The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 24, 1871, Page 1

AUREMEN ASTONISHED, The Groatest Turf Event of the Season. —— LONGFELLOW BEATEN BY HELMBOLD. What Old John Harper was Really Offered for his Flyer. ——— CITENSE EXCITEMENT ON THE COURSE. —— fow York Sportsmen Raking in Rnor- mous Winnings. anatooa, Aug, 28.—Last night clouds over- pprond the sky, the wir was damp, and everyihing i Giceved rain, ‘The track was moady, and it was thought (hat a clouded sky even without rain would ot betior it ‘This worning the sun shone brightly, The back. ars of Longtellow were filed with joy. They ran bim up clear above the tnermomoter. He even went apne high as $700 to $200. Meimbold was hardly talked of; apearently he had no trieads; but many old turfites sailed about the hotels and the club houses quie ly takinz in tie Dig odds, The rotanda of the Grand Uaiun was filled with an eager crowd of betting men. A few miu tor after sunrise the gardens and lawns in front of the cottages #warmed with ladies, who enthusiasts ally wagered heavy sums on Longtellow. Not one Of the fiir ones sympathized with Helmbola, At Ahe oresk(ast table the great race was alone the Lopic of conversation. By 7 o'clock the street in front of the Grand Union was thronged with car- rages, Thore was no dust. The road was in splen- @id condition. Everybody was thoroughly awake And eacer to get to the track. There must bave been 95.000 strangers in Saratoga. WAPKINS, BRUSHES, AND RAZORS AT A DISCOUNT. The waiters, bootbiscks, backmen, chamber- pride, ond barbers were so fearfully excited that it et Impossible for them to attend to their They wagered their money recklessly, In deed, some of tiem bad been laying aside money for to Letupom the great race, Longfellow Nearly every quiet dl everybody Waniered about tbe piazza with an opem porte monvse, Karly in the morning Babcock, Weldo: Harper, McDaniels, Morris Cameron, and other old turfmen visited the stables, Both horses were reported in splendid condition. ‘The trock was fast drying up. This was very fa- orabie to Long! took a wid» range Ii ran about four to one on the favorite. Morrissey, A. Bell, and Babcock wagered £15,000 ro $50,000 on mELupoxo, As soon 8 this was known {t ecared all the small by. end the betting became very spir tid. Now 100 to 9 wis Ireely cftered and (reely taken. At this timetne rotunda of the Unioa presented An injercsting #pectace, On the piazza sat Judge Garvin sod Judee Ingraham, calmly discussing the beriis of tle (wo horses, Ten feet from them were Aldermen Cuddy, Healy, and Shapnon, voludly Pompavivg notes. Speaker Hitchman and County Dietk Loew eauntered through the ladies’ parlor, Yoning to the fair ones, and advising them not to > too sure of the favorite, Josh Billings sat Upped Apacainst one of the pillars, dreamily smokivg » tiger, Col, Wm, R, Roberts bracod himself up with Me cane, and talked horse incessantly, Senator Watton amused self with talking nonsense to a feore riniug lidies, Judge Bixby and « doze: te sl Hiebts formed a circle under tue trees (routing tie hotel, and were incessantly BADGRRED BY THE HACKDRIVE Who wanted to take the odds ou Heimboid, Bman 1B Hart and Samuel J, Tilden walked the gar Jeo In earnest conversation, Vanderbilt appeared serous (he street, and apparently studied the im Rense \hrong upon the porch of the Union with in- rao interest, ‘There was an ohject of attraction the back plezza, Bheriff O'Brien and Georse fones—" not the Count Joannes"—were whisper. log mysteriously together. The Sherif calmiy (apped nis feet with his came, whie Jones read to Bim several telegrams, Jones loomed troubled, While the Shoriff looked every inch » hearty leader. When they got through talkiog it was evidout that Shey bad settled upon the winaing horse. Carrioges began to leave for the course as early (0), The raeime was to begin at noon, Many Mistinguished persons walked to the course, The Tedicies were jammed, In many of them there w Aostioding room, All the waivers, porters, boot. acks, und Commodore Vanderbilt roae to the Wurse, The Commodore went out in ereat style There were bus two four-i One of thi Wee driven by Charles Delavan, Tbe ladies ewarm. 4 out in great numbers. Ad ‘bout the entrance to the course, Tae rush f Nekete was terrific, aud tue jam of the carriage: * volse was deviening. The grand stand wi Died very early, Ik overflow Us. rood began selling pools an hour before the nce, EVORYTHING WAS LONGFRLLO: Not spoo! could be sold on any horse in any other face ‘Tho quarter stretch was biack with human. My, ‘Ile 1ush $0 the pool stand was uaprecedented. Bicht hundred doliare ia the pool, and Lonfellow old ited Uanderwoo!: “Ow much for Ly M. Bold?” Then the Doctor Woull gnze nervously avout the crowd until he woud catch @ wink or a Ouger uplifted, and he Would resun Eight bundred dollars in the pool tod Tam offered * hundred for L. M. Bola!’ And t would go, until the Doctor resehed trom two 1 to two hundred and thirty dollars, were ® great many quiet workers on the Warter stretch, ‘These would sneak through the How, shouting: “Am # betting one hundred to wiry vuat fellow wins this race t At one \ 3 Juin Harver, Longfeliow's owaer, slouched (ue multitude, singing ous in a cracked * jist got $40 about my clothes, and I'l bet forty to filteen that Loogieliow wine this race {" All these Lote were quietly taken iu by New York J0dN MORRISSET BACKS HELMMOLD Morrissey Walked over the stietcl, poimting bis wer at diferent, men, saying I'm offering $200 to $1,000 that Helmdol 4 wins He took in # dozen such bets within Ovo minutes Fifty dollar greonbacks were a9 thick as leaves in Voiambrosa, ‘There were probably over $1,000,000 Wwaide of the quarter of an acre, The ladies were Apo rently crazy, wagered gloves, rings. dat korchie’s, and money, utterly regardless of the ree 1 hshone beautifully, One-half of the track bi front of the grand stand w dy. A harrow ww Oa sulky, and riven re it for an b e the race, At last the bell rang for THR inst Race. Ty was 0 three-quarter mile dash for all ages, and or led 1 ioterost. There were only two Cutrinn— orks wcodent aod Loud's Moselle, year-olds, vk Wie lead and held it to the end, No Wore ‘lieve horses blanketed tian Helmbold P {he tracs, enveloped in wovlens up to the His \ege were bandaged, He was apparentty He ran a \alf wile and back, His were removed. He was in » profuse sweat, © jockeys wcraped great flaxes of foam fom tis neck and shoulders, ‘The crowd saw him, $00 10 sn instant We wos aurrounded. Bome de Gated hat he wwerted too easily, and oth 0 M bowcve tbat this had only impereé him up, and Oar be was Ot to rum for ® wan lite, Aa the THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 NEW YORK PRICE TWO CENTS. horse stood thers with red, distended nostrils, bis Gory nature broke out, He Inid back his ears VICIOUSLY BROAN TO KICK Longiellow bad leisurely walked throug’ the littie gate and was going down the track ip an opposite direction from Hetmbold, with the speed of the wind. SERGEANT BABCOCK DEAD. TWO MURDERS Y 4 MANIAC KILLING HIS WIFB AND COMMITTING SUICIDE. THK CUSTOM HOUSE PARTY, BEGGING MR. GREELEY TO ABANDON THB REAL REPUBLICANS, will win yet." man who owns him, “1 do fee! #0 sorry for that poor o! “Ob, I really do hope Hetmbold increased At the quarter-mile post he was two Longfellow ran down the back ESTERDAY. that wae before the Commi ss taincy—The Sergoant George C. ahead, and Frogtown pushed savagely afer him and took second placs. until the tim the grand stand with Cadence still leading and Frogtown close spon him. Going down the buck #trotch on the full mile, Rolas prepared for the strife d shaking of tho trailors, J bexan to worry Frogtown, he passed bim, and as they ali awang into the home made for Cadence, who had plenty of ne, but Kolas ‘was consent to linger Babcock died suddenly might at 7 o'clock at his renidence, 137 Madison me known, a fe die large circle of trivnd: ‘The Sergeant wea born in 1885, at Grafton, Rev- ler county, in this State, Afwer receiving « good common school educatio lengths abead. ftretoh like » ship without « longths behind, and at the three quar- Ove grand univer. tn an Enst Fifteonth jement-A Night of Terrors-A ach Strictly Obeyed= Orders from Long B. He ran o mil ing of sorrow overwhel 4, Holmbold | ters fully tem longth rose from the hearte of the even a peg was leit on which to hang a shred of Helmbold dashed through the mud hea toil erect, twenty lengths ahead, and passed ui ng 8 Winner ju 749%, amid an immonse yell ht from those who had won. be entered the fourth mile and wi ‘0 hostlers and Jockeys who had beard Badeock's orders to MeCielian, know that Long- gime was up. They tossed their hate to 4 danced with wild glee, Among the mbold was a great favor to, AVTER THE RACH carried down to the left of the erand threw himself on his back ant In an instant an immense tleced between bis ears and eqnecaed. A stream of ure water ran over the horse's f ce, ngain sereped from nd dollars tn nd as he stood there perspiration ho w: ood out on hie neck like the veins of a bronze hore, visible apon bis left shoulder, robably caused by the crowd gathered about him the roke out into hearty che: red about bim like fl Wopned just below the judges’ « was deserted in an insiant, and a mithty crowd ‘Toey drivoled trom the grand stand into the quarter stretch, and drifted ter stretch upon arose as toe blankets wore lifted trom Longteliow, was clear and briedt, hie skin wa ad he Was apperentiy Old Jolin Harper gazed at him long and oarnestly, Even Babcock, Heimdo! Ward-A Thritling About 4:45 yesterday morning the sleepers , between First ave: Jers out of Mizut. The Republican State Central Committee mot Hotel yesterdiy to fix upon a place for the State Convention. tended were: by moving ap ut the favorite, Eost Filteenth at hue and Avenue} A,were startled by piercing am Spparently from one of the upper rooms, ly a boy, with his bands covered with blood, ru. down the stairway into the street, crying Od, he's killed my mother, in the Hifth Ay ho wont inte we rr 94 and was appointed bagcage m ster on the Hudson River Railroad. He was sn iutimote fraend of Doe Simmons, Bavoock gave up railroading and came to New York, About four years afterward Police, From « patrolman he rose to the erg and meritorious service. days ago be reported at Police Headquarters that Dretty eirl, aged 7, was danger. id typhoi d pneumo- members who Alonzo B. Cornell fo in him yet, The brush wi ondod it by going Gret under the etri Uadence ‘Was second, and Tubmar (Chairman), 8. T, Maddox, Brastus D, Wobster, George Opdyke (Treasurer), L. L. Doty (Secrotaryh, Tomas Maliizan, Hah Gardner, Gen, Chestor A. Arthur, W. H. Robinson, Cyrus B. Martin, Henry 5. Vandecarr, Gon. G. Hf. Sharpe, J. H. Ramsay, Geo. BA. Merritt, R. Blakely, A. B. Lafiin, Levi Diakesleo, J. A. Pini Fifteen years ago Br. d willed Dimaeolt crowd gathered about the house, blocaing up the street for some distance, Eugerman burried up the atairs, which were crowd. o1 with borror-stricaen men, womon, In the room occupied by Felix Dorsey, on the third of the terrible excitement On the floor, surrounded by pools of bloos, Iny the dent bodies of Dorsey and nis The throats of both were laid open nd their blood was flowing fivor, end running sluzgishly toward the ‘Wost 0 soinedt the 001 a8 er ACCIDENT, OR INCENDIARISM? through faithfut but said not a word, Owner, Was attracted by the crowd, and STUDIED LONOFELLOW He drew o long breath and pingly satisfied, Among the spec {ators the inspection was unfavorable to Heimboid Bigger odds were oftered on Longfellow, but time veteran turfmen were scooping in the immens odds aud endeavoring to raise the premium, The bugle sounded, cleared as if by magic. JocKey, oprang upon his borse with quiet confidence et, with scarlet sleeves and cap, colored jockey, tie bi Z s 2 Fy z J i = : his only cbitd Id ously sick with the hip disease Granted leave of absenc Last Friday he received a notice to report imme, quarters, That morning Ida jewhat encouraged: Thomas I. Chatfeld, C. 8, ir Trapa—Nome Narrow Kac Yesterday morning at sbout 2 o'clock a fire under enspicio occupied by Mr. Goertz ond Jackson svenun, near Seventh stree Mrs, Goerts says that Mr. Goerta had been oapicnicon the previous bome ha was refused admission by his wifo, came ipto the house, and picking @p ap exe mpted to strike lor with ft, Dut missed ber and atruck the kerosene lamp, on tie bed and set fro to the house. Mr, McNulty, who lives oppos! tween 1 and 2 o'clock he went down stairs to quiet his dog, whose barking prevented bis sleeping. under full headwe: tonished that no alarm had been given. the street, MeNulty shouted * Fire," While bis son Don, svoung men of about 21, ran to nzine house and cave t over the door of Mr. Goerta's was open. but when tarned the door was bolted and barred, and it required hard work to open it. Deid his policy only recently failed in 11s business, with @ eritical ey walked off oi Relmbold w Was discovere circumstances ‘Tito day of Sevvem 98.0 placing for the seveial State ofc: election, aad tor the transacti 1088 as nay proveriy come bel All electors who believe in tl grasped bis bridle, foemed better, and he felt But soon afterwards Ta began to fail, and all popes y vanished. The physician death was only a matter of time. parsed sleopless nights and gloom pertive joss of his on! While he was attentively watching Ida, he was denly taken with pain in the bo trate on the floor. On retnrving {he ereat flike: He had gained forty thou valno within eight minutes, dripoing with quarter streteh Han, Heimbold’s Sergeanr Babcock principles of the Pe. in the present national Admin. bothers as are In tuvor of vqual ) AFO Oppused to eXiravagaice ‘The room is about ten dy twelve fect piece of carpet covers the contro. adorned with cheap priuts, corner, and a table on the south between the two windows about a fout from its position against the wall, dd Of It wan a dish contatving n ham be Which most of the mest bh otver end of th ‘The walis are A bu) ouu stands ta one 8, aud fell pros. Te was removed to a bed and Dr. Jordan was called to attend him, did not feel thi The burning fluid fell CORRUPTION IX THE ADMINISTRATION of pnhlic affairs, are invited to uaire in the election of deewates fromthe reveral As red rider m the orange jacket and pants,and a red cap 4 114 pounds, und Longieiiow but former is one year older th Tria table was moved any danger, as the Ser- ‘nodule a8 provided for by the ob of the Liave Coaveniion adopted Joly b, Helmboid carr: Were suminoned, but their skill was nowenipss, Sergeant was conscious antil death. physicians, his friends, aud bis wie Were around bis deata-bed, be “You must relievi A ‘ow moments d been cut away, Tie te jockeys guth suyar cask, and anid: “Oh yes, he's a nico old dutte with Longfellow. chance to win at all the flats pet their money on him ; oh yes, when you want to bet your money, bet the ‘They know #0 much abo apportioned on the ;vasis o1 the WELMNOLD AND LONOFRLLOW CONTRAST contrast botween tne two horses was most and knotty, 6, and a quick, tmpatient Longfeliow was a beautiful pie. body was perfectly formed, quarters were clean cut, and Lie eyes were as mild as those of an Kastern que utmost grace, free and easy, like tne lever of a though be despised like a race between a Tho next basiness was the discussion of the fol- lowing resolution, which a'ter ® long derate was ers. Mulligan, Morritt, Field, sud Chailield voting in the negative : dia on tho 9th of Maree ie 10F the Leorganizatios of th the Clty Aud Counly of New York, aad did taereupoa soopt tao followlag resol ton : * Resolved. Whenever the Geu. been culy organized bis clothes in DRIPPING BLOOD, pattered with red Doreey lay near the table, with his bead Inst the front o1 toe house, and bs body stretehed out toward tue door, His head was thrown bees, aud bis face bore an expre bod om a shirt, dark-colored puntaioon: The gash in his throws was a moat frighifal one, Tre knife cut clean througt: the arteries, esophagus, end windpipe, and back to the spin flowe! over and mingled with that of bis wife, who out three feet dis head was about that distance (rom the front of the Louse, and her feet also poi he fs, to talk He don't #isnd no notabt of it, or I'll die before my re ho expired his broth 8, Babcock, asked bim if be bad any request for about balf {' When Le ren There was a fire in b pawiug of the foot. , and only one,” he answered. umily when I'm eon crept over him like a peaceful slumber, "the Sergeant wai Oriental Club, and belonged to the Police Mutail Aid Sociecy. ‘He was in the riots of 63 and ‘71, and Ho loaves a lireo yy the gen'men ‘on of agony, He four days before, Committee ahs |. the functions aud He movod with the He was tieavily in= Daring these remarks Longfellow was led past * None were so poor as to do him rev- Reynolds, a Indy Who lived on t out 1 o'clock she wal Juargensen watch. bie antagonist, rich man's son, fed on charlotte russ boy who bad been brought up on gingerbread and Rreatly distinguis circle of friends to mourn ots untimely deati, Serveins was an honorable umd upright man in bi nd on the road to promotion. decide the cause of death, ‘at present organized shall be by a rumbiin MIS REPUTATION WAS G0 jad tail were down, lowed him as he was led through the gate on the left of the quarter siretch. That man was his owner, He toddled along behind his idol, and be looked as if ‘The horse stopped thirty A fow idle mon jumped ont of thered about him. R. Fellows and the B.ue Grass man catae the track, Old Jobn Harper pat his nands witnin his waistcoat and looked at the horse long and ear stepped on one side and held a ellows and the old man waved the horse away, and ogain sadly followed him, while the Blue rass man and Co). Fellows returned to the track t the winner. WRAVY GAINS AND Lossns, From $150,000 to $200,000 changed hands on the result of this race, on the quarter stretch slono t $50,000, and this ts neder Babcock won at Sheriff O'Brien and Young George Law took in a thoasand, One of the heaviest winners w: lock of the Eleventh Ward, among the Kentuckians and scooped in $15 000, at 100. After this the younyt the Elevenin Word where the doctor Sheil of the Seventh Ward bagged $600, Ransom was alson very heavy winner. won $2,000, wiich he will the pomination for the Senate in Senator Cauldwell w. from Siigo took 10 and started for New Owen Murphy sil De vested In the General Commi: tec and the Somply district associations uereinvefore prov! an jore than ever cunfirmed by jopmenta of Democratie misr 4 of providing for ® Republican org: he averred, his room w wart was the matter; Sho thonght it some: Bre lay down and in a short time was \“Firel fre!” more she would have been unsole to save her- Her husband and Mr, fed toward the door. bent back, and her calico dress was open at the breast, Her throat was cut from ear to ‘The arteries aoa wind pipe Were severed, ‘There wae no bedstead in the room, and the wo- body Iny partly on & disordered bea floor. ‘The bedding was r with bivod, The ‘THE SCENE ON THE STAND just before the race w: 1d elegantly dressed indies chattered like the plumaged birds im South Americas for front of the stand was fringed with Col, Roberts was plastered against one of the p toying with his blue neck tle, was leaning agai earnestly conversing with Morri #0m Was Wandering about the stand like # roaring lion seeking for somebody to traw hat and a blue ribbon, was going halves in a pool with young George Law. her no answer. aid nothing. old Jotn Warper. leuning beavily upon bis can rt was breakli fect from the fence. again aud fell awaked by the 8 if end her four ebil McNally broxs open the back door nothing from the ruins bat the clothes she ha ciated by toe Commissioners, who hi plation to promote lim tos vacant captain King of the Club suitable action ts ‘The sergeant resided at 137 Madison He leaves a wife and one it in comtem- fer, and flecked & special m Speaker Hitchmao t the fence on the quarter etre! at she was very her a month's rent us tee ihat she saw a ne centre of the roow, Mr. Coeritz was p with bis wie before th; street, Seventh Ward. child, the latier lying at the point of death, a ——— B'S M2 DNESS, 1M my county of New York townie with and ““Resolwed, That the Execntl charged trom furt nearly to tue door, al {he sice of the room Wasa large club. ument of death, the bodies, and Charley Ran- es? Committees bo dis 100 of tue suoject. ‘The business conciuded with the adoption of the r lay the ins diming «nife with @ white handle, Toe cage was Sheriff O'Brien, whispered conzultation with Col, Bive Grass man. mmr FAMILY, From virlous persons the SUN reporter gathered the following xc Inveiman, aud about 4 y \curman, abd Owned a truck intemperate map, and ts said frequently to bave eaten bis uncomplaining wile, Who is spoken of in A Father Att Child and theo ed by a Pack: Andrew Coyle, of 157 Mott street, was before Justice Dowliog yesterday, accused of attempting io on, aged 7, and aiterward himeel/, Bleecker, of the schoower J, K. Mundell, of New London, lyiug at pier 23, East River, first observed Coyle sitting on the siriugpieee talking to the child. sprang up, and seizing the little o by tne left leg and the back of bis meck, deliberately threw bim as far as he could into the dock. water, but presently rors to the suriace aod uttered a piercing scream, aped on top of the child, sendit and when the little one rose a recond time the father threw out his arms as if to keep him under, ker threw a rope to Coyle, but he refused it, Mr. Bleecker's shouts brouglit other persons to ud father and son were drawn on beard the #ehooner, moch frightened, bat wxs uniujured, Eight or nine ye to Drown first his imaclf-A Brain U of Letters, bors are very much uctothe Live Ox« © come Promptly to hand, and by their exer. of two women who Ling bouse, and knew nothing wuateror incensed at Mr. Wright Sanford above the pool-selier's of Brooklyn was , While Fire Commissioner Gal one of the policem Commodore Vanderbilt, accompanied by Wife and mother-in-law, « lady apparently about forty years old, occupied a secluded nook on the | He wore a white Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee are Wm. Orton aid Jacson 8, aner in whica they of the Kepubiloaa hereby presented to Me ultz for the adie wn e conducted ti ty ln the city of THR MERTING OF TRE Lm ot tue Univa Republican Central Committee, better known as the Custom House ang, was called to order last nigat by Col. Aloba- . HW. Duganne, who oid not declaim as is nis custom. ‘The newly elected perm Mr J. J. Towns stand. Chief of Police Campbell watching the hor: way was wrangling wi TUIRD AVENUE CAR THISVES, well of by many. Morrissey won at instead of over. Wateh aud the Brave Young Woman who Tricd to Arrest the Thiel ‘The Chase inte second Avenue. Atl o'clock y: Peres sud Miss Sar to the Ashland Hows tered one of the downtown Tuld avi aiter seating his companion, endosy- ored to pass by font young men, who were # to an guoceapied seat by Ler side, but When the car rescued Tweaty- satrd street the young men prepared to get off. As they were parcing Br. Barnes he feit for bis waten He seized one ot ite n alo taking hold of anot'er ns they endeavored to jar Dernes ta:ned vo shield Mii Vorver wuich may escaped. sprang clear and started ¢ nue toword Twenty-se by Aliss Harrlagton, wio is indo many wequal disposition, and ove of te tout ene used Irequently to lock horse f in ber room, Tooy had a tamliy of five jest, Bernard, aged rand stand, Was escorted to the c, nd White, amid the m ¢ cheering of the officeliold: Mr. Townsend, on taking the chair, deli long speech, tn whicn and keep by herself children, the ost a child wt! th Troums—tae one already described, and w little bed. room, which had a small window about six feet floor, opening inty the Ballwa: twenty otver families, Dorsey continued his drinking ap to and throngh the monta of May, thereoy losing bis customers ta * May he stopped urinki ‘outinued tempera and the long course hud followed, uusetiies his mind d trequently been commented upon d many of them ad expr opiuivd that be snouts belockea up. ‘as aware of bis taiupg, and last week, and on Monday, 18 sald to have GONE TO MIS PRIEsT During nis spells of partial insanity, key in lier pocwet, that her basband mizut get out aud vo injury bitngel: or others. Puesday aight Dorsey Nothing extraordinary was he went 10 is bed on the flout 4 RORFIVIED METHODIST MINISTER. Pious Methodist than Dan- He bet on Lousiellow, and looked very ich Like @ disgusted Methodist m race, At 12:30 precisely the bugle soun: ; Wheatly shouldered his white flag and walked fiity feet up the track, with a red Helmboid took a position on et in advance of tne starter. et below Wheatly y morning Mr. Horace On returning sit tom frien He looked more like All lived in two child fell with Wook occasion t ‘action of the State Committee, to scoui aud to gaat the rate of 2% ¥ plastering him with praise. immer of 187) it had long been favorite practices + representation money, Thomas ed for the last ti if of ‘Tammany’ was to maintain asecret yet in the very heart of the Reoublican organs ition. ‘The speaker said emphatically that the peopl ‘Commitive applauded ‘The events of the 12th of Jal Mayor, aud the publication « ere toucaed upon. douk under h the inside, tea fellow went five unable to do ro, but Uhe lows of trac As he turned Murphy's district, laree winner. John Matthews got York as soon as he got it GOBBLED UP A SMALL FOKTUNS, Almost all ot the New York men Todd, Jono Hunter, and Leonard forfeit paid them on Kt appearance on the track veteran Lorseman, of New Jersey, ant of conree it wes cone, |, Wreaily shouted aloud * and both hors. together, Helmbold two lengths in advance Ke STILLNESS The jockeys watching the horses wit Both jockeys held in weir Longfellow slowly closed the cap and forg: he was two (uli As they moved down the oppo. ed his guit, and nearly Longfellow moved like thistlejown A bottle would bardly Lave fallen taking twenty-seven foot at every @ beautiful even play to his head and neck, as though bis joints were well oiled, logs wore as regular in their motion ers of » locomotive. with bis back. RAN Lik AN MIGHTH WARD Loar: a3 {ull of pluck, and dug along the track as though he meant win or die, fas if putting om an extra pound of steam, and spurt ahead like a weill-bailasted yacht At the half-mile Longfellow only lea by lower turn they ago Corie held a good posi- ree busines» house in this city, Re mar oung, wed for years hinsel Finding ® package of let 4 to bis wife irom a man whom that the seound domestic happiness. Eatrang To this trouble was Without money or aninenitto tae hogor, the manhood, ana the common sense o1 tne pub ic. On motion of Mr. White the Cusir appointed asa Committee to prepare by A.J. H. Duganne, nd Immediately afterward the'mecting Duganne no opportunity to speak hit bong over the grand stand. we and regulation G ing to destroy his ment froin his wife followed. aided the lose of bi a hone, and with bis peace of mind disturbed by Wife, he resuived upon the 4 run ¢own Third av the tudiiference of | destruction of himself and caiid, so Won a sinall CKENSACK. lengths in ad site stretch Heimbold iner closed the gap. ina fair wind, from hie bacx, THE CONVICI hie turned and fred at her wr Cotter oF 4) corner below, bast saw lum and ‘ture toward Becond x No 217, ‘the officer o omeving Into "he Aresway in Second avenne. ecrgs Summes urehootrr with one borrel keys, aud sone skein of sk. foupit a dare lantern, which he had thrown away, Soamurs ie not well known to who do know him described hin #8 009 of th smartest and tricktest ecompatied hy Ib is understood that Ouiver Charlick ts « beayy who was on the He is bere, bot I cannot learn whetber 1 He knows epongh to have bet on Joo O'Donnell and Commodore derbilt were heavy losers not love anyth Preciation of the value of his that ne has ever been offered $100,000 for Long! offered $55,000 two wee A FOUKTEED nded from New York Wiley Dying. Two escaped Sing Sing prison county jail in Hackensack, and their fri: New York are there in force. intention is to rescue the prisone: Sberiffof Bergen county, in anticipation of an at tack, has place | a large force of wateut Wiley or Reilly who w: ant Valley by Constable McCabe oo Saturday, is ¢ physicians say there i 1H WARD MURDER. econd atree: ie true or not, 4 Driver's Retali- ites of a Bowery Dev rs are in the morming her Tie wea Onally Old Jobn Ht xeept in the Tt is supposed that was apprehensive that tie door to keep bim in, wanded to be let ous Lo tae landing fused, and tried he was worse, and locke Au a svort time he de. The wife re to persuade her husbaod Quiecuens, He persistod in his atiempta to get oat, bat daaly temporarily gave up the effort. Heked up a cas@-knife, and wietted It on the stone ening the blade ue went nd tried to pry of a tals he turned upon tLe Wile On bis porson were Eaily yesterday morning Dennis Daly, a driver on the Third avenue line, entered the d basement of the northwest corn » Bowery, the worst pl Daly treated the thieves several times, went out of the place. While on the sidewalk wai ing for s car, be was approsched by Jobn Otis, of lip and South street, and Catharine Huesied eet, who had followed him out 1g of Any account, six skeleton His tail lay upoa a line of Hester street ein the nowery, men in chart Hot at Pleas: low, but he wi old man bas been raising horss fatally wourded possibility of his recovery, the ball hi ed through near the nother convict, i# neld n of the city, Barnes, proferred lonivus assault with inten: to kill, and tho pritouer was committed It ia said to-night that one of bis forelegs the back and p. Longteliow strained a tendon curing the rac: cad drew the kn! died aiaont ini writ ot Aabeas Je of 8 Mulberry Abe two soni YESTERDAY'S | 'c FILES, for believing it ‘0 be Alter the race dir, Bubeock appeared in the rotunda of the hotel, the observed 0: ali obsurvers, He wore « velvet coat and ® bappy smile, diamond flashed in his bosom, row light from the beaming face above it, reporter slepoed ap to him, © Mr, Babeock, I lave the best of reasor er of length. like well-matebed Same posiiion, they entered the home stretch and sailed down the muady patch fro: stand at ap extra barat of speed. 7 of policy on the part of McClellan, He was crowding Longfellow torouga the tthe grand stand they SPRANG UPON THEIR FATHER to disarm him, Both wore cut while trying to Sh. king off their uold, tis own throat, of the room and but he refused. She then seized him around the mpted to drag oi "den again, He somewh At this, Ous and seized and attempted to rod him, but her Otis then struck him over the leit temple. tw the ground, but quickly recovering himself 8 large Jack-knife and stabbed Otis in tue left breast, wounding bim mortally. seizo Daly, but he drow the knife on hi od ber under the right I fainting to the sidewalk. the blood Hie crossed over id ran down Bararii ‘The Ithaca Motel aad t Away—Timely Ald irom Owezo, Aug. 28.—A fire works of Timothy jocks Swept ‘Tragedy in Sullivan Street. James Lynch, of 9% Greene street, and Chinot Robm, an East Iniao, were drinking together im Charles Murpby's liquor saloon at 84 Suilivan street untae drew the kuifo night broke ing the erand was a stroke hd seemed to bor. twens dropped dead, Daring this struggle the daughter bad been trying eo key to Chen the cour reved ber aying mother's pocaet, but the not there, and was vowbe: ped through the bed . the neighoors were and the door was burst open, tue children rvieased from their terriole Wore cared ior by tri forsad noth and buildings, and burning with feerfut fury until day- A row of stone aud brick buildings im A\ Fora strect to tho Ithaca Hotel was dosiroyed ; ot for half a block was burned on both sides; alto all the buildings in South Tioga etreet an the corner of State. strei Ithaca Motel was fired by the fai From the hotel the fre contiui xd down stove of Culver & Bat Wort, sweeping large area of nd give the alata warrelied, and Ko! and stabved Lynch in the left breast, it is supposed, fatally, ohm was Murohy was detained as a witness, ——— BROOKLYN. said bo, ** I want to cong: The cirl attempted to mud to break him dows, sped, awid Gve thousand cheers, Longfellow i ing by a quarter of a lengtn, locked up, an ke you, sir,” said bi that I should win, I was pretty confident room window tnt You see, Helmbold is not a very fleet horse, but he is always there, and He never gives up, I never kuew lim to got di was there ar to the Eldridge sireet police ‘The officer then toou a stretoher, and with assist- ance bore Otis and the girl to the station, Daly was committed to the Tombs by Justice Ledwits, ————— The Recovery of Bodi Helmbold laid his nose on Longellow this position they passed the quarter pol pace was a liitie hotter than on the first mil moved lke paper figures in a imbold gained, r. Jobo Burrill, on bis retura to his home, 88 Willameburgh, Isat uignt, found Bouth Third. streot, Li» wife dead on the floor. William McLaughlin of 97 York street, a news boy, while vending aewspapers Last the river aud was drowned Richard Cig, a shoemaker, of 470 G1 K. ablempted suicide Last o f Joralemou strect, in the room adjoinin fed couvle, informed Tae SON Fepurter tuat she wee oppressed ail t rough l'ues- jou of coming evil, Passed a reatles At Oveo'clock in the’ morning ¢ae Was ata hvaring frightful screams irvin the room occupio ‘Then there was the souw flightly shaken by ate another bouy fell to tae floor, and then Barney jumped thronga from tho hotel joiature village, Atthe half-mile he had lapped He lost nothing at the thre: butas they again entered the mud on the home stretch McClellan once more crowded the Ken Longfeiiow responded gallantly and creased his speed amid handkerchiefs Holmboid had again dropped ni Vey went sround tie course like dragon Longfellow apparently endeavori his lend and Helmboid banging on bis quarter like an im portunate Irishman hhe still kept his nose on Longfellow’s tail, For the third time they swept dowa the Reporter—I suppose your jockey was instructed bow to manage the ra Mr. Babcuck—Ob, yer Stato street to the Gay night with @ 1s progress was stayed, for at Owego. from the Iil-Fated I toid him to ran the first mile in about 85, and the second in $0, wiihout re. ard to Longfellow. He was then to incroase his ongside of Longfellow, if he could stay there and keep urging the pace, but he was nos to pass bim till THE FINAL aTRvGaL. When he came around on the third mile, my rider vodded to mo that be bad it all his own way, could see it myself, fellow i#& five uurse though, and Lam sorry on Mr his value bas been so de It arrived in time a row of new ‘The loss 19 estimated at $200,000, ‘be Most prominent loss are: ithaca Hotel, Vol. W. H. + insured for $18,000, The United Stat mander James M, Duncan, {01 Harbor on the 6th of December oMcers and crew perished, but the bodies of most of them were soon recovered, Braine, U. 8. N iron-clad Weehawken, Com ered in Charleston , 1968. Many of the nd the house w. Ue War rescued. With the insurances chamvion race on Newto WS, and “ue ttle of (ue ead Fred Vem speed, and la; As they entered the third mi! nove on Lonefel Wickel of Ure day morning an embankment on Sackett Brooklyo, about twenty-five feet Dorer. aged about dead, his skull 4 bis Linde Broken. on OMicer Torwilliger was sud- wiaed Dy ® gentieman. who burrirdly told Mim * My Godt Fath bollways were men and women, and th Comman‘er D. L says that recently, by the aid of Giving apparatus, four osner bodies have been re. covered from tae engine room, nizable, Lut are sappu {naured for $3,500, E.'S. insured for $11,359, Welling, loss $400 Andrus, Jing and bookbindery, hates, dry goods MAO Of si9re and Warehouse $28,000; covered Hezgie & Hoyt, saddiery and coach insured tor §13.0W, ntly filled with wildest excitement pre: Many women faluted, and ail was uproar A man barst'open sloody room and the corpses were tany of tue inhabitants of ti LED IN TERROR, ann & Lyons, dw They are unrecoe id to be remains of toe miss wrs George W. McGowan, Morir, Augustus and contusion, the door, and and eruceries je by that time Vesternay aftern At the quarter post by insurance 1 necessary ar: be made they will be sent bitne: Will Lake place at the Naval Hos: Harper's account tod by the result of this raci turfmen back you? Mr. B.—Ob, yes; Hunter, Cameron, Weldon, ana all of them stuck by me. beiween the North and the Soatn—Rhode Isiang Helmpoid is a Rho Why, Gov. Sprague and A. L. Gallup back: Tney don't bet, bus they gave me every encouragement, and when the galiani fel low beat the favorite, the Goveraor was first to come forward and give me his hana, Reporter—What did your rider say about Whe the (uneasl ak: ga there back sireteu, rick Stevens of described hiniselt S54 Madison siroet, New York Bench examined und a cut on one impaneiied, and the adjoiuing room, ney testified as follows Fhashad frequent attacks of tneanity uripker, Out fi When he was crigy he used to Imag people were a(ter hi 1 het Brohud the room big atup very Irequentiy, At 4 o'clock le got up aud went and then over nto sharpen ¢ Sixteen Houses ta Lexington, Ky Lexinaron, Aug. 28.—A Oro tius morning in iiliasne & Brothers’ carpenter shop, on the norih «de of Broadway, between Main and Shut to Graves's stables on Main street, and in one hour a'terwerd sixteon houses bad inVolViug a Los of $100,000, Aned to (he buiidings, (he stocks of goods stores having boen removed, Reporter—Did t TUB DECISIVE MOMENT, Babeock hid told McClellan to (ee) of the F. F. V on the Litt half of the third mile, and see if he was Jelian prepared to fecl bim. He gave Heimbvid the spur, and the tough lite knot of bones and flesh responded, around the lower curve Helmbold lapped the favor- Longfellow's tail flew up. The pace was too the muddy home stretch lay before him ged wiead under a terrific pres entered the mad they were neck and necy,’ ro dug lis rowels into the favorite, but it Baveoek stood on the track frouting McClellan gave bim a nod, as much as to say, “It is ali rigot; he is oar aud Babcock answered by waving his hat, HOURS OF LEISURE, JOTTINGS ABOUT FLOWN, You see this was The Hudson Masnnerchor will assist in the sere. nade bo Seuator Norton to-night mpany D, Bighth rion Lo Vudiey's Grove to-day ‘The reopening of the transformed Metropolitan fement of Messrs, Tweed é& Gar Temperature yesterday pplying for licenses to sell kerosene good for avything. against Kentucky, egiment, co on their annual expires on (he ‘The Ancieut Order of Egyptian Monks wili partt- cipate tn the Lali Joho may not find his wate letier in the SUN's editorial F ‘Tho Merchants’ and Clerks’ Association enjoyed their annual picule Ib Terrace Garden last evening Fabeny. tie Don arrived In the Perirt yesterday, trou Counsellor M. F. Dowley of the Oriental Clab was ed Lieutenant of K Coupany, Twelfth Regiment, As they awent me up in every way Hotel, uuder tae wani field, is announced for , but hecan find @ When he came i Then ne wanted to go out, but mother would: Then he cut her throat, and tried to cue his own Hugh aud E tried to stop hint and got our hens cut f, and, I jumped out of the wiu- LOSSES BY PIKE, oklyn Car Dina 1000 the braky chain othe bill 94 Atlantic and Heary ¢ horses “vere unliitched, and s great velocity. cer TLompaon turned tho switeh, and the ear, in. stead of making the torn at Furman street, where it ave UNSOt, Tan aeainet on ir fe car was full of passeng then pe cut mie th ow and gave tho alarm. "4 testimony w * that of his elder brotie red & Verdict accordingly, aa PERSONAL ANTELLIG ENCE, Yesterday afi separated at the top Martin Dolden St Louls, were burned on T en two-story brick and severai frame hvusce 1 BOUL $40,000. A storehouse in August tong, belongin at 3.115 Caronite San Douningo, substantially the Mr. B.—Ob, he was sure of his race on the third he began to crowt and saw that the latter didn’t try to get out of his way, he know that THE J10 WAS UP, Reporter—You didn’t ran for time, Mr, B.—O), no; the track was Loo heavy; 1c way dry on top aud wet underaeath—tae very wort I think Helmbold to day could a Longfellow aay distance, ban gained flexi since the Inst race at least 100 pounds heavier than be was thon At To'clock to-night old Joun Harper sat in front of the Usiom Hotel, surrounded by syinpatuiaing He is very duwncast mato have added ten years to his age, says he has had bad luck here, one race and a walk over, After the great race of the day came the last or CONSOLATION RACE of $500, The entries were Mr, Dos. ell's Eolus, Mr, Rice's Tubman, Mr. Barheck's Cadence, and Mr, Stringfeld's Frogtown and Quin It was a good race, but those who had iost 80 heavily on Longfellow were in no ™9ed te enioy Iu the pools Kolus was tue favorite, Dr, Under. wood found but little to do, The sports had not quite recovered their equanimity, and wero loath ®, Venture wgain ip 80 uncertain a race, from the finest blood in the country. brother to Long/ellow, # tact which, a view of tue 1 dovn aill w the left of the grand ete: Me., one hundred feet ¢ Central Raliroad Com Valuable lumber, auow yloug Durned yesterday Sprague Manufactus ing Damage email. Vessels from European ports where cholera, yel- other property, , A storehouse of ¢ Sumpaoy also tuoe tre, ———_ NEW JERSEY, y days’ guaran aander McLean, et, While play the foot of Ew suddeniy stopped Who were Cumbled all in s hew irightened, but no Mr. Charles Mathows is playing in Buffalo, The Russian G this country about the Ist of October, Gov. Davis of Corpus Christ Clous prosecution, Senator Seburz of Mi WELMBOLD TAKING THR Leap Wwly but surely, it became impos the thousands upon tue grand stand. their feet, ladies and all, despite the efforts of th $ up from the multi the dishing Of the waves on the rocky Men who bad wagered their all upon a sure thing were as pale av sheets, ready shrewdness, made a feeble attempt to hedge, bus the most of them acted as if they had been struck by aciub, and gazed upon the fying horses in stupefed awaaement, will be Aue Ia bie to control was recently indicted for Of Course it Was @ wall kind of @ track. A Promising © Frank Barcora was arrested in day on ® charge of robbery and bigamy. served one term inthe State Prison for lure jotta Hall in Hudson hie wite tut no Dramatics beat Fiala 48 to Ob y,jtent at the Renubiican o, | Hoboken had its day 19 the Floral Par Redes Wiis a ‘Cape Leland, was fo) wark yester- dered tor sale Cornelias Hirsbao Arvind w las mpioyed in ibe Oc a dead In the sirect ye married to Hei non the vat tog, be Kurrled Liggie Fraudietter in Newark, ' Leet yesterday, ali frou Some of them, with ale a SPARKS FROM TH ‘Toe result of the Mabon was dismissed from the police forcy yesterday for assaulting Miss rene oh pene Of the Be The Baron 4 ® TELEGRAPH, Fr &4et Of Complinentary fecee having only woo gil frame, trimmed The Rev. Dr, fornblower, tan Churen of , of the First P; n ® langsome Heimbold pa the fourty mile « full Longfellow was gone, His thin nostrila were dis tended, but there was a Armness about them that d a conscious winner, play to his ears aod a fresha Were wanting in bis ovponent, Was waning away amid the sympitheuc exclama of tue ladies, and THB OMINOUS MRAD~ The negro gave nim the spur and the whip without mercy, bus the beauty wes scraping the bottom and r Over $4,000,000 w: Subsciived to the new [five Whoso lectures against Popery were the cause of ihe recent riot her cked down, ‘sn Vany, cuptain of the fled to Canada, iM Allegheny City £821 Kant Forty-thi in MeKenzie's aaw milly 10 he ArUg 6108 At BS. x ekiitUiy auputate rd street, wae The Tenth Vermont Regime: meetin Barlinawon, Vi., dept. 7, Henry Geron, br killed yesterday, his head striking # bi Lieut. H. W, McKee, U. 8. A., who was killed at ed in Lexington. Ky., to-aay. Thomas 8, Penvell, Jr., of Brunswick, Me, was Caught 1m the miachiuery of & pulp mil! ye leverely injured 1 Ho way taken t saulted in the eriously injured by Joun Mul . B, Allen, who has length anead tal Association will Aitor of the Morr leap from & mo’ phyviclaps are trying to mend bie Lioken n Jerseyman, 8 Op Thesday eran, of Poughkeopsie, was umb mud part of toe hain A SUN man Who has Fr, Way duily (0 (est ite manag afternoon John Brinkmann of Ho. overboard (rom ® Barclay Dade saved him WASHINGTON NOTES, Cores, 18 to be bu ve’ apprehended w: rect ferry boat beth aud the tran was locked up for sale The Friendly Sons of Ireland of Je: went on tneir annual he pretty horse idewt, it is supposed, will visit bis winter Tesidence to-aay, Chas. P Blackman Killingly, Conn, Subscriptions to the American agents, $1 06) Tt bar been decided no! ciuading income Foad against accident cue curves he: Joseph P. Reilly, a medical student in St. Lo died on Tuesday of an overdose of moiphine with quinine pi ixty or seventy leading Massachusetts Republi erday in the uterest of Harve: H. H. Coolidge preside has boon appoivted postmaster ‘ather Connolly, man Fish, propriator of 1 “ 4 rdayon the cha: Among the candidat Police Justice, to bec tes named for th bon the winction nt of old Jol» Harper. ge” Joan yesterday from Hotel, Jersey mot Ip Boston y Governorehip ‘Ab appointed to bewe Fo the Repuviieas Cov vention, ui jhacl J. Shandiey, the Hod." He is a naif b to take any final faxes paid by State o jod very (eebly, mer, Major K. Clerk Of tae Bpe cial ie 40 extort money Robert H, Jounston, (: