Gen. Pope Roughly Handled On A Race Track

Gen. Pope, tlie Post Oommander at Fort Leavenworth, was assaulted at the Leavenworth races last Saturday. He found the brawny flsts of a Kansas City Irisliman worae to encounter than the serried ranks of the Anny of Northern Virginia. It happened this way : Gen. Pope liad consented to be a judge of a race with two other persons at the Leavenworth fair. There was some little dispute between Ed. Corrigan, the i owner of Dictator, and the driver of Dakota Maid. The driver of the Maid ran Dictator into the ditch at the start ; but, as Corrigan liad overhcard a conrersation before starting, in which it was stated that Dictator should be declared out on account of foul driving. he kept cool and waited his time. He got bis horse out of the ditch and stsrted far behind, and allowed Dictator to crowd up slowly until he reached the last quarter, when he let him out and won the race by at least sixty feet. Corrigan then went to the judges' stand and met the driver of Dakota Maid coming down. He taid : "I understand you have been making a co nplaint against me." "I have not, Mr. Corrigan." " Upon your honor?" " Upon honor I hnve not." Corrigan went to the judges' stand and asked Gen. Pope if a complaint had been made. The General said no. Corrigan liad hardly got done asking the questioñ when auother judge, H. D. ltush, announced the race for Dakota Maid. Corrigan protested, and the judges ordered him off. Corrigan said the race was a put-up job, a regular swindle ; that Dictator had won the race. He was then assaulted by the entire posse, including the reporter of the .Le avenworth Times, from whose chin Corrigan yanked out a handful of auburn whiskers. He knocked Rushheels over head, and gave Gen. Pope such a trouncing as he will never forget. The indignant Kansas City Irishmau would have no doubt cleaned out the entire Leavenworth outfit had it not been thought prudent to changL the decisión of the judges. - Kansas City Times.