The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1876, Page 6

} { SOP: en evel | NEW RACING AT SARATOGA, | Second Day of the Second Regular Meeting | of the Saratoga Association. A FASHIONABLE GATHERING. Charming Weather, a Fast Track | and Exciting Sport. FOUR CAPI AL RACES. | Puryear's Minnie Minor Filly, Brother of Bassett, Piccolo and Arcturus the Winners. | | Sanaroca, August 10, 1876. Thesun roso this morning like a ball of tire, and | those that were at the race track witnessing the horses take their matitatinal exercises prognosticated a “red hot” day. Early rising was universal, and while Old | 8ol was climbing up the east Congress Park presented a gay appearance, as the ladies now, instead of stopping | tm their rooms and sending waiters out for water, clothe themselves in the height of fashion and havo a dress parade at tho spring. Hundreds of ladies took an airing and the water before seven o'clock, Breakfast over, preparations were maile for the rices, and Broad. | way was bustle and confusion until half-past | eldven, Half an hour later and the grand | stand was filled with ben the sound of tho bell calling tho horses to the track, Promptly at the time appointed for starting the fing fell, and the first race began, Four events were on the —the first a dash of five fariongs by two-year-olds; | the second two miles by three-year-olds; the third a | mile and a half, and tho fourth a dash of a mile anda | quarter—all of which were run in fast time and wero excitingly contested by the horses engaged. It was a | gala racing day, and will be long remembered by those | Who wilnersed the most exhilarating sport, | TUE FIRST RACK i} for a purse of $400, for maidens, two-year-olds, | 0 distance five furlongs, Four good looking young: | iters came to the post to contend for the prize. These | were Goorge Longstafl’s bay colt Braemer, by War- minster, dam Inversnaid; T, Puryear & Co.’e bay fill: by Narragansett, dam Minnie Minor; D. MeDaniei’s chestnut fill7 Sister of Harry Bassctt, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird, and P. Lorillard’s bay gelding | Basil, by Melbourne, Jr., dam Nellie Gray, Puryear & | Co.'s filly was a great favorite over all of the others. | Tho | | The colts carried 110 Ibs. and the fillies 107 tbs. favorite won in most excellent time, Basil second, 460 | 115 | Braemer 200 vo | Sister of Hassett. a 1 THE RAC Puryear’s filly jampou off with the lead, Braemer sey ond, Sister of Bassett third, Basil fourth, Purye filly and Braemer were very quick in their movements, And as they passed out of the fractional track the for- mer lod one length, Braemer second, Basil third, the | Sister of Bassett naving stumbled and nearly got down | ow her knees. Going around the turn E:raemer stuck | close to Puryear's lily, and they entered the home- | stretch without daylight between them, two lengths | 1n tront of Basti, wtio was three lengths in advance of | Sisier of Bassett, Braemer soon shat up bis running acd Basi! took hts place, and the latter made ades. | berate but ineffectual efort to overtake Puryear’s tilly up the bomestrete Phe latter won the race by only | wiength in 1:0315. Basit was halt a dozen lengths in vance of Braeiner, who was about the same distance | ahead of sister of Bassett, Ths time was the same as | was mado by Rhadamanthus on the first day of the | rst meeting. | THR SECOND RACK * | was the Kenner Stakes tor three-year-olds; $100 en- trance, half forfeit, with $1,000 added; tue second horse to receive $100 out of the stakes; the distance iwo miles. This event closed with forty-six nom- snations, jour of which came to the post, ‘These were Mr, Belmonts filly Sultana, by Lexington, dam | Mildred; D, McDantei’s bay colt brother ot Bassett, by | Lexington, dum Canary Bird; P. Lorillard ‘aut | colt Barricade, by Australian, dam Lavender, and John M. Harney's brown colt’ Fredericktown, Sultana | was the ‘favorite over the veld, The colts | varried 110 Ibs; the fillies 107 ib Tho race | was a great surprise to every one on the track and will | be to every n in the land, as Brother of Bassett won i in gallant ’stvle in the best time ever made by a three- | year-old colt, with 110 Ibs, on nis back, brother's time three-quarters of a secon tory was received with vociterous cheering by all the admirers of g od racing. Vandaiite, however, equalled this time at Baltimore, in the Breckeuridge Stake, in | beating his | This vie | 1874. | THe URTTING. Baltana... 00 700 600 | Brother of B 150 185 Vee tts Barricade. 0 (15 20 130 Frederickt we eee a (| Te Rack | Fredericktown wus first away, Barr: secon Brother of Bassett thied, Sultana fourth. As soon as | the horses got away ‘trom tho staud Barbee gave Brother of Bassett his bead and he dashed to the front | Qnd ied wround the upper to the quarter pole four leugtns Fredericktown second, one length in adv: of Barricade, who was five leogths in front of Brother of sett kept the da ight open backstretch, ana people were wondering at pokey | alopted arboe, bnt he was riding under orders, | McDaniel “having ‘instructed him — to the track and keep it. Barricade was at | the ball-mile pote, one length in in Freder- | fektown, the latter #ix lengths ab a. Going along the lower turn Brother of bs al | the gap to six lengths, and tt was the to inove up others” At the three-quarter pole the Cauary Bird | colt led six lengths, Barricade second, one | ahead of Fi iektown, Who wos tour fongtns of Sultana, The hoi ttled up the homestreteh, the pace being very sharp all the way, and Brother of Bassett was stilt leading six lenges he passed the judges’ stand under a juli, making the | mite in L ininute and 46 seconds, tarrtcade seeond, | halt a length in tront of Fredericktown, the lat two lengths in frontof Sultana, Going into the see. | ond mile Sultana mode adash and koou passed Fred. | ericktown, and then Barricade, but had not diminished the dayhght that Bassett had at the quarter pole She forced the pace nobly down ihe backstreteh, shatting up the daylight at e at the’ hali-mile | pole she was at the colt’s tail, ho light between the:n. Shouts from the filly’s backers were heord jn ail quar ters. The other horses were far bebind and onurely out of the race, Hayward was soon discovered | urging the tilly by every persuasive and | Barbeo was at the same time observed get ting away gradually irom Sultana on ihe lower turn, By this ime th came broadside | to the spectators, and it was plain the tilly ances | wero gone. Hassett came away from ner ana war | three lengths in iront as ue came Into the homestreteh, He galloped strong vp to the stand, winning the race | by eight lengths in 2°35, which is the best Ume ever | made by a three-year-old colt with 110 Ibs. a | Alphonso tast rear, with 100 Ibs, on his back, ville, ran in 3-345 that Was not near as good as this,@ The last mile was run in 1-49, The value of the | stakes was $4,000. 8 OF THE KENNER STAnES. Year. W Sule. Starters. Time, | 1870— Enquirer 4 B48y | ISti—Harry Be: ahi 6 0 | 8 € 4 342 6 *343y | 1876—Brother of Bassett * Dead heat—divided the money THE THIRD RACK was for a purse of $600 for ail ages; to carry 100 tba, | with allowauces to mares and getdings; the distance being one mile anda hail, For this event there were vight starters, comprising 1. A. Hiteheock's eb horse ¢ meord, dam Maadina, 6 years MePaniel’s cbostnut mare Madge, by Austr | Alabama, 5 years olf, and ‘the eame | ry "$ chestnut mare Mattie A., Ausiranan, | > da@} Minnie Manstielu, 4 ars old; J. G. Bethune’s bay” gelding Burgoo,” vy imported Hurrah, dam Emma Downs f, years ol A. Smith brown mare = [nspiration, by Warncnster, | Sophia, 5 years oid; Aaron Pennington, by 'T. t's tam La vay horse Fowter, 6 re old, and B.A. Clan lo, by Boncded, dam Muudina, & years oid. MeDanier'e teata were the favorites, Piccolo second choi ron Pen. ngion third, Burgoo fourth, The race was a very ¢lose one throughout, but particnlarly au at the finish, when Piccoio beat Burgoo by a short neck. The favor. fte—the one particnlariy relied on to win, Mattic A. — was never in the race, berg last from start to nist, THR METTING. #1, MeDaniel's Piecoio, Aaron | 100 | Galway *e THR RACK. The start was a goo one, Madge leading, Aaron Pen. | ington second, the others so bunched that It wos next 10 Hapussibie to sop them, except that Mattie A. as last. The horses ran rapidly around the lower turn, and as they swung into the homestretch Mudge asa length in front of Aaron lenuington, Piceolo third, Galway fourth, Inspiration fitih, Burgoo sixth, A. bringing up tue rear. The horses raced rapidly up the stretch, and as they passed the stand Madge had the best of it by one longth, Aaron Penning: | cold | Carles, dam Poll, 3 years ols, | Mec ty and fashion, awaiting | } , | with Lucilte Golddast, hi | rear, F ton second, three lengths ahead of Inspiration, Piccolo and Galway on even terms fourth snd fifth, Burgoo sixth, Mattie A. still, seventh, Going around the upper turn Madgo kept the lead bya ih, Veningto wad, Inspiration lapped on him, with Piceoio al hunt, The horses passed the quarter pole in the order iven above; but many changes took place aw the horses ran down the backstreteh. Aa they passed the half-mile pole Madge was just in front, ail, Burgoo second, Piccolo’ third, Inspiration fourth, Aaron Pennington fifth, Galway sixth, Mattie a, seventh, On the lower turn Luspiration, Bur- goo and Piccolo took sides with ‘Madge, and the quartetic came into the homestretch parallel, From there to the stand the contest was, moot exciting, the last tifty tween Piccolo and Bir head, Burgoo was two lengths in advance of Inspira. tion, who had her nose in e’vance of Madge, Gaiway fifth, Aaron Pennington sixth, Mattie A. seventh. The tine was 2:381;, which is retwarkably fast tune under any cireumst 0, the fu THE FOURTH RACE was for a purse of $600, for all ages; the winner to be auction; horses entered to be sold for $2,000 to sarry weight for age; for $1,500, allowed 7 Ibs ; tor $1,000, 12 Ibs. ; for $400, 17 Ib and a quarter,’ There were five starters in this comprising . H. Mullen & Co.'s bay colt Paperm by Bonnie Scotiand, dam Maud, 4 years old, to b for $50, 101 Ibs. ; W Hiu's che Vauxhall, dam Mary Watson, 4 yrars old, Thomas Puryear & Co.'s chesnut colt Meco, gw dum Julietes, 4 years old, $1,000, T. B. & RW. Davis heetnut colt Romney $1,500, 96 Ips., and J, ‘am Etk- the callin ermaker third, rinack's bay colt Arcturns, by Planet horna, 4 years old, $500, 101} tibg, Romuey second choice, Pa An outsider, Arcturus, woo acapital race in very good | tme, Romney second. THE NETTING, = $410 1,900 cit The horses hada capital start, hey second, Papermaker third, tutus fith.’ The horses ran rapidly up th stretch, and as they passed the jut led half a tength, F quarter alength ahead of Papermaker, Arcturt fifth, without any daylight betw close to the inside fer pper ‘turn, and at the quarter pole he led oa neck, o "second, a neck in advances of who Was one length in front of returns lapped on the latter, The @ close to each other wn the backstretch, and as they passed. the haif- mile pole Romney stil! bad a head she best of it, Meco | second, half a length in front of Papermaker, who | was a heck in front of Arcturus, Violet ditty, 1 beantitul struzgle all the way around the lower turn, and when the horses passed the three-quarter pole Romney was slightly in front, with Meco, Papermaker and Arcturus side and side. homestretch the four horses were as parallel as possi- ble. A determined race continued up the. stretel Arcturus and Rompey colliding at the drawgate, whic! threw tho latter ont of his ctride and Arcturus came hoine a winner by two lengths, Romney second, two lengths in front of Meco, the latter one tongth in ad- vance of Papermaker, Violet fifth. Timo, 2:11 4g. The following are the summaries :— THR FIRST RACE, Porse $400, for maiden two-year-old, Five fur- longs. Starters, T. Paryenr & Co.’s b, f., by Narragansett, dam Min- tio Minor, 107 Ibs. ee+-(Lakeland) 1 P, Lorillard’s b, g. Basil, by Melbourne, Jr. dam 1 Netlie s riing) 2 c y arminster, am Inversoaid, 110 Ibs, sese.(Hughes) 3 D, McDaniel’s cb. { t, by Lexing- ton, data Canary Bird, 1¢ vee (Clark) 4 Trine, SECOND RACE. Tur Kaxver Stakes, for three-year-olds; €100 en- trance, halt forfeit, with $1,500 added; the second to receive $300 out of the stakes,’ Two miles sed with Jorty-six nominations. Starters, ‘8b, © Brother of Bassett, by Lexing- \(Barbee) 1 dam Mil- D. MeDanie by Lexington, (Hayward) 2 ‘alian, dam re arling) 3 . Harney’s br, ¢. Fredericktown, by Pat Mal- dam Kate Leonard 4 Time, THIRD Perse $400, for all ages; lowances to mares and geldings, Starters E. A. Clabangh’s b. h. Piccolo, by Concord, dam audina, 100 Ibs.. «(Holioway) 1 nat to carry 100 Ibg,, with al- One mile and a half, J. G, Bethune’s b, g. Burgoo, by Hurrab, dam Emma Downin; years old, 47 10 (Conner) 2 | A. Smith’s’ br. m. Inspiration, by Warminster, dam Sophia, 5 years old, 95 Ibs. (Sparling) 3 D, MeDaniel’s ch, m, Madge, ‘alan, dam Alabama, 5 years old, 95 Ibs. . +.(Delaney) 4 L.A. Hitehcock’s ch. “h. Galwi Concord, dam Maudina, 6 years old, 100 1b: -+-(Hughesy H. P. MeGrath’s b," b. Aaron Peuningtou, by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, 5 years old, 100 im) 6 D. Mebaniel’s ch, f Mattie A., by Australian, dam Minnie Mansfield, 4 years old, 95 Ibs... (Syiliman) Time, 2:38. FOURTH RACK. Purser $500, for all ages; the winner to be sold at | auction; horkes entered to be sold for $2,000 to carry weight for age; for $1,500, allowed 7 1bs.; for $1,000, 12 1b for €500, 17 Ibs. One mile and a quarter, ‘Starters Co," eh, g. Meco, by Narragan- sett, dam Julietta, 4 years old, $1,000,(Lakeland) 3 ©. lt. Mullen & Co,"s b. ¢, Papermaker, by Bonnie Scotland, dom Maud, 4 years old. $500.(Sparling) 4 Thomas Puryear WOM. Hil's ch, {, Violet, byVauxhall, dam Mary Watson, 4 rs old, 10. (Conver) 5 J. MeCormack’s be Arcturus, by P 4 horna, 4 years old, $500, 1 TB. & WR Imyis' cb, ©. Voll, 3 years old, $1,500 2 Time, Pants MUTERES. Tho following aro the amounts paid by the Paris Mu- on the sev 1 races :— Fr $9 50 See 30 60 | Third 16 80 Fourth race. ROCHESTER RACES. Rocnysten, N. ¥., Angnst 10, 187 This was tho third day of the Rochester Driving Park races, and drew out a large crowd, there being from 10,000 to 12,000 persons present to witness the free for all race, Alter the 2:32 contest Green appeared ving chosen her in preference George Voorhees appeared behind Judge Ful. The notification of Dan Mace’s expulsion from p track having been received by the assoct Ation at eleven o'clock, Charles Marvin drove Smug- gler and Pete Johnson Bodine, In the first} Bodine drew the pole, to Lula. Smugglor second place, Fuilerton third and Lucile Golddust ont- sick T Start was an even one to Bodine’s advan. tage, but he immediately went up and fell to the Herton led all the way tothe three-quarter nis heeis, Galway next, Mattie A, out of the yards being a head and head contest be- | mor winning by a | Yaebt will b the journey one mile | es’ stand Romney | al As they came into the | pole, Smuggler gradually closin A during a mag. | nificent race up the h er passed Fullerton, winning the two lengths, amid tremendous cheerin, Time—1:074, 140%, 215%, Ik the second heat Smu ot favorite in the poots, selling at 100, while the field sold at enly from 20 to 30, Fullerton’ was given a poor start the others even. At the quartei length, Golddust and Bodine being ove piace.’ On the backstreteh Fullerton made a tremend- ous short, while Lucille slipped and tell behind. Futler- ton gradually closed on Stuggior to the tin the latier won the heat by jast about a length, ton second and Lucile d third, ing trotted finely t Aine eet, 2:18, Third Heat,—Fullerton was again in the rear when the word was given. He made a fine burst, howev she neille, The race between them wa fained somewhat on Stuaggler The stallion was eqnal to the occa a length Leni fine one, Luet the third quarter, sion, however, and won castly th 219% Atthe conclusion of the race Smuggler was pre sented by Mr. Whitney, on bebait of the ladies of Roch- | ester, a splendid wreath ot flowtrs, MATE AND PREAKNE Mr. Sanford’s Mate finished sixth in the Goodwood Stakes, run July not 271b, as previously an nounced. For the Goodwood Cup, run July ew Holland, ), says pd won by ‘ol the Losdon Sportsman, rakness wus second best for hot the least doubt, for a to persevere with him when he found 14 not overhaul New Holiand, and as Temple “Vigilant, <"That Pi Archer that he co Bar finished in front ot the American Lord Atlesbury became entitled to ‘he $500 for the second horse. * * * Vreako J should be show r the Brig whieh he waiked over) the contest will be most inter Bt. + * * Ineinded among a large tevee present to Preakness raddied was Mr Sanford, her owner, who arrived in Engtand trom America on Saturda: Inst. A ® improved her npared with the Appearance the transatlantic horse has presented when bro t lor previons races try has seldom been se short, thick neck gave one at ea yet Fr, n, for although (eight an inpres to examine him closely no exception could be taken to | his looks, and there ts no doubt t he had recetved a really good und sound preparation at the hands of lis trainer, Littetield The i ‘porting Ti ing reference to Preakness’ p wood Cup:—"Preakness, th @ Well, 1 18 now clear is po flyer. Ho might have don better with 4 stroug jockey like Custance 1 the and this is all that can be seid of fim, He other places, he scemed to want the necessary dash to finish, and the moment that he mado his ¢ be was dene with.” he € ie, | on the turn, and at the quarier ‘was neck and neck with Bode, Smuggier went to j the front at on pressed by Lucille Gold dust, who was only a length behind him | at the quarter, Fullerton and Bodine were about even, s. Who was ridden without spurs, tun agood | nee his arrival yn the | yy ys Hayne, second; A. R. Pomeroy, third, apd H. 8: | Trank, stroke; colors, erimson. dy for such a race as | | Of the number of entrios the Faces, in all prooabiiny, Time, ‘Hele | tween the Matuals and Athloties, ‘delat | Cfippied condition, having no catcher, a | burg Bay. | along been even and it was tho same to~ Dickerson, trom City Islan tor New York, passed Whitestone yesterday. the Henatp station, was towed to New York yester- day forenoon, GRAND AMATEUR REGATTA on the Passate river at Ruthoriurd number of promineut rowin to participate, The races and prizes will shelis, a gold badgo; for patr-oared gigs, a set of colors; | last year, The plant 18 forming, blooming and bolling racing | Baw. THE QUEEN'S CUP RACES. The yachts Madeleine and Countess of Dufferin were towed to the starting point for the Quoen’s Cap Taco yesterday afternoon, so there ts not likely to bo any delay in sending them off at the appolated hour od that was | this morning, Several public steamers will accom- pany the yachts over the course, among them being the Cyclops, Piymoyth Rock and Long Branch. The Regatta Cominitiee has tasued the following sailing di- rections:— Futpay, August 11, 1576. The start will be @ flying one, and the tine ot each tuken as she passes between the Ne} York Yacht Ulub House, Stapleton, 8. I, and the judge steamer, the W. K. Giadwish, Tho siznals for starting will be given from the judges’ steamer as follows:—For a preparatory signal, one Diast of the steam whistle, and the signal of the New | York Yacht Club signal wilt be lowered ten minutes later; for the vachts to cross the line the saine siz- nals will be rey Fifteen minutes will be allowed after the secon’ signal for the yachts to cross the tine, the termmation of which will be marked bya wind whistle and lowering of the club signal, The race will be. course of the New York Yacht Ctub, the time at the finish being taken as the yachts pass between the judges’ steamer and buoy 15 on tne West Bank, G. L. HAIGHT, Chairman Regatta Committee New York Yacht Club. | YACHTING AT NEWBURG. TNE MATCH BETWEEN THE SLOOPS SUSIE S. AND W. R. BROWN-—SUSIB THE WINNER A TWENTY MILE RACE, Povauxxsrsiz, N. ¥., August 10, 1878. Altor nearly threo days of calm weather the long | talked of match race between the sloop yacht Susie S., of Brookiyn, and the W, RB, Brown, of Newburg, came off this afternoon over a twenty mile courso in . Lennox, of Brooklyn, were the judges and Frank Bates, of Brooklyn, was referee, The botting bad ail ew: Avhalf-past four o'clock P. M. a fresh breeze camo up from the southwest and t get ready, After the prepara for starting was given, and the line at 5b. 1m. 48, the Brown following at 4 . and both stood to the eastward, The wind was froshening all the timo, and soon after leaving the lino the S. was a quarter of a mile to the windward of her rival, but th y signals the signal sthe latter was doing finely. On the long tack to the southwest for the New Windsor etakeboat the Brown Seemed to gain just a httle, In the lower bay the wind | blow hard, and tho Brown's big sail kept her well | down nearly all the time, her crew handling the sand- bags lively. At Sh, 28m, 19s, the Susie S. turned the New Windsor stakebont, the Brown following at Sh. 30m, 68. baving gained threo seconds on the Susie. On tho judges’ boat a hundred of two dollars were oifered on the latter, but there were no takers, The race back to a point off the starting boat was With jibs ballooned, the crews of both boats standing up, catebing all of the southerly gale they could. Haif way between Low Point and Fishkill no one conld trathiully that eitver boat bad gainet sutied over the regular inside | IN| P. Brown, of New York, and James | achts were ordered to | 510 | | | fifteen errors, a number of which were vory damaging to the Athletics, The following is the score :— INNINGR Ist, 2d, Bd. 4th, SUA GIA. Tth, Sth. Oth, 00232023 J Oo 010060 2 8 1 0 OF At Cin EXENINGR, | lat, 2d, Bd, 4th, Sth. Oth. Thr. Bth. Oth, | Chicago. 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0-6 Cineinuata +0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0-0 At Louisville :— INNINGS. 2d. Bel, 4th, Sth. 6th, 7th. Sth, Oth. 0 1 -O 10 0 21 01 2 utuals and Hurttords pluy on the Union meut with the Bostons for 1877. CREEDMOOR. NATIONAL GUARD IFLR PRACTICE AT THE RANGE YESTERDAY. Detachmerts from the regiments of the Eleventh brigade, Second éivision, mustered at Creedmoor for | rifle practice in the third and second classes yesterday, Three,hundred and forty! men paraded from the Forty | seventh, Twenty-third and Thirty-cecond regiments, They were distributed as follows:—Twenty-third, 119; | | Thirty-second, and Forty-soventh, 99 men. | The third class practice commenced at the 100 yards range about ten o'clock and terminated at the 150 yards by the quabfying of fifty-four men of the Twenty-third regiment, forty-seven of tho Thirty-sec- | ond and fifty-one of the ninety-nine sent out by the | Forty-seventh regiment, The day was favorable to | gooa shooting, the temperature being moderate and only ashght wind blowing down the range, aot nough to have much effect in changing the direction of the bnilety at short ranges. The tollowing | are the totals of those who qnattied to shoot for marksmen's badges by making twenty-tive and upward at 800 and 400 yards, oe | Colonel Ward . 85 Corpora’ | | Private Rose. +2. BL Lieutenant Gross, Jatensenant Volok Private Taomas MENT. Private Pry Lieutenant Hoffman. Corporal Eddy... 60.05 Private Downs, ia | Private Blood. Private Bragg. ergeaut Wh ‘geant Parker. utenant Con a TUIKTY-SE Private Scbrack, aaiee Colouei RK. C. Ward, of the Twenty-third, was in com- mand, an1 Captain Trusloe was officer of the Major Manning was the inspector of rifle practice. The teuts of the Twenty-third and Forty-seventh | regiments, soveral of which have been erected on the range, were opened with a littio celebration by the officers and members of the two regiments. OND REGIMENT, NTENNIAL RIFLE MATCH. ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THR VARIOUS TEAMS SHOOT IN WASHINGTON, Wasuix@rox, August 10, 1876. The committee of gentlemen recently appointed to endeavor to arrange for a match to be shot in this city | by the English, Scoteh, Irish, Australian, Canadian and | aniuch, ‘The Low Point buoy showed that a strong ebb tide was rnnming, Both of tho racers carried a | bone in their teeth, and the sea was rising. At the | Low Polut stakeboat seven miles and a halt of ihe | ‘ourse had been sailed over, the Susie 8. turning the | stakeboat first at Gh, 13m., and the Brown at 6h, ida, | 826 Tho latter made a splendid turn, and the figures showed that she had gained seventeen seconds on the Susiv from the start, | ‘ow the race was to windward again, and when both | boats stood on thy starboard tack the Brown took | knock down after knock down, losing her leet macu | easier than the susie S, because of her Immenso suil, notwithstanding she had sixty-two sandbags and twelve men on board, und the Susie only forty-five sund bags aua ‘eleven men, Zhe was outpointing her, ‘The wind was increus'ng all t ume, aud ail the me the Susie was showing superior speed and seagoing qualities, Of Fishkill cock, on her way to the New Windsor stakeboat for yhe last time, | } the Suste had doubled the gap between her and her | rival boat, Just before she reached the stakeboat she | ran far to the castward and jost several lengths by it | However sho rallied finely, and when she went around | the sea dashed clear over her. She headed up the river | onthe turm at Th. the Brown at 7h. 15m, 32a, | and both stood off before the gale to the eastward, with | mainbooms out-board and jibs ballooned once more, It was getting dark and the judges’ boat had to fol- low them cloxe:y, The Susie X turned tho Low Point | stakeboat for the last time at $b, 45s, The Brown turned it four minutes aud two seconds later. Soon atter turning the Brown appeared to be partially dis- | abied, acd it Was supposed her ji) was carried The ug Heole went to her assistance after the Su: bad made the thitsh. 8h. 38m. 15s, and the Brown crossed the line with | reefed tnainsail and housed jib at 9h. 24m, The Brown party wil claim that the Susie S. fouled | the New Windsor stakeboay and carried away the flag, but probably the claim will not be ailowed. Tue juages have already awarded the $50) cup to the Susie 5. x | YACHTING ON ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE TRENTON YACHT CLUB—THE NELLIZ THE WINNER. Truxtow, August 10, 1 The annual regatta of the Treuton Yacht Club was sailed to-day, A large scow, towed by a tng, and crowded with country people wild with excitement to witness the race, loit the wharf at one o'clock and ar- Tived at the course some two bours betore tho start. At three P. M. there was aight wind blowing and the | THE DELAWARE. Yachts were signailed to get under way. Only four were | Started at 253 mit enterea, The course was {rom the steamboat wharf to | Perriwig, three times around the buoy, a distance of | fitteen miles, At the s t the Nellie fed the way, with | the Centennial second, Ripple third and Boyd fourth. The Nellie wasahead at the cud of each jsp, aud the yachts came iu at the fiuish in the following order:—Nel- jie rst, Boyd seeoud, Ripple third, Centennial tourth, ‘Tbe banks of the Delaware were jined by enthusiastic epectators, who cheered loudly at the termination of the race. ‘The winning yacht received a tine silk en- sigh. YACHTI cht Madeleine, N.Y.Y. NoT , Commodore M. J. & for New York, and the yacht . Lavingston, from Newport The y The yacht Nottie, previously reported at anchor off ROWING. ON THE Passarc RIVER AT RUTHERFURD PARK, To-morrow a grand amateur regatta will take place American rifle teams, after they shall bave shot for the Centennial badge at Creedmoor, New York, in Septem- ber next, held a meeting Jast night, at which 1+ was stated by one of the members of the committee who | ad visited New York for the purpose of getting the VIEWS OF MAJOR URNRY FULTON, captain of the American team, on the subject, that the American team felt itsell authorized to make the en- gegement for ull the teams to visit Washington to pat Uicipate in a match 1 the proper inducements were made from here. The views of Major Falton aud the American team have been obtained as to what tho in- ducements should be, and a committee of gentlemen | will ip a iew days present a proposition to the citizens | of the District for tueir action. O'LEARY’S WALK. Dan O'Leary keeps bravely on at the arduous task which he has undertaken, to walk 500 miles within six daps, A band of music is now in attendance during the evenings, and the number of spectators has in- | creased considerably since Monday night. O'Leary lett the track on Wednesday might at six minutes to twelve | reside hereafter in Keuaington. | play I'd jamp at it.”? YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST li, 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. ; LONDON GOSSIP, paper pe - Dion HE CRITICISES HIS CRITICS. What He Thinks About the French and the English Stage. nr i Loxpos, July 26, 1876, 1f I wore asked to count on my ton fingers the very cleverest mou I bad ever met Dion Boucicault would be one of them. Pooplo may say what they please about him, but I know thatas a host be is bounte- ously hospitable and that asa companion he has few equals, Hts conversation is a bappy mingling of French epigram with Irish Humor, and when he meets a foo worthy of his steel bo is as interesting as one of his best comedies. His intellectual ‘“appointments’’ are complete. Ho keeps his brains so well groomed— if may be allowed the expression—that their re- flexion creates a healthy mo tal friction. At least such is tho effect produced upon mo, and if my gossip 1s devoted to Bouctevult don’t be surprised, I passed Yesterday morning im his Regent street study, which will soon know him no more, as he sails for America onthe 29th of July. Mrs. Boucicault has decided to It will be\good news to this charming lady's transatlantic {neads to learn that her health is much better than it bas been since her great affliction, and that she ts -boginning to look like her former self. DION INTERVIEWED. Alter discussing tho universe with Mr, Boucicault 1 said:—“Glittering genoralitics aro all very well, bat tell me about yourself, There is nothing so interesting as following the career of a success{ul artizt, First, of course, you were borr—when ??* He—In December, 1822. 1—Were you educated tor your present profession? Hx—No, indeed, Studying first with a private tutor, T then wont to the London University and finished my education at the Dublin University. Mathematics were my forte, and you behold a civil engincer manqué, I—Why did you renounce engineering ? Hr—For the simple reagon that I determined to bea dramatist 1—Did you inherit your penchant for the stago ? Hx—Possibly,. My mother’s brothers, George and Charles Darley, were both dramatists, George Darloy was the Browning of his day. I mean by this that ho wrote well, but without any idewof stage effects, [ think I acquired the ili will of both my uncles by calling them ‘‘unactable dramatists. ’” WHEN IR DRGAN To WRITR. I—At what ago did you begin to write? Hx—At sixteon. My first piece was ‘Napoleon's Old Guard," my second the farce of ‘A Lover by Proxy,” and if you need to learn that God helps those who help themselves take alosson from me. Mathews was then in power, and to him I submitted the farce, which he promised toread. [called on him several times, but, of course, did not succeed in getting an auience. Finally Tcaught him dining and was admitied to his presence. “Ah, young man,’ he enid, “you wish to know my verdict on your farce? It is promis: ing; im fact, clever; but I can’t produce it at present, for my timo is flied up. However, if you care to leave it I'll see what can be done hereaiter, There are good points in Harry Lawless, If L hada part like that in a five act Well, I knew that Mathews had not the remotest idea of bringing out my farce, but 1 saw light in bis remark regarding a five act play. 1 went home and began “London Assurance’ and in six o'clock, and resumed his tramp at fifteen minutes past | two A. M. yesterday, He started off at a twelve-minate pace, and when on his 255th mile reversed his order of | circuit, Heeoon found, however, that the change was not | advantagcous, and, after two or three laps, returned | rest of 28m. 22s., after which he walked until he se. | complished 272 miles. This was soon after seven o’ciock A. M., and be then partook of nis breakfast, | which consisted of broiled chicken, eggs, toast and | tea. He has given up the practice of teking eham- | pagne at tervals, and ts now contived, in | the matter of drink, to sherry and ‘egg, weak tea and hime water. He wos anxioas to | make 30 miles by three o'clock yesterday sliernoon, but fatled by ulty seconds At eigbleen minutes five be enjoyed @ goud supper and an Lour's r pseqnne siked until half-past cleven, at wi me be was five wiles abead of bis schedwie time. | ring the evening he seemed somewhat stiff in his | movements, bot said he felt perfectly weli and wus | confident of success in the great undertaking. His | S28th mile was walked in Sm. 208. That time ne has | beaten but once daring the entire trial, He intends to beat eight minutes before ne stops. The following 18 a summary of yesterday's toten P. M. M. 3 a oe ai walk up at.. Accomplished 260 miles at Accumplixted 270 miles at Accomplished 250 miles at. enced Accompitstied 290 ities at. 1 ul Accomplished 300 mile 3 00 Accomplished 310 miles 6 18 Accompl:ahed $20 miles 8 12 Accomplished 330 miles at. . 10 03 HORTICULTURAL SHOW. A horticultural exhibition will be given at Gilmore's Garden during the month of September by the New York Horticaltural Society. The display, 1¢ 18 said, wiil be the most elaborate ever attempted in America THE COTTON CROP. A BETTER YIELD THAN LAST YEAR EXPECTED IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. SAvANNAM, Ga, August 10, 1876. The following 18 from the crop report of the Cotton Exchange tor July : Park, im which a clubs have been invited The regatta will be rowed under tuo ational Association of Amateur Oarsmen, be:—For the single seult rulvs of the and tor four-oared shells, a set of cc will commeres sharp. ors, Th In. consequence At two o'eloe: will be rowed in mie u tries for the yarous s. The tollowing are tiv nts: eu SINGLE SOULE AMRLLS, GD, Small, TE. Fownley, W. M. Conger, and G. } Clark, of the Triton Bot Clue, Newark; George Plume aud FL R, Fortineyer, of the Pi , Danang and J. W. Ad eWATKS e Mystic Boat k Rowing elsb, oF the MeQueen, of the At- the Eureka of the Adelpti J. Kingstand, of the nklin, N. J. PAIR-OARKD G16 beth, Ne J.—C. H. Wandell d aud white, ork—David Roache and tand dark bine, ekanock Boat Club, Passaic, N, J.—W, Biele aud b.iel>; colors, navy vine. J.—R, W. Adams and : Hobokew Boat Cinb, Newark; W. B Rowing Club, Pater: Nereidt Boat Club, Fi Mystic Boat Ciub, Newark, J. AS. K. Dunning; colors, gra; ton Boat Ciub, Newark, J—H. 3. Troax and M. P. Hayne; colors, crimson. Atlantic Boat Club, Hoboken, N, J.—D. McQueen and J. Bryson. Dawnticss Boat Club, Harlem—C. E. Kuapp and W. @ Demerest; colors, blue, with white ai y Boat Ciub, Hariem, . Gleseman Boat Club, Newark, N. J.—P. Young and J. ; colors, od white. YOUR OARKO snEtt, Eureka Bont Club, Newark, N. J. —J. Young, bow; Wy P. Young, third, and J. Angiiman, onne, N. J, 1. Beach, T. Mettan, third, and W, BE ; colors, bine, Triton Boat Clud, Newark, N, d.—S. A. Smita, bow; BASE BALL. YESTERDAY'S PROYRSSIONAT. GANS, Several bundred spectators were assembled at the Union Grownd, Wiliameburg, yesterday atternoon to witness the Ofth game of the championship series be- ‘The latior were ma After several truitiess efforts to get reliel among the amateurs they secured the services of Mr. Phelps, the gat Was not in playing condition bi Groncia—One handred and threo replies from fifty-seven counties, under dates ranging from July 28 to August 3, The weather has ben | very warm and dry during the past month, which | | for cotton may be construed as favorable, In | | soine localities there are complaints of too mach rain, | | The season so fat has been more tavorable then last, | Stands af cotton have generally been good, better than well, with some complaints of too much weed, The | condition of the crop 1s good, It is from x week to ten days later than last year, but clearer of grass, and gen- erally 11 a more satistactory condition, In Southern aut Southwest Georgia there aro complaints of ru: | aad caterpillar, and wa may expect some damage there | trom these sources. From Upper Georgia the reports | of the grasshoppers are general. So iar, these pests, | | except m a few instances, bave not attacked the coiton | telds, SUli armers are in dread that they will turn in aud destroy the crop at any moment, Froapa—tweoty nine replies from fteen conntics, uncer dates ranging from July 23 to August 3. The weather until the 20:h of July was too dry and hol Seasouable showers then set in, which unproved the | condition of the plant, On the whole, the season has been moro tavorabie than jast year. The stands of cotton are goud; better tan last” y ¥, ‘The plant is bow lorming, blooming aud boiling well, though it had aset back irom a spell of extremely dry weatter, The present condition of the orop ts favorable, though iseritical. A yield of from ten jo twenty per cent over last year is expected. There are complaints of rust from the light pine lands, and or caterpular from the rich bottom lands. The amount of damago there depends upon tho character of the weather during bis month. A FAVORABLE REPORT FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA—AN IMPROVED CROP BXPECTED, Norrotk, Va., August 10, 1876. The Cotton Exchange makes the following report of the condition of the cotton crop for July : From sixty replies received from twenty-eight coun- ties in North Carolina and four in Virginia this report is compiled. Ten report the weather very favorabl § the weather has been exceedingly hot and dry; 36 the weather hot and dry until about the 24h of July, since which time they have bad frequent rains, and 2 compiain that the weuthor turned too cold; 22 report orabie than last year, 14 avow equal and 24 less favorable; 19 report the stands mach Detter than jast year, 33 equally as good und $ not so fs, thongh of fair average; 6 report we plant as forming, blooming and bolling better than lor years past, 46 equal to lust yoar, 2 report shedding and 6 not forming or blooming well; 26 report the 1 condi. ton of the crop good and better tnan last year, 12 cor dition not good, wenk, being very small, and tho ap- Pearance of rust caused vy excessive rains All Teport, with few exceptions, the crop being laid by in a good bealtny condition, clear ot grass and weeds, though rather sinatier in growth thao last year, One | aoss the power of vocal inflexioa, weeks completed it This was in March, 1541, at the age of eighteen, Agrin I went to Mathews aud showed | lum the comedy, “But I ordered no comedy,” he ex- chimed. “Il am aware of that’ I replied. “You did say, bowevsr, that if you bad a part like Harry Lawless in a fre act The Susie 8, made the finish at | to the original way, After his 258th mile be took a | comeay you'd jump at it I've writtea sach a charac- ter tor you. “‘What!” he cried, “do you mean to say you've written a five act comedy in #X weeks, and on iny suzeestion® ex.” MY perseverance fo a8- tounded Mat that his indiference tarned to inte est. He read “London Assurance,” accepted i, amd when I read it tothe actors of Covest Garden Mme. ris was $0 pleased that she cawe to me saying, Vhutever may be the public verdict we see! sure that you have written a great comed 1—What was the origina! cast? urely you ought to remember. It is printed in Farren, Uartley, Mathews, Anderson, Har- ley, Keeley, Mine. Ves ris, Mrz. Nesbit und Mra ‘Hum i—Then much of the success was dae to writing Parts pasted to the actors who filled them + He—Certainly. 1 stadied this immense group of actors; [saw Wuat they could do, anu tited them tike a giove, 1—Ix this the reason why you made Grace Harkaway such a pamby-pamby creature? Hx—Yes; Mine, Vestris was charming as a singer. She would have been immense in opera bouffe, vur when it came to high comedy she Jacked the necessary qualifications, and 1 gave her as little to do us possible, 1—Then you believe in fitting plays to players rather ers Ut into piay: Ida Two years after the prodac- tion of “London Assurance,” i wrote “Old Heads und Youvg Hearts,” Tne actore were my inspiration. It was this sane inspiration thut impelled shakespeare and Mohcre. Stuakespeare the actor wrote for his actors Do you think I'd have written “Rip Van Winkle” but jor Jeflerson, or Sir Charles Coldstream but for Chariea Mathews? WHY HE WENT ON THE STAGE. 1—Did you go upon the stage beeause zou loved it? He—No. 1 beeawe engaved to an aciress and went upeu the stage vefore 1 married her because | tho it manlier to do so I—iow old were you? H Phirt . 1—Then you do not belong to the school of critics that think A» ene can snceed on the stage who does hot adopt it In chi!dhood ? Hr—1he more cultivated rntellect you bring to the stage the better, and no eaucation can’ approich com- pletion under twenty. No child of mine should go upon the stage under twenty-tive, 1—And pray what do y requisites for histrionie 5 He—First, you must bavea sense of humor, Through humor you get pathos, as by hybt you obtain shade, Pathos ts a negaitve quality. Seven ily, you must pox: You' must be able to expross shades of tecling, To makea great actor you must understand the ditferenco between violence aud consider the absolute between bufloonery and comedy. of linmor will teach you’ detinition ot which 18 but a complication of humors. Y. thay teach a man the principles of perspecti you may teach hin tbe proportions of the human igure, you may teach hin how to mx his colors, bat he wil! uever be a punter without ihe seuse of art ; nism is but the means to an art, We have loads ot actors but few souls, hence the dreary condition of the English stage. Even the French have lost their soul, Ali that is left 1s mechan ism. French actors are powerful in declamation, but they no longer touch. a 1—Ihen i! a body bas no sense of humor must he give up the idea of being au actor? Hr rom that one quality all the others aro derived. There must be the power of imitation, for ail actors ate monkeys. PHYSICAL ERQUIREMENTS NOT NECKSSARY. I—What are the physical requirements? Hx—There are none. You uy be as tall as Salvint, os short as Eumund Kean, or as ugly as Macready: The greatost dramatic genius has rarely been allied to great beauty. Rachei was uucommoeniy ugly as a gir. Airs, Keevey looked hike a monkey. Helen Faucit was by ‘no means allurmg. Sarat Bernnardt, whom ail Paris 1s going mad abuui, is a skeleton. ye has nade bones fashionable. I should four to touch her lest abe should rattle, No, no, Depepad upon it, beauty ts not Adrematic necessity. 11 you possess itKo much the deter for you, but dou's deiuce yourself into thinking that it takes the place of the essential litleation. 1—Did you study acting before making your first ranee ? jn—No; | made my début withoat preparation in May, 1852, on the London stugo, betore the Queen and m ‘the fantastic three act melodrama of “The Vam- yre."? You know the story. The Vampyre preserves Te tite trom generation to. generation by Killing virgins and sucking life blood, First be ii Pariten sol- dier, 100 years later he P under Louis XV., 100 years later still he is «a Jesuit priest. My ‘make-up’ was corpse-like, 1 played this one part most successiuily for two months and then went to America, You will prebably be surprised when I tell you that from 1852 to 1860 I acted but two years in ali, 1—In what roves? Hr--Grimald, 3: Charles Coldstream, the old man Pauvrett Nana Sahib in “Jessie Brown," in the “Octoroon” and in “Miles Na Coppaleen."? "I starred from the beginoing and | became the acknowl. eded frishman and Frenchmas of the stage. 1—How was it that you fnaily reduced yourself to Inshmen? He—Pare accident, J had written a play for Laura Keene, called “Vanity Fair,”’ which was not attractive, having six weeks more to act, | gave myself ten days to supply a novelty, 1 settled upon the “Colleen Bawn." As l wrote the scenery was paitted. Act Gret was rehearsed while I wro:e avi sveond, and act secouit went into the aciors’ hands while I wis engaged upon act third, The drama was not accepted by New York critics as extraordinary, and I fittle dreamed that it meant a revolution. “Arrah-na-Pogue” followed in 1865, In 1868 [ said nothing abontit publicly, but T retired irom the stage, and, had it not been for the county Frports the appearance of lice, and one county, 6 t, they do not ey Urged by 0 advice of manager-, in retirement I should have re- Mrs. oucicauls and I re. in 1870, Around the litho- turmed to Ameri a graphs of me that were then ranged the names of my them was “The Shaughraup,’ my mind but of which I bad not written @ engagements 1p 1>72 wero intended to be my fi of the stage, but on completing “The Shaughrauo” [ had a new inspiration, and my success ‘n Cona is nom keeping me vefore the public as an actor, 1—How many plays have you written? FOUR UUNDRED PLAYS. He—Between three and four huncred, a large num. ber of which aro adapiations. Ove year I translated between forty and fifty playa I never trausiated ally. L iead a page and then dictated to a band writer whatever the French piece sug- gested (6 me, I barely lived by this sore of work, Do you think I aid it from choice? I ascribe the decadence of the English drama to the invasion of French plays trom 1844 to 1850, Then Londou managers, who had deponded on Bulwer Knowles, Taiiourd, Douglas Jerrold aud others, found that they could take the oream of the French stag. Ket the best pieces trausiated and incur little or no. ris of success, These pieces cost them $50 or $1 whereas the same kind of work, written by Bulwer cost item $5,000 at least, So when I took a five act comedy to the Haymarket I was offered for it ‘aya ameon whieh haa is were which 1% was impossible to live. Thus th Be lish dramatist was starved into compliance and became a translator. 1 recoived $250 for an udapta- tion, Deprived of sound English charac: were called on to depict the milk-and-water conven honal puppets of tho Freuch stage, Tho Froxol dramatist bas art and passiouate dialogue, bat he ha: litle power of evolving character. How many charac ters survive of the French drawna of th last dity ear! I mean great types of character, such as Mo igre invented in the **Tartuffe” and the ‘Misan thrope”’—such characters as abounded in our drama tists Olty years aga, ‘ I—With this faith, what will you do in the*future? He—Keep on with the Irish drama and write a five act comedy of the school of Moliére. 1—Then you have not doue your best because you knew it would not pay? Hr—Precisely. Sever al years ago I gave adinner te @ number of literary men, among them Charles Dick: evs. We got on this very subject, and I maintained that plays succeeded in the Inverse ratio of their merit, Dickens did not agree with me, “Very well,” 1 sax “PH prove it. L'il write threo dramas, one high, one of middie, one of low life, They shall be produced in London simultaneously, and the wor: ‘be the great success”? I wrote ‘Hunted Down,” Long Strike” (which Dickens pronounced best’ drama), and “The Flying soud,” the consequences, matic play, in which my wite and J appeared, was a failure, “rho Long Strike” was w erate success, while “The Flying Scud,” produced jo Holborn Theatre with ratch Company, ran sé year! Now I'll toll you an anecdote. On the revival ot “London Assurance’? at the Princess’ tour yeart ago [ sayin a privato box with acritic, who turned te moat the end of the third act, saying, “Why dou See ‘Hunted Down,” an epigram you write something of this sort, now?” “fhirty Years ago,” Lreplied, “{ wrote 1 very play, Tow days after appeared an articl ng Journal 1g which the public were attacked tor tolerating such a tissue of rubbish, but the writer consoled himself with the reflection that said public would recover its senseg and § e play would retire into aw obscurity from which isnould never have emerged. That was the criti- cism, and you wrote it!” At answer did your friend make? What could he answer? Nothii home and told another friend that 1 had nursed this grievance for thirty yeurs; watching for an oppor- tunry of retaliating. ‘Tuat's the sort of man I am. However caustic the criticisms on Dion Boucicault and whatever may be the amount of justice contained ; undeniable that for thirty-five years be bas not only beid the commgnd of the English stage, but has so filed it that the middle period of this cen- tury—trom 1845 to 1875—exhibits no other figure of great prominence, He isthe only dramatist during that period whp bas written an enduring play of the first order—l mean an original comedy in tive nots. Besides ‘London Assurance” and “Old Heads and Young Hearts,’’ ne bas inveoted the Irish drama, and, perhaps, 1s destined to live by that achievement, This idyili bic comedy-melodrama Jis plot, its characters and dialogue are all new and Peculiar, The ‘Cotleon Bawn:’ was the first of theso works, and although there have been subsoquent imita- tions [ seo no equal to it except those Irish dramas with which Boucicault bas tollowed up the bright original, ‘This is his due. Boucicault may not bi great dramatist, but he occupies a position in tho c tury whieh his critics acknowledge by their vobemeat denunciation, But be AMUSEMENTS. OLYMPIC THEATRE, This theatre will open for the fail and winter season as a “novelty” theatre, under the management of Colonel Wilham E. Sinn, a gentleman who has been identified with the most successful theatrical enters prises in the provinces. Variety ard regular dramatio performances will alternate alter a few weeks devoted to the former style of amusement. A complete dramatia company, consisting of Miss Ada Gaddis, Miss McAllise ter, Miss Florence Ellis, Miss Luoille Adams, Messrs, J. R Grismer, C. T. Nichols, Louis Mestayer, Oliver W. Wren, Harry Pearson, J. C. Watsn, G. W Kembie, ke, has been engaged. The specialty artisis engaged for the opeuing Week include every branch of variety epiertainwent, comprising Herrwaun, the prestidigna tenr; Aad Ryav Sam Devere, G. R. Edeson, J. 2, Kelly, Scots oud Bryant, Joho Reilly, Curry and Fo: Huber and Guaden, Master Fish and the Richmo sisters Popular prices have been advpted for the seae son. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. ‘Bata’ is in active preparation at Niblo’s Garden, The Eagle Theatre opens tor the season on Monday woek. The rehearsals of ‘Sardanapalus’’ at Booth's are progressing favorably and promise a performance on Monday next of unusual attraction, Mr. Jerome Hopkins bas given two concerts tho past week in Norwich, Cono., with the thermometer at ninety-eight. At the second one some of his assistants, were prostruted by the heat and could not appear. A fine dill was offered at Gilmore’s Gardea last night, the principal soloists being Mme. Pappenbeim, the celebrated prima donna, and Mr. J. Levy, who played “Robert, tor que j'aime.” A symphonia quartet of singers appeared and made an utter fiasco, It wad simply ridiculous, THE CUSTER MONUMENT. THE LITTLE ONES COMING TO THE FRONT I FORCE—-TWO REFRESHING LITTLE LETTERS. Itis pleasant to sce the children of tho country taking their sbare in the erection of the monument te General Custer and bis heroic command, It 13 op such occasions us these, whea a country mourns the men who have approved the peerless valor of the race from which they sprung, that the little ones can be tanght what heroism means, and the seed sown which in the future will, if need bo, supply the same fruits of Superb self-sacrifice. So let the children come fore ward. The following are two artless little letters, which itis areal pleasure to publish:— Detaware Warten Gar, Pa, August 5, 1876, To THe Epitor oy tos Herato:— Toward the Custer memorial fund I enclose you $1.50, the joint coutribution of August, Rudolph, Jack and your friend, MAY M. FAY. Mavisox, N. J., Atgust 8, 1876, To ry Epiron or the HERALD: — I englose a small sabseription collected by me for the gal'aut Custer. Please acknowledge tn pope SINCLAIK HUNTING. LW. . Collected by Master Willian M. phia:— Cents, Master Fd, R, Shion... 10 Cash,..... Master NM. 3 Master Wm. M. Shinn. 20 © oan RK. Trieker. A YOUNG GIRL'S MELANCHOLY. Yesterday afternoon word was received at Corones Simms’ office, Brooklyn, that a young girl bad commit ted, suicide at No, 189 Gates avenue, The house is ocenpied by Captain John Trecartin, a shipping mer. chant, doing business at No, 38 South street, New York, and family. For some time past Captain Tree cartin's ouly daughter Mary bas been subject to fits of melancholy caused by attacks of hysterm She avoided society and soomed to desire to be constantly alone, On Wednesday sho did not appear to be so de- pressed in spirits, and her mother thougat if she visited the country for a short time and m:ngied in company she would get better, with that in view Mra Trecartin went out yesterday for the purpose of pur chasing soine things necessary for tue trip, When she returned home she proceeded to the upper part of the house to look for her danghter. She went into ali the rooms but Mary was nowuere to be seen. Ab last the mother concluded to look into a closet in which were some trunks and a ladder leading to the scuttio, Who ‘opened the door she discovered her daugh+ tor’s body suspended by a ropo from one of the rungs of the ladder, The rope was about thirty feet long, the unhappy giri, aiter fastening it to the Indder, wound it around her neck several times and tben jumped™{rom a trunk whieh siood at the foot of the ladder. She evi- dently suffered a great deal, as her neck was very much discolored, She was about twenty years of uge, very handsome, and was thought a great teat of by alt whe knew her,’ [tis supposed she was temporarily insane at the time, Coroner Sitnms will hold an inquest to-day, AN IMPORTANT ARREST, Captain Caffroy, of tho Fifth precinct, last night ar rested Heary Buhte, the German grocery clerk whe shot the two boys, James Heoly and Alexander Turner, im front of No. 1,835 Third avenao on Wednosday last. ‘The prisoner was locked ap in the Leonard street sias |_Non house and will be arraigned at court to-day,