The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Winners Of Big Purses IN
Gold Prize Contest
Sacred Heart College, Miss Merani and
Mrs Doherty in Warm Finish

Unless large blocks of votes for Miss
Norma Merani and Mrs. j. +. Doherty
are stalled somewhere in the mail and
viii arrive within the next few days
before the official count of the ballots
in The Calls gold prize contest for
the second series OF prizes is completed.
the grand capital prize of $500 will
again be awarded TO Sacred Heart Col
lege, as the college has won by a COM
Portable plurality, according TO the in
complete returns.
The votes recorded a the present
stage of the count also indicate that
Miss Merani has won second prize. $500,
by considerable plurality over Mrs.
Doherty, who. according 10 the returns
received UP to O'Clock Sunday even
ing, must be content with third prize.
5000, which. with the commissions on
new subscriptions to The Call she has
earned, viii be no mean compensation
for the time and energy she expended
in the endeavor to win the grand capi-
tai prize.
While it is barely possible that be-
lated returns of votes mailed from out
side points before 10 o'clock Saturday
night. may yet come TO hand in suf-
ficient quantities TO change the result.
il is probable that nearly all remit
tances made in time to apply 10 this
period of the contest have been re-
ceived a. the contest headquarters and
that what few scattering returns are
yet in transit viii scarcely be enough
to affect the result
ENORMOUS SCORES MADE
A hasty examination and count of
the votes that have been received since
Saturday morning shows a gain of $685..
250 as the result or Saturdays ballot
ing for Sacred Heart College. bringing
the total score of that popular institu-
tion up TO $4,000, an amount far in
excess of the expectations of even the
most sanguine supporters OF the col
lege.
The incomplete returns show a gain
on Saturday of 224,650 by Miss Merani.
bringing her total up TO 492600. Pos
sibly enough scattering returns may
yet be received TO bring her total up
TO 500. 600
The same incomplete returns show
Mrs. Doherty's gain during the closing
rally to have been 255,S0O gain for
the closing day almost equal TO the
phenomenal increase OF Sacred Heart
College, and more than 10000 in eN-
cess of Miss Meranis gain in the clos
ing hours. But, as Mrs. Doherty was
about $4,000 votes behind Miss Merani
and about 6S 600 behind Sacred Heart
College at the opening of the final day.
iAcl gam dN AnC NllQup,
more than doubling her former score.
failed TO carry her TO the top of the
column.
TELLING FIGURES
The votes cast in favor of Mrs.
Doherty and of Sacred Heart College
Saturday each represented cash sub
scriptions to The Call amounting to
more than $1,000, while the subscrip-
tions voted in favor of Miss Merani in
the closing hours amounted TO just
little less than $1,000 Mrs. Doherty
has a greater number of Individual sub
scriptions to her account than either
the college or Miss Merani. but they
were not for such long average terms
as those in favor of Sacred Heart and
Miss Merani.
Mrs Doherty's personal canvass.
which was the most thorough and en-
ergetic ever made by an amateur So
licitor for a newspaper. was confined
exclusively TO Sacramento, probably not
more than $4,000 of her total vote COM
ing from points outside of the State
capital. She was depending on her for
mer home town. Dixon, TO contribute