The New York Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1875, Page 5

AMERICAN * JOCKEY ° CLUB, « Second Day of the Fall Meeting at Jerome Park. UNCOMMONLY SPLENDID WEATHER A Full Attendance on the Course and Outside It. FIVE MOST EXCELLENT RACES. Leander, Olitipa, Countess, St, Martins and Diavolo the Winners. The weather plays so important a part in human soncerns that it can never be worn threadbare, and | as there are no two days in the year precisely alike there is always room for a ‘fresh observation on the | subject, The noon and afternoon of yesterday at Jerome Park were transcendently lovely. Tho sky was cloudless, save here and thore the faintest fleck of sil- very vapor, as indefinite as the milky way. It was a day to feel what the Scottish poet describes as ‘ta de- ight in existence, a joy in being one of God’s living ereatures.? In the late afternoon, however, a few heavy banks of clouds in the west climbed up half way toward the zenith, but formed themselves into a thousand fantastic shapes, All the valley was bathed in warm sunlight, and looking south from the main stand, past the modest shurch that points its white spire above the dark green pines, the distant view suggested a charming ideal picture. A blue haze hung above the remote woods, ‘and the poet's rapture—a column of azure smoke, curl- ing lazily upward, from the chimney of a farmhouse, was conspicuous 1 the foreground. Through a break here and there in the straggling lines of trees the far off Palisades were visible. Cottages of glistening white, half baried in foliage, picked out the prevailing green, Apd then the golden and the blood red turn of the Waves ar Mtervale gaye a degrog of color ca the that gladdened and refreshed the e. EXCITEMENT OF A RACE, a For those whose tastes are not of the horsey cHarac- ter here was the grand compensation for a trip to Jerome Park, yet few, however averse to the sports of the field, could sit unmoved during the progress of at least two of the races run yesterday, Delitate ladies caught the infection of the moment, and as three gal- lant steeds, all abreast, came tearing up the home- stretch, with nobody to tell which might be the winner, they yielded to the irresistible impulse to clap bands in admiration. Could it only have been foretold what an exceptionally fine day would bless yesterday’s meeting the attendance must have been enormous, As it was, a host of sportsmen thronged the pool selling end of the | promenade, and, judging by the mass of vehicles of all | kinds parked immediately within the enclosure, there was little falling off from the attendance of previous seasons. A NUIBANCE. A mob of colored youths, in red turbans, stationed themselves inside the main entrance, and must have proved a sore nuisance to the carriage drivers passing in. They rushed like wild Indians at everybody driving a vehicle, clamoring for the privilege of taking it in charge. Tho services of these worthy lads are, no doubt, necessary, but the manner they have of offering them 1s decidedly trying to weak nerves, and might be improved upon with advantage. A REFORM. ‘The extension of the premenade in front of the grand stand proves to be a reform in the right direction. It gives room at the upper end for all the pool selling, and takes it away from too close proximity to tho grand stand, Betting and specalating in pools have | wonderful excitement for some, but the many who come to enjoy the races only, and have no speculative or gambling propensities, woud as soon see the betting men 4 wile off fromthe grand stand. TALK ON THE QUARTER STRETCH. After each race the genuine sporting men and many pretenders to be such stream out on the quarter stretch and talk horse in a lively way. It was after the second race, won by Mr. Belmont’s Olitipa aud lost by Mr, Mc- Daniel's Mattie A., that a little group assombled in front of the judges’ stand and discussed the race just ended. Mr. McDaniel, a famous man of the turf, thought his mare hada’t been fairly dealt with, and he said so, He asked John Morrisey if he did not think so too, and John nodded his head in the affirma- tive. Of course the uninitiated knew nothing about what the veteran horseman meant by having his mare “cut into” by the jockey of the winning horse, but it was clear he was in none of tho best of tempors, as few men are apt to bo after losing a hopefw race, Mr. Mo- Daniel is one of the characters of the turf. He is over sixty, perhaps, with white, careléss bair, a broad, mas- sive face, with a good deal of musclo and a heavy frame, showing symptoms of the advance of age. He cares only a trifle about personal appearances, and seems to be entirely absorbed in his stable and its achievements. THE POOLS AND THE PROMENADE, In the neighborhood of the pools quite a throng of men assembled. There was no undue excitement, though agreat deal of money changed hands. The result of the pool selling being taken away from the lower and removed to the upper end of the promenade is to take away the lounging groupe of gentlemen who formerly made a pleasant practice of promenading over the green sward between Underwood's and the French pools, and attitudinizing before the ladies on the grand | stand. However, if the latter had fewer manly and fashionable forms to gaze upon yosterday, they were in some degree compensated by the presence of two Deautiful fountains standing on the promenade about a hundred feet apart, and throwing up numerous fine jets of water, sparkling in the sunlight, and falling in diamond epray on every side. THE CLUB HOUSE ‘was not as largely patronized ag on some former ‘autumn mectings, but the grounds to the north lying among tho trees, where thq terraced banks are crowned with rustic seats and slope almost to the level | of the track, were resorted to by an uncommonly large number of the club house people. Seated on the rustic benches, under tho sheltering foliage, lstening to the soft susurration of the branches, gives a fecling of betng | nearer to nature than being on the club house balcony, with the buzz of city gossip in one’s ears. In tho toilets of the ladies there was little to attract attention beyond the remarkable absence of anything very rich or showy, This was the case on the grand stand as well as at the club house, was the distinguishing feature of tho dresses. Below the club house, on the green, a solitary English drag stood, and in its loncliness was more an object of pity than of admiration. DONNYBROOK HILL, as the rocky bluff overhanging Jerome avenue in the immediate vicinity of the race course bas come to be humorously called, was lined for several hundred yards | by adense mass of men and women, The summit ot this eminence is a trifle higher than the roof of the grand stand, It is decidedly the most commanding post of observation in the valley, where the track of | the race course, like an enormous letter B, reposes, With the exception of a short bitof the track to the | northwest, which is concealed by a spur of the hill on which the club house stands, the spectator on Mount Donnybrook can yg i eyo on the horses in a race from start to finish. Here |t is the enthusi- asm, excited by a field of horses flying before ihe wind, each straining every nerve and muscle for victory, breaks forth with a wild freedom born of the conscious- ness that there is nothing to pay in the hen of gato money or tickets to the grand stand. Yesterday a band was employed by the proprietor of the neighboring hotel, and all the music of Ireland and America was sent roliing over hill and dule with great effect. The musicians geomod to feel they had a mission to per. form, and exercised their lungs with vigor. They m: themselves heard at the club —_ on the grand stand and in the woods beyond, perbaps flattered themselves the managers of the course were in misery at having missed the opportunity of securing their services, The crowd on Donnybrook Hill was well behaved though greatly given to fun. ‘They had a man to amuse them who swallowed fire, allowed himself to be tied with ropes \d released his encumbered limbs in a twinkling, sang songs of several ed verses and showed the manner in which Tom 8 fought Heenan. It was wiflle he was in thé midst of one of hia imterminable ballads that somebody he crowd cried out “They're off!’ and instantly his wudience deserted him ieaving him to sing tothe sighing winds It wag @ false cry, bowever, and his auditory there they stood still and | es A quiet elegance | féetdPed to Lith again and bis collection of pennies assured. ‘MRS. CASEY'S IRISH JI0, . The band struck up geveral lively Irish jiga, and, as the Irtsh element was in force, a number of pice fey restive, and presently impromptu dancing marked tho the sic, §=AD iderly lady nimbly with a male a reel, and, ir e orig up from sheer exhaustion, a female acquaintance, ‘who had been looking on admiringly, approached her and observed “ ou are ‘in’ your legs a pleasure, Mrs. Casey?” ‘Yes, Mrs, McCarthy ;” responded the able to give a pretty exouse for doing what she might otherwise deem unseemly in one of her years, NATIVE AND PORKIGN METHODS. They had abundance of amusement on the hill, The man with the gaivanic battery, calling forth “Try your nerves,” was there, and arother with a small iable pierced with knives, each knife penetrating a fifty cent ‘stamp, which he offered to anybody who could make ring, at twenty paces, drop down on the upright knife, Peanut and ginger bread venders were numerous, and as for the lager stands, they transacted a roaring business, The hill hag become one of the institutions of Jerome Park. Inside the course everything is dis- tinctively American. The well dressed and decorous attendance, the abso! in specalation—another and more respectable term for betting—the quietude of demeanor and the absence of horse play. Outside, on the hill the element 15 foreign and the methods of filling up the chinks of time between each race are foreign also. But though it be called Donnybrook Hill the people who resort there are orderly toa degree. They take great delight in “chafing” anybody who walks up among them with a ctub house badge dangling at his button hole. Old chaps who have canvassed every race course in | Great Britain and Ireland resort here to mest somo congenial spirits and have a talk over old times “when Finn McCoole won the sw es at the Curragh meeting.”” They are well up in all the mysteries of the turf and make protty good — occastonally from the gait of a horse what his chances are in a race. Half n pools of extremely modest propor- tions were made a by the hill ple ranging | in amount from $2 to $7. Infinitely more excite- ment was exhibited at the auction of these pools than where thousands of dollars were involved in the sales on the course, It was pleasant to observe the univer- sal good humor that prevailed. The proprietors of the grounds might make them still more popular with the people who resort there by placing a row of seats for | the women, and charging ten cents a head, along by the edge of the bluff. GOING TO THE RACES BY RAIL. ‘Two special trains, one at half past twelve and the other at half past one, left the Grand Central depot for Fordham fairly filled with passengers of a sporting turn of mind. The experience of going to the races by train is very different from that of going there by carriage through tho Park. It is far less wasthetic; in fact the mind ig aptto acquire a sordid cast on the journey by rail, If the wsitor to the races takes the smoking car, vhe only conversation he can hope to overhear is of French pools, Paris Mutuel pools and Jobn- son's ols—of what one sporting authority said of that, In truth there is\as little sentiment in a railroad train bound for the races as in a political primary, How very different when one approaches Jerome Par} um! fhe noble pastime of.borseracing through such refinifg afd Py, Lito, 9 influences as the varied scenery of the Central Par exhibits and exercises on the souk A gyege bap borly follows the arrival of the “ the yllangus hackdriters of train, 3 Forauam. = aed New York seem to have congrega—* “ere, recognize the notes of their braying lungs V shout, “First train for the racecourse!” ‘There are backs in abundance and large omnibuses of primeval date offering to take passengers “up” for a quarter ahead. A figh, steep hill has to be traversed before the level of the land where the racecourse lies is reached: A stirring ere pa gt heey an load KS passengers all eager one déstination, rus! | wildly from the cars to the nearest édnveyances. ‘There is much swearing among the drivers, and, as their | vehicles are red en’ masse by the railroad track, a | few moments of Intense confusion ts the result, Cabby on the inside has acomplete fare, but cannot get out, for he is ‘tall surrounded” like the lads in the song. But when at last the coast is clear, the rivalry among the | drivers to overrcach each other (in the seuse of ng) affords great amusement to the ngers, *Werotheh is a touch of “going to the Derby,” and that is why it would be such a great pity for Mr. Vanderbilt to runa switch from his ri to the course. He hates to spoil fun and he won’t do it. Then there is @ considerable troop of destrians in embarrassed circumstances who take to the sidewalk and tramp all the way from the railroad to the course. ‘They afford endless fun to the drivers, and also to the passengers, and here we have anotuer touch of “going to the Darby.” Jehu cries’ to these poor, but decent people, ‘Say, old man, ou up for ten cents and find you in to Fame here, boss, why don’t you take your shoes off save the sole leather;” “Say, Reilly, bet you ti -five cents on thar yg tt for “Halloo, sport, you can’t on the id stan twenty-live cents.” Tho unfortunate fellows who elect to go it afoot to save r are mereil rs foot to the quarte: lesshy scoffed at by the drivers, wno look upon any efforts to avoid patronizing them on race days as somothing like * an infringement of their rights, ro gore nase entra tt occur ju a tne man, pe one gp Saeco! back bg bg an of evidently the strougest sporting instinct pu of five New York rowdies up from the train, oping to redeive at the end of the journey the sum of twenty-five cents from As he drew within a few | hundred feet of the was drawing to @ | fimsh, and i blu above came drove a : cheers, The driver and his passengers all stood up wo witness the exciting event, and the driver's Tacultion | were utterly absorbed. His eyes were on the winning horse and his ears were filled with the tumultuous shouts of the great concourse on Donnybrook Hill. His passengers in the meantime slipped out of the carriage and disay The next moment the driver turned, and finding his fare had flown, jumped from his seat with murder in hiseyes ‘Bad luck to ye”’ he yelled, looking about him in ali direc- | tions, “a man couldn’t turn his bead around widout a dirty lot of spalpecns takin’ advantage of him. Look | here, sir, are you one 0’ the min that come up in my car.) The individual addressed replied in the nega- | the gate and entering the grounds, as one he thought had come up with him. Away went tho defrauded hackman ata terrific run, but as he cloared the gate a dozen darkeys with red skull caps blocked his passage, mission. The r fellow had to retraco his hasty steps with the loss of his entire but it isto be hoped with asalutary moral deeply engraven on bis mind. THE RACING. The track was in most excellent condition for racing, but a heavy dust prevailed, notwithstanding the water- ing it received in the morning. The weather was charming and the sport highly satisfactory, Five events were on the card, the first being a dash of a mile, with penalties for winners and allowances for beaten horses; the second the Hunter Stakes for three- third the Maturity Stakes, for four-year-old colts and fillies, three miles; the fourth a dash of a mile and a half, with allowances for beaten horses and penalties for winners, and the fifth was a handicap steeplechase of about two miles and # half, ‘The first race had nine starters, comprising Charles Reed's bay colt Rambler, 8 years old, carrying 95 Ibs ; Charles 8. Lloyd's brown colt, by Asteroid, 4 years old, 101 Ibs, ; T. W. Doswell’s bay colt Arcturus, 8 years old, 88 Ibs, ; D. McDaniel’s brown filly Josio B., 4 years old, 108 Ibs, ; ©. H. & W. A. Mullen’s bay colt Paper Maker, 8 years old, 95 Ibs.; James Thompson’s chostnut filly Emma, 4 years old, 105 Ibs; Harbeck & Jonnson’s | chestnut filly Australind, 3 years old, 85 Ibs. ; George L. Lorillard’s bay colt Leander, 8 years old, 95 Ibs; P. | Loriliard’s chestnut filly Springlet, 8 years old, 86 Ibs., and W. R. Bavcock’s chestnut colt Egypt, 4 years old, 108 Ibs. Josie B, and Egypt alternated for first choice is horse at another sporting authority of | tive, but pointed to a figure just disappearing through | and the gatekeeper roared at him for his ticket of ad- | lady addressed, ‘41's good for the rheumatiz, and that’s | the raison Idolit,” And Mrs Casey showed she was | year-old fillies, a dash of a mile and three-quarters; the | | Coming into the homestretch a very beautiful struggle D, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. Brigand came to the post with his fore legs in a shaky condition, and both his owner and trainer anticipated that he would break down in the le. They cau- tioned their friends not to back the colt; but his fino running at Saratoga the past summer was remembered, and many were induced to purchase him, He came in fourth and pulled up very lame. Countess, the winner, bas run ten races during the past summer and has scored six winnings. She was beaten mile heats by Piccolo at the Pimlico track in May after winning the first heat and making @ dead heat lor the second; and again in the Fordham handicap sweepstakes at Jerome Park on the first day of the June meeting, the race being won by Wildidie, Her first victory was the Con- solation purse, three-quarters of a mile, when she beat a field of seven. Then she was beaten at Long Branch by Leander and again at the same place by Grinstead, Rutherfurd, Stampede and The Hoaxer in the Mansion House Stakes, the distance being two miles and a half; but when ‘she ran her first race at Saratoga she made an example of Madge, Leander, Spindrift, Brigandand Lioyd’s Asteroid colt in a dash of three-quarters of a mile. This victory she followed up by deating atield of eight a mile in 1:4244. A few days erward Brigand and Rhadamanthus beat Countess a mule and an eighth in 1:66; but after coming from the region of the healing waters she has not lost a race, She won mile heats and a dash of a mile and a quarter at Prospect Park Fair Grounds at the late meeting at that place, and as given above she ran her three miles yesterday with a great deal of spiritand vim. She is certainly the best get of the great race horse Kentucky, and is very dangerous in any raoe, ‘The fourth event, which was a dash of a mile anda halt, had seven starters. These were Doswo!l & Cum- mack’s bay filly Invoice, 8 years old, carrying 85 Ibs. ; D. McDaniel’s chestnut ‘colt Jo Cerns, 3 years old, lbs. ; F. T, Bruce’s bay gelding Warrior, dyes old, 105 Ibs. ; J. A. Grinstead’s chestnut colt St. Martin, 8 years old, 88 lbs, ; Charles Reed’s bay colt Rambler, 8 years old, 95 Ibs; A.M. Burton’s bay horse Survivor, 5 years ol U4 Ibs, and John Cotfee's bay mare Nettie Norton, ears old, 106 Ibs, St. Martin was the fayorite just be- fore the étart, Jo Corus having had the callin tho earlier sales, Nettie Norton also was tn demand at the latest moment, her backers evidently not wishing to show their hands too soon. They got on all the money they wanted, and lost it, to their great disappointment, The mare did not come up to their expectations, as the time of the race was not at @ high rate of 5] and Nettie was only a moderate third. St Martin won an easy race, Jo Qerns second, The win- ner, it will be remembered, — particularly by those who backed him heavily for the Kenner Stakes at Saratoga, was cut down on the last half-mile of that race, and has been laid up ever since. It was the general opinion of all who knew the speed of tho colt that but for the accident he could not have lost the race. Many of those who backed him at Saratoga took another chance yesterday, and St, Martin landed them their winnings Very easily. He is a most elegant run- ner, does not seem to labor at all, and bas a wonderful turn of speed, He is a finely formed colt, bright chest- nut, of good size and finely proportioned, and will be found hurd to beat at any reasonable distance of ground. He was sired by imported Phaeton, dam Tokay, and from such parentage should be able to stay a white. The fifth and last event of the day was @ handicap steeplechase, and had for starters George Longstaf!’s bay horse Coronet, 5 years old, 146 Ibs; L. A. Hitch- cock’s Busy Bee, 4 years old, 123 Ibs. ;’ Ayres & Sut- clifle’s bay gelding Didvolo, 6 yearg, old, 158 Iba. ; A. H. Torrance’s chestnut gelding, rouble, & Fears old, 188 Ibs. ; Jo Donahuo’s bay coit Deadhead, 4 years old, 152 Ibs., and J, G. K, Lawrence's chestnut gelding Boz, 4 ears Old, 125 Ibs. Trouble had the call in the betting for along time, but just previous to the start Diavolo sold for the most money. Deadhead was third in favor, Coronet fourth. The race was one of the best ever run Fy this country, the horses doing their best all the way, \d.a great part of the time there was hardly daylight betwedn the first four. Diavolo won after a very fine struggle home with Trouble. ‘The following are the detajls of the racing as it came off; — eget ante ipsa He pmet RACK. : Purse $500; winners of $1,000 to carry 7 Ibs. extra; beaten maidens allowed, if four years old or less, 7 bs. ; if five or more, 12 lbs, ‘One mile, STARTERS, George L. Lorillard’s b. c. Leander, by Enquirer, eon by Bounie Scotland, 3 years oid, 95 lbs, (Spar- D. MéDaniel’s br. £ Josie B., by Asteroid, dam Ca- nary Bird, 4 years old, 106 ibs. (Clark 2 Ratons i Charles 8, Lloyd's br. c., by Asterojd, 4 years old, 101 Ibs, (Quinn)... 55... Sadan W. it, Babcock’s ch. c. Egypt, by Planet, dam Lady Barry, 4 years old, 108 Ibs. (Hazard)... ae P. Loritlard’s ch. &Springtet, by Australias, “dam Springbrook, 8 years old, 86 Ibs. (Barrett)......... Harbeck & Jolinson’s ch, f, Australind, by “Austra- lian, dam Dolly Carter, 3. years old, 85 Ibs. (Spill- THAD)... ce crcccecccccccecccccccs secvesscescncccees Thomas W. Dosweil's b. c. Arcturas, by Planet, dam Elkhorna, 8 years old, 88 Ibs. (Flotonce).....+.. + H, & W. A. Mullins"b, c. Paper Maker, by Bon- nie Scotiand, dam by Australian, 8 years old, 05 Guariog Nok Sie sanhinn by La ington, aries ’s b,c. Rambler, by Lex! Cairngorm, 3 years old, 96 Ibs. (Scott)... — ‘Thompson's ch. f. by THE RACE. Leander was first away, Josic B, socond, Emma third, Springlet fourth, Egypt fifth, Paper Maker sixth, joyd’s colt seventh, Australind eighth, Arcturas ninth Leander showed the way around the upper turn, and was one length in front at the quarter pole, Josic B. second, three lengths ahead of Emma, Austratind fourth, Springlet fifth, Egypt sixth, the’ others in a bunch. As they under the bluff Leander was leading two lengths, but, as they swung around the hill, Josie B. had closed up nearly all the dayhight,.the others as before. When the horses came in sight on the lower turn Leander still had the best of it by a length, Josie B. second, Egypt third, Emma fourth, Springlet ‘fir Australind sixth, the others following close togeth ensued, Leander came on_ finely, aud won the race by two lengths, a length ahead of Lloyd's colt, Egypt fourth, Springlet fifth, Australind sixth, Arcturus seventh, r Maker eighth, Rambier ninth, Emma tenth. Time of the mile, 147. leading the crowd, josie B. second, batt THE BROOND RACE. Tae Hunter Stakes, for fillies 8 years old; $100 each, half forfeit, with $1,000 added, the second horse to receive $200 out of the stakes, Closed with 36 nominations, One mile and three-quarters, STARTRRS. ‘A. Belmont’s ch. f. Olitipa, by Leamington, dam ‘Oliata (Eve aye gy ite at ig Miaae 1 D. McDaniel’s ch. £ Mattic A., by Australian, dam Minnie Mawfield (Clark)..... - 3 J. A. Grinstead’s b. f. Gilliflower, by Gilroy, dam seer fo Barn nes - ttttteeesererevens B i THE BETTING. . 1,000 600 600 650 1,100 . 410, 275 280 300 510 id ‘i The Paris Mutuels paid $6 60. THE RA CR. Gillifower was first away, Mattie A. second, Olitipa lose up. When they reached the bluff Gillitiower led two lengths; but before the fillies wero around it Olitipa was on the lead, with Mattie A. second, a length Jn front ef Gillidower. The fillies then passed out of sight around the hill, and when they came in view again Olitipa and Mattie A. were running head and head, four lengths in front of Gilliflower. The leading fillios ran side and side around the lower turn; but as they came into the quarter stretch Olitipa was a neck in front, five lengths in advance of Gilliflower. They ran close together up to the stand, and as they passed under the wire Olitipa and Mattie A. were nearly parallel ive lengths in front of Gillifower. Go- jng around tho upper turn Mattie A. had her head in fromt for ashort time; but as they passed the quarter * | pole Olitipa was a neck in front, and she came down und passed under the bluif in this way. Going to the half-mile pole around the hill Olitipa made a dash, and ina moment was a length in front, She then paased out of sight, but when next seen on the lower turn the in the pools, Springlet being third in favor, Leander the | affwir was over; Olitipa was leading four lengths, under | fourth choice. The latter won the race, apparently very easily, Josie B. second, Lioyd’s Asteroid colt It will be remembered that on Saturday last | | third. | Josie B, beat Leander very easily ina race of a milo | | and an eighth, which undoubtedly was the reason for ber being 80 great a favorite over Leander. On | the present occasion, however, Leander tarned the tables by beating the filly in a similar manner, Leander made the best time on record at that time at | the spring races at Lexington, and also ran a good mile | at Long Branch, where he won. His winning yesterday | was a surprise, a8 the mutuels’ | { ols paid twelve for Egypt, after Joste B., was looked on as the win- this cult baving made some splendid races in the but he only arrived from Touisville on Friday nd bas not had a chance, to use a nautical phrase, ting his “sea legs"’ off’ after his railroad trav i# a finely formed colt and has capital action, but a little “tied up” in his movements yesterday, Betare the meoting is over, however, be will likely havy a chance to please his backers better than he did in his first race in the North, He is owned by W. R m D. one. Babcock, who purchased him at a large price Swigest, of Spring Station, Ky. The second eveut—the Hunter Stakes—had dat three atarters out of the thirty-six original nomina- tions. ‘These were D. McDaniel’s chestnut filly Mattie A., by Augtralian, dam Minnio Mansfield; J. A. Grin- stead's bay filly Gillifower, by Gilroy, dam Sister to Raric, aud A. Belmont’s chestnut filly Olitipa, by Leamington, dam Oliata Mr. Belmont’s filly was o great favorite over the others, This was anticipated, 8 she had beaton Mattie A. twice over this track in the spring, and Mattie A. had beaten Gillilower on | Saturday last, The race was little more than a hand a8 Mattie A. bas been aillicted with jorse disease, and was nothing like her- If she was ever so well, however, we think or any’ other three-year-old gullop for Oliti the prevailing solf. could beat ‘The Maturity Stakes had five. starters only out of twonty-five entries. These comprised D. McDantel’s chestnut filly Madge, by Australian, dam Alabama; Jos, Donahue's bay mare Osage, by Pat Malloy, dam Kato Loonard; G. Longstai’s bay filly Countess, by Kentucky, dam Lady Blessington; Charles Reed's brown volt Brigand, by Planet, dam Britannia TV, and W. H. Chamberlin’s bay colt "The Hoaxer, by W. Dance, dam Lass of Sidney, Countess was first favor. ite, Madge the second choice, Brigand third and field fourth in demand, which comprised Osago and The Hoaxer. Countess won the race very easily, showi moh greater speed and bottom than Tides’ boassssods i & pull, while Mattio A. was driving | Olitipa came bome an easy winner, by ton lengths, in 3:14, Gilliflower eighty ards away. The stakes amounted to $2,950. The fol- jowingarethe WINNERS OF THE HUNTER STAKBS, Year. Winners. Sires. Starters, 1869—Invercauld. ..St. Aibans.. 4 1870—Remorseloss . Eclipse . 6 1871—Elsio. ... Leamington. 2 1872—W oodbine. ...Censor or Kentucky... 3 18738—Liazio Lucas, .Australian..... 2 1874—Madge Australian... 4 1875—Olitipa. Leamington. 3 THE THIRD RACK Tam Marvarry Stakes, for four-year-olds, of $200 each, half forfeit, with $1,200 added; the second horse to receive $300 out of the stakes. Closed with 5 nomi- nations, Three miles. STARTERS, G. Longstaff’s b. £ Countess, by Kentucky, dam Lady Blessington, (Swini)... woocee OB D. MeDaniel’s ch. £ Madge, by Australian, dam Ala- bama, (Clark)... iedvomytiaacoorseiess: B W. H. Chamberlin’s b. ¢. The Hoaxer, by War Dance, dam Lass of Sidney, (S ) evaccvece OB Charles Reod’s br. nia 1V., (Barbee). . Se J. Donahe’s b. f. Osage, by Pat Malloy, dam Kate Leonard, (Evans)...... rspchiddlas ducusevasscudes.” © Time, 6:43.44. Tus BETTING, Madge .. 105825860 405855 Countess. . 100 1,500 1,200 600500 Brigand. 6 "740455205 HO. The Field. 160-660 800175 US ‘The Paris Mutueis paid $13 20. THR RACK. Countess was away first, Osage second, Madge third, The Hoaxor fourth, Brigand tith. Osage soon went to the front, and at the quarter pole led two lengths, The Hoaxer second, Countess third, Madge fourth, Brigand fifth. They passed around the bluff in this order, and when they caine in sight on the tower turn Ouage was one length in front, Tue Hoaxer six lengths in advance of Countess, who was one length in front of Madge, the latter two lengths ahead of Brigand. The horses made no changes in their positions up the homestretch, and passed the stand at a rather moderate pace. No move- ment was made to run fast until the horses had rum three quarters of a mile further and had entered the homestretch, Then Madge moved up to Counsess, and in an instant they were ruuning away from the others. ‘At the furlong pole the fillies were side and side, but as they passed the stand at the finish of the second mile Madgo led a__ neck, second, ven lengths in front ot Osago, ‘The Hoaxer Countess 4 Brigand runuing neck and neck. 'The race was now redwood wa mateb between Madge and Countess, | and when they reached the stand Invoice was leading Gotng around the upper turn on the third mile Countess began to show in front, and at the quarter le she’ bad Madge whipped. Countess was two ngths ahead of Madge at that point, and then comin, down to the bluff Countess led four lengths. Trou there home she showed the way without being forced, while Madge was hard driven and whipped, but she could not approach the fleet daughter of Kentucky and Lady Blessington. Countess came home an easy win- ner, ina gallop, two lengths in front of Madge, the latter eighty yards in advance of The Hoaxer, who was half a length in front of Brigand, the latter a furlong | ahead of Osage. Time of the three miles, 6:48. Brig- and pulled up very lame, The stakes amounted to $4,200, ‘Tho following are the WINNERS OF THE MATURITY STAKES. Year. Winner, Sire. 1869—Abd el-Kader. Australian 1870—Glenel, Citadel , Fe 1871—Preakuoad. . Lexingts 7 baa” 1872—Monarchist . . Lexington 2 brah 1873—Mate 4 6:51 1874—Catesi 4 5:36 1875—Countess. 5:43.36 Purse, $600; winners of 000 7 Ibs. extra; beaten Maidens allowed 7 lbs. One mile and a half, STARTERS. J. A. Grinstead’s ch. o. St. Martin, by imp. Phaeton, dam Tokay, 8 years old, 88 lbs, (Sayers)... D. McDaniel .¢. Jo. Cernus, by Australian, dam Bettie Ward, 8 years old, 88 Ibs. (Clark)... Rhee John Cotfee’s br. f. Nettie’ Norton, by Leamington, dam Long Nine, 4 years old, 105'Ibs. (Evans)..... Doswetl_& Cammack's b. £ Invoice, by Lexington, dam Voiga, 3 years old, 85 Ibs. (Florence)........ 4 ¥. T. Bruce's b.'g. Warrior, by War Dance, dam Cas- tanira, 4 years old, 105 Iba. (Fisher)...........4. 5 ‘Time, 2:42, THE BETTING. 285 275 275 450 830-270 435 410 259 455 275 «280 550 85 85285 ‘The horses started from the foot of the new track, which gives them a quarter of a mile run before reach: ing the quarter stretch at the three-quarter pole, When the flag fell we made out Invoice in front, St. Martin second, Jo Cerns third, Nettie Norton fourth, Warrior fifth. The horses ran in this way into the quartor stretch, two lengths, St. Martin second, three lengths in front of Jo Cerns, who was three lengths in advance of Nettie Norton and Warrior, the last two named running side and side. Invoice showed the way around the upper turn, and was four lengths ahead at the quarter pole, St. Martin second, half a length ahead of de Cerns, the latter two lengths in advance of Nettie Norton, Warrior bringing up the rear, The horses passed around the bluff in the order given, but when they appeared in sight on the lower turn Invoice was two lengths in tront of St. Martin, Jo Cerns close up, Nettie Norton fourth, Warrior beaten off. Before the horses got into the homestretch the racing began in earnést, and when they struck straight ruznuing St, Martin was leading, In- voice second, Jo Cerns third, Nettie Norton fourth, Warrior out of the fray. A fine run home, and St. Mar- tin passet! under the wire a winner of the race by a Jength, Jo Cerns second, haif a length ahead of Nettie Norton, Iuvotos fourth, Warrior fifth. Time of the mile and a bulf, 2:42 ‘THE PITH RACE, Haxorcar Srexriecuase..—Purse $800, of which $200 to the second horse; entrance freo; ‘three or more horses, the property of different owners, to start or no race, About two miles and a half, STARTERS. Ayres & Sutcliffe’s b. g. Diavolo, by doncsboro’, dam g. Ninette, 5 years old, 158 Ibs. (Midgeby).......... wl A HL Torrance’s ch. g. Trouble, by Ulverston, dam Kate McDonald, 5 years old, 158 Ibs. (Murphy)... 2 Jo Donabue’s b. c. Deadhead, by Julius, dam Seizure, 4 years old, 152 Ibs, (Moanéy). . saan 8 George Longstaf’s b. h. Coronet. by Jonesboro’, dam Garland, 5 yoars old, 146 Ibs. (Little)... ....es000. L. A. Hitehcock’s ch.’ f. Busy Bee, by War Danco, dam Laura Spillman, 4 years old, 123 Ibs, (Mo: ATE aR Aga aR a a o see awrenaaly akg HOES age © hickamauga, 4 years old, 125 Ibs, (Richardson)... 6 i ‘Time, 4:15. THE BETTING, + 200 550 400 . 190 400 500 . 1 810 310 > 250 250 The Field.. « . 15 260 205 The Paris Mutuels paid $20 50. THE RACE. Trouble was first away, Busy Beo ‘second, Coronet third, Deadhead fourth, ‘Diavolo fitth, Boz sixth. Di- avolo soon ran up to the leader, and when Trouble jumped the first hurdle Diavolo was up with him, Cor- onet third, Deadhead fourth, Busy Bee fifth, Boz sixth. ‘The next jump was into the north field, and then over ahurdle in the fur side of it, near. the quarter pole. Diavolo was first over this, Trouble next, Deadhead third, Coronet fourth, Busy Bee fifth. The horses then came out of the field’and jumped a hurdle at the foot of the bluff, all very close together, in the same order ‘as before. ‘They then passed into the south field and circled around there, passing over hedges and ditches until they rounded to und ran at the brush and water in front of the stand. The horses were running at their very best pace when they came to the water. Trouble was leading one length, Diavolo second, a length ahead of Coronet, the latter four lengths in ad- vance of Deadhead, who was two lengths ahead of Busy Bee, Boz bringing up the rear. The jumping was most excellent, Notamistake bad yet been made in the from the reckless pace that the horses were ‘accidents were feared. Over the water safely the jorses then dashed, along the little shute between tho fractional and regular tracks, Jumping a brash fence; then coming out they crossed the regular track an took the road leading to the picnic grounds, where on the way they jumped a dry ditch, They mounted the hill without changing pieces, rowble going over the stone wall at the top first, Diavolo second, Coronet third, Deadhead fourth, Busy Bee fifth, Boz last. They then ran down the rocks, crossed the track again, and Jumped into the north field, in the centre of which they jumped a stone wall, Trouble was sull leading one length, Diavolo second, a length in front of Coronet, the latter two lengths in advance of Deadhead, who was four lengths abead uf Busy, and she six in front of Boz. Out of the field, they jumped the hurdie at the foot of the bluff, ‘then ran ‘into the south field, where they over a brush fence and then two ditches, and afterward passed out of the field on to the regular track, near the three quarter pole. Trouble at this time’ had his neck in front of Diavolo, Coronet third, Deadhead fourth, the others beaten off. A most exciting run up the homestretch ensued, Trouble and Diavolo being on even terms when they jumped the last hurdle 100 yards from home; but a8 Soon as they landed Diavolo began leaving Trouble, and landed @ winner by two lengths Deadhead was four lengths further off, a neck in advance of Coronet, Busy Bee fifth, Boz sixth, Time of the chase 4:163¢. This race was much admired, as it was run ata clipping pace from beginning to end by four of the best horses in the country, and two others that will be tolerably good, probably, sometime. But the company that Busy Bee and Boz were in on this occasion was too good for them, notwithstanding the light weight which they cari ried. This closed satisfactorily the second day of the autumn meeting at Jerome Park. NASHVILLE BLOOD HORSE ASSO- CIATION. Nasuviie, Tenn., Oct, 5, 1875. ‘The second day of fall meeting ‘of the Nashville Blood Horse Association attracted a large attendance, and the ladies’ stand was well patronized. The weather ‘was magnificent, SUMMARIES. - First Racr.—Merchants’ Post Stakes, for all ages; $50 entrance, p. p.; association added $1,000; $100 to | second horse, Two-mile heats. STARTERS. Harper's b. c. Ten Broeck..........ssee0ee08 Robinson, Morgan & Co.'s br. c. Bob Woolley Time, 3:36 }¢—3:40%4. Tho pools on this race avet 4 to lin favor of Ten Broeck. The first mile in the first heat was run in 1:44, with Woolley a neck ahead. The first heat is the fastest by a quarter of asecond ever made on this track, Seconp Racs.—Association Purse of $300. Mile heats. STARTERS, Megibben’s ch. f Elemi Durham's ch. ¢. Brakesmat McCarty’s ch. c. Voltigeur. Tima, 1:46%—1:46 ‘The pools averaged—Elemi, 100; Brakesman, 36; Voltigeur, 30. Tiko ‘Rack.—Assoqjation Purse, $150. Dash of a mile and @ quarter, STARTERS. Megibben’s br. f. Novelty ... Todd's b. ¢, Millionnaire Rico's chs,f Rosebud. Elliott’s ch. f. Fanny Maione Davis’ ch. ©. Damon......... . Ballentine’s ch. g. Ballyehannon ‘Tine, 2:14%. ‘The pools sold averaged-—Malone, 100; Novelty, 42; Millionnatre, 40; field, 1. cooene TO-DAY'’S RACING, Speculation on to-day’s events at Nashville was very spirited in this city last evening. The pools averaged as follows:— Finet Rack—The Buford Stakes, for three-year-olds; $50, p p., the association to add’ $600; second horse to receive $100; closed October 8, 1875, with twenty- nine nominations, six of which are void by deaths, Two-mile heats, Goorge Graham, 90 Iba. Volcano, 90 ID8....... Emma 6., 87 Ibs. Verdigris, 90 Ibs. Vindicator, 90 ibs. *Asterlite, 90 Ibs wine of i 1b Sroonp Rack.—Purse $200, for all ages; entrance five per cent of purse. ee and a half miles. rf Bachange, Johnsonks, Fair Play, 104 Ibs. 2% 73 | «90180 Arizona, 111 Ibs. 2 6 8660 65 Millionaire, 90 Ibs. . Be 40 (60 Tao Rack —Purse ; trance five per cont of purse, au eighth, Woatherby, 90 Ibs. for three-year-olds; en- Dash off one’ mile and Turf Exchan, Johnson's. $40 oo 4a 9 8=6100 PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS, This is the second day of the fall trotting meeting at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, and in addition to the unfinished 2:40 race two events are on the regular pro-- gramme. These are the 2:33 and 2:26 purses, tho first of which will have as starters Pauline, Wallace, Panny Sprague, Phil O'Neil, Clifton, Tip Allen, Marshall and Edith, Tho “twenty-six” race will bring to the scene Barney Kelly, Ella Maddon and Kitty D. But few pools were sold on these last evening, the average being as follows:—2:33 purse—Wallace, 35; Pauline, 30; field 25. “Twenty-six” race—Barney Kelly, 40; Ella Madden, 35; Kitty D., 10. Steam cars will leave Twentieth street and Ninth ave- nue every half hour for the grounds. EASTERN DUTCHESS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Awwests, Oct. 5, 1875. The fall meeting of the Eastern Dutchess Agricultural Society opened to-day. The weather was fine and tho attendance fair, The fruit, vegetable, poultry, horse and cattle show was the largest and finest ever held here, Tho $2,500 purse offered were declared off owing to the entries being conditional on the horses re- covering from the epizootic, and the special purse of $500 offered, all of which had been filled. Tho first was a double team race for $100, of which the following is 0 SUMMARY, ©. Redavat’s ¢ m, Lady and sptd g. Uncle Dave... Riadanp hati nubian SF pt al ap J. 0. Conktin’s m. New Berling Girl and b. g. Harry Conkljn...........066.8 12 2 2 Isaac Winans’ b. m. Nelly Jones and & g. F. H, Weeks... sarestigns (Se Mic ks RM ‘Time, 2:49- 2:462¢- 22602 45 2:48, Hon. Moses Tilden arrived here this evening, and {t is expectod His Excellency Governor Tilden will be here to-morrow, CENTRAL NEW YORK FAIR. Uri0a, Oct, 5, 1975. The Central New York Fair closed to-day, with a goodly attendance, considering the cool and cloudy weather. Medbury’s Nellie Irwin, of Norwich, won a match raco with George Hammill’ Great Eastern, of Rome, in the second, third and fifth heats, Best time, 2:2834, The fair has been quite a success, in spite of the gen- erally unfavorable weathe THE CHALLENGE YACHT RACES. The agreements for the races between the yachts Resolute aud the Estelle, Comet, Dreadnaught and Vesta were signed yesterday afternoon. By mutaal consent the terms have been modified, and pow stand as follows. Wepnespay, Oct. 6,8 A. M.—Resolute vs. Estelle; New York Yacht Club course, working sails; for a din- ner. Fray, Oct. 8, 10 A. M.—Resolute vs. Comet; New York Yacht Club course; for a dinner. Tugspay, Oct. * 4 P. M.—Resolute, Dreadnaught and Vesta; Sandy Hook Lightship to Cape May Light- ship and return; for a dinner, YACHTING NOTE. Yacht Addio Voorhis, 8.¥.C., Mr. Roosovelt, trom New York for Oyster Bay, passed Whitestone yester- ay. CRICKET NOTES. To-morrow a match will be played on the Washington Grounds, Staten Island, between the Prospect Park and Staten Island clubs. The Park Club will be selected from the following:—Messrs, Harmon, Sprague, White, Errington, Ronaldson, Mellville, W. Scott, G. Scott, Crossley, Grery, Hooper and Dodge, The Staten Island Club will include Rogers, Luske, Romilly, Moore, Davis, Roberts, Brewstor, Duer and Eyre, Play will commence at eleven o'clock. Also, On to-morrow, the St. George's Club, of this city, will play a picked eleven from Orange, N. J., on the grounds foot of Kighth street, Hoboken, The St. George’s .Club will go to Philadelphia next week to play the return match with the Young Amer- ica and Germantown clubs. JOSEY SULLIVAN. NOT ABDUCTED, BUT LOST IN THD HA®—A SAD STORY. The mystery which has hung over the fate of Josey Sullivan for the past three weeks has at last been solved, but in such @ way as will carry sadness tomany hearts besides those of the bereaved parents. About three weeks ago the child was reported at Police Head- quarters as missing His father, Mr. Dennis Sullivan, of No. 412 Greenwich street, thinking that he had been abducted, made every effort in his power to discover his whereabouts. Detectives were employed, a largo reward was offered, and the father himself, neg. lecting his business, personally attended to the search and eagerly followed up every supposed clew. All his efforts were unavailing, bowever, and the parents began to lose all hope of ever learning the fate of their child, when suddenly, by the merest accident, the circumstances of his disappearance were cleared up beyond a doubt. On the corner of Laight and Washing- ton streets, just around the corner from the house where Josey Sullivan lived, is the bay and feed store of Messrs. Devine & Rush. The keeper of the store while removing, yesterday afternoon, at three o’clock, some of the bales of hay that had been sold, saw protruding from under oue of the bales the leg of a young chiki. He immediately notified bis landlord, and then conveyed the intelligence to the Fifth precinct police station, in Leonard street. The advanced state of decomposition in which the body was found, coupled with the length of time that had elapsed since the loss of Josey Sulli- van, led Mr, Devine to infer that this might be the long missing child, A clerk was summoned from the store of Mr. Sulli- van and Mr. Michael Sullivan, his brother, was also called from his place of business. They both con- firmed these suspicions, identifying the child by his clothes and the color of his hair, Officer Alberts was at once detailed to keep watch over the remaius and several others were stationed on the street to keep away the crowd, which began to collect around the doors of the store where the body was found. The body lay wedged in between two bales of hay on the top of the first tier from the floor. The pile bad been five tiers high, and there were marks in the | next tier which had not been moved. The print of the child’s body was clearty seen in the hay where he had worked himself down from the top of the pile. The bales being placed slightly apart so as to facilitate their removal, it was very easy for the child to work down to the lowest tier. The child had on a little calico dress, blue flannel underskirt, with capped shoes and white stockings. It was by these that he was identified, as the features were so destroyed as to render all attempts at recognition impossible. Josey Sullivan was well known to the members of the firm and all their employés. He was often in the habit of coming into their office to play with the cats kept there. Many other children of the ndignborhood were accustomed to steal into the building to play in the hay, bot this was prevented as far as possible by the owners, It is clearly evident {rom the mute testimony of the bales of bay that Josey Sullivan, who often played around there, shpped in unknown to any one, and climbed up on top of the tiers, There was a window on top of the part where he had been climbing, and perhaps his childish curiosity had been excited to reach it in order to have a view of the street. On arriving at the top of the tier he must have slipped down between the bales, which were but loosely put together. Becoming frightened he must have strug- gied, and thus worked his body into the horizontal ton in which he was found. His cries would bardly have been heard outside the premises owing to the deadening effect the ms! would have on sound. Life must have been extinct in a few hours, as it would have been very difficult for him to breathe in the position in which he was discovered. ‘The load of hay where he was found formed part of 139 bales received on the 6th of September, and which when stored covered the entire side of the ‘house, Mr. Devine expected another load last Saturday, and should this have arrived it would have been stored on the same side of the house, and the discovery would have been deferred at least five or six months mora About eight o'clock in the evening a jt was re- ceived at the police station from the Coroner, aliowing the body to be removed. Mr. Sullivan, who ‘had been notified of the finding of the corpse, viewed the remains and then sent for an undertaker. ‘It was not until a quarter of ton that the latter arrived, but the body was immediately taken to the house of Mr. Sullivan, The decomposition had been so far advanced that the clothes had to be cut from the child’s body. ‘This is the sad answer to the queries which the pub- lic, supposing the child’s case to have been similar to that of Charley Ross, hag been asking itself since his disappearance. ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROSEOU- TIO. Action was brought yesterday in the Brooklyn City Court, before Judge Reynolds, by Jobn Flood, formerly employed as a conductor on the Bleecker t horse railroad line, against ex-Alderman Rich: yn, owner of the Atlanfic avenue line, Brooklyn, to recover $6,000 damages for alleged malictoas prosecution. It seems that several months ago there were several “bell punches’’ stolen from the office of that railroad, Katie, 87 tbs. 38 63 55 Grenoble, 90 15 3 40 Planivoo, 90 Ibs 15 Highland Vint 6 0 Damon, 90 Ib: 9 se 40 Londonderry 8 *Williams’ gray colt. -, *Not posted at the and the defendant procured a warrant for the arrest of Flood on suspicion of having stolen the property, | He failed to estab.igh the charge. The defence wasa denial of any malice whatever, ‘The case was not concluded. | third 5 rr CUBA. VALMASEDA 8 MOVEMENTS —SHARKEY TO CHANG HIS NATIONALITY AND JOIN THE SPANISH ARMY. Havawa, Sept, 30, 1875, It is understood that Valmaseda will leave here in the, early part of next month to take again the command) in chief of his army, and every indication 1s that tha “Mampi” will pe driven beyond the modern Chinese wall, styled the “frocha,” and that the crop in the Cinco Villas will be gathered. ‘Vous verrons,’’ says old Maxtmo Gomez, who has lately discovered that a box of matebes tied in parcels to the tail of a snake or to the legs of a frightened quail can effect! as tmuch as a company of good cavalry soldiers, andi that this policy of fre produces more effect in Ha’ in the destruction of one sugar estate than the loss of, @ thousand honest white men, whom the unholy blood, tax has bronght to America to fight a battle which is, already lost, SHARKEY, Your correspondent interviewed Dr. Francisco G./ Campbell yesterday and got from him several very ia teresting facts. He left here to-day on thi ru Spanish steamer, with a Spanish given him by 'Valmaseda “himself, worded follows:—I, ihe political Governor of Havana) do hereby ‘grant a free passport to Dr. Francisco’ G. Campbell (alias Sharky), a native of the United) States, to embark for Spain’ (banished from Cuba). Hol says whilst a prisoner in the barrack aitached to thet office of the Chief of Police he was well fed and at- tended to in every respect, furnished with the best of table wines, cigars, cigarettes and all those other com- forts so consoling ‘to an imprisoned “gentleman,” dut’ that ‘all these favors he owes solely and entirely to Spaniards, who have ever and constantly been his friends. ealso told me that the Chief of Police was his bitter enemy; and had, on several occasions, threatened to, send him where Captain Davis could pgt his hand upou/ him, and be added that this was the only New York; gentieman that he feared. I then asked him how it) was that, after having been ordered to be sent to Ja- maica, wo be there landed by a Spanish policeman, he had succeeded in missing both the Massella and Ali- dante. He then told me that he would reveal th male but not the female names of the friends who had) Interoaded in his behalf e says, when informed by the alcaide of the prison, Pe pr a Blanca, a bosora friend er end. appoltves vy} Valmaseda, be made him a certain sign, and it was! answered. ' He pleaded his case with said Casa Blanca, who, that same day, brought in Valmaseda’s own body- servant, and between the three they made a very Strong appeal to the General, which was strengthened! still more by female influences, and that he succeeded in getting his sentence _ revoked, He Lar of his good mother, his three sisters and how providentially he had been enabled from a thousand concomitant circumstances to save them from the moral death that New York Justice would gladly have inflicted on him. He says he has learned Spanish thor-| oughly, has reformed in his habits and has entirely, abandoned the use of strong liquors. He felt no un-| kindness to any one during his imprisonment, but still! feared the New York detectives, and said his only! chance to es them would be by becoming a Spamshi subject and joining the army. * HB CALLS ON VALMABEDA. On the 18th inst. he asked for an interview with Gena eral Valmaseda and it was granted. Three volunteers accompanied him to the Palace and theGeneral ushered! him into his private room, where he says he was quietiy) but kindly received. The General gave him good vice,consoled him and made him promise to be in future ai good man. He says he called the General his father, Protector, and promised to faithfully do what be mn recommended and when the interview was over thesame volunteers, after previously giving him some yefreshing beverage (because he acknowledged bia feelings had overpowered hima, took him back to the rison, whence he was liberated on the 26th inst. He says he has felt too much ashamed to show, himself around Havana much and desires the arrival, of the moment when the Spanish mail steamer starts, to rid himself of the gaze of the hundreds who seem to ask him by their looks, ‘Are you the great American— Sharkey ?”” FOUR MORE SUGAR ESTATES BURNED. Banacoa, Sept. 21, 1875. ‘The insurgents appeared in the vicinily of thi place! yesterday, about 300 in number, and burned four of the! most valuable plantations in this department, driving. into Baracoa the Chinamen and negroes who did not willingly join them, At the same time there were 1,000 Spanish regulars and volunteers garrisoned here who calmly looked at the smoke of the burning estates, but made'no attempt to pursue the insurgents. THE FIRST REGISTRY DAY. Yesterday was the first of the four days appointed on which voters who proposed to take part in the approach- ing elections could register their names. Usually the occasion is entirely devoid of interest for the reason that intending voters are not aware of the places at which they should attend, or are careless enough to delay registration until some later occasion. There was no exception in this regard yesterday, except that there appeared, if anything, to be less interest manifested on the part of the citizens than has heretofore been the case, In fact, it would seem from the general look of things yesterday that the registration this year will show a Yery large falling off from that of last year, although it is yet too early to form any decided and reliable opinion. Yet the indications point to a considerable diminution of the number that are usually recorded on the books of a first day. The returns tt was found impossible to obtain last night in anything like a connected form, but from those that were red there is every reason to believe that the list will show less than a of the registrations of former years. As far as coul be ascertained no disturb- ances ‘occurred, bat there are grave fears expressed that in some of the districts which are likel: to be most closely contested, such as the First, Secon Third, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, . Seventeenth and Twenty-first, there may be some trouble experienced on the two last days of ry, and more particularly on election day. The next three days set apart for tration are Wednesday, October, 13; Friday, October 22, and Saturday, October the 23d. The feclig throughout the Fourth Senatorial district yesterday appeared to run high and promises to result ina good deck of bitterness before election day. Already there are ramors of resignation on the part of prominent members of the General Commitice in this district who will, it is said, go over to the auté-Tamngonny party. This may also be said to be the case in the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Assembly dis- tricts, where great dissatisfaction reigns against the high handed control exercisea by the leader of Tam- many. Howover, ‘Che sara, sara,” Assembly Number Number Instrict. Assembly 13. - Wi Total, Tota} of first day last year......... Decrease first day this year... . KINGS COUNTY POLITICS. There was a very full attendance of the members of the Kings County Republiban General Committee, at the regular monthly meeting held last evening at Sawyer’s Hall, corner of Jay and Fulton strecta. David Williams eoag, Cory the chair, After the minutes of the last meeting been read and approved, the Chair- man of the Executive Committee moved | that the primaries elect delegates to the different nominating conventions to be held on October 11. The city convention is to be held at the Assembly Rooms, on Washington street, on the 13th inst, at eight P. M. ; the county conventions at the same place at three P. M. on the following day. The Second Senatorial Convention will be held at Sawyer Hall on October 15, at eight P. M.; and the Third Convention at the same place at three P. M. on the same day. All the Assembly conventions will be held on Sat- urday, the 16th, and the delegates were authorized to select delegates to the Second District Judiciary Con- vention. After the places at which the primaries and nominating conventions should be held were fixed upon, the committeo went into executive session. NEWARK CITY POLITICS, The republicans of Newark held their city conven. tion last evening, at Library Hall, and nominated can- didates for Mayor, Tax, Water Commissioners and other city officers, The hall was handsomely trimmed with bunting, the seats filled with delegates and interested spectators, and the proceeding elicited a good deal of enthusiam, Mr Kad Farmer, Director of tho Board of Chosen ‘recholders, was chosen to preside. The chief interest was centered in the May- oralty nomination, For this there were placed the Convention the names of Alderman Henry J. Yates, Chairman of the Republican City Executive Commit- tee; Aldermen Ludlow, Johnson and Harrison, Messrs, Edgar Farmer and John P. Jackson, A Jewvor Ludlow withdrawing his Re ‘vot: a y He was eratore declared the nominee of the was read frem name, and upon Yates received fifty-nine all cast, Convent at - Fumes Haye’ for of Reform Behool, tnd for Messra. George Lateet and James H. Bird fr wen ber teen ie too ines for Mi was ir. Yates, and Was 80 ov. with for the moqreweane acy aan fabed prtiio ona preVate coaremeny ancl fe, romimently. ic and pri identined with the hating ede 12 Newarke A REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, - ALMANY, Oct. 25, 1875. Mr. Henry R. Pierson was nominated for Senator bp the republicans of this district to-day, Eee ee — a See se ee