The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1872, Page 7

‘THE ALABAMA ‘The Geneva Court of Arbitration Reassembled in Session. ‘Order of Arrival of the President and the National Representatives, DELIBERATION DURING TWO HOURS. The Work of the Judiciary and Probable Time of the Proceedings. Direct Damages and a Heavy Award Anticipated for Amorica. ‘The Principle of the Treaty of Washington To Be Discussed for Exact Definition. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Gxneva, July 15, 1872, His Excellency Count Sclopis, President of the court of arbitration commissioned for the settle- ment of the Alabama claims difficulty between the governments of the United States and Great Bri- tain, arrived in this city to-day, prepared for the wehssemblage ofthe tribunal, in accordance with the rating adopted at the moment of its ad- journment for recess. Baron Itajuba, representative of His Majesty Dom Pedro of Brazil, and Messrs, Waite, Caleb Cushing ‘nd Bancroft Davis, counsel on behalf of the Ameri- an people, were in town previous to the entry of ‘the Italian functionary. ‘The representatives of Her Majesty Queen Vic- toria, including Lord Teuterden, Chief Justice fockburn, Sir Roundell Palmer and Messrs. Ber- ard, Hamilton and Macheim, were looked for during the morning, but did not put in an appear- nce until an early hour of the afternoon. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS WITH ‘TIE PRESS OUT- SIDE THE DOOR. ‘The proceedings before the Court to-day will be ofa purely formal character, and the minutes of record are still strictly confidential. The efforts of the newspaper press correspondents have not, at ‘this moment, availed to remove the seal of secrecy from the resolutions adopted by the members of the board during the first session. DIRECT DAMAGES AND BRITAIN’S PLEA IN ABATE- MENT, During the course of the present pleadings the English agents will make a strong contest against the American claims for direct damages, but the ‘prevailing impression is that the award in favor of the United States tor compensation of the direct ‘Dill will be of large amount in pounds sterling. DURATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS. As to the probable duration of the arbitration for ‘purposes of legal argument and judicial delibera- tion, 1t 4s believed that the sittings of the Court will continue during a period which 1s estimated va- Fiously at from six to eight weeks. There will be four sittings of the Court cach week. he Session Complete and of Two Hours’ Duration—A Point of Treaty Principle, or What Was Evolved in Washing- ton. Geveva, July 15--Evening. The members of the Court of Arbitration in the Alabama claims case convened tn regular meeting ‘to-day at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, ‘and remained in session until four o’clock in the ‘eventug. All the members of the Board were present, as | swere also the agents and counsel for the arbitrat- ing nations, with the exception of Hon, William M, ‘Evarts, of the counsel for the United States, CALQULATING A BASIS OF ACTION. Although the Court sat with closed doors, there 4s reason to know that the session was occupied from the begining with the consideration of the basis on which the deliberations of the Board are ‘to be conducted. WHAT DOES THE TREATY OF WASIIINGTON MEAN? The first subject of discussion will be “The Prin- ‘ciples Enunciated by the Treaty of Washington.”” CONTINUOUS WORK CONTEMPLATED. A system of daily assemblage will probably be decided upon by the arbitrators for the present. At the sitting to-morrow (Tuesday) a special plan for the future course of proccedings will be dis- cussed. ENLIGHTENED, BUT UNENLIGHTENING. The Court again resolved, for the second time Since its opening, that absolute secrecy shall be amaintained with regard to the proceedings. Whe Amount of Claims Filed in Wash- ington. WASHINGTON, July 15, 1872, The claims filed at the British-American Claims Commission exceed, it is stated, $51,000,000, OF this amount it is estimated that between one-fourth and ‘one-fifth will be allowed, or, doilar for dallar, the amount that the Alabama claimants are likely to | realize. Zhe British-American Mixed Commission 1 to Reassemble in Newport, R. I. WASHINGTON, July 15, 1872. ’ The Commission which adjourned on the 23d of April will meet at Newport, R.1.,on the 11th of September. During the interval a vast amount of Jabor has been performed by the secretary and the respective agents, and the records have already ‘become voluminous, When it is known that there ‘ere 428 British and nineteen American claims, some of which, with testimony, will make from five hundred to eight hundred pages of printed matter, fled with the Commission, some idea of the work of the Commission may be formed. The memorials and all the ‘testimony are, under the regulations, required to be printed, the proof read and compared, all in- ‘volving much care and labor, So rapidly are the ases prepared that 418 of the British memorials ‘Bnd all the American have been printed and are in he hands of the respective counsel. The Secretary of the Commission, Thomas ©. Cox, Esq., has in- augurated a complete system of business for filing, moting and referring to cases under consideration, GENERAL SHERMAN’S TOUR. French Cabinet Banquet to the American Com- mander, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Pants, July 15, 1872, President Thiers entertained General Sherman Gnd party atadinner yesterday. The foreign Min- isters resident at Paris and several general officers of the French army were among the guests, THE AMERICAN NAVAL FLAG. British Honor, Citizen and Royal, to the United States Fleet. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpoy, July 15, 1872, The city of Southampton will soon give a grand banquet to Admiral Alden and the oficers of the. American fleet. The Prince and Princess of Wales will visit the Peet on the 31st inst. | rain and southwest winds veering to nortnwest | | temperature for the past twenty-four hours "a 4 ers. NEW CATACAZY’S PAMPHLET. French Announcement of the Work and English Opinion of Its Contents TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, July 15, 1872, Mr. Catacazy has published a pamphiet here, in justification of his course while representing the Bussian government in the United States. British Analysis of ¢! Book and Esti- mate of its Value. Lonpon, July 15, 1872, The Echo newspaper devotes a leading article to Mr. Catacazy’s statement. The Zoho says:—‘‘Catacazy's pamphict, which was offered to us for £200 sterling, has been published. It fully justifies our opinion that tt was not worth the money. Indeed, it is hardly worth noticing. ‘The ex-Minister is simply trying to justify himself.” The Hcho thinks that Mr. Fish did well to bow Catacazy out of Washington. Catacazy’s pamphlet quotes a note addressed to him by Gortschakoff, tn which the latter say! “Do not lose sight of the fact that we are not sowers of discord. Carefully abstain from encourag- ing misunderstandings between England and America, The Emperor wants peace.”’ FRANCE. Badical Endorsement of Thiers’ Administration of the Republic. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Panis, July 15, 1873, M. Gambetta, in his speech at Laferte-sous- Jouarre yesterday, praised the republic as the embodiment of the principles of self-government, order and prosperity. He denounced the conserva- tive party, and complimented President Thiers 19 high terms, declaring that his administration had been a great success. ENGLAND. Provincial Account of Losses and Disaster from the Storm. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. "LONDON, July 15, 1872, The storms and floods heretofore mentioned by telegraph were particularly disastrous in Cheshire and Lancashire. Much property has been de- stroyed, and several cases of loss of life are re- ported, IRELAND. Magisterial Vindication of the Dignity of the Bench. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dus, July 15, 1872. In the county Fermanagh several persons, charged with having been concerned in the burn- ing of Mr, Justice Keogh in eMgy, have been com- mitted for trial at the Enniskillen Assizes, which opened after the arrival of the Judges of the Court from Cavan, THE WEATHER, War DEPARTMEN OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFriceR, Wasatneton, D. C., July 1e—1 A. M. Probabilities. ‘The area of lowest barometer will probably pass | eastward over the Middle States on Tuesday, with from Virginia and New Jersey westward; brisk winds may prevail on the lakes, but the | exact location of any serious disturbance cannot be estimated, owing to delay in the midnight tele- graphic reports; threatening and rainy weather | prevail in New England; southwesterly winds with numerous local storms in the Southern aud Gulf States, | The Weather in This City. The hot weather still continues with all its incon- veniences, Fortunately, however, the heat has had no more serious etfect for the past day or two than the oppressive and enervating feeling it causes, There was no case of sunstroke in the city yesterday, though the afternoon was so sultry that it was feared there would be many cases of exhaustion. In the evening the rain fell heavily and considerably cooled the atmosphere. The following record will show the changes In the com- aot jazon with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's Phar- macy, HeraLp Buildi 1871, 1872. gee. ir 7 8 8h 2 + 82 a 12M. 88 8 WP. M. 80 (7 Average temperature yesterday. woe 1% | Average temperature for corresponding date last year.........seeeee fe ee re sevee 8535 THE YACHT JOSEPHINE. | She is Capsized in the Bay Daring the | Squall Yesterday and Sunk—The Crew Saved. The rain storm of yesterday, which drenched pedestrians in the streets of the city and rendered | the gutters with their inky floods like swollen brooks on the country side, brought with it a squall | which wrought serious damage on the open waters of the bay. At about three o’clock P.M. the schooner yacht Josephine, Commodore Phoenix, while running on | her dourse down the bay, and when at a point be- tween and about equidistant from Bedloe's Island and Robin's Reef was struck by the squall and in- | stantly capsized. She was under mainsail and~ jibs at the time, and lay careened over for neariy an hour, with the sea pouring into her before she went down. The crew took to their boats, and remained at a Uttle distance from the yacht until the police steamer Senaca, which had witnessed the disaster, bore down and picked them up. Captain Speights and Sergeant Walsh, of the police steamer, ren- dered the men all the assistance in their power-in trying to save something from the wreck. No property, however, could be got of, and the effort was finally abandoned a few moments before the yacht went down. The Josephine can be readily raised, put her inte- rior will be badly damaged by salt water. YACHTING NOTES, Yacht Sea Drift, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Major, from Green- port, arrived at Whitestone yesterday and an- | chored, Yacht Psyche, Mr. Dickerson, from New Haven i New York, also anchored off Whitestone yester- day. DESTRUCTION OF CORN AND COTTON. MontGoMERY, Ala., July 15, 1872. Recent heavy rains have caused the overflowing of the Alabama River and its tributaries, tearing up the railroad tracks and destroying cotton and | corn crops to the value of two muilion dollars or more. The caterpillar is extending its ravages and the holl worm has made its appearance in cer- | tain localities, NEW ENGLAND POLITICS, General Banks Alleged to Have Gone | Over to the Greeley Party—The Atti- | tude of Sumner and Butler. Boston, July 15, 1872. There is now not the slightest donbt that General | Banks, the Congresstonai Representative of the Bos- | ton Navy Yard «istrict, has determined to abandon the party of the administration and array himself ‘on the side of democracy and liberal republicanism. Of course this movement destroys his chances for re-election to Congress, but ft may be possible that the General 1s willing pow to terminate his Con- gressional career and take the chances of a Cabinet Position or a me Ministry under the govern- Ment tocome. Omitting the reasons, however, it is certain that General Banks, even as the House chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, has one over tothe Greeley side, and Sumner is with im in heart and in spirit. Down in Maine there has been a secret conclave of democrats and liberal radicals, and $25,000 have been raised to carry the State for the Chappaqua Woodchopper. That Senator Sumner, of Massachu- setts, is a supporter of Greel id will advocate Ms election, 1s generally admiti here now among Nis pe! and political friends. General Butler, who has recently come out in favor of Grant, is about the only prominent New a Congress: man who is wedded to the tion, has Fa of his own, however, which may seoount ‘YORK pear egy SARATOGA RACES. ———_.+—____ SECOND DAY OF THE JULY MEETING. Lovely Weather, Capital Track and Exciting Contests. THE FASTEST TIME ON RECORD. Scenes About the Hotels, on the Track and at the Stables. Tammany the Winner of the Steeplechase, Mid- day the Purse of $600, One Mile and Threg-Quarters, and Alarm the Dash of Three-Quarters of a Mile. Sapatoaa, July 15, 1873, This (Monday) morning lifted up the soul of the invalid and made the pleasure-seeker rejoice, Such weather in the middie of July is rare anywhere; the sun comes up brightly and goes down fanned by the zephyrs to his repose, The people were drinking at the springs between five and six o’clook, and many were of horseback riding half an hour later, to drink coffee at the lake. Later in the day the streets filled up with people from all climes and races—Cubans, South Americans, Canadians, Australians going home overland—and after the music and the repast of the morning papers hun- dreds #auntered down to the pool room and lounged there, picking up chances or buying non, . F 80 as to have some stimulated zest for the rece, dollars spent on a bad horse is said to increase the passé man’s pleasure two degrees, but the reaction fetches him down four. 4 “THE OHIRF MARSHAL OF THE RACES. Two or three improvised pool rooms have been established to divide commissions with Morrissey, and, as usual, there is some grumbling that the large pool room has been removed from its retired quarters in the rear of the Grand Union to the vicinity of the gambling house, as if all roads here led to one field, and that the green cloth. The present pool room is sandwiched between what is called “The Game for the Public’—a small frame structure which might be mistaken for the pool edifice, being precisely like the latter in color and style—and the Club House proper, which is supposed to be for gentlemen. A lattice walk leads from the little wheel to the big wheel, and the restaurant, which is now thrown open to everybody, with charges 2 la carte, stands invitingly between. The greater portion of the Club House is now denoml- nated, in gilt letters, “The Saratoga Club Hotel.” Mr. John Morrissey is the eagle of Saratoga. He is the proprietor of more than one-third of the club property and business and owns forty-five shares in the Racing Association. He insists, how- ever, upon being considered nothing more than a grand marshal or chief of police, seldom comes for- ward inthe ornamental parts of administration, but shows an iron will in guarding his interests against all comers, low or high, and a politician's discretion in conciliating the villagers. MORRISSEY AS A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. He is both popular and powertul here, but he has never knuckled for popularity nor abused his power. He is worth half a million, and owns much general real estate in Saratoga and New York, and looking at him as he stands on the piazzas of the hotels nightly one could readily admit that a nuge organism like his wouid probably have succeeded equally on almost any plane. Ilis back, chest, shoulders and neck are powerful to see; his arms are long and his legs thick, and he measures more from the chin to the back ofthe neck than Brigham Young. Although past middle life his hair is black as night and his excess of fesh is surmounted by an active spirit. He dislikes to be reminded of his old days of pugilism, but the spirit of the wild cat is there whenever aroused—that old bling | | courage and endurance which never knows when it is conquered. The racing folks, who are of all social grades, oftener of the highest, look philosophically upon the near relation which such gentry must bear to them at the summer meetings. It cannot be prevented, and itis generally ameliorated by good manners and no intrusivenes To the great world of Saratoga Mr. Morrissey never appears. At the race track you see a large man with black hair and beard and light summer clothes, walking about the quarter stretch, seldom or never on the stand, whittling a stick and sometimes speaking in a low, wheezey voice; this is the negociant in things of chance and things muscular, Some of the great stock breeders of Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and Louisiana, men of family | and place, and often merely wealthy patrons of fine | stock, come in the way of this pig contender for the main chance, and then he is the raging Nemean | lion standing for his prey. THE QUESTION OF DOUBLE MEETINGS. During the present season complaint has been made among the turfmen that meetings are held twice the same season at Long Branch and Sara- | toga, involving an expensive double transfer of | stock, stablemen and harness, and they demanded , last week and had prepared a petition to the same | effect that the meeting should be extended in time | and given only once at each course—that is, two weeks in succession at Monmouth Park and two weeks at Saratoga. sporting fraternity * objected, and, advised of what was in contemplation, Morrissey selected Babcock, one of the lesser lights, for a target—t same Babcock who with Ramson and one or two others won all the money last season by Helmbold beating Longfellow—and on Saturday night at the pool room hurled all his wild vocabulary of epithet upon that unlucky head, which meekly bore it. Smali men trembled; big men turned pa*; children | turned over in their sleep and dreamed of thunder, Mr. Babcock was defied to run his horses on that | track. A good many thonght that Morrissey was | storming over the head of the unlucky Babcock at greater personalities by way of warning. At any rate the “jam’’ was a success, for it is announced this (Monday) morning that the idea of but one | Meeting a year has been abandoned. THE AVERAGE TURFMAN. Horsemen, like statesmen, have their troubles and sensttivenesses, Generally fine physical beings, their equality in this respect and the code of the track make them siow to unbritle their tongues. To be ruled off the track, fined, reprimanded, have | their jockeys embargoed for misconduct or’ their horses started uniairly, affects them like a racer curbed while he is whipped. a rough, shrewd vonhommie about them; know the courses, the stock owners and the char- acter of the stock allover the land by personal tour; and the great public, to which all racing is @ spec- tacle of animation and assemblage and no more, is always chivalrously considered by the turf people. The racing at Saratoga is outwardly as unimpeach- able as a Sunday School picnic, and Mr. Morrissey will send a policeman in an instant to any improper intruder, THE YEAR'S STATUS OF RACING, The American turf ¥as gained in favor and ma- terial amazingly in a few years. The victory of Longfellow over Harry Bassett at Long Branch has given new animation to the season's sport, broken up the slates, thrown people out of the dumps and shown that no ascendancy is certain and no old favorite necessarily lald by forever. “What is the relative rank of the American and English racer atthe present time?’ I asked of a prominent stableman yesterday at the race track. “Well, we beat them in time, but carry weight—twelve pounds or so less. It would be bard to equalize the thing, as the proportion borne to time by weight ts not well ascertained, We have, on the whole, the beat stock in the world, generally considered. There ts nothing on four feet superior to the Kentucky ronning horse. I don’t believe that Longfeliow, for example, over there in Harper's stable, bas his equal in the world for strength, model and speed.’ SECRETS OF THR SARATOGA TRACK. “How do our jockeys and grooms compare with the English?” “That isa question. We have brought out from England a good many Englisi boys and mounted them here; but, I declare, elieve that our smart io niggers do better, and some of our white ys ride them out of the ring. Here's a little fellow, twelve years old, that Mr. —— took off Ran- dall’s Island. He wanted to ride, and the stallion pitched him skyward. Now, you see, he'll mount anything in a tew weeks, for he’s got the and the inte! nce. Look at this boy’—poin' out a tall, tl jound-like lad of fifteen—“he weighs a trifle over one hundred pounds. I'll tell him to-day that he must ride neat We at To this the entire hotel and | On the whole there is | fl they | ninety-seven, and he'll get the fiesh off nim, sure as you're born.” - “How?” said a novice, in great wonder. “Sweat It off him by exercise and by fasting like tropical hermit!” Lid i “Pon my word!" said the novice, “I have a new respect for jockeys. But how about darky jockeys, negroes ”" BIG LEXINGTON AND ANSELL, “Well, come over here to. MoGratis stable. That's MeGrath, a big turfman and one of the greatest hemp merchants in the West. Do you see ‘hat old gray-woolled negro man in the stalls, aged sixty or more? That's Uncle Ansell, the groom, trainer and rider of old Le: the father o! Harry Bassett and about it prime colts in this country. Brigham Young was nowhere to him. That grand oid horse, the Hneas of our turf and stock, now a pair of dozen years of age and still a creature of revenue, knows old Ansell as a ship’s captain knows his it.” Directly Ansell came out with a currycomb—a full African, short, small, with a look of business with that eye o: subser gravity, intermixe vien! respectful cunning common to negroes tired among fine might have been a good old Methodist slav: his calling and election sure, except for that ning look which seemed to in- dicate that he heard a bet taken or a bid offered for some nag he had fostered. “Ani” the communicative turfman, “what a preeeae of obstetrics and groomsman at espou- sal amape the kingdom has Uncle Ansell veen ! Ifhorsea rise up and call him blessed there'd be a loud neigh in Paradise |” THE DAREY AND THR HORSE. “Tt's queer,” gaid another turfman, joining in, “what imitative people these nu! r jockeys are. Look at yon . plocantnnles around Major Bacon, who has the South Carolina stud and has the greatest of ecocks in this country. Now, you see, al over and slavery no more. these little chaps, but they think Shay belong to him ag much as ever; it is a mere difference of wages, not of consciousness. Sec that boy fast asleep in the stall where Frank Hampton stands— asleep right at the staillon’s heels, where if you were to venture you would probable be trodden | He employs to death. The same tail keeps the flies off the horse and the nigger, You can’t poke that nigger up with a atick, and he'd rather lie there than on a spring bed. ‘Now look at yon two little black fellows, avout nine years old apiece, playing pennies on the sil! of that stall— for they're all gamblers, and if they can’t get pen- nies to match they'll match marbles! ‘ou seo that stallion reaching through the wooden bars and nibbling at that little nigger’s sleeve? Now the horse reaches over and pulls the boy's cap off, playing like a dog, while the boy, without looking ack, Will give the horse a push with his head or elbow, You wouldn’t like todo that with sucha stallion?” “I guess not!’ exclaimed the novice, nervous at the suggestion, “When these English youngsters came out to this country, full of style,” resumed turfman No. 1, “fine pene ate neckties, all starch and show, the nigger jockeys were a good deal distressed. Ina day or two along comes young nig as well with a white tle, and if he couldn’t get a white bow he'd stuff a white handkerchief up there and come the next nearest to it” HOW LONGFELLOW TOOK HIS NAME. At this point we started back to take a second look at the famous Longfellow, passing on the way all McGrath's negroes wearing green skull caps, and kitchens for cooking built under the piney woods where the negro men mixed the gravey and sighed for the ’possum ou the old plantation, Long un- painted stables to the number of fifteen or twenty were scattered over the knolis and hollows, and well water was at hand in this pleasant pluce, which stands outside the race track, Our sporting friend knows every horse as he goes past, whether blanketed from ears to hams or half hidden behind a stall, and we, the novice, wonderingly hear him cry at the sight of an exposed suin:— “Js that Ogallah’s colt?” “Yes, sir."? ‘ Sg he come by that white blaze on the fet- lock’ “pon? KNOW, SIR.’ Then, running back through dams, ante-dams, collateral dams and incidental sires, the white blaze would be brought back to the due origin of it. Here passes Dr. Weldon, the scholastic, turf- man, of whom the story is told that Old John Har- per applied to him fora vocabulary after having exhausted all the E’s, as Eclipse, Extradition, &c., for John Harper 1s an admirer of alliteration. “Well,” said the Doctor My the story be true), “there are the L's, In the L's you have some su- perb names, This colt, for example, being large and strong, you might call for the poet Longfellow. Now, for this bay—let me see. Ah! there is the eee Scotch law authority, Lyttieton—‘Coke on Lyttleton.’ Ahem! Yes, call him Lyttleton.” Losing all remembrance of the pene ot biogra- phy involved John Harper is said to point out to neople famous racer, saying, ‘ This one is ea fellow; you see he’s long and big; ‘tother one lis Little ‘un. We named ‘em to distinguish ‘em apart!” And, infact, the horse’s name spelled Littleton, instead of Lyttleton, PROPLE OF THE PERIOD. Dr. Weldon salutes us with the courtesy of the top of the morning and says:—‘‘Ah, gentlemen, is the most exhilarating track in the United States. Think of it: 400 feet higher than New York city, in view of the mountains; pure water, the piney wood for a disinfectant; the loamy soll to ), pass away the moisture. Next we see the heavy, slow, broad McDaniel, owner of Harry Bassett and Joe Daniels, and the head of what is called “the McDaniel confederacy” of stock breeders trom New Jersey, late of Virginia, drive by in a buggy with his gallant little jocke: Roe, a boy no bigger than the average shoeblac! “How McDaniel keeps >y t boy.”’ sald on “He's a little waif, a discov: from somewhere, but he’s a little giant to pull, and full of judgment.”’ BASSETT AND LONGFELLOW COMPARED. Harry Bassett was e@ observed undergoing grooming—a bright chestnut colt, with white feet and of long, nimble model and a vicious style of kicking, pawing and oviting. No older than the toddling baby that 18 just abie to lisp, this superb creation has made a fame wide as the continent, for the like of which in men’s affections and praises many men in the highest walks of art and affairs might give lifetime toil. Here Is Longfellow’s stable, known by the black spaniel dog which lies chained at the door, snap- ping at those who approach too near. A rope keeps off all sorts of people, as the horse is too valual to risk the possibility that any scoundrel of the turf might maim or poison him. Within we see a superb and shining creature of black, 80 powerful in the shoulders, hams and neck as to inspire a sense of tear, mixed with an admiration like that | We feel inspecting beasts at a menagerie, The king 1s now | were the original and first created father of his species, the perfection of all stock, waiting for his mate on the uninhabited plains, A bachelor, an eremite to thia day, the splendor of his spirit and feet bid fair to keep him pneviict these many years. It is general opinion that he can beat Basset, all things being equal, day | after day, but he has a more lymphatic tempera- ment, and is subject to jaziness. With his soul e. panded to the possibilities of that noble body he is the spirit of the wind. THE SECOND DAY'S MEETING And now, on this fair Monday morning, let ns look around us at the scene upon the race track beto: our sporting editor crowds us away lor the matter of the second day's racing at Saratog: Here is a stand so long and so broaa that to piek | out any friend in it Is about as impossible a | to di face ina | meetin diregted by Morris: ion wittiin one mile of 8 at all poinis of this stand, and fully one-haif the many thousand people here are ladies and chilaren—orderly, sea still, fan- | ning themselves, conversing or looking down upon the quarter-streteh, whence ¢ the somewhat | commercial voice of Dr. Underwood selling po | “They ought to sell their pools in the village, | says a captions somebody, “and not bother children and wouren with their bu: and betting. | “Ol says the optimistic next man, “you cant’t | hear it without an effort | “Still,”” persists No. 1 upon the social privileg here to see horses exercise, not to seé gamesters | anetioncer. Next they'll have their funnel and ball | Wagons aud the menagerie of the Bois de Boulogne ont here. Protest in time; that's my id | make racing respectable mbling and pool- selling to a modest distanc the trac! ‘it’s a coarse infringement of the piace. take gi | Tt BPLE ETCHED. The ladies are all waiting for that delight of their | | hearts, the dangerous and protracted steeple chase. | | Nothing else is halfarace to them. They, see the i all “buoyed” out, a8 some one calis t—flagged Out, so as to make three or four courses circularly or diagonally across it, of walls, ditches, hedges and ickets, enough to tickle the heart of a'fox-hanting rishman. These many courses are confused by | a quantity of Terent colored guidons, which even- | tually deceive riders, as they were long ago given ators. ah!” says one Who presumes to be authority; ple chasing is a cruelty, a fraud and a folly, “ator maiming animals and breaking men’s necks, and no test of good stock; for any horse can be taught !'to jump in twelve hours, and it is a concession to | aset of wild Irishmen which will some day get the endorsement of a Coroner's jury, a Grand Jury anda Judge of Quarter Sessions. Yhat will fix it! mile steeple chase.’’ However, all the nags are up at last by the judges’ stand; the green course is covered with brush and | whitewashed wails, faced like rampert on the hidden side by ditches of water. There are five horses and a mare mounted by flve jockeys in suits of purple, magenta, bine and green, The favorite is properly named Milesian, aud properly out of Micky Free, both part of the nomenclature of the bog, and notwithstanding all these potnts of ad- vaitage he comes in jast. Altogether they Fo, take the wall, the hedge, the picket. All the ladies are up; the favorite’s ahead, old purple jacket! No, the blue jacket! Yes! Halloo! there's a feilow off. (All draw @ sigh and feel guilty,) No, Mary, he’s up, too! And now they're ail er. ‘They're all bunched. Ah! tut! tut! somebody will be drowned iu that ditch! They spl jockey fee)s that he is ballooning. | ditches, more fences, more short, iu like fine vartegated frogs, and every More and more arp turns, No- body knows which from which, any more than if so many marsh birds were fying. The jockeys cavort- ing in the air lose measurement; the nags Le dpe e Ne as they fly, hardly recognizing the ground. ig down on his knees. Two are missing. » they all come out of the dust cload, pis whips, kicking their spurs, hallooing, all abit fellows and no youngsters this time. Some lose the course; some keep to it. The favorite horse ® Wall; all the other sour fash @ auartor of of the running turf was leisurely munching, paying | no more attention to anything human than if he | We come | To | No horse fit to win a race is ftto runa turee | HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1872—TRIPLE SHE Mile ahead, and at last tneycome stretch, four Bae Eee. the fourth time, w! e favorite by? one mad, as if he could catch up year. Everybody is relieved to see real racing begin, and here we give way to the scientific matter of fact. THE RACING. people tong a lost i] r, & The weather was delightfal and the track the fastest in America, The fleld was dry and the run- ning over the grass easy for the horses. Three races came off, the first being a steeple chase, the second a dash of a mile and three-quarters and the third a dash of three-quarters a mile for all ages. The steeple chase had five entries, consisting of Joseph Donahae’s chestnut gelding Tam- many, by Lexington, dam Liz Mardis, five years old, carrying 151 \bs.; James Thomp- son’s brown mare Lobelia, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Capitola, aged, with 155 Ibs. on her back; J. H, Tully’s bay gelding Vesuvius, by Van- dyke, dam Lizzie Berry, 5 years, 661 Ibs.; R. Shea’s brown colt Astronomer, by Asteroid, dam Miss Car- ter, 4 years old, 148 Ibs., and D, J. Bannatyne’s chestnut horse Milesian, by Micky Free, dam by Wagner, 5 years old, 154 Ibs, Milesian was a great favorite over the field. He was beaten, however, in consequence of his rider making a mistake at one of the jumps near the end, and having to turn back to go right way, loat so much ground that he ‘was one hundred yards béhind when Tammany and the others had but half a mile to run, Tammany won a capital race, making the distance in 6:17; Lobella second, Vesuvius third, It was stated to the judges that Tammany and Vesuvius made the same mistake that Milesian did, but that they kept on without turning, and that Lobelia should be awarded the stakes, This, however, the spages refused to grant, and awarded the race to mmany and gave the second money to Lobelia, The second race had tor entries Thomas W. Doswell’s bay mare Midday, 4 Eclipse, dam Ninette, 5 years old; T. B. & W. R, Davis’ bay horse Allie feta id Vandal, dam Nora Crena, 6 ears old; F, M. Hali’s bay colt John Merryman, by Hugene, dam La Rose, 4 years old, and J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ chestnut mare Metella, by Australian, dam La Grande Duchesse, 6 years old. Midday was @ great favorite over the fleld, and her backers were right in their judgment, as she won a capital race- in very good style. Midday has been one of the most successful horses of her class and has won a8 many races as any horse at present on the turf of her age. John Merryman, who was second, rana very race, Metella and Allie Hunt should have done better with ben | 100 pounds up, but they are botha little stale and want a rest for a short me. The third race bad ten entries, nine of which came to the post, These were Hunter & Travers’ Alarm, by Eclipse, dam Maud, three years old; D. D. Withers’ brown filly Elste, by Leamington, dam Bapta, four years old; D, McDaniel & Co.'s bay filly Lady Motley, PY, Lexington, out of Lee Panl's dam, three years old; John Harper’s chestnut filly Pla- tina, Planet, dam Aerolite, three years old; Carroll s brown horse Ortolan, by Donerail, five years old; J. H. Harbeck, Jr.'s, gray colt Frank Swit, aa Eugene, dam Faith, three years old; T. B. & W. R. Davis’ bay colt Piedmont, by Asteroid, dam Fairy, by Knight of St, alt ta three years old; J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ chestnut filly Elste, by Bonnte Scotiand, dam La Grande Duchease, three years old, and A. Belmont's horse Kingfisher, by Lexing- ton, dam Eltham Lass, sher was @ great favorite over the field, selling for more money than all the other horses together, Alarm was second choice, Platina the third. Kingfisher got a bad start, and he fell so far behind as the others ran up the tractional track that his jocke pulled him up, seeing there was no chance of hi overtaking his competitors, who were then running atatremendous pace. Alarm, after going half a mile, had all the others safe, and he came home an easy winner tn the fastest time ever made. There are few horses in the country that can beat Alarm his distance. The following are the details of the racing :— THE FIRST RACE. STREPLE CHasx, for all ages; about three miles, over a fair hunting course; welter weights: $800 to the winner and $200 to the second horse. Joseph Donahue’s ch, g. Tammany, by Lexington, dam Liz Mardis, 6 years old, 181 Ibs., H. Gaff ney... Sdseeee eae DS Jaines Thompson’s br, m. Lobelia, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Capitola, aged, 155 Ibs., Murphy. J.H. Tully's b. g. Vesuvius, by Vandyke, dam Lizzie Berry, 5 years, 151 1bs., Tully........ oun R. Shea's br. 'c. Astronomer, by Asteroid, dam Miss Carter, 4 years old, 148 1b8., Sutliffe. D. J. Bannatyne’s ch. h. Milestan, by Mickey Free, dam by Wagner, be Sy) 154 Ibs., Hylund...... ‘Time, 6:17. a. 800 Out. Out. 50 2) 25 500 iH 80 55 85 Vesuvius... 85 65 THE RACE. The horses were started in the east field, directly in the rear of the judges’ stand, and they moved up leisurely in a southeasterly direction toa stone wall, about fifty yards from the porter joint, Milesian leading, Vesnvius second, Lobella third, Tammany ourth, Astrono- mer fifth, the (unpieg belug noticeably fine. The next impediment in their way wus @ fence about EN, up the side of the frac- tional track, This was cleared first by Milestan, Vesuvius second, Lobelia third, Tammany fourth, Astronomer fifth, The latter stumbled as he wen’ over and came near falling. The third jump was | overa stone wall, alongside of the fence of the regular course, just before reaching the lower turn, | Milesian was first over, Tammany second, Vesuvius | third, Lobelia fourth, Astronomer fifth. The run- ning and jumping was much applauded by the spectators. The horses then wheeled to thé left and ran close to the lower tutn and continued on to the three-quarter pole, where they jumped a | stone wall, Vesuvius oe a ‘Tammany second, | Milesian third, Lobelia fourth, Astronomer fifth, | ‘Then they ran up Into the centre of the fleld, tak- | ing a southeasterly direction, where they Jumped a fence, and then fairly “‘flew’’ over the hedge at the big tree. Coming ‘on, facing tcwards the grand stand, they jumped the western section of the hedge and water, Vesuvius leading, Tammany sec- ond, Milesian third, Lobelia fourth, Astronomer fifth. ‘This jump Was much applauded by the ladies in the grand stand, The horses then leaped a fence into the fractional track and another one into the west fleld, and, moving along ata strong pace, jumped a stone ‘wali in the middie of the ficld. “Vesuvius was over first, Tammany second, Milesian third, Lobelia fourth, Astronomer fifth. They then crossed the fleld and'ran out of it, jum) ing a fence into the regular track opposite Hunter & Traver’s stable. and then another fence into the outer field. Then they faced to the east, jumping a hedge, and on to a fence near Mr. Bel- Mont’s stable, passing wh they encountered a very formidable stone wall. This leap was made first by Vesuvius, who led one i h, Tammany second, Milesian third, Lobella fourth, close up, Aés- tronomer fifth. The next jumps were over a fence in the corner of the outer south fleld, a fence into the backstretch, and another one Into the west then two more jumps, the first from the fleld sbute and the next from the shuto into the east ficld, Vesuvius still showing the way, Tammany secoud, Milesian third, Lobetia fourth, Astronomer fifth. The twenty-second jump = was _ over | a hedge in the east fleld, and the next one a fence in the centre thereof. The horses then wheeled to the left and came on facing the grand stand, where they encountered a stone wall near the furlon; post. Wheeling again they ran to the hedge an water and jumped the southerly section of it, Vesu- vius still leading three el Sef Tammany second, Milesian third, Lobelia fourth and Astronomer fifth, ‘Tammany and Milesian jumped rather short and landed in the water, The twenty-sixth and twenty- seventh jumps were into the fractional track and | out of it into the west fleld and then on to a stone wall near the centre, Vesuvius showin, the way at a strong pace, Tammany second, Muestan third, Astronomer fourth, Lobella fifth, | The horses first jumped a fence and then a hedge in the west extremity of the field, and then cours- jumped a wall at the point where track comm Tammany was , ja third, Astrono- | mer fo , Milesian Ofth, he having ran the wrong way, which threw him out of the rac then ran alongside of the tractional track the whole length of it, are a fence and then a stonewall, and, continuing on, leaped a fence into the regular track at the haif-mile pole, Tammany leading, fol- lowed by Vesuvius, Lobella third, Astronomer fourth, Milesian fifth, ‘Thirty-four jumps had now been taken, and the horses had half a mile further to go and only two more | jumps to make, These were over hurdles, one ‘on the lower turn, and the other at toe furlong | post on the homestre' Tammany was four iengths in advance of Vesuvius when he entered the stretch, the latter being two lengths ahead of Lobella, who waa six lengths in advance of As- trouomer, the latter being 100 yards ahead of | Milesian. Tammany kept on gallantly, not allow- | ing Vesuvius or Lobeila to close any of the day- light. He came up and jumped the last hurdle | clean and clear, and cantered home a winner of the | race by four lengths. Lobelia second, six lengths in advance of Vesuvius, who was four lengths in | front of Astronomer, Milesian fifty yards further | of. Time 6:17. A complaint was made by the owners of Milesian and Lobetla that Tammany and Vesuvius made the same mistake that stan did, but the judges dismissed it. TH SEOOND RACE. PURSE $600, for all ages; to carry 100 Ibs.; one mile and three-quarters, ‘Thos. W. Doswell’s b. m. Midday, by Eclipse, dam Ninette, 5 years old; Gibson. . F, M. Hall's b. c. John ‘Merryman, by Eugene, dam Bg eR et hl Maca wosase . 2 3. W. Hant Reynolds’ Metelia, by Australia, dam La Grande Duchess, 5 years old; Lakeland.... 3 T. Be . R. Davis’ b. h. Allie ea, Vandal, dam Nora hahaa (- years old; J. Henry...-.- . THE BETTING. 350 1,000 1,100 600 600 85 «2252051385 100 110 «270 800 200 185. “ 60 6 10 5 Midgar the beat of the start, Allie Hunt ae nad c- ond, Metella third, Jobo Merryman fourth. Geing up ‘The horses | isl the fractional track Metella went to the front, Mid- day second, John Merryman third, Allie Hunt close up. As they passed out of the shute of the frac- tional track, at the half-mile pole, Metella led one , Midday second, half @ length in front of jan, who was half a length ahead of Allie Hunt. There was no perceptible change around the lower turn nor up the homestretch. e horses: ran very fast to the stand, and as they passed un- der the wire Metella led one length, Mit jn ais half a length in advance of John Merryman, who was half a length ahead of Allie Hunt. Going around the upper turn Metella showed @ length of daylight between herself and Midday, the others being lapped one on the other, with tl heads at their saddie girths. At the quarter Mete!la led two lengths, Midday second, hi length ahead of John Merryman and Ailie Hunt, who were parallel, On the backstretch Midday be- gan to move up, and, at the half-mile she had entirely shut up the daylight, and there wae only @ neck's difference between each of the others, John Merryman third. When the horses turned into the lower turn they all made strong TuaDlie, and at one time were all in line. Then Midday showed her head tu front and entered the homestretch about half a length ahead of the other three, who were parallel. A good tussle en- sued at the beginning of the stretch, which lasted for 250 yards, when Midday had all the others whipped, She left them and came home a winner by a length a half, John Merryman second, four lengths ahead of Metella, who was one length in front of Alie Hunt. Time, 3:09%%. THE THIRD RACE. tag of $400, for all ages; three-quarters of » mile. Hunter & Travers’ b. c. Alarm, by Eclipse, dam Mand, & years 0103 Grap see sereeceesesee John Hai 's ch. f. Platina, by Planet, dam Aerolite, 3 years old; Walker.. me i T. B. & W. R. Davis’ b. c. Piedmont, by Asteroid, dam Fairy, 3 years old; Lakeland...... eee Carrol & Coar’s br. h, Ortolan, by Doneratle, dam Canary Bird, 5 years old; J. BYOWN...........06 D. », Withers’ br. m. Elsie, by Leamington, dam Babta, 4 years Old; Wall.........00c000+ i J. W. Hunt Lg ges ch. f, Elsie, by Bonnie Scot- Lee dam Grand Duchesse, 3 years old; ‘aylOr.... +. ere D. McDaniel & €o.'s b. f. Lady Motley, by Lex- ington, dam Lee Paul's dam, 3 years old; McCabe. seeeeeeessecoes. 7 John H. Harbeck, Jr’s gr. 6. Frank Swift, by Eugene, dam Fulth, 8 years old; Jackson....... 8 A. Belmont's b. h. Kingfisher, by Lexington, dam. Eltham Lass, 5 years old; Gradwell.. core @ Cofin & Lawrence’s b. c. Lochiel, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Bonnet, 4 years old............+ Time, 1:16, *Dead heat. THE BETTING. Kingfisher ......$700 1,110 1,150 800 400 310 Alarm...... + 105 220 250 155) _. Platina . + 66 160 250 «100 & 200 115 Ortolan. + 105 200 105 105 z The Field. - 15 190 us 85 THE RACE. Prank Swift was away first, Lady Motley second, Piedmont third, Withers’ Elsie fourth, Alarm fifth, Ortolan sixth, Platina seventh, Reynolds’ Elsie eighth, Kin; fisher last, and beaten before he started. he horses’ ran rapidly up the fractional and kicked up such ®& dust that {it was impossible to distinguish one from the other as they ran out of the shute into the re; track. At the half mile pole they came broadside to us, and it was then discovered that Platina and Alarm were head and head, Withers’ Elsie third, Piedmont fourth, Frank Swift fifth, Lady bee ierebeey Ortolan sev- enth, Reynolds’ Elsie eighth, Kingfisher 100 yards behind. He was stopped on the lower turn. Alarm soon ran to the front and showea the others the way into the homestretch, Platina second, Withers’ track, Elsie third, Ortolan fourth, Picdmont fifth, the others tallied off. A strong cole up the homestretch brought Alarm home an easy winner by four lengths, Platina second, a neck and shoulders in front of Piedmont, who was a head in advance of Ortrolan; Withers’ Elste fiftl Reynolds’ Elsie sixth, Lady ‘Motley seventh an Frank Swifth eighth. Kingfisher did not come to the end. Time of the dash, 1:16, the fastest three- ee ofa mile on record. The best time before this was made by Ortolan over the same ground, on the 16th of last August, when he ran the distance in 1:16%., THR THIRD DAY'S RACING. Longfellow and Harry Bassett will certainly run for the Saratoga Cup to-morrow, and Defender will also come to the post in the race. There will be two other contests—one a mile and a half dash, for three-year-olds, and the Saratoga Stakes, three- juarters of a mile dash, for two-year-olds. following are the first is sold this evenin, each of these events:—Saratoga Cup—Longfel $700; Harry Bassett, $250; Defender, $10. Three- ear-olds race—Buckden, $350; Gray Planct, $150: lury, $60; Piedmont, $50, Saratoga Stakes—Spri bok. $100; Belmont’s entry, $50; Hunter Travers’, $00; Morris’, $30; McDaniel’s, $15; Car- roll & Goar's, $20; Walden’s, $25; Bowie's, $153 Little's, $10; and Jerome's, $10. THE PEOPLE AT SARATOGA IN RACING WEEK. Whom do we see here? Yonder is Governor Hoffman beside Governor Burnside, of Rhode Island, and Mr. H. 0. Perrine, of Massachusetts, the Secretary of the Democratic National Commit- tee. Hoffman shows the sturdier signs of matured manhood and the indurating experience of the past seven years. How time transposes! Seven years a he was cited to Albany to answer the charges: of Nathaniel Sands and John McKeon, of the Citi- zens’ Committee, before Governor Seymour, alo with F, I, A. Boole, Sheriff Brennan, the Mayor a others. Where are all these to-day? And Hoffman is at Saratoga in the same week that Judge Bar- nard is to be tried in the new town hail of this pretty, villago. Yonder is Mayor Berrett, of Washington City, the last Mayor before the war and a prisoner conse- uently, beside Stewart Van Vilet and General ‘obinson, John Morgan’s Quartermaster, and Zeb Ward, of Kentucky. Near by ts Junius Booth, brother to Edwin, and Oliver Johnson and Governor Bowie, Next is Senator Rice, of Arkansas, suffer- ing with the asthma. INTERVIEW WITH THE ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK. “Senator, what has become of your old col league, Hendricks 7" “He went away two days ago. He says Indiana will §, for Greeley and the State tick Hendricks felt mightily relieved to see . come out for Greeley and to hear that Stockton was actually stumping North Carolina with Tipton. thinks a good deal of Bayard, and Bayard had once said he would have to fy Greeley if nominated. Where's your bolters “Don’t you find any ?”” “T see @ few fellows who never voted any ticket in their lives, and particularly never voted any democratic ticket, say they wont stand it; but what of that? Take something from nothing and how much remains ?”” 4 i did you think of Tipton’s speech at Wel- jon “Good. They onght to send Tip out to the moun- tain counties of Carolina, where he'll do large ex- ecution. He’s adapted for the consciences of the mountaineers.” “There’s Sumner going to stump for Greeley. How does that suit you?” “He couldn’t have rounded his fame so well in any other way. To close up his days for reconciliae tion and be understood by the ‘Southern whites as as noble-hearted a fellow as anybody; that's the sunset on the stormy day. I’m glad of it.” A DUEL BETWEEN QUILL AND BLUE BLOOD. The day of privilege for the foolish will never go down. We have had nearly such a duel as Byrom celebrated in “Littie’s leadiess pistols.” An Eng- lish Baron, so said to be, got Into a quarel yester- bs on Thin Potato Lake, near the village, with am editor of the Phoenician city of Troy. The matter was the female sex, and high words that passed in the presence of the same, requiring nothing lesa than blood. This morning a challenge passed. An eminent New York contractor acted for the Trojam knight of the shears, and a New Jersey lawyer groomed the Baron for the lists. Tuesday morning at daylight was the time fixed; but both talked too much and the ine | is postponed. 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