Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO- TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 6, IS77-SIXTEEN PAGES 7 FIELD AND TURF. émofld (;‘r;lme- Between the Chicagos and Stars. {n Which the Latter Are Dis- ~ astrously Defeated. Reports of Other-Contests "% Oceurring Yester- day. I :vht Prospects of a PBrilliant E"g-Seascm at Dexter Park. Afansur Promises Both Trot- ting and Running Meet= E ings. Col. Further -Comments on Budd Doble’s California Record. A Brutal Trainer---The Louisville Meet- ing---General Horse Notes. BASE-BALL. CTSTERDAT'S GAME BETWEEN THE CHICAGOS TESTERDATS O erans a5 the most satisfactory one which the Chsm- ploas beve pleyed this yezr, becanse there was Tore action, stir, bustle, and businese in it than chich have been played 3« common tothe game Ywere as well 89 in other cities this season. It is to now clear the dumbest critic in e countrs (except ome, aud he s 1o New Yor¥) that oudiences will mot goto bull-gronnds and pay admissions unless they & eee something in the nature of excitement snd fun They go not consider throwing = man out at fret, afier 8 dompy bit, half 23 mauch entertain- qment 25 3 long hit. #afe or csnght by an ontflelder. “That is why the sudience of yesterday took inter- est intbe game, 2nd cheered it twice a3 much as Friday’s contest. Before gaying anything concerning the game, 8 few words of justice ehould be given 1o Jr. Cone, the ampire. - He had merve eunough ta tackle an ubuse which has this season, more than ever be- fore, threatened to kill -the game, and if there were more men like him in the posi- tius, the pracice would be put -down. o ome can misunderstand that round- arm throwing instead of pitching is meant. Me- Cormick, the so-called pitcher of the Stars, has niow occupied the position’two games in Chicago, 0d he Las not complied with the rules on pitching | 1n over five balls in those w0 gawes. 'The rest of ‘e time bis delivery bas been from just above his bipto the height of his ear. Yesterday he pitched tuily Balf the time with his hand but very little be- Jowtbe shonlder. Mr. Cone saw this, as every otherman who £at behind the plate did, and under- tookto carry out the rales, He called two *‘foul balls ™ in accordance with -Sec. 3 of Rule 4, and Another wonld bave ended the game, when High- am. who hss been allowed to take charge of the aoe, threstened that he would take bis team off thefeld unless McCormick was allowed to deliver theball'as he pleased. Mr. Spalding was nnwill- ing to disappoint Lis audience, and gave way, rather unwisely a8 it seems. There s mo doubt Thtthe first blow at unfair priching, such ag Mc- Comick's unguestionably is, would have been grick by Mr. Cone had not Mr. Spalding objected. Jtwould have been one of the best things that ever agpeced 1o the game to rule ont and disbar ol the throwing, beginning - with - McCor- mek. The *Stars play in Janesviile to-morrow, &xdit is tobe hoped that the umpire who may be selected in that city will demand an obeervance of the rules. - If we can once get a slart. it won'tbe s @fscalt thing to oot out the whole breed of open- nied and defiant rle-breskers. | The geme, 08 suggested above, wasa fine exhibl- tionof baitingon both sides, with rather more #rrors than there was any call for. Chicago led off inthe person of Barnes, who gent & xafe one over second forabase. Amson followed witha rizht- $eld drive which let Barnes to third, but while he *ason eecond befellvictim_toa double plar by Farrell slone of McVey's.line hit. . Spalding bt sharply ai Geer, and fonnd the latter’s les wide open, wherefore the ball went o the = field, and Bames —mode the frst run of the game. . This cdvantase was offset in the gecond Inning, when Manseli led off for the ftary with a two-baver to right ficld. Smith xent Htinwell 10 Barnes, and the ranner would have ‘Been out at third hut for Barnes' wild throw to An- sn. A passed ball letin the run. ana tied the wore.ntke third fnning the visitors tookx two runs by errors by Braales, Peters, McVey, and /Barues, snd clean bits by Carpenter and Gecr. The / Wore 6tood in this notch—3 1o’ 1—uutil the ffth + lnisg, when John Glenn J\ulled down his cap, niten his bands, demanded a good ball. and cracked it clean and clear to the left ficld fence for wobases. Smith took a zood deal of intercst in * s performance, and, being enconrazed by the 2p- plaase of the audience, fell on the sphere and sent Glemn . home. _ Barnes - hit, 25 bs doty wos, to richt field, and ad- vanced Smith a base, though he retired himeelf. Anson compelled the scorers to put down znother dean hit for him, and McVey zsked and received a two-baser. Spalding made” an out, but Peters, hines, and Bradley each took clean hits, and the cowd kept np the shonting and enthusiasm while freruns came in, o'l camed. To ofiset this, the Biars made two in the scventh inning, und earned one of them, but the Chicegos put 1n a per contra of three in the eighth inning by the excellent bt 17 of Glepn (who took another two-baser), EBarnes, Spulding, Anson. and Pefers. “The harp felding play was vlenty in the game * mtwithstunding the errors; Spalding rather took off the ribbon by _his ciever handling of some bad throwing and hitticg; Peters had somcthing lodo. and was more picased at,jt than on the pre- Tipusday when he stood around like a crippled Indien in front of a five-cout - cigar-store. Xe heloed Dradley make ope of the sharpest 72 of the scacon off Mansell, who was watching e¢ and forgetting Peters. This was only eguaied by McVer and Anvon's catching Mekin- Zon off third n the first inning. Hines waked up ¥ell o his batting, but wasn't allowed & chance in thefield. ' Emith made very creditaple first appear- and _accomplished a dificult catch very ly. The visitors depended larzely on Geer, oz, znd Farrell for their work, and were 0t fl*xgflwh_&ed. Hotaling was 8150 good, and Mansell bad his first chance in two games. = Any other fnformation may be found in ‘THE SCORE:! | Eol | = NETE x| E 5 2| 2 1 3l 3 5 2 3 11 o 5 1| 11737 1| 2 5 o 1f 3114 of 0 sl 1| 310,73 5 1 5| of 214 o of O 5 of 1| 4 o 5 1 3l 2| 2 4 0 0 1 sl 11 1 4 1) 1f 0 44| 9/ 17| 61| 27/ 16| 8 sl 1| 1| 5| 2| o 2 5 ol 2 5 1| 5/ 1 4| o 1} 7j13| o 0 5 1] 2 41 0| 0 4 o of 1) 2.0 1 4 of 2 3 30| O sl of of 1f 4 4 2 4 1 1] 1] 1} o 2 4 2 2 o 2/ 1 0O 39| si11]23ievii0l 7 SconED, P 234567889 ‘0005003 0D 120002005 ZARSED, © . \ 23456789 000 5:0:0 24107 s e 0,0, 0,00 0 1.0 o1 v —Anson, 1; McVey, 1; Glenn, 2; Hskinmon, 17 Jioizling. 1. SRRt otsl Lases on clean hits—Chicago, 21, Star, 12. Pirst base on errore—Spaldinz, 1; Peters, 1— g}?g, 2 Higham, 1; MeKinnon, 13 Carpenter, Lefton bases—Chicago, 9: Star, G. {:‘Hfllvmll.—llc\‘ey. S; Higham, 1. . 4 pitenes —McCormick, £ Bridlés, 1. FRbire=J. Fred Cone. "~ > “““;fi!lll.ggru Fame of the senson in Chicazo Tahouss Place Tucadsy between the Chicagos ant EXCITEMEXNT 1N JINNESOTA. Vg, JPectat Dispatch o The Trtoune. mll"!nruus. JMay 5.—~The first game of baee- “Dellof the seaon was played in this city to-day sooneen thie Red Caps, of St. Paul, and the Minue~ Vo fine. The game ended witha score of 110 Jn'avor of the Minneapolis team. Great ex- cut prevatied, both being. professional nines, $0d much feeling existing between the two. cities. g:l;‘n:n, he Minneapolts catener put ot iwelive- mhmu thebat. The vase. hits were three for oo iners and two for the Red Caps; the errors tvo memn The game was played in Iy morins time of one hour. and TUE FAIRBANES IN MILWAUKRE. i Mo Special Dispatch 8o The Tribuge. ~ s urATREE. Wis., May 5.—The first gameé of eazon ‘ocenrred’ this alternoon between:the w‘“flflm. of. Chicago, and he Milwatkoe nine. 1 d pitched for the home club, and did well . the frat game jn which he has pitched. . He was i nit for only fonr bases. The home club batted well. making twelve safe hita. Errore—Fairbanke, 117 Milwnakees, 9. Runs—Fairbanks, 5; Milwankces, 8. Earned rune—Milwaukece. 1. P ILA]T THE EAST. B ROVIDENCE, R 1., May 5.—Base-ball: Har- vards, 7: Browas, 0. Y % Al PriLADELPRLL, A8y 6.—Base-ball: Atbletics, 12; Princetons, 2, May 5.—Brooklyn Hartfords, LoNpox, 6; Tecumseh, A NEW DECALOGUE. At the time the Syracuse Stans let home for their present trip, the Courter of their city submitted the following decalogue to be observed by citizens :loig'éicu%lwhllu éhe clup Wllu l;\'fl)’. It is I'clll v reading and appreciating other people than those In the City of Salts > it . 1. Should the Stars fail to ** Chicapo™ every club with which they play, it will be particularly {5eambent apo those who'don't pay a plcayune towards their maiote- aance 10 set up the hue aud.cry that our much-vaunted 2. 1f perchance it should happen that the Stars should win the st game and lose thé second (n anv city whera tLey Dlay twodays, {t may be taken as indubltuole evi- deuce tint the won game was given them In order to draw a crowd the nesz day. 3. 11, on the othcr hand, the Stars should lose the @irst game and win Lne second. o one need hesitate to say that the first was **thrown” In order to effect the same result as above. . 4. Should rome player o the Star nine make afatal Dlunder at a decisive polnt In & game, it may be taken for granted that lic has Le2n corrupteil. 5."If the Siars should return Lome with less thana majority of the games played to thelr credit. thelr ar- rival should be anticipated by an indignation meeting of our citizens without regard 1o Tace, COIor, polltics, or previous condition of servitude. We would suzgest a cost of tar and feathers for cach member of thc (cam as s lenient punishment for thelr pertidious plaving, & If lirown, Jones, or Robinson beta that the Stars will beat the Chicaiok two Lo anc, and they do not suc- fiéfi?ré.'f&" cltorts, no mercy should pailiiace the hea- 7. When the repost comes that somebody {s malmed and cannot play, let all agree that Manager Marsh is *givinz us a aitif, ™ and it means the premeditated de- feat of the Stars. 8. Every little thing sbonld be viewed with eyes of cusplcion, astne Stard bavo gone West to barter away mor. 9. When {t rains, and the telegraph announces **No game,” the fact 18 patent Lhat the clerk of the weather 15 10 Itague with the ** crooked ™ men. 10. If the men who bet do not double every cent wagzered on the Stars, Manager Marsh, the tear, and Dody counected with the game, should be **bull- jozed ™ out of town. ‘A rigorous obedience to the rules set forth above wiil e conducive 1o the fostering of & healthy Interest in the great naticnal game. The men who put thelr Lanés in thelr pocket for the sake of the Stirs, will, irse, repudiate our Instructlons, but If The srmy paupers obicrve them, the edds almed at o = 2 ATHLETIO CONTRACTS. Egglerand Meverie have entered sults against the ATBICLTE “Baso-Ball Cluw, &, Tiicks Hoyhurst, George At puom. George W. Pumiy, Cusles Sporiox. Al Ttéach, W. W. Lyle, and Thowmas J. Smith, stockholders of <ald Company. und azalnst such other perons wha may be stockhoiders und who may be discovercd ang’ myde defendants. Eegicr was promlsed S1.800 for his fervices during the scason of 1876, oud of this amount $1.317 s still due him, Mererle's claim smounts to $795. With $1,200 due George Hall, and the remainder of thie ninesufferers in proportion, {Ldoce uot require a Vastamountof Mtelligence to sce square through oue of the grandest fizzles of the sge.—Cuuier-Jourual. For the information of the above-quoted paper, and the general public, it msy be proper to add that the same party are preparing for another fizzle 01577, They have enzuged & team ana_entered into duly-witnessed and legally-arawn contracts with each of them, but the crcain of the joke is 1hat the contract in each case binds the player most. stringently and does not bind the clubat all. A copy was sent to this oflice as a curlosity by a cor- redpondsnt. and a competent lawyer, who has had to do with hall ciubs in his time, pronounced it & most ingenions document. and one which wounld hold the player as tight as8 drum, but under which e could not collect 3 dollar from the club that hired him, unless they chose to pay it. 1t is easy to see that Mesers. Cragin, Thompson & Co. don't propute 10 have any Inwsuits on their hands at the close of this year. They will simply laugh at the lager who asks for his pay, and tell him to go sue for it **under hix coutract.” Then, when he takes that contract te his Jawyer, he will appreciate for the first time **the Athletic Association of 1877." ALPHABETICAL TEAMS. ~Lat week an ingenious contnontor sent o list of mares all beginning with B, to make np 3 team which Lie thought could not be surpassed by any uine wen whose names began with any other let- ter. **F. M.," of Kankukee,and **An Admirer of the Game.™ have gent in’ nines begiuning with M. which they think lay over the former gpecimen. ¥, M.'s arrangement ia: McVer, c ; Matthews, .3 Mills, 1 b.; McGeary, 2 b.; Meyerle, 3 b.3 ack, s. 8 ;McMulien, 1. f.: Muroan, e f. Manning, . The otlier arrangement suzgested ted Bradley for an average of scven hits to & game; ond, eight hite to a game: and Spaiding nine hits ton game, By that way of looking at it. ten hits is not giants' work, by any means, Yesterday's sev- enteen hits by the Chicagos was merely o fair day’s work. Nichols, ot the St. Louis Club, having pitched a very creditable pame against the Stars, 18 rewarded by the nssertion in the Glole-Democral that he is +* the snperior of Bradley in every xcsgect. When the twelve games detween the twa clubs have been concluded, if St. Louis wins more than half, Tuz Tmrsune will agree to the assertion. 1t is a crrious and not entirely creditable thing to ‘be raid of the Indianapolis papers that the only at- tempt to report or describe the zume of Wednesday with the Chicaos was in the ittle News, an after- noon paper. The morning shects didn’t attempt to much. more than_mentionthe contest. It would be a strange thing §n Chicago to wait for next day's alternoon papers to bear about a game. The St. Lonia Globs-Democrat learns that Cath- bert 15 anxlous to be released from Cincinuati, so that he can accept an offer from Indianzpolis. The story s not at all likely cithr as to the player or the Indianapolis Club, though it sccms probable enongh that Mr. Keck would agree to the change it nkc{{ The Indianapolis Sentinel denics the state- ment. Two or three papers, notably the St. Lonis Re- publican aud the Providence Dispatch, have rather prematurely gone into mourning over the loss of The services of Suton to the Boston tcam. The former paper says that Ils arm {s permanently dis- abled, and the Jatter says that he will be forced to play substitute in consequence of rheawatism. I this be'true, how does it happen that he pinyed in the first League game, and hiad no error, with four put-onts snd onc assist. That docsn't indicate permancnt dieability, by good deal. “The beauty of having the full schedule of Leaguo gamee made up carly in the season s clenrly ap- Jarent o 3r. Spalding and otber club secretaries. fhey are now getting their tours into shape so that within a few weeks they will have a gamo arranged for every day throngh to the closa of the scnson. Mr. Spaldinz finds applications o plenty that he expects to have his off dags all arranged for within a_couple of weeks. A full echedule properly carricd out will simplify and systematizo Tatters this year far beyond anything over before attempted in the history of the game. The question whothor Boston would o to Brook- Iyn, or Brooklyn to Boston, on Decoration Day, has been scttled, as noted in tho echedule, by the apreoment of both to stay at home. The ne- cossity of stronz attractions on that day, which is pernaps the best holiday in the cities_named, have led Mossra. —Fersuson mmd Wrignt to pick the strongest teams out- side the League to meet them, ~Mr. Wrizht hus closed an engngement with the Indianapolis Club to go East, and they will start about May 25. Ferzason will mect the Rochesters the same day in his city. : The crowds in Philadelphia do not seem to be turnine out with as much force a8 one would be led to expect from *‘the greatest basc-ball city in the country.” The Item says: **We have been looking at the bueiness futurc of the Athletic Club, and we really don't see how they can afford o pluy important games at a quarter of a dollar. If the attendance were as large as it nsed to be, it conld be easily bo dome. But with_only throk or four hundred people on the ground, the Club will be starved todeath. I something conld be doneto awaken enthusiosm and bring out two or ihree thouaand people, 25 cents would be enough. But it looks as if they would be compelled to charge 50 cents, or even S1, for important gumes. The public have themselves only to blame for this siate of affairs.” This is nnkind to Chadwick, but true. No club can live on Philadelphin audiezces at 25 centd a head. - QUESTIONS ANSWERED, F. 3. and 3. F. B-— - Will you oblige with a de- cision of this bet: A bet B that the Chicagos 5 to 1—meaniug 100 per cent The score was 1 100; who Sec answer to Geo. F., M. —in Friday's game. winst"” Answer—: below. F. M. F., Chicago—**How many games did the Hartford and St. Louis Clubs win and lose from each other 1n 1876%" Ansiwer—St. Louis. won the fourth, fifth, sixth. sevenih, cighth, and nth, or six out of ihe ten games played. " Lsrtlord Wou e rest. AL Up—(1) **How much rnbber does the prezent League ball contain (2) Is it contem- Plated to increase the welght or churacter of the rubber? (3) 1f not. how are they going to make the new bali more lively " Anawer—(1) One ounce. (2) Nov (3) By windine it tighter. jsthe same, eXcept that the outfield would be: Muraan, L. f.; McSorley, ¢. f.; Manning, r. f. It would be. impossible to eay which of the three was the beet team. but the B’s show best on paper. Probably the following sesortment of S players ‘could win from any of them: Spalding, p.; Sny- der, ¢.; Start,” 1 b.; Somerville, 2 b.: Satton, b.; Smith, s. e., Shaffer, 1. f.: Schafer, c. Selvard, =, 1. Another contribuidr, i Gy, gosts, %vnlfung. p.; Suyder, c.; Start, 1 ver, 2 utton, 3 b. ; Somerville, 6. 3 1.1 Smith, ¢ f.. Seward, r, f. Sawser in thig 1ist 15 second baseman for the Harvards,"and ia eaid ot to have made an error this season. SEMI-PROFESSIONALISMS, * McGlynn, of last year's Syrscuse Stars, will catch Torthe Athletics for a little while. Eden, of last year's Indianapolis nine, hasjoined tlic Minneapolis Club, and arrived at his new post of duty. The Cincinnati Zimes says that the Syracuse Stars +“are composed of extremely young men.” What does Dick Higham say to that’ The Matuals, of Janesville, Wis., have added to their team a néw and cxcellent rst baseman, Cole- man, late of the Nameless Club, of Brooklyn. He will take the place of Chandler, who bas been very properly retired. The Mutuals expect to play the Syracuse Stars to-morrow, and hope to give them 8 liard, close game. The Drooklyn Eaale thinks **it will be queer it a New York club_outside the metropolis should heppen to win the championship this season. * The Stirs are much more likely to win the flag then any club ever in New York or Grooklyn, and they have 2 rather rough time hefore them, a3 their games here and in Indianapolis show. The announcements of engazements for last week are of Julien with the AMinneapolis and Redmond Sith the Memphis Reds, thelatier to take the place of Cammius. "By the ‘wa, e gever liave heard Why the latter was dropped. Did he look upon the cocktail when it was red in ihe glass, orwhatt Will Mr. Walsh please tell ua¥ TheRed Caps, of St. Patl,opened the ceason last Thureday witn 8 game with a picked ninc which they defcated by 8 t03. Their first recular game of the seacon was played yestorday at Minneapolls with the Bines. The latter have added two mew men, Walth and Eden, to their team, and a St. TLouis paper says that J. Gleason, of thieir city, has nccepted an offer to play third base for the Biues. The nine chould be full by this time; and o dis: patch above shows that it was. Ritterson, of last year's Athletics, came out here nn- der a contract with len Shott, to play with the Lud- lowe. He went with the Club to ulsville, and wa: rduy he came 10 _George Hall, om well, lumywld him he h(:d been lets In the lurch out & dollar in his pocket and hundreds of miles from home: morcover, he had not hed snythingto eat elnce the day betore, Hall rafsed $20 from the. members of the Loulsviile and Cinclnnati Cluba and a few citizeas with Which he bougct Ritterson a rallroad ticket to Phiia- @elphin—his home—and gave him the rest to buy a “*square meal.” Ritterson leftfor home Jast night, & sadder and a wiker man.—Lnquirer. It won't be lonz before the rest of the team will be following in his footsteps; another month is Jiberal allowance for the Ludlows to break up. s4L. 3" writes from Providence, R. L, to say that, while he reads Pitk; SCNDAY TEIBUNE'S ball- columns with respect and regularity, be is grieved 10 see that in a recent lesue it referred Lo the popn- Jation of Lis city as 7.,000. Ile thinks 108,000 is the fiznre which shonld be used.” Having taken tiie Aigures from the latest gazetteer at hand, TuE TrintxE man fecls as if he should be free ' from 0. R. M.—**T saw the heights of a_number of ball-players in_your paper; are they mensared in ball shoes or without shoca? ' Yon say Anson is six feot three inchee.” Answer—You are entirely mistaken; you never saw the heleht of any player inthis paer. Don't know how they measure; think Aneon is aboutas longasa ruil, whether that be 6-3 or more. F. C. S., Milsaokee—**What club did *Mack,” the present short-stop of the Indianapolis Club, play_with before he joined last year's Browns? (2)'Did_he ever belong to the Rockforde:” “dn- swer—Mack (whose name is Dennis McGee) firat played in a professional club in 1871 in the Forest City of Rockford. In 1872 he played with the Atlletic; in 1573 and 1874 witn the Philadeiphia; and in 1875 with the Covington (Ky.) Stars, Geo. ¥. M.—*‘‘Please declde the following bet, of which T am stakcholder, on-last Tuesday’s Chi- cazo-Indianapolis game: Frank bet Sam that the ‘Whites would beat the Indianapolis 4 to 1, nud the score was 3 to 0¥ -Nothing was erid by cither of them about the number of runsio be made by either side.” Anairer—Give the money to Frank: 3to 01is morethan 4 to 1. Asa general rule, 1t0 0 1s more than 10 to 1, and on that principle Tue TrinUNE hasalwaye decided such bete as were left toit. At the Fame time, it is proper to say that if you write to the New York sprting gapers you “l-’m not get the same answer from any two of them. Scorer—** Please advise me whether the fol- lowing misplays should be charged as errors: (1) A maifed foul? (2) A runner beingon basen ball is thrown to the bageman o well as to catch the ranner o the base, but the biseman, hiviug dropped it, 1ails to put the man out? Both these kinds you will observe donot necessarily give bases. Answer—(1) An error thould be givenon a mufl- ed fonl in most cases, but rarely or never when the catcher takes it sharp from the bat and fails to hold it. (2) If thescorer is clear that a chance to makean out has been missed, he should score an error.. It looks as if you understood Sec. 7 of Rule 8 to mean that an error should not be ecored unlees a base was made off it. It mizht be stretched to indicate that, but such was not the in- tention of the malkers of the rule. THE TUREF. ANOTHER TROTTING MEETING. After muture deliberation, Col. Mansur has de- cided tohave Dexter Park **1ay over™ any track in the West in point of meetings during the present season. He has arranged a fonr cays’ meeting for trotters slone, to begin June 12 and continue four days. The passage of the bill prohibiting pool-selling, in both Houses of the New Yori Leg- islature, has, ns expected. operated disadvanta- geously Lo the tracks in that State, and there is no doubt but that the majority of the best horses own- ed in the East will be sent West to take part in the meetinge here. The Octalateral Clrcuit scems in a fair way to be ruined, as the Western horse- owners declare that they will mot trot where they capmot buy pools, and, as the tracks at Buffalo, Rochester, Gtica, and Poughkeepsic are placed underthe banof the pool-bill, it is not at all likely that the meetings at those places will bo successful. Private advices from New York state that Jce Horker's stable, in charge of Charley Green, will come West abont June 1, und there is & strong probability that the horses composing it_ will take part in the June meeting at Dexter Park. ‘blame about the error. _** L. AL ** adds concerning the failure to snbecribe for a nine: **There 18 abundant reason why funds have not been ralsed, and it certalnly s not that there is not capital Tere.” Well, then what is iti—iell us ail about, §t. an Eastern paper snnounces that the new Providence nine 1s likely 10 be Pearce, Sweasy, Pearson. Sullivan, Gebhardt, Durgan, Evans, and Jeffornan, Mostof these have their reputativns still to make. TERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Louieville Club nas been put under the charge of Hague as Captain. The question sbout Nitchell fu these columns has 1ed the £aguirer to vonchsafe tke information that | hels -*purely local amateur talent.™ Dickey Pearce's suit azainst he St. Louis Clab has been dismiseed without hearing the evidence. 1t scems to have been called when Be was away. The Boston Herald suggests that °*the ecores of {he season o date Indicate that an additional half- ounce of rubber in the ball would benedt the game Dy increasing the number of runs.” ‘Mr. G. W. Bradley, ‘of the Chicago Club, has justmet with a great lose in the death of his Taiher, who lived in Philadelphia, and occupied a osition of responsibility ina mercantile estab- ishment there. Manning hos accepted the terms offered him by Mr. Keck, and it may be pretty generally conclud- ‘ed that he will play with the Cincinnatie this year. §ijs resmier position will be short stop and change itcher, & place he filled with the Baltimore nine n 1874. —Enguirer. lowing is a model Boston joke: *‘They are cn};:}woringm prove in the Weat that Farrell, of the Syracuse Starg, is not heavy enough to play second base. 1t may 5e €0, but it is noticed that most runners Farre(i)ll whoattempt to steal a base on him.” ¢ * The Philadelphia Sunday Republic guotes the rospects for the championsuip as follows: ++The ase-ball stock markcet. ranges about follows: Chicago and Boston are about even; St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Hartford follow the above-named clubs.” f p The managérs of o certain weelkly paper have in- strueted ap mportation from the S‘:!ren Dials to”} Dlackguard The Trisu~e until he gets into such a row a will advertise thelr sheet. fla is" doing his ‘best, but it will be a considerable time betore he gots'the notice for which his soul yearns. -~ After'th Stars won from the Cincinnatls, a cor-. rospondent asked the. Enguirer what awas going to become of the Reds if Matthews, their pitcher, .remained sick. The newspaper: answered that the more prdper guettion was, * What 1s colne to be- come,of:the Leagne nines if McCormick; the SyTa- cuse pltcher, stays wellt" ity ST A telegram to St. Lonls speaks of the Cincinnati team asg'l:.glnnl! of the batv"e.'bemuse they hit Mc- Cormicx,. of the Stars, for. ten bascs. 6 fan't ‘acconling to general impression of what hard hit- ting onght to be, Last season League clubs oat- The regular summer meeting takes place dutlng the week commenting July 15, and during the first week in duly the usual running meeting will be given. The programme for the June meeting Is as follows: FizsT DAY. Purse of $500 for horses of the 2:24 class; $400 to first, recond, § 10 third, $30 to fourth. Purscof $400 for horseiof the thirec-minute class; :20?“:0 first, $100 to second, $CJ to third, $40 to ourth. 200¥D DAT. Purse of $700 for horses of tho 3, 2:30 elass; 8350 to first, S180 to sccond, S10010 third, $70to fourth: irse ol for' liorses of the 245 classy to first, S125 t second, 0 third, $50 to fourth. TRIRD DAY Purse of $50) for huises of the 2:34 class: $250 to first; §125 to second, $75 to third, $30 to fourth. ‘Purse of $400 10r horaca of (e 2350 class: $200 fo first, £100 70 second, $60 to Third, ourth. UETH DAY Fo Parse of $550 for liorecs of the fint, £125 to second, $75 to third, Purse of SL200 10r horaes of the 2:19 cluss first, $30010 second, $150 Lo third, S120 to fourth. Season tickets to Dexter Park will be for sale after Monday at Col. Mansur's headquarters, No. 76 Dearborn street. 1t i3 proposed to keep the track" open until 8 o'clock p. m. ¢very evening for the accommodation of genticmen who may wish to use it-with their ruadeters or trotters. BUDD DOBLE'S DRIVING. The comments of Tue TRIBUNEoOn the ** funny ™ ‘manner in which Budd Doble has managed {lfl horses during the past six months in Californfa, has moved several papers in various parts of the coun- try to remarks concerning the matter, and some of tliem have bammered Mr. Doble in much the sume monner that he did Sam Purdy at Buffalo last sessou. Now, o man of such wide reputation as the driver of Goldsmith Maid is not without friends in all parts of the country, and some of them in Chicago have complained that this paper was treating Budd unfairly, although .on what grounds they base such an assertion it i3 dificult 1o underetand. Tnr Trmuxe merely intimated that Doble's conduct in California during the past iz months hud been of such a charucter as to piace himina bad light before the public, which has ‘been accustomed to regard him as one of the few drivers who would not take part in any **monkey- ing.” Insupportof thisassertion.itshowed that in several instances he had agreed to drive certain horses In important races, that the announcement of such agreement had been made pnblicly, and that at the Jast moment he had failed to appear. Men who backed the horse he was aunonnced to drive, on account of his #kill, and who would not have invested a dollar nnder other circumstances, were deceived. _ But it was not on account of any 40 class; S250t0 fomreh " o 8! athy . for the bettinz class that this paper n{: ‘lfl{d Mr. Doble, but in h‘zlfill( of the geperal public, which went to those races with : the expectation of secing one of the mastgy reinsmen of the country drive. In the recent ruce between Bodine and Liarus Doble failed to appear on the- day of the race, and the driving of the Chicago borse was intrusted to John Crocks, & very competent man, but, ashe had never before pulled & line over the big son of Yolunteer, it was idiotic to_suppose that he conld bring out his ~peed or handle him in the race to the best advantage. To show the popular feeling, it 1 only necessury to state that on the night be- fore the rmce, when it was ‘considered certain that Toble would drive, the pool-seiling was $10 to $8 in favor of Bodine, but at the track on the follow- ing day, when Crooke was seen behind the Chicago horse, the betting was S100 to $25 on Rarns, Doble's excuse for non-appearance on this occa- slon was the sickness of his wife, bnt just how he will explain his failnre to drive Bodinc in the race ‘between that horsc and Occident, at Los Angeles, on April 28, is hard to be_gcen, ince on the fol- lowing day ho waos bebind the Maid In her race with Rargs. On the previous Satarday, at San Jose, Bodine defeated Ozkland Maid to Wagon in 2:0, 2: 2:233, and on lgmvlnus ‘oceasion ident with ease, Doble bemg in the sulky on both occasions. In the Los Angeles race, to harness, Bodine was defeuted in much elower {ime than ke bad made to wagon seven days be- 2:23, 2. had beaten Ocel fore. To eay the least, this 18 gauzy. It Doble and Spln desize to 20 n 8 hippodromlng tour,no- a8 any objections, but they snould at least do their WOTK in such & manncr s not to **give it away ™ to the most casual obscrver. NASHVILLE RACES. Nasnvire, Tenn., May £.—On this, the fifth and last day of the Nashville Blood Horse Asso- ciation, the weather was cloudy and the track vory fiavy, but there was 8 goodly throng in ai- tendance. Every day has brought out’ large crowds, the clash of horses beinzof a nigh ity The meeting has proved the most succesdful ever held here. "The first race on tho card was the Belle Meade stake for 3-year-olds, one and a half milce, $25 entrance, play or pay, the Association to add £500, fho second horse to have $100. The race was won ensily by Horn's King William, Hunt & Reynolds' Garry Owen sccond, Douglass' Belle Isla” third, Maycr's Annle C. fourth, Swigert's Lisbon fifth. ime. 2:51. The second race, selling race, pnrse, $§150, one orter, three starters, was won eagily by Wargis, the favorite, secomi, Joc Burt third. " Time, 2:21%4. Third race, consolation puree, $200; second horse to have $50, mile heats, was won by Glas- o, Righland Vintage sccond. Time, 1:525, 250, THRE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS AND THE AMERI- CAN HORSES. Spectal_Correspondence of The Tridune, NEW York, May 3.—Tar 'CRIDUNE has already beeninformed by wirc of the result of the race for the two thousand guineas stakes at Newmarket yester- day. Chamant won, Brown Prince being second, and Silvio third, the other starters heinli A. Baltazzi's ch. ¢. by Buccancer, Voltella, Monachus, the Monk, Thunderstone, Strachino, Morier, Warren Tiastings, and Kingeclere. The time given i3 1:50 fora mile and seventeen yards. with 122 pounds up, or1:40 fora mile. This is about as good a8 a 3-year-old race here, as we may take the differ- ence in favor of the turf “track as coun- tecbulancing the slower page at which most En- glish races are run for the first part of -the istance. Chamant was backed at evens, 8to4 was laid against Morier, 14 to 1 azninst Silvio, and 33 to L aguinst Brown Prince. ‘The race needs no Qescription, as Chamant and Morier lav in front to the distance where Brown Prince challenged, but was beaten pretty casily by a length, thougn he secured the 31,000 for second by three-quarters of a length_from Silvio, Chamant is out of Aran- caria (a daughter of the fumous Pocaliontas), the dam of Camelia, who last year won the One Thou- sand and divided the Oaks. Ie is a fine, big bay, with two white front feet and a white leg behind, and last year won three of eight racee, including the Priory stakes at Lewes, anu the Middle l’urfi Plate and Dewherst Plate at Newmarket, the latter important events proving him unquestionably the cruck of the year. . He stands a very good chanca of repeating the exploit of West Australian, Gladi- ateur, and Lord Lyon, and scoring all three of the big events. rown Prince is a Yankee horse, by Lexington— imp. Britannia IV., by the Flying Datchman, and Lence a brother to Madame Dudley, & fast mare of Alr. Sanford’s. He i3 a slashing big honse and had only run oncé before, at Newmarket, April 20, when be won a race over the same course. Heis in for the Derby, St. Leger, and Grend Prix, and 20 to Lis inid against hum for the first of these races. He ought to see o much shorter price. He bas etaying biood on both sides, and the Lexing- tons are fond of u long course. Of the 20 Lexmng- tons that ran lust year, 12 won 35 races, jof which only 4 were at a mile, 1 at mile heats,and 2 at mile heats over hurdlvs. The other viclories were—1 at 13 miles, +at 1%, 1at 13, Gatly, 4at2, 1at 2162 at 2y, 2at2h:, 1at 2%, 2at3, 1 at 4, and 2'at 4-mile heats. Thia is o poiut that should not be overlookeu by speculutors. Charley Littlefeld has done wonderfully well wit his small stable,as out of four starts he has won_once with Brown Prince, and ran second for the 2,000, and won an- other race with Donna. He will shortly receive remnforcements in the shape of five 2-year-olds, as follows: Bay filly by Imp. Glenelg—Grectan Bend, : Bay colt by imp, Glenelz—La Polka. by Lexington. Ghestnut fily by Saywood kurrlug, by Linggold. Tay Ally by mp. Glenelg—Ulrica, by Lexington. iy colt Caaract, by Imp. Gleacig—Ntazara, by Lex- ngton. The last of these is a colt for which I have a great fancy, and the Baywood filly is said by those who have scen hertobe a beauty. The Glenclg colts made their debut last ycar, when of the eight that ran five won seven races, four of these being out of Lexington mares. One of them. Idalfa, was fourth in the list of 2-year-old winners. The two strains, therefore, scem to have nicked to a nicety. Glenelz was . very fast and stont _horse, of good Dbreeding (<ire Citadel, dam Babta by Kingston). ‘Lord Falmouth's Silvio, who ran third, v nice colt, a full brother of Garterly Bell Fear he won four of five races, the Ham, Clearwell, and Glusgow 6takes (the last a walk-over), and & poust-sweep at Newmsrket. Ife is one of theall- round horses that are always dangerous. L. ANOTHER “PRIVATE TRIAL.” A somewhat Oriental tale comes flosting on the breeze from Californta, it being nothing lese than that a double tean owned by Charles Crocker, of San Francisco, trotted a mile to a 196-pound road agon, over the Bay District track, & few days ago, in 2:28." What makes the story still more apocry- phal is the statement by a California paper that the team had been worked together but a short time. These alleged remarkable horses are Gen. Cobb and Ellen McCord, and, a8 their names are not to be found in any list of horses that have trotted In 2:30 or better, it is fair to suppose that, if either of them has a record, it is g0 high as to be no test of thair real ability. Bat thut 196- pound wazon s what throws cold wator on the arn. When horses are hooked up for a fast trial, t is not customary to luok around for a coal- cart to attach them to, and if_this California gen- tloman. who owns these 2:28 pole-horses, per- mitted them to haul a vehicle weighing nearly .00 Eunnds, it shows that his track edncation has con neglected. The time eaid to have been made is nlso oven to criticism. The best double-team time on record is that made by Jessic_ Wales and Darknexs, at Narragansett Park. in 1870, when a mile was done in 3, palling the lizhtest kind of a skeleton-wagon. Before that, Mr. Bonner claimed to have driven Lady Palmer and Flatbush Maid together in 2:26, it belng, of conrse, o **privat trial,” s wasthe one in Calffornia. When Joo Harker, owser of Luiu and others, went into the horse business, he had Brano and Drunetto bitched up one morning and gave them a trinl In 2:251, leaving Mr. Bonner {hree-quarters of a vecond in the rear, which posi- tion he bas since oceipied. The fuct i, that pri- vate trinls of trotting horees, like those of colts entered for the Derby, are of no earthly value in determining o_horsc’s speed. A slow watch, quickly stopped, has put confidence in the mind of hany 2 horse-owner, after o private trial, that has been dissipated only by the actaal workof & lot race. THOE LOUISVILLE MEETING. The great running mecting of the present season will be'that ot Lonisville, which begins May 22, and continues six days. **The favorites win at Loutsville,” is an old suylnz among horsemen and turf patrons, and this remark is die to the fuct that, when any event nkes place under the aus- vices of the Loutsvllle Jockey Club, care 13 taken that no ** monkeying™ is done. The programme for the coming niceting isa rich one, tnere being three races on eacl day. The total value of the money and plate offered 18 not far from $17,000, andof this, $8,550 is offered by the Club. Prob- ubly the best known and most_Interesting cvents on the card n¥e the Kentucky Derby and the Oaks, the Hlrst of whicl will be run_on the irst day, and the other on tho third. Asin England. the Der- by and Onks are for 3-year-old colts and flllies only. Among the better- known cracks that arc engazed fn the Derby, arc Lisbon, Cairo, Daden-Baden. Mc- Whirter, Leonard, Dattizate, and Madge Duke. These were all winners in 1876, and, although none of them except Cairo have been in any event of prominence this scason, they arc all reported o tc in fine forn and moving nicely. Belle of the Meade, who was undoubtediy the best 2-year-oid last scoson, I8 engaged in the Ouks, and her supporters claim that it will be an easy thing for her Lo win, aithough such good ones asSpringbranch, Eva_Sirley, Madge Duke. Alice Marphy. and Aunt Betsey will contest for the honors, The great event of the meeting, how- ever, will be the Louisville Cup, in which Ten Broeck, with his unparallelea four-mile record of 7:15%, is expected tolead tne crowd. The Louis- ville meeting attracts visitors from all over the conntry, and a_large number of Chicago sports have made arrangements to be there. A BRUTAL JOCKEY. The bratal mauner in which some trainers of race-horses use the animal under their control was aptly illustrated at the recent New Urleuns meet- ing in the case of thewell-known runner Falmonta, by Planet outof Red Rosc. This horse has been owned for the past three years by Ed Harrigson, a colored trainer. and hae rtn several very creditable races over Dexter Park. Although rather too long backed for a first-class performer. lie bas stood up wonderfully under the severe training to which he has been constantly s\lb{,eclud. and the vigor of his constitution is shown by the fuct that, nithongh during the past three yéars he bug taken part fn 14 races, 8 showing - that can be equaled by no horse inthe country, heis to-dsyas sound s a dollar. 1lis last race was at New Orleany, May 10, it being & dash of three miles for ail ages. won by Georze Quinine in 5:40%. In thisrace]Falmouth was sent away under:the whip, anda gentleman who was present eays that, althongh afier three- l’\)luu‘h:.r! of a mile had- been gone it was evident that the horse had no show to get a place, the mer- ciless rider never ceased Lhe shower of blows until the horse went nnder the.wire, although he was beaten fully -three-quarters of a mile. ‘The sides and flanks of the unfortnnate beast were cut into strings, and go fncensed were the judees at the rider's bratality thot thev notified Harrison, the owner of Falmouth, that the horse would never again be permitted to run over tant track. After this race, Harrison concluded that the carcer of the old horse was ended, and presented him to a Texas man, who, itis to be boped, will take zood care of im. . » o A CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Californis tarfmen have been nfected by the mania so prevalent In the East daring the pust few ¥ for forming circuits. and the papers of that gection are urging upon horsemen the necessity of the formation by the principal nssociations of a serles of meeting4, the entries to all of which shall close at the vame time. The plan as proposed s that the circuit commence at Keno and Carson, at which places arangements have already been per- fected for meetings during the cominz summer, each giving purses to_tho smount of S, 000; an that Chico, Marysville, Stockton, Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Salinos, Santa Craz, and ' Los Angeles follow In regular order. In speaking "of this plan, the" Califormia Spirit. of the Times says that it will give the Cailfornia horses a chance to show their capacity in the same manner that 1s_done at the East, and that the railroad companies have assur- ed the ranning of trains on fast time for tho trans- fer of horses. SAM IARPER’S BREAKDOWN. Informatlon has been received from a gentleman ustreturned from New Orleans that the cele- rated 3-year-old race-horse Sam Harper has ‘broken down hoxmlemy. Sam Harper was un- doubtedly one of the best horses in the country, never having lost 8 heat in his three seazons on the turf. Just how fast he could have run is not known, as his owners always pursucd the policy of running a walting race; that is, the rider of ~ Harper wonld trail horscs, thereby inancing them to make the{mu glow, nntil the head of the stretch was reached, when he would come along with & rush and win handily. ‘The cause of his” breakdown is said to have been the hard condition of the New Orleans track, and 1t 13 #aid that other horses who ran hard ;fl:c! over it at the late mceting were badly shaken p. TRACE TALK. Mystic Park, Boston, closed last week with & net loss of $1,200. The trotting-mare Fanny B., owned by Charles Patterson, of Indianapohs, died last weel amie, oy ol Tlretog, by il bos gone ), en B = ments for 1877. 5 ; et fiopt Al S eneage At the annual gale of the Belle sfeade yearlings at Nashville April 30, twenty-seven colls ly:d fillies ‘were sold for §9, 500, —en averaze of $352 each. The late meeting of the Sacramento (Cal.) Jockey Club was not successful financially, and the manazersare howhng about it in the California papers. Goodfellow, full brother to Bigfellow, has re- covered from the cffects of his recent Injury. re- cmre? on the Nashville track, and is again taking exercise. The 2-vear-old Enziish colt Chevronel, after winning the scarry stakes at Windsor on the 13th inst., was bought by Lord Roscberry for 530 zZnineas. The managers of Buflalo Park have evidently Tistened to the counsels of somcbody in whom they repose confidence, a3 the purse for fosls of 1872 has been withdrawn. Ella Rowatt, the mare that won the mile-and-a- marter dash at the Galveston meeting, was bred by ol. R. Rowett, of Carlinville, 11l.,—a member of the present Legislatare, The racing firm of Owines & Willlams has been dissolved, Mr. Willioms assuming fall control. Phe pinble incindes Whisper, Falr Play, Anateila, Congressman, and Fonl Flay. The Dubuque 7imes announces the arrival in that city of ‘‘the celebrated horse Wild Oats,” and also remarks that this beast trotted s private trial over Dexter Park last year in 2. 'his s another instance of the effect of judicionsly ad- ml{.fl;lered “‘taffy” on the Dubuque reportorial mind. The list of unpaid forfelts, declarations, etc., of the American Jockey Clubshows that nearly $5,000 are due thut organization from horse-owners in different parts of the country. Other aseociations have varous sums of the eame kind on their books, althongh some of tne delinguents pocketed large stukes, but failed to meet thelr obligations to other nners, The welghts for the spring handicaps of the American Jockey Club have been decided on. For the Fordham liandicap, one mile and a quarter, the highest weight is tnat putupon D'Artagnan, Radamanthus, and Vigil,—122 pounds,—snd the lightest, 87 pounds, which will be carried hy Annie C. In the Jockey Club Handicap, two miles, Tom Ochiltree is to carry 128 pounds, while Aristides is given 125. The Jowest weizht in this race is 98 pounds, which is assigned to Bambino and Joe Rhodes. The sale of thoronghbred stock belonging to James P. Cockrill, which took vlace at Nashville April 28, was well attended. The two-year olds sold as follows: * Chestnut colt by Brown Dlck, dam by Jack Malone, to A. Keene Richaras, $710;5 brown colt by Brown Dick, dam by Australian, to George Darden for $830. Yearlings: -Chestnut filly by Dreathill, dam by Australian, to James Guolin for $275; chestnat fll‘l‘yby Iircathill, dam by Jack Malone, to W. C. McGavock, for $350; bay colt by Breathill, dam by Hlawatha, toJ. W. Edwards, for $180; chestnut colt by Breathill, dam by Leamington, to M. McClanity, Tor $200. ATHLETIC. COLLEGE CONTEST3 AT THE EAST. Special Dispatch to TheuTribune. New Yors, May 5. —The tenth annual meeting of the Princeton and Columbia College Athletic As- sociations wns held at Mott Haven to-day, with 500 spectators. The mile walk was won by El- dridge, of Columbia, in 7:20%. Colgate, of Columbia, won the half-mile run in 2:05. Weeks, of Columbis, vaulted the pole at eight feet two inches. Waller, of Columbia, won the hundred yards dash In 111 seconds. Parmly, of Princeton, threw the hamuner, weighing sixteen nds, reventy-nine feet, against sixty-four feet five inches by Yoya. Hunt, of Princeton, won the running broad jump, clearing clghteen feet. BILLIARDS. MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. New YoRK, May 5.—The billiard match between Joseph Dion and William Sexton for the cham- plonship medal is to be played May 31, —————————— RAILROADS. ITEMS. The Chicago & Northwestern has just run a tea train over its line which has made the quick- est time on record. The train left the Council Bluffs transfer grounds at 5:05 a. m. last Thurs- day and arrived here at 5a. m. Friday, making the 1unning time at the rate of 203§ miles per hour. From the Northwestern the train was transferred to the Michizan Central, the depot of which road it left at 1:50 r. m. Friday, and a dispatch received here yesterday afternoon an- nounces its arrival at Detroit at 5:20 2. m. yes- terday. ‘The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad re- ports its gross earnings for the month of April as follows Freight. Passeng ihll chlln Total.. Corresponding period last year........$214,785.73 Mr. W. H. Pardy, Superintendent of the Hyde Park Water-Work, is mentioncd as the succes- sor of Mr. Jeffery as Assistant Supcrintendent of Machinery of the Illinois Central Railroad. The new hotel-car * President ”” of the Chica- o & Northwestern Railroad, arrived here yes- terday from San Francisco with twenty-eight passengers. THE WANNTRBAL FIGIT. Special Dispatch to The Trivune. Quixcy, i, May 5.—The railrond fight at’ Hannibal in which the Wabash, Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy, and the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Companies bave for a day or two been involved, was transferred yesterday from the track to the court. Col. Grifiln and George F. Hatch, attorneys for the Keokuk road, proceeded to Palmyra and procured an injunction from Judge Redd restraining the Wabash folks from obstructing in any manner whatever the passago of the Keokuk trains. This was s¢rved about poon vesterday, when the Wabash officers im- mediately yiclded and ordered all obstructions removed. !l!lllls the whole mattcr has been transferred to the courts, and therc is not like- Iy to be any further trouble, at least resultin from force. The injunction is to be arguc Monday next, when o decislon will be rendered establishing the status of the two roads, and this probably will have an important bearing upon the prosecutions which have been eo PERSONALS. 2 Mr. Hugh Ridale, President of the Chicago, Rock Tsland & Pacific Railroad, returned- from New York yesterday, and Mr. A Kimball, who presided over - the destinies of the line during his absence, has left for Davenoort, where he has his headquarters. Mr. C. E. Gorham, Assistant General Man- ager of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rallroad, feaves here Monday on 2 tour_of in- spection over the road. _He will return Wednes- day together Ynhm.\le'. Layng, General Manager f.the Pennsylvania Company. oo R.Myers, Cbore] Ticket and Pas- senger Agent of the. Pittsburz, Fort Wayne & Chifcaro Railroad, left for San Francisco yester- day. and will be gone about a month. Mr. L. F. Booth, Gencral Eastera Agent of the Chicazo & Northwestern Railroad, Is in the city on business connected with the road.. — " 5 SILYER. ‘Special Dispalch to The Tribune. New Youx, Aopril 5.—The Tribune says the United States has been a heavy buyer of silver in Europe this spring. Large sales of the metal by Germany here lowered the price so that it could be ho’;lghz chesperin Europe than in Ne- vads. REAL ESTATE. The Loan Market Unchanged—One Transaction at 7 Per Cent. . Moderate Demand tor Property ---Sales of the Week. Building in the Northwest Quarter--- Permits Since Jan. L There was shout the average business done the Ppast week at the usual figures. There was only one loan at 7 ver cent, but the security was unexcep- tionable. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifc Railroad Company have exccuted a mortguge to the United States Trust Company of New York to se- cure $12, 500,000 of 6 per cent bonds payable July 1,1917. This mortgage takes up the $9,000,000 of sinking fund bonds issued in 1860, due thirty years at 7per cent, andthe $1.000,000 twenty- years' income ‘bonds of Augast 1, 1875, interest 6per cent. This is the second railroad mortgage noted this year. There were none recorded in 1876. They mast be gradually creepinz into fa- vor, and are to be welcomed as an indication of confidence in the fature, entertained by capitalists. The local business calls for nothing worthy of special notice, unless the gradual diminution of actnal loans is considered a matter of consolation. TLoans are one-fonrth less in amount than they were in 1876, and one-third less than fn1875. Payments are notso good us last year, but arc a littlo better than in 1875." Comparing the past weck with the previous weeks of 1877, thets appears to be an mprovement. Itis only elight. but sufficient to rescue the agent from despair. There has been more demand, actual transactions have increased, and payments have been better. ‘The Important transactions made a matter of record the past week were 18 follows: A bond for §100,000, given by Gearge filler and Henry C. Frederick, the distiliere, known as the United States Distliling Company, to secure their sureties, J. H. McAvoy and George Bullen, the property pledzed beinr 36 fect westfront on State Btreet, 84 feet north of Jackson street. Twenty acres in the Town of Jefferson to secare $15,000; two years at 8 per cent. “Two lots in Wrightwood in the S. W. 1{ of 28, 40, 14, to secure $7,000; one yearat 10 per cent. West Congressstreet, 25 feet north front by 125 feet, toscthieswith two-story and basement stone front buildink known as No,” 427 West Con- gressstreet, $4,000; five years at 8 per cent. Michiganavenue, 40 fect east front, 80 feet south of Jackson atreet; also a lensehold interest in the sonthwost cormer of Jackson strect and Michigan avenue, Albert E. Goodrich to J. W. Doane, $50,000; three years at 8 per cent. COMPATATIVE STATEMENT TOR TUE WEER ENDING MAY 1877, 187 Imtrmmnl"—— _— —— No. |0'tllieral‘n Xo.| C'sideral’n. Trust-deeds| 1583 461618/ 2148 507.687 Mortgages. 55|l “28 40,404 Aggregate. Releases .| 175..... COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRUST DEEDS, MORT- GAGES, AND RELEASES FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEARS 1877 AND 1876. onths. Conetderation. |Releases. $ 1,740,088 1,797, 057] 477, 762 500 Total... ....| 3,798i$ 11,359,575 3,57 SALES OF THE WEER. ‘The real estate moved along in its usual course ‘without any new eigns of animation. Some of the trapsactions consummated were 18 follows: Potter & Buldwin have sold honse andlot at Lawndale for §3.500; nouse and lot on Fifteenth street for $3,500; hounse and lot at Dundee for $16,000, and_a plantation near Natchez, Miss., for $45,000; lot in Hyde Park for $1,500, and res- idence and grounds at Dubuque, Ia., for $15, 000. T. B. Bovd has eold for Mr. Maze o house and ten acres in Wheaton for $10,000; for F. W. Davis, o farm in Livingston County, Il.., near Dwight, for 315, 000. J. Tyler sold for Mre. E. P. Webber No. 1€15 Michizun avenue for 318,000, and for Ars, M. }:‘lihse;l.] 2 house and seven ncres of gronnd at Elgin for $20,000. The Chicago Packing and Provieion Company have purchazed in the vicinity of Ashland avenue and Twenty-fifth street a large tract, as follows: Of Henry Botsford, undivided one-half of 306 feet for $50,000; of Daaiel L. vided one-quarter of 4172396 feet for. George W. Hizgins, 4323396 feet for $100, 000: Asa Dow, undivided one-half of 432x398 feet ‘for $50,000; and of Aug S. Burt, undivided three- quarters of 417x896 feet for $75,000; total, Theodore Hesselmann sold his brewery with one- acre lot in the goutheast quarter of Sec. 33, 37, 14, to Riverdale Distilling Company for $100. 000. William T. Gibson sold house and lot 25x172 feet on Michigen avenue. south of Eightcenth street, for 1, 300. Samuel R. Childs, 118x168 feet, with improve- ments, portheast corner of Centre avenue and Twenty-frst street, for $16,000, Lester S. Swezey sold 20x35 feet, river lot, on South Water street, 100 feet westof Dearborn, Tor S18,000. W. M. Tareman sold on Erie strect, between Hoyne and Leavitt, 432x123 feet, for $10, $00. William E. Travér sold to Bertil Olson 219%x150 feet southeast corner of Waveland street and Evan- ston road for 310,000 Lewis W. Beck, of Englewood, sold to Emery 1. Bates, Beck Park_Subdivision (excepting 10 acres belooging to Normal School) of the morth half of the sonthwest quarter of Sec. 21, 38, 14, also Blocks 4 and 5 and west balf of Lots 3 and 6 Beck’s Subdivision of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the same section, for a total consideration of $200, 000. Nicaols, Bragg & Co. 80ld 50 feet on southwest corner of Lake and Cortis_streets, with frume cot- tage, for §4,000; brick house and lot on Oukley street, near Fulton, for $2.700; brick honse and lot on Oaklcy street, near Polk, for $3,300; and lot on. Jackion street, near Ashland avenue, for 75. SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, May 5: PROPERTT. orry Goethe 8t,533 ft € of Sedgwick st, s £, 24x150 fr, dated Apri} $ 1,025 Granger st 361 ft W 1101t dated May T. Evertato Mary P'. artiey South Halaged at, 8 cor of Ningiecdii it €7, 25x110% ft, with bulldings, dated May 6100 Auburn st, 155 ft 8 of Thirsy-fourth st, w X150 ft, ated MAY 2. ...c . 50 West Polk a1, n ¢ cor of Jeiferon t, s £, 25x1 16 11, dated ALl 30..eorc o oo ... 8000 Throop st, % 6 1 Of Madison st. e f, Zixd5 9-10 1¢, with bullding, dated May 5. 2,000 Bryant av, 375 fLw of Vincenues uv, 13014 ft. 'with bullding. dated May 3. 8.000 Sherman'st. 150108 of Vap Buren st. & f, 502 110 {r, dated April 25 (Christlan F. H. H. Meyer to George E. Needliam etal.) . 17,500 Fourth av, 27211 of Harrison st, W 3-10 1. with bullding, dated Aptl 30. 12,000 Twenty-alxth st, 175 fv_ ¢ of Butlerst, 1235-10 1t, daied May 2.. 1,275 Calumetav. 130 Tt 8 of Thirty-second st, ¢ 1, 1461005135 4-10 ft, with butlding, dated i May .5 5,5 Butterfieid 100 ft, dll!'aa\m‘" 26..ene 2,000 Kroger st, se of ftacine av, 8 £, 16 8-10 1t (0 alley, with bullding, dsted May 3... 2,500 cntie at, W corner of Oszood #t. uf, 1t, dated May 4. 3,500 Laurel st, 30 {t n of 25x119 1, dated April 23 ™ The premiacs No. 710 Wi EANS ark, 1005 T OF Thiriy-seventh At - s Parl e x 2:3¢100 ft, with improve; ived April 0 9,000 ‘Butt st w f, 25x100 ft. dated June 1. 1574, 1.345 SOCTH OF GITT LINITS, WITAIN A RADIUS OF SEVEN MILES OF THFE. COURT-MOVAE: Eixtieth st, 139 ft e of N| 1t, dated May 4...... SUMMARY OF TRAN The following is the total amountof city and saburban transfers within a radius of seven miles of tho Court-Housc filed for record during the weck ending Satarday, May 5: City—Sales, 9 nsideration, $104,855. North of clty limits Sales, 2; consideration, S11,050, Soatl Timits—Sales, 14; consideration, $330.500. of city limits—Sale, 1; consideration, $500. Total salcs, 108; total consideration, $837,705. SUBDIVISIONS. The followlng plsta were fled for record during April: R re-record of the south three acres of. tne north nineteen ncres of the N. E. i of the X. E. ¥ 9, 39, 14, originally recorded Sept. 18, 1564, "A'plat of the Town of Palatine. ‘A plat of Natt's Lake-Shore Subdivieion of part of the S. E: 1 2, 38, 1%, ‘Survoy of triangular pioce of ground bounded by Milwaukee avenue, Indiana and Green streets. Plat of Colgate's Resnodivision of Lots 6 to 14 of Circust Court partition N. E. X 8 30, 14. Plat of the block sonth of Locust strcet and west of North Clark street.. Plat of 105 feet fronting south on Adams street, northwest corner of State streel. Tlatof 79 by 150 fect northeas: corner of Canal and West Lake atreets. Plat of block sonth of Forty-frat street, between Wallace and Bistcll avenues. * Plat of block Jying sonth of Chicago avenue and west of Robey street. Re-record of subdivision of part Lots 11 and 12, Block 2, south fractional quarter 3, 39, 11. M. J. Bich's et cl. Resubdivislon of Lots 61 to 67, and partof Lot 60 of Lots1and 2, Block8, Rockwell's Addition. Olsen's Subdlvision of Lot 2, Block 31, Sec. 33, ), 14 44’51:19“'! Resubdivision of 100 feet fronting north on Hubbard “street, somtheast cormer of ‘Wood street. * Re-record of subdivision of part of Lots 5 and 8, Lurton’s Subdivision of Sec. inal record was made in April, 1862, * Division of a_triaugular picce of ground fronting e?st on Hurlbat street, between Sigel and Sullivan streets. s X s ol The onig- ON THE NORTH SIDE. The disagrecment between the property- holders which bas prevented tue rebuilding of the block _at the mnortheast comner of Divisiod and LaSalle streets, occupied befora the fire by the residence of Mr. J. W. Eschenburg, has been sottied. Mr. Eschenburg decded to Mrs. Sntherland .and_herzom, W. S. Mellen, the sonth 150 fect of his property, receifing for it the north 147 fect on LaSalle street. Consideratizn. $10,000 each. Mr. Mellen will at once improve . the corner, the plan for the building having already been drawn. BUILDING ADOUT HUMBOLDT PARK. Henry Greenebaum is now building thirteen houses” near Huamboldt Pack. =~ The houses are twenty fect wide, und, as they stand on twenty- five-foot lots, have windows at the sides. Each honze contains six or seven rooms, and cost $1, 300 to $1,350, Lobstein & Co. are bullding four houses in_the samc neizhvorhood, two of which will cost $1,800 or $1,900. BUILDING. Since Jan. 1 361 permits have been granted by the Su ‘r)lr‘l’ll:;de‘nt of Building, coverinza front: age- o fect, and on enditure - Of $1,102,500. i =2 SECRET SOCIETIES MASONRY. s TIE SECRETS OF MASONRY. Eostor: Commercial Builetin. The story is toid of a Mason's wife, Who plagued him almost out of his life To learn the secret—whatever it be— The mystic words of Masonry. Saia he, ** Now, Mary, if 1ahonld telk The awfal words, T know very well Wihen you get mad, my darling dear, You'll rip them out that all may he Said she, **O Edward! Never! Never! They'll rest in my heart's recess forever. Tell me, Edward, and never more Shall I ecold, or fret, or slam the door; And FlI try to be quict with all my migh No matter what honr you come at night. ‘No man, unless he was made of w Could regist an offer #o fair and goods So he said, *‘ Now, Mary, my wo or weal Desc!_:d on the worda I'm about toreveal ” *+Q Ned,” shennswered: ** Yon may depend T'I1 keep the secret till life shall end. ™ Said he, ** The secret that Masonry screens- The awful words are—Pork and Beans 1™ Scarcely a week had passed uwa; ‘When Mary got mad, and what T she say? She shouted out that all may hear, ** Pork and beans! I've got you there!™ ‘ THE DUTY OF MASONS. A X Depaty Grand-Master Kennedy, of 3ianitoba, says: **Let us never forget the great principles supporting onr Order. While we apply oar minds to a knowledge and étudy of the beantifal work of theseveral degrees, let onr hearts be governed by the realities which the ritual symbolizes. While o knowledgze of the work is abeolutely necessary, it is really more important that the life should be In harmony and keeping therewith; that the greatest ‘brotherly love should be felt and man- ifested - towards each other; that the hand of .charity should be always extended when required and relief afforded when needed. Let truth animate us in all our actions with each other and with the world. Let every brother re- member that he has the honor of Masonry in his keeping. Be esoecially careful in your lodge to admit nothing that in the slizhtest “degree would mar the harmony which should prevail there. Guard well the portals. Be more anxious for the hnflfln&ugfluf the brotherhood in the principles of Masonry than in thcir increase in numbers. I fear, throughout the world, that mistakes have some- times been made in this direction. - The success of Freemasonry consists 1n the observance of the principles and peactices tanght therem, rather than in the increase of its membership.”™ | MISCELLASEOUS. At the annnal session of Chicago Couclave, No. 81, Knights of Rome and Red Cross of Constan- tine, at their asylum. the following officers were elected: M. P. S., Dr. John D. M. Carr, 32deg. : V., Reaben Cleveland, 32 deg. ; S. G., John Sut-’ ton, 32 deg. John B; Gvermeyer; P., the Rev. Hen n A Wescott; D. A. Cashman, 32 deg.; B., F. W. Wilde: Organist, John S. Stott." Brother John McKeehan, of Logansoort, Ind..Is one of the oldest Masons in the United States. He was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge No._38. of Balentry, Connty Antrim, lreland, in 1800, and ‘‘raised” dJune 24, 1817. He has_been a Knight Templar for forty yesrss and until year ago; being now 05 years of age, was able knfi down town and attend to reguiaz basincss. is 1nformation Is farnishod by Sir E. J. Purdy, Prelate of St. John's Commandary, No. 24, and is reliable. A ‘There have been manv dednitions of Frecma- sonry, but none more_true than the following by Illustrious Brother Albert Pike: **Freemasonry is the subjugation of the human that s in man. by . the divine; the conquest of the appetites and pas- slons by the moral sense and the reason: s con- tinual éffort, struggle and warefare of the spirit- unl against the material and sensual.” This, he claims, is the essence of the degrees from the first to the thirty-third. and that no Mason is a Master unless he has acquired and achieved all it indicates. ENIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Exception has been taken to the answer to the query In last Sunday's issue in regard to the right of a Chancellor Commanderto stop while conferring a rank for the purpose of receiving an order from a higber anthority. The objectors are referred to Sec. 322 of the ** Firat Digest" where- in they will find the law very clearly defined. How many failares by a lodge to meet will canses a surrender of its charter? The subject is one for local leglslation, and, as far us known, this jaris- diction has not prescribed any Jimit. . Ts it necessary at all times to address the Chair in entering or retiring? No. There are certain circumstances when ‘it i3 not necessary. First Digeat, Sec. 342. Has a Chancellor Commander a right to recognize members as in proper regalia when, after passing the doors, they appenr in Offcial or Pust-Officia] jewels, other than those farnished by the Supreme Lodge? No. The case is covered by a mandatary constitatiopal provision, and by special legislation in 1674 and 1875, which will be more fally under- stood by an examination of Secs. 412 and 413 of the First Digest. Are all Past Grand Chbancellors members of the Supreme Lodge? No, not until they have received he Snpreme Lodge Degree; and it {s competent at agy time. for canse, for a Grand Lodge to withdraw 2 Past Grand Chancellor's certificate, provided he has mot been already admitted. This is a recent ruliog, and by Sec. 357 of the First Digest the right is clearly given to the Supreme Loage 1o pro- tect iteell from improper persons grining admission and the rank. Were Knights made “‘at sight,” members of the Order? To what lodge do tney belong? Who had the power to confer the ranks in thai way? The original idea of what was termed **making Knights atsight™ was with o view to the extension of the Order. Thero does not appear to be any legislation defining to whom they belonged, bat, as & matter of fact, when made they were nsnnl!‘y vested, for alimited time, with the right of admission *‘at large, " and they therefore were, strictly speaking, members of the order, bt unattached. * As to who had the power to confer the ranks in that way, it wonld ecem from an_cxamination of the First Digest, Sc. 374, that, by a literal rendering of the lecislation, *‘the Supreme Chancellor.of the Su- preme Lodze of the Order of the Knights of ythias™ had and now has the right to confer the ranks *‘at sight.” THE FIRST DIGEST. An cxamination of the journals of the Supreme Ladge must convince any one_that for a long time there has been a great necessity for some compila- tion of the legisiative and judicial proceedings of that body. This becomes more apparent on ook~ ing over the proceedings of the Subordinate Grand bodies. No general rule being provided for. their guidance, each jurisdiction scems to have been & iaw unto itsell. For tnstance. Pennsylvania has *4Cards of Privilege.” The nnenlightened in this ¢+ gmaller jurisdiction ™ would like Pennsylvania 1o riee and explain what they are. 1n the journals of other States there reems to be a diversity of opinion. and even in this jurisdiction one has only to examine the Subordinate Lodze Constitntion to satisfy himself that the framers of it were sadly in meed of a digest when they prepared Thaveode. " The arzent. moccssity for sach & work has proved suficient inducement for Mesars. Knight & Leanard to undertake its publication. Tt will undoubtedly prove a useful acquisition in answer-- ing the ever-recarring questions which come up for consideration. The book is In pocket. neatly printed on fino paper.. The title1s, ** First Digest of Laws of the Supreme Lodge of the World Knights of Pythias.” The copyright sppears to be held by Willlam D. Kenneay, who 1s a Past Grand. Cbancellor and Past Snoreme Representative, and was the Depaty Supreme Chaneellor who organized the first Lodge_ in Ontario, and subsequently the Grand Lodge of that Province. The Digest:s ar- ranzed _alphabetically, and is very easy of refer- ence. It embracestho entire législation of the body from its {nstitution, and, from the preface, it appears that it was critically examined by highly- competent members of the Order before going to press. The compiler exhibits great careand re- search, and, by a liberal use of annotations, mate- rially alds the reader. —Taken sltogether, the o Digeat™ is a credit to the Publishe: andthe er. WANTS HIS DIVY, NEW YORK, May 5.—John Montgomery, of Chillicothe, is awaiting the Police-Court decisfon on & charge of sending a letter to William Allen Miller, threatening him with death if he did not Emmnuy pay $2,500 which Montzomery claims due from the estate of his uncle, John W. Rea, of which Miller was Executor. Montgomery claims that Miller defrauded him of his fair sbare of the property. Besides this, he claims that $15.00) were found in his' uncle’s truok af- ter his death, and that this money was given by Miller to his wife without a.division. — GEN. GRANT. New Yors, May 5.—Want of time prevents ex-President Grant accepting a reception from the Unlon League Club. > Mr. Seligmar, banker, has issued invitations for a dinner to ex-President Grant Taesday next.