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* ars novelties indeed. L THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL IT, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES ] SPORTING NEWS. Prospects of the Ball Seasom fn ; Philadelphia. ; The Summer Campaign at Dexter Park. The Horses and Their Records— Notes from. Abroad. [ Preliminary Arrangsments for the. Bill- iard Tournament. What the Barge Club Is Doing This Year. The Subject of Training. BASE BALL. 3 PROSPECTS OF THE GAXE IN PEILADELPHIA. ESpecial Correspondence of The Chicao Tribune. PrmLapriean, Pa., April 8.—Tho interest in base-ball matters in the Fast this year will prob- ably centre in Philadeiphia. The game has been maintained in its ssrongth here for a namber of seasons, but the coming une will probably be the bardest foaght on record. Three profes- sional clabs from this city, two from New York, wnd three from New-England, will composs the Eastern " pocleus of talent, a foil to the West- sm *‘clique,” as it is hers known. The Cen- lennisl year will be a grost one hers, and as to the nature of preparation in sporting mattera we ¥ill endeavor to post you. ‘There are in prospective in this vicinity four srofessional clubs for the year 1875. These will be The Athletic, Philadelphia, Centennial, and Glou- sester City Club—the latter composed of players o the *Jorsey ™ sids, from Camden, Eaighn's * ?oint, and Glonosster City ; many of these are rery proticient, and they have afforded good practics to the Athletics and “ Quakers” during the last few weeks. Some of, the scores have been compsratively close, such as 11 to 5, 14 to 5, and 12 to 7. Thousands of people have visited Gioucester each day for the last two weeks, the weather being wonderfally fine. In the meantime the Athletic grounds are be- ing put in good order. The infield is o be grad- d and leveled, an improvement badly roquired. The Philadelphias will also play. on this ground, as herstofore, The Centennials have taken the gronnd at Twenty-fourth and Columbia avennes, formerly known s the Horse Market. This will be inclosed with a substantial fonce, while & large pavilion,-with special accommodations for ladies, will be erected. Itis proposed to open tbis zroond and the scason on the 19th and 21st insts., the Philadelpbis aod Centennials baing the contestants ; on the 2{th inac. the Centen- n1els and Athletics teet at the same place. The opening game between the Athletics and * Fil- Lies.” a red-letter day in the city of Brotherly Love, is 28 yet indefinite, there being no de- pendence to be placed upon the Lime roquired for putting thmnnd in condition. It is prob- =ble that the P delg bia Ciab will take an early tour East, piaying with the Boston, Hartford, XNew Haven, Atlsutic, and Mutnal pines. The Athletics are as yet undecided as to their move- ments, If 13 likely that the Western clubs will have to make a tonr exatward before any of our clubs will visit thom. v THE ATHLETIC CLUB. ‘Whatever its varying success in the fleld may be, the Athletic Clab 18 based on a sound, solid ‘basis, and is indeed an institution of Philadel- hia. Its members number many of the very gut citizens ip mercaptile and aivil life, and it is Do wonder that much prideis taken in the or- anization. The haodsome headquariers of the lob, at Eleventh and Chestnut streets, con- etantly present a scene of life, stir, and activity, and matters are argued acd canvassed in the 3ame Lively manner as they were when the gamo wss in its nfancy. The nine placed in the field this season will contain of last year's force AMc- Bride, pitcher ; Clapp, catcher; Anson, first base ; Button, third bass; Forve, Iate of 'the White Btockings (who has athieved a very discredit- sble rotoriety by his vacillzing conduct), win pley at short stop, vice McGeary,—a loss to the Atbdetice. "Forca bas expreseed his determina- tian to play with the Athletics, and they will gnflhim on their ninein spite of all opposition. pader, the effcient outfielder, late of the Phila- phia Clob, has been enguzed to play centre Teld at the extravagant salary of = §2,250, smount was refused to Mc- Geary, who considered his services quite as v uable, and this was the cause of his joining tho “ ™ nine,—a chavge in the lafter's favor. Fall, ato of the Boston, will play left field: Bichmond, a new professional of great general sbility, second bese; whiie Fider, Bocap, or Gilroy, the Iast two also from amateur raoks, night field. 1t is feared that Clapp may break down, in which case Becap or Richmond can fill bis place scceptably. The batting strength will rost in Anson, Richmoud, Satton, Hall, Clapp, rud Eggler. Force is not held in extrems esti- mation bere, and it i3 thougkt that too much msy be expected of im. Tho gamblers give slight odds on the Athletics in their opening game with the Philadelphias. It is certain that the nines are well maiched and will give good aatisfaction in their games here. TIE PEILADELPAIA CLUR. - The “Quakers” enter upon their “third term,” and will present a great improvement in their men over Isec_season. In ndding them- selves of Mears. Hicks and Cummiogs they discard a bad eloment, and one that greatly contributed to their ill-success last year. The new nine will be almost entirely local in i composition, eight of the pleyers being Fhiladelpbians. This fact will enlist for stop, and Treacy, loft field, are all well-kmown vetersns. Tho balance are enteriog upon pro- fesaional careers, . being recruitcd from the ranks of tho Americus Club. McGinley is an excellont catcher. Bomerville (second base) and Trenwith (ihird base), to all appearznces fully equal professional pleyers. Warren (centre) aud Lovett (right field and .change pitcher) are also of fine ability, the latter hav- ing in bis time received Boores of offers from professional clubs. 5 Their uniform will bs similar to that of the Troy Club of 1872, chocolate and white being the dinun&nishink colors. Their salary list is small, aud should they be moderately sucoessful will make a good fight in 1876. While not expectiog to compote With thr T'~tan ri0-45 Chigngo. or Philadelpins Claue, . 4 e Atlantics, Westerns, ot oa 2 aod Washington nioes. Lic. . and agunst a strong picked Dius scored no less than forty rune in auiv- Oraver will captain the nine. The opinion is general hers that the combina- tion formed by THE WESTERX OLUBS will result in anything but good. If they can stand it. bowever, we can, and it may prove of bemeit to " ail - concerned he feeling in regard 0 is oxcellent iu this city, notwithstanding the Force matter. Tronbls is apprebended in your city, which Thops is without warrant, Your nineis not considered 28 strong as others you bave had in the fleld, but it is dangerons to predict. = Much “ stock” is taken in the St. Louis Club in this city, as several of its men are from the old “ Perade Ground " circls in Philadelphia. All of the Enstern party camo from this town, @ fact not generally kuown, . ‘b weatber has been very fine indesd, and opening operations are regarded with unusnal anidity. Wishing you a good season, we will bring this article 0 a close. W.H. A HOXE, GOSSTP. The past week hns developed nothing essen- tially new in Chicago base-ball circles. The scason is probably more backward than nny that bas heretofore tried the patience of base-ball men and the dovotees of the gome. The frost still Jurks in the ground to a depth of balf & dozen feet, and a3 the sun warme up the frigid earth its surface bocomes 80 expanee of mud and water. It will take many ays vet of sunshine to bring the Twenty-third street grounds into condition. About the only effect visible which the past warm weather has bad is to tranaform the top frost into moistore, whick works its way but slowly throngh the bud crust beneath, The groands ccnsequently are in a bad condition, and will pot be fit for use for a week or more. The boys beve not been inactive, hownever, on account of this state of things. They bave aiscovered grounds in the neighborhood of the Chicago University, which, being of s sandy character hbave dried rapidly, whereon they bare practiced every pleasant day. They are petting used to the violent exercise which the game requires, and have successfully gotten beyond the sore-and-tone-ache period which troubles when just emerging from their winter's respite. Their pracice games, are, of course, not = calca- Iated to stimulate them to (heir best work, yet they are showing in every position to yary s-ytz‘zm:w advantage. They are batting both *Zet™ and Devlin with much effect, and their flelding 1n most of the positions is as good 25 any team in the country can do. - Manager Wood has moved down-town tempor- arily, taking quarters at Brewster’s Lat atore, No. 18¢ Ciark slreet, where ho is engaged in dis- posing of sesson-tickets for the ball games of 1575. " And here 1t may be stated that those per-- sons who wish to select scats had better arply at onca, a8 the best cnes are rapidly going off. The sale will closs on Tnesday. The pew unifurms of the Club are making. They &re of whito heavy flannel, similar to those ‘worn last yerr. Games have been arranged with the Mutuals to take placs hero Juue 2,5 and 7, and with the Bostons Juno 9 and 14, It is probable that the White Stockings will play s game with the Chicago Franklins some- time during the present-week. ANATEUR NINES. For the practice of the professional ctub dur- ing the pertods tiey are not ongaged with cham- pionship games, Chicazo will have considerabia good miaterial. Afost of the amateur nines are smengthening themselves, and expect to put strong teams into the field. The Fravklins, although the losers of several good players of last vear, havo filled the vacant Bitions with good men. ‘T'hey. will mae the White Btockings plsy & strong game to beat them. Tho Garnets and Uniaues (colored) are also equipping themsolves for very siubborn encounyets. ‘PBOGNOSTICATIONS. . The Clipper, in referencs to the approaching season, has this to say: * The opening contests will txke placs In the extreme West, where some Lively work will bo done Quring Alay. In this the Western clubs are acting wisely, for by their pracice together frss they will not oniy croate quite a local excitement, but they will therely be betier prepared (o cops succesafully with therr porerfal Eastern rivals of Boston, Hartford, New York, and Philadelphia, Whilo this 3ey work i being attended to in the West our Fastern clubs will be get- tiag into field-training for the grand campaign which wiil open in June. 'Tae Baston corps are not golug to Tun any Hais until they have got well into fleld-train- ing in practice matches, mor is the Hartford Clab likely tomar their chances by precipitating their nino into the championship aren3 befors they get well into harness by pluying minor teams. It is going to bea big fight is this Hariford and Boston business this scasow ; for not ouly are the two nines to work for the whip peonant, but also for the professional champion- ship of New Eogland, for_whith thers are now thres entries, viz.: Boston, Hariford, sud New Haven, Worcester and- Providence ought (0 have been entered for this, and next year they, no doubt, will be on hand. At present, however, the rivels are tho Reds and the Blues of Bosten and Hartford, aud the contest is go- | ing to be tough. Next {0 thus battlo will oome that in ‘hich the Athlctics of Fhiladelphia will be prominent; and this club nine are _going to try their level beat (0 capture the “Reds,” the ** Bluos,” and the *Greens,"” Somehow or other the Philadelphiss bave an idea that New York will not troubls them much thus season. Any club that lays this “flattering unction to their souls " will besadly taken in. Mathews has s stunning team to° support him, and the promise is harmony in working togethier : znd this secured, New York will 10t be far Irom the winning post in November, The fact is, there are now six nines in the Tepresent- ing Boston, Hariford, Philadelphis, New York, St. ZLouis, and Chicago, between whom b battle for the pennant will be unquestionsbly close. There will ‘doubtless be elds contests, t0o, waich will change the general aspect. of tlis camipatgn ow and then, bt the runt of the battle will lis beiwoen the ropresentative them much sympathy from the people, a3 local pises in thess days of professional meanderings McGeary, the *seceder” 1rom the Athlatics, will have charge of the men. From his cunning energysnd knowledge of point mnch is expected. He will play at second base, 3 position he is in every way qualified to L Be- hind the bat we find Bnyder, a growing young player from Washington ; snd the piicher’s po- ition will be filled by * Cherokee ™ Fisher, who depands more upon speed thon stnbegg. Tho Diher bases will be maaned by Malone and Crow- ley, cf whom we would speak a word. His repu- taticn has been good for a long time in Glouces- ter, to which city he belongs, but not until & few days ago did his abilities become known to the professionals. At third base and cazcher, Lo so Rstonished every ome thst his services ivstantly Eecame marketable. The Centennials, Athletics, snd Philadelphiss immediately went finnmg for him, the Istter bringing him aown. physique bo is stroper and a trifie larger than Cuthbert, being a model; as s catcher, we will give as an. example of what - he zan do, that he captured eleven hot fly tips close Lo the bat in two games. His throwing is per- fect; he is a rousing batsman and base-rnnner. He will replace Meyerls ai third bsss, that player taking place in centre field, vico Schaffer, snother youag player, who haa played with the Mutoal and Hartford nines, but who has not rome up to expectatione. Meyerle's arm is still badly *‘bound,” interfering sadly with his throw- Ing. His ability-as & batsman wili, however, serve to keep him on tho team. Fulmer com- g:zu the in-field, and ho promisea 1o eclipse best season, from all appearances. McMul. lin and Addy will be placed in the out-field,—the latter being rather weak at this post. Murnan and Schaffer will serve ss subs. Outside of Sielding and the dependence plsced on the pitcher, the “Quakers ' will present & wonder- ZTully strong batting nine: Meverlo, McMallin, AicGeary, Addy, Crowley, and Fisherall stand in the first rank of batsmon, while Malone, Sayder, and Falmer can bo depended on for occasior good work. Tho ugly uniform of. last season will be supplzoted by a pew combination ; the ungainty hat wm{s laced by & natty little gray cap, the pearl-colored Lose give way to wine-colored ones ; the gray brecch- es will be retained, trimmed with wine-colored eords: while the domble-breasjed shirts a la Boston and Athletic, will be adopted, with the. word *‘Phila.” across the front in wine-colored lotters. The slockholders are greatly pleased with themen, and wish to see them, above all othor tlungs, defeat the Athletics, and Capt. McGeary will conmribute his best efforts in the same direction. This organization was formed by several gan-. flemen wko were stockliolders in'tis Philadel- phia Clab, but who ga: their shares. Much. corps above enumersted, Ax interesting festure of the campaign will bs the side fssue of the fight for the championship of the Weat, and in that section of the country the result will Polotked to it oa mch intereat a2 o batles for 0 great pennant lcago sterts of pres- tige of experience, and of being the leading profes- Fdniiy Litherts, but. St. Louis this yeit Lgeoan Chicago, and progeses to go “ fen beiter,” and in May cach ‘will ehow their hands and call the game, St. Louis is bound to whip Chicago if she can, and if her present team should fuwl, she'll ““try, try again,” until the Whites succumb 1o the Mound ‘City team, Then, 100, there is the littlo Western star which is beginning 1o shine pretty bright in tne baso ball hemisphers, not to mention the St Louis boys of the red hose. In fact, independent of the regular champlonship pen- Dant campaign, thers will the liveliest times out West this season, and what is more, they will bo the At in the fleld. The 5t. Louis Club, as will be secn by Bort elsowhere, hae alreudy given the citizens of that place a tasto of their quality by giving » strong field nine a lesson to the tuns of the * Chicago ™ score of 45100, In factthe campaign alresdy gives promise of the most brilliant fighta on record, and as Ritheris, the Clipper s3yn to onsand all of tle thirteen come petitors, *May the best club win, ——— THE TURF. BPEING TRAINING, The warm sunshine of the prst few days has ‘put a much brighter aspect upon turf matters. Horsemsn and habitues of the track are shaking off the drowsiness of the winter season, and manifesting an activity that promises merry events to be not far distant. have been quartered at city stables daring tho winter have had very quist lives compared with their warm-weather work,—being exercised only by an occasional dash down the avcomes before a cutter,—are being removed to Dexter Park, where ° they will shortly be subjected to a cgurse of treat- ment necessary to inure them to the hardships of tho seasor’s campaign. ' Before this week is past the park will be slive again with horse- owners, horse-trainers, jockers, and trotters of every degree of merit from Bodina down to the * greeney” whose record is yet to be made. ‘The ground is yet too wet to use, but by Wedncsaay or Thursday, 1f the weather con- tinues fair, it will be in good condition. Then & large number of borees, embracing most of tho city stables 85 well as thoso from several -rural localities, wiil have a chance to oxert themeelves. Toesday Matt Calvin takes down from his stables Quickstep, record, 2:35%¢ ; Frank. Hol- brook, record, 2:43; and ssveral grecn horses, from whom good work is expected. Capt. Blattery, on the same day, will place Lady Byron, record 2:293. in the Doxter Park stables, and the famous horse Bodine' com- menoes training there soms time this week. ve Ty enterprise have they displared in thewr move- ments, and have secured an excellent profes- sional nuclens for operations. g‘dflflm Bechtel, i pitcher; Craves, fizsh base iffe, short 2 and several green horees at these Gso) an alrezdy has fi?};{}zs 2dy Independence, rec- es. L Some of the tho other ‘borses that will go out dnrlnfivflm week are Rose Washington, record, 2:35; Woodfard’s * Z," record, 2:433¢, from Sam Crooks' stables; Pilot_Mountain, 2:30; George Judd, 2:36}¢; George F., no record; Gold Leaf, 2:343% " in obargo of Simon Anderson. A stable of horses is exvected bero in a few days, and Hankine and Conlisk bring a stud of running horses to train here. Georgo Tabor, s Pourhkeepsio turfman, also brings a large le of horses to the track, among which are several youngjtrottera of grest promise. The date of the close of the entriea of the chain of moetings embraciog Cloveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Utica, Bpringfield, Mass., and Pough- Kkeepsia, has not yet been decided ) There is 8 lutch in the matter ' somewhere, and the appointment of & dolegate from esch asso- ciation to meet and sottle 1t is taliked of. In con- seguenca of this, Mr, Mansur has not yet fixed upon the date of his closing. He wante the chain mentioned toclose one doy before the July mesting. DEATH OF A FAMOUS NIORSE. g During tho stallion show at Paris, Ky., April 5, Goldemith’s Abdallah, the celebrated trotting stallion was instaptly killed while going sround the track. He wdsmet by nnother horse, John Bright, attachod to a eulky, the shaft of which entered his breast and came out near the top of the shoulder, causing his death in & few minutes. He was bred by Mr. Alden Goldemith, out of the famona brood maro, Martha, by Abdallab. He was 16 hends bigh, dak bey, rather slightly built. He had a record of 2:30. Ho was of tha Abdallsh stock by-a doublo cross, and was con- sidered one of the best stallions in the country. Ho was valued at $20,000. LOUISIANA JOCKEY-CLUB BACES. . New Orreaxs, April 10.—The spring meeting of the Lonisiana Jockoy Club was_succe:sfully insugurated to-day, with fine weather, largo at~ tendnnce, good track, and spirited racing. In tho first race; hurdle raco, 2 miles, over ecight hurdles, club purse £500, first;horse $350, soccnd 8100, thinl $50, seven starsod. All camo to the string ab the finish- except Biloxi, which let down completely at the sevonth heurdle. At tho start Capt. Hutchinson took the lead, closely followed by Lewiston and Biloxi, the others well buuched five lengths behind at the half hile. Atiheend of the first milo the horses wers well togother, but raduslly stringing out until the finish, Fatebinson ad " Lewiston enteriog the home stretch, Huthinson leading alength, bat, Lewiston gaining to the finish, made it a dead heat; Little Flirt third, beating Beloxi, Shillalab, Capt. Jack, and Bob Britton. Time, 5:53. The first money was divided be- tween Lowiston and Huwhinson. Lewiston was tho favorite in the pools, selling on the track about the 83me 0 last night. In the sscond race, Pickwick stakes, for 3-year- olds, $25 entrance, play or pay, with $1.000 add- ed, second horae §200; third, $100; mile heats, there wera thirteen nominations ; four started. . Zime—] 2 3. In the first heat Nanoie took the lead, winning easily by a longth. The accond heat was won by Mignon'by half a head. The third heat was won by Naunie by half a longth, At the start the botting was two to ons oo Nannie againat the fleld, axd three to one at the end of the first heat. At the endof the second heat the betting was nearly even on Nannis against Mignon, wmith N%mia :cx‘zi:swhnt the hvloritai A b ‘bo third race, two miles, for ages, clal purze of $500, first horso $400, second 75, third, $25, was won by Bonaventura, beating quy second, Granger third, Col. Nellizan, Falmonih, Stampede. Booaventura took the lead at the atart and kept it throbghout, winning by half-a-leng{h. The bitting was 25 on Boua- ‘ventura sgainst 10 on all the others. HORSE NOTES. . The following aro the dates of the most promi- nent running meetings: Lenisiana Jockey Olub, New Orleans—Avpril 10, 11, 13, 13, 14, and 15; Galveston Jockey Club, Galveston—April 20, 21, 22, 23, 2nd 24; Nashville Blood-Horse Associa~ tion, Nastville, Teno.—May 4, 5, 6, 7, ad 8 Eentucky Associstion, Lexington, Ky.—May 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; Louisville Jockey Clab, Louisviils, Ky.—ay 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 Macyiand Jockey Club, Baltimore, Md.—May 25, 26, 47, and 28; American Jockey Club, Naw York—Juoe 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, and 19; Mon- mouth Park, Loog Branch, N. J.—~July3 to about the 17th ; Baratoga Associstion, Saratogs, N. Y.— July 14 to sbout Aug. 21, The following are the trotting days in the In- diana and Ohio circuite, embracing a period, from the second week in May to thow same tims in July: Terre -Hante, Ind., May 11-14; Pern, Ind., May 18-21 ; Piqus, Ohio, May 25-28 ; Cam- bridge City, Ind., Jube 1-4 ; Fort Wayne, Ind., June 8-11; South Bend, Ind., June 15-18 ; Day~ ton, O., June 2225; Columbus, O., July 1-5; Portsmonth, 0., July 7-9; and Newport, Ky., July 13-16. At arecent meeiing of delegates from the va- rions trotting associations of -Northwestern Pennsvlvania, held at Greeaville, Pa., aconfed- eracy was formed under the title of the North~ ern Peonsylvania Trotting Circuit. The new circuit comprises the Erie, Greenville, 8haron, Pazker City, Conneautville, Titusville, and St. Tae horsea that | Petersburg Associations. Trotting meetings will be held at the above flaces commencing Jaae 15 and ending July 22, whoa purses aggre- pating $25,000 will be offered, J. C. Bimpeon, well known in turf circles, and avery fluentand graceful writer, hes taken charge of the turf department of the San Fran- ‘A paciog match for a stake of 8500, mile heats, throe in five, between E. Brummer's bay mare Lady St. Clsir, to wagon, and P. Bran- dow's bay gelding Fisherman, in harness, drew together a number of turfites at the Agricultural .Grounds, 8an Francisco, Cal., recently. Lady 8t. Clair, who drew the pole and was the favor- ite at $100 to £50, won in three straight neats, with ease ; time, 2:46, 2:2414, 2:351¢. Clars O,, who was severely injured at the Hippodrome n few weeks ‘ago, has eo far re- covered a1 to be able to put her weight upon the fractured leg once more. Presidont Grant hss, throngh Mr, N. Carlin, the superintendent of his -breoding-farm ab Kirkwood, near Bt.- Louis, Mo., purchased of Moeers. Spragae and Akers, of the Kansas Stad Farm, the well-known br. s. Rhode Islaad.* Ilo was foeled in 1859, and is, consequently, 16 years old; was sired by Whitehall. (s son of North American by Sir Walker), dam_ by Nigger Baby, 8 son of Tiger Whip. Mr. Carliu has secured s number of valuable thoroughbred mares for the Presidert's establishment, and Rhode Island will be placod at the bead of the stnd. - A number of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Burlington, Ia., have organized theme selves into a Fine Horse Association, with Gen. James . Gilbers; President, aud Dr. J. V. Boan, Becrotary. Tbey have already od tho stallion Chevalier, by Kearaargo (son of Voluntasr and Dexter's dam)out of Fanny Hawkins, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. The horss is a strongly inbred Hambletooian, "but tho inbreeding s backed by soveral stout_thoroughbrea crosses, and he shonld be an excellent aire.” i ‘Work-on the West Side Running and Trotling Park, to be erected under the auspices of the Horse-Improving Association, will be]commenced May 1. Gen. Rowettand and other prominent horsemen bave taken stock, and that we aro to to have a pew park, isa settled fact. Budd Doble, with Occident and 8t. James, and Hickox, with Fullerton and the trotting stallion Sam Purdy, havo been expected here for seroral daye, a3 it was believed thoy had loft Ban Fran- cisco for the Esst at the date previous- ly sonounced. It seems that tho back- wardncas of the Esstern season and the splendid track sdvantages in Calitornia have led them to dofer their doparture from that State. Itis hoped thet they may be stopped hers en passant, and that & race between these horses may be arranged. It would be one of the most ioteresting events likely to oceur here during the racing geason. ———— BILLIARDS. TO-MORROW'S TOURNAMEXT. The most interesting topic uuder tuls head just now is the tournament which com- monces fo-morrow at the Drunawick & Balko Company’s biltiard-table manufac- tory, Nos. 47 and 49 Siate street. Tho players have been hers for several days anxiously awaiting an opportunity to cross cues in earneat. If they had grown at all rusty in practice befors reaching the city, they have fally worn it off by the contests they havo had wiLh each other here sinco thay arrived. The preparations for tho event are now fully completed, znd to-morrow’ ovening ““Dump” Rhines, the old Chicago {favorite, 2ud Henry Mil- ler, of New Orleans, of whom Chicago hss here- tofore heard [avorable report, which has baen corzoborated by the ‘gentleman's exhibition of elill Lers, will " step to the front, and ley the - initial game.. The hall at runswick's has been very comfortably fitted up ‘with seats, supplied with gas-fixtores, etc. Yes- tcrday it presented a very neatand comfortable eppearsace. - Both players and public will have Do rexson to compluin of the Tters. Yesterday a meoting of the players was held at the rooma of the manufactory, for the purpose of rranging lsngth of games, otc. There weze | 3500 stale shall not aleo hald the $2000 present Messrs. Parker, Rhines, Maggioli, Hea, Carter, Liverman, Shaw, Ailler, Burleigh, and McAfee. - Ald. Tom Foley presided and Edward Page officiated 2a Secrefary. It was decided to make the games 200 points each, ex- oept *‘ ties,” which are tobo 00 points each. A committes, consisting of Parker, Miller, and Carter, was appoioted to re- port as to futuro arrangements for games for the championship of the Northweslern and Southwestern tatos, the winner of the tourney being constiiuted the firat champion with the title, such as pumber of Yu‘mta of game, inter- vala of games; place of play, expense, perma- nent atakeholder, etc. D This embraced abott all of the business of | the meeting, though tnero was considerablo talk | Appropriate to the oecasion sand the busi- Dess of the .arties present. Tha project of forming a billiard_asgociation, em- bracing the players of the Northwostern and Bouthwestern Siates to bring them into_aloser and friendlier communion, and to-provide, per- baps, & mutuai benofit fand, was somowhat dis- cussed, and anpeared to be favorably thonght of. Tom' Foley offered » suggestion which met with much approval. It was, instead of playing matches of 500 or 600 points, to let players contest a oaeries of games, By, of 100 poiuts each, best threo ont of five, This, it | was thought would largely do away with the gloment of Iuck. 1Iu loag, games thero frequent- 1v bappeus for one of the players a succession of gooa broaks, loaves, etc., which practically [ settles the gsme in his faver. - But adopting ; this systom the ball wowld be spotted at the end of each 100; tho players would takos fresh start, and the audience would feel a fresh inter- eat. The ides is n good one, &nd certainly de- serves thinking about. Mondsy evening's es will ba as follows: Henry Mller, ‘of New ' Orlcans, va. Henry RBhunes, of Chicago. . . Trank Mageiok:, of New Orleans, vs. Lonis 8law, of Indienapolis. Eugens Cazter, of Olio, va. H. Liverman, of ‘Wisconsin. . | On T'uesday six games will be played,—thres in the afternoon and three in the evening. TARING TOURNAMENTS TO TASK. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Crrcaco, April 10.—Did it ever oocur to you that the pilliard “ tournament ” to commence in this city ‘next week is s humbug affair which should not be allowed to take place ? It is called & ‘‘tournament,” meaning thereby that every player plays every otber player, and the ono gawing the greatest number of games is to tako the first prize. There are a dozen billiatd-play- ors whose names appear as 8&mong thoss to par- i ticipate, and tho Cnicago publio a1e oxpeated to pay them for coming lisre, and exhibiting thom- selves and thoir aonbtfal sloll as professionals. Mozt of were maver heard of pievions to _ the appearance of the Linge poaters advertising the afair; some of them Lavo a natiooal reputation as ** losers™ of match games, and it ia safe to prodict that draws, masses, follows, and’ cushion-shots will be regnlated by the pool-seller; that the auc- tioneer will decide strokea formerly made by a we'l-leathered cue-tip. The idea of calling the approaching event a * tonrnament ™ It is nothing of the sort ; end if it was, the sysiem is a weax one, There is nothing fair and reliablo about it. Suppoae thers is a tie, and the clances are Lhere will be, it must be played off by aman who has already beaten his antagonist. To illustrate: Thers' ace, aay, twelve players, consequently each man | must play eloven games. nes wins ten | games ; 80 does Shaw, or Maggioli, for that matter. Mhines has lost one to Shaw, wao in turn was beaten by Macafee,, who forthe pur podes of the arghment stands no show whatever for the first prizo Under tho' “ tonrnament ” roles Rhinesand 8haw must play off the tie game. Now.then, Shaw should boellowed thie prize. He either beat Rhinos oa his morits, or hs did not. 1f he bent him farrly, is it right fo compol him to do 8o agnin in order to win the prizo? The ‘¢ fournament " has continned throngu eoveral deys, aad when thoe time to play of tha tie game bas arrived both players are physically oxnaust- ed. 1t then pecomes not so much & question of ekill 28 of physical endurance. 4 The American system -of *‘ toarasments,” so- called, is farther objectionable in this: It takes akogether too Jong to complets such a tournsy. The practice is to play from six to ton honrs a day for a week or two, and the public ars ex- pocted to patronise this toil of pleasure. The system op:ns the aoors for private arrange- moents between plavers. Of course no plan can be devised which will certainly prevent matches from being sold, but this. “tournament™ system i ably contrived for testing the honesty of players to the utmoet. I shall not say the youag men engaged to appear in this * tonrnamenc" are dishonest ; but I do venture to say that players more skilled than any of thess have often been charged with throwing games for tha = sake of winning outside bits. Buppose, for instance, that Rhines, (I nse his name because I know, as every one koows, that he is honest aod of good repute), should, in sight ont of the eleven games he was to play, and 'min%fu ahead of all competitors, should seli in the pools at long odds _as a sure winoer of the first pnze. Well, Rhines, if he was dishonest, would station a friend or two adjacent to tho pool-box with instructions to teke theso odds just 28 loog aa their money lasted. He wouid then lose his remaming games, the public would ssy the ** balls broke badly for hir,” and no one would be the wiser for the dishonesty. These ‘ tournaments " are but hippodromic affairs, gotten up for three reasons: To enible a fow [azy fellows to securo money which they never earn; to advertise some billiard-table manafacturer, and to help business in the billiard-halls by holding out the idea to Bap- headed youngsters that by constant practice they can soon bacoms aa proficient at ths game as aro Slosson, Rhines, ier, ot al. them TANCEED. DILLIARDS IN MILWAUKEE. The billiard-hall of the Plankinton House was opened last night with exhibition games by i Sbaw, of Indiana, and Miller, of New Orleans, Bhaw and Rhines, of Chicago, and Rhines and McAfoe, of Tows. The games were fair exhibi- | ton play, and the event was more conspicuons {or the fancy displays, and the good humor of all prosent, thau for_sny- unueual oatburst of billisrdisiic gonios, Shaw made a run of 111 | in 300 potnts, Freoch caroms, in onc game s THE BROOKLTN TOURNEY. The following are the summaries of the games played in the Brooklyn tournement : . 1.—Francois Ubassy vs. Maunce Vignaux. -Scu :re—Usguu‘y_, 800; Vsigunnx, 280. Be&{’ rons Ubassy, 52; Yigosuz, 65. Averages—Ubassy, 71341 Vignauz, G 8441, 5 No. 2.—Thia contest was remarkable in tho fact that in so short a gamo both players ran as lugh 88 100. _The winoer also ran (9 and 58, Cyzille va. Joeoph Dion.—core—Cyrille, SO0 ; | Joseph, 254, Average—Cyrille, 16 12-18; Jo- | seph, 14 16-17. 0. 8.—Garaier In this led from the start, was never headed, and won by 150 oo an saverage of | 15, his best runs being 61, 62, and 46, and Daly’s 23, 23, and 40. Tho latter averaged 7 10-20. No, 4.—This was & rather tedious oontest, Iast- Ing two bours and five minates. Joseph Dion atquired the lead ‘in the third inming, and re- tained it up to the thirty-ninth, when A." P. Ru- dolphe went out on the best run of the game,— 36,—winniog by 62. The loser's beat was 37, and his average 6 439, Tha nverage of the winner was 7 27-39. No. §.—0On Saturday, when Ubassy and Daly Tere the first contestants, the attendance was the best of the week. The youngster started off well, and soon had » lead of 76; but tho old man, encouraged by his success over Vignaux on the oponing night, pulled up, and, and thenoe- forward it was diamond cut diamond until the thirty-third inning, when Ubassy, baviog 45 {o make to Daly’s 27, ran out the e. The best Tans were 88 by Daly, and 53 by Ubassy, the Iat- ge;:‘awnulgs being 8 28-34, and ths former's No. 6.—It is rare that there is but an inning's difference between iwo successive gamos, but such was the case on this night. It is seldom of lata years that Cyrille Dion has played to 8o little purpose ad in lus contest with Vignaux., It Tequired twenty-threc iuuings for him to get oft his first string, and be did not get mach farther in the nine iunings ihat followei The averages were respectively 93-33 aud 527-32, while the losding _runs were : Vignaux's, 64, 61, sud 58, and C. Dion's, 48, 88, and 28. Cotiossning SYAUX AND oAmNTz. icerning the proposed match between thess plarers the Clipper saya: . There can be no ruatch for $3,500 & side between Vignaux and Garnier, #0 lang aa'the latter gentloman insistsnot only upon 3 particular table to tha exclusion of all others, but also upon a particular stakebolder to the exclusion of oll others. The match for the medal champlonship must needs go on, and n that Vignauz, nolens voleas, must allow Garnier his own way ns to tabio and siskcholder. But while the Vignaux party will not put up $2,000 more on that game, we ara ati. thorizad to eay that one'of his chicf backers will wager £2,000 that Vignauz wina the Tending $500 game, the only proviso being that the gentleman who holds tbe 2 mde, Tho aoy gentlew . ~ho s well-known and 13 N0t peraouc:i~ intarested in matter of that,in Vigust. This will not be makin, aud responsible, , or, for the | regatta. & match for $2,500 » ride, but in one gense it amount to the same thing. No. 7.—Gamnier and J. Dioo. Score—Garn] on, 225. Garnier's higheat raos, 53, :3’1 on's highest runs, 80, 16, Averages—Gar. | e L D e Soore—Ubsay, 0. LBy AN olphe, re—! 800; Budolphe, 387 Highest runs—Ubassy, l 111; Rodolphs, 45, 85, = Averages—Ubassy, 9:1-11; Rudolphe, 8:23-33. No, 9—Daly ana 0. Dion. Score, Daly,300; Dion, glfl. Highest nmsb Dlfl"'lsl%—fis’ 2; 3 Dlgn.“fll), 9, 37. Averages, Dalv, ; Dion, : 10 Garnier sad" Budgipho, ~ Hcore, " Garaier, | 300 ; Radolph, 229. Highest runs, Garnier, 44, 41; Rudolplie, S, 43, 36. Average, Garnier, 1334, i Rudolphe's, 9:18-24. No. 11—J. Dion and Ubassy. Score—Dion, 00; Ubu%, 250. Highest runs—Dion. 42, 6. Ubaasy, , 24. Averages—Dion, 7:31-38; Tbaasy, 7:3-38. No. 12—Viguoux and Daly. Boore-—Vignoux, 300; Daly, 227. Highest rune—Daly, 68, G5; | Vigmonx, 66, 63. Averages—Vignoux, 14:2-7; Daly, 10:17-21. ——— BOATING.’ THE BAROX CLUB. .The boys of the Barge Ciub are getting down ! to work, and preparing for the coming ssason. | The promise is that the clnb is going to be a greal success, The Treasurer has been busy tho past week collecting dues, and reporfs the members are pay- Jjog up willingly and promptly. The Commities on Boats have crdered an elegant f ten-oared bargo from :Lachapelle, the boat- | builder of Detroit. She wili bo 50 feet long, and | of the most improved molel, and in finish ! will surpass anything on the Iskes. BSho will have capacity -for camying about ten passengers beside tho ten oars- men. The Commiitee havs also in view | procuring from Bagley, of this city, a’ six-oared : out-rigged working boat, which will be used by ! tnose who desire more exercise and training i than the basge, which is particularly a pleasure bont, will aford. The boat-housoe plans are per- | fected, and it promises to be in every way a | model affair, Bemdes furnishing accommoda~ tions for the boats and equipment of the clab, it | wilt be provided with a parlor and reception- raom for the entertsinment of the lady friends of tho members. The membership embraces i some of tho gentlemen best kaown in social cir- | cles, and it i3 intended to make the amusement to which the Club is devoted interesting to peo- Ppleof fashion and the highest respectability, and | to make the boat-honso a favorite placs of | aocial resort during the summer. The young lady acquaintances of tho Ciubmembers are get- ting quite excited, and await with mnch snxiaty | the time when they can enjoy rides on the lake | in thas barge. They will be able to partake of this pleasurs in abont six weeks, as all tho con- tracts provide for the completion of the barge. and all its accompaniments. THE COLLEGE BEGATTA. The Rowing Assoctation of Amenican Colleges, the regatta ef whichis to be held at Saratoga next July, met at Bprinrfield, Mass., last Thars- day, when the Regatta Commuttee reported an agreoment contaming twenty-four srticles, which they had mado with tl:o Saratoga Rowing Asaociation, as to the arrangements for the next The drawing for positions at the etart re- sulted 88 followa: 1, Williams; 2, - Cor- noll; 8, Amherst; 4, Bowdoin; 5, Brown 8 Columbia: 7, Weslosau; 8, Frinceton 1. 9, Dartmouth; 10, Yale; 11, Trinity; 12, Harvard ; 18, Union; 14, Hamilton, wrown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartinonth, Harvard, Prince- ton, Yale, and Amherst signitied their intantion of sending Frosbmen crews, while Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Williams, Yale, and Bow- doin will furnish single scullers. o rule as to traiers, coachers, &c., was amenddd eo as to permit the employment of any person who has attended college for two years. Jsmes Watson, of Wilkes® Spirit of the Times, was chosen Um- pwe ; after whichi the Convention adjourned. - TRAINING. Ta the Edlor of The Chicugo Tridune: CricAGo, April 6.—In your paper to-day you bave the following item: +The College boys, who are now. training for the boat-races, are 'disposed to adopt s more effective and enlightened gystem of training than that which has hitherto beenin vogue. Yale sets the example. Her crew thin year will be allowed meats, boled and roateed, and all kinds of vegetables,” &c. You speak of it as “pew ides,” ‘20d an ‘“experimeat” that “will be obsorved with great interest, and upon its resnlts willdepend the whole courso | of training in colleges.” The .factis that the : “raw-beef starvation syetem™ was abandoned | THE LABOR PROBLEM. i Littlo Change in the Situation in th | Pennsylvania . Coal Regions. An Effort Being Made for the Withdrawal of the Military, The Mine-Owners Desiro & Final Settlement of the Labor Question. Specicl Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. HazrrToN, Pa., April 10.—The miners, and people of this city who affiliate with them, are doing their ntmost to have the military taken from the country. The movement is made by politicians and & fow merohaats of the piacs, but, a8 far as your correspondent has loarned, the movement has no sympathy from the leading and solid ' mem of Hazleton snd the surrounding region. * The dele- gation who went to Harrisburg to remonstrate with the Governor, have returned to work with a will to obtain signatures to the form of the petition that tho Governor yesterday cuggested. On the other hand, the operators aro active. This morning the gentlomen held & secrat cop- clsve in Gep. Pardee's office, ths confersnce extending over many hours. I have heard from 20 operator who was present that the chjsct was i to discuss the question of the withdrawal of the troops, and that the meeting resolved to bring every intluence to bear upon tho Governor to HAVE THE.MILITARY RETAINED - in the country until this fisht has been settled one way or the other. Abont a wesk ago, when the hostile minara were raidiog through this ternitory and commit- ting acts of high-handed outrago, a Deputy Sheriff pressed into his porse a number of citizens of this oity. = Tnis act on the part of men who desired to have the peace of the Commonwealth preserved has kindled against them the bitter antagonism and hatred of the miners. Already those who served upon this posse have received notices containing TIREATS OF VENGEANCE upon them, and warning them that therr lives wiil not be worth the snap of a finger when the militia have evacuated the conutry. Thess gentlomen are vers eamnest in their endavors to have the militia re- tained, for they are well aware that these threats ate not idlo. This sfterncon a district mesting of the Miners’ Benevolent Association was held here, but no action of s defiuize character wss _taken, and an adjournment was made over until Mon- The unexpected action of the men at Hyde Park yesterday bas been a terrible shock to the cauza in the Lehigh region, and to-dayit is lead- iog ‘to discussion among'the troops, as well as. among miners and citizena. During the course of the interview to-day with the proprietor of the Woodaide colliery, where the stables were tired and destroyed on Thnrs- day night, he stated that the peopls of tho coan- try are ta! % 5 fA WROXG VIEW OF THIS STRUGGLE betwoen the operators and the misers. It isthe general scotiment that the issueiss wrangle against the reduction of wages, but this is en- tirely wrong., He epoke as an operator, and fo; the operators, ana declared that for a lon; time ths capitalizta who are producing Penns; vauia antbracite bave determined to make this strike a square fight between capital and the demagoguea who are engineering tuis strike for the miners. - It wonld have to come to sach a re- salt in the end, and it was concladed to fight the Lattle now ena have it over. He considored the mines the rightfal property of thoas who owned them, buot for a number of years THE BAD ELEMENTS AMONG THE COLLIERS bave mansged them just abont tho way they pleased as far as the; t}ueazion of wages have been concerned. He beliaved that if the troops were withdrawn scones of-violence and deproda~ tion would ensue, aud that the militia would be ! brought back befare forty-eight hours after they ‘ had left, MORE INTIMIDATION. The excitement has sesmed te increase to- lon; 0 by the Oxford and Cambridge crews i in hn'fina, and they are allowed a much more | Ll diet than formerly. The * experiment ™ was tried at Harvard as¥long sgo sa 1858 | and 1869, with the most satisfactory results, and this *eplightened system of training” has been | in use there ever aince that time, and several | other oolleges adopted tha same system two or .| three yoars 2go. For several years the crews at. ! Harvard have been allowed meats, broiled snd i roasted, all kinds of vegetables, and such i fruits as grapes, pears, peaches, strawberries, and blackberries, io_moderate quantities. Un- numerousthan on anydaysince the military have occupied the country. Laat night at a lata hour ! . a stoker employed at a mine n? Eckley was re- tarmng home from his work, when he was stopped by a man who pusted a pistol into his face, and warned bum that if hereturned to the mine his brains would be blowa out. Such instances as these are very common. Iuis generally conceded that there will be no strife between the misers and mulitary, buy the ; soldiers are goarding the exposed collieries and dur this system of . diet, the crews come to the race feeling aod looking much fresher and in better condition than under the old system, ! which ig still nsed by a emall number of amateur | crews. s i —_— i PEDESTRIANISM. | O'LEARY WINS ANOTHER MAYCE. 1 Nzw Yorx;, April 10.—A walking match be- : tween Daviel O'Leary, of Chicago, snd John De- | witt, of New York, of 100 miles for $1,000, was | won by O'Leary, who completed the distance in ! 23 Liours, 52 minntes, nod 14 seconds; the last.! mila in 9 minutes and 18 seconds. DeWitt gave | up ea the 57ch mile. ! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE BUILDING. i New Yorx, April 11.—The new Zribune Build- | ing was formally opened this morning, the thir- ty-fifth anniversary of the birthday of the news- paper, and was 'visited by crowds of people throughout the day. In the afternoon the editorial and city stalf mades present of a magnificens set of silver to Mr. Whitelaw Raid, inscribed with s picture of the new bailding and the i monograms “H. G., 1841,” and *W. R., 1875.” Dr. Georgo Riploy made the presentation speach, gracafully complimenting Mr. Reid, and Mr. Reid responded in & brief znd appreciativo addresa. & OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yoms, April 10.—Arrivad, eteamship Mosol, from Bremen. Loxpox, April IO.ZdShlmNqucanfln, from k. New York, has arrived ou —_——— TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. K. W. Garretaon has resigned the Sscretary- ;}-aig 1172 the Jowa Stats Grange, to take effect ay 1. The Democrats of Bpringfield havs nominated the following ticket for city officers: Mayor, Charles E. Hoy; Clerk, Wallaco T, Stockdale > Marshal, BEdward Flaherty; City Attargev, J. C. Snigg; Assessor, James 8. Cooper; Collector, :\'nlmm 0. Greenwood ; Treasurer, Goorge Gas- | on, . A special meeting of the members of the Northwestern Mechanical aud Industral Associ- ation was held at Dubuque on Saturday to con- clude arrangements for the purchase of the Fair Grounds and Driving Park. It is the intention of the Association to bring out in_September next one of " tho grandest mechanical and indus-~ trial expositions ever witnessed in the North- west. A large number of prominent citizens are interested in tho echeme, and no labor or ex- pense will be spared to make it a success. diw aedaasthal A Toxas Discovery. An old man down in Cooke County, Tex., has made a curions discovery, if a correspondent of the Gainesville Gazelle is to be believed, and ho scems to havo no indacement to lie, thongh he musy have o slight leaning that way. He has 8een, or says ho hae, twenty-five stones of differ- ent colors, embracing all the hoes and shades of tbo rainbow, and varving in size from that of a man’s fist to a buckshot. Their weight seems to be about 6 of granite oreother hara stone. The old man who showed them told the veritable G- W. who wrote the acconns that he made thess stoned from veritable charcoal, and that.he could, if he was a little better fixed, make n wagon-load of the sameina few weeks. In & dark room the stones are very luminous, and seem to twinkle like 'tho stars on a clear night. The coal is reduced in bulk about one-fourth in the wonderful transformation, while it increases 10 weight from 300 to 400 per ceut. Ei —_— * Cats? Charch. Lorrespondence Newark Advertisey, I have. tranaferred my allegiance from the Church of St. Mark to that of St. Lawrence, be- caoge the latter seems to have beon the ‘patron of cats, and I confess to a fondness for the feline Tace. Tho closters of San Lorerzo have long been distingniched s an asylam for homeless cats. A colony of them may generally be found sunning themselves in_the court, and occasion- aily one more dsvout than the rest comes into the church and attends mass like & good Catholic. One day I found a grest yellow and Wwhite creature sitting up very straight on a bench bafore one of the altars during eervice, and mach more solemn and attentive than the people around nim. I patied him and he sniffed and bit at me energeticaily; whether because, as a-well-trained cat of the truo Charch, he smelt 8 heretic, or becauss he discovered an odor of rat abous my gloves, I cannot say. A breakers with rigid military discy Osborne and stalf made an inspection of the out- posta to-day. The trcops in this city are enjoring them- selves. To-night tney had a spelling-bea, which was highly enjoved. At the camp at the Fair | Grounds, jast might, thers came very near being a mutiny smong several companies of the Ninth Begiment. It geems that the blankats which had besn ordered shippsd from Philadelpnia by express did not srrive, an 8 but_few overcoats were brought alony, thers | was considerable suffering from cold. marched through the lines and made boiszerous demonstrations, but. finally & couple of stoves were flgit 1n the barzacks and the grumblers were 201 . . Rumors are afloat to-night that there has been troubls further ap in the region, but it is impos- | mible to obtain de:ails. [0 the Associaled Presa.] THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Hizrrrox, April 10.—Adjt.-Gen. Latta arrived here to-dsy and had s conference with the Bheriff and citizens, under the orders of the Governor, relstive to the withdrawal of ths ilitary asked for by a delegation of citizens, miners, and others favoring the recall of tho troops, and promising the Sheriff sufficient force to protect the workingmen. Subaequently those lnvoringel detention of the military met the Ad- jutant-Geperal and Shenff and discussed the E::vi:y of the sitnstion. The Adjutant-General nob yet reported to tho Governor the result of his vigit. A special policoman from Philadelphia, who | had been running one of the pump-engines zt Eckley, while on_his way to work, was taken by two men into the woos and threatened with instant death, if he did not stop work. Oue of the men'has been arrested and released on bail. Prouaperemus, April 10.—The Pottsvills Miners’ Jonrnal says: The supply of coal sant from all the recions so far this year is 8,019,092 tons, againat 8,929,350 to the same- period last year. The decrease in the supply of aathracito is 937,805 tons. . _ v WILL IGNORE LABOR UNIONS. : April 10.—The mill corporations scont the idea of treating with the committee of mule-spinners on the question of wages. They express a willingness to talk with their own em- ployes on the subject at any" time, bnt not with deputations of secret socisties. They hold that they wonld prefer to shut down for thres months ratber than acceds to the de- mand of the operatives, and that the rise in goods would mors than compensate for the loss. ROYAL DUELS. Examples of the Code Among Nas tional Rulers. o the Edilors of the New York Evening Post: Althongh dueling in some formhad previonsly been practiced in England, it is said that the Ju- dicial Duel, or Wager of Battls, was unknown there until the Norman Conquest, when it became a branch of the jurisvradence of that country. In the reign ‘of Edward the Third it was a favorits form of legal procedurs. In the time of Elizabeth it becsme. sabstantially obsoleto, but as late as 1818 one Thornton *threw down his glove in accordance with an- cient custom.” A case 80 remarkable in the nineteenth century, of course, attracted uni- versal attention, "It was carried before the highest courts of law, and the right of Thornton was affirmed. His sadversary, however, de- clined the challeze. A few months: later tho judicial duel «ag abohished by Parliament. The period from which the modern duol dates is not koown with certainty. It was probably in 1527, when the King of France challenged Lhe Emperor of Germany, that it first received the sanction of society. The judicial duel, secord- ing to Biackstone, was authorized in the laws of Gundebald, A. D. 50L. Fora while it was con- fined to cortain clasges in Germany; but we find that it has been practiced under all European monarchues. Its moito was that **a brave man did uot deservo to suffer, and » coward did not deserve to Live,” 1 In civil cases algo this form of combst was tho chosen arbiter between claim- anta to landed estates and personal property ; while in .‘‘suits: commenced ‘befors tha tribunals, 'ng"‘"' dlssatistied with the proceed- inga might challenga a Judge to dofand himself in the field.” Under this code gentlemen wonld sometimes sppear as champions in bebalf of their sovereigus. Near the closa of the twelfth centary a- Frenchman went ovar to England to engage with certain persons who had as sexted that his King (Philip) bad done an injuse v, and people on the sticots have been mors | tea to King John of Fogland, The lagt ',’;‘.‘-,' recognized by law in France took The origin of duels in general iy ‘The cambat between David and Goliath L™ strifes cf Homer's horoes ars sometimay - 20 as duels. Among the Arats duels tainly as eariy aa the seventh centnry, 4o o%* 28 1632 ducliog was allowed by Iy i g8 and it wan the custom there to mark wih o U th:;pot w:om a ‘dlli;uflafi fell. oy ong the roy: elists of En the Thini ‘may be specially menfiongs’fdxid'“ i o e A SV U AR S R tLh i while be was in France pushing bis ) force of arme, he oliallenged & Do A8 by the fleld of battle. The monarch way Vir beaten to the gronnd.” The com swas desperate, and the Knight flnfil);.mm 10 yield. Edward, admiring his bravery Dlacey string of jewels over his head, and relvases without ransom. He Dpreviously (in challevged PLilip of Valois, King of 1').111: chsua;‘ga was A}edines. 1897, Henry, aftervanls the ¥ that time Duke of Horeford: engaged s n of hooor with the Earl Xarshal of F, They had arranged to seitls a persona] i | according to tbo code. ilcre than 10, 2008 bad assembled upon_ the prougy. Eing Richard tha Secondap A an end to the proceodings, sentanced batants to banishment. "Two_years later | ford sucoeded to the title of Duke nfm% ! He retumedto Eogland, and dring, ek | from tho throne was himself crowned ih& j 1402, Henry was challenged by the Dake of o3 leans. Hereplied: *I kuow of o which offers the examploof a m‘mqf mn‘m teniog the lists to fight a duel with » sE S bovever high the rank of mzsnbjenmizbi% Lichard the First (Ceeurde Lion) chaf, the Emperor of Cyprus while in batile, challenge dismayed tho fos, who fled and Left thy field to Richaid. ichard was. challengeq by Philip the Second of Francs. Both Eings | the boginnivg of their quarrel, wers engaged ; the Crasade. " Tho Enslish monarch acepyy conditionally, but PLilip objected to tha desired. At tha time of this challenge war had been declared between tha tvo n-tions, T Richard the Secund, af tho time he claird ry! £ fgqh 11 £y il L L o crown of¥France, offered to engages Kin; Charleg as a means of terminating thaf:gontlmgeny_ 1t was on tho famous fisld of Bosworth trgy' Richard the Third engaged in aingls combat with the Earl of Richmond. It is regardsd (s ape, fortunat for the Farl that 1o the mdy the duel a body of troops appesred and Pitay eod to the lifo of the King. His advarsay s | ce?:lnfl him llzuflezlh!v ",lfla venth. v was in at Henry the Fifth gland clsimed tho French cramn 324 dhaiessy the Danptun, Fho ridiculed the offer. The Dag. phin seems to have acted' very much in this met, ter as did King Philip of Fracce in 1185, whag- Prince John, who afterwards baumamngx England, importuned him to fight. Henry the Fourth of England, at the timo by’ invaded Scotland, also treated with coatampy 5 sinilr proposal from the Duke of Bothaay. " *, | Going back again to 1056, it sppears that Wi/ | iam the Conqueror was a dnAEsL Befars thy | battle of Hastings he offered to fight witk Hap. | old. The Saxon replied: “‘The God of baiilg { i will soon be the arbiter of all our differances > Butin the conflict tho Norman triumphed, s { the Iast Saxon King wes slain. The jezor, | later in life, engaged in ingle combat with b | own son. The duel, if such it may bs called, | ook place on the field where the two hod mat s The father dismouuted and wounded. -~ Among other *affairs of honor” in national rulers have been involved, it may by ; meotioned that 555 B. C. the King of Peraiy ought to end a quarrel betwsen himself sod the King of is by means of & dusL | _It'wasin the 67th yesr of Roms, during the . war with the Albans, that & propoaition wy | made to refer the destiny of both peoplss to 3 ! duel to be fought with thres -combatants aa 8" i side. Tho:plan was carried out. On ths Bomuq | gide were ‘‘the three Horatii;™ i “the three Curistin” Horatius was the osly { sorvivor, and be saved Rome. His sistar wasty i love with one of the Curatii. Bhe expressed i sach grief at his death that, in & fit of indigna. Ll.ixioan‘ the champion pierced har to the bears with + Lis swo { _The Roman Emperor Manuel, in the twalfty | cetury, was a noted duelist, and his combaty "5 1475, Ferdinand, King of Spein, chalisoged 75, Ferdman o, i Alfonso of Portagel. - His proposition mae s ; enter the field with their entire armies, oz to | engage each other in eiogle combat, The King i of Portugal accepted npon certain conditions; | but the pacties did not meet. i _ In 1495, Maximilian of Germany fought witha | French Enight. Thie act putin peril the axis. | ence of the royal hoase. ! Charles X., King of Franca, whils krown ma | Count d’Artois was challenged by the Duksaf ¢ Bourbou. * Tuo Duks, for offering to dght, was | banished to Chantilly. i In connoction with o review of thess histarizal { deeds of mistaken valor 1t is interesting to refer she hoad of contending armiea. " ; to the poetry of Shakspeare. The king of poets would seam to have fathomed the thoughtsot | Cmsar when challenged by Mare Antony. Cesar, i _:t the time, was in st::;;nd.se of migh ‘ym‘f‘l;;- i bitioua projects. e makes him ' Tet the od rulad Snow I have many other ways to dis; meintime Laugh at his He represents Richard ITL in his forlorn hops. | a8 saying: Blave, I havo set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die} I think there be six Richmonds in the fleld; Five have I lain to-day instead of him. & They are words that lend eyes to our imsgins. n. 0] The affair between Bolingbroke and the Duks i of Norfolk is treated at length by Shakspesrsin | Richard 1L The challenge and scceptancs read: Bolirgbroks—Pale, trembling coward, there I thraw m; Disclatming here ci% of the King; ‘Aud Iay aside my high blood’s royalty, Which fear, nt reverence, makes thes to If guilty desad bat Joft thes s e, mmh As'totake up mine honor's pama, thea sioop; By that, and all ths rites of knighthood elss, W11 I maXe good against thes, arm to arm, ‘What I have spoke, or thou cans't warss devise, Norfolk~] take it up; and by that sword I ewesn, which. gently laid m’;pmgnmbged on my ehonlder, I'll answer taee {u any fair degree, Or chivalrons design of knightly trial s And, when I mounr, alive may I not ight, It 1 be traitor, or unjostly fight ! In addition, Shakspeare gives examples of the aword practice of the duelist 1n tne plays of * Hamles,” *‘Romeo aud Juliet,” * Twellth Night,” and * Love's Labor’s Lost.” fnm not aware that any person, while holding the oftice of President of the United States, has engaged in » dusl, or offered or acoepted a chal- lenge. In 1778 George Washington was drawn into a dueliog imbroglio through Lafeyetis. The uis had chalienged the Earl of Car- liste. The Earl (during the Revolution) was & Commissioner of England to the United States. His mission, in coonection with others, was to effect s reconcilistion between the two couoe tries.” The Commissioners (having failed fa their efforts) gave expression to certain remarks gnc Was mnsldn.l’sd by .‘hFennh ofllp;:xn.“ serving ongrees as tory to France, an 5yt “in behalf of Els conntry,” sent Carlisle & challevge. In doing 80 he oppcsed the advica of Wugingbnn. who, in answer to a note from ihe Marqus, *withoat directly condemning the practice of dueling, gruenked “various couside erations against a challenge in that particular caso.” The Earl declined to fight. In tho ssms year Washington’s name figured in conneotioa: with the Conway-Cadwalader duel. Thess men were distinguished officers in the army of the Revolation. It is said that Conway’s suppozt o an intrigue to displace the Commander-in-Chis? gave rise to this duel. Conway, receiving & wound which he believed to bs mortal, the following letter to Washingto: PHILADELPHLS, Fob, 23, 1778.—8m: I fiod mysel Just able to bold “my pen during s few minutes, 284 tako this opportunity of expressing my sincere grief for having done, writtan, or_said o able to your Excellency. My career over, therefors justics aad truth prompt ms to dectare m.rhnunfli?:uL Yl:nu:.minngz‘:ou. i:umtfi good man, rou lon 8 love, estoem, vennndobn of zn’o-:eu Ststes lwh"o’u liverties you bsra aasertsd our tase, ok b M Trowus Commir. The aflair betweon Andrew Stavenson, ter of the Usited States to England, aod Daoiel O’Connell, the * Irish Liberator,” in 1838, re- coived the condemnation of John Quincy Adsms through a sertes of resolations which ha submit~ ted to Congress. They were iad on the table by 8 vote of 149 years to 57 nays. The duel sought for by Stavenson he characterized 1 an attemph “to murder the said Daaiel 0"Connell.” Andrew Jackson fought saveral duels. B:’l? ring to them, Thomas H. Benton sasys: “Ha has often been seen zealously pressing the sd- vaocemont of thoss sgainst whom he had bab Iately been arrayed in desdly hostility.” A petition was at one time presepted to Presi- dent Taylor prayiog him for restorstion to th service of two officers who had lost their posi- tions in the navy for having engaged in dneling. Hareplisd: *‘I-haveserved in the army forty years without fighting in duels. Thay are on- necessary. I disconntenance them on every occasion, and veno dueling men sbon} me it Ican help i WaTsox. lifie AP A The Ivachos Club will meot Thursdsy evening ¢ the remdence of Mrs. D. W. Pags, No. 41 Park avenze. The La Favorits Club bave tendered the me= sician, Mr. Pound, s complimentary benafit. If Wl be given under thair auspices a8 Hall eveaing, April 33,

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