New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26
I0T1RNEAY HND BURNHAM.
NOTES or THE CLUBS.
CIVIC uONORs CONFERRED UPON UNION
LEAGUE MEMBERS AND OTHERS.

RECORD AT THE RIDING AND DRivING
CLUES EXHiBITIoN-A MoNTAVK
STAG MEMORY -TERpsicHoRE
rEvEIs ~ IRVING.
Ciubmen in Brooklyn have found pleasant 'oplS
OF conversatio this week In contemplating '"e
honors bestowed upon their comrades by Mayor
Wurste~ IN his cabinet appointments ~ Is thous"t
that every member % the cabinet Is member OF
ono NJ more clubs and two or three OF them are
p-omnently connected with several Mayor
Wurs,cr never corcealed his fondness for MS
c,ubs and IL would inleel have been strange II
he had not found among his fellow mbers many
Of his helpers II IS 4 noteworthy iact however
,ha, he has not been accused by either hlendS
or ZOOS o. allowing ties Of friendship TO restrain
him from .hoosng in every ease men thoroughly
qualified for their places The Union League Ciuo
viii be represented In the cabine' by larger
, delegation than any other cluo. II mas o'S'ues
Mayor Wurster himself Commissioners Woodruff
Wills Bryant. Emery and Nef. Corporation 'o""
sci Burr and Tax Collector Appleton
CHARM OF \ MONrArK STAG.
Iohn NJ Rider and his associates on the Montank
clubs Entertainment Committee Installed them
selves more deeply than ever In the sooi EraVes
OF the club on Saturday evening. January H. oy
uroyding one OF the best stag entertainm ats ever
given I'm the commodious Eghth-ave. mousse
Hanio music by Brooks Denton and Ossman' negro
lmpersoratons by George Day sleigh'-o'-"'"a
performances by l. Water and humorous roe"a-
lions by Greg Patti enlivened the evening.
Tne next affair OF Importance 10 be gwen by the
uon,aA will be the -talked-of dinner to Mayor
Wurster and his cabinet. The Mayor mas had a
rest from club dinners since he went INTO Once
hut i, seems that the Montauk is giving the ball
second push which will keep 1t rolling nhNl 'Ne
Mayor has passed through another series Oh co'n-
nlimentarv banauets The Montauk has had the
I,u.p u
month and has been waiting merely FOR the Mayor
70 nick his assistants The dinner Will be held on
Saturday February s.
HORSE JUMPS INTO \ NEW RECORD.
The monthly entertainment OF the Riding ana
Driving club on Wednesday evening was made IA
nous by the phenomenal jumping OF Mrs FRANK H..
Rearl's Perfection The contest between the nall
dozen horses entered soon narrowed down 10 a
strife between Perfection and Mr. Boards Hercules
The names given the horses proved to be well
chosen Hercu.os's work little short OF marvel
lous but his rivals performance was absolutely
perfect Hercules dropped out at five feet six Inches,
but Perfection found no difficulty In clearing the
hurdle A. six feet The bar was then placed at six
feet six inches, according to the measurement but.
II the straw pad on the bar and the depth 10 which
| the horses hoofs sank in the tanbark con-
sdered, the actual height was nearer six feet nine
inches. When {. II. Robbins. who rode Perfection.
urged the horse mp to the fence the first time the
animal knocked of the bar. But on the second
neatly the other side without touching the bar.
The Jump broke The club record by several inches.
and viii doubtless stand for long time the bee
performance OF its kind I'm this Vicinity.
The following persons are applicants for member
s sp w. y wnTr wam Vns wallace aa MiK HERBERT
Pratt and Chester Ingerso Richards.
SAMPLE OF HAMILTON WHIST
The whist players of the Hamilton Club took the
Lincoln Club into camp on Wednesday evening In a
big game. played in the Lincoln Clubs parlors by
forty members OF each club. The final score showed
the Hamilton players TO be the winners by the close
margin of nine points. On February 10 a return
game will be played at the Hamilton Club The
Beechcr Tilney. Ntchie. Putnam. Buddngton.
Green, Worth. levitt Dougherty. Lesgett. &. Had
don. Hazard. II. Haddon. Holland Barnes. Parsons.
Allen. Lawrence. IIurlbut. Parker, Mason, Field.
Sand. Taylor, II. Worth, Earle. Carhart. Church.
Chauncey. Bigelow. DE witt. Clement, Beebe. Muir
ray. Brown. Calender. Richards and Atwater. The
Lincoln representatives were Messrs. Rowe. Walt.
McCement, Hempsha. Jacobs Simpson. McGrath.
Frazer. Williams. Wayand. Boyd. Dixon, Joseph
f. l.. Adams. Cotton. Lawrence ketcham.
Cheriton swanly. Richardson. Wilson, sackett.
Thompson, Overton. Stone, Van Wyck, Talbot.
Cantrell, Westlake. Coe Furman. F. W. stone,
RIGGS shores, NJ. Adams. Meeks. Tallman, Carr.
Langmuir and Stiles.