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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



t, June J — Troi I tog : Parkvllle, L. 1.; Pittsburg, Pa.; Mystic 

 Park, Boston; Pottstown, Pa.; Dayton, O.; Belmont Park, Philadelphia; 

 Piltstietd, Mass.; HudsoD, N. Y.; lltica, N. Y*.; Medina, N. Y.; Muske- 

 gan, Mich,; Dubuqne, la.; Maryville, Mo. Base Ball : Cincinnati vs 

 Chicago, at Chicago; Louisville va St. Louis, at St. Louis; Alleghany 

 vs Haitford, at Union Ground; Clinton vs Marshalltown, at Marshall- 

 town, la.; Tecumsch vs iloohestvtr, at Rochester; Buckeye vs Cricket, 

 at Bl'nghamton; [ndlanajiolls vs Lowell, at Lowell; Auburn vs Mem; his 

 Beds, at Auburn; Eoterptise va llol.oken, at Jersey city; Mutual vs 

 Keystone, at Brooklyn; Washington vs Hudson, at Prospect Park 

 Red Caps vs Fair bank, at St. Paul; Athletic vs Boston, at Boston. . 



' m 8.— Trotting: l'arfcville, L. L; Pitt.-burg, Pa.; Mystic' 

 Park, Boston; Poiittown, Pa.; Dayton, O. Base Ball : Athletic vs 

 Boston, at Boston; Harvard vs Princeton, at Cambridge; Indian- 

 apolis \s Manchester, at Manchester; Buckeye vs Hornellsville, at. 

 Hornellsville; Springfield vs Cincinnati, at Springfield; Chelsea vs 

 i ■. ' rprfl i ■ ■■-■■■. city; Mar of Syracuse vs Hartford, at Brooklyn; 

 Aobtirn vs Fair-, at Auburn. 



..—Trotting: Dayton, O. Bowing: Morris and 

 Scion a, Plttabnrg, Pa. Base Ball : Cincinnati vs St. Louis, at St. Louis; 

 Louisville vs. Chicago, a! Chicago; Boston vs Hartford, at. Brooklyn • 

 Indianapolis vs FallRivor, at Fall River; Hoinells vs Buckeye, a 

 Hornellsville, N. T.; Enterprise vs Randolph (late Starr), at Newark ; 

 Keystone vs Uoboken, at Jersey City; Whitoka vs nudson, at Brooklyn; 

 Teclminseli vs Star, at Syracuse. Regatta of the Sohuylhlll Navy at 

 Philadelphia. 



... June 11.— Regatta : Atlantic Yacht Club. 

 ■ '.. ■■■. -hni-j VI— Trot ting . Syracuse, N. Y.; Chatham Village, N. 

 Y.; CatBkill, N. Y'.; Massilou, O.; Beacon Park,, Boston; Kalamazoo, 

 Mich.; Cedar Rapids, la.; Chicago, III.; Peru, Ind Regatta : Brooklyn 

 Yacht Club. Base Bali : Louisville vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Cincin- 

 nati vs St. Louis, at. St. Louis; Boston vs Hart lord, ot Brooklyn. 



1 IB.— Trotting an above. Regatta. Devil's Lake, Wis. 



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THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM SELEC- 

 TION. 



IT nitty fairly be assumed at this time, before the arrival of 

 , complete mail explanations, that the Inked Kingdom 

 team will be snob in nature as well as in name. In private 

 correspondence preceding lire receipt of the cablegram the set- 

 tlement of a basis of Operations by which the Scotch, English 



and Irish small-bore men were to unite their forces in 



grand effort to overthrow the American experts, was fore- 

 shadowed, and upon the completion of the negotial ions the dis- 

 patch was no doubt sent. Tbe aim and object of litis journey 

 will be the triumphal currying off of ihe Centennial trophy, and 

 to checkmate litis move to treat their friends (lit..', enemy) to a 

 fair, square repulse by mere force of good marksmanship is now 

 Ihe task before the American long-range men. 

 If everything goes on smoothly without hitch to either side 

 onot l>c fur from a nip and tuck match. The winners 

 should be such merely " by the skin of their teeth." The im- 

 perial I cam will contain the cream of a dozen or more renowned 

 ranges; men who have carried oft honors before the butts for a 

 score of years past. Their drill as individuals has been pur- 

 feet, the competitions through which they have fought their 

 way keen and exacting. Their arms are well tried, and for 

 uniformity of work exoe-11 even our American made weapons. 

 The. si rangers will come whetted to their work by Ihe reeolloc. 

 lion of the uniform run of luck which the young shooters of 

 America h ave thus far struck. Those, defeats have been lessons, 

 bard, sharp hints that the victors possessed methods or menus 

 Which they did not. Team shooting to the British marksmen 

 meant- merely the working simultaneously of a number of indi- 

 vidually expert shooters. To the Americans it meant the merg- 

 ing of the individuals into the compact organization of tbe 

 learn. In place of relying upon chance-help from his fellows 

 each member of an American team was one of a bundle of fagots 

 resisting a common foreign foe. It yvas-to this mutual helpful? 

 ness that the success of Dollymount is alone due. There never 

 in the short history in international rifle shooting was a more 

 perfect team movement than that shown by the visiting team 

 upon that Irish sand-bar range. Our success next fall, if we 

 are again to meet it, is to be gained by a strict adherence to 

 the team idea. It is not enough that the best men be picked, 

 but they must pull together, must shoot in a bunch, with no 

 weak member laggiug far behind, a dead weight on his fellows- 

 The foreign shooters have learned our secret of success, 

 but to them, accustomed to single-handed efforts, the yoke of 

 team drill and discipline will sit at best uneasily: but the bouse 

 team must have everything reduced to clock-like certainty as 

 respects method in the match. With the acknowledged gen- 

 eral superiority of our rifles, handled ;i3 they are "with henvy 

 charges of carefully made up ammunition and with a scrupu- 

 lous regard to cleanliness in use, with a perfect loam system 

 and with marksmen, individually not one whit less skillful 

 than those to be brought against us, the victory is ours. 



But there is a world of work to be traversed first, and upon 

 the first movements made will depend whether this path of 

 labor be agreeable or otherwise. The team is to be a repre- 

 sentative one, American, as we understand it, and not section- 

 al. The N. Y. Amateur Club have not been challenged, nor 

 have tbe National Rifle Association. The fixing upon Creed- 

 moor as the place of conflict does not carry with it the entire 

 c6ntrol of the match by the local organization governing and 

 owning that range. Not only is the fighting team to be chosen 

 from tbe best skill the country can afford, but the entire man- 

 agement of the match should be equally representative. There 

 is abundance of work to be done outside the actual team men, 

 and Ibis preparatory and secondary labor should be diffused as 

 far as may be to this end, as time is not pressing. It would 

 seem a wise initiatory step for the gentlemen to whom the in- 

 timation of the visit has been sent to invite a meeting of rep- 

 r esentatives from the several clubs, or ranges, where long-range 

 shooting is practiced, or from where help may be expected, and 

 allow the body so convened to assume entire direction of the 

 interests of America and American riflemen in this match. TLc 

 meeting might be called at St, Louisor any other central point 

 within ten days; invitations by letter or telegraph having pre- 

 viously been sent out. Practice could at once oi icn upon ihe 

 several local ranges over the country, and upon Creedmoor, the 

 best and oldest range we have, the final tests could be applied. 

 It seems very wellseltled now that the selection of the entire 

 team by competition alone is not wise, and the fixing upon the 

 selection of the nominated members would be one of the im- 

 portant tusks of the commillcc. The raising of the necessary 

 funds, the reception of the comers and the thousand and one- 

 details would give ihe united committee ample opportunity for 

 displaying ils efforts. Of course with the advantages possessed 

 by the marksmen of New York and Brooklyn a lion's share of 

 the places on I be team would fall to l hem, but this should nol 

 lead the N. R. A. lo cither ignore Ihe other growing associa- 

 tions of the country, or in a perfunctory manner as the self-ap- 

 pointed spokesmen for American riflemen generally to call up- 

 on long-range shoot c is to come on individually and try their 

 crumble for places at Creedmoor. Upon the 

 ml whether we shall have any thing like the 

 ■Ailing which marked the choice ol previous 

 ven to this day has not been entirely silenced 

 r American successes. 



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titans, and 

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The Greenwood Lake Regatta Cocese. — There is likely 

 to be some fine spott on this excellent course during I lie sum- 

 mer, as preparations for several events are being made. Last 

 Friday, by invitation of the president and officers of the Jlont- 

 clair and Greenwood Lake Railroad Company, an excursion. 

 party was run up to the lake, where they were most hospitably 

 entertained at the Brandon House. The party included Rev. 

 Dr. Hall, of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn; Hon. Erastus Brooks,' 

 Cyrus W. Field, the President; Remington Yeruam, Vice- 



President : Gordon L. Ford, Horatio C. King, and a large num- 

 bci of other well-known gentlemen, occupying two passenger 

 cars, which were run over the road and back in quick time. 

 The whole excursion, including the delightful steamboat sails 

 on the lake and the dinner, occupied but seven hours. The 

 sail was enlivened by pleasant addresses, in which all the 

 speakers made special mention of the attractions of the lake 

 and ils surroundings, and of the delightful country through 

 wbicii ibe. railroad runs) occupied, as it. is, with the beautiful 

 residences of many gentlemen transacting business in New- 

 York. Willi such liberal mmiagemenl ns has been shown 

 since the picR-iii company bought Ibe railroad, suburban set- 

 tlement of New York business men is much encouraged and 

 facilitated. The policy adopted by the managers must prove 

 remunerative to ihe company ; while the company will cer- 

 tainly contribute much to the wealth and resources of the 

 region through which the railroad runs. It is a sort of mutual 

 benefit association, whose advantages have been felt from the 

 beginning. 



One of the future resources of this company is the crystal 

 water of the lake, which will afford an Inexhaustible supply 

 of purest ice on demand. 



THE YALE EIGHT. 



lu the- summer or 1.873, Cook, the Captain of the Vale crew,' 

 after much discouragement, and the encounter of dilliculties. 

 before which a man with less determination and will power 

 would have quailed, succeeded in bringing his crew in 

 No; 1 out of thirteen contestants. a'o|. only this, but the 

 Freshman crew, and Ihe single sculler, both using his stroke. 

 won their respective races with great ease. The Following 

 year at .Saratoga can-te the tinforlunale foul between Yale and 

 Harvard. Yule at Ihe time thereof, was leading, pulling qui- 

 etly tit their long 32 to the minute stroke while, all about her 

 86, 88 and even 40 was being pulled. Well. Hie two boats 

 came together, go! smashed up. and in a few momenta I lai ward 

 pulled away, leaving her rival crippled and helpless, while 

 Columbia stole in and carried away the prize the two lions had 

 been battling for. Harvard came in second, beaten by 8 1 sees. 

 By the foul she lost 31 sees. In '75, Yale was badly beaten, 

 outrowed by six out Of twelve colleges. Poor '. ■inn, ■■ 

 poor food and lack of sleep had done their work upon the men, 

 and the day of the race found litem weak and out ol condition. 

 Then came the withdrawal, and in 1876 Yale beat Harvard by 

 a clean furlong at Springfield. Then Harvard wenl to Saratoga 

 and nearly beat Cornell, and would have done so too, the best 

 judges say, had the course been a iiillc longer. The world at- 

 tributes their defeat to the poof stroke they used. Well, now 

 the thing is going to be fairly tested. Both crews are pulling 

 the same stroke. Colli crews will use the same boat, made by 

 Waters, of paper, anil built from the same lines and measure- 

 ments, and the men will be prt n ., evenB matched in physique 

 Now we are to see which is Ihe belter bottling college of Ihe 

 two, Yale or Harvard. The English stroke was last year so 

 splendidly vindicated thai no one can further cavil at "it, par- 

 tieularly as the Harvard men were as line physically as were 

 the Yale men. Tbig year, then, is to see a tremendous con- 

 test, a meeting of Greek and Greek. Two great universities, 

 the one smarting under defeat, and the fact that she has not 

 won a race for years, while her rival has won six (I wo univerT 

 sity races, a freshman race and two single scull races), and the 

 other jttbiliant with satisfied pride, and determined to main- 

 lain her position at the head of American college boating (did 

 not Philadelphia place her there ?.), are bringing their every 

 resource into the field to defeat each, other. Suehu 

 be done as will far surpass anything ever witnessed in Ameri- 

 can waters. Yale men have been disposed this spring lo be 



very confident over the result of the coming r. i in 1 I ■ 



their men are doing finely, have been apt to look upon it us 

 already theirs. A greater mistake could not bi made. 'J hey 

 should remember liiat with lew exceptions I larva rd tiaf oevei 

 been badly beaten. She always dpes well. Even las! 

 went to Saratoga, and in a measure retrieved herself. A tdnnce. 

 at the list of men making up hereighl will show the excellent 

 material, backed by real pluck, which she has in her boat. 

 "Old" Bancroft, with his bull-dog tenacity of purpose, and 

 gritty, bard set face, is again stroke, and his presence alone 

 to ensure Yale that after last year's lesson she must 

 not expect another walk over. 



The Vale crew is a younger and less muscular one lhan that 

 of Last year. What they lack in strength, however, they 

 more than make up for in good form. They are rowing 

 finely together, and tbe boat gels through the water at a very 

 lively rate. Of course Ihe loss of such men as Oh! 

 nedyand Kellogg is keenly felt. It is a loss which cannot 

 be remedied. Cook's mind is as much missed from the boat 

 as his body. Yet, though by no means gigantic in size, his 

 back and loins were unapproachable. Kennedy was the most, 

 powerful man that ever pulled in a Vale boat. Kellogg was- 

 an unusually wiry fellow, closely knit and nervous, and was 

 always looked upon as the baldest worker in the. boat. The 

 new men are Unit, Livingstone, Hyde and James. Though 

 not as good as their predecessors, they are fine oarsmen and 

 rank with the rest of the crew. Collin, E. 0. Cooke, Wood 

 and Thompson, all of whom rowed last, year, fill up the boat. 



At a distance Of a couple of miles from New Haven there is 

 a pretty little body of water called Lake Whitney, from the 

 fact that the celebrated Eli Whitney's first factory derived 

 its motive power from it. Here the crew took their boat 

 about, four weeks ago, and have kepi it there until three or 

 four days ago, in order to avoid the rough water of the har- 

 bor. Cedar eight oars are very expensive arliel s, and it is a 

 very simple matter to ruin one by taking it out into a rough 

 sea. It becomes " twisted," anil immediately loses all stiff- 

 ness. It then is practically valueless, and though it maybe 

 a pretty thing to look at and sentimentalize over as ■"' the 

 ilear old thing so many jolly (?.! hours have been spent in," 

 etc., it is worth little else. 



Luke Whitney, aside from its advantages of smooth water, 

 was a very good place for the craw to work, inasmuch as 

 they always had the stimulus induced by the presence of the 

 fair sex to incite them to do their prettiest. . 



