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—Maggie Brlggs, wMcJi rBBde a mile in 



3:37 I His Fall has b«en sold for $8,000, with 

 •$3,000 more to be added when she made it 



in 2:21. 



—A pacing race, liest three in five, for a 

 purse of $1,000 cnine off at San Francisco 

 on the first instant. Jim Grown, Lojtgfel 

 )0W, Nimrod. Ben Culler, Fisherman "and 

 Dan Voorheea were the competitors. The 

 former was declared victor in the sixth heat. 

 Best time— 3:19. 



A trotting match between Dan Voorbees 

 and A.jnx was held I he same day, a purse of 

 $3,.100 being Ibe stake. The former won 

 in three straight heats. Best time— 2:2ii,|. 



— Tn England and Ireland 1,968 horses 

 ran in races last year, while, in 1878, 3,1)7!) 

 horses showed their colors. Of ihc i.titrirs 

 at 1874, 710 were two year-olds, 573 three- 

 t/ear-olds, 1130 four-year-olds, and 303 iive- 

 year-olds. A total of 1, 87:1 races were run 

 last year, and of these 838 were, half mile 

 and under, 1,044 were over half and under 

 a mile, 334 were one mile dashes, 3G8 over 

 a mile and under two: 78 over two miles 

 and under three; 14 over three miles and 

 under four, and two were four miles. 



— Barnum's Hippodrome last Thursday 

 night was filled to overllowing, the attrac- 

 tion being the second trotting match of the 

 season. The purse was for $300, for all 

 horses under saddle. There were originally 

 seven entries, but John Rogers's Una and 

 John Murphy's Joe Clark were withdrawn 

 before the race. Dan Castello and A. No- 

 dine's Lyman were the favorites in John- 

 son's pools at $100 to $80 for the fi 



work, 



audience. 



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rd. 



Dan Castello and Lvman did g< 

 and as the race proceeded the. r 

 tumultuously applauded by tb.: 

 The race was best two in tint 

 close Dan Castello proved victor 

 Lyman second, and Sherman 11 

 winners trotted quitely around 

 after the contest the riders were agi 

 applauded, especially the rider of Ojh Cas- 

 tello. Dan Castello" being unwilling to ac- 

 cept the purse, the money was distributed 

 among the other contestants. Best time — 

 3:01-}. 



— Kev. William King, the English Murray, 

 has named one of his race horses llypocrisy 

 and another the Bishop of Lincoln. 



Ar,.\sK.y SutiViivs.— The United States 

 Commissioner who was ordered to Alaska 

 to make a survey of its coast has made his 

 report. He says; — ■ 



"In a stretch of 100 miles, no less than 

 twenty-four living glaciers were discovered 

 and laid down, many of enormous dimen- 

 sions. At latitude 57 'is marked on the old 

 maps Of the Grand Plateau of La Pefouse, 

 named after the French explorer of that 

 name, who was sent to those regions in 

 178G by Louis XV. This remarkable field, 

 which so particularly attracted the attention 

 of the French navigator, was determined 

 to be a glacier of immense magnitude, sur- 

 passing any other known to exist outside 

 the Arctic circle. This glacier has a liuw 

 varying from six to eight miles in breadth, 

 and of unknown depth. Its course could be 

 traced inland for a distance of at least thirty 

 material elevations occurred 



its directio 

 ieklf 



;s, and 

 within the range of vis 

 indicate the source. The 

 was clear and blue, and glistening in tile 

 Sunlight it presented a seem: of neigiticeuee 

 surpassing description. It was determined 

 thai this immense body of ice ground its 

 Way to the sea, during the Summer season 

 at the rale of two or three leet per day. 

 The other glaciers observed were generally 

 traced to the mountains, and none ffp- 

 preached, the magnificence of the great gla- 

 cier of La Pcrons'e, as it has been designated 

 on the map by Dr. Dall. In some instances, 

 1 bree or more glaciers converged and reached 

 the sea in a single large volume. Mounts 

 Crillou and Fail weather were calculated to 

 reach an altitude of 15,000 feet each, St. 

 Ktias, nearly JO, 000 feet. The location of 

 the last named -I lie highest peak of the con- 

 tinent—varies materially from that g" 

 it previous to the present sun 

 about twenty miles from the 

 line, and a barren plateau iul 

 terminates the high mountain system com- 

 mencing at. Cape Fainvealher, hut the same 

 range continues along the coast, at a lower 

 elevation. 



Mount St. Elias has Leen generally desig- 



It rises 

 larest coas(, 



uatcd in the 

 but an exai 



otrraphies as a volcanic cone, 

 ' formation, as far 



as practicable, determined, thai this supposfj 

 j,joh is erroneous. Jfo deposits of volcanic 



character are to be found a.bout ir.y base. 



hining with the splendors of the polar laud- 

 scape the forests, streams and valleys of the 

 temperate zone, in most magnificent pros- 

 ppct. Still in view of the great mountain, 

 the Yukon sailed to Admiralty Bay, and de- 

 termined the bcafings of the numerous isl- 

 tt'uds studding the South side of tin's Inlet. 

 The streams here, as in fact at all points on 

 the Northwest coast, are swarming with 

 salmon, and the brooks and creeks are 

 equally prolific of trout, the prevailing Spe- 



cies resembling the speckled trout of the 

 Eastern States, if not the same. They are 

 pronounced superior to the California' spe- 

 cies. The natives are plenty in this locality, 

 of the same race of the Indians about Sitka, 

 and are abundantly supplied with their sim- 

 ple requirements of food and raiment. The 

 bearings of Port Etches and the location 

 and shape of the island of Middleton were 

 next corrected, after which the schooner 

 made the island of Kodiak, theuce to the 

 island of Ohirikotf, and from that point 

 to the Semidi Islands, a group of eight, 

 where the locutions were corrected, which 

 were quite erroneous on the previous charts. 

 On the islaftds were many natives, pursuing 

 their Summer hunting operations. The re- 

 gion hereabout presents an interesting Held 

 for research, Here Dr. Dall discovered the 

 traces of a great population in immense shell 

 mounds. Boiling springs abounded in the 

 locally, which were doubtless an attraction 

 for the people who inhabited the place at 

 some former time. There are no inhabitants 

 in the vicinity at present. Abundance of 

 game exists throughout the region, and the 

 members of (he expedition killed many rein- 

 deer without difficulty. During the stay of 

 the Yukon at Fort Moller the thermometer 

 ranged as high as 81°, and temperature, nearly 

 as warm was experienced in the more north- 

 ern latitude of the fur seal group. After 

 completing the survey of Port Moller, the 

 expedition returned to St. George Island and 

 completed the survey of the fur seal group, 

 and thence returned to Unalaska and were 

 engaged there until the end ot September. 



— Ice boat, navigation may very properly 

 be termed icemanship — a kind of frozen 

 seamanship. 



—A book has been published called 

 "Half-Hours with Insects." The author 

 was not a regular boarder. 



— The monotony of Newfoundland AVin- 

 ters is often varied by public masquerades, 

 in which the characters represented are all 

 kinds of animals, both wild and domestic, 

 native and foreign. 



—An amateur race on bicycles came off 

 recently in England, but the time was slow, 

 as the mile was not made in less than 4m. 

 56fe 



—Some of the ladies of Raleigh, N. C, 

 have organized a walking club. Sensible 

 ladies. 



— Coasting on the Common is now Bos- 

 ton's recreation, and crowds of 3,000 or 4,000 



people sometimes gall 

 pedestrians have hi 

 dangerous points, : 

 with water when it I 

 Numerous casualties 

 do not abate the interest. 



x there. Bridges for 

 a erected across the 

 1 the hill is Hooded 

 tomes too much worn, 

 reported daily, but 



— Ice boat sailing was excellent at the large 

 lake at Prospect Park on Friday and Satur- 

 day last, but Monday ended it for January, 

 the heavy fall of snow closing the lake for 

 ice boats. 



—Skating, which was excellent at all the 

 metropolitan resorts, was interrupted on 

 Monday by the snow storm. On Tuesday, 

 however, the ball was up at the Capil/iline 

 Lake, and on Wednesday a general resump- 

 tion of the sport was had. 



—The clubs in the professional arena 

 next season will include one each from Bos- 

 ton, Hartford, New Haven, New York, 

 Brooklyn, Keokuk, Chicago, and Cincinnati, 

 two from St. Louis, and three from Phila- 

 delphia. Total, thirteen. 



—Charley Gould, of the old Bed Stock- 

 ing nine, is engaged as captain of the new 

 professional club which Cincinnati is now 

 organizing. His address is 380 Richmond 

 street, Cincinnati, where unengaged players 

 (he will have none other) can "address him. 



—The Stockton, Cal., Banner says:— 

 "Wm. Van Fleet, of theButtes, raised from 

 the eggs of twelve ducks, since last Spring, 

 over 1,000 ducks." 



— The. rabbit forms an important article 

 of food in Great Britain and Ireland. In 

 addition to the very large number imported 

 from the continent," it ir, estimated there are 

 annually bred for food. 37,000,000 rabbits. 

 The flesh is sold at an average rate of 

 twelve cents (gold) per pound, which is fully 

 a third less than the pr'tee of beef, and con- 

 siderably under that Of the choicer portions 

 of the sheep. The value of the annual 

 supply is estimated to be $7,875,000. 



Tp Cure ,\ Fkj.on.— Tho Londou Lancet 

 suggests the following simple treatment for 

 fplons; — "As soon as the disease is felt, put: 

 directly oyer the spot a Uy blister, about the 

 size of the thumb nail, and let it, remain for 

 six hours, at tli,e expiration of which time, 

 directly under the surface of the blister, 

 may be seen, the felon, which can instantly 

 be taken out with the point of a needle or 

 a lancet." Apiece of a,dhestvc plaster will 

 keep the blister in place. 



— Forest anr Stream conies up to our 

 idea of What a paper devoted to outdoor 

 sp >rts and pastimes .should be. It is sen- 

 sible, not sensational; and its pages are 

 largely taken up with really useful articles, 

 giving much information on all subjects, re- 

 lating to practical natural history. In this 

 particular it quite closely approaches Land 



and Wilier, the leading English journal of 

 sporting and natural history; and it is a 

 paper we can recommend to all lovers of 

 the country and its sports. Its articles are 

 high-toned, well written and scientifically 

 correct, and the journal is a safe one for the 

 family circle— an endorsement which can 

 be made of no similar journal of our ac- 

 quaintance. — Maine Farmer. 



— We feel obliged to notice the Forest 

 and Stream, although it is not oue of our 

 college exchauges, on'accountof the healthy, 

 gentlemanly tone which pervades the paper. 

 No oue caring for hunting, fishing, or out- 

 door sports ot any kind can foil to be inter- 

 ested, while the objectionable points of 

 many sporting papers are entirely absent.— 

 Yale Record. 



Ii.lcstbatbii Natuual History.— The following 

 testimony to the truthfulness and beauty of "Hurst's 

 Views, " merely supplements the expressed opinions 

 or many of out readers, who delight in the Held 0| 

 practical natural history. The view* are taken from 

 mounted specimens in life-like attitudes, with a hunt 

 scape in exact imitation of the native haunt of the 

 bird or animal. We refer to the advertising totumns 

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