Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1877, Page 7

& THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE; SUNDAY. MARCH 4, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. - PASTIMES: - The Hartford Club Trams- ferred to Brooklyn. Composition of This Year’s League Nines. Interesting Letters from Philadel :.phia and Louisville. A Large Quantity of “ Interna- * tional” ‘and ¢ League® Items, The Influence of ~Pacing Blood on the American Trotting Horse, Another Omslanght on the XEastern Breeders' Association. Dan Mace’s Case---The Michigan Circl_xiv.---’rrack Gossip. BASE-BALL. YT MOST INPORTANT NEWS OF THE WEEE o base-ball is that arrangements have been concladed and a contract madgbetween William H Csmmeyer, of Brooklyn, and Messrs. Bulkeley and Ferguson, President and Mansger of the present Hartford Club, by which the lat- ter have bound themselves to play their games for the championship on the groundsof the former. This contract is the outgrowth and re- sult of enough negotiation to have conclnded a reaty with England. The original ides was pot forth last fall before the League’s annual mecting, and overtures were made, from both sides, but the wished-for agrecment was not reached because the managers of the Clabwished 3 greater pereentagre of the gross receipts than Mr. Cammeyer was willing to give, while the Iatter offered terms in return which the man- agers were not willing to accept. The deadlock 1iins made was continued until ‘a- few days ago, when the ather five clubs in the arena ventared 8 rccammendation. They were all naturally anxious that the move sbould be made, because jt-would-considerably increase their receipts to pla & strong und honest_ team in Brooklynover the same team in Hartford. They recognized the want of what the New York and Brooklyn press and people have Jong clamored for,—anine strong enough to cope with the best in thering, and to win good games by good play. They be- lieved that such a team would be well liked and well supported in Brooklyn, and they according~ 1y took such concerted action as seemed to them maost likely to bring about the change of base. That involved a concession in a business way, with which the public has nothing to do. It was suceessful, however, and that is the main thing. Meanwhile the papers have heen flooded with sthemes, and hints, and suggestions, and plans, which have nearly atways been without fonnda~ tion. Now that this change has been made, it is proper to congratulate the new club, which will be called the Brooklyn® Club, on its change of ‘base, which will not oniy do it much good, but will help the game by Leeping, alive in the metropolis an attachment to the best sport of the country. It will also be an excellent thing for the game in general, because it will remove the coud which bashung over the Mautual Club’s administration of the game in Brooklyn. It may be depended on as one of the first things thst Ferguson will do, that he will rout out the rotten gang who have hung on the heels of the game under the Mutual administration. A private telegram received from Brooklyn by 2 TRIBGNE reporter last evening says that the arrangements for the transfer are all made, and that the signatures of both parties will be af fired as soon as Ferguson, who is now oui’ of the city, returns. Itis not, of course, of so ‘much matter when the signatures are affixed so. lonz as the agreement has been reached. LEAGUE TEAMS AND PROSPECTS. ‘The teams which- will represent five of the League clubs for the season of 1577 have now been eelected, and in the case of the sixth—the Cinclnnati—only one man is lacking, and he will be'drawn from two who are named—Hicham or Manning. A letter from Cincinnati says that Manning’s terms are upsatisfactory to Mr. Keck, “sod that Higham s pret- ty e to be the otler player For the purpose of presenting the lovers of the game with full rosters of all the clubs, it is as- sumed that Highao 1s to fill the vacancy. The «clubs have been gotten together little by little, and the sunonncements of engagements have been made so widely apart, that it is proper to. .thus collate and print the whole list. The pames marked with a star are those of players who ¢id not play with League clubs last. year; the positions. given are,in only a few cascs, afficial, —in the others only probable, from the genersl fitness of things: ] s, ht, Masager. 3. White, c., 45 MADAEE: wutte, ., v, .. Mumag, 1b,, Weight, s 8y Saton; Sb., Leomard, L £, O'Rourke, c. L., Yorrill, 25, Scuafer, Manning, ! CHICAGO CLUB. A. G. Spalding, Mansger, Epalding, p., Bradler, Mcves, ¢, e Pt Peters, 8. 5., 4nson,'3%., .Glenn,'l, {., Hines, c. f. *Waitt, 1 b., CINCINNATI CLUB. Gearze Keck, Manager. Hicks, c., Msthews, p., Fuley, 3b., Booth, s. 8., Higham, c}.’. Pike, ¢. L., " o 1) Hallios, 3'b., Addy, L £ Goul Keasler., ‘erguson, Jjanager. *arkin, p., Allison, c., Start, 1b., Burdock, 2b., Ferzuso: b., Carey, s. &, York, 1.'1,, ' Toldew'rth,c. 1., Harbidge. Cassids, b €, Chapman, an P b o} 101 nager. Do, . Snydeh, coy' - eLatham, 1h, Bacue. 3b., Gerhardt, s. 8., Crarer, 25., Rl LT, Tyan, c. f., *Laderty. *Crowley, *Shatfer, ST, LATIS CLUB. George McManus, Manager. Clapp, <, Dehlman, 1b., + Battin, 3., Force, & » Remeen,c. 1., Blong, *Dorgan, €., It thus appears that eleven new men are to make their appearance in Leacue nines’ this *XNich - ols; Louisville leading with four, St. Louis_ mng three, Chicago two,and Hartford and on_onc each. Cimcinnati is therefore the the ounly club which is composed ~entirely of- seasoned material. Cincinnati and Louisville have cugaved eleven men each for their “nines”” Boston_has twelve, while Chicago,- Hartford. and St- Louis will get along with Ton each. The total number of mean in the areus is therefore sisty-four.. The situation at startiog ds complicated and renacred terribly uncertain tobeton by the appearance of two new pitch- ers,—Larkin and Nicliols. Boston has also a ‘I:W Ewrllfl’ but he is, as it were, &_sort of ally 0 0 more than an independent venture. The ‘team which. has more pleasing uncertainty o it than any other is'that of Louisville. which may turn out be the hardest of the lot—or otherwise. One thing which the people who fizure on basc-ball . Ebould ot forzet is, that Harry Wrizht will be lieard from verv often with the team which he <an pick out of his twelve players. If he had Barues, Burdock, or Gerhardt to cover his ap- parently weak point, he would stand a clever ce to win as many ames as anybody. - The temptation to tigure out what the result fs likely to be is stroue, and cannot be resisted. +Jhe fizures representing the play of most of the far last year are at hand in the League- 5, and from them .the probable perform- suce of the same men for 1877 can be easily reckoned. Take, for instance, the figures Tepresenting the batting strenzth of the seven Cilicagoans who plared with that Club last ear; add in BmSlev’s average, and the total a the whle is 2,610; dividing that by eight Bives the average strength for next year as Dearly asitian be forecast. . The same pro- gess repeated with other Clubs gives the follow- Ing figures: 4 ESTIMATED BATTING STRENGTH. T Grand arerage. {hicogo (eteht old players).... 20 0ston (cleven old players! <218 Lonisville tscven old players)... 268 ord uine old players). ~260. Gluclnnati (cleven old plasers - 250 - Lows (scven old players).. The' same ‘methiod of reckoninz fiel *'| strength gives the fo'flowlncg‘ i'gsn]t‘ for the saiic ub: | number of players in each BSTIMATED FIELDING STRENGTI, Cluds, Tartford. Orans Anrages Chicago. 539 St. Loufs.. 882 Louisville. 833 Boston 1 819 Cincinnati Jtent v The clementof new players will of course change each of these results. Therc is, how- ever, the grand consolation of knowing that the estimate does no harm, and morepver that it is neéver borne out by the play on the turf. s o rigune, & St. Louss, Mar d.—Director Marsh, of the yracuse Stare, arrived here to-day for the pur- pose of endeavoring to settle the Dorgan difli- culty amicably. A consultation was “had to- nizht with. the Directors of the St. Louis Base- Lall Club; the result of which has not been an- Nouvced, but it is more than Ikely that_the Syracus¥ Club will relinquish its claims to Dor- guw's services, and send him out here, rather than have him expelled from the League, as the St, Louls Directors say he rhall be if he Violates bis contract with them. The St. Louls Club will not give. Dorgan up under any dreumstances. Of the St. Louis plavers, Nicholls, Clapp, Craft, McGeary, Battin, Force, Deblman, and Blonz ate uow here. Vice-President. Kelly, of th Aflcfihnnies, arrived to-day, to look after Gal- vin, Dolman, and Redman,of the St. Louis Reds. THE GAME 1N PHILADELPIIA. Special Corresprndence of, The Tribune. " PrILADELPIIA, March 1.—The interest inthe national game in this city will be greater this year than since 1878, for the reuson that a Dew departure is to be taken'and an cifort made to raisc the game up out of .the mud nto which 1t has been trampled by the roughs and gamblers. We bave had three clubs dic on our hands with- in a couple of years, and the result has been to to' met rd of about' everything and shove . us.out on the world to got. n fresh start., Welost the Centenniuls beeause they never had any excnse for betng born. Theén we missed the Philadelphins, who got lost in the woods mear Pittsburg and perished of starvation; and, lastly, the Athletics, having been pushed overbuard by the League, were drowned in the deep waters of debt.. That cleaned the decks and left all ready for another tnal. The result is that a few gentlemen of standing in tnis city have come together and agreed to iuinw the zame moderately chis year, with the hope that another year would enable theun to blossom out and resume their old posi- tion at or near the head of the game. The gen- tlemen reterred to are. 50 far as I know, all of lionesty and good repute, it being the intention to command respect at once by the character of the backing which the orzanization shall have. 1 fully belicve that nobody wishes or expects that auy of the old gang will haye aught to do with the Club. The first and most necessary thing to be done was, of course, to slough off the old Athletic Club’s embarrassments, ang, todo this effectual- 1y, the new «Dircctors applied for a char- ter under the name of *‘The Athletic As- sociation,” and will act under that name. This was necessary, because the old club was so cov- ered up with debt that, if any attempt to play a fame under the same name had been made, the officers of the law would Lave swooped down and_ carried away the proceeds, and that ‘wouldn’t have be¢n pleagant. 5 ‘The officers of the new association are as fol- ows: 2 President—Charles H. Downiog. Vice-Presidents—S. M. Flanagan and Willlam “’5:.’;25‘ -y—Charles I. Cragi ar; es I, n. Treasurer—George W. Thompson. Directors—Frank Mills and Charles I. Cragin. Manager—Hicks Hayhurst. The new Association bas secured the grounds on the corner of Twenty-fifth and Jetferson streets, and’ will use them about as tney are, not caring to spend much if any money in fit- ting them up. As an earnest of the Association's inteat to reform the game, they have agreed to drop all connection with Al "Wright "and his class. 1t was ly this which caused him to attack Spalding, whom:he considers, in 2 sort of half- Wil Way, to have been the cause of his-loss of position and pay. His course of reasoning is that Spalding got the Athletics expelled and therefore made them unable to pay $3U0 for a Secrel 3 it followed then that Spalding had deprived Wright of $300 and should be abused. 1 can only add that none of the *‘Athletic As- sociation approved the attack on Spalding. ‘The team which the new -Association will put in the field will not be as strong as some others, but it wdl' be composed of good players, and notably of the class against which nothing can be It was, of course, too late when the Association was formed to get the best men in the country, because they were under con- tract. It was, therefore, thought best to make an attempt to stir up local pride t:fl)gsmerln;: a8 many as possible of the “old Athletics.” For this reason, and on the score of _cconomy, they cast about them, and found Al Reach, once the model second baseman, now in business, but willing to play with his old team; Fisler, the sure first._ base, and Sensenderfer, the natty centre fielder, were also living in the city in business, and Dick: McBride, Levi Meyerle, Fred Tri , and TFerey Malone were also available. Of tle younger class were Weaver, Coon, Stahr, Curran, Shetzline, and half a dozen more were ready to play, while there was o troablein getting Warren White and Fulwer, if the money was forthcoming. Here are more than a dozen to choose from otf hand, and though I am not a prophet, nor yet a base-ball manarer, I can sce thata good nine can be plcked out_from them. I belleve that the Association will go to work in arranging a team with the intention of living within their 1meavs, and if so, they will take men willing to play for small salaries, or nonc. For instance, sudl anine as thig could be had with verv small expense: McBride, p.; Curran, c.; Fisler, 1 b.; Reach, 2 b.; Meyerle, 3 b.; Fulmer, s.s.; Treacy, 1. f.; Scnsy, c. 1.: Coons, . 1. They could add ‘Weayer and anotber catcher, and then not go outside the easily probable receipts. Inasmuch 25 nobody kuows what the. team is 1o be, I do 10 harm in making these suggestions, which [ ifls:hued from one of the corporators of the ociation. Tt is easy to see that this nine bad better not join the Luazue, and for several reasons: First, cause it is Dot stronz envugh to come out near the top, and we have had quite sufficient teams which struggled for the top, and bursted in the effort. If we don’t try to be champions we shall not be disappointed. Second, the desire to make the team pay expenses will prevent much travel, and there {5 no use fn repeating last year's fiasco. Finally, because the ning, if com- posed as forecasted, Will not be madc of vlayers who can Jeave their business to travel. 1t s stated here tnis week that the managers have made contracts with Beunoett, who' was already under contract with Milwaukee. I hope this is not so, but I rather think it is. Fulmer apd Warren White arc also aonounced to have slemed contracts. R T see also that the Sunday Republic announces with- great certainty that the new club will ap- ply to the League and be adiitted. I hope this is not true, and I belfeve it is not. ‘We huve, as I have airéady said, bad too maoy failures in this city, am{v why should the new concern rush on certain failure againf It would be much better not to do it in cvz?' view of the case. The provisions of the International Associa- tion constitution and organizatioy, so far as we have heard them, scem admirable, and T think it Tikely that the new club will join the Inter- nationals. E AL PROSFECTS IN THE SOUTH Spectal Correspondence af Lne Trivune. LovisviLLe, Murch 2.—Louisville folks are looking forward with eacer interest to the com- mencement of the basc-ball scason of *77. They feel that their club has becu materiaily strength- cued, and _that, coupling this with the experi- ence of the inaugursl year, a more gratifying re- Sultin the lon. run’ will crown'their efforts than was secured last season. The new nine will be: Snyder, ¢, Deslin, p., Latbam, 1 b., Craver, 2 Gerhardt, 5.8, Liferis , ‘Shaffer, 1., . Chopman, Manager. Lafferty and Crawley will be the cange pitch- catcher. erlnl:d é‘l}n’hg E. Chase, Vice-President of the Louisville Club, and I had-an_interesting- con- versation about tlu:i game dnud clubs the other art of which I append: d’"‘:’lr-vc you Alnxshedpk- e organization of the ninei” “Yes; the engagement of Craver has filled the teamn and_ completed the infleld. By put- ting him at scmgd base Gerhardt will be tree to t-stop.™ D]?":I ssl:gpoue ?nu 100k upon Hall as a valuable addition to the-team, do you noti” “Yes. Hallis o‘i :hnluinln mu;l and }’?ng strengthen an; e League - nincs. 3 upon him as n;n of the stronzest batters in the country, soa I believe his batiing during 1577 will be heavier than last year. Imnotice. thot Mescham says the Athletic” scores were made out favorably to Hall, buc I have also heard it remarked that Meacham warped some of his scores in favor of some of the Wniie Stockings. 1 look upon Hall as onc of tae most rel file batters I ever saw. He and Ross Barnes are sbout even, bt Ross, hae bad agreat deal of is batting. 7 T B i e ioing away With' falr.fouls af- fect Barnes' batting aversge! ~Was he not Tnoted for that style.of battingi” « 4] don’t think it will affect his average ic the Jeast, s hé can bat equally well to any portion e L T toute, for his club last year by his scier r-} ngfl b': always i it injust when they ard . that hnrx‘.s_mxi_qm< - o have that style of batting done away withi" It certainly is.00t fair to. bat.a, ball in any por- tlon of the ficld thas is unprotected by a ficlder, and I bave atways argued that fair-fouls;should be done away with.,"” B “m!lfv,:ny is a strong addition to your nine, is 8 not I never saw him pitch but once, but Ilike his delivery, and I believe Leisa sl.rgnf wnan in his position. Lafferty and Crowley will make a good team in the pitcher’s and caichier's positiens, . and Latham jsan A No. 1 first-baseman. We Dave strengthened our nine materially, and I look for better work -next:season LUAR We ac- complished last.”! “How about Craver!” . From present appearances I suppose some of the papers will give us.a ¢ turning. over? for engaging him, as his reputation 1s not first- class, but all I can say is that wehave taken him with.our cyes open, and we are willing to abide the result. Craver can play ball, as every ane Xnows, and when hic cowes with us he will have to play or quit. aud be fully understands this.” “ What positlon do you hope to-gain next season?” ¢ 1 hope we.will gain a better oncthen we.did last, but it will be havd_fuhtiug, as, all of the clubs have been strengthened. “1don’t wantto say where I think we will stand. It.is too unm-. certain. . Who has the best chance, do you. think, to win the chawpionshipt®’ “The Cliivazos, by.a big mpjority, and they will hold it just a8 1ong a3 thoy, lkeep the major- ity.of theirold team togetiier. The Bostous wouldnever have-lost it 1f the * seceders’ had remained.” “Did the Chicagos make any money last year{” “If they @id, it was more than any other club did. 1" 2 b % ‘;‘T,Vlln do you thiuk of the Al Wright mat- “T am very glad that Lewis Meacliam has had the nerve to cxpose the. raseal.ly that Lus been going on. in_Philzdelphia, Johuny Haldeman, the base-ball reporter .of the Courierfournal, calls Al Wright a sweet-scented gerauium, aud | 1 think be cortuinly is one. 1 pever koew bim }Jmmxnfly, aud I never wanted to, forl have heard euough about him trom those that have 1he pleasuré of a personal avquaintance.” “ Do_yvou think_Philedelphia will have 2 rep- resentative in the League next season 7 - If.she does. it will have to be manazed by an entirely different class of men thau bave been at-the head of base-ball there for several f'cm’fi. Any dub bailing from the Quaker City will have 4 1o go through 2 verr thorough examination be- | fore it can get'a membership in the League.” THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. ‘There is noticeable just now what loaks like a concerted attempt to .break up ordiscourage the lnternational Association before.it hus had & chance to prove its usefuiness. The Syracuse ‘Courier, 8 paper gencrally fair, says of the Con- Vention: ke representation was not such as to give much encouragement to' those who fathered the schiome, & oréat majority of the most formidnble clubs out- side. tho National League being conspicuous by their absence. . Another paper, edited in Philadelphia, objects because Cummings was_clected President, and says of bim that he is * Notorious for bis wiliful | aud avowed violation of written contracts in years gone by.” This refers, of course, to the trouble with the Lord Baltimore Club. The Philadelphia Sunday Kepublic also com- plains that the Convention did little or nothing ‘veyond prig the League Constitution and rales. The Chicago Post predicts that a large propor- tion of the clubs represented in Pittsburg will have nothing further. to do With the Associa- tion. The Chicago Fidd exalts the League-Alliance plan at the expense of tae Association. “Now, all'these cats and drives are unfair, un- called-for, and ‘upjust. The Association did ‘what it conld to suppress revolving, and shonld Thave every credit for its exertions. [t manifest- ed the best of feeling toward the game, refused to make war on_nnybody, and did in general what was according to its best lights.” There should be no sntagonism = between it and the League Alliance, and will be none. Up in this bection of the country, where there four.or five Alliance clubs, that may e, and doubtless is, the best and most usefal pro- tection, but it by no means follows that the As- sociation should be cricd down. Patience and shuflle the cards, and another, year we may he able to put some scheme in force that will kill revolving all over the country. & MISNESOTA MATTERS. ‘The Red Caps of St. Paul are progressing rap- idly in tilling thelr team, the latest acquisitions being Charles Jemm% of 8t. Louis; Joseph Miller, late of the Indianapolis Clubj; Walter Scott and ‘W. H. McClellan of the Red Caps of 181. This leaves vmcant _onlv 0 will ver; lixely ong J)lm:e, ‘which be filled before the «nd of the week by the en- %ngcm:nt of Jimmy Clinton, who plared in Memphis and with the Louisville Club last year. The new men are a great help to the team, Jerome being an excelient flelder and reputed a strong batter, Miller good'in the field, and Clin- ton a very strong batter, fair fielder, and useful 83 a chanze pitcher. The other two men are not known here. Aletter from a person well placed to know says that Minneapolis is working hard, and has already securcd Bohn and Dickson, of last vear's Detroit Atoas; Hoffman, of the Cass Club of Detroit; ard Gillespie and 0'Day, of Chicago. If they i1l up with men of this calibre, the Ked Caps will have plenty todo to lold the State cham; ionsN&. .Stillwater is not yet awake to the ball-feeling around her,—at least, no advices from there indicate any movement. ‘Winona_secms coosiderably {nterested in a team, and the determination to retricve the failure of Inst yearis cenerally expresscd. correspondent says that twenty meu of the town have banded togethor to turnish the guar- antee for the maintenance of a strong club.if onc can be gotten tugether. What will be done is not yéy cfearly made known, -espeeially in the present dearth of players who possess the twin Tequisites of skill and principle. INDIANAPOLIS INFORMATION, 4 ‘The Indianapolis Club were expected to start South last evening, and, so far as known_ here, they went. Their prozramme is as follows: Little Rock, Ark., March 5; Degnison, Tex., March 7: Dallas, Tex., March8; Houston, Tex. March 9 and 10; Galveston, Tex., March'1l aud 12; New Orleans, March 14 and 15; Memphis, Mareh 17, 183, and 19; St. Lonls, March 21 and 22. The only onc of these appointments which is of gencral interest up here is for the game in St. Loufs with the Brown Stockings March 21 (next Wednesday three weeks), when there will be more than a little pulling and hauling. Hav- jog had such practice £s their trip should zive them, they ought to make a game excecdingly Tively for for McGeary’s team. The Indianapo- Jis management have arrayed their team in the finest kind of uniforms, made by Spalding out of English flannel. The colors are white, with blue triminings and dark-blue stockings. The announcement is made that Joseph Mil- ler has been released from his eugagement with the Indianapolis Club, and that Joseph L. Quest has been engaged to take his place. So much a8 is known here of the character and skill of the two men goes to prove that the change was ‘a wise one, and that it will Increasc the strength and harmony of the team. Miller is quite well known in this city, and. while nothing is alleged. azainst his character for sobriety or good temper, yet he has some qualities which render him an undesirablc member of a team. He plaved with the White Stockingsa few games in the fall of 1875, but left them because he was_not strong _cuough cither in the field or at the bat. Durinz that vear he played, so far asthie writer remembers the list, with the. Franklins of Chicago, a St. Louis club, the westerns of Keokuk, the White Stockings, and an Iowa club—probably at Lyons. The reason which led to his gettine a release from the Indi- anapolis Club is not stated, but may perbups be inferred from the fact that he bad-an affray. with McSorley, and punished him somewhat. After that ong of the two had'to go, and the inference naturally is that the managors thonght’ McSorley right and Miller wrong io the Tow. Quest, the new man, is_from Pittsburg, where he playea with the Allegheny Club last year. He is said to be o sharp, trustworthy ficlder, and l(fiood man gcnernllg‘]‘ Why the Allegheny Club did not re-tuzage him_ this year does not appear.” Miller, as appears clsewhere, has easily gotten another engazement. TUE WHITE STOCKINGS. The exceptionally pleasant weather of the last {few weeks has put ~considerable friskiness into the members of the Chicago team who are in the city, and up to Thursday night they had Deen in practice a good deal in - such dry lots as they could find. This is especielly true of Glenn snd McVey, who are even now in fit ‘condition to take the fleld. The former is in especially good form, and handles himself as well as if the season were half through. McVey is also ‘““as hard as nails,” baving been ‘sssiduousg devoting him- self to getting up and getting rid of the prelim- inary blisters of the campalgn. His throwing is as good as need be, even now. From what had been heard of Bradley, he was confidently expected here by yesterday evening, bat “ failed to reach.” Both he and Waitt are pretty sure to arrive this week, and Anson will also be likely to fall in before the 10th. The systematic gympasium practice will commence riext weel, and Mr. Spaldine bas already writ- ten to bis men to show up by the 15th.” Any- thing like fair treatment on the part of the treather. will ‘permit. outdoor practive much carlier this year then ever before. 'The Iatest development is, however, a disconraging one, and cold” weather to follow vesterday’s enow. will set; the season back up to May. ¥ " NATURAL.INCREASE. In af least one ,réspe;:,t the “winter season .of: ~Thursda) 1676-'77 may be sot down ‘a5 ‘2 -wonderful ‘suc- cess. - Peters, of the.Chicagos, began it, though he was strutting ground about the matter be- fore tho season closed. "Next came Sweasy, of the Cincionatis; he was blest” with a patent music-box early in the winter. Then Charley Fulmer’s wife _made hint :c[msem’ and he bore the honor meekly. Burdock, of the Hartfords, was the next man to look down on his bachejor friends, and pity them, and wonder_how they managed to Fcn alonz without one. - Lastly, and only a couple of weeks ago, Bradley, of the Chicagos, was driven.out” of the house by the purse. and, on returning, was shown a new style receptacle for paregoric. Asusual in .matters where there is any merit.in.it, Cbicago is abead. Her nine have two of these attachments. By the way, it is vory hard to tredt this subject with mfier delicacy, and it,is really to be hoped that I J.Lls paragraph nobody’s feelings have been ! SEMI-PROFESSIONAL TEAMS AND PLAYERS. It is said that Sweasy, of ‘last year's Cincin- nati. team, s to (Mass.) Club. The Alaska Club, of New York, announce the following team for the coming season: Fallon, .3 Quilty, ‘c.; Isherwood, I b.; Dover, 2 b.; Tracy, s. 5.; Haukisson, 3 b.; Jolly, 1. 1.5 Rice, e Ly Lewis, . . Doy o % It is now said that Dailey, of : last year's Crickets, who has been claimed by at Jeast.three clubs, has determined to keep his first contract aud £o play with the Munchesters, which organ:. ization has the best ¢laim to his services. The Active Club, of Readjniz, Pa., has entered vigorously upou the ‘cam and will..it is gaid, be strougly Dbacked. ler, Ficlds, Teifer, Dillon, und Warreniof last year's team, will remain, and 2 move will be at once made 1 1ill’ the other positions,—those of pitcher, firs Dbase, third base, und right field. 2 The Live Ouks, of Lynn, Mass., haye cor leted their teatmn for .llic season as foll Lumimings, p.; itiley, ¢.; Mason, 1 b, Hawk 2 b.; Juckson, 3 b.; Rumsey, 8. s.; Adams, 1. Carpenter, ¢ f.5 Allen, 1. f.; Fessenden, sub. This tnay prove to bu a Very strong teams; but, inasmuch #s ithas at least four players wno are alinost unknown, it will .be proper to wait until | onit. ‘The Fairbanks Club, in sending to the Sccre- tary of the Lengue its signature to the Leaguo some gawmes huve been played before passing Alliance azreement, presented the following as | its list of players: A. C. Kellogz, Sam 0. Bracken, Jobn J. Furlong, Thomas Reardon, J. Collen, Charles L. Dennis, W. G. Brown, Thomas Mouney, Thowas D. Burke, Frank W Bandel, N. Edwards, W. E. Bodley. This is abont the same list’ as Was given In these col- umns some weeks ugo. Weaver, who pitcked for the Philadelphia Club last season, secms to be undecided whether 1o join the Columbus Buckeyes or tostay in Philadelphia with the neiv Atbletics. He hus, it is understuod, signed a provisional - contract with the latier club to join thém iu case they reorganize. The only suggestion that.scoms proper to make is, that the Buckeyes pay their men and the Athletics and Philadelphias—well, Weaver ought to know all about-them by, now. The Syracuse Courier adds another to the list of York State nines as hailing from Lima, Livingston County. The players are said to be thefollowing: Heath, or the Rochesters, catcher; Wood, of the Etnasof Detroit, pltcher;; Kelsey, of the Mutuals of Jackson, Mich:, first buse ; Bene- dict, of the same club, second base; Oberdar, of Dunsville, third base; Bohen, of the Etnas of Detroit, shortstop; Challis, of the Livings- tons, left field; Yorks, of the samo club, centre fiold; Buchner, of the Limas, rigt field; Green, of the same club, substitute. " Last Sunday’s TRIBONE, presented a consider- able list. of players who were claimed by two or more clabs, and reprehended the practice of men signing two contracts or making two prom- ises to dilferent clubs. -Tn the list of doubly- contracted plavers was included the name of C. Jerome, of St. Louls, who «as charged with being under promise to Milwaukee and St. Paull The statement that he was to piay with Milwaukee was based ou an assertion to that ef- fect made by W. P. Rogers to a TRIBONE re- porter. A letter {rom the manager of the Mil- waukee Club sets Jerome right by eaying that that organization has had nothing to do with him. This clears Jerome of any blame. The Providence Dispatch is cheerful over the prospects.for agood professional nine in that city this year. It blocksout the programme with 3 Dicky Pearce as_short-stop, Captain, and trainer for the nine; Keenan, c.; Critcbley, p. Bresnahan, 1 b.; Hanolon, 3 b.; Maccellar, L 1.3 Barry, c. f.; Thomas, r. 1. This leaves only sec- ond “base vacant, and it is sugzested that the nanagers have an eye on a man from Philadel- delphin for that place. The Dispatch concludes itsarticle as follows: “There have been no contracts signed with any of the above wet, 50 there is no certainty that any of them will be here, but to the .best of our knowledge the above are_the men that have been selected to represent Providence “next summer.” Another _report Is that there are to be two attempts at nines in Providence. It scems as if anyattempt to divide the interest would end in making fail- ures of both teams. OST SORTS. The suggestion is made that Eggler will be selceted to fill the place in the St.” Louls team made vueant by Dorgan, should the latter refuse to carry out his contract and suffer the conse- quence of expulsion. The Secretary of the International Associa- tion reports that he han not_vet given out the counstitution and documents for printing. s ‘muy delay the book until after play has com- menced in some sectious. The Amatear Association of Chicago will meet: at the Tremont House Friday cvening next to hear the reg.on of the Committee on Constitu- tion, ete. ‘That Committec has been 'in session on the subject, ana it is understood that they have prepared a satisfactory document. Ball enthusiasts who expected an early sea- 8on, and were discouraged by vesterday’s storm, may pore over the fact that the general result is about the same in this climate. For the past three years the openiny games in Chicago have varied only five days from each other. April 15, 17, and 2 bave been the dates. ‘The_Cincinnati Club has proposed as candi- dates for umpires for all g{nmus on its grounds J. Brockway, J. Draper, W. E. Walker, W.B. Mellish, and J. H. Gifford. Each club will vote for three of these, and Secretary Young will count the votes. The Chicago Club manage- ment has also sent on its names for umpires, bat ghe President refuses to give them for pub- Jication. Hines bas spent his winter in becoming an ardent politiclan of the Tilden stripe, and some of his Jetters have expressed -the utmost deter- mination on the subject of inaugurating the said Tilden. Not long ago he proposed to start for Chicago as soon as he had finished his job of in- sugurating his man. It is quite probable, how- ever, that he will bow to the inevitable, and pre- gent himself to play centre field for the Chi- cagos, Tilden ar,go"l‘flflen. The Fairbanks players were out again Jast for practice, and ghowed up quite well. They were intend.lnfi to play a fall prac- tice game next Saturday i the weather had looked in that direction, but unless there is plenty of warm weather n‘sgho away it will be more than one or two Saturday’s before the ground will b fit for use, _Tne Fairbanks have arranged for a series with Indlaunapolis in April, t.lin(e first end thereof to be played in Indianap- olis. The New York Herald of Thursday last epeaks of Start’s illness, which had been supposed to be only a ‘slight attack, as if it were one from which danger was to be apprebended. It says: “The famous old first-basemen, Joe Start, i3 now lying in & critical condition at his residence in Brooklyn. Among the many friends who visited him yesterday were Ferguson, Burdock, and Cassidy, of the Hartfords; Hicks, Math- ews, and Hallinan, of the Cincinnatis; and a number of other well-known ball-players.” 8o far as known no action has yet been taken inthe Dorgan matter. Itis understood that the St. Louis Club have ordered the gentleman to present himself for play, and it is stated on the authority of the player himself and some other gentlemen in Syracuse that he will not go to St. Lonis. The Brown-Stocking manazement is one of the very best in the country, and the; il do nothing rashly nor yet to be repented of. At the same time, they are stiff enough to carry out a determination which they feel to be right. The official aunouncement of the engagement of W. H. Craver by the Louisville Club is made known; and, in accordance with a custom which allows jmmlnss but well-meaning suggestions to be made, THE TRIBUNE asks Manager Chap- maa to forego his intentfon of putting Craver op second, ,and let Gerhardt %lclsy there, if he wishes to et the t results. Craver's greatest fault in play last scason was that he could not hold a thrown ball, and a large proportion of his errors came from that source. Hallinan had to cover the base, for the reason named, nearly all the time. Snyder is a harder thrower than Hicks, and needsa good man to face him. Tus TriBUNE acknowledges with the best grace at hapd a blowing-up from a Syracuse paper based on the fact that-a cnrresnonqm_ writing from Cincinpati, said that Mr. Keck robably hired McCormick, the 'Star ‘pitcher. g‘or havine merely stated this rumor Trx TRIB- UNE i3 accused of having approved the move- meat. Having coffed the unfortunate writer over with one hand, the Syracuse man sets him up azain'with-a ‘“crack” from the ‘other, and says unpleasant things about: bim * becauses “he. asserted that the Buckeye play with the new Lowell | letting"Mansell go to get Fleet. It is at]; to be ?emfil:\i'v.han, the Dorgan matter mgfiml tered the minds and warped the judgment of the backers of the Star Can. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Bazn BEAr—The information for which yon ask may be found in the list of nines printed in an- other column. Wror Twerrrn—Who s the eleventh man for the Chicago Club? - nsieer—Th i Tugury nnlessit be Finley, ) ol ¢ AR STCh J. §. T., Lanark, TIl.—How-many errors did McVey make in the game between the Hartfords and_Chicigos July # lasit Answer—The oficial scorer ks L. . A. J. W.—Yon have commenced pretty Jate, and it will tronble you to get much of a team now. The only catcher who comes to mind just now is Fergy Malone. - You can get him no_donbt. Don't knaw his address, but Al Reach, No. street, Philadelphia, can tell you. Arpia—¢ Rule VL, Datted ball strikes a base ranner he shall be d clared ont. Exnmple: Baso ranmor on first bace; a line ball is batted directly at him; he'steps off the baee to avoid being hbit; first baseman catches the ball and touches player before he return to’ base. Ishe outr” Answer—Yes. The. ball isn't so Jarge that the runner cannot keep some part.of his body on the bascand yet avold being hit. “ENmianT aND Horrxans—(1) If- the St. Lonis Club expels ‘Dorgan, and the Stars of Syracuse play him, can the Whites play.the latter? (2) Can the Buckeyest (3) Can the Indianapolis? “dnsiwer —(1) They cannot 50 long as they belong to the League. (2) They cannot o long as they belong to thé International Associotion, (3) There is nothing in_the Lengue alliance_agreement which refers fo the point at all, and, 8o ‘lonzas the In- diznapolis belong to that orsanization only, they ‘might, 2 R. V. B., Jancsville—**Did Bielaski finish the ecnson of 1876 with the ' Chicugo Club? (2) 1f mot, was he discharzed or expefled? (3) Is he under contract to play thisyear?* Ansicer—(1) He did not fnish the scason with the Chicagos, but - left them abont -the middie of the second Eastern trip. (2) He was neither discharged nor. ex- velled, bat recelved his release at his own request: ‘because he wished to resume his clerkship in ‘Washington, from which he had been on furlough. (3) 1le 1s not under contract to play this seuson, 80 far as known here. Canr—(1) Who is the best catcher. in the conn- try? (2) Is McVeya better phiflr than White? Answer—(1) There isn't any such thingasa best catcher, becanse there isno way to determine be- tween the men on acconnt of the different pitching they have to handle. = Last -year Allison bad the smallcst percentage of orrofs to chances; McVey ~was the best. batter among - the players who are to catch this year; Whiteput ont the most men, Sny- der asisted the.-most times. (2) Jle s better ‘butsman, and can play in more-places; whether he dsa befter catcher will appear when the season opens. 'HE TURF. THE PACING ELEMENT. Considcrable atteation has been paid of late by horsemen, and especially by breeders, to the mysterious influence on strains of trotting :blood of the pacing clement, as transmitted by sires and dams gaited in that manner to their JFrogeny. It is mob many years since pacers ‘wercregarded as worthless plugs, useless for track purposes and unfashionable as roadsters, and their owners looked upon with a fecling somewhat' akin to pity. When the liwsal breeding began to be examined into, however, it was found that some of the speedicst horses of the country were of pacing ancestry, and. althouzh this fact was mot at first regarded as of much importance it forced itself wupon the ' attention of horsemen - with such persistency that an in- vestization was bezan, and within the past few years it has received careful attention at the hands of intelligent men, and now, instead of being looked upon as an element of weakness, a cross of pacing blood in a trotter’s pedigreeis something to be wished for and goughe after. That shfewd horseman, Robert Bonner, whose private stables and extensive breeding- farm contain some of the fastest horses in the land, was one of the first to pay attention to the pacing element; indeed, he demonstrated its. value before other men had given the subject a thought. One of his earlicst purchases was the cclebrated mare Pochahontas, she being by Ethan Allen out of the fast and highly-bred pacing mare whose name sho bears, the union of the then king of trotters with the fastest Imown pacer producing a mare that has shown mile heats over a threequarter mile track in 2:T5%; = half-mile over the Fleetwood Park track in 1:04%; and that last winter she was the boss of the road in New York; somethingto be prond of, when such horses as Mamie B., Gen. Tweed, Windmerc;John W. Haul,and Biil Thunder ‘were to be seen daily on Harlem lane. Of late years Mr. Bonner has not overlooked the pacing clement, as his recent purchases of Grafton and Molsey atiest. The former horse was induced to trot only by the use of heavy toe welghts, and yet, ‘'with but a eingle sesson’s handilug, he came upon the Cleveland track during the meeting of 1575 and, without encouragement, trotted a full mile in 2:15, a feat that has been accomplished by but two other horses,—Goldsmith Maid and Lula,—and these did it only after years of patient handling by the most skillful drivera in the country. Molsey, one of the best and gamest mares in the land, as her victory at the Rochester meeting In 1875 proves,—she winning the fifth, sixth, and seventh heats of .the 2:2¢ race in 2:23Y, 2:24}, 3:26}¢, over a ficld com~ posed of Clementine, Joker, Gen. Garfieid, Musie, Lady Star, Blanche, and Vanity Fair,— comes of a pacing family through her dam, who was by Dallas, a son of Davy Crockett, the horse that founded = family of pacers. Smaugaler, the norse that lnst summer de- feated Goldsmith Maid at Cleveland, and that after winning two heats from the Old Queen at Hartford was defeated by the judges, and whose stallion record of 2:15) is not likely to soon be eclipsed, inherits the pacing tendency through his sire, and was induced to trot only by the use of excessively heavy shoes and toe-welghts, which are such a strain upon the muscles of fils forelezs that he is seriously handicapped by them. The history of the Cali- forniawonder, Occident, with a record of 2:163¢, is traced only by means of his grandsire, St. Clair, & horse that paced in 2:35, his dam’s pedigree being entirely unknown. Flora Belle, the mare that created such a sensation through- out the country a few years ago by her wonder- ful speed and great promise, was a natural pacer, and much time was expended in teach- ing her to trot. Kansas Chief, as game a horse as ever stood on iron, with a record of 2:21%, is also a converted pacer. Blue Bull, a pacing stallion of unknown blood, has been standing in Indiana for several years, and from the farm mares of that region has produced such trotters a5 Eisie Good, rwlord %:%x;fi;nrig',wzszo; on, 2:80; Mila 2: H - S Miag: Burtie, 2127 Richard, 2:25; and Imany others with records below 2:40. 1t has often been asserted by the opponents of the pacers that the blood is not stout; that a trotter of pacing ancestry will quit, and espe- cially has this been. allczed amminst the Blue Bulig, notably in the case of Bertie, who, to suy the least,preferred the first quarter to the home- stretch. But it was not to be cxpected that the staunchest trotters were to come from cold- blooded mares. Even Hambletouian was the sire of mgny.a duffer, and be had the best bred mares in the land at bis disposal. Elsie Good, considered by many to be the best horse of her age in the country, can trot ‘all day, ‘and this Guality she undoabtedly inberits from her dam, 3 mare by. that game horse, Abdallah. There are other noted horses that could be instanced 23 examples of the good effectof pacingblood, but those already given are sufficient to show that it is 2 matter worthy of careful attention and nvestigation, 5 TIE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. That close corporation, Breeders’ Association, the demerits of which thls paper cxposed sey- eral weeks ago. {5 still maintaining a desperate struggle for existence, which can only endin. the total collapse of the entire concern, unless the advice given by this paper, and the leadinj sporting journals througnout the country, heeded. - The latest act ot the Association, as represented by the Executive Committee, was 0 hold one of its istic sccret meetings in New York City, and adopt the following pro- gramme for the fall mac;lngl of li’(:: Sl 3 o ass fo S b ok viz, three classes: Three ears old, best two in three;4 and 5 years old, t three in five; the meeting to be held “on Sept. 18, 1877, good day and track;; place to be hereafter annonnced; entrics to be made on or before firat Monday of April, 1877, by ”‘%’é’"‘“" 850 to the Treasurer, $50 payable on or before drst Monday- of July, 1877, and the remainder of the stake on or Defore Sept. 8, 1877. The total entry-momey in each class to form sweepstakes, to be awarded a8 follows: Two-thirds to the winner, two-tbirds of the remainder to the second horse, and the residue to the third horse. It ia very. easy for these gentiemen to assem- ble in a back room and ‘arrange & programme, but to carry the proposed meeting 1o & success-| ful copclusion is an mdxe]{ lerent matter, 2nd one which needs not only the' co-operation; Gfall the breeders, but the active management’ 6 -South Elghth | Sec. 15, says that if a of men accustomed .to such “work. - It s well known that the Breeders’ Centennial Meetine held at Philadelphia last summer, under the management of Messrs. Kellogz ‘and Conley, two gentlemen known all over “the .country as devoted horsemen and practical business men, was saved from financial fafture only bg the largo number of entries in each class. ‘The at- tendance was extremely megxg, although the. 5-vear-old race, in which Gov. Sprague, Black- wood, Jr., and Elsie Good ‘participated, would atan ordingry meeting have attracted thou- sands of spectators. This fact showed that the interest In such meetings is confined exclusively to_men fioan- clally interested ‘i -breeding, and that the gen- eral public takes no interest in races where the heats are trotted in about 2:30, even thonzh | this is accomplished by 4-year-olds. It may be gratifying to the owner of a stallion to_see its get performing so creditably at 'a° tender age, and from such performances hi¢.may be able to deduce arguments and taeorles which will fur- nish him material for pledsant fireside reveries during " the “entire winter; but the avers: Amerjcan citizen, the' man who always atten; 8 hoss trot,” takes no interest in such mat- ters; what he wants istosee noted horses make | {ast time; not remarksble colt performances. To make these meetings a success, therefore, all the breeders must be interested in them. This result could ‘have been achieved had the- organization of the Association bcen conducted iri* a_different manner; but now that the star- chamber system has been adopted, the large’ number left out in the cold are not likely to ap- pl,i‘tor adnission. 2 he course of Tme, TRIBUNE {n this matter is being taken up by the leading sporting and stock journals of the country. Those in the ' Eastern States have already expressed them- selves, and pow the “Westerners are falling into line. 'The Live-Stock Journal, of this city, says, in referring to the Brecders’, Association: Those' who were the originators of this move- ‘ment appear to have had a secret purpore in view, and, in order that there might be no ‘hindrance to ‘the accomplishment of the design of its origmat- ors, no notice of the praposed ‘meeting for organ-- jzation was puolished; bat,. instead, a circular was sentout to, such ouly as were supposed to be favorable to the sectet scheme, or at lesst would not muke any active’ opposition theretd, and the resilt was entirely harmonious. * Several estima- ble_gentlemen participited in ‘the organization without a knowledge of the fact ' that they were being made use of as tools to effect & sl purposes but it wvas most conspicions fn the absence of the names of many high-toned and honorable geutlemen; brecdera of trotting horsea in the vicinity of New York. who, foreseeing the covert object, positively refused to give it their countenance and sapport. . . . The motive which actuated the originators of this **close-com~ ‘munion ** aflair {s enficiently appacent in the or- anization to which it has fsen birth, Itds o ybrid, two-headed concern, handicapped in the interest of an unpopular and languishing private enterprise at onc end. and a project of doubtful expediency at the other; and between the two its struggle for exitence will be a brief one. The California Spirit of the Times also gives Mr. Backman's Association a whack, and is so; unkind os to announce that It docs 50 on gen- eral principics. Alter acknowledging the receipt of the constitution of the coucern, the Spirit; 8oys: Weare of the opfnion that the intention of the originatory wus to fonnd a close corporation, over which the ‘> charter members ™ would bave com- plete control. Articles 4, 6, and 7 are particalarly objectionable. We will present our views in full when we have more time. At presont we are un- favorably impressed with the whole affair, DAN MACE'S CASE. As there has been considerable loose talk in the papers recently concerning the standing of the veteran driver Dan Mace, and his cligibilit, to drive over tracks belonging to the National Association, it may be well to givea resume of the facts. At the Buffalo meeting last summer the race for horses of the 2:32 class was a favor- ite onc with the betting crowd; and large sums of money were invested on its result, the gray gelding Albemarle, that had wou tue races for horses of the same class at Cleveland the week previous, being” madea strong favorite. he selling in the poots for $50, while Thorudale, 2 horse that had not taken part in the Cleveland meeting, sold as second choice for $10, thus placing his backers in a very comfortable position should he win, whilé the amount at stake was not large. 1t was notice- able that the Thorndale pools were being bonght entirely by turf sharps, and their confidence in the horse appeared strange, as he had nolow record, mever having béen in a race except several years agousa threoyearald, Tn addi- tion to this, Albermarle was known to be very speedy, and capuble of trotting three heats in 2:20 or better. In the first heat Thorndale was not ““at himsclf,” and Dan Muace, who was driving the black horse Frank, was obliged to make & dead heat with Albermarie in order to prevent that horse from winning; the time of the heat was 2:22%. The sccond and third heats were won by Thorndale in 2:23, 2:33¢, Albermarle being second_cach time. By this time the backers of the latter horse saw that something was wrong, and demanded a change of drivers, This was acceded to by the judges, and Frank Willetts took tne place of Frank Van Ness, who had previously been handling the ribbops. He sent Albermarle away with a rush in ‘the fourth heat, and won it easlly in 2:20, showing very plainly that the horse had been pulled in the precwling heats. In the fifth heat a vast amount of monkeying was done .by the other drivers, all of whom were working against Alpermarle, and the resuit was that he was gacketcd at the first turn by Frank, and the orse Allen, driven by Eugene Rood, while ‘thorndale sailed away at his ease. At the half- mile pole Willets pulled his horse to the ont- side, and managed to captare Thorndale on the gome stretch, but was beaten by a neck at the For his share of the foul driving in this race Mace was expelled, and failed in an effort to be immediately temporarily reinstated. After the trotting season was practically closed the Board of Appeals held o meeting, and the penalty of expulsion was temporarily removed until the mectlmif of the General Board, to be held Dec. 1, 1877. This means that if Daniel conforms to the rules and no further charges are made against him, the reinstatement wil at that time be made permanent. THE MICHIGAN CIRCUIT, which begins sbout the first of June, and con- tinues through that month, is usually success- ful, not because of the amount of money hung up in purses, but on account of -the nnegualed facllities offered for * educating ! trotters and getting them into condition for the real work of the campaign without securing arecord. What arekoown in turf parlance as “green” horses —that is, horses that bave never taken part in a race—are in many instances valueless until they have trotted & number of races and become accustomed to company. For this style of work the Michigan circuit "has no superior. A fine fnstance of how it is done was afforded Jast season by the gray mare Mambrine® Kate, a horse that could trot in 2:24 or better, and which was permitted to make the rounds of the Michigan races withont getting a record better than 2:35, althougn in one instance. she lapped out the stallion Hylas in 2:26. This season the list of entries throuzh Michizan promises to be large, and it is doubtful whether the pulling policy can be_as successfully carried out as heretofore. It is more than probable that Budd Doble ana Orrin Hickok will taie ahand in these races, returning to Chicago in time for the Dexter Park meeting, and then oing East. Peter Johnson, with Gen. Graut, Sfonroe Chiet, and Neomnc, has already declared herself, aud Morrill Highie promises to be on hand with Little Fred and a couple of green ones. These, in addition to the gang that Michizan is surc 1o furnish, will maxe matters interesting, and if anybody gets the best of the deal it will be at the expense of a low record for his horse. THE WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD. Secretary Bovle, of Dexter Park, has received the following letter from Secretary Vail, of the National Board of Appcals, relative to the eoming mecting of the Western District Board, at which a large number of cases will be present- ed, and the reeord generally cleared up in time {for the early spring events: William AL, Hoyle, Chicago, I'l.—DeAn Sim: 1 am in receipt of yours of the 22d inst. Replying to your inquiry, I have tostate thatno definite date hos as yet becn fixed for & meeting of the Western District Board of Appeals, although it is understood that a meeting of the District will oc- cur at an carly date, ceriainly bofore trotting com< mences. A soon as the dato has beon determined, notice will be published and issued to parties. In the meantime, If you aze acquainted with any par- ties who bave matters for the consideration of that Board, please say to them that it I3 necessary that all communications intended for the action of the Board shall be transmitied to this_oftice, that they may become the subject of proper recatd, aad ba dulyentered upon the docket_before the papers aresentto theoard. 1. J. VAL, Secretary. TRACK TALK. The English steeple-chaser, Rye, was recently sold tor 610 guineas. S Richard Peniston has sold his bay mare Amazon, by Blue Bull. to_a New York gentle- man; price not made public. Peter V. Jobnson's. latest purchase, Monros Chief, is looking well, and promises to show up very creditably when the season opens. “Samp? Wilson is jogging the Blue Ball trotters, Elsle Good, Kate Bennett, and High- land Mary, on the road, and reports them all'in fine form. ~ Lady Moscow, owned by Mr. Hodgkins, mads an ltbem))l to trot sixteen miles in an hour on a bet of ‘$75 to 810 on time, at the Bow Grounds, Loudon, Jan. 28. The mare won in 59:20. Peter Johnson and Morrill s held a con- ‘vention on the home-stretch Dexter Park track last:Wednesday toarrange the programme fornext summer. Higble ‘cilled the meeting | to order, and Johnson " was uvanimously.elected Chairman. The; were:then excluded, and in consequence the proceédings of the con— vention cannot be made public.—Fening Post. It is stated that Connt Festetico. Jr., - clinsed the entire racing.stable of Hecsbr Batis 2}, with the exception of Plungerand Shillelagh. Alfred Hayhoe will be retained as trafner. "= “A trot for $250 a side, half-mfle heats, took placeat Merrick Driring Park, Loug - Island, * last Friday, between Black Diamond and Honest Jobn. Black Diamond won in two stralght heats, the time hefng 1:22; 1:26. whE Mr. Afkan, o well-known New Yorker, recently © lost “his valuable road-horse: Glenddlc, - from, belng calked. ‘Inflamatfon set in, that- being™ the immediate cause of .death. Giendale was* honest and fast, being able totrot in 2:30, and valued at $3,000. i Thomas Conner, of New York, recently pur chased at 2 long price, and is now driving on the ' road, the stallion Mark Anthoay [amTet, dam, the dam of Sterling, by. Biy Richmond. This stallion’s breeding s very choice, and he is an excellent road-horse. A Daring the past week Morrill Higbie, driver of Little F%ed, and “Romy*? St!p‘flgs. oneof the’ owners of the stallion Gen. Grant, visited Chi- cago on business and filmm -~They report: their horses looking well, and promise to give the Eastern jocks alively time next summer. The Iatest Intelligence concerning turf mat- ters in California is that.on the 16th; at Oakland Park, Cosmo, Emma Skages, Ben ,‘l‘rumuu,'and, Buster indulzed in'a race of ,half-mile beats, in Wwhich excellent time was' made.” Buster .won :lr‘nfi firssrheah, ‘gasn:a the second and’fourth, kaews” the third. 1305 0:50;° e o, Time—0: 50_, 0:50 The Spirit of the Times stake for S-vear-oldsof 187 closed last Thursday, but_the nominations’ bave not vet been made public. The ‘entranes fee h_e%& each, $50 to'be paidat the time pf. entering, and the balance on or before Sept. 1 preceding the race, after which the whole staka on th sebond Thesisy of Semees ot el L uesday of September, 187 day and track, in the vicinity of New’Ym ‘The well-known " trotting-horse .Gen. Twi owned by 3r. A. B. i‘hvkg, of New Yark,":%?l" driven by that gentlemes on the road for the past two r{“n' had a narrow escape ‘from’ rhaps serlous {njury a few days since. “While e was hitched under the sned of a well-knowan road-house, a runaway horse came at fall speed among the horses, smashing: a number -of - ve< hicles. Tweed’s wagon wus smashed, but -the horse escaped injury. 2 -Stillwater, Minn., is figurine over its raco~ track, which it claims as one of the -best in the State. It appears that $23,000 has been put into the concern, and that $7,500 remain unpaid. A meeting will be held March 17 to -raise the sum named and to arrange for pne or more meetings for the coming season. What the track wants more than anything else is a man to take charge of it and traln horses.on it. -There: should not be any difficulty in sending ont a- man or so from hereif the Stillwater people don’t mind what sort he is. It is announced that the celebrated tmtfing-‘ * horse Red Clond is himself acain, and, barring accidents, will make -his appearance next snm- mer in'the Eastern circnit. His owner states that in the winter of 1875-'6 Red Cloud was ‘al-' lowed too much grain, and in_ conse- quence was carrying - too much flesh in the spring (weighing 1,200 pounds), that it re- uired very severe work to get him 1uto form.- his winter he has enjoyed the liberty of a pad= dock with free access to'a rick of straw, and bas been given suffident graln to keop him in good. order. He pow weighs 1,600 pounds :and -is being jogged on the road by Johnny Wade. The following are the noteworthy sales re- rted during the past week: John finy. Niles, Mich., to a_Chi party, b.g. Advance, for $2,500: H. Casey, Louisville, to'A. Freeman, New York, b. 2 D ‘50 tor by Vermont Hambleto- nian, for §1,000; O. J. Dimick, Rock Island, tor John Grifliths, Janesville, Wis., b. s.. Almont, Jr.. by Almont, for $1,000; Ashford Bros., Loclmport, N. Y., to Clarke White, Catskill; N- Y., double team Prince Charlie and Belle of Ol- cott, price not given; Robert_Steel, Philadel- hia, to R Myers, Altoona, Pa., b. m. Ethel Medium, by Happy Medium, for $1,500: H. Gregory, 8t. Catherine Can.. to Mr. Booth, Belleville, Can., b. g. Alexander, by St. Law- rence, for $2,000; Baker and oo, Hart- ford, Conn., to E. Fenn, same place, double team Aldine and Undine, by Administrator, for ,000; Dr. B Hirsch, Lexinaton, to A. Hol- brook, Cintinnatl, g. g. Foxglove, by Woodford Mambrino, for $1,000; W. H.\Vilson. Cynthiana, Ky., to Owen Fuller, indianapolis, ch. . by Pac: iog’ Abdallah, for #500; R. P. Depper, Frank- fort, Ky., to G. W. Hovenslon, Galvs, 1L, b. 5. Timothy, by Bluegrass, price not given. Mollie McCarthy, the winner of the four- mile-and-repeat race at San Francisco, Feb. 22, is a bay filly, foaled in 1573, bred and owned by ‘Theodore Winter, of California. She was sired by dloaday (son of Colton, out of Mollie Jack- son, by Vandal), dam Hennfe Farrow, by im- vorted Shawrock; second dam Ida, by import- ed Belshazzar. Mollie has distinguished. her- self previous to her two fonr-mile contests. As. a two-year-old she won a purse and stake at Sac- ramento in September, running a mile in 1:46, when she beat & field of six. Ia 187, previous to her big race, she ran five times, winning four. She was second to Elizabeth Tilton, at -San Jascéin arace of mile heats, in the ug:::.'. At the Bay District May mcetintg she Ward Beecher a mile and o half in -2:4%3. At the Yolo County meeting in July she won a dash of a mile and three-quarters in 3:13, beating threa others. In September, at Sacramento, she won a wile and a quarter, beating Rosewood, in 2:13, and on the same day mile heats. in" 1:45%, 1:453, when whe aain beat Ward Beecher and Elizaveth Tilton. The fleld in the last race of Mollie McCarty in December were Mattle A., Baltinette, Lolo Lodi, and Emma Skages, tha three last named beingz distanced. The time of this race, however, was considered very fast at the time, it being run in 7:33¢, 7:53%. F PEDESTRIANISM. VOX HILLERN PERPORMS ANOTHER FOOT-FEAT.. Spectal Dizpatch to The Lune. BosToy, March 8.—Miss Bertha Von Hitlern completed her arduous walk of making 100 miles in twenty-elznt hours last evening, and accomplished her task within the time allotted ‘Ther, having eleven minutes and thirty-two sec- onds to spare when ghe closed her wearisome task. Her best time was one milein 11 min- utes and 55 seconds, and out of the whole time allotted her she rested 4 hours 42 minutes and 42 seconas, making the actual time of walk- ing 23 hours 30 minutes and 5i sec- ongs. When she floished her walk there were at least 8,000 people in the hall. As she proceeded bravely to finish the few last rounds, walking with that steady, even stride- which is so peculiar to her, cheer after cheer rent the air. and every encouragement was given Ter, and, when her task was accomplished, there 'was a spontaneous outburst of applause. The young Jady was examined immediately after the walk, and was found to be in tolerably good- condition. It is estimated that 10,000 pengle in. all attended auring the twenty-eight hoursi allotted her. COCKING. THE HAYES AND MONEOE MAIN. The announcement of a cock-fight In last Sun= day’s TRIBUSE was incorrect In some respects. The agreement between Hayes and 3onroe is, that they shall show. thirteen cocks a’side, welghts from four pounds six ounces to sir. pounds, and fight all that fall in, give and take two ounces; one and one-half in heels; Chicago. rules; for 850 & side cach battle, and $100 a side the 0dd fight. The fight will take place Thurs- dav of this week at Truesdell, Wis., in a barn fitted up for the purpose. Contrary to the usual custom, which has been to fight “at night, the arrangements this time are to leave Lore at 8 o’clock, in the morning, and have the fighting occupy the day, inatead’of the night. —— THE ANTHEM OF NATURE. Listen, O listen! the temvest's rehearzal! The ship and the waters take parts in the choir; ‘The shronds in the wind, and the white-foaming biliows, Are c‘hnnt{n'; their psalms on the strings of the yce. The cyclone of death, and the - slorm-peals ‘ot thunder, Are notes in the octave that echo afar, But worlds roll in space like the songs of 8 seraph, Nor cease they forever at octave or bar. * s ‘The waves of the ocean, with pearly-wiite fagers, | Aru touching forever the chords of the strand, - nceaningly chiming the anthemnsl chorus Over the waters and over the land. . The marmur of brooklet from upland to mesdow, - The voice of the fnsect, the bird, and the bee, Harmonjously aweet a3 the Gospel of Jesua . Thatfell on His hedrers aronnd Galilee, - ‘The breath of the zephyr at twilight of evening, | How gznlh Ita whisper, how pensive and dear! - Like blessings of anzels that hover aboutas, ‘With their benedictions to fall on the ear. Aye, Nature 15 vocal with melody charming, - - gmxa::ymn of mpnnhh;.('a shore c:tdm seas’ 'or 's chorus-singers bave concord etegnal - - Wit all things that sqe, or .f"e. ‘ahall be., v Mo ANBRISR DAY il