The New York Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1874, Page 5

THE UNIVERSITY REGATTA What the Friends and Critics of the Oarsmen Say. THE PRESS ON THES “FOUL.” New York, July 21, 1874, fo THE EpiTor oF THB HERALD:— Was Timpson entitled to row in the late college regatta, it being generally understood that he presented himself for examination merely at tne request of members of the Columbia University be- cause of his reputation as bow and stecrsman? | Should Wesleyan ve informed of this fact? METLHODIST, Dartmouth’s Claim to Fourth Place. New You«, July 21, 1874. Wo rae Epiror or tHE HERALD:— In Tuesday’s edition of your paper you publishea Q@card disputing the position of the Dartmouth crew in the late regatta, Allow. me to putfortha little evidence in the case {Special despatch to the World.) SARATOGA, July 19, 1874, The oficial announcement of the judges placing ‘Williams fourth, Corneli fth and Dartmouth sixui at the finish of the University race yesteraay lias its uccuracy questioned from severat quaiters. Cornell, in the first place, declares wat Darunouth was three lengths ahead of her and was resting on her oars when she (Corneil) finished, thus yielding at Jeust the fi th place to the Hanover boys, 1t wilt be rememoered that the unotticial time taken by Commodore brady and lis assistant, Wilham L, Stone, on the signal stand, put Dartmouth tourth, with Williams alter her, Corneil sixth. Commodore Brady 1s sure he made no mistake, ana the lollow- ing amMdavits support his opinion :— Louis H. Cramer, C. E., of the Saratoga Rowing Asso- station, Going duly’ sworh, doth depose and say that he was the signal officer at the finish of the untversity Face, and that the Vartmouth crow was the fourth crew a¢ crossed the finish line in the University race of July 1374. H. ORAM Sworn to and subscribed before mo this !sth day of July. IS4—A, We piruamy, Notary Pubhe, Saratoga Suratoga County, State of New York, ss.—William L, Stone, editor'o! the Crlege Rene, the assisiant time keeper of Commodore Brady, bei worn, doth de,.ose and fay that the Dartmouth erew, according to. his best Knowledge and belies, was the fourth crew which cross the finish line in the university race of July 18 1874, and thav the time of the said Dartmouth WILLIAM L. SLONE, Editor Qohege J Sworn to and subscribed’ this Isit day of Jul W. Sagrneny, Notary Public, Saratoga prin: Commander A. R. McNair, United States Navy, nd Charies H. Teffts, also members of the Signal Committee, on the stand at the finish, assent to the statements apove. + ‘The above was aiso published in the Zrtdune. Dartmouth hud but few iriends present at Sara- toga; but that is no reason why sie should be placed sixth, when all who were stationed at the nish for the parpose of deciding the position of the various crews placed her fourth. No doubt Williams would jike Dartmouth’s post- tion, but the justice of her claim to it is remark- ably doubtful. In explanation of the official decision let me atate that Dartmouth had no representative to ad- vocate her claims while Williams’ coach was one Ol the judges, FRED. ©, PERRY, Neo. 422 West Forty-third street, New York city. Wesleyan Has Nothing To Do with the Foul. BROOKLYN, July 20, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Mr. Blaikie’s report of the intercollegiate re- gatta at Saratoga does injustice, perhaps untn- tentionally, to the Wesleyans. In alluding to Co- jumbia’s taking the water of Wesicyan ana giving the latter their back wash, he says satirically that it was an imported trick, and certainly deserved ceusure by the adherents of Wesleyan. Captain Eustis 1s too sterling @ man and honest an oars- man to complain of any crew for taking the Wes- Jeyan’s water, 1{ done fairly. His claim was that Columbia thrice crossed his bow when he was en- deavoring to pass fier, and when Columbia was but @ boat length ahead and no water visible between 'them, By this action he was obliged to siow up three times. Mr, Biaikie In another place gives the linpression that Yale and Wesleyan had lormed a compact, both offensive and delensive, aud in carrymg out the plan both crews rowed im ‘towards Harvard to pocket her, and in this manner the Yale and Harvard Jou! occurred, Captain Eustis and the entire Wesleyan crew assert that they were never nearer Harvard than 160 feet on the side.. The entire crew also say that they never heard of any agree- ment to run Harvard down, and if they could not Win @ race fairiy they would not win at all. Mr. Blaikie, although an old Harvard oar I believe, Would hot desire to do an injustice to a deserving | crew, although they have defeated te crew of his | ession, ‘The Wesleyans in turee races; winning the Freshman rae in 1872 (no university crew en- iu second 1n 1873 and 1874. AS students to choose 2 crew from erve Credit tor the place they have won in boating annats, and 10 is their desire wud tue ae- Sire Of their frieuds not to have thew fair fame tarnished by any imputations of uniair oarsman- ship. co. M, Hicks, Harvard and Yale—ad Biood Between the Two Crews. New York, July 21, 1874. To THE EvITOR OF THE HERaLD:— It seems to me that some of the points of the controversy between Yale and Uarvard may bo settled by applying the touchstone, cui bono? Let us sce What could have been gained by means of the unfair acts charged, First—As to the charge that Wesleyan and Yale had conspired to foul Marvard, and that they ap- proached her with that intent during the first mile. race jor ne thant Moreover, it 18 Sate tid Why woud ne try to throw away his moncy m preventing Harvard, twasto be gained vy thay? Ifshe A succeed the blow would only help Harvard along ana wouid cause Yale to be ruled out for a foul, and can the roles of ti Wiy aid ne wr ace as not to Know wt? Wy 0 do.iconly When ke was astern and inch rudder yoke to aim aty Why it afcerwards, when be hauled of to rd, drew alongside 1 iront third—That Yale caused the final foul. was to be gained vy that? Yale had at last taken the lead of the whole race and Without having once spurted—at least so says your corre- spondent, who was alongside, and ‘most ot tue others agree with bim—ana the fact that the Y rudder was Knocked of by a Harvard oar shows that she was at least a quarter length in advanc while Cook's taunting remarx to Dana, a moment beiore, shows how confident he was ot his own ability to Winand that he was by no means ready to give it up. What more could ne have asaed than to be alone. Lhe race was hall over, and be hac made upa gap of two lengths, drawn ahead a quarter, and was still gaining. Idon’t mean to gay that Harvard causeu the oul intentionally, but 1 think there was so mucn bad blood between the two crews that neither one would yield an inch to the other, even when the momentary to their own nitimate advantage, and I think Cook has himseli to biame tat he did not recognize and act upon that tact. As to Cook’s vulgar language, that has nothing to do with the foul, and tue oifence 1s too cominon to justily us in making him a scapege He ought bo be none the iess ashamed of hunsell, ea ln A. Se oreover, let Over the Course. New York, July 22, 1874. To THe EviTor of The Herxaup:— In whatever way a person regards the victory of the Columbia crew in the late college regatta at Saratoga he must, if he be just and candid, aamit that their victory was cleanly scored and as fairly won. To those who have watched the rowing of the Columbia boys on the Harlem River in the Practice Wor early part of the season their success last Satur- | day was a gratifying surprise. Indeed, so littie was thought of the New Yorkers previous to their departure for Saratoga that they were not even Mentioned with Harvard or Yale in connection with victory. If Columbia came In third, or even fourth, many of her friends thought she would be doing wel. Tuts, 1 think, Was the general estl mare of them on the Harlem, Such a thing as car- ryiMy otf the college Nag was not thought of for an instant. Tuey lett this ctt wever, With the good wishes of ali, and there not a man who pulled an oar on the Harlem who did not heartily wis tuem “God speed” in the work betore them. She Columbias met With an accident on their jouruey to Saratog: he boat i Uielr practice when they arrived these got smashed on the curs. Tis was discouraging, A delay vecutred. ‘hey got tseir new boat, and ti settied down to their work With a dete mitution to do all they could to prepare tor the great event. No crew on the lake worked More faithtuliy or more openly than those same Columbias, When ether crews were “keeplig | rowing at times in such a way as to 10 might be Watcning their practic as to thelr real work, the Colum- bias Went out ana rowed over the course open! doing thetr thirty-four strokes i practice the same | as they did on the day of the race, lt was almost What was to be gained by that? Yaie and | Wesleyan had cach more interest in winning the | Cook had $800 vet on tum. | » kept making shots at Harvard's | yone think Cook so ignorant of | ind then hail a length | What | just | rifice Was | which they were to Uo | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1874 -TRIPLE SHEET. impossible to find the Yale men at their work. They seemingly did not wish to “give anything away.” Harvard was not as particular, but yet the Harvard Captain believed Somewnat in similar lactic: Williams, diderently impressed, was Oftenest on the water, and if ever a captaiu strove to bring Ms men up to his own standara of exeel- lence that man was Gtuster. All things consid- ered, Jolin Gunster 13 one of the best men a boat's crew could have, and with five men equiil to him in a boat they would compose & crew difficult to “get away with.’ The Wesleyan men also worked hard and 14 it | openly. My object in refermng to the different tactics pursued by the crews in their practice work 13 to show that there ts a deal of unneces- sary secrecy in the preliminary labor, Tbe Colum bias’ practice in preparing for the regatta just Past was done open regardless of how 1 might affect rival crews. They did not hide themselves away above the bridge at the toot of the lake, or consider the advisability 01 doing their practice in other waters, Neither did they pull the English stroke when passing the Harvards’ float, another Kind of stroke when going by the Wesleyans’ house, or when of” Yale's . quarters pall all “ragged” for the edifleation of thuse whom they knew were watching them. The Columbias, on the contrary, periormed their practice openly over the course. If the other crews who were contestants in the race had pursued the same itne o conduct | they would have been better acquainted witi | | the course over which they bad to row, and there might have been no such unfortunate affair as the ioal whieh resulted tn throwing one of the best crews out of the race before tne course was Uttie more than half roweil over, NAUTILUS, Swearing—A Reformation Needed. New York, July 21, 1874, | To THE EpiIToR OF THE HERAty:— Whatever other titles to fame Captain Cook, of Yale, may either desire or deserve, he seems to | have won that of a swearist, Friend and toe, | Columbia and Harvard, Zros Tyriusque, are all anke to him, according tothe report. In the old days, we know, nothing could be done afloat or ashore except with a fluent accompaniment of swearing. “Our army swore terribly in Flanders,” and for a long time expressions were tolerated from gentiemen of the army which would have caused social banishment to a poor, unadorned civilan. Society acted up to Shukespeare’s words and held that is in —-the caniain but 9 choleric word Which in the citizen is fiat blasphemy. Sergeants cursed privates, commissioned officers cursed non-commissioned, ficid officers cursed non- field officers, and generals bad to curse all around, It is said that Engiand, with her conservative tens dencies, retains this remnant of ancient times, and that His Royal Highness the Commander-in- Chief may still be heard at reviews swearing like a trooper; but in these degenerate days the swearees, instead of feeling honored by the royal one generally demand a written apology and get Dean Swift, when asked what was meant by the expression, le clothed himself with curses as with a garment,” expounded the text by replying that it meant “he had a habit of swearing.’”’ But what is the origin of this habit? Uf the swearer was really calling upon gods internal or supreme to aid him or to hurt his enemy, some feasible explanation of the — prac- tice might be given; it might be regarded as a private excommunication; but so far irom this being the case, oaths, allke in New York streets and the wild West, where the air is said by travellers to be bine with curses, are siinply with- out meaning—mere expletives, almost inarticulate, used to accentuate discoutse. From this we are inclined to think that pour yreat swearer is not a feliow of infinite wit, but a man of dull umagiva- tion and hited education. ‘Ihe dulness of the imagination docs not enable him to iorm clear ideas of what he feels or sees, and his limited vo- cabulary utterly breaks down when he tries to put his coniuseu ideas into intelligible lorm. brillant idea or Sheridan to make Bob Acres adapt oaths to the circumstances in which he happened to be placed, but the very wit of the idea aud the way in watch it is carried out in the dtalogue raise the valorous Bob tar above the vulgar crowd, He Is decidedly an unnatural character, and has too much art to require to thus doubleshot bis dis- course or fili up gaps in his conversation; but your common swearer puts in an oath because he cannot find the proper adjective or the adverb he wants, These oaths are mostly traditional, handea down from a time when men did curse their ene- mies, and they by no means express the speaker's sentiments, Who may really be actuated by less malice or uncharitableness. than he who has strength enough to lock his feelings up in bis own heart. Fortunately, before the diffusion of education the practice of swearing 1s giving way; good taste has driven it from society. and good feeling will work together and banish the revolting practice irom the sports and pas- times of our youth. PRESS COMMENTS. Regerding the Foul. Speaking of the ‘oul’? which occurred between | Harvard and Yaie, the Zraveller suys:— There is a difference of opinion, each crew being | blamed, There appears, however, trom the testi- moav of the few outsiders who could see aud judge the affair and irom the optpions of a majority of spondents, to be the better grounds ior Har- | vaed’s compiaints against Yale racher than vice versa. But is not this a most unsatis: ory con- | dition of aifairs + | spite interfere with what would otherwise be ra- tional sport! We would be glad to see the regatta | given up it the races cannot be conducted tarrly, ment or irom intentional untairness, the whole idea of the contest has been subverted and over- thrown. Belonging to the Chapter of Accidents. The Boston Post discusses the question with can- | dor and forbearance, regretting the unfortunate | circumstances which tend to cast a shadow over 4 friendiy struggie tor pre-eminence. it thinks that | the hasty accusations made within the last few | days will doubtless be followed by the relegation | Of the whole affair to the chapter of accidents, for, | says the Post:— It is equally inconceivable that TMarvard snonia risk its sar iame by intentionally louing Yale or that the latter should deliberately wreck its chances suceass by Using 18 slightiy advareed position | togebin the path of its competitor. The excite- | ment ot hot rivalry, side by sice, to account for an accident whose responsiniiy | can never be definitely fixed. An Aquatic Duel. The Boston Glove, in high dudgeon, in a caustic articie headed *Boyish Foliy regards the con- duct of Ha rd and Yale on Saratoga Lake as imply disgracetul and foolish.” “From the first,’ says the Globe, “the Harvard and Yale crews seemed to ignore ajl the other boats and to seek to bring on a duel between themselves. Starting 100 | feer apart, with a mile ot clear water between them and the other shore, the. kept out of cach other's way; and if they had both | putiea steadtly he voal, there is little douot | that they wouid have led all the other crews and one or the other of them fave won the r ermining the relative merits of the two, y purposely came together to at each other and impede each *s course, and the result Was @ toul, which led Yale’s boat and threw her out of the con- ? ‘ r | stead of that, | throw taun othe Ifs and Euts. The Worcester Spy dcnounces the College Regatta as an annual nuisance. Worcester was anxious to have this annual buisance, bad as itis. The Spy admits that the Columbia crew has the glory of winning, but the Harvards claim that they would have won if they had not been fouled by Yale; the | Yales that they would have kept the iead if their | boat haa not been disubled by Harvard; the Wes- 3 ¢ unlairly deprived ot the first place by miscouduct of Columbia, and the Dart- | mnouth crew that their chances were as good as any | it Columbia had not spoticd tiem by crossing their ; Wack twice and so keeping trem back, Beneficial Effects of Boating. The Norwich Bulletin sums up an article on the regatta in this wise :— | These races, however, are developing a splendid set ol men in our | benefit of them. The spirit of emulation dor more to turn tue student’s attention to physica culture than anything else. And the results are already fo be seen in the colleges. As to Saratoga a8 u suitable place for the races we shall have | More to say hefeaiter. BOATING NOTES, { Cornell, one of the Columbia crew, goes to | Europe this week on a pleasure tour, The Argonauta four of Bergen Point are going to | try and repeat their victory on the Harlem at Sar- | atoga next week, ) probability fill their places, four-oared crew waich Was not allowed to row on ioe bong bed River this spring. They are now train- | ing 11 Jersey. | on uyikill Navy will most probably have a four ut the International Regatta on Saratoga Lake | next montn. The Pennsylvania sour of wie Navy | made a good race with the Argonauta last spring. rhere will be @ race on the Harlem to-morrow afternoon from tligh Bridve, so it 1s given ont, Commodore Krauy exp that the regatta on Saratoga Lake in August, in which the best am- ateur oarsinen th the ¢ vited to contend, will amateurs from all parts of the Jand, et us hope that good taste | Young men of high attaiaments | acting Uke “Jockeys and letting an ijil-iouaded | | ana for two seasons how, either trom mismanage- | quite chown | could easily have | Neges, and this 18 the main | Blake and Van Raden go out of the Atalanta | crew, and Dick Deeley and Oli Johnson will tn all | ‘The Gramercys’ propose to enter at Saratoga the | uintry and in Canada are | cail forth the best skilled | THE REGATTA AT NEW HAMBURG. Annual Race of the Central Hudson Yacht Club—The Entries and the PrizemA Fair Day and a Fine Contest— Fidget the Winner. New HaMpuna, July 22, 1874, The annual regatta of the Central Hudson Yacht Club, including sailing craft between Hyde Park and Peekskill, was to have taken place yesterday. In fact, all the boats did start, but the wind lulled and the race Was declared off till this morning at ten o'clock, THE COURSE extended from New Hamburg to Van Rensselaer’s Point, turn buoy, thence to Low Point, turn buoy and back to Van Rensselaer’s Point, again to Low Point, and then home to New Hamburg—a dis- tance of eighteen miles. THY, ENTRIES. Fight boats were entered, as follows:—Lulu, owned by Mr. Ferris, of New Yamburg, 16 teet long, 6 feet beam, cat rigged; Thetis, cat rigged, 24 teet length, owned by Mr. Verplanck, of Fishkill}; Mollie, owned vy Mr. Schuchardt, of Hughsonville, 22 teet length, sloop rigged; Eaith, owned by Mr. Van Wyck, of Wappinger’s i 23 ieet length, sloop rigged; Commodore, owned by Mr. Rogers, of Marlborough, schooner rigged, 24 teet length; Ida May, owned by the Miller Bros., of Low Point, cat rigged, 26 feet length; Fidget, owned by Irving Grinnel, of New Hamburg, cat rigged, 28 feet length, and the Lorlie, of Newburg, owned by Mr. Brown, cat rigged, 33 rect length. THE PRIZ! was a magniticent silver pitcher and salver of the finest design and workmanship. Time allowance Was given at Ube start in proportion to the size of the various vessels. The race was put on at three-quarters past ten A. M. to be finished within SLX hours or no race, ‘rhe contest attracted general attention, people being present from ali points on the Hudson, The river along the course Was filled with pleasure béats, and the piers along New Hamburg and Low Point contained many who were deeply interested as to the result. The start was effected in the following order:. Time. vime, HW. M, HM, + lL 00 +h 05 » ll 03 -n i6 In rounding the first buoy, off Van Rensseier’s Point, the Thetis led, followed closely by the Edith, Mollie, Fidget, Lorhe, 1da May and Lulu last. The Commodore, through the carelessness of the helmsman, ran on a projecting flat, and when she was got off was withdrawn from the race. The second buoy, off Low Point, was turned first by the Thetis, then the Mollie, Edith (the latter having fallen back from second to fourth peat on the run down), Lorlie and Ida May. ‘he Luiu for some reason or other dropped out of the race bere tne Low Point buoy was reached. At this time the wind was north, but not heavy. When all the boats got jairly headed up stream ain the sight was a fine one. In passing New ‘amburg, one-half of the race having been sailed, the boats glided by as follows:—Fidget, Mollie, Edith, Thetis, Lorie and Ida May, the Faget hav. ing CAUGHT A HEAVY FLAW, which shoved her by the ‘Inetis and Edith ata spanking gatt, during which ther much cheering from the siore and the blowing of steam whistles. The breeze treshening, all bore away in handsome urray to turn the Van’ Rensselaer buoy for the last time, the Fidget leading while turning the buoy fast, followed closely by the Mollie, Thetis, Editn and Lorie, the Ida May having also withdrawn, seeing no chance to win, The Tun down again to the Low Point buoy with a tree sheet was an exciting one to only four of the boats—Molli¢, Tuetis, Edith and Lorile—Mr, Grin- nell’s boat, the Fidget, being far enough ahead or all to insure victory. She turned tne stake in elegant style, caught a flaw of wind and pushed to the, westward close under the shore, 80 as “to make a long stretch to the east- ward. As she ploughed aloue ste was sa- luted with eveers ana whistle shrieks from the steamer Celerity, which had followed the boats over the cours», The steamer Utica, also passing at the time, saluted her merrily, and the crew of the Fid.et responded vy dotting their hats and flag waving. A quarter of & mile to the southward the Mollie, Lorie, Edith and ‘Thetis were having a level contest of their own, the Mollie being to the iront, Thetis next, Edith third and | Lorlie last. Alter all had glided into the nomestretch the wind treshened and the Lorie, position and passed her and then bore away tor the Thetis. Both danced over the water tn un ad- mirable manner, and off the Dans Skommer the Lorile wiuded the Thetis and passed her. At this oint it Was thought she would overhaul tho ton Point, her shrewd satling master did attempt to wind her, but failed. THE FIDGET WINS. In the meantime the Fidget turned the home boat victor of the race in 4h. 1m, She was re- ceived with great cheering and gun tinng, waich was fittingly responded to itom her deck. The Mollie reacted home second, hardly a length ahead of the Loriie; the hdish third and Thetis | last, Last year the Thetis wo the prize. ch Jollowlng 1s THE SUMMARY. ANNUAL REGATTA CENTRAL HuDSON Yacut Cin, AT NeW HAMBURG, JULY 22, 1874.—Course, eighteen uilies. Prize, silver service. Wind light, N.N.W. Boat. sare. Return, mM M.S. 25 50 Ida May. | _Atterthe race Mr. Irving Griauel, the owner of Filgei, which won the contest, put the sityer ser. vier up again asa prize tor the Thetis. Mollie and | Kath te contend tor on Monday next, the hour not being namea. ‘The judges to-day were Van Nort Carpenter, | Pe A.M, Van Wyck and Peter Le toy. “YACHTING NOTE, — | Yacht Clio, N.Y.Y.C., Messrs. Bradhurst & Asten, | from New York for City Island, passed Whitestone yesterday. MULLEN STILL FAILING, An Equal Division of Time. Mulien again occupied the track of the Hippo- drome yesterday, but his knee was inflamed, and he made no unusual demonstration. A prolonged struggle, while it would be gratttying to his friends, seems well nigh impossivie. The walker bas pluck, but not stamina. Alter scoring 100 miles on Tuesday at midnight, he retired to his tent and slept untii 4h, 32m. s2s., when he alternately until Sb. Ism. 2 when the record | Since morning stood as follows:—Time of walking, | On, 27m. 498.5 time Of resting, Oh. lom. vs. oF | nearly one-haif ol the time since morning spent in histent. The probabilities are that Mullen, if he keeps the track, Will by Saturday next at wad- night have scored about one-half of the distance | he was engaged to perform, THE SARATOGA SPECIAL TRAIN. | —_ Disseminating News. {From the burlington, Vt., Free Press.] The New York HERALD, to show that it belleves not only in printing hews butin disseminating it, has made arrangements for sending out “a light- ning express train’ trom New York every Sund at half-past three A, M., during the summer s to enable its readers at Saratoga, Luke George and intermediate points to obtain their papers at an early hour, Tho Herald's Exploit. {From the Saratoga Season, July 20.) The HERALD’s exploit of Saturday was character- istic of that great paper. A journal that sends its representatives to the four quarters of the giobe to gather intelligence for its readers 1s equal to any enterprise, Nothing that tie HERALD people now undertake will astonish us. A Hickory Ham Competitor. i {From the Saratoga Sentinel.) A few weeks since the proprietor of the New York: HERALD made arrangements ior a spe newspaper train to leave New York at an carly ; hourevery Stnday morning, witn the first edition ofthat pal to run through to Troy, in time to conntct* with the passenger train to Saratoga. Last Saturday night the New York 7imes issued a second cdition of their morning issue, containing a brief account of the boat race, and dating it Sunday morning, sent it north by the regular eleven o'clock train, and when the regular edition of the Sunday HerRraLp reached Saratoga, the TERALD men Were surprised to be met by this foisted on the people before the imposition was ( discovered. taking it pPicely, challenged the Edith for third | Mollie also, and over to the westward, near Hamp- | boat as she Came in Was voclferously cheered, ‘The | bogus Sunday Zimes, a number of which were | jay wag recovered late on Tuesday night and made a iresh start and walked and rested all day | \ | down, the | use in London. RACING ON THE ROAD. | 1 Display of the Crack Private Teams of | New York—The Start, the Race and the End—The Winners and What Is | Thought of Them—A Gala Day Among | the Lovers of Fast Horsefiesh. | It is a popular fallacy to suppose that because | the thermometer has ranged up among the ntne- | ties lately everybody had gone out of town | and had taken their horses witn them. There are plenty of people left yet to keep up lifein New York, and particularly “on the road,” and the | fastest horses thit this fast city boasts of are yet | stabled here, and, judging from what took place “ou the road" yesterday, they will continue to be. | Au announcement a few days ago that several | crack double teams were to have a brush from the | Bridge to Heintzel’s for a champagne dinner and | probably & more vatuubie stake iniused | new energy into those who have not patronized the road so trequently of late in consequence ot | the warm weather, and seemingly wit one ac-,| cord they determined to have at least one more grand turnout before the summer ended, ‘The sight from the club house, irom Piorence's, and, in fact, from ail the road houses, is grand any atfter- noon in pleasant weather, but yesterday alternoon | it was particularly so. The hundsomest and fast- est horses in New York were trotted out for the | occasion, and they seemed to ve quite as proud as | Were the gentlemen who held the reins over them. | There were horses im whose veins coursed | some of the best trotting blood tn the | country; horses whose careers on the turf | and road have added laurels to their fame, and | rendered thein worthy to be called the best geis of such illustrious sires as old Hambletonian, Straightedge, Morgan and the host of other trot. | ters that have made the trotting turf of America the greatest in tue world, The excitement that brought out this great array of beauty aud speed was the matca beiween Mr, Abe Sclienck’s team, Listuer and Adguis, Mr. J. Rice’s team Damon | and Pytnias, and Mr. S.J. Anthony's team | Suraigtit ad mate. These horses bave alta good record, and, having never trotted together, the desire to'sce them was greatin the breasts of | ail lovers Of tast horseiesh. Whe animils were | driven to Floretice’s, and after a short rest they | were taken across the Bridge to the stari- Mg pont. he scoring Was miade with. | Out the least dificulty, abd at the word “zo? | oi they dashed, Straignvedge and Mate taking | the lead, Closely toltowed by Rice’s team, while Souenck’s horses lagwed a litte ; but this was not to last long. rhe driver of Listner and Adonis knew his business well, and after the first turn of | the hill had been made he appealed geutly to his animals with the whip, aud with the speed o1 startled deer they went past Rice, lapped Autiony, and in less Wan one minute took the lead, witch they never lost, though clos*ly pressea by the | feet looied antagonists vewind then On they dashed with nostrils cistended and ears laid y seemed fairly to devour the earth with thei hoo's, while the noble animals behind strain ed every nerve to either pass them or make then break their trot, but it availed nought. Listuer 4nd Adonis were bound to win, and iu exactiy four minutes and five seconds from the time ot starting | they were stopped in iront of Meitzel, the dis- tance being One and three eighths of a mile. Mr. Autbony orought ts hor: w& lew seconds, later, Closely ollow by Mr. Rice, The we Was | altogether a fast one, and so mucn satisfaction did | It give that Mr, -chenck at once offered to maich | his team agaipst any private doubie team in the city. Very soon the large crowd that had turned out jor the race came wouping up, and then the | fun commenced, Horse talk and nothing else could be heard, and as cach animal was putied up he was commented upon. Cuiet among the tying beauties were mr. aad Pet, beauiles and very last; Mr. Ayer’s team, generally styled the ‘posses of the ui ;?? Mr. Thomas Ryan, of the Union Place Hotel, landed salely With bis black mare Fanny, her distinguishing feature a beautiful silver tail shming ike silver in the sunlight; Mr. Hastman, of Flectwooa, Park, with mis bay horse Handsome Dick; Mr. Muller, of West Filteenth street. with Ins pretty gays Maybeil and Sue; Mr. J. W. Coster, of the Jnion Club, with ts superb black and gray team (not yet named); Mr. Joseph sfartner, witn ms bay gelding Rob Roy; Rev. Dr. Corey, without bis last bay team, but driving a handsome little pay mare that did not seem inclined to take the dust from auy one; ic. W. A. Harbeck, with a stylish | pair of blact Minstrel anu mate; Mar. Frank Work, With nis sorrel, aud Mr. George Turnoull, with his brown borse Ponty. mimodore Vander- bilt, with Lady Emma and nyate, was sadly missed, but regrets were soun drowned when Mr. L. H. Brockway, of the Ashland House, drove up with hig bay horse Denver, a horse, as Shase- speare says, that was all a horse should be, short jetlocked, broad backed and thick necked, ana his adinirers ada the fastest single goer on the road, Mr. A. R. Phyle his famous horse General Twced; while Mr. R. >, Dana sat behind his cream colored cuit Sha: After a litte luilin the ex- citement, Mr. Joseph C. Smith, ot ‘twepty-tlith street (Brewster's) came dashing up with his jamous bay mare Kitty nitched to a 143 pound top Reape and moving ata 4 rate of speed. Mr. W. Hamphrey, brother of the owner of Judge Ful lerton, drov ty tue bay horse, closely iol- Mr Koppe: his and, and the 's. Hewes (ollowed hard atter with Flasn and a fine blood bay tegm. ©, H. Amidon drove rd, afine bay, and Mr. Peter ‘Traivor | along behind a sorrel — team, | agers to must ail present. Colonei Blanchard, | of the Hotel Brunswick, and Mr. Neison iooinson, inate, fred K, handied ; bota diove fine horses, but soun passed vut of sight. Mr. Whitney, ot the Fiih Aveuue Hote, exercised a fine span'ot sorrels, Tom Cotton and | mute, and it, E. 8. Maltby, of the Holman House, drove a beautiful pair of bays. Mr. ii, Gilsey had out his span of biood bays, and “air, We Le Situs | mons, of Maatson avenue, kept him company with | is sorreis, uitched to a Surrey, a kind of wagon jor two or tour percous, and ove which Englisi- men are just now having made here tor thetr own A nuinber of other fine teams | passed, but 11 Was impossible to note either the | heme Of horses or owuer. When the trotters nad been well rested the lavited guests at once took | up the hne of drive tor Judge Smith's, where the bet was paid and more hor: Ik mduiged an. Several matcaes Were made jor single and double teains. and many others are on tae tapis, and be- fore tae weatner forinds We may expect to sec a niimber Of well contested races between sentic- meu’s horses Without resorting to a race track, TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK, FLEELWOOD PARK, July .2.—Purse $109, for horses that nave never beaten 2:50; mile beats, best three in five, in hurmess; $00 to the first, $30 to the sec- ond and $20 to the third horse. ENTRIES J, Murphy’s bik. m, Mianie di. “1211 Jongevin's br. g. West Side. 10197 -23 382 -5 823 ~ 310 4 5} ~-445 4 son’s br. g. [. IH. -9579 8, Washington Jackson.... 6 6 8 8 "3 +7966 P, Quinn's ¥. 8 7 ar D. Walton's ldget . ar TIME. Quarter, Fourth beat ENTRIES FOR THE OLEVELAND RACES, CLEVELAND, Onto, July 22, 1874. The entries for the races of the Cleveland Club closed last night. All the classes are filied. The following are the entries:— Hihl/tehe Ao Tace; parse, $5,000. six entries; , $2,509, ten entries; 2:50 race, $1,500, five entries. second day—Free-to all race, $3,500, three | ud Judge y running | 10, tour entries. 000, eleven eniries ; 2:26 100, eight entries; three in race, $390, five entries. Fourth day—2:31 race, $3,500, ten entries; 2:20 $6,000, tive entries—Gazelle, Cumors, Red ond, Sensation and Uenry; ruuning two mile | asi, $1,200, Six enirtes, A number of other en- five running | ties are expected by mail to day. | THE SWISS SHOOTING FESTT | eb pide Tne Swiss shooting festival was continued at | Union Hul yesierday, and will be brought to a close this aiternoon, The attendance was much larger then on any previous day, there being ap least 4,000 persons on the ground, Including the Mayors of Brooklyn and Jersey City. The toilow- Ing Is the resutt of the suootiuug:—Gobdlets ior twen- e bull's eyes on The Old target were won by Erinirseh, J. N. Nett, MW. Harting, p- cheu Weumban, % Leitz, hurry, Ws nad. Morit. A. Rathgil wou goblet yes on te field targe ° re the points on the target “Fatherland ;7-— F. Laundoet, 68; C. Sehiopper, 00; H. Harting, 4 F. Hi. Malhey, 56; Be Lippman, 65; A. Knolple Theil, 4 Gn the “Willtam ‘Tell carget:— 2 i, 40 on tae dl Hause Rein, 63. The largest num- made by Willtam Hayes yeu Meany, of buli’s eyes we COBONERS’ CASES, John Johnson, & man twenty-eight years of age, was drowned on the 20th inat. while bathing in the dock foot of Harrison street, North River. The Coroner Kessler notified, Deceased lived at N 148 Filzabeth strect, me INEALRP NO | ing has been made manifest. and though the High- | ; heart of hearts Itear that Ido not care a button Birche’s sorrel team Baby j . lowell ariving their dapple | scene below you Will de surprised to see It re- | | most and to the nortieast the green Islands m the | Coggia’s comet ¥ | the young ladies, Wao pad been seated im the ste | about THE JERS£Y HIGHLANDS. One of Our Near Home Watering Places— Land and Water Scenes, HIGHLANDS, N. J., July 22, 1874, There is something irresistibly comic in hearing @ hotel proprietor on @ delightiully cooi day, when sun aud wind are soothingly tempered to the city lamd, say with a perceptidie shiver, “Ah, sir, tis cold snap is playing | the deuce with the watering places.” He bas so trained bis hopes to rise and fall with the thermometer that his blood foltows suit. ana when the mercury marks only eighty in the snade, with an infant breeze stirring the leaves over- head, you expect to see the hotel people turn out in great coats and mufflers like the members of a German band im January, From one end of the coast to the other this state of feel- land hoteis are doing fairly 1t would be too much to expect linen jackets and enthusiasm on the part of the proprietors jor a week to come. In my whether the hotel people are happy or bot, so they Just Keep things gomg as they are, and let me en- Joy te air, tue sbade, the surt and the river with | the favor of three meals per diem and bed space during the starry watches of the might. That is all; let them leave the rest to me. Nature has spread churnfs here which aJerscyman cannot nde under his bushel, although, donbiless, he would uf he coutd, MOTEL ‘TALK. There are two hotels here at Navesink. One stands ona litte higher ground than the other, and one is nominally @ littie lower priced than its neighbor, The difivrence im altitude from the watei’s edge 1s some five or six steps of stairs, and the difference tn price is so dependent on the accommoation that what a gentleman and his party will pey depends in both on the extent of his demands tor space and location. Soil are Moderate envush in charges, all tangs considered. Thompson's 1s the older of the two, Its patrons date back in some cases for twenty odd years, wheu it stood alone in its glory, aud “oid man Thompson’ looked a trifle young: Thompson 1s a farmer, and wealthy and sutisiied with the way the world jogs; so he doesn’t care much for im- provements. He tssure of his old customers, and they are so used to the run of things that it is doubtiul whether they would go there if the old look and some of the old ways were to give place to the new and the improved. Lounging under the shade trees and enjoying white sails of ships and ruffled with the prows of far-speeding steamers, you are not likely to bother much about the rural ways of the transformed farm house in the rear; but the travelled man thinks and freis about these things at other times. ‘The other hotel is Jenkinson’s, which nas its shade trees and its far-spreacing Ocean view and its group of croquet players us weil. The hotel trself has vhat trim modern air which would teil the ex- perienced in such matters that Jenkinson knows w to make the most of his opportunities and does it, Neither house is jammed yet with guests, | but buth are full enough for me. THE WIGHLAND LigHT, It is not a long walk, albeit up nill, from the notels to the liguthouse which, in casteltated form, rises above ite brow of one of the line of green | hills forming the western bank of the Shrewsbury River. ‘this is the world-famous Higaland Lignt, by which the sharp-eyed transatlantic mariner first discovers that te is about to enter New York’s magniticent bay. fwo brown stone batslemented towers, each surmounted | by & great lantern, are connected by a central building of brown stone, which ts tue cheery home ol the ligythouse keepers. The whole structure Jorms & prominent leature in tie landscape, and in the distance gives the scene that touch of olden tume which oa¢ sees in the castles vy the Rhine. Thus is Uncle Sam’s bright weather eye, however, and the Khenisa- castles are melancholy ruins of, thank God, a dead and rotren time; so the hke- ness 18 not wore than skin deep, atferall. If it is after one o’clock or not yet four in the atternoon | Mc. Van Allen or his bright taced son, Harry, will courteously conduct you tnto oue or otner of the greut lanterns on ihe top ol the tower, where you | may see tor yourselt bow bright a light Frenca in- genuity has obtamed irom ard oil barned in four concentric wicks. You may see how the rays are | intensified by crystal prisms at the top and bottom Of the lantern that thiow them back upon a great silyer reflector, which in turn shoots them forth | resplendent far over tne sea through a wide convex lens that forms the. beit, as {it were, of the lantern. You will inspect ; the pretty little crockwork fo! pumps that sup- | ply the tour wicks with oil, Then tiey will take | You outside the lantern, which is 205 leet above | the sea level, and before you took out upon tue fecred in exquisite miniature upun the convex | suriace ci the iens beiore reterred to. A FINE VISTA. It is a little warm in the lantern, and you can enjoy the scene the better for the cool breeze that 1s #iWays on the hilltop by going out wpon the para- petted guliery that runs acound the base of the Jantern on the top of the tower. Far away to the east hes the great stretch of the ocean, You can iolluw it to the south, where the bold green bilis | I think all this jingle over the far sweep of the Atlantic, dotted with the |+ 5 rose-white water, a silver splendor, a flame.’ As conclude that Swin- burne was very deep in his cups when he tried to picture that great original bathing woman. | | shall stroil down the beach and ask the uncouth descendant of the Barnegat pirates who nires ous bathing suits what he thinks of the matter, SEASIDE AND COUNTRY. Dr. and Mrs. Gildersieeve Longstreet have left town for the Catsxtlis. ‘The Ocean House, Long Branch, bas the Minister from Portugal and family. Hon. Joun Wheeler and family are spending the summer at Stamford, Conn, ‘sunset’ Cox has been down at Long Branch to Witness the sun set on the sea. G, A. Starkweath>r and family, of New York, are at the Comstock Cottage, Cooperstown. Mr. aud Miss Rokenbaugh, No, 489 Filth avenue, are at the Prospect Park Hotel, Catskill Mr. Dantel S. Miller, No, 518 Fifth avenue, is at Hyde Park, on the Hudson, for the summer. “Fresh Croton water trom New York daily” ts am advertised attraction at a Long Braneh hotel. Hon, and Mrs, Join Jay and General and Mra, von Schwenttz, née Ja e at Stockbridge, Mass. Shippen Point, on the northern cost of Long | Island Sound, has many attractions, mcluding One dishing. Cooperstown 18 a good point at which to re- | cuperate health, anc the purse suders but little compared with otner places, Mr, Clarence i, Smith and Jamily, of No. 119 West. Forty-seventh street, are passing the summer at Dick's Hotel, Newtown, Coan. The West Rutherfard Park Souse will give a se. ries of hops during the season on Saturday evens ings, commencing at eight o'clock. The Jerseymen who charged twenty-five cents for chairs on fhe Long Branch beach have been compelied to seek other business. M. H. Levin and family, residents of Brevoort Jlouse, Filth avenue, are sertled at tne Profile House, White Mountains, N. H., jor the next six weeks. The Peruvian Minister, Colonel Freyre, with his family; William H. Vanderbilt and family and L. Delmonico and famiy are at the Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs. . Rey. Dr. Lindley, the veteran missionary, whose son recently married a daughter of Cyrus W. Field, is, with his family, at Great Barrington, Mass., but returns soon to Stockbridge.’ Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, No. 23 East Twenty- sixth street, are at the Palisade Mountain House; also Mr. and Mrs. Jeremtah Skidmore ana family, No. 25 kK avenue, and Mr. Horace Waters, A Jenkins thus describes a belle at the late Com gress Hall (Saratoga) ball:— she stood up for dancing plete tele The dite of the Crescent City are spending the summer at the -Tegarden Hotel, at Mississippl City, Kept by Colone! J. 0. Nixon, for many years the gemal editor and proprietor of the New Ore leans Datly Crascent, A more popular Bonitace is not to be found at any summer resort. Mr. David Duncan an’ Miss Duncan, No. 304 Fifth avenue, having n:ade the tour of West Point, Sara+ toga, Lake George, Niagara Falls, St. Lawrence, Trenton Falls and other places, have returned to Uheir villa at Dobb’s Ferry on the Hudson, where they will remain for the rest of the summer. Richfield Springs nas recently received as guests Mr. and Mre. W. C. Nicoil, Mr. A. M. Coffin, Mr. Benjamin Floyd, Mr. J. J. Ribon and family, Mr. E. B. Shearman, Mr. D. J. Crain and tanily, Mr. Jonn E. Develen and sou, Mr. E, Renshaw Jones and family, Mr. F. P, Earle and wife, all of New York, and Mr. J. H. Ten £yck and wile, o Albany. Among New Yorkers at Northampton, Mass., are J. E. Fuller, wite, chud and nurse; T. F. Tracy, Miss Nettle Tracy, two children and servant; R. D, Perry, wile and family, of Johnston, Perry & Co; Miss McCormick, Mrs. H. Sparks, two daughters, son and nicc2; J. Eugene Duryee, wife, child and maid; J. H. Dorrity, Mr. and Mrs. H. S Allen, Ed- mund T. Davis. wife and child; Mrs. M. S. Cooper and Miss Cooper, Union Square Hotel; EK. W. Donald, Henry Robertson, Jonn De Ruyter and Miss De Ruyter. Atnong the guests trom New York and other points registered at the Manhasset House, Shelter Island, are E. Z. Laurence and family, John N. Zenga and family, of West Thirty-seventh street; | President Richard Berry and family, of the Trades- men’s National Bank; H. T. Sperry and family, of the Hartford 7% J. H. Sweetzer aud family, New York; Samuel Colgate and family, New York, and Frank Lord, of the yacht Bonita, FIRELESS ENGINES, interpose to cut off further view, Below you al- Shrewsoury and the long reach of Sandy Hook, with its 1oug, sandy neck and its undergrowth of green to his keen eye. Beyond, over the streten of water, Rockaway beach 1s a faint white hue along the sky. To the norin the eye sweeps over the biy and Ivoks towards New York througn the haze oi distance that hovers between Forts Hamilton and Waus#ortn at the Narrows. Landwatd the view is over green hill and dule, charmingly retreshing tothe eye, It 4s all so cool. and delighttul that you feel very much menned to Wish the polite Yan Aten would iet you remain there for an hour or more in the baliny breeze. TO IME MANNER BORN, dust in tront of the hghthouse, a ew steps down the il, in a dingy little saunty, 18 the telegraph | Station, Alter the peat, well appo:nted lighthouse, its squalor 1s the reverse of rere ming. Here a young man of twenty-ilve, Who Was born on the spot, aud Who has never visited lis brother signal- where it Widens out towards tne signal | station, Whereiu the grim old man_ keeps Watch over the sea with the telescope Brooklyn’s Prospects for Rapid Transit, ‘The problem for rapid transit seems to be in the process of solution among our neighbors in Brook- lya, and, although the metiod of arriving at this desirable result which has obtained most favor tn the eyes of at least One o! the principal railroad magnates of our sister city may not be the best, it is still worthy of notice ring the last lew weeks experiments have been made in the neigh> boriood of East Now Yors and on the track of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company, for the pure pose of testing the availability of the invention of Dr, Emtle Lamm, of New Orieans, and thetr results have been reported ag satisfactory. Dr. Lamu's invention consists of a flre‘ess steam engine, trich 1s intended to take the place of the ordinary | dummy, and to do ifs work without giving any ground for the objections usually brought against the latter, such as frightening horses or teams on the road, and thereby causing numerous acct man at Sandy ffook and who stil wonders languidly = waut sort of a place Long | Branca is, reports. during the day tne arrival of ‘mooming steamers in the offing. | Jn view of the miserable accommodations which | the Wesiern Union Company Jurnish Us young | man it is odd how contented he looks. He avol- ogized Jor the place as though it was the best a hee company cuuid do, and kindly allowed ine to | OOK through ais glass oUt at tae lightship, rock- | ing its ungamly redness from side to side afar ort. | Lieit greatly doubt as I left this tumb.e-down | hilisiae shanty whether its unyearning young man Was to be cayied or pitied. J alterwards made up my mind to envy him. THE SHREWSBURY. The river, the home of oyster and clam, is the | | Next feature of attraction, this uot a rive: | aninlet. As itlooks like a river, however, 1s nu necessity to quarrel with the title, ‘Phe tide sweeps up and down ie with all tie grace and | quiet torce of a broad, flowing river, The | | boating 1s good sport When the san is of the water. A couple of uights since, when there was no moon, but miliions of stars tm tne deep vlue; When tie lights of the hotels gli | qered among the shade trees and the treihes | flushed, two or three young couples embarked m | | Natooats, and, like rhe lily inaid of Astoutt and ber | | dumb steersman, went upwards with the flood, | $ spreading ner magnificent tail | Jeathers over the Jersey Mills aud a was serene. Wien the tide turned the fucbouts changed tae | directions to ihe port whence they started, and | | soul a:ter sauntered up to the hotel piazza wacre tuey be ed, 1ull of psychic starbeams aud the | mk OF human kindness generatly. THE SURE | is, of course, the great attraction i the day time. Jt is & pieasure Well Understood and long apostr phized to sit ant look atand listen to the tamt Ins of the waves upon the be ‘Tennyson has ch asked them to ‘break, break, break.’ and byron invited the de tue rollers br uns. having crosse | sand which se you can, on p ole ocean to on’? ahd so k obligingly. ‘There 1s one pleasure ce worth noting—namely, {the bridge to the arrow ‘strip of 7 r trou the ovean, ¥, enjoy the music very rougit ¢ ue surf and batne in the on tae other side, ‘there 18 an average anference of ten degrees betweea the river and seu, tie jurmer being the armer, | on Monday inst the Ocean Water was quite cold, too cold for mor Utes’ immersion; the river Was at least twenty. live degrees warmer. Leaving the question of | why tue ocoan was so suddenly coud to the sel | entists, Wno Wil probaoly attribute it to the pre ence 0; masses OF Polar ive coming Unnsualy hur soul 1 turn to that spectacie which bas greater | interest ior the multitude—nameiy, how the lndtes take their baths. fo tue eredit of American pluck be tt said, that seldom do ihe jadies abandon the rollicking surf for the insmuations of the ntner, | gliding river. We ai know how a bedraggied | bathing sutt plays vid tarry with the femaie sorm dive. It requires some streten of the imagin tion to look ou tne belles of eastde and tint | of Venus rising irom the wave. No. She did not | | Wear a pathiog suit ora hideous hat. If she did | | the Greek Apelles forgot to put it on. If l were | | Swinbern oid Venas-loving pagan, as Play on the sand this afternoon, Fimght have addressed | the young lady whose 300 pound mamma was com lig dripping and paiing out of the water in lis langtlage ai id:—'tNob us thiuc, wot as thine | was ote Iower—a blossom of flowering seas, There was nothing even avout the good old lady's { dripping daughter to suggest a “white rose ot the ic | above, The steam is very that, | or! Water Of the surews- | than three mins | pe | we dents, ‘The fireiess engine is supplied with steam from @ stationary boller, and in the manner by which this stean is supplied and preserved consists the prin- cipal merits of the mvention. The boiler of the locomotive is constructed of sheet steel, three+ eightbs of an inen thick, with an alr space immedt- ately supervening, about one inch in depth, formed by means of small rings of the best non-conducting wood attainable, over which is wrapped a hair. cloth felting, two inches tmek. Above the felting there is another air space, similar to the above, and over alla covering of Russia iron. The pure pose of this covering is to retain the heat in the | poiler of the locomotive, which is supplied from the stationary boiler. The capacity of the boiler is 325 gallons, and it is always kept, when in use, about three-quarters full, Under the boiler of the locomotive tere are ust ally four pipes (althougn the. number 1s @ matter of choice) Into Winch tue Steam irom the station: ary boler is drawn, and these pres are periorated With smail holes on the whder side, So as to pere mit the escape of the steam th y highly heated and warms. the water to a periecily even temperature throug! out. ‘The ful caarge of steam 1s estimated at 200 pounds per square’ inc {tis calculated that, Witn tis amount of pressure to start with, the en- gine will travel thirteen mies oa a moderate | grade. of course st grades will require a oO: steam, and provision greater expepiiipare e | for supplying ne amount — will | be necessary. ‘The Atlantic Avenue Ratiroad | Company propose to have one stationary | doler at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbast aves Dues and another at Kast New York, so that the dis auce between the two will be only avout four | or five miles, tous affording an ample margin for eXtra Waste oj steam, Lt is said buat the engine | tn the locomotive is so constructed that it wil | continue to Work unul the pressure of steam 18 tee diced to tWenly pounds per square inch. Only one engine has as yet been mace the subject of experiment in Brooklyn, aud it has maqe the dis. | tance rom Bast New York to Jamaici—six and @ half mies—in fitteen minutes, aud to Canarsie | three and a half anies—in eight minutes, It is. ex. ed by the Atimuric Avente Raittoad Company that, When the road bed is properly aninsted, thes | freless engines, with one or two Cars attached, will make an average Of fifteen miles an hour, ins cluding stoppage: ‘fhe cost of these cagines When ordered by the quantity of (Wenty or Liore Is placed at $2,000 each, aid a carer estimate of the expense of running them Ou @ fevel road ts rated at hall acent per mie. Inqtiry at the ofice of the Atiantic Ratiroad Company revealed the jact that the proprietors are busily engaged tn preparing the track, from corner ul Biatoush and Atantic avenues to t New York, jor the purpose of making it fit for the firetess engines, aud it is expected that by the beginning of October next tne trame between these two points Will be mainly conveyed by their agency. An inquiry as to how these engines would be- have during a severe snow storm failed to elicit any salisiactory reply, and i is possible that the steam required to enavie the cngine to fights Jeave it stranded between two of the supply bowlers. ‘ | } | Way through snow dritts may be go great as to