The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12

park in fashionable favor and many well
known people are to be seen daily en-
| joying bicycle rides in that park. which
not so long ago was looked upon as be-
| ing a resort only fitted for the class of
people compelled by economy to reside
on the Surrey side of the Thames. But
if Battersea is not a fashionable locality
Battersea park at least is rapidly work
ing its way into popularity.
There were numbers of dinners on
Wednesday last devoted to literature
and the press. The Prince of Wales
presided at the dinner of the Printers
Orphan asylum and the Duke of York
was chairman at the Royal Literary
Fund dinner, while the conservative lead
er in the house of commons, the Rt.
Hon. A. F. Balfour, paid high compll-
ments ito the press at the newspaper So
ciety dinner, and made a striking allu-
sion to the power Of advertising.
Recognizes the Press.
I'VE habitually boast" said Mr.. Bal
four, "of the extension of our railway.
postal and telegraph facilities, but we are
inclined to overlook the press as the
agen which brings into communication
the different classes of society. In my
judgment all the machinery used in com.
municating information to the public is
not of really more Importance to the
community at large than the power OF
the people to communicate by advertise
ment and bring the buyer and seller to-
gether and to give them the machinery
for communicating their wishes to one
another
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Gould, after
arriving at southampton from New
York by the American line steamship
New York on Wednesday last, proceeded
TO Paris on a fortnight's visit to Count
and Countess Castellane.
The Hon. George w. Curzon, member
of parliament for the Southport division
Of Lancashire, reappeared in the house of
commons on Thursday for the first time
since his return with his bride, and met
with hearty reception. Mr.. CurZon was
congratulated on all sides and Mrs. Cur
zon, formerly Miss Mary Letter of Wash
ington, D. c., promises to be the most
feted woman of the season.
Miss Herbert, daughter of the secretary
of the United States navy, the Hon. H
Herbert, has just arrived in London.
1t is stated here that Young Bobby
Peel, now, by the death of his father
Sir Robert Peel, will shortly return to
the United States.
The death of his father will be Of little
pecuniary advantage to him, as the
estate ait Drayton Manor is mortgaged
and the art treasures Of the family are
dispersed.
Nine. Modjeska, the Polish actress who
was expelled from Poland by order of
the Russian government on account of
her utterances at Chicago during the
Worlds fair. has retired ito Buda Pesth,
Croker is Apprecintive.
In sporting circles there is much COM
ment on the fact that all of Mr.. Rich
ard Croker's two-year olds, except
Montauk, have been scratched and that
not one of Mr.. Michael f. Dryers horses
will race again until August. The an
nouncement on Thursday last that Harry
Read and Stonenell were scratched for
the Jubilee stakes, caused much surprise.
This was the first big race for which the
American horses were entered and it is
one in which they would have met some
of the English cracks, including Aving-
ton, Ravensbury, Throstle, Ell Diablo and
Priestholme Mr.. Richard Croker, yes
terday, in notifying the Associated Press
representative at Newmarket of the
scratching of the American horses, said:
eve consider that the horses were not
exactly fit for hard work. Understand
me, they are in good condition but we
are obliged TO admit they are somewhat
weakened by the voyage, and not yet
acclimated. We want them to be fully
to their work which at present they are
not. Our horses will not start in any
more races until August 1. and then we
intend to keep up our end thoroughly.
We may be disappointed in the result,
but we will at least have a good deal of
fun
Referring to the unfavorable COM
ments regarding Banquet's running in
the Filing plate and then being bought
in by his owner for 760 guineas Mr..
Croker said: "Why should not Dwyer
buy in his own horse If he so desired?
His horse was his own and one of his
favorites. The horse was put up at a
fair sale and he only wanted it more
than any one else. What English stable, !
1 should like to know, would not do the
same thing?'
Mr.. Croker spoke in unmeasured praise
of the. kindness (which ne ana ms racing
partner continued to \receiye from all
English turf patrons