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ONLY CASE OF OVERZEALOUSNESS. Washington, D. C. August 11. The action of customs collector Daniels at Ogdensburg, N. Y.. iu ruling that the new tariff law does not make provision for the re-entry free of duty of American race horses sent to Canada to take part in racing on Canadian tracks, presents a ludicrous side to treasury department ollicials. There is nothing In the old law or the new which prevents the free admission of any article of American origin, whether it is horseflesh or raiment, which had been shipped out of the country for exhibition abroad. Mr. Daniels quandary, like many others coming to the attention of the treasury department, was due to zeal in carrying out the provisions of a law which Is yet strange.
