The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1871, Page 3

AMORICAN JOCKEY CLUB. Third Day of the Spring Meeting. Heavy Track, Dull Weather, Dis- appointed Sportsmen. THE FAVORITES BEATEN IN EVERY RACE, Sights and Scenes on the Quarterstretch. Chillicothe the Winner of the Mile Heats, Judge Durell of the Jockcy Club Haa- dicap, Nellie Gray of the Ladies’ Stakes, Belmont of the Selling Sweepstakes and Climay. of the Members’ Cup. ‘What an intensity of stillness reigns all over the Yace track just before the grand stand becomes tenanted with the moving, breathing and surging crowds of people ! Jerome Park is as quiet as some old ancestral do- Main, whose lord is absent traveling in some far of Jands spending his patrimony, just befure a race. ‘There stands tue Club House on the bluff, and not @ soul hus as yet invaded its capacious balcony or ita airy corridors, Yesterday was as duil aday for some bours as has been seen at the Fordham races. During the moraing the sun coquetted with the clouds, and was fickle as the smiles of a woman. The grand stand is very silent, too; aud with the exception of the horses cauteriug up and down the heavy track, which in places is dotted with pools of mgeish and dirty water, there 1s nothing in the “seene to Aisturh the harmony of nature, Here and herd a bird is singing ! the Jeaty branches of the Tees, and the smooth, grassy turf looks refresnui’ ‘to the eye of the first comer, Now a carriage appears on the hilltop, behind the Club House, the horses dragging and panting and Sweating up the incline, and a dainty face peeps out and iooks anxiously at the sky. The fair owner of the fair face scems somewhat reassured, for in a Moment, as the equipage draws up the gravelied causeway to the Esplanade, with a crash and a bang, the laay, followed by another, equally fatr, @escends from the step with a light bound, showing @ dear little soot and a snowy and frilled skirt. Now « four-in-kand comes sweeping along, the horses throwing back their necks and pawing the ground witn their feet like the coursers of the Sun, beautiful blooded animals that they are, A mule off can be heard the whistle of the in- @oming train loaded with excursionists, Pretty soon long files of pedestrians stream up the leaty Jane Jeading froin the depot to the course. The men ‘With tie naity scarfs, loud breastpins and velvet oats may be set dow. for a certainty as those who buy pools. These men do not look at the green trees, the wild flowers or the brambles 1n tneir path, ‘The sweet voices of the singing birus have no charm for them. Wave after wave of these people come forward like the foam and breakers on a coast, and they dash up against the entrance gates in eddies, nd surge back iuto line to buy badges or tickets under the charge of tne police. Where the wild brier skirts the leafy lane and un- der the locust and Jarch leaves groups of itinerant peddiers swarm in close and compact retinue. The Semonade man 1s an attraction to one im search Of character. His beverage is a vile drug made of vinegar, molasses and dirty water, With the most hardened elfrontery he levies a tax of ten cents per glass on each thirsty foot passeuger who stops at his booth, He is 2 keen-eyed old fellow, with a greasy and ragged coat, and wuile lacing ont his poisonous ‘Mquid the iron of reiorse aves not enter his soul. A bool buyer sto. 1s for a moment to chaff the lem- nade merchant, who seems iavuitively to regard dum as an enemy. “How much will you take for that pail of slush, me old duifer?” asks the puol buyer. “I don’t sell slush, and I’m not a dutfer, my keno friend,” answers the lemonade man, and a chorus of laughter from the jokiug crowd makes the pool buyer move on his way. The banana man succeeds to the lemonade man, Not to put too dine a point on it, tue bavaua maa is @ beat, He is a Lutle, withered, dried up atom, with the face ofa mummy aud an expression of crabvedness about bis pursed up mouth that would give any one who looked long upon his lineaments the dyspepsia. About five feet five inches in heizht and with a pair of ferret eyes, he danzles @ basket of pestilential cherries om one arin and from the other depends a large bunch of bananas. The impudence of the man is frighvul. Suddenly he stops in front of a lady, who 1s intent pon the horses, and shakes his banauas at her in @ menacing manner. “Bananas, mum—twenty-five cents apiece—all Tipe and sweet, mun. Sananas, mum—twenty- five cents aplece—vest in the world, mum.” ‘This uncouth specimen has haunted public places fm and around New York for the last twenty years, Sometimes he appears with woodcock and grouse in the season, and hothouse grapes or other fruit, and tren he disappears for awhile, and those whom he has haunted ‘with his shrilly pertinactous cries, began to hope that he had gone to his repose in Greenwood or Cypress Hills, when ail at once he Is vomited forth again to piague peopie. If he were even good Jook- ing he might be tolerated, but a woman likes not to Jook upon such @ badly-favored face as his, and sel- dom does a woman buy of his wares. And now the teams and turnouts crowd fast apon each other and brush by with tearing pace to obtain good position. Negro boys with flaming red caps ran around in a frenzy, demanding of each driver that he shall allow them to hod his horse vr horses. Aribbon of siik and veivet aud tssue, wiih vere d there @ segment of black Quals and Alpwe hate, Pinds down siuousiy from the LG House und ound the biud and across the (faek, 420 sven the Sranw Stand ia pretty well filed with bright holt. @ay costuines, alihongi many of the iadkes could have wished that they had vrought their water- rouls and storm Wraps, for the day, though warm, E dawp, and the track Js & great poot of soggy mire. ‘There is no music to-day al the races, aud that makes the /éte dull and desperate. There is nothing 40 be done to-ay but to cat Bod Arik, and as the Fain comes aown in a cheerless drizzie, hampers are Opened, and some people venture to throw them- Beives On ihe mercy oi the Leia who sells chowder ‘oithe color of a chocoite ice, It Was ior many Meetings held at Jerome Park a mystery to tie writer Low this chowder was made, oli one day a butcher trom Wasntugton Market took hita ito is ‘Cuniidence, aad iniormed hun that the vender oi the chowder Was in the havit Of visiiing tue Osu market W purchase ali the rejuse cols’ heads aud second Dand Clans woich he could find, aud trou these Ge- Jectable mgredients he lormed bis chowder, and ‘With it entrapped unwary aud hungry Victima, A fellow conspirator of the chowder man is the pig’s oot mercnant. A pig's fovi, when Well Cooked @nd before tt has passed its majority subsequent to the death of the porker to Whom 1 on! is not bad to take. Bui when toe p been expored successive days to the wrath of une siements and the boliing heats of a June sun tne pig’s toot becomes too gamy tn its flavor, aad ail She palating of # vivid fancy cannot render it oytiisome, ‘There are nearly five thousand people here to-day, @ud tis @ curious study to watch their iaces and sce therein the different suriace indications of wnat passes within their souls, Look at that big, burly politician, who has elbowed his way into decent society for the first ume to nis life. lie has fought tis way to the Grand Stand torougnh sheer cheek and brassy impadeuce. Among ‘that kid gloved and essenced and stiken and broad- loth clad assembiage he 18 & stranger in spirit. His thoughts are oi tle slums aad of toe primaries Of chicane and of the coming nominations im the fall, Of the lowest sirata ol clay of which God made men, while im Romie it 18 pot posstote for him do as the Romans do. His bg, fal hanc's are cased mM dogskio gloves, and his eye wanders furtively among his neighbors of a beticr grade than himseti, vainly seeking recognition, bul he meets with no welcomiug glance. He wiil go Home issalisfted ‘with hinseti and every one whom he sees around him, and will only regain his equanimity when he meets with a dependent shoulaer-hitter who desires ‘Bis influence to be placea upon tie police. Ten feet irom the poiticias, and regarding him ‘with quict wonder, if not contempt, is hia exact opposile—a young man who aas born in the porvle, ant Whose Worst remembrances are of days Juxury and case ana nights of dissipation ava racking hes irom the champagne waigh be NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. has drank. The tailor whom he patronizes has ex- pened, all his art upon tht young man’s form. He is rweaty-ive years of age, and he is dlasd as Rousseau when he wrote “Ncuvelle Helotse.’’ His trousers are 0: the finest cloth. of the finest cut, and fit bis manly legs though not so closely yet as well as the siiken nghts fit a ballet coryph.e. His boots are of French kid, flexible as & glove, and they cover bis smail feet with mathemutl- cal exactitude. He pl-nty of mouey, and can- not spend it last enough. “urope and i's last capi. tals are to him as the pages of an open book. What more has he to see—what more has he to do— | that he has not seen or done in his short life? Noining, absolutely notimg. It wonll bore bim to death to listen five minutes to Nilsson or to be compelled te look ata paintiny by Kubens.. Tne probiem of his life, not yet solved, 16 simple enough. Can he yet better-litting trousers or nicer boots than those which he now Wears? Once tuis problem is solved be can only die—nis cup will be full. And here again 1s achird picture. Itis thatof a fresh young country girl, whose cheeks are rosy with excitement, and whose lips resemble ri strawoerries. Her little ears are shaped ike Shell4, and her tingers taper in thelr whiteness down to the pink nails at wer poinis. This young girl, as she sits on the Grand Stand, 18 as Jovely a3 a spring flower, aud tne world 1s new to her aad the grapes have not soured yet, aud no owder or paint has ever sotied her fair, young, girl- a and pure face. A diamond cannot be brighter than tne glance of her dark biue eyes, and when the horses start she claps her hands for very joy, and when the lavorite wins und comes up to be cheered it is delightful to look upon her iace beaming with enthusiasin and gladness An, well, lackaday! Ten evr from now the lines of care may have set in her features,aud her step may not be so tree and her giance may not be so bright; for it is the result of ‘Time’s work, and has tt not been said toat the roses shail wither and all things snall decay? A Tuce course brings ite sad and its glad reflections as weil a3 tne dungeon aud te shout of victory on a well-won batuedleld, AT THE CLUB HOUSE the usual magnificent enuineee crowded every drive Teaciag up to the broad piazza. Four and even 8tx In hands, with funkies mnumeravie, drove up Constantly, and deposited cheir ratr freight of tadies, Tae face oi vature, at least, atanearly hour yester- day, bore ayluomy aspect, and grinued savagely at any outward dis; lay. But the delicious drive was the same as ever. I'he green grass reireshed the vision, the rich foliage of the Park looked beautiful in its kaleidoscopic shades; the splendid road resounuea with the noise of many whoops; carriages, buggies, dog carts and other vehicles rattled quickl, over the ground, and aliogether the scene was lively and plotareaqos. Equipages came at intervals up the gravelied walks, aud on each arrival a dozen waiters, headed by the omnipresent steward of tne cluo, Frederick, were ou the qui vive. ‘Ihe music stand was unaccountanly deserted, and the vlare of the usual brass band irom fort Hamilton was un- heard, The principal memvers of the ciub and their friends were present. Among THE NOTABILIVIES we may mention «ur. Fellowes, Mr. Leonard Jerome, Judge Bedford, Mr, Hosea B. Perkins, Mr. James: Donahue, superincendent Free Lavor Bureau; Mr, Gere H, Purser and ‘amily, sire, Samuel G, Court: ney, Mr, Jv. 0. G, yovh, ex-Sheri O'Brien, Judge Shandley, Charles Moss, Judge Monson, Mr. Potter and lady, Fort Washington; Dr. Jackson, Messrs. Freeman aud Williams, Excise Comuissioners; Commodore and W, H. Vanderpilt, Mr. and Mrs, Ackerman; the peautiful blonde, Mrs, Pettie; Mr. and mrs. Parkes, of Broukiyn; eX:Mayor Gau- ther; Mr. Constabie, one of the most efficient mem- bers of the ciub; Mr. Cameron; Mr. aud Mrs. Bates, or Kort Washington; Colonel Brace John KR. Cecil; Mr, Bulord, of Virginla; Mr. Purdy, ex-Alderman McGinnis, Wiillam Buller Duncan, Mr. Pennock, Mr. Cnaries Wheatley, Mr. Lamontagne, Mr. Brew- ster and a large party, Mr. Wuliam Van Duzen, vro- tessor Milier, Mr. J. A. Connolly, Mr. Elisha Brooks, Mr. Daniel San‘ord, Colonei Pierce, ot New Hamp- shire; Air. and Mrs. Jonn McClave, with Mrs. Her- ring, sister of Peter B, Sweeny. At least 20) other notabilities passed us at the Club House, Regardiag TAK TOMLETS OF TUX LADIES, we cannot give such a description us that which succeeded the two first days, Many of the best representatives of the tair sex were absent, scared from attending on account of the raia in the tore- noon, Yet there were some pretty dresses, and first of all we must speak of tfiat of Mrs, Pettic, the handsomest Woman beyond douot who has graced the races with her preseice. Her dress (tue Vienna Demorest) was of wwo shades of brown, the under- skirc being the darker of the two, trimmed with tive narrow flouuces, edged with white lace, The over- skirt was of striped material, trimmed witha broad band of brown slik, edged with lace, and an elegant iringe of alight spade of brown. Tue outside gare meut was a loose jacket. somewhat of the Wavteau siape. A round lat, trimmed with two shades of brown to correspond with the dress, eat on her gol- den hair, Sue was the observed of all ooservers as she sat on the piazza of the Ciub House chaiting with Commodore Vanderbiit, A toilet in ashes-ot-rose poult de sote was trimmed entlrely with the material itself, disposed in inches, bows, pulls and ruites—a muange feartul to con- template and impossible to describe. The effect, nevertheless, was beautiful. Another, near by, was a triumph of the dress- maker’s att in the combinations of two lovely shaces of purple, in which tne usual arrangement Was reversed aud the ligutest shade used for the garniture. > A handsome tollef,in dlack gros grain had the skirt encircied with @& amigue garniture compesed of sections of box-plaits separated agonal rows of ‘tulip’? trimming edged with narrow black thread lace, ‘Tnere was no overskiri, and the hanc- some basque was wuch longer than usual, in a Modilied postilion shape, trimmed witu biack turead lace piaced over white silk fringed on ine edge. A hanusome India shawl was thrown care- jessly over the urin and the toilet was crowned with a becoming gypsy of white chip trimmed with lace and tine wiute flowers, (umes en cacheniae were en regle for the changeable weather. One, composed of @& black SUK skirt trimmed with graceluliy .estooned flouuces embroidered with white, and @ long disiingud asaque 0; black cashmere, embroidered to maich, wus greatly admired, Another was of gray, the skirt of sik, Wit stone-co1ored ruchings, the casaque of cashmere, trimmed with deep fringe of stone-color tatermingled with gray tassels. ‘Yas Was Stylish tu the extreme, althouga Quaker-iike tn its sluiplichy. A toilet of rich slik in two colors, gray aud brown, was so artistically ar- Yanged Ulat it was @ pleasure to contemplate it. ‘hiny bows of gray ornameuted the spaces in ue ae brown flounce which bordered the skirt, ne be ~ to Which was composed of nandsume roulezux of tue two colors combined, ig igen! tied at intervals with sinall gray bows. ‘The upper part of the totlet was partially concealed by a haud- some Algerieane carrlage wrap, but sudicicut was seen to note that the tanique was bordered with handsome tringe of the two shades, surmounted vy @ beading similar to that on the skirt, and the basque as trimmed to match. Tne two colors were most beautilully blended in the chapeau, which was of erépe and gros gram mbbou, ornamented with creamy, full-blown roses, THE LADIES’ STAKE! for which a number of three year-old fillies ran, ex- cited the Most interest among the tairsex. Tuey betted iuriously, and watched every motion of the mud-covered horses (ieminiue gender) and Weir riders with intense delight. Gloves and neck- ties were fang around recKieasiy, and when the un- expected Nelite Grey crossed the atriug te second time adead of all her competitors there was a pretty little wan went from the piazza, tur none of the ladies there knew anything aoout Mr. Kelly's fi'ly. A heavy track makes quite a difference in te chances of a race. THE RACING. The heavy rain of yesterday morning made the track resemble one vast mass of soft mortar, and many of the horses engaged to start in the various races were kept in their stables in consequence. We never saw a worse track than was vhat of Je- rome Park when the bell sounded for the horres to prepare for the first race; yet, notwithstanding the mud and slush through which the horses had to run, they made capital races in most extraordinary time under the circumstances, Every contest wag weil contested during the day, tho Ladies’ Stake being particaiariy flue, Five races were run during the aiternoon, and the horses in each were stoutly backed by thett respective admirers. There was a very large amount of money in the pool-box of Un- derwood & McGowan at the end of tae day; provia- bly eighty thousand dollars or more. The first race was mile heats, ‘Which had five entries, but the owners of Juéze'Curtis and Echo would not let their horses start. Three horses, however, came to the post and made a capital race. Taese were Mr. D. J. Crouse’s brown coit Chilil- cothe, by Lexington, dam Letta; Mr. If, Gatmey's chestnut horse Sanford, by Uncie Vic, dam Dolly Carter, and Mr. John Brougham’s black gelding Gerald, by Mickey Free, dam Rosette. Chijlicothe won the race in @ short rubber, Sanford being second in each heat. Cb liicothe was a great favo- rite, selling tor about two to one over the ficld after it was asceriained that Judge Curus would not start, The second race, which was the Jockey Club Handicap, had but five starters out of twenty-two entrances an seventcen acceptances, These wero Mr. John Coffve's chesinut colt Judge Durell, by Lexington, dam Laura, by Leviatnan, brother to Harry of the West; Taylor Page's bay colt flamourgh, py Lexington, dam by = Alex. Oburchii; Mr, A. belmont's chestunt filly Finesse, by Lexington, dam imported Filigree; Thomas W. Doswell’s chestnut filly Ecipte, by Eclipse, dam Nina, by soston; and’ Stringticld and Butier’s bay colt Quintard, by Ulverston, dam Blavelia. The distance was two miles, and it was run tu excellent time, considering the condition of the track. Judge Pure. won tue race in gatiant style. amburg Was a great favorite, Finesse being second choice in the betting, and ones,” or, a8 they are generally atvied fell heavny. Judge Dureil proved himself, on this occasion, @ horse of gre it stamina as well as speed, He was well ridden by “Bobby” Sim, who made a waiting race for & ine and three-quarters, when he brought the horse to the front and won in splendid style. Finesse cut out the work and showed the way for a mile and three-quarters, but then she suc- cumbed to the pressare of those of greater enau- France, and atthe finish of the race was fourth, | Quintard had no chance in the race at all, as he was icit at ihe post at the start, losing | fity yards to begin with, and was unabic | tv gain an inch afterwards. Aawburg ran @ game race; but the distance was rather too much for him in the deep slush, He secured second plave, Eclipuc betng third. The result of this race was an- | other Waterioo defeat Lo “the talent,” as they lost heavily ou Hamburg. ‘rhe third race was the great feature of the day, and, although ouly six fitlies came to whe post out of the fifty entries, they made a most exciting and very fast race. The favorite won, bat the New Yorkers generat los. by backing Mr. Samord’s bay flily, ; Madame Dudley. The iatter was not up to the mark ' In condition and had been off hee teed for some ; time. The stx files that started im the race were Miles Kelly’s gray filly Nellie Grav, by Commodore, dam by imported Sovereign second: M, A. Littell’s Ry Oly Mary Clark, oy Lexington, dam Eugiess; john O'Donnell’s gray iltiy Mary Louse, by Light- ning, dam by sovereign; M. H. Sautord’s bay filly Madame Duley, by Lexington, dam Britannia fourth; W. > Babcock’s chestnut fly Nellie Ransom, by Jack Maione, dim Vesper Light, aud Jonn O Don- neil’s chestnut filly Fanchon, by Australian, dam idewild, ‘ihe latter only rana trifle over a mile and then stopped. Nellis Gray won the race in gallant style, making a waiting race with Majame vudiey unui near the begiuning of the last quarter ofa mile, when sie shook off her travelling com. anion and made her devuirs to Mary Jlark, who had in leading irom the start. Nellie copra Mary one hundred yards from home. The lat how- ever, ran & gallant race throughout, and finished strong. Neihe Gray, it will be remembered, ran in the Belmont stakes, und when her jockey found tnat she could not overtake Harry Bassett, she was Pulled up in fiont of the stand. Had she been allowed to have run all the way to the fiuish there ds no donot that she wuuld nave beaten both Siock- wood and sy tue Sea, ‘The fourth contest was a selling race, and there were out two entries—Colone! acDanici’s bay cow Belmont and BG. Thomas’ bay Milly saiaria, Belmont won the rave with the greatest ease by ten Jengins, He was a viz favorite beiore tne start. He ‘was sold at auction after the race and knocked down for $1,000, the pr.ce he was entered to be sold for. Belmont will still be one of Coionel McDaniel's stavle, ‘The fifth race waa an interesting affair, it being the Members’ Cup, the norses to be ridden by mem- bers of the club. Three started—Climax, Vesuvius and Doctor—Captain Elwees riding Climax, Mr. Je G, Beresford Vesuvius, and A, B. Purdy Doctor. Climax won the race, making the mile In as fust time as Chillicothe aid in the second heat of the mule heat race, the latter carrying 103 10s,, while old Climax had the steadying weight of 153 lbs. The following are the details of the races in whe order they were run:— THE FIRST RACE. PREMIUM $700, for all ages; entrance money to second horse, mile heats, D. J, Grouse entered br, b. Chillicothe, by Lex- ington, dam Lilla, 4 years old. 11 H. Gatfney entered ch. hb. Sani Vic, dain Doliy Carter, 6 years ol 22 Jonn Brougham entered bik. g. Geral Mickey Free, dam Rosette, aged, sonee BD John O'Vonuell entered ch. n. Judge Curus, by Lexingtun, dam Lilla, 6 years cr oats ir. R, W. Walden entered ch. m. Echo, by Aus+ tralian, dam Kate Hayes, 4 yeu.$ Old........dr ‘Tme—1:62, 1 THE BETTING. 3 Uhillicothe. 00 800 490 500650 Sanior 10 60160180210 60% 8680 «858510 ype RACE. Fost Heah—Ohillicothe and Sanford started head and head & tefgth or so in front of Gerald; but when they roaehed the tura Chilicothe was in iront three- quariers 01 a length, Sauiord second, one iength 1a advance of Gerald. At the quarter pole Chillicotne aud Santord were neck and neck, Geraid hall a Yength behind. As they passed around under the blu there was no change, Chillicothe and Sanford being yoked, wita Geraid two leagihs beiind, They then Went out of sight behind the hill, and when they again appeared tu view Chillicothe was leading by a neck, Sauford second, two lengths in advance of Gerald, The latter then began to tall behind. Chillicothe entered the homestretch with half a length the advantage, and aicer a sharp run home through tie slush, Won the heat by a short length, Geraid being six lenguns behind, ‘Time, 1:52. Scond Hea'.—Chillicothe had @ sigut lead, Ger- ald second, Saniqrd close up. When they reached the upper turn Chillicothe led ove length, Geraid second, three lengths in front of Saulerd, At the quarter pole Geraid and Chiliicotne were head aud head, tour lengths tn iront of Sanford. In this way they came down and passed uauder the biuti, - They were head and nead when they came in sight on the lower turn, Sanford six lengths behind, As they came into the homestretch sanford made his rua, and, coming rapidly on, at the alstance stand was even with Chiliicothe and Gerald. A very close dnish Was the result, Chillicothe winning the heat by w short lengtn, Sanford second, half a length in front of Gerald. ‘Time, 4:53, THE SECOND RACE, THE JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP—A handicap aweep- stakes for all ages, $100 entrance, half forieit; $20 if distanced; $1,000 added, of which $200 to the second horse; two miles, John Couee entered ch. c. Judge Durell, by Lex- ington, dam Laura, 4 years old, 106 lbs... Taylor Page entered bv. c. Hamburg, by Lexing- tn, dam by Alex Churchill, 4 years, 103 lo: T. W. Dosweil entered cn. f. Kcliptic, by Eclipse, dam Nina, 4 years oid, 104 lbs.. mceee. August Kelmout entered ch. £., by Lexington, dam Filitgree, 4 years old, 104 1DS......... 00006 Stringficid & Butler entered b. c. Quintard, by Ulverston, dam Blazella, 4 years old, 86 lbs..... 5 Time, 3:47. THE BETTING, Hambarg 520 400 «400 1,120 1,000 1,000 Finesse... 200 160) 140 630760510 Eciptic 120 110 110 «25000 (280 1380 Judge Di 135 100 «1200 «3100280 200 Quintard.... 60 30 6400 «6300 200 10 THE RACE. Finesse was first away, Judge Durell second, Ecliptic third, Hamburg fourth, Quintard iecft at the post, aud beaten before he started. At the quarter pole Finesse led four lengtss, Hamburg second, two lengths ta front of Judge Durell, who was one ieng.h ahead of Ecliptuc, the latter veing a dozen leagths in front of Quintard, ‘They were in the same position at tue biui, They then passed around the il und were lest to the view; but when they came in sight on the lower turn Finesse led two leugtns, Hamburg secoud, six lengths ahead of Judge Duretl and Eclptic, who were running head and head, twenty lengths in advance oj Quintard. = ‘Luey dashed up through Lhe slush to the siand, Finesse leading under te wire jour teugtis, hamoug second, four lengihs in irout of Juuge Durei and | Ecuptic, who were about twenty leaxins c ear of Quintard. Going around the upper turn Hamburg | closed up to within two lengths of Finesse and tue others closed on him, and as they passed around the bluff finesse was two lengths in frouc ot Ham- burg, the latter leading Judge Durell three tengins, Eel. ptic tour lengths jurther off, with Quintara far behind, ‘the borses tien passed out of sight, and when they were secn again on the lower turn Finesse, Hamburg and Judge Durell were side and side, Ecliptic, several lengths behind, Judge Durell then went to the front and eutered the homesiretch @ length ahead of Hain- burg, Finesse third and Ecliptic tourtn., Durei at this time had alt the others beatea, and ue came home @ Winner of @ good race easily by four lengths, Hamburg second, three lengths in iront ot Eclipt the latter leading Finesse two lengths. Quintar was a long way behind. Time of the two miles, 3:47, THE THIRD RACE, THE LapiEs’ STAKES—A Sweepstakes for fillies, three years old; $100 entrance, half forfeit, $1,000 aulded; $300 out of the stakes to second filly; one mnile and five furlongs. Closed with tity nomina- tions. Mules Kelly entered g. f. Nellie Gray, py Commo- dore, dam by imported Sovereign 2d... 1 M, A, Littell entered gr. f. Mary Clark, by ton, dam Bugiess.... 2 Jonn O'Vounei entered g. f htning, vam by Sovereign............ ae M. H. saniord entered b. f. Mafame Dudiey, by Lexington, dam britiama 4tn whkeun oe W. R. Babcock entered ch, f, Nellie Ransom, by Jack Maione, dam Vesper LAgNt.....cccceeeeeee 8 Jon O'vonne.| entered cu. 1. Fanchon, by Aus+ tratian, dam Idiewild ... 0 ‘Time, THE BEGTING, 100 1,000 2,000 640 $001,200 1,209 160-220 400630 220 200 «600 600 130 210 600 600 THE RACK, The fillies had 4 capital start, and went around the piu ia a bunch, Nedlie Gray ieading, Madame Dudiey secoad, Nellie Kansom third, Mary Clark fourth, Mary Louise flit and Fauchon sixth. When they Came in view on the lower tuca Mary Clark bad the Lest of té by LWo lengths, Mary Lowise, Maaaine Budiey ond Nee Nausom heaa and head, Fancbon | @ lew lengths behind. ‘They came on the howe- stretch in a cluster, and Wiea they passed in front of ive stand Mary Clark was leading three tengtas, the others So Close together that it Was Linpossible to say Which Was second or thir. On the upper turo Mary Giark led two lengths, Madame Dudiey aad Netie Giay side and side, alengua mm advance of Mary Lowse, Funchon faiiing behind, aud stopping before sue reached the quarter poic, When tue files came dowa ty the biuil Mary Clark had the lead by two lengtis, Neiile Gray second, Madame Duadiey third, Mary Louse fourth, Neilie Rausom Hiih, As soon as they wheeied 10 the rigut oi the lili Nelte Gray made ler ran and Was soon close up to Mary Clark, Madame Duuley falling off witn Mary Loutse and Neilie Ransom. At toe three-quarter pole Miury Clark led one length, Nehie Gray second, five sengtns ahead of Madame Dudley, wno was four lengths in advance of Mary Louise, the latrer being ten lengths ahead of Nee Ransour. Nelle Gray then put vn the pressure, and, coming up the homestretch, Won the race easity by three lengihs—Mary Clark second, fifteen lengths ahead of AL Louise, Who was one length im ad- vance of Madame Dudiey, the latter being ven lengths ahead of Nellic Ransom, Time of the dash, B05. THE FOURTH RACK. SELLING SWEEPSTAKES, ll ages; $30 each, play or pay; $600 added; horses to be sold for $1,800 to to carry their appropriate weights, for $1,000 allowed 7 Ibs., for gov0 allowed 12 1ds,; one mile and Unree-quarters; (he winner to be sold at auction. D, McDaniel eutered vb. c. Belmont, by Lexington, dam Alabama, 4 years old, $1,00.... ie B. G. Vhomas entered b. f. Talaria, by Australian, dam Lady ‘Yaylor, 4 years old, $600..... ‘Trine, 322546 THE BETTING. $500 | 1,100 200 400 550 500 626 140 160 165 r AOR The horses had an even start and kept together around the blu, ‘They were head and head on the Belmont. Tala Jed two iengtis, When they passed under the at the stand she led one length, Beluiont took with ner on tie upper turn, and they came «own to the foot of the blu: side and side. They then passed around the oill, but when they appeared in view ou the lower turn Beimont was six lenuths in front of Talaria wader a hard pull, He came away from her and le: ten lengths up the nomesiretch, but, being pulled up beiore reach ng the staua, led out only six lengtiv. Time of the das, 3:25). Belmont was sold for $1,000, THR PIFTH RACK THe MEMBERS’ CUP, value $300; @ handicap sweepstakes of $50 each, play or pay; only $2u uf de- clared; one mile; for all ages; to be ridden by mem- bers of the club, K. Shea entered br. h, Climax, by Kalrownle, dam Jewel, aged, 153 lns. 1 J, G. Berestord (Gattey Vesuvius, by Vandyke, Olt, 135 Lbs. A. B. Purdy (WW. tor, by Second old, 188 Ibs...... ‘Time, be THE BETTIN Climax... $675 270 260 Vesuvius 135 96 we Doctor. 65 60 35 HE RACE. After a very even sta:t Vesuvius, ridden by Mr. J. G. Bercsior|, took the lead, closely followed by Climax, ridden by Captain #lwees, Doctor, ridden by A. B. Purdy, bringing up the rear. Vesuvius led two lenzths wronnd the upper turn, Climax second, Doctor ten lengths behtud. Vesuvius was still on the lead at the blut, Cluaax second, Doctor fiiteen or more lengths iu tne rear, Vesuvius continued to lead until about hau way up the homestretch, when he became pumped ou’, and Climax passed tim and Went home awiuner of the race by ten lengths, Vesuvius second, about the same aisiance In iroat of Doctor. ‘Hime, 1.53, which was very fast time on such @ track, Will 30 much weight up. NARRAGANSETT PARK. The Races Postponed on Acccunt of the Rain Storm—The Unfortunute New Yorkers “Vamose.’? PROVIDENCE, June 16, 1871, In consequence of a severe ratp storm, which raged here unt two o'clock this alternoon, the races of to-day were postponed at Narragansett Park. ‘The arrangement agreed upon is that the purse of $600 for horses not over four years old and the premium of $2,000 for horses that had never beaten 2:23 should go over until Saturday, and the purses of $1,000 for tne 2:60 Borses and free for all be settled to-morrow, as origi- mally indicated. The disastrons result attending the iil-ady.sed judgment of tie New Y rk betting fra- ternity tu regard to yesterday's contest produced such a demoralizing eifect among tho most Unior- aan aay leit we oy 48 £00n &s practicable, ry conclusions with whe + 7 Jerome to get even, me Tampere! Ay ——e ye 5 ’ fi MASTER CAR BUILDERS’ CONVENTION, Master Car Builders’? Meeting in Richmond— Important Subjects Con: ments in Heating and Ventilating Care Lessening the Weight of Passenger Coaches— Collation at the Tredegar Iron Works. RIcuMOND, Va., June 16, 1871. In the Master Car Bullders’ Convention several important subjects were discussed, and but lew actedupon. The ventilation or heating of cars occu- pied the greater portion of the morning, but without adopting any plan the subject was recommitted, to be reported upon at the next annual meeting. Areport stating that the deadweights could not be lessened, following ouc the ordinary design of passenger and treight cars, until the loads were de- crease? and lighter locomotives put on the train occasioned @ lengthy discussion. Mr. Garey, of the Harlem road, suggested a coupling bar to extend the entire length of the train, on which the train would oscillate as one car. He thougut the responsibility of thls rested on the mnaster car builders, Me. SmitH, of the Erie road, sald that their road had recently reduced the weight of coaches one- eiguth. They were now building coaches weighing filly-three thousand pounds, ‘They reduced theit deadweight+ by using the very best of refined iron. ‘They had not attempted to reduce the weight on freight cars. Mr. Lock woop, of the Camden and Amboy road, said that company was now building coaches torty- two feet long, which weighed trom twenty-six tnousand five hundrea to twenty-seven thousgnd pounds, Their freight cars weighed thirty4wo thousand pounds, and they would safely carry a weightol twenty-nine thousand pounds, Mr. suggested that each wember of the as- ht car twenty-eight by nine feet, with eight wheels, as light as could be done, and report the size, weight aud running of the cur to the next convention. ‘The PRESIDENT thought the suggestion a perfectly retina onet and one which was emjnenuy prac- ca), A resolution was passed requesting the superia- tendents of the different railroads to aliow the mas- ter car builders to make such cars a3 experiments. Mr. Fry, oi the Grand Trunk Railroad, Canada, thought that it would be best to have some general design by which these cars sbuuid be built. Mr. VAN HOUTEN moved that the report of the committee be adopted, which was done, Mr. BAKER, of the New Jersey Travsportation Company, submitted @ report from the Committee on Vlatforms and Couplings, which was adopted, recommending that the different roads adopt some standard jor the height from the crack to the top of the platforms and the centres of ihe bump- ers or couplings. Thus would do away with & great deal of the danger of one car riding the platform of another. ‘The nearer the plat- form is to the jine of whe car the stronger it would be and the better able to resist the strain or shock of a sudden stoppage. They recommend that the couplings be mude so that they can be fastened close VWogetuer and with as little play as possible. They unanimously | also recommend the adoption of safety chains to be used in case of the breaking o/ a coupling, The Coimittee on Links and Pins recommended the use of those now used by the Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, but the report was laid on the table. ‘the Committee on Oil Boxes and Journal Bearings Was allowed unttl next session to report. A resolution recommending that the draw bar, or the distance {roi the top of the rail to the centre | lower turn, but coming up the homestretch aarte j of the couplings. botn for freight and passenger | cars, be fixed at two lect nine inches, was adopted. ‘The Association vnis evening visited the Tredegar Iron Works, where they partook of a handsome collation and expressed themselves much pleased with the great capacity aud enterprise of tnat establishment, Alter the transaction of a mass of unimportant business this evening the Association went into the election of officers for the ensuing year, when the Convention adjourned ww meet at St. Louis on the 1dth of June, 1872, OSWEGO AND BOSTON RAILROAD, OsweEGo, N. Y., June 15, 1871. The Oswego and Boston Railroad Convention closed its sessions in this citv to-day. Mr. Derby, of Boston, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported among others the following, which werd unanimously adopted;— Resolved, That the completion of the roadway from Du- luth to St. Paul, the procress of the Northern Pacine Rallway, the recent appropriation of Canada for the ealargement oi the Welland Canal, and the rapid increase of the products of the West cleariy indicate that the commerce of Lake Ontario wil soon be greatly augmented, ¥ Resolved, That tt has becn clearly shown that the Hoosac Tunvel under tue Green Moustain range, five milesia len: th, will, by the energy, fatrepidity and resources of Massa: chusetts, be competed in little more than two years and be- fore the close of business in 1873, Resoived, shat the completion of this great enterprise will open a new, direct and most juaporta: mirsion of Western products thronuh Ebwand States to Huston, the British prov Resolved, That the clty ot Oswego, Jakes, by its admirable position and harcor, its trade in coal, fait wnd fron, je important and improving railway | connec: aviation population, lake au easy and unbroke avenue to the East. Resolved, That there is conclusive evidence before the Convention that a ratiroad link can be mace upon a direct Toute, and with easy gradients, and not excveding twenty miles’ in length, to counect Oswego and the lakes with such new avenue, Resolved, That a new company sheutt be organized to raise the necessary capital and to couttract such railway link with promptitude and despatch. The following committee was appointed to take measures to carry into eifect the ovject of these re- solutions ;—K. 4. Derby and A, Crocker, of Boston; D. G. Fort and C. Ames, of Uswego; George Wile liams, of Westonville; S. Batonellor, of Saratoga; Jouathin Beach, of Bauston; H. W. Bentley, of Boonville, and Calvert Comstock, of Rome, INSANITY AND SUICIDE, — Shocking Affair in Jersey City—Snicide Pre- ferable to Incarceration ia an Asylum. Aman named Denis McNeil, residing ai the corner of Wayne and Merscles streets, Jersey City, has ex- hibited symptoms of mental derangement for sev: ral days past. Mr. Harper, the jandiord of the house in which McNeil resided, consulted the police on Wednesday about sending hin to the State Agy- lum, and preparations were accordingly made to remove him. Whether MeNeli heard of this is )§«6not spusitively known, but it 8 be lieved thas ne received information —some- how. Last evening, about seven o'clock, the neighbors were alarmed by the anuouncement that the unfortunate man had commiied suicide, Several persous rushed into the house, and a clull- ing spectacle was presenied to them, Siretched on the floor, surrounded by streams of blood, lay McNeii, gasping and groaning. Medical aid was summoned, and it was toand that ne had plunged a razor into his abdomen, inficting a deep wound, Which i8 almost certain to prove fatal. LHe was con- veyed bo the City Boonie It is supposed by mai of the neighbors that McNeil preferred speedy de: to incarceration in an asylum. < YACHTING. Sixth Annual Regatta of the At- lantic Yacht Club. Fourteen Vestels Entered--A Fine Raco Between the First Class Sloops—The Agnes, Addie, Vixen, Nimbus and Flyaway the ‘Winners—Wretched Management. Torrents of rain were the first salute which greeted the eyes of yesterday morning as it rose out of the Atlantic, The aearts of the Atlantic Club yachtsmen sickened inside their shir. fronts, and nothing short of that day being sacred to the sports of Neptune could have induced them in any numbers to wend their way to the foo: of Montague street, Brooklyn, on the East river, <A walk through A WILDERNESS OF SUGAR HOGSHEADS, which were being rolled about by the understrap- pers of the United States weighers, brougnt one to the steamers destined to convey the club and Its fitends to the briny raco course. At nine o'clock the rain ceased and gave promise of a tine day. Aithoug’ this was the advertised hour of startung tt was thought better to let the lazy, le-abed mem- bers have a chance to change their minds and come to see the sport. At the steamer Wililam Fletcher cards bearing the barbarous bachelor inserption, “KOR GENTLEMEN ONLY,” admitted members of the press, the Judges and such of the club members Whose enthusiasin in yachung was greater than the desire todo the gallant, For the balance tbe pretty steamer Magenta lay at the wharf with a band on board and nobody 10 Msten to their dulcet strains. The tough German spirit of the musiclans was broken by the rain, which had rolled down the mouth of the cornet to such an extent a8 ‘early to choke the worthy player, who | Was used to nothing weaker than lager. At tweaty minutes to ten the Fletcher steamed away in disgust for Gowanus Bay and hovered about there uneasily for over an hour, when ata quarter to eleven the Magenta steamed up, now fairly groan- ing under A DECKLOAD OF BEAUTY AND MANLINES&, The vessels of the fleet lay at their anchorage o:f Hunt’s Dock, like @ flock of sea gui's waiting to spread their white wings and stare lor the nearest thousand miles or so of ocean, Herg let the regatta committee come in lor @ recognition of their ex. quisitely bad management, Tae ARRANGEMENTS WERE ALL TOPSY-TURVY and nobody seemed to hive anything approaching a clear idea of What was about to happen, resulting, as will be seen further on, in gross negligence of some of the most important points in a yacht race, Yachting 1s no experiment in these waters, ‘The re- quirements of a yacht race can be as casily laid down as the wants of & man’s breakiast table; but the Atlantic Yacht Club seems eas hopelessly ignorant of them as if the regatta of yesterday was the first thing of the kind that ever eventuated on this or any other side of the globe. Tie programme, in order to cover any haphazard, contained a fall list ol the feet of the cluv, twenty-cight vesseis of all classes, no note being made of which were entered or which were not. Alter @ painful amount of neck- craning and glass-pointing 10 was made out that there were FOURTEEN YACHTS IN THE RACE, exactly hall the number on tie programme No account could be reacnod oi Une prizes to ve sailed tor, it being hinted by some that the guerdon of re- nown was the sole prize to be contested for. The race was divided INTO THRER COURSES for the four Classes as follows:— For schooners and first ciass sioops, from the an- chorage down through the Narrows, to and around the stakeboat at Southwest Spit, theace w aud around the Lightship, rounding the same from the southward, thence home, going to southward and westward of beacun on Romer Shoal. For second and thira class sloops— same course, Lo and around stakeboat at Southwest Spit; thence to and uround a stakeboat uear a buoy in Gedney channel, rounding the sau.e trom the south- ward; thence home, passing to the westward of beacon on Romer Shoal. For fvurch class sloops—Same course, to and around stakeboat at Southwest spit, tneave home, ‘The Vessels Which sailed i the race were:— SCHOONERS, owners, + Edward Harvey, «Rear Com, J. A. Monsell. ASS SLOOPS. .W. H. Langley. {tt W. Johnson, * (William srebs, Vice Com. J. R. Maxwell. 43 SLOOVS, G. M. Wood, Edward Loddy. Daphne Nancy... J. M. Siupson, Orion... . M. Thayer, Qui Viv homas Chapman. Vixen... + Lad. i Nimbus Viking... Jom. Willlam Peet. .L. E. Wetmore, OOPS. Apollo. nomas Fry, Flyaway VI. B. Livingston. ‘The me allowances were based upon tength only. The vesse.s were drawn up in four lines, accord- ing to their clusses. At li:41 the steam whistle sounded on bowrd the Magenta, and the two sclooners WEIGHED ANCHORS PROMPTLY and got away at 11:44, The lirst class sioops fol- jowed the schooners’ lead, and in one minute and a hall the remainder oO) the pretiy racers stood up in tieir wake, with jibe, matnsails and gait topsails set. The wind was very light, blowing ftom the south-southwest, and the ude was the last of the ebb, The new sctiooner Agnes, with her new rig, having no ioretopmast, went cneerily away lo windward on the port wick, making a long reach, and rapidly leaving her oniy antagonist—the lumbering Lo:s. The signi, a8 they ran over towards Staten Island, was very beautiful, the handsome Addie coming closely upon the heels of the Agnes, the Peerless—of Whom so much foolisa antagonistic criticism has been written—lollowing and ciosing rapidly up. The Vixen, WELL SAILED THROUGHOUT, came next, and soon succeeded in pa: less, then the Ifttie Viking, with the Daphne some four lengths behind, The tine form of the Gracie, just feeling the wind, now tripped past, graceuily as her name, and passing the boat before her with ease, The Qui Vive, the little Nautilus, Fiyaway, FOURTH CLASS Z the Peer- tne Nancy, the Apollo and Orion were next jn order, the Nimbys being last. she Agnes turned on @ short starboard tack ab noun exactly. The Addie tollowed her closely, tack- | ing four minutes. fhe Gracie had vy this tine run close up to the latter, and, failing In an attempt io weather her, tacked under her lee bow. Afier @ | five minutes’ board they tacked in the same order, but the Addie passed the schoouer at eighteen min- ules past twelve, the three being now IN A BUSCU TOGETHER, Again the Agnes cat up to windward, and the yachts passed througu tne Narrows 1 the suojoiued ord Agnes, Adie, Gracte, Peerless, Vixen, Urion, Qui Vive, Lois, Daphne, aud atsome distance biyaway, Nancy, Nimbus, Apoiio and Viking. They now stood out for the Suuthwest Spit buoy, the wind veering to @ liguth sou’ easier, as they neared tae buoy the three frst class 8.Oops Were close Logethor, | and lt became evident that Lie whole INTEREST LAY BETWEEN THEM, The breeze now dropped almost to a calm and the ude was runnlug strongly mm. lt became evident that We leading trio had made too shuri a reach, aud were, therefore, unable to weather the Spit Without iaying off on the port. The well-handied | Vixen, protiung by this citcamst gave the Spi @ Wider berth, and, aliuoagh not getting past first, WEATHERED THE WHOLE and showed tnem her spray-d Orton, by a lucky calculation, just mit the @y to lack, and Was first past, running very close to ne buoy. ‘The following 18 the time ab the Soutnwest spit Name HM.S. Name, Fiyaway Nimous. ed; the Apollo was mol seen altcr- wards in the race. It now vecaiue apparent that the new feature in matters would give a spieudia race, as tue breeze freshened Consiterabiy aad every Mich Of Canvas Compativie with vly Was crowded on. ‘The scaooners and the first ciiuss sloop stood off for the lightshup, and the second ant Giuird Lor @ stake- boat in Gedney channel, while the Piyaway had gone home, At tiis interesting period of ihe race tae regatta committec had dectacd that the judges’ boat suould revura to TIME TU ARKIVAL OF A CLAM-SHELL, leaving the good yachts to get round the lightship untimed and unnoted. Accordingly the Wii Fleicher returned to Gowanus, aud the & vens, in pity the cominitice’s ity, commenced to weep ior thew. only satisiaction tm the matter is tiat | judges were obliged to sit Ln the rain for au hour in | Qi Upen stakedoal, While the Pletcher returned to } tue scene of the inal struggle, On her Way out she passed the little Flyaway off Bay lage dock at SIX minutes to four ociock P.M. The Vixen was NeXt Met one mile outside Fort Hamilton at eighteen intnutes past four, She was dolag splendidly, and carried two Jibs, & balloon jib, a lal gat lopsall and mainsail Aoreast of tue West pital the Onion, wita a& huge balivon jio, passed at hall- sour o'clock, ami at ive o'clock the Daphne, with her jid voomed out, scudded by. The Lois came ap hail & mie in her ‘Wake, not havibg rounded the Lghiship, civseby Cale ; tists and the novelist lowed by the Nimbus, with an enormous balloon Jip drawing her on, It was now decked to ran down TO ROMER FRACON, where the remaining yachts were to pass on the homestretch, Half an hour passed, atsorbed im quiet con'emplation of the curious roustiag perches constructed on the top of the Romer feacon by @ humane éoard of Harbor Commissioners to rest Tie WEARY PEST OF MOTHER CARY’S CHICKENS, Bl rag erg birds of ul omen were for ately Visthle, but the though of so mucu sagacity and aumanity in the watery breast of a harbor board was consoling for the delay. At length tha pretty form of the Gracie was made oui, dancing over the sur es hall a mile avead of her antagonesta, the Addie and the Peerless, who, almost locked, Pressed on in her wake. As she came up to bad beacon she looked like A BRAUTIVUL LIVING CREATURE, She carried three jabs and aa in gafttopsall, which, with her mainsail well filed, cansed her to careen slightly as if luxuriatinge m the passing kina of the sea. She passed the beacon at ub. 12. J¥m ‘The race between tie Peerless and the Addie was beautifully exciting; they passed the shoul at dd. . H. Me Ss -6 18 ¢ +6 IT 41 Addie a It was now a neck and neck run, with very little to spare on either side. The oam dance away from their bows and the respective crows were kept busy OS ants, setting, hauling down and resetting sails. The Peevless took in ber batioon jib, teartn # threatenel puff of wind, and the As die stole up to windward and passed so Close as to take the wind cut of her sails and then forged ahead. ‘The Peeriess soon regained her lost ground, while bota were closing on the Gracie, As y neared the Narrows the sky to westwar.l began locking omiious, and at twelve minutes of seven o sudden squall from that quarier carried away THE GRACIE'S TOPMAST, throwing her completely out of the race, The Addie now drew away ivom the Peerless, and, as she en- tered the Narrows, took a board on the starboard, Xuinple being followed by the Peerless, The @ now died away and the two sloops almost drifted home, the Addie winning the best contested prize of wae « VIMB OP ARRIVAL HOME. Name. HMS. Nan Flyaway. Vixe f art, not Ali the third cinss not Unies, as the Stak in Gedney’s channel had been unmoored before they reached it, The winners are as follows :— Schooner race—Agnes, First class sloops—Addie, Second class sloops—Vixeu. Third class sloops—No award. Foorth class sioops—Flyaway. PACKER INSTITUTE. Anniversary Exsrcites at the Brosk'yn Academy of Music—Addresa by “ir. Goorge Wiliam Curtis. The Academy was densely crowded last night, On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Packer Collegiate Ins‘ttute, On the piatform were seated many prominent Brooklyo gentiemen, among others A. A, Low, Dr. Cochrane, of vhe Polytechnic Institute; Proiessor Sprague, of Adelphi Academy; Professor Baton and Professor Crittenden, of Packer Institute, and S. 8B. Chittenden. Alter music py the orchestra the curtain rose, dla- covering to the delighted audieace some 500 beau- Uful girls, who were applauded to the echo, Tho beautiful girls sung a beautiiul chorus, composed by Mrs. Chr stopher, of New York, and then Mr, A. A. Low, With 4 few pertinent remarks, introduced “our gifted 1ellow citizen” George William Curtis, MI CURTIS’ ADDRESS was characterized by his usual quiet, sarcastic logic, and he was enthusiastically applauded at tne telling places. He began by saying:—What a golden ago ihe old umes always seem to us. Somehow we wink that beautv was more beautitul then and bravery more heroic, aad we some'imes feel that fate has coudemned us to the lees of time, But our reason wrestles with our image nature; for who reaily believes tue old times were better? Doestt take three hundred years to make the story of the Gettysburg hero aa thrilling as an act of Sir Philip Sydneyt The brave Simmons in the disaster a6 new Hamburg was as brave as the Roman Horatius, Homer toterests ns to-day because we are doing and feeling what Homer sung about. Licok out of my window and I see Alcibiades; I see Acidas looking out of a coach; T come to the Packer Instututute and find Lady Jano Gray poring over Plavo, and Lam sorry to say wnat 1 often see litue Titanta DOTING ON THE EARS of her beloved Buttom. We see political corruption all around us, but bad as it 1s, do not suppose thé olden times were purer, A century ago the Briush King hougue members of vari: ment as we buy joints im & market aud to-day one of the purest of statesmen, Gladstone, 18 virtuaily King. He cannot appoint the lowest clerk, aud God speed the tne wien our Senaturs will have as little power, for nothng wiil so soon purge poliucs. The average durauon of human life 18 one of the best fests OF PROGRESS. The good old times weve tluaes when men died faster iu the purest country air than now in the lowest Janes of the city. 1 do not mean to excuse the sing of the present, but he is @ traiwor Wau fails to heip make the new time peiter than anything thas nas passed. And of these new times UWere 1s one com- mandicg element that | Wisa to speas OF bere apd now, aad tad’ 13 tie constantly o) MATE OF WosTEN, be the greatest glory of wo-~ own cilber or goou or evil. he we woud teach him a lesson. Many things tue resisiless tendency of the times in regard to women, and it ougut to be resistless: ior there is Lothing 30 barbaric as for one human being to say lo auother, “Thus far shall you be developed and no further,” and ius is what mea Pericles said men was to b Could Pericles i have always sau lo women. ‘lhe reasons urged = against cing uo iniciiwent wife are very suggestive to us. Dean Switt says that the natural levity of woman Wats ballast, and that if she vegins to read books sive will begin to despise her husband, an of tiuse times were conte: as ty be U sees (hat the women, tto remain ignorant so Fit MATES OF THE MEN of those times, ‘dhe reason way our great drama Ficlding wrote sucu unreada- ble things was because they wrote for men and tied to mirror the conversation of meu. “Why should women be taught” asks a great many mu in thig audience, ‘Sue doesn't need to be learned in order to be @ goo’ mother and a dutitul whe? Js it possible, chen, for ak ignorant woman to be & good wife to un educated man? “fhe mure lan- guages # mau bas the more man 1s he,’ says Lord bacon, and the more knoWledge a woman bas tie better mother 1s she. What do women want of more educatiou? 1s only a polite way of asking the question of barbarisim—the question of the oud Greeks. ‘There is very little trace In our Hterature of a reatly humane ret ‘owomen. Shakspeare 1s, of course, te ex » and Shelley, woen be wauted to describe & nuvie leminine cuaracter, sald, “she was ONE OF 1 WOMEN.”? Even Addison's speaking about women Was excessively palrou . te Is always saylog— “There, go. and play WD your prevty tries, i Pag dears.” word Kyi where sets pl 5 of women that “mammon wins night despau,” and ea tus inelan- choly and merai scrap goes Of aad marries & rch » Oulan and forces her ty leave hun ina year. Even Mrs. Barbanld talks about “your highesi cary bang to please.’ Has God marie Women for ncn and pot EQUALLY MEN FOR WOMEN? Against al) tue authority that ! have quoted, agaiust We deep-seated fesitng tas tnere 18 some us peril in (ie tree development of women, SpITIL Unat 1s surely taking posses. Mr. Curtis tly ston to mform the ladles that they are ic regard Compliments as a pretty mask of con t, aud thit che man WOO most compliments @ woman 1s the Oue That most despises ner, hope that Womeu wou’t Hy out of their hope that nobody WI dy out OF his sphere iy no subject on which so muck inL0K seuse is (uke! a Upon Lis sphere oO. Wourea. There is no way to find out the sphere of anybody except by TUE LAW OF PERPECT LIBERTY. I find thut tm reading history tac sphere of WO Man most aureeawie to Men is the Neaven-appoinc~ ed sphere. A man telis me that pear trees are or- damed by Heaven to grow like vines; f go into bis garden aud see that he has tortured & fear éFee into Uhe suape of avine. You ca! uot tell tne sphere of any human belug. except by giving bun pertect Iree- doin of choice wad jtoerty of grow. htt you fod some Woman in whow tie love of learniag super~ Sedes ail other love, ten the sphere of that woman 18 study—not Koweo, not Leander, but science her lover. When & Woman Wishes (oO carn medicine whe has as good @ right as the loag-ha red, sallow, dissipated boy WHO KISSES HER for what she 19 colug. Do you, ask jemintae women’ Florence Nix momeut of her heroic Work seews Fo me quite as womanly #8 a& girl dancing, Wuose Gress ts eme- vroiwdered with tac Wrinkies of another girl aad whose pearis are the tears of tue poor. Jenay Lind singiug and Lucretia Mott worsuyg jor the tresdom of (he ensiauved are doing “oat God by His great wilits apporniea them to do, Waar God gives woman the power to do that only is truly feaumme. As @ BOX, GOD MADE WOMEN TO BE SWERTREARTS and wives. but it is alibel on the sex to suppose that equality of opporcunity Wil make any Woman less sweet and tender and true, The gowea age lee betore us, not vehind, The wou e world hears te great command—"Speak Go the childcea of that they go jorward.”’ And (be shiaing vanner our advance bears on it the higher estimate woman, forward we go to fad tue true Woulan 1D tue irce Americay Rome. me these are jugale ut the