Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1880, Page 6

I is £ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1880: THE TURE. €xpesure of the Crooked Practices at Brighton Beach. Some Inside Facts Regarding the Dis- position of St. Julien’s Shoes. Sow Joe Harker Gave Vanderbilt a Four- Year Old Colt and Became : Rich, The Program of the Lexington Fall Meet- ing~The Ohicago Stallion Stake— Notes and News. 4 NEEDED EXPOSE. The admirers of the running turf have al- ways maintained with noisy vehemence that, while trotting races were sometimes not con- ducted with that purity of purpose and regard for the feelings of outsiders that should churac- Lerize all sports, contests between runners were always noted for being strictly on the squsre, and the “gentlemen” who owned runners would sooner sacrifice their money, and even their lives, than that one of the noble animals in which they took such pride should be pulled even for a heat, much less a race. In tuis section of the country the people, until & comparatively recent date, were unable to vither coincide with or refute these statements, their acquaintance with the noble running- hhorso and his high-born and récherché own- ers having been of such a limited vharacter as to preclude the pos- ibility of an unbiased judgment concerning ihe capacity of the animals or the honesty of tose who controlled tiem. During the past two years, however, Chicago has been the scene of running mectings at which the best and most noted thoroughbreds in the country were pres- ent and took part in the various events, and they are now resdy to express an opinion. So far as can be ascertuined, that opinioa is that for eold- blooded and barefaced fraud the running turf is so far ahead of a2 bunko game that were the two to be brought into opposition bunko would appear as harmless as croquet, or that wild and riotous nestime, lawn tennis. There isno need now to recount the jobs that were put up and carried through "at cago, but it may seme satisfaction to the swin- dled ones to know that ono of the chief instruments of the robbers—n_ joc) aamea Kelso—has been caught at his old tricks again and expelled. ‘That he will long remain 1igent from the running turf no oue at all ac- juuinted with the neeus of that peculiar insti- tution Will for 2 moment suppose. The latest expluit of this exponent of the running turf 1s pf such a character that the followin account of {t trom the Spirit of the Times will besrend with interest, espeeiaily as the writer refers ¢asunlly to the class of “gentlemen” whose “presence adorns one of the principal Eastern running tracks: F E Brighton Beach possesses advantages as& racing pout that no other associnton or club can Iny ciniu twin this country. Chief among these is its pecuilur situation, whore thousands and tens uf thousands of wople, in search of pleasure and antusenient, assem~ Bie dally, and from these iix patronage is not only ezuiar, but immense. It isa lamentadte. but unde- pinble fact thnt,day by day, these advantages arc Rbused und squandered, and its resources and strength prostituted to the worst management that ever Setell arace-course. It could scarcely be worse than st is, and every day debauches the piace, detiies its good name,—if, indeed, it bas any leti,—brings it into contempt, the severe contempt, of all good peo- Ie. Pi{ny one who visits Brighton Beach races will soon fnd the character of the company that he keeps. It isu readezvous for all the expeiled turfmen nthe countrr, and detectives deolare thut it fs the resort of plekpockets, all innnner of. criminal, and petty thieves. Asante, the creat majority bout the bet ting grounds und quarterstreich are Immoderaiely hard vised. ‘They are a free-spoken people. The call the judses thieves, charze that the starter Doughr up. and speak of owners gomplimencars, aiid thos do. all tits fearful, wrrible mob, apd yet the oficers stand by and inflict no punishmen: or even offer to do s0. At Brukton Beach order and discipline ate abyent on a Jong visit, and promise never to return. ‘There ts no intelligent mind to conceive the right, no strong will vo enforce it. Thera is not one mun ‘at the head of its affairs who bas the slightest conception of the bis~ landmarks, usazes, laws, and castoms of the fet ‘luesday, Aug. 2. ‘one of the most discraceful oc- Nees’ transpired at this place thut was ever wit nessed by anintellizent people. ‘There was n race—n rontest for a purse—ot one mile and a quarter, for ‘Mr. Enzeman’s (the = st. “Mr. Ens wron iT Po 0b informed the judges that he was afraid of bis jockey, and the judges ordered Riley to dismount, aud Spauer was puton Skylark. Monroe Kelso. an old offend Yersed tn turf crimes, was to ride Mr. Enema Ciandia. Mr. Cadwaliader started the three, and so pulled Clandis from stort to tintsa. It was a palpa- Bio and bintant pull trom endte cnd. Kelso never did tet the tilly huve her head. She tied hard 10 get away trom him on the buckstretch, but he took his ‘whip, pisced itin bis mouth. and then made a double ffort io hold hez, and he succreded. She came home full of ran on & tight rein pulled double. and the whip was still between Kelso's teeth. Skylark won. ‘The judges took the case Into consideration. and final- Ty nuve the purse to Skslurk, but declured ail bets, ex- cept place bets, of und expelled Kelso. It has not been atwelvemonth since he was reinstated by the Nashville Blood-Horse Association, ‘The mb sneered and hissed the judzes, while the betier people ap- plauded them. ‘he betting men were furious, and denunnced the judzes in unmensured terms. “They. said that the rule, as the stakes xo su xo the bets, ap- pled. ‘This was plausible enouch. They detied any ‘one to show a precedent for such 2 decision, and the ices could not puint to one. They never beard of ine Emma C.-Bil) Bass case at Lexington, which was on ail fours with this case, except that in that case all Lets were d2clured off. and properly su; or the Bob Shelton cise at Nushville, which was s counterpart ot the Lexuuzion case. We can name a dozen v: quite ax strung. both in this country and England, which fo)ly sustain the decinion except as heresficr poinied oul Tho rule that bets foliow the sta es ap- plies in the absence of fraud, but fraud vitiutes every: contrac, whether embraced by 2 promissory note or covered by n wager. ‘Think of it,a borse, belons ing to and run by and in the name of the proprietor and manger of the course, F pulled im. race~openly pulted—in the presence of 2 Bow dues this Akl) people! sound ? Can a pluce ever sneceed In attracting respectable and right-minded peopie in the face of such a precedent? Itisatleged, that these jndes will not aznin be honored by invitation 10 the judges’ stand, and that otters sHI be putin whe will reinstate Kelso. Likely ss not. Ic would be strictly in keeping with the general man- agementat thnt piace. Ave overlooked the shortcomings of In the pust we Lrighwwn Hench; in the future we will call attention yo what is done thers. If it od, we shall say to; {f otherwise. then we. absll tell an unvarnisned nor. SL. JULIEN’S SHOES. ‘The number of shoes worn by St. Julien when oe trotted a mile in 2:11 ut Hartford is simply astonishing. It is generally supposed that four hoes nre all that a horse can wear at one time with comfort to himself, but from the evidence in the St. Julien case it is plain that he was adorned with no less than fifteen at Hartford, since that number of persons possessone. It is customary whenever a horse performs an ex- traordiuary feut for curiosity-hunters to besiege the driver of the animal for the purpose of ob- taining one of the shoes thatadorned the creat- ure’s feet at the time of the performance. Hence when St. Julien jogged back to the wire at Hartford after accomplishing a mile in 2:114 his driver, Orrin Hickok, was atonce surrounded by an eager mob of admirers, all intent upon se- curinga shoe.’ But Hickok had anticipated this and was ready. To each one he said that the shoes would not be removed from the horse for a week or s0, but that when they were one should be sent to the auxious party in search of curiosities, The next day St. Julien was shipped to Chicago, and upon reaching here the work of carrying out toe promises made at Hartford and elsewhere was begun. St. Julien’s groom was sent to the nearest blackemith-shop with in- structions to secure a dozen or so of rather light } shoes,—old ones that had been taken off and tbrown in & corner of the Lag Placing these in_a basket, Hickok started from the Palmer House Wednesday morning and mean- dcred slowly up State street until he spied a shop where gil and bronzing was donc. After Jooking carefully in all directions to besure that be was not followed, he hastily entered the place and soon completed a bargain with the propric-. tor for_bronzing the ‘fifteen horseshoes which he produced from the basket. That afternoon they were returned to him at the Palmer House, ind again did the driver of Bi. Julien take his pasket and start down ‘State street. This time ne was in search of a picture-frame estublish- ment. One was soon found, and in a short time ach ono of the fifteen shoes was imbedded in a . were igain, and ret the seclusion of his roomi Hickok wrote fifteen notes a8 follotas as a eae CHICAGO, OPE edeat, and as a slight vestimnoniat of eto hand yun herewith one of dulien hen be made a mile In time Of 2:1 OSTN EICOr. é tters and the fifteen shoes were sen! poet al, of the Natonal Association; of the Hartford track; D. oe eee ce 3; 8. K. Dow, Vice-President o| Pacioual oe eta ? ea Col. Jobn W. Conley; Robert Bonner; E. A. Buck, editor of the Spt ¥ the Times: J. H. Haverly; Joe Oliver, of Mil- waukee; William Humphrey, of New York; Me 3. Bruce, Lexington, Ky.; Capt. George N- fone. Cincinnati; Budd Doble; William Sarzent, rmer driver of St, Julien; and Joho E. Turner. When this had been accomplished, Hickok \ Hall, stroll ~ and start for a serail’ soy: es was not long before he meta friend, who at, once what he had jone with ie shoes, worn by St. Julien when he trotted at Hartford. 4 3 * © said Hickok, “I wouldn't like routs teyansthing about it; but those four friend of mine.” ‘The gentleman promised to_keep the secret, and started down the street. Before going far he was stopped by Mr. Hall, the Jockey Club Manager, who cordiully invited him to “come around to the office and see one of Bt. Julien’s shoes that Hickok sent me.” “What kind of ashoe is it?” safd the gentle- man. “Oh, one of those he wore at Hartford when ho trotted in 2:11," responded genial Hall, as he moved on. Ereuy: soon he met another friend, who re- marked: % «Nos what would Lgo tere for?" “No; what would I go és “Why, Dow bas got one of the shoes that St. i Julien wore when he trotted in 27114 at Hest- ford.’ ss has he?” gaid the gentleman, beginning to tank that St. Julien shoes were becoming common. é ‘Stepping Into Haverly’s hé was accosted by the geniul Bliss Whittaker, who took him mysterious- ly into the office of the theatre, and, pointing Proudly to: frame: that stood on a desk, re- marked: eo that?” : ‘Yes; it's a horseshoe, isn’t it?” “J should smile. ‘That is one of the shoes that St. Julien wore at Hartford when he trotted in 2:14. Hickok sent it. around to Mr. Haverly this morning.” By this time the gentleman was prepared for almost anything, so that when Col. Conley met him shortly after and said: “Hickok bus scnt me—”" he simply said: “Yes, 1 know he sent you one of the shoes that St. Julien wore at arttord when be trotted a mile in 2:11." “ Exactly,” responded the Colonel, “and do you know I wouldn't take $00 for. that shoc?” ‘The gentleman eaid be did not, but would try to believe it, and started for home. Fortunatc- ly be did not meet any more gentlemen who had one of the shoes that St. Julien wore ut Hurtford when he trotted a mile in 2:11, but his faith in mankind was sadly shaken. itis thesame in every prominent city, how- ever. Budd Doble will have his shoe behind the Baldwin House bar in San Francisco; Humpb- rey’s will adorn a jeweler’s window in New York; and the other nine will in various conspicuous positions ull over the coun- try. In the meantime three of the shoes that St. Julien really wore when he trotted in 2:11, at Hertford are in Hickok'’s trunk, while the other fs in Mr. Burnham's possession. JOE HARKER’S START. “Who knows anything bout the reported sate of St. Julleni to Joe‘Harker und Charlie Green?”" .Said one of 2 party‘of horsemen who were sit- ‘ting in the Jockey Club rooms the other day. ‘Nobody seemed to possess any information on the subject, and one person doubted whether Harker would feel like putting $50,000 of his own money into a trotter, although he owns sev- eral for which he-paid from $10,000 to $20,000. {He ought to be willing to do it,” said a gen- tleman, “for every dollar he has is the result of owning a trotter.” Being asked foran explanation, the gentle- mun proceeded as follows: Way back in the time when Pacific Mail was in its glory, Joe Harker was clerk in a broker's oftice on New street, New York. Even then ho joved a trotter, and while on an excursion to Orange County picked up fora small price a 4- year-old colt that had wonderful speod. Not long aftor bringing bim to New York, Harker drove out to ‘the road house where Commodore Vanderbilt always stopped when out fora ride, and soon after bis arrival the old man drove up and sat down for his aftern smoke. When he had finished, and was ready to start for the city ngain, Harker had his coit brought out and jozgea along down the road behind the Commo- dore, and when the old man’s team was going a pretty good clip pulled out and went by him, Quee in front, be puted up, and the Commodore ‘wus 6000 on even terms with him. The railroad king’s eye had detected the ease with which the young man had passed him, and no sooner was he near him again than he asked whose horse that was. - “*Iv’s mine,’ said Harker. # “What is it? from the Commodore. Peete Bes Eoperolt that I bought up in ran unty. me 1 he for sale? “No. «Now, young man, I want that horse, and if Ee will send him around to my stable Pll buy “*Can’t sell.” Well,’ said the Commodore, getting rather. duterested, * isn't there any pricegou will put on the horse?” 0. ‘No way Ican get him? «< Yes: if you will give me a pointeron Pacific Mail I'll send the horse around.’ “The Commodore looked at the young man in admiration of his intense cheek. He was getting an, as well as interesied, and said rather eeu that he would pay a good price for the jorse. “*That won't buy him,’ was Harker's re- sens They jogeed ‘along inystlence all th **'So they Joy long insilence e way down-tuwn. the Commodore noting the easy gait of the colt, and feeling more and more that he must have him... Finally be told Harker to send him around, and the horse reached the stable that evenimg. The Commodore drove bim single and double fora couple of weeks, and fually sent for Harker. The young man was promptly on hand at the appointed time. *T want to pay you for that horse,” said Van- derbiit, taking up a check-book. “*He can’t be paid for that way,’ was Har- ker's rep); you know whut I said.’ “Vanderbilt looked at him steadily for a mo- ment, and then said: ‘When 1 want you I will send for you,’ and Harker left and went about his business. a 1 “It was nearly three months before he heard from Vanderbilt, but one day word came for him to call at the office, He went, and tound the old man there. « ee *« Now,’ suid the Commodore, ‘I suppose that wf Itold you anything forty mer ‘all street, would know it inside of au hour?’ “*No they wouldn't,’ replied Harker. “That isn’t my way of doing business.” “*Weill, you buy 1,000 sheres of Pacific Mail,’ and the Commodore resumed his writing. “Looking up in a few minutes he found Barker stiil sitting there. ““Why don’t you go and attend to that? told you to buy 1,000 sbares, didn’t 1?° “Yes,” said Harker, ‘but you might as well hare told me to buy the New York Central.” ‘Sdaven't you:wot any money?" “<No, sir.” “*Then what were you driving such a fast horse for?" Ps “*T got him clieap.’ «Can't you Reta friend to buy the stock for ‘ou “+ Yes, I suppose I could get forty of them if I could prove that you told me to buy the stock; but that isn’t my’style.’+ “This reply struck the Commodore forcibly, ‘and, when telling the story afterwards, he would allude to it with great unction. The result of the talk was that he sent an ordor to one of his brokers to buy 1.000 shares of Pacific Mail for Harker, and be (Vanderbilt) would be responsi- ble for it. When there was a clean profit of $100,000 in the deal, Vanderbilt told Harker to sell, which he lost no time in doing. The young man’s secretivencss had s0 impressed the Com- modore that he took Harker into his employ, gave him a desk in his private office, and it is doubtful if any man enjoyea Vanderbilt’s confi- dence to the extent that Joe Harker did from that time until the old man died.” THE LEXINGTON MEETING. The fall meeting of the well-known Ken- tucky Association will be held at Lexington next week, commencing Monday, and continuing six days. Although the fields do not promise to be as large as in past years, the racing will be of a high ‘character, as in all of the fixed events several noted flyers are named tostart. The program and list of entries for those races to which the nominations have already closed are as follows: : MONDAY. Parse, $150; for all ages: one mile. ‘the Viley Stes, for d-venr-olds, one and one-balf tniles: ilas Lawrence, Whrgentine, Secret, Bill Wicker, Wavo o’ Light, Aurora's Baby, Kinkead, Box ling Green, Fonso, Wellington, Nimrod, Stranger, Warbier, Pat Farretl, Hinkston, Faustus, Rambera, Melvor. Apothecary, Miser, Carthage, Dictum, Tac, Ham, Irmintrude. dhe Hily Stakes, for 2-year-olds:, three-quarters of mile: babille, Minnie C., Alice Coulter, Vulleria Kms, Cuchuea, Lucy May. irish Queen, Serenade, Hegiary, Jennie Thompson, Harper's bay ti! Longfeliow, Grinstead’s chesnut filly. by War nce, GD. Wilson & Co.'s b. f. by King Alfonso, Bhesis, Yoriue Belle, Pride, and Gras bay iy by Lo: fellow. TUESDAY, A selling swee; s forall ages; mile ands balf: (a), Miss Natier, Tyears (gay. es * Fears Bursa ean forall ite and hth. urse £40, for ail azes, ono mile and an el ‘The Colt States, for year-olds: three-quarters of smile: Golden Bra. Builingign, tinpsban, Bend Or, 7 lex, Farrazut. Setback, Sarsfit Lo Phil, Getaway, und Maceo.” AP Sarefeld, ‘WEDNESDAY. ¥ apm 200, for 2-year-olds; three-quarters of ‘ "A sweepstakes for J-yenr-olds that PoE eee eae Beata: 4) otheesty, teaugfore pad Hictam? mad, vy. Garcelon, Annie THURSDAY. ‘Handicap Parse, 830; mile heats. ‘Selling rce—Purse $20; one mile and s quarter. FRIDAY. Handleap Purse, #125; three-quarte! - The Elkbora ‘Stakes, areal, none, ‘and ree-quarier miles: Milas Lawrence, Gulto; F ireinis, Wellington, Oncar G. inssion, Hainvess, ¥ Sir Joseph Hawley, Apothecary, Miser, Talisman, Dietw . trmintrude, and Victory. ‘The Colt and Filly Stakes," for 23-year-old; _one molie: Mabille, Minnie C., Vallerin, Hapsburg, Irish Queen, Se eviary, Farra- Pride, Gratz's renade, meter. Lelex, gut, Sarstield, Falconbridge, Little Phil, bay filly by Longfetiow. : SATURDAY. Cons Purse, £250; mile heats, Sense ase for 3 year-olds; tive-elgbths of a mile, ‘Parse $20, for all sges;.one mile and a bait, CONEY ISLAND. New Yors, Sept. 4.—The autumn meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club was begun to-day in the presence of a large and fashionable com- pany of spectators. Tne heat. was debghtfully tempered by breezes from the ocean. Bram-- divided between m: - if, Br. cea horse, the boy garrow, who owas half of the paletta was the favorit ana victor in the five- who rubs him, and Mr. Burnham,a particular: furlong dush for ali ages; Ripple second, Emily F, third. Tine, 1:0244. ‘The mile-and-a-quurter race, weight for age, was won by Warfield, New York Weekly second. Unathird. Time, 2:12%. The bouquet stakes, three-quarters of 2 milo, for 2-year-olds: * arrett.. Lady Roseberry. Time—1:16X. In the Great Challenge Stakes race, all ages, mile and a half, Elias Laurence did not stuart. ‘fhe other horses pussed the winning post in the following order: Luke ickburn, Monitor, Gneus, One Dime. Time, A steeple-chuse over the full course, about three miles, brought the opening day-of the metting to a close. Bertha won; Dandy sec- ond, Disturbance third. Time, 6:09%. Dendy threw Delaney, bis rider, near the finish, but the jockey, remounting, secured second place, Dis- turbance was uway off, owing to bis refusing two jumps. which he was tinally forced to take. ‘Ten thousand peopic were present. ST. LOUIS. Sr. Louris, Mo., Sept. 4.—Forty-eight entries 80 far have been mude for the different races at the fall meeting of the 8t. Louis Trotting Club, All the trotting celebrities in the country are among the number. The entries are as fol- lows: ‘The 2:30 class: Lady Thorne, Calimus, Head- light, Centella, Commodore Sweetzer, Cincin- nati Boy, Mary Miller. Pacing class: Mattio Hunter, Sorrel Dan, B. Hamilton, Rowdy Boy, Lucy. The 2:18 class: Proteine, Monroe Chief, Bone- annis, Kitty Bates. . 2 eluss are: Atcxander, Pilot, Piedmont, Hambletonian Bashaw, Convoy. ‘The 2:25 class are: Ludy ‘Thorne, Dream, Will- jam H., Minnie H., Abdallah Boy, Centella, Robert, icGregor- he trec-for-alt are: Hopeful, Charley Ford, Hannis, Proteine. The 2:48 class are: Hardie, Kate Spragu Joyce, Donald, Joe Bunker, ‘Yom _ K Alta, Mattie Grabum, Porter, Leonard, Ei lett, Cincinnati Boy, Myrtle. ‘The 2:2) class failed to till, and something else will be substituted. St. Julien will also be here and make an attempt to lower his record for & purse of $2,500. Besides this amount, purses for $8.40 will be hung up. Some time during the mecting there will ba a mxteh between two d- Year-old colts sired by the stallion Merchant for 31,000 aside. Horsemen predict that the coming meeting will be the most successful one ever held west of the Mississipp! Kiver. ROCHESTER, MINN. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Triburie, ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 4.—At 2 o'clock the free-for-all race was culled. and Capt. Herod, Vivandere, and George Bullie entered, and after a closely-contested three-in-five race it was’ given to Capt. Herod. Summary Cupt. Herod. Vivandere.. George Ballie. ‘The continuation of the double-team race was hotly contested, and caused no little enthusiasm, eight heats being trotted to win, Summary: 1 3-3 2 ‘ 2:78; Be ‘The officera are holding a meoting at the Cook House. The premium-iists are not made out, and cannot be given until they are posted into the ledger. COLUMBUS, 0. CotuMeEcs, O., Sept. 4.—The 2:30 trotting race, which was uncompleted yesterday owing to the darkness, was finished to-day, Elsio Graff tak- ing the last heat and race. Time, 2:33%4, 2:504, 228534, 223535, 2334. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Patron, CuicaGo.—What is Goldsmitn Maid’s record? Ans.—2:14. Driver, AKRON, O.—Did Monroe Chief ever bbat Darby, and, ifso, where and when? Ana— Monroe Chief defeated Darby, Ashland Kate, George Judd, Chieftain, and Tearaway at Frank- fe Ky., Sept. 7, 18;6, Ashland Kate winning the first heat and ‘The time WAS 2:85, 2:35, 223624, 2:06, 2. TRACK TALK. In no race for the past twelve months has St. Julien made a break. ‘ Frank Van Ness has returned to this city, and will probably remain here during the winter. Noontide will not fill any of her engarements this season, having been blistered and turned out. 5 In Sorrel Dan and Little Brown Jug Mr. H. V. Bemis, of this city, has the fastest pair of pacers owned by one man. Lady Maud, record 2:184, after am‘ absence of, three years from the turf, appeared in the freé- for-all at Bostan last week, but was distanced by Durby. The young stallion Van Arnim, that obtained a.b- year-old record of 2:22 at Louisville in June, 1870, has mado a successful seuson at the stud in Kentucky, aud will be trotted again this fall. _ Santa’ Claus, tho Calitornin stallion, with a S-year-old record of 2:18, is being handled by his owner, Mr. Finnegan, of San Francisco, and recently trotted a mile in 2:1%, the first half be- ing done in 1:06. ; Parole will at once be put in training again, and will probably appear at some of the Eastern full meetings. ‘The old horse logks sleek and hearty, and appears, it anything, to have been improved by European trip, . Orrin Hickok recently offered $12,000 for Parana, the mare that won every race in_her ‘by the third. 384. ‘information was afte: class from Chicago to Boston this season. It is supposed tit he was negotiating on: bebalf of ex-Goy. Stanford, of California, During Thursday afternoon of the Springfield meeting some bold aud adroit thief got away with the Treasurer's box, which contained $1,100. ‘The box was taken out of the judges’ stand while the trotting was in progress. ‘The special purse of $1,000, open to alll stallions offered by tho Chicugo Trotting ‘lub, “to be trotted Thursday, Sept. 16, closes next Satu: night. Entries should be sent to D. L. Manager, No, 116 Monroe street, Chicago. Trinket has been purchased by Mr. JohnShaw, of San Francisco, but temporarily residing in Brooklyn, for $11,000. She will bo left in Turn- er’s stable until her present engagements ‘are filled, after which she probably will be shipped. to California, 3 Itis reported that William Forbes, of Cleve- land, bas purchased. the pacing mare Lucy, owned and driven for so many seasons by Sam Keyes. Lucy was faster this iar then ever, and with proper handling would have wona number of races. Bonnie Scotland heads the Mst of winnin; thoroughbred sires this season, purses an Stakes to the amount of $64,835 having already been captured by his get. The largest sum heretofore credited to a sire is $90,570, won by the get of Lexington in 1876. Bonnie Scotland’s iargest winner this year is Luke Blackburn. Splan heads the list of winning drivers thus far this season, having captured $15,740 with Charles Ford, Wedgewood, and Wilbur F.; Hickok is second, with $13,900, due to Jt. Julien; Turner third, with $11,825 won by Hannis, Daisy- dale, and Edwin Thorne; Peter V. Johnson sour, Monroe Chief and Piedmont having won Steve Maxwell, who now hends the list of two- mile trotters, having cut the record at that dis- 4, WAS originally purchused by Henry Simons, at. an auction sale of horses in Louisville, for $87. Ho was worked awhile on the track, and in two weeks from the time of his sale could show a mile in 2:40. At that time he was called Auction. Sleepy Tom, the pacer that lowered the record at that way of going to 2:24 at Chicago last year, has probably seen hfs best day's... Besides being blind, the old horse is now troubled with lameness in one of his fore legs, and in conse~ quence was unable to strrt at Hartford. His lace in the * big four” will be tilled by Sorrel yas eet is now the exclusive property of Mr. emis. A telegram was recoived yesterday from Capt. Stone stating that he wished to work Maud S, on a mile track, and inquiring if accommodations could be furnished her here. A satisfactory re- py, was at once sent, and the mare will be here inaday or two. AS already announced, Maud Ss. Will give an exbibition during the Gatengo meeting, and her driver expects eat the 211M of St. Julien. ‘The matinée which was to have taken place on the Ceniral Park track yesterday afternoon was postponed on account ot the bad weather until next Thursday, when the trotting will begin at 1:30 o’clock,—half an hour eartler than usual. The program includes tho following even! 2:40, 2:30, and free-for-all classes in harness; 2:40' pacing race in harness; 2:50 class to wagon. Entries cun be made ut the track Thursday. By trotting in 2:2344 at Boston Inst week Ed- win ‘Thorne hus added materiully to the fame of *| his sire, Thornedale. The last-named horse ia ono of the tew gurviving sons of Alexander's Abdalinh, and is a trotter himself, acquiring a record of 2:24 in 1876. His previous non-suc- cess in the stud has always been a surprise to horsemen, but with the advent of a few more trotters like Daisydale and Edwin Thorne his ‘star will begin to rise. Darby will not be trotted again this season, his owner, Mr: Thomas P. Wallace, of New York, having ordered Dustin to give the litte brown gelding a complete rest until next year. Darby has beaten all the free-for-all horses this it exceptSt. Julien, and forced Hopefu! to lower his colors every time they met. He trotted a third heat nt Rochester in2:1634, which equaled bis record of last season. At present Darby has a tender leg, but it is believed that rest_ und at- tention will completely overcome this difticulty. Maud S. has been taken to Cincinnati, and will be jogged by Buir until the arrival from Europe of Mr. Vanderbilt, when she will be driven on the road by that gentleman. In conversation with a reporter Bair expressed the opinion that he could bave driven Maud a mile in 2:10 at Hartford had Mr. Vanderbilt's dispatch ordex- ing ber withdrawal not como: when it did. Bfr, Vanderbilt and the Hartford. track have not been on good terms for some time, and thie fact Is believed to be the reason for the gentleman's action, : s Col. John W. Conley leaves for Louisville to- night to make arrangements for the trotting meeting at that place, to. be given under bis supervision Oct. §,-0,7,and8. The program in- cludes liberat purses for horses of the ~:40, 2:34, 2:80; 2:26, 2:23, 2:21, 2:19, and free-for-all clases, n special purse for the sensational trotters of the year, a free-for-all pacing purse, and the Galt House Stuke for 3-year-olds: The entries for all except the Gait House Stake and tho special purse close next Saturday night, and ebould be nddressed to Col. Conley at the Galt House, Louisville; Ky. aa : During the past six weeks St. Julien has earned nearly $13,000, ‘Tho truth in regard to the reported sale of thia horse to Mr. Vandor- hilt is as follows: Joseph Harker and Charley Green, who wero supposed to bo necting in Mr. Vanderbilt'sdnterest, obtained the refusal of the horso until the close of the Hartford mect- ing at $45,000, paying $1,000 for the privilege. When the time for settlement came they did not produce the purchase money, and Hickok was 1.000, ahead. It is belleved.by those who should know that Harker and Groen were notucting on behalf of Vanderbilt, but in their own interest. After allowing the matter togo almost n year without justice being done, the President of the National Trotting Association has temporarily roinstuted Mr. K. B. Conklin, formerly the owner of Rarus, who was expelled in August, 1879, by tho Hartford track becnuse Rarus was ‘not al- lowed totrot after be hnd been purchased ‘py Mr. Bonner. ‘The expulsion was malicious in the extreme, there belng nothing in tno rules of the National Assoointion to justify it, and was rogarded by all intelligent persons as a piece of spite work on the part of the Hartford track, which was backed mn in the absurd and illogical position it took by S>crotary, Vnil. Rarus was expelled at the same time, and is still under ban, but, as bis owner holds the National Association in contempt for the petty mennness done by the Hartford people, and would never stoop to ask a reversal of the judgment, it {8 probable that the status of tho horse will nat be changed. WASHINGTON. Apnouncements—A New Method of Ro- fining Gold—A Scandal with a Hitch to It. Special Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, “Wasurneton, D. C., Sept. 4.—Secretary Sherman writes here that he will spend all of next week campaigning in Indiana, and will return to Washington the succeeding week. Postmaster-General Maynard announces that-he will not make removals or other changes in, the postal service except -for cause, and that it will be useless for persons seeking employment to apply. at The Mint Bureau has now under consider- ation the advisability of changing the method of refining from the one at present employed, known as the nitric-acid process, to the sul- phuric-acid process. The latter process is sald to be simpler, fo waste less of the metal, and to be more economical. The refiners of the San Francisco and Philadelphia Mints are now here in consultation upon the sub- ject. ‘The Marine Hospital service, which, at the request of the Supervising Inspector of steam vessels, has been examining a large number of pilots with respect .to color blind- ness, has found yery many that were dis- qualified for service. The pilots in most instances make a vigorous opposition, how- ever, to losing their business, saying that they have never had an accident, and in some cases they move from one port to another to avoid the color examination. z ‘The latest scandal is a pretended affidavit that was to have been filed with the Postimas- ter General to-day relative to the old star route business, which Congress after an in- vestigation approved. The alleged maker of the aflidavit is one Reeve, who is said to have married.an adopted daughter of Mir. May- nard, The following is the substance of the ailidavit which was to have been filed this afternoon but was not: = Deponent says that he is cognizant of the fact that a few days since Assistaut Postmaster-Gen- eral Brady wrote to the head contractor, Mot roo Sulisbury, of the aforesaid Star Mail serv- ice, to come on at once ‘and fix mutters beforo Postmnaster-General Maynard arrived. Depo- nent further declares that the following mem- bers of Congress'were corruptly bribed to vote for-the aforesaid Star Service Dill. they recelv- ing the amounts annexed to their names. {Hore follows a list of fifteen members of Con- gress.) Deponent that ho did not see this mouey paid, but that he cverbeard a conyersa- tlon between two lobbyitts to that effect. This ward contirmed by one of tho lobby, who aided to pass the swindle. De- ponent further declares his belief that the fol- jowing newspaper correspondents in this clty were bribed by Joseph Melibben, attorney for the aforesaid Star, servico contractors, the amounts which thoy received being unknown to the deponent. {Here follows the names of sev eral correspondents.) Deponent declares that he has no ill-will against any of the parties en- gaged in the swindle, bis. sole motive being to warn the Postmuster-General of the magnitude of tho swindle in the Star service, to the end that he may take such steps as will convince the country of his determination to administer the affairs of the Post-Olfico Department honestly. ‘The affidavit may relate to a renuine oc, currence, or it may bea gross attempt to raise the wind. Itisnot expected that any- thing more will be heard of it. Postmaster- General Maynard has heard nothing of it. a$$ WANTS A DIVORCE. Whe Wife of a Prominent Detroit Democratic Lawyer Files a Bill for Divorce—A Decided Sensation Prom- ised. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Derroit, Mich., Sept. 4.—In the Superior Court to-day a suit for divorce was com- menced which promises to create a decided sensation in high social circles in this city. Mrs. Mary. W. Griffin, through her at- torney, George V. N.: Lathrop, brings suit against her husband, Levi T. Griffin, one of the leading members of the Michigan Bar and a prominent Democratic politician, Mrs, Griffin has been in Europe for nearly three years, and the first intimation of her return was the declaration in this suit. She sets forth that she was married to the defendant in October, 1867, and that in the fall of 1877 she went abroad with the consent of her husband. While there, she alleges, he refused v0 longer live with her or recognize her as. his wife, and declined to make any provision for her support and maintenance. On her part, Mrs, Griffin claims that she has always been ready and willing to perform her duty towards her husband, and charges thathe has no just cause for putting her aside. His action she characterizes as ex- treme cruelty; declares there is no collu- sion between them, and asks that the silken cord be severed. singular feature in the case is the fact that Mr. Griin’s answer accom- panies the bill. He neither adinits nor de- nies the charge, but allows that the burden of proof rests with her to show thathe had No Just cause to refuse to longer treat her as his wife. His denial of cruelty is explicit, and is followed by the statement that his ac- tion in the premises was warranted by the existing facts, and based upon his best and most considerate judgment. ir. Griftin con- cludes by asking for a dismissal of-the bill. HYMENEAL, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, RocxrFonrp, Iil., Sept. 4.—A notable matri- monial event occurred at Pecatonica on Wednesday evening, at the residence of Mr. William S. Rork, the occasion being the mar- riage of his daughter, Miss Addie A. Rork, to Mr. Frank §, Corwin. The house and grounds were most elaborately decorated and lighted with Chinese lanterns. The guests were placed on a temporary floor spread out on a grass plot south of the house, and seats were provided ‘for about two hundred persons, On the porch. facing the south was a beautiful arch of evergreens, intertwined with garlands of flowers, under which the young couple were happily united by the Rev. Mr. McCardle, of prion. ‘The ceremony was very beautiful and impressive, at the conclusion of which the guests were received in the parlors: ‘The bride was mod- erately but handsomely attired. ‘The con- eratulations being over, the company partook of avery bountiful repast. The bride was the y recipient of many useful aud valuable gu a RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT. Special Dispatch to The Chicugo Te LANSING, Mich., Sept. 4.—A competitive examination to‘ determine which of seven- teen applicants was best qualified for the cadetship for this district at West Point.was |, completed late last evening. After a rigid examination the Board recommended Charles D. Randall, of Flint, and Congressman Brew- er Will so appoint. —————_— : Vestchains, very heavy and rich and of entirely new pattei ed yesterday at N. Matson & Co.'e. Teeeten a : ij BASE-BALL. Chicago Successful in a Loose Game at Buffalo. : Worcester Walloped by Providence and Troy Trounced by Boston. A Business View of the Five-Players Agreement Controversy. © i ee ear Sensible Suggestions as to Uniforms— ' Gossip of the Game. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ‘The play during the past week leaves Chicago twelve games In the van, and with seventeen yet toplay; while Providence has obtained an ap- parently tnvinelble lead for. sccond place, being now seven games beyond Cleveland, which lends Troy but one game. As the. case now stands Chicago has but'to win cight out of her seven- teen. yet to play to.sccure the Lengue pennant beyond a peradventure, as this would give six- ty-two games won, or one more than Providence could getevon by winning every game of the nineteen yet to play,—a thing scarcely possible. To overtake.. Providence Cleveland will now have to win all of its remaining nineteen games, while Providence must lose nine axtof nine- teen. Cleveland will now have all it can hope to do to beat Troy for third place, with the chances rather in favor of tho Forest City team, as Troy will have the greater number of hard games to play. The games of this week will bo ns follows:. Chicagu, two at Buffalo and three at Cleveland; Providence, two against Worcester and three against Troy; Boston, two against Troy and three against Worcester; Butfalo, two against Chicago and three against Cincinnati; Cleveland, three against Uincinnati and three against Chicago. ‘The state of the case as regurds the League championship is now as follows: - (FF § SE/S)= S/S 13131 & CLUBS. BIS|: |S/E(E/3] & BIR(: 1 18]? (Bl 8 is BIE Bs a ed 3 3 = it 19 19 19 17 18 Byg 3 Chicago,... 7) 5] 54) Providence. 10] 10) 42} 4] 4} 35) '11}10) 3 9} 7} 31, 8) 8) 31) —} 4) 21 3 26 | 85; Games lost,.... . |13}23|50ja1 A BUSENESS VIEW .OF IT. Let us sco how the abolition of tne five-play- ers agreement, or the absence ot something of a similar character, would work. Cincinnati, for oxample, desirous of getting a team that it thinks would win tho championship, and being determined to outbid any and all other clubs in order to get the players it wants, enters the fleld after the 23d of October and begins the engage- ment ot a team for 1880. The local management and the local newspaper advisers agree upon something like this for an outfit: Jones, Gore, and Kelly for the outfeld, Will White and Cor- coran for pitchers, John Clapp and Flint for catchers, Jim White for first base, Burdock tor second base, Burns forsbort-stop, Williamson or Connors for third base, and Hines or Dalrymple for substitutes. This would be-a tremendous batting and fielding collection, and might or might not win the championship; much would depend on management, in which respect Cin- cinnati is Inmentably deficient. Anyhow, Cin- cinnati wants those players, and is going to have them at whatever rate of salaries promised,— payment being quite another affair. But how about Chicago and Gore, Kelly, Burns, Williamson, Corcoran, and Dalrymple? Pre- sumably Chicago wants to keep these players, and toa certainty Chicago can afford to pay them $2 for every dollar offered by Cincinnatt!, Boston wants to keep Burdock, Troy wants Con- nors, Providence wants Hines; more than that, they aro going to have them, or else they are going out of the bull business, for a club cannot survive which loses the players having the strongest hold upon the favor of {ts putrons. Chicago, Boston, Providence, and Troy will pay these players $2,000 apiece before they will let them go, But Cincinnati will Py, 500, and gets them—gets a team which will cost upwards of $25,000 for salaries alone, or $32,000 when truv- cling, hotel, and incidental expenses are added. To meet this expense the Cincinnati Club must average $400 per game forelghty games, at home and abroad,—a thing which no club ever did or ever can do. The avernge will be less than one-half that . figure when Cincinnati shall bave crippled every other club inthe League. by taking away their best and most popular players. Kesult, a net loss of $16,000, which the Cincinnati stockholders must pull out of their pockets and pay into the Club treusury. Will the Cincinuati stockholders do it? Unquestionably they will not. Then the players engaged lose one-half the salaries prom- ized, and have played ball for considerably less than what they woulll bave received had the five-players agreement operated to prevent thie senseless competition. ‘We do not believe the ball-players of the country are so silly and short-sigated as to want to kill the goose that lays for them the golden egg,—said goose being the League, which has been instrumental in elevating and populariz- ing the game of ball, in creating a demand for Inyers, and in guaranteeing them honest and fair treatment by the clubs employing them. What is good for the League is good for ball- players, for the day when the League ceases to contro! the National gume in America by wise legisiation and judicious business man- agement will see tho speeay down- fall and obliteration of the game asa agrand popular amusement and pustime; and nothing will more surely disrupt the League ‘and reduce base-ball to chaos than a polloy which increases salaries beyond a point justified by elub recoipts. .Salarics are already a3 high as they should be, and the person who advocates a plan that will inevitably increase the present expense of maintaining a club. be he officer, stockholder, player, or newspaper reporter, isno truo friend ‘of base-ball. Ball-playing talent is worth what it will bring, and it will bring, [n the long run, not what indisercet ~Iub ollicials are foolish enough to bid for It, bu. what experience bas amply demonstrated the public will pay for itin the shape of patronage, and no more. In many instances this revenue from patronage bas not equaled the expense of maintaining the club, and club stockholders, enthusiastic and ardent devotees of the game, have paid the de- ficit, They will have to doit this year in sev- eral instances, and foey are willing to do it again, provided the deficit is not too large. How to keep it down to the minimum should be the study of every club management, and not how to muke it larger. It was for this that the lan of reserving players was devised, and it is ‘or this it should be continued. CHICAGO VS. BUFFALO. Svecial Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. BurFFAto, N. ¥., Sept. 4.—The Buffalos and Chicagos played. a-very exciting game to-day, and nothing but luck brought victory to the vis- itors. The catchers made a poor showing, and the flelding was rather loose on both sides. In the third Richardson gave way for Crowley, and in the fifth Goldsmith, who had been pitching wildly, went to the fleld, Corcoran coming in. Kelly also took Fiint’s place. The batting of Richardson, Moynahan, Corcoran, and Kelly was very strong, but the fielding was done by Force, Rowe, Quest, and Williamson. The Buffalos be- gan the run-getting in the first inning, two sin- gles, a passed ball, and a wild pitch permit- ting them to score. In the second, two singles, 8 muffed third strike, a‘wild throw, by Richardson, a wild pitch, 2 passed ball, and fumble by Stearns yielded Chicago four un- earned runs. Two hits, Filnt’s wild throw, and a wild pitch brought the Buffalos another run in the third. Kelly made the circuit of the bases in the fifth on his single, a baser by Williamson, and Anson’s sacrifice. Tio-basers by Moyan- hau and Esterbrook, together with a passed ball and wild pitch, sent two Buffalos home in the sixth. Tho visitors increased. tholr score to six in the eighth on. Stearns’ muff, a pussed ball, and Corcoran’s single, and the Bisons gained their last run on Kelly’s muff of a third strike, aided by a passed ball and Force's baser. THE SCORE. A|R) BIT |P| aE Chicago. Foot Sod fad Ga bes ae bel Dalrymple, 1. £. 5{ 0] o| o} 3] uo} a Kelly. r. £. and ¢. soe} 4 1) 21 2] 8] Ol 1 Wilhiamson, 3b 4| 0] 2) 3] 1) 3) 0 Anson, 1 b. -{ 41 1} 3] 1/10) o] 0 Burns,'s. 8... 2} a} 2} of of a} a) 2 Goldsmith, p. and 0. f. =} 4] 2] 1} 3} 1] 3} 0 Corcoran, c, f. and p. -{ 4) 2) 2) 2) 1) 4) 0 Flint, c, and r. £. =| 4] Of 6] O| 6} 2} 2 Quest, 2b... ecco +} 4] 0]°2) 1] 1] 5} 0 Total... sececeee eee 'a7| 6] 8] 8/27/18] 4 Buffaiv. Crowicy, c.f. and o. 5} 1) 1} 1) 713} 0 Richardson, c. ang 3b. =} 5} O] 4} 4} 3] o] 2 Rowe. r. f. and c. f. =] 5{ a} of oF 3] of 0 Hornung, 1. £...... 4} 0 of of 3] of 0 Moynahan, 8. 8. <3] 2] 2[ 3] 0) 1) 0 Esterbrook, 1b 4} 1] 7) 2) 7110 +2b, 4} 0} 1) 1] 5] 6] oO 4] Of 0} o| 0} 6] O 4) 1) 2) 1) 0] 0) 2 Total.........06 «= 188] 5]10/12/26]15] 4 ‘Williamson out for int with player, alo. * Bruns earned—Chicago, ‘base hits—Moynahan, Esterbroo! Lett ‘on bases—Moynahan, Force, Kc. Hornung, Will n; Goldsmith. eet sare i, Crowley @, Kelly Cy ‘Williamson, Flint, Galvin. A s on Galled bails—Moynahan. Tist base on .errors—Corcoran, Burns Qs , Force. Moynahan. Beat ows Flin, Hichardeoa. id nders—| . Fees Michardson, Dalrymple, Stearns, eked balle—Richardson, 1; Flint, 3; Kelly, 1; Crowley, 1. Miley tcnes—Goldsmith, 6; Galvin, L Wie eitedGalvin, 87; Goldsmith, 68; Cor- corn, 1 atled~Galvin, 43; Goldsmith, 43; Cor- Time of game—2:30. Dmpire-cBradle, BOSTON VS. TROY. ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Troy,N. ¥. Sept.4.—The Bostons and Troys played a pcor game to-day in the ‘presence of 700 people, Boston winning by a score of 4 to3. Loose fielding and poor batting characterized the contest. The Bean-Eaters ee their rina Connors, Ferguson, ant "Trott, Burdock, and the home- ors of Gillespie, Peete, and ‘inuifed. ites by Trott, Toy enabled the Trojuns to cross a is Innings 1 i 1 ‘Two-base 8 Three-base hit—John Struck out—Troy. 6: Boston, 2. Doublo plays—Cuskins-Ferguson-Tobin, James O'Rourke-Burdock-Morriil. Wild pitches—Keefe, 1. Balls called—Keefe, 91 * Umpire—Doescher. PROVIDENCE VS. WORCESTER. PROVIDENCE, Sept. 4.—The gume here torday resulted as follows: 566789 00 0 1234 os 005 010002 130010 BALL GOSSIP. ‘The Bradner Smith & Co. defeated the F. P. Eliott & Co. nine yesterday 13 to 3. ‘i The Clippers, of Oakland, defeated the Reso- lutes, of the Union Stock-Yards, 15 to 9. George Wright advocates a return to straight- arm pitcening. With good reason, for George Ceased to be a strong butsman when underhand throwing came in vogue. polo ands for aLeacue ‘The New York idea is to fitup the on One Hundred and Tenth street club ground, and to have a ground also atConey island. With « good League club they hope to have an old-time reviyal,—the team playing part ot puele games in July and August at Coney and. The Cleveland Plaindcaler sends in this hot one: “Can the Enquirer tind time in the interval between its spasmis over the ‘agreement’ busi- ness togive the Cincinnati players any guarantee or assurance that the Cincinnati Cluo will pay them their SeptOmber salaries? Or will it meta- morpyees aud join the League again as a new W. P., Palo, Mich.: No person save the smpire and the players is allowed on the ball-field. 1 manager, if he be not himself 2 pluyer in the nine, cannot coach the base-runners. There is no fimit in the League to the number of bases a Player may. take on a passed bull by the catcher; ground rules are often made on non-League’ srounds limiting runners ‘to onc base in suca a se. There is a League rule, applying only to League clubs, that forbids a player taking part in a game until twenty days after his release from the club with which he was Inst engaged; outside the League, or similar organizations, there {s no rule on the subject, and a playermay “revolve” at will, provided anybody will en- courage his dishonurable conduct by hiring him. ‘We do not answer questions by-mail John Augustine Eiliott, a young man of 15 ee was killed almost instantly while pera ase-ball at a picnic. near St. John, N.B. A number of the young men at the picnic haa or- ganized a match, and it was while batting in the second innings that Elliott received his death Diow. The ball, which was tossed by the pitcher at a medium pace, struck him on tke neck, about two inches below the rightear. He was observed to drop the bat and stagger slightly, but recovering quickly he picked up the bat and made ready to strike. Just os tho pitcher was about to deliver another ball, Elliott staggered and fell to the ground. The alarmed players rushed up and carried the young man to a shady spot a few yards off, when every effort was made to resuscitate him, but without avail, and in ten minutes after. ho:receiyed.the blow he was a corpse. We cordlaily coincide with the sentiments ex- pressed on the subject of uniforms by a corre- épondent signing himself “Resperus,” as fol- lows: “ I would like to make a suggestion about the proposed change in the uniform of our “champion base-bali team" through your pa- per. Ido not think any uniform would be as acceptable to-a Chicago audience as the old White-Stocking uniform, which we have been used te so long and liked so well until it was mixed with other colors. Have the uniform all white with the exception of dark neckties, and ‘Chicago’ embroidered in dark letters across the front. Ourcity certainly need not be ashamed to have her name worn by the club of 1880. No other uniform would look as well with white stocking3. And, as President Hulbert remarked at the game the other day: ‘We shall have to fale che white stockings, as that is our trade- mark.” Our Cleveland special intimates that Jones was {aid off yesterday because of poor playing the day before.. We knew this would be_tele- graphed over the country. In justice to Jones we may state that there isanother story to be told, and the true one. Some time ago he was suspended and the report started that it was for indifference.. We knew at the time that it was because the Club wus in arrears to him for sal- ary as wellas to other members of the team who were kicking, and we so announced it. Of course the Boston papers denied it, and the Bos- ton Club indignantly sneered at it. This time there was no mistake. We havea private tele- gram from a member of the Boston team, stat- ing that Jones yesterday demanded his back BY which Harry Wright. refused to pay him. ie then quite properly refused to play and was suspended. ‘That is the truth, aud can not be honestly controverted. When Jones was so anxious to receive his release from the Bostons last spring, hé had good reasons for asking it, but it was refused. There are some things about this failure to pay players whicn had bet- ter not be told, and will not be, unless the Club pushes the-Jones affair before the League.— enquircr. The Cincinnat) Commercial makes the follow- ing candid and truthful observations: ‘An en- tire uprootiug 1s needed that will sever the game inthis city from any special business in- terest, for it is this ill-suited csmbivution that has lost the Club so many friends and been one of the causes that has dwindled the attendance down to a figure where It reaches but en aver- age of 200 persons to the game. The Worcester Ciub left here last night with $it as its gross roceeds. In other Eougue cities Cincinnati has ecome a laughing-stock through its bad man- agement. Noelfort has been made during the season to make the grounas u resort tor ladies. ‘The officers themselves, who should set the ex- ample, did not bring their wives or daughters, Possibly for the reason that the ladies objected Visiting any pluce where drinks were huwked around after the manner of the lowest over-the- Khine variety shows; and, speaking-on the liquor question, it wiil be of interest to state thut the League Intends, at a future meeting, to abolish this objectionable feature from all League grounds. Chicugo,Cleveland,and Worces- ter bave managed to get along without their sale, and why should itnot prevail in other cities? A.mujority vote has alrendy been secured for the passage of the suggested rule, Will Cleveland have a League club next year? ‘This fs a question asked on every hand just now, and no one can answer it. Thore are two things upon which tho matter depends,—firet, the posi- thon the present Club occupies at the close of the season; and second, which 1s more impor- tant. the condition of the finances of the Asso- ciation. Upto within a week or sv azo there was neither a loss nor a gain in the wo.iey de- Partment, but the poor luck of the Club during the past week has lessened the attendance at the games somewhat, and disgusted the putlic. It is sufe to say that the Ciub has now rot through with its most dangerous opponents, and in the games that remuin yet to be played viec- | tory may be lvoked for in four games out of every five. To be sure, the present Club has six games with Chicago, but, as strange as it may seem, the players have more contidence when they tackle them thun at any other time. It re- Mmuins with the peopie as much us with the clubs, and perhapa more 80, to ecttle the ques- tion as toa nine next season. The few ardent | adinirers of the game who have stco] the brunt of the thing for the pnst two yeurs feel that they have sucrificed cnough money in furnish- iny the Cleveland public with buse-ball, and do not want to lose uny more. Last yeur they cume out short, and if they suffer again they will pull out of the business altogether. By turning out to the games and inducing their friends to do the same, thus swelling the at- tendance and increasing the gate reccipts, the possibility of n failure in the money Tne can be avoided, and im that event we feel sure in saying Cleveland will be represented in the Lengue next veur by a good club. 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