The Baltimore Sun Nr. 35 (Baltimore, Maryland) bringt auf S. 5 die Anekdote von der Probe zur 4. Symphonie, in der Bruckner Hans Richter einen Taler schenkte ["vor dem 20.2.1881", vgl. die Veröffentlichung auf Italienisch am 14.5.1904]:
"           Hans Richter's Trinket.
     According to Le Guide Musical, Dr. Hans Richter tells the following story concerning a Maria-Theresia thaler worn as a trinket on his watch chain. "It is a souvenir of a day on which I wept. I conducted for the first time, at rehearsal, a symphony by Anton Bruckner, who, though then an old man, had not yet won fame as a composer, was not taken seriously, and hardly ever had his works performed. When I had finished Bruckner came to me, beaming with ecstatic looks and a happy smile. I felt him put something into my hand. ' 'Take it," said he, 'and drink my health in a glass of beer.' " Richter took the thaler and preserves it in memory of an excellent man and of the tears which the old musician's naivete compelled the conductor to shed.".

Konzert der Österreichischen Eisenbahnbeamten in London siehe [vorläufig] 26.6.1904.