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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Pachting and Boating. 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 



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New York YAcHT Squapron, August 2ist.—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. 
ZNO erin Sh arerrg 7S SDe Be carats Rear Com. Kingsland, 
GV Be sepercrat Ta mader + oh emia sive eat eles E. Burd Grub. 
|WSY WM se OHSAS ORD AB So” O GSO ARES EBA Seeppard Homan, 
Welter AI fallen ds Solare Akers raeinen ld S. J. Colgate. 
POREPDING | ch pcs inbi eed tehie ts Lloyd Pheenix. 
Madleine ya. oe 8. dtejat ei Sites eee Jacob Voorhis, Jr. 
MM rie: rit. PoP eet cose amd Soe as 3 R. F. Loper. 
IOs WAVCC ces ristas soca cabtey W. Voorhis 
SLOOPS. 
PATER Fe cerca elem cca w pity ais eos ale Seve T. A. Strong, 
UOT VANE? Fire os An caer Se bese, sags cares T. Clapham 
NS OUR RR Me Seven meine creicrschacneveuries J J. Alexander. 
INILROTLE States ce meagre Staci cts, otis: Paces 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, and 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 0’clock the Madcleine lowered her 
stauy-sail, and took in her fore-top-sail. The breeze had now 
freshened, and the yachts were heading for Brenton’s reef 
light-shipy 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, Vidal 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 winner 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. 23sec 
Avaeust, 23.—The race for the Douglas cups. Course 
from Brenton’s Reef 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 
fore the race begun. 
The yachts crossed the line in the following order: Qui 
Vive, Vision , Vixen, Madeleine, Alarm, Tidal Wave, Eva, 
and Idler, 
The Madeline soon collared the sloops and now the 
Tidal Wave and Madeline are contesting for the lea d. 
The Tidal Wave held her own for «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 
the sloops, the Vision is ahead, pushed closely, however, by 
the Vixen. As they turn the light-ship it seems evident 
that the Madeline is again the winning schooner and that 
the Vision must beat the sloops. The Eva having lost her 
jib-boom before reaching the light-ship, abandoned the 
race; in fact an ugly squall had been threatening in the dis- 
tance for the last hour, so that the slow ones seemed to 
stand a good chance of losing their top-hamper. The Made- 
line came in ahead and won the cup for schooners. The 
Vision secured the cup for sloops. 
The Passaic Clubs of Newark, New Jersey, have ac- 
cepted a challenge from the Triton Boat Club to row a six- 
oared shell race one mile anda half and return, on the Pas- 
saic river on September 3rd. 
J. C. Dole, Jr., of Brunswick, and C. M Henry of 
Portland, Maine, are matched to row a single scull race for 
$250 side, September 9th, in Portland Harbor, on condi- 
tion that the water is smooth. 
The three Wards, Ellis, Gil, Dan, with O’Leary, of 
Worcester, Mass., are to pull together in a four-oared boat, 
looking towards the rewards offered in the coming Wretham 
regatta. 
The Toronto International Regatta takes place to-day. 
The Yacht races to-morrow are open to the Canadian Clubs 
only. There are five prizes to be contested for. 

Che Horse and the Course. 
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, 2:154, was undoubtedly accomplished by the 
horse ; but as his trial of speed was not made in the ix.ter- 
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. Min. Date. Course. Mode. 
doe Elliott..2 2... 2:15 1-2 |June 29, 1872 |Mystic Park........ Harness, 
Goldsmith Maid. .| 2:16 1-4 |June 19, 1872 |Mystic Park... .| Harness. 
Dexter es esate 2:17 1-4 |Aug. 14, 1867 | Buffalo Park. . .| Harness. 
American Girl....| 2:17 1-4 |Aug. 9, 1872 Buffalo Park....... Harness. 
Lady Thorne... .. 2:18 1-2 |Oct. 8, 1869 | Narragansett Park..| Harness. 
DuMCY je eeie tastes 2:18 1-4 }Aug. 9, 1872 |Buffalo Park....... Harness. 
George Palmer 73) 2210 qa oc, ate [eee bone Ge ears aaah 
Flora Temple....| 2:19 3-4 |Oct. 15, 1859 |Kalamazoo......... Harness. 
HMeary:. esac Se 2:20 1-4 |June 23, 1871 |Beacon Park....... | Harners. 
Mountain Boys c1.|(Ss20)0-2 Wl wareect eerie | ieee ee eer aaae Harness. 
General’ Butler: sao: 21" 1 a Paine. ke cyto aerate eae 
Rolla 'Gold-dusts52:21 Nae crac eee | ene eee 
Gazelle........... 22, 1872 |Prospect Park...... he te 
Jay Gould,....... . t, 1872 |Buffalo. Park.......... Harness, 
Camors ) 05.5. . 19, 1872 |Prospect Park...... Harness. 
Judge Fullerton. . 4, 1872 |Fleetwood. ........ Harness. 
George Wilkes? 0 t2:2284% ol i Gos. tee hecho) cee ase ere Tee 
PrINCeBa Su meren REQ.feeredl tes ce cinaNe ee! ne © ANA, Bik ee See ee 
Rockinghamie. 9.) 2022164 eer WN 2 GS nate a Saddle. 
Rosalind: 5-.seeeieci db | iatgersnente eal Ales Wont come mets BAP 
Geo: MyePatchenhy2:28 1-2 es oe ee ee al Pe eee ete te 
DONNY Ss Shee os Qe 1 ot. sees Wns akan tae | 
Lady"Mand. 3.2 2:22 359 Vere ec ca ee eas Scene 
Huntress. ......... 18, 1872 |Mystic Park........ 
Hlore, Bele? sass ay eiee Oct ine eke eet tek ote peer ane 
Kilburn Jim..... Oe eal! Capac eet We eee Re ale eater 





CHURCH OF THE STRANGER, N. Y. August, 1873. 
CHARLES Haniocr, Esq.— ; 
DEAR Srr:—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. 
Tam 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 Adirondacks; 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 Tintend 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,” aud 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. The 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 tome 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, De Heems, but is simply a corrup- 
tion of the English word Teams, because of our fondness 
for horses. 
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 firsta man on horseback 
and regarding the two animals as one. Iam fain to fancy 
that some ancient philosopher of my school, ascertaining 
what a oneness can come to exist betweena horse and his 
rider, projected his theory in the idea of the Centaur. You 
may take a horse of the very highest qnalities and place 
upon him aman 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 everyinch aman, 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 responsibilty of the rider. 
If I were writing an essay instead ofa rapid letter, I should 
run this out; and from all 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 
IT think 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 has ridden sucha one of his horses in his 
absence, by this knowledge of both his men and horses. 
All of which would go to show what a fine animal the 
horse is; and all of which does endear him to men that 
love the good wherever they find it, 
It does not do to let every one ride your horse. The finest 
horse in Americaif 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. 
Wishiag you great success in your enterprise, 
: Tam truly yours, 
CHARLES F, DEEMS, 
Kryeston, August 20. 
There was a fair attendance at the fall meeting. The 
weather was 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 2:47, 2:503, 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. 
WILEKESBARRE, 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 8. Baker of Seneca Falls, won the race, taking the 
third, fonrth 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, 2:874, 
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 26. 
There were eight thousand persons present, and the track 
yasin 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 be 
brought into subjection, being distanced the first heat, 
which was won by Sensation. Camors took the second 
heat, and Sensation the third and fourth. Time, 2:234, 
2:254, 2:25, 2:234. , 
Second race, purse $4,000, for horses that had never 
beaten 2:31. Hight horses started and seven heats were 
trotted, leaving the race undecided, owing to the darkness. 
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, 2:33, 
(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, 2:28, 2:254, 
2:252, 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, 2:252, 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, Van Ness’ St. James winning the first 
heat 2:264, third, 2:252, and fifth 2:29. 
Second race. This was the great feature of the races. 
Purse $6,000, open and free to all. Six entries: Henry, 
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, 
2:194. 
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. 
Lone Brancn ExtrA Merrrrxc, Monmoutrai Park, Aug. 
23.—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, 14 miles. 
Third race for $500, for two-year-olds. 
started; Norton won. Time, 1:224. 
Fourth race, $600, for all ages, to carry one hundred 
pounds. Four horses started; Arizona won; 2:40; distance 
14 miles. . 
eR cee 
Haminron BusBey, Esg., in a comprehensive contribu- 
tion to Harpers Magazine, sapplemented by an article in the 
New York Times, is using his efforts to accomplish a sweep- 
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. Ali 
gentlemen who esteem the horse as a companion, and value 

Two horses 

