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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-31
cRAcKAJACKs AT PROVIDENCE.

GARDINER WINS THE oNE-rHIRDMTLE CHAM
proNsHrp AND BUTLER THE MILE OPEN
Providence, r. l.. May So-Arthur Gardiner won
the one-third mile National championship to-day
by fast drive In the late race. Just cutting out
Freeman az the tape Tom Butler won the mile
open professional. Tho two-mile handicap was
gift OF Handicaper Aldrich TO Becker. who had l@
yards and good men to help him. with no men on
intermediate marks
There was big attendance, sunshino ana
light wind. Really. the event Of the day was the
disqualification OF Freeman By Referee James
smith Aker pulled Freeman up In the mile open
and then proceeded 10 drop back on the heid and
block them. The team work was evident. ana FREE
man was disqualified. Aker also being barred from
further racing. Freeman rode badly In the handi-
cap. refusing to do any pacing summary:
One,nlls novice CaInateur,-won BY Hopkins. Tine
one-mis open tarnatsur>-won by C. Snow. Tine
one mile handicap tama,eur,-won by Dawson. Time
-2.2ils -.
Hat-mil. championship profess!ona--won BY Arthur
Gardiner: X. b. Freeman. se,ond; Tom Butler snd
j -. Bowler tied for third place (won on the oss by
Bow er); DR. Brown. nth. rme-lO2x.
One-rnile open (professionaD-Won by Ton Bulef
J. - Bowler, second. Or. A. Brown. third. rme-2AlS
mile handicap tprofessfonaDWon BY Becker uto
yards Bowden $50 yaris). second. Hanna $50 ysfds
thire; TON Butler 60 YARDS. fourth T1me-4:2o"
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l. A. W. BULLETIN
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CHAIRMAN MOTT OF THE
RACING BOARD

Baltimore. May s0-Alhert Mott cho,ru., q, A..
J.. A. ". Racing Board. has issued tho forow,ns
bulletin "''s
- IN multcycle handicaps no mark can be give,
not all indicated to him John Smith and , are
must not he handicapped until the IDENTITY of tss
Hereafter no rider. either amateur or profes
70 .ta, ~ @ or pacemaker will he allowed
license from the ruling union OF the country 70
:, MessIs pelcspierre Buirette. Garin. tr. ronslet
~ hopI anq Lssris nave been suspended by the T. "
Having hled bond with the Racing Board tho
lindenthorpe Park track Delaware County POW mo
Is restored to the sanction privilege '''''
Dad Moulton. Iowa State University ia rulsa
on az. H. a. W. tracks In every capacity. for pro-
The, Palmetto Cycle Club. Columbia s c.. Is
PIN e upon me Iis OF those TO whom sanctions
The oak Island track Revere. Mass ha r"c hs.r
restored TO good standing.
.. me =, SUSPENSIONS OF r. 7. Lewis. Baltimore Nd
ana Deorse sharick Tacoma Wash, have expired
Inc c9rreci regstra ion numoers OF q. A. Max
wei ana BENJAMIN 5. Green. Denver. Co. are 5Gs
and 300. respectively '''''
vrr2@s to hl GasF
Suspension rcmoved-Bert Repine' Eu Win.se,t
atlanta. Ga; George 1. Krearner and George H.
:, Suspended pending nvestisation-Har A. Like
Suspended Charles Dahlke. Cleveland Ohio 70
June o. 1895; unsanctioned races. He is also ruled
ar Jone w. F"TNs Tm IN every S Sanse
anderson ~ j. farker Fgrnow Columbia. 5. c.
warning
A.. .. Mckee. W. E. Page. W. Fassett. W. P
Headden. Fred Hopkins. W. A. Doty Fort Col
Inns. Col. TO July q. 1898. unsanctioned races
=, Registered-No 70; d; J. Sweeney, Newark, ~ j.
No. 10, Charles Ii. Parker. Baltimore; No IL Ross
Patterson. Marion: Iowa; No. Is. c. W. Miller chi,
cngo: No. ~ |. w. McClelland Unontown Penn
No. 50, D. J. Allcutt, Philadelphia; No ST. Frank
j. Marriott. philadelphia No 81. Glenn Turville
Philadelphia: No IS. r. H. Dipps Philadelphia: No
sS2s Kari Thome, Louisville, Ky; No 1850
Detroit. Mich; No. 2Os2. Edgar S Barbee Wheel
Ing. ", Va; 40. 1898, NJ. A. Elliott. Atlanta Ga.
seeley Hodge, F9nda = y: No, 1859, William r.
l.oi, w. II. owen, Brooklyn: No. l. Oi2. F D. white
Lynbrook. Long Island No 267. Leo BASIL Re-
we're. Mass No. 2.o6s. Robert Urquhart Boston;
No, 2G9 Watson F: Coleman. Boston; No 900
Hollis A: Adams. Worcester. Mass; No 207l. O.
A. knight. Housatonic. Mass: No. 2O72 Charles
N. Bly,. Northampton. Mass; No. 2O7S F. w
Springfield Mass
Sanctions granted:
Penn Charter School. Philadelphia. May IS. closed.
NJ J. Hoffman, Oreheld Penn. May 80
-. closed.
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BIG CROWD AT WALTIIAM RACES.
COOPER AND BALD FIGHT IT OUT IN THE OLD
STYLE ~ THE MILE

COOPER AND BALD FIGHT IT OUT IN THE OLD
STYLE IN THE MILE.
Walthsm. Mass. May S0Thc bicycle races at
tho Velodrome this afternoon brought together
Ave thousand people who saw some good sport
The chief event was the international match. ono
milo race between Cooper. Bald and Jaap Eden
Tho latter failed 20 show up. on account Of poor
condition. This left the two old rivals TO fight II
out, and BALD won after three extremely exciting
heats I'LL being practically settled at the tape.
In the ten-mie pursuit race, between Kaser and
Tourette was SOW In getting away. giving Kaser
three-quartcr miles. In spite OF the fact that
Bourottc was slow IN getting away. giving Kaser
n chance 10 gain fifty yards Bourette's excellent
riding is shown from the fact that his time was
ahead Of previous records in pursuit races for the
same distance Summaries:
one mile tamatcnr: op-nl--Fna heat nv Ray Muir
raw Pleasant Valley n Y. Time 1894.
One-mle International between Bid and Cooper
C7ien no, appearingl--Frst heat by Bald. Time
20 second heat by tconer. Tme-22O. Third
heat and race won b. Paid. Time-2:2Ss.
pursuit between KPssr, Of Switzerland
srd Bour.tts. Of Paris-Won by Bourette who caught
Kaser at four and threequarter miles In eleven
fnt Time by mi.es-First. 224s: second. 454; third
1.21i.; fourth a5ask.
Half mile (amaeur)-Fina heat won by J. r. Void
Dorchester Tim~-I Ola.
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TAYLORE DEFEATS WERNER
THE LArrER's SPILL AT THE ELEVENTH MILL

THE LArrER'S SPILL AT THE r'i'I' r-'A - ~
SPOTS HIS CHANCE OF WINNING AT
WILLOW GRovE-orHER RACES.
PHILADELPHIA. May so-Edouard Taylore. cham
MON Of France to-day defeated Joe" WERNER Oh
PHILADELPHIA in a match race for twenty miles al
the Memorial Day meet at the Willow "ro'e VI
cycle track The race brilliant one from
start TO finish and was repete with dasnes OF
sr,eed on the part Of ZACH contestant Taylore WAS
ars. nwav ut the pistol-shot and led FOR one ZAP
when he los, his pace Vernier taking frst positlon
and leading at tho first mile in l;52 20 werner
held close TO his pace teams and leh az tne
and third miles. being then n zap aheau vi y,nnb
This position maintained until aiter the t'"'"
milo Nernier crossing hrst ut cach nlie' A..
While on the hack stretch OF the nrst zap OF w
eleventh mile. a quad pacing WERNER nau d ga "a
spill upsettlng Vernier. This gave laylore Il p.s
ADVANTAGE and he closed up the zap between MN
ana Vernier and went ahead. The Philadelphia boy
got himself together and went after ray a., d.
was unable to catch him. the Frenchnan s,cauIS
Increasing his lead until he crossed me ntilsh IN
ono and a half laps ahead of ne local ilnSr' lay
lore's time for the twenty milns was @':l5 ...
Now records were established at the thrd. i3untn
and sixth miles the time being respectively o'-+ ~
76S 3-5 and l0:l5 -b. $500 .,,,,or,, Tav
I'm the only other professional race Major lay
lor the coorcd rider won In spenuaa ef"''
Eight thousand people were In attendance
The summary OF the races Is as follows:
Two-thirds Of a mile Final heat won pyy hose''
shumate second, Feraemcnt. third rune ! - 30
one third u mile. handicap. pro,essiona, "
Major Taylor. Tefstrom second. Caldwell th'ru' A'
O.fitt - c.,..,,. second
Fernemont third. Time 2:2i1s 49, . W..
Match race Eioueri Tay.ore franc, A,u %
WERNER Philadelphia by Tayore Time ro' q"
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BICYCLE ROAD RACES IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. Nav 3O.-The annual Chicago road race
was contested to-day over the wheeling course
The distance Is about twenty-five miles The roads
were in poor condition on account OF recent rains
There were ls5 candidates for honors as against
49s last year Although the day was sunshiny
and warm the crowds OF spectators not as
large as last year. ~
Joseph Ringi s-mlnute man. Palzen Cycling Club
won. lime li3:5s: W. b Ferguson. 5-minute handi.
can second: Gustave Hehing, minutes, third: A.
NJ strong minutes. fourth. and O. b. Larson,
orlando Adams won the time prize. in loss;
John Nelson second. time, 1882 ". Bell.
6e 30 and H. Hamburg, NTH time l09:55.
Later in the day over eighteen zen. miles OF the
clists' road race was won by Thomas G. Clarke.
from the s-minute mark time @lS J. De
Stephens was time winner. 81 27. OF the I2 entries
ght were on scratch. the rest having handbags
ranging from thirty seconds TO eight minutes.
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THE AMBROSE PARK MEETING
MIcHAEL,s ELECTRICAL PACING MACHINE FAua
TO sTART-GooDMAN AND BoULAY

Many lovers Of bicycle riding journeyed to thu
meet held at Ambrose Park, Brooklyn. yesterday
for the benefit of the Maine monument fund. The
features OF the card a fiveme race against
time by Jimmy" Michael and a mile match race
between F. f. Goodman, Of New-York and Leon
Boulav. of France.
IL had been announced that Michael would try to
lower the ten-mile record. paced by an electric
tripiet Weighing about six hundred pounds. Before
the fleet Welshman appeared three young men ped
allied the heavy trpet around the track several
times bur they made effort TO run II by cleo.
tricity The announcer said that the batteries Of
rho machine were not working properly, and that
The iripIet would not he used TO pace Michael. The
en-ma exhibition race by Michael was therefore
reduced 10 a five mile spin with several single and
IA ndem PAGERS. The time was lO;i625
The races resulted as follows:
Cuartermile dash for professonals-Won by Leon Bon
Law o. France; Jack" Robertson, Of England; second
a Kreamer OF Chicago. third: r. +. Goodman. OF
Neg"York fourth Time-O34is.
fTalf-mile handicap for arateurs-Won ny j. rliege,
New York as yardsD; f. Gohde. r. W. Hoboken 10
brooklyn Gs yards. third; J. NJ Derby Ne" York 10
Mile match race-Frst heat tsnge paced American
style, by Leon I5oulay. OF France ,l'ne On
Second heat mnpaced French st>le won 10y 'n ooulay
OF France. Time-3O2%. 49, - ~ -,
Mile handicap for professionals Won oy " hreame
Chicago go yards) F.. lie Martini. Brooklyn Cp yards
second jack Robertson. ENGLAND tscra'ch5 MIRA
Retween the races John Schroeder. Of Brooklyn.
who is only eight years Old. rode mile IN 80 10.
and Frederick St. Onge. OF Boston gave an exhiot'
tion OF trick riding
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Earl. KIsER BREAKS A RECORD.
AyrpIr,N TINE FOR ONE KIIoMETRD LOWERED
BY FOUR SECONDS OTHER RACES AT

by FOUR SECONDS OTHER RACES AT
wOODsIDg PARK.
PHILADELPHIA May 30-Eari Kiser or Dayton
Ohio. This afternoon clipped four seconds OFT tne
American record for ono kllometre. on the thiro-
mile board bicycle track at Woodsidc Park k'ser
time was 1:ol 2-5 The former record was 100 90
made by Eduard Taylore at Manhattan beach
ten DAVIS ago. Kiser paced by auint' which
he followed IN fine style.
In the half mile. Kiser. who Is the present
CHAMPION at that distance. was beaten by y. H.
Stevens Of Otturrwa. Iowa. and a. & Mertehs. OF
ST. Paul in a driving finish. There was less IMAM
a wheels length between the three men.
In the one-miie international professional race
John s Johnson Of Minneapolis. won by over
fifteen yards. Johnson's riding In this race WAS
orc Of the features OF the afternoon.
easv winners in the ye-ne pursuit race The'r
opponents were J. II. Shemo. OF Philadelphia ahu
Jay Eaton the Jersey man. The summary fo'-
lows:
one third milo. amateur hancieap-.Won sy H.
y /. Johnson Oscrlich). third. Time -o:+S
ffaff mile handicap. pro'essiona-Won ~ -
Stevens 30 YARDS, A. Mertens 10 yards second HA'
kl..r fscrafch). third. Tine O51s .... 49,. w.,
one mile International tandefn-Won ny CHI ahu
lor cattle Vheenen. Ashenhark ana Johnson furI,A,
On,-ml. professional handicap-Won ny Joan - JOINT
ron Steven second. Her,ens. third 1r'ne-Z9os
pu-su rac. Ave mes-Johnson and cssec 'e''ne'
Stnnlo An. Eaton. Tine IL r.
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The boys Of Horsemonden School in Kent. are
provided through the good Offices of two OF their
number with a casual periodical named The
School Budget" The owners and editors or this
sheet wrote to Mr. Kipling the other day. point
ing on, an article on "Schoolboy Etiquette IN
their pages requesting a contribution from hfi'
Offering remuneration at the customary rate OF
threepence per PAGE. and threatehihe-ii ''''
contribution were not forthcominS-to rum the
authors next book by an adverse criticism III
..The Budget" They admitted that they ran
the risk Of being considered cheeky Thus Mr..
Kipling responded:
Capetown. Faster Monday. 1898
To the Editors School Budget.
Gentlemen: | am in receipt of your letter OF
no date. together with copy or Inc HcHoo.
Budget" February a. and you seem 70 he IN
possession of all the cheek that IS IN te eI h
likely to do you any good in this world or inc
next And, furthermore You have orh''ed 20
specify where your journal is printed ana IN
what county Of England Ilorseinonden IS STU
ated. ,,,
But. on the other hand. and notwithstanding.
l very much approve OF your Hints on School.
boy Etiquette" and have taken the liberty OF
sending YOU few more, as following
First-If YOU have any doubts about guam.
THY cough In three cases out OF I'VE thls VIII
save YOU being asked 10 SAY it again.
Second-Tne two most useful boys IN a FORM
are ca the masters favorite. pro tenn, CD MS
pet aversion. With little tudicious manage
Inent (aD can keep MIN TAKING ln"HNh Wv
half Of the cOnStrue. and On can take up the
running for the rest Of the time. y. IA syn
dictate should arrange to do tbO imposts In re-
turn for this service
Third-A confirmed guesser Is worth his weight
In gold a Monday morning.
Fourth-Never shirk n master out OF bounds
Pass him with distracted eye. ana at the
same time pull out a letter and study II ear
nesty He may think 1t is commission for
some else.
Fitth-When pursued by the native farmer.
alxyay tai n
stick I'm burrows that boys can run over.
Sixth--If II is necessary TO take other peoples
auples. do II on a Sunday. You then put
them inside your toprer. which IL better than
trying to button them into n tight "Eton."
You will find this advice worth enormous
sums Of money. but shall he obliged with n
check or postal order for Cd. at your earliest
convenience II the contribution should he found
to I'll more than one page. Faithfully yours
RT-DYARD KTPIING.
The Ashburnham copy Of the first edition of
''Waverley" was sold in London the other day
for 1890. It was uncut and bound In half-calf.
"One almost shudders to think" says Tho
Atheneum" "of what a similar copy IN the
original boards would fetch" large portion
OF the MS. OF 'Waverley" was sold in 1881 for
500
Signor Crispi has nearly finished his memoirs.
and the MS will soon be sent to the English
publisher
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MEMORIAL DAY RACE AT COLUMBUS.

Columbus May S-About twenty thousand peo-
ple witnessed THE Ohio State Journals second
Memorial Day road races this afternoon There
were sxty-hye starters. and the course TWEEN
ty-nve miles. William ~ Jones. OF Chillicothe.
the first time prize. finishing in hour. Is
minutes and IL seconds Henry Pleasant. of Co
lumbus. won frst place prize and second time
finishing In hour. Is minutes and Il seconds.
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7, TIE officers In charge Of tho race were: Referee
r. Anthony Brock. ex president NJ. A. C. c.: Judges
Carl Won Lengerke, $. o. F. c.; ]. c. Tattersali
treasurer L. a. "; G. y. Holmes, u. G. r.; J. G.
Zee. NJ C. W. Fred Keer y. F. C.: Ernest p
Miller, A. w, and 6. II. Budd president A W
Ihoy are an unanimous In saying that the present
course VIII he abandoned unless better police IN ci
ties are provided In the future 'e 'e'
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Carbonate High School. carbondale. Penn. June Il
closed
Pullman Athletic Association, Chicago May 60 tn
events.
Yorlkvile wheemen's Association Yorkvilis. 4 C.
May 27
keystone Bicycle Club. Johnstown. Penn. July TO-
r. r. Buzard. Brockwayyille. Penn. July 4.
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GOOD SPORT AT PATTERSON.

The Clifton racetrack at Paterson. ~ j.. yes'e
day was the mecca OF the bicyclist nne pr"
gramme being run of by the Excelsior Boat C'"o'
The track was heavy. but there were some ""''
contested races. The summary:
One mile (novice)-Won by Christopher KeeTt II! r.:
Passaic, q. Hannah. NJ c, C.; Paterson secon'' "
Ashley. W. Paterson tn'rd w u.ms~- RsSs f. B. c..
Paterson. c. Mer'z r. ". New York second E.
Three quarter mile (handicap)-Won by A. "
W r W. Brooklyn 40 yaris' r. Armbus'ef; w -
Brooklyn 80 YARDS second II. Bsh.ert br"o~"" W
yards third Time TOSS. .,..,,-wo, by G.
one and a half miles tandem: handicap,L" n Lex-
Merts and F. l. Kramer scratch; w Baoo ana . end
ander Crawford F. H. C.. Paterson coo yarus.o .rdsl
A preckendorf and r. Armbuster. w f. W. %" yA''-"
third Times 56is. -,,., uo, nv W.
Babb f. b. c. T. A. Dametz, passaie' sec''' ".s
Striker. 8. W. third. Time-3;iI. - - Mart, Nsv-
York ana Walter Babb Of Paterson was won ~ ia
by about two feet Time-l5i. Paced py wv - pas
Three mics thandic ,pwon by - a. cssche second;
sale go YARDS; NJ. r. Brown tAfsI IN yarts, third.
Times;0Sfs.
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One mile tandem thsndeap)-First heat won nv j. T.
"nm ana Witt ana sGh" Socn A. c.
yards second: d. j.. Grcsyenor and f. Avelins New
York GO yards). third. Time-2:09ss Second heat won
by .. V. Babcock and II. Y Bedell. Harlem Wheelmcn
scratch, O. Cameron and g. X. Stevens New York 80
yaris) second; H. Seiley ami r. J. Sedey Rensonhurst
$50 yards). third. 11me-2;06
FINAL HEAT.
II: and p j. sedley. Beasoniurst $50 yards. ......
W. j. White and O. Nolan. Nsw-York 90 ysrds).
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am Ill enough to 60 to bed when exceed 'fi's
limit" he has often said.

The Lippncotts have on the press lour'h
edition revised and corrected. with additional
notes. OF Benjamin Franklin's autobiography
edited by the Hon. John Bigelow.
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D. J. Grosvenor and F. Aveling. New-fork Y" 'a'"''
- Tme-207h.
Won BY two lengths the same distance between 'eo0n'
third.
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Ditnrles

Bitrrles
TyIREs $50 Dr. warranted. Bss. msdc yea ~ 60
Il santy, IS pr. NINERAI1zDp RUBEN" w"
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II Is understood that the EDITION DE luxe u
IN. new Murray edition Of Byron has been sue
ceeaf,,I IN this country, as In England The
c,r,hne-s are said to have received large ad-
vance orders.
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rNTERCLuB TEAM PURSUIT RAC.r

O. V. Babcoci and II. T. Beiel Harlem Wheelnan.
William Frank and X. IL Zahn. Yorkville Nheelmen.
1ime--5l:
Distance-Two miles and lap
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Signor Crispi has nearly finished his memoirs
and the MS. will soon be sent to the English
publisher.
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The fastest boat in the world II said to be the
Turbna. which makes thrty-fve knots an hour.
An Illustrated paper on this boat is to be pub
l!shed soon In "McClures Magazine"
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Two mile handicsp-Fhst heat Won by o. V. Bahcock
New YORK scratch, 4. Neislng New York n75 yatds).
second Blaiske< Ncv-lork 12OD YARDS Third Tina
--4:53. second heat by !. 4 Powell. New York 4.
G. (scIafchl. .. Durrant Sewlork 30 YARDS second
g. Cameron. New-York 30, yardsi. third. Time 80
Third heat by ". y. Delell. Harlem Whssinen 30
YARDS. j. r. Williams IT,. New-YOTI A. C. 90 yardrt,
second T. j. Adams. New York 900 yards third T1nia
n Fourth hen' by = Bonner Eew-York 30
YARDS; G. g II. Schwarz. New-York A. C. (2J YARDS.
second. NJ f.. Dove. Nev-YorS $50 yards third Time
--5.35M
l. A. Powell NewYork A. e. tscratch) .............
O. Y. BabcJck New York scratch) .................
j. WllNhmS. u 90 fnf'lSl.
IIme-i.5im
Won by four lengths: half length between second and
third.
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international tandem pursuit. match race, France Va
America.
Goucoltz and Tafnherjack. France.
Seccr and Swanhr0ugh, America.
The Iicnchren had best of from the start and
they caught Americans after g1rg and three
miles. Time
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T-heee rnnmarles show 40 resuIts In deta!l:

These summaries show THO results In detail:
Nile (novicr handicap First heat Nv T. Atweil
New York go yarisl II. = pollock New York go ynrds
second. Time 23is. Sec nj heni by +. Seward
NcwYork 90 yarip. T. j. scdey Bens,nhnrst scratch
second. Time-2.iGis. Third heat won by j. polibear
Jersey CITY 20 yagdp. l.. s. Nedmayne Brooklyn
Cscraich). second Tine .2Gs. rim heat won by i
Goldwaer. New York go ynris; a. Merriam. New Yor
90 ytris). second. Time = 2an. Firth heat by 81
L. Dove. NOV York '-cra,.hl 4. +. cruce. New-Yorh
wood. NewYork go yarda J. Bingtort New-York 40
,a.-l M I'm
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-07

ing force. but that the evil vas allowed
10 continue after the force vaa removed
can only be explained by tha ia@t that
politicians had learned to wed INT
masses Of the ignorant and dtGfadeH
voters in forwarding private and per
sonal interests and ambition, ana al.
though the entire body polite was made
the victim of unntterable political cor
ruption, the political bosses were able
to count on the supine iDaction or IN
difference Of the so called good citizens,
and ~ enormous evils have been Ell.
dured and perpetrated until LOUISIANA
politics have become byw"rd
But the time has past when this sort
Of thing can be allowed TO exist longf
without covering the people OF thu
state with Disgrace They may claim
that they have not heretofore had MI
opportunity to apply a remedy Wei
the opportunity Is at hand, and the en-
tire population Of the Union expects II
to be utilized If the people Of Louis
lana shall continue, after the holding o.
| this convention, to retain as a blot Oh
their public institutions unlimited ne
gro suffrage they will demonstrate U
| the world that their political methods
are dishonest and corrupt ana dc
graded mass Of voters for sale 70 thf
highest bidder furnishes the means ~
which their great commonwealth II
controlled
The people Of this state cannot neg
lect the approaching opportunity u
purify their political methods and Il
insure honest government in thei'
state, parish and municipal govern
ments, without covering thepselve
with lasting disgrace, New Orleanl
Picayune.