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The times., 1897-09-19
THE DUCHESS AMBITION.

London, Sept. 1s.-The Duchess OF Marl-
borough has new ambition. She aims,
not only at restoring BIenhem to it's pris
tine spiendor, but also at restoring to her
husband and his heirs the London home
which was theirs for many generations.
In other words, she has conceived the
daring project of winning back Mari
borough house from royal control, and
placing it once more in the hands OF the
Spencer Churchills. The magnitude OF
the task to which she has set herself
nay be estimated " hen one recoliects that
Marlborough house has become the recog
nized town residence OF the Prince OF
Wales, and that the heir apparent and his
fnmily have conceived for it a great and
lasting affection
But wealth, tact and social influence
eau accomplish wonders, and stranger
things have happened than the abandon
ment OF his town house by Prince Of
Wales in favor of a subject with reason
able claims to it's possession.
Marlborough house was built by Sarah,
the first and greatest Duchess of Narlbor-
ough, on the gardens of the cid Friary
stipulation In theoriglnallease was to the
effect that the Friary gardens should not
be built over. For this reason the gardens,
although in LOn.lon's very heart, remain
to this day spacious and productive. Sarah
Of Marlborough had quaTeled bitterly with
her architect when the mansion was about
to be built, an d it is confidently asserted
that this singular woman completed the
plans herselr and personally directed their
carrying out. AT any rate Marlborough
hoaSe is oue Of the most admirably reconstruct
ed houses in London.
Ine MarlboTouEhs dwelt in MarlBor-
ough house FROM the days OF the great duch
rSs down to the first decade of the pres
ent century, when the successive heavy
losses of the then duke andof his son, Lord
Blandford caused the family 20 part with
it, in or ler that Blenhein might be saved
Royalty at once leased th house for Prince
LeopolG. husband OF the Inflated heiress OF
George ~.
In 1881 the Queen Dowager, Adelaide,
went To live there, and in 1863 the present
Queen assigned it to tie newly married
Prince and Princess Of Wales as their nopa
lar town establishment. The structure wss
much enlarged and improved on this oeca-
sion 81 tiat. should BVcnesS Coasueio $40.
ceed in regaining this lost gem of the Mari
borough ooronet, she VIII lind it far more
suitable 10 modern requirements than il
was when fortune, the tickle. caused it
to pass away from the house Of Spencer
Churchill.
The chief authority for the rurnor Of the
Duchess OF MarlborQugh's intentions in re-
gard to the house is we'll known London
lawyer, whosename has long been a house
hold wordfor his skilland ingenuity in M an
aging the most delicate affairs. 1t would
certainly seem natural enough chat the lat
est successor of Sarah the Great should de-
sire to see the pukezof Marlborough once
more seated in Marlborough house.
The times., 1897-09-19
Last $1,000 Tour to niagara Falls
Tuesday, October IL.

The pennsylvania Railroad VIII operate
special train Of parlor cars and day coach
es, leaving Washington 7:30 a. m, Tues
day, Oct. 2. Tickets, good for ten DAYS,
VIII allow stopover at Buffalo, Rochester,
and Watkins, returning. Special train VIII
stop at Buffalo, going, and delegates to
the international Conventional the Brother
hood OF st. Andrew may avail themselves of
this service. Item
The times., 1897-09-19

here I've got date with little party
that's playing across the street and expects
me to Take her To supper.
The madame jealous? Not a bit OF 1t.
That IL. not yet / dunno how it'l be
l..rer on BY the way, / almost forgot
to 20 the box-office and get her salary.
Good night and gbod luck to you.-New
York Innrnal
The times., 1897-09-19
S1o.75 TO Columbus, o., aod SI2.75
Return Via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

Account National Encampment, Union
Veteran Legion, tick cts will be sold Sep
tember 10 TO FL, good to return to 9th,
al rate OF one fare for round trip.
SEQ, 10, IL, 10, II i 9m 80, ;i5;I6; 7;I8e
The times., 1897-09-19

The Pennsylvania Railroad
Runs the only through trains to Atlantic
City. Great excursion Saturday and Sun
day next. Best equipment. se15- 4t-em
The herald., 1897-09-27

Capital. ...... $500, 10000
GEO. n. BONEBRAKE........ President
+. G. .HOWES.............. Cashier /
DIREC 7
Geo. H. Bonebrake, Warren Gillelen. P. n
VIM. M. Van Dyke, W. c. Brown, L. c. NJ {
This bank has no deposits Of either tn {
no preferred creditors.
The herald., 1897-09-27
THE WHEEL

Chainless bicycles seem to be an as
sured fact next year. A local dealer,
representing a firm who will make a
special effort in this line next season,
was discussing the new gearing last
week and seemed doubtful Of the sue
cess Of the scheme. 1.-THE absolute ac-
curacy of the beveled gear is one Of the
objections. 10 get a mechanically per-
feet bevel is almost mechanical i'm
possibility. and many OF the firms now
doing business cannot begin to afford
the machinery necessary to make the
gear. But aside from that the recent
drop In standard makes of bicycles has
given people an erroneous idea as to the
cost Of manufacturing machines. With
the chainless wheel It will be impossi-
BILE to put them on the market at SIS, the
price ruling now. About $125 will be the
figure asked for them. Now, how many
people are going to pay twice as much
money for what ls At best an expert
ment? I, for one, will not take up the
chainless wheel until know 1t is q prac-
tical success. am sure Of the
other, but the chainless wheel Is an un-
known quantity to me. This dealer IL
going to handle chainless wheels next
The herald., 1897-09-27

as great as this old mare and her famous
son. There are horses and horses, and
have often declared that show ring Is
the place to judge horses
Rosemonde, who will be seen at the
races here. is the only yourgster on the
American turf by Ormonde, the stallion
for whom w. OBJ. Macdonough paid
$3.50, 900.
The Horsemen's Protective associa-
ton has been organized in the east. To
state the proposition at its true value,
the organiza tion is one whose only object
is to attain for owners the money that
should come to them in purses. OF late
racing associations have been raking of
fortunes, while owners have been going
into insolvency. 1t is to reform such a
condition of affairs that horsemen
| aim at.
Marcus DAILY has decided to retire from
racing in the east. His luck has been
very bad and his stable has cost him half
a million of dollars since he first began
racing. He has not had a good horse
since Tammany's time, although he has
been a liberal purchaser at sales and
hesitated at no expenditure. Mr.. Daily
| is one Of the pillars of the turf and his
dUSeLC0 WILL Ue ueplUIeu. l1e 10 d 6eA-
| uine sportsman and there has never been
whimper concerning his luck. His en-
| tire string will be shipped to Montana
this winter and Matt Byrnes will &c
along to take charge of the ranch.
This will be the last year racing will
be given at Agricultural park, Sacra-
mento. The buildings and fences will
be torn down and the property, which is
far too valuable for anything but resi-
dence purposes, will be cut up into
streets and building lots The State Ag-
ricultural society has decided upon a
beautiful piece of land near Brighton
where there will be plenty of room to
build barns stalls, race track, grand
stand, etc.
| For the first time in racing history q
race under the national rules, driven by
women. wearing bloomers, carrying
weight and riding bicycle sulkies, was
trotted recently at Pittsfield, Mass
There was a crowd of more than 400(
people on the track from all sections OF
New England to see the event. Starter
Morrill, said afterward: IT have never
started field of horses In my life where
they came down for the word in such
good shape as did these women, and they
have set fine example for some of the
drivers of the opposite sex, who make q
practice of scoring all day."
The herald., 1897-09-27

year, but he Is not looking for any rosy
results from the sale.
So the Los Angeles Athletic club has
decided to give up Athletic park. That
means that the bicycle track down there
will fall into disuse, for it was danger
Gus even with the care Of "Old John"
the nurse; without his tender solicitude
the racing path will become a yawning
grave. But that old track has seen
some famous, not to say notorious races.
There was the great meet of 1893, when
the Los Angeles Wheelmen hung up
$1,000 in prizes for three days racing.
Then, in 1894, came the notorious twen-
ty-five mile race between Tom McAleer
and Casey Castleman, which resulted in
the somewhat enforced retirement from
the track of several shining
lights among racing cyclists. In
the fall of 1895 came the national circuit
meet, when Bald, Cooper, Kiser and
Murphy, the headlights of the path that
year, rode before shrieking multitude
and captured diamonds galore with
which to vainly adorn their persons.
Each year since the opening of La Fiesta
one day of the week has seen seething
mass Of people jammed inside the en-
closure to watch the various sports. And
now this has passed away; and unless
some enterprising Individual or collec-
tion of individuals should appear to
rescue the track from innocuous desue-
tude Los Angeles cyclists are likely TO
lose this landmark in the progress Of the
sport.
The boulevard project does not seem
to have interested the wheelmen of this
city as much as such a matter might
naturally be supposed, and even the pro-
moters of the two routes to Pasadena
have forgotten, in their struggles with
opposition before the board of public
works, to endeavor to secure the sup
port of the riders in favor of ore or the
other Of the plans. 1t is matter the
final settlement of which will give to
| the wheelmen a smooth roadway to
Pasadena at all seasons, but not one OF
them has appeared to take part in any
of the meetings held for the purpose OF
securing one boulevard or another, ano
none of the riders are represented on
any of the boulevard committees as rep
resentatives of the cycling element.
| Los Angeles is not to be behind In the
chainless wheel race. w. K. Cowan, the
| old-time bicycle dealer, has invented
a chainless wheel that is pronounced
by experts to be one of the best of its
kind yet put forward. The chief adj
vantage claimed over other models Is
in the knuckle-joint shafting connect
ing the bevel gears which transmit the
power from the cranks to the rear wheel
The herald., 1897-09-27
Notes and Personal Mention From
Over the River

over the hlVer
The last services for the conference
year were held at the Asbury M. E
church yesterday, the pastor, Rev. e. A
Healy, preaching both morning and
evening.
The members of the Swedenborgiar
Church society held a pleasant socia
last week at the residence Of II. L. Nc
Kee of 255 North Sichel street. The
evening was spent in an advertising
guessing contest, Miss A. G. Moore ol
the West Side winning the prize.
DR.. and Mrs. Laws of DAILY street have
gone to Escondido 10 visit their dauh-
ter, who resides there.
A ladies' night will be given by the
East Side Cycling club on Wedn esday
evening. A fine musical program will
be rendered and refreshments served
A harvest home concert was given last
evening at the Baptist church. The
music was especially good and exercises
by the children were we'll rendered.
The W. C. T. U. OF the East Side will
meet at the residence of DR.. Clark, or
Downey avenue, on Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. s. Grover was called home yes.
terday from Banning. where she waf
visiting friends, by the serious illness Of
her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hamilton.
Rally day was observed at the Congre.
gational church last evening, the pro-
gram being an interesting one. and well
received by the large audience present.
The herald., 1897-09-27

San Francisco BLACKSMITH" can be ac-
commodated, and unless there is one of
those numerous bitches in arranging for
the match, it Will probably take place
during the races. Mr.. McRoberts has
so much confidence in his man that he
says he is willing to put up from $1,000
to $4,000 merely to make the matter
interesting. Hanstead took up McAuliffe
when he was a big lubberly amateur,
weighing 290 pounds, and by careful
work reduced his weight to 207. He de-
clares that the Improvement in the skill
Of the man has been proportionate to
his reduction in weight, and that he is
| ready to meet any man. That is a broad
assertion. but the trainer says he will
swear to it.
The meeting would be interesting from
the fact that it would be a go between
two of the heaviest men in the ring to-
day. Jeffries weighs 216. and could
easily reduce this to that of his pros
| pective opponent. The financial success
Of such a mill is certain, as at the time
it is ntemplated the city would be filled
with horsemen and other sporting men
from all over the coast.
Should the arrangements be made it
|
ment in which there would be number
of fights. All the local ring element
would be drawn upon to make the oc-
casion one Of the most notable Of the
kind that has taken place here for a
long time. Walter McStay, who is work.
ing to bring the match about, yesterday
stated that he had every hope of salts
flying both big 'uns as to the conditions
of the contest.
McAuliffe does not even except Peter
jackson in the list Of those whom he is
desirous to meet. He says nothing of
the terrible beating that Jackson gave
him nearly ten years ago, except to as
Isert that he is not the same man now.
A visit of Peter Jackson to Los An
geles is one Of the possibilities of the
coming race meet. Since the Australian
has been in England he Is said to have
paid close attention to racing matters
and is in fact much better off financial
ly as result. If he comes he will ac-
company a large party Of sporting men
from San Francisco.
The herald., 1897-09-27
BASEBALL

The new baseball league formed at
San Francisco Saturday, to be known as
the California State league" and at
present composed of the Reliance, Gilt
Edge, Stockton and Olympic clubs, is
the result of the recent quarrels among
the clubs of that part Of the state about
the proper division of the net receipts
from the games. In the recent tourna-
ment in which all parts Of the state
| were represented, the clubs received
only 20 per cent, and this caused a
vigorous kick. The result has been that
the new league was formed, and 1t is
agreed that they shall receive in future
so per cent of the gate receipts 1t will
be remembered that the Reliance and
Gilt Edge mines were expelled from the
tournament for playing a Sunday ex-
hibition game and that they then open
| ly charged that the action was taken in
order that favored nine might win the
$1,000 trophy. The first series of games
by the clubs composing the organization
will begin about the middle of October
The seasons wind-up in the National
league is marked by struggle for first
place such has not occurred since the
New Yorks, then known as the Metro
politans, and the Bostons decided the
cha ampionship several years ago by a
difference in favor of the former of
only per cent The Bostons are again
an element in the contest but this year
their opponents are the men of the city
known to oyster fame-the Baltimores.
The final struggle has commenced, and
| it Is being watched the country over
and wagers are being freely made, even
across the continent from where the
finals are being played. Baltimore has
four more games to play before the
close of the season. and Boston has
five. Their last series together is now
being played, and on their way home
the Bostons will engage two other east
ern clubs and will close the season on
Manhattan island.
A week ago ten points separated them
but by two victories early in the week
and by taking Saturdays game from
| them, Baltimore increased her lead by
four points and seems to have the ad-
vantage. A glance at the percentage
table will show how close the race is,
and little figuring will also show how
| much difference one or two games would
make, provided Baltimore lost them
1t is as yet anybody's choice between
the two, the other advantage Baltimore
enjoys, in addition to her present lead
being that she has al her games to
| play at home.
New Yorks wonderful streak of good
playing, or luck, during her last western
| trip did not place her within reach Of
| the pennant, but she is absolutely certain
Of third place. The only change made
| in the relative standing Of the other
clubs during the week was by Brook
lyn's having displaced Washington in
sixth place. BY the way, the Washing
tons have been playing great ball this
season. Heretofore it has been the rule
for Louisville, st. Louis and Washing
ton to struggle as hard for the last place
as the leaders were fighting for the
pennant, but this year the Senators will
beat out some Of the heretofore best
clubs in the league.
The following is the percentage table
| up to date:
The herald., 1897-09-27
CRICKET

A cricket match was played at San
Luis Rey on Saturday between team
from Los Angeles and the San Luis Rey
Cricket club. The visitors were con-
siderably handicapped " the fact that
no less than five men who had prom
.sed to play found an excuse at the
eleventh hour. Obliging substitutes,
however, were enlisted at Oceanside
The game started at 10 o'clock on
picturesque ground-a more or less re-
claimed alkali bed-about half a mile
beyond the famous San Luis Rey mis-
sion. The visitors were sent in first
but the first two wickets were speedily
disposed Of Little and Chapman
however, made a good stand and B.
Young also gave Little some valuable
assistance. Little played a grand
innings of 33. made without mistake
When the Los Angeles team took the
field the first three San Luis Rey men
were quickly got rid Of but on Lang
dale's joining j. Young fine stand was
made, the Los Angeles teams score be-
ing passed before they were separated.
The weakness of the visitors bowling
two of their reliable bowlers hav-
ing disappointed them-was soon made
apparent When San Luis Rey had
made 154 for seven wickets Captain
Masters declared the innings closed, and
put the Los Angeles men in second
time, with the hope Of defeating them
in single innings. At the call of
time however, only four wickets were
down, with 80 on the score book, the San
Luis Rey Cricket club winning by 66
runs and three wickets. In the even
ing a banquet was given the cricketers
at Oceanside, ard the visitors were
otherwise most Hospitality entertained.
The following was the score:
LOS ANGELES
D. Norton, b. Evans. ns......................... 2
H. Little, run out. ~
III. Jones Bateman b. Evans. ............... l
r. H. H. Chapman, l. b. W. Hargreaves. 10
G. A. Belts. b. Masters. s.................".. 5
IC. M. Swinnerton, b. Evans. 5
B. Young. b. Evans. Observation-Disclosures. IL
e. Hargreaves, b. Evans. 2
L. H. Beamish, b. Hargreaves........ 1
Fl. 7. Shawcross not out................... 6
d. Garden. b. Hargreaves. 0
Extras ......................... ........."I
Total Observation-Disclosures. SS
In the second inning-R. HI. II. Chap
man, c. Young, b. Evans IS; D. S. Nor
ton, b. Evans 6; G. A. Belts, C H. c. Har-
greaves, b. Evans, 6; Swinnerton b.
Evans, 0; extras 2; total for four wick
ets 50.
SAN LUIS REY
lJ. Young, st. Belts, b. Swinnerton... 81
D. Edmonds, b. Little. le...................... 4
II. C. Hargreaves, b. Swinnerton....... 0
lC. Porteous. C. Hargreaves, b. Little.... 8
e. T. Langdale, b. Swinnerton.......... 40
Fl. Vans Agnew. not out. 27
w. Evans, b. Little. e......................... l
w. Newham, c. Hargreaves, b. Swimmer
ton c
IT Masters. not out 10
w. S. Hargreaves, Z. White did not bat.
Extras 4
The herald., 1897-09-27
EAST SIDE NEWS

Innings declared closed.
The herald., 1897-09-27

The prospect of a pugilistic carnival
in Los Angeles which Is intended to
eclipse all former events here of that
character Is at present the subject of
greatest interest among local sporting
men. The arrangement of the program
has already been begun, even before it
Is known whether the two leading lights
who are expected to appear will sign the
necessary articles. A fight between JEFF
fries and Joe McAuliffe, for that Is to be
the leading event If arrangements can be
made, would attract attention from all
parts Of the country. Even if they do not
come to terms, it is almost certain that
a sparring tournament will be held here
during fair week.
The horses for the coming race meet
at Agricultural park are beginning to ar
rive. Additions are being made for bet
ter accommodations for the several sta
bles which are represented in the list of
entries. The early morning hours at the
track are now spent in practice spins
and the time made in some of them indi-
Gates that there will be some fast rae
Ing there next month.
Baseball fans the country over are
watching closely the closing contest for
the championship of the National league
between Baltimore and Boston. The sea-
son will be closed Within ten days, and at
present it looks as If Baltimore would
again carry off the honors. There Is no
positive certainty in this, however.
+
That story of the abundance of deer in
San Diego county is interesting. If true.
The tale is that so many deer are in that
county that they are running the fruit
trees ard may be seen, on the country
roads. An exchange stated that they are
as docile as burros and simply walk up
to the hunters to be killed. There has
been no great rush of hunters southwark
as result of the publication of this tale.
4 \ 4
Police Surgeon Ralph Hagan returned
Friday from a ten days trip into the
mountains and over them, whittier he
went in search of rest and incidentally
to try his luck at jackrabbits and other
game His game bag cost him no freight
charges, so light was it. Like all the big
fish told of in stories of big catches, most
Of his big game got away.
The football season among the eastern
colleges will be opened a week from to-
day, when Princeton will play Lehigh.
The close Of the season comes November
25th, Thanksgiving day being within one
day of coming as early in that month as
Is possible.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13

"You sold my little Jerusalem for
fifty dollars!" spoke up Amy.
Mr.. Scott colored to the very top of
his bald head.
'And then deliberately told me a
falsehood about it. Give me the mon
cyl" cried she with flushed cheeks.
81 will have it,"
''I-Ithink you are mistaken about
the price, said the guilty man.
mo, 1 am not. 1 know the lady
who bought it," firmly answered the
excited girl.
Excuse me, Scott said Edwin
Philips, "but it strikes me that you
are behaving in an ungentlemanly
manner. I should like to hear this
young lady's side of the story
And Amy told it, couragously and
with spirit; after which she went
home with twenty-five dollars-her
share of the money after deducting
the percent agreed upon.
''Do you KNOW" said Mr.. Phillips,
who walked home with her, "that you
are very brave little grip
Amy colored scarlet. She had never
uhought of that.
All this happened in the month of
November. In June of the following
year, Amy was married to Mr.. Edwin
lNhillips; but she has never gotten
over a deeply-rooted dislike to her
husbands superintendent, Mr.. Scott
So little Jerusalem not only put
money in her purse when it was most
needed, but won a husband for her.
Truly Uncle Jack brought luck home
from the fair.-Waverly Magazine.