The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1875, Page 3

AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB, Second Day of the Spring Meeting at Jerome Park. A Brilliant Attendance—Scenes on the Road. FIVE CAPITAL RACES. Wadge, Ballankeel, Olitipa, Springbok and Diavolo the Winners, The second day of the ninth spring meeting of the American Jeckey Club was the event in racing circles yesterday. There were five events, and each and all proved interesting. The first race for @ $500 purse, distance one mile, was an inter- esting and ciosely contested race, principally between Joseph Donahue’s Spindrift, an old chestnut colored horse, aud MeDaniel’s chestnut Mare, four years old, Madge. Mac won the race, and taere were the usual jubilant expressions | among his backers, the Paris mutual povls, how- ever, paying only $690, Tie great event of the | qay,' the race for the Westchester Cup, created considerable excitement, many of the knowing ones backing Littei’s horse, Reform, against the favorite, Ballankeei. But the gallant’ Kentucky steed showed his pluck, speed and bottom through- out the two miles and a quarter and won the race. A more magnificent exhibition of equine speed has seldom been displayed at Jerome Park. | Paris mutuals, §$ 20. The handsome filly, Olitipa, Whose performunces at Saratoga last year mado her the favorite in the third race, won the Mary- lana Stakes, the Paris mutuals paying $7 90, and Springbok was the winner in the fourth race, Paris mutuals $6 10, The steeplechase was eagerly looked for by the immense crowd present, and the winning horse was George Ayres’ Diavolo, $18 20 being paid in the French pools. The at- tendance was very large, not quite as numerous as that of Saturday, but quite as select and distin- gué. The road, owing to the rain of the previous day, Waa in splendid condition, witn the sole ex- ceptions of a few places in the immediate vicinity of Macomb’s Dam bridge. The usual incogven- | Jenees were experienced in a ligut wagon beiere reaehing Central Park. The avenues leading to ‘the Park are‘in & frigntiul condition—full of ruts “and holes, and dangerous alike to man and beast. The biliard-table-lke surface of the Park and the bonlevaras is a relief to tne driver of a spirited team after threading the quarry-like pavement of Fifth avenue or the honeycombed Surface of the adjoining avenues. Tbe Park looks its 1oveliest this season. The trees have assumed | grander proportions since last they donned their — spring toilets, and, m the gentie breeze, they waved their foliage, shook out their perfume and caused the passer by to forget ior the moment that but a Jew blocks away was the Disvecker manu. factory of other smells on tue Harlem flats, Ag the long, curving road descends toward the Boule- vard, beyond the limis of the Park, vistas of landscape beauty uniold themselves, ‘the shores of Long Islaud, Where the waters of the Sound lap the gleaming particles o/ sand that shine io We noonday sun; the islands tuat stud the river When it Widens ito the great estuary of the At- lantic coast; the cool, inviting #ward near vy, over which a stray peacock struts in all tue pomp of his Trace; a sheen of heut from a pond beside the road, a gray-coated guardian of the peace, cane in hand—toe ¢lub not being considered sudicientiy Arcadian— aravtle of wheels and clatter of hoops, as a fast ° trotter fits by, a riople of Jaugnter irom a hidden rusiicseat, where, pernapa, tue momentous ques- Uon is being propvuuded to willing ears, and a geveral feeling, sense, pleasure, enjoym-nt, more an even the ministerial “50, so!?—such is a rive through the Park in chis season. Then. Stretcuing, plcturesq! know when tu ‘They shake their heads kno: ingly, spura toe dust with more nonchaiance, ex- — 4 their nostris to the iragraut breeze and “Jet themselves out.” There is a moment's delay at rickety Macomb’s Daw vridge, woica 1s guarded oy very oilicious policemen, some of whom are slaves of the political lamp. For tn- | ®tance, returning from the race yesterday and taking an allotted place in the loug queue that ex- tended aimost irom Fleetweod Cottage to the oridge, a policeman caucht the reins Of agentieman’s horse, pulled is wagon violently aside, to make way for sume low politician Who was Griving near, anu woo did not think It worth his while to get into line in the regular way. Those men at Macomb’s Dam Liidge seem to be cularly impressed with the awfal dignity ttached to the name ‘Aiderman,” Probabiy the Policeman who stopped ab entire line of waxo: aod carriages, to tae maniiest danger of many of | the returoiug turfites, was imbued with tue idea | that an Alderman or his backer should overria: every oue. tiest and most attractive field of fillies Fr graced @ racecourse in this country appeared yesterd.y im the contest jor the Mary- lana Stakes, ‘hey were as graceiul as antelopes, coquettish as Murray fill belies and fleet as the Chamois Of the Alps. The Clubhouse was crowded to excess. and ibe Diag and si.pe in iront of it Was decorated with Watteau-like groups of fair Jadies, and « modiste would have gone into ecsta- cles over some of the ravishing toliets displayed On the Occasion. ‘This season has opened 80 aus- Piciously ior to@ American Jockey Club that one may expect nding room only,” excepton the grass, at Jerome Park on Thursday, THE RACING. The track was in capital condition, great anticipations of iast time were induiged in by tho large concourse of racing admirers that were Within the inclosures oi Jerome Park. The crowd Were not disappointed, as ail the races were not only run in mo-t excellent time, but, what was | more satisfactory, they were all closely contested. | The horses engaged were all good ones, hence the excellent sport that took place. The first event of the day was for a purse of | $500, with an allowance for maidens; the distance one mile, Six horses came to tue post. These Were the iavorite, Mr. McDaniel’s chestnut filly Madge, who sold for three to one over the field; Jo Dononue’s chestnat horse Spendrarist, W. Cot- irli’s chestnut colt Harry Felter, F. T. Brace’ bey gelding Warrior, DV. McCann's bay gelding | Burgoo, and P. Loriliard’s bay colt Risk. Maage Won tbe race by ahead after a very pretty race | trom tue bia. The other horses nad no chance With the first and second and were badly beaten. The time made was good over this track, 1:45. ‘The second race was the great event of the day— the Westchester Cup—which closed witn twenty- Dne entries, but only four came to the post, the others evidently being airaid of the great racing colt Ballenkeel, by Asteroid, dam Schottische, who haa been beating every horse he met with in the south and West during the last winter and spring. The horses thar cameo tne post to con- tend with bim for the tropny and tue honors were M. A. Littell’s orown colt Reform, oy Leamington, dam Stolea Kisses, truined by Charley Lioyd; Jo Douonue’s chestnut coit Botany Bay, by Austra- lian, dam Bonnet; Lawrence & Lorillard’s vay Vorse Shylock. Balienkeel was Over the felu. he touk the lead, and suowea the pipers the way from begiouing to end, winnt: the race in band. Keform ran # good race, bat ne \s no match ior this great racehorse, Halienkeel. | | | that Mr. P. Lortiiard had purchased Bailenkee), On inguiri.g of the horse’ ner, Mt. Jennings, he assured us that the story wasu canard. The third race was the Maryland stakes, for Miues turee years Old; @ dash of a mile, This Stakes closed wito twenty-five nominavious, six Of which faced the starter. These were I’. Loril- lard’s coestout filly Springict, A. B. Lewis & Uo.’s chesnut filly Viniagre:te, A. Belmout’s chesnut Gilly Olitipa. M. H. Santord’s brown filly Finework, W. Cottrili’s bay filly Ascension and LD. wcDanter chestnut filly Mattie A. Ojitipa was the favorit her Tapid running in ber two-year-old ierm wa ting speculators in Cloosing her in prefe: y Of the otners, ought after, and red on her ch: K to Mr. McDaniel’s flliy, Who Was cavort- 1ng About the track at tne time Rod not ready to run when he dropped ihe fag Jo ti she savin ae ‘ye leit the score. it Hh as been rather @ wita Colouel MeDantel since his inuugaration 1m this office, as this is the second time has leit the Colonel's horses at the post, tae first time in the Wituerw stake on Satarday and Win the Maryland Stakes, where nearly $6,000 ve been won by others, without McDaniel, with good horses, baving chance to try cv! @iusions, Without pretend to advise Captain Carter what course he sould pursue in starcin ivy we will simply say that no mop can start | © Geld Of horses accurately Walle sta on the | | the si Bail | with a length the best oi E}w 8 ground, He must be above them, looking over | thom, and in this Way and no otver wih be be aple | to tell When to drop the flag. Olttipa got of well, | 4 running in the same style she did last year @ away easily from tae vtaers on the bome- ‘The time, nowever, ve been for such & ou ta event was for a purse of $500, for al! ges, to carry 100 1bs., for which two horses only cume to the post. These were D, MoDaniel’s chesiput horse Springbok aud M. H. saniord’s vrown horse Mute. Springbok Was the lavorite at long Odds, although many betieved that the latter With 100 pounds Was as goou as any Lorse im the jand ata mieandatali, They were badly beaten in thelr misplaced contidence, as Springbok won the race in @ baud-gallop. Mute, however, Was not ruu, in the opinion of many, in the way to beut the big horse. The would-be wise Jellows say they would have put on the pressure trom tae drop of the flag and kept up bigh Bteam to the | end, As it was, the horses began easy and ran in | that way lor three-quarters of a mie, The last | Dalf mile, however, was worth looking at, as sharper ranning has not been oiten witnessed on the turf. ‘The flith and closing event of the day was the Grand National Haadicap Steeplechase. ‘here | were sixteen eutries lor this race, six of which number came to the post, Tuese were Lawrence & G, Lorillard’s chestaui horse Reso. carrying | 160 lbs., and Cvestuut mare Ausirine, 145 |bs, George Ayers’ bay yeidiug Diavolo, 146 ibs.; A. Green's ovy Mare Duyugit, 14s Ibs; A, H. To rence’s bay horse Moonstone, anu D, J, Banna tyne’s chestaul gelding Biba Kiva, 140 Jbs. Moon- stone Was the favorite, selling for nearly as much as ull tue others combined. Liavolo proved the winner, alter one of the most exciling steepie- chases ever run at Jerome Park. ‘two of the en- tries for the above race, Messrs, Lawrence & G. Lorlilard’s coestuut geiding Bullet, and Mr. Tor- rence’s coestnut geiding ‘troubie, did not start in this race, as tieir respective owne:s had matened tuem to run the steeplecaase course on Thursday | next, carrying 156 Ibs. each, for $2,500 a side. Tis | will be @ grand race, and will be well worth wit- D; nessing. ‘The toliowing are the details of the racing as tt | progressed: THE FIRST RACE. PURSE $500; maidens allowed, if 8 years old, 2 lbs. ; if 4 years old, 7 Ibs; 116 years or upward, 12 1os.; one mile. STARTERS. D. MoDaniel’s ch. m. Mauge, by Australian, dam Alabama, 4 years old, 106 ibs, (Hennessey)... 1 Jo Donsnue’s ch. bh. Spindriit, by Boanie Scot- tand, dam by Wagner, agea, 118 ibs, (Roe).... 2 P. Loriuurd’s b. c. Kisk, by Revulver, dam Syren, 3 years ld, 90 lbs. (Spariing).. . 8 W. Cotrtrill’s ob, », Harry Felter, by Daniel Boone, dam Sigma, 4 years old, 1u8 ibs. (W. Lakeland)... tt eeeesseseseeeeeee - 4) F. ‘1, Bruce’s b. g. Warrior, by War Dance, dam by sore 4 yeurs oid, 98 los. (J. Richard- é gon)... see te eeeeee teeee D. McCoun’s b. g. Burgoo, by Hurrah, dam kmma Downing, 4 years old, 8 lbs, (M. Lewis) ooo 6} ‘Time, 1:45, TH BETTING, Madge $200 925100150 | Field.. - 60 70 25 40 | RACE, Spindrift was first away, Warrior second, Madge third, Risk fourth, Harry Felter dich, Burgoo sixth. | Spindrift led around the upper turn, hali a length ahead of Warrior, Risk third, Madge fourth, Harry Feiter fifth, Burgou sixth 9 kept in tront | rounding tue biuly, + wed the way waen he came in sight of rhe ¢ turn, one jength ahead | ol Madge, Risk thirc atty Feiter tourch, Ware | rior fifth, Burgoo vriuving up te rear. As the borses came into home ..oteh Spindrite was stl in tront, closely fol!;.ed by Madge, Risk a | good third, Harry Felier and Warrior side »nd | side, Burgvo sixsn, Coming up the homestre' Spmarift was iu trout uutil thirty yards oF tl finish, when Madge mcreased her stride, and in jour jumps landed a Winner by a heae, Spinarift second, ten lepgths in front of Risk, who was five lengths abead Ol Marry Felter, the jatter about me nae pera 1 ance of Warrior, Burgoo THE SECOND RACE, THE WESTCHRSTE£R CUP, u sweepstakes of $50 each, play or pay, with $1,500 ad ; the second horee to receive $200 out o! the stakes, ‘he win- her ot avy single race amounting 10 $2,000 to carry 8 1ba.; Of $3,000, 7 lbs. ; of $4,000 10 lbs, extra. ‘Two miles aod # quarter, STARTERS. Wilham Jennings’ b. c. Balankeel, by Asteroid, dam Schotusche, 4 years old, 108 lbs, (Cham- sixth. ‘Time, M. A. Litteil’s br. c, Reforg, by Leamington, dam stolen Kisses, 4 years oid, 108 ibs. (N. Hay wood).... eeen: ou 9 Jo Donavue’s ch. c, Botany Bay, by Australian, dam Boonet, 4 years oid, 108 (Roe).. - 8 Lawrence & G, Lorillara’s b. bh. Shylock, by Le. mgton, dam Edith, 6 years old, 118 lbs. (Don- anue) 4 Baliankeel. 109 (OTM. « +60 325 The Fieid....... 160 THE RACE. Ballankeel bounded away with the lead, hock second, Keiorm third, Botany Bay fourta. When tee horses d the stand, having ran rather slowly iro tue starting place at the turee-qaarter pole, Ballankee! was leading two lengths, xeform cOBG, & head in iront of Botany Bay, toe iatier @ bead in advance of Shylock. Going around the | upper turn Botany Bay ran into second place, | and as Ballankeel passed the — pole Bot. | a@uy Bay was @t vis Oanks, one leagth lu tront of Suylock, tie iatter having Dis head in advance of | Relorm. Going around tue vin Ballankeel led a length, Botany Bay second, @ lengt 1m advance of Suyiock, woo Was hall a levgth anead of Reform, yassipg around the pill out oO! sight toeir positions were upchanged; but when they came in on | the lower tura Ballaukee: wa: lei o! Botany Bay, the latter three lengths in advance of Shylock, who was haifa leagto in sront of Reiorm. The horses were closer together at the taree-quarter pole, a quarter strecen they were bancne As they passed tue stand Bal- | rters Of w length avead of Beotany Bay, tue jatter hall length in front of Keform, who Was hail a jeugth im advance of Shy- jock, Going sround the upper tura tne horses ran nose and tall in the order given above, anu as they Passed the quarter pole tmere was stil no | change im place or position. Coming down to the blud Reform Jomped into second place and when the jockey of Botany Bay struck the coit with the swerved across the track and feil into ace. Going around the Lill Ballankeei led Reiorm @ length, Which ue carried out oj sizbt, Saylock third, wotany Bay fourth. Whea the horses appeared in view on the jower tura, lank Was stil galloping in iron! i, and this ‘advant: he brougnt mto the homestretch. Shyiock Botany Bay were then out of race, little more run in mim. ri ty tor Ballankeei, Keiorm, how- made avovner effort ou the homestretch, laster he came the qui he was beaten, and the great Kentucky colt Kaulankeei gauoped home un easy winner of the itchester Cup by we lengths, Xeform second, a dozen lengtns anead o; Botany Bay, the latter beiag two jengtns in advance of Shylock, Time Of the two miles and @ quarter, 4:064;. The last two miles were run in 8:39, The Cup amounted to . PREVIOUS WINNERS. } +4 g € > 5 Lightning. Lexington | Aastranan. As74—oh vioe«. 1375—Ballanke: THE THIRD Rack. v MARYLAND STAKks, for fillies three ye: old ; $10 entrance. h. i., witn $750 added; the sec- ond horse tu receive $200 out Of the stakes, One mile. STARTERS. ‘ A. Belmont’s eh. f. Olitipa, by Leamington, dam Oliata (Bvans). - + W. Cottrul’s © Asceasion, v, am Lily Ward (Lakelanu) Loriliard’s ch, 1. Springle A. B, Lewis & i. 1. Vinaig dal, dam vy Whirlwicd (Houston) ... . moVaniel’s co. f, Mattie A., by Austraiian, dam Minnie bes (Henaes 1 2 8 4 6 6 1,000 700 | 450 400 260 2s | 180 200 150 “ue RACK, Tue files got away nicely with the exception of 3 turned the wroag way the flag fell. Mr. Beimont’s filly Viltipa had the best of tue send-ol, Vinaixrette second, Spring- let third, ascens.on fourth, Fine work fit as McDamiel’s, who when t ihe quarter poie, Ascen- sion second, Olitipa third, Finework four: Jet fiten, Mattie A, sixth and Ciose ry ry roand (he apper tura. The ilies pi ‘ont of in the inanner given avove: but when they appeared on tne lower turn Ascension was leading two lengens, Vinaigrette second, Finework third, Mattie A. fourth, Olitips ith, Springiet sixta. they passed around the lower turn, ang as they came on the homestreteh Ascension led the way, Finework second, ner head in front of Olitipa, Springiet sourth, the others beaten and practically out of the race. A merry ran up the homestretch nd Olitipa came home an easy winner vy two lengths, th ce dividing Ascension, Who was second, and Finework third; Springiet was array Vinaigrette ith, Mattie A, sixta. TH PURSE $500; for os, to Carcy 100 lbs. ; mare Gud geidings allowed 3 lbs. One mile and STARTERS, eis oh, h, Springook, by Austraiian, ter (WV. Ciar M. H, Sanfora’s br. b. Mw E; 170 ago THR RACE. ring®ok and Mato the Only horses that ted jor tis face, They rad On the new vour uo 6210 | Springbok won easily. jel | Ninette, 5 years Old, 146 lbs. (Suthf) 1 | Lawrence & G. Lorillard’s ch i Revol) a Annie ‘ nh). | Dayngne The flutes closed up as | J having a straigtt gallop the first half mile. They gol away olcely together, Springbok soon going vo the front, At the three-quarter pole, entering | tne oid course, Springbok was two lJeogths in | iront, and pe galloped in that Way up the homestretch, The pace was very slow jor such well known flyers, and it wag not until they lest the stand (hat it was increased, Sorigook was two lengths in front at the stand, the same distance anead at the quarter pole, and as he came down to the bluff nearly three lengths separated them, AS soon as they turved around the bil Mate made his attack, and tne speed of | the borses became very great. as they passed around the lower turn they were golng at tuelr best, and Mate could not aiminish the daylight be- tween them iD tie least, Springbok held him Nandily, and when they entered the homestretch, notwithstanding tbat Mate made another gallant effort, the big horse came away irom him and won | by three open lengths, Tue time was not extraor- | dinary, however, as all the fast running was do..e om the last half mile. ‘Time, 2:4334. THE FIFTH RACE. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE; & sweap- Stakes of $100 eavh, hail Jorieit, and only $20 Mf de- red, with $800 added, tne second horse to re- ceive $200 out of the stakes; three to start or no race; about two miles and a hall. STARTERS. George Ayres’ b. g. Diavolo, by Jonesboro, dam (Richar A. P, Green’s b. m, Daylight, by Lightning, dam Laura Splim in, 5 years vid, 148 lbs. (Midgeley) 3 . H. Torrence’s b. b. Moonstone, by Asteroid, dum Alabuina, 6 years old, 165 ibs. (Murphy, 4 Lawrence & G, Lorillard’s ch. ‘Australian, dam Kate Haye: | jos. (Pontin) ... +s 5 D, J. Bapnatyne’s ch. g. Biba Kiva, by Colossus, dam Velma, 6 years vid, 140 lbs. (Lee)........ 6 ‘Time not taken. THE BETTING. $: 3850 = 400 800 275 400, 510 600 lo 140 106 190 160 so 8 «(llo 120 Diavolo was first away, Austrine second, Reso- | y, yute tiird, Biba Kiba tourth, Dayngie fifth, Moon- | stone sixth, Running Lo the vorth, the first ob- | stacie in their way was a hurdle, and Austrine Was the first to top it, closely followed by Moou- | stone, Diavolo wird, Daylight soarth, Resolute | fiito, Biba Kina sixth, Toey then jumped tue | fence into the north field, Ausirine OoW- | ing the way, Diavolo second, Moonsione | vnird, Resolate fourth, biba in, bringing op the rear, — Otrvling the fleld they jumped two brush | jences, aud then came out of the ficld and jumped | @ hurdle at she foot of the biuit, Dayligne leading | | around by a bead, Austrine secoud, & head im Irout of Res- olute, Bibi Kiba fourto, Dlayolo itn, Moonstone sixto. They then entered tne #outn teld, cireliug | the enclosure and jamping three brush tences and a ditca, and then came to the Water and brush in | front of the Grand Stand and club nouse. Austrine | led four lengths, Diavolo second, a neck in frout of Resolute, Who was half @ leagty anead of Day- light, Mooustone fith, biba Kiba sixth. ‘The jump- | ing at this place was very tue, aud the enthust- | asm of the spectators waa pressed in loud | shouts of delight. The horses thew jumped @ hur- dle, and alierward crossed the track aud jumped a ditch and hurdle on their way to the picaic rounds on the hill av the worth of the course. ina Kiva bere bolted and that was the last ol him in the race, The stone wallon tee nil was rst passed over Dy Austrine, closely tollowed by Diavolo, Resolute third, Dayliget fourtu, Moon- stone filth. Tue horses thea came down the aill, crossed tue track aod again entered the north field, where tney had to jump @ stone wail. Austrine led a jeagtn as she jamped over the wail, Diavoio second, a length in iront o: Resolute, who Was naif a length in advance of Daylight, Moo stone cringing up the rear. ‘nen the wall w passed over Diavolo rusned to tne iront and came Out of the eid a length in iront of Austrine, ing the burdie nicely at tue foot of tue biud and then going into the svuth field Wke a race- horse. He showed the way around the sourn feki, jumping two hurdles and a ditch, aud came out on the track beiow the three-quarter pole for the run home. Diavolo ted one tengta when he came on ie track, Resolute second, Daylight third, Moonstone foutty, Austrine Mish. A wost beautiiul and exciting Fun up tue homestretch ; | the jump over toe burdie at the lurioug pole, aud 1 them Une Whipping-iu strug@le to ie stand, Was simply grand, Diavolo land.ag a wioner b, mn) | Jepgths, Resolute second, two hoag toe J in Daylight, who Was three lengths ahead of Moot stove, Avstrine ‘Bioa Kioa @ euarter of a mue behind, The tume Of the race Was Lot caken. And this closed the sports of the second day at Jerome Park. BRACING AT CHARTER OAK PARE. Hantrorp, Conn., June 8, 1875, The spring meeting of the Connecticut Stock Breeders’ Association opened to-day at Cnarter Oak Park with @ good day and track and a Jair attendance. * io the 2:45 class there were eighteen entries, out of which a feld of ten started, Carrolton, Hampton, Vulcan, Mattie Lockwood, Ben Bruce, Laveuder, Dan Fo: nd Beulah dia not start. The loliowing 1s the su wmarty:— Finst Rack.—Purse of $1,000, sor 2:46 class; $600 | to first, $300 to second and $100 to tatrd. | RK. S. Brent's b. m. Nettie Burlew 8 i Dan Mace’s b. m. Maud. | ©, 8. Green’s br. m, Tornado Maid Jobn irout’s s&. g. I’. B, French. G. H. Frink’s DIK. m. Celerity. F. B, Cummings’ br. m. Queen. Robert Thornton’s b. m. Vesta, T. S. Carpenter's b. g. Fearles H.C. Woodnut’s b. g. Herverc, Jonn 8. saker’s b. m. Geneva. ‘Yume, 2:344—2:31—2:31 49:35. First money to Nettie Burlew, second to Maud and third to foroade Maia, In the 2:26 class seven heats were trotted, the first tive being won by ulfferent horses. Darkness prevented the finishing of the race, and it was postponed til Weanesday, at one o'clock. Th: were eleven en:ries in tui8 race and nine started. | Ed Woite ang Major Root did not start. ‘The lollowing 18 a SUMMARY. Second Race.—Purse $1,600, for ee; $900 or Saraeowon e Eneawomcen Ss e 5 to first, $459 to second aug | wa to th J. Walker's bik. m. May Bird... 5 6 86121 Dan Mace’s blk, Mm. Biancoe, 1768212 J. 3. er’s b. g. ‘Ti 72318438 | M. Carroii’s br. &. Jubilee Law bert. 2417634 3146565) 822410 | Wey... eevee 6 6 6 9 0 Or, | Rovert Thornton’s g. g. Royal | George. sees soos 8 9 9 6 8 FO, | E. Deckenbach’s b. m. Kitt, 874 7 To D9 Me bg 2:20-2:26 )4—-2:20-2:27 2:27 2 2054 — | Toomas Jefferson, Sensation and Vanity Fair | ‘Will start in tae 2:22 class on Wednesday. | i YACHTING. H a ne THR FIPTH ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE WILLIAMS- | BURG YACHT CLUB—THE VICTORESS, SORCERESS, | JOHN M. SAWYER AND PIDGEON THE WINNERS | The filth annual regatta of the Williamsburg Yacnt Clad was sailed yesterday over the regular | course, from their club house on Pottery Beach to the Stepping Stones, Buoy and return, a aistaace of about twenty-two miles. The steamer Wyoming was charterea by the clud to carry the | Regatia Committee, judges, members and | their guests round the course. Betore arriv- ing at Pottery Beach the Wyoming ma: several calls at different docks, so that by the time the yachts were ready to start ner decks were crowded with representatives of both sexes providea with capacious lunch baskets and the necessary accompaniment to a day’s excursion oa the water. Tne Regatta Committee, Messrs. Jonn N, Lantner, E. 8. Tobie, Jonn Van Brunt, Levi Smith and Eéward Brown, and ti judges, Messrs. Richard Nash, G. D. Dunning and George Watts, came on board from the ciud house, and shortly after ten A. M. the yachts prepared for tne start. Mr. W. T. Lee, Secretary of the Brooklyn Yacht Clad, and Commodore Frank Bates, of tne Long Isiand Yacht Ciab, were among tne invitea guests of the club, The followimg yachts startea | im the regatta:— FIRST CLASS CABIN YACHTS. Length. Be a aS BaSew oS eve aR EES BEREE Ee ame Commodore Conlin: a Davi M60 The interest in the regatta sas mainiy centred in the contest im the third class between the J. M. Sawyer, A. J, Bros and Isaac Merritt, as all three are new this season. The Owners of the Joun M. Sawyer anticipated an easy Victory, and their i jadgmont proved correct, as their littie craft showed hetself to be one of the fastert 28-foot bois afloat, The fourtn class were started by a gun irom the Wyoming at 10p. 67m., and the Kauie es away on the starbosrd tack, heading fur the New York shore, followed by the Fiigeon, & J Lavtater and @, pe! k je tide ene fr | eiub house, | cartridge beig separaced from the vail, EW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1875.— RIPLE SHEET. and Favorita close behind, The second class were started at 1b, lum. 40s, with the S.J. Cotahan @ short distance ahead of the Sorceress. Exactly flve minutes later the cavin sloops glided away 10 the joliowing order :—Vietoress, Jennette and Melvyina, ‘The fleet had a dead neat through the chanuel on the eastern side of BLACKWELL'S ISLAND, and asthe Wyoming went throuzh the western channel they were lost to view Jor a ew minutes. Passing Astoria Jerry the Pidgeon led, closeiy followed vy the Sawyer, Brusn aud the rest of the feet, Going through tne Gare the yachts Mired sheer, ‘on (he tov of the ude struck al alively gait, ‘the Pidgeon was still to the iore but closely hunted by ihe sawyer and Brust oI Favorita and Necue came next, with the La r leading her class. Atter passing Randall the beeze begun to die away, and off th 1 Brothers there was hardly & catspaw. The Brush Hoully caught a litiue puffand gov the best of the Sawyer, Dat the Pidgeon was still to windward d Tue Sawyer now began to creep up 8 6. | and ina Jew minutes parsed the Piggeon aud Brash. At 1:11 A. M. the Pidgeon made another dash for first honors and pussed the Sawyer, which was a short distance atead of the Brush and Favorita, ‘Ihe Stephen J. Colanan had a lite the best of tne Sorceress, and tne Victoress ap- peared to be outsailing the rest of her class, Oi OLD FERRY POINT the breeze veered round a little to the eastward, but was still very lignt, in the comparative calm the big canvas of the Sawyer began to teil, and She crept gradually past the Pidgeon, despite all the tricks of the trace that were put in practice by the veteran Joc Morris. The t.de had now oe- gun torun ebb, and the fleet strung over toward the Long Island ahore to get in the slack water, | At“%:20 the Brush appearea to have a lirtle tne | best of it, folloved by the Sawyer and Pidgeon. ‘Ihe Victoress, Favorita and Nette drifted aioug, followed by the rest of tue fleet In straggling or- ger, Thenext hour was rather uninteresting, as | there was hota breata of wind; buc avout 4:12 a lively breeze came up irom the southward; the | yacots, with sheets lifted, started in a hurry tov toe Stepping Stones buoy. OWS :— They turned a8 fol- ettie. 3 John Lanthier’..; 4 37 0) Stephens.Colwhan 4 37 05 ‘The rest of the Neet were not timed, as oming had to sracc for home In order to arrive at Ue Clud house avead so as to take the time of arrival. The Sawyer gradually grept away irom tue rest of Lue fleet, and the Favorita ana Nettie passed the Pidgeon. Shortly belore passing te To Brothers the Sawyer was soine distance ahead, followed oy the Favortta, Nettie, Plugeon, Vie oress, Brush, Lantaier aud Melviua ia the order name). ‘tne Brash finally erept | up and passed =the Vietoress, = taking | flith place. Tne fleet passed througu Heil Gate atu pretty lively guit, and bung to the New York ore until they could tack across and fetch the ‘they were all pretty weil nandied. as ptains made a pretty shrews allowaace for effect of the tide on the lee bow, ‘They pussed the home stakeboat in ihe following order :— zm. 3. John M, Sawyer.. 6 10 0) Melvina Favorite 15 18 Jenneute. ® Joun La 8) Sorceress. 16 s.J. volahitie../., Ousisting of some hanasome pierces ofsiiver plate, were awarded a3 ivilow Fi class, Victoress; second ciass, Sorcere! elas#, Jonn M. Sawyer, and fourth class, Pldg The Joun M. Sawyer aiso won the club prize of pennant for the first yacht home, THE LAUNCH OF THE MOHAWK. Vice Commodere W. T. Garner’s new schooner yacut Mohawk will be launched to-day from the foot of North Seventh street, Willlumsburg, Yes- terday afternoou the yacht was covered with mechanics of every trade, ali as busy as bees, pre- Pariug the fair candidate for aquatic honors for the morrow's bridal, Her immense topmasts ‘were lying on the deck ready to go up, and by noon to-day she wilt be in trim to glide into the water. Her cabin is still ta the hands of tie Jomors, and as a great deal of work hus yet to be vompieted xbe will probably not make un appea ance iu regatta before the 11th ol July, when U go to Cape May. A steamer has beea char- tered by Vice Commodore Gurser for the accom- MrOdation o! ly irienos, and aiter witnessing the carisieniog @nd the launco a Visit will be paid to the new club house at Srapieton, Staten island, _ ie now completed and ready for ite furoi- ‘The prizes, ARTILLERY PRACTICE. BRITER ORGANIZATION AND MORE INSTRUCTION NEEDED—WHAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY. . Battery B, First aivision, N.G.4.N.Y., opened the | seqson’s arsillery practice yesterday at Cozzen's Jarm, East New York, ‘This tactical unit ofthe artillery branch of the National Guard service, ander the command of Captain Jobn Keim, 1p undress unrform, left their armory, at the corner of White and Elm streeis, at four o’clock P, M. on Monday and reached East New Yorx shortly aiter six the same night. Here the personnel went into quarters for the night and sent to the practice ground the section (two pieces) of guns and caissuns woich served for practice yesterday. The material of the battery was placed under a guard composed often rank and fie, @ sergeant and two corporals, and planted in battery by eight o'clock on Monday nigut. The maim bedy 01 the personnel, under tho immediate orders of Captain Keim, left East New York vefore eight o'clock yesterday morning and reached the practice ground in time to open fire by half-past nine. There were present five com- missioned ofMcers and sixty nom-commissioned officers, gunners and drivers. Tue pieces were placed in position before a tar- get twelve feet squ: Situated on an immense, low, ievel meadow looking toward the sea. The mark itself wasimade of a wooden frame twelve fe quare, oVer Walch Was siretened a coverin, nyas painted with & two-leet eye aad es mark it & Joot apart from each other to sides of the tar, this be placed at about 800 yards from tne battery. ie wundred aud Oo: waite cireuiar bal tweity-five rounds were fired, mostiy Irom the | same gua. The target was nit some twenty five times, including two bull’s eyes made by trum~ peter Muller and guuner Ejkoer. a aod Dothing more, is the resuit of ourmiog 125 cart ridges sod ‘spending as many Spherical six- pounder shot oy Battery B, + THR MATERIALS, The guns used ¢ stvotn bore brass six- ounders, ‘ney Were mounted om carriages too avy and Wazon boxes were not adapted to the kind of ammuaition used. the cartridge bags were too smali for the bore of the piece, and altnoagha the powd was good there Was tou jittle of is im (be charges, tue rule being irom one-wurth to one-sixth the weigaus of Lue projectile, ‘dhe charge Was not m the form of What is \echnically called fixed eye a u er having 4 Very 10 @:ivr Wooden HOttom strapped to guns were completely unprovided with anything thet coud be called signts, A amai metal pin Was fastencd in the upper part of tue muzzie moul- ding to auswer as . A FRONT SIGHT, ow potca cut inte and as piece to neither pendulum hausse nor target scale to guide the gunner in laying Nis piece. Tuere were no temporary platiorms nor pianks to take the ; the consequences of th heels of the gan iu:deaded the! into the soit grouad and the trau @. therefore the gua was not level nor the elevation unttorm during th ice. Unter these very woruitary circums made were 80 proof of skill ou the part of the guaner, but the iratts of mere accident. To say that the material was in Wretched order and un- skiliauy Managed would couvey out a poor idea of the conaition uf Battery B yesterday. THE PERSONNEL. Captain Keim has tn his command an excellent personnel out of whten to form a op! ndid battery; Dut, as tov Irequentiy happens in National Guar forces, neither officers nor nv conception of wnat sould co: man. The men gun drill, and of course understand nothing at ali about serving a battery accord % of the Gay, the otuer 1s 38 gun nearly all tae busily engaged round tno sued were clustered. The gua in m beer service Was joaded and laid, not according to any known rules, but at the caprice ul whomever mMignt be nearest tne piece. lusiructor of Dulistics there Was none, Nor auy one on the ground who appeured to have the slignhiest motion taat artil- jery praciice means anytiiug beyond joa ing up the gun and Danwiog away feild, Th ra he ought to Ke of tue lan ya it that he fr queatiy jerk d tne friction primer out of the vent withvat exploding ft, uring the whole practice net & drop of water was used on thi out Of Covi the vore of tne plec. jor that purpost Bveryuody was con. t a, yed, sad all The target Was avout 800 yards from the bat- tery, and, consequeutiy, some 250 yards beyond pout bank rauge, UL bois account, and as there Waa vO tangent avale Lo the gan, the men polite ing by ‘he line of metal elevation only, thelr shois | generally fel far suort o: the mark, and tt was unly by rieochet that they got on the target at ail, ‘The batrery revurned rday evening to New Among the gentlemen preseut were Cap- JN. Huoner aod Liecteuunts Govisie aud on | tho awkward jor tue pieces. Tne amber | @ the iaintest | | i to any tactics. | Only one gun was used yesterday for tac greater | ip lager | 3 THE POTATO BUG. March of the “Colorado Bee- tle” Over the Continent. The Pesis Traced from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic. ATTACKING ‘TOM A Simple Method to Discover and Destroy Them. Why Europeans Dread the “Ten- Lined Spearman.” WAstINGTON, June 7, 1875. To rae Epiror oF tax HeraLp:— | Steadily moving eastward for a vumber of years, advent into the eastern and more densely popu. lated section of the country, where everything connected with its history is comparatively new | and its habits and the means of prevention un- known, there is naturally much apprehension felt | &@8 to the results of its invasion, and at this time, When the sabject is attracting so much attention, @ prief outline of the princtpal tacts connected | with its natural pistory and its progress [rem west to east, together with the record of past expert. | reader and most use/ul to the agriculturist. EARLY HISTORY. Over fifty years ago this insect was discovered | 1n the West by one of the early entomologists, Thomas Say, ‘When on an exploring expedition to | the Rocky Mountains under Major Long, and was described and named by him. It is supposed to have lived upon the wild prickly Solanum, 80 com- mon to that region—and upon which I have myself found it in Colorado—and seemed merely to hoid | | ment, must prove interesting to the general vation of the potato nad extended to the base of | the Rocky Mountains. Here was @ new food 30 | plant, and one on which it seemed to thrive, and it at once commenced its march to the East, | Slowly at first, as the potato felds were few and far between, but steadily, until at last it began to to agriculture, appearing in Nebraska about the year 1859, two years laterspreading over lowa and about the year 1865 reaching the Missis-ippi, Ten | years jater it strikes the Atlantic coast, after sweeping over the States of Wisconsin, Michigan, illinots, Indiana, Ono, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsyivania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, | Maryland, the District of Columbia and the north- ern portion of Virginia, though ita greatest rav- ages have been almost wholly confined to the States nortn of Mason and Dixon’s line, It has also overrun portions of Canada. | ITS PROGRESS IN THE EAST. In 1872 tt made fts appearance in two counties of Pennsyivania, though the damage was slight. In July, 1878, 1t had appeared 10 four counties of New Yorx—viz., Wyoming, Niagara, Alleghany ana Chautauqua—doing considerable damage in the last named. ‘The presence of the pest was also reported at this time in thirteen of the wesiern counties of Pennsylvania and in seven counties of West Virginia, while at the close of the season they nad made even greater progress eastward. In August of this year (1878) they had made their appearance in tue District of Colum- bia, a jew specimens having been collected in a | | garden in the eastern part of the city of Washing- | | tom, and later they were reported in the vicinity | 01 Baltimore, Md, We first bear of them in New Jersey, through published reports, in 1874, having made their appearance in Burlington, tater in the summer spreading to other counties. They had also invadea Delaware and actually overrun | Pennsylvania, having made their appearance in | Beary all the eastern counti of the State, | Seven counties of Maryland reported their pres- | ence and a jew counties in Virginia. In New York they bad extended half way across the State, according tc summer returns trom correspondents, The writer was informed recently that specti- mens had been taken in the fail of last year on Long Islana, which would go to prove that they had reached the Atiantic in 1874. But the reports of the present season give us abundant proof that their travels eastward must cease in the States of | New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, as they have | been seen at various points along the coast line. | Tne following extracts fom correspondence tately Feceived may prove interesting BuRLineToN, N. J. The Colorado beetie is pretty generally disse inated, In some fields they kept down tn far by hand picking; {2 others are too numerous | for sucu treatment. MDEX, N. J. Cal 5 Colorado potato beetles are very plenty. Tne larve are just catching. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Great numbers of the Colorado potato beetle were seen at Voesn Beach, N. J., last week. Un- der the oriit along tne seashore nundreas o1 them Were turned up that had evidentiy been waxned up by the ocean. Laycaster, Pa. | Potato beetle in full tore, Fraxxiin, Pa. Colorado potato beetle very plenty here. They are destroying to;wnatves a8 weil a5 potatoes, CULPEPER, Va. | "The Colorado potar rea in large numbers. Every step will be contessed; but at this writing the prospect is the beetie will prevail Kine Groner, Va. The Colorado beetle has appeared in numbers on early potatoss, Farmers are doubtiag tne ex- the | Pedency of planting a full crop. ALAMM IN EUROPE. | Last year 4 number of the Europe | it, ‘The proectile used was spherical saot, Lue | : ee eee ments, fearing the introduction of the pest into the Old World, took the matter under considera- tion, and in several instances laws were enacted prohibiting the importation of American pota- toes; but any one acquainted with tne babits of the insect wiil see the foolishness of such proceed- yng, or rather the ignorance displayed by it, as at Do period of its ex: mce bas the insect aught to do with the tuber, either in the egg, larva or beetle state. Toere is danger, however, from the shipping, a3 the insects are ltavle, when they ve- come very numerous avout our seaport cities, to | flod their way upon outward-Lound vevseis, anda single pair “taking passage” on one of our fast- sailing steamers mignt be suMficient to fairly establish the post in Gress Bris- | ain and, eventoally, the Continent of Europe, Great caution should tnerefore be exercised by ship masters, and it would indeed be well to have preserved specimens or | even drawings of the beetle placed ia a conspica- OUS position on every ship tuat leaves our ports, so that the ganger of tneir crossing the ocean | might be lessened, as the satiors could be in- siructed to keep on the lookout for them, TT3 DESCRIPTION AND NATCRAL HTSTORY. “The Colorado potato beetie,” agit is now al- | most universally called (Doryphora decem-lineata, | or the ‘tendined spearman’), belongs to the famliy of leai-eating oeeties (Chrysomelida,, ana is one of the largest of the group. The periect insect measures avout half an inch in length, 1s of @ thick oval shape aod of a yeilowisu cream color, with ten dare-brown of olackiva lines ronning lengtuwise down the wing covers. The head and thorax, or middie portion of the body, are of an | orange-vrowa color, spotted or marked witn black, It has, im addition to the wing covers, @ puir of pink Wings, which lie folded beneath and hidden except when tne insect is im fight, The accompanying liussrativn from the pencil of Profeswor Glover will give @m ivea of the form ofthis insect. (see gure 1, oeetic and larve.) The egga, to the aa iiber of 1,000 to 1,200 and even more, ure deposited upon the young leaves of U | potato im ciasters, containing irom one to two | @ogen each. These hatcn in @ very iew days, and the young lurve go immediately to Work on the foliage aad acquire their fall size in joss thug throe Weeks, in color they aro @ dark @range-rod, tae b olack and @ black ring on TORS AND POTATOES. | The Colorado potato beetle, which has been | has at length reached the seaboard, aud, with its | its place in nature, for we do not again near of it | 3) | Uli thirty-five or forty years later, aiter the cultt attract attention as a new and dangerous enemy | | the nrst segment of the body, and a double row of black dots down each side, Mom the head to the end of the abdomen. Arter arriving at maturity | the jarvee go iuto tae ground and change to pure ple, and in about ten days or two weeks the per- | fect beeties appear, Tuey begin to pair in | about a week, and on the fowrteenth day the femaie bexins to deposit her egas. $0 We may con- sider tuat jf takes avout fifty days for the Insect to go through all its chauges from eeg to egy, though, of course, the time vary a lice from diflerences in temperature, A writer ip the | Canadian Antomologist estunated thatif the prog: eny ofa single pair of these Insects were allowed to increase without molestation for an entire season tie resu't Would amount to over 60,000,000 of individuals, which will give some idea of their | powers of reproduttion. Thougn the potato is its | partientar food tt will feed upon other plants, such as the tomato, egw piant, &c., Sometimes doing consider) ble damage, and im one case reported, after destroying a fleld of potatoes, they finished up on a patch of the Jamestown weed (Datura | stramonium). OTHER SPECIES. There is another insect closely allied to the Colorado beetle called the false potato bectle | (Loryphora juncta), which 1s sometimes mistaken for the gennine species, especiaily in uninvaded districts, often causing neediess alarm, [t difers | from the true species in having but erht stripes, | the ones or either side of toe wing covers being a8 broad uguin, as i) two stripes tad been united ot | run togetnet. The larva also differs, in being | muen lighter colorea (more of a flesh color, In | fact), and ip having but one row of Gots Gown tha | sides of the body. (See figure 3, Hustrat.on—figure | 2is ap apparcnt cross between the | wo tound fn the | South by Professor Glover.) This species has ex- | isted in the East for many years and lives uron | the borse bettie, egg plant, &e. The old-fashioned siender-striped “potato bugs” (cantharis or lytta) have also been confounded wira the Western species, but thelrjong, soft bodies easily distin- | gush them, EXTENT OF INJURIES. Itis dimeuit to estimate the amount of actual damuge dove by these insects over tho whole couurry jor agiven year, As the beetles invade new territory where the farmers are whoily un | prepared for them, and, indeea, know jctie oF hothing of the foe with’ which they have to con tend or the best mode of wartare agninst them, they are very naturally more destructive than a year or two later, whea tiieit havits are better un- Gerstood and the best means of prevention have hecowe known, That they are more or less destructive certuin years 18 doubtless #8 true with tois insect as with many otuer destrue.ive species. In 1872 the general opinion prevaiied that | they were not +o plenty af in previous | years, but certainiy they have been at work in good earness: duriay the season, and irom the tis year itis probable that they will be fuly ag | destructive the present season. The question | is olten asked, “Will they aiways remain??? ‘To whien we can only answer, Yes, tiougu prota biy daring tne first two or three years of toeir ap pearance in 2 new locality they will be the most dostructive. STATISTICS OF LOSSES, The valne of potatoes in local markets has aver. | aged fuily $80,000,000 ror the whole crop since the j prevule ce of the potato beet.e. The yield vad | been about 120,000,000 bushels per annum, and the | loss 1rom these insects mav be cousidered an under ave at $12,000,000 per year. As the price hag advanced with the decline of production tue consumer has shared with the producer the loss, et an IMtrinsic value Of $8,000,000 per ain hag cen sacrificed, with a large addinonel amount ior the aoplication of Paris green, tie labor of hand picking aud other expedients employed in the des- Perate contest between Doryphora und the pot. | to grower. To illustrate:—Illinois withstood the first serious shock in this cowbat in 1807, and the total production fell of 30 per cent, the rate of yield deciined from 86 vw 60 bushels per acre | (aceording to records ofthe Department of Agri culture), aod the average price almost doubled. Io | 1868 the yield was increased to 71 bushels, aod iw | 1869 there Was a jurtner improvement and an in+ | crease in qaantity of 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 bushels. Striking out indiava the rate of yield teli off more than hull, and the price doudled. In 1870 tha Peetie began to invade Ohio in earnest, and the Stace returns show a decile from 9,627,758 busa- 1m 1869 to fo 6,121,590 ia 1870, the ‘average tull- | ing off from 112,000 to 87,00 acres, The battie has | since been waged with varyiug success, the re- | turns for 1871 bem 9,027,768, and tor 1573 5,966,816 bushels. The first edect of tueir appear- ahce was to deter jarmers irom planting, alter | which the advanced prices caused @ determined | rally. NATURAL CHECKS. | We have noticed briefly their wonderful powe: | of reproduction, and it 1s @ matter Of conjecture | with many persons how their pumbers are kept even within the present limits. Doubtless there are many causes jor it, but we think the greacer partis due to insect agency, as there are many species of insects that prey upon the Colurado beetle in nearly every stage of its existence. It is destroyed in tne egg state by the “lady vugs’? (several species). and in the larva state at ig preyed upon vy a dozen or more species of pliant bugs and beetles; tne larva of arisitic fy tives in the vody ot the larva of the beetle, and a wasp carries It to its nest for sod. ere are, all, over twenty different species of insects that prey Don It, but im our iimited space We cannot give even tneir names, though the farm them OW nd learn their havits and | even protect them from injury, for they wil do more than Wito ail bis intelligence, in keeping down this pest. REMEDIES. This brings us to the practical part of the sub« ject—the means that shall be employed, Not to ex. terminate tuem, Jor thatis hardly possiole, bat te lesken in a great degree their ravages; for, if by artificial means we can save one-naif of the losses that woaid occur without such efort, much aaa been done. Thus far Paris green has proved the | only available and effectual remedy, if we may ex- cept hand picking, whien i+ only reilable to the Same extent that it is laborious. It must, how- ever, be pure to be effectual, and we regret to Say What tons of infertor or terated stuf are soid every year. It is mixed wita ashes, land plasser or flour, in ihe proportion Of One to twelve Or filteen, and should be dusted over the plants in the morning Whea the dew 1 on tae fohage, repeating ina week or Leo days, or after rains, when the iusects are most plentuul, thouga w should advise taxing them early and preventing them irom becoming very psumerous. A coi venient Way Of dusting the vines eveniy 4s prepare a dredge, on 4 large scale, from an oi¢ irutt can by puncturing the bottom full of boies, und securing to the side # piece of broom hanule, about two feet loug. The Overator fils this, and, catryiny it 1a one band, gently taps the bandie with a similar stick held in the other baud, bern: careiul to always keep to windward. The spee of the operator regulates the amount used. Three pounds 0! } aris green to avout jorty pounds ol the plaster or flour will amswer for an acre, AuOtuer Method ts to MIX the green with water at We rate of One pound to forty gallons, amd it 16 id to oe a8 effectual as the first named pian. here the sun is hot during the miad some Persons advise brusiing to from the Vines at that 'ime, and it bas stated that the plan succeeds it 18 a one. remedy and an easy one, Where hand picking regorved to, uniess great care ts exercised, there is much danyer from the | POISONOUS PRINCIPLE OP THR 1 5 | Which has caused death in several Instances, ‘They may poison tn three ways—irom contact by crushing between the thumo and fingers or hands, irom persous eating Without first carefully cleansing the oands after handling them, and from innalmg tue steam arising from the vessels io which they are sometimes scalded. There are cuses on record where persoas have beea seri. ovsily mjured, and deatu even resulted irom all three causes, As Paris green 1s aiso & Vioient n 4 largely ol arsenic, great care | _ di there are doubts as to the purity of the gree: wed the joliowing simpie test will tl amount of adulteration :—Plaes of the green tu a test tabe, aaty ana Caustic potasd, which will take up the arsenic, throwing down the oxide of copper; tow With a little water to free it from the arsenite 0 Potash; then ada nitric acid and water, which Will dissolve the copper, leaving the adub teration, i any. As many farmers” are | prejadicea against the of Pari green, fearing that it may, after continued wpplication to the soil, be assimilated dy the pliant aud der the tubers tot ior use, we will men- tion ptiefy that Mr. McMurtrie, chemist of ¢ Department of Agricalture, has, after careful periment, determined that theré cun | ger irom this source; but as the resott of i | Teresti egert jents will soon be published sUil We give the simple statement, IN CONCLUSION, | It Debooves the farmers of # commanity to work | together and iu earnest. A few days of a fighting at the beginning of toe campaign is Wor contlauet sieges iater in the seasou alter the second brood las appeared and tne beetles are out im ah force. Nor should we advise relying | Moon one remedy alone, but taking tue enemy always at the vest advantage. arly in the sea son ‘hand picking will do muca to keep thew down; then, as they become more numerous, |o! low Paris green, alwa: nal Vigilaaoe ia tue pr: CHAKLE! | .KLES BR, DODUE. | Assistant Entomologist. United States Depart partment of Agriculture. rm of OROP PROSPECTS IN NEBRASKA. Oman, June 6, 1875. Another fine rain fell in this State to-day, an@ | the crop prospects are brightening dally,