Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO "TRIBUNX: SUNDAY. MARCH 25, SPO An Exciting Boat-Race Be- tween the English Uni- versity Crews. 6. A Nip-and-Tuck Contest, in Which Oxford Breaks an Oar. The Blarsted Judge, Amid Much Kicking, Announces It a Dead Heat, A Large Quantity of Interesting News for Turfmen. Effect of The Tribune’s As- sault Upon the East- ern Ring. The Great Trotters of 1876 Bodine Under Johnson and Doble. The National Game---Effective Pitching---Bennett aw the Athletices. Items About the Players and Gawe from All Parts of the Country. TIIE OAR. THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITY RACE. Loxpoy, March 24—9:45a. m.—The University boat race was first unnonnced as a victory. for Ox- ford by Jess than half a length, and extras of tue afternoon papers also announced that Oxford wons but the Western Associated Press representive has atelegram gaying the race resulted in 3 dead heat. Lospox, March £4—10 2. m. —It is now regarded certain that the race was a dead heat. The cox- #wains, judges, and umpire will meet at 2 o'clock and decide whether Oxford won, or the race was 8 dead heat. The reasor: for this is the ambiznous form of the jucges’ decision, namely, *‘Dead heat by two yards," THE RACE. Loxpox, March 24.—The thiry-fourth Tniver- &lty bout-race was rowed this morning atan early Lour, and the course was the usual onc on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake; distance four miles and two furlongs. Of the Cambridge elght, six parucipated in last year's contest; while of the Osford crew, four were ancient mariners, bat the cuxswain was a novice of the Thames. The Cantabs rowed in a new swaddle Winship boat, the Oxfords in & mew Clasper boat. While the number of spectators was, for a University race, comparatively emall, there were enongh to make what would be an immense gathering eclsc- where, The westher was favorable, both for the coutestants and spectators, yet a rather clondy atmosphere kept the san and Londoners away., The start was made at 2. m. The Oxfords took watet first, and were eight feet ahead in half a dozen strokes. This lead they held to Duke's Head, where CAMDBRIDGE DREW UP, and were on even terms half-way between the ead and Simmons yard. Off this yard, Cambridye gota lead of about four feet, which positions were miintsined at the London boat-homse. At this penod in the race Cambridze rowed in better form. At Chiaven Cotiage, six farlongs from the starting poinL. the boats were about on alevel. Oxford u0 forged ahead, and when a mile had been rowed, Jed by avout the third of a length. At Crzb-Tree, Oxford led by* only a few feet. At ihe i . something over a mile and four furlongs ing point. the Cambdridge once more ebowed in front sume two or three feet. At Oil izktly over a furlong from the starter’s boat. Oxford drew up alonzside. At the bottom of Chiswick Eyot, Oxford was-again in front. being in better water than Cambridge, who secmed much TROUBLED BY ROUGH WATER. At Chiswick Church, three miles having been rowed. Oxford had increased their advantage to two-thirds of a length, and the race wzs apparently o longer in douit. Rounding the bend into Horseshoe {Reach, the water became smoother, sud Cambridwre zained upon Ozford, but the latrer érew away and were nearly a“length alead. OF the batking place, nine furlongs from the winning point, Cambridge made another eifort, but ouly reduced Oxtord’s lead 1o two-thirds of a Jength. No further chanygf occurred up to Earnes’ Bridge, fre furlongs further on, throush which Ozford sced nenrly a lenuth ahead. and off White Hazt, four furiongs frowm the goal. was 3 lengtis and some feet in advance. O Limes, CAMBRIDGE SPURTED #nd reduced the lead of Oxford. which all at once g0t **ail ubroad, " as their bowman was seen to be in dificulties, and unable 1o use his oar proparly. Cambridze was uow within 4 third of a length of being on even terms with the Oxfords, and a most exciting strugzle foilowed. From the ship to the winnmnz-post, stationed some distance above the eliip, Cambridge would not be denicd, and, gradu- 2lly but sarcly creeping up, the two crews went st the judges on a leves, amida scene of the vildest excitement ashore and afloat. Time was 4 winutes and 10 scconds. ‘The judges declared the race to be A DEAD HEAT. Mr. Chitty was uny Just at White Hart, Ox- fords No. 1 broke his rowlock, but was stil able o ro % . ANOTHER REPORTER zgives ile followinz preliminary particulara: The betunz at Patney before the race was five to four on Uxfe Although rain fell for during the night, the morning broke fin etron? breeze from the north of weet, keeping off away the rain. There was not Lalf 35 uany stewn vessels and laonches on_ the miveras usual, By balf-past 7 neariy all of them had passed upwarde from Putney, but the reach ®ascrowded withalarze number of row boats, fute of which were with ditiiculty taken out of the . THE ARRIVALS. tambridze arrived at the Leander boat-house at. balf-past 7, and the Oxford mren nearly a half-hour later. About 3 quarter before & the sun shone iy, but the wind_blew hard from the north- ¥est-bronorth, and diagonally across the river from tie London buat-kouse 10 Fulliam Church. The Oxford crew entered their boat at, and, WEninz the toes for position, took the Middiesex siation. TheRambridge crew did net Jaanch their bust until nearly ten minutes luter, and wiien they Were coming 104 post Uxford took a preluninary Juw as farax the Star and Garter. fhe startin 12 were moored opposite the lower end of Pu ey Terruce, and at 5:15 the two crews prepare foi the start. The signal was delayed by the break- ing away of tae presx boat from hor moorings, but trenty winuies past the hour fxed ull was in eadinces, and the etart wae made at 8:27. STILL ANOTHER. The waterman of the Western Associated Pross. s dexcribes the last two miles of the race: U the Dover, two miles from Putuey. Oxford, 0uzh un the cutside, eained siightly. and at the Ol Miike, a Tittle above a fnzlong. from the Doves, 20 cvea whih Cambridze, the two crews at one Llf.ze Veing very close together, and in imminent nger of collision, a row-boat fuil of pesple pull- *a; acroge their bows. Just below the foot of b ick Eyot, Oxford was once more rowing by and. a2 the bottom of the island, was szain Tront. beiny bet-er together than the Cambridge Fow b0 £cemed mach troubled by rouzh waters, ut the middle of Evot, Oxford had_increased frlead to Lalf a Jenith, a3 the rowing in the Godbddze Loat became short. and at Cheswick urch. hres miles Lavinz been rowed, they had to INCREASED THEIR ADVANTAGE I¥o-thils of a lencth, and here therace seemed Jupgved from the realm of doubt. Jioundinz the d1ato Horse Reach the water becamesmoother, a‘} the Cambridze rowing beiter, pained upon “1-"\1. but the laiter lere made onother efort, aeeere nearls a lenath abead. Off tne Laths Phace. o furlonz further on, in Duke Devonshire's feadows, Cambridge made another effort, reduc- ¥ e lead of Oxfurd to two-thirds of a’ length. 5 D]?-hxn e look place to Darnes' Dridge, seven eigogs trom the winning point, and under the ToogeUxtord passed, lenais nearly a length, T sdvantage as smproved to. scviral feot of ZbL verwween the bosf hite Hart. O i e ts opposite 3 CAMIRIDGE AGAIN SPURTED i Togpced the Jead of the Oxford, which was in uble, the bovuan being unsble to usc his oar Siroarely. Cambridze worked harder, znd got 3In 2 third of a lengrth oF the Godfrevs, when & “Re "Bt #truzels followed for the victory. Froai EUp 10" The winuine post Cambridse got in her ey them gun fired as the two crews passed osether, k A scee of the wildest enthusiasm followed, and were raptarouely applanded as ticy turned to Putney on the Thames conservan 'y steamboat. : A MISSING JUDGE. judze having fired his gun at the finish seemed to disappear for the best part of half an bour. The umpire steumed backward and-forward 1o find lum, but withont succesx, and then steamed 1o London, leaving orders for the judge to apvear Defore, him withoit delay to. record the formal verdic The - THE VERDICT. . Loxnox, March 24~3:20 p. m.—At a meeting of represcniatives of the two crews, the jndge stated that he never wavered from his decisiou that the race was 2 dead-heat, The race is pronounced the grandest ever rowed. . PRESS COMMENTS, The Echosays: **The result of {he race wag very unexpected.” At first, all telegrams announced that Oxford had won, and this we published.™ Hell's Lofe says: *+Oxford wonld have won had ot the bow oar (Cowles) met with the mishap of breaking an car when passing Wilcox's. ™ The Fall Mall Gazette cowplain® of the unbusi- nesk-like way in whichi the judge acted, and says. It will be a warning to University Presidents to fhetain in future (rom employing witerman judges in gencral, and John Phelps in particular.” THE TURF. A SENSIBLE CHANGE. Tnlike the Eastern papers, which look upon the Board of Stewaras of the Septilateralas a collection of demi-gods who can do mothing wrong, TiE TrneNe has from time to time expressed its opin- on of the actions of that body in a fair and fear- Tess manner, and at present is reaping the harvest of itswork, in the beneflts of which the horsemen Jjoin. In the latter part of February last, the Boara of Stewsrds met in New York and made up a programme for the coming eeason on the whole- hog-or-none principle, - arranzing the purses in £uch shape that, in order to trot their stock at all, the owners of some of the most noted horses in the country wonld be compelled to enter them in races in which there would be a number of horses with records much lower than theirs. This idea of forcing all horses iith records below 2:21 into the free-for-all-class, and arranging the other races on the same principle, was undoubtedly a fine scheme for the tracks, as it insurca large fields in each race, and, with the 10 per cent en- trance system mow mn vozue, each Association in the combination was morally certain to get all its money back from this source alone, leaving the cnormous reéeipts from attendance, sales of re- freshments, éte., as clear proft. When this programme was made public, A PROLONGED AND VIGOROUS HOWL went up from horsemen ull over the country. The Eastern sporting papers were appealed to in the bope that they wonld protest against the mjustice of the scheme, but their columns were silent on the subject, the Board of Stewards being apparent- 1y too powerful an_adversary for them to tackle. About the only paper in the country that came to the rescue was TuE TRIPGNE. Inats issue of Feb. 25, inan article on the Eastern Circuit, it alluded to the prozramme, which at that time bad just been made public, and said: This arrancement. ft whl be_poticed. places Budd Doble and Chiarley Green, 3 pair to whom heretofore cousiderablc toadying s been done, In a very bad hox. With the Jald beired from the free-for-all stie will b worihliss unless & special purse 1o (4 of Freed. 13 S and cven If thin fa dorier Doble il hav 4. and even two s—I3odine and Alhemarie—in the fre ir-all class, as both have records betrer than 1, and there {3no prso between that for Lorses of the ors.and the G: Iree-for-all. me bogi with Lula, Lu- had besn ive ful would hav ade the free-for- whlle such goud ones as Judie Fullerion, Bedize, L cille Goludust: Great Eastern, and Albermarle com- Pused 3 fine field fn the 2213 clute, Altogether, th gramme {3 25 fine an exhibitlon of the huw-not-to- Ppolicy as could be {mazined. THIS WAS THE FIRST PROTEST made by any paper against thg injustice of the Septilateral programme, and, as far as known, the oniy one. The Eastern sporting papers, as before stated, were bulldozed into silence, and those in the West took no interest in the matter. The horsemen did, however, and the opposition to the oncsided programme began to assume euch formidable proportions that the doughty Stew- ards came to their senses, and realized that the Dest thing for them to do would be to tuke the back-track: before it was cternally too late. Cor- respondence was begun all along the line, and a few days ago it culminated in an agrcement be- tween the associations at Cleveland. Buffalo, Htochester, Utica, and Sprinefield to fix the time for the closing of entries on July 17 instead of 18, 2z« heretofore announced, thas giving no excuse for pulling horses at THE DEXTER PARK MEETING, wirich will probubly he held July 18, 19, 20, and 21, ard to make the following changes in the oro- gramme: The free-for-all purse to be reduced from $4.900 to $7.000, Goldsmith Maid not bar- red; a purse of 53,000 for horses of the 2:19 clasy tobe given:the 2:21purse {o Le changed from $3,000 to $2.500; the 2:25 purse to be raised from $2,000 to purse to be ruised from pursc to be raised from $2,000 to $1,500 to $2,000; and the 2:34 purse to be abolish- ed. It will be noticed that Poughkeepsie, Hart- fore, and Fleetwood Park have not acceded to the change, tut they will probzbly doso hefore long, and if they refase punishment via the pocket- bouk will bs the result. In view of these wholesale changes, THE PROGRAMMI AS IT NOW STANDS 18 given. and is a« follows: Free-for-ull_pu ] purse, tu the free-for-all. it may be snid that it will probably be a_tae affair, Hem: nith, owner of Goldsunth Maid, hus made his annnal aunonucement that she will not tror. J¢ the does not, the probable starters will be Ju Fullerton, Lula, Hopeful, and Smuggler. The latter horse will not appear unless he Tails to fill his book at the stud. Lady Maude, Nettie, Occi- dent. and Red Cloud are elizible to this race, but it is not probable that any o7 ti will be in con- dition to start. as they have been badly out of form for two or three years. 1f Mr. Smith allows the Maid to take a hand, Bill Hlumph: owner of Judge Fullerton, will have a chance 6 show what e of, 18 last ~cason be rézietorad a solemn vow that Ins lorse should never again start ina race with the old mare. THE MOST AMUSING FEATURE of the whole matter, howe: iz the joyful and en- tirely uncalled for cavorting of the Spirif of the Z5mes over the change. 1t leaps about as sayly us ayoung calf un a springmorninz, and eulomzes the action of the Stewards in making a change which it either had not the sensc to see was needed. or wag afraid to susr “*We approve of this change,” it saya, with as much solemnity as if its opinion had ever been asked by the Stewards, and then proceeds to moralize on the cowardice of barring Goldsmith Maid from the free-for-all. althongh when the grand old mare was thng suubbed it had not the conrage to_express its views, if, indeed, it hadany. Foran *‘ormn™ the Spirif does very well, but such exhibitions as the one it has just made over the matter of the Sepuilateral pro- gramme cannot but be injurious. Itiis gratifying 10 learn that Mr. George Wilkes has feturned from his European tour, and a general wish is expressed among horsemen that he sy s2ain take charge of the -paper which he so successfully conducted for years, and relezate to the calm’ xolitudes of private life the centleman who has been at the helm during his absence. THE WINNERS OF 1876 The table at t of this article, which has boen prepared with great care, and is believed to b2 ax nearly perfect s anything of the Lind can De. will be fonnd of zreat inercst aud utility, both to horsemen and those interested in turf sports in 2 non-professional munmer. It sets forth in convenient form for reference the results of lust season’s trokl_hlg as regards about thirty of the best horses in_the country. In pr riter te in- paring this list, it was the aim of tne lude only such horses as have proven thems. ives worthy of a place in the front rank that went throush the campaign of 1836 in a manner that showed them to e capable of rtill greater thin: and that bid fair to be good horses in their respe ve clasces this season. X W f: x:x not be understood by this, howerer. that all the zood horses in the country are included in the list, or even all that made a successful cam- aizn Jast scasun. For instance, Lhe names of ucille Goiddust and Judze Fullerton arc wanting, But, as these two zood ones conined their vpera: tions almost entirely to the Septilateral, and, in' common with Luls and Bodine, were OT ADLE TO WIN A HEAT in thé free-for-ail. the record does not give a fair showing of their abilities. Therame rule doesnot apply in the casc of Bodine, as that horse went through the Michizan Circuit, and was (ested in contests with first-Class horses there. In‘regard to Trampoline and White Stockings,—a pair that may not be familiar to some of the readers of Tuz TRinoNE,—it may be said that their operations last Fear wers confiued entirely to the West, and they Sere 8o greatly the superior of ‘the other horses in their classes thiat mo exhibition of thelr real speed was necessarys The former horse is' perbaps 18 speedy a ome ud the countrv contains, she havingy been timed a narter of a mile in 32 seconds.—a 2:08 gait, —and the latter, in Jooks and way of voing, i3 more like Dexter thzn any horee in the gountry, Judge Fall- erton. perhaps, cxcepted. With thix explanation of the taple, it muy not be uninteresting to review the seasdn’s work of some of the horse: . AT THE MEAD OF TIIBALIST. B ‘as regards the amount won, bext time, and number of heats trot ed below 2:0, standsthe pecrless Goldsmith Maid. Queen of theTarf. She bezan in the winter, vhile in California, by troftin? a mite aeainst the time of the running harse Golden Gate, for one_and three-sixteenths of a mile, win- ninz easily. Cowming East,'she went through the Septilateral triumpantly, beinzdefeated but once, and ou the following weele distancing her con- -queror, Smugzier, and trotting the fastest three consecutive heats on_record. Her defeats, noted 1n the (able, werer witl bt ane exceptiun, sus- ined while trotting to beut 2:14. tained while trotting Lo ‘Next on the list in point of a horee of whom wonderful stories have been told, RARTS, of tae truth of which there can be no means of, certaining until tie season opens, when, in the reat Eastern, 9 class, he will meet Bodine, il make him trot in bermarle, and others, 1) 2:17 or betfer o win. year, Clementize and M i principal competitors in the Septi- ut of form, and did notstart; Gen. Gartield, Carrie, and Adelaide, his other op- ponente, being only able to make him trot fast cnough to keep in condition. 1lls total winuings wereallttle over 13,000, and he trotted twenty- five heats better than 2:30, the fastest mile befng done in 2:20, Next in Doint of merit, inthe opinion of many lorsemen, is the little black mare MAY BIRD, that began work early in the season, and was the vietim of a fearful runaway accident soon after She recovered from her in- uries, however, and went throughn_hot campaign n company with Amy B.. Little Fred, and others of thé 2:24 class, winning eleven raccs ont of twenty,and placing $0, 275 to her credit, After thie trottin keason wiwover, she showed what was leftin her by trottinga nalf-mile under raddle over {he Fleetwood Park track in1:05, which does not, however, stand an a_record, her present figures bilnz 23235, This year she Will be in the 2:21 class with Gen. Grunt, Little Fred, Hannsh D, and others. trotting her first race. GREAT EASTERY, the Goliath among trotting horscs, was the =e: ion of the season. 1n his frst Septilateral race he was not much thought of, but quickly dis- sipated all notions concerning his inability to trot, by recling off the first heat in 2:19, which fizures constitate his present record. He lost but three races, one of these beinga free-for-allut Fleetwood Park, won by Rarus, in which le took second money, and the others, small events early in the £eason, in which he was undoubtedly pulled to save a record. Of the three horses that did not Jose 2 race,— Thornedale, Dick Swiveller, and GEN. GRANT,— the latter is undonbtedly the best, provided his tender leg will admit of liis beingtrained. e cay tured all the races in which he started, in com- manding style over fine felds, and his trotting of a fifth heat at Rochester, when dead Jame, in 2:21, is not often surpassed. Dick Swiveller is a Bos ton horse that started in at the tail end of the Eastern Circnit last year, winning his races casily, and not beinz forced to beaw 2:26. Mis admirers claim that he is capable of much greater things, Thornedale 1s the property of a wealthy New York Quaker, and became notorious by winning the 2:32 race at Butfalo Iast season, by réason of considers able jocks 2 in his behalf by Dan Mace and Frank Van Ne: Ile may not start th but if e does will b a good one in the s he g very speedy, and handy ix his br ‘The pairof G-year-old black stallions, perhaps, GOY. SPRAGUE AND HLACKWOOD, JR., did remarlkably well, Gov. Sprague Josinis but two races and DLiack: Jr., one, and that to oth wintered well, and will trot tius year, ccidents. Elsie Good, an- other G-year-old, was a great horse last season, trotting irom eariy in the Spring until the snow be- gan 10" fly, and coming ont of the cempaiga ns sound a8 a dollar. She carried the banner of Blue Bull to the front in_many a hard-fouzht contest, and cuused the hearts of the Posey County sports the mare that defeated the Maid at Roches- iz credited with five victori but they were not creditable ones, asno other horse con- tended, she beingthe ouly entry In the special-telal- of-specd purse” throush the Scptilateral. She started once in the free-for-all, but went behind the pauner in the tivst heat. With the victories of Smuggler, Little Fred, Adelaide, Irenc, lannal D, and othiers, the public s familiar, and th 3 of these horse together with those of many others, will be found in TOE TABLE, AS FOLLOW: Sprague. They ha Naue. l_vomy e | w0 wony Tiadger Glrl. Blackwood. DOBLE AND BODIN Tn the account of the recent race at Sacramento, Cal., between Bodine and Occident, w peared in Jast Sunday's TRiBUNE, the writer pressed the opinion—as if imparting romething that would be news to the zeneral public—that dur- ing the coming xcavon the Chicaxo borse would nn- doubtediy lower his present record of 2:19%f. Since Bodine has pussed into Budd Doble’s hands there has been ¢o much talk of this description by people not perliaps familiar with all the ins and outs of trotting-horse affairs, that 1t is time the matter was presented in 1ta truc light, o that, what- ever reduction the Chicago horse muy make of his present creditable record._before the season closes, the public will understand just bow much im;:or- ance to attach to the matier, and learn to whom the credit of such performance 18 to be given. It is well known that when PETER JONINSON who dreve Bodine lust year, took charge of the horse in 1873, he had norecord better than 2:30, ntirely out of condition, was regarded by en as of no account, and, in addition to was confirted *‘hitcher,” au unfortu- nate, peculiarity of guit produced by too much driving at top spev 1In 1574 Johnson took the horse thro: the Kastern Circuit with wonderful success, winning everywhere but at Cleveland and Hartford, s defeat at the latter place belwr caus- ©d by the substitution of Cirarley Green for John- €on as driver, the horse being distanced in the first heat that Green haualed lim; gave hima record of 2:193¢ b:fore the season closed, and Wwou in purses over $10,000 for his owner, 1t was then thought thut the horse had reached | the zenitl of has fame, but in 1575 he “came out in fine form, and early in'the season, aiSaginaw, won ahot race from American Girl, dndge Fullerton, and Leila, and redaced his record to 2:19Y, show- ing that the limit of his speed had not been reach- ed. Shortly affer this race he TIEEW OUT A SPLINT on one of his fore I and, as lameness ensued, was turned out for the Season. Lust year Le was taken up, given the usnal prelimiuary work, and, after a fairly successful campuigm Tn Michigan, was sent to Cleveland to hegin the seriex of free-for- all ruces, the otherentries being Goldemith Maid, Smugzler, Lula, Judge Fullerton, and Lucill Golddust. It is well known that in these races Goldsmith Maid and Smugzler hiad it ail their own way, their superior speed 1ot giving the other horaes any show. From these races Bodine emerged with a prond record. He had_ trotted in every one of the even cvents and had never been distanced. something which none of the others could boast of. The Maid was, of canrse, never ¥hmt vut. but she did not start ut Rochester. Smurgler, Luly, and Fullerton were all_distanced in the first heat at Poughkeepsic, while Smugzler and Lulu took the flag on other ver casions. BODINE WON MORE MONEY than any other horse in the free-for-all, the Maid und Smugzler excepted, and would undonldedly bave'done belter had Johnson be aitted to drive for **u piace,” Instead of bein sent on a wild goose chase afer Goldsimth Maid, in the vain endeavor to win a heat from a mare whose cqual has never been ecen. and who has at least two sec- onds the best of the Chicago horse in point of speed. By takingall the trof out of Bodine in the first lieat, several’ chances to win second moiey were undoubtedly sacriticed, butof this it is hurdly necessary Lo speak, £0 well are the facts known to horsemeh. Atter s campaian of this description it was bnt natural that the liorse should be exhuusted anu low in dlesh, and common_pradence wonld have dic- taied absolute rest until a building-up of the sys- tem could have been effected. Instend of pur- suing this policy, Bodine was brousht to Chicago, and set to practicing weight-drawing, 319 ponnds being the amount put hehind him. Of course this did not improve a horse alrend; aigned 1o deatn, and a mile and repeat in ) 2:u8ig, with this load, over 1 track, finished the business. le was-then shipped to Cincinnutl, where, on'a miscrable hnlf-mile track, bemetu fine field of horses, including racers, and . of course, defeated. Ludd Doble then took 1 to California, where hie hws enjoyeed the: ud- vantages of a salubrions ciimate, and on his retarn will 10 doubt sho bis real form. THE PROPHECY apove above alluded to, viz.: that Bodine will beat his record during the present season, will undoubt- edly be fuliilied.” In fact, he accomplished the feat on several occasions last scason. when he trotted sccond and third to the Maid in her fastest heats, but the fact that he er the wire of course prevented bis time fr mng a record. Bodme was timed 1n several of Lis races lust suni- mer in from . Iiis scason e will ot be pit aiust the same ciass of horses that e has herctofore contended with, the givinz of a purse for horses of ‘the 2:19 cines, afluded to elsewhere, plucing him with horses of an casier stupe. In addition to this he will be driven by Doble,—n man who always gels the bustof the judsing. " 1f Budd can give the Chicage horsea record of 2:163% or better, and win 1 majority of the races in which he participates. Le may fairly lay claim to being the superior of Johnson, but, until he does this, hordemen wili think that Peter V. has handled the biz on of Volanteer with ay ‘much skill as anybudy conld. RARUS AND BODINE. Sux Fraxcrsco, March 24, —The race occarred at Oakland Park to-day between Karus und Bodine. “The weatlier \was favorable, but the track on the inside was x little heavy. Rarus won the first heat bya length in ;won the sccond by half a Iength in 2:3 A ", and'the third and_ race in 5. Budd Loble, who was to Lave driven_Bodine, was abent, and John' Crooks was substituted. John Splanadrove Larus, Next - Sawrday Goldsmith Maid nnd Rarus will trot it San Jose fora purse of $2,000; $1,000 is offered as 2 speed premium in case the fastest time cver made 1 the State—2:16%;, made by Occident at the State Fair a few years ago—is beaten. TRACK TALK. “ «M. Delatfe, a_prominent French tarfman, will shortly retice, and dispose of ois thoroghbreds. Arlstides—the great red horse—has showna splint in hie ear fore lcg, and has aguin to be thrown ont of training. " This will be'a great disappeitment to the many men of Kentucky, who anxions to see anuther- contest between him and Ten Lroeck. Jack Reed, driver of Great Eastern.. will manage the Syrucuse, N. Y., track during the coming sea- son. S. W. Wheelock, of Moline, T11., is distribting photographs of his stallion Romulus among his {friends. That full brother to Red Clond, abont which there was o much tatk_two years 'ao, is ngain forcinghimselt to the front. ~Johnny Wade, lted Cloud's driver, says he can now trot close to 2:50, and predicts great things when the scason opens. A number of Denver sportsmen held a meeting last week and orgunized the Denver Jockey Club, The first mecting will begin Junc 13, Iasting three daye, purses to the smount of $5,000 beiny: alrcady arfanged lor. The officers of the new Association are: President, J. W. Austin: Secretary, C. W, ‘Wright; Treasurer, George Babcock. Representatives of the Japanese Government re- ceutly visited Sacramento. Cal., and purchased for shipment to Japun a mare, the dister of the well- known horsc Rulston: a filly, ont of Dellarino, by Norfolk; a llly, by Norfolk, out of Magwic Daic; & ‘mare, 2 years old, by Norfolk, out of Fvadne; al- ®o, of stallions, they purchased the favorite Facer Bradley and the colcbrated talston colt. The ag- gregate purchase amounted to $15,000. Thede agents have also purchnsed of Mr. - Dougherty five zuporior Clydesdale stallions, whick, with the pur: chases of yesicrday, will be’ at once shipped to Japun, They have alzo purchased 2 number of fine thoroughbred sheep and cattle. Several of these Iutter were bought of V. F. Chapman, of San Francisco. The entire lot is to be speedily for- warded to Japan, The followlng are the noteworthy snles roported during the week: R. Penlstan, New York, to E. C. Murshall. satne place, b. ¢. Prodizal. by Happy Scdium, dam by lack Bashaw, for $050% W, 1. Wilgon, Cynthiana, Kr., toA. Betts, Bettaville, 0., gearling fly by John Gright and yearing colt by Sterlmz.” dam by Kimbrough's Abdalial; Willlim Weedon, Maysville, Ky., to J. & Wholey, Cincinnati, b, . Dick Dawson, by Frad- ford's Telegraplu; J. V. Drury, Waterlao, TIL., to Henry Bland, St Louis, double team, Edward Everettand Berkley; B. G. Thomas, Lexington, toJ. W. Winkle. Alzura, lo., gr. s. Londondorry, by Lightning, dam by Voucher; Ii. Ii. Hunner & Co., Nashville, to Georze Stone. Thomassille, Ga., blk. g. Clint Taylor: to Thomas Ilopkins, Macon, Ga., b. g Frank Ridd, by Ben Lomond} Kemper, Tallubassce,’ Fln., b. ¢, Drift. R. P Pepper, Frankfort, Ky., fo Bruen & Peasely. Carman, 1L, ch. & Fani, by Alesan- der's Belmont, dam, Glory, by Jackson's Western 31::, b. 5. Egumont, by Almont, dsm by Pilot, % BASE-BALL. PITCHERS’ RECORDS. It is a common, enjoyable, and harmless amuse- ment at present for bull players and their friends to figure out how the changes in the teams for this year huve affected the elficiency of certain pitchers, basing it, of course, on the well-known fact that most strong batsmen are singularly effective azainst some deliveries and curiously weak against others. This theory carried out wouald, if correct, make it possible to get up a team that could beat one nine nearly every time, while much less effective against the other fonr clubs of the League. To explainby an example: Manning pitched for the Bostonsin five games againet St. Louis last year, and won four of them, while the Browns, though they could not hit Manning, won every game they played against McBride, Joscphs. and Bradley. Again, McVey Ditched four games for Chicago against lartford, and the Whites won them all, while out of the re- maining elx games in which Spalding pitched Chicazo won only two. The records of individual players azainst certain pltchers are found in the reviews of the twenty-cight different series of 1876, published in these columns as fast ns they were completed. From these the records of the men for the eeason against coming pitchers huve been gotten together to ehow, as far as may be, the compurative cfliciency of those pitchers aguinst the new teams, The deilciencics in the estimate are these: That no record exists of the ability of hols aud Larkin; that Dradiey’s strength azainst St. Louis, and Bond's strenzth ngainst the Hartfords, cannot be found, beciuse those clubs have not played nguinst them, and that the nser- tion of new men in teams, noticeably Louisville and St. Louis—may throw the best-laid schemes out of joint. Ilowever that may be, the ** proba- bilitiea are like this: Bradley will meet in the Cin- cinnsti team this reason nine men who played against him last season and made the following records: PLAYEES. Joncs, ‘Addy Kessler Fol atthews Hicks allinan The average of base hits per zame was thercfore 0,61 for cach player. a rate which would indicate " about 6 toa zame: This skould be riised romewhat Ly the substitution of Cuthbert and Pike for Gould and Kessler, but no fizurcs can be given for them. The principal seems 10 be, then, that if the players in all the clubs bat this_season’ about a3 last. ‘and i€ Bradley is about as effective, he will meet with the following record: Av. hits per man Clubs. ver gan Cinctnnatt (9 men). Thurtford (9 men) oston (11 wien). Loulsviile (7 me 1f this he ueccru‘d a3 a basis, it ehows simply that Bradley will be batted hardest by Louisville, and. least by Cincinnati, with St. Louis an un known quantity. 'The samne method of applying the figures shows the followinzasto the other pitchers: §PALDING. At hits per man per gan 0. Cuts. Hartford (0 men), Loulsyille (7 mea) Cinefunatt (10 m Tof on (10 men). St. Louls (7 men) Louts (7 men). cfunatl (11 men) Loston (i1 men). Hartford (9 men). Chicago (5 men)... Hartford. St. Lonis " Loulsville.” BOND. Cliyeinn: Chicago. % It seena from these fignres that Bradley would be most effective azainst Cincinnati und leasi against Louisville; Spalding stronge. MHartford and weakest agninst St Louls: Devlin best ugainst St. Louis und poorest azuinst Chica Muthews best aguinst Hartford and least eifective zainet Chicago; Lond most effective ngainst Louis- ville and least 50 against Chicago. “Ihe varying records of the clubs against different itchers may in the same way be ecasily seen, ag, or instance, in the case_of Chcago, which shows the best record against Bond, Nathews, und Dev- n. Again, ft is not out of the way to guess at the probablé success of two clubs as aainst cach other when the record of the pitchers of cach Is given. For instance, Loston ought to beat Cincinnati if they average fifteen hits in a game off Mathows while the other party are making ten off Tond. It remuins to eay only that all estimates barcd on past achicvements are generally wrong, and, winle 1t is not u hard thing 1o ilxure from records an ab- solute result, it happens in a_majority of cases that ~ome disturbing clement vitiates the whole calculation. PROSPECTS IN C. DA Special Correspondence «f 1'he Tribune. Loxnoy, Ont., March 22.—The weather here of- fers very' poor 'encourazement. for indulging in base-bull. “The snow isasolid foot in depth on the ground, and the sleighing is 08 good oy at_any time during the winter. There is very little doing in base-ball circles. Some of the juntor clubs are ormunizing, and a movement has been starfed in Woodstock for erzanizing s Junior Base-sall As- socintion. Delegates have been appointed from a number of elubs, aud the Convention s to be held in Woostock nest month. Oitside of Guelph and London, there will be 1o base-ball nines of conse- quence in Canada. The prospects of the Canadian Association are not encourazing. It is doubtful whether mare than two or throe clubs will send delegates, There is such 3 wide difference be- tween the gencral run of Canadiun Lall-clubs and the two professional teams of Guelph and London that they have no interests in common, and the idéa of competition between tiicm is-oat of the question. 1f g Canadiun_orzanization is main- tained, 1t should be confined 10 exclusively amateur clubg, "excludinig sucli teams as the Tecumsehs and Maple-Leafs. ‘The Pecumsehs have enzuged Fred Waterman, of the Tauntons of Jast year, complet- ing the team. The heighs and weiizhts of the ten are as follows: Hetght. Welght. 0.00° 196 Goldsmith 2 m : 15 Averazo fieignt, 5 fo 1 pounda. o & THE ST. PAUL TEAM COMPLETED. Spectal_Correspondence of The Tribune. St Baeie March 8. —Our teaa. for the scaton was completed to-day, It is as as follows: _Salis- bury, of the Brown University team of 1876, p. ; Gro: of last year's team, c. ; Gault, of last year's C: 1b. ; Miller, of the Indianapolis, 2 b. ; Ellick, of the Memphis Reds of 1876, 3 0. and change c. 3 cClellan, of last year's team, . £ ; Ely, of the Maple-Leufs of {1870, 1. f.; Scott, of last year's teaw, c. f.; Jerome,,a St. Louis amateur,’r. f: and change p. ; Allen and Frank Gault, both of last year's team, subs. Miller will manageand Capt- oin the nine. * He is now here perfecting arrang ments for the traininz of the men when they arriv An early southern trip is contemplated, and will probably be carried ont. . Oar route will be down the river to Jemphis, thence to Lonisville and Cincinnatl, rtarning vis Indianaoolis, Chicago, and Milwaukee, and reaching home by the time good ylayiag weather comtiiences here. — We think We havezut justas good as the country affords, and when we get home shall be glad to have all the **good ones' come up hereand take the canceit ont of us—if they can.. RED Car. 3 orreppondent at Pittsb 5 Aletter from a corréfpondent a urz . eays that the Allegheny playera will all be on hand vy “Galvin. lives and will ve ready for p} k. 1tis expected that the grounds will be iu shape by the latter date. The nex Club, which has been fargely and incorrectly caphed, is 10 be us follows: Ilagan, of 1t eurs s lloeheny: 1. ; Blackburn, of the same Club, changep, ; Lane, of the same Club, c. ; Carry, of the Xuntha, chanze c.: Wilkinson, of the Allegheny, 1 b.: Graham, of the Xantha, 2b. ; Junkin, of the Standard of Wheeling, 3 b. ; Guise, of tie Erle, 5.. ; Phillips, of the Braddocks, 1. f.; with Denny, of Princeton College, and the change pitcher and cateher to choosc the other fielders from. This is evidently, us the correspondent intimates, a team which will uot allow the Allesheuy to talé many naps of the field. They will occupy the same grounds as the Aliegheny, but are not likely to travel much. AMore than s few unkind things have been said of the professional ball clubs because their members were ot natives and citizens of the cities which they represented, but a sketch-of the new Pitts- burg nine shows that the semisprofessiouals arc on aboit the same plane. For Instance: Of the Alle- gleny team McKelvey s the only Pittsburger; St. Louis, Holbert in Daltimore, Dolun fn St. Louis. Goodman in Reading, Will- inmson In Philudelphia, Nichols on Lonz Island, Nelson 1n Williamsburg, Creamer in Philadelphia, and West In Brooklyn. AN UNSOPHISTICATED MANAGER. Mr. W. P. Rogers, Manager of the Milwankee Club, was in town last week. In the course of 4 conversation on base-ball matters, he took occa- sion to speak in terms of praise concerning the mansccment of the *‘reorganized Ath- letica,” "his enthusiasm being - based upon a ctter from hat Club, received some ten dags ago. in which they say they would ecorn to take a player already under contract with an- other ciub, and that if Milwaukec really hns a con- tract with Bennett, of course the Athletics will give him up. As Milwaukee hns a clear contract with Bennett, made a4 lonz ago as last December, while the Athletics enzazed him only last month, Alr. Rogers innocently thinks the Athletics will make no more ado ubout the matter, and that the; will keep their word by promptly siirrenderinz all claim to Bennett. It i3 plain that Mr. R. has had no previous dealings with- the Athletic crowd. Ife knows that no club_ever had a plainer riekit toa man’s gervices than Milwaukee has to Bennett's, and he thinks that because the = Atbletics say they will voluntarily mve up Bennett if ¥nch prior right pertaius to Milwaukee that they will actually do so. ~ Mr. Rogers may be sure that the Athletics will do nothing of the kind if they really want to keep Dennett.” There s nothing in the precedents of - Philadelphia management to warrant the befief that the Athleties will stand by the virtuons position taken in their letter to Mil- waukee. ‘The chances are ten to one thut they will go square back on it, and search for some techni- culity wherenwith to fortify thelr attempt to steal the dforessid player from Milwaukee. This view of the matiér is Lorne oat by deelarations in the Clipper und Mercury of last week, to the effect that Bennett will certainly play I the Athietic nine. BENNETT. The Secretary of the Leazne has notified ull Leagne and Leazue Alliance clubs thatC. W. Ben- netthas signed _contract with the Milwaukee Clab for the senson of 1877. Mr. Rogere, of the Mil- wankee Club, suys that he did not send to the Sec- retary of thie Leaguealist of the players under contract when his club joined the League Alliance, because lie thought thie suzwestion in the circular cxplaining tlie_azrecment that the players might sign such notices a good one. When he found that Bennett was trying to get out of his contract, and refused to sizu sncli a notice, he notified the Sec- retary that tne contract had been made, and far- nished hhin a certified copy of it. This accounts for the fact that Secretary Young did not issue the notice until the 16th inst,” The sugzestion referred £0 by Mr. Rogers will be found in the following ex- tract from tuc last paragraph of the letter inviting nou-League clubs 1o join the Alliance, and*which asks them in case they slzn the agreement to send 10 the Secretary of the League ‘' list of the plarers nlready undér. contract witn your - club, and the period covered by ‘cach con- tract, and, while "not mecessary as to contracts already made. it is suggested that it would have a good eifect upon your players 1o have each of them ign such list. A form of notitiea- tion of future contracts will then be sapplied yon und the Secretary of the League will send you, oflicial notilications of all players undér contract with League clubs and with ail non-League clubs that are or may Lereafter become parties to the ‘Leazue Alliance’ agreement.” 'The **Leagzue Alliance Azreement ™ positively requires a notice of every contract made by a club party to that agreement to be signed by the cluband the pluyer and sent to the Sccretury of the League. Conse- quently, whenever a *‘League Alliance Club™ s'a contrnct with a pliyer, a notlce thus signed must be immediaiely sent to the League Sec- relary or the contract will not be recognized; but this rezulation of course has no application to con- tracts made before a club joins the League Alliance and undertakes this obligntion as to contructs it may make while a party to such agreement. FINLEY. ‘The followinz extracts zive some idea of the i terest which is felt in the Chicaos’ eleventh mas The Chicagos have cngazed an cleventh player in the person of W, L. Flaley. of Pekin, T The only In- formation at hianid Is Lt hie I8 8 **dark home, " wiic of course, Is betcer than » **paie korse, ” and that he 0 vears old—old enough t6 hic turned out to grass.. Daston Jerald. The Chicagus have engaged an unknown player, Fin- e hafilag (rom a country. amateur club, aiu whil try hfti 4 catc! case MoVey falls fo face Bradiey us Philadeiniiia dercury. z notliics the Browns tliat M. L, Finley has £ Iy the Chleazo Club. The ™ lunacy of ‘thats Ainds. In Chicagn tsivad | amin take water 4 froin Pekin B c Dentocrat. fie Chiearo Club Iias_enisaed s young man named ey, 10 replace White behlid the bat. He s ot pres- a ereat unknown,—Syracuse Lourier. ley, a strappinz fellow from Pekin, [L., has heen sl s cleventman by the Ghicagos. “He wil klit lits nose around our city Rextmonth.—Cincin- natl Enguirer. Some keen cye has uncarthed a mew catcher for the Chicago Club. " His name 1s M. L. Finley, and he comes from Pekin, 1l.—Courier-Joirnal The Indianapolis Sunday Sentinel may rest as- sured that the enzagement of Finley will not hurt .lh; chances of Hurry Smith in the Chicago team, as it fears. . SEMI-PROFESSIONALISMS. The Syracuse Courier hears that the Crickets, of Binhamton, have engazed Arthur fllison, who Dlayed with the Lonisvilles last season. 1t is understood that the new-fashioned Athletics have joined the Leazue Alliance, though itixbuta rumor as no notice having been received from the Secretary. . The Providence Dispalch asserts with plenty of italics that a first-class nine will be placed in the field there next suminer, and that §5,000 are as good as raised for backing. Mr. J. A. Williams, Secretary of the Interna- tional Association, tes thal the constitution and rules will suon be printed, arrangements hav- ing been concluded to that end. The Janesville. Wis., Club have perfected their ormanfzation and secired their players. They cliim to have a strong team, and will join the Leagne Alljance. The Fairbanks have been invited 10 open theirgrounds some time in May. Mr. F. A. Marsh, an old newspaper man, has accepted the management of the Syracuse Stars. Tug Trant Nz hopes he will come out better than the conspicuous newspaper ass who bursted up the club of which he was manager last season. McCormick, pitcher of the Syracuse Stars, has written to the St. Louis Republican, asserting thav he never offered to go to Cinciunati, and never wrote to Mr. Keck about the matter. ' It remains only for the Enquirer to back up its assertion or take twhat the Fon. Bob Addy used to call A walk. The following clubs have arranged 6o far to play with the Fairbanks in Chicago during the season: Stars of Syracuse: Milwaukee; Red Caps, St. Paul: Indignapohs; Tecumseh. Canadn; Janesville; and the Evanston College nine. They also expect to arrange with Sfinneapolis, Guelph of Canada, and Buckeyes of Columbus, 0. The Chelsea, of Brooklyn: Allegheny, of Pitts- Dburg; and Buckeye, of Columbus, have sent on their lists of players, and thus made good their membership in ‘the’ Association. The Stars of Syracase have also applied for admission, which will be granted them. ; The Buckeye is theonly clubwhich hasas_yet ‘entered for the champion- ship of the Association. The Fairbanks are hard at work every day in the White Stockings’ hall. between 12 aud 2 o'clock, pitching, catehin®, and batting. Their gymnasium practice hus hardencd them down, and they are showmg up very strong at the bat, as well as in ev- ery position. The pitching of Brown and Bracken, and the catching of Mooney and Baudle, isvery fine, They are being put through all manner of esercise under the direction of Edwards and Barke, who are nsing every cffort possible to put the boys in condition to win. The Syracuse Stars have joined the League Al- lance, ond have also applicd for admission o the Inter-Nationsl Association. 1t fen't well to fore- cast any trouble, but T Trisuxe mildly suggests acase. Supposs—only snsmose—nm the Stars and Chelscas should_have a ittie difliculty to leave out. They have both agreed to leave said difficaity to the League Boanl, and they have both agrecd with equal solemnity to leave their _dmlc\:lluns to the International Association Judiciary Commit- tee. Now in casc of a difficulty wouid ‘they do either, or which, or both, or nefther?« And how wonld it turn out? Secretary of the League has notified_all r_Z.Z-fin and League Alliance g:lnbs that the Star Base-Liall Association, of Symcase, N. Y., and the Minneaolis Base-Ball Club, of Minncapolis, Minn., lavejoined the Lengue Alliznce, nnd have sent him the following lists of players engaged by them for the season of 1877: Stars of S)'rncnsg— Alesander McKinnon, Henry McCormick, Will Ger, Peter Hotaling, M. R Manxcll, John Far- reli. Albert Hall. . \*. Carpenter, James L. Clinton, Richard Higham. Minnen; lis Clab— William Chillips, James O'Day, Willlam Bohn, Williom A. Hoffman, Albert Gredel, Willam A Eolley. The Star Club of Syracuse, which possesses one of the best playing nines in the country, brings with it into the League Alliance an example that will exert a_wholesome influcnce upon clubs thalg may he tempied fo sanction revoly- ing®by retaining a _player under prior contract with anottier club. = Beinz satlsfied that the St. Louis Club had & valid claim to Dorgan, one of tho best plavera in their nine of 1876, their Di- "rectors voluntarily, and in 8 manner bighly credita- 25 honorable men, gave himup and mathiman to St Loais. Thia’ ourse cannot fail to meet general commendation, and places the Stars in the front rank of the real reformers of the. fgame. s begn made for the SE. Loufs Arrangements have becn made for the nis Club {0 open the Springleld, 11l., grounds on their Girst Enstward trip. st. Louls Browns have adopted a respecta- blzhéht-mmded gort of shirt for their mmrm instead of the skin-tight clrcns-rider affair which they have all along worn. The battine order for the St. Loms has been settled as follows: Clapp, McGeary, Rattin, Force, Blong, Remyen, Dorgan, Croft, Nichols. : The Courter-Journal explains that it thirsts for Information a8 to low man times the g:h&n:por';cr per has secn itham an affer Bl drdicer—Severas B St. Louls Is commeneing the annaal_ **ink-wast- inz* on predictions of' a complete wipeont of the Chicagoites. bothi for the Western championship and the ntional peunant.—Philadelphia World. The Glode-Democrat says all sort of good things about MeGeary on the oceasion of his being elect- ed Captain of "the St. Louis tesm. Which means, 25"“'::':‘!'.;‘3;:"5"7{ are prepared fo acquit him in Sgaanes should it be found necessary to try bim Ar. Kecle will sell no_season tickets' this He will charre 75 cents admission fo the {é‘..'.i stand, and 50 cents to the pavilions. Owing fo the 15-cent arrangement.of the tarnstile, th ** bear-pen " will not blosso, "thres for 25 cents. —Enguirer. - " oys at three About 300 feet of the fence about ground was recently blown down‘.mnlt lsh: p?:?:;: pavilion, which has so long distirired the Sroand. did not suffer a similar fate. . The Boston's gronnd gencrally docs not present i fiting commentary on e icverance aj —§ Yauken pe nd neatncss.—St. Louls The New York IForld learnsin some mysterios way that the League catchers will wear Lh’c newl?f invented mask. McVey's wire fenee basn't sof zlong yet, and he won't wdkry much about it if" It docsn’t come at all. There % a zood deat of beastly Bumbug in contrivances to protect men from thinzs” which don't happen, There is aboat as much sense in patting a lightning-rod on a catcher s a mask. The Sentinel,hasa **red-flannel™ item for the cditor of the Péople, and it is that ayes 15 a creat admirer of the game of base-ball, and cometimes plays with the boys. Ile has done much to en- couraze the game, and 1cis to be hoped: that he Wwill keep up his' interest in it now and show people that there fs nothing In the **pare™ sport todogradea man in any way.—/nalanapolis Sen- ‘The Cincinnati Club seems to have been com- Pleted, this tioe by the selection of Cuthbert, of nst year's St. Louis, a4 loft felder. The Enguirer., custing records to the winds, thinks him the best lelf-elder in the country, except Andy Leonard. ‘The nine will now be placed as follows, both posi- tions and batting order being taken into account My, €5 Pike, 2b. Jones, 113 Hyllinan, . .5 Cuthbert, 1. f.; Foley, 3 b.; Nathews, p.? Booth, . u. e 1t may not be kindly taken, but still the advice in freely given to St. Louis toput off some of the laudation of Nichols antil he bus becn faced by one or two strong Leazueteams. 1t is uskiny too much of him to demand that he carry ont some of the things that have been promised In his behalf. Notiling abeolntely follows the fact that a picked Dine. OFeven the Indianapolis team, failed to hit him frecly, any more than can be infered from the foct that keven members of the Chicagos of 1877 b:ll{?ll 30 hits off him in two games last summer. Don't crowd the young man. “There comes from all over the country a concerted: complaint about the weather, and the voice of St. Paul joins the grumble of' London, Ont., whils Milwaukee and Chicazo Jook out of the window at the snow drifts and wonder if it is really true that the Lord hus vetoed the game. - Then again in far- off Boston the profanity of the players and the pa- ers at the snow is only imperfectly repressed by Moody. TInshort, it is a period of uster discour. agement over nearly all the country. and the ill- fecling s not at all alleviated by reading uccounts of ganies played in St. Lo Nothing of any particalar note_has happened in Chicago this week, the time of the micn being prettywell taken up with their exercise under Prof, Ottignon, und their battinz and_running vractice. The only 2leam of rensationalism was jn the ad- Jent.of the net pitchier of the Fall Rirer Club, 1 gentlemnn from the ‘interior of Illinow. e took off his cont one ufternoon and showed the boys come'things that they bad never heard of before. It is no exigyeration of the new man, whose name isJolinson, To say that he his the most power to put the carve on the ball at will, of any pitcaer who has -cver passed under the writer's eye. It looks ax if Fall Kiver had really picked np a jewel out on the Western prairies. To show how those persons who onght to be the- best judzes of basc-ball teaws and their strensth sometines gucs wrons, the writer notes: the fact that, while in Cincinnatl about the last of Apri, 1876, cight members of the Chicago team under- took to zness what the position in the champion- #hip race the cight teams would have at the end of the reason. Following arc the _estimat the cight. as to three first places: * cago, Mutual, Hurtford.” **Chicugo. St. Louis, Hartford, " ‘Chicago. Athletic, Jutnal,” ““Chicago, Hartford, Athletic, ™ **Chicago, Athletic, St. Lonix, ™ ** Chicago, Mutual. St. Louis,” ** Chicago, Mutual, Boston,” ** Chicazo, Mutual, St. Louis,” - The only man who gncssed second place right was Mines, and the fwo who gucsscd St. Louis a8 it camo out were Spaldinz and Addy. The persons who gucssed Athictic second wonld not thank any one to credit their judzment with that estimate. QUESTIO: ANSWERED. Masacee—Fluley s not under coutract for 1578 ¥. M. T.—*Please give the names of officlal umplres for Cuieago."” Anmwer—They have not been cliosen et W. B. C.—*Did_Indlanapolls drop™ more_ than oné game In Memphis? They yere zolnz to play thres. and Thaven't scen f bit one.” Amvier—Tne Indianapolls played three zames {n Meinphis, josin Saturday’s by 8to7, wluning Sunda) by 5103, ll‘lfi ‘winnlni; Monday's By 9 to 4. J.S. T., Lanurk—"* Did Spaldtn; with any pro- fessional clubs In that year [n the present sense of the word. [dinz played'in 1857 with the Forest City, of tackford, and the Excelsir, of Chicago—both belie clubs walch took gate nioucy and divided It up. E. R., South Bend—'* What kind of hide is used to make brown leather shoes such as the Indlanupalis Club wear? and () Whiat do ticy eost per pair Airer— n- 1 tanned In a pecutfar Depends on many you want.—say. apair. Correspond with ‘A" G. Spalding & 8 Randolph strect, orJ. W. DI Kelley, 88 Mad- ison'street, Chlcago. PEDESTRIANISM. O'LEARY, the Chicago pedestrian, and Crossland, the Shef- fleld boy, began their second 300-mile walk for £100 aside at Manchester, Feb. 28. The match was modifled after its commencement, so as to in- clude seventy-tnree honrs without remard to the number of miles. O'Leary started off with a lead, but was walked down at the close. and withdrew at the end of 267 miles, having badly blistered feet, and being generally used up. Crossland won by walking 287 miles in 69 hours 30 minutes. The English papers thus comment on the affair: Thus has terminated this great match. From the st there was 3 suspiclous sound abouc it. and fts genuine nature was not uelleved {n by the majority of pedestrian sutioritics. Whetlier genulne. or not in a monetary polnt of vicw, th: contest bas been a memorable one. und, If the measurement of the distance can be properly verfiied,—wieh we trust ¢ will,~the performance must railk as marvelous one. cellising aa {t does all previons eorts at lonw-distance whiklng. The fastest Tecord hithertg for 247 infles, was 84 hours 15 minutes fw seconds by Weston, and Crosland s covere that distance n a tride les3 than 6o Lours—neurly iftern hours shorter than_Weston. O Leary, althowils de- feated. Is not at all discraced, as hie walked well throuzhione. and can boast of liavine accomplished the aquickest 200 milea on record, viz., 46 hours 35 minutes S0 seconds. ‘The six days' match between Daniel O'Leary and E. P. Weston I+ to take place during Easter week, at either Lillie Bridze or Agricuitural Hail, Lon- don. 'The whole of the money, £1,000, i now de- posited in the Sporting Life office. Sir.J. Astley #ending a check for £400 for Weston and J. String- er vending in £300 for O'Leary. / YACHTING. < CAPT. DAVIS' DEFERRED REPLY. i Capt. J. Davis, formerly of the yacht Ina, writes a long letter from Toronto to Tie TrinuNe, incurporating two opinions upon the race between the Ina anid Frolic, saiied off Chicago last summer. Yachtsmen, at least, will remember that the Frolic rounded the home stake-boat, while theIng only crossed the line. The Ina came ina few minutes ahead, but the referce decided in favor of the Froiic. Capt. Davis submitted the question to Capt. Joscph Ellsworth. of the New York Yacht Ciub, and the Roval Canadian Yacht Club, and both have decided that the Ina won the Collaterally they consider the irst day's race and the rizht of the Frolic to run inside the break- water. Upon this point they. differ, Capt. Ellsworth, that she should have kept ontside the . pler. and the Canadian Club that she was right in acting as she did. The day after the race, Tig TRIBUNE Insisted that the Ina had won, while_all the other papers protested to the contrary. The decision, which is o rizhtcous one, vustains the views of Tuz Trinuse, and accords the race to the Cana- diusn yacht. aterial 18 calfs OTHER SPORTS. = COCKING. Chappell, of Detrolt, recently challenged Jerry MMonroe to show fifteen birds at $30 a battte and for the odd fight, and the latter promptly accepted the terms, and the contest will take place not far from Chicazo on the 10th of April. Both men have some splendid_ birds, and the =porting men of Chi cazo and Detroit who takean interestin such ins ters are nnficwauu, 2 gamey dispute. and will probably attend in larze numbers. Final arranue- will .be’” made just before the day fixed for the- battles, and, asa forfeit iy up. the contest is sure to take place. RIFLE-31100TING. The Deardorn R:fle Club has made two attempts to get a meeting to cohsidera circalar sent out by the Amatear tifle Clubof New York invitng one 95 more men to compete for places on the “team vhich will 20 to Enzlagd in Junc to rhoot a match there. Chicazo will not be represented, inasmach 85 an answer to the circolar st be scnt by April 1, and every attempt to geta meeting of the Club 1o act on the matter has proved a dead failure. ————— It is rumored that the prohibition of the ex- port of box-wood from the Abiassian forests will soon be removed by the Russian Govern- ment.. It {s estimated that these forests will afford a plentiful supply of prime box-wood for a period of fifteen years. The quality of that which has been hitherto mainly exported from Poti has been for some time deteriorating, and the supply must soon be altogether exhausted. Abont 40,090 tons of box-wood were drawn from Persian_territory and exported to France and England in 1575 at a cost of from §10to 350 per ton, free on board. Box-wood weighs about uvlexnty-flvc pounds to thecubic foot, and s very costly. B —~— ART IN NEW YORK. Something Concerning This Spring’s Exhibition at the Academy. v the Editor of The Tribunz. v Cmicago, March 24.—I read in one of ous city papers, “A man mins his edacation in art through ownership:” It is doubtless true that first-rate, or even fairly good, pictures do not reveal all their beauties at tirst. They require to be lookedat in the daylight, in ghslight, ond in cloudy weather. The beautiful in pict- ures thus seen will in the course of time become vivid to their owner. But education fu art, gained in that way, comes but slowly, is always defective, and necessarily confined to the com- paratively few who have the means and the will to acquire such tressures. No; a man gains his education in art by reading the splendid litera- ture of art, by seeing the best works that can be come at, and by comparison of their subjects, styles, and finish. I heard one of the finest artists in this country 8ay, a few days ago, that the Joan collection last summer in New York® bad -given artistsan in- spiration and the educated public an apprecia- tion that had carrled iocal art many lengths to- ward perfection. There arc not a few artists in New York to-day who are more worthy of the consideration of American boyers,—not esti- ma)tll:g them alone by the prices of their works, —than are scores of the famor artists. And this js not the resu.ll.‘:)’i nf;mefl::; Instruction or study of pictures of any particular school, as the owuer of pictures is confined to those on_his walls, but by a ready taking up of :;fifir?‘ng good, and by direct application to The New York Academy will open thi on April3. Last year thc’Amfle:gy nper‘n’l:gpfl Slind an oceasion of wide interest, as it_was known that the country: would, during the season, be flooded with foreign ort, and that foreigners in troo) of' _thousands would ~ come to critiise. The most of the good pictures inlast year’s exhibition went to the Centennial. Some were parchused and taken abroad : exchanges were made between foreizm and home artists ; manv orders were lelt with New York artists, vet to be filled. In nearly every Capital in Europs are now to be seen examples of our best landscape and flgure painters. Judging from ap, nces in New York, at places where pictures are exhibited, and from what may be heard at such of the clubs as are_ Ire#fi:entcd by artists, the Academy this spring will show an advance upon even last year Indeed, I have scen sufficient to justify me in making the prediction. IfTnness and Hart, and ‘Wrant and Bristol, and David Johnson, znd twenty others, among landscape painters; and McEntee and Tiffany, and S. Gifford, and many more, who paint Jandscapes with firures—or Eastern scenes, enlivened with moving caravan, or groups of Asmtics, rich in the cos. tumes _and atmosphere of that climes and Beard, with his bears and doms and monkeys; and the marine punters, De Haas and Moran ‘and Gifford called ‘““the great and izhc first shall be’last) those figure-paiut- ers, Irving, Guy, Brown, Eastman Johnson, T. W. Wood,—if these, and more besides, when their works are seen next month, shall not. be. universally declared artists DESERVING AMERICAN PATRONAGE and American praise, then will the best judzes inNew York, who havebeen permitted elimpses, be sadly mistaken. Inthe line of figure painting, perhaps: the finest—finest is not_alwayvs best—is found ix Irving’s pictures.. He ‘aspires to rank as the - American Meissonier; but if he succeed, what of it? Meissonier is bezinning to be left be- hind, if not by any artist, certainly by the rising patrons of art. Eastman Johnson has beex, mrh:le is, the most popular. His later works “show him to be ambitious, but it may be donbt- cd if wisely ambitious. His' stase-coach was success. His * Husking Corn” of last year was passably £o0; it remains to be scen what will be thouglt of his new work' ‘The subject he has taken is disaeTeeable, with some agrecable and even beantiful features. - The name given to it is “The Tramps,” and itis 42 by 64 inches in size. All instantly know what sort of belng is meant by the word-** Tramp.” All' who en- counter onc of this vazabond class experienee a fecling of loathing, and 'too often ol fear, and few will rejoice to, kmow. that he is immortal by means of the artist’s brush. It is truec ‘there is no attempt to’ ideatize him in this picture; lml,whfy aint him’ atall? Who could bave pleasure of him' in' the’ drawing-room? The picture, leaving ' out of 1t the tramps, would be lovely.’ The scene fs's farmhbousc of $the better sort i a beautiful spot’ in Western Massachusetts. The farmer,” his wife, a city lady, aod little girl are finely drawn and tolored. Butthe farmer stands half con- cealed by a half-closed door,—which he is ready to close,—the housewife is partly tsecn just in- side a partly-shut window, who looks as if momently expecting a savage knife to flask in the light of the declining sun. The city lady and little cirl are erouching with fear in an angle of the house in a vain effort to hide be- hind thick vines. Tnere is much fine and some powerful work in_this picture, bat it cannot please. Tam afraid it will serve to give Mr. Johnson’s already precarious reputation, as* standing at_the head of Americin fizare- painters, a slight cloud at any rate. .In pleasine contrast to the pictare above de- seribed are the sweetly-homely &biec:sfnre? and skillfully wrought out, of Mr. T. W Voo, ‘This artist has the fuculty of secing wl after afew years, will be of great value, the’ pictur- esque side of NEW ENGLAND LIFE. While so. many talented artists spend their strength in guessing out scenes and situations of a bundred or thousand years ago, and paint- ing so-called historical works, Mr. Wood chooses existing subjects, but yet, in the main, suth 1z it are on the border-land of the past; and in tix sense paints historical subjects. New Englu: is changing rapidly in the stsle of its tarm- houses. The old house decays or burns down, and is replaced by a new one modeled on your smart village dwelling. The prim square room, the spacious kitchen and dining- room in one, a plain bedroom, and high posted bedstead and homemade counterpsue, the roaring fireplace, the settle, the dos and the cats, the drying apples and “punkin’” stretched right under the cefling, these are objects of priceless value to the artist, as they were of support and consolation to the generation that bas almost vanished. A right use of these materials, with appropriate flgures added, all treated with a true artistic fecling, must result in pictures that will live as marks and illustrations of onr times. This, for the present, seems to he the line that Mr. Wood ’/lhls chosen,—and right \vnrthlll; does he pursue t. Three new works by this artlst will be in the approaching exhibition. < AMr. Walter Shirlaw'snew picture he calls ** Sheop-Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands.” He arrived'in New York but recently, where he was kindly welcomed. I saw him at the Century Club, where he was beinz entertained by some of the artists. He exore3ses a strong desire 1o take up his residence in Chicago, but naturally doubts if it would be wise to locate at any other than the art-centre. Those who remember him here, when he had =z studio in the Crosby Opera-House, as . a tall, erect, bony,—and not too handsdme,—Scotenman, wilf accept an assurance that he fooks the same now. His new picture is very strong, is proof of great talent and high trafning in the artist, but’ it may be questioned if he has done uuy- thinz finer than the *Toning the Bell,” of which Mr. Willing, of this city, is the fortunate owner. By-the-bye, the London Graphic of Feb. 22 has 3 full-paze engraving of:ft. Yes. New York is the place for artists, as it is the place toseeart. The best sales of Bostou dealers, as also the Philadelpbia, have made . this scason were made in New York. During the last two weeks I have seen above 500 pict- ‘es, nearly all by eminent hands, sold at aue- n at good prices. In_this connection, it is curions to observe the fashions, or rather the favorites. One of the many great European artists will paint a striking picture, something, perhaps, a little out of the common: a rich con- noisseur buys it, and the artist reigns for o day. Now it is Bougucreau, now Merle; 1 it is Cabancl; then these are nezlected, and Gerome ' and Detaille only witl answer. At Knoedler’s there fs a splendid ar- ray ot all these. [ will not speak particularly . of any of them; bat I cannot help remarking ot Gerome's Sword Dance ™ that itis likely to dis- appoint those who have read the extravazant praises of It that have appeared in the art-ex- pounding journals. Therels a good deal in the work, and” much that is inimitable. But the “ Sword Dance” is what one goes to see. A Turk- ish female, eraceful enough—and not too much attired—a sword balanced on her head, dances in the middle of a room furnished in the usual fashion of the East, and surrounded by fellow- elaves; upon a cushioned bench reclines the Tord of the establishment, taking coffee. Rignt across the picture, immediately in front of tte dancing figure, shoot what fur politeness’ sak we are expected to call. sunbeams—for that is what the artist intended them for. They look solid. metallic. If the dancer’s bare legs shonid hit aainst them, it would not be the sunbeams, but 2 pair of delicate_shing, that would . suffer. At all events, one is forced to recall the writ- ings of Prof. Tyndall on dust and a ray of-sun- lizht, and then one wonders if the dust will ever settle, and o let the . sunbcam vanish, cr whether the dclicious female will go on forever - +*kicking up such a dust?” that it never can set~ te. B F. A. Eastsus. B