Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1877, Page 7

S A T R A T BT 73 T AT RS, s s AT SPORTING. The Grounds on Which the Outside ¢ Clubs Propose to Declare War with the League. List'of All the Professional Ball-Tossers Who Have Flourished in « Chicago. : The Batting and Fielding Ttecord of the Champion Club of Minnesota. Engagements Announced Last Week---General Notes, Queries Satisfied, Ete. The Relative Merits of Smuggler and Rarns---Is the Big Stallion a “Duffer”? A COhapter on Polling Trotters—A Kala- mazoo Man Thinks It Is the Proper Thing to Do, Tnleresting Reminiscences of Flora Temple _Sl.ufi plied by Her 014 Driver, Miram Woodrnff. % BASE-BALL. OCTSIDE CLUB WAR. Nobody knew beiter than the gentlemen com- posing the Leazue what they were dofng when they took their new departare at their laet mecting in Cleveland; they counted the cost, and legislated the best they knew for their own interest and pro- tection. One of the things which they expected and foresaw has arrived—tuat is, the denunciation of the press in those towns which considered temselves azericved. ‘the Syracuse Courier has onened the ball with an article that s by no means g0 strong a presentation of its side of the case $is could be made. 1t may proverly be divided into 150 perts—misapprehensions ang *assumptions. o the first place, i asserls that- the Jaw *‘will not permit the League clubs to play fn cities like Pitteburs-and Rochester.” This 42 not warranted by anything in the rules or sgreements, and nothing of the kind was intend- ed. Itisalleged as a reason why the Stars should ot join the League that they would then be de- ‘barred fro:a playing at either Aubarn, Rochester, Ltica, or Binghamton. This {s cither a curiously mistaken statement or o' maliclous lie. The mizapprebensions inithe article aremany, but it will suflice at present to £ay to the non-Leagne clubsthat the howl about the oppression of the League is largely given out by tne philanthropists wno have axes that meed sharpeninz. A little . wory willdo good, perhaps: In’ 1876, the first yearof the existencoof the League, there were some excellent clubs outside it—notably the Stars, Buckeyes, Tecumeehs, Lowells, nd Indiansvolis. They came through the sesson without ever playing upon the Chicago or any other Leagae club grounds, exeent, perhaps, one eack. The clabs named, and others, made some motdy, received League clubson their ome gronnds, and spent very little jn travelling. Tuless the memory of the writerisat fault, not oneof the clubs mamed plased on the Chicazo ground that year, and none acked to. Not content wills the prosperity they gained by making their business local, poying smail eniarics, avoidipg Deavy travelling expenses. catehing Leagag clubs asthiey passed. and. generslly, devending on home support and State rivalry, the class of clubs re- ferred 1o mage 2 eerlons mistake in 1S77. It is correct to that perhaps more £ay they made several - mistakes; they raised thelr sal- anes, widcned théir - ambitions, fook uoon’ themselves the costs of heavy tours, and threw bekind them the lesser days and safer profit. They touk in a little more money, bat they spenta good ueal more, and the balince was on the wrong £ide. The evil Tesnite of this system were ecn at once: the rapid_burst-up of the following clubs were hieard tn the land: Winona, Racine. Spring. £eld, 0., Memphis, Wheeling, Detroit, Live O Fairbanks, Erie, Rochester, ‘Minn,. Ludlow, etc. Beside these, there might bo namcd a dozen more Who clored ihe ®eason very carly. some of them defaulting to_their pluyers, and others pocketing therr los <nothins aboutit. A larze ortion of theselosucs were made in travelling: and ust here 4 word shonld be said in the best of tem- per for these promising Foanz clubs. Thelfact is, gentlemen manazers, ¥ou could not—and you can- D0t yet—sce yourselres s exactly of your real size: you had (taking the Stars, for exam- ple) ajine_reputation in Central New York. and Yoa therefore nnwarrantably sssumed that your reputation had extended ozt here; and even that you were well enough known in St.' Louis 10, make came_ pay there, - With these views, you were astonished and_disusted that the Chiciso_people stayed athome when you came bere, and that you Wdpo andiences whenyou went to St. Louie. Yon forget that 1t takes more thian one year or two tozet up a name in the ball business: and, to tell the exact trath about it, people didn't know who you were and didn't care; they were roinz 1o wait ‘untl Boston. or Hartford, or St. Louls, came here before they went 1o see s gnme. Another feature will ve referred to further on. p These were the main reagons why thé outside clubs lost money: There were others not ancon- Dected witl the mepaements, which rangpd from Dretty good L0 very bad,—and' fome of the clubs weren't managed at all. There are plenty uf thinzs alleged azainst the ccond crade of professionals of which they were not guilty, and plenty of which they were guilty, no aoubt. ~ Lut none of these en- ter into the recofd at all. 1t is unfortcnate that they should have in so many casee taken up avan- doned League stock. but it was in no case a cri Now s word on the oher eide,—the side whicd the Leazue was chiefly concerned_for,—~thelr own existence and well bemg. In 1570 'the Chicazo Ciub played 31 games on its own grounds with Teague clubs, and few or nome on those grounds with othier clibs. In 1877 it played 34 games with Leaeue clubs in Chicago, and then added several with Indianapolis, Stirs, Allughenye, and other clubs, besides opeming 18 mrounds to 2 tour- nament and to some games by the FairBanks Clab with other clubs. Inall, nearly fisty games for 20 admission fee were plaved on Chicago sronnds. ‘The recult was roinous; the taste for the same was palled, the interest was knocked in the Liead, the appetife was glatted, and the audiences to an awful drop, 80 thut the total of receipts wi Jess thon in any previous year. The frst reply that the objector would naturally make to this is, 41 was the failare of the club, not the number of games, that cauecd the failing-off.” Iut wait ana sce: In 1 with fewer gamesand the Poorgetnine that the city ever had, the receipts werd larger than 1 1877, In 1675, with a team that was not only poor, but suspected, , but ith fewer games, ihe receipts were again larger & than in 1877 In 1576, with 2 crack tesm and thirty-one ~ sames. the roceipis were much larger than fn 1877, If a man is 50 thoroughly blind that he canuot see the moral #hown by comparing 1874, 1675, and 1876, in Yuru with 1877, he mustbe not only blind but' fdiotic. The case ia the same in every other Leazue city. The truth is, gentlemen of the smalier cities, the League has tried the experiment carefully and it finds that it doesn't waut you on_their grounds— that's the bare. clean sruth of it. and it might as well be tuld you in that \way us in fome more polite phrase. Tne Leagno can make more money olf hirty first-class pames than tney can off sixty; and, now tnat they huve fally tried both wavs, and proved that fact, they are zomg to play the thirty wWith the clno they think most likely 1o in- terest their patrone, —that's all there isof it. The other matter—that of exactng a guarantee— 15 not, a8 the casillers would be piwased to have the people believe, = new -thine. Durng the year 1576 the Chicago Club played only onc outside club except it bad a_gusrantee of 100 or over, and in some cages it was guaranteed 8 high as $900 per game. Vet the outside clubsdid well, 2nd pad Their debte, and the one' that paid the suarantee of 5200 laid up money, as did many of e othiers. ‘The question of the payment of $30, rain or shine, 18 one concernipz Which something furtner will be kaid in anothef iseuc. The threal contsined in the asscrtion in the Courzer, that **the outsiders can live better with- out the Leaue than the League without the out- eiders, " 1 one with which the League hasreally very Litle fodo. Iuhias agreed to play thirly or{ irty- five games Der ground up 10 the end of.the eeries for ihe championship. The ecason is nominally €ix months or 184 daye. Take ont 26 Suné playicg days, and not Jees than15 lost in tra and there remain 118 days to guarintee duginst Tain and as leeway at the beginning and cnd of the scason. Norw. if the ontside clubs want to secure fames on any of these days - they know the Terms—if they don't want to, ~why tucte in. mot @ -mngle person to beg’ of them. The Learue bus & certaip amopnt of time °to diepose of or keep. The brice is marked on the gouds in plain figures, *+5100 per game.” 1t i8 a one-price deal. 1f the purchasers don't. want the gouds they can let them alone. Lut purchasers Will remeinber that they cau buy these goods, of this quality, at no other store,. It is well enonzh £ettlcd thot League clubs can draw better than out tiders,—~in fact, one of the Courier's compiaints is 10 Uit effect. ' When managers of clubs like the Syracuse Stars and the Tecumsebs get down their booke and see how much they mado off League clubs per; game under the gusrintee €ystem in 1570, and how much they made off each other in 1877, they will be at fo think twice before they Toliok thé lead marked ont for them by the Cour- fer, viz. : to ¢+ ve without the Leagne. " A A careful reading of the .Courier's nttack leads one to think thotit §s making its fght, like most others who have a ros: on hand, on something that it kuows litule or nothingz about. It i bitter about the injustice of the Li which it did not do, and threatens the Leagne with dire penalties for what it is supposed by some one 10 have done, but which it never thought of or coptemplated. ' In 8onclusfon, it should be added, to’ forestall comment, that' Tue Tumsuse belicves that the League 6id only ite simple duty in cutting down its games to thirty-dve on each ground, It fmust hiave one that or the game was dead. _But, farther, it does not believe that the legisiation was wise on auother matter, of which it will speak hereafter. FROM ZELLER TO XEIS. A discnselon which arose a day or two ago among some oid friends of the zame about the number of players who have played as,professionals in Chi- cagu clubs led the writerto make up a list of all that he could remember or get the mames of. In- somuch as it i8 an cffort of memorv, for the carlier years especlelly, it may be defective, but it is a8 near correctas could be made with the alds st hand. The year over the top gives the date the men first played here; the Sgurcs after the names the number oF seasors—or parts thercof—they wera under contract: the other &ymbols éxplain them- sclves. For 1870 and after, no names are used excent thosc who were under contract. Following isthe hst: . ‘2 {Fignn, *ihuay. 2 urps. \'p:l. Zewtieln. 3. Brannuek. . uaiont, Malone, §Devlin, 2, Lennon, Fore <Simmons, 2. Gleun! 4, Treacery, 4. Hines, 4, 1870. Colllns, Waitg, fHicraver. Pete: Smin, Pinkhan, 3. 1875, Halllian, “McAtce, 2, Hastings, Jones, =*Reerl, W Wiice, ighat, **Lijeluskl, 3 gMiller, Dead. $-Left the business, - Glub manazers. i~ Expelled by Loutsville Clab 1877, '~ Llaying oy amateurs. H—Expelled by Chilcago Club 1870, 1t is understood of course’ that the men named for 1867 and, 1868 were with the Excelsior Club, and that the Clhiicazos were not formed unuil 1570, Tow Foley, thouzh ret down under 1567, wus not strictly u professional until 1869. Ie played with the Excelsiors during the former year throueh, RECORD OF THE KED CAPS. Following is the batting aud Sielding record of the Red Cap, Clubof St. Peul, for which thanks are tendered to Mr. Gordon, the obliging Secretary: SiesVen® s%Eg Fiayers. wliast 87 ERHEREE A SE8nisy FligRisg B i B S0l 135! TES OUT OF SEASON The Lengne is now godfather to a boy, its respect- ed Secretary, N. E. Young, having become a father Thureday of lnst week, * It 18 uow settled that Chatles Snyder has signed with the Bostons. notwithstanding the denial of that fact by the Boston Jzerald. The Boston Herald man denles that he meant to say that the League ought to have eighteen clubs init; what he meant was *5eight or ten. ™ ‘There fs o very pretty quarrel between the Cin- cinnati Enguirer and Indianapolis Senfinel about the merits of Nolan. In sbout four months they can settlein on the {nff; why waste paper? Archy Bosh, one of the best-known players of 1870, died_Deg. 16, He was Captain of tlie lar- vard team in 1570, and was without doubt the equal of any amateur who ever played 1n this country. Sammy Wrizht, the father of Harry, George, and Sam, Jr.. the well-known ball players, is’ dead. Tle was for thirty-two" years connected as a profe slonal with St. George's Cricket Club of New York. It scems that Depny Mack is playing with the Lune Star Club, of New Orleaus. This Club has Famed a national reputation by graduating that wonderful phenomenon, L. Warren Bursts, the St. Louls umpire. 1t is announced that Emanuel Syndor, formerly of the Cincinnati team. hae gigned with the Auburn Club for 1875. e is an excellent fielder, but not distinzuishied as a batter. _ le was nest 10 the bot- tom of the League list 1a 1876. The contract for publishine the League book, in- cluding constitution, playing rules, and records of the_seuson of 1877 has been awarded to A. G. Spalding & Bro., of this city. Itwill bea much Jarger book than the one for 1877. It is eid on the authority of a Poiladelpbia paper thut Barnie, formerly withthe Chelseas, Keokuks, Mutnale, Buckeyes, and Buffalos, has bren pat away from the latter, and that Jack Chapman s likely to become manayer In his place. This paper has aiready publisned eeveral ninea for Binshamion. N. Y.. andnow hands out anoth- er based on newspaper report: McClure, c.; Ward, p; Pigzott, 1 D.; Shoupe, £ b.; Stailey, 3 b.} James, & B3 kerson, Tally, and Arundel, fielders. The Clipper says that the friends of the game in Elizabetit . 3o, huve subseribed 7,000 Tor a class club for next season. The city has above 20,000 inhabitante, andought to-be mnch better sbic 10 supporta club than mavy others which lave one. There is talkk_of having a professfonal base-ball clab in New Bedford next seuson, to compete for the New Evzland championship. and to be man- azea Ly Chatles C. Waitt, of last ecason’s Chica. £ox, 3 good player and an ‘upright gentleman.— Loston IHerald. There 1§ no word of mews from the Chicazo Club. Tt Foes mot yet appear that either a tenth or eleventh mzn has been hired, 1t s probable that a ceptre fielder and a snort-stop or second baseman -will be_gotten aftera while. Meantime ft may be said. o8 a sort of negative indication, that neither RRemsen nor Peters have sigued else- where a8 far as can be known. "The Clippér, in a review of the busc playing of 1877, takes occasion to say that **the weukest of the League third-basemen was Anson,™ The facts are that he was the best player who Glled the po- mtion with anything like regularity. McCeary and Morrill alonie_£taod above him in tiic official record, and they played the *position only a few sames each, S0 much for the oflicial record vs. the Clipper's prejudice. The St. Louls Club has dwindled down to Bc- Geary, Blong, Pearce, und Peters. Of course Peters will ensage with 'some strong League club, and then Mr. McGeary can add to Blons and Pearce such uncmployed talent as Cuthbert. Craver, Meyerle. Devlin, Treacy. Hall, and Sechtel. That ‘would make a strong team, and would 1l the bill announced for St Louis—*'a strong team under the management of McGeary and McManas. ™ Tho_Glipper cives s longlist of ** model ™ games plased 1n 1877, the scores not cxceeding three on either side. The hst includes eight 0—0 gumes, of which one was of 24 invings, one of 15, 1o of 11. and three of 10; forty 1—0 gsmex, the fnnings varying from 5 to 14 seven 1—1 games, one be- ing of 18 inni fty-one 0 games, generally of D innings; thirty-five 2—~1 ganres, feven 2— sgames, and 'forty-seven 30 games. The zumes Were principally those played with tho dead’ball.— Boaton Herald. The Clipper thinks **that the action of euch gentlemen a3 Messre. Bisliop aud Fowle, of the sl ouis Club, in not responding to the request for information in regard to the crooked players of their team. whicn the St. Loais papers referred to st October, 12 not what was Jooked for at fheir hands. We understand that direct charzes would Dave been made at the Learue Convention against several of the St. Louis players'iad the Club not r Wiy these charges were not made on that account is_auother surprise.” gets hold of the wro The charges were made in the papers were not, os in Louisville, followed up. Tz TRBUNE come time ago saved up the list of jewelry which the Courier-Journal printed Dec. 2723 being the first reason {¢ had for thinking its men were crooked. . It is proper now to question, and therefore the jewelry is tabulated: 2 Alt dtamand Pin and ri: In and ri Two pins o sbithires and waich and chain Elght-stone breastpin Rinz and stud The question e, Why was not eomething done with the lzst three as well ue the frst three? they appear 10_have hod o shade the best of it on jewelry. © 17 jewelry canght the first lot why didn't it catch the other tarce. There scems to be a hitch in the logic somewhere, The Globe-Democrat, essuming that bace-ball e dead in St. Louls, publishus the “following, record of the doings of the club while it was alive: o | W Wox. In order to ascertain the names of ull the players who have signed oflicial notices for 1873, a repor- ter of this yaper epent the best part of a day in Jooking over the Chicago Club's book, and in tak- ingoff and tabulating the record. ~Knowing the propensjty of this wicked ana nntoward generation of_newspapers to steal, this reporter changed op initial of one of, the Chicazo players and th watched to sce which papers would crab the list which he_made ont, Up to date the grave and decorons New York Zribune, the Boston Zerald, the Providence Dispatch and the $t. Louis Repub- lican ure all the victims. In order to prevent any gue in doing something. | other papers from the petty larceny which glad- dens their soul, it 18 proper 1o eay that Hankin- son's name i Frank, not **J. W.," as the Easlern newspaper pilferers have uniformly. called ft. Why newspapers should steal things which they don’t understand is not clear. - The Boston Herald nover credits any news which it nobbles unlcss in 2 generai way o *‘a Western paper.” That cx- pression prefaces Devlin's lotter taken from this column, The official announcement of the ensagement of John E. Clapp by the Indianapolis Club hns been received by the Chicsgo Club. A telegram to this paper also notes that Croft has signed with Ingi- anapolis, and it is added that he will play Hfst base. He {8 an excellent man on the base, but of not much use at the bat. All the past scason he was known in the St. Loulr papers as the **slash- Jng hitter,” and at the end of the season he sup- ported his claim_ to that title by showlng up as forty-third batter ina list of ifty-two. That was the natare of his ‘‘elashing.” It is natural to supposc_that his accession to the Indianapolis ranks will make the release of oue mun nccessary, I0Mr. Pettitt will hear o softly-whispered su gestion, he will come to amicable terms with Nelson and let him go whence he came. He will strengthen his team very materislly in one esscn- tial respect by so doing: . 1t will be scen by, the following from the Tokio (3apan) Yimes that, not taking into account their uncivil and_uncouricous behavior ax members of boating clubs at regatius. Harvard men ure winuing distinction in the **dizwond fleld™ in Japan. Tno Times says: -*The casual presence of two (larvard. ball-players of repute stirred our local devotecs of the national game of America to a friendly mateh in Yokohama on Tuesday last. Sides were chosen which roughly represented Tokio and the American flect azainet Yokohama and visitors. Ioth nines evinced a Inck of practice, but the game was never- theless interesting. Mr. Leeds, who has Jong filled & rexponsible position in the farvard Univer- sity nine, being the object of gpecial regard, and fully met_public_expectation. 1fis geeral play, and particnlarly his swift and accurste throwing, wus universully adiired. OF the local champions, chill ghould, perhups, be _called the hero us he caught several difficult fly Lalls in ir. Clut of the day Sue style.” QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 1875—**Was thero u Ressler and & Kessler both in the game in 1875, or were they the same man misprinted? Ans:cer—There were o uch men, one with Cincinuati and the other with Wash- ngton. 1xp.—*¢Where did Nelson, of the next year's Blues, come from# Ansiwer—Brooklyn, or there- abouts; he plaved with the Mutuals in 1870; Eck- , 1871; Troy, 1872; Mutual, 1873, 1874, and Philadeiphia and Allegheny, 1576; Alle- 1877. Maybe you can judge from that where he belonge. " §10~**Please decide a bet by naming the nine! eneazed for 1872 by the Chicago Club, if there was such a ‘lung; T named three men, and bet on it." Answer—1t i3 doubtful whether any one except Mr. Gassctte can give that list, and he fsn't handy by. As near s can be_remembered, it was 1o be: tlein. p.: D. AlliSon, c.; Millk, 1b.; Wood, & b,z Pinkham, 3 b. : Force. 8. 8.: Nelson and e~ ury were also of the team, but that's ait the welter can remewber, and very likely he may bo wrong in some of the names. O IcE—** (1) What wak Croft's record in games and base-hits the past scason? (2) Do you think Dim u better first-baseman than Latham? (3) Is Foley s _good a third-baseman as Willmmson? (4) Tlas Mack, of Indianapolis Club, ever played first base regulnrlyr” Answer—(1) Counfing League games only, he had 39 hits in 46 games; canvot give you the finres for all the eames hee played.” (2) A3 faras the fzures go he is; he was the best first-basewman in the League in felding, and Latham was fifth, Croft was, howe: forty tnird n the battng-list and Latham was i teenth. (3) The record shows Foley's batting at .180, nd his fielding at.519; Williamson's batiing Wwas.217. and his ficlging . 575, The former's rec- ord was enurely nzainst Leagie Clnbs, however, and the Jatter's was not. (4) Yes: he becan uy 4 ‘professional s first baxe for the Rockfurd team of 1871; played it azain for Philadelphia in 1873 and 1874, aud also for Covington Sturs part of 1 MILWAUKEE—** (1) Where did Bechtel play Jast? (2) Did henot pitch? () For what was he ex- pelled by the Louisville Club? (4) Who will com- pose the Syracuse Stars of 18 '8? " (5) Who will be in the Rochester team of next year? (G) Can a club_be expelled from the Leagac for bribing an ampire? (7) Can Milwaukee papers not get ball news if they want: they never did give us mach bail news!" Anmwer—(1) e last game of which any record is at hand was Aug. 17. 1876, when he pluyed with the Mutnals ngaifst the Athletics. 2) Hie pitched for the Centennials in 1875 and used to pitch for the Athletics. (3) Violation of club law—something abont being drunk und dis- oheying orders. It was ulso clalined that he was winkingat crookedne: (4) All the men they bave announced are McCormick, p. : Doraan, ¢, ; McKinf non, 1 b. : Farrell, 22 b. : Carpenter, 3 b, ; Maculls &.8.1 Mansell, 1. Hotaling, r. f. (5) The f lowmg is the newspaper list, not official: Ken. nedy. c. ; Burkalow, p. ; Tobin, 1b. ; Crane, 2 b. 5 Hanlon, 3 b.; Caskin, ¢.8. ; Tipper, 1. f.; Thomos, c. f.: Shattuck, r. f.: Sullivan, ‘sub, ' (6) Yes. (7). Newspapers can have just a3 much and as early uews as they feel inclined to pay for. THE TURF. s SMUGGLER VS. RARUS. * Afr. Busbey, who has charge of the turf depart- ‘ment of the Zurf, Field and Farm, is one of the best posted men concerning trotting horses in America, and an extremelv pleasing fnd able writer on turf topics. But, like almobt every otherman, Mr. Busbey has his hobbies, and, very naturally, rides them gomewhat tod frequently. Some time ago he became convinced that Smuggler wasa great trouter—in fact, tho greatest in the land; and so great is his enthusiasm concernis the horse that whenever he ats down to write abouthim, his imagination becomes Oriental in its workings, and the most extraordinary gush flows from his pen. To prove that this assertion is' mot unwarmnted, it fs only necessary to revroduce the following. written by him cancerning the free-for-all race at Taxtford in 1876, when that peerless little mare, Goldsmith Maid, forced the biz stallion toJower his colora and “*quit " as vedly as tie wosst anfler that ever disgraced a race-track, he losmg the race after winning the first two heats in fine style. The fol- Jowing 13 that portion of the article referred to, it beinga description of tne third heat: At the third quarter Smuggler liad pasred the Judge (Fullerton) and was three lengths behind: the Mafd. The heat {3 lost to fm, was the expressfon which the mind dashed from every eye, and the Jud;zes' stand was viewed with brows of discontent. That gap s too great to be overcome by any mortal horse when Goldsmith Mald ‘fs {n the Icad. Some spirft steed, some hostly form, might reduce It 10 mnoth- Fn::. but not H\'lni’) desh and Dblood. Remember 1t Ts the Queen which Doble drives, a queen which was queen when the brown stalllon felt the Eull of servitude fivu far Westera State. st look at Smugwler now! He has squared away st the head o7 the homeatretch as if the fire of victory was rolling from his nostrils. And, by the soul of the prophet, he 1s gaining_on the mare. Siowly, relentlessiy. he creeps up to her. “They are near the distance stand. and he s hard on her wheel, Twelve thousand hearts beat in suspense, and 12,000 tongucs are palsied for the moment. Itis very sad to learn, ofter all this, ** fine writ- ing " about the fires, of victory rolling from tne etallion’s nostrile, snd suricles and ven- tricles performing thelr functions in sus- pense. while o similar number of tongnes are palsied, and 24,000 optics (not allowing for any onc-cyed men in the crowd) are strained, that Smuggler did not win the heat, and that before the race was finished he was 35 tired as o dog, and had to run half of the last mile in order to save his distatice. 3 The extract above i3 given to show that when Mr. Busbey writes about Smuggler his enthusissm is Tiable to ger the better of his judgment. Iie be- lieves the brown stallion to be the best horee in America, and dislikes to bave anybody disagree with his views on this subject. i Not long ago TnE TmnexE had occasion t6 epeak of an alleged proposed match between Rarus and Smuggler, and in the article expressed the opinion that Smuggler could never win a race from Raras, when the latter was tn condition, although he might captures heat. - Italsoalloded to Smugzler as o duffer and quitter, and referred to the race with the Maid at Hartford In 1876 in eupport of its as- scrtion. That article has aroused the wrath of the Turf, Field and Farm wan, wnd in the Jast jesue of his paper he uses con- siderable gpacc” on the editorial page in endeavoring to prove that Smuggler is o Zame horse, taking the frec-for-all race at Cleveland in 1576 45 a text from which to preach his sermon. 1t will be remembbred that the stallion won the third, fourth, and 0fth heats in excelient time, but his victory on that occasion is easily exlained by the fact that he had trotted & race or two not long before, which gave him some sensoming. while the Maid had for more than a year been trained for eshivition purposes, where sne was required to trot only bne very fast heat. The 7urf man en- deavors to make a great deal out of this Cleveland race. but omits to mention thut in the xecond heat, while the J{uid was trottinz honestiy and winning in 2:171, Smuggler tried only to save his distance, and had the bemefit of a rest, abtained by a break. He also omits to men- tion that, on the following week, at Buffulo, Smaggler was distanced by Goldtmith Maid; that at _Poughkeepsie. their mext meetin: place, ene distanced nim 1 the first'heat; at Har ford used him up &0 completely that heran halfa mile in the Inst heat to save his_distance, and ac- cording to the Zurf's own report of _the race, should have beendistanced ;and thut ot Springtiel he was the Jnet horst in the'race, which was g slow the time of the leats being 2:1444, 2:16%, Tt would occur to most people that when a horse wins ope ruce out of ive in whicn he starts azainst unother horse, and i3 distanced in many of the others, it 1s a rather ditticnlt matter to convince eupld that he is par excellence, the great trotting Borse of the world.. TE TRIDUNE n its remarks on the subject confined ftecif to the Iartford free- jor-ll race in 1870, und Etated that it”proved Smugeler to be '3 quitter. This the Tury denies emphatically. To prove ihat its deductions were* right, this paper will quote a little from the Tary"s account of the rice in question. At the Close of its descrition of the fifth heat, it says: +*While Goldsmith Maid breathed as if not dis- tressed, Smuggler trembled on his legs and the fire was gone from his eyes. ! He was unmistakably Jeg-tire.™ . And ngain: “ Smuggler was used up. On the Gfth seore the word was given. Smuggler \ ; ¥ J . wus sent o tho frout every tine, won all of the “any of the horse: strugzled slong behind unti he reached the npper tom, whea hogvo it up: 11fs heart fofled him. and he gave it up, Doble fooked behind him, and, secing his oppoltunity, uncharitably urged: his mare forward to ghut the stallion out. -Marvin whip&aed s horse into a run, and thus got inside the tag. Lemlly, Smugeler was distanced, but the judges decided otherwise.™ It is not often that an editor's arruments can be answered so- casily with extracts from articles wntten by himsclf. Mr. Busbey, when the race was fresh In_bis mind, says in plain words, that admit of no twlsting, that Smuegler was leg-tired; that he was uscd up; that he gave up the sixth heat before turee-quarters of the mile had been iroifen: that lio was whipped into ren in order to save his distance. If there iatanything more needed to prove ‘that Smuggler quit like a - steer in that race, Tug TRIBUSE would Jike to know it. This paper amatn asserts that when both horses are fit Rarus can beat Smug- gler with case, and, further (han_this, that he has. never failed todo'so in the past when the two horses came togetherina race. Mr. Busbey ad- vised *Vthe wise mifn of Tug Ciucaco TrnuNE™ totravel. The **wise man™ adviscs Mr. Buabey to stay at home. 5 TONESTY VS. FRAUD. Some party lately ent a communication tos Western paper over the eignature of **Bang- Bang ™ on thy subject of how to manage trotting- horscs during a campaiem, the argument of the writer being tbat the pulling of horses was per- foctly justifiable, although the rrounds on which 'this argument s based are of the most unstable kind. The authorship of this commaunication is generally attributed to Mr. Don Rabinson, of Jacksun, Mich., whose sympathy - for men who pull horées was mani- fosted two years ago, wheu he en- deavored to have the. Juckson Assuciation give a meeting at which all drivers who wished to pull their horses were to be allowed to do so, by simply giving notice to the Associution that they did not intend to win. Mr. Itobinson argued that this plin would enavle men to **educate” their'trot- ters without the unplenshnt necessity of glving them o record. To illustrate his ideas of how Torses should be managed during a campaign, the wwriter of the article above referred to takes the cases of the well-known horscs isunis and Adele Clark; both of whom started out last scason with- out any record, .the Michigan, Circuit bemng the commencement of their campaign. Adele Clark nine races which she started, and obtained a ord of 2:2315. She was always a miserable rer, and this misfortune obliged her to trot some very fast miies in’ her races. as ehe would frequently sct away from the wire far behind the balance “of the field. Every man who has had any experience with teotters, or who haé 4 grain of horse- ¢ in his composition, knows thut nine hard Taces are as many ds uny borse in the world can stand withont being teeated to a letup. In conse- quence of being an - exceedi; ngly bua scorer, Adele Clark's races through Michigan were a1l hard ones, and when she had poanded” out nine of them and Jowered her record to 2:2514, she ehould bhave been let up for at least 3 month, in_order that her muscles, sore from continual troltingand exer- cise, combined with the use of toc-weights which ound necessary. could roguin their nataral condition. But, instend of this being done, se was brought to' Chicago, and entered in 4 race over Dexter Park against such horses as Marion, record 22332, M Munie, record 3, Little Gypsy. record and Planter, record 2:33, cvery one of whom wereold_campaigners, und oxceedingly epeedy. Those who witnessed that race will remember how Adele Clark acted, Scor- ing after scoring would be had. but whether she came to the wirc fast _or slow, she was sure to tomble into 2 clumsy break. The merest tyro in turf matters.conld see that she wae in no condition to trot, and she got no part of the puree. She afterwards started in one or two races in the Eastern Circuit, but could not perform with any credit. v 1t 13 tins mare that Mr. Robinson takes to illus- trate his theory that the only way to prepare trot- ters for camupalzu is to pull them inabout u dozen races befure try to win one. He saysof the Adele Clark ‘mru that *‘they were boani to suc- ceed financially, and honorably, too, for they had 1 world of unlimited speed to Win every race with, and after winning a hatfull of money In Michigan they would bnild up a great repatation for their mare, themselves, and their driver, too, ana (hen could sell their trotter at any prices or, they could enter her through the great circuit and win '8 bar- rel of greenbacks. What do we care for a record? We can win in any class, 0 go to the front, Bill. Bill, being ambitious, sent Adele for all that was in her, everywhere.” ) . “T'o thost peovle—that 2, people making any pre- tensions to decency or huneety—this would” seem 1o e exactly “ the proper manner in which to do things. 1faman wished to be classed with thieves and scallawazs whose sole aim while enzaged in tarf sports1s to gee whow they can rob,and how they can evade the lawe of the National 'Associa- tion, it might be well enough to travel around with a horse that could trot in or better, and pull him in ¢nough races to create the impression in the public mind that the ammal was no good. and then turn him loose, when a big play could be made at tho pool-bok by the investment for a small amount. 1t would seem that *Bang-Bang ™ favors the latter style of toing business, as he holds up Jehn Turner, who pulled Hannis all through the Michigan Circuit, 88 a model to be patterned after by all drivers, while the Adele Clark party, wwho tried to win_every race in which their horse started, are held up to ridicule as & lot of ninnies. This fort of rubbish may do in Mic gan, where an honest horseman Is a rara avts itdeed but to the general publicit has much the same up- pearance as would a defense of sale-blowing on the ground thatit stimulates the invention and man- ;lleflllfl: of costly mechunismiin the way of time ocks, otc. After sneering at the Adele Clark party for being honest, ‘*Bunz-Bang' proceeds to exalt John Turner, and defend his pulling of Hannts, as fol- Jows: Allow me to say just here. that in my opinion Mr. Johu Turner fs one’ of the very best managers, cond! tloners, and drivers of the trotifug horse in Anerie: and (ulli’ & honorable a man as ever won or lost a race. With tls formy text, surely no man will think I am fo the feast golux (o censure lilm for dolng Just what L give him credit for knowing how to do, und do well. Orten muny haveasked me the quesilon, **Do you think that Turner pulled {lannls 'in_iichigan?” and even those (hat saw the races there in which he trotted, have asked chis. Thatis s delfcate poiut, and we will see what you think aiter knowing ail about his races, the time they were trotted fn, ete. . . . I douot ‘wish to £y too much in favor of Mr. Turner's course, Jor fear some will sccusc me of what 15 4 fact, that | spprove of s management in every purticular, and ‘under the existing facts I do firmly believe, with con- siderable knowledse of the trottiug horse business, that had almost suy other man In the Ualted States (old mun Doble excepted) had Hupnls, he would bave been a fallure compared with what he now is In the handsof Mr. Turner. For, had Mr. Turner, or any other man, undertook to tonr with him through Michigun, io doini so they Would bave surely piven him a fast record, and perhaps, in fact al- 1most ceTtainly, rulned him as 8 zood, game, fast trotter by overtaxfviy his unmatured, unseasoned, Inexperi- cuced trotting powers, But In the hands of Mr. Tur- ner, Hannls was taught to score r\lllull): trot easily and well within himself, all through Michigan: and by the time Iiaunis left Michigan he was well scasoned, highly accomplished In the sclence and art of coming to the score with big fields of unmanagesble horses, the great nofse and playinz of bands, aud all this had he learned to perfection, without being any way overtaxed in do- ingso. Thus the lttle Capt. ., Inthe hunds of the master mechanic, Mr. T., hias proven himself to be the greatest horse by far the world ever produced fn one season: and no doubt his net carnings equal those of al- most any horse. But Adele.Clark proved a fallure, and after paying out what she had won, they allowed her 10 be suspended; and she Is worth to-day as a trot- ter. compared with Hannis, nothin; This is the substance of **Bang-Bang's™ de- fense of pulling borses, and it is 80 utterly with- out facts or precedents to sustainit that any effort 10 overthrow it or show it fallacy would be labor thrown away. The allusion to old man Doble is apt. Ile alzo bud a trotter in the Michigun Cir- cutt when Honnis was there, the chestuut mare Mollie, but she failed 1o win a heat, althouzh able {o trot second 10 almost. any forse. When Doble and Turner reached Chicagd, Jobn saw that the tactics which were go successful in Michigan would not work here, and Hanuis won both” races at the Dexter Park ‘meeting in etraight heats. Moilie was plso in & race, but Mr. Doble wus promptly yanked out of the sulky by the judges, who did ot admire Lis style of driving, And speaking of Mr., Doble brings to mind 8 story regarding him ‘that is told tvith grcat gusto by ,a well-known sporting mau. It seems (hat af & Philadelpiia meoting, wliere fho Dobles had everything their own way, Charléy Stiles, the pool-seiler, invested rather Tieavily in the poole, backing the hdrscs driven by the elder Doble. Ile Jost, and was not exactly fatisfied that everythinz was being done on the square. In fact there wasaltogether Loo much Doble nbout the meeting to suit him, and he re- £olved 1o steer clear of the name in making his future investments. On the Jast duy of the meet- ing there was a runing race, and Stiles had some notion of betting on it. Bul he resoived fo sat- isfy himeelf on the point Lefore putting up a cent. So just before the borses were calied up he_appearcd on the homestretch in front of the juddses’ stand, looked ur at the gentlemen stand- inn in it and sald, **heilo.” ‘The judges immediately came 1o the front of the stand and asked the young maun what they could do for him. < it proper for meto answera question?™ snid Charlie, 3 “ Certalniy," responded one of the Suages,, **we shall be happy to give you any information osses el 1'm a steanger inthese parls,” continued Stiles, **and I have a good deal of money invested on the race thatls about to come off: and before the matter goes ony further 1should like toin- quire whether Mr. Doble—I imesa Old Man Doble—rides any of the borses? " ‘A shout went up from the crowd which had gathered sround the speaker, everyboay appreti- ating the aptness of the remark. Stiles was us solemn as ever, however, and waited nntil the judges assured him that dir. Doble would not rige when he went away satisfed. A CELEBRATED FRENCH TURFMAN. One of the celebzities of the French turt is Baron Finot, and the following 13 told concerning him and some of hig tricks by the correspondent of an Eastern paper: **The Baron,” &s sportsmen eall him, is one of, the notabilities of the sporting world. Erer since jamping races were founded in France, he has owned the principal steeple:chase stablc, and is one of the few spertsmen who have found racing a remunerative spéculstion. He is now well-advanced in years, but fs stlll as activé and fond of sport as ever, though the days are gong by when he was one of the best French gentlemes jockeya, and often rode his Own_Cracks to victory. Boron Finot.looks **knowing," and the profes’ " gionals are right in saying that one has to rise verf early to get ahead of him; they have often found o thelr cost that the Baror.is s very **deep 'an.! | fo ‘“beat - ditions are as follows Tie principal rourts o cen the larze st he has Nequently won in bets, rather than the, amomuts which have fallen to his shure stakes " and purses, and the: rinz™ as he | often has, he has employed some of the cleverest turf maneuvres. L3 ereatest winnings have been made through the s*diamond cat diamond ™ principle. Experienced men of Lis class will always tell you that the surcst Wayto ‘‘do” a ‘‘sharp’ 18 to lead him to fondlyfancy that he is ** doinz ™ you. This has always been Baron Finot's motto. ~One Of his cleverest coups was executed some tarce or four years ago, at the time when tno English book- makers held higlicourt at their offices in the Rue gde Choiscul, sndlaid the odds night and day on the French and English races. One Saturday evening, previous to a race day ai Auteuil, whero sevetal of the Baron's horses were engaged' to run, the ten principal professionals were requested, at the same inatant, by ter different individuals, to Tuy 1,000 louis t0.50 against Cinna, an old crack of Baron Finot's, engaged m the morrow’s open- ing event. - Now, the Thursday before, Cinn had run at a country mecung and had broken down; at last acconnts he had been kept 8t the scenc of Itis presumed aceldent, not being able to underzo the journey back; 2o it seomed to be very safe to luy Ewenty to one azainst hi¥Tunning and wivning tae nextday otAuteafl. The ten bets were ac- cordingly tsken. The bookmakers smelt n rat that nigit when' they came to compare notes and found that cach had laid such n heavy wager, but they felt morc comfortable when they telezraphed {0 the country town where Cinna was laid up, aud learned in answer that he had not even left hisbox. Fancy the dismay of the ten worthy bookmakers when, on reachine Auteuil the next morning, tho first horse they-beheld gally forth on the track was old Cinna, a¢ freah ag rosebud and as frivky as kid. He played with his ficld, and cantercd home an easy winter. Those ten bookmakers croaued hitlerly when his number went up, and heartily cursed the cunning Baron and his clover cmissa- rics, Fora few moments they indulged the wild hope that it might mot be Clana after all, -bat some other horse that Baron Finot had palmed oI upon them, aud certainly it did appear eurpris- 1ng, not to sy, funtastical, that a borsy should be in his stable, tear a country town 100 miles from Parle, on Sntarday at midnight, and on Sanday aftcrnoon shonld run and win at Anteafl. But, alas, Cinng's identity was all too soon establiahcd, and the **knowmg' Baron owned thatat 1o'clock in the morning he had sent orders for the cruck to lcuve his country quarters and take the express for Pari, which be reached at 5, and was immediately forwarded to Parik to e exercised. [t subsequent- Jy leaked ont that the horsc's supposed breaking down was only part of the'well-concocted scheme, and the vicimized ten bad to pay the cunning Vinor the 10,000 louis, aud look as plenvant us possible under the circumstances. Mauy other such coups a8 this wero snccessfully execcted by the Baron. Tic is one of the sharpest and most successfal of French sportsmen, and people point him out, as he walks avont the Inclosure at Auteuil or La Marcho, ai- wwaye attired in_u short, white topcoat, heavy shoes. and shocking bad hat, looking mors fike a well-fo-do_farmer than a_weaithy nubleman. and whisper, ‘‘there goes old Finot. Let's follow bim and see what he backs.™ A NEW FEATCRE IN COLT STAKES. The practice of entering trotting colts in races it the Immature age of from 1104 years is spread- ing rapidly, and 18 bewg pushed forward by preeders, who know that thete I3 no surer way of crippling and destroying young stock, thereby creating o market for more of tho same sore. Heretofore the only difliculty with trotting-coit stakes has been the fact that as they have gener- ally been opened on the half forfelt plan, none bnt the most extensive and wealthy brecé¥rs could afford to nominate wore than“one animal, and as the entries to ench etakes always close A long time before the rmce takes place, it is abont ten toone In the case of any named colt that he will succumb to some of the numerous evils that attend the trifning of yonng horseflesh, and fail to appear at the starting-post. ' The Kentucky Association of Trotting-Horse Brecders, which is one of the most progressive institations of the kind In the country, has had this matter under consideration for some time, and finally concluded to adopt the System of forfeits that 4is prevailed 50 lonz nmong ranning-horse men. Tt has therc- fore opeped three stakes, to be trotted at its mecting next fail, the entrics 1o which close on “Tuesdny of this week. The stakes snd their con- Tho Lexington stakes for 2-year-oldcolts snd fillies (fonls of 1876), to be trotted &t tne fall meetinz of the Kentucky Trotting-Horse Breeders® Association at Lexingion; mile_beats, two in three, to harness, S50 entrance, S forfeit, and S10 dectaration if made on or before June 1, 1678; the Association to add $300, of which amount 3100 to second, S50 to third; ten or more sub- serivere to dll. 1c Kentucky stakes for 3-year-olds (fonls of The conditions f these stakes are the same as the Lexinston. The Dluc Grass stakes, for 4-year-olds. conditions as above, Tt will e seen by this that o breeder can enter any time before Jan. 1any number of colts fn on or el of these stakes that he desires, can train them all ontil June 1, by which time ali the worth- Seme 1ess ones will have been discovered ana weeded | out, when he can select_those on which he decides to place the fortunes of the stable, pay 310 apiece forfeit_on the ones withdrawn, and declare them out. Thisis precisely the plan pursued in stakes for running horses, and will donbtless be the ‘means of sccuring alarze number of eniries to the stakes sbove mentioned, The National Aseocia- tion of Trotting-Horsc Breeders was €0 favorably mpressed with the phn that it has decided to open similar ovents, to be trotted at its meeting mext fall, The particulars of these stakes will be given as soon as the details have been arranred by the Executive Committee. REMINISCENCES OF FLORA TEMPLE. In last Sunday's TRisuNE was gmven a fall sketchof the life of the ex-Queen of the Tarf, Flora Temple, who diedat the farm of Mr. Aris- tides Welch, near Philadelphia, on the Frday cvening prefious, but for want of space many in- teresting iricldents concerning the little bob- tailed mare] were omitted. Hiram Woouruf, in his work on| the trotting horse, devotes consider- able space to Flora, he having had charge of and driven ber, ntil she trotted fn 2:24. He says: Iaviog in iy mind the conviction that Flora was & welgthe faller, 03 well us fast sud s20ut, I matetied her in 1 for |$500 2 side, to trot mile hents, three in Sve, with Centreville, 10 WAFoDS Of 350 pounda. The mare had bedn Jet up and had no fast worx for three or four weeks. | She had, however. been jogeed. Centre- ville was thought to be guite the best weight puller we had at_thot dme, and some endeavored to dissuade me {from starunic the little mare. It was £100to $70 on Centreville Bt the starc | As 8oon as. the word was given Florn went with such & rush that she ‘was over Rerself on the turn. and lost a good many lengths before shie settled to work: but at the quarter pole khe had recovered hier stroke, and she soon overhauled Centrevilie. and gafe him a sight of & fast stern-charse; Joel Conkling drove Centreville, and. finding that hie could not come up with Flora, took him in hand and just dropped into the distance. The mare won the heat with great ease in 2:42. The heat was a goud one, auil Flora had trotted 5o fast after her break ! that everyhody could see she was the mistress of the welght. OUls of $100 to S was fortuwith Iald upon her, and she; ‘wnylhu second and third heats in 2:4s d 2043, That rinter sho wns sold to Barney Bocrum, of AWiiliamsbury, for $4,000, with an engagement 1o tro Young Dutchinan for $1.000. Before the match be tween Floraand Youni Dutchuan she went to Phila delphla to trii Black Douslas, 3 soun liorse of great priyate reputation. They trotted mile heats, best three arness, on the Hunting Park Course, April The mare was big and lucked seasonjug. it d he -beat her three stralght heats, n 90, ond 25, This s n £Teat prerformance for a prech horses but the lit- tle mare was forthwith matched to try the canse with Jim awain o the J3th of the next month. Meantime shereturned to New York for her meeting with Younis Dutchman, Which wasto have come off on the Union Course o e 3; but the Dutelinon pa(d forfelt, 'not Delng up to the mark, and a match was made between Flora and Lady Rrooks. The latter was a wood mare. They trotted mile lieats, three In nive, at the Centre: Jille, for 11000, on the'Atn of May." Flora won the race [n thred straight heats In 2:31%, 334, She ‘wainow 8 years old, very sound, of good constitution. a capital féerler, and was ol the time_{mproving, She Stiefward trotgi Black Dougiay, who had heateh ber, and turicd the tabies on him In i that thne F.| jodfne, of 1irool u ive. in 23,1858, THe horse was fus Flors mares, oné of which he matched against Temple. Thla was Tighland Mald, bred fn Oranze County, and foaled in 1847, consequontly ehe was but @ ypars old when she met the redoubtable Flora, The matches between Highland Maid and Flora Temple werk In linrness and to wagon. The first was trotted on the Centreville CourseJune 15. 1853. The race created a great deal of Interest. and much money waslald. The crowd at the course was fmmense. n Tioe drove Iigiland Matd und 1 drove Flora. 1 took the lead [n the first heat. and kept {tround the turn peariy to the guarter-pole; then Highland Maid passed me, and | wpe never afterward able to head her. She ‘won the heat In and both scemed to me to be do- ing about all the ere capable of. The sccond heat Wao very sinilar 1o tne tirst, duc faster. Flora and I took the lead agaln for nearly A quarter of a mile, and then Highland Mald eame on withan frreststible stroke and passed us. 1 pushed her alll coald. and, sllhnflrll She won (¢ Jo 2:27. 1 thought I detected sizns of her tir- iog. The mas young. She had trotted but one race beforé! She had a trick of pacing, aad I hoped to tire her out_and maKe her chauge her gait {n the next heat. The odds were now very heavyon the Aaid. Inthethird best we went away together at a remendous pace, and upon the turn the wheely of the ulkles hit. | The spokes Suw, and Highland Muld went up and came_down 1o 8 pace. It Was nearly half a wile beforeiNodlae got her seitled into a trot agaln. When he did so she went very fast, andltlvoked as though she mizht save hier distance, 'Butshe was tir- 1B8. At thit head of the stretch she broke again, fell s-Lacing, apd was distanced 21§, The wagon race came off onjJune 23, only two davs before Flora trotted her thira match with Black Doaglas. George Splcer drove ber. [1 thought, Flora a better mare that day than I had ever seén fierbefore. When I got Into the wazon 10 drive Flora against Highland Mald | wascon- fident I hnd the bottom and resolute, game of ofic of the best Iittle mares in theéworld o sely “upon; und copsequently I determined ta “foree tne| pace. We iwent away togcther with A crand rush, and. on the turn, Highlind Mald broke. & Micer got Highland Mald to hér trot azsin. and I kept the. pace strong. ~Itgwas a good neat: The Mafd was tmadlo o tollar Flora, who won By two lenztns in %%, “Thotjwas much the best tme that had then been «de. Tha fastest wagon time previousl: This hicar was three seconds better. It fs true Fiora lllerxl?fl ‘wiped that out and_went three seconds better still. . In the second heat Flora did ot doso well. She broke and lost a great deal of ground ag the outset. Hikhland Mald won the beat handily in 2:32. The third hiat wns o very severe one. We went héad and besd toithe quarter pole. At the half-mile thore %8s not mugn didference. On the lower turn I got half a lenath the best of it; but somehow or otlier Florn ‘broke thereand then, and Highland Maid showed me the back of her wagon. But when Flora got down Bfaln she ioade a very hot rush, snd up the treteh S alneal on Tighland Maid. Seclng that ehe was ‘honest and would stand {t I gaye her a cut wiih the whip as we |neared the score. She darted on w0 High- Jand Msid and tbey struggled home togethier, making & dead heet/in 2:3% The jourth lieat was nnfavoradie foue, Flota broke twice. The other mare trotted Steadits, acd won estly fa 2:30. The next beat was anothicr goad one, belng trotted from end to end. Flora 00 the iexd at the start. wa3 never headed. and won 2:313%, Dot Highiand Mald trotted exceedingly well, ana hung oa all uround the lower tarn n a very game ‘manner. Butshe was younger than Flora, and not o Well sensontd. . She was now tired. In tné sixth heat Flora took the Tead from the stare, was gever headed, und won easlly in, 2:35. - The race dld not seem to bAvE ¢ Baron Finol's profits has | much effect on Flora Temple, Two da; atter 1t sha :30. It was beat Black Douglas casfly In 2 gtherwiso with iffghland’ Matd.” She .was ot herself for some thne afterward, and some are of tlie oplofon that she ne altogether recovered from {ts effects. After that wagon race Flora Temple was deemed mis- treas of anything out in thad way of golng. TRACK TALK. Jobn Splan has added dnother animal to his string, and fs mow working ten trotters atthe Cleveland track. ¢ The National Trotting Association basa balance in the treasury of $5,077.51, againet $2,600.08 on the first of the year. Some New York gentlemen talk of leasing Flectwood Park and devoting It entirely to the use of gentlemen drivers. Sfmcbody down East has invented whar is called” @ ‘‘patent accellérator™ for trottiug horses. I;Nougy" Brovn has ordered two pairs for Carsic The owners of Gen. Phillips, by Glenelg ont of La Polka, are willing to match him uguinst any horse, mare, o goldiog of his age, one mile, for 2r. Richards, of Kentucky, has ol to Texas );;H{f;thl;]\"crcve !utccc!s{nl race mare L'Arzentine, . nce, ol L by Var Da ormerly incorrectly known 2§ Joseph D, Lucas, of St. Louis, has prchased the §-year-old \rotting mare Sarah K. Thly ‘mare e in training only since Ji already shown lmllgln!lcsyin‘i :;Lub TapuEEa Port Leonard pulled up lame in the hurdle race on the last day of the New Orlcans races, irretriey- ably broken down, and, us consequenco, he will be permancntly retired from the turt, Lady Pritchard, Steve Maxwell, Pat X Saoner, Modeaty, Lida Picton, Mary [amb?[ rend: naught, and several other trotters of less note, are wintering at Fleetwood Park, New York. Lakeland Bros., of Alabama, have purchased of A. Keeno ichards the thoronghbred Typhoon, by War Dance. Judzing from his dehut as 3 Jimpor at the late New Orleans races, he ehould Tival his relative Limestone as a hurdler. A paragraph is going the ronnds of the papers, etating that the Chicago horse Sheppard Bog has been taken to Californis by his driver, **Nosey ™ Brown. 'This 18 not the caze. The horse’s owner, Mr. Harry Byrnes, took the animal West. DBrown iy fn Chicago preyaring the white mare Carric K. for use as a hurdle-racer next season, On Friday, 14th inst., iz"a match trat between Lady Anmc and Moscow, trotted at West Side Vark, Jersey City, Peter Mance, the driver of the latter, met with an accident that came very mear resulting renously. In the second heat, on com- ‘inz np for the word, one of the front wheels of bis wazon bent in_under him, throwing Mance over the crossbar. 1fe remained in this dangerons po- sition for gome time, when the horse, which was trottinz at n rapid pace, wasstopned, and the luck- less Poter was found 10 be padly bruised. But he gathered up the debris of his former self, hitched his_horse to_another wagon, and, battcred snd bruised as he was, trotted out and won the heat. Mesars, Baker and Uarrizan, of Comstock. N. Y.. purchased last Wednesday the entire produce of the trotting ored mares for the year 1877 of Mr. A. J. Alexander, of Woodburn Farm, Spring Station, Ky., consigting of ten colts and eleven filliee. " In'the lotiS a full brother to Nutwood, record 3 a colt by Belmont. ont of the dam of Voltaire, record 2:21i4; a full sister to 3r. Bouner's Ethelberta, and another full sister to Mr. Tonner's Munetta and Malick; a colt by Harold, out of the dam of Belmont; a colt outof & full sister to Dick Moore, record 2:29: a filly by Belmont, out of the dam of Mambrino Gift, record 2:20: and Srotland, 2:2244 a-fily by Hurold, ont of the dam of Rell's Mambrino® Pilot, sire of Hannis, record 2:193, and several others of note. STREET-CAR ETIQUETTE. The ¥emalo Cltizen Comes Back at Somo of Her Male and Fomale Critics. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—They are amusing,—the caustic letters in reply to a little. wholesome ad- vice which yourcorrespomdent frecly gave to Clii- cago gentlemen in Sunday’s TRIDUNEtwo weeks ago—relating to the manifest lack of civility towards the Iadies in the street-car, particularly between the hours of 5and 6 p. m. It is an in- controvertible fact that there has been a marked change, yeu one cannot but sdmire the frank- ness with which your male correspondents have admitted that the men are less courteous than- heretofore; in other words, that they have turned over 2 new leafl. The reasons they give for 50 doing no doubt fairly represent tije minds of the sterner sex. *Can your fair correspondent take a * Hint’ ? inquired one in last Sunday’s paper. OB, Mister Hint, ou came to this great Western city only last spring, did yon? “with all the prejudices of an Eastern cducation, in which politeness to the ladies isa cardinal polnt” andso soon have fallen from grace? Because in_one instance two women—not la- dies—seated in a car when you entered, faced right about, and as mear as you could judge, drew their knees upon the cushion in‘ order to maintain their rights! That was an odd feature of woman’s rights, indeed; but the gentler sex, Tike the sterner, witt do strange and unaccount- able things sometimes. But what will the end of such a'mm be who can thus easily forget the instruction of his father, and for- snke the law of his mother? 'The writer of this also came from the East, years ago, “away down™ from s city set upon somany bills that the luxuries of a street-car have never yet bless- cd its people, and never can, unless there ghall ‘e some great upheaval or leyeling process in Nature, 50 to speak; but thic precepts taught Tme in that little city, Bangor, Me., I would not 50 soon forgret. Like Henry Ward, we all may feel a certain inclination to nealect that poition ofour early training relating to the much-dis- cussed bad place, but to fail to thank the noble soul who would share his seat with mein a street-car—never ! A woman, in_last Sunday's TRIDUNE, writes gs if she believes I am one of the few foolish virgios ““Wwho scamper down town just for the-sake of sceing and being seen, then come home st 6.” She mever could makea greater mistake; and then she asks if I ever thank the gentleran when I take his proffercd seat. That woman must be an old mzid—oot one of the sweet, gentle, loving kind, now, whom all ‘do love so much, but one of those— no matter. Aword to “Male Citizen,” who spoke last ‘rhursday, and tried so gallantly to defend' the men folk in their new regime. Because a few sil- ly young irls, or some thoughtless woman has failed to thank you, don’t becomnc one of those “who register an inward vow that the next time hie obliges a lady (?) it shall be on the 32d of themouth.” Take that back; we do all s0 much admire a gentleman of courtly and ur- bane manners. Women with hearts full of kind impulses will never fail to acknowledze o Ifavor. It would be betier if we had more of that spirit of the Rev. Dr. Talmage abroad, who chased the fntruder 2 few days ago, ot so much to regain his coat, as to offer his doak also: Your suggestions concerning the car corporations were cxcellent, only there were not enough of them. The traveling public should, demand better accommodations and more cars, €0 that: when the great out- pouring for home s made at the close of busi- ness hours, all shall be accommodated with a seat, for which they pay, and three cents a fare will correspontl with our city’s present fnancial condition. 5 ‘But there is no reasonwhy “hapless females” shall suffer more than is their share before grder is brought ont of chaos. Belleving 1 may lave been misunderstood by some in relation to fine clothes, I will state in” substance the advice 1 gave last year. To a close observer the face is an unmistakable index, ‘the expressions of which are as varied as the clothes the women wear. When a pale, delicate-looking wom- an_enters the car, saobject to jolting and crowding, she might suiler much pain be- fore she would venture toask foraseat. In such a case, surrcnder. It is very differcnt when onc or more enter the car boldly, jubi- Jantly, and look defiantly along the whole dine of gentlemen, much as tosay, * Aren’t you going to rise, sir, and give me thatseat!” Don't you stir! Keep your seat in every such instance. To be selfish ever has been and is a constitutional characteristic with some men shd Women. Judging from the meagre knowledgze we have of our first parents there, in that love- licst of gardens, they, too, posscss this trait to # preeminent degrce, and Do improvement in this bincteenth century right here in Chicago! Wouldn’t it be o delightful time just now for all who arc able to entertain to send for Eastern fnends to come and enjoy our beautiful city, that has risen so pheenix-like from out its—mud! Fora carnaze-tide, take them out Michigan (or the Golden avenue), all beaming in the glorfous sanlight. And when the Jadies have been down shopping_to Field & Leiter's, or perhaps Gos- Sazc’s, tell them for convenience’ sake to go home on a Wabash or Indiaua avenue car. They enter, and find only standing-room. At the corner of Wabash there is the usual plunwe; away they go, and, to their utter aston- ishment, strike violently against something, Which proves to be . the legs of some strange man. * Beg pardon,” the Jadies_say. “Certainly, certainly,” is the xeplfi: Sowe men do like Artemus Ward, bury their faces in the newspapers, 1f they have one, and blush for the Qegeneracy of their race; if not, they pall their hats down over their cyes. Wouldn't you feel proud of your sex, genticmen, and what would your friends froth Boston thinki—Bos- ton, that most accomplished city of such h%_ degree, the city to whom we are 50 greatly debted for the little “solar light " we have in our midst " FeyavLe’ CITIZEN. CHIEF JOSEPH.. | Talk Between the Head ofl ';be‘Nez Perces and the Great Chief from Chicago. The Red Brother Declares That e Has Been Despitefully Used by the Great Father. % A reporter met Mr. Jobn McDermott yester- day, and, knowing that he bhad just retwmed from the West, asked hiniif he saw anything interesting during his trip. * Yes," said he, “and T bave 2 message from Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces to the white people hereabouts. He wants them to under- stand that he i3 not a murderer, but was forced 10 70 on the war-path by the Government.” **You gaw him1”? 1 did, and had a talk with him.” “Tell me sbout it “f was in Leavenworth, and went out to Joscph's camp with Mr, E. C. Murphy, 2 weel ago Sunday, but it was raining, and as the in- terpreter, A.Jf. Chapman, was away, I conldn’t converse with the Chicl. But on the following Thursday I went out agaln, > AND WAY SUCCESSPUL.” “ How far 13 the camp from Leavenworth?? About three miles. The Indians arecamped on the old race-course.” v £ * “ Are there many of them there? “lcan teli you exactly: 18f squaws, §7 braves, 78 boys, and 69 girls—all of the Nez Perces.” « That Isn’t the whole tribe?” “No. White Bird took eighty warriors and 190 women and children, and Joseph’s daughter, 18 years old, over to Sitting Bull in the British Possessions. « Are those in the camp happy?* “T cau’t say how that is. I don’t believe it, though.” “Do the Goveroment officers take good care of them!” *TUEY NAVE EVERYTHISG THEY WANT. But they are living in the same tepees they had when on the war-path. Chiel Joseph is the only one whohas a well-tent. The others re- fused o take them.” . “Does Joseoh live all alone?”” “No. tie and oneof his squaws, and his cousin, and 2 papoose § or 9 months cld, live in the tent together. The child belongs to Joseph’s daugnter.” . “All have plenty to eat?”? “Yes. Every papoose gets a ration. Food is issued for 818.” *They ate having an easy time?” *“The oraves do nothing. but the squaws chop , wood and brinzit into eamp, They have the Tun of the country near by. Someof thewar- riors are - VERY DADLY WOUNDED, but they don’t complain a bit.”” “What did you sce in the camp?”? 4 “Let metsll you what I saw hefore I ot there—an Indian bath-tub. The braves take a swim every morning, Do matter how cold it is. The Missonrl runs by their camp, and they have dug out. a hole about forty feet in diameter, and thatils * their tub. They let the water into it. Then they build a fire on the bauk, and heat stones and throw them in to take the chill off the water. And.when it is right they jump in wnd bave 2 swim.? - “What about the scenes in the camp?? * The day I was there was - A LAMESTATION DAY, 5 1 suppose you woul call it; aud after that was over.the braves bad a sort. of a Chnstmas fes~ tival. All their arms and horses have been taken away from themn. Jeseph borrowed the - norse of Chapman, and he was dréssed up verv gorzeously. A many-colored blanket covered him all over except is hips. Interwoven with his tail was a feather three feet lonz. On his head was a hood something like a ‘fy- rotector,” and at the fop were two horns. - Under his jaw were two small pells., On bis back was_ Joseph. He rode around the . camp. He had mo war-paint on, . but all the rest had; and while be was making the circuit the women cried and yelled. 1 never heard such shricks. Chapman told me they were MOURNTNG FOR TIE BRAVES who bad Deen killed in battle. They kept 1t | up for some time after Juseph alichted from the horse. I wentinto a teepe and saw thirty- wight braves seated fn a circle sizing. Every * once in a while one would hold up a feather, . and then the others would sing louder, their ~voices becoming gradually lowerand lower, until they were just andible. Thc holding up of the feather would start them aguin at the begin- ning. Chapman said it was & Christmas cerc- mony—a kind of worship.” ‘ «Vere there no squaws in the tepeei™ «Yes—three; but they were in a corner look- ing on.” “AS TO THE TALK WITH 108EPR? “ell, I bad told Chapnian thas I would teld the truth if Joseph conscuted to an intervizw that the whites believed e and his band wer murderers and bad Indiaps, and went on th war-path voluntarily simply for the purpose o1 killing the settlers and_ stealing their stock; that, if that wasn’t true, I would tell the {cnple ot home the facts, and sct Joscph and his band right before them. Chapman told nll this to Joseph, and he said he wanted to talk with me. So I went to where be and his Couu- cilors were, and he made a specch, esery once in a while striking himself on his left breast as an lfflimzion of his sincerity. He addressed mo as the ¢ GREAT CHIEF FROM CHICAGO,’ and said he had met me but once before in that country. That was the Sunday [ saw him. He said he was_glad to meet the pale-face that would help hiz tribe, and tell the people of the East _the truth, and not any lics. He was friendly towsrd the whites. His people were ~ mot bad or Government bad driven his tribe on to the war-path. Chapman said the same thing. e has lived twenty-two years among the Nez Perces, and says they were industrious and well disposed until the * Got (Sceretary of War) bad “issucd-an order to himr to go to another reservation, and Gen. Howard told him that if he didn’t zet reudy to move in | thirty days all his stock would be + s CONFISCATED. . Joseph attempted to comply, but White Bird Creck, Salnon River. a0d_Shako River, and that hs their tributaries_were €0 high coulan't wet his stock towther _within the specificd time. And as he had to Ieave, he moved off to Snake River. and, as he . had been driven to the wall acd most shame- fully treated, ho concluded to turn avund and fight for his property. I asked Chapman why Gen. Howurd dil not prevent Joseph from leaving, and he said that GEN. HOWAKD STMPATOIZED with Josenh because be kacw the order was wrong, aud thas it was not_rizht to take their homes away from tho Indians. From what Joseph and Chapman said it seems to me that it was an outrage. After the talk was over, Joseph und all the Councilors—there were nine or ten of them—shook bands withme. T told them that 1 felt sorry. for them, and that they Bad been mistepresented.” What does Joseph want the Government to doi” HE WANTS TO BE SENT BACK to his old farm, and to take his people with him. He has E!cnly of mopey.” ‘What do the people of Leavenworth say of his baud ¥’ %] talied with quite a number of them, and they sald Joseph had been wronged: that his tribe were peaceable, and industrious when In their old homes.” “1Is any cffort to be made to bring back White Bird and the others with Sitting Bull?” “Yes., He will come back, and Chapman Is going after him. White Bird thinks Joseph has been hung, and Chapman i3 the only one he will believe. Joseph grieves yery much on account of the absence of bis daughter. All the braves seem to be satisfied; necessity compels them to be so: but they want to go back to ,thelr old reservation, and have their bomes re- stored to them.” - ——— THE WORKINGMEN, NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 29.—The Workingmen's Congress, in open session to-day, expelled two members, Carl Savory and McGrady, for join- ing the Republican party, and censured Presi- dent Strasser, of the International Cigarmak- ers’ Union, for suppressiog o dispaten sympa- thizing with thé New York cigarmakers’ strike. Thename of the organization was changed to the Socialistic A Labor Party. The platform adopted declares the Workingmen’s pasty nee- essary, because other . parties afford no relief; recommends the formation..of trades-unions and labor organizations throurhout the coun- try; favors the repealing of all laws agalnst Iabor combinations, conspiracigg, and strikes. A resolution way “-oted uwsingg imporCing coolfe laborers murderers. - The cument_ drove them off * theirreservation. Joseph said the Great Father ¢ | { | i i i : ! | ! % —