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Sacramento, CaL, September 18.— On the second day 

 of the Trotting Fair the attendance of spectators was im- 

 mense, and far exceeded the expectations of the associa- 

 tion. The great event of the day was the contest for a 

 plate prize, valued at $2,000, offered to any horse beating 

 the fastest time made in California, which was 2:17£, made 

 by Goldsmith Maid. Governor Stanford's horse Occident 

 was entered for the plate prize, which he won in the first 

 heat, making the mile in 2 :16£. The excitement on the an- 

 nouncement of the extraordinary time made was intense. 

 Ever since Occident's defeat by Goldsmith Maid he has 

 been in charge of a new trainer and driver. After Occi- 

 dent making the extraordinary time yesterday of 2:16£, 

 Governor Stanford's friends here prevailed on him to make 

 another trial. Occident was brought upon the track amid 

 the wildest enthusiasm. On the second trial Occident 

 made a bad break. He accomplished the second heat in 

 2:18£. O. D. Hick ok, the driver of Lucy, and several 

 other Eastern horsemen were present, and watched both 

 heats. The time cannot be disputed. 



Bangor, Maine, September 18, 1873.— There was a very 

 large attendance in all the departments of the State Fair. 

 The trotting was witnessed by the largest audience thus far 

 present. The race for 2 :48 horses . was won by Palmer 

 Knox. The race for four year olds was won by Princess. 

 The purse for 2:35 horses was won by Phil. Sheridan. 



Waverley, N. J., Septempter 19.— The races at Waverley 

 on the 19th were better attended and more spirited than on 

 any other day of the season. The racing began at half 

 past one o'clock, the first on the programme being for gen- 

 tlemen's pairs, for $150, owned in the State. There were 

 six entries, but only three started. At the third trial they 

 got an excellent start. Listener and mate won in 2 :55i, 

 3:05£, 2:48£. The second race was for $375, for horses that 

 had never beaten 2:30. There were nine entries. The 

 third heat was marked by sharp jockeyism. The driver of 

 Susie Clay, J. H. Phillips, had won second money, and on 

 the last quarter he deliberately pulled back out of the posi- 

 tion, and struck Lady Shaw a sharp blow with his whip. 

 She broke, and Waverley passed her, coming in ahead for 

 third money. The best time of the race was made in this 

 heat, Lady Emma crossing the line in 2:39. The day's 

 races closed with a race for road pairs, owned in the State, 

 for which there were six entries, and a four-year-old race 

 for a purse of $150, for which there were six entries. They 

 were both spirited trots. The race of pairs, which was a 

 half mile dash, was won by Listener and mate easily in 

 1 :25|. In the four-year old race, the b. m. Trenton, owned 

 by D. S. Quinton, was also an easy winner in 2:44, 2:52f, 

 and 2:55. 



Fleetwood Park, September 18. — The second day's 

 trot on Fleetwood course was largely attended. The first 

 race was for horses that had never beaten 2:35. There 

 were thirteen entries; eight came to the score. Mollie 

 Smith won after a splendid struggle with Tommy ; time, 

 2 :35+. The race for horses that had never beaten 2 :24 was 

 the great event of the day. There were five entries. 

 Crown Prince won by a head. Time, 2 :25f . 



September 22. — Purse of $1,200, for horses that had 

 never beaten 2:31. Mile heats, best three in five, in har- 

 ness. Fleety Golddust won in three straight heats. Time, 

 2:31, 2:34£, 2:31^. The last race was for a purse of $2,500, 

 for horses that had never beaten 2 :21. Mile heats, best 

 three in five, in harness. Judge Fullcrton won in three 

 straight heats. Time, 2:27i, 2:25, 2:25i. 



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A SAGACIOUS HORSE. 



The Bangor (Me.) Whig tells the following story, illustra- 

 ting the sagacity of a horse owned in that State : "Captain 

 Frank Lane, who lives on an island near Vinalhaven, has a 

 span of horses. A few weeks since, during the absence of 

 Mr. Lane, one of the horses backed into a well about twelve 

 feet deep. His mate immediately started for the house of a 

 neighbor, and by neighing and other ways endeavored to 

 attract the attention of the inmates. Gaining their atten- 

 tion he ran back to the well, and evidently tried to induce 

 them to follow him. After repeating this several times, the 

 neighbors became satisfied that something unusual had 

 taken place, followed the horse to the well, and after a little 

 delay gathered a force and rescued his mate from his un- 

 comfortable position. To their astonishment the horse had 

 received no injuries worth mentioning. Upon his return, 

 Mr. Lane had occasion to go down after passengers, and 

 concluded to harness the horse which met with no accident, 

 into a single wagon, and give the other horse an opportu- 

 nity to recover from his bruises. No sooner had he started, 

 than the horse's mate placed himself by his side, and kept 

 his place down and back, and this was repeated several 

 times when Mr. Lane concluded to again harness them both 

 and let them in future work 'together in double harness.' " 



A correspondent of the Western Rural gives this cure for 

 ring-bone : ' ' Pulverized cantharides, oil of spike, oil of 

 origanum, oil of amber, oil cedar, Barbadoes tar, British 

 oil, each two ounces : oil of wormwood, one ounce ; spirits 

 turpentine, four ounces ; common potash, one-half ounce ; 

 nitric acid, six ounces ; oil of vitriol, four ounces ; lard, 

 three pounds. Melt the lard and slowly add the acids ; stir 

 well and add the other ingredients, stirring until cold. Clip 

 off the hair and apply by rubbing and heating into the 

 parts affected. In about three days, or when the part is 

 done running, wash off with suds made with white Castile 

 soap and apply again. In old cases it may take three or 

 four weeks, and in recent cases two or three applications 

 have cured. The remedy has cured cases of long stand- 

 ng." 



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Is a game eye essential to a hunter? 



— When Horace Greeley visited Yosemite he picked up 

 in the trail a horse shoe, and hung it on a knot of an oak 

 tree for whoever might choose to use it. No one took it, 

 and in time the knot grew over the horse-shoe, and recent- 

 ly the portion of the tree containing it was brought to San 

 Francisco as a memento of Mr. Greeley's economy. 



— "Chan. Reticker," at the Greenland race course in 

 Kentucky, has performed the feat of riding fifty miles in 

 two and a half hours. Horses were changed on each mile. 

 The total running time was 1 hour, 52 minutes, and 31£ 

 seconds. The time lost in changing horses was 12 minutes 

 and 481 seconds. Ten different horses were used. 



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THE United States army comprises an Engineer bat- 

 talion of five companies, ten regiments of cavalry, five 

 regiments of artillery, and twenty-five regiments of infan- 

 try. The cavalry numbers officers and men, 10,562, the 

 artillery '4, 080; the Engineer battalion, 532 ; the infantry, 

 16,000 5 these with 935 General and Staff officers, and 400 

 unattached officers and men, including 300 at the Military 

 Academy, makes the aggregate of the army 32,554. General 

 Sherman commands the army and ranks full general, which 

 rank was created by Congress for General Grant and was 

 continued in the instance of the present Commander. This 

 rank, however, will be vacated with General Sherman, and 

 was only created by Congress to these two officers for their 

 great service to the country. The next in rank is Lieutenant 

 General Sheridan, commanding Division of Missouri, head- 

 quarters Chicago, 111., and the Major-Generals of the army 

 comprise General Hancock, commanding Division of Atlan- 

 tic, head-quarters New York city, General Scho field, com- 

 manding Division of the Pacific, head-quarters at San Fran- 

 cisco, CaL, and General McDowell, commanding Division 

 of the South, head-quarters Louisville, Ky. There are now 

 six commanding Brigadier-Generals, the number having 

 been decreased, one by the assassination of Brigadier-General 

 Canby in the Modoc War. These comprise Brigadier- 

 Generals Philip St. George Cooke, John Pope, Oliver How- 

 ard, Alfred H. Terry, Edward O. C. Ord and Christoper C. 

 Auger. All of these officers, with the exception of General 

 Howard, are in command of military departments of the 

 above named divisions, General Howard is on the "peace" 

 path against the Indians. The four military divisionsof the 

 army are divided into eleven departments as follows : The 

 Military Division of the Missouri, comprising Department of 

 Dakota, Brigadier- General Terry commanding, includes the 

 State of Minnesota and the territories of Dakota and Mon- 

 tana, headquarters St. Paul's, Minn. ; Department of Mis- 

 souri, Brigadier-General Pope commanding, includes the 

 States of Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois ; territories of Cola- 

 rado and New Mexico and Camp Supply, Indian territory, 

 Department Head-quarters. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ; De- 

 partment of the Platte; Brigadier-General Ord commanding, 

 includes the State of Iowa and Nebraska, territories of Utah 

 and Wyoming ; Head-quarters Omaha, Neb. ; Department 

 of Texas, Brigadier-General Auger commanding, includes 

 State of Texas and the Indian territory, excepting Camp 

 Supply ; Department Head-quarters, San Antonio, Texas. 

 The Division of the Atlantic comprises, Departments of the 

 East, and of the Lakes. The Department of the East, in- 

 cludes the New England States and the States of New York 

 (except the Northern frontier, west of Ogdensburg), New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West 

 Virginia and the District of Columbia, with Department 

 Head-quarters, like those of the Division in New York ciiy, 

 Major-General McDowel commanding. The Department of 

 the Lakes, Brigadier-General P. St. George Cooke com- 

 manding, includes the States of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin 

 and Indiana and the Northern frontier, as far east as 

 Ogdensburg, New York ; Department Head-quarters, De- 

 troit, Mich. The Military Division of the Pacific com- 

 prises Departments of California and Arizona. The Depart- 

 ment of California includes the State of Nevada, the post of 

 Fort Hall, Idaho territory, and so much of California as lies 

 north of a line from the northwest corner of Arizona 'terri- 

 tory to Point Conception, Cal., Department Head-quarters, 

 San Francisco, CaL, under command of Major-General Sco- 

 field. The Department of Arizona includes the territory of 

 Arizona and so much of California as lies south of a line 

 from the northwest corner of Arizona to Point Conception, 

 Cal. ; Department Head-quarters Prescott, A. T. , Lieutenant 

 Colonel George Crooke, of the 23d Infantry, in command. 

 The Military Division of the South was abolished with the 

 death of General Thomas, but was afterwards re-established. 

 It comprises the Departments of the South and Gulf. The 

 Department of the South includes the States of North Caro- 

 lina^ South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, (including the 

 post in Mobile Bay,) Florida, (except the Gulf post from 

 Pensacola harbor to Fort Jefferson and Key West inclusive,) 

 Tennessee and Kentucky. Major-General McDowell is in 

 command, head-quarters at Louisville, Ky. The Depart- 

 ment of the Gulf is in command of Colonel W. H. Emory, 

 of the 19th Infantry, head-quarters New Orleans, La., and 

 includes the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississppi and 

 the Gulf Ports as far eastward as and embracing Fort Jef- 

 ferson and Key West, Fla, , excluding the post in the Mo- 

 bile Bay. 



The pay and emoluments of army officers, in the active 

 service, varies somewhat according to the arm of the service. 

 Prior to five years service it is annually as follows : — Gene- 

 ral, $13,500 ; Lieutenant-General, $11,000 ; Major-General, 

 $7,500 ; Brigadier-General, $5,500 ; Colonel, $3,500 ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel, $3,000 ; Major, $2,500 ; Captain, mounted, 

 $2,000 ; Captain, not mounted, $1,800 ; Regimental Adju- 

 tant, $1,800 ; Regimental Quartermaster, $1,800 ; First 



Lieutenant, mounted, $1,600 ; Firs!. Lieutenant, not mount- 

 ed, $1,500; Second Lieutenant, mounted, $1,500; Second 

 Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,400 ; Chaplain, $1,500. With 

 the exception of the first four grades, after five years ser- 

 vice, 10 per cent, is added to the monthly pay, 20 per cent, 

 after fifteen year's service, 30 per cent, after fifteen year's, 

 and 40 per cent, after twenty year's service. The pay of 

 the retired list among the higher grades varies from $2,000 

 to $500 less, commencing with the Major General who re- 

 ceives $5,625. Officers of lower grades on the retired list, 

 receive from $400 to $200 less than the active list. 



— In consequence of the yellow fever at Shreveport, La. , 

 Dry Tortugas, and other portions of the South, the govern- 

 ment has forbidden officers North on leave, or otherwise ab- 

 sent, from stations affected by epidemic disease or from sta- 

 tions that cannot be reached without transit through infect- 

 ed localities, to return until they receive information to the 

 effect that all danger is past. We trust all officers of the 

 army on leave will have received this wise information in 

 time. Still we learn two officers of the First Artillery pre- 

 vious to the issue of this order had started to return. Cap- 

 tain Langden returned last week to head-quarters, and Lieu- 

 tenant Ingalls was telegraphically ordered to his station, Dry 

 Tortugas by the Gulf Commander, before his leave had ex- 

 pired. It is almost sure death for any person coming from 

 the North, to proceed to any portion of the South affected 

 with this disease. There have been a few deaths among the 

 officers and men stationed at the localities affected, but we 

 trust as the epidemic is now somewhat subsiding, there wil 

 be no more deaths. The First Artillery, on the 13th inst. , 

 lost First Lieutenant, Jas. E. Bell, one of its most faithful 

 officers, by this fell disease. This officer, since August, had 

 been alone in command of that uninviting post Dry Tortu- 

 gas, and when the yellow fever broke out^in the garrison he 

 worked like a true soldier in looking after his command, and 

 sending those not affected with the malady, to a safe retreat. 

 He alone, as the only commissioned officer at the post, 

 stayed at his post, and looked after the sick, until relieved 

 by a fellow officer. The relief, unfortunately, came too 

 late to save this noble officer, for he died on the above date, 

 the exposure and exhaustive care of the sick, having been 

 too great for him. Lieutenant Commander A. N. Mitchell, 

 in command of the Pawnee, also died of yellow fever, at 

 Key West, Sept. 14. 



—Major W. W. Burns, of the Subsistence Department, 

 has been ordered from New York to San Francisco, CaL 

 having been relieved by Major M. R. Morgan. 



—General Ruf us Ingalls, Assistant-Quartermaster-Genera 

 U. S. A. , has left Vienna and its exposition confusions for 

 the tumultuous excitements of the French capital. He is on a 

 Government Military Commission and the powers that be, 

 at Washington, exercised excellent judgment when they 

 sent abroad so capable an officer to use his eyes and f acu . 

 ties for his country's good. 



—The name of the Commissary- General of Subsistence, 

 Brigadier-General Eaton, is peculiarly suggestive of his du 

 ties. Yet, we do not presume, this had anything to do 

 with his appointment ; in fact we feel assured so important 

 a position was secured only by hard fighting, like most 

 merited promotions. 



— The Engineer Corps of the Army has one Chief of En- 

 gineers ; Brigadter-General Humphreys, six Colonels, 

 twelve Lieutenant-Colonels, twenty-four Majors, thirty 

 Captains, twenty-six First Lieutenants and four Second 

 Lieutenants. The Corps of Engineers is one of the mos t 

 important branches of the service, and its officers are con- 

 stantly showing their work. The names of Humphreys, 

 Barnard, Cullen, Benham, Macomb, Tower, Wright, New- 

 ton, Gilmore, Abbot and others are as'household words to 

 the country, and the importance of their undertakings can- 

 not be over-estimated. 



—One hundred aud fifty recruits have been ordered to 

 the head-quarters Omaha, Neb., Fourth Infantry, in the 

 Department of the Platte, and one hundred and twenty for 

 the Fifth Cavalry, he ad- quarters Benecia Barracks, Cali- 

 fornia. 



—Extensive changes have been made in the location of 

 the officers of the Subsistence Department. 



—Companies A and I, Fourth Cavalry, have been 

 changed from Fort D. A. Russell W. T., to Fort Fetter- 

 man W. T., company H, from Omaha Barracks, Neb., to 

 Camp Douglas U. T. & Company K., from Omaha Bar- 

 racks, to Fort Bridger. Companies B. C. I. T., Eighth Infan- 

 try have been changed from Omaha, Neb., to Fort D. A. 

 Russell W.* TV, and Company H, from the same post to 

 Fort Ned Steele W. T. Companies E. & F., Thirteenth In- 

 fantry, have changed from Fort Fetterman, to Fort San- 

 ders W. T. 



—The regimental prize for excellence in markmanship 

 for the year 1873, in the Second Cavalry has boen awarded 

 to private Irving Carpenter, he having made the best string 

 at target practice during the year. 



— The troops of the Yellowstone expedition are to be 

 paid by Major Candee, U. S, Paymaster. He went to St. 

 Paul, Minn. , for the funds last week. 



— Uncle Sam has negotiated with the " Crows" for 6,000,- 

 000 acres of land in Montana for $100,000. 



— Assistant Surgeon, A. A. Yeomans, stationed at Fort 

 Garland C. T. , Sept. 5, was sent under escort to the Na- 

 tional Insane Asylum, Washington. 



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What is the difference between a bald head and a starv- 

 ing beagle?— One- is found without hair; and the other is 

 hound without fare. 



Can buffalo killing be good for bisoness? 



