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v THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. APRIL 7 -1878—SIXTEEN' PAGES. 7 e - B Tuesday. June11 50 POR TMING Thureasy, June 13—Chicago ve. Milwausc . Sattirday. Juve 15—Chlcago va MiWanKee, Thina By, Juse 37 Chi 1612y, June 27— : -BALL. Saturday, June 2—Chicago v _ BASE-BALL ZChicayo vs. Providesco. E LEAGCE MEETING AT BUPPALO Yast week wag more important than mizht be in- ferred from its brevity. The charscter of the e tmabership was never surpassed by any ball gatu- oz, the Providence delesates cenccially adding g b by their business trainug and eound 51t ts not ot of place 10 #ay Lhat the possi- + of theanendance of Douglass asa represea- tative did not tend to ipepie respect in advance for the mew Providence sesociation, and it was therefore an agreeable surprise to meet Instead so ble a delceation as Mesers. Winship and Blovdzood. For the rest there was the the smooth D eicous Nef. of Cincinnati, the Lrusque and Samost President of the Chicsgos, the Western iiee, Dettit, of Indisnapolis, solemn Jack Chapma, for Milwankee. and the polite Soden, of Boston, with his eye never off the main chance. o chedule did mot cauce any serious amount of trouble. The original draft disided up the holi- nee abont as evenly as the one which was adopted, T was not accentable, chielly because it placed the Cincinnatis at bome when they wished to be “way—during thelr May festival. It was agreed {hat the best plan was o keep everybody busy from {5 beginning of the season until the close of tne o ca. The shoriest tim e that would allow the rerice, ofall the pames on theplan of three ver P as four and one-balf months, and on that Jees thearrangement was made. 8 M expected and previourly announced, there o ite s Qelezation of oficers of oucxiac cluby ol to confer with the League about games. 1t DSt to bave been espected tuat they would Nas Peen such infnite fools &3 io have Bre. part In the crusade which come of the papers Td been trying to cacry on againettho Leagucs B A eas sgreeable 1o find that they were mot e talky or swbborn. They wanied League even b Gere ready to do what was fair to et £ame™ T the same way, the Lengue was willing thent ommodate the strong, Bonorable, and de- 10 Ao clubs. while it had Do wikb nor futention fer Biiste_with the rifl-raff, whica, to put the metter plainly, forme more than a majority of the e aiional Association. ~Thus beliéving, It was in the League meeting to treat only with the A est Clups outide, viz.: Londou, Bufialo, 9 Rochester, and Lowell. To this SIEbe Sprinstields were afterwards added, e request of the Esstern delegates, msking 2 BGabs 1m sl Delezates from three of £se eis were present, and with them certain oth- B brecentativea of outide clubs with _whom tho Jessne did not care to_come 1o any screement. Yitirs, Townsend, of Svracuse, Whitney, of tochester, aud Buker, of Buffalo, representing Three of the beat clubs outside the League, were Jovited to talk over the matters in dispute. and an YAraesit but azrecable_conference was bad. The soalt srrived at was put in form of the following cocament gt v ties to this sgreement to wit.: the Natjonal et Brofessional oase-ball clubs by it3 President and the Tecumeseh Dase-Ball Club of “Jall Ciub of_Buffslo. but ‘auiy authiorize Lonton, On v The ¥ ", the Hochester Hase-1 be Luwell Base-Ball Club, of Lowell, Mass, e springficld B: Ball Club of Springfeld, 3., 1 Sy acree, that during the year 1578, In, considera: Tiun of ihe ndvantages to each of mutusl intercourse {pun an cquitable basis, they wiil plav. games between i Campoying said Lowrue, and said sfx other Ui upon the follawlng business coaditions: I it fur each game bevween a League cub, and 49y one 0f the othier sIx clubs named, the home club shall pay to the visiting club 1244 cents for e2ch person ‘eacepting only plavers of the contesting clubs, police- eah nmiforDl, and ten other persous), who liall be admitted to the grounds to witness the game, Edther one of the cluls ma rty to the agreement {vIng Or acTCeing Lo rece Dy game irom any ‘the other subscribing party, may demand th “all game moy be re P b of :lrmeb:u.\:n fAxed on whicl . TEBe underctood by the stx clubs separately named, and made part of this acreement, that neither of them e Tiiled. 10, clalm from uny Leasue cfub sy te until after Sepl. 14, e futlier agTeed by sald six clubs last D2l that the genersl admission fee to 3 wame Dbetween a number of the League and oue of sald six clube on the grounds of the latter, saall be 25 cents and 0 other. 2 O his acrecment baviog been slkned by an officer delersted for that purpose by the National League of Frofessiona) Base-Bali Clubz, at the reconventng of fts auual meeting. 18 hereby deciared by said League to Jacste all former lexisiation with wihlch it may con- flt, sofar a8 ca1d Teeamsen, Bugalo, Ltochester. star, Luwell, and Spricgeld Clubs a1 concernrd. e Xatlonsl League of Professional Base-Ball Clubs Tluibert, President, L ar Base-Dall Association by Robert Town- send. Secretary. “The Bochestér Bate-Ball Assorfation by Samuel Por- ter, Preaident. The Lufalo Base-Ball Assoclation by Howard H. Baker, President. The provisions of this acreement are clesr, and fts effects are, substantially, to put the six clubs named back where they were_last year in their in- tercourse with the Learue. Every game Detween one of the six League and one of tlc other six clabe will be plaved on the brsis of give and take 21, cents per head for all who 2o nto the ground. i method of division was made necessars by the difference in admission fee. the Leazne” alwass charging 50 cents and the other clubs 25 cents. The result will be that when Leazue clubs play in ne of the six Citios named they will take bzif the gross receipts, while for the return game Frounds the visitors will get but one-fourth the fmowsseceipte. This mey Tairly be called an ad- Sanuse 1o the League. Then uouin the Interna- tionals are willin o forezo an¥ fdea of playing on Leazue eronnds during their championship feason. "Thus provia0 wak. to i certain extent, Unnecessur, becagse 1t i6 neither right nor just to sanawich in Leasue with non-Leacue zumcs on the grounds of The former, and such a thing has never been done excopt by two clubs, Unless this practice were followed, there would. be no room_for outside cluts on Leagne grounds until after Sept. 14, be: cante every League clod bos thrce sames a wweek untilthat time. _Anout the middle of Sentemi er. then, the whole twelve will very likely be at liber- 15, and come 200d contests onght to behad. In the mesntime the six outside clubs will be geiting the sdvautage of games with Leazue clube on their trive. Anv one of the four Western clubs can Jezse Sunday m:gnt, play in Buffalo Monday, und in Boston Tuesauy: and In the same way cominz West, This will give the €ix clubs an immense sdrnage over the other outside clubs, aud will tend to put them on a solid foundat As was L0 have been expected. the of imternational clubs who were not admit sirnthe agrcement with the League are alr, kitking vizorously. ‘The burden of their complaint 1hat thie six cluns did not dewand for the whole ation the terms which they secured for them- he kickers say that it wasa brezchof faith, rtion, and what not, snd that the six clubs zre traitors wnd worse, ‘This style of exvression is utural enouzh from those outsiders who were dis- appointed, but it1s not atall true. The Interna- tiomal Association was composed of some strength spdmuch weskness. The latter element hoped to Tive off the former and to be carried along by it; L gow that the strong clubs bave made theirown rrain, the other fellows must fuss alongas they bagt can. Another rumor, growing out of the gencral fecl- iz= of maliznity, Lins been startad by the defeated clabs. It 1g that the pubiished agreement was pat forward only af a blind. and tbat there is_some- here a wecret contrack by which the League Jledges iteelf to take in the six clubs nest year in msiderstion of what they have done. 1t Is need- Jess to ay that this 18 all bosh, but it is neverthe- less belfeved in such places ag Aubarn. The fo'lowing is the stafl of Leagne umpires as sdected: W. E. Furlong, M. J. Turuer. C. W. Emonds, Milwaukee; C. Bredborz, C. J. Stam- kugh, Chica: Cross, _Charles Daniels, Trovideuce: W Stearns. Washinzton: G. K. Vhite, Lowell; J. J. Eagan, J. G. Sumuver, J, H. Hoiges, Boston:d. O. Julien. A. Jones, Jr., Inétanspoliz: George T. Seward, St Louis: J. I, brockway, Cincinuati: W. 3cLesu, Philadelpbia; 4 6. Pratt, Pitteourye, THE SCHEDULE. Tho arrangement of .dates for championship Simes ecems to have been an excelient one, and ine result is hearuly apnroved by all the clubs who 5ill play under it Jtwas given in these columns Tuarsday morning, but with a slight inaccura tae resuit of xn error in making the copy in Buffa- inby one of the League omicers, This error af- ficted three of the Milwaukee-Cinciunati games hich conflicted with threc of the Indianapolis- Cinciunats contests. The change has easmly been zade, and the tollowing table is the correct one: 81 & B £ = 3 IR {9 Sobd b S 5 H 3 s xg H a s il 8 H 5 H 2 3 E 2 H 3 i B s 2 ] 1 May 28Juce 4 2 May 3uJunc @ ey fdue 1iue & y Uz 6 Aug. 13 Aug. 13ug. 8 Aug. 15 - 3 Aug 10 Aug. 1 June 4 May 88 9 June 6 May 30 I My 7 May 19 Juge 4 June 17 3cly 1 £ Mar ZMay gl duae $dume B 1 £ Dy 3532y 1y June Tly 13 Ju 1 June 13 June June 15 June = Aug. 13 Aug. ¢ Aug. 15 Aug. 8 Aug. 17,Aug. 10 July 2Ja May 1 Juiy 15 July 11 [,\m 8 ioe 29 Jui 1y 2 Juy e oy 15 5. . 3 Sept. 1uy May 18 pt. 5 Sent. 12| Sept. 27 et Pl 7.Sept. 14 Sept. 23 8y 27une o5 July sJuly 10 May 4| 5 3 June 27 July . 4 Jute 27 July 10July 18 May 11 Jfll{ 6June 2a3uiy 13July 2 May ESb I8t 1000 27 Au 20 ey £ SSepc 12 Auf. 200 Aug. 2iSept. Bept. 14/Auy. 31/ Aug. 24iscpt. 25| 1oyal the Immediate constituency of THE TR Etiey J{l #eneral intercst in all the games of the oo £l they have a more especial desire to sce o1y o0, Club's programme, and for the purpose i that jn the most conveuient shape so Hij2abe cat out and saved for reference, it laigy; 2 2de TP in two tadles which are given Todianapolls. x’:‘" 16—Chicaga va. Indfanapolls. Tuescayyay 18—Chicaa vs. Indianapolls. My 21-Chieago vs. Clnclonadl, 7, Moy 23—Chicaca v, Cloclanatl. + May 25~Ciieago va. Clnclanati. Tuessay, July Thusaday, July 4—Chiciko va. Provideuce, Saturagy. Juty 6—Chicago ve. Providence. Tuesduy, July v—Clicago vs. Milwaukeo. —Chicuzo vs, Ml watiee, Chicago ve. Siflwaukee, “Hicago ve. lndianaolls. 25—Clicago vs. Lndtanapolis. 27—Chicagy va. Indlanapolts, —Lhc: vi. Boston. Thurszay, sept saturday, Sept. 7—Ch Tucaduy. Sent 10—Cli Thursday, Sept. 1 Suturday, Ser CUICAGO CLUR'S GAMES ELSEWHER Wednesday, May 1—-Chicazo st lndlanapolis. -Chicago at indianapolis. Muy I-Chicago at Indiauapvits, Cineinuati, €350 at Ctnelabiail, 1—Ciiicaio at Ciacluuntl. Tucsday, Stuy 25—Chicazo at Boston, Tuursday, May 3—Chicugo at Luston, Saturday, June 1—Cliicazo at Boston. Tuesduy, June 4—Chicugo at Frovidence. ‘Thursday. June 6—Chicazoat Providenc 5 June 8—Clilcags at Provi Tucsday, June 18—Chicazo at M Thursdy, dune 20—Chledko at Milwaukee. 2 0 ut Miiwau $aturday, July 20—Cit cee, Tuesday, July —Chicaso at Tndlauapoits. Aug. 1—Chiciio st Indianapolia. S—Chicaio at ludiauapolls. 6—Chicaxo at Buston, 8—Clicizo at Boston. Aug. 10—Chieago at Buston, Auy. 13—Ciulcugo at Providence. ‘Aug, 15—Chivago at Provides 17—Ciicago at Providenc <0 at Gincineatl. 5 cago at Cincinuatl. Saturday, Aug cako at Cinclnuatl, Every person interested in the game here can earily preserve these lists and arrange their visits accordingly. 1t wall be uoticed that the games are il upon the kame dsys of the week, an arrange- ¢nich proved very sausfactory 1aet year and 7. CHICAGO MATTERS. The weather of the past week bas been more favorable for the Chicago Club than the carlier purt of the season. Work on the ground nas been rap- 101y pushed, and a large force of men has been em- ployed. The field hus been porrowed over and over until all_ the stones and foreign substances were removed. Thens heavy roller Was puton and bias been kept in motion 8 good part of the Time until the field has assnmed 3 respectable ap- pearance. ‘Uhe sod for the mtield 18 on band aud will be laid at once over the diumond. Work on the stand and seats 18 being rapialy pushed, and there i6 every reason to_ expect thut by the end of this week everytbing will be in shape as 1o the structures. The open stands are mnearly all done, and ~the lgrund stand Izcks only its shelter to make it complete. “Ihe general plun has been before noted. In the rear of the stand will be placed twolarze aressing- rooing, with water connection and the other neces- sury appliances, aud the tcket otfice. he sale of sesson seats will negin Tuesday morning at 10 o"clock, at President Huibert's oftice, Toow 4 No. 166 Landoiph sueet. The terms will be §12 for each seat i the grand stand, and for this the purchaser will get a book of coupons, just as last seuson. The economy of a seasoa seat is upparent, Uecause it gives the purchaser 75 cent seat for ubout 40 cents. The sale is likely to be very large on account of the accessibility und eplendid urrangemeats of the ground. The fine weather bas also given au excellent op- portunity for practice, and the men have been out every day hard at work with the bat and pall. An- €on arrived the first -of the week, and preseuted hunself with the remainder of 8 terrivle felos on his hand. He will huve yotien rid of tnat before My, however. McClellun also showed up the st of the week. and has veen in practice wi "¢ whole team show up well, and will evidently be in first-class trim by the date of the first game. Unly one of the party appears at all rusty. GENERAL AND PERSONAL. Glenn, of last season's Chicagos, will be Captain of the Rochesters this year. The St. Louis Republican says: **The McGeary and McNeary nines still exiet oniy on paper. A Rochester paper says that Hall, of last scason’s Stare, wilt play with the Tecumschs this year. The Clipper says that Cammeyer nas sccured for his team Mathews, Loughlin, Kessler, Curren, Booth, and Gormley A Phil: phia paper eays that McCartner will not go 1o New Bedford, although he signed there. Irisa good chance 1o try the effect of a hittle dis- ciplne nmoug the Internationals. The Clipper Club of this city have arranzed pames witn the Davenport (Iowa) vrofessional Team for May 31 and June 1 at Daveoport. 'he Secretury of the Club may be aadressed at 100 North Wells strect. The how! from the East that_the Milwaukees were trying to get Bradley to break bis contract seems 1o have veen only wiud. The writer n3s seen a letter from Lradiey, in which he distinctiy states that bis release was promised him by the New Dedfords, but ufterwards refused when money Svas sent him from Milwaukee, It is clear that tho latter Club huve done notuing unfair 1 the matter. All the Buffslo ball-players have joined the Yonng Men's Christlan Association: but this start- ling statement is modified by the information that they kad to do it to zet admission to the gymnasi- am. In the same line comes the information that the Rochester Club otlicers have commanded Munager Simmons to march his wen up every even- ing to the services now oemg hield in that ity by a professional revivalist. A mnote from a gentleman in Providence inti- mates that Dougiass will be given an opportunity to resign letore long. It reems from accaunia that he has o tasto for writing leiters which hay kitled him as dead as Gien, Scott. Some of his ef- forts in which ae expressed s opinions of the League have not been marked by thut caum and digniied tone which & membver of the League should take. It 1s rumored that, if he ehould re- sign from Providence, he would accept the joint managership of the Auburn Club with Mr, Under- hill. The Indianapolis Journal of Thursday has an ac- count of the League meeting at Lutalo, in which i1 stafes that Mr. Petut presented, and the Leazue “+unanimously adopted.” a scheme for sradin: the salaries of players for 1679 on the principle of dividing them into classes sccordinz to record, und paving the first class moze than the second. There are several othier branches 10 ine scheme, but it s 0L necessury 10 racount them. 'The Journa! has been curiously misled in the publication of the echeme; no such plan, oravy one like it, or any onehaving any such end: or aims in view, was brougat t6 the noiice of the Leavue in any way, mucn lese ** unanimously udopted.™ The whoic article is an claborate **stiff," pulup To deceive tne reporter of the Journal, Last week there were given in these columns three full nines as annoutced for the Allegheny Clab in three diferent papers. This weck the Clipper takes s haud n, and eives an entirely dif- foreut team from cither of the others, as follows: inowdell. of Tecumseh of '77, c. ; Johuson, of Fall River of '77, p.; Fisler, of Afhletic of ‘77, Istb. : Strief, of Buckeye of *77, 2d b.; Fouser. of Buffulo of '77. 54 b.; llzuck, of Netional, Washington, of 77, &. & ; Creamer, of Al 77, 1. 1.; Jerome, of Ked Caps of % Lune, of Buffalo of 7%, T. 1. ; fubstitutes, Valen- tne, change pitcher, and Giassock. Fisler is to captain the nine. _Greamer was reléased from the Milwaukee nine. Of these, Knowdeil, Fisler, Strief, 2ud Fouser huve been announced for other teams, The_Schedule Committee of the International Association epent - last Tuesday and Weancsday in Srracusc at work on the schedule, The result was Dot made known, but was to be kent_secret until approved by the clubs. The Buffalo Ecpress gives the games for its cily, from which it 1s inferred, on examination, that eome clubs are expected to take fwo trips, playing only one game on cach, while somc otiers pliy t®0 games on successive days and take only oue_triv. ‘The State championship matter 18 covered by an agreement that any vamo in be made for the State championship by an ement to that effect by the manazers before me is played. ‘Thus it is possiblc tovlay any for two championships—which the same is 3 novelty, The Committecalto pronounced—taough where they received the right does mot avpea that clubs can play exhibition games before the championship series is closed if they want to. Harry Wright has at last found the weak spot in the Leazue rales, und has promptiy taken ad- vantage of it. It is agnounced that the Boston grounds have been rented for a game between the Yiarvards and_the Live Osks April 15. Atthe Cleveland session of the Leazue an carnest attempt was made to restrict the playingon League erounds to a smaller pumber of games than before; games with ontside clubs on League grounds were all cut off until the scason was over, and the League slubs_were forbidden to play with outside clubs unnl May 1, Bug lurry sees the weak spot, and < thit Lic can Jease his grounds tooutside clubs and get o few dollars that way, and aircady he has begun, If the Buston Club proceeds to letits prounds ali the scason to the Lowell, Harvard, Munchester, Live Oak, Holyoke, and other cinbs, %o play among themseives, it will, 1o use the slang expression, **make itself digliked.” QUESTIONS ANSWERED. B. B.—** (13 Where o the Chicagos practice? (2) When swill thelr new gronuds be finished®™ An- sirer—(1) Wherever they can find dry pronnd and ot too many tointerfere. (2) About the close of this week. Couxtrr—**(1) Who won the foot race run be- tween Bines and ltemsen in Hartford in September, 15767 (2) Cap you give the batting order of the Chicagos for 1875¢" Answer—(1) Remsen won with the preatest ease. (2) It has' mot yet been settled upon. C. R.—**(1) Can you give height and wejzht of the nmew team? (2) Will Hankinson or Me- Clellan play in the team? (3) Can you give the League schedule?” Ansier—(1) Do not know the statistics, and don't want to. (2) Nothing but practice and _success csn tell that: mavbe both men will play. (3) It is in anotaer-column, THE TURF. TEN DROECE VS. MOLLIE M'CARTHY. Readers of Tuz Tmnoxe will mot have fafled to notice in its dispatches of a few days since, relative to sporting matters in all parts of the coantry, one from Lonisville, etating that Mr. Lewis Clarke, Jr., President of the Jockey Club at that place, had petfected arrangements whereby the two most celebrated race Lorses in the conntry ZTen Broeck and Mollle McCarthy—rwere to run 8 Tmatch race for §5,000 side, 1o take place over the track of the Lonisville Club on the 4th of next July. The announcement of such an important event hes naturally created a vast amonnt of ex- citement in turt circles all over the country, asit \was not thonght that the California mare was com- ing East this scason, the Iatest advices having been that her owner, Mr. Theo Winters, of San Fran- cisco, bad issued a challenge on her behalf against any horse fn the country, fous-mile beats, and twat he would keep the daughter of Monday snd Hennie Farrow on the Pacific Slope this year in order to meet all comers. Therefore, as above stated, the announcement that ghe was to run at Louisville nzsinst the renowned Ten Broeck was everywhere received with enrprise, and in sowe quarters with incredulity, and the public has gince een awaiting some definite information regarding the matter. This Tur TRinUNE Is enabled to give, and presents it, us usual, in advance of all other papers. In the first place, the statement that the srrangements for the match were . made and per- fected, was a mistake, due, no doubt, to a misap- prehension of the facts 1 the matter by the Asso- ciated Press Agent at Louisville. Mr. Clarke is o very enterprising turfman, and would undoubtedly Jave made the mutch bad sn_opportunity offered, but in reality he hud nothing to do withh it. The entire affair was projected und successfully carried ont by a Chicazo gentleman, well koown' in turl circles all over the country, who does noi wish any notorlety in connection with the watter, This entlema went to Califoruin lsst Novem- Der, nd | flurnz numerous conversa- tions with Mr. \Winters, the owner of Mollie MeCarthy, was told by that gentleman that he had been toe recipicnt during the past year of almost innumerable communicutions and propositious to run bis mare at 5t. Louis, Jerome Park, Saratoza, and, in fact, all the leading race-courves in the country, but these he was not disposed to accept. \What he wanted was to run 3ollie in a match race for $25,000 agninst any horse in the country. After conslderuble argument, the Chicago gentle- man succeeded in inducing Mr. Winters to lower the amount to $10,000, and with this propusition in his wocket, and with the aesurance that he would run the race at Chicago, St. Louls, or Louisville, the gentleman took truin for the blue- grass regions of Kentucky, Arrived there, he went quietly to the home of Mr. Frank Harper, owner of Ten Broeck, and broacked the subject of the proposed match to that gentleman. ‘The mat- ter was soon scttled, Mr. Harper aarecing to mateh bis horse, and taking a liberal slice of the money part of it himself. Then, having both horsesin his pockets, so to speak, the Chicagoan went to the ofticers of the Louisville Jockey Club, and asked them what inducements they would offer for an event over their track on the Fourth of next July tnat would eclipse anything they had ever wit- nessed. Of course they wanted to know what it was, but the Garden City resident refused to **give away " anything, telling the Louisville gentlemen thut after the sgreement had been drawn up and sigmed they would be at liberty to back out of the arrangement if the proposed aitraction did not suit them. To this they finally assented, and, after all tle signatures had been nttached to the document, they were inforined thut the fun would consist of o race between Moliie McCarthy and Ten Broes Mo say that the Louisville gentlemen were pleased would but faintly Indicate their feelings. They were aimost delirious with joy, and predicted that not less thun 40,000 people would be present 1o witness the race, and it is probuble that their estinate is not far out of the way, since, in addition to ail the men, women, and children in Kentucky, Inrze delejations from other States will be on tne ground. 1t will undoubledly be the greatest Tucing event since the dave of Ilenry and Eclivse, unditis eafe to predict that mwre money will be warered on its resuit than on any race durinz the preeent generation at lepst. The match is pay or Dliy, a8 far a8 the money part of it i concerned, but it s stipulated iu the articles of agrcement that tnere shall be a good day and truck for the race, g0 that in case the weuther should prove un- proitious on the glorious Fourth it will be post- oned until the mext fair day. Inregard o the judees of the races, nothing definite has been de- cided upon, but Alr. August Belmont, of New York. bus been fuvited to be one of the trio. Mr. Clarke of the Louisville Club will be another, and some Canfornia gentleman the third. On the same day there Wwill be two more events,—a mile-heat race for all ages, and 2 mile and a quarter or two-mile dash, open to atl. ‘fhe Gault House will give3 oanguet to-visiting turfmen on the eveninz of (he race dag, and a general picnic may be expected. In view'of the fact that this race will doubtless attraci more at- tention than any other to be run duning 1878, TuE TrIBUNE gives 3 history of the contestunts in it. Mollie McCartby is 8 brown mare, foaled {n 1873, by Monday (son of Cotton), out of Hennie Farrow, by imported Shamrock. She is about 1533 hands high, and looks every inch a racer, having a cleun- cut neck. sloping sioulderz. decp chest. full var- rel, broad loimns, and legs like eteel, and witheut 2 blemish. Since beginmng her caresr, she hus run thirteen races, winning them all with ‘ease. and her more enthusiastic admirers claim that she has never met a horse toat could make her stretch he: neck. Tier first race was as a 2-year-old, at Sacru- mento, when she won a S600 stake from 2 field of seven, one mile, in 1:i0, As a 3-year-old, she ran and won six races, beating Elizabeth Tilton at San Jose, mile heats, in 1.:48%;, Heory Ward Deecher for tne Latham piate, 1! miles, in o:4016; winning the Solano, 13 ‘miles, fn 3:13; the winter stakee, beating Rosewood; the Spirit 0,/4 the 7imes stakes. ile heats, in 1:45%, '453; sod a four-mile heat rice ot San Franciaco, for & S5,000 purse, in 7:38%, 752y, In her d-vesr old form, Mollie © events, a8 follows: A four-mile race at ‘beating Bazar in straight heats, in a dash of twoand one-qusrier miles &t Sacramento, beating Lady Amanda, 1 4:06: a tiwo-mile heut race at Soczamento, beating Council Bluffs, Wheatly, and Lady Awanda, in 3:38Y, 33023 a mile dash at_the same piace, beatink Madse Duke, Josie C, Cosmo, una Vanderbult, in 1:43: and & two-mile heat race from Modoc Chiel and Rob Roy, tn $:41%, 3:5% This year she has runand won ome race, that agninst ine chestnut horse Jake, by Oliver Cromvwell, two-mile beats, the mare carrying eleven pounds extrs weiehr. Mollie captured this event eusily in 3:453%, B:35t5. “Ten Drocck, who was fonled jn 1877, s betier known to the public than Mollie McCartuy, sumply because hls performances have been of a more seusational chsracter than those of the California mare, and be has oeen ruised and run in that sec- tion where fust horses are the staple product—the Dlue grass revion of Kentucky. 1o is vy tae horse that the Nestor of the Enslisa turf, Adwmiral Rous, pronounced of no sccouni: imp, Phacton, out_af Fanuy Holton by Lexmyton. She was onvii'the celebrated Nunturah, by Lrowner's Lchpse, who was also the dumn of Longfellow; another horse owned by the Harpers, and celebrated in the turf anngis of the country. Ten Broeck made bis first nppearance 43 a 2-year-old, in o tbree-quarter mile daeh for horses of hisage ot Lexingion, and was unplaced. In the spring of hie was stripped in the Poienix Hotel stake at Lexington, one and one-fourth miles, which he Won in 2:1133, the track being heavy with mud. He then started in & sweepstaxes for 8-year-olds, one miie_and_an cighth, which was won by Bob in1:54, two seconds faster than it ever bad been ran before. Three days later. Ten Broeek defeated Lob Woolley, King Alfonso, Elew, and Emma C., in a mile'and five-eighths dash, tho time, 2:491, belngthe fastest on record. In Scptember of the same year he ran in 2 pust stake, three miles, at Lexington, and won easily in5:91. Mr. Harper had intended to start Excel by Endorser in this race, but bis break-down com- pelied the stable to put its hope on Ten Lroeck, although nobody thought a S-year-old hed sny chauce In the tleld tuat ran. He then went to shville and won the Merchants® post-stake, two mile beats, in 8:30, 3140, the fastest two miles and the fastest two-mile heats ever run over that uack. TFournduys later, over the same coursc, he won® the 'Maxwell Hons Stakex, milo beats, in 1:44, 1:45, the fastest mile Tests ever run in Nashville. ~Coming to Louisville he capturcd a two-mile heat race in_3:38, 4, distancing the field; then won the Louisville Cap and tue Gault House Plate, two und three-eightiis miles in £:55%, tho fastest time on record. In the fall of 1870, at Lexington, Ten Brocck won a mile and five-eizhths dash in 2:513¢; also a_purse race of two and three-eighths miles in 4:58%. He then went to Louisville. where he won n Post Stake, taree miles in fust time. A special pucse 10 beat the best four-mile time, 7:19%. wus then olfered. and Ten Brovck won it and mude for him- self_ an imperishable record by eoing the distance in 7:15%, ot Loulsville, May 29, . Ten Brocci ran two miles acuinet time and came out winner. e wassturted at the onc-eighth pole, with St. Louts 18 a compsmon. They went to the quarter in 2514 seconds, the half in 52 soconds, the three-quarters pole in 1:18, and ut the head of the stretch St. Lowss was pulled up and Lucy Hale “took his place, the mile being fnished in 1+ The mare kept compuny With him to the quarter pole in 2:00, but was behind at the half-mile, which was reached 1n 2:35. A8 they ronnded the turn, horse never ran as Ten Brocek then. The torce-quarter pole flew by them lMke 4 bolt from a catapult, the flag falling 8s the watches indicated the wonderfal timoe of 3:01, and Ten Brueck came springingdown the homestreteh, hav- ing bid Necy liale farewell. When the first mile wad run, the crowd with difliculty restrnined its enthosiaem at President Clark's suggestion; but now, 33 Mr. Williams ran toward the horse waving hie hat to urge the jockey to put the gailant steed to his mettle’s extreme, & wilu_ burstof upplause ent up to the skies, and Ten Broeck crossed the score with the spectators in an uproar, **Two twenty-six!” *: Two twentv-eight!” ¢ He heats McWhister!” **Kah for Harper!" and other ejac- ulations of 3 similur nature were heard amid the yelling throng about the reporters’ desks. Ina moment Mr. Green stepped from among the time- Keepers, und taking the fzure **8," held it up to view. Then there was some lively excitement, The time was directly known to be 3: . It was then announced that Ten Broeck would retire to the stud. but his subsequent appearance at Balti- more, and defeat 1n slow time vy Parole, is well known to readers of Tue TrisuNe. Ten Broeek's record, which is equaled by that of no other horse living or dead. is a8 follo One mile, 1:0%; two miles, 3:3744; three miles, 5:28%; ; four miles, 715K, . THE BEST TEN-MILE TIME, The ten-mile trot over the Bay District track at San Francisco, not long ago, between Jack Stew- art and Controller, wag an_event worthy of more than an ordinary mention, eince the winner. Con- troller, cut down the best recorded time for that distance,—that of Steel Gray, an English borse, who, at Birmingbam, April 13, 1: id the dis- tance in 27:30}%. Stewart, the com) troller in the Califarniarace. isa well- distance trotter, and for nearly ten years nas h ed the 1ist with his twenty miles to wagon in 50:23, the feat having been performed over tne Fas Course. Long Island, Sept. 22, 1808. Controller 18 o horse of whom but liftie was heard until he defeated Howard last foll in a five-mile dash, the time being 13:19%, a performance which at once gave him a reputation for spced and endurance. The recent match with Stewart was for S1,000 a gide to harness, and, up to the time the horses up-~ peared on the track, the betting was $25 to §18 on Controller, bat, just before the word was given, oads wereoffered and taken on Stewart. The Alla California, in 1ts acconnt of the race, says: At the irstattempt they were tapped off to a pretty cven slart, and at once Stewart cut out the puce at s brlsk & rate 0a to lead Controller elglt lengths at tho quarter, an advantaze he Increused to twelye lengiha at the lalf,and maiutained it to the mile in 2:473. In the sccond'mile tliere was but little chang befng 5:36%, and again o the third mile In §:213. In the fourth mile, however. COUUFOIIEr sOMEWLAL lin- proved his positfon. dimnloishing the gap at an easy, steady gatt to four lengths ot {ts fnish {n 11:075, an looking as if he could outspced his antagonist at thiy Folnt. ' Stewart. howeser, till cut out the work. an: malnfained his own at about the same advantaice in 13:534. The match was now becoming highly inter- estlng, and betting bezan to be brisk (n the pools, vary- fng with cach change of the contest. Onnearly comn- pliting the sixth mile Controller was almost up to his antagonist; when at the draw-gate i mado a bad break that fost hlin some six Jenguls. the distance thus far be- ing done In 16: “The seventh mile wug the turning polnt of the match. as Controller was seen again to clost the zup, and on mid liome-stretch they wers on even ters, ond, as they finished the mile in 1 Cun- troder uisumed tuc lead, amid gt chicering and ex- citement, Controfler was now urged to his Dest galt, ind, I trying to emulate Lis examiple, Stewart made 3 bad breakk at the first turn, but s:iil a1 the expiration of the elghith Inile fo 22:013(, it was any onc's race, 83 Cuere were but three lengihs difference berween them. On tho pinth mile, near the quarter-pole, Controller in i turn mude » bad break thac threatencd to ruin his chance of success, for at the half mfle Stewart led by ctiicienglhs, and shortly afiervaris, his wiversary again leaving his fect, the gap was sthl farther in- creased: but Controtler got aizaln steadily at his work, and overhauled Stewart at such 8 stcady, even galt, varied by 8 slght Skip 80 the draw gute, that at the expiration uf the ninth mile, ‘In’ 2453, although Stewart led, Ib was evidenc thar, barring _ accldent the ' match was won. At the first turn on even terms, and theuce Control every stride, and won [n a Jog by some dozen lengths tn 27:27%, Stewart not helnF persevered with when there- Bsuit was a forezone conctusion. Cuntroller came back 10 the wire In & fine trot with pricked cars, aud it took acouple of men to gtop bim, in orderto allow his driver to dismount. 1he performance was a grand oue, and ellcited Jmuch praise from both professlousls and n the nnlamnf mi‘lee they were fer drew away at the publlc cof the miles Wwas respectlyel S, i, 2ra0kt, 45, 5241 2 144, Control i Y} y kixtce: vl by John Nelson, and wasdriven o an admirably paticnt style by his owner, Henry White. Johu Stew- Art was driven by Dan Defnison. There was some ta fnst. night of matching Stewart sgainst Coniroller's thine of 13: 104 over the Sacramento track, but n the Ieantime we seore ten miles la 27:27% for Califoraia, aud call on the world fo beat 5. MATTERS AT ST. LOUIS. Speciat Correspondence of The Tribuns. St. Louts, April 5. —With 112 horses working at the track, turf matters hearnhouts wear a very lively aspect. ‘The trotting clement predominate by a large majority,—99 to 13,—but the runping clement is very cheerful and enthusiastic, and mukes up for a present want of numerical strengtn. by contemplatiny the 257 magnificent thorough- breds that arc entered for the stakes to be run for June 4, 5, 6, and 7. These they aver are, as a woole, tho best lot of race horses thut ever had engagements at any one meeting in the United States, ‘The force of this declaration is apparent When it is considered that all stakes receiving very many entries usually close when the nominations are weanlings, or, at the most, very little older, their prospective Facing qualities being baced on their breeding. and in the interim be- fore such stakes are run for, varticularly 3-year-old events, the provable starters uro con~ tinually growing less through sicknese, death, ac- cident, sna failure to develop meritoriously; but, in the case of the St. Louis Jockey and Trotting Clubs atakes, s new and important-departure is cs- tablished, the entries cloging on the 1st of Feb- ruars, only four months before the time of run- ning. thus enavling every owner and trainer to have an intelligent knowledse of the capubilities of such Liorses 18 they decide to enter. In this light the Janusry stakee, mile heats, for 3-year- olis, thirty-five entries: Greeley stakes. three-mile dasl, for all ages, twenty-twoentries; Garnesu cup, mnle beats, for all ages, thirty-five entries: Mer- chants’ stakes, mile heats, for 3-year-olds, thirty- cight entrics; Lindel] Hotel Post stakes, for all ages, twelve cubscribers; and the Blow stakes, three-mile heats, for all ages, eirhieen entries, promise more than bas ever been realized at any Pice-meeting in America. One thing may bo re- lied upon: the Club will sparc no effort to achieve the most complele success possible. If thore {s anything in & grand gathering in the Westof the best thoroughbreds ‘on the turf, the managers of it should receive hearty co-ope- ratlon and liberul patronage. "Tha mew acrivals this week were Jacksonville Boy, Miraculous, Miracolous Maid, and a aroen chestnut ' geling 7 years 'oid, all i charge of Lew Gicon, who came here from New Orleans. The trotters were zll given preity stronz excrcise this morning, 1 Jarze number of spectators being present. Header Dore off the brush, but Woodford Mamorino, Lu- cille, Bragelone, Bob Wiles, Pate’s Sentinel. Up and Up, Sleepy John, Nelin, Burney Kelley, Pilot Temple, Lady Steele, Denmark, Carry Berryhill, Biz %oap, Jacksonvilie Boy, and geveral otaer: showed to good advantage.” Woodford Mambrino got the most work. He came out rather stiff, und Was quite rank until well warmed up; tben he ‘moved remarkubly fast. "The purdes ana new dates which formed part of the results of the Chicago conference have not yet been settted. No news has been received from George 1. Mansur, of Chicago, or George A. Baker, of Cleveland, upon whom coasiderable dr.‘pend:.fl SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS. Sux Fravcrsco, April 6.—Mollie McCarthy will Jeave In about four weeks to meet Ten Broeck in a four-mile and repeat race ot Louiaville July 4. ‘Smuggler pulled up lame affer tae exercise yes- terday. 1t 8 feared his tnjury will cause his re- tirement from the turf, TRACK TALK. There are 243 runuing horses 1n training in Ken- tucky for tne coming campaign. At Alden Goldsmith's sale, May 2, a full sister to luntress, and s sister to St. Julien, will be ofered. Jerry Dann, of thi city, talks of leasine the Auroru track, and giving & meeting over it during the coming summer. The 3-year-old filly Beersheba, by Bonnle Scot- land, broke down recently in a trial gallop, and by Seen bred to John Morgan. The gray, gelding Frank Hull, record 2:31, awned by Mr. J. W. Feruold, of tais city, will probaoly be in Peter Johnson's stable tais season. Mr. C. M. Cottrill. Secretary of the Milwankee Driving Park, was in the city vesterday on busi- es: connected with that oreanization. Tsanc Woodraf. one of the oldest and best known drivers and trainers in the country, has removed 1o St. Louls, and will open a public stabie. There will be a trotting meeting at Suffolk Park. Philadelohin, May 13, 14, 15, and 16, when ten urses will be offered for Leotting and pacing. Tne track at Columbus, 0., 18 being fmproved. The_running meeting will occur June 12, 13, 14, and 15, and the trotting meeting July 9 t0 15, ‘The dam of Survivor, a bay mare by Lexington, bas been parchased by’ R. F. Johnson. of Fayette County, Ky., for 31.000. She is n foal to Waverly. Between sixty and_seventy hordes are taking their work over the Movie track, preparatory (o the spring meeting, which takes place april 11, 12, and 13 The Milwankee Association has arranged its pro- smmme for the coming June meeting. It does not iifer materially from the one aircady published in these columne. The first important tarf event of the season in England was the Lincolnshire handican, was won by Kaleldoscope, Rosy Cross second, Cradle third. The favorite, Sidonia, was nowbere. Another alleged trotting wonder has been nn- earthed, the phenomena this time hailing from Listowell, Canada. Three years ngo the animal waa purchased for 376 out of o brick-wagon, and can now show trials close to 2:20 (2), President Albright, of the Central Park Drive, senas_the following snnouncement: ** Centrsl Park Drive will be it good condition by next Mon- day or Tuesday. The *boys' will please procure tickets at once, at No. 233 Monrou street.” The Canadian Gentleman's Journal 13 makinx astrong effort to bring about 3 Lrotting race for Cunadian etailions, and offers & rola medal to the winner of such a ruce, the conditions to be $100 entrance, mile heats, three i five in haraess. The Spirit of the Times Trotting and Racing Tecord for 1877 has been received. Itgivesin condensed form summaries of all trotting and puc- inz races in the United States and Canada last {:nr. aod numerans statistical tables, all having ceni complled from the official records. Nr. J. W. Fernold, of this city. has sold to Mr. C. B. Greeley, of St. Louis, founder of tie Greeley stakes of tbe'St. Louts Jockey Club. the chestnut gelding Frank Pahner, by Hambletonian. Palmer has a record of 2:264, and can trol better than 2130 to the pale. e wili be driven by Mr. Greeley msamate to rkamuas’ b, Tho price id was Atr. Morns Martin, of this city, is_the owner of avery promising young stallion, which he hae nameéd Jim Scott, in honor of a former partner of his. He 15 by Gen. McClellan, out of a mare by the Moree horse, and can show & wile in 2:45 or better. Mr. Martin also las the gelding Black Prince, that can trot close to 2:30, e will be trained tms senson in the stable of Peter Johnson. Since the closing of Dester Park, there has been a quict movementamong the members of the Chi- cago Club, most of whom take an interest in turf matters, to orzanize a Jockey Club and Trotting Association. The matter has been Kept very quiet, as it was not intended that any knowledze of the affair such reach the public until definitc arrange- ‘ments had been made. It is known, however, that land for the track has already been sclected, and ata meetinz to be held during the present week the scheme.will be fully matured. If this matter of & new track is taken 1o hand by such men as those comprising the Chicago Club, it cannot fuil of success. The **Great American Stallion Stakes," to be run for at the fall meeting of the Louisville dJockey Club in 1870, closed recently. The terms of the stukesare: For d-year-olds, $200 entrance, half forfeit, of which the second horse wiil receive $200, und the third to save his stake; 1% miles, lub to add an elegant goid vase, valued ot §2,500. ‘Thirtecn stallious are represented by 51 coits and fillies of their get, in tne following eropnxllon!: War Dance and Enguirer, each 3; Vaverly, 6: Longfellow and imp. Buckden, each 5; Tom Bowlinzand imp. Bonnie Scotland, each 4! John Morpun, 3; imp, Glemegl, imp. Glen Athol and Dudley, each 2; West Roxvury and Planter, each 1. An amusing incldent occurred at the Charleston (¥. C.) race track a few days ago. First Chance and Annie G, had been turned ogt to Tefresh them- selves with a.roll on the grass. After a short time apent in rolling and frolicking about, these two horses came up together, without riders, bridles, or saddles, and staried themselves for a race Around the track. The mare led gallantly for a while, until old Chance became warmed up_with the pace, when he forgot his politencss, and, laying his ears back on his neck, he made nis run, pussed Dher, and came in o neck shead. They then stopped, turned around, trotted back to the stand 10 weiglh out, walked aboat & few minutos, and ) :r,:u‘:‘:;i ;r%:?] ’{‘;ne ho;ue; then took another looking as if ' that they bad done their daty, 0 "o e THE RIFLE. SHORT-RANGE MATCH. The George H. Thomas Post (G. A.R.) Rifle Club received n letter from the managers of the New York Amateur Rifle Club, of which C. E. Blydenburgh, Esq., {8 the head and frent, pro- posing to shoat a match by telegraph, Chicago vs. New York. The New York Club will choose a team of ten men to shoot ten shots each at 100 feet at o reduced 200-yard Crecdmoor target off hand. They select as their umpire in Chicago Dr. N. Rowe, of the Chicago Kield. The Thomas Post Clab will select a team, and will probably choose as their umpire in New York Leslie C. Bruce, of the 7urf, Field and #arm, who twas, éne of the American team, and who made the best score on that celebrated team. The arrangements will be fully completed this week. The match will accar some Thursday evening fn Avril, at the same time in both cities, allowance of dlstance being made, probably at 8:35 p. m. here, and 9:30 p. m. in New York. As each man completes his score the telegraph will announce it simultancously, and it wiil be duly builetined at the galleries in both cit- jes. The team which Chicago w fes, The t 20" will probably select M. W. Lyman, T A shater: D. B. Freeman, J. C. Borehenlf, §: M. Tyrrell, ¥, D. Swain, W. I Cuenowetl LML T S et g 1 D{_;flf,"‘ The New York tear g i Rl Ll eam Will be in all probability C. E. Biydeaburgn, Dr. Dudley, D, Banks, FIil, diotton, S, Conlin, J. Blydenburgh, ¥ Adier, O'Bonnell, ALJ. Howlett, 5. W. Slbley. The New York team shoots in Collins’ gallery, in New York, and the Chicago Club team Aho?l in their own gallery here. Some suitable trophy. will be given the viciors, The whole affair promises to be full of interest to even the most’ carcless ob- werver, if only for its movelty. The mombers of the Thomas Post Rifle Club _are all good off-hand shote, and 8o are the New York team, which will make the match very close. No better umpires conid possihly be chosen by cither side; they are a guurantee of fairness. A MILITARY TEAM. ‘There is eome little life among the National Guardsmen In this State concerning the proposed international military match., Maj.-Gen. A. C. Dacat, of the I. N. G.. hag determined to send a team of four 1o represent Ilinols, in any event. The National Guard of this State now number some 6,500 officers and men in all branches of the military. _ At the late meeting of the officers of our N. G. at Springfeld, Inspector-Gen. W. G. Strong (to whom great credlt i¢ due for us efforts in this line), read 8 paper n which many valuable ideas were advancea regarding rifle practice. The ad- dress was received by the officers assembled with rreat enthusiasm, and it brought the fact so direct- Iy before them that upon their return to their ro- spective commands they recapitulated the main points of it to the men, Wwho have since imbived much of that same enthusiasin; and, were Gen. Ducat to lssue an_order requesting voluntecrs for a team to compets at Creedmoor, he would be deluged with applications from the men of his command. Bat to go to Creedmoor at the expense of the State is one thing and 1o win a prize is quite another. Almost any able-bodied man can go on a ten days' trip at the expense of the State, bat can six men out of the 6,500 be found Wwho ¢an hit a target at 200 yords ofi-hand once in ten times? ‘That is the point which Gen. Ducat and Dix oflicers are now trying to solve, and thoy feel confident of some liitle success. They wish 1o send u team of six which will do honor to the great State of Illinoia. As the maiter now stands, two men will be chosen from cack of the turee brigades, and it behooves the members of the brigudes to nominate their best ehots, irrespective of rank, uge,.ar color. The National Guard of every State in the Union, snd of Canadn, and Great Britain, Frauce, and Germany wil oe present In the form of & crack team, and Iilinols shoutd not be left” In the background. Gen, Strong proposcs to issue s circular skiortly as a direct roquest to all the State troops. It will ‘probably beout this week. THE DEARBORN RIPLE CLUB are quictly resting on their arms walting for the season to open. They will probably send a team to Crecdmoor, which will also act as & delegation to the Rifle Convention, to be held this season. ‘The names, 8o far as beard from, are as follows: . Strong, James A. Shaffer, R. S, Thompson, 0. C. Blacknier, George Willard, S. W. Burnham. Otliers may be nominated later on. AQUATIC. TACHTING. A new Yacht Club has been started in New Jer- ecy. Itis cailed the Centennial. There Is a Yacht Club in New York which hasa full complement of officers. The largest yacht is not three feet long. Lord Dufferin h3s been re-elected Commo dore of the Nova Scotis Yacht Squadron, whose head- quarters are at Halifax. The New York yacht Ariel hasbeen gold to a Californian, wno takes home his purchase this month to San Francisco. This is a cruise. The New York and Hudson River Yacht Cluba are getting their craft into watee slready. Peter Lonllard's new steam yacht is to be launched this week, The neat little yacht Bonita, the property of Miss Tatie Ducat, of Evanston, will probably be sailed in the Geoeva Lake regatea, if a proper class is ur- ranged for her. The Chicazo Yacht Club were talking about pur- chasing a steam vacnt or Isunch. There Is an ex- cellentone Tor gaie in New York, the steam yacht Hiawatha. She is forty feet keel, eleht fect beam, twelve-horse engine, speed twelve miles. This seems to be the thing wanted by the C. Y. C. The new yacht Intrepid, the property of Mr. Lloyd Phienix, was lannchea Marcn 27. Thisis a Blrong acquisition to the New York Yacht Club fleet. The Intrepid will be watched closely, as so much discusgion has been caused oy her build. She is intended to be the fastest keel-yacnt adoat. ROWING- Toronto, Canada, has four rowing clube. A crew In Gaiveston, Tex., rowed four anda haif miles, three turns, in 17:03, the fastest record yer The Watkins trial races, for place on European waters, will be of greas interest to oarsmen here- away. A rowing regatta is promised in California this yoar. An Assoclation hus just been formed for ibe parpose. There is a Rowing Clubat Michiean University exclusively for Iadeis. Powerful girls thoge must be. Whst 2rms! Janesville, Wis,, has a rowing-club. It is the thing of that village. They cail It the Bower City Boat Club. Good for Janesville. Tne Oxford-Cambridgo crewsare actively at work for their match. Both have gone luto quarters for training vefore going to London. The Chicago Barge Club Is sadly deficient in "They will probably go to pleces for want of pirnose, ~Have the members no pride, the Wilmington, Del., has a Bachelors’ Barze Club. They ure 3 flué set of young men. As fust as one marries the Club fete hita and then rule him out of its rng. The Farragut Boat Club, of Caicago, has made great progress with their work. They have dis- Played srcat enersy and perseverance, and have now about overcome all impediments to success. The Peoria reeatta Is the toplc of Western oars- men. Designs have been submitted for prizes from Tifony & Co., New York, and M. S. Smith & Co., Detroit. 'I'he new club-house is about completed; it will be very convenlent for the boys. THE SCULLERS. Tonosto, Can., April 6.—Hanlon has received a Jetter from Trichett, the New Sonth Wales sculler, who savs: *+The challenge mentioned in your let- ter ¢id not emanate from me. My challenge was to row any one who mizht come to Sydney for that purpose for £500 or £1,000 a side, ullowing for Expeuses, win or lose, £150 or £300 In case we sculled for £1,000, and those terms I sm stifl will- ing to carry out.™ BILLIARDS. CHICAGO NOTES. Mr. T W. Collender, the New York table man- ufacturer, was In tac city Friday. 1le states that he expects to start a branch of his business in this city at an eurly date. The J. M. Brunswick & Balke Company bave bought out the large room No. 120 Washington gtreet, fora long time owned by Emanuel Bruns- wick, and known as Brunswick Hall. It isone of the handsomest and largest halls in the world. Tho city scema just now to be overstocked with sharps who are continnally playlng maiches in ho- tel rooms **for 325 n side,™ in the apparent hope that some greeny will bet against ‘thc party who can tetl them whether to win or lose. One of these inatches was played this last week in a well- Jocated otel, and_one of the cuniestants wasa self-confessed thief, who has admitted that he sold names. Unless it 13 Ictended to kill billiards ai- Sozether, hotel and room-keepers must steer clear of this class of ** matches.”™ The billiard game for the city champlonship, be- tween Messrs. Parker and Rhines, tbe latter being the Loider of the emblem, will take place Thursday evening of tius week, The Commities, of Arrange ents put the tagk of making preparation: 3 Bunsinger, of the Drunswick & Ualke Com- pany, - and he has concluded ~that 1o Better place can be found than the large wareroom of The Company. on State street, near Rundolob, where the Northwestern and Southwestern tour- Nament was plaved. That apartment will be prop- oy ftted np, and will furalsh good sccommoda- tions for the event., ATHLETIC. I¥ GENERAL. " The Chicago Foot-Ball Club. What bas become of it this spring? } John Ennis has challenged W, E.'Harding, of Now - York, for 100 miles, with $100 to $500 per side money up. John Ennis is svoken of by the Builglo papers as the only man who ever beat O'Leary. This is wrong: he is the only man who kent on trying to BeSt 6 Leary when e b o coman't, Bertha Von Iillern has, during the past sixteen months, walked in public 2,350 miles, and several times that distance In training. : England is just nowsuffering from an extes strong attack of pedestrian fever. = Champlon belts and £are up in all quarters of the saland. Ag(c‘!‘gfl;z:fl!llh! PEDESTRIAN. peci tch to The Tribune. Moxnoe, Wie., April 6.—Miss Exilda Lacha- pella, the French pedeatrian, is completing ber walk of 100 miles inside of fwenty-six hours in Chenoworth Hall. There s a large attendance, and the enthusiasm is great. Her forty-seventh mile was made in nine minutes, and Ler ffticth mile in ten minutes. Iler nincty'secona mile was completed ¢ five minates after 8 p. m, in nino minutee, and she has one hour and fifty minates in which to walk eight miles. She appears quite fresh, and sava she can make it. Miss Lachapella is 10 ears ol and weighs 112 pounds. She wil challenge Von Hillern READY FOR THE ROAD. A Talk About Buggles and How a Road ‘Wagon Is Transformed into a Family Car- riage. * Speaking of carrisges,” said arepresentative of Tue TRIBUNE, *there seems to be & great de- mand for a vebicle that can be used with one or two seats, as may be required; sumethigg that will be strong enough to carry foar persons and yet not be liable to be mistaken for a lumber wagon. I have scenany number of attempts made to meet this demand, but nothing that can be called a success.” Mr. D. J. Lines, the manager of the Western branch of Kean & Lines’ carriaze business, who was_superintending the shipping of a stylish carriage from their establishment at Nos. 185 and 187 Wabash avenue, turncd to the speaker and answered: * You are quite right in saying there is a demand. I have beenlooking for -such a vehicle for the past twenty years, and at Tast I have found it.” * ¢ Look a this, he con- tinued as he pointed to sthat looked like 3 light road-wagon. He touched a spring and pulled back o slide and the road-wazon was trans- formed to acosy double-seated buggy resting casily on the springs and looking very inviting. *You will mnotice,” saia Mr. Liges, ““that the front seat cannot slide back on the rear one. There are no nuts or thumb-screws to met out of order, and it is impossible for the rear seat to capsize. Now stepiu here. You see the weizht is equally distributed on the springs, and they are strong EHD’I;HEI.I for any ordinary load. Now, stand Mr. Lines hare made another of his rapid mapipulations. One of the seats disappeared, and the reporter found himself standing in an ordinary buggy. ‘The springs yiclded as he sat down, showing that they were not too stiff for easy riding, and there was a marked absence of the clumsy look usually found in all attempts at a compromise between a single and double conveyance. “\What do you call this affair?” queried the report 1t is called the Oppenheim double buegy,” said Mr. Lines, and it is unquestionably the best thing of the kind ever made.” At this pofnt Mr. Lines was called off to at- tend to the filling o1 an order for a number of carriages from a Kansas City buyer, who de- clared that after a tour through the different carriage calesrooms be was satisfied with the low prices at Kean & Lines’. As Mr. Lines dis- appeared amongst the rows of landaus, rock- aways, coupes, coupelets, and phactons, the reporter promised to call and give one of the new buggies a practical trial on the road be- hind that gentleman’s team. A CROSSFIRE. Plaintifs and Defendants. F. N. Ware and Mosgs C. Felker were arrested yesterday at the instance of Alvin Tuttle, and taken before Justice Robinson, whence they took a changc of venue to Justice Kaufmann, and there obtained a continnance till Wednesday afternoon a2 o'clock. They are charged with a consplracy to fasten a charge of conspiracy upon Owen F. Hill, Alvin Tuttle, and C. W. Sibley. The facts in :ue case, as gven for AMr. Tuttle, are briefly as follow 3ir. Tuttle was engaged in the grocery bnsiness. A man by the name of F. N. Ware engazed to him as & clerk, and loanea his employer §250, for which Mr. Tuttle cave him as security a bond for $1.000 on the Delaware & Pennsylvania Railroad Company. This bond was given to Mr. C. S. Sib Jey to hold in escrow for the partics. About Jhis time Mr. O. F. Hill, a clerk in the Sands House, \was talking of going luto partnership with Tutte, put the nnion was mever effccted. Afteratime \Ware, the clerk, left his position, with the intention of going to Texns, but he in some way got in with M. C, Felker, who_induced him to sizn an agrecment with him (Felker) allowing the latter to_insuitute criminal proceedings against Messrs, Tuttle, 1], and Sibley, on charge of conspiracy to defrand Ware oot of his §:250. Felker did as_be nsreed with Ware, and had the parties arrested. Justice De Wolf istued the sum- mons, but a chunge of venue was taken to Justice Robinson. Friday morning was the time sct for the trial, and all the defendants were ready; but Ware had evidently become badly scared. and did not appear in prosecution, consequently the defend- ants were discharzed. Then Mr. Tuttle, by the advice of his attorney, Arnold Tripp, procured 3 warrant from Justice Rabinson for the arzest of Ware, on charge of per- Jury, under which he_was yesterday held to the Criwinal Court in bonds of $1,000. A Yesterday motning another warrant was jssned for the arrest of both Feler and Ware on charge of conspirucy by agrecment to procare an indict- ment against_Messre. Tuttle, Hill, and Gibling, under which Felker was held in bail of $500 for further examination befure Justice Robinson, next ‘Wednesday at 2 p. m. Ar. Tutile stated that the partieshad offered to give np all toe pupers and the bond if he would not prosecute them, but he refused, and says he will Dut them throu?l to_the limit of the law, 8s 8 wWarning to them in the future to refrain from the practice of blackmail. AND NOW FOR TUE OTHER SIDE. The facts, as set forth by the defendants iz the present proceeding, are as foilows: - In Tug Trin- UNE of July 8, 1877, Mr. Ware saw_an advertise- ment stating that a clerk was wanted to put $250 into a srocery business. He answered the adver- tisement, went to ir. Ifil's house on Throop street, and was there told tbat Mr. - Tuttle, & man of wealth, nad agreed to start Il in the grocery biwin proviging Hill could find some one who would put up $250 in Tuttle's hands as secarity for Hul. Ware put up the money, and got in ro- turn a note for 3250 at 7 per cent interest, payable sixty duys from date, signed oy Tuttle. This was secured by 2 81,000 second-mortgage bond of the Delaware & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which was stated to be worth $600 or $700. 1t was aleo stated that the Interest on it had been promptly paid. This bond was handed over to a 3ir. Sibley, who was stated to be Tuttle's lawyer, tobe by him delivered to Ware, The urocery store was opened on North Wells street and rsn for some lttle tume. _\Ware clerked there for seven weeks, receiving 516. Becoming dissatis- fied. he gave Tuitle notice that he should want his money at the end of the term. At the same time be asked Sibley to find out about the value of the bond. Sidley told bim that he had written to Fhiladelphia, and showed him a letter purporting to come from some friend of his there to the effect that the bond wag certainly worta S600 or $700, and would be paid in full” when due. Not quite satisfied with this, however, Ware wrote nimself to the Secretary of the railroad, sod received an answer that the interest had never been paid on these bonds, and that they had no market value. Then it was that Ware begau his suit azainst Tut- tle, 1ill, and Sibley, as already reluted, and the first two have been held to the Criminal Coart. COAL EXCHANGE. The Annnal Meeting. of the Chicago Coal Exchange was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the rooms of the Ex- change, No. 42 Merchants' Building. President A. D. Waldron occupied the chair, and Maj. Joseph Kirkland performed his customary duties as Secretary. 5 The President, in calling the meeting to order, stated that he had been nnable, on account of sick- ness, to prepare his annual report, end would therefore have to refer the members’ to the other obicers for information in regard to the bustness of the year. Fhe report of the Secretary, Maj. Joseph Kirk- Jand, showed that the total receipts of unthracite coal had been 442, 325 tons by Iake. and 74,800 by uil, making the total for 1877 by lake and rail 517,223 tons, 88 aguinst totals of 309,560 in 1870, 318071 In 1575, and 395,680 in 1574. The above fgures {nclude a1l that nas been used in Chicaxo, of carried throngli Chicazo to other points. The toual receipts of bituminons coal were 360, 158 tons by lake, and 571,708 by rail and canal, making ths total for 1877 by lake, rail, and canal. 1,231 16, 25 azainst o total of 1.203, 638 for 1876." The to- fotal receipta of both kinds of conl forthe year were 10740, 001 tons, as azainst a corresponding total for 15761,6+4.636. The shipments from the city by Tatl and canal of all kinds of coal had amounted to 571,176 tons, as azalnst 249, 862 for the year pre- Sious. The amount of conl used in the city was therefore 1,477.915 tons, as against 1,384,770 fons need in the city 10 1876, The average pab- liwhed prices of anthracite, at retail, delivered, for the paut four years had beon as follows: Summer. Winter. e. .85.75 10-26.00 $G.50 0 £6.75 $6.45 to 8.00 % 7.20 22 1876-777. .00 to e B0 g{; “ 9.50 to 10.00 25 Lehizi was noted as being 50 cents per ton high- er. ‘Daring the scason Erle coal hisd averaged 85,75: Blossburg, $6.75; block. $4.50; and Wil- Imington, 4, at retail, delivered. Although the past winter was an exceptionally mild one, it will be noticed that the city consunp- tion for 1877 excecded that of the previous year by the considerablo difference of 83,130 tons, “the in- croase being due to the growth of Chicago's manu- factaring interestaand thy consequent neceasity for using a larger amountof coal for manufacturing urposes. "The Treasurer's report showed the recefots and expenditures of the past year and tne gratifying fact that there was a comfortable balance on hand. ‘The next thing in order was the annunal election of otilcers, which resulted as follows: Pre:ident, W. E. Johnson; Vice-Presidents, Morris Donn, J. A, Stone; Treasurer, Peter Taylor; Secretary, D. M. McGarry: Board of Diregtors, Robert Law, W. W. Crosby, D.J. Neal, John Gritin, 0. W. Goit, 0. S. Richardson. A.'V. Hartwell, The meeting then adjourned. — NIL DESPERANDUM, Adown the stream of Life we go— ‘Adown the stream of Life we go; Some moving fast, some moving slow— Adown the sirean of Life we go. Some tossed about are on the wave; Some underneath, with none to save, Poor fellows. o down to a wat'ty grave, +4Unhonored and nnsung;” While those who hap to gain the shore Wil think of them, no, mevermore; And this is the way of the world all o’er— Bat few brave hearts among. 0 Life, you know, is & mighty streamy ‘You have been there—no idle dream: Strange—ain't it?—very, that such a stream Has got so few goud sailors. But vou, my luds, are staunch and true; Whenever you scé Distress in vlew, You man the Iife-boat voldly through, My tried and trusty sailors. Blows bard the wind from out the West! Be steady, my boya—be at your best— ¥For the Storm-Kine sings his wild unrest, And yonder far comes sweeping; Afore the shi s and afcont the wave, You sce him leap, and yoa hear bim rave! Be steady, my boys—be more than brave— This is 1o time for weeping. Blows hard the wiad: an awful night Conlronts us now with a terrible might: Be steady, my lads—not vanquished quite— Be steady, my boys—no railers. As many a time a5 oft before You've bore the brunt or the billows’ roar, You've etood the test, my boys, once more— God blesses all such satlors! Josepn D. TCRyET. RAILIZOAD TIME TABLE. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, EXPLANATION oP Rrrzexce MaRks.—t Saturd, gaceped - Sunday excepied- Sy e CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY, ‘Ticket Ofices, 62 Clarkst, bf’sfieruun House) andaz aPacific Fast Line. aStoux Clty & Yani aDubuque Day Ex.vis Ciinton) aDubuque Night Ex. vii G'ton, aQmal NiRhY Express asjoux City & Yankton aFreep't, Kocke'd & Dubuque. aFreep't. Rockr'd & Dubuque. b3liwaukee Fast Mail (dally)(§ bilwaukee Express, =14 bMllwaukee Passen, bMilwaukee Passenzer (daily) bGreen Bay Express... - Paul & Minncaoiis bSt. Paul & Minueapolls Ex. BlaGrosse EXpress... BLaCrasse Express. . bWinona'd New Uini. bWinona & New. Uim, b3arquette Express aGeneva Lake & Rocktord. bFond du Lac via Janesvilie. Pullman Hotel Cars are run thron betwee: & cako and Cmmn:ll Biuffs, on the uu::gkmn;gc:lfl'.[:e Noother road runs Fuilman of sny Other form 9t botel cars west of Chicago. a~—Depot corner of Wells and Kinz! o—Depat cornerof Canal and Kinzle-sts. CHICAGO, BURLINGTOR & QUINCY RATLROAD- Depots foot of Lake-st., Indians-av., and Sixteenth-ac. and Canal and Sixteenth-sts. Ticket Ottices, 59 Clark- st., sud atdepots. Tralna. Mendots & Galesburg Express. Ottawa & Streator Express. Rockford & Freeport Express. Dubique & Sioux City Express, Pacltic Fast Express... Kunsas & Colorado Exp Downer's Grove Passengel Aurora Passenger. Mendota & Streator Passenger. ‘Aurora Pussengeer.... Downer's Grove Passenges Freenort & bubuqre EXpress.. Omaha Night Exoress Texas Fast Express. Kansas City &St J Puiiman_Pajace Dininz-Cars and Pullman 16-wheel Sleeptug:Cars ure,rus betweea Chicago and Omaha on the Preffic Express. CHICAGO. ALTON & ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO KANSAS OITY & DENVER S8HORT LINES. Tnlon Depot. West Side, near Madison-st. ‘bridice, and Fwenty ibint-ac. Tickot Otfice. 122 andaioh-si. Leave. P 15p.m, * 7:55a.m. 15 p.m. *10:40 2 m. Ransas City & Denver Fast Ex! St Louls & Springheld Ex.. Mobile & New Orleans E: St. Louls, Springfeld & Texas, Peorta, Burlington i Fast Ex. & Keokuk Expre Chlcaro & Paducah B 1t E Streator, Lacon, W ‘Ton Joliet & Dwight Accommdat’ CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RATLWAY. Tnlon Depot. corner Madison aad Camal-ats. Ticket Ofice, 63 South Clark-st,, opposite Shermaa House, and as depot. . Leave. | Arrive. 558 m. [* 7:35p. m. Milwaukee Express... ‘Wisconsin & Minnesota, Green| Bay, aud Menasha through Day Express.. +1#10:10a. m. |* 4:003. m. Wisconsin. lowi .{* 5:00p. m. [*10:458. m. Wiscousin recal Dag, Stevens Folnc and Ash-| 1and through NIght Exnress. 't 9:00p. m. ¢ 7:008. m. Al tralns run via Milwaukee. Tickets for St Paul and Minneapolisare good elther vis Madison and Pralria du Chien, of vis Watertown, LaCroxe, and Winona. — o Le{s d fvot of T xAD ind. fout of Lake-at. und {vot of Twenty-secand-st. Do e ofilce, 121 lndolph-st.. near Clark. St. Louts Express St Louls Fast Line Calro & New Orlean3 E gCllro.n. Ih'hofl‘ns & Tex: ringileid Express. Sgflngflkld Night Ex. Teoria, Burlington & ¥ bPeona, Burlingion & Keokuk §10:00 Dublique & Sloux City kx. Dubuque & Sioux City Ex. Glinian Passenger. . ‘a On Saturday night runsto Centralla only. & On Saturday night ruos to Peorls only. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. Depot. oot of Luke-st., 3ad foot of Twenty-second-st, Reket Ofce, G7 Clark-st.. southieast corner of Kan dolph, Graud Pacifc Hotel. and at Palmer House. FPPPPPPFPP BEEpSERREE € » FITTSBURG, FT. WAYKE & CHICAG) RAILWAY. Depot. corner Canal and Mudlson-sts. Tieket Oftves, €5 Clark-st.. Palmer House, and Graad Pacific ftel. ve. Mafland Express.. Pactng kxpress. Fast Lin BALTIMORE & OHIO. Tratosleave from Exposition Bullding, foot of Mon- Tue-st. Ticket Offices: &3 Clark-st., Palmer Hause, Grand Pacifc, and Depot (Exposition Bulldinz). Leave, Arrive Morning Express. .., Fatiie MormingMall—0)d Line. | X. Y. & Boaton Speclal Ex...| Atlagtic Express, dally. Night Hxpress. PITTTSBURG, CINCINNAT (Cincinnat] Alr-Line an 3 Depot SlneIn R finton and Carroll-sts, Weat Sle. Depiat. | Arrive. ol tncinnatl, Indfanapolls, Lon-| Ceihes Cotumbus &' East KANEAKEE Depot foot of Lake-zz. and foot of Twenty-second st. Arive. Cinctnnatt, Todfanspolls & Loulsvilie Day Exprees. " Kight Express. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACTFIC RATLEOAD Poer of Van fluren and Sherman‘sts. Ticket DO o 50 Clark-it, Sherman House, Omaha. Leavenw'th & Atch Ex. Peru_Accommodatios Night Express.. All meals on the Omahs Express are served in dining cars, aL75 centa each. CHIOAGO & TLLINOIS RATLEOAD. *~Danviile ltoute.” “Ticket Qffices: 77 Clark-st.,47 Dearborn-st., and Depot. corner Cilaton and Carroll-sta. Day Matl. Nashville GOODRICH'S STEAMERS. For Raclne, Milwankee. etc.., tri-weekl; For Maalstée, Ludington, etc., daily For (irand Haven, Muskegon, e1c.. For St. Joseph. etc., dally, Saturday’s S For 3ilwaux: Friday For Mflwaukee, Tuesday.. For Stiiwankes, Sac Yednendoy . boat don't leave until o G reen Bay, ete., Tueaday sad ¥ PrPPP B Bpgpd