Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1879, Page 7

. THE CHICAGO TERIBUKE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 12, 1379—SIXTEEN PAGES, 7 HORSE VS. MAN. - LIESING, JR., VICTORIOUS. At10:17 o'clock Jast night, in the presence of - Jarge crowd of spectators, the stailion Hesing, Jjr., Whose wonderful performance Friday in his fty-two bour race with George Guvon was no- {ticed in these colutans yesterday, went over the geore for the last time, havinz completed 201 miles and fairly di tancedjhis buman competitor, sholeft the track at 10:05 o’clock, having gone 147 iles. Tbe victory of the little horse was greeted with rioging cheers by those present, most of wbom had watched his progress through the wesrisome journey, and were glad that his owner, CorneliusSullivan, had woo amatch, inthe makiog of which be was thought by nearly every sporting man fn the city to have the woret of it It was the first time in a long journey tnat a horse had defeated a man, and Ihe victory was all the more creditable. from the fact that it was accomplished under pecu- Jiarly dicadvantageons circumstances, the short- ness of The track and sharpness of the turns Yeing greatly against the horse. . When Hesing, Jr., Jeft the track Friday evea- jng st the ¢nd of 150 miles, be was evidently in first-class condition, but many predicted that in the morning the soreness which is almost always the result of such tremendous muscular egertion would prevent his appearing on the {rack. In fact, this was the only hope of Guyon aud his {riends, for they knew that if the porse once ot upon the track itwas all day with the pedestrian. Even the boys who had ctarge of Hesing, Jr., particinated in this feeling t3some extent, and in consequence they were greatly surprised on goinz into his stall yester- Qav morning, to find bim exceedingly playful. e walked around on bis bind lems, and other- wise conducted himself in a manner not usual 1o horses after finishing 2 150-mile journey. It ‘s finally necessary to call Sullivan before the rampant £nimal could besecured and blanketed. This done, he was takentothe scene of hislabors on the previous night, and after a short walk in Dlapkets and hood, barnessed to the sulkes and started around the track on the jog trot that bad lready carricd him 60 mauy Jfec. Tvwas 10:17 o'clock when the start was Iiade, acd hie went -Steadily along until 2:35 o'clock in the afternoon, when 177 miles were gcored to bis credit. A rest was then tahen un- 1l 8:50 o'clock last evening, at which time he seain started and continued in motion unuil 201 miles had beeu finished, a8 above stated. Guyon walked a little at intervals during the early hours of yesterday, but when the horse started in had Fone but 120 miles, He saw thav victory was impossible, but in spite of this dis- couraiing fact kept pluckily to his task, taking frequentresis,however. He remained onthetrack uutil 1045 o’clock last nizht, aud then retired with 149 miles to his credit. The stailion kept onefew moments loazer, and then, having beatea the man 32 miles, and won a side bet of * bis owner’s that he would make 200 miles in 52 hours, retired. At the closc of the race, and as soon as Ref- erce Lyon had announced Hesing, Jr., as -the wiguer, Mr. Wasnington Hesivg came forward, god, on behalf of Sullivan, offered to match Tesiog, Jr., azainst any horse or man in the world for 17om $230 10 $1,000 a side, in a race ot 52, 60, 70, 80, or 98 hours. During the evening Sullivan made a bet of $35 that the horse conld do 2 mile in four mio- utes, but \{I{e attempt was a failure, the time Leing 4:03%. - - The fotlowing is the score of the horse: Time op track., Distance travele Average rate per mi The sulky to which Hesing, Jr., was driven was of the_patent bent axle style, recently in- vonted Uy Mr. Thomas B.%rown, of the Nuvelty Works, this city, and was hichly commended by Sullivan forits many excellent qualities. Mr. Brown’s sulkies Liave now the fastest record 1 distances. THEE TURF. NEXT SEASON'S FIVE-YEAR OLDS. Last Sunday tkere was published in these columps the prozramme of the Jocker and ‘rotting Club for a day's sport next Fourth of July. It will be remembered thav it provided for three eventsyall trotting, a three-year-old race, o five-year-old race, and one for2:20 borzes. - Asthe colt races are the Szt of th ‘Kind rever held in this city, ana will doubtless prove to be the most noteworthy ot their kind with which the West Las been favored, some points regard- ing the borses likely to participate in one of them will be of intercst. In regard to the three-vear-old race, of course, nothffig definite can be said, other than that Coi. Conley, who has just returned from a visit o Kentucky, was assured by all the prominent ‘breedérs of that Statetbat they would engage their young stock liberslly in boih events, as they recoguized the importance of Chicago asa market for well-bred stock, and were determined 10 leave mothing undone on their part which would tend to a day of successful sport. Heretofore colt races have in almost every instance been beld under the auspices of breeders, and to them alone was the interest confined. In Kentucky the Breeders’ Association holdsan onnual fall meeting, at which something phenomenal in the way of yonng trotters is always to be seen, but their performances are’ witnessed -only by breeders snd a few prospective buyers, generally from the New York market, looking for a choice bit of horseflesh in the interest of Bouner, Vander- bilt, Work, ‘or some other man of wealth whose admiration for trotting horses leads them to in- vest tens of thousands of dollurs in animals for private driving. The races to be held in this ity will give breeders in all parts of the country achance to display the ‘merits of their stock before an andieace of thousands, instead of ‘hundreds, and thst the opportunity will be taken advantage of in such a mauner as to insure large fields of horses in both events there is &carcely a doubt. ¥ The 3-year-old race is comething concerning which very little can be eaid, as the majority of 1he entries can bave done little or motningin their 2-year-old form upon which an intellirent estimate of their capabilities could be based. The practice of trotting horses at éuch a tender sge is one which has not grown into favor even .among the breeders, it being pencrally consid- ered best to let the young things run until well into their third year, when their joiuts and muscles are better able to stand the strain which preparation for & race imooses. In the S-vear-old race, owever, some definite informa- tion as to the probable competitors mav be ob- 12ined by a search of the records for 1878, and gleaning from them the most notzble perform- ances by 4-year-olds. % Of course in point of merit the first on the list woula be Maud S.\by Harold, whose public trial of 2:1734 at Lexington, Oct. 26, placed her =t the head of the 4-vear-olds of 1578. She has been barred, however, in the 5-vear-old race in this city. as, were such action not taken, many owners of young flyers would be kept away through fear that her. owner might send the chiestnut filly here to begin her public career. Of the other horses that will be elieible, the following nave gained prominence in public contests? # One owned {n this city s Star Duroe, by Yes- gencer Duroc, oat of_a mare by American Star. He was bred'in the East, but bronght here last sesson by his owner, Mr.Samuel “J. Morzan, along “with _Piedmont, Hapoy Dream, Sparkle, and other good vnes. Sent. 11; 1877, “85 a 3vear-old, over Fleetwood: Park, he de- feated Ellwood Medium and Fraok Medium in 2:4914°9:43 " His- only start last year wasin e 3:30 race at the October meeting in‘this city, where he was third in the first heat, won brd. J. Cook in 2:2934; won the second beat In 2334 was third in the third and fourth beats, :abd second’in the fifth and sixth, the race be- * fng won by Jeunie C, 8 4-year-old- filly by Blue Ball,- who proved hersclf good emough for almost any class. As she will, in all probabil- ity, meet Star Duroe in the 5-year-old race here- Next summer, it may be said that, like all-Blue Bails, she is speedy, and, in her race here, acted Jike an all-day trotter. since then she has been Durchased by Gil. Adams, of Kenosha, Wis, “and will be trotted by him next year. “ Another great 4-vear-old ast scason was Red - Wilkes, by George Wilkes, out o Daphne, by Mambring Chief. - June 19, at: Lexinaton; over a3 beavy track, e beat_ Trinket, Annie ., and i 2, 1n private trials, how- ever, he showed close to 2:30. . Asother son of Georre Wilkes that reached his fourth year in 1578 was Keutacky Wilies, a borse that fizured somerwhat prominently asa 3-year-old in 1817, Last scason but little was done with him. At - Milwaukee, Aug. 30, he was beaten in a race for horses of 1 slow class, his best_performance be- ing to reach second place in_the fifth heat, the ume of which was 2:30. He was matched to 2rot agminst, Tekonsha, a Michizan &-year-old, 1 for $2,000, in this city, Oct. 29, but, owing to bad weatber, the.race did not come off. " Tekonsha was one of the most prominent 4-vear-olds on the turf last seasom, but in this age of speedy younssters his debut can scarcely be looked upon _as a very successful one. He was bred by D. B. Hibbard, of Jaci- son, Mich., and is by Don Robinson, he by Mar- shall Chief; the dam of Tekonsna was a mare of unknown breeding. He is tolerably fast, but ‘unsteady, and not of the kind likely to_make a successtal aged trorter. At Jockson, June 13, hie started in a 2:43 race, but captured no part of the purse, Bonesctter taking first money. At Grand Rapids, against about the same tield of horses, ne was third. At St. Louis, Sept. 26, he was sccond to Blanche Pratt, the time of the fastest heat being 2:323. Marobring Hipny, by Garrard Chief, dam by ‘Waxy, is a Kentucky 5-yesr-old that at Lexing- ton, Junc 20, 1873, won a 4-year-old_purse over Humboldt and Mickey Dowd in 2:39}g, 2:3 2:36; and on the following duy he won a 2:30 Tace in 2:331¢, 2:3257, and 2:331¢. Mickey Dowd, by Cazique, dam by Alex Ab- dallab, wou a race at Lexinzton Sept. 1 i 2:373¢, 2:26, 2:35%. At Cynthiang Aug. 22 he Fou ule first and third hears of 4 2:40 race in , 2:313{; the others being taken by Red rosk in i35l 2:33b, 2:304. Donald, by Dictator, out, of the dam of Rosalmd, was third in this race. de was recently purenased by Budd Doble, and will be brought to this city soon ana prepared for mext season’s cuupaign, taking part in the 5-year-old race bere. < A 4-year-ola last year of. whom great things were expected Was Creed, a chestout filly. Her first sppearauce was at Nastville Sept. 12, where, i 3 4-year-old race, she was beaten . by the great 3-sear-old So So, of whose worderiul performances the readers of this paper have been kept fully intormed. Creed .started geain at St. Louis Sept. 27, finishing «third ro Blanche Pratt and Tekousha. - May Queen, a brown mare by Georre Wilkes, wor_a -L-fwmuunl race at Spring Valley, N. : 2, in slow time. - Rarus, Jr., was started in the 4-year-old race at the New Jersey State Fair, at Waverly Parlk, Sept. 18, and wouns trotting the second heat in 4:48, and the third in 2:46. At the Onio State Fair, Lady Clark won the race for 4-year-olds iu_ 2. :49. Among her competitors was Lady Richmond, by A.W. Rich- mond, out of Lady Columbia, by “imu. Bounie Scotland. The following facts conzernine this mare and her full sister, now_owned in Cahifor- nis by J. C. Simpson, of the Ca'ifornia Spird of the Times, are mven by that gentleman as fol- lows in the current nuinber of that paper: We had a Bonnie Stotland mare out of Yonng Fashion, which we bred to A. W. Richmond. The Toal, when a yearling, we brought here, leaving the mare, again in foa! to Richmund, with Mr. Rcoer, of Lancaster, O. The flly we brought here we ‘have only trained very little, but she shosed inside 40 ga1t on the track, and we sre contident she could beat a gait on the road. We have bred her to Electioneer, and will match tae produce aganst zny foul which will be dropped next spi 1o trot when yeurlings, 2-year-olde, and 3-y olds, esch race for S500 a eide; the yearling race 10 be heats of a mile; the others three in five 1 harness, Pascora Hayward, by Billy Havward, won the 4-vearold race at Ogklatd, Cal, Sept. 10, in 2734, 2:35, 2:35, beating Belle Davis, Gypsey, Huntington, acd Bessie. Phillis, a gelding, whose breeding isnot given, won a 4-year-old purse at Potsdam, N. Y., Sept. 25, the third heat beinr in aud on the following day, at Malone, Pa., he scored another xh:.;::ry. aequiring a record in the third heat of & Mollie, a bay mare by Sweepstakes, although a dyear-old, won a race for 5-year-olds at Poushlceepsie last September, in 2:35, 2:37, and McCurdy’s Hambletonian, by Harold, owned in Teunessee, was another fast 4-year-old last scason, and was given a trial in 2:20¢ over 2 slow track. 1le 1s out of the dam of Beimont Oku, by Hambrino, out of Abdallah Beilc, oy Alex Abdalial, was quite 8 200d 4-year-old Jast season. He won the three-minute’ race at Dubuque, Sept. 10, fn 2:30, 2:33,2:8735; and sub- sequently walked over for the 4-year-old stake at the National Breeders’ meeting at_Lochester for the produce of stalliors that had not trot- ted better than 2:40. At tne Chicago meetiog he started in the 2:31 class, but ot no place. Elaine, by Messenger Duroc, out of the dam of Pros; ero ana Dame Trot, whose 3-yvear-old record of2:23 is the best, was a good tnare in her 4-vear-old form last_vear, and at Hariford, Oct. 25, trotted in 2:24% Tor a cup, thus giving her the best 4-year-old record. She is now in California, being the property .ol ex-Gov. Stan- ford of-that State, Red Jim, who in 1877 was probably the best three-year-old in the country, was not in many races last season, but atLexington, Oct. §, second to Orange Girl in 2:233¢, 2:23%, e is nom.owned Ly—a Ar. W York, and it is understood wiil be trotted next yeur, in_which case he may visit Chicago aud irot in the five-year-old race. Noontide, by Harold, out of Midnight, by Pilot, Jr., was, nextto Maud S., probably the best foar-vear-old of the season, sad it will be noticed that ele is ored like Maud S, both being by Harold out of mares by Pilot, Jr. At Hart- ford, Oct. 17, she won the 2:38 purse in 2:281¢, ] 2:801{. At Narragansets Park, Oct. 25, 331¢, the fourth in was won the first heat iu 2 :20, and the fifth in 2 Auother one that may visit Chicago next year to_compete for_ tive-year-old Lonors is the bay gelding Buflalo Bill, by Fiske's tambletonian, the sire of Edward. Ie showed a milein son, and is owned by Mr. Fiske, of 1om Coldwater, Micn. Of course, tacre are some of these horses that, from varions causes, will not be able to put in an appearauce 8t this city next vear. But, un- 1ess ail sigus fail, the creain of them will be here to contest for the 3-year-old race, tozether with numerous youngsters to whose owners the 3- year-old event will prove an attraction. KENTUCKT TROITING STAKES. TrE TRIBUNE publishes below, in advance of all otber” papers, the catries to the Lexinaton stakes of the Kentucky Trotiing-Horse Breed- ers? Association. There are two other stakes, which closed atthe same time, viz.: the Ken- Tucky stakes and the Blue Grassstakes, all three Deing for fonls of 1377. The Lexington stakes will be trotted next fall, when the animals entered are 2 years old; the Kentucky stakes in tne fall of X when they are 3; and the Biue Grass stakes in 1851, when they are 4. ‘Tue object is .to give owners of well-bred trotting sto: a chanee to euwage their colts in a series of eveuts which will be valuable if won, and give thc animals and their sires a reputatiov. In couseguence of this arrapgement many of the entrics in the Lexington Stakes are also in the others, and in Fiew of this fact ouly the names of those in the Kentucky and Blue Grass Stakes that are notin ihe Lexington are given. The hist is as fol- lows: Lesinaton Stakes, for 2-year-old colts and fil- Jies (foals of 1577). - 10 be trotted at fail meeting of the Jentacky U'rotunz-Horee Dreeders’ A Ciation, at Lesington, Ky.. of 18793 mile he: o in three 1o harness; S50 entrance, $25 forfe and 310 ceclarution, if made on ar before tie 15t 1879, the Association Lo zdd 3500, he eecond and S50 Lo Dhetnird. Ten or more subecribers to Ml Fifty- onc entries. ryan Hurst, Lexinston, Ky., b. c. Iliad, by Tomner, ¢a id to be by 1mp. J. 1, Bryan, Lesington, . b._c by hill's Patcoen, dam_ the dam of Erie, by John illazd. Dillal Keene, Shelbyville, Ky, b. c. Keene ‘dam Laura Fair Georae, by Mamurino Hsteher, keene Jim’s dam), by Rattler. William Kenney, Lexington, Ey., b. g Beeates, by Liack Cloud, dam Joette. L : Br’;ssfleld‘a, Georgetown, k¥., bik. ¢ Di- i ‘dam Dolly {Tborndale'sdam), ‘Shawhan, Ky.. b. g. Doubler, G. 11, ector, by Dictator, s Mambrino Chicf. J. Wrizht Smith, by Strathaore, dutn by Frazer's Whip. ner, Paris, Ky, b. £, Solo (sister thmore, damn by Alvion. b, 1. Sccret, by Strath- & Stoner & B to Steinway), by Strathm R. G. Stoner, Paris, Ky., . dam by ‘Tom Hal. more. 4o Yondford, Paris, Er., r. I, Sequel, by . Catesvy Wi ., dam by 2d Davy Crockett, Strathmore, dsm by i oL 55 Moisas M. Boten, Franklort, Ry.. ef. m by Melbourne, Jr. et e cheiford, Ricawond, Ky... b. c. Maditon Wiikes, by George Wilkes, dam Ainna, by Red Jacket. : Robert Prewun Athens, K., ch. f. by Ashland i b erica; la; e Y chagton, L., (brother to Til- Tlerr, Lesmgtou, Ky.. b, €. li;"]‘h:?’n)‘ by Mambrino Patchen, dum Lady Ayres. o same, br. ¢. (brother to Girl E. Queen), by Jambrino Patchen, daw Dixie, by imp. Arabian Mokhladi. . e seme, BIE. ., by Mambrino Fatchen, dam e Maazie Marshal, by Telegraph, son of Hill's Black Hawk. % The same. Blk.-c. by Mambrino King, dam by 8 con of Ited Eye, by Loston. - . A. IL_Davenporf, Lexington, E¥., b, f. Mattic T, by ilero of Thorndale, dam Edith'Carr by Clark Caref. The same, b. (. by Allie West, dawn by Beil- Faith, by fonnder: W. H. Gentry, Lexington, Ky., b. f. Colonna, dam Border Belle by Doneral, son of Lexington. T. L. Aobott & Bro.. Paris, Ky., b. ¢. by Chief- +tain. dam oy Country Gentleman. Jacob Epperson, Paris, Ky., b, ¢. by Jim Mon- roe, dam by Clark Caief. 3. E. Anderson, Lexington, Ky., b. f. by Allie West, dam 1aa by Gill's Vermont. R. . Strader, Lexington, Ky., b. f. Hermione, by Strader's Hamoletonian, dam 'Leah by Wilson's Bloe Bull.. ~* N “The same, b. c. Archy Cuvler, by Cuyler, dam Lady Marguret, by Gum Elastc. The same, ch. . Percy Cuyler, by Coyler, dam Totsy by Mambrino Transport. . J. 0. McMillan, Pans, Ky., b. 1. by Barkley's Clark Chief, Jr., dam by Old Joe. 11 M. Dowman, Harrodsoury, Ky.. b. f. Row- ena, by George Wilkes, dam Capitols by Jeff Moore. Tne same, r. f. Kathleen, by Red Wilkes, dam Eate by Polar Stir. B. G. Thomas, Lexington, K., b, <. John B. Richardeon, by George Wilkes, dam Tallahoma by Almont. ! George F. Stevens, Iiion, N. Y., b. c. Super- wisor, by Administraior, dam Valley Rose by Idol, 'he same, b, c. Chief Justice, by Administrator, dam Princess Ann by Alexander’s Abdallah. The same, b. f. Avalanche, by Admimstrator, dsm Torgado Belle by Young Tornudo. E. 8. Ford, Puris, Ky., b, c. Michael, by Joe Dovning, dum by Long Swet. B. A. Batterton. Paris, Ky., b, f, by Strathmore, dam by Second Tom Hal, James Ailler, Paris, Ky.. h. c. Favorite Wilkes, by Georze Wilkes, dam Miiler's Favorite by Al- exanlez'a Abdallab. The same, b. c. Forcst Wood, by Westwood, dam Minuie by Edwin Forrest. ¢ i Red Stockines, er, Parie, Ky., b. Jf . Miller by Joe Down- dam Mary ‘The same, r. r. Roanoke, by Weatwood, dam Carlotta by Alexander's Abdallan. S. B. Kenuedy, Pans, Ky., ch. c. Redwood, by dam Mies Lightfoot by Curtis Humble- £ Dam- m 1da J. W.Smith, Snawnan, Ky., h. g. Milfora, b Strithmore, Gam by Milford Mamb 5. Y Thomas Britton, Louisville, Ky., b, f. Kitty Cuyler, by Cayler, dam Kate Putchen by Mambrino Palchen, c same, ch. 2. Bobby Cagler, by Cusler, d: nfl:f‘y 'll‘:nt':\"nul{ by‘()ld )(')l)lmin 3 A = cn Bashford, Paris, Ky., bl f. by Alme dam by Gen. Lee, y i Cibe sawe, b.£. by Almont, daw: by Ametiez Sicele Bros., Lexington, Ky., br. c. Picnic, b Consal, dam by Blackwood. g N. L. Sazex }:y Westwood, ing. twood, toman, W. II. Rohinson. Harrodshurg. Ky., b. fino, by 8 son or Coleman's Clark Chief, ‘ Smith by Gage's Lowan, T. J. Snyder, North Middletown, Ky.. ch. f. by agic, dam by Berkley's Edwin Forrest. R. West, Georgetown, Ky. b.c. Dryden, by Dictator, out of Alethea's dam by Melbournc, Jr. The eame, blk. f. Duenna, by Dictator, dam Puss Prall (Lady Stout's dam). by Mark ‘Lime. A, J. McKimmin, Naghville, Tenn., b. c. by Blackwood, Jr., dam by American Clay. The same, br. f. by Dlackwood, dam by Rebin. Kentucky St for 5-year-old colus and_ailies (foals of 1877), the Kentuck: Jlorse Breeders' Associo- X mile heats, 3 1 5 forfeut. and $10 declaration sf made on or before the 1st day of June, 1880. the Association to add $300, of which amount 5100 to second, and £50 to third. Ten or more subscribers to fill, S e A.S. Talbot, Lexington, Ky., b. €. Alcyone, by George Wilkes, dam by AlmaMater, by Mambrino Patchen. Milo A. Parrons, New York City. blk. g. Quan- trell, by Stitlson, dam said to be Ly Draco Prince. J.'W. Smith, Shawbun, Ky., cn. f. Neppa, by rathimore, dam by Patterson's Trustee, The same. b. f. Litle Jennie, by Mambrino Downing, dam by doe Downing. 1. Fields & Co., Danville, Ky., vlk. f. Lady Lucag, by Mambrino Paicheu, dam Madame Davis (Lady Dayis' dam), by Gall's Vermont. C. MeDowell, Frankfort, Ky., b. f. Nora Tempic, by Belmont, dem Bland Temple, by Lex- ington, ‘The same, b. ¢, Phallas, by Dictator, dam Betsy Trotwood, by Clark Chief. I'he same, b. {. Sonors, by George Wilkes, -dam Islay, by Gleucoe, Jr. “Mhé same. bIE. f. Duuldul, by Dictator, dam o0 Rosewood, by Blat 5 The sanic, br. ¢. Trion (brother to Trinket), by Priuceps, dam Ouida, by Rysdyk's Hambicto- ning. el Cayler, by Cusler, dam “I'ie same, bIK. 1. Haroldine, by arol C. Bate, Louisville, Ky.. b. ¢ byJeflerson Mambrino, dam by Alexander Belmont. "The same, b. ¢ by Jellerson Mawmbrino, dam by Woodpecker Golddust, ‘Wb sawe, b. 1. 0y Jeferson Mambrino, dam by Tom Mararave The saure, b. c. by Jefferson Mambrino, dam by Norman Temple, At i Walker Buckner, Parls, K., b. ¢. Sequence, by Strathmore, dam's ped traced. 4. 1. Engleman, Dan -, b, 1. Mero, by Tiero of ‘'hornaaie. dam Lady Gregors (sister to Billy Boice;, by Corbeau. - - Tho eame, ch. ¢. by Mambrino Putchen, dam by Ashland Cnief. T'hie same, bik. ¢. Mambrino. Patchen, dam Mag- ie Marshall, by Telegraph, son of Hill's Black Lawk. A, JL Davenport. Lexinaton. Kr., b. f. Mattie ., by Tero of Thorndale, ¢ dith Care, by Clark Chief. : Neil & Cunningham, Parie, Ky..' b. ¢ by Jim Monroe, dam by Clark Chief, grandam Elia Davis, ., Lexington, Ky., b: c. Bumont, by Belmont, dam by Iron hu J. 1. Bryan, Lesington, Ky., b. ¢. Gobher, by Mambrino Abdallah. dam a pacing maze. T. 1L & G. . Talbot. Paris, Ky., gr. c.by Stzath- more, dam Ingomar by Idol. . J. Treacy. Lexingion, K...b. ¢. by Allie West, dam Lady Oak, by Hurst’s Vermont. ‘The same, br. ¢. by Admiaistrator, dam by Mam- brino Patchen, The same. ch. ¢. by Allie West. dam the dam of Jeesie Kirk and Pilo Chief, by Caot. Walker. The same, bil. c. by Allic West, dsm Carrie Prince, by Llack Prince. The 'same, gr. c. by Allle’ West, dam by imp. Arabian Mokbladi: . .t The same, blk. f. by Allfe West, dam by Ameri- cau Cla; . West, Georzetown, Kr.. b. c. Lestor, by al- mont, dam Aldine’s cam vy Toronto. The same, ch. c. Jester, by Almont, dam by Messenger Duroe. The same, b. f. Deceit, by Dictator, dam's pedicree nnknown. Slac-Grass stakes, for 4-year old colts and (foals of 1877), tone trotted at the fall ‘meeting of the Kentucky Trotting-ilorse Breeders' Asgociation at Lexington. Kry.. of 1881: mile heuts, 3 in 5. 10 barncas; S50 cuirance, $25 forfeit, and $10 if declared on or before the 1st day of June, 1881, the Association to add 5300, of which amount $100 to second and S50 to third. Ten or ‘more eubscribers 1o nll. 75 entries. J. H. Bryan, Lexington, Ky.. b. c. Gopher, by Mambrino Abdatlab, dam a pacing mare. TRACK TALE. Adelaide has been turoed out for the winter in Caiifornia. Over sixty trotters, most of them well known, arc being wintered at Fleetwood Park, New York. 3 The Turf takes the same grounds regarding records for trotting colts as did THE TRIBUNE in its issuc of a week ago. Lida Bassett; a mare with a record of 2:25, but who, horse sharps saj, can trot in 2:16, is winteriog near Covinzton, Ky. Ground has been selected for the track of the Philadelobia Jockey Club. It is just beyond the West Park, near Elm Station. Cornelius_Sullivan, of Riverside, has bouzht of J. E. O'Brien, this city, the trotting mare lggldy H., by Logan, dam by St. Lawreunce, for _ Merritt Joknson, a ‘light-weizht Kentuck joeker, has been secured Tor next season by J. W. McClelland, trainer for the Hon. August Belmont. Jim Keene is said to be the party who made the purchase of the: Kentucisy ranning - cracks Spendthrift and jiser, reported in thesecolumns Just Sunday. Beldemeer. one of the entries to Kellozo's Trotting Budget, is a full brother to McCurdy’s Hambletonian, that as » 4-year-old was. given a trial Jast summer in 2:2634. Mr. George Cadwallsder, of Lesington, Ky. has bougbe of E. D. Swigert the chestout mare Frou Frou, foaled 1871, by Asteroid, dam by Wagzner. She will be used as a broodmare. Dr. Spaulding, a well-known breeder of trot- ting stovk, died Dee. 20. st bhis residence, Greenup, Ky. e was the breeder of Spauld- ing’s Abdaliah, by. Abdailal, out of a mare by Star Gazer. In the last number of the Zury, * Hark Com- stock? has a foreibly-written argdment showing that the speed of Maud S., Noontide, and oth- ers of Harold’s get did not come exclusively from their dums, as has becn claimed by some writers. George J. Whiting, Esq., President of Roches- ter Park, dicd Dee. 31, sfier an illness of two montbs. He was highly esteemed in business and social circles, and hisaeath will lease a va- cancy in the management of Rochester Park hard to fill. . Belle Sheridan, by Blood's Biackhawk, and celebrated as the dam of Blackwaod, Jr., i in New York, having recently arrived from the South. She was accompanied by a weanling and yearling, brotners to Blackwood, Jr., and is now in foal to Blackwood. Mr. Haddock, the brecder of Edwin Forrest, ‘predicts that that Lorse wil trot a mile in 2:03 Dext season. Tue TRIBUNE predicts that M Haddock is wrong, and slso that Forrest will | pever trot three consecutive heats toat will equal the 2:15. 9:135¢, 2:13% of Rarus. - Lady Elizabath, the Enzlish race mare, whose name will be remembered by the family of the Marquis of Hastings for generations to. come, is now Jlocated st _the breeding farm of Mr. Lelevre, the great French turfman, who bought her from the Austrian Government. John Splan gave a trotting and pacing mati- poe at Oakland, Cal., Dec._95. Sweetser went two heats in 2:18}4, 2:15, trotting the last quarter of the first mile in 3%¢ scconds. Calmar, Gus, and Goldnote then had a race, Calmar winning in'2:20}%, 2 A Cincionati Commercial reporter recently had a tatlz with Jobn Brigas, who grove Pro- teine Jast season, on the subject of thorough- bred blood in the trotter. John thought it was a good thing. Proteine is wintering in Boone County, Kentucky. Last season she trotted eighteen races, won tivelve, was eecond four fimes, and third three. Her winnings were $8,670. New Yorl City enjoyed its first sleighing of the season a wet last Friday, and the Cen- e b irives worc crowded with fast horse- fiesh. Among the noted road riders were Rob- ert Bonner, with Edwin Forrest; Col. Iio, ith Dutchess; Frank Work, with Frank Davis, formerly owned in Chicago; ‘Alley Bonger, with 01 to be trotied at the fall meeting of . Mamie B., that Dan Mace savs is the fastest lorse'in the world; Thomas P. Wallace, owner of Darby; Dr. Corey, With Breeze; Sheppard T. Knapp, with Dalsy and_ Kate; Edward Bon- Tner, with John Taylor;: William Drennon, with Newbrook; J. Harbeck, . Jr., with Vuleau; William Balden, with Lonest Harry. The latest advices.from. England state that the Duke of Mazenta, who has been suflering from a severe atrack of lune fever, has partially Trecovered, and {s now taking walking cxercise. It js feared that one result of the disense will be to make him 8 ‘roarer,” in which case three-quartets of a mile will e as far as he can goat speed. ‘The rest-of Mr. Lorillard’s horses are doing well. Spendthrift, the Kentucky 3-year-old recently purchased by Jim Keene, hias the following en- gagements pext season, flftcen in all: The Phienix Hotel, 13 miles; the Blue Ribbon, 134 miles; the Viley, 13¢ miles; and the Etkhcrn, 1% miles,—at_Lexingto, The Kentucky Derby, 12§ miles; the 'Clark, 2 miles; and the St. Leecr, 2 miles—at Louisville, Ky. The Dixie, 2 miles, at Baltimore, Md. 'The Withers, 1 mile; the Belmont, 144 miles; the Lorillard, 1% miles; and the Jerome, 13£ miles,—at Jerome Park, New York. The Travers, 13¢ wiles; and the Kenner, 2 miles—at Saratoga. An cxcellentstory is told of acouple of ranche- men in the Far West, oue of whom had in_for- mer davs been a driver of fast horses. Being out oné dav, mounted oy mules, they were at- tacked by Indians, and started pell mell for Tiome, thie whoops of the savages soundinz like death-knells in their ears, andarrows flying by tiiem every instant. The ex-driver, being on the slowest mule, was falline behind, when his companiou looked around and shouted: +*Why in — don’t you come on?*’ With hair erect, and every joint in bis body quaking from fear, the unfortunate mag, who was belaboring his mule at every jump, howled baclc in_tones of mingled angiish and despair: ¢ Do I look like a man that §s throwing a race?? The Lexington Press has the following to say concerning some trotting-bred youngsters now owned near Chinago: .* B. J. Treacy yesterday sold the following highly-bred trotters to John C. Johnston, of Cook County, Ill.: One bay yearling filly, Dg' Administrator, dam by Conk- in's American Star;_one 2-year-old bay filly, by Administrator, dam Belle ol Jessamine, by Belle Morgan. _This flly is cotered in the Kentucky Trotting-Horse Breeders’ Association stakes for 1870 and 1880, and from hat the posted horse- nen say she will be troublesome in both stakes, The Kenrliug isonc ol the flnest specimens of the Ameriean trotter, and from her breeding no colt in the country can ciaim a better family, as her sire is to-day one of the linest ana best bred Tumbictonians in the country, and being a Hambletouian, oat of & mar¢ by Mambrino Chicf, gives the filJy two of the bust.crosses in the country. Then the Starcross comes in on , aking it the ercam of trotting The Turf has the following pleasant words to say regarding the stakes for the inaugural run- ning hieetingof the Cuicagodockey and Trotting Club, which close Feb. 1: The insugaral trotting-meeting of the Chicago Jockey and Trotting Clab was brilliaut in point of humbers und a great financial success. The in- ‘tugural running-meeting of the eame’ Ciub will ‘tommence Saturaay, June 21, and continue six duye, und it is biz with promise. Socially, the Club'is all that conid be desirea. ‘The President is one of the best-known and most respected men in the Northwest. The General Manager isa shrewd, wide-awake man, and the success of the trolting- Mheeting last fall was largoly due to hi¥ judgment and energy, For the running weeting, nine stak are oper, three of which are for 2-year-olds, four Tor 3.year-olds, nd two for aged classes, all of which will close Feb. 1.~ As We yrint the pro- gramme on another page, it s not nccessury to Summarize it here, In each elnke five o more en- trics are required to ill. The added money is 11b- cral, and the rules of the Lonisville Jockey. Crub Wilt'zovern, Tt1s to be hoped that the breeders and owners of the country will respond freely to The invitatioa of the Chicago Jockey Club. 1t'isto their mrerest to have a market for thoroughbreds croated in the great snd growing Northwest; and Tothing will do more to. create this market taan the cstabiistment of racing on o firm footing at Clucago. BASE-BALL. THOY AND ALBANY. For the past week or ten days it -has been manifest that there was some kind of a hitch regardine the admission to the Leazne of the ‘Troy Club, but in regard to the exact nature of the difliculty no information could be obtained, _atleast in this city.—and in consequence of this fact a representative of Tne TRIBUNE at Troy was instructed to'tnvestigute and ascertain the exact status of the'matter. In. the course of his researches he:-came across some facts Codterning thé two clilhs of Albany which have not heretofore been made public. These organ- izations, it will be remecmbered, are called respectively the Capital City and Albany Ball Clubs. The former is* to be managed during the summer by Arthur Cummings, ex-pitcher of the Hartfords, and best kuown bv the soubriquet of *Candy.” His nine is mostly made up of Iuternational players, bui now Le s anxious to join the League. The Albanys have a strong team enzaged, in- (ludiog Allisou, Leonard, Manning, and High- am, and would also like to come into the fold presided over by President Iulbert. What action the Learue will take in tuz matter can- not be foretold, but in any event it would be well to choose the eighth club at once. The ‘I'toy letter is as follows: ‘Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Troy. N. Y.. Jan. 8.—Bace-ball mattersin this city and vicinity are necessarily gomewhat dull at this senson of the year, but of talk regarding the rospects for next scason there is no end, Regard- T the delay in the admission to the League of the I'roy Club, T have made diligent inquiry among those who shouid know all abont the matter, ond have been abie to at least partially eolve the mys- tery. The appiication of tne Clab, as hasalrcady beén stated in Tik TRIBUNE, was referred by President Hulbert to a committee composed of Mr. Neff, of Cincinnati; White, of Providence; and Root, of acuse. This Committee should have ‘made its revort some time 870, but at last accounts Were 0s far as ever from the performance of that duty. Among the ofiicers of the Troy Club, it is asserted that White is the man who has cinced all the trouble and delay. It seems that he recently wrote a letter to the Troy Club management which the gentlemen of that body consider to have been very insulting. As this, Their- first experience with tho League, hus been such an nnpleasant one, they naturally feel apgrieved, having acted op the quare in their en- tire connection with the matter. ~They think that White, to nse an expressive term, i3 too **fresn,” aud 18 rtaking sdvantage of hia position 1s'a League committeeman to make an uupleas- ant ezhibition of himself. Iow the matier Wit ‘end mo onc can tell, but, unless the centiemen composing the League sare endowed with far less discretion than the public gives them credit for, they will not allow any per- Gonal peculiurities or dislikes of Mr.. White to work 1o the disadvantage of their orsanizization. The Trov Club is managed and backed by men of un- doubted respectability, who have the means to carry through any enterprise which they undertake. This is an old base-oall town, and the game, if in decent hands, asit now is, will prusper. In Albany therc is plenty of excitement. Tntil <within the past fow dnys, it was supposed by every- body. that both the Clubs in that city—the Albanys and Gapital Citys—woutd cast theic fortunes next scason with the Internationals, but it seems that th1s surmise was wrong. Doll organizations are teving hord to get into the Leagnc. Whether ornot cither of them will succeed i8 ut present unknown. ‘Arthur Cummings, the Manager of the Capital Citys, has written to Secretary Young on the sub- ject. .He wonld like well enoush to Jein the lieawud, providing the matter of admision to #ames can be_satisfactorily arranzed. He claims That, under the rules as they now stand, eaéh Icub can charze what it pleases at the gate soiong as it Days visiting:clubs 15 cents for ezch person regis- Tered by tho turpsiile. In this_he undonbtedly i “orrect. but the custom of the Leagno has alwaya been to charge an_admizsion of 50 cents, and gny aitempt to preak in on this rule ispretey sure to be regarded with disfavor. With these facts in his possession, Cummines will probably take a little fime for meditation, and then apply to the Leazue for admission, “The Albany Club is managed by E. A. Rogs, an old resident of the city, and a man in whosc word every confidence can be placed. He has secured a fitst-class nine for next seascn, three of the tesm—Leonard. Manmng, and Allson— being from the Bostons, and Higiam, who ecured a release from Provilence motlong ago, has alxo signed. 1. Ross, go far as heard from, is not aflicted with any foolivh notions about a tweaty-fve centadmis- sion, and the general impression here 15 thatin case'the League concludes 1o admit either of the Albeny Clubs, it will be that of which Ross is the head.” 1t may be, however, that neither will be tatien, \Fith the Troy Club 'as a member it would be bad policy for the Leazue to admit a club from Albany, on account_of the nearness to cach other of the two citics, To be sare, Albany is outside fhe five-miile limit prescabed by the Leazue constis Lation, but for all practical purpose it might as well be inside. This is the situation at present. Should any thing new transpire during the coming week I will forward the facts. . PROFESSIONAL. NOTES.OF THE GAMES. McVey dedlined forty pounds in weight dur- ing Ius recent iliness. * The Spirit of the Times is considering the ad- yisability of establishivz a base-ball column. The Secretary of the Unique Club of tbis city is requested to send bis addruss to this oftice. Base ball is said_by tbe Baltimore pavers to be played out in that city. 1t mever amounted to much, anyhow. Jack Chapman is trying to et up a nine for & thr:e mantgs’ trip to California, but the schewme doesn’t seem to work verv well. Providence society isrepresented by the papers of that ciLly to be shaken from centre to arcum= ference because George Wright has decided on Jatthews a8 rerular pitcher of the Providence Club next year instead of Ward. Connell, who was o member of the Philadel- phis Athletics last year, is alluded to by the Item” off that city as *tenth man and umpire.” Tne Syracuse Stars are trying to get Sallivan, of last year's Cincinnatis, as first basoman for next season. If the young man is Wise, he will accept. . ‘Washington’s nine next season will be as fol- Jows: Lynch, p.; Trott, c: McGraw, 1b.; Far- reil, 2b.: Ellick, 3 b.; McClellan, s Holly, 1.1.; Baker, c. £.; Dooly, . £.; Bielaski, sub. Having failed to keep the Milwaukee Club in the League, the Cincinnati Enquirer, suddenly Dbecame very sore about Indianapolis, and wants to known why the Club of that city was not ex- pelied, as it bas not paid its debts. A prominent base-ball official of Boston, in a private letter written recently, sententiously re- marks: * Look out for the Indianapolis element in the Clicago Club next year.” There's a text for e\'eryhoé’y’s thoughts.—Enquirer. Now that Marry Wright has been debarred by Leaguc legislation from playing tenth man in the Boston team, he will baye more time to at- tend to bis dutics on the Boston Frald, of which paper he is the base-ball editor. The Holyoke Club has finally sclected its team ns follows? will alternate between the pitcher’s position and right fietd: Powell, 1 b.; Winchester, 2b.: Connor, 3 b.; Turbidy, s. s.; Gillesoie, 1. £.3 W. Sullivan, c. 1.; Dorgan, chinge catcher. The notion of using Dorgan'as o substitute does not strilse base-ball meu 1h this city as being a good one. Manager Spalding, of the Chicago Club, was snow-bound in Syracuse, N. Y., one day last week, and the Courier improved the opportuni- ty to write him up to the extent of half a. col- wmn, making him perpetrate a joke to the ef- fect that *Syracuse was not, the worst place_in the world to put up in.”’—this being o pnlgable g hit at Utica,—and alluding to him g5 “the of the game.” This would have turncd the licads of most mep, but not so with Spalding. ile came right on to Chicago, and went to work selling skates in his usual kingly way, aad Jocks up the store at night with imperial grace. Of the old League clubs Chicago makes the most radicii changes of any in its club for next year. Of the regular nine for 1879 six are new- tomers, Larkin, Anson, aud Hankinson of the old team alone remaining, although one mem- ber of last year’s club, viz.: Harbidee, has becn enzaged as substitute. Dalrymple, Gore, and Schailer,will probably form thi_most powerful batting out-field of any in the Leagrue, and the first and last bave good records as flelders. With the exception of Peters and Anson, the in-ficld did nothing verv credituble last vear in Datting, while as fielders they were only fair. ‘The fact that so large a change has been made in the composition of the mnine will tend to weaken it greatly, as it requires nearly a whole season’s work to et the men tally accustomed to each other’s play to such extent as o make perfect!y smooth sailing. It has ot to be com- mon talk among the professionals that ihe Chi- cawo team is to be feared'the least of any of the old League clubs; but base-ball is an uncertain sport. and where one thinks an organization is the weakest it may turn out to be the strongest, and vice versa.—Boston Herald. SUNDRY SPORTS. COCKING. s Last Thursday Tue TRIBUNE gave the par- ficulars ot a great cocking main which had been arrangea to come off on Feb. 20 at Ner Otleans betweeu Georzia birds on one side and Tennes- sce and Kentucky.cocks on the other. ‘Ihe Main will be for 3250 on each fight, $2,500 on the odd, and $1,000 on the sheke-bag fight. The Kentuckians and Tennesseeans will make the famous **Kentacky Dominiques™ bear the biurit of their fighting, while the Georzianswill put all their hazards on a black and red stralo, called the * Shawl Necks,i managed and mainly owned by Charlie® Brown, of Columbus, who says he © invented ” them. They are compara- tively new chickevs, having fought their first, main fn 1570 in-Atlants, where Lewis Graves backed the **Dusty Millers,” of the Alsbamian Prentiss, to’ the extent of $11,000, out of his own pocket, -besides neavy stakes, and got & eleared up.-- This was a famous main. It is said that $100,000: was wagered on the result. ‘The backers of the new “Shawl Necks” got beavy odds and grew suddenlyrich. Afterthis main the *Shawl Necks” were put into proper trim, and ;their- ranks swelled by Brown, who saw that his ‘‘cross” was going todo good work. 121571 they werc met at Angusta by Col. Bacon, well known on_the Southern turf, who fought some picked chickens from the Car- oiina “walk.” The Georgia chickens scored an casy vietory over their” neighbors, and left the Carolinians very sore. They were very soon called on to make another main with some im- ported cocks from Havana, for the especlal pur- pose of turning the toes ol the *Shawl Necks” to the sky. It was the same old story, ouly a little more o, Brown having - continually im- proved the form of his fighters. - year of two later thev were invited into another dispute to mect a game strain of Irish reds, backed by erack chickens from both the Caroliuas. They went 1n once more; only to whip the main, the odds, and the shake-bag. Tis zave the South Carolinians evough, but the ‘Shawl-Necks™ \were then asked to Charlotte to cross gaffs with the Clony Eyes,” s strain tbat had. never known aefeat, and had a record ruoning back besond the memory of man. This main came off last summer, and {8 well remembered. The Tesultwas a surprising one. The Georgiaos swhipped fifteen out,of the twenty;oue fights, nd-ther whipped the shake-vag. ~Thas these new cocks have fought five mains, and have come out victorious from every one. . Taev .have also, in every case, whipped the best cock- fight. They have always fouzht with two and three-quarter and bave npever used clashers. They are squarc-breasted chickens. With thick necks that have a baggy look when they are trimmed out for.the pit. Many of the cocks in every main weigh less than four and 8 balf pounds, which is the usual low limit. .. AQUATIC. = The Farragut Boat Club, of this city, will give a dramatic entertainment at Standard Hall fo-morrcw cvening. A busincss meeting of the Ciub will foilow. Wallace Ross, sland from this country, TFarryer to row over the ‘Course any time within two_months {rom tue date of signing articles, for §300 & side. The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Valley Amateur Rowing Associ- ation, which was to have been held in this city last Friday, was postponed uutil March 8. (The ‘principal business before the Committee will be the consideration of bids from different places rezarding the regatta to be beld some time in July next. who recently arrived in En- has challenged George Thames Championship BILLTARDS. The Bramswick tournament commences in New York on the 20th inst. (& Yapk ™ Adams, the finger billiardist, is in town, and will give exbibitions at Foley’s Hall, 145 Dearbarn street, cvery evening this week. Clark Wilson, a well-known New York billiard and pool player, is fusane, and has been placed in an asvium. He imagines that be is possessed of $100,000 worth of diamonds aud trotting horses, and that he owns Pierrepont Hoise in n. SPELLING REFORIL Lectaro by Prof. Broomell Before the Phil- osophical Society. Prof. George B. Broomell lectared before the Philosophical Society last evening on the spell- ing reform, and, though the sambject would scem to be a dry one, the remarks of the speak- er were very interesting. No abstract would do him Justice, and hence what is given below covers only the points he made. He started out by saying that the spelling re- form was the most importunt practieal educa- tional problem now beforc the English-speakingz world. The subject naturally arranged jtself under three heads: Wnat are the reasons for attempting to reform our spelling, the objec- tions to it, and what are the means proposed and the probabilities of success? Speaking of - the first, he discussed the pur- pose of a written language, which, he said, was clearly to convey to the mind througn the eye +what the voice would convey through the ear. Tie asserted, s we now socll, no _person, how- ever well educated ne might be, could tell with certainty how to pronounce any English word that he bad only scen printed or written. He referred to what learned men had said about the difficulties of the pronunciation of the lan- guaze. Again; Do person could tell with cer- tainty, however well educated he migzht be, how to spell any English word which he had only heard spoken. The spelling was more dififcult than the pronunciation. As'every sound had different representatives, no one could tell which .to use in a word which he had occasion to -spell for the first _time. All educated -people wasted ' many valuable hours fromn year to ‘year manipulating dic- tionaries to Dscertain the pronunciation of & word or its sncllm% Millions of dollars were wasted every year in_printing silent and wholly useless letters, and 'much valuable time was spent in writing them., Silent letters formed 10 or 15 per cent of the whole. Of the yast Malong, c.; Welch and J. Suollivan: time spent by children and forejgmers in learn- ing to read English, not less than S0 per ceat was unnecessary. In this connection he ad- verted to the advantages of a phonetic alpba- bet, citing recorded instances of the ease with which children learned to read and write throogh its instrumentality. One was of = Creeli’ Inaian boy, who wrote to his teacher, thanking him for the instruction_given, the same day he learned the alphabet. Even allow- ing for exagzerations, he maintained that 20 ver cent of the present labor would suflice, if teachers adhered to the phonetic principle. The child now wrestied with a series of ob- stacles; there was confusfon everywhere, cer- fainty nowhere—a persoual introduction be- tween himself and each individual, the teacher being paid to arrange these introductions. What might be the pleasant occupation of a few brief mooths was made the torture of vears. Of the time spent in learning to spell fully 85per cent might be dispensed with. With the phonetic principle there would be an unvarying character for each sound and ap unvarying character for each letter used. In Chicago the spelling in- struction ran through a conrse of twelve years. Did 1t make perfect spellers! Was there such a phenomenon? He knew of but one—Bhnd Tom—who spelled phonetically. [Lauchter]. The primary : but not chiel difliculty was in the _alphabet, which had twentv- three effective letters to _ represeut thirty-eizht eletentary sounds. Wemight get along by the use of digrapbs, il consistent 1o the use of the letters. Lo show the inconsist- ency of theiruse, he slluded to‘* A, which had fifty different uses, including combinations with otlier letters, and there were seventy yariations in this letter and its sound: **Querv,” said he. & Why Is the letter *A’ like o mosquito? Be- cause, when you o to put your finger on it, it is not there. ~ He did not choose “A” because it was the worst, but because it was the first. He could tell the same story of every vowel. - All perpetually played fast and loose, espectally loose. The consonants did nat behave so badly, “but tne best behaved among them would be re- garded as simply iptolerable in agy well- regulated family. fe followed *8” through its ramifications, there being forty variations based .upon it and its sound, either alone or in com- Lioation. The difficulty of learning to write as we now spelled was such that not less than onc-seventh of the entire popalation never accomplished it. Such fznorance in_a republic was alarming. It Was not one-seventh uncducated,and six-sevenths educated. He msserted that another seventh read g0 that reading was uscless to them. Taking the last census as a basis, 2,000,000 of the seventh bad not been slaves. Statistics showed that illiteracy was on the increase, and that, too, among tie white population. The value of the scaool system had been called into question, because it failed to do what was ex- pected of it—educate the people. Our orthog- raphy was unfathomable and an insurmounta- ble obstacle. VWith a-phonetic alphabet, ooly idiots and imbeciles would il to be benefited. The President in 1900 ought to be able to an- nounce that very few, if any, of the population could not read and write. The entire process of learning to read and spell was illozical; and, in- stead of developing the reasoning powers, re- pressed aod stultified them. When a child asked why & word was speticd so and so, we could not tell him; the answer was: ‘“Your grandfather apelled that way; sodo 1.7 We, i fact, taught him that he could not learn to read by tninking—that the path was not a straightforward and intclligible one, but acrooked, mazy road, wherein he was in con-. stant daneer of losing himself. The child ac- cepted everytning simply on suthority; not .be- .cause it was reasonable. Such a method.could not_make thoughtful, self-relinnt men. Its- tendency was to form a semse of' helplessness and willingness to be led by anything that 1mght seem authoritative. An absurd, chaotie, and unmanageable authority was the greatest hindrance to the spresd of the English Janguaze, and the only thing that rendercd it inclizible to become the universal language of the world. None other was betteradapted to be. TheJapanese heeitated to. adopt it only be- couse of itsspelling. | The objections to the reform were then gone into, but, as they are well known, nothing need be said about them except that the lecturer de-. molisbed them gs others have done. As to the “chaos? which it was claimed would ensue, he said, * Let it come. Better tbat. every man, wouman, and child should speil in sccordance with their own sweet will than to_be tied to a standard tbat is an everlasting hindrance.” The present spelling was chaos perrified. The con- sequence of breaking away from it would be by no means appalling. . The mew chaos would be immeasucably better than the old. Everybody would have a care to make himself understood. A large number of words would be spelled cor- rectly, and the remainder would come in time through scliolars, Under the third head, Mr. Broomell referred to the prosress already made fu England, where public sentiment seemed to be ripening for the reform, but, as the people there moved slowly, we might yet take the lead. The work of the Philolozical Association and the Spellinz-Re- form Association were alluded to, a5 was the recent action of the Chicago Board of Educa- tion asking the co-operation of other educa- tional organizations in .the preparation of a petition to Congress to take the subject into consideration, separately or in conjunction with a Comuission of Engiand, should one be ap- | pointed. Politicians were awakening to-its im- portance, and the friends of the movement had lLiopes that something would come of it. n conclusion, Mr. Broomell spoke of what each ome could do personally, mentioniog, among other thines, the dropping ot silent let- ters in their correspondence, vircalating books and papers, writing to the local Daners, and talking to their neighbors. He suggested as a beginning the using of “to” for *‘though,’ the dropping of the final **e™ in ‘‘have,’ ‘give,” etc.; the dropping of “a” from head and an “1" from will, and the using of “v” for *£”in “of,” making it “‘ov.” There was arich legacyin the Enclish language, and its Talue could be greatly augmented by o simplifi- cation of its written representation. We were spell-bound. We must break this spell. [Ap- plause.] A “Ihe usual discussion followed, and a vote of thanks was tendered/Mr. Broomell for bis en- tertaining and instructive remarks. THE PEOPLE’S VOICE. «“Doc.” Gardiner. To the Editor of The Tritume. CHICAGO. Jan. 11.—What especial interest has ¢ Doc.” Gardinerin the letting of the county meat contract? I understand he is working very industriously In the interest of a certain firm of ‘hotel mest-furnishers, who want the contract very badly. He claims to have great * influ- ence ”” with Commissioner Coburn. Can this be true? Isit true he to-day offered Commis- sioner Spofford $1,000 for his vote in the Board? Let us have some light on the subject. Respect~ fully, HoxesTr. An onest Contractor. To the Editor af The Tribune. CuicaGo, Jan. 11.—As 1 ugderstand it, Mr. 0O'Dounuell, who has been furnishing the connty institutions with meut for the past three years, has filed the lowest bid again this year. Mr. O'Donnell bas the repatation of being one of the few contractors uuder the old Board wno is esteemed honest. Al his bid this year is the lowest., and he has hitherto fuifillcd all his con- iracts, why not give bim the contract again? “+ TAXPAYER. Logan and Frank Palmer. o the Editor of The Tribune. CmicAGo, Jan. 10.—Would it not be a good idea to call attention to the inseparable inter- ests of Logan and Frank Palmer, as it is gener- ally understood that upon the success of the former depends the stability of the latter. For goodness salze keep firing nntil the last ballot is taken in the joint House, but your head-lines for the last two days have taken away many a man’s breaklast appetite before he had a first sip of coffee. [t appears as though Logan had ot everybody frightened, bardiy excepting your Springtield correspondent, and surely not my- self. ANT(-LOGAN TO THE LasT. Obscene Pictures. To the Editor of The Tribune. CriCAGO, Jan. 1L.—Walking about the streets of Chicago, I find many things to interest me. I do not mean the beautifal buildings, parks, and avenues, but things which many of us sce every day, but do not notice the influence which they exert in the community. These are mat- ters which inany would propounce trivial, but to those who will take time enough to examine them, it will appear of grave fmportaoce. p & was leisurely sauntering along one of the oria- cipal thoroughfares a few days 8go, when my attention was attracted by the appearance of 3 number of persons coneregated at one of the streercorners. There seemed to be onc person Wwho Wwas address- ing them. Being curious, I approached pearer. A man of small stature, dressed in dark-gray clognes, having on 3 light-gray hat with & very broad brim, was standing on a box. Tu front of him was & smail tableon which were 1aid out numerous trinkets. At his side stood another maun, evidently an assistant. * Gentle- man,” said the man in gray clothes, *‘it does Dot cost you anything to examine my goods. The times beiog hard, I wish to sell to the peo- pie of Chicago goods below cost. Look here, gentleman, at this beautiful rolled gold plated Fing enpraved ¢ Friendship.’ Why, present this ring to May, pop the question, and she will suy ¢yes? immediately. ‘This is one of my articls But wait, gentlemen, Il show you something else. I'll go down ana get something.” Here the man took some trinkets from - the table. “Look at this beautiful plated collar button, these cedar slecve-buttons, these exquisite studs, and all of this, gentlemen, I will sell to yon for the swail sum of 10 cents. But wait, this is not all. To every purchaser 1 will present my four ncw beautifal pictures.”- At this juncture several young men who were standing around, some 0f hem from -the rural districts, having first felc in their pockets for a dime, _purchased several of the trinkets. One of the youus men Wwas about to show these pieturestoa friend, when the man in gray clothss, perceiving this, inter- rupted him with, ‘‘Please do not show thess plctures here. You will oblize me if you pus them in your pocket.” Prompted by curiosity, I asked the young man to lec me looi at them. He complicd with my request. I was disgusted when I returned them to the man. The pictures proved to be of the fltbi character. Itis a shame that such pictures should be allowed to circulate in 8 community. A descrintion of ,these pictures would. soil any puge. This man should not be allowed to scil or zive awar, as he says, his obscene pictures. These pictures probably find their wav isto some school-bouse, are shown by ouc boy to an- other, and thus form an hnpression ‘on th2 youthful mind. "'his nuisance should be abated. The Washington Street Collision. To the Editor of The Tribuns. Cmicaco, Jan. 11.—Haviog seen an articie in your paper this morning stating that tae second accldent occurted on West Washington strect Festerday, the victim being Mr. Sinzon Acder- 8on, zwell-known driver of trotting horses, wio was poing east at a slow pace when I came up behind at a rapid gait ‘aod collided with bim, ete. . I here wish to. give a liitle explauation. ftistrue I was going east at a rapid @t in compapy with another gentleman, drivieg, when Mr. Anderson turned out squarely across the street just in front of me. Luckily I man- aeeda to throw my horse to dne side and avoived driviog_straight into him. The thills of my cutter (Jast where they are atzached) strack th rear part of his cutter and apset bim, wit; results o3 stated. I did not have ‘room to o clear of him. Hoping you will give this 2u in sertion In your paper, I remain yours. resocei- fully. E. SwiTi. Offering Liguor to the Young. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Jan. 1L.—Now that the pleasures 2nd pains of New-Years’ Day are fresh in the 1ninds of everytody, T wish to call atteation to the custom of offering stimulants to callers ou that day. How many young men who had made up their minds to break off the habit of drinking, and with a sincere desire to reform, have had all their resolutions drowoea by a glass of wine offered by the hands of beauty! I feel earuestly in this’ matter. Being the father of several boys, one of whom a iad of 14, with some of his ciapanions while making & call on Iriend was offered and urged to take wine by the laay of the honse. ld the name of all that fs sacred—mothers, 'wives, sisters, what are you thinking of2 How canyou answer in the great-day of account tor such a sin, knowing, as you well do. the . terrible consc- quences of iatosicarion? In Gol’s name, think ofit! Young ladies, what do you cxpect to guin by offering liquor to_your tallers! Evers one of them wio awoke the next morning with .a.dranken headache will curse you for doing so. Ts it a plessare to you to take by .the hand 3 man so under the influence of lignor that he don’t know what he is about? Do you wish vour lover or future husband to become o Grankard? Pause, reflect, anl do_not have this great sin'to account for. A PARENT. The Poor- Houze Ch ldrea. To the Lustor ar The Tridune. °CarcaGo, Jan. 11— 0’s? letter o last Sanday’s issué on the ¢ondition of our Poor: House is very timely;and ought to feceive serious consideration. But why should we wait for Cook County to build an cdifice, when there are 50 many large houses standing uvoccupted in every direction in suburban places, far enough removed from the temptations of city life? - lo- stitntions are aiready in existence, with ull the requisite machinery for takiog care of these cnildren. ‘The Industrial School for Girlsat SouthEvanston could receive manyof them, and train them to habits of industry and self-sup- port, if the county would pay for their sappore what it costs now in that dreary avode. Tue chil- drenin the Poor-Houses all over the State should be transferred to Industrial or Reform Schouls ‘as their Decessities require. The State would zain infinitely by it, as-nseful citizens " would take the place of vamrants and . crimivals. Zero ™ does not seem cognizant of the fact that this industrial school is a chartered tnstitu- tion, under the supervision of the Governor, Secretary Harlan, Gov.” Bevéridge, and Judee Bradweil, whose wives are actively engaged, with o host of earpest women all aver the State, in its care and manazement. The first annual report is now published, and can be ontained at Gov. Beveridge's office. corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. Aoy farther informatioa will be furpished by the” Executive Ccmmittee, —Mrs. George B. Marsh, Chairman, 805 Michi- ran avenue; Mrs. Atwater Day, Recordine Se retary, 420 Washingion street; and the Presi- dent, Mrs. Beveridge, at Evanston. Urmwrrr. The Chicazo Jlighwasmen. To the Editor of The Tribune. CmcAGo, Jan. 11.—Bold and successfal street robberies are becoming alarmingly frequent in Chicago. Not an evenice passes without its vice- tims. The footpads don’t wait notil the loncly ‘midoieht hour, but make thefr attack in day- light or dusk without molestation or fear. Itis 2 most disgraceful state of affairs for the police system of the city. Idonot blame the police- men mdividually. They seem to be tolerably saccessful 1 catching the thieves after the event. But, in'the face of daily reports of au- dacions highway robberies_perpetrated fu our midst, it is 3 mere farce to look upoa the polica as efficient guardians of our persons aad prop- erty. it not time that Mayor Heath, Superintend- ent Seavey, and vthers who may be responsible. wake up to a realization of this desperate staie of matters? Would it not_be wel! for special patrolmen “to be employed for a few hours in the cvenirgs, say from 6 to 10 o'clock, whuee particular duty will be to patrol dangerous Jocalitles in &n active manuer, and to Tse evers effort to circumvent and capturc the zarroters Certainly the time has arrived when somethioZ cnergetic must be done: to pat down these scoundrels, or- the. citizens will have to take matters into their own hands. . 'All Tespectable people in the meantil should stay at home as much as possible; avoid s out alone, and discontinne wearjug watches a1 cwelry and carrying money when ont of doots. + them take a ood_cudzel in thuir bands for self-defense. A revolver would be better; but 1 understand it is illezal for respectable people to carry'such weapons in their pockets, t privileze: being reserved for policemen aad the dangerous_classes and individuals of the come mupity. Respectfully, LACRENCE Fosb. phiscimm S JANUARY FIRST. The farmer peddleth his garden-ssss, The bummer tiopeth the festive glass, T'he carefnl doctor prescribeth blue n The voung man courteth the zentle avs, Consuming the old man's coal zud L=, And the editor seexeth the annual puss. —5t. Louis Times-Journ And smaller groweth the Sundar-echool elase, For the festival is a thing that was; ‘And the girl connts the callers’ cards sbe lns, ‘And sizhs becanse they're so few—alas! “And the man that swore oif Eays he's an 2483 “And diary- writing go2s smooth &y glass. —Uhicago Tribune. The red-ribbon man cheweth sassafras, The life-insurance exponent of brass Continueth mankind to harass, The base-ball stadent longeth for gracs, The festive tzump asketh for sparrowgrass, The builfrog seeketh his native mornas, And the hired girl goeth 1o early masa. - —First Brigade I. N. C. e * Farmers Thelr Own Steamboatmen. Judee Driggs, ot New York, is ont with a proposition to the farmers of the West. Ho proposes that they ralse a fund. of §5,000,000 to build a flect of twenty first-class sieamstips, of 2,500 tons burden each, for the purpose of carTy- ing their wheat to Europe at first cosi. He argues that such a fleet could carry grain and all produce aproad quickly and cheapls, aod that they would pay their own cost over and over. It wonld bring the producer and con- sumer close together, and would release a larga army of midliemen who now thrive by exor- bitant charges. Judge Driges is the man who conceived and carried out @ plan for draining the Jersey flats, which from waste lands have .become worth many millions of dollars.—£z- chanae.