Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-23
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Escapade Of . Yellow Dog on an Ee-
waited Railroad.
FULf0Es GRAVE NEGLECTED
Proposed Cycle Match to Settle
MiddIe-Distan Championship.
DOG MAY BITE ONE MAN

DOG MAY BITE ONE MAN
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. August Fl. 1901.
To run over yellow dog means disaster.
That is precept which Is in every engine
drivers code. and they are willing to incur
Inconvenience and possibly blame rather
than kill an animal that Is surrounded by
this safeguard Of yellow hair. On the Kings
county elevated railroad structure near
Fulton and Sackman streets the other day
a yellow dog appeared, and for an hour 1t
defied half dozen employees who chased it
along the rails. Trains were delayed, for
no engine driver would incur the risk OF
violating the tradition by killing the ami
NAL.
Between the Rockaway avenue and Loop
stations the dog was first sighted running
along between the rails on the north-boupd
track. The whistle was blown and the en-
CINE driver shouted, but. as though 1t
knew that it was in no danger. the dog ran
before the train, oblirious of commotion.
Slowly the engine driver followed, until he
found that much time was being lost, and
then the train was stopped and two en-
ployes ran forward to catch the dog. The
to the south-bound track near the Loop
station, began to run back toward Rock
away avenue station.
Trains on this track were delayed by this
move, trailing along behind the dog until
1t reached the Rockaway avenue station.
Employees about the station were sent to
capture the animal, but 1t again crossed to
the north-bound track and ran to the Loop
station, where. In the car sheds. 1t was
caught Hailed as the captors OF some sa-
cred creature the men took the dog back
to the Rockaway avenue station, where 1t
was adopted and called Luck" The sta
tionmaster there purchased ribbon and
tied 1t about "Luck's" neck.
ID. b. Hill Not q Candidate.
1t lie said in well-informed circles that
David B. Hill is not planning nor expecting
to get the democratic nomination for Pres
ident in 1904. but is making arrangements
whereby he hopes that the nomination of
Judge Alton B. Parker of Albany may be
obtained Judge Parker has always been
known as David B. Hill democrat. His
campaign for chief Judge Of the court OF
appeals In 1897 was managed by Hills
lieutenant Elliot Danforth. In 1898 and
again In 1900 he was spoken Of as a candi-
date for governor. but it Is said that he
would not allow the talk to go as far as a
nomination. His name was also mention
ed for the vice presidential nomination last
year, but he treated the matter as a joke.
Judge Parker.
FultOn's Grave Neglected.
It Is known to few people that the body
Of Robert Fulton, the father Of the steam
boat" today lies unmarked in Trinity
churchyard. Fulton's name does not even
appear on the little marble slab that covers
his resting place; indeed, II the sexton did
not make a point Of mentioning 1t few
would know where Robert Fulton had been
buried. The graves of Hamilton. Lawrence,
Gallatin and other distinguished men are
easily picked out. and hardly body re-
poses in old Trinity that is not designated
in some way. But Fulton's Is among the
unnamed dead. His body lies in vault
containing seven other caskets Of the Liv-
under general inscription, which simply
says:
'The vault of Walter and Robert c. Liv-
inston, sons Of Robert Livingston, Of Liv-
ingston Manor"
F'ulton's body was placed there because
he married Miss Livingston. but few are
acquainted with that part Of the inventors
history. The Livingston slab lies between
those Of the Maxwell and Ireland families
and the inscription Is now SO dim that 1t
can scarcely be read.
The American Society Of Mechanical En-
gineers started fund more than year
ago for the erection Of Fulton memorial,
and the Trinity corporation donated a plot
on the south side Of the church. where q
column might be put up, but up to the
present time there have been no practical
results.
Proposed Cycle Match.
News Of a great cycle match or series
Of matches to determine the middle dis
lance championship Of America has leaked
out in cycle racing circles. The match as
proposed will give seven Of the best pace
followers in the world an opportunity to
prove their respective claims to champion
ship honors and incidentally to carry OF
the winners share Of a $4,000 purse.
The big match. according to riders who
have been approached in the matter, Is
being arranged by Arthur Irwin, lessee Of
the Charles River Park track, near Bos-
ton. With him in the deal Is said to be
VIM. A. Brady, lessee Of the Manhattan
Beach track. Irwin and his friends the
riders affirm, will guarantee purse of
$2AO0O, the largest ever offered for q cycle
match, under conditions which. 1t Il be-
lieved. will be met by all concerned.
The terms Of the match so far as given
named by Messrs. Irwin and Brady, with
the sanction Of the National Cycling Assoc
citation, shall compete In q series Of six
races, three races taking place at Manhat-
These races are to cover period Of three
weeks In September, the dates to be mu-
tually agreeable to those concerned. The
e distances named AIMED are fifteen. twenty five;
one hundred kilometers. The last distance
may be increased to 100 miles, Motor tan
dems are to be employed for pace-maAing
purposes. OF the seven competitors, Harry
Elkes. Robert Walthour. Jimmie
Michael, John Nelson and w. c. Stinson
viii be five. The other two viii be Sc
lected from list comprising James Moran,
Ben Monroe, Floyd Mcfarland, Archie
McEachern and Albert Champion. In each
race the winner will count seven points,
the second man six and 80 on down to the
last man, who, IL there be seven finishers,
will score one point The competitor hav-
ing the largest score at the close Of the
match will be adjudged the champion of the
year, and will receive 30 per cent Of the
purse, the remainder to be divided pro rata
In the order Of points. TO the winners
there may also be added the entrance fees
of the competitors. This Is expected to be
placed at 500 for each rider.
A DOG May Bite One Man.
According to Magistrate Zeller dog Is
entitled to one bite before the animal may
be lawfully shot. Frank Murphy Of West
115th street went to the Harlem court re-
Gently to get permit to shoot a dog In
his neighborhood. Magistrate Zeller re-
fused to grant the permit, saying that each