The New York Herald Newspaper, November 3, 1874, Page 5

RACING IN ENGLAND. Newmarket Second Octo= ber Meeting. Contest for the Great Cesarewitch Stakes and the Middle Park Plate, The Winners and Scenes at the Start. Lonpon, Oct. 15, 1874, ‘The “Second October Meeting” commenced on Monday at Newmarket and will be brought to a conclusion on Friday night, the meeting lasting for five consecutive days with racing going on on gn average from one o'clock till half-past four clock, and each programme comprising about eight races. The sport, generally speaking, has hitherto been of excellent quality, with compara- tively ‘ew of those small sweepstakes with no added money, in which owners of horses have to struggle only for the stakes. Whenever the Joekey Club give anything to be ran for we are certain of having good fields, numerically speak- ng, at the post, Of these there nave been @ good many this week, and the result fs that the sport has been above the Newmarket average. The attendance has, how- ever, been unusually small, and on the Cesare- witch day in particular there was the poorest tarnout ever known in the history of the race. The wealthy supporters of the turf were strongly Tepresented, and of course the professional bet- ting men mustered In great force, but the general public did not appear. There was in fact as great an attendance to see the Middle Park Plate ran tor as there was on the Cesarewitch day, an occur- Fence quite unprecedented, None of the English Foyal family were presens, but we had royalty in the person of the ex-Queen of Naples, who ap- Peared to take great interest in the racing and showed a somewhat unexpected appreciation of ood points of a horse. The principal handicap of the meeting was THE CESAREWITCH, for which a good fleld, in point both of number and quality, went to the post. This race has been the mediom of a large amount of speculation for She last month, and, as usual, the betting has been marked by some extraoriinary changes. The favorite was found at the finish in the gelding by ‘Wamba out of Truth, one of Matthew Dawaon’s “good things.’ ~He had not run since he was a Swo-year-old, and at that age he did not at all’ distinguish himself, having in the meantime been carefully -‘nursed’’ and kept in seclusion, Admiral Rous, whose astuteness occasionally de- | serts bim, let him into the handicap at a ridicu- lously hight weigbt. The great blot-out handicap, however, was Mornington, who, if in his best form, could not have lost the race with twenty-one pounds more than was imposed upon him; ut the excuse for the Admiral was that the horse had long been laboring under suspicion of unsoundneas, and, as will be seen, the suspicion ‘Was quite justified. His merits on his early ran- Ding, particularly when he won the City and Su- Durban and great Mctropolitan, at Epsom, on suc- cessive days, were such to the pubiic rushes on him, and he left off as good a favorite as the Truth gelding, who indeed had always been behind him An the betting until the day of the race. Hessieden, Me Matthew Dawson’s horse, wasa poor per- former previously im public, but he had been highly tried and his party were extraordinarily confident. Louise Victoria, a mare belonging to the unpopular owner, Mr. Cartwright, who, it may be remembered, “scratched” his horse, George Frederick, a favorite for the St. Leger on the morning of the race, had run very well on many occasions and was here highly weighted. Royal George and Aventuritre, both in the Fyfield stable, bad been tried and found to be so close together that the party ip- Vested their money equally on both. Royal George was second for this race last year, and among other teats won the great Metropoli- tan at Epsom this spring, while Aventuritre has bad a distinguished career in the course of which season she has shown great improvement. Eole I has on several occasions displayed “staying” power necessary for a long race like and 80 has Shannon, the stable companion of Truth, gelding, who {s a three-year-old, and ‘won the Goodwood cup, put has for a long time past run jadidiy. Gamecock, a German animal, ame over with @ good reputation, and Lasy and Bosebua are said to be fair performers. SUMMARY. THE CESAREWITCH STakES—A free handicap of 3 sovereigns each, 15 teet, with 200 added; win- mers extra; the second received 50 sovereigns out of the stakes H sarewitch Course; 2 miles, 2 fur- ; 62 subs. b. f, Aventuriére, by Adven- tarer—Cantine, 3 yrs., 96 Ibs. (Glover) ......... Mr. F, Swindell’s b. g. by Wamba—Truth, 4 yrs. 82 Ibs. (car. 85 lbs.) (#. AFCNET)......+..0s..000 Count Nadasdy’s b. c. Gamecock, 4 yrs., 103 Ibs, (HOXtADIE) .. 5. ..0-sscccesscccevestessssenssesee Mr. Bowes’ Chivalrous, 4 yrs., 120 lbs. (J. 0: borne) pascrassauaen (ear. 117 ibs.) (Forabam)..........0.s-. sss. . ‘Mr. W. K. Marshail’s Shannon, 6 yrs., 112 lbs, (BT. CHALONET) .... 01... eeceseeccseeesscesceeees ‘Mr. W. 8. Cra’ ’s Royal George, 4 yrs., 109 ae . Astley’s Scamp, 3 yrs., 108 lbs. (Grif- Mr. W. 8. Cart hts Louise 1065 lbs. (car. Too ibs) (Constable) M.E. Fould’s Saltarelle, 3 yrs., 1 ter} mr. (mordan) sir F. Joon: (Brucksnaw). Lerd Rosebery’s Aldrich, as Aumont’s Peut-dtre, 3 yrs., 95 Ibs. (J. VOY)... s0rersencecees weescesses General Peel’s Lacy, 3 yrs., 94 Ibs. (C. Woo =o Tichborne, 4 yrs., 93 Ibs. ( bare Be Biches Quail: sia, wo bas a Ciay Mr. Savile's Pic we, Syrs., 89 lbs. (Major)... ‘Mr. C. Rayner, Jr.'s, ‘Reflection, 4 yrs., 88 (BE. Jeffery) Mr. T. Davison’s ibs. Nectar, 3" yra., 88" Tbs.” alin haries, 3 yra., 88 ibs, (Pitman) kara Lonsdai 1 2 3 6 0 C) o C) C) C) ° C) ° ° 0) H 0 ° bel, 3 yrs., 87 lbs, ( > ° 0 0 of BETTING AT THE START. Sto 1 agains: ‘iruth gelding ; 5 to wnst Mornington; 6 to 1 against Hesslea tod vagainst Louise Victoria; 15 to 1 against Royal George; 16 tol against Eole II.; 25 to 1 against Aventuriére; 30 to 1 against Gamecock; tol -@gainst Shannon; 33 to 1 against Lacy; 33 to 1 against Pique; 43 to 1 against Boscobel; 33 to 1 meainst Chimes; 40 to 1 against Aldrich = to : 350 to 50 to 1 against Baltarelle ; 66 to 100 to 1 against Tichborne. THE STRUGGLE, ‘There was but a slight delay at Lrvegs and Mr. of to an excellent atart at the jorge got them it. il, Who was started for the Dret astem; A of mal the running sor her stable companion, tne th gelding, went to the Aront, followed by Minette, the Trath gelding, Zonise Victoria, Tichborne and Gamecock, the most conspicuous of the otuers being Bole i., Hessieden, ha cance and 4ventaritre, while just behind these came Chivairous, Shannon, Lacy, Salterelle and Mornington. Quail was in “for about s mile, when she gave way, after show- the way at an excellent pace, but she ve at the point mentioned, when, as th ‘eld oa round ‘the bend of the ap in the “ditch” entered on tueir long journey across “the nator ath eres ear be oturier wi berne, Saimes Minette” Royal George also lying well up. There was litte varia- 4p this order anti they Teached the Buspes an Where Royal George began to hang oat sig- Of distress, and a few strides Tower on Gamecock was co: led to in the conwuand cp to the Truth gelding, who was in front, with Pe Tichoore, Gamecock and Pentetre him, parent fovere incling ‘at fee haiak, Kru ual but Suriére, on the whip hand, wore down ti\e Trath gelding toch by, inch, oes, catching him, th? , with @ decided advantage of the rest of thes id, J in a desperate str of which Aventuritre bad the best in the last lew strides, @md secured the honor of one of the most magni- flesnt races ever witnessed by ahead. Gamecock ‘was bea! three lengths for second pi: and ‘was the same distance in front o! Pour ere, who was fourth, Tichborne ee George sixth, Lacy seventh, Eole Il eighth, fap ‘tentth,, Heasieden, “eleventh, Seltaaie $weltth, Cinmes thirteenth, and Shannon four. teenth, The ‘whippin; ”” pair were Louise Victoria and (iharles, who were a | and iat A a. ywalkigy in Wits the crowd, Wag > Mornington, who had broken down ins hind ue the only one of the four that had never vi0 0! been unsound. ‘Time, 4:06%. Net jue Stakes, £1,330 or $6,660, ‘THE MIDDLE PaRk PLATE. The greatest race for two-year-olds in the world ‘was founded by the late Mr. Blenkison, the emi- nent breeder, who for three years gE to it an- nually the handsome sum of £1, At length the Jookey, Club relieved bim of responsibility, but reduced the added money to £500, ‘They have for @ long time r ded it witha ous eye, on the ‘round that it interferes with the betting on the erby and with the prosperity of more old-fash- toned two-year-old races founded by the club, Last autumn Mr. Chaplin, M. P., one of the princl- pal members of the club, carried a resolution to the effect that it was tnexpedient to give s0 much money to 4 two-year-old Tace, and even this weck 1t was rumored that the Plate would be abolished, Admiral Rous has, however, declared that this wii! not happen so long as he ts alive, and the Trace is 80 continually growing in prosperity and popularity that probably no action will be taken in the matter. The fleld of yesterday was the largest that ever went to the post, and never before was this race regarded with so much interest. It will be remembered that some of the animals in- curred penalties as winners of 600 sovs.. some Tan at the «regulation weight, and some, as maidens, took allowance. The favorite, Holy Friar, was without & pecaly: though he had won | six races, none of them having been up to the | stipulated value, He is the property o! the Rev. Mr. King, the owner of Apology, winner of the St. Leger, to whom the hop of Norwich, in whose diocese his incumbencies are situated, has recently addressed @ remonstrance on his turf tastes, a previous one having been handed over by Mr. King to bis solicitors. Holy Friar was sus- pected of being @ roarer, and scemed to prove j that to be the case by his running here. Galopin bad previously won three races, and took a penalty for one of them. Plebeian, who, a8 @ maiden, had an allowance, had been very highly tried at home, and the same remark appl es Punch and Per Se, who had | also never been seen in publtc, and of course put up the lowest weight, Telescope had won several races, and had particularly distinguished himself by running Holy Friar to a head at Stockton, giv- ing him five pounds, The Makeshtft colt was o “dark one,” but Horse Chestnut highly distin- guished himself a tortnight ago, though he did Dot win enough to subject himself to a penalty. Woodlands was in the like position, but Balfe had to put up the extra for taking the Chesterfield Stakes at the Newmarket July meeting. He was not much fancied here, as he has given abundant roo! of speed, but he cannot stay. Fakenham host, having run many times without winning, had the allowance, but Chaplet had to carry the four pounds ex'ra for previous successes, The following is & SUMMARY. Tue MIDDLE PakK PLaTe of 500 sovs,, added to & sweepstakes Of 80 sovs. each, 20 It., for two-year- olds; colts, 8 st, 91bs.; fillies and geldings, 8 st. 6 lbs,; penalties and maiden allowances; the sec- ond received 200 sovs. and the third 100 sova Bretby Stakes’ Course (C fartongs). 145 subs. Mr. T. Brown’s b. ¢. Plebeian, by Joskin—Queen Elizabeth, by Autocrat, 118 lbs. (Mordan).... Lord Dupplin’s br. f. Per Se, by Hermit—Perse- verance, by Voltigeur, 115 lbs. (T. Cannon)... Prince Batuhyany’s b. c. Galopin, by Vedette— Flying Duchess, 125 Iba, inc. 4 lbs, extra (MOTTIS) .....++e+se-+e0s scot esdgocvsceseeses mt WwW. S Gartwright’s ch. f. Maud Victoria, 115 ibs. (Constable) | Mr. Chaplin’s b. . 8. Ora’ (T. Chaloner) . Delamarre’s 1 2 (F. Archer) bs ee palniguns b. c. Garterly Bell, 118 Ibs, FUOM) as sicoics cccseccossshsosncns ds sehesaseees Mt T, Fetnerstonhaugh’s ch. c. Horse Chestnut, 121 lbs, (Parry)... . F. Gretton’s br. table) ..... masesesttctee vane rtoesan Lord Hartington’s bl. f. Chaplet, 122 Ips,. 4 bs. haar | (, Jeffery)...... oes eve. Mr. W. S. Mitchell Innes’ ch. c. St. Leger, 118 Ibs. (O, Wood)........ ses cseseessesen Mr. Jenkins’ b. c. Killiecrankie, 118 lbs. (Hunt) Mr. Launde’s ch. c Holy Friar, 121 Ibs. (Us- c. “Chiester, “118'lbs. (diux: , ing borne).... ina ci sicaslincemelods aon ber Lasce! r. c. Ohartist, 118 ibs, (Grif- ths)....... EE AIS é Captain Mitch ‘elescope, 125 in- cluding 4 lbs. extra, (&. Martin) Mr, Merry’s b. o, by Brovher tos shift, 118 lbs, (F Webb). Baron Schickler’s b. c. (Hunter)......... Prince Soltykott’s br. c. Balfe, ing 4 lbs, extra, (Custance)....... Mr. Bird’s b.c. Fakenham Guost, 118 I! i br. ce Count F. de Lagrange’s b.c. Punch, 118 Iba. (Fordham).......00....+++ see eeecerecaeeeee BETTING. 9to4 against Holy Friar, 6 to 1 against Galopin, 10 to 1 each against Plebeian and Panch, 100 to 9 | against Per Se, 100 to 6 each against Telescope and Makeshift colt, 20to1 against Horse Chest- nut, 25 to 1 against Woodlands, 30 to 1 against Kalle, 50 to leach against Fakennam Ghost and Chaplet, and 1,000 to 15 against any other. THR RACING, delay at the post and the There was but little flag tell to so excellent @ start that for about filty yards the great fleid stretched across the common in an almost unbroken line, At that point, Holy Friar lying on the extreme right, showed siightly in advance, Plevelan and Balle being ciose upon him, Horse Chestnut was in command of the left lot, bis attendants being Semper Durus, Wood- lands, Galopin and Telescope, while the most rominent in the centre were ‘Chapiet, Stray shot, er Se, Punch and the Makeshift colt. Atter going about a quarter of a mile Punch gave way, and some of ene others begun to show that the pace was hot for them, but Holy Friar on the rignt and Horse Ohest- nut on the left, were still at the head of affairs. The latter, with Telescope and Wood- lands, were beaten as they got to the foot of the Bushes Hill, and a tew stri: further on, as they commenced the ascent of the hill tor nome, Holy Friar was seen to be in difficulties. In the mean- time Plebeian, who, a8 stated above, bad hitherto been lying in close company with the Friar on the extreme right, swerved all over the course, and beiore the dip was reached had crossed right over to the lett. At the foot of the hilt Osborne called on his horse, but could not get him to make an effort, and then Plebelan, who Was now incom- Mand of the fleld, was caallenged resolutely 0; Per Se and Galopin, the three joining in a splendid togetuer, Ualopin “being next ite ras; Ploseics gether, Galo} next the tan on the right and Per Se between the two, and the verdict of the juage was a head between Piebeian, who won, and another head between Per Se and Galopin, the latter be- ing third, Holy Friar close up as fourth, Balfe fifth, let sixth, Punch seventh, Telescope eighth, Horse Chestnut ninth ana Stray Shot tenth, the last three being Chester, Chertist ana Killiecrankie. Cannon, the rider of Per Se, lodged an objection against Piebetan, on the ground that in crossing the corner the winner had cannoned | agalnet the filly, but the stewards, after heart evidence, overruled the objection. Time, 1:25, Net value of the gtakes, £3,840, or $16,700. Tne winner is trained by Tom Brown, who trained | Newry, the winner of this race last year, but be- longs jointly to Mr. Christophers and Mr. Jonn Foy. He has no [de ern whatever, but Per Se is engaged in the £1,000 Oaks and the St. Leger, and Galopin in the Derby. FLEETWOOD PARK. Three Trotting Contests—Willie, Red Cioud and Knapp the Winners. Three hundred persons, or thereabouts, as- sembitd at Fleetwood Park yesterday afternoon to witaess the three trotting contests announcea to take place. Firston the programme was a Sweepstakes set down for $1,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, between Thomas Trembie’s bay mare Lady Tremble, John Haslett’s bay mare Maria, John Murphy’s sorrel gelding Sorrel Jake, and P. Fleming's gray gelding Willie. The pools before the start sold as follows :—marta $10, Willie $10, fleld $16 Willie won the first heat, when he had the call over tne field $30 to $23. Sorrel Jake secured the second heat, but Willie continued the favorite two to one on alfthe rest. Wille secured the third heat but Lady Tremble won the fourth, owing to the pad acting of Willie, yet the latter still hela his own in the box. He won the fifth heat and the race. The second event was a match for $200, mile ana t, in harness, between John George’s sorrel gelding Red Cloud and Owner’s bay mare ‘Lad; Kate. It required three heats to decide it, Bed Miho Bext rate 80 a Match for $208 mile neat e ri bess three in five, was between D. Kelty’s bay ding to and T. Walker's bi iding, in ena, ar heats were SUMMARY. PLesrwoop Part, Nsw Yorg, Nov. bm inn staxes of $1,000, mile heats, best th harnesa. aga, Jonn L. Doty, Willista ii som and William H. Van Cott, Prt a 2 Fy a ne’ he Nn George's s. g. Red Cloud... . Joe ovnrees Kate...... nai Time, First teat... at 9:08 Bi 2:65%4 prs of the | 8 0 0 0 0 o ° ° 0 0 ° o } 0 ° 0 0 o 0 Samz Day—Match for $200; mile beats, best three in five; catcn weights. D. Kelly's b. g. Knapp, to wagon... toil tT. Walker's b. g. Barzy, je .Rarness 2022 Quarter. Hay. Mile, First heat. oe 435 1:25% s 44 12254 2:57 43 1:26 2:58 43 1:26% 225254 Before the ere Called in the first race Mr, William H. Vanderbilt came upon the track with his bay team Charies Dickens and Rutled, the letter having oan urchased by him ‘stale 4 iy week to match be selection bas roven unate, as Mr. most Vanderbilt vin} driven them together but twice beivre, sen' them yesterday to the half-mile pole m 1:15 gine first quarter in 383g seconds and the last in 3634 seconds), and repeated them, without leaving the track, in the same time—the first quarter in 38 seconds and the last ip 87seconds, They were before @ road wagon, which, with the owner, | Made a weight but few pounds less than 400 for them to drag around. Ratledge acted finely, and the pair moved smoothly and prettily, as if old Acquaintances, and so goon as driver and horses, as a team, become better acquainted the periorm- nce of yesterday will be e: eclipsed. Rutledge 1s a fitting companion at the pole with the famous Dickens, as his career on the turf, thou; rief, was marvellous, winning five races in of fifteen days. TROTTING AT TRENTON, N. J. Mr. H. N. Smith, the proprietor of the Fasbion Stud Farm, gave @ purse of $1,000 to be trotted for by his bay horse Jay Gould and Mr. Kichmond’s bay gelding Sensation; mile heass, best three in five, in harness, on the track of the farm, yester- day afternoon.” Besides the purse race Gold- smith Maid was to make three trials to beat her Tecord—2:14—in company with a running horse, Such a grand announcement naturally caused a large gathering of the lovers of fast trotting, and it was estimated that there was congregeted on the grounds before the sport began between 6,000 and 7,000 people, a crowd that woulda not and coula not be controlled by the persons whose duty it was to do so, The crowd filled the track, and would not be removed, and they greatly impeded the horses while trotting. They were the roughest kind of a crowd, but not particularly quarrelsome. The trotting began at the time announced, but Sensation, in scoring, cast @ shoe, which delayed Matters nearly half an hour, during which time the rough element had entire control of the place. There was all sorts of mean gambling going on in the field, one gang having a roulette table, while others had a keno wheel witn which to rob the couDtrymen, and the oMcers who were engaged to take care of the course and keep things in order were afraid to perform their duty and allowed these things to be done, When the horses were ready the race went on, and Jay Gould won in three straight heats in very good time, considering the condition of the track and the poor chance he had among the throng on the homestretch. Goldsmith Maid made three attempts between the heats of the race to beat her record, which 18 2:14, but the best she could do under the circum- stances was 2:18, ‘Taken as a whole, the day’s sport was satis{fac- tory to the multitude, thd majority of woom had never seen either Golasmith Maid, Jay Gould or Sensation trot. Added to the above attractions, the famous trotting mares Lady Thorne, Lucy and Rosalind, were aroun on the track and exhib- ited to the crowd. dy Thorne’s colt was also brought out and was an opject of great interest. Itis@ beauty and should be @ trotter when full grown. The sire of the colt, General Knox, was iso exhibited in harness, and moved very nicely Up and down the homestretch, ‘The following are the details of the trotting:— TROT BETWEEN JAY GOULD AND SENSATION. First Heat—The horses had an even start, but Jay Gould broke up as soon as the word was ven, and Sensation led around the turn half a length. At the quarter pole, which was passed in 3834, Sensation led by a neck. Going down the backstretch Jay Gould passed Sensation and ied a length or more af the half-mile pole in 1:13}. Jay Gould broke twice on the lower turn, but came | home a winner by three lengths, in 2:2334. Second Heat.—Jay Gould was in front at the tart, but he broke up immediately afterwards and ‘an to near the quarter pole, followed by Sensa- tion. The latter then had to go to the front, just before he reached the quarter pole, and passed the post in 4644 seconds. Jay Gould went to the front on the backstretch and passed the half-mile pole in 1:12, Both horses broke up on the lower turn, and Jay Gould came home a winner of the heat by two lengths in 2:24. Fhird Heat.—Jay Gould broke up as soon as the word was given, as ne had done in each heat, and ran nearly all the way around the turn, Sensa- tion led a length to the quarter pole in 38 4 seconds, The horses were head and head at the half-mue pole in 1:1434. Jay Gould broke up again near the three-quarter pole, but he was allowed to lead home, two lengths ahead, in 2:27, The following 1s @ SUMMARY. FAsHION STUD FaRM, TRENTON, N. J.—TROTTING, Monday, Nov. 2.—Purse, $1,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Dan Mace entered b. h. Jay Gould... Ben Mace entered b, g. Sensation.... TIME. First heat... Second hea Third 1 Goldsmith Maid, sssisted by a runntn horse, Was started to beat 2:14. The mare leit the score under good headway, and trotted very faoarely. with the running horse two lengths benin passed the quarter pole im 3434. Going down the backstretch she m: break, but merely changed her feet and was all right again m an instant, and she reached the half-mile pole in 1:10, the ranner a length behind. The mare trotted steadily around the lower turn ana passed the three-quarter pole in 1:46, and coming up the homestretch steadily through the crowd passed the judges’ stand in 2:22, A second trial was made in twentv minutes, and the rigid eg terrae te Tapia rate and trotted steadily to the quarter pole, passing that point in 34 seconds. Going down the back- stretch she made a skip, but passed the half-mile seg The mare broke up again on the lower turn, but recovering quickly lost very little re and reached the three-quarter pole in 44, She trotved finely up the homestretch and made the mile in 2:18, Mr. Smith, her owner, was not satisfied with this performance, and believing that the crowdhad impeded her progress up the homestretch in both her trials, then made the attempt to clear the track himself and give the mare another trial. Mr. Smith moanted a white horse, P. Joped imto the crowd, scattered them for @ Moment, was laughed at for his troubie, and the throng became more dense than e The mare, however, started well, trotted the quarter pole in 364 seconds, to’ the half-mile pole in 1:10 and made the mile in 2:21. And then there was a general stampede by the New Yorkers for the excursion train, while the natives amused themselves by driving on the track until it was quite dark. The following is a SUMMARY, Same Day—Goldsmith Maid against time. Previous record, 2:14........... W. vobie’s b. m. Goldsmith Maid. TIME. Quarter, faty, First heat. « Ae 1:10 2:22 Second heat. + 4M 12086 2:18 Third heat... 85% 1:10 2:21 YACHTING NOTB, Steam yacht Passport, Mr. Pettit, from North- port amet Whitestone yesterday en route tor jew York, OITY HALL MATTERS. Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Mr. Emile Benneville, Mayor Havemeyer’s pri- vate secretary, having been authorized by Corpor- ation Counsel Smith to appear for him, yesterday Pleaded the case of Deland against the Mayor, being the suit in which the Mayor was enjoined from interfering with the auction shops selling Jewelry after dark at public sale, Judge Larremore Teserved his decision. and Apperdoument, sid yesterday attornooa, the follo’ Ponds were authorized 10 be, issued, vis. :—! 000 assessment bonds, to meet a like sum falling due on the 10th inst. ; $200,000 assess- ment b bonds, to pay contractors for street improve- re ea eat tae at Sate ni m- boat now ing. vs A communication OF ATC" qt0ck. was teceived AG laid on the table, ‘The board then adjourned. SUICIDES IN BROOKLYN. Coroner Jones was notified last evening to hold 4n ingaest over the body of Henry Mathews, who died from the effect of a pistol shot wound in thea 2 breast, Deceased shotihimself upon discovering, a8 be asserted in a note.written before he inflicted the fatal injury, that hietwife hed been unfaithfal tobim. He wase native of and for several years With the army in India, where he was sunstruck, ixis widow claims tnat he has been periodically outipf his mind ever since that time. He was employed . as a book canvasser ence he came to Brooklyn. .He was thirty-nine years of Henry “Scvens, residing at No. J? 120 ard Bastern Distri: bs sia, bere cummed. mle by ag eee he an ate NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. ART IN EUROPE. German Progress--The Biennial Ex- position in Berlin. THE BELGIAN EXHIBITION. Flemish Art of the Past and the Present. Artistic Progress in Germany. BERLIN, Oct.,19, 1874, The present biennial exposition of the Royal Academy of Art comprises over a thousand works of living artists. The collection is interesting to a high aegree, both from the number of very good pictures to ve ween there and from the decided national char- acter of the display. Very few of the pictures are cosmopolitan in conception, the subjects, as a tule, intereating Germans especially, although the range of ideas expressed is very wide, even from” the most materialistic or buncombe subject to the depths of philosophy and mythology. The mass of the pictures need no interpretation; they are painted for the boor or for the savant, and are like household tales, understood ana appreciated by the most ignorant, enjoyed because requiring no effort to enjoy by those accustomed to look for the serious tm art. The genre is there in full force, and, hydra-headed, springs up in every cor- ner and thrusts itselt before the spectator at each step; and the German genre has its worshippers in myriads; it lacks not buyers, and probably ior vhis reason every other branch of art seems to be negiected for it, Mythology and Poetry find irequent illustrators. Canvas covered with tortured and tormented figures prove inspirations from Goethe or Muton; pale horses, with eyes of fire and flame breathing nostrils, sweep along over corpses and through a weird landscape lignted by the flames of a burning castle. Armies of ltvid heroes wrestle in the clouds, or dancing circles of light- robed nymphs hover over a charmed pool, With all this it is a relief to remark an absence of the expressionless nude so common in tne Paris Salon. Wherever the nude is attempted, and it is but rarely seen, the effort is more successful in expression than in execution, and shows a preoc- cupation of the artist in favor of the former, and to be sure the greater elements. Next to the genres in number swarm the patriotic pictures, and in popularity, as may be supposed, take the lead. The increasing demand for this shop-work art and the number of artists of no particular merit who gain a livelihood and a reputation in it announces a decline in public taste if this di- rection, at least, The artist who is cunning enough to select the looked for subject, who is seized by the spirit of the hour and takes the popular side in politics or religion, or who tickles the patriotic palate of the military aristocracy, he is the manof the age, and thus worthless produc- tions come to rank with the best art. In landscapes there ia strong increase in favor of the new Dttsseldorf school and much less of the old con- ventional work than might be expected. Still the number of landscapes that look like nature seen in a brass door plate is by no means small. Alma Tadema’s two large pictures, painted, it is said, for Mr. Goupil, are unquestionably at the head of the list as paintings and are extremely in- teresting archeologically, and no less so as very Perfect examples of this artist’s best style. Sol- idly painted every inch of them, with no hesita- ting touch, everytone isinits place and every tone is just. The figures are well drawn and draperies chosen and adjusted with Tadema’s re- fined taste, and they are draperies which have an existence, which have been worn and not | posed in the picture for this occasion only—a fault too common in most classical or nistorical work. One of the subjects is the interior of a Roman studio, with a group of figures, among whom are recognized the portrait of the owner of the two pictures, looking ata panel onan easel. The light comes from above, shimmering into the room and quivering before the pictures hung on the walls around—a most beautifully managed effect. The other picture isa group of Romans— the artust and nis family—in s sculptor’s sales- room. A slave is showing 4 fine black carved vase to the customers, and turns it that they may bet- ter eee the ornaments. With the exception of this vase and the figures everything is in white marble, and the perspective quality of the tones of white ig wonderfully rendered. Tne room in the dis- tance, with its store of figures and ornaments, is as truly in place as any of Peter de Hoog’s kitchen perspectives, and it is an effect managed with much greater difficulty, The charm of tne Picture is the grace of the figures, the exquisite beauty of the different tones of the draperies and the marble, no leas than the honest execution which always distinguishes this artist’s work. The portraits are, for the most part, like the statues of Berlin, military ones. There are two of the Emperor—one by Leubach, very realistic and more decrepit looking, and en this account ess pean than the one by Angeli, of Vienna, which ngs Opposite. As & plece Of flesh iting the latter is, perhaps, the artist's best effort. He has also & portratt of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princeas. Camphausen’s equestrian portrait of the Emperor, popularly known through photo- graphs and prints, has the piace of honor the rst hall. Gustav Richter has, besides a portrait of a princeas and two or three life sized bsp a half length sitting portrait of Minister ncroft. He sits facing the spectator, one hand on the arm of the chair and the other in his is full of thought, and, it ts scarceiy necessary to say, 18 well painted, ‘this portrait too is, leas, porous itn eXecution than some of Richter’s figures, and ts @ serious, though not particularly dis- tinguished work. + There is nothing from the studios of Piloty, Mak- art or Wagner, but with these notable exceptions nearly every artist of considerable merit is repre- sented by at least one work. Ferdinand Keller's “Nero,” if not @ great ae comes nearer the mark than the hundred which surround it, It is the Roman Emperor, surrounded by hig slaves and concubines, reclining in an ce: chair, listen- ing to the music of a pair of half wild peasant players and to the chatter of the women, one of whom twines fowers in his hair. With a ratsed wee ee. a ronan a | owiehe Ly Sp tint 4 » Bi e curtains, ere is nothing particalar!; in the of 1pO- ry much alter Makart’s principles, and decidedly resembies this artists pictures in plan and scale of color. Of original qualities it has, however, hardly one. Gabriel Max ex, sioner th ire which he aliette.” A young girl, ue drapery, 1s ig !all length on a richly hang couch. Between the curtains and \d the window bars is seen @ group of gent mand knights. As a piece of color it is very strong; the flesh modelling still re- mains @ ttle weak and flat, although there are elements in the pictare far surpassing the artist's a work. Paul Meyerheim sends eight pic- ures in oil and in water colors, mostly studies of animals. He has come out upon the old stage and produces a new menagerie scene, one 5 8 3 = z = g = z 4 performing Indiana, A and tarry wn as; It would be a profitiess undertaking to enumer- ate one-tenth part of the pattle 6 and patri- otto. plc tures; bi pict tnd path to begin with the worst and ig tas ns acer art — he vo give of the extent to which patriotism or national & table, schoolboy about to be whipped: no! less. Opposite stand; very Jike the m bent on whe ression end aA Crowds rush t0 see te ‘puppets and come away diaplay. A large’ betta theca a Senge be Ee fessor Adam, Pirongs tn ® couepiouges The horses are Gancing. dite! somersets into the Sor seer ete ont ies oF over each one now madly ca the ranks of the ssi a aad wow ae Ny in the opposite direction. ‘paniaase.96 | & brigade or two of cavalry. Prussians are drawn ap in @ V sbaped Torn at the foot of @ ogee which is covered witn mounted mea, ail in a Whirl of contusion and rout. | the Prussians is not to be wondered at these circumstances, and complete valry pe ae oy the charge ts the only t! explained, e landscape is very well rende! and has eviden' been studied on tne spot. ‘The figures are well drawn, and the thousands are each and all carefully st Another episode of Sedan is given by beet Bleivtreu, It repre- sents the Crown ice and stafvun an elevation the battle, This, as well as the cea, |. “Worth,” the entrance of the Crown Prince into the town, is too well known by the engravings and photographs to need 4 description. _ A very touching story of fo rend life is told by the picture of W. ir, in dorf, A mass of frey, rocks against the sky. Behind a projecting it of rock is seen the id hand and fea- tures of @ hunter’s corpse, while the too horrid details of his wounds are hidden from sight. Crouched against a boulder is the figure of a girl, writhing in agonies of grlet, and beside ner the brother clings to the , Shrinking away from the body, yet compelled to look at it by a horrt fascination. In the distance approach hunters with a litter, There is no clap-trap sentiment or | conventional expression in tne f a, The face | of the boy 1s a marvel of close study of natural ex- pression, and the shrinking attitude is capitally iven. Among the genres yet in point of execution and express 1m wor’ ti Overy praise is the “y Deutschiana,” by oar Hertel, of Disseldorf. seen fe the in all the attitudes pecutiar to the uniortunave prisoners within doors, while outside a warm sun sends in TOS '@ through the tall windows. At the lower ent the room the teacher is busy with a young scholar. who te Out the position of Paris on the map—@ little touch of national pride even here, The treatment of the interior 1s ‘wonderfully picturesque. The common lamps ae the ceiling, the m: a to the walls, the oust of the between the windows, the cheap touched with an artist’s hand and ia a close and ‘fosisings study of nature. In the heads of the ys their individuality is given very perfectly, and the pioture is a simple but meritorious chron- icle of one of the customs of the age, which will increase in interest with years. To describe one of the other genres would be, with jew acen tas, to describe the whole. Grttzner, of Munich, has three pictures, neither of them equal to bis “Monks in the Cellar,” exhibited at year. Gussow, of Carlsruhe, sends four of his peculiarly touched genres, all with a certain charm; “Mein Schatz’ even among the best in the exibition, Scores of pictures the title “Genrebild”? alone, not having subject enough to dignify with aname. Then we have the “Lady in Gray,” the everlasting ‘1 Giri,” and dozens of little tavern scenes and bits of domestic lite. To choose between these would be difficult, for there seems to be a regiment of genre painters who paint equally well. Munich supports probably more than half the number. Munthe and his followers in Dinevaisr: take the lead in landscapes. This artist chooses either autumn or winter scenes, always the dreary side of nature, and paints them with a@ rare feeling. You Jeel the obtll damp of his snow and can almost bear the mourniul wind in the dry crees of the sgutumn scenes. Their reality is striking and the feeling of nature never fails. It is only to be re- gretted that.with the same strong impaste and vigor of effect the artist cannot give us a@ bit of sublight and foliage. 1tis, however, a healthy art and one caiculated to produce a good influence on the German landscape painters. Munthe’s winter scenes are always a stretch of splashy snow, with figures and a twilight effect, lowering sky and narrow strip of light at horizon. The fall land- Scape 1s, with few variations, a8 often repeated. Dry trees against @ gray sky, @ Cart patn anda few peasants, Kallenberg, 01 Ditsseldorf, paints very much the same thing, & little weaker in touch and less fine in color perhaps, but quite as full of feeling. The same remarks are true of Oeder, of the same city, but he 1s somewhat ireer in choico Of subjects. Both the Achenbachs send pictures, neither likely to add to their reputation, already more of commercial value than real artistic worth. On the whole the landscapes are a marked im- provement over the last exposition, and the im- pression of the picturesin general is agreeable ana encouraging. ‘0 years More will show whetuer the patriotic inters have produced any great results, and whether Germany is to find her great artists among them, exhibition very good judgment was shown, and the pieasant halls and abundance of resting places make it a place to come and study and enjoy at one’s ease, the ficial success of these national exhibi- tions of the different countries and the impulse it gives to art in Europe might be ap encot ment for the establishment of an annual art exnivition in America, which should be conducted in a man- ner to overcome local prejudices and sectionalism. The eigen exhibition is, perhaps, less iocal than either the German or the ncb. In the German biennial display above described, there is an evi- dent very strict culling out of a large mass of young works. In Belgium the exposition is es- pecially favorable to young artists, and by holding the exposition as a triennial m each of the three rival art oenirem, Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent, all objections arising from local pride and jealousy Of the cities are done away with. This exhibition, though not as important aa either the Salon o Paris or the academies of London and Berlin, ts, however, more to be taken as a model for Amer- cater to and the cliques and schools among the artists are 80 marked and irreconcilable. The Flemish School of Art—Its Past and Present. GHENT, Oct, 1, 1874, An exhibition of modern art 1s rarely encourag. ing. Ifone ts to judge of the artistic status of any country by the pictures exposed tn the annual ex- hibition, the most intelligent opinion is likely to fall far short of the real truth, and very little idea of the artistic strength of the country, with an ex- aggerated idea of the incapacity and feebieness of the artists in genera), ts sure to be gained from a careful examination of any one of the annual ex- hibitions of modern art in Europe. For various Teasons—the trying light of tne exhibition halls, the worse ordeal of a bad place or an eclipsing neighbor, the troubles with the commission and the hanging committee, tne rejusal to exhibit on the part of the owner of the ptcture and the inde- pendence of public patronage of any artist who has @ certain reputation—these and many other Feasons show why it is that so few of the best artists send their choice works to the exhibitions, The annual display of pictures is little more than the refuse of the annual crop of works of art; it is the chaff and the straw; the ripe grain is found elsewhere, Still, straws show which way the wind biows, and if we cannot judge correctly of the strength of the artista we can at least determine the tendency of their art and predict the results from the hints given. At the close of tne French Salon and the English Royal Academy there open each year the annual national exhibitions of Belgium and of Holland, and every year of an even number the biennial German exhibition. In a general way it may be said that the Prench artists work for form, the Belgians and Datchmen work for color, and ¢he Germans, with often @ marked striving for form nd quite a noticeable lack of the coor senti- ment, are philosophical, moral, rational painter, turning over heaven and earth for a subject and generally finding one. With the Engitsh the sub- Ject predominates, and a feeble, halting and con- ventional execution often fails entirely to pro- duce an impression, even with a subject of vital interest or charming sentiment. French art is the most impressive because the most spontaneous and indicative of greater capabilities in an artis- tic way. The tack of subject seems to be only thoughtlessness on the part of the artist, and be- fore @ soulless French picture, exquisitely exe- cuted, the spectator consoles nimself with the assurance that the talent displayed could be, and still may be, turned to some account. Loox at a German pictare—of the first class as they ran—and you are sure. to say that the execution leaves nothing to be desired, the apogee of painting has been reached in @ certain way, the subject is there (and here is the key to the lack of impressibility of the work) every detail of 1% reasoned out, till the illustration of itis logically and mathematically correct. The pictares are too logical and too reasonable. The imagination has all been exhausted by the artist; the facts are there, the spectator feels that it is so and hts pulse does not quicken. That there are noble exceptions to these general statements no one can deny, but these are the tendencies of art in the different countries as seen in the exhibi- tions and galleries of modern art. The annual Belgian exhibition is now open at Ghent, and comprises over 1,600 works of art, tn. cluding engravings, drawings, statues and pic- tures. There fs little or no standard of admission of the artistic prodactions, and, consequently, the great mass of the display is the wore of young ar- tists and amateurs, and a tiresome series of me- Gtocre works is the necesrary result of this lenity on the part of the commiasion, It is essentially 90 exhibition for the artist who has nothing to learn for his own practice in the profession, or for the traveller who wishes to stroll throagh pleasant rooms hung with kaleidoscopic groups of many ehaped canvases, and languidly examine the pic- tures with an eye to the pretty and to the size of the frames which will fill that vacant place ve- tween tne chromo and the chimney piece at home. But for an artist to study with a view to appropri- » Se ee oo In the arrangement of the | ica, where there are so many local interests to | mens, OF tor & connoisseur to enjoy with an ceca. sional rest for hie eye on some picture nearly faultiess, the Ghent exhibition offers no attraction worth @ long journey to visit. Among ranks of works of no merit there are, Dever theless, some canvases that would hold their place in any ex- hibition, and, with an occasional glance aside at some of the glaring {aults of the mediocre works which account in some way for the general tone of Belgian art, we will move along before these chosen few of the display. Among the very few portraits shown, Carolus Duran’s portrait of his litse daughter, from the Parts Salon, 1s far in advance of the rest, Like all this artist’s efforts, it is freely drawn, largely painted and more noticeable for a boldness of op- Position of tones than for real vigor or ble | Meutof color. The pose is easy and natural, and the general arrangement of color—a biack velvet dress with rose colored sash against a deep green Grapery background—is pleasing. The defect of the work 1s the general proportion of the figure, the legs being much too snort and a little peculiar in anatomical structure. However, in this por- trait 1s found much more real portraiture and less of the lay figure and drapery study than in M. Duran’s more pretentious works, The little head 1s onarming in expression, There are several French nude figures of more or less merit tn execution, not one, however, bearing @ title more significant than “Tne Inno- cent Sleep” or “Nymph in the Forest. A very good specimen of correct drawing and excellent modelling is “The Sylvan,” by Maignan, of Parts. It ts simply a naked boy in the forest playing with @ green lizard. As as example of honest, well un- deratood flesh painting it has no equal in the Ex- position. Henri Bource, of Antwerp, with his “Ripe Cher- ries,” disappoints one. Two jolly peasant girls, poth with é@miling faces, their cheeks and lips hardly ipod by contrast with the ripe fruit, are leaning back and enjoying @ good look at the spectator out of their roguish eyes. The absence of @ model is strongly suspected, for there 1s little Of that close study of nature in the heads which distinguishes Bource’s wor His pupil, Alexander Struys, shares his master’s “fault this season, for his “Two Victims” invite the remark that there is one more victim—the artist, It isa bid for senti- ment, and represents a young girl with a baby on one arm and a carpet bag hung on the other. The background 18 a railway station and the spire of Antwerp Cathedral, A trifle more attention to the subject and less preoccupation with the color and og would be no need to nau Victor Hugo’s words % the frame:—“‘Oh! m'insultez jamais une Jemme qui tombe.” In the absence of any picture from the studio of Saliait, Dekeyser or Wauters, the historical cages can scarcely be said to be represented. ‘ne two De Vriendts, of Brussels, who join more souvenirs of their late master, Barron Leys, with their works than love of their art for its own sake, are both represented with subjects @ little too intimate to be understood with- out long explanation. The first choice seems to be costume and variety of accessories. Indeed, like the majority oi Flemish arvists they follow on can- vas the rule of Job. of Bologna in marbie, Given @ block of marble, first cut your figures, then call in your friends to give the group a name. Butin speaking of historical paintings the two battle 1eces, “The Comnat of the Vengeur’’ and “The ttle of Tratalgar” by Schaefels, of Antwer; must not be omitted. Both pictures are marvel of studious work and are full of interest. The hundreas of small figures crowding the decks of the vessels are each one correctly drawn and very periect in expression and action. With all the ae- tall the effect of the whole is surprisingly well niga the merit of fine color ts also to be ded, A charming saloon picture is Jules Garnier’s “La Roi s'Amuse.” the king rectining in an easy chair between two cuurtesans, the gentlemen of the court imitatiug their sovereign, the grave philoa- opher passing across the room in evident grief at the lax manners of the court; it 188 common story Of the past times, tald with acunning hand. The very cleverly executed genre pictures of the two Verhas rank with this picture as among the best executed works of the Exposition. The worsh pers ofcolor and despisers of form comprise innig, Cleynrheus Delbeke, De Bick, Tyck, Neu- eel ‘bus thelr name ts legion. They construct an interior of bits of picturesque wall, stamped leather, anaque furniture, a iew old books and other reltes; they place a figure or two in this antiquary’s shop, as meagre as the window trames and as dry a8 the covers of the old books, and this assemoly of curious and quaint trifies they call a picture. Inits way itisa picture. It 1s @ collection of very wisely chosen, cunningly fabricated tones, and, as a work of patience, is WOrth @ certain sum of money. The line between the pone, and the old school of artista in Belgium to-day quite strongly marked, Whether this distinction will be a iast- ing one it is difficult to gay; but if the young school races as they have made their début it promises little jor this rising generation of Flemish paint- evs, Their tendency—and it is a feverish pursuit of vviginality—is toward the comic afd ti strange. Out of @ beggar or a priest they cunstract a figure to attract the eye and excite a laugh, With a skilfully posed model, curiously draped and dignified with a title from one o1 the Oriental languages, they fill @ picture, which is not considered finished until a frame has been ailt which it is to surround. Thus, by means of irames, draperies and {alse or exaggerated types, they gain a place in the public eye ana sell their works. Subjects they have none. A great deal of good work, however, is found in these pictures, r example, take Van Beer’s ‘Boy and Canary,” the “Boy and by Verbaert or the ‘Serpent Charmer” by Joors. All of them are exceedingly well execu and all are lacking in human interest. There are, hap- py, one or two notable exceptions. Wauters, of russels, has already made a reputation as a historical painver; but he 18 represented in Ghent one study. Van Kuyck, of late animal painter. well gaining ropute as a peasant painter. He exposes in Ghent three pic- tures, two of which deserve mention. In ‘The Village Sorcerer” we have a sombre landscape, very Well treated, with a path leading over a hum- mock, A ‘| and an old woman meet and pass. 16 0) Ge SL cee the maiden with curiosity, her innocent motives are misund yy the superstitious damsel, who hurries {rightened to’ her home. The other fc he “Rollin; the Field.” 1t is a well deservea reproach-agains! the customs of Flanders, which permit women to do the work of animals. Two women si le (ras het @ roller on @ freshly harrowed fled. PReatiigtts Puta cr teva erase nearer of the two 1s somethin; Eayck"s execution ig modest and, at the same time, very true to nature. In his subjects he never goes beyond the sphere of the peasant, and his Pictures are painted with unaffected “sympathy with the laboring classes and with a fine per- poetry of the situations he illus Among the landscapes there are but a few of special merit. Munthe sends one of his character- istic winter evening scenes, with a eky so lower- ing and snow #0 and damp, that one sym- pathizes involuntarily with the shivering figures silhouetted against the landscape. Corsemans has ception of the rates. among other pictures, @ large evening scene 1D the P Limbourgeoise.” It is a plain, if tart, with a half sand, Tow of cropped low trees in picturesque perspective, a sky threaten- ing rain and & Darrow strip of light at the horizon. The execution is tree and solid, but there 1s less of the poet of the hour than is found in the picture by Munthe just spoken of. — ie Mares two bani and emer ig. ough they are excee: well pi they do not seem to be quite as *reit choesn sudjects as ust seen from his hand, and in the treatment of the foregrounds there is lack of the close study and natve:é whicn is to be desired. Lamoriniére is represented by one of nis mediocre works, which hag many merits but no striking ones. Two canai scenes by Stroobant and one by Sinem are faithfully executed and not unpleasing In sculpture a bronze bead by Carolus Duran is the most powerful work shown. 1tis a very fine baded face witn an expression faithfully ren- lered. Lambeaux, @ young Antwerp sculptor, with his genre froupe attracts much comment, “The Accident,” a youngster trying to biow a bit Of dust out oi bts litte sister's eye, is the best of the two groups shown. In execution it is very realistic, even the of bread This pi favorers and the favored o/ ti jemy ; after @ long discussion of the superiority’ of of beauty over any imitatiot Nature it continues as part of the duties the soci- ety takes upon itself in training (1) the young Then execution ie Of details it is evident that the more A wil employ his talents in 7