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—The New York Athletic Club are to hold their annual 

 fall meeting on Saturday, October 4th, on their track, foot 

 of 133d street, East River. The prizes, as usual with this 

 club, are gold medals, and much interest is being mani- 

 fested by its members. The 100 yard race will doubtless 

 be very exciting, as two of the entries are closely matched. 

 The club's definition of an amateur is the following : "Any 

 person who has never competed in an open competition, or 

 for public money, or for admission money ; or with profes- 

 sionals for a prize, public money, or for admission money; 

 nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or assisted in 

 the pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood." 

 Officers of the club— Colonel W. E. Van Wyck, President; 

 Frank S. Babcock, Yice President; John H. Stead, Secre- 

 tary; Henry E. Buermeyer, Treasurer. The programme is 

 as follows, and the list of entries we shall publish as soon 

 as they are out : 100 yard running race ; 440 yard running 

 race ; 880 yard running race, and one mile running race. 

 Walking three miles, open to all amateurs. There will also 

 be a handicap running race, once round the track (one-sixth 

 of a mile) open to members of the club only. 



The Manhattan's played the Staten Island club on the 

 grounds of the latter at Camp Washington, Staten Island, 

 on Friday September 5th, which resulted in an easy victory 

 for the Manhattans. The day was all that could be desired. 

 Many ladies were present, and the wicket unusually good. 

 The bowling of Brewster of the Staten Island club was 

 very effective, as he took six wickets. Ronaldson of the 

 Manhattans made an excellent catch at slip, and will make 

 a dangerous bowler. Hayward and Kersley made double 

 figures for the Manhattans, while Duer, Filmer, and Davis 

 the same for the Staten Islanders. 



MANHATTAN C. C. 



First Innings. 



Hayward c. Irving b. Luske 27 



Tucker b. Brewster 5 



Ronaldson b. Lnske 4 



Kersley b. Luske 20 



Byron b. b. w. b. Brewster. 3 



McDougal b, Brewster 6 



Rully c. Luske b. Lee ' 



OLone"rgan b, Brewster 4 



Beattie b. Brewster 16 



Bishop b. Brewster 



Tillv not out 2 



Byes, 10; leg byes, 3; wides 11 24 



111 



STATEN ISLAND C. C. 



Second Inning. 



b. Byron 1 



hit wicket b. Byron 4 



b. b. w. b. Byron ' 1 



b. Byron 4 



not out 9 



b. Ronaldson 2 



b. Byron 



c. McDougal, b. Byron 4 



b. Ronaldson 6 



c. McDougal, b. Byron 



b. Ronaldson 3 



i9; wides 6 15 



First Inning. 



Filmer b.' Tilly 13 



Davis b. Ronaldson 12 



Lee b. Ronaldson 3 



Brewster b. Ronaldson 1 



Luske b. b. w. b. Byron , 



Outerbridge c. Rondalson, b. By- 

 ron , . 2 



Irving run out 



Lawrence ct. Beattie b. Byron... 1 



Duer ct Ronaldson, b. Byron 11 



McKean not out 



Gardner b. Byron 



Byes 4; wides 2 6 



49 49 



—The St. George's Cricket Club played the United St. 

 Louis eleven on Tuesday. This was a two days' match. St. 

 George's won the toss and sent in the St. Louis'. The bat- 

 ting was very fair considering they only arrived late at 

 night, and had little rest. H. Temple and Lycett made 

 double figures. The Bowling of the St. George's was un- 

 usually straight and effective; the fielding was also very 

 close and steady. 



We regret that we were obliged to go to press while the 

 match was still on. 



— The Manhattan's played the Zingari on Saturday, on 

 their grounds at Hoboken 



— The Athletic and Philadelphia base ball clubs played at 

 Philadelphia on Monday last, with the following score: 

 Athletics, 5; Philadelphia, 6. Each had earned two runs. 



On the same day a game in Boston between the Boston 

 and Atlantic clubs resulted in a victory for the former by 

 a score of 15 to 10. 



mn. 



probably the oldest soldier now in the United States 

 is Lieut. M. Moore, (retired) who entered the service on 

 the 30th of April, 1812, joining the Thirteenth Regiment of 

 Infantry, Colonel Peter B. Schuyler commanding, then or- 

 ganizing at Greenbush, opposite Albany, N. Y. Shortly 

 after joining, this regiment was ordered to the frontier, but 

 on arriving at Onondaga, it was divided, five companies 

 being Ordered to Buffalo, and five to Niagara. The latter 

 (to which the subject of this sketch belonged) participated 

 in the battle of " Queenstown," where Captain, afterwards 

 General, Wool was wounded. He was with his regiment 

 at the capture of Fort George, the subsequent pursuit of 

 the enemy, and the battle of "Stony Creek," where Gene- 

 rals Winder and Chandler were captured. Returning, the 

 regiment formed part of General Wilkinson's army in the 

 movement down the river St. Lawrence, the contemplated 

 attack on Montreal, and took part in the battle of " Wil- 

 liamsburgh," after which the army went into winter quar- 

 ters at French Mills. In 1814 Lieut. Moore's regiment was 

 ordered from Plattsburgh to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., with 

 the army under General Izzard, at which latter place it re- 

 mained until the close of the war with Great Britain. The 

 Thirteenth was one of those then consolidated to form the 

 new Fifth. In 1821 he accompanied five companies of the 

 Second Infantry, to which he then belonged, to Sault de 

 St. Marie for the purpose of establishing a military post at 

 that place. From here, in 1826, he went with two com 

 panics, "A" and "B," to the head of Lake Superior as 

 escort to Governor Cass, who proposed to effect a treaty 



with the Indians. Their only means of transportation 

 were batteaux of their own construction, which the men 

 rowed the entire distance up and back, their being no ves- 

 sels on the Lake at that time. From here the same com- 

 panies proceeded to Mackinac, when the barracks were re- 

 built; then to Fort Gratiot, (aheap of ruins,) which they 

 also rebuilt. In 1832 he was ordered with his regiment to 

 the " Black Hawk" war, or as the late General Scott termed 

 it, the "cholera campaign." In 1837 he participated in the 

 Indian war in Florida enjoying (?) this delight (?) of a sol- 

 dier for three years. In 1841 he was ordered to the Recruiting- 

 Depot at Fort Ward, and continued in this service until his 

 retirement, in 1869. In all this time he was never in arrest 

 or court-martialed. The old gentleman is still hale and 

 hearty, the only regrets he appears to have being that he 

 was not a member of Colonel Miller's regiment at Lundy's 

 Lane, and that he was too old to participate in either the 

 Mexican or the late war. 



The reports of General Custer's in regard to the recent 

 skirmishes with the Indians near the Yellowstone river, are 

 exceedingly interesting and characteristic of that distin- 

 guished officer. The General must believe thoroughly in the 

 effects of a military band, as to the crack of his rifles he 

 always adds the inspiriting strains of " Garry Owen." Suf- 

 fice to say, that after quite an exciting fight, forty Indians 

 were killed, and many were wounded. Our loss was com- 

 paratively small. 



The New York Fire Department propose establishing a 

 corps of sappers and miners to be used on the occasion of 

 an extreme conflagration in blowing up buildings, etc. , as 

 a means to check the fire. One man from each engine 

 company will be detailed for this purpose, and the corps 

 will be thoroughly instructed by United States engineers 

 in the use of explosives as well as go through a course of 

 drill. 



—At the battle of Gravelotte the French numbered 130,- 

 000 men, while the Germans numbered 200,000; and at Sedan 

 220,000 Germans attacked 130,000 French. The casualties 

 in the first battle were 14,000 French and 20,000 Germans; 

 at Sedan the French lost 14,000, while the Germans 10,000. 

 In these two decisive struggles nearly 60,000 men were 

 lost, yet this scarcely holds a candle to some of the little 

 slaughters we had in our rebellion, a record of which can- 

 not help but send a shudder to the heart of every true lover 

 of his country. 



— General Ord, commanding the Department of the Platte, 

 is foremost among Department Commanders in rifle prac- 

 tice, and the monthly record shows constant improvement. 

 The cavalry, strange to say, make the best scores as a rule. 

 The system is not thellythe or that followed at Creedmoor, 

 and there is an effort now being made by the National Rifle 

 Association of this country to establish a uniform system 

 of target practice, both in the army and militia. We trust 

 it will be successful. 



— General ' ' Phil " Sheridan, the well known advocate of 

 celibacy, has been giving the Kanucks a chance to "re- 

 ceive " him. The General really enjoys, like all bachelors, 

 these little "stag parties." Atone time he had retreated 

 slowly from Montreal, and was "just five miles away" 

 from — somewhere in New Hampshire, the White Moun- 

 tains, we think, and was fast making cover for headquar- 

 ters in that Phoenix like city of Chicago. 



— There has long been a struggle to abolish the practice 

 of purchasing commissions in the British army. ' There is 

 an opinion that similar steps will have to be taken in regard 

 to our own army. Still in the British army it is an acknowl- 

 edged fact, while in our case the fact is covered. 



— Among the pleasant institutions of New York city is 

 the rooms of the Army and Navy Club in 27th street. The 

 club numbers 400 members, and is among the most success- 

 ful organizations of its character in the country. The 

 formation of a special club for army and navy officers is 

 something new in " these parts," and very frequently you 

 may see in the handsome apartments of the club many of 

 our most distinguished officers of the service. 



— Second Lieutenant Thomas M. Canton, of the Eight- 

 eenth Infantry, has, we regret to announce, been cashiered 

 the army in consequence of drunkenness>nd conduct unbe- 

 coming an officer and - a gentleman. It is said that drunk- 

 enness is the curse of the army, yet it seems hard to be com- 

 pelled to cashier for this charge one who has but reached 

 the first step as a commissioned officer of the army. We 

 can but sympathize for one so truly unfortunate. 



— Major Thomas T. Barr, Judge Advocate, U. S. A., has 

 been stationed at Boston. 



—First Lieut. James E. Bell, First Artillery, has been de- 

 tailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the 

 University of Vermont, Burlington. 



—Second Lieut. Frank H. Edwards, First Infantry, is on 

 duty at the Military Academy. 



— The officers at Fort de Russell, under the soubriquet of 

 "Artful Dodgers," recently played a national game with 

 some citizens calling themselves the "Ku-Klux." The 

 " Ku-Klux" in this instance came out ahead. 



—The Yellowstone expedition, or one portion of it, will 

 return about the middle of this month. 



fachting and ij^oatiiig. 



HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 





DATE. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YORK. 



CHARLEST'N 



Sept. 11 : 



Sept. 12 



Sept. 13 



Sept. 14 



Sept. 15 



Sept. 16 



Sept. 17 



b. m. 



1 54 



2 39 

 8 25 



4 14 



5 11 



6 12 



7 19 



h. m. 



10 37 



11 21 

 eve. 10 



1 



1 57 



2 58 

 4 4 



h. m. 

 9 54 



10 39 



11 25 

 eve. 14 



8 11 



9 12 

 3 19 



—Lieutenant Colonel Drayson, on the cause and duration 

 of the glacial period, and the probable antiquity of man, 

 thinks he is so exactly right about it, as to place the last 

 English glacier back some 31,840 years exactly. Only Eng- 

 lish critics say that he knows nothing about dynamics, and 

 either despises or is desirous of revolutionizing modern 

 terrestrial science. 



—The number of yacht clubs in Eastern waters is much 

 larger than the general public suppose. In Boston .and 

 vicinity there are the following:* - Eastern Yacht Club, Bos- 

 ton Yacht Club, South Boston, Dorchester, and Beverley. 

 The Eastern Yacht Club has been organized 'several years, 

 and was incorporated by the Massachusetts Legislature in 

 1871. They have forty-five yachts, comprising thirty-two 

 schooners and thirteen sloops. Aggregate measurement, 

 2,500 tons, o. m. At the latter part of this month they will 

 hold their closing regatta for the season. The celebrated 

 yacht Faustine, E.Y.C., which made such a fine run to 

 England lately, is owned by George Peabody Russell, who 

 is now a resident at Binstead, Isle of Wi"ht, England. The 

 Boston Yacht Club has forty yachts, about 550 tons, o. m. 

 Their closing regatta takes place to-morrow. 



—The fifth regatta of the Dorchester Yacht Club, of Massa- 

 chusetts, took place last week over the regular course for 

 the championship of the fourth centre-board class. Tiny 

 have sixty-two boats belonging to the club. The contend- 

 ing yachts were the Bessie, Virginia, and Rockett, each of 

 which had won in its class. The wind was fresh from the 

 southwest, and the yachts were reefed. They started at 

 4 -.20 P. M. The Rocket was the first to get away, and took 

 the lead, which she held until the yachts passed "Half -tide 

 Rock," when the Bessie became the leading yacht, which 

 position she held during the remainder of the race, though 

 the Rocket, which came in second, took the prize by time 



allowance. 



Th everley Yacht Club, of Massachusetts, has forty-one 

 boats ^ n d held their special regatta on September 6th. The 

 prizes were given by Mr. Soheir, which included a conso- 

 lation cup for the last boat. This club is practically a Bos- 

 ton club, and the boats are principally small, being under 

 thirty feet water line. 



— The annual election of the Oceanic Yacht Club, of Jer- 

 sey City, resulted in the election of F. Hughes, commo- 

 dore; Charles Taylor, vice commodore, and* James Flagg, 

 rear commodore. 



— The schooner Elsie, of Boston and Dorchester clubs, 

 was lately sold to Mr. Martin, of Boston Highlands, the 

 latter giving the sloop Violante in part payment. 



— A new pilot boat, the Thomas S. Negus, No. 1, to re- 

 place the Jane, lost last April, was lauched from the yard 

 of Mr. C. & R. Poillon, foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, 

 on Saturday, the 6th instant. 



— The International Regatta held at Toronto on the 3d, 

 4th, and 5th instant did not fully meet the anticipations of 

 the most sanguine, the proceedings of the second day es- 

 pecially being denominated a fizzle by the Toronto press 

 without qualification. The regatta on the first day, how- 

 ever, for the Governor General's cup, was fair, ten yachts 

 entering, and the contest between Lady Stanley and the 

 Ina being a keen one. The latter is owned by Colonel 

 Shaw, United States consul at Toronto. The distance was 

 thirty miles, and the Ina was beaten by forty minutes. 



— The Amateur Regatta on Saratoga Lake is now in prog- 

 ress as we go to press. The arrangements for boats, and ' 

 the comfort of the competitors, are of the most perfect 

 order. The Sheriff of the county has given his word that 

 he will do his utmost to prevent any pool-selling or gamb- 

 ling along the lake shore, and has closed the gambling 

 houses in the village. There are two races to-day. First 

 prize for a beautifully designed cup, valued at $500 ; pair- 

 oared shells; two crews entered. Second prize a large sil- 

 ver cup; for single sculls; eleven crews entered. To-mor- 

 row, Friday, the first race will take place at three P. M. ; 

 double scull shells; one mile to stake-boat and return. The 

 second race at f our P. M. ; junior single sculls; one mile 

 and return. The third race at five P. M. ; four-oared shells ; 

 one and a half mile and return; six crews entered. The 

 following is the list of crews entered : — 



For the Pair-oared Shell Race To-day — Nassau Boat Club 

 of New York, Oliver T. Johnston, stroke; Frank Brown,' 

 bow. Argonaut, of Toronto, Canada, R. Lambe, stroke'; 

 H. Lambe, bow. 



For the Single Scull Shell Race To-day — James Wilson, 

 Beaverwyck, of Albany; H. S. Truax, Potomac, of George- 

 town, D. C. ; M. J. Fenton £and Charles Pipenbrink, Mu- 

 tual, of Albany; Robert Leffman, Atlantic, of New York; 

 William Hughes, Friendship, of New York; Charles E.' 

 Courtney, Union Springs^of New York; Frank E. Yates, 

 Grand Haven, Michigan; T. R. Keator, Harlem Rowing 

 Club, of Harlem; H. Lambe, R. Lambe, Argonaut, of To- 

 ronto, Canada. 



For the Double Scull Race, on Friday— Beaverwyck 

 Rowing Club, of Albany, James Wilson and William R, 

 Hills. Mutuals, of Albany, Charles Piepin brink and Wil- 

 liam S. Mosely. Argonaut, of Toronto, R. Lambe and H. 

 Lambe. 



For the Junior Single Scull Race, on Friday — Frank E. 

 Yates, of Grand Haven, Michigan; A. A. Graves, Jr., Jos. 

 H. Girvin, and A. G. Graves, Jr., of the Beaverwyck; John 

 C. Sweeny, of the Friendship Club, of New York. 



For the Four-Oared Shell Race, on Friday — Potomac 

 Club, of Georgetown, D. C, D. Coughlin, stroke; A J 

 McBlair, 3; S. L. Cropley, 2; H. S. Truax, bow; Z. T. Car- 

 penter, substitute. Ducmesne, of Allegheny City, Penn- 

 sylvania, Frank Brannon, stroke; Samuel Moody, 3; Geo. 

 Scharf, 2; John Straub, bow. Pape Borge Club, of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, Daniel Brown, stroke; John W. Kirk 3- 



