The herald., 1897-02-08

building was ceded to the United States
government. There was no law, there
fore, to convict Mosler, and the detec-
tives appear to have had no power to ar
rest him.
Assistant District Attorney Hinman,
when seen yesterday afternoon, said
that there was no federal law covering
such a case.
state laws" he said, (which are
adopted by congress become bind
ing in a federal building. The state
law under which this man was
arrested was not adopted by con-
gress, and, therefore, the United
States courts have no jurisdiction in this
case"
1t appears that bookmaking cannot be
practiced on a fortification and several
other places specially designated in the
United tSates laws, but the federal
building seems to have been overlooked.
A general stampede of bookmakers to
the federal building is expected when
the fact becomes known.
Robert Bonner says that Sunol, 2:0SA,
was not in regular training last season,
but she stepped 2:2O clip occasionally
in a moderate workout. She may be
trained in the spring, as Mr.. Bonner has
decided not to breed her at present.
Speaking of Elfride (D, 2:131s, by Candi-
date. 2:161a, son of Electioneer, dam
Gladness, by Nutwood, 2:1S%, which M.
Bonner bought at auction two years
ago for $780, he remarked: "She sold
at that low figure because she had
bowed tendon. That tendon is now as
straight and free from soreness as that
of any colt on my place. i would not
take $4,000 for her today. and, let me
say, that any horse with a bowed ten
don can be cured by judicious shoeing.
r I, a1 ~ fac Iec.
and have driven her myself to wagon
a fractional part of mile better than
a two-minute gait under the watch. Yes,
Sunol trotted half a mile when only 4
years old in 1:02A, to high wheel sulkv,
at Detroit. No horse of that age ever
equaled that performance, as far as I
know. Nor has her 3-year-old record
Of 2:101s, to a high-wheel sulky. on n
regulation track ever been equaled by
a horse of that age. 1t is true Fantasy
trotted in 2:0S% in her 3-year-old form,
but to bicycle sulky. No honest man, if
sane, would think of comparing that
with Sunols performance to a high
wheel sulky. may add that both Su-
mol and Maud s. were lame when I
bought them, and that after they were
shod under my instructions, they made
the greatest performances that have
ever been made to high-wheel sulky-
one on the regulation and the other on
the kite track"
Never since the practice of docking
horses was introduced in England has
the cruel method been struck such
blow as that given by the good Queen
Victoria recently. She not only frowns
her disapproval of the pernicious prac-
tice, but has given orders that it be abol-
ished in her stables She goes further
and urges the prince of Wales to follow
her example. With this good example
set by the queen, there is little doubt
that her method will be taken up by all
the aristocracy of England, and the
docked horse will soon be a thing of the
past in the kingdom of Great Britain.
Sires whose get won $4,000 or over in
1896 are: Gambetta Wilkes, $2S, ,102 so;
Baron Wilkes. s2217s; Jay Bird, $21,-
$3.50; Mambrino King, $40 492; Pilot Me-
dium, $14,731; Red Wilkes, $12, ,722 so;
Simmons, $12.435; Onward, $11, ,779 so;
Wilton, $10,29750. Seven of the fore j..
going are sons of George Wilkes