Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST I8, IS7T8—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 . SPORTING. BASE-BALL. YRSTERDAY'S GAMES, 7.—Indianapolis, 3; Boston, 2. Y., Aug. 17.~Ilornells, 7; Stars, 7 Junings- - ""sf,;:mm. Mass., Aug.’ 17.—Springfields, § L"."'“:';L,, Dispatch to The Trivune. rorp, IIL., Ave. 17.—Alerts, of Milwau- Lee, 6; Forest Citys, 12 fpectal Dispatch to The Tribunr, wxDpALE, Cook Co., 1ll,, Aug. 17.—Lawn- gales, B Oal Parks, 5. : . THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. There 15 00 chanee in the relative positions of \peclubs n ke struggle for the peapant from ;,;a”-ls‘ week. Doston has almost a sure shile for second place it is a peck-and- Wk;fl between Chicago and Cincinnati, with Prowence a good fourth. The score to date ot s 5 npumanLg “aaynomyr won oy . RESUME OF THE WEER. Following s s brief statement of the results otite principal games played last week. Those arked with @ star were League games: sProvidence, 5: Chicazo, 3. —sCinciupati ilwankee, 5 Springfield, 1. Horneil, 1. Peoria, 0. 3—sindisnapolis, 7; Boston. G. ', 10; Cincionau, 7, Chicazo, 4. Crooks, 5, A bt 4% T estilnat J3-sProvidence. 3: Ch - 13—~Roc ora Forest Citys, i ence. 3 Ct Ao T Nivauke A5k 13—2Boston. S A o 17, Pravidence, 3. Clickro, 173 5 % e i8¢ Milwaukee: . GAMES 70 COME. Te Following fsalist of the more prominent panes aonounced for this week. The League games are designated Dy a star: MoxpaT—Tecumsed ve. Utica, at London. TCEeDA) Lti at London: Wossester v t Springlield; *Chicazo ve. Cincinnstl, at Cincinuati *Boston vs. Milwan- Lee, at Milwaukee. WepyEspaT—Worcester va. Lowell, at Lowell; Tnica vs. Daffalo, at Lutalo, Tarvespar—Worcester ve. Manchester, at Ma; sester; *Chicago ve. Cincinpatl, at Cincinnat SHorton ve. Milwoukee, at Milwaukee; *Frovi ¢ence va. Indianapolus, at Pittsbure. Frr-titdeld Ve New Ledtord, at Fall s, ai aati; *Boston v, vaukee, at 'Milwaukee; *rovidence vs. Indianapolis, at Pittsburg. ITENS ON THE FLT. The Baffalo Ciub have now almost & winning Jesd for the International championship. Manager Rae, of the Stars, has resizued, and Darran has been selected to il the vacaney. Zettlein, the old-time ¢Cbarmer,” pitched meently in 2 game agaiost the new Haymaker nine. Hotbert has latelr heen given the Captainey o the Milwaukees vi accouut of Peters? voice hlling bim. 45t Lows Coroner, who was formerly a base- ‘boll man, instructed his jury to bring in a ver- «iet of “out on a sun-strike.” Care, of the Providence Club,was again fined 10 Satarday 1 week azo in the game with the Indianapolis, for “chinuing the umpire,” Sc- Lesn. Craver has been refnstated by the Interna~ tiooa} Association, notwithstandinz. his .expul- ion by the League, He is now Captain of tne Sroy Baymakers. Eggler is third in batting average in the Tuffalo Club, havivg a record of twenty-ome taehitsin eighteengames, Mack, of last year's Indisnapolis Club, is first. The Lowells number two college graduates tmong their members, jPiimpton and Knight. The former graduated from Girard College, Puladelphis, and the latter from Amberst. ‘The nines of L. F. Hachulen & Co. and John Ennz, wholesale confectioners, played a zame o baceball last Monday, resulting in a viczory or Haehinlen’s nine by the score of 28 to 18. A Boston wise man caleulates that more brains Tty waste in tryiog to et the under hold on alagicat explanation for the defeat of a favorite I club thanit took to plun the pyramids. The Milwaukee Club recently made up a usefor Devlin, and presented it to him. The ey “Terror® is at present pitehiug for a gmiprotessional club in Canada on a salary of §15a week. Foranumber of years Jim Whnite bas plaved With tke champion base-ball clubrof the United tatts. Thfs vear witl hiave to be an exception Indi's experience. He looks and feels iike o iz & strange garret. Inove of the Boston-Cincinnati games a bet was made that if Kelly plaved he would fall down durine the game. The man who backed- tbe young man’s ability to stand up was very muck disrusted, for *Kei® fell over himseit three times in the first inning. Tike obtained bjs release from the Providence Clubin orderto play with the Buffalos; but the Isster Clab dlaim he went_back _on his word, after leaviog the (incinnatis, havine promised 1oplay in Baflalo, aud conscquently telegraphed Fike that ther did not want bim now. The Franklins and Lake Views will play o fame Sawurdag next on the White Stocking Grounds for the Lenefit of the Half-Orphan Astlum. “These clubs are the strongest in the Amateur Association, and, coupled with the shesp admissiou of 15 and ‘%5 cents, ougit o dusure 3 large audience, = Diciy Pearce was the um; i pire in_Tuesday’s gme between the Cincinnati and Milwaukee £ labs, tn which the latter won the zawe, and xnemnseq\mnccvras Pearce was roundly abused or Lis alieged unfairness to the Porkopolitans. b Wednesday's game, when the Ciucinuatis ::;‘emil;;nq'b‘enwglé‘zlc"cy was the scapegoat, the Enquirer s its account of the game, “Miserable McVey.” p QUESTIONS ANSWERED, B. 3. C., Osugosit.—** whe Meyerle play- " Ansucer~With the Raflato Crab. o P A.B.d.—+ Did the Uticas play with the Tecam- - Eehs, Thureday, Auz.15: Aw, N o T s 157" usirer—Xo game was *Tias Redmond been kiee Clubr™ Anewer—No. poas % With the club in Cincinnati. - G, MILWAUKEE, —+\What oldi and hatilng averazes, of Dundook sl Hermorars Zumier—1'D 1o tte Ist of August. according to lubles in the Boston fleruld, Gardocks felding fifi’i’.i’;"; cliances accepted elood ug 015, and his -266: while (G s figy v 854 in fielding, wnd . 5 nfm{?n‘;. e wi 3, E. X zetion:” Lark doce, 3 bl ¥, 1. £.5 O'ltourke, c. 1. :‘MW—Ealnleo it L Kood as £old. ™ but it s ustlexs to rive an opinion o A: n:e that will probabty never piay together. + STREATOR, HIL.—*¢ (1) Can & Captain of 3 club&n:g.; a chauze doring avy inninzof the game? 3 substitute be puc 3n 4 plaver's place, the player is disabled or notY” Answer— z;h;:hbum Can change the men around a8 often ey, Sghes during thie game. Sec. 2 of Rule 3 Teptaged 10 DIaver takiag part inagume shall bo Thpoced by anotlier after the commencement of -second Inning, escept for reason of iliness or F M D st oLowm 5 [ 2, . D., St. s.—**(1) Did Gore, of the m&«mm ever pisy in 2 professionsl-club ey ‘flifllyw! ) What League player,has*Ihe Latingy % averige this year, 1nd what.ond in Maes “fohs) Where are Blong, Batiin, : Doy m‘t& ‘orce. Rilev, and Dehlman$?. Ansicer—{1) of 104z does 01 Eppear amons: the profeesionals Top pALYeSF. (2) Joe Start was eaid to be atithe mh!“"‘.?ffi‘ the e :n\; July, and ul:lfim in batting, ong with the Sorinsfield (Mass.) Clah. Esttin with the Worcesters, Maci zad ¥arct 73, AL 2‘,‘3‘:";’;"“’-*% Riley with the Cleveland Forest Dehiman s evidently 10t playing. TOwDs, Wis. (Y) How many yodrs e batting lfett. (2) Where.are ¢ d Willisme of the Cinciunatis () Has Remsen ever pluyed any other po- eXcept Gelar (4) How many lefi-handed {browers are there in tie League, and who are they? Aa'{l“ B0 compose e stars, of Syracuse? joier—Q) Heied the battiug score in 1873 and it 12) Houtz is with the Springficld (Mass.) “nb. 2nd Mctiride and Williams are not witl - 2 af present. (3) No. (4) There are €0 a1y that gpace wiil not perwit enumeraiion. (3) Hotalmi, ¢ Farrell. 21, McCormiel, et St 0 3 re. f i Muneell, 1Y, ;"Maccullar, s 5.5 Adagis, 1. . TIIE TURF. RARUS AND HIS RECORD, Since Rarus trotted in 8:13% over the Buffalo track there has been an immense amount of l‘:llscu'is(on regarding the matter, ana various ‘gwsions" have been given- concerning it. What possible value these ©decisions” can Liase is not apparent to most people, but stiil ll.u:yj may serve to amuse and inflate with asense of dignity-those who take it npon themselves to make them, and, viewed in this light, are productive of no harm. One of the sheets that is constantly ‘*deciding something over Which it has not the slightest Jurisdiction is the Spirit of the Times, a New York sporting Journal whose fortunes are presided over by Mr. E. A Buck. Accordiugly, in the last issue of his paper, Mr. Buck contributes a mite to the literature of the country in the shape of a “decision’” on Rarns? 2:13% heat at Buffalo, and, in order that there may be.no mistake about the naturc of the promuleation, transfers it to the editorfal page of the Spirit, i the current number 6f which it appears in all the durity which leaded brevier tyve ean fmpart. Judge Buck’s **deciston » is a follows: = ‘The report shows that Rarns trotied the firet heatin 2:17, the secoud In 0. and afrer taking the word fof the third, and coing as far as the turn, was pulled tp dnd brouvnt hack. Aftera 8hort rest Le wad nilowed 8 fourth tnal, in which e :;nued 21 5 When HRuir word **Go ™ i third attempt, toat heat was thereby earted, and his voluntary shandonment Of L was at his own risk. We declde that the judges were wrome in sllowlag him a. fourth nul; that the race was fin- ished wheu the horse Way withdrawn m the third heat, that the purse and pools ve been wrongly awaraed o Rerus and his back- . and the time, 2:134, made in tae extes exhi- bitjou-heat does’ not constitute . record, fourth heat was merely an exhitition: can i go ern wagers on the tme or result of the o) pursey Supposing that Mr. Buck had svy rizht or title to deliver decisions on matters atfecting turf interests, the above is about as biundering a one as could, uuder the ecircumstances, have been constructed. According to the rules which povern the Buffalo track (it being a member of the National Trottiug Association), it ts pardy right and 1 zood deal wrong. THE TRIBUNE has reccived a number of cowmunications regarding Rarus’ record of 134, but it does not propose to give any de- cisions. 1t will state the crcumstances of the race in which 2:13% was made, and then, from the rules of the National Trotting Assoclation, Which must govern the matter, attempt toshow, first, that thuse who bet that :14 would not be beaten by Rarus in_his trial of speed at Buffulo, won their -money; and, sceond, that the 2:13% made by the horse over the Butfalo track on the day that the triel of speed wus trotted, was a record for him, aud must so stand. in tne first place let the con- ditions of the race be clearly understood. 1t waa advertised by the Buffalo A special purse; open to all; trottingto harness: good doy and goodtrack. Onéentry toml. 1f but one borse enters and starts, S1,000 will be paid it the fifst three heats are trotted 1o average 2:18 or better; $500 additional 1f 2:14 is beaten in any one of such heats. 1If two or more horses enter and start, it 15 10 be 2 race of mile heats, best three in five, Tor $1.000, provided the winaing heats aver- 19 or beiter; £500 aduitional if #:14 18 beaten one of sald heats. There is uo mistaking these words. They state plaioly that m order to win cither the §1,000 for trotting three heats at an average speed of 2:18, or the 3500 for beating 2:14, the trotting must be doue in the tirst three beats. Now iuo rezard to this pbase of the subject. the whole mnatter fesin a nutsheil. If Rarus beat 2:14 in soy of the first three heats be trotted at Buffalo, the backers of the horse against time win; if he did not, they lose. The facts are 8s {follows: Rarus trotted the first heat in 2:17. He was given the word a sec- ond time, but, owing 10 a break, was not urged. completing the mile in2:50. He came up the third nme. was given the word, but had haraly passed the wire wnen he again broke, and after beinr stopped was turned around and driven back, not going around the track at all. Those wio backed time to win_cluimed that when the word was given to Splan the third_time, the heats were over, so far as the Liorse’s starling aemn was concerned, and they are rieht. Rule 231 very specife on this point, and reads as follows: No rider or driver shali canse unhecessary delay after the horses are cailed up, exther by neglecting 10 prepare for tne race in time, or by failing to come for the word, or otterwise; and m scoring. if the word 18 not given. all the horses in the race shali immediately” turn, at toe tap of the beil or otber siymal given, and iog vack for o fresh start. Bul there shail Le no recall aster the sturling word or sigriual has been giten. Consequently, when Rarus received the word for the third tnne, his driver abandoned the heat as his own peril, and. had the judzes so «hosen, tney could haye declived to sliow him another trial for the to be given in case :14 was beaten. I any event, taose who bet that 2:14 would not be beaten in the first three heats, or inthe race, won; for, accordiug to Rule 29, three hieats bad been troteed, avd Rule 69 provides that. ** in watches azainst time, the i ug the mateh shall be entitled to unless expre: stipulated 1o y.”” Tuerefore when the three heats had been trotted, the match against time was at an end, nnd as the borse had ueither averaged 2:18 ju these heats, nor beaten 2:14 in any one of them, he was entitled to no money. It is argned by many, however, thut the judyes of a race are the sole arbiters in such matters, and that when they izuored the third start miven to Rarug, and did ot aunounce from the stand that it coustituted the tnird heat of the race, they virzually declared it void, and that there- fore the 2:13% heat was the tnird heat of the race. This is very plausible reasoning, and would undoubtedly be corroborated by tue official summary of the race as it stands on the books of the Associu- tion, but nevertbeless the argument is of no avail. There Is even a hizher power, the Board of Review, which can reverse thedecisions of judgesif its members see fit. The judges of a Face bave extraordinary powers, but in exercis- ing them, and deciding matters connected with the race, they must conform strictly to the rules of the National Association. " This is provided for in Rule 25, which says that judges +-Shall understand the rules of “the said Na- tional Association, and shall rigidly enforce the samne; and all ther decisions sha'l be subject to and in conformity with said rutes.” 1n view of this plain language it is difficult to sec how, even if the judzes had declared the third heat of Rarus’ trial void (which they did not), it could vot atfect the matter, as such de- cision would undonbtedly bave been revoked by the Board of Review if the matter was carried that body. mln regard to the récord pa.t of the matter the facts are simple and easily understood. When tie judees gave Rarus the word Lor the fourth heat—no matter whether they regarded it as such or not—they, acting as agents for the Buf- falo Driving Park, oficred Spian an inducement, in the shape of $500, if the horse beat 2:14. He did beat this time, the Assoviation vaid over and consequently the horse his a record of 2:13%. TAE COMING MEET! Toe Trinuse last Tuesday published the progzramme for the inaugural meeting of the Chieago Jockey and Trotting Club, and also made public the fact that the meeting would occur Oct. 5, 9, 10, and 11. Since that time a reat deal of progress has been made in all di- Fections concerning the matter, and from the present outlook it may be safcly predicted that, Darriug bad_weather, Chicazo is bound to have the hest and most successtul fall trotting meet~ The ever held in this country. There fsan im- mense amount of interest being taken in the matter by all parties. ‘The horsemen, especial- Iy, are doinz all they can to make the mecting 4 Success, aud_hy reusou of this it i probable that the pumber of entries will be.nnusually larwe. In order that the public may become famniliarized _with _the programme, it is riven azain below. To improve upon it would indeed be a dificult matter. Allthe purses, with twoexceptions, are for the fasterelasses of horses, and each cvent should be a hotly-contested one. | With the great majority of the public the spo- al purse, o iri e nanied to start, will be the brincipal feature, and it 5 & featner fu’ the cap of the Chicago Jockey Club that it has Leen :\bh_: to accomplish what other associations have unsuc- cessfully eadeuvored to do,—brinz the three great stars of the trotting turf together in a Fice, and handicapped fu such 2 manner that oo 1man can pick the winner until the final heat has been trotted. _Great Eastern has & record un- der saddie of 2:153¢, whife Rarus and Hopeful are credif th 3:13% and 2:151 respectively, in bharuess. In addition to the reeular pro- mie, it has been d:zdd:édd rz;t the u;g::g cl;:' uest of several prominen! ivers and, iy qw wive a 2:19 purse on Oct- 12, thus affording ra day’s soort. m’fifipubfic should remember that the officers of the Club are geatlemen in whow everybods Das confidence, snd that cverythivg connecteid with the new track will be conducted in the. strictest and fairest possibic manner. . Drivers A horees will b treated courteously, and their rights protected, tut cqual and exact justice’ 3l be meted out to all, and if any fraud or “1unny work " is attempied, the same will be promptly ‘squelched and _severely punisted, whetaer the offender be the most prowminent s recetved the . u which Raras, Hopefal, and Great | driver in the country or a man who never before pulled the lines over a trotter. The horsemen Junderstand this already, and rejoice over it, for 2 *‘aquare deal® is wiat they all waunt. The propramme is as follows: Finst Dar—Parse S1,000, Puree £1,500, for 2:20 horses. Seco¥p DaT—Purse SL.OOU, for 2:28, horses. Purse §1,500, for 2:23 liorses. Timp DAv—Purse 81,000, for -2:34 horses. Special purse '$3,000, Rarus to wawon, Great astern under saddle, Mopefuf in harnes: Fountit Dar—Parse §1.500, open to all trot- ters cxcept Rarus and- Liopefnl. Parse 81,500, for2:20 horses. Parse $75U, oven to all pacers. 3 THE JOBS AT UTICA. It would be a good thing if the National Trotting Association would drop the Ctica As- sociation from its list of members, and let that track be run on_ the wild-cat principle, as.it de- serves to be. For the past four years . its meet- ings have been a diszrace instead of a eredit to the turf, untit finally there seems to no_remedy for the frauds practiced there but to kick the whale copnern out of the society of respect- able and honestly~onducted tracks. Of course this kind of "talk will be denounced by the Eastern sporting journals, whose reporters are bound to say a ood word for any track that feeds them weli, but the turfmen of the coautry know that it is truc. The meetingat © for, 2:40 horses. which came to un emd: y marked by jobbers from " b end. Nearly every ruce was o sirung outto the limit in order that as many horses as pussible might get heats, und all the mouey put in the pool-box by the suckers, alter which tne Lorse whose victory would pay the vest_would be wllowed to ¢o on and the 2:24 race, Edwin Forrest, a horse tha won this event fn the easiest possible munner at Cleveland, Buflalo, aud Rocnester, was an im- mense favorite before the race besan, e won the first heat easily in 2:13, lowering his record one and one-half seconds, but 1 spite of this the pool-selling before the second beat was $112 10 §100 on the field over Forrest. when before any trotting had been done the horse sold favor- e over the field. This stowed plainly enough that there was a job, and the ounly srouble was that so many had beea iet into the secret that in their eaverness to bet on a sure ing they overdid the busine: The storv of Low the race was .ost—the fastest heat of the winner veing two sceonds slower than Forrest’s first beat—is familiar vo all. This spirit of job- oery and fraud characterized the entire meet- me, and any decaled reference to the other races would'be a waste of space, as it 1s doubt- tul whether any of thetn were trotted on thefr merits. A MATCIT OVER THE NEW TRACK. One of the most.interesting races of the pres- ent season is to be trotted over the uew traclk Oct. 23, it being notbing less than a match between the noted 4-vear-old trotter Keutucky Wilkes, by Georze Wilkes, and Tekonsah, by D, dJ. Robinsor, lie by Marshall Chiet. The mateh was made dur- ing tie recent meeting at - Rochester, and grew out of 1 controversy between Mr. U, B. Teb- bard, ot Jackeon, Mich., and W. H. Wilson, of Cyuthfana, Ky., about the merits of their re- spective colts. Mr. Hebbard was_auxious for a mateh, and as Wilson was equally eager, the mouey was soou up. 1t was at first agreed to trot the race at Saginaw, Mich., but that part of the matter was subsequently chunged. The articles of agreement are as follows Daniel B. Hebbard, of Jackson, Mich., bets W. 1L Wilson, of Cynthiana, Ky., $1,000, that his colt Tekonsuh, £ years old thie 10th day of June, 1878, can beat W. I Wilson's colt Kentacky Wilkee, 4 yesrs old, on East Saginuw (Mich.) track, mile heats, bust three in 1ite, to harness, Oct. '29, 1878, ‘good auy and track. -1f on that “duy ‘the day ond track are not good, to trot the next zood_day and track, the race to be for §1,000 a side, $250 forfeit, whicn som hag been put into the hands of Levi S. Ful- ton, of Ruchester, as stakeholder, the balance, §750, (o be Dot up on the 1xtazy of Oc- tober, 1878, after which all becomes pay or play. The race to be irotred according to the rules of the National Association. ANzt B. Hrspan, W.H. WiLsox. Since the above contract was signed the bal- ance of the moncy has been put up, aud the race is pay or play? It is farther agreed, and hercoy understood, by tne parties fo this contract, that the above race 18 10 be troited over the Chicuzo Jockey and Trotting Cluv's track, on date named. W H. Witsos,” DastzL B. HEGBARD, Witness: Jonx W. Coxpe: . AMr. Hebbard is ulso the owner of the stallion Bouesetter, that has been trotting so .well throush the circuit, and e has offered to match bim ageivst the stallion Indianapolis. If the mateh is made both races will oceur the same day. H THAT BASKET OF FLOWERS. There is sometiiing very mysterious to most people about that *beautiful basket of flow- ers” that has been preseuted to John Splan at all the meetings in the Cewral Circuir at the close of Rarus’ trial aeaiyst tune. But to those inside the ring the facts in tne matter are well known. It will be remembered that when the Maid was in her glory, Dobie or his riends were in the habit of providing a floral collar to be placed on the old mare’s neck after sne had won & hard race at any of the big mectings. This year, as Splan was poing through the ‘vircuit on an exhibition tour with Rarus, bhe determingd to ' _do the flower act,” but instead. of wasting the posies oo a horse, proposed to be the recipi- cut of them himself. Accordingly, when at Toledo, he visited a theatre and purehased of the proprictor a basket of artiflial flowers, which he gave to *“Pop’’ Conk!in, the owner of Rarus, with instructions as to their use. These instructions were faitbfully carried out. At Cleveland. Rochester, and Buffalo, after Rarus had trotted bis trial against time, Splan_went into the judges’ stand und was presented that “beauutul basket of fowers.” At Utiew the prozramme was changed. Mr. Conklin had beeome weary of lugeivg that baskoet around and trausportiug it fromn tewn totown for Johin’s enefit, and he made a kick, insisting that he shiould have his shure of the glory. Con- sequently the telegraph vesterday an. pounced” that “At thie close of Rarus’ trial Mr. R. B. Conklin was presented with a beau ful bosket of lowers by the ladies.” At Hart- ford Barney, who has charge of the horse, will probably et the basket, and when the stable comes West *little Jimmy Rarus” should have TTICA. Aug. 17 —Park-Association Na meeting’ 2:25 unfinisaed rac 5 Hackett, er hip~ Tne cighth was declured no heat, the judges be- leving Bateman wus not driven to win. John Murphy was put in as driver In place of Ames Goldsmith: 1% 4 4 dist. Tane—: EEN Jersey Boy takes the first money, Bateman second, Woltord Z third, aud Lady Voorhees fourth. Tiwo-twenty class, cizht starters, Powers sell- ing favorite in the pools from ibe start, and odds of thre¢ to one beiug offerea after the third heat. Lew Scott. . Adelaide.. Banuo, May Queen, John il .. 215 5 1 1 8 3 8 Stk hiso a2 Rl oo . 2:21, 221, 2:21, 220K, 2 Protest was entered aeainsi Kichard taking third money on account of running. Special purse, pacing ract Slecpy Geors Great Eastern > MENDOFA, Special Dispatch o The Tribune. MexDOTA, fll, Aug. I7.—The fifth sanual mectiug of tne Mendota Driving Park closed to- day with the unfinished race, 2:43 class, aud, althourh Kirkwood was dead lame this morning, he tinfshed up fn gallaut style, amid the wildest of applause. The summary is as follows: Matt Kirkwood, 3 Carrie K 2 Blossom 8 Sleepy_Bill. Kitues. .. POCSE [N 3, 21 , The meeting was charact most successiul we have had. Perfect order prevailed throughout. IR TR 10 The Tribune. ELGY, 1ll., Avg. 17.—The races by che Elzin Driving Park Association drew o the fuir- grounds a_crowd of 1,°)), Tae racing was £ood, the day was fair, aml the track in excol- lent vondition. -Following are the races, with ‘I;l.lnzbei! time given. No offisal record was cept : i Free-for-all race for a purse of '$120, first $60, second 330, third $20, fourth $10. C.-Towner’s chestnut gelding Goldleaf. - time, 2:353¢. * P. L. Hanscom’s bay geldine Nomad second, J. (. Sherman’s’bay gelding Rotkwell third; Thomas- Tracey’s bay gelding: Ruofer, Jr., fourth. . The three-miaute race, purse .$60, first $30, second $13, third 310, fourth 33, was won by I. C. Towner's black gelding. Black . Cloud. Be: dime, 2:45. Kelioger Nichols black stailion Towiny, second; P. E.. Dyeert's black mare Nettie Forester, third; H. B. Goodrich's chest- nut gelding Slow-Go, fourth; Alexander Cul- bertson’s bay mare Fanuie C.. fifth. ‘The 3:10 race, purse $8), first 315, second $9, third 36, was won by S. Lasher's bav mare Ala- Won by L |° bama. Best time, 3:01. - Olver Twist’s bay pelding Wild Jake, second; J. G. Shermon's ‘black welding Luther, third; Jobn Newman's black gelding Huckleberrv, fourth. SARATOGA. SARATOOA, N. Y., Aue. 17 The first race, a sweepstakes for all azes, “threc-quarters of a mile, was_won by Inspiration, Dan K. second, La Belle Helene third. Time, 1:171¢. ! Second race, mile and an -eighth, was won by Bramble, Bonnie Wood secoud, Kate Claxton third. Time, 1:38. . The third race, free handicap sweepstakes, two miles, was won by Princetou, Bushwhacker second, Joc third. Time. 3:36. ‘The fourth race, one aud one-quarter miles, was won by Kenesaw, Ezypt sccond, Maritana third. Tiwe, 2:11. TRACK TALK. # Pemberton —Rarus’ record of 2:13% was made in a fourth heat. Joseph Udell, of this has purchased for 3,000 a half interest in Croxic, record, 3:19. Mr. H. 8. Russell, owner of Smuggler, is also the proprietor of Indianapolis. He now bas a pair of champion quitters. hter of BonnieScotland, was by fzhtuing while in a field uear Paris, Ky., recently, and instantly killed. 231, aud Kitty Allen, S, have been: bred to Sir Walter, the -y fast youny stailion by Aberdeen. Humphrey Sullivan, who rubbed Gov. Spraime when that horse was in Higbie's stuble, has again assutned charge of the biack stailion! Chickamauga, the siré of the triple-zaited mare Susie Ross, 1s dead. [t would tave veen newter if be had goue uuder defore Susie was foaied. Dan Mace stil} sticks to his_ determination to never agamn :Arive a horse overthe Butfalo track, and Prospero was drawn at the late meeting constquence. It is now thought that’the 3 Dauger, by Aiurm, 15 not fopelessiy down, and the work of patching hiiz up wiil begin at once. The bay colt Tip Top, by Tipperary out of Geneurs, by Lexington. was found dead i the pasture of its owner, & J. Salyers, of Lexing. ton, Ky, the otber day. W. H. Wilson, of Abdaliah Park, Ky., has received an order from the Japanese Govern- ient to purchase for it four thoroughbred stali- fons and two thoroughbrea tilhes. Cuarley Green has bought Edwin Forrest, record 2:18}, for au uukuown gentleman, 1e price paid is reported at $16,000, but 36,000 is lkely to be neaver the true figul The name of the 3-year-old filiy by Glencle, ont of Greein Bend, has been changed. She hias heretofore run under the name of Bustle, but what the new one will be Mr. Belmont, her owner, has not decided. = he Chicago mare, Carrie K, driven by “Nosey” Brown, gat arecord of 2:31 in the Tihnois Circuit lust week, and the boys say that when Peter Beck saw Carrie 7o under the wire in the lead he tore his hair and refused to be comforted. Carrie is *‘a second-money horse ” no louger. Wilttiam IL. Vanderbilt is doubtless a very wealthy man, but if he makes a fow more horse trades his fortune will rapidly diminish. Last fall he purchased the Illinols trotter Litile Fred from Morrill Hizbie for $10,000. and last cele Hignie bought the horse back for $4,000. He will probably appear in the race at the Chicazo meeting. Notice is hercby mven to the public that the left-band driveway of the Grand boulevard to the South Park will be reserved for the exclu. sive use of cquestrians on_ Thursday afternoon, All equestrisus are requested to ride there on that aiternoon. The Chieazo Equestrian Clup will be present, and all rerular members are ex- pected to ride with the Glub, Horsemen throughout the country will be pained to learn of the death of Dr. Jobn M- Donnell, veterinary surzeon, late of this city. He was looked upon as beiug one of the o eminent men in bis profession in tis couotry. He died iu New Orleaus on last Sunday, Aug. 11. Hewas on professional busi in thap city, when he was taken away withiyellow fever. Among the entries for the Grand Prix de Paris next year are the followinz American-bred colts : Bk e Jo“i Sir John, by imp, Glenelz, out of Kegan by Lexmgton: b. f. Susquehanna, by imp. Glenele out of Niazara, by Lexington: and b. f. Saratoza, by imp. Glencie vut of Edeny, Ly Lexinzton. Mr. M. I Sanford has b. c. b Virgil, ot t Corolelia, by Lexinzton; bl imp. Glenele out of Minx, by Lexingtou br. f. by imp. Glenelg out of Sinesse, by Lex- inaton. The programme of the tfall meeting of the Kentucky Horse-Breeders! Association, to be held Oct. §, 9, 10, 11, and 12, is as follows: First day—The Kentucky s, for 2-year-olds; closed with _sixty-three nominations, and the race. Second day—Threc-year-old purse (So Soand Orient barred); 2:43 class, and the Administrator stake, for yearlings, half-mile heats, open to the get of Adwministrator. Third dav—Purse for i-year-olds, nnd 2:34 class, Fourtn day—Purse for {-vear-olds, and three- minute class. Fifth day—Purses for 4 class; aud s stake for 2-year-olde, the et of Admivistrator. All the purses are each; §350 to tirst, $100 to sceona, $50 to third. *En- tries close Sept. 18. W. H. Vanderbilt has bouzht the bay mare, The Jewess, recora 2:26, and is _driving her on the road. She is by Mambrino Patehen, and in 1877 was considered onc of the most promising animals in the country, but the trip across Lake Erie. from Clevelaud to Buffalo, resuited in a sickness from which she bas uever recovered. s a’ curious circuatustance that of all the Tiorses that made that trip, Capt. Jack, Little Fred, and The Jewess, were the only ones al- 1 Dy it, und Vanderbilt subsequently pur- 1 of them. Since selling Little Fred, Mr. Vanderbilt bas been looking about for a mate to Small Hopes, aud last Thursday _the black gelding, Midnight, was sent from Utica to Sarstoga to be tried with the bay horse. Mr. Pierre Lorillurd bas christened ] car- ling sister to James A, Parole, Perfection, and Pawnee—Pappoose. Sue Is in the July stakes (Newmarket) and the Oaks of 1580, Neriad, by Raxon, out of Hishland Lussie; Geraldine, by Saxon, out of Girl of the Perivd: and Cherokee, by Saxon, out ot Sue Morrissey, are also in this event, which fs_perhaps the best known 2-year- old race run at Newmarket. The same four are in the Chestertield stukes, lust half of the Bun- bury Mile. The distance in the July stakes is five furlongs, 136 yards, and there are filty-five subseribers to it for next vear. In addition to the above stakes, Mr. Lorillard has cotercd Pappoose, Neriad, Geraldine, and Clierokee in the Richmond stakes, to be run at Goodwood, over the 1. Y. C. i " AQUATIC. THE NIAGARA REGATTA. . Specia? Dispatch to The Tritune. NIAGARA, Aug. 17.—The proprietors of the Queen’s Royal Hotel here invited all the cele- brated oarsmen who took part in the Barrie rewatta to visit Niagara, and threw open the hotel to the whole party. In conjunction with the Hanlan Club, they resolved toggive a comsolation race to-day for all those who rowed in the Barrie regatta and mot win a prizee The unfortunate ones were Evan Morris, Harry Coulter, Edward Ross, W. McKen, and Alexander Elliott. Two hundred and fifty dollars was offered in prizes, to be distributed as follows, so. that all might winsomething: First, $1003 sccond, S60; third, 240; fourth, $30; fifth, 220. To add to the at- traction of the affair, und as a decided novelty that has probably never happened before, all those who were fortunate cnough to Win prizes n the professional races at Barrie took official positions in connection with to-day’s race, as follows: Referee, Edward Hanlan, cham- pion; Judges, Wallace Ross, of St. John, N. B., and G. M. Hosmer, of Boston; Starter. f. A. Plaisted, of Boston: Timekcever, Pat Luther, of Pictsourg, Pa. The race itself wasa tixht one, and drew a large crowd. Morris was bet- ter boated than at Barrie, having borrowed a shell from Plaisted. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. NIAGARA, Aug. 17.—At the regatia here to- dar, distance three miles. with two turns, the men ot off well topether. Ed Ross took the lead from the start, and_mafntained it to the end, Morris_ second, Elliott third, Coulter - fourth. McKen upsct shortly after starting, and a boat was sent to his rescue. SCULL-RACE AT WIBELING, WoeeLive, W. Va, Aug. 17.—In the three- mile scull race at Beach Bottom, near this city, to-day, between Filzinger and Weiseerber, the former won by a boat’s lengthand 2 half. Time, 2:02, . SPLASHES, P ‘There were 25,000 people in attendauce at the rezatta on Lake Simeoe, Ont., last Monday. - Riley hus accepted Warred Smith’s challenge to row on Bedford Basin, Halifax Harbor, Sept. 5. ¢ o i Montreal is the latest candidate for the honor of having the Courtner-Hanlan race take place at that poinc. It is"said 810,000 will be raised for that purpose. * v 7Y William Blaikie, of New York, having been suggested as referee in the match between Hanlan and Courtoey, has written o letter on the subject. He favors a special purse to be wade up by the hotels aud raflronds which would be benefited by the race, instead of the men or their backers puttine up the money. In the latter case the loser has nothing for his ;money, while in the former he has the incentive ‘I)({ :hu purse, and is nothing out in case of de- at. Frenchy Johnson, won the single-scull race at th'e Silver Lake regutta, beating _Riley, Ellis Ward, and others. Courtney rowed part of the way. but was taken suddenly sick. A regatta under the nuspiees of the Hamijiton Club of Toronto takes place Wednesday of this weck. Nearly all those who took part in the Barrio race, With the exception of Hanlan, will “take part. ¥ George M. Hosmer, who came in thirdin h Barrie “regatta, is only 19 years old, a native of Loston, and weighs 135 pounds. Ie holds the position of ** forward *midships® in the Faulk- ner-Regan erew of Boston, 5 PEDESTRIANISM. O’LEARY. Bostoy, Mass., Aug. 17.—O0'Leary finished his 400 mile walk in 122 hours, at 10:10 p. n1., hay- fug twenty minutes to spare. An immense crowd and unbounded enthusiasm, ) % FOOT NOTES. John Ennfs, of this city, bus been matched to walk Juwes L. Doswney, of New York. 100 miles for $500 a side, the trial to take place either in this ity or Befalo. Vaughan won the belt for the twenty-six hours’ championship of Engiand in a recent match in London. He walked 114 miles 1,510 yards in a fittle over twenty-four hours. O'Leary snys he will walk with Hushes, but he doesn't think Hughes and his backer mean Lusiness. Therr idex, he s a_speculative one,—to make money,—and hie propases to have the price of admission placed so low in case 4 match takes piace 15 to forestall the * fuuny business. BILLIARDS. B By CAROMS. Frank Parkeris in the city, and is fast recov- ering from Ins recent accident. Schaefer hus not even receivea his expenses to New York out of the S1.000 that Seston froze to belonging to'the former. There is to be a female billiard tournament held at Harry Hill’s Theatre, New York, some tune next month, under the management ot John Bessuugr RAILROADS. ADVANCE IN GRAIN RATES. A meeting of the Freight Agents of the roads leading East from this city was beid yesterday afternoon at the office of the Lake Shore Rail- road to consider the advisability of making an- other advance 1n the East-bound freight rates. ‘The Fort Wavne and the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- roads huve urzed another advance of fve cents {or some days past, but the Lake Shore and the Michigan Central Railroads were opposed tosuch action, claiming that the lake competition wotid not warrant_ it. telegraphing for the last few days between the managers of the various roaas in order to bring about au understandingz, which scems to have been, reached yesterday, because the Freleht- Agzents were ordéred to convene and advance the rate on erain five cents to all poiuts east of Buflalo, Plttsbure, and Wheeling, No change in the other classes of freizist was made. It created sumething of a surorise that as agvance ¢ s0 suddenly, especially us there witl bea conference of all the railroad muna- «ers at Saratoga in a few davs, when this mat- ter could have been more fully discuss, 'ne action taken yesterday seems toindica: attemvt will be made at Saratoga to raise the grain rates to 35 cents per 100 from Cl New York. INDIANAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON & WESTERN. A meeting of the Board of Directors ot the Indianapolls, Bloomington & Western Railroad Company, recently organized by the first wmort- gage bondholders of the old Company, was held in New York a few days ago to,arrange for the purchuse of the road at a loreclosure sale to take place Aug, 3L It was decided to post- pone the sale to some future day, as it was found that the wterested fn” the scheme would uot then be ready to proceed. A pla of reorganization has been drawn up, and wi be: submitted to the Board and stockholders in a few duys. Anotiler meetinz of the Board of Directors was held yesterday, the result of which has not yet been ascertained. 1t isstated that the priocipal merit of the plan of re- ization prooosed consists in the fact that any cash assessment on the v preierred mort. gages upon the new road, but at the same time enabie the reconstrueted company to buy up all the Recewver’s certificates, and pay all other preferred debts of the old Company.” The road nas beeu in the hauds of a Receiver for four years. TIIE GRAND TRUNK. The Montreal Star dors not like the idea of Vauderbllt having the whio-hand of the Grand Truuk, and expostulates thu: Trwill astonish not only Canadian peopic, but eople throughout the Western States, who view “anderoilt’s grasping monopoly with grest dis- trust, if the Grand Trunk takes no steps from re- Tieving lteelf from being entirely in his power. Amouz the most teasivle plans fof doing this. fs. undoubtedly, o make overtures to the Baltimord & Ohio 1toad for its Western counections. The interests of the Grand "Frunk and Baitimore & Ohio are so diverzent as regirds thronsh tratlic that there is 00 reason why relations should ot be immediacely estadhsbed etween thew, with the i vaniage 1o both roufes, swhich Wre on par 3 regurds ihe exiremely-agiessiv policy of the New York Central. We know w the feeling, not only of the Montreal mercantile community, but also of Canadians generslly, and we can tefl the Grand Truns manaters that they will not_carry the sympatbics of the Dominion public with them 1f_they feave trafic o ana from Chicago tu the tender mercies of the modern rail- way king of America. ln any incependent ar- rangement 1t may make it will hive the support of the whole of Canada, as well as of the capitalists interested in the Grand of England wWio ure . Trunk] WENT CHEAP. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 17.—The railroad run- ning from Brockton, N. Y., to Corry, Pa., and known as the “ Cross-Cut,”” was to-day sold, with all its equipments, to Willlam E. Letws, of for $75,000. ‘The orizival cost of this road was over 81,230,000, Pusseuger trains to connect with Mayville and points on the Chau- tanqua Lake will be run in counnection with the Lake Shore Koad. The future oflicers of the road have not yet been appoinced. ITEMS. Owing to the strict quarantine regulations aken by the suthorities of Cairo, the Illinois Centrel Railroad does not run trains south of thatjpoint at prescnt. It is reported that Mr. Robert Harris, late President of the Chicazo, Burlington & Quivey, and J. F. Tucker, Traftic-Mester of the fli- nois Central. have been asked to act as arbitr: tors between the Northern Pacific und the St Paul & Pucitic in the dispute as to the use by the former of the latter’s track between Sauk Rapids and St. Paul. ‘Two men better quatified for the task it would be hurd to find. The dispatches regarding the damage done by the burning of the Chicao & Alton freight depot at East St. Louts night before last were greatly examserated. Both the in and out Ireizht houses were burned. Each one was 600 feet long by forty-one feet Wide, and constructed of wood. Besides the two depots, nine freight cars were burned. Five of these were the property of the Chicago & Alton and four be- longed Lo other roads. The loss on treght in the fn freizht house amounts fo ‘about #5000, and on that in the out freight house about §9,000. Loss on-frelght in cars ghout $2,500.. The loss on buildings. is about §3,000. It will cost about 3,500 to re- place the burned freight-cars. Al of the prop- erty is fully covered by insurance in the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, England. "The business of the road will not_be fn the Ieast interrupted by this accident. The rebuild- ing of tne new depot las already commenced, and the buildings will be ready in about ten days. 1n the meantime the Cowpany is making usé of their old abandoned passcoger-depot. ‘The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says: Contrary to general expectation, the ‘prescot week hag not witnessed o renewal of the grest stock exchange St between Vanderbiit sud Gourd and theirrespective adherents, ‘The councils of war beld last Sunday resuited in both sides adopt- ing for the week the Fabiap policy, and conge- quently the fight since then has been merely 8 de- saltary one between the camp-followera of both Jeaders. That it bos been wimost cutirely o per- sonal one betwecn the two opposins cllqued is shown by the fact that notwithstanding the cnor- mous failin the **Granger ™ stock, there has not. been- & single failare among the reguls ¢ nor ony known lossex made by the outside pablic. The Gould party marked up the prices of sandry Western: 2tock 30 0 25 per -cent. and of conrse made some money incidentally, but their profts Were cluslly. ** on paper.” Tne Y anderbils narts, swho were -short, knocked the prices zain 2nd coyared thefr contracts without ma! 32, Thns léaving Goald about where he was two months ago. ‘The Jatter person has put himself into shape, ia still believed to have kept his toldinz ot Lake thore, and asa very bister personal feelinz cxists between the parties, a renewal of the Aght may e looked for ot any time. There hus been considerable - lar brokers. KUESSNER’S CUTENESS. It Results in the Recovery of the Pal- wer Honse Plunder, And the Avrest of One of tho Tnlacky Thieves. There is one man in Chicago who possesses at least $13,300 worth of honesty, and no one knows how wmuch more, far it has not been tested. Ana this oue lays so far over all our velebrated detectives tbat his name should be given more than a passing wotice. He fs F. Kuessner. He is a furniture manafacturer, and Hves at 351 State street, on the southeast corner of Harrisou.—a plain, neat, two-story building, the lower floor of which is occupicd a8 u mitiinery store by Mrs. Kuessner. The upoer floor is vented out in furnished rooms, and a sign to that effectis on the front door. Ina room ¢ this place detectives yesterday morn- ing, recovered ull the jewelry stolen from Henry Freund at the Palmer House, aod which was scheduled ai exactly $13,300, and at 5:30 in the afternoon they arrested one of the thieves, who has been positively identitied. This im- portant capture was brought about by MR KUESSNER, who tells bis story as lollows: Two men came to his place about 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. inquiring for rooms to rent. His wife wuited upon them, and they readily struek 2 bargain for a room back of the parlor, up-stairs,and front- ing on Harrison street. They paid $3 for one week’s rent, aud paid 325 cents for a aight-key, which money was tw be re- tunded when they returned the key. The money was forthicoming without 2 sinele uoment’s hesitation, which Mrs. Kuesgner con- sidered curious, a3 most people_bnuter and g~ tempt to beat down the price. She atonce seuc word to her husband that she had rented the rodth to two zentiemen, and that she want- ed to consuit him at once. Mr. Kuessner ar- nved just fn time fo see the two vew lodzers carrying up a trunk and several vaiises into their room. IHe at once surmised thut they were jewelry nients. Sub- sequetly he noticed the shorter and swarthier man of the two carrying up still another valise, aud, coming upon him. suddenly, the man changed “color and appeared to grow very nervous. Upon golur buck iuto the' store he made the remark to his wile that he vid not fike the lo oi the man. Both kept closcly to their roow, and kept the doors and blinds tightiy Shui. Mr. Kuessner then conciuded that they were not straizht, but * crovked ™ men. In the morning he went with his wite, who was to make the bed and sweep the floor, and, while in the room. he grazfticd Lfs coriosity so far as to weignt the trunks und sachels. He tound all of them unusually heavy, just as be exvected. At breaktast he read Tug TRIBUNE hunt of the robbery, and, afthough the time did not cofn- «clde exactly, be felt assured that the two men who committed the robbery were bis lodwers. So strong was Lis betief that e went at once to the Palmer House for the purpose of conferring with Afr, Freund., He did nos find him there, Lut went, according to the clers's direction, to Pinkertow’s_derective agency on Fitth avenue, where Mr. Freund was lound in consultation wits Mr. Allau Pmgerton. To them ke related lis story, aud it was so plausible that ft was “believea wnhout a sinzle doubt. Indecd, Pinkerton was already certain that neither the plunder uor tue thieves had left Lown, and he vwas tolerably certain that tue supposed robber: soutn on State street. *-Shadows ™ and **spot- ters” from the Pinkertou oflice were scattered all along State street, trom Mouroe street south to Twenty y feuce had been visited, and_over. " may in_town was i some way under surveillancs. ‘The fn- forination furnishea by Mr. Kucssner tallied exactly with what Mr. Pinkerton expected. PLANS WERE AT ONCE LAID FOR THE GAPTCRE. iy Pinkerton eud a couple of good men were sent oui upon the job. The furmer went at once to Supt. Seavey, and requested that Licut. sangie be allowed to accompaoy him. Toe requ uranied, and tie varty repaired to Mr. Kuessner's house. The trunk was forced open first, and two sachels avd s bag, suchas 15 nséd by express messengers, were found - side. Thesy, upon bersge forced open, were found to contain the stolen jew- elry, donc up fu ticir natural packages of white flamel wrapoers bonnd around with hiue silk. So overjuyed was Prugerion on the discovery of the first handiul ok jewelry, Fuich proved to bea bunch o cnaius, that ie bit MeGangle over the buck with them, and un- intentionally bruised bun quite severely. Further séarch revealed turee otner sacnels, some conteinng jeweirs, and others clothine. Every particleof the plunder save only one wateh, which Was afterward recovered upon the person arrested, was found concealed in is room. th‘l'm: uews was borne to Mr. Freund, who fair- Iy danced with joy. The detectives warned him ot to tell his good fortune, put the news wus too wood to Keep, and he flashed a telegrun over tne wires to his fiim in New York, and_they spread it about among their triends. This conune joto the bossession of the Assoctated Press as well as privaie mdividuals, the news was tlashed back as public property to this city. So that news wuich _trauspired ju this city was koown in New York before it leaked out here, and indeed was only made known in this ety by the New Yorik telegrums. This was bad for tae detectives, not one of the thieves baving sipwn up alf day. Iowever, they did not allow their hopes to duninist. A mau was lueated in 2 room at the head of the stairs commanding the hullway and stairway, avd Piuker- ton and McGarigle remained fn the robber's room, amusivz themselves by keeping a fovkout through the windows. At about 5:30 3 man came lcisurcly up the stairs and entered the rovm. ‘The oflicers were be- hind the door, and as soon us he noticed them e darted_back into the halt aud ran ioto tue parlor. Deputy-Superintendent Dixon, who, suspecting that all was wot well, had gone to the room, was present at Tnis juncture. Billy Piukerton jumped after the maa, sud, revolver in haud, ORDEKED HIM TO HALT and throw up botn uands, which order the fel- low obeyed just as he reached the middle of tne narlor, and fn 3 moment there werc four re- volvers upon him. He was searched and the following articles found upon him: A nearly new Smith & Wesson revolver, $104.93 iu currency, a gold watch-chaiv and fockes worn in the vest, a lot of keys, and triukets of all sorts. Iu another pocket wus found oue of the tolen watches. ““Thie captured robber had but little to sag, and his feclings perceptibly depressed ss the officers proceeded” 1o mssort the. plunder, and cxamme it more carcfully. He said but lttle, but frecly ac- Kknowledeed that lie was one of the men, and that bie could easily be identified. At about § o'clock he was taken to Central Statiouand Jucked up, and once bebind the bars his mind became 50 depressed that nothing could be gained from him. He retused to tell where hie came from or who he was, giving only the atins of Charles Woodward. ' From™ incidental conversation it was learned, however, that he is & New York man, bas a wilcand family residi there, and when be mentioned them “the tears started to bis eyes, und he made the rewark that he wishied he bud a dose of-poisun. He ap- eared to be well acquainted with uoted New Vork crouks and others. He condescended to tell the police that he HAD TWO PARTNERS, and they would ot bo captured, for, wher he went to the room, they wereonlya short distance away, and it was tboroughly understood be- twen them that if he did not return i fifteen minutes they were to make up their minds that the *plant” had been taken, und that he was a prisoner. The detectives, after capturing him, had scarched several State street suloous and the Lake Park with this bupe, but they faiied to find any one. The prisoner is apparently some 40-odd years of age, of medium height, stout bulld,” and 170 pounds will robabl welgh ~ about He e aak ‘wray eses, a fot black mustache, hair ol a lirhter Thue but of an upgovernable growth, and the face has sbout it a sinister yet lanzuid look that is 80 peculiar that beluz ‘once seen it could not casily be forzotten. He is, in short, a man that an honpest person would instinctively avoid. The plunder was taken in charge by the Piok- erton Ageucy, who were bronght into the case from the fact that they arc the regular azents of the Protective Jewelers’ Agency of New York, who telezraphed the Chicago housc as soon' s the robbery was beard of. All day young Freund was tho happiest man fin thecity. The other contents of the room were three valiscs containing - men's clothing of various descriptions, three slouch hats, and a pair of shoes with rubber soles and “heels used exclusively for sueak work. -Each valise contained a woman’s-waterproof rubber clouk, the use’ of which was not plainly ap- parent. - 3w . There is no doubt that the, thieves saw the. notés in the newspapers to thie effect that tha property had becn recovered, abd that to - ward's lot fell the duty of investigating the matter, and of ascertaining if the dispatches were really true. They found f{t bard to believe the pews, apd- acted more rashly than " they would have done had the plunder been stored in a plave which they considered more dangerons. The start Z1ven to them by the failure of Woodwand to Keep his promise of return renders their capture 0o easy matter. Thelr identity is itly in doubt, also, but the prevailing oinion s that the leader of the gune is a former Chi 1 Jaclk Notton. Ricago eracksman nained A LOCAL POLITICS. THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL. The Congressfonal Committee of the Third District met at the otfice of Rosenthal & Pence, 180 Clark street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of selecting judzes of clection for the primaries to be held Sept. 7. There were present A. M. Pence, Ch: Secretary ; Eutrene . Sitiig, Wittiam Vo Eastman, A. H. Robinson, and ). < The lists'of judges tor the differcnt wards was tben taken up. When Mr. Vocke, the Committeeman for the ward, prescnted the aames of ausust Meakins, Auton Imuoff. and Joimn Reiuwald as judwes for the Sixteentnh Ward, the expected trouuie bezan. Itis well known that both Messrs. Brentano and Leake ure asoirants for Con- gressional honors - the Third Distriet, it therr {riends are naturally makiug stronz ¢fouw. in their behalf in the matter of judies. Ma Vocke is Mr. Leake's partoer, and it was clajm, by the friends of Brentano that. T 4 mem- ber of the Congresstonat Commiztee, he would exereise undue induence on the side of Consequently, when Mr. Vouk d s 1 of namcs as mven above, Valenunce Rub, City Sealer Karlg, and Adolph Loeb. the latter bewng avent for tue rental of Mr. Brentano's houses, can) into the room and enterala protest. They claimed that ut a mecting of the Republicans of the Sixteenth Ward they had been appotnted o committee to attend the meetinyg vesterday and resent thewr side of tne case to the Committee. u view of these facts they preseoted for judzes the vawes of William Bacstay, Cnarles Spoerl, Albert Boese, I O. Collins, F. G. Miller, and Williasm Heltic lu submicting this Jist Mr. Loeb made s few i3, 11 wileh he rellected somewnat oa the inteerity of the officers of the Sixtecoth Ward Republiean Club. _Mr. Louis Schalfner replied to these remarks ina very spiritcd manuer, and denounced the aceusations of Mr. Loeb as false and intamons, Mr. Brentano's friends, he said, hag concocted 4 couple of secret neelings, Lo favor the cause of their candidate. ‘These gathenngs were in no sense meetings of the Sixteenth Ward Republic- ang, but, as be had stated, a conclave of friends of and workers for Breutano. Mr. Korls denied tnat the Brentano ineetings Were secret. Vocie denied in the most earnest man- that there oad been any crooked work on nart of the Club. Mr. Locb then proceeded to talk, Mr. affner spoke again, but volanteered notking new. . When all had sald their say, Mr. Pence suz- that one of the gentlemen iwcntioned by the visiting committer, or some other good man of the ward be upvointed in place of the three sug- gested by Mr. Vocke. ir was in favor of this plan. chailner proposed to settle the difficalty by substituting the name of dJobn Gerlach in vlace of linkofl or Reinwald. Mr. Pence wauted to know what was the vb- E jeation to Mr. Sperry. Schaffner said Sperry | hud attended the Breniano meetngs. Ar. S:iitir wanted to_Kuow who attended the Leake meetings. Mr. Vocke suid there were no Leake mectings, and Siteie remarked that such talk was too thin. Mr. Pence sugaested the name of Mr. Rush, but the matter was dropped. O motiou of Col. Payue, the name of John Gerlach was substituted for that of Reinwald, and the lisc as thus amended was selected. ‘The judges, us finally asreed noop, were as follows, the list of some of the cuunty towns not being presented, owing o the avsence of Mr. Futkins: i Bifteentk IWard—Charles Andrews, €. J. Hact- man, Henrs Spears. Poll Yolz Hail, corner Larrabee street and Nozth avenue. Sucteeuth Ward—Angust Measins, Anton Imhof, John Gerlach, Polling-piace, coraer Schitler tnd Welis nerects. Seventeenth Ward—Rovert Knight. Olof Vider, « James W. Rich. Pollinz-place. northwest corner Sedawick street and Cnicazo svenue. Eiaiteenth i=vhilip Petrie, W. Bittinzer. Henry Bauscuer, Jr. Turner-lall LEranston—3L. . ‘Ewell, &. V. Kline, M. G. apt. Cicero—Samucl Dunlap,, George A. fngalle, M. Tiemingwa, ProcisoiL H. Snarrenbers, R. V. Barney, L. Barrington—D. K. Richardson, C. B.liawiey, W. Stont. Sr., Georre Polling-piace, V. Ferrss. Tae meeting then adjourned until Monday uf- ternoon at 3 o’clock. MISCELLANEOUS. The Greeubacers of the Fourth Legislative +| District were to bave held a conventlon at No. 293 Hubbard street last evening, for the pur- pose of nominating Representatives, but, owing to some rmisanderstanding. the delezates from the Twelfth Ward did not put i an appearance, and those preséat concluded to try it again Frulay evening at the same place. The Republican Club of the Tenth Ward met last evening at No, 63 West Lake street to per- fect their orzanization and adopt a constitu- tion. Justice Matson was in the chair. The adoption o the constitution and by-laws was postponed, there beinr but a smafl number present, and the meetine after that partook ot & merely busthess character for the arrange- ment of cortuin necessary details, It was zreed to adjourn till Thursday evening next k. A sugiestion was made by a memver of the Club that a newspaper man should be hired, for one drink of lager-beer, to in- vent adjectives enough to call attentlon of the public to the fact that such meeting was to be held. ‘The member was referred to Haverly, with instructions to ger acquainted with the great bill-writer of ‘the Northivest. ‘The meet- ing then adjourned. For the last two years there have existed two Republican Clubs in the Fifteenth Ward, which hus been a source ol greaw aonoyance to the Kepublicans of the ward who were opposed to petty jealousies and private wrangles. In order to harmonize the contlicting interests, and to help elect the Republiewn candidates this fall, the two Clubs came wgether last ning at Folz’s Hall to unite and reorzanize into ons club. Mr. Elias Shipman was elected Chalrman pro teur., aud Mr. Henry Spiers Secretary pro tem. I'he Presidents ol the two old Ciubs re- signed tncir positions awd their reclznations were accepted. On motion of Mr. Klokke, it was. resolved to open a roll, and those wisinuyg to be- come metbers of the Club to come torward aud sign their names. After those present bad sigued their names to the rolt au election for ofticers of the new Club was zone into, with the iotlow- ing result: President, Henry Inglchardts Sceretary, Charlea Andrews, Jr.;"Asststant Sec- retary, Henry Splers; Treasurer, J. D. Tyer. ‘The President, on taking the chair, made u tew pertinent remarks, referring to the necessity of united and harmonipts wors it the Republicaus meant to be successful this full. Gen. J. B. Leake was called upon for n_speech, and spaie at_some length upon the {ssues of the day. A committee of two wad appunted to drall a constitution and by-laws and report to the next meeting. Adjournment was then had. xoT 80 To the Edilor nf The Tribune. Ca1cAGo, Aug. 17.—In your issue of to-day I notice the following ftem: *“The Coopers’ and Cigarmakers' Associntions met l‘l‘lfi night uod -Mayor Bond as the Workingmen’s i’-l‘,'&?&i‘f:for Congress from the Second Dis- trict.” Please allow me 10 correct this state- ment. The Cigarmakers’ Association fsnot a political orzanization, and did not meet ‘*iast nizht” to Inderse *ex-Masor Bond ™ or any other politician. Res, ully, o » g:mn GOLDWATER, President of the Cigarmakers® Assoclation. ———— - CLEAR LAKE. CLeAk LARE, Ta,, Aug. 17.—~To-day has been acloudy and misty day, strongly contrasting with the bright days preceding. Nevertheless the crowd kept pouring in notwitnstanding the few against the gate fee. The enroll- Moot of eaibers on this. Satardsy evelus ex- ceeds the entire enroliment of the preceeding agsembly. . < This wos temperance-day, and the speakers of the cay were the Rev. J. d. Lozier, Miss Paimer, Mrs. Aldrich, Mrs. - Foster, EllaJ.. Meade, of Towa, Capt. W. R. McKilvey, ot Maine; and the . Rev. J. H. Newman, ot New York. Tue great- est enthusiasm prevailed toroughout. Newman was cloqueat and able. . - An important business meeting was held, at 'which 2 temperance bureau was organ with the Rev. S. A. Platt as Chairman and the Tlon. 8. W. Cole 15 Secretary. .The object Is to shut down on the drove of temperaoce tramps who are foisting themselves upon a suflering Laige, the scientist, left to-day to mect other suzsgucients. a’.lu:u;:" hlire;lndedwmc band, and cheered on taking the train. "To-morrow will be ghc firs; great Sabbath of the essembling, and Dr. Newman and Dr. Scovell are the speakers. Ample arrangements are made for all who may come.