The Wasp — 1894 — page 463: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several brief satirical anecdotes rather than formal cartoons. The main topics include: **Max Phelan and Democratic Convention**: A jab at someone named Max who wanted Santa Cruz to host California's Democratic State Convention but failed—suggesting incompetence or inflated promises. **Judge Campbell vs. O'Brien**: A short joke about a physical altercation (bricks and pavement stones exchanged). **Horse Racing Politics**: Commentary on San Francisco racing figures Gregains and Billy Smith, mocking their control over local racing monopolies and their disputes. **Colonel Jack Chinn**: Criticism of a race-track judge involved in a gambling scandal with "some Eastern gamblers," suggesting corruption. The cartoons and text satirize San Francisco's local political and sporting establishment figures through gossip and ridicule.