The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1873, Page 3

THE GREAT TORNADO, Graphic Details of the Great Cy- clone in Iowa A Cloud that Ground Houses Into Match Wood. Horves Carried Over Fences and Great Trees Uprooted. TWENTY LIVES LOST. A Baby's Head Out Off and Its Mother Torn Into Four Pieces—A School- girl Blown a Quarter of a Mile and Mashed to a Jelly, BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 24, 1873. ‘The southeastern portion of this State, especially Keokuk and Washington counties, has just been visited by a tornado which deserves mention for several reasons. Tornadoes, though sufficiently common in the West, are fortunately almost un- known in the East, and Eastern readers may, there- fore, take especia! interest in hearing, in profane Pariance, “how the thing works.” The results of this aerial visitation have been unusually fatal, and the grotesque and the ghastly have been so inter- mingled that@he plainest pdssible recital of the facts cannot fail to be what the spasmodic press calls “thrilling.” THE SCENE. The scene of the disaster may be deseribed as a narrow path, traced with almost geometric exact- ness, from ® point about midway between the, Des Moines and Skunk rivers in a slight curve to the Towa River, Washington being in about the centre of the track, which is some thirty miles long. Fer practical purposes we may take what is known to printers as a “brace” and tay it thus:— —~—. At Lancaster, the left hand extremity, the storm commenced; it travelled from the southwest toward the northeast, te the entre of the “brace,” at Washington, then bent somewhat more to the east, and near the [owa River vanished. There Were manifestations of the same storm in other parts of the State and in Illinois, and as far east as Chicago, but along this path the whirlwind strode in its strength and dealt its most terrible blows. The day before yesterday (Thursday) was a day somewhat pleasant in the matter of temperature, though considerable rain fell in the merning. Tewards noon the rain ceased, though the sky was sombre and the weather grew sultry. At two o'clock a short and violent storm ef hail set in, which in some places was scarcely Jess formidable than a bombardment. At Harper the masses of ice that were showered down were as large as a bird’s egg, and very jagged and irregular in shape. Near Kiota lumps of ice fell that were from three to five inches round and weighed between three and four ounces. In other words, the people who ventured out were pelted with blocks of ice so hard that they lay in the mire a long time ere they meited, THE DEADLY CLOUD. Just after this hailstorm the sun came out, and was shining brightly. It was about twenty minutes after two o’clock when the residents near Lancaster heard a low rumble, which sounded like the noise of distant cannon or the roar of a railroad train among the hills. On looking to the southwest a thin vertical streak of darkish cloud ‘Was seen against the clear sky, which, as it came nearer grew louder in its complaining and deeper in ite hue, It advanced apparently at an average speed of forty miles an hour, occupying @ ininute or a minute and a half in its passage. In width it coveredia space of about eighty rods; its height ‘was comparatively inconsiderable. It was, in fine, @ whirling column of wind, given a color and almost aconsistency by the dust and water with which it Was laden. Its passage was accompanied by fre- quent electrical discharges, though the lightning ‘was more frequent and notable than the thunder, and after it came a flood of rain, whose fury no ex- perience in the State can parallel. Where it was prairie or ploughed land the earth was left a pool of water, and the streams were swollen into tor- rents that raged within their old channels with the fury of so many small Niagaras, swallowing up overhanging banks and wooded knolis, THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION. ‘The tornado first declared itself a little to the west of Lancaster, Keokuk county, Of the score of houses there it hardly left one standing. Thence travelling to the northeast, it passed above Talley- rand and south of Kiota, fortunately avoiding the village, but laying waste the German settlement three miles away. It then left the earth for a dis- tance of nine miles, and swooped dewn again in ‘Washington county, tive or six miles to the north and west of Washington town. It ploughed a fur- row of ruin here about eight miles long, then leaped into the air at Highland township, dashing to earth again in Midiand tewnship, This was the expiring effort of its rage. The path of ruin thus traced was about thirty Milles in length. In ne piace did it eXceed a quar- ter of a mile in width, and occasionally it narrowed itself to a hundred yards or so. Its course was 80 precisely defined that at one point a farmer's barns were swept away and the trees in his yard up- rooted, while his heuse, though but thirty leet ‘away, was left untouched. It is well nigh if not absolutely impossible to pre- fent such an account of the appearance of the tract of couniry thus traversed by the tornado as ‘will come up to the truth and be intelligible to the readers Of the HERALD. In New York we know Jess of the force of wind: Of course there are oc- casionai sqalls that carry away signs and abstract veavers and make the progress ‘of female pedes- trians impossivle. But these puny manifestations give no adequate idea ot the ‘‘powers of the air,” which Milton and the Scriptures have so appropi- ately bestowed upon the Prince of Evil. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION. ‘The diabolicai ingenuity of the storm and the completeness of its work of rnin deserve attention no less, and would be equally incredible to city readers. They have seen frame houses ‘knocked into a cocked hat,” so to speak, or, perhaps, even unroofed by the force of the blast, and those who have been at sea may have seen sails blown from the bolt ropes in @ hurricane. But the Iowa tor- nado does not content itself by flattening houses and barns into lumber heaps. It strikes a Duilding, and the building vanishes as if it haa been blown up by gunpowder, and oniy a ragged pit where the cellar once was is left. With these remarks the readers of the HERALD will be pre- Ewha to believe in, if not te understand, some of he experiences now to be ngrrated. Not far from Malay etd town Is the most accessi- Die scene of disaster. Here the storm swooped down upon some dozen houses, the residences of wealthy farmers, and swept them from the face of the earth as il with the besom of destruction. Mr, Cunningham's nouse and barn were blown into splinters and carried away, but the storm compen- sated for the theft by A SHOWER OF SHIVERED WOOD, beards and raters, which Jell in the fields, and, sticking there, made the farm look like @ fretful porcupine. There was but little imagination re- quired to make one believe that he stood at Agin- * court, Crecy or Flodden, on a battle ground where the terribie clothyard shafts of the archers had fallen thick as hail. Some of these iragments were embedded in two Jeet of clay, and defied the strength of man to remove them. Old farmers say that in some localities it will be impossible to proceed with cultivation until these cumberers ‘of the ground shail have rotted, Many of these rude darts bore their billet, for hogs were tound pierced in vital parts, and several fowls were pinned to the ground by these shafts skot fe the archers of the air. Some of the fowls were found dead with but few feathers upon them, the feathers having been chafed of while the birds were ‘whirled about in the storm amid the myriads of abrading substances. There were four persens in the house, women and children, who were only silghtiv injured, though the wind took the house away, and sucked them out of the cellar in which they had en refuge. To crown ali, the large ranary near the house was unroofed, and several Eiinarea bushels of grain poured from it into the cellar of the house, as neatly as if had been done by an elevator. she next farm was that of Mr. Davison. He, his wife and child, and ghis brother-in-law, Mr. Honnsel, were in the house when the storm struck it, The house and barn were wiped out as if they had been chaik figures ena blackboard, Mr, vison was instantly killed, and Mr. Hounsel crushed so that he died ina few heors. The wing | fore some of the clothing from his body, leaying only fe at his wrists and his ankles and ronnd hie waist. Mr. David Kanter’s farm was swept as clean as the others, House, ary, the very wire fences were blown away. forty acres of land ters. A stack were étuock full of was blown into and distributed along a hedge, as if some human art had contemplated inventing a combined fence and feeding vlace. The family took refuge in the cellars and escaped serious injury, though the wind whisked oi the superincumbent house a8 @ parent might remove the bed clothing from a jagy child. Mr. Alexander Gibson had the finest house and outbuildings im the county. The wind blew the barne to bite. The house was in two parts. One of these was turned quite round, the other SOARED AWAY LIKE A BIRD, 3g the five inhabitants into the cellar. Of Gardner, one of the handsomest poone ladies in the State, was so badly crushed that, if she recovers, she will be crippled for life. A hired mn, Bamea Baker, and young Gibson were lashed against trees in the orchard: the former bad an arm and leg broken, the latter Was fatally injured about the head, ‘Two invalid children, who had been put mtoa feather bed fer security, were saved, though the wind carried them fiity or sixty yards away and covered them up with splinters and straw. There was not ¢ tree eft in the orchard. The wind shelled te ear corn in the cribs and scattérea it everywhere. Hall @ dozen fatted cattle, which were awaiting br butcher, bape blown into a swamp, and one o the whole of HEAD AND NECK INTO THE EARTH. Acornsheller, weighing some six hundred pounds, was biown some hundred and twenty rods. Mr. Babcock’s house and barns were carried away. With the furniture went $300 in bills and $1,800 im notes, The apple trees were torn out by ust trees, some four feet in circumference, broken off as neatly as if a saw had —_ used to cut them through Jase above the ground. Mr. Henry Walters’ farm was swept clean. A cook stove was blown half a mile away. Mrs, Wai- ters had five children, including intant twins. The house in its fall broke Mrs, Walter’s neck, and one of her bables was crushed to death in her arms. The other twin escaped. The other three childrem attended the Huddles- ford school, just across the road. Here there were seventeen children, with their teacher, Miss Poll, Smith. The spproach of the storm was observed by Minnie Rothmer, a girl of twelve, who was standing at the door. She started tornn home; but the other children, PARALYZED BY TERROR, gamer in a helpless cluster about their teacher. in & moment the whirlwind shivered the school- house to atome and threw the inmutes into the road. ‘The teacher was seriously injured. Julia Conner, a girl of sixteen, had her shoulder broken. Two of the Walters children were se badly hurt that their recovery is not expected. Rallie Gibson had a rouna hole made through his cheek and his head laid open by @ board. The little girl, Rothmer, who started to run heme, was carried through the air for about a quarter ofa mile and then fung to the earth and killed, She was rather A HUMAN JELLY than a child, for, literally, there was not an un- breken bone in her body, Ameng the other serious or curious incidents may be mentioned the wrecking o! Mr. Waters’ house and the probably fatal wounding of his mother by a broken board that penctrated her thigh; the blowing of a teamster named Baker, his wagon and team, clean over a fence; the uproot- ing of some tombstomes in a cemetery, near Lan- caster; the abstracting of $3,000 in enbacks, which an economical German woman had hidden in the roof of her house, and the complete destruc- tion of a large flock of sheep at the same place, which were tossed up into the air till, as an eye- witness affirmed, they “looked Hke so many birds.” A WOMAN DIBEMBOWELLED. Of ail the terrible deaths, though it was merci- fully instantaneous, that of Mrs, Emglerdinge, who lived about five miles from Kiota, was the most horrible. She was sick in bed with her baby when the storm came on and blew the house away. As it rose two or ‘three of the larger timbers must have been driven against her bed with the switt- ness of cannon balls. One cut the top of the child's head off and carried away part of the brain. Two others struck the unfortunate woman in the ab- domen and neck, broke her into fragments, as if she had been torn asunder by four wild horses or viown f acannon. The legs and inferior por- tions of the trank went one way ; part of the chest, the stomach and one arm another; the other arm was torn off and feund sticking in a bank of sand, end the head, neck and a fragment ef the bust were found a long distance from the other ghastly relics of humanity. TOTAL Loss THE is variously estimated in money at $175,000 to $300,000, including thirty-five houses, 1,200 sheep, 2,600 hogs, 100 head of cattle, forty horses and all the creps along the track of the storm. ‘The list of killed and wounded skows twelve persons dead and twenty-nine wounded. Detailed reports have yet to come in from Keokuk county, and several of the wounded cannot recover, so that from eighteen pe te tind nemes will probably be on the death roll. FOUMER HURRICANES. This is \y far thscw 2% destructive tornado, especially in the matter of human iife, that has ever visited fowa, though such storms do not un- frequently occur in this vicinity. Tornadoes are reported in 1848, 1860, and 1862 and there was a heavy hail storm in 1868; but, as these storms have generally been confined to the forests, the loss of lite and property has hitherto been inconsiderable. A Wind Storm in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, May 28, 1873. A storm passed over this city yesterday after- noon doing considerable damage. The wind lifted several roofs and uprooted shade trees in all direc- tions, ‘The lightning struck the chimney of a schoolhouse, but no person was injured, THE NEW DOMINION. EN An Emigrant Ship Arrives at Quebee with Fever on Board—The St. Law- rence Floods=Continued Loss of Logs— Closing of the Fifth Provincial Catho- He Council and Issue of Decrees. QUEBEC, May 28, 1873, ‘There is a report that the sbip Edinburgh Castle, with emigrants on board, has ship fever, and there is great excitement in consequence, and indigna- tion against the government authorities for allow- ing the vessel to pass Quarantine, Reports of the St. Lawrence freshets still come in. The water 1s still high at Three Rivers, and owing tothe rapid current the booms cannot be relaid, so that logs are running out steadily by the east and west channels. The booms in the centre are considered safe. St. Maurice lumber- men are hard at work saving logs. It is reported that the gevernment booms at Shawenegan are carried away. The excitement at Grais village is extreme. Baptist’s water mil ‘e carried away and the river has cut a new channel some distance inland, forming an isiand and taking in an entire village and some acres of d to the westward. The Batiscan booms are all right. At Trois Sau- mans the booms are gone, and several thousand logs and avast quantity of cedar has been lust. From Three Rivers to 100 miles below Quebec the river is fall of logs, and all kinds of crait are en- gaged in working for salvage. ie lumber market is greatly excited. ‘There were three cases of drowning to-day. The body of a child found under the cliff of Grad Bat- tery was mashed to a jelly. The filth Provincial Council of Roman Catholic Bishops since the settlement of Canada, which has been in session for a week, closed to-day with im- posing ceremonies. Decrees have been issued on perjury in political elections, clandestine mar- riages, holy oils, catechisms, Catholic writers, Cath- oli¢ liberalism, the freedom of theCnurch and her relations with the State. The decrees will be pro- mulgated after receiving Papal sanction, THE FOUNDLING ASYLUM Mecting Last Evening of a Committce of Gentlemen at the Foundling Asy- lam, Washington Square. An @gjourned meeting was held last evening at the Foundling Asylum, Washington Square, of a number ot gentlemen whe have taken an interest in the welfare of this excellent institution. The business of the mecting was to progress the arrangements that are being made for two dramatic performances in the Academy of Music on the 12th of June, the profits of which are to be devoted to a fund tor furnishing the new building of the New York, Foundling Asylum, in Lexington avenue, Sixty- eighth and Sixty ninth streets. After the reading of th minutes Mr. Augustin Daly reported that he had suc- ceeded ‘obtatning the Support of M Ni Fechter, G. L, Fox and the Fitth At attern formance, and for the ev certainly be Bryant’s Minstrels and Mr, Soter Daly snid that he expected to receive the pro peri] of oth ir yrominent artists. The tickets will be rendly for sale on Monday next, The general admission will ‘be $1, and a largé part of the Academy wil reser at advanced Prices, Mr. Daly "had dently succeeded in awnking the usual enthu siasm for everything he undertakes, and Gesite to raise” $5,000 for this furnishing fund will, unquestionably, be realized. In addition to the re- markabic attractiveness of the programme caaced bY the combination of histrionic talent there will be he reflection that all purchasers of tickets will be aiding an institution in which every one desirous of ameliorating the snd social blot upon our elvilization should feel it his duty to do his and her part. During the evening's business Eugene Kelly sent $50 for tickets, r of gentlemen have also sub- seribed $100 each for tickets. The success of the en. deayors ix pretty well assured, and the Committee of Ar- Fangemente will do everything that 18 possible to de- serve PROBABLE MURDER IN ALBANY. ALBANY, N. Y., May 28, 1873, The body of aman five feet seven inches high, dressed in dark clothes and with @ light mustache, was found in the river here this morning. His skull was broken and thefé were other marks of violence on his person. Coroner Mulligan will in. wat, the cage, Wich is thonabt to be ene of jurder, , DECORATION DAY. isi Ae. Saha sa Arrangements for Its Observance—The Procession of the Grand Army of t Republic—The Confederate Dead Not Unforgotten—Charity and Love Sceat- tering Flowers Over the Natiqn’s Dead. To-morrow, from east to west and from north to south of this vast country, the sweetly mournful ceremony of decorating the graves of the dead heroes of the war will be celebrated. It was thought meet that an annual event like this should be commemorated by the people of the whole country; that those who fought for and these who fought against the Union should be held in the equal remembrance of a common charity and humantty; that the grave should be meutral ground for both sides to assemble at and drop the tear of affection and the floral tribute of remem, brance over the helpless clay with that beautiful sentiment in each one’s bosom of “Charity to all and malice towards none," This national day of decoration will yet become what every humane and patriotic heart must hope—a day when Northern and Southern alike will mingle in the LEVELLING PRESENCE OF THE TOMB with a mutual feeling of kindly sorrow for the dead, who, sundered in this life, are now united in the eternal embrace of death beneath the peaceful skies of God that look down with an undiscriminat- a mercy and compassion on all. t has been said t some loyal people in Wash- ington and elsewhere protested agamst the gentle and heayen-inspired proposition to deck the desolate and silent resting places of the Confede- rate dead in Arlington Cemetery, where, Wet with rain the bine, Wet with rain the gra. Under the sod and de Both wait the Judgment Day, THIS UNHOLY CRUELCY may have a few admirers, but the great portion of the people, North as well as South, eagerly hope that this day, so hallowed in its purposes, sugges- tive of 60 much touching sentiment, will never sul- fer from the exhibition of party feeling, or be made ‘the occasion of resurrecting and parading the bit- terness of the past, the hates and differences that all Christian minds must hope to see forever in- terred in tue grave, where they belong. if It is to be presumed, however, that none of this malevolence which finds its expression in the papers will make its way to the sacred precincts of the grave. It is but the feeble ebullition of A RAPIDLY EXPIRING HATRED, which, in the good time coming, will be mentioned only to meet with universal condemnation, The idea of decorating the graves of the warrior slain originated at the South. ‘Their dead were dearer to the Southern people than ours appearea to be tous. To them each fallen soldier was as- sociated with something more than the cause for which he fought, and every Southern life sacrificed 1erced the heart of some Southern family circle. ‘housands of our Union boys tell without an eye to. weep theirToss; but in the high homage a whole nation of people pay to the poor, friendiess and UNKNOWN REMAINS of the soldier wno fell for the salvation of the Union ig scen the exalted appreciationp! the services he gave his country. Flowers arf otner offerings of aifection and remembrance will be placed on a million graves to-day; and if the people of the North have been behind their brethren of the South in remembering their fallen heroes by an an- nual pilgrimage to their graves they are deter- mined to show in future no less of a spirit of regard for those whose lives were given for their cause. THE PREPARATIONS to celebrate the day througkout this State, in which itmus been made a legal holiday, are on the most ex- tensive and elaborate scale. “As usual, the Grand Army of the Kepublic takes a feremost part im the ceremonies of commemoration, and the various pons of that large and. powerful association have by this time signified their intention to be on hand. THE GRAND ARMY invite the people of this city to unite with them in the Observance of the day. They have already re- quested subscriptions of money and gilts of fow: ers and shrubs, and their call has been liberally r sponded te, They have also signified that while it is well to revere the memery of the deceased fathers, it should be borne in mind that it is a duty to give their children good clothing and education. ay mention that the Home ter the Orphans of Soldiers and Sailors has 250 of these little ones with- in its walls, and that the institution stands in need effunds. In addition jt THE MEMORIAi. COMMITTEE. addressed a circular to the officers of the National Guard of the city requesting the co-operation of themselves and their commands at the parade to- morrow, with such good results as gives the im- pee that the procession will be uncommonly ine and large. Post No. 100, in being reminded by its commander o1 the approach of Decoration Day, was addressed in the following neat janguage :— Let us at the appointed time gather around their sacred remains and garland the passiniess: mounds above them with the icest flowers of Spring-thne; Tet ux raise above them the dear old fag they helped to save irom jet_us, In this solemn” presence. renew owr aid and assist those whom, they have lett us, a sacred charge upon the nation’s gratitude— the soldie?s and sailor's widow and orphan. ALL THE DIFFERENT POSTS have gone into the work of this memorial celebra- tion with unusual zeal. The religious portion of the services, which were celebrated last Sunday, were more widespread among the churehes than on any previous occasion, and point to the pros- pect of a far larger and more impressive celebra- tion of the day than has taken place in the last six years, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS have contributed a portion of the vast display of flowers which will mark the occasion; but the floral contributions come from endiess other sources, When the procession moves across the ferry on its way to Greenwood minute guns will be fired from Castle William, on Governor's Island. THE VARIOUS CEMETERIES will have their visitors, Woodlawn, where the re- mains of Farragut repose, will no doubt be duly honored, and Cypress Hills, where 4,000 of the Union dead are buried, wili be largely patronized, Then there is the Naval Hospital Cemetery, on Flushing avenue, Brooklyn: Evergreen Cemetery, East New York, and, of course, Greenwood, 60 stately and grand, with its terraced tombs and its noble willow trees, will receive a countiess host of mourners. In Westchester, Jersey, on Staten and Long Island, and all over the Jength and breadth of the land, to-morrow will be observed in honor of the heroes whe gave up all that men hold dear lor the sacred object of perpetuating the Union of the States. CEREMONIAL RXERCISES OF POST 113. Post Dahlgren, No. 113, will hold ceremonial ex- ercises tor their comrades who have dicd since the war, at half-past ten o’clock, at 73 Ludlew strect. There will be a prayer by Dr. McGilden, oration by J. Henry Shepherd, and singing by the New York Veteran Singing Society. Afterwards the Post will proceed to Calvary and Evergreen cemeteries aud strew flowers en the graves, THE JAMES C. RICE Post, 26, will assemble at their headquarters to-morrow, at half-past eight A. M., sharp. The members, like all others of the Grand Army of the Republic, will ap- pear in dark elothin, preety. blue badge on lett breast; gloves will be furnished by the quarter- master. DECORATION DAY IN BROOKLYN. apna Programme Prepared for the Occasion. Tue Breoklyn Committee of Arrangements for Decoration Day have established “headquarters” over the Post Office, Washington street. They will be ready to receive contributions from the generous and patriotically disposed to-morrow evening and Friday morning next. Flowers and plants are earnestly solicited for the occasion. The “Union Home and School for Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ will be given any balance that remains over in the hands of the committee, after the floral necessities shall have been supplied, The sub- joined programme has been made out by the com- mittee for the observance of the day:— At half-past two o'clock A. M. a party ot officers and marines, ‘in charge of Colonel Broome, wilt leave the Navy Yard in boats furnished by the naval authorities and by Cemmodore Strong, of the Lighthouse Department, for Farragut’s grave, in Woodlawn Cemetery, Westchester county, which they will decorate at sunrise. accompanied by ap? propriate ceremonies. Major George D. Weeks will preside on the part of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Mr. E. B. Hale, of the Twentieth ward, will deliver the oration CYPRESS HILLS. ‘There are nearly four thous: soldiers’ graves at Cypress Hills Cemetery, which will be decorated eurly in the atternoon by the New York posts and by those of the Eastern District of Brooklyn. The comrades from New York will march down Broadway, escorted by several com panies of militia, and followed by @ procession of wagons and carriages, to South ferry. There they will cross the East Rivet, and on the Brooklyn side take the cars for East New York. Nearly all the posts of New York city ‘e_ intimated their intes- tion to participate, Rev. Dr. Schenck, rector of St. Ann’s on the as te has been invited to de- liver the address. Major Short will be present on behalf of the Brooklyn posts, GREENWOOD. The ceremonies will begin in this cemetery at two P. M., and will be very ro ince tes ‘The members of Post Kimball, No, 100, of New York, will decorate the grave of Colonel Kimball, and then join their Breoklyn comrades belonging to Posts 3, 4, 10 and Colonel Jol ‘all has been chosen Marshal. Captain James Tanner will deliver the oration. OTHER CEMETERIES, The soldiers’ graves in the Naval Hospital Cem pen in the Holy Cross at Flatbush and other cem terles in that vicinity will be decorated by details irom the Various posts at ten A. M. MEMORIAL EXERCISES AT THE ACADEMY. “Memorial exercises wili be held in the Academy at eight P. M., when addresses will be made by Professor Homer B. Sprague, Rey. Dr. Hall, rector of Holy Trinity; Rev. Fat! jal iliame- burg; James M. Farley, M.D., and others, The Brooklyn Choral Union will sing @ selection of bieces appropriate to tue OCCBS1ODy NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY MAY 29, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET, THE pxooiys vacut xv. (MARVEAND JOCKEY CL The Regular Monthly Mceting—Discus- sion on the Definition of a Yacht—Ar- rangements for the Coming Regatta. The regular monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Yacht Club was held last evening, at their rooms onCourt street, Brooklyn, There wasquite a large attendance of yachtsmen, including Commodore Voorhis, Vice Commodore Dickerson, Rear Commo- dore Dillon, Messrs. Haight, Asten, Sawyer, Smed- ley, Waring, Braisted, Ellsworth, Stewart, Whittle- sea, Felt, Lee, Platt and ethers. Vice Commodore Dickerson took the chair, and, after reading the minutes of the previous meeting, election of mem- bers came in order, resulting in the addition of hig ee parince £0 she, ig ef the Club. Mr. Stew- ve at the: «mames of the yacht Captain, Commodore and Admiral be struck off the rolls of the Club, on the grgana that they were engaged in the oyster rade, Mr. Elsworth, the owner of the boais in question, stated that the only boat he proposed to enter in the regatta was the Commodore, a new boat, that had never yet been tried. This question finally brought out a rather animated discussion on the definition of a yacht, Mr, Haight maintain- ing that the word was taken from the Swedish, and meen, “@ Vessel used jor pleasure purposes, ? while Mr. Waring held a yacht was “a @mall vessel carrying passengers.” The question was eventu- ally solved by a resolution, which reterred the mat- ter to the Regatta Committee, with power. During the discussion on the number of tickets that each member should receive Mr. Whittlesea movea that the Regatta Committee be instructed to probibit the sale of spirituous liquors on the guests’ steamer on the day of the regatta. Another gentleman moved an amendment includ- ing the judges’ boat in this temperance quesrion, and Mr. Haight moved as a further amendment that the eaterer should be instructed to furnish unlimited ice water tree of charge. Mr. Whittlesea appeared te think that the suggestion en the sub- ject of ice water was unnecessary, and spoke rather strongly on the evils of spirituous liquors, when Commodore Voorhis came to the front, and, by afew judicious remarks, calmed the rising ele- ments, and after eulogizing the Reg@tta Commit- tee, In whose hands the dispensation of spirituous liquors was vested, moved to lay the motion on the table, and received an enthusiastic support. The Rogatta Committee then announced a sight change in their programme of the regatta, which very properly prevents any yacht trom winning more than two prizes, The meeting then ad- journed until June 9. THE SHORT BRANCH REGATTA. A Lively Race Off Frank Bates’—The Lulu the Winner, ‘The large schooners and sloops are, many of them, still in the hands of mechanics, painting, re- pairing, &c., in preparation jor the coming regattas, but inthe meantime the small fry are having a good time among themselves. Yesterday there was quite @ lively regatta between six open boats for @ silver pitcher, presented by Frank Bates, of the Short Branch Hotel, a well known resort of the yachting fraternity. The race was open to all open boats under twenty-three fect, and resulted in the following entries :— ve Length, Name fh Emily 8 Joe sand Idle Honi Owner, ‘Saited by «Captain Joe Morris, “HL Suediey. urner, ‘aptain Wicks. ‘The course was from & stakeboat anchored off the Short Branch Howse to and around a buoy at Robin's Reef, thence around a buoy off the Long Dock and return, twice reund the course making a distance of about sixteen miles. ‘The judges of the race were ex-Mayor Godirey C. Gunther and Commodore Hughes, of the Oceanic Yacht Club. ‘There was a light southerly breeze, and the yachts 7. by the stake boat, with a fying start, as fol- jOWB — HM. 8. Emily P, Mamie T. Joe Saunders Idle Hour... Shortly after they started a squall sprang up from the northwest, and they got ‘Hail Colambia” without a caution. The Dart soon had more than she wanted and made the best of her way. home; but the others managed to weather the breeze and continued on their errand. The Saunders rounded the buoy off Rovin’s Reef, closely tollowed by the Idle Hour, with the Lulu third, Tne Emily P had shipped considerable water and was doing badly. The Saunders then started tor home without rounding the buoy oif the Long Dock, followed by all the others excepting the Lulu, whose captain paid attention to the judge’s instructions and sailed the proper course, They rounded the home Stakeboat on the first turn as follows :— HM. eet i f 39 = Joe Saunder: Idle Hour. . In the next round they were becalmed fora short time, but finaliy caught a geod southerly breeze, which brought them as tollows :— HM. S. 4 wv 2 ‘The p as given to the Lulu, as she was the only yacht that sailed the proper course. ‘The race for the smaller class only brought out two entries :— Feet. In. Short Branch 16 — Captain McCabe. Tough 16 7 Captain Carls. They sailed once round the course, and the Tough won by thirty-one secends after a tough race. The races Were quite a success, and are only the fore- runners of a series of others of a similar kind. YACHTING NOTES. = ‘The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club will be sailed.on Thursday, June 5, over the regular course, About twenty yachts, including the Reso- lute, Magic, Idler and other well known flyers, wil comprise the fleet, The schooner yacht Triton, Mr. G. A. Thayer, of the A.Y.C., has undergone considerable altera- tion in her spars and rigging. The forestaysail has given way to a@balloen jib, and her topmasts and boom have been lengthened. The scnooner yacht Madeleine, Commodore Jacob Voorhis, of the B.Y, leaves fer Nyack to-day to bol for the regattas of the New York and rooklyn Yacht clubs, The schooner yacht Idler, Mr. Colgate, of the is laying off Hoboken. She has veen ghly overhauled from stem to stern and is now in complete order, The Atlantic Yacht Club hold their annual re- gatta on Tuesday, June 10, The officers of the club are :—Commodore, R. Maxwell; Vice Commodore, J. A. Monsell; Rear Commodore, H. A. Gonge; Re- cording Secretary, W. Morgan; Corresponding Sec- retary, W. B. Davenport, and Treasurer, H. H. Hogins. The regatta committee for the season of 1873 are Messrs. E. Arnold, J. L. Marcellus, W. B. Davenport, B. E. Valentine and 8. W. Knowles. ‘rhe new schooner yacht Ariel, Mr. W. L. Swan, of the A.Y.C., is lying off Poillon’s yard receiving the finishing touches to her cabin. Mr. Harvey's pretty little schooner Agnes has assed into the hands of Messrs, L. A. Fish and W. eebe, and sheis now lying in Gowanus Bay, pre- paring for the coming regattas. The schooner yacht Magic, Mr. Rufus Hatch, of the N.Y.Y.C., is laying at the foot of Twenty-cighth street, North River. She will go on the ways at Red Hook Point to-morrow to prepare for thé sail over her favorite course in next Thursday's regatta. The annual pie of the Brooklyn Yacht Club will be sailed on Thursday, June 12, A number of new yachts have been added to the fleet of this club since the season of 72, The schooner yacht. Palmer, Mr. Ruthurford Stuyvesant, of the N.Y.Y.C., is laying at the foot of Twenty-eighth street, North River. The schooner yacht Columbia, Mr. Lester Wal- lack, of the N.Y.Y.C., arrived trom New London jast Tuesday. She is laying in the East River, off Hunter’s Point. It ts reported that the Columbia will not take part in many of the regattas this season, a8 Mr, Wallack prelers the pleasures of cruising. The sloop yacht Gracie, Mr. J. Waller, af the N.Y.Y.C., 18 lying at the foot of Court street. She has been completely overhauled and the cabin fit- ungs are perfectly gorgeous. Mott, of New London, is fitting out the fleet little Kaiser Wilhelm, and intends giving the sloeps a lively time. ‘The match between the scheoner yachts Magic and Dreadnaugnt for the Cape May Challenge Cup, now held by the latter, will be sailed about the middle of the month, The sloop yacht Meta, Commodore §. A. Beling, of the Bayonne Yacht Club, will probably make her first appearance at the regatta of the Brookiym Yacht Club, She has been lengthened some eight or ten feet, and 18 now the largest sioop yacht in these waters. The schooner yacht Mystic, Mr. W. S. Creamer, of the A.Y.C., is fitting out for the season. The Mystic has been lengthened twelve feet, and, in fact, rebuilt, as very few of her old timbers re- q in. The members of the Atlantic Yacht Club antici- pate quite @ lively time this season betweea the schooners Peerless, Triton, Agi Ariel and Mys- tic. They are all pretty nearly the same length, and the owners, imbued with a proper yachung spirit, each believes his yaeht the fastest of her size afloat. The schooner yacht Tarolinta, Mr. Kent, of the ing of Bay Ridge, Long Island, ‘commodore Williams, of the Harlem Yacht Club, is working hard ag the members, preparing for @ brilliant seasen. e club owns quite a large feet of handsome yachts. The members of the Columbia Yacht Club antici- pate quite a lively season this year. The members are all busy getting their boats out. and quite a large fleet are now anchored off the foot oi Fifty- hes th atreet, North River. ‘acht Viking, M. Mahlen Sands, N.Y.Y.C., panes Be yesterday, from Newport for ew Yo Yacht Nemiss passed Whitestone yesterda: from Newnort for few York, _ Second Day of the Spring Meeting at Baltimore. fk E Pleasant Weather, Grand Attendance and Interesting Events, ——-e Eolus the Winner of the One and a Half Miles, for All Ages; Lizzie Lu- cas the Chesapeake Stakes; Fad- ladeen the Mile Heats, Three in Five, and Village Black- amith the Dash of Two and a Half Miles, BarmMore, Md., May 28, 1873, With freshness and fragrance everywhere the sun arose sweetiy this morning, a pleasant omen of gemial hours for the races. The company that passed up Madison avenue aad through the Druid Park—the park par excellence of America, by the way—was much larger than yesterday before the usual time of starting for the races. The grand Stand presented a brilliant appearance, ana the field was aiso fliled with Maryland's fairest daugh- ters, accompanied by thelr husbands, lovers aad brothers, Four races were on the card, all of which were well contested and gave great satisfaction to the assembled multitude. The secretary of the course Was, fortunately, on hand to-day, he having been absent professionally yesterday at Annapolis, hence the blundering that occurred in the mile heats, The favorites won twice dnring the day. Eolus, one of them, won the mile and a half dash with great ease, beating Lochiel, Wheatly and John Preston, the latter a highly bred but poorly trained horse. Eolus ran to-day in about the same style that he showed when three years old, beating with ninety pounds upagood field ef clippers at Jerome Park, which was his début on the turf. He was alterward beaten at Long Branch, in a rain storm, by Selina, and then getting lame was retired until to-day. Lochiel did notwome up te the expectations of his owner er backers, while Wheatly performed about as well as he was expected to do, and all that were on him and lest seemed satisfied. The second race was betweem three-year-old fillies for the Chesapeake Stakes, Three started, and Thos, Doswell’s gray filly, Lizzie Lucas by Australian, dam by Eagless, dam of Mr, Beimont's Gray Planet, won by a neck, Mr. Crouse’s filly Satire, by Revolver, dam Syren, being secona. The third race was mile heats, best three in five, between three well known ceursers—viz., Messrs, Davis’ chestnut horse Fadladeen, Mr. McGrath's bay filly Jury, and Messrs. Rice & McCormiek’s brown colt Wynne. Fadladeen won a very easy race, much to the astonishment of the owners and backers of the other two contestants. The last race of the day was a dash of two miles and a half between a bay filly called Tectotal and the old son of Vandal, Village Blacksmith. The latter teok an exercising gallop and won, ‘The following are the details of the day's amuse- ment:— ONE MILE AND A HALF DASH, The first race was for a purse ef $400, one and a half miles, for all ages. For this event there were four entries, consisting of John Preston, by Master Lightioot, dam Ringdove, three years old; Lochiel, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Bonnet, tive years old; Wheatly, by War Dance, dam’ Kilgour'’s dam; four years old, and kEolus, by Leamington, dam Fanny Washington, five years old, The latter was a great favorite, Lochiel second cheice, Wheatly and John Preston selling for nominal figures. At the start Wheatly led, Jonn Presten second, Lochiel third, Eolus fourth. ‘he herses changed places around the lower turn, and when they reached the three-quarter pole Lochiel was in frent, two lengths in advance of Preston, who was ahalf length ahead ot Wheatly, who was half a Jength ahead of Eolus. The latter made a rapid run up the homestretch, and passed the stund two lengths io front of Lochiel, who was two lengths ahead of Wheatly and John Preston, who were run- ning head and head. Eelus maintained the lead around the umper turn, and at the quarter pole was one length in trent of Lochiel, whe was one length ahead of Wheatly, John Presten iourth, They ran nose and tail in the order given until near the half-mile pole, — when John Preston “passed in his — checks." Going around the lower turn Lochiel tried his best to overtake Eolus, while Wheatly was kept close up awaiting time to make his brush, Eolus kept moving strongly,and coming up the home- stretch was well in hand, and all attempts to beat him were futile. He landed home a winner by 4 length, Lochiel second, one length ahead of Wheatly, John Preston a bad fourth. Time, 2:43!4. SUMMARY. BALTIMORE, MD., MAY 28, 1873—SPRING MEETING OF THE MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB, AT PIMLICO COURSE—SECOND Day—First RacE—Purse $400; one and @ half miles, for all ages. Thos. W. Doswell'’s b. h. Eolus, 5 years, by Leam- ington, dam Fanny Washington J. R. Coftin’s b. h. Lochiel, 5 year nie Scotland, dam Bonnet..... John WwW Jhamberlain’s ch. c. Wheatly, 4 years, E. Stanley Rogers’ b. c. John Preston, by tmp. Bon- wee 2 by 3 r Dance, dam Kilgour’s dam. Master Lightfoot, dam Ringdove 4 Time, 2:4344. CHESAPEAKE STAKES, The secora race was the Chesapeake Stakes, one mile and a quarter, tor three year old fillies. The starters out ef twelve emtries were D. J, Crouse’s chestnut filly Satire, oy Revolver, dam Syren; R. W. Walden’s chestnut filly Minnie W., by Planet, @am Edina, and Thomas W. Doswell’s gray filly Lizzie Lucas, by Australian, dam Eagless. Lizzie Lucas was the favorite betore the start, at abeut even over the fleld. Lizzie was first away, Satire second, Minnie W. third. As they ran up the home- stretch Satire dashed away from the others and assed under the string eight lengths in front, Lizzie Lucas second, four lengths in tof Minnie W. Passing around the turn the fillies became closer togetner, and at the Cac pole Satire was three lengths ahead, Lizzie Lucas second, two lengths ahead of Minnie W. They were two Jengths apart down the backstretech, and ran thus into the lower turn, when Lizzie moved up close to Satire and Minnie W. followed the gray. As the fillies turned into the homestretch, Satire and Lizzie Lucas were yoked two lengths ahead of Minnie W, A most spirited struggle ensued, which ended at the score by Lizzie winning the race by a neck, Satire one length ahead of Minnie W. Time, 2:15, SUMMARY. Same Day--SECOND Rack.—Chesapeake Stakes, for fillies three years old; one mile and a quarter; 5 lbs, extra for the winner of the Preakness Stakes, if a filiy; $50 entrance p. ii club to add $500, of which $100 to the second filly; closed with twelve nominations. Thos. W. Doswell’s gr. f. Lizzie Lucas, by Aus- tralian, dam Eagless 1 D. J. Crouse’s ch. {, Sati Nee MILE HEATS, THRER IN FIVE. ‘The third was for a purse of $800, mile heats, all ages, best three in five. For this there were three starters, comprising H. P, McGrath's bay payensys by Lexington, dam Roxana; T. B. & W. R. Da- vis’ chestnut horse, Fadladeen, by War Dance, dam Nora Crema, and Rice & McCormack’s brown colt Wynne, lately C. 0. D., by Blacklock, dam Para- cenia, "Jury was @ great favorite over the field, in many cases at 2 to 1. Firat Heat.—The start was very even, but before they reached the turn Fadladeen led twe lengths, Jury second, one length ahead of Wynne. At the quarter pole Fadladeen led one length, Jury sec- ond, four lengths in front of Wynne. Going down the backstretch Jury made @ feeling dash at Fadiadeen and went up, showing her head in front,-but again dropping back. Fadiadeen was a neck ahead at the half-mile pole, Jury four lenghts ahead of Wynne, who was running under astrong pull. When Bob Swinn found that Wynne ‘was not following to win he took Jury in hand and made no further effort to beat Fadladeen, and the latter came home a winner by one length and a half in 1:484g. Wynne was ten lengths behind at the finish. Second Heat.—The horses had a fine start, and all went away from the score as if they meantit. At the quarter pole iadeen showed in front, Wynne second, two lengths in advance of Jury. A fine struggle ensued down the backstretch between Wynne and Fadiadeen, the etfort being to run him down. The old horse was haif a length ahead at the half-mile pole, Wynne second, one length in advance of Jury. Fadladeen was clear of the filly at the three-quarter pole, and coming up the back- stretch he ran away from both of them. The fool- ing away of the first heat between Jury and Wyane now looked like @ waste of cunning, ny now they made the running for him, but neither could catch him. He loped honfe an easy win- ner by signe lengths, Jury second, two lengths in front of Wynne. Time of the heat 1:45%. Third Heat.—Fadiadeen was the favorite at 2 to 1 en the rest. He took the lead at the start, Jury second and Wynne third, They dashed away like quarter horses, Wynne making play at the old herse around the turn, but at the quarter he had his nose in front, and, getting into the backstretch, led one length, Wynne second, a length in advance of Jury. Going around the lower turn the horses were nose and in the order above, but just as they approached the three-quarter pole Jury moved UD an Took second piace, and made a desverate effort to reach Fadiadeen, He ran aw: however, and won an easy race by thre iomeihes Jury second, Wynne distanced. Time, 1 Same Day- Race Pui $! RD RaceE—Purse $800; mile heats, for all ages; boxt three in five; $600 é and $200 to'the second. ee Ie ae ee T. B, & W. R. Davis’ ch, bh, Fadlade: ’ years, by War Dance, dam Nora Crena... 1 H. P, MeGrath’s b. f. Jury, four years, by Lexington, dam Roxana.......... 2 [eCermick’s br Wynne (form . O. D.), four years old, by Blackloc! dam Paracena. ‘Time—1 :48, DASH OF TWO 1 22 3 Sdis, iy 134536, 1:47) MILES AND A HALF. The fourth race was for a purse of $600, a dash of two miles and a half, for all ages. There were but two entries for this race, J. G. K. Lawrence's chest- nut horse Village Blacksmith, aged, by Vandal, dam Cholera, aud the bay filly Teetotal, by Young Me}- bourne, dam Young Utilla, four years old, The jitie betting done was all in favor 01 Village Blacksmith, The race was made a most interest- ing affair to the uninitiated, as the horses ran to- gether side and side for a mile. when Village Black- smith went to the front and it was a mere hand gallop for the gallant old horse, He ran casily, Playing with his ears to the end. The vime of the two miles and a half was 4:54. SUMMARY. Samp Day--FourtH Rack—Purse, $ dash of two and a half miles, for all ages; $500 to first horse and $100 to the second, J. K. Lawrence’s ch. h, Village Blacksmith, aged, by Vandal, dam Cholera@,......s6.+sseeee serene Owner's b. f{. Teetotal, 4 years, by Young Mel- bourne, dam Young Utila: seveee Time, 4:54. FLEETWOOD PARK. The Huntress-Conley-Allen $2,000 Cone test—Conley the Winner—Fast Time for Season—Ugly Charges and an~ Unsatisfactory Tcermination—Barney Kelly Wins the Sweepstakes of $300. The announced contest at Fleetwood Park, be- tween the well known speedy trotters, the. bay mare Huntres#, bay gelding John W. Conley (for- merly Beppo) and the bay stallion William R. Allen, took place yesterday afterneon. The day was all that could be desired for such an event—the sun shining brightly, causing the surroundings of the Park to look very beautiful in their emerald set- ting. The balcony of the elub house was well re- presented by the fair sex, and the grand stand was bountifully sprinkled with veteran turfmen and many strangers, to whom such amusement was new, but all drawn together to witness the per- formance of the advertised steppers. It was. known, or rather it was theught, that the race would be a “hot one,” and it was with much gratification that the assemblage heard the call of. the bell summoning the horses to the track. ‘The contest was won by John W. Conley, as will be seen below by the details given, yet there was mucii dissatisfaction observed throughout the race, and charges openly made that it was a “swindling job,” both in its inception and performance, which accusations were belleved by mapy. In the pools sold—and the betting was very spirited—before the first heat Huntress was the favorite, selling for $50 to $10 each for the other competitors, She lost this heat, and yet, so great was the reliance placed in her abilities to win, the pools now were: Huntress, $100; Conley, $60; Allen, $10. The sec. wond heat was also won by Conley in 2:24, a8 eee by the judges; but a score of watches held by competent outside timers made It 2:28 and 2:23!3, when Conley was made first choice, selling fer $70 to $18 for both Huntress and Allen, At this juncture a veteran turfman ap- proached the judges’ stand, telling them that he did not believe that the driver of Huntress was en- deavoring to win the race, and also said that he had given that individual $100 to leave the sulky and allow another driver to get behind the mare. This the driver consented to do, subject to his employer's: (Mr, Alden Goldsmith) sanction, but the latter gen- tleman would not allow the change to be made, and the money was handed back. The next heat was also won by Conley; but Huntress, for indulging in a little ae near the quarter pole, and an attempt ot her driver, although she was several lengths in advance at the time, of crossing the track on the homestretch, was dis- tanced by the judges. Now there was’ quite a little scene, and the veteran turfman, betore al- luded to, made charges that the whole affair was a swindle and that the driver, Oe and track pro- rietors were all interested in its consummation. ie also charged that the race was ‘not for acent,’? but only to get what could be obtained out of the public and the poo! box, and that the proprietors of the track were seen by him buying Beppo. ‘These charges were not answered, nor, perhaps, should they have been, but the whole affair causes much unpleasant poplin It is due to Mr, Aiden Goldsmith, the owner of Huntress, to say that he disavowed any complicity tn such a scheme, as charged, and that he intended his mare to win, but Beppo was “too hot tor r.”’ ‘The judges were Captain issian Rynders, John Briggs and John L, peg Below are the details :— First Heat.—In drawing for positions Conley won the pole, Huntress second and Alien outside. They ot the word at the third attempt, with Con- ley half a length in advance, Huntress second and Ailen third, Around the turn Coniey increased his advantage to a full length, Huntress leaving her feet and Allen making a skip, the quarter pole, in thirty-six and three quarter seconds, was reached, with Conley hall a length in front, Him: tress second, ten lengths ahead of Allen. Down the backstretch these positions were maintained ; but at the half mile pole Conley put on a iittie more steam and passed that point one and a half lengths in front, in 1:11, the others being as before. From this to the end there was no seeming possi- ble chance for Hantress, as Conley had too much speed in reserve, which, aided by the mare twice going into the air, Conley came buzzing down the homestretch three lengths in advance, and landing a winner of the heat by that distance. Huntress ‘Was second, twelve lengths ahead of Allen. Time, 2:26, Second Heat.—The word was given the first time, with Huntress in front, Conley second and Allen last, but all well together and trotting level. Around the turn Conley dashed to the front, and at the quarter, in thirty-five and a quarter seconds, was leading one length, Huntress secend, ten lengths in advance of Allen, who had leit his feet badly. Huntress went inro the air on the backstretch, but was quickly caught, and going along about her business made up some of the daylight between her and gl the latter pass- ing the half mile pole im 1:09, but half a length ahead, Up the hill, by the Point of Rocks, Conley increased his lead to two lengths, and maintained this advantage to the end, landing a winner amid much applause, Allen was ten lengths in tie rear, Time 2, :24. Third Heat.—At the fifth attempt the word was fees with Huntress leading nearly a length, Con- ley seeond and Allen third, several lengths away. Around the turn Huntress trotted like a witch and went away two lengths 1m front. Approaching the quarter-pole she went into the air, and made some vad skipping, but was quickly caught, and passed that point three lengths ahead in thirty-four seconds. Down the backstretch she increased her pace, and went whizzing by the half-mile pole in 1:08, four lengths to the Iront, and Allen still two lengths behind Conley. Up the hill Huntress again went into the air, but was caught in a second, and at the three-quarter pole was still three lengths in front, working like @ machine, Conley now made up little of the gap between them, and like rockets both came down the homestretch, Huntress leading two lengths, but when at the draw-gate she went into the air and, swerving across the track, went under the wire on a break two lengths in front, Conley eight lengths afiead of Allen, Time, 2:24). The judges gave Conley the heat and race, and dis- tanced liuntress, as referred to above, siving their reasons for 90 doing, the “run she made near the quarter pole and her action on the homestretch.’? oldsmith, her owner, seemed much annoyed ; and casting all considerations of fraud, a8 charged, aside, eon who are competent to render opinious upon such matters character- ized the penalty inflicted as unjust and outrageous, SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD PARK, MORRISANIA, N. #Y., May 28, 1873—Purse, $2,000; mile heats, best 3 in 5, m har- ness; $1,200 tothe first, $500 to the second and $300 to the third horse. Judges, Isaiah Rynders, John Briggs and John oty. é William H.Crawford’s b. g. oun W. Conley (formerly Beppo) (Crawtord) Ca; Morris Bacon's b. W. HL Manee)...... ‘ (332 Alden Goldsmi TYOUL) cscs eereeeeee 2 2dia Quarter. Half. Mile, First heat... 36% pate 2:26 Second heat. 35% 1:09 2: Third hea’ 34 1108 36 ‘The second event of the day was a sweepstakes of $300, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, between Daniel Pfifer’s bay gelding Barney Kelly, Peter Manee’s gray mare Crazy Jane, and William F, Weeks’ black mare Lady King. Kelly was the favorite, the pools averaging, Kelly $35, king $31, and Jane $11, The race did not excite much in- terest owing to the superior attractions surround. ing the firstevent. Lady King won the first, but Kelly scored the second, third and fourth, makin; happy those who had invested their money that way. SUMMARY. SaME Day.—Sweepstakes $300; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, Dan Pfiter’s b. g. Barney Kell; 2111 W. E. Weeks’ bik. m. Lady King. 1222 Peter Manee’s gr. m. Crazy Jane 38333 Mile, THE NATIONAL GAME. New Haven, Conn., May 28, 1873. Ina game of base ball to-day, between the Mutual and Yale clubs, the former won by @ score 0116 to %