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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fachttng and Jj§oafing. 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



DATE. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YORK 



CHARLESTON 



August 28, 



29, 



30, 



31, 



Sept, 1, 



" 2, 



3*, 



h. m. 



2 29 



3 7 



3 51 



4 43 



5 47 



6 59 

 8 11 



h. m. 

 11 52 

 morn. 



37 



1 30 



2 33 



3 44 



4 55 



h. m. 

 11 7 

 11 51 

 morn. 



43 



1 47 



2 59 

 4 11 



New York Yacht Squadron, August 21st.— The look 

 of the weather gladdened the hearts of the Yachtmen, and to- 

 wards nine A. M. a fresh breeze sprang up which indicated 

 clear weather for the race for the Bennett cup. Mr. Centre 

 kindly lent his sloop yacht Vindex for a stake boat, which 

 was anchored near Fort Adams. The signal gun for pre- 

 paration was fired from the stake boat at 9.59. The follow- 

 ing yachts started. 



SCHOONERS. 



YACHTS. OWNERS. 



Alarm Rear Com. Kingsland, 



Eva E. Burd Grub. 



Eoam Secppard Homan. 



Idler S. J. Colgate. 



Josephine Lloyd Phcenix . 



Madleine Jacob Voorhia, Jr. 



Madgie R. F. Loper. 



Tidal Wave W. Voorhis 



SLOOPS. 



Ariadne T . A . Strong. 



Qui Vive T. Clapham 



Vision J J Alexander. 



Vixen W. Garner. 



As the yachts prepared for action there seemed to have 

 existed some difference of opinion as to the character of the 

 wind outside. The Josephine was under ordinary cruising 

 canvass while the Foam carried her club-main-top-sail and a 

 working fore-top-sail aloft. The Vixen too showed plenty 

 of extra canvass. The Tidal Wave was wary, on the 

 watch, and only spread her usual sails. The Qui Vive 

 carried a top-sail, as did the Idler; the Madeleine had both 

 Club top-sails set. At the start the Vision and Ariadne 

 crossed the line first, the Foam shortly afterwards, and the 

 Idler slightly to leeward; the place of the Madeleine was 

 inside the Idler, ami the Alarm to windward-, Qui Vive on 

 the Weather quarter. The breeze was a ten knot one, the 

 sea not too lumpy, and the yachts bowled along at a glorious 

 Speed, making for Point Judith. The Madeleine was now 

 leading the fleet, followed by the Alarm half a mile astern; 

 the Madgie was hugging the Alarm, and after her came the 

 Tidal Wave. About 12 o'clock the Madeleine lowered her 

 Stay-sail, and took in her fore-top-sail. The breeze had now 

 freshened, and the yachts were heading for Brenton's reef 

 light-ship; the Madeleine turned the buoy at 11:59; the 

 Tidal Wave crept ahead of the Alarm and kept the third 

 place. The yachts were all doing their very best, and the 

 Madeleine looked as if she would make the fastest time on 

 record. It was evident that the race lay between the Made- 

 leine, Tidal Wave, and Alarm; after passing Point Judith 

 the breeze and sea quieted down, the Alarm gaining on the 

 Tidal Wave, and looked as if she might become the rival of 

 the Madeleine. Inside the white-washed rocks, the water 

 being smooth, the Tidal Wave again crept ahead of the 

 Alarm. The Madeleine came in wanner about 250 yards 

 ahead of the Tidal Wave, Madgie next, after her the Faom, 

 the Madeleine, making the fastest time on record; time 3h. 

 22m. 2ysec. 



August, 23.— The race for the Douglas cups. Course 

 from Brenton's Beef light-ship to the Sow and Pigs light- 

 ship and return. Distance 33 miles. Prize two $500 cups; 

 one for schooners, and one for sloops. The morning prom- 

 ised badly, there being scarcely any wind at all; there was a 

 dead calm, and the water was as smooth as a mirror; a little 

 after eleven o'clock there was the faintest ripple percepti- 

 ble and the canvas commenced to flutter; it was 12:30 be 

 lore the race begun. 



The yachts crossed the line in the following order: Qui 

 five, Vision , Vixen, Madeleine, Alarm, Tidal Wave, Eva, 

 and Idler. 



The Madeline soon collared the sloops and now the 

 Tidal Wave and Madeline are contestrilg tor the lead. 

 The Tidal Wave held her own for a short time when the 

 beautiful Madeline passed her, and by one o'clock the 

 Madeline is full one-third of a mile ahead of the fleet. Of 

 t!,e sloops, the Vision is ahead, pushed closely, however, by 

 the Vixen. As they turn the light-ship it seems evident 

 that the Madeline is a-ain the winning srhooner and thai 



the Vision must heal the sloops, The Eva having lost Ever 

 nb,-boom before reaching the light-ship, abandoned the 

 ',..„.,.. [„ e ac t an ugly squall had been threatening in the dis- 

 ,. m(M . f (ir the last hour, so that the slow ones seemed to 

 .land a good chance of losing their top-hamper. The Made- 

 line eame in ahead and won the cap for schooners. The 

 Vision secured the cup for sloops. 



The Passaic Clubs of Newark, New Jersey, have ac- 

 cepted a Challenge from the Triton Boal Club to row a six- 

 oared shell race one mile and a half and return, on the Pas- 

 saic river on September 3rd. 



I Dob- Jr., of Brunswick, and C. M Henry of 

 Portland, Maine, are matched to row a single scull race for 

 $250 a side, September 9th, in Portland Harbor, on condi- 

 tion that the water is smooth. 



The three Wards, Ellis, Gil, Dan, with OLeary, ol 

 Worcester Mass., are to. pull together in a four-oared boat, 

 looking towards the rewards offered in the coining Wretham 



ie |he a Toronto International Regatta takes place to-day. 

 The Yacht races to-morrow are open to the Canadian Clubs 

 or .ly. There are five prizes to be contested for. 



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TABLE OF FASTEST TROTTING TIME. 



We copy from Harper's Monthly the time of the fastest 

 trotted single mile. Its convenient form will undoubtedly 

 cause it to be frequently referred to. In the table Joe 

 Elliott's time, 2:15i, was undoubtedly accomplished by the 

 horse ; but as his trial of speed was not made in the inter- 

 est of a wager, according to turf law, it is not placed on 

 record : — 



Table Showing the Fastest Time at One Mile. 



Name of Horse. 



Joe Elliott 



Goldsmith Maid. . 



Dexter.: 



American Girl 



Lady Thorne 



Lucy 



George Palmer. . . 



Flora Temple 



Henry 



Mountain Boy. . . . 

 General Butler. . . 

 Rolla Gold-dust.. 



Gazelle 



Jay Gould 



Camors 



Judge Fullerton. . 

 George Wilkes . . . 



Princess 



Rockingham 



Rosalind 



Geo. M. Patchen. 



Jenny 



Lady Mand 



Huntress 



Flora Belle 



Kilburn Jim 



Min. 



2:15 1-2 

 2:16 1-4 

 2:17 1-4 

 2:1? 1-4 

 2:18 1-2 

 2:181-4 

 2:19 1-4 

 2:19 3-4 

 2:20 1-4 

 2:20 1-2 

 2;21 

 2:21 

 2:21 

 2:21 1-2 

 2:21 3-4 

 2:21 3-4 

 2:22 

 2:22 

 2:2,2 1-4 

 2:22 1-4 

 2:22 1-2 

 2:22 1-2 

 2:22 1-2 

 2:22 1-2 

 3:22 3-4 

 2:23 



Date. 



June 29, 1872 

 June 19, 1872 

 Aug. 14, 1867 

 Aug. 9, 1872 

 Oct. 8, 1869 

 Aug. 9, 1872 



Oct 4' 5,' 1859 

 June 23, 1871 



Oct. 22, 1872 

 Aug. 7, 1872 

 Sept. 19, 1872 

 Oct. 4. 1872 



June 18, 1872 



Mystic Park 



Mystic Park 



Buffalo Park 



Buffalo Park 



Narragansett Park. 

 Buffalo Park 



Kalamazoo. . . 

 Beacon Park. 



Prospect Park . 

 Buffalo Park... 

 Prospect Park. 

 Fleetwood. 



Mystic Park. 



Mode. 



Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 



Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 



Harness. 

 Harness. 

 Harness. 



Saddle. 



Church of the Stranger, N. Y. August, 1873. 

 Charles Hallock, Esq. — 



Dear Sir:— I thank you for the first number of "For- 

 est and Stream." It is very beautiful, and, so far as I 

 have read it, very good. 



I am perhaps as far removed from a sportsman as any 

 clergyman you ever knew. I have never caught a dozen 

 fish in my life: never shot but one animal ; never attended 

 a horse-race; never was in the Adirondack*; and yet the 

 amount of fun I have seen, if I had had nothing else in 

 life, has been richly worth living for. Moreover, I am the 

 very kind of a man to enjoy your paper. All the more 

 because I have not time to do it, I want to see how it is 

 done. So 1 intend to read "Forest and Stream;" and 

 you shall be my authority on these subjects. In the mean- 

 time, I can keep an eye on your "moral state," and when- 

 ever you break into any irregularities, I shall "rein " you 

 into an orthodox gait. 



Now at the very outset the functions of my chosen office 

 are brought into requisition. You say in your very graphic 

 announcement, "We yield to no one, however, in our 

 love and appreciation of the horse and his estimable 

 qualities. Thw noblest of all animals, and the companion 

 alike of men of high and low degree, he has never become 

 contaminated with the moral atmosphere by which he is 

 often surrounded, or degraded below the high rank to 

 which his attributes entitle and assign him." 



It seems to me that is a very ill-considered paragraph. 

 I know a little about horses, and I love them. I some- 

 times playfully tell my children that the name of the Ameri- 

 can branch of our family is not a contraction of the name 

 of the Dutch branch, Be Eseim, but is simply a corrup- 

 tion of the English word Teams, because of our fondness 

 for horse<. 



I do believe that a horse can become "contaminated," 

 and I also believe that a horse can "contaminate" a man 

 in the sense in which you use the word. The old idea of 

 the Centaur did not, I think, arise in the mind of some 

 savage upon seeing for the first a man on horseback 

 and regarding the two animals as one. I am fain to fancy 

 that some ancient philosopher of my school, ascertaining 

 What a oneness can come to exist between a horse and his 

 rider, projected his theory in the idea of the Centaur. You 

 may take 'a horse of the very highest qualities and place 

 upon him a man of the very lowest qualities, and at once 

 there will begin to be an elevation of the man and a de- 

 terioration of the brute, So if you put on a rather inferior 

 horse a rider who is every inch a man, physically, intel- 

 lectually, and spiritually, the horse seems instinctively to 

 recognise his rider, and rise as if under aspiration for 

 higher equine qualities. 



Just here comes the moral responsibility of the rider. 

 If I were writing an essay instead of a rapid letter, I should 

 run tit is out; anil from ail we could gather from the biogra- 

 phies of horses and their riders, from Alexander's Buce- 

 phalus down to Kaiser William's favorite charger, I think 

 I could make out a case for the theory that the qualities of 

 the horse are improved or deteriorated* by those of his rider 

 as the qualities of the rider are by those of his horse. 



Proofs of the same proposition might be brought from 

 the history of horse training in which kindness is known 

 to be so much more powerful than muscular force. Indeed 

 1 fchink I have here the germ of a science which when 

 developed will make the owners of a stud able to tell which 

 of his servants lias ridden such a one of his horses in his 

 absence, by this knowledge of both his men and horses. 

 All of whi'ch would go to show what a fine animal the 

 horse is; and all of which does endear him to men that 

 love I lie good wherever they find it. 



It does not do to let every one ride your horse. The finest 

 horse in America if hired day after day and hour hour after 

 hour to Tom, Dick and Harry, or even Thomas, Richard and 

 Henry, without regard to the qualities of the rider, would 

 become so prostituted that a horseman of high qualities 

 would shrink from having anything to do with him. I do 

 believe that low and vulgar fellows, as grooms or riders or 

 surrounders of a fine horse do by the moral atmosphere 

 which they engender degrade the noble animal. 



Wishiue: you great success in your enterprise, 

 I am truly yours, 



Charles F. Deems. 



Kingston, August 20. 



There was a fair attendance at the fall meeting. The 

 weather w T as fine and the track in good order. 



First race, purse $450, for three-minute horses. Four 

 horses started, and the race was won by Gray Hawk in three 

 straight heats. Time 2 :47f, 2 :50f, 2 :49. 



Second race, purse $250, for horses that had never beaten 

 2:37. I. H. Chambers' Molsey won in the first, second and 

 fifth heats. 



August 24.— The races concluded on the 24th. Trot for 

 $300. Four horses started. Won. by Mollie Smith in 

 three straight heats. 



WlLKESBARRE, PA. August 20. 



The Lee Park races opened this afternoon, the track was 

 in excellent condition, and between three- and four thousand 

 people were present, First race for the Lee cup and $50. 

 The race was won by Stickner's Billy. 



Second race, purse $500, for horses that had never beaten 

 2 :54. Eighteen horses started. Bay gelding Daniels, owned 

 by John S. Baker of Seneca Falls, won the race, taking the 

 third, fourth and fifth heats in 2:39, 2:35, 2:34. The third 

 race was for $800, for horses that had never trotted better 

 than 2:37. There were five starters. Dinah, of Piladelphia, 

 won in three straight heats. Time, 2:40, 2:38, 2:36. 



August 22. — The sun shone brilliantly and the track in 

 good condition. Purse $200, for horses that had never 

 beaten three minutes. Ten entries, and eight horses started. 

 Dick winning the fourth, fifth and sixth heats. Time, 2:42, 

 2 :44, 2 :54. Second race, purse $500, for horses that had 

 never beaten 2:46. Eleven entries, eight horses started. 

 Mollie Clark won in three straight heats. Time, 2:37 J, 

 2:35, 2:34. Third race, purse $800. Five entries, fonr 

 horses started. Tom Keeler won in three straight heats. 

 Time, 2:304-, 2:30, 2:29. 



Hampden Park Races, Springfield, Mass. August 20. 

 There were eight thousand persons present, and the track 

 was in a superb condition. First race, purse $6,000, for 

 horses that have never trotted better than 2:21. There were 

 three starters, Judge Fullerton, Sensation, and Camors. 

 Judge Fullerton broke badly at the start and could not he 

 brought into subjection, being distanced the first heal, 

 which was won by Sensation. Camors took the second 

 heat, and Sensation the third and fourth. Time, 2:23|, 

 2:25i, 2:25, 2:23^. 



Second race, purse $4,000, for horses that had never 

 beaten 2:31. Eight horses started and seven heats were 

 trotted, leaving the race undecided, owing to the darknes.-. 

 Ohio Boy won two heats, and Barney Kelley, Commodore, 

 Winthrop Morrill, and Colonel Moulton one each. The 

 fifth was a dead heat, five horses swinging under the wire 

 on a run, neck and neck. Time, 2:34, 2:314, 2:30, 2:38, 

 (dead) 2:354, 2:35. 



August 23. — The first or 2:24 race was contested by 

 Crown Prince, Confidence, Gloster, Susie, Hotspur, Major 

 Allen and Thomas Jefferson. Gloster won the first two 

 heats, and was second in the last two, and Susie was second 

 in the first two, and first in the last three, winning the race. 

 Thomas Jefferson won the third money. Time, 2:23, 2:25i, 

 2:25f, 2:27, 2:25. 



August 24 — Fully 12,000 people were in attendance to 

 witness the race for horses that had never beaten 2:24, for 

 a purse of $3,000 for the first horse and $1,000 for the 

 second. Four horses started, Susie, Gloster, Thomas Jef- 

 ferson, and Hotspur. Won by Susie in the three last heats. 

 Time, 2:25f, 2:27, 2:25. 



Second race for the 2:38 class. Nine horses started: 

 purse $4,000; for the first horse, $2,000; second horse, 

 $1,000. Won by Clementine in the three last heats. Time, 

 2:35, 2:30, 2,324. 



August 25. — Nearly twenty thousand people were present 

 to witness the closing scenes in Hampden Park. The 

 track was literally perfect, Purse $4,000, for horses that 

 had never beaten 2:29. Sixteen entries, and nine horses 

 came to the post, Yan Ness' St. James winning the first 

 heat 2:26-i, third, 2:25f, and fifth 2:29. 



Second race. This was the great feature of the races. 

 Purse $6,000, open and free to all. Six entries: Heniy, 

 American Girl, Lulu, Lucy, Goldsmith Maid. Henry and 

 Lucy were withdrawn, the other four coming to the post. 

 Goldsmith Maid won in three straight heats: 2:21, 2:22, 

 2:19i. 



Last race of the meeting, Purse $6,000, open to all 

 horses that had never trotted for premiums. 



Dolly Varden first heat; Sparker second heat. Too dark 

 to trot another heat, 



Long Branch Extra Meet inc., Monmouth Park, Aug. 

 2^— Hurdle race. Purse of $600. Welter weights; to carry 

 twenty-eight pounds overweight for age. Five starters. 

 Two horses distanced. Won by Blind Tom; 1:59, 1:574. 



Second race, Long Branch. Handy-cap, H. F., with 

 $500 added; four horses started; won by by Lightning; 

 2:20; distance, 1£ miles. 



Third race for $500, for two-year-olds. Two horses 

 started; Norton won. Time, 1:22$. 



Fourth race, $600, for all ages, to carry one hundred 

 pounds. Four horses started; Arizona won; 2:40; distance 

 1 1 miles. 



Hamilton Busbey, Esq., in a comprehensive contrihu- 

 tion to Harper's Magazine supplemented by an article in the 

 New York Times, is using his efforts to accomplish a SAveep- 

 ing reform in the morals and rules of the turf. His pro- 

 prietory connection with the leading turf paper of the 

 country gives a semi-official weight to his utterances. Aii 

 gentlemen who esteem the horse as a companion, and value 



