Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1877, Page 7

e i o e st - - of Force and Pearce on THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1877—-SIXTEEN PAGES GAMES AND PASTIMES. Chicago Beats St. Louis for the Tenth Time. Official Record of the White Stockings, and Some Comments Thereon. Personal Notes About Some Prom- inent Drivers---Splan, Doble, Ete. Tall Meeting of the Maryland Jockey- Olob—Gossip from the Track. The Morris-Luther Scull Race at Piits- burg Wou hy the Former. 1o Enzlisk Comment on the Creedmoor Contest--- in American Fox-funt. BASE-BALL. FAREWELL TO ST. LOUIS. The Gfteenth zame of the season's play hetween Clacz and St Louis took place on the Tweuty- Luird street srounds yesterday, and resulted in f; Var of Chiczzo by a score of 510 4 in ten iunine: e puts the score {or tms season £t 10 for Chicas soand5forSt. Louis, which ought to be snf iy indicative of the standing of the two cities ip the natioual came. Yesterdas's mme was remarkable for several (binzs: Grst. perhaps, the umpiring of Mr. Miljs, which has never been excelled in the writer's sight this season, Second was the remarkable fielding high, ehort, drappinz balle. Atleast five of the catches made in that viciits were wonder(ul. Another feature of the cme wa the fuccess with which the new Ditcher, Reis, and his Tong-legzed pporier, Anson, compared their rec- ot with those af the world-renowned Tradler 20d Clapp. Last of all, it took ten in- Gecide the game, this being the second {ime in two sears that the regulation same could poreettle the matteron Chicago ground. It re- guinsolong history of the gume to exhibit its Jointsof plar. In the second inning Little save Amonarun by mufing his fiy: in the fourth in- cored an Pearce’s maff stoze to hld 8 thrown ball: in tie eig and An<on’s hits carned ihe former'e ran: 3nd. lastly, when the came was 1ied, g0 tue teuth ipmng had come, Barnes' bit s becly muffed by Little. snd the batsman st the winning ron on McVey's sharp Bounder 1o Je:1 cemire. O the other side the record milarly short. Farce scored in the fifth inning aneamed ran: Uroft taade a run in the seventh in- Tinzon McVey's error and_Peters” wide (hrows in thevizhth_iuning Batun and Bradley scored on Feie wild throw of_the latter's hit. That wasall There was of the zame. The records of the players e gisen below 1n THE ScORE. Ezgier, €. 1. Never. 3 Ancon, . Peters. 8. &, Tines, 1. ... 1| 510,30'20 5 o? or‘ ol o Clapp. €. of 2f of Lecle, 1. 1... 0 0 3 0,11 Tased balle~anson, 1; Clap, Unpire—A. G. Mills. Gy ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1 ansthinz like a decent display of weather can behad, the sesson of 18TT will expire na bl of glory to-morrow and Taesday § ames with e Bostons. champious of 1 not be denfed that the Cuicazos of 1877 are beiow their nark of 1876, but they have lately shown corad- calle improvement over previous performances, e itk et & it out of the Way t0_exvect them to fetin 4 purt of thetr reputanon by defeating the cumpions. The games will be blaved on the Twenty-third street grouncs, and will commence eatly. Aftes pluying here. the Dostons will go son layingin Indienanol:e Wednesday of th weck, and in Ciucinnan Thureday, Frid Siwday. A Boston paner announces that ) Wright expects 10 play <ome games 4t home after begets back. Hurry ulways wus noted for forset- 22 about the last of October whether o ®£2 fummer or 4 winler £a Italways was feang sizht to see the ream playing with their ari- forms autside their winte woolen mittens and seal SOMETHING ABOUT AVE One week azo TnE TRIEUNE printed the complete bsttinz and Selding averages of all League players forthe ecszon of 1877, and briefly compared those recorde with the correrponding figures of 1376 The completion and publication of batting and £eldieg tables voth on the morning after the close ofthe geason has never been attempted by any other paper than thie, but has been accomulished traTueee reporter in two of the last three e, —and furtnermore, this paper’s tables were ieonly ones made by any onc except the Leazue Secrctary in 1876, To say these things is to speuk drtbecurd, The public may judse, then, of the aln amusement which lias been a wreat enjoyment Of the ** averzgrit ™ in the last few days on reading £um¢ of the statements referred o below. The £ Founy man 10 eive himself away wa the ami- 2ble zud carcrul attache of tne Louisviile Courier- Jorrral, who sct out some tables Monday morninz nd incautiousiy asserted that his paper **mude 2 s00p® in doing so. when the record in- sisted that Tuz Tt a8 a day uhead, 1 itbe eaid, *+asuscal.” Further, the Louisville A Ret of tablex ind:cativeof a scason's k 1t never before been prepared in xo short a e.” Lut, 3<x matter of fact, were Tik Trin- F¥extables ot prepared i eix hours while the i~. man took thirty for his? The publication *how that surely. 4elut theee publications did not enit nur respected tiends of Cmcinnati aud St. Louts. The Enquirer, of the former clty, eaid that the tavles of Tur TUBLSE were worthless because they did not lave the Cincinnati Club's sames counted, and added: 1o08cial ecores of the Cincinnati games have ben forwarded 10 Seeretary Younz, and wid e uscd in makingap the Leacue aveniges.” Sarely that is [ositive cniough and yer the Learne avernges, Dade out by Sceretury Yonne for eghtecn plave filue League, huve been carefully inspected by a CUBUNE Creporter and there is mot a jcionati gawe in sny ome of them. sbe cate ' stands thus: The Enquircr re these averages *‘will be used: Sccretary frong docs't use them. or any of ihew. and Yeate them juet ag he would the record of the 2dlow Club i it weee sent him, —and for the eunie sopn. The Globe-Demorrat adds that the tables g dnearrect. berause they do not agree with cach fenet. and rather turne up its nowc in faying that i readers will pave to wait for Secretary Young's fures. On the fame prnciple_they would have Sowaitfora Governor's meseaze until an ofticial ooy €ame in from the Secretary of State. Muyhe s gothatin Migrouri. In printing the records thew MEUNE did not claim absulute accuracy for n’fix\‘l‘l. ‘!fll it i¢ pleased to find that more thun haif o Chicagro Club are cven exactly tne same £2- Mg 1he Secretary’s oflicial record as by its ocord, and that the others do aot difler much. ex- Spin the case of Eden. thie gocitl record of ‘the Chicazo Club réached st o gociterday, and 152 splendidly prepared oot Mores, which are hichly creditable to recoaty Young's avility. The only part of these i3 eds far which room éan be found this rorning Cont batting and run-gettine toole, which is. of \'uurl:;':;b}?md’ correct. bemy a rescrint of Mr. A1 dort., 1t coutains” the *riotal bases 3 Hi 5835 b SIESE3 EZ 3 I2gifEE: 3 Sames of players. EAgLiing H g1 es 1c \ H 3 it 670 i o am, H’.c. s 5;}"&'“ ines we 1w, 22 i i LY § o o 4000 - S o ol_ol_sfuio may be ‘seen by comparing these figares with Tur TRIBUNE tables that they agree as to the per- centazes of McVev, Hallinan, Epaiding, Eedier, (Menw, Swith. Waitt, and Quinn. Therc secms to have been 2 uniform mietake in the cascs of Anson, Teters, and Dradley, vach oue of whom had ofi: clally one Jess buse-hit fnan was given in the first tablés. On the other hand, Barnes, Hines,” and Eden gain considerably. showing perceptible errors in their fizn, 3 record of each Chicazo Clab player, wtand in eack position, Will be given 10-morrow morning. . The most instructive record of all sent by Mr. Secretary Youny is that showing the Ch: 0 Club's perforaince. This hus beea compared with the gures for last year and the result is as follows: 1877, 1876. Games plased.. i Cammes Now 3 & Guanes lost.. 14 Times at bat. . 2,818 i Pt B)l] 3 20 Same per gam o £ 3 5 THE RED-CAP RECORD. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. ST, Patr, Minn., Oct. 10. —The Red Caps closedl a fairly successful season Sept. 23 by a mume with thie Minneapolis Browns. which resulted in a tie of 3103, durkness preveating a more decisive finish. The Reds hive played this season 72 gawes, win ning 39, losing 30, with 3 ics, the State champion- €hip games having resulted in a tie (3 sames each and 2 ties as between St. Paul and Miunespolis., Winona having jumped the track). ‘The Reas hold over, having now held the pennant for three years. The only Cluba that have the advantage of us in games won of series are Chicago, Indianapolis, und Manchester, we bavinz won and lost even zames with Winona, Milwaukee, Evansvll and Memp! while. with Janessille, rbanks, Minneapoiis, and the otbers, tne gumes won are larzely in our favor. Of League- Alliance pames we hase won twenty-nine, lost ~oue, and tied three. The Club has been more than usually unfortanate fn accidents dis- abling players, which, coupled with arelaxation of dizciplive, buy tended 1o make the rec- ord " of the latter haif of the eeason very different from what the first half aucured. Salisbury, our very promising young pitcher, scflered a vory severe etrxin of his arm while on our trip, and was practically uscless the remainder of the season: Miller, second *0 eeverely injured in the knee Tate in July that he &plit bie thumb open and wa lided durmy several important sames. Ky, our tne left-Gelder, was prostzated by an_attack of tyohoid fever in_August, ffrom which he i3 bul juet recovvering; amd lastly, Walker's foction caused 4 weak spot which we only_able to strenethen late in the scaron by Mazmer. ANl thinzs considered. the record we present i€ 8 1avorable one; financially we bve not eo mnch to brag of, thoush 1 question it nine clubs out of ten have this season. We fecl a just pride In the fact that of the many pretentivus contemporaris we had in the Northwest Guring the carly sesson we are (the Milwaukees escepted) the only club that has closed 1t season as “per agrcement. Owing to the refusal of Minneapolis and Winons 1o offer gnarantees, we have been unable during the Jatrer part of the scasou 1o induce clubs from abroad to vieit us, and the interestin the came has suffered proportion- ate s reaches TnE Trinese the Red of 1577 will be scattered and homeward- vound. Joe Miller goes to Des Moines to takea pusition ‘offered him there in a mercantile house. ilix many fricnds in the profession will learn with rexret thiat he wtemds 0 quit the +*diamond.” o his fne play and excellent management of tie nine we owe many of our victories. Gault, the reliable first baseman, goes to Milwankee, Gross, who nas cauglt in every pame this season, will winter in ul Bohn goes to Detroit; M ‘Allison ana MeCiellan will spend the win- 1lick, who pluyed third bass for us was loaned to Milwaukee a few have made no contracts yet for next year, as we he market is too uns<ettled for us to get ng stock. We prefer to be m ntage of the **break” which Sax 0N, Secretary lted Caps. think **long ™ on ball-p} position to take wov, Tug T brophusics. May 2—Ted Caps vs P A < VS, Mintedpol va. Miteag. 6 ve, Miuea olia.. —ceeu Caps vs! A Caps Va, Miiwa iwa. Jane 3-1 June T—liva C Jue f—il Juue 14— i e 0034, trnei cls. ¥, Santicioiis. s. Minzeado MR ROE TG O0C kLGNSO - S e e G 1 Ao 15 it Ve, Mtea’ G o 3 16 R, % I3 V8 Sancleslr u 3 b 5 3 1 1 9 > 2 4 Caps ve. M 1 1Cats vo. Minneai 5 - S—tied Caps v, Minueai e 12-Lied «aps ve. M 5 Minine: W ol (10 funfoge). i (7 bnnings). The following from the Boston Zerald gives the bestides of matters in the ball interestsof the Hub: Tt 15 rather early to speak with definiteness about the Husion Iub of INZS, hecause Uhere are Two or thrw players whose future on Wit the zedn 18 nut Vetaeurci. 1t ey 1€ pul Guwn 45 quite ceriain 1t Brown will catel and iond piteh. snd " Leonard will Touk out Tor eIt fivid. Wilh O"Rourke at centre teld and Iurdonk at second buse. AS 10 thi reimainiis pusith 3ho will L1 them fs a0 unkolved probim. The pl Whom eversbudy had ore 10 The nine, abave all vihers. Juin Wil not be of the lieds of 535, O cun Tl hereamogaer Nearot, Whict (s Ut his broth Cill be vhe recular plicher. or Gt least, th Ne be allowed 1o pieh uidl ' Jim fs ot that fie eantior i the bk, This 1 an arr {1iat the Dirvctors does not fevl justifled {a §t means the Virtus! rerirement of kond. Therefo e Whiite hrothers caios be Counted Haon us temners of nest sear's Ciub, M nan will probably o to Hart- litot <h the Mt ter 18 not settied. 166 n Mianing will do. T peap ore has been b heen ciosed with G E ‘may nut play (n the i dual ed thut be wiif play. {fie stary iat his Sam twpuceced Wit is pure fction, fo yafi Where e is some dass g, - Sunpose fe 1o by of the Bine, he may b looked for b his Tirion at snort, with Morriil and Sutten diyiding e Ui aud Gt beses between thei. Should Maoning return to Buston. ' ne would be kel o play right field. should Grorge Wright T tire"from the uine. Sutton Wil probabiy play horrand Morrill third, With an ** unknown * on irst fiase: “Eenafer wiil probably be tenth man. This {3 afl thiat can b sabd aboi the marter now. [ dim Whit the Clul loses {25 bes: bateunu, cider. and LemtTemanty pinyer iR every way. L he battliig strengil S the Club e, Tuevitabiy be dimfufstied by this loss, and the Dircetors ol 4 retthut Jim {5 g i3 e W bre ehould be en- by { or some oiber people, they will My oeanize & ciub I Ebafea, N, V.. ouly & few fies from thelr bome. Such fs understogd to-Le their Ruppost, i doesnot_feel ns though WL had been v 4 fafr opportunity to ** prove hituself ™ this sca Eo. aud he denires quide as much (o ety him alos us . i o s s Tuplay for Jersonal gratiiicat ir. of Wity abiiy (0 pitel there ean be no questf - brotiied will muke a stroni pair for the club i se- cures them In 1575, K GENERAL NOTES. The Jatest and most astounding is that Chadwick 1s to manage a nine. One of the rumora is that Chapman is to go to Indianapolis nest year. Thomas, of the Auburne, is said to be engaged to Rochester next year. The Indianapolis Joursal eays that McSorley by signed for 1875 with L. Buifalo Club. The Journal says tuat Latham will play first se next yedr for the Indisnupolis Club, and adds that it i “*a bad selection. The Cincinnati and Indianapolis Clubs have beent crackinz away at_cach other for a week or so, and the result hus been to sccuse the lutter of sharp play and a saspicion of doubtful honesty to it. The news from Cincipnati is dismal enough. Mitchetl has discovered 3 ** new dehvery, ™ among Other thinrs, and the Zngiirer proposes, after i while, to expluin_why the Cincinnalis cannot win When uway trom home. Just now it is nrzing the Club managers to engage Milier. Mr. Wright and his Bostons haven't bad the best of luck lately. After they won thechamplon=hip they were defeated i succession by the lancies- ters, Lowelis (twice ode Islands, Crickets, Gnd’stare. 1f they Bave won o same with an out: side club ina month or so, the score basn't arrived here. A common paragraph in circalation just now is the following: - The only players 50 far enzuged by the Chicagoes are Anson, Eden, and Crane, the latter of the Lowells.” 1t is bushithe question of Whether there wiill be o cinb here has not been fittled. letalonc the composition of any part of The Columbus Buckeyes are reported to have gomazed Critchley aud licenan, of This, veara Au- urns, and Shafferand Crowley, of the Louisvilles. A match has been arranged to be played on the retarn of the Hartfords from their tour through the State, in which nine pitchers will play, each tking an 1nning's pitching, supported by the Ttastford team. The pitchers will be, Larkin, Cas- sidy. Hankinson, Mathews, Zettlein, Ruie, Clare, Raleigh, and Vajenting 3. AW s ?II;E‘::'TY;IO. "ANS“'EREB- Jo AWt ere will the following players play (2 I8 PlEcs bauing record better than Anmrer—(1) Not one of the men you uame have been announced. Itfsnor at ali Ik ¥ that suy e af thn oo contfacted, (& The anly resord bl o Blayers names in it scts Jonos avs 81295, thus giving the former the l‘(‘:gfi. RERLE e I S.—*S. heta I1. on a game of base-ball that S, whil l'!flk\. s many in three innfngs na H. will in nine or the whole zuti S.'s Score fn three Inningsis17. H.'s fcare was 6; but ([, gave up the_game in the seventh nnings, A5 seven inninga were played., which wine? " ;‘n’:’:l’fl'x’;c’l;kn’:fl :lmm {or w L!l;:n\. hich fsu't clear, win anywa; i o equity fn a'bet. i Sl THE TURF. S0ME PROMINENT DRIVERS. Norw that the trotting season s practically at an cud, a few facts concerning the prominent drivers of the conntry may not be amiss, First on the list comes JONN SPLAN, who stands head and shoulders above any man in the country m point of ability. Some neople may be inclined to doubt this statement. and assert that Jolm's reputation was made by Raras, as Budd Doble's was by Goldsmith Maid, and that there are vlenty of drivers who could have developed the Dig bay horse's speed as fully as Splan. But such 8 not the case. Rarus has been on the turf eeveral peasons, and has had sowe of the best ribbon-handlers in the country behind him, but when he came into Splan's hands bis record of 2:203 was the measure of hisability. How this horse's wneea hay bheen developeil by Splan, until it is now universally couceded that any time, when ona fast track and in good conditlon, he can wipe out any record at trottinz that was ever made, is known toatl. Some may wonder why this has not been done, why Rarus was not given his head during some of this scuson's contests, and the Maid's 2:14 cclipsed, The same question has been put to Splan many timee, and he has always answered that Rarns would never be driven by bim any faster than was absolutely necessary 1 order to win the races in which be was engaged. The winning of heats by a very short distance 1 one of the feat- ures of Splan’s driving, and, whether he {8 driving a 0 horse or a three- minute one, lhis object is ulways to win by not over a length, and in the majority of cases aneck sults kim better. Bat it is not alone his driving of Rarus that has secured a reputation for Splan. The fuct ¢ that he can drive sng horse well, and is especially successful with those that need plenty of lifting and ronsing in order to make theim last a mile. 1t was the faculty following this that enabled him to give Planter a record of 2:2417, ax the bl chestnnt horse it a notorious loafer.and, likes to sit down ou the homestreceh and take things casv. This power of lifune alons un exhausted horse wae shown ot Dester Patk last spring, when Splan won a race in straight heats with Little Gypsey, shaking and_lifting the little mare every step of the three miles. Iy general superiority ax a driver cnabled bim to take Cal- mar, a2 horse thet for two years has been of o account in his eluss, and win a series of vrilliant’ victories with him, re- ducing his record to low in the twenties. Atall the Eastern meetings during the present sess m Splan's services buve been In great demaud by the owners of hurees, and bo has alwage had iore horscs at his disposal than he could possibly at- tend to. DAN MACE, the veteran, has enjoyed u fuir smount of success, althoush the most Motable member of his stable, Jndee Fulierton, went amiss early in the season, and never recovered his form. Dan'sprincipal triumph was with Prospero, the Specay son of Messenger Duroe. This borse has always been looked upon as faster thau anythinz of his aze in_ this country, ad Just xeason, when he went ihto Charley Green's stabie, great things were expected of him. lut someliow he fatled to be of any scconnt. Some Iaid it to 4 sore mouth. and others to bud feet, but atall events he was nio good. This year he has been 1 dangerous horse iy hix class, v cutting a piece of the purse, and won one very ereditable victory, in which he reduced hus recond to 2:20, Sheridun was also brousint out this s and won 3 zvoa_lot of_money for s owner, Sueridan Shook, of New York. Dan's services were also in considerable demand through the cir- cait by owners who imagined that his superforekill and géneralship could make their horses win. JONN TUR R afforded the sensation of tiie year in trotting horse circles by brinzing ot the little wonder. Haunis, 2 1 during the cntire scason has lost bat one ce, ud has reduced his record frum nutlanz to 231614, a feat which has never before been ok icled.”’ The performances of this lhorse have already been ziven in these columms. Turner also Dad avother fine horse in the stallion N1) Dy perandum, by Ielmont. This horse managed to et a picee of nearly every race in which he started, and cnded the season by walklug over for the purse in which he was cufered at (he reeders’ meeting at llarttord. Itisa noteworthy fact that of the four principal Philagelolia drivers, —Turner, W. 1. Doble, Jack Pnllip+, and Mike Goodwin, —Turner tois scuson stinds in the lead, althoush heretofore any of the othiers was coiderea his supcrior. JOIN MORPHY, of Xew York City. had ome verv solid men re- hiud bim this season, and with such hor White Stockings, Richard, John Muraly, 2dy Pritchard, ma 1t e iead of 2 arivers 1hro e Central Circuit inumonnta ed o s credit. A< deiver lie bas not materi- added to his reputation, the horses in his i Phicnomenal. Rich- ed Bimself a better animal than most people zave bim credit for being: but White Stock- ings did not guite come up to the mark et for by horse-men st the begioning of the PETER V. JOIINSON is well known both in Cliicago, where he resides, and through the East.” wherd he has driven in wanya race. This vear e did not tackle the tral Circuit: the chief memoer of his string Grant, proving to be entireiy out of _ forr and unable 1o do_himself justice. In Monroe Chief, however, Johuson Stceured one of the Best ' young horses in the his record of eight victories out of mne rices telly the story in_a nutshell. 1t is useles to fpeak of Jdubn-on's ability as 1 driver, as it 1s ungestioned. Pos~essed of u cool head and steady hand, together with the best possible judgment, aud plenty of nerve, there iS nota min in the countrswho can give tim odds, JAMES GOLDSMITH mast be named amonz the prominent drivers, nl- xUmany eople think that the ion 2y ekiliful one is open to arzument, Tty virtue of the r es of his futher's imufense *tuck-farm. Ji < s e string of goud ones, and thig season, with Powers, Driver, Alley, and others. managed to nock out the cake ™ uabout us often as any of the hoys. CHARLEY GREEN docs not seem to b covered from the strenk of bad lnck which overtook lim last vear, In Ln- cille Goiddust this senson be had the best horse in the country next o Rarus, and won 1 pile of money with her in purses, But the other mem- bers of his etavle. which includes ruch notable ones as Lulu, Great Eustern, May Queen, Mattie, Breezc, ete.. were absolately no good. There fs a wide ditference of opinion us to ¢ en’s merits a8 a driver, Ut With Uity Tt TiBUNE bas notbing 10 do. MORRILL HIGBIE, of Canton, Ili., derived mostof Lis reputation from the performances of Gov. Sprague aud Little Frea, hoth of whom hie brought out snd develope The little bay horse started out muspiciously tuis season, being in the best possible form. and on the day of s victory over Lodine al Dexter Park could have beaten almost any horse 1n the country. Tie was taken sick while East, and bas never fuily recovered. 1t is said he will be wintered in Cali- fornia, % 9 o list of prominent drivers would be complete with the name of ED BEOWY, better kuown as ** Nosey.”’ omitted, e isac- nowleded by all to be one of the best *¢ mech ics™ iu the country; and for gelting out of 4 tizht place nobocy cun excel him. Ilis tramp cird thie geusou bas beea the young gelding Shep- herd Boy. a horse that, when Lrown tuok hum, could_not_trot better thau 2:§5 at the best, al- tlaugh he had been handied for speed two yea Brown laid low with him all the early part of the season, but in the 2:35 race in Clevefand two weeks a0 astonished eversbody, includine hinself, the horse, and W. L. Beck, Uy trottinz the Girst ‘heat in 2353, effectuaily smaxhing 1 combination that hiad been formed by the other drivers, LUDD voBLE s still in the ring, althougn he has done nothing this year worth mentioning. Goldsmith Maid nade his reputation, and aashe has not trotted much this season Budd bas not been very prominent. He had nothing in his stable worth mentioning, but may coume out nest spring with some zood ones. THE BALTINOKE MEETIN The principal event in tarf circles during the present month witl be the annual fall_meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club, which takes place at Pimlico on the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th. This meetine is always looked forward to with particular interést by the public, and espectally by horscmen, on account of the fact that it includes the great Bowie stakes, a four-mile heat race. and the only fixed event of its kind in the country. This stake is $100 entrance, half forfeit: it three or more start the Club will add $2,000 for the first hiorse. and $200 for the sccond fiorae, who is alzo to réceive $:00 of the stakes. “*The Bowie, " which is run on the third day of the meating, is wiat brings out the people, and 3 larer crowd thun eser before witnessed this event wil) probabiy be prescnt this year, s the prospects are that forr of the most noted horses in the coun- try will compete for the prize. The subscribers to the _»take this year are P. Lorillard, G. 1. Lorillard. T. "W, Doswell, J. W. Munt Reynolds, and A. D. Drown. At present it is _ supposed that Pierre Lorillard wiil ran Parole, his brother, George, Tom Ochil- trec. and gr. Jeynolds. that game old honic Whisper. But the chief interest in the event lies in the fact that the fncomparabie Ten Groeck, with the fastest second for one, two, tnrze. and four miiles, vill start in thin eace. He'has been sent (o Baltimore fn charze of Mr. . T. Williame, by his owner, F. B. Harper, and no secret is made of the fact that if in shape be will start for the Bowie, running in the mame of Mr. D. Oswell or Mr. Yirown. This would bring Tom Ochiltree and Ten Brocck together In a four-mile race, somcthing for which racing men have always longed, and forever eettle the much-disputed question of their relative saperiority. 1t will be remembered that last year & strong eifort was made 10 arranze a match be- tiween these two cracks, but without success, Mr. Lorillard woull not go South with Ochiltree, and arper, remembering the fate of bis uacie's preat Thorse Longfellow, declined to run Ten Broeck on anything but Southern sofl. After running bis great matches against time last year, it was deter- mined to retire Ten Broeck from the turf, but he came out so well lust &pring, ' and showed B0 - strong in - his exercise, that he was nesin trained, and has run ceveral hot races, winning them'all. Tom Ochil- tree was uot & very good horse_toward the close of 1ast season, 2nd bis_performances this year have not been of acharacter to determine whether or not he as reguined bis high fame of 1875, when he waa considered Invincible. If the horses come to- gether in the Bowle, us there s every prospect of them doiny, the 7:15% of Ten Broeck may yet be wiped out. COMING EVENTS. Col. Mansur has made detnite arrangements with John Splau and Charley Green, whereby they will trot Great Eastern and Rarus u race over-Des- ter Park, probably (wo weeks from next Tuesdas, or at leaht some day during that week. Such u raco will undoubtedly draw lure erowd, s the horses are evenly matched when (ireal Easfern goes un- der saddic and Rarns to harness, To-morrow at Dexter Park there will be two matcl-races between horses of loeal celebrity, each being for $100 a side. JEROME PARK RACES, NEw Yonk, Oct. 12 —At Jerome Park to-day Lady Salyers'won the onc-milc handicap, Bertram rccond. Cuba third. “Time, 1347, The mile and 4 half dash Wus won by Tom Ochil- tree, Parole secoud, St. Sfartin third. ~ Time, 2313, ‘The mile and a Lulf dash for beaten horsea was won by Dauntless, Maj. Barker ccond, Vermont third,” Time, 2463, Barricade defeated Risk in the one-mile match, Time, 1:54, 3 “Thc match_race, same distance, between W, J, iggins und Piper {feiusicck, was wWon by the former byavose. Time, 1:ibls. The duy and meeting closed with a handicap steeple-cliase over the usual course. Trouble won, Waller second, Deadiiead thrid. 2 Oct. 18.—The trotting on the Lex- ington coursc to-day was superb. The_sport iwas marred by but one accident. Brown Sentine!, a magniicent d-year-old colt by Sentinel, dropped dead in u second hieat just ontside “the' distance stand in the midst of u splendid burst of speed. He was 2 very valuable colt, but had been out of con- dition for some wecks. The first race resulted as follows: Three-year-old: Wiry Jim: Lady Bui VonArniui o Fanny Withershoon.. /... Malbriao Iiippy Browa sentiae e Sccond race, 4-year-old cliss Keen Ju. Katle Jackso Komunce. . Third race. eousors Time L, Red Jim a 3-year-old, speeded two heats fora silver cup in 2:98 und 2:31%. Administration speeded o mile fn 23343 on & wager to beat 2 BEACON PARK. Bogros, Mass.. Oct. 13.—Clara J. won the fifth and sixth heats and race of the unfinished 2: race yesterday, Ludy Dogyett sccond, Belle Smith third, Belle Oukley fourth, Timo, 2:80, 2:20, Tiwo-thirty clasy, purse $100: Hiram Woodruft. Anodyne..... Frank Muriso: inck Sfoore. Billy £ Belie Oakicy..” 1 4 3 In the 2:26 cl fir=t._beat was won by Barney Relle n 2 ond and third by Hacor n 2:274; und fourth by Ripley In 2:35. Postponed till Monday on account of darkness. COLUMBUS, 0. Corownrs, O., Oct. 13.—The races uncom- pleted last nipht werefinished to-day. Taefollow- Inz 18 the summary of the 2:35 class trotted to-duy: The remaining heut and race in the 2:18 class was taken hy Clifton Boy in 2:274, Adelaide secoud, Cosette third. TRACK TALK, Silvio, winmer of ihis yesrs Derby and St. Leger, will not ran ugain in’public this season. The annaal fall running meeting at Nashville to-morrow, und continues during the The Louisville Jockey Club has decided to give no more races for senticuen riders, as they gen- eraily prove a farce. The lnst number of ¥¥ilkes® Spirit contains what iw nileged to be @ picture of the trofting-stalion Haums. 1t doesn'tlook much like the little cheat- nut fellow. The horseIs for sale, and should Dring a round price. Silvio, winner of the recent Doncaster St. Leger, wig ridien by Fred Orcher. Lady Golightly, Silt vio's wtable companion, finished second.” ' Roth horses are owned by Lora Falmouth, an_Enzlish nobleman, who races for the fun of it, never back- ing his horses for a cent. J. T, Williame has gone to_Baltimore with th runuing hor=es, Ten Brocek, Vera Cruz, and Kin Furo. Ten Broeck wiil start at the Pimlico mect ing fna four-mile heat mace, as above stated. Vera Cruz will startin the Breckenrudee stakes, and King Faro in the bixic. Robert Bonner has purchased the fast 4-vear old Centennial, by Sentinel. from Foster & Simpson, of Winchester, Ky.. and sent him to New York At the Lesington meetmg in the fall of 1876 Centennial tro red a mile in 2:26i%, being at that time 3 years ol He is by Sentinel, brother to Volunteer, out of a mare by Ned Forrest. The trotting stallion Gen. Benton. that Gov. Stanford. of California, purchased at the Utica mecting lust year for §25,000, has been decided by the Conrts to be the property of Charies Robinson, of Fishkill, N. Y. Previous to the sale to Stun- ford. Iigtinson purchased the horse for $6,000, paying S100 to bind the bargain. The winning series at the late Lexington running mecung is 8s follows: Virgil, $2,5505 Enquirer, $2,250; Phacton, 32,1307 Gle $825; War 3630; Alrm, $570: Lever, $530: Long- $400: Llaroeystone, ~$4303 Anstralinn, 150; Duy Dick, $3007 Planet,” $500: Plowman, 03" Star Davis, 81007 £300; Bonnic Scotland, Daniel Boone, 350. Great Eastern stood a fine chance of winning the free-for-all at the late Cleveland wieeting, having eaptured the first andsecond heats in tine style. Tn'the third, however, while point down the bick— &treteh. one of his feet collidea with « sulky, and the biy horse made a break _from which he did not recover in time 1o beat Rarus home, After this heat he secemedd tired, and Rarus won toe next three and race with THE RIFLE. BRITIST AND AMERICAN MARKSMEN. London Sporting Gazeite, Sept. 29. Few persons who had carefully studied the rec- ords of American long-range shooting during the past vear could have had much dount as to the esuc of the fnlernational contest decided at Creed- moor on the 13th snd 14t inst. The best indi- vidual and aggregate scores in the competition for the Elcho Shicld had been frequently exceeded in America, and the two victories of American teams over the ** crack ™ Irish teams showed that in long- range shooting Cousin Jonathan meant to ** whin creation.” It must, therefore, have been with something of the fecling of u forlorn hope that Sir Tlenry Hnlford's team of British marksmen set out for the States. That feeling must have decpened during the practice at Creedmoor previous to the match. The two teams shot regularly at the prac- tice targets every day. and their scores were always carefally compared. The result of the last ix days of practice was that the American team scored 9,657 pointe aguinst 9,410 wcored by the British teim. “Thiz gave a preponderance of 247 points in the six days' shootine. - But the die- heartening feature of these six days’ shooting to the Dritish team was that on five outof the six daysthey were headed by the American team, and only once_did they hold_ their own, and then only by 1o points, the American score being that day forty-aix points lower than on any other day. The différence between the Lwo teams was thoroughly discounted before the match, und it was evident that the contest must, bar sccidents, end in favor of the Americans, The only redecming feature about the six days' practice was that the highest individual- score was made by Milner. of the British team, who wcored 1,296 out of 4 passible 1,350, liyde, of the Amcrican team, running very close with 1,224 Under these de- pressinz circumstances it - womld mnot have been eurprising if the British team had mxde but a poor fight 1n the great wmatch. - but it redounds greatly to their credit that they made & most_gallant and plucky strueele when tie cracial testcame: Each team outdid its previous best record, and the shooting on both eides was such a3 has never been écen before. Tt i3 now matter of history that the Americans were victorious in the two dsys shooting by ninety-two points, —a de- ciswve vietory for them, no doubt, but not an in- glorious defeat forus. ‘There must, as we have Eaid, have been hanging over the ritish team the coniclousness of u arim foregone conclusi against thew, aud thewr manful and resolute str gle I3, therefore, all the more creditable to them. Itis now placed beyond possibility of dispute that ‘America contains (he finest long-range marksmen in the world. There will, of coursc, not be want~ ing grumbiers here ot home who will insist upon it that Sir Henry talford did not take out with him the best team thst conld be got to- gether. We shall not deny that there were some well-known names absent from the list ~psmes of men who are reckoned better shots than some who wentont. But we are coniident that nothing conld have altercd the result, and that the eight best men 9f America nre sanerior to cight which Great Britamn could produt:‘:‘e ?f:é thing only we have cause to regret and to bo ashamed of, and that i that the efforts of Sie Henry Halford and those_ who sucrificed their time and convenience to snatain the honor and prestize of this country did not meet with anything like the public_symputhy and support which they de- served, Weare always bonsting that we are a nation of rillemen, and that the rifle is a4 pecal- iarly the Englishman's weapon now as the lons bow was in the Middle Ages. Yet the oppeal to raize by public_subacription the modest aum. of £1,500 to cover the expenses of our reprosontative marksmen was pot responded to. This creditable fo " ns. Thero i - mate o 150,000 voluntcers in the United Kinz- dom, all of them especially interested it marksmanship, A humble subscription of :ndrelulf pence frum cach volunteer would have moro thun sufliced to pay allthe expenses of the team, and surely noone can say that threepence Isa very heavy tax to pay for the maintenance of our repn.. tation ay a nation of marksmen. In point of fact, we are, we believe, above the mark when we eay that not 500 persons con- tributed_toward the fand for paying the ex- penses of the Dritish team, and their united con- tributions oaly amounted to two-thirds of the sum required. In Amcrica the sum wonld have becn forthcoming ten times over for a similar purpo. Dut then the Amoricans are enthusiustic in. every thine they take up, and especially so 0 thelr sporta. e henrtily wish that we conid infuee some of that vigorous enthusiasmn nto our own sports and sportsmens it would hely to clear away good many abuses and punfy many of our sporty from the tainted atmosphere of low cunning and grevd that surround themw. But to return to the rifle mateh ftself. Tt has Deen sugeested that the American victory I8 a vie- tory of superior rifles, not of superior markemen. And, indecd, in the Sharp rific the Americans Eeen o have at last secured a mateh rifle which for accurscy at lonz ranges is unsurpassed, perhapy uncqualed. That i# 3 fuct, however, which is not creditabie tous. For the last fteen years our cxperts hiave been enyaged in endeavoring to ob- tain the best possible long-range rifle, yet here are the Americans, with whom lonz-range shootin: has not been in vogue four years, producing a rifle better, they allege, than wé have been ab.e to produce after fifteen years' cloge cxperience. Of course it will be_urized that American cunmakers fave hud the advantage of our experience to guide them, and that they lave in reality started from the point at which we left off. Nevertheless, the fact still rewains that the Americans, with only four yeur experience of long-range shootinz, arcuble tb beal us both in rifies and warksmen, though we have had difteen years® experience. The sudden growth and rapid spread of the taste for long-range shooting in _America are very remark- nble, and prove that tne Americans must all zlong bave had & latent, undevéloped aptitude fur murk: man«hip, which only required to be cailed into e: istenceto become universal. Years axo, indced, the Americans had & reputation as ride shots, and ihe exploits of the Kentucky backwoodsman and hunterare familiar to’ all readers of Fenimore Cooper. 1t mizht have been espected that the Civil War would:nave develoded eny latent talent for shuoting which the Americans possessed, butit does mot seem to have donc eo. Tnere was no remarkable display of marksmans cither on the Federal or Confederate side. Nor after the War, when the peacefal contestst imbledon bud 'made the renown of Lnzlish rillemen world-wide, aid_this_eudden rise of 4 mania for ritle-shooting excitc anyemutation in Am- 1t was not unti] Maj. Lecch, the Captain of the victorions Irish teams who won the Elcho Shield iu 1873, issued a challenge to American mark:men_that long-range shooting frst started into bing iu Amenica. Since then 1t has become increasingly popular, and there can be no donnt that Ameri¢a_cannot only produce better marks- men than Envland. but that she can produce far more. There could protably be ten teams of long-ranwe marksm made ap ol **crack ™ show who wonld ruu the victors to the recent Creedmoor maten very close for frst honors. - This s an u equivocal proof thut in riflc-shooting the Ame cans have found not only their nost pobulsr pus- time, but the one in which they are most qualiied 0 excel. AQUATIC. THE MORRIS-LUTHER $CULL RACE. Prerssune, Oct. 18.—The five-mile sculling match betwween Evan Morris and Patsy Luther, for 31,000 a sude and the championship of America, was rowed over the Upper Allegheny course, near Hutton Station, this afternoon, and won by Morris. The water was very smooth and the weather fair, and the river banks on both sides of the course were thickly }ned with people. The coarse bezins 300 yards above Hutton and extends down the river 10 Nine-Mile Ieland and back, and is said to be ha'f a mije longer chan the coursd over which Coulter and Morriy pulled. Shortly Lefore 5 o'clock Luther made bis appear- ance and wasquickly foliowed by Morris, both men seemingly i excellent, condition, Luther wou the toss for position, and chose the Allezheny side, and at 4:53 the word was wiven and the men puiled oat, with Morris slizhtly in the lead, AL [utton Station Luther had guned the lead, and was shooting through the witer like an arrow, with Slorrix close behind him. pulling s beantiful . The heavs cheerinz showed that Luther's were the miore numeron, althonzh the bet- ting way in Morris® favor. = A short distance below Hutton Lutner was etill in the lead, but i turning the bend of the niver Morris crept up on him, snd Luther was geen to be losin ound. When the men reached Montrose, appo- <ite the buoy boats, Morris wus four lenzths ahead, and voth pulline despera Morris turned first, but Luther zained a length in tarninz. and at Pow- ers” tun was #till euninz on the champion. The excitement was very zreat; s Luther was evident- nt on closing the gup hetween them. Lather, to innin: point minates 4 despite the etlorts of tain his position, and passed the fully fous lengths abead. Time, seconds. The race throughout was one of the best ever rowed in this vicimty. AT WHEBELING, Wirgsse, W. Va.Oct. I race at this place to-day, Wein ity, defeated Denmarsh, of Pittsbury, by eizht lengths. Thne, 22 minutes 40 seconds. Distance, thres miles, W. VA, AT PEERSRILL. Peesskiny, N, Y., Oct. 15.—Tn the boat-race to-day between Davis, of Portland, and Ten Exck, of Peckskill, three miles, Davis won by a length in 21 miputes, 2214 seconds. OSTPONED. Special Dispateh to Tie Chicago Trivune. Toroxto, Oct. 18.~The Huulou-Koss boat-race was postpotied on account of rough water. Hanlon was willing to row, but Ross refused, on the ground that the agreement stipulated for perfectly water. About 30,000 people assetnbled 1o witness the contest. The raceis now put down for Mon- day at 2 p. m. z THE FOX. A GENUINE HIIUNT ON JAMAICA PLAIN. New York World, Oct. 11. The second day with the hounds of the Queens County pack was a great improvement upon the run of last week, and the changes in the personnel of the field indicate that the sport will attract many riders. The meet yesterday was at the kennels at Last Meadow Brook Farm, Jamaica Plains. The little two-story farm-house, an irrexular wooden structure, is almost shut out of view of the road by the trees and shrabbery in the front yard. Turning into a lane on the east of the house one comes upon & Capacions stable-yard with two large birps upon the right anda buildinz set upon sults, which looks as if it wmizht hive been a corn-crib once upon o time. In the first barn on the right are kept the horses and hunting paraphernalia. Here are four horses, & cob which is used in the depot wagpn, the two ciiestnut hunters ridden by Mr. Griswold and the whip, and a_thorougtbred horse named Darniev, bonght by Mr. Griswold from the Lorillard stud. 1n the next building are the kennels. the dogs 1n one roomy box and the bitches in another, while in eparate compurtments of the comfortable ** hos- pital ™ are three fond mothers, possessing between them some seventeen blind puppics. N 1In t'.e neighbornood of the old corn-crib yester- duy a strong scent was perceptible, ‘which sus ex- pliined when the door was opened and several saucy-looking red foxes skulking in one corner were revealed. In the cottage. # dimly-decorated room, with a number of *brushes,” a couch- horn, @ rack full of whips and sticks, boots, wioves, etc., is oconpied by Mr. Griswold, the huntaman, who lives bere during the seavon. Over the' old wooden mantelpicce i a fine old colored plate in & quaint frame, with the in- seription, **Painted by C. H. Tarner; engraved hy Chorles Lunts_published by Ackerman & Co., 9 Strand. 1835." The picture i3 full of life, — three or four Luuters taking fences in the fore- ground, the pack ahead with the fox in the dig- tance,—ond it has beneath it an oad old hunting song, whose best merit is its as wwas clear and blue yesterday, and 3 cool weet wind csime over the plain. A score of car- it Toads of neighbors and a few friends drove ap to the farm, and when the hounds were coupled and led out there were present Mr. F. Gray Gris- wold. Hunteman and Master of Hounde; tzpat- rick, the whip, both in pink and on their chestnut er, In pink, on 3 hunters; M. Robert Cent K thorouchbred bay gelding; ~ Mr. Zborowski, Mr. Hermun in_pink, on & big dark bay; Oelrichs ' on & powerful gray horse; M. Lloyd Brice, in black bat and cout and drab breeches and boots, on the steeple-chaser Reso- lute, Mr. Eliot Roosevelt on a black hunter, 3ir. Iiouch on Sultan, Mr. Ticehurst on Mr. W. E. Pect's Persuader, Mr. Center's groom riding a new horse of big, und & son of one of the neighboring ers, who was the first of the yeomanry to to the front. The buntsman led the way he plain for about a mile and a_bhulf, with the hounds at his horae's heels, the whip behind keeping them together, and the rest of the party riding slowly behind them, foliowed by the cac- riages. Ina field back of the barn of Farmer Spragg the couples were taken off the hounds, undl, after running nervonsly here and there for & fews minutes, @ving low whines and wazging teir tuls like mad, they strock the scentof the fox and gave tangue in 8 deep-monthed chorus, which made the plain musical us they led the way to the northeast. Over the first fence they tlew into the next field, with Mr. Griswold, the huntsman, at_their heels, merrily winding his horu snd followed by Fitzpatrick and the ficld amid a chorus of tally-ho's. At this fence Mr. Roosevelt's horse did not rise enongh and went down, his rider get~ tinea cropper, but he was up neain and after the rest immedintely. Across this field the buntemen fairly tlew, their bright colors outlined szainst the autumnal brown of the plain. AMr. Griswold was over the second fence first, then came the whip; then Peranuder refused with Mr, Ticeburst, wuo ut him at it the second time, riding abreast with Mr. Oelrichs and Mr. Rooseseit. Per<ader etum- Dled, anc turned u complete somersault, throwing Dbis rider, whu was unhurt, but had u chase of three miles to catcnbim. Mr. Oelrichs was jostled by Mr. Roosevelt and was off, but_gained his sad- dle azain at once. ~ The hounds doubled several times, but all kept well up, the doubles shortening the way for those in the resr. The scent was lost but for a few moments only, and then the honnds were off ovain until wix miles from the start it was lost aguin in the cover near Jerasalem. Ou the other side it was quickly found again, and in s few moments the view-hallo of the buntsman anounced that the fox was in sicht—a dark stresk balf o mile abead of the bounds. Puz wag gettine tired and the does were gaining on him. The way led over four more stift fences, at one of which Mr. Zborowski was down & momsent, and M. Oelrichs broke a stirrap-leath- er,and finally the fox was killed in the twinklinz of an eye aftor the hounds were upon him in a corn- feld mear lcksvilie, Mr. Zborowski was in firet, Mr. Center second, and Mr. Roach third. and the reat immediately afterward in 8 bunch. Mr. Zbo- rowski rode howe hatless, but happy with the brush at bis saddle-bow. The run from the tind to the death was a good eicht miles over nearly forty #UHT fences, and was concluded without a serions mishap. Some of the farmers growled a little, bat were appeased when informed that ali damage done would be paid for. The next meet will .be on Wednesday next. Mr. Bergh is out with a Jetter threatening to ar- rest the rider of the horec Little Jack Horner, ridden by Mr. Harry Blusson af the bunt last week:! Nest week, too, he says he will bave his_men on hand to see if the horses are averridden. Whether he will interfere on behalf of the fox or. not, now that one fox has been kilied, remains to be seen. MISCELLANEOUS. PIGEON-SHOOTING. ‘The pigeon-shooting tournament announced by Mesers. Kieinman and Martin for this week will be- ginat Dexter Park Tuesday, with three events, two at birds and obe at elass balls. The sport will continue through Wednesday and Thursday, and will begin each day at 10 a. m. There will be o practice shoot Monduy aftcrnoon. CURRENT GOSSIP. AUTUMN. Autamn-winds are colder blowing, Fallen are the withered leave: For the Spirit of the Sunshine O'er the loss of Summer grieves. Silent is the world, and cheerless Are the leafless forests drear; Vanished are the fragrant flowers, And the once green Selds are sere. Sweet the musicof the songsters Now, alas! is heard no more. Earth will be so lone and dreary, Robbed of all its beauty's store. Teaven's eky is growing grayer, Heaven's Sun less buightly hines, While the gentle Summer-Spinit Sadly, silently declines. Autamn’s beauty fast Is fadin: Autamn’s face no longer ‘s far, Far the Spirit of the Winter, § Deathlike, now is ling'ring there. MiNErAL Point, Wis. L. A. Osze ¢ THE BARONESS OF NEW YORK.” Buston Transcript. “The Baroness of New York * is just such o wild, reckless, irregular poem as no one but Joaquin Miller couid have written or would have written, Its incidents arc neither prob- able mor possible; there is a great deal of slovenly writiug in it from first to last, and many passages arc the baidest kind of prose, cut iuto Iengths, with nothing of poetry about them but the rhymes. In spite of these faults—the . needlessness of which makes thein all the more cxasperatine—the book is one which fascinates and enthralls the reader. 1t is full of beautics of description and expres- sion, and one is compelled to acknowledge that, il 1t doces contain the worst things Mr. Miller Las ever published, it also contains his best. TThe story opens in a dense forest on an Island near the South American coast: A dim, dark land of bird and beaet, Black. shagey beasts with cloven claws; A fand that scarce knew praver or priest, Or law of man. or nature’s luw, Or augnt that ood men ever sas. ‘The heroine—for every story must have a he- roine—bears the name of Adora. She is the dauehter of a Spanish pirate and an_ Indian Princess, and has_been brought up in these wilds with only cuch a teachini and_fnstruction as could be iven by o mysterious old priest, and an oid [ndfan woman whom Mr. Miller irres- erently calls “a horrid hag.” “Years before, when Adora was an infant, the uatives h: risen against the piratial crew and slain them to a man, her father among them. Their immense hoard of gold was se- creted in the d-pths of the forest, and at the time of the opening of the story no one knew the place of its coucealment but the “*hag ™ and the priest. One day Adora sees a ship nearinig the tsland. She stands upon a clif and watches 1t as it approaches. How proud she was! How purely fair! How fall of fuith, of love, and strength! eat proud eyes! ler great hair's length— Her Jony, strong. tumbled careless hair, Half carled end kuoteed everywhere, From brow to breast, from cheek to chin, For love to trip and tangle in. « ship comes to land. 1ts crew is made ap aped Australian convicts, the Captain hav- ing been expatriated from [refand for political offenses. Tie two meet, fall very desperately in love, and are happy. . After a tiie, however, Douirhal, for that is the rather uncouth name the author bestows upon his hero, tires of his conquest, aud bLeging fo vearn alter civilized life. Adora pleads with him to re- main, but he refuses, and his men sct to work preparing the vessel for a homeward voyage. Fiuding all ecutreaties in vain, she curses him. This touches the hardened heart of Doughal, sud he tries to persuade her to accom- pauy bim. She refuses, and the priest, deter- urined that ber betrayer shall not leave the coast, causes the forest to be fired. The flames dnve all manner of wild and ferocious beasts, reptiles, and serpents out of the woods down to the shore: i snakes slid quick from ont the grass, om wood, from fen, from everywhere, A if they sped pursuing her; They slid a thon=und snakes, and then You couid not stev, you would not puss, And you would hesitate to stir, Lest i sowe sudden, hurried tread, Your foot struck some unbruised head. It was s weird, it seemed ssithal The very grass began to crawl. They slid in streams Into the stream, ¥ ruetled leaves along the wood, They hissed and rattled us they ran, Asif in mackery of man. 1t scemed like some infernal dreams 1t secined as they would fill the food. They curved, and graceful curved across, Like deep und waving ca-green moss— “uere 18 no art of man can make A ripple like a running snake. . The wild beasts leaped frowm ont the wood; i They rent the forests as they fed; They plunged into the foaming Good, And swam with high, exailed head. Tt scemed as if some mizhty hand Had suddenly lovsened all command. They howled as if the hand of God Puraucd and scourged them with a rod. The vessel is overrun with all sorts of creep- ing things; a rat is aescribed as ‘“creeping through the bair,” and ¢ pink-eyed mice™ as « peering from the beard ™ of the lielmsman as they worked off shore. Meanwhile, Adors is Dborne away in 2 boat by the old udian woman to the islind where her father's ’Y'Ol(“s hid- den. The disclosure made, the old woman dies, and, the priest having perished in the sea, Adora is left alone. The sccond part of the puem opens in New York City with a bizarre apostrophe to Fifth asvenue. Adors, who, by some unexplained means, has escaped from the island with her treasure, appears in New York Society as the Baroness du Bois, and creates a sensation. Here she mecets Sir Fran- cis Sain, who was a companion of Doughal fn Austratia, having been transported for the same_offense. 'This Adora does mot m“d nor does Sir. Francis kuow, of the islan episode in which his former fricnd and compatriat took so prominent a _part. Riding one ecvening in Central Tark, they are attacked by a ‘band of tramps, and in their leader Sir Francis recoznizes Dou- grhal. The lady is sutfered to pass on, and, after an interview between the two men, Sir Francis rejoins hier and tells ber the story, and says that tosave him hemust renounce her. Carricd away by his nobleness, she_confesses that she is an impostor, and _proposes that they shall work . together to save him. Doughal, it ap- pears, mixes in New York society to some extent, employing the off time from his ligbwaying industries - in visiting _picture- pailerics and attendivg receptions.” The three Ineet at last, and Doughal claims the so-called Baroness as bis wife. She swears she never saw him, and instigates Sir Francis to kill him in a duel. The rivals meet, fire.and the bullet which should, by rights, have made a hole through the vitals of the hero-tramp, is stopped by a packet of letters aud a miniature of Adora. This he discovers and shows to Sir Francis, The Baroness,who has followed by stealth, overhears, and now rushes forth, dechrin%u;mn Dougbal 18 her husbaud, and that she always loved him. Sir Francis, of course, retreats into the Dbackground. 1Re story cnds here. The reader can easily imagine, however, that Dourhal goes out of the tramp business, buys 2 browa-stone * front, and becomes a respected member of thie community. That is the sroper way for a mod- ern romance to end, and were the author of the book any one but Mr. Miller we should feel con- strained to enter a protest asuinst so gross a peglect of literary proprieties. QUIPs. The grand climacteric—~Ascending Mt. Blane. Why it rains in very hot weather—The hcat opens the pours of the clonds. A Western paper speaks of “a tramp with a sort of half-jaunty air about him.” Mast of them do have a sort of demi-johnty air about them, that's a fact. Russian to Turk, who receives a bayonet thrust—* But, my poor Turk, you dou’t seem ig«filzjcdcu" w'h‘uk—-“hn is the first time in i) ty's 1at anything has 4 stomach.” 3#isg Lasigone ey ‘The leaves are turning slowly yellow; their summer’s hue is hence: the sipening fruit is on the mellow; the small boy on the fence. He looks around, e views the” gronnd, and rhints the moment suits; e fills his pocket: ‘ull and round, thea jumps the fence and scoots. *“When I die let me be buried within the sound of the hammer, the clang of the work- stop, the hum of the mill,” says the candidato in his speech. And then he roeshomead seats E}i‘cm:lix!l in uic mn-kltnzav_huir while s wife caie s the coal out of the cell: ¢t suppes with,—Haikeye, TG AL After one of the operations of a cclebrated surgon the resident student stood looking at the two picces of mortality Iyimg on the sur- geon's table. “What are you doing, sire” :hur{fl)‘ u:‘kud the surzeon. L am swalling for you to point out which picee is to be put and Which 15 £ be Duriod. BRb e A correspondent of the Bulletin endearing: asks its cdrlur. *“ How ean the boys be kem‘oz’é the strects at might!” Simple cnoush. Let every parent pave his back yard with tesselated marble, light it with gas, pit a billiard table in ity with a bar and cigar stand in one corner, and the thing is done.—Eureka Sentinel. Aspiring artist to picture-dealer, exhibiting what he considers one of bis little masterpiecess “What do vou offer me for that, my dear friend? "’ Dealer (resolutelv)— I will give you three francs.” « ‘Three francs! 1 gave you double that for the canyag.,” Ah, but pardon. ‘Then it had nothing on it."—Frenck Paper. “What's that? whispered a long-haired man yesterany, up at the temperance mecting, as ho i ay wster coming up the back stairs with o pitcher fall of something in his hand. * Water, sir,” said the boy. *Oh!” exclaim the L. H. man; and_he looked thirsty and dis- appointed, and went on.—/’hiiadelphia Bulletin, “Is this the way to Aberdeen?™ asked entleman of a man who was breaking stones, *Nog, whaur'd ye come frai” was the thor— oughly Scoteh answer. * What business is that of vours!” returned jthe zentleman, angrily. “Ou jist as muck.e s It is whaur ye are gaun,” quictiy replied the lapidary, resuming lgus o= cupation. WILD MEN AND DOMESTICATED SNAKES, In the Island of Rhio the Resident assured me there were wild men who ltved In trecs, and had un language but cries; andIn Samatra, the Res- ident of Palembang sald there were men who lived in the forests, with whom not only the Europeans, but even the Malays, could have no intercourse. He himself had never seen one. Yet, strange to say, they have a petty traftic with the outer world, vet not throuh the me- dium of speech. They live in the Woods, and live by the chase. They huut tigers, not with. the gun, but with arrows, which they blew out, of a tube with such force, and whick are 50 Eecrx.| ot point, aud touched with such deadly poison, ; thata wound is almost immediately fatal. Thesé i tiger skins or elephant tusks they bring for; barter—not for sale—for they never sell auy—i thing. for money is about the most usclesss! thing they could bave. They cannot eat it, or drink it, or wear it But as’ they bave wan they exchange; yet they themselves pre neyer! seenn. They bring what they bave to the edzod of the forest, and leave it there, and the} Ma-t lays come ' and place ,what lhe{ haves to dispose of an ®retire. f thed offer is satisfactory when they re< turn again they find what they brought gone,. and take what'is left and depart. 1€ not, the ald afew trifles more to tempt the eyes of these? wild men of the woods, and so_ at last the ex- change is effeeted, yet all the while the eelle keep themselves invisible. . . 1 But if these [elephants) “are uncomfortables neighbors, there are others that sre more so— the reptiles, which abound bere as in Tudia. Buts fomiliarity "brecds eontempt, or indifferenco. ‘The people arc not afraid of them, and hard notice theus, but speak of them in an easy sorbi of wav, us if they were the most harmless things i nature—poor, innocent creatures, which might: almost be pets in the family, and allowed to run about the housc at their will. Soberly, there are certain domestic snakes which are in- duleed with these liberties. Said Mr. K.: &L was once visiting in Sumatra, and spending. & night at the house of a friend. I heard o nuise overhvard, and asked, *‘What is that!"” +0b, nothing,’? they said; *it’s only the ser- pent.” What! do you keep a family snake” “Yes,” they said; “it was a laree black snake which frequented the house, und, s it did no mischief and hunted the rats, they let it roam about witer- ever it liked.” Thinking this rather a big story, with which our friend might practice on the credulity of a_stranger, I turned to the Resident of Pal ung, who contirmed it. He said this domestication of serpents was not un- common. There was a Kind of boa that was very useful as an exterminator of rats, and for this purpose the woud Dutch housekeepers yi- lowed it to erawl about or to lic coiled up in the pantry. Sometimes tuis interesting member of the family was stretehed out on the veranda to busk in the sun—a pleasant object to any er who mignt be invited to accept hus- nb stran pitality. A GRAND DUKE. D-trois Free Press. “Bring out that spriz of nobility,” com- manded bhis fonor, as he finished sfieming the warrants. 1f there §5 a Bourbon among us, [ want to know it.”? Charles De Love followed Bijah from cell No. 4. He had a foreign look about him—foreien to combs, and soup, and towels, but Dukes are s liable to wet mussed up as anybody else. He 1 three plain brass rings on s lett hand, and two ornamental brass rings on his right hand, and his oroide waten-chain reflected three thou~ sand rays of the morning sun, “Charles De Love.” began his_Honor, “yow went up on Rivard strect a few days ago and made u French family believe that_you were o Grand Duke, rurht from Paris. You'said yow Diad shaken hands with Thiers, lent mouey to MacMahon, winked at the’ late Napoleon, and been' the lesder of all the proj- cets for public improvements. You claimed to have fled to this country to es- cape marriage with 1 German I'nncess, and you succeeded in beativg the family out of two ceks’ board and borrowing 35 on top of that. “Phe star of destiny is ahways laying low or just such chaps as y You touk the money und went on a curve, and this glorious Octuber sun <hines upon you as a prisoncr. Have you ang- thing to suy 7 T am sorry,” replied the prisoner. “ But being sorry won't help the matter any,”™” continued the Court. ** It is just such impeel- tions as the one you practiced thut tell against the good as well as the bad, Now that you bave palmed yoursell off as a Duke the public wilk be on ~their muard. A genuine Prince might come to my house to-night and asic for bread aud buttcr with sugar om it, but he wouldn’t oet any. I'd think of your case right away, and a deserving. man would be driven from my door. [shall now proceed to make it sad for you by imposing a sentence of ixty days.” Eu“"cnu )! see a friend 2" asked the Duke. “Yes, sir, you can; give him yoor rings and chains aud other valuable ornaments and asic him to bury them below tne frost-tine aad mark: the spot for you. The rule up there is that no prisoner can “wear more than one dismond ring except on Sundays.” ——— Russian and Roumanian Horses. Correspondence Loaton Juurndl. Here in Bulgaria the Kussian horses appear to stand the privations and hard work better than do their feilows from Roumania and Bulgana. 1 know a number of correspondents who' L lost numerous Roumanisn horses jusé by 2 b of hard riding necessary 10 get a DiCce ol tews to the frontier. Forbes has killed severul horses. But o good Russian steed hunzs on to life bravely. These little, sinewy horses are faithful besond descriptiun; but thiey have ter- rible tempers. They yull like demons; they watch a good chance to bite the stranger’s knee as he passes by on horseback, and when they succeed in doing it they enort wita malicious Satisfaction. A good Russian wavon-horse would not sleep well unless he had a Kisking 204 biting match with some neightor Lt}!m.dmpcd at least two or three times daily. tis temper carrics him up all the stecp hilks triumphantivs he znashes his teeth with rage. and bounds along as if be would exterminate the hill; while the Roumanian_Lorse stops short, and with a diseournzzed and_broken-hearted air will sceept all the poundings showered upon hlm, but will not move & step until uuother animal is hitched in to belp him. PR e e ey A