year." said he, s'Fantasy win beat
all records before the season closes. have no
hesitancy in making this assertion, and be-
lieve the animals present form iustifes it, In
the breeding of trotters Mr.. Hamlin has al
ways endeavored to secure combination of
beauty and speedin the animals. He says that
such plan is feasible and he believes he has
succeeded in convincing many other horsemen
that such is the case.
''While was in Butte County last week.
ran across q familiar-looking individual, who
was entertaining a crowd in the little town of
Biggs with history of his travels" said W. O.
Davis at the Palace yesterday. 81 could not
place the fellow st first, but his story soon
identified him to my mind. He was explaining
to the crowd that he was travelling around the
world afoot as the correspondent of New
York paper, that he left the city named on
July 4, 1894, and had since that time travelled
6123 miles. He gives his name as Julian
Rapport, and claimed to be en- route
to this city, readily recalled him as the indi-
vidual who few weeks ago enjoyed the hos
pitality of the Palace for several days while he
ostensibly awaited news from a wager he
claimed to have made with New York club
by which he was to win $4,000 in case he sue
ceeded in walking to San Francisco in certain
time. California appears to be q favorite field
for this class of fakes, but their increasing
numbers will soon dispel the romantic interest
which now surrounds a man who is supposed
to have crossed the continent on foot"
"Some enterprising mechanic who has a
little capital has an opportunity to develop q
new industry in California which promises to
be of great Importance in the near future, %
said H. /. Black, gentleman who has spent
several years in China and Japan lately and who
was at the Occidental yesterday. seThe line of
business I refer to is the manufacture of ready
made houses. In Japan, where civilizing in
fuences have already made rapid strides and
where much greater development may be ex-
pected in the future, there is bound to be a de-
mand for edifces of this kind The Japs are
very initiative by nature and will soon give I'D
the peculiar style of architecture noticeable
there in the building of houses. California has
an almost unlimited supply of timber, which
at present is practically useless, or at least is
not in demand in the markets The houses
could be framed here 'cheaply, shipped to the
Orient and sold at fair figure"
Captain Alexander McDougall, the inventor
of the .fwhaleback" ship, who spent several
days in the Palace short time ago, in discuss
ing the sinking of the Elbe one evening Incl
dentally spoke of the futile efforts which had
been made by ship-builders to construct boat
which was absolutely invulnerable to accident
Every ship has a vital point" said he, "and to
remove this vulnerability is to destroy the