Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 7, 1877, Page 7

i P B —— L, < 4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTCBER 7, ——— '1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. RELIC ASTIMES. 4 Fielding Averages for 1877. The Last Game of the Chicagoans ---The Championship £ Record. Extra Encounters This Week and -Next—Gossip of the Game. Goldsmith Maid Honorably Mus- tered Out of the Service. Double Team Troiting by Small Hopes and Lady Mac---The For- mer’s Carcer. The Last Day of the Inter-State Rifle Match—The Chellenge Badge. BASE-BALL. WIHAT THE PLAYERS DAVE DONE. The championship season of 1877 was formally brought to a close yesterday by the decision of the twelfth game between the Chicago and Louisville Clubs. The' relative standing of all the clubs in the race has for some time been ab- golutely determined, and conzcquently there re- mains only one thing to settle before shuuting the zame into winter quarters. That one thing is considered of the higiiest importance by the s, who Jouk at its figures with an eager in- terest impossible to be conceived by anoutsider. The figures referred to are those which go to make up the scason’s averace of players, and which show, as far as any fizures can, the rela- tive avilities of the men,—their capital,—their elock in trade, as it were. The . first jtem is of coursc the batting, based on the number of base-hits and their proportion to times at bat. The question as to bow many players should be included in the list of those who bave plaved for the champion:! of the United States is, for the purposes of this paper, scttled by refusing to recognize any servicein, or games against, the Cincionati Club. It hasbeen the position of TaE TRIBUNE from the first that the various and sundry Cin- cinnati Clubs have none of them held member- ship in the Learue, and there scems no reason wky, if Cincinuati zames are not to be counted inthe general club record, they should affect personal averages. It Is now universally ad- mitied that 4 games do not count toward the championslip; they are therefore omitted from the following averages, which are the per- formances of tbemen in the games which hav decided the championship, with this exception, that the two tie gumes are counted. The League Secretary made this precedent Inst vear; that i~ the reason they are put . Further, Tne TRIBUNE does hot wishh to claim that these figures are the same as those which will be ziven in the oflicial book by 1ho League Seeretary next March. These are made up from printed tabies, almost invaria the St. Louir Globe-femocrat, the Lo iile Conrier~Journal, the Boston Uerald, Tug Cmcaco TRIBUNE. and suelt Brouklyn as the reporter could lay” hands ol say that in many cases the ven will be smaller than those in the Secretars’s book. For this reason: rers bave a habit of tampering with wures 50 as10 raise up friends and put That sort of thing dues not iper scores, butit does in the private Leamue ofticial scores. To a certain estent, therefure, the newspaper scores are the t trustworthy. Jt is hard to draw Jme at what number of games with dub a fipluycr to uppear in ist, but in this series of averages it has been three, mainly because it was o in these son. Following is thie table of showing the player's rank in e mames be has played 1 (in- clnding tics but not counting Cincinnati zames), the runs he has made, Ins times at bat, and tien the test of merit, his percentage of base-hits to times at bat. To this is added, for purposes of comparison, the player's record for 1o7 {from the Learue bo gy Nameand clud. * OLH1 40y 20 Boston .. Gitour Ancon. © ], Lo erhardt,” Louisviiie: Seril, Tios:on v i 46; Quina, Chi Pearce. o . Lafferty, Loufsviiic: The players who tovk part in less than three games eueh, or who were under rezular con- Tract, were as follows; Reis, Rowe, Fisher, and Jones, with the Chicagos hols, with the Louisvilles; McKenpa, Newell, audGleason, with the St. Lomis; W. White and H. Wright, with the Bostons: Bassand Taylor. with the Hartfords. Besides these, Little played wilh both the St. Louis and Louisville Clubs. It is proper 10 explain here that Jones played only %0 games with the Chicagzos, This remark is made_necessary by the Enguirer’s charge tliat Tuc Trinus publishud tables were wrone in not crediting Lim with three zames. The paper in question was decetved by an erroneous s-ore in a St. Louis paper, just as the writer might Lave been bad be not_been in 8t. Louis on the date ju question. He is sure that Jones was in Ci Ati before the game in which the En- quirer places him. The unmber of players who have taken part ;n tie rames of the differcnt clubs isas fol- EH Boston Hartford 12| & Louis... . TRPRE |7 Chicago. 1 Or seventy-one in all, as against 122 last season. THE FIELDING. The principle of compuiing ticlding averazes this scason is theoretically pretty nearly cor- rect, and the fisures below given are, absiractly speaking, a_fair record of vach player's per- formance. - The trouble in making them just is, however, insbe fact that each maw’s play v cach position should be compared with all the other ¥ in that position. There is oniy one man in the country who has the data from which to make that computation, aud that is_ Secretury Young, of the League. Tne TrISCSE reporter has the fizures for Cincago, but cannot get them for any other Doint, and nalf a dozen other reporters are sim- ilarly situated. The whole trouble grows out of the vractice of changing men in the widdle of eames, and even in the middle ef fning: It would be casy enouch for the writer to make up the averages for wholegames, but that would be unjust and useless because of the half gawes and otlier fractions. And this custom of chane- ing has been so widespreud that the reporter aire ot following it, and simply_puts the whole matter in one acwresate, giving each player credit for all he has done and omitted to do, trusting that, in a geweral Way, reports from the changes will about offeet each other so that the figares will do justice to each pluger. An mole of the changes may be fonmd in Spald- ing’s case; he has pitched 8 little, played first a good deul, second considérable, and third a lit- tle. So in Boston, Morrill las plaved in five po- sitions. Neither of these records can be gf with absolute correctness, except by the 1. Secretary. But, after ali, the Hielding averaires are corréct, in the great majority of cases. Not more than oné-fourth of the men have sufiered muel changing, sod, whether they have or uot, their full record is given in the following table, 1he last column being the test of ability FiELDIS VLD FOR 1S CAOAID (P10T, Al il gy Name and club. “passiaen p010], 6 9 153 5., Murnan, ilines, Chi Smith, G ousevitie. Tt is not the intention of Tue TRIBUNE to go outof its way to perform ou a lom, even though it be reasonable su to ds ut it may he pardoricd for saying that in 1875 it printed the averages on the morning following the last came of the scason, somcthing never before Thought of. Last year it printed the averages on t day but one, and they were, the writer s, tue” first_immediate publication based on times at bat. ‘This season a further improve- ment is made, and not ouly the batting but also the fieldivg averages are given in full tweive Liours after the close of the last same. Perhaps some one elsemay be doing the same thin, but if heis he will find it, the toughest job v figures he ever strack. ¢ is a trifle more laburious than computing the movements of a new comet. After finishing the job, the writer moves that Sceretary Youns, who does the work for the League, have his salary doubled. It don’t make any difference what le wets nows; if be has togo throuzh with all those figures, he ought to have twice as much. THE LAST GAME OF TIE SEASON. The Chicazo mansgement, who had boped to praduce a phenomenon in Reis, have failed. fle 15 no phienomenon. Phenomenons, as a rule,— in fact ull of them so far.—are successful for the first three games, and then their punish- ment commences, and not a club fails to hit them for a score or €0, This is not the ease with Reis, who takes all his_puni the first mame and improves in the second. Again, most of the *vounsters? send the ball spin- ning over the plate with nothing but speed and cpend upon, Lut Leis brings hea work into his ptay worthy of Snalding. In ye: terday’s game he carried out_ his record and re- versed the verdict of the preceding day. The Cimcinnatis batted him better in_the first game than in the second; sodid $t. Louis: and the game was the case in the Louisville games. In Friday's game the gray ‘‘wiants” who “iwon and lost™ the championship secured nine base Eits _off Reis, and yesterday it was all they could do to wet foar. It was all the more humiliating from the fact tiat all the gray-suited playe e boasting before the game of the case with which they were woing to get the Chicazo out-licldersona meneral leather- hunting exped ‘Iiat it was casicr for them to bat Rels in the Tremont House thau on the bali park was evi- dent to all wha were itf attendance. The Chi- caro ply on the other band, dropped on to Devlin in away that be desoisel. and made base- its with <o little effort. that the audicnce was astoniched. They had not ¢xpected to see the W hites recover so soon from the ctfects of the elecep_ which thev bad indulged in dur- ing Friday's mame. Instead of bare two, the white:hused gentry piled up eleven wood, telling Lits. _Anson was particularly pro- fitte fu his donations to the Louisville fielders, ery time he went to the bat he thought “Lionr-old baby at home, who was doing game % bnse bawling ' on his own hook, with the chances of beating kis dear papa. The con- sequence of this **kome competition” was that Anson hit sate three times, and the rest of the nine. with but a few exceptivns, took the fever. and vt in a fair share also in the way of base- hitting. s The Louisvitles were unable to score a run during the game, and took home with them last night as fine 2 basket of egtes as they have received for a long time. Not moré than one man was ever on a base in any part of the gawe, and none of them ot farther than second, if tl were fortunate enough to irst. The Clivazos bezan to _score in the 1ing, when Snyder Jet McVey reach his a strike-ont, itom Whenee he came home 's base-hit to right fickd and Shafer’s wild throw. Another run was scored in the fourth on three base-hits and errors by Snyder, Latbam, and Jarue. Two base-hits in the ciehith and another crror by Snyder zave them a third run. Hives' single and Eegler’s fwo- baser, supported by an error of Snyder’s, gave the Chicagos their fourth run in the ninth. n the ficld the Cuicamo nine played a fine zame, while the Louisvilles plajed tlie usual mutling game.. THE SCORE. |w CHICAGO. Barnes, 2b. AMcVer, 3 b.. Anson, ¢, Peters, 8. 8 Hmes Spalding, 1. . Egater, ¢ f. slenn, 1D, cwwen!> woacunonl Latham, 1b, Tiazue, 30 . cnomos Hlusce oCooMNOORId uIOMOHO:QGH Inniings— 89 Chicazo. 1 0-4 00000000 00 Two-hase hits—Lggler, Gerhardt, Craver. Total bases on clean hits—Chicago, Louis- ville, 6. First base on error: Latham. 1; Hague, 1; Gerhardt, 1. Chicag Louisville, 3. Left on ba: McVey, 1; Spalding. 13 —Anson, 2; Spalding, 1; Easler, 13 Glenn, 1; Latham, 1; Tiazue. 1: all, 1; Ger- hardt, 2; Craver, 1. Chicazo, 5; Louisville, 6. Doubvle play—Craver and Lathum. Umpire—Stambaugh. ST, LOUIS—CINCINNATL 8. Louis, Oct. 6.—The game here to-day re- 1234567889 0041001107 00003000 0 6; Cincinnatis, 3. Runs earned—St. Louis, 1. Errors—St. Louis, 105 Cincionatis, 17 INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6.—Indianapolis, 735 Mil- waukee, 4. Eight innings. GAMES TO COME. The Louisvilles have arranged to stay over until Monday and take another try at the Chi- cagos. They wili play Monday afiernoon at the nty-third strect pround “I'hest. LouisClub will be here Friday and Satur- day of this weelk to play’the Chicagos thereturn sames. There isa long account 10 seitle with St. T.ouls, whicn bas always made much of some vic- tories obtained in exhibition zames Jast year. A eouple of salid, well-earned wins just now will put iv out of the power of any matlematician to fiure up the Eridge City abead even in dis- play games. - Arraugements have been completed for a visit of Harry Wrizait’s Bostons, now champions of the United States for 1878, to the West this week and next. The Chicigo management ve arranged for two games with them on Monday avd Tueeday, 15th and 16th—next week. The games should be among the most interesting of the yeas, inasmuch as they brin: together the chamyions of two successive ve 1f the Whites with Reis to pitch cae watlop the cLampions of the vear about twice, it wiil be very soothing to the feclings of the Chicagy folks.” The Bostons will cail on Mitchell and Liis party at Cincinnatd, TIIZ CHAMPICNSHIP. The time-honored table which has been a weekly visitor for several months mukes its last appestance for this year below, snd, as it stands, is a full showing of the season’s play lor the pennant, all the serics being finshed,— 3 thing which has not happened before in the cxistence of anv buse-ball association in the history of the game. The foll:showing s as follows: crozs. g 3 3 ® “nom sauny i Roston. ... Loni-ville, 2N Hartfora. . 24 St. L Chicago bt 17 20. 2429 50120 Gaes o 1’ “The recapitulntion is as follows <lubs. Won. Lost. Played. Horton, 1 17 43 Louisvilic. 3 20 5 Thartford. o 45 St. Louis 29 48 Chicazo. 18 30 5 To show the doings' of the Ciuciunati Club, the following table is made up: Hartford. . Louis o k3 g g OLUBS, S0 S ) g l £ Boston.......... (s Louisvilie .| i Games lost The recapitulation i Clubs. Boxto: Louisville Hartford. St. Loul hicago Cincinnati. 7 BT} ASPHEMBR. 2 The Philm\c]‘)ma Evening Lulletin speaks thus sneeripgly of the national game: The great popularity which the game obtained epeedily, after ils introduction, gave it some sort of title to be considered a *‘national™ pastime. wnd there were wise men who rezarded the popular fondness for it with peculiar satisfaction because 100d thiat one of the needs of this coun- trviwas some attractive form of athletic sport in \hich young men couldengage without jeopardizg their niorals Tut alt hopes born of that lime are dead. The game has goue the way of many other zood things ir land. our politics amons them, and has falen into unworthy hauds. Boys stil) play it for amusement and exercise, but. us a rule, the men \ho used to he proud of their membership iu base-ball clup would now rather be suspeeted of almost angthing else than maintenance of #uch an atiliation. The game has gone down to the level of horse-racing and cock-fighting. The clubs have Gume under thefeontrol of professionals who play for money, and_who are much more likely to sel! out & sameé for the purpose of cheating unsophisti- cated betters than they ore to enzazm: in honest play for the establishment of the reputations of the clubsto vhich they oelung. When olackiuardism ap- Deased hand in band with Zanbling and the tri of the zamester, tien respectable peopte Withdraw. and {o-day a_contest betiveen two clubs attracts no more attention frum those who used to Tesard such matters with_enthusinsm than would a aht Inan Aluska street cellar, “curious to observe in what manner the game ming the cliaructer of a business. There are ssivnal balls,”” authorized bats, and a well- tof laws for the government of every conceivable phase of the contests. 'The players are men who engage in no other form of labor. ho bear nbout them the scars of veterans, and wear a battered appearance which tell of a hundred nard- Iy-fought campaizns. A player who has nota matilated nose or & split- thumb. wio has not had au eye extinguished by a ball, or had an ear clipped off, is regaried as & man whosclexperiences of the Duginess have not been sufliciently rich and fruit- ful to entitie him to ad:miration. There have been piayers wbo have died for the canse. who, endear- oring 10 stop with their bodiesa swiftly-fivinz ball, have curled up in the fence corner and_ drifted offt into the mysterious renlms of the nereatter. The compact_ball, struck by an expert batsman, ha come 1o be nearly os dangerous as a missile from a Grearm, and _ the base-ball player, hav- ing the ordinary human abjection to becomine an angel, has devised various con- trivances for decreasing bis danzer. 1lle protects humbs with padded leather: he covers his manly bosom with wadding; he spikes ms shocs with fron to avoid slipping, and now he weas about his head and face a sort of wire cage, from Shich he peers upon the ficld with an air of a con- vict obtaiuing ghimpses of the outer world from the \Window of a penitentiary. As new perils present themselves, new devices will be invented. and there seems nuw to he o promise that the base-ball player of the carly future wili enter the ield ns heavily armored ds a knight of the middle ages, and almost s incapable of wotion unless he has the mnscles of a giant. Perhaps Dy that time the fleld will be covercd by @ revolving machine, and home- runs will be made by soniebody turmnz a crank. Waen that period arrives a feclinz of curiosity may stimulate popalar interest in the sport. But for tire present the national game will probably con- tinue to excite the enthusiasm of nobody but boys aud jockies. : SOME OF MOST SORTS. Arthur Cummings turns up as pitcher of the Mansfields, of Middletown. They call Mitchell “The Wonder.” We won- der what he was wonderingabout up in Chicago. —Ewyuirer. About the only notable emgagement made Auring the past weck has been that of Hall wiclr the St. Louis Club. McCormick, pitcher _of the Stars, has been suspended and fined $25 for insubordination. 1t looks as 1f he would like a release, 50 as to o with Geer. The Boston Zerald, in reviewing the season pass, a deserved tribute of praise to Harry Wricht, to whom it seemingly eredits the whole result uf the season. Oncof the most pleasant rumors is that of a nine for New York with good bac! But, alas! there have been just such rumors every season for a long time. It turns out that Lee who has been playing with the St. Louisis mamed Funkhouser. It would scem wise to let goof the latter long- tailed appeliatiot. entirely. A Philadelphia story which fs_utterly foolish, it would seem, is that George Wright will retire at the end of ihs season and let young Sam Wright take his place on the Boston team. It will bein order next Sunday to render thauks to ITeaven for the clo: f the base-ball season. Tuis a source ol satisfaction to us to know that there is one club which played worse than the St. Louis Browns since 1ast sprine— only oue, however. |[We uns.}J—St. Louis Giobe-Democrat, Ucl. 5. Parisians are playing base-ball, and now Mon- sleur le pitcieur gracefully pitches the ball to Monsicur le strikaire, who makes a trois-base hit into the e: of Monsicur /e champ a la gancke (left field), who exclaims ¥ Ventreblen and sits down ou the grass for rest and refresh- ments.—Puck. . Rabert Mathews, one of the best of pitchers in his palmy days, but less cfficient of late, be- cause of infemperate habits, bas, it is said, bid adicu to the use of gin cocktails, and formed a determination - to regain the prestige he once Theld as a pitchier. 1l¢ s likely to secure an en- ravement in o good club for 1878.—Koston Heraid, ‘The mortunry Jist of ball players for 1877 is not laree. Abont the only well-known pro- fessional who has been missed is omerville, Who played with the New Haveus, Louisvilles, and Tecumsehs in successive seasons. Ie dicd in London, Canada, the last of September. and his remains were taken to New Haven, Conn., for intefment: X -Hawkes, the second-baseman of the defunct Live Oaks, of Lynn, did not want to lose his salary for the bakince of the scason, but ihe managers “ cooled him offl” by making himn lug heavy bourds a long distance, so weighty that Tiis back was acarly broken. lie worked just a day and 2 half, and then signed off like a’ little man.—Xercury. . The Providence Dispatch is shouting at the top of its nonpareil voice for a nine for next sen- gon and fora membership in' the League. It even drops into poctry, as witness: Shall we wait ;fi'll’! the cloiulnl ‘TSl i efore we ret onr nine Or thall we pitch in nown orkisgsbins? And show the country how The City by the Buy can *‘take the cake.” A letter from Philadelphia states that there will certainly be a nine there next season, and add4 that 5,750 bas been raised *by Al Reach and others. It is the purpose to secure Fergu- son and the men who have sizned with him if possible. To these some of the present Chica- eos will be added, tozether with Coons. That is oue story; another is found in the Mercury, which proimises, if the dear public will only sub- . seribe $2,500 at once, that it will ““anuounce the uames of the nine ™ in its mext issue. That wouldn't cost much trouble. The same paper eave us about forty nines lust seazon for a good deal less moucey. The Louisville Couricr-Journal is taking it out in blowiny up the Hartfords for mot winning froin Boston, and thus sending the pennant to isville. 1t couldn’t bave expected that; it was “agin nater.” Stiil, the fault of Louis- ville's losing was with Louisville not with llact- ford. The tormer couldn’t expect the latter to win for her. The peacefal smile, the self-confident grin, the exuberance of anhnal spirits, the precision of field worl the earnestness and vizor of batting,—all these thivgs made manifest in Anson’ yesterday, showed that someting un- usunl and pleasing had happened to him. The cxplanation i3 in the formof 2 notice some- thing Jike this: BORN—To A. C. and V. Anson, Oct. 6, at 1 a. m., a daughter- i Cuadwick’s prophecy in the Wortd is as fol- lows: The Leagae in 1878 will inclnde the Boston, Brookiyu, Chicago. Clucinuati, ~Indianapons, Louieville, St. Louis, and Syracuse nines, und possibly a New York nine with zrounds at lect- Weoa. The International Association will embrace every prominent professional clnb outside of the Le clatio, the list_comprising_the Al- Ieaheny, Tecumsvh, Hartford, Lowell. Mun ter, Buckeye, Buflalo, Roctiester, Athletic, ¢ Ir Chadwlick is riabtly_informed, the new Hartford and Athletic Clubs do not wish to en- ter the Learue. QUESTIONS ANSWERD, Y. V. V.—**We have a bet ahont Spaldin: record at first base: is it beiter than Start's? Ansirer--It e has played 34 games at first, and Tis record is 970 a3 agatnst Start’s 965, €. B. L.—**To decide a_bet: Tlas Battin made a basc-higgin the last dozen League games: Answer—unting C nnuti gsmes he has man i the last 13 contests with blanks. Not counting Cinemnuti_games, he bas pluyed 11 games since he made a hit. L.S.—**(1) Did_Spaiding ever play third base before Friday? (2) Have the sed two smes in one day: in o zame in New IHaven, Conn., on the2adof Inst month. () Yes; they played a game in Manchester, N. 1L, in the fore- 100n and one in Boston in the afternoon of one of the days on their late trip. A, B. C.—**Will you please stale whether or not the scason-seat holders are Lo be admitied to the balance of the gumes to be played this fall¥” Answcer—The, scason-seat hooks contained forty ‘oupons receivable for any game in which the Chi- ©ago Club took @ part. A3 a mutter of tact. forl oue zames have been played, and as the forty-firet zume happened to be the last championship game the Club, sca gratis. Hereafter . the Club will exact payment from all peraons admitted to gronnds, except from reporters and stock-ow: THE TURF. GOLDSMITH MAID'S RETIREMENT. It has been announced so many times that Goldsmith Maid had been or was about to be withdrawn from the turf that the public has learned to look upon aunouncements of this character with suspicion. But now Tue Tris- UNE can state with positiveness that, in all hu- 1man probability, the pecrless old queen of trot- ters will never again respond to the call of the judges’ bell, or shiake her clean-cut head in her determined way, as she was wont to do when making onc of her rushes for the lead in aclose- Iy-contested strugele. For several days past it has been known mmnong those in the stable that the old mare was fail- ing rapidly, but it was not until yesterday that it was finally decided to cancel her present engagements and send her to the breediug-farm of her owner, Llenry N. Smith, of New York, at Trenton, New Jers; Bud 1 Buble went oat to Dexter Park yesterday mornin: with the inten- tion of giving the old wmare a trot, but when he reached the stable, old Chariey, who has attend- ed to the wants of ;the Maid for so mauy years, told him frankly not to have her harnessed; that she was douc up, and could ot trot a bit. Ile had jozzed her for the two prezeding days, and his practical eye soon told him that the mare’s speed bad left her. It was accordingly decided not to ship her to Columbus, 0., where she has an engagement to trot this week, and in the course of a week or ten days, the wmare that for six years has stood at the head of all trotters, and mude a record for speed and endurance that in all probability will never be cqualed, will o to her owner’s farm and be used for breeding purposes. Her ditficulty is understood to be In one of her front legs, the tendon of which has given way. She will probably be bred to the stallion Gen. Washing- ton, by Gen. Knox out of Lady Thora, and if o colt, should be the result, it wiil be the most rogally-brad youngster iu the land. On account of e age, however, she heing now in her 22 vear, it is doubtful if she will be able to breed. DOUBLE-TEAM TROTTING. The recent, performance of Mr. W. II. Vander- bilt’s teamt, Snall Hopes and Lady Mae, when tuey trotfed a full mile over the Fleetwood Pa track in 2:23, was such a remarkable one, and so completely eclipses anything of the kind ever belore attempted, that this paper has been at sume pains to collect the history of the horses, ns well os some facts rezarding other double- team performances, as it s not. at all probable that, with the same weight up, the 2:23 of Smoll Hoves and Lady Mac will ever Le equaled or surp by any otter team. The trot aliuded ‘to took plice on the 11th of September at the close of a colt race, Mr. Vanderbilt drivine upon the track and requesting the judecs of that event, who were Slih in the stand, to time his team a mile. They nted, and after beine warmed up the horses went away evenly, trotted the first quar- ter in 313 seconds, the half mile in 1:10¢, passed the three-quaster polein 1:463¢, and went uuder the wire in 2! ‘Tnis trotting was done to a top road-wagon, which with the driver welghed 31634 pounds. During the entire mile neither of the horses made a skip, and the whip was not used. As above stated, it is not i that this time will soon be equaled, and a few fict= regarding the team that made it will be of interest. “Tue_principal performer was Small Hopes, aund right here it is proper to say that at the close of the trial over Fleetwood Park Mr. Vauderbilt stated t daring it Small Hopes pulicd nearly all the load. This horse is one of the best known in the country i notorious, being commonly known as *‘the Jaw of the trotting turi,” the reasons for which will be griven further on. Small Hopes is a dark bay, or brown, gelding, 10 years old, and was sired by Rysdsk’s Hambletonian out of a mare &aid to be by Flying Cloud, and was bred by John Minchin, well-kuown liorseman ol Orange County, New York. In 1873 he was ourchased by . C. Deyo, of Michigan, but was <oom after expelled, tozether witli his_owner, for au infraction of the rules of the National Association. 1he cfect of this expulslon was to render the Korse practically valucless for trotting purposes. ‘Those whocontrolled him kept quiet for awhile, but fn the fall of 1875 projected and exeeuted a ringing. campaien,” the like of which was never known before, and which never will be again. They had a horse that could certainly trot three heats much better than 2:90 over any good track, and_they. entered him indiseriminately in all kinds of races all_over the country. The horse was driven whilc on this tour by William McGuig: who, in addition to being quite an artist in the sulky, wiclds a ready ven. The plan of those who managed this campaien was to strike 1 meeting, win a race, collect the money, and skip for some other place 300 or 100" miles away, where the horse was engaved. From Dubuque, they went to _ Kan- sas City, Mo, from there to Omaha, thence to Keokuk, Tu.; the next week to Wilkesbarre, Penn., then to Washington, ete. During this carcer of fraud the horse trottud under several names, being kuown as Lothair, Lavland, and Westbrooke. 1t was under thc latter name that he was discovered, his hind ankles, Whicl arc white, having been painted Dlack to conceal his identity. When the game was up hiis driver published an_account of the trip, and made what were then regarded as the most improbable statements about the speed and endurance of the horse. This camuaign of fraud brought Small Hopes into prominence, and he was purchased by Commodore Vander- bilt, who gave another horse and a large sum of ready cash for the little brown hiero, Alfter he had been sold his former driver, McGuizan, pub- lished a card, in which he said: “As Small Hopes in all probability will never trot again for a purse. stake, or wawer, and is not for sale, 1 feel at liberty to state publicly that Tam contident as Tam’ that the sun will again rise in the cast that this horsecan, in zood condition, over the Mystic Park track, trot a mile faster than it was cver trotted betore in public; und that isnot all: he will do it with are ease to himself and driver thau any other horse can that trots in 2:25.” Soon after the purchase of Small Hopes Com- modore Vanderbilt was_taken down with the sickness that terminated in his death, and, in consequence, there was no_chance to ascertain whether or not _the little_fellow possessed the wonderful speed attributed to him by bis former driver. When the horse came iuto the posses- tion of William H. Vanderbilt, that gen- tieman looked around for a matc to him, and not long ago purchased Lady Mae. This is a bay mare raised in Kentucky, S years old, and was sired by Whirlwind, out uf a mare of unknown breed- ing. Whirlwind was by Pumpkin Bog, a thor- azhbred horse by Stockholder out.of Lady aylor. Lady Mac trotted a number of races this season, and at Beacon Park, Boston, ob- tained a record of 2:23}. It must be re- membered that the 2:33 of Small Hopes and Lady Maec, althouzh the best double- team time, is° not a_record. The trial was m: to scitle a $10 bet between Mr. Vanderbilt and «a friend that the former could not drive the team over Vleetwood ark in 2:25 or hetter. But the fact that Sinall Hlopes is an expelied horse vitiates the race so far as a record is concerned. The best record by a double team is that of Gen, Cobb and Lulu May, at the Bay District track, San Francis:o, in May las. Ou thnt oceasion this team trotted 2 mile in 1. ‘They were driven by a pro- fessional, however, Orrin Hickuk, and, of coure, did nut draw near the weight that was belind Small Hooes and Lady Mac when they mads the circuit of Fleetwood Park in 2:25. Previous to this the best double-teamn time was that of Jessie. Wales and - Darkness, who put in a heat in 2:273{ over Narragansett Park, it being the third heat of arace. In 1867 Joseph Harkier's Brano and Brunette, of the celebrated Hambletonian-Kate family, theleading representatives of which, now are. Breeze and Carl 8. Burr, trotted a mile in 2:25)¢, but, be- i cly a trial, this time did not constitute a record. Away back in 1852 Robert Bonner's famous teaw, Lady Palmer and Flatbush Maid, trotted a mite in 6, and on another oecasion were driven two miles in3:01%.the second quar- ter of the last mile being trotted in 33 scconds, a2:12 gait. As double-team trotting promises to be a fea- ture of turf sport next season, especially among amateur drivers, those who contemplate getting 4 fast pair should bear in mind that speed is not the ouly thing to be looked after. In fact, the main point to be attended: to is_to secure o horses of sunilar dispositious. It is a well- known fact that, althouszh Lady Palmer aud Flatbush Mald could go to the quarter-pole to- wether in 33 seconds; neither of them could nerform that feat ju single harness, thus dem- onstrating that their speed was ureatest when cach ted the other. ‘T'o show how scarce fast double teams are, it may be mentioned that, with the excention -of MTr. Waixel's Sallie K. and Frank ., there is not a team owned in Chicago that has a record of 2 ; ne OWED THE: A most amusing incident occurred at the Cleveland meetine last week, in which John Splun appeared in the role of Terrible Avenger. 1t was on the first day bt _the Yoceting, and the occasion was thie race for horses that had never beaten There were originatly eight en- trics in thi ', but for some reason Bay Tom, Barkis, Tom Eyre, London Belie, Lily Pieree, and American Lady ‘were drawn, jeaving ouly Coltaze Girl and Nigger Tom to start. 1t was known b hody that the former, who was driyen b plan, bad therace at lier merey, and thcre was no speculation. It wasa splitting affair from beginning to end. W the wo as given for the tirst heat the ho went nway on an easy joz trot, amd the drivers bewan a pleasant conversation, discoursing to cazh other on various subjects, while their steeds jouaed alony at an easy gait.” This was kept up all the way down the nomestretch, Splan's horse winninz by a length, while John was ad- dressing some general remarks to the driver of the other animal. The time of this mile was 5:14, and when it was announced a howlwent up from the crowd. The judges asked the boys what they meant by cnacting such a farce on trotting, and_they explained that they did not hear the word given, and went around the track mcmlf’ for the sake of the ride. They were eau- tioned to do better in the next heat, and when the word was given they went away a little more briskly, aud managed to finish tlie mile in 2:401 Tien the judses were mad. around cousic out for the third heat made vobones of exore: displeasure at the way thims ng, and summarily vanked of ~Nigzer Tom out of the .y and put John Croker up bebiud the liorse, irking that they “would like to see a littic "They saw it sufe enough, but in a very different manner from what they expect- ed.The action of the judges hud wade Splan mad, and when the horses came up for the third heat bis brow was corrugated and a ivok of grim determination had_settled on his usually gen- fal countenance. Those that knew him were certain that there would be fun. When the word * o was shouted, hesent Cottage Girl awayat the top ot her speed, end soon had Nig cer Tom far in the rear. the balf-mile pole the mare was a dozen lengths in_the lead, but Jolm never quit driving her. Ile used every SPEED. Dossible means of accelerating his horse’s specd, und sent her under the wire in 29, having trotted the mile twenty _seconds faster thiau_the preceding one. ‘The unfortunate Nizeer Tom was labor- fue far in tue rear, and wus badly distanced, thereby depriving *his owners from recciving second money. to which hie would have been en- titled had the flaz not fatlen in his face. recovered his equanimity when he saw_that he had succeeded in accomplisning his project, and mounted the sulky behind Elsie Good in the 2 which iminediately followed. Accord- to the Cleveland papers, it was rumored thut 2 job had been put up for this mare to win, and when Splan appeared behind her she ot once sold favorite in the pools,. although previously the betring men had not thought much of her chances, the story about a job fn her bebalf be- ing regarded as @ “ still.” The change in the betting showed the confidence of the specula- tors in Splan’s ability as a driver, and was the hizhest compliment that could have been pail . HIPPODROMES. Three of the most celebrated trotting horses the country—Rarus, Hopeful, and Great Eastern—are now making a rour throush the Westeru States, ¥iving exhibitions of speed wherever an associetion can be found that is = toput up_the eash for’ them. When horses left New York a paper announce.d thiat they had departed on a starrinz tour.” Why this journal did not tell the truthand say that they had zone on @ hipoodroming cam- paien, it is hard to imawine, as that would cer- tainty bave ‘more uearly expressed the truth. ‘The majority of papers that take any interest in sporting matters have always made it a point to Qenounce hippodroming, principally beause some one of them inaugurated the practice, and the rest all. followed suit, witkout stobping to_sce whether they were talking sensc or twaddle, They seem to think that what is_commonly known as hippodron- ine is something caleufated to deceive, a device whereby the public is misled and defrauded of the money wheelt it pays to see such exhibitions. In point of fact, there is nothingat all to war- cant sueh n conclusion. If Rarus, Great East- ern, and Hopeiul should come to Chicazo dur- ing'the_vext two weeks and be advertised to trot at Dexter Park fora purse of $2,000 or so, does it _follow that the public would believe that such a race would be fought out with the desperation that characterizes such contests, when money hung up by an association is ided into four” parts, 50 per cent of the liole amount going to the winning lorse, 20 5 per cent to the second, 15 per cent to the third, and 10 to the fourth? Not at all. The aublic, if questioned on this point, would wink its collective eye in a significant mauner and re- ply that in all probabflity, before leaving New York, John Splan, driver of Rarus, Mr. Ol Rich- mond, owner of Hopetul, and Mr. Georze nill, ewner of Great Eastern, had a conference, in which they agrced that the moneys should be divided in an equitable mauner among the three horses, the test vne to win the races. If Rarus <hould happen tobe “off ” at any point on the Tine. and Hopeful could defent him that dav, he stiould do s0; ovif Great Eastern was thespecd- of theparty heshould besent to thefront, the sion of the money being inno wayaiTected by ult. Such a prozramme would be per- jectly legitimate. Of course, races trotted un- der such conditious arc not liable to ve long o as there would be wothing eained by splittine the heats, but the crowds 'that attend- edwould not cxpect this. John Splan, who controls Rarus, is ot the mn to go futo any scheme to defraud _or deceive the public, ani Jast winter, when Bildd Doble asked him - to hippodrome Karus with Goldsmith Maid in Cal- it.rnia, he consented to do so only with the coudition_that the races should be announced s exliibitions of speed merely, and notas bona fide contests. 1le knew tifat Rarus could beat the Maid_in more than one of these races, but of course did not wish to lower his Worsc's record of 2:20, us_he would have been gblived to o in order to defeat the little mare, and was determined that there should be no misappre- hension about the matter on the part of the public. When it was finally proposed to have the horses trot_at the Bay Dlistrict track, Oak- land. the proprictor declarcd that he would have 1o hippodroming; that the best horse must win. Splan totd him that would. be done, and Rarusdefeated the Maid. 1f people ‘'want to sce these coutests, THE TrinoNe thinks that their presenceisan in- dorsement of them, and_that the whining of certain sporting journals in regard to the matter is unnecéssary, and certainly ineffectual. CENTRAL PARK. Another - enjoyuble trotting mnflqce—mld probably the last of the scason—was given ¥s- terday afternoon by the Central Park Driving Association. Quite a large attendance of ladies and rentlemen was noted, and some goud sport resulted. Tnthe free-for-all, to harness, best three i five, Charles Schwartz’s Frank Davis won in three strajeht heats, Frank il second, Roofer, Jr, third; time, 2:30, 301, 2:8E 1. Martin’s Black Prince took the race in the 2:85 class, best three in five, to harness, in three straizhts, Harry Allen sccond, Pmnk,ll;xrd, and Towa Boy rourth: time, 2:3414, 26344, 2:3434. A match race between J. Myers’ lecty and yvery successful, well atteuded, and full of in- P. Morgan’s Rock River Maid, best two in three t0 wagou, Was wou in two heats by the former; time, 2:50. 2:47. Both horses had not trotted better than 2:50 before. In another 2:50 class Isoac Waixel's Annie {.og;\ln b:al‘T.bS.!Alhflg,’hl‘sh]flny Durphy in wo heats, in best two in thre H time, 2:54, 2:49. £8 1o, Htrmess; The three-minute race, best two in toree to wagon, was won in straignt heats by C. O. Avers’s Blue Dick, Long Tom second, Mary Jane'third; time, 3:081¢, 2:57. LOUISVILLE. LowsviLLe, Oct. 6.—The tall meeting of the Louisvillo docky Ciub closed to-day with a large crowd in attendance. The mceting has been o terest to-day. Mirah, Emma C., Adventure, Bradamante, Grit, and Crimson started in the first event, mile heats, for a purse of §300. Ad- venture took the first heat fn1:43, Emma C. sccond, Crimsor: third. The next heat was won by Ewiwa C. Bradanigate second, Adventure third. Time, Emma C. won the third heat and race in 1:46. The second event, a_handicap, all ages, for & purse of $250, dash one mile and a half, had six starters—Mahlstick, Heretog. Janet, Bill Dillon, Buff and Blue, and Tolono.” Tolono won, Janet sccond, Heretog third. Time, 2:358{. The last event was the Galt Honsc atakg for 3-year-olds, mile_heats, value $1,500, $130 to second. Lizzie Whipps and Garry Owen started. The latter won the first heat in 3:44. Whipps won thie next two and race in 3:35¢ and 3:433(. The favorites to-day were Bradamante, Janet, and Whipps. JEROME TARK RACES. New YORK, Oct. 6.—At Jerome Park to-day the selling race was won by W. J. Higeins, Tady Salyers second, Rappabannock third. Time, 2:013¢. ‘Thie anrual sweepstakes for 3-year-olds, two miles, was won by Bazil in 3:49%; Priuceton six_lengths of. Only two hiorses rim. The champague stukes for 2-year-olds, three- quarters of a mile, was won by Albert, Mari- tann second, Fawn third. Time, Pigue was the favorite. he one-mile dash for maiden 3-year-olds was won by Minucola, Glen Dudley second, Rifle third. ~ Time, 1:4514. TRACK TALK. I;icrrc Lorillard’s great filly Zoo Zoo has gone amiss. John Splan will soon leave for California, where his stable of horses will be wintered. The 4-year-old colt Jack Sheppard, by Jack Maltone, has broken down in both front legs. Two road horses of Hambletonian blood were recently shipped to an American geotleman in Paris by a New York breeder. The French Government has purchased for 3,000 rwineas the English stallion Mandrale, by Weatlierbit; dam Mandragora, by Kataplan. T. J. Megibben has purchased the well-known running ware Emma C._for $1,200. She be- longed to the estate of J. H. Ewatt, deceased. At the recent sale of the Doncaster vearlings, a bay filly by Macaroui, out of Bouny™ Bell, by Volligean, broughe thc enormous peice of $1i;- A story comes from Encland that the price paid for the stallion Rosierucian, by Beadsman, recently sdld to Mr. Carew Gibson, was 11,000 guincas. Mr. Wade, owner of Red Cloud, has finally decided that his horse will never recover from the Jamencss that has afllicted him for the past three years. tUncle Steve® Hayes, onc of the oldest drivers in the country, was wiven a benelit at Beacon Park, Boston, last Thursday. He will retire from the turf. Sir Willinmnson Booth, who had becn connect- ed with the Enalish turf for many years, and who won the Czarowiteh with Artless in 1859, died at Paxton Park, England, on the 26Lh ult. Silvio's time in the recent English 8t. Leger was 3:27, Petrarch’s in 1876 3:19, Craig Mil- ar's in -1875 3:20, and Apology’s in 1574 3:16. hie distance is one mile, six furlongs, and 132 yards. The,running hors Auburn, recently purchased by Barbee, the jockey. nas been sold by him to W. H. Duncan, of w York. The horse will fter ryn under’ the vame of Piper Heid- _ Wilke's Spirit is still a little sour on the Breed- efs’ Association, but under the mellowing inilu- ences of Mr. Clark Bell, and other zentlemen of the Association, Mr. Buck will doubtless change his mind. The promiding youne trotter Chester, by Jay Gould, out of Jeniic Speucer by Young Colum- d recently fu Boston. He hud a record 13514, and was one of the worst tempered horses cver put in harness. A t-year-old stallion by Mambrino Pilot (sire of Hznnis and Mambrino Gift), out of a Bashaw mare, dropped dead at Belmont Park last week. He recently trotted s heat in 2:29, and $6,000 had been refused for him. The eray mure, Carric K., that trotted at Cleve- Tand and Toledo, is uwned in Chicago. A sore mouth prevents her doing her bestat preseat, but she is expected to be & formidable competi- tor in the slow classes uext season. A new point in racine law has been brought up by Dell’s Life, which claims that there is no rule requiring 2 horse to walk over after.a dead heat, if the competing horse withdraws from the cont2st, on a refusal to divide the stakes. John Spian seems to be doin well with the string of horses formerly driven by Charley Brown. which includes Amy B., Calmar, and West Liberty. . Splan also hus chiarge of the bay mare Adelaide, formerly driven by Jack PLillips. It is said that the meeting of William . Beck, ‘manager, and * Noses " Brown, driver of Shep- pard Boy, after that horse had won the 2 Tace and acquired 2 record of 2:23%, Wwas one of the most affecting incideuts of the Cleveland meeting. Eastern papers, which are always statinz that Chicaro sends forth no fast trotters, will please make meution of the fact that, duriug the pres- ent season, two horses vwned in this city—Jeu- nie Holton and Sheppard Boy— have lowered their records from about three minutes Lo low in the twen! Hoiton’s record is 2:22, and Sheppard Boy's 2 Mr. Thorne, owner of the trotting stallion Thornedale. states that the man in churze of his horse while the animal _was en route for the recent meeting at tiord . rot drunk and left the animal unattended for twenty-four hours. In consequence of this treatment hie was uuable to start in the stallion _race azainst Blackwood, Jr., Voltaire, and Nit Desperandum. THE TRIGGER. LAST DAY OF THE RIFLE-SHOOTING. The Stouy Island rifie meeting cametoa close yesterday. Although the attendance on cach day was lignt, those interested in rifle practice fecl that a good beginning has been made, and look with confidence to future meet- ings more successful in every way. This affair has been well managed, and has served to demonstrate the fact that Chicago has within its borders men who can cope With the best shots England or Ireland can produce, at both Jong and short range. It will be by no means surprising if, as an outcome of tbis trial, a Western team should be raised who may next year cotpete at Creedmoor, and - possibly may cross the Atlantic. The first, and indeed the only, important match yesterday was the competition for the challenze badge for best indiviaual score. For this thel re twelve entries, and a small en- france was cirarged, and divided into prizes for sccond and third. The cup is held subject to challenge, and the rules are twenty shots at 1,000 yards: no sighting; any riflc and position under the rules. The entries were: Sir Henr: TIalford and A. M. Fraser, of the International Team; Frank Hyde, of the American Team: R. J. faire, S. S. Levy, G. I Wolcott, of the som, Mich , Club; Jolin Johustone, E. Field- ing, of the Milwaukee Club; J. W. Roberts, Walter Burpham, J. A. Shaffer, and A. G. Alford, of the Dearborn Club. ~Following is the score 81 45 3 a4 5 93 ilalford 3 53 hafter i iz olcoti % 32 i 02 533 43 rawn. 390 3. Drawn. Barnliar. 349000 %wn. Ley: 3 . hercfore carried off the ‘badge, e "rl\eirr.ml taking second and third izes, respectively. P e eond vent. individual shots at 300 vards, two sizhting and ten scoring shots, for a silver pitcher andsilyer cun, there were seven- teen cutries. _ Mr. Milner took lhc'f.)rst and Sir Tienry Halford the second prize. The score is appended: L €Tees o 45 4 43555 Ly 000333433 00 22I4 3 4 403434 2 3 3343340133 23004343 43 4444344 44232434 Fifiaia: 333145333 15hsaa33s 35343844344 42353443 Halre 4 4350 dr. Woleott . 3444334453 Sexton, .. 433343303 W. S, Hyd: 2340053433 The concluding mateh was for all com 4 200 yards, of-band, two sighting and ten scor- ing “shots, open to members of all military organizations and rifie clubs: military rifies only to be used. The prizewas azold badge, and there were thirteen entries as_follows: ~ Capt. Donlan, Second Illinois L N. G.; B. O. Bush, Kalamazoo Ligbt Guard; E. A. Hastines, First Regiment 1. N. G Capt. Maxwell, Fist Regi- ment; Col. Shaffer, J. K. Milner, W. Burnham, Capt. J. W. Roberts, Sergt. A-G. Alford,, Com- auy E, First Reziment; 8. E. Bliss, Col.Snrer, Irst INlinois Cavalrys J. Haven, First Rezimer: and S. W, Burnham. Messrs. W. Burnham aud Milner each made 41, but Mr. Milner was ot a competitor for the prize, and $n0¢ mercly for amusement. The second prize fell to Mr. Bliss. Following is the score: 28333 222 3343 344 0202320 43 0338 334 353 445 445 53 3 4 % 53 033 30 440 31435334 3 343323002 &, W. Buraham .. 4+ 5 4 445 Haven... oo 000 SURPRISED SURPRISERS. . Ta the Editor of Ta Tribuneg CmicAGo, Oct. 1.—Please give space in your paper to afew lines and oblige many of its read- ers: A veryselect party of friends of Mrs. M. Burke assembled at that lady’s house Friday evening, Sept. 35, to give her a surprise. All there, they knocked to be admitted, which was answered by Mr. Burke us soon as he could wuke up sutliciently to tind the door. Being en- tirely taken by surprisc to see so many persqus at the door he waited a moment to think what it meant. By that time Mrs. B.appeared. As soon as the company saw_her they in one voice proclaimed * Surprise.” She welcomed them in Her usual pleasant manner, and all was ready to have a good time. After & few moments' rest and conversation she invited them down-stairs, there being a large vacaub store witn larze rooms_adjoining. No souner thers than they formed for dance, and all was happiness, when suddenly the frout door opengd and a male rushed throuzh the crowd, The following will explain what followed "There was a sound of merriment that nizht, and the West Side had gathered there her beau- ty and her youth. And bright the iamps shono on fair women and brave meu. Some fifiy hearts beat happily, and when wusic arose with its voluptuous sweliy soft eyes Jook love to cyes that spake azain, and Al went merry as a mar- riage bell. But hush, hark, a hcéary sound -strikes lise a rising knell. Did ye not hear itf No,’twas but the wind or a car ractling o’er the Strect. On with the dance, but, Lush, hurk, that heavy scund strikes in onee more, as if the clouds their echos would repeat, and nearer, dearer, deadlier,than before. 1t Is Ed Burke that roars, gives orders to have that crowd clear out, or he will shoot every one. Their indizoa- tion can better be imagined by the intellizent public than described by the writer. Suifice it to suy they betook themselves to the house of oneol the party, where they spent the rest of the evening undisturbed. Before leaving they offered every consolation possible to the morti- ted hostess. That young m: that did the kicking to the door is a splendid representdtion of the mule. Take warning. o It is very eratifying to koow that the first surprise party of the.scason wasso promptly dealt with. Persons who desire to subscribe to the *Ea Burke Testimonial Fund” can leave their names at this oflice. ————— Gallant Gortschakofl. Ducharest Correspondence New York Times. 01d Prince Gortschakofl himself is not®a par' ticularly edifying speetacle, and does mot _give the stranger 3 highidea of dignity. In bis black coat and stiffly starched white cravat, with his cold, unimpassivned face and expression- less’ eves, which put one m mmd of Levers comporison of ‘“a sick cod- fish or an oyster with the measles,” he realizes pretty well the traditional type of the high comedy statesman. -But if there is a woman_present, the mctamorphosis is as sud- denasitis cum[lutc: his features light up, and the dull. fish-like glare gives place to an ozle worthy of 2 bazman in the socicty of a barmaid in_some Englishi provinciat tap-room. The Prince fairly_ worships womankind, whether she be a Duchess or u cocolte le cares little, but it fs from simgle adoration of the sex or because its members are skilliul it sometimes unconscious spics, is ot certain, al- thougn we do know that he keeps up a regular correspondence with a phalanx of pretty wom- en, cleverly disseminated in the fashionable drawing-rooms of Paris, Vienna, London, and, Berlin. Some of his enemies reproach him for the oceaps of Cliquot quafled in company with some of the Princesses of the Bucharest stage, but may his_orgics not have been rather prompted by his wish to drown dull care, and shut out for the moment his poignant regrets at the wmussacres of Bulzaria and the buteheries of Plevna, and ali_the other hor- rors of this war to which he has alwavs been so persistent an adversaryi At all events, there Is probably more of politics than of dissipation in the Prince’s stranee partiality for queer soclety, and a great deal of privato information as to certain public functionaris is gleancd from the not_particularly high-toned onversation of these nympls, many of whom are said to be regularly paid by the private Police Department of the Embire. BANIKRUPT STOCKS. TBANKRUPT JOBBER'S STOCK. 50c ON THE DOLLAR. 200 doz, Imported Corscts at 50c; former 300 do: broldercd French Corsets at 7ic and 31; worth $1.27 and & = 300 and 500 Done Corsets at 81, 50 and S3; special 3 worth Ds. T.adics" Merino Vests at 25¢; cheap at Hit3 300 do~. Ladics Extra Merino Vests at 374 chean at Tae. 150 doz. Ladiex” Wonl Vests at 50¢ and 60c; former price 7oc and S1. 10,000 odd Gentlemen'=and Ladies’ Panta at 37%3¢ and alic: worth S1 and $1.25. 10.000 1hs Zephyr at 42tsc an o0z 30,000 Ladies® Cotton Underwear at 40c on the dollar, to close. Cloaks From Pailed Mannfacturer. 100 Estra Long Cloaks at §3 and $3.50; worth. S4 50 and S0 300 Ladies Cloaks at$5: cheap for $8. 200 Heavy Beaver Clorks, Galoon Trimming aud Fringe. at S6, $7, and S8; wortn $10, $12. and $11. 5 . 200 Wool Beaver, extra lonzand handsomely trimmud, for $3, $9, and $10; worth 512, 315, and $16. 200 Wool Matelessa Cloaks at $9 and $105 worth 15 and $18. 100 Sumnple Clonks at $12. S14. 815, $16, 318, and $25; less than cost to munnfac- 100 picees Heavy Black Gros-Grain Silks at §15 worth $1.40. 150 Extra_Quulity Black Gros-Grain Silk a8 S1.25: cheap for 32 500 Wool Shawls, knotted fringes, at 33, $3.50, 4. and urth £5 to S10. 1,000 Broche Shawls, in ¥ingle ana double, at §1.50, 8, 35, 8%, S10, and S12: half of Tast year's price. ~ Johs frow auction. 500 picces Poplin Alpacas at 18c: cheap for 10 mere, extra width, at 20c; Poplins, it c Jobe; PATpacas. French mixtures, at 25¢, S fotared Cah (36 inches wide) nces Colored Cashmerea (36 inchet e 2,000 Pt i ic, 50C, and GUc; cheap for Tic, 00¢, 1,000 picers Black Alyaca at 25e,30c. %56, 37%e, 'and uc; a feartul sacrifice from regalar prices, | 5 frces Black All-Wool Cashmeres at 50c, the hest value ever oifered for the money. 1,000 pieces Black Waterproofs at G0c, 65¢, 75¢, and §ic;_less than jobbers' prices. 500 pieces Stripe Waterproofs at 75c, 80¢, and 40r; worth double. 1,000 remnante Caxvimeres for Boys' and Men's wear at nall pri t lesyghan manafsc- 1,000 remnants Flanoe! . turer's prices. BANKRUPT STOCK HOSIERY, 1,000 pairs Childrens® Full eanlar Fleece-lined Hosiery at 10c: worth due. G 1,000 pairs Ladies' Hosicry at 10c, 10ic, and Se: worth 1. s A o i 8¢, 10c. 1234¢, 156, s Fuil, Rezalar Red Balbrigzan HH w{:nlh ©60c and T5¢; 1 na silk clocked. 300 452 ents: Batbrigzan and Lisle-thread Hose, full r(‘:’nl:\dr._rl’: 25¢ and 30c; regu- i 40c and H0c. Flnkmlpnirfl'l’&‘k Knitted Goods, Ladies’and Chil- dren'y sackets, Houds, Legging, etc., at 50c on 'hfif:f:lrnnféz stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing at BOSTON STORE 1318 & 120 STATE- P. S.—Money refunded at all times if goods aro not sutisfactorye and 81, ‘ £,000 preces Snitings at Sc, 10¢, and 12%e; worth 15¢ o 20c. i 3ge. Bac, 70, Toc, B0c, and HUcg’ !