FOREST AND STREAM. 



91 



forse m\& <Ssoni[sq. 



Equine SpeottLiATIOS. — Where are we going to? Lady 

 Suffolk's & 36 was thought a miracle; then Flora Temple 

 made her mile in 3:19£f then Dexter did ft in 2:18 one-fifth; 

 then in 2:17£, and three years ago Goldsmith Maid got 

 through in 2:10;, and now her last performance is 2:14 ! 

 We shall never be satisfied until we get the mile to some- 

 where between 3 minutes and 2:5. When Goldsmith 

 Maid was very ynniip say only eleven, she was thought to 

 be a fair juvenile I roller. Just then she became the prop- 

 erty of Messrs. .Tackmnn and Boble. American Girl at 

 that lime could show the Maid her heels, but Doble, her 

 trainer, saw there was something in the Maid, which only 

 time would develops. As Goldsmith Maid waxed in age. 

 her powers seemed to increase, until at Mystic Park, three 

 years ago, she made llei mile in 2:1G|. The Maid must be 

 now fully sixteen and u half or seventeen years old. Tak- 

 ing her ease in a sum of equine arithmetical progression as 

 to speed, should she live to be twenty, we may probably 

 get the Maid down close to two minutes, and should her 

 life be spared until she is thirty, we may see a contest be- 

 tween the l rotting and the running horse. Who knows? 

 Questions of the maturity of speed in a trotting horse re- 

 volutionise all preconceived ideas, and reverse the human 

 theory of "Go it while you're young, for when you're old 

 vou can't." 



The (treat Central Ie« Yokk Faik. — The annual 

 fair of the Central NewTork Society, will open on Octo- 

 ber 6th, at Utica. There will be displays of horses, blood- 



I -heep, poultry and farm implements, with con- 

 tests between noted horses. As the programme is of the 

 most interesting character, it will certainly draw: a large 

 concourse of people to Utica, and the display of animals 

 and implements will undoubtedly fully represent the great 

 State of New York. It will be open from the 8th of Octo- 

 ber for a week or more. 



nminatcr 





d lour started, 



, and Be 



v fatal h 



';■' 



t; they cleared 

 without a inis- 

 . over Ute lifrli 

 igiiiiu, androl- 

 iured. On the 



nd Gaffi 



ev 



came down to- 



nger tw 



3 1 



mgths behind. 



kand n 



_-ck 



with Granger 



— The Beacon Park races on September 10th were well 

 attended. The firs! race was for horses in the three min- 

 ute class. There were but five starters, the w ell-known 

 speed of Wellesley Boy keeping several of the entries in 

 The stable. He was the favorite, and won the race in ihree 

 straight heats, the time of each being 2:27. The double 

 ttMiiMaii' was devoid of interest, and was confined to Tom 

 Carpenter's b. g; Joe Clark and eh. m. Mollie Morris, and 

 D. B. Graff's bf in. Lady Woods and b. m. Carrie N. Ii 

 was won bv Tom's pair in straight heats. The third race 

 a horses iu the 2:26 class, for a purse of $3,000. 

 There were six starters, viz. : Dan Mace's h, g. Fred 

 Hooper; Carrom's br. s. Jubilee; L. J. Dougrey's b. g. 

 Joker; Camee's b. g. Camee; Ferguson's b. in. Lady 

 Bowker, and Fxrnum's br. s. Commonwealth, Hoope'r 

 won the first heat in 2:27. Commonwealth captured the 

 second in 2 :24*. The third was won by Joker in 2 :27. On 

 September 11th the unfinished race of the 10th, for 3:26 

 horses, was decided. Hooper took the fourth and sixth 

 heats and race. The second event was for horses iu the 

 2:tll class, which had seven Starters; Kansas Chief was the 

 favorite and won very easily in Ihree strain-lit heats. Time, 

 1:2'.'.,, ::;,'.). 2:34.',, The most interesting race of the week 

 was tor the 2:20 class. Five horses started, Bed Cloud, 

 Sensation, Cluster, Nettie, and Caniors. Bed Olcud won 

 the first heat, Gloster the second, and Nettie the three last, 

 in 2:18, 2:19f, 3:22^. 



— The Buffalo Park Association closed their running 

 meeting on September 10th. The first race was a hurdle 

 handicap. Six horses were o 

 viz. : Gaffney, C ranger. Maeon 

 the first hurdle together, also ih 

 hap. In the second mile Helen 

 hurdle, throwing the jockey, At 

 ling over him; he is probata] 

 three-quarter stretch Macon a 

 gether under whip, and Gru 

 Macon aud Gaffney came iu nei 



half a length or so behind, Macon winning in 4:01. The 

 second race was a sweepstakes for two-year-olds, There 

 were Ihree nominations, but only two horses started, which 

 resulted in a match between Enlister and Volcano. The 

 horses got a good start, Volcano taking the lead before 

 reaching the first turn. At the quarter pole Enltster was 

 only half a length behind. Volcano, however, widened the 

 gap, aud ran splendidly throughout, beating his antagonist 

 by ten lengths in 1:47. The third race was for the Buffalo 

 Gup, value $1,000, added to sweepstakes of flM each; 

 distance two miles and a half. Three horses started, and 

 got off evenly, Wanderer on the inside, with Katie Pease 

 second, aud Lizzie Lucas on the outside. The latter took 

 the lead, but Wanderer, who did splendidly, soon got 

 ahead and nmintaiued the lead with the end of first mile, 

 when he lost ground rapidly aud the contest became hot be- 

 tween Katie Pease and Lizzie Lucas. Katie Pease, how- 

 ever, now showed herself to be good Stuff, and astonished 

 her backers by winning the race in the remarkable time of 

 4:28i, the fastest cup lime on record by six seconds. The 

 fourth aud last race of the meeting was lor a purse of $500 

 for alt ages, mile heats. Culpepper, Spendrift, Josie B., 

 and Lurry Hart started. Josie B. led by two lengths, bill 

 on coming up the home stretch Culpepper made a rush and 

 won the heat by half a head. In the second heat "another 

 jockey up" on Spendrift. There was a good start, Culpep- 

 per led by a length, with Larry Hart second and Spendrift 

 Ultra, which places at the half mile pole were reversed, 

 Spendrift leading and came past under the wire four lengths 

 ahead Time, 1:444. In the third heat Larry lla.it and 

 Josie Li. were withdrawn, leaving only Culpepper and 

 Spendrift to decide the heat aud race. The horses got off 

 well together, and at the quarter Spendrift was a "length 

 ahead. On the back stretch he increased the distance. 10 

 five lengths, aud came in three and a half lengths ahead of 

 Culpepper. Time, 1:47. 



: — ■ — 



— I lot -ses that are kept in the stable during the suminei 

 should be given daily the luxury of a roll ou the caul 

 Kolliug is the means given by nature for the a&itoa] tl) rid 

 itself ot vermin aud skiu diseases, and it lends to make the 



animal healthy. Some owners object to allowing a hors 

 to roll on the 'bare earth, because it gets dirt in the hair 

 and makes extra work to keep the animal clean, but the 

 extra work pays if rightly understood. We allow our 

 horse to roll in the dirt when he is not moist with perspir- 

 ation, and then stand an hour or two with his coat full of 

 dust before being cleaned up. 



«««■ 



Chincotbaihjk Ibland Poniks. — The annual penning of 

 the ponies for the purpose of sale and branding took place 

 on the 18th nit. at Chlncoteague, Aceumac county, Va. 

 The King of Chincoteague, Kendall Jester, came in first 

 with about "fifty head of critters," as the native islanders 

 call the ponies, and by three o'clock at least 250 were in 

 the pen. The sale Was a slow one, not more than a dozen, 

 all told, being disposed of, and at prices averaging some 

 $60. The owners are evidently a liltlo excited on the sub- 

 ject of the market value of these animals, and are holding 

 tbe-n too high for the purposes of speculators. The orig- 

 inal stock from which these ponies sprung held possession 

 of this island before it was irod by human feet. It is be- 

 lieved that a vessel was wrecked along the coast having on 

 board Shetland ponies, and that some of them swam 

 ashore. They have been intermixed with imported blood, 

 however, and now only bear resemblance to the real Shet- 

 land pony in that l hey' a re small. Some of them are very 

 handsome, and are* full of spirit and fire. 1 drove 

 one to a sulky on the beach at a gail inside of 3:45, and 

 Without the slightest training. They run wild on the isl- 

 and. Very few are ever broken to 'ha mess, and in no in- 

 stance do they ever taste a mouthful of grain. King Jes- 

 ter had a mare in his drove from which he has sold $1,100 

 worth of colts, none over aud most of them at, rates much 

 less than $100 apiece. After the colts had been branded 

 they were again turned.loo.se to roam and feed at will over 

 Che entile island. Altogether there are some 500 of them. 

 — Cur. X. Y. JJerald. 



THE RACING SEASON. 



THE Summer racing 

 to be the most mei 

 annals of the American ti 

 ning and trotting necess 

 table of fast time from a half to fo 

 markable performance of tit 



n-able a 

 I The 



■'kablo 



1 to 



Ky., on May 12, with tl 



Bowling, by Le.xi union, 

 half miles i'n 2>!-lj, thre 

 tauce had ever been rui 

 I lie Lexington Associati 

 1:411. The horse was 

 miles, which be perfora 

 seconds faster than Tr 

 weight, timed by the otBeialt 

 men whose integrity and honesty a 

 On the same day Leona, a two-v 

 War Bance, Lexi 



1874 has proved so far 

 d remarkable one in the 

 records for both run- 

 terial alteration in the 

 ir miles. The first re- 

 opened at Lexington, 



in 



Blu 



required by Lc.xtngto. 



The track during the 

 condition, especially so dur: 

 firs l day Olitipa, a two-year 

 out of Oliata, by Lexington, 

 few days after Madge, by in- 

 old, eighty-seven pounds, da 

 ran three-quarters 

 time one-quarter o 



performance of Tom 



>, running one and a 



Iter than the same dis- 



•ace, by a resolution of 



filed with one mile in 



extend his run to two 



four and threequarter 



.•ilh four pounds less 



f the day, three gentle- 



: beyond question. 



ir-old filly, daughter of 



mile in 491 seconds, 



louuds over the weight 



des fpr two-year-olds. 



ad the horses centered at Saratoga. 



o meetings was generally in fine 



cond one. On the 



lorted Leamington, 



i mile in :47f. A 



.tralian, ihree years 



ill, by Brown Dick, 



fa mile in ItloJ, thus heating Alarm's 



second. 



i half 



.Id, by 



n-led An 

 Alahai 



if August, Crey Planet, live years old, 110 

 pounds, by Planet, dam Eagless, by Glencoe, ran a mile 

 against time in t-,424, bealiug Alarm's and Springbok's 

 time one-quarter of a second; Springbok as four years old, 

 108 pounds, and lias a second heat in l:42f. after the first 

 iu 1:43, 



On the 15th of August, Picolo, three years old, by Con- 

 cord, a son of Lexington, with eighty-three pounds, ran 

 one and an eighth mile in 1:56. 



On the 19th of August, Fadladeen, seven years old, by 

 War Dance, a son of Lexington, with 111 pounds, ran the 

 same distance, one and an eighth miles, in the same time, 

 1 :5(i, or at the rate of 1:43 1-9 to the mile. 



The day sifter, Beform, three years old, by imported 

 Leamington, eighty-three pounds, ran one and three-quarter 

 miles in '3:054, thus beating Frogtowu's time, 3:07, one 

 and a, quarter seconds, he being four years old and carrying 

 104 pounds. 



The greatest aud grandest, achievement of them all was 

 the great race of Fellowcraft, by Australian, dam Aerolite, 

 by Lexington, running four miles in 7:19^ — the first three 

 miles in 5:29-.}. The pace did not seem to fatigue the horse 

 more than an ordinary run of two miles. In two hours he 

 was entirely over it and ready for his food. The record of 

 his grandsire on the dam's side, 7:19|, stood for nineteen 

 years. It will not be so long before this one will be beaten. 



Thus the fastest half-mile, :47{; the fastest mile 1 :42f 

 (unless we give Tom Bowling credit for the 1:41$ made in 

 a mile-aud-a-half dash, and, by resolution of of the club, a 

 record); the fastest one and an eighth miles, 1:56; the fastest 

 two miles, 3:334; the fastest two and three-quarter miles, 

 4 :58f, and the fastest four miles, 7:194 all have been run 

 on the Saratoga track. Whether the fast time is to be at- 

 tributed to the nature of the soil, the superiority of the 

 track, the pure and clear atmosphere, or to the improve- 

 ment iu horses, is a question yet to be solved. Before the 

 close of the fall cotnpaigu we predict some additional 

 changes in our time tables. — Turf Field and Minn. 



BieFEUoKD Siioo'ttNR Club. — A number of young gen- 

 tlemen of Kichmond, amateur disciples of Nimrod and 

 lsaak Walton, having formed themselves iu'c a club, and 

 erected the necessary buildings at an eligible point for their 

 Sporting operations, propose to inaugurate the season on 

 Friday next in a convivial and social way by a little enter- 

 tainment at their hunting lodge, "Claiborne Hall," in King 

 William county, to which we kindly acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of a polite invitatiou. Among the guests will be 

 sunn- of our most distinguished citizens, and a very pleas- 

 ant time is anticipated. — Richmond Dispatch. 



We are only too happy to hear that such an organization 

 exists in good old Virginia, and we trust the members of 

 the Kiohuiond ShOM|in» ' 'bib will let us bear flvmi ibeni 

 from time to time 



Idtioiml giipimes. 



Secretaries aiut friend* Qf Athietui, Hate- Bait, Cricket ami other 



„..(.,/.,«., i '• nh ■ „:i!i i . I.. :,!.,il Hi i, ,■■,■ in '!■■■' •:., i- J t-i'i r rh<u, Mm.l.ii! 



in each week. 



— Below is a summary oi the regular game of base ball — 

 uot including "scrub matches" — played iu England by the 

 Boston and Athletic clubs. It will be seen thai the Bostons 

 are way ahead on the total number of runs, and that MeVey 

 is far ahead in the. list of batsmen, while George and Leons 

 ard lead the score at cricket: 



Guniif Played at 

 Liverpool, July 3n 



Liverpool, .inly 31 



Manchester. AllgUHt t 



Lord's Grounds. Aneiist 3 

 Prince's Grounds. August 6. 



I'vhm.nid. AllL'V.st s . 

 Crvslal Palace, August in... 

 Crystal Palace. August 11.. 

 Keuuiugtou Oval. August If 



-■■ Id. Mi-u.-i ir, .. 



S"c lli-lil. August 17 



Bmtofk At/iMic. 



Mai 

 Dnh! 





Dablin, August 35 , 4 15 



Total.- 183 IB1 



The record of the cricket work done by the two clubs 



„,,„ follow : 





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m 



« 





> — 



Name 



5 





a; 



H 



m 





1 





1 



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1. George Wright... 



7 



;«i 



50 



m 



14.83 



2. Leonard 



7 



105 



3H 



31 



11.55 



3. H. Wright 



V 



7S 



23 



24 



8.33 



i, Barnes - ., 



7 



SI 



84 



30 



8.1C 



5. Spalding 





75 



23 



24 



7 .-ill 



ii. ORourke 





IMt 



18 



13 



5.90 



7. HcGeary 



6 



51 



18 



1ft 



5.0S 



8. Anson 





■IS 



27 



27 



4.80 



9. S.Wright 





•M 



9 



11 



4,77 



10. McVey 





41 



11 



11 



4.5B 



11. Fisler - 



■1 



«i 





12 



4.40 



t8. Beale 





34 



S 



12 



4.25 



13. McBride 



« 



3(1 



H 



11 



3.75 



It. Sutton 





33 



13 



13 



3.IM 



IB. Sehafer 



ti 



an 



18 



13 



3.50 



16. Hall - 



7 



as 



13 



12 



km 



17. .Human 



tt 



'Si 



it 



fl 



2,83 



is. MoMaBen 



ft 



17 



5 



10 



2.83 



19. Kent 



3 



18 



4 



4 



2.40 



SQ. Clapp 



l 



1 



1 



1 



l.on 



31, Battiu... 



6 



4 



4 



4 



0.57 



88. Scnseuderfer 



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NB AN 



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Name. 



I i 



: \ 



i 





™ 



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Iff 



h 



H. Wright 



. . . j 1274 



251 | 



164 



54 



B 



23 50 



4.64 



It. Wright 



... 605 



150 



72 



29 



3 



22.93 



5.17 



McBride 



... 634 



112 



90 





1 



23. -tS 



4.15 



Leonard 



... I 35 



» I 



2 











35.00 



9.00 



Totals 



...| 2608 



528 



878 



110 



9 



23.70 



i.80 



Commenting on the departure of the American ball play- 

 ers for home, and reviewing their work on the English 

 cricket fields, Land and Water says : 



While on the subject of the American invasion, it would be uujuBt to 

 omit, mention of the feats achieved bv Hie base bull players at cricket. 

 Below will be found the result of the malclir:- m winch they figured in 

 England, ami whatever the conipositio 

 epposci. u will lie seen that they w~-~ 



AT 1 



Eighteen of America 



Twelve of Maryiebone Club 



Unfinished owing to rain. 



ehes in which they flgurei 

 the teams to which they v 

 - once defeated:— 

 3, 4. 



UJ in.. %d hi. 



Pol. 



Eighteen of America 110 



Prince's Club and Ground 21 



Americans won by one inning and 18 runs. 



AT K1C11M0ND, AUGUST 8. 



Eighteen of America *39 



Thirteen of Kichmond 108 



* For sis wickets. Unfinished. 



AT OVAL, AUGUST 13, ti 



Eighteen of America 100 



Surrey Club and Ground 27 



* Jor four wickets. Unfinished. 



AT SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 15, 17. 



Eighteen of America 130 



Sheffield - 43 



Americans won by an iuning and 42 runs. 



AT MANCHESTEK, AUGUST 20, 21. 



Eighteen of America 121 



M auchester " 42 



Americans won by 126 rang. 



AT DUBHX, AUGUST 24, 25. 



Nineteen of America 71 



Twelve of All Ireland ._ .47 



Americans won by 66 runs. 



Matches played, 7; won. 4; drawn, 3: lost, none. 



The cricket shown liy the Americans WHS 

 and incorrect, according to snici English n 

 some good bowling, and plenty of free hilt 

 unlit cltdna ■ '■ ■■--'" :.-..■■ i.. 

 well, the former medium paced round-a 

 considerable judgment. The Wrights, too. 

 rair batsmen, and Leonard, heals, Barnes 

 practice, would all bat-well. 



The Nassau club of Brooklyn i 

 their recent tour through New York State," as the appended 

 record of their games shows. They returned home victo- 

 rious in all their games but one, the Ply Aways being the 

 only club to defeat thern. At the tournament they" won 

 two games out of three played, and were thus placed on an 



• be expected, 



rough 









le oil 





OUICll 





. wilh 







and SpatHdUig 



Willi 



ry successfu 



1 on 



Oneida Baseball Association. The boys were greeted ou 

 their return by a large party of friends, who escorted them 

 from the Fulton Ferry in triumph, Oue and all unite iu 

 saying that they have had a splendid time, and have beeu 

 received everywhere with the politest attention. The 

 recorttof the tour is as follows: 

 Plaved at Oneida, August 31, Nassau 

 ,.,!,:' , i I v..- s, 



Aiuyed at Oneida. September 2, Nassau 

 PI yed at Utica, September 4. Nassau v 

 ;■! , ., .. i, town, Beptembbr 5. Nas 

 Played i\< Johnstown. September s, X:i 

 clayed at Mnsterdam, September 10, N 



i. Fly Away a to 18 



s, Chelsea, ... s I,, r, 



s. liu Iilux 8Iu 5 



Uuca _ 85 ,,, ,, 



iu vs. Johnstown . . 17 to |l 



- ■ ; " 



isau V6. Columbia a ■ 



