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steadily to overtake her, and trying to pass Harvard. Still 
Columbia stuck fast to the front. Now the Wesleyans 
showed their stamina and challenged the Columbia. The 
last three-quarters of a mile exhibited a noble struggle be¬ 
tween the Columbia, Wesleyan, Harvard and Dartmouth. 
Within a half mile of the finish, Columbia was going as 
steadily as ever, leading by a length and a half, Harvard 
nearer home than the Wesleyan by two lengths, Williams 
fourth, Dartmouth next, the remainder behind and Yale 
disabled, working slowly. Then something seemed wrong 
with the Wesley ans, for they slackened imperceptibly, but 
for an instant; then they made a grand rally, spurting 
famously, and now their boat drew on a level with Harvard, 
fighting lustily for second place, which she kept and won. 
Dartmouth then tried to pass Williams; but it was a close 
thing, both boats coming in so evenly that only to-day has 
it been decided that to Williams is awarded the fourth 
place. 
The order of the finish was as follows: 
Columbia. lj Cornell. 6 
Wesleyan. 2'Trinity. 7 
Harvard.. 3,Princeton.- .- v . § 
Williams.. 
Dartmouth 
The time, according to Commodore Brady, was: 
41 Yale.withdrawn, disabled 
Columbia.. 
Wesleyan.. 
Harvard... 
Dartmouth 
Williams.. 
M. 
16 
16 
16 
17 
17 
8 . ! 
42* 
50 
54 
08* 
31 
Cornell... 
Trinity... 
Princeton 
Yale. 
M. 8. 
... 18 00 
... 18 23 
... 18 38 
withdrawn 
\iitiaml Ragtimes. 
Secretaries and fnends'of Athletic , Base-Ball, Cricket and other out¬ 
door Clubs will kindly mail their contributions not later than Monday in 
each week. 
— The Philadelphians have selected the following eleven 
to take part in the cricket tourney in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
on August 18th:—C. A. New hall, E. Hopkinson, B. L. 
Baird, J. M. Fox, R. Ashbridge, D. S. New hall, F. E. 
Brewster, G. Ashbridge, and R. N. Caldwell, of the Young 
America, Philadelphia, Germantown, and Marion clubs of 
PhiladelDhia. The substitutes include H. Magee, R. W. 
Clay, J. P. Newbold, and W. Welsh, Jr. The Halifax 
and Garrison clubs, of Halifax, the Toronto club, and other 
Canadian clubs will take part in the matches. 
—The Bostons and Fall Rivers played cricket at East 
Cambridge last Saturday—Fall River, i56; Boston, 96. 
—The first elevens of the Manhattan and Staten Island 
clubs will play a match on Thursday, 23d instant, at Staten 
Island. The return game with the Prospect-Park club will 
take place in August, as the Manhattans close up Septem¬ 
ber 15th. This is the only game the Prospect Park club 
v 7 ill play this season. 
—A remarkably close game was played in Chicago July 
18th, as the appended score shows:— 
Chicago.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1—3 
Philadelphia ....0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 
It was just beyond the two mile stake that the trouble 
arose between Yale and Harvard. The gallant crew of the 
Columbia were clear of the flurry—pulling superbly. Yale 
was creeping on Harvard, when the oars clashed, and Yale, 
with broken oar and dismantled rudder, was hurt beyond 
recovery. Claims of a foul made at the close of the race 
by Yale were not allowed. 
—The victorious Columbia arrived safely in this city on 
the afternoon of July 21st. The scene around the Grand 
Central Depot was beyond description. President Barnard, 
of Columbia College, received his boys in a most happy 
speech, and warmly congratulated the victors. 
Christiana Regatta at Wilmington, Del.— From our 
own correspondent “ Sculls,” we have a full report of the 
Christiana Navy Regatta, at Wilmington, Delaware, on the 
18th July. The attendance 6,000 people, and the conditions 
of wind and weather favorable. We have space only for 
a summary. 
SINGLE SCULL RACE —tWO miles , 0716 tUTU. 
F. S. Pleasanton, Quaker City Club, Philadelphia.1 
C. E. Steel, Crescent Club, of Philadelphia. 2 
Time—17:19£. 
This was Mr. Pleasanton’s first successful race. 
If he improves as much during the next as in the past 
year, he will make “ work” for the best scullers of Phila¬ 
delphia. 
six-oared barge raoe—3 miles , one turn. 
M. S. 
Undine.Falcon. 20 
Pioneer.Thistle. 20 13* 
Crew of Falcon. 
E. H. Heald. 
F. L. Holmes. 
H. Lewis. 
Paul Brown. 
Joseph McMackin. 
Joseph L. Jackson. 
H. T. Gause. 
stroke 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Cox’n 
Crew of Thistle. 
Alex. Smith. 
James H. Cameron. 
George W. Turner. 
Joseph S. Richardson — 
E. Hagany. 
I William Bush. 
|W. W. Smith. 
four-oared gig race — 3* miles. one turn. 
stroke 
o 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Cox n 
Bachelor.Idalia. 
Pioneer.Hornet— 
Undine.White Cap 
Crew of White Cap. 
H. T. Gause_stroke 
H.W. Gause.... 2 
G. N. Caleb. 3 
W. W. Lobdell.. 4 
Crew of Hornet, 
W. H. Smith— stroke 
J. M. Poole. 2 
G. L. Garsed_ 3 
A. H. Smith_ 4 
F.’l. Holmes..! Cox’nlJ.E. Smith. cox’n 
23 10* 
23 36* 
24 52 
Crew of Bachelor. 
L. Morris. cox’n 
L. Lewis. stroke 
W. H. Bowers. 2 
Joseph Seabrok 3 
George McCall. 4 
—Last week, at Philadelphia, the friends of Commodore 
Ferguson of the Schuylkill Navy, presented him with a 
gold badge valued at $200, of elaborate and appropriate 
design. The ceremony took place at the Commodore’s 
residence. Among those who participated were Messrs. J. 
C. Culin, John Hackley, Jr., Vice Commodore W. R. 
Tucker, W. A. Steel, C. E. Steel, J. C. Pinkerton, Joseph 
Muhr, J. Bedichmier, Frank Murphy, J. Gillingham, 
Samuel Goomley, S. C. Collins, James J. Chamber of the 
Press. • 
—The Grand Haven and Spring Lake Rowing Associa¬ 
tion of Michigan will hold theii regatta on Grand River 
and Spring Lake on Wednesday and Thursday, the 12th 
and 13th of August. There will be double and single 
scull races, etc., and a grand review. Grand River is a 
straight away mile course, and Spring Lake is a deep, still 
lake offering a straight away two mile course. Address 
D. G. Cutler, Esq., Secretary, at Spring Lake, Michigan. 
—The Washington Sunday Herald says that the Analostan 
and Potomac Clubs are to have a series of races, four-oared 
shell and six-oared gig, to take place before the clubs leave 
for Saratoga to participate in the regatta to be held there 
the latter part of August. 
—George Brown’s new boat, the James Pryor, has been 
sold to a party in Boston. He keeps the “ John Cooney,” 
which he used in his last race with Scharff. 
The College Foot Races.— The College foot races 
came off July 20th at Glen Mitchell. A large concourse of 
people was present. The one mile running race was won 
by E. Copeland of Cornell, in 4m. 58Js. The second prize 
was won by J. H. Van Duventer of Princeton, in 5m, 12s.; 
the third by S. A. Reed of Columbia, in 5m. 14fs. The 
100 yards running race was won by A. B. Neven of Yale, 
in 10^s; second, J. B. Potter of Cornell, in lOfs. The three 
mile running race was won by W. H. Downs of Wesleyan, 
in 18m. 17fs.; second, J. T. Goodwin of Columbia, in 
18m. 44fs. The hurdle running race of 120 yards, hurdles 
12 yards apart, 42 inches high, was won by C. Maxwell of 
Yale, in 20^s., beating A. Marquand of Princeton, by 3 
feet; third man, A. L. Rives of Harvard, who finished 
about two feet in the rear of Marquand. The seven mile 
walking match was won by J. E. Eustis of Wesleyan, in 
71 minutes; C. H. Hubbell of Williams, second, in 72m. 
27is.; E. Price of Columbia, third. The prizes were offered 
by Mr. James Gordon Bennett. 
HAIL COLUMBIA— 10:4,0: 1-4. 
—The College championship question has been settled by 
the signal success of Yale over the champion Princetons of 
1873, and, what is more in the eyes of Yale, over their rivals 
of Harvard. This is the only consolation Yale has for her 
defeat on the lake at Saratoga. The base ball matches at 
Glen Mitchell were settled on July 14th and 15th, the Yales 
winning the first game by 4 to 0, and the second by 7 to 4. 
Bentley came out of the fight with a broken nose, which 
was healed with the balm of victory. 
—A remarkably fine game was played on the Staten Isl¬ 
and club grounds July 16tli between the Island nine and 
the Confidence club team of New Rochelle, a nine in which 
Kessler of the Atlantics played, Swandell of the Mutuals, 
and Shevlen of the Flyaways. The question is, What con¬ 
stitutes an amateur nine in Mr. Dillon’s opinion? The 
score was 8 to 4 in favor of the New Rochelle nine. 
—The old Atlantic base ball club of Jamaica played a 
game on Saturday afternoon with the Allejar club of New 
York. Eleven innings were played, the score being 30 to 
28 in favor of the AtTantics. Time of game, three hours 
and a half. The game was very closely contested through¬ 
out. 
—The Nameless club were badly defeated by the Staten 
Island nine on July 18tli by 24 to 9. 
—The Chelsea and Montague clubs have both forfeited 
games recently by declining to finish games where they 
saw nothing but defeat in store for them. 
—The New York Flyaways defeated the Atlantics of 
Hoboken and the Stars of New York last week by scores 
of 18 to 12 and 34 to 4.. 
—The Montagues were badly whipped at Prospect Park 
on Friday by the Amity nine, 18 to 6. 
—The Athletics forfeited a game to the Hartfords July 
14th by failing to meet their engagement. The rules say:— 
“Should one of two clubs fail to meet a regular engage¬ 
ment to play, mutually agreed upon, except on account of 
the death or severe illness of one or more of its regular 
players, or on account of- stormy weather, the club failing 
to play shall forfeit the game.” This is what the Athletic 
did with the Hartfords. 
—The amateur Franklins of Chicago defeated the Blue 
Stockings at that city July 16th by 15 to 7. 
—There was a base ball game July 17th at Saratoga in 
which the Harvard nine—one man a substitute—was beaten 
by a picked nine from other college clubs by a score of 19 
to 14. 
—The Quicksteps, the champions of Central Park, de¬ 
feated the Eckfords at the Park on Saturday by a score of 
21 to 8. 
—The record of the professional championship contests 
since our last issue is as follows: — 
July 13—Boston vs. Athletic at Boston. 7 to 6 
July 13—Atlantic vs. Hartford at Hartford. 6 to 2 
July 13—Chicago vs. Baltimore at Chicago.13 to 6 
July 14—Boston vs. Mutual at Brooklyn. . 9 to 8 
Jnly 15—Athletic vs. Boston at Philadelphia. 6 to 4 
July 15—Chicago vs. Philadelphia at Chicago.10 to 3 
July 15—Mutual vs. Atlantic at Brooklyn. 5 to 2 
July 18—Chicago vs. Philadelphia at Chicago. 3 to 1 
July 18—Mutual vs. Atlantic at Brooklyn...10 to 1 
—The following is the full score of the first Harvard and 
Yale match at Saratoga, played July 14th, it being the 
model amateur game of the season, thus far, in which col¬ 
lege nines have taken part:— 
In 
R 
PO 
A 
. E 
Ib 
R 
PO 
A 
E 
Leeds, s. s. 
... 1 
0 
2 
7 
0 
Hotchkiss, r. f.... 
... 2 
1 
2 
0 
0 
Hodges, 2d b.... 
... 0 
0 
2 
1 
0 
Nevins, 3d b. 
... 1 
1 
o 
1 
1 
Tyler, c, f. 
.... 1 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Bentley, c. 
... 2 
0 
2 
5 
1 
Thatcher, c. 
... 0 
0 
2 
0 
1 
Avery, p. 
... 1 
1 
2 
4 
0 
Kent, 1st b. 
... 0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
Bigelow, 1st b.... 
... 1 
0 13 
0 
1 
Tyng, 3d b. 
... 0 
0 
3 
2 
3 
Osborn, s. s.. 
... 2 
0 
1 
1 
1 
Tower, 1. f. 
. . 0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Maxwell, 2d b.... 
0 
4 
3 
1 
Hooper, p. 
... 1 
0 
2 
0 
1 
Smith, c. f__ 
... 1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Bettens, r.f— 
.... 1 
0 
2 
1 
0 
Foster, 1. f. 
... 1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
Total.*. 
... 4 
0 27 
11 
15 
Total. 
...12 
4 27 14 
5 
SCORE 
BY 
INNINGS. 
1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. Total 
Harvard. 0000000 0 0—0 
Yale.. 20010 100 0— 4 
Umpire—Mr. Williamson, of Princeton College Club. Runs earned— 
Yale, 1. Passed balls—Thatcher, 1; Bentley, 0. Time of game, 1:50. 
—The record of games played to July 20th by the cham¬ 
pionship nines is as follows:— 
Club. Games Won. Lost. Total. 
Boston. 30 8 38 
Athletic. 23 11 34 
Mutual. 18 16 34 
Philadelphia. 13 17 30 
Chicago. 14 16 30 
Hartford. 9 14 23 
Atlantic. 9 17 26 
Baltimore. 5 22 27 
Total... 121 121 242 
Chicago has now won fourth position, Philadelphia being 
fifth. 
—Large numbers of people gathered at the steamer’s 
wharf in Philadelphia last week to witness the departure 
of the base ball players for Europe—those gentlemen who 
go out as exponents and teachers of the American national 
game. Every available spot was occupied, and the good 
steamer Ohio departed amid tumultuous cheers and resound¬ 
ing good wishes. The departure of these clubs—the Bos¬ 
ton and Athletic—has created a void in the championship 
arena, there being only six clubs now left to carry on the 
war. Of these, the Hartford, Atlantic and Baltimore clubs 
are considerably in arrears in regard to playing their quotas 
of five games with every other club, something all have to 
do in order to save their games from being forfeited; 
whereas the Bostons and Athletics have but a few games to 
play to make up their quotas of five games with each club, 
though the former will have thirty-two games to play, and 
the Athletics thirty-six, to complete their ten games each 
which they are required to play to close their series. Lately 
Chicago has pulled up to fourth position, and if the Mu¬ 
tuals do not look out sharp the Whites will replace them 
in third position. 
—The printers connected with the establishment of Wyn- 
koop & Hallenbeck, representing the Monitor and Wild 
Oats base ball clubs, met at Prospect Park on Saturday last. 
The Wild Oats won by a score of 40 to 7. 
—The Third National Chess Congress ended July 16th 
in Chicago. A constitution, by-laws, and rules of play 
were adopted, and the following officers elected:—Presi¬ 
dent, J. Congden, of Pennsylvania; Vice Presidents, W. 
W. Curran, of Illinois, and D. M. Martin, of Texas; Sec¬ 
retary, J. Roberts, of Pennsylvania; Treasurer, J. G. 
Whiteman, of Pennsylvania. The prizes of the* tourna¬ 
ment were awarded to the following gentlemen:—First 
prize of $225 to Captain G. H. Mackenzie, of New York. 
Second prize of $150 to Mr. H. Hosmer, of the Chicago 
chess club. Third prize of $75 to Mr. Max Judd, of St. 
Louis. The score of the tournament was as follows:—Cap¬ 
tain Mackenzie won eight and a half games, H. Hosmer 
won eight games, Max Judd won seven, F. Bock won four, 
J. A. Congden won one and a half games, and E. Perrin 
won one game. The association will hold its next national 
congress in Philadelphia during the centennial, in July, 
1876. 
—A female pedestrian in England, it is said, has chal¬ 
lenged the wonderful performances of a Barclay or a Dona¬ 
hue by having accomplished her 1,000 mile walk in 1,000 
hours. The woman, it is said, did it for glory and £50. 
—Mullen will, in all probability, fail to accomplish the 
pedestrian feat of walking 500 miles in 144 hours. 
civ §$tihHC(ifions. 
da Vie Sportive en 1874. Le tir au Pistolet. Henri 
Yallee. Gastinne Renette, 39 Avenue D’Anton. Paris. 
Adaptiveness as to names and words rather than as to manners and 
customs, is a characteristic of our gallant French friends, hence the title 
of the book “La Vie Sportive,” in which Mr. Henri Vallee tells us with 
peculiar grace what he knows about pistol shooting in France. Com¬ 
mencing with the history of the arm, the author derives its name from 
Pistoja, in Italy, where a pretty little poniard was made—a diminutive 
misericords, perhaps—hence small daggers were called pistoyers and 
pistolse. When, in the middle of the fifteenth century, smaller fire-arms 
came into use, such arms were dubbed pistolettas. Early in the eight¬ 
eenth century Lazarino Camminazzo and Kuchonreuter were the great 
makers of pistols. A curious expression of Montaigne’s is found in re¬ 
gard to fire-arms when he says: “Fire-arms are so little effective, that 
if it was not for the noise they made they would soon get out of use.” 
In speaking of the various nationalities distinguished for their address 
with the pistol, Mr Vallee gives to Americans the palm for shooting 
with the pistol at the word, though Frenchmen are the best at an aiming 
shot. Perhaps the cleverest of all aimed pistol shots at present in France 
is the Prince Paul de Georgie, or two Russians, one having the curious 
name of Philosophow, following close to the Prince. Pistol galleries 
abound in France, and there is one in Paris called Le Tir Gastinne Re¬ 
nette, much frequented by Americans. 
Some of the freaks of great pistol shots are told. It is said that Gen¬ 
eral J un ot, at the time of the Empire, amused himself with trying to 
flick off the top-knot in his cook’s bonnet, but unfortunately the cook 
changed his position and poor cookey was killed. In speaking of the 
pistol as an arm for cavalry, Mr. Vallee says: “Why are not our cavalry 
and artillery regiments drilled to the pistol? Why should not cavalry 
officers make a special business of it? There is something disgusting in 
the idea of your being poked at ten feet off by the spear of an Uhlan, 
and not to know how you can put a ball through his brain.” A curious 
portion of the book is devoted to the toilette necessary for those idiots 
who go in the field of honor. Costumes are of two characters. When a 
duel is to be fought with the sword a stifly starched shirt is in order, and 
a fancy dress is preferable; but when pistols are used, the habilments 
must be clerical; black from head to foot. There is a funny story m the 
book about two gentlemen who went out into the field determined to 
take one another’s lives. Sainte Beuve was one of the bloodthirsty ones. 
It was raining, and do what the seconds would Sainte Beuve insisted on 
raising his trusty umbrella. “I should not mind at all being killed,” he 
said; “that is what I came here for; .but I am determined not to catch a 
cold in my head.” 
“Le Tir au Pistolet” is an amusing book, gracefully written, and since 
there is a revival in pistol shooting in the United States, Mr. Vallee’s 
book will doubtlessly be appreciated by many of our readers. 
Botany Condensed. By Joseph A. Sewall, M. D., Prof. 
of Natural Sciences in Illinois State Normal University. Chicago: 
George Sherwood & Co. * 
This is a work designed for a text book for common schools, high 
schools and academies. While we have examined and used many much 
higher priced works on this subject than the one before us, we feel this 
to be the best adapted to fill that want. Although it is an elementary 
work, it is not designed for the primary schools, but to meet the wants 
of our boys and girls in the higher classes as well. The illustrations are 
all from the plants of the field, and as a work for the young or old stu¬ 
dent of this interesting and necessary study, will be found a great aid in 
its pursuit. The glossary will be found of much value to the older, and 
more progressive classes. The fine, even elegant, series of correct bo¬ 
tanical drawings in Prof. Sewall’s work are of themselves alone the 
most valuable of the kind we have ^recently had the pleasure to ex¬ 
amine. 
Under the Trees. By Rev. Samuel Prime. New York: 
Harper & Bros. 
This is not only a very readable book, but one that brings the freshness 
of the out-door world to our immediate senses. The author has been 
there, and we have only to read his works to know that he is one of the 
devout worshippers within God’s great cathedral temples of the shady 
wildwood. He sermonizes like an educated, practical naturalist; he 
makes a direct heart-appeal to the sympathies of every lover of nature. 
The whole out-door world is before him, and as we listen to his talk 
about birds, dogs, fishing, science, agriculture and other interesting mat¬ 
ters, we follow him as our mentor willingly, and never weary of his 
pleasant conversations. We have only to recommend this last work to 
the candid perusal of all who have been so fortunate as to have read that 
capital book of a few months since—“I Go a Fishing. ” This work re¬ 
ceives the cordial endorsement of the Forest and Stream as deserving 
a prominent place in every sportsman’s library. 
