Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1877, Page 7

s THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 1R, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 SPORTING prospects of the National Game in Chicago. Next Year's Nine---Remsen Se- cured for Centre-Fielder. George Wright 2nd James White Join the Cincinnatis, Comparative Batling Strength of the Two Great Western Clubs, Exposure of the Doings of a Gang of Horse Sharps. Proposition to Record the Time of the Second Horse in a Race. BASE-BALL. TE NAMES OF TAE TEAM WHICH IS BEEN ENGAGED FOR NEXT YEAR 2re s puarantee that honesty will prevail as it has during the last two years in Chicago among the Jascrs, and slwass in the management. For the Jvantage of those réaders who tzike the Sunday cdition only. Tue TWIBUNE will reprint the names of the team which it gave last Tuesday, and which sill try 10 bring the pennant back to Chicayo next yenr, 1o show that this is an ** off year ™ in base- all =s well a¢ politics: For Captain, aud probably ehort-stop, Robert Fergusou. For catcher, Dest_catcher’ Styder. For pucher, Larkin, whose first eeason in 1576 was better than that of any other regalar pitcher but Boae. ‘or first base, Joseph Start, who leads the coan- try in fclding, and i #ixth from the top in battng. For third base, A. C. Anson, who needs no com- mendation te & Chicago audience. Forleft field, the best player Chieago everrased, James Hallioun. For gencral play, young Hankiason, an amateur in whow Ferguson, who is as rood » judse as any- ks be has discovered a wonderful player. dy, who stood sec- W. A. Marbidge, who has the record of the year, excepting only one. U For right field, John C. Cas: oud in tie batting this season. For pitcher, L. Reis, the youngeter who made his firet appearance this scason, and rafsed hob wiih the Boston, Cincinnati.and $t. Lonis Clubs, Two more men will probably be engaged. One of these mar likely be Remsen, & player who isa grest favorite with Ferguson, and a splendid Zeld~ er. The otner ouchtio be Ross Darnes, if any ‘mesns can be found to retain his ecrvices, CINCINNATI NEW: The news from Cincinnati is of unusual interest this week. The team for that city has beeu pre- viously announced, —in fact, put on the market a Jong while 3g0.—but of late the managers were eomewhat ed with it, and Legan to recon- As Sirst given out the list was: Mi‘chell, p.; Kelly, c.; Sullivan, 1 b.; Gerhardt, 2 b.; Foler, 3.5 Geer, &. 5.3 Jones, 1. 1. ; Pike, c. 1. Addy, . f., with McVey cb. c., ch. p., Captain, €lc., and Booth as sub. Of coarse Mac was to play, but just whese no one seemed to know, —in fact, it was no one's business but hisown, and then only after the season opened. Well, having these eleven men on hand, a chauce came to Tt Jim White and his appendagee. They were taken, and that made thiricen plavers. Then George Wnzht hinted that he was wiliing, and he was euzaged. ana that made fourteen. or with Chariey Gould, fiteen. It wzs about fime to besn (o toin out. dnd so Addy's cou- tract was bouzht in for §200; that maae fourteen. “hen Foter was reicaved, and that mude thirteen Ten S0+, arrunzement was made with Eootk. and he disuppeared from tue roll: that made twelve. Inusmucy us Gonla will do litle clse than take care of the ground he may be counted out of the Jit. and, presto? we are down fo eleven azain, The nine 25 1t reaprears after this picking over is: W White, p.: J. Wiite, ¢, Smilivan, 1.3 Ger- bardt_2u i MeVer. db.; Wrisht, s. % : Jones, i f.: Prise, ‘e .3 Kelly, r. f.: Mitchell and Geer, by —a Frong team, & very strong team mdividu® aly, Lut strancely’ reminding ofie of the erest Lord Baitimore nnes ‘of 18572 and 1573. They, cvecially the fist, were the Dest ever armnzed, but they fell by the way- & While THE Tmisvsn cheerfally ac- Snowledges the strength of ive team, it does not befieve 1t jusifies any talk abost **eurely walkine “2way with the peunatt™ such s bas beei mude in Cincinnati prpers. 10 satisfy a correspondent who mikes an inguiry, the follow:ng calcalation hes been made: 'The batting strensth of tne teums has Leen ascertained sud ylaced Sie by side to show probable results as far records indicate them, - The Learue Sgares are taken wherever possivle, the Euguirer Gipures for Jones. Pike, Sullivan. ‘and Hchell. the Buckeye Club for Kelly, und the Syracuze Courier for Geer. Withthe Chicayros are piaced liemsen and Spalding. as that is very hie! to be the way the team will be tini ned, and sny fur comparison must have (he same number of This shows s emall but eatisfactory advantas for Chiczgo, and may possibiy have u tendency to £ubdue «ome of the exnltation whicn has beun 1o weli upin Ciucinnati pupers. The same way of fzuring the felaing strength of the Clubs would give: Cvicagn. Fielding. Cincinnari Tzrnlage.. 1T, White Jaruta. S tart.... Thus MV ‘85 Wrighi Average ... ‘There's not epough difference there to make ans. Walk-away for either purty. 1f it be true, as there is fair reaton to cxpect. that Reis is better than Mutchell aua Larkin wtch stron; White, - Chicagro wifi stana its ce wit €quzvje temper which has characterized its ball ‘Public since 1875, 1t should be added, in justice to Messts. Foles 2na Addy. that they were not espeiled or dis Die-ca, us the Engrirer incautiously ueserted, bt honorably released, s s shown by a notice from Secretary Younz 10 that effect. The differ- ence s an jmportunt one to the players them- gclves, hecause if they were *dismuksed ™ tnes could not play in, or against, a Leazue clup, Uile s finow §s they are fre€ to contract auy- where, The Commercial reasons over the engagement of Geer, and coacludes that, whiie there are no abso- Inte accu-arions against bim, vet there is a flavor which cunnot e washed out, and which it would Dave cispen~cd with by relensing im. The same Joper otes that the steck of the Ball Agsociation ¢ been increased from $5,000 to 510,000, with §,000 paid ap. 1t ades: Jo couversation with President Neff, he fnformed 2 Cominercial rejorter that hie helfeyea that the Loats- Yile develupments would not militate agalust the Eatonal game, but. on the contrary, the exposure ¥ould be of immed!ate and lasting heacdt, and Dewera of prozperity sud popaisnity 17 the b Wwrltien to- the saine cfiect, and [ropo 03 among the players 1l MUre honest Jlayine, and ex; fesstunal Lulay Eny sus] e te 24 00d one, and It 1s thne such move was Tusde by that class fn the futerest of selr-preservatiun. NEW YORK'S HOPES. 7 from the game 1a New York e of a varied r. To besin with, the Clipper 6233 that & xew wround will o laid out at Fleeiwooa Park, but gives no hint us 10 woether u nine will be added O Dot The sume paper credits Mlr. Cammeyer With the as<ertion that there will be 1o ball plariny on the Union Ground pext vear. Anuther scheme 310 havea ground laid outat Copey luland and managed by Mr. Cammeyer. ~This involves the Disying of games every Siturday, when the crowd It the suaside is greatest. This ie, however, only £n ideaas yet Add 1o all other reporis the fol- owing frowi the Enquirer : The withdrawal of the Ferguson team from Brooklyn Las beea determined weeks azv. snd thelr place has ai- Teady been supjlied ny the Uiics Club, which will move 10 Brooklyn Gag, bLats, and bazgace. This team, s ar as odiclaily aunvunce@ 16 85 follows: Nichoias Al- €01, Jubenti N. ltoche, N. Smith, Willlam Purcell, g@fi’i"‘ Lifebardson, Eaward Keanedy, and Joha Rich- Newe ary THE TRIBUNE'S REMEDY. The remedy for crookedness in ball-playing is in the hondz of the League. No other association Gone o cun do £0 much for the wame, for the Teuson that nune ever occupied o entirely the fonfidence of its friends, patrons, and managers. t s greatly to the credit of the Lowsvilie CTlub 188t it has had the force and vitality to expel cer- tain players: but that is mot enough, even wnen backed Uy the League's approval. Without dis- cussing further ine facts, THE TRIBUNE preeents its remedy, and asks the League to coueider it, if fome one will be g0 good ns to formally present it Thie remedy is in the form of an addition to the constitution, and be added to Art. XI., as— £zc. 4. At the head of that paze of the Lesgue's pub- licstion uf s Goustisucion and. Tralos whteh Totiows the Oclul Jist of piavers sh: be printed thi The ciabs composing 1his League pledze themselves not (0 bermit player named below 1o take part in any Y-yl suy gane where thelr nines are contesting. Uuder this hiead shail be printed the names of allplay- e expeifed or distnlssed by auy member of this Leugue, ad alsy sucl pames o8 may be ordered by the League, In the following manner: At the anpuat meeting, after the election of new meinbers, the Secreiary shall base 3 box to each member and request him to depostt there- In written l1st of all the players whom hie Suspects of shonesty. After collecuinit the papers, (he Scerctary shall cerefully put all the Dames 1o ifst: and, after Teading cach name, ehall take 3 ballot on that name Tohth winte and biack balls. each Club 10 hiave one vote, Tnlessa suspected players ballot shall have tx white . his name sall be put upon the page aforcsatd. It 12 not possible to reach with absolute proof the woret rascals of the lot, —those men who are cunning enough to cover their tracks. If there were oleht clubs next vear. the man ‘who could not get six white ballots had better leave: his duy is past. S SITY ANATEURS, . J. Keane, Seeretary of the Chicazo Amatenr Arsociatinn. sends the Tollowing us the record of fi?u(l:fi!. played by its members for the championship cago: Clube. 7 Frankiin i o Py Liberty % i e Dreasiausie H 3 0 Areedan i 3 - 3 kS 3 H 7 H H 3 o H 1 This gave the championship to th ki who aled held 1t durine the yoar 3656 Tan i Imittee in charge of (he Association. after awoard- ing the championship Lo the Franklins, elected Mr. Norton, of tie Dreaduaughs, Treasurer. lowng is the record of the Frank this city 1o the past soarons ¢ ©ron Club of s Bl R o= Piayers. Pla 33 2 §3 Duly. s.s. Flstier, i 65 .55 10 Sieiitsl 9 OTHER rOIN The Boston Clubare getting ready to apply to the Lemslature of Massachusetts for & law prohibiling Ppust-sclling. The Athletic Club carries off the palm as 1o pum- ber of wlayers, having had forty-feven on their ** pines" during the year. The Brookiyn Eagle vuts the Wack Yist in the Leazue down as follo StHali, Devlin, Al Nictiols, * Craver, MeGeary, . Force,' Blong, ana Bawm.” A correspondent in Milwaukee thinks fhat the Club will probubly huve new ¢rounds vn the corner of Clybourn and Spring strects, two blocks south of Grand avenuc. The babit of Harry Wrisht to play his team as long us any vae ran be found 10 play with is neatly Teferred to by the Loston erald, Whica refers 1o 2 recent watch where =+ 1fie weather was *delight- ful,"—that is, it only enowed at intervals. ™ The Clipper asks, **What action nas been taken Dy the St. Lowa Clab in regard to the reported ex- pulsion of Force. Lattm, Blong, and: McGeary? About the same tme a § is paper proceeds to defend Lattin, gaying that he has not been sus- vected of erovkedress by the Club management. The Vercury adds 1o all thut has been sad sbout crookedness by sayine that ** Eleven Leazue play- ers have heen in the embloy of a Chicazo gam- bier.” The only comment that Tue THECSE has 10 make is that it didn't appareatly pay, because the Chicago wan Lue just gone into ihe Bunkrupicy Court. After two weeks of dirc foreboding and lsmenta. tion over the **Lust Days of Profussional Bas Bail, " the Giobe-Lemocral tap-Nops back somer- Eault in this mann The mdications now are that St Louis will be represented by a club capas ble of winmmz the ehampicusbip next year, and negotiations have alrendy been opened up with the men who are likely to replace Devliu and Hail.” The Clipper notes that the number of extra-Inn- Ing guwes of the season has been as follows: Teu funtage Eleven inmungs.... Twelve luntuzs “Thirteen Inning: {fuun lanlagzs ... 2 Total.... The Lowell (Mas.) Club is putting itself on a sound vasis for car ris players, hay- ing already wotified the Sccretary of the Leazue 2nd Leasne Alifance that It bas contracted J. Sullwan, C. o. Foley. Sam Wrnaht, Ji Hawes, F. . snd A. W, Whitcey. ' Th were 1t thys year' team, the flrst three as catcher. pitcher, and short-stop: Huwes ns =ub., Frank Whitney atibird, and Arihur m left feid, The comical side of a subject is turned up to the public when the various papers inwixt that Presis dent Hulbert thought Hines was eraoked because be wrote the piayers letter trying 1o hustle him alonz und get mose play out of bi Cnere is not a word in_the letter to indi but the papers -tinfer” this. ‘The wrifer knows ut Jesst one otaer plaver to whom Mr. Hulbert dronped 4 note, but that younz man winked with Bis solemn ese. and tore up tne letter, —he didn't give hunself away by giviug i to & newspaper, As 1o ilines. 1t 1s quite hikely that Mr. Hulbert thouzht e could write what he haa 1o 5ay to Hines quicker taun he could tell him. A letter from Washington notes the fact that the Xational Club, which has an_excellent record, hiouzh rather an old one., 1 to be reoreanized for 1575, ~in fact, i< reorzanized as far as the emient ix concerned. 1t has already vigned reement, sud will pre- by Peter Bannon. W0 be one of the very country. There should be & ub in Washington, and one would pay well jon of ueadhicad vest pit zod : were it not tor the chronic afllis clerks ana otber Government otlicials, who never can be persuaded to pay_ for anylhms. In 187l ‘e Chicazos plaved the Nationals 1 Washington, bejore what scemed a larze cro and received £8.75 for 1heir share of the cash reccits. The Secretary gives notice of the encagement of John Netson aid Georze Shatfer with tae Indian- 3,0lif team. This predetermines that toe Inciana team s (o be Very strous. qmite enough so to hurry any of its comrades in the Lesgue, The will no doubt be: Nolan, p.i Fli; 1b; Quest. 2h.3 Willamson, '3 b, 5 B 11 Meselsy, r. £3 tn c. f. and sub, not snnounced,’ Other ven as having oeen engaved. but ved. 10 shoutd be added, iuns, that it 16 enre Lhat apply for wdmission into uwes have been @ 1o notice bas been re as an apswer (o sume gar: the Indiznapols Club wil the League, and_ there is nots shadow of douot that it will be admitted. It is by udds a betwer city for the game than Louisville, aud the manage- mant s of a diiferent kind. The following from the Globe-Democrat, in the words of Frank Parker, **takes the cake ™' The St Louls Globe-Demrrrat and Lonlsville CarierJournal hasiug ssceriamed tat erookedness exisied among the ball piayers of ities, wont 10 work to ferFel out tiie ertraio Gl 13 Knowd. Four of the Loutsville Bave aiready bueh xpeiled, aid 10 b the S asers will b Louneed ‘ab the L Dedemr. The * :0.-Demncrat Feusons Tur bellevins that 1wo members of the Chicazy i Are 4 0UC **&s bad &S they make em, ” aud haviiz cd as junch, TnE TEIRUNE a8k3 for their nanies HnE R S TS roduoat s (hat 86 Lunt bas her hands iull working up evidence azafust her own *-crooks,” and must allow TiE HUNE (o provice fur the wants of {ts teaders by furnishiog them with T eurrent we & 1t is 1207¢ thancheeky to ring in a clim along- side that of the Courier-Jonraal, which really did some excellent work in ferreting out the thieves, ‘A¢ fur as the Chicazs Club 18 concerned, there D6 reason that this paper knows of (o cliarze any of its membersvith frand. When the shadow of reason s prescnted it will e investigated fast enough. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. LaaEr—**Did the same_player lead Toston's batting in 1876 and 1877%" Ansuer — Yes: O'Rourke. L. V.—-*Con you tell me who is hest catch- er—Anson or McVey—in afl games they hiave play ed tius seuson? " dnsuer—Cannot do it; haven't the duta. S. C.& M.—** We have a little wager about this: ¢ Ind MeVey or .\ mcrease bis bathng wost this senzon over iust* Please decde. " Auswer— Neither of them n.creased; McVey lost 23 points aund Anson7. Beiter call the bet a draw, Maprsox—:* How about Oscar Walker, who was c:;:l‘icflu the Red Caps of St. Taul and then d by the Tecumseh Club for nest year: wi ¢ or League Allfunce Clubs play arainst him > Ansuer—No; ot unless ne gets wiitewashed. tis case will, no douot, be considered oy the League. JED.—**T have seen it stated or hinted that Dev- 1in, Nichols, Craver, Hall, Biong, iaitin. “Force, and McGeary either had been, or were likely Lo be, expelled. Now, is thatall.—haven't Boston, Hart- ford, Chicago, ana_Cincinnati bad any crooked layers?” dusicer—No testimony has been oflercd. o3ton will no doubt expel oue man. but not for eelhng gawmes. of M.—**(1) Who do you consider the best of these—Force, Nelson, Redmond$ (2) Who will piteh for the_new lariford Cluby () Wil Mr. Spalding retire from the busin Ansiwer— (1) Takinz into account alf thines. would rather have ltedinond, (2) Not announced yet; Bradley could zo there if ke wonld. (3) He “says be hay Tetired, but people don’t believe it. MiL.—*Who will compose the Leazme nest yearr™ dnswer—Can only say after the Leazae has et The ceriain ciubs are Loston, Ciucin- pati, and Chicago; those pretty sure to g0 on are St. Louis and Indianapoiis; those in prospect but doubtful abont coming in ' (or bewnz let in) are Syracuse. Rtochester, Milwaukee, aud ulalo. Nothinz is known about Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Washingion. W. D. B.—**(1) Withwhat club did Reis play before he joined the Chicazos? (2) Where will Barnes aud Glenn_play next years? Answer—(1j He played with some junior club of this eity until he jomed the Fairbanks of this city, After playing awhile with them he went to Cedsr Raplds, Ta., and etaid_until their season closed. Tnen he played with tne Chicagos until they separated. {2) No notice of theic engagzement has been re- ceived. D.1.Ind.—*I ece by the Cincinnati papers that Jim White's_brother Will iz to pitch down there next year. Vnat iz he, who is be, and_now pood is he" _dnswer—First record of Will White is with Live Oska, of Lynn, in 1875; then he was With the Crickets, of Binghamton, in 1876, He 1vas successful with both. Tn 1877 he traveled with the Bustons, but pitcheq only three games of which #ny record 18 at hund, They were withthe Cincin- natis July 40, Ang. 90, and Seot. 3, and the op- Poking club wade 37 hits 1 111 chances. This is an excellent record, excelled only by that of Reis, of Chicago. What White will do next year, is not a fair question. THE TURF. “ RINGERS " AND THEIR PUNISHMENT. Mr. John T. Hicks, the well. known turfman of Boston, has done the publica grent service by ex- Dosing the operations of a gang that worked the Eastern Fall Circait with a lot of *‘ringers.” He #ays that in the 2:37 and 2:32 classes at the recent Boston meeting there were no less than five horses entered that had records from 2:37 to 2:30. The first one caught was a by mare entered under the name of Faunie P, Mr. Hicks says that the sarwe animal was known at the meetings in the Pennsyl- vania oil regions ns Mapgie Elliott, but that she is noue other than the well known trotter Ella Clay, owned by Mr. Robert Terril, of Paris, Ky., and leased to George Shawhan and James Offut, of the same place. Her record is 2:27, and she i3 a half-sister Lo Granville, formerly own- ¢d by Mr. . C. Goodrich, of this city. It is eaid that the men who controlled her hnd good luck in the oil regions until they reached Clarion, Pa., when somebody dosed the mare, so that when Fos- ton was reached she could not trot a bit, the whole party going broke on her. Some philanthropic individual paid the debts for which she was at- tached, and started for Canada, where she will prob- ably be eard of during the coming winter, Shaw- han, OFut, sud the mare have been expelled. Lut the second fiorse thut Mr. Hicks calls atten- tion to is oue in which Western people will be in- terested, it bewng none other than the brown geld- ing Billy O'Neill, owned in Peona, 1L, and that trotted at the last Dester Park meeting. It fs as- serted that the horse was entered at Boston in the 2:37 class a8 Harry Robinson, the nominator being **Mr. Freeman,” of Pittsfield, Mase., wha, Jr. 1licks saye, turned out to be none other than the well-known Peoris driver F. N. Funcaer, who bad shaved off his beard in order to avoid recognition. a8 Billy O'Neillhas a record of 2:281. madeat Earlville, I1L, Iast Augnst. It seems that he won a heat of two in the 2:87 race at Boston, getinga record of 2:27, and causing those who were in with the steal 1o back lnm heavily at the povl-box. When un honest horse, Forest King, quietly walked away with three heats and the race, leaving the 0'Nell party deaa-broke. An oflicer sturted 10 uttach the horse for debt. when Fancher broke sway ou s dezd run, ang, us Mr. tlicks cx- pressed it 4= We don’t whether be has halted yet or uot." unespected as they are sturtling Lo the numerous friends and ucqammtances of Mr. Fancher in this city, all of whom velieved him incapuble ef enter~ ing Into any such scheme 1o rob the public and de- feit nonest horsemen. It may be that sume mis- 1ake hus been mude, hut Mr. licksls very positive in his assertions, and mukes s charges over bis owa signature. 5 Janeaville, a horse well known in this section, Iias uls0, 1t dppears, been making @ nnginz tour, and was nipped at Boston. ke was called Roxbury oy, was entered in the 2337 notwithsta ing his previous record of won u heat in 51, and, like his companions, was atiached, and ran the guuntlet of the law. Dandy was another fraud uncarthed by Mr. wao says lie 13 e sallion Tesser that st Grand Rapids Hst swinmier £oL . record of 23311 “I'ne parties that control hin also have the chestuut mare known in the Eustas Belle Smith, that trot- ted all trough the Hiinois Circmt in siow classes last eammer under the name of {da, when she had a previou: ), 4r. Ticks aiso has something to_say about the notorivus furse Created such Sensation &t tue mecti te last cun- mer. 1le says (hat this horse, ufter winnin: about §2,000 in this section of the country. und coliect- ing the money from the Associations, started for thie oil regions, fnally bringing up at Hoston. It will be remembered by the readers of e Trin- UNE that several weeks ugo tiis puper stated th Mr. W. L. beck, owner of Soeppard Boy, from whom ‘Brightwood won two races in the [llinois Circuit, had orwurded to <ociations ut Eurl- vilte and Mendota t of 4 man name Hawley, who swore j ositively that Brightwood nune oiber than: the horse “Clover that obtained a record of 2813 at Fleetwood FPark, New York, in June, 3976. Mr. licks corroboraies tins story, and stagex further that when the horse Teft the West he was followed by a detective, who found that at Elmira the parties baving drightwood in charse entered him under his izt hame, — Ciover.—and_in lis proper class. The detective telegruphed g informution 1o the Western peo- ple, und followed the nhore o Boston, and, when he thought be bad 4 zood thing. played him in the pool-bos. but found to is sorrow that ** ringers stood A poor show at the Hub, Tuz Trinvse has made fome investizations which seem to bear out the general assertion tha Clover and Brighiwood ure identical. The buoks of the secretary of the National Assci tion show that on Jane der of Chatham Village Driving Park, Chatham Village, N. Y., the bay geldins Clover, and James Salspangh, owner. of Madison, N, Dended ToF noi-payment of entrance-sion that on Sept, 21, 1577, they were reinsta will ve noiiced that Clover was expelied jnst’ be- fore Brightwood appeared in the West, and that he was reinstuted previous to the time Brightwood is allezed to hure trotted at Elmira, N. Y., under the name of Clover. E no other icious. Tue proof this fact alone would_ be s owner of 0 ood u horse us Clover we bim to remam idle during the vest tine ecason when the pavinent of a few dotlars en- trance money would have enubled the horse 1o trot. and then gettle the clann late in the fall when there was little trotting to be done. From present appearanees it would seem that the Ilinois ne Laat paid purses o Brishiwood will be ¥ of handins over the v avain (o the horees 10at stood second in the racesiwhich ne won, Chicazo horscmen €ay that Brichtwood wag dris- enin his Western campaien by a young feilow, orge Neiwon, formerly” a well- oy, ond the man” who had charze of Bashaw, Jr.. drivine the most success- 1ul part of that horse’s turf career, and who drove Lim 1 his races azainst fim Rockey and other noted horses. Georze Nelron was considered, who 15 2 €00 of known driver of th when in this Citv, 10 be one of the most honoraule men in us professiom, amd should have seen that I son followed in bis footsteps, The facts related by Mr. Hicks have created nearly oy much excitement in wurf circles as did the recent developments concermmng Devlin. et ul. nmong the iovers of buse-ball. Of course there have alwayx ‘been more or less dizreputable characiers engaged i the piratieal work of rabbins tae public by trott:ne horses wita records of 2:30 or betier in glow classes, bnt this fall an orzminized ganzof these thieves has evident- Iy been on the road. A correspondent of the Spirit of the Tunes writing from Cmennati con- firms Mr. Ilck's statement in_ resard to Bnzht- woud, wud also calls witention to the mare Gussie, that has Leen trotting under the name of Lady Aeyes. Tlus mare was exvosed in Tie TTInUSE of Scpi. 16, und was_at one time inthe handsof Peter Johnson, of this cuty. b Asannounced last S here is to be a meet- ing - of the Natiomal hoard of Appeals next winter, ot which 1t will be com- petent 1o 'modify the present code of rules under wnich tracks uelonging - to the Association ut present work, The question of how to cetect and pumsh **rstera ™ will unduuotedly be bronaht up at this m and various plans to chock this growing evil propused. The mest feasi- ble oue t! has come to the knowledze of this orinated with § yle, 0f Dexter 1le proposes 1hzi when a horse trots over any track bilo 1o the ational Association the proprietor thereof _shall, at the conclusion of the meetmg, furnish the owner of the animal with a certideate. statmg in wiat race or_races he took part, the best record acqaired, and the previous record. This certuicate conld be in the shape of blank forms, easily flled out, which should be furmished 1o each Association track by Mr. Vaul, Secretary of the National Asso- ciation. 11 case s man came jonz with uh animal which he cluimed had no record, he would. under the proposva plan, be required to furnish as a ref- erence the namd ot some responsivle horseman not uncer penalty of the National Associaion from e place where he bailed or its vicinity., Thus cach Ass on would have the certificate of the ¢ List place where the horse trotted to Justify 11s otficers iu accenting his eatry, und the fir=t tracs on the st woald of course have com- municated with the party given as reference by the owner or driver of the norse in regard 1o the ani- mal's chizbility g This plan would be perfectly feasible, and in the absence of a better ane is resvectfully submitted by this paper 1o the National Assocition. One thinz ix certain: if 1 determined and vigorous war 15 not made on the rimgers and those Wwho control them, und prompt punishment not meted out to the rascals that have been caugit. turf sports will descend to a level on which no decent man will care 10 stana. A SHATTERED IDOL. These colamns huve, during the past three months, contained frequent aflusions to the mare Lady Grant, owned by 3 sentiewan naned Trask, residing near Otego, N, Y., who claimed that to trot a mile ju 2:14 was mere exercise for his won- derful animal, and finally otfered to show that time on @ mile track for 31,000, or a mile in two minutes for 82,000, 11" probositi was accepted by a Pluladelphia_paper, and Te agreed to come alonz last week aud 'do bis great act, out fatled to come to time on account of had weather. When Mr. Traxk’s wonderful stories were first made public Tut TRBUNE expressed the opinion that he was eitaer the champion liar. or 1md been imposed upon by designiug parties, Tae Iatter appears o have been the case. as an Eastern paper took the trouble to investigate the matier, and gives the following as the resdlt of its labors? As publie curlosity has 1 een aroused over the marvel- oils newepaper stories told of Lady Grantand her won- derful perforinances n privacé, our readers ar: anxivus 0 know If the Lady {5 A myth, or whether there {3 any truth o the storles gofiyg the rounus, The latest ré purt—that the o i trotied a fuil mile ot an axri. cuitural falr in 2:J2—Fave SOME COIOTINZ (0 LT owner's Boast tl:at she could beat the Mald's time. aud deter- mined the proprictors of Uhls paper to Maufre (o the facts, The briEht liznis of the equine world were not 1 be hidaen under a ushel, 2ad thelr radiance lostdn comparative obscurity. ‘fhie turf arena. beime the proper theatre for ufl borsvs possessing remarkable specd. puturaily should become the scune of Lady rang's wonaerful exploits. s {n the case of Smus- glor, whoseadveat was heralded from obscure locail- ties, s reporter was quietly dizvatched to the home of the Lady with tostructlons to unearth the wonder aud ot ot the hottom facts Quout her extraordinary speed. £ all that was clulnied for her was truc, it was duc (o our readers that the trulh sliould be made publics or, I false, the rascality exposed, aud the fol- 5 lowing s the result of hli investizations Lady Grant fs o wmedlum-sized, fne-lookl, Vay mare. a pretty stepper, and ou the road can give ail'cold-blgoded pittzs. and slugs the go-by: but st fs 10 rotten sl wiomhd And [¢ SIBICUIE To Deat 3:00an Tace-truck. - Her owner, Mr. Trask, [sa fuc, candid, unsophisticated old gentleman uf about 60 vears of age, aud, having been led to subpose that he had a et o Lady Grant, s perfectly, sincero In his ofters ta show extraprainary speed. 1018 about. three years Stnce e wis tauzht o think the mare was developing Rreat apeed. The -+ boys' fn nis nelghborhood {n: &tiaed him in this bellef by timing her trials (n such fabiiions time as 2:20, 2:15, 2:10. etc. 'This {hning buslness von ot buzzed 1bOuL In the nelghboring Vil Iages, gnd was undersiood by those who are fond of & Tark, They ail enjoved the Joke und helped to keep w the deluslun. Froni the bojs the foke spread to ehil: dren of a larer growth, until It culminated ava cer- taln apriculturdi fair during the present fail, not o thousand miles from Frankin. N. Y., when Mr. Trask aureed to shiow 8 mile with Lady Grant. In 2:10 for a s ol premium of SI0, After the trial the judges, Who had buen previotsly pasted. announced 2:12 us the result. Thus, after having been deceived for yoars, M. Trask's friends find 1t Impossible 10 undecetve th innocent old gentleman. ~ He fancles he has tie fastest trotter o the world, and nothfugs Iess than £50,000 wiil buy hier. Moral: Never put any falth fu privaie tefats, TIMING THE SECOND. HORSE, 1t is probaole that at the coming meeting of the Nntional Board of Avpeals. the question of timinz the second horse in trottng races und giving such horse a record, will be brought uo and” discussed. Under the present Code of ltules it is the duty of the judges to thne the second'borse in cach hoat, but uch time does not become & record_unless the first horse under the wire be sel buck for some cunse, and the heat given to the second. In which cuse 1t 1 a record, The proposed plan of eiving thie sccond horse in eacl: heat n record, whether he wine the heat or pol. i 3 very good one, and it 1s 10 be hoped that it will be adopted. Stould it be, *~ eecond moncy horses " would be a thing of the past. andanimals like Hannid, that last season {vent through the Michizan circuit trotting second in heats ali the way from 2:38 to 2:36; would be unknown. Had this rale been in force lust sea- son the Chicazo nor: Sheppard Boy could not Bave started in the 23035 class at the Cleveland fall meeting, where he won the drst heat in 2:2312. as he had frequently hefore that beena close eécond in heats that were trotted in 2:20, and under the proposed system_ would have gone to Cleveland with u record of 2:31 or thereabouts. — Thi plan is no new thinz. It has been advimced perlodically for years. but each time had been smothered by the sill-stocking robbers who infest the tarf: ‘men whose -*inlooence™ In_certuin circles not nec- exsary to mention seems powesfal enouzh to pro- teet them from the_punishment whicr, is populurly supposed to be the inevitable consequence of evil domy, There hay been entirely too much **mon- key work™ in_connection with the National and District Boards of Apveal, and the dissatisfaction at the shameless favoritisin *hown by these bodies has become £0 general mmony the better cluss of horsemen and track-owners (hat. unless » disposi- tion s mansfested 0t the coming meeting of the Natignal Soard to retorm the abuses thut have so fongz been mamifest, the imstitation which sceks to rezulate and sovern the Amerfcan (rotung tarf, and_of whieh Mr. Thomus J. Vail i the utlable praphet, may find that a majority of the tracks in the connitry, and especially those 1w the West, can et along very well without its protecting () in- fnence. ? i Tis question of having the time of the second horse in e itnte a record will atTord u fair test of theintentions of the Bozrd, audat will be obliged to declare itself one way.or the vilier very decitfedly. No honest man shoutd object to pussing of such a rule, as it can work harm in rare instances only, at the most, while its nbaence Teaves the ficld elear for the bindtti of the turf to drive out honest men's horses n fast tune, and force themt into the company of the best_horses in theconntry, while the man who sent them there rides quictly Lelind in second piace, getmg a good stiare of the purse, snd avoiding that bug- bear, u recurd, LORRILARD'S RANTER. Dispateh (1 St Louis Globe- Nemoerat. LESTNGTON, Ky, urfmen are still excifed over that hizh-Sounding bauter of Pierre Lonillard, viz.: To run his stbles of hotses in four matches azainst the whole South and West a dashor three-quarters of a mile, or one mile for 2-yearolds, o da-h of two miles and-a balf for Svear old% A dash of one mile aud s balf for 4-year ‘olds. ona_three miles for f-vear olds aud upward, §2,500 a side on each horse, $1,000 forfeit and $5.000 that he would win 1he od race. a forfeit not Lo count s @ race. 1 Mr. Lorillard will elimmate one condition from hls ronosition it will be sccepted beyond a doubt. te must consent to run either half or ail the races in the South or West, There 13 komething that alwayy dieasrees with onr best horses when' they o East. Asthe contests are to take place next sprinz. it would be impossible for the slate-makety 1o pick out the eatries for the 2-year-old wmtch. but the selections for the other matches conld be casily made frow the followiaz horses: Our best B-year-olds will be ilimyar, Leveler. Llae Eyes, Diy Star, Iomeroy. Cammie, F. Mmuock, Fairy Queen, and Mitan, Mr. Lori Spacta, Frgue, and Perfection. oidhy Wil be Me\thirter, Vera Craz, Felicia, stick, Onponient. King Faro. and'King W Jir. Lonliard's will be 200 Zoo. Gombast, and ia- mond. Our best 3-year-old< and_upwards will bs ‘Fen Broeck. Joe Rodes. Larcenteen, and Whisper. Mr. Loriliard’s will be Parole and Barricade, TRACK TALE. Col. J. W. Conly has just retarned from Ken- tacky with a dark barse for a South Side gentle- man. Judge Fullerton reached California safely, and is being jogzed by Orrin Hickok, who muy come East with him next season. James Wilson & Son, Rushville, Ind.. recently sold about 71y Blue Lujl coltxand Sllies it auction, realizing good priees for them. The factory of Caffery & Co. at Camden, N. makers of sulkics and toad wazons, was burn Tast week, fnvofving a loss of $100, 000 The bay mare Cleopatra, by Kentncky, and her yeartingand sucklinz coits by Alarm, ave been purchused by Me. A. Belmont, of New York. Sr. Mifton D. Palmer. of this city, recently purchiased a fine 4-yesr-old Almont flly that with little handling shoived great speed for lier az At arecent meetinz of the Nashville Juckey Club, cule of weizhts recently agopted by the Lowsville and Lexington Associutions was ap- proved Orrin Hickack, the well-known driver, is a great lover of dogs, and his thoroughbred English i tif, Sulian, took the first prize at the recent Cali- foruia beneh show. The fast 6-vear-old troftine mare Trish Maid, by Danici Lumbert out of Funny dackson, has been sold 10 W. I Gannon, of New York, for 31, 420. She is 3 sister o Aristos, Prof, Going, the veterinary editor of the Spirit of the Tunes, was in Chicago on Wednesday and Taursday of lnst week. " He 15 making u profession- ai teip tlrough the West, Prices for fine horses in Kentucky are considera- bly firmer than during the past summer, and numerous purchases have been wmade for Eastern, Western, and Canadian zecount. The Kentacky Zive-Stock Record says that the black celdinz Shelby. s0ld by Col. Strader, of Lex- inzton, toJ. Henry Norton, of this city, was the finest combined saddie and ‘carriage animal w the State, MNir. L. D. Powell, of Richmoud, Ky., was re- cenely severely bitten by a stalhon’ which he went into a pasture’ to_esawine. Mr. Poweil 18 in o onaition, and lockjaw is feared. Asan exhibition of close fnanciering, the recent meetng at Columbus. 0., was a success, The re 511.375.56, and the cxpenditures, ving the astonishing sum of 43 Jndze Walter 5. laves, of Towa, recently pur- chased in Kentucky the foliowinz well-bred lillies: Miss Herndon., 3 years old. by Ahmout. duw’s ped sree unknown, aud black weanlint dettic, by William Welch, dam by Mambrino Chief. Mr. William L. Beck's trotting gelding, William M. Bosle, is bemyg wintered in Cuicigo. Mr. Beck expects this horse L0 trot Jow i the twenties mext eeason, under the handling of **Nosey™ Brown, who will also wiuter 1 Clicago. The Lonlon Sporting 7Tunes says that Lord Lonsdale has boushi from Capt. Mitéhell the year- ling colt llue-Blood (brother of Atl-feart), by Linz Fom, ont of Marizaid, by Peddington, fur $30,000, This is the highest price ever pud for a Featny. The list of winninz jockeys for the season just closed 18733 follows: Barrelt, $10,0 $44,277.50; [luyward, $35,625: B 957, Whiker, 317, Murphy, SLLI00 ; Sayers, 31: tinglies, ‘ST1.510: Kelso, $U, < 850; Syariing, 36,:280; Aifen, $6,200. News comes from Cleveland that John Splan's health 1s %0 oo he will probably not o to Califorua this winter with Rarus and the “oti horses 0 lus charge, but stay i Cleveland until the trottinz scaxon opens. Dun Mace will also probubly abandon his postponed trip to the Paciiic. to Tocal horsemen that the only 1w oo horscs owned in Chicazo—Sheppard Boy, record and Jenme ffolton, record 22 —:Bould ro iuto winter quarters suspénded from all National Association tracks for non-payment of entrance mouey. They will probably square mat- ters before the trotting seuson beging, however. Col. West of Edze Hill Farm, Georgetown, Va., hag among his younz stock a d-year-old colt that has =hown a half mile m 1:12;, anda mile etter than 2:30. Count Kilrush i3 his nume. 1le also has a 2-vear-old colt by George Wilkes that 1 a wind-sphitter. Edse Iill has produced more very fast ones than any one place in Kentucky, in- cluding Luls, Rosalud, Lucy Coyler, and others as good. OTHER SPORTS. PEDESTRIANISM. Miss Bertha Von Iillern has tranemitted to Tag TRIBUSE the following challenze: 1. Bertha Von Hillern, Issue the following challenze to Prof. John Eanfs erany one of his vedestrian pupils: To walk 1t0 miles, or the greate: wrof miles in six days, for the smin of ) to $i0). Gate-money to e ‘winber. Mateh 10 take pIace hefore 151 pf dRNATY. BTHA VON HILLERS, As Ennis is completely disabled by reason of his last effort, there scems 1o probabillcy of bis taking up the ded, but possibly some damsel hoasting o good pair of -understandings may feel disposed to 1y conclusions with the champion pedestricnne. THE NASHVILLE SUOOTING TOURNAMEN NasuviLie, Tenn., Nov. 17.—The champion- ship of Teunessee was Won by il. C. Pritchett, of Nasnville. In the $300 purse Kleinman was first, Martin second, Leland third, Newman fourth. In the second match Martin was first, Hughes second, Kirkman third. The match between the teame of four, between Franklin, Tenn., and Memphis, Tenn., resulted in tbe defeat of the latier. the Franklin_team g 4 birds out of 60, and tue Memphis 33 aut of G0 THE EXPOSITION. Annual Meeting of the Stocke holders---A Gratifying Showing. A Dividend of 6 Per Cent Declared-— The Building All Paid For, President Brown Expresses His Views About the Future of the In- stitution. An Aquarium Wanted—Election of the New Board of Direotors. ‘The anoual meeting of the stockholders of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago was held yesterday afternoon in thatinstitution. .Among the gentlemen present were Edwin Lee Brown, Potter Palmer, John P. Reynolds, George H. Laflin, J. Irving Pearce, Samuel Jobnston, Jacob Rosenbers, C. F. Gunther, L. G. Klinck, George C. Clarke, E. G. Asay, Charles Gossage, T. P. Tallman, Marshail Field, C. Studebaker, J. A. Mason, H. G. Pulling, A. H. Burley, Walter H. Peck, A. F. Seeberger, H. B. Cragin, D. B. Fisk, and Thomas Hood. The first named gentieman occupfed the chair us President, and Mr, Reynolds acted as Secretary. The Committee on Vouchers reported thut they had cxamined the vouchers on file in the ‘Treasurer’s oftice and found them all correct. The report was concurred . TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer, J. Irving Pearce, presented the following report for the yeur ending Nov. 15, 1877, and it was adosted: RECEWTS. To balanee as per last statement. }X«:smumnu 16 per cent, cVALOT, Sross earning: Art-hall citalogue: -brac catalogues Clouk-rovm. ...... Tental of building. . Bills payable, moncy Borrowed 5,000 THICRCL FRS o vent e 7652 Sundries from Superin 18 POtLA e d o e $110,962 DISHUHSENENTS, By paid warrants drawn by Secretary and countersigned by the Auditor.... $ 86,404 Balance 00 hand ... .. .ueeee.. .....§ 23,557 JP'IN P. REYNOLDS, THE SECRETARY, submitted the following report: Cuicaco, Nov. 17, 1577 —GENTLENEN: The fotlowing report of transactions §3 submitied for your consideration, The period covered s from Nov. 16, 1676, to Nov. 15, 1577, DISEUEREMES Cliecks have been drawn upou the Treasurer for {he vuus of 65, 404,08, They are classided a3 fol- ows: Quaccoant of constructlon. O acevunt of repairs. On ateount of lavor.. O -count of prioth Ou uccount uf jiersoual prope On account of bills payable and Op ucvouut of expenses (tncluding m Department [0 part, freichis, gas, coal, pr mluus, decorutions, ecc. .. - 26.12¢ Total. .-§89,40¢ Of this total there was expended on account of the Art Department. Including the special exhibi- tion. $12,455. 41, 2nd on account of the Mechanical Departument, 35, US! iSy. OUTSTANDING LEABILUTIES. Exclusive of capital stock, the liupilities, so far a3 kuown or beneved 10 exist, consist of espenses on account of the Art Department, believed 10 ve $1406.15, o which may be added u disputed claim o1 $200, making $096.15; on_uccountof the M- chinesy Departuient, us estimated by the Superin- tendent thereol, $450; other emall accounts, esti- mated at §100. Total,’ $1, 146, Deductiuz this tota of Havilities from the cagh Dalance 1u the hands ot the Treasurer, us shown by his report to-day, und taere will remain in Lis bands the sum of §21.410.97. The item of $00, noted in 1 year's report as *‘duc from an ex- Inbitor.” has been reduced by an order of the Ex- ceative Commuttee to 3150, and this lutter amount, it 13 expeeted. will nol be paid into the treasury, but be absorbed in payuent to that exhibitor for the skeleton of a whale, in relation to the pur- chase of which there i~u proposition now pendinz. Acontract for repairs to the building has been miade, und, when the work is complete, will re- quire tue payment of SL,443, The capital Stock account is as follows: Stock tes issued o date represent fall shares, fractionsl scrip outstanding, represeuts fail snares, 210.14: undistributed, 45853 repre- senting total capital sto 00 share 1 beg'to repeat here what was said in last year's report, that it is exceedinaly desiraole that the haing fractional scrip be condensed as rap- Idly a3 possible into_ certiucates for full sha Tnose fractions whick have not been called for are in the hands of tue Treanrer. s There also remain in_ths office, uncalled for by siockholders, a larze nunber of certificates for shares orignally subscribed. and_for sharcs dis- tributed under the order of 1575 for making a rataole distribution of the ansubserived and for- 1ented stock, As the stock of the orzanization now has a value based on actual caeb dividend, 1t 19 hoped the owners will be mduced 10 cail and re- cuive and receipt for these evidences of their title to dividends. The koard of Directors. at their mecting yester- dav, declared a dividend of 6 per cent upon_the gtocks of record, the same to b payably on ot after Dec. 1, and_they also ordercd tne stock-books closed it ouce, und to remain <o closed until the same datc. THE ANNUAL EXTIBITION OF 1877, The period of this Exhibition wae ten days longer than that of 1876, Commencinz Aus. 29, it cou- tipned until Oct. 13, The number of eXbibitors was over 700. The whole number of paid adwmis- sions was 263,600, not including exhibitors or em- ploges who held 'season tickets. The account of ticket sales is us follow: To adults. 25 cents each. $65.340 To clilidret, 15 cents eaci. ENT To children, 10 cents each. . 630 70 extbitors, $3 each. i To employes, S2 each. Totals showing an sveraze paying_attendance of more than 7,500 persons per day. The whole number of tickeis sold_ by raflway and other trausportation companies was 22,401. It is proper to eay that this numoer represents a very small Traction of tne number of persons visiting the Esposition from abroad, sccountiug meither for the children, nor for the immense: excursions that came to the city duy after day, nor for those who availed them- selves of the seneral_reduction of railway fares without purchasng Expesition ncket creased puyiny attendance of the present sear, a3 compare:d with 1576, was 78,621, and in my judz- ment was_almost, perbups ‘wholly, derived from the country; being the nntural result of a general zrowing Shterest whicn the people of the North- West manifest in these annual exhibitions. . If it be tene that the attendauce from the city was not materially larzer than w1576, it may readily be referred (o the losses just then sustuined by some 27,000 depositors in_eavinus-banks, - volving 2 population of at least 100,000 among the wnedium and thrfty classes of our people. and to the refsal of the Soard of Education to et apart, as_heretofore, one duy for the attendance of the children of the public schools. OF TUE EXHIBITION ITSELF it maybe truly said that it was the best of the serics, and came fully up tothe anticipation ex- pressca in the Jast annual report. Steadivy, from year to yenr. the-manufacturers and those produc- ‘ers und “dealers of the couniry who desire to meet the Northwestern public face to fuce, are becom~ ing more firmly convinced that these exhibitions tfor them their weeatest und best opportunity, and in the same proportion are their eiforts ex- tended to improve the: quality and impressivenesy of their geveral exhibits, This was_never more apparent than at the late exhiotion, The cupacity orthe building in_ every part was tased to_the Dtmost, and_ the vast majority of objects exhibi were moted for their genuine merit and attractiveness, and, in inany” cases, very espensise ostailition. The lessons of perience. and_especially uf observation, at the Lintennml were easily recognized in thelr resuls s been the constantaim of the Executive Committee to bring into increaved prominence all processes of manufacture, and to encouraze this Niode of exhibition by all manufacturers whase Jines of production permit it. The improvement fntnis respect was quite decided, aud, itia be- i, was in every instance entirely satisfactory uitors themselves. There 18 2ood reason to belicve that next year the display of proces<es will De atili more varied, interesting, sud complese. ‘The bepartment of General Machiners, a3 also of Avricultural Machinery und Implements, never presented fuller nor more atiractve displays, aod it is natter of serious rewret that the hall devoted exclusively 1o the latter depariment, larce us it is, has not the capaciy to accom- modate &ll waanfacturers who reumlarly apply for epate. - It "has already become necessary to restrict exhubitors in that hall to the Rircawe-t hounds consistent with o proper dis- Play, and even Lo encrosch upon the space usnally fssigned to ranning machinery in the main busld- ing. THE ART DEPARTMENT " presented. besides a collection of 338 ofl paintings. The first large disnlay of water-color paintings ever made West: and, 05 all the prominent artists in “thiis country who make a specialty of water-colors Wwere represented by examoles of theiz own selec- Lo, it 18 safe 10 assume their general excelience. An entircly novel feature relating rather to hous hold art and illnstrating its hiztory was embraced in this department, and was the Eubject of nach examination and study. Il contained 77 articles Fnown s bric-a-brac, many of them havinz e ted expressly for the purposc P ity Three moted _patntinzs were placed on special cxhidition n one of the large gallerics; but, nouwithstanding their acknowledged merit 38 woris of art, they, too. failed to beso attractive a$ those of former Expositions. The Chairman of the ArtCommittee, 3lr. Georve C. Clarke, preseuts a financinl state- ment which corresponds with the vouchers ou file and the report of the Treasurer, by which it ap- pears that the smount paid on account of this de- Dartment, and including outstandine liabilines, s $12.95L.56, with tne possible addition of & dis- puted claim of $200. Deaacting from this amonnt payments made on expenses of previous year, on account of constructiouand repairs, and’ on ac- count of the special exhibition not heretofore charged to the Art Department, and there remains total cost of but $9,803.09. TDedact from this the amount received from sales of cata- logues, S1,984.60, and there remains $7,519.09 a3 et cost of the department for 1877, For the sea- sonof 1878 the netcontof the Art Department he #tates a1 35,767.13, and for1875 at $17,457.56. A gratifying fact inconnection with this’ depart- ment for the current year s, that about $13,000 worth of pictures were sold by exbibiting artists to the citizens of Chicago. ‘The educational branch of this department was represented by a very creditable and farge coilecs tion of drawings, chietly in crayon, by the pupils of the Chicazo Central iligh School, and by a col~ lection of works of artand_design by the pupils of the 1llinois Industrial University, being the same as exhidited at the Centennial. The enterprise of the management of toat University in participating in publicand popular exhibitions deserves recozs g{lfli&n and marked approval by the people of the To the management of the Chicago Academy of Sciences and to eleven private collectors of the city and vicinity we are indebted for a display Hlustrat- ing eeveral teading departments of natural history, and excelling n some respects even the collection of last year, comprehensive and admirable as that is known t0 have been. Besides nutural history collections proper, we were also favored with large and fnteresting contributions of prehistoric pot- tery, implements aud ntensils, and of recent In- dian cariosities, Certainly no archwological col- lection approaching this iu magnitude or in scien- tific or commercial value hash ever before been ex- posed to public view 1p the West, and as research 1n thix line of study has recently assumed nnuznal activity, it is believed this exhibition was es- pecially interesting and acceptable at this time. Ad eves ntribution 1n thus entire department was made without any consideration of gain to the exhibitor, and in most cases involved serious dan- gerof Joss, together with time, labor, and con- stant anxicty, ~our acknowledgments are aue to those contributors for their disinterested efforts to instruet the puolic and increase the attractions of the Exposition. _Steadily this department is grow- ingin public favor, and improviug in guality and exient from year to year, and there are alteady propositions and suguestions made looking to & still further advance in 1575, OTHER DEPARTMESTS. Of the departments embrucing textile fabrics, furniture, mmufactured products, household 0043, ete., it needs to be said only that they were fully worthy of the tuste, enterprise, and skl o1 Chieavo wmunafacturers, artisans, and dealers, and that they, individually and cellectivety, were quite cqual in quatity to uny similar exnjbits'at the Cen- tennial. Our acknowledzments are again duc especially to our Jocal florisis and the South-Park Conunis- sion for the beanty of the conservatory, which was matintuined turoushout with uniforas’ success. 1 there scemed to be a want of culors in the aisplay, occasioned by a lack of Howering planty, it was due o the absence of the necessary conditions for keep- inx such plants in bloom for any lensth of time. The expense of a floral exhivition, maintained for flve or eix weeks in our Consersatory, Is cntirely 100 onerous to be borne by private florists, and cun hurdly be accomulished at all, in. fact, without some arrangement in heatmyg apparatus for main- taining @ uniform condition of temperature, an improvement which it i3 hoped may be made in time for the next Exhibition, THE OUTLOOK FOR 1878, The interest mauifested by exhibitors during the last Exposition, t.¢ evident reluctance with which neariy il of them relinquished efforts to obtain an extension of time even besond the long pericd of the flxed term. and especally ~ the formal and informal applications for space already made, indicate with sullicient_certainty that_the exhibition of 1875 will bea wortny succescor of thut just beld. Jn ghort, the business interests of Chicazo are neither blind nor slow to_seize upon and sustain whatever may fairly contribute 1o their prosperity. They bave not fsiled to recogaize in these anaually recarring extubitions, attended by hundreds of thousanas of The best citizens of the hwest, @ powerful and lezitimate suziliary to ir enterps To my mind, therefore, it cems morally certain that so long and ~o far as this or- gantzation may continue in the coursc it has fol- fowed, and its manazement to be wspired by lib- eral, ' broad views in iis relations 0 the' city and - country, just so long andso farmaythose busincss fnterests, embrac: ing manufacturers, artisans. asntists, dealers, und bucked by every other business interest of the city, be refied upon to maintain these exhibitions, replete with novelues for each succeedinz year, and stand by and protect the orsanization under any circumstances that may arise. 1 feel as cor- tain of this as f do of unything in tiie future which depends upon human motive for its accomplish~ ment. The report was accepted, snd, with the Treasurer’s report, was ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Asay, a comumittec of three was appointed to examine the vouchers and re- port within thirty days. The Chair numed the mover and Messrs. Secberger and Peck as the Committee, THE PRESIDENT said he knerw it was not customary for the pre- siding officer to makc any remarks, but he thought it fitting for him to sav something in view ol the fact that it was probable they were entering a new era in the management of the Exposition. He thought they could congratu- late themselves on the success of the iastitu- tivn; they were out of debt, a dividend of 6 per cent had been declared, and there remained in the treasury $7,000. It wa the first time they had been out of debt since the incoption of the Exposition, the stock had been all paid for, and there was no personal liability resting upon them. The capital stock was £250,000; the money paid was $170,500, and fur that they bad certificates of Stock representing $250,000. ‘The whoie cost of the property was 58G0,000, and it had £ost them §170,900. So that the Association had earned in live ‘seasons §200,000, which was an averaze of 17 or 13 per cent. That $200.000 was really carned by seven or ten men, who had carried the iustitution along for five seasons; they had become_responsible for avd indursed paper amonoting to $40,000. They bad been eriticised by the newspapers and some of the stockholders, but he had yet to hear that an institution of that kind had been carried on so honestly and so successfully, He did pot wish to speak thus on his own pérsonal aceount, but he deemed it fitting for him to say it for others. He refer- red to the lace W. Coolbaugh, who was one of the original Directors. In 1573, when many were in doubt abou the successful carrying out of the project to build the Exposition, Mr. Coolbaugzh had moved and carried out the con- tract to erect the building for $250,000, and it had made every Director of ‘the institution per- sonally lisble until yesterday. He (Coolbaugh) bad made the opeming specch and reccived the building from the contractors. ‘The next morning his bank closed. The build- ing was opened in the midst of the worst panic the country had ever seen. He took it for graut- ed some appropriate action would be taken on r. Coolbaugh’s death. He thourhtit was time some change should be made. One wan owned an eightl» part of all the stock. which was contrary to the original understunding, aud unless some change was made he 1eared it would be detrimental to the institution. The Exposition had been worth one million of dollars anoually to the He hoped the stock would = be - divided up so that no onc could hold more than one share. He held scyen shares, and would be perfectly willing to give up &ix of them, but he desired to retain one share as long as othuers did. No one of themen who had conducted the Exposition had made a cent out of it, and not a smgle dollar bad been syuandered. It ought to be a permnanent Exposition, and he trusted that sometbing wouid be done to makeitso. Mr. Asay bad spoken to him of s plan whereby & Board of Trustves should control all the stock, and no man should accumlate it. He would oy impugn the motives of any who had bought up the shares; that was all fair enough on their part, but he thought it would not do the insti- tution any good in the estimation of the public. ‘The speaker surgested that an aquarnun sim- ilar to that in New York should be placed in the Exposition, and befieved it would prove a prof- itavle and atiractive feature. e believed the President should be the boss of the Exposition; he was not then. He should be Chairman ot the Exceutive Committee. He @id not desire o act himself, and did not therefore speak from any persoua & motive. He also thought the g of admission should not be more than 25 cents, and belicved that they had done better at that fizure this year than they woutd have done i 50 ud been charzed, He sugvzested an admis- sion fee o the Art Hall, in view of the fact that it cost from §17,000 to $13,000 to et it up. Re- ferring to the last art exposition he spoke of it as 2 more even one than those that had pre- ceded it. e thought avote of thauks by ac- clamation should be given to Secretary Keyn- olds, for his untiring efforts, and paid that gen- tleman a deservea compliment. A The stockholders, be suid, should each have a complimentary ticket. ‘They were not admit- ted the first scason, and sold “their stock for & cents on the dollar, which was unfortunate; and they had regretted it. He concluded by urging that the stock be coutrolled by the Trustees, so that no one should hotd more than a share. Mir. Burley inquired of the President who the ten gentlemen were who had conducted the institution, and he mentioned Messrs. Palmer, Gage, Wells, Bouton, and otbers. MR, PALMER saia he was one of the large stockholders whom the President had cast a rotlection upon, He had been called upon at various times and ureed to purchase shares. «Ie¢ had been asked to buy one, and subsequently was informed that the project would fail unless $5.000 more was subscribed. He had gone and borrowed the money_to Invest in the stock, and, havins paid out $7,000 for the stock, he thought it wus unfair and upjist that he should be thos spoken of. Mr. Brown said the gentleman was mistaken; be did not intend to retleet upon him. Mr. Palmer said he was not mistaken. Mr. Asay endeavored to expluin that Mr. Brown'’s motive bad been misunderstood; that be bad had no intention of reflecting on the gentleman. _Mr. Palmersaid he would rather give the $7,000 he had paid for the stock thau to have it believed that he had sought to secure more than he was entitled to. Ar. Burley atso endeavored to exniain thut Mr. Brown desizned to inform the gentleman that the concentration of the stock ina few hands would end to divest the institution of 'l:l;::' public character that was necessary to suc- Mr. Klinck remarked that he understood the President’s expressious as a reflection on the larze stockholders, s ‘The President said he was not used to- public speaking, and perhaps he had not made himselt clear to the gentlemen. He could not have had the feeling assizued to him, tor he knew that Mr. Palmer had paid for all his stock. He had §3id that what Mr. Palmer and others had done was perfectly fair and lesitimate, and he did not wish to impugn any one’s motives in the ‘matter. The discussion, which had been carried on rapidly hetween the gentlemen, was brouzhtto aclose by a motion to give a rising vote of thauks to the President and Secretary. The weetlng concurred, and the vote was given. _ DmRECTORS. The following gentlemen were elected as the Board of Directors for tne ensuing year: Jobn P. Reynolds, J. Irving Pearce, Samuel Johnston, Charles Fargo, L. G. Kinck, T. P, ‘Tollman, J. A. Mason, H. G. Pulling, Potter Palmer, E. G. Asay, Monroe Heath, Marshall Field, Edwin Lee Brown, E. 8. Sthekney, N. K. Fairhank, Robert Narris, J. W. Stewart, H. A. Rust, J. -(‘;"éo“;_;ngnh‘:s‘ . Fobf‘rz\!.a‘\‘\';i Jolin F, Staford, rire Schaelder, J. N. Witherell, D. B. Fisk, aad . D Wells.” HEsli D DR Messrs. Burley, Peck, and Brewster were aj pointed 1 Committee on Proxies. & The meeting then adjonrned. CHOURCH AFFAIRS. METHODIST MISSIONS. NEW York, Nov. 17.—The General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Caurch reassembled to-day, and the subject of appro- priations was resumed, commencing with the Chinese missions, appropriating $10,500: Amer- ican Indian missions, California, £500; Central New York, §3 Columbia River, $200; De- troit, $700; Gienesce, 3230; Michizan, 3700; Northern New York, $230; Wisconsin $200; English speaking missions, Ala- bama, $2,000; Arkansas, $4,000; California, £3,000; Central Alabama, $2.500; Colorado, 24,3005 Delaware, $1,000; Central Teunessee, $2,500; East Maive, $130; Florida, 3320 - Georeia, $3,000; Houston, §5,000. Reports from the South, as given by several representa- tives, show the churches in that section to be in 2 more flourishinz condition than at any time since the Rebellion. The General Missionary Committee this after- moon made the following appropriations for mission work: Kansas, 3 3 Lexinzton, 52,000; Louisi $2,000; Miy d_jn Deadwood b St. Louis, $4,000; Southern Kansas, $,50. For the Tudfan work of Wyandotte, Missouri, attacked to the South- crn Kansas Conll “Tennessee, $2.5005 3 5 West Vir- IL500; Wis- to be Hillss Following is the recapitulation of the aopro- priations: Foreum Missions and_exchange, $256,577; Missions in the Ternitories of the United States, SLLOX; Welsh Missions, $1,000; Scandioayian ' Missions, $15,000; Gerinan Mis- $32.950; Cbinese Missions, 3105005 Ameriean Missions, 34,0503 Eeulish © sceaking ) S5, wiscellaneous, 3650003 South American Misslons an excange, SLLXGE liquidation of debt, SL20,000. Total, 676,347, TUE QUINCY DIOCESE. Quivey, Hl., Nov. 17.—The parishies of this eity have elected the followins delegutes to the pritnary Episcapal Convention of the new dio- ceese of Quiney: * From St. John’s Church, $. C. Sherman. Henry Kent, 1. A, Williamson, L. E. Emmons, sud” James T, Blaney; from the Chureh of the Good Sheoherd, Henry Ashbury, Joseoh B. Gilpin, C. J. Pasker, R. F. Newcomb, and W. P’ Ed FIRES. AT FALL RIVER, MASS. Farn Rivew, Mass., Nov- I7.—The Borden City Mill No. 1 was burned this moming. In- surance about $400,000, in mutual offic The flames started ou the fourth floor, and Were uot extinguished until the building and its vontents were burned. The following is the insarance: Boston Manufacturers’, $30,000; Arkrizht, $50,~ 000; Worcester Manufacturers?, 210,000: Fall River Manofacturers’, $50,00); Rhode Island Manufacturers’, $40,000; State, $10,000; Fire men’s, §30,000; Blackstone, $40,000; Mannfac- turers’, $40,000; Merchants’, $10,000; Mechan- ies?, $10,000; Whatcheer, $10,000,~all of Provi- - denc The mill was a brick structure, erected in 1872, It contained 5,000 spindles, employed 450 hands, aud was running full time. All kinds of rumors are afloat as to the origin of the fire. Oune, that two boyswith a lamp at- tempted to lizht the gas and dropped the lamp, which was broken. A watchman passed through the mill a short time previous to the fire, and all apoarently was rizht. No other per- son was known to_be in the room during th morning. Soon after the fire was discovered it is said a dull, heayy explusion occurrid in the fourth story, which blew out all the windows, This was soon followed by another explosion in the third story, with similac rcsults. The man having charve of the gas main says he had turned on the gas but a few scconds before the fire was discovered. and thinks that it could not have escaped in quantity to have caused the ex- plosion. It is said 400 bales of cottonand a quantity of eloth are burned fn the ruins. A hook and ludder carriage wus damaged seyeral hundred dollars by falling walls. Facr River, Mass., Nov. 17.—1he loss on the mill and cloth is about $450,000. ST. LOUIS. Sr. Louss, Nov. 17.—About half-past 13 o'clock to<lny, as workmen were engaged in pulling down the wall of Hunt's Building, on Fourth street, burned & few nights ago, the north wall fcil outiward and entirely crushed the rear part of Stone’s Museum from theroof to the cellar, and knocked a biz hole in the roof of the next building north, used as a rifle range. Nobody was injured. The loss to the property cannot be given now, but it will probabls not be very heavy. THE WEATHER, ‘Wasmseroy, D. C.. Nov. 18—1a. m.~For the Tennessee, Ohio,and Upper Mississippi Vai- leys, and Upper-Lake region, rising followed by falling barometer, northerly winds, veering to northwest and southeast, and colder, clear or partly cloudy weather, except in the two last districts. Possibly rzin areas or snow. LOCAL OBSEETATIONS. Citéago, Nov. 17. Wind.__: Bn.- IFeather, Fokiy. = Clear. Falr, Fair. Glear. Clear, Time. G:raa m. 20. “ar. Ty .| 02 97 16:14p. . 3023 “Maxtmum ther:nmeier. GENEIAL 0 CuIcaG ATIONS. Nov. 17-Midntehe, Stattomr R av. Wind_ | fain Weatier, Ruflalo =N . Cloudy. Cliwyeane ... 01 53 .02 H'vysa'w Clevefand Davenours Detrott... Duiuty’ 300 Cloudy. . Toreatz. F: Marquerte Milwauxce. Ounana, Toicdo..... Yaokwi. . OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yorg, Nov. 17.—Arrived, steamship Holland, from London. Lospoy, Nov. 17.—Steamships Canada and aledonia, from New York, have arrived out. Csism;l'bxrgx;c ), Nov. 17.—Sailed, steamer Gaelic, for Hong Kone, via Yokobama. e —— Our leading diamond merchant, Mr. W. E. Rizley, for years o member of the firm of N, Matéon & Co.. without guestion has the largest trade fu fine ciamonds 5t hls new place, up-stairs northeast corner State and Madison streets, of sny dealer o the city, and guaranices lowest prices.