The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
His Monkey Tactics Said to Be
Foreign to InSular Pre-
judices..
LATE GOSSIP FROM LONDON.
Viscount Hinton Graduates From
Organ Grinder to Willy
Snowman.

VIZ Pt'oo WCOh LII SpOIllliS ClICIcS nave uOt
increased the popularity here of Michael
f. Dwyer or of Richard Croker. Even the
colored jockey, Sims, has come in for
share of criticism.
The Globe, commenting upon the riding
OF the American jockey, said: His mon
key antics are foreign to our insular pre-
JUDGES. He kept easing his mount and
then sending him along to the leaders over
and over again on Thursday, but we must
admit that when he had to sit down he
showed us what he could do. In an ex-
citing finish he has proven equal to the oc-
casion.
The most serious accusation which the
papers make is that these pretenses of
being beaten were simply meant to in
fuence betting during the race, and that
the Americans succeeded in getting a large
amount in this way
The United States warships San Fran
cisco and Marblehead, from the Mediter-
ranean, and the New York and Colum-
bla, from New York, will rendezvous at
southampton and will proceed together
to Kiel, in order to take part in the elabo-
rate fetes prepared there to celebrate the
opening OF the North Sea and Baltic
canal. 1t is estimated that the four
United States ships will represent 21747
tons, with 75 officers and 1897 men.
Great Britain will be represented by
four first-class twin-screw battle-ships-
the Royal Sovereign, Empress of India,
Resolution and Repulse-the first-class
twin-screw cruisers Blenheim and Endy-
mion, the third-class cruiser Bellona, the
first-class gunboats Speedy and Halycon,
md hn Nv
under the command of Vice-Admiral
Fitzroy.
This feet of ten warships will carry III
officers ana 1909 men and have a total dis
placement of 78, ,660 tons. Austria will send
four warships, which carry 81 officers and
1912 men, and which will represent dis
placement of 13S49 tons. The Austrian
fleet will be commanded by Rear-Admiral
Archduke Charles Stephen. Russia will
send three ships under Rear-Admiral
Skirdloff, with 70 officers and 1906 men,
representing 20,970 tons. Italy will make
a gallant showing, with nine war-vessels,
carrying 160 officers and 1909 men and rep
resenting 1880 tons. The italian fleet
will be commanded by the Duke of Genoa.
France will only send three ships, but
they will represent 800 tons and will be
manned by sixty officers and 1860 men,
Scandinavia will send five ships, repre-
senting 1894 tons, with ffty-five officers
and $50 men, under Rear-Admiral Klinte-
berg. There will be three Spanish ships
present, representing 1886 tons, with
fifty-six officers and 1888 men. The Dan
ish flag will be represented by six war
ships, with thirty-two officers, 1870 men
ana 1850 tons. The Netherlands will send
two warships, representing 4575 tons, with
twenty-five officers and Alb m en-. There
will be two Roumanian warships present,
representing 1850 tons, with twenty three
officers and 400 men. Turkey will be rep
resented by cruiser of 1926 tons, having
on board fifteen officers and 800 men.
The United States ambassador, the
Hon. Thomas f. Bayard, will attend the
fetes at Kiel on the Mirror, Sir John
Pender's yacht. Lord Wolseley, Lord
Roberts of Kandahar and Sir Evelyn Wood
will also be Sir John Pender's guests. The
Mirror will start from Scotland for Kiel,
and, after the fetes at the former place,
will proceed to the North Cape. The party
will be absent three weeks.
The opera season opened auspiciouslv,
although there has been nothing note
worthy as yet. On Thursday Mary Engel
| in philemon" was favorably received.
The critics approved of her. The subscrip-
| ton is the largest known. The Queen
heads the list with the double box on the
| grand tier. Among the others to secure
boxes are the Duke of Fife, the Duchess OF
| Marlborough, Lord Dunraven, Lord Ions.
! dale. Lord Wolverton, William Waldorf
Astor, Mr.. Winans and Mesdames
Mackay, Ronalds, Adair, Bradley Martin
and Ralph Vivian.
| The theaters have been suffering from
| the hot weather which prevailed during
the end of the week, and there have been
no novelties
The Princess of Wales and her daughters
are at Sandringham, whittier they went
after the drawing-room which the Princess
held OH Wednesday last at Buckingham
Palace in behalf of the Queen.
| The drawing-room was not largely at
tended, and but few people attracted more
attention than the american Duchess
the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough,
otherwise Lady Beresford, who was pre-
sented on her marriage to Lord William
Beresford. She had never been presented
as Duchess of Marlborough. The beauti-
Iul AmeficdH wore gorgeous pearl gray
satin dress with a velvet train shot with
the faintest tinge of pink and embroidered
with silver and diamond lilies. The bodice
was completely covered with lace and
sparkled brightly with profusion of dia-
monds.
English women are showing an inclina-
ton to bedeck themselves with Jewels in
the daytime, which they admit is bad taste
and which failing they have long accused
Americans of giving way to.
At the invitation concert of the Strauss
orchestra at the Imperial Institute on
Saturday society was out in great force,
the names of those present including hall
the peerage, and diamonds in the ears OF
the ladies and around the neck and in
brooches were worn in numerous promi-
nence. The Prince and Princess of Wales
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg.
Gotha and the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught We're among those present.
Viscount Hinton, who for many years
has been grinding an organ throughout
the streets of London, is now acting as
Snowman for kinetoscope, near Leather