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FOREST AND STREAM 
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THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. 
At a meeting of the joint committee, held hint Friday, it 
was resolved that the days for preliminary practice to 
choose the American inlci national team should he the 17th, 
21st, 24th, and 28th of this month, nt eleven o’clock A. M. 
The following letter to Col. Wingate from Major Leech 
was read: — 
Dl'BMN, February 5th, 1875, 
My Dear COLONEL:— 
A Closely Contested Rifle Match in California.— 
One of the most sharply contested matches ever shot on 
the Pacific coast was decided at Alameda, opposite San 
FraDcisco, on Saturday, the 20th ult. The contestants 
were fifteen men selected from Company E, First Regi- 
ment, the same that now has the match peuding with 
Company D, Twelfth Regiment, of this Slate, and a simi- 
lar number from the Emmet Guard, of Virginia City, Ne- 
vada. The “bonanzas” were ready to stake any part of the 
Comstock lead, but finally $1,000 was agreed upon as the 
sum to be shot for. The match was governed by the rules 
of the National Rifle Association. Each man was allowed 
In the new Wimbledon targets these anomalies are banished. 
The shot nearest til# centro of the target makes the best 
score as a rule. The time may come when the enormous 
buliseye of the first-class target may be further subdivided; 
and when it does come, the nation that leads the way to 
the finest shooting will compel the rest to follow or be left 
behind The new targets conduce to finer shooting. Their 
only limit is in height, to six feet, the assumed height or a 
man. They possess the good points of the old— rapid 
marking— and something Just as valuable, accuracy of 
judgment. The fact that they arc advocated by Captain 
Fulton, the champion long range shot of the world, is only 
another poiut in favor of that gentleman, and we are glad 
that the weight of his word is found on the side of pro- 
At our meeting of Council two day* ago, convened for the purpose of 
considering the best lime for holding our annual rifle meeting here, the 
return match with the Americans was the chief topic or dhcosslon, a* 
we are nil aware I Imt the later In June the match lokoa place the more 
convenient It will be for the Americana, and the Wimbledon meeting, 
commencing n week later — namely, on Monday, the lltih of July— en- 
able* the Irleh Rifle Association to hold Its meeting later al»o. Finally, 
oars was fixed In deferonco to you and our other frlcnda for the latent 
possible lime— uarnuly, Tuesday, 29th June, and three following days, 
the international match to talto place on the attli. Your Bbooling friends 
will thus have Ibo opportunity of entering for all our competitions. I 
will ul«o Invite representative teams from England uud Scotland to com- 
pete on the 29th, if agreeable to you, and not otherwise, and I will thunk 
you to let me know your wishes in this respect us noon as possible. 
An to the match for the “All Irelnud Challenge Shield," please to say 
If any four of your men will compete In that match, the ranges are 1,000 
and 1,100 yurds; twenty shots each ut each distance; two sighting shuts 
for each man ut each range; each team to consist of fouriuuu. The club 
thus represented by tbo team of four pays £5 entrance, and each com- 
petitor £1 besides; the mouey, less twenty-flvo per cent., Is divided 
amongst the members of tbo winning tcum. With kind regards to all 
our friends, believe me, my dear Colonel, yours very sincerely, 
Annum B. Lkkcii, 
The Amateur Rifle Club have resolved to issue the fol- 
lowing address to the riflemen of America:— 
No. 134 Broadway, New York, April 2, 1875. 
To TIIK RlKLEMEN OK AMERICA. - — 
A challenge having boon extended to you by Major Leech, on behalf of 
the riflemen of Ireland, to shout a return match In Dublin, on June 29th, 
1875, the Amateur Rifle Club of this city have accepted It In your behalf 
Thu following programme lias been agreed upou, as being substantially 
thut of the last International match: — 
I’liooiUMMir. 
Programme of the International rifle match between the riflemen of 
the United Slntos of Amuilcu and the riflemen of Ireland, represented by 
a team to bo chosen from the members of the Irish Rifle Association, to 
take place lu Ireland on the 29th of June, 1875, on Hie following terms, 
vlx:— 
Team— Each team to consist of not more than eight or less than six 
men, ut the option ot the Americans, whose decision will be announced 
on the dov precoding the match. The American team to he composed 
exclusively of riflemen born In the United Statue. The Irish team to 
consist of men qualified to shoot In the Irish eight nt Wimbledon. 
ltlfles — Any not exceeding ton poands weight, minimum pull of trig- 
ger threo pauuds. The Americans to shoot with rifles of bone fide Amer- 
ican manufacture. The Irish to shoot with rifles of bona fide Irish manu- 
facture. 
Mights, Ammunitions, Targets, nud Marking— To be according to print- 
ed regulations in force ot Wlmb'odon. 1873. 
Ranges— 8‘ 0 yurds, 900 yards, and 1,000 yards. 
Nuiuber of shots— Fifteen ut each range by each competitor. 
Previous Practice— The American teum to be allowed the use of the 
range for practice for nt least two days before the match. 
Position— Any ; uo artificial rest to he used either for the rifle or per- 
son of the shooter. Target*, range, and all accessories for currying out 
this match to devolve on tne Irish. The Americans und Irish to choose a 
referee to act for their team. Mr. Leech will act In the capacity of ref- 
eree for thu Irish team, and the respective referees shall mutually select 
an umpire, to whom, In case of difference of opinion, they shall refer, 
and whose decision shall be final. 
The terms of the match to be signed by the President of the Amateur 
Rlflo Club on behalf tho riflemen of Amurlou, uud by Arthur Blcnner- 
haxsi't Leech, on behalf of tho Irish team. 
Duplicate copies of this programme to be exchanged, and all necessary 
urningrim-nis to be completed on or before the 1st day of June, 1875. 
Should cither team foil to make un appearance on tho day and hour 
agreed upou for the match, tho team then prcsonl may claim the cham- 
pionship. 
In taking this step tho Amateur Itifle Club do not claim that they In- 
clude urnong their members the best riflemen of Americu; but only as- 
sume to uct as yonr ropicseninttves, for tbo purpose Of placing the mut- 
ter in such a shape as to permit all who prove themselves competent to 
compute, Irrespective of their residence or membership. 
The targets und scoring used In the match will be in accordance with 
the rules of the National Rifle Association— viz,, targets six feet high, by 
twelve wide, having a black buliseye three feet square, surioundcd by the 
“c«nlra," six feet square, the rest of the target constituting tho "outer;" 
bullseyes counting four points, centres three, outers two. Any sljhts 
allowed but telescopic, magnifying, and such ns conceal the target so as 
to prevent tho danger signal from being seen. Aoy ammunition may be 
used. Any position will be allowed which can be taken on level ground 
wilbont artificial rests. 
The team shall consist of a captalu nnd nine men, who shall be selected 
as follows: — 
1. The standing competitors shall be determined from four consecutive 
scores of forty-live shots each, each score made In a single day, without 
sighting shorn, consisting of fifteen shots at 8K), 900, and 1,00 yards. 
2. The members of the A ilerlcan team of .87; shall be allow ed to 
rtnud upou the four scores mude tu their four last competitions at Creed- 
moor In 1874, ending with the Beuuctt match, provided they signify their 
election so to do iu writing to the secretary of this comniftteo on or be- 
fore Hie 1st of April, 1875. 
3. All other competitors shall be required to shoot in four competitions 
to be held ut Creedtnoor April 17th, slst, 2llh, and 28th, at eleven A. M 
of each day. Thu nine competitors, including the members of the team 
of 1874, standing upon llieir scores, who show tho highest aggregate In 
their four scores thus made, or upon which they stood a- above provided 
shall constitute the learn for 1875. arid be given their rank thereon rospec' 
live according to their scores, subject, however, to the following provf 
•don;— That such member* of the team of 1874 us do not receive a plnoe 
upon the team of 1875 under the foregoing rules shall be allow ed lo chal- 
lenge an equal number of the said teum of nine ns above selected com- 
mencing with the ninth man, to two competitions, to be under the direc- 
tion of this committee, and the victors lu these two coinpetitioue shall be 
members of the team. 
4 . Should any vacancy or vacancies occur iu the team, as thus selected 
before the day of sailing, it or they shall tie tilled by placing therein the 
competitor or competitor* whose score or scores are next in order of 
incut, as shown at the end of the four competitions above provided 
5 Tho Captain shall he chosen by h majority vote of Hie nine men 
constituting tho team as soon as practicable after their selcctlou iu ac- 
cordance with the conditions herein provided. 
The team of 1875 shall he required to engage In such private practice 
on the range as this committee may direct. The names of the men who 
shot iu 1871, ana wuo have elected to stand on their score*, are as fol- 
lows:— 
.... 150 
Moore 
1(58 
B — 
1 — S 
171 
158 
158 
158 
152 
.... 153 
154 
ir>5 
143 
... 142 
150 
182 
127 
581 
Henry Fulton 
John BoJIne 
II. A. Oildersleevc 
G. W . Yale 
Tho Amateur Rifle Ciui» win pay mi luo expenses or the team to Ei 
rope, nnd also the expenses of these competitions. The team will su 
ammi June Mb, 1875 
The matter Is one that appeal* so strongly to your pride, not only j 
riflemen, hot us American-, that it i* to be hoped the best shots In th 
country will come forward in this match. The gentlemen who have ser 
the challenge are very skillful riflemen, but there arc many in \merlr 
fully a- expert, and if they can be induced to engage In the nndertakln 
it i. hoped that Hie result will be a* gratifying as that of the former it 
teroailonnl match. 
By Order of the Joint Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club and tl 
National Rifle Association. Lkh.ib C Bill'd!, Secretary. 
—Mr. Frcligh, of the Bowery Theatre has offered the 
use of his house uud dramatic corps for u representation 
any afternoon except Mondays and Saturdays, the fund to 
be a gift to the American Rifle Team. 
five shots, and before firing these lie was permitted to take 
two sighting shots. Some contented themselves with one, 
w hile the greater number took the two. The distance was 
200 yards. The Crccdmoor target was used. 
As the match was shot at a short range the result, which 
will be found below, does not throw much light upon the 
more important event to be decided on tbc 2(Jlh of June. 
The shooting, although close, was by no means first class, 
and the Company E team must do much better to beat the 
New Yorkers. The following arc the scores: — 
EMMET OOART). 
Private Ennl« 3 4 2 
Private F. Monahau.. .2 8 3 
Private D. J. Mahoney. 2 4 8 
Private Logy . 2 8 3 
Private Welsh. , 3 2 3 
Corpora] Burns 3 4 2 
Private J.D. Mahoney. 2 3 4 
Private Finlen 3 2 2 
Private Cabaleu. 2 2 3 
Prlvato J mne* Welsh .888 
Private M J. Monahan. 3 3 2 
Private Klppingham. 4 3 2 
Corporal Nuvin 3 2 3 
Private Lyons 3 3 2 
Captain Jessup, 2 2 2 
I COMPANY K, KIRST REUIMRNT. 
4 3-115] Corporal Nusli ., .3 3 4 4 3-17 
3 4—15 Captain Burn* .. 3 3 3 3 3—15 
8 3—15, Private Harman. ... 3 3 3 3 3-15 
3 3—741 Private Sarlo 3 3 3 3 3-15 
3 3 — 14 1 Lieutenant Hunt 3 2 3 3 3-14 
3 2 -14j i Corporal Wlilltomb. 8 3 3 8 2—1 1 
2 8 — : 4 1 .Sergeant Strong 3 3 2 3 8—14 
3 8-l8| Private Preble. 3 2 2 3 4- T4 
3 3-13; I Private bleed. 3 2 A 2 3-13 
2 2-13, Sergeant Murray 8 8 8 2 8 -18 
88— 18 iPrivate Watson . 3 322 8-18 
4 0-13 'Private Murphy . ..2 2 2 3 3—12 
2 2 — 12,|PrIvute Dove ...2 2 8 2 3-12 
2 2— 12|iScrgennt Post 0 4 2 3 3-12 
3 0-9 Corporal Folger ....2 0 2 2 4-10 
Total 200 1 
J iecapltulallon . — 8 bullseyes, 33 1 
centres, 27 outers, 2 misses. 
Total 203 
Recapitulation .— 5 bulleycs, 47 
centres, 21 outers, 2 misses. 
I gress. 
—The Academy of Music was fairly packed on Saturday 
i evening last, on the occasion of the benefit tendered to the 
j American Team by the leading amateurs of this city. Willi- 
I out being invidious, it may be questioned which was the 
i most attractive, the performance, or the magnificent ensem- 
I ble of the house. However, considering the barn-like pro- 
I portions of the place selected, the performance was excel- 
{ lent, and the grand object of a contribution lo the neces- 
sary fund, fully accomplished. 
—Col. Wingate, the new Inspector General of Rille Prac- 
tice was in Albany Thursday holding a conference with 
the ' Adjutant General on the mode of rifle practice to he 
ordered of the militia during the coming Summer. Instead 
of the parades by regtment the soldiers will proceed to the 
range in companies and squads under competent instruc- 
tion, und every member will he required to undergo in- 
struction. Those making a certain average will lie denom- 
inated and receive a badge as marksmen, anti the range at 
Crccdmoor will he thrown open to the National Guard, 
when in uniform, without churge on certain days of the 
week, • 
§htt Worse mid ifiitrsc. 
THE NEW TARGETS. 
T HE article below, which wc take from the Army and 
Naoy Journal, so ably represents the pro side of the 
question, that we cannot resist the temptation of giviug it 
in exlenso, trusting that it may bring forth an expression 
of opinion from some of those who are opposed to any 
change from the form of target now in vogue:— 
The discussion in the last meeting of the Board of 
Directors of the National Rifle Association as to a change 
in the targets and system of marking in use nt Crccdmoor 
has developed the fact that there ure differences of opinion 
on the advisability of the step among the directors them- 
selves, and leaves the matter open to argument. So long 
as the Association was a unit on the subject, even in ap 
pearanee, our desire to secure uniformity in rifle practice 
in the United States, rather than to insist upon change in 
minor matters, forbid the advocacy in our columns of any 
system other than the one already in use at Crccdmoor. 
Now that the matter is opened to discussion, and especially 
in view of the near approach of the International Return 
Match, the conditions arc altered. Uniformity itself de- 
mands a change in the marking ut Creedtnoor. * Our rifle- 
men are to contend at Dublin on the new Wimbledon 
targets, with the new marking, and it will be a matter of 
vital necessity to familiarise them with those targets iu ad- 
vance. Otherwise, the change in appearance, the change 
in scoring, the change in the accuracy required, may prove 
very injurious, especially to the lower-scoring members of 
the team, always the easiest to demoralize. For the con- 
venience of the great public, who, judging front the past, 
will take an intense interest in the prospects of the coming 
match, it is well that thcrJ should he a means of ready 
comparison, duriug preliminary practice, between our 
scores and those of the Irish, Euglish and Scotch teams. 
Last year, while the Irish scores before the match were 
published, few people understood them, and none but ex- 
perts were able to compare them, and then not directly, 
with those of our own team at practice. Mude as they 
were on a different system, little understood, there was uo 
means of direct comparison. This year we must change 
all this. When the scores on both sides of the Atlantic are 
on the same system, comparison is easy. At present, Eng- 
land and all the English speaking colonies have adopted 
the new Wimbledon system, as they did the old, not ques 
tioning its expediency or inexpediency, but for the sake of 
uniformity and comparison ot excellence. The United 
Slates must not be left behind in the race on account of a 
prejudice. We none of us like lo change our ways, but 
the world compels us to do so. Having started ou the 
Wimbledon system, wc shall probable have lo follow it 
out, as it changes from year to year. We may not he at 
the end of the changes yet. We began with a square 
buliseye, counting 4, a centre counting a, an outer counting 
2, aud we are used lo it. We know the disks by heart, 
white, red and black, and understand them. The new 
targets change all this. Hereafter, our buliseye will be 
round and count 5, the next circle or centre will count 4, 
the next or “inner” couuts 3, the last or outer 2 points, re' 
spectively. The disks will have one addition, that for* the 
“inner," [a black ring round a white disk.] The highest 
possible score in points will he five times instead of four 
limes the number of shots. In all this we shall follow 
Wimbledon, just as we use Roman letters instead of phon- 
ographic signs, fur convenience, because they are in general 
use elsewhere. Phonetic spelling aud phonography might 
he mote philosophical, but we prefer what we have been 
taught, aud what everyone else uses. 
As regards the desirability of Hie change, that question 
was settled in England, after a fierce dispute, in favor of 
the new targets. They have one great advantage, that ties 
are almost an impossibility when the additional circle is 
used. The controlling cause and occasiou of ties, espe- 
cially on our present first-class targets at Creedtnoor, is the 
disproportionate size of the centre, and the great difference 
iu length between the sides and the diagonals of a large 
square. Men count the same for shots essentially unequal. 
In the first. ciuss targets, it is perfectly possible for a man 
whose shot is four feel from the centre of the buliseye to 
count 3, while his neighbor, who is only three feet and one 
inch from the saute spot, couuts 2; and shots varying from 
10 to 49 inches from the same spot may all count the same. 
—Weather like the present delights the hearts of own- 
ers and truiuers, and a continuance of it will soon put the 
various courses and tracks in condition for training pur- 
poses. The horses having engagements iu the earlier events 
at Jerome Park are being hacked freely, odds against the 
favorites being rapidly reduced; all of which gladdens the 
hearts of the hookmaKers. 
— Among the three-year-old events that closed on the 1st 
of March is the Annual Stakes, a dash of two miles, lo he 
run at the Fall meeting of the American Jockey Club in 
187(5. As most of the entries are engaged in the iwo-ycar- 
old stakes, to be run this year, llieir performances will he 
watched with interest, and the table below, which contains 
the names of all in this division, will he of value. The 
table is taken from the World : — 
Long 
Branch. 
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Name. 
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53 
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Belmont's Freebooter 
l 
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i 
1 
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1 \ 
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Bel mom’s Leatherstocking. 
l 
- 
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Belmont'* CUinutia 
1 
- 
i 
- 
Belmont's Patience (imp) 
- 
- 
- 
Belmont's Adelaide 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Belmont's Sultanu 
- 
- 
- 
Bevins' Bonny Boon Ally 
- 
1 
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i 
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Crouse’s Skipper colt 
l 
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1 
Cbnmbcrliii's LoinaDooue 
1 
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1 
Cliuinberlin's Gath 
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- 
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— 
i 
1 
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_ 
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_ 
_ 
- 
1 
Donohue’s Motile Carow 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Doswoll & Co.’s Osseo 
- 
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- 
- 
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_ 
_ 
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l 
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1 
1 
Grinstead's Knapsack 
i 
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Grlnsicad's Janet 
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Harney's Lillie Belle 
Harney's Athletic 
1 
i 
i 
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i 
i 
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- 
Harney's Fredericklown 
- 
- 
i 
- 
1 
-1 
Lawrence & Co.’s Kitten 
1 
i 
- 
i 
- 
1 
Lawrence & Co.’s Ambush 
- 
- 
i 
- 
t 
i 
Lorillard's Shirley 
l 
i 
i 
i 
1 
1 
i 
Luiillard's Bertram 
l 
i 
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1 
i 
Lorillard's I’aiole 
1 ; 
i 
i 
i 
l 
1 
i 
Lorillurd's Merlin 
1 1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
i 
Lorillard's Merciless 
i | 
i 
i 
i 
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1 
l 
Lorillard’s Felicity Ally 
: 1 
i 
i 
i 
- 
1 
- 
Lorillard's Morris .... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Lorillard’s Demoiselle (imp) 
- 
i 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Lorillard's Evasive 
- 
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i 
I 
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Lorillard’s Peru. — 
- 
- 
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l 1 
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Lewis & Co.'s Pluto 
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Lewis & Co.’s Bruce 
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McDaniel A. Co.’s Lottie 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
McDaniel & Co.’s Ella Shippen filly. 
McDaniel & Co.'s Nubia filly 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
i 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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McDaniel & Co.’s Sister to Charity f 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
l 
McDaniel & Co.'s Arlington 
McDaniel & Co.'s Sue Washington. 
— 
- 
1 
- 
— 
- 
- 
- 
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McGrath's Doilgasian 
1 
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i 
- 
1 
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i : 
Purdy’s Para'piuie 
l 
i 
- 
1 
l 
i 
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Purycnr & Co.'s Minnie .Minor Ally. 
_ 
_ 
_ 
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1 
i 
Puryear & Co.V Julietta colt . 
l 
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1 
i 
Sanford's Bouiform 
l 
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Sanford's Loriot 
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_ 
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Swigert's Ceylon 
- 
1 1 
- 
- 
- 
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Swlgert's Berlin 
- 
i 
- 
1 
Swigcrt's Bombay 
- 1 
- 
- 
i 
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— A spirited trotting horse, said to he half brother lo 
Smuggler, while being driven in Springfield on Saturday 
by Col. Dickey, his trainer, dashed through a plate glass 
window in the Union office, receiving injuries which re- 
sulted in his death. Col. Dickey was severely injured. 
The horse was owned by George C ook. 
— The middle circuit have arranged their dates as fol- 
lows:— Fleetwood Park, May 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21s'. 
Goshen, May 25th, 20th, and 27lh. Fleetwood Park wi 1 
also give a second Spring meeting, clnimiug June 14tli, 16th, 
and I8lh. The meeting at Paterson will probably com- 
mence June 8th, and that at Kingston June 23d. 
