Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1876, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., AUGUST ¢, I875—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 PASTIMES. Gala Day Among the Yacht- men of Geneva Lake, Gen. Ducat’s Geneva Carries off the Ladies’ Prize. The White Stockings Defeated at Louisville Yesterday. Bt the Mutuals Keep Things Even by Winning from Hartford, The Athletics Bankruptand About to Disband. A Pleasant Trotting Matinee at Dexter Park. pgmgrapbs for Oarsmen, Pigeon- shooters, Pedestrians, Etc. SPORTS ON THE WATER. YACHTING AT GENEVA LAKE. ‘Special Dispatch to The Tribune. GexEva LAKE, Wis., Aug. 5.—The prayers of the righteous and the wishes of the wicked last pight for & fair dayand a good wind were gnswered. The dark, rain-laden clouds which ‘hang over the lake Thursday evening were con- sidered ominons of the weather to-day, but the vachtmen and their friends, and those who had come from Chicago and elsewhere to witness tho contest, were full of glec when they awoke 4his morning and saw & clear sky and felt the gtrong south breeze coming over the water. One peculiarity characterized the race to-day: it was managed exclusively by ladies. They did not, of course, sail the boats,—they bave not advanced that far yet; but three of them acted as judges, started the yachts, saw that they turned the buoys properly, and timed them when they came home; and they “crowned the victor.” The ladies most prominent in bringing about the contest were Miss Annie L. Wilson, Miss Helen Sturges, Mrs. C. L. Wilson, Mrs. E. W.. Blatchford, Mrs. Farringten, Mrs. George Sturges, Mrs. Shelton Sturges, Mrs. George 1. Dunlap, Miss K. A. Ducat, Mrs. N. K. Fairbank, Mrs. Ed Ayar, Mrs. H. M. Wilmarth, and Mrs. J. C. Walters. They were all dressed in white, and with their jovited guests comfortably filled the little steamer Arrow. No gentlemen were allowed to . go on board, since they wished to be untram- meled and unguided in their undertaking. Charles L. Wilson, of the Journal, and Gen. Stagrer succeeded in jumping aboard just after the Arrow left the dock to go to the home stake, preparatory to starting the yachts,but the Gertie, Col. George L. Duulap's”stcamer, was Dailed, and they were politely but firmly bid to geck the company of their own sex and give them advice. The Erlzc tobe contested for, which was run up to the masthead of the Arrow for cxhibition, was aflag, guidon-shaped, of blue silk, with *white border, and a yaiht painted in the centre, Zihe handiwork of Mrs. Ed Ayar. The Arrow was clegantly decorated with flowers,—bouquets adorning all the stanchions, and a large basket of running plants and different colored roses ornamenting the bow. The most beautiful of $he floral contributious was an arrow composed of red, white, and blue flowers tastefully blends The entrics for the race were as follows: the Mischicf, by N. K. Fairbank; length, 25 feet; notime allowance. Geneva, by A. C. Ducat; length, 24 feet 6 inches; allowance, 45 scc. Fleetwing, by Gen. Strong; length, 21 feet 9 Inches: allowance, 4 min. 52 sec. Nettie, by Julian Rumsey; length, 21 feet 6 inches; allow- snce, 5min. 15 sce. Dauntless by D. T. Whit~ ‘gg,; ‘length, 18 feet 9 inches; allowance, 9 min. sec. The course_Was the usual ape—around the upper buoy, thence to the stake in Buttum’s Bay, thence to the starting point opposite the Whiting House, and repeat, cstimated at 16 miles. No sccond-class boats were entered for the reason that no inducement was offered. Allbeing in readiness at a quarter of 11 o'dlock, the signal was given to_start, and _the yachts bore away for the © line,” their progress bem%lntd\ed by several hundred people on the shore and on the excursion-boats. They crossed in the following order: . 10 10 10 10 10 "They sailed away on the starboard tack, the wind blowing stiff from the south. The posi- tions as above indicated were maintained until oPposn,e Gen. Ducat’s residence, near the point of the narrows, when the Flectwing fouled the Dauntless, and passed her. The formeriwas close inshore, and took in her jiband worked to wind- ward by crossing the latter’s bow. The Daunt- less was on her right tack, and, under the rules, had the right of way, but, being obliged to luff 1o avert a collision, she was thrown out of her course, and soon dropped to the rear of all the yachts! As all the yachtsmen are_gentlemen, no disputing or wrangling took plave to mar the harmony of the ruce. The mishap was an unfortunate one, and, though it destroyed what chance the Dauntless had of Wwinning, it was u:gpmugf ‘unavoidable, and hence engendered mo ill-feeling. The Geneva gain- ed mapidly on the yachts in advance of her ‘at “the start. When 2 miles out she passed the Nettic and Mischicf, and was doseonto the Fleetwing, inthe van. These }‘Wn and the Nettie and the Mischief had a brush after leaving the point. The Fleet~ ‘wing kept the lead to the upper buoy, rounding 1t however, onlya few scconds atiead of the Geneva. The Nettie outsailed the Mischief, and beat her six or eight minutes on the up run, the latter, although ‘‘the wind was hers,” proving to be a very insignificant sailer; in fact &he was “nowhere™ from the beginning to the end, the Dauntless overhauling and passing her even after her losing so much. After rounding the upper stake, the vachts bad a leading wind, aod weathered, it on one tack, and then they had it wing and wing " for lt'lhe home buoy. “The Geneva went by the lcetwing a quarter of an hour after leaving the upper stake, and was about four minutes ahead of the Fleetwing when she rounded the home buoy and started on the sccond turn. At this time the Nettie still rehincdthirdglnce, but ]was 2 mile astern of the Fleetwing. The Daunt- ess was fourth, and the Mischief almost hull il)own. Ug:n reaching the home buoy the auntless dropped out. On the up run the Ficetwing gained rapidly ng the Geneva, but the latter, by tacking when a the point, and gcmni 10 windward, regain- the lost, distance, the Fleetwing going so far toleeward that she missed the stake-boat on the yort tack, and had to put about again. The eneva passed the buoy three minutes and ten ]monds ahead of hercompetitor. The Nettic fol- l"!‘!‘d_ ten minutes behind, while the C was practically out of the mace. Between _the u{» er _buoy and in Buttum's Bay, the ‘i‘ectwing sailed so fast that ehe was only a minute and a half be- d the .Geneva, and could she have kept her Position the race would have been hers under the ;!me allowance. Just as she was about heading or the buoy and entering the home run the caF o ber masthead gave war, and her peak fell. der crew were sad; their chanees of win- ling were dissipated by carcless sail- ing. and they sorrowfully sailed for home Qlder a Jip and demoralizéd mainsail. The eneva képt on her course, and came in victor, ut she, too, nearly had an accident. When §‘°‘ng about to round the home etake, her crew id not obey onders quick enough, and a misjibe Tesulted, and she came within an ace of upset- ing, and'had to turn_ completely round before Shie got o the port tack and passed the stake. Fortunately for her there were no yachts close ;‘l’i';fggh toher to derive advantage from the p. Annesed is the time of reaching home: Tacht, 7 It will be thus scen that the Gen . to 25 miles, incdluding the iinutes. and 8 scconds. considered excellent time for & yacht of 1d and character. soon as all the yachts had reached home, fbe Gertie steamed to the Geneva and took Gen, Ducat, Capt. Dunlap, her gailing-master, and crew, aboard, and then to the Fleetwing and got Capt. Napper and his v, and ook | them aut fo . the Avrew! anchored near the home stakeboat. Charles L. Wilson, of the Journal, was the first one jm% on the Arrow; her crew was a may ;: and be the nail; and he alnost pushed Gen. gncnt. overb&:xrd in his efforts toget him ahoard T presentation adi e i for ntesen to the ladies. ¢ m'truduccd “LADIES: Gen. Ducat, the victor.” The ladics applauded, and Miss Helen Sturges, who was nsturally somewhat embar- rassed by the proximity of the staring fellows in the steamer alongside, came forward, and, Bouding the rize flag in her hand so thag all eralas followa: Yy sed the gallant Gen: s It gives me great pleasure, in bebalf of the ladies of Geneva, to present you this flag, asa token of their interest in the race to-day. As in the tournaments of old, the ladies crowned the victors, 50, to-day, we again inaugurate the custom in this our Centennial year, hoping that each year in the future will witoess a revival of the custom with rencwed interest and entbu- siasm.” [Applause. The General replicd thus: “LADIES: Onbehalfof myself and Licut. Dun- lap, and the crew of the Geneva, I thank you forthis very beautiful flag. I consider the suc- cess of yachiting as now assured since the ladies have n hold of it; and I assure you, though 1 participted in the capture of trvo flazs souih, [ Mason and Dixon’s Line, "I was never so pleased with a capturc as that of this flag.” [Ag:plause"l everal of the ladice asked for Capt. Napper, desiring to know the cause of his failure. ¢ took off his hat and sententiously remarked: *I tried hard to win, but the peak halliards gave W'.\cy, and I was nowhere.” a;!pl. Dunlap was next called for, and received the flag from Miss Sturges, returning thanks and saying the Geneva should always fly it in good weather, as a memento of the ~well<on- tested race,—one of the pleasantest races in which he had ever taken part. [Applause.] This ended the specch-making, and the yacht- men withdrew and were taken ashore,where the successful crew were overwhelmed with con- tulations, the contestants as well as friends haking them heartily by the hands. The yacht races.at Genéwr have become one of the main attractions of this delightful sum- mer resort, and, since the foundation of the Yacht Club and the establishment of the Satur- day contests, the attendance of spectators has constantly increased. CHICAGO YACHT CLUB. The Chicago Yacht Club got under way yes- terday afternoon for the annual cruise. Seven yachts got out at 6 o’clock, though 3 was the hour fixed for the departurc. The Lucy failed togo. Running in at the foot of Van Buren street, she struck the dock head on, and jammed the bolt of her jibboom-stay throuch the cut- water and into the planking, making an ugly hole. The Fleetwing (flag-ship), the Frolic, Capt. Prindiville; the Carey, Rear Commodore Farrow; the Zephyr, Capt. Barnum; the Lin- coln, Capt. Fergus; the Peri, Capt. Triggs; and and the Lulu, Capt. Miller, composed the fleet. After the rain-squall, the wind died out, but at 4 o'clock a light puff came from the southard and eastward, freshening by 5, and pulling around more easterly, with a fair prospect of a shift to westward. At 6, when the squadron started, the wind was about east southeast making a dead beat to windward to strike the mouth of the Calumet. Quite a crowd assembled to see the start, and every one was impatient at the long wait, occa- sioned by the tardiness of Commodore Tim Bradley. The members of the Club spun around 1n very blue suits, and talked boat to the awe and ration of the bystanders, and more than once discipline and respeet for superiors gave way to cx&lrcssiuns leveled against the Commodore, which may be crystallized in the re- frainfof the old song, “ Port Admiral, you be damned.” Stores arrived every minute, safely packed w"f in_brown jugs for convenience in storage, and finally the simultaneous arrival of the CommoJore, a ham. the Vice-Commodore, a demijohn, the Rear Commodore, and a ke of ‘beer, announced that something would start, if onEI:y a bunr. verything was in readiness and all aboard, except” the Commodore, who was informed by the crew on_his boat, lying some 50 feet out, that the anchor was foul, and she couldu’t gt ashore. A liue was thrown aud the cable paid out till she came within 6 or 8 feet, when the Commodore,with a jug in one hand and a chick- en in the other, striddied_his legs and jumped aboard. The anchior was slipped and buoyed and the signal given. The fieet 1ooked really pretty as it went out. The Cary, Fleetwing, Zephyr, Lincoln, and Lulu carricd only jib and main sail, while Peri and Frolic set main sail, jib, and jib staysail. They paid off about two_points off, making the trip’ with one long aund onc short leg all the way. * The crews of the different boats looked well in their new uniforms, but the little old men who wore straw hats and very little of anfl;hinz elsc and ordercd scamenand Commodores Snr tially did all the work and will be entitle to the credit of bringing the boats around safely. Thie party will remain at_South Chicago’ to- day. At noon they march in a body to the South Chicago Hotel, where the imposing pa- rade will first halt and then disperse to dinner. In the afternoon there will probably be a race, and arrangements have been made with the Ben Drake and Bret Harle to take cxcursionists down at 10 2. m. and 2 p. m. to-day, returning at night. e PO. The Northwestern Rowing Club, of Chicago, haveissued a challenge, over the signature of William B. Curtis, to row any amateur or col- lege six a 3-mile race at Philadelphia. A race has been arranged between the yachts Marine, owned by W. H. Burke, and Cowan Brothers’ yacht Amy, the purse to be $1,000, 2and the course from Detroit to Cleveland. The Tnternational Yacht Club is arranging for several class contests. to take place the latter art of this month and tne 1st of September. R‘L\L-y will be participated in, it is cxpected, by four Canadian yachts, three from Cleveland, two from Buffalo, one from Milwaukee, three from Chicago, and five or six others. American yachting has been on the increase until more than $1,000,000 has been invested in yachts, whose running expenses are not less Than half that sum annually. James Gordon Bennett has for many years given the greatest attention to this sport, Which has cost him not Jess than §250,000. This is a large sum, but any one who understands the outfit and manage- ment of such vesscls will see Low casily it can be spent. In yachting, indecd, there seems to be no care concerning expense. All yacht- owners are rich, and generally very rich. The Yacht squadron represents wealth whose aggre- gate is not far from $50,000,000. What do such people care about. expense{—Rochester Democrat. The Farragnt Boat Club announce 2 race for Monday evening at 7:30, sharp, the course being a mile.straight away froma boat stationed at the foot of Madison strect to another at the Foot of Trwelfth street. The contesting boats, all bclougng to the above Club, are the Tour-oared shell Kenilworth, the four-oared giz Ada M. Boyden, the six-oared gig Bertha Palmer. 1f the weather is fayorable there will undoubtedly bealarge attendance of those interested in boating and the friends of ~the popular rowing clubs. Should wind and weather prove unpropitious, the race will be postponed until Tuesday evening, or the first pleasant evening thereafter. Tuesday cvening last the entries f ternational Regatia under the auspices of the Centennial Commission were, closed at Phila- delphia. For the four-oared race there were twenty-two entries, three being from England and one from Ireland. The only Western four pamed was onc from the Northwestern Boat B o who name. as crew Charles T. Club of O, ™ Johm Killorn, Henry Smath, S. for the In- Coming( 51 e; : . Montgomery, crew; James Jerome, oo, S Wrizht, . 'B. Curtis, sub stitutcs. For the doubles therc were ten cn- triz‘sl, and, among them, C. T. Corning and F. W. Montgomery, or W. B. Curtis and N. Smith, from the Nortiwestern Club. The same club also enter for the pair oar, and show four out of fhe thirty-one for the single sculls. THE NATIONAL GAME. WHITE STOCKINGS VS. LOUISVILLE. ‘Special Dispatch to The Tribune. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 5.—The _Lunisvmcs have finally won a game from the Chicagos, and every body here is happy. A glance at the score will show that the visitors were out- played both at the bat and in the field, though the batting on both sides was so very tame that it hardly descrves to be calledany batting at all. A heavy shovwer fcll just before the game com- menced, which rendered the grounds very muddy and slippery, and this, together with the very deadand mushy ball that was used, ac- counts in a measnre for the wealk hitth Tne Chicagos won the toss and went to the field. The first inuings yiclded two runs to the Louis- villes on errors of Barnes and Anson, followed by Hastings’ two-base hit after two men were out. Mo more rans were made until the sizth inning, Ryan in the meantime being the only “man to reach first base on safe batting. Hague went to first on_called balls’ Anson made a wild throw to sccond off Collins. hit, in ntt:m{mnz to make a double play. Hast- ings followed with a safe hit to centre_ficld, ‘which Hines muffed, and Hague scored. Peters lost a chance to make a double play by letting Fulmer’s hit get through him, and Collinsscored on Hines’ bad throw home. Somerville flew out to Glenn,. and Peters and Barues closed the innings by a neat double play. The home nine went out In one, two, three order the next three innings. The (,hlugios failed to do anything with the stick—for the first six {nnings, not a single base hit was made, and Glenu and Barnes were the Dully men to reach first base, which they did on called balls. In the seventh fnning the ‘Whites broke the fce, and it looked as though they might succeed in turning the game in their favor, but the fates ~and the good fielding of the Louisvilles wore sgainst them, and they had to content themselves with only two runs, which proved to be the only runs they were to make during the game. - Peters led off with a hard drive to right field, and took second on Chapman’s slow handling. McVey followed with another in the same dircction, and Peters scored, Mac taking second on 2. passed ball, reaching third on An- son’s out at first, and scored on Whitels hit, to Fulmer, who sttempted to put him out at home, and fafled. Hines hit hard to Somerville who_closed the inning and the run-getting for the Whites by a neat double glay. ‘The Whites went out as they came to the at in the eiEhtl\ and ninth jonings. The play- ing of the home nine was the Dest they have shown for some time, and the players, as well as the spectators, were highly elated at the re- sult. Appended is THE SCORE: Chicago. Barnes, 2 b.. Peters, 8. 5..eee McVey, 1b.. Aneon, 3b . White, ¢ Hines, c. 1. palding, p Biclaski, . 1. ... .Glenn, L f.. Total. .. Loutstille. Gerhardt, 1 b. Devlin, Hague. 5 Collins, c. Hastings, c. Fulmer, & Somerviile, Chapman, Ryan, L.f. Total.... ... l coccovomsl b w| orococooort ©l coowvwork| 19| cocococorrolly i 5 3 Bl coroloool Yl woomumBuelhy = 4 couHBORO. Slorprernan 8| vucoopnnel wlcococormii 1l cocooorrol wlHooowoooo oulm Tnnings— G 7.8 i 020 0200 Buns carned—None, Tascs on called balls—Darnes, Glenn, and Hague. First base on errors—Louisville, 6; Chicago, 2. Umpire—r. Mason, of Louisville. The fallacy of the idca that games where but few basc hits are_made is owing to superior or artful pitching is in the game to—dn{ clearly illustrated. The Chi b, generally recog- nized as the best and most scientific batting nine in the country, made but two base hits, and sent ~but thirty-one men to _ bat, while the Louisville Club sending thirty-five men to bat made but three, oragrand total of sixty-five men to the bat with only five base hits. Here, then, according to the accepted theory, is a game nearly perfect as regards skillful pitching, while the true cause of the very few base hits made is due more to the dead, mushy ball used, than to any unusual excellence in the pitching department. It is in such games as this that the * phenomenon is born.” The eleventh game between these two clubs will be played Monday. HARTFORD VS. MUTUAL. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. HarTFORD, Conn., Aug. 5.—The Hartfords lost a game to-day through serious errors made at critical points. The Mutuals played the best game they have played this scason. About 1.000 people were present. Following is THE SCORE: Hartfora. Burdock, 2 b. Higham, r. T Ferguson, 3 Carey, 8. Bond, I York, 1. - Millg, 1b. Harbidge, c.. roossong| b acy, Craver, Tiicks, c.. Booth, r. Mathelws, p. Nichols, 3 b P. Treacy, 8. 6. | coroumman 3| wBormmwwrensm |y O o P8 orvorrcos #H lml orHoreroo al woowororol b | comororon H| comocococel iy ol corowroow @l mHommomm |t S Innings— lartfo! 00 Mutaal. 21000 Runs earned—Hartford, 1. Left on bases—Iartford, 5; Mutual, 3. First base by errors—Hartford, 2; Mutual, 2. Struck out—Mutual, 3—Booth, Start, and Nichole. Touble play—Craver, 1. i Time of game—One hour and fifty minutes, Umpire—Charles Daniels. BOSTON VS. ATHLETIC. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. BosTox, Mass., Aug. 5.—The Athletics again appeared in the field without a catcher to-day, and Burge, of Our Boys’ Club, of thiscity, filled the position until the third inning, when they sent him into the field, and Ritterson, with very sorc hands, was called. He was struck by aball in the throat in the sixth inning, and Burge was rccalled. ~The Athletics did the heaviest batting and the Bostons the best field- ing, though we could not_say much about that. Fisler, of the Athletics, deserves special men- tion for his perfect ficlding. THE SCORE. coo) cox| oy - 1 Boston. G. Wright, €. & Leonard, I O'Rourk Murnan, Brown, ¢ Morrill, 2b. Manning, p. Schafer, 3 b, Whitney, . fue - Total com eece o-o Alhlelic. mall, L f Force, s Fisler, 2 Meyerle, 3 Sutton, 1b Knight, p, Eggler, ¢ Burge, ¢ Ritterson, T. . ‘Total OHONMHHOHO 3 = &l moonkuonk ol wowruoroo| Bl erounbiomnsl b lowocoBoroo ° T°|5l ccocormas o ] A @ Blawpnowponn Bl essnusans] S| ol gocowrire Bl owwrmwwmm| ¥ 2 Bl mownusine Blunwoornwnol & 1woml iy ool 67 10 0 01 tons, 1; Athletics, 2. Total bases—Bostons, 11, Athletics, 15, Firat base on errors—Bostons, 7; Athletics, 1. First basc on called balls—Bostons, 3. Tyo-base hits—Fisler and Meyerle, 1 each. Passed balls—Burge, 5; Ritterson, 1. AWild pitches—Knight, 1; Manning, 2. Time of game—Tw0 hours and thirty-five min- ates. ‘Umpire—Cross, of Brown University. THE PRINCETON TOURNAMENT. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. PRINCETON, Ill., Ang. 5.—The gameof ball played between the Monmouth and Eeithsburg Clubs this forenoon was the finest of the whole five days’ tonrnament, and resulted in a tie on the ninth inning. On the tenth the tally was given to Monmouth—16 to 11. This afternoon the game between Princeton and Sheflleld was abandoned, the Pri{lceton catcher having been disabled. The first prize went to Monmouth, the second to Keithsburg, the third to Sheflield, and the fourth to Princeton. During the con- test several of the boys were seriously injured. PUILADELPHIA GOSSIP. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. PHILADELPEIA, Aug. 2.—In the midst of life we are in death, and in the midst of the Centen- nial and its crowds the base-ball business and in- terest is deader than Oliver Cromwell. I am sorry to say this of the city which was once one of the best ball tuwns in the country, but it is true. The reasons gre very simple and easy to be un- derstood, and only a few words will be needed to set them cleasly before your readers. For about two-thirds of the time since the organiza- tion of the Athletic Club, its affairs have been managed by hoaorable and respected men,whose word was worsh something as a guarantce, but within the lash few years things have changed. Last year the sdministration of Spering and some bits ot sharp practice disgusted the people even more than they were before, and they calmly but efidasually showed their purpose by staying away from the games, until toward the last not even the stockholders would come out. Of course, the Club finished the scason in debt and with players unpid and grumbling. During the winter steps were taken to put matters straight again, and to get the [Ath- Ietic Clnb on a square basis, not only financially, but morally.. A few of its good friends united in what proved a successful attempt tooust Spering, and their success was a grutifying one to the party which undertook it. The next move was to clect {Mr. T. J. Smith President, and to put the management in the hands of A Reach, for a long time a player, but later a dealer in ball goods. 'This never came to any- thing, however, as within a short time after the scason opened A. H. Wricht was made man- ager as well as Sccretary of the Club. It does not appear that the dismissal of Dick McBride from the nine as manager and player has wrought much good. In fact it has seemed to a good many fmoplc as if the Club was not the Athletic at all without Dick, who hus been so long its staunch friend aud supporter, and it is certain that the management of Mr. Wright has not been any improvement over its predecessors in the way of finances or suctess in the game. Now the results of this new system are begin- ning to be seen very clearly, and Iam gricved to say that I cannot find any one who sces the ‘way out of them. Financially the season so far has been & pronounced failure, and I am writing by the book when Isay that the Club owes its players from $200 to $500 apicce on this year’s contract, beside a round sum on last year’s. The best end of the season having gone by and left these results, it takes very little of a’prophet to see where the balance must be at the close. And this is made worse by the fact that there is no strong association behind the Club, as is thecase in some other cities. The officersat the begin- ning of the season rather unwiscly, as it now seems, put the shares of stock so low that they amounted to little more than payments for sea- son scats, and on that busis a large number were sold. This, of course, gave audiences of a good size, but of no paying capacity for the games rlayed here, and the average has been so small hat expenses could not be met out of them. Then again the big show, which was expected to attract a floating population which would at- tend the games, has not had that effect; but, on the contrary, has 50 engrossed the_attention of residents that they have not turned out as well as in former years. It has, therefore, been a l;‘?sitlve injury, instead of a help, to ball-play- ‘But after all there 1s not 5o much blame to be attached to the people as to the management, which has steadily been going from bad to worse for several years, and has pretty nearly reached the bottom, whence it must either drop through or spring up. Not the least among the evils of this management has been the composition of the nine, whieh has been made up of too man, youngsters, too few solid hard workers, ant with toolarge a syrink]im! of discreditables. From all the facts of which I have spoken,. and from others which need not be particalar- ized, I am forced to the conclusion that the bankruptey and financial ruin which have so long been hanging over the Club caunot be longer staved off or averted, and that it must go Tunder at the end of this season if not be- ‘ore. The players are grumbling loudly in the streets and public places, 2s well as on the grounds, about their pay, and at other things connected therewith, and there 18 so much dis- satisfaction that the semblance of control has departed from the managers. If an order is Fi\'en that docen’t suit the glaycr, he fs quite ikely to disobey it, and when heisremonstrated with has an answer ready, “ Pay me and let me go, then, if you don’t like my play.” There is no answer to this, because they cannot pay him. So far has this dissolution gone that I was told to-day—and it came to me direct from an officinl of the Club—that the present tour of the Athletics was the lust one on which they could or would try to go this year. If thisbe so, and if they fail to go West ngrain to meet their en- agements, it will of course affect their stand- ml,Iz in the League, and put them under the ban. am informed, however, that the hase-ball men of this city have another object in view, and that they intend to go on for another year on apew plan. Brielly sketched, their inten- tion is to wiggle through the season as best thev can, or, if necessary, "throw up the sponge ond let the whole Athletic Club go to pot—to bankruptcy—and to chaos. During the winter they expect to organize anew club * on a sound financial basis,”’ and to_call it by some other name than the Athletic. With }h they hope to have better success thin with the old organization. They expect to take with them into the new cluball the players of the old one that they want, but (.Eis is at least doubtful. Force is going away anyway, and Hall is also likely to lcave, and as for the rest, nobody would have them—or most of them. The whole outlook is black, and I rather think that this is the last year of the Athletic Club. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. The games played last week did not very seri- ously affect the standing of the clubs in the championship race, the Chicagos still occupying a commanding lead both in games won and lost. They are tie with the Louisvillein games played, both being ahead of any other club in that par- ticular. The St. Louis are as yet ahead of the Hartford for second place, but have much the ‘hardest games to play this week. It would not be at all surprising to sce the Hartfords back second a week from now. The other clubs have settled down about where they will stay for the })rfise:'lst. The score of lost, won, and tied is as follows : Soimi108 The more particular score, showing to whom each gamne was lost, is as follows: T2 ISIEISIRIE] 5 £ SISISISIZIEISIE! 8| 8 SISISIFIEINFE] | 3 ouoss. | (180 (S T1R] §) S HEE B 6| 8| 5 5| 7| a8 26 3| 4f 4 6] 7| 29f 27 4| 5| 2| 6! 4| 27] 32 ..| 2 7| 6 6] 24 27 .| 3l 4] 3 10| 26 1| 8.} 1) 6] 16| 30 1| 2073 4] 11f 29 0| 1| 0 o] 2 Games Jost .. | 814'11]19(25} ENGAGING OF PLAYERS. Spectal Correspondence of The Tridune. LouisvILLE, Aug. 4—Speaking of Barnes to Col. J. P. Joyce, the old Cinciunati Red Stock- ing manager, who now lives in Louisville, we discussed the high-salary question. «[ think,” said the Colonel, “high salaries will kill the sport ultimately.” “How so?” I asked. «Because,” he continued. *all the best play- ers will be in one club, as they are now. This club alone will make money. The Chicagos are about the only ones now making any moncy, and so it will be as long as managers are foolish enough to run up great prices. I don’t be- lieve in such great salaries, and think the League should not allow them.” “How could the thing be managed ¢’ I put | In this way: Allow no players to be re-en- goged, as they say, but at the close of each season select your men as I will now explain. Hold a meeting of all League managers. Procure eight boxes, and in these place the names of all the players in the fraternity. In Box 1 place slipson which will be written the names of catchers and pitch- ers, in Box 2 first bascmen, in Box 3 sccond basemen, in Box 4 third hasemen, in 5 short- stop, -in’ 6,7, and 8, ficlders. Pitchers and catehers should be together, Devlin and Snyder on cue slip, Spalding and White on another, and 0 on. -The managers can each draw from these boxes and bound to retain the layers whose names they lay hauds on. Po'tnis way the nines will be made more equaly results less certain, and interest deeper and more general than at present.” - The idea of Col. Joyce is an odd one. His notion of drawing from the boxes is character- istic of .the man, however. He is the manager in Louisville of the Kentucky State Lottery, and knows all about drawings. It strikes me there may good come of this idea, and that by it more money can-pe made. The life of the ame is life to the players, and, if they cill it with high salaries, won’t they ultimately destroy themselves? I believe that 2 man should look before he leaps; I believe that, when one has a good thing, he should hold on to it; but most certainly I'do not believe in kill- ing the goose that lays the golden e; Another idea in m%’.’nd to high s of own, ‘“p.-o.’’ as Florence remarks. belicve that the sport is materially injured hl)' the engagement of players a scason ahead. The reasobs for such belief are very easily dis- cerned. A man engaged for another ity is likely to lose intercst in the club with which he is playing, and o'spirit of indiflerence generally characterizes his work. A man engaged for the same city feels safe, and also may become indif- ferent or careless. Against these evils, I assert that when a player has no_engagement, but plays, hoping the brilliancy of his work will se- cure him a position, he is at all times awake and alive to every possible chance. He bats well, and his fielding is five times better than other- wise. My plan will, I think, be fair alike to players ana’ managers, It is this: Let o Diyerse allowed to engage himself during the scason, Let there be no promising. But at the end of the season’s playing let there be a meeting of all League managers and Xlnycrn in some city to be chosen by vote. At this meetingan auctioning off of players could be made, as pools are sold. _Sell pitchers and catchers first. “fow much am I offered for first choice of pitchers?” says the auctioncer. “One_thousand five hundred,” puts in Chap- man, of Louisville. w0, says Harry Wright. « Tiwenty-two,” adds Graffen. « Tyyenty-five,” chimes in Bulkeley. « 1 go you thirty,” calls Hulbert. No one increasing on this, Hulbert chooses Spnldin!i. In a like manner Devlin and the rest of the boys can be_disposed of, doubtless to the satis- faction of the mausgers and themselves. By cither my plan or that of my jovial friend the Colonel, the present evil of eng: ahead can be fotten tway withs aging dhead 3 REMARKS. . The plans suggested by the writer of the above utterly ignore human nature. For in- stance, the life of & club is in the ease and free- dom with which they work together: one “kicker* in & nine will spoil the other eight, and no success can be had without entire har- mony. This could by no means be sccured by the lottery system. The pool system would work badly in giving players even higher sal- arics than they get now. The best player would get about ten times as much as the third or fourth best, and he would always go to the wealthiest city. HARTFORD. GOSSIP. Nine men have been already engaged for the Hartford Club for the season of 1877, viz.:, Ferguson, Bond, Carey, Higham, Burdock York, Harbidge, Start, and Holdsworth. All are members of the present team cxcept Start and - Holdsworth. Manager Bulkeley expects to engage two more men. 2 The base-ball community of Hartford wonl like to see Mills on the Hartford ninc next sca- son. If Startis to play first base, Mills would make an excellent man for right field, to take Higham’s place, who is to play behind the bat. Mills is a trustworthy playerand capital fellow every way.—Hartford Times. & There is an unpleasant despondency in Hart- ford over the failure of their Club to “brace up,” and the general expression has ceased to be that they could win the pennant. In place thereof the papers mournfully discuss the situ- ation, and assure their readers that * the Dark Blues will give the St. Louis a hard rub for sec- ond place yet.” The Hartford Times pokes fun at the Club in the second place, as witness: “ St. Louis Browns, ‘bhow are you now{’ Whipped twice by the Louisvilles on your own ground. Going 0r the pennant, eh?” In view of thie result of the last two Mutual-Hartford games and yester- day’s_Chicago-Louisville contest, the Browns wobld be justified in answering the question with empressement. The programme of the Hartford with other League clibs 8o far as grranged is: Monday, Aug. 7, Hartfords vs. Mutuals, at Ha:fiofl{; Tucsday, Aug. 8, Hartfords vs. Athletics, at Hartford; W Glneslag, Aut. 9, Hartfords vs. Athletics, at Hartford; Friday, Aug. 11, Hart- fords vs. Mataals, at Brooklyn: Saturday, Aug. 12, Hartfords va. Athletics, at Philadelphia; Monday, Aug. 14, Hartfords vs. Athletics, at Philadelphia; Tuesday, Aug. 15, Hartfords vs. Mnutuals, at Brooklyn. The Hartford Times announces that Manager Bulkeley, of the Hartfords, has received his sizned and sealed contracts for 1877 with Joseph Start and Holdsworth, of the present Mutual team. Concerning the latter, the Times says: t¥r. Holdsworth, who s engaged as centre- fielder in place of Remsen, Who goes to St Louis, is an_ honest, earnest player, and hasa good record in the field and ‘at the bat. Heis not_perhaps the cqual of Remsen in making brilliant catches, but for anything that comes pear him, or when he can possibly get at it, Holdsworth isa sure cateh. "He is'stronger at the bat than Remsen, and though Hartford peo- ple will hate to lose ‘ Jack,’ they would rather sec Holdsworth than any other man in his place.” The widelgfl:reafl report that the Hartford nine would be moved to Brooklyn at the end of this season is pitched upon by the Hartford i)npers with great vigor and torn limb from imb. The Courant suys, on the authority of Mr. Bulkeley, that the Teport is untrue, and it adds, rather wildly as far as respect for the truth is concerned: * There is no reason for the proposed remoyal, as Hartfora from a financial oint of view is much better than Brooklyn. When times are good and money is plenty Hart- ford people turn out ,quite nuinerously to wit- ness the ball games. The hard times this year in a great measure accounts for the rather small attendance at games here, but as the receipts have been sufliciently larme to cover all expenses, Manager Bulkeley will continue _to play ~ his _ nine here” Aud tlien the Times adds: ** Hartford is by far ibe best-paying base-ball city in the country in proportion” to-its population. The attendance is uniformly larger than in Brooklyr, or even Philadelphia.” The Louisville Courier-~Journal retorts: ‘ We hope the Hartfords will change their quarters to Brooklyn next season. ‘Then visiting clubs will not have to stand such inter- ested spectators of close races between gate re- ceipts and hotel bills, with the hotel bills a Thot favorite towin.” The truth _is somewhere be- tween these extremes. But Hartford is not and nover was a large cnough fown o support 3 club without some wealthy man to run his hand into his pocket at the close of the season. Mr. Bulkeley has enjoyed that pleasure scveral Yyears, and seems to like it TIE CLIPPER ON SEIBERT. The New York Clinper editorially reviews the Mathews-Seibert case, and says: ‘There is nothing new in this revelation, except, we might say, in its exposurc; for the same systo- matic efforts have been going on for years—eiforts to buy expert_ball-players, and_ use them for pur- poses of public robbery! And though it is diffcult o fasten an_offense of this kind on any one, yet there is no doubt whatever that some of the most cxciting contests in the_ history of the game have been bouzht and sold by enterprising speculators and cqually enterprising profeseional players; -and notwilhstanding the facts have been well known by club-managers, the latter have studiously concealed them from the public, in the fear that the club’s interests would suffer by their disclosure, and the entire fraternity of ball-tossers wouid share in the ublic'’s condemnation of the framd. . . . . ere are several players, owning housesand lande, who, o few years ago, liad not wherewith to pro- vide themsclves with the necessaries of life. By practice of the closest economy their salaries conld Dot by any possibility have enabled them to invest 20 many ducats in bricks and mortar and Govern- mentbonds. How, then, did they do it? By ways that are dark, and fricks that have notbeen in vain. By the sale of themselves and subsequont dabbling in pools which they could not lose!” And, so long s theke swindling transactions are winked at by club-dircctors, or glossed over in their pretended investigation of the same, just eo long will the con- fiding public-and patrons ' of the game be made the yictims of a cabal of gumblers and thievish players. These be gricvous words, and are open to be construed in only two ways: ecither they are malicious and slanderous lies, or else they are capable of proof. If they are not true, they are. dircet stabs at and attacks on the profession, on the game, on_the managers, and on the pcople who support them all. Will the Clipper answer these questions: 1. What * exciting contests” can you prove were sold out¢ 2, What club managers have known and con- cealed the facts? 3. What players own houses and lands bought with the proceeds of their thievery? The answers can be given in advance: The Clipper doesn’t know anything abont it, and cannot tell anything; it has simply made a 0ssly malicious attack, which is saved from E‘e’lug Tibelous ouly by being general. The writer of the article is too completea coward to name a single player or mannger, and he will fail to reply to these questions because he cannot answer them. A paragra lph explaining the appearance of guch an article in the Clipper scems called for. That paper was for many years the organ of the bali-playing fraternity (professional), made their rules for thiem, and generally dictated what they shoutd do. The formation of the League pat an end to all that, and the managers of clubs took their business into their own hands. Now, and not until now, has it been made to appear that the managers were corrupt, and that they imejz of corruption in others without check- ing it. Tn another Y:m of the Clipper it is acknowl- cdged that Mr. Seibert bas utterly failed to reply to the attack on his honesty as he prom- ised’a reporter that_he wonld do, and the fol- lowing letter from Mr. Cammever is given: Tstox Grousps, July 27, 1876.—In_regard to the Seibert matter, it is authentic, and I have his Jetter in my_possession, which 1 will show yon at By time. i is the firat, opportunity 1 ever bad of tnis kind, nnd tae mstter saould "Lave every publicity to wamn others from tampering with play- cra. Very truly yours, WiLLiax Ll CAMMETER. PERSONAL. The St. Lonis papers clain that Hall, of the Athletic Club, will play with them next year. It would greatly strengthen their team to get him. Eggler will play with the Athletics next sca- son at a reduced salary, in consideration of the time he has been forced to lay off this summer. —Hartford Times. Allison, of the Hartfords, joins Cmnmin%_ in denying that he is_going to Providen * i wmvrobnbg;plgy in I’hihdef;}xm Do aclub is formed there next year. Fisher, late of the Cincinuati Club, has gone to Jackson, Mich., to play with the club there. He will find Bechtel and Carbine as well a8 sev- eral strong Chicago graduates in the nine. The Philadelphia Mercury, the official organ tue: the A‘zihlet'.‘i: gnub, leseLl.a ore oves Battin's do- rmination to stay in St. Lonis, and claims that the Athletics can compel him to play i “Ciiy of Brickest T SplayInthe The Philadelphis Republicsays: © With White, Battin, Bradley, Fisler, Force, Meyerle, Hall, Egzler, and Anson, the Athletic can, with easc, secure the championship.” If Battm, Bradley, Force, and Hall play with St. Louis; White and Anson with Chicago, and youcannot pay Fisler, Meyerle, and Eggler, what doyou propose to do then about the championship? Father White, at present Chaplain of the White Stocking congregation, is receiving much more than his fair share_of the base-ball para- graphs floatinzabout. For instance, there are lying before the writer at this moment the fol- Jowing * facts” concerning the Chaplain: (1'The Hartford paperssay he hasagreed togoto Boston. (2) The Philadclphia Republic says that he has romiscd to zo to that city to catch for Bradley. (3) A Cincinnati pnrcr says White has decided not to play ball at all after this year. (4) A New York paper explains that all these stories are nonsense; White has signed to play with “Sfixlding next year. Now, it is impossible that these should be true, and _something ought to bedone to protect the Chaplain from so much publicity. Suppose you write a card. bt ALL OVER TIHE DIAMOND. It was cxpected that two scries would have been finished last night, but the weather in Cin- cinnati yesterday and in Louisville Thursday prevented. It is likely, however, that both wind-up games will be played to-morrow. The Western games for this week will be three between Cincinnati and Chicazo at Cincinnati on the regulation Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur- day, and three at Iouisville between the St Louis and Louisville on the same days, together with the put-over games from last weck. “Tae CricAGo TRIBUNE of last Sunday con- tained four columns and a half of base-ball mat- ter. Isn't that crowding the death column? »— Cincinnati Enquirer. If the Chicago people had a dead club, perhaps there wouldn't be so much need of base-ball news, and they could afford to get along as the people of Cincinnati have to. A dispatch from Louisville to Tie TRIBUNE yesterday states that the ninth game of the Beries between the Chicagos and” Louisvilles, which was attempted Thursday, will be_played Ifl.\gne to-morrow. There is littledoubt thatthe “ Board ¥ would have sustained the umpire in his decision giving the game to Chicago, but the Whites were_ willing to give their opponents a show to win, and agreed to call the Thursday’s contest no game." The lawyers and brokers have selected nines for & gume Monday afternoon on the Twenty- third strect groun The nines will be: Law- yers—A. C. Honore, W. W. Hall, Charles H. Lawrence, E. O. Brown, d. M. Burrows, Samael Appleton, H. 8. Payson, Perry Trumbull, H. T. Rogers, N. B. Judab. Brokers—IL Waller, Wi Oleott, H. H. Honore, Jr., George Strect, Stewart Clark, O. R. Glover, J. W. Car- rington, W. H. Bullen, C. W. Rigdon, H. S. Everhart. 3 A most. extraorttinary and disgraceful mani- festation of spite is skown b{!nmc Louisville newspaper people in telegrapbing accounts of Thursday’s game to other papers. To the Globe-Democrat they communicated the fact that & The Chicagos attempted some dirty work here to-day,’’—an assertion entirely unfounded b even the most biased reports of the facts. Chi- cago people justly take great pride in the con- duct of Manager Spalding’s tcam, and don't like to have them unjustly accused of conduct other than gentlemanly. The New York Sportsman, one of the higher grade of sporting papers, has the following par- agraph: “The Chicagos are now considered to have the championsip within their a}’ and many people will be glad of it. gp ding’s fine management, and thic sble co-operation of such men as Barncs, White, and McVey, cer- tainly deserve the reward in reserve for all hon- est and capable nines, and it is gratifying to the fricnds of Mr. Hulbert, the Fresident of the Chicago Club, that his cndeavors and indefati- gability will be recognized and appreciated.” The New Haven Palladium says: “It Isin the power of the M: ers and Directors of the New Haven Base-Ball ampu.n'fhto get together a good nine for next season. e present nine has mad2 agood record this scason, and if as fzood & nine is provided next _year, admission to the League will be easy. To insure successful action, it is necessary that those interested in base-ball in this city should come forward and show their interest by bu);in,lz the Company’s stock. We hope thatthe Manager and Direct- ors will be encouraged at once by such action on the part of many.”” Cincinnati newspapers are amusing them- sclves with abuse of their Club, the last one to indulge in it bein% the Commercial, from which are taken the following extracts: *If death were the equivalent of inefliciency, the bones of the home nine would_now be ornamenting Pot~ ter’s Field. . . . It would bea profanation of the pages of a daily newspaper published in Cincipnati to describc the game in detail. We therefore append the simple score, with the hope that St. Louis and other rival eities will treat our nine (or our none) with as much len- icncy as they can possibly scrape together.” s ditieg THE TURF. MATINEE AT DEXTER PARK. Col. Mansur hung ont the latch-string at Dex- ter Park to all comers yesterday afternoon, and had arranged for a pleasant programme to en- tertain the ladies and gentlemen who should ac- cept the hospitable invitation. Buta provoking shower which set in just at the wrong time frightened away many who had calculated apon driving to the park, and reduced the attendance to 500, when it would have been much larger if the shower had bappened an hour earlier or an hour Jater. Those who did attend were furnished with ample reason to be glad they came. First, there was the unfinished 2:40 race, of which three heats had been trotted Friday, two of them being won by Frank Hervey’s Tom, and one by Sam Crook’s Fiddler. There was a good deal of feeling about this race, and the betting was spirited. The fourth heat was called for promptly, and all the horsces responded. Tom had already taken two_hests, and acted very much as though he would take a third and the race, but a new driver_had been put uj behind ‘Wonder, who, under Orrin Dean’s skillful and honest handling, won the race quite handily, proving a thoroughly good stayer. He took the fourth heat in 2:38¢ ‘and the fifth in Then Fiddler put in and won the sixthin }é, all these heats being trotted in rain and mud. The seventh and deciding heat was taken easily by Wonder in 2:403. Following is the AUMMART. DEXTER PARK, Aufi. 5, 1876.—Purse for horses of the 2:40 class; mile heats, three in five, to har- nees: J.L. Divelle's b. g. Wonder..2 2 2112 1 Frunk Hervey's ch. % Tom .. 135532 S. Cook's b. g. Fiddler.... 3414313 W. B. Darling'sch.g.SarleyK.6 5 5 2 2r.0. T, Ever's br. g Tows Boy.....0 6 4 3 4r.o. C. Sullivan’s bl.m. Germania..4 3 7 7 7r.0. W. F. George's br. g. Jack Short... .77 6 6 0r.o. W, Hodges' b.m. - dr. Time—2:364, K, 2:30%, 2:37%, 2:30%, 2:404. OTHER RACES. Various other races were gotten up for the oceasion, some between gentlemen’s roadsters toroad wagons, and others fricndly trials of speed among track horses. All were roductive oxE enuine sport and good fecling. Messrs. T. J. Barry and Theodore Curtis tried conclusions first, Mr. Barry winning with his ba %‘3‘““5 casily in 2:49% aud 2:50. Admi . G Lyon mounted the geat and with great courage and presence of mind steercl his bay geld- ing ‘Hiram home in the fast time of exactly minutes against ‘came Mr. Jackson's _ba) mare. Then Justice Summerficld '{lth his black gelding Not. Gullty, and interfercd sadly with Admiral Ly- on’s successful career. Not Guilty, in a manner wholly contrary to the statutes, just dropped in for the second heat, and under the clever con- trol of his judicial floakey, showed a clean pair of heels to Messrs. Lyon and Jackson, and they gave it up in disgust. A pretty race hetween two half-brothers, Ethan, owned by John Evarts, and Fred. the roperty of Sam Cozzens, terminated in favor of Pron: Who put in_his heats without pushing, in 2:45}4 and 2:413{. ‘Then there were two heats trotted by Henry three Graves® fine brown mare Ammis Page, seven yea:. ::d sired Volunteer, mdnge, ectly cen, a gray_mare called Pinkey Em_nc, owned by M’curs.yl)o:y and Casselrar. oA'nme Page won the first heat very easily in 2:361¢, and Pinkey, making 2 ot brush on the home-stretch, took the sccond in 2:31. This ;;l: fl!_lflalactory to both parties, and they called Not the least interesting of the afternoon's Broeeedm;?'s was an exhibition of spced by Mr. harles B. Pope’s beantiful matched feam, ‘which, for size, style, action, and gait, would be hard to beat in any country. They were driven t‘,:zo ku:al heats, ::nd, slflmfln in the rk necess: insure steadiness, the; Ted In 1103 and 314355, Sl ‘This was the end of "the day’s entertainment. The weather was a sore disappointment to Col. Mansur, who takes an honest pride in catering to the tastes of the better class of people, an who declares that he will it again and again, until he gets a fine day, a big crowd, and furne ishes some sport worth going to see. JANESVILLE. Special Dispalch to The Tbume. JANESVILLE, Wis., Aug. 5.—Considerabls sport was had at the Driving Park this after- noon over two races gotten up by the owners of several local fast nags. The first race was for horses that had never beaten three minutes, in which there were eight entries. The first heat was won in 3:03 by Gold Dust, owned by Joshus Coruing; the second, third, and fourth by Forbes, owned by Lew Forbes, of Whitewater— time, S:Olfi 3:02}§, 3:04. The second race was a free-for-all, and had but two_entries, Clifto a{a'{:mg]l% Clifiglg. and LadyiDod!c, by Davi ifto 8 heats, Time, 5:45, 254 f’;%x? AR S FREEPORT. Special Dispatch to The Tribuns. FREEPORT, IIl, Aug. 5.—The summer meet- ing of the Freeport Driving Association closed this morning with the trotting of the deciding heats in the free-for-all, begun yesterday. The fourth heat of the race was won by Lady Star in 2:25%, Mollic Morris second, Brother Jona- than third The fifth and last was taken by Mollie Morris in 2:253¢, Lady Star sccond, Lady Byron third. The four day's races of the meet- nZ have been unusuallyinteresting, and tho entirc_meeting has been a success, financially as well as otherwise. SAN FRANCISCO. SAx FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.—A trot came off at Oakland Park to-day, mile heats, three in five, for $1,000, between Dan Voorhees, May How- ard, Deflance, and Chicago. Won by Voorhees mosz}}gree straight heats. Time, 2:25; 2:2%; THE BUFFALO MEETING. The following table, made up for the Post, shows the name, sire, records, and money won by the competitors at the Buffalo meeting: **uom qunowy| 1140924 BN0LIAT | Alex Abdallah. .. | Conklin's Adbai| "4 é_ The time made was a shade slower than at Cleveland, the number of beats trotted bclzf ‘and the average time per heat 3:23%¢. H f?’not been for the s(clmrg: of May Queen, tha . time in the 2:20 race would have been consider- ably faster. SMUGGLER. ‘The DaytonJournal gives the following rather apochryphal biography of the great stallion, which, however, contains enough truth to make it valusble: Smuggler, the great trotter, and winer at the Cloveland_races Thursday, was originally from Fronklin Connty, being ralsed by a Mr. Morzan, of Jackson Township, about 8 miles from Colum- Dbus. Mr. Morgan came to that county from Vir- ginia just bfore thé War, bringing the dam and Bire of Smuggler with him. When Smuggler was 2 ears old, Morgan removed to Kansas. 'There be- ing a race-course close to the residence of Mr. Mor- an, ho was put on the track more for pastime than anything else. Col. Taft. 3 moted horseman, saw the horse work, and was of the opinion there was “‘bottom " to_him. Smuggler was originally a pacer, but under_the efiicient management of a trainer, he soon developed speed as a trotter. Taft £o0k the horse to New York, with the understand- ing that he should receive half of the sum e could dispose of him for, Col. Rassell, the present own- er, agrecd to pay $40, 000 for the animal, provided he could show a 2:25 gait. Upon trial, the Lorse got down to 2:23, and the sale was eflected. Col. Rusacll now resides at the Home Farm, In Maseu- chusetts and only last week refused $100,000 for fhe horse. The present driver is the man who handled him in Kansas, Col. Russell sending to that State and engoging him for the express pur- pose of driver. OTHER SPORTS. PIGEON-POPPING. Shooting news is a scarce articlé just now in this part of the West. The only variety isgiven by & namber of tournaments which are reported from time to time in the rural districts. The next one of these affairs which comes up to grade is announced for Taesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of mext week at ank{an’ Ky. The prizes announced are $400 on each of the two first days and 3600 on the last, each sum to be divided into four moneys. In reply to some paper talk across the water, Capt. Enzardus states that he is willing to shoot against any six men in England ior & side each match, 100 bivds each, they to choose their own rules, and will shoot two matches each day for three days in succession, the match to be shot during the months of May or June, 1877, and to take place near London.” Any per- son accepting this challenge will place a deposit in the hands of Bell's Life; otherwise no notice will be taken of it. The Garden City Sporting Club, of Cedar Falls, In., is perfecting arrangements for a pigeon shoot. Aug. 18. Some of the crack shots of the State will be in attendance, thongh the purses are too small to attract a large number, especially of those living in extreme portions of the State. L PEDESTRIANISM. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. LaSariE, TIt., Aug. 5.—John H. Geraghty, the youthful champion short distance pedestri- an, at 11 o’clock last evening, at Butcher Hall, in this dity, began an attempt to walk 100 miles in twenty-four consecutive hours. At 7 o'clock this evening he had 17 miles yet to walk, and, with the exception of some blisters on his feet, was in good condition. It is believed that he will accomplish the feat. AT DEXTER PARE. The authorities of Dexter Park bave offered a purse of $200, divided into 380, $60, $40, and ), free for all, at Dexter Park next Friday. Entries will cloge to-morrow evening at No. 7 Dearborn street. Entries w)to date are: John 0ddy, Hi Schmehl, W. Russell, Charles Stewart, H. John Stearns, EQ Davis, A. B. Sprague, and John Ennis. Oddy and Ennis are matched to walk 100 miles on Dexter Park for $500 at a date not yet settled upon. e LA CROSSE. " Special Dispatch to The Tribuns. MONTREAL, Aug. 5.—James Gordon Bermett,of the New York Herald, has invited the Indian and white LaCrosse teams which recently visited England to visit Newport, R. I, to play amatch under the auspices of the Newport Polo Club, offering to pay all the traveling, hotel, and inci- dental expenses. It is possible that a tears will e sent, but nothing i3 yet determined upon. — THE TRIGGER. . NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 5.—The Crescent City Rifle Club has fnaugurated a new system of marking. The result of each shot is indicated by an_electric apparatus superior to the ol method. It is beligred that this is the first rifle club introducing this system in the United States. e BILLIARDS. Lannie McAfce, a member of the last tourea. ment held in Chicago, expresses a desirs to play Garnier or Slosson if they will give him 20 g cent in 500 points. 7V e