The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-15
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
The Horse Show is All the Go in
New York.
ANOTHER BRIGGS CASE ON DECK
How Three Women Annoyed Dewey.
The House That Petit Built.
The Last Strong
Man.
ANOTHER BRIGGS CASE ON DECK

NEW 1OkNs nov III Ny"i- 'i
Horse Show. which opened auspiciously
yesterday and to-day, is in fun blast, Is
the talk Of the town. The false prophets
who declared that horse shows were
getting too common an over the coun-
try and, therefore, New York would
no longer make them great, have taken
a back seat
After fifteen years Of unparalleled sue
cess. without serious accident, without
scandal without more than ordinary
'4ickingo by horses and exhibitors and
with stock paying "a twenty-five per
cent. dividend. the National Horse snow
Association opened its doors yesterday
for ifs annual exhibition. which Is also
considered by social experts to mean
The opening of the fashionable season OF
the winter.
Since - have no royalties or august
personages TO open our famous shows
for as. this duty deyolyed upon a simple
bugler. who at nine o'clock in the morn
ing made the wekin ring. as AnsWorln
used TO say, with th' clarion notes Oh
his bit Of brass.
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HAYES. who has for fourteen years SUM
moned horses into the ring has retired
ON a fortune 90 Pittsburg, and Harry
Wilcox reigns I'm his stead, with ilrm
Lin and an infinite variety Of busle calls.
Contrary to usual customs the compe-
tition classes opened with a jumping con-
test I'm which more than fifty horses
were entered and most of them were
shown over the fences. the conditions OF
the class calling for performance over
the bars only.
To-day harness horses held the belt
and as IS usually the case, this TACT
called a larger attendance Of fashion
EX-MAYOR STRONG'S SCHOOL bOAhD
DISsOLVING.
Henry W. Taft, one Of the commits
si0ners OF the Board of Education de-
cidedly opposed To the Tammany MEM
bers. has resigned lie joined the Board
during the Strong administration. About
one month ago John G.. Agar another
member OF the minority, resigned. Com
missioner Taft, I'm resigning, said tnat
he could not find time to attend the meet
ings and oppose the action OF the ma
jority as he deemed proper
Commissioner Taft's resignation was
sent 10 Mayor Van Wyck on last Fri
day. and a copy of it was sent 20 Presi-
dent Joseph ]. Little OF the Board or
Education, on Saturday
Remaining members OF the Strong
regime I'm the School Board are Commits
sioners J. f. Eustis, James p. Lee,
Charles G.. Birmingham and Henry A.
Rogers. Terms of the latter three ex-
pire December g. 1901. Commissioner
Eustis term ends on December 81, 1900
ANOTHER BRIGGS CASE.
The case Of professor Arthur C.. Nc
Giffert, OF Union Theological Seminary
who is charged with holding views that
are at variance with the doctrines OF
the Presbyterian Church, came before
the Presbytery to-day. and action was
taken which will probably result I'm
reference TO the General Assembly. A
committee was appointed last June to
confer with Professor McGinert and
prevail upon him TO withdraw from the
Church. or at least modify his views.
Meetings have been held, which Profess
scr McGiffert attended, but he stead
tasty refused to recede from the stand
he had taken on certain Church matters,
saying that he had been misunderstood
The General Assembly prepared expressly
for Professor McGiffert's case an out
line OF the fundamental principles of the
Church.
The concensus OF opinion was that
while n majority of the Presbytery did
not agree with Professor McGiffert the
wisdom Of a heresy trial was doubtful,
and might result I'm harm 10 the Presby-
terrain cause. In view of preparations
for a series az Presbyterian revlyals in
this city this fall and winter. the post
ponement of the discussion OF the sub
ject and the reference TO the General
Assembly IS thought desirable.
DEWEY ANNOYED By THREE WO-
MEN.
Admiral Dewey and his bride were so
considerably treated by the grateful
public yesterday that only once did tho,'
have to go out OF their way to avoid the
too close attention Of over-worshipful
persons, and that once they were COM
PEELED to travel only few hundred
feet to escape.
They walked In the morning. went
driving I'm the afternoon. and I'm the even
ing. from a box in the Manhattan
Theatre, saw the first performance I'm
this city Of "Papa's Wife" In the morn
Ing they met Richard Croker, and the Adj
miral introduced him to Mrs Dewey.
Mrs. Croker was a friend OF her father,
Washington Mclean.
At the marble bridge IN the park they
stopped and admired the scenery for a
while, and then strolling little further.
they turned back. AZ they. we're leav-