j^&S^B? /^S rK?pt\ C ^§B^ffi^*ffe^8?y^P 3^41 ft. •". ft \t' ; V»\lw« StS \£ **ss0 Book No. Accession F636.1 B74i 147798 NOT ro BE TAKEN FROM THE LIBRARY Form 3427 — 5000 — 1-48 o I!^ste p^axmzJ&m 4 ; % i « * Vol. IV. No. 1. MONTGOMERY STREET ^> SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JAN. 5, 1884 ROWING. Boston Critics. , of Boston, thinks Lee can beat any man on the ast, but will have to row hard to win. We do not vhat Hosmer bases his opinion, the Bostonian never having seen any of our scullers row. If he places his faith on the opinion of Pat Mclnerney he is likely to go wrong, ior no one could fall into a more ridiculous error than the Lowell man when he concluded that he could easily outrow any of the Long Bridge scullers. As the observant Patrick remarked to the writer after watching Petersen for three months, "why, pon mesowl, I never saw a worse sculler. Any ov the bhoys in Boshton could bate him aisily." "Do you think you can beat him easily Mac, inquired the representative of the Sportsman - . "Is it me?" was the contemptuous reply, "Me bate him? I can bate any 23-second man in the world. Why, I've held 4 Hosmer a mile an a half many a time." The result showed however that Patrick was slightly off his base when he concluded that all that was necessary to beat any San Francisco sculler was the ability to "hold Hos- mer a mile and ah&if." Petersen rowed the Long Bridge course somewhat better than 23 minutes for the three miles, and beat Mclnerney easily about a quarter of a mile. It is very doubtful if he could do the same to several local scullers. "Courtney Talks Again." A turf correspondent, writing from Union Springs under date of December 22, says: Charley Courtney has been to El- mira, where, under tie melting influences of a hot potion and a warm stove, his torgue thawed out some, and he made bold to talk of the future. "A race," said he, "will occur between Wallace Boss and myself, in all probability, at the Point of Pines, near Boston, on May 30th nest, and no matter what the papers or the people say about me I mean to row, and row all I know how." Charley thinks the Turf, Field and Farm is particularly severe on him, but Charley overlooks the fact that the Turf is severe on all cowards. When asked how he felt about meeting Edward Hanlan nest season, the Union Spring sculler replied: "I am very indifferent. I have no objections to meeting him any time. I would much rather row him a race on some good course, Saratoga, without a cent up. The public seem inclined to think that everything is a put-up job, no matter how it turns out. I would like to row Hanlan a fair and square race." The conversation finally turned on riches, and Courtney then showed his hatred of the champion by accusing the latter of being a professional gambler. "Hanlan," said he, "has not got nearly as much wealth as people suppose, for he is infatuated with gambling and has lost as much as $4,000 in a single sitting." The champion oarsman of the world will doubtless laugh heartily over this fresh outbreak of the Union Springs record masher — $4,000 at a single sitting — Great Scott, Ned! what was the nature of the game? If it was poker, what did you hold to warrant your going in so heavy, or was your opponent a "chub," upon whom you were trying to work the Courtney bluff? Our correspondent suggests that your opponent might have been the Union Springs man himself; but we know better than that, for George Lee once told ns that Courtney wouldn't bet a cent on his being alive. Courtney, hints our correspondent, is worth half a million, every penny of which was made by hard rowing. He has not won as many races as Hanlan, but he has made more money. Concerning the match with Courtney, Wallace Boss re- cently said: I don't think there will be any difficulty in com- pleting the arrangements now pending in regard to a race be- tween Courtney and myself. I feel that I am entitled to the first go at him, because the arrangements for my last match with him fell through. I will meet him on any conditions he is inclined to make that give both of us a fair, equal chance, and will row him for $1,000 to $5,000 a side. Court- ney is a fast sculler, but I think I can beat him. At any rate I am willing to race him, and let the public decide which is the better man. Henry Petersen keeps up his practice and takes a spin every day over the .Long Bridge course. There is a rumor that he will be backed this week against Lee, but at the pres- ent writing the money is not up. Some weeks ago a well known gentleman who takes a lively interest in boating offered to back Petersen against Lee for $500, but Peterson declined the offer, preferring to wait the convenience of his old backers. Trickett Recovering. According to the Colonial papers, Trickett is taking on his best form again. On December 1st he rowed a race upon the Parramatta river course, against Michael Bush for $1,000 a side, and beat him handily. The race is thus described: About twenty minutes to five both men drew up to the starting point looking in splendid condition. If anything, Trickett looking the better of the two. To a pretty fair start they got away, Bush leading to Uhr's point. Time 2 min. 3 sec, Trickett being almost half a length behind. Here Bush quickened up, and made quite a gap between his boat and Trickett's. No difference was perceptible till the mile point was approached, when Trickett seemed to be gaining greatly on Bush. The mile was passed by Bush first, Tric- kett about a quarter of a length behind. Time7 min. 12 sec. Just after passing, Bush seemed to be completely done up, and could not get out of Trickett ; s way, consequently they fouled twice, Trickett claiming the fouls by holding up his hand twice to the umpire. The short stoppage seemed to give Bush a second wind, and he got away again, spurting grandly, but it seemed to be of little avail, as Trickett passed him before reaching Putney — which was reached in 11 min. 30 sec. — and rowed easily to the finish, though Bush tried manfully to overhaul his opponent, but with little chance of success. He eventually gave up off One Man Wharf. Time for the race, 25 min. 11 sec The wind and tide were against the competitors. Betting, 3 to 2 on Trickett. Trying* for the Best Man. The latest Australian dates received by the steamer was Dec. 5th, a few days before the beginning of the contests for the Hu nt trophy, which were espected to develop the best sculler of the colonies, aside from Laycock. Of these trials the Sportsman says: On Thursday nest the preliminary heats of the Professional Sculling Contest are to be rowed, to decide who is the second best sculler of New South Wales, who will, in the event of Laycock being unable to meet Hanlan — should tbe latter take the trip to Australia — be pitted against the Canadian. E. Trickett and D. M'Donald meet in the first heat. As I no- tieed last week, Trickett has regained something of his old speed and form. He is more at home in a wager boat than any other sculler in the colonies, and his piloting his craft is perfection. Donald M'Donald is a good stayer, and although his style is inferior to Trickett's, he makes his boat travel. To me he rows like a smaller-size Rush' but with a surer and cleaner style. I tip Trickett for this heat. M. Bush and W. Beach meet in the nest heat. Michael last Saturday suffered defeat, as I espected, and tipped at the hands of Trickett. Beach has been rowing very well lately. His style is rugged, and rough water would inconvenience him. He is very pow- erfully built, thick set, and sits compact in his craft. As neither Bush nor Beach can get their weight on well in rough water, I do not think that a sea will affect the result of the heat. My faney for the heat is Beach. The final heat is to be rowed on Friday, I espect between Trickett and Beach. It will be a great race. In the late matches Trickett won the first, Beach the second and third. AtBalmain Begatta Trick- ett beat Beach, principally through good turning. Should the water on Saturday be so rough as to demandskill Trickett will most likely win. A Challenge from Petersen. Henry Peterson says he has grown tired of trying to get a match with Austin Stevenson who he desires to row on any neutral waters for the championship of the Pacific Coast and any reasonable stake. To show that he means business and is anxious to try conclusions with a really good man, Peter- sen issues the following card: Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Having seen in several newspapers statements to the effect that George W. Lee is anxious to make a match for a sculling race with me, I desire to say that I will accept Mr. Lee's challenge to the Pacific CoaBt oarsmen, and row him three, four, or five miles with a turn for $500 a side, the race to take place four weeks from the date of signing articles. Yours truly, Henry Petersen Mr. Petersen has deposited $150 to bind the match. He prefers that the race should be rowed at Long Bridge, as the weather at this season of the year is variable and an excurs- ion may result in disappointment to the public. At Long Bridge he says every one who desires can see the race free of cost, and the publicity of the affair will be the best guarantee that the match is "for blood." Talking of the chances of defeating Geo. Bubear with 10 sec. or 6 lengths start, Wallace Boss recently said to Mr. Rankin, of Boston: "I won't attempt to close up the gap too quickly because that might do me up before the finish of the race. I ought to gain a length and a half in the first mile, and at Hammersmith bridge I shall have knocked half his lead off, unless, mind, he has become a perfect wonder since I saw him last. You can see that I shall go into the race confident. He will have a start, and, if I gain on him as fast as I es- pect to, he will worry, and once he begins to fret it's good day to him. O, I think I can beat him. Why, you see, El- liott and he propose to row even up, and, if they row, their race will take place before mine and Bubears. Now, Elliott is not a badjnor a slow sculler by any means — see ? And everybody who has seen us row knows I can give Elliott 10 seconds in a four-mile race and beat him with ease. You wait, and see. Five or sis lengths is a goodish bit of water to make up, but if I don't get there I'll surely give Bubear a hot race." The London, Eng., Times, commenting on the coming races of Bubear against Wallace Ross and William Elliott, says: "Elliott appeared to have lost all his sculling powers long be- fore he left England, and it remains to be seen if he has re- gained them. Bubear has improved wonderfully during the last two years, and if he comes fit and well to the post should he able to hold his own with the Tynesider, whatever he may be able to do sis weeks later with Wallace Boss, whose pre- vious performances in England have been of an uncertain kind." The race with Elliott takes place on the 2Sth January next, and that with Ross on the 10th March. The Yale University crew has by the order of Captain Bob Cook abandoned the use of sliding seats in training. This is beginning at the wrong end with a vengeance. The best evi- tdence that training in stationary seats is injurious is the fact hat most men who learned to row in stationary seats cannot ow a little bit with slides. The Victorians have subscribed $500 to get Hanlan and Lee to visit them. Lee will row with Cotsford, and the opin- ion of local oarsmen is that the half-breed will give the '■lightning sculler of the United States" all the work he wants. Cononel Bob Pepper and Mr. Thomas Rodman, of Frank- ford, went on a stylish hunt the other day. Their team consisted of the noted trotters Code and Catchfly. They had a pair of imported dogs that cost five hundred dollars, and three -hundred- dollar guns. The toll cost one dollar and ten cents. They returned at night with one snipe and a rabbit. There was so much style that it scared all the game out of reach. — Kentucky Advertiser. Dan Swigert has forty-four yearlings at Elmendorf, twenty- two colts and twenty-two fillies. Among the lot may be seen a full brother of Clara D., and Euclid, a full full brother of Vigil and Vera Cruz, a full sister to Anglia,.a full sister to Ferida and Aella, and a full sister to La Polke, the $5,000 colt. J. S. Campbell, owner of the pacer Richball, in a letter to the New York Sportsman, throws his hat into the air thus: I think Richball is the fastest horse on earth, and will match him against any trotter or pacerfor $5,000 or $10,000 a side, the track to be mutually agreed upon. In striving to meet the demand for large horses too much stress has been laid on the weight of the animal without con- sidering of what that weight consists. In nearly every county through the West there are scores of stallions whose only qualification is their avoirdupois, and if custrated and relieved of their surplus hit, would not made third class geldings. William Elenkiron, of the Middle Park Stud. Eng., has failed. His liabilities are placed at about $55,000, and the assets, consisting of thoroughbred horses, farm produce, etc., at $20,000. Scarcely any two cows or horses have appetites exactly alike. It is important to so mis and change the feed that sameness of diet may be avoided. Commodore Kittson has been elected a member of the di- rectory of the Chicago Driving Park. B. J. Treacy has refused $1,000 for William M., weanling colt, by Messenger Chief, out of the dam of Red Jim. 2 ^hc §5reMet' and j&protstmm. TURF AND T RACK The Dwyer Brothers— Their "Winnings for the Season of 1883. j:\e\F York World]. The most frequent question, asked since the end of the Coney Island Jockey Club's autumn meeting has been, "How much have the Dwyers' horses earned this season?" — & ques- tion that was impossible to answer until now. Their gross earnings for the racing season of 18S3 amounted to a total of S137,7S0.50, of which they paid $9,365 in en- trance money, leaving the net earnings at $128,415.50. Of course, the $S,365 named as entrance money does not include forfeits in stakes and entrance money for pursss that they did not svart for, which probably amount to nearly $5,000 more, Even if such is the case, the season is the best they ever Lid. Of the methods of handling their horses, it is un- necessary to waste any space, but to simply sum them up in two words, "business principles." They have a young, skillful and enthusiastic trainer, a rider seltishly loyal to their interests, and a dozen or more employees of which the same thing can be said. All of them are not only well paid and fed, but are so immediately under the eye of their employers that the slightest deviation in their daily work is at once de- tected. In which connection an Englishman of great experience in racing matters at home, and who was present at nearly all the principaTraee meetings in this country'last season, said: "The Dwyers would make a fortune in England racing as they do, for they not only possess a wonderful knowledge of where to place their own horses, but they seem to know their exact condition daily, supplemented with the knowledge of the condition of the horses of their principal opponents." All of which is to a great extent true, especially that of knowing the strength of their rival stables — not by resorting to illegiti- mate means, but simply by keeping their eyes and ears open as to what is being done, and their mouths shut as to what their horses have done or can do. What they could earn in England, outside the betting ring, is exceedingly problematic, their total earnings this year being considerably larger than those of the largest winning owner in England, Mr. C. J. Lefeyre, who is credited with £20,537, or £99,604.50. In fact, the Dwyers 1 total for 1SS3 is larger than that of any English owner for the last five years, the nearest amount be- ing $127,975, won by the late Count Lagrange in 1879. The tabulated list of the earnings of the stable for the full season, including Hartford's races at Brighton Beach in November, is as follows : by Billet 3, by Bonnie Scot- Hise Woodford, i George Kinney land Barnes, 3. by Billet Bootjack, 5, by B. Scotland Burton, 2, by Billet ■Wandering, 3, by Wanderer Hartford, 5, by J no. Morgan Ecuador, 2, by Enquirer King Fan, 3, by King Ernest Carley B., 4, by Virgil Greenbush, ii, by Glenelg Eldorado, 2 by Enquirer Joe Blackburn, 3, by Bonnie land Glenelg-Crownlet colt, 2 Totals - Note- O-rnss amount won. $51,120 au 42,935 00 18,1 95 00 9,385 00 7,775 00 3,580 00 2,260 00 1,380 00 975 00 175 00 100 00 -Barnes' earnings include $500 in plate. From the above table it will be seen, as was -the case in previous years, that the Dwyers still rely upon a small and select stable, the bulk of the money won being confined to some half dozen horses, of which two or three are phe- nomenally good, as was the case with Bramble, Luke Black- burn, and Hindoo, in their respective years. This year, ho w- ever, they may be said to have had three strings to their bow, Miss Woodford, George Kinney and Barnes. The last named was out of the field early, his last important race being for the United States Hotel Stakes early in August, since which time he has not started. Bnt as he had previously won the Coney Island Derby, the Tidal Stakes and Seaboard Stakes at Sheepshead Bay in June, and the Travel's Stakes at Saratoga in July, it cannot be said that he was in any sense an unprofitable inmate of the stable. The real honors, however, belong entirely to Miss Wood- ford, as she started in all twelve times, of which she won ten. Of the defeats she was really only beaten once, and then by Empress for the Pocahontas Stake's at Saratoga j on the other occasion she cut out the work for the Monmouth Stakes, which George Kinney won. The stakes to her credit are the Ladies Stakes at Jerome in June, the Mermaid at Sheeps- head Bay latter in the same mouth, the Oaks at Monmouth Park early in July, thence to Saratoga where she won the Alabama, back to Monmouth Park for the West End Hotel in August. In September she won the Great Eastern Handi- cap at Sheepshead Bay, after which she was "expressed" to Louisville, where on the 29th of that month, she won the Lorillard Champion Stallion Stakes, her superiority being such that none of the Eastern stables would make the jour- ney to start against her, while of the Western contingent only two homes weut to the post and thev only because the second money amounted to §2,000. No period of the DwyeiB' career on the turf shows the confidence they have in their horses more than did their flying trip to Louisville They won the Lorillard Stallion Stakes on Saturday, and as Miss Woodford was engaged for the Hunter Stakes a"t Jerome Park on the following Tuesday, they shipped her in a special car late Saturday evening, and on Monday night she took her feed at Jerome Park as unconcerned as did Kinney and others that had been left at home. The morning of Tuesday proving stormy, the racing was postponed until Thursday when she won the Hunter Stakes with the greatest ease*. She subsequently ran at Washington, where she won the District of Columbia Stakes, and at Baltimore, when she beat Iroquois and Drake Carter for the Pimlico Stakes ending a three-year-old careor never before equalled, considering the distances ran, money won and the miles traveler! by any fillv bred since the revival of racing in 1864. As to the work done by George Kinney, none who saw him run as a two-year-old believed that he would make so good a three-year-old. He started in all eighteen times, and was never worse than third, winning twelve times; was second four times, once to Pizarro for the Ocean Stakes, once to Eole for the renewal of the Monmouth Stakes, once to Drake Carter tor the Potomac Stakes, and once bo his stable com- panion, Miss Woodford, at Baltimore. He waB third to Em- press and Drake Carter for the Sequel Stake*, and the same to Wedding Day and Taigatherer for a handicap at Saratoga, in which he gave them both "lumps of weight." Of the twelve races won, the stakes included the Withers and Bel- mont at Jerome Park, the Lorillard and Monmouth at Mon- mouth, the Kenner at Saratoga, the September at Sheepshead Bay, the Jerome and Grand National Handicap at Jerome Park early in October, and the Dixie and Breckenridge at Bal- timore late in the same month. The best performance, with- out doubt, was the Grand National Handicap at two miles and a quarter, when he gave the five-year-old General Mon- roe no less than sixteen pounds, and the three-year-old Trafalgar twenty-four pounds, a test that would seem to show that if the Dwyers intend to train him for cup races next year, that he will be no mean competitor for any horse to beat. The next in rank from a money-winning point is Bootjack, with the Great Metropolitan Handicap at Jerome Park, the Coney Island Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, and the Excelsior Stakes at Saratoga to his credit; while the three wins to Bur- ton's credit are the Foam Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, with the Flash and Virginia Stakes at Saratoga, after which in rank are Wandering, Hartford, Ecuador and King Fan. The first was sold out of the stable, late in the season; the second was purchased from McLaughlin, in September, he having previously won several races for his jockey owner. Ecuador remains in the stable, while King Fan was only a temporary inmate, he having been purchased by the Dwyers from W. C. Daly, in July, and sold back to him early in September. Of the others in the list, Carley B. was sold early in the sea- son, while Joe Blackburn, Greenbush, Eldorado, and the Crownlet colt, are still inmates of the Brooklyn stable. Of the 126 starts shown in the above table, it cau be said to McLaughlin's credit that he rode ninety-two of them, of which he won forty-six, which, with his manv other winning mounts, will no doubt secure to him the handsome trophy offered by the New York Sportsman for the most successful jockey during the season just ended. Pendragon on the Trotter. Some time ago we quoted from the Referee something about a fast trotter that took the eye of Pendragon, and again he is full of the encomiums of the American trotter. There is little question that when there is a bettor acquaintance with fast trotters, and men like the owner of Diamond be- come purchasers, that there well be a change for the better The following is the description: A fortnight ago I told you about a trotting horse that I saw T have heard who he is and bad the pleasure of ' bis paces. He : ^ stands Hyde park. During the w what he is, and on Weduesd sitting behind him while he is an aged horse (about se- 15 hands 1 inch, is a bay ' . thoroughbred, according lie A mond is a very handsoi- shipped on October 23, ana arri XovemberS; so at present he has no- ' of this effete, used-up, and non-trotting-Uo. It is indeed interesting to me, after all I have w^.. trotting horses being taken up by members of theEng aristocracy, to find that Diamond was specially importsd for a young lord of high degree, who will be of still higher degree presently when his grandfather, the Marquis of , shuffles off this mortal coil. As the Marquis is between seventy and eighty, the young lord, who is not above twenty, and who already rides lost, to hounds, is likely with luck to have a high old time before him. If he takes kindly to the trotting horse, it is only natural that others of similar status in soci- ety will follow the lead, and that trotting horses will by-and- by become as fashionable in England as they are now in Ameiica. It was certainly a pleasant sensation the other morning to go round the park about twice and a half as fast as anything else there. The only drawback was the fear that some over-officious policeman would inform us that we were not going the "regulation pace." What "the regulation pace " in the park is nobody appears to know. I should like to learn what it is in Rotten Row, as now and again I have seen the police on duty there do extraordinary things in their ignorance of what really constitutes fast going. This is, however, a subject I mean to discuss at some future time. It will have to be treated at more length than I have to spare now, as it involves all the difference between blustering, awk- ward-actioned horses, that make a tremendous show and cover no ground, and smooth and level goers that go twice as fast as the others without the semblance of an effort. Diamond was purchased because his noble owner was annoyed once when driving a stepper to find he was passed with considerable ease by some sporting bungs, who, mayhap, rather ridiculed the kangaroo action of his high-spirited and also high-priced animal. Determined to be even with these representatives of English trotting, should he meet them again, his lordship instructed a well-known 'dealer to pick him np an American trotter who should be at once fast and well-looking. Certainly Diamond is as good-looking as any one need desire. Also, I should think, he is the fastest trotting horse at present in England. The man who told me he had a record of 2:30 did not confine himself to facts. Diamond has no record at all, simply because he has never been in a regulation training stable. Nor has he ever run on a regulation race track. "But," says the gentleman who ac- corded me the information, which I trust will be acceptable to everybody interested in the development of trotting here in England, "the Sunday before Diamond was put aboard ship he speeded a mile on an ordinary road, two in the buggy, in 2:40^. His breeder, from whom Mr. M pur- chased him on October 1 9th, guaranteed that with proper care and attention he would do a mile in 2:30 before the lapse of six months." Calculating the rate at which Dia- mond went down the Ladies' Mile the other morning in a buggy, heavy rather than light, carrying two men weighing about six-aud-twenty stone between them, I should think he was safe to beat 2:30 on a fair road, if fitted with proper trotting apparatus, and in the hands of a skillful and experi- enced driver. He is a nice, willing fellow, and when he leans np against the bit and speeds away he certainly goes faster than anything I ever saw before, and, as I said a fortnight ago, I have seen what was reckoned as good as 2:30. As the nobleman who now possesses Diamond has no intention of entering him in matches or sweepstakes, he might arrange, or, if he does not care to do it himself he might let some- body arrange for him, that Diamond shall be got fit, and, supplied with a proper sulky and fittings, ran a trial against the watch. This would give trotting an impetus which it sadly requires just now, and might do a good deal towards making the trotting horse — as a trotting horse — fashionable. It is no good for people who would like to take on trotting to say that it is so very low and so very common. Of course it- is; but this is exactly the reason why Swells are wanted to take trotting up, and thus save it from being the property of the low and the common only. Nothing is lower and more common than racing, if you only look at the low and common parts of it; but the leaven of royalty, nobility and geDtry which is thrown into it makes everybody for .ides being the pastime of swelldom, racing is th b i the very scourings of society. If the young lord who * ought Diamond would only set the example, we should very soon have a trotting park somewhere near London and should be in a fair way to get an addition to our sports and pastimes. I say au addition, because trotting as we have experienced it so far, is nothing like trotting as it is known in America. Previously all the trotting horses I had seen were well in keeping with their associations. There was nothing at all bloodlike about them. They were lanky, long- necked, cofnn-headed,big-footed,awkward brutes that, eixept for the pace that could be got out of them, were, to all out- ward appearances, not worth stable room. It is really won- derful how some of these loose-limbed, shambling creatt-res get over the ground, and it is hardly surprising that swells after having seen them, have not caredjmuch to go in for trot- ting. With Diamond the condition of affairs is altogether different. He is not only as handsome and as shapely as any one would wish a horse to be, but when set well going he is just like machinery. At this game it may be as well to poitt out that the horse's four legs are all well* off the ground to- gether; often quite as much as they are in cantering or gallop- ing. I suppose that Diamond can trot a good deal faster than he could gallop. The effect of the system of breaking under which he was broken is to make a horse take much the same bound from the hind legs as he would take in galloping; ex- cept, of course, that the way of doing is altogether different. The driver has to catch a tight hold of the loops on the reins, and to hold on when the bit is seized by the horse, who re- gards pulling as a sign for him to hold his hardest. ' It seems strange, to our notions, to stop ahorse by loosening therein, but that is the only way it can be done with these trotters', who are, however, very much safer than one would think under the circumstances— they are taught to listen for the driver's voice, and will do exactly as they are told. Directly a driver lets go the loops, slackens the rein, and says "Wb!" his horse will begin to ease np. Diamond did this several times in the park the other morning, the gentleman who had him in charge wishing me to see how easy it is to check and stop an American thoroughbred trotting horse even though he is going at full speed. Taken altogether, my ex- perience was very satisfactory, and perhaps by-and-by, when fast trotters are as common in Hyde Park as horses of the over-collected and high-actioned kind are now, I may look back with much pleasure "upon my ride behind the first of the foreigners. It must not be supposed because I say the first of the foreigners that I am ignorant of the trade that has al- ready been done on this side in American horses. Mv prev- ious writings show I am well aware of the business and its various ramifications. But in Diamond I saw the first horse who could- go fast, and who was fit to mix with the best- look- ing of our own horses. In conclusion, I ought not to forget that there is one thing about these trotters which is likely to their being taken to at first by people who are Vcry rs. Except when going their harJest, their ac- -— quite as low as that of an overworked My they run up to then bits the ■here is never at anytime auy ' >h is now bo sng- t> s r»rneSB horses. Goldsmith I It is not generally known tha entreaties and intervention of two mous mare Goldsmith Maid would smith Muid at all, but would in a running, wilful and wild, over the ft* and those of his neighbors, as she against his will, nearly twenty year- The mother of Goldsmith Maid, t given to the writer by John H. Dec sail's Hambletonian in Goshen, was quent owner, John B. Decker, as house near Deckertown, N. J., tiet ramshackle wagon of an itinerau mare was bony and had seen "Johnny B.," being a good horser farmers were in those days of quarl the mare had excellent points, and strike up a trade of same kind, the he wanteel to get rid of for the ma: a valuable animal on the Decker fa so much of her that he resolved sh< sire should be the best horse in tin Seely Edsall's horse, excepting, ( Rysdyk's Hambletonian. As a re in May, 1S57. JohnB. Decker's o was that it should turn out to be a but she was so nervous, obstinate, was three years old before any att her. The attempt was only partia work she ever did in harness whi. days ploughing in a cornfield and stone drag, both of which jobs wei At the end of the half-day's plo furrow, kicked herself loose from She got to be known in the neighb less colt. Fences were no obstac. I much of her time in running free i Decker's neighbors as she did in 1 she would do, and took great dei in the running races that were the sex county. But her owner neve' tered for these races, and had no ing used in that way. She was al from the field, and seemed to bar was wanted for. The races that s on moonlight nights, and she ber the county. As worthless as she the mare.and would have housed been willing. At the age of seven she was tl colt." She hnd not put her heat years. This was in 1864, and Jo his uncle's before the colt was bor ing removed to Newburgh. In Bingham of Newburgh were drivi ing up turkeys for speculation. . they brought up at Uncle Johnu miles from Deckertown, and wh son-in-law Jacob Swartwout. J* and saw at once that she had poii had, and he wanted to buy ber. but his uncle emphatically refuse a hand in. She had long been i she had "eaten her head off" a her husband that, as the parch near relative he ought to sell hii 'Give him $260," ehe said, "a inalo*. sold her, statement her to Ed- ber subse- ied at his behind the 1 BS5. The omewhere. ^ex county t once that ' wanted to ged a horse 1 out to be ler thought colt whose e was then uoble sire, - was foaled to this colt a the farm, ig that she e to break i- tor the only was half a jauling of a her owner. town in the ran away. ker's worth- ike spent as ie fields of s one thing was joining port in Sub- she was en- she was be- rreptitiously of what she ays came off runners in jecker loved •n if she had iless Decker liar in four jrho had left ■en her, hav- and Squire jountry buy- vember that ich is three laged by his aw the mare, at few horses 250 for her, B's wife took the mare, as She said to aesake and & 1884 3flfac breeder mttl gpavtenmn. So the nephew "made it $260," and the uncle 6nally said that if he cotild catch the mare alone, he could have her for $260. The condition was accepted, and after more than an hour's persistent effort, the younger Decker succeeded in get- ting the mare in the barn. The elder Decker wanted to back out. He offered his nephew a blooded black mare that he had refused $600 for, if he would leave the wild mare. John H. refused to make the exchange. The black mare subse- quently became the property of Gen. Kilpatrick, who took it with him when he went to Chili as minister. At the time of this transaction Johu H. Decker's parents lived three miles from Goshen, near the villiage of Denton. Bingham and Decker drove away from Johnny B's with the mare tied behind tbeir wagon, as her dam had once been tied behind the peddlers wagon. They stopped at Decker's father's for the night, and it was noised about the village in a short time that John Decker had paid $260 for the well-known "worthless colt." William Tompkins, sometimes called Jer- sey Bill, was keeping the Talmage House at Hampton, a mile from Denton. He had long had his eye on the Decker mare, but had never been able to buy her. Hearing that John Decker had bought her, and had her at his father's, Tomp- kins drove over to see her. John Decker's mother was a good and very pious woman, and had a great horror of fast horses. His father was also disinclined towards sporting matters. Mrs. Decker gathered from the talk of the men that they anticipated great things from the mare as a trotter. "When Jersey Bill arrived one morning pecker and 'Squire Bingham were about ready to start on their way. A hired man was showing off the mare in the lane, and Mrs. Decker was a sorrowful spectator, remarking that she was sure that ruin would follow her son if he owned a fast horse, and she knew he had just refused to accept an offer from 'Squire Bingham of $130 for a one-half interest in her. In relating the circumstances to the writer, he said he really intended the mare for his brother-in-law, Judge William Fuf- lertom Jersey Bill looked at the mare a minute or two, and then bluntly said that he would give $350 for her. On hear- ing this Mrs. Decker appealed to her son to sell her. Tomp- kins raised his offer $10. Decker's mother begged him with tears in her eyes to get rid of the mare at any price, and his father added his voice to hers. At last his parents seeming bo much in earnest, and exhibiting so much feeling in the matter, Decker accepted Jersey Bill's offer, and he drew a check for $360. While this was being done Decker was look- ing the mare over, and repented selling her. He made pre- tense of not caring to take Bill's check for the mare, but his father asked to see it. When it was handed to him he wrote his name across the back, and, remarking that he guessed that would go now, handed it to his son. There was no ex- cuse for further opposition, and Jersey Bill drove off with the Decker mare. Jchn H. Decker and Bingham started for Goshen, but the more the farmer thought of what he had done the more he regretted it, and be said he was bound to get the mare back if he could. Beaching Goshen, he telegraphed to the offi- cers of the Middletown Bank asking if Jersey Bill's check was good for $360. The answer came back that it was good for only $300. Decker then declared that he would go to Hampton and deliver up the check and recover the mare. Before he could get away, however, a telegram came from the bank that the check had been made good, and the mare was lost to him forever, . Alden Goldsmith would never have bought the mare but for John H„ Decker. Tompkins had her still in the spring 0* iSoo, and could do nothing with her, One day Decker met Goldsmith on an Erie Railway train, and told him that if he wanted to get the best piece of horseflesh there was in the country,he would tell him for $100 where she stood. Gold- smith said all right. Decker told him of the Decker mare. Goldsmith replied that he had seen her, and she was "no good." He did not know her pedigree at the time, and Decker told him what it was. Then Goldsmith became in- terested, and succeeded in buying the mare for $600. The popular story that an old wagon was the part of the consid- eration is not strictly true. Bill Bodine, who was the mare's father, and by whose skill and patience she was made what she became, told the writer that Goldsmith had been promis- ing TompkinB a wagon for some time, and when the latter delivered the mare to its new owner, he saw a second-hand wagon that suited him standing in Goldsmith's shed. Tomp- kins reminded Goldsmith of his promise, and asked him for the wagon, as he could take it right along with him then. Goldsmith looked at the wagon awhile, and then said: "All right; take it along, I'll have to send it to the blacksmith shop anyhow before long." And Jersey Bill took the wagon. By the fall of 1865 Bill Bodine had conquered the mare, and that same season he enteredher for her tirst public trotting match. The trot was to he on the Middletown track, with a horse from Port Jervis known as Lady Brown, The purse was for $500 with a forfeit of $50. The race did not come off, for Mr. Goldsmith entered her for a trot with the fam- ous horse Gen. Walker, on the Goshen track, and the date was the same as the Middletown entry. Bodine paid the $50 forfeit, and the mare won the race in three straight heats, making a record of 2:26. Her next important race was the great trot on the Middletown track with Dexter, when she was beaten by that then king of the tnrf . Mr. Goldsmith never paid Decker the $100 for giving him the points about the mare. He offered him a colt by Volun- teer, and Decker declined, saying that he would be satis6ed if he could have the naming of the mare. He wanted to call her "Ella D." after his wife, a sister of Judge Fnllerton. To this Mr. Goldsmith would not agree, and he gave her the name which she immortalized. John H. Decker, the original purchaser of the mare, and William Bodine, her trainer, are both dead. John B. Decker still lives on the farm where she was foaled, and a few days have passed since 1864 when he has not lamented the sale of his "worthless" colt.— If. T. Sun. Although horse breeding, especially of the heavier class, has grown in the last ten years to an immense proportions, it is yet in its infancy. But, in order to make it a perfect success, there is great need of a closer study of breeding than most of breeders devote to it. A stallion to be qualified to produce draft horBes should be the personification of strength, vitality, and endurance, and in producing these essentisls, fat is of last and least conse- quence, and it is rarely put on in excess except to cover serious defects. Nearly all the prominent jockeys have made engagements for next season. Blaylock will ride for the Fate stable. James Donahue has signed with Mr. George Lorillard. Hughes re- ceives $6,000 from Mr. Pierre Lorillard; and Stoval will ride for Milton Young. Mr. E. Corrigan "the Lorillard of the West," has engaged the famous jockey, Isaac Murphy, to ride for him next season. It is said Murphy will receive $5,000 per annum. The fact that Corrigan keeps his stable at Louis- ville may account for Murphy having engaged with him, as it iu well known he would not leave Kentucky. Horse Breeding- in Texas. It seems only yesterday to stockmen of Texas when raising horses was considered notoriously unprofitable .The cowman expected to make money out of his cattle, and regarded raising horses as simply a necessary adjunct to his business. Cow ponies he needed, and it was cheaper for him to raise them where needed than to send off and buy. The idea of raising horses except for home use on a ranch was not entertained, for a stock of horses could be bought for a song — selling often from three to six dollars per head, with colts thrown in. They were not worth much care. The "gentle bunch" alone re- ceived occassional attention. Horses were not always salable, but cattle were; as a result horses were raised for use and not for sale. Think of selling 600 head of horses for $2,000. Kanchmen in talking about their stocks .would say, "the horses will come out all right, there is always grassforthem." If asked why they did not breed better horses, the response would be, "There ain't any money in it. These horses are good enough to run cattle with, and that is all the use we have for them." The legitimate result followed this condi- tion of things. Kanches and cattle increased and horses did not. Ranchmen did not miss the water till the well run al- most dry. The above represents about the way things stood then. Almost at once, cattlemen all over Texas discovered that cow ponies were scarce and hard to find. Unheard of prices were asked and paid for the stock needed. Supply was not equal to the demand. Prices went higher and higher. Even mares became valuable. As soon as they had a tangible worth, enterprising dealers began to ship them North and East. It was a surprise to find that they, the pot-bellied, in- bred prairie mares and survival-of-the- fit test pony stallions, found ready sale. Street car companies tried them and bought more. Livery men found in them just what they wanted — cheap and serviceable animals. Farmers bought the largest of the mares as mule producers, and now raising hor- ses in Texas is profitable. Stockmen are importing well-bred stallions for their own use. Companies are being formed for breeding fine horses for draft and road purposes. Cow pon- ies now command at from $40 to $60 per head. Herds are in demand at from $20 to $40 per head instead of from $3 to $6. These are not the prices breeders will get for their horses in a very short time. A 15-hand 5-year-old, sound, broke gelding is worth $100, and that is the minimum price the horse raiser will get for him inside of three years. Be- cause he can be raised for $10 is no reason that he will not sell for $100. In the state of New York the cost of raising a 5-year-old horse is $200. It will cost to ship a Texas 5-year- old to New York $15. Then why should not the Texas raised gelding bring $100? A sound horse is the exception in that country; so much of spavins, ring-bones and sore tend- ons prevail, caused by hard driving on paved and macadam- ized roads, as to really make those ailments almost, if not quite, hereditary. A horse that is sound there to-day, may on the morrow throw a spavin, which ruins him. Our prai- rie raised horses inherit none of these tendencies, but, on the contrary, their bones and tendons are strong, heal*hy and perfect. Then why should not a sound, well-broke, 15-nands, 5-year-old gelding, Texas raised, be worth $100. — Texas Live Stock Journal. Editor Breeder axd Sportsman: I must confess that your editorials on the articles of "Columbus" are not always calculated to tickle the fancy of your correspondent, though they please the eye of those whom you intended them for. So long as the writer makes mention of facts which are based upon truth itself, it matters not to his conscience what may be the opinions of others. It is not my intention, however, to enter into an elaborate argument regarding the editorials under discussion, as all that I may write will not tend to the glory of my pen, neither will any assertions influence the opinions of those who think differently. However, let me add that the great mass of people, those who furnish the gate money which keeps alive the trotting associations of cur country, are with the writer in the argument and opposed to the opioion of the editor. A paper published in Clinton, Iowa, which claims to be the organ of Judge Hayes, thinks there may be some truth in the statement going the rounds of the press that Toronto Maid, 2:30, is the daughter of Badger, rather than the offspring of Captain, but would "take more stock in the report had it not originated with a certain writer who inflicts the public under the nom de plume of 'Columbus.' " I sincerely hope that Judge Hayes will survive the attack of indigestion from which he is evidently suffering, and to hasten his cure, as well as furnish a new item of interest to the horse world, I shall present to the readers a bit of breed- ing that may make the welkin ring, when my opponents rush upon the bit of history with weapons brightly poiished, and thoughts of eloquent denial urging their goose quills to heroic action. The writer presents the following, not as the evidence of one who has seen and can testify of his own personal knowl- edge, but rather, as what he believes to be the truth, for it was told him by an individual who controlled a half interest in the animal under protest. With this explanation, hoping it will place the responsibility of the writer in a true light, I shall proceed with the "play." The roan stallion Monarch, Jr., foaled in 1869, has been credited to the thorougbred sire imp. Monarch, and very few people in this world know anything to the contrary. It is proper to state that the little horse Monarch, Jr., has a record of 2:24£, and all 2:30 lists give his dam "a pacing mare." r , , , . , . Col. K. Beagen, of Kokomo, Ind., had in his possession an old Comet mare, which he was anxious to barter for some- thing younger, or exchange for the currency of our country; at length the long-sought for opportunity arrived, and he sold the mare to some parties in 111., accepting a portion of the sell- ing price in current funds, and the balance in a chattel mort- In* the meantime, an uncle of Reagen's, who likewise signed his name Col. K., and who resides at or near St. Joe, Illinois, traded for a mare that was brought a short time be- fore from Michigan. This mare was called a Grey Eagle and was in foal to a Kannuck stallion, owned in Michigan, who, ;t was said, could pace fast. _ The colt, as soon as fouled, proved himself a sidewheeler, and late that fall Col. K. lieagen of Kokomo, obtained the little fellow, giving his uncle fifty dollars and the mortgage that was holding against the Comet mare. At that time Col. noticed that the weanling could pace like a bullet, and he fancied there was more to the colt than many would give credit for. As the young pacer grew in years, and waxed strong and speedy, his owner gave him the name of Stonecutter, in honor of the profession of which he was a member, for Col. K. was a worker in stone of more than ordi- nary ability. A second party obtained a half interest in Stonecutter, and as Monarch Bull was then the coming horse in Western esti- mation, the owner thought best to change their horses' name. and in place of the thoroughbred mare who bore him, they substituted a pacing dam in order that the pacing element might be accounted for; while they entirely* did away with the Kannuck stallion, and gave the credit to the popular sire Limp Monarch. Monarch Jr., the late Stonecutter, was converted without the use of weights, by driving him in the sand which lay along the river bank. He proved himself a game horse, and added not a little to the honor of imp. Monarch. Had he commenced his turf career during the past season, it is more than likely that he would have been styled a Dictator, out of a mare by Pilot, Jr. The declaration would have held water, for in size and style of trotting he resembled the Dictators, while every one knew that he was a converted pacer, and the Pilot, Jr. cross would fit to a dot. I presume the above will excite a more than gentle ripple among the friends of imp. Monarch, and many may think the account mere bosh, but, as before stated, I have it from a gentleman who owned a half interest in Monarch, and he affirmed that he knew whereof he spoke. "Columbus." Mayview, Ky., Dec. 22, 18S3. Gate Money in England.. The racing in England this year, both under the rules of the Jockey Club and small meetings conducted independent of that club, showed on a whole a fair increase both in the number of meetings, races run and money raced for. The famous fixtures at Newmarket, Epsom, Ascot, Goodwood and Doncaster never attracted more attention, while so success- ful were the "gate money" meetings at Sandown and Kemp- ton parks that similar organizations have been inaugurated near Newcastle, Manchester, Leicester and other racing centres in the kingdom. The latest venture of the kind is the East Biding Club and Race-course Company in Yorkshire, which have secured all the laud necessary near Hull, not only for a mile track that will be as straight as an arrow, but for a flat and steeple-chase course, each two miles without going twice over the same ground. The ground-plans of the estate which have been sent to New York show that all the races will finish at the same point; that the stands, instead of being parallel with the track, recede at such an angle that the whole of the coui'se can be seen, a feature that is certainly necessary, considering the distance between the spectators and the horses running for a greater part of all the races. The suggestions, however, are such that Mr. D. D. Withers, in an interview with "Vigilant," of the Spirit, says: "That's the kind of track I want to live to see built here. The only treuble is that such a track would require over 300 acres, and in this country no sooner do you get such a thing finished than some politician wants to run a street through it. Still, that is what we want here; our present tracks are mere cir- cus rings." Being asked if such a track will be built here Mr. Withers replied: "Such a track will be built here, and it's not far off, either." -c Breeding Work Horses. It is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when the essential elements of value— symmetry of form, perfection of action, constitutional vigor, and a prepotency inherited from the first lineage (transferred through generations of the best blood of the kind) — will be recognized by all who desire to purchase stallions with a view to the improvement of the stock of the country. It is unquestionably true that the larg- est animals have not proven the most valuable sires, from the fact, doubtless, that being abnormal in size they are them- selves accidental results, and therefore must necessarily only occasionally or accidentally reproduce themselves. The me- dium and normal size is the safest, as in reproducing himself, or any of his ancestors (they being nearly alike in size) it gives a certainty of uniformity only to be obtained by individuals who are the likeness of their prototype for generations. In order to successfully select animals of the greatest value for breeding purposes, it is necessary to have a correct knowl- edge, not only of the breeding or ancestry of the animal, but also the processes of rearing them for generations; for it is by their inherent qualities and educated habits that their future usefulness as breeders is assured. Thus in selecting horses for the saddle itis indispensable to secure one descended from a race that instinctively possesses those gaits most sought after in individualsused for that purpose. You can then with a degree af certainty expect that the produce of that animal will readily adapt itself to the desired gaits, as they belong naturally to the family from which they are descended. So, also, in selecting a stallion for breeding horses for the race- course, we would think it folly to recognize any other than the purest thoroughbred as worthy of ou r attention. In select- ing a sire for breeding trotting horses we use the same judg- ment and discretion, recognizing individual merit in the an- cestry and instructive capabilities in the individual as of the utmost importance. In other words, he must be descended, through both sire and dam, from animals that trot naturally themselves and have proven their capabilities by their per- formance. This practice is a rule among all intelligent men in selecting horses for the services mentioned; but when it comes to the selection of animals for the production of valu- able workers, our people seem to forget all the ordinary pre- cautions they consider necessary inspecting animals for other purposes, and simply breed from horses that happen to be in their vicinity, or whose style attracts them, regardless and absolutely thoughtless of any other valuable qualification. •To state it plainly, the work horses of this country have been bred at random. Until within the last few years, very little thought or attention has been given to or money used in the improvement of the heavier class of work horses iu the United States. And even at the present time, when the mania 'for large horses has seized upon everybody, it is doubtful if one man in a hundred ever asks the question whether the animal he breeds from is inherently possessed of the valuable qualities necessary to make good work horses in himself or by hereditary transmission. The Enforcement of Racing Rules. (Live Stock Record.) The recent action of the Jockey Clubs assembled at Lonifl- ville lust mouth, in the adoption of new and more stringent rules to govern racing, was a step in the right direction for the elevation of turf sports, and one that meets with the hearty endorsement of every upright and honest turfman. But the clnbs have only done hah* their dnty. It is obliga- tory upon them to see these rules enforced, and to do so properly, none but the best informed turfmen must be put in the stands to judge and decide racing. Men must not be se- lected for judges iroin their social position, bat for their knowledge of racing and racing rules. It is a duty hom.-st and «-orr< ct themselves, to steer clear of tboh* | I 4 Jglxe gktcckv au ^ j^ovlsmatx. Jan 5 horses to win at all times; for nothing is so injurious to the fair fame of either trainer or jockey as their connection with questionable owners of race horses. Some of these kind of owners have, during the past season.been ruled off, and some have received a severe warning and are all pretty well known to experienced haoitues of the turf. It is duty also equally imperative upon owners to steer clear of either trainers or jockeys of questionable character. Many gentlemen who are called into the stand do not seem to realize the importance of their position, and it has been a far too common custom for judges to pass over (without there is a complaint) the most transparent cases of in-and-out running, in which both trainers and jockeys must occasion- ally combine. The judges owe it to themselves as well as to the public to investigate the in-and-out running of horses, many cases of which occurring during the past season, some ot a most fragrant and unaccountable character. There must be some good reason given, or explanation furnished, why a real good horse is beaten by a selling plater one day, and then shows first class form on the next occasion he is pulled out. The turf must be purified, and to this end all must work — judges, owners, trainers and jockeys. Racing is the most popular sport in America, and is growing yearly; and outside of turf contests it is of incalculable value to the country in the production of horses, not only for racing, but for general purposes, the thoroughbred being the highest type of the equine race, improves and beautifies every other breed. Under the new rules, "in case an Association permits post bookmaking, any bookmaker licensed to exercise his calling shall be required to give bond in no less a sum thau SI, 000 for the honest performance of his calling, which sum shall be forfeited if conclusive evidence is given of any fraud com- mitted by said bookmaker, and upon conviction he shall be ruled off the track." We opposed this rale in the Convention, and can see no necessity for its adoption without a similar one was framed requiring every owner, trainer and jockey to honestly perform his calling. There are a few questionable bookmakers like there are owners, trainers and jockeys, and the best thing to do is to get rid of them when they trans- gress the rules. A leading turfman, speaking of frauds on the turf, says: "It should always be considered that whoever commits a fraud or is guilty of unfair practices in connection with rac- ing not only injures the individual whom he deceives, but actively assists in the diminution of that confidence between man and man which contributes, and is really essential, to the very existence of the turf." English Races by an Australian. An Australian turfman and trainer of note makes the fol- lowing observations on racing in the "old country": The accommodation on nearly all English courses is as bad as it is possible to be. For instance, after the Leger the jockeys ride into the saddling paddock, in which there is a dense crowd, amongst whom they have to dismount and strip their horses. They never seem to wait for the order to dismount, but jump off amongst the crowd, and make the best of their way to the weighing room, no enclosure being railed off as with us. Nearly all the stands at Doncaster are private, and the public get very little but bare standing-room for the thirty shillings it costs for the stand and saddling paddock. One most objectionable, childish, unsportsman- like and stupid fashion is now prevalent amongst the trainers of having their horses' coats brushed into patterns. You see some horses covered with stars, some with stripes, some with diamonds, and all sorts of funny marks. It is done by brushing the coat different ways, so that the different lights make the patterns. If I had not seen it I should scarcely have believed that men could have been such fools. A verv bad feature in English racing is the smallness of the fields'. From 26th March to 29th August no less than 55S races have been run in England, exclusive of matches, averaging under three and a fraction horses per race, and these include some of the best performers on the turf, and some of the best events. When it is taken into consideration that there are several thousands of horses in work, this shows that there must be something very rotten in the state of Denmark. In conclusion, England far surpasses us in race-courses, the going being simply perfection all this season. What is called hard we should go into ecstacies over; the scenery also is often lovely, but in the matter of accommodation of every kind for the public and officials they are a hundred years be- hind. Fancy, at the much-vaunted Derby, the saddling pad- dock being about a mile and a quarter from the weighing room, and jockeys, after being weighed, having to fight their way, saddles in hand, through a dense mob to the paddock, and by the time a trainer has turned out his horses, it is al- most impossible for him to find a place to see the race from. As to horses, England is so numerically strong that we are far surpassed; but a child could see that there's something wrong — either the trainers have so many under their indi- vidual care that they don't know what they have got, or the right horses must often escape nomination. I think the for- mer is the real reason, or we should never see such wretched fields brought together for classic races, and called represen- tative as the one which appeared in this year's Leger. Take Ossianaway, and I believe that any real judge could pick out a field of three-year-olds from the training stables and race-cours- es that could not only beat the remainder, but make a show of them. Highland Chief, Elzevir and Royal Angur, the three favorites, were not even the cut of Leger horses, and were lame, yet these are supposed to be the pick of thousands. Surely, England could find something better than three crip- Eles for Leger favorites. As to jockeys, England beats us, as eavier weights are the rule, consequently men ride instead boys, and men who are in the saddle nearly every day dur- ing the season; but the weak point of the English 'jockey is a "gallery finish." I have seen more than one race" thrown away by England's best horseman, by waiting for the finish and then getting pipped by a speedy brute that he could have run down if he had kept going all the road. But there is nothing to complain of as to horsemen; they keep their whip, and spurs quite useless unless they are really wanted, a les- son impossible to teach the colonial boy. As to the trainers they are duffers in one way, not in another— they are duffers at getting their horses fit, but clever at bamboozling owners and getting four times the number of horses it is possible for them to train. The question arises whether it is worth their while to bother about training. I should say decidedly not. A well trainer has, say, sixty horses under his charge —some far more. He gets £2 10s. a head a week, and at the present rate of labor, &c, he ought to clear £1 per head per week, or halve it and say 10s.; then it is quite good enough, without bothering much about training, though I should say the profit is nearer £1 than 10s. Again, the trainers are in a groove. Many get horses because the owners ancestors were accustomed to send horses there, and many trainers take their father's business; the thing is in a groove of old-established places, the same as grocers or butchers. In one great feature England is behind us. viz., the numerical strength of our fields. As I mentioned before, in the last five months five hundred odd races have been ran, not giving an average of four horses. To a lover of racing nothing is more exhilarat- ing than a large field, and it is, on a fine day, one of the most beautiful sights in the world; whilst, on the other hand, three or four runners on a wide course looks like three or four couples dancing in an immense ballroom — flat in the ex- treme. Twenty Years' Turf Eeminiscences. [New York Sportsman.J In Kentucky, twenty years ago, some of the principal thor- oughbred stallions were Lexington, by Boston; Revenue, by imp. Trustee; three sons of imp. Glencoe, Vandal, Star Davis, and Hornpipe; Austerlitz, by imp. Yorkshire; imp. Mickey Free, by Irish Birdcatcher; Colossus, by imp, Sov- ereign; imp. Scythian, by Orlando; and Millington, after- wards imp. Australian, by West Australian. In other parts of the South and Southwest were Daniel Boone, Knight of St. George, Lightning, etc. New York and New Jersey had imp. Balrownie, by Annandale; imp. Eclipse, by Orlando; Slasher, by Childe Harold; Prophet, by imp. Monarch; Aval- anche, by Revenue; Lapidist, by Touchstone; Trovatore, by imp. Monarch; Frank Cheatham, by imp. Albion; imp. Con- sternation and imp. Young Sweetmeat, by Sweetmeat. Colton, by Lexington, was located near Philadelphia, John C. Brecken- ridge, by Lexington, and imp. Bonnie Scotland, by Iago,were in Ohio, France, by imp. Glencoe, was in Illinois, and Jack Malone, by Lexington, was in Missouri. The above is not a complete list, however, by any means. That winter in the spring of 1864, there was quite a little betting in Kentucky on the Paterson Derby, for which thirty-two colts and fillies were entered. At Dr. Underwood's headquarters, at Lexing- ton, a book had been opened on the race, and Mr. Clay's colts Areola and Kentucky, both by Lexington, were the fa- vorit i at 8 to 1 each, and 10 to 1 was laid against R. A. Alex- and " which included Asteroid, Norfolk, Nannie But- ler ■ - 12 to 1 against Loadstone, by Lexington, 15 fcp 1 Tdlewild, and larger odds against the others. the Laclede meeting of 1S64 at St. Louie, :. ^ree-year-olds showed such 3 jumped to the front rank of fa- vorit - Laclede races began the middle o* ] ~«es lent their presence to the the great Mississippi. Extra : 3t day a dash of a mile was won 110 lbs., beating Mammona, 6 3 Zag,4yrs.,by Ruric, 110 lbs., and ±j. die, 1171bs. Time, 1:47. The Great Posi.^ ur-mi] worth $4,750 to the winner, was won b> L Rhynodyne, 5 yrs., by Wagner, 120 lbs., ridden bj ibe, beat ing R. A. Alexander's Bayflower, 5 yrs., by Lexingi^, lbs., ridden by a stable-boy, and Dennis Reedy's Thunder, 5 yrs., by Lexington, 120 lbs., ridden by Gilpatrick. Time, 7:46— 7:46i. Pools: Bayflower $600, Rhynodyne $300, Thunder "$280. Won easily. Thunder was taken with cramps and withdrawn after the first heat. On" the second Day J. M. Clay's Skedaddle, 4 yrs., by Yorkshire, 110 lbs., won a mile-heat race from Monsoon, by Sovereign, and five others. Monsoon won the first heat. Time, 1:48} — 1:48 J — 1:49}. The second event was a sweep- stakes for three-year-olds, weights 96 lbs. each. Six horses started. R. A. Alexander's Norfolk, by Lexington; Zeb. Ward's Tipperary, by Ringgold; and four others, all of whom were distanced in the first heat. Norfolk won in two straight heats, in 1:464- an( l 1^7, and was sold after the race for $15,- 000, to Charles Winters of California, for Theodore Winters. George Rice took charge of him. and ran him at Paterson be- fore he was sent to California. On the third day at St. Louis, Mammona, 6 yrs., beat Vig- nette, 5 yrs., by Vandal, and Matt Davis, aged, by Star Davis, in a mile-heat race, 100 lbs., each. Time, 150 — 1:46|. On the same day John Harper's Bowen, 5 yrs., by Vandal, 120 lbs., ran two-mile heats, 3:49—3:46, beating J. C. Kelly's Legal Tender, 5 yrs. by Sovereign, 120 lbs., and Morton & Simm's Capt. Allen, 6 yrs., by imp. Sovereign, 120 lbs. The fourth day's races were a dash of two miles, won by Bowen, 5 years, 120 lbs., from Ulverston, 4 years, by Lexing- ton, and the Ringgold filly, 4 years. Time 3:383. Also a Post Stake r mile heats, three in five, worth $4,750, which Skedaddle won in five heats, Sue Lewis, 4 years, by Lex- ington, 107 lbs, getting the first two heats in l:46f — 1:45}, Skedaddle then puiting in her work in 1:47 — 1:5U — 1:47}. The fifth day Abu Beker, 5 years, 110 lbs., won a mile heat race in 1:49.} — 1:46 — 1:50, the first heat being a dead heat with Sympathy, 5 years, 117 lbs., three others also starting, and R. A. Alexander's Asteroid, by Lexington, beat Tipperary and Scotland, by Bonnie Scotland, mile heats, 96 lbs. each, in 1:47J — 1:46}, causing many persons to think that Mr. Alexander had sold Norfolk only to reserve for himself a bet- ter colt. The sixth day of this great meeting saw Bowen, 5 years, 120 lbs., win a mile heat race, three in five, from the Ringgold filly, 4 years, 107 lbs.; Zig-Zag, 4 years, 110 lbs., and Laclede, 4 years, by Lexington, 110 lbs. The filly won the first heat in 1 :50}, and Bowen the last three in 1 :45 — 1 :49J — 1 :49f . After the race the winner's name was changed to J. C. Kelly. On the same day also was ran a three-mile heat race between Ryhnodyne, Bayflower, and Thunder. Pools sold, Rhynodyne $1,000, Bayflower $550, Thunder $435, and at these rates Dr. Underwood sold over $60,000 worth of pools on the race. As on the first day, Rhynodyne won the first heat from Bayflower by four lengths in 5:41 3 , and Thunder, pulling up lame, was withdrawn. Rhynodyne also won the second heat and race in 5:43.1. The last day three races were run. J. C. Kelly (late Bowen), 5 years, 120 lbs., beat Mammona, 6 years, 112 lbs.; Vignette, 6 years, 107 lbs.; and Legal Tender, 5 years, 112 lbs., a handicap race of two miles and a half in $4:42.1. Surprise, 4 years, by Bonnie Scotland, 110 lbs., won a mile-heat race from two others in 1:49|— 1:53|; and Red Oak, aged, by Second Altorf, 110 lbs., beat Anna Travers, 4 years, by imp. Yorkshire, 100 lbs., a dash of four miles, handicap weights, in 7;45. This ended a most successful inaugural meeting. The features of the Laclede meeting, were the debut of those good colts Norfolk and Asteroid, and the victories of John Harper's Rhynodyne over Bayflower and Thnnder. The Canadian crack, however, was manifestly out of fix, and all Gilpatrick's riding could not get him to the front. On the 31st of May, at Lexington, Ky., a five-day meeting was begun. The principal winners were Grant, 3 years, by Lexington, who won a sweepstakes for three-year-olds; Don- erail, 3 years, by Lexington, a two-mile heat race from Zara, 4 years, by imp. Yorkshire, and Sue Lewis, 4 years, by Lex- ington. Time, 3:42—3:42. Georgie Wood, 3 years, by Knight of St. George; Easter, 3 years, by Endorser, and Ske- daddle, 4 years, by Yorkshire, were also winners during the meeting, the latter scoring a race at three-mile heats. Meanwhile, at Paterson the stables of thoroughbreds had been accumulating for some weeks, uutil by the 7th of June, when the Spring meeting of the Passaic Association began, a notable array of race-horses was on hand and the public ex- pectation was very great, especially as regards the anticipated struggle for the first Kentucky Derby, on which the betting had been heavy all over the country. It was the first great sectional race for three -year- olds in these parts for some years, and the East, with Kentucky and Areola, was again to be pitted against the West, Norfolk, Asteroid, Tipperary, etc., being the Kentucky champions, all of these horses except the last-named being sons of the renowned Lexington. As the eventful day drew nigh, rumors regarding the horses were in every mouth. Norfolk had arrived from St. Louis at the course, but it was said that he was off, and Mr. Hunter's colt, Kentucky, was still the ruling favorite for the race, having shown great speed in his work. Asteroid and Areola were mentioned as absentees, and it was thought that Kentucky would score an easy victory. Tuesday, the day of the race, broke clear and pleasant, and an immense gathering assem- bled at Paterson, the capacity of the Erie Railroad being severly tested. Mbny went by road, and probably 12,000 persons were at the course, including representative turfmen from all parts of the country. The track was not in good condition, owing to recent rains, and though not muddy was deep and slow, precluding any idea of fast time. The open- ing race was mile heats, and four horses started, J. S. Wat- son's Captain Moore, 4 years, by Balrownie, 104 lbs.; W. H. Renfro's Mammona, 6 years, by Sovereign, 117 lbs.; P. C. Bush's Ben Bruce, 4 years, by Lexington, 104 lbs.; and John Smith's W. R. Davis, 5 years, by Star Davis, 114 lbs. Captain Moore was favorite over the field, and Hafferty brought him in an easy winner in each heat. Time, 1 :50f — 1:53}, Mammona was second. After this race the Derby candidates were brought out and the excitement ran high. In the reports concerning the con- dition of Norfolk, alluded to above, Jas. L. Eoff had been the most prominent circulator, and went so far as to persuade certain persons thathe had the management of Norfolk, would not start him, etc. After, however, he had succeeded it get- ting a big bet of $6,000 to $2,000 against Norfolk from the late John Morissey, he threw off all disguise, and, as the colt was found to be all right, he at once became a hot favorite, selling in Dr. Underwood's pools prior to the race, for $1,150, Tipperary, $600, Kentucky, $400, Morris' pair, $250, and the field $230. Twenty starters were saddled, P. C. Push's Lur- line, by Knight of St. George, 97 lbs.; Bowie & Hall's Velvet, by the same sire, 97 lbs.; Dr. Weldon's Charlotte F., by Scythian, 97 lbs.; Capt. Moore's Brother to Jack Malone, by Lexington, 100 lbs.; James S. Watson's Patti, by imported ipRe, and Relief, by Riggold, each 97 lbs.; Frank Morris' 3, by imported Eclipse, same weight; John Hunter's Lexington, 100 lbs.; Mr. Ackerman's Eagle, by ^b Ward's Tipperary, by Ringgold, 100 Jer's Norfolk, by Lexington, 100 lbs. • T . Lewis, and looked full of life Hud fire as be - 1 Norfolk was a bay colt, stai ^ a peculiar blaze. Of good 1< ^upearance, and his poweiiu - noticeable when extended. ., '* lc >, and while fully as much a ; - dently not in as forward cc Ansel had expended all of his ling ability with good results, as anyone could *- Tipperary, a bigger horse than either, u . looked rather too finely drawn, almost, but hie yet fully developed, was responsible for much of tn.. . sion, as the colt ran well in the race. Abe was his p. Eagle, a big, slashing chestnut, looked the picture of a racer, and Pincus had him in prime order. Mr. Sherrod soon had the lot in hand at the half-mile pole, and after very little de- lay they were sent off to a straggling start, Norfolk moving off much the quickest of any, so that in the first quarter of a mile he was several lengths away, and going like a scared deer. Kentucky was next, Velvet third, the others in a bunch, with Tipperary in a pocket, and by the time the stand was reached Norfolk was at least eight lengths in front, and getting away at every jump. On the turn Abe pulled Tipper- ary to the outside, and passing the leaders like a shot, in- cluding Kentucky, on the backstretch, he went on after Nor- folk, who was by this time a dozen lengths away. The rest of the race was a procession, and as "Tip" could not close the gap any. Norfolk was eased, and the last half of the race was slow, Norfolk winning by ten lengths, Tipperary half a dozen lengths from Eagle, who beat Kentucky a head in the last few strides. Time — 2:46}; first mile in 1:47. The Ken- tucky party came in for many congratulations on the race- which was worth $2,600 to the winner. The conspirators, J. L. Eoff and Charles Marsh, were, however, the objects of much censure, and the following day the association took cognizance of the matter by formally ruling off Eoff, censur- ing Marsh, and restraining the horse Norfolk from starting at PateTson until further notice. After the Derby a two-mile heat race was run with two contestants — Forbes & Jerome's Fleetwing, 4 years, by Balrownie, 104 lbs., and J. S. Watson's Aldebaran, 4 years, by Commodore, 104 lbs. The latter was a hot favorite at S100 to $20, but under Abe's good riding, Fleetwing won the first heathy a length in 3:46£, and the second by the same distance in 3:45}, fairly bowling over the long odds, to the great consternation of the plungers. Out of Rhoda, by Glencoe, Fleetwing was a fine-looking chestnut, but a sluggish, lazy goer, and needed constant rousing with the whip. He afterwards won again at this meeting, and many races afterwards, as we shall see later on. The second day at Paterson was rather light as regards the quality of the card, and the crowd was, therefore, not as and Pil grim, without record, but with as much speed as any of them. They present a public record, taken altogether that no other like number of horses belonging to one man can begin to equal. Eight of them have an average record of 2 "18 *" Johnson, Mr. Woodmansee says, will, in all probability, be barred out of the free-for-all class next season, on account of his easy victories in race this year, and the wonderful speed (2-10) he developed when he cut loose at Chicago to beat Lit- tle Brown Jug's record of 2:11^. It will be just as well, how- ever, for he then will get specials, and bring his owner quite a revenue, as none of the important trotting associations can get along without him. Little Brown Jug has been sent to New York, and is uow being treated by Robert Bonner for lameness in the right fore foot and ankles which incapacitated him from appearing on the turf last season. Mr. Bonner writes that Jug is getting along nicely, showing no signs of lameness now, and Mr. Bonner is of the opinion that he will have him a sound horse by spring. Owing to his great ex- perience and close study, Mr. Bonner is capable of expressing such an opinion. Little Brown Jug has the fastest three heats to his credit— 2:11;, 2:11| and 2:124, and with the exception of him, the stable is in excellent condition. It is now the intention to trot and pace these horses next season in their respective classes, on all the prominent tracks in the coun- try, and the probability is that they (in connection with other celebrities) will visit Minneapolis aud St. Paul. Great crowds will no doubt welcome themin both cities. A scheme is now talked of to establish annual stock sales at Midway park, the first to be held there sometime next spring. These sales will be conducted under the system adopted by the Kentucky breeders, and every animal sold will be guar- anteed as represented. During the conversation Mr. Wood- mansee was asked his impression as to which was the most prominent animal in Commodore Kittson's celebrated collec- tion. He responded with a show of enthusiasm. Peter Johnson, driver of the horse Johnston, says no horse everlived which can go as faston atrot or pace as the Commo- dore's latest acquisition. He has made quarters in 294 sec- onds, and I am satisfied that he could have made 2:09 in that 2:10 race. I never sat behind a horse which moved so pleas- antly or with such remarkable speed. John Splau, tiickok and Doble timed Johnston at the 2:10 race, and they all claim that his time was 2:09i. In that race, Johnston appeared to be going as if going at a slow gait. Being a young horse, only six years old, without hard work and sound in every way, he ought, next season, to pace two or three seconds faster, and if the record is broken in 1SS4, it will be by John- ston. John Splan reports that he has the greatest confidence in Johnston, based upon his experience as the driver of Rarus, and fully sustains Mr. Johnson's estimate of him. In reply to a question touching the favorite's appearance and family history, Mr. Woodmansee stated that he was a bright mahogany gelding fifteen and a half hands high; weighs, when in condition for speed, about 900 lbs., and is very stylish when in harness. He has a noble caniage which will attract attention anywhere. His breeding is as follows: Sire, Bashaw's Golddust by Green's Bashaw, dam by Ned Forrest, second dam by Steele's Kentucky Hunter — showing thoroughbreds on both sides of the house and an unspotted record. There are about eighty horses in the Midway stalls, includ- ing Blackwood, Jr., with a record of 2:22; Lady Rolfe, 2:22,}; Lady Groesbeck, 2:25; Sammie G., 2:26A; Astoria, a full sis- ter of Dexter, and a near relative of Jay -Eye-See, Phallas and Dictator — kept as a breading mare. The home stable, it will be seen, contains numerous animals of considerable note, but the more celebrated in Commodore Kittson's extensive collection of quick steppers and thoroughbreds are enjoying their vacation away from home. A Reminiscnce of Dan Mace. Notwithstanding the outcry often raised by the followers of the turf, who recklessly drop their money, and the sage ideas of the turf cynic or censor, who thinks every race is a matter of bargain and sale. I believe the drivers are as scarce as black foxes that will deceive an owner by disobeying his or- der to win. I have frequently heard persons, who are not intimately acquainted with Dan Mace, admit he is the Napo- leon of the turf, but say: "You can't tell which way he is going." Dan enjoys giving color to their surmises by shrug- ging his shoulders, nodding and winking, as if to say: "You're right;" but in his serious moments, surrounded by friends who know him best, he talks differently. Not long ago he earnestly and abruptly said to me: "If you outlive me, which is very likely, say that I always lived up to my agreements, and I never pulled a horse on an owner or wronged a friend in my life." This I firmly believe, and can tell an interesting story in point. In the palmy days of the Tweed ring Mr. H. W. Genet, then dubbed "Prince Hal," matched his team of mares, a black and a bay, against Jim Irving'spair of trotters for $1000 a side. The race came off at the Fashion Track; Mace drove the mares and the late Sam McLaughlin was up behind the latter pair, with instruction to win at all hazards, but he could not reach Dan, who won the first heat easily, and, as there was considerable betting on it, Mace was offered $1,000 to let Irving's team win, which he refused. There was a rough gang in attendance, who were ready to do almost anything; and Joe Coburn, hearing that the plan was to dis- able Mace so that he could not drive, came to him, saying i "Dan, I'll loose considerable money if Irving's team gets beat, but I wouldn't do to you as some of the gang want me for any money, so be on your guard." Shortly afterward a tough customer called Figgy and his pals approached. The ring- leader tried to decoy Dan among them, but he resolutely re- plied: "Keep your distance, for if one of you attempts to lap a hand on me I'll drop him." He was not molested, but won the race with a brace of pistols in his pockets, and Jim Irving took McLaughlin's place after the first heat. The late Prince Batthyany was by no means a brillian horseman, but he was very fond of riding his own horses. On one occasion he was riding in a steeple chase, and was having matters pretty well his own way. The rider of the horse that was running second to him found that he could not beat him, but in a moment of inspiration an idea oc- curred to him. The Prince showed a deal of daylight be- tween himself and the saddle, and there was a tightness about his breeches that seemed irresistible to a man fond of a joke. As he was about to jump the last fence, and when he was well in the air, the rider of the second horse brought down his whip with cutting force on the tightest part of the Count's person. With a "O-oo-o" he dropped into the saddle, aud let go his horse's head. The second at once shot to the front, and won the race. ♦ Much interest is felt in England regarding the future ca- reer at the stud of the two great five-year-old stallions, Bar- caldine and Foxhall. Lady Stamford's famous unbeaten son of Solon and Ballyroe will be located at Park Paddocks, Newmarket, his standing fee being 50 guineas, $250. Fox- hall's future home, for some time at least, Leybowrne Grange, in Kent, has become famous as the birthplace of Blue Gown, Rosicruciau, aud others of the late Sir Joseph Hawley's cracks. Fifty years ago "Nimrod." an English sporting writer, prom- ulgated the then audacious prophecy, '-that England in fu- ture years would come to this country for a replenishment of its racing blood.'' That its fulfillment is by no means un- likely the cases of Umpire, Preukuess, Wallensteiu, Foxhall, etc., show. _ Fred Harmon arrived from the North by steamer on Thurs- day evening. He will go into training at once at the Bay Dis- trict track, with Mclntyre and McMillan us nitutors. If ap- pearances go for anything Harmon's reported illness was o myth, for ho never looked in better health. He has as yet made no sign, but it is presumed that his business here is to accept Kittleman's challenge. Joe. Jewell, who once owned Flora Tempi. proprietor of the old Hunting Park Course, Phil wti^bs 300 pounds. Thz %xzz&tt mitt J^wtsmsm. Jan 5 General Topics. With the close of the season also ends the California "sea- sons, " and now that December has given place to January the record can be made up. Not this week, however, as "New Year" has its festivities, and some tribulations, too, to be attended to, and therefore, before the list is made public, there will have to be a close search of the tiles and retrospec- tion, and a general burnishing of memory,somewhatrusted by recurrence of many seasons. There have been strange over- sights in the table published in the Turf Field and Farm,anc\ this side of the American world does not figure as it should in the table. But then it is an onerous task tocompile a table of all that is going on on the turf and track of so wide a coun- try, and a lapse which seems to be an indication of ignorance or prejudice may arise from the attempt to crowd the work of a month into a few days. The men who do the work re- ceive, at the best, a poor recompense, and a column or two of names, dates and figures, that occupy small space in type, represent labor that is never appreciated.. There is one man who deserves tiie warmest thanks of the turfmen of the country beyond all others, that being H. G. Crickmore. For years he has wrought with untiring energy and zeal, an uphill tight from the start, and at first with so steep a grade before him, that the task to any but an enthu- siast would have been given up with his first volume. He must have continually had before him the old Scotch pro- verb "a stout heart for a steep brae," and also been cogni- zant that the brae had grown into a veritable Ben Lomond, which required not only a stout heart to surmount, but en- durance which made light of any number of heats as long as the Beacou Course. "Erik's Guide" to the turf has been of so great service to breeders and all who have more than a slight fancy for the "royal sport," that to be without it is not to be thought of. Very capably have the Messrs. Goodwin supplemented it with their calendar, but for all that Krik had the battle to fight alone for many years, and should there be a chance for remuneration, now there cannot be a question that he should be the recipient. The following is his latest announcement, and we sincerely trust that the response will be as hearty as his works merit. That can scarcely be, however, though a general reply will be an instalment on the debt. Krik's Guide to the Turf, 1883 for use in 1884. To Racing Associations, Owners, Breeders, and others inter- ested in the Turf of the United States and Canada: The undersigned has published the above named Racing Guide since the spring of 1S7S, and in no year has he recov- ered his expenses. The total cost for 1883, including parts "one" and "two," and eight monthly and semi-monthly edi- tions, was a trifle over $4,600' which does not include one dollar of his personal labor. This amount could not have been paid but for the liberality of the American Jockey Club, the Coney Island Jockey Club, and the Monmouth Park Association, each of which contributed $200 in addition to their regular subscription of $100. The prospect for 1SS4 is that the expense will be largely in- creased both by the number of races run, and the additional cost of printing caused by the advance in the price of labor. Consequently, the "Guide" cannot be published at the prices heretofore charged, and subscriptions are solicited at the fol- lowing terms: For Part I., Part II., and all editions during the racing season from June 1st to October 1st (Parts I., and II., bound in Russia leather, as in previous 3'ears.) $15.00 For Parts I. or II., bound in cloth, separately 4.00 The two volumes -. 7.00 Record of races only, flexible covers 2.00 Part I. will contain a record of all races run in the United States and Canada, and by American-bred horses abroad in 18S3, with index and the stallion and other tables which have been regular features of the book. Part II. will contain the entries for all the stakes to be run in the United States in 18S4 and in 1SS5, which will have closed up to and including April 1st, with index; also the usual winning tables and other information which has made the book so valuable. The monthly or semi-monthly parts issued during the sea- son will contain all the races run to within two days of the date of publication. Owners who wish the special editions sent wherever their racing stables may at the time be located, will please notify the undersigned. Intending subscribers are requested to fill in and return the accompanying blank form, giving name in full, with Post-office address; also enclosing any information calcu- lated to assist the compiler in presenting the usual features- with completeness and accuracy, such as racing colors, train- ers and names (with lowest riding weight of iockevs eneaeed for 1884). B Subscriptions become, due on the receipt of Part I. The "Record of Races," with index, will be issued about the end of January, and Part I, about the middle of February. H. G. Crickmore, With the New York- World. 32 Park Row, Xew York, December 19, 1883. While "Krik" has collected and put into admirable shape the doings of the high-bred colts and fillies of American birth, Colonel S. D. Bruce has.at the expense of thirty years of ard- uous work, put their genealogy into a shape as to render it "Comeatable." Without his stud- books, the breeding of thoroughbreds in this country would lapse into confusion. Pedigree is the foundation of the immense structure that has cost so many dollars to rear, and if the result of Col. Bruce's work was destroyed there would be a tumble from sills to dome. It took him twenty years to get a satisfactory commen- cement, and only those who were intimately acquainted with the work done can properly appreciate the magnitude of the job- After the work was thought to be well under way fuller (•sformation would make obligatory an entire over-hauling o f I o manuscripts, and later intelligence regarding some of the old-time celebrites entail corrections in the pedigrees of all their decendants. It is not surprising that the scribe s who are sportingly in clined in the East should make enthusiastic prophecies in relation to the prospects for the racing in that country the ensuing season. The large increase in horses in training in- ]8S3 over those of the preceeding year, is a token that a still larger number will sport silk in 18S4. There will be, un- questionably, a larger contingent from this side of the conti- nent, as we learn that it is the intention to send some of the members of each of our largest strings after the spring racing here is decided. Not to send them before the contests at home come off, is a good idea, as defeat here is not only cheaper, but less exasperating to the feelings than to be "downed" away from home. A public run is worth a dozen private trials in determining the value of a colt, and there will be plenty of opportunity for this at the April meeting of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association. That there should be such a hearty appreciation of Califor- nia enterprise as is evidenced in the following, is peculiarly gratifying: The Lexington correspondent of the Louisville Courier- Journal writes as followsrespectingthe racing season of 1884: From the number of young things now in the hands of the trainers the outlook at present indicates a racing carnival of unusual brilliancy throughout the entire West next spring. In this region especially, there will be a very large number of horses trained, and several gentlemen, whose names have not heretofore appeared among the entry lists in the Ohio Valley, will make their debut. Prominent among the number will be the California millionaire Mr. J. B. Haggin, who was such a liberal buyer at the recent sale of thoroughbreds belonging to the estate of the late John Reber, at Lancaster, Ohio. His string now at the race-course here will be reinforced by addi- tions from his California stable, among them being a number that have won laurels upon the Pacific Coast during the past season. His stable here at present consists of Nellie Peyton, Bessie Peyton, the Kyrle Daly and Cordelia colt, purchased of Mr. Grinstead, a two-year-old filly by Mortemer, and the $5,000 colt Tyrant, by Great Tom. Mr. Haggin is a forty- niner and a native of Woodford eoun,_- •_ ifrucky. His en- terprise in crossing over the mountai us on our own ground is a bold move, and deser ' *he head of his stud in California will be p horse Kyrle Daly. The figure he sold fc ceptions, is the largest price ever paid for hammer in this country. The rising you duced into Kentucky by Wood Stringfield a son at Ashland. The performance of his get dnrii season has brought him into great prominence, ana b3 he reach California safely be is destined to create a great, furor among the breeders in the Golden State, as he is, with- out doubt, one of the grandest specimens of the thoroughbred now upon the continent of America. Our gratification was not confined to being pleased with merited eulogies on California enterprise and kindred mat- ters, as there was another source of pleasure in a New Tear's present of the grandest corncob pipe we ever saw. Bowl and stem are made of the same stick whieb the Irishman wanted more "banes" stuck on, and we have no hesitationin pronounc- ing it the best smoking apparatus "caught on" to in Califor- nia. It came from a valley in Mendocino county where the ears of maize grow long and stout, and was as deftly fash- ioned as Old Hickory could have carved it out of his favorite material. Accompanying it was a note in which it was stated "that knowing there would be regrets over the circumstances that compelled us to part with Anteeo.the soothing influence of the glorious weed, cremated in accordance with old-time practices, would come into play and make some amends." General Jackson found it so among the cankering tribulations of the White House, the cob-pipe and the cloud of incense calming the perturbed spirit, transporting him to Old Ten- nessee among the race-horses he so dearly loved, h,. Truxtdn, Pacolet.the broodmares and foals, were more con- genial company than the sycophants who offered homage that brought disgust to the old hero, and the scandals and tea-table talk of the ladies of the court were Btill more exas- perative. Company that could talk horse intelligibly was a boon that gave the best Virginian a better flavor, and a country gentleman who was ignorant of the mysteries of breeding and the performances of the highmettled racers of his section was no favorite with him. His keen Secretary of State, Mar- tin Van Buren, fell greatly in his estimation when he admit- ted a lack of knowledge of what a race-horse could do. The general was dilating on the horses at the Hermitage, extolling Truxton as possessing a world of speed. "What do you think, sir?" he said, addressing Mr. Van Buren, "Truxton in his heavy training shoes, and on a very deep track, with all of his weight up, ran a mile iu one minute and fifty seconds.'' "Was that fast?" responded the "Sage of Liudenworld." "Fast, sir!" Jackson roared, completing the sentence with a look which was fully as expressive as the vigorous language he was in the habit of using. There i6 little doubt that Col. William R. Johnson over- reached him in the sale of Pacolet, or rather the "Napoleon of the Turf" felt assured that this horse would be good enough to beat anything outside of Virginia, and sent him in place of Reality, the mare General Jackson sent an agent across the monntains to buy. The main object was to get a horse that could beat Hayuie's Maria, and as Reality was uniformly vic- torious over the races of the "Old Dominion" and the "Eastern Shore," it was thought she would have no trouble in disposing of the terror of the courses of the West and South. The task was too great, however, for Pacolot and General Jackson lost so much money on it as to Beriously embarrass him for several years. He was greatlv incensed at Colonel Johnson, when he learned that he had bought Real- ity for himself, and it was as well that the Virginia turfman kept out of his way thereafter. BA SE BA LL. The Denny Nine Defeat the Haverlys. The diamond at the Recreation Grounds, was, last Sunday the scene of a contest between the Haverlys's and a picked nine called in honor of Jerry Denny, the change catcher of the Providence club next season, the Denny nine. The at- tendance was small, the unfavorable weather keeping many at home who would have gone out to the Mission had the day been more suitable for the ball tossers. The field, al- though soft in places, presented a lovely appearance in a dress of fresh green, and the emerald hills rearing theirpeaks to the southward stood out boldly in the clear atmosphere. The game was opened by the Haverlys going to the bat, and going out without a play worthy of note. Sweeney then led off for the Dennys and went out to Gagus. De Panger followed, sending the sphere to the left field and going to sec- ond base on the hit. Denny sent the ball to Meegan, but the latter was wild in his play and the ball passed over McCord the first baseman's head. De Panger got home on the throw, and Denny secured third base and afterwards tallied on a wild pitch by Gagus, Bigelow andPiercy made heoric efforts to hit the ball but Gagus, who was in the pitchers box, owing to Meegan, having injured one of his hands, was found too swift and they retired on strikes. From this stage of the game to,latter part of the fifth inning no runs were made by either side. There was a general ex- pectation that the Dennys would make their fifth interesting for their opponents, but only two of their number succeeded in meeting the ball with his bat. The first of these, Swanton sent the ball high in the air and Meegan at second took it in good style. Arnold then followed with a grounder which rolled close to but inside of the unguarded third base, which allowed him to reach second base before the ball could be fielded. Arnold gained third and awaited an opportunity to get in. Creegan struck out and Arnold left his base, and get- ting closed in upon by Fogarty and McDonald was in a fair way of having to end his race, when McDonald in the excite- ment let the ball pass through his hands and Mooney tallied another to the score of the Denny side. Swanton, in the beginning of the sixth, caught out Sheri- dan in good style, and Sweeney retired the next batter, Gagus in a like manner. No runs were made in the sixth inning by either club. Piercy, the noted third baseman, be- ing the next to distinguish himself in this regard, which he did in the last half of the seventh inning. He made a heavy hit to right field and secured his second on it, and waiting his time gained third on a passed ball of McDonald. Swanton, bo seemed to have gotten an insight into the delivery of *hat warranted him in batting the latter all over the field, dr^ the sphere to left field and sent in Piercy, him- J before he could be checked. Swanton -• on a passed ball, and Creegan gave -ending the ball to center field. «v, who hit a lively one " '"irew it quickly to third, '-Her retired leaving th& - The Haverlys ^ v order by Sweeney, not one of th ting the* ball. De Panger It ' any side sending the ball to right field, an.. only three base hit made during the gan-e on a passed ball. The Haverlys' ninth chance at the bat saw them unsuccessful in their attempts to make a run as in the t .. vious eight innings. Piercy made a neat stop of a ball from the bat of Sheridan, and on Gagus hitting in the same direc- tion he was thrown out at first by Piercy, the latter making a good stop of a difficult ball. The game resulted in the Denny nine whitewashing the Haverlys by a score of 6 to 0. The score: DESNT NINE. Tli F. BH PO A Sweeney, p 4 3 16 De Panger, 1st b... 4 2 2 7 Denny, c i 1 1 13 1 Piercv, 3d b 4 1 1 2 2 Bigelow, 2db 4 2 Swanton, r. f 3 1 2 2 Arnold, s. s 3 1 Creegan, c. f 3 1 Mooney, If 3 1 Totals 32 Innings Fogarty, 3d b 4 Hanley, a. f 3 Meegan, 2d b 3 McCord. 1st b 3 Donahue, s. s 3 Levy.c. f 3 McDonald, c 3 Sheridan, If 3 Gagus, p 3 3 11 6 U 2 10 1 14 21 2 Totals 28 24 24 2 123456789 20001021 0-6 0—0 Denny Haverly . Struck out— Haverly 14, Denny 13. First base on errors— Haverly 1, Denny 1. Left on bases— Haverly 1, Denny 4. Wild pitches— Gagus 2. Passed balls -McDonald 4, Denny 1. Three-base hit-De Panger. Two- base hits— De Panger 1, Piercy 1, Swanton 2. Time of game— two hours. Umpire— Ed. Taylor. Scorer— M. Fisher. The second game of the series, that between the Occidental and Denny nines is expected to be one of the closest that has been played at the grounds for some time. Cattle in Montana. A correspondent, writing from Montana to St. Paul Pioneer Press, observes that the shipment of cattle west is a strange development of the recent times. This year Eastern Mon- tana has sent to market about 24,000 beeves, and has re- ceived 34,000 head of Eastern cattle— an excessof 10,000 head of import over export. The Eastern cattle bought for Western shipment were pur- chased in Ohio. Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. They are generally young, one and two-year-olds, or cows bought for dairy or breeding purposes. How this experiment of shipping Eastern cattle west to winter will come out I am not prepared to say, but I think it will succeed if good care is taken of them the first winter. Cattle become acclimated iu a year or two. and then there is little or no danger of their dying, no matter how severe the winters are. A Montana calf, born and reared on the soil, cannot be killed by severe weather any more than a buffalo calf. I have noticed that the hair of cattle born in this Northern climate is longer and the hide thicker than that of Eastern cattle, so I suppose nature accommodates itself to the lati- tude in which it has to exist. Our stockmen, too, are becom- ing more careful of their herds than they used to be. They now cut and put up a good deal of hay for their cattle, a thing they never did until lately. A mowing machine and a little labor has been found to be a cheap insurance on a herd. The great number of cattle shipped and driven into Montana from other points during the past year marks it as the future grazing ground of the northwest. The Throat.— "Brown's Bronchial Troches" act directly on the organs of the voice. They have an extraordinary effect in all disorders of the throat. 1884 fltc \vce&cv mtd j^ptrrisrwatt. HERD AND SWINE. The Feed and the Breed. [Breeders' Gazette]. You have a sensible article on page 663 on "Increasing the Profits of Dairying," in which you lay particular stress on the improvement of dairy cows. Any close observer must see that lack of improvement is the great weakness of the system. Only a few dairymen have anything more than a vague idea as to the value of any particular cow; and hence, if the bus- iness of dairying is unprofitable, or nearly so, they do not know what cow or cows are responsible for it. And all the while these men will complain bitterly of their hard lot, of the swindles practiced upon them and their inability to be- come forehanded under a pursuit which has so many discour- agements. And yet in some cases it would be difficult to hire men to practice the reasonable rules requisite to success in this calling. Before a man can weed out the unprofitable cows in his herd he must know which they are, and this cannot be ascertained without a test. There are various ways of mak- ing tests, but the best of all is to weigh every milking and record it. Then there is no guess work about it, no estimat- ing and no uncertainty. But as the average dairymen hates "trouble " or "bother," and as it is- too much to expect a radical reform at once, even if one hopes for a reform at all, it may be safer to advise weighing once a week, morning and evening, record it, and base an estimate upon that. When the feed, care and weather are regular, the estimate will come pretty near the truth. Trials of a week, continuously during each month, will also furnish some basis for an estimate, and anything in this line is a little better than nothing. At any rate the man who obstinately refuses to take any pains to post himself in such matters deserves no success and no pity. Then again, experience and observation both satisfy me that the improvement of dairy cows depends far more on the feed that any other cause. The care of dairy herds in most cases is singly absurd from a business point of view. Pas- turing is the great reliance, and any man who defends pas- turing as the best plan in a general sense, simply shows that his study of the subject and his reasoning powers are ex- tremely limited. Pasturing does not furnish a full and regu- lar supply of food and ne\er can. At times it is abundant and soon after it is barren. When abundaut, the herd wastes immense quantities, just as they would if some tons of hay were turivid "out in an open yard for them in winter at which \o nelp themselves. When it is trampled down and eaten off, a drouth often follows and keeps the field barren for weeks or months. The cows must go hungry in part, and the milk yield falls off, of course. Then you hear the dairymen whine instead of practicing common sense; whine and curse Provi- dence for not sending rain enough to supplement and encour- age his wastefulness and stupidity. He neglects the oppor- tunity that is then open to him to outsell his competitors by providing plenty of feed in stalls or by abandoning the whole system of pasturage. The flow of milk has run down, and it cannot be restored until after the next calf, excent at greater expense than it would have been to keep it up "in the first place. If a man will persist in pasturing, he can do a great deal to keep up the flow of milk by extra feed at the stable or of some green fodder in the field. There are many soiling crops re- commended, such as fodder corn, green rye, cowpeas, clover, etc., and they answer a tolerable purpose, no doubt. But after all, even if fed in the stalls, I think the maiu reliance through the whole year should be the best of hay and mill feed of some sort. Clover in its season has no superior, but the season for it is short. Some other grasses can be fed to suppliment it, but fodder corn is wishy-washy stuff, is heavy to handle, and if cured, can be used in winter to about as good advantage as in soiling, except to give cows a variety in their rations. Green rye before it is headed out will increase the flow of milk, but after it heads it fails at once. I know some will dispute this, but not many, I think, among those who have tested it by weighing the milk each day or twice a day. I have tested it this way, aud the result was a decrease every time after heading out. That was a warning to stop. There may be localities where green crops can be grown and fed to better advantage all summer than bran, corn-meal, oil-meal, etc., but I doubt if there are many when everything is considered The difference in the labor required is very great. The green fodder must be cut and brought in fresh from a field, more or less distant, and then, if corn, it must be cut and distributed. The loading, unloading and other manipulation is hard, burdensome work. But to prepare a ration of bran and meal, even if scalded, is greatly less — a woman even can attend to it for a few cows. If one has to be away during the middle of the day, a neighbor or a neighbor's boy can often be hired to attend to it at noon; but to ask him or your wife to cut and bring up some barrow loads of fodder corn or a wagon load, and feed it out, is quite a different thing. And after it is done faithfully and regularly the result is inferior. To oonduct dairying in this way a man need not invest any large amount in land and fences. He wants good build- ings, and to be as near to his market as possible. The man- ure from his stock will make his land very rich, and then he can grow all the green crops he needs and a great deal of hay per acre. He needs also but little hired help, and the man who can save in that respect has an immense advantage botn as to purse and wear and tear of temper and patience. To feed regularly and plentifully is the most important point of all. Every cow should do her best, and to do this she must be fed up to her capacity, and all the while. It is next to insanity to attempt to succeed by feeding less than the cow can dispose of properly. She is a machine for work- ingfodder into dairy products, and if not worked to her ca- pacity, then it is a constant waste of time and effort. The gain in feeding too little is a constant loss. Every cow in mik should be moderately fat; then she is comfortable and con- tented, and only under such circumstances can she be ex- pected to do her best. How does a hungry man feel? Per- haps few can tell in rural life, because not many have tried such hunger as live stock in mean hands must often endure. A man an hour or two behind his meals has a gnawing at the stomach that irritates, but it never last long enough, except with ihe very poor, to make him lose flesh and affect his strength. But fancy such a life for a moment. Constant, ohronic hunger, insufficient, and often the poorest grade of food, and this continued week after week and month after month, until there is little flesh or strength left! Thatis the fate of thousands of cows and horses — never quite enough, always hankering for more. It is almost unavoidable at times uuder the pasturing season when drouths are at their height, but there is little trouble about it in soiling. Drouths are never so extensive or disastrous as to make corn, meal or bran, or cotton seed meal particularly scarce. But if it does average higher in price dairy products do also. The soiling dairyman keeps his customers and gains some who can't be supplied by the man who adheres to pasturing. His work is not increased seriously by a drouth nor his profits interfered with. His well-manured land stands a drouth far betterthan pasture land. His cows are sleek and comfortable and do their best. There is little diminution in the How of milk until nature causes it in the regular way, by preparing for the next calf. His daily reoord of milk yields (twice daily) show instantly the effect of a change of food, of sickness, of sexual heat, of poor hay or good hay, or of an increase or decrease of the rations. And the man who feeds in this intelligent and sensible way will find that even among the common stock of the day are scores and hundreds of cows that will often equal or surpass the yield of the fancy breeds un- less the latter are fed in the same sensible way. He will find, too, that when there is occasion to sell a good cow it is worth considerable money to be able to Btate positively how much she gave during the year, or on any given day, instead of guessing at it and say- ing "about" so much. "About" ought not to answer in sell- ing a cow any more than it does as to a trotting horse. It is an actual record that should be demanded aud should be given, and some day it will be the rule. Some years ago I bought a farrow cow and tried good feed- ing upon her. She had no record and was of no particular breed, though she was in good order, and was giving some seven or eight quarts of milk a day. I began the record with the purchase, which was on February 2Sth, and continued it until she went dry on December 16th. In March (my first month) she gave 508 pounds 13 ounces of milk; in July, 664 pounds 11 ounces; in November, 290 pounds 2 ounces, and for the whole period of nine and a half months 4,772 pounds 15 ounces, and ISO pounds Si ounces cf butter. The average of milk per day was 17 9-10 pounds, or 8 1-10 quarts. This was only fair; but the next year she did better. In exactly a year, commencing on January loth, she gave 10,612 pounds 1 ounce of milk; and 9,916 pounds 15 ounces of this made 396 pounds 121 ounces of butter; the balance of the milk not made into butter being sold fresh. But she still gave milk at the end of that year, and continued to do it for a total period of 5S3 days, during which time she gave 14,574 pounds 1 ounce of milk and 547 pounds 9h ounces of butter. Then she went dry a short time, had another calf, and during another year gave 11,002 pounds of milk and 395 pounds 10 ounces of butter, without an hour of pasturage and not $5 worth of green food. The mill feed was carefully measured; the hay was not, but averaged about 20 pounds a day, and the total cost for a year was §102.20, while the cash sales of milk and butter for the same time were §137.47, with nearly all the skim milk left for pigs, fowls aud family use. Now, if any pastured cow will show a better record than that, I should like to hear of her. It was not an accident, by any means, as the record for the first ten months shows clearly enough. Her capacity was brought about by good feeding, and then good feeding kept up. As a finality, I may mention that after losing my housekeeper I sold the cow for $100, when but for her record she would not have brought more than $60, and the price I paid for her was $56. Best "Way of Butchering" Hogs. [Country Gentleman]. The annual butchering of the year's supply of meat for the farm household is quite a momentous event. It is com- monly counted to occupy only one day; but then it requires two days to prer^are for it and two days to undo these prepa- rations afterwards. Naturally, the American farmer is a large consumer of pork. Beef, mutton and poultry are often on his bill of fare, it is true; butbeeves, sheep or fowls are killed singly, and it is not their killing which makes butchering day. The year's pork is butchered, generally, in the latter part of November or in December. Very few days of the farmer's year are busier. Kettles, barrels, hogsheads, plat- forms, scaffolds, gammon sticks, hog hooks, knives, fire wood, sausage-grinder, lard cans, gun, etc., etc., are all made ready beforehand. The eventful day begins early. The fire is started under the kettles before daylight, and in the gray of dawn the crack of the rifle tells that the slaughter has begun. About the bustle and hurry and din of the day there is a charm, and at night there is fun unending for the boys and girls, cutting the lard, cooking the pudding meat (eating the daintiest morsels), and best of all, grinding and mixing, per- haps stuffing, the sausages. The hogs to be killed should not be fed the night before or in the morning of butchering. If you do, the intestines will be full, and when you attempt to remove the lard from them several catastrophes will likely happen. If you do not feed the hogs, so many accidents will not happen and they will not be so bad when they do occur. I have found nothing better to heat water in than large iron kettles suspended from a pole supported by forked stakes driven into the ground. Eeep a few rocks buried in the fire under the kettles. Drop- ping one occasionally into the scalding vat may be desirable. Do not stun the hogs by striking their heads with an ax, sledge hammer, maul, or mattock. It makes them die hard, and bruises the heads. Neither should you shoot them with a shot-gun. Above all, do not "stick" them and let them bleed to death. If you must eat blood pudding, kill the hog and bleed it after- ward. The proper way to take the hog's life is by means of a rifle. But if it is an old-fashioned one, and the morning is frosty, be careful that the triggers do not "creep." For sticking, a long, narrow bladed knife is best. Butcher knives are commonly too wide in the blade. A sharp- pointed, well-tempered table knife is better. Turn the hog on its back, start the knife on the central line of the jowhjust in front of the shoulders, and direct the point towards the lungs. The best pork is furnished by a spring pig kept growing and fat during the summer and fall on green food, and rapidly fattened on corn and water, with only enough other food to form a wholesome variety. This hog will weigh at butchering time from 250 to 300 pounds; and a hog of this weight can be cut into the best sized pieces, and its flesh is of a better quality than any other. The hog should not be fat- tened on slops; if it is, its flesh will not be of so good a qual- ity. Be certain that the hog is healthy. Disease may not be apparent and yet exist. The best plan to pursue to be cer- tain of killing a healthy hog, which alone can make whole- some pork, is to carefully feed the hog a good variety of food, give it pure, cold water, a place to wallow, and shelter from the weather. Killing none but perfectly healthy hogs is more important than is generally supposed. Unhealthy hogs make unwholesome meat, and eating unwholesome meat makeB unhealthy people. For the fireB under the kettles I have found nothing better than dry chips and pieces of old fence rails. These make a quick, hot fire, and few coals. Consequently, the tempera- ture of the water can be quickly raised or lowered. The platform for cleaning upon should be large enough to hold the hog easily, and yet not so large that the workmau standing on the ground at the side of it has to lean over and stretch his arms to work at the hog. If he is compelled to do this he must work at a great disadvantage. I generally use my two-horse sled. I stake it firmly to the ground and lay some boards upon it, which I pin to prevent slipping. Then I lean a large hogshead against the end of the sled, and drive a couple of stakes against it. and lay a couple of poles, rails or posts on it, to keep it in its place. In this hogshead we scald the hogs. It is as handy an arrangement as I have yet used, and I have used rope and pulleys. With this arrangement the hog must be drawn out of the hogshead onto the platform, aud drawn back and forth while scalding, by main force. To do this you will want a hog-hook. This is made by bendiug and sharpening one end of a rod of iron, and making a ferule to receive a wooden handle at the other end. The rod should be abont eighteen inches long and three-eights of an inch in diameter. The wooden handle should be at right angles with the rod, the fernle being around the centre of the handle. Then a man can take hold of each end of the handle. Insert the hook in the roof of the mouth, and you can handle the hog with ease while its hind parts are in the water. To handle it while the tore parts are being scalded put a gammon stick into the hind legs. The hook serves a good purpose whenever it is desired to move the hog, The water for scalding must not be too hot or it will "set" the hair so it will not come out, and you will have to shave it off. The result will be the same if you leave the hog too long in the water. The water must, however, be hot enough to loosen the hair. Dip only a small part of the hog at first and note the effects. This is the only sure way of determining whether the water is too hot or too cold. If any spots prove obstinate, draw the hog out ou the platform, cover the spot with hair that has been removed, aud saturate it with hot water. While the hog is in the water keep draw- ing it back and forth or the hair will "set". You can prevent the heat of the water from passing off while the hog is being cleaned by covering the barrel with a piece of old carpet or thick cloth. Cough in Pigs. This is most frequently due to cold and wet; but is also one of the symptoms present when the animals are wormy; and coughing accompanies all disorders or diseases of the or- gans of breathing, whether these are of a malignant or complicated nature or not. Hence, to advise any special course of treatment, from the only information that the ani- mals are coughing, is impossible. When due to exposure, and it is a simple catarrhal affection, provide dry, comfort- able and well-ventilated housing; also change the diet. Give to each pig, morning and evening, half a drachm each of sul- phuret of antimony and camphor, and one drachm of pow- dered liquorice root, mixed with a little molasses and placed upon the root of the tongue. If the cough is due to worms, flower of sulphur may be mixed among gruel or other sloppy food. For pigs under three months old a teaspoonful is a dose, and for older ones from a desert-spoon to a tablespoon- ful. It may be given four days in succession, morning and evening, and repeated every other week, so long as needed only. Give sour milk, buttermilk, with sliced, raw onions, celery tops, acorns. Avoid stagnant and putrid wa- ter. Swine should always have access to charcoal, cinders, salt, which should be supplied separately in some convenient sheltered corner. ^» Fashion Examples. A recent writer in an article on Jersey cattle makes some very pointed references to fashion in breeding: "The characteristics of the Jersey are so marked that they are recognized at a glance — their peculiar color and deer-like heads being distinguished marks. The original color was yellow, yellow and white, mouse color, or dun-color, and sometimes almost black. But stern fashion decreed that there shall be but the one color in the cow, fawn color, with black points, and her numerous votaries are bowing and humbly submitting without once stopping to question the propriety of so doing, or looking at the inconsistency of the demand. With an animal thatis specifically designed to give milk from which can be made the choicest of butter, to us it looks like the height of folly to place so high an estimation on tbe coloring of hair that covers the body. The general conformation of the body of the cow should be held with higher esteem than color; the shape of the udder, the milk veins, the milk mirror or escutcheon, and in fact almost everything that goes to make up a cow, has a greater real value than the color of the hair. The consumer cares but little whether the butter is made from a spotted or a solid red, white or black cow. The capacity of the cow to consume food and drink and convert it into milk should be carefully studied. The Jersey breeder can very properly take a lesson from the experience of the votaries of fashion among Short- horn breeders. While the Shorthorn breeders have been chasing the bubble called fashion in pedigree, fashion in color, breeding from weak wasted bulls of inferior quality simply because they were fashionable in color and pedigree, turning their eyes from the pole star, usefulness, the Here- fords, Galloways and Polled Angus have stolen a march on them that is likely to be felt for some time to come. Yields of Cows Fifty Years Ago. Having read many of the articles in yonr journal, relating to the large yields of butter from the new-fashioned breeds of cows, I subjoin a few extracts from the papers printed about half a century ago: The New Emjland Farmer of February 25, 1S30, gives an account of a cow which "yielded daily on an average during the past season, 10 quarts of milk. Nearly 14 pounds of but- ter were made weekly from the cream for ten weeks." The Northampton Courier states that a cow in that town "has given milk and made butter after the following schedule: She has been milked for the last forthnight every eight hours, and at each milking has yielded 10 quarts, the weight of the milk averaging daily 49 1-2 pounds. Her milk has yielded daily 2 pounds 5 ounces of butter.making 32 pounds 6 ounces in 14 days; from one milking aluue 1 pound and 5 ounces were made." The Pensarola Gazette of January 27. lV3;,s:»vs when "visiting the chalet of Gruyen in Switzerland, 1 have seen numerous herds of cows which y'elded (JO to 64 quarts of excellent milk each daily." The American Farmer of June 15, 1827, says that an improved "Durham Short-homed cow, owned by John Hare Powell, yielded milk between Thursday morning, 24th, aud Saturday evening, 20th ; three days, from which 8 pounds 13 ounces of butter were obtained, or at the rate of 20 1-2 pounds per week." 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No extra rate charged for cuts or cutting of col- umn rules. No reading notice taken for less than 60 cents each insertion. San Francisco, - - Saturday, Jan. 5, 1884. STAIXIONS ADVERTISED. Singleton, J. T. Mcintosh, Box 60, Ctaico. l.a Harpe, J. T. Mcintosh, Box 60, thico. Director, Jno. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Monroe Chief, Jno. EI". Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Kyrle Daly (imp.), John W. Mackey, Sacramento. X X (Doublecross), J. C Simpson, 5U8 Montgomery St. S. F. A Happy New Year— A New Volume. Only a snort time ago the bells intoned a requiem for that -which was passing away, rang out a merry peal for that which was to come. There were joys and sorrows in the retrospect, bright hopes, roseate fancyings to deck the anticipated future. Those who take a candid view of the past must admit that the bright spots predominate, and that this is a glad world if even there are sombre streaks in the sky at times. Some are sorely tried. There have been sad trials, heavy burdens to bear, and a few who have never seen the bright lining to the dark cloud. To these we tender heartfelt sympathy, and fervently pray that there may be a rift in the pall, and that the thick canopy of misfortune may be replaced by the blue sky of happiness. There are those who grumble continually, magnifiy petty griefs into grievous burdens, and make themselves miserable with brooding over trivial sorrows. "We have little patience with this sort of folk There is a poisonous exhalation from such repining spirits, and the air which surrounds them seems to have lost its vitalizing power. But the glad natures who enjoy the good thingi of this world, who are cheery when there may be cause for gloom, who make the bright days brighter and blend brilliant colors with the darkest shades, whose presence is comfort, and companionship a joy, excite our admiration no matter what station they occupy. While to all the readers of the Breeder and Sportsman our greetings are sent, to the gladhearted and buoyant we add admiration, esteem, love. It is a pleasure to labor for their gratification, satisfaction in ministering to their wants, and delight to add a ray of sunshine to their happy lives. The rays return with redoubled warmth, the pen which may hang listless from wearied fingers runs glibly over the page, and the brain has a fresh snap when the work is done for those who are so kindly disposed. There is encouragement in these cherry natures, and number- ing, as we do so many of them, in the list of subscribers, the fourth volume is commenced with as much ardor as ever blithe two-year-old galloped over the turf. Our way is among the bright glades of life, and though the aim be to blend amusement with instruction, there is no austerity in the teachings, and no frivolity in the recrea- tions. The world is beginning to appreciate the advan- tages of properly conducted sports, and the oldtime objec- tions are giving way before a better order of things. There is not an amusement that finds advocacy in these columns that is not worthy of the support of true men and women. Whatever does not merit the countenance of the good is excluded, and from the first number until the last there is not a line that can offend those of exemplary habits. The sports of the field and flood have long labored under a heavy burden. They have been weighted with so many abuses, handicapped 4th a load that would have broken down anything not pxrrtsm0 4445444443444444444 5—82 I .-. Jas. I. Taylor' '[' _ 4444435454444554445 3—83 I loa , „ .5554444444433444455 4—83 1 1fi0 Jas. Treadwell _ 4 4444 444443454444 52 4—79 J 1W -» The Trajectory of Bullets. In a recent letter on this subject "Pegasus" makes several statements which will not bear analyzation. He stated ''the bullet reaches the highest point above the line of sight ex- actly half way, over a range of 500 yards;" and further on, "and that during the last 200 yards of its flight, it drops the same height that it has risen to over the first 300 yards." As a matter of fact the last part is nearest the truth, as the high- est part of the trajectory is about two-thirds of the flight of the bullet. Again: "To all intents and purposes they are (the 'line of sight' and level of axis') parallel lines." Nothing could be more absurd than this statement, because the line of sight at the eye is above tha line of axis (ban-el being horizontal with the earth's surface), but both lines will meet in the middle of the bull's eye, should both lines be prolonged, and axis and line of sight aligned in fall. Parallel lines never meet. The height of the trajectory of the Snider at 500 yards, given by "Pegasus, 11 feet 10|- inches, is also misleading, the government height being 15 feet for the Snider (Native Musk- etry Regulations, Part IV, page 39,) and 12 feet for the Mart- ini-Henry (British Musketry Regulations, page 204, of 1879,) against 8 feet If inches given by "Pegasus."— A sian. The Flight of Bullets. Adverting to the letter from "Pegasus" on the above sub- ject, in your issue of the 9th October, permit me to state for his information that I have hundred! of times seen the bullet in its pathway through the air from the barrel of a Martini- Henry with the naked eye. The most favorable weather for seeing the bullet is when the sky is darkened with heavy black clouds, just at the break of the monsoons; or, during the monsoon, when the clouds are low and atmosphere heavy. Any sceptic, not possessing good eye-sight, has only to place himself with a good field glass behind a squad volley- ing to confirm the above statement. There is no delusion. It is a fact that any person having good eye-sight and not nervously affected at the discharge of fire arms, can see the Martini-Henry rifle bullet, or any other military breech-loader ballet of the same diameter as that of the Martini-Henry, in its passage through the air for some distance, after it has left tho barrel, if fired at 500 yards, and for the whole distance, if fired at 200 or 300 yards. — Asian. The Best Rifle for Hunting. There is at present, as sometimes occurs periodically, a warm and interesting controversy going on among the writers of the Forest and Stream about the rifles most common in use. The controversy this time mainly refers to the most useful rifle for general hunting, and therefore the principal points elicited may be useful to the hunters on this coast who use the rifle generally in hunting, though doubtless the question will remain unsettled as long as individual tastes differ. Greenhorn, a regular contributor to the paper men- tioned, and a man of more than ordinary observation and experience, objects strongly on principle to the repeater, and it must be admitted he advances some very solid reasons, supported by official authority for his objections. His main points of dislike arise from a certain fear of them on account of their action and the probability of exploding a cartridge in the magazine when heavy charges are used. In support of these views he quotes the report of the U. S. Ordinance Department on fourteen repeating guns, twelve of the bolt principle and two of the lever, which the government called for examination. These guns were carefully tried by a board selected for the purpose. Kespeeting one of the lever guns, the report says: "After emptying the butt magazine the front magazine could not be turned on. It was found that the tipstock had been displaced and driven forward by the recoil of the piece from the previous shots to such an extent as to bind and prevent the working of the cut-off." This certainly would bring a day's shooting, incurred, per- haps, at much trouble and expense, to a very unsatisfactory close. The board, however, decided the inventor might correct defect of construction when the test was continued. The report then read as follows: " 'On the second trial, at the fourteenth shot the gun broke down - ' A third trial having been granted the report reads: Tt was handled on the safety test by the inventor, in firing which, at the sixth shot, the receiver burst, breaking the gun in two, the butt falliugon the ground, the barrel being retained in the left hand of the operator.'" Concerning the other lever gun the report reads: " 'On fir- ing the forty-eighth shot a cartridge exploded in the maga- zine.' This gun was re-entered and at the second trial again came to grief. At the fifty-second shot, 'after renewing the cartridges in the magazine, the third cartridge from the cham- ber exploded in the magazine. Doubtless due to the effects of the B recoil on an over- sensitive cartridge,'" In his summary upon these trials Greenhorn makes the following sensible and proper remarks, which, in justice to the Winchester people, it is our duty to publish. He says: Accidents all occurred when shooting the ordi- nary surface charge, (45-70-405). It is proper to state that neither of the guns referred to was a Winchester. This company did not enter one of the guns bearing their name, but instead a bolt gun. The bolt guns stood the various tests in a much more satisfactory manner. In almost all of them, however, the cartridges in the magazines showed evi- dences of the effects of the recoil. When we remember that in a shot gun the firing of the first barrel often loosens the wad in the second, we must not disregard the effect on the cartridges in the magazine of a repeater, especially when ar- ranged in Indian file, as in the Winchester. If, now, the re- coil is materially increased, as it would be in "D. M. B's." 40-90-500, the danger of accident is likewise increased. It would certainly be interesting and instructive to have a "wear and tear" trial between some of the lever repeaters that were not entered in the government trials. Will the Winchester, Kennedy, and Ballard rifles enter ? The trials should be confined to the rifles of the largest calibre, and be conducted under the supervision of competent persons, and much in the same manner as the late government trials. Let either of these makers construct also a 40-90-500 repeater, and subject it to a similar trial. If it stands the racket, we will all of us know more about the matter than any of us know now. Until such test is made, however, I should certainly prefer the loss of a head of game occasionally, to the chance of loss of my own. In answer to all this, two other writers, Big Injun and C. H. S., much of the same standing as Greenhorn, who in truth is no greenhorn at all, confess to a preference for re- peaters in general hunting, and maintain Greenhorn's fears are altogether unfounded. The former, who is evidently a practical man, says: "In your last issue "Greenhorn" expresses a fear that the systems now applied to repeating rifles will not admit the use of a 40-90 cartridge. (The 40-90 Sharps and Remington special using 370 grain bullet is three and a half inches in length). "Greenhorn's fears are unfounded. I am informed from a reliable source that a repeater of this description will be placed on the market in the course of a month or two. It will not, however, use the regular 40-90 ammunition, but a special cartridge, with a bullet three times the weight of powder. I do not know whether a 370 or 500 grain bullet can be used, but should think it could if loaded into the bar- rel. But why should a heavier one be used? The curve would be higher and the recoil heavier than with the lighter bullet." Then, C. H. S. adds the following, but bis remarks are more interesting than useful to riflemen in connection with the character of the cartridge, than with the character of the rifle. As a fitting close to the evidence on this important point we could not well omit his remarks. I am decidedly in favor of the repeater, but the .44-cal. I don't like, and the .44 with 40 grs. powder is not effective enough. I made a suggestion to the Winchester Arms Com- pany, and received the following reply: "Replying to yours, ■would say that our model '76 gun could be readily adapted to a .44-cal. cartridge, but there would be no cartridge in market adapted to it, and we should have to make a special cartridge, which would be similar to the model of '76, which would be .44-cal. instead of .45." Placing the two .44 and .45-cal. Winchester shells side by side, the .44 will look much the smaller. Then make it the same length of the .45, and won't it come nearer the wants of sportsmen than anything we now have? In associating with the riflemen of this coast for pretty generally for years, we have heard many of the same arguments used against and in favor of the repeater as we find prevailing among our Eastern brothers- Hence this article, as a matter of information to our readers. Person- ally, we have no prejudice on one side or the other; neither do we think the controversy originated in favor of certain manufacturing houses. We know trie riflemen of this coast, like their brothers in the East, are generally men of large ex- perience, and we confidently leave the question of the safety or danger in the repeater to be decided by their intelligence, for by that alone it can only finally be settled. The San Francisco Yacht Club has at length taken some measures to protect their property from falling into the bay, some piles being put under the corners of the structure. YACHTING. Small Yacht Clubs. The small yacht owners, from the causes mentioned in one of our recent issues, have been doing considerable talking about forming a yacht club for small vessels only No regu- lar meeting has been held, but the the talk goes on in a des- ultory way whenever they meet. One of the plans under discussion was to purchase the buildings of the Neptune tfoat Uub (at present very little used), and build a break- water of piles outside. There is very good holding ground there; it is within easy reach of the cars, and it is in such a position to be reached without much difficulty in auy weather, as there is always wind in the channel if anywhere at all. This project, however, seems to have been given up on account of the break-water, and for fear of the sea-wall being continued as far as that. The most popular idea seems now to be to build over at Tyburn Point, which, as soon as Donohue's line is completed, will be in direct communication with the city. This is a good idea, but to carry it out a per- manent organization should be effected and concerted action taken. When the ideas of all are boiled down, and when it is determined what the best site is. subscriptions should be asked from rich, public-spirited men (as small yacht owners are not always blessed with a superfluity of wealth,) and then it may come to some head. Libeled for Her Debts. "How are the mighty fallen?" The Con O'Connor, who after her victories over the Consuelo and Chispa, was consid- ered in San Francisco yachting circles to be the ne plus ultra of a vessel, has been sold for debt. The startled Fawn was once in litigation, but that was on account of outside mone- tary difficulties of her owner. The Con O'Connor was, how- ever, attached for a debt due her boat keeper and for repairs to the vessel. The yacht was owned by a number of men all presumably, pretty well to do, and they cannot or will not pay their help. It shows a disgraceful state of affairs, and this will go far to lower, in the estimation of Easterners and Foreigners, the standing of our yacht fleet of which we were once so proud. The yacht only brought the paltry sum of S2,000 a few hundred dollars over her indebtedness; the ves- sel is by no means well built being nailed in a great many places, instead of bolted, and the iron work on board of her being very poor, but the known speed of the yacht and the amount of lead ballast in her alone ought to command a higher price than that. Mr. E. W. Newhall was the pur- chaser, but whether he bought the vessel for himself or for some of the former owners is not definitely known. One of our contemporaries, speaking of the proposed ways at the Pacific Club grounds, states that it is much better for the club to be without it. on account of the noise of the ham- mer and the smell of the tar. We would call our contempo- rary's attention to the fact that ihere would be no noise of hammers on Sundajs Bnd holidays, the only days on which anything of a crowd visits the grounds, and any yachtsman who objects to the good wholesome smell of tar, had better retire from the field of aquatics for all time. No one but a parlor yachtsman could ever find anything objectionable in such a 'smell. If tar is used near a ways, it must be for the purpose of putting it ou the yacht, and if the smell annoys our contemporary at a distance of 100 yards, how much more disagreeable it must be on board a vessel, right under his nose, so to speak. For this reason, perhaps, he never goes out sailing, which accounts for some of the glaring mistakes so frequently made in the paper referred to. The yawl Mist, now Josephine, has entered a new phase of her checkered existence — if such a term may be applied to an inanimate substance — she having been changed into a most extraordinary craft. Her bulwarks have been raised about eighteen inches; her house, from the deck to the edge of the roof between, made two feet high, and in addition to this there is nearly two feet crown to the roof. Her cockpit has been floored over, making the deck from the companion- way aft, flush. Her cabin has been elegantly fitted up, and something in the neighborhood of $1,000 must have been spent in repairs on her. This seems to us a throwing away of good money after bad, as we should hardly think such an old hull would scarcely warrant such an outlay. Her owner, a man of considerable means, intends takiug her down to Santa Cruz next spring, and she will be then used as a pleas- ure boat on Monterey Bay. She is at presentat Alviso, where she will remain during the duck season. The Fleur de Lis has been having some extensive repairs done on her during the last two months. She was ou the stock when building, for nearly four years, aud several yachtsmen had an idea that she would go to pieces from dry rot before being launched. Such a violent supposition, how- ever, did not come true, but she has never been a very strong vessel. Before Nichols sold her, and while she was under charter to the Lotus Club, she started with the fleet from Val- lejo, but before getting half way to Pinole worked so heavily in the sea, that she opened all aloug the garboard streak, and was compelled to put back to Vallejo and run on the mud, while the party returned to the city overland. There is a rumor afloat that Mr. Mervin Donahues visit to the East was taken with the object of purchasing one of the crack Eastern yachts and sending her round the Horn, the same as was done with the Ariel. How much reliance may be placed in this we do not know, but we should think him very foolish so to do, as the Nellie is certainly fleet enough aud large enough to satisfy any one, more especially as it is only a matter of conjecture what a crack Eastern vessel would do in our waters; our experience here not having been very favorable for a repetition of such an experiment. Last yachting season was a disappointment to many, very few concerted events of any importance hnviug taken place. This result was due, to a great extent, to the difficulties and quarrels between various cliques in both yacht clubs. Next year will witness the advent of three new vessels, all built by Stone, the schooner Rattler, the forty-foot yawl and the forty- four-foot schooner, now in frame . The first two will be enrolled in the lists of the Pacific Yacht Club, and the latter still remains unsold, so what will become of her still remains a conjecture. Stone is very proud of her, and states that with her he is going to eclipse all his former efforts. The Thetis lies off Stone's yard, where she is to remain for the winter. She grounds every tide and lies on her bilge in the mud. The yacht to be sure is very well built but it will not benefit any vessel, as heavily ballasted do this twice a day, as she is bound to strain n 10 $te imte and jlpjyrisroiro. Jan 5 THE KENNEL. Field Trials. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: The air is redolent of field trials In the East, in the West, in England, and even ,n Germany. The recent trials at Folsom and G.lroy have riven agreat impetus to the sportsmen of this Coast. Many ?« already looking out for something good, some "undiscov- ered KoV that will cut a figure next year. They begin to realize the fact that although a dog may show much beauty, fine proportion, and almost perfect points on the bench he may not necessarily be a fine field dog. By a fine field dog, I mean a dog of much spirit aud energy, good speed and last- ing power and above all a super-excellent nose. . From he peculiar c iniatic conditions of this Coast, it requires a dog with fine olfacto.Y nerves to scent quail when scattered and S close in thick cover. At the recent Eastern trials many toes when birds had been marked down, their best dogs corlld not find them, and they aU flushed birds continually. IUs thought that quail have the power of withholding their scent I think they have fcr some short time after being friehtened and scattered. My theory is that hey bury their heads In a tussock or bush, and by tightly closing their wings, keen their scent from spreading. By waiting a short time, aTdCnin the ground over again, a dog will find birds on tie same spot he previously passed over. I remember read- ng of a s milar tl£ng in Frank Forester. He marked a bevy rf quail down in a ditch, and his dog could not, to his great surprise, find them. Returning in a short time, they came to a point and found the birds exactly where he had marked them No doubt, some of them had moved during his ab- sent and emitted sufficient scent for the dogs to locate them A gentleman at the Folsom trials remarked, probably in fun, "that the owners of the dogs running had hetter dis- nose of them, and get dogs with noses." I maintain that the do»sof this Coast, that is the best of them, have as good nnSesas any do"s in the world. They are from the very best stoct and tlrerels no reason why they should deteriorate by transplanting. Horses do not. Let them bring the best dogs of the East, and hunt them in this dry climate, and they will cut no better figure. California field trials will not, in future, be con6ned to one locality. The State is large enough, and sportsmen are sufficiently numerous to allow of two or three. There might be one at Folsom, one at Gilroy, and one at Los Angeles, and why not one in Oregon. Many advantages would result Does that were out of form, or bitches in season, or dogs that did not show off to their best, from some cause or other, might be run at another time aud place, and prove themselves totally different dogs. Dogs are peculiar, and cannot always be depended on, after much labor and preparation, to do their best at a minute's notice, particularly after being dragged on a chain, among a crowd of strange faces, waiting for their turn to be put down. In the Eastern trials one dog refused to leave his handler's heels, and yet, no doubt, that handler had bestowed much pains to bring him out, but from some cause which we cannot explain the dog was not himself There is much uncertainty in a field trial, and under the best rules it is not always certain that the best dog will come to the front. Sometimes the gronnd hunted over by one dog will be more favorable for obtaining points although I don t think the number of points obtained by a dog should decide his superiority. One point, if made in fine style and under difficult circumstances, should decide a dogs nose and staunchness as well as half a dozen. One iud«e is better than three, but he should be an expert in dog training. The three judges acting at tht Eastern trials are said to be good practical sportsmen— but that is hardly enough. He should, of course, be strictly impartial and firm as a rock, have no friends to please nor enemies so mortify but be a second Brutus in his decisions. He should have the eve of a hawk, not a single action of the dogs should escape his'notice; he should be guided slnctly by the Rules and penalize every fault committed by a dog. A Field Trial is not only to try the natural qualities of a hunting dog, but his aciuired ones. A moderate dog, well-trained, should be awarded the prize over a genius untrained The judge should control the whole proceedings. He should allow no jockeying among the handlers, no noise or bellowing like a town-crier- thereby annoying the other handler, disturbing his dog fri"htning away the birds and disgusting the specta- tors A handler of a dog at a public Field Trial should be allowed to whistle softly, but not to speak, except in a low tone of voice, so as not to attract the attention of the other dog- he should not be allowed to cross his path, to get the wind of him, nor to jockey, or get ahead and frighten off the birds for fear the other dog should get a point. No whippin" should be allowed. In our Trials, on more than one occasion, it looked more like a shooting match than a Field Trial— judge, handlers aud spect ators were entirely absorbed iu the shooting, which, I will say, was well done by Dan Gilrov, Horton and Farmer. But while they were having their fun "that necessary question of the play,"— the working of the dogs— was for the time forgotten. As Hamlet says: "It might make the unskilful laugh, but could not but make the judicious grieve." Hamlet must have Been a Field Trial when he said, no doubt referring to a Bhouting handler: "I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er doing termagant, it ont herods Herod, pray you avoid it." In the Eastern Field Trial Derby, Sanborn as Waumaker says in the heat between "San Roy" and "Maiden," yelled at the top of his voice continually, from the time they struck birds until the heat ended," that he withdrew his dog in con- sequence, naively remarking, "that his bitch was trained and would not stand such foolery." Is the judges had done right— but I suppose it will be considered heresy for any one on this coast, to question the wisdom of such learned doc- tors—they ought to have ordered Sanborn's dog up, and given the heat to Wanmaker. They were, he says, among birds four minutes aud the heat lasted just nine minutes, and after three or four months labor in preparing a dog, that is the way judges run Field Trials iu the New Orleans An up-country friend calls me a "pen and ink sportsman, "but I have seen enough of dogs to know that a dog may be taught to act properly iu the field without his handler, like "the cherubim and seraphim continually crying out," and I trust at futuro trials on this coast to see that practice reformed al- together. I like to see a dog allowed, to a certain extent, to use his own di son ition in finding game, which ho will do much better than his handler can do for him, by constantly drawing his attention towards himself, and making him turn and quarter every thirty or forty yards. A practiced dog will quarter his gronnd Instinctively vies necessary, bul to ' ;ep him constantly quart, ring aud turning for nothing, is making too much of a machine of him, and giving him no chance to develop his own sagacity. A dog well broki will not flnsh a bird because he is one hundred yards away from von any more than he will at forty yards. He will never flush a bird intentionally, but prefers pointing it, and seeing his master come up and kill it. That is his crowning glory, and to once get a young dog to make a steady point, to let him remain on it, aud let him rehearse it, and that is a made dog. There is an understanding now between you and him. But when you hear a handler shouting toho! toho! and see him go np on the run all excitement, with a continuous shout of toho! and when the bird is flushed — miss it, the dog, no doubt, thinks he could have done that himself, and the next bird he points, flushes it before his master gets up. Again, chasing fur, I noticed at Folsom Trials that some dogs were severely whipped for chasing rabbits. They forget of any- thing a dog knows he was whipped because he did not ran fast enough to catch it, and will run faster next time. I con- tend that is not the right way to prevent chasinr Fur. If it were, Dorr was old enough to have learned it. But I am occupying too much of your T ^ace. Although a "pen and ink sportsman" I am v '~e up the pen, and prefer reading the writin' of others. But give me a brace of ' sprinkling of game, and whether — as w her of the rich man's Club described bj np aud beans is down," to me is a matter Member of the BICYCLING. The Plying Wheel— Some Noted America;. Riders. (New York 'World.) The numerous additions to the ranks of bicyclists during the past season have awakened in the minds of many an idea of the utility of the machine which as yet is used in this country only for pleasure and exercise. In England the bi- cycle, though used mostly as a pleasure vehicle, is also turned to serve business purposes. Letter carriers deliver letters from the nickled steed, policemen patrol their posts on them, physicians visit patients, tax collectors, lent collectors, sher- iffs serving warrants, and in some cases fugitivesfrom justice employ them. These as yet are new fields for the nse of the "bike" in America, and the postmen, physicians and police- men are not yet sufficiently accustomed to it as a means of transportation to use it in the pursuit of their respective vo- cations. Still there are in this country members of the professions who use the bicycle, though only as in pursuit of pleasure. The Bev. T. McKee Brown, Bey. George Pentecost, Dr. N. Malon Beckwith and others bestride "bikes" in their leisure moments. As the personnel of the more prominent men in the ranks of bicyclists may prove of interest to the average reader a short sketch of them is given. Dr. N. Malon Beckwith is President of the League of Amer- ican Wheelmen, an association now numbering 4,000 mem- bers, scattered all over the continent. Da. Beckwith is a dentist in good practice in this city. He is a member of the Citizen's Bicycle Club, whose headquarters are at No. 2 East Sixtieth street. In appearance the doctor is a perfect Hercu- les, being six feet two inches tall and proportionately large. His figure is perfectly symmetrical, as is his blonde mustache and legs, which latter show to best advantage when he is at- tired in the uniform of his club. Then the navy-blue cordu- roy knee-breeches and blue stockings show the development of the doctor.s calves and he is happy. He rides the largest wheel except one in America— a "Columbia Expert, " with a 62-inch wheel. It is an old cry with the boys of the club that Harrigan's song "I'm a Marshal whenever I Parade," was written for Dr. Beckwith, as it is true that no matter where he parades he fills the office of Grand Marshal. At the last parade of the League of American Wheelmen held in this city the doc- tor was Grand Marshal, and in the September meet of the Springfield Bicycle Club he also tilled that important position. The doctor is an old athlete.' He was a member of the tug- of-war team of the New York Athletic Club and is now cap- tain of the left flank tug-of-war team of the Seventh Regiment. Among the members of the Citizens' Club is Fred Jenkins. Every bicylest in America, it might be said, in the world, knows Mr. Jenkins. He is secretary of the league and is part proprietor and editor of the league's offical organ. In person Mr. Jenkins is small and a blonde, with just the semblance of a mustache. Recently Mr. Jenkins has been laid up with a broken leg, the result of a moonlight ride to Yonkers and a contrary pig that crossed his wheels. Mr. Fred. Scholes, late secretary of the League of American Wheelmen, is a resident of Cleveland, O., and a member of the Cleveland Club. Mr. Scholes was pronounced by The World to be the haudsomest man in the league parade in this city, and since then he has been recognized as such by all wheelmen. He is a combination of Apollo and Adonis. His face is oval shape, with perfect Grecian nose, jet black eyes, eyebrows and hair, ahd a handsome black mustache. He is tall and erect. Fred is a member of a chnrch choir in Cleveland, and it is said he sings as divinely^as he looks. At Chicago, Washing- ton, New York and Springfield meets, he was the observed of all the observers, and was envied by his fellow-bicyclist as the ladies all gazed at him and appluaded him. George M. Sendee, of Springfield, Mass., is the most re- markable bicyclist in America when speed and stamina are concerned . He is champion of America at all recognized dis- tances, and holds the best on record at almost every dis- tance between a quarter of a mile and twenty miles. George is the pride of Springfield and in September, when the club of which he is a member gave three days' meet at Hampden Park, he received only one defeat. Theu the people of the city felt sad, aud the ladies promenading the streets were seen wearing his picture with black margins. During the meet, those of the stores that were open for business sold Hendee clothing, Hendee hats, Hendee shoes, and even Hendee cor- sets for ladies were for sale. The celebrated Kentnckiau, Charles Jenkins, of Louisville raced agaiust Hendee one day, but was beaten. Hendee also beat "Doodle" Robinson and Charles D. Vesey the English bicyclists, with consummate ease. George Nash, of Springfield, although but fo urteen years of age, is one of the most accomplished expert trick riders in the world. Ho iB small even for his age, and rides a 44-inch "Rudge." At the Springfield tournament he gave an exhibition of fancy riding on the track at Hampden Park. The feats he performed were marvellous, aud ho concluded his performance by riding on one wheel around the mile tracu. "Prof." Daniel J. Canary is also a trick rider and is called the champion of the world. He is a native of New Haven, Conn., aud is about twenty years of age. He is slight phy- Bique, but strong. He never gained distinction or renown as a speedy rider, but stands pre-eminent as a performer of wonderful feats. Among his tricks are the following: Ride with folded arms with the hind wheels of machine off the ground. Standing the bicycle on its saddle and handle-bar upside down and bring it into its proper position, mounting at the same time. Taking the back bone, hind wheel and handle-bar from the large wheel and ride the latter alone. This accompanied by standing on the treadles and the one wheel thus forms a uni-cycle, upon which he rides forwards and backwards and 6pins on its centre. James D. Wilmot is the acrobatic champion bicyclist He also performs with a champion on a single bicycle. All sorts of seemingly impossible feats are performed by them. Stand- ing on head on the saddle, standing on one foot while the bicycle, is in motion, mounting and dismounting whUe it is at full speed, all these and many more tricks are performed by Mr. Wilmot aud his mate with the utmost apparent ease. Mile. Louise Arraaindo is the female champion bicycle rider. She is a Canadian, twenty-three years old, short in stature, but very muscular. She has "starred" throughout the country and is well known. It is related of her that she tartled some gentlemen in a Denver (Col.) gymnasium by 'Mng np a 100-pound dumb-bell. ... ^ Elsa Yon Blumen was the only really formidable au- f or the title held by Mile. Armaindo. Miss Yon Blu- •etty and petite lady, with no muscular develop- abundance of pluck. She al60 has ridden in in this country, but has, it is said, retired ■ arena to study art. A now competitor for ampion bicyclists is Miss Maggie Wal- y. She is a pretty, dark haired lady, mbition and pluck. She is as yet advancement she has made in derful, in the face of the fact ■>re falls. Miss Wallace has isnow a general favorite. i the gentlemen riders, ominence who rides 'rely for pleasure, Frederick G. ^lnb, whose America climes. t de- e, tha. made . Leavii.^ attention it a bicycle not . for he represei. Bourne, a membe money would enable and probably leave sum Though a thorough busim. i voted bicyclist. He is a fira] and rides from his office in the . on Eighth avenue and Seventy-se, mammoth structure that cost him a._ The Rev. T. McKee Brown, the recte Mary the Virgin, and president of the Oil is reputed to be as devoted to bicycling as i- pel. " He is a tall man, with brown hair anu face and a rather austere look, but he is said to W most whole-souled men in the world. He enjoys the boulevards on his bicycle, and is said to object to b a Sunday in his week, as on that day he must forego pleasure of a ride. The Rev. George S. Pentecost is a Brooklyn clergyman, and he pursues happiness on a bicycle over tne Coney Island Boulevard or the green-arched roadways iu Prospect Park. He is well known as the antagonist in a religious controversy with Bob Ingersoll, in which, it is claimed, the latter was worsted. Mr. Pentecost is short and stout, with black hair, eyes and a heavy mustache of the same color. He related his experiences at the dinner of the wheelmen in the Metro- politan Hotel in June last, and said he believed a good bicy- list could not help but be a good Christian. Probably no better contrast to Dr. Beckwith can be found in the League of American Wheelmen than "Cnmpininni" Newman. Mr. Newman is known all over the country. Any man who has visited Niblo's Garden has seen him in the box office, and he was much looked at during the parade of League Wheelmen last June. He is the smallest League member and rides the smallest machine of any iuthe Leagne. Though small he is remarkably agile and strong and is a fa- vorite among bicyclists. Edwin Oliver is the biggest blower iu the ranks of the League of American Wheelmen, and owing to his abilities as a blower was elected official trumpeter. At Springfield in September "Ed" gathered around him a host of blowers like himself, and with tally-ho horns, "bike" whistles, fish horns and a bass drum tilled the air with indescribable and in- harmonious music as they paraded the streets in the "wee sma' " hours. The serenade to Fred Jenkins, in front of the Warwick House, was far more successful than they antici- pated, as it awoke every man, woman and child in the honse, each of whom believed they were the perso ns serenaded and all applauded the noisy crowd of bicyclists. Probably the prettiest sight to a lover of the wheel is that of a well-drilled club of men performing tactical evolutions on bicycles. Probably the finest club in this country is the Ro- chester (N. Y.) club. At Springfield eight members of the Rochester club carried away the prize for the championship competitive drill. They performed all the evolutions with remarkable precision and skill and were warmly applauded. The Capital Bicycle Club, of Washington, won the Chicago pennant for drilling, aud are only exceeded in skill by the Rochester Club. . _,._.. . The largest club in the League is the Springfield Club, of which H. E. Ducker is Presideut. It numbers a hundred men. The largest club in this city is the Citizens' Club. It is also the richest club. They have caused to be erected the first and only club-house for bicyclists in America. It will be opened early in January. The symptons of colic, one of the most fatal diseases to a horse, are readily detected. The horse invariable scrapes with his fore feet, kicks at the stomach and shifts about, turns around, 6mells the floor, lies down, rolls remaining for a time on his back, and breaths heavily throughout. At a recent meeting of the London Farmer's Club, a relief and sure cure was presented by a gentleman who has been all his life among horses. When the horse shows the symptons of an attack of colic, apply at once a horse, cloth or woolen rug, wrung out of boiling water, to the stomach and to the sides and cover with another couple of cloths to retain the heat. As they cool, renew the cloths as often as needful. A large bran poultice, as hot as can be borne, is equally effective, and retains the heat longer. Regarding the statement that Maud S. is badly used up, a Cincinnati mau says: "Thisdoos not accord with that Billy Bair told me the other day. He said the great mare was run- ning around at Chester Park with a great heavy coat of hair, and in perfect health. 'When she came to me, Mr. Vandor- bilt directed me that her legs be blistered. I did blister one of them, but it caused her snch pain, suffering, annoyance that I wrote him I would not blister the other three. There is nothing the matter with them, and next year, after she has been properly trained and hardened, I think Bhe will be faster and better than ever." 1884 3£kc iprjcjete and j§> poxtsmmt. ATHLETICS. A Chase Through The Show. [New Tork World], The American Athletic Club Harriers were the only ath- letes -with sufficient courage to indulge in a run across coun- try yestercay. They had their third annual Christmas Day chase from Schlosser's Fort Lee Hotel, at Fort Lee, N. J. The snow was over two feet deep and a crust had formed on top that cut through the stockings and leggings of the men and lacerated their limbs. The members of the club left this city by the 10:30 a. m. boat from One hundred and Twenty- fifth street and North River, and in less than an hour were on their way through snow knee-deep, over fences, ditches, stone walls, frozen brooks and through- the woods, running when they could and crawling at times. It was just 11 :23 o'clock when the starter and timekeeper, Mr. E. Van Tambacht, gave the word "go" to the hares. They were Messrs. Mortimer Bishop, G. D. Bolden and W. K. Paynter. They went slipping and sliding down the street leading from the hotel, and the crowd applauded them for their "running." They threw out the first scent 200 yards distant from the hotel and dashed into the woods, Six min- utes af tor the hares had been started the hounds were sent away. The pack consisted of Alec A, Jordan, master of trie hunt; P. H. Morgan and E. W. Knickerbocker, whippers-in; Cyrilie Robson, Harry O.Bernhard, Thomas Muir, Robert Stall, Charles Jahne, George Spaulding, H.F. Reicher, Frank Lowery, William E. Nixon, John Thomas, D. J. Sullivan, Pastime A. C.; E. D. Lang, Pastime A. C, and W. C. Her- ring, London A. C. When they were sent away they dashed through the snow in pursuit of the hares, whose footsteps made a trail more easily followed than the paper one and no difficulty was found in discovering the "throw off." They followed the trail through the woods, over fences and walls, and though the pace was slow it told severely on them. The crust on the snow cut their nether limbs as a knife and called forth from Mr. Herring an opinion that it waa " blooming 'ard work," to which all assented. Crossing Wilson's Brook, Knicker- bocker found it more convenient to slide than to tramp it, and he landed on the opposite bank in a heap, with more snow down his neck than wa§ comfortable. The trail then changed from the west to the south and soon the colored paper that betokens the homeward trail was found and in a few minutes the pack ambled up to the hotel in a somewhat broken-up style. Jordan was the first hound in, arriving home at 12:06 o'clock P. m., having been out thirty-seven minutes. Th» hares had arrived at 12:02 o'clock, p. m., Bishop being first. Paynter second, Bolden third. Thomas was the second hound in, following Jordan closely; Reichers was third and the others were bunched. A turkey dinner followed the run and the club returned to this city at 5 p. ar. PO ULTR Y. Poultry "Yards. Next to keeping sheep, the keeping of poultry seems to have a fascination for the popular mind. No doubt the ori- gin of the idea as regards sheep, and the ease, pleasure and profit of keeping them, comes from those never-to-be-forgot- ten poetic rhapsodies of Virgil, and the old songs and madri- gals of later times; and the equally rhapsodical poetry of modern writers, who so delusively harp upon the beauties and profits of a shepherd's life, serves to keep the illusion alive. It is very much the same as regards poultry. Never- theless, one may keep sheep, and fowls as well, if he will only get over the notion that they will keep themselves. I well remember a young man, twenty years ago, being smitten with this chicken fever. He raked the country over until he procured three hundred hens and a score of cocks, built a high picket fence about a quarter of an acre of ground, put up a board shanty for a roosting house, laid in a Btock of corn and oats, provided baskets and barrels to take in the eggs, and began business. It is quite unnecessary to say a word as to the result. It was "the old, old story." But it might not have been had the management been judicious and reasonable. And this is the point where poultry-keepers are particularly interested. I ask, then, what is judicious and proper management? The remarks of S. P., on page 965, are exceedingly sensible, and pertinent to this question. But I hope to be excused when I say they are not particular enough. Particularity in description in regard to this matter is an absolute necessity, because judgment depends wholly upon what one knows either by experience or through the stated experience of others, and when S. P. says "I prefer to fence in the fowls, giving them good roomy quarters, with grass and shade and water," he stops at the very point where your interested readers would have him go on at a lively pace, and tell them how grass, especially, can be furnished in a fenced yard. Now, after more than thirty years' experience, gradually built up, with many failures, from which useful lessons were learned, I have found that this is the very pivotal point upon which the balance of success or failure is suspended. For one hundred fowls will so foul a whole acre of grass land in three months as to make it utterly unfit for them. I have found a yard of this size to be so covered with manure in a month that one's.foot cannot be put to the ground without treading upon the droppings, while the grass is completely unfit for food. Then disease invades the flock, and all is lost. One may say, then, that an acre is not enough for 100 fowls. It is not if the fowls are confined to it, and no provi- sion is made for keeping it in a wholesome condition. But if this yard is divided into two parts, and each half plowed and sown to green crops, all the trouble is avoided, and success is assured; and yet some more particularity is needed, and how to do this should be explained. Grass may mean any suitable green crop which fowls will eat. The plan I have followed is as follows: To plow one yard early in the fall and sow it with rye. The rye is ready for use in October, and will last until winter sets in. The fowls are turned on to it at that time, and the other half is plowed and sowed in the same way. This is ready for spring use, and will last until July. The fowls being put on this in the spring, the other land is sown to oats and peas, or rape or turnips, or anything that will produce green food. Then the other" ground is sown with rape, or corn broadcast, or mixed seed. Prickly com- frey is eaten by fowls very eagerly, and a row of this around the whole lot will furnish a perennial supply of acceptable food. But the plowing is indisponsible, as it cleanses the soil and gets rid of every provocative of disease. By this method the fowls will enjoy every possible and necessary comfort and sanitary requisite, and the expense of feeding them will be reduced one-half; and, moreover, they will have all the necessary range. The yard should be bordered on each side with a row of Austrian pines, or Norway spruces, for shelter, and for acceptable places for summer nest boxes, in which the hens would delight to lay their eggs and brood. This method is an extension of the plan described by S. P., which would be impractible without the division of the yard and the alternation of the divisions. If one would pursue this plan and have an acre, with its house, for each flock of 100 hens, he could 'keep as many flocks as he has ground to accommodate. — Country Gentleman. Old Hens. The Farmer's Advocate (Canada) comes to the defense of old hens in the following style: The old hen seems to be attacked from all quarters, and the objections to her are based upon two reasons, the first of which is that a hen will not lay as many eggs after the first year she begins layiDg, and the second is that disease is more lia- ble among old hens than pullets. The first objection is not always a potent one, and very often the hens lay better dur- ing the third year than the second. Much depends upon the time of hatching the pullets. The pullet hatched as late as May will be badly beaten her first season of laying by the old hen, and if she commences her second year it will be with the disadvantage of moulting when the weather is cold. Old hens have been known to lay well and regularly until quite advanced in age, and the calculation which has been made by some genius, and given forth, that old hens are unprofitable as layers, has been accepted more on faith than observation. Our experience teaches that some old hens will lay more than pullets, and that some pullets will lay more than old hens. The trouble with old hens is that they are liable to become too fat on very high feed, but if they are fed with judgment they will equal the pullets without doubt. So far as being more liable to disease than pullets, there are also exceptions, and if the matter can be given a fair test, it will be found that the chances are equal. As to which are better for breeding, we venture to say that more eggs will hatch that are laid by old hens than by pul- lets, and this is a great deal in favor of the old hens. We think hens should be kept until the spring in which they be- come three years old, not that they are then useless, but be- cause the pullets have reached a more mature age, and this plan of dividing the hen into three periods, instead of two, will no doubt be found better. The breed, also, has something to do with the merits of pullets and old hens. A Leghorn or Ham- burg pullet will lay more eggs in a year than an old hen of the Brahma, Cochin, or Plymouth Rock breeds, bat an old hen of the Leghorn breed will also lay more than the pullets of the larger breeds. Crossed hens will often be found good layers for a long period, but the cross should be a judicious one. Experiments with poultry in orchards prove that they ef- fectively protect plum trees from the curculio. A few of the largest farms devoted to poultry are set partly in plums, among them being that of Mr. Hawkins, of Lancaster, Mass. The peach trees always bear test when poultry range among them. The Vintage of 1883. The vintage of Messrs. Stern & Rose for 1SS3, reckoning five gallons of wine the equivalent of one gallon of brandy, amounts to the handsome sum of 750,000 gallons. This is more than is made by anv other firm or individual in Amer- ica. Mr. J. de Barth'Shorb reports 300,000 gallons of wine, and 20,000 gallons of brandy as an equiv- alent of 400,000 gallons of wine. Ab the large number of vintners throughout the county have not yet meas- ured up, it is impossible to make a full statement of the total yield for the county, but from Messrs. Stern & Rose and Mr. Shorb, we learn that the vintage of 1SS3 is not likely to be more than ten per cent, less than it was last year, while in the northern part of the State there is a plain shortage of 50 per cent. Mr. Rose estimates his vineyards to fall short this year only two per cent, below last year. This is certainly a very good showing, and clearly indi- cates that the grape crop of Southern California is much more reliable than it is in the northern part of the State. It has few fluctuations, and those are not of much significance, while the northern counties have either a very heavy yield or a very small production. The brandy made by Messrs. Stern & Rose will amount to 100,000 gallons, but with this apparently large product, we learn from Mr. Rose that the demand for the Sunny Slope brandy is so strong and steady,, on account of its superior quality and purity, that it is sold as rapidly as it reaches ma- turity. Another fact that indicates the superiority of the grapes of Southern California is the fact that the winegrowers in the northern counties are continually purchasing the wines of Los Angeles to blend with their own manufactures of Sonoma and Napa counties. In this blending of different grades of wine lies much of the secret of the success of the vintners of those counties. This business is carried on by some of our own vintners, but is not so generally practiced here as elsewhere, because our wines are so good without blending that they sell at a good profit without the expense of blending with other kind. But those who do make a study of the business of combining wines, find a large profit and advantage in doing so, especially in claret and sherry wines. More attention will be paid to this subject when the trade increases in magnitude, so that a person can give his entire attention to the mixing and ripening of wines. That time is near at hand. — Los Angeles Herald. T HE GU N. Hunting in Virginia. While Ed. M. Hewins was here the other daj-, M. H. Ben- nett, of this city, made a deal with him for the interest of Hewins & Titus in the range at the forks of the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers, Mr. Dunman retaining his interest. The range is one of the best on the Cherokee strip, and with it goes 12,000 head of cattle, 8,000 head of which are double- wintered beeves. The price paid is S175.000, the papers for which we have seen. This may seem a large sum for a half interest in the stock and range, but when the character of both is taken into consideration, it will not seem so extrava- gant. The new firm will be Bennett & Dnnman, and the post-office address Caldwell, Kan. — Caldwell {Kan.) Journal. We are reliably informed that the old veteran Glenmore will be trained again next season. He is said to be in fine fix and sound. His owner, Mr. Jennings, will breed him in the spring to a few of his own mares, and then prepare him for the campaign. Mr. Jennings says Glenmore has made him his present farm, and he expects the old horse to greatly increase his possessions. The sooner milk is placed in pans or cans after milkiug the better will be its yield of cream. [National Republican.; John Ellinger, the best-known and most good-humored man in Washington, returned Saturday from an extended hunting trip in the valley of Virginia. He appeared to be greatly benefited by the excursion, and when accosted by the Avenue Man, had two rabits, a rare ornithological specimen known as a "poor job," and a brace of quail. In response to an inquiry, he said: "It didn't pan out well. I had six hundred cartridges loaded, and a big mouutaiueer for a guide. The first day out I mistook him for a wild tur- key a3 he was backing out of a thicket, and made the bottom of his trousers look like a tin lantern. He was a Virginian and unreasonable, and he and his big son hunted me through the woods till dark, wheu 1 succeeded in dodging them, and made for Winchester. There I struck a quartet of hospitable Southerners, and one of them held the earth to go in on, and then drew a comet to it. Of course this left me nothing but my return ticket, and I struck for home." "Where did you get the game?" "Oh ! I dumped out of the train at Terra-Cotta, and con- cluded I'd hunt as I came in, and try and get enough to make a bluff with when I got home. The only thing I could find was the 'poor job,' and I had to trade the dog and the pocket-knife to a nigger for the 'cotton-tails' and the 'quail.' I am going to slide up a back street home." Ventura Gunners. The Signal gives the following account of the Christmas shoot at Ventura: After demolishing a couple of quarter sections of Christ- mas turkey, a Signal reporter wended his way to the race track, as per detail, in'teut on witnessing the skill of the Rod and Gun Club at breaking glass balls. On the ground we found a number of the shootists waiting impatiently for other sports who were to participate in the match. Tne ab- sent ones not putting in an appearance, it was agreed among those present to appoint Irving Foulks and Colonel Goodwin Captains, and to proceed with the sport. After informing the members that each man was to shoot six rounds of three birds eacn, the side breaking the most balls to be victors, Foulks proceeded to score, and succeeded in getting all three of his birds. Goodwin followed, doing likewise. Miller Beal came next, breaking hia first, but missing the other two; and Barnard did as well. Chrisman could break but one, but Walbridge surprised every one — and himself most of all —by breaking all three, which feat he repeated several times during the match. Bennett broke two out of three, but failed to score again until the fifth round. Kaiser and Benchley each broke two, Williams breaking but one. As will be seen by the score, Kaiser, Benchley, Goodwin, Will- iams and Barnard each broke 12 out of their IS; Foulkes Beal and Walbridge, 11; Chrisman 7, and Bennett 4, Good- win's side, having broken 59 balls to their opponents' 45, were declared victors. J. S. Collins and C. A. Oliver acted as judges, and Ed. Hirschf elder was scorer. Following is the score: poulk's TEAM. Captain Foulkes ill 110 010 011 011 001—11 Beal 100 011 111 001 110 110—11 Cnrlsman 001 110 llirj 100 110 000— 7 Bennett 101 000 000 000 Ho 000— i B. T. Williams 010 001 111 011 Oil 111—12 Total To Goodwin's team. Captain Goodwin Ill Oil 011 110 011 010—11 Frank Barnard 100 111 fill 111 011 101—12 Walbridge Ill luO 111 110 101 000—12 Benchley 011 101 lul 110 101 101-12 Eaiser 101 010 111 111 101 001— U Total 59 In the evening the Local Gun Club gave a ball which was well attended by the leadiug citizens of the district, and proved a grand success. The people of Ventura have evi- dently very proper ideas about enjoying themselvesat Christ- mas. Notes of the Week. We find little change in the reports from our local hunters, amateurs or professionals. All agree that something is the matter with the ducks, for they will not become really plentiful, rain or no rain. Thecanvasbacksseein to be the most perverse and knowing. We are informed there are plenty on the coast, if they could only be reached. As on Suisun Bay and along the San Rafael shore, so between Point Pedro and Black Point there are thousands to be seen, but there is no possible way of working them at these places. In desperation at their continued and provoking wariness, some people are talking of using a blind and battery, and getting even with them in that way. We would dissuade tbe use of such extreme meas- urei, though when people are longing for t-anvasbacks, and they won't come in near enough to be shot, almost any meas- ures to get them are justifiable. We are afraid tbis is not go- ing to be a good canvasback season. If they remain long in the open salt waters, feeding on muscle?, etc., etc., their meat will become as much impaired as at the end af the season when, by the exhaustion of their natural food, they have to resort to tbose localities for their means of living." It is al- ways well to be prepared for the worst. Much of the same may be said about the quail of this sea- son. Even where they are comparatively or quite plentiful, they are reported to be very wild. Six or eight to the man, in any section, is about the average day's work this season'. During the week we heard only of two good bags. One was made by Mr. J. K. Orr, who really is the "wary man with the gun," the other by Mr. Charles Ohn of Market street, also a good shot. The odb bagged 30, the other in a day. Mr. Ohn killed his birds in the neighborhood of Sun Bfateo, For teal and snipe the section between Pajaro and Cnstro- ville is said to be about the best in the State. We announced this fact on private information a month ago. Although a daily contemporary says it takesmoney and time to get there, the section can be reached any time in half a day by rail, and for a nominal sum. Go to Watsonvllle, you who want good shooting, and then do your work manfully. We have no re- spect for the kid-glove, feather-bed sportsman. No matter where Ac goes he will only make an ass of himself. There is no more trouble in the district suggested than in the foot- hills. Perhaps, not so much. There is some talk of exchanging the splendid gronsi Oregon for the grand old woodcock of the Fast. Hier* doubt both birds would do well on transplantation, i question of climate need not be considered in eithei 12 jlgfrje %xut&sx mt& ^pxxtmmn. Jan 5 In our rambles over Washington Territory, British Colum- bia, and a portion of Oregon, we were invariably informed the grouse of the north could not be transplanted alive, or we should have brought some with us on returning to Cali- fornia. In captivity, the grouse, we were told, will neither feed nor be fed, but deliberately perish. In their case, the exchange could only be made by eggs, which, in the season, are easily obtained without violation of the law. In the case of the woodcock, it would be utter nonsense bringing him here until the people are resolved to have him thoroughly protected, at least for five years, under the most severe pen- alties. Then, as with the California quail in British Colum- bia, by that protection, we might soon depend upon a satis- factory increase. The Indians of the Colony were informed that if they killed a quail for five years, the term of legal pro- tection, they would be severely punished. They, like the whites, knew well the hand that threatened would surely punish, and so by the end of the third year of the protecting period, we personally saw flocks rangiag from two to four hundred rise up not more than three miles from Victoria. Let our vagabond law-breaking element be dealt with in the same stern, unrelenting manner, and California would soon swarm with the Oregon grouse, the Eastern woodcock, and the English partridge and pheasant. Cannot this be done? It is surely worth trying. Protection first, the birds second. That's the policy. ♦ How Are We to Get Game Preservation? Some weeks ago we published an article on our game laws in which we recommended a congressional law for all the Territories and lands under government control. We ad- vised this national legislation, because we are convinced it would be so satisfactory and so evident in its results that every state in the Union would soon see the advantage of wise game laws strictly enforced, and adopt such laws. We confess, of course, that we see no probability of obtaining such national legislation for some years, or not, perhaps, until all the game in the Territories, both animals and birds, are exterminated. Taking also into consideration, in this connection, the disposition of the county supervisors to ex- tend the open season in certain districts contrary to the letter and spirit of the' law, and the disposition of certain classes of citizens to deny the law, the question, how we are to obtain the necessary laws of protection becomes daily more urgent and important to us as a people, and in all respects, it is well deserving their attention. In a spirit worthy the subject, we desire, this week to offer a few remarks to the true sportsmen of the state at large, with a view, if possible, of bringing them to a united action on the subject of game preservation, that we may be prepared, in future, when necessary, to act in concert in demanding such a law. If we are not gTeatly misinformed, there will be a warm and severe contest in our next Legislature, in which, it is said, the question will be carried so far as to recommend the entire abolition of all protectory law, and leave every man, according to his tastes, principles, and desires, to shoot game When and where he pleases. If we had not received this informa- tion from reliable sources, we should scarcely conceive it pos- sible such a vile proposition, involving public as well as pri- vate rights, could be entertained by a civilized people. But we are satisfied some such action is premeditated by the lawless element, who in their disgusting greed desire everything, and therefore, if we cannot choke it to death in its incipiency, we must be prepared to resist it with success when it blos- soms out in all its native ugliness. To meet the emergencies of the present and future, we see only one method of proceeding which offers any hope of safety. There are now in California a large body of intelligent, wealthy, influential men associated with legitimate sport, through, organized clubs and individual tendencies, who only need being harmonized and brought together to a common center of action, to make themselves an overwhelming power in the next legislature, if any such measure as we have de- scribed is introduced. The immediate question then to be answered is, how shall that harmony of action be obtained ? In our opinion, there is only one way — that is, for all the Clubs, in the state, the Gun clubs, the Pacific Coast Field Trial Club, the private shooting clubs with pre- serves, the Teal, Cordelia, Tale Belle ClubB and others, if they choose, to unite with the State Sportsmen's Association and under its leadership, shape out a policy for the future, which, backed by the wealth and intelligence of the new union, could not be disregarded by any legislature in the world. Some such harmony of action as we propose, is ab- solutely necessary, as much for the continance of the clubs themselves, as for the existence and improvement of legitimate sport in future. The State Association, in every way, is worthy the respect and support of all true sportsmen. For a new State, its record is a grand one. What it has done in the past for the preservation of game, is proof of what it will be able to do in the legislature and before the courts, if supported by the earnest endeavors of all the clubs in the state as we propose. Why cannot this be? Something must be done in this direction and without delay, or there will be no use for the clubs themselves. We could say a great deal in favor of this arrangement, but we feel, its necessity is too self-evid- ent, to need a labored enforcement. Should such a union be brought about, the sporting and private clubs, will require a live journal to represent them, and this they will always find in the Breeder and Sports- man which claims, with no small degree of justice, to be the representative sporting organ of the coast. The advantages again of this upon legitimate sport would be immense and immediate to all. We have an illustration of the benefits to be derived from an efficient union between a live newspaper and a live sporting club in Illinois. A few years ago, the Chicago Field, now the American Fhdd and the Illinois Sportsmen's Club, were both very insignificant institutions. They joined interests and labored faithfully together for their mutual good, knowing that if success crowned their united action, the whole country wonld be benefitted by their suc- cess. To-day, they are in their distinct provinces, the most powerful factors we have in America in formulating public opinion on the necessity of preservation and the en- forcement of the law. So, if the Breeder and Sportsman and the different clubs of the state will form a similar union, we may not accomplish as much as the Field and the Illinois sportsmen, but we are convinced we can perform a work as beneficial to our State as honorable to ourselves be- fore another new year comes round. The work is needed. Le tit be commenced in earnest. It is reported that buzzards are so numerous around Hol- lister, that large limbs of trees are broken by their united weight. Considering that buzzards, in order to fly as they \o, are a very light bird, this is a very pretty little story of the bird. Won't somebody give us a rattling good goose yarn as a stand-off? An Interesting Race. A race took place on New Years Day which, although no remarkable for fast time, yet proved one of the most interest- ing seen for some time. The audience was composed only of personal friends of the contestants, but from the result, it is a pity it could not have been witnessed by all true lovers of sport. The contestants were A. Dreyfuss and G. W. Put- num, both of Denver, Colorado, who are visiting friends in this city. The track chosen was the Recreation Grounds, and the stake — "a New Years' dinner for eight," at the Lick House; the race a dash of 100 yards. About 3 o'clock the men appeared stripped for the contest, and chose for judges, Mr. Ward, of Cincinnati, and Jos. Masterson of this city. Ike Benjamin, of New York, acted as Referee, and M. K. Kittleman as Starter. The men got off very evenly at the first attempt, and ran to 75 yards, where Putnum showed about a foot in front, when by a splendid burst of speed of Dreyfuss got up even with him and succeeded in making a dead heat of it in 12£ seconds. Dreyfuss at once became the favorite in the bets, and numerous wagers of ha ^oves, and some money, were laid on his winning. The s % was almost a repetition of the first, except tb showed to the best advantage, and in tun came the favorite with the bettors, after the heat, which also proved dead, and which was ! from Dreyfus, almost at the tape. Time — 12> ee ~ having been so closely contested, and bee: . red dead heats, the audience began to realize that, le . time made out of consideration, that they were witnessi^ did race, and when the men were called out for the heat all were in a high state of excitement; each loud i^ praise of his favorite's "staying abilities." The men, when they appeared, however, did not seem to relish the idea of another heat, both looking worn and "done up," and plainly showing their want of condition. Putnam remarked as he toed the mark: "That last heat seemed twice as long as the first." "Yes," says Dreyfus, "and if I am not mistaken, this will seem longer." As Kittleman fired the gun, both men bounded away at a good pace, and "shoulder to shoulder," till 75 yards were reached, where Dreyfus gained a deeided advantage, which he held to the tape, winning one of the best contested races ever seen, in 12f seconds. Putnam's want of condition proved too strong for his stomach, and Dreyfus, although a much smaller man, and apparently in fair fix, had to be as- sisted to his dresiing room. After, however, the two cham- pions had been invigorated by the liberal allowance of ale and brandy, all repaired to the Lick House, where, to the pop- ping of champagne corks, the race was run over and over, and the dinner of Mr. Putnam's heartily enjoyed. The Vienna Garden. The continued success of the Ladies' Orchestra is such as evincing extreme public satisfaction, that we commenced a brief history of the members last week, which we gladly continue in this issue. We shall commence this notice with Miss G. Gonzales, who presides art the piano. We have already spoken of her abilities as an accompanist, which we hold places her at the head of our local pianists. She was born in Gnadalajaia, Mexico, and studied at the college of Linas, which she entered at eight years old. She re- mained there until eighteen, when she graduated with honors. She began her musical studies under Prof. Limolir, of Mexico,and fiDishedunderProf. Meyer, of Berlin. She then obtained diplomas for music and French, and commenced teaching. After her marriage she came to San Francisco, and on Miss Brandl's retirement, joined the orchestra under Julia Bertrandt. She again took the piano in the present orchestra, under the leadership of Miss Neuber. The other ladies are the Poeschl sisters — Veronica, Caroline, and Marie. These ladies were born in Brag, Bohemia, and studied music in the public conservatory for several years. They then ac- cepted a musical position at Bombay, where they remained two years. After leaving India they came to America and joined the Cincinnati orchestra. They occupied leading posi- tions there for over a year, when they came to the Vienna Garden, under contract as second violin, viola, and double bass. For mental powers and personal graces, it is generally admitted, three such women are not often seen in one family. These little sketches will enable our public to understand the great success of the present orchestra. As long as merit is appreciated, it could not be otherwise. The crowded house every night speaks well for the taste of our people for classi- cal music. We could select pieces played during the week, such, for instance, as the trio between Misses Nenber, Straka and Gonzales, that would do honor to any concert in the world, not excepting Paris or London. For ourselves we re- joice that such a school exists among us, and we hope it may long continue. Jonathan Mahen formerly lived in Alameda county, and was a market hunter by occupation. Up to the time of leav- ing Alameda, by actual count he claims to have killed 17,500 geese, aud has since killed 1,000 more. He used a cow, and he says, at the end of the season the geese were more afraid of a cow than a man. Butte county offers a bounty of $10 each for coyote scalps, which has induced a general war against the useless vermin. A coyote will kill more game than a dozen of the worst pot- hunters. Thoroughbred Stallion IMPORTED Kyrle Daly. Bay horse; bred by Joseph Lyons; foaled 1879, by ARTILLERY. Plat dam. Colleen Rhue, by Gemma-di-Vergy. Second dam, Princess, by Retriever. Third dam, Echidna (the Baron's dam), by Economist. Fourth dani, Miss Pratt, by Blacklock. Fifth dam, Gadabout, by Orville. Sixth dam, Minstrel, by Sir Peter. Seventh dam, Matron, by Florizel. Eighth dam. Maiden, by Machem. Ninth dam (Pumpkin's dam), by Squirt. Tenth dam (Lot's dam), by Mogul. Eleventh dam, Camilla, by Bay Bolton. Twelfth dam, Old Lady (Starling's dam), by Pullefne'e Chestnut Ara bian. Thirteenth dam, by Rockwood. . Fourteenth dam, by Bustler. Will make the coming season, 1884, extending from February 10th to June 20th at Rancho del Paso, Sacramento Co., Cal. Terms, $100 the eason. s Mares taken good care of atSlO per month, but no responsibility for escapes or accidents. Address JOHN KIACKAY, Sacramento, Cal. The Trotting Stallions. DIRECTOR, w MONROE CHIEF Will make the season of 1834 at Oakland Trotting Park, Commencing February 1st and ending Jnne 1st. TERMS. Director $200. Monroe Chief $100, the season. Good pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Due care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility assumed should any occur. Director, 9:17. Black horse, foaled Julv IS, 1877. by Dictator Csire of Jay-Eye-See» 2.-10X; Phallas,2:15,Si; first dam Dollv (dam of Thorndale, 2:22)*; On- ward. 2 325), by Mambrmo Chief; seco'nd dam by Potomac ; third dam by Saxe Wiemar. Thorndale, 2:22)4, is the sire of Edwin Thome, 2:16^, and Daisy Dale, 2:19K. Monroe Clkler, S:l 8 1 -4. Two-mile record, 4:46. Brown horse, foaled 1S70, by Jim Monroe (son of Alexander's Abdal- I by Piysdyk's Hambletonian, first dam Madame Powell, by Bay of Mambrino Chief); second dam by Toronto (son of St. 'd dam claimed to be of Whip stock. Foi a very lifelike - 1 Chief and a full account of his pedigree and per- -'ay number of the Bbeedek a\d Spoetsilut, .JOHSf A. GOLDSMITH. UBLF Ellis St., San Francisco. THOROUGHBRED STALLION -21.. .A., Fedi-*.. X S (Doublecross), bred by Jos. Cairn Slmpeot Riverside, Illinois, foaled May 23, 1872, by MALCu*. First dam Columbia, by imported Bonnie Scotland. Second dam Young Fashion, by imported Monarch. Third dam Fashion, by imported Trustee. Fourth dam Bonnets o' Blue, by Sir Charles. Fifth dam Reality, by Sir Archy. Sixth dam by imported Medley. Seventh dam by imported Centinel. Eighth dam by Mark Anthony. Ninth dam by imported Janus. Tenth nam by imported Monkey. Eleventh dam by imported Silvereye. Twelfth dam by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 307, and vol. 3, p. 79. X X (Doublecross) is of as high and fashionable breeding as any stallion in the country. His sire, Malcolm, is by imported Bonnie Scotland, his dam Columbia, also by imported Bonnie Scotland; hence his name. Malcolm was one of the best race-horses of his day, and Columbia was also a fine race mare. Columbia is the grandam of An- teeo. Her dam. Young Fashion, was the dam of Surprise, Scotland, Wauanita, Bonnie Kate (the dam of Bonnie Lizzie), Andes, Hock Hock- ing, Three Cheers, etc. The dam of Malcolm, Lady Lancaster, was the dam of Sagamore, Ontario (the dam of McWhirteri, Regent, Lady Fair- field, Lady Amanda, Lady Middleton, etc., and a reference to the racing calendars will show how distinguished the members of these two fami- lies are. This is the only Bonnie Scotland stallion In California, and from his inbreeding has as much of the blood as if he were a son of that renowned sire. He is a horse of immense substance, good size, high form, and of the best disposition. Will make the ensuing season, 18S4, from February 15th to June loth, at the Oakland Trotting Park. Terms, $50 the season. JOSEPH i AIIt\ SIMPSON, Oakland or 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. THE TROTTING STALLIONS SINGLETON AND LA HARPE. w^ "TLL MAKE THE COMING SEASON FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO Julv 15th, 1884, at the farm of the owner, three miles north of sineleton P is a 'dark' brown horse, with tan flanks and muzzle, a little touch of white on hind feet and left fore foot, small star in forehead. la 15* hands i hiirh, and weighs 1,120 lbs. Was bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks.and foaled in the spring of 1&78. PEDIGREE. Sineleton is by Willie Schepper, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, by \hdallab bv Mambrino, by imp. Messenger. Sehepper's dam Nellie by son of Vermont Black Hawk, grand dam by Busiris. thoroughbred (No 3731 Sineleton's dam was Lightfoot (dam of Pride, yearling record 2-44'y l bv Flaxtail, son of Pruden's Blue Bull. Lighrfoot's dam was Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe, Granddam by Dealer's Consul, by Irwin^s Tuckahoe was by Herod's Tuckahoe, by thoroughbred Tucka- hoe, by Florizel, by Dionied. LA HARPE T. ft bronze bav two white stockiugs behind and star, 16 hands high, and vlrv powertuflv built, weight, l.&i lbs. WM bred by Dr. Hicks, and foaled in 1S79 la Harpe was sired by Fame, he by Alexander's Bel. niontlsire of Xutwoodl, he bv Alexander's Abdallah Isire of Goldsmith MaidY he bv Rysdyk's Hambletonian, he by Abdullah, he by Mambrino. hi' by 'imp. 'Messenger. Fame's .lain Glory by Jackson's Western star (son of Piatt's Western Star by Blackuosei. 1st dam bv Boanerges, 2nd dam bv Gallatin 11,0811. La Harpe's dam Frame Bird by Flaxtail (dam of Flight, 2:29. and Prompter, 2:33). 2nd dam Fashion by John the Bap- fist 3rd dam Fannv Fern, bv Irwin's Tuckahoe. 1th dam by Lemer's Consul. Irwin's Tuckahoe "by Herod's Tuckahoe, by thoroughbred Tuckahoe, bv Florizel, by Diomed. TERMS: For Singleton fifty (^501 dollars the season. Mares not proving in foa mav be returned the following season free of charge. La Harpe will stand at twenty-live irin dollars lie- season, cash. Mares sent to the ranch to either horse will be kept one month free of pasturage Further pasturage will be charged three iS3> dollars per month Mares shipped to Clilco consigned to me will be received on arrival of train, and taken to the ranch. Mares kept in any manner nwiVerft mav desire at reasonable rates. There is every convenience on the farm, boxes', paddocks, and plenty of shade and water. Address J. T. McESTOSH, Box 60, Chico, Cal. 1884 xe fjjJrjejefe and gpaxtemsm. "The] Avenger of Waterloo." Comte de Lagrange, who died recently, was a prominent figure on the European turf. Probably the most dramatic scene ever wit- nessed upon the English turf was on that spring day in 1S65 when his French-bred colt Gladiateur, showed his heels to a large field of horses at Epsom in the English Derby. The English were aghast at such a catastrophe, and the French contingent weathome with their pockets full of English, 'bank notes and rejoic- ; -v_ tuat Waterloo, was avenged. Many years have passeu since Gladiateur win the Derby, and the great horse has rrobably taken a lower rank among his equine companions than people were at firs/ inclined to award him after his sensatiardi victories on the Two Thousand, Derly; Grand Prix, and St. Leger But there jy^nly one opinion about his own- e*r, Domfe de Lagrange, who may be called the father of the French turf. The Count was never a popular owner, inasmuch as he ran his horse on business principles; but his death leaves a void in French sporting affairs which it seems almost impossible to fill. Be- sides, his death disqualifies Archiduc, one of the most prominent colts entered for the Two Thousand and St. Leger. M. de Lagrange's appearance was well known on ever}' English and French race- course. He was a regular Normun, with a ruddy complection and square built figure. Of late years his- hair, mustache and whiskers were almost white. He reached the age of sixty-eight years. The Count took part in political affairs. In 1S4S, in 1S52, in 1863 and in 1869 he was elected a deputy. In 1870 the empire nominated him as a senator, and in 1877 he was re-elected deputy. Napoleon ILT appointed him an officer of the Legion of Honor; but these honors were as nothing to him in comparison with his successes on the turf. The estate of Dangu, where Comte de La- grange's famous stud farm was, came to him from his mother, who was an heiress of the Talhoult family. In 1S56 he began his racing career by buying the stud of M. Alexandre Aumont, which included the famous Monar- que, and from that day until the day of his death, his history was the history of not only the French, but the European turf. Some idea of the enormous influence of Comte de Lagrange upon horse-racing abroad may be obtained from the following list of wins in the great races. In France he won .the Derby eight times; the Prix de Daine three times; the Grand Prix twice; the Gladiateur five times; the Grand Prix de lTmperatrice four times, and its continuation, the Prix de Rain- bow, seven times; the Grand Prix du Prince Imperial four times; the Grand Prix de l*Em pereur three times, and the same under its new name of the Poule des Produits, another three times. In England he won the Derby once — the only instance of a French horse winning that classic event; the St. Leger twice; the Oaks once, and the Goodwood Cup once. Twice he carried off the Grand Prix de Baden, but the list of his victories in less well-known races would fill a good-size volume. Sporting men in this country have, or rather will have, a chance of understanding the activity of Comte De Lagrange. One of the best horses which he ever owned, and certainly one of the handsomest horses that ever looked through a bridle, is now in this country. This is Eayon d'Or, who won the St. Leger of 1878, and was bought for the new stud in Pennsylvania for no less than 530,000. Tom Davis, who was present at the sale, had to bid for the horse, as Charlie Osborne was unable to tackle the auctioneer in the French language, Mr. Davis was removed in a faint- ing condition after the sale was over. The winnings of the Dangu stables, uf which com- pany the Count had become of late years the manager, were, from 1874 to 1881, 3,00,800 francs in Erance and £100,000 in England. ■» Advertisements are intended, quite proper ly, to profit both the advertiser and the pub- lisher of the advertisement; but in nine cases in ten the money paid for advertising is thrown away, and a good deal of time with it. Now, there is a remedy for this. What is it? It is this : Advertise in reputable and well es- tablished journals that champion the particu- lar merchandise or trade to which yon are de- voted, instead of those the very opposite of it. For example: If you wish to buy or sell a valuable horse, advertise in a newspaper de- voted exclusively to horses; one not only de- voted entirely to horse interests, but one that is known to possess a reputation for square and honorable dealings, as well as one that is known to have a good and bona fide subscrip- tion list, instead of those whose circulation and capital in stock consists of lies. There is another thing you must do before you can reap the full benefit of an advertisement. When your advertisement has been read and answered by a hundred or more persons, then your turn to talk commences. If you do your talking well the chances are that satis- factory trades will be made. If you fail to do your part, then the advertisement becomes worthless to both would be buyer and seller. We have hundreds of advertise- ers who always succeed, for the very reason that they know what advertising medi- ums to choose, and know also, how to make a trade. There are others who refuse to adver- tise with us because our charges for advertis- ing are more than journals of little worth or circulation. Still others who do not succeed with us because when we have found custom- ers for them, they know not how to trade. But this one is true; if you make & poor choice of an advertising medium, trades will be correspondingly poor. We need not tell you that you would be called a lunatie if you should take your horses to a tailor to be shod, or your wagon to a grist mill to be repaired. When you choose a hodge-podge journal in which to advertise a special line of goods, you place yourself in the same boat. All horse- men of any importance or value to an adver- tiser, read horse papers; all millers read mil- lers' journals; farmers read papers devoted to the farm; lumbermen read the lumberman's journal; cattle men look to papers devoted to that particular branch of the breeders' art. Not only do men read the journals that cham- pion their particular branch of industry, but they file them away to be referred to, and read again and again. Thus, the class journal is a thousand times more valuable to both reader and advertiser, "and don't you forget it." A train load of bran and chopped feed left here Wednesday for the Francklyn ranch. It is to be fed to the fine Short-horn stock, which it is intended to turn out fat in the spring. Ideas and measures that five years ago would have been smiled at in nearly all parts of the range are gaining ground, and al- most imperceptibly methods are changing, and greater profits will accrue to those stock- men who keep up with the times. The ad vent ot the fencing of ranges has brought men down to figures who before never thought ef such a thing, and were content with the come-and-go looseness so long as they had money and credit and saw their herds increasing. Ranchmen now know, who never knew before, the amount of cattle in their brands, the number of the yearly increase, the exact amounts re- ceived for the season's shipments of beef, and the current expenses of ranch and trail. And now it has been made so plain in market re- ports and conditions that better stock means more money and stability, the finer breeds are rapidly replacing the Longhorn, and herds are receiving an increased degree of care and attention. And as the pasture system gives each owner the benefit of his own bulls and facilitates the handling, the prairies will soon send a vastly different product to the markets from that of the past, and the aggregate re- turn of wealth to the stockmen will show greatly enhanced figures. The "wintering" of bulls and their separation from the herds at stated seasons will in the very near future be the rule and net the exception in all of the range country. — Mobeetlz [Tez.) Punkandle. Robert C. Cunningham, a well-known and popular horseman of Philadelphia, died on the 12th inst, after a lingering disease. He will be much missed on the road and track by his numerous friends. In the getting up of races at the different tracks he was always ready to trot his horse for fun or money or to make a match. He has owned Scotland, 2:22} Glide 2:24, Bay Chief and others. Jerseys and Guernseys. Registered in the A.J.C. C. and tkeA.G.C. C. The name of the pacer Johnston has been changed to Midway, which suggests that this horse has had a multiplicity of titles. He was originally known as Barney, but when Mr. Mather purchased him it was changed to Charlie M. Then when Eb. Smith purchased a controlling half-interest in the horse he re- christened him Johnston, in compliment to his driver, and now Commodore Kittson Jias concluded to call him after his farm. Dodge city, Eansas, may be put down as the greatest shipping point for range cattle in the United States. During the shipping sea- son of 1883, 73,263 head were sent to market, on which stockmen realized $2,565,205. Tlie above is a cni of the uneqnaled cow Jersey Belle of Scituate that made 351bs. 3 ozH.., ol butter in one week. A GRANDSON OF JERSEY BELLE IS NOW IN tiseinthe YerbaBuenaherd. This herd of jersevs andGuernseyswonallthe herd prizes for 1882. Since then have been added three voung bulls and some fe- males and it now contains Farmer's Glory, Jersev Belle of Scituate, Coomaasie and Alphea strains" These, with forty head selected on the Islands of Jer- sey and Guernsey from the best without regard to cost and imported directlv. make this the b? st herd on the Pacific Coast, and equal to any at the East, where the extraordinarily high prices ruling; show conclusivelv that these are the ac ceptert butter producing animals of the country. Bulls have recently snld inNew York for $10,000 to 812.000. Animals of both sexes for sale at moderate price. H ESR¥ PIERCE. San Francis. STALLIONS FOR SALE HAVING ACQUIRED MORE ST AXLIONS THAN he has present use for, the undersigned offers for sale the high-bred and well-known trotters Inca —AND— Gibraltar. INCA, RECORD 2:27, FOALED 1874, BRED BY L. J. Rose, got by Woodford Marnbrino, son of Mani- brino Chief; first dam Gretchen, by Mambrino Pilot; second dam Madame Kirkman, bv Canada Chief, eon of Davy Crockett; third dam By Fanning's Tobe; fourth darn by Leviathan. GIBRALTAR, RECORD 2:22'-£, FOALED 1S72, bred by Geo. O. Tiffany, got by Echo, son of Rvs- dvk's Hamhletonian; dam the Tiffany mare.saidto'be by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. For terms and other particulars apply to JOHN A. GOEDSJHTH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St.. San Francisco. THE CHICAGO Driving Park Announce the following RACING STAKES, To be ran daring their Summer Running Meeting OP 1884. From June 20th to June 28th. To Name and Close on Tuesday JANUARY 15, 1884. Four or Fire Races on Each Day of the Meet- iiuj. Tivo.Vear-OItl Slakes. -J," rH L. LiDre ?„' Stakes"— For two-year-old fillie ■ S5<> entrance. 825 forfeit, with 550O added, 8100 of which to second. Three-quarters of a mile "The Cbitebios Staees'-Fot two- year-old colts: 550 entrance, 825 forfeit, with 5500 added, S100 of which to the second. Three-rinarters of a mile «,■■ <& ASH . ST ' lKES " -For two-year-old colts and Gibes; S25 entrance, p. p., with S500 added, S100 of which to second. Half a mile The winner of the ••Ladies," •■Criterion," or any stake or purse of the yalue of 81,000 or more, to carry o pounds extra. '7m- ^J?™ 1 " SiAKHT-For two-year-old colts and fillies; too entrance, 825 forfeit, with 8000 added. 5100 of which to second. One mile. Maidens allowed 5 pounds. The winners of two or more stakes to carry 5 pounds extra. > ° Three-Year-OId Stakes. «,!'- TH f k G . E ^ E!i ST -"=E»"-For three-year-old colts and filUes that have not won a race prior to January 1 ?V7 enhance, p. p.. with 8500 added, 8100 of which to second. One mile and an eighth. '""""' All-Agexl Stakes. "The Boakd of Tkade H 1S dicap"-a sweepstakes for all ages; 8a0 entrance, 825 forfeit, of which 810 must positively accompany the nomination.and which is the only liability if declared out hy May 1 ■ 8800 add- ed, 8200 of which to second. -Weights to be published April 1. Winners of any race after publication of weights to carry 5 pounds extra; of two or more races 10 pounds extra. One mile and a half "The Scjiheb Haxdicae"— A cash handicap for all ages ; 810 entrance, which must positively accompany the nomination, and 815 additional to start Vith eoOO added, 8100 of which to second. Weights to be published April 1. One mile and an eighth "The Gabden Cm- Cup"— For all ages'; 850 en- trance. 525 forfeit, with 81,000 added; 8150 of which to second, 8100 to third. Two miles and a qnarter "The Mebchasts' Stakes"— For all aces; 850 en- trance, »25 forfeit, with 8500 added, 8100 of which to second. One mile and a quarter. "The Rapid Sweepstakes"— For all ages; 825 en- trance, p. p., with 8100 added. 8100 of which to sec- ond. Three-quarters of a mile heats The Washington Park Club CHICAGO, ILL., Announce the following additional StakeB to close January 15, 1884, and to he run over their New Race Track, at the Inaugural Meeting of the Club, beginning Saturday, Jnne 28th, and ending Saturday, July 12th, 1S84. THE AMERICAN DERBY. A Sweepstakes for Three -year-olds' (foals of 1S81), at $200 each, h. f.; or onlv $20 if declared out on or before March 15th, 1884; or $30 if on April 15th, 1*84; or $40 if on May loth, 1884; or $50 if on June 15th 1884. All declara- tions void unless accompanied with the money ; wiih $5,000 added, the second to receive $750 and the third $250 out of the stakes. Winner of any three-vear-old stake race of the value of $1,000, to carry 5 lbs.; of 81,500, 7 lbs.; of three or more three-year-old stake races of any value, 10 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Foreign- bred entries allowed 7 lbs. One mile and a half. To be run on the first day of the meeting. Weights, 115 lbs. with sex allowance. THE ILLINOIS DERBY," "ILLINOIS OAKS," "CHICAGO STAKES.*, — AND— "N. W. STALLION" STAKES. All for three-year-olds, which closed on April 2 1883 will also be run during this meeting. All the above advertised stakes to be ran under the Rules and heights of "The American Racing Rules " adopted at Louisville, November 23, 1883, copies of which will be furnished on application. Address all communications and nominations to D. L. HALL. Secretary. 116 Monroe Street, Chicago, 111. The Chicago Driving Park also announce and claim dates for a SECOND SCMMER RUNNING MEETING from JULY 17lh to AUGUST 19th, 1884, for which 6takes will be opened on or about March 1st The regular days will be Tuesdays, Thursdays and" Satur- days of each week, with extra days whenever practic- able. BOULEVARD STAKES. A Sweepstakes for all ages, $-50 each, h. f., or only $10 if declared out on or before Mav 15, 1SS4. with $1,000 added, the second to receive $200, and the third §100 ou4 of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. COMMERCIAL STAKES. A Sweepstakes for all ages, $50 each, h f., or only $10 if declared out on or before Mav 15, 1384, with $1,200 added, the second to receive $300, and the third $100 out of the stakes. A winner of any race In 1984 of the value of $1,000, to carry 5 lbB. extra. One mile and a half. COLOMBIA STAKES. A Sweepstakes for all ages, $100 each.h. f. r or only $15 if declared out on or before May 15, 1884. with $2,000 added the second to receive $400. the third $150 out of the stakes. Weights 5 lbs below the scale. A winner of any race in 1884 of the value of $1,500 to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and three-quarters. WOODLAWN STAKES. A Sweepstakes for three year-olds (foals ofl$Sl). $50 each h f or only $10 if declared out on or before Mav 15 1884 'with S1.200 added, the second to receive $200, and the third a 100 out of the stakes. The winner of the American Derby or Sheridan Stakes, to carry 5 lbs. A winner of both, stakes, 10 lbs. extra. One mile and five furlongs. QUICKSTEP STAKES. A Sweepstakes for two-year-olds (foals of 1882), $50 each, h. f. ; or only $10 if declared out on or before Mav 15, l88J,with $1,000 added, the second to receive $200,the third $100 out of the stakes. Half a mile. OAKWOOD HANDICAP. A Sweepstakes for all ages, $50 each, h. f . or onlv $1(1 if declared out on or before May 1,18.84, with §1,000 added, the second to receive $200, and the third 4100 out of the stakes. Weights to be announced April l, 1884. A winner of any race, after publication of weights, of the value of $1,000 to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and a furlong. GREAT WESTERN HANDICAP. A Sweepstakes for all ages, $100 each, h. f., or only $15 if declared out bv May 1, 1884, with $1,500 added, the second to receive $300, and the third $150 out of the Btakes. Weights to be announced April 1, 1884. A winner of any race, after publication of weights, of the value of $1,000, to cam 5 lbs.; of $1,500,7 lbs.; of $2,000 ,10 lbs. extra. One mile and a half. LIGHTNING STAKES. receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes, Three-quarters of a mile heats. The Vienna Gardens, Cor. of Sutter and Stockton Sts., THE POPILAK FAMILY RESORT OF THE CITY. The Ladies' Orchestra, composed of accomplished musicaiis is the feature of tju* Entertain tits with the talented Miss Bertha Neubcrt as leader Refreshments of aU kinds the hest the market affords. G. F. WALTER, Sole Proprietor. OS- ADMISSION FHEE_ga THE WASHINGTON PARK CUP. A SWEEPSTAKES FOB THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND TPAVARDS, $100 each, h. f.. or onlv $20 if declared out on or before Mav 15, 1884. with $1,000 added, the second to receive $500, and the third $21*1 ..lit of the stakes. Weights five pounds below the scale. A winner of any race in 1881 of the value of 02.000 to cany five pounds extra Two miles and a quarter. The'above races will be run under the American Racinp Rules and Weights (unless otherwise specified) as adopted in the Convention, at Louisville, Kentucky, November 23, 1883. Pleasp observe that in most of the above stakes declarations are permitted for a arnull forfeit. Turfmen failing to receive entry blanks can obtain them by applying to the Secretary, Nominations and all communications to be addressed to the Secretary, Palmer House, Chicago, 111. J. E. BREWSTER. P. H. Mli:itII»AN. Secretary* Lleuc-Gen. C S. A. President, FOR SALE. 2,000 Head of High Graded ANGORA GOATS, Wethers, Ewes and Kids. Flock will average three poundF of fine Mohair, alj fat and in tine condition. Will be sold 111 lots tn pint. at a reasonable price on account of chance in business. Address: ANGORA, EJ Dorado. 1:1 Dorado Co.. Cal. HUNTING DOGS. g; Dogs prepared for Field Trials by E. lEAVr 14 2£foe Ifrxjuiex attil jl:pxrrtsmmt. Jan S. C. BOWLEY & CO., GRAND COMBINATION SALE. Commencing April 10th, 1884, AT THE Bay District Race Track, AND CONTINUING SIX DAYS ThorongUbred Horses and Standard Trot- ters, Roadsters, Jersey, Durham, and Devon Cattle Spanish. Merino, and Leicestershire Sheep, from all the principal breeding estab- lishments on the Paclflc Coast. 750 HEAXTOF STOCK Have already been entered for sale and further in stTuctions from lending breeders are daily arriving. Breeders and owners desirous of entering stock tor this sale should apply at once to „„„,» -,-«- s». i. . B< P *• lit X , 33. 35 and 37 KewMonlgomery St The benefit of the combination sale to breeders and stockmen cannot be too highly estimated. Combina- tion sales have beenfound of imm'-iis<' advantage in the East, and such a sale as this, comprising, as is antiei- Jiated, not less than :>,rnnj head of fine stock from all the eading breeders of the Coast, cannot fail to attract a large number of buyers from Honolulu, Australasia and the East. The fame of California trotters is world- wide and when it is known that for this sale already are entered the get of Electioneer, The Moor. Almont, Nutwood and all the best known stallions on the Coast, the advantages to both breeders and purchasers must be obvious. Large or small lots will be takCD for sale. As soon as the catalogues can be prepared they will be distributed all overthe world; so it is necessary for those desirous of taking advantage of the sale to send in their lists of stock, with complete pedigree, at an early date. & f. B.WUT 4 CO. Largest and Finest Stock On the Coast, at priceB that defy competition, | B a ■ § 1 | I 14 I a s a Si WILL ■£ FISCK, Leading Cutlers. 7S9 Market street. SPOKTINU GOODS. Telephone, 5159. IMPROVED Blind Bridle & Winkers FOR RACE HORSES. Secured bv letters Palent, July 185, 1883. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure my letters patent, is: 1. The part D, supported by the side straps of the bri- dle, extending back as shown, the front having an opening into" which the blind is fitted, substantially, as herein described. 2. In a bridle, in combination with the extensions D. the curved blinds F, secured to such extensions, ana as shaped, to give full freedom and ventilation to the eye while circumscribing the vision, substantially as herein described. 3. In a bridle, and in combination with the exten- sions D. blinds F, and side straps A, the screw, nut and washer E, to secure the blind and allow it to be set, substantially as herein described. 4. In a bridle, and in combination with the check- pieces D and blinds F, as shown, the straps or bands G and H, connecting the branches or extensions above and below the eyes, and having the adjusting slides or buckles, substantially as an l for the purpose herein described. 5. In a bridle, and in com' ination with the blinds F, supported ai d pivoted to the bridle so as to be mova. ble about the point of support, the adjustable front straps or bands G and H, and the iear band I and the throat-latch or lash connected with the blinds, and ad- justable, substantially as herein described. The above are the claims allowed by the patent office, and though the corresponding letters do not appear on the cut, the general principle will be under- stood. It meets with universal approbation, doing away with all the objections urged against blinds, and at the same time giving complete control of the line of vision. By throwing the lower portion of the blind up something of the same eftect on the action follows as is inducedby toe-weights. This is especially the case when young colts are the pupils, teaching them to bend the knee without the strain of weights on the feet. For bridlesof all descriptions apply to JOHN A. McifcERRON. No. 327 Sutter St., San Francisco. 1 H MPROVED HORSE ULOTHIN G. Secured hv Letters Patent issued may 27, 1879. UDOUItJU Uy UCUUtJId Idb^Uli REISSUED MARCH 29,1 881. The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted : 1. An improved blanket or covering, consistingof the body-piece A, flan C, and the exteusion B, formed or united together, so as to cover the bodv and legs of the auimal, substantially as herein described. '2. The blanket or covering A, having the flap C, and ; the extensions B. to fit the fore and hind legs of the 1 animal, front tast" nings FG, and the permanentstraps or bands E, substantially as and for therm rpoRi.' hi-r^in described. 3. The blanket or covering A, with its extensions B permanent semirtrg-bands E, and the front faytumngs F G, in combination with the elastic neck-extension n substantially as and for the purpose here' ndeac ibed' 4. The blanket A and hood J in combination with the elastic connecting-strip I, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 5. The close-fitting hood J , having the elastic band L, beneath the jaws, s« that they may be allowed to move without disturbing the fit, and adapted to be secured to the cover by means of strap*, substantially as herein described. The improvement in cove ring- blankets for an! mals. consisting of the blanket A, having the flap C, and permanent straps or bandy fixed to it to secure it around the bodv. whereby the use of loose surcingles is avoided, substantially as herein described. The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee, JOS. OAIEN SIMPSON, SAH FHAWISro. CAl. LINES OF TRAVEL. LINES OF TRAVEL. C. P. R. Iti., TIME SCHE TLE SATURDAY, - - OCT. 20th, 1883. Trains leave, and are due to arrive at, San Francisco as follows: ISTJN3 J. I Francis. Third and x . L E A V J (FOR) DESTINATION. 9:30 A M... *i #0 p M".., 8:00 A M... 3:30 P M... 4 ;30 P M.. 8:00 a m.. •4 ;00 p St . Antioch and Martinez.. Benicia 3:00 j __ M... _._J p sr... 9:30 a M... 4 :30 P m... 7:30 a m... *4 :00 P M.„ 7:30 a m.. 4 :30 p sr.. 9:30 A M... 7:30 a it.. •5:00 f M.. 9:30 A si., 9 ;30 A Si . •4 :00 P St.. 8:00 A M.. 9:30 a sr.. 4:30 p M.. 7:30 A sr.. 10 :00 a sr.. 3:00 p si.. *5:00 p si.. 3 :30 P M... 5:30 P M... 8:00 a sr... 8:00 A M... 8:00 a m... 7:30 a m.. 8:00 a M.. 3:30 P M... 4:30 p si.. *4:00 p U... 7:30 A M... ±10:00 a M... 3:00 P M... 8:00 A M... 9:30 A it:;. 3:30 P M... •4:00 F ST.. 3:30 P m!! 8:00 a M... 4:30 p M.. Calistoga and Napa.. Colfax Deming, El Pasoj Express... and East I Emigrant Gait and ( via l.ivermore Stockton 1 via Martinez lone Knight's Landing Los Angeles and south Livermore and Pleasauton... Marysville and Chico } Mohave, Needles \ Express f and East > Emig'nt Niles and Hay wards Ogden and ( Express East | Emigrant Red Bluff 1 via Marysville. and Tehama '( via Woodland.. Redding Sacramento, via Livermore. " via Benicia *• via Benicia " via Benicia Sacramento River Steamers. San Jose Virginia City- Woodland 2:40 P si •12:10 P M 6:40 p SI 8:40 P M 10:10 A si •10 :10 a m fi:40 P M 5:40 P si 8:40 F SI 2:40 p si 7:10 a si 5:40 P SI *12:10 p si 6:40 P si 10:10 a si 2:40 p sr 5:10 p sr •8:40 a sr 2:10 p si 2:10 p M *12:10 P SI 5:40 P sr 2:40 p M 7:10 A M 5:40 P sr 3:40 p sr ):40 i *S:40 8:40 p M 9:4U A M 5:40 p u 6:40 p si 5:40 p m 5:40 F Si 6:40 p si 8:40 p SI 10:10 a si *6:00 a si *3:40 P M {3:40 P si 9:40 A si 6:40 P SI 2:40 p M 8:40 P Si *12:10 P M 10:10 a m 8:40 P si 6:40 P M 10:10 A si Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 P. si. can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 :30 a. si. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antioeh. ♦Sundays excepted. ± Sundays only. LOCAL FERRY TRAINS, VIA OAKLAND PIER. From San Francisco Dally. TO EAST OAKLAND— *S:00—*6:30— 7:00— 7:30— 8:00— 8:30—9:00—9:30—10:00—10:30—11:00—11:30—12:00—12:30 —1:00—1:30—2:00—2:30—3:00 — 3:30 — 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 _5:30 — 6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00— 8:00— 9:00 — 10:00 — 11:00 — *12:00. TO FRUIT VAXE— »6:00— *6:30 — *7:00— *7:30 — *8:00 — *S:30-*3:30-*4:00— *4:30— *5:00— *5:30 — *6fl0 — *6:3 9:00. TO FRUIT VADE (via Alameda)— •9:80-6:30-^11:00 — *12:00. TO ALAMEDA- *6:00— *6:30— 7:00-*7:30— 8:00 — *8:30 — 9 :00 — 9:30— 10 :00— ±10 :30— 11 :00— {11 :30— 12 :00— ±12 :30— 1:00— 11:30—2:00— 3:00— 3:30-4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00— 5:30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO BERKELEY— *6:00—*6:30— 7:00— *7:30 — 8:00— *S. 30 —9:00— ±9:30— 10:00— {10:30— 11:00— {11:30 — 12:00— 1:00 —2:00—3:00 — 4:00 — 4:30—5:00—5:30—6:00—6:30—7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO WEST BERKELEY — *6:00 — *6:30— 7:00— *7:30 — 18:00— *8 :30— 9 :00— 10 :00 —11 :00— {1 :0O— 2 :00— 3 :00— 4 :00 —*4;30-5:00— •5:30— 6:00— •6:30— 7:00. To San Francisco Daily. FROM FRTJTT VALE— *6:S *8:53— *9 :23— *10:21— *4:23- *6:53— 7:25— 9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE (vi& Alameda) — *5;15 — *5:45— {6:45— 9:15— *3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAND— *6:30— *6;00 — 6:30 — 7:00 — 7:30—8:00—8:30—9:00-9:30—10:00—10:30—11:00 — 11:30 12:00— 12:30— 1:00— 1:30— 2:00— 2:30— 3:00— 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30—5:00-5:30—6:00-6:30—7:00 — 7:67 — 8:57—9:57 — 10:57- FROM BROADWAY, OAKLAND— *5:37— *6 : 07—6: 37 7:07— 7:37— 8:07— 8:37:— 9:07— 9:37— 10:07— 10:37 — 11:07 —11:37—12:07—12:37—1:07—1:37—2:07—2:37—3:07 — 3:37 —4:07—1:37—5:07—5:37—6:07-6:37—7:07—8:06—9:06- 10:06-11:06. FROM AX.AMEDA— *5;22— «5:52 — *6:22 — 6:52— *7:22- 7:52— •8:22— 8:52— 9:22-9:52— {10:22— 10:52 — {U :22— 11:52— ±12:22— 12:52-{1:22— 1:52— 2:52— 3:22— 3:52— 1:22 —4:52—5^2—5:52—6:22—6:52—7:52—8:52—9:52—10:52, FROM BERKELEY— •5:15—»5:45—*6:15— 6:15-*7:15— 7:45— *8:15 — 8^5—19:15—9:45— {10:15— 10:45— ill ;15 — 11:45—12:45 — 1:45—2:45 — 3:45-^:15—4:45—5:15 — 5:45 —6:15-6:45—7:45—8:45—9^5—10:45. FROM WEST BERKELEY— *5-15— "6:15— 6:45-*7:15 —7:45-8:45— {9:15-9:45 — 10:45- {12:45 — 1:45 — 2:45 — 3:45-^:45— "5 ;15— 5 ;ib— «6:15— 6;45— *7 :15. CREEK ROUTE. •Dally, except Sundays. {Sundays only. "Standard Time" Furnished by Randolph & Co Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St. S. F. A. M. TOWNE, T. H. OOODMAN, Qeu. Manager, Gen. Pass. £Tkt Agt S D GAUGE. CEMENT. • ■• n San Mateo, Redwood ana J Meulo Park. +4 :59 t . ^ I 5 ;55 p m . sr I Santa Clara, San Jose and psr [ Principal Way stations. •10 :02 am 3 :36 p sr 5 ;55 p si i Mi } Gilroy.Pajaro.CastroviUe, ( i *10^2a m ■ \r \ S iilinas and Mont erey. I 5 :">5 r M Tlollister and Tres Pinos. n Watsonville.Aptos.So'im-l v m I (Camp Capitola) i Santa ' Mi f Cruz. Broad Gauge; nr \) change of cars. 10:40 a SI' Soledadand Way Statio •Sundays Stage connections are made w Train, except Pescadero Stages Redwood, which connect with 8:? Special Rotjxd-trip Tickic" Monterey, Poquel and Santa Cru and Paso Robles Springs. Excursion tickets sold Saturday a — good to return on Monday — to Santa ,_ San Jose, $2 50; to Gilroy, ?1; to Monterey or ^_ Cruz, $5, and to principal points between San Fran- cisco and San Jose. Ticket Offices. — Passenger Depot, Townsend street, Valencia-street station, and No. 613 Market Btreet, Grand Hotel. A. C.EASSETT, H.R.JTJDAH, Superintendent. Asst. Pass. & Tkt. Agt SW SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. ^S Sportsmen & Pleasure-Seekers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC R R. CO. EESPECTFOLLY CALL8 ATTENTION TO THE SUPERIOR FACILITIES AFFORDED BY ITS LINE FOR REACHING with, speed and comfort the best places in the State for Sea Bathing, Snooting and Fishing. TRAINS LEAVE BAN FRANCISCO DAILY POB MONTEREY, THE MOST CHARMING Summer and Winter Resort of the Pacific Coast, with its beautiful Groves and delightful Drives. Trout in abundance can be obtained from the several streams in the vicinity of Monterey, and the best of shooting may be had in season. THE BAT OF MONTEREY Is noted for the extent and variety of fish which abound in its waters, notably Salmon, Rock Cod, Bar- acuda, Pompino, Spanish Mackerel, and Flounder. The above-mentioned attractions, in connection with the low rates of fare, rapid transit, and the superior accommodations furnished at the "HOTEL DEL MONTE," have made Monterey a paradise for sports- men. THE BATHING FACILITIES "HOTEL DEL MONTE," ABE UNSURPASSED, hafine a MAGNIFICENT BEACH of pure white Band for surf bathing. THE BATH-HOUSE contains SPACIOUS SWIMMING TANKS (150x50 feet) for warm salt water plunge and swim- ming bathB, with ELEGANT ROOMS connecting for individual baths, with douche and shower facilities. THE FAVORITE ROUTE to those well-known Watering PlaceB, APTOS, SOQFFX AXD SANTA CRFZ. IS VTA THE Southern Pacific Railroad, CBroad Gauge). The S. P. R. R. runB through the counties of San Mateo. Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, in each of which game abounds in great variety, Notably Quail, Pigeon, Snlne, Duck, Geese, Deer and Bear. Lakes PILARCITOS and SAN ANDREAS are reached by this line. Stages connect with trains daily at San Ma'teo for those well-known Retreats, PURIS- SIMA, SAN GREGORIO and PESCADERO. We would particularly Call attention to the unlimited ex- tent of range at aiid about SAN BRUNO and McMA- HON'S for RIFLE PRACTICE. These resorts are but a Bhort distance from San Francisco and offer special inducements to the lovers of i h i.-i manly sport. SPECIAL NOTICE. Sportsmen and others presenting Passage Tickets will be entitled to FREE TRANSPORTATION OF THEIR DOGS when carried In Baggage Cars and put in charge of Train Baj.^aji'-'man. Train Baggagemen are instructed to issue CHECKS for all dogs received iu Baggage Cars. CiS 5 * In order to guard against accidents to Dogs while in transit, it in necessary that thev be provided with COLLAR AND CHAIN. Guns and Fishing Tackle will be carried free of charge. Guns taken apart and securely packed in wood or leather cases may be taken in Passenger OarB. TICKET OFF1CKS— Passenger Depot, Townsend street, Valencia Station, and No. :px>vtswjw. FOR SALE. Thoroughbreds OF ALL AGES. ENQUIRE OF ITEMIY WALSH, SHp't Running Horse Dep't Palo Alto Stock Farm. r GOLD SEEKERS FRIEND 'It vou will send us TEH CENTS Silver, youl get by mall ou.HEW CASE DIETZ'S PATENT CHECK HOOK. Simple in its Structure and Prac- tical in its Use. The horse never loosens the cheek-rein when this Cheek-Hook is used. Horsemen, can appreciate the value of a Check- Hook of this kind. There being no springs or hinges to break connected with it, makes it serviceable and easily appended, as the check-rein passes through a solid ring attached to the front of the hook. Orders sent to A. c. nnvrz, No. 9 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. Will receive prompt attention. figj-When ordering state whether gold or silver plate required. Horses and Mules FOR SALE. SEYE3STY-FITE HEAD of Horses and Mules, suitable for farm and plow work. The mules are all young, California bred, and will average 950 pounds weight. Applv to W. X,. ASHE, iferced, Merced County, Cal. KILLIP & CO., LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, 116 Montgomery Street. San Francisco SPECIAL ATTENTION PAED TO Sales of Ranches & Live Stock. Will Sell In All Cities and Comities of tue State. REFERENCES. J. S. Cabet, Sacramento. J. D. Cabh, Salinas. R. P. Saegeni, Gilroy. Johx Boggs, Colusa. P. A. Ftkigax, San Francisco. HAVING CONDUCTED SOME OF THE MOST successful sales, notably those of Messrs. Whip- ple, Colgrove, Dietz, Courts, Dougherty, >*ewland * Hammond, Daniel Cook and others, wt- feel assured of onrabiliry to give satisfaction in all busine ssin- trustedto our care. Sales will be made in allcities and counties in the State. We have incontemplation a series of combination or breeders' sales, similar to those so successfully held at the East. We will be pleased to entei into correspondence with parties de- siring to paiticipate in suchsales. Private purchases and sales of improved live stock of all descriptions will be made on commission and stock shipped with utmost care. Several fine ranches at private sale. Purchases and sales made of land of every descrip- tion. KIIAIP A CO., 116 Montgomery street. lie vi. r l.iirs- WorldM'ftr Co. r:2 Nassau St. NewYork. Russ House, 1009, lOll, 1013 and 1015 J Street, SACRAMENTO, CAL. M. J. HENLEY PROPRIETOR TKIS HOUSE IS A NEW BRICK BUILDING, newly furnished throughout, and with all modern improvements. Table first class. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Public patronage respectfully olicited. Street cars pass the house every five minntei. CONSUMPTION. 1 nave a positive remedy for the above disease; by Its use> thousands of cases of the worst iind and of long etandlni- tuve been cared- Indeed, bo strong is my faith In its eiScaoT i? B L I ^"i Ben . d , TWO BOTTLES FREE, together with a Val! FABLE TREATISE on this disease, to any sufferer. Give Ex- press & IV 0. address, pa, t, a, gLOCU JL 101 fedrl St- «. Y. PURE-BRED JERSEYS FOR SALE. For sale, to close an Estate, Ten Head of Pure-Bred Jersey Cattle. Registered In A. J Herd Book aud A. J. C. C.H.B.— Cows, Heifers and Calves. All superior animals both in breeding and qualitr Also a number of Two and Three- Year- Olds, Geldings and Fillies, Thoroughbreds and by Tli ad Stevens Trot tins; Stock ot the very best Families. For particulars inquire of or address, R. P. CLEMENT, m Montgomery st San Francisco. D. HICKS & COMPANY Patentees Advertising Hotel Registers. BOOK-BINDERS, BLANK BOOK PRINTERS, MANUFACTURERS. Importers of Bookbinders' Materia Fine Antiqne Bindings at Eastern Rates. ^0.508 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal I SURE FITS! When I say euro I Uu nut mean mt-relv to e top tnem for m *imeand then hJivethtm return again, I mean a radical euro I ive made the disease of FIT;!, EPILEPSY or FALLINQ „, -3ason for receiving a cure. Semi at one for a treatise and * free Butt le of ray Infallible. remeJv. Give Express and P^t • '<; costs you nothing for a trial, and I will care yon Address Dr. H. G. BOOT, 1&3 Pearl St, NewYork. Office. THE WHITMAN SAOOU Having been appointed SOLE AGENT for the ^Whitman Saddle Company For the Pacific Coast, I have in stock full lines of their celebrated goods. > ADDLES FOB ROAD, RANCH OR PARK (SF, Willi or without the Callibrnia horn. training" saddles. Ladies' saddles on hand or made to order in special styles. THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT MANUFACTURERS' RATES. An Inspection of these Goods is Invited. Illustrated Catalogues sent free on ap- plication. JOHN A. McKERRON, 230 and 232 Ellis Street, San Francisco. WHITMAN TREES. BAYING ON SAND A LARGE SELECTION OF I W hitman T rees , / AM PREPARED TO MAKE UP SADDLES IN ANT STYLE DESIRED BT CUSTOMERS, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CALIFORNIA HORN. Trees for Sale to the Trade IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT, AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. John A. McKerron, 230 and 2K Ell ie street, SOLE AGENT FOB THE PACIFIC COAST. WHITMAN PARK SADDLE. Riders or those who intend to become good riders should try these saddles. In conjunction with the WHITMAN COMBINATION HALTER-BRIDLE and the WHITMAN RUBBER-FOOTED STIR- RUP these are the most stylish and comfortable outfits in use. They can be finished to suit any taste at from $15 upwards. JOHN A. McKERRON, 230 hikI 231 Fill* St, Sole Agent for Pacific caul. "WHITMAN'S RUBBER-FOOTED THESE STIRRUPS ARE VERY HANDSOME AND THE RUBBER MAT A GREAT CONVENI- ENCE AND COMFORT TO THE RIDER, AS THE SLIGHT AMOUNT OF ELASTICITY PREVFSJs SHOCK, WHILE THE ADHESIVE PROPERTY Of* THE RUBBER HOLDS THE FOOT IN PLACE WITHOUT EFFORT. No person ofter once using them will use any other. JOHN A. McKEP^v •B30 and 232 Ellis Screen Sole Agent lor tbe I 16 2£lic Mvmltx mul jl p&xtmxmu Jan 5 E (Self-Ad] ustlns) AWSON'S U. S. lyl*, ARM Suspensory Bandages. A. perfect fit guaranteed. Support, Relief, Comfort. Automatically Adjustable. DISPLACEMENT IMPOSSIBLE. Treatise on Nervous Tension and Circular mailed free Sold by Druggists. S. E. «. BAWSO>. Sent by mail safely. Patentee, SaratogaSprmgs, N.Y. Sprung Knees AND Cockled- Ankles Permanently cured by using Sparkhall's Specific. BEFOBE USING. AFTER USINB Which doeB not blister or interfere with the horse's work. It strengthens the joints and tendons, restor- ing the limbs to their normal condition. Has cured many cases of chronic lameness and muscular rheu- matism after other treatment had failed. Testimonial;,: From 0. A. Hickok. Esq. San Francisco, Cal., June fi. 1881, I can with confidence recommend Sparkhall's Spe- cific to any one owning a knee-sprung or cockled- ankled horse, heing fully convinced that it will cure those deformities without injury to the animal. 0. A. HICKOK. From Hon. C. M. Pond, Breeder of the celebrated trotter "Clingstone." Hartford, Conn., March 29. 1882. This may certify that I have used Sparkhall's Spe- cific In my stables, and consider it an extraordinary remedy, accomplishing in most cases all that is claim- ed for it. C. M. POND. The Specific is sold in quart bottles— price, S2.00, by wakkb.ee a co., GEO. O. SHATTUOK, General Blacksmittring, 365 Eleventh Street Oakland, Between Webster and Franklin. ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE with neatness and dispatch. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Particular attention given to airing Carriages of all kinds. W. H. Woodruff, VETERINARY DENTIST. References : Scott AMcCord, Fashion Stable; Win, Gerhart, Ne- vada Stable; J. M. Parker. Telegraph Stable; O. Hink- ley.BaldwlnStable; Col.Dickev, Bay District Course; C. W. Smith, H. McConn, J. C. Simpson, J. P. Kerr, city ; R. F. Simpson, A. Gates, Root. Glover, G. Lap- hajn, Oakland. Office at Fashion Stable, 22lEUis Btreet. BUY DIRECT From the Manufacturer. Carriages BUGGIE UGGIE and WAGONS. ANY STYLE MADE TO ORDElx Sulkies a Specialty. P PERSONAL ATTENTION GJVKN TO AIMING, varnishin R Alterations and Repairs. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 1 3 i » XSO 1 3.1 9 MARKET STBEET Between Ninth and Tenth Streets, San Francisco. M. J. McCUE,. Proprietor. O. C. BALDY, Veterinary Surgeon, OAKHAM), CAL, ALL CHRONIC DISSASES a specialty. Office and residence 1167 "Washington street. References— A. C. H,enry, F. K. Shattuck, Oakland; E. J. Baldwin, San Francisco; L. J- Rose , Los A ngeles. HORSEMEN, ATTENTION. I DESIRE TO CALL TOUR attention to my new patent hand- made shoe, I guarantee to cure any horse with bad corns or con- tracted heels by using this shoe. I also guarantee to cure any horse with quarter cracks, interfering, speedy cutting, paddling, thumping and hitching, or "go charge. Horses sent tvx and returned. 4» ABCCARRON, " The Horsesnoer," 351 Third street, between Fol- som and Harrison. 25m3 IN THE STUD. WRk- Gordon Setter O K R. Six years old, V. H. C, and winner of medal and spe- cial money prize at Boston as a performing dog. Win- ner in Nebraska field trials, and winner of first prize Pacific Coast field trials, also winner of second prize as a Gordon, and first as the best performing dog at San Francisco, 1883. Fee, $25. FRED. A. TAFT, Trnck.ee. Cal. «s» IN THE STUD. Llewellin Set- Z. ter Dog CARL, BY LIECESTER OUT OF DART" Color, Black. White and Tan; aged five years. Bred by L. H. Smith, of Strathrov, Ontario.Canada; broken by R.B.Morgan, now of -Akron, Ohio; also handled one season by N. B. Nesbitt, of the Harvard Kennel Club, at Storm Lake, Iowa. Will be bred to a lew first-clasB bitches. Fee $40.00 Address W. W. MOORE, Oakland, Cal., or J. Y. ROSS. 123 California Street, San Francisco. G. H. STRONG, BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. 35* Market Street. Repairs to order. Elevator, 12 Front street .CEEAF'GUNS for THE PEOPLE* § GREAT WPRTFBM^I^lfe^ ciiMwnpyo B 4 Kiilcn, Blint Ouds, Revolvers, Ammunition, BolnCB, .Veto, 2 ^ Flotilajt Tueklc, fUtora. Ac. Meat 0. O. D. for cxuoioiUloQ. © Address GREAT WESTERN <;V\ WORKS, 2yl Pittsburg, Pa. A. DE LABROUSSE, VETERINARY SI K(i]:o\. FOR SALE. The Llewellin Bitch FANNIE, Which received Silver Medal at late Bench Show. No superior Bitch in the State. For price, apply -to 1. xv. J AL'OJSO, Petaluma Cal. FAIRLAWN, 1884. TENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE Now ready for distribution. Contains descriptions and pedigrees of 252 bead of lligh-Ured Trotting Stock now at Fairlawn. Will be Bent free to all applicants who enclose 1 cents in s Limps to prepay postage. 25 HIGHLY-BRED BROOD MARES, Bred to the Fairlawn Stallions, and 130 HEAD OF VERY PROMISING YOUNG STOCK, Consisting of Young Stallions, Fillies and Roadsters, are offered at Private Sale. TrTTC (INT?. PPTfTE PTiATVT Is strictly adhered to at Fairlawn, and the XJ.i±J VXKJJ J. J.LJ.UXJ A JJXXXH price of every auirrmlforsaleis printed in the catalogue. Purchasers from a distance can buy on orders at exactly the same prices as if present in person. All stock sold on orders can be returned if they do not come fully up to the descriptions given. The Stallions in use at Fairlawn are ALMONT 3 3. Represented in the 2:30 list by 24 performers, with records ranging from 2:154 to 2:30. Limited to 20 approved maresatSSOO the season. HAPPY MEDIUM 400. Sire of 18 performers with records of 2 :30 or better. Limited to 2f mares at $150 the season. ABERDEEN 27. Having ten of ble get with records ranging from 2:15j to 2:27^. Limited to 40 mares at SI 50 the season. ALECTO 2468. By Almont, out of Violet, by Rysdyk'a Hambletonian. Limited to 30 mares at $50 the season. STARMONT 1526. By Almont.out of Starling, by George Wilkes ed to 50 mares at $50 the season. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2 ;30 or better, and three new ones to enter the 2:30 list. The sons of each of these stallions are siring trotters. Almont has sis dif- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can be returned in 1B85 free of charge. For further - information and catalogues containing full particulars, address X.oek Box 393. WM. T. WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. W hitmans Combination HALTER-BRIDLE. GRADUATE OF AI, FORT'S College, Paris. Thirty years ••of practice. Beet of references. CureB guaranteed In all diseases of domestic animals. Office and veterinary infirmary, 1125 Market street, opposite New City Hall, San Francisco. FOR SALE. THE ALMONT STALLION ALTOONA, BY ALMONT, FIRST DAM THERESA B"i Prophet, Jr.; second dam Mollv Floyd by Mohawk; Ihinl 'lum by Daw Crockett.a Caimdinn pacur; fourth dam Puss, a line road mare imported from Camilla. Prophet Jr. by Prophet, son of Hill's Vermont Black Altoona. was bred by c:en. W. T. Withers of Fair- lawn; is a dark bay, a little over 15X handB.of high form and breeding. For particulars apply to A.H.HECOX, Almont StableB 1352 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland. THIS HALTER TAKES UP TO FIT ANY HORSE, AND IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH AN ordinary pair of reins you have a complete bridle. ELEGANT BRIDLES FOR FANCY PARK RIDING ARE MADE ON THIS PLAN. For sale by • T A TVTnTnT!"R "R 0"\T 230 and 232 Ellis street, U . .tL. XVX^iXXUXVXV'w'J.N , Sole agent for the Pacific Coast. ^*THB TRADE SUPPLIED. TIPS AND TOE WEIGHTS. A Natural and Plain Method op Horse Shoeing, With an Appendix, Treating of the Action ot the Race Horse and Trotter as shown by in. stantaneons photography. BY JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, AUTHOR OF HORSE PORTRAITURE. ' Round-hoof 'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long.* Shakespeare, PRICE RETAIL: In Paper Covers $t.OO In Cloth 1 .50 TRADE SUPPLIED ON UStTAI, TERMS. Mailed to any part of the United States or Canada on receipt of price. Send orders to SAN FRANCISCO NEWS CO., or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. San Francisco. TheBREEDER and Sportsman.b weekly journal de- voted tn the interests of breeders of domestic animals and the advancement of all legitimate sport. Subscription price, 85 per year. JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, Editor, The above treatise, 200 pages, will be sent free to yearly subscribers who send orders direct to the office. 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. TRY AN ADVERTISEMENT THE TDRF AND SPORTING AUTHORITY, HE BREEDER AND $P oivant as an athlete, and shirked nothing from the first glass of Sauterne to the last drop of Cognac and coffee. His glass was never dry and never full, a happy state of affairs, which was paralleled by the condition of the champion himself. Nothing took the edge off his appreciations of a good dish, and his clearness of head and Bteadinesa of legs only increased with the deflection of the wine cellar. When it came to the speech making, Mr. Hanlan showed himself a man of much intellectual aptness. He spoke at some length and in a manner which greatly pleased his numerous admirers who were present. He incidently referred, among other things, to the temptations of every prominent professional athlete,and the impossibility of any man retaining aleading position in the sporting world unless actuated by honesty. The champion's speech was listened to with interest, as it was not expected that he would show somuchoratorial ability. He apologized for any references to himself or his performances, but said that among so many oarsmen a brother oarsman could be pardoned for talking a little "shop." In illustration of the difficaltiesaf following anhonest course that meet professionals, Mr. Hanlan mentioned his own memorable case, when after the Trickett race all that was given him out of the stake of §2,500 was the paltry sum of $100. The matter was written off at the time in the leading sporting papers of England, and was so disgraceful that in referring to it the champion could be excused if he displayed some feeling instead of speaking of it laughingly, Mr. Flynn responded in behalf of the resident oarsmen. Mr. Louis White, Mr. M. Price and Supervisor Sullivan also replied to appropriate toasts. There were gray streaks in the east before the banquet ended. Not Likely. The Turf, Field and Farm of January 4th says: After the Thanksgiving Day regatta fiasco at Vallejo, Cal., Edward Hanlan publicly offered $1,000 to any Western sculler who would defeat him in a three-mile with turn race, the contest to take place in the vicinity of 'Frisco. Austin Stevenson at once accepted the deti, and the race was arranged to take place on the 5th of January. On Monday we received a tele- gram from San Francisco announcing that at Hanlan's re- quest the race had been postponed until the spring, when it will probably be decided at Point of Pines, near Boston, Mass. The champion's reasons for deferring the contest were that the East could furnish a better course, and, what is still of more importance, larger returns in the shape of gate moneys. This is not likely to prove true. Hanlan informed the representative of the Breeder and Sportsman this week that he would go very soon to Australia, and there possibly row several matches. The Australians have offered Hanlan op- portunities to make matches with some of their best men, but Hanlan does not care to make any engagement until he has seen the country and judged of the possibilities of get- ting into proper condition there. Since Hanlan contracted typhoid fever on his trip across the Atlantic last year he has entertained a wholesome dread of sea voyages, and henue his aversion to making a match here that would necessitate a trip of some thirty days on the ocean. He wisely prefers to defer the ratification of contracts with Australian oarsmen until he reaches the colony. — - -*- Petersen and Lee. So far, no arrangements for the match between George W. Lee and Henry Petersen have been made. Hanlan says that Lee is really anxious to make a match, and he (Hanlan) would like to see it made, though he will not be here to see the race. Hanlan has a very high opinion of Petersen. He says "why should not Petersen be able to row any one? Ho is a wonderfully powerful young fellow, rows in first-class form, and is a thorough waterman. Why, he might to be able to beat me,'' says the champion. Nevertlurlt-ss, Hanlan would row him for $2,500 a side, Lee is hard at work, on Oakland creek, training for his race with Stevenson. Oakland observers say that Hanlan went over the ferry the other day after two weeks recri; t od in the city, and though fat, beat Lee too easily all over the training course. ■ ♦ The following-named officers of the Stockton Boat Olub have been elected. President, Robert E. Murray; Vice-Pres- ident, James H. Ward; Secretary, John McCann; Treasurer. C. J. Wolf; Captain, J. McGinnis: Lieutenant^ R. Butler; Trustees, S. D. Furrv, Edward Moore, A. B. Treadwell. The American-bred Wallenstein is now at the stud at Lord Ellesmete's paddocks near Newmarket. His companions there will be Hampton (sire of a number of winners) and Sir Frederic. The latter is a fall brother to Mr. W. L. Scott's Kantaka, and both are half brothers to Hermit. Potts A- Harrison, Helena, Montana, have recentlv pur- chased the brood-mare Misadie, chestnut, foaled 187*3, by Enquirer, out of Metalls, by Australian, her dam. La Grande Duchess, by Lexington, and her bay colt Post Trader, foaled 1 SS2, by Balaklava. 18 ariic ttoctki mid ^ponstnaw. Jan ia The TURF AND T RACK. Rancocas Stable —Pierre Lorillard's Luck in 1883. [Xew York World.] With no less than thirty of the principal fixed events— in- cluding stakes and handicaps— won by the Dwyers, it is not surprising that, although Mr. Pierre Lorillard is second in the list of winning owners, the gross earnings of his stable amount to only $5S,295, as against $137,7S0.50 won by the Brooklyn brothers. While in the matter of entrance money for stakes and purses Mr. Lorillard paid out $11,130, leaving a net balance of §47,165, a sum that can scarcely begin to pay the current expenses at home any more than the £432 won iu England will pay the expenses of the division of the Rancocas Stable, which Tom Cannon trained at Stockridge during the past season. As usual, Mr. Lorillard had much the largest number of horses in training, showing during the year no less than twenty-four head, or ten more than the Dwyers. But his traveling was much less, for while the Brooklyn "red and blue" was seen at Jerome Park, Sheepshead Bay, Monmouth Park, Saratoga, Louisville, Washington and Baltimore, the "cherry and black," was not seen either at Saratoga or Louis- ville, but with the following horses the stables ran only at Jerome Park, Sheepshead Bay, Washington and Baltimore. The full record for the year is as follows: Pizarro, is, by Adventurer Breeze, 3, by Alarm Parole, aged, by Leamington Aranza, 5, by B. Scotland Leo, 2, by Duke of Magenta Gonfalon, 3, by Glenlyon Blossom, 2, by Saxon Amazon, 4, by Mocassin Drake Carter, 3, by Ten Broeck. . Huron, 2, by Saxon Inconstant, 3, by Glenlyon Zamora, 2, by Saxon Iroquois, 5, by Leamington Battledore, 3, by Glenlyon Hiawasse, 4, by Saxon Manitoba, 2, by Glenlyon Westover, 2, by Glenlyon. Nimrod, 3, by Glenlyon Wyoming, 4, by War Dance Herbert, i, by Glenelg Tenetia, 3, by Glenlyon Tornado, 2, Glenlyon Brilliant, 2, by Glenlyon Totals.. 202 57 50 28 $58,295 00 Gross amount won. 3fl2,485 00 7,655 00 fi.195 00 5.945 00 5,916 00 3,507 50 3,000 00 2,530 00 2,500 00 2,000 00 1,406 06 1,000 00 1.000 00 975 00 950 00 500 00 500 00 100 00 70 00 Stakes, run at Washington in October, whenwith 102 pounds he beat Rica, Colonel Spragne and Compensation, each at the same weights. Soon after which Parole was sent back to Rancocas, from whence it is to be hoped that he will come next spring, bright and active as of old, and in a condition to win the Fordham or Great Metropolitau, two honors which Parole has yet to add to his long list of fixtures won. His record, however, up to the present times is as follows: [Xote — One of the wins credited to Pizarro and Gonfalon is the "walk" over" that they had for the Trenton Stakes at Monmouth Park when only half the added money was giveD ] Of the above, Nimrod and Venetia were sold out of the stable to Mr. P. Lorillard, Jr., as also was Westover to W. Lakeland, Inconstant to P. Tobiu, Battledore to C. Little- field, Zamora and Manitoba to Morris and Patton, Wyoming to J. Henry, and Brilliant to the Excelsior Stables. Several of these, including Nimrod, Westover (under the name of John Ledford), Battledore and Inconstant, won races for their new owners. A brief survey of the performances of the three -year-olds in the Dwyer and Mr. Lorillard's stables will at once show the reason for the great difference in the earnings of the two. The Dwyers had Miss Woodford, George Kinney and Barnes, a trio that won no less than twenty-six races out of a total of thirty-six starts. While the Rancocas' three-year-olds in- cluded the imported colt Pizarro and the home-breds Breeze, Gonfalon, Inconstant and Battledore, and Drake Carter, pur- chased iu August, who certainly proved anything but a suc- cess, only winning twenty-six races out of eighty-two starts. The principal winner in the list is the English colt Pizarro, which, before the racing began at Jerome Park last June, was expected to prove a colt of more than ordinary ability, but ' his easy defeat by George Kinney for the Withers at Jerome, and for the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, ended that romance, and the "talent" at once set him down as only a fair "plater," while in one quarter he was named the "im- ported fraud," a title which, in spite of his beating George Kinney for the Ocean Stakes at Monmouth Park on the fourth of July, he retained all the season, owing, no doubt, to the poor exhibition he made three days later for the Loril- lard Stakes, when, with the full three-year-old weight — US pounds — he was a bad third to both Kinney and Barnes. Pizarro subsequently won the Eatontown Stakes, an all-aged event, with allowances from Jack of Hearts and four others, and divided the Trenton Stakes with Gonfalon; they gallop- ing over for half the added money. Later in the meeting, Pizarro won a purse race, and was second to Drake Carter (then owned by Morris and Patton) for the Omnibus Stakes. At Sheepshead Bay, Jerome Park, Washington and Balti- more Pizarro was seen in a number of races, about half of which he won, thus ending the season with a reputation in no sense equal to that of a Rancocas three-year-old. What he will do next year is a problem, but he ought to do well in short dashes, for which the weights are reduced by allow- ances now coupled with many of the weight for age purses. Of the other three-year-olds, Breeze showed the best, but her best was far below what was expected. The only fix lure credited to her was the Passaic Stakes at Monmouth Park. She did better, however, in open races, winning four purses and three handicap sweepstakes, one of which was at three- quarter-mile heats, which she, with 109 pounds, won in the creditable time of 1:15] and 1:16J, which warrants the belief that, like Pizarro, she will be found at home during the com- ing season in short races. Another disappointment was Gonfalon, who promised well in a maiority of his races, but invariably failed at the decisive moment with the result that he was second in no less than six races, winning but two, viz.. the Palisade Stakes and a handicap sweepstakes, both at Monmouth Park. Of the other three-year-olds. Incon- stant and Battledore were both tried and found wanting, while of Drake Carter it must be said that it was not until late in the season that Byrne — Mr. Lorillard's trainer — seemed to understand what was necessary to fit him for a race, the colt apparently being one of those animals to which no fixed rules will apply, but for which some new methods must be thought out for each race. Anyhow, it is to be hoped that Byrne will bring Carter out in fine form next June, and cap- ture some of the rich handicaps or cups. Of the all-aged lot Parole is still, as he will no doubt be for years to come, the hero of the Rancocas Stable. His year's work was very creditable, he winningsevenout of the twenty- one races he ran in, while he was second in no less than seven others. None of the races won were of special im- portance, with the exception, perhaps, of the Washington 1875.. 187C, 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1880.. 1881. 1882.. 1883. . Age. Two years. . . Three years. Four years.. Five years... Six years. . . . Seven years. Eight years.. Nine years.. Ten years — * £ a o ■q Gross s a s 3 ings. '— r- S- '- 6 4 1 — 88,600 (JO 7 » '2 — 8.103.00 1J 8 3 1 14,940.00 111 8 1 — 8,450.00 11 6 — — 19,403.50 14 4 ■1 1 1,747.75 lit U I i 9,820.00 21 U 2 6 5,025.00 11 1 V H 6,195.00 la; 5!) 2! 15|S82,18i.25 Next in the aged list is Aranza, who, although only arriv- ing home from England in July started and won her first race on August 4, and she continued to do so well that be- tween that date and the third week of October she started in no less than twenty-one races, of which she won ten . Iuf act so great was the difference betweeu Aranza's performances in this country and in Eugland. that they can only be explained by the theory that she was afraid to run on the turf, for she has certainly shown no such cowardice here, as she is reported to have exhibited at the post in England. As to what Iro- quois did after his return, it can only be said that his prepa- ration for the Moumouth Stakes was too hurried, which, fol- lowed as it was by a second severe race two days later, so completely used up the Derby and St. Leger winner of 18S1 that it was not until the middle of October that he again run, which he did at Baltimore, when he was beaten by Miss Woodford and George Kinney. But so well did he show for part of the distance that Mr. Byrne wanted to match him against Miss Woodford for a mile and a quarter. Bad weather, however, set in and the affair fell through. Whether he will be able to do better next summer, time alone will show. As to the two-year-olds none of them can be said to have done well. Leo showed the best of the lot, but only won three out of fourteen starts at the tail end of the season. Bu t as they included the Champagne and a selling sweepstakes at Jerome Park, and the Arlington Stakes at Washington, Leo's gross earnings not only put him at the head of the two- year-old string, but placed him fifth iu the list of winners of the stable. Blossom is second in the two-year-old list, thanks to the Optional Stakes at Monmouth, for which she beat Leo, Thackeray, Woodlark and Laura Gould. Huron, with a two-year-old purse and the Home-Bred Produce Stakes, earned $2,000, while two small purses were worth SI, 000 to Zamora, who, with Manitoba, was subsequently fairly suc- cessful at Memphis under Morris and Patton's purple jacket and white cap. Of the others, with the exception perhaps of the four-year- old Amazon, their record as above is sufficient. Amazon won three handicap sweepstakes, two at a mile and a fur- long and one at a mile and a half, under such light weights, however, that the performances were scarcely creditable, ninety-eight pounds being the highest weight carried. In the matter of riders under the Rancocas "cherry and black," Shauer carried off the honors, owing principally to the number of races run in the middle weights, which also brought youngOlney into second place,he riding IS winners to Shauer's 21. The heavy weight work was left to Feakes and Hayward, "Polly" riding 13 winners to "Billy's" 2, the latter however, only wore the colors during the last weeks of the season. The full record for the season, however, is as follows : Name. "5 5 o - r a ^ Gross earn- ings. shauer 75 G7 41 8 3 C 1 1 202 21 18 13 2 2 1 57 19 9 3 1 30 10 1 28 The stable for 1SS4 will be a large one, especially in two- year-olds. For, as will be seen below.it will have no less than twenty-two at that age, all of which, with one exception, are by Mortimer. That they will succeed better than the young Glenlyons did is to be hoped for by all interested in the turf. Rumor says that a majority of them did well in their trials at Rancocas last September. The three-year-old list is a limited one, as also is the four-year-old list, but as they are a well-bred lot, Byrne may succeed better with them than he did in 1S83. Of those five-year-old and upward, all, with the exception of Parole, are more or less under suspicion of un- soundness, while Parole's age is such that he is likely at any time to so lose his speed; that his retirement may not only be expected, but enforced; at the same time he may prove a sec- ond Hickory Jim, and in his old age prove a veritable "Prince of the T. Y. 0." Parole, aged, by Leamington — Maiden. Slx-Year-Olds. Iroquois, by Leamington — Maggie B. B. Aranza, by Bonnie Scotland — Arizona. Flve-Y'enr-oid*. Herbert, by Glenelg — KateMattingly. Pinafore, by Enquirer — Mollie Rogers. Four- Year-Olds. Pizarro, by Adventurer — Milliner. Drake Carter, by Ten Broeck — Platina. Breeze, by Alarm — Blairgowrie. Three- Y'oar-Olds. Leo, by Duke of Magenta — The Squaw. Young Duke, by Duke of Magenta — Hortense. Huron, by Saxon — Vandalite. Endymiou, by Ten Broeck — Mollie Rogers. Blossom by Saxon — Blairgowrie. Two -Year- old col is. Holder, by Mortimer— Beulah. Cholnla, by Mortimer — Fannie Ludlow. Neptune, by Mortimer— Highland Lassie. Enigma, by Mortimer — Second Hand. Hemsdal, by Mortimer — Vandalite. Two- Year-Old Fillies. Cyrilla, by Mortimer — China. Dione, by Mortimer — Explosion. Cricket, by Duke of Magenta — Felicity. Kestrel, by Mortimer — Florence." Unrest, by Mortimer — Letola. Ilia, by Mortimer— Lizzie Berry. Chimera, bv Mortimer — Lizzie Lucas. Katrine, by Mortimer — Lou Lanier. Marvel, by Mortimer — Marie Michon. Peoria, by Mortimer — Matchless. Wanda, by Mortimer — Minnie Minor. Bahama, by Mortimer — Notre Dame. Heva, by Mortimer— Ontario. Two-Y r ear-Old Geldings. Adonis, by Mortimer — Alice Ward. Goblin, by Mortimer — Gondola. Grendal, by Mortimer — Gyptis. Zangbar, by Mortimer — Zoo Zoo. Chicago's Swell Jockey Club. [Inter-Ocean, January 1st." One of the most important, aud certainly the most aristo- cratic club in the city, is the new Washington Park Club. Not only in the turf world, but in the social as well, this in- stitution takes precedence. The Jockey Club in London, em- bodies the highest aristocracy in England, and to be a mem- ber of that association is considered one of the leading honors of the country. Several crowned heads are numbered on its roil of membership. Many of the nobility are also members, but the mere fact of their being noblemen is not a qualifica- tion for admission to the club. The committee on member- ship scrutinize the application in the most rigorous manner, and the fact of a gentleman's election to the London Jockey Club is heralded as a distinction as notable as a gazette in the army. France has its national jockey club, located is Paris. Its exclusiveness is noted the world over. Many Americans of fabulous wealth, resident in Paris, have tried with unavail- ing effect to gain an election in that organization, but no in- fluence could be brought to bear that would overcome the ex- clusiveness of the by-laws. New York has in the American Jockey Club an institution comparing favorably with these two clubs in Europe. It is composed of the best men in the aristocratic social circles of New York. August Belmont, Leonard Jerome, James Gordon Bennett, D. D. Withers, Charles Constable, Henry Hilton, Augustus Sehell, Whitelaw Reid, Russell Sage, Pierre Lorillard, William A. Travers, Judge James Munson, and others of equal wealth and celeb- rity in New York city. This Club is fully as exclusive as either of the European clubs. It is a power in the world of fashion, and its endorsement stamps the thing as being proper. That Chicago was ready forsuch an institution is shown in the altogether splendid response which has come to the call of the directors of the Washington Park Club. The first thought of this club originated in the brain of Albert S. Gage, Esq., who has never faltered for a moment in his efforts tu make this club a grand success. Through his instrumental- ity a stock company was formed with capital stock . of 5150,000. With thisstartthe club has to-day oueof the finest courses in the country, if not in the world. They own eighty acres of land just south of South Park, lying betweeu Sixty- first and Sixty-third streets, Cottage Grove avenue and the Grand boulevard. Upon this has been erected a club-house, which cost up- wards of $50,000, and which far surpasses anything of its character in the world. Of course, the London Jockey Club has extremely valuable property in its town house, not to speak of the various courses and other houses it owns at Ep-, som and elsewhere. But there is nothing in America that can compare with the Washington Park Club. When the gates are opened, next June, Chicagoans will see the hand- somest club-house in the United States. In the laying out of the ground the club has had the good fortune to have the combined talents of Mr. S. S. Bemau, who built Pullman, and Mr. N. F. Barrett, well known in the East and West as a landscape engineer. These gentlemen have worked together with a view of making the buildings and landscape harmonize, and the entire plat as picturesque as possible. There will be ample drives for the club members, and a perfect track for public meetings and members' speed trials. Thegrand stand will be the finest in the world, being 500 feet long, two stories high, fitted with refreshment rooms, parlors and reception rooms, the whole costing upwards of §40,000, and capable of seating 10,000 people. Stables are now completed to accom- modate 2S0 horses, and as many more will be erected in the spring. The club-house, which will occupy a position twelve feet above the track, with a lawn sloping from it, will be com- pleted by May 1st. It will be 136 feet long, by 97 wide, and two stories, basement and attic in height. In the basement will be the kitchen, store-rooms, heating apparatus, cellar, etc., and the attic will contain the servant aud lumber rooms. On the main floor will be a spacious entrance-hall, club office, cafe (with serving and wine rooms off), billiard room, a ladies' waiting-room, a parlor for the directors, a lavatory, and five private dining rooms. Extending around the entire building on this floor is a veranda 16 feet wide, which will be provided with chairs and other conveniences for witnessing races. The second floor contains a grand diuiug-hall, seven private din- ing rooms, wine and serving rooms, a grand hall, ladies' par- lor, ladies' toilet and private room and cloak room. A cov- ered balcony, 16 feet wide, also runs around the entire build- ing of this story. All of the rooms aud halls have fire-places specially designed for each by Mr. Beman. Upon the third floor a^e also some sleeping-rooms and bath-rooms, and upon the roof of the building are two open observatories, from which every part of the park and surrounding country can be seen. The grand dining-hall referred to will have an elabor- ate timbered ceiling, and all of the private dining-rooms will have sliding-doors, so if desired they may be thrown together. The main entrance halls and staircases will be finished in white ash, aud the rest of the structure will be treated in white pine. The main staircase will be an elaborate affair, and will be a very attractive feature of the large hall. The families of members are expected to visit the club, conse- quently the necessity of the strict scrutiny spoken of pre- viously. At the present moment there are 300 members ad- mitted to this club. The initiation fee is S150, and the applications for member- ship are quite numerous. Before the gates open it is expected 1 that there will be 500 members. There is not a name on the rolls but what has passed the most rigid scrutiny, and a membership in the Jockey Club is virtually a guarantee of the owner's standing in society. The club have opened stakes for the various ages of thoroughbreds, and will give their in- augural meeting, beginning Jane 28th, closing July 12th. Racing on alternate days. In the young classes the stakes 1884 <£hc JBvjcchcv and J>portsmaUo 19 closed October 15th, with 375 nominations. The entries for the general meeting close -January 15th, at which time fully as many more entries will probably be made. This new club will offer an opportunity to those who enjoy the better quali- ties of the turf sports. The thousands who have each sum- mer gone to Saratoga and other Eastern resorts to enjoy rac- ing will now make this city the terminus of their summer tours. To the residents of Chicago who have long desired an objective point for their drives will find in this club the ful- fillment of these desires. It will elevate the taste and benefit the turf. Fine turnouts will be numerous, and the sport will be dignified. Mr. J. E. Brewster, the efficient Secretary, has done much to further the success of the club, he being a member of the American Jockey Club of New York. The Hoof of the Horse. From the Federal Australian is copied the following easily understood description of the hoof of the horse, and is well worthy of close attention, as it compresses into small space the essential features of this important organ. Notwith- standing that the columns of the Breeder and Sportsman have, at various times, been taken up with dissertations on this subject, we do not feel like offering apologies, consider- ing it by far the most important in the whole range of stable economy. The importance is manifest from the many vol. nmes that have been published, the many new schemes ad- vocated, and the many patents issued for what is claimed to be valuable improvements in horseshoeing. More than this, the United States Government was induced to give a man $25,000 to teach the veterinarians in its employ a system which has been the means of greater injury to horses' feet than anything excepting the barbarities of the forge. The great trouble has been, and is still, the pernicious idea that nature had make a great mistake in giving an animal such an imperfect pedal support as she had appended to the limbs of the caballes, and that there was an imperative ne- cessity for getting as far away from the original model as pos- sible. Now, let us suppose that a person is not acquainted with the traditions of the shoeing-forge and the whimsies of grooms, or that after giving years of trial and observation to the systems recommended, and discovers that they are all wrong; that having this fully impressed on his mind he seeks for further light, and in furtherance of the endeavor to obtain knowledge he commences the study of the foot. We will further suppose that in the pursuit he reads the article quoted from the Australian. He finds that it agrees with the specimens he has examined, and that it also is in accord with the teachings of equine anatomists of recognized stand- in». He learns that the wall is a hard substance formed to resist wear, and yet it is so constructed that there is a chance for expansion and, consequently, contraction. Proof of this is the comparative thinness of the horn at the quarters, the yielding heels and the grooves (commissures) between the frog and the bars. To make this still more palpable he finds that the inner part of the wall has attached to it the "horny lamina?, " which interlock with the "sensitive lamince" pro- jecting from the pedal bone, If it were not intended that there should be expansion, the inner surface of the wall and the outside of the pedal bone would be better to be smooth and only coated with the same kind of tissues that are placed be. tween the bones forming the joints. But the expansion without the guard of the lamina? would permit the pedal bone to descend, bearing heavily on the lower strata, bruis- ing the sensitive portion, and causing acute lameness when the pace was fast. By taking a pack of cards and putting them together alternately, with one-third of the length in- serted into the divided portions, it will be found that even a slight pressure makes it difficult to pull them -apart. In place of twenty-sis there are several hundred of these laminae, and the most extensive motion possible in the wall only slightly lessens the power of resistance. We have read of an experiment to test whether the sole sustained much of the weight, and though it was a cruel test it demonstrated that by far the greatest proportion of the weight was sup- ported by the laniime. The sole was cut entirely away, and still the descent of the pedal bone was not increased. The only time we saw the "Dunbar operation" performed was an exemplifi cation of this, and still more cruel, as, after the sole was cut through until the animal stood in a puddle of blood, a heavy shoe was nailed on and the heels forced out with a powerful screw. It will be admitted, by any person of reasonable intelligence, that interfering with this provision of nature to moderate the effects of concussion must result in injury, and also that an unyielding metallic band fastened firmly to the wall, extend- ing from heel all around to heel mustrender useless the beau- tiful contrivances to "protect" the interior from injury. It is not the intention, at present, however, to amplify on the topic, though we earnestly urge our readers to* give close attention to the article copied, as every paragraph will afford matter for reflection. The hoof is divided into the "wall" or "crust" the "frog and coronary frogband," and the sole. The wall covers the sides of the foot from the coronet to the ground, and at the heels is suddenly bent inwards toward the center of the sole, forming the bars. This part of the hoof is intended to come in contact with the ground, and to it the shoe is fitted and fastened by driving the nails through and clenching them. The upper margin of the wall is thin, its inner edge being hollowed out to receive the coronary cushion. From the lower edge of this concavity the horn is of about equal thick- ness from top to bottom. The inner surface is covered with horny laminae corresponding to the sensitive lamime covering the pedal bone, with which they dovetail, there being one horny leaf to two vascular ones. The inner surface of the lower edge is firmly united to the horny sole, forming a light narrow band, called the white line or zone. The outer sur- face is smooth and shining in the healthy state, being cov- ered by a kind of varnish secreted from the glands at the cor- onet. The thickness of the wall varies in different parts. In front it is deepest and thickest, but towards the quarters and heels it becomes thinner, while at its inflexion it is particu- larly strong. The horny sole fills up the space within the lower margin of the wall immediately beneath the under surface of the pedal bone, to which it corresponds in its concavity. It is fibrous in structure like the wall, and the fibres take the same direction. The sole is thickest round its outer border where it joins the wall, and thinnest in the center where it is most concave. The horn of the sole differs from that of the wall, and breaks off into flakes when it gets to a certain age, while that of the wall grows to an indefinite length, if not in contin- ual wear, or kept short by the farrier'sinstrunients. The sole is therefore better calculated to bear weight than to sustain wear. The horny frog is the exact duplicate of the plantar cushion which it protects. It is triangular in shape, and fits in be- tween the bars and the back part of the hoof, its point ex- tending forwards. The fibres of the frog take the same di- rection as those of the wall and sole, but are much finer and slightly wavy, which conduces to its elasticity. The frog corresponds to the epidermic pad on the soles of the feet of the elephant, camel, bear, lion, dog, cat, etc., and is evident- ly designed to come in contact with the ground, and to pre- vent jar and injury to the limbs. The frog, like the sole, throws off flakes when it attains a certain stage of growth, but these flakes are more firmly attached than those of the sole. The coronary frogband or periople is a continuation of the outer layer of the skin around the coronet and heels, being attached to the frog, with which it is identical in structure and texture. It is thickest at the upper margin of the wall which it covers, and may be easily seen where it has not been mutilated with the rasp. When wet it swells and softens, and on being dried it sometimes cracks or becomes scaly at its lower ma 1 gin. Its use is to connect the skin with the hoof, and to protect the new horn constantly being secreted from the coronet. Having now completed our description of the different parts of the foot, we will proceed to consider it as a whole. Looking at the sole of the hoof, it will be seen that the whole circumference of the wall, including that portion constituting the bars, is intended to come in contact with the ground, and from the disposition of its fibres is admirably adapted to re- sist wear and sustain weight. It will also be seen that it pro- jects below the sole, except at its outer margin, to which the wall is firmly attached, and its thickness may always be ascer- tained by measuring the space between its outer edge and the white zone. This is an important matter to bear in mind, for even in a well-formed hoof it is seldom more than half an inch in thickness, consequently carefulness and tact are re- quired in order to guard against wounding the sensitive struct- ures within. The sole is more or less concave from its junc- tion with the wall, where it is of equal thickness with the latter, and evidently intended to assist in relieving it of pres- sure. Although eminently adapted — from its shape, struct- ure, and position — to carry a considerable amount of pres- sure, it must be borne in mind that the pedal bone is, to a certain extent, sustained in its position by the coronary, and plantar cushions, a due proportion of the weight being thrown upon the wall and frog. The frog is also an essential part of the weight-bearing surface, and in the healthy foot always projects below the sole, but seldom below the wall at the heels. Besides obviating concussion, it assists materially in supporting the tendons and in preventing slipping. A well- formed hoof has an angle of about 50 deg. Its ground surface should be nearly circular in outline, the sole slightly concave at the circumference, and deeper in the center. The border of the wall ought to be thick at the toe, gradually thinning towards the heels, but should be full and strong where it turns to form the bars. The bars should be free from fracture, and the frog moderately developed, firm and solid. The horn is softest when newly secreted, but gradually be- comes denser, harder and less elastic. In a state of health the growth of horn appears to be regular in every part of the hoof; but, under certain diseased conditions, it may be irreg- ular in growth, and altered in character. Sometimes, through mismanagement or defective form, the horn grows more rap- idly at one part than another. The part receiving the least pressure grows the quickest, hence the necessity of preserv- ing the hoof in the best possible shape, otherwise the uneven- ness becomes aggravated. The horn grows more rapidly in some horses than others; the warm, dry climates are more fa- vorable to its growth than cold, damp ones. This accounts for our Australian horses having so much better feet than those of Great Britain. The character of the locality in which a horse is reared has also great influence on the shape of the hoof. Horses reared on high and dry pastures, where the ground is firm and hard, have small but well-formed feet, with concave soles and little but firm frog. Those reared in marshy regions, on the other hand, have large spreading feet, the honTbeing soft and spongy, the sole thin and flat, and' the frog very large and flabby. Change the relative situ- ations of these horses, and nature immediately begins to transform the character of the feet, as well as the constitu- tional vigor of the animals. In horses accustomed to town work and stable keep, the wall of the foot generally grows at the rate of a quarter of an inch, or in this country probably more per month, so that the entire wall of an ordinary-sized hoof will have become regenerate in from eight to twelve months. The application of a blister or other irritant to the coronet will increase the rapidity of growth and thickness of the wall. In the natural state, if the wear is in access of the growth, the animal is compelled, on account of the sore- ness induced, to rest until the worn hoof has recovered its proper thickness. On this account it was discovered, cen- turies a"o, that by nailing an iron rim to the hoof the utility of the horse was increased a thousandfold. But if a shoe is allowed to remain on the foot for an indefinite period the growth of the horn is in excess of the wear, until an inordin- ate size is attained, and it becomes necessary to remove the shoe and allow the foot to wear down to its proper dimen- sions, as it is supposed the ancients did, or to remove the super- fluous growth by means of instruments, and apply another shoe. The great fault against the present system of shoeing does not consist so much in the formation of the shoe, though a great deal may be said on that score, as in the multilation the foot receives in its application. The Melbourne Cup Day. One hundred and twenty-thTee thousand people is a grand attendance at any event, and when these are brought together by the attractions of the turf, it shows that the glo- rious sport is duly appreciated at the antipodes. The editor of the Federal Australian is not influenced by an over-san- guine enthusiasm in giving the following glowing account of the festival, as every one we have conversed with, who has been present at Flemington on the Cup day, are fully as fer- vid in their eulogies. K. A. Cameron, who was honored by Queen Victoria giving him the right to prefix Sir to his name, has the still higher honor of having imported Leam- ington, Glen Athol, Glenelg, and many others which have done so much for the blood-stock of the United States, and who has an intimate acquaintance with the race-courses of Europe and America, pronouueed the Flemington the best he ever saw, the appointments far superior to any in England. France, or the United States, and the management of the best kind. Nothing surprised him more than the attend- ance, and the features which the Australian calls attention to also impressed him with the same ideas. "Show me the sports of the country, and I will tell yon what the charac- teristics of the people are," is not far from the truth, and the countries which have such a fondness for the sports of the turf and the track as to draw thousands are in the van of all others. Apart from the special purpose for which it wasoriginated, and will always be maintained, the great racing festival held yearly at Flemington is worthy of note as an established Australian institution. The chief reason why Melbourne has been, by universal consent, chosen as the scene of the national sports is doubtless its central position. "All roads lead to Rome." Upon the noble city seated on the shores of Port Phillip, at the southeastern corner of the contineut, all the Hues of Australasian traffic and commerce converge. This advantage nature gives of her mere good pleasure, and it is simply impossible to reverse it by any artificial device whatsoever. But to the credit of the Victorians it must be said that they have done all their best to add the attractions of art to the advantages of natuie. The Flemington race- ground is unrivaled for its situation by any other sporting site on the face of the globe, and the V. E. G. have spared no expense and no labor in making it the most commodious aud well-appointed of resorts for holiday makers who love to witness the competition of swift-footed horses on the smooth greensward. The result, as seen on a grand Cup Day, when the skies are blue aud bright, and when the sweet spring air has in it the delightful forecast of summer, is something that dazzles and delights at once the eyes of the intelligent for- eigner. Year by year visitors from far-off lauds declare, after visiting Flemington, that their utmost anticipations, and even their highest imaginations, of what Australia could show in the way of a great national gathering, have been quite thrown into the shade by the reality they have wit- nessed. The vast numbers gathered to see the sport — no less than 123,000 this year; the brilliancy of the entire spec- tie; the air of thorough comfort, and even of wealth, which pervades the vast throng; the splendid dresses of the ladies; the total absence of anything in the shape of a proletariat class, or of the roughs and rowdies which form so conspicu- ous a part of the show at Epsom or Doncaster, and the thor- oughly respectable behavior of the multitude, rendering the presence of the guardians of the peace a mere matter of form, all these features of the scene are well calculated to make a deep and abiding impression on the mind of a for- eign visitor. He has before his eyes the visible proofs of the vast national wealth, and the characteristic spirit and enter- prise, of the Australian people. Viewed in this aspect alone, we say, the great annual race day at Flemington must be regarded a? a settled national in- stitution. It is right and fitting that once, at least, in the course of the rolling year, the flower, so to speak, of the Australian population should be collected together in one spot, to show the world what are really the physical and moral characteristics of this youthful nation. The sight is worth, to any observant and intelligent stranger, infinitely more than the perusal of a score of volumes. He learns from actual observation, in a few hours, more than years of reading and conversation could teach him. He obtains an impression of what the Australian people really are, which no subsequent misrepresentation or slander can efface from his mind. Thus is the fame of this country diffused throughout the civilized world. Australia becomes known everywhere, and creditably known, so that the grand annual festival at Flemington, were there no other argument to support it, finds ample justification in the national benefit it directly confers on the Australian population. The Great Eclipse Stakes Through. Likely to Pall The English Racing Calendar contains the nominations made for the Eclipse Stakes of 650,000 net. But as the stake only received 2G9 subscribers, there is a possibility of its fall- ing through, for one of the conditions of the race is "300 en- tries or the race will be void." The committee may, how- ever, decide to have the race, as the forfeits will no doubt equal the amount guaranteed, there being no desire to make a profit, for it was stipulated iu the conditions that "in the event of the forfeits exceeding the expenses of the stake, the surplus will be devoted either to a consolation stakes for the unplaced starters, or will be divided between the second and third horses at the discretion of the executive." One reason,[perhaps, that the entry fell below the stipulated 300 is the small number of foreign entries, especially Ameri- can, French and German. The only American subscribers are Mr. Pierre Lorillard and Mr. J. R. Keeue. The former nominated Heimdel aud Katrine, both four-year-olds iu ISSti, aud the then three-year-old colts out of Vandalite and Agen- oria aU by Jlortemer. Mr. Keeue's nominations include the six-year-old Blue Grass, the Eve-year-olds American Girl and Steerforth, and the four-year-old English-bred colt by King- craft out of Rustic Queen. The other foreign-bred horses number just twenty-five, all bred iu France, and are nomi- nated by M. P. Aumont, M. C. Blanc, M. E. Blanc, H. Crom- bezs, Prince d'Aremberg, H. -leuuiugs, C. J. Lefeyre, Duke de Moray, Barou de Rothschild and the Baron Schiakler, and as a whole they represent the French strains *>f blood. The English division is naturally very strong, although the list is conspicuous by the absence of Lord Falmouth's name. Among the nominations are many of the best of the two-year- olds of 18S3, which will be five years old in 1886 (the race, if run, taking place in July, that year), with muuy of thi year-olds, which will be'theii six years old. Among the latter are St. Blaise, the winner of the last Derby; Beiidigo, the winner of the Cambridgeshire, and Osaian, the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger. Among those now two years old, which are expected to show well during 1SS4, there isTom Cannon's Fritz, Mr. J. H. Houldsworth's Royal Fein and Spring Mr. P. Peck's Superba, Duke of Portland's St. Simon, Duke of Westminster's Duke of Richmond, aud Sir John Willough- by's unnamed tilly by Hermit out of Adelaide. The greatest number of subscriptions by one person was made by the Duke of Hamilton, who entered uo less than nineteen. Mr. Hy. Chaplin is next with thirteen, and Mr, Leopold de ^r ^ixrucj. lUlU ^pujuiamauu oan x& child next with twelve, while Mr. Man ton (the Duchess of Montrose) has six representatives. The conditions are: £10 each if declared by the first Tuesday in October, 18S4. If left in after that date, a further subscription of £20; if after the first Tuesday in January, 18S5, a further subscription of £30; and if after the first Tuesday of January, 1SS6, a further sub- scription of £50. Horse Notes from Yolo. Editor Beeedeb and Sportsman: Thinking a few items from Yolo county may be of interest to yourself and readers, I send the following in relation to our colts and horses owned about our town of Woodland: In the first place, we have the stallion, Alexander Button, (sire Alexander) with about forty colts from seven to nine months old. As fine a lot of young- sters as auy one would wish to see, and if we mistake not will be heard from in their two and three-year-old form. Mr. G. W. Woodward, the owner of Button, has already hung up a $300 purse entrance added for Button colts to trot for at two years old. He has a pair of eight months old already broken to harness, and drives them through our streets fre- quently, some were exhibited at the State Fair. Mr. Chas. Hoppin, of Cacheville, has a very fine yearling mare colt, by Alexander, (the sire of Button,) that is being broken and shows fine speed. Avery rangy fine mare. Jos. Martin has also a yearling horse colt, by Curtiss' Don Pedro, dam a Taylor mare, he is a large rangy colt, 15 hands high and weighs 965 pounds, and shows any amount of speed, and will be troublesome in the two-year- old race to come off in the fall of 1SS4, with nine entries over the Wood- land track. Whitmore has three yearlings of great promise in his charge by Tinnen, by John Nelson, that are large fine colts and all give promise of speed. Some of these will also start in the two-year-old race. Josh Sovereign has also a fine colt entered in this race by Victor— by Echo, that shows more speed than any of these colts. B. H. Newton has also a colt entered in yearling race, by Del Sur, out of a Black Ralph mare. A fine colt that took first Dremium at State fair in 1S82, at 5 months old, and again in 1SS3, at 17 months old. Stands 15 hands high and weighs 930 lbs.; color, black, and is level headed, and fine style. Is entered in the two-year-old stake to be trotted at the State fair in 18S4. Peter Fitzgerald has the boss stallion Killarney. Handsome as a picture, in fact, is my ideal of a race-horse. As graceful as a dancing master, as elastic as a piece of whalebone and as supple as a cat. Now you have the whole business in a nut- shell. Killamey is by Black Ealph, out of what is supposed to be an imported Eclipse mare. He is a pacer, and can show a faster gait than any man's horse on this coast, although he has only been pacing since the 15th of August last. Is six years old next June. You will hear from this horse before the year 1SS4 rolls around. Yolo county will make a good showing in a few years. We had a fine buggy race on the Saturday before Christ- mas. Entries were: B. H. Hudson's mare, Cy Gtoffs mare, Al Hiller's mare and Garroutte's horse Fred Scott. Lawybr Hudson's mare "being very fast, and not wanting to show her up before the State Fair next fall, and he being engaged on a murder trial, his mare was drawn. Hiller's mare won two heats and Fred Scott two heats, the fifth heat being a dead heat in -3:05]. Darkness coming on the race was postponed until Monday at 2 o'clock, when Hiller's mare won the sixth heat in 3:05}, winning the race and first money. Cy Groffs mare showed game to the last, but was not quite fast enough to win. Eqcxs. Woodland. Dec. 30. How Lexington Was Saved. On one beautiful Sunday morning in May, 1S75, that genial and well-known steamboat man and sportsman, Captain John Stone, of Mobile, Alabama, known to hundreds wno have traveled on the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, gave me an invitation to take a seat in his wagon and drive to the race- course (some distance from the city, although one of the best known in the south), to see his horses work early in the morning, and then to have a country breakfast at the stables. We started out behind a roadster, sure, full sixteen hands high, of splendid form, clean-cut head, splendid barrel, long neck and limbs under him like iron, and going at a 2:30 clip, which showed conclusively that blood will tell, for here was a horse by Joe Johnston (and Joe Johnston was by Harry of the West), the horse's dam being by Wagner, thoroughbred on both sides. As we bowled along, this beautiful spring morning, I can- not forget the magnolias in full bloom as well as the immense hedges of Cherokee roses for miles on both sides of our road; what with the aroma of the flowers, the singing of the mock- ing birds and the cool south winds of the early morn just as the sun was rising, invigorating you as you went. It was a day that one could hardly forget. We arrived at the track and found all the horses taking their usual gallop. After seeing them work (and he had many good ones that have made their name on the different tracks of the country, Billy Williamson, Mignon by imp.Phaston, Austen by Eebel, Paul- ine Sprange, by Joe Johnson, and since the dam of Colonel Sprague, by Calvin, Colonel Nelligen and others), while standing talking horse, old John stole quietly away to his wagon and out came a large lump of ice, some mint done up in a wet cloth to retain the odor, some white sugar and a bot- tle of water. Ahem! And who said come up and try my bit- ters, as breakfast is quite ready. Well, we "smiled," and then took seats to a very esthetic table, composed of a dry- goods box and camp stool. The reader can readily imagine how one could relish something to eat after a drive of three miles in early morn, and such a breakfast! Fried spring chick- en cooked like they do in the old southern way, and nowhere else can it be done, hot corn hoe cake with new fresh butter, butterinilk,andsuck coffee— the aroma, words cannot express'. While eating breakfast old John made me known to his train- er, old Uncle Henry Brown. Henry is known on every race-track in the United States of note, having been born the property of Dr. Warfield, of Lexington, Ky., and is one of those old-timed darkies that are polite to every one. Henry was the first one to tTain Lexing- ton, although at that time the horse was named Darley, after the famous Darley Arabian, and that name was never changed until Mr. Eichard Ten Broeck made his celebrated race with Colonel Wells of Louisiana, then owner of Lecompte. Mr. Ten Broeck at that time said to Colonel Wells that he would produce a colt in Kentucky that wonld beat Lecompte, four miles time, for §20,000. All lovers of racing know the result —Ten Broeck went back to Kentucky, purchased the colt Dar- ley from Dr. Warfield, . and renamed him Lexington, after Lexington, Kentucky, where the colt was foaled. While talking to Henry at what he called his nursery, a room out off from the stables, a sort of sleeping room for'his corps of riders, not one of them over 15 years, all romping around like so many little imps of darkness, we were talking about the get of Lexington, and the wonderful speed of his colts, he called my attention to a long scar on his left hand, some three inches long. He said that Lexington was the cause of that, and if he had not done it such a thing as the Lexington blood would have never been known. I asked him why. He said at that time Mrs. Warfield had gotten a prom- ise from her husband, Dr. Warfield, who was a great lover of race-horses, that he would give up horse-racing. In conse- quence, he gave orders to have all his colts gelded for saddle horses. He (Henry) had thrown the colt Darley, now known as Lexington, as he was about to geld him; in fact, to the day of Lexington's death he carried a scar made by Henry. As Henry was about to use his knife, the colt kicked at him, the rope not being taut enough, which drove the knife blade into Herrry's left hand between the thumb and forefinger — and he will carry the scar to his grave. The consequence was the ropes were taken from the colt Darley, and he was let up, and by the time that Henry's hand had gotten well, Mr. Bichard Ten Broeck had become, the half owner of the colt, and from that time the country knows his exploits. His progeny, under the head of Lexington, and his sous, Norfolk, Harry Bassett, Tom Ochiltree, and many oth- ers, who have won millions of dollars for their owners. Henry Brown is now living in Kentucky, a splendid speci- men of an old-time colored man, dignified and polite, liked by every one whose word is his bond, and respected asniueh for his worth and integrity as any man in Kentucky. He has for som years been the trainer of many well-known sportsmen — Dan Swigert, Hunt, Reynolds, Price, McGrath and others that cannot mention. — Oregonian. A Million and a Half in Money. By the annual edition of the English Boeing Calendar, it appears that 1,608 races were run "on the flat" in the United Kingdom in 1SS3 under Jockey Club rules, as against 1,64-2 in 18S2. Of the 1,698 races run, 821 of them were under six furlongs, 241 were at six furlongs and under a mile, 344 were at a mile, 202 at over a mile and under two miles, 75 at two miles and under three miles, 11 at three miles and under four miles, and 4 at four miles. During the year and under the same rules 2,070 horses ran of which S59 were two-year-olds, 607 were three-year-olds, 292 were four-year-olds, and 312 were five -year-olds and upwards, the total being an increase of 154 head over the total for 1SS2, and the largest number that have run since 1S79, when the total was 2,113. The greatest number recorded is 2,569 in 1S70. The money feature of the statistics shows the amount added to races of different distances as follows: £ a. a. £ s. a. Unaer six furlongs 75.G09 1 Ditto, selling races 45,225 2 120,83i 3 Six furlongs and under a mile 27.631 Ditto, selling races > G.607 34,238 A mile and under a mile and a half (>0,582 10 Ditto, selling races 13,964 10 74,547 A mile and a half and under two 21,011 Ditto, selling races 245 21,250 Two miles ana upwards 10,112 12 2 Ditto, selling races 1,590 17,702 12 2 Total £268,577 15 2 The greater part of the above total was given in purses — plates, as they are called in England — or to races for which there was entrance money which went back to the fund from which the money was given. Out of the same total no less than £S5,316 was given to two-year-old races, and £125,981 8s. to handicaps. Ireland contributed £S,097 16s. of the total amount and Scotland £6,353. The total value of the stakes won with all deductions for entrance money and prizes to second and third horses, exclusive of matches and private sweepstakes, amounts to £3S5,501 5s. 2d. The total return of foals for the year is 942 colts and 939 fillies, with a total of 3,255 brood-mares. Dark Side of the Race Track. The forward movement made by the Convention at Louis- ville is a good sign, and shows that there is a desire on the part of a great many to eradicate whatever is of ill repute in connection with racing sport. The rules adopted are not per- fect, but they go a good way toward a reformation much needed, and may justly be considered as a harbinger of bet- ter things to come, which will, at no distant day, give to the different turf institutions of the country a character suited to the associations of the most refined and elegant society in the land. The convention will meet again this fall, when the work so well begun, it is hoped will be so perfected as to meet the wants of those who have the well-being of the turf at heart, and not in their pocket. The time is ample for every lover of honorable sport to study the practical workings of the rules and find out wherein they are defective, and what amendments are needed to insure such results as fairness and honor demand. The columns of the Turf, Field and Farm, I know, will be free to all who are disposed to aid in this work, and if every trainer and jockey will put his views and ideas on record this season, there will be little trouble when nest the convention meets to get the turf code revised so as to be in every way adapted to the purposes desired. There is one thing neglected which, to me, has always seemed of more importance than almost any rule that could be adopted. The discipline of the track finds no place in the law books of the clubs. The lowest order of human degradation and depravity has of late years made a rendezvous of the stables and track grounds. Here they come in contact with the youth employed for training purposes, and every sort of device is resorted to in order that innocence may disclose the condition of affairs at the stable, and not only do they aim to get the secrets of the owner's private business, but every means is used to corrupt the young lads they meet with. These vile wretches select the evening time princi- pally to operate in, for it is then that the stable employes are generally "off duty," and the cover of darkness serves, in a manner, to aid them in their purpose, that the management of the racing grounds seem to be indifferent to the trouble caused by intruders, and take no measure to relieve their patrons of the evils mentioned, is a wonder difficult to under- stand. Surely the local status of the town or county are sufficient to remedy the evil, and if there is any such thing as a vagrant law the officers of the clubs ought to do what is needed to have the law in the case enforced, and the hus- tling bodies of depravity that infest the premises tanght that their occupation is gone. Another tiling I will mention at present is the necessity for the establishment of a school by the clubs, where the employes of the stables could, at leisure, be taught to read and understand the English language sufficiently to discuss ordinary affairs without having to resort to vulgarity and profanity to speak even the simplest sentence known to their mother tongue. Politeness costs nothing, nor does genteel behavior and civil speech make any drain on the purse, yet. it is worth everything, and no association should allow boys at duty on their grounds to grow up without an opportunity to learn enough of good manners and be sufficiently educated other- wise, to appear to better advantage than the heathen and idiot. If the language of the race-track could be printed in large letters and posted along the highway where every passer by could see and read it, the public would never afterward be seen inside the gates of the race-course. None except those who live on the track grounds know anything of the shame- ful disgrace decency is subject to at almost all times. The most elegant lady in the city cannot go to the paddock with her escort to see a favorite racer saddled without a hum of obscenity and vulgarity being let loose by the foul-mouthed brutes who get admission to theinclosure. This I have seen demonstrated on the parade grounds, or saddling paddock as it is styled, of the race-course I am partial to, and which is not far from the city of New York. These wretches were stable attendants, a whole dozen of them, and had it not been for the fact that the attention of the lady was riveted on the prancing form of the noted racer she had come to see, her ears would have caught the obscene slang set going by the rabble crowd, and she forced to flee from the place. No busi- ness that men engaged in is handicapped with such rowdy- ism as is that of training race-horses. The Western river flatboat men and the Erie canal operators in times past were considered rough characters, but they were sweethearts com- pared with some of the foul-mouthed brats and roughs who are employed at the training stables. These are matters that become the individual associations to look after, and not a convention of the various clubs. That the clubs should adopt a remedy for the evils named, every one will doubt- less agree. The only trouble consists in devising some plan practical in its workings that will insure the desired result. Certainly the case is not without a remedy. If so, some leg- islature proceedings are needed, and laws should be enacted in connection with the charters of the association that will insure a better order of things, or as a last resort in a hope- less case, send the gardener with his hoe and spade to grow corn and potatoes where the racers now gallop. — Turf, Field and Farm. * Two Kennebec Horses. "Seems to me they're making a terrible piece of work about their fast trotters of modern times," said our old friend Hiram Reed of this city, in an interview the other day; "let me tell you about two old-time trotters — two horses that orig- inated here in the valley of the Kennebec." We were fully aware that Mr. Eeed is undisputed authority on all horse mat- ters, and of course gladly listened. He said that there had been an unusual amount of talk about fast trotters the past season. Some fifty-five years ago Mr. Benj. Hodgesof Hallo- well owned a beautiful sorrel horse, 16 hands high, weigh- ing 1,100 pounds, was called in that day a trotter; was sold to a Boston man, Mechum, who took him to Boston, and matched him against time, to trot on Chelsea beach — there were no trotting parks or tracks in those days. He matched him in three minutes against time. The test came and he beat the time, trotting inside of the three minutes. Mr. Keed says he was the first horse in the United States that ever trotted inside of three minutes. The name of this horse was Lyon; was sired by the old original Messenger that Mr. Hodges brought from New York to Winthrop. He was there for service some four or five years, and two years at Hey- wood's corner, Albion. He brought him back to Wmthrop and sold him to Miller Shaw of that town, who kept him for stock purposes some two years, and then sold him to John M.Enstis, Esq., of Drxfield, who stood him some three years. He put him on an island in the Androscoggin river late in the fall; the animal got uneasy, swam ashore, jumped over a fence and broke his ankle. Mr. Eustis splintered it up, put the horse in a pen. and used him for stock purposes for some time. He then sold him to parties in Anson, and there he died. Mr. Eeed does not know what became of Lyon. It was a beautiful horse, clean-headed, deep-shouldered, and lank behind, built for a trotter. The other horse to which we have referred Mr. Eeed re- members some forty-nine years ago. It was a little bay horse called Pelham, owned by Mr. Elwell, of Gardiner, which was originally a pacer. Mr. Elwell shifted him into a trotter, and sold him to New York parties. He trotted there and was the first horse in the United States that ever trotted inside of thirty. Mr. Eeed does not remember the sire of this little horse, but thinks it was a Canadian horse. So from these facts, that Mr. Eeed can vouch for, Kennebec has a prom- inent part in the early history of trotting horses. — Maine Farmer. Two Kentucky Sales. On February 12th next T. E. Moore will sell at the Cedars, Shawhan, Kentucky, on the K. C. E. E. at public auction, about forty head high-bred trotters, etc., principally sired by fast sons of Eysdyk's Hambletoniau. Consisting of young stal- lions, fillies, orood-mares, and geldings, sired by Bismarck brother to Gazelle, 2:21, and brother in blood to Electioneer, Twilight, brother in blood to Dictator, Strathmore, Belmont, sire of Nutwood, 2:18f, New York, sire of Eevielle, 2:27], Goldsmith, Favorite Wilkes, Sininis', Clark Chief, Pacing Ab- dallah, etc. He calls especial attention to a three -year-old stallion by Belmont, dam by Mambrino Chief, very promis- ing, Clara, by Strathmore, and many other promising young things wiU. be found in the catalogue. On the nest day, the 13th, W. H. Wilson of Abdallah Park, will sell at his branch stock farm at Paris Fair Grounds, Paris, Kentucky, about seventy-five head of trotting and thoroughbred stock, consistiugof the most fashionable strains of the day, viz.: Hambletonian, Mambrino, Pilot, Jr., Mor- gan and Clays, among which are the get of sucb stallions as Dictator, Strathmore, New York; by sous of George Wilkes, by Indianopolis, 2:21, Jubilee Lambert, 2:25, Eavenswood 2:26. Brood-mares that have produce in 2:30 list, brood-mares bv Clark Chief that sired the dams of Phallas, 2:15$, Wilson, 2 :16J, and Majolica, 2:17, including the entire lot" of stock belonging to the estate of the late Capt. M. M. Clay, Paris, Kentucky, among which are the great trotting stallion Cy- clone, record 2:25, two full brothers, a full 6ister and their dam. Catalogues may be had by application to the gentle- men above named. Col. E. F. Clay, Eunnymede, Stud, Paris, Ky., has pur- chased of Col. E. G. Stoner, Paris, Ky., the bay mare Betty Lewis, foaled 1S69, by Uncle Vic— Maga, by Knight of St. George. 1884 JEtte fPrccdev nml sportsman. 21 State Fair Colt Stakes. We have received from Secretary Smith, a memorandum of additional nominations to the Colt Stakes of the State Agri- cultural Society, and the following is a complete record of the entries: The Occident Stake for foals of 1SS2 to be trotted at three yearsold during the State Fair of 1SS5. 1. Palo Alto's b c Norval, by Electioneer, dam Norma. 2. Palo Alto's b f Constance, by Electioneer, dam Consola- tion. 3. Palo Alto's b f Ethel, bv General Benton, dam Electa. 4. Ira L. Ranisdell's blk'f Luella, by Sultan, dam Ella lie wis. 5. L. J. Hose's b c Stamboul, by Sultan, dam by Hamble- tonian. 6. Ij. J. Rose'sb c Kismet, by Sultan, dam Sauce Box. 7. Jno. Mackey's b c Vasco, by Alaska, dt.m Belle Ely. S. Jno. Mackey's blk c Del Monte, by Echo, dam by Hubbard. 9. Jno. Mackey's b f Visalia, by Echo, dam Dolly Var- den. 10. Chas. Scott's g c by Echo, dam by Lodi. 11. Jno. Mackey's d c Longhren.by Echo.dani by Patchen. For the Occident Stake of 1SS4 second payments have been made on the following: Pala Alto's Argo, Alban, St. Just, Edos, Alta Belle. D. E. Knight's Nighthawk. L. J. Rose's Bedouin. J. C. Simpson's Antevolo. J. W. Mackey's Robert Lee. A. L. Frost's Roscoe. G. Valensins' Griselda. The annual two-vear-old stake for foals of 1S82, to be trot- ted during the State Fair of 1SS4. 1'. Palo Alto's Glen Cairn, by Electioneer, dam Glen Cora. 2. Palo Alto's Antinous, by Electioneer, dam American Girl. 3. J. Blake's Revielle, by Admiral, dam by San Bruno. 4. R. H. Newton's Sur Del, by Del Sur, dam by Black Ralph. 5. Jno. Mackey's b c, by Alaska, dam Belle Ely. 6. Jno. Mackey's blk c, by Echo, dam by Hubbard. 7. Jno. Mackey's b f, by Echo, dam Dolly Yarden. 8. J. Greely's Mill Boy, by Brigadier, dam by Signal Colt. 9. Ira. L. Ramsdell's Luella, by Sultan, dam Ella Lewis. 10. W. B. Todhunter's Cannon Ball, by Prompter, dam Gazelle. 11. W. B. Todhunter's b f Clito, by Steinway, dam Maud If. 12. E. Gidding's b c Promise, by Prompter, dam Starlight. 13. J. B. McDonald's g f Lassie Jean, by Brigadier, dam Lexington Belle. 14. J. B. McDonald's blk c, by Brigadier, dam Maggie. 15. L. J. Rose's b c Stamboul, by Sultan, dam by Hamble- tonian. 16. L. J. Rose's b c Kismet, by Sultan, dam Sauce Bos. 17. J. N. Ayre's ch f, by Algona, dam by A. T. Stewart. 18. G. W. Trahern's b c Paul Shirley, by Nephew, dam by Maybie's Mambrino. 19. Arno Stock Farm's br f Ivy, by Buccaneer, dam Fern Leaf. 20 Arno Stock Farm's g c Punch, by Buccaneer, dam Grey Dale. 21. Jno. Mackey's b c Longhren, by Echo, dam by Patchen. Horses for Hawaii. Mr. H. J. Agnew, of Honolulu, shipped to the islands by the last steamer a consignment of thoroughbreds purchased at Palo Alto. They were: Bay ally, foaled 1881, by Wildidle— Robin Girl, by En- quirer. Bay colt, foaled 1881, by Wildidle — Montana, by Harry of the West. Bay colt, foaled 1SS2, by Wildidle— Kate Gift, by Lodi. Chestnut colt (gelding), foaled 1881, by Hubbard— Texana, by Foreigner, son of imp. Glencoe. Chestnut filly, foaled , by Monday— Abbie W., by Don Victor. Bay filly, foaled 1SS2, by Shannon— Cuba, by imp. Austra- lian. Bay filly, foaled 1S82, by Flood— Rivulet, by Rivoli. Two trotting mares, full sisters, and Blackhawks, both in foal to Newland & Pumyea's Grand Moor, and a pacer, were also included in Mr. Agnew's shipment. Tetanus. Tetanus (lock-jaw) is a disease in which the voluntarymus- cles are in a state of rigid contraction, with paroxysms of brief and painful spasms alternating with irregular intervals of more or less relaxation. This is believed to be a disease of the true spinal system, and that the cerebrum in tbe horse is rarely, if ever, affected. Different names have been given to this disease, according to the obvious effects of the spasms. Whatever form occurs, the disease may be acute or chronic; the former, the most formidable of the two, tending to in- volve the whole frame, and seldom admitting of a cure, is,un- fortunately, the most frequently seen; the latter, generally milder in all its phases, is much more amenable to curative treatment. This disease maybe traumatic or idiopathic; the former following wounds, bruises or other injury, and usu- ally acute; the latter, of spontaneous origin, without any ex- ternal or assignable cause, and usually in the sub-acute or chronic form. The most frequent form is that which is acute, and the symptoms and character of this may be taken as typical of the disease in general. Various premonitory symptoms are noticed, such as a peculiar brightness of the eye, irritability, watchfulness, dislike to have the head touched, constipation of the bowels, and a disinclination to eat as usual. The disease may be said to be fully estab- lished when there is some soreness of the throat, stiffness in the upper and back part of the neck and of the head, the nose a little protruded, the ears erect, and the tail carried higher than usual. On approaching the animal, he is usually excited, and the pulse becomes accelerated from ner- vous excitability. If an attempt is made to open the mouth, the head is violently thrown up, the muscles of the eye-ball spasmodically contract, drawing it within the orbit, and the nictating membrane (more commonly known as the haw) is convulsively protruded. The muscles of mastication next become affected, and the action of the jaws is either much limited or they are entirely closed. As the disease advances, other sets of muscles become in- volved with those of the back, loins, haunches, and tail. The head and nose are protruded, the nostrils are widely di- lated, and scarcely move during respiration. The angles of the mouth are drawn up, the eyes are particularly brilliant and watchful, the eyelids are drawn asunder, the mus- cles of the eyeball are in a state of continual spasm, and the countenance has a most distressing appearance, caused by the acute sufferings of the unfortunate victim. As the disease progresses, the animal becomes stiff, stands with his legs wide apart, and, should he be urged to move, he does so as if he had do joints. He is apparently very rigid, and the tail is erect and has a tremulous motion. In almost any stage of the disease, the slightest noise will bring on a parox- ysm of the most distressing spasm. Opening the stable door, lifting a bucket, a step taken to approach the animal, in fact, almost any movement he can see, if taken hurriedly or noisily; and in the stage of the disease we have been de- scribing, the paroxysms are so severe that it is with the great- est difficulty he can keep himself from falling, and should he do this, he becomes fearfully excited. One paroxysm follows another rapidly . The pulse, rarely much affected "in the early stages, is now quick, weak, and almost imperceptible. The power to swallow, always difficult, is entirely lost; the body is covered with perspiration, and the breathing laborious and increased to the utmost degree. In the early stages the vol- untary muscles only are attacked, but in the latter stages the involuntary muscles are also involved. The scene may close by asphyxia consequent on spasm of the glottis, or immobil- ity of the diaphragm and other respiratory muscles, or from total exhaustion of the vital powers through excessive nervous excitement and want of nutrition, or even sometimes from a spasmodic seizure of the heart itself. This disease has been known to run its fatal course in one day, and it has been known to exist for a month, and the patient then die : but in the more acute cases the animal usually lives from four to eight days. The idiopathic form of the disease may be due to exposure, to irritation of the digestive organs from the presence of worms, etc., etc. The traumatic form of the disease may supervene on various surgical operations, such as castration, nicking, etc., or from lacerated and punctured wounds, espe- cially of the feet, from nails, etc. The experience of veterin- arians who have had an opportunity to study lock-jaw in its various phases has proved very conclusively that too much reliance is not to be placed on the therapeutic action of drugs for the curative treatment of this formidable disease. This is not to be attributed to any failure of the action of the vari- ous medicinal agents used in the treatment of this malady, but to the undue excitement produced in administering it; and it is a question of some doubt whether it is not much better, in the majority of cases, to dispense with all drugs, and trust to nature, rather than run the risk of increasing the excitability of the patient by the frequent dozing so often practiced. Such medicinal agents as opium, hydrate of chloral, the Calabar bean, hydrocyanic acid, belladonna, etc., have a special and decided effect in counteracting the spasm, lessening the pain, and thereby preventing exhaustion of the vital powers; but these remedies, in order to have the desired effect, must be administered at least every two hours, and it is often a question whether the undue excitement and conse- quent recurrence of the spasm produced by the frequent dos- ing does not more than counterbalance the good effects caused by the action of the medicine administered. Experience proves that quietude is very essential in the suc- cessful treatment of tetanus. The patient should be com- pletely isolated from all other horses, in some quiet, secluded dark stall, where noise of any kind cannot excite him. Do not allow anyone, except his regular attendant, to approach him. If his jaws are sufficiently relaxed to allow him to eat, let him have soft food with his medicine mixed in it. If he cannot eat, the most nutritious drinks should be given — cow's milk and eggs, oatmeal gruel, linseed tea, oil cake, etc. It is important, too, that the patient should have comfort- able slings, properly adjusted, as soon as practical; so that after he becomes worn out from fatique, due to excessive irri- tation and want of food, he may be enabled to rest without lying down. — Live Stock Journal. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. Winter Sports in New York— The Holiday Season— General Sporting: Notes— Theatri- cals, etc- Since my last letter the usually open winter with which we have been favored, has given place to an old-time snowstorm, or rather, four of these snowy visitations came at once in almost as many days, fillingthe streets and pathways of our metrop- olis with more snow than the city has contained for years. Outside of my window, as I write, on one of the widest of our streets, the white drifts are piled up on each side of the curb, five or six feet in height, with a narrow passage-way in the center for vehicles, etc. The height of snow and ice on roofs, awnings, etc., has been so great as to cause damage and accidents before it could be removed in time, and many pe- destrians around town were injured in this way. Though heavy snow falls in great cities are, therefore, the cause of much trouble and expense to the brigade of the road-riders, the advent of the feathery flakes has been hailed with accla- mations, and for the past two weeks runners have entirely superceded wheels in the upper part of the city. The sleigh- ing carnival, coming in the holiday season, has been entered into with the utmost enjoyment by all who could take advan- tage of it, and from early morning till long past midnight of each day, the Park and boulevards have rung gaily to the mu- sic of the bells, the flying feet of the horses and the gay laughter of the riders. Impromptu matches to sleigh have been trotted without number, and yesterday one of the most interesting of these was won by John Murphy's Frank, of 2K)S.V (with running mate) fame. At New Orleans, also, the winter race meeting began yesterday: good fields of horses starting for the several events, of which the honors were equally divided between the favorites and the fielders. In spite of their inauspicious beginning, after a postponement, the Crescent city turfmen expect to have good racing there this winter, three days a week. Something like two hundred race-horses are at the track of the Louisville Jocky Club and more are expected. Among this latter division "is Mr. "Williams and his small though select string of races, including Bob Miles, three years, by Pat Malloy, the favorite for the Kentucky Derby, at Louisville in May. Williams has leased his farm in Ken- tucky for three years, and taking pattern after Green Mor- ris, who races at New Orleans each winter, gradually get- ting his horses into better condition thereby, is on his way thitherwards it is said, to see what virtue there is in the sys- tem pursued with success by tbe redoubtable Green B. M. Bob Miles' principal opponents in the Derby appear to be Powhatan, by Glenelg; Loftai, bv Monarchist; Buchanan, by Buckden, and Eva S., by Billet. The race has never yet been won by a filly, and perhaps this is the one to do it, for the half sister to Farragut wound up the season as well as she commenced it, and this is a most desirable requisite in a two- year-old, that is expected to do well in their three-ye ur-old form. Leonatus and Gen. Harding, thought last season to be both broken down* are represented as likely to stand train- ing again. The latter was the largest two-year-old winner of the year as tabulated in the New York Sportsman's "winning two-year-olds," and his sire, Great Tom, is also in front with the most races the most money won, and more winning per- formers than any stallion in the country. This is, of course, only as regards two-year-olds. In horses at three years, Great Tom is away behind the lead of the list, the past sea- son being only his fifth in America. Tuesday next the stakes for 1S84 of many of the racing association of the county close, and turfmen have their hands full to make judicious and well considered entries, as much a part of the manage- ment of a stable of horses, as the personal attention given to the winner themselves. 3. E. Brewster, of the new racing association, at Chicago, was here last week and represents the racing boom throughout the country as being well developed at the Lake City. Their American Derby for three-year-olds with $5,000 and Washington Park Cup with $4,000 cannot fail to be notable races in 1884-5 turf history, and it is very likely that the Dwyers, Lorillard. Mr. Withers, and others of the Eastern turfmen will enter in these events. The races of your phenomenal two-year-olds, Sweet- brier, the Frolic filly, Shenandoah, etc., and the old tough campaigners, Joe Howell, Jim Renwick, May D., Lucky B. f Grismer, Duffy, etc., show that if these horses are brought east, they should be able to more than hold their own in any company. Hanlan seems to be on the fence since he has been with you. "To row or not to row" is the burden of his agitation, judged by his actions and his bent chest incline to the latter conclusion, or else the dispatch of yesterday from 'Frisco puts him unjustly before the public. If he backs out of his offer to row Austin Stevenson on the 5th, it certainly will not help him any in the public estimation. If he is out of condition, as his shilly shallying would lead most persons to suppose his three miles in 1S:43 (?), on Christmas Day, was a most marvelous performance. After all the talk that has gone out regarding a race between him and Stevenson, Han- lan cannot afford to leave California without measuring blades with that oarsman, be the pretentions of the latter to first-class form what they may, whether he sticks to his $1,000 offer, in case he is beaten, or not. Hanlan is in honor bound to row the Californiau, and it to be hoped that there will be no more beating about the bush. A new race-course is said to be projected in the neighbor- hood of Norfolk, Virginia, or rather, the enlargement of an old one. An association will be formed that wilL it is claimed, be on a par with any racing club in the south or west, and attractions offered that will draw the crack stables in that direction twice a year. Pittsburg also comes to the front again with big money, offered for a June racing meeting, and altogether the racing outlook for 1SS4 is of the best. Prices for thoroughbred stock rule very high. Anything with four good legs and a fashionable pedigree is eagerly snapped at, and Kentuckians will hardly look at anything short of fancy prices for racing stock. Green Morris gave last fall a big price, said to be $1S,000, for three Ten Broeck yearlings, and they have im- proved so much that he has been offered, he claims, an ad- vance of these high figures. Bob Miles' price is $20,000, and so it goes. Truly, if the present inflation keeps on, the breeders of racing yearlings will reap a harvest next spring at the annual sales. The three principal are at Elmendorf, Runnymede and Woodburn, willtakeplace the middle of May, about the 13th, 14th and 15th, Something was said about a combination sale from these three great establishments to take place at the American Horse Exchange in this city, but the risk of sending the young things on by rail was decided to be too great and the project abandoned. Mr. Keene's Fox- hall is advertised to stand the coming season in England. Lybrowne Grange, Kent, atjthe late Sir Jos. Hawley's place, the home of Blue Grass, Bosicrucian, etc., will be the future home, for a time at least, of the few of the double event — the Cesarewich and the Cambridgeshire. Barcaldine, the un- beaten son of Solon, will also begin his stud career at the same time, and while on the subject of this famous horse, now the property of Lady Stamford, it may be well to say that he did not leave the turf broken down. Xo such mishap attended his withdrawal by Robt. Peck, that gentleman doubtless pre- ferring him to go to the stud while at the zenith of his great career" before defeat should dim the luster of his achieve- ments. Idea, five years, by Glenelg, out of Item, taken to England with the late" Mr. Sanford's horses, recently won over hur- dles there with 162 pounds up, and Sachem, Golden Gate, and other horses from Yankee land, will essay the same sort of business in 1S34. The colt Anteeo and his wonderful trotting excites great interest here. It would be a pity, how- ever, should the turf lose so promising a youngster, a sure termination of his career if purchased by Robert Bonner. Let him be reserved for a better and nobler fate. Mr. Simp- son is to be congratulated on so practical a demonstration of the theories advanced in his book "Tips and Toe-Weights" as the showing made by Anteeo and his brother Antevolo, coming three-year-old. The latter bids fair to become as fast as the older horse. Theatricals here are a trifle over done at present, though with the withdrawal of the rival opera companies for a short season on the road, the theaters have done somewhat better. Mr. Colville, at his Fortieth-street theater, has been com- pelled to relinquish Miss Davenport and Fedora in the midst of a most successful engagement. This week Pop has been effervescing there to fair houses, and next week John T. Raymond appears in his play In Paradise. Haverly. the irrepressible, is again on his theatrical feet, and at his Broad- way Comedy Theater, late the house of Birch's San Francisco Minstrels. "Mile. Aimee will begin a short engagement on Monday next. The Beggar Student is on the flood-time of popularity at the Casino, and iu a cast such as is presented in this tuneful opera, there is absolutely no room for criti- cism. Edwin Booth has been doing well at the Star Theater in a round of his famous characters, and Mr. W. E. Sheridan, in Louis XI, in Othello to Mr. Booth's Iago, and in Ingomar, has fairly divided with the star the encomiums of the public. Charles Coghlan and Mrs. Lillie Langtry are to appear under John Stetson's management in a new piece, Peril, and we hear no more of "Freddie" in that connection. Perhaps the Jersey Lily has given him the G. B. Leap year is on us, however, and F. G.'s discretion was doubtless the better part of valor. PA) m.\ XewYork, December 30, 1SS. 1 ). The Breeder and Sportsman, of San Francisco, came out with a number of beautifully illustrated stock supplements. Ic is the sporting and stock" journal uf California.— Ventura Sigtial. Brown's Bronchial Troches for Coughs and Golds: "T not see how it is possible for a public man to be hi winter without this admirable aid." — Rev.R. M. I> . Mom. 22 $fee Itete and jgpmmwm. Jan 12 HERD AND SWINE. Dairymen's Conventions. The rapid advance of systematic dairying in this country is chiefly due to the conventions of the persons who have been engaged in the business. As soon as co-operative dai- ries were established in central New York, the patrons began to hold meetings with a view of gaining information from each other on the best ways of managing cows, taking care of milk, manufacturing butter and cheese, and disposing of dairy products. These local meetings were of great value to the persons who attended them. They were schools of practical instruction. They gave rise to the formation of the American Dairyman's Association, whose proceedings were published each year and distributed in many portions of the country. The great good accomplished by this association caused others to be formed in the western states and the Canadian provinces. The annual conventions of these associations brought together a large number of earn- est men and women who were engaged in the business of keeping cows for milk or the manufacture of butter and cheese. At these meetings addresses. were delivered by per- sons of scientific attainments on the composition and pro- duction of milk, and the changes it undergoes previous to and during the time it is converted into butter and cheese. These annual gatherings were also largely in the nature of "experience meetings." Persons who had been successful in the production of milk or the manufacture of superior butter or cheese were asked to state their inanuer of proced- ure. They were not infrequently called upon to answer all sorts of inquiries. There was no keeping back of secrets. As a rule, every person attending a convention felt it his duty to tell all he knew that would tend to advance the interest in which his hearers were engaged. By degrees these eonventions devoted attention to other matters than the management of milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese. The breeds of cows, the construction of barns, the best feed for dairy stock, the cooling and trans- portation of milk, the disposition of skimmed milk aud whey, the general management of dairy farms, and the marketing of dairy products, all received consideration. Dairymen were among the first agricultural producers to move in the matter of securing better facilities for transpor- tation. The establishment of dairy boards of trade was the result of the action taken in these conventions. Their estab- lishment put an end to the credit system in the sale of dairy products. They caused the purchasers to come to the places where butter and cheese were made in large quantities. They put a stop to sending dairy products to commission mer- chants in distant cities to be sold on long time and subject to great losses in shrinkage in weight and deterioration caused by want of proper care and attention. Through the action of conventions of dairymen, butter and cheese produced in fac- tories are now chiefly sold in the towns where they are made for cash. The weight is ascertained on scales belonging to the local board of trade. The money is paid over before the butter and cheese changes hands. The establishment of dairy boards of trade has afforded an opportunity for the managers of factories to put their names on all the packages of butter and cheese they sell. By so doing they are able to gain and keep a reputation if they deserve to have one. Be- fore dairy boards of trade were established it was the practice of commission merchants to put any name they choose on the packages that were consigned to them. By that means they could prevent any new factory from gaining a reputation for its products. They could also prejudice the public against certain sections of the country as dairy regions. The conventions of dairymen have performed a large amount of good missionary work. Recently it has become the custom to change the place of holding them nearly everv year. Persons engaged in general farming attend a dairy convention if it is held near to the place where thej' live. They listen to the addresses, papers, and discussions and become interested in them. Many of them become convinced that dairying is more profitable than grain-raising and meat pro- duction, and make arrangements to adopt the latter industry. The publication of the px-oductions of dairy conventions has called the attention of the publie to the profits of dairying and the best methods of conducting th^'business. The pro- ceedings of most of the conventions have been published in book or pamphlet form and sold at a low price to persons who are not members of the association. At the meetings of most of the associations there are now displays of butter and cheese and the various utensils used for handling, storing, and manufacturing milk. These afford excellent opportunity for comparing samples. Doubtless these meetings might be rendered more profitable by affording an opportunity for put- ting the apparatus and utensils in practical operation. This course is now adopted at the dairy shows in Great Britain, Denmark and Holland with the best results. It would also be desirable to establish shows of dairy cattle in connection with meetings of dairymen's associations. Up to the present time more attention has been paid to the manufacture of but- ter and cheese aud the sale of them than to the cattle that produce the milk from which thay are made. It is now to the interest of dairymen to determine most profitable breeds of cows to keep for giving milk. To enable them to do this every opportunity should be afforded for comparing their merits. — Chicago Times. What the Public Records Should Show. I have long felt impelled to offer something about the im- perfections in the form and manner of making up and pre- serving the public records of live stock, particularly of Short- horn cattle, for I regard their records, while the most important from a public view, as the worst conceived of all. The article in the Gazette of December 13th, on "The Test of Pedigrees," coincides so fully with my views, so far as it goes, that I do not believe I can make myself better under- stood than by quoting from it the following paragraph: "A good pedigree has often been defined by the writer hereof as one which commences with a good'auimal and runs back through an ancestry all distinguished for unusual excellence for many generations, and the longer such pedi- gree is the better. It is important to know that the male which is placed at the head of a herd should himself be a good one; it is important to know that his two parents, and four grandparents, aud eight great-grandparents, were also dis- tinguished for excellence in the points that it is desired espe- cially to have transmitted. A pedigree, to be of any partic- ular value, must be something more than a mere string of names." The proposition is well stated. Mere genealogy is not sufficient— the public records should embrace, besides, some- thing of the history of individual cattle, bulls and cows, by which the public can estimate somewhat their peculiarities and their special value, if they have any above the average; of their race, The present system of public records orighmted in England a great many years ago, when the Shorthorn race was first coming into public notice, and when no one had any conception of the extent to which the breeding of this race of cattle would be carried. It may have been sufficient when Shorthorns were restricted to a single narrow valley, and when what could be observed among a few herds around about among the near neighbors embraced everything that could be learned or seen of Shorthorns the wide world over. But it does not fill the bill now. Personal observation and recollection of particular animals and herds was doubtless sufficient in those days for gentlemen who neither foresaw the future of the interest or appreciated the fact that they were breeding for subsequent generations. But now the in- terest is so vast thut one can know very little of these nec- essary details from personal observation and recollection, and the public record should be so reformed as to include whatever there may be of the history of particular animals, which distinguished them in any particular from the average characteristics of their race. At the same time, it should be brought into such convenient form as should render it easy to trace any strain of blood through all its lines, into whos- ever herd it extends. For instance, there is a bull named Chauncey, or a cow named Mollie, whose descendants are found to display exceptional excellence as butter or beef pro- ducers, and the records should be in such shape as to enable any one to ascertain, without too much labor, in what herds other descendants of these animals can be found, and to what degree they possess the desired blood. Before considering the nature of the changes in the system of public records necessary to include these features, which indeed I could scarcely undertake to do in the limits of this article, but will undertake to do in a subsequent one, it may not be out of the way to emphasize the importance to the Short- horn interest of having the histories of these animals pre- served in a concise and authentic form. Wherever there have been presented good cattle, of whose ancestors enough was known to establish the fact that their excellence was not exceptional, they have not failed to establish themselves in publie favor and to maintain their position; while, on the contrary, there are plenty of good cattle — exceptionally good, as individuals, I mean — which have failed to secure expected recognition, simply because the public had no way of ascer- taining, and, in point of fact, was ignorant as to whether their ancestors, any or all of them, were all exceptionally good. The most noted cattle with a history are the Bates Short- horns. Mr. Bates had a history of his cattle. The public knows or can ascertain the distinguishing traits of both indi- viduals and tribes. It knows the anxious thought and de- liberations with which every cross was made, and the jeal- ousy with which every real or supposed advantage was guarded — that all the skill of the rarest judgment and all the energy of one of the most persistent of nature were given to the build- ing up and management of his herd. There may be those who do not approve of all of his methods; but the fact will not be disputed, nevertheless, that his herd possessed such peculiar excellence as to commend itself to popular favor, and enough was known of its history as a whole, and of the character of leading individuals, to justify the public in re- garding it with confidence as well as favor. As a result, the Short-horn world has paid tribute to this herd for fifty years, and probably will for fifty to come. Peo- ple naturally feel a security in blood the consistency and stability of which they know. The favor with which the Mason and Stephenson's stock have always been held is another case in point, and the strength of the Booth have been the positive kuowledge possessed by the public of the high excellence of both the earlier and later herds of that blood. And in our own country, where, perhaps, it would be improper to particularize, there have been sorts which have won their way to high favor after the public had ac- quired a knowledge that the excellence of individuals was not altogether exceptional. And the reader, whose memory cov- ers only a dozen years, will be able to remember other sorts which at one time seemed likely to command the widestfavor, which, nevertheless, fell away into comparative oblivion, either because they were not uniformly good enough, or the public was not sufficiently informed of their actual merit for them to rise and sustain the highest measure of public confidence. A breeder cannot claim that his cattle are superior simply because he owns or bred them, but there must be some test or standard, somewhere, which the general public accepts as indicating merit, and there must be some way by which the fact that particular animals approach or exceed this standard can be made a subject of permanent record. As we secure a record of what particular individuals were and what they achieved — as we see the same records repeated through dam, daughter and granddaughters, the same distinguishing excel- lence holding its own through generations, we arrive at an estimate of the value of herds and the intelligence and skill of breeders. Then when breeders understand that the value and reputation of the stocks they keep will be measured by the performance of those they sell, they will be careful to see that their really good things, the apples of their eyes, go into the hands of those who have the ability in every sense to do well by them. They will be able to understand somewhat why Mr. Bates was so anxious to sell animals to some meu, while declining to sell at any price to others. And it will then require something beyond the ability to command a few filthy dollars to enable every comer to become the proprietor of a Loudon Duchess, one of Major Duncan's Louans, one of Mr. Spear's Nelly Blys, or a specimen of many other sorts that will suggest themselves to the reader. The subject is to me one of grave importance, however others may appreciate it, bnt cannot be pursued farther at this time. But as soon as I can again claim space in your well-filled columns, it is my purpose to return to it, and I shall endeavor to suggest some chauges in the system of public records, which, without disturbing to any degree what has been already done, will, I think, simplify and certainly ren- der much more valuable and complete all future records. — Breeders' Gazette. Hereditary Fruitfulness. A story is told of a mau who, long married, was childless, to the effect that he accounted for the fact by declaring it to be hereditary in his family. Every one who has watched and noted facts relative to fertility, in the course of long practice and with fuir average intelligence, must understand how gieatly the reproductive powers may be aided or the re- verse in propotiou as care or negligence rules in the breed- ing aud managemeut of stock; and that the danger of losing fertility is infinitely greater in the case of heavy beef breeds than in the case of dairy breeds, which, through the drain of milking, are kept from the gross condition that is found to be one of the principal sources of danger. The increase of fertility in domesticated auimals may be gained by careful pairing of fertile with fertile, and by judi- cious keep; decrease may be caused by ill-chosen or carelessly permitted alliances, and injudicious keep; increase, of course, beiuc bounded by the natural term of the animal's life and the limit of possibility of breeding within that term, and de- crease by the point at which both infertility and the breed itself are extinguished together. The decay of fruitfulness has commonly proved one of the most serious drawbacks to the more advanced development of the beef breeds. . In a state of nature, under ordinary cir- cumstances, the reproductive system being in a healthy cou^ dition, barrenness is a comparatively rare exception to the rule. But as soon as artificial forcing begins, fertility is in jeopardy, and the higher the degree of improvement by such artificial means, or perhaps we should more safely say the more rapid the advance in improvement, the greater is the danger, and the greater the necessity for watchfulness and for special treatment tending to counteract the effects of urging the animal's system to early and extraordinary activity, and loading its frame with a weight of flesh and fat unknown in a state of nature. Many a fine family has died out because the owner, having succeeded to a great extent, is too eager for further and speedy success to put a timely restraint upon the rate of development. It is, perhaps, a great temptation to a breeder, when certain heifers show extraordinary readiness to lay on flesh, just to give them a little assistance and make wonders of them. Possibly he would do better to assist the more backward heifers, and treat their precocious sisters with proportionately less indulgence, short of checking their growth or wasting what they have already gained. In this way the reproductive powers may be preserved and strengthened, while the work of improvement, from genera- tion to generation goes on, if not with the utmost possible speed, at least steadily and surely. — Live Stock Journal, Unfairness to the Common Cow. None of what we call our native stock have anything like a fair chance. If we buy a high priced improved dairy cow we think nothing too good for her. We are always inclined to take her into the parlor, and if we do not we do not think the parlor is any too good for her. She gets the best food that the farm affords, and if that is not first-class, we buy that that is. If there is anything of merit in the animal it cannot help coming out conspicuously. But anythingisgood enough for the common cow. She is left to shift for herself. If she has shelter, well and good, aud if she has not, it is all the same. She is expected to get along on dry hay, corn fod- der and a litter, and is lucky if she gets enough of them. We have seen cowb in the East kept on nothing but salt hay and corn stalks. We are not familiar with the composition of the hay, but it belied its looks if it contained much more nutri- ment than a fence-rail. Cows, upon such feed, did not pro- duce enough to pay for the trouble of feeding them, but as they were "common cows" they were not expected to do much. If feeding will go far toward creating a superior breed, feed- ing will improve an inferior animal. Nothing is more certain than that, as a rule. There are cows, of course, that are nat- urally good for nothing, and nothing can be done with them but to send them to the butcher. But there are many valu- able cows among our natives, and many indeed that are ex- ceedingly tine cows. IE such cows are well fed aud well cared for, they make good breeders and are themselves eminently satisfactory for dairy purposes. Suppose the owner of a herd of common cows sees what he can do by giving his cows just as good care as the Holstein and Jerseys gets. He must not expeet to equal them, but he will probably be surprised, if such treatment is new in his management, with the result. Suppose he provides such shelter as these breeds generally get, and which is necessary for maintaining a full flow of milk . There is nothing that will lessen the flow of the milk quicker than the chilling of the cow. If she becomes chilled, as a dairyman recently expressed it to us, "you have locked the milk glands and you never can pick the lock." The cow, in other words, will give less milk at the next milking, and she will never recover until she has another calf. Once lower the flow and it is permanently lowered. But thousands of our native cattle are not guarded at all against this danger, and it is no wonder that they are unsatisfactory. Columbus on the Cattle Question. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — Although a reader of your paper from its first issue, I have discovered scarcely a half dozen original articles devoted to the cattle interests. I sometimes wonder whether the breeders of cattle in Califor- nia and the coast country were ashamed of their results, or did their silence only come from neglect. Por my own sake, an original article on any of the various families, or branches of the bovine species, would prove excellent reading, even though one or more might be furnished every week. What are the breeders of thoroughbred cattle accomplishing? Is the rearing of cattle for the butcher block or the dairy a profi- table occupation? Are small herds increasing, or are the cattle kings gradually crushing out the smaller fish? These, and many other points of interest pertaining to the occupation, are subjects that will interest the most casual reader and awaken thought and present new ideas. Here in northern and central Kansas, cattle interests have taken a de- cided change during the past five years. Where once was the herding ground of vast droves of beeves from Texas, and later on, when the dead line was crowded further west and south, numerous herds of native or Colerado cattle found here a summer pasture and were later on driven to the corn regions of the Missouri valley, can now be found hundreds of smaller herds, whose owners are at the same time tillers of the soil and rearers of cattle. At present we feed our cat- tle at home, and still there is a surplus of corn which re- quires shipmeut. The day of herds and picket ropes has passed, and right thankful ought the cattle to be, for, say all that one can for the herd, in this country, cattle suffer for lack of water and from too much yarding; while as to the nicket rope, or hemp pasture, as mauy term it, the business Is a nuisance; cattle tied to a rope seldom have access to water oftener than once a day, while they are confined to the same plat of ground altogether too long during the busy sea- son; for every one acquainted with the business knows full well that it is no small chore to care for a dozen cows and young stock on the lariat. The cheapness of bart wire has placed within the reach of every man possessing stock the means of erecting a pasture, and each succeeding year wit- nesses new fences in course of erection and brings in to use many acres of ground that would otherwise be worthless. Iu one sense of the word, the business has been overdone in this country during the past two ■ years. Many have been led to believe, (or have arrived at the stage of faith, which requires work and experience) that great re- turns were to be derived from the rearing of cattle, it mat- tered not how large or small the scale. With this belief, numbers of farmers have gone so far as to mortgage their farms in order that funds may be raised, and with the returns purchased cows and heifers at extravagant prices, incurred greater debts by purchasing fencing material on time, and in this way havetied themselves hand and foot. To be sure, the cows fulfill their mission, and the flock increases, but at 1884 give fBreetler and Ji portsmatt. the same time the mortgage continues to draw it eighteen and frequently twenty-four per cent, per annum, and the time on the wire and posts expires. What can the insolvent one do ? As nine out of ten have to do. He can sell his crop of calves. He pays the interest and fence bill, but what has he left for the support of his family? The cows cannot be sold for enough to pay off their first cost, and he has to feed them through a long winter. The result is that many are compelled to quit the business ere the enterprize is well under way. The writer is personally acquainted with many cases in which a start was made in the manner mentioned above, and has lived long enough to witness the sad end of many foolish men. The cattle business requires some capital to make it success- ful, or demands propitious surrroundings for the adventurer. The profits from a herd do not accrue from the sale of young things, but demands that none but mature animals shall be offered the butcher or buyer. In two years more the cattle interests of the northern tier of counties in Kansas, will be formed on a secure basis, for the craze has about spent its force, and a reaction has already set in, which will be followed by a healthy beginning on a better margin. Cows were so high here a year ago, that drovers found it profitable to purchase thousands of cows and heifers through- out Iowa and Missouri, and ship them to this section. The very same animals which sold for $40 less than a year ago, now hunt purchasers at $30. Those individuals possessing sufficient means for the carry- ing on of the business have invariably found good returns for their investments. There are more corn-fed steers and fewer grass-fed beeves, though this fact has not tended in the least towards reducing the profits of the breeder and feeder, for prices have ruled high for choice animals, and the returns have shown a fair profit. There is one item that troubles our section not a little at present, and that is the potency of our bulls, or rather the lack of potency in these animals. We care very little for po- tency, but we do care whether our cows are with calf or not, for on that fact hangs the fate of our income. Numbers of pedigreed bulls have been introduced in our country during the past season, and nine-tenths of them have proven themselves poor calf getters. Among many the say- ing has grown into general use, that a bull with a pedigree isn't worth a d — m, and the facts bear out the language. Some of the finest specimens have proved utterly worthless for the purpose intended, and the owners have found winter hard unon them and their cows not with calf. The principal reason given by many is that the animals are forced alto- gether tco much by breeders of fine stock, whose sole object is to have fine large yearlings, and obtain a handsome price for the same. In another letter I shall continue the subject, and hope ere that time to discover a spirited article in the Breeder axd Sportsman on the cattle interests of California. CourMBrs. Mavview, Kansas, December 31, 1884. THE GTJK Notes of the Week. We have much pleasure in inserting the following letter from Mr. Wilson, called forth by our efforts to do justice to tbe true sportsmen of the State, and a question of policy and law, which is daily assuming an importance in every portion of the Union that is very gratifying to all who have the wel- fare of the country at heart. The work we have so far per- formed will be continued as it was commenced, inall honesty of purpose, and we are glad to find, from other encouraging words besides those of Mr. Wilson, that our efforts are in- dorsed by the true sportsmen in the State. We believe, from the evidence of the past, the State Sportsmen's Association, if supported by the union we suggested last week, is the only means at our disposal by which we can obtain satisfactory legislation, punish the evil-doer, and enforce the law in fu- ture. We shall, therefore, persevere in the work, uninflu- enced by friendship or enmity, when wrong-doing comei to our knowledge in an unquestionable form. Upon this point there will be in future, as there has been in the past, no vacil- lation, no cowardice, no compromise with us; for as the rep- resentative organ of the true sportsmen of the State, our pa- per, to do good work, must be brave as well as truthful, and it will be so. Instead of our usual article we gladly make room for Mr. Wilson's letter, satisfied it will do good in many ways. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — It is a matter of con- gratulation that the sportsmen of this State have so able a representative as your valuable paper promises to be. No body of sportsmen appreciate this more than the California State Sportsman's Association. This organization has been in existanee only about three years. During that time it has had many obstacles to overcome, resulting principally from preju- dices based upon ignorance of its true objects, but with the aid of the Breeder and Sportsman there is every assurance of its future prosperity. Such articles as "Supervisors and Our Game Laws'' and "How are We to Get Game Preserva- tion, " as have lately appeared in your paper, and a continua- tion of the expression of such views as are contained therein, ought to attract the attention of ail the sportsmen of this State and secure to you their co-operation and support. I hope the good work commenced will be kept up. As a mem- ber of the association I thank you, and hereby tender to you all the assistance I can give towards making the Breeder axd Sportsman what it is sure to be, if its present policy is maintained, a representative sportsman's journal. Tours trulv. B.AMON E. WlL-SON. San Francisco, Jan. 9th, 18S4. Successful Again- We have pleasure in scoring another victory for the State Sportsman's Association. Mr. E. Goodman, of the firm of Hart & Goodman, prominent game dealers in the California Market, was arrested last Friday, for a violation of the game laws by having doves in his possession. His case came up before Police Judge Webb, on Monday last. When the com- plaint was read to him, the defendant, said he desired to make a statement. This he was allowed to make, but it availed him nothing, as it merely asserted "he did not know the law." In view of the fact that the association had dis- tributed cards to all the game-dealers, with the laws upon them, the defense very properly had uo weight with the court, for even if it were not the du ty of an American citizen to know the general laws of his country, it is certainly the duty of every game-dealer to know the game laws of his state. Mr. Good- man was fined $50, the payment of which, we hope, will be of service to him in future. The prosecution was conducted by Messrs. Robinson and Wilson. The information leading to the arrest was given by Messrs. Hunter and Harper, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, for which they deserve the thanks of the community. The game and fish dealers had beUer think twice before they violate the law this season. Their dodges for safety are now well known, and scores of keen eyes are and will'be prying round them*. ♦ While on the subject of the violation of the law, we may re- fer again with advantage to the case of Friedberger, the agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., who recently shipped a deer to his wife in Stockton. The offender has a ranch somewhere in the Stockton district, and has, we understand, been in the habit of killing deer out of season. In this case the express agent on the train, like a true man, declined to make himself liable by complicity in the matter, and refused to receive the carcass on board. Besides prosecuting the offender, the State Sportsman's Association have brought the matterofficiallv be- fore the company, and he is certain of being discharged from their employ, if not convicted on trial. It will be remem- bered, Wells, Fargo & Co., the Railroad and Steam Navigation Companies, have each dealt very liberally with the Associa- tion in seeking the enforcement of the laws, and gone to considerable expense and trouble to support their laudable efforts. Wells, Fargo .£ Co. have been particularly conspicu- ou s for their earnest liberality in this good work, and it will be a sorry day for any of their silly agents, who, presuming on a little brief authority in their position, come to the conclusion they can defy the wishes of the company and the require- ment of the law at the same time. A good sign of the times comes to us from Nevada county, which, we hope, we may have had something to do with in producing. Our readers will recollect we brought the County Supervisors, a fortnight ago, before the bar of public opinion for an accused tampering with the law, under an exploded right supposed to be given them by the Political Code. A singular but happy change of opinion has come over the local officers, and the Nevada Transcript also, which at first urged the Supervisors to sin against the law. A man named Stevens, a market hunter, recently killed a deer and offered it in Nevada City for sale, as he alleged, under an impres- sion he was acting legally under the Supervisor Ordinance, which sought to extend the open season until the 1st of Jan- uary. At least, so the case stands, as reported to the public, when Stevens was arrested by the officers of the law for the offense. Precisely how far the Nevada Supervisors are asso- ciated with this change of sentiment or the arrest of Stevens we cannot learn, but the Nevada Transcript and the Grass Valley Tidings, each of which has long advocated the right of every man to be a law unto himself in the matter of kill- ing deer out of season, both occupy a new and very gratify- ing position, a position that promises much good in future. The Transcript, speaking of the arrest and the Supervisor Ordinance, says: "Such law may be good for Grass Valley, where it is recognized by the Sportsman's clab, but it won't do in Nevada City." The Tidings joins in and says: "The Supervisors ought to repeal that Ordinance, for it is a fraud, and leads to the arrest and punishment of innocent rural sportsmen. Moreover, the Supervisors should remit Stevens' fine. The Ordinance is really the guilty party." Personally, we hope the Transcript, though right in the main, is wrong in asserting the Supervisor Ordinance is recognized by the Grass Valley Sportsman's Club, for it contains many good men — good as citizens and good as sportsmen — whom we should deeply regret to see in such a degraded position. Per- sonally, and for the first time, we agree with the Tidings on this subject. That the Supervisors should individually pay the fine imposed upon Stevens is only strict justice, for in tampering with the game law after the passage of the County Government Bill, they violated statute law, and committed a much graver offense thereby than Stevens did in killing a deer under their vile ordinance. We fear such men will not be just enough to pay the fine. Stevens, the killer of the deer, wisely pleaded guilty, but Kent, the purchaser, also arrested, intends to test the law. We think it foolish to feel anxiety about what the Grass Valley Union may have to say on this matter. Charley Mitchell, the proprietor, is one of our oldest friends, and morally as good a man as lives in the world, but he is no sportsman, and his opinion on such mat- ters can have no possibleweight. As we have said before, the only hunting he ever did before he went to Grass Valley was hunting mushrooms round Auburn with ourselves twenty-five years ago. We advise the citizens and county officers of Ne- vada to maintain the law of the land, and pay no attention to what the Grass Valley Union may say on field sports or the proper law to govern them. ^ Mr. Maynard, Purser of the S. S. Columbia, reports duck shooting round Portland, Oregon, and the condition of the birds, as being very good for the season. This gentleman, in one of his late trips, brought 4*2 very fine canvasbacks home, and got them down in excellent condition. He informs us also, the rights of private property for sixty miles round Portland are strictly enforced, and that even when asking permission, it is quite difficult to get a day's shooting. It is the enforcement of this right that makes game so much more abundant with our northern neighbors than with our- selves. Let us follow Oregon's example, and we shall have Oregon's abundance. Mr. Maynard further informs us the Japanese pheasants have multiplied finely in the woods along the Columbia river, simply because the law of preser- vation is enforced there by the authorities, and the general citizen is too just and too proud of bis manhood to violate it. Let us remember that also. While speaking of Japanese pheasants, we understand, those belonging to the State Sportsman's Association, at Mr. Haywards 1 residence, San Mateo, have also multiplied very well last summer, there now being over one hundred. This looks as if our coast would soon have plenty of these grand birds. One or two have been turned out at San Mateo, but the vandal that shoots them had better seek a more healthy climate than that of California. It is resolved upon to give him a coat of tar and feathers hot and thick. The Cordelia and Tule Belle Clubs, on their preserves, did not have much sport on Saturday, because they waited a day too long. Had the members gone up on Friday night, and shot on Saturday, the sport would have been magnificent, but Sunday was too calm. Mr. Macalister, of the Cordelia, and a friend got twenty-five birds each. Mr. Bogart, of the Tnle Belle, saw immense numbers of canvasbacks at the up- per end of Sherman's Island, but nothing could be done with them. The ducks generally are reported as failing in condi- tion. Successful hunters mustn't mind a little rain and mud. In speaking, last week, of good bags of quaiL we men- tioned those of Mr. Orr and Mr. Charles Ohn, of Market street. The latter is a good wing shot, but the figure one drop- ping out of the forms while going to press did him iumstice. He should be credited with 19 birds instead of 9 for his day's shoot near San Mateo. Another tough yarn comes to us from an Eastern paper, the Hawkinsville Ncics, that an immense buck, which bad defied all the best hunters in Irwin County foryears to bring him down, was recently killed after half a day's chase. The strange part of the story is that it was found he had been nesting with two enormous rattlesuakes, each as big as a man's thigh. As that thickness would require the snakes to be at least ten or twelve feet long, and a snake with twenty rat- tles and a button is seldom more than five feet long, at least in California, we see, at once, the mistake made in this yarn, somewhere. We wish these hunting jokers would have some respect for a man's nerves. Mr. George Thorn, who lives a few miles from Martinez, recently had a fight with a wildcat. After receiving two charges of No. 3 shot, the vermin whipped the dog in a jiffy, and then prepared to jump Mr. Thorn. After a severe con- test, during which Thorn broke his gun, the animal was killed. Wildcats, like grizzlies, need to be killed at the first shot, or something unpleasant is likely to occur. Wild hogs, as well as wildcats, are reported plenty round Martinez. In the toles there Mr. Formly was recently at- tacked and severely bitten by a wild hog. Sportsmen will soon avoid that locality. The Future of Field Sports. The evolution which has taken place in American field sports during the past ten years, is so marked, that a meas- ure of the future by past progress, would seem to indicate that the ultimate proficiency toward which we are tending, would soon be reached, and following the law of grade and retrograde, the fruit of the sportsman's labors, so nearly ripe, would soon enter upon the downward course of decay. But a little investigation will dispell any such impressions that a casual observer might have, and yet a little more careful examination will show that the subject of field sports is still in its infancy, and will bear all the nursing we can give it. When the sportmen of America set about it in earnest to raise the standard of field sports, their conception was com- paratively weak with their subject. Men measured the suc- cess of a day's sport, by the size of the bag, and the quality of their shooting. There was little need for game protection, for game might be found in abundance without the aid of a protective law. The pleasures of shooting over highly bred and cultured dogs were only known to a few. In fact the general idea of field sports was so far below our ideas of to- day that our practice was the ideal of the sportsmen of a few years ago. The ideal of to-day is still far ahead of us, and when field sports shall have been elevated to the highest plane which we can now conceive of, we will still be as far from the zenith as ever, for our conceptions grow with our subject, and we will always be able to conceive of something connected with the field that may be yet a little better. We are all prone to fond recollections of earlier days in the field, with some favorite dog, and a gun, which perhaps we thought the best in the land. We remember the old shot pouch and the powder flask, and the rest of the paraphernalia of the times, to all of which we were much attached. Asso- ciations had made them dear to us, but for themselves alone, how would they appear by cold comparison with the best implements of the present time? We were fond of our old associates in the field, and perchance many of us, who have preserved our old-time implements, have still so great an at- tachment for them that we would not give them in exchange for the more modern and greatly improved paraphernalia. Yet we do not wish to take these old trappings into the field. They will do to look at, and may give much pleasure by their instrumentality in calling vividly to mind the incidents of happy days gone by; but their usefulness in the field is a thiDg of the past. The sportsmen of a future generation, it is fair to presume, will be placed in the same position regarding his earlier ex- perience in the field as we are to-day. The finest guns of our time will look as unfit for field use in the eyes of a future generation of sportsmen as does the old muzzle-loader, at the present time. There is just as much room for improve- ment in our setters and pointers to-day as there ever was, and the more they are improved in some particular quality, the more room we see for improvement in other qualities. Aud tbe same thing will be true in another generation. The liighest standard of excellence that we can conceive of, is still so far from perfection that, as we travel toward it, we shall always see a little farther, and yet a little farther. Ul- timate perfection can never be reached in dogs, in guns, nor in any branch of field sports, any more than it can in any thing else. There will always be room for a little more im- provement. This constant improvement in dogs and implements for field use, and the ease with which game may be taken, is suc- gestive of a scarcity of game in the near future, and a still greater scarcity as we march on in the path of progession. But with this evolution in dogs, in guns, and in means of taking game, goes the evolution of the sportsman's ideas of field sports. He learns to measure his sport in the held by the sport he has, and he learns that the killing of birds is among the lesser pleasures, instead of a sine qua non. He learns that meat can be purchased more cheaply in the mar- ket than it can be captured. He learns that he cau test his marksmanship just beyond the corporate limits of the town in which he resides, at less trouble and expense than he can in the hunting field. He comes to learn that the mere shoot- ing and capturing of a large amount of game are but inci- dents of a day s sport, and that good air, breathed amid the beauties of nature, the wonderful working of the dogs, and a pleasant tramp with genial companions, are some of the more important elements that make life longer and more pleasant to the sportsman. Go to an interior town which can boast of a number of shoot- ers will tell you of the quantity of game they kill. Go there a few years later, when these same shooters have been modern- ized and become sportsmen, they will tell you of the quan- tity of pleasure they have had in the field, and how m.iuy birds they might have killed. They have learned day's sport does not necesaarilly depend upon the killing of a large amount of game, and they have learned to find pleas- ure where before they did not know it existed. As the sportsmen grow in number, means of preserving game are improved, and the day when field sports will surfer for want of game is out of our sight, if proper means of game preservation are observed. A number of years ago the opin- ion was freely expressed that quails would be so scarce at this time that their pursuit with dogs in tbe field would be im- practicable. Yet we have never known a better quail season than the present one. When any pains are taken to pre- serve them, the same field may be sent over by a ninch larger number of sportsmen than is generally supposed. Sportsmen, we mean, who go afield for pleasure ami not simply for meat,— American FieUl. w Jpue ipmilet* uu& jijmisnratt. Jan 12 THE PUBLISHED "WEEKLY BY THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PUBLISHING CO. THE TURF AED SPORTING AUTHORITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. OFFICE, 508 MONTGOMERY STREET P. O. Box 2603 Five dollars a year ; three dollars for six months ; one dollar and a half for three months. Strictly in advance. Make all Checks, Money Orders, Etc., payable to order, of Breeder and Sportsman Publishing Co. Money should be sent by postal < rder, draft or by registered letter, ad dressed to the "Breeder ami Sportsman Publishing Company, San Fran cisco, Cal." Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith JOSEPH CAIRN SIMPSON, Editor NEW YORK AGENCY. Mr. C. C. 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Mcintosh, Box 60. Chico. Director, .1 no. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Monroe Chief. Jno. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. K vrle Daly (tnip.), John W. Macbey, Sacramento. X X (Doublecross), J. C. Simpson, 508 Montgomery St. S. F. Kyrle Daly. Tfe are "well pleased to place Kyrle Daly in the list of California thoroughbred stal- lions, feeling confident that he will prove an addition of the greatest value. It is also a gratifica- tion that his owner has determined that he shall go into the "public list," and at a figure that any one having a well-bred mare can afford to pay. Thus his blood will be desseminated from the start, and his colts meet in races more frequently than if the services were limited to one stock farm. His blood is of the most fashionable strains, his sire Artillery being the son of Touchstone, his dam by Irish Birdcateher, and dam of Kyrle Daly being by Gemma di Vergy, and his third dam the dam of the Baron, the sire of Stockwell and Rataplan. Artillery ran a dead heat for the second place in the St. Leger with Bonnie Scotland, won the Prince of "Wales Stake at York, the Criterion at Newmarket, and secured other prominent races in England. Kyrle Daly was a capital race-horse. He won the Irish Derby, one and one half miles, carrying 122£ pounds, a steadier for a three- v ear-old, there being a large field of starters, among them Angela who was Becond in the One Thousand Guineas and third in the Oaks. The same year at the Curragh October meeting he ran second for the Royal whip, four miles, with 140 pounds up. At the Curragh June meeting he won, on the same day, the Curragh Plate, two miles, and the Stewards Plate, one mile, in both meeting large fields. At Bellewstown he won the Dardistown Plate, one and one-half miles, and Her Majesty's Plate, three miles. After those performances Kyrle Daly was considered the best horse in Ireland, and the best evidence of his standing was the impost of 142 pounds in one handicap and 161 pounds in another. The following description appeared in New York Spirit of the Times soon after his importation, December, 1879. In color Kyrle Daly is a rich blood bay, and is 16J hands, with a star between a pair of eyes set wide apart, and pre- senting a handsome, full face; below the eyes, and just above the near nostril, is a stray white spot of irregular shape, and scarcely an inch in diameter. These marks contribute much to his appearance in front. His nostrils are large and ex- panding, the muzzle is simply beautiful, the head neat, clean and bony, the ear tine, small and pointed, and the eyes lar»e, full and expressive. The countenance bears the impress of a quiet courage, free from that restlessness incident to a ner- vous temperament. His head joins the neck so as to present the muzzle in a beautiful position, rather as if he was reach- ing out all the while; the jaws are massive and strong, and the throttle wi3e and roomy. The withers rise well up from the saddle-piece, and this incline is continued till the neck forms a grand arch, such only as gives to the possessor the air of pride and spirit. The shoulders are deep, well set, broad, powerfully muscled, and oblique in shape; the barrel and ribs are very large and round, and the ribs till well back to the hip bone, which, with an unusually short, strong back, i iri£ his flanks till they are perfect, and the whole is sur- mounted by a loin that is perfection itself. We never saw the equal of Kyrle Daly in this particular. In rear he is smooth, well turned and powerful, the tail bone is large and strong, and his quarters come together in perfect shape, and are muscled like Hercules. They present a rare combination of beauty and strength. The thighs are excellent, the stifle splendid, and an uncommonly good hock. His legs are black, aB are his mane and tail. The legs are better than we ever have seen in an English race-horse. At first we thought the cannon bones in front were a trifle lengthy, and hence wanted strength, but the more we investigated them the more cer- tain we became that this defect which so generally marks the English horse is not to be charged against Kyrle Daly. The legs are very clean, smooth and ivory like, and the tendons and leaders strong. The best of all recommendations for a stallion is the proved capacity of his get, and for the first season the young Kyrle Dalys make an excellent showing. As it will save a good deal of labor, we will await Krik' s Guide before giving the performances of the get of this very promising sire. The Stanford Stake. Owing to an ambiguity in the nomination, the list of those engaged in the Stanford Stake for 1885 will not be published until it is cleared, and if the explanations are not satisfactory the stake will be opened again. It seems as if the wealthy California breeders were stranger ly apathetic regarding this stake, and certainly tha claim made that the amount is too large, has no force when bo many are well able to risk that or far larger sums. For- merly, the plea was offered that the stakes were not of magnitude to pay for the trouble of training, and the Stanford was gotten up to overcome that objection. The first opened met with a hearty response, and twenty- one nominations led to the belief that in future years there would be enough named to make it the big trotting event of the year. It has dwindled since then, in place of growing, and the only construction that Eastern peo- ple can place upon it is that the decadence is owing to the fact that the breeding of first-class colts is restricted to two of the main breeding farms of the State, with one or two others who are gifted with more temerity than judg- ment. It is not a largo sum for those to risk who are invest- ing so many thousands of dollars in the breeding of trot- ters, and we could name quite a number of breeders who can well afford to name a number of colts in a stake which only entails a first risk of $100, and who cannot afford to stay out. Should the time be extended for making nominations, we sincerely trust that our breeders will give it the at- tention it so well deserves, and name as many, at least, as in the opening one of the series. The Stanford Stake for 1884, which closed with twelve nominations the 1st of January, 1883, four have remained in. These are: Palo Alto's b f Argo, by Electioneer, her dam Ameri- can Girl. Palo Alto's b c St. Just, by Electioneer, his dam Fi- delia. L. J. Rose's Bedouin, by Sultan. Jos. Cairn Simpson's br c Antevolo, by Electioneer, his dam Columbine, by A. "W. Richmond. Therefore, there is now $1,600 in the stake, and conse- quently each colt on which second payment has been made, has doubled the original investment. But the stake has a value to the trotting interests of Cal- ifornia apart from the dollars it represents. It is a to- ken to those whom we hope will become purchasers, that there is confidence in the stock reared here by the people who breed them, and that they are not afraid to meet the kind that are held in terror by the breeders of the East. Judging from the acceptances, a person would be justi- fied in the assumption that there was not so much in the California climate as has been claimed, and that Elec- tioneer and Sultan were the only stallions whose get were worthy of a place in a big event. There are, of course, men who have prudential reasons for not risking the amount involved in the Stanford, and yet we think it short-sighted economy in a large proportion of Califor- nia breeders not to make engagements. It gives their stock a prominence from the time the entries are pub- lished, and the §100 is an investment which can scarcely fail to pay. There is another phase of this question which it is well to consider. "When the Stanford Stake was first opened Palo Alto had not engaged in the Eastern Stakes, and was looking at home for places to trot the colts in. Now there is a change. Those colts which are the most highly thought of are named in those away from home, and in place of making so many entries a few are engaged. This was to overcome the objections so persistently ar- gued "that there was no use in competing with Palo Alto." And now it may be that the plea will be that if the best of the Palo Altoites are not entered, they do not want to trot against the second rates. In that case, all that is necessary will be to join in the Eastern Stakes when the desired opportunity can be found. At all events, when the home nominations from Palo Alto are restricted to two or three, it cannot be claimed that the chances for selection are greater than very many other breeders can also have the benefit of, and as this has been the most persistently urged, the giving up that advantage equalizes all around. Before the paper goes to press we will know whether the stake is reopened, and in that case the time will prob- ably be extended to the loth of February. Since the above was in type the Secretary has sent other nominations, and to place all together those pub- lished before are reprinted. The additions are Buccan- eers, a scion of the Long Island Black Hawks, a prom- inent family in trotting history. Field Trials. We sincerely hope that the "Member of the Gilroy Club," who favored us with the capital letter under the above head, published last week, will oftentimes use the "pen and ink" for the benefit of us and our readers. Every suggestion is meritorious, and his ideas well worthy of consideration. That in so large a State as California there is room for at least three field trials is evident, and if the sportsmen of the different sections can meet in friendly rivalry, the cause will be advanced. As our correspondent states, dogs, through causes appar- ent, and at times for reasons which cannot be explained, do not show their true form, and a very different esti- mate might be made from the result of several trials. Condemnation may be changed to praise, and the dog which made an inferior showing at one place gain lau- rels at another. But the feature of the communication that pleases us the most is the friendly spirit which is manifest, and all through it is the evidence of good feeling. There is apt to be such an intense desire to see a favorite dog take the first position that the judgment is obscured, emulation degenerating into rivalry, and defeat into bitterness. There is not an animal which awakens so much attach- ment as a good dog. In some respects they are superior to the human family, and very properly they are por- trayed as the emblem of a fidelity unflinching and un- questionable. While the hunting dog does not incite warmer feelings than those which are comparatively of little value, he has a double claim on the affection of his owner. He is a companion and a factor in his recrea- tions which cannot be dispensed with. The parapher- nalia of shooting would be next to worthless were it not for his aid, and the most exciting phases of the sport present little attraction. At least to he who shoots for pleasure, and though the pot-hunter's only care is to fill his bag, the sportsman worthy of the name has higher aspirations. Field trials should be the occasion of large assem- blages, and, conducted in the manner our contributor recommends, be enjoyable as well as instructive. The Stakes at the State Fair. Last week we published a list of the nominations in the Occident Stake for 1885, and the Annual Stake for 1884. There was also printed those who made the sec- ond payment for the Occident of 1884, and thinking that there might hi additions, comments were deferred. The most singular feature is, that while the Occident and Annual Stakes are both for foals of 18S2, there are ten in the former and eighteen in the latter. The Occi- dent is to be trotted when the colts are three years old, the Annual when two years. People generally object to trotting colts when young, though in this it appears to be reversed, and the only explanation we can make is, that there was a misunderstanding in regard to the con- ditions. But for all that there is a good showing, not only numerically, but in quality of breeding are hard to excel in any country. Hambletonians, through several branches of this noted family, Clays and Blue Bulls on the side of the sire, with dams of fine blood. It is long odds that there is not a parallel case to that of "Lassie Jean" in the whole of the United States, that being the nomination of a trot- ting two-year-old colt from a mare by Lexington, the son of Boston. Very many who consider that they are an fait in pedigrees would pronounee that a false record, as the Lexington mares are not only becoming scarce, but are too highly valued as "turf matrons" to be put to such a use. Mr. McDonald paid $2,600 for the dam of Lassie Jean, Lexington Belle, when a yearling at the Woodburn sale in 1876, and he ran her the next season, when she showed a fine turn of speed. We have heard that Lassie Jean is very promising, and that she is likely to be no discredit to her high lineage. There are thirteem sires represented in the Occident and Annual Stakes, viz., Electioneer, General Benton, Sultan, Alaska, Echo, Admiral, Del Sur, Brigadier, 1884 \vt*&ex and j^pmrtsmrm. Prompter, Steinway, Algona and Nephew. It is a strik- ing endorsement of the value of the Hambletonians that eight of the twelve are descended from the "Hero of Chester." There are two sons of The Moor, one Blue Bull, and General Benton, who descends from Abdallah, the sire of Hanibletonian. Prompter, the son of Blue Bull, is likely to be of good service to the trotting stock of California, as those of that blood have gained deserved distinction, and now every family of note in the East has members in this State. That trotting colt races are sure to grow in im- portance is beyond question. There has been a sort of scare following the doings of the colts from Palo Alto and Sunny Slope, but the demoralization is giving way, and there is a partial recovery from the panic, which could almost be called a stampede, of a year or two ago. There is an advantage that breeders are prone to over- look, and the making of nominations ensures that the youngsters will be educated. It will not answer to claim that the reasons for not entering are based on opposition to early training, as that has been proved erroneous. Nearly all of the crack performers of the present were sent to school young, and every year will add its testi- mony to the value of Kindergarten work in the equine course. As we firmly believe that a large majority of the successful trotters of the future will be taught their first lessons as soon as they are weaned, and that in their yearling form the foundation will be laid to a better ad- vantage than at any succeeding age, we urge breeders to the conrse, feeling confident that it will be a benefit far beyond the cost. Closing of Stakes. It may appear that we are unduly perverted in calling attention to the closing of stakes, but it is almost sure that if there is not continual hammering some will forget and scarcely an event closes without there being lamentations over the lapse of memory. On the loth, Tuesday next* the stakes of the "Washington Park Club, and those of the Driving Park Association close. Both of these meet- ings are run at Chicago, the course of the Driving Park being on the "west side," the other on the "south side." Both having been built since we left Chicago, from per- sonal knowledge we cannot state exactly the distance apart, though a direct line cannot measure more than fif- teen miles, and, probably, not so for as that. The two meetings being so close together that the time is econo- mized, and after running at the Driving Park it will only be a short walk to Washington Park. The advantages, however, of making nominations in these stakes are as apparent that it is only necessary to refer to the adver- tisement, although it can truthfully be added that there are still other inducements. There is no trouble in sell- ing race-horses in the East now, and the demand is not restricted to the top-rangers of the turf. There is such an extensive field to supply such a number of race meet- meetings, and some of them extending over months, that all classes have an opportunity to earn expenses. Under the present condition of affairs it is safe to assert that every race-horse and racing colt worthy of being taken to Chicago can be sold for good prices. Monarch, Jr. Our correspondent "Columbus," must have an eye to what he writes if he does not desire editorial comments. As a general rule his communications are worthy of en- comiums, and even when wrong he pictures things so pleasingly that they are published, reserving the right, of course, to show errors. In his article published last week, he started out with a mistake, as we never heard it claimed that Monarch, Jr., was by imported Monarch. In the Breeders' Trotting Stud Book his sire is given Strawn's Monarch, and this is the way it appears hi every instance that has come under our observation. If Strawn's Monarch is not entitled to the credit he should not be permitted to wear the garland which rightfully belongs to the "little Kannuck." It may be that this is an error, too, and when publicity is given correction may follow. Races at Oakland. To-day thers are to be two races at the Oakland Trot- ting Park, a match between Viola E. and Haddington, heats of a mile, running, for §600, and a trotting race between Nellie Burns and Moscow, both to wagons, for $500. The contestants in both races are so close to- gether that there is likely to be exciting battles, and that the heats will be broken is "foregone conclusion." "What effect the enforced idleness during the wet weather will produce cannot be foretold, there being such a vast dif- ference among horses in this respect. Then Moscow has proved that he is a good wagon horse, while his former victress is untried at that way of going. The track is likely to be in fair condition, and from present indica- tions the afternoon will be fine. The Stanford Stake. As was indicated in another article, the date of closing of the Stanford Stake has been changed to the 1.3th of February, as it was evident that it had been overlooked by those who intended to make nominations. Those made were Palo Alto, L. J. Pose and Jos. Cairn Simp- son, so that it lacked two subscribers of filling, though there were that number of colts named. "We sincerely hope that the extension will result in making the list such as should be shown in this the greatest of all stakes for young trotters. Making- the Snow Whirl. [New York World.] Fine weather and good sleighing caused innumerable turn outs to appear on the drives yesterday afternoon, and the surroundings were sufficiently joyful to make even a cynic smile. The atmosphere was like spring — clear, cool and brac- ing — and the sun shone brightly until about 4 o'clock, when it sank behind the hills and cast fantastic shadows on the snow-covered roadways. The variety of sleighs and horses was greater than on any previous day this season. Horses of high degree and sleighs of fanciful designs went merrily along side by side with the sorrowful-looking, goose-necked sleigh, whose appearance was made more ancient by the dismal gongs that did duty as sleigh-bells. Stately cobs with banged tails, attached to a sleigh of the now popular Russian style or the ungainly Canadian tub, ap- peared in the glory of gorgeously hued plumes, and high- mettled trotters to single cutters or speedy pacers passed them with ease. The owners of the former went out for comfort, the drivers of the latter wished for excitement. All went out for pleasure, and their bright eyes and the healthful glow on their cheeks said plainly that they attained their ends. Iu the early afternoon Seventh avenue from Central Park to Macomb's Dam Bridge was crowded with sleighs all going uptown. In the early evening, when it seemed as though the lower part of the city must have been depopulated, the home- ward route was taken and the roads were again alive with swift-moving horses and sleighs. Very many beautiful turnouts were to be seen during the day. The most striking, however, was that of Mr. Elliott Zborowski. It was a large sleigh, of the Russian pattern, with black body and red gearing. Four slashing bay horses, clipped to a mouse color, caparisoned in an elegant manner with silver-mounted harness, formed the team. The leaders had sealskin saddle pads, and the wheelers wore saddle pads of plucked beaver. The head-stalls were ornamented by large plumes of blue and gold that waved gracefully as the high- strung animals champed their bits. The sleigh was a re- markable one. Large and commodious, the main box was far below the driver's seat, the dash-board of which was flanked on either side by a plume similar in all respects to those dressing the horses. In the sleigh were three ladies and two young children,half hidden from view by elegant seal- skin robes. They, as well as Mr. Zborowski, seemed perfectly unconscious of the furor that the princely splendor caused. Another attractive affair was driven by Mr. Isador Cohnfeld. It was a Russian sleigh, with two clipped bay cobs with banged tails and flowing plumes. They made the snow fly. A turnout that attracted much attention was a light Port- land cutter drawn at lightning speed up and down the av- enues. Two persons were in the sleigh, a gentleman and a lady. Both were clad in sealskin. They were Mr. Ed. Stokes and lady, and his famous team Lyrian and Bellftower. Then came a light Albany cutter, with spider-like braces that seemed scarcely able to sustain the weight of the body of the sleigh. It was a wonder of the blacksmith's skill, and weighed only sixty-two pounds. As it was drawn over the snow the body seemed bereft of runners and appeared to fly through the air in pursuit of the silver hoofs that moved it. The illusion that it was of ethereal origin was dispelled, how- ever, by the appearance of the occupant, John J. Quinn, the largest man in Harlem. He is six feet three inches tall, and weighs 215 pounds. A particularly handsome turnout was driven by Mr. Emerson Foote. It is a dark, green-bodied cutter, with seating capa- city for two persons only. The team of bays that were har- nessed to it are both by American Star, and have great power and speed. They were extended to their utmost yesterday, as Mr. David Bonner, driving Daisy Tyrrell, hung on to them. Among others out yesterday were the following : H. P. Pike, with his favorite horse Deacon; Hugh Ferrigan, with "Phil Mulligan." Nathan Straus drove Daisy and Darling. Mat Riley drove his new team Kittie S. and Fred Clark. J. L. Mott, Jr., drove Sweet Sal. "Rocky" Moore sat behind a new roan mare that he calls Bessie A, Fred. Bonner drove Music. Robert Stage, Jr., drove a new purchase, a chestnut mare that he has named Lady Stage. David Bonner drove the bay colt by Startle, out of Jessie Kirk, a brother to the fa- mous Majolica. Lloyd Phoenix drove King William, record 2:20. W. S. Ridabock drove the bay mare Lena Case. Mr. Thomas Watts handled the ribbons over a new horse named Middletown Mohawk. His brother, Archie Watts, drove his celebrated pacer, John L. Sullivan, that "knocks them all out." Col. Mooney drove the old war-horse Warrior that the Col- onel says he heard telling the stable boys stories of the war. Col. Lawrence Kip sat behind the bay mare Lady Gris- wold. W. J. Holder drove the sorrel gelding Jesse, by Dan- iel Lambert. M. J. Duff sat behind his bay gelding John J., and Charles Johnston drove his bay mare Peggy. O. M. Bassett admired his bay gelding Pete. Gen. J. O. Nay drove the bay horse Garry Owen. Myndert Starin drove a handsome bay that showed a '25 clip, and Mr. Hinckley sat behind a bay mare. J. Bevins had his bay mare Mollie out and made a brash on Seventh avenue with Ed. Marshall who drove a smart-looking bay horse. Captain Tynan, of the Fourth Precinct, drove his black' stallion Jason Miller and let the snow fly in many a speedy one's face. Samuel F. Sniffen drove Capt. Bart Mar- shall and W. Hamilton drove the Western Girl. During the afternoon there was a grand free-for-all race, horses to sleighs, for apurse of $100, divided as follows: $50 to first, $35 to second and $15 to third. There were five en- tries, but only four showed at the post. The course was sev- en-eighths of a mile over Central avenue.starting from "Arcu- larius's old place" to Gabe Case's. At the lntter place about one thousand persons had gathered, and along the road to the starting point people stood for over three hours ankle- deep in the snow. The starters were the bay gelding Frank, record 2:0Si, owned by Pat Kienan of Boston, and driven by Johnnie Murphy, who, of course, sat in a green sleigh; the chestnut gelding Frank, driven by W. H- Barmore; the bay geldin" Fred. R., driven by Jerome Whelpley, and the bay mare Breeze, driven by Andy Wilkinson. The judges at the start were W. W, Briggs and Benj. Sprague. The judges at the finish were Joe Elliot, J. Someriudyke and Andy Blair. There was little betting, and no one could be found to bet against Frank and Murphy. Murphy got the best of the start for the first heat, and won easily with Keenan's Frank, and the little horse repeated the trick and won three straight heats. Fred. R. won second money and Breeze third. After the race the sports who had sleighs rode home; those who had none walked. Dorr and the Rabbits. Editor Breeder and Sportsman;— As the reports of the late trials in both the eastern and western sportsman's jour- nals have had much to say about "Dorr's" chasing "fur," I think it would not be out of place foran explanation from his owner and breaker as to the conditions under which he ran. For a yearand a half I have had but little use of my legs, and, in consequence, Dorr had not been hunted a day or an hour.not even heard the sound of a gun since February, 18S2, in North Carolina, with the exception of a few hours the day before the trials, when he had his first interview with a California quail and a jack rabbit. His only experience with rabbits had been with "cotton tails," and he has had plenty of that in the southern States, where he was as steady to both "fur and wing" as any dog living.and if I could have had one full day's shoot over him, where rabbits were plenty, there isn't "fur" enough in the State to make him leave his tracks, even if every dog in the field were in full chase. The facts are, that he chased but once (and then in his first heat) suffi- ciently to be penalized. In regard to "punishm«nt" for faults, as spoken of by your Gilroy correspondent, I will say that different dogs require different treatment, and a compe- tent breaker soon knows the requirement? of each individual. As to "Dorr," we have lived together long enough so that we both know the kind he relishes. Owner of "DORR." Truckee, January 6, 18S4. Shipping Turkeys. Mr. O. A. Gilman, Paris, Kentucky, ships each winter to New York and Boston a great number of turkeys which are quite celebrated and bring the best prices. The methods of dressing and packing are thus referred to in the correspon- dence of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: "After being driven from their homes in the blue-grass pastures, the fowls are quartered in large pens adjoining the slaughter-house. The killing is done by cutting the throat, and then allowing the fowl to hang with its head downward so that all the blood may drip from the body. Mr. Oilman em- ploys from sixty to eighty colored women to remove the feathers. They, by practice, have become fast at the busi- ness, and while some familiar camp-meeting hymn is being sung, they move their hands with much dexterity. After the pick, the fowls pass through the hands of a young man armed with a bludgeon, who, with a single blow of his weapon, breaks the breast-bone, after which the abdomen is split open aud the entrails carefully removed. After this the fowls are hung in the open air until all bodily heat has evaporated. Then the packing begins. The boxes are of uniform size, holding about twenty turkeys each. Seizing the fowl by the neck the legs ar« bent forward until they rest on the breast, this laid iu the box, and the next one afterward, being treated likewise, laid so that the breast of the former will be between the legs of the latter. In this manner, lying cheek by jowl, like sardines in a box, all the space is utilized, and the dan- ger of bruising in shipment avoided." Aerated Milk. We are asked whether it will pay to aerate milk by forcing air through it, and whether the benefit is sufficient to war- rant farmers in buying machines for that purpose. It improves milk to aerate by exposing to the air in any way, either for cheese making, butter making or family use. Where cheese is made by the old acid process, in which the curd is kept in the whey till the whey becomes sour, it would pay the farmers, and all concerned, to both air and cool their milk before sending it to the factory. Keeping the curd in the whey till it becomes so stale as to be sour, intensifies the bad odors contained in the milk, and fastens them in the curd, to the detriment cf the cheese. Hence, the importance of removing the odors as far as possible before curdling the milk. In the more modem and improved process of manu- facture, in which the curd is separated from the whey just before it becomes sour, though the milk would be all the better for airing, there is not the same necessity for aeration that there is under the acid process. The odors can be more conveniently and effectually removed by airing the curd. If cheese is made on the Cheddar plan, and the curd taken from the whey before it becomes sour, it may be packed for an hour and a half where it will keep well drained aud warm, and if then ground and exposed to the air, all the foreign odors which could be removed from the milk will be more effectu- ally exhausted by airing the curd than they could by airing the milk, and, at the same time, greatly improve the quality of the cheese by the aeration of the curd. The cheese will be the better for three hours' airing, but, unless very foul, the bad odors will all pass off in less time. Where the Cheddar mode of making is not in use, the curd should still be taken from the whey just before souring, and the airing begun at once, the curd being put into the sink, and stirred em nigh to prevent it from adhering and forming into large lumps. If a little salt is sprinkled on to the curd ns soon as the whey is drained off, after being put into tin- sink, it will very much reduce the labor of keeping the curd liue, and will do no harm. The salting may be finished just be- fore pressing. The more the curd is stirred, and the finer and warmer it is kept, the more readily and completely will it be purified of bad odors, aud the finer will be the re- sulting cheese. The Canadian cheese which took the BW66P* stakes and gold medal at the Centennial, was made in tins way, and kept very fine, and was stirred and aired till night. There is no reliance to be placed on farmers airing milk. Not more than one in ten can, fn m any consideration, be in- duced to undertake it, aud those wiio au Beldom - 1- range the rise of the ball was less than five inches, and iracy of the arm was all that could be desired. If ican 'manufacturers would study the leasons to be learned from English experience, and would give us good double rifles, with flat trajectory combined with accuracy, we believe that repeaters would retire from public favor." Pig-eon Shooting. Two teams of the Garden City Gun Club (San Jose) held a pigeon match at the fair grounds, under the Captaincy of T. Delmas and Frank Coykendall, each man having twelve birds. The shooting was not particularly good. The score: DELMAS' TEAM. Delmas Anderson 4 Schnebel Hommricn Hall Corey Hobfion Adams Parkburst Total. . COYEENDALL'S TEAM. F. Coykendall 9 R. Coykendall 10 Tisdale 10 Flemming 1 Matte 6 Lipsitt 4 Edson 6 Iogalsbe 6 Venue 7 Total 65 The Vienna Garden. The houses during the week have been exceedingly good as the general music deserved they should be. The character of the audiences, also has been everything that could be de- sired in intelligence aud appreciation. Mr. Straka proves himself arable musical director. His system of changing the programme twice a week, so as to supply new music all the time for the regular patrons of tho establishment is duly ap- preciated. Solos, duets, and quartets by the ladies only, have been prominent during the week, and were all played with the old time spirit and brilliancy. Stock in Arizona. ]Arizona star. , From the most reliable estimate obtainable the Star placed the number of stock cattle in the territory at the close of the year 1881 at 96,028 head. In the Resources of Arizona, Mr. Hamilton places the num- ber for this year at 285,000 head. Sheep, 680,000; horses, 31.S00; mules, 13,600, and hogs, 11,400 head. These esti- mates can be accepted as about correct, and demonstrates that Arizona is rapidly establishing a reputation as a grazing country, and well it should, for there are thousands of square miles of as fine pasture land as can be found in any quarter of the globe — with natural advantages for stock raising which cannot be found elsewhere save in the southwest. Grasses cover the mesa lands far and wide, upon which cattle feed and fatten during the entire year. The mild climate in the winter season makes shelter unnecessary — and the grasses which are cured by the sun, continue to be nutritious on the roots during all seasons which save the expense and trouble of cutting or saving hay or other fodder for stock. Cattle are as fat in January and February as in July or August, with nothing to feed upon, save the natural grasses. Already many have made fortunes in Arizona in the short period of from five to ten years, starting with a handful of stock cattle which increased the magnificent herds in a few years. These facts are being appreciated by stock men from all sections. During the last three months thousands of cattle have been driven into the territory from Texas and Colorado aud as many sheep from California. So rapid has this increase be- come that stock ranges are in great demand at large figures. One of the most encouraging features of the live stock in- dustry is the fact that all of the leading stock men are intro- ducing the finest bloods in the country, and grading up their cattle. Thus, in a few years Arizona can boast of as fine- blooded stock as the most advanced stock section in the United, States. Another feature worthy of note is the full co- operation of those engaged in the industry. An organization of the cattle men of Southern Arizona has been recently ef- fected, which will result in great benefit to all, as well as to the territory at large, for anything which will protect and ad- vance the interests of the stock business means additional prosperity for all. The outlook for this industry in the ter- ritory is certainly encouraging, and we predict that its im- portance and growth during the present year will more than double. At a meeting of the directors' of the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Society held on Friday last, the time for holding the next fair was fixed for the week following the State Fair of 1884. L. U. Shippee was elected President and J. M. La Rue was elected Secretary of the society for the ensuing year. The receipts of the fair of 1883 amounted to S20.597.25. Af- ter paying all of the expenses for the year, including $8,857.55 paid for permanent improvements at the Park, the society has a cash balance on hand amounting to §51,010.50. The society will soon announce liberal purses for two and three-year-olds, to be trotted for this fall, entries to close March 1st. An effort willsoonbe made to provide a suitable pavilion for the use of the society. The following officers have been elected by the directors of the Santa Clara and San Mateo Agricultural Association: President, W. T. Adel; Secretary, T. S. Montgomery (re- elected); Treasurer, W. D. Tisdale (re-elected). Thoroughbred Stallion IMPOETED KYRLE DALY. Bay horse; bred by Joseph Lyons; foaled 1870, by ARTILLERY. First dam. Colleen Rhue, by Gemma-di-Vergy. Second dam, Princess, by Retriever. Third dam, Echidna (the Baron's dam), by Economist. Fourth dam, Miss Pratt, by Blacklock. Fifth dam. Gadabout, by Orville. Sixth dam, Minstrel, by Sir Peter. Seventh dam, Matron, by Florizel. Eighth dam, Maiden, by Machera. Ninth dam (Pumpkin's dam), by Squirt. Tenth dam (Lot's dam), by Mogul, Eleventh dam, Camilla, by Bay Bolton. Twelfth dam, Old Lady (Starliug's dam), by Pulleine's CheBtnnt Ara- bian. Thirteenth dam, by Rockwood. Fourteenth dam, by BuBtler. Will make the coming season, 1881, extending from February 10th to June 20th at Raucho del Paso, Sacramento Co., Cal. Terms, §100 the season. Mares taken good care of during the season for $fi per month; after the season $10 per month, but no responsibility for escapes or acci- dents. Address ions MAirector, 9:17. Black horse, foaled July 18,1877, by Dictator (sire of Jay- Eye-See, 2;105C; Phallas,2:l">.'0; first dam Dolly (dam of Thorndale, 2;22).j; On- ward, 2;225), by Mambrino Chief; second dam by Potomac ; third dam by Saxe Wiemar. Thorndale. 2;22K, is the sire of Edwin Thorne,2:lGV-, and Daisy Dale, 2;19X. .llnnnii' < hiei. "MH 1-4. Two-mile record, -1:46. Brown horse, foaled 1870, by Jim Monroe (son of Alexander's Audal- lah, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, first dam Madame Powell, by Bay Chief (son of Mambrino Chief); second dam by Toronto (son of St. Lawrence); third dam claimed to be of Whip stock. Foi a very lifelike portrait of Monroe Chief and a full account of his pedigree and per- formances, see the holiday number of the Breedkk andSpoetsman, issued Decemher 29, 1883. For further information address JOHN A. GOERSMITH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St., San Francisco. THOROUGHBRED STALLION x x, Pedigree. X X (Doublecross), bred by Jos. Cairn Simpson at Atwood Cottage, Riverside, Illinois, foaled May 23, 1872, by MALCOLM. First dam, Columbia, by imported Bonnie Scotland. Second dam, Young Fashion, by imported Monarch. Third dam, Fashion, by imported Trustee. Fourth dam. Bonnets o' Blue, by Sir Charles. Fifth dam. Reality, by Sir Archy. Sixth dam, by imported Medley. Seventh dam, by imported Centinel. Eighth dam, by Mark Anthony. Ninth dam, by imported Janus. Tenth dam, by imported Monkey. Eleventh dam, by imported Silvereye. Twelfth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 307, and vol. 3, p. 79. X X (Doublecross) is of as high and fashionable breeding as any stallion in the country. His sire, Malcolm, is by imported Bonnie Scotland, his dam Columbia, also by imported Bonnie Scotland; hence his name. Malcolm was one of the best race-horseB of his day, and Columbia was also a fine race mare. Columbia is the grandam of An- teeo. Her dam. Young Fashion, was the dam of Surprise, Scotland, Wauanita, Bonnie Kate (the dam of Bonnie Lizzie), Andes, Hock Hock- ing, Three Cheers, etc. The dam of Malcolm, Lady Lancaster, was the dam of Sagamore, Ontario (the dam of McWbirteri, Regent, Lady Fair- field, Lady Amanda, Lady Middleton, etc., and a reference to the racing calendars will show how distinguished the members of these two fami- lies are. This is the only Bonnie Scotland stallion In California, and from his inbreeding has as much of the blood as if he were a son of tbat renowned sire. He is a horse of immense substance, good size, high form, and of the best disposition. "Will make the ensuing season, 1884, from February 15th to June 15th, at the Oakland Trotting Park, Terms, 55U the season. JOSEPH ( AIK> SflHPKO.V Oakland or 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. THE TROTTING STALLIONS SINGLETON AND LA HARPE. W 1 .' LL MAKE THE COMING SEASON FROM FKUUUAKY 1ST TO July 15th, 1881, at the farm of the owner, three miles north of Chico, Butte Co., Cal. .«.*.„, , , Singleton is a dark brown horse, with tan Hanks and muzzle, a little touch of white on hind feet and left fori.' foot, small star in forehead. Is 15^ hands high, ami weighs 1,120 lbs. Was bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks.aud foaled in the spring of 1&7S. PEDIGREE. Singleton is by Willie Schepper, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, by Abdullah by Manibrino, bv imp. Messenger, sehepper's dam Nellie bv son of Vermont Black Hawk, grand dam by BuBirls. thoroughbred (No 373) Singk' ton's dam was Light-foot (dam of Pride, yearling record ""|-r i bv Flaxtail, sun of l'rnden's Hide Hull, l.iglitfoot's dam was Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuckahoe, Granddam by Lelller's ConBiil, by Slu'iUM-rd's Consul. Irwin's Tuckahoe was by Herod's Tuckahoe, by thoroughbred Tucka- hoe, by Florizel, by Diomed. LA HARPE Ib a bronze bav, two. white stockings behind and star, 1(J hands high, and verv powerfully built, weight, 1,180 lbs. Was hTed by Dr. Hicks, and foaled in 1878. La Harpe was sired by Fame, he by Alexander's Bel- mont (sire of Nutwood), he by Alexander's Abdallah (sire of Goldsmith M-iid) lie bv Rvsdyk's Ilaiiihletoiiian, lir bv Abdullah, be by Mambrino, he by 'imp. "Messenger. Fame's dam Glory by Jackson's western Star (sonof Piatt's Western Star by Blacknoaej, 1st dam by Boanerges, 2nd dam by Gallatin (l.lisil. La Ilarpe's dam Prairie Bird by Flaxtail (dam of Flight '2-2'J, and Prompter, 2:33i. 2nd dam Fashion, by John the Bap- tist 3rd dam Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuckahoe. Hh dam by Lefllur's Consul Irwin's Tuckahoe by Herod's Tuckahoe, by thoroughbred Tuckahoe, bv Florizel, by Diomed. TERMS; For Singleton, fifty ($W>) dollars the season. Mares not proving in foal mav be rHnrn.'d the following season (rer of eburge. La llarin- will stand at twenty-live (>-■">) dollars the season, cash. Mares sent to the ranch to either horse will be kept, one month free of tilfturage Further pasturage will be charged three t.$») dollars per month Mares shipped to CnlOO consigned lo me. will bo received on arrival of train, and taken to the ranch. Mares kept In any manner owners mav desire, at reasonable rates. There is every convenience on the farm, boxes, paddocks, and plenty of shade and water, AddresB J. T. II.IVIOMI. i ;, „ CO, Chico, Cal. 1554: &«« ^ixaixi; tiuu ^r^uAiijjiuuu Racine at New Orleans. The winter race meeting at Isew Orleans lias been fairly successful, and we give that of the second day as it has an additional in- terest to us, and will also be "news" to our readers, many of whom are acquainted with "Jack" Batchelor, the owner of Princess. He seems to have forsaken the trotters for the higher bred cattle, though he was very fortu- nate with John H., Frank J., and Mattie Gra- ham. John H., we sold him the spring of 1872, for §7,500, and as he showed a half-mile in 1:11 J, and was without record, it could not be said the price was too much. The dam of Princess, Eoxaline, by Malcolm, is a sister to Marion, the dam of Duke, Duchess and Prince of Norfolk, so that the family are likely to be celebrated in both branches. It is further proof of the value of the Bonnie Scotland blood, and especially the strain through Mal- colm. There has never been a question in our mind that Malcolm was as good a race- horse as Bonnie ever got for any distance up to II miles, and all that prevented him going further was an injury to a leg when a two- year-old. The other race won by Princess was a dash of a mile, in which she defeated Manitoba Olivette and others. We are much pleased to learn of her success in the South. Last sea. son she won at Saratoga and Coney Island, and is unquestionably a good filly. With two races to his credit, thanks to that very promising filly, Princess, Batchelor, her owner will have no cause to complain against the Louisiana Association for making him purchase a silk jacket and cap in place of the shabby make-believe affairs he brought from Texas. In fact, Princess just about saved the "knowing ones" to-day from three straight defeats, while she also did the com- bination books a good turn, to the disgust of those who had bought against the favorites, a number of tickets having been made, with Katie Creel for the hurdle race and Voltaire for the selling race, and this, with two favor- ites beaten and one a winner, nicely divided the honors of the day. The racing, as a whole, was very fair for the season, the track was stiff and heavy, the weather cold and clear, and the attendance so promising that Socretary McGowan was enabled to ask all the "beach combers" present: "Well, what do you think of 'em now?" The racing began with a dash of a mile, over hurdles, for which the starters were Bag- dad, Katie Creel, Eva A,, Carter Harrison and Mary H. Carter Harrison was made the favorite, but as he fell at the fourth hurdle, and as Mary H. did the same thing at the sec- ond, only Katie Creel, Bagdad and Eva A. fin- ished. Katie passed the judges six or eight lengths in front of Bagdad, who was ten in front of Eva. Time, 2:03*. The second race was a dash of seven fur- longs, at selling allowances, for which Bou- lotte was made the favorite, with Eiddle second choice, Voltaire third, Pilferer, Jane Foster and Referee selling in the field. The favorite had bat little to do with the finish, for Voltaire romped home six lengths in front of Boulotte, with Pilferer third. Time, 1:41£. Thus Green Morris owns the first successful three-year-old of 1884, and although the youngster was beaten for the Christmas Stakes last Saturday, Morris is well satisfied with him, and expects that he will carry the "purple and white" to the front in many races yet to come. The third and last race of the day was a mile dash, for which Princess sold even against the field, which included that clever three-year-old, Manitoba, with Goliad, Earl of Beaconsfield, Effie H. and Olivette. Princess cut out the work from the start, and was never reached, winning by four lengths in 1:53, with Manitoba nearly the same distance in front of Goliad. The following is a sum- mary: New Orleans, La., Jan 3.— Second day of the winter meeting of the Louisiana-Jockey Club. First Race.— Purse $200. for all ages, of which $50 to second: one mile over hurdles. J. J. Merrill's b m Katie Kreel, by King Alfonso, dam Marfiurite, 1401b Stuart 1 J. J. Carroll's ch g Bagdad, 6, by Ventilator, dam Queen of Scots, 145 lb McGrath 2 C. F. Armstrong's b m Eva A., 5, by Pat Molloy.dam Nora, 1401b Huston 3 "W. Wfaalen's Carter HarriBon, aged, 143 lb McGowen * F. Lloyd's Mary H., aged. 143 lb Walker t •Fell. Time— 2.031. Pools.— Carter Harrison, $20; Katie Creel, $10; Bag dad, $6; Mary H. and Eva A., $2 each. Mutuels paid Same Day.— Purse $200, for all ages, of which $50 to the second; selling allowances; seven furlongs. Morris k Co.'s b g Voltaire, 3, by Voltigeur, dam Kate Condell, 00 lb Sax 1 G S Caldwell's ch f Boulotte, 3, by King Ernest, dam Pouch. 82 lb Caldwell 2 E V Ramsey's b g Pilferer, 3, by Plenipo, dam Gray Girl. 80 1b ■_ Church 3 Johnson & Co.'s Olivette, i, 102 lb Caldwell Time— 1:53. Pools.— Princess, $20; Olivette, $10; the field, $10. Kutuels paid $10.10. The Story of Black Raven. A reporter of the Denver Trihum, with numerous others, was attracted by the cries of a Hibernian car-driver who was vigorously belaboring a broken-down, spavined, black piece of horseflesh. The poor animal was doing his best, but it was no use— his days of usefulness were nearly over, and he was receiving his punishment with the patience and peace of one preparing for the grave. An old gentleman, a stranger, was one of the spectators attracted by the imprecations of the driver. He seemed to take an unus- ual interest in the proceedings, walking out into the sloppy street and making a complete survey of the horse. Soon he appeared to be satisfied, and, stepping back a few feet, called out in a low tone of voice, "Raven! Raven!" The horse looked up with an intel- ligent eye, glanced furtively around, and, upon hearing the name repeated, made for the gentleman who had called him. In his efforts to reach him he pulled the cart out of the rut into which it had been run, so greatly astonishing the Milesian driver that he nearly lost his place on the seat. Raven whinnied with delight at his having met an old acquain- tance, and the joy of his brute nature was shining out of his big. luminous eyes. Then he rubbed his nose against the man's shoul- der for sympathy, as if saying: "I haven't always been in this plight, have I?" The old gentleman stroked the horse's head and neck, and asked a few questions of the driver, and then returned to the walk, where he was accosted by the reporter. Tou seem to have met an old friend?" Yes, indeed. A friend with a history; a friend who brings to mind many trying scenes that I have witnessed," and the speaker shook his head as he thought of the days of "ould lang syne." 'That old wreck," he continued, "is Black Raven, a horse that was celebrated in this section. Not a horse in the West could equal him for speed; he couldn't he caught. And then, too, he was ridden by a man who was feared by all who met him, and he was termed a desperado, because he would not be imposed upon." The gentleman became communicative as he warmed up to the subject, and the reporter soon had the story of Black Raven and his owner, who, up to late years, was one of Col- orado's and New Mexico's most noted charac- ters. Black Raven first made his appearance in the West along in the '60's as a pacer. His first races were won in the Pan Handle of Texas, when $10,000 was not considered an unusually large stake, when the wires, strung with purses of gold, were the stakeholders, and the revolver as judge in case of difficulty. Black Raven never was beaten; not a horse in the West could catch him, and he reigned as king of the turf until a change in his ca- reer occurred. His owner after leaving Texas tour of New Mexico and Colorado, scooping in money wherever he went, and becoming the envied of all men because he owned such a horse. Among the men who cast a cautious eye on Raven was Clay Allison, who was known as a very dangerous man, and who, with his brother, John Allison, owned large cattle ranches in Southern Col- orado and Northern New Mexico. Allison made the acquaintance of the owner and suc- ceeded in buying the animal at a good price. From that day Clay Allison and his big black horse became almost as inseparable as the Siamese twins. They often slept together, and the danger of one was shared by the other. An understanding sprung up between the two, and it is known that the one saved the life of the other on more than one occa- sion. Raven was an excellent saddle horse, and he had always been raced under the sad- dle. Sulkies were unknown in the West in those days. Clay Allison was a true Western character, He was a cattle man, and made much money. He was thoroughly imbued with the Western idea of liberty and freedom, and often in his revels committed excesses which placed his life in jeopardy. But he paid for all damages done, and escaped injury. He never thirsted for human, blood, and was not an assassin. That he was called a desperado was because he had killed several men who had tried to in- fringe upon his rights, and even then he never took advantage of a man. Fair play was his motto, and that he always escaped so luckily was because he had more nerve, and could shoot quicker and faster than any man in the territories. In some respects he was a noble- man in the rough. His adventures would fill volumes. Allison participated in many shooting scrapes, and in some fared quite badly, but he always succeeded in "downing" his man. Misfortune overtook him, finally, and he was compelled to give up everything he had. The last to go was his old friend Raven, who was The mares Blossom, by Dictator, dam by Lumber, and Miss Kerr, by Mambrino Patchen, dam by Mambrino Whalebone, re- cently purchased by S. E. Larabie, Deer Lodge, Mon., were killed in a railroad smash up while on the way to Montana. To Isonomy's cover there were dropped in 1S83 four colts and three fillies. As he must have covered many more mares than had pro- duce, it looks as if there were something in the report that he is an uncertain foal-getter. A thousand pities! The Kentucky Association, at a regular meeting held at Lexington on the 1st, form- erly adopted the new rules proposed at Louisville in November. FOR SALE The Trotting Gelding STAR KING. Kecord, 2:22. Sound and in fine condition. Sold only for the reason that his owner's business is such that he cannot give attention to the turf. For further particulars address 4'. W. Welby. Tenth and Railroad Avenue, San Francisco. FOR SALE. Llewellin Setter Brood Bitch POSHA. Druid ex Pocahontas, in whelp to McGregor, Rob Roy ex Queen Mab, 2 years old. Price ?100 00 Llewellin Setter Bitch Pup MAY D. McGregor ex Posba, 7 months. Price $25 00 English Pointer GLEN BOW, lunger Boy ex Josie Bow, 17 months, partly broken. Price.. S50 00 Also a few choice Pointer pups comprising the bloods of snch cracks as Champions' Bow. Sleaford, Ranger, King Bow, and others. Price S20 00 Full pedigrees to all the above dogs warranted as represented. G. W. Bassford. Colusa, Cal. THE CHICAGO Driving Park Announce the following RACING STAKES, To be run during tb-.-ir Summer Running Meeting OF INN 4. From June 20th to June 28th. To Name and Close on Tuesday JANUARY 15, 1884. Four or Five Races on Each Day of the Meet- iwj. Two-\>ar-«lil Stakes, "The Ladies' Stakes"— For two-year-old fillies 850 entrance. 825 forfeit, with -100 of which to second. Three-quarters of a mile. "The CBEtEfiioH 9rAKE8"-For two-year-old col to; s50 entrance. $25 forfeit, with >:.iju added $loo of which to the second. Three-quarters of a mile "The Flash Sr A KEs"-For two-year-old colte and fillies; >2-j entrance, p. p. . with $500 added, $100 of which to second. Half a mile. The winner of the "Ladies." "Criterion," or any stake or purse of the value of 81.000 or more, to carry 5 pounds extra. 'The Nubsebv Stakes"— For two-year-old colts and fillies: Sou entrance, $25 forfeit, with $000 added $100 of which to second. One mile. Maidens allowed 5 pounds. The winners of two or more stakes to cam- 5 pounds extra. * Tliree-Year-Olel Stakes. .«- Tta E. < ^? ra STAK Es"-*or three-year-old colts and fillies that have not won a race prior to January 1 18S4; $25 entrance, p. p.. with $500 added, $100 of which to second. One mile and an eighth. All-Aged Stake*. "The Boaed of Trade Handicap"-.* sweepstakes for all ages; $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, of which $10 must positively accompany the nomination.and which is the only liability if declared out by May 1 ; $800 add- ed. $200 of which to second. Weights to he published April 1. Winners of any race after publication of weights to carry 5 pounds extra; of two or more races 10 pounds extra, one mile and a half. "The St-iiMEit Handicap"— a cash handicap for all ages; $10 entrance, which must positively accompany the nomination, and *15 additional to start with $500 added, $100 of which to second. Weights to be published April 1. One mile and an eighth. "The Garden Crrr Ccp"— For aU ages; $50 en- trance, $25 forfeit, with $1,000 added; $150 of which to second, 5100 to third. Two milesand a quarter "The Merchants' Stakes"— For all ages; £50 en- trance, $25 forfeit, with $500 added, $100 of which to second. One mile and a quarter. "The Rapid Sweepstakes"— For all ages; $25 en- trance, p. p., with $100 added, $100 of which to sac- Three-quarters of a mile heats. PURE-BRED POULTRY, O. J. ALBEE. Santa Clara. Box 9S9. FOE SALE— 1 Cock, 4 Hens and a fine lot of Stages. Pitt-Games imported from McDougall, warranted dead game; also all leading varieties thoroughbred Poultry. P. Kelly's Jane Foster, 5, 108 lb Erwir, o b hammer, and in time sent to G^S^^ Ba^is now hauling gar- Time— 1:41*. bace for his daily allotment of oats. Pools.— Boulotte, $20: Riddle, $10; Voltaire, 85, and i the field $9. Mutuels paid $19. Same Day.— Purse $200, for all ages, of which $50 to the second; one mile. J A. Batchelor's b f Princess, 4, by Princeton, dam Rosaline, 104 lb O'Neil 1 Morris & Co.'s b c Manitoba, 3, by Glenlyon. dam Marie Michon, 91 lb Sax 2 T A" Elgin's ch c Goliad, 3, by Heretog, 105 lb. Bratton 3 E. Harper's Brooklyn, aged, 113 lb CrosB Dr. Younger's Earl Baconsfield, aged, 114 lb... Wolf C F Armstiong'fl Effie H. J, 108 lb Yetman OTANFORD* STAKECJ AS WEEPSTAKES FOR TROTTING COLTS AND fillies of 1&S2, 5-300 each, $ino payable on the loth of February, 1841, at which time the stake will* close, 9100 on the 1st day of January, 1&S5, and 5100 thirty days be- fore the day "fixed for trottinc. whatever amount up to be considered forfeit, and the neglect to pay at the stipulated time incurring forfeiture of the preyioiiB payments. The race to be heats of a mile, best three in five, to harness. First to leceive six-ninths of the whole sum, the second two-ninths, the third one- ninth. Inadditionto the stakes and forfeits, the pro- portion of the gate money, profit on pool sales and all utht-r sources of emolument will constitute the gross amount to be divided in the foregoing proportion. Five or more subscribers to fill. The race to be trot- ted in l^i not sooner than the latter part of August. The exact d.ite to he fixed and announced on the 1st of January, 1885 or sooner. -„_,»■« Race to be governed hv the Rules of the Nation:*! fmtting Association. Nominations to be made to N. T ^MITH Treasurer, S. P. Railroad Office, Fourth andTownsend streets, or JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON. secretary, Bkeedkr and Spokts«an office, on or before the 15th day of February, 1*84. The colts must be named, the name and pedigree, so far as known, given. Vndertbenew trotting rules letters legibly marked February lJth wijlbe eHgible. post >'. T. SMITH. Treasurer. JOS. I' AIRS SIMPSON. Secretary. ond. THE -•UXUOIS DERBY," ILLINOIS OAKS," "CHICAGO STAKES." — AND— *X. W. STALUOS" STAKES. All for three- year-olds, which closed on April 2, 1883, will also be run during this meeting. All the above advertised stakes to be run underthe Rules and Weights of "The American Racing Rules," adopted at Louisville, November 23, 1883, copies of which ■will be furnished on application. Address all communications and nominations to D. L, HALL, Secretary, 116 Monroe Street, Chicago, 111. The Chicago Driving Park also announce and claim dates for a SECOND SLYLYIER RUNNING MEETING, from JULY 17th to AUGUST mtb. 188*. for which stakes will be opened on or about March 1st. The regular days will be Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- days of each week, with extra days whenever practic- able. STALLIONS FOR SALE HAVING ACQUIRED MORE STAI.LIONSTHAN he has present use for, the owner offers for sale the high-bred and well-known trotters Inca —AND— iL Gibraltar. Jerseys and Guernseys. Registered in the- A . J. C. C. and IheA.G.C. C. The above Is a eul of the uiieqiiale.1 \ Canada Chief, son of Davy Crockett: third dam by Fuimtn^'s Tobe; fomth rfani by Leviathan. GIBRALTAR. RECORD S:2S . FOALED 1871, bredby Geo. O. Tiffany, got bj Bcho.aoi dvk's Hambletonlanj dam the Tlffani nun, *ald to bo by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. For terms and other particular" apply to JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. FASHION STABLE. Bills St., San Francisco. The Vienna Gardens, Cor. of Sutter and Stockton Sts., THE rol'I'I.AR FAMILY RESORT OF nil « I TV. ■rnn l iAIm' i HchestM, ■ I" 1 ' d ol <■ ..! the lM.Tt.it intt, witit titcilMlMBertl leader. „1 til kimi* the beat the nmM """""■ .;. R WALTER. Sole Proprietor. mr ADMISSION FBI 30 ^Jxz IBrttttttf .t head of fine stock from all the ending breeders of the Coast, cannot fail to attract a large number of buyers from Honolulu, Australasia. and the East. The fame of California trotters is world- wide and when it is known that for this sale already are entered the get of Electioneer, The Moor, Almont, Nutwood and all the best known stallions on the Coast, the advantages to both breeders and purchasers must be obvious. Large or small lots will be taken for sale. As soon as the catalogues can be prepared they will be distributed all over the world; so it is necessary for those desirous of taking advantage of the sale to send in their lists of stock, with complete pedigree, at an early Hate. S. C. BOWHET * CO. Largest and FiNEst Stock On the Coast, at prices that defy competition. » 5 WILL A ! IX< K. Leading Cutlers. 769 Market street. SPOKTING 6 O © D S . Telephone, 5159. IMPROVED Blind Bridle & Winkers FOR RAGE HORSES. Secured br Letters Patent, July £5, 1883. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure ray letters patent, is: 1. The part D.siipported by the side straps of the bri- dle, extending back as shown, the front having an opening into which the blind is fitted, substantially, as herein described. 2. In a bridle, in combination with the extensions D, the curved blinds F, secured to such extensions, and as shaped, to give full freedom and ventilation to the eye while circumscribing the vision, substantially as herein described. 3. In a bridle, and in combination with the exten- sions D. blinds F, and side straps A, the screw, nut and washer E, to secure the blind and allow it to be set, substantially as herein described. 4. In a bridle, and in combination with the check- pieces D and blinds F, as shown, the straps or bands G and H, connecting the branches or extensions above and below the eyes, and having the adjusting slides or buckles, substantially as an l tor the purpose herein described. 5. In a bridle, and in com' ination with the blinds F, supported ai d pivoted to the bridle so as to be mova- ble about the point of support, the adjustable front straps or bands G and H, and the tear band I and the throat-latch or lash connected with the blinds, and ad- j us table, substantially as herein described. The above are the claims allowed by the patent office, and though the corresponding letters do not appear on the cut, the general principle will be under- stood. It meets with universal approbation, doing away with all the objections urged against blinds, and at the same time giving complete control of the line of vision. By throwing the lower portion of the blind up something of the same effect on the action follows as is induced by toe-weights. This is especially the case when young colts are the pupils, teaching them to bend the knee without the strain of weights on the feet. For bridlesof all descriptions apply to JOHN A. HcKERRON. No. 327 Sutter St.. San Francisco. L H MPROVBD IlORSB ULOTHIN G. Secured by Letters Patent ^£& D \ A ^Willf. The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted 4. The blanket A and hood J in combination withthe elastic, connecting-strip I, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 5. The close-fitting hood J, having the elastic band L beneath the jaws, so that thev mav be allowed to move without disturbing the fit. and adapted to be secured to the cover by means of straps, substantially as herein described. G The improvement in covering-blankets for ani mala, consisting of the blanket A, having the flap C and permanent straps or bands fixed to it to secure it around the body, whereby the use of loose Burclnglea is avoided, substantially as herein described. . An Improved blanket or covering, consisting of the body-piece A, flan C, and the exteusionB, formed or united together, so as to cover the body and legs of the animal, substantially as herein described. 2. The blanket or covering A, having the flap C, and the extensions B. to fit the fore and hind legs of the animal, front taste nings FG,and the permanent strapB or bands E, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 3. The blanket or covering A, with its extensions B, permanent securing-bands E, and the front fastenings F G, in combination with the elastic neck-extension H, substantially as and for the purpose here'ndesc ibed. The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee, JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LINES OF TRAVEL. LINES OF TRAVEL. Ci X • Jv. Jtv. TIME SCHEDULE, BROAD GAUGE. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. SATURDAY, - - OCT. 20th, 1883. Trains leave, and are dne to arrive at, Sau Francisco as follows: DESTINATION. 9:30 a M •4:00 P v 8:00 a m 3:30 p M 4:30 P M 8:00 a M... •4:00 p st .... 8:00 a M .... 3:30 p M.... 9:30 a M... > 4:30 P SI... \ 7:30 A M... ) *4 :00 P sr... 1 4:30 P M 9:30 a M 7:30 a M *5:00 p M 9:30 A M 9:30 A 51 •4:00 P SI 8:00 A S£ 5 :30 A M 4:30 P M 7:30 A SI 10:00 A M 3:00 P si... *5 :00 p SI.. 3:30 P Sf... 5:30 P SI... 8:00 a M... 8:00 A M... J:00 A si... 7:31 A St.. 8:00 a St.. 3:30 p si.. 4:30 P si.. •4:00 P M.. 7:30 A >t... 9 :30 a si... 3:30 p si... ♦4:00 P M... 3:30 p M 8:00 a M 4:30 P M Antioch and Martinez Benicia Calistoga and Napa.. Colfax " Deming, Kl Paso ( Express... and East ( Emigrant Gait and i via Livermore Stockton* via Martinez lone Knight's Landing Los Angeles and South Livermore and Pleasanton... Marysville and Chico ) Mohave, Needles j Express i and East ( Emig'nt Niles and Havwards Ogden and ( Express East } Emigrant Red Bluff ( via Marysville. and Tehama "j via Woodland- Redding Sacramento, via Livermore. " via Benicia *' via Benicia " via Benicia Sacramento River Steamers. San Jose Valle j o . . 2:40 p si *12;10 p si 6:40 p si 8:40 p si 10:10 a si *J0:10 a M 6:40 p m 5:40 p m 8:40 p M 2:10 p st 7:10 a si 5:40 p M •12:10 p m 5:40 P si 10:10 a M 2:40 p si 5:40 p M •8:40 a si 2:40 p si 2:40 P M 12:10 P SI 5:40 P St 2:40 P M 7:10 a si 5:40 P M 3:40 P si 9:40 A si •8:40 A SI 8:40 p si 9:40 A M 5: 10 p M 6:40 p st 5:40 p M 5:40 P si 6:40 P si 8:40 P SI 10:10 a M •6:00 A si •3:40 p st 13:40 p M 9:40 A st 6:40 P M 2:40 P M 8:40 P St •12:10 P M 10:10 A M S:40 p Si 6:40 P M 10:10 A M SUNDAY, COMMENCING -NOV.. 11, 1883, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, Passenger Trains will leave from, and arrive at, San Francisco Passenger Depot (Townsend Street, between Third and Fourth Streets) as follows: I DESTINATION. I ARRIVE t6:50 A M|> 8 :30 a M J *2ltn£«i I San Mateo, Redwood and 3 p si ' J- IPM.) Menlo Park. 6 :35 A Sf •8:10 a m 9 :fi3 a M •10:02a m 3 :3fi p si +1 ;59 r M 5 :55 P M v Ml") C\ 9:03a m . M 1 Santa Clara, San Jose and J *10:02a si psil f Principal Way Stations. "") | 3:36 pm ■ U J \.< .135pm i t Gilroy.Pajaro.Castroville, ( i *10:02a m i Salinas and Monterey. V ' 5;55p m Hollister and Tres PinoB. I Watsonville,Aptos,Soquel ( [ (Camp Capitolat k Santa ) j Cruz. Broad Gauge: no l change of cars. U 10 :40 a st ' Soledad and Way Stations 'Sundays excepted. Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 p. m. can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 :30 a. si. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antioch. Sundays excepted, j Sundays only. LOCAX FERRY TRAINS, VIA OAKLAND PIER. From San Francisco Daily. TO EAST OAKLAND— •6:00— '6:30— 7:00— 7:30— S:00— 8:30—9:00—9:30—10:00—10:30—11:00—11:30—12:00—12:30 —1:00— 1:30— 2:00— 2:30— 3:00 — 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 — 5:30 — 6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00—8:00—9:00 — 10:00 — 11:00 — •12:00. TO FRUIT VALE— *G:00— "6:30 — *7:00— *7:30 — *8:00 — •3:30— *3;30— *t:00— •4:30— *5:00— *5:30— *6 :00 — *6:30 — 9:00. TO FRUIT VALE (via Alameda)— *9:30— 6:30— $11:00 —•12:00. TO ALAMEDA— *6:00— •6:30— 7:00— •7:30— 8:00 — •8:30 — 9:00— 9:30— 10:00— $10:30—11:00— tll:30— 12:00— $12:30— 1:00— $1:30— 2:00— 3:00— 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00— 5:30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO BERKELEY— *6:00— •6:30—7:00— *7:30 — 8:00— *8 30 —9:00— $9:30— 10:00— $10:30— 11:00— $11:30 — 12:00— 1:00 —2:00— 3:00 — 4:00 — 4:30— 5:00— 5;30— 6:00— 6:30— 7 :00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:0O. TO WEST BERKELEY— "6:00 — •6:30-7:00— •7:80 — $8:00— *8 :30— 9 :00— 10 :00 — 11 :00— $1 :00— 2:00— 3 :00— i :00 — *4 :30 -5 :00— *5 :30— 6 :00— *6 :30— 7 :00. To San Francisco Daily. FROM FRUIT VALE— *6:23— *6:53— "7:23— *7:53— *S:23 •8:53— •9:23— •!0:21—*4 :23-"4:53-*5:23-*5:53-*6:23 — •6:53—7:25—9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE (via Alameda) — *5 : 15 — *5:45 — $6:45— 9:15— *3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAND— *5:30 — *6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00 — 7:30-8:00—8:30—9:00—9:30—10:00—10:30—11:00 — 11:30 12:00—12:30—1:00—1 :30— 2:00— 2 :30— 3 :rced County. Cal. KILLIP & CO., LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, 116 Montgomery Street, San FraneLseo SPECIAL ATTKXTION- PAID TO Sales of Ranches & Live Stock. Will Sell In All < iiii-s and Comities ol tbe Slate. REFERENCES. J. S. Cakey, Sacramento. J. D. Cabb, Salinas. K.P. h argent, Gilroy. John Boggs, Colusa. P. A. Finigan, San Francisco. HAVING CONDUCTED S05EE OF THE MOST successful sales, notablv those <>f Messrs. Whip- ple, Colgrove, Dietz. Coutts. Dougherty, N^-wland A Hammond, Daniel Cook and others, we feel assured ttt durability to give satisfaction in all busine ssin- trustedto ourcare. Sales will be made in allcities and counties in the State. We have in contemplation a series of combination or breeders' sales, similar to those so successfully held at the East. We will be pleased to entei into correspondence with parties de- siring to paiticipate in such sales. Private purchases and sales of improved live stock of all descriptions will be made on commission and stock shipped with utmost care. Several fine ranches at private sale Purchases and sales made of land of every descrip. K 1 1, III' A (P.. llCMonigomerystreel. tion. IOO 9 Russ House, Street, tOll. 1013 ami 1015 J SACRAMENTO, CAL. M. J. HENLEY PROPRIETOR THIS HOUSE IS A NEW BRICK BUILDING, nrwly furnished throughout, and with all modern improvements. Table first class. Evervthing neat, clean and comfortable. Public patronage respectf uns- olicited. Street cars pass the house every five minutes. CONSUMPTION. I have aposicive remedy for the above disease : by Its dm tTi.iusands of cases of the worse kind and of long BtandlD' nuve beencnred. Indeed, sostronz U my faith In its efic W sendTWij BOTTLES FREE, together with a VAlZ ' thl9disease,toBnyHnfl"erer. Give Ex- - - SLOCUit 131 Pearl 8s~ H. Y- PURE-BRED JERSEYS FOR SALE. For sale, to close an Est-ite. Tt-n Head of Pure.Bred Jersey Cattle, ltc - m. r, .1 In A. J Herd Book and A. .I.e. C.H.R.— (on, Hellers and Calves, All superior animate Also a numtii-r of both In breedinp. and qn.illty Tiro and Three- Year.oids. Geldings and Fillies. Tlmroii£hl>reds and byTliad Stevens Troiilnz Sloek ol the verv best Families. For particulars inquire of or ail dress, R. P. CLEMENT, '-' Montgomery St San Francisco. "• "■■""" . D.HICKS. D. HICKS & COMPANY Patentees Advertising Hotel Register*. BOOK-BINDERS, BLANK BOOK PRINTERS, MANUFACTURERS Importers of Bookbinders' Materia Fine Antique Bindings at Eastern Rates. No. 508 Montgome ry St., San Francisco. Cal I CURE FITS' a^SrlsS£° n, ; t '"""" "'"" i»"reir«>>BopX f Iirneand thenhavo th.im r^'nrn ■.f»=in i ™„... . •and'thenhavethi I have n,i 1( je the disease t SICKNESS a life-long Btn tue worst eaaeo. Because t mot now receiving » enro. Send at one- for aYreailse and * J Office. Ic casts yon nothing for ™ aUL and i will enre ra " TO irn again. I mean a radical ci FITS. EPILEPSY 0T FALLING -.".. s oluu.c. Iwarrant my remedy to cura Because others bnve failed Is no reason for Address Dr. H. 32 %lu f&vctfax ixml gpwlmmn. Jan 12 Suspensory Bandages. A perfect fit guaranteed. Support, Relief, Comfort. Automatically Adjustable. DISPLACEMENT IMPOSSIBLE. Treatise on Nervous Tension and Circular mailed free Sold by Druggists. S. E. G. RAWSO>. Sent by mail safely. Patentee, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sprung Knees AND Cockled- Ankles Permanently cured by using Sparkhall's Specific. BEFORE ISG. AFTER USING Which does not blister or interfere with the horse's work. It strengthens the joints and tendons, restor- ing the limbs to their normal condition. Ha6 cured many cases of chronic lameness and muscular rheu- matism after other treatment had failed. Testimonials; From 0. A. Hickok. Esq. San Francisco, Cal., June 8. 1881. I can with confidence recommend Sparkhall's Spe- cific to any one owning a knee-sprung or cockled- ankled horse, being fully convinced that it will cure those deformities without injury to the animal. O. A. HICKOK. From Hon. C. M. Pond, Breeder of the celebrated trotter "Clingstone." Hartford, Conn., March 29, 1882. This may certify that I have used Sparkhall's Spe- cific in my" stables, and consider it an extraordinary TPmedv, accomplishing in most cases all that is claim- ed for it. C. M. POND. The Specific is sold in quart bottles— price, $2.00, by fl'ARKllli: A CO., Montgomery and Bush Sts., under Occidental Hotel, San Francisco. GEO. O. SHATTUOK, General Blacksmithing, 365 Eleventh Street Oakland, Between Webster and Franklin. ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE with neatness and dispatch. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Particular attention given to airing Carriages of all kinds. W. H. Woodruff VETERINARY DENTIST. References ; Scott A McCord, Fashion Stable ; Win, Gerhart, Ne- vada Stable; J. M. Parker, Telegraph Stable; O. Hink- lev, Baldwin Stable; Col. Dickev, Buv District Course; C. W. Smith. H. McConn. J. C. Simpson, J. P. Kerr, city; R. F. Simpson, A. Gates, Robt. Glover, G. Lap- ham, Oakland. Office at Fashion Stable, 221 Ellis street. G. H. STRONG, BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES, S5S Market Street. Repairs to order. Elevator, 12 Front street. .CHEAF'GUNS for THE PEOPLE. % g GREAT WESTERMJ^alfe*J3UN.WORK8 r » PICTORIAL CATALOGUES FREE. rf Rillca, Shot Guru. Revolver*. Ammunition. Beta' ^Pboing TuflkJe. Ruors.ic. acnl C. O. D.for at Ion. © GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. A. DE LABROUSSE, VETERINARY M ItliloV BUY DIRECT From the Manufacturer. Carriages UGGIB S UGGIE and WAGONG ANY STYLE MADE TO ORDEh Sulkies a Specialty. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO P ainting , varnishin E Alterations and Repairs. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 13 17 AKD 13 19 MARKET STREET Between Ninth and Tenth Streets, San FTanclseo. M. J. McCUE, Proprietor. O. O. BALDY, Veterinary Surgeon, OAKLAND, CAL. ALL CHRONIC DISEASES a specialty. Office and iiesidence 1167 Washington street. References— A. C. Henry.F. K. Sbattnck, Oakland; E. J. Baldwin, San Francisco; L. J. Rose, Los" Angeles. HORSEMEN, ATTENTION. I DESIRE TO CAXL TOUR attention to my new patent hand- made shoe. I guarantee to cure any horse with bad corns or con- tracted heels by using this shoe. I also guarantee to cure any horse with quarter cracks, interfering, speedy cutting, paddling, thumping and hitching, or -qo charge. Horses sent for and returned. .j. .-.clAKROV "The Horseshoer," 351 Third street, between Fol- som and Harriso a. 25m3 INTHE STUD. Gordon Setter it DORR. ? ? Six vearB old, V. H. C, and winner of medal and spe- cial money prize at Boston as a performing dog. Win- ner in Nebraska field trialB.and winner of first prize Pacific Coast field trials, also winner of second prize as a Gordon, and first as the best performing dog at San Francisco, 1S83. Fee, $25. FRED. A. TAFT, Truckee, Cal. IN THE STUD. Llewellin Set- Z, ter Dog CARL, BY LIECESTER OUT OP DART* Color, Black. White and Tan; aged five years. Bred bv L. H. Smith, of Strathrov, Ontanu.Canada; broken bv R. B. Morgan, now of A kron, Ohio ; alBO handled one season bv N. B. Nesbitt, of the Harvard Kennel Club, at Storm Lake, Iowa. Will be bred to a lew first-class bitches. Fee S40.00 Address W. W. MOORE, Oakland, Cal., or J. Y. ROSS. 123 California Street, San Francisco. riRADUATE OF ALPORT'S Vj College, Paris. Thirty years *of practice. Best of references. ■urcs guaranteed Ln all diseases of domestic animals. Office and veterinary Infirmary, 1125 Market Btieet, opposite New City Hall, San Francisco, FOR SALE. THE ALMONT STALLION ALTOONA, BY ALMONT, FIRST DAM THERESA B"i Prophet, Jr.; second dam Molly Floyd by Mohawk; third dam by Davy Crockett.a Canadian pacer; fourth nam Fuss, a fine "road mare imported from Canada. Prophet J r. by Prophet, son of Hill's Vermont Black Altoona was bred by Gen. W. T. Withers of Fair- lawn; is a dark bay, a little over 15% hands, of high form and breeding. For particulars apply to A.H.HECOX, Almont Stables 1352 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, FAIR LAWN, 1884. TENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE Sow ready for distribution. Contains descriptions and pedigrees of 252 head of Higb-Bred Trotting Stock now at Fairlawu. Will be sent free to all applicanls who enclose 4 cents in stamps to prepay postage. 25 HIGHLY-BRED BROOD MARES, Bred to the Fairlawn Stallions, and 130 HEAD OF VERY PROMISING YOUNG STOCK, Consisting of Young Stallions, Fillies and Roadsters, are offered at Private Sale. TTTP fiTCTr?, PPTflT* 1 ! PTiAl\T Is stricfelv adhered to at Fairlawn, and the XJ.J.JJ UXliJ-1 XJ.tJ.UJJ J- J-iiii-i price of every animal for saleis printed in the catalogue. Purchasers from a distance can buy on orders at exactly the same prices as if present in person. All stock sold on orders can be returned if they do not come fully up to he descriptions given. The Stallions in use at Fairlawn are ALMONT 3 3. Represented in the 2:30 list by 24 performers, with records ranging from 2:15.'. to 2:30. Limited to 20 approved maresat S300 the season. HAPPY MEDIUM 400. Sire of 18 performers with records of 2 ;30 or better. Limited to 25 mares at $150 the season. ABERDEEN 27. Having ten of his get with records ranging from 2:16) to 2:27.1. Limited to 40 mares at $150 the season. ALECTO 2468. By Almont, out of Violet, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Limited to 30 mares at $50 the season. STARMONT 1526. By Almont.out of Starling, by George Wilkes. Limit- ed to 50 mares at $50 the season. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2-.30 or better, and three new ones to enter the 2 :30 list. The sons of each of these stallions are siring trotters. Almont has six dii- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can he returned in 1885 free of charge. For further information and catalogues containing full particulars, address i.ocKBo*39,. WM. T. WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. W hitman's Combination HALTER-BRIDLE. JE, AXD IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH AN THIS HALTER TAKES UP TO FIT ANY HOR ordinary pai r of reins you have a complete bridle . ELEGANT BRIDLES FOR FANCY PARK RIDING AREMADEON THIS PLAN. For sale by T A A/rr"TTTn"RT? 0"NT 230 and 232 Ellis street, «J . -£*-. ±VLUXS.JllX\>X\/V_»J.N , sole agent for the Pacific Coast. [f THE TRADE SUPPLIED. TIPS AND TOE WEIGHTS. A Natural and Plain Method HUNTING DOGS. f| Dogs prepared for Field Trials by E. LEAVES&EY, Gllroy. Horse Shoeing, With an Appendix, Treating of tlie Action ot the Race Horse and Trotter as shown by In- stantaneons photography. BY JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, ADTHOB OF HORSE PORTRAITURE. ' Round-hoof *d, short- jointed, fetlocks shag and long.' Shakespeare. PRICE RETAIL: III Paper Covers $t. OO In Cloth 1 -50 TRADE SUPPLIED ON DEDAL TERMS. Mailed to any part of the United States or Canada on receipt of price. Send orders to SAW FBAXCISCO NEWS CO., or BKE El»] It VM> SPORTSMAN. San Francisco. TheBREEDER and Sportsman^ weekly journal de- voted tn the Interests ot breeders of domestic animals andtheadvanc-mi-nt of ;tll legitimate sport. Subscription price, $. r > per year. JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, Editor. The aliove treatise, 200 pages, will he sent free to yearly subscribers who send orders direct to the office. 508 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. T BY XS ADVERTISEMENT THE TtJHT AND 6POBTINO AUTHOIilTY HE BREEDER ASD SPORTSMA :n -_, ASHLAND PARK __ T rotting stu| ' NEAR LEXINGTON, KY. B. J. TBEACY, PROPRIETOR THIS IS STRICTLY A BREEDING FARM. FOR though training is done, it is only for the stock be- longing to the place, or those purchased from the pro- prietor. The proprietor of Ashland Park has no pet trotting family ; his aim is to secure and have at all times for sale choice representatives of each of the leading families, these being the Hambletonians, Mambrino Chiefs, Clays, Pilots, Black Hawks. At Ashland Park may now* be seen splendid specimens of the get of such stallions as George Wilkes, Almont, Mambrino Patchen, Clark Chief, Edwin Forrest, Blackwood, Sentinel, American Clay, Administrator, North Star Mambrino, Bourbon Chief, Regular, Bal- sora, Howard's Mambrino and Homer. The steadv aim is to possess nothing that does not trace through the beBt class of speed-producing trotting crosseB, along all the blood lines, right to the thoroughbred. For catalogues or further particulars address 2-17yl B. J. TREACY, Lexington, Ky. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. J. O'KANE, S6J Market Street,^ San Francisco. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL dealer in Harness. Saddles, Blankets, English Racetioods, \nd everything necessary for horse or carriage use. Horse Boots a Specialty. Agent for Dr. Dixon's Condition Powders. Repair- ing promptly attended to. PAUL PRIEDHOFER, ty PATHOLOGICAL HORSE-SHOER, 116 Washington Street. PRACTICAL IN ALL ITS VARIOVS BRANCHES ■» Pw^llpfcSys^ SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. THE KEN NEL. Training 1 Versus Breaking. We will take it for granted that, after a week or two of daily- practice, our pupil has so far advanced in his education as to be reasonably proficient in his performance at To ho, and we will now take another step and try him with something new, and endeavor to teach him the meaning of the word charge. As this word is in constant use among sportsmen, the world over, we always teach our dogs its meaning, but for our own use we greatly prefer a low breathed Sh! It is just as effect- ive and far more quiet, especially when you take your dog into company, for, instead of attracting the attention of every one in the room by commanding him to charge, you can give him this signal, and scarcely one, even of those nearest you will notice it. We have used this for more than twenty years, and can heartily recommend it. Most persons train their dogs to charge at the upraised hand. We do not quite like this, and have never adopted the custom, for it very seldom occurs that you wish your dog to drop at any great distance from you; but should you, from any cause, wish your dog to remain quiet when he is at a distance, how much better it is to teach him to come to a full stop at the raising of your hand, and remain upon his feet when he can see you and be ready to obey your next signal. Even at the discharge of the gun or the rise of the bird, we greatly prefer that the dog, instead of charging, should instantly stop and stand up, where he can readily see what is going on. There are many arguments in favor of this course that we will not mention until we get fur- ther on. We will now take our pupil in hand and see if we can teach him to "charge." Place one hand upon his shoulders, and neck and the other upon his hips, and gently, yet firmly, force him to a recumbent position, at the same time repeat the word charge, prefaced with the low sh — . Do not forget to use only your natural tone, at the same time the word must be spoken in a decided way that cannot be mistaken for en- treaty instead of command. This word must uot be spoken more than once, and given with a falling inflection; keep him in position until he ceases struggling and his muscles relax. After a second or two, if he remain quiet, remove your hands and allow him to getup. By using the words "hold up,"or "get up" in this connection he will soon learn their meaning, but do not do this until he appears to understand what you want of him, and on no account, no matter how long the struggle continues, should you repeat the word, nor let up on him one particle, for everything depends on first impres- pressions, and as soon as your pupil finds that his struggles to escape avail him nothing, and that relentless as fate you are bound to conquer and accomplish your purpose, he will at each successive lesson be more willing to yield. To this persistent painstaking and unwearied perseverance in stick- ing to our point until our object is accomplished do we owe much of our success in training. We must again repeat that all this time you must keep per- fectly cool, and must suffer no sign to escape you of anger or impatience; for if you cannot control your temper you are not the man to train a dog, and had better resort to the breaking process at once. Great care should be taken to place the pup in a natural position. When you force him down see that his hind legs are squarely under his body and his fore legs advanced well in front, with his head resting between or upon them, and always insist upon this position. In the first few lessons it is not necessary to keep him in position more than a second or two, but be very careful that he understands that you are to be the judge of the proper time when he may get up. As he grows older the time can be very gradually extended, according to his disposi- tion. Should he be very nervous and excitable, great care must be taken that he does not get heart-broken with unnec- essary and long-continued restraint. Do not expect that he will at once become perfect in any- thing that you may teach him, but possess your soul in patience and allow and encourage him to act out his puppy ways, and to play and frolic to his heart's content, always excepting, of course, the few moments that you devote to his lessons. Above all things, carefully refrain from anything that looks like restraint on your ordinary intercourse with him, and endeavor to instill into his mind that you are his loving friend, and that nothing suits you better than to see him thoroughly enjoy himself. We have found by experi- ence that dogs are very much like men in some respects. They are both possessed of a superabundance of steam that must have vent somehow, and it is much better to get rid of the surplus white your pupil is of too tender an age to work any serious harm, than to bottle it up for escape in the future, when added years and knowledge are very prone to turn the current into dangerous channels. How much better it is to allow your boy to chase the gaudy butterfly, and to encour- age him to renewed efforts and let him learn for himself, than even if he is successful in securing the object of his desire, that the chase is futile and will not pay for bruised and tired limbs and soiled and torn clothes — how much better this than to keep him unwilling at your side, with his young heart almost bursting to essay the trial, and sowing the seed that in a few years will ripen and cause him at the first oppor- tune moment to break, not for butterflies now, but in a wild chase for forbidden pleasures that the restraints of his childhood make doubly dear. Do not think that we are moralizing; we are only illustrating. Therefore, when your pupil gives chase to the "butterflies of youth," do not check him, but rather urge him on, that he may the sooner dis- cover the fallacy of the pursuit. In the meantime console yourself with the thought that he is working off his surplus steam and will all the sooner settle down to the real duties of life and do you no discredit by wild escapades in his ma- ture years. There is one thing that we consider of paramount impor- tance — our pup must staunchly point out when he is from six to ten weeks old. If he will not do this naturally and of his own free will, quickly dispose of him to some one who is not so particular, and try again. Although his breeding may be of the best and the chances in favor of his pointing in the future, still there are so many elements of chance in raising up dogs that we should strive to eliminate at least all of the doubtful ones. We have yet to see the dog that would make a gamey point at this tender age, who would not fulfill the promise in his riper years; while "the woods are full of them" that, having passed their youth without displaying this "heaven born gift," still make no sign. It is not neces- sary that he should be tried on game birds — although this is desirable — bat any bird will answer the purpose; a fowl or chicken will do first rate, or almost anything that will attract his attention so that he makes a staunch point. Do not force this upon him, but merely give him a chance to discover the bird or chicken himself, and if he has this instinct implanted within him you may depend upon his showing it. Many pups who will staunchly point at this age may, perhaps, a few weeks or months later, show no sign; give yourself no uneasiness on this account, for you know that the instinct is there, and although it may be dormant for a while, you can rest seeure that it will return in proper season. Do not forget, during all your lessons, and while at play with him, to pet and fondle him, but do not allow him to jump upon you at any time. Whenever he does this yon should at once firmly remove him and he will soon learn that this will not do. You should also talk to him— not baby talk — but use intelligent, rational language, just such as you would use in talking to a ten-year-old boy, and you will be surprised to see how soon he will understand your conversa- tion. We are well aware that many persons will ridicule this, and will claim that a dog should be taught just as little as will answer to make him understand his duties while in the field.and what they term "fancy training" is a positive injury to his usefulness. We have no sympathy with these views, for nearly all of the pleasure derived from our shooting trips is in witnessing the intelligent manner in which our pets per- form their duties, and well satisfied are we that the more va- ried their accomplishments and the more developed their reasoning faculties, the more enjoyment will they afford. That many writers of renown disagree with us upon this point is true; and formerly, while perusing the finished productions of their able pens, we have been haunted by lingeringdoubts that after all perhaps they were right, and that our system was open to serious objections; but after a tramp over the stubble or through a covert with these same writers, and witnessing the delight with which they gazed upon the per- formance of our dogs, and listening to the lavish encomiums which they bestowed upon their good behavior, we have been confirmed in the faith that our system is not radically wrong, to say the least. Many sportsmen whom we have met in the field insist upon congratulating us upon the wonderful good luck that we have had in obtaining such intelligent animals. That they are intelligent is plain to be seen; that they are naturally more so than thousands of others we cannot be- lieve, for we have had considerable experience with many strains of both pointers and setters. Of pointers we have owned the gazelle-eyed, satin-coated, light-weight beauties, and many of the different strains and crosses up to the lum- bering Spaniard; and of setters we have cultivated the "wild Irishman," as well as his more staid Euglish and Scotch brothers, together with many animals of onr grand old native stock, and have ever found them all endowed with faculties that needed but proper training to develop them into intelli- gent companions as well as first-class "killing" dogs. We will now return to our pupil, whom we have given quite a rest, and continue our lessons, everremembering that we must "hasten slowly," and not over-burden his youthful days with care and sorrow by too frequent or long-continued restraint. Unless he is very dull and stupid, or inclined to be refractory, orworse than all, sulky, a very short *ime is sufficient to give him all instructions and practice needed; indeed, the shorter the time occupied in his lessons at this tender age the better, provided you succeed in obtaining an intelligent obedience to your commands. You shouldbepretty well acquainted with his disposition by this time, and be abla to form an opinion as to whether it will pay to keep him or try him again. We are very loth to expend much time with a dull or stupid one, and a sour or sulky disposition we abominate, and dispose of such as soon as may be. We are best suited when a pup is full of life and shows that he has a will of his own. We care not if he be headstrong, even willful, so that he is full of life and action, for we have ever found that these high-strung animals are not only possessed of greater intelligence than their less sen- sitive companions, but as a rule they are more killing dogs, to say nothing of the greater pleasure that they afford by their superior style of going. Should his temperament ap- pear to be what you desire, thankfully proceed with your pleasurable task. You must be careful when you commence his lesson that you do not cross him by beginning when he has something of importance on his mind that will distract his attention from the business on hand. If he is busy with a bone, or engaged at play, or his mind appeal's to be preoccupied, leave him quietly alone until he is disengaged, and then go on with the lesson; by pursuing this course you will secure his undivided attention, and not only save time but much wear and tear of your stock of patience. It will be time enough to teach him that he must leave his bone or cease his play at your command when he is a little older and a little further advanced in his education; at the same time, should you unthinkingly order him to do anything while he is engaged, you must see to it that the order is obeyed at all hazards, for it will never do to play fast-and-loose with him, nor to allow him to get the idea into his head that he can ever have his own way when you desire the contrary. After you have taught him to charge readily without the aid of your hand to force him down, you can gradually increase your distance from him when you give the order; and if you are very careful to make him instantly obey you, and do not allow him to take even a single step after the command is given, he will soon obey the order as far as he can hear your voice. — S. T. Hammond, in Canadian Sportsman, Mr. Charles Dorethy, of Dublin, Cal., recently purchased from the kennel of A. B. Tmmau one of his well broken dogs— an Irish setter called Rob. The consideration being one hundred dollars, and without any doubt it will prove, as the following goes to show, one of the most fortunate pur- chases that Mr. Dorethy has made in that line. A few days ago Mr. Dorethy was out on his ranch hunting quail with Rob when he came to a staunch "point," Mr. Dorethy flushed the bird and killed it with Rob standing to shot. When ordered to retrieve he did so, and while on his way back with the dead bird in his mouth he came to another "point." Mr. Dorethy flushed the second bird and killed that also, which goes to show how thoroughly the dog has been trained. Rob is all red, sired by Truman's Bob, dam Bess, and is a rangy, well-formed dog and very stylish. His a^e is fifteen months. Rob is fortunate in securing for bis master one of the leading sportsmen of this state, and one who knows how to appreciate a good dog. Mr. G. W. Bassford, of Colusa, has a card in our advertis- ing columns offering some high-bred dogs t ■ -r sale. Mr. Bassford's kennel has made for itself a reputation 1 any other on this coast. To the purest strains of blood in his stock he adds experience and enthusiasm in breeding and breaking, and a sportsman who gets a dog from Bassford's lot can safely expect a first-class animal. The holiday number of the BREEDER AND SPORTSM rived too late for a review, other than to speak of the five fin* lithographs. One of those contains a group of dogs, all prize winners'at the Pacific Coast Field Trials— Beautiful Queon 2d, Bow Jr., '2d, Dorr 1st, Belle 3d and Butte Bow Let. Th« other four are the famous trotters Monroe Chief, 2:1 s bottsford (colored), 2:19*; Bonita, four-year-old word 2:18|; and Hiuda Rose thu-e-vear-old record 2:19J. The five are of the same size, being II by 1(J inches. Tl hi fatal. This shows that in some places ou the Pacific coast i people who are not crazed over the almighty [ana Rural Spirit. 34 xz ifceesta; mid Sportsman. Jan 19 TURF AND TRACK. Arab Horses Again, Scarcely a winter passes without some question arising in England to occupy the attention of breeders, owners and others interested in the turf. In turn, the American inva- sion, as it was called, and the deterioration of the English thoroughbred were discussed, as also have been the several threats by the ultra-radicals to place all racing in the United Kingdom under "act of Parliament." This winterthe subject of Arabian horses and their value in the stud is being discussed. The question arises out of an announcement made by the Jockey Club for a race at Newmarket by Arabians for which the conditions are much more liberal than usually accorded to English breeders and owners. Of late there has been much complaint of the illiberality of the Newmarket authorities in the matter of added money, the reversal of forfeits to the fund instead of the winner, which, supplemented with a race for Arabians, has brought that very conservative journal, the Field, to the front in the following strongprotest: It is curious to note that, while the Jockey Club are con- tent — or perhaps we should be more correct in stating are forced — to issue the most illiberal programmes that ever ap- pear in the pages of the Hoeing Calendar, they should waste money by giving it to a race for Arabian horses. It is a curi- ous coiucidence that two races advertised in the Racing Cal- endar to take place in 1SS4, and following consecutively, are the sweepstakes for these Arabian horses, to which the Jockey Club adds 200 sovereigns, deducting nothing (not even charging an entrance fee) a unique thing in latter-day New- market programmes, and the Bunbury Stakes of 20 sover- eigns each, 10 sovereigns forfeit to the fund, with 200 added. It is marvellous that owners of horses can be so short-sighted as to subscribe to races with such strikingly illiberal condi- tions; but they do 60, and then, when they have won the race, they, like the fly in amber, know not how they came there. It is difficult to imagine why the Jockey Club should encourage such retrograde breeding as the re-infusion of Arab blood into the pedigrees of our race-horses. For generations the Arab blood has been bred" out to the constantly increas- ing benefit, and now we are breeding back to the element that all experience shows we can better do without. In the deserts of Arabia this breed may be all that we have been taught to believe him from the nursery onwards, but experi- ence deprives the Arabian horse of many of his bepraised characteristics and we begin to look upon him as a very infe- rior class to our English race-horse. So inferior, indeed, that were the best Arab in existence brought over to this country to run against Corrie Roy or Barcaldine, the Arab to carry S4 pounds and the English horse 126 pounds, the odds in favor of our own horse winning would be incalculable; and yet the Jockey Club indirectly tells us that this is the blood that we stiould infuse into our studs. Then in looks it is the same. The Arabs by the side of the two animals we have quoted are but ponies, and if those Mr. Blunt showed us at his sale a few months ago can be taken as a fair sample of the high-ca6te Arabian horse, we can but trust that few will be so blind as to breed back to them. It would be a safe in- vestment to bet that Corrie Roy could gallop them to a stand- still, or, without exaggeration, could carry them to the distance and then race them home with the certainty of success. Why those animals belonging to Mr. Blunt and others should have been admitted to the stud-book is inexplicable, and it becomes invidious to allow them a place in the sacred volume and re- fuse it to activity and others of such breeding, who, according to all theory, are descended from these Arabs, and, moreover, have attested their breeding by great deeds on our race- courses. In the conditions of the race at Newmarket it states that the stewards of the Jockey Club will consider, as Arab all horses sent from India which have won a public race, value 1,000 rupees. It was stated at the time that these Arabians were admitted to the stud-book at the request of the Jockey Club. How,theu,can they refuse to admit Activity, the winner of the Liverpool Cup and other good races, and incalculably superior as a race-horse to the best Arab ever foaled V In Kentucky, especially in the blue-grass country, breeding to Arabians was some years ago discussed and dismissed as of no value. The late A. Keene Richards spent several years in the very heart of Arabia for the purpose of studying the breeding, rearing and capacity of Arabian horses. When he returned to Kentucky he brought a small stud with him the purity of which was attested by numerous oaths held sacred by the followers of Mahomet. Mr. Keene, who believed sin- cerely in the value of Arabiau blood, did all in his power to prove the same, with so little success that the once well-known jumper Limestone, who was by War Dance, out of Transyl- vania, she by Arab Massoud, may be said to have been the best descendant of Mr. Keene's importations. The discus- sion, however, will do no harm in England or the United States, and the result of the race will be watched for with in- terest. The announced conditions are as follows (entries close April 1): A sweeepstake of 25 sov. each, with 300 added, 200 by the Jockey Club and 100 by W. S. Blunt, Esq., for Arabian horses; tUree years old, 10S lbs.; four, 126 lbs.; five, and up- wards, 129 lbs.; five subscribers or no race; two miles. The committee of the Jockey Club announce that entries will be restricted to Arabs already registered in the stud- book, their produce, or imported horses having such guaran- tee of their authentic breeding as shall be deemed sufficient by the stewards. They will also consider as Arabs all horses sent from India which have won a public race there of the value of 1,000 rupees, under the rules of the Western India or Calcutta Turf Clubs, or have a certificate, signed by the secretary or either of these clubs, as Arabs, without objection having been raised to them on account of their breeding; also all horses sent from the principle Arab studs of the European continent, if accompanied with a certified pedigree showing them to be of Arabian descent uncrossed with other blood; also all horses of ascertained Arabian blood imported subse- quently to the present notice from Arabia, Syria, Egypt, or the Persian Gulf, and accompanied with a certificate of ex- portation from the English Consul of the district. "Principles and Practice of Horseshoeing." Last week we copied from the Federal Australian a Tery sensible article descriptive of the foot of the horse, and from the same journal we extract the following article which isun der the above heading. Like that which preceded it, there is some capital advice, and those who have horses shod with full shoes can study it with advantage, especially if they in- sist upon the smith following the instruction laid down. It is rare that so short an article is as comprehensive, and still rarer to find all the "points" so insusceptible of adverse criti- cism. There is scarcely a proposition that will not warrant endorsement, and if followed, many of the evils that follow the ordinary method of shoeing will be avoided. While every paragraph will give the basis for illustration, and to convince those of different ideas it may be necessary to amplify in or- der to present full reasons for the course recommended, not- withstanding the briefness, there is so much common sense embodied tbat the advantages are apparent. In another part of the paper we have alluded to an experiment to be tried with malleable tips and shoes. After that was written we find by this article that they have been tried in Australia, and the writer commends them. The "anti-concussion" shoe is probably something of the same device as our plates with the stratum of rubber between, and as we find brass suffi- ciently tough to stand without breaking until nearly worn through, the better material can scarcely fail to answer. Then the brass the founder used was scrap metal that had been melted very many times, so that it was not a good article for the purpose. Though depending on actual test before endorsement, we have full faith in the practicability. Preparing the Hoof — In shoeing a young colt for the first time it is essential to have a good temper and patience in handling it. We will presume that we have a tolerably well- behaved colt to deal with. The first step usually taken is to Ehorten the lower margin of the wall, pare the sole and frog, and "open up" the heels. We will now treat these details seriatim. Leveling the Wall — In leveling the wall, care should be taken that the sides of the hoof are of equal depth, and the whole lower margin of the wall should be made perfectly level with the rasp. To ascertain whether you have got the foot level, take a glance down the line, from the knee or hock, when the foot is placed firmly and straight upon the ground. More frequently the inside is lower than the outside, and the defect should always be remedied. If the pastern is perpendicular to the canon bone when looking at the front of the leg, and the two sides of the lower mar- gin are directly transverse to the line passing down from these, then the wall has only to be lowered equally on both sides if too high. When it is remembered that the horse's weight is thrown upon the foot, it will be easily understood that if only slightly out of the level serious injury may result to the limb. Shortening the Wall — When a horse has worn a set of shoes too long, the toe appears to have grown faster than the heels, which is accounted for by the fact that the shoe, not being nailed back to the heels, is pressed against the horn at these parts, and they become worn sometimes to such an extent that the shoe is deeply embedded; there is no corresponding wear at the toe. The strain of the horse's weight comes perpendicularly from the shoulder to the fetlock, but from thence to the ground it passes along the pastern and the foot. Owing to the obliquity of the pastern, the weight has a tendency to bring the fetlock nearer the ground, and the longer and less upright the pastern is, the greater the strain upon the ten- dons and ligaments which have it to support. The necessity, therefore, of maintaining the hoof at the proper angle is of the greatest importance. If, however, the pastern is too up- right, the strain comes upon the bones, and the liability to splints, ringbones, etc., increased by the jar. It is, therefore, quite as important to keep from toe to heel at its proper level as from side to side. In a well-formed foot the depth of the heel is equal to half that from the coronet to the toe. When the pasterns are too upright, shorten the heel alittle; when too oblique, shorten the toe and leave the heel long: but, as a rule, the heels require very little interference, [and should never be touched except with the rasp. If the wall is not below the sole, it should never be reduced. When the wall has been brought into a tit condition to receive the shoe, the sharp edge must be removed and the rim rounded with the rasp, so as to leave a thick, strong border, not likely to chip. Paring the Sole — It is a common practice amongst farriers to pare the sole until it springs to the pressure of the thumb; but for this they are not always responsible, as the owners of horses frequently insist upon having this done, because they fancy it makes a horse go better. Those who practice it have an idea that it looks more workmanlike, and gives the foot a neater appearance; and of such importance do they consider the operation that, if the horn is too hard to pare away with the knife, a hot iron is applied to soften it. After this is done, the sole and bars are sliced away until nothing but a thin shell is left. While it is absolutely necessary that the excessive growth of the wall should be removed, no such ne- cessity exists in regard to the sole, as, when it grows to a certain thickness, it throws off flakes in a perfectly natural manner, and it should be left as strong as possible, so that it may bear its proportionate amount of weight and protect the sensitive structures of the foot from hard road, metal and other substances. Another reason why the sole should not be pared is that the outer flakes of horn, which are the hard- est, protect the newly formed horn, which, being soft and spongy, cannot resist the exposure, as it would dry too rap- idly and crack. The old flakes act as the natural stopping to the foot, and, if allowed to remain, preserve the horn better than any artifi- cial application, as it retains the moisture aud keeps the foot cool. " If the new horn is suddenly exposed by paring out the sole, what is the result? It looses its moisture, dries, hard- ens, and shrivels up, and in doing so the sole becomes more concave and the walls are drawn together, the foot gradually diminishes in size, and the heels become contracted. The consequence is that the horse becomes groggy, and has to be turned out when he might have worked for months or years. Another injurious result of paring out the sole is the fact that the hollowiug-out process gives the wall the appearance of being too high; and a still greater reduction of this partis made, until the poor brute, to use a common expression, has scarcely a foot to stand upou. Then, to make up for the in- jury done, which is generally attributed to hard work or some other cause, bar shoes aud leathers must be put on, aud the space between the sole and leathers filled with tow and tar. Fleming lays down as a rule, from which there must be no departure, that so long as the foot is in health, not a flake should be removed from the sole. If this is a necessary rule in England, 1 would say that in this country, if possible, it should be even more imperative; for during the hot months, horses are very liable to suffer from inflammation of the sensi- tive lamina? (laminilis), induced by the heated condition of the roads. The horn being a bad conductor of heat, should be left as thick as possible, so as to lessen the liability to the greatest extent. Paring the Frog. — From some reason not easily aocounted for, the frog very frequently suffers to even a greater extent I from the mutilating influence of the knife than the sole. It ' is carefully pared away until the pink tinge of the sensitive structures beneath may often be seen, and the result iB that the neatly-carved remnant soon wastes and becomes diseased, and at length appears as a ragged, foul-smelling shred of horn, shrunk up between the naiTOw deformed heels of the well-pared foot. The frog, from its position and structure, is intended to come in contact with the ground, and to deprive it of its horn is at once to destroy its utility and its structure, and to withdraw from the foot one of its most essential ele- ments. The more the frog is left alone the more it develops, and at the same time loses none of its useful properties. It prevents the heels becoming contracted by filling up the space between them; is a valuable supporter of the limb, whether the animal is standing or moving, and is a useful agent, in conjunction with the heels and bars, in preventing slipping. Let it be a rule, then, never to touch the frog, except some gravel or dirt has lodged beneath some of the flakes — which seldom occurs — when it may be removed with some blunt in- strument, and the jags cut off. Even when the frog is dis- eased, there is no better cure for it than to let it come in con- tact with the ground, which may be done by reducing the other portions of the hoof, and either leaving tbe shoe off al- together or by putting on a thin toe-tip. This is much bet- ter than applying many of the trash dressings in use, and will sooner lead to a recovery. Opening up the Heels. — This operation is quite as injuri- ous, if not more so, than mutilating the sole and frog, and consists in making a deep cut into the angle of the wall at the heel where it becomes bent inward to form the bar. This part of the hoof is unusually strong, and acts as a spring to prevent the heels contracting. When a huge nick is made in it, the spring is weakened, and the heels not only contract, but the hoof is shortened towards the heels. Let it be borne in mind by every one present, as one of the first principles of farriery, that — except the borderof the wall and a small portion of the outer edge of the sole where the shoe rests — no part of the lower surface should be touched if you would preserve the foot in a healthy state, and do justice to your employer and his horses. The sole, frog and bars, as well as the heels, have an important duty to fulfill, which is less likely to be properly performed the more they are inter- fered with by the farrier's knife. We now come to the shoe. As we have already stated, the evils of tbe system of shoe- ing in general use amongst farriers consist more in the treat- ment of the hoof than in the kind of shoes in use. Yet there are many errors in the latter, and we will endeavor, as far as time will permit, to point out a few of them. The first one we shall call your attention to is the practice of bevelling out the bearing surface, that which comes in contact with the foot of the shoe, iu which every care is taken to avoid the least proportion of the weight being borne by the sole, leaving a wide space between it and the bevelled por- tion of the shoe. The whole strain is thus thrown upon the wall, instead of being equally divided; while the space pro- duced by the bevelling is admirably adapted to pick up stones, gravel, and hardened mud, and to increase the suc- tion in heavy ground. So long, however, as the excessive sole -paring is persisted in, a shoe of this description will be an absolute necessity, and a trial of any rational shoe would not prove satisfactory, for the pain produced by pressure on a sole thinned down would cause the animal so much pain that lameness more or less severe would be the consequence. Another manifest evil is that, in order to protect the iole, which canuot beer to come in contact with the ground, the shoe must be thicker and heavier than would be required if the sole were left in its natural state and a proper beariug surface made on the shoe. But, in addition to these defects, the shoe under notice may be faulty in many other respects —if too heavy, larger nails are required, and this is an evil of no small magnitude, as the hoof is more likely to be split; it may be uneven on its upper or bearing surface; it may have too many clips, and these not well formed or situated; its ground surface nia} 1- be unequal, and the holes for the nails badly placed or out of proportion in size to the nails. TJn- eveuuess of the bearing surface, ofteu purposely produced in order to "ease the heels," as it is termed, which have been reduced till they cannot bear pressure, is liable to cause lamenessfrom throwing undue strain on certain parts, and compression of the sensitive structures within, or it may cause the wall to split. If the nail-holes are badly placed, and give a wrong direction to the nail, injury to the foot will be likely to result. When calkins are added the risk is still greater, for, if small, they are an evil, as they place the limb in an unnatural position, and cause an undue strain on the forepart; and .if there is any inequality in height, their un- favorable influence on the limb is increased. They jar the limb, expose it to twists and treads, sometimes of a grave character, induce shortening of the flexor tendons, and inter- fere with the animal's action. The shoes are also more liable to be torn offif calkins are put on; andifa horse wearing them happens to kick another animal, severe lacerations are liable to be produced; and it should not be forgotten that they pre- vent the frog coming to the ground. Besides being of a faulty shape, the shoe may either be too large or too small for the foot to which it is applied. Iu the one case the foot has to be reduced to the size of the shoe, which is a frequent source of lameness, while in the other the shoe, in extending beyond the margin of the hoof, is liable to be torn off and to produce cutting and brushing, etc. A shoe for general purposes should be one that has a level bearing surface, so that the wall and sole can each bear a pro- portionate amount of weight, as well as the frog, which has to sustain the hinder parts of the foot. By this means the foot is brought as near to a state of nature as it is possible by artificial means, which will be necessary as loug as the horse is placed under unnatural conditions. A light thin shoe, on account of allowing the frog and bars to come closer to the ground, is preferable to a thick heavy one, but it is impossi- ble to devise a shoe to suit all classes of horses. The general principles I have laid down, however, apply in every case, for the same rule holds good in all with regard to the sole and frog sustaining weight, though in the slow moving animal this is perhaps of less importance than in a lighter aud more active one. The form of the shoe, in all cases, should, in outline, re- semble the shape of the ground surface of the hoof. The up- per surface should be flat, while its lowermust vary according to the class of horse for which it is required. Calkins, even for draught horses, are now despeused with iu the best far- riers' shops in England, with evident advantage, for sprains and other inmries to the limb are much less frequent than when they were in use. If it is thought thata horse will slip when drawing a load without calkins, try him with a well- made set of concave 6hoes, and you will find he gets a firmer hold of the ground with them than with calkins. The con- cave shoe is the nearest imitation to nature that you can make, and the closer you copy it the better. There are sev- eral modifications of this shoe, but for general use we have found that those similar to the specimen on the table are su- perior to any other. Clips, when judiciously applied, are of great service in re- taining the shoe in its place, and in diminishing She number of nails, but should not be placed opposite to the nail-holes, 1884 . 21 Id 6 sl Sol, 120 50 2} 42,935 00 21,407 50 21,335 00 18,095 00 12.485 00 FOUR- YEAR-OLDS . 2fl 30 13 21 191 14 ! 3 8 6 7 5 G l|-:-in,t^ ow f or t b e w inter climate of the interior. But for the openin" at the Golden Gate and the ingress at that point of winds from the ocean, the winter climate of the interior would be dry and cold, and probably without even snow to cover and moisten the soil. As it is, however, just at the time when there is a tendency to cold in the valley, from the absence of the rays of the summer sun, the presence of that sun further south over the Pacific ocean heats up the water and air there to a greater degree, and the trade winds come north with greater vigor and constancy, aud meeting at the same time more fierce and colder winds from the northern coast storm centers are formed out at sea, and waiting some escape for their furious natures, very naturally float in at the Golden Gate, and, dividing as they strike Mount Diablo, find their way up both valleys, discharging the accumulated moisture as they go. But instead of bringing with them a lower degree of temperature and colder weather, as on the Atlantic coast, these storms of the Pacific modify the tem- perature and end in warmer weather. The plain reas n u that they come from toward the equator, and bring wnrm air with them. _ .. . . -is • * It is well known that Great Britain enjoys a mild winter climate, from the fact that she is in the path and withm the influence of the Gulf Stream. California is in the path of a similar warm Bfen Pacific equator, and is similarly affected. 38 <£ke goejete mxtl j^orcistttaw. Jan 19 HERD AND SWINE. Lmtch-Friesian Cattle. There is much difference of opinion as to the extent of ter- ritory over which this breed prevails. All, however, agree that the Lowland race includes the cattle of Netherlands, Flanders, Normandy, Oldenburg, and Holstein. This race is distinguished by large size and variegated colors. Flint de- scribes them as "red or black variegated, gray and blue varie- gated, roan, spotted, and white variegated." They have rather short, stout horns, although to this there are many ex- ceptions. Pedigrees have never been kept in any section of this lowland country, and the breeders know as little of the ancestry of their cattle as ordinary American farmers know of the ancestry of our so-called natives. Yet, the peculiar conservatism that prevails has prevented such universal mon- grelism as is seen in America. A great number of breeds, more or less distinct, are recognized and named. Some are distinguished by their peculiar markings, and others by their peculiar build and style, and still others by the localities in which, from time immemorial they ha^e been bred. Several herd books have ■ been established, none of which have got beyond the registration of foundation stock. Besides the Netherlands and the Friesian, there is now the Grouingen West Quarter, the Oldenburg, the Breitenburg, and the Wil- ster Marsh herd books. Starting from the central location of the Friesian breed, near Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland, and going east about thirty miles, we enter the province of Groningen. There is no sudden change in the appearance of the cattle, yet we have entered upon the territory of another breed. It is very evident there has been much crossing with the Fries- land. Klippart distinguishes the cattle of this province as a separate breed, probably because they are so distinguished in Europe. He ranks them next in value to the Friesians. The type of the Groningen breed is an animal of less expanded form, and more beefy in appearance than the Friesians. Its milking qualities are not so generally superior. There is an- other breed, which originated in this province, and is still found here in large numbers. The color is invariably a solid black, with -white head, belly, and points. These markings are very persistent, even upon grades of low degrees. In style of horns and build, they closely resemble the Herefords. They were once popular throughout the Netherlands, and were bred with much care and exclusiveness. Continuing east from Groningen, perhaps fifty miles, we enter the province of Oldenburg, and are in the midst of the Oldenberg breed. It is not confined to this province, but prevails also in a division of Hanover, called East Friesland, therefore, it is sometimes known as the East Friesland breed. In the vicinity of Bremen they are called Bremen cattle. In describing them, Flint says: "Their general appearance is strikingly similar to the Dutch, but upon careful examina- tion it will be seen that the neck is generally stronger, the rump less sloping and the bony structure proportionately somewhat heavier." Klippart agrees with this, and describes them as differing "from the original Friesian race," in being "more rounded, plump, and shorter in the body and legs." Their milking qualities are less remarkable, although of a higher order. Further to the east, beyond the river Elbe, we find the Breitenburg breed. It originated in the marshes of Itzehoe, in the province of Holstein. Klippart says: "It might, with great propriety, be classed as a branch of the great Friesian, or Holland race." He describes it very minutely, as follows: It is a race the type of which is a medium-sized animal, with fine hide and bones; the color is either a white ground with dark brown spots, or a brown ground with white spots. The head is rather more stoutly built than the Friesian, the horns short, neck and brisket small, the withers rather prom- inent, the back sharp, the body wide and deep, and the legs longer than the Friesians. The shoulder lacks flesh, but the quarter is full. This breed is found extensively in Holstein and in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg. It is undoubtedly the Hol- stein breed with which the North Holland or Friesian breed has been confounded in America. Great numbers are annually exported, but none to the Netherlands for the purpose of im- proving the native breeds of tbat kingdom. Its origin is more recent than that of the North Holland, or Friesian breed, and its milking qualities of not so high character. There are sev- eral minor breeds in Holstein — the Wilster Marsh, especially prized for its beef qualities, the Dithmarsh, and the Eider- marsh— all of variegated color, generally red variegated, or red-and-black variegated. The Angles are also found here in large numbers. They are of less size than the other breeds, and of a more uniformly red color. Returning to the original point of departure, and going southeast into the province of Drenthe, and then south through Overijsel into Guelderland, we find a gradual but quite rapid change in the appearance of the cattle. At a dis- tance of a hundred miles the red varigated predominate in number. A few cattle of this color, it is well known, are found in Friesland and North Holland. They undoubtedly came in from this direction. They may properly be called the Guelderland breed. A passing look through the districts where these cattle are plentiful must impress an admirer of dairy stock with their beauty. In color, the red is of a pe- culiar shade approaching a bright orange. In build they re- semble the Friesians, though slightly below them in size. These cattle might be a valuable addition to our dairy breeds if carefully selected. Turning to the west from Central Guelderland, throughout the provinces of Utrecht and South Holland, black-and-white cattle largely prevail. A few Lakenfelders are seen. This breed originated in the canton of Appenzell, Switzerland, and in this country is sometimes regarded as a Dutch or Holstein breed. A few "line-backed" cattle are also seen. They are black, with a white strip extending over the chine and upon each side, from the neck to the rump. They are sometimes called Zeeland cattle. South, through the western part of Belgium aud in the northern part of France, the FlanderB breed is found. It closely resembles the Dutch or Friesian breed. A question of much importance grows out of these observa- tions. What should be the limits prescribed by American breeders from whence unregistered cattle of the "pure North Holland or Friesian breed" may be imported ? The lowland country over which we have been passing includes an extent of territory equal to the whole of England. It includes breeds of black-and-white cattle tkatdiffer as widely from each other as Guernseys from Jerseys, or Herefords from Short-horns Over a large portion of this territory they are bred together as indiscriminately as our nondescript natives in this country The cattle of the two provinces, North Holland and Friesland that are of this color number at least 300,000. By all author- ities these, aa a class, are considered superior to the cattle of uny other province or district in the lowlands. In the cen- tral part of Utrecht, in the northwestern part of Groningen, along the river Ijsel, in Overijsel, aud in very limited sections of South Holland, there are no doubt some superier cattle that might be ranked with this breed. But are the require- ments of importers so great that it would be wise to extend the limits beyond the two provinces named, and thus increase the risks of obtaining impure blood? — Live Stock Journal. Faults in Feeding Calves— Treatment for Scours. Scours in calves is a common complaint, and breeders are often puzzled as to the cause, and not a little annoyed by the effect which so frequently proves fatal to the animal so affected. That it is in most cases the fault of feeding is the fact, and the trouble comes mainly to those who affect economy to such a degree as to deny the calves their natural sustenance, the mother's milk, and attempt to bring them up on substitutes that the calf nature does not take kindly to. The Live Stock Record gives some sound advice on the matter: A Colorado subscriber writes us as follows: "I wish to make a few in- quiries in regard to raising calves without their mothers. I have made a failure this summer — have lost seven calves with the scours or bowel complaint; have tried several simple remedies, but all failed. The calves did well for six or seven days, and then were taken with a looseness that carried them off generally in three days. What I want to know is, how to prevent it and how to stop the scours after it commences." How our correspondent expected us to point out his errors in practice when he gives no clue to his mode of feeding his calves, must remain an unexplained puzzle. Our corre- spondents, when they wish advice, should always be particu- lar to tell just what has been done, with all the circumstances, so that the advice will apply to the case. We may, in this case, imagine any kind of feeding for these calves, except sucking their dams; he says simply that he made a failure in trying to raise them without their mothers. If, however, they had been fed simply on skim milk, they would not have had such fatal scours. So there must have been some very heating food given, probably corn meal, and, if this was fed regularly, it would produce just the result mentioned — "they do well for six or seven days, and are then taken with loose- ness." The corn meal would produce so much heat in the stomach, and this so interfere with digestion as to be followed with diarrhcea. In feeding skim milk to calves, if corn meal is fed with it, scours generally follows, but if the corn meal is cooked it has a better effect. But it ought to be under- stood that corn meal is improper food for calves, unless over six months old, and even then should be given with coarse food. One of the best antidotes to scours is boiled flaxseed. This has an emollient and soothing effect upon the stomach and intestines. When calves are gTOwn upon skim milk, which is rather constipating, a tablespoonful of boiled flaxseed stirred into the milk for a calf will keep its bowels in proper condition. Boiled flaxseed is better than raw linseed oil, because the oil is liable to be adulterated. When calves are to be fed partly upon grain, to improve their growth, the following combinations will be found perfectly safe, aud very profitable: Mix five bushels of corn, ten bushels of oats, and one bushel of flaxseed; grind these together finely. This may be fed to calves without any fear of scours. This small proportion of flaxseed will keep the bowels in a healthy condition, and keep the coat sleek and glossy. Oats and Darley mixed in equal proportions, with one bushel of flaxseed to fifteen of the mixture, will be better than the corn and oats. Again, if calves are fed on oats and wheat middlings — one-third oats, and two-thirds middlings — the calves will not have scours, and will usually grow finely upon it. Another excellent food for calves, fed in small quantity, is linseed oil meal. To calves under one month old, one spoonful is enough, after one month a quarter of a pound may be given to each calf per day. When the calf has the scours, the best plan is to give half a pint of linseed oil or olive oil, if the calf is three to five months old, to cleanse the bowels of the irritating cause. If the first does not operate, give a second dose. If younger, the dose must be smaller. After the operation, give a little boiled flaxseed with the food, but don't feed the food that bas before created the difficulty. Give cooling food, such as wheat middlings, and continue for a few days the boiled flax- seed in small quantity. The calves should be kept in a com- fortable stable or shed. The calf feeder should depend upon prevention of disease, and not expect much of cure. It re- quires the presence of the skilled veterinarian in chronic cases. .«, Different Averages. A prominent breeder estimates the average price on one hundred pigs sold by him as §40- His pigs are shipped to all parts of the country, and in many instances to breeders of unquestionable ability; good managers and feeders, yet they sell their stock at a possible average of from $15 to $25. Un- doubtedly their selling stock possess the good points of its parents, and are worth the same money as was paid for them. This could be termed a depreciation in the price of stock, ow- ing to the change of owners, and seems to indicate that the price of a pig depends entirely on the reputation of the breeder, or on whose pen. it is sold from. To a certain extent one would be justified in making this statement, and partially it is true. One reason for this great difference in values is, because some breeders are satisfied with a ©20, while others want a §40 average. Another reason is, that many young, and a great number of older breeders are too dependent, easily impressed with the great achievements of others, too pliable, depend entirely on the judgment of others, and the name of a prominent breeder in connection with that of a pig, gives it all the leading qualities. There is one class of breeders we might term fixtures. They buy one or two animals a year, raise twenty or twenty-five pigs, make no advancement inbreeding or management, feed so as to realize a small pro- fit for their trouble, sell off all but one or two animals, aud are perfectly satisfied to buy one or two more animals the next year, and go through the same performance. For this class of men there is no redemption. But to another class, those who are pushing ahead, tryiugto make what can be termed a selling reputation for their stock, we ask the question Do you know what a good hog is? We see you smile, as you promptly answer, "Yes, sir: I know what con- stitutes a good hog, and my hogs have stood the test, and have come out ahead." You are positive of this. You area good feeder, your stock looks well and is healthy. You pay from $50 to $75 for a strain of blue blood, consider yourself competent to .manage this cross to the best advantage, and your stock proves that yon are. Yet, you an satisfied to sell your stock at a reduction of $25 to $50 per head, simply because your name isn't Smith. But you Bay "I have not the reputa- tion he has. I have not been breeding bo long as he has." "But your pigs are as good." "Yes." "And taking quality as a standard, are worth asmnch tnoney." "Yes." Well, then, why don't you ask the full value of your stock? Are you a philanthropist? Do you think that breeders or farmers are going to walk into your pen, select two or three animals, say that one is worth $50, that $75, this $100, according to my judgment of a hog, so here is $225? This brings another smile to your countenance, and you think how often they have tried even to reduce your already low figure. You ad- vertise, attend fairs, place your stock in favorable light. You do all these, aud yet you sell your stock at a great reduction, simply because you are a younger breeder, and think- you lack the repxitation necessary to command a paying figure. Y'ou think that this is about the condition of affairs at pres- ent. Then let me tell you what j*ou lack. Undoubtedly, you are a thorough breeder, but you lack the business qualifica- tions of Smith. You want to learn how to charge. How to secure the trade of this element that willingly pay what a thing is worth. To do this, you must price your stock at what it is worth. When men find out that you are asking $50 to $100 for a pig, they will have the desire to see it before they purchase of Smith. So long as you only ask $10 to $15 for your stock, just so long will your stock be considered as medium. With the majority of men the price makes the quality. A $15 animal would be passed by to look at a $50 one. We say if you raise as good stock as Smith, charge what it is worth. Study the laws of business, and improve by them. The raising of good stock does not always signify a successful breeder. If you are satisfied to crawl, you will never walk. In the end, look after your own character and ■ standing as well as that of your stock. Perfection in both are necessary to success. An Experiment With Pigs. The Wisconsin experiment station has been making a se- ries of interesting experiments to ascertain the value of sweet milk for feeding pigs. Two lots of pigs were fed separately; one lot upon corn-meal, the other lot upon milk, the latter being given all they would take. After twenty-five days the milk-fed pigs had gained 501 pounds, ^gainst 40ij by the meal-fed lot. The lots were then reversed, the milk-fed pigs being put on meal, and the meal-fed lot being given milk for twenty-five more days, at the end of which time the milk-fed had made a gain of 79 pounds, and the meal-fed only 61A pounds. The weight of both lots of food were recorded, and showed that 500 pounds of corn-meal made a pound of pork, and that 1,900 pounds of milk made the same quantity of pork, live weight, so that when live hogs are worth five cents per pound, milk is worth about half a cent per pound. Other experiments in feeding meal and milk together showed very much more value in the milk, ranging from 40 cents to 90 cents per 100 pounds. At the latter rate the value per quart would be If cents. — New England Farmer. The Iowa Homestead man thinks a well-bred hog will not root for the mere love of rooting. His owner has either not fed him properly, or there are vile grubs in the pasture which he thinks is his duty to devour. In either case his rooting is a benefaction to his owner. We have entirely discarded the practice in our herds for some years; will change our views very radically if we ever allow a ring to be used. See that the hogs have proper diet of greens and grass, with an occasional feed of ashes, salt and stone coal or charred corn, aud then let them follow their noses. They will not lead them into any great mischief. Where common hogs are most abundant, better opportu- nities are given for the selection of brood-sows from among them; and thus it sometimes happens that the best of common stock comes to be compared, as breeders, with pure-bred stock — inferior though it be of its kind — and the conclusion reached that as a class pure-bred sows are not equal as breed- ers and sucklers to the common sows. As, however, the lat- ter, taken as a whole, are excelled by the pure bred, so also in proportion to difference of blood are the common sows sur- passed by what are known as grades; that is, such as are of common stock on one side and pure blood ou the other. Hence, we have recommended for the rearing of fattening pigs the use of well-formed and vigorous common or grade sows. <* Many farmers make the mistake of getting their breeding animals too fat, an error perhaps more frequently com- mitted with hogs than any other stock, as farmers often allow breeders and fattening stock to* run together. This is poor policy. Keep your breeders in good thriving condition, hut don't get them fat, and you will raise stronger, healthier pigs and more of them. Be sure your breeding hogs have warm quarters for the winter, and that they are kept dry and clean. One reason why progress in breeding good milkers among native cows has been so slow, is the fact that the influence of the male is too little understood. It has been the habit of many farmers to save only heifer calves from deep or rich milkers, while calves of the other sex were fattened as veal. It iB even yet common for many farmers to use bulls chosen for size, good looks, or other merits rather than dairy prepo- tency. The best breeders of dairy stock now understand that it is quite as important for the progeny that the bull be from a good milk or butter strain as that the mother be a good milker. The Kerry cattle, in their bleak, northern home, with scanty fare, do not breed until six or seven years old. When brought to milder climates and better fed they will breed at three years of age. To a great extent the proportion of lean meat in hogs is dependent on the amount of exercise they take, aud this is not consistent with the most rapid aud most profitable feed- ing. Mr. Horstmann, United States Consul at Nureniburg, Ba- varia, has sent a report to the State* Department relating to the hop crop of Germany and Austria for 1S83, from which it appears that, in contrast with the poor result of last year's harvest, the present year shows very favorably. The entire yield of Germany for 18S3 is estimated at 43,000,000 pounds, and the quality is said to be exceedingly good. The crop in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not as satisfactory as in Ger- many. It amounts to about 10,000,000 pounds. London hop-buyers find fault with American hops, and claim the picking is simply disgraceful. Presuming this criticism only applies to special lots, yet hop-growers Bhould exclude from their packages all green aud decayed leaves and stalks which greatly detract from their value. No safer remedy can be had for Coughs and Colds, or any trouble of th« throat, than "Brown's Bronchial Troches." Price 25 cts. Sold only in boxes. 1884 glue breeder; and jlportsritmt. THE RIFLE. The Battalion Trophy Match. Last Sunday, the fourth match of the series of battalion matches occurred at different places, and the result is such as to reflect the highest honor on our local riflemen, for it again places them at the head of the world's record. The score of Company A., of Oakland, is admitted by all to be ■wonderful. The average, 8S£ per cent., has never been equalled by any team of eight men in the world, and throws the record of Wimbledon, Creedmoor, and our own inter- State match with Nevada in the shade altogether. Sergeant Mason and privates, Macdonald, Pierce, Burrelland "Waltham, have long been known in our rifle circles as men holding the highest position. In 1879 they were leading sharpshooters in the old Oakland Guard, then commanded by Captain now Colonel Ranlett, who was chiefly instrumental in raising and keeping the company together. In the year mentioned, with 20 men in a company, they shot against the crack Nationals, Sumners, and Garfields, and beat them. It did not, there- fore, surprise us to see them make such a brilliant record on Sunday, and we gladly credit Oakland with the honor they reflect upon her. It may be interesting to our readers not thoroughly posted iu military rifleism to know what con- stitutes a marksman, and what constitutes sharpshooters. The regulation order on this point says: "Two grades of excellency in rifle practice are established, viz: Those who practice only at 200 yards, to be called Marksmen, and those who practice 200 and 500 yards, to be called Sharpshooters. "Marksmen making 70 per cent, will wear a second-class badge, those making SO per cent, will wear a first-class badge of marksmanship. "Sharpshooters will be specially designated by a separate badge, to be worn in three colors for the percentages of 70, SO and 90 respectively." Under this order the following men, last December, quali- fied for the two distinctive honors, but Colonel Eanlett, in- forms us, the number will be largely increased nest February. First-class Sharpshooters (90 per cent, or more at 200 and 500yardsJ. 200 500 Per yards. yards. Tot. cent. Lieut.Fred, Kuhule. Insp. Rifle Practice. [45-46— 91 U8-46— 94 I 185 192.5 Lieut. S.I. Kellogg.Jr., Ordnance Officer, 42-46— 88 48-45— 93 | 181 90.5 Sergt. Edwd.Hovey, Ordnance Sergeant. 1 43-45 — 88|46-46— 92 ; 180 [ 90 Second-class Sharpshooter's (80 per cent, or more at 200 and 500 yards). Lieut. Geo. H. Brown. Commissary IJ4-45— 89144-44— 88 I 177 [88.5 Sergt. Cbas. L.Sherman, Hsptl Steward, 41-43— 84 40-44— 84 168 j 84 Lieut. Col. H. D. Ranlett, Commanding|a8-42— 80(38-42— 80 ] 160 | 80 The day was well suited for good shooting, perfectly calm, with a gray sky, under which the target showed well out, at least such was the case at Oakland and Petaluma. At San Jose, however, the weather was not so propitious, the wind being strong and gusty. This, with the fact of being less experienced than their comrades, accounts for the team's smaller score at that place. All the shooting was done from south to north. No return up to writing has been received from Vallejo, and it is probable none will be received. Be- low is the total score : COMPANY A OF OAKLAND, Private Macdonald 24 22 24—70 Private Pierce 23 24 22—69 Sergeant Mason 22 24 22—68 Private Waltham 20 22 24—66 Private McEwen 21 22 23-66 Private Burrell 21 22 22—65 Sergeant Daniels 21 22 21 -64 Private Moore 21 20 22—63 Total 531 COMPANY C OF PETALUMA. Corporal Wallace 21 22 23—66 Captain Fairbanks 21 22 21—64 Private St. John 21 21 21—63 Private Smith 20 20 21—61 Corporal Vestal 18 20 23-61 Corporal Brink 18 20 19-57 PrivateHoux 20 18 18-56 Private Zartnian 17 18 19—54 Total 482 FIELD AND STAFF. Lieutenant Kellogg ■■■ 23 21 22—66 Sergeant Hovey 21 23 21—65 Lieutenant Kuhnle 22 21 21 -64 Sergeant Sherman 21 20 22—63 Lieutenant Brown 21 21 21—63 Major Parsons 22 19 21—62 Lieutenant Colonel Ranlett 21 20 20—61 Lieutenant Allum .10 17 18-54 Total #8 COMPANY B SAN JOSE. Corporal Baker 21 21 18—60 Private Lorvea 22 20 16-58 Sergeant Ingolsbie 19 19 19—57 Corporal Rivers 18 20 18-56 Private Beacb 17 1C 22—55 Private Haigbt 20 17 16-53 Sergeant Hills 15 18 18-51 PrivateClow I 5 10 17—51 Total 441 In summing up the totals it will be seen, the twenty-four men shooting at Oakland and Petalumamade 1,511 points out of a possible 1.800, or 84 per cent., which in the aggregate is as creditable to the staff as the SSJ per cent, of the Oakland team individually. We have only to add that in the competition for classifica- tion as sharpshooters at 200 and 500 yards, Major Parsons made 87, and Colonel Eanlett SU per cent. The latter gen- tleman thinks he can add another half per cent, to his record, and that is as high as he hopes toget. The trophy has now been won twice by Company A., and twice by the Field and Staff team. The nest contest will be final, unless the Petaluma or San Jose team comes to the front and wins. There is, we find, some anxiety expressed among the rifle- men of Vallejo, about our friend, Captain McElhinny, and from his long silence they have about reached the conclusion he does not want to meet Sergeant Seymour again at the tar- get. Considering that the Sergeant, as we look at the matter, has his hands full with the "rifle fiend" of Benicia, we think the anxiety about the Captain uncalled for. However, for the satisfaction of all parties we may state the Captain, at pres- ent is in the hands of Dr. Pardee, for a severe attack of deafness in the right ear originally brought about by shoot- ing in covered sheds. Doctor Pardee, is too good and en- thusiastic a rifleman to lose any unavoidable time with his pa- tient, and as soon as he gets him out of the surf the citizens of Vallejo will have another match. Messrs. Hughes and Kivett, members of Company G, Bhot for $40 a side at the 200-yard range, Sacramento, last Sun- day. The score stood: Hughes, 424, Rivetf, 413. Last Sunday, there was an interesting and closely con- tested match, at Schuetzen Park, Alameda, between John Utschig and C. Kapp, which ended in the favor of Utschig. Each man had 50 shots at the 25-ring target. The score was Utschig i 940 Bapp 936 A return match has been arranged in which Philo Jacoby and F. Boeekman will participate. Iu the afternoon the California Schuetzen Club indulged in pool Bhoot- ing, when some fine scores were made. The best one was that of Philo Jacoby who made 74 rings out of a possible 75, the shots being 24, 25, 25. The Independent Rifles, Captain Cantos, held their quar- terly medal shooting at the Alameda Schuetzen Park, with the following result: First-class medal, J. Staude; second- class, O. F. Huber; third-class, H. Gerken. The California Schuetzen Club will hold their bull's-eye match to-morrow, at Schuetzen Park, Alameda. A large at- tendance is expected. The enthusiasm of Dr. Pardee with the rifle is proved by the fact that he has §5,000 worth of different guns. THE GUK Gun Notes From Suisun. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — Enclosed please find a few items from here. Yesterday quite a number of sportsmen from Vacaville and here had a pleasant shoot at pigeons and balls. The match was got up by Geo. Kinloch, and it gave good satisfaction. I understand he intends to make arrangements for a big shoot to take place on February 22d, free for the State, and I hope to see some of the crack shots from your citypresent. The following is the score; firstmatch at six birds, 21 yards rise. One prize, handsome silver- plated revolver, valued at $25: H. A. Bassford. 11111 2— 6 Geo. Kingston. J. Kinloch .... 1 C. Beams 1 Win. Kinloch... 1 1 1 11-5 1 1 1 I 110 1 M.Murpbv 11110 1-6 Geo. Pierce 11110 1—5 1111 1—6 10 10 1—4 10 10 1-4 Won by H. A. Bassford, clean score. Second match, same conditions. Prize, breech-loading shotgun, valued at $50. Score: H. A. Bassford. 1 10 11 1—5IC. Beams. . .. J. Kinlocb 11111 0— 5 Win. Kiulocb Geo. Kingston. 1110 1—4 Geo. Pierce.. M. Murphy 1110 1— 4| Won by C. Beams, clean score. Third match, same as above. Prize, Winchester rifle, value S2S. H \ Bassford. 11111 1— 6!Geo. Kingston.. 10 10 1 0—3 C.Beams 1 110 1 1-5 Win. Kinlocb. . 1 10 1 0-3 J. Kinloch 1 1110 1 — 5| A. Donaldson.. 1 1111 1-6 Won by Bassford and Donaldson who divided as there were no more birds to decide the tie. A number of glass ball matches took place, and were won mostly by J. Kinloch. Hon. Jos. McKenna has just received from Geo. W. Bass- ford, Colusa, Cal., a handsome pointer pup, liver and white in color. Mr. McKenna is very much pleased with it, and thinks it will win the Derby next season, at Pacific Coast Field Trials. Ducks are very plentiful with exception of canvasbacks. They are very scarce this season from some cause. Mr. J. Kin- loch and others get from 50 to 75 in a days' shoot right along, mostly teal, widgeon, sprig and mallard. Snipe are scarce just now. Honkers very plenty. Mr. Thos. Bradly got 35 one day shooting over decoys in stubble field. Mr. J. Bassford, Jr., of Vacaville, informs me quail are quite plenty at present. Himself and a friend Mr. C. N. Post, of Sacramento, bagged 41 last Saturday over his pointer, Beautiful Queen, that won second at P. C. F. T., last Novem- ber. She did some good work, made at least 25 staunch points, and eight of them in less than twenty yards. The birds were in high oats and laid well. Mr. B. also informs me that Mr. Fred.Taft, of Truckee, with his dog Dorr (winner of first at P. C. F. T.), will pay him a visit next week, and they expect to have Bonie good sport hunting quail, ducks, etc., etc. I will close by congratulat- ing you on Christmas number; it was tine indeed. Canvasback. Suisun, Jan. 14tb, 1 8S4. ^ Game Laws and Game Preservation. We have lately discussed the question of onr game laws, and the possibility of our getting proper game preservation, with a view to show that we can only obtain one or the other in such form as required at present by a union of all the sportsmen's clubs in the State,under the leadership of the State Sportsman's Association. We are happy to find the suggestions we made last week, were well received by the pub- lic in general interested in legitimate sport. The only oppo- sition we heard of, and that only of a very mild character, as usual came from those who grumble and growl at everything they do not originate or control. Forsuch irreconcilables we care nothing, and so return to the subject this week in hopes of strengthening the position we have taken. A very little investigation made in the proper quarters, and a very little experience gathered in the proper quarters, will soon con- vince any reasonable man that we can neither obtain such changes in the game laws, nor such game preservation as the State now needs, without the leadership of a recognized and responsible association, under which the efforts and convic- tions of every true sportsman can be used for all they are worth in the time of need. Proceeding a little farther, the inquirer will find to his satisfaction, if at all a reasonable man that we have no leadership in the State so available for the purpose as the one we have suggested in this and for- mer articles. It will not, we imagine, be unprofitable labor, if we give the reasons which led us so this conclusion. The State Association, from its character, objects, influence and duties may be selected at once as possessing all the re- quirements necessary for such a leadership. In the first place it represents some fifteen interior clubs in association with' it and possesses a membership of some three hundred and fifty men all more or less distinguished for intelligence, honesty determination and wealth, or they would not have soueht that association, seeking, as it does, the good of the State as well as their own pleasure. Perhaps, the best and quickest way to show what it would be capable of doing if suDDorted bv the union we suggeit, will be to show what it has done since its organization by its present strength The association came into existence only three years ago In that time besides distributing the laws of the State thoroughly throush every section, originating many useful discussions at its annual meetings, exercising an immense influence for cood'amoncr sportsmen themselves, who might otherwise be a little lax in their opinions, and a little careless in their ac- tions and thus giving a high and healthy tone to field sports in general it has originated twenty Jive prosecutions for viola- tion of the law, twelve of which ended in conviction, and the others failing only through the ignorance of the local justice; or the treachery of the jury by whom the cases were tried. If anything more than assertion were necessary to sustain our position, we might refer to our improvements in trap shooting, the improvement in the laws, and the improvement in individual ideas of legitimate sport since the birth of the association. Before the courts, in teaching the rich as well as the lawless, that they cannot maraud the public domain any more than steal from tlie public purse of Uncle Samuel with impunity, while the association exists, we may cite the cases of Mr. Taylor, the paper manufacturer, aud}*oung Mr. Murphy s the great land-owner of Sauta Clara county. Both have re- ceived such a handling and exposure in the courts, for their high-handed presumption that money will justify any wrong, that if they are wise men the lesson will serve them for a life- time, and be of endless benefit to the State. Let, theu, every private land-owner, who desires to preserve the game of the State] every member of every private preserve, and private club; every true gentle* man who loves field sports for the good they do, and the health they impart, come into the union suggested, and the association will soon be like the Michigan State Association, a power in the land, that no marauding poacher, no ignorant justice, no servile jury, no truckling legislator, and no dis- honest game-dealer dare to trifle with in future. We have some other reasons to give in support of such a union relat- ing to the future, but we must reserve them for next week. A Sportsman's Salutation. Editor Breeder axd Sportsman: Recent editorials in the department of your paper especially devoted to field notes impress the belief that at last California sportsmen have a center about which they can cluster, and a representative organ of which they can be proud. Interdependence between such a body as the California State Sportsman's Association and such a vigorous and clean paper as the Brekder and Sportsman, cau only result in good to both, and neither can reach the full measure of usefulness possible to it without the co-operation of the other. I hope that no regard for ex- pediency will hinder you in properly stigmatizing game-law breakers, and trust that the gentlemen of the State Asso- ciation will appreciate your efforts in its behalf. A sports- man's paper is peculiarly what its contributors make it, and it would be a pleasant thing to be able to feel that when one tells his little tale of " 'scapes by flood and field," his fellow lovers of sport all over the State are enjoying it with him, and will in return recite their successes attained or their dan- gers passed. Laphortyx. Oakland, Jan. 15, 1SS4. Notes of the Week, The markets presented a poor appearance during the week, the canvasbacks being especially scarce in comparison with our usual supply. Whatever may be the real cause of their scarceness this season, the owners of preserves and the market men could not do better than club together and make a determined trial to raise an abundance of wild rice next year. The experiment, if successful, will repay a thousand- fold. The birds do not congregate this season because they have to go too far and wide after food. Another good idea would be to inaugurate a weekly shooting match, in teams, to kill off the mud-hens. They are as thick in places, and as destructive, as rabbits in Australia. The Alameda County Gun Club have not had good duck shooting this season, owing to the lake on their preserve dry- ing up, the water feeding it having been diverted from its natural bed for irrigating purposes. The club, however, has determined to restore the lake for next season, for which they have two projects in view. They will sue the parties divert- ing the water, and also sink a number of artesian wells, if they can obtain a ten years' lease of the preserve, their pres- ent lease being only for three years. The wells are estimated to cost $1,000. The snipe shooting, however, has been very good, many of the members making fine bags. Some members of the Cordelia Club have had fine sport sculling lately. Messrs. Kellogg, Storey and Bradford, last Friday and Saturday, killed 247 among them, over 90 of the number falling to Mr. Kellogg's gun. On Sunday, Mr. Bent and a friend visited the club s preserve, but had poor sport, only getting 25 birds altogether. Mr. Buttler gives us an estimate of considerably over 2,000 birds for the season's work, which is nearly a thousand in 'advance of the number killed by the club up to the same date last season. "Sculling for mallards," strange as it sounds, is now get- ting the order of the day, in preference to working the ponds from the blinds. In this month and next sculling is at its best, as the birds are scattered along the sloughs Banning themselves. Turning the bends of the sloughs and small creeks, where the birds are found in groups, makes this kind of shooting exciting. The water-ways of the sloughs are not covered by preserves, and are, therefore, open to the public. Speaking of the conviction of Mr. Hart, the game dealer, for illegally selling doves, a contemporary thinks the French plan of posting the offense and punishment by law on the most conspicuous part of the offenders stand would have a good effect. If we could only get such an arrangement iutu our laws, it would work wonders. From very obvious causes, we are behind the world iu game preservation. Mr. Poole, ex-TJnited States Marshall, reports good shoot- ing round Salinas. Last week ho and three friends made a lar^e bag of quail on the high grounds, aud also of teal and snipe on the low grounds ranging toward Castroville. From all accounts reaching us, that is regarded as the best section in the State this season. Three members of the crack Teal Club, Messrs. Whittier, Upham aud Goodall, had a fine day's shoot last Saturday, killin"22l birds amongst them. The birds, of course, were ioixerl°with only three canvasbacks nud oue mallard in the lot. Mr. Goodall deserves much credit for the distribution of his bag. He gave 60 out of his 75 birds to the Girls' and Boys' Aid Society. That is as it should be. We often wonder what becomes of the large bags we are constantly reading about. The robin huntors of the Mission road are getting as dan- gerous as the robin hunters of old in Hayes Valley. Start from Union Square westward, any afternoon, and a man would be riddled with shot in ten minutes. Last week a little girl was shot in the face by some reckless hunters. Two men were arrested on Sunday for shooting within the city limits. Let all such reckless fools be arrested. None of the members of the Tule Belle Club were up at Sherman's Island last week. On Tuesday Mr. Bogart re- ceived a letter from the keeper that birds wen there so he and other members are looking I this week. 40 2£he |tote mxtX Mfamfisman. Jan 19 IjjreeHeij and j^arfcmmn. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PUBLISHING CO. THE TURF AND SFOKTING AUTHORITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. OFFICE, 508 MONTGOMERY STREET P. 0. Box 2603 Five dollars a year j three dollars far six months ; one dollar and a half for three months. Strictly in advance. Make all Checks, Money Okders, Etc., payable to order of Breeder and Sportsman Publishing Co. Money should be se7it by postal crder, draft or by registered letter, ad' dressed to the "Breeder and Sportsman Publishing Company, San Fran cisco, Cal." 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No extra rate charged for cuts or cutting of col- umn rules. No reading notice taken for less than 60 cents each insertion. San Francisco, - - Saturday, Jan. 19, 1884. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. Singleton* J. T. Mcintosh. Itox 60. Clilco. La Harpe, J. T. Mcintosh, Box 60. CHico. Director, Jno. II. Goldsmith* Fashion Stable, S. E. Monroe Chief. Jno. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Kyrle Daly (imp.), John W. Mackey, Sacramento. X X (Doublecross), J. c. Simpson, 508 Montgomery St. S. F. The Stallion Season. The commencement of the stallion season is now close at hand, and already we have received mamy inquiries regarding the location of those which are wanted. It is, of course, "beyond our knowledge what the terms and place of standing will be outside of those advertised in this paper, and the only response we can make is the an- swer that we cannot furnish the desired information. There seems to be a general desire to breed among men who are not engaged particularly in breeding horses. Gentlemen who have a favorite mare or two that they are anxious to secure foals from, and these are generally pretty well posted in regard to the blood and perform- ances of the various strains. They appreciate the greater pleasure there is in rearing an animal than becoming the owner through purchase, and then there is the further gratification of perpetuating the good qualities they have proved by years of active service on the road. The smaller farmers, too, have learned the importance of breeding good stock, and there are inquiries from them which signifies a close study of the subject. In this country the season can safely commence as soon after the 1st of February as will ensure that the foal does not come before the 1st of January. It is rare that the usual limit of eleven months is curtailed, though there are instances where it has happened so to guard against that contin- gency it will be the safest to delay a few days. Although the weather now would not be adverse to young foals, in many respects the months of February, March and April present more advantages. The grass is more forward, the days longer, and sunshine has a potent influence in strengthening the foals. X X. Singleton and La Harpe, Monroe Chief and Kyrle Daly have "been noticed"; Director and X X remain of the stallions already advertised. Director is to be hon- ored with one of Wyttenback's best pictures before long, when his history and marvelous campaign of 1883 will be duly considered. X X is well worthy of a pen sketch, and though he was bred and reared by the editor of this paper, he is so well deserving of eulogy that he shall have a proper ac- knowledgement of his merit, if even it does lay us liable to the charge of extolling our own stock. We never owned a horse that we had such a warm affection for. Many others have laid us under loads of obligations for the services rendered, and when a balance was struck the credit side of the account would largely exceed the debit. X X has earned admiration for the exhibition of qualities that endear, apart from any money considera- tion. He is the "best disposed" horse we ever knew. He never did a mean trick; cheerfully complies with every demand, and is ready for any duty. He is so in- t diligent that at times he almost startles us with the knowledge displayed. To gallop with trotters he is as good as can be, slackening or increasing his speed at command, and quickly understanding the wishes of the person driving the trotter before his own driver can com- municate with him. The afternoon of the same dav that he has gone any number of heats he can be hitched to a road wagon, and he will drive as pleasantly as the best family horse in the country. No matter how many in company, he will stick to the trot with the pertinacity of a veteran road horse, and rattles along at a pace that troubles some that are well thought of as trotters to em- ulate. There is nothing that he is afraid of. Railway trains have no terrors, and one fourth of July a boy ex- ploded a bomb directly under him without throwing him off his balance. To enumerate one-half of his good qualities would require far more space than we can afford. As his name implies, he is inbred, both sire and dam being by Bonnie Scotland. On both sides his rela- tions are distinguished. His sire, Malcolm, is from Lady Lancaster, and his dam, Columbia, from Young Fashion. A better -bred horse does not live, when the standard is that of the American Stud Book, and on the trotting side there are good claims for distinction. His dam is the dam of Lady Bichmond, which it was claimed showed a trial at Columbus, Ohio, in 2:15, and when a four-year-old trotted in 2:27. Columbia is the grandam of Anteeo, Antevolo and Anteros, and it is safe to say that there is not a trio, of corresponding ages, from any mare that can cope with them. The sire of X X was a great race-horse in every sense of the word. He ran more fast heats than any horse up to the date of his retirement from the turf, and was possessed of nearly phenomenal speed. Few of his colts have been trained, and all of them winners. His daugh- ter, Marion, the dam of Duke, Duchess and Prince of Norfolk, has gained deserved renown as one of the great brood-mares of the country, and her sister, Boxaline, is the dam of Princess, which won three races at the late meeting at New Orleans. Columbia ran the fastest mile ever made in Iowa up to 1869, and was a good race mare at all distances. She had a capital trotting gait, and had it not been that we valued her so highly for a brood-mare, would have trained her to trot. The first time she was ever harnessed we drove her beside a trotting mare that could beat three minutes, and Columbia went off like an old trotter. She was a large mare, nearly sixteen hands, and, like most of the Bonnie Scotlands, with plenty of "substance." X X is 15^ hands, and very strongly made. He has so much bone and tendon that midway of the metatarsal the measurement is 9-g inches, while equi- distant from knee and ankle 8| inches. Strong as he is, highly bred as he is, with a flight of speed that was equal to a quarter inside of 24 seconds, the most re- markable divergence from all the horses we ever knew is a temper that could not be improved, an intelligence almost akin to that of a higher order of animals. gait in company with those of his parishioners who could afford the luxury of that much speed, he would be a healthier man, far stronger mentally, happier, and wield an influence for good that would reach far beyond the limits of the little world that now confines him. There is too much cant, too little heartiness, too much of the scents of the laboratory, a superabundance of finicism, a lack of human nature, fashion in place of honest convictions, subservancy in view of manhood, an assembly of puppets where there should be gatherings of men and women, boys and girls. "We would have a clergyman set an example by his personal actions in places where such a monitor would have a good effect. When in the flush of early manhood he joins in the recreatious of youth, then sports would not degenerate into boisterous displays. When older, he could preside over the games and give counsel that would reach pupils ready and willing to benefit by his teach- ings. The dignitaries of the church should be guardians, in fact, not alone of the semi-emasculated whimperers who have neither life, muscle, nor activity of brain, but take in charge the sturdy youngsters who are aglow with vigorous being. Control them by directing the bent in the right way, the attempt to smother will result in an explosion. They must learn that their preceptors can see good in the bright side of life, and that the world of religion is not always overcast by sombre clouds. There is power of good in those willing hearts, sturdy limbs and tingling nerves, a power of evil if all control is lost. The young are not the only ones who will be benefited by the clergy forsaking the cloisters and min- gling more with busy life. There will be kindlier feel- ings all around. The asperities of rival sects will be smothered, and bitter heartburnings give way to general fellowship. There is not a sport that has the sanction of the Breeder and Sportsman, that would be derogatory to the character of a clergyman to countenance, not a recrea- tion which would lower his dignity to witness. Querulous Busbey. The Clergy and Out-Door Sports. There is a prevailing opinion that the teachers of reli- gion, and consequently of good morals, should be, as a class, different from other people. Even those who. are anything but "straightlaced" themselves consider that ministers and clergymen should be something that they can scarcely describe, a being without the traits that belong to humanity, without any of the aainial in their nature, a compound of mental and spiritual qualities, passionless icebergs in the midst of a tropical sea, be- yond self denial, not having the hopes or weaknesses of their brothers and sisters, statues of alabaster, bloodless, colorless in everything pertaining to this world, entirely wrapt in the contemplation of that to come. It is ex- pected that in their external appearance there shall be no sign of business or pleasure, their deportment must be fashioned after an ascetic model, any exhibition of mus- cular energy is reprehensible, to run would be a grievous offence, any deviation in demeanor from stolid dignity a transgression which could not be condoned. It 'strikes us that this false estimate of what a elegy man should be has more to do with false representation than anything else. It dwarfs the influence, circumscribes the sphere of usefulness to the narrowest limits, engenders a distaste for all kinds of religious or moral instruction, drives thousands into wrong courses, provokes antagonism where there should be hearty co-operation. The teacher, aware of the expectation that he must follow entirely different paths from his lay acquain- tances, and that a deviation from the narrow track will be misconstrued, it forced, contrary to his better nature, compelled, in opposition to his own better judgment, to surrender to the whims of his congregation, and those outside of his own flock, to a course that in a measure destroys his influence, while it turns into a sorrowful pilgrimage a life which should be a bright and tri- umphant journey. Could he mingle with the people in their sports and pastimes, could he, while yet young and vigorous, ride, shoot, fish, row, handle the bat or propel the ball, and when oldor, drive a trotter at a two-thirty .And now Busbey — we will not say the Turf, Field and Farm — accuses us of "growling," as he elegantly puts it, "like a dog with a mashed toe." There may be dignity in a growl however sullen, but the snarling of a pug in the lap of his mistress whenever anyone approaches her does not impress us with danger, though there may be annoyance. Tips have been a fearful disturber of the peace of our friend, and now when we see fit to resent an impertinent and unwarranted telegraphic attack, he snarls and shows his teeth in defense of what no one can justly defend. He is unfair as well as querulous, and makes misstatements which are two palpable to be penned through mistake. If he has assumed such a load of obligations that snarling and an exhibition of sharp teeth are not sufficient recompense, let the collar be so plainly marked that the ownership is generally known, and not debase the paper he is connected with by per- verse misrepresentations. The portion of his last diatribe, which our readers can at once see the unfairness of, is as follows: "He sports his faith in the ability of Anteeo to trot a mile in 2:17£, but he declined an offer of $20,000 for the horse in case he made such performance, and was delivered in New York, because the risk of the journey was too great." Now, he purposely omitted the words all right, which were the objectionable feature in Mr. Bonner's offer, and which was so plainly stated in this paper that no one could be mistaken. There was no growling over that. Mr. Bonner had the unquestionable right to embody such conditions in his offer as he chose; it was ours to reject, if not satisfactory. The next day we wrote to Mr. Bon- ner thanking him for the offer, but when the telegram came, filled with so much that was offensive, arbitrary and untrue, that we would have been well fitted to wear a collar, too, if we had not resented it. The other flings we care little about, though there are other perversions of the truth. One is, "Now it strikes us that if Mr. Simpson could afford to take the risk of raising and training Anteeo until he was five years old for $10,000, he could afford for another $10,000 to risk the horse on the cars for a period shorter than one week." He was sold when still ranking as a four-year-old, will not be five until the fifth of the coming May, and the only risk was the expense of his keeping until he was seventeen months old. At that age ho won a stake of about $800; he won another not so large when a year older, he has taken many premiums of cash value to a considerable amount; he never started in a race that he did not get some of the money, and last season from his services in the stud, he cleared, above all expenses, and not counting our own mares, over $2,000. The risk to take was not so much in the journey (though many of our folk will be pleased to learn how to get a horse from here to New York in less than a week without running very serious risks) as in the caprice of the purchaser. "AH right" is too 1884 Jgltc Ifceete and j^portsmmt. indefinite to warrant landing a horse in the mid- winter in New York, and we have yet to see a man of any sense who advised accepting it. Neither have we found one who did not think that we were thoroughly justified in the response to the telegram that appeared in the Evening Bulletin, and there is not a dessenting voice in sustaining us in the reply. It is a matter of extreme pleasure that if the price re- ceived "satisfied" us, that there are others who join in the opinion that the colt is worth more money than $10,000. A gentleman who owns a one-quarter interest was offered $4,000 for his part, and there was not even the risk of moving him out of the stable, and that was declined. Do not tremble, old friend, if we do succeed in breeding another Anteeo. It may be that we will *'growl worse than two bears with frightfully sore heads," with less provocation than was received before. Should we fail, you can surely ascribe it to tips, for it is nearly certain that, notwithstanding your authoritative diction that tips will not answer, we will continue their use. There is another point yoxi made some weeks ago that we may as well answer here. That was, that inas- much as we admitted that the subject of toe and side weights was so intricate that we could not advise author- itatively after all the study given, that it was the height of presumption to offer even a few chapters of a book to the consideration of these adjuncts to the training of trotters. That was something like the charge, though as we quote from memory, it may not be exact. Did it ever occur to you that the self- application would have prevented you from writing a line in relation to the foot of a horse, for though the ignorance is not personally admitted, there is such overwhelming proof in the arti- cles as not to require corroborative testimony. But we do not agree with you in the idea that a man luust "know- it all" to be a teacher, and concur in the maxim that while a man is acquiring information, and realizes that he is still in need of light, he may be in a better posi- tion to impart knowledge than one who claims to have mastered the most abstruse questions, so that there is nothing more for him to learn. Furthermore, we will give $1,000 to any one who can make a clear exposition and show the reasons for certain results following the application of weight to the outside of the feet of trot- ting horses. To make this clearer we will formulate a series of questions, the reward to follow, the answers be- ing satisfactory to a jury composed of trainers and drivers who have a competent knowledge of the business they are engaged in. The Remodeled Stanford Stake. As will be seen by referring to the advertisement, the closing of the Stanford Stake has been extended to the 1st of March, and such changes made in the conditions as will remove all valid grounds for objection. As it now stands, the whole amount of the stake is $175, the change being in the first and second payments, making the risks much lighter. Thus $25 has to be paid when the nomination is made, $50 on the 1st of January, lSSS, and $100 ten days before the date fixed for closing the stake. This only entails a risk of $75 up to within ten days of the time fixed for trotting, and, as under the new order there is likely to be a great many nomina- tions, the risk will be a small percentage on the amount to win. It will be a very serious drawback to the breed- ing of trotters in California should this stake be allowed .to fall through. There must be home inducements to remunerate for the breeding, rearing and training colts as well as those of the East, and though every stake is important, the Stanford has extra claims for considera- tion. Even under the presen t conditions it will be the most important trotting stake in the country, and now that the risk has been reduced to a minimum, there can be no valid excuses for withholding support . Our Board of Appeals. There was a pacing race over the Oakland course some weeks ago, which has been made the basis of some queer proceedings. Briefly it may be stated thus: Fairmount wen two heats and was beaten the third, presumably having been laid up, although we understand that is denied by the person who drove him. The race was post- poned and eventually won by Terry. There was no com- plaint made at the time to the judges, though after- wards one was lodged with the Board of Appeals for this district. In the meantime the person who made the com- plaint and the driver of Fairmount quarreled, so that the inference that there was malice to gratify is warranted. The first step certainly should have been for the Chair- man of the Board, with whom the complaint was filed, to learn whether the Board had jurisdiction. If the alleged crime was committed on a track holding membership in the National Trotting Association, when proven, there was power to punish, if not, it was beyond its control. A list of the members of the N. T. A. does not include the Oak- land trotting park, neither does E. "Wiard, the owner, or H. Allen, lessee, appear as holding membership. For the Board, then, to assume jurisdiction, was not in accord- ance with the laws and the time of the members of the Board, accuser, accused and witnesses taken up with an idle, frivolous, and, it might be, vicious proceeding. Three times the parties were summoned, and the end is not yet. There is more than a foolish wasting of time in these irregular proceedings. It puts it in the power of malice to wreak its vengeance through the instrumen- tality of the National Association. It is also claimed in this case that the Chairman of the Board has ill-feelings against the accused. "Whether that is so or not, it is cer- tain that the man who brought the charge has, and ac- cording to the report of those who attended, the evidence submitted was worse than frivolous. The most absurd stories have been listened to, and men brought forward to testify who were comparatively unknown, and could not be in a position to learn what was so readily talked of. In this way charges could be trumped up against any one, and beyond the power of the victim to protect himself. It does not figure in this case whether the charge was well founded or not. We will suppose that the founda- tion for the indictment had occurred in Treka, and that the defendant lived there. Would he be expelled through his default in not appearing? Or, let us suppose that the ground for the accusation was on. something which happened at the Santa Rosa fair. Let us, for the sake of illustration, suppose that some one had laid up heats there, had been abusive to the judges, or laid himself liable, by other violations of the Code. He is charged before the Board of Appeals, and, notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since the crime was perpetrated, regardless of the fact that the track on which the offense was committed was outside of the pale of the N. T. A., the defendant must enter a plea and stand trial. Let us carry the question a little further. If there is power to punish in one case, there is in all. Entrance-money js due, and the non-member calls upon the Board of Ap- peals to suspend the debtor. What is the use of paying money for privileges that can be obtained without cost? Grant the district boards the right to go outside of the courses holding membership in their awards, and it will not be long before few will pay the dues. It seems an idle waste of space to argue that which is so generally known, but the fact that a trial extending over three convocations has been held shows the necessity of calling attention to it, in order that there may be no more such ridiculous infractions. If it be true that the Chairman of the Board has feel- ings of ill-will against the accused, his associates can hardly be pleased with the idea of being made parties in the assault. If depending on his supposed superior knowledge of trotting laws, they have been involved in placing themselves in such an untenable position, they can scarcely accept his leadership hereafter without a surrender of self-respect. It is beyond doubt that the other members of the Board took it for granted that they had the power, or they would not have spent so much valuable time in this mock trial. There is not a man in our knowledge who will impute unfairness to them; as we have oftentimes stated, the other is notoriously unfit for the position he occupies. In Dr. Pardee's paper on gunnery, in our last issue, there was a typographical error in the footing up of the 100 shots made by the cylinder-bore rifle — the aggregate of the 100 shots from center of ball hole to center of bull's-eye should have read 81| inches, not 181$ as pub- lished. We trust the readers of the Breeder ami Sports- man will read the correction, as it is eminently due the Doctor that such correction be made. Sporting Etceteras in Los Angreles. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Sporting matters have been rather quiet here during this season, oocasioned, no doubt, by the scarcity of quail and the unusually late ad- vent of ducks. Up to the last two weeks our local shots have confined themselves almost wholly to quail, small bags being the rule, the birds being exceedingly wild in all locali- ties of reasonably easy access. And let me here remark that unless something is done to stop the game market of your city from robbing the whole State of its birds, the ouce splen- did shooting of Los Angeles and other counties will only be known as something of the irretrievable past, and the game little quail be forever lost to the sportsmen of the State. We do not want to be accused of riding a hobby, but the propo- sition made by the writer at the last meeting of the State Sportsman's Association seems to be the only way of correct- ing the above evil, viz., to district the State into game dis- tricts, and prohibit the shipment or game from onn district into another. This, we believe, would put a stop, in a large deoree, to market hunting, and it is market hunting in season and oxit that is fast ridding the State of its game. Ducks, until the last two weeks, have been unusually scarce, and but few canvasbacks and mallards have been seen yet, owing, no doubt, to the continuous warm weather and little rain. A couple of weeks ago we had a very pleasant shoot at the ground of the Recreation Gun Team with Mr. A. G. Little, a thorough sportsman from Philadelphia and a member of one of the finest clubs east of the mountains. We bagged, in a couple of days, about one hundred dnck of various kinds: most all of them, however, were killed in one day, the other being a very unfavorable day for night. The shooting now is much better, and rapidly increasing, with good promise of fine sport for the balance of the season, which in this section continues until the 1st of April, and even later. Theatrical matters are very quiet, nothing having appeared on the boards since the collapse of the Zoe Gayton Muzeppa Combination, probably waiting for the completion of the Childs Opera House, which, by the way, promises to be one of the finest in the State. So far we have had no regular place of amusement, except the Club Theater, run by Messrs. Perry Bros., who, with their efficient corps of artists, give a first-class variety performance. The Los Angeles Athletic Club, a prominent and efficient organization, is now making preparations for its second field day, an event which will give to our citizens a day of out- door and pleasant recreation, which, at this season of the year, in Southern California, is so enjoyable. Before closing we wish to put our oar in and give a "long pull and a steady pull" to help out your vigorous war on the "Supervisor interference" question, and your manlv advocacy of game protection. It has always been a mystery to us how any man with a love for field sports and claiming to be a sportsman, can be so inhuman as to destroy the very animals and birds that he should love during their natural season of propagation. Af- ter a close study of the question, we can but arrive at this conclusion, that the true sportsman must not only admire the gun, and the skill, nerve, and quickness of sight which it develops, but love his game even while he pursues it, for, as a matter of fact, a man cannot love a certain sport without also loving the cause or causes which makes that sport at- tainable, unless he is actuated by a spirit of pure selfishness and gain— qualities never found in a true sportsman. And farther, these so-called sportsmen who shoot in season and out do not exhibit even as much honor as is said to exist among thieves, for while their co-lovers of the gun stay at home and respect the laws of the land and the game of the country, they violate the one and rob their fellow man of his share in the pursuit of the other. Go on, Mr. Editor, with your good work, you have the moral support of three-fourths of the State, and the conscious- ness that "truth is mighty and must prevail." P. Los Angeles, Jan. 16th, 1S84. PO ULTR Y. Best Feed for Hens. Considerable difference should be made in the feed of poul- try, according to their breed. The Brahmas, Cochins and their crosses are quiet, lazy sorts, and consequently fatten more easily than such as are fond of roving around at consid- erable distance from the house, such as Leghorns, Hamburgs, Game, etc. Little corn or Indian meal should be fed to the former, except in the coolest weather, and then we only make it about half their rations. In spring and autumn we give them all they are inclined to eat during the day, a pudding made of one-third Indian meal and two-thirds wheat bran, with a sprinkling of whole oats, late in the afternoon on the ground, in the yard or near the house, for them to scratch and pick up just before going to roost. In summer we make the pudding one-fourth Indian meal) and three-fourths wheat bran. In this about half a gill of pure strong brine is mixed to each gallon. A little brine is very healthy in the food of poultry, but it must not be taken from the meat barrel. A tablespoonful of sulphur is excellent to mix once a week in the pudding, as this keeps lice out of the hens, and in addi- tion is healthy for them. So is the same quantity of wood ashes, or a gill of fine charcoal dust. The hens ought to have a grass plot to run on. If this cannot be had, give them some boiled vegetables or raw cabbage leaves. In sum- mer grass can be cut for them and put in their yard. Let- tuce and spinach are excellent things when no other green feed is to be had, and we cultivate these in our garden espe- cially for them. Por the most active breeds of fowls we give a greater proportion of Indian meal in their pudding. If this can be mixed with skim milk, it will be all the better for the production of eggs. Whole wheat is an excellent egg producer. — Bee and Poultry MaIA< KAY, Sacramento, Cal, The Trotting Stallions DIRECTOR - MONROE CHIEF Will make the season of 1884 at Oakland Trotting Park, Commencing February 1st and ending June 1st. TERMS. Director $200, Monroe Chief 9100, the season. Good pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Due care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility assumed should any occur. Director, 2:1 7. Black -horse, foaled July 18,1877. by Dictator (sire of Jay-Eve-See. 2;ln-\; Phallus, 2: 15,1s i ; first dam Dolly (dam of Thorndale, SgZX; On- ward. 2:225), by Manibrino Chief; second dam by Potomac; third dam by Saxe Wiemar. Thorndale, 2.-22K. is the sire of Edwin Thorne, 2:16K, and Daisy Dale, 2:19K. Monroe Cbfer. 2:1 8 1-4. Two-mile record, 4:46. Brown horse, foaled 1870, by Jim Monroe (son of Alexander's Abdah lah, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, first dam Madame Powell, by Bay Chief (son of Mambrino Chief); second dam bv Toronto (Bon of St, Lawrence); third dam claimed to be of Whip stock. Foi a very lifelike portrait of Monroe Chief and a full account of his pedigree and per- formanees, see the holiday number of the Breeder and Sportsman, issued December 29, 18S3. For further information addresB .JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. FASHION STABLE. Ellis St., San Francisco. THOROUGHBRED STALLION X X, PertiKree. X X (Doublecross), bred by Jos. Cairn Simpson at Atwood Cottage, Riverside. Illinois, foaled May '23, 1872, by MALCOLM. First dam, Columbia, by imported Bonnie Scotland. Second dam, Young Fashion, by imported Monarch. Tbird dam. Fashion, by imported Trustee. Fourth dam. Bonnets o' Blue, by Sir Charles. Fifth dam, Reality, by Sir Archy. Sixth dam, by imported Medley. Seventh dam, by imported Centinel. Eighth dam, by Mark Anthony. Ninth dam, by imported Janus. Tenth dam, by imported Monkey. Eleventh dam, by imported Silvereye. Twelfth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 307, and vol. 3, p. 79. X X (Doublecrossl is of as high and fashionable breeding as any stallion in tbe country. His sire, Malcolm, is by imported Bonnie Scotland, his dam Columbia, also by imported Bonnie Scotland; hence his name. Malcolm was one of the beat race-horses of his day, and Columbia was also a fine race mare. Columbia is the grandam of An- teeo. Her dam. Young Fashion, was the dam of Surprise, Scotland, Wauanita, Bonnie Kate (the dam of Bonnie Lizziet, Andes, Hock Hock- ing, Three Cheers, etc. Tbe dam of Malcolm, Lady Lancaster, was the dam of Sagamore, Ontario (the dam of McWbirten, Regent, Lady Fair- field, Lady Amanda, Lady Middleton, etc., and a reference to the'racing calendars will show bow distinguished the members of these two fami- lies are. This is the only Bonnie Scotland stallion In California, and from his inbreeding has as much of tbe blood as if he were a son of that renowned sire. He is a horse of immense substance, good size, high form, aud of the best disposition. Will make tbe ensuing season, 1884, from February loth to June 15th, at the Oakland Trotting Park. Terms, £5u the season. JOSEPH CAIBX SIMPSON. Oakland or 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. THE TROTTING STALLIONS SINGLETON AND LA HARPE. WEC.Ii MAKE THE COMING SEASON FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO July 15th, 1884, at tbe farm of tbe owner, three miles north of Chico, Butte Co., Cal. Singleton is a dark brown horse, with tin thinks and muzzle, a little touch of white on hind feet and left fore foot, small star in forehead. la 15X hands high, and weighs 1,120 lbs. Was bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks, and foaled in the spring of 1878. PEDIGREE. Singleton is by Willie Scbepper, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, bv Abdallah, by Mambrino. by Imp. Messenger. Schepper's dam Nellie 1)5 son of Vermont Black Hawk, grand dam by Busiris. thoroughbred (No 373'). Singleton's dam was Lightfoot (dam of Pride, yearling record 2-HM) bv Flaxtail, son of Prudcn's Blue Bull. Light foot's dam was Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuckaboe, Granddam by Lefller's Consul, by Shepperd'a consul. Irwin's Tuckaboe was by Herod a Tuckaboe, by thoroughbred Tucka- boe, by Florizel, by Diomed. LA HARPE Is a bronze bay, two white stockings behindhand star, 16 hands high, and very powerfully built, weight, 1.IMJ lbs. Was bred by Dr. Hicks, and foaled in 1879. La Harpe was sired by Fame, he by Alexander 1 ! Bel- mont (sire of Nutwoodjkheby Alexander's Abdallah isireof Goldsmith Maid), he bv Rysdyk's Hambletonian, he by Abdallah, he bv Mambrino, he by imp. "Messenger. Fame's flam Glory by Jackson's Western Star (Bonof Piatt's Western Star by Black nose ), 1st dam by Boanerges, 2nd dam by Gallatin ll,(Wl). La Harpe's dam Prairie Bird by Flaxtail (dam of Flight, 2:20, and Prompter, 2:88). 2nd dam Fashion, by John the Bap- tist, itrddam Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuokahoe. 1th dam bv Lefller's Consul. Irwin's TU.Ckab.oe by Herod's Tuckaboe, by thoroughbred Tuckaboe, by Florizel, by Diomed. TERMS: For Singleton, fifty (S-Wi dollars the season. Mares not proving in foal may be returned tbe following season free of charge. La Harpe "ill stand at twenty. live i?i>i dollars tbe season, cash. Mares sent to the ranch to either horse will be kept One month free of pasturage. Further pasturage will be charged three (M) dollars per month. Mares shipped to Chico consigned to me. will be received on arrival of train, ami taken to the ranch. Wares kept In any manner owners mav deatre, at reasonable rates. There is even convenience on the farm, boxes, paddocks, and plenty of shade and water. Address J. T. McIXTOSH, Box 60, OhJco, Cal. 1884 *gke gjtaaeita; mid j&porlstnim Raising- Mules. Opposition to the mule we find generally coming from those who have had limited ex- perience. For instance, a farmer buys a pair of mules, and for one reason or another they do not prove satisfactory, for of course, there are unsatisfactory mules. That closes his experience. He gets rid of his mules, and if you say mule to him, you will hear his opin- ion upon the subject in a way that you will have no difficulty in comprehending. That man may, and doubtless has, owned a dozen horses that were unsatisfactory to the last degree. But he does not denounce the whole equiue race on that account. He has simply got rid of his poor horses and supplied him- self with better ones. The same rule with mules will work equally as satisfactory. As valuable stock to breed, the mule unquestion- ably holds high rank, for there are a great many people who appreciate him, if some of us do not. A good pair of mules will briug from three hundred to four hnndred dollars, and so far as we have ever known anj'thiug about them, they have always brought about that price in the East and South. Some time ago it was announced in an Ohio paper that a hundred mules had been sold in Kentucky at an average price of one hundred and seventy- five dollars each. Now, anything that will command as good a price as that is worth breeding, even if we do hate it. They are easily bred. The mare has very little to do in transmitting characteristics to the offspring, that all depending upon the sire. There- fore a mare that is u tterly u nfi t for breeding colts can be used for breeding mules, and do precisely as well as better mares would do. In fact, we would not advise the use of the best grade of mares for this pur- pose, for it is a waste of resources. We can- not make any marked effect upon the mule by infusing into him an extra quality of blood on the dam's side. Goldsmith Maid could never have produced a trotting mule, and a Norman mare will produce no larger mules than a small mare, if she is sufficiently large to carry the foal. These are facts which experience has demonstrated, and they will appear reasonable when we remember that the mule is pretty much all mule and very little horse. There are some slight modifications in the animal, which it gets from the dam, such as shorter ears and larger size, bnt they will get these from a comparatively small mare as well as from a large one. The largest mules we ever saw — and the pair was over sixteen hands high — were bred from mares that were not more than fifteen hands. On the other hand, a great many poor mules are bred because there is no care taken whatever in the selection of the sire. Some people seem to think that all jacks are alike, while, as a matter of fact,«omeof them are not worth their hides. There is manifestly a great difference inthem. The larger they are the better they are, other things being equal, and there is a different in their dispositions and vigor. These matters should be looked into. It is not wise to breed from a vicious jack. If the offspring is not vicious, all thei'e is to say is, it is a piece of luck. — Rural and Stockman. for the last twenty-five years when Lexing- ton's get commenced running, you would at once have the bulk of the most illustrious names on the turf and in the stud book. While every great performer is not so bred, the exception only tends to prove the rule, that it is the greatest and most successful line of blood we have ever had in America. Then again, when you come to examine the time record, which may consider the test of merit, this same line of breeding shows up equally as well, having the besttimeon record from a half and all intermediate distances to four miles. In selecting and forming a stud we should certainly select well bred daughters of Lex- ington's sous and grandsons, and to perpetu- ate the line which is fast passing away would not hesitate to couple sons of Lexington with daughters and grandaughters of this illustri- ous sire.— Live Slock Record. The Lexington and Boston Blood. The extraordinary success of mares de- scended from Boston and Lexington blood at the stnd still continues as it has done for the past twenty-five or thirty years. In the male line the success of Lexington's sons in getting great race horses has not been near so great, but their daughters and the daughters of Lex- ington's success as matrons of great race horses have been most wonderful. The blood of Lexington, his sons, and of Boston seems to nick most fortunately with the different strains of imported stallions, most of whom owe their stud reputation to this crass. The chief reason why Lexington's sons have not succeeded so well as his mares at the stud, is owing to the fact that few or none of them have been bred back to the female line of this family, but have sought out crosses, thus shutting them off from the better class of mares, thus forcing them to make their repu- tations upon an inferior class of brood mares. In looking over the two-year-old winners of the past year there are ninety-five who won 230 races, seventy-six of whom have a cross of Lexington or Boston Blood, and only nine- teen who do not have an immediate cross, but a few of them trace back to the same fountain head, to Sir Archyand imp. Diomed. Among the most successful three-year-olds of the past year are Aztec, Ascender, Barnes, Bond- holder, Drake Carter, Geo. Kinney, Heel-and- Toe, Leonatus, Little Minch, Long Knight, Lucky B., Markland, RI- Bowling, Miss Woodford, Obermeyer, Olivette, Pizarro, Eena B., Tennyson. Thackeray, Trafalgar, Vera, &c. Of tl.u above list Miss Woodford and Pizarro have no cross of Lexington or Boston, though Miss Woodford traces back to this line twice on her dam's side, through Nellie Robinson by Wagner, son of Sir Charles, and Sumpter by Sir Archy. When you come to look at the older horses the same rule holds good with iElla, Apollo, Aranza, Blazes, Bootjack, Checkmate, Col. Sprague, Crickmore, Dan K., Duke of Montalban, Du- plex, Ella Warfield, Eole, Fair Count, Fellow- play, Freeland, Gen. Monroe, Girofle, Girofla, Gleaner, Iroquois, Jim Douglas, Jim Renwick, John Davis, Lida Stanhope, Lizzie S., Lute Fogle, Monitor, Parole, Pearl Jennings, Rica, Saunterer, Thora, Trade Dollar, Volusia, Washburn, Wedding Day, Wildidler, etc. These are merely given as a sample of thoBe who figured on the turf the past year, but if you go back The Vienna Gardens. The attendance during the week has been as good, and the performance as brilliant as usual. In selecting the pieces, displaying the natural genius and perfect instrumeuta- iion of the performers, we may mention Miss Neuber's solo, the Daendler Fantaisie for the ladies only, and the trio between Misses Neu- ber and Straka with Miss Gonzales at the piano. The selections we make as examples of classical music and perfect instrumentation deserve all praise. During the week, Miss Louise Edgar, whom the writer, as a musical critic, has long contended, has the finest con- tralto voice of all our local singers, has wisely been added to the company and succeeded well. To-night Miss Edgar and Mrs. Yas- concellas sing together in the grand duet of Maritani, "Holy Mother Guide His Foot- steps." This is a wise selection to begin with, and if these young and able vocalists continue to sing together, we predict for them great suc- cess and popularity. Mr. Walters is now giving an intellectual entertainment. The fence-cutting troubles will probably terminate by a local option herd law, by pen- alties against setting up illegal fences, for fencing public domain and individual lands without authority, and for fencing established roads. Penalties for burning tbe range and fence-cutting will be increased, and some in- ducements will be offered to gather iu vio- lators of the law. Fence-cutters will find they have not driven all the law-abiding citi- zens out, but they will find they have taught all citizens to respect the laws. — Texan Wool- Grower. Captain Win. Cottrill, of Mobile. Ala., will be on the turf again this season after a year's retirement, with a large and strong stable of thoroughbreds. There will be ten two-year-olds the get of Bnckden and Bob Woolley, and Buchanau, three years, is looked upon by many horsemen as having a good chance for the Kentucky Derby. English breeders are now looking to Ire- land for sires of stout and fast horses. The Duke of Beaufort has leased Ben Battle (sire of Bendigo, winner of the Cambridgeshire) for two years. *■ Mr. J. I. Case thinks Jay-Eye-See is good for 2:08 next season, barring accidents. He also thinks Phallas has not reached his limit. FOR SALE The Trotting Gelding STARR KING. Record, 2:22. Sound awl in flue condition. Sold only for the reunion that his owner's bllfilneBS Is N'irh that he cannot give attention to tin- turf. For further particulars address C. W.Welby, Tenth and Railroad Avenue, Sau Francisco. Santa Rosa Fair Association. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Ag- ricultural Park Association of Sonoma county held at the Pavilion on Tuesday the Sth of January, Wyman Murphy, President, called the meeting to order; James O'Meara acted as Secretary. There were present 45 stockhold- ers, representing 1,575 shares of the stock. The annual report of the President was read. The report of the Secretary was read. The report of the Treasurer was read. By this report it is shown that the association owes the Treasurer §68.46. On motion the reports of the officers were referred to an Auditing Committee of five stockholders. The com- mittee selected was, Capt. Grosse, C. C. Bane, H. W. Byington, S. I. Allen, J. N.Bailhache. On motion the election of officers was pro- ceeded with at once, and resulted as follows: For Directors, I. DeTurk, W. Murphy, J. Ort, J. H. Laughlin, Guy E. Gross, A. P. Overton, Edward Fitton. The new Board will meet Friday at 2 p. M., for organization and the selection of new officers. Good feel- ing and unanimity of purpose seemed to pre- vail. Most of the old Board of Directors were % re-elected. The prospect for a success- ful season in 1884 is most encouraging. There is not the least doubt but we will have the best county fair that will be held in this State this year. Already we knew of persons, both ladies and gentlemen, who are preparing for the nest fair. This shows that tnere is an abundant interest. It can be safely asserted that there will be valuable improvements made to the grounds and buildings, and that this fall will bring conveniences for the public that we could not provide at the first fair. Let every stockholder turn to and assist the Board of Directors to make this enterprise one of the most successful and attractive fairs in the State. — Republican. In a race at Bailhache's Park. Healdsburg, last Saturday, Henry Hebron's gray mare, "Lady Gray" beat K. K. Truitt's "Mart." Time, 3:13A, 3:02. An effort is being made to interest farmers and dairymen in the establishment of a creamery in Pajaro valley. The Santa Clara creamery is a success. Leonatus, so it is said, is all right and will be fit and well to make as good time next sea- son as he was ever capable of doing. STALLIONS FOR SALE HAVING ACQUIRED MORE STALLIONS THAN he has present use for, the owner offers for sale the high-bred and well-known trotters Inca —AND— Gibraltar. TNCA, RECORD 2:27, FOALED 1874, BRED BY L. J. J. Rose, got by Woodford Mainhrino, son of Mam- brino Chief; first dam Gretcben, by Slambrino Pilot; second dam Madame Kirkman, by Canada Chief, Hon of Davy Crockett; third dam by Fanning's Tobe ; fouithdamby Leviathan. GIBRALTAR, RECORD 2:22y J( FOALED 1872. bred by Geo. O. Tiffany, got by Echo, son of Rvs- dyk's Hambletonian ; dam the Tiffany mare, said to be by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. For terms and other particulars apply to JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St.. San Francisco. FOR SALE. Llewellin Setter Brood Bitch POSHA, Druid ex Pocahontas, in wbelp to McGregor, Rob Roy ex Queen Slab, 2 years old. Price ?100 00 Llewellin Setter Bitch Pup MAY D. McGregor ex Posha, 7 months. Price $26 00 English Pointer GLEN BOW, Ranger Boy ex Josie Bow, 17 months, partly broken. Price.. §50 00 Also a few choice Pointer pups comprising the bloods of such cracks as Champions' Bow. Sleaford, Ranger, King Bow, and others. Price J20 00 Full pedigrees to all the above dogs warranted as represented. G. W. Bassford. Colusa, Cal, S TANFORD* STAK « 1885. ^"^ A SWEEPSTAKES FOR TROTTING COLTS A \T> fillies of 1882, $300 each, $100 payable on the letof March, 1884, at which time the stake will close, 850 on the 1st day of January, l.^Wi, and *!00 ten days be fore the day fixer! for trotting, whatever amount up to be considered forfeit, and the neglect to pay at the stipulated time incurring forfeiture of the previous payments. The race to be heats of a mile, best three in five, to harness. First to leceive six-ninths of the whole sum, the Becond two-ninths, the third one- ninth. In addition to the stakes and forfeits, the pro- portion of the gate money, profit on pool sales ana all other sources of emolument will constitute the gross amount to be divided in the foregoing proportion. Five or more subscribers to fill. The race to be trot- ted in 1885. not sooner than the latter part of August. The exact date to be fixed and announced on the 1st of January, 1885 or sooner. Race to be governed by tbe Rules of the National Trotting Association. Nominations to he made to N. T. SMITH. Treasurer, S. P. Railroad ofllce, Fourth and Townsend streets, or JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, Secretary, Breeder and SPORTSMAN office, on or before the 1st day of March. 1884. The colts must be named, the name and pedigree, so far as known, given. Under the new trotting rules letters legibly post- marked March 1st will be eligible. IS", 'r. SMITH. Treasurer. JOS. CAMS SIMPSOS, Secretary. Jerseys and Guernseys in the A.J.C. C. and IheA.O.C. C. Sonoma Stock Breeders. Last Friday the gentlemen interested in this enterprise met at Santa Rosa to erystalize the association. The necessary steps were taken to form an incorporation with a capital stock of $50,000. The par value will he $100; the necessary amount for incorporation has been ascribed and paid up by the following named gentlemen: Dickson & Bane, Isaac DeTurk, J. H. Laughlin, J. J. Warner, GuyE. Grosse, J. M. Laughlin, T. J. Ludwig, Guerne & Mur- phy, A. MeFadyen, Wyman Murphy, E. T. Farmer, James Marshall, Ed. Fitton. An or- ganization was made by selecting Isaac De Turk, President, James H. Laughlin, Vice- presidentr C. H. Bane, Secretary; E. T. Farmer, Treasurer. It is much more than likely that some member of the association will go East and purchase some fine stock for the company. Alex. Jackson (familiarly "Yank") died last week of consumption at Riverside Farm, near Franklin, Tenn. He has ridden such horses as Pat Malloy, Harry of the West, Mag- gie Hunter, Baffle, Muggins and others as noted. He trained Beatitude when she ran the three best heats at Louisville, Ky., ever run by a three-year-old filly, with six pounds over her proper weight, in 1 :42j, 1 :42*, 1 AS. -•- The fortunate subscribers to the Breeder axd Sportsman - received in their holiday numbers beautiful engravings of a celebrated horse, Abbotsford, and celebrated dogs. We value ours at more than the subscription price. The journal is the best of its kind ex- tant.— Healdsburg Flag. MOTHER. -iilrr-.'p- r. SON. The above K a cnt or Hie iiiieqiinleil row .lorney ■(•lie of Scltnate lhal made 2S 4 f-S ozm. ol butter In one week, ami beronly living son Kluu ol Scltuale. A GRANDSON OF JERSEY P.EI.I.E OF SOFT uate Is now In use In the Yerba Bnena herd. This herd of Jersevs anil Guernseys won all the herd |irizis forl8S2. since then have been added young animate from Mr. Pierce's valuable herds East, lie now Ii IS JerBey Belle of Scltuate, Cooinassie. MaryAni offrjt. Lambert, Farmers'Glorv.and En rotas strains. These, with large selections on the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey from the best without regard to cost, and Im- ported directly, make this the best herd on the Pacific Coast Mr. pierce baa [uteres! In <■••■ o herd In Bast of 20O,at the head of which atand Kli (only living son of Joraey Itell,- ,.i Hcttuali I'.nimir -7 |i'T ''' lit. M.irv A mi': I I 'I ' ,l,,. i,. : i ihow lnill In Araorlca, 1 he ued at *li" ii. and blood ol Hi. * ilebl ited ai ■■ crate j. rices of III..VR V I'IEK< I . Um ii,' 46 $Jxz ffrtz&sx mxd gpoxfemm. Jan 19 S. C. BOWLEY & CO, GRAND COMBINATION SALE, Commencin April 10th, 1884, AT THE Bay District Race Track, AND CONTINUING Six DATS. Thoroughbred Horses and Standard Trot- ters, Roadsters, Jersey. Durham, and Devon Cattle Spanish, Merino, and JLeiceslershire Sheep, from all the principal breeding estab- lishments on the Pacific Coast. 750 HEAD OF STOCK Have already been entered (or sale and fnrther in structions from leading breeders are daily arriving. Breeders and owners desirous of entering stock for this sale should apply at once to „-.„.. w,-w S. < . lilMI 1.1. I. 33. 35 and 3? Sew Montgomery St The benefit of the combination sale to breeders and stockmen cannot be too highly estimated. Combina- tion sales have been found of immense advantage in the East, and such a sale as this, comprising, as is antici- pated, not less than 3,000 head oi fine stock from all the leading breeders of the Coast, cannot fail to attract a large number of buvers from Honolulu, Australasia, and the East. The time of California trotters is world- wide and when it is known that for this sale already are entered the get of Electioneer, The Moor, Alinont, Nutwood and all the best known stallions on the Coast. the advantages to both oro-eders and purchasers must be obvious. Large or small lots will he taken for sale. \s soon as the catalogues can be prepared they will be distributed all over the world; so it is necessary for those desirous of taking advantage of the sale to send in their lists of stock, with complete pedigree, at an early date. s. o. BCMVtl! Y * CO. IMPROVED Blind Bridle & Winkers FOR RACE HORSES. LINES OF TRAVEL. LIXES OF TRAVEL. (/• A . XV. XV. TIME SCHEDULE, Largest and FiNEst Stock On the Coast, at prices that defy competi W1IX A FIAXK, Leading Cutlers. "69 Market street. SPORTING GOODS. Telephone, 5159. BROAD GAUGE. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Secured by letters Patent, Jnly 35, 1883. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure my letters patent, is: 1. The part D,supported by tlie side straps of the bri- dle, extending back as shown, the front having at opening into which the blind is fitted, substantially as herein described. 2. In a bridle, in combination with the extensions D, the curved blinds F, secured to such extensions, and as shaped, to give full freedom and ventilation to the eye wliile circumscribing the vision, substantiallv as herein described. 3. In a bridle, and in combination with the exten- sions 1). blinds F. and side straps A, the screw, nut and waBher E, to secure the blind and allow it to be set, substantially as herein described. 4. In a bridle, and in combination with the check- pieces D and blinds F, as shown, the straps or bands G and II. connecting the branches or extensions above and below the eyes, and having the adjusting slides or buckles, substantially as an I for the purpose herein described. 5. In a bridle, and in com' ination with the blinds F, supported aid pivoted to the bridle so as to be mova- ble about the point of support, the adjustable front straps or bands G and H, and the iear hand I and the throat-lalch or lash connected with the blinds, and ad- justable, substantially as herein described. The above are the claims allowed by the patent office, and though the corresponding letters do not appear on the cut, the general principle will be under- stood. It meets with universal approbation, doing away with all the objections urged against blinds, and at the same time giving complete control of the line of vision. By throwing the lower portion of the blind up something of the same eftect on the action follows as is induced by toe-weights. This is especially the case when young colts are the pupils, teaching them to bend the knee without the strain of weights on the feet. For bridlesof all descriptions apply to JOHN 7 A. >1< KKItKOV No. 230 and 232 Ellis St., San Francisco. I: H MPROVED HORSE ULOTHIN G. becurecl by Letters ratent reissued march29,i8si. The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted : 1. An improved blanket or covering, consisting of the body-piece A, flan C, and the exteusionB, formed or united together, so as to cover the body and legs of the animal, substantially as herein described. 2. The blanket or covering A, havlngthe flap C, and the extensions B. to fit the fore and hi ml legs of the animal, front fastenings FG.andthe permanent straps or bands E, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 3. The blanket or covering A, with its extensions B, permanent securing-bands E, and the front fastenings F G, in combination with the elastic neek-extensfon H, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. ■1. The blanket A and hood J in combination with the elastic connecting-strip I, substantiallv as described and for the purpose set forth. 5. The close-fitting hood J, having the clastic band L, beneath the jaws, so that they mav be allowed to move without disturbing the fit. and adapted to be secured to the cover by means of straps, substantially as herein described. 6 The improvement in covering-blankets for ani mals. consisting of the blanket A, having the flap C, and permanent straps or bands fixed to it to secure it arouniUhe body, whereby the use of loose surcingles is avoided, substantiallv as herein described. The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee, JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, SAN FRANCISCO. CAX. SATURDAY, COMMENCING SUNDAY, NOV.. 11, 1883, AND UNTIT, FURTHER NOTICE, Passenger Trains will leave from, and arrive at, San „„„ „„ ' Fraiicisr-ii Passenger Dt-p-.t iTownsend street, between OCT. 20th, 1883. Third and Fourth Streets, as follows: Trains leave, and are dne to arrive at, San Francisco as follows: DESTINATION. 9:30 A M.... ♦4:00 P v.... 8. -00 A M.... 3:30 p M.... 4:30 P M.„. 8:00 A M... •4:00 P M ... 8:00 a m ... 3:30 P H.... 9:30 a sr... 4:30 P M... 7 : 30 A M... *4 M p M... 7:30 A M.„. 4 ;30 p st... 9:30 A M... 7:30 A sr... *o:00 p m... 9:30 A M... 9:30 am ... *4;00 P M... 8:00 A M... 9 :30 A M ... 4:30 P M..., 7:30 A M... 10:00 A M... 3:00 p M..., •5:00 P si... 3:30 P M... 5:30 P M ... 8:00 A M... 8:00 A M... 8:00 J i M... 8:00 A M... 3:30 P St.... 4:30 p M... •4:00 P M..., 7:30 A M..., {10:00 a M.... 3:00 p M..., 8:00 A M..., 9:30 a M..., 3:30 p si..., •4:00 P M... 3:30 p u... 8:00 A M.... 4:30 p v.... Antioch and Martinez.. Benicia Calistoga and Napa.. Colfax Deming, El Paso ( Express... and East 1 Emigrant Gait and ( via Liverraore Stockton ( via Martinez lone Knight's Landing. Los Angeles and South Livermore and Pleasanton... Marysville and Chico > Mohave, Needles l Express V and East J Emig'nt Niles and Haywards Ogden and $ Express East ( Emigrant Red Bluff \ via Marysville. and Tehama > via Woodland.. Redding Sacramento, via Livermore. *• via Benicia *" via Benicia " via Benicia Sacramento River Steamers. San Jose 2:40 p m *12:10 p M 6:40 P H 8^0 p m 10:10 a m •10:10 a m 6:40 p m 5:40 p m 8:40 P M 2:40 p si 7:10 a si 5:40 p m *12:10 p si 5:40 p si 10:10 a si 2:40 p si 5:40 p xi *8:40 a si 2:40 p m 2:40 p M •12:10 p si 5:40 P M 2:40 P M 7:10 a M 5:40 P SI 3:40 P M 9:10 A Si •8:40 A M 8:40 P M 9:10 a SI 5:10 P SI fi:40 p M 5:40 p SI 5:40 P SI fi:40 P SI 8:40 P M 10:10 A St •6:00 A M •3:40 P M 13:40 p si 9:40 A si 6:40 p M 2:JO P M 8:40 P SI •12:10 p M 10:10 A M 8:40 P M f>:40 p S£ 10:10 A si DESTINATION. A Sin am| AM! I HVl'i •3:30 pm 4 ;25 p M •5:10 pm i San Mateo. Redwood and Menlo Park. ( I 8;35a m I i *8:10AM I , 9 *« A M <\ *10:02a m I 3 :36 P M 6:30 pm ) u 5 :55 p M 8:30 am 10:40 a M •3:30 PM 4 :25 P SI 1 Santa Clara, San Jose and J i f Principal Wav Stations. 1 9^3a m •10.-02am 3 :36 P M 5 :55 p m 10:40 a M •3:30pm t Gilroy.Pajaro.Castroville, ( C Salinas and Monterey. ( •10 .-02 a M 5 :55 p M 10:40 a M Hollister and Tres Pinos. B s55 p m 10:40 a m •3:30 pm ') Watsonville.Aptos.Soquel ' i (Camp Capitola) & Santa J I f Cruz. Broad Gauge: no"; j J change of cars. 5:55 pm 10 :40 a M Soledadand Way Stations i 5 355 p M •Sundays excepted. -(-Sundays only iSportemen's train'j . Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 p. m. can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 :30 a. m. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antioch. •Sundays excepted. {Sundays only. LOCAL FEBBY TRAINS, VIA OAKLAND PIER. From San Francisco Daily. TO EAST OAKLAND— *6:00— •6:30—7:00—7:30— 8:00— 8:30—9:00—9:30—10:00—10:30—11:00—11:30—12:00—12:30 —1:00—1:30—2*0—2:30—3:00 — 3:30 — 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 — 5:30— 6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00— S:00— 9:00 — 10:00 — 11:00 — •12:00. TO FRUIT VALE— *6:00— *6:30 — *7:00— *7:3Q — »8:00 — •8:30— *3:30— *i:00— *4:30— *5:00— •5:30 — *6:00— *6:30 — 9:00. TO FRUIT VALE (via Alameda)— •9:30— 6:30— {11:00 —•12:00- TO ALAMEDA— *6:00— *6:30— 7:00— *7:30— 8:00 — *8:30 — 9:00— 9:30— 10:00-{10:30— 11:00— {11:30— 12:00— {12:30— 1:00— {1:30— 2:00— 3:00— 3:30—4:00— 4:30 — 5:00— 5:30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— "12:00. TO BERKELEY— *6:00— •6:30— 7:00— *7:30 — 8:00— *8 30 _9:00— {9:30— 10:00— {10:30— 11:00— {11:30 — 12:00— 1:00 —2:00—3:00 — 4:00 — 4:30—5:00—5:30—6:00—6:30—7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12;00. TO WEST BERKELEY— •6:00 — *6:30 — 7:00— "7:30 — {8:00— •8:30— 9 :00— 10 :00 — 11 :00— {1 :00— 2:00— 3 :00— 4 :00 —•4:30— 5:00— •5:30— 6:00— •6:30—7:00. To San Francisco Daily. FROM FRUIT VALE— •6:23— *6:53-*7:23— *7:53-*S:23 •8:53— *9:23— *10:21— *4:23— "4:53— *5:23— *5:53— «6:23 — •6:53—7^5-9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE (via Alameda) — "5:15 — *5:45 — {6:45— 9:15— *3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAND— *5:30— *6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00 — 7:30,— 8:00— 8:30— 9:00— 9:30— 10:00— 10:30— 11:00— 11:30 12:00— 12:30— 1:00— 1:30— 2:00— 2:30— 3:oQ— 3:30— 4 :00 — 4:30— 5:00-5:30— 6:00— 6:30— 7:00 — 7:57 — 8:57— 9:57— 10:57- FROM BROADWAY, OAKLANT>-'5:37— *6: 07—6:37 7:07— 7:37—8:07—8:37:— 9:07— 9:37-10:07 — 10:37— 11:07 —U:37— 12:07— 12:37— 1:07— 1:37— 2:07— 2:37— 3:07— 3:37 —4:07— 4:37— 5:07— 5:37— 6:07— 6:37— 7:07— 8:0G— 9:06— 10:06—11:06. -6:52- FEOU ALAMEDA— •5:22— «5:52 7:52— •8:22—8:52—9:22— 9:52 — 110:22 — 10:52 — {11 11:52— {12 :22-12:52-{l;22- 1:52— 2:52—3 :22-3 :52 - 22- —1:52—5:22—5:52- 1:52—8:52—9:52—10:52. FROM BERKELEY— •5:15—-5:45-»6;15— 6:45-*7:15- 7:45— •8:15 — 8.-45— {9:15— 9:4-5— {10:15— 10:45— Jll:15 — 11:45—12:45 — 1:45 — 2:45—3:45—4:15—4:45—5:15 — 5:45 — 6 : 15— 6 : 45— 7 : 45— 8 . -45— 9 .-45— 10 : 45. FROM WEST BERKELEY— '5 j45-»8:15— 6:45-*7:15 — 7 H5— 8:45— {9:15-9:45— 10:45 — {12:45 — 1:45 — 2:45— 3:45—4:45— *5 ;15— 5 r45— •6:15— 6:45— *7 ;15. CREEK BOUTS, •Dally, except Sundays. {Sundays only. "Standard Time" Furnished by Randolph & Co Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St. 8. F. Stage connections are made with the 10:40 a.m. Train, except Pescadero Stages via San Mateo, and Redwood, which connect with 8:30 a. m. Train. Special Rorxn-TRir Tickets, at reduced rates to Monterey. Soquel and Santa Cruz; also to Paraiso and Paso'Rohles Springs. Excursion tickets sold Saturday and Sundav —good to return on Monday — to Santa Clara or San JOBe,?2 50; to Gilrov. $4:"to Monterey or Santa Cruz, ?i\ and to principal points between San Fran- cisco and San Jose. Ticket Offices. — Passenger Depot. Townsend street, Valencia-street station, and No. 613 Market street. Grand Hotel. A. C. BASSETT, BT. R. JT'DAH, Superintendent. Asst. Pass. A Tkt. Agt R3- SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. *^S For points on Southern Divisions and the East, see C. P. R. R. Time Schedule. Sportsmen & Pleasure-Seekers. A . Si. TOWKE. T. H. GOOPSAJi. C«D. M.ri.g.T G«n. Pass, k Tkt Agt I SOUTHERN PACIFIC R R. CO. RESPECTFUIXY CALLS ATTENTION TO THE •SUPERIOR FACILITIES AFFORDED BY ITS LIIvE FOR REACHING with speed and comfort the best places in the State for Sea Bathing, Shooting and Fishing. TRAINS LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO DAILY FOR MONTEREY, THE MOST CHARMING Summer and Winter Resort of the Pacific Coast. with its beautiful Groves and delightful Drives. Trout in abundance can be obtained from the several streams in the vicinity of Monterey, and the best of shooting mav be had in season. THE BAT OF MOXTEBET Is noted for the extent and variety of fish which abound in its waters, notably Salmon, Rock Cod, Bar- aenda, Pompino, Spanish Mackerel, and Flounder. The above-mentioned attractions, in connection with the low rates of fare, rapid transit, and the superior accommodations furnished at the "HOTEL DEL MONTE," have made Monterey a paradise for sports- men. THE BATH I NO FACILITIES AT THE "HOTEL DEL MONTE, " ARE UNSURPASSED, having a MAGNIFICENT BEiCH of pure white sand for surf bathing. THE BATH-HOUSE contains SPACIOUS SWIMMING TANKS (150x50 feet) for warm salt water plunge and swim- ming baths, with 1I.EGAM ROOMS connecting for individual baths, with douche and shower facilities. THE FAVORITE ROUTE to those well-known "Watering Places, APTOS, SOQUFX A3M» SAVTA 4'Rl'Z. IS VIA THE Southern Pacific Railroad, (Broad Gauge). The S. P. R. R. runs through the counties of San Mateo. Santa Clara, S:in Kt-nito, Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, In each of which game abounds in great variety. Notably Quail, Pigeon, Snipe. Duck. Geese, Deer and Rear. Lakes PILARCITOS and SAN ANDREAS are reached bv this line. Stages connect with trains daily at S;ui Mateo fur those will-known Retreats, Pl'RIS- SIMA, SAN GRBGORIO and PESCADERO. We would particularly call attention To the unlimited ex- tent of ranee at arid abmit s AN BKl'NO and McMA- HON'S for RIFLE PRACTICE. These resorts are but a short distance from San Francisco and offer special inducements to the lovers of this manly sport. SPECIAL NOTICE. Sportsmen and others presenting Passage Tickets will be entitled to FREE TRANSPORTATION OF THEIR DOGS when carried In Baggage Cars and put in charge of Train Baggageman. Train Baggagemen are instructed to isBue CHECKS for all dogs received in Baggage Cars, B3j-In order to guard against accidents to Dogs while ill transit, it in neccsparv that thev be provided with COLLAR AND CHAIN. Guns and Fishing Tackle will be carried free of charge. Guns taken apart and securely packed in wood or leather cases may be taken in Passenger Cars. TICKET OFFICES— Passenger Depot, Townsend street, Valencia Station, and No. 613 Market st,. Grand Hotel A, C. BASSETT, H. R. JTDAH, Superior* dan t, ai «t, past, and Tkt. Agt 1884 £hc gWtler and ^oxtsmm. FOR SALE. Thoroughbreds OF ALL AGES. ENQUIKE OF HENRY WAI.SB. Snp't Running Horee Dep't Palo Alto Stock Farm. F oundaflasit COLD SEEKERS FRIEND 'It you win send usfEM CENTS Silver, yonl set _ _ _ .by mail ourNEW CASE &CO''-EKTSIi. J t'ilII..'i n v 1 .: 1 t.. ! nnrcREiDYCASH ATOM'E, than .111 v otln.r iiHiu.>d in tlie world. It nevti- tails. World M'fc Co. lit Nassau St. NewYork. DIETZS PATEXT CHECK HOOK. Simple in its Structure and Prac- tical in its Use. The horee never loosens the check-rein when this Check-Hook is used. Horsemen can appreciate the value of a Check- Hook of this kind. There being no springs or hinges to break connected with it, makes it serviceable ami easily appended, as the check-rein passes through a solid ring attached to the front of the hook. Orders sent to A. C. DIETZ. So. 9 Front St., San Francisco. Cal. Will receive prompt attention. fiS5~When ordering state whether gold or silver plate required. 1 cure fits; tThen I sav cure 1 do nut mean merely to stop ihem lor a timeand then h five them return again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-lonp study. Iwarrant myremedy to euro the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once r*r a treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Espresa and Post Office- It costs you nothing for a trial, an-1 I will cnre yon. Address Dr. IL G. BOOT, 1S3 Pearl St.. New Torfc. IR\. r AS ADVERTISE.MEXT THE TTTBF AND SPOETTSG ATTHOEITY, , 111 BREEDER AM> MMUMVI ;n KILLIP & CO., LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, 116 Montgomery Street, San Francisco SPECIAL ATTENTION- PAID TO Sales of Ranches & Live Stock. Will Sell fn All Cities and Counties of the State. REFERENCES. J. S. Carey. Sacramento. J. D. Carr, Salinas. R.P. Sargent. Gilroy. John Boggs, Colusa. P. A. Ftnigan, San Francisco. HAVING CONDUCTED SOME OF THE MOST successful sal es. notably those of Messrs Whip- ple, Colgrove, Dietz. Courts. Dougherty, Newland & Hammond. Daniel Cook and. others, we feel assured of ourability to give satisfaction in all busine ssin- trustedto ourcare. Sales will be made in allcitlea and counties in the State. We have incontemplation a series of combination or breeders" sales, siiuilir to those so successfully held at the East. We will be pleased to entei into correspondence with parties de- siring to paiticipate in such sales. Private purchases and sales of improved live stock of all descriptions will be made on commission and stock shipped with utmost care. Several fine ranches at private sale. Purchases and sales made of land of every descrip. KILI.1F A CO., 116 Montgomery street. tion. Russ House, 1009. 1011. 1013 and 1015 J Street, SACRAMENTO, CAL. M. J. HENLEY PROPRIETOR THIS HOUSE IS A NEW BRICK BUILDING, newly furnished throughout, and with all modern improvements. Table first class. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Public patronage "respectfullv olicited. Street oars pass the house every five minutes. CONSUMPTION. I have a posit Ive remedy for the above disease ; by Its nse> thousands of cases of the worst kind and of long standiii' r t b?f trvTtt*?° ^P.? 113 FREE * »se«er with a ta£ l-» bLh iKfcATl>E on this disease, to any sufferer. Give Ex- press fi p, o. autUreBB. Dk, t. A. BLOOTJt. IS EtarJ St.. H. y. PURE-BRED POULTRY, O. J. AI.REE, Sauia Clara, Box «29. FOR SALE— 1 Cock, 4 Hens and a fine lot of Stages Pitt-Games imported from McDougall, warranted dead game; also all leading varieties thoroughbred Poultry. PURE-BRED JERSEYS FOR SALE. For sale, to close an Estate. Ten Head of Pore-Bred Jersey Cattle. Registered in 4. J Herd Book and A. J. C 1 .H.R.— (owh. Heifer* and Calves. Al! superior animals both in breeding and quality Also a number of Two and Three- Year-Olds. Gelding" and Fillies. ThoronKhhred* and by Tliad Steven* Tr/nttlng Stock oi the very best FamiUe*. For particulars inquire of or address. R.P. CLEMENT, iH Montgomery St San Francisco. THE WHITMAN SAOOtE Having been appointed SOLE AGENT for the Whitman Saddle Company f For the Pacific Coast, I have in slock full lives of their celebrated goods. VADDLES FOR ROAD. B.OTH OR PARK l Si;. AVI tli or without the California horn. training" saddles. Ladies' saddles on hand or made to order in special styles. 1 i THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT MANUFACTURERS' RATES. An Inspection of these Goods is Invited. Illustrated Catalogues sent free on ap- plication. JOHN A. McKERRON, 230 and 232 Ellis Street, San Francisco. WHITMAN TREES. HAVING ON HAND A LARGE SELECTION OF W hitman T rees , / AM PREPARED TO MAKE UP SADDLES IN ANT STYLE DESIRED BY CUSTOMERS, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CALIFORNIA HORN. Trees for Sale to the Trade IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT, AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. John A. M g Kerron, WHITMAN PARK SADDLE. WHITMAN'S RUBBER-FOOTED 230 and 232 Elite street. SOLE AOEST FOB THE PACIFIC COAST. Riders or those who intend to become good riders should try these saddles. In conjunction with the WHITMAN COMBINATION HALTER-BRIDLE and the WHITMAN RUBBER-FOOTED STIR- RUP these are the most stylish and comfortable outfits in use. They can be finished to suit any taste at from $15 upwards. JOHN A. McKERRON, 130 uio »3» Flu. St., Sole Agent for Panne cow. THESE STIRRUPS ARE VERT HANDSOME AND THE RUBBER MAT A GREAT CONVENI- ENCE AND COMFORT TO THE RIDE/:, AS THE SLIGHT AMOUNT OF ELASTICITY PREVENTS SHOCK, WHILE THE ADHESIVE PROPERTY OF THE RUBBER HOLDS THE fOOT IN PLACE WITHOUT EFFORT. No person ofter once using them will use any other. JOHN A. McZERF (30 and 13* Elite street. Sole Agent for the I 48 2*fejc Hh-jeciLer mitl Mpoxtsmmt, Jan 19 BUT DIRECT Susnensory Bandages. A per tttflt ;uaranteed. Support, Relief, Comfort. Automatically Adjustable. DISPLACEMENT IMPOSSIBLE. Treatise on Nervous Tension and Circular mailed free Sold bv Druggists. S. E. G. RAWSOS. Sent by mail safely. Patentee, Saratoga Springs, N.T. The Vienna Gardens, Cor. of Sutter and Stockton Sts.. THE POPl'lAR FAMILY RESORT of the cmr. The Ladies* Orchestra, composed of accomplished rausicans is the feature of the Entertainments, with the talented Miss Bertha Neubert as leader. Refreshments of all kinds the best the market a " 0ldB G.F. WALTER. Sole Proprietor. «3~ ADMISSION FREE-J£tf Sprung Knees AND Cockled- Ankles Permanently cured by using Sparkhall's Specific. BEFORE ING. AFTER USING Which, does not blister or interfere with the horse's work. It strengthens the joints and tendons, restor- ing the limbs to their normal condition. Has cured many cases of chronic lameness and muscular rheu- matism after other treatment had failed. Testimonials: From O. A. Hickok. Esq. San Francisco, Cal„ June 8. 1881. I can with confidence recommend Sparkliall's Spe- cific to any one owning a knee-sprung or cockled- ankled horse, being fully convinced that it will cure those deformities without luiurv to the animal. O. A. HICKOK. From Hon. C. M. Pond, Breeder of the celebrated trotter "Clingstone." Hartford, Conn., March 29. 1882. This may certify that I have used Sparkhall's Spe- cific in my stables, and consider it an extraordinary remedv, accomplishing in most cases all that is claim- ed for it. C. M. POND. The Specific is sold in quart bottles— price, S2.00, by WAKELEE A. CO., Montgomery andBush Sts., under Occidental Hotel, San Francisco. GEO. O. SHATTUCK, General Blacksmithing, 365 Eleventh Street Oakland, Between Webster and Franklin. ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE with neatness and dispatch. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Particular attention given to iring Carriages of all kinds. From the Manufacturer. Carriages UGGIEfl UGGIEJJ and WAGONG. ANT STYLE MADE TOORDEjx Sulkies a Specialty. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO P ainting , varnishinQ Alterations and Repairs. OFFICE AND FACTORY, I 3 1 J A30D 13 19 MARKET STREET Between Ninth and Tenth Streets, San FranciBCo. M. J. McCUE, Proprietor. O. C. BALDY, Veterinary Surgeon, OAKIAXD, CAL ALL CHRONIC DISEASES a specialty. Office and Residence 5,. 1167 Washington street. References— A. C. Henrv.F K. Shattuck, Oakland; E. J. Baldwin, San Francisco- L J. Rose . Los Angeles. HOKSEMEN, ATTENTION. I DESIRE TO CALL TOUR attention to my new patent hand, made shoe. I guarantee to cure any horse with bad corns or con- tracted heels by using thiB shoe. I also guarante e to cure anv horse with quarter cracks, interfering, speedy cutting, paddling, thumping and hitching, or ao charge. Horses sent for and returned. A. ;dARRO\. •'The Horsesboer,"351 Third street, between Fol- som and Harrison. 25m3 W. H. Woodruff, INTHE STUD. Gordon Setter DOR R." Six years old, V. H. C, and winner of medal and spe- cial money prize at Boston as a performing dog. Win- ner in Nebraska field trials, and winner of first prize Pacific Coast field trials, also winner of second prize as a Gordon, and first as the best performing dog at San Francisco, 1SS3. Fee, $25. FRED. A. TAFT, Truckee. Cal. FAIR LAWN, 1884. TENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE Now ready for distribution. Contains descriptions and pedigrees of 252 head of High-Bred Trotting Stock now at Fairlawn. Will be sent free to all applicants who enclose 4 cents in stamps to prepay postage. 25 HIGHLY-BRED BROOD MARES, Bred to the Fairlawn Stallions, and 130 HEAD OF VERY PROMISING YOUNG STOCK, Consisting of Young Stallions, Fillies and Roadsters, are offered at Private Sale. TrTT?. (YNTfi 1 . PPTfTrT. PT.A"NT Is strictly adhered to at Fairlawn, and the J.X-L.U V1SU J. JA.J.V.LJ -L -U-tlJ-^ price of every uninialforsaleis printed in the catalogue. Purchasers from a distance can buy on orders at exactly the same prices as if present in person. All stock sold on orders can be returned if they do not come fully up to he descriptions given. The Stallions in use at Fairlawn are ALMONT 3 3. Represented in the 2:30 list by 24 performers, with records ranging from 2:15J to 2:30. Limited to 20 approved mares at $300 the season. HAPPY MEDIUM 400. ABERDEEN 27. Sire of 18 performers with records of 2 :30 or better. Having ten of his get with records ranging from 2J5J Limited to 25 mares at $150 the season. j to 2:27J. Limited to 40 maree at $150 the season. ALECTO 2468. By Almont, ont of Violet, by Rysdyk 's Hambletonian. Limited to 30 mares at $50 the season. STARMONT 1526. By Almont.out of Starling, by George Wilkes. Limit- ed to 50 mares at $50 the season. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2;30 or better, and three new ones to enter the 2:30 list. The sons of each of these 6tallions aresiring trotters. Almont has six dif- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can be returned in 1885 free of charge. For further information and catalogues containing fall particulars, address I.OCUBOX39*. WM. T, WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. W hitman's Combination HALTER-BRIDLE. u IN THE STUD. Llewellin Set- gS ter Dog A R L , BY LIECESTER OUT OF DART. Color. Black. White and Tan; aged five years. Bred by L. H. Smith, of Strathroy, Ontario.Canada; broken hyR. B. Morgan, now of Akron, Ohio; also handled one season by N. B. Nesbitt, of the Harvard Kennel Club, at Storm "Lake, Iowa. Will be bred to a few first-class bitches. Fee $40.00 Address W. W. MOORE, Oakland, CaL, or J. T. ROSS. 123 California Street, San Francisco. VETERINARY DENTIST. Reference**: Scott A McCord. Fashion Stable ; Win. Gerhart, Ne- vada Stable; J. M. Parker, Telegraph Stable: O. Hink- ley, Baldwin Stable; CoL Dickey, Bay District Course; r; \\\ Smith. 11. McConn, J.C.Simpson, J. P. Kerr, city; R. F. Simpson, A. Gates, Robt. Glover, G. Lap- ham. Oakland. Offlce at Fashion Stable, 221Ellis street. G. H. STRONG, BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. »5S Market street. Repairs to order. Elevator, 12 Front street. FOR SALE. THE ALMONT STALLION ALTOONA, BT ALMONT, FIRST BAM THERESA B\ Prophet, Jr.: second dam Molly Floyd by Mohawk; third dam by Davy Crockett.a Canadian pacer; fourth dam Puss, a fine "road mare imported from Canada. Prophet Jr. by Prophet, son of Hill's Vermont Black Hawk. Altoona was bred by Gen. W. T. Withers of Fair- lawn; is a dark bay, a little over 15\' hands, of high form and breeding. For particulars apply to A. H. HECOX, Almont Stables 1352 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland. .CHEAP GUNS for THE PEOPLE. « | GREAT " IKT "" IgmWr """ WORKS, g THIS HALTER TAKES UP TO FIT ANY HORSE, AND IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH AN ordinary pai r of reins you have a complete bridle . ELEGANT BRIDLES FOR FANCY PAR°K RIDING ARE MADE ON THIS PLAN. For sale by T A "l\/Tr-Tr"r7 l .T? "R 0"NT 230 and 232 Ellis Btreet. u • -Q-. 1V1UX^.I1jXXiJAi<-»X>I , sole agent lor the Pacific Coast. tWTHB TRADE SUPPLIED. TIPS AND TOE WEIGHTS. 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The above treatise, 200 pages, will be sent tree to yearly subscribers who send orders direct to the office. 508 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. _ ASHLAND PAUK _ T rotting stu| ; NEAR LEXINGTON, KY. B. J. TREACY, PROPRIETOR THIS IS STRICTLY A BREEDING FARM, FOR though training is done, it is only for the stock be- longing to the place, or those purchased from the pro- prietor. The proprietor of Ashland Park lias no pet trotting family ; his aim is to secure and have at all times for sale'choice representatives of each of the leading families, these being the Hamhle tomans, Mambrino Chiefs. Clays. Pilots, Black Hawks. At Asbland Park may now" he seen splendid specimens of the get of such stallions as George Wilkes, Almont, Mambfino Patchen, Clark Chief, Edwin Forrest, Blackwood, Sentinel, American Clay, Administrator, North Star Mambrino, Bourbon Chief, Regular, Bal- sora, Howard's Mambrino and Homer. The steadv aim is to possess nothing that does not trace through the best class of speed-producing trotting crosses, along all the bloodlines, right to the thoroughbred. For catalogues or further particulars address 2-17yl " B. J. TREACY. Lexington, Ey. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. J. O'KANE, J6J Market Street, San Francisco. RETAIL WHOLESALE AND dealer in Harness. Saddles. Blankets, English Race (.immIh, And everything necessary for horse or carriage use. Horse Boots a Specialty. Agent for Dr. Dixon's Condition Powders. Repair- Ing pr< mptly attended to. PAUL PEIEDHOFEE, \g- PA THOLOGICAL HORSE-SHOER, 118 Washington street. PRACTICAL IN ALL ITS VABIOC6 BRANCHES SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JAN". 26, 1884. ROWING. A Business Proposition. * To the Editor of the Breeder and Sportsman: Sir — The individual who makes the "aquatic" column of the Chronicle, rather humorous reading for all rowing men and judges of rowing, announced, on Tuesday last, that I was attempting to belittle Austin Stevenson by stating that I would bet that he could not row the Long Bridge three-mile course faster than 21 minutes 30 seconds. The Chronicle's correspondent seems to be animated solely by the desire to prove that Stev- enson is the greatest oarsman of the world by denouncing as ridiculous pretenders all scullers who do not hail from Yallejo. I do not care how much Mare Island is advertised as the hot bed of aquatic talent, provided that I am not used to bolster up the fame of the preserve for superannuated poli- ticians. As the matter stands, however, I have ample excuse for rising to object, as I have several times been dragged into the Chronicle's columns to prove by comparison or con- trast that the champion of Yallejo is a mightier man than Hanlan. The eulogist of Kotten Row, in his latest effusion with reference to me, says, that if I will put up a forfeit (which he evidently doubts) Stevenson will test ttie value of my derogatory statement. In reply, I desire to say that I have no wish to belittle Stevenson. I have stated and offer to back my opinion that he cannot beat 21 minutes 30 seconds over the three-mile course at Long Bridge, from Channel street to Spreckels' wharf. If Mr. Stevenson and his friends consider this opinion uncomplimentary, I am sorry for their sensitiveness, but ready now as ever, since I made the offer, to bet §150 that Austin Stevenson cannot beat 21 minutes 30 seconds over the Long Bridge course. I will give Mr. Stev- enson his choice of day and tide, and allow him to turn any way he pleases. If this does not suit Mr. Stevenson, and a ■ shorter distance be more to his taste, I will give him an op- portunity to do a piece of profitable sprinting by betting him $ 150 that he cannot row the Long Bridge two-mile course in. 14 minutes 30 seconds. As Mr. Stevenson has been in training since October he ought to be now in fine form to attempt a feat which has been sev- eral times beaten by less pretentious scullers. The amount might certainly satisfy him when he considers that h& made less out of his match with Lee, and would have got no more had he rowed against Hanlan. To a professional oarsman, out of engagements, the opportunity to row three miles for a prize of $150 ought to be very acceptable, especially when he is not asked to get within a minute of the record which he claims for himself. The other day Mr. Stevenson rowed three miles at Oakland in 20 minutes 40 seconds. He did as equally fast performance at Saucelito. At Vallejo he crowds Hosmer's record of 20 minutes 3 seconds. This being the case, let him come down to Long Bridge any fine afternoon or morn- ing within the nest three weeks and win §150 of my money by rowing our three-mile course in 21 minutes 30 seconds. He certainly cannot decline on any reasonable grounds, for, with a record of 20 minutes 40 seconds it will not hurt his business to show public trial in 21 minutes 40 seconds, or row two miles in 14 minutes 30 seconds, when any first-class Eastern oarsman does the distance a minute faster, and it is generally supposed that twelve minutes and a half is none too fast for championship form on two miles straightaway. 1 herewith post $100 to bind the match. , Respectfully, vours, T. El Fltns. Lee vs. Stevenson. On Sunday last, George W. Lee and Austin Stevenson rowed a three-mile race on the new Oakland course. There was some uncertainty about the amount of the stake, but before the race was called Stevenson's backers stated publicly that the match was for $300 a side. Both oarsmen appeared in good condition. Lee looking, if anything, a trifle fine. The New Yorker had evi- dently been doing some hard work, as he was brown as an Apacne. He rowed in the Stevens boat, which Hanlan brought with him from the East. Stevenson used a new boat built in Yallejo, and which was such an excellent piece of work for an amateur that it excited universal surprise and admiration. At 3 o'clock the tide running into the channel had made an excellent course, as straight as an arrow and smooth as a mill pond. Edward Hanlan was chosen referee, and sent off the men to an even start; Stevenson having the choice and rowing on the side farthest from the wharf. Lee struck out at twenty-eight to the minute, and Stevenson at thirty-two. At the quarter of a mile Lee was three-quarters of a length ahead. This udvantage of the New Yorker in- creased, until at the mile he lead by a length. He rounded the flag at the half-mile two seconds in advance of Stevenson, and in that order the men rowed until within half a mile of the finish, when Stevenson began to spurt for the lead. By hard rowing the Yallejo man cut down the advantage of his opponent until he lapped the New Yorker two hundred yards from home, and finished abuut eight feet be- hind him. The finish caused much excitement among the people who had bought the short end of the pools, as it looked for a minute as if Stevenson would surely win. Han- Ion returned the time as 20 min. 39 sec, which was undoubt- edly correct, though several watches took it ten seconds slower, the owners not being in a position to see the finish properly. Some doubts have been expressed of the accuracy of the course, and very properly, as it was some three hun- dred feet short by actual measurement made on Monday, under the supervision of a representative of this journal. This would bring the time up to 21 min. 10 sec, or there- abouts, which would be much nearer the limits of both oars- men's speed. The pools sold all through at $20 on Lee to $12 on Stevenson. ■*- A Startling- Reformation. The Yallejo Chronicle, to the utter astonishment of the rowing fraternity, has published the following: "There was considerable talk on the street Tuesday even- ing in regard to the Lee-Stevenson race of Sunday last. It is claimed that no money had been put up, and that the con- testants rowed simply for the gate-money and what the bar and other privileges would bring. That the two men agreed to row a dead heat, which would necessitate a second race, and bring in more gate-money, but that after Stevenson and his friends had left the boat-house Lee made up his mind to row the race and did so. Before the start he gave a friend of his money to bet that he would win the match. It also looks strange that no judges had been selected until it was nearly time for the race to start. This talk is very damaging to both parties, and it would be well for them to explain matters. From what has been learned, crookedness exists somewhere and the matter ought to be cleared up." We have journalistically and personally heard the editor of the Yallejo Chronicle express so much confidence on the un- swerving integrity of the Yallejo champion sculler, that the preceeding paragraph is a complete surprise. Down here among the unregenerate of the metropolis, the possibility of a professional sculler assisting in a hippodrone has never seemed unlikely. Mr. Stevenson has hirnself, on more than one occasion, rowed for gate-money only, but we have had so many assurances that he would sin no more, that we were wholly unprepared for the damaging accusation of his towns- man. Believing the assurances of the Yallejo Chronicle that the champion of Mare Island would always row to win, we regarded the Lee-Stevenson race as a most exciting and gen- uine contest. Thinking that the moral effect of Yallejo citi- zenship would purge the affair of the dupUcity so prevalent in professional athletes, we were prepared to accept all the reports about the accuracy of the course, the correctness of the time and the severity of the contest. Mr. Shelley, a lead- ing Yallejoite, supervised the measurement of the course. The distinguished visitors from Rotten Row subscribed the stakes, and Mr. Shelley of Yallejo deposited them and drew up the articles. Reliable men from Solano county acted as judges, and the only person not a native of Yallejo who of- ficiated in the ceremony of conducting the race was Edward Hanlan. All that Mr. Hanlan had to do, however, was to say "go!" to the rowers, and to decide that Lee came home first. In view of these facts, the insinuations of the Yallejo Chroni- cle are little short of appalling, and show that the editor of that journal has undergone a most unexpected and startling change of heart. We await with feverish anxiety fnrther news from the metropolis of Solano county, for the Chronicle's item is calculated to excite acts of violence that will make the memory of Mare Island ballot-box stuffing, and interminable tape worm tickets, unworthy of preservation. ■» The Vallejo Chronicle gives us some information about the Lee-Stevenson boat race which will be received with some surprise by oarsmen in general. Our bucolic neighbor adds to its glowing report of the terriffic struggle between the man from New Jersey and the giant from Yallejo thiB pearl of intelligence. The time made (20:39) is the fastest for that distance on record, and Stevenson has proved himself a good one. We had an idea that Hosmer rowed three miles this summer a trifle of half a minute faster, and that little Ten Eyck did the same, and that Teemerjand several other oarsmen have got well inside the remarkable figures given. Henry Petersen has issued a challenge to Lee to row a three-mile race on the Oakland course. Petersen h;i- a forfeit of $200. Lee will make a match as soon as he re- turns from Victoria. THE KENNEL. Much interest attaches at present to -Dr. Rowe's project of sending American dogs to compete with the English dogs on their native heath. The puppies to be sent to England are by Cambridge, from Marchioness Pegg, and the dam herself will be entered in the all-aged stakes. Dogs, like horses, can be and are essentially American bred, no matter what the par- ent stock may be, when raised in the country. The condi- tions of the field trials, however, in England may be as fatal to the one as the conditions of the turf have lately been to the other. But a good dog in one country is a good dog in another country, and the meadows, stubbles and turnip fields of England will be as good for the American as for the English dog. We have had some experience on the hunting grounds of both countries, and we think the American Field attaches too much importance to the disadvantages of the English grounds to the American dog. In fact, the Ameri- can setter will have many great advantages over the Ameri- can race-horse in England. With a little experience, which, of coarse, he will have before the trials commence, he will stand upon a perfect equality with his foreign competitor, and it would not surprise us at all, having the English par- tridge to work upon, to see Dr. Rowe's dogs return home covered with honors. In the management of dogs, however, on the field, the American sportsman and trainer will both earn much by competing in the English field trials. It is an old saying there is nothing new under the sun. Recently, we are informed, that Egyptian mummies 2,400 and 3,000 years old have been unrolled and found to have their teeth filled with gold in as perfect and skillful manneras either French or American dentists can till them to-day. Now comes the Turft, Field and Farm with the story of a duck hunt in 174S from which it is claimed field trials are not a novelty of modern invention and progress. A duck hunt, with good dogs, is a harmless and right merry sport, but we fail to see its connection with field trials in any shape. The merit of the dog in a duck hunt is to tire the bird out, and the distance he is sometimes required to swim, and the length of time he will have to remain in the water to do this are both remarkable in themselves. No particular breed is required, and in our youth we have seen all kind of dogs turned loose after the bird. In those days, the two best dogs we knew in a duck hunt were an English black and tan and a Scotch terrier, but neither thoroughbred. The pages of the Antiquarian, interesting paper as it is, like everything else human will sometimes mislead, but we venture to say it never intended to associate a duck hunt with field trials. A statement is going the round of the papers that some in- dividual of a firm in Chicago has shipped 1,000 hares to Eng- land to fill an order. These are not hares at all but rabbits, valued more for the dinner table than for any sport that may be gotten out of hunting them. If the California jack could be turned loose in England, the Waterloo Cup would hardly be decided by a three point more, and stamina as well as speed would demand the attention of breeders and trainers We regret to learn that several valuable young dogs have lately died of distemper in Sacramento. Among the most promising was the Irish setter puppy belonging to Mr. Pren- tice Maslin, by Race, Jr., from C. N. Post's Dido. With dogs, as with children, the fairest and best are generally ta- ken first, only we have always failed to see, in both cases, where the consolation comes in under this arrangement. Dr. Rowe has given up his proposed trip to England this year, but will try it next season with some puppies bred pre- cisely the same as those he intended to take this summer. His reasons for deferring his visit are that tin- distemper in a violent form invaded his kennel in November last, causing the death of several oLthe dogs, and affecting others so badly that they could not be prepared for the trials. -» Coursing is the favorite pleasure at Tehama and Red Bluff. whero there are some good dogs. The ground is hard and gravelly about there, and dogs from this neighborhood can do but "little, although the native animal, win. baa a foot like a piece of sole leather, makes a lively chaso and the abundance of hares give plenty of sport. Coughs and hoarseness.— The irritation which i coughing immediately relieved by use of "Bxon Troches." Sold only in boxes. 50 3pw %vcct\cv auil v.\ 9:18 3-4/ -' Bonita, b f, by Electioneer, dam Mmv/FIv. by St. Clair (pacer), at Lexington, Ky., October 18th, 188?: Cleora, blk m, by Menelaus, dam Thornleitf,. hy. Mambrino Patchen, at Chicago, 111., September 22ud, 1S82.' "V ' Nutwood, cli s, by Alexander's Belmont, dam Misj Rpssell, by Pilot, Jr., at Stockton, Cal., November 27th, 1876. Patchen, ch g, by Kentucky Hunter, dam by Scott's'Hia- toga, at Hartford, Connecticut, August 28th, 1880. 9:19. Adele Gould, ch m, by Jay Gould, dam Emeliue, by Henry B. Patchen, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 4tli, 1882. Albemarle, gr g, by Tom Hunter, dam by Blucher, at Hart- ford, Conn., August 23d, 1878. Alley, b g, by Volunteer, dam by New York Black Hawk, at Chicago, 111., July 25th, 1S79. Bonesetter, b b, by Brooks' Horse, dam by Adams' Stump the Dealer, at Rochester, N. Y., August 15th, 1S79. Catchfly, b m, by Administrator, damCachuca, by Almont, at Chicago, 111., July 16th, 1883. Cozette, blk m, by Blumberg's Black Bashaw, dam un- known, at Rochester, N. Y., August 9th, 1876. Edward ch g, by Fisk's Hambletonian (Masterlode), dam by Ohio Backus, at Providence, R. I., September3rd, 1878. France's Alexander, blk s, by Ben Patchen, dam by Canada Jack, at Rochester, N. Y., July 4th, 1881. Graves, ch g, by Whipple's Hambletonian, dam Rosa Allen, at Stockton, Cal., September 20th, 1879. Kitty Bates, gr m, by Jim Monroe, dam Pop Corn (pacer), at Buffalo, N. Y., August 6th, 1880. Minnie R., b m, by J. C. Breckenridge, dam by Exchequer, at Chicago, 111., July 17th, 1S82. Wedgewood, br s, by Alexander's Belmont, dam Woodbine (dam of Woodford Mambrino), by Woodford, at Hartford, Conn., August 2Sth, 1S80. 9:19 1.4. Aldine, br m, by Almont, dam Mother Hubbard, by John- son's Toronto, at Hartford, August 31st, 1SS2. Bodiue, b g, by Volunteer, dam by Sayres' Harry Clay, at East Saginaw, Michigan, June 25th, 1875. Comee, b g, by Daniel Lambert, dam by Hiawatha, at Hartford, Connecticut, August 29th, 1877. Croxie, b m, by Clark Chief, dam MolHe Whitefoot, by Lit- tle Priam, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 2nd, 187S. George Palmer, b g, by Ames' Bogus, dam by Old Henry Clay, at Providence, R. I., October Sth, 1869. Joe Bunker, gr g, by George Wilkes, dam by Seely's Amer- ican Star, at Morrisania, N. Y., June 21st, 1883. Kesne Jim, rn g, by Keene's Lookout, dam Laura Fair, by Morgan Rattler, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 7th, 1SS0. Parana, b m, by Mambrino Hambletonian, dam Belle of Cavuga, by Hambletonian Prince, at Beacon Park, September Sth, 1S80. Sleepy Joe, br g, by Joe Thompson, dam unknown, at Cleveland, Ohio, July 31st, 1SS3. 9:19 1-3. Abbotsford, b s, by Woodford Mambrino, dam Columbia, by Young Columbus, at San Francisco, Cal., August 24th, 1883. Driver, b g, by Volunteer, dam Silvertail, by Seely's Amer- ican Star, at Prospect Park, L. I., October 15th, 1SS0. Forest Patchen. br g, by King Patchen, dam by Flying Cloud, at Hartford, Conn., June 14th, 18S3. Hinda Rose, b f, by Electioneer, dam Beautiful Bells, by The Moor, at Lexington, Ky., October 12th, 18S3. Modoc, ch g, by Aberdeen, at Mystic Park, Boston, Sep- tember ISth, 1883. Moose, b g, by Washburn Horse, dam The Morrisey Mare, by imp. Trustee, at Rochester, N. Y., August 10th, 1S80. Nellie R., ch m, by Gen. McClellan, Jr., dam Susie Rose, at San Francisco, Cal., August 24th, 1SS3. Overman, ch g, by Elmo, dam by Billy McCracken, at Roch- ester, N. Y., August 16th, 1883. Romero, gr s, by A. W. Richmond, dam Gretchen, by Mambrino Pilot, at Stockton, Cal., September 22nd, 1SS2. Thomas L. Young, ch g, by Yellow Jacket, dam a pacing mare, by Bald Hornet, at Fleetwood Park, N. Y., October 22nd, 1875. Tony Newell, b g, by Clark Chief, at Rochester, N. Y., August 15th, 1883. Tucker, ch g, by Strathmore, dam by Bob Henry, at Lex- ington, Ky., October9th, 1SS3. Troubadour, blk g, by Revenge, dam Illinois Maid, by Black Donald, at Buffalo, N.Y., August 3rd, 1881. Von Arnim, b s, by Sentinel, dam Mary Short, by Blood's Black Hawk, at Rochester, N. Y., August 12th, 18S2. Will Cody, b g, by Blue Bull, dam Celia, said to be by American Eclipse, at Chicago, 111., July 23rd, 1880. 9:19 3-4. Adelaide, b m, by Phil Sheridan, dam by Sam Houston, grandson of Vermont Black Hawk, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 3rd, 1878. Camors, blk g, by General Knox, dam unknown, at Buf- falo, N. Y,, August 7th, 1874. Daisydale, b m, by Thorndale, dam Daisy, by Bnrr'y Wask- ingtou, at Cleveland, Ohio, July 27th, 1880. Deck Wright, b p, by the Hinsdale Horse, dam unknown, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 6th, 18S0. Dr. Norman, b g, by Col. Moure, dam unknown, at Cleve- land, Ohio, September 7th, 1S82. Flora Temple, b m, by One-eyed Kentucky Hunter, dam by Spotted Arabian, at Kalamazoo, Mioh., October )5th, 1859. Johu S. Clark, ch g, by Thomas Jefferson, dam by Scott's Hiatoga, at Rochester, N. Y., AugUBl 12th, 1881. Josephus. ch g, by Green's Bashaw, dam a Copperbottom pacing mare, at Hartford, Conn., August 20th, 18»1. 9:90. Annie W., ch m, by Bostick'a Almont, Jr., dam Mary M., at Cleveland, Ohio, July 27th, 1881. Bay Frank, b g, by Tornado, dam by State of Maine, at San Francisco, Cal., August 15th, 1883, Belle Brassfield, b in, by Viley's Cripple, dam Sally Chor- ister, by Mambrino Chorister, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 5tb, 1879. Captain Emmons, ch g. by Continental, dam by Stubtail, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 3rd, 1S80. Elaine, b m, by Messenger Duroc, dam Green Mountain Maid, by Sayres' Harry Clay, at San Francisco, Col., Novem- ber 13th, 18S0. Etta Tones, b m (converted pacer), bj Pans] i Crockett, at Rochester, N. V., August 12th, 1879. Fleety Goldduwt, gr in, by Golddust, dam a Moi at Mystic Park, Boston, Mas*., September 4tb, 1871. 52 l£Ixc §5mte mtil ^xrrtsmaw. Jan 26 Frank, blk g, by Young Oneida„dani .unknown, at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., August 23d, 1S77.* U » George V., cli g, by Masteriode, dam by Magna Charta, at Rochester, N. Y., August l*th\ 18S3. Humboldt, b g, by Stocking Chief, dam a pacing mare, by Parish's Pilot, at Hartford, Conn., August 23d, 1881. John H., b g, by Bhiniberg's Black Bashaw, dam by Mor- gan Hunter, atH^jtford, Conn., August 23d, 1S78. Little Fred, b g; by Eastman's Morgan, dam by Simpson's Blackbird, at.Cleveland, Ohio, July 26 Lh, 1877. Mflriibjvu'o Gift, ch s, by Mambrino Pilot, dam Waterwitch, by EttoVJr., at Rochester, N. Y., August 13th, 1874. - 'May Queen, b m by Alexander's Norman, dam Jennie, by .'•Crockett's Arabian, at Utica, N. Y., August 17th, 1S75. ' Maud Messenger, b ni, by Messenger Chief, dam Eliza Jane, at Lexington, Ky., October 9th, 18S3. Nancy Hackett, rn m, by Wood's Hambletonian, dam Hackett Mare, dam of Argonaut, 2:23J, at Buffalo, N. Y., August 3d, 1S78. Orange Girl, b m, by Kysdyk's Hambletonian, dam Dolly Mills (dam of Walkill Chief), by Seely's American Star, at Columbus, Ohio, July 3d, 1SS0. Prospero, blk g, by Messenger Duroc, dam Green Mountain Maid, by Sayres' Harry Clay, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., August 23rd 1377. ____^____ Trotting at Oakland— Another Oregonian. At the Trotting Park last Saturday there was an unwonted chill in the air, and overcoats were not amiss. There was quite an attendance at the trotting race between Laura M., B. B., Nellie Burns and Vauderlynn, as it was expected the contest would be close. In this there was no disappointment as it proved very close indeed, as, when three heats were trotted Laura M., B. B., and Vauderlynn had each one to their credit, and in the fourth it appeared as though Nellie Burns had a good chance to place that to her credit. Van- derlynn was handicapped to a wagon so that when the pool sales opened Laura M. was the favorite, bringing S45; Van- derlvnncloseafterheratS40;B.B., $26 and Nellie Burns, $21. As usual, the speculation was brisk and a good deal of money went into the box before the horses were started. The plac- ing gave B. B. the pole, Laura M. had second position, Yan- derlynn, third and Nellie Burns outside. First heat. — Three of the horses were in line when the gong sounded, the driver of Vanderlynn "nodding for the word" when a few lengths in the rear. B. B. broke soon after, and the favorite cut out the work, with Nellie Burns second and Vanderlynn third, when the quarter pole was passed in 38 seconds. Laura M. retained the lead without being hard pushed, and at the half in 1:17 was two lengths in front of Nellie; Vanderlynn havingmade a bad break before reaching that point. Nellie Burns broke in coming down the stretch, and Vanderlynn took second position, when the leader went under the wire, with Nellie Burns third, the driver of B. B. not struggling after he saw that he could not win the heat; time — 2:32. Laura M. was then such a favorite that she brought $30, Vanderlynn, $19, and the other two grouped $9. Second heat. — The second heat was exciting from start to finish. Laura M. led closely pressed by Nellie to the quarter in37£ seconds. Going down the backstretch Nellie gained the advantage, and was first at the half-mile in 1:16. The lead, however, was only a neck, and the advantage was not enough to equalize the loss of ground incurred by trotting on the outside around the turn. B. B. closed some of the gap, and Burns breaking the contest was between B. B. and Laura M. For the last furlong it was difficult to foretell which would get the best of it, but the black from Oregon, which the stable boys have dubbed Black Bart, managed to win by the length of his neck, in 2:29| — with Vanderlynn third. Still Laura M. was the favorite, bringing S20; the field (B. B. and Nellie Burns) $18, and Vanderlynn $15. Third heat. — The third heat showed another change. Vanderlynn broke soon after the start, and Laura M. and B. B. went past the quarter pole together in 3Sf . Those two led all the way along the backstretch, Nellie Burns third, and Vanderlynn a long distance. Laura got into the home- stretch first but broke, which gave B. B. the lead when the wagon horse came with a rush, carried B. B. to a break, and won the heat by a couple of lengths in 2:29, B. B. second, Nellie Burns third, and the favorite last. After this heat Vanderlynn was the favorite at the rate of $25 on him, $12 on the field, Laura having retrograded to $9. Fourth heat. — The fourth heat was sharp work between B.B. and Nellie Burns from the commencement to the finish, though B. B. led a trifle at the quarter at 3S seconds, and at the half in l:14f . From there both horses trotted fast, and though the official time was 2:29£, many of the outside watches made it a second less. Laura M. was third, Vander- lynn last. The pool-buyers appeared at last to realize that the webfoot had good chances to win, and as Nellie Burns was also coupled with him, the field brought $40, VandeT- lynn $10, his supporters still hoping that he would be on his good behavior, and Laura M. now quite lame at $3. Fifth heat. — For the fifth heat all were on a line when the gong struck, B. B. taking the lead, with Nellie on his wheel at the quarter in 39 seconds. He increased the advantage at the half in 1:17, Laura M. being third. When part way down the turn Laura made a break, hobbled for a time as though she was going to fall, when her driver pulled her up. Though Nellie made a good effort, she was unable to reach B. B., who won the heat which gave him the race at 2:31. The prize was a purse of $500— $350 to the first, $100 to the second, and $50 to the third. The accident to Laura M. gave Vanderlynn second money and Nellie Burns third, for if she had trotted third in the last heat she would have been entitled to second. The injury was to the ankle of the left fore leg, while the previous lameness was in the right. The winner is owned at Portland, Oregon, and is by Mill- man's Bell-founder, his dam said to be thoroughbred. He was thought to be so promising that it was the intention of his owners to have taken him East last summer, but an ob- scure lameness caused him being thrown out of training. What with the running of JimEenwick and Patsy Duffy, and the trotting of Nellie Burns and B. B. the Oregonians are qnite jubilant over the victories. Though the winner was called "B. B." by the poolseller, he was entered as Billy Barker. 6UMMAHY. Oakland Trottinc. P\hk, Jan. lOtli. 18*1.— Piirnp $500. Geo. IiOihy'Rlilk c. Billy B. A., formerly Billy Barlow. by SUlllman'fl Brllfiiiiniler .....4 1 3 1 1 Pat Farrell's b g Vuiiflerlynn (wagou) 2 3 1 i » R. E. Butds' b m Nellie Burns 3 i 3 y 2 M. Rollins' oh m Laura M 1 2 i 3 dis Time-2: 32, 2:293,2:20, 2;2i)J, 2:31. And now, according to the Watsonvillo Pajaronian, the old trotter Chicago is to return to San Francisco, Thomas Kennedy having sold him to Dan McCarthy. Racing and Trotting 1 at Oakland. There was a trifle of chilliness following the fog Thursday, and though the sun shone brightly, there was discomfort in the shadows at the Oakland Trotting Park. There were two races on the bills, one being a dash of half a mile, in which were engaged the Oregon mare Lulu Biggs, Red Oak from Idaho and Haddington. This was the first to be decided, and though Bed Oak and Haddington were acknowledged to be very fast, especially the Idahoan, the bettors fancied the chances of Lulu so much that the odds were $20 to $10 at the commeucement of the pool selling, and before the horses were mounted the rate had increased to $20 to $7. The start was from the half-mile pole, and without much delay the horses were sent off fairly together, though Haddington had slightly the advantage. The others were so much handier at getting away, that they soon left him. Bed Oak on the inside, making the pace exceedingly hot, and Lulu never permitting him to get far from her, crowded him so that the quarter was run in 23;] seconds, This left Haddington seemingly out of the race by any number of yards, and when the two leaders were fairly entered into the straight run for home, there was slackening. ButEed Oakwasunequal to the strain, the mare getting her head in front before reaching the seven-furlong mark, and from thence she galloped along at her ease, rf ease it can be called, when a half-mile is run in 4S] seconds. The head of Bed Oak was only a short distance behind, and Haddington closed a good deal of the gap, so that he was a good third at the finish. This equals the fastest time ever made in California, and is within a second of the fastest on record. The trotting race proved to be one of the surprises that are so frequent in the sports of the turf and track. The starters were Boan Tom, Chicago and Ed. Eoau Tom was a great favorite, owing to a reported trial in 2:34, the rates beiug at the opening of the pool sales $20 on him to $14 on Chicago and $6 on Ed. So confident was the driver of Roan Tom of his ability to win that he never made a move for the first heat, which Ed. won in 2:46, Chicago apparently not being able to press him any faster. That the second and third in the heat were still thought to have the best show was evident from the betting, as after the heat the prevailing rates were $20 on Boan Tom, $10 on Chicago and $4 on Ed. The second heat was slightly vained, Boan Tom essaying to wrest it from the "outsider," though he was unequal to the task, Ed. winning it in the improved time of 2:38|. At last the spectators appeared to realize that Ed. had a show, and the pools were $30 on him to $9 on Roan Tom and $5 on Chi- cago. That this was a more correct estimate of his ability was made manifest as he won the deciding heat in 2:37 J, with Boan Tom second, who ran the last hundred yards, and Chi- cago last. The winner is twenty years younger than Chicago, the latter rating as a twenty-five-year-old, and at one time ranked among the celebrities, and a fitting competitor for any save the very fastest. Sixteen years ago he trotted against Goldsmith Maid and American Girl at Chicago, and was never as far behind as in the heats to-day. He is a grandson of American Eclipse, a horse that was foaled seventy years ago. ^ Skirmishing at Fresno. How the horsemen of Fresno spent New Year's is thus re- corded by the Republican: It is estimated that over five hundred people went to the fair grounds Tuesday afternoon to witness the races. The weather being pleasant and the races quite interesting, every- body seemed to be getting a great deal of enjoyment out of the occasion. Five horses were entered for the first race, a quarter-mile dash for a purse of $4S.50. Wild Bill was entered by Joa- quin Cabrera; Baby, by George Scott: Daisy, by D. S. Terry; Stocking, by Jack Hanning; and Ealph, by I. Borden. Wild Bill won the race, and Cabrera took the coin. The second race was a half-mile dash for two purses, first $33, second $17. Reel Terry was entered by D. S. Terry; Baby, by Geo. Scott; Prince, by Dr. Ball; and Trigger, by L. A. Blasingame. The race was an exciting one and closely contested. It was won by Reel Terry, Trigger taking second money. The two-mile trotting race was rather tame, D. S. Terry's Old Bones ambling around the course at an easy pace, and winning the race. There were two other entries, Betsy B., by T. R. Brown, and Ball's colt. The Fair Ground Association has made arrangements with Mike Ayres, late of the Visalia Racing Association, to take charge of the race-course. Singular Loss of Stock. [Lake County Bulletin]. Mr. Stubbs, whose ranch is near the Sulphur Bank, lost six fine two and three-year-old colts last week, either by poi- son or by some peculiar disease, the character of which is not known. They were first observed to droop, though they would manifest some uneasiness by lying down and getting up again. Every effort was made to save them, but the treat- ment seemed to have no effect, and in from two to sis hours from the time they were attacked death would ensue. Mr. Stubbs has taken one of the stomachs to the city to have the contents analyzed. The colts all diedbetween the morning of the 26th, and the evening of the 2Sth of December. Growth of the Tro tting Turf. To give the reader a faint idea of the growth and import- ance of the American trotting turf, we have carefully com- piled tables of the classes, purses, and winners of money in 1SS3, of the principal trotting tracks of the country. It is estimated that over three millions of dollars have been award- ed the past year in premiums for trotting races. Probably half this sum is paid out by the 217 members of the National Association, and they do not represent more than a minimum of the grand total of trotting tracks. Years ago, $40,000 was an ordinary sum offered by the members of the Grand Circuit, but it must be borne in mind that trotting was not so widespread as at the present day. The total amount of purses paid out ten or fifteen years ago was an insignificant figure compared with the statement of 1SS3. There is scarcely a county in the Union that has not its trotting track, and so stroug a hold has our national sport taken upon other continents, that Great Britain, Italy, Aus- tria, and Australia have courses devoted to the horse that goes in harness. In our tables we give the statistics for fifteen diff- erent places of meeting, which include the Grand Circuit members and several outside tracks who gave large purses. Iu the matter of awards, Chicago heads the list with $45,760, awarded at the summer meeting. Cleveland and Buffalo fol- low with $24,500 each, Hartford with $23,000; Rochester, $22,500; Providence $21,500; Pittsburg, $18,000; Mysticand Beacon Parks, $1G,500 and $10,000; Albany and Chicago fall - meetings, $14,550 and $14,500; Utica, $14,000; Morrisania $12,000, and Cincinnati $7,300. The grand total of purses paid at the seventeen meetings .. figuring in the tabulations was $311,410. In all cases the ' purses offered were generous, and, as a rule, induced good i races. The average amount paid at the seventeen meetings ! on 178 events was $1,749.43. Taking these statistics as an indicator, an idea can be c formed of the enormous growth of the trotting interest. Manj associations have the past vear hung up purses aggregating all the way from $5,000 to "$10,000. In fact, no track of anj pretentions has offered less than the first-mentioned figure The National Breeders 3 Association and the Kentucky Breed- ers' Association's annual meetings add no mean sum to the grand total for the year, and yield large returns to the win- ners. Both of these associations are doing wonders in foster ing the trotting interest. The minor circuits, while not offering very large sums in- dividually, make a large showing in the aggregate. In 1SS£ the Philadelphia and Scrauton Circuit offered $19,500, the Ohio and Kentucky Circuit $40,000, the Central Spring Cir- cuit S4S.500, followed by the Wisconsin, Iowa, and Oil anc Iron Circuits, with $18,000 each. The total amount giver at these meetings was $162,000, which, added to the $311, 41C as per tables, makes a grand total of $473,410, or nearly hall a million of dollars. These exhibits are encouraging to the breeder as well as the lover of the sport. Moreover, they are remarkable common taries upon American enterprise, and strong indications ol our national prosperity. In the natural order of things the coming season should be productive of still greater results, New York Sportsman. ProposedRace Track at Wataonville. An association of residents of this town and valley has beer formed, having for its object the leasing of suitable grounds for a mile race track. A considerable amount of money has been subscribed, and as many active citizens are connected with the association, we believe the prospects are very good for the success of the movement. Two pieces of land have been mentioned as suitable for the race track, one being s part of L. Nugent's farm, the other the Sargent tract, neai Pajaro. The land within the circle, if a track is leased, is tc be cultivated and thus help to pay the rent. It is the inten- tion of the association, if a favorable lease can be secured, tc put up all necessary stables, stands and sheds, and make the track and grounds superior to any track south of San Jose Being near the railroad, not far from San Francisco and othei large cities, and in the center of the district circle of tracks, s race track in this valley should be a success. If the assockv tion perfects its plans, Watsonville can then lay some claim- tc the district fair occasionally — have it one year in Salinas anc the next year here — and even if the fair is not secured we he lieve the establishment of a race track near town will ui»i only encourage the breeding of a better class of horsr.-;, btr will also be a benefit to the town. — Pajaronta. A Trainer Discusses Racing Rules. -; ■ The English idea of not giving a license to jockeys who ow racers or an interest in a racer, seems to me to be as foolisl as child's play, for a jockey can own not only one racer, bin half a dozen, and the public not know it, and I deem it fai better for a jockey to own a racer publicly than to own on< secretly. The jockey clubs make too many rules. They have nion law than is needed. The chapters designed to prevent frauc or unfairness are as a general thing worthless. Any jockej fit to ride a scrub race can in a close contest place his horsi so as to lose, and no one see anything unfair; and the traine: who cannot order a horse so as to run behind his form a sec ond or more in the mile, is not fit to train a horse to gooc condition and will never get him there except by chance o: accident. Our English friends had better get up an iron-clad oatl and swear all the riders and trainers to ; 'tote fair." I woulc hate like the devil to take it myself, but I could stand it t while, I think, especially, when I have a horse that can't bea: a steer unless the steer fell down. Horses can't talk, anc trainers and jockeys can keep their secrets locked in thei: own bosoms; so the best that can be done is for the public to trust us all. All can't lose. Some one will get there first, and in nine cases out of ten the public will know as niucl about the winner before the race is finished as the rider whe has the mount. The majority of the race-horses are so nearly equal thai any one of them is liable to win or lose at anytime, especially when raced every two or three days, as they often are There is not half the fraud practiced that people believe still racing is not as fair as it ought to be, but the greai amount of law to prevent fraud is idle, and the declarator. that riders shall not own a racer is virtually saying that thej are not fit to be trusted. That is the plain English of the resolution of the English Jockey Club. It has no othei meaning. They may force Charles Archer to sell his horses, in which case that Jockey will be apt to practice the role o: the artist forty times hereafter to one single instance, when he whispered to his horse, in tones low and soft, heretofore, tc "go slow." Better frame the iron-clad and hang it on the wall of the weighing room, and invite those who have faith in them selves to come and subscribe to it. I would rather sign i every day than be told that I was not honest enough to trail my own horse and train one for another man at the same time, for that would imply that I could not be trusted undei interesting circumstances. For that is what the EugHsh res olution says to Archer. One more word and I havedone. In regard to the amoun of surplus rules and laws which I have alluded to I wil mention the case of weights to be carried in the differen races. At present no student of turf law can say what the weights of different ages are without holding the book in hn hand. The weighing judge cannot learn the scale of weights without shutting himself up-fu a room all winter and study jug the lesson more earnestly than ever college boy examinee tho intricate problems found in the books at Yale and Har vard. This is all unuecessary as regards proper weighting anil also the proper understanding of the rules in the case ai different seasons of the same year. I have always wanted to begin the colt weights at the be ginning of the year, and put on one pound every mouth unt' ill. age of maturity. Say 100 in Jauuary for two years, 11: for three years.and 124 for four years. Tliero is no other way tc arrive at the proper and fair weight for horses of dfferent ages to carry in their contests together. The three-year old will have twelve pounds moro at all times of* the year than the two-year-old, and the four-year-old will, it like manner, carry twelve pounds above the weight of the three-year-old. The weight V^ius at the age of twcnty-foui months, and a gradual iucrease of one pound each niontl M :: y 1884 dds twenty-four pounds for the twenty -four months follow- ng, and every age will then be properly and fairly weighted. I wonld put one hundred on the colt of two years, and fix hat weight for January, and one pound each month after- mid until maturity, and these weights should be stake reights as well as weights in races of all ages. In June the wo-year-old would have 106, the three -year- old IIS, and the our-year-old 130, and here I would stop the top weight. *o prize should be given a two-year-old before June. — r ohn Kay in Turf, Field and Farm. A Northwestern Stake. ghx |Wtlcr: and j^nrn-fsnxiw. 53 The Eastern Oregon Fine Stock Association closed a two- ■ear-old stake on the first, to be run July 4th nest. The lorainations are as follows, and include colts from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. The sires represented are Vildwood, Ballot Eos, Slarmaduke, Ophir, Compromise, !hesapeake, Osceola, and ilonte Christo by Mulkey, Boise Sty, Idaho, ch c, by Wildwood, — Alattie, by Norfolk. Same owner, b c, by Wildwood, — Peggy, by Marshal Mc- lahon. Same owner, b c, by Ballot Bos, — Jennie Rifleman, by Rifle- nan. Thos. Smith, Idaho City, Idaho, ch c, by ilarmaduke. M. W. Lasley, La Grande, Or., ch f Elva E., by Ophir, — Jersey, by Langford. Same owner, ch c, Oro, by Ophir, — by Lantzford. John Young, Walla Walla, W. T., — c, Yillard, by Lodi, Rosa Mansfield, by Kivoli. D. M. Durbin, Fort McKermit, Nev., — f Maud C, by Com- )romise, — Mollie Stockton, by Woodburn. Ales. La Buff, Union, Or.,bf by Chesapeake, — Black Queen, _>y Osceola. James Gentry, North Powder, Or., ch c Mosby, by Monte Jhristo, — by "Dasher. Same owner, ch f Pliny A., by Monte Christo, — by Dasher. M. Kissick, La Grande, Or., chfSeedjWheat, by Osceola, — inknown. J. T. Wisdon, Baker City, Or., ch f, by Chesapeake, — Jypsy- Same owner, b f, by Chesapeake, — unknown. J. H. Parker, b c Three Locks, by Monte Christo, — by Dsaher. Winning Drivers. The New York Sportsman offered a premium, last season, or the driver who gathered the most shekels, during the year, in regularly contested races, esclnsive of matches and - private prizes. The result is summed up as follows: ""j John A. Goldsmith: Director, $17,400; Monroe Chief. if300; Laura M., $150; Flight, $200. Total S1S.050 4 J. S. Campbell: Eich'ball (pacer), S 12, 350: Westmont ipacer), S3.550; Sleepy Joe, $1,250; Tempest, $250; Eddie p. (pacer), S500. Total $17,900 E. D. Either: Jay-Eye-See, S5.S50; Phallas, $8,100; Disie ijprague, $350. Total $14,300 5 O. A. Hickok: Overman, $3,300; St. Julien, $6,S50; Wil- ; on, $1,000; Eva, $1,665; Fairmount (pacer), $500. To- al $13,315 - Wm. E. Weeks: Tony Newell, $5,150; J. B. Thomas, >)S3,650; Bessie M. (pacer), $850. Total $9,650 John E. Turner: Edwin Thome, $4,150; Santa Clans, ~ayment to be declared out and first payment forfeited. Five ^ o enter and three to start for moneys. If more than ten :: jnake second payment in either purse the society will add ? 5200 in addition. * Dates of Racing Meetings. if The dates selected for the running meetings in the south -*!ind w.st are as follows: New Orleans — April 14th to April 19th inclusive. Memphis — April 23d to April 2Sth inclusive. Nashville — May 1st to May 7th inclusive. Lexington — May 7th to May 14th inclusive. Louisville — May 16th to May 2Sth inclusive. Covington (Latonia, J.C.) May 30th to June 7th inclusive. St. Louis — June 11th to June ISth inclusive. Washington Park, Chicago— June 2Sth to July 12th in- clusive. The Chicago Driving Park will hold meetings during 18S4 is follows: Spring Trotting Meeting— June 3d to 7th. First Summer Running Meeting — June 20th to 2Sth. Summer Trotting Meeting — July 4th to 12th. Second Summer Running Meeting — July 17th to Aug. 19th. Fall Meeting— October 4th to 11th. The State Fair Grounds. The work of improving the grounds of the State Fair i Association in accordance with the plan adopted last fall is irogressing rapidly. All the buildings have been moved rom the eastern nortion of the grounds and placed in posi- ion in the southern part. The old machinery hall has been noved about on a line with Twenty-first street, and will be lsed for cottage stables. The sheep, goat and pig-pens and ihicken-coops are placed about where they were some eight fears ago, near Twenty-second street. The circular build- ng, amphitheater, has been placed where the large water- onk stood, which has been moved nearer the grand stand. Hie judges' stand has been moved up the stretch about rilty yards. Workmen are now engaged building cattle Italia around the outside of the first turn, on the roofs of ifhich will be built seats that will be free to the public. If he changes in the track are completed in time, lessee Bob Ulen will baptize it with some races on February 22d. AT HLET ICS. Reerimen for Athletes. _ Mr. L. E. Myers, who is now the athletic editor of the New York Sportsman, has commenced a series of articles in that paper on training. In the absence of any indication of copy- right or other form of exclusiveness, we shall republish them for "the good that they may do." For the last three orfour years Ihave almostdaily received letters from all parts of the country asking my advice about certain things connected with running, jumping, walking, and, in fact, athletics in general. Having taken some months ago the position of athletic editor of this journal, I have come to the conclusion that it will be of great Help to the athletic public, the Sportsman and myself, to put in print my ideas about athletic training. In this way I shall in the future be saved much time and labor by simply referring the applicant to the issue of this paper containing the information he de- sires. As I've stated in this paper before, I shall write principally for the beginner. These athletes who have been in the field for years have all more or lest profited by experience, and anything I may say, may or may not snit their cases, but even some of these will no doubt find some little "tips" which may benefit them. How to Begin Work.— The first thing you must attend to is your stomach. If you commence violent exercise without having taken some kind of an opening medicine, you will most certainly be sick from it. I should advise as a purga- tive either rhubarb or podophyllin, to be followed, two days later, with about half a bottle of citrate of magnesia. On the third day commence gentle exercise, and be sure you have on plenty of clothing, or else a cold will be the result. In fact, this is the period at which you will certainly catch cold unless you are very careful. Do not in any event try to run fast for the tirst three or four days. I find it best to merely prance about the first week, practicing style and gracefulness. If you are a very heavy, fleshy man, do not commence by load- ing yourself down with sweaters, and trotting a long distance. Your muscles at this stage will not be hard enough to stand the strain, and if you try this you will be sore and stiff for at least a week. If you are, as I say, corpulent, take Turkish baths and long walks for about a week or ten days, by which time you will be ready to begin to work. When a person strips for the first time in the season, he naturally feels light and strong, and equal to almost anything. If you allow this feel- ing to carry you away and do too much, you will be thrown back in your work. How often have I heard men remark after the first day's exercise, "I can hardly walk upstairs; I'm sore all over, I don't think I'll strip again for a month, etc." It is during these "first days" that sprains, strains, and sick stomachs occur. Therefore, I advise you to "go easy" at first, for if you force yourself you will find that "the more haste the less speed." All of the old-time theories about dieting have been more or less exploded. Eat anything that you find agrees with you. I would advise any athlete to eat good, wholesome food, avoid- ing such luxuries as pies, cakes, etc. The old-fashioned theory of training on tea and toast, and a very little meat, etc., is now a thing of the past, and the change has certainly been for the better. Instead of the hol- low-jawed, deep-set eyes which ten years ago characterized our runners and walkers, you now see men with clear eyes, ruddy complexions, and full, well- developed muscles. There is reason to believe if some of our old-time athletes had had the proper training they would have been able to have shown as good performances as our men of the present day. Dieting seems to be a source of great concern to the begin- ner, even in these enlightened times. It is a common thing to see a young man of 17 or IS years of age "training" for his first race in the following manner: He walks about 15 miles a day, eats nothing but rare roast beef, stale bread, and drinks only a little weak tea, runs his race about five times every night, and when he comes to the mark is so weak (partly through nervousness, brought on by doing too much work and eating too little food) that he is either last or very near it. I shall not take up first here how to prepare for a race, that will follow later on. Of all the bad habits that an athlete can have, smoking is the worst. Although there are exceptional cases where men smoke right along and still succeed in doing fair performance, there is every reason to believe were they to leave off this "luxury" that they would greatly improve upon their records. Some men claim that they must smoke "just a little." I should advise such men, if this is actually so, to smoke cigars, and not cigarettes. I candidly believe that the pale faces and dull eyes of the young men of to-day are greatly owing to the inhaling of cigarettes. Inhaling is just the thing nowadays, and if you are not up to the trick you are at once voted "no smoker." In short, if you want to become an athlete, do not smoke. *> A Squirming Wrestler. The above is the caption of an article in the IT. W. World which recounts the contest between Edwin Bibby and the "Jap" that was claimed to be the muscular star of the Mikado's dominions. Some years ago there was a long de- scription in Harper of the Japanese wrestlers, with pictures showing their immense development of muscle, though it was evident that the delineator had mistaken adipose matter for muscle, and though there might be great strength, the activity claimed must be in the imagination of the writer. According to the highly colored account the dusky athletes were the foremost men of the world, who would find little difficulty in handling the best of Europe and America. About twelve hundred people assembled in Irving Hall last night to witness a wrestling match for an announced stake of §1,000 between Edwin Bibby and Matsada Sorakiche, a Jap- anese wrestler. Bibby is well known in this country. Of the Jap, it is said that he won fifty-sis matches at the Mika- do's tournament, and that caused Mr. Philip H.Kerby, an American resident of Japan, to bring him to America. A hybrid kind of wrestling rules under the guise of catch- as-catch-can laws were decided on to govern the contest, two houlders and a hip or two hips and a shoulder being neces- sary for a fall. Bibby mounted the padded platform at 9 o'clock, accom- panied by his umpire, William Hoefler. Mateftflft Sorakiche and Philip H. Kirby followed, and the Jap was greeted by cries of "What's the price of washing," "one clullee out plair cluffee." His jet black hair was arranged in a topkuot, and he wore a plaid silk gown that he took off when read; to wrestle. Ho is stout and well built, is twenty-tl ire old, 5 feet 7 A inches tall, and weighed 170 pounds. His opponent, Bibby, is thirty-five years old, 5 feet i\ inches tall, and weighed last night loo pounds. When the Jap had shivered from the cold, until his nut- brown skin had a bluish tinge, the referee called time and the crowd yelled "Go in, old Topknot." Bibby went to the center of the stage prepared to wrestle, but Sorakiche stepped only to ;the side of the padded portion, spread his legs far apart, put his right hand on his right knee, with his left hand in the air, stamped the floor with his feet and then made a spring for Bibby. The crowd was amused by the antics and surprised at the opening move of the Easterner and laughed and yelled. Bibby surprised the Jap by catching him around the waist and throwing him flat on his back. The referee surprised Bibby by not declaring a fall. Then the men squirmed all over the stage, Bibby endeavor- ing to obtain a hold and the Jap trying to avoid "one. They roiled over and over, the Jap being on his back three times during the rushing and tugging. Then they got to their feet, and while the Jap was going through more amusing antics he was seized by Bibby, thrown into the air, and planted on his back. The time was 32s., but the referee said it was 3m. After fivs minutes' rest the men went at it again, the Jap going through the antics of a Voodoo woman, and Bibby doing all the wrestling. In one minute the dark-colored back of the Jap was on the carpet, but no fall was decided; and then the jumping, squirming, tugging and rolling was in- dulged in again, and at the end of two minutes and ten sec- onds Bibby won the second fall of the match. The Herald credits the Jap with more ability, and there is such a difference in the accounts that we copy both. The ex-champion wrestler of America and the champion of of Japan met for the first time at Irving Hall, last evening, and a shockingly sudden demonstration was given that the Jap was not in it at all. Matsada Sorakiche, the champion of Japan, has been used to wresting in a nine-foot ring with men whose object it was to throw him out of it. As a majority of them failed and he threw the most of them over the ropes he thereby became champion. Catch-as -catch-can is a style he does not understand, and Bibby's experience in that school stood him in good stead last night. The Japanese, who is a much handsomer man than any of the wrestlers ever seen in New York, was quite over-matched by Bibby. The first bout lasted about thirty-nine seconds, when Bibby was on top of him and he had three points — two shoulders and a hip down. The Jap forced the work, and it was quite evi- dent that it was not to be a hippodrome. Bibby had a de- cided advantage in the long hair of the unsuspecting Orien- tal, and in the first bout he tangled his hand in it in an ugly way and made Matsada wince. This is not allowed in the far East and was new to the Nagasaki champion. He was otherwise so roughly handled that he bled at the mouth. He was game to the toes, however, and in the second bout, which lasted about three minutes, he gave Bibby all he could do to get him down. Bibby succeeded, however, and won the match in two straight falls. It must not be supposed that because Bibby "did" him in such short order that the Japan- ese is not a good man. He is a good man, and with training and instruction in this style of wrestling he may yet give Bibby trouble. He was as ignorant of what he was to face as a baby. He does not understand English and his mana- ger speaks very little Japanese, so his disadvantage was very great. The exhibition only lasted about ten minutes, inter- mission and all. ^ Preparing for the Contest. Harmon and Kittleman are both reported to be in good health and condition, and making satisfactory progress to- ward the perfection which their partizans expect to see when the sprinters strip for the race. Harmon, under the advice of his trainer, has retired to San Jose, where he takes his work at the race track, and is pro- tected against the visits of his numerous friends, who made his careful training a matter of difficulty while located at the Villa near the Bay District track. He is reported as doing finely. Kittleman still continues to train at the Olympic Club grounds, in Oakland, where he goes every day, looked after carefully by Cortez Thompson. Kittleman is entered to run in the Doncaster Handicap at Sheffield, England, next September, and will leave here in a week or so after this race for his home in Kansas, where he proposes to take a rest of four or five weeks preparatory to his going into training for that event. In that race, the largest probably of the Sheffield Handicaps, Kittleman gets a handicap of S\ yards over Hutchens, in 132 yards. Only two Americans, Smith and Mclvor, ever won a Sheffield Handicap, and that from the "Strangers mark," three- fourths of a yard more than Kittleman has. Harmon, when only 16 years old, ran in one of these celebrated handicaps, and won his trial heat, but was beaten in the final, the particulars of which we intend to describe in connection with a history of the Sheffield Handicaps and their winners. Hutchens Beats the Record, Advices have just been received from Edinburgh, Scotland, where this acknowledged champion of the world, on January 2d, again beat his own record, which was the best for 300 yards, and which was 30$ seconds. In this race at Powder- hall grounds he ran his trial heat in 30 2-5 seconds, and won his final in even time, making the unprecedented record of 30 seconds for 300 yards, and breaking the record twice. Whew ! even with such a representative as we have in Kittle- man going over to meet him, it looks like "a hard game to tackle," don't it? ^ Morgan and Woodside, the bicyclists, are preparing for a wheel going from Chicago to San Francisco this spring. They claim that they are in earnest, and will rid*- their machines every foot of the way that the nature of the ground will permit. It will be a feat without precedent in bioyoling, and will attract universal attention. The keroseucvclo is the newest thing iu the 'Vyrling" line. It is like the tricycle, but tho propelling powor i> obuined by an engine located under the scat, in which a pn-Hsure is geueruted by the aid of kerosene oil and compressed air. Mr. J. T. Wisdom of Baker city, Oregon, Writes that his hay mare Orduanin V dom's'note it app.ars that tin- i War Dance mares are in request now for breeding ] Ordnance maybe qnito as valuable as over she a year or two more. She i as foaled in < 54 Imte mxil Jjjrjoristttaw. Jan 26 HERD AND SWINE. Value of Private Experiments. The following from the Live Stock Journal is worthy of be- ing thoughtfully studied by every farmer. It is not merely for his own benefit that he engages in experiments, a9 by making them known outside of his immediate circle of ac- quaintances he confers a favor on others, and his example induces others to make public what they have discovered, and in this manner there is a community of assisted interests. He may find in the trials and experiments of others, informa- tion that 'will save him a great deal of expense, and the ex- ample he sets be productive of bringing others out to his ad- vantage. Experiment by all means, and still better, try new routes and report whatever discoveries may be made. Your failures may deter others from making the same blunders, your successes stimulate co other enterprises. Well may the breeder of farm stock ponder in his min- Van Thaer's remark, that he who makes but one useful exp periment, even though it be of limited application, and re- ports it faithfully, advances the science, and consequently the practice of agriculture, and acquires thereby a right to the gratitude of his fellowB and successors. Societies, cer- tainly, in most civilized agricultural countries, are doing a great deal to help science by undertaking or directing sys- tematic experiments, and by publishing the results. But how much more rapid might the advance of science be if the vast amount of brain power distributed over agricultural practice would tax itsef to a small extent for the public good. In the passage immediately following that to which we have referred Thaer suggests that, as the power to make many experiments belongs to comparatively few individuals, societies should prepare and distribute among their members the forms of experiments. This method of co-operation has doubtless great uses; but the point we desire now to con- aider, is the loss to science that occurs in the waste of inde- pendent observations, when these are neither recorded nor followed up by experiment- Every intelligent agriculturist, every intelligent stock breeder, in the course of his practice, finds himself under the constant necessity of mentally ask- ing questions concerning the phenomena that come under his notice in the course of his daily business. Nature, in- deed, herself proposes the questions to him. He, perhaps, reasons or ventures guesses upon them, but unless he can see a clear relation between the answers to those questions and an increase of his pecuniary profit, the chances are that he lets them pass without talcing the trouble to test his sur- mises by experiment. In this way, he can scarcely hesitate to believe opportunities of valuable discovery are lost. Where would the steam-engine have been to-day if James Watt had waited for the promptings of some scientific society before he went to work upon the idea suggested to him by the behavior of his tea-kettle? Independent inquiry and private experiments have given to the world, i^robably, by far the larger portion of man's grandest discoveries. Agriculturists, we know, are busy men, and most of thoBe whose attention is devoted to stock breeding upon anything like a large scale find plenty of occupation for their time, but among them are men (we are addressing many such men) whose powers of observation and of reasoning may be turned to good account without hinderance to business. The mind may be usefully employed while the daily routine in directed, and experiments may be so ordered as to take place in the course of remunerative business. Usually, it would not be necessary to go out of that line. Suppose, for in- stance, that a breeder's observations led him to hope that he might discover a law by which sex, or a law by which color is determined: his experiments might very well work in with the ordinary course of breeding; they would be sources of mental pleasure to himself, relieving the more or less mo- notonous details of his calling, and possibly the means of gaining profitable knowledge. The faculty of inductive reasoning, it may be said, in ob- jection to these hints, must be cultivated for the discovery of natural laws, and that faculty perhaps rarely belongs to the class of mind best adapted to ordinary business. Without granting the latter proposition, we may say that if it were so, the business mind can at least take cognizance of facts; and by by noting them, confirming by experiment the knowledge of them and carefully observing the circumstances in which they occur, can snatch from ordinary practice some of those data which are required by minds skilled in the method of induc- tion, and thus afford aid towards the connection of events with their physical causes, under generallaws of nature. An agriculturist may possess the qualifications to become; in his line, a philosopher. If such qualifications do not belong to him he still has great opportunities as an observer. The Jap-- anese husbandmen, as shown in Dr. Maron's. admirable re- port to the Minister of Agriculture at Berlin {Annal. der Preuss. Landioirthschaft, Jan. 1862) are all peasants, or yeo- men, of the sixth or last but one class in the social scale. They have no agricultural institutions for instruction, no ag- ricultural societies, no academies, no periodical press, yet, lacking our educational advantages; they have, by observa- tion of facts, and the faithful reporting of the same by tradi- tion, placed themselves practically among the most successful husbandmen in the world. The safe and uncontested practi- cal application of their simple knowledge, Dr. Maron says, caused him to experience a feeling of deep humiliation when he thought of home. We need not, therefore, fail in courage on account of the mental furniture necessary to discovery, if we have eyes to read the lessons that nature is writing for us daily in the living characters of animals and plants. Not one of her parables should pass without a manly effort to under- stand it, whether that effort costs only a little labor of the mind, or the additional trouble of experiment. In the eveut of any gain or knowledge thereby, Thaer's condition, faithful reporting, is to be remembered, if the discoverer would win his right to gratitude as a general benefactor of mankind. Eed Hoe's. Col. F. D. Curtis, the fast friend of the Jersey Eed, has, in the Country Gentleman, the following article on the pant and future of thi; much discussed breed: The past history of red hogs has beeu a mixed one. They have been bred for a long time without any standard, and breeders have followed their own inclinations, and made crosses to suit their own convenience, without any special standard or type to model them after. In New Jersey there has been a leading idea to make large hogs, and in this effort there has beeu great success, and the "Jersey Reds" have become famous in acquiring large weights. This has beeu accomplished to their detriment, so far as symmetry of form been made upon Chester Whites, or other large hogs, bo as to increase the size and give them large bone, with excessive extremities. ThiB form of hog is not in conformity with Aes- thetic notions, nor with the demand of the general market. There is too much waste material in such an animal, and the eye of fancy is not gratified. They are suggestive of too much food, and too long a time to mature. There is, however, in them the comforting reflection of vigor and hardiness, and capability to endure extremes and resist diseases. They are eminently fitted to crOBS upon the more delicate breeds, and to give stamina and increased growth to those which have been bred in a direct lineuntikthey have reached a condition when outcrosses were perhaps necessary to make them more profitable. The "Durocs," another family of the Beds, have been finer bred by crossing upon the smaller breeds, but, except with a few breeders, there was no particular standard, and hogs were call- ed "Duroc" which possessed dissimilar characteristics. Some had ears erect, and some were lopped. The latter form is un- doubtedly the true type, as it conforms with ancient Berk- shire form, from which all of the families of red hogs have descended. The association which has recently been formed by the breeders of red hogs has adopted a standard in which the lopped or drooping ear is made a characteristic, as also a medium size. "The true Duroc-Jersey hog should be long, quite deep bodied, not round, but broad on the back, and holding the width well out to the hips and hams. The head should be small compared with the body, with the cheek broad and full, with considerable breadth between the eyes, bone not fine nor yet course, but medium. The legs medium in size and length, but set well under the body, and well apart, and not cut up high in the flank or above the knee. The hams should be broad and full, and well down to the hock. There should be a good growth of hair of medium fineness, but few if any bristles at the top of the shoulders; the tail thick at the be- ginning, and tapering to a point; the hair unusually straight, but in some cases a little wavy. The color should be red, varying from cherry red, or even brownish, to light yellowish red, with occasionally a small fleck of black on the belly and legs. The darker shade of red without the black flecks is the typo most desirable. Disposition gentle. When full grown, should dress from 400 to 500 pounds. Pigs nine months old should dresB from 250 to 300 pounds. The neck should be short and thick, and face slightly curved, with nose short, the ear rather large and lopped over the eyes." As a matter of course, with the union of two families of dis- similar characteristics, there must necessarily be a wider mar- gin in the working of the foundation stock, but after this iB done the association will doubtless hold records closer to the standard and with the foundation stock of the members, safe- guards be interposed, that the variations shall not be too great, and exact description of each animal, with all of its mark- ings, spots, etc., are required to be submitted to the society, and if the exceptions are too many the animal will be dis- qualified and also its posterity. This rule will shut out re- cent crosses, and insure as foundation stock the best blood in the country. All of the hog-growing States are repre- sented in the association, and the Beds start off with a widely extended constituency. They now almost equal the white hogs in number in the stock yards of the west, and they only lack the smoothing and rounding which the typo calls for to to become competitors with the best. Raising Calves Without Milk. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman, who speaks from experience on this subject, gives the following formulas which are simple enough and easily utilized. He says : I have sold a good many spare calves when a few days old to neighbors at times, and have always advised them to use my method when they have been short of milk, and some of these calveB are now good family cows, which never tasted milk from the time they left my stables when they were a week or ten days old. The method is as follows : A few pounds of whole rye flour (that is, unbolted), is tied in a cloth tightly and boiled for ten hours. It is then put away in the cloth to cool. When it is cool, it is grated into flour on a ^arge grater made of a piece of sheet iron punched full of holes with the end of a file. Put this coarse powder away for use. One quart of corn meal, one pint of oat meal, and one pint of rye bran are put into a kettle with two gallons of water and boiled slowly for two hours. This is put away in the kettle. To prepare a meal, the kettle with the thin mush is put on the range and gradually warmed. Half a pint of the flour powder is put into a pot with a quart of water, and boiled until it is dissolved ; a quart of the warmed mush, not stirred up, is added to it, and cold water added to make four quarts ; a teaspoonful of sugar and one of salt are stirred in, and the drink is given to the calf milk warm. For a very young calf two quarts areenough for a meal, and it is better to give three meals a day than to over-feed it twice. The thorough cooking prevents scouring. One cannot give raw meal to a young calf safely, as the young stomach cannot digest it. Nor would I give oil meal of any kind, as it is too rich to be digested. I have now a fine calf two mouths old, reared in this way, with about one- third skimmed milk added, milk being scarce because some is sold. The calf has never been scoured, or had any set back; and by actual training looks for its little mess of cut hay and meal — a small handful — when the cows are fed, and it eats it well and healthfully, and thrives and grows well, too. I have one cow now with her second calf, which was raised in this way, and she is as good as any I have, and not a cow which I now have, and I reared all of them, has ever tasted any milk but skimmed, after she was five days old. One of them made 675 pounds of butter from May, 1882, to Decem- ber, 1883, and between two calves, now being about to calve again. This cow now has a heifer calf a week old, and is giving 18 quarts of milk daily, and is not yet up to her best. So that not only can good cows be reared without cream, but even without milk. ^ Creameries and Their Value. Mr. Geo. Lawrence, of Wisconsin, read an interesting paper on creameries and the dairy business at the late Farm- ers' Institute in Lafayette county, Missouri, in which he said : This great industry is rapidly developing, but in such a manner that a permanency is insured. Parties starting cream- eries many times are fearful of over production, that our market will be overstocked with first-class goods. To such he would say: seventy years ago the first cheese was made in Herkimer county, New York, and sold for two cents per pound. In 1810 the. first American cheese was exported, and in ten years the export was 15,000,000 pounds, and the price ranged from (I to 0|j cents per pound. To-day our markets are steady, pricos good and demand Sr. «.<*<><» Tin Tr> 1881 mi* MidMO cviwiHu WAV** lis mill I II Ml pounds amounting to $16,380,240, and exports of butter 31,560,500 pounds amounting to $6, 256,024. While cheese is a luxury butter is a necessity. But few use cheese while many use butter. Creameries are a new departure. Since this enterprise started a few years since creameries have been built all over our land and prices not only increase, but the demand for first-class butter has equally grown. Where dairy butter brings from 10 to 20 cents per pound, creamery butter sells readily from 20 to 40 cents per pound. Not many years ago in Wisconsin wheat was king, and then three-quarters of our farm- ers were in debt, having mortgages on their farms drawing big interest, and nearly every crop was made second to wheat, and this crop increased to clear off the debts. But wheat was made an uncertain crop by chintz bugs, rust, the fly, drought and many other things. It was hard work to meet the interest on mortgages much less pay the principal ; land was depreciating in value and fertility, the farmer discour- aged, wives and daughter's overworked, and no time to de- velop their minds, and everything seemed on a downward course. But since the advent of cheese factories about ten years ago, there has been a great change for the better. They furnished farmers a convenient and good market for their milk, and they increased their number of cows and hogs, fattening the latter on whey. It is now estimated that over S200,000,000 are invested in the dairying business in the United States, almost double the money invested in banking and commercial interests. It requires 15,000,000 cows to supply the demand for milk and products in the United States. To feed these cows 60,000,000 acres of land are under cul- tivation. The agricultural and dairy machinery and imple- ments in use are worth over $200,000,000. The men em- ployed in the business number 700,000, and the horses nearlv 1,000,000. The cows and horses consume annually 30,000,000 tons of hay. It costs $400,000,000 to feed these cows and horses. The average cow yields about 450 gallons of milk a year, giving a total product of 6,750.000 gallons. Fifty per cent, of the milk iB made into cheese and butter. It takeB 27 pounds of milk to make one pound of butter and about 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese. The "Cattle Pull." What the race track is to many agricultural gatherings, the "cattle pull" is to not a few New England fairs, and well it may be. The go-ahead Westerners are ill content with slow ox-teams; the more speedy horse, and machinery worked by horses, better suit their broad plains and their ideas. On the great pastures a steer is looked upon for the amount of round and sirloin steaks he will furnish, the dollars he will balance on the scales in the cattle pen and slaughter yard. Imagine a Maine boy telling his Western friend that his steers had gained six inches in girth, and earned their living while do- ing so! To the latter, the idea of a steer being compelled to earn his board is scarcely comprehensible. But in much of New England, especially among the pine trees of Maine, working oxen are appreciated, and at the shows dispute the claim to public attention with the fast horse that absorbs so large a share of admiration in other sections. Hence, the "cattle pull" is a feature in most agricultural exhibitions at the far East. It is a novel and interesting sight to one wit- nessing it for the first time — the level sward set off by a rope, and surrounded by an eager throng of anxious farmers dis- cussing the points and merits of a favorite yoke of oxen, at- tached, or to be attached to a drag weighted with tons of granite slabs. The question to be decided is, which oxen, or whose, is to carry off the palm, by moving the ponderous load the greatest number of measured feet and inches — in other words, which breed, what strain, what feeding and care, what training have produced oxen that can supply the most strength when put to accurate comparative tests. The trials are of single pairs, and with several teams to show how they will pull together — an important point often. You see the committee man mount the load, and he calls out, so as to be heard by the vast throng, "These cattle are owned by John Martin; girth, seven feet; weight of load, eight thousand five hundred pounds." At the word, the an- imals, as if conscious of their importance, and that their own credit and that of their owner is at stake, put forth giant ef- forts. "Fifty-six feet four inches," is announced. Half a dozen men add their weight to the load. "Twenty-three feet nine inches," is recorded. Another yoke takes its turn, but not yet trained to pull at command, and when unhitched, the load has not advanced an inch. At last autumn's fair of York county, at Buxton, Me., an old dispute was to be settled between two farmers'yokes, one of which had been victorious at the N. E. Fair, and the other at the Eastern Maine State Fair. Both yokes were Buxton cattle; both girthed seven feet three inches, and never had St. Julieu or Jay-Eye-See more ardent adherents than these bovines. The enormous load of over five tons (10,500 lbs.) was to be pulled over a grass stubble by a chain. The rec- ord of the victors was, twenty-four feet in twenty pulls. Chance for Dairymen. There is, perhaps, no industry of so much importance to our well being and general prosperity that is it so completely overlooked as the dairyingand cheese-making business, which can be and is associated with so much reul profit where it has been inaugurated. The prices of butter range from sixty to eighty-five cents per roll by the chest, while cheese vibrateB between twelve and eighteen cents in large lots. It is a no- torious fact that with all the dairies and cheese factories along the moist lands down the coast.aud tbe endless pasture ranges along the bottoms of the Santa .Ana between this city and Rincon, in the nooks and pasture ranges of our surrounding mountains, we are compelled to import butter and cheese from a distance, and probably oonsume our share of oleomar- garine and other doubtful compounds that have been through a butter milk bath long enouglrto acquire the flavor. We hope to see more attention paid to this industry, which holds out such great inducements for some of our enterprising friends from western N. Y. and the western Reserve in Ohio, who know how to handle it and make it profitable. The low moist lauds along the Santa Ana could be turned into al- falfa pastures that would afford constant and nutritious feed the year round, and could be had now at a low figure. — fiit'- ersidc Press. Wm. M. Ayres, on his last trip to Oregon, purchased from J. A. Porter, the chestnut mare Trade Dollar, and she is now at Sacramento. Trade Dollar was foaled in 1S76, and is by Norfolk — Eva Ashton by Ashland. She has been quite prom- inent on the turf in the North Country, and a winner at all distances, but at the close of last season her owner announced that her raciug days were over and she would be bred this Bpriug. This purchase by Mr. Ayres probably means that she will be trained again as the successor of Joe Howell, and the way the old veteran has rounded to this motive #ncour- *.». — Tj;ii., t.^ .,;„ i»:„ *„;*i. *„ *i,„ „i,i „«„„ it 1884 lite gtae*ft*g and gprntemm. 55 STABLE AKD P ADDOCK. Stable Management. It must be borne in mind that we do not indorse articles copied from exchanges, or the views of correspondents, and if especial attention is not called to the divergences, it does not follow that they are sanctioned. Impressed with the idea that the readers of the Breeder and Sportsman think as well as peruse, it is not held necessary to point out errors which are manifest, and in some respects a newspaper is like a bill of fare; a variety is placed before the guests, so that they can taste and select such portions as may please them. The following article, which was found in the New York Sportsman, is well worthy of perusal, if even some of the recommendations are faulty: Since my earliest recollection, the want of discipline and tidiness in the management of stables in America has be»n a cause of worry to me. It arose from the fact that I was by nature born to love the horse, and consequently any want of attention or comfort that the careless owner or groom would show or provide for him grated upon my sympathetic nerves. Until I visited England I had few or no opportunities of seeing just what treatment I conceived to be due to the horse. Therefore, my pleasures were so gratified that I made the question a study, and was never more contented than while going about the many great horse marts and private stables in London. My tirst lesson, and most lasting impression, was received at the famous stand of old Mr. Tattersall, at Hyde Park cor- ner. Armed with a letter to that great horse celebrity from the late Col. Wade Hampton of South Carolina, I took a han- som at the hotel, and drove to the above address. In a small office (in no way resembling the ones attached to American stables at that time), fitted up as neatly as any bankers,I saw seated at the back part a little old man, who I instinctively knew was the person I waslookingfor. The name of the introducer was sufficient guarantee, and I was greeted with that hearty shake of the hand which an Englishman knows so well how to give when the cause for it is sumcient,as it seemed to be in this instance. "I have never had the honor and pleasure of knowing the 'Colonel' personally, " said he, "but onr business transactions have been numerous and always satisfactory; besides, I can never cease to be grateful to the 'Colonel' for his kindness to my son Richard, upon his visit to the States. Therefore, Mr. H , consider yourself at home with and call_on me for anything that you may thiuk of or need, and as far as it is possible for me to do so, I will grant it." I was naturally pleased at such a reception, and although a beardless lad, in a foreign laud, I felt that I had at least one friend. "Now," said Mr. Tattersall, "the first thing to be done is to walk through the stables and have a look at a superb lot of yearlings belonging to our most gracious Queen, which are are here on exhibition before her annual sales." One of the head groonis was ordered to accompany us, and as I looked at him in his close-fitting cassimere breeches and gaiters, and plain siugle-breasted Newmarket-cut coat, white scarf, and stable cap, I could not resist thinking of the dirty, slovenly darkey, who would have filled the similar position at home. Then, as we walked down the smoothly paved and sanded walks, between the rows of box stalls, I almost forgot that I was in the domicile of Jiorses. But it was. When the door of box No. 1 was thrown open, and I beheld a highly- bred, thoroughly grown colt, standing on perfectly clean straw (of rich golden hue), and not an atom of offensive odors, or the sign of any dirt about, that I was perfectly charmed. In the corner of each box nearest the door lay a flat baaket, in which to gather any droppings, and on the outside of th« door stood a pail of fresh water, the hay forks, brooms, and tools for grooming the animals being kept in a room specially al- lotted to them. The stablemen were each dressed in corduroy breeches and gaiters, wore hob-nailed shoes, and (when not employed in grooming horses) white jackets. Each had cer- tain duties to perform; there was no loud talking or laugh- ing, and as we passed each one we were saluted with a touch of the hand to the hat. It has been so many years since this visit that I do not remember anything of the pedigrees of tho thoroughbreds, or the exact number inspected, but wherever I went throughout the establishment, whether among hunters or coach horses, in the harness or feed rooms, or the coach- house, I was forcibly impressed with the perfect cleanliness, rigid discipline, and, above all, the common-sense knowledge as expressed by facts. The harness room contained saddles, harness, bitting machines, all kinds of bits, bridles, and cloth- ing needed about such a stable where horses were broken, handled and kept in exercise. There was no unnecessary show, though the contents of the room were as per- fect as the Queen herself could have had them. The feed department interested me specially, as it is the great factor in the well-to-do of the horse. My friend and guide here spoke with apparent pride of the great care that he insisted upon in the selection and adminis- tering of the food. Taking up a handful of beautiful hay, said he: "Just smell that; take a few blades of the grass into your mouth and chew them; have you anything like that in America? Now look at these oats, as plump and sound as were ever thrashed from healthy, well-grown sheafs. How can a horse fail to thrive on such grain? In the large bin over there is the bran. Our climate is so damp that I do not keep much of that article on hand at a time, so as to be sure no sour stuff is fed to thejiorses. Up in the loft in the win- ter I have stored a good supply of carrots, but as the spring is advancing and grazing becoming good, of course, we feed comparatively few now.'' Seeing a stable boy sifting a lot of stuff, all the while blow- ing a continuous hiss, I inquired of Mr. Tattersall what that meant. "Oh!" said he, "every pint of grain fed in my stables is thoroughly sifted before being given to the horses, and even the hay, as perfect a3 it is> * s dusted and not unfrequently sprinkled before feeding. The carrots are invariably washed and cut up, and under no circumstances is the bran or drink- ing water ever put in a pail that is not clean enough for me to drink out of." I noticed the horses looked so slick, and wondered at the amount of labor that must be expended every day upon their toilets. "Tell me something about that important part of the horse's life, Mr. Tattersall." "You are correct about the importance of grooming, and I am exceedingly exacting about having it done thoroughly. My rule is about five horses to a man, and if he does his duty by them it is quite enough. The mode adopted in my stable is to clean with stiff brushes, using the curry comb only to scrape off such matter as may by accident get upon the horse After brushing, wisp thoroughly, and then rub off with clothg. Ihe feet are kept as clean as possible by frequent washing and about twice each week the fore ones are stopped with a mixture of fresh cow-dung and clay, and whenever the horses go out for exercise, their hoofs are lightly coated with neat s foot oil. "The first duty of the groom in the morning is to remove from the stall or box any manure that may have been dropped during the night, bike out the wet straw, and shake up the remainder, and thus bare the floor that it may dry Then feed, and water afterwards. I never allowed the horses to be interrupted while eating as I find that (if I did) they soon became irritable. As stablemen are often rough char- acters, I lay strict injunctions against ill-treating the horses, never permitting them to be hallooed at or frightened in any By this time we had walked all around the spacious estab- lishment, and I began to be glad the job was over, but upon reaching the office and tasting a glass of Mr. Tattersall's old sherry, I felt more than glad. While in London I fre- quently called on the old gentleman, and always found him as polite as on the first visit. The very first gentlemen ef the land were constantly to be seen there; in truth, none others could obtain the entree. Further researches for knowledge in the mode of horse treating in England established in my mind the fact that En- glishmen are the highest authorities on the subject. From Tattersall's to the stables of brewers, car, cab, and omnibus men, the wealthy peer, or green grocer pretty much the same care and attention was paid to the horse, and, as a con- sequence, they live and render service a fabulous Jeneth of time. b I once rode behind a pair of "bus" horsesfrom theRegent's circus to the Mansion House, which the driver told me had made three trips a day on that line for nearlv ten years. In the country it is not uncommon to find coach horses and pony teams dating back their terms of usefulness even over a longer period of time. It is not my intention to assume the position of censor or adviser to American horsemen, but I still see so much wan- ton and cruel neglect perpetrated (in this country) while caring tot my favorite animal (the horse), that I hope by reviving an ancient interview with one of the most univer- sally known of the brotherhood of his time, that I might call attention to the subject, and acting as an indirect reproof mitigate in favor of the horse. About Soundness. It may be supposed that the hackneyed term "sound" is so explicit as to need no comment— and most people conceive it to be so ; but the term "sound" really admits of asmuchcon- trariety of opinion as the word "tipsy ;" one man considers another so if, at ten at night, he is not precisely as cool and collected as he was at one in the day. Another one calls a man so when he lies on the floor and holds himself on by the carpet. So, as to soundness, some persons can not see that a horse is unsound unless he works his flanks like the drone of a bagpipe, or blows and roars like a blacksmith's bellows; while some are so fastidious as to consider a horse as next to valueless because he may have a corn that he never feels, or a thrush, for which he is not, nor likely to be, one dollar the worse. So far as relates to such hypercritical deciders on sound- ness, we will venture to say that, if they brought us twenty reported horses in succession, we would find something in all of those produced that would induce such persons to re- ject them, though, perhaps, not one among the lot had any- thing about him of material consequence. To say the least, we will venture to assert that nine-tenths of the horses now in daily use are more or less unsound. We make no reser- vation as to the description of horse, his occupation, or what he may be worth. We scarcely ever had, indeed scarcely ever knew, a horse that had been used and tried sufficiently to prove him a good one, that was in every particular un- equivocally sound. We have no doubt that there are thou- sands of owners of horses who will at once say we are wrong in this assertion, and would be ready to produce their own horses as undeniable proofs, whereby to back their opinion and refute ours. They may, perhaps, say that their horses are never lame— perhaps not ; that is, not lame in their es- timation or to their eye ; but we daily see horses that go to a certain degree indubitably lame, while their owners conceive them to be as indubitably sound. These horses, perhaps, all do their work perfectly well, are held as sound by owners, servants, acquaintances, and casual observers ; but a practi- cal eye would detect an inequality in their going, as a watch- maker would do the same in the movement of a watch, though we might look for a week, or listen for the same length of time, without being able to either see or hear the variation. The watch might, however, on the average keep fair time ; but it would not be a perfect one; and what matters, if it an- swers all the purposes for which we want it ? A really bad watch that can not keep time is a different affair; it is pretty much the same with a horse. If the unsoundness is such as to render him unable to do his work, or even to do it un- pleasantly to himself or owner, or if it is likely to bring him to this, our advice is to have nothing to do with him. If, however, this is not the case, or likely to be so, if you like him, buy him. It is not improbable that a man may say, I begin to believe that few horses that have done work are quite sound; but a sound one I will have; I will, therefore, buy a four-year-old that has never done a day's work. We will acknowledge that if he does so he may probably get his desideratum; but do not let him make too sure of this. There are such things as four-year-olds unsound as well as worked. But, supposing him to have got this sound animal, what has he got? An animal that he has to run the risk of making useful, so far as teaching him his business goes; and by the time this is effectually done, and the colt has arrived at a serviceable age, he will probably be quite as unsound as many of those he has rejected; independent of which, and supposing him to continue sound, the breeder of this horse must have better luck or better judgment in breeding than his neighbors, if more than one in five or six that he does breed turn out de- sirable horses in every respect. If he turns out but a mid- dling sort of beast, it is but small satisfaction to know that he is sound; in fact, so little satisfaction should we feel, that, if we were compelled to keep and use him, so far from rejoicing that he was sound, we should only regret that he was not dead. In relation to the doings of dealers in horses, it is not our present object to expose the tricks of the trade, or to preju- dice the unsophisticated buyer against all horse dealers. There are honest horse dealers, and there aredishonest ones; and we are sorry to say that, in numbers, the latter predomi- nate; that honesty in horse dealing is not proverbial. But horse dealers, like other mortals, are apt to err in judgment; and all their acts should not be set down as willful wrong-doing*. However, be their acts what they may, the general verdict is against their motives. Therefore, supposing we could bring any person or number of persons to believe the fact that a man conversant with horses might sell, as a sound horse, one that might, on proper inspection, be returned as unBound, all that we could say or write would never convince the ma- jority of persons that a dealer could innocently do the same thing. If his judgment errs, and leads him into error as to the soundness of his horse, it is set down, not as willful or corrupt perjury as to oath, but most undoubtedly as tu his word and honesty. -^ ■ Influenza. Dr. O. C. Farley, V. S., contributes to the New York Sportsman the followiug consideration of this aftVctioii so common in racing stables : Influenza, occuring as it does in so many forms, and often with such disastrous results, is prevalent every spring and fall amoug race-horses, more par- ticularly after going into winter quarters. It is due often to the too sudden let-up in the regular course of training, and sometimes to a late season, bad tracks, etc. I have found that where horses have been given gentle exercise, such as trotting, cantering, or galloping, particularly the latter, and are thereby let-up more gradually, they are almost always entirely free from an attack of influenza, with the natural re- sult of getting into flesh quicker, and, of course, wintering better. As to accute attacks, it is almost impossible to ac- count for their origin.for such instances are common enough in the best regulated stables, and occur to the best cared for animals, from yearlings to aged horses. It occurs in such a variety of forms that it is often mistaken for something else, and treated lightly, with the result sometimes of a very sick horse, the malady perhaps taking the form of "strangles/' or "purpura" (blood poisoning), where the head and all four legs swell to an enormous size, and the animal is often unfit to be put to work for months. In cases where the head and throat are effected (they very often are), the animal is some- times left unsound in wind, unfit for racing, and seldom en- tirely recovers. I mention these results as the most common. Treatment. — The quickest way to relieve an animal suffer- ing from influenza is to clothe perfectly and thoroughly with wool, blankets, flannel bandages, and thick woolen jowl- wrapper to protect the throat, etc. The diet should be care- fully attended to. Oatmeal gruel given when the animal is "drawn" in its water, and is good and dry ; scalded feed, no dry, hard feed whatever, and a .light laxative dose of medi- cine such as a pint of raw linseed oil, or two and a half drachms of Barbadoes aloes, with a drachm of ginger, made into a ball. Where there is any cough a light stimulant to the outside of the throat is beneficial, with the wrapper and hood put right in after it, and the animal shut up and kept waim. In the majority of eases, where the laxative is given and the animal is perfectly clothed and kept warm, with at- tention to soft, easily digested food, the attack is broken up. Afterwards bring the animal back gradually to its accus- tomed feed. 4> An' interesting letter appeared in Monday's Courier-Jour- nal from Lexington, concerning the history of Woodburn, the fine stock-farm belonging to A. J. Alexander, consisting of 3,000 acres, and located in Woodford county. The letter states that these lands were granted to Hugh Mercer, of Revolutionary fame shortly after the war of 1S12. The farm is located fourteen miles from Lexington, on the main road to Frankfort, and was purchased by Robert Alexander, a great uncle of the present owner, near the close of the last century. The Alexanders were the founders of pure-blooded stock, being the first Kentuckians who ever imported stock directly from England. To procure a good coat on your horse use plenty of rub- bing and brushing. Plenty of "elbow greese" opens the pores, softens the skin, and promotes the animal's general health. Whenever a horse is washed, never leave him till he is rubbed quite dry. He will probably get a chill if neglected. FISH . What the Fish Commissioners are Doing. At Trnckee, on Saturday evening, where Fish Commissioners Dibble and Buckingham met a large number of mill-owners, the question of adopting some means to induce the trout to again frequent Truckee river, which is now almost entirely denuded of them, was discussed. A largo number of ad- dresses were made by the different millmeu, to the effect that they desired the fish laws enforced, and would alter and re- modeled their dams in conformity with the law, and that the great trouble was not in California but in Nevada; that in that State the dams, or ft large portion of them, are con- structed on purpose to entrap the fish, and that while thou- sands of dollars are annually expended by this State for the propagation of fish, no benefit can be derived by our people as long as the Nevada fish law is not enforced. The com- mission will at once, according to their decision, open a cor- respondence with the Nevada authorities relative to the matter. . ♦ The Wildcat Pishing. When the wildcat fishes it is in this sort of way: II. leap) from the bank on to a large stone or boulder well out in tho stream, and assuming a crouching position, waits with the admirable patience so characteristic of his kind for sn.lt a change as ft kind providence may sooner or later send his way. The pool around is clear ami \v:iv. I, ss. th. ..Hi tioii being a flight eddying of the stream around the tefl side of the boulder. Into this eddy a trout is sure to sail from time to time, partly to rest himself, and partly because it is a likely place for such moths and Hies aa happen to alight upon the s'tream to be carried by the suction of tho ceaseless rip- ple and whirl. The trout that visits tho eddy in order joy a brief rost is safe enough while he it I be is then, without the movement of a fin, quietly lyinR on the gravel at the bottom, but in his tirst dash to the snrfaci fly hiB doom iB sealed; for, quick as n Bash, and with unerring aim, the cat strikes out with his ready righl paw, and in an instant, with the .-laws deep sunk in big - peokled Hank, the poor, foolish trout is flopping helplessly under his whiskers on the top of the boulder. II thecal is very hun- gry and happens to miss his aim, he has be- headlong into the stream, rarely failing in BUcb secure his prey, with which be swims to the i and which he straightway begins to eat, 1 and eating it onward, bones and all, till not a mains. 56 3gfce %xedtex mid jlpxrriswan. Jan 26 4. + HjreeHetj and jpparfsmmt. PUBLISHED WEEKLY EY THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PUBLISHING CO. THE TURF AND SPORTING AUTHORITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. OFFICE, 508 MONTGOMERY STREET P. O. 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Henlev, Buss House, 1,009 J street. ADVERTISING RATES. Displayed, SI 50 per inch each insertion or pro rata for less pace. Head- ing Notices set in brevier type and having no foot marks, 30 cents per line each insertion. Lines will average ten words. A discount of 10 per cent will be allowed on 3 months, 20 per cent on G months and 30 per cent on 12 months contracts. No extra rate charged for cuts or cutting of col- umn rules. No reading notice taken for less than 60 cents each insertion. San Francisco, - - Saturday, Jan. 26, 1884. STAI.E.IOXS ADVERTISED. Singleton, J. T. Mcintosh, Box GO, Chico. La Harpe. J. T. Mcintosh, Box GO, Chic©. Director, Jno. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Monroe Chief. Jno. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Kyrle Daly imp. . John Mackey, Sacramento. X X (Doubleeross), J. C. Simpson, 508 Montgomery St., S. F. Stanford. J, Fairbanks, Oakland. Mambrino Wilkes, A. L. Hinds, Stockton. Longfield, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Jini Drown, J Mackey, Sacramento. Echo, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Alcona. J. Mackey, Sacramento. Alaska, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Prompter, M, W. Hicks, Sacramento. Privateer, M. "W. Hicks, Sacramento. Coney Island Jockey Club. It is not surprising that there should be such a de- mand for racing stock in the East, and such prices paid, when the great number of race meetings is taken into consideration, and the large amounts of money to be won. This not only ensures a large number of entries at the main places o£ sport, as it likewise enhances the interest in the minor meetings, and puts it in the power of the owners of inferior horses to pay expenses. While it may take a star of the first magnitude to win a promi- nent event at the big courses, there are so many races gotten up outside of these, and then again with so many varying conditions, that a man must be in extreme hard luck not to win once in a while. From the number of nominations in the stakes of the Coney Island Jockey Club it is a just inference that those of other places which closed at the same time will be equally as well patronized. In fact, we anticipate a still longer list when the Chicago entries are published, and "Krik" will certainly have to issue a bigger volume than ever before. The following is a summarv of the Coney Island JUNE MEETING. Stake. Entries. Emporium Handicap, three-year-olds, 1} miles 56 Suburban Handicap, all ages, 1| miles . ." 74 Great Post Stakes, two-year-olds, f mile 43 Coney Island Stakes, three-year-olds and over. 1} miles. . 31 Coney Island Cup, three-year-olds and over, 2J miles 14 Two-year-old Selling Sweepstakes, | mile 50 Selling Sweepstakes, three-year-olds and over, 1J miles.. . 56 AUTUMN MEETING. Autumn Stakes, two -year- olds, % mile 102 September Stakes, three -year- olds, 1| miles 5S Autumn Cup, all ages, 3 miles 26 Great Long Island Stakes, all ages, 2-raiIe heats 14 Bridge Handicap, three -year- olds, H miles 73 Great Eastern Handicap, two-year-olds, £ mile 97 Total 694 Bier Gun. From Los Angeles comes an inquiry about Big Gun and the foals she has had. The mare is a chestnut above the ordinary size, and, as we remember her, of great mus- cular power. She was formerly called Kate George, the change of names having been made when purchased by an officer in the U. S. Army, and Ephrairu Moore. From a man who is well acquainted with her, wc learn that she has had two, and perhaps more mule colts. A mare by Norfolk, a big fine marc, Jim Ren wick, a colt by California, Jumbo, which is reported to be as fast us his noted brother in blood, a yearling sister to Jim ltonwick and probably others. As Mr. Winters will probably bo in the city next week we will endeavor to get a list of all hor progeny. While we are well aware that there are numbers of ladies who take an interest in all of the departments of the Breeder and Sportsman, there are particular features which all are interested in. The rearing of poultry, horticulture, floriculture, the outdoor adornment of homes, as well as making the interior bright, are cer- tainly within the appropriate sphere of women in every walk of life, while in the country there is scarcely a de- partment of the farm that does not give opportunity for recreation, excepting those that are of too coarse a nature for them to be troubled with. None are so successful in pursuits that require an intuitive knowledge of the best methods of accomplishing the desired end in the aesthetic circle of duties, and when it comes to a keen appre- ciation of what is necessary to beautify house and grounds, the rougher sex falls below in capacity. No matter how circumscribed the area, woman's tact will make the most of it. There may be only a narrow strip of ground, which to the masculine mind is altogether too diminutive for any purpose, and yet there is a chance for the rooting of the fuschias that are trained on the house, a bed of violets to perfume the air, and bright colored verbenas or pansies to gladden the eye. There may be wanting even this limited space, and there are spots on the window sill on the sunny side of the house, and hang- ing baskets with verdant drapery suspended from the ceiling. If there is an animal about the house you may rest as- sured that the mistress is the one which is the most heartily welcomed, and those in the stable will show their better appreciation of her visits so palpably as not to be misunderstood. The chickens are likely to scurry away when man or boy invades their quarters, with the "woman folk" they are on the best of terms, and, in place of fear, court recognition and show that they are pleased with the visit. There seems to be a magnetic influence on one side to attract, on the other there is a force that repels- If a man obtains the confidence of animals it is through a long acquaintance and having by uniform good con- duct overcome thd original antipathy. From the first there is a surrender to womanhood, a reliance arising from faith at the outset, and there is friendship at once. With these gifts it is not surprising that there should be an adaptation for the rearing, and a fondness for any- thing that shows such unmistakable predilections.. In response there is a passion for pets, and if nothing more worthy presents, there are fancies to gratify which at times runs into queer channels. A handsome black and tan, the silken-haired King Charles, the graceful Italian greyhound, even the larger breeds of dogs are cherished and with good cause. But we are straying from the subject which comes un- der the caption chosen for this article, and though dogs are given plenty of space in these columns, the kinds that usually form the basis for the lucubrations of the kennel editor are not generally the choice of the ladies. The fleet courser, it is true, can scarcely fail to catch the eye of these keen judges of beauty, and the staunch set- ter and pointer is likely to be highly valued at home for qualities that are different from those which draw the prizes at field trials. We ence saw three ladies who were more excited over a course than the male spectators, but to their credit the escape of the hare elicited more enthusiastic bravos than when it was in such deadly peril. Now that there are such a variety of "fancy" fowls, the breeding and rearing of them has charms that do not be- long to a merely market value. To gratify the taste, and make the gratification a source of profit, enhances the enjoyment, and any one who engages in this branch of rural economy can scarcely fail to secure both pleas- ure and profit. There is a chance for trying experiments that will heighten the interest, and in addition to the pleasurable occupation affords a stimulus which prevents it oven becoming tiresome. Sir John Sebright claimed that in a few generations he could produce fowls true to a feather, and any particular color or markings desired would result from proper care in selection. We have oftentimes thought that in place of adhering to the prac- tice of pure breeding, to diverge from that course, and endeavor, by crossing different breeds, to establish dis- tinct forms, would be an additional attraction. With the type resolved upon, there will be a desire to impress the full fruition of the hope, and every failure stimulate to renewed exertions. There is a grand field for this in domestic poultry and the many kinds of pig- eons. Such a variety of colors in the plumage, so many shapes that there is as good an opportunity for blending as the artist in mosaics has in thousands of shades of gems, precious stones, glass and shells. Among the common breeds of fowls are found some of the most beautiful colors. The games are peculiarly brilliant in plumage, and the fancy breeds present distinct mark- ings and shadings to enable an almost endless variety of choice. Without any care we have seen remarkable re- sults follow what may be termed indiscriminate breed- ing. In Iowa we started with a heterogeneous lot of fowl, and though principally of the barnyard class there were a few specimens of the better breeds in vogue thirty years ago. These were mixed with games, as it was rare that a visit was made to Judge Grant without a trio of blue-bloods being brought home. Judge Grant had probably the greatest variety of games of any man in America, and as there were changes from black-reds to spangles, from pyles to dominicks, Stonewalls to Shawl- necks, there were many changes. Jacob's experiments were completely outdone, and roaming over the pasture fields and through the groves were hundreds of nearly every imaginable hue. The mixture proved a "happy nick" beyond oddity of color- ing. They were capital layers, the finest for the table, hardy, and literally reared themselves. The hens nested in the barnyard and in a grove adjoining, and without the bother of coops. The chicks were active from the first, and there was little need of attention of any kind. With a definite object in view, making selections to ac- complish a purpose, it would not be long until the yards would be embellished with unique and handsome birds. When the ladies undertake to carry out a plan of this kind it will not be many years before the poultry exhi- bitions will be still more attractive, and there is scarcely a question that new and valuable breeds will result. Stallions Advertised. Even at this early date the stallions advertised in the Breeder and Sportsman make a fine display, and when all are in we do not hesitate to claim a better showing than any one State in the Union, not even excepting Ken- tucky. The breeding stock of California are of the highest character, and now the only thing required are some high class thoroughbred mares, and those who can afford the outlay, some choice specimens of trotting dams. It is to our interest, of course, that stallions are adver- tised, but from a money standpoint those who own them are benefited still more. There are few stallions that have celebrity enough to rest without newspaper pub- licity. Even the best known may be overlooked, and a loss far greater than the cost of the advertising result from breeders losing sight of animals, their location and terms. Then again there is a record of pedigees which are not only valuable now, but in years to come may settle questions of the utmost importance to breeders. To the thoroughbred list are added Longfield and Jim Brown; to the trotters, Stanford, Mambrino Wilkes, An- teeo. Prompter, Privateer, Echo, Algona and Alaska. As some of these are to be portrayed by Wyttenbach soon, there is no necessity for anticipating the accom- panying description. Echo, Algona, Mambrino Wilkes, and Anteeo have been presented in proper shape hereto- fore, and these will be repeated as opportunity offers. Being "crowded for space" this week, we can only call attention to the advertisements, and fortunately those are full enough to afford the main information. There are other matters of interest, however, to breeders, and the family to which the candidate for public favor be- longs is a prominent feature to consider. Turfmen do not require enlightenment in regard to Monarchist and Foster, the sires of Longfield and Jim Brown, and they are aware that beside being fine race-horses they stand high as progenitors. On the dams' side both of these young stallions are richly bred, and both have shown speed and endurance. Longfield met with a misfortune which incapacitated him from showing his best form in public, but a former owner informs us of trials that are really wonderful. Those who saw Jim Brown run at Sacramento at the State Fair in 1881, when he defeated Fred Collier, Jim Douglas and Winifred, running the one and a half miles in 2:36$, do not require tolling that he was a grand race-horse. We have nearly as much interest in the stallions of California as the owners, in fact, for some of them we have a higher appreciation than is exhibited by hiding them from public knowledge. Therefore, it is a pleas- ure to "hunt over" the records, study the blood lines and present them to our readers. _ Billy B. A. This is the first horse to enter the 2:30 list for 1884, and again the Pacific Coast takes precedence in the year- ly exhibit. This time it is Oregon which captures the glory, and we cannot grudge them the victory. Should we not be greatly mistaken, this young horse will surely make his mark before the season is ended, and as Mr. Leigh informs us that his dam is a thoroughbred, there is little question that he will train on. The dam of Ed., the winner of Thursday's race, was also brought here by Mr. Leigh. She is by Magna Charta, and therefore her son by Erwin Davis has "a right to be a good one. 1884 ghc IBrmlct* and jiportshtatio 5' Meeting 1 of the Trustees P. C. B. H. A. A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pacific Coast Hlood-Horse Association has been called for "Wednesday nest, the 30th inst., at 2 p. m. At the editorial rooms of the Breeder and Sjtortsman, at which arrangements for the coming spring meeting will be made. It is likely that every member of the Board will be present, and that the programme of races outside the fixed events will be de- cided upon. There is little question that the spring meet- ing of 1SS4 will be fully up to the high standard of those held previously, if it does not surpass the best of them. There are already a great many colts galloping with a sure increase of numbers as the weather becomes more favorable. It is also certain that never before in Cali- ornia were there so many promising two-year-olds as showed last year, and this will add an interest to the stakes and purses for three-year-olds, which will secure a large attendance whenever they run. Judging from reports — reliable, of course — tho foals of 1SS2 rank so very high that the enthusiastic devotees of the "royal sport" confidently publish the most "stunning" perform- ances, and that even the wonderful runs of last year will be thrown in the shade. Death of Midnight. This grand mare so nearly at the head of all trotting matrons, the only rival being her nearly sister in blood. Miss Bussell, died at Palo Alto, Saturday last. "While the loss is great, there is a grain of satisfaction that her colt by Electioneer at last accounts was doing well, and fthough in a pecuniary point of viewjthis will fully repay the cost of the mare to Governor Stanford, there were reasonable expectations that there would be a succession of half-brothers and sisters to Jay-Eye-See and Noontide Although foaled in 1S6-3, she had the appearance of an animal in its prime, and without an indication of old age of any kind. "We have not learned what the trouble was, but from parturition taking place on the Friday preced- ing her death, that was probably the cause of the fatality. As only a short time ago we published a sketch of Mid- night and her progeny, it is not necessary to repeat it a^in. "We can only hope that her Electioneer son may, not meet with any mishap, as his rare breeding will be of service to California as well as his owner. THE EIFLE. At the Presidio. On Saturday, the Bronze Horse Trophy contest was decid- ed by the Police Team winning the third and decisive match. The weather was nnpropitious, the strong north breeze pre- vailing being against first-class shooting, but both teams were in fair form, and at times did some good shooting. Although the breeze often brought water to the eyes of the men while taking sight, the winning score of the Police on Saturday was ahead of the winning score of the Regulars last Novem- ber. The trophy was put up last year to be contended for by any regularly organized team. In July the Police Team of eight men from Captain Douglass' watch won with a score of 950 to 939. In the nest match, last November, the Regulars of the Presidio won with a score of 9S6 to 977, so it will be seen the difference between the teams on the final match is a little larger than usual. The distance was 200, 500 and 600 yards, governed by Creedmoor rules. On Saturday the Reg- ulars used the long-range Springfield rifle, the Police the Sharp's Burchard. The score: POLICE BUXE CX.TB TEAil. 200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yds. Total. Officer Pecfeinpah JO 49 41 130 Officer Hook 44 46 39 129 Sergeant Xasn 44 42 40 126 Officer Linville 42 45 39 126 Officer Field, A. T 40 45 40 125 Officer McCarthy 41 48 33 122 Officer Field, N. T 40 46 34 120 Sergeant Gano 39 41 34 114 Total 992 PEESTDIO EIFLE CLUB TEAM. Sergeant Dougherty 43 48 42 133 Sergeant Nelson 42 41 44 127 Sergeant Connell 41 41 40 122 Private Goodman 37 47 38 122 Sergeant Bracken 40 44 35 119 Sergeant Yersly 39 44 35 118 Sergeant Erede 42 34 40 116 Sergeant Bonghton 42 32 32 106 Total 963 At Sacramento. We have to acknowledge the kindness of a subscriber for the following account of the match between Lieut. Lowell, Company B, First Artillery, Fourth Brigade, and Corporal Hughes, of Company G, of the same regiment, which took place at Sacramento last week. Oar correspondent says: "The match was for $20 a side, 50 shots, 200 yards distance, with military rifles. A large crowd of military men and citi- zens witnessed the match, and a great deal of enthusiasm was manifested on the result, as it was between the two best marksmen in the regiment, and resulted in the highest score that has ever been made here in a match. Following is the score in detail: Lieutenant F. P. Lowell 4 44545454 5—44 344555444 1—42 465454554 5—46 445454444 4—42 444354444 4-40 Total 214 Corporal O. E. Hughes 4 45454455 4—44 444465464 5-44 554545454 4—45 554346454 4-43 4G4455554 4—45 Total 221 At Alameda Schuetzen Park. _ We took a run over to Alameda on Sunday, at the invita- tion of the president, to witness the first bull's-eye match of the season, by the California Schuetzen Club. We found about fifty members present to contend for the twenty prizes given for the best center shots. The shooting, while we were present, was up to the usual standard, bnt, except in the con- viviality of the members, we confess we do not see enough of fun in a rifle shooting shed to counterbalance the constant and infernal roar of artillery going on all sides from morning to night. The ear and the brain both snffer too much to make the thing pleasant to outsiders. Nevertheless, we al- ways like to meet the members of the California Schnetzen. On Sunday the following gentlemen took prizes: First prize, H. E. Smith; second, B. Schoenfeld; third, C. C. Kholfs; fourth, Betrand; fifth, K. Wertheimer; sixth, William Ehrenpfort; seventh, F. G. Schneider; eighth, P. Jaeoby; ninth, McLaughlin; tenth, F. Freese; eleventh, F. Boeck- mann; twelfth, J. TJtschig; thirteenth, J.Stanton; fourteenth, A.Strecker;fifteenth, Krahman; sixteenth, Heeth; seventeenth, Eckmann; eighteenth, Bahwyler; nineteenth, Charles Sage- horn: twentieth, Muller. At the Same Place. The Tnrner Schuetzen also held a prize shooting on Sun- day, at Alameda, at which the following gentlemen took prizes: First prize, J. TJtschig; second, 0. Burmeister; third, D. Schoenfeld; fourth, C. Sagehorn; fifth, B. Finking; sixth, C. K. Zimmer; seventh, CharJes Tecklenburg; eighth, K. Loricfe. A Match at Shell Mound. Captain Teller, Company E, First Infantry Begiment, Second Brigade, N. G. C. has challenged Captain Payton, Company B of same regiment to a friendly contest with the rifle, to come off on second Sunday in February, at Shell Mound. Each team will contain from six to ten men, the conditions being twenty shots each at 200 yards. This, we expect, will be an interesting match. The Swiss Rifle Club will hold their regular monthly meet- ings at Harbor View to-morrow. The shooting commences at 9 a. m. We acknowledge our official invitation to lunch with the club, and intend to te present. T HE GOT . Notes of the Week- It is with feelings of unmixed pleasure we learn the Su- perior Judge of Nevada county has decided the supervisor ordinance to extend the open season for killing dear and doves to be illegal, and that upon that decision the supervis- ors rescinded their ordinance ; under the County Government Bill there could be no other decision reached, and we are glad there is one judge on the bench who has the courage to pro- claim the truth. Under the Political Code, there can be no doubt the supervisors, for certain purposes, had the power to determine when the game laws should be in abeyance in their iudividnal counties. This right we have never ques- tioned, but for over three years we have attacked the manner in which some supervisors exercised the right. When the open season was extended to suit the pleasures of the indi- vidual, and not to meet the necessities of the State, it was done under an unreasoning interpretation of the Code which had no justification. No man, in his senses, will deny that an extravagant or unnatural interpretation of the law, for the purpose of doing something which the law never intended should be done, is an act, as criminal in principle as an open violation of the law. This was our position. For three years we have appealed to the intelligence and honesty of the people to stop the iniquity, and we fought our part of the fight, as is well known, without gloves on. While we en- deavored to make every blow tell, we never depreciated the labors of our co-workers, but gladly gave them the honor thev earned. If the intelligent sportsmen of the State, in the same spirit, now recognize our labors, we cannot see why that should be offensive to others, or a matter of complaint. In such a fight, we deprecate all littleness of spirit and carping ]ealousy, and are only too glad and too proud to be found in the ranks of those men who have so nobly fought for the welfare of the State and a proper enforcement ol its laws. With the decision of the Nevada Superior Jadge as a precedent, the battle, we think, is about over, and supervis- orial impertinence at an end. ■♦ The Contra Costa Gazette says: "Ducks are now plentiful along the shores of Suisun bay. Canvasback and mallard may be fonnd any day in the tales directly in- front of Mar- tinez, and the sloughs and creeks near here are full of teal. Along the upper shore there are plenty of butter-balls, wid- geons, spoon-bills, sprigs and other poorer varieties of dncks. At Avon and Bay Point, three or four miles from here, geese may be found in abundance. A party consisting of Elijah Hook, Dr. W. E. Hook, Vincent Hook, Fred. Moses, Frank Pray.'and others, visited Pine Canyon one day during the early part of the week, and bagged three dozen quail. They saw five deer during the day, one of them being an enormous buck. The following day the party took a duck hunt along the San Eamon creek, and near Bay Point, and succeeded in shooting between five and six dozen teal." This locality is near enough the city for convenient and speedy reaching, and some of our local gun men should take advantage of the information, ♦ We regret to find gun accidents coming to the front again. Two men, says the Lakeport paper, were out hunting to- gether, last week, when one of them, Fairchilds by name, hearing a noise in the bushes across the canyon, thinks it must be a deer and shoots without knowing what he was shooting at. The other man, named Patten, received the ball in 'his liver and kidney, and, at last account, lay at death's door without any hope of recovery. Apart from violating the law (unless Lake county has accommodating su- pervisors) in hunting deer in the close season, this is the most senseless and criminal case of carelessness we ever read of. The offender should be tied up to a tree and flogged to death if the victim of his carelessness dies. Another accident oc- curred at Yreka, California, last week. In this the mnn, named Harry Groat, was carrying his gun across his shoulder, with the hammers set. He stumbled and fell, and in bring to catch the gun while falling somehow set it off, and both loads passed through the calf of his leg and lodged in the instep. No chance to save the leg. Pretty good for one week. It is proposed, and with what looks like a very favorable chance of success, that a national sportsman's association shall be held at Chicago in May next, with the following pro- posed objects: First— To institute regular annual shooting tournaments, combining all varieties of shooting. Second — To establish uniform rules for live-bird shooting, clay pigeon shooting, etc. To-day Massachusetts uses one set of rules. New York another, Illinois a third, etc. Third — The protection of game, etc., in the territories. There seems to be a doubt in the minds of some sportsmen as to whether this third function should be assumed by such a proposed organization. A discussion by the assembled sportsmen would readily determine this point. Why there should be any sufferance on this point we cannot imagine. The preservation of game in the territories is of the highest importance just now, and without its consideration the meet- ing would be deprived of one of its best chances of doing much good. We hope California and all the territories will be well represented. Ducks have been reported more plentiful this week by members of our private clubs. Members of the Teal ili execution again last week on their preserves. Messrs. Bo- gart and Wilson, of the Tule Belle, went up to Sherman Is- land on Saturday and got about 60 birds between them. These were principally black-jacks, a fine eating bird, belonging to the broad-bill tribe, which feeds in a great measure like the canvasback. Birds are abundant on Sherman Island now, and Messrs. Hopkins and Holmes, among others, go up this week. Mr. McAlister alone represented the Cordelia last Sunday, and got a mixed lot of 36 birds for his work. The sportsmen are still complaining, and it seems to us are likely to do so for the balance of the season. Even if we get a good old-fashioned storm, the lateness of the season will detract from its benefits to the hunter and leave him little better off. Even our snipe shooting, the most fascinating of all work with the gun, has been shorn of it glories compara- tively this season, and the favorite haunts of the bird, except in solitary cases, failed to afford good sport. Snipe, in gen- eral, are really scarce in the California markets. Messrs. Bennet, Miller, Edwards and Whitney had a shooting excursion to the neighborhood of the Fish Ranch, Alameda, recently, but found quail wild and scarce, getting only about thirty-six altogether. These gentlemen, how- ever, are all good shots, and were accompanied by good dogs. The best bag of quail we have heard of for some time was that of the crack hunter of Wheatland, Mr. Lipp, who last week went out and bagged fifty birds in a few hours. The Alameda Gun Club sent a committee last week to in- terview the farmer who diverts the water from their lake, and found him a reasonable, gentlemanly man. He says if he has no right to turn the water off, he will cease doing so. The owner of the land objects to artesian wells, so the natu- ral water is all the club have to depend upon to make their preserve of any use to them. The Gilroy Bod and Gun Club hunt took place last week, and proved an enjoyable, successful affair. The two local papers give such different figures and names of the two teams, one under Loupe and the other under Herold, that we find it impossible to use either in detail. Still the grand result was good. We think brother Pyie, lazy fellow as he is at writing, might have sent us an account down. If a co-temporary at the capital, whom we had heretofore regarded pleasurably as a staunch co-worker, will allow us to say so we think the appointment of Game Commissioners empowered with summary process, and game Wardens not afraid to arrest the violators of the law, are the only means by which America can eventually crush out the evil of poach- ing and illegal selling. An Eastern exchange speaks of 1,000 hares being shipped by a Chicago commission firm to England, apparently for hunting with beagles or harriers, and as a cheap game for the table. Those who know anything about the English hare and the beagle will have some difficulty in understanding this announcement. The Fish and Game Commissioners of Maine are strictly enforcing the law forbiddiDg railroad and express companies to forward more than three deer in a season, and are in a great measure stopping the slaughter of game in that State. Partridges, however, are smuggled through in all sorts of shapes. A white pheasant was recently caught near Oregon City, Oregon. This is the first of the species ever seen in this part of the world. We should like to be informed who turned out the silver pheasant on this coast, and when. Is there not some mistake about the "bird caught? Messrs. J. Bassford of Vacaville, and C. N. Post of Sacramento, had a pleasant day's shooting on the former's farm, killing 41 quail between them. Beautiful Queen was used on the occasion, and is reported to have acted with her usual grace and certainty. While hunting last week on Soap Lake, or, in other words, the head-waters of the Pajaro river, and whore we have, in vears past, enjoyed the finest duck-shooting of our life, John Holloway upset his boat and lost his gun. He expected to recover the lost favorite. Two hunters, with the aid of two dogs, recently gathered in a two-horse wagon load of hares, between French ' and Butte Creek bridge, Butte county. We give this as an addendum to ourgoose stories for the attraction of our East- ern sportsmen. The general duck hunt by parties from the city to all avail- able points, last Saturday and Sunday was successful. Tho following horses are now at Mr. Case's Hickory Grove Stock Farm, Racine, Wis., and will W campaign i DOll s..t- son under the training of Edwin Bither, viz.: Jay-] Phallas, Endymion, J. Irving See and Gurgle. The King of trotting geldiDgs is now running out daily, barefoi unblanketed, inside the track enclosure. Phallus is regularly, and will make an early season in the stud, to April 1st; after that he will !»■■ pnl in active training. Gurgle, by Pocahontas 1*' 'v. U receiving moderate • and will be dangerous in toe slow pacing classes, as sh»» ban shown far better than 2:20. Endymion is a youngster of good behavior and great endurauce. As a three-year-old he forced Cod.' to trot the best nice of his lift-. It 18 said J. Irving Bee, by the sire of Grafton, is aim I a phe- nomenon. By the way. Mr. Case is already out with the following defi": "I would jnst like to tr>»t Jaj I any living hor-e or mare, in 1SSJ, fur $10,000 nnasjzes Che word mare. 58 *fte gr-ejtto arxtf j$pjoxisttxmx. Jan 26 General Topics. There appears to be at the present time a rage for pseudo athletics. Very different from the days when the village green was the ground for the display of muscular ability and dexterity. The carpeted and padded stage, the gaslights, the glare and glitter, and the tooting of horns are not an agree- able contrast to us old fogies who prefer the recollection to witnessing the present system. There could only be glory gained in the old-time field; now it is dollars which move the thews, and if the "house" is not up to expectations, the pro- fessionals are loth to show their best paces. It may be that city life compels the change, and that the denizens of offices, shops, stores and manufactories cannot give up even a por- tion of sunlight, and if they see at all, it must be by the aid of lights unknown in the good old days. If so, we Bhall have to put up with the change, and hope that some good may follow the innovation. Under the old militia laws of Pennsylvania, all of the in- habitants under and above certain ages were compelled to give two days in the year to "general training." The place was the county seat, and a county seat without a "public square" was unknown. That was the selected ground for the grand manceuvers, and captains, colonels and generals made some approach to martial appearance. The rank and file were an incongruous assemblage, so far as clothing and equipments went, but for stalwart frame, muscular develop- ment and agile movements, it would be difficult to find a finer body of men in any country. The training was not of long duration, and nearly the whole of the afternoon was given to sport. Foot-raoing, jumping, ball playing, but the en- grossing scene was after the ring was formed, and the cham- pions of the townships and villages strove for the higher honors which belonged to victory in the shire. "Backhold," ,'sidehold," "collar and elbow," were the supreme testa, though "run and catch" would occasionally vary the enter- tainment. The conqueror in one bout had to stand his ground for another, and until vanquished there was no ex- cuse which would be considered valid enough to permit him to quit his post. Looking back through the mists of forty years, we doubt if some of these men ever got tired, and though the veil may give prismatic colors to heighten the effect, there are figures on the screen that refused to succumb to fatigue. In sidehold and at "arms' end," more depended upon skill than strength, but with arms entwined round the body, and hands locked in as strong a grip as fierce Rhoderick held the Knight of Snowden, thei'e was a necessity for strength of no ordinary kind in a struggle between these hardy backwoods- men. While a line was all that Sir Walter required to picture the bout when it came to backhold after the rapier had beaten the broadsword, a full page of melodious measure would be inadequate, and in place of the brief "they tug, they strain, down, down they go, "there might be tugging and straining, no end to the number of "broken locks, " before the contest came to an end. A full measure of fame de- pended on victory at all the methods of testing pow tr, activity and endurance, and if the would-be champion failed at either it was held an inglorious success. more prizes were given to encourage contests between the wheelman it would be better all around. We can understand how people flock in crowds to witness some of the celebrities of the arena wrestle and spar, although it does not present attractions at all to be compared with the old-time sports, but how any person can go the sec- ond time to see the six-day-go-as-you-please humbugs, is be- yond our comprehension. The plea tbat the finish is excit- ng betokens a singular notion of what is considered xcitement. A few played-out men hirpling around a cir- cumscribed track, haggard, footsore, wearied, and all this supplemented with the knowledge that it is a mere money- making scheme, without the first element of true sport to sustain it, is a combination which could scarcely be expected to excite any one. The multitude of gulls which followed in the wake of the first cunningly devised swindles has prompted men to keep up the farces, and though there might be failure after failure, there was the hope left that there were Btill dupes enough to make the next "pay." Thus imaginary stakes were advertised, claims that large amounts of money were wagered, when the whole of the stakes was a fixed pro- portion of the receipts, and the wager that an "unknown" had been "backed" to overshadow all previous performances 80 shadowy that even the gulls were not deceived. There are new sports these days that would have surprised the assemblages that so eagerly watched the wrestlers on the green. Let us imagine that when the fiual champions were striving for supremacy, and every eye was fixed on their movements, a company of bicyclists swept into view. Once cognizant of the phantom-like riders, and "grapevine," "cross-toe" and" backlock" would be forgotten, and even the man who imagined victory was within his grasp would sur- render the advantage, awe-struck, almost paralyzed, at the spectacle. Long as we have been accustomed to the silent steeds, the hurry must be great if they are not watched until out of sight. Rapid as has been the spread of the bicycling fever, and although they can be counted by hundreds, where a few years ago tens would have been tho computation, there are so many things to recommend them that before the lapse of a few more years it is likely the numbers will be increased in Btill greater proportion. There is a junction of pleasure and utility, recreation and profit are combined, and with so small a chauce to degenerate into anything reprehen- sible that the most ultra bigot cannot make reasonable objec- 'ions to their use. What if they do give the opportunity for racing? That is one of the commendable features, and if Suppose that the fairs should incorporate in the programmes bicycle races and so arrange them that there would be a fair chance for competition. Those which are held earliest in the season will have to solicit the aid of a competent man to fix the handicap. After the first of the series, winners will neces- sarily be penalized, losers graded according to the capacity displayed. In this way it may be practicable to secure entries at all of the prominent fairs, and then the distances could be varied so as to bring new elements into the calculation. That bicycle races can be made attractive is beyond question, and nest to the horses be the most fancied portion of the speed programme. There may be obstacles in the way, which our limited knowledge of the art prevents us from seeing, though from the experiments of the Golden Gate Association there are good reasons for believing in favorable results. California is a grand country for wheelmen, During tho whole of the summer, for a great part of the winter, there is no hindrance to speak of. In San Francisco there are the roads of the park, and the drive to the beach. In Oakland there are miles of streets particularly well adapted for the elastic-tired wheel, and in all of the large towns there is the same opportunity. The objections offered that horses are frightened can soon be overcome by a little care on the part of the bicyclists. Slackening the pace when about to meet horses attached to a carriage, and if the animals appear res- tive, to dismount quietly will soon accustom them to the queer — to them — concern. We have driven several colts that were startled at the first sight, but by stopping them so that they could discover that a man was seated on the strange Bteed, one or two good looks was sufficient to overcome all timidity, and they will trot as cheerfully by the side of the machine as if there was a horse attached. Double-cross Beems to take an extra delight in going alongside of them, and we are inclined to the belief that if he could not trot fast enough to keep up he would break into a run. There is more curiosity manifested by young colts than many imagine. Antevolo has always taken a deep interest in Cito, which probably arises from the son of Joe Hooker hav- ing so much white on him that his peculiar color is the at- traction. He is apparently intent on making out what sort of a horse it is that is so blotched and marked up, or it may be that he admires this marked divergence from all others of his acquaintance. From other indications of possessing an inquisitive turn of mind we are prone to think that it is the problem that he is cogitating over, and that he has not ar- rived at a satisfactory solution. Should we go into his stall with a plug hat on he will at once commence an examination, and after looking and smelling, if permitted will knock it off or endeavor to catch the rim with his teeth. He evidently considers that a slouch is the proper headgear as he never makes any demonstration when that is worn. Now it may be that if we can induce Prince to exercise with X X, and at the same time make the horse aware that if he keeps up it must be by trotting, that he will develop sDeed at that gait more rapidly than by any other method of educa- tion. At all events we can try galloping Cito in the lead of Antevolo, and should he improve more rapidly than under the mentorship of X X there will be another step gained towards the proper way of training trotters. This will be less troublesome than suspending some delicacy to thejsquine taste in front of his nose, and then again, it will be a livelier example. Emulation may work wonders and the desire to excel be a. far greater incitement than fear. Rewards are more potent than punishment in training the dog, and some- thing besides the whip be found to lead to better results with the trotter, especially with young trotters, and now that the importance of early training is so generally recognized, the pupils will be members of the juvenile classes. There is not a trainer of any ability who is not willing to admit that a horse which takes to trotting cheerfully is far more likely to improve than those which are in deadly fear of the lash, and though, owing to the infirmities of human temperament, there are only a few who do not deviate from their convictions, it is nevertheless true. Severe punishment is always wrong, and even a few blows struck in passion undo the work of weeks. Nearly as bad as violent blows is the practice of jerking at the bit, though as a general rule one follows the other. A driver lashes until the animal is frantic, and when that is done then comes the snatching and pulling, until the poor creature is completely at a loss to know what its cruel taskmaster requires. Give them time to understand the commands; protect the parts which are struck, or likely to be struck, when acquiring the fast trot- ting step; be gentle as possible in the handling of the reins; never strike a harder blow with the whip than is necessary, and by all means do not give a succession of blows, which invariably show passion, and anger excites anger in tho colt as well as when exhibited to men; follow these short rules, and if there is not more satisfactory progress than was made under a contrary course, we will be greatly surprised. We hear that two matches have been made between Lucky B. on one part and Patsy Duffy and Jocko on the other. The distances to be run are one and a quarter and three miles, the antouut §2,500 a side, and though the time is not definitely fixed, it will probably be after the spring meeting of the Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Association. It is far too early yet to speculate iu regard to these matches further thau to state tbat if the horses are in order that the chances are favorable for two capital races. BASE BALL. A Close Game by the Haverly Clubs. and Denny There was a better attendance at the Eeereation Grounds last Sunday than has been seen at that resort of athlete for some time, and could there have been a certainty of such a close game as those present witnessed, thegrand stand would have been too small to contain the crowd that would have nocked to see it. Denny, the Captain and third base of the nine bearing his name, was not at his post, but Piercv agreed to act as substitute, and filled the position creditably De Panger at first, was mentioned previous to the commence- ment of the game as the one who was to do duty behind the bat, but there was no one who could do first base justice if he was taken off, and it was after all decided to give Creegan the place m the catcher's bos, and have De Panger remain in his favorite stand on first. The changes in the Haverly nine were of not sufficient importance to weaken the club A close game was expected by most of those assembled, and there was a general stoppage of conversation and a closing up to the front of the straggling bystanders as the bell rang and the Denuys went to the bat for their first inning. Sweeney started the game by hitting to Fogarty and retir- ing at first, and was followed by De Panger who went out on aflytoSohr. Sohr made a neat catch. Bigelow succeeded in letting Gagus retire him on three strikes. The Haverlys took their places on the players' bench for the first inning which resulted in Carroll, Pogarty and Hanley being put out quickly in the order their names are giveD, Carroll "being re- tired neatly by Creegan and Hanley by Piercy. The second inning was characterized by continued close play. Piercy hit to Sheridan and failed to gain first base Arnold followed, the play being precisely the same as that preceding, and Swanton gained first and second, but failing to use due caution in going to third, was thrown out by the ever vigilant Carroll. The last half of the inning was not- able for a remarkable running catch of a difficult foul by De Panger, and the securing of a fly ball by Bigelow. The third inning resulted in both sidles securing goose eggs. Bigelow made a good stop of a lively ball from the bat of Gagus, and Swanton caught a fiv ball sent him by Swanton. J Sweeney was the first at the bat for the fourth inning and he led off with a lively hit to centerSeld, the heaviest made up to this time in the game. Carroll, on receiving the ball from ths pitcher, expecting Sweeney would set out for sec- ond on it leaving his hands, put it to second in a lively man- ner, and Sweeney's career was terminated for the nonce Levy caught out Bigelow on a fly, making a difficult catch' Carroll, Fogarty and Hanley were the batters up for the Haverly's fourth, but neither of them got further than the initial sand bag. The fifth inning resulted as had the four previous ones in no runs being made by either club. Hanley made a splendid running catch of a drive by Swanton into centerfield. Piercy stopped a heavy hit of McCord, but failed to get the ball to first as quickly as he should, and Arnold stopping a hit of Donahue made a wild throw to first, for which he had no ex- cuse save that he was somewhat rattled. Donahue gained his third base finally, being the first man to touch that goal since the game began. The sixth was opened by Mooney who made a base hit and gave Carroll the same opportunity to show his throwing abil- ity, as had Sweeney in the fourth. Carroll again had the ball to the base in good time. Creegan put a new phase on the game when his turn came. He gained his first on a hit to Donahue, and then went to second ; Sweeney on sending the ball into rightneld it was put to Fogarty to stop Creegan, but was not secured and Creegan gained that point and Sweeney went to second. Both were given the opportunity to count a run by De Panger driving the sphere into leftfield. De Panger was frozen to the base by Bigelow, who fanned out and retired the side. The Haverlys had up Gagus as their first batsman for the inning, and he succeeding in gaiuiu" first on a hit, made the bases with due cautioD, and scored one for his club. Forgarty made a good three-base hit, but being on that base counted him naught as Hanley failed in his attempts to hit the ball and left him on the saud ba". No runs were made in the seventh, inning although H was evident that the Haverlys were anxious to gain the lead. McCord hit a high ball to Mooney and was retired, Levy went out to Arnold and Sheridan to Bigelow. Sweeney was the only player in the eighth inning of the Dennys who succeeded in touching the ball with the bat, but he could not get first. Gagus in the Haverlys eighth tied the game, it standing two to two. Sohr sent him home from the second base and scored a two-base hit. Sohr "aiued third afterwards and making a bold dash to get iu°on a passed of Creegan, he succeeded through Sweeney dropping the ball as he met the runner on the home. The inuin" closed with the Haverlys leading by one run. The Occidentals played their ninth without being able to change the score. The Haverlys having sufficient to give them the game did not again go to the bat. The game, especially the last few innings, was deeply in- teresting, and showed to advantage the many fine points to be made when two good nines contest in earnest for the honors. Appended is the score : Carroll, c 4 Fogarty, 3d b 4 Hanley, r. f 4 McCord, Istb 3 Donahue, 8. s 3 Levy, c. f 3 Sheridan, 2d b 3 Gagus, p 3 Solir, 1. f 3 Totals . Innings.. Haverly.. Denny 13 2 2 7 2 1 2 .30 2 2 13 1 Sweeney, p De Panger. 1st b.. 4 Bigelow, 2d b 4 Piercy, 3d b 4 Arnold, s. s. . Swanton, r. f. Mooney, c. f. Dowd.'l. f. .. Creegan, c... DENNY. tii it nn po a 1 l n la 18 2 2 3 1 1 Totals.. 1 ...30000 ... 3 1 10 4 ...31 2 4 24 111 i 5 6 7 8 9 5 e o o 2 1 First base on errors— Haverly 2, Denny 1. Left on bases— Haverly 3, Denny 2. Passed balls— Carroll 1, Creegan'l. Struck out— Haverly lit, Denny 12. Three-base bit— Fogarty. Two-base liits-Sohr and Arnold. Time of game— One hour and thirty minutes. Umpire— Kd. Taylor of the Occidentals. Scorer— M. Fisoher. The Denny and Occidental clubs will play a game at tho Recreation grounds next Sunday. W. W.— In answer to your query, what four throes iu the baud and a nine turn up on the cut count at cribbage, you are informed tho total hand would count twenty. The threes and the nine would be fifteen-eight, and the threes them selves would be twelve. I 1884 SJ&c greater aud j^portsmau. 59 OUR NEW YORK LETTER. Closinff of Racing Stakes— Influenza Among the Cracks— General Sporting and Theatrical News, etc. Though the official lists of the stakes that closed on Tues- day of last week have not yet been made public, the New York Sportsman of January 5th publishes editorially a short synopsis of the entries already received to the fixtures of the Coney Inland Jockey Club, and the result is very gratifying indeed, 660 nominations having been made to the thirteen stakes for next spring and fall. These include entries from all the great racing stables, Rancocas putting in no less than twenty odd two-year-olds, for Mr. Lorillard, in the Great Eastern Handicap and other races for youngsters. The Dwyers have made many entries also, but singularly enough, none of their noted stable is in the Coney Island Cup, a race that they nave generally been considered as having a lien on. They say that unless cup races are made more val- uable they will not strive for them, and incur the risk of breaking down their horses. That the argument is a correct one, however, few will be found to agree with them, for the preparation of race-horses for a contest over a cup course of two miles and a quarter does not necessarily place in peril their soundness. The Dwyers are about the only owners of note lately that have had good horses break down in or from cup races, and the cases of Blackburn and Hindoo can be ascribed, with more show of reason, to their peculiar and sometimes erratic mode of training and running their horses, than to the strain of a two-mile-and-a-quarter race. The Brooklyn Stable, however, will doubtless be found with Miss Woodford, George Kinney or Equador in the lists of the "Washington Park Cup, Chicago's great race, with $4,000 added, which closes next Tuesday, the 15th. Certainly this race and the American Derby for three-year-olds will attract entries from this section, for the two are the richest of the year for their classes. The American Derby will be worth, very likely, close on to §10,000. Secretary J. E. Brewster was in this city last week in the interests of his association, and he says that the prospects of the new enter- prise are of the best. The Chicago Driving Park will also enter the field this summer as a rival to Saratoga, and give racing to the end of August. This will give the residents of the Lake City about ten weeks of continuous racing, from the middle of June on. If the Saratoga people do not want to get "knocked out," they will have to bestir themselves, for in 18S3 most of their patronage came from the Western stables. Should these conclude to take in Chicago, where is the material for Saratoga coming from? Secretary Wheatley, however, who has been interviewed on the subject, professes no uneasiness. He says that the rich stakes for 18S4 at Sar- atoga, already closed during the last two years, will insure a good attendance of the roving clans of thoroughbreds, whose owners, having entered into these valuable engagements, will certainly fulfill them. Perhaps he is right, and perhaps not. Nous verrons. There has been no little sickness among the Dwyers', J. R. Keene's, Harvey Welch's, and other stables of raceB at Sheepshead Bay. The prevailment seems to have been in- fluenza originating in the four-year-old colt Le Petit Due, by the Ill-Used, and he died a few days ago. Since then the others have been on the mend, and no more casualties are reported or apprehended. The late heavy snowstorms, four successive ones in six days, played havoc also at the same track, breaking in roofs of buildings from the weight of the snow, and stopping the work on the reconstruction of the track. As almost an entirely new course has to be com- pleted at Sheepshead in less than five months, the Coney Island Jockey Club has not any too much time to get the work completed by their spring meeting. This interruption in their labors is therefore of more moment than it seems, and when the weather gets more clement, extra gangs of men will be needed to make up for lost time. At Monmouth Park and Jerome improvements are also in contemplation for the coming season, and at these racing centers the horses are all reported as doing well. Just now there is quite a dearth of good steeple-chasers. A majority of the lot that took part in these contests last season were a poor company of "crabs,"' dangerous to riders and devoid of auy clear title to the name of cross-country horses. Two of the good ones, Postguard and Jim McGowan, were laid on the shelf, and their defection has left only two that can be called first-class, Disturbance, by Chillicothe, and Charlemagne, by Pat Mal- loy. In the old country this class of racers, in great part, came from strains of blood that excel as jumpers, but in America, where the illegitimate is comparatively in its in- fancy as yet, we will have to trust to education and schooling for some years yet for the material to replenish our stock of timber-toppers. Glenelg's get seem to be good jumpers, also the progeny of Jonesboro, the sire of those famous Steeplers Diavolo, and Coronet, and War Dance, who sired Jim Mc- Gowan, Glasgow, Limestone, etc., while old Bonnie Scotland got two fine performers over sticks in Lobelia and Lochiel. But these instances will hardly induce horsemen as yet to accept the theory that Glenelg or Jonesboro are any better as sires of jumpers than auy other of the many thorough- bred stallions. As said before, we will have to look to edu- cation for this class of horses, and a lesson that many trainers have learned is to take as a candidate for this busi- ness a thoroughly good sound performer on the flat, and not, as is generally done nowadays, put over the hurdles a broken- down flat racer, inferior in wind and limb, and oftentimes a disgrace to the humanity of those who control him. O. E. Lefevre, of Denver, Colorado, is said to have en- gaged as trainer Thos. Costello, formerly head jockey for Mr. George Lorillard's Islip Stable. Costello has ridden Sensa- tion, Tom Ochiltree, Ferida, Monitor, and the other cracks of this celebrated stable, in many of their great races, and now that he has grown too heavy to ride, may very reasonably be expected to attain success as a trainer of racers. Mr. Lefevre has some good material in his stable, and many good horses have borne his colors in past years. R. J. Hancock, of Ellerslie Stud, Virginia, has sold Eolite, three years, by Eolus, out of War Song, by War Dance, etc., to F. Gebhard for a stiff price, said to be $10,000. The colt is a full brother to Eole, six years, and Eolist, four years, and is said to be very promising. This shows what a gold mine a first-class brood-mare is. But this is such an old axiom in breeding thatit needs no repetition here, past years having demonstrated its correctness in scores of instances that might be named. Two noted thoroughbreds have just died. Bill Bruce, by Enquirer, foaled 1872 at Woodstock, Ontario, and Lord Rag- lan, by Ten Broeck, foaled 1880, at Saratoga, N. Y. Both were good racers, and the former bid fair to attain renown in the stud. As for Lord Raglan, he was a winner four times last year, until he was cut down in a race at Saratoga in August, from the effects of which he never recovered. The yearlings at the great Kentucky breeding centers are said to be an unusually fine lot this year. In the present state of prices ruling for thoroughbreds, these salea next spring can- not fail to receive attention. To-day, in Brooklyn, Wm. A. Eyeman, the proprietor of Brighton Beach race-track, died, aged 45 years. The deceased was a good specimen of what foresight and executive abilty united to Yankee grit will do for a man, for though the deceased was of German parentage, he was essentially an American iu all his history. Beginning as a New York newsboy, graduating to a frontier scout and companion of Buffalo Bill, and later as a contractor in mules for the army, the subject of these remarks rapidly rose to af- fluence by the aid of his cool judgment as regards Coney Is- land, its future, and the sure return for investments there. His mistake was that iu amassing his genii-like fortune of SI, 000, 000 he failed to take ordinary precautions against nat- ural decay, and imprudence, exposure, etc., shortened his life by at least a score of years. The race-course will be car- ried on by his brother and Bon conjointly as usual. The theaters swing in their way week after week, pre- senting old and new attractions in rapid succession. Miss Latham, a California actress, makes her debut here next week at the Star Theater. Miss Davenport and Fedora ex- pects to reach your city this summer, after her provincial tour has been completed. Both opera companies have re- turned from their out-of-town wanderings, and are presenting their patrons with some very artistic renderings, in which Mesdames Patti, Sembrich, Scalchi, Gerster, Isebelli and Sig- nori Campanini, Nicolini, Stagno, Caracciolo, Del Puente, etc., shine pre-eminent. Edwin Booth's season has been a great success, but it is high time that this sterling actor got a new piece or two. John McCullough has been carrying Bos- ton by storm with Virgiuius, and tliis actor is fast recovering his usual health. At Stetson's Fifth Avenue Theater Mrs. Langtry and Chas. Coghlan have been playing to large busi- ness in Peril. The lady has definitely given up her pro- jected tour to Australia, and will defer that till next year, closingher 1884 American season in your city this,summer. She then expects to go directly to England. At the other theaters the Beggar Student is still doing a large business at the Ca- sino, likewise Storm Beaten at the Union Square, and 7-20-8 at Daly's, the latter being one of the funniest and best acted comedies ever played on our Metropolitan boards. New York, Jan. 11th, 1SS4. Pacific. YA CHTI NG. The America's Cup. PO ULTR Y. Simple and Successful Feeding*. I have read with much interest the various disputations about feeding poultry, which have from time to time ap- peared in your columns. I do not care to enter the arena at all, bu t a brief allusion to my experience may suggest thought, if nothing more. I have tried pretty nearly every method cf feeding which has ever come to my notice, and have finally adopted one of my own, which I believe is more in accor- dance with the physiology and habits of fowls than auy other which is practical, and it has afforded me more satis- faction, with less labor and expense than any other. Little at a time and often, is the theory on which my practice is based. My staple feed, supplied ad libitum, is fine, dry, ground feed, the largest part of which is wheat middlings, Bhorts or bran. All sorts of grain and cotton-seed-meal, in small pro- portions, are sometimes used. Corn meal, in the proportion of one to two of the ships tuffs, is as satisfactory to the fowls as any other of my mixtures, and I have had less disease, more growth, more eggs, perhaps less fat, but enough nevertheless, less annoyance from the raids of the fowls upon outside com- modities, whether in field or yard, and less trouble generally since I entered upon its use for old fowls and young, than ever before. The mother hen gets something which she can pick up and feed to her young brood till they learn to pick up their own food, after which they are fed in the same way as the grown fowls. Of course they all get many tidbits in the course of the year, but I allude here to the regular every-day feed. I had a hen last summer which was given the broods of two other hens at a week old, and she raised the thirty- seven chicks without loss or accident. They sometimes got a baked potato, a bit of curd, a handful of wheat screenings, a few nubbius of corn, or something else to tame them, but the bulk of their feed was as above. My fowls are given fresh, clean water twice a day. The pail is kept full, so that if a chick gets in it can get out. Lit- tle and big drink at the same pail. A pan of milk is often given them, though I think less of it for the purpose than many others do. I set a weighted pail, or can, into the pan to keep the fowls out and let them drink what they will, but the mixing of hodge-puddings is all a thing of the past. Except a few kitcheu scraps, occasionally a beet, turnip or cabbage, my fowls are fed but once a day. In cold weather their boxes are replenished in the afternoon, so that they may go to roost with fall crops. In warm weather the food is given them after they go to roost, so that they may not have any temptation to start out in the morning on maurauding expeditions. They are generally kept in confinement in cold weather; and sometimes in warm weather, but not generally. — Country Gentleman. Turkevs do not require as warm quarters in the winter as do otherfowls. They will rest on a tree when the mercury is frozen solid in the thermometer bulb, and then fly down in the morning and wade through the snow to cool off. This is a hint to the turkey raiser. Do not confine the turkeys in quarters too warm and close, and be sure that they have three or four hours'exerciseeachdayin the open air. The turkey is really a hardy fowl and easily wintered, if you do not pet it too much. Be a little unkind to it in cold weather. About all the shelter they will need is a wind-break. Plymouth Rock pullets are not always early layers, for they often grow for ten or twelve montliB before laying, though some say as early as six months after being hatched. The best plan to keep Plymouth Rocks is to get the pullets hatched as early as possible. If a person does not find pleasure in feeding his fowls, and caring for their many needs, he had better give them up en- tirely, for the fowls are sure of being more or less neglected. Where laying hens show a tendency to lay on too much fat give them all the sour milk they will drink. It is an anti- fat remedy. Corn charred on the cobs and powdered, is greedily eaten by the fowls, and as a preventive of disease, us well, A hen will lay her own weight in eggs in from forty to fifty days. ____ _^__^_^_— Mr. Haggin's stallion, Kyrle Daly, was shipped from Id \- ington on the 10th iust. And barring accidents will reach Rancho del Paso before many days. The yachtsmen of this country who hoped that the English cutter May would this year cross the Atlantic and challenge and sail for the America's Cup, are somewhat disappointed by the announcement of May's owner that he never had such intention. Still the hope is expressed in many quarters that the year will not pass without an international competition, and a few yuchtsmen have declared that a racing cutter such as May or Majorie could visit us, ana without the least diffi- culty carry the long-kept trophy back to England with them. There are other yachtsmen, however, who do not fear such result, and of these is Mr. Newbury D. L:i\vtou, member of several yacht clubs, and a well-knuwn yacht owner. When asked recently what, in his opinion, would be the result of a contest between an English cutter and an American sloop for the America's Cup, he said, in substance, "Opinions will differ. There are some people who can figure it all out, and tell to their satisfaction exactly how miiuy minutes the cutter will beat the sloop in the race which may take place this year, and is to result in the Americas Cup going across the ocean in a cutter's locker. There are also others whose figures do uot work out in that way, and some who do not believe auy cut- ter will come over at all. "My firm conviction, founded upon what has taken place during the last three years, that is, other things being equal, the model of the modern narrow Euglish cutter will not com- pare with the model of an American sharp-bottom, cen- treboard sloop when their relative speed is judged by the standard of length or cubic contents, or even by the present rule of measurement of the New York Yacht Club. The English cutters, in their construction, bal- lasting and facilities for setting, and especially for reducing sail, and for sea-going work, are undoubtedly su- perior to our sloops. I doubt very much if we have any boats here which in these respects equal the English yachts. The drifting qualities of the cutter in a calm with a favor- able tide, as well as their steadiness in a sea-way with light breezes, and the slight pressure of wind required to heel them to moderate angles, give them advantages also over ourboats under certain conditions. Whether the advantages the cut- ters possess in some respects will more than counterbalance the more desirable proportions of some of our craft, it is im- possible to say. No advantage certainly can be gained in a race by ability to quickly shorten sail, unless the necessity actually occurs for such reduction in canvas. I do not recall many occasions during the races of the New York club when reefing has been the order of the day. It is uot under all cir- cumstances and conditions that the English boats derive the full benefit of their peculiarities of construction and ballast- ing. Their sea-going qualities, or 'propensities,' as a cutter man has termed them, would be of no advantage unless rough work should be encountered, which is not at all likely to occur, as there have been very few races of the New York club sailed in bad weather. Ac- cording to the Loudon Field, the English boats which ap- proaeh nearer to the proportions of our yuchts are able, es- pecially in windward work, to beat the best narrow cutters in the races where length is the standard of comparison. Around Boston, where there are many narrow keel boats, aud the cen- treboards and keels sail in separate classes over the same courses, the records show that the time made by the wiuuiug centreboards is invariably letter than that made by the win- ning keels of the same size. Judged by a length standard, cutters have been generally unsuccessful in their contests with sloops, although considerable credit has been taken by them for winning races where the standards of comparison have been notoriously in their favor. "The Madge races furnish an instance of this, as well as the fall races in which the Fanita, Valkyr, and Orivu took part year before last. "The Maggie, of the same water Hue length as the Yiieu, and heralded as the crack of the fifteen tonuers of England, has made but a sorry show of herself in her races with that sloop. "The Bedouin and Gracie matches for two years past have resulted in a tie. "The record of the Oriva certainly has not established the invincibility of the cutter type. "The Wenonah has provedherself fast in light breezes, but has yet failed to show to any advantage iu a strong wind. Theonly contests from which a reliable jn. lament can fairly be formed as to what a large English cutter would do with our large sloops are the Madge races, and the Vixen aud Muggie matches. Iu each of thes> of contests the cutters were imported English-built ves- sels, and fair representatives of their type— undoubtedly as <-»ood for their respective classes as any cutter of the forty tou class that might be selected to cross the Atlantic for the American's cup. The boats that sailed against the Made," were fast boats, but shorter and of less displacement, and very shoal, excepting in the case of the Shadow. The weather iu which the races were sailed was such that the extra hugth aud displacement of the cutter was of very great advantage to her. By the rules of time allowance under which these matches were sailed the Madge won live out of the si\ raoes. Under the rules of time allowance of ib, Atlantic Yacht Glob based on length she would have won only one on t of the six. In the Maggie and Vixen mutches, the Maggie, out of four races sailed under diflercut rules of tune allow- ance in both light and heavy weather, 1ms failed to score a single victory. There can be no doubt, lie refore, that iu tbis last class, so far as these boats are concerned, I terboard sloop has effectually disposed <>f the Euglish cotter. Whether the Fanny, the Mischief, or the I tually dispose of the May or the Marjoric, is uu open ques- tion. "UndOT ttny fair system of time allowance, with anything from a moderate wind t<> a single reef brce/.o, I do not fancy that any of the English cutters would 1.. abli bo beat of the centerboard yachts alone anew vessel possessing the merits of the English boats in OOnstruotioi] and ballasting, and modelled as sheshonldbe with considerable depth aud of sharp floor, and of moderate beam, and fitted and rigged for racing as perfectly as the English racing cut- ters are. What we need m this country to insure BUCOi in competitions with foreign boats," concluded Mr. Law- ton, "is better, lighter, more skillful and expensive con- struction in our boats; more attention paid to l.nllust- ing, and inoro complete outfits iu the way of sails, rig ring, 1 1,. in our racing sloops now p With equality with the English cutters in these n length as o standard of comparison, then of any of the English 'lead mines' taking Cop, or wiuning very much of the product uf either." 60 teeete mi& gp&xtwmm Jan 26 The Breeder and Sportsman, published weekly in San Francisco, by the Breeder and Sportsman Publishing Com- pany with Joseph Cairn Simpson as editor, is just what its name indicates. It is chiefly devoted to the blood and speed of horses, in which Hue there is no abler paper edited and published. It is full of information in regard to sports of all kinds of a respectable character, and gives a history of all the best horses that have figured prominently m the past, and most celebrated at the present time. It is a 16-page paper, quarto size, and usually contains one or more cuts of cele- brated horses and dogs which have won fame in coursing matches. The last number of December 29th, which is the close of its third volume, contains, as supplemental, several pictures of noted horses, which are finely executed. Also, pictures of winning clogs at the Pacific Coast field and club trials of 1SS3. The subscription price of this valuable paper is only $5 a year. Send to Breeder and Snortsman Publish- ing Co., 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco.— Mariposa Gazette. Mr. J. B. Haggin's two-year-old colt, Tyrant, has been scratched from all his engagements, this season, except the stakes of the Washington Park Club, at Chicago. He is a very large and "growthy" colt, and a hard campaign would be very hazardous as js indicated by the career of Gen. Har- ding the crack Kentuckian of last year. Harding made him- self 'famous, but he is now in the veterinary's hands, and whether he will stand training again is a mooted question. The chestnut horse Monte Christo, by Norfolk, — Pele by Belmont, died in Oregon last week from injuries received dur- ing the stud season last year. He was foaled in 1871, and at the time of his death was owned by Sturgill Bros, of Baker county. THE ELECTIONEER STALLION STANFORD Will make the season of 1884, commencing February 1st and ending July 1st, at my stable near the Oakland Race Track. Terms. S50 for the season, payable at the close of the season. No responsi- bility assumed beyond reasonable care. Pedigree and Description. Stanford was bred by George Faylor, late of San Francisco, foaled in 1879; is dark bay, no marks, 15£ hands, and weighs 1,050 pounds; was sired by Electioneer, and closely resembles him in form and color; ■was not broken until last year; has been handled very little, but enough to show tbat his action is excellent and peculiar to the get of Electioneer. , , ^ _..„, _ . „ „ First dam, Annie Laurie, by McCracken s Dave Hill, Jr., (sire of Geo. Treat, record 2:25;}), be by McCracken's Dave Hill, be by Bed Lion, and he by Vermont Black Hawk. Second dam, Kitty, by Owen Dale, son of Belmont. Dam of Dave Hill, Jr., by old St. Lawrence, grandam thoroughbred. Dam of Dave Hill by Vermont Hambletonian. Dam of Bed Lion by Vermont Hambletonian. J. J. FAIRBANKS. Oakland, January 18, 1884. Agent. MAMBRINO WILKES. BLACK STALLION, SIXTEEN HANDS IN HEIGHT. BY GEORGE Wilkes, sou of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, bred by B. J. Treacy of Payette County, Kentucky. Dam Lady Christman by Todhunter's Mambrino, son of Mambrino Chief. Second dam by Pilot, Jr. Tod- liunter's Mambrino son of Mambrino Chief, his dam Bipton's dam by Potomac. This Is. the largest and one of the best colls of George Wilkes (weigh- ing 1.260 pounds i, combining the ITambletoiuaii anil Mambrino strains, and also several thoroughbred crosses. His colts demonstrate that be possesses in an eminent degree the same faculty of transmitting the family qualities to his offspring which put George Wilkes in the front rank as a sire of trotterB. George Wilkes has 27 representatives in the 2; 30 list, of which 14 have records of 2:25 or better, 5 of 2:20 or better, and 3 of 2:13 or better. These are all the pet of Geo. Wilkes, and do not include Phil Thompson. William IT., and other famous grandsons and granddaughters of this prepotent aire. Will make the ensuing season, coninieiifing February lst,lS84, at the Drew Stable, STOCKTON, and L. M. Morse's near LODI. Terms; $40 f >r the season, or 925 Bingle service. This low rate brings the service of this horse within reach of breeders, hut dons not argue any Inferiority to the horses whose services are held at One or Two Hundred Dollars. Por further particulars address A. I,. HINDS, Agent. Trotting Stallions Prompter, 2305, and Privateer Will make the season of 1884, from February 1st to July 1st, at Agri- cultural Park, Sacramento, at .^50 the season. Mares not proving in foal ran be returned next season free of obarge. Pasturage at reason- able rates. Accidents and escapes at owner's risk. Prompter is a bright bay. star iu forehead, hind ankles white, sixteen hands high, and weighs 1,140 pounds. Sired by Wilson's Blue Bull, son of Prudeu's Blue Bull, by Merring's Blue Bull, dam Prairie Bird (four-year-old pacing record 2:281, aud dam of Flight, five-year- old record 2:2!), and three-fourths sister to dam of Pride, yearling rec- ord 2:-14i, and three-fourths sister to dam of Buccaneer, public trial against "time 2:24$, and full Bister in blood to dam of Fawn, record 2:H0S), by Flaxtail, grandam by eon of Tally Ho Morgau, great grandam by trwin's 'fuckabo. great great grandam byLeffler's Consul. B'i'WKteer is four years old, a beautiful brown with tan shadings, r i ■ ni\>un hands high, and is by Buccaneer, son of Iowa Chief, by •'- Bashaw, dam by Marion, son of Mambrino Chief, yearling rec- ■xtonded podigreo and further description of the above horses i l circular. M. W. HICKS, Sacramento! Cal, STALLIONS — AT — RANCHO DEL PASO. For the Season of 1884. Thoroughbreds. Imp. KYRLB DALY. Bay horse, by ARTILLERY. Pirst dam. Colleen Rnue, by Gemma-di-Vergy. Second dam, Princess, by Retriever. * Third dam. Echidna (the Baron's dam), by Economist. Fourth dam, Miss Pratt, by Blacklock. Fifth dam, Gadabout, by Orville. Sixth dam, Minstrel, by Sir Peter. Seventh dam, Matron, by Florizel. Eighth dam, Maiden, by Machem. Ninth dam (Pumpkin's dam), by Squirt. Tenth dam (Lot's dam), by Mogul. Eleventh dam, Camilla, by Bay Bolton. Twelfth dam, Old Lady (Starling's dam), by Pulleine's Chestnut Ara- bian, Thirteenth dam, by Rockwood. Fourteenth dam, by Bustler. At $100 the season, due at the time of service. LONGFIELD. Chestnut horse, by MONARCHIST, he by Lexington. First dam, Dame Gourlay (Blue Gown), by Planet. Second dam, Flora G., by Lexington. Third dam, Fanny G., by Imp. Margrave. Fourth dam. Lancess, by Lance. Fifth dam, Aurora, by Aratus. Sixth dam, Paragon, by imp. Buzzard. Seventh dam, Indiana, by Columbus (Bon of imp. Pantaloon). Eighth dam, Jane Hunt, by Hampton's Paragon. " Ninth dam, Moll, by imp. Figure. Tenth dam, Slamerkin, by imp. Wildair. Eleventh dam, imp. Cub Mare, by Cub. Twelfth dam. Aramanthus' dam, by Second. Thirteenth dam, by Starling. Fourteenth dam, by Croft's Partner. Fifteenth dam, by Greyhound. At §50 the season, due at the time of service. JIM BROWNE. Chestnut horse, by FOSTER, he by Lexington. First dam. Flush, by Hiawatha. Second dam, Fanny Bugg, by imp. Ambassador. Third dam, Ida, by imp. Belsbazzar. Fourth dam, Madame Bosley, by Sir Richard Tonson. Filth dam, Nancy Nichol, by imp. Eagle. Sixth dam, Bet Bosley, by "Wilke's Wonder. Seventh dam, by Chanticleer. Eighth dam, by imp. Sterling. Ninth dam, by Clodius. Tenth dam, by imp. Silver Eye. Eleventh dam, by Jolly Roger. Twelfth dam, by imp. Partner. Thirteenth dam, imp. Monkey. Fourteenth dam, an imp. mare from the stud of Harrison of Bran- don, At $50 the season, due at time of service. Trotting Stallions. ECHO. Bay horse, by RYSDYK'S HAMBLETONIAN. First dam, Fanny Felter, by Magnolia, son of Seely's American Star. Second dam, by "Webber's Kentucky Whip. Third dam, by Shakespeare, son of Duroc, and out of a mare by Plato, son of imp. Messenger. At 8100 the season, due at time of service. ALGONA. Chestnut horse, by ALMONT, son of Alexander's Abdallah, son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. First dam, Emma Kinkead, by Conscript, son of Cassius M. Clay. Second dam, Erne Dean, by Mambrino Chief. Third d am . by Powell's Bertrand, son of Bertrand, by Sir Archy. At §100 the season, due at time of service. ALASKA. Brown horse, by ELECTIONEER. First dam, by Washington, he by Geo, M. Patchen. Second dam, by Williamson's Belmont. At §50 the season, due at time of service. The season for thoroughbreds will commence February 10th and ter- minate June 20th. For trotting stallions, will commence February 10th and terminate July lBt. Good care will be taken of mares during the season at §6 per month; after the season S10 per month will be charged, hut no responsibility for escape or accidents. John Macfeey, Superintendent, Sacramento, Cal. 2:20 1-4. The Past-Trotting Stalliion ANTEEO. Dark bay colt, near hind foot white; foaled May 6th, 1879; bred by Jos. Cairn Simpson, Oakland, California. By Electioneer. First dam, Columbine, by A. W. Richmond. Second dam, Columbia, by imp. Bonnie Scotland. Third dam, Young Fashion, by imp. Monarch. Fourth dam, Fashion, by imp. Trustee. Fifth dam, Bonnets o' Blue, by Sir Charles. Sixth dam, Reality, by Sir Archy. Seventh dam, by imp. Medley. Eighth dam, by imp. Sentinel. Ninth dam, by Mark Anthony. Tenth dam, by imp. Janus. Eleventh dam, by imp. Monkey. Twelfth dam, by iinp.Silvereye. Thirteenth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 3U7, and vol. 3, p. 7». Will make the comiug season, from February 10th to June 16th, 1884, at the Fair Grounds at Santa Rosa. TERMS. S100 the season. Mares kept in any manner their owners desire, and at reasonable rates, but no responsibility for escapes or accidents. Anteeo ranks as one of the great trotting colts of the United StateB, well worthy of the family to which be belongs. His breeding is of the choicest, anil in point of form he is as nearly the model of the trotter as any horse living. He has shown a mile in 2:204, and at the same time demonstrated that he was capable of trotting way down in the teens. For further parti C ulaTS address, * M. KOM.INS. Agent, Santa Rosa. The Trotting Stallions DIRECTOR - MONROE CHIEF Will make the season of 1 Oakland Trotting Park, Commencing February lBt and ending June 1st. Director $200, Monroe Chief $100, the season. Good pasturage for mares at reasMiial.de rates. Due care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility assumed should any occur. Director, «:f ?. Black horse, foaled July 18, 1877. by Dictator (sire of Jay-Eye-See, 2:103*'; Phallas, 2:ir)Wj; first dam Dullv (dam of Thorndale, 2;22J£; On- ward. 2 :225), by Mauibrino Chief; second dam by Potomac ; third dam by Saxc Wiemar. Thorndale, 2:22;.;, is the sire of Edwin Thome, 2:1C! .:, and Daisy Dale, 2:10}$. Monroe Oilei, »:18 1-4. Two-mile record, 4:46. Brown horse, foaled 1S70, by Jim Monroe (son of Alexander's Abdal- lah, be by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, first dam Madame Powell, by Bay Chief (son of Mambrino Chief); second dam by Toronto ison of St. Lawrence}; third dam claimed to be of Whip stock. Foi a very lifelike portrait of Monroe Chief and a full account of his pedigree and per- formances, see the holiday number of the Breeder and Sportsman, issued December 29, 1883. For further information address .!OH\ A. GOLDSMITH, FASHION STABLE, Ellis St., San Francisco. THOROUGHBRED STALLION X X, Pedigree. X X (Doublecross), bred bvJos. Cairn Simpson at Atwood Cottage, Riverside, Illinois, foaled May 23, 1872, by MALCOLM. First dam, Columbia, by imported Bonnie Scotland Second dam, Young Fashion, by imported Monarch. Third dam, Fashion, by imported Trustee. Fourth dam, Bonnets o' Blue, by Sir Charles. Fifth dam, Reality, by Sir Archy. Sixth dam, by imported Medley. Seventh dam, by imported Centinel. Eighth dam, by Mark Anthony. Ninth dam, by imported Janus. Tenth dam, by imported Monkey, Eleventh dam, by imported Silvereye. Twelfth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 307, and vol. 3, p. 79. X X (Doublecross) is of as high and fashionable breeding as any stallion in the country. His sire, Malcolm, is by imported Bonnie Scotland, his dam Columbia, also by imported Bonnie Scotland; hence his name. Malcolm was one of the best race-horses of his day, and Columbia was also a fine race mare. Columbia is the grandam of An- teeo, Her dam, Young Fashion, was the dam of Surprise, Scotland, Wauanita, Bonnie Kate (the dam of Bonnie Lizzie), Andes, Hock Hock- ing, Three Cheers, etc. The dam of Malcolm, Lady Lancaster, was the dam of Sagamore, Ontario (the dam of McWhirter), Regent, Lady Fair- field, Lady Amanda, Lady Middleton, etc., and a reference to the racing calendars will show how distinguished the members of these two fami- lies are. This is the only Bonnie Scotland stallion In California, and from his inbreeding has as much of the blood as if be were a son of that renowned sire. He is a horse of immense substance, good size, high form, and of the best disposition. Will make the ensuing season, 1 884, from February 15th to June 15th, at the Oakland Trotting Park. Terms, 550 the season. JOSEPH fAIBX SIMPSON. Oakland or 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. THE TROTTING STALLIONS SINGLETON AND LA HARPE. W 1 .' „„ SfAKE TITE COMING SEASON" FROM FrBBTJABT 1ST TO July 15th, 1884, at the farm of the owner, three miles north of Chico, Butte Co., Cal. Singleton is a dark brown horse, with tan thinks and muzzle, a little touch of white mi bind feet and left fore foot, small star in forehead. Is 15-tf hands hii:h, and weighs 1,120 lbs. Was bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks, and foaled in the spring of 1S78. PEDIGREE. v aimv roi u, 1/3 ^. Hhopperd's i 'onsnl. Irwin's Tuekahoe was by Herod's Tuckaboe, by thoroughbred Tucka- hoe, by Florizel, by Diome'd. LA HARPE Is a bronze hay, two white stockings behind and star, 16 hands high, and verv powerfully built, weight, IJ80 Iub. Was bred by Dr. nicks, and foaled in 1879. La Harpe was Bired by Fame, be hy Alexander's Bel- mont (sire of Nutwood), be bv Alexander's Abdallah isiro of lioldsmltb Maid) be by Bysdyk'a Hambletonian. he by ibdallah, he by Mambrino, be by imp. 'Messenger. Fame's dam Glory hy Jackson's Western Star (son of Piatt's Western Star by lllackiiose). 1st dnm lij Boanerges, 2nd dam bv (.iallat.in il.itslt. La Ilarpe's ilam Prairie Bird by Flaxtail (.lain of Flight, U:'i». and Prompter, 2:;m. 2nd dam Fashion, by J. din the Bap- tist frddam Fanny Pern, by Irwin's Tuekahoe. ithdam by Lefllers Consul. Irwin's Tuekahoe by Herod's Tuckaboe, by thoroughbred Tuekahoe, bv Florizel, by Dioined. TERMS: For Singleton, fifty cun«inaic.i ...» leranr Bene •J, l »""«« 1 £?»^ wmM ' ,alb " l t.Sozs. of bolter In one week, and heronlj UTtngeon Klngol Sctttute. ui il it orate prices o( 11J3K1 l'liilf 62 %lxz %xztftex mul gpoxtswuxa. Jan 26 S. C. BOWLEY & CO., GRAND COMBINATION SALE. Commencing April 10th, 1884, Bay District Race Track, AND CONTINUING SIX DAYS. Thoroughbred Horses and Stuudard Trot- ters, Roadsters, Jersey, Durham, and Devon tattle, Spanish, Merino, and Iieieestershire Sheep, from all the principal breeding estab- lishments on the Pacific 750 HEAD OF STOCK Have already been entered for sale and further in- structions from leading breeders are daily arriving. Breeders and owners desirous of entering stock for this sale should apply at uuce to S. C. BOWLEY, 33. 35 and 37 New Montgomery St. The benefit of the combination sale to breeders and Btockmen cannot lie too highly estimated. Combina- tion sales have lie en found of immense advantage in the East, and such a sale as this, comprising, as is antici- pated, not less than 3,000 head of fine stock from all the leading breeders of the Coast, cannot fail to attract a large number of buyers from Honolulu, Australasia. and the East. The tame of California trotters is world- wide, and when it is known that for this sale already are entered the get of Electioneer, The Moor, Almont, Nutwood and all the best known stallions on the Coast, the advantages to both breeders and purchasers must be obvious. Large or small lots will be taken for sale. As soon as the catalogues can be prepared they will be distributed all over the world; so it is necessary for those desirous of taking advantage of the sale to send in their lists of stock, with complete pedigree, at an early date. S. C. BOWLEY A CO. Largest and FiNESt Stock On the Coast, at prices that defy competition. g 6 a 9 ? CJ ^SW '-'■ Si Will, A F1SCK. Leading Cutlers. 769 Market street. SPORTIKU eOOBS. Telephone, 5153. IMPROVED Blind Bridle & Winkers FOR RACE HORSES. Secured by Letters Patent, July »5, 188*. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure my letters patent, is: 1. The part D, supported by the side straps of the bri- dle, extending back as shown, the front having an opening into which the blind is fitted, substantially, as herein described. 2. In a bridle, in combination with the extensions D, the curved blinds F, secured to such extensions, and as shaped, to give full freedom and ventilation to the eye while circumscribing the vision, substantially as herein described. 3. In a bridle, and in combination with the exten- sions D. blinds F, and side straps A, the screw, nut and waBher E, to secure the blind and allow it to be set, substantially as herein described. 4. In a bridle, and in combination with the check- pieces D and blinds F, as shown, the straps or bands G and H, conuec ting the branches or extensions above and below the eves, and having the adjustine slides or buckles, substantially as an I tor the purpose herein described. 5. In a bridle, and in combination with the blinds F, supported aid pivoted to the bridle so as to be mova- ble about the point of support, the adjustable front straps or bands G and JI, and the lear band I and the throat-latch or lash connected with the blinds, and ad- justable, substantially as herein described. The above are the clainls allowed by the patent office, and though the corresponding letters no not appear on the cut, the general principle will he under- stood. It meets with universal approbation, doing away with all the objections urged against blinds, and at the same time giving complete control of the line of vision. By throwing the lower portion of the blind up something of the same effect on the action follows as is induced by toe- weights. This is especially the case when young colts are the pupils, teaching them to bend the knee without the strain of weights on the feet. For bridlesof all descriptions apply to JOHN A. MeJftERRON, No. 230 and 232 Ellis St., San Francisco. Ii H MPROVED HORSE liLOTHIN G. Secured by Letters Patent SI^^/roI^, 1 ^?: The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted : 1. An Improved blanket or covering, consistingof the body-piece A, flap C, and the extension B, formed or united together, so as to cover the body and I egg of the animal, substantially as herein described. 2. The blanket or covering A, having the flap C, and the extensions B. to fit the fore and hind legs of the nnlmal. front fastenings F 1.1, and the permanent straps or bands E, substantia My as and for the pur pew herein described. 3. The blanket or covering A, with its extensions B, permanent securing-liarHls E, and the front fastenings F G, in co m lunation with the elastic neck-extension If, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 4. The blanket A and hood J in combination with the elastic connecting- strip 1, substantia llv as described and for the purpose set forth. 5. The close-filling hood J, having the elastic bandL, beneath tin; jaws, sm that they may be allowed to move without disturbing the fit, and adapted to be secured lo tin' envt-r bv means of straps, substantially as herein described. 6. The improvement in covering-blankets for ani- mals, consisting of Hie blanket A, having the flap C. and permanent straps or bands fixed to it to secure it around the body. Whereby the use of loose surcingles 1b avoided, substantially as herein described. LINES OF TRAVEL. The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee, JOS. OAIRN SIMPSON, C. I\ R. R» TIME SCHEDULE LINES OF TRAVEL. %y 6> railroad.^? ; BROAD GAUGE. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. SATURDAY, - - OCT. 20th, 1883. Trains leave, and are due to arrive at, San Francisco as follows: DESTINATION. 9 :30 A St.... *4:00 p v.... 8:00 A M.... 3:30 p M.... 4:30 P ST.... Antiocb and Martinez... Benicia 3:00 t *i :00 p M „ 8:00 a jl... 3:30 p M... 9:30 a si... 4 :30 P si... 7 :30 a M... *4 :00 P m... 7:30 a m... 4 :30 p M... 9 :30 A si... 7:30 A si... •5:00 p si... 9:30 a si.., 9 :30 A si .. *4 ;00 P SI... 8:00 a si... 9 :30 a M .. 1:30 F si.., Calistoga and Napa.. Colfax Deminc, El Paso i Express... and East ( Emigrant Gait and ( via Livermore Stockton) via Martinez lone Knight's Landing Lob Angeles and South Livermore and Pleasanton... 7:30 . M.. 10:00 i 3 :00 P M... *5 :00 P SI... 3:30 p sr... 6 :30 P si... J:00 j is.... 8:00 a si... 1:00 / St... A SI... 8:00 a si... 3 :30 p M... 4:30 P si... *i :00 p si... 7:30 a sr... flO :00 a m.., 3 :00 p Si... 8:00 a si... 9:30 A M.., Marvsville and Cbico ) Mohave, Needles l Express * and East \ Emig'nt Niles and Haywards Ogden and j Express East ( Emigrant Red Bluff ) via Marysville. and Tehama "( via Woodland- Redding Sacramento, via Livermore. " via Benicia *• via Benicia " via Benicia Sacramento River Steamers. San Jose Virginia City- Woodland 2:10 p si "12:10 P M fi:40 p si 8:40 P SI 10:10 A si •10:10 a si B:40 P SI 5:40 p M 8:40 P M 2:40 p M 7:10 a m 5:40 P m *12:10 p si 5:40 F m 10 :10 A si 2:40 p M 5:40 p m *8:40 A M 2:40 p si 2:40 p M •12:10 p M 5:40 P M 2:40 P SI 7:10 a si 5:40 P M 3:40 P SI 9:40 A si •8:40 a M 8:40 f si 9:40 a si 5:40 P si 6:40 p Si 5:40 P si 5:40 P si (1:40 P Si 8:40 P M 10:10 A M •6:00 a M •3:40 P 51 J3:40 P SI 9:40 A 5f 6:40 p M 2:40 P si 8:40 P M •12:10 p M 10:10 a si 8:40 P 5i 6:40 p si 10:10 A 51 Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 p. si. can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 :30 A. ii. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antiocb.. •Sundays excepted, t Sundays only. LOCAL FERRY TRAINS, VIA OAKLAND PIER. From San Francisco Dally. TO EAST OAKLAND— *6:00— •6:30—7:00— 7:30-8:00- g. 30 — g : 00— 9:30— 10:00-10:30— 11:00-11:30-12:00— 12:30 —1-00— 1-30— 2:00—2:30—3:00— 3:30 — 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 — 5:30— 6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00— 8:00— 9:00-10:00 — 11:00 — •12:00. TO FRUIT VALE— '6:00— *6:30 — *7:00— *7:30 — *8:00 — •8:30— *3:30— *4:00— *4:30— *5:00— *5:30— *6:00 — *6:30 — TO FRTJIT VALE (via Alameda)— *9:30— 6:30— ±11:00 —•12:00. TO ALAMEDA— *6:00— *6:30— 7:00— *7:30— 8:00 — *8:30 — 9:00— 9:30— 10:00-tl0:30-ll:00-tll:30— 12:00-J12 :30— 1-00— ±1:30— 2:00— 3:00— 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00— 5 :30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO BERKELEY— •6:00— *6:30— 7:00— •7:30 — 8:00— *8:30 —9:00— ±9:30— 10:00— ±10:30—11:00— tll:30 — 12:00-1:00 —2-00— 3:00 — 4 :00 — 4 :30— 5:00— 5:30— 6:00— 6:30— 7 :00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12;00. TO WEST BERKELEY — •6:00 — •6:30—7:00— •7:30 — +8-00— •8:30— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— ±1:00— 2:00— 3:00— 1:00 —•4:30-5:00— •5:30— 6:00— *6:30— 7:00. To San Francisco Dally. FROM FRUIT VALE— *6:23— *fi:53-"7:23-*7:53-*S:23 •S :53— *9 -23— *10 : 21— *4 :23— *4 :53— *5 :23— «5 :53— *6 :23 — •6:53—7:25—9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE (via Alameda) — *5;15— *5:45 — ±6:45— 9:15— *3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAND— *5:30 — •6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00— 7:30—8:00—8:30—9:00—0:30—10:00—10:30—11:00—11:30 12:00—12:30—1 :00— 1 :30— 2:00— 2:30— 3 :o0— 3 ;30— 4 :00 — 4:30—5:00-5:30—6:00-6:30—7:00 — 7:57 — 8:57 — 9:57 — 10:57- FROM BROADWAY, OAKLAND-*5:37— *6:07— 6:37 7:07— 7:37— 8:07— 8:37:— 9:07— 9:37— 10:07 — 10:37 — 11:07 —11:37—12:07—12:37—1:07—1:37—2:07—2:37-3:07—3:37 —4:07— 1:37— 5:07— 5:37— 6:07— 6:37— 7:07— 8:06 — 9:06- 10:06—11:06. FROM ALAMEDA— •5:22— •5:52— "6:22— 6:52— "7:22— 7:52— •8:22— 8:52— 9:22-9:62 — ±10:22 — 10:52 — til :U2 — 11:52— ±12:22— 12:52— 1 1:22-1:52— 2:52— 3:22-3 :5'J— 4:22 -4:52—5:22—5:52—6:22—6:52—7:52—8:52—9:52—10:52. FROM BERKELEY-"5:15— *5:45— •6:15-6:45— •7:15- 7:45— •8:15 — 8:15— J9:15— 9:45— ±10:15— 10:45— ±11 :15 - 11:45—12:45 — 1:45—2:45 — 3:45—1:15-^:45—6:15 — 5:15 —6:15-6:45—7:45—8:45-9:45—10:45. FROM WEST BERKELEY— •5H5—*6:15— 6:45— "7:15 — 7 ri5— 8:45— ±9:15-0:45 — 10:45— 112:15—1:45 — 2:45 — 3 :45— 4 :45— *5 :15-5 rf5— »6 :15— G :45— *7 ;15. CREEK ROUTE. FROM BAN FRANCISCO— *7:15— 9:15— 11:15-1:15- 3:15—5:15. FROM OAKLAND-*6:15— 8:15-10:15 -12:15-2:15- 4:15. •Daily, except Sundays. JSundays only. SUNDAY, COMMENCING • NOV.. 11, 1883, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, Passenger TraiiiB will leave from, and arrive at, San Francisco Passenger Depot iTownsend Street, between Third and Fourth StTeets i as followB: DESTINATION. . v. ±6:50 a 5 8 :30 A s 10 :40 A s » :35 A sr 8:10 a M 9 :03 A M 0:02 a m 3 :36 p si 4 :59 p M 5 :55 p M 8 :30 A si 10:40 A 51 •3 ;30 p si 4:25p si ~) ( | 9 : u:i a m I Santa Clara, San Jose and) •lO :02am f Principal Way Stations. 1 3:36 PM ) (.i 5:55 pm 10:40 A si •3:30 p si 1 Gilrov,Paj,irn,CaRtroville, ( . •Hi:02,\ m $ Salinas and Monterey. (1 5:55 p h 10:40 a sii Hollister and Tres Pinos. i 5:55 pm 10:40 A 51 •3:30 pm ~) Watson ville,Aptos,Soquel ( 1 (Camp Capitola) A Santa ] (* Cruz. Broad Gauge: no*) J change of cars. 1 5:55 pm 10:40 a si Soledadand Way Stations [ 5 :55 p m •Sundays excepted, fSundavs only iSporte men's train) . Stage connections are made with the 10:40 a.m. Train, except Pescadero Stages via San Mateo, and Redwood, which connect with 8 :30 a. si. Train. Special Round-trip Tickets, at reduced rates to Monterey, Soquel and Santa Cruz; also to Paraiso and Paso Robles Springs. Excursion tickets sold Saturday and Sunday —good to Teturn on Monday — to Santa Clara or San Jose, ?2 50; to Gilroy, §4; to Monterey or Santa Cruz, 35, and to principal pointB between San Fran- cisco and San Jose. Ticket Offices. — Passenger Depot. Towmiend street, Valencia-street station, and No. 613 Market street, Grand Hotel. A. C. BASSETT, H. R. .TUDAH. Superintendent. Asst. Pass. A Tkt. Agt {&• SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. -&& For points on Southern Divisions and the East, see C. P. R. R. Time Schedule. "Standard Time" Furnished _by Randolph & Co Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St. S. F. SAM FRANCISCO. CAL. A. BL TOWNE, T. H. GOODMAN, (Sen. Manager, Gen, PasB, & Tkt Agt Sportsmen & Pleasure-Seekers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC R R CO. bespectfully calls attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES AFFORDED BY ITS LINE FOR REACHING with speed and comfort the best places in the State for Sea Bathing, Shooting and Fishing. TRAINS LEAVE SAN FHANCISCO DAILY FOB MONTEREY, THE MOST CHARMING Summer and Winter Resort of the Pacific Coast, with its beautiful Groves and delightful Drives. Trout in abundance can be obtained from the several streams in the vicinity of Monterey, and the best of shooting may be had in season. THE BA 7 OF MONTEREY Is noted for the extent and variety of fish which abound in its waters, notably Salmon, Rock Cod, Bar- acuda, Pompino, Spanish Mackerel, and Flounder. The above-mentioned attractions, in connection with the low rates of fare, rapid transit, and the superior accommodations furnished at the "HOTEL DEL MONTE," have made Monterey a paradise for sports- men. THE BATHING FACILITIES AT THE "HOTEL DEL MONTE," AKE UNSURPASSED, having a MAGNIFICENT BEACH of pure whit, sand for surf bathing. THE BATH-HOUSE contains SPACIOUS SWIMMING TANKS (150x50 feet) for warm salt water plunge and swim- ming baths, with ELEGANT ROOMS connecting for individual baths, with douche and shower facilities. THE FAVORITE ROUTE to those well-known Watering Places, AFTOS, SOQFFX AND SANTA CRl'Z, IS VIA THE Southern Pacific Railroad, (Broad Gauge). The S. P. R. R. runs through the counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Ban Benito, Santa Crnz and Mon- terey, in each of which game abounds in great variety, Notably Qiiali, Pigeon, Snipe, R-nck, Geese, i>eer iimi Rear. Lakes PILARCITOS and SAN ANDREAS are reached hv this line. Stages connect with trains daily ;it S;m Mateo lor those well-known Retreats, 1'URIN- SIMA, SAN GRBQORIO and PESCAl'ERO. Wo would particnlarlv oall attention to the unlimited ex- tent of range nt and about iBAN BRUNO and McMA- HON'S for RIFLE PRACTICE. These reBorts are hut a short distance from San Francisco and offer special inducements to tho lovers of tliiB manly Bport. SPECIAL NOTICE. Sportsmen and others presenting Passage Tickets will he entitled to FREE TRANSPORTATION OF THEIR DOGS when carried in Baggage Cars and put in charge of Train Baggageman. Train Baggiigeiiu-n are Instructed to Issue CHECKS for all dogs received in Baggage OST-In order to guard against accidents to Dogs while in transit, it is neeeHSJirv that they be provided with COLLAR AND CHAIN. Gnna and Fishing Tackle will be carried free of charge. (4 mistaken apart and securely packed in wood or leather cases may be taken In PasHcnpT Curs. TICKET OFFICES— Passenger Depot, Townsend street, Valencia Station, and No. 61U Market St., Grand HoteL A. C. BASSETT, H. R. JUDAH, Super! ate udent, Asat.RasB, and Tkt, Agt 1884 IIijc breeder and Mpand&ttmu. DIETZS PATENT FOR SALE. Thoroughbreds OF ALL AGES. END WEE OF HEMt V WAISH, Sup't Running Horse Dep't Palo Alto Stock Farm. F oundatLast GOLD SEEKERS FRIEND M you will semlnsTEN BENTS Silver, yon'lnet ""Ui NEW CASE CHECK HOOK. Simple in its Structure and Prac- tical in its Use. The horse never loosens the check-rein when this Check-Hook is used. Horsemen can appreciate the value of a Check- Hook of this kind. There being no springs or hinges to break connected with it, makes it serviceable and easily appended, as the check-rein passes through a solid ring attached to the front of the hook. Orders sent to A. C. DTETZ, Xo. 9 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. Will receive prompt attention. fiS5~\Vhen ordering state whether gold or silver plate required. I CURE FITS! When I say cure 1 do nut mean merely tn siop them viug Tactile, Uni.in.,1. hcu! 0. O. V.tor exuolu .lion. © Address ;yl WHEAT WESTERS GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2 ;30 or better, and thre e new ones to enter the 2:30 list. The sons of each of these stallions aresiring trotters. Almont has six dii- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can be returned in 1885 free of charge. For further information and catalogues containing full particulars, address Lock Box 392. WM. T. WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. W hitman's Combination THIS HALTER TAKES UP TO PIT ANY HORSE, AND IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH AN ordinary pair of reins you have a complete bridle . ELEGANT BRIDLES FOR FANCY PARK RIDINO ARE MADE ON THIS PLAN. For sale by T A TVTr'TrTP.RT? ON 230 and 232 Ellis street, Sportsman in relation to the Hambletonians that it is un- necessary to go over the ground again, especially when every fair-minded man must concede the place which they occupy in the trotting records is the highest there is. Being a grandson, Singleton has a good share of this victorious blood, and the other portion is such as to warrant high expectations of his success as a breeder. There can be no stationary point in the breeding of horses. There must be progress or else there is danger of retrogres- sion, and as all breeders are aware thore must be a judicious mingling of elements to insure success. In-breeding is with- out question in our mind the best way of intensifying family characteristics, and so long as the animals are free from de- fects the practice can be continuod with safety. But there is a limit to in-breeding, and then an important question is, what is a good out-cross? Singlctou is an ex urn pie of out- crossing on several different lines of bl I, although a union of two pacing families. There are so many illustrations of the value of the union of the Hambletonian and Vermont Black Hawk blood that there are few breeders who are not cognizant of the foot, and the latter strain is of the foremost celebrity, and seems to mingle kindly with all others. The backing of Amoricau Ellipse Mood is a yn,u\ vlrnii lit, and mtv mniy of tlm crack trotters have an infusion of that of the greatest horse of his day, and who never suiYered defeat. The anion of the two branches of pacing blood in the dam of Single! in In v ruse anil also her sifter's. Tin--], y Maid, to he a valu- able inheritance. As the dam of pride, with a yearling rec- ord of 2:44J and a two-year-old of Qui done 10 easily thai she only jo last furlong, she would be worthy of high renown, bui aa tfngl ton trotted a quarter of a mile in 41 seconds win I driven by a man weighing two hundred pound-, it would appear as though ■ ml v required training to ■ ■ ploits of the daughter. Then the sire of Pride is Bnooani or, and his 18 Tinaley Maid, sister to her dam, so that there was very close inbrei strains. That this has wed by deterioration is shown by the form - wrii as the pi i aa Pride was remarkabh p for a filly of her age, and had she lived, there is little tiou that she would have reached the teens. 66 \xccAtv ami Sfatmdamm* Feb 2 TURF AND TRACK When Thieves Fall Out. One day tliis week a man named Brown was arrested in Stockton 'by the sheriff of Santa Cruz county, on a charge of embezzlement. The facts of the case are reported by the of- ficer as follows: About three months ago Ferguson and Brown "put up a job" to win a pile of money from the sporting element of Watsonville by fixing them up a nice horse-race. Ferguson had a good running horse, and he cut his tail square, trim- med his mane, and otherwise altered his appearance so as to prevent the animal being recognized. Brown was to take the horse to Watsonville and represent that the animal came from Los Angeles, and make a match with any Watsonville horse whose owner might like to bet on. The Watsonville horse was to be allowed to win the first heat, and the Ferguson ani- mal was to win the other two if he could. To Brown's mis- fortune, he complied with his part of the agreement, and made a match for $20 a side with Ferguson, who had hired a fast horse in Watsonville for that purpose. Brown and the few friends whom he had let into the secret bet heavily on the pretended Los Angeles steed, but to the dismay of Brown and his friends, the horse hired by Ferguson won the race. It is claimed that Brown, not having money, pawned the Fer- guson horse that he had entered in the race, receiving $100 therefor. If there is any dignity in the courts of Santa Cruz they ought to each and all refuse to interfere in this controversy. Ferguson and Brown formed a partnership for the purpose of fleecing the public by means of false pretences. Ferguson, who probably had no taste for half-way depravity intensified it by fleecing his partner. Brown, whose pockets were emp- tied by the process, made reprisal by pawning the horse and walking off with the money. We are not familiar with the code of honor that is said to exist among thieves, but this seems to us to be about even between the two. Courts or honest citizens have no concern in it. But the rupture has made plain to the people about Watsonville what kind of a game was worked m their town by these fellows, and self-respect should prompt them to intimate to the quarreling partners that there is no room in Santa Cruz county for men whose methods are so like those of sneak thieves and pickpockets. Hiram Happy's Random Notes of Famous Horses and Horsemen. Baltimore, Maryland, January 18th, 1S84. On my return from Australia, to your shores, in September last, I expected that my business would call me directly to Baltimore, but it was my good fortune to have a few days to spare on my way home and I gladly spent them in the Blue Grass region. I had an earnest desire to see the great fathers of the stud, whose progeny had proven the excellence of Kentucky breeding and rearing, and whose success shone so prominently during the past season. I cannot say, however, that I have studied them with the eye of an expert, for the mastery of details in the exposition of horse breeding principles is no light and easy task. I did not, therefore, travel pencil in hand, but will simply give you a few random observations of men and horses I met there and later in New York city. A volume of racing associations arise in one's mind on ap- proaching Kentucky. Passing over the names of the great thoroughbreds from Lexington to Leonatus. and coming to the trotting lights of the turf, one's thoughts turn to Mam- brino Chief, Pilot, Jr., Golddust, Alexander's Abdallah and Norman, Edwin Forrest, and hundreds of their offspring. The scenes which met my view on every hand show that these families, coupled with later importations, have proved the real touchstone of breeding science. All here is glowing with characteristics of success. Instead of the solitary stock farm, which is scattered here and there in many other states, the hills and valleys of "Old Kaintuck" are studded all over with large breeding establishments, and there is abundant evi- dence of the fact that the breeding, development, and sale of fine horses is a very important and profitable industry which materially adds to the wealth of Kentucky. Everybody takes a deep interest in horse matters. Farmers, merchants, poli- ticians, bankers and all classes, even divines and the ladies, talk horse, attend the races, and hold forth on the superiority of their old Kentucky home for beautiful women, fine horses and pure old Bourbon. And it must he admitted that it is a "cold day" when the trotters, statesmen and fair sex of Ken- tucky are "left." The most enjoyable season of the year to visit the Blue Grass region is certainly during the Fall fairs. The Louisville Exposition was in active operation at the time I was there. It produced great stir and excitement. Every- body was big with the business in hand and there was a pleasant air of jollity about the thousands who were tramping and rushing to and fro. I was astonished at the magnitude of the buildings and the large variety and excellence of the ex- hibits from all parts of the country. The regular Fall meet- ing of the Louisville Jockey Club took place at the same time, and served to entertain thousands of people. A report of it has long since reached you. The talL was of Miss Woodford, who won the principal stake, which proved quite a benefit to her breeder, as well as her owners — The Dwyer Bros. As my interest lies more directly in trotters, I wended my way to Lexington, the hub of breeding extreme speed from the bluest trotting blood. Forest Park, the home of Mam- brino Patchen, is one of the first places a visitor to this city seeks,forhere we find that consummate judge.handler.and vet- erinary surgeon, Dr. L. Herr, busily engaged with his troops of trotters, stallions, brood-mares and colts, belonging to him- self and others. For the past thirty years he has turned the whole force of his talents to the business. No man enjoys a higher reputation for probity and capacity. I was struck with the force of his original ideas. He differs from most breeders of trotters, as his aim is to produce style, symmetry of form, purity of gait and good sense, as a sine qua non t be- fore he asks for speed, and he probably places a higher esti- mate on a proud carriage of head aud'tail than aDy man in Kentucky. He says "Xo tail, no horse. It is the" index of the animal's disposition." His leading stock horse, Mam- brino Patchen, although about twenty years old, carries his age exceptionally well. He is as black as a raven, his eye still full and bright, and in every way he looks the grand horse he is represented to be. Since Dr. Herr has owned him, no oue but himself has ever pulled a rein over him. He gets good care and a daily walk, in and out of season. He is not only a wonderful speed producer himself, but his sons and grand-sons sire fast trotters and his daughters are remarkably prepotent as brood-mares. None are considered more valuable. Mambrino Patchen sired the dam of Cleora and Rosa Wilkes, both of which have public records below 2:20. For producing fast trotters in the second generation, he takes the first place, I betieve, according to the records. Dr. Herr, probably more than any other man, believes in "running-horse" blood in trotters, and several of his star per- formers, among them Kitty Silver (2:27*) closely resemble thoroughbreds. The Dr. had just completed one of the fin- est barns I ever surveyed, consisting entirely of box stalls, and having wide dirt bottomed run-ways for the exhibition of stock through the entire length and breadth of the structure. Close to the barn he has two tracks, one half a mile and the other a mile, and on every hand are evidences of the fact that he has made his business a success. His second stallion is Arnold, a dark bay, considered by some a trifle under size, but of remarkable substance, mus- cular development and stride. He is by Goldsmith's Abdal- lah (2:30). His dam, Sallie Neal, by Mambrino Chief, was also the dam of Hambrino Belle with a five-year-old record of 2:25i. Arnold's second dam was by Terror, thoroughbred. Although but seven years old he has already to his credit a number of the finest and most promising youngsters in Ken- tucky. One of these, a two-year-old, sold at the Cynthiana sale for $2,050: another, Gertie Arnold, of like age, out of an Almont mare (second dam by Brignoli) comes as near per- fection as anything I have ever seen of that age. She is a rich bay, without white, beautifully gaited, of great style and very promising. At the time of my visit she was considered by competent and disinterested judges the flower of the un- developed two-year-old youngsters of the Bine Grass region, and although your correspondent did not come as a buyer, he was so singularly struck with her qualities that he pur- chased her. Price, $2,200. She continues in the Doctor's hands for moderate training and gradual development. I looked over a lot of the youngsters by Mambrino King and found them chips of the old block, showing the rich color, great beauty, magnificent style and smoothness of form for which their sire has a world-wide reputation. My next visit was to Barney Treacey. This gentleman I found less wedded to any particular breed than any one I met. His collection of forty or fifty two and three-year-old youngsters are the get of many of the representative stallions of the United States. The first fifteen he led out were by fourteen different sires, including the great stallions of Ken- tucky, and I do not think any breeder or trainer can show a better lot. Treacey is a hard worker, a fine reinsman of long experience, and has piloted to victory many a youngster. He loves an honest race and if an unfair advantage be taken by any of his fellow drivers, Barney bobs up serenely as a man of muscle — a fact to which more than one would-be sharper can bear testimony. Although a good and peaceable citizen, he at once becomes the Sullivan of the South when aroused. The glory of his farm, at present, is McLeod, a grand young gelding who has already a record low down in the twenties, and who is held at fifteen thousand dollars. Mr. Treacey's farm is but a mile from the city of Lexing- ton, and just opposite the same is Major McDowell's lately purchased home, the beautiful old homestead of Henry Clay. At Ashland, as it is called, are dispensed the hospitalities which have made this section famous, and it is one of the ideal Old Kentucky Homes. It is on this farm that the great Dictator now holds forth. From the number of choice mares which were booked from all parts of the country, one could readily see that this sire is now on the top wave of popular favor, owing to the performances of Jay- Eye-See, Director aud Phallas. King Bene, by Belmont, is another one of the stars of Major McDowell. This horse took my eye. His three-year-old daughter, Fugue, which already has a public record below 2:30, reminded me of Anteeo and other trotting wonders of California as I saw them in the fall of '81. What I saw of King Bene's get, all showed a pure, frictionless gait, and moved along so smoothly as to deceive even a good judge of speed, resem- bling in this particular many of the Palo Alto colts. Major McDowell was engaged in laying out a new three-quarters of a mile track, and he feels confident that he has a lot of young iugues and Trinkets in store. Of course, no visitor or lover of horses would leave Ken- tucky without going to "Fairlawn." the great breeding estab- lishment of General Withers. The king of the farm alone, Almont, with a role of honor as far advanced as that of any living sire, would be sufficient to draw the visitor to this spot. Besides Almont, I also found Happy Medium, Aber- deen and Ethan Allen, Jr., all of which have, during the past season, achieved fresh glories by their additions to the 2:30 list. The quota of Fairlawn in this direction, for 1S83, num- ber not less than eight or ten. Unfortunately, I was unable to see General Withers personally, as he was suffering from a malarial trouble, which kept him closely confined for weeks. He is at present, I believe, rusticating in Florida. His son very kindly showed me around. I found that the demand for the production of this farm was so great that scarcely anything but one and two-year-olds were on hand; these are mostly unbroken. Every year's crop, large as it is, goes off so rapidly that if twice the number of colts were produced here they would no doubt find a ready market. General Withers is an acknowledged man of business, who believes in the use of printer'6 ink, a fact which, together with the merit of his stock, have made him in a few years one of the most successful men in his line. He believes in the theory of giving his stallions little work or grooming. They are kept in large box stalls and loose paddocks, where they romp about unmolested and apparently unworried by the curry comb or brush. Before turning homeward I enjoyed a drive to Daniel Swigert's headquarters for thoroughbreds, with Mr. Garrett D. Wilson, who, in company with Barney Treacey, conducts the leading sale aud boarding stable of Lexington. The fancy of Mr. Wilson, of whom, on account of his genial man- ners and popularity, it is said that he has not a single enemy in the world, runs contrary to those of his partner, as he takes n lively interest in running horses. He has brought out a number of winners during the past few years. A more beau- tiful farm, and one better adapted to the purpose of horse breeding than that of Mr. Swigert it would be difficult to find auywhere in the world. With its immense stretches of rolling blue-grass pasture lands, divided into countless pad- docks, all the fences of which are kept as white as snow, with abundant flowing water and all the modern improve- ments in the way of stable accommodations, it at once strikes one that this modal breeding establishment cannot be im- proved npou. I was very favorably impressed with a score or two of suckling younsters by Virgil and Glenelg. For a number of these as high as two thousand dollars had been refused, as all stock is retained by Mr. Swigert for his annual public sales, which have proved among the most successful in the I'uited States. After a week's picnicing among the Kentucky horsemen I returned to Baltimore. As stated in a previous letter, in horse matters, same as in business, Baltimore has become famous for being slow, and, as a rule, the stoek, stabling accommodations and turn-outs of even our wealthiest people are far below par, and if visitors allude to the Monumental City as being slovenly in horse matters, they hit the mark exactly. In this respect the drives of no cities in the world could possibly present a greater contrast than those of New York and Baltimore, and there is now about as little chance of comparing the butcher's nag of the "Hookstown Pike" {where in the long ago Flora Temple graduated from a tin- ner'6 cart) with the swell turn-outs of the sealskin brigade of the metropolis as there is of comparing the speed of a three- legged mule with a Jay-Eye-See. Shortly after my return I had the pleasure of spending a week in New York. I looked through a number of the lead- ing stables; among these Bennett's Navarro deserves spe- cial mention. They are located on Fifty-eighth street, near Central Park, to which aristocratic locality many of the prin- cipal Btables are now moving, in order that their patrons may avoid long drives over the rough stone pavements. Among the fast ones quartered at Mr. Bennett's model establishment I found Jewel, Crown Point Maid, Stephen M., and five or six others, all with records below thirty. It was here that I met an old friend, Mr. E. C. Walker, who, over the nom dt plume of "Veritas," founded and has for several years con- ducted one of the most popular departments of the Spirit of the Times "The Track and Koad." Mr. Walker is not only a facile and logical writer, but an accomplished, practical horseman as well, in every sense of the word. Before he became a member of the Spirit's staff he had a breeding and training establishment in Michigan, to which State he had drifted from Yankee land. From my long acquaintance with him I am satisfied that he would about as soon drive a fast, high-bred trotter as to eat a dinner. Ab a reinsman he stands shoulder to shoulder with the best. While enjoying an afternoon's airing on the famous up- town drives, with a party of gentlemen, we, of course, dropped in on Gabe Case, the popular host of the Club House at the Gentleman's Driving Park during the last season. The Club House was closed, but we found the genial host at his Koad establishment, just beyond the Harlem river. It is here where many of the most noted roadites daily bring up for the purpose of participating in a friendly horse chat and re- galing themselves with Gabe's incomparable clam broth — a nectar fit for the gods — and one or more of his two-story Irish milk punches, from milk furnished on the spot by Gabe's noted Kerry cow, to which reference was made some time ago in the Breeder and Sportsman. This animal is one of the curiosities of New York, and is held in such high' esteem by her owner, to whom, I understand, she was pre- sented by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that no money could buy her. I found Mr. Case in a particularly happy frame of mind, he having just received a mammoth claw of an old man kangaroo, which was killed on the great sheep station of Mr. Alfred Hay, "Boomanoomana," New South Wales, Aus- tralia. This unique souvenir, which is beautifully mounted in California gold quartz, was presented to Mr. Case by one of Mr. Hay's friends, as an evidence of his appreciation of the hospitality received during a recent visit. It will hence- forth adorn the portly form of Uncle Gabe, to the envy of many a lover of the curious. Before returning, I had an opportunity of looking over a matched pair of road horses, which may truly be termed a per- fect gentleman's road team. I refer to Mr. Shepard F. Knapp's pair of five-year-olds, Sam Hill and Charley Hogan. One of these is the worthy son of Electioneer and the other is by Virgo-Hambletonian. With little or no training to the pole, Johnny Murphy drove them in 2:21 j. They are considered, by disinterested judges, the best and fastest pair of green trotters that have ever been seen in New York. They are both rich, blood-like bays and I would rather own them than any pair I have ever seen. Speaking of Johnnie Murphy, whose skill, pluck and success as a driver have given him a world-wide reputation, I must not neglect to mention the views he expressed to me in regard to the desirability of giv- ing a horse a record, whether the animal be used as a stock horse, a gentleman's roadster or intended for the market. It is Muiphy's opinion, based upon long experience, that generally speaking, a horse with a record is more valuable than one without, even if there be little doubt of the latter's ability to establish a reputation as a good one. He believes that a man is always more willing to buy a horse which he knows has a meritorious public performance in the shape of a record to his credit. "Claiming speed is one thing, whereas fig- ures, which are stubborn facts, tell their own story. As a rule, a gentleman is willing to pay something for a record; and a stock horse certainly ranks higher if he has a record to his credit than simply the claims of parties who are usually inter- ested." It struck me there was a good deal of common sense in this statement. Applying the same reasoning to the news- paper business, after an extended experience of many years, I am convinced that the publisher who swears to his circula- tion (or offers to the patrons of his columns an opportunity of verifying his statement) and places his figures at the top of his column, fares better in the end with advertisers and with the public, than he who rests contented with a simple claim, however loud and emphatic the same may be. The importance of measuring the merits and value of a trotter by actual performance under the watch, was never more forcibly illustrated to me than by the following transac- tion: Recently in New York a well-known business man, in search of a first-class, fast, road horse, had offered to him, by Calvin M. Priest, a Twenty-eighth street horse dealer, a trot- ter ( ?) which the latter solemnly declared, in fact guaranteed, to be all.right and able to trot a mile to road vagon in 2:30, with twenty days' handling. The gentleman was pleased with the horse's appearance, but was unable to see him speeded, owing to several weeks continued bad weather. The fact that Priest and a number of his friends gave the most solemn assurance of the horse's ability to trot as fast as represented, induced the party to purchase the horse for a price in the neighborhood of $2,000. After a month's training, the horse was driven by an expert, and the best he could show was a quarter in forty-three seconds. The disappointed owner, upon calling on Priest for an explanation and redress, was simply informed that the animal was "not in fix," and that if he would return him to Priest the latter would retain the money as well as the horse, for a period of six months, with the understanding that if, at the end of that time, the horse could not trot a mile iu 2:30 itxjttlfo/, he would refund the money. This proposition the owner very naturally declined, whereupon Priest offered him the munificent sum of $500 for the horse. I suppose that the sudden depreciation in the an- imal's value was due to the adoption in New York of the new standard time, which I think is considerably too fast for men like Priest. The moral of this is, if you want to buy a trotter buy him under the watch. Hiram Happy. «■ The ages of some of the more noted trotting sires are: Vol- unteer, 20; Smith's Young Columbus, 31; General Knox. 28; Daniel Lambert, 25; Wood's Hambletoniau. 25; Mambrino Pilot, 24; Middletown. 23; Phil Sheridan. 21; Dictator, 20; Happy Medium, 20; Almont. Harold, Belmont and Jay Gould, 19; Messenger Duroc, IS; Aberdeen, 19; Electioneer, 15. The Case stable won $28,516 last year. The larger part was won by Jay-Eye-See. 1884 ^hc ^xzz&zx and j§> poxlsmmx. 67 Waltonian "Ways. [New York "World.] The refusal by the stewards of the English Jockey Club to grant Charles Archer, brother of the famouB rider, Fred. Ar- cher, permission to train horses on Newmarket Heath, has caused no little stir in turf circles, both in England and the United States. It may be explained here that the refusal of the Jockey Club to grant licenses to jockeys or trainers, sim- ply means, in the broadest sense of the word, expulsion from all race-courses of any prominence in the United Kingdom. In this respect many interested in the turf in the United States have long looked forward to the organization of a Na- tional Jockey Club, to the stewards of which all questions of final "ruling off" or expulsion shall be submitted. Conse- quently, the rules adopted at Louisville, which leave the power in the hands of the judges selected for the day, is not entirely satisfactory, especially under the present system of selecting judges. It is well enough for the judges to suspend and re- port parties charged or suspected of wrong-doing, but before a man's property should be made comparatively worthless, and he debarred from earning a living by the only means that perhaps he knows anything about, he certainly should have a chance of being heard in his own defense before an organ- ized body competent to judge the charges made. Then a sentence of expulsion comes with such a weight that it is not only a punishment but a warning to others. In England the "warning off" of a trainer or rider is indeed a severe punishment. When Wyatt, the trainer, was "warned off" last April, in connection with the fraudulent running of Brilliancy at Sandown Park, he owned a large training establishment, with stables and a handsome private residence newly built, near Epsom. The stables were full of horses, and everything was in order for a busy Beason. In twenty-four hours every horse had been removed by its owner, and, of a necessity, every employee discharged, and Wyatt stood, as he said himself, abandoned by all except his dog, which looked up at his owner's face as if to ask, "What can have brought about such a change?" Charley Archer is in much the same position. He has recently built at New- market a handsome residence, with stables equal to any in the kingdom, in the way of appointments. Last year he trained the horses of Lord Ellesmere, Mr. A. Egerton, and his own with considerable success, but, as was often said dur- ing the season, when they were most expected to win they were beaten, and when the chance looked hopeless they were the first to pass the post. The principal interest, however* in the Archer matter in this country is his connection with Mr. F. T. Walton. In some quarters it is alleged that he is the sole cause of the trouble. Certainly some of the English papers have not minced matters in'denouncing him, in which connection the following is from the Sporting Times of the 15th inst: About the time of the Goodwood race meeting last year the stewards of the Jockey Club received from the corresponding body in America a certain communication having reference to Mr. Walton and his alleged dealings with jockeys in that country. Mr. Walton was, in fact, accused by a prominent book-maker or pool-seller of having certain jockeys in his pay, who rode to his orders and not the owner's. Charges of this sort are not easily proved, and an inquiry that was made into them elicited nothing of a very definite character. Enough was heard, however, to justify the step of warning the English Jockey Club against Mr. Walton. The commu- nication in question was considered by the stewards at Good- wood, and it placed them in a somewhat awkward position, inasmueh as they had nothing solid to go upon; and a judi- cial body like the English Jockey Club could scarcely take official action in a case that rested almost solely on suspicion, no matter how well founded that suspicion might seem. The step that the Jockey Club took was perhaps that wisest that under the circumstances they could have taken. They made it known that any jockey found in close communication un- officially with Mr. Walton would incur the severest displeas- ure of the club, and certain jockeys in particular were told that, though the Jockey Club could not forbid them riding for Mr. Walton, they would best study their own interests by not doing so. Consequently, when, in face of this, the fact transpired that Charles Archer, who had already been under the censure of the club, had intimate relations with Walton, his fate was sealed, and the last nail in his coffin was the bet of 2,400 to 300 about Boswell. This fact was all the more unfortunate for Archer, inasmuch as Walton is in default for the money, and, what is more, we understand that, even in the somewhat improbable event of Walton returning to this couDtry to settle, he will resist the payment of this particular item on the score of breach of contract. The notice to keep off the Heath was served on Archer some little time ago, but he has continued to gallop his horses and expresses his deter- mination of fighting the Jockey Club on the question of right, a proceeding that would be purely Quixotic. The effect of refusing a trainer a license does not seem to be generally understood, and in some cases has been most erroneously stated. It is taken, as a matter of course, that though Ar- cher may not train at Newmarket he may carry on his occu- pation elsewhere, and we have read somewhere that Lord Ellesmer* has constructed a gallop in his park at Stetch- worth, about three mileB from Newmarket, for the use of his trainer. We may state, however, that the prohibition to use the lands of the Jockey Club, on the withdrawal of a license, extends to the race meetings, and therefore what is the use of training & horse if you cannot run him? How far Mr. Walton is the cause of the Jockey Club's re- fusal to grant Archer the necessary license for him to train at Newmarket will probably never be known. But it would seem that when Mr. Walton left New York last July to run Girofle at Goodwood that the mail carried a warning to the authorities of what was believed to have been his practices at Monmouth Park, Sheepshead Bay, and elsewhere the year Erevious. Girofle was ridden for the Goodwood Cup by C. ioateB, and for over two miles looked like winning easily, af- ter which she died away to nothing, and the race was won by Border Minstrel, whose success it was said at the time suited Mr. Walton'B book. For the Cesarewitch, Girofle was ridden by Hnxtable. She was nowhere in the race, after which it will be remembered that Walton and his trainer Mr. Day had some trouble, which at one time it was thought would reach the Jockey Club. But nothing came of it. Girofle was put in other hands, and for the Cambridgeshire was ridden by B. Wood. As for the Cesarewitch, she had no chance, for she was evidently in no condition for such a race. About this time rumor made Mr. Walton both a heavy loser and a large winner. But subsequently, and immediately after the Liver- pool autumn meeting, durinc which Boswell won the Liver- pool Autumn Cup, it was given out that Mr. Walton had ex- perienced heavv losses, and his bet with Charley Archer was made public, as was also the fact that Mr. Walton left Eng- land without paying it. To Mr. Walton's credit, however, it may be said that several papers have recently printed that Mr. Walton's return to England is early expected, and that all his indebtedness will be promptly paid. That such is the case seems true, judged by the number of races that Mr. Walton has engaged his horses in — for he could not run them if he was a defaulter for bets, for the Jockey Club could at once warn him off. But the question still remains, will or can the Jockey Club interfere with Mr. Walton after all his betting transactions are settled? Advices from England by mail announce that the stewards of the Jockey Club have granted Archer permission to con- tinue training at Newmarket for two months longer, or until such time as communication can be had with Mr. Long, the Australian Bportsman whose horses Archer accepted the charge of last October, subject to receiving Lord Ellesmere's permission to train them. Among the horses so transferred was Tonans, who ran second for the Cambridgeshire. Thus the case is now more involved in mystery than ever. The Latest Importation. The annexed description of the latest arrival from abroad is from the New York Spirit. Mr. Buckles has named the horse London. Mr. Herbert King arrived on the 12th inst., by the steamer Assyrian Monarch, with the chestnut horse by Lowlander — Bracelet, which he had purchased in England on behalf of Mr. Willey Buckles, of Champaign, HI. The passage was a very rough one, the steamer having sailed on Dec. 27th, and encountered a succession of strong head winds. Taking this into consideration, the stallion looked exceedingly well when we inspected him, at Stoddard's Stables, 600 Greenwich street. In color he is a deep chestnut, with a star, and both hind pasterns white. He has a very handsome, intelligent head, tapering at the muzzle, with a broad forehead and very high cheeks. Its setting into the neck is capital, and the neck itself, while lean and very bloodlike, is deep and muscu- lar, showing a full trottle, and sinks into well-placed should- ers. He mounts high at the withers, like the Harkaways, has plenty of depth through the girth, with broad, arched ribs, and a strong, powerful loin. He is broad across the hips, and when he has recovered from the voyage, his quar- ters will fill out. He stands very true on his feet, and has good legs, with large, bony hocks, the tendons standing boldly out. His only defect is rather short pasterns. At first sight he struck us as being rather short for a horse of his height, standing 16. 1£, as he does, but he has drooping quar- ters, which throw his hind legs far under him, and this is one of the most desirable points in racing conformation, as it us- ually marks a quick beginner, something highly necessary in theBe days of short races run from the fall of the flag. He was bred in 1S79, by Mr. H. S. Constable, and is by the fa- mous Lowlander, from Bracelet, by Angelus; 2d dam Bru- nette, by Codrington; 3d dam Miss SykeB, by The Caster; 4th dam by The Colonel, etc. Angelus, his maternal grandsire, was by Orpheus (brother to Marsays, who sired the Derby winner George Frederick), son of Orlando and Malibrau, by Whisker. Codrington, his great grandsire, was by Worm- ersley (son of Birdcatcher and Cinizelli, dam of the Marquis, who won the Two Thousand and St. Leger), dam by Hamp- ton, out of a sister to Grey Momus. Angelus was out of Nut- m ©6. by Nutwith the St. Leger winner, who was by Tom- boy. Lowlander, the s,ire of the stallion, was by Dalesman (son of King Tom and Agnes, by Pantaloon), from Lufra, by Windhound, son of Pantaloon and Phryne, by Touchstone. Lowlander was by long odds the fastest horse in England. Ab a two-yeaT-old he won two out of six races; as a three- year-old, seven out of sixteen; as a four-year-old, five out of eleven; as a five-year-old, eight out of eleven; among these he won the Windsor Handicap, with 130 pounds, and the All- aged Stakes, with 140 pound, in one day. He won the Stockbridge Cup, under 139 pounds, by twelve lengths, and the Cheveley Stakes, with 140 pounds, beating the flying Ecossais and Quiver, to whom he conceded 28 pounds and 42 pounds, respectively. His greatest performance was beating the redoubtable Blenheim, at even weights, for the Lennox, at Goodwood, Blenheim having been the only horBe to defeat Prince Charlie. He was then matched against the Derby winner Galopin, giving the latter 12 pounds for the two years. The race was one of the most desperate ever run in England, but the Derby winner won by a length, dead tired. On his dam's side some, who judge by the first or second crosses, may pronounce the stallion's breeding unfashion- able. But as Mr. Corlett, in a recent letter to the Sporting Times remarkB, the English have been paying too much atten- tion to fashion of late, with the result that they have neg- lected the soundest crosses. They sold Tim Whiffier and Fisherman to Australians, and these stallions have founded in that country one of the stoutest families in the world. They likewise sold Musket, whom they pronounced "un- fashionable/' but he has just got Martini-Henry, who won the Derby and Melbourne Cup, and is probably one of the best race-horses on earth. Robert the Devil and Barcaldine were both distrusted, because they were "unfashionable," but both have stamped themselves among the greatest race- horses of modern times. When Mr. Buckles sent Mr. King to England, his orders were: "Get a sound horse. I want some pedigree, but I don't want all pedigree and no horse. Don't bring any roarer or cribber. I don't want any curby hocks or mulish feet. Get a horse of good constitution." Ac- cordingly, Mr. King never lost sight of this. "I could," says he, "have got any number of colts full of Derby and St. Leger blood, Hermits, Bosicrucians, and Hamptons, but I wouldn't have them as a gift. I never saw so many unsound ones in my life." The stallion is as sound as a dollar. He only ran once, and then was unplaced, at Newmarket, to Gun- stick. One has only to look a few generations back to find that his blood is the best in the stud-book. He combines three crosses of the now popular Touchstone, through the choice channels of Phryne, Orlando, and Cinizelli, two crosses of Velocipede, two of Pantaloon, and has dashes of Glencoe, through Pocahontas, and of Tomboy, through Nutwith. He is of the male line of King Tom, which has succeeded here in Phieton, King Earnest, King Ban, and Great Tom. His sire, Lowlander, is now one of the greatest of English sires, his son, LowlandChief (winner of the Portland Plate, 122 pounds), being one of the fastest in the world. The stallion is intended for breeding exclusively, and will make the coming season at Mr. Buckles' stud, in Illinois, where some sixteen mares await him. His shape is suggestive of speed. As it is speed which we most need, we think it is probable that he will at once take a leading position among American sires. The Kentucky Livp Stock Itecord says there has been quite a talk of a match race for $5,000 a side between E. Corrigan's bay colt Harry White, two years old, by Virgil, dam Mary Howard, and J. B. Haggin's chestnut colt Tyrant, two years old by imp. Great Tom, dam Mozelle. The friends of each colt seem willing to make the match, but as neither of the owners are in Kentucky, nothing has been done as yet. Mr. Corrigan's friends say he will make the match, and many friends of the colt Tyrant here express a wish to back him and take a portion of any match made. Lord Falmouth's Turf Record. Lord Falmouth, who has recently retired from the English turf, leaves with not only an honorable name, but also with n career one of the most successful in turf annals. The fol- lowing is a list of his victories in thirteen years: Twico winner of the Derby, with Kingcraft and Silvio. The Two Thousand Guineas three times, with Atlantic, Charibert and Galliard. The One Thousand Guineas four times, with Hurricane, St. Cecilia, Spinaway and Wheel of Fortune. The Woodcote Stakes (Epsom) once, with Lady Love. The Oaks (Epsom) four times, with Queen Bertha, Spina- way, Jannette and Wheel of Fortune, The Queen's Vase (Ascot) twice, with Skylark and Ambas- sadress. The Prince of Wales Stakes (Ascot) three times, with Queen's Messenger, Wheel of Fortuue and Galliard. The July Stakes once, with Bal Gal. The Chesterfield Stakes four times, with Kingcraft, Sky- lark, Childeric and Galliard. The Richmond Stakes (Goodwood) four times, with Jan- nette, Wheel of Fortune, Bal Gal and Dutch Oven. The Great Yorkshire Stakes (York) twice, with Gertrude and Lady Golightly. The Champagne Stakes (Doncaster) three times, with Far- nese, Lady Golightly and Bal Gal. The St. Leger (Doncaster) three times, with Silvio, Jan- nette and Dutch Oven. The Great Foal Stakes once, with Dutch Oven. The Great Challenge Stakes once, with Busybody. The Middle Park Plate once, with Busybody. The Champion Stakes once, with Jannette. The Criterion Stake twice, with Garterly Bell and Jannette. The Dewhnrst Plate three times, with Wheel of Fortune Bal Gal and Dutch Oven. The Jockey Club Cup twice, with Silvio and Jannette. And the Clearwell Stakes nine times in fifteen years, with Atlantis, Queen's Messenger, Repentance Colt, Farnese, Sil- vio, Jannette, Bal Gal, Dutch Oven and Harvester, besides running second three times for this event. Comments of an Old Timer. [New York World.] An old-timer sat under the glass-covered veranda of Cawood's, on Seventh avenue, yesterday afternoon, watching the passing and repassing of thousands of sleighs of all de- scriptions with a critical eye. He chuckled softly to himself in a way that attracted the attention of a reporter, who, di- vining that some particular sleigh or horse in the endless pro- cession had caused a remembrance of days gone by, sat down beside the ancient and engaged him in conversation. "This yere," said the old man, " is a pretty sight, aint it?" The reporter agreed with him. "Sorter soul-inspiring," he whispered. "Puts me in mind of old Broadway forty years ago, when there was none of the new-fangled notions about clean streets, and when winter was without the intermittent flashes of sunlight that now destroy sleighing. Oh! they were great times! People living uptown a bit used ter go ter business in their sleighs, or, if they didn't own them, rode in the great big sleighs that took the place of stages. "But," he continued, "that's all gone nowadays. Poor peo- ple hate the snow because they have no sleighs, and — ah! there's an old friend of mine, John Kennedy; that's a slashin' mare. He calls her Kittie Buford, after old Abe Buford's darter in Kaintucky. As I was a-sayin', the poor people ride in the elevated roads, and hate the snow. The rich don't like it nuther, 'cause everything is sloppy most of the time down where they live. But up here it's beautiful, ain't it? Seems as how this was a panorama, with a country Bcene.and the sleighs with their plumes waB riggers put in ter give it color. - "That man, don't yer know who he is? He's Dr. Tom Burke, and that mare, she's a darlin'. He callB her Nellie. She's by North Star.and was bred by Emerson Foote.the great nickel man. Doc. Burke, the boys call him. He's a favor- ite up the road, and there's few can tech him. He had a chase with Frank Work and Edward the other day, and it was nip and tuck between the famous sorrel and the gray mare, but Edward got his nose in front up by Watt's house, where they drew up. There's Frank Work, now. Ain't he as proud as Lucifer of his horses, though? Why them horses, Edward and Dick Swiveller, rules his existence, and they do tell me that the old man, as the boys call him, thinks less of losing $50,000 on stocks than missing a day's riding behind his horses. "Vanderbilt? No; he ain't out to-day. I guess he's sorry he sent Maud S. away, because he can't pass everybody on the road with that new bay mare of his'n." "Good day, sir." The remark was addressed half uncon- sciously to a man in a white coat who had passed behind a handsome bay mare. "That's Alley Bonner and Music; she's a clipper, I tell you. Well, them new-fangled rigs, with coats-o'-arms on their sides, is only fit for the shoddy aristo- cracy what drives 'em. The slims calls 'em Canadian tubs. They be tubs, but for the Canadian part, why, that's rot. The horses, too, are banged on the tails like English hunters and clipped like German Spitz dogs. I wonder if them fol- lows find anything in this country good for 'em eicept the solid cold dollars. That's a Russian sleigh what Mr. Cohn- feld is drivin'. It's a nice rig, and as it is an Americnn-built sleigh I don't see why he don't call it an American sleigh. The old goose-neck Bleighs, them that have the comfortable but poor look of a livery stable, are out of fashion now, but the fathers of half the tight-trousered young men what drive fancy rigs found 'em good enough. "There goes a good team, in fact, the finest on the road. That's Sam Hill and Charlie Hogan, and old Shep. Knapp the man what's drivin' 'em. That expression of going like Sam Hill originated from the speed of that oft" horse. No, Mr. Robert Bonner don't drive Sundays, and so Rams tind Picnrd don't come out. But David Bonner is out with a brother to Majolica. "You wont give it away if I tell you a good joke, will you? Well, then, Matt Bronnan was out the other day, and he was driven up here furious like. Archie Watts was out, but ax his horse John L. Sullivan is sick, he was drivin' a Cana- dian pony they use on the estate to haul coal. Well, the Commissioner' was going up at a '30 clip, when out jumps Watts alongside of him and soon passed him, and Watts ain't seen the Commissioner Bince, but don't moke no error, that horse wont pull any more coal wagons." The trotting gelding Starr King is offered for sale in our advertising department. He has a record of 2:22 sound and in hue condition. Mr. Welby desin is to only for the reason that he has no use for such a hi particulars as to price, etc., may be had by applicatu 68 trecclcr and Snortsmatt. Feb 2 Washington Park Club. The entries for the inangnral meeting of this club closed Jan- uary 15th. The following Pacific coast representatives are engaged in the various stakes: The American Derby. — A sweepstakes for three-year-olds, (foals of 1881), at $200 each, h. f.; or only S20 if declared out on or before March 15th, 1SS4; or S30 if on April 15th, 18S4; or $40 if on May 15th, 1SS4; or $50 if on June 15th, 1884. All declarations void unless accompanied with the money; with $5,000 added, the second to receive $750 and the third S250 out of the stakes. Winner of any three-year-old stake race of the value of $1,000 to carry 5 lbs.; of §1,500 7 lbs.; of three or more three -year-old stake races of any value, 10 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Foreign-bred entries al- lowed 7 lbs. One mile and a half. To be run on the first day of the meeting. Weights, 115 lbs. with sex allowances. S2 entries. E. J. Baldwin's b f Fallen Leaf, by Grinstead— Mollis Mc- Carthy. E. J. Baldwin's ch f, by Grinstead— Sister to Clara D. E. J. Baldwin's ch f Savanna, by Grinstead — Josie C. J. B. Haggin's ch c Mark Daly, by KyrleDaly — Cordelia. J. B. Haggin's b c Winuemucca, by Billet — Lottie. J. B. Haggin's ch f Hirondelle, by Glenelg— Susie Linwood. J. B. Haggin's b f Sweetbriar, by Virgil — Impudence. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, by Shannon- Demirep. Palo AUo Stock Farm's br f Rita, by Monday — Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f Freda, by Wild Idle— Frolic. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, by Norfolk— Glen- dew. Theodore Winter's, ch c Prince of Norfolk, by Norfolk — Marion. The Washington Park Cup. — A sweepstakes for three-year- olds and upwards, ©100 each, h. f. or only §20 if declared out on or before May loth, 1SS4, with $4,000 added, the second to receive $500, and the third $200 out of the stakes. Weights 5 lbs. below the scale. A winner of any race in 1SS4 of the value of $2,000 to carry 5 lbs extra. Two miles and a quarter. 71 entries. E. J. Baldwin's b or br e Lucky B., 4, by Rutherford — Mag- gie Emerson. E. J, Baldwin's b c Gano, 4, by Grinstead — Santa Anita. N. L. Carnahan's b h Patsy Duffy, a, by Leinster — Ada A. J. B. Haggin's b g Duke of Monday, 5, by Monday — Demi- rep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, 3, by Shannon — Demirep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br f Rita, 3, by Monday— Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, 3, by Norfolk— Glen- dew. Boulevard Stakes. — A sweepstakes for all ages $50 each, h. f.; or only $10 if declared out on or before May 15th, 1SS4, with $1,000 added, the second to receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. 53 entries. E. J. Baldwin's b c Gano, 4, by Grinstead — Santa Anita. E. J. Baldwin's ch f Savanna, 3, by Grinstead — Josie C. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5, by Hurrah — Emily Peyton. J. B. Haggin's b f Sweetbriar, 3, by Virgil — Impudence. J. B. Haggin's chf Hirondelle, 3, by Glenelg — Susie Lin- wood. J. B. Haggin's b c Winnemucca, 3, by Billet — Lottie. Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f Phcebe Anderson, 3, by Mon- day — Florence Anderson. Commercial Stakes. — A sweepstakes for all ages, $50 each, h. f; or only $10 if declared out on or before May 15th, 1884, with $1,200 added, the second to receive $300, and the third $100 out of the stakes. A winner of any race in 18S4 of the value of $1,000 to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and a half; 45 entries. E. J. Baldwin's ch g Grismer, 4, by Grinstead — Jennie D. N. L. Carnahan's b h Patsy Duffy, a, by Leinster, — Ada A. J. B. Haggin's b g Duke of Monday, 5, by Monday — Demirep. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5. by Hurrah — Emily Peyton. Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f, Freda, 3, by Wildidle— Frolic . Columbia Stakes. — A sweepstakes for all ages, $100 each, h. f.; or only $15 if declared out on or before May 15th, 1SS4, with $2,000 added, the second to receive $400, the third $150 out of the stakes. Weights 5 lbs. below the scale. A win- ner of any race in 1SS4 of the value of $1,500 to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and three-quarters; 47 entries. E. J. Baldwin's b c Gano, 4, by Grinstead — Santa Anita. E. J. Baldwin's b or br c Lucky B., 4, by Rutherford — Maggie Emerson. N. L. Carnahan's b h Patsy Duffy, a, by Leinster — Ada A. J. B. Haggin's b g Duke of Monday, 5, by Monday — Demi- rep. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5, by Hurrah — Emily Peyton. Woodlawn Stakes. — A sweepstakes for three-year-olds (foals of 1S81), $50 each, h. f.; or only $10 if declared out on or before May 15th, 18S4, with $1,200 added, the second to receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes. The winner of the American Derby or Sheridan Stakes to carry 5 lbs.; a winner of both stakes, 10 lbs. extra. One mile and five furlongs; 50 entries. E. J. Baldwin's ch f Marie Stuart, by Grinstead — Sister Anne. J. B. Haggin's ch c Mark Daly, by Kyrle Daly — Cordelia. J. B. Haggin's b c Winnemucca, by Billet — Lottie. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, by Shannon — Demirep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br f Rita, by Mondav — Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f Freda, by Wildidle — Frolic. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, by Norfolk — Glendew. Quickstep Stakes. — A sweepstakes for two-year-olds (foals of 1882), $50 each, h. f.; or only $10 if declared out on or be- fore May 15th, 1884, with $1,000 added, the second to re- ceive $200, the third $100 out of the stakes. Half a mile. 108 entries. E. J. Baldwin's br c Brandy wine, by Lexingtor — Mollie Mc- Carthy. E. J. Baldwin's b f Mission Belle, by Grinstead— Josie C. J. B. Haggin's ch c Tyrant, by Great Tom — Moselle. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br c Regal, by Shannon — Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Peyton, by Shannon — Miss Peyton. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Valiant, by Monday— Lady Evangeline. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b f Playmate, by Monday — Play- thing. Oakwood Handieap. — A sweepstakes for all ages, S50 each, h. f.; or only $10 if declared out on or before May 1st, 1884, with $1,000 added, the second to receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes. Weights to be announced April 1st, 1S84. A winner of any race, after publication of weights, of the value of $1,000, to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and a furlong. 108 entries. E. J. Baldwin's ch g Grismer, 4, by, Grinstead — Jennie D. E. J. Baldwin's ch f Savanna, 3, by Grinstead— Josie C. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5, by Hurrah — Emily Peyton. J. B. Haggin's b f Sweetbriar, 3, by Virgil — Impudence. J. B. Haggin's ch f Hirondelle, 3, by Glenelg — Susie Lin- wood. J. B. Haggin's b g Duke of Monday, 5, by Monday — Demi- rep, uu- Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f Phusbe Anderson, 3, by M day — Florence Anderson. W. J. Welch's ch g Jim Renwick, 6, by Joe Hooker — Big Gun. Great Western Handicap — A sweepstakes for all ages, $100 each, h f., or only $15 if declared out by May 1st, 1S84, with $1,500 added, the second to receive $300, and the third $150 out of the stakes. Weights to be announced April 1st, 1884. A winner of any race, after publication of weights, of the value of $1,000, to carry 5 pounds; of $1,500, 7 pounds; of $2,000, 10 pounds extra. One mile and a half; SS entries. E. J. Baldwin's ch g Grismer, 4, by Grinstead — Jennie D. N. L. Carnahan's b h Patsy Duffy, a, by Leinster — Ada A. J. B. Haggin's b g Duke of Monday, 5. by Monday — Demi- rep. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5, by Hurrah — Emily Palo Alto Stock Farm's bl f, Freda, 3, by Wildidle— Frolic. Peyton. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, 3, by Shannon — Demirep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, 3, by Norfolk— Glendew. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br f Rita, 3, by Monday— Riglin. Lightning Stakes — A sweepstakes for all ages, $10 each, p. p., and $40 additional for starters, with $1,200 added, the second to receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes. Three-quarters of a mile heats; 61 entries. E. J. Baldwin's ch g Grismer, 4, by GrinBtead — Jennie D. J. B. Haggin's ch m Nellie Peyton, 5, by Hurrah — Emily Peyton. J. B. Haggin's ch m Premium, a, by Castor — by St. Louis. W. J. Welch's ch g Jim Renwick, 6, by Joe Hooker — Big Gun. Death of Buccaneer. Mr. G. Valensin's brown stallion Buccaneer died on the 21st inst. Th6 details of his case are given in the following letter from the veterinary who attended him: Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — The noted and valu- able stallion Buccaneer, the property of Mr. G. Valensin, of Arno Stock Farm, died on "Monday the 21st inst. About three years ago he ran away on the Marysville race track, re- ceiving an injury to his thigh which everyone thought at the time would kill him, but he seemed to have entirely re- covered from its effect. About a year since it commenced to trouble him again. I have been inconstant attendance upon him for the last six mouths. Three weeks before his death he showed symptom of Pyoemia or blood poisoning, and gradual- ly succumbed to the inevitable, casting a gloom over that other- wise prosperous establishment. Yours respectfully. Sacramento, January 29th, 1SS4. L. H .Coster. Buccaneer was foaled in 1874, and in his breeding was a combination of Bashaw and Blue Bull blood. He was bred in Iowa by Dr. M. W. Hicks now of Sacramento, got by Green's Bashaw, by Vernol's Black Hawk, by Long Island Black Hawk, by Andrew Jack- son. Dam Tinsley Maid, by Flaxtail, by Pruden's Blue Bull. Buccaneer had one representative in the 2:30 list, the bay mare Flight, which trotted in 2:29, at Oakland, early in 1883. Mr. Valensin had given the horse better opportunities to show his quality as a sire, and has several young colts of his get at Arno Farm that are very promising. The General's Strategy. We have heard odium cast on a trainer of shining ability for the part he took in the race of Trinket against Phallas, at Rochester, in August last, but we relieve him of all corrupt intentions, as he won the race, and did not even for a mo- ment break faith with the Rochester Association's patrons by dropping a single heat. We refer to John Turner, who gave Mr. Case a lesson in shrewdness worthy of the most astute operator in Wall street. It has been stated that he deceived Mr. Case by assuring him that he would not strive to beat Phallas with Trinket. But Turner alleges that he never ex- changed a moment's conversation with the gentleman from Racine prior to that race on this or any other subject. It came to the knowledge of Mr. Case, however, that Turner had backed Phallas for $500, and he followed suit to the ex- tent of $3,000, or thereabouts. After Trinket won two heats very easily, and it was evident that Mr. Case's money was about to take to itself wings, and fly into the pockets of those who had accepted the long odds offered against Trinket, Mr. Case sadly sought General Turner, who was watching the cooling out of his mare between the heats, and the following conversation ensued: "How is this, Mr. Turner," gravely in- quired Mr. Case, "I thought Phallas was to win this race?" "Your thoughts deceived you," cooly replied the General, "formy money does not say so." "But I will do anything to induce you to let me win it; all I want is to save my own money? What can I do to settle it?" "The only way you can settle it is right out there by beating Trinket," re sponded the General, as he pointed to the track and closed the interview. — N. Y. Spirit. Answers to Correspondents. Question answered only through these columns. No replies by mail or telegraph. G. E. B. Madison, Wis:— Nellie R. is by Gen. McClellan, Jr., dam Susie Rose, by Sam McClellan, son of Gen. McClellan. Gen. McClellan, Jr., by Gen. McClellan, first dam by Geo. M. Patchen. Jr.; second darn, Liza Runk, a Kentucky-bred mare whose pedigree is un- known. Susie Rose's dam was called Hector, a mare bred in Ohio and said to be a Bellfounder. Subscriber, San Francisco: — 1. Speculation, by Rysdyks Hambletonian, dam Martha Washington (dam of Whipple's Hambleton) by Burr's Wash- ington, son of Napoleon. 2. Lou Whipple, by Whipple's Hambletonian, dam un- known. T. F. K. Napa Cal. We know of no horse on the turf at present named Ada- line. There was a mare of that name in the east at one time, but as we have heard nothing of her for ten years, conclude thatsheis dead or has been relegated to the breeding pad- dock. ROWING. Ross in England. Wallace Ross has taken up his quarters at the Star and Garter, on the Thames river, London, and is reported in good health. He is doing steady work, and has already met his opponent on the river. This is how it came about, according to the Sporting Life of January 10th: "The celebrated St. John's sculler put in an appearance, however, and after ad- justing the riggers, etc., on his Ruddock boat, got afloat at about half-past eleven o'clock. At starting he showed off in the old Yankee style to perfection, getting into his boat with- out the usual assistance, leaving hold of both sculls at the same time, and indulging in the thousand and one tricks that the champion Hanlan used to be so fond of performing. On getting under way he proceeded steadily up the river toward Hammersmith, his Ruddock-built craft being fitted with the huge wind-sail adopted formerly by the Americans when they were over here. Just short of the Soap Works he 'spotted' Bubear, and partly coming down at a swinging pace, when, instead of keeping quietly on his way, or watching his oppon- ent as he went by, Ross immediately whipped round and kept a few lengths ahead of the Putney sculler all the way down to the boat-houses. Naturally, Bubear's row was quite spoiled, and considering that this is the first time that the men have met on the same water, makes the strange behavior of the St. John's man appear the more extraordinary, and we must inform Wallace Ross that our scullers are hardly edu- cated to such unsportsmanlike conduct over here." William Elliot has left the north, and has also taken up his quarters on the Thames. He, too, is reported in the best of health and going well. If he is fit on the 2Sthinst. heought to score a victory over Bubear. Bubear's style of rowing is severely criticised by good judges, and the Sportsman shares this opin- ion, as will be seen by the following: "There is a cramped action in Bubear's rowing that he would do well to try and eradicate. It cannot be on account of obesity, for he scales but seven pounds over racing weight, and the old propensity of reaching too far over his stretcher is very manifest. With more English scullers, both professional and amateur, the su- preme idea is how far they can reach out, little thinking that while the hands are widespread the balance is more difficult to maintain, and not only that, but the stomach is necessarily pinched in so doing. Length forward and catch is all they think of, showing nothing aft the swivel. They all profess to have acquired Hanlan's style, but. with the exception of George Perkins, there is not a single English professional sculler who rows in the least like the celebrated Canadian. Ned reached out sufficiently far with full regard to com- fort, never unduly straining himself, and always retaining thorough command of his boat, while as much use was made of the water aft the riggers as in front of them. Bubear's fault is one easily got over, and were he to persevere in t'.ie direction indicated he would lose all that objectionable style usually displayed in the first mile of his races." An Important Match. John Teemer of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and P. H. Conley have not signed articles to row for $1,000 aside. Teemer says he is willing to row Conley, but objects to the amount of money — $100 — deposited by the Portlander. Teemer wants at least $250 as a first deposit, then $250 posted one month from the date of signing articles, and $500 ten days before the race. If Conley and his friends really mean business, the posting of the money will not long remain a go-between. AT HLET ICS. Advice to "Youn^r Athletics on Training. [L. E. Myers in N. Y. Sportsman.] Decide upon your distance. — If you are a runner, make up your mind to run some particular distance. Do not start out by saying, "I'll train for two weeks, and then decide what distance I'll run." I have seen many promising athletes ruined or thrown back for months by just such training. Every man knows about how far he likes to run, even if he has never seen a cinder path. H, for instance, you wish to try your speed with that of a friend, and say to him, "I'll run you three blocks, " he will very soon say, "I can't run so far," or "I'd rather run you ten blocks," thus showing that he nat- urally knows the distance best suited to him. So it is with every one. Any man with common sense has some idea of what he can do. If you go to a trainer for information about your distance, he will glance at you from head to foot and say on the spot you are built for this or that distance, without looking to see if you have lung power for a distance man or the well-knit muscles of a sprinter. Many of our best dis- tance men knocked about for a long time on the limit mark of sprinters, and many of our at first supposed distance men have turned our good sprinters. Every man has once been a boy, and if you will only stop to think at what game you ex- celled as a boy, this, you will find, comes easiest now. There are, of course, "made men" at all games, especially so at run- ning and walking. Fredericks and Gifford both started as walkers, but soon found that running was their forte. Neither amounted to anything as walkers, and both have since won champion- ships at running. W. G. George knocked about for some months at walking, but never amounted to anything at this game, but is now one of the best runners in the world. I could mention hundreds of other instances where walkers have turned out successful hurdlers and runners, and run- ners to be walkers, etc. One-hundred-yard running. — Most young runners imagine themselves particularly good at this distance, and most of them make a great mistake. Sprinting is the hardest of all running. Of course, most young men can, without training, show about 1U or 12 seconds. This i6 enough to make them think that with a little training that the odd one and a half or two seconds can be easily knocked off. Hundreds of times have I had beginners come to me and say, "I ran a trial iu Hi] seconds, just as I am uow. Now, oughtn't I to do close to 'ten' if I train real bard?" Very often I would try to argue with them to show them just what 1] seconds in such a race meant. Some would profit by my advice, while others would not. I know of one youug mau who has been trying ffir four years to run 100 yards, yet 12:, seconds is the best he has ever shown. He cannot be persuaded to try another dis- tance. For the last four years the members of my club have been "a terror" to the athletes of other clubs, not because they are of better material, but because they each and every one know just what they are best fitted for. Starting — To become a good sprinter it is very necessary to 1884 ^Ixc f£xtzxkx mul j?prjrtstnatt. 69 know how to start. The different attitudes taken by the runners in a sprint race are Tery amusing. Some will start with one arm thrust straight out in front, and the other straight back, and standing bolt upright. Others will crouch until they are almost lying down, while others will take dancing positions, etc. There is only one proper way to start, and that is the position taken by most of the noted Sheffield runners. It is as follows: Stand with your left toe to the mark, with the foot flat. Let the other foot be about from twelve to eighteen inches behind (accord- ing to the size of the man), with the toe turned out and pointing to the scratch line at an angle of forty-fire degrees. Let the feet be far enough apart to well balance the body. It is well to dig a hole for the hind foot, so that at the word the foot will not slip back. When told to get ready rest your whole weight on the back foot, with both knees slightly bent. Let both feet be flat on the ground. Incline the body easily forward, so as to get a well-balanced position. Have the left arm rigid and the hand hanging just on the outside of the left knee, and the right arm thrown back, and the hand just off the right hip and also rigid. Ton now must necessarily be "set" and ready for the report or word. You may feel a little awkward in this position at first, but after practicing it a little while you will wonder how you ever could have thought of starting in any other position. The next thing to do is to move from your mark. At the word, rise quickly on left toe, and at the same time Eend the right foot viciously into the earth. This will send you for- ward in a straight line, and will at once put you into stride. Practice this daily from ten to fifteen minutes, running only about twenty-five yards each time. Do not try to take too large a stride at the beginning. To get into motion you must be short on the first dozen strides. After a week's practice at this you will find yourself leaving your mark quickly and cleanly, without any of that rolling about which most run- ners who do not know how to start are guilty of. But you must be very careful not to overdo the starting business. Of all the practice that an athlete can take this is surrounded with more danger of sprains, strains, etc., than any other, not even excepting jumping. The sudden starting of the sinews and muscles is often at- tended with serious results. You must, therefore, be sure that your muscles are in condition to undergo the strain. To practice starting even the first week is folly. But when you are satisfied that you are in such a condition as to do so without any risk, you may then begin as told above. After you have given the starting the required amount of practice each day, then run 40 or 50 yards at full speed four or five times, each time slowing up gradually. Always run "in form," that is, in good style. Incline the body slightly, very slightly, forward, with arms swinging low and some- what across the body. Finish your day's work by running about 200 yards at about three-quarter speed. This will help your wind and also enable you to finish the 100 yards at full speed when required. Most men make a great mistake in training for a sprint by not going far enough in their work. They imagine that running a little over the distance will not enable them to concentrate their speed. This is a great mis- take, and I can mention many cases where runners have had their men apparently beaten at 75 yards, and in the next 25 yards would go all to pieces. A good many professionals claim that they can run 100 yards when fit for the distance, and to go 110 yards would be asking too much of them. This is drawing it rather too fine for me. I would rather be a foot or two slow for the distance than to be trained to the notch, so that if hurried at any part of the race I would be liable to "crack." "Crack" means not able to finish. Again, I have known men who sprinted best when training for dis- tance, such as a quarter of a mile. A man can run himself out as thoroughly in 100 yards as he can in a longer distance, and you will find if you do too much short work and neglect staying qualities, you will often be beaten just at the finish; in other words, you will beat yourself. Another Richmond in the Arena. Prof. Ed. Wilson, who is matched to wrestle Dick Rule Grzeco-Romam at Tombstone, Arizona, has been interviewed on the proposition of Muldoon to wrestle the winner for $500 or S1.000, Muldoon agreeing to throw his man five times within an hour or lose the match. The conversation is reported as follows: "What do I think about it? Well, I'll tell you, Muldoon is a good man, but the man don't live on the face of the earth who can throw me five times within one hour."' "What does he mean then by authorizing the sending out of such a proposition?" queried the reporter. "I don't know what he means," replied the man of muscle, "but I know that he talks like a braggart. He does not know either Rule or myself, and probably thinks we are both a couple of yahoos, who never saw a wrestling match, and would be easy game for him." "Do yo« intend paying any attention to the challenge?" was asked . *|Most assuredly I do. If I win this match with Rule, which I believe I -will, I will reply to it, and give ex-police- man Muldoon a chance to winfroni$500 upwards, on much bet- ter terms for him than he proposes. I'll bet him the amount stated that neither he nor any other Gra?co- Roman wrestler, of the many who are hippodroming aroand the country, can throw me twice within an hour, let alone five times." "Is not that rather a rash proposal to make to a man of Muldoon's acknowledged superiority in that line of wrest- ling?" again asked the reporter. "Well, I don't think so. I am a larger man in all the physical requirements for Graeco-Roman wrestling than Mul- doon. I never saw him stripped, but I'll bet long odds that I beat him in both chest and arm measure, and I know I am his equal in strength. I have put up 200 pounds with one hand, and have the record to prove it. Not only this, but I am a good deal better than a raw hand at the science of wrestling." "Then you are really in earnest in stating that yon intend challenging him in case you win the match with Rule?" "Challenge him! Well, I should say I am. He can't begin to do all he says, and 111 make it cost him just as many dol- lars as he dares put up, for his beery boasting." "In what condition are you for your approaching match with Rule," said the reporter, changing the subject. "Never better in my life, excepting in the bellows. I don't carry an ounce of superfluous flesh, and feel like a race- horse. In a day or two I intend going out to Gate's ranch, and will have a tussel or two every day with him, which will fix my wind all right before the match comes off. Yon can bet your interest in the Quijotoas, young fellow, that I'll win the match, and then ho for the Bay City to tackle Muldoon.'' Pigeon Shooting-. A pigeon match at Camp Goodall took place last Sunday week which excited much interest in the neighborhood. It was a match between the crack shots of Watsonrilie and Gil- roy, with some outsiders, such as W. E. Pearson, who now, it appears, resides in the valley. According to the Pajaro- nian, Frank Maskey was expected to be present, but did not put in an appearance, and we personally know, from business matters, it would be impossible for him" to have done so just now. Seven men formed the Gilroy delegation, headed by Mr. John Paine, whose shooting on the occasion was not as good as usual. The conditions were: 12 birds each, 21 yards rise, plunge traps. The judges were H. F. Peckhaiii, Win. M. White and H. D. Bartlett. The score: Geo.T.White 1 110001 0-0- 4 H.S.Fleteber 1111110011 1—7 D. Dunham 01100011111 (>-i> Geo. Eustace 1 11100001110—7 D.M.Pyle 101000101 1 ]— C W.E.Pearson 1 1111111011 0-10 J . Colebower l l l i o 1 1 0—6 J. Frizzel 1 0111011100 0—7 J- Paine 1 0001000000 0—2 E Lipsett 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1-10 J. Millikeu 1 0110100001 1—6 B. Rouutree 1 1 l l l l o 1 1—8 H.Fruug 111111000101-8 J. Huddleson 111001100010—0 The Pajaronian concludes as follows: "Pearson and Lipsett divided first and second moneys, getting $28 each, and Fletcher got the third prize, $14. Though the Watsonville team got most of the coin, each team killed the same number of birds — IS. The percentage killed was 57 per cent. Pearson showed himself a crack shot, and in the opinion of many he was entitled to first prize, the judges giving Lipsett a bird for one he missed, and he killed the fresh bird and tied Pearson's score. Several birds fell dead out of bounds. The best of feeling prevailed, and hon- ors continue easy between the Gilroy and Watsonville teams. A return match will probably take place before long, and from some of our feather pullers we will expect better work." Murray Defeats Myers- The annual reception and athletic games of the Thirteenth Regiment were held in the regiment's armory, corner of Flatbush avenue and Hanson place, Brooklyn, on the 22d. Upward of 4,000 people were present, and the doings of the athletes were applauded frequently and heartily. Several athletes from the Seventh Regiment were entered in the dif- ferent competitions, and a large number of the Seventh's boys occupied one corner of the armory and the war cry of "New York's finest" was frequently heard. The officials of the meeting were: referee, W. B. Curtis; starter, Jack McMasters; judge of walking, Edward Plummer; and time- keepers, John West, New York Caledonian Club; G. A. Aver}*, Manhattan A. C; and Peter J. Donohue. There were eleven events on the programme, all of which were closely contested. That which caused the most interest, however, was the meeting between Frank P. Murray, of the Williamsburg Ath- letic Club, the champion walker, and L. E. Myers, of the Manhattan Athletic Club, the champion short- distance run- ner. A handsome medal was offered by the regiment for competition. Myers undertook to run three-quarters of a mile while Murray walked a half mile. Murray was only in fair condition, and Myers was in very bad trim for a hard race. The track was twelve laps to the mile on a hard wood floor, vet Murray, who is usually troubled by bad heels from pounding, did a most remarkable performance, while Myer's running was an exhibition in nowise satisfactory to the assemblage, and not complimentary to the champion, who, under any circumstances, should have done much better. Murray walked in the fairest possible style and finished so fresh that the belief was general that had he tried he could have broken every known record forthe distance. As it was, he walked the half-mile only three seconds worse than his own record of 3m. 2 2-5s. It was about 9 o'clock when the men appeared on their marks. Murray was dressed in the blue and gold uniform of his club, while Myers wore the white and crimson square of the Man- hattans. The runner went at once to the front, but it was hard work. Myers first caught Murray on the third lap and again juit as Murr?*- finished his distance, Myeis having still one lap, or P" yards, to go. The time of the men by laps is as follows: Murray— 1 lap, 27s.; 2, 55s.; 3, lm. 26s., 4, lm. 08 1-os.; 5, 2m. 32 l-5s., and 6, 3m. 5 2-5s. Myers— 1 lap, 23s.; 2, 44 4-5s.; 3, lm. 10 4-5s.; 4, lm. 34s.; 5, lm.SSs.; 6, 2m. 214-5s.; 7, 2m.552-5s.; 8, 3m.5 l-5s.; ninth lap not completed. BThe winners of the other events were: One-mile walk, E. A. Kraft, 7m. 40s.; running high jump from a 3-inch block, E. E. Flynt, 5 feet 9£ inches; fifty-yard race, S. E. Rennie, m 6 seconds; a tug-of-war by Company F of the Thirteenth Regiment; a half-mile run by E. A. Richards m 2m. lo^s.; a 220-yard race by J. I. Smith in 27|s.; pole-vault by H. H. Baxter at 9 feet 2i inches; a one-quarter mile run by E. A. Richards in 61s.; "a 220-yards hurdle race by J. I. Smith in 31s.; and a mile run by H. S. Clark in 5m. 5 2-5s. THE GUN. Exceptions by W. L. Curry. Editor Breeder asd Sportsma>~: I just note in your isBiie of December 22nd the following remarks in reference to the pigeon match to have taken place between Mr. May- nard and myself: "While speaking of the Oregon shooters we may mention they failed to put up the coin, $150, for the match with Mr. Maynard, the popular purser of the steamship Columbia. It was a poor business to back down at the last moment, but then it takes a good man to beat Maynard at the trap." 1 do not taKe exception to the compliment you paid Mr. Maynard on his shooting abilities. I hear, and am led to be- lieve he is a good shot. But I do take exception to your assertion in which you accuse me of not putting up my $150, and of my backing down at the last moment. / did put up my money, and the stake-holders got it and held it, under articles of agreement between Mr. Maynard and myself. And when Mr. Maynard found it impossible or inexpedient to fulfill those articles of agreement the stakeholder turned over, upon application to him by me, the amonnt of money I had so placed in his hands. In the candidness of your judgement now, would you call this a back-down on my part? A correct and detailed state- ment of the affair is as follows: In an ordinary conversation on shooting matters a wager was made by an admirer of Mr. Maynard's shooting that he could beat any of the Oregon shooters, which wager was seen, and a forfeit put up by Mr. Maynard's friend, and by the other party who named myself as the one to oppose Mr. Maynard at the trap, in the field, or under whatever condi- tions the match was to be shot. Considerable speculation was indulged in on this; the understanding seemed mutual. Mr. Maynard being in a position better than myself for fur- nishing the pigeons, it was so agreed to shoot at pigeons, he to furnish them from San Francisco. After impatient delay, word reached me that Mr. Maynard was desirous of ihooting under more specific arrangements; that he had no assurance in actuality of amount of a match. I concurred, and waited upon him myself personally, and arranged to shoot for $100 aside, 100 pigeons each; 30 yards rise— loser to pay for all birds. I left the choosing of rules to him, and in his choice of the California State Rules I again concurred. Then arti- cles of agreement were drawn up and signed by both Mr. Maynard and myself governing the shoot, and the actual amount of money in coin for which the match was to be shot was placed in the hands of a stake-holder, while the for- feit to the prior arrangement was done away with. And these circumstances, in furtherance to which this article of agreement was in effect that Mr. Maynard did thereby obli- gate himself to procure the birds during bis lay-over trip in San Francisco, or no shoot, lt-ft the field plainly open. In two weeks Mr. Maynard's ship returned to Oregon, but with her came no pigeons. The reason was, I believe, that thev were not to be had in your city. Of that Mr. Maynard can speak for himself. I know nothing of the difficulties at- tending the purchasing of birds. And upon receipt of this information from Mr. Maynard, that he was unable to pro- cure birds, the aforesaid articles of agreement invalidated themselves, and the moneys put up in consideration thereof drawn down. Now in conclusion, I might say I had much confidence in winning the match. If I had not, the match would not have been arranged with such harrassing obligations. Mr. May- nard had equal confidence in himself, also, I presume, but the match was virtually in his hands; nothing was in the road excepting this question of pigeons, and inasmuch as they were not to be had, I kindly volunteered to shoot the match under fresh agreement on clay pigeons or glass balls, but these substitutes seemed inferiorto my adversary's idea of skill at the trap. There was an opportunity for shooting the match; that opportunity is passed. Very truly yours, \\ . t.am. Cubby. Team Match at Fresno. The Republican, a local paper, gives the following particu- lars of a team match at Fresno, which, from pressure of matter, we hud to omit last week. Both teams consisted of local nimrods, some of whom at the end of the day showed themselves very capable men. The teams were captained by Edward Hughes and J. W. Reese, who decided on the follow- ing scale of points for game now in season: Geese, S; brants, 6; sand-hill cranes, 8; canvasbacks, 8; mallards, 6; widgeons and sprigs, 6; teal and other ducks, 4; cotton-tail and curlew, 3; quail, 4; plover, 1. The match lasted for twenty-four hours. The score at the end jf the day was: R-r.ar.'aiT>w, [HUGHES' TZAH. J. G. Hughes 10' H. M. Hughes and Jno. Austin. .135 Dr. Wright 42 M. W. Miller 7« Dr. Pedlar 55 E. Woodwortb 52 Total 407 .140 The reports from Alviso were better, last Sunday for ducks. J. w. : R. B. Tenr.. W. T. Burks 000 Pat Fry 43 M.R.Madary 89 E.A.BralT 85 Wm. Shaw 1* F. D. Owen, allowed 30 points.. 8 Total 453 The Republican adds: As will be seen from the score members of Reese's tears made both the largest and smallest number of points. J. ^T . Reese coming in for the former honor by a large majority, and Will Rurks for the latter, unanimously. A magnificent supper was given by the vanquished team at the Rockaway restaurant, on Thursday evening, which was a highly enjoy- able affair for all concerned. One of the interesting "features of the programme was the presentation to Mr. Burks of a splendid leather medal, about eighteeninchesin circumference, upon which was elegantly inscribed: "Presented to W. T. Burks in consideration of having made the largest number of 000's in the hunting match at Fresno, January 15th." An- other match will probably take place in the near future. The sport on the preserves last week is reported good. Four members of the crack Teal Club are credited by Dame Rumor with having bagged over 500 birds altogether. Mr. St. Clair, memberof the Tule Belle Club, accompanied by Mr. Holmes, got between 70 and 80 birds, with considerable canvasbacks. All the birds were said to be in splendid condition, contrary to the general experience. Messrs. Butler and McAlister of the Cordelia, with two friends, had an enjoyable time at their preserve on Sunday, returning with 100 birds for the party. The lot included 12 canvasbacks. The birds killed in the northern parts of the bay are reported better eating than those killed at Alviso and adjacent points. The Red Bluff Cause, says, the subscription list to raise $450 for the grand shooting tournament on 22d of February, is succeeding well. The Tehama County Shooting Club have the management of the affair, and they intend to have lots of good prizes and, at least, 1.200 birds on the ground? The Gridley sportsmen are working earnestly, also on a large scale, in the same direction for the same day, and with suc- cess. Our locals cracks, must not forget this tournament. Deer are reported to be commonly offered for sale at Red Bluff. Is this from the negligence of the District Attorney, or the interference of the Supervisors? Whoever is to blame the offence, nevertheless, is punishable by a fine of $500 and six months' imprisonment; at least, so savs Section 026 0)1 the Penal Code. Is the enforcement of the law nothing to the officers of the law? With some people the fulfillment of a solemn oath is nothing to the enjoyment of a good salary. That's the idea, you know. The last ^ImwaH Field, says, Al. Davis, a western crack shot, lately killed 100 pigeons without a miss, shooting at double birds, 21 yards rise. His opponent killed 8S. This is great shooting, but after the match he killed HI birds straight at SO yards rise, using a 20-pound, 6-gauge, winkle barrel gun. With the rest of mankind acquainted with trap- shooting, we may beallowed to inquire, who is this Al. Davis? The man in charge of the Alameda Gun Club preserve re- ports plenty of water, plenty of feed and plenty of birds since the late copious rains. The club turns out to-day in fancfl with the intention of making up for lost time. We had an- ticipated this news in aprevioun paragraph, but it is now re- ported to us officially. We look for large returns all round next week. The members of the Alameda Club are now in hopes of having some duck shooting on their preserve. The late rain is expected to fill their ponds. We congratulate our friends on their prospect. Mr. Fred. Osborne of the hardware firm of thai Market street, killed 75 dinks lust week, in one daj Alviso. The gcDtltiuau is a niuuibcr of the A; Club. 70 ^M t&tte&cx mttt j&jwrctsmmt. Feb 2 HERD AND SWINE. Ensilage in the Dairy. At a meeting of the Hampden Harvest Club, at Springfield, Massachusetts, January 5th, C. B. Benedict, Superintendent of Brightside farm, Holyoke, read a paper from -which we make the following extracts: As to the feeding merits of ensilage for beef, growth, milk and butter, I believe I gave the club the results of our ex- periments of a year ago, and expressed ourselves perfectly satisfied with the system in every respect; and now, after another year's experience, including its use during the whole year, we have only to repeat what we then said, only with more force, for we have demonstrated by experience that en- silage is as good a feed in summer as in winter, or an all-the- year-round feed. We have more than half a hundred head of cattle in our stables that have not been turned out for grazing purposes for more than a year, their principal feed being corn and rye ensilage, with a limited amount of corn meal and coaTse wheat bran, at a cost of less than ten cents per dav, and they have done well, given an even flow of milk and of'superior quality, as you will admit when I tell you that our dairy of more than fifty cows, several of them, natives and Durhams, average 25 per cent, cream, and so good that our neighboring milkmen come and beg for it at the door at seven cents per quart. How they can do it I leave you who are experienced in the milk trade to conjec- ture. The cry is raised by non-believers in the system that good milk and butter cannot be produced by this feed, all of which our experience leads us to contradict. As good milk can be produced, and as good butter made with ensilage feed as any other, I care not what it may be, and I believe I am prepared to say at one-half the cost of production. One of the main points in feeding, be it for beef, growth, milk or butter, is to provide food that maybe easily digested, and a help to the digestion, fed with other richer foods, thereby causing as perfect assimilation as possible of all the food taken into the system, and this, in my mind, is the first consideration of ensilage. Grass, we all know, is a better milk -producing food than hay, simply because it is succulent and easily digested and distributed throughout the system. The by-many-condemned silo will furnish you the same suc- culent, milk-producing food in winter, or equally as well in summer. We are utilizing our corn-stalks — stover — this winter by a system of steaming, and are well pleased with the result, being able in this way to dispose of nearly or quite all of them, the cattle eating them nearly clean. But why is steaming a ben- efit? Simply because it renders them more succulent and tender, therefore more easily digested, and for this reason the cattle do better on them than if they were thrown to them whole and in a dry state, and allowed to waste more than one-half at that. We shall average keeping on Brightside farm, from July, 18S3, to July, 1SS4, 100 head of cattle — 75 average mature — 12 head of horses, 30 sheep, and some 250 hogs (less than 200 acres of land), with the purchase of a few tons of wheat bran and meal; and in no other way than through the system of ensilage could we do it; and let me say right here that in the near future we anticipate to be able to keep double this amount. Many experienced in the feeding of ensilage base its feeding qualities, as compared with hay, at a ratio of three to one; others two and a half to one; a few say two to one. We have always made our experiments on a base of three to one, but rye ensilage fed alternately with corn, I think we are safe in saying, is equivalent to two and a half to one. Now, if we can get 25 tons of ensilage per acre, our acre will produce an equivalent of 10 tons of hay. Your acre to grass will, if good land and season, cut say three tons of hay, which will keep your cow nine months, if judiciously fed with grain. Our acre will, with the same amount of grain, keep three Jersey cows for one year, and our forage feed has cost us $1.76$ per ton in silo, and I would guarantee a propor- tionate production from my cows, either for beef, milk or cream, and at what per cent, less cost figures will tell. Please understand, I am not saying this to convert you to the ensil- age system, but simply stating my views as to what I con- sider the best feeding rations for producing beef, milk and cream, and I believe, so far as our observation and experi- ments have gone, I speak understandingly. The best is the cheapest, if it will produce equal results. An acre of land, in a state of fertility to produce two tons of hay, will produce 20 to 25 tons of ensilage without manure. Our ensilage cost in silo, for 1S83, $1.76l without manure, andaveraged nearly 25 tons to the acre. The Cattle-Plague Law. The following is the text of the Bill prepared by the National Committee of Cattle Breeders, and now under con- sideration by Congress: A bill for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases in domestic animals. Section 1. — The Commissioner of Agriculture shall organ- ize in his department a bureau of animal industry, and ap- point as chief a competent veterinary surgeon, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report the number, value and con- dition of domestic animals of the United States, their protec- tion and use; also to inquire into and report the causes of contagious communicable diseases among them, and the means of prevention and cure of the same, and collect such informa- tion on these subjects as shall be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the country. The salary of the chief of the bureau shall be the same as that of other chiefs of division in said department. The commissioner is also authorized to appoint a clerk of said bureau at a salary of SI, 500 per annum. Sec:. 2. — The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to appoint three competent agents, who shall be practical stock- raisers or experienced business men, familiar with business pertaining to commercial transactions in live stock, and whose duty it shall be, under the instructions of the Com- missioner of Agriculture, to report the best methods of treat- ing, transporting and caring for animals, the means to be- adopted for the suppression and extinction of pleuro-pneu- monia, and provide against the spread of other contagious diseases. The compensation of the agents shall be $10 per diara., and all necessary expenses while engaged in the per- formance of duty under the act. Sec. 3. — In order to promote the exportation of live stock from the United States, the Commissioner of Agriculture sh'ill make a special investigation as to the existence of con- tagious pleuro-pneumonia, or any contagious communicable disease, along the dividing line between the United States and foreign countries, and along the lines of transportation of nil parts of the United States to ports from which live stock are exported, and make a report of the results of the investigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall es- tablish such regulations concerning the exportation and transportation of live stock as the results of said investiga- tion shall require. Sec. 4. — That to prevent the exportation from any port of the United States to any port of a foreign country* of live stock affected by any infectious or contagious disease, espec- ially pleuro-pneumonia, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorized to adopt such measures, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as he may deem necessary. Sec. 5. — That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to prepare such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpation of contagious" pleuro-pneumonia, and certify such rules and regulations to the executive authority of each State and Territory, and invite said authorities to co-operate in the enforcement of the provisions of this act. Whenever the plans and methods of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be accepted by any State in which pleuro-pneumonia or other infections or contagious diseases are declared to exist, and whenever the Governor of the State or the other properly constituted authorities signifj' a readiness to co-operate for the extinction of any contagious or infectious disease, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to expend so much of the appropriation as is necessary in the investiga- tion of the facts as to the disease, in paying for animals deemed necessary to slaughter, and in such disinfection and other means necessary to stamp out the disease; and when- ever a State, in any section of which contagious or infectious disease exists, which the Commissioner of Agriculture has declared dangerous to the animal industries of the nation, fails to make provision for its extinction, or co-operate with the plans of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the extinc- tion of the disease, the President of the United States, on presentation of the facts by the Commissioner of Agriculture, shall be authorized to declare said State, or such part of said State as is dangerous to the animal interest of the country, in quarantine, and prohibit the exportation of cattle out of said State or district. Sec. 6. — Provides for the effectual stamping out of the dis- ease in the District of Columbia. Sec. 7. — That no railroad company within the United States, whose road forms any part of a line of road from one State or Territory to another, or the owners or masters of any steam, sailing, or other vessels, shall receive for trans- portation or transport from one State or Territory to another any live cattle affected by any contagious or infectious dis- ease, and especially the disease known as contagious pleuro- pneumonia or lung plague; nor shall any person, company, or corporation deliver for such transportation to any railroad company or master, or owner of any vessel any live cattle, knowing them to be affected by any contagious or infectious dis- ease; or any person, company, or corporation drive on foot or transport by private conveyance from one State or Terri- tory to another any live cattle knowing them to be affected by any contagious or infectious disease, especially contagious pleuro-pneumonia or lung plague. Sec. 8. — It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agri- culture to notify the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company doing business in any infected locality of the existence of said contagion, and the person or persons operating such railroad, or the master or owner of any vessel, orowner, custodian, or person having control of such cattle or live stock within the infected districts who shall knowingly violate the provisions of Sec- tion 7 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment, and if any such rail- road, steamboat, or other transportation company Bhall, after having received such notice, violate the provisions of this act, such action shall he prima facie evidence of wilful disre- gard for the provisions of the act. Sec. 9. — It shall be the duty of the several United States District-Attorneys to prosecute all violations of the act brought to their notice by anj* person making complaints; and the same shall be heard by any District Court of the United States holden within the district in which the violation of the act is committed or the person or corporation resides or car- ries on or has a place of business. Sec. 10. — That the sum of 8500,000, or so much thereof as is necessary, be appropriated to carry into effect the provi- sions of the act. Sec. 11. — This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Churning Whole Milk. Many people suppose that by churning the whole milk they would be sure of all the butter the milk was capable of producing, though it mightrequire more labor than churning the cream only. Such a conclusion has been strengthenad by the fact that before the present modes of rapidly and com- pletely separating cream from milk were adopted, churning the whole milk would sometimes give ten per cent, more but- ter than churning the cream only. Which method will pro- duce the most butter depends upon various conditions. How- ever it may have been in the past, it is now true that churn- ing the whole milk oftener fails in producing the largest pos- sible amount of butter than does churning the cream only. In the first place, there are but few churns which will do good execution in churning milk. The proportion of liquid to milk fat is so great that the power of the churn will be spent upon the liquid instead of the fat. Unless the churn is specially adapted to such a purpose, it will not act upon the fats with sufficient directness to cause perfect adhesion. The small globules, which are most difficult to churn, evade, as it were, the action of the churn, and are left uuchurned in the buttermilk, the larger ones, which churn easier, being alone collected. A Droper relation must be observed between liquid and fat to make the churning most complete and the quality of the pro- duct most satisfactory. There may be too little liquid as well as too much. If the cream is too thick the friction of the churn upon it will spoil the grain of the butter, by wearing out the cream globules before the churning is done, thereby making the butter greasy and short-lived, also causing it to gather be- fore all the cream is churned. The contents of the churn should be sufficiently liquid to avoid grinding or from being too stiff, without being so thin as to scatter the fat globules to such an extent that their union will be a matter of accident rather than of certainty from the action of the churn. Milk enough with the cream | to make its bulk about one-fourth that of the whole milk gives about the right consistency. Failures in the past to se- [ cure eo much butter from the cream alone as from the whole milk, were not occasioned so much by the want of proper consistency in the cream as from the fact that the older meth- ods of churning milk were too imperfect to admit of securing all the cream, a part of the churnable cream not being separated from the skim milk, could only be secured by churning the whole milk. Under the modern and improved modes of creaming milk, by which the cream is not only rapidly but perfectly separated, churning the whole milk is a losing operation. It occasions loss, first, because it requires extra labor, and second, because it gives lesB butter *than churning the cream. Since the butter fats are all contained in the cream, the churn can be made to act upon them with better effect than is possible when they are scattered through a liquid four times greater in bulk than is necessary. At the recent meeting of the New York State Dairymen's Association at Ogdensburg, Major Alvord of Houghton Farm showed, as the result of careful experimenting, the imperfect manner in which churning is sometimes done. In churning thirty pounds of Jersey milk, kept until a little sour, he ob- tained in an oscillatingcburn twelve ounces of butter. Leav- ing the buttermilkuntil the next day, a second churning gave 12£ ounces more, a third churning five ounces andafourth li ounces — in all, thirty-one ounces from the thirty pounds of milk. When a given quantity of milk and the cream from an equal weight of similar milk were churned in comparison, the latter produced the most butter and with the least churn- ing. The churning was effected by the condition and quan- tity of food. The results were best when the cows had suc- culentfood, such as grass, roots orensilage, dry feed rendering the churning more laborious and imperfect. Through mi- croscopic examinations it was found that the structural condi- tion of the fat globules had much to do with the results in the churn. The milk in which the fat globules were the most uniform in size churned the most evenly and perfectly, while those most unequal in size churned most unevenly. The larger globules appeared to churn so much in advance of the smaller that they collected into butter before the smaller ones were churned, but the latter, by more churning, would in due time, also collect into butter. Such differences, occa- sioned by the influence of breed and feed, showed that the contents of the churn required from one to four times churn- ing to secure all the churnable butter fats the milk con- tained. If equally careful observations were made upon the milk of other breeds, still greater differences might appear. The globules in Jersey milk are among the most uniform in size, being generally large and easy to churn. These experiments do not argue well for getting the bestpossible results in butter from the mixed milk of different breeds. It would hardly be possible to avoid loss from having large, small and medium- sized globules all mixed in one churning. There is economy in having cows for a butter dairy the fat globules in whose milk are as nearly as possible of uniform size. The Polled Breeds— Their Points of Excel- lence. At the meeting of the Western Polled-Cattle Breeders' As- sociation, held at Des Moines, Iowa, January 9th, President Graves read a paper, from which the following extracts are taken: Many points of excellence can justly be claimed for these hornless cattle, that the most ardent admirers of other breeds will not attempt to disprove, or claim for their favorites, among which are absence of horns, docility, fecundity and prepotency. The absence of horns, which are with animals need as weapons of offense and defense, naturally makes them more peaceable, quiet and tractable, and therein assists ma- terially in ease of handling, in early maturity and cheapness of feeding, it being understood by all intelligent feeders that a quiet animal, other points being equal, will lay on fat faster than a wild, unruly one. Their docility naturally in- clines them towards fecundity by increasing chances of preg- nancy, and decreasing chances of abortion through accidents, which we must all admit wild and unruly animals are more liable to than are quiet and peaceable ones. The careful breeding of these animals for many generations has caused their many excellent points to become so thor- oughly fixed as to make it practically certain that they will transmit them to their progeny. That they are prepotent seems abundantly proved by the fact that a good polled bull, when coupled with any other breed of cattle, is sate to show from 90 to 100 per cent, of hornless calves, and in case the bull is purely bred Aberdeen-Angus or Galloway, the calves are almost certain to be all black as well as hornless, and largely pattern after their sire in shortness of leg, fullness and depth of chest and width of loin. Their great depth of chest and full round barrel is necessarily conducive to hardiness, fur- nishing, as it does, ample room for the heart and other organs to properly do their work, and it must necessarily follow that an animal thus equipped is better able to withstand the rigors of our northern winters than is one less favorably con- stituted. In the case of the black polls we have also a good combination of thick hide and abundant hair, that gives the best possible protection from cold in winterand heat and flies in summer. The absence of horns is not only conducive to quietness and safety in the herd, but is a great measure of economy in shipping the cattle to market. All of you who, like myself, have had experience in shipping cattle on our railway cars will readily admit that horns are undesirable, and that if we had cattle entirely without them, we could undoubtedly load an average of one head more on a car, and load them much easier and more safely, for if an animal should get his head down on going in, he could get it up again without breaking off a born or gouging a mate; also will admit that the occa- sional loss of a horn causes the auimal losing ii a great deal of suffering, and therefore shrinkage and consequent loss of price. These polled cattle are properly classed as beef breeds, the laying on of flesh and fat being their strongest characteristic, though they are by no means without merit as milkers, all of them giving a fair amount of good rich milk, the quality of which, as far as my personal experience reaches — and I am using both — being butlittle inferior to that of the Jersey. Their ample organs furnish large capacity for assim- ilation of food, and materially assist in reducing cost of rais- ing and fattening, for, as we all know, or ought to, it is not the nmount of food consumed, but the amount assimilated that gives the flesh and fat; also that every pound of food that the animal consumes that he does not properly assimi- late is not only that much wasted, but that much extra load to be carried by the food assimilated. Granted that we have a fine breed of cattle to work upon, we must try and work intelligently and carefully, so as to give our cattle a fair chance in the competition with other breeds. The Shorthorn and Hereford men have grand breeds of cattle, and they are, as a rule, well posted in the art of reariug and fattening them, and as the doddies begin to make a fair show of wresting their colors from them they are be- ginning to wake up again, and, as it is commonly put, *'are getting on their ear about it," and we may be well assured 1884 U&e gvmlcv and Joportsvmw. 71 tliat they are not disposed to let us have a walk-over in the race for the most and best beef for the least money. Being con- vinced of this, we must be careful to avoid the mistakes that some of them have made, and instead of using or selling in- ferior animals as breeders, we should be unsparing in the nse of the knife, and send every inferior animal to the block, telling our customers we have no breeding stock for sale at present. High prices will tempt many breeders to use or sell inferior animals, but let me urge upon you the importance of withstanding the temptation; do not listen to it, for it is the voice of the siren that has lured many a Shorthorn breeder on to the rocks of financial distress; it is the voice that has ruined thousands of Shorthorn herds; it is, in fact, the rock that has split the prices of Shorthorns squarely in. the middle, and been the foundation for the call for some- thing better, and been the most potent influence in calling into prominence the grand polled breeds, for which we, the lovers of truly good beef cattle, may feel thankful, the Short- horn losers correspondingly downcast. Remember, that if you sell an inferior animal for a breeder, or even give it away, its poor performance or reputation comes home to you and destroys your chance of getting cus- tomers at remunerative prices for good stock, no matter how good they are, while if you use an inferior animal in vour herd you deteriorate its value exactly in proportion to the amount used, and virtually ruin your herd as one from which intelligent breedeis will select animals to breed from. Therefore, set up a high standard of excellence, »elect the very best animals to breed from; use none but the best; breed for the best, and if you have any really good animals in surplus, sell them to your friends for breeders, and the inferior ones fix at once so they must go to the butcher's block, and so that no temptation can, in a moment of weak- ness, cause you to sell them, and with them your reputation as a breeder. Treat your animals fairly and kindly, and they will amply repay you for all your efforts to improve them. Because they are grand rustlers do not compel them to earn their en- tire living by rustling; do not believe that the south side of a barb-wire fence is just the protection they need from the blast of boreas, or the scatterings of a manure pile the best food for them. Neither is it necessary to pamper them, for they don't need it, and it will do them no good, while by pampering or overfeeding you run the risk of injuring their breeding qualities. Give them good, square, generous treat- ment, and you will be surprised to find that they are making you more money every day than anything in the stock line you ever engaged in. We do not claim for these cattle that they will furnish five dollars' worth of beef for every dollar's worth of feed consumed, or that they will yield a wash-tub full of milk three times a day, or that a pint of their milk will make a pound of butter, or that they are nice enough to bring in the house for parlor ornaments; but we do claim, and propose to make the claim good, that for beef-producing machines eminently adapted for use in the West, they cannot be excelled, and we confidently predict that the time is uot far distant when our best tables will be graced by juicy cuts from the loin of an Aberdeen- Angus, or other polled breed, and our health and happiness enhanced thereby. The First Calf. What is the foundation for the belief more or less preva- lent with farmers, that the first calf is not worth raising, es- pecially if it is a female? Is it the result of observation or of careful experiments, with an accurate record of a large num- ber of cases? If the practice of these breeders is to kill such calves young, how do they know they might not have been superior animals? Again, if the results of experience, may not investigation show the manner of breeding to have been defective from the start? If a young heifer is coupled with an inferior bull with an idea that he is good enough so long as he begets a calf, doomed from conception to an early death, it is no wonder that the first born has a bad reputation; or if a large number of yearlings are pastured with a worthless brute of a bull, and he, perhaps, too young for more than a very limited service, what can be expected from such breeding? To look for a re- sultant offspring of high character is about as reasonable as to go into the woods for black Hamburg grapes. Couple your young heifers with as high-class males as you would use for more mature cows, and so give the first born an equal chance before you condemn them as vagabonds. — Breeders' QazetU. Variety of Cheese Product. It is a noticeable fact that with all the American love for doing things differently from others, with all the American inventive skill, the great mass of the cheese made in this country is much alike. Some is much better than others, but most is made after one model. This is not nearly so true of the cheese made in European countries. There an almost endless variety is to be seen — variety in size, shape, color, taste and smell. Some of the European cheese is exceed- ingly distasteful to American palates and nostrils, but all meet a want. The total consumption is the greater because of this attempt to meet the fancies of many classes of con- sumers. Many of these classes are largely ropresented in this country, and have not forgotten their old tastes. We often lament the fact that the cheese consumption in this country is small compared with the population; yet little successful effort has been made to increase it by adapting the product to the tastes of these large classes of foreigners. There are practical difficulties in the way. Small cheese, and those of peculiar size or flavor, usually cost somewhat more labor in the making, but often they can be sold at prices considerably above those current for standard cheese. At the first dairy convention we attended, the desirability of having cheese made of such size that they could be sold for family use without cutting was presented. Yet little ad- vance has been made in introducing such cheese. The argu- ments in their favor are as strong as ever, and we do not be- lieve it impracticable to secure a satisfactory trade in them. Some of the English and continental styles of cheese are much liked by many Americans, and we do not see why they may not be successfully manufactured in this country on a larger scale than has yet been don*. Whatever helps to in- crease the consumption of cheese, especially of cheese of good quality, will be of direct service to the dairy interest. It is not proposed that the foreign demand be neglected, but that increased attention be given to cultivation of the home demand. — Breeders' Gazette. The State Board of Agriculture has decided to offer the fol- lowing premiums for the most extensive, perfect and varied exhibition of farm products, exclusively live stock, to be ex- hibited by a county: The sum of $600 to be divided into four premiums as follows: $300 to be the first, $150 to the sec- ond, $100 to the third and $50 to the fourth. If agreeable to the exhibitors, the premium lots will be forwarded to the World's Fair at New Orleans. The black Sussex and black Essex swine are said to be the same breed. They are thought by some to be the indigenous races of Great Britain. In 1839 Mr. Henry Parsons an Englishman, imported to Massilon, in this State (Ohio) a boar and two sows of the black Sussex breed, and two sows hall Berkshire and half Sussex. The Sussex sows had each eight pigs when I saw them, and they had all been engaged at $50 per pair. They had uncommon points. There* was about them a finish, almost a polish. Thev had a cleanness of head and leg, a fullness and liveliness of eye, and alto- gether a show of blood that I had never seen equaled. There was a remarkable uniformity, indicating fixed charac- ter. They looked like beans from the same pod. They were not large, but with exact proportions and strong frames, and an aptitude to fatten would accumulate great weight in' pro- portion to the bone. They were light in bellv, broad and deep in the chest, wide in the rib and loin, and with strong, arched, well-coupled back. Some experiments show that the Sussex is well calculated to cross on the Berkshire. TH E RIF LE. Shooting- At Harbor View. Ou Snnday last, the Swiss Rifle Club had their regular monthly shooting, and we had the pleasure of meeting these genial and polite gentlemen by invitation at lnneh. Owino to the meeting of the Swiss Benevolent Societv the night be° fore, and the inclemency of the weather, only" five members eompetedfor theprizes. At times, the shooting was excellent, bat from different causes it was not sustained through out the day. Still, Messrs. Wetzel, Croce.Hopf and Bachmann, taken altogether, did good shooting. Leeman, who generally leads the score, did some brilliant shooting after lunch in the pool shooting, and then his gun got out of order and he fell from grace sadly. The prizes were captured as follows: Theo. Wetzel ,., _,„ EndoipbHopf :"■."."■.'.::".".'.■. te p Proce 3d prize „™" was entitled to the whole amount of the stakes and added DQ 1 1 D e V . Washington Park Club. Manifestly, it would take too much space to publish all the nominations in the stakes of the above club, and hence we have condensed to those which areownedon tho Pacific Coast. As tho totals are given, that our expectations have been amply our side of the COUtinenl makes a ^---l -i. 74 3*c %xtz&xx and jftpArctsnam. Feb 2 General Topics. There is grand music in the songs of the frogs. To the frequenters of the opera the notes may be monotonous, and the trills and shakes a poor recompense for the divine war- blings of Patti or Nillson. Still we must reiterate that there are joyous tones and prospective good cheer, plenty and happi- nessforessayed in the welcome chirpings. The California frogs, at least those of the genius who are domiciled in Oakland, have peculiar ways. As soon as the rains come copiously enough to reach the bottom of the suncracks, the concert commences. There has not been a lisp for some time, and the old fear be- gan to assert itself that the croakings of the pessimists might be fulfilled. During the ten years of our California experience it has been the same old tune. There was no chance, according to the gloomy forebodings of these folk, for a crop, and hay and oata and barley would rule so high that the horses would have to go on short rations. After so many failures in their predictions, there was no recurrence of the tremor, and the leaden prophecies failed to frighten. Still there was uneasi- ness as January wore away, and there were dry skies and hoar frosts. The frogs piped a tune or two before Christmas- tide, feebly however, and then the orchestra was silent. When on Friday of last week the drizzle of the morning was followed by a clear afternoon and northwest wind, there was a fear that the sable speeches would have to be endured for some days to come. Saturday was more propitious, and the gentle showers and the high southeastern wind that rocked the ferry boats, brought the usual sequence. A genuine downpour, puddles in the road, a tiny stream in the gutters. It still came down at sunset, and in place of the golden and purple veil, so diaphonous as not to hide the great luminary sinking to rest in the Pacific, there was a thick grey curtain impenetrable to the vision, though bearing the motto "There shall yet be seedtime and harvest." The Wellington in the grate did not blaze so cheerfully as ■when there was an "eager and nipping air;" but there was the patter of the raindrops on the roof, and then, cheerier yet, came the song of the frogs. We recognized the voice of the leader as he gave the key, full and sonorous, and the refrain was taken up by a hundred voices, which told of green fields and fruit trees burdened with white, pink and red blossoms, and teams afield, and foals caracoling about their dams. These are the first glad tokens of springtime, for though the roses and violets have been in bloom ever so long, tales were told of lambs being slaughtered to save the moth- ers, of newly sown gTain dormant, of kernels sprouted and then the vitality hopelessly dried out. Sing on, ye minstrels, and we will rejoice over the failure of the false prophets as we have done for the past ten winters, and drive them back to reminiscences of dry years twenty seasons in the back- ground. By and by will come the swallows. Their nests are undis- turbed under the shelter of the protecting eaves of the barn, and there is little repairing necessary to fit them for occupancy They, too, are cheery visitors if their twitterings are not so blithesome as their forerunners, though, when they put in an appearance the refrain will be that there will be no late rains to fill with kernels the drooping heads of the wheat, barley and oats, and of north winds which will "burn up" all verdure and leave the fair fields of California arid and dreary. The swallowB chirp away all such dire forebodings, amd though their forerunners tune their voices from the more tangible fluid that falls from the clouds, Hirundo and his mate dart through the bland air and revel in the sunshine that is to perfect the crops the rains have nurtured. In the ten seasons we have lived in California only one has shown less than half of the average rainfall. That was 1876- 1877, when the gu age marked 8:96 inches. But so far as we can form an idea from the short experience of ten years, the prospective crops cannot be rated by the number of inches of water. There may be deluges when the greatest propor- tion finds its way into the streams, and then there may be a gentle fall, nearly every drop of which sinks into the ground and is stored for future use. With enough to wet the soil to a depth that is required to plow, and sustain the plants until the moisture from below arises, there is not much danger of failure. It may be regarded as a fanciful theory, though we are of the opinion that there is an attraction from the damp- ness of the top, influencing the underground supply to ascend, and aids the capillary force to bring it within reach of the roots. Or it may be that there are reverse influences, and, through some cause, when a fresh supply is necessary, the subterranean reservoirs are called upon and the water forced nearer the surface. California is so entirely different from the States in the Mississippi Valley and further East that it is difficult to make the inhabitants of those far-away places understand the anomalies of the seasons. The first summer of our residence here we journeyed twice a week between Oaklaud and Alvarado. Near Eden a large field was planted to corn after the spring rains came to an end. It was easy to understand that there was moisture enough in the ground to sprout the seed and give it a start. The young plants grew apace. The field was well cultivated, and at the last plowing the broad blades were up to the body of the horse. The tassels shot out above the leaves, the Milken plumes fell from the apex of the ears, and during the wLole of the time there was 4 the dark green which told of I ;alth and vigor. Not a drop of rain had fallen from the lime of planting, the "hay-makiug showers" having come curly, and it wbh ready to harvest ore thosa of the fall foil. "We watched it closely, taking the trouble to hitch the horse and examine it from the time the silk showeduntil it was the "roasting-ear" stage. It was a magnificent crop, not so many bushels to the acre, perhaps, as on the Missouri or Mississippi bottoms, but far above the averages of the rolling prairie. The ears were well filled with sound kernels, and when it was cut and "stooked" the ground was fairly covered with the conical structures. Now, in the East, if a drouth of three or four weeks' dura- tion comes while the ears are setting, the leaves "curl," and the cob is unclothed with grain for quite a distance from the point. Should the "dry spell" continue from the time of tha last plowing until the ears began to get size enough to show plainly, there would be an end to the hopes of the farmer, and long before ready to husk every stalk would be lifeless. No matter how much rain had fallen previous to the advent of dry weather, that, long continued, would wreck the hopes of the husbandman. Without rainfall, as long as is the gen- eral case in California, the trees would die unless in swamps or situations where wet was obtained from streams, lakes or bayous, and the whole country be void of vegetable life. It is certainly correct reasoning that with rain enough so that plowing can be properly done, and sufficient moisture to germinate the seeds and keep them growing until the middle of May, that all plants which send roots deep into the soil do not require further watering in California. Even shal- low-rooted plants like the cereals and native grass must draw some of their sustenance from the hidden sources, and that the "upward flow" has something to do with the im- mense crops. In the best wheat country of the Orient, eighty bushels of wheat, one hundred and thirty bushels of barley to the acre would b; so far beyond what any person had seen that no one would regard such a product as being within the range of possibilities. It would far exceed the space which can be awarded in these desultory notes to sustain a theory with plausible rea- sons accounting for this portion of the Pacific Coast being fa- vored with conditions that are not found in other portions of the country. That it does not result from saturations of the soil from above is too palpable to require argument, and therefore it will be conceded that the source of the aqueous supply is distant. Most likely the precipitation takes place on the crests and slopes of the Sierras, and finds its way by underground channels where there is no chance for evapora- tion. These natural aqueducts follow a curving path, deep under valleys and surmounting hills. There is an immense pressure, equally as great in the mountain tarns of a few rods in width as lakes of the size of Tahoe. Thousands of pounds to the inch, for if the source is five thousand feet above the plain, there is a pressure of one hundred and fifty atmos- pheres, and this drives the water through any strata that water can be driven. On this side of the mountains the im- pervious matter is below, and the constant flow replenished from the cloud and snowcapped course breaks out in springs in places, the main body spreads over the whole country, and rises to meet another force which attracts it surfacewards. It may be considered queer that the song of the frogs should have led to a consideration of the mysteries of Cali- fornia fruitfulness, and connected the croakings of the growl- ers with the abtruse problems which sorely try scientific minds as well as those who make no pretentions to the eru- dition that colleges impart. There is the fact, however, that when following the season of 1876-7 with a rainfall of 8.96 inches, there were fair crops, there must be causes which do not exist in other countries. It should also teach us not to be despondent if January passes with bright days, and place more dependence on the future making amends for the scan- tiness of the past. It may increase the faith of our farmei's in the motto so plainly printed in the grey clouds which shut out the view of the Pacific if more study is given to the water they do not see as well as that which descends immediately on their lands. Some of the late vaticinations regarding coming evil were based on the slight rainfall of the season of 1S82-1SS3, and that was backed by the still slighter precipitation of the season before. The disasterous drouth of 1864 was cited as an example, and with additional emphasis, as the two seasons preceding were 11.58 and 35.56 inches. The reasoning was, that if the great fall of 35.66, more than double the average of the seven years from 1867, could not avert the evil, what other result could follow than dire disaster in 18S4? We opine that the rainfall of two years in the past can have little effect in making calculations for the present, unless stored where this was small loss, unless from evaporation. It is possible that among the sources of underground supply the superabundance is held in reserve, but that is an unknown quality which cannot enter into the calculation. On these high altitudes there is scarcely such a thing kuowu as light falls of snow and rain, the congealed fluid being piled up in scores of feet in some places, and with copious rains in springtime to aid thesuu iu melting it. In a table of the rainfall from the season of 1S49-1S50, the measurements taken in Sacramento, the average per year is 19.15 4-5, Estimating the fall of the present season at 9.00, the average from that of 1877-1878 will be 19.91 inches which is more than any preceding period covering the same time. The seasons have been more uniform than any of the other seven-year records, and in every year there has been no lack of rain from this time on. Had we mouthly data to predicate a prophecy upon, it would probably appear that there is time enough yet to show 16 inches in place of nine, and with that much at the proper time, and distributed over the country generally, there will be a bigger crop than ever was recorded in California before. Valuable, however, as tables are, it will not do to place too much confidence on periodical recurrence, and as there have been few exceptions to a beautiful yield Bince agriculture has been a prominent feature of California life, it is only reasonable to hope that this leap year be similar to the seven which carries us back to 1S52, rather than the solitary example of the bugbear 1864. With good crops, the California fairs of this year will excel all othars whichhave been held. This is claiming a good deal, as there is not a state in the Union that approaches California in grand exhibitions. But there is more than the usual ac- tivity among the managers, and the trestle boards are covered with plans which will be more than carried to completion if the songs of the frogs are to be depended upon. The Stat* Society has not only done wonders heretofore, but is deter- mined to continue to excel. The grand pavilion completed, the grounds are being improved so thoroughly that it is safe to assert that when the fair of 1884 is opened the whole will rank as superior to any other in any country. We have pur- posely refrained from writing in relation to the improve- ments, hoping that every coming week would give us a chance to obtain a personal knowledge of what was going on. Fail- ing to squeeze out the time, we will be forced to again tres- pass on the good nature of "Mile-and-a-Quarter," and solicit him to send a description, which he is so well capable of doing. In either case we do not want to anticipate, and though chapters could be filled with the eulogies of those who are acquainted with the plans, will defer sketches so as to »ive the picture the prominence it so richly merits. From the other places come enthusiastic reports, and Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Oakland, Stockton, Chico, Marysville, San Jose, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, and other places, we hear of extra efforts to outdo all former exhibitions. The late rains will revivify the exertions, and with the prospect of a rich and happy harvest home, there will be a host of workers to aid the stout hearts which never scare. And, by the way, there are hosts of willing workers at all of the places spoken of, and oftentimes we have tried to fix upon the one person who was worthy of the front rank. Then there would be so many candidates that the selection of a dozen of the best was a troublesome job, and the more we pondered the greater the mystification, until the conclusion was reached that where all were so worthy that there could be no reign- ing monarch, but rather a republic in which all were fitted to preside. The spring races, too, will receive an impetus from the brighter prospects, and with the assurance of plenty horses will be trained which otherwise would have been turned out. As this is written before the meeting of the Trustees of the Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Association, and as the Sacramen- to Club is awaiting the action of that to decide upon dates, etc., it is unnecessary to speculate on what will be the action, though it is a "foregone conclusion" that the meetings at both places will be more attractive than ever. There is no question that there isabetter lot of colts to take part than has ever been trained here before, and that in addition to the fixed events which closed in 1882 and 1SS3, there will be numbers to take part in the Extra Stakes and purses offered. Since it has been made public that the Board would meet to prepare for the spring meeting there has been a greater interest man- ifested than has been shown in previous years, and alreadv there are long arguments in relation to the capacities of young and old. This diversity of opinion is the charm of racing iu prospec- tive. The conversation soon becomes dull when all a"ree. When the talk warms into a debate there is life and spirit. When the youngsters are the topic there will be rehearsals of what their parents, grand pareuts, and very likely their pro- genitors for many generations have done. In an assemblage of a dozen it is altogether likely there will be twelve differ- ent opinions, not one of which can be convinced that he is in the wrong. There may be partial agreement, and in dis- cussing the merits of two animals one will be conceded to havn. the most speed, and then the distance that will bring them together is the mooted point. The equalization by dif- ferences in weight carried is not often heard, unless there are European critics in the couclave, though from the frequency of handicaps in the East, the discussion of the new and old schedules, penalizations aud allowances, there is a far better understanding of the intricate question than was the case iu former years. When the weights of the Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Associ- ation were raised, there was no end to the clamor of those who could not see any good in divergences from old customs. A hundred and ten pounds on two-year-olds, they reasoned, would break down every colt in the country, and the time of the races so slow as to disgust the spectators. The latter ob- jection has been completely demolished and the rnuuing of the Palo Alto filly with 107 pounds, a mile in 1:42}, was such a forcible plea that even the obstinate sticklers for old prac- tices were silenced. Silenced, so far as sensible arguments went, though there was the usual want of candor, and a de- termination to abide by their former statements, ludicrous enough, though at the same time a little provoking. It is evident that if the judgement and strength of a man were to be found in an eighty-pound boy that the two "stun" aud over subtracted from the weight oarriad would 1884 Jpte Ifceeftet and £ porism&n. 75 be beneficial. But, unfortunately, this is not the case, the judgement resulting from experience is wanting, and any one who has seen the lightweight sawing and twitching the animal's head about to restrain it from running faster than the order, is aware that there must be far more danger of in- jury to the legs than when there is strength enough to con- trol by a straight pull. While a good deal of strength is re- quired, the effectiveness comes from knowing how to apply it. Some men never can master the art, and the pull is a dead and stubborn effort for mastery, and it is needless to add that in contests of this kind the muscles in the neck and jaws of a horse are more powerful than those of the back and arms of men. The jerking and snatching of the boy is still more aggravating to the horse, and rebellion follows. In these battles it is more than likely that the legs will be struck, and that joined to the effort to break away iB the came of many injuries. There are hopes that something can be done to overcome the ill effects of carrying heavy weight by horses in their ex- ercise. It maybe that by substituting straight work for the curves of a mile track will be found beneficial, for it is gener. ally acknowledged that the great danger is a high rate of •peed on curves of short radii. That there is an unequal strain is too palpable to be successfully contradicted, and the chances of injury to the tendons greatly enhanced. Should Mr. Winters build the training course on Eancho del Bio that he thought of making when we were there, it will be a prac- tical test of more potency than theoretical arguments. There could not be better ground. There will be a level plain for the straight run of at least three-quarters of a mile, easy curves and up and down grades. Thatthe "wind" can be improved by gal- loping up hill is conceded among English trainers, and with- out a dissenting voice so far as we have heard. That the ac- tion of the lungs is accelerated without so great a strain upon the legs is beyond doubt, and there must be exercise of the breathing apparatus as well as of the muscles to bring it to the required point. We have seen horses fearfully distressed in their lungs when there was no indication of muscular fatigue, and any person who has run until he was short of "wind" is aware that it is far more trying than the tiring of the legs. There may be other methods discovered to neutralize the ill effects of weight on the back of race-horses, and we intend to try some experiments with that object in view. Until ver- ified by actual trials it is not worth while to present theories, as with facts, hard, incontrovertible facts to support theory, it is a severe enough task to fight against the prejudices of centuries, in whatever pertains to the management of horses. It is true that there has been wonderful progress in the train- ing of horses in the last thirty years, and many of the old superstitions have been replaced with more sensible treat- ment, but it is also indisputable that there is an unwillingness to forsake the old rutted paths to try others that might prove smoother. The change in racing programmes had more to do in chang- ing the systems of training in this country than all other causes combined. To win dashes it was imperative that the old methods be changed. Then it was found that heats could be run faster, and that horses would "repeat" better under the new. Had the "3 in 5," "two miles and repeat," and "four-mile-heats" been the main feature of the bills until the present day, there would have remained to keep them com- pany the wallowing for miles under loads of clothes, the long walks, the "courses of physic," the nonsense and mum- mery of "cordial," "sweating," "wind" and a dozen other kinds of balls, and drenches, and medicines, and heavy shoes, and fine drawing "and "pointing" until the recipient looked as though pointed to the right course for a race among skele- tons. STABLE AND P ADDOCK. Breeding 1 Theories. Editor Breeder and Sportsmax. — Of late I have given a little thought to the subject of paternal and maternal influence and impression on the foal, and must confess that I cannot Bee my -way as clearly as I did before the investigation began. Reasoning on the period of gestation, from the standpoint of a physiologist, it has been an easy matter to arrive at the following conclusions, as well as formulate the subjoined theory. In all viparious animals there is little doubt but what the young's blood contains one-half its sires. In order to establish this fundamental principle we must labor under the protecting wing of the old adage, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, or else why should the one hun- dred and twenty minimus of blood contained in the coupulat- ing fluid absorbed by the titenis increase to the one hundred and twenty ounoes representing one-half the colt's blood at birth? We know that a single grain of mustard seed placed in the earth will, in time, produce an exact counterpart of tha shrub which bore the planted germ, albeit the elements of nature have furnished, many, many times the same bulk of sustenance. But with the mare, observe the long period of gestation during the greater length of which the blood of the mother circulates through the arteries, veins and capillary* of the foetus, at least once every eight minutes; add to thiB the fact that the blood of the dam passes through an entire change three timea during the twenty-four hours, and then try to demonstrate how large a portion of the blood of the sire re- mains in the veins of the dam and foal at the hour of birth. There is one thing we do know, however, and that is that in the case of the human family, the first result of wedlook usu- ally favors, to a large extent, the mother, and the more chil- dren there are sent to bless the union, the more do they come to resemble the husband. Who has not heard of the old say- ing, that the good mother (meaning prolific) grows to resemble the husband, until in the advancing years, one might fancy they were brother and sister. Thought, habit, health and temperament are all brought into unison with the corres- ponding attributes of the husband, until they become of one mind and one flesh. It is well known among the successful breeders of poultry and dogs that a second or third clutch of chickens, or litter of pups, carry in their make-up more of the nature of the cock or dog. Sol have seen it in the horse; a mare bred to the same stallion through successive seasons becomes, as it were, a part of the sire of her offspring, and each succeeding foal grows more and more in the form and disposition of its male parent. Many have noted this fact when a mare has been breed twice or three times to a jack and then led to the em- brace of a stallion; they have detected many traits in the off- spring that spoke plainly of the latent influence of the jack, and perchance they have known of worthless animals being the result of such breeding. Still, there are exceptions to this rule, and the cases referred to may have occurred in thoae mares who breed directly after the male. The writer has in mind the case of an old flea-bitten grey mare who proved herself a gold mine to her not overwealthy owner, who, during her years of usefulness, gave birth to fourteen foals, and it mattered not to what stallion she wai bred, the offspring spoke of the sire in every particular, color, markings, gait, size, dispo»ition and usefulness, and proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the blood of the male was ever active and potent. A second mare, being a daughter of Grey Eagle, the four-mile horse, was so strongly lexed and physically wrought, that it mattered not to what stallion she was led the offsprings were her own, and evinced nothing in their physical and mental make-up of the influence of their sire. The last time the writer saw the Grey Eagle mare was during the spring preceeding her twenty-eighth birthday. She was then with foal to a Clay stallion, and remembered among the frnits of life's labors nineteen living colts, a rec- ord, I venture, unsurpassed by any mare of her native state — Iowa. Can any reader of the Breeder axd Sportsman produce as promising a case of maternity? While I believe that a major- ity of mare* would prove more profitable if bred for a succes- sive number of years to the same stallion, providing, of course, that the result of such breeding is satisfactory to the owner, than would be the case were the mare led to different horse* and as many different years; still I am satisfied there is a limit to the vitality of some horses' lives, and that in time the nature of the mare overcomes the spirit of the sire to such an extent that in time the offspring ceases to grow more and more in the likeness of the male, but takes on the nature of the female. Thi* may result from too heavy a drain on the power of the stallion, or it may be the mentalizing influ- ence of the dam's inherent properties bequeathed to her by a noble race of ancestors. There are mares whose first colt from a given stallion proves a happy medium of all the better qualities of both sire and dam, but whose second offspring proves itself to be afae simile of the sire, while the third grow* in the likeness of the first. In other words, br»ed the mare to a stallion in every respect her superior, and the first colt will be but little better than the dam, and a shade infe- rior to the sire, while the second will be by far the best of the two, and equal in all ways to its paternal ancestor, and the third will be no better than the first. In such cases, it is not advisable to breed more than three times to the same horse, and once the owner i* positive of the fact, two foals are as many as his mare should drop from any one stallion. Why call a colt a Hambletonian Star or a Cassius M. Clay, or a Pat Malloy, or an imported Billet, when the mare may have exerted twice the influence over the foal as the sire. Take the case of the Grey Eagle mare; had her owner sent his mare to Muscatine, and caused her to be bred to Tramp, by Gages Logan, and the result should have produced a healthy foal, the offspring would have been regis- tered and known as a Tramp colt, when the facts would prove that it would have been an exact counterpart of its dam? Would it not be better to classify colts as members of that pa- rent's family whom they most resemble? Columbus. Mayview, Kansas, January 16th, 18S4. Blood Value in Breeding 1 . In a paper contributed to the Country Gentleman Hark Comstock formulates a theory so philosophical and eminently said that it will be recognized and endorsed by all breeder* who have, without prejudice or simple superficial examina- tion, given the problem thorough study. The prophecy that may be read between the lines we believe is destined to com- plete fulfilment, for the time is not remote when the educa- tion of the thoroughbred to a harness gait will show the speed and gameness of the noblest of his kind, full and unimpaired - Some great animals fail to produce offspring, either in the first remove or more remotely, that are anything like a* good a* themselves. Generally, on investigation, if the pedigree of these animal* can be traced, it is found that they are ex- ceptional oneB in the strains of blood from which they spring. This is not always the case, for occasionally a great animal of a great family fail* to reproduce greatness in its offspring. The rule, however, is a* above stated, and when tho latter exception occur* it is sometimes through want of a vigorous constitution, or something appears to result from too close in- breeding. Still these reasons will not always account for the failure. Full brother* and sisters of apparently equal value often prove widely different in value for breeding purposes, and the cause remains among the hid- den mysteries of nature. Therefore, breeding cannot be reduced to a certainty. If it could, capital would quickly monopolize all the animals sure to produce the greatest results, and the subject would lose that fascination which lies between hope and doubt as the venture progresses from anticipation to realization. But while breeding cannot thus be reduced to a mathematical cer- tainty as relateB to any given animal bred, enough is known of its laws and tendencies to enable the close student and practical handler of stock to judge with considerable accuracy what general line of blood crosses will afford a profitable number of chances of success, if supplemented with proper rearing. This calculation of chances is a business element in thecaae. It enters into other lines of business, and under certain conditions is a safe element to rely upon. Life in- surance and fire insurance are conducted entirely upon it. The companies make many losing policies, but the average of their policie* pay, or else they fail. Whether they succeed or fail depends upon how carefully they estimate the values of their risks. There are certain ascertained results deduced from the experience of the past upon which they calculate the chances of the future. It is the same in breeding, only thatthe breeder usually looks at it from the standpoint of encompassing the greatest attainable number of chances of success rather than of guard- ing against the greatest dangers of failure. It is a commonly expressed breeding proverb that "like produces like or the likeness of some ancestor." I do not think this expression is an accurate statement of the case. It does not account for the thousands of animals that are not likeness of either pa- rent or of any one ancestor, but are compounds of traits and features derived from many different ancestors. Heredity is the sum of prevailing ancestral influences. The same ances- tral influences may not prevail in the creation of one animal that prevail m the creation of its full brother or sister. Hence the value of having the whole pedigree of the greatest possible excellence in order that whatever does prevail will be good Hence, also, the great advantage of being able to breed from a sire or dam that has already produced great animals, because we have then a surety, not ouly that good influences prevailed in the composition of such parents, but that they had also a tendency to transmit them. Still, breeders have found that while full brothers and sisters may be quite different in value and are very seldom equal, there is nevertheless a greater tendency to similarity than where relationship is more re- mote. Hence, turfmen will pay larger prices for untrained thoroughbred yearlings that are full brothers or sisters to great race-horses, than they will for others alike in character that have no distinguished full brother or sister. In showing the influence of Rysdyk's Hambletonian in the trotting field, we cite some of the marvelous resulta achieved on the turf records by the influence of his blood. Of his own progeny, undoubtedly Dexter was the greatest trotter. He was a wonderful horse, and his turf record of 2:17} we have always regarded as far within his powers. He was withdrawn from the turf before his speed was fully de- veloped, if we judge by the "training on" quality that char- acterizes the Hambletonian blood. Had his powers been fully tested, he would doubtless have proved but verv littlu inferior to the greatest of all trotters that have yet appeared, viz., Jay-Eye-See. We rate this horse as the greatest be- cause his record and campaigning qualities as a five-year-old are comparatively better than the more matured efforts of Maud S., though her record is a half second the fastest. But when we consider Jay-Eye-See's pedigree, we are con- fronted by the fact that his sire, Dictator, was a full brother to Dexter, the greatest trotting son of Bysdyk's Hamble- tonian. Dexter having been gelded as a two-year-old, was untried in the stud, but the success of Dictator as a sire is a marked instance where it was safe to rely upon the familv to reproduee the desired trait. Dexter is not the only fast trot- ter to which Dictator is full brother. The mares Astoria 2:29J, and Alma, 2:2S3, are his full sisters. As Dexter showed the most extreme trotting capacity of hi* day, so the tendency of his full brother Dictator as a sire is to produce trotters of very extreme capacity. He is the only sire that has produced as many as three trotters with records of 2:17 or better. We suspect he is yet to prove tue greatest of the sires got by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, as he certainly is the best-bred one, judged by family performance that "The Old Horse" left. While he was well gaited, and, for what he could do, a very attractive trotter, the training of his earlier years failed to disclose as great capacity as was possessed by either his full brother or the two full sisters that appear in the 2:30 list. But he was the fnll brother of great ones, and upon that recommendation was tried and found to be a great sire. He fufills the advice of Stonehenge, that while it is desirable to breed from the animals that have distinguished themselves, yet in the selection of breeding stock family is of more importance than individual success. There is another son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian of no spe- cial fame at present, that in a limited field has given a very strong illustration of family influence. He is yet young, and but seven of his progeny have been broken, and none had passed their four-year-old form when tried. Of the seven, five showed miles ranging between 2:28A, made by the fastest, and 2:39£, made by the slowest. The remaining two having been sold unbroken, have not been reported upon. The horse in question is Bona Fide, the youngest of the "Bruno family" that springs from Old Hambletonian and the mare Kate, remarkable for its number that obtained records or trotted public trials below 2:30. Uniform speed and pure action, rather than great capacity, was the trait of this family. By the 2:30 standard it sur- passed all others. The trotting habit of action comes nearer being thoroughbred in its nature in this family than in any other that we could instance. The remarkable uniformity with which the "full brother" Bona Fide imparts tbe family speed to his progeny accords again with Stonehenge. We do not expect to see them train on to the extreme points that may be looked for in Dictator's progeny, but we believe a larger percentage of them will reach the 2:30 list. In fact, we be- lieve that if he could cover a high class of thoroughbred mares, of strains that have shown great campaigning qualities on the running turf, his potency to impart trotting action would enable him to produce plenty of 2:30 trotters as the direct result, and we would except some of them to beat 2:20. Pilot, Jr., came nearer doing this than any stallion of the past, but I cannot believe that he had anything like the im- pressiveness in imparting trotting action that Bona Fide indicates, and which he has by right of inheritance. Pilot, Jr., was the best key we have had in the past for unlocking the treasure of force and power stored away by two hundred years of selection for the running turf, and when he handed them over to the trotting field it was with snch an impress of his own trotting power that thereafter they were forever ded- icated to trotting use. Other stallions were tried in tin same direction, but their impress was not str^ug enough to subdue the running nature, aud the united current was running blood still, as far as it was anything. We contended years ago th:it \vh«-u the trotting habit of action had become fixed, in a thoroughbred sense, upon trot- ting strains, we running blood by crossing, aud that in so do- ing would frequently get trotters largely partaking of the rare qualities of the race-horse, for great courage aud endurance would be engrafted to the improvement of trotting blood. The greatest trotters of to-day are thus obtained, but it bus taken two trotting crosses upon the thoroughbred foundation to accomplish the result. Anon it will bo dune with one. We know of very few trotting stallions that we woold trust to accomplish the task, but every new generation is augmenting the impreBsiveness of the trotting traits. In Bona Fide, wo believe, a degree has been reached thnt would be effective in a single cross; and for the two-crop* formula we would rat h- er chance his daughters out of thoroughbred mares of Lex- ington, Virgil, Australian, or other great ruuuiug strains noted for stamina, if such daughters existed, than anything of an untried nature that could be selected. In the London Sportsman of January 5th, there is pub- lished a list of some of the prominent racing stables in En- gland, and they are truly mammoth, establishments. The Duke of Hamilton's string, in charge of Richard tuarsb, con- sists of 50 head, of which 22 are two-year-olds. The in it largest stable is that of Lord Rosebery, in charge of Cannon, and consisting of 33 bead. In Franco, tin ' Castries has 40 head in charge of Tom Carter, nings has 38; Mr. H. Delonmrre, 34; Baron <• child, 38; Count de Juigne and d'Arcubcrg, J7. 76 3*Ixc ^xmXtx aud jlimistmm. Feb 2 Naked Bits in Cold Weather. Probably not one person in ten -who owns or bandies horses has ever thought of the cruelty he was guilty of in putting a naked bit into a horse's mouth on a frosty morning. On this subject a writer in the Kentucky Live Stock Record says: "Let any man who has the cai*e of horses these cold, frosty mornings deliberately grasp in his hand a piece of iron; in- deed, let him touch it to the tip of his tongue, and then let him thrust the bit into the mouth of the horse if he has the heart to do it. The horse is an animal of nervous organiza- tion. His mouth is formed of delicate glands and tissues. The temperature of the blood is the same as in the human being, and, as in man, the mouth is the warmest part of the body. Imagine, we repeat, the irritation that would be to the human, and, if not the same degree, still the suffering to the animal is very great. And it is a momentary pain. Food is eaten with difficulty, and the irritation, repeated day after day, causes loss of appetite and strength. Many a horse has become -worthless from no other cause than this. Before india-rubber bits were to be had I myself used a bit covered with leather, and on no account would have dispensed with it in freezing weather." THE KENNEL. Chorea. Chorea, or St. "Vitus' dance, iB a purely nervous affection, and is the result generally of an irritable and impaired con- dition of the nervous system. It may be general or local. The limbs are frequently first observed affected ; ultimately the body, face and jaws may be involved, the latter exhibit- ing tetanic symptoms. Chorea is denoted by a peculiar snatching or twitching of the part affected. If the brain is involved, the head is in continual spasmodic, tremulous motion, and may best be de- scribed as a fac-simile of an aged palsied person. It haa been known, in human practice, to arise from sympathy and imitation. I am not aware of an instance in which a dog hae so contracted it. With regard to medicinal agents, the one most applicable to this affection is undoubtedly strychnia or nus vomica. I do not recollect a single case of chorea, taken in its early stages, in which I have failed to effect a cure with this drug. Great caution is, however, required inits administration. It should always be given at a stated time and after a meal. This is especially necessary where the doses have been gradually in- creased, otherwise a fatal result is likely to ensue. I could mention more than one instance in which death has occurred from neglecting this caution. In each the patient had been under a long course of strychnia, and the dose had been in- creased to more than treble the original quantity ; by some mischance the drug was omitted for a day, and when next given it produced convuisions and death. The dose of strych- nia, 1-20 to 1-10 of a grain ; the nux vomica, from one to two grains. If is best, however, to commence below either of the minimums mentioned, and after the first three days gradually increase it. It should be given twice daily, in the form of a pill. If there is any difficulty in administering it, the liquor strychnia may be substituted, which contains half a grain to the drachm and may be proportionally divided. Local remedies in chorea are sometimes beneficial. I have found setons exceedingly valuabe. If the convulsive move- ments are confined to the hind parts, the seton should be in- serted across the lions. If general, at the back of the head and loins. Counter irritation along the spine is also ser- viceable. Though in principle the hot bath, from its relaxing ten- dency, may appear wrong, it is, nevertheless, in chorea, oc- casionally tendered with considerable benefit. It certainly affords relief in those cases where the convulsive movements are excessive.and so far I have found no after evil from its use. The less the patient is disturbed the better. Particular at- tention should be paid to the bed being dry and the bowels regular, two great essentials in paralytic affections. When abatement of the twitchings with returning strength is ob- served, a favorable issue may be expected ; but the medicine should not be discontinued so long as any nervous affection remains, and it should be gradually, not suddenly, suspend- ed. When the patient is able to walk, a short exercise each day may bo given with benefit. The fresh air acts as a tonic, new scenery diverts the mind, and exercise encourages the natural habits and functions of the animal. Tinct. ferri cod- liver oil is advisable after discontinuing the strychnia, until recovery is complete. The diet throughout must be nourish- ing and digestible, and forcibly administered if the patient refuses to take it. Constipation is generally present in chorea, and is best re- lieved with enemas. Occasionally rheumatism becomes associated with chorea, and theu the heart is frequently complicated. Iu such cases a cure is hopeless, but under judicious treatment and careful nursing the rheumatic and chorea symptoms may be consid- erably modified, and the animal's life thereby prolonged. It may be as Col. Alexander holds that the best test of nose in a dog is to wind the scent. Those who have hunted deer in the Sierras, and witnessed the beautiful sight of his dog pointing his nose to the heavens on winding the scent, and keep turning round until he has fixed upon the quarter it comes from, will admit that dogs on the field must wind the scent also. The question, therefore, of the merit of speed in the dog on the field, will be determined by the time the man has its disposal to hunt. Under all conditions, the atmosphere has much to do with success in hunting with dogs, and cannot determine the question. The dog that sweeps the field like lightning and occasionally runs over birds, may suit a man with little time. But the true sportsman, delight- ing in the pleasures of the field, will find them most fully with the dog that goes moderately over the ground without pottering, and hunts every bush he meets and every blade of grass he passes. ♦ There is a desire in many quarters by prominent dog owners to introduce professional trainers. We question the propriety of such a step at pres- ent. Professional trainers, on the average, will not waste time on puppies, but prefer older dogs which they break by coercion. If a gentleman has a young dog, or a litter of dogs let him take them out himself when |>uppies, or trust a discreet and experienced friend to do bo, and if good dogs ho will be astonished to find at what an early age th'^r will develop their natural instincts and perform well. At six montbs old a good puppy will point, back and retrieve iu the field, if, like a child's, his education is previously begun i a the house and round the house, with balls of leather, sticks, i'uper, or almost anything at hand. It is a mistake to suppose Llewellius are more delicate than pointers, for on this supposition the former have had too much care which has caused the death of many promising young puppies. A distinguished American writer says: "I have had many Llewellin puppies and never lost one when properly treated. Puppies,"he adds, "need air, exercise, gTeen grass, and all the dirty things they can pick up round the yard and stables. Puppies,"he concludes, "are like children, only more so, and Llew»llins are no more tender and delicate than pointers." Whether these ideas are adopted or not, they are full of practical wisdom and may be useful in many cases. At the annual meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club, held in New York January 22d, the following were elected officers for the year: President, Elliott Smith; Vice-Presi- dents, Henry F. Acten, M. L\, and J. Otto Dormer; Treas- urer and Secretary, Washington A. Carter. It was decided at the meeting last evening that nominations for the Derby shall close on the 1st of May instead of on the 1st of July, as last year. Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent of the New York Horse Show Association and the Westminster Kennel Club, arrived in New York on the 22d. In conversation with a reporter he said: "I have come to this city from Louisville to arrange for future shows. The Kennel Club hold a meeting to-morrow, and I will propose several novelties. The next dog show will be the biggest thing of its kind ever held in the world." In the kennel of Mr. P. H. Neill, the Red Irish bitch Lena, has been to the Red Irish dog Pat O'More. Lena, is by Brant from Star, and Pat'O'More, by old Pat O'More from Nora O'More. The strain is a good one, and the dogs were recently imported by Mr. Neill from the kennel of W. N. Callender, Esq., Albany, New York. At Gilroy last week a coursing match between John Paine's Flash and M. Casey's Pico, best two in three for $50 a side was won by Flash in straight heats. BICYCLING. Card from John S. Prince. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — I notice an article in the Mirror of American Sports, which reads as follows: "Mr. John S. Prince has been telling the editors of some of the Western papers some tough tales about his trying to get on a race with Jack Keen, of England, and how Keen shrank from meeting him. Now, every one knows, that is ac- quainted with the records of both men, that Keen can give Prince a beating any day. The fact of W. M. Woodside, the Irish champion, having $50 in the hands of a sporting paper of this city as a forfeit for a race with Prince, the latter always making excuses to avoid trying the mettle of Ireland's champion." Now, Mr. Editor, the above article I guess has been writ- ten by one who has suffered defeat by my victory, and, like another schoolboy, will fancy and surmise things, and allow them to be published to gain revenge on honest people, and, like a sneak, dare not sign his name. He says, compare Keen's records with mine. Well, by looking at the New York Clipper almanac you can soon do that, and you will find although Keen has been in America three timeB in the last three or four years to do nothing but racing, he has not got one record, and that from one to fifty miles I have got almost all the best records. Also the best for 450 miles, which I did when I beat Morgan, Woodside, Higharn, and all others in my last race at Chicago last October. Of course you cannot compare American records with English records on account of the tracks, but I suppose "Spokes" is a bum sportsman, or he would have been posted on the records, and therefore give no one the trouble to correct such a foolish blunder. Respecting what he says about my race with Woodside, I dare say he was in the office of the sporting journal when I called there on my way to Minneapolis last fall, and met Woodside, and he, Woodside, said he had so many engagements there that he could not attend to it. As I had so many engagements at that time myself, he agreed to put it off for two weeks, and in that time Woodside, surely to his misfortune, had broken his arm, and stopped all hope of a race then. No one was more anxious for a race with Wood- side than I was. I proved it when I entered in the six-days' race at Chicago last October against all professed long-dis- tance riders, and beat them all, being the first race of the kind I had ever run in. Of course Woodside, I am sorry to say, had a bad arm, but I won so easily that it certainly would have been the same if he had been all right, for Mor- gan was his great friend, and trained with him, and was heard talking around before the race how easy he could beat Woodside, and Prince had no earthly chance, as he, Prince, was only a short-distance rider, and would stop at fifty miles, and Higham was the only one he had to match. As Higham stopped the second day it was a certainty that he, Morgan, would win; but the nearer the end of the race came thefur- ther Morgan was getting left, till it came to the last four min- utes of the race, when in the last mile I lapped him, and the pace was so fast it compelled him to stop, and I finished my last mile alone in 3:08. If it had not been for the accident of the falling of the tent, the fourth day I would certainly have been the short and long distance champion of America to-day; certainly as far as records go. Anyhow, I will try my best to be in Chicago before they start on their great tripacross the Con- tinent, which I suppose is only a loosing of a little more of their gas for the sake of getting notice. Then I will be only too glad to give the Irish and Canadian champions all the racing they want, any distance from one mile to seventy-two hours, and have a proper man to manage the race, and not Sam- uel A. Miles who managed the last race I won there, after stat- ing to all the riders and public that there was an elegant gold watch for the winner, and because the man he wanted to win got left he wanted to rob the right winner out of it, but he found tbat individual was not so easily dealt with as he thought, and got $30 instead of an elegant gold watch. By the way, speaking of Woodside, since I left Chicago, two mouths ago, I read he has been trying to beat my fifty-mile record and stopped at thirty miles, saying for an excuse, that the building was too cold. It makes me smile. Poor fellow, it was too bad tbat he could not run fast enough to keep himself warm aud be successful in beating my record, espec- ially when he had such a reliable man as Miles to hold the wttteh and take the time. This reminds me, that when I made that fifty-mile record was in Boston two years ago. I remember there were five starters in the race, Fred S. Kollin- son of New York, J. W. Wilson of Boston, T. Harrison of Boston, J. W. Morgan of Montreal, Canada, and myself. If I am not mistaken, Morgan, the great Canadian blower, was about three miles behind in the first twenty, aud there he stopped. Myself and Kolliusou were the only two that finished, Kolliusou coming a mile behind, therefore not push- ing me a yard in the race. Anyone with common sense, not including "Spokes," knowing the above to be facts, would think me only too glad to meet the son of Erin in any kind of race he wishes to name. I have beaten him four times already and can do it again,' and give his partner Morgan a start and a beating too. I remember that both he and Mor- gan were beaten even up by a woman, which is a disgrace to all men who profess to ride the bicycle, let alone call them- selves champions. They were beaten by the samewoman that Igavefive miles start in fifty, and three miles start intwetny- five and beat her easily both times. Respecting the trouble between myself and Keen not having our last proposed race, I think I have given a correct and satisfactory account of my- self months ago, which appeared in papers all over the States, but it seems that "Spokes" must be very slow catching on. As for me paying Keen to let me win at Springfield, well that is too thin. There were four champions in that race besides me and Keen. A man coming from England with the sole object of winning the great race I should think could not be so easily bought, but "Spokes" understands the business so well that he thinks other people do the same. Once more I say, if there is any man in America (I wont say woman, for when a woman beats me in a race even up I will break my bicycle and never ride again,) who will put up a suitable de- posit in the hands of any responsible paper, I will cover it at once, and race him any distance for any sum. Hoping, Mr. Editor, I have not taken up too much of your space, and you will kindly publish the above in the next issue of your paper, I remain, Yours, John S. Prince, Champion Bicyclist of America. How to Cure Meat. To one gallon of water take one and one-half pounds of salt, one-half pound of sugar, one-fourth ounce of saltpetre, and one ounce of potash. In this ratio the pickle can be in- creased to any quantity desired. Boil all together until all the impuries rise to the top and are skimmed off. Throw the solution into a tub, and when cold throw it over your beef or pork. Cover the meat well with the pickle. Do not put down until at least two days after killing, during which the meat should be slightly springled with powdered saltpetre. This removes all surface blood and leaves the meat fresh and olean.Donotuse the potash unless you are sure that itispure. This is the famous recipe of Col. Freas of the Germantown Telegraph, and he has published it annually from time imme- morial. Brown's Bronchial Troches for Coughs and Colds: " Ther is nothing to be compared with them." — Rev. O. D. Watkins, Walton, Ind. The Thoroughbred Stallion WILDIDLE. By imp. AUSTRALIAN. Dam Idlewild, by Lexington. This great race-horse and successful sire will make the season of I8S4, from February 10th to June loth, at Judson's Wildidle Farm, Santa Clara, Cal. Wildidle iB the sire of Got. Stanford's Frolic filly (record of one mile, 1:422-, at two years old). May D. (with a record of one and one- half miles in 2;36, the fastest on the Pacific Coast), Jim Douglas, Ella Doane, Wildidler, and others of note. Terms or season, $75, payable at time of service, and in all cases be- fore removal. Mares taken good care of at S8 per month. No responsibility for escapes or accidents. Forfurther particulars address H. C. JVnSON, Owner, or W. t. APPLEBY. Snpt., P. O. Box 223. Santa Clara, Cal. The Trotting Stallion STEINWAY, With two-year-old record, third heat, of 2:31 J, and three-year-old rec- ord, fourth heat, of 2:25J. Terms. He will serve mares the present Beason, commencing February 1st- and ending July 1st, 1884, at the Cook Stock Farm, Danville, Contra Costa County, At ?100 for the season, payable invariably before Ine animal is removed. Mares not proving with foal can be returned free the urxt season. Pasturage $5 per month, but no liability for accidents or escapes. Mares sentiu care of McCleverty & Noblett, Fashiou Stable, Oakland, or of S.J. Bennett, Martinez, or D. S. Smalley's Stable, Hay wards. will be forwarded immediately to the farm. Description. He is a bay, 15$ hands high, weighing 1,175 pounds, long flowing main and tail, two white hind ankles, remarkable style and lofty car- riage; has a good, resolute head set on a stout ueck; his shoulders do not mount very high on the withers, He has great length and a capa- cious middle piece, plenty of bone and substance; his gait is big and square; his disposition is the very be6t. PedUrree. Steinway, by Strathmore; first dam Abbess, by Albion, the sire of Vanity Fair, record 2:24; second dam by Marshall Ney, by imported Emancipation; third dam by Bertrand, he by Sir Aroby; Albiou by Halcyon, a pacer; he by Virginian, a son of Sir Arohy. Stein way's dam is the dam of Solo, five-year-old record 2:28, and Nannie Smith. the dam of C. M. Clay, two-year-old record 2:311, winning the two- year-old stake at Lexington last fall, beating the Palo Alto colt and others. Solo aud Nannie Smith »re full sisters to Steiuway, Stcimv.n's dam is also the dam of W. S. Buckner's colt Currency, that trotted as a yearling, the fall of 1882, in 2:46. See New York "Spirit of the Times" of November 18th, and "Turf, Field and Farm" November 18th. 1882. Strathmore is the sire of Santa Claus. 2:17$; and Tucker, 2 :19i; Chestnut Hill, 2:221; Alice Stoner, 2:24; Steinway, three-year-old, 2:25}; Nannie Talbert, five-year-old. 2:27; Solo, five-year-old, 2:28; Monitor, 2:281; Henderson, 2:28; Stratlilan, three-year-old. 2:291; and Stuart, three-year-old 2:28. Stuart is full brother to Belnor, who trotted a mile in 2 :52j at fifteen months old. Bedford trotted in the two-yeur- old stake at Lexington last fall; was timed the second heat in 2 :32i; in by Strathmore also. Strathmore, by Kysdyk'n Hainblctoniaii. the sire Of Dexter, 2:171; first dam by North American, the sire of Whitehall, he the Blre of Rhode Island, record 9:23k nntLJie in turn got Governor Sprague, record 2:201; and he got Kate Sprague, record 2:18. The dam of Scott's Thomas, record 2:21, and Scott's Chief, record 2:23. was by Whitehall; also North American, by Sir Walter; he by Hickory, sire imported Whip; North American's dam Is a pacer. Strathmore *s second dam ie by Harris' Haiublotonian, he by Bishop's Hambletouian, he by imported Messenger. Performances. Steinwav has trotted four races; at two years old he won the Lexing- ton stake. "mile heats, beating Memento, Jewett, Verbena. Admiration, Mystery. in 2:39,2:32.2:311. Memento wou the first heat. As three- year-old, at Sliarpsbury, Ky., August 8tb, 1879, over a miserable half- mile track, he beat Bushwhacker, record 2:27, and Bhickwood, Jr., r«ic- ord2 22,|iu four heats, 2:38. 2:37, 2:37, 2.35, Bushwhacker winning second heat. At Lexington, August 18th, 1879, he trotted six ueah>, 2:38, 2:36, 2:30, 2:261 2:30j, 2:30i, Steinway wiuniny fourth, fifth and sixth heats, beating Jewett, Catchlly aud two others. At the fall meeting of the Horse Breeders' AsBOOl&tloQ for the Kentucky Stakes for three-year- olds he was beaten in three heats by Jewett, in 2:2fii, 2:23J, 2:261, but Steinway was lame in thin race, and really not in fit condition to start; he was timed second, in 2:27J, 2:23j, 2;27J. Address UEOKGE WILEY, Cook Farm, Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal. 1884 2?hc ffrcctlct and jlportstttatt. Silk Culture— Interesting- Report on the Filature— Mulberry- Tree Cutttings. There was a meeting of the State Board of Silk Culture yesterday, at 2 p. m., at the of- fice of the Silk f Culture Association, in the Grangers' Bank, Dr. C. A. Buckbee in the chair, Mrs. S. A. Eaymond Secretary. It was reported that a large number of letters had been received from nearly all the counties of California, asking for information about i>rac- tical silk culture. A letter from Mrs. Lucas, President of the Philadelphia Silk Culture Association, asked for an exhibit of cocoons from California, to be sent to the coming fair to be held in Phila- delphia in April. This request was referred to the consideration of the San Francisco Silk Culture Association. The Treasu rer's report showed the ex- penses of the Board to have been S30S.9S and $347-54, for the months of Decemberand Jan- uary respectively. Mrs. T. H. HittelTs interesting report on the filature contained a recommendation ^to pay the pupils of the filature at the rate of $ 1 .50 a ponnd for silk produced. The recom- mendation was adopted. The report also submitted the statement made by the United States Consul at Beirut, in Syria, that from 650 pounds of silkworm eggs raised there, the product was 6,S"0,000 pounds of cocoons and 572,916 pounds in silk, which, At an average of §5 per pound, yielded $2,S64,5S0. The Chairman of the Committee on Trees and Slips reported that the season had arrived for the distribution of slips and cuttings of mulberry trees, and he received instructions for the purchase of 5,000 cuttings and 400 trees on the best terms possible. Doctor Gibbons suggested an application to Mr. Thompson of Oakland, in whose ice works there would probablj- be obtainable a room at or below freezing point in temperature where the eggs could be stored without danger of hatching. It was recommended that Signor Paul Con- sonno, superintendent of the filature, assist the committee in the disposal of the silk- worm eggs. Mrs. Marwedel contributed a letter from Miss Emily Faithful, written from Salt Lake, but tardily delivered, asking for information regarding California silk culture and its ad- vantages as an employment for women. Mrs. Hittell reported that Miss Faithful had been supplied with all the papers and bulletins issued by the Board, giving the de- sired statistics and explanations. Dr. Buckbee announced that Senator Farley was in town, and a committee consisting of Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mrs. Hittell and Mrs. Ewer was nominated to wait upon Senator Farley and claim his good offices for the cause of silk culture in Washington. Breaking* a Balky Horse. A Leominster farmer recently broke his horse of a balky freak in a very quiet, and, as he claims, not a cruel manner. His horse is in an excellent condition, and shows no signs of neglect on the part of his master. He drove him, attached to a wagon, to the wood- lot for a small load of wood. The ani- mal would not pull a pound. He did not beat him with a club, but tied him to a tree and let him stand. He went to the lot at sun- set and asked him to draw, but he would not straighten a tug. "I made up my mind," said the farmer, "that when that horse went to the barn he would take that load of wood The night was cold. I went to the barn, got blankets and covered the horse warm, and he stood until morning. Then he re- fused to draw. At noon I went down, and he was probably nungry and lonesome. He drew that load of wood the first time I asked hi m. I returned and got another load before I fed him. I then rewarded him with a good dinner, which he eagerly devoured. I have drawn several loads since. Once he re- fused to draw, but as soon as he saw me start for the house he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome and discontented when left alone, as much so as a person, and I claim this method, if rightly used, is far less cruel, and is better for both horse and man, than to beat the animal with a club. — Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel. John McKerron, DIETZS TATEXT Fine Harness. AGENT FOE Famous Whitman Saddle and Halter Bridle. Horse Boots and Track Work A Specially. 232 Ellis St.. opp. Fashion Stable, San Francisco. PURE-BRED POULTRY O. J. AI-BEK, * aiui Clara. FOR SAJLE— 1 Cock, 4 Hens and a fine lot of Stages. Pitt-Games imported from McDongall, warranted dead game; also all leading varieties thoroughbred Poultrv. STALLIONS FOR SALE HAVFNG ACQORED 5IORE STALLIONS THAS he has present nse for, the owner oners for sale the high-bred and ■well-known trotters Inca — iSB- Gibraltar. ISC A, RECORD ::27. FOALED 1^71, BRED BY L. J. Rose, got bv "Woodford Mambrino, son of 51am- brino Chief; first" dam Gretchen, by Mambrino Pilot; second dam Madame Kirkman, bv Canada Chief, son of Davy Crockett; third dam by Farming's Tobe; fouithdamby Leviathan. G1IBR ALTAR, RECORD 2:22,^, FOALED 1S72, r bred by Geo. O. Tiffany, got bv Echo, son of Rys- dyk's Hambletonian ; dam the Tiffany mare, said to be by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. For terms and other particulars apply to JOHN A. GOUJS3UTH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St., San Francisco. S TANFORD STAKEO 1885. A SWEEPSTAKES FOR TROTTISG COLTS AND fillies of 15*2,§3C0 each, *100 payable on the 1st of ilarch, 1SS4, at which time the stake will close, 350 on the 1st day of January, 1885, and 9100 ten days be fore the day "fixed for trotting, whatever amount "up to be considered forfeit, and the neglect to pay at the stipulated time incurring forfeiture of the previous payments. The race to be heats of a mile, best three in five, to harness. First to ieceive six-ninths of the whole sum, the second two-ninths, the third one- ninth. In addition to the stakes and forfeits, the pro- portion of the gate money, profit on pool sales and all other sources of emolument will constitute the gross amount to be divided in the foregoing proportion. Five or more subscribers to 611. The race to be trot- ted in 1885, not sooner than the latter part of August. The exact date to be fixed and announced on the 1st of January, 1885 or sooner. Race to be governed by the Rules of the National Trotting Association. Nominations to be made to N. T.SMITH. Treasurer, S. P. Railroad office. Fourth and Townsend streets, or JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, Secretarv, Breeder axd Sportsmak office, on or before the 1st day of March, 1SS4. The colts must be named, the name and pedigree, so far as known, given. Under the new trotting rules letters legibly post- marked March 1st will be eligible. S, T. SMITH. Treasurer. JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON. Secretary. Crown Point For Sale. This promising Hambletonian stallion, record 2:24, is offered for sale. He is so well known for thorough game and endurance that it is almost superfluous to say anything further. He has defeated Sweetness, 2:23i, Starr King, 2:92, Del Sur, 2:24, and others of celebrity. Although having only served one season in the stod, he can show colts of as much promise as any. The dam of Crown Point has two representa- tives in the 2:30 list. Bis blood being a combination of Hambletonian, Clay, and other strains, which proves him to be of the very best breeding. Crown Point is sound in every way, and will be ready to train, with a good show of trotting faster than ever. For further information address ii. VAIXNSIN. Arno Station, Sacramemto Co., Gal. FOR SALE The Trotting Gelding STARR KING. Record, 2:22. Sound and in fine condition. Soldi only for the reason that his owner's business is such i thai he cannot give attention to the turf. For further [ particulars address C. W.Welby. Tenth and Railroad Avenue, San Franciaco. ' FOR SALE. Thoroughbreds OF ALL AGES. ENQUIRE OF III .Mil »H.MI. Sup't Running Horse Pep"t Palo Alto Stock Farm. F oundatLasti CHECK HOOK. Simple in its Structure and Prac- tical in its Use. The horse never loosens the cheek-rein when this Check-Hook is used. Horsemen can appreciate the value of a Check- Hook t>f this kind. There hems no springs or hinges to break connected with it, makes it serviceable and easily appended, as the check-rein passes through a solid ring attached to the front of the hook. Orders sent to A. < . D1ETZ. No. 9 Front St., San Francisco. < al. Will receive prompt attention. n5S~\Vhen ordering state whether gold or silver plate required. KILLIP & CO., LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, 116 Montgomery Street. San Francisco SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO Sales of Ranches & Live Stock. Will Sell in All (Hies and Comities of tlie State. REFERENCES. J. S. Cabev, Sacramento. J. D. Caer, Salinas. R. P. Saesest, Gilroy. Johx Hoggs, Colusa. P. A. Ftxigax, San Francisco. HAVKsG CONDUCTED SOME OF THE MOST successful sales, notablv those of Messrs. Whip- ple, Colgrove, Dietz, Coutts," Dougherty, ^ewiand 4 Hammond, Daniel Cook and others, we feel assured of ourability to give satisfaction in all busine ssin- trustedto ourcare. Sales will be made in allcities and counties in the State . We have in contemplation a series of combination or breeders' sales, simil.tr to those so successfully held at the East. We will be pleased to entei into correspondence with parties de- siring to participate in such sales. Private purchases and sales of improved live stock of all descriptions will be made on commission and stock shipped with utmost care. Several fine ranches at private sale. Purchases and sales made of land of every descrip- tion. K1IXIP A CO., 116 Montgomery street. TRY AX ADVERTISEMENT THE TT7EF AXD SPOETTNG AUTHORITY, HE BREEDER A\D SPORTSMJ :n I CURE FITS! "Wnen I say cure 1 do not mean merely to slop ihetn fcr a time and then have them return asain. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS. EPILEPSY or PALLING SICKSESS a life-Ion ir study. Iwarraiit my remedy tocura tea worst cases. Because others have failed la no reason fir not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and & Free Bottle ofmj infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office. It costsvounuthLntrfora trial, and I will cure ynu. Address Dr. H. G, ROOT, 163 Pearl St.. New Yorfc. FOR SALE. r Brood Bitch POSHA, DrnU tnfas, in whelp to McGjreg ex Qneen Mad, ^ rears old. fact .flOO 00 Llewellin Setter Bitch Pup MAY l>. McGregor ex Posha, 7 months. Price English Pointer GLEN BOW. Hanger Boy ex ■Josie Bow. 17 months, partly broken. Prtre.. $50 00 Also a few choice Puinter pnjw com; i the bloods of snch cracks as Champion-' Bow, Sleaford, Banger, King Bow, and others. Price 820 00 Full pedigrees to all tbeabov* dogs warranted as represented. U. W. Baxsrnrd. Cblnam, Cal. PURE-BRED JERSEYS FOR SALE. For sale, to close an Estate, Ten Head of Pure-Bred Jersey Cattle. Registered In A. J Herd Book and A. J. C t .H.R.— Cows. Meiiers and Calves. Two and Three- Year .Old*. Geldings and Fillies. Thoroughbred* and by Thad Me v. n* Trotting Stoek ol the very best Families. For particulars inquire of or address, R. P. CLEMEXT, 424 Montgomery St., San Francisco. Russ House, 1U09. 1011. 1(113 and 1015 J Street, SACRA3EENTO, CAX. M. J. HENLEY PROPRIETOR THIS HOUSE IS A NEW BRICK BUTLDINH, newly furnished throughout, and with all modern improvements. Table first class. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Public patronage "respectfully olicited. Street cars pass the house everv five minute*. CONSUMPTION. IhaveaposUiYe remedy for the above disease; by Ita xi** thousands of cases of the worst kind end of long standi." r have twen cured. Indeed, soBtronels mj faith lnitseMcacr that I will swnd TWO BUTTLES FKEE, together with a YAU TABLE TREATISE on this disease, to apy cofferer. Give E Jerseys and Guernseys Registered in the A.J. C. C. and the A. G. C. C. 3I0THEE. SON. The above Is a cut of the inieqiialed row J«tm-> BVllr <»i s,llm 4lt nzs. ol butter In one week, ami her only U*lD£ BOD Ktaf ..i ite thai ma Srlliiate. A GRANDSON OF JERSEY BELLE OF - oatc i- now in om in the Verba Bnena herd hen! of Jerseys irn for IBS. Bince then have been from Mr i ■ H. ■ Lambert, Farr i with large selections on the 1 I Jersey from the best without - ported directly, make this the best herd on th< Mr T m the , blood - ■ 1 eratc price" or UEKRY PJEK< E 78 teta m& gpstxismuvu Feb 2 The Trotting Stallion BRIGADIER. Record 9:31 1-4. Bay horse, bred bv B. Penniston, Philadelphia, Penn. ByHAPPY MEDIUM; dam Lady Turner, by Frank Pierce, Jr. Happy Medium, by Eysdyk'a Hambletonian, dam the famous old trotting mare Princess, by AndruB 1 Hambletonian. He has fifteen rep- resentatives in the 2:30 list. Lady Turner, by Prank Pierce, Jr., dam by a grandson of Sir Henry, eon of Sir Archy. second dam by Andrew Jackson. Frank Pierce," Jr., by Frank Pierce, son of Beppo. Brigadier will make the season of 1884 from February 10th to July 1st. Terms. S1C0 the season. Mares not proving in foal may be re- turned the following season free of charge. Good pasturage at S3 per month, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares shipped toMarysville consigned to me will be received and cared for on arrival of cars or boats. February M, 1884. . J. B. McI>ONAEI>. Fast Trotting: Stallion HA HA Standard (See Wallace's Register.) Ha Ha : Color Brown, 153 hands. Extra fine style. Action and form perfect. Ab a tbree-year-old, with eight weeks' handling, showed 2:294, without a skip. Breeding* Gilt-Edge, combining, close at hand, Hambletonian, Alexander's Ab' dallah, Mambrino Chief, dam by McCracken's Blackhawk, the sire of the dam of Overman. Record 2:19J. N. B. As a four-year-old, with proper handling, 2:20 or better, I would expect bira to show. Price 550. FRED AR.XOLD, Stockton, Cal. STALLIONS RANCHO DEL PASO. For the Season of 1884. THE ELECTIONEER STALLION STANFORD Will make the Beason of 1884, commencing February 1st and ending July 1st, at my stable near the Oakland Race Track. Terms. S50 for the season, payable at the close of the season. No responsi- bility assumed beyond reasonable care. Pedigree and Description. Stanford was bred by George Faylor, late of San Francisco, foaled in 1879; is dark bay, no marks, 15J hands, and weighs 1,050 pounds; was sired by Electioneer, and closely reBerobles bim in form and color; was not broken until last year; baB been handled very little, but enough to show that his action is excellent and peculiar to the get of Electioneer. First dam, Annie Laurie, by McCracken's Dave Hill, Jr., (sire of Geo. Treat, record 2:251), he by McCracken's Dave Hill, he by Red Lion, and he by Vermont Black Hawk. Second dam, Kitty, by Owen Dale, son of Belmont. Dam of Dave Hill. Jr., by old St. Lawrence, grandam thoroughbred. Dam of Dave Hill by Vermont Hambletonian. Dam of Red Lion by Vermont Hambletonian. J. J. FAIRBANKS, Oakland, January 18, 1884. Agent. Trotting Stallions Prompter, 2305, and Privateer "Will make the season of 1884, from February 1st to July 1st, at Agri- cultural Park, Sacramento, at $50 the season. Mares not proving in foal can be returned next season free of charge. Pasturage at reason- able rates. Accidents and escapes at owner's risk. Prompter is a bright bay, star in forehead, hind ankles white, Bixteen hands high, and weighs 1,140 pounds. Sired by Wilson's Blue Bull, son of Pruden's Blue Bull, by Merring's Blue Bull, dam Prairie Bird (four-year-old pacing record 2:281, and dam of Flight, five-year- old record 2:29, and three-fourths sister to dam of Pride, yearling rec- ord 2:44i, and three-fourths sister to dam of Buccaneer, public trial against time 2:24j,and full sister in blood to dam of Fawn, record 2:30J), by Flaxtail, grandam by son of Tally Ho Morgan, great grandam by Irwin's Tuckahoe, great great grandam by Leffler's Consul. Privateer is four years old, a beautiful brown with tan shadings, over sixteen bands high, and is by Buccaneer, son of Iowa Chief, by Green's Bashaw, dam by Marion, son of Mambrino Chief, yearling rec- ord 3 :05 i. For extended pedigree and further description of the above horses Bend for circular. 91. W. HICKS, Sacramento, Cal. Thoroughbreds. Imp. KYRLE DALY. Bay horse, by ARTILLERY. First dam. Colleen Rhue, by Gemma-di-Vergy. Second dam, Princess, by Retriever. Third dam. Echidna (the Baron's dam), by Economist. Fourth dam. Miss Pratt, by Blacklock. Fifth dam. Gadabout, by Orville. Sixth dam, Minstrel, by Sir Peter. Seventh dam, Matron, by Florizel. Eighth dam, Maiden, by Machem. Ninth dam (Pumpkin's dam), by Squirt. Tenth dam (Lot's dam), by Mogul. Eleventh dam , Camilla, by Bay Bolton. Twelfth dam, Old Lady (Starling's dam), by Pulleiue's Chestnut Ara- bian. Thirteenth dam, by Rockwood. Fourteenth dam, by Bustler. At?100 the season, due at the time of service. LONGFIELD. Chestnut horse, by MONARCHIST, he by Lexington. First dam. Dame Gourlay (Blue Gown), by Planet. Second dam, Flora G., by Lexington. Third dam, Fanny G., by imp. Margrave. Fourth dam, Lanceas, by Lance. Fifth dam, Aurora, by Aratus. Sixth dam, Paragon, by imp. Buzzard. Seventh dam, Indiana, by Columbus (son of imp. Pantaloon). Eighth dam, Jane Hunt, by Hampton's Paragon. Ninth dam, Moll, by imp. Figure. Tenth dam, Slamerkin, by imp. Wildalr. Eleventh dam, imp. Cub Mare, by Cub. Twelfth dam, Aramantbus' dam, by Second. Thirteenth dam, by Starling, Fourteenth dam, by Croft's Partner. Fifteenth dam, by Greyhound. At 550 the season, due at the time of service. JIM BROWNE. Chestnut horse, by FOSTER, he by Lexington. First dam, Flush, by Hiawatha. Second dam, Fanny Bugg, by imp. Ambassador. Third dam, Ida, by imp. Belsbazzar. Fourth dam, Madame Bosley, by Sir Richard Tonson, Filth dam, Nancy Nicbol, by imp. Eagle. Sixth dam. Bet Bosley, by 'Wilke's Wonder. 8eventh dam, by Chanticleer. Eighth dam, by imp. Sterling. Ninth dam, byClodius. Tenth dam, by imp. Silver Eye. Eleventh dam, by Jolly Roger. Twelfth dam, by imp. Partner. Thirteenth dam, imp. Monkey. Fourteenth dam, an imp. mare from the stud of Harrison of Bran- don. At S50 the season, due at time of service. Trotting' Stallions. ECHO. Bay horse, by RYSDYK'S HAMBLETONIAN. First dam, Fanny Felter, by Magnolia, son of Seely's American Star. Second dam, by Webber's Kentucky Whip. Third dam, by Shakespeare, son of Duroc, and out of a mare by Plato, son of imp. Messenger. At §100 the season, due at time of service. MAMBRINO WILKES. BLACK STALLION, SIXTEEN HANDS IN HEIGHT, BY GEORGE Wilkes, son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, bred bv B. J. Treacv of Fayette County, Kentucky. Dam Lady Christmari bv Todhunfer's Mambrino, son of Manibrino Chief. Neeond dam bv I'M lot, Jr. Tod- hunter's Mambrino son of Mambrino Chief, his dam Eipton'B dam by Potomac. Tills is the largest and one of the best, colts of George Wilkes (welch, ing 1,2(50 pounds'), combining the Hambletonian and Mambrino strains, and also several thoroughbred crosses. His colts demonstrate that lie fossesses in an eminent degree the same faculty of transmitting the amily qualities to his offspring which put George Wilkes in the front rank as a sire of trotters. George Wilkes has 27 representatives in the2:3n li H t, of which li have records of 2:2.~> or better, 6 of 2:20 or better, and .! of 2:18 or better These aTe all the get of Geo. Wilkes, and do not include rhil Thompson, William IT., and other famous grandsons and granddaughters of this prepotent. Bire. Will make the ensuing season, commencing February lBt.1684.at the Drew stable, STOCKTON, and L. M. Morse's near LtJDI. Terms: "<) for the season, or 325 single sen-ice. This low rate brings the service of this liorse within reach of breeders, i ut dous not argue any Inferiority to the horses whose services are held i i ne or Two Hundred Dollars. For further particulars address A. I . m:\iiv Agent. ALGONA. Chestnut horse, by ALMONT, son of Alexander's Abdallah.son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. First dam, Emma Kinkead, by Conscript, son of Casshis M. Clay. Second dam, Erne Dean, by Mambrino Chief. Third dam.by Powell's Bertrand, son of Bertrand, by Sir Archy. At 3100 the season, due at time of service. ALASKA. Brown horse, by ELECTIONEER. First dam, by Washington, he by Geo. M. Patcnen. Second dam, by Williamson's Belmont. At $50 the season, due at time of service. The season for thoroughbreds will commence February 10th and ter- minate June 20th. For trotting stallions, will commence February 10th and terminate July 1st. Good care will be taken of mares during the season at 86 per month; after the season $10 per month will be charged, but no responsibility for escape or accidents. Joliii Maekey, Superintendent, Sacramento, Cal. 2:20 1-4. The Past-Trotting Stalliion ANTEEO. Dark bay colt, near hind foot white; foaled May 6th, 1879; bred by Jos. Cairn Simpson, Oakland, California. By ELECTIONEER. First dam. Columbine, by A. W. Richmond. Second dam, Columbia, by imp. Bonnie Scotland. Third dam, Young Fashion, by imp. Monarch. Fourth dam, Fashion, by imp. Trustee. Fifth dam, Bonnets o' Bine, by Sir Charles. Sixth dam. Reality, by Sir Archy. Seventh dam, by imp. Medley. Eighth dam, by imp. Centinel. Ninth dam, by Mark Anthony. Tenth dam, by imp. Janus. Eleventh dam, by imp. Monkey. Twelfth dam, by imp.Silvereye. Thirteenth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p.U07, and vol.3, p. 7 l J. Will make the coming season, from February 10th to June 15th, 188(, at the Fair Grounds at Santa Rosa. TERMS. $100 the season. Mares kept in any manner their owners desire, and at reasonable rates, but no responsibility for escapes or accidents. Anteeo ranks as one of the great trotting colts of the United States, well worthy of the family to which ho belongs. His breeding is of the choicest, and in point of form he Is as nearly the model of the trotter as any horse living. He has shown a mile in 2:20$, and at the same time demonstrated that he was capable of trotting way down in the teens. For further particulars addresB, m. koi.i.ins, Agent, Santa Rosa. The Trotting Stallions DIRECTOR - MONROE CHIEF Will make the season of 1SS4 at Oakland Trotting Park, Commencing February 1st and ending June 1st. TERMS. Director $200, Monroe Chief $100, the season. Good pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Due care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility assumed should any occur. Director, V-.t 7. Black horse, foaled July 18, 1877. by Dictator (sire of Jay-Eve-See, 2:10&; Phallas,2:l">U); first dam Dollv'ulam of Thorndale, 2:22'V; On. ward, 2:225), by Mambrino Chief; second dam by Potomac; third darn hv ■Saxe Wiemar. Thorndale, 2:22^, is the sire of Edwin Thorne, 2:16'*', and Daisy Dale. 2:19X- Monroe Chiet; 7:1 8 1-4. Two-mile record, 4:46. Brown horse, foaled 1870, by Jim Monroe (son of Alexander's Abdal. lah, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, first dam Madame Powell, bv Bay Chief (son of Mambrino Chief); second dam bv Toronto (son of St. Lawrence); third dam claimed to be of Whip stock. Foi a verv lifelike portrait of Monroe Chief and a full account of his pedigree and per- formances, see the holiday number of the Breelkb and Sportsman, issued December 29, ift<8. For further information address JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St., San FranciBCo. THOROUGHBRED STALLION X X, Pedigree. X X (Doublecrossl, bred bv Jos. Cairn Simpsou at Atwood Cottage, Riverside. Illinois, foaled May 23, 1872, by MALCOLM. First dam, Columbia, by imported Bonnie Scotland Second dam, Young Fashion, by imported Monarch. Third dam, Fashion, by imported Trustee. Fourth dam. Bonnets o' Blue, bv Sir Charles. Fifth dam. Reality, by Sir Archy. Sixth dam, by imported Medley. Seventh dam. by imported Centinel. Eighth dam, by Mark Anthony. Ninth dam, by imported Janus. Tenth dam, by imported Monkey. Eleventh dam, by imported Silvereye. Twelfth dam, by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. 1, p. 307, and vol. 3, p. 79. X X (Doublecrossl is of as high and fashionable breeding as any stallion in the country. His sire, Malcolm, is by imported Bonnie Scotland, his dam Columbia, also by imported Bonnie Scotland; hence bis name. Malcolm was one of the best race-horses of bis day, and Columbia was also a fine race mare. Columbia is the grandam of An- teeo. Her dam. Young Fashion, was the dam of Surprise, Scotland. Wauanita, Bonnie Kate (the dam of Bonnie Lizzie), Andes, Hock Hock- ing, Three Cheers, etc. The dam of Malcolm, Lady Lancaster, was the dam of Sagamore, Ontario (the dam of McWhirter), Regent, Lady Fair- field, Lady Amanda, Lady Middleton, etc., and a reference to the 'racing calendars will show how distinguished the members of these two fami- lies are. This is the only Bonnie Scotland stallion in California, and from his inbreeding hasas much of the blood as if he were a son of that renowned sire. He is a horse of immense substance, good size, high form, and of the best disposition. Will make the ensuing season, 1884, from February 15th to June 15th, at the Oakland Trotting Park. Terms, 550 the season. JOSEPH CAIRN SIMPSON. Oakland or 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco. THE TROTTING STALLIONS SINGLETON AND LA HARPE. WILL MAKE THE COMING SEASON FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO July 15th, 1881, at the farm of .the owner, three miles north of Chico, Butte Co., Cal. Singleton is a dark brown horse, with tan Hanks and muzzle, a little touch of white on hind feet and left fore foot, small star in forehead. Is ISaC hands Inch, and weighs 1,120 lbs. Was bred bv Dr. M. W. Hicks and foaled in the spring of 1&78. PEDIGREE. Singleton is by Willie Schepper, he by Rvsdvk's Hambletonian bv Ahdallah. by Mambrino, by imp. Messenger. Schepper's dam Nellie bv son of Vermont Black Hawk, grand dam bv Uuslris. thoroughbred (No. 373). Singleton's dam was Light foot idam of Pride, yearling record 2:44S> by Flaxtail, son of Pruden's Blue Bull. Ughtfoot's dam was Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuckahoe, grandam bv Le filer's Consul by Bnepperd'B consul, Irwin's Tuckahoe was bv Herod's Tuckahoe, bv thoroughbred Tucka- hoe, by Florizel, by Diomed. LA HARPE la a bronze bay, two white stockings behind and star, 16 hands high, and verv powerfully built, weight. 1.1SU lbs. Was bred bv Dr. llleks. and foaled in 1870. La liarpe was sired by Fame, hf bv Alexander's Bel- mont (sire of Nutwood i, be by Alexander's Ahdallah tsire of Goldsmith Mnldl, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, he by Abdallah, he bv Mambrino, be bv imp, "Messenger. Fame's dam Glory hy Jackson's Western .--tir (son "of Piatt's Western Star by Blackness [, ist dun by Boanerges, 2nd dam bv Gallatin (1,0*1). La llarpe's dam Prairie Bird bv Flaxtail (dam of Flight, 2:29, and Prompter, 2:33). 2nd dam Fashion, bv John the Bap- tist. 3rd dam Fanny Fern, by Irwin's Tuekahoe. 1th dam hv L.e flier's Consul. Irwin's Tuckahoe by Herod's Tuckahoe, by thoroughbred Tuckahoe, by Florizel, by Diomed. TERMS: For Singleton, fifty ($.W> dollars the Beason. Mares not proving in foal may be returned the following season frer of eharge. I.;i liarpe will stiiui at twenty tive iji'.i dollars the season, cash. Mares sent to the raoob to either horse will he kept one month free of pasturage. Further pasturage will he charged three i?-t) dollars per month. Mares shipped to Chico consigned to me, will be received on arrival of train, and taken to the ranch. Mares kept In auv manner owners mav desire, at reasonable rates. There is everv eonvehience on the farm, boxes, paddocks, and plenty of shade and water. Address J. T. M< I VfOSH. Box 60, Chico, Cal. 1884 Ircete nmX j$portsimm. ra S. C. BOWLEY & CO., GRAND COMBINATION SALE. Commencing April 10th, 1884, AT THE Bay District Race Track, AND CONTINUING SIX DATS. Thoroughbred Horses and Standard Trot- ters, Roadsters, Jersey, I>nrliam, and Devon Cattle, Spanish. Merino, and Leicestershire Sheep, from all the principal breeding estab* llsh merits on the Pacific IMPROVED Blind Bridle & Winkers FOR RACE HORSES. 50 HEAD OF STOCK Have already been entered for sale and further in- structions from leading breeders are daily arriving. Breeders and owners desirous of entering stock for this sale should applv at once to S. C BOW LEY, 33. 35 and 37SewMont£omerySt, The benefit of the combination sale to breeders and stockmen cannot be too highly estimated. Combina- tlonsaleshave beenfouudof immense advantage in the East, and such a sale as this, comprising, as is antici- pated, not less than 3,000 head ot fine stock from all the leading breeders of the Coast, cannot fail to attract a large number of buyers from Honolulu, Australasia, and the East. The fame of California trotters is world- wide, and when it is known that for this sale al ready- are entered the get of Electioneer, The iloor, Almont, Hutwood and all the best known stallions on the Coast, the advantages to both l.reeders and purchasers must be obvious. Large or small lots will be taken for sale. As soon as the catalogues can be prepared they will be distributed all over the world; so it is necessary for those desirous of taking advantage of the sale to send in their lists of stock, with complete pedigree, at an early dote. g ft BowtEY A „,_ LINES OF TRAVEL. C Jr. xi. xv. TIME SCHEDULE. LINES OF TRAVEL. SATURDAY, - - OCT. 20th, 1883. Trains leave, and are due to arrive at, San Francisco as follows; L E A V Kf (FOB) I DESTINATION. 9;3fi A If.".., •4 flO P v.... 8:00 a Bt... 3:30 p Bt... 4 30 p It... 8:00 A M... •4:00 F M ... 8:00 A M... 3:30 p Bt... Antiochand Martinez,. ■:■■' - Largest and FiNESt Stock On the Coast, at prices that defy competition. t 3 WUX A FIXCK, Leading Cutlers. 7R9 Market street. S P O R T I \ U GOODS. Telephone, 5159., Secured by Letters Patent. July 95, 1882. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure rov letters patent, is: 1. The part D.supported by the side straps of the bri- dle, extending back as shown, the front having an opening into which the blind is fitted, substantially, as herein described. 2. In a bridle, in combination with the extensions D, the curved blinds F, secured to such extensions, and as shaped, to give full freedom and ventilation to the eve while circumscribing the vision, substantially as herein described. 3. In a bridle, and in combination with the exten- sions D. blinds F, and side straps A, the screw, nut and washer E, to secure the blind and allow it to be set, substantially as herein described. 4. In a bridle, and in combination with the check- pieces D and blinds F, as shown, the straps or bands G and H. connecting the branches or extensions above and below the eves, and having the adjusting slides or buckles, substantially as an l for the purpose herein described. ■5. In a bridle, and in com" ination with the blinds F, supported ai d pivoted to the bridle so as to be mova- ble about the point of support, the adjustable front straps or bands G andH, and theiear band I and the throat-latch or laeh connected with the blinds, and ad- justable, substantially as herein described. The above are the claims allowed by the patent office, and though the corresponding letters do not appear on the cut, the general principle will he under- stood. It meets with universal approbation, doing away with all the objections urged against blinds, and at the same time giving complete control of the line of vision. Bt throwing the lower portion of the blind up something of the same eftedt on the action follows as is induced by toe-weights. ThiB is especially the case whenvoung colts are the pupils, teaching them to bend the knee without the strain of weights on the feet. For bridlesof all descriptions applv to JOHN A- McKEBKON. No. 230 and 232 Ellis St., San Francisco. 4:30 P Bt, 7:30 a M. •IfllP M. 7:30 a Bt 4:30 P Bt 9:30 a M. 7:30 a M *5fl0 p M 9:30 a si 9 30 a Bt •4:00 p M 8:00 A M 9:30 a U 4:30 p W 7:30 a M 10:00 a M 3:00 P II •5*0 p M 3 :30 P M... ) 5:30 P M... \ 8 :00 a it... 1 8:00 a M... f 8*0 a K Calistoga and Napa.. Colfax " Deming, El Pasoj Express... and East ' Emigrant Gait and (via Livermore Stockton V via Martinez lone Knight's Landing. Los Angeles and South Livermore and Pleasanton,.... Marysville and Chico ) Mohave, Needles i Express t'and East > Emig'nt Xiles and Havwards 7:30 , S :'V' , Bt. P Bt, 4 30 p si. •4*0 P SI 7:30 A It 110*0 A St. 3*0 p M. 8*0 a M. 9:30 a Bt 3:30 p si. •4*0 p M, 3:30 p St.. 8*0 a si.. 4:30 P ST.. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. coxKKKcnra SUNDAY, NOV.. 11, 1883, AND UNTIL FTRTHEE NOTICK, Passenger Trains will leave from, and arrive at. Pan Francisco Passenger Depot (Townseiid Street, between Third and Fuiirtli struts i as follows : LKA S. F. TO DESTINATION. ARKIVK ft. F. Ogden and ( Express East ( Emigrant Red Bluff ( via Marysville. and Tehama ( via "Woodland.. Redding. Sacramento, via Livermore.. via Renicia " via Benicia " via Renicia Sacramento River Steamers. San Jose Virginia City.. Woodland :40 pm •12:10 p BI 6:40 P M 8:40 p M 10:10 A M •10 :10 a M 6:40 P M 5:40 p m 8:40 P SI 2:W p SI 7:10 A M 5:40 P M 12:10 r M 5:40 r> in : in a « 2:40 p sc 5:40 P M •8:40 A si 2:40 P Bt 2:4n p si •12:10 P M 5:40 P M 2:40 P M 7:in a si 5:40 p M 3;» P M 9:40 a M •3:40 A si 8:40 P M 9:4U a si 5:40 p M 6:40 P 51 5:40 P M 5:40 P SI 6:40 P M 8:40 P S£ 10:10 A si •6:00 a si •3:10 P si 13:40 P si 9;40 a SI 6:40 P SI 2:40 P SI 8:40 P SI 12:10 P M 10:10 a si 8:40 F M 6:40 P Bt 10:10 A M t6:5Q a 511 8 30am 10 r*0 a U •3 30PSI 4 ■£'< P 51 •5:10 p Bt 6 :30 p st San Mateo, Redwood and Menlo Park. Si "■ . u •8:10 AM 9:03a II 10.02 A m 336PM ■ 1 -.:: i- vi 8 30 a si i 10:40 a si 1 Santa Clara, San Jose and •330PMI r Principal Way Stations. 4 35 p si I J 9*3 a M •10*2 A M 336pm ■ Holllster and Tres Pinos. 10:10 a K •3:30 p m! Watsonville.Aji!' tramp Capitols) A Sant-r Cruz. Broad Gauge; no change of cars. ■i Solpriad and Wav Stations "auntiitys excepted. only (Snorteroen'e I H MPROVBD HORSE ULOTHIN G. Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 p. m. can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 30 a. st. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antioch. •Sundays excepted. J Sundays only. Stage connections are made with the 10:10 a.m. Train, except Pescadero Stages via San Mateo, and Redwood, which connect with 8 30 a.m. Train. SpECiAi-RorND-TRir TrrKETs.at reduced rates to Monterey, Soquel and Santa Craz; also to Parafso and Paso Robles Springs. Excursion tickets sold Saturday and Sunday —good to return on Monday — to Santa Clara or San Jose, £2 50; to Gilroy, S4: to Monterey or Santa Cruz, i5, and to principal points between San Fran- clsco ana San Jose. Ticket Offices. — Passenger Depot. Townsend street, Valencia-street station, and No. 613 Market street. Grand Hotel. A. C. BASSETT, H. R. JTDAH , Superintendent. Asst. Pass, A Tkt. Agt ggT SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. *B3l For points on Southern Divisions and the East, see C. P. R. R. Time Schedule. LOCAL FERRY TRACES, PEER. VIA OAKLAND From San Francisco Daily. TO EAST OAKLAND— •6:00— •6:30— 7:00— 7:30— 8 :00— 8-30—9:00— 9:30— 10:00— 10:30— 11:00— 11:30— 12:00— 12:30 —100— 1-30— 2-00— 2:30— 3:00— 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 — 5-30— 6:00 — 6:30 — 7:00— 8:00— 9:00 — 10:00 — 11:00 — •12:00. TO FRUIT VALE— *6:00— •6:30 — •7:00— *7:30 — *8:00 — •8:30- *3:30— *i*0— •4:30— "5:00— *5:30— *6j00 — •8:30 — 9:00. TO FT2UTT VALE (via Alameda)— •9:30—6:30— J11:00 —•12:00. TO ALAMEDA— *6:00— •6:30—7:00— •7:30— 8:00 — *8:30 — 9:00— 9:30— 10:00-110 30—11:00-111:30— 12:00—112:30- 1-00—11:30—2:00—3:00—3:30—1:00—4:30 — 5:00—5:30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO BERKELEY— •6:00— •6:30—7:00— *7:30— 8:00— *S:30 _q.no— 19:30— 10:00— 110:30—11:00— tH :30 — 12:00— 1:00 _2-00— 3:00 — 4:00 — 4:30— 5:00— 5:30— 6:00— 6:30— 7 :00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— «12:00. TO WEST BERKELEY — •6:00 — •6:30—7:00— •7:30 — +8 -00— «8 -30— 9 :00— 10 :00 — 11 :0O— tl :00— 2:00— 3:00— * :00 — •4-30—5:00— *5:30— 8:00— '6:30— 7:00. To San Francisco DaUj . TottorQ Pfli-PTlt ISSUED MAY 27, 1879. Jjtfblt/Ib XCtbcUU REISSUED MAE Secured by i_wuwu-» ra^ui reissued march29,i88i. The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted , An improved blanket or covering, consisting of the body-piece A, flap C, and the extension B, formed or united together, so as to cover the body and legs of the animal, substantially as herein described. 2. The blanket or covering A, having the nap C, and the extensions B, to fit the fore and hind legs of the animal, front fastenings FG, and the permanent straps or bands E, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. „ 3. The blanket or covering A, with its extensions B, fermanent seen ring- hands E, and the front fastenings 1 G,in combination with the elastic neck-extension II, BubBtantiallv as and for the purpose herein described, 4 The blanket A and hood J in combination with the elastic connecting-atrip I, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth, , „. . , r 5 Theclose-fitting hood J, having the Plastic band L, beneath the jaws, so that they may he allowed to move without disturbing the fit, and adapted to be secured to the cover bymeans of straps, substantially as herein 6 The improvement in covering-blankets for ani- mals, consisting of the blanket A, having the flap C and permanent straps or bands 6x*?d to it to secure it around the body, whereby the use of loose surcingles is avoided, substantially as herein described. FROM FRUIT VALE— *8:2»-*B:53-«7:23--7:R3-»fi:3t •8 : 53_«9 :23— *10 : 21— *4 : 23— *4 : 53— «5 :23— *5 : 53— *6 : 23 - •6:53—7 25—9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE (via Alameda) — *Sa5— *5 :45 — (6:45—9:15— «3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAlfD— •5:30 — •8:00— 6:30— 7:00- 7-30-8:00— 8:30— 9:00-9:30— 10:00— 10:30— 11:00— 11:30 12-00— 12:30— 1:00— 1:30— 2:00— 2:30— 3:00— 3:30— 4 :00 — 4:30—5:00-0:30—6:00—6:30—7:00—7:57 — 8:57 — 9:57 — 10:57- FROM BROADWAY, OAKLAND-«5:37-«6:07— 6:37 7-07— 7:37— 8:07— 8:37:— 9:07— 9:37— 10:07 — 10:37 — 11:07 —11:37—12:07—12:37—1:07—1:37-2:07—2:37—3:07—3:37 —4:07— 4:37— 5:07— 5;37— 6:07— 8:37— 7:07— 8:06— 9:06— 10:06—11:06. FBOM ALAMEDA— •5:22— *5:52 — •6:22—6:52 — *7:22 - 7:52— •v22—S:- ; .2—!<:22- 9:52 -110:22 — 10:52— 111 :22 - U:5Z-112:22— 12:52— 11:22-1:52-2:52— 3:22-3:52— 4:22 —4:52—5:22—5:52—6:22—6:52—7:52—8:52—9:52—10:62. FROM BERKELEY— •5:l5-'S:15-»6:l5-6:45-*7:l5— 7:45_«8 : i5— 8^5-19:15-9 :4o-jlO:15-10:45-iU:15- II -l.---12:4r.- 1:15- 2:45 — 3:45— 4:15— 4:45— 5:15 — 5:45 —6:15-6:45— 7:45— 8:45-9 rfS— 10:15. FROM WEST BERKELEY-*5H5-"6:15-fl:45— »7:15 —7.(5-8:45— 19:15—9:45 — 10:45-112:45— 1:45- 2:15- 3 : 45_4 : 45_ »5 J6— 5 ;45— •6:15-^:45— 1 J5. Sportsmen & Pleasure-Seekers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R. CO. RESPECTFULLY CALLS ATTEXTIO.V TO THE SUPERIOR FACILITIES AFFORDED BY ITS LXNE FOR REACHING with speed and comfort the best places in the State for Sea Bathing. Shooting and Fishing. TRAINS LEAVE BAH FRANCISCO DAILY FOR MONTEREY, THE MOST CHABMK6 Summer and Winter Resort of the Pacific Coast. with its beautiful Groves and delightful Drives. Tront in abundance can be obtained from the several streams in the vicinity of Monterey, and the best of shooting may be had in season. THE BA T OF MOXTEREY Is noted for the extent and variety of fish which abound in its waters, notably Salmon. Rock Cod. Ear- acuda, Pompino, Spanish Mackerel, and Flotmdfir. The above-mentioned attractions, in connection with the low rates of fare, rapid transit, and the superior accommodations furnished at the "HOTEL DEL MONTE," have made Monterey a paradise for sport*, men. TH E BATH INO FACILITIES AT THE "HOTEL DEL MONTE," ARE UNSURPASSED. having a MAGNIFICENT BEACH of pure whita sand for surf bathing:. BATH-HOUSE ( nil K KOrTE. The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee CAIEN SIM PSON, SA> FRASHSCO. t'AI- FROM SAN FRAPs-t'ISCO— T^S— 9:14-11 :15— 1 :15— 3:1&— 5:15. FROM OAKLAND— •6U5-S:15-10:15-13:15-::1S- 4:15. •Dally, except Sunday.. (Sundays only. "Standard Time" FurniBhed by BANVOU'HiCt Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St. s. F. A. Ji. TOWHE. T. H. BOOPMAS. «en. Manager. Gen. Paw. * Tkt Agt THE contains SPACIOUS SWIMMING TANKS (150x50 fee fi for warm Fait water plunRO and swim- ming baths, with E LEG AST BOOMS connecting for Individual baths, with douche and shower facilities. THE FAVORITE ROUTE to those well-known Watering Places. AJPTOS, SOqiEI. AND SAVTA CBVB, is via XKB Southern Pacific Railroad, (Broad Gauge). The S. P. R. R. runs through the enuntlea of San lara, San Benito, Santa Crui and Mon- terey, In each of which game abounds In great variety. Notably Ouail. Pleeon. Snlne. Onck. Geeiw. I>rrr Kini Bemr. Lakes PUjABCTTOS and BAN ArTDRBAB are reached by this line. Btagea connect »l!Ii tr.iinn dally at San Mil well-known Retn-at*. i'l R1S- MM\ SAN QREOORIO antl I'KkCADERO. We would'particularlv call attention to th< t.nt of ranee at andaboiit s \N HIM NO and McMA- HON-StofBIFLE PBA) l I- K. These reaorta are but a nhort nlsUnce from San Francisco and offer sjiecial Inducement* to the lovera Of this manly sport. SPECIAL NOTICK. Sportsmen and others presenting PaMajre Tickets « ill )..' •■Tltil led to FKF.F. TBANSPOBTATIONOFTHBTB DOOR ■rfaencanledln Bagmge Cara and put In r) Tnin BagKagenirn. TTSln BaRKagemt n ir.- Insti !.- for -ill i"k:!> reottved in Baggage oy-In order to gnard aRatnst MCldentt In r»"P« while in transit, it la necessary that thev be prorlded with COLLAR AND CHAIN fishing Tackle will be carried frw andaecnrelv peeked In wood or li Paeaengnr Cars. TirK ET i iFFICf - -Paai engei I reef, "a!c. BASSETT, H. R.J I Snperlnteedent. Aast.Paas. ai 80 $tc ^vt&fax mul j^pm-iswmx* Feb 2 Suspensory Bandages. A perfect fit guaranteed. Support, Relief, Comfort. Automatically Adjustable. DISPLACEMENT IMPOSSIBLE. Treatise on Nervous Tension and Circular mailed free. Sold by Druggists. S. E. B. RAWSON. 6ent by mail safely. Patentee, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. BUY DIRECT From the Manufacturer. Carriages UGGIE S UGGIE a ml WAGONS. The Vienna Gardens, Cor. of Sutter and Stockton Sts., ' THE POPILAR FAMILY RESORT OF THE CITY. The Ladies' Orchestra, composed of accomplished musicians is the feature of the Enter tainments, with the talented Miss Bertha Neuber as leader. Refreshments of aJ kinds the best the market affords. G. F. WALTER, Sole Proprietor. OS-ADMISSION FREE«£=0i Sprung Knees AND Cockled- Ankles Permanently cured by using Sparkhall's Specific. BEFOBE r5tNG. AFTER USJNG. Which does not bliste ror interfere with the horse's work. It strengthens the joints and tendons, restor- ing the limbs to their normal condition. Has cured many cases of chronic lameness and muscular rheu- matism after other treatment had failed. Testimonials; From O. A. Hickok, Esq., San Francisco, Cal., June 8, 1881. I can with confidence recommend Sparkliall's .spe- cific to any one owning a knee-sprung or cockled- ankleri horse, being fully convinced that it will cure thoBe deformities without injury to the animal. O. A. HICKOK. From Hon. C. M. Pond, Breeder of the celebrated trotter "Clingstone." Hartford, Conn., March 29, 16S2. This may certify that I have used Sparkhall's Spe- cific in my stables, and consider it an extraordinary remedy, accomplishing in most cases all that is claimed for it. C. M. POND. The Specific is sold in unart bottles— price, 52.00, by WAKELEE A, CO., GEO. O. SHATTUCK, General Blacksmithing, 365 Eleventh Street Oakland, Between Webster and Franklin. ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE with neatness and dispatch. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Particular attention given to repairing Carriages of all kinds. W. H. Woodruff, VETERINARY DENTIST. References: Scott A McCord, Fashion Stable ; Wm. Gerhart, Ne- vada Stable; J. M. Parker, Telegraph Stable; O. II ink- ley, Baldwin Stable; Col. Dickey, Uav District Course; 0. W. Smith. H. McConn, J. C. Simpson, .T. P. Kerr, city; R. F. Simpson, A. Gates, Bobt. Glover, G. Lap- ham, Oakland. Office at Fashion Stable, 221 EIHb street. G. H. STRONG, bICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. «5* Market Street. epalrs to order. Elevator, 12 Front street ANY STYLE MADE TOORDEh Sulkies a Specialty. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO P ainting , varnishin(J Alterations and Repairs. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 13 17 ADD 13 19 MARKET STREET Between Ninth and Tenth Streets. San Francisco. M. J. McCUE, Proprietor. FAIR LAWN, 1884. TENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE Now ready for distribution. Contains descriptions and pedigrees of 252 bead of High-Bred Trotting Stock now at Fairlawn. Will be sent free to all applicants who enclose 3 cents in stamps to prepay postage. 25 HIGHLY-BRED BROOD MARES, Bred to the Fairlawn Stallions, and 130 HEAD OF VERY PROMISING YOUNG STOCK, Consisting of Young Stallions, Fillies and Roadsters, are offered at Priced? Sat* . TTTP ONT?. P"RTfl"P. PTiAT\T Is strictly adhered to at Fairlawn, and the XXJ.JJ VI* JJ 1 ItlUJJ X JJX11H price of every auiniulfor stile is printed in the catalogue. Purchasers from a distance can buy ou orders at exactly the same prices as if present in person. All stock sold on orders can be returned if they do not come fully up to the descriptions given. The Stallions in use at Fairlawn are ALMONT 3 3. Represented in the 2:30 list by 24 performers, with records ranging from 2:15A to 2:30. Limited to 20 approved mares at $300 the season. HAPPY MEDIUM 400. ABERDEEN 27. e of 18 performers with records of 2 :30 or better. Having ten of his get with records ranging from 2:151 Limited to 25 mares at $150 the season. | to 2:27J. Limited to 40 mares at $150 the season. ALECTO 2548. STARMONT 1526. By Almont, out of Violet, byRysdyk's Hai able Ionian. By Almont, out of Starling, by George Wilbei Limited to 30 mares at $50 the season. ed to 50 mares at $50 the season. O. C. BALDY, Veterinary Surgeon, OAKLAND, CAI* ALL CHRONIC DISHASES a specialty. Office and residence 1167 Washington street. References—A. C. Henry, P. K. Shattuck, Oakland; E. J. Baldwin, San Francisco; L. T Rose, Los AngeleB. HORSEMEN, ATTENTION. I DESIRE TO CALL YOUR attention to my new patent hand- made shoe. I guarantee to cure any horse with bad corns or con- tracted heels by using this shoe. I also gnarante e to enre any horse with quarter cracks, interfering, speedy cutting, paddling, thumping and hitching, or no charge. Horses sent fi^r and returned. J. 'i((.VRROV "The Horseshoer," 351 Third street, between Fol- som and Harrison. 25m3 INTHE STUD. Gordon Setter u DOR R." Six years old, V. H. C, and winner of medal and spe- cial money prize at Boston as a performing dog. Win- ner in Nebraska field trials, and winner of first prize Pacific Coast field trials, also winner of second prize as a Gordon, and first as the best performing dog at San Francisco, 1883. Fee, $25. IKED. A. TAFT, Truekee. Cal. IN THE STUD. Llewellin Set- Z. ter Dog CARL, BY LIECESTER OUT OP DART. Color, Black. White and Tan; aged five years. Bred by L. H. Smith, of Strathrov, Ontario.Cariada; broken by R. B. Morgan, now of Akron, Ohio; also handled one season bv N. B. Nesbitt, of the Harvard Kennel Club, at Storm Lake, Iowa. Will be bred to a few first-class bitches. Fee.: $40.00 Address W. W. MOORE, Oakland, Cal., or J. Y. ROSS, 123 California Street, San Francisco. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2;30 or better, and three new ones to enter the 2:30 list. The sons of each of these stallions are siring trotters. Almont has six dif- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can be returned in 1885 free of charge. For further information and catalogues containing full particulars, address i.„ccBo*39*. WM. T. WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. W hitmans H ombination HALTER-BRIDLE. THIS HALTER TAKES UP TO FIT ANY HORSE, AND IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH AN ordinary pair of reins you have a complete bridle. ELEGANT BRIDLES FOR FANCY PARK RIDING AREMADEON THIS PLAN. For sale by T A T\yr/-»T?"TP"P "R 0"\T 280 and 232 Ellis street, i.iio In Moth 1 .50 TRADE 8UITLIED ON USUAL TERMS. Mailed to any part of the United States or Canada on receipt of price. Send orders to SAN FRANCISCO NEWS CO.. or BR1 1 in It AMI SPORTSMAN, San Francisco. The Breeder and Sportsm an,b weekly journal de- oted to the interests of breeders of domestic animals and the advancement of all legitimate sport. Subscription price, ?.'■ per > out, jos. Cairn simpSOn, Editor, The above treatise, 200 pages, will be sent free to yearly subscribers who send orders direct to the office. 508 Montgomery street. San Francisco. ™ ASHLAND PARK —^ T rotting stu] NEAR LEXINGTON, KY. R. J. TREAtY, PROPRIETOR. THIS IS STRICTLY A BREEDING FARM, FOR though training is done, it is only for the stock be- longing to the place, or those purchased from the pro- prietor. The proprietor of Ashland Park bap no pet trotting family ; his aim is to secure and have at all times forsale choice representatives of each of the leading families, these being the namliletonlans, Mambrino Cliiefs, Clays. Pilots, Black Hawks. At Ashland Park may now be seen splendid specimens of the get of such stallions as George Wilkes, Almont, Mambrino Patohen. Clark Chief, Edwin Forrest, Blackwood, sentinel, American Clay. Administrator. North Star Mambrino, Bourbon Chief , Regular, Bal< sora, Howard's Mambrino and Homer. The ste.otv aim is to possess nothing that does not trace through the best class of sjieod-produeing trotting crosses, along all the blood lines, right to the thoroughbred. For catalogues or further particulars address 2-17yl R. J. TREAtY. Lexington, Ky. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. J. O'KANE, 363 Market Street, San Francisco, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL dealer in Harness, Saddles, Blankets, English Race Goods, \nd everything necessary for horse or carriage ubc. Horse Boots a Specialty. Agent for Dr. Dixon's Conditio ing promptly attended to. l'owders. Repair- PAUL FRIEDHOPER, X3T PATHOLOGICAL HORSESHOER, tie Washington street. PRACTICAL IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES *$3 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLABS A raAB. EC H O Echo, bred by Jesse T. Seely, Warwick, Orange county, New York; foaled, 1S66. His sire Kysdyk's Hambletonian, his dam Fanny Felter, by Magnolia, son of Seely's American Star, second dam by Webber's Kentucky Whip, third dam by Shakespeare, a son of Dnroc. He was pnrchased of Jesse T. Seely, in the fall of 1S70, bv L. H. Titus, of Dewdrop Farm, Los Angeles county, California, and brought here the January following. His stud services have been limited, the first sea- son being restricted to nine mares, two of which were taken away, and Mr. Titns could never learn anything about them or their produce. Of the seven remaining five had foals, and every one of them could trot inside of 2:40, Gibraltar and Echora being among them. Before his importation to Cali- fornia he served a few mares, but, as he was only a three- year-old when bought, his opportunities were necessarily limited. Echo himself was a good performer, trotting a mile in 2:35, and winning a race of heats of two miles against such strong competitors as The Moor and Vaughn. The first of his get to appear on the track was Echora, and this was in a stake for three-year-olds trotted at Sacramento at the State Fair of 1875. It was a short race, as she distanced both of her competitors, Arabia and Beautiful Bells, in the first heat time, 2:42, the fastest ever made np to that date by a three- year-old in California. In 1S77 there wasanother very prom- ising Echo came out — one of those nnfortnnate horses which appear to have been foaled under the influence of some ma- lign star, and though possessed of a world of speed and un- questionable endurance, casuality followed easuality, and the "brackets" are still in reserve for him. This was Jo Hamil- ton, his dam a thoroughbred mare by Belmont, and his best effort in public was at Chico, when he forced Brigadier to trot a third heat in 2:30 to beat him, both, at the time, being four year6 old. One of our special favorites among the trotters of California is Gibraltar, by Echo, his dam at one time claimed to be by Owen Dale, and his breeder, Mr. Tiffany, of Los Angeles, had a good deal of faith in bis being correct. It may be so, though the oulv reliable information is that she was a large ben from Sonoma county to Los Augelos. Gibraltar is rather coarser than auv other Echo we ever saw, but he has the thoroughbred characteristic of "gameness," and will finish up a heat and a race with as much determination as need be. He will keep trotting under punishment as severe as the driver can administer, and, like Monsieur Tonson, will "come again "and keep coming. Gibraltar has a record of 2:22}, public trial, 2:21J. . In 1880 Echo showed two of the best three-year-olds of tho year Belle Echo made'the fastest time for the age during the season, and Annie Laurie equaled the best eastern record. Belle Echo has been awarded a place among the notabilities, and the capital likeness which appeared in the BB1 nr.f: IKD SroKrsHAlfof the 15th of July, 1 882. conveys a good idea of her form; but the grace and rapidity of her i. .oven, enU are beyond the pencil of artist to depict. Although her owner, Mr Titus, is enthusiastic OTi k of the horse in the aggregate, we are of the opinion that he regards Belle as the bright particular of the family, and there cannot be a ques- tion that she is entitled to rank with the stars of? tribe. Annie Laurie also exhibited a great deal of | in her three-vearold form. The race between her ai Button, at the State fair, was a hot contest from end t Button won the first heat in 2:34j, Annie Laurie the in 2:30, Button the third in 2:29. The fourth was a one between the two in 2:30,, Button winning fifth. 82 3£fee j&tceCLtx and Jtoortswmtt, Feb 9 TURF AKD T RACK English. Blood-Stock Sales in 1883. Editob Bbeeder aisd Sportsman : — The sales of thorough- bred stock in England during the past year have been more than ordinarily important, for in addition to the regular sales of yearlings at Sandown Park, Beenham, Hampton Court, Newmarket, Doncaster, and other places, the breeding stud at Middle Park has been broken up, and deaths of several owners of horses have necessitated the disposal both of their racing and breeding establishments. The first of the sales due to this latter cause was held at Tattersal's on New Year's Day, when thirty-three horses, the property of Mr. F. Gret- ton*, who died in the autumn of 1SS2, were brought to the hammer. With one or two exceptions, these horses were still in trainine, and they realized good prices, though not equal to those'which Mr. Gretton had paid for them. Pres- tonpans, for whom Mr. Gretton gave 6,000 guineas at the sale of the late Marquis of Anglesey's Stud, fetched only 1,500 guineas, but he was dear at the price, not having been able to win a race this season, and the same may be said of .Acrostic, who cost l t 4Wg6tfneas, and of Geologist, for whom 1,100 guineas was paid, i«bq. df^ad fieaiJ for a small handicap at York is the best of the former's liA^Eiy performances, while the latter has not run at all. Two colts, for which Mr. Gret- ton had paid as yearlings 1,100 and 1,050 guineas — Eastern Emperor and My Lud — were sold for 650 guineas, and even at that reduction in price they do not seem to have been bar- gains, for the former, now the property oi the Duke of Beau- fort, has only won one race, value £570, while My Lud has not run at all. The most valuable animal in this sale was Isonomy, the winner of so many cups for Mr. Gret- ton, and this sire, by Sterling — Isola Bella, was purchased for 9,000 guineas by Mr. Stirling Crawfurd, whose own death soon afterwards was followed by a partial sale of his horses in training. In the meanwhile, Mr. Gretton's brood-mares and yearlings were sold at Tattersall's, but the death of Lord Stamford, which occurred in the beginning of the year, did not lead to a sale, his widow leasing the horses in training to Lord Alington, and determining to keep on the breeding stud herself. The Dowager Duchess of Montrose, to whom the late Mr. Stirling Crawfurd bequeathed the whole of his mag- nificent stud, also determined to keep on the majority of her husband's horses, but twenty-five of the animals in training were sold at Newmarket in April, and they realized the very satisfactory sum of 11,125 guineas, a German agent giving 4,100 guineas for Martini, a five-year-old brother to Shotover by Hermit — Strayshot, endowed with great speed, and likely to make his mark at the stud. Several of the other horses sold at this auction were purchased by Sir Frederick John- stone, who had arranged to take over all the other horses be- longing to the late Mr. Crawfurd, and they have accordingly run this season in his name. During the same week a few horses which had belonged to General Mark Wood, a well- known member of the Jockey Club, who died soon after Mr. Stirling Crawfurd, were disposed of, and at the nest New- market meeting Prince Batthyany dropped down dead in the Jockey Club stand. The whole of his stud came to the ham- mer in the "July week" at Newmarket, when nineteen lots fetched close upon 19,000 guineas. The Duke of St. Albans and Mr. Chaplin secured a great bargain at 8,000 guineas, Galopin, by Vedette — Flying Duchess, with whom the Prince had won his only Derby, while Mr. Naylorgave 5. 000 guineas for his three-year-old son Fulnien, and the Duke of Port- land 1,600 guineas for the two-year-old St. Simon. Fulmen, whose engagements were all voided by his owner's death, has only run, unbacked and short of work, in three handicaps. so that it is impossible to say at present whether the pur- chase was a judicious one; but St. Simon, who has won the five races for which he ran, has approved himself the best two-year-old of the season. Mr. Chaplin also acquired Lightning, the dam of Fulmen, for 350 guineas, and Mr. Leopold Rothschild made a lucky purchase when he gave 320 guineas for St. Angela, the dam of St. Simon. The Mid- dle Park sale was held on the ISth of September, when ninety brood-mares, foals, and miscellaneous lots, together with the sire, Scottish Chief, were announced for sale with- out reserve. It was supposed at the time that the various lots had all been sold, but it now appears that a considerable proportion of them were bought by Mr. Long, an Australian breeder and racing man, for the owner of Middle Park, and, as he has since failed, these lots, including Scottish Chief, now with the exception of Macaroni the oldest sire at the stud, will be sold again by order of the liquidators upon the 14th of January next. The Middle Park Stud has, however, been broken up, and the prices which the mares and foals sold there in September realized were in striking contrast with those paid at the death of Mr. Blenkiron, Sr., in 1872, when Blair Athol fetched 12,500 guineas, and his brother Breadalbane and Gladiateur almost as much. The yearling sales of the season commenced at Sandown on the 2d of June, when 22 colts and fillies, the property of Mr. Hume Webster, bred at Marden Deer Park, were sub- mitted to auction. Two of them failed to change hands, and the twenty others fetched 5,055 guineas, this being equiva- lent to an average of 253 guineas, which compared very un- favorably with the averages of previous years. The highest price paid was 650 guineas, for a chestnut filly by Craig Mil- lar — Hedge Rose, bought by Lord Rossmore; and of the others a bay filly by Rosicrucian — Hawthomdale, sister to Hauteur, was bought by M. Lefevre for 520 guineas, and a bay filly by Craig Millar— Cimbra, was sold for 470 guineas to Mr. Long. Many of the yearlings which fetched good prices at this sale were by Craig Millar, and there will be only one more opportunity of purchasing his stock, as he was sold at the beginning of the year for Austria or Hungary. Mr. H. Waring, of Beenham, near Reading, held his annual auction a week later; the Saturday of the Ascot week, which he has taken for his sale, having formerly been the date occupied by the now dissolved Cobham stud. The Beenham-house yearlings numbered twenty-nine in all, and with three excep- tions they were all sold, a total of 6,765 guineas, and an av- erage of 260 guineas each, being considerably in excess of the prices realized the year before. A brown colt by Beau- clerc— Strategy, whose half-brother, My Lud, was sold to the late Mr. Gretton for 1,050 guineas at the preceding sale, fetched 1.0S5 guineas, but though he was a colt of great quality and with very stylish action he was not thoroughly sound, having a blemish on one of his hind legs which is likely to give his trainer some trouble. His purchaser, Colonel O. Willans, alsc cave 630 guineas for a bay filly by Hermit- Ambuscade, and he bought eight other yearlings at this sale, which was followed, at a week's interval, by that of Her Majesty's yearlings at the Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court. Thirty yearlings, the same number as in the previous year, were disposed of, the total being 6,945 guineas, and the aver- age 231 guineas, as against 158 guineas upon the previous occasion. A bay colt by Springfield— Furiosa was sold to the Duke of Portland for 1,150 guineas, and the next highest price was 590 guineas, paid by Mr. R. Peck for a bay colt by Doncaster — Merivale. The yearlings bred by the Messrs. Graham at Yardley were sold in the following week at the Stud Farm, near Birmingham, and thirty-six colts and fillieB fetched 5,695 guineas, or 15S guineas each, a bay colt by Ster- ling — Sea Gull, own brother to that good but unlucky horse Beaudesert, being run up to 1,000 guineas, while another yearling by Sterling, dam Casuistry, was sold to Captain Bowling for 700 guineas. Three or four other yearlings by this sire, whose fee is 150 guineas, or more than that of any other sire except Hermit, for whose services Mr. Chaplin charges 200 guineas, fetched good prices, but the brood- mares and foals sold at the same time excited so little com- petition that the average was little more than 25 guineas. The yearling sales at Newmarket during the "July week" are always very numerous, but the catalogue was shortened this year by the withdrawal of those bred by the Earl of Rosslyn at Burghley, for the twelve yearlings in question, comprising a half-brother to Ladislas, and a son of Hampton and Ra- diant, happily named "Sunbury," were purchased in a lot by the Earl of Zetland, who will, it is to be hoped, do better with them than he has done with his previous purchases. Lady Emily Peel's thirteen yearlings bred at Bonehill were sold at Newmarket for 3,210 guineas, 247 guineas each, among them being a bay colt by Isonomy — Vainglorious, for which the Dowager Dnchess of Montrose, who will run him and all her other horses in the name of "Mr. Manton," paid 1,050 guineas. The Duke of Hamilton gave 600 guineas for a chestnut colt by Childeric — Pompadour, and Charles Archer, Lord Ellesmere's trainer, 290 guineas for a black colt by Pero Gomez — Hilarity. The Middle Park yearlings were sold at Newmarket, but they fetched miserable prices, and it was not until the year- lings bred by Lord Rosebery at Mentmore. and by Mr. Chap- lin at Blankuej' were reached that there was any great com- petition. Lord Roseberry sold ten out of nineteen for an average of 37S guineas each, Sir John Willoughby giving 1,200 guineas for a curiously marked chestnut filly by Mac- aroni — Duckling, and Mr. Gerard 800 guineas for a bay colt by Kisber — Chopette. Mr. Chaplin sent 15 yearlings from Blankney, and though he did not secure such a grand aver- age as in 1SS2, when his yearlings made 1,050 guineas all round, he sold 11 out of 15 for S,320 guineas, or upon the average 756 guineas. This was just double the average of Lord Roseberry's yearlings, and it was due in the main to the competition for the Rosicrucians, three of which fetched 2,000, 1,500, and 1,250 guineas, while the only yearling by Hermit which reached four figures was a filly from Adelaide, full sister to the two-yeaT-old which had just won the July Stakes, and for which Sir John Willoughby had paid 3,600 guineas as a yearling at Mr. Chaplin's rjrevions sale. There were no more yearling sales of importance until the Doncaster week, in the course of which a number of highly bred ani- mals, most from the northern and midland studs, were dis- posed of. Upon the morning of the St. Leger, the yearlings bred by Lord Scarborough, who has been in the habit of sell- ing at Doncaster for many years, and who invariably realizes one of the highest averages, were in the catalogue, and the ten colts and fillies fetched 3,620 guineas, the average of 362 guineas being considerably higher than that obtained by his previous batch of yearlings. Among them was Sea- Weed, by See-Saw — Fragrance, half-sister to Wild Thyme, who was bought at Lord Scarborough's last sale, and who has run so well this season, and she was bought well within her value at 450 guineas by the owner of Wild Thyme, and the highest price paid was 800 guineas for Strathend, a bay colt by Strathconan — Viola, who was purchased for Sir George Chetwynd. Mr. Augustus Savile, who is carrying on, though on a smaller scale, the breeding stud which his late brother Mr. Henry Savile established at Rufford Abbey, sold four yearlings at Doncaster for the very respectable average of 322 guineas each, and eleven bred by Mr. Watson, at the Waresley Stud, in Worcestershire, several of which had failed to find purchasers at Newmarket, were sold for 2,555 guineas. The Moorlands Stud yearlings, the property of Mr. G. S. Thompson, are always sold at Doncaster, and generally realize high prices, but the ten disposed of this year made only 1,330 guineas, and a much better average was obtained by Mr. Crowther Harrison, whose four yearlings fetched 4,050 guineas, or more than 1,000 guineas each. Among them was a bay colt by Hermit, from Crucible, the dam of Goldfield, and this colt, at first named the Coiner, but now called Goldsmith, was bought by Sir George Chetwynd for 2,550 guineas, who gave just four times the amount paid by Mr. Jardine for Queen Bathilde, by Springfield — Bathilde, or by Mr. Hoffer for Diving Bell, by Coltness — Bonny Bell. Seven yearlings from the Yardley Stud, which were too back- ward to sell in June, were disposed of for 770 guineas, and the same number from Mr. Carew Gibson's Stud at Sandgate, in Sussex, fetched 1,670 guineas, the Duke of Portland, who has been a large buyer of yearlings this season, giving 500 guineas for a chestnut filly by Adventurer — May Queen. The yearling sales of the season were to all intents and pur- poses concluded on the last day of the Doncaster week, when six yearlings from the Blink Bonny Stud at Malton were sold for 2,105 guineas, or 351 gnineas each, Mr. W. I'Anson, to whose brother the stud belongs, giving 1,250 guineas for a bay or brown colt by Beauclerc — The Pearl, though the previous produce of this mare have turned out verv badly. The Bon of Beauclerc and The Pearl was the last of the eleven yearlings which fetched a thousand guineas or more this season, these being: And thus it will be seen that the average for each was 1,436 guineas. Last year thirteen yearlings were sold for 1*000 guineas or upwards, the total being 18,350 guineas, or 1*411 guineas each, so that, to all intents and purposes, the high- priced yearlings have averaged the same amount each season. It is to be hoped, however, that those which have been pur- chased this year will turn out better than those of 18S2 for eight out of the thirteen have either not run at all as two- year-olds or have been beaten, while of the five which have won the only one which has any claim to be regarded as a race-horse of the first class is Sir John Willoughby's daugh- ter of Hermit and Adelaide. She has not earned in her two successful races the whole of the 3,600 guineas paid for her as a yearling, but she has run well enough to make her, if sold to-morrow, worth much more than she cost. In strik- ing contrast to this filly is the bay colt Hampton Court by Hampton — Loch Garry, purchased as a yearling by the late Mr. Stirling Crawfurd for 1.S50 guineas.* When a portion of that gentleman's stud was disposed of in the spring, Hamp- ton Court was sold to Captain Mochell for 200 guineas, and he again changed hands in the autumn, being bought by the proprietor of a circus for 35 guineas. There are others among the high-priced yearlings of 1SS2 and of previous season, which would not fetch more if brought to the ham- mer, and it very rarely happens that those which are sold for a thousand guineas or more turn out well. Coming down from the^e to the yearlings of every description Suld in the course of the season, it will be found that 472, the progeny of 125 different sires, were disposed of for 95,655 guineas, or rather more than 202 guineas each. Last year the total num- ber of yearlings sold was 51S, and they realized 102,673 guineas, the average of 198 guineas contrasting unfavorably with that obtained this year, the difference, however, being so slight that it can scarcely be taken as indicating a rise in the value of thoroughbred yearlings, the average for which was much higher a few years ago than it has been of late. The sire whose yearlings have made the most money this season is Hermit, as the nine colts and fillies by him have been sold for S.410 guineas, or 934i guineas each, the next on the list being Springfield, whose'six yearlings have fetched 3,070 guineas, or 510 guineas each. Beauclerc has the third highest average (480 guineas) with nine yearlings sold for 4,320 guineas, and then comes his own sire, Rosicrucian, who is the father of no fewer than twenty yearlings sold by auction in the course of the year. These "twenty yearlings were sold for 9,495 guineas, or 475 guineas each, and Rosi- crucian is the only sire with three '^our-figure" yearlings to his credit. He is followed by the Derby winner, Doncaster, with an average of 429 guineas for his six yearlings, and the other Derby winners in the list, besides Hermit and Doncas- ter, are Macaroni, with an average of 417i guineas for four yearlings; Kisber, with an average of 2574 guineas for ten; Silvio, with an average of 243i guineas for seven; Galopin, with an average of 239 guineas for eight; Blair Athol, with an average of 16S guineas for five; Sefton, with an average of 140 guineas for three; and George Frederick, with an av- erage of 120 guineas for six. Kingcraft, Cremorne and Sir Bevys are each the sire of single yearlings sold for 360, 100, and 25 guineas respectively; but the two other Derbv win- ners still alive, Lord Lyon and Pretender, do not appear in the list at all. Next to Rosicrucian, Lowlander, who has re- cently been purchased by the Duke of Hamilton, has the largest number of yearlings sold by public auction, thirteen of his stock having been disposed of, but they did not fetch the prices paid for the ten yearlings by Sterling, the latter averaging upwards of 400 guineas, as indeed they should do when one considers the initial cost of breeding them. Broadarrow. -» Chicago Driving Park. Description of Yearling. Goldsmith, b c, by Hermit- Crucible B c, by Rosicru- cian —Bonnie Katie Bl c, by Beau- clerc — Strate- gy B c. by Rosicru- cian — S a 1 a- manca Br c, by Rosi- er rocian--Fl or- j- ence J B or br c, by 1 Beauclerc — > The Pearl I Cb f. by Macar- | oni — Duck- } lin B I B c, by Spring- I field— Funnel i D c, by Isonomy j — v ,-i i uglori- \ OUB J Ch f, by Hermit I —Adelaide.... I B c, by Sterling) Seagull ( Name of Vendor. Place of Sale. Price in gB Mr.jC. Harrison Mr. H. Cbaplin Mr. H. Waring Mr. H. Cbaplin Mr. H. Chaplin Mr. 51. I'Anson Lord Rosebery II. M. the Queen H. Cbaplin Mos^rs. Graham Beenham Std Hampton Ct. Newmarket.. SirG. Chetwynd D. of Portland Col. O.Williams i Sir J. Wil- i Ioughby D. of Portland Mr. W. I'AnRon I Sir -T. Wil- | \ lougbby | D. of Portland I Dow. P. of i i Montrose ( Mr. T. Brown Total 15,800 The stakes of the Chicago Driving Park for the first sum- mer meeting of 1SS4, closed January loth. The following Californians appear in the list of nominations: The Ladies' Stakes. — For two-vear-old fillies; $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, with $500 added," $100 of which to second'. Three-quarters of a mile. 2S nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Stephanotis, by Shannon — Lizzie Whips. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b f Playmate, by Monday — Play- thing. £. J. Baldwin's br f Mira, by Grinstead — Blossom. E. J. Baldwin's Glencross, by Rutherford — Glenita. The Criterion Stakes. — For two-vear-old colts; $50 entrance, S25 forfeit, with $500 added, *$100 of which to second. Three-quarters of a mile. 32 nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br c Kegal, by Shannon — Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Peyton, by Shannon — Miss Peyton. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Valiant, by Monday — Lady Evangeline. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Garland, by Shannon — Sally Gardner. The Flash Stakes. — For two-year-old colts and fillies; $25 entrance, p. p., with §500 added, $100 of which to second. Half a mile. The winner of the '■Ladies','' "Criterion," or of any stake or purse of the value of $1,000 or more, to carry 5 pounds extra. 37 nominations. Palo Alto Steck Farm's b c Peyton, by Shannon — Miss Pey- ton. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b f Playmate, by Monday — Play- thing. The Nursery Stakes.— For two-year-oid colts and fillies; $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, with $600 added, $100 of which to sec- ond. One mile. Maidens allowed five pounds. The win- ners of two or more stakes to carry 5 pounds extra. 25 nom- inations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's br c Regal, by Shannon— Riglin. Palo Alto Stock Farm's chf Stephanotis, by Shannon — Liz- zie Hurts. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Valiant, by Monday — Lady Evangeline. E. J. Baldwin's ch g Narano, by Grinstead — Jennie D. The Green Stakes. — For three-year-old colts and fillies that have not won a race prior to January 1st, 1SS4; $25entrance, p. p.; with $500 added, $100 of which to second. One mile and an eight. 42 nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, by Norfolk— Glen- dee. The Board of Trade Handicap. — A Sweepstakes for nil ages. $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, of which $10 must posi- tively accompany the nomination, and which is the only lia- bility if declared out by May 1st; $800 added, $200 of which to second. Weights to be published April 1st. Winners of any race after publication of weights to carry 5 pounds extra; of "two or more races 10 pounds extra. One mile and a half. 32 nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, 3, by Shannon- Demirep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, 3, by Norfolk— Glen- dee. 1884 ghc Ikmlcr and J>p0t*ts«taw. 83 * E. J. Baldwin's ch g Grismer, 4, by Grinstead — Jennie D. The Summer Handicap. — A cash handicap for all ages; $10 entrance, which must positively accompany the nomination, and $15 additional to start, with $500 added, $100 of which to second. Weights to be published April 1st. One mile and an eighth. 32 nominations. E. J. Baldwin's ch f Maria Stuart, 3, by Grinstead — Sister Ann. The Garden City Cup. — For all ages; $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, with $1,000 added, $150 of which to second, $100 to third. Two miles and a quarter. 23 nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Shenandoah, 3, by Shannon — Demirep. Palo Alto Stock Farm's ch f Glendair, 3, by Norfolk — Ghtndee. E. J. Baldwin's br c J-*ucky B., 4, by Rutherford — Maggie Emerson. Tha Merchants' Stakes. — For all ages; $50 entrance, $25 forfeit, with $500 added, $100 of which to second. One mile and a quarter. 20 nominations. Palo Alto Stock Farm's blk f Phceba Anderson, 3, by Mon- day—Florence Anderson. E. J. Baldwin's b c Gano, 4, by Grinstead — Santa Anita. The Rapid Sweepstakes. — For all ages; $20 entrance, p. p.; with $400 added, $100 of which to second. Three-quarters of a mile heata. 9 nominations. None from California. Mr- Keene's Stable. In its winter garb of snow and ice the Coney Island race- course it by no means the place to tttract a picnic party. Cold winds whistle up from the Atlantic, hard by, and freeze the marrow and enthusiasm of the visitor. Desolation leems to be spread over the face of nature. Broken fences, tumble- down sheds and shattered roofs give testimony to the tre- mendous power of the unchecked elements, and the glazed white surface of the half molted and then frozen snow rests like a white pall over the most beautiful racing grounds in the country. On a day when Charity itself would have buttoned and strapped an ulster over all its pockets, a Herald reporter vis- ited the place to learn something of the coming wonders of the turf said to be in keeping in Mr. Keene's stables. At the porter's lodge, at the main entrance, stood the superin- tendent. "What are you doing to the track?" he was asked. "Nothing, now." was the answer. "It's too bitter cold to do anything. There will be various improvements before the season opens, but they wait on the weather now." Room for "improvements" was apparent on every hand. The covering over the plank walk from the gate to the grand stand was broken down here and there by wind and snow. Props, extemporized of broken plank, supported the roof in places, and posts and cross-beams lay splintered on the ground. The great buildings that sheltered so many thou- sands from sun and summer rains last season were broken in a score of places, and everywhere was seen the necessity for extensive repairs in the spring. Even in the racing stables at the far corner of the park roofs were broken here and there, and temporary makeshifts took the place of what ought to be substantial carpenter work, at the least. In the boxes, however, the nine horses Mr. Keene keeps at the race-course this winter were as snug as possible, and their exercise track of one-seventh of a mile was shel- tered tolerably well from the weather. Mr. Blagrave, who has charge of Mr. Keene's horses, was full of enthusiasm, and talked about his four-footed charges and showed one after another of them with great pride. Maid of Athol was the first to be seen. She is a four-year- old by Clanronald, dam My Nannie O, a bay with white heels, and the blaze on the face so characteristic of Blair Athol's stock. She is a grand-looking mare and ought to come back to her two-year-old form now that she is sound again. She gave Mr. Blagrave a great deal of trouble owing to the habit she had of kicking herself, "out of," as he ex- pressedit, "pure cussedness." Her temper has now much im- proved and she is perfectly docile and quiet, though whether she will remain so when again put in training remains to be seen. This mare is very speedy, and will, if she comes to the post, force the pace for at least six furlongs, having been proved more than once already to be a clinker at that dis- tance. Fandango is a bay filly three years old, by Wild Oats, dam Torchlight, standing 15.3, with white snip on forehead, a game looking head, short back, good loins, and racy looking all over. She did not show any great speed last season, but ran sufficiently fast at Jerome Park to show that she was coming into form. She was suffering from sore shins in the early part of the year, so that it was not until the fall her trainer could send her fairly along, and he is confident that ■he will yet pay her way. Sinaloa is a three-year-old bay filly by Ten Broeck, dam Janet, and is therefore of American parentage on both sides. It is claimed that this filly has thickened and improved in the most extraordinary degree and is nearly as wide again as she was last spring. She is certainly a beautifully shaped one, and her coat, like satin, most plainly showed brilliancy of health and the evidences of great care and attention. Mr. Blagrave is very fond of this filly, but had no time last sea- son on account of her sore shins to find out anything about her. If make and shape are good foundations for prediction, she ought to be heard of as a winner more than once next summer. Dutoh Roller, three years old, by Dutch Skater, dam Con- stantinople, is a bay-brown colt, standing 15.1, with rare limbs, and has filled out considerably since he won the Great Eastern Handicap last year. ''From his appearance," said his trainer, "I shall be much disappointed if he does not create another surprise before the end of the coming season. His length of back, perhaps, prevents him from being a weight carrier, but there is no doubt that he can travel fast with a light weight on him, and he has shown more than once something better than average time." Burgomaster, three years, by Dutch Skater, dam Bomba- zine, is a brown colt standing 15.2, and perhaps one of the fin- est topped race-horsee in America. He was unfortunately kicked in the near hook when a yearling, and it was at one time thought impossible to train him. Mr. Blagrave, how- ever, operated on the injured part successfully enough to fairly send him along last October, and he thinks and hopes he may stand work during the ensuing season. The result of the accident, however, is still plainly apparent. H his trainer can bring h im to the post he will deserve a great deal of credit. A bay-filly by Wanderer, dam Phillis. is a grand one, stand- ing now over 14.3. Her dam, it will perhaps be remembers!, took first prize at the horse show in New York last fall, and the youngster has many of the good points of her much ad- mired dam. As she is one of the growing sort and wants time, her trainer has been very lenient with her. He thinks Bhe will show better as a three-year-old than she did last sea- son, her loose frame evidently requiring time to mature. A filly by Wanderer, dam Phcebe Mayflower, was the first of the two-year-olds. She is a chestnut," with white heels and a snip on her forehead, very pretty in form and evidently a gTeat pet. She would hardly get up whan called upon to do so, but made friends with every one in the box on rising from her recnmbeut position. "I can tell you but little about this filly," said Mr. Blagrave, "as she wa's suffering from some complaint when she came from Kentucky, and I have been very easy with her. She may do good some of these days, but it is early to give an opinion." The brown colt by Ten Broeck, dam Bombazine, is a neat little fellow. He has very much the appearance Iroquois pre- sented when a yearling, though devoid of the quality, to a eertain degree, of that good-looking horse. Both this colt and the one in the next box were put to work last fall, and thor- oughly satisfied^their trainer that they were worth Mr. Keene's keeping. The last horse shown was the bay two-year-old colt by King Alfonso, dam Janet. "Isay, without fear of contradic- tion," said Mr. BlagTave, with great enthusiasm, "that this is one of the grandest colts in America or any other country. With strong neck, good shoulders and best of fore limbs, he combines strength of back, grand loins and great length from hip to hock— in fact, he is a race-horse all over." This colt is engaged in the English Derby, Two Thousand Guineas, St. Leger and other important races in England, besides having some valuable engagements here as a two-year-old. He stands now over fifteen hands high, and will be sixteen hands at four years old. All of the horses seemed in excellent health and condition, each getting, the trainer said, two hours' exercise every day on the covered track. If nothing is heard of the stable this year it will certainly not be for lack of pains and endeavor. The Two Thousand Guineas. What with the death of such extensive nominators as Mr Crawfurd, Prince Batthyany, Count Lagrange and others, the original entry for this year's 2, 000 Guineas and Derby has been materially reduced, there beingonly about eighty-three entries left in the Guineas and one hundredand ninety in the Derby. The reported retirement of Lord Falmouth and the temporary retirement of the Duke of Westminster in consequence of the death of his son and heir — the Viscount Grosvenor — will possi- bly make a further reduction in the number of three-year- olds trained for the Two Thousand and the Derby. So far the betting has been very limited, and only about half a dozen names have been mentioned for the Derby and not half that number for the Guineas. The general opinion, however, seems to be that both races are more or less at the mercy of "dark" horses, and that there will be no extensive betting until the season is far advanced. In fact, several writers of experience advise the British public not tu make an invest- ment on either race until just before the meeting. The pick of the candidates for the 2,000 Guineas seem to be Lord Falmouth's Harvester, Mr. R. Peck's Superba, Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's Talisman, Mr. J. H. Houldsworth's Royal Fern, and Sir George Chetwynd's bay colt by Hermit, dam a sister of Adelaide. The last named must not be con- founded with the Adelaide filly. She is owned by Sir John Willoughby, and is entered for the Derby but not in the Two Thousand. Of the five named, Harvester is a brown colt, by Sterling, out of Wheatear. His sire was a grand race-horse, and was selected as the English champion when a match was contemplated against Harry Bassett, while Wheatear ran third for the St. Leger, wonbyHawthorndeninlSTO, with her stable companion Kingcraft second. Harvester ran in six races last year of which he won two, one a produce Stakes over the T. X. C. at the first October meeting, and the second theClearwell Stakes on the first day of the second October meeting. It is impossible to give detailed accounts of his defeats other than to say that he was beaten by Superba, Duke of Richmond and the Adelaide filly. But as his stable companion Busy- body was in the same race that the Adelaide filly won — the Dewhurst Plate — and as Lord Falmouth declared to win with her, the defeat of Harvester can scarcely count. As to his chances in the future, "Augur," in a recent review in the Sporting Lifes&id: "Next to Busybody, who is not engaged in the Two Thousand, he is regarded as the best of the Heath House team. I am told by a good authority that he has grown up and developed into a handsome, bloodlike colt. He stands nearly sixteen hands high, and has thickened all through his frame. He is as sound and as straight on his legs as on the day he quitted his dam's side for the paddock, and if he continues to do as well as he has done up to the present, it is confidently anticipated that ha will prove a real clipper next season, being possessed of size, power and free- dom of action." As to Superba, she was one of the best two-year-old fillies of the year. She is also by Sterling, her dam, Highland Fling, being by Scottish Chief. Superba ran in no less than nine races, of which she won all but the first and last. The for- mer was the KemptonPark International Breeders' Two- Year- Old Stakes, run early in May, for which she was third. The last was the Middle Park Plate, run inOctober, for which she, at 126 pounds, was unplaced to Busybody at 119 pounds. Royal Fern and the Adelaide filly each at 126 pounds. The successes in the interval were, however, of the highest order, and included the British Dominion Two- Year-Old Stakes at Sandown Park, the Ascot Biennial Stakes, the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, for which, with 126 pounds, she beat Harvester, Talisman and the Adelaide filly; for the Midsum- mer Plate at Windsor, which she won, carrying 130 pounds; the Rous Memorial Stakes at Goodwood, when she gave from four to sixteen pounds to a good field, including Harvester, and won by three-quarters of a length; the Astley Stakes at Lewes, and the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, when she beat Spring Morn, Wild Thyme and Condor. This is certain- ly a brilliant record, and as all reports agree that she has done well so far this winter, she will certainly be dangerous, if not for races like the Two Thousand, she will be iu races exclu- sively for filhes like the One Thousand and Oaks. Talisman is another son of Sterling, his dam is Hippia, and as she was the dam of the famous Nellie there can be no complaints on tbescore of breeding. He is still a "maiden," although he has run in no less than eight races, in a majority of which he was close up at the end. Of him "Augur" says: "There is something wanting in him which age may give, and his future entirely turns upon this reckoning. He was a wonderfully good-looking colt last year— good-looking enough for anything, possessing plenty of size without lumber, and yet in the eight races in which he ran he always had theluck to tumble against something better than himself." Of Royal Fern, whom "Augur" selects to win the Two Thousand, he says: "Mr. Houldsworth has a good colt in in RoyalFeru. He is by Springfield, ontof Wood's Ainu. .me, and I have formed a very high opinion of him, feeliDg not a little certain that, with luck, he will develop into a high-class race-horse. Royal Fern ran three races last year and won one. This was the Prince of Wales' Stakes at York, beatinc Poetry, Woodpecker and two others. It is true that the form of those behind him was not of a very high order. His best display was undoubtedly in the Middle Park Plate, beaten half a length by the highly tried Busybody, to whom he was giving seven pounds. The Adelaide filly, at level weights, was three lengths behind him, and among the beaten lot were Superba and Talisman. This performance alone places him well up among the best of his age. His lust appearance was in the Criterion StakeB, for which he was made favorite, but failed to get nearer than third to Archiduc and Talisman. To be beaten by Archiduc was no disgrace, but it is evident that he did not run up to his best form through Talisman, who was in receipt of four pounds, as also was Archiduc. \ hope Royal Fern has done well for the sake of all connected with him, there being little doubt that Mr. Houldsworth's stable, over which Ryan presides, is one of the most popular and best respected in the country. My information, how- ever, is to the effect that Royal Fern has "not filled out and thickened so much as he might have done, although he has lengthened nicely, and is, on the whole, a very useful look- ing sort of colt. I am also certain that too much attention must not be paid to his defeat in the Criterion, as he was far from being himself on that day, having on theSaturdav prior to the race met with an accident and injured both his hocks, leaving the joints swollen and more or less inflamed on the day he ran. Given a victory in the Criterion, which might have been achieved but for the drawbacks mentioned, and remembering his creditable exhibition in the Middle Park Plate, Royal Fern would stand out as about the best of his year." The unnamed colt out of the sister of Adelaide, by Hermit, for which Sir George Chetwynd paid 2,000 guineas for when a yearling, is also highly thought of by "Augur," in fact he gives the place honors to him and Harvester. The colt is trained at Newmarket by Sherrard, and by reason of his great improvement since last season is much liked by the residents at "headquarters." He ran but twice as a" two- year-old; once he was behind Sandeway, Talisman and Beauchamp for the Prendigast Stakes, while on the second occasion he was beaten a neck by Scott Free for the great Sapling Stakes at the Sandown Park, with the highly thought of Camlet third. The above are the most prominent candidates for the 2.000 Guineas. Those considered prominent for the Derby will be noticed at some future date. The Money They Represent. The Turf, Field and Farm has collected statistics regard- ing the money value of the sons and daughters of Rysdyk's Hombletonian that have beaten 2:30. The stallion himself was purchased with his dam for $125, and earned in stud fees $205,750. Thirty-six of his get have trotted in2:30 or better, and the prices for which they were or could have been sold for in their best days are as follows: Dexter, $35,000; Jay Gould, $30,000; Nettie, $25,000; George Wilkes, $25,000; Gazelle, $20,000; Bella, $15,000: Mattie. $15,000; Bruno, $15,000; Deucalion, $10,000; Enfield, $10,000; Orange GirL $10,000; Sentinel, $10,000; James Howell, Jr., $10,000; Har- vest Queen, $S,000; Lottery, $S,000, Small Hopes, $S,000; Young Bruno, $8,000; Eisber, $7,000: Madeline, $6,000; Breeze, $6,000; Administrator, $5,000; Drift, $5,000; Effie Dean, $4,000; Ella Madden. $4,000; Lottery, $4,000; Lottie, $4,000; Scotland Maid, $4,000; Chester, $3*500; Hamperion, $3,500; Factory Girl, $3,000; Jerome, $3,000; Maud, $3,000, Alma, $2,500; Astoria, $2,500; Lady Augusta, $2,500; Marguerite, $2,500. This is a total of $335,000, as a fair esti- mate of the actual cash value. The stallions in the list which have won renown in the stud are Sentinel, George Wilkes, Jay Gould and Adminis- trator. Their united progeny is worth a great many thousand dollars. George Wilkes, for instance, is the sire of twenty-six 2:30 trotters, including Wilson, 2:16]; Rosa Wilkes, 2:181; Joe Bunker, 2:19J; So-So, 2:17{, and Maybird, 2:21. Sen- tinel has eight 2:30 performers to his credit, among them Von Arnim, 2:19£. The fastest of Jay Gould's get is Adele Gould, 2:19, and the best one from the loins of Administrator is Catchfly, 2:19. The entire sons of Hambletonian which have no place in the 2:30 circle, but which have been successful in the stud are very numerous. Alexander's Abdallah was sold for about $3,500, but he got Goldsmith Maid, who made a record of 2:14, and whose turf winnings foot up close to $250,000; Thorndale, who gained a record of 252}, and from whose loins came Edwin Thome, 2:16$, and Daisydale, 2:19}; Almont, the sire of twenty-two 2:30 trotters, including Fanny Witherspoon, 2:17; Piedmont, 2:17], and Aldine, 2:19J; and Belmont, with nine sons and daughters with records of better than 2:30, among them Nutwood, 2:18$, and Wedgwood, 2:19. The descendants of Alexander's Abdallah are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Volunteer stands in the very front rank of the producing sons of Hambletonian. He has to his credit twenty-three 2:30 performers, one of which is St. Ju- lien, 2:11}, who at one time could have been sold for $40,000. Before age had diminished the luster of Volunteer's eyea Mr. Goldsmith would not have parted with him for $30,000. When Messenger Duroc's stud fee was $300, Mr. Bat refused a very large sum for the stallion, and he would not sell Leland for $20,000. The price paid for Happy Medium, when he was sold to Mr. Steele was $25,000; and Mr. Bonner paid $20,000 for Startle, sire of Majolica, 2:17. Electioneer proved a very cheap horse to Governor Stanford, who gave Mr. Backman $12,000 for him. He is the sire of the fastest yearling, 2:36$; the fastest two-year-old, 2:21: the fastest three-year-old, 2:19); and the fastest four-year-old, 2:18|; and $30,000 would not buy him now. Dictator is the hire of three sensational performers of 1SS3— Jay-Eye-Sve, 2:10]; Phallas, 2:15A, and Director, 2:17— nud when tweutv years old he was sold for $25,000. An offer of $30,000 'for him would not be accepted at Ashland to-day. Han Id, sire of Maud S., 2:10L is valued way up in the thousands at Wood- bnrn, and so is Cuylerat Gleuview. General Withers paid $5,000 for Aberdeen when he took him to Kairlawn, but this was nothing like his value. Promiii'-nt among histen2:30 performers are Hat tie Woodward, 2:154; and Modoc, 2:194. The progeny of Edward Everett, MiddletowTJ, WaUdll Chief, Deane Sage, Knickerbocker, Seneca Chief, Strathmore and Rysdyk (sire of Clingstone, 2:14) are worth a stack of money. The Prince of Wales has nominated The Scot for the Liver- pool Grand National, the Seftoti Steeple-chase and the Grand I n t^rnslional Steeple-chase Handicap at Sandown Park Second Spring Meeting. He has also nominated Lord Alington'a Geheinraiss for the Stockbridge Cup. Last year it will be r« membered that he nominated Mr. Lorillard s Iroquow tame race. BeWi Lift lays: "The American-bred Gerald. been put into training, does not appear to have men manners, and is still described as the mad horse." 84 ^Jxc JBrccto and jlnovtetnau, Feb 9 List of Horses— E. H. Miller, Jr. 1. — Berlin, black stallion, foaled April 11th, 1S73. Sire Reavis* Blackbird sou of Simpson's Blackbird, he by Cam- den son of Shark. Dam, AddieLee, by Culver's Blackhawk. Second dam the dam of Index. Eeavis' or California Blackbird, 2:2*2, is too well known to need comment. Addie Lee, 2:3fU (trials afterwards in 2:2S), went lame with a splint from which she soon recovered, and put to breeding) is a great brood-mare having produced Shady, by Battler, dead, E. W. Hopkins* roadniare. Berlin, by Blackbird, 2 :32£. Adalia, by -b'red Low, 2:33, now owned and driven on the road in New York city, and could not be bought for 55,000. Adair, by Electioneer," 2:34^ at three, winning the great Stanford Stake in 1SS2, and 2:30 at four years old. Adella, by Election- eer (No. 11 of this catalogue). Adina, by Electioneer (No. 12of this catalogue). , by Benton (mare and this colt sold to Ariel Lathrop, Esq., in spring 1SS3). Culver's Blackhawk is said to be by Vermont (sire uf Parrot, 2:26, Faustina, 2:26}, and Ella Lewis, 2:27.) by Hill's Blackhawk. Thedamof Index is said to be by Old Morrill. Index is the grandsire of Bav, Frank, 2:20. Berlin has a record of 2:32] (obtained under most unfavor- able' conditions in a race at Sacramento iu 1SS0,) has trotted repeated trials better than 2:30, is as game ahorse as ever lived, has had but slight opportunities in the stud, having had but few mares except those of the owner. All his colts are sound, hardy and game like the sire, and all have the very best constitutions with the best of legs and feet, and the capacity to "train on." All want "lots of work." Among the good ones sired by him are Thapsin, three-year-old record of 2:43 at Marysville, in September 'S3, iu a race won by him where he was not put to his speed, and has since trotted a trial iu 2:30, and several very near that mark, also three colts bred by E. M. Skaggs, Esq., of Sacramento, which are now in Salt Lake City in training, and are well known to horse- men there as being very fast and game. Berlin is iu rjerfect health, is gentle and kind, easily handled in service, has no vices and is tit for immediate service. Has speed lines in his pedigree; through his sire has a full share of Messenger blood, the fountain head of the American trotter, and though his dam has Blackhawk blood, bred to good mares he will make a high mark. He and his colts having qualities which are valued everywhere, and for soundness, freedom from blemishes on feet and limbs, capacity to stand training without injury cannot be excelled. He will certainly bean acquisition to any breeding farm. He has run iu a paddock all fall and winter, and is in capital condition to go into the season. 2. — Lady Hamilton, bay mare, July 20th, 1S6S. Sire, O'Neil's Horse sou of Old St. Clair, dam May Queen, by Old St. Clair, bred by Judge C. H. Swift, of Sacramento. May Queen was a gray pacing mare, was a great roadster, was fast at her gait, got injured and was bred. Comment as to the merit of St. Clair mares as breeders is unnecessary, three mares of this blood having produced to Electioneer, Fred Crocker, Wildflower and Bonita, and the best colts of several other stallions were out of St. Clair mares, to wit, Gypsy Davis, Pat Hunt, Frank Rhodes, etc. Lady Hamilton had the best and purest trotting gait of any auimal (in his opinion, that the owner ever saw), was certainly the fastest animal he ever drove on the road, having frequently taken her from the stable to Bay District track and trotted her quar- ters in 36 and 37 seconds, and never was beaten on the track or road while he used her for his driving. She is a regular breeder, having produced a colt every year since she was put to breeding. Moham, by Mohawk Chief, 1S79. Haniel, by Electioneer, 1SS0. Hambena, by Benton, 1SS1. Lona, by Benton, 1SS2. Hamilcar, by Electioneer, 1SS3, died. Served by Fallis iu 1SS3 and is doubtless iu foal. Fallis is by Elec- tioneer, dam Felicia, by Messenger Duroc; second dam Lady Fallis, by Seeley's American Star: third dam by Long Island Blackhawk. Fallis is kept as a stallion at Governor Stan- ford's Palo Alto stock farm. No stallion in the United States has a better trotting pedigree. He is himself a fast trotter. The prospective colt is worth more for the prospect only than this mare will bring. Lady Hamilton has been at Palo Alto ever since she was put to breeding, has been running out, will been taken up for this sale. 3. — Abistola, black mare, March 20th, 1S75; sire Fred Low, by Old St. Clair, dam Lady Hubbard, by Benicia Boy; sec- ond dam of Morgan blood. Fred Low is a great horse, is standard, is sire of Dick Turpin, 2:32, Clay, 2:25, Clair- mont, 2:30], Adalia, 2:33, and other good ones. Benicia Boy was advertised at Sacramento iu the Daily Union as "black horse, eight years old, sixteen hands high, weight 1,260 pounds (a half-brother of the celebrated stallion Ethan Allan), sired by Old Vermont Black Hawk, dam of Messenger blood." Aristola had, as a colt, a remarkably tine gait, and was put in training and proved fast; she was "hipped," and was put to breeding at two years old; is a regular breeder, having pro- duced a colt every year; her colts are good ones; see Nos. 6, 10 and IS. Her dam, Lady Hubbard, produced Dick Tur- pin, 2:32, by Fred Low, two others by same horse that the owner is using on the road as roadsters and family team that can beat three minutes together without training. She also produced Thapsin, spoken of above under Berlin, No. 1. Lady Hubbard's dam was a Morgan mare owned and driven by I. M. Hubbard, of Sacramento, aud was a mare of great endurance and a fine roadster. Aristola's St. Clair blood, combined with that of her dam, makes her especially valu- able to breeders. She is out at pasture, and will be taken up for this sale; is in foal to Berlin No. 1; will doubtless become standard before July. 4.— Rrm.XA, black mare, April, 1S76; sire unknown (sup- posed to be thoroughbred, as she was running in a field with a two-year-old thoroughbred colt), dam Ruby, by Fred Low, second dam Lady Robertson. Rubina is not large, but is a mare of great endurance; is a good saddle mare, and had good saddle gaits, runs fast, has been used under saddle and to harness as running companion with trotting horses when speeding, and is extraordinarily good at it; has also been used as a hack to buggy and to cart about the training stable of owner; if used under saddle could soon be taught to take saddle gaits; is very finely formed. 5.-- Albion, bay gelding, May (>tb, 1 S77 ; sire Fred Low, son of 01d_St. Clair; dam Addie Lee (see No. 1); good size, about 1,050 pounds, is well broken to harness (single), a good trav- eler and a good buggy horse; is now at stable at Sacramento; run out to pasture all fall and winter up to January 15th. 6.— Aloin, brown gelding. May 17tli, 1S7S; sire Berlin No. 1. dam Aristola No. 3, by Fred Low; good size, about 1,000 pounds; good traveler, tough and hardy, good style. 7.— Zephyr, black gelding, April, 1S7S; sire Berlin;' dam Lady Zeitler, by old St. Clair; unbroken: has ran out all his life; will be taken up about the 10th for this sale. S.— Ze>a, bay mare, April ISth, 1S70; sire Berlin No. 1.; dam Lady Zeitler, by old St. Clair; full sister of Zephyr No. 7, unbroken: being by Berlin No. 1, out of a mare by old St. Clair; Lady Zeitler trotted in three minutes untrained, and was used for a time by the owner on the road; her blood should make her valuable as a brood-mare if she should not develop speed iu training; has always run out; will be taken up for this sale. 9. — Zaga, bay mare, 1SS0; sire Berlin No. 1; dam Lady Zeitler, by old St. Clair; same remarks as to Zena No. 8. 10.— Alima, black mare. April 29th, 1S80; sire Berlin No. 1; dam Aristola No. 3, her blood running into speed lines on both sides; she will be valuable as a brood-mare; is unfortunately blemished by being "hipped;" has St. Clair blood, through her dam Aristola No. 3;is like to become standard before July; is unbroken; has always run out; will be taken up for sale. 11. — Adella, bay mare, May 4th, 18S0; sire Election- eer, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian; dam Addie Lee, by Culver's Blackhawk; second dam, dam of Index. Of her sire Elec- tioneer nothing need be said here. Of the merits and pedigree of her dam Addie Lee, see remarks to No. 1. Adella is full sister to Adair, winner of the great Stanford Stake of 1SS2 ($3,900), in which he got record of 2:34 } at three years, aud lias record of 2:30 at four years old, at Chico, 1SS2. Adella is standard (sire and dam both standard), is kind, gentle, well broken to harness, is an extra fine buggy mare, is compact, muscular, weight about 925 pounds, good feeder, strong con- stitution, without a blemish; should she not develop great speed when trained, will be an invaluable brood-mare. ~12. — Adina, bay mare, March 7th, 1881; sire Electioneer; dam Addie Lee; is full sister to Adella No. 11. There are no other daughters of that great sire Electioneer, out of as good a dam as these are, that are for sale at any price. Adina ran out at pasture all summer, fall aud winter, until the middle of January. The owner has had a liberal offer for these mares since he decided to have an auction sale, but they will. not be sold at any price at private sale. 13 — Hambena, bay mare, March9th, 1SS1; sire General Ben- ton, of Palo Alto Stock Farm; dam Lady Hamilton No. 2, by O'Neil's horse son of old St. Clair; second dam May Queen, by old St. Clair; Gen. Benton is well known through the performance of his colts; for pedigree and merit of Lady Hanibleton see No. 2, this catalogue; Hambena is a jewel; she is spirited, but kind and gentle as possible, with a great deal more than ordinary horse intelligence; trotted better than three minutes at two years, and "likes to trot;" is well broken to harness, but has been kept back instead of being pushed; would make a fine family mare; would do for a lady's driving; will surely be fast if trained; would make one of the finest brood-mares; at Palo Alto Stock Farm the combination of Bentou and St. Clair blood in fillies is considered especially valuable for breeding to Electioneer or his sons. 14. — Loxa, bay mare, 1SS2; sire General Benton; dam Lady Hamilton No. 2; is full sister to Hambena No. 13; is at Palo Alto Stock FaiTU, running out; halter broken only; will be taken up for this sale. She has good gait and action — look at her — see Hambena No. 13; these mares would be invaluable to any one starting a stock-farm, as from their combination of blood they would cross well with any of the best blood iu the State, except that of their sire. 15. — Hamel, bay gelding, April 11th, 1SS0; sire Electioneer; dam Lady Hamilton No. 2. Hamel is a very handsome, fine- gaited, good-tempered colt; has lots of speed and likes to show it; is well broken (single), can show a 2:40 gait handily; has been running out; will be taken up for this sale. 16. — Gkanetta, black mare, May 4th, 1SS0; sire Berlin; dam Nellie Grant, by Geueral Taylor, son of the "Morse horse"; second dam by Old St. Clair. Nellie Grant was bought by E. H. Miller, Jr., when four years old, of R. H. Makall of Sacramento, who raised her; an exhibition of her speed on the road in a butcher's cart led to the purchase; she was put in training and developed great speed very quickly, but get- ting injured was put to breeding. Granetta is unbroken, is and always has been running out; will be taken up for this sale; if she should not in handling develop speed as her dam did, she will be a good brood-mare; her pedigree is good as need be. 17. — Grantor, bay gelding, May 20th, 1SS1; sire Berlin No. 1; dam Nellie Grant, by Gen. Taylor; second dam by Old St. Clair; is full brother of Gran- etta No. 17; is running out and always has been, ex- cept for a month or two when he was taken up because he was not doing well at pasture, and while up was broken to harness; he is gentle, has good gait, was easily broken, drives kindly. 18. — Alanna, brown mare, April 15th, 1SS1; sire Berlin No. 1; dam Aristola No. 3; second dam Lady Hubbard, by Benecia Boy; is a perfect beauty; is broken to harness, good- gaited, spirited and stylish. AT HLET ICS. Kittleman the Winner. Death of Belle and Woodbine. Two of the best known trotting brood-mares in the United States recently passed away to green pastures anew. A late communication from Woodburn Farm states that on account of old age and debility the noted mares Belle and Woodbine were destroyed. Belle was foaled in 1857, got by Mambrino Chief, dam by Brown's Bellfounder. In 1S61 she threw her first foal, a bay filly, to the cover of Iron Duke. She was then owned by Samuel Aycrigg, of Paterson, N. J., who sold her to the late R. A. Alexander. Her next foal was the famous sire Bel- mont, produced in 1S64. Missing a year, she produced Bain- bridge, to the cover of Edwin Forrest, and the following year produced a bay colt to the same sire. She was then bred to Tattler, and in 1S69 produced Belmira, the dam of Sorrento. Her foal of 1S70 was Bellwood, by Woodford Mambrino, fol- lowing in 1S71 with Bicara, the dam of Pancoast, 2:25iJ, to the cover of Harold. For 1S72 her produce was Fleurette; 1S73, Sassacus; 1S74, McCurdy's Hambletonian, 2:264; 1876, Ber- nice; 1S77, Beldemeer, and 1S79, Lucas Brodhead, her last produce, all to the cover of Harold. Woodbine was foaled in 1S55, got by Woodford, the thor- oughbred sou of Kosciusko, dam of unknown blood. She was bred by Muson Henry, Woodford County, Ky., and sold to R. A. Alexander. In I860 she was bred to Mambrino Chief, and the following year produced a brown colt. Up to 1S6S she did not miss a year, producing in 1S62 a bay colt by Merrimac; 1863, Woodford Mambrino, 2:21$; 186*4. a bay colt by Merrimac; 1S65, Silence, by Alexander's Abdullah; 1S66, Jubilee, by Mambrino Pilot; 1S67, Marmion, by Maui- brunello; 1S6S, Tomahawk, by Roseoe. Between 1S70 aud 1S74 there was no interval. She was reserved for Belmont the balance of her breeding career, with one exception. Her foal for 1S70 was Woodbridge; 1S71, Wedge wood, 2:19; 1872, Euglewood; 1873, Albiue; 1S74, Buckthorn; 1S76, Weisbaden; 187S, Monaco, all to Belmont's cover, except Buckthorn. In 1S79 aud 1S80 she aborted. Both Belle and Woodbine were celebrated as the dams of winners and of the getters of win- ners. The combination of ingredients used in making Brown's Bronchial Troches is such as to give the best possible effect with safety. They are the best remedy in use for Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases. The match-talked of and long-expected foot-race between Fred Harmon and M. K. Kittleman is a thing of the past The morning first fixed for the race, Sunday, February 3d proved very rainy, and ruined what had been acknowledged on Saturday by good judges to be a first-class track, and with the attention it was still to get would make it as fine a huadred-yard turf path as ever was seen. Early Saturday morning the parties interested went to Oakland and found the track six inches deep with mud, and, as a consequence impossible to run on. The referee and stake-holder on learn- ing the desire of both men and their backers to run at the first opportunity, changed his base of operations, and on Mr Allen, the proprietor of the Oakland race track, getting pos- session of the Recreation Grounds on this side of the bay for the day and race, the runners were ordered to appear there on Monday, February 4th, at 4 p. m., rain or shine, and ran. The track there is composed of "macadam" aud clay on which the rain had no effect, other than to improve it. On Saturday night a few pools were sold at the pool rooms on Bush street, in which the men sold even up, but ouly a few hundred dollars were put in the .box. Monday proved a most unpropitious day for foot-racing, or out-door sports of an kind, as it began to rain about noon, and the day closed in a storm. However, as it was play or pay, quite a crowd, estimated at between four and five hun- dred, were present to see the novelty of two champion 100- yard runners, stripped naked running through the driving ram for the large stake of §3,000 a side. Pool-selling was very brisk and started in early in the afternoon, with Kittle- man favorite at 2 to 1, and at these odds about ten or twelve thousand was put in the box. Later in the afternoon and just before the start Kittlenian's stock advanced, and the last pool sold was $45 to $15. The track is a good 100-yard path, about nine feet wide, which was divided down the center by a line of lime serving as a rope. Harmon who starts with his right foot on the mark, conceded the left side to Kittleman without tossing for position. The referee called the men out at 4:30 p. m., when the crowd left the pool- stand aud arranged themselves along the line of the path next the rope, which had been stretched about 20 yards away. Harmon selected as his judge Mr. Geo.Rudge, and Mr. Geo. W. Putman, of Denver, acted iu the same capacity for Kittleman. The timers were Messrs. Eisman, Wilson, and Townsend, while the position of starter was accepted by Peter Mclntyre. Everything being in readiness, the runners, who came out in tights and shirts, took a short "wanning up spin" and then stripped for the start. The understanding was, that it was to be a standing start, but not penalizing. But on being ordered by Mclntyre to toe the mark, it at once became apparent that both men were playing for the "best of it," aud more desirous of a nyii.c start, as neither man would stay on the mark lung enonfh for the other to get up, making it simply inipossibfe fur the starter to fire them off standing. After hopping, scoring and breaking over the mark repeatedly, they made a breakover a great deal closer than any previous attempt, and after net- ting off about 20 feet they were even, when Mclutyre fired the pistol. Just at the instant of its discharge a perceptible "slacking np" was seen iu both men, but at the sound they again bounded forward with a very even shirt. It was a grand race from there to the tape, and impossible for those at the finish to tell the leader until about 30 yards from "homo. " when Kittleman was seen coming with a wonderfull burst of speed and about two feet in front, which he increased from there about a foot, winning a grand race and beating a man thought to be invincible for that distance, and placing him- self on record as good if not the best 100-yard runner in the United States. Owing to the start given them, the timers did not time them, as no one expected they would go. Num- erous outside watches were held on it, however, bntall plainly showing the advantage they got in the start by marking the time from S| to 9$ seconds. No estimate can be made of the time, although admitted by all to have been faster than any- thing they ever saw, as there is no way of knowing how far they were over the mark when the gun went off, and even then it would be impossible to figu re as both men were running. Harmon's friends fell heavily, and were, in fact, "bet to a stand-still" by the Kittleman party. Cortez Thompson, Kit- tleman's trainer, must have won a nice sack, as he did not allow a man to offer any reasonable bet a second time. Advice to "Youngr Athletes on Training. [L. E. Meyers in N. T. Sportsman.] Two Hundred Twenty Yard Running. — I take up this dis- tance, notbecause it comes nextin order, butbecause, after 100 yards, is the mostindulged in of anysprint race. The few hints given about 100-yard running, with a little modification, will apply to distances between 100 and 220 yards. Some trainers maintain that if a man is fit to run 100 yards properly, that can go most any distance. This is in a great degree true, but a man, when thoroughly trained for 100-yard race, must be an exceptional judge of pace to go beyond that distance and do himself credit. . Most athletes consider 220 yards a most gru- elling race, and justly so, for it is nothing more or less than the same rate of speed, or nearly so, that is required to go 100 yards carried over more than twice that distance. It is a curious thing that although this distance is most pop- ular with our games committees, it is almost entirely neglect- ed by our English cousins; in fact, it is very rarely run in En- gland. A man requires both great speed and fairly good stay- ing powers to run this race properly. To sum it up in a few words, an athlete to run a good "two-twenty" should be able to start well, run fast, aud stay tue whole distance at almost speed limit. A great mistake made in running this distance is too much hurrying in the first hundred yards or so. Yon must be careful not to run yourself oft' your feet before the finish. There is no distance that requires more head work tfaau this. It makes no difference how short the distance may be (meaning, of course, anything from LOO yards up), there is such a thing as making too much haste at the beginning, and not being able to finish properly. How to Prepare for the Distance. — Practice starting accor- ding to the directions given before, because it is as essential to know how tn start iu this* distance as in a shorter one. Ruu about 100 yards three or four times at almost your best pace. After resting awhile, and yon feel that your wind has entirely returned, then run from 300 to 400 yards at a pretty stiff pace. If you fiud, in going this distance* that you are giving out, do not labor and roll all over the track, but draw yourself in a bit, and gradually slow down to an easy canter. You will iu this way learn to recover yourself without losing your form, a feat which you will ffnd, us you advance in ath- Uenoe, it is quite accessary to know how to perform. I have often seen a scratch man in a handicap race win, when 1884 *$%c fSfrjeefe ami j^portstnmi. thoroughly run out, by simply knowing howto nurse himself and make his opponents think that he had a good deal in hand. I therefore warn the beginner, when in practice he finds himself "going to pieces," to haul in a little and take it easy for a few strides, and he will find himself able to con- tinue the journey, and in all probability to show a burst of speed at the finish, whereas, if he had continued to labor and fight, he would, in all probability, not be able to finish. Football. If the weather permits, a football match will be played at the Recreation Grounds this afternoon. The contesting teams will be the University and Merions. The game will start at three o'clock sharp, and will be played under Rugby Union rules. The Merions will select their team from the following list, viz., Fenlayson, Eyre, B. S. Benjamin and Barney Benjamin, Foster, Lyons, Campbell, Theobald, Hill, Bancroft, Barkworth, Cookson, Tracy, Burnett, Petersen, Creighton and Dinkelspeil. The University have only lost a few of their players of last year, and have excellent material to fill up with. The Rugby Union International Football match between England and Wales, January 5th, resulted, after a hard and well-contested match, in favor of England, by one goal and two ties to one goal. Foot-racing in the west is a precarious occupation and nearly every "sprinter" has had narrow escapes from dying with hie spiked shoes on. John W. Cozad was a notorious "jobber." He met a violent death. In 1868 he ran on the old Fashion Course on Long Island, and up to the time of his death in 1882 traveled in every state and territory and Mex- ico, foot-racing for a living. A dozen times his schemes were discovered by his dupes and as many times was he shot at and as often escaped unhurt.. The western press several times published obituary notices of the "pedestrian pirate," but he was finally caught napping and killed. He had been referee of a foot race at Salida, Col., and "the wrong man" won. For a cousideration Cozad decided the race the other way and awarded the stakes to the loser. The cheated pe- destrian hid his wrath, laughed over the matter and treated the crowd to drinks. While Cozad's back was turned a quan- tity of poison was placed in his whisky, from the effects of which he died. ■» The ten-mile international amateur skating contest was held at the Washington Skating Park, Brooklyn, on January 25th. There were 18 competitors, principally from New York and Canada. G. Phillips of New York, R. A. Elliot of Canada, were the favorites, but Axel Paulsen of Norway, im- mediately after the start assumed the lead and kept it through- out the race, covering the ten miles in the unprecedented time of 39 min. 7 2-8 Bee. Elliot came in second and Phillips third. Phaff, Montgomery and See also beat the best previous record. Roy, and they all show much precocious genius. Mr. Leavesly has secured two bitch puppies. Mr. H. Frutig has been for- tunate in getting a dog-puppy, and although he has raised a good many dogs in his time, for Harry although a young man, is an old Bportsman and one of our crackest shots — ad- mits that for spirit and intelligence this puppy beats them all. Messrs. Wright and Henry, George, John and Edgar Holla- way, all good sportsmen and enthusiastic dog-men, have choice pups from Fanner's Queen aud Bartlett's Rose, with which they calculate to take the persimmons at our next field trials. Mr. John Paine, a great lover of dogs and a tine shot, has a promising puppy from Bartlett's kennel, with which he hopes to capture the Pacific Coast Field Trials Derby, and Mr. J. R. Payne, himself of chivalrous Tennessee stock, will be satisfied with nothiug less than a Couut Noble Peep-oVDay puppy, and has written to Mr. Sanborn for one that he hopes will rival the great champion Gath. Capt. Messic aud Dr. Mojey have two very fine dogs of the Ralston breed. I have not seen them out in the field, but from what I can learn from others their nose and style are equal, if not superior, to the dogs of known pedigree. Mr. Louis Loupe has a fine Gordon, the best duck-dog in the State, and Dave Dunham, E. S. Har- rison and many other members possess fine-bred dogs, but as they do not proclaim and discuss theirmerits at street-corners, I am not posted about them. Gilroy is a small place, but the inhabitants thereof are aw- ful plucky, and whether it is a coursing match, a horse-race, a fireman's tournament, a clay-pigeon match, or a masked ball, they don't intend to be "left out." The club is in a prosper- ous condition and contains amoag its members most of the large lauded proprieters in the vicinity, including Messrs. Dunn and Donnelly, Sam Rea, J. P. Sargent, P. G. Anzar, and many more are talking about joining. Gilroy, Feb. 6th, 1SS4. Clay Pigeox. Coursing for Coin. The long promised visit of Lord Harris' team of Cricketers to America was definitely arranged for the coming season, but it will be necessary to postpone it still another year, owing to Lord Harris' inability to obtain a fairly representative team. Robert Henry, of Fishkill, New York, an athlete, is cred- ited with skating on the Hudson from Fishkill Landing to Al- bany, January 19th, a distance of 101 miles, in ten hours and twenty minutes. A number of young gentlemen proficient in gymnastic ex- ercises have organized the Nemo Athletic Club. Address all communications 712 Leavenworth street. At the Hawthorn Grammar School sports held on the .~>th of November, 18S3, at the Cricket Grounds, Melbourne, Aus- tralia, Hillston kicked the football 177 feet. Lawn tennis has of late become very popular in California. The University have started a club and are practicing regu- larly. THE KEN NEL. The Gilroy Club and their Dogs. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — I am informed that Mr. Thomas Brady has been doing considerable talking of late about his wonderful greyhound Wee Nell, and how she can beat any greyhound on this coast, and offering to back her for any amount, when he knew the parties present had no money about them. Now I will give him a chance to win, or may be lose, some money. I will match a greyhound against Wee Nell, best two in three or three in five, for $250 a side, or as much more as he wants to run for; the race to take place on the San Joaquin valley, the place of meeting and time of race to be mutually agreed on. I hereby place in your hands fifty (S50) dollars as a forfeit, hoping that Mr. Brady will be as anxious to cover it as he was to make matches on Wednesday evening last, or stop bluffing. If the above challenge is not accepted by Mr. Brady, it is open to any greyhound belonging to the Pacific Coursing Club. Come, gentlemen, don't do all your coursing in saloons (as your greyhounds might scumble over the spitoons), but come to the finest coursing ground in the world, the great San Joa- quin, and give your world-beaters a chance to expand their lungs, and may the best dog win. When the articles of agreement are signed I will name the greyhound for the con- test. Until then I will sign myself Cornkrake. California Coursing- Club. At the meeting of this club held at their rooms, 539 Califor- nia street, on Wednesday evening last, it was decided to hold the spring meeting at Merced on March 27th and 28th, leaving this city on the 26th. The stakes to be ran are an all-aged stake, limited to 32 dogs, and a sapling stake open to all puppies not over one year old. As the number of nominations is limited, entries should be sent ac soon as possible to J. F. Carroll, 213 Pine street, in order to secure a place in the list. Over the Snow. When the wheels of a carriage creaked over the snow in the Central Park drives yesterday, people turned aud looked after the vehicle in surprise. It seemed almost as much out of place as would a cutter, with luufHiug robes and jingling bells, in the dog days. There were very few of these wonder- provoking apparitiuns, however, and in these few cases there were outward evidences that all concerned felt keenly that they were outof joint with the times. There wai a lack of jaunti- ness in the drivers, an apparent desire for seclusiou on the part of the occupants, while even the horses seemed a trine ashamed of their inappropriate surroundings. The sleighing was grand. It is seldom better. The bare spots that the rains and the wear and tear had made iu the roads were patched up by the light fall on Sunday, and as the runners sped along there was no occasional "scratch" to set the teeth on edge. There was no knee-deep traveling to use up the horses, but a hard level roadway thut gave every op- portunity for speeding and made drivers just itch to speed in the park. Now andjthen apparently, the impulse could not be restrained. Shortly before nightfall a yellow painted cut- ter with a glistening black horse came tearing around a curve a quarter of a mile from the Fifth avenue entrance. A black cutter with a beautiful bay was just ahead. The driver turned his head at the sound of the pursuing bells; his eyes met those of the other driver, aud the two seemed at once to un- derstand each other; there was a shake of the reins, a chir- rup, and off went the bay like a flash, with the noge of the black at his girth. It was almost neck and neck for awhile, but just ahead was a crossing for pedestrians, at which there were a number of women and children. A grey coated po- liceman waved his arms frantically and shouted, but the pair were by him and almost out of sight before he got his arms down. The air was delightful. In the early morning and in the evening it was cold enough to satisfy any who yearned for an ear-nipping, face-catting atmosphere, but in the afternoon there was an autumn mildness, while the rapid motion caused just enough tingle to make it real, orthodox sleighing. On the roads above the park the steeds were "let out" for all that was in them. There were any quantity of "brushes," plenty of stopping by the way, and a great deal more hilarity generally than in the park. Early in the morning the "triangle brigade" got to work at the snow that .covered the ice on the lakes at the park, and before nightfall had cleared space enough to admit of several thousand people enjoying the sport. The "triangle"' has its mouth open, and so is really a V. It is made of heavy wood, solidly bolted, and is drawn by a horse. When it has got within its enclosure all the mow it can carry along without spilling over, it is taken to the edge of the lake, its rear point lifted, and is then driven off. The snow that it has deposited is shoveled on the banks by workmen stationed there. Park policeman No. 66, who was stationed in the house for the accommodation of skaters, endeavors to make it as in- teresting as possible for all the small boys who came in to warm themselves or to adjust their skates. He carried a stout hickory stick in his hand and seemed to think it incum- bent upon him to ply it most industriously. He did so. No matter what the boy was doing—or whether he was doing anvthing — if he came in the way of No. 66 he was bound to get a welt over the legs or back. At times No. 66 was posi- tive in this exercise, and went in with a will; at other times he was negative, and in a dreamy, mechanical way, welted the legs as he walked along, apparently through force of habit. Occasionally No. 66 would vary the monotony of the thing by seizing by the neck some urchin who had nut been spry enough in getting out of the way and flinging him out doors. "I'll attend to the matter," said gray bearded Captain Beatty when spoken to; "it is against the positive rule to do anything of the kind, and I will see that it is not repeated." Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— The members of the Gilroy Club are determined to keep pace with the march of improvement. They are of the opinion that the objects of a sportsmans' club should be not only their own recreation and sociability, but the preservation of game during the close sea- son, and also the importation and propagation of foreign game. They also pride themselves npon their dogs, and now that the Gilroy Annual Field Trials have become a fixed institu- tion, they will spare no expense compatible with moderate means to improve their breed. Mr D. M. Pyle has bred his setter bitch Daizette, by Bennett's- Eegent, ex. Waddington's, now Goodman's, Daisy, to Mr. J. Y. Ross' Carl, by Leicester, ex. Dart. Mr. H. D. Bartlett, president of the club, will breed his California Eose, a splen- did Drake, ex. Queen, bitch, to either Carl or Aldrich's Mac- gregor. Mr. H. M. Briggs will again breed his imported Irish setter bitch Fern, to Eace, Jr. Mr. Farmer will breed his Queen to Carl or Mayberry's Dan. Mr. Leavesly has pur- chased from Mr. J. H. Brook of Oakland, his Llewellin Bet- ter bitch Juno, by Aldrich's Maegregor, ex. Lulu Laverack. MacgTegor is by the celebrated English field-trial winner Eob Eoy, who beat the renowned Eanger, and was imported by Mr. Arnold Burgess at an expenses of SI, 500. The dam of Maegregor is Mr. Tristam Burgess' beautiful and faultless Queen Mab, also a fine field dog. Lulu Laverack was im- ported by Judge Gale, late of Oroville, a well-known con- noisseur of pure dogs, and is the only fine Laverack setter on this coast, and is a perfect picture of beauty. Mr. Leavesly is undecided as yet to what dog he will breed her, but he is highly pleased with his purchase, his experience in dog- breeding convincing him that the mental and field qualities of the dam are of far more consequence in raising a litter of fine pups than those of the sire. He is also breeding for Mr. E. W. Hill of Oregon, his imported Irish setter bitch Nida, bv Larry, ex. Eed Bess—the Elcho-Eose stock— by Nerno, ex. Quail III. Nida is a beautiful bitch and a fine field dog. She is thoroughly broke, and would have ran in the Gilroy field trials had she not been "in season." Mr. P. G. Anzar of San Juan, will breed his field-trial winner Ola to the best dog he can select. Ola is by Count Warwick, ex. Leah. Count Warwick is grandson of Leicester and Leah, imported by Mr. Bartlett, combined some of the best blood in the east. Leah is dead, but was a beautiful and symmetrical little bitch, with all the promise of making a brilliant field dog. Mr. An- zar has raised one litter of pups from Ola, by Bartlett's Eob We regret to learn that Mr. W. S. Davis, of the Phcenix Insurance Company of this city, has recently lost his red Irish setter puppy, Count Eouge, by Eace, Jr., from C. N. Post's Dido, from distemper. Count Eouge was a most promising, handsome puppy, and about eight months when he died. The first time Mr. Davis had him out on the field he made six fine points on quail, true and staunch as could be made by an old, thoroughly trained dog, and retrieved in splendid style. We have had to record so many cases of this nature lately that the question forces itself upon us whether or not our dog owners are not breeding in too closely, for, beyond a certain point, it has a tendency, be- yond doubt, to make the offspring delicate in physical organ- ization. It would be well, at all events, to look into this matter, and see if in-breeding is not being carried too far. From the early promise Count Eouge gave of distinction in after life, his death is a loss to the kennel wealth of the State, and we are having too many of the same sort for the welfare of our dog breeders and the State also. Mr. D. M. Pyle, of Gilroy, is breeding his fine setter bitch Daizette, to Carl this season. Daizette has many fine qual- ities, and is said to display great intelligence on the field. Carl is known to be one of the finest dogs of his kind in the State. The pedigree of both is unexceptionable. True, the grandam of Daizette was sister to Dart, the mother of Carl. The issue, when it comes, will carry the blood of those men- tioned, and also Eegent, Carlowitz, and others of standard reputation. We are glad to find Carl has recived a number of first-class bitcheB. We spoke last week of pose in dogs while huntiug. The celebrated Gath is credited with the most remarkable case of the kind within our knowledge. On one occasion, while taking a flying leap over a high bush, he scented his birds below, and then aud there straightened himself out in the air, and came to the ground on as stiff and staunch a point as a, dog could assume. It is said when he reached the ground not a muscle moved until the bird was flushed and killed. We call that a grand instance of capacity. The officers elected at the meeting of the National American Kennel Club are: President, J. Palmer O'Neil; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Bryson. A resolution was adopted to close the Derby entries April 1st, and the entries to the all- age stake November 1st, a forfeit of $10 and $15 additioual for starters being required. Mr. Leavesley, of Gilroy, has sold his lemon and white English setter bitch, Dora, by Bennett's Eegent, ex. Leaves- ley's Juno, to Mr. T. P. Izard, Santa Barbara. Pvcie, $100. The Czar of Eussia is said to be sending a racing stud to England. Parole's earnings from 1875 to 1SS3 were $82,184.25, The Queen's Plates, and Who Pays for Them. The question is asked, Does Queen Victoria contribute any- thing towards what are called Queen's plates? The general unhorsey public suppose that Victoria draws a check for 3,600 guineas on her bankers and presents it to the British turf. This is by no means the case, for the Queen can do better with her money. The $1S,000 required for the money prizes at various races comes from the pockets of the tax-payers, a part of it from the privy purse, aud an- other part from the consolidated fund. When, iu IS44, that scandal of the British turf the "running rein" business was exposed, two select committees, one from the lords, the other from the commons, looked up the question of Queen's plates, and their sources were shown. In England the question of how much money ought to be won at a race by the owners of a horse, has lately been agitated. If the stakes art small the owner of stables are obliged to gamble, iu a betting way. taking the chances of gaining a much larger amount than hat oi the Queen's plate. The Cesarewitch and the Cam- bridgeshire handicaps appear to be only races upon which a backer may win a large sum. Although so much Eubs is made about the Derby, speculation on that event seems to be lim- ited. At the late Epsom, though a horse of pom- merit won, Lord Arlington and Sir Frederick Johnstone, who had the market to themselves, only pocketed u paltry $100,000. This is indeed saddening. An effort, then, is to be made in En- gland to increase the Queen's plate, and instead of fritter- ing it away in several 800 guinea stakes, to lump il on two or three races. The last suggestion is to restrict the character of the animals, aud to allow the running to be made only by horses bred within a certain district or county, or to be ridden by their owners. An action of this kind would exclude American horsos. It is not likely, however, that anything of this kind will ever be carried out. Names Claimed- By E. Newland, Oakland. California. Liki.ink. for sorrel filly foaled— by Belle Alta, son of \\ il- liamson's Belmont, pxrrtsrnatt. 87 General Topics. The opening concert of the frogs on Saturday night, the 26th of the last month, has not been interrupted. Every evening since the joyous notes have rung out soon after the grey shades of the darkened twilight fell, and from then until morning there "was no break excepting the few momenta when the leader of the orchestra stopped to gather fresh en- ergy for the ensuing refrain. Since the commencement there have been only two days without more or less rainfall, and every night has added to the welcome supply. From all over the State comes the same good news. In a few places there is already complaint of too copious a pluvinal award, and "wash- outs" and high streams are reported from sections of the country which are usually considered to be the most endan- gered from drouth. With the spring showers, which scarcely ever fail, there is an assurance of good crops of every kind, and it must be the most inveterate pessimist who still in- dulges in gloomy forebodings. Fortunately, the north winds are a long way off, so far that we are not going to borrow trouble so many months in advance. Last Sunday was one of the brightest days since the rain commenced, and though the clouds gathered ere the after- noon was more than half through, the sunshine and warmth of the preceding hours were as glorious as could be. The rosebuds of the morning were blooming flowers at midday, and there was a deeper tinge of emerald on the Contra Costa hills before the sun was hid in the clouds. The old residents of California can scarcely appreciate the beauties of the grand climate. They imagine that it is a natural inheritance, a boon which they are fully entitled to receive, and though there is vaunting in the presence of strangers, at times there is forgetfulness and repining over slight annoyances which only climatic sybarites would rail against. It is worse than grumbling over the one crumpled roseleaf in the pillow to find fault with the warm showers, though the streets are a trifle sloppy, and the crossing from the ferry landing to the side- walk at the intersection of Market and Sacramento streets at- tended with discomfort. In dry weather there is a chance to dodge under the heads of the horses, and juke between a heavily laden truck and a horsecar, while now there is a shower of mud from the feet of the horses and the wheels of the wagons, and the spring to avoid feet and wheels is followed by a slosh in a puddle. Think over the difference in the situation, ye faultfinders, when the two inches of slop is represented by a foot and a half of inow, mud and water, or worse yet, when the frost king has congealed the mixture into spikes and adamantine inequalities, which wrench ankles and twist the spine until there is a screech of agony. Then too, a driving hurricane with the air full of sleet and sharp ice spicules that pierce like a red-hot needle, and a "polar wave" in place of the bland air of these February days. These are forgotten when years intervene between the long past and the present, and remembrance is blunted by the lapse of so many months, so many winters of continual springtime, so many seasons to Braooth the scars of former wounds. For all the beneficent, balmy influence of partial forgetfulness there should be rec- ollections to overcome the propensity to chafe over these minor troubles, and put an end to the ingratitude of snarling at that which in other countries would be received with a fervent welcome. Already a few of the trainers are grumbling at the rainfall that has checked the sharp work, the brushes and breezes that must be postponed until the tracks'are dry enough to set the horses agoing again. There is plenty of time yet between now and the 12th of April to harden the muscles and clear the wind, and in the meantime, there are opportunities to get out between the showers, and walk and trot, and once in a while, a canter on the sandy streets. The grass is growing apace, and there could not be a more favorable time for get- ting the benefit of a bite of the succulent herbage, which is more efficacious than all the ' 'cooling draughts, " ' fever balls'' and condition powders to overcome the tendency "hake" when rapid work is given. The young- sters have already got through the rudiments of the course, and have progressed so far in their education as to know how to gallop with weight on their back, and the vacation will be just the thing to bring back the snap and the spring which buoyant health gives. It does not take long to prepare the two-year-olds for a merry dash of half a mile, and that puts on the touches for the furlong further the middle of the following week, and then for the three-quarters on the closing day of the meeting. It was a capital arrangement of the programme of the Pa- cific Coast Blood-HorBe Association in limiting the longest dis- tances to be run to the two-and-a-quarter miles of the Pacific Cup, and the one and three-fourths for three-year-olds. It is also more in accordance with modern ideas to substitute dashes in place of heats, and in this way the hardest work of preparation is avoided. The great point of the old practices of conditioning horse3 was to take away their speed so that they could not tire themselves, and when their capacity was reduced to a ' 'big gallop" they could repeat the long distances in vogue in the old days. The comparatively slow pace, and the fat eliminated so that the respiratory organs were clear, made it possible for them to rate along heat after heat, the speed being sacrificed to give "bottom." The arguments that some of the admirers of the old-time race-horses offer to sub- stantiate the ground of greater endurance, are weak in the extreme. There is no question that the horses of the pres- ent possess the power of running as far as those of the past, and that there has been such an advance in the science of training as to retain the natural speed so as to take seconds from the time of every mile, no matter how longthe race. The spectators now-a-days are not satisfied with seeing a slow pace, and unless there is plenty of speed shown the races are voted uninteresting. There is about as much difference between the lightning express train and the old-time stagecoach as there is in the racehorses of to-day and those of forty years ago. In 1S23, when Henry ran a heat of four miles in 7:37J, l t was thoughtamarvelousperformauce;and twenty years later when Fashion reduced the time to 7:32$ it was held to be the extreme limit of race-horse speed. When a mile was run in the "forties" it was called good, and every time the forties were reached there were praises without end. In all distances, excepting single miles, the ' 'thirties' ' are nearly always marked, three and four miles the "twenties" are often times made, and for ths latter distance the "teens" are recorded three times in the calendar. While improvement has been made in breeding, still greater in rearing, and with a system of training that is far superior, a good deal is also due to the race-courses being kept in a far better shape for speed, and notwithstanding the arguments to the contrary, far safer for the horses. The deep gTound formerly in voguewas far more trying on the legs, and if the horses could have run as fast as they do new, few would have escaped breaking down. It is comparatively clear that the strain of the sheathings of the tendons is caused by the effort to leave the ground, and is not due to concussion. Therefore, the deeper the soil is harrowed the greater the strain, particularly when there is a give to the foothold, and the animal when making the violent effort to throw its body through the air has to make extreme exertions. A hard track can only be prejudicial to the feet, although there is danger of inflammatory action ex- tending to the limbs, and the advantages of enough loose dirt to overcome the blow cannot be too highly rated. When that is done every additional inch of soft materialis injurious, and this much good has resulted from the common California practice of having racing and trotting take place on the same day. It was impossible to cut up the race-courses so deeply as was the practice in old times, and the eastern running grounds are much improved in this respect over the old, old methods. Corroborative proof of the value of firm footing for horses to gallop upon is furnished by the immunity which "short horses" enjoyed. It was rare, indeed, that anything of a dis- astrous nature happened to the celebrities of the "quarter- paths." They ran on for season after season without injury to feet, and though this might be ascribed to the work being short, it was rapid enough to make up for the briefness. Many times the ordinary country roads were the courses, and when a track was especially prepared, the utmost pains were taken to give it a hard surface. A favorite plan was to turn a big kettle on its rim, load it with weight on the bottom, and haul it back and forward until the necessary firmness was obtained. When an important race was contemplated, it was frequently the custom to pack the earth solidly with tools, something like those used to batter down paving stones, and the clatter of the iron-shod feet was as sharp as the notes of hammer on anvil. As it is well known among sprint run- ners, the exercise that is essential to bring out a high rate of speed is more trying than when longer distances are to be compassed, and the strain of at once getting into the full stride more of a task on tendons and muscles than when the start is easier. The approximation of race-courses to quarter-paths is not the only benefit that has accrued from the teachings of the short-horse men. It was discovered that the system of train- ing which enabled the Printers, Boanerges, Harry Bluffs, Brimmers, etc., to compass from three hundred to seven hun- dred yards at a fearfully fast rate of speed, if carried further would enable those of the right breeding to go a reasonable distance much faster than when the old traditionary work was indulged in. A mean between the two; discarding the long gallops, the debilitating sweats under clothing, and in- creasing the work of the short horse to that which the pure lineage gave the capacity to stand. Last week it was stated in this colnmn that the changes in racing programmes had a good deal to do with a change in the systems of training, and it might be added that colt racing has also done its share in bettering the condition of the older horses. Some who have opposed the change and sustained their objections to the in- novations, as they term it, have offered arguments supposed to be conclusive, that it was patterning after "Bulger Dick," "The Warping Bars," "Burnt Offering," "Comet," "Big Gun," etc., and that in place of requiring ten or more gener- ations of blue blood, that breeders should look for types of the three-hundred-yard sort. A two-year-old that can carry 110 pounds, and run half a mile in the spring, in time that would puzzle the best of the cocktails, can reasonably be expected to rival the great four-milers of half a century ago, when the youngsters have got a fnll mouth, and that so easily as not to call for comment. Some of them, backed by these years of highbreeding and trained in accord- ance with modern principles, would leave such antagonists at the seven furlong pole, and not a few of the "old-fashioned," ''hard-bottomed" sort, hopelessly struggling at the three-quar- ter pole when they were gaily cantering across the winning score. Training the youngsters for their early engagements taught tbeir mentors, if not hopelessly stupid, that the exer- cise which was found correct for the shorter distance might be copied advantageously with suitable modifications for the longer. While teaching the handlers to follow a better course, the race-going public saw performances that suited them much better. There was life, animation, vigor in place of dreary waits between heats, and tired animals "repeating," when they should have been allowed to rest, and spur and whip mercilessly applied when there should have been care and soothing attentions. It is not surprising that there should be a "boom" all over the East in racing affairs, when the last few years have shown such welcome changes. Although it is claimed that the en- thusiasm is induced by the building of fine race-courses, stands, club-houses, well-arrangedgrounds, and the parapher- nalia of wealth and fashion to heighten the effect. These are all good, though the main reasons for the advancement of the royal sport is the general popularity that it has acquired. Fine grounds, fine equipages, tastefully dressed people, especially ladies, mingle harmoniously together, and when the better classes patronize, there is an end to the rough ele- ment which formerly disgraced the horses and all connected with them. Were the old system of racing still in vogue, or should it be resucsitated, there would be a lapse into the old ruts. A few horses struggling together, heat after heat, the same old actors, and the stereotyped plays that have been brought on the stage time and time again; the laying up one heat, and it might be never more than two horses mak- ing an effort, and then the drooping head, heaving flanks, trembling limbs and blood-shot eyes telling of the barbarity that should be reckoned a penal offense. Contrast the bony, wornout skeletons that were called race- horses in the old days with the animals tbatare now presented. Their bodies are rounded with muscular tissue, and though all the extra fat has been eliminated,, the muscles are brought out full and smooth. The wasp- waist has given place to abdom inal girth, and in place of being "creased" in the quarters, there is only a slight depression. The coat glistens like the sheen on the neck of a gamecock, and the eye sparkles with animation. In place of dragging the feet listlessly along when walking, there is the firm, springy step like that of a young Highlander marching over heathery braes, and there is a disposition to take extra steps and indulge in erratic move- ments which tell more plainly than words that there is an exuberance of high spirits and lively feelings. There is a still more of a contrast in the racing. Call to remembrance any of the "four-mile-and- repeat" races, and compare the best of them with a good field of three-year-olds, at a Derby distance. Let us suppose that, of the twenty-eight nominations in the Winters' Stake, some eight or more come to the post. In the first place, it is worth going a long way to see such a gathering of highly-bred colts, all in the bloom of condition, not one that would not be worthy of Wyltenbach's pencil. When the flag falls there is different order from gal- loping at ease. The pace is rapid from the start, and when they came into the straight run home, the short horses would be puzzled to keep up. The "silks and satins" are changing places, now one bright hue in front, then another. Several are "locked" when the last furlong is reached, and the most stolid of the spectators are carried away by the excitement of the moment. In the long dragging race there may be excite- ment, but it arises from sympathy on one side or other, or it may be for the amount of money at stake in purse and wagers. The colts compel admiration and enlist the feelings so powerfully that the stoic becomes mercurial, the enthu- siast almost frantic with delight. Unless there are regrets over losses to embitter the recol- lection, the pleasure does not end with the proclamation of the winner. The race is run over in the memory, and the sa- lient features debated with an earnestness that proves how eagerly the contest was viewed. There is no question, too, but that the bound of the life currents through veins and arteries is a betterrejnvenator than all the nostrums in the Materia Med- ica, more potent to restore vigor than the elixirs of physicians from Galen to the last graduate who has a right to tagM.D. to his name. But the good and the excitement does not end with one race. The spring programme of the Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Association is full of events that cannot fail to be exciting, and every race on the card prove exceedingly good, it is fair to infer. The London Truth of the 10th says : ' 'The approaching sale of Lord Falmouth's stud has brought down a hailstorm of inco- herent eulogies on his head, and we read of his admirable sys- tem and his wonderful success and a deal more inflated twaddle. It would be more in accordance with facts if people were to envy Lord Falmouth's wonderful luck; for he has won an enormousnumberof valuablestakes without ever havingownea* a really first-class horse, with the possible exception of Wheel of Fortune. Silvio was confessedly a stone behind Chamant, and when Pilgrimage was well she could any day have given seven pounds to Jannette. Queen's Messenger was quite five pounds behind Cremorne, and Galliard, Atlantic and Chari- bert were certainly not first-class horses. As to Lord Fal- mouth's personal "character and turf policy, it would be im- possible to say too much in praise of both." Truth also in- sists that Lord Falmouth will not retire entirely from the turf, and that Matthew Dawson has no intention of giving up his profession and abandoning Heath House, though he, like Lord Falmouth, wiil curtail the extent of hia operation!. The retirement from the turf of Dan Swigert was announced a few months ago, he to devote himself exclusively to breed- ing. It is now an open secret that his son Robert will go on the turf in the spring, and that he is prepariug a lot of good ones for coming events. Foxhall's four-year-old brother PotoKi has been foreiyu turfman ami will be bhippt-d to German/. 88 ^Ixjc Itoeefc and jlpm-tsmmi. Feb 9 rttitt[ and jsvparismatt. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PUBLISHING CO. THE TURF AND SFOETIXG AUTHORITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. (TfFICE, 508 MONTGOMERY STREET P. O. Box 2603 Five dollars a year ; three dollars for six months ; cue dollar and a half/or three months. Strictly in adcance. Make at.t, Checks, Money Orders, Etc., payable to order of Breeder, and Sportsman Fublishtng Co. 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A discount of 10 per cent will be allowed on 3 months, 20 per cent on 6 months and 30 per cent on 12 months contracts. No extra rate charged for cuts or cutting of col- umn rules. No reading notice taken for less than 60 cents each insertion. San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 9, 1884. STAIXIOXS ADVERTISED. Singleton, J. T. Mcintosh, Box 60, Chico. La Harpe, J. T. Mcintosh, Box 60, Chico. Director, Jno. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Monroe thief. Jno. H. Goldsmith, Fashion Stable, S. F. Kyrle Daly (Tnip.i, John Mackey. Sacramento. X X iDonblecross). J. C. Simpson, 508 Montgomery St., S. F. Stanford, J. Fairbanks, Oakland. Mambrino Wilkes, A. L. Hinds, Stockton. Longneld, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Jim Brown, J Mackey, Sacramento. Echo. J. Mackey, Sacramento. Ahjona, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Alaska, J. Mackey, Sacramento. Prompter, M. W. Hicks, Sacramento. I*rivateer, M. W. Hicks, Sacramento. Anteeo, M. Rollins, Santa Rosa. Steinway. Geo. Wiley, DanviUe. Brigadier. J. B McDonald, MarysYille, Ha Ha, Fred Arnold, Stockton. Wildidle, H. C. Judson, Santa Clara. A- T. Stewart, Somers & Ayres, Fresno. Hubbard, T. J. Dale, Mountain View. Stallions Advertised— "Wildidle. Ha Ha. As has been stated before, some of the stallions adver- tised are to be represented in the Breeder and Sportsman, after Mr. Wyttenbach has had the opportunity to place their proportions in proper shape, and consequently, written descriptions are deferred until then. In course of time, and that not in the far-off future, we hope to present many of the equine celebrities of this coast, and certainly a large number are well deserving of the honor. "We take great pride in the procreative stock of Califor- nia, having a firm belief that there is not a single state in the union that can excel it in this respect, and few which are anywhere near its equal. In these short arti- cles it is manifestly beyond the scope of this page to amplify, no matter how great the merits, and all that is admissable is a brief account of their claims. That Wildidle is entitled to high rank among the thorough- bred sires of this or other countries will be conceded by every one who is conversant with the subject of breeding race-horses. On the score of blood, form and performances he can base his claims without danger of contradiction, and still better the do- ings of his progeny ensure him a fame, which is based on firmer ground than individual performances. By Australian, from Idlewild, will satisfy the critical on the score of breeding; his form will fill the bill even where there is a tendency to be very exacting, and we need not go further than the race won on the Bay District Course, four miles in 7:2.5^ to establish his reputation for speed and endurance. Ever since his colts have ap- peared on the turf there has been a succession of winners. Tillie C, Jim Douglas, Ella Doane, May D., the flying filly from Frolic, and several others have demonstrated his potency beyond question or cavil. While it alwavs appears invidious to particularize, especially when the comparison has to be made among good animals, we must acknowledge a preference, and in the Frolic filly, now called Freda, May D., and Jim Douglas, there is a trio which all right will make a good figure in any com- pany. Judging from the running of Freda last year, when as a two-year-old and with 107 pounds up she ran a mile in 1:423, it ls reasonable to expect that she will reach a high position if nothing befalls her. Jim Doug- lass is well known to be a real good one, and May D., after her run with Lucky B., at Stockton, and her gallop in the four-mile race at San Jose, could not be denied Hi.; glory she so thoroughly earned. Taken from all points of view Wildidle stands prominently among the get of his great sire and from such a dam as Idlewild it could scarcely be otherwise. There are risks in prophesying in relation to untried stallions, and yet there are young aspirants for the honors of the stud which are nearly certain to prove valuable as progenitors. Predications based on breeding, form, and individual performances may prove erroneous. Horses have failed when possessing all these attributes, and others held to be inferior, proved the better. But when to individual characteristics are united other qual- ifications, the greatest of which is close relationship to distinguish families, the vaticinations of future success are built upon solid foundations. Then there seems to be influence which is due to something ou t- side of physical formation, a nervous energy that stamps the offspring with the desired qualities. One of our galaxy which is worthy of being classed in the list of young sons with a good prospect is "Ha Ha." These prospeots are supported by all the points alluded to. Fine and fashionable breeding and with a wonder- ful flight of speed for the amount of handling. His sire Nephew has already taken a front position as the getter of trotters, and his grandsire Hambrino justifies Mr. Arnold in the term which he uses to epitomize the blood of Ha Ha. "Gilt-Edge," however, doesnot to come up to the truth, as there is full quantity of sheet in the composition. Hambrino being by Edward Everett, the sire of Judge Fullerton, Sheridan, Mountain Boy and six others inside of 2:28, and the dam of Hambrino was by Mambrino Chiefs and her dam the thoroughbred mare Susie, by imported Margrave. The dam of Edward Ev- erett was also thoroughbred and by imported Margrave, and Hambrino has a record of 2:2l£. The Black Hawk cross is highly valued, so that in Ha Ha is a combina- tion of nearly all the popular strains. New Racing" Rules. From a newspaper paragraph we learn that a new set of racing rules was presented at the late meeting of the Directors of the California State Agricultural Society, and that they were ordered piinted. As there was no in- timation of where these rules differed from the codes now in force, there can be no discussion regarding the merits, but few will disagree with us that there is great dan- ger in a multiplicity of laws, and will coincide in the opinion that there is greater safety in being governed by a uniform set of rules. Properly enforced, the code of the Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Association is all that is necessary for the management of racing. They are so nearly like the eastern that there are only a few minor differences, and the five years' use have taught owners and trainers so that they are fairly familiar with the provisions. Let a lawyer "doctor" them, that is, a lawyer who is fall of the quips and conceits, the tautol- ogies and absurdities which have been embodied from the days of Coke, and there is an end to eommonsense in the lucidation. The language will be so distorted, senten- ces so constructed that there will be glorious rows among the lawyers who must be summoned to explain what is meant, and which no two of them will define alike. Then there will be protests, exceptions and complaints without end, and the ' 'smart fellows" who spend half of their time in looking for "catches," will be in their glory. There will be plenty of cases of contempt of court, for some of these men who would still like to wear wigs and gowns are as tyrannical as Jeffries, as domineering as an autocrat. Ordering printed, however, does not mean adoption, and there will be time enough to consider when that first stage is past. If we are not greatly disappointed the ex- pense of putting in type might have been saved. Crown Point for Sale. As Mr. Yalensin has concluded to offer all of his trot- ting stock for sale by auction some time in the early part of March, he thought best to anticipate in the case of Crown Point, thereby giving the opportunity for the purchaser to lose no time in commencing the season. That he is a valuable horse from all points of view will be conceded. Fairly bred, finely formed, a fast trotter and as ''game as a pebble." it is only necessary to add that his colts are showing remarkably well to fill the bill completely. In the next number of the Breeder and Sportsman will appear the advertisement of the auction sale, and which will also contain some of the colts by Crown Point. From all we can learn they are sure to make their mark when brought on the track. The Stockton Purses. The San Joaquin Association advertise some purses which are so nearly like those of the State Fair alluded to elsewhere, that it is only necessary to call attention to the publish conditions. One will aid the other, as it is manifest that the greater number of purses for colts to en- gage in the greater incentive to train. Large Purses. In the proper column will be found an advertisement of purses offered by the State Agricultural Society. They are $1,000 each for two and three-year-old run- ners, and the same ages of trotting colts. A good feature is, that only five per cent, is required at the time of mak- ing the entry, and the other moiety when the opportu- nity is had to know what the colts are doing. There has been a great deal of controversy over the question of large and small purses, and whether purses or stakes were the best for the association to offer. We have always advocated the removal of as much of the burden as possible from the shoulders of those who afford the sport, but there has also to be due consideration of what the society can afford to give. Four purses of a $1,000 each for two and three-year-olds cannot be expected in this State without entrance fee, and there is the objection that even as lit- tle as five per cent, is beyond what many owners would like to risk in a first payment. The only objection that has been made to the programme of the spring race meeting is the smallness of the purses. Those who ad- vance that plea would not grumble if they were ten times as large, with the same condition of free entrance, but in that case the dollars would be on paper, and only a small proportion of the "face" received from the sources from which money has to come. The plan followed in the east of small stakes, and still smaller proportion- ally forfeits, with large sums added, can be followed there with only one risk to take, that being bad weather. There are mil] ions of people to draw upon within a cir- cuit of a few hundred miles, and in a circle of country with a diameter corresponding to the distance between Los Angeles and Redding, and the center of which is any of the large eastern cities, thousands and thousands of turf patrons are living. With more inhabitants in Cook county alone than the whole of California, with a network of railways in every direction, there are good reasons why the Washington Park Club can hazard such large amounts as are added to the stakes, and will be offered in purses. For the number of the population, there is no country which gives such a strong support to the sports of the turf and track as this, but in order that there must be a chance to balance debits with credits the purses must range at a moderate sum. The purses which called forth these remarks are duly ex- plained in the advertisement, and we predict that they will receive a hearty support from those having colts of the right age. State Fair Officers. In re-electing the officers of the California State Agri- cultural Society the Board made a wise move. We are firm believers in "civil service," so far, at least, that when men have proved themselves honest, capable and efficient, that it is best to retain them. From the presi- dent of the association, all through, there are none who deny that the present incumbents are worthy of praise. There may havd been errors, as it would be impossible to run a machine of the magnitude of the State institution without some friction in a few of the journals, and a "ho' box" once in a while will occur in the most highly fin- ished pieces of mechanism. The President, P. A. Fini- gan, has filled the office with great credit. He is inde- fatigable in his attentions, and makes all of his other business subservient to thit of the society. There are few men who would give so much time as he does, and still more limited is the number who have the other qualifications he possesses. Thoroughly posted in all pertaining to the speed department, and this is by far the most difficult to handle of any, he has insight that is of great service, and while as fair as can be in his rul- ings, there is an executive ability to control conflicting elements, and to compel a proper course from those who are only too ready to make trouble. It is a grand institution, this California State Agricul- tural Society. There is nothing like it in any of the other great states of the union, and to find a parallel we have to seek other fairs than those which are named after the states they are held in. The World's exposi- tions may draw fuller exhibits of mechanical skill, arts, and manufactures. They may attract huge crowds, and bring together hosts of people from all sections of the country. They are well worthy of support from many points of view, but as educators for all classes, though more especially for those who make a bus- iness of agricultural, horticultural, the breed- ing of domestic animals, and all pursuits in whole or part dependent on the farmer, there never was a fair that equals "ours." It will readily be acknowl- edged that it requires a high order of talent to properly manage an institution on which so much is depending, and very fortunate are the people of California in having men who are so competent and willing to serve them in these important positions. The Secretary we do not hes- itate to pronounce one of the best for the position that 1884 lit* \vm\cv and j^portsnum. could "be found. People are prone to think that all that is required is a handy use of the pen, to be accurate and quick in figures, prompt in the business of his office, and of an accommodating nature. Those only who have filled the position can realize the work that has to be done, and even the other officers have quite an inade- quate conception of the manifold duties. That Edwin F. Smith has so far done well, goes without further en- dorsement. That he will continue to do so is as nearly a "fixed fact" as anything that has to be decided in the future. The Board of Directors is so constituted that every de- partment is managed by men who are eminently well qualified for the important tasks. A majority of them have celebrity that is not confined to this side of the mouutains, reputations of the highest both at home and abroad, "representative men" in every sense of the term, who faithfully represent a great country and great in- terests, and a synopsis of these immense interests is em- bodied in the annual fair. Under the present effective management we cannot see any chance for retrogression, and in this belief we sincerely congratulate the people of California on the election of the officers of the State Fair. E. H. Miller, Jr. 's Horses. Elsewhere will be found a list of the stock of E. H. Mil- ler, Jr., which is to be sold at auction on the 27th of this month by S. C. Bowley; the place of sale, conditions, etc., are in the advertisement. The fullness of the des- cription does away with the necessity for further ampli- fications, unless it be to endorse the claims made from personal knowledge of the animals. The Electioneers and Bentons are worthy of still higher encomiums than are awarded in the list, and whosoever becomes the owner will certainly possess some of the best blood in the country. The Bentons are coming rapidly to the front; it is supererogatory to say that the Electioneers lead the van in all colt ages. Ever since 1856 we have stuck to the Blackbirds, and every succeeding year has confirmed us in the belief that the blood has never been rated too high. Berlin is doing his part in keeping up the reputa- tion of the family, and when "Wilber" talks of Thapsin he is more than ordinarily enthusiastic. The chance "to get hold of some of the St. Clair blood does not occur often, and there is not a breeding farm on the Coast which will not be benefited by adding that strain. Spring- Race Meeting 1 . All the preliminaries are now arranged for the Spring Race Meeting of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Associa- tion, and with favorably fair weather from this time un- til the close of the meeting there is almost a certain guar- antee of success. The rain has soaked the track so thor- oughly that without another drop the track can be got in first rate order. "When "just right" the Bay District Course is fast, and no pains will be spared to have it be- yond even hypercritical fault finding. The advertisement gives all the information necessary for those who intend making entries. "Crowded Out/ Owing to the pressure of advertising matter, there was necessarily crowded out a good deal that was in type for this issue-, and among which were several editorials. Advertisements which could be delayed were also deferred, and several came in too late for insertion. TH E RIF LE. At Shell Mound. The fifth of the series of matches between teams of the Fifth Infantry Battalion, Colonel Kanlett commanding, took place at Shell Mound on Sunday last. This is purely a fam- ily affair, if we may use the term, to encourage rifle shooting in the corps, and the contests are always of a most agreeable character, not the least being the splendid lunch Captain Siebe always provides for those present. On Sunday the trophy was supposed to be won finally by the Field and Staff team, as from beating Company A of Oakland it gave them three matches out of five. But the contest, we find, is not settled yet. On the ground of Nick Williams shooting in the Field and Staff team, as a recently appointed member of Colonel Banlett's staff, Company A claim the trophy, as Wil- liams' shooting was not correct. Colonel Kanlett has sub- mitted the question to Adjutant General Cosby, and it will be settled by the highest authorities in the State. But whether the point is settled in favor of or against the Field and Staff team it matters not to Company A of Oakland, a- in no case will they receive the trophy. This last and unex, pected result came to our knowledge on Wednesday mornings when by the returns we found the Petaluma company beat the Oakland company by four points, and so if the Field and Staff are ruled against there must be another match. This result is the best joke of the season among military men, but it is hard on outsiders, who were expecting to see the hand- Bonie trophy filled this week with genuine punch. The scores on Sunday were not as high as usual, but the percent- ages were good, being 83.56 and 81.39 respectively at Shell Mound, where the sight was bad, with 81.73 at Petaluma, and 76.88 at San Jose, where both teams are composed of inexperienced Bhooters. Colonel Kellogg, though suffering from severe sicknesB, made the grand percentage of 89.33. The Colonel is regarded as the best round shot at all distances in the State, and on Sunday we were much struck with his elegant, graceful and easy poise while shooting. It has been the practice hitherto to ridicule Petaluma on all sides. We shall, for the future, avoid this practice, for whatever else Petaluma may not possess, she has certainly some em- bryo first-class riflemen, who might take a notion to resent the badinage, and then some one would stand a good chance of being hurt. The scores on Sunday are as follows: officer's TEAM. Kellogg 5 5454454544544 5-67 Williams 4 5545545544445 *.— 67 Hovey 5 5455544454444 4— G6 Brown ..4 4445445545444 5-65 Kubnle 4 S»445545545444 4— C4 Gallagher 5 4444443544445 4-62 Sherman 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4—58 Parsons 4 6 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 2 4 4—58 Allnm 4 3433442545444 4—57 Total "^561 COMPANY A, OAKLAND. Mason 4 5454444555444 4—65 Pierce 4 4544444653444 5—64 Waltham 5 4444444544445 4—63 Barrell 5 4444444544444 4-02 Macdonald 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4—62 Daniels 4 3444443345544 4-59 McEwen ^ 4 4554434344434 4—59 Moore 4 5344435443434 4-58 Logan 3 4444235354244 5-56 Total 548 COMPANY C, PETALUMA. St. John 5 4445444554445 5—66 Houx 4 4554535544445 5—66 Tartman 5 4445555345344 3—63 "Wallace 4 4444544544454 3-62 Brink 4 4544455452444 3—61 Winans 5 5443344443446 4-60 Smith 4 4444443464434 4-59 Vestal 4 4434343444544 4—53 Fairbanks 4 5353454434334 3—57 Total 552 COMPANY B, SAN JOSE. Kivers 4 3553544444443 5—61 Barker 4 444434354434-5 5-60 Beach 4 4434444444534 4—59 Loryea 3 3-353444445444 4—58 Haight 3 5344334543454 4—58 Clow 4 334335444 3544 4—57 Hagan 4 4453433343444 5—57 Ingallsbee 4 3632343445444 4—56 Hills 2 4443535344234 3—53 Total 548 At Alameda- The California Schuetzen Club met at Alameda last Sunday for their regular monthly shoot. A very pleasant time was enjoyed, and the following gentlemen were successful in tak- ing prizes: Champion Class No 1 — Shrecker, 429 rings; first-class, F. Freese, 388; second-class, J. Utschig, 381; third-class, H. Heeth, 379, and fourth-class, Otto Bremer, 324. At the same place and time the Schuetzen Verein also met for their regular monthly shooting. Among these the follow- ing were succcessful in taking the first prizes: C. C. Eholfs, with 25 points; William Ehrenpfort, 25; F. Freese, 25; K.. Wertheimer, 24, and J. Horstman, 24. The next military match at Shell Mound will take place a week from to-morrow, 17 inst., as we stated in our last issue. This match is exciting as much interest almost as the Military Trophy match concluded last Sunday, and already bets are flying round that there will not be a difference of ten points in the scores at the finish. Thematchwill be between a team of ten men from the Second Artillery Regiment (Col- onel Smedburg), and ten men from the Fifth Battalion, Colo- nel Kanlett, at 200 and nOO yards. In the Artillery team there will be such men as Rubles, Mangels, Laufenberg, Lempke, Sprowle and Sime. The Infantry team will be chosen from Eanlett, Kellogg, Kuhnle, Williams, Hovey, Brown, Pierce, Waltham, Macdonald, Burrell, Mason and Wallace. The Police team, we understand, is laying back in- tending to challenge the winners. The match is fora friendly supper. Captain Austin, an American marksman, is giving exhibi- tions of his skill in Great Britian. At Leizcester he shot a potato from the head of his daughter, but at the third attempt the ball plowed her scalp and he was placed under arrest. The captain's arrest was very proper. There is really nothing more reprehensible than these rifle exhibitions which involve the possibility of death, because they are unnecessary and gratify only the most morbid natures. A fraction lower and the ball, instead of plowing up the girl's scalp would have plowed through her braiu, and all this danger for the sake of a two- bit or four-bit entrance fee. It is time such practices were stopped. MONMOUTH PARK. Long Branch, New Jersey, Tlie Following: Slake la Xow Open. The CHAMPION STALLION STAKES for 1885, for Colts and fillies two years old (now yearlings), to be entered at the course by ■! o'clock p M on tne day before the day appointed fur the race, of tll'iii i-irli with -s "'I' nd.L'-'] 1>Y tile M < •iiniu utli Park A Hwociation tn.i subflcrlp. tion of 3500 • ach bv owners of stallions, whose get alone shall he quali- fied to start' the second horse anil the subscribing owner of his sire each to receive sl,iim>; the third horse andthe subscribing owner ox Ids Bire each to receive B50O; the winner to receive the stakes ot horses en- tered for the race, and one-half of the money remaining after the fore- eoing deductions: the other halt to go to the subscribing owner of the sire of the winner: the death of a subscriber not to disqualify the gel of nliis stallion, if the subscription be paid; each nomination to be accom- panied bv a contract in the form subjoined, which. If not fulfilled unctuallv bv the subscriber, may be transferred to and fulfill.-. I DJ my owner or owners shall in that case be entitled to start and to the ten. lit accruing to the subscriber from first, second or third place in the race, sind to recover from him the money contracted to be paid, if no benefit accrues; fifteen subscriptions to fill Three-quarters of a mile. Form "t Contract. In consideration of the money to be added by the Monmouth Park Association to the Champion stallion Slakes for 1885, and in further , si'deratlon of the increased value given to the get of (my -stal- lion bv the right of entry therein, which right of entry Is not tulM Invalidated/by (my), decease ill agree in pay to the Monmouth Park Association,"! order, live hundred dollarson the first dav of .1 illy. 1S«, at its office in the city of New. ,.rk. The subs^ription'of stallions to the above stakes will close and name onAprlllst.lssl. subscriptions to be addressed to J. II. Cubit, Secre- tary Monmouth Park Association, Madison avenui and I wentyscventh S, M,' , |.orill..n'l'continnes his gift of S-..1J10 to the Lorillard Stakes The Champion Stallion Stakes and the Lorillard Stak-s are Intended to be '"t™ Lorillard Stakes for 1894, with the following conditions, will clone "^ZT^ZATuil^rme. forthree-year-olds. of es» each, h. f or only »10 if declared bv January 1st. 1885: or ISO if declared by January 1st. Lorillard: the Associatlonto add «1,000 for the second: he third to MT e his stak. • horses bred In the I'nited states are not eligible for litis stake unless their sires are represented by subtcrlptioua to the Champion Stallion Stakes for lsso. One mile and a half. i.i oki.i: I. IOBII.I.AKI). PreaMent. .1. H. COSTER. Secretary. The Thoroughbred Stallion WILDIDLE. By Imp. AUSTBALUX. Dam Idlewild, by Lexington. This great race-horse and successful sire will make the season of 1884, from February loth to June loth, at Judson's Wlldldle Farm. Santa Clara, Cal. Wildidle is the sire of Gov. Stanford's Frolic filly ireeord of one mile, 1:423, at two years old). May D. (with a record of one and one- half miles in 2:3c, the fastest on the Pacific Coastl, Jim Douglas Ella Doane. Wildidler, and others of note. Terms or season, 875, payable at time of service, and in all cases be- fore removal. Mares taken good care of at 88 per month. No responsibility for escapes or accidents. For further particulars address H. <•. 1 1 usii v Owner, or «. L- AHPtEBl. Sllpt.. P. O. Box 223. sauta Clara. Cal. The Trotting Stallion STEINWAY, With two. year- old record, third beat, of 2:31;.. and three- year-old rec- ord, fourth heat, of 2:25i. Terms. He will serve mares the present season, commencing February 1st and ending July 1st, 1884, at the Contra Costa Cook Stock Farm, Danville, County, At §100 for the season, payable invariably before tne animal is removed. Mares not proving with foal can be returned free the next season. Pasturage $5 per month, but no liabilitv for accidents or escapes Mares sent in care of McCleverty & Noblett. Fashion Stable, Oakland, or of S. J. Bennett, Martinez, or D. S. Smalley's Stable, Haywards, will be forwarded immediately to the farm. I>escripUo.i. He is a bay, 15 J hands high, weighing 1,175 pounds, long flowing main and tail, two white bind ankles, remarkable style and lofty car- riage; has a good, resolute head set on a stout neck: his shoulders do not mount very high on the withers. He has great length and a capa- cious middle piece, plenty of bone and substance; nie gait is big and square; his disposition is the very best. Steinway, by Strathmore; first dam Abbess, bv Albion, the sire of Vanity Fair, record 2:24; second dam by Marshall Nev, by imported Emancipation; third dam by Bertrand, he by Sir ArJhy;" Albion by Halcyon, a pacer; he by Virginian, a son o"f Sir Arcby. Steinway's dam is the dam of Solo, five-year-old record 2:28, and Nannie Smith the dam of C. M. Clay, two-year-old record 2:31j, winning the two-' year-old stake at Lexington last fall, beating the Palo Alto co!t and others. Solo and Nannie Smith are full sisters to Steinway. Steinway's dam is also the dam of W. S. Buckner's colt Currencv. that trotted as a yearling, the fall of 1882, in 2:46. See New York 'Spirit of the Times" of November 18tb, and "Turf, Field and Farm" November 18th, 1882. Strathmore is the sire of Santa Clans, 2:17*; and Tucker 2-191- Chestnut Hill, 2:22$; Alice Stoner, 2:24: Steinway, three-vear-old*. 2|25*; Nannie Talbert, five-year-old, 2:27; Solo, five-year-old. 2:28; Monitor'. 2:28J; Henderson, 2:28; Strathlan, three-year-old. 2:29J; and Stuart* three-year-old 2:28. Stuart is full brother to Belnor, who trotted a mile in 2 :52J at fifteen months old. Bedford trotted in the twu-vear- old sUke at Lexington last fall; was timed the second heat in 2:32i; Is by Strathmore also. Strathmore, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, the sire of Dexter, 2:17i; first dam by North American, the sire of Whitehall, he the sire of Rhode Island, record 2:23A, and he in turn got Governor Sprague, record 2:203; and he got Kate Sprague, record 2:18. The dam of Scott's Thomas, record 2:21, and Scott's Chief, record 2 :",£,. was by Whitehall; also North American, by Sir Walter; he by Hickory, sire imported Whip: North American's dam is a pacer. Strathmore 's second dam is by Harris' Hambletonian, he by Bishop's Hambletonian, be bv imported Messenger. Performances. Steinway has trotted four races ; at two years old he won the Lexing- ton stake ."mile heats, beating Memento, Jewett, Verbena, Admiration, Mystery, in 2:39, 2:32, 2:31 j. Memento won the first beat. As three- year-old, at Sharpsbury, Ky., August 8th, 1879, over a miserable half- mile track, he beat Bushwhacker, record 2:27, and Blackwood, Jr.. n>c- ord2 :22, in four beats, 2:38, 2 :37, 2 :37. 2.35, Bushwhacker winning second beat. At Lexington, August 18th. 1879, he trotted six beats, 2:38. 2:?5, 2:30, 2:25$ 2:30^, 2:303, Steinway winning fourth, fifth and Bixtb heats, beating Jewett, Catchfly and two others. At the fall meeting of the Horse Breeders' Association for the Kentucky Stakes for thr--t:-\ tar- olds he was beaten in three beats by Jewett. in 2:2K(.l WILEY, Cook Farm, Danville, Contra Costa Co., C&\. The Trotting-Bred Stallion w A. T. STEWART, ill stand for mares at the PBE8NO PAIS QROOKD8 iiurh. k * the a canon. v ! Stewart la a dark brown stallion frith white hind nukim. nix teens ae-half han-lr. l.kh, and weight ovei i. DO pounds. Bred by D. L. llarrlH...f Fayette Connty, Kentucky, Poalenln 1872, and In an Inbred Uambrlno. Slredby Uambrlno Patchenffnll brother ol Lad] Thorn, record 2 :- itle Ulddletofi,S:a,andninelnt:»Uat. Dam by Uambrlno Chief, sire of Lady Thorn: second item, bj Pilot, Jr., brother In blood to the sire ol the dam >•< Uarobrlno Patchen sired bj Uambrlno Chief) he bj Uambrlno Pay. master, and be i>\ Uambrlno, thoroughbred son of Imported Ueisenger, HO>IFKS .\ 90 *$J\t 'MxmXcx and J>ttmiswms. Feb 9 T HE GU N. Sportinar Notes from Los Angeles. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — We have just had a glorious rain, giving ub a precipitation of over three inchei, and bringing to our duck ground thousands of ducks, and making the sportsman's heart rejoice, not only at the bright outlook for the country, but as well for the grand shooting in store for the balance of the season. Hitherto our sport has been meagre, but the late severe storm and high winds hare brought ducks in abundance. During the storm a few of our club visited the grounds and enjoyed splendid shoot- ng, the ducks flying low and from every point of the com- pass, apparently coining in from all sections to a ground that seemed new to moat of them. We see by a letter from the Gilroy Club that that sterling organization has passed a resolution condemning duck shoot- ing after the first of March, and requesting other clubs to do the Bame. We rejoice in the spiritof the resolution and hop* every club in the State will adopt a similar one according to their several localities, but their date would not do for the southern counties. Our duck shooting don't commence down here until the upper country shooting is about through. The reason is this, that the ducks ooming from the north work south gradually as the weather grows colder and Bevere storms come up, and it is always late in the spring before our maximum quantity of birds have arrived. Then when the rains eease and the warm weather commences they sud- denly take their flight for the extreme north, where they re- main until the cold weather admonishes them of the coming winter. Thus yow can see, while our shooting rarely commences be- fore the middle of December or first of January, it continu- ally grows better up to the first or middle of April. It is true that a number of birds remain on our marshes during the ■ummer, these, augmented by the hundreds of cripples that are not able to make the flight north, make in the aggregate a goodly number left to breed during the summer, but as those are only singled out and left behind from the fifteenth of , April to the first of May — that too, being as early as there are any signs of pairing — there can be no objections to shooting as late as the first of April in this section. But be it under- stood that we are only speaking for our locality, and not tak- ing any issue with the action of the Gilroy Club, who we hum- to be the best judges of their own interest, and a club oomposed of as many genuine and thorough sportsmen as it as ever been our fortune to meet. And while we are writing on this subject let us say, that the present law for quail works us an injustice in the oppo- site direction. So also with doves. Quail shooting should ■top here as early as the 15th of February, if not the 1st, for our covies are broken up, and the birds running in pairs fully as early as the 15th, while the opening of the dove sea- aon on the 1st of June is simply a slaughter of the innocents. Doves are nesting here as late as the latter part of July and even into the beginning of August, The first time that the writer went out for doves last year was the last of July, and from three of those killed eggs were taken. We did Dot shoot another dove until nearly the first of September, which we consider as early as the season should open here, al- though we understand from your sportsmen that it is entirely different in your section of the State. Being a member of the State Association Committee on the revision of the game laws, and the proposition to divide the State into game dis- tricts, we would like to see a full discussion of the above sub- ject by the sportsmen of the various sections of the State. Would it not be well for exery sportsman in the State to con- sider himself a sub-committee of one to study the nature of the game birds and animals, and report at his convenience to the members of the Game Committee? P. Los Angeles, Feb. 5th. place, has also in his possession a set of smaller horns that were taken oft' the head of a flagtail doe, and Mr. Lockwood, of our town, killed a yearling doe that had one spike two and one-half inches long of solid bone. Canyon City, Or., January 30th. H. W. Sloan. Anent the May nard- Curry Match. A Great Game Country. Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— I see in your last issue of December an item to the effect that a Mr. Wilson, of New York, killed a deer in PJike County, Pennsylvania, that weighed when killed 225 pounds. I think we can beat that a little in this part of the country. I once killed three bucks out of a baud in one day that dressed respectively 203, 208 and 209 pounds. Mr. Grigsby, of this place, killed a buck that dressed 305 pounds. The horns can be seen at the Canyon City brewery. They are very large, one prong hav- ing eight points and the other nine. You may see in the same place a very nice collection of deer and elk horns. There is one set of deer horns there that has 27 points, 13 on one prong and 14 on the other; also one set with 22 points. 13 on one prong and 9 on the other. Mr. J. Miller, a resi- dent of this place, who has hunted a great deal in these mountains, once killed a buck that was a veritable lord of the glen. Two men and two dogs lived off of it for two days; then cut the neck off close to the shoulders, and brought the balance to Canyon City and sold 236 pounds of venison. The deer I speak of are the mule deer. We also have the flag- tailed deer, but the mule deer are the most numerous. These mountains and high valleys, such as Bair, Silver, Logan and Harney valleys, and the Big Meadows of Canyon creek abound in deer, bear, elk, antelope, and a few mount- Most of the streams abound with the finest fish I ever saw. On my way here from California a year ago last summer I caught in Goose lake a trout that measured seven- teen inches in length. I caught in Silver creek, a tributary of Harney lake, two large milk pans full, standing in one place behind a small clump of willows. Mr. Muldrich, a merchant of this place, caught in Logan valley, a branch of the Malheur river, in twenty minutes, eight trout that weighed thirty-five pounds. He also caught one on the same trip out there that measured twenty-eight inches in length. Two or three years ago a lady stood iu one place, and landed high and dry fifty pounds of trout that averaged five pounds each. 1 am told of two men, living in the upper end of John Day's Talley, that went over to Logan and caught two barrels of trout. I am busy hydraulic mining, but if any of my friends from 'Frisco or California should chance this way I will go with them and convince them that all these things are solid truth. In my mention of the collection of deer horns I omitted to speak of one curiosity that is among the trophies to be seen at the Canyon City brewery. It is a pair of horns that came off flag-tail doe. They are a handsome set, about six inches in length, the tips standing about five inches apart. ine prong has a point one and one-half inches long, and the other ft point one inch long. Mr. Paris] t, a lawyer of this Editor Breeder and Sportssian: — In your last issue I note a letter from Mr. Curry, of Portland, Oregon, in which that gentleman inferentially does injustice to one of our San Francisco sportsmen. Mr. Curry intimates that he ar- ranged a match shoot at pigeons with Mr. JohnB. Maynard, late a member of the Cosmopolitan Shooting Club of this city, but that Mr. Maynard found it "inexpedient" to carry out the terms of the match. The use of such a word seems particularly infelicitous to those who know to what trouble Mr. Maynard went to secure birds for the match with Mr. Curry. Just what figure Mr. Maynard's inability to secure birds at a particular time should cut in a match under "writ- ten agreement," in which agreement no specification as to who should furnish birds, or aB to date or time limit ap- peared, it is hard to see. The natural supposition would be that the birds should be furnished at the earliest possible day. Mr. Curry's delightfully childish conclusion, that the failure to get birds on Mr. Maynard's first trip to San Fran- cisco after the match was made justified him in drawing his stake, makes me wonder how one so juvenescent is able to point and hold a gun at all. In order to determine the mat- ter, please let me offer Mr. Cuiry an opportunity to meet pr avoid a square issue. I will wager two hundred and fifty dollars that Mr. Maynard can beat Mr. Curry in a match shoot at one hundred pigeons a side, ground trap rules, loser to pay for all birds. It will, perhaps, be more convenient for Mr. Curry to shoot the match in Portland than elsewhere, and if he will send to me, in your care, an acceptance of the wager, and the name of the cashier of either of the Portland banks, I will place the money in the cashier's hands to be covered by Mr. Curry or his friends. Such details as traps, pigeons, attendants, etc., can be provided easily if they can not be had in Portland. San Francisco, February 4th, 1884. X. A Screed from Gilroy. Breeder and Sportsman: — At the last regular meeting of the Gilroy Kod and Gun Club the following resolution wa B proposed by Geo. Holloway and adopted; and a subsequent order passed requesting the Corresponding Secretary to for- ward a copy of the resolution to each club. Resolved, that any member of the G. R. and G. C. who kills or destroys ducks after February 29th until October 1st, 1884, Bhallbe summarily expelled. I hope you will not be too hard on me for not writing up an account of that memorable club hunt. The hunt and sup- per was all that could be expected. Ourpopular hotel keeper Geo. Seaman deserves great credit for themaguificent manner in which the table was prepared for that occasion. Quite a number of strangers partook of the bountiful repast, both to gratify their appetite for a real game treat and to help the club along. But few of the members, however, were present to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Among them were the stal- warts that never fail. On this occasion, particularly, all should have put in an appearance. Some, though counted on, managed to skip around the corner and retirejearly in the evening, making the event distressingly tame. From the manner in which the Life's reporter spread it on he must receive his pay by the word. And if he is fully com- pensated, as I hope he is, it will not be long until he will Bupport a gun and dog. Then his cup will be full of joy — not any more of the mythical, but the real sport will be his. Snipe have been poor shooting this season on the old stands ; cause unknown. The late rains will perhaps bring in more ducks. Most respectfully, Gilroy, Jan. 29th, 1884. D. M. P. We desire to call attention to this letter from ourgood friend, Mr. Pyle, of Gilroy, in which he states, that any member of the Gilroy Gun Club, who kills ducks after the 29th of Febru- ary until lBt of October, shall be summarily expelled. As an evidence of the growth of correct ideas on the subject of game preservation and legitimate sport, we point with pleasure to this resolution, and congratulate the Gilroy Club in having passed it. Such action shows the good our gun clubs do in educating their members to a proper standard of manhood. Our old friend, Mr. Leavesly, of Gilroy, in a hunting excursion in the Gabilan hills recently, had a narrow escape from a stray shot from the gun of Martin Briggs or E. S. Harrison, he does not know which, while shooting at a quail. The shot, iu question, took an unaccountable freak, and in- stead of going after the bird went after Mr. Leavesly's nose, raising the bridge, and plowing up the skin. It might have done more serious mischief. We are pleased it did not. " The members of the Alameda Gun Club went down to their preserve last week and found plenty of water, the ponds be- ing all full, but no ducks— not a single bird. Mr. Bennett went down on Friday afternoon, and, seeing how things were, turned right about and came back. Such is life! a mixture of bliss and disappointment. But having had no shooting all the season, it was too bad to have their expectations fail at the last opportunity. Gilroy sportsmen are arranging a match on Washington's birthday, Feb. 22d. There will be plenty of birds on hand, and everything will be done to make the day pleasant for vis- iting sportsmen. Entrance $5, money to be divided into three prizes. As birds are becoming scarce in our own local- ity, this will be a good opportunity for our crack shots, if it does not interfere with some contemplated at home for the same day. Killing large California lions is all the rage this season. Mr. Cleary and some friends killed a very large one in Cala- veras county last week, and the Chieo Chronicle reports that two men named Anderson and Aldridge killed one in the foothills measuring ten feet. It was not stated whether the tail was included in the measurement, but anyway the brute was big enough for any man. Messrs. Coit and Folsom, visitors from New York, have re- cently had a pleasant shoot with Mr. J. K. Orr, at the Point Reyes Ranch. In one day the three gentlemen bagged 100 birds, quail, snipe, and a few teal. The quail were wild and very strong on the wing, which made the sport all the more interesting. The side-hill shooting somewhat disorgan- ized the eastern visitors. It generally does. That herd of 1,200 or 1,500 antelopes, which recently took possession of the Union Pacific tract "to travel along so as to escape the snow, must have been a strange as well as fine Bight- In early days it was common enough to see a herd of 200 to 300 on the San Joaquin plains any morning early, and the admiration they inspired is one of the pleasantest of our pioneer recollections. A poultry firm of Burlington, Iowa, was fined $90 recently for offering quail for sale after tne 1st of January. We like that information. Laws are always respected when promptly and rigorously enforced. Punish the receivers, and like fel- ony, poaching will soon be wiped out or greatly diminished. The BassfoTd brothers, Mr. Taft of Truckee, and H. H. Briggs of this city, had some fine Bport iu Solano county last week. Mr. Taft, showed himself quite capable still of using his gun. A pedantic writer somewhere in the Atlantic states says "a deer is an artiodactyle ruminating angulate with solid deBid- uous excrescences on the cranium for horns." That's juBt what we have always said, but no one would believe us. If the lover of a good wild duck only divests himself of prejudice and preconceived ideas, he will find the mallard this season, better than the cauvasback, at least, that is the conviction we have reached. Lord Lome's attempt to acclimatize the moose deer at In- verary has failed, but the muskrats, and other animals and birds are doing well, and the wild turkeys appear to be flour- ishing. ' HERD AND SWINE. Dairy Ensilaere. The ducks took a sudden departure from the AlviBo marshes on Sunday not a bird being seen. Mr. Bugart, of the Tule Belle Club, informs us it was the same on Sherman Island, not a bird to be got. The keeper told him that on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday a constant stream of birds was going eastward, evidently to make a raid on the San Joaquin farm- ers. As usual, Suisun bay, was covered with canvasbacks, but, like the English tourists, they persistently rejected all advances from the American interviewer. There will not be much more good duck shooting this season. Before the Bhooting season closes we would like to see our leading shots get up a mud-hen match of three or even more teams for a supper. Last year a similar match, near Watson- ville, ended in the destruction of over 1,000 of these de- structive birds. A match, such as we suggest, should bring down 5,000 or more birds in thetules, and that means plenty of feed for our ducks next year. There iB lots of fun in the thing also, without calculating the satisfac- tion and profit. By all means let the idea be carried out. It would make a grand closing of the season. Some time ago we mentioned an eastern paper boasting of a deer being killed, which weighed 225 pounds dressed. This is a large deer, and we called upon our sportsmen of the coast to inform us if they could not give U6 an "equivalent." In to-day'B issue will be "found a letter from Oregon, in which the natural productions of the coast are duly maintained. Of course, we make allowance for the mule deer on account of its size, but still we think our correspondent's "equiva- lent" will hold. We shall be glad to hear from him again. Mr. Ryan was kiud enough to send us an extraordinary specimen of the "gadwell" this week. Iu colorits was brown and white, and beautifully marked. It was sent from Bouldin Island, where he reports very little shooting to bo had. Putah creek now gives good shooting, at least early iu the morning. So say our exchanges. But then we always thought every true sportsman got up before his breakfast. Cordelia is also reported to afford good duck and gooso shooting at present. Harding Bros, of Scotia, N. Y., furnish the Country Gentle- man the following detailed account of their silo experience, which have been entirely satisfactory: Having received so mauy inquiries in regard to the con- struction of our silo, and of our manner of feeding, etc., we concluded to write you a detailed account of it for publica- tion, and thus benefit mauy who have not written directly to us. In the first place, we knew nothing of silos or euBi- lage, except by reading accounts in agricultural papers from those who gave their experience with them. The greatest drawback was the cost of building a stone one, and having plenty of room in our barn, we conceived the idea of boarding up a bay for a silo, so as to make it tight. We made inquir- ies of men who had silos, and upon their advice we began it one year ago last June. We first placed tarred paper upon the studding, then over that we placed matched spruce planks \\ inches thick. This bay was in a barn which was 20 by 24 feet, and about 20 feet deep, being all above ground. Around the bay under the Bills we built a wall of stone and cement, and cemented the bottom so that it was as smooth and hard as a floor. In September we began filling, and owing to lack of help we were about three weeks putting in about 120 tons. After filling, no weight was put on until we began husking corn, some time afterward. Then wepiled the stalks upon the silo. We said that no weight was put upou it, but we will modify that a little by sayiug that we placed over the top tarred paper and rough hemlock boards. We had some misgivings asto its keeping well, so we opened it about a mouth after tilling, and great was our surprise to find the fodder in spleudid condition. When given to the cows they ate it ravenously, and did not leave a particle in their mangers. A great many of our neigh- bors laughed at us when we were filling the silo. They said that "the stuff will lie all rotten by spring." We replied, that we expected it would be, but we intended to put it through the cows first. After opening we couldjaugh at our neigh- bors, as the old saying is, that "those laugh best who laugh last." We found several tons of the fodder spoiled in two corners that were not exactly air-tight; the remainder was in splendid condition. Being so well pleased with our success with the silo, we sowed a large field of corn again last season, but owing to the dry weather we did not lmve a very large crop, and the frost came before we had the fodder all put into the silo. We put iu what we had iu just a week, and did not cut the Btalks as short aslast year. Last year we cut one-quarter inch; this year half an inch. We find that the ensilage is, if anything, better this year than last. Wo are now feeding twenty-five cows for milk, and find that upon the following ration they give as much milk as they would if in good pasture. About (i o'clock iu the morning they are milked, and then fed one bushel each of ensilage, upon which we put four quarts of buckwheat bran. At nine o'clock they are turned out into a 1884 Sfa SKeedev and JSportstuatt. yard to drink and exercise, while the stables are cleaned and fresh bedding is put in which consists of the manure from the horse stable, wheeled in and scattered in the trench to absorb the urine. The manure is all thrown into abuildingprepared expressly for protecting it from rains. At 11:30 o'clock the cows are put into the stables and fed one peck of carrots, and all the timothy hay they will eat. At 4 o'clock they are again milked and fed the same as in the morning. We are getting as much milk by feeding ensilage and a small amount of grain, as we would get on good pasture. For the purpose of comparison we ^ill state that one of our neigh- bors is feeding cows for milk also, but he does not make en- silage of his corn fodder, but shocks it in the field and leaves it until he wishes to use it, then draws it in and runB it through a cutting machine. His rations are all the cut fod- der the cows will eat, and a peck of buckwheat bran at each meal. You will thus see that he is feeding three times as much grain as we are. We fed slops up to December Ht, and then it became so cold that the slops would freeze at night; therefore we concluded to try dry bran, and are perfectly sat- isfied that cows will give fully as much milk on dry bran as they would on the same mixed up with water. In conclusion, we would recommend to any farmer who keeps five or more cows to build a silo, believing that he can save enough in grain to pay its cost in one year. Charcoal -with Pood. Whatever increases the power of laying onfat or promoting the rapid and healthy production of flesh must be food or equivalent thereto. This, pure charcoal does most •ffectually, as recently proved by taking the live weights of two lots of sheep and simply separating them by an ordinarv net, the artificial food, corn and cake being carefully weighed out to each lot alike daily, one pint of charcoal being added to one lot only. When reweighed, prior to selling to the butcher, the increase in weight was in favor of charcoal by 16J per cent. Sanitation causes easy and complete digestion, and assimilation only can account for these results, which char- coal alone can accomplish. The charcoal should be given mixed with the food, except in urgent cases, when it may be mixed in water or thin gruel and given as a drench. The dose is one pint to every twenty-five head of sheep or lambs. One quarter-pint per head for full-grown cattle, horses or pigB; half the quantity for young cattle, and two teaspoonfuls to one desert-spoonful for young calves daily, when suffering from disease or ill- condition. To keep in good health and fortify against disease the dose should be given two or three times per week, according to. the class of food they are hav- ing and the state of the atmosphere. The best plan is to wet a quantity of bran, pollard or malt combined; mix the charcoal among it, and then amongst the food you give them. For rapid and healthy fattening of cattle it should be used daily amongst their food. Charcoal for internal and medici- nal purposes must be pure vegetable charcoal, free from all irritating and injurious foreign matter. The charcoal, when coming into the user's possession, must be kept perfectly dry and free from any ill-smelling surroundings, such as the vapors of a stable or artificial manures, etc., or it will absorb them and thus become septic, and of no medicinal value. It is better kept in a closed bin or tin canister, with a closely fitted cover. — Farm and Home. Our experience in stock-feeding has been very limited very limited, indeed — very long ago, and confined mainly to swine feeding, but limited as it was, it was still an experience, and one too that seems to be somewhat in harmony with the above paragraph, although not so systematic and precise. A pig of apparently a very ordinary breed had been palmed off on us as a healthy and thrifty animal, but which subse- quently proved to be unhealthy, "stunted," and afflicted with "black teeth." We were advised to administer charcoal with its food. We did so, in this wise: The swill-barrel was kept in a corner under a shed that had been built over an old- fashioned out-door bake-oven which was used by two familiea just twice a week. Every time the oven was used for baking purposes, a shovel-foil or two of the charcoal drawn out in front, was thrown into the swill-barrel, giving it a dark and cloudy color nearly constantly. Those about the house no doubt dumped the charcoal in the swill often as a matter of convenience. Be that as it may, it became a bi-weekly habit to throw charcoal into the swill, which was composed of the- usual "house-slops," scraps mixed with bran, or "shipstuff or "chopstuff." This sortof swill together with weeds — purs- lain, lambsquarter, amarants — and six bushels of corn in the dry grain in the month of November, was all that was- fed to the sickly hog. Well, what then? Why this: The pig was incarcerated in the first weekin April, and languished until the first week in May, after which we commenced dos- ing it with charcoal, and by the first week in June it was ai "fair asa lilly and bright as abunn." Its libs began to arch, its sides began to distend, its hams and shoulders to "round up," and its neck, snout and legs to shorten (apparently) and its tail took an extra curl. From being lank, cadaverous.and melancholly, it became contented, somewhat lazy, but always hungry at the approach of feed-time. It was butchered about the middle of December, and when hung up, haired, scraped and disemboweled, it weighed a little over three hundred pounds, fifty pounds "better" than the best pig in the litter. A friend told us in confidence, that he would not have taken that pig as a gift, because it was always "left out in the cold/' the dam having one pig more than she had teats. We dont say that charcoal did it, any more than we say that the wseds, or the slops, or the corn did it, but it was done; and he that hath a mind to apprehend, may make such use of it as he thinks best. — Lancaster Farmer. The Ensilage Congress. The third annual congress of farmers interested in the ensilage Bystem was held in New York, January 23d. Over two hundred farmers were present, representing nearly every State east of the Mississippi. Dr. A. S. Heath, of this city, pres- ided. Prof. Miles, of Amherst College, delivered an interest- ing address on the subject of ensilage, and the best methods, of preserving green fodder. He thought it should be placed in the silo slowly, thus allowing it to become heated. This- is contrary to the usual custom, and occasioned much debate. Elder L. W. F. Evans, known as the head of the "Shakers,"' declared that the ensilage system had been used with much success by his people. Mr. John Mayer, Superintendent of T. A. Havemeyer's- famous farm at Norwalk, Conn., said there was twenty-four silos on the farm, and that fifty times as many cattle were kept on the same ground by the ensilage system as before- the method was used. The cattle, he said, were also health- ier. A resolution was passed requesting the Agricultural Department to make an analysis to determine the compara- tive value of the qualities of the milk from ensilage and or- dinary fed cows. Prof. J. P. Edwards, of Randolph, N. Y., said that he fed sixty cows on nothing but ensilage maize, and that they gave better milk and were in better condition than ever before. Mr.Mayer, on behalf of Mr. Havemeyer, invited the congress to visit his farm in Norwalk to-day and inspect the silos and cattle. A large number accepted the invitation. The con- gress then adjourned for one year. During the year 1883, 850 head of polled Aberdeen-Angus cattle were imported from Scotland. STABLE AND P ADDOCK. Naming Horses. Much has been said and written regardiug the naming of horses, and while euphonious nomenclature is much better by far than the ill-sounding and outlandish names with which some racers have been unfortunately saddled in the days of their youth, or later on in their mature years, it often happens that the more pleasing and applicable the name the worse the character of the animal. The late Milton H. San- ford some years ago had at Jerome Park a thoroughbred colt, fashionably bred, and a beautiful animal in all that went to make up to the eye the points of the high-mettled racer. He rejoiced in the cognomen of Silverheels, and was much admired by the ladies in attendance at the races, from his charming name and prepossessing looks, but it was a clear case of ''handsome is as handsome does" with him, and on that occasion handsome didn't, for the colt was of no earthly accountas aracer, then orafterwards. Rifle, by Asteroid, out of imp. Target, one of the winter favorites for the Withers, Stakes of 1877. won by Bombast, was another most happily named animal, but like nearly all of Asteroid's get he was not of much account, though after Carr & Co. sold him he did manage to win a solitary race for Dr. Ogle at Prospect Park. Target was- recently destroyed at Woodlawn. Per contra, it has often been the case, the more abominably ec- centric the name, like the late Dr. Weldon's Crabclaws, Leatherluugs, etc., or The Fraud, Piper Heidsieck, W. J. Higgins, Partnership, etc., of the late Longstaff stable, the better the animal. Leaving this out of the question, how- ever, it should go without saying that a good name is to be preferred to a bad one, and if the horses are to be run in the West, the late Louisville Congress says, in effect, that once an animal is named, good, bad or indifferent, that settles it, under their jurisdiction at least, or heavy penalities will be showered on the offender's head, etc. Therefore, any gentle- man that buys Bumblepuppy, Nuisance, Lord TJkreskull, or Shoo-Fly, and desires to run them underthe aboverules.must pay $100 before he can change the name, if he so desires. A little more care in naming might be exercised with benefit to all concerned. Most of our breeders and owners are begin- ning to realize this fact, however, and, as a rule, horses now- adays are much more appropriately named than formerly. A reference to the Bire or dam, some other relative of the animal, or something connected with the place of birth, or an inci- dent of this nature, are good ideas in the nomenclature of horses. Some of the younger members of the famous Brook- lyn Btable are very well named this year. The Dwyers' three-year-old brother to Mintzer, last year known as the Crownlet colt, now rejoices in the name of Xeuia, perhaps from the fact that Mintzer came from that Ohio town. More happily named are some of their long string of two- year-olds. The sister to Ripple has been christeued Rip- plette. The Belle Palmer filly, by Billet, will hereafter be known as Miss Palmer. The brother to Glenmore is to race under the name of Greenfield. The brother to Mr. Loril- lard's grand colt Emperor.nowin England, by Enquirer, out of Vesper Light, has been called Electric Light. The colt by Virgil out of La Polka, the dam of Postguard.wasthe highest priced youngBter at the saleof Mr. Swigert's yearlings in 1883, and is appropriately named Elmendorf, after the place of his nativity. George Einney'B half brother, the colt by Glen- gary, will be called Sumner, after the county in Tennessee where he first saw the light. The colt by Bramble out of Quartette has been named Bolter, whether because his dam had that characteristic, or after the famous Major Bolter, "sak," the deponent sayeth not. Certainly the sire of the colt was not one of this sort. Perhaps, however, he is of the Kinney type. The brother to Little Ruffin, Mate, Caramel, etc., by Monarchist, is now to be known as Petersburg; the colt by Billet out of Lucille Western as Col. Clay; the Bru- nette colt, by Enquirer, as Executoft; the hah* brother to Beat- itude, Boulevard, Bliss, etc., by Enquirer, will race as Em- mett; the Tincture colt, by Virgil, is now called Detective; the Alert colt, by Virgil, is known as Richmond; the Spiuola colt, by Lisbon, as Lennox, and the Blandina filly, by the same ske, has been christened Sea Foam. — Sportsman. Care of Stallions. With all kinds of animals it may be laid down as a univer- sal rule that those in health need no medicine whatever to put them in condition for their work. This is bo with a stallion. Let him be well and regularly fed on healthy, nu- tritious food, with plenty of exercise every day, in order that his muscles may be kept firm and hard, and let him be well groomed, so that his coat may present a fine appearance. The skin should be kept thoroughly clean by occasional washing and frequent rubbing and brushing. The mane and tail should be especially looked after with reference to clean- liness and skin. If it should be very dirty, soap may be free- ly used in the cleansing process, and when this is faithfully attended to there is little danger of the tail or mane being in- jured by rubbing, which is sometimes otherwise the case. Feeding is a most important matter, and bad food will injure the progeny through the injury to the sire. It should mainly be good, sound oats, which may be varied by an occa- sional feed of corn or barley, for horses are fond of variety in their food, and an occasional change of diet is conducive to health. Bran, that is, wheat bran of medium coarseness, is an invaluable adjunct to the grain, and it can never be dis- pensed with. It is the best of all regulators for the bowels, and is also rich in Borne of the most important elements of nutrition. It must be fresh and sweet, but this is easily known by the smell. The amount of exercise to be given a stallion will vary somewhat with its condition and habit. Should he be thin iu flesh it is better to fatten him up, and in this case the exercise should be comparatively light. But if there is a tendency to become too fat, this may be corrected by increasing the daily amount of the exercise, and the speed at which the horse is made to go muBt be regulated by their nature. Hunters, roadsters, or racers should be made to go a good pace, for a walk would scarcely be exercise to them, but draught horses should rarely be led or driven faster than a walk in taking their exercise, and should not be given too much of it. In keeping a stallion for stud purposes, the point to be aimed at should be to feed, groom, and exercise it so as to keep it to the highest possible condition of health and vigor. Feeding on this or that patent food will not do this but anything that will add to the health, strength, and vigor of the horse will increase bis virility or sexual power, just»because his sexual organs are affected by the general tone of the system and, of course, whatever tends to impair the health of the system generaUy most have an injurious effect on all parts thereof A healthy horse-aud only healthy horses should be used for the stud— requires nothing but good food, plenty oi exercise, pure air, with due attention to cleanliness of the skin, and regularity m feeding and watering; and when all these things are attended to properly, the drugs the stable lore defines as necessary or beuericial under the circumstan- ces should be dispensed with, and the animal will be far bet- ter without them. Much depends on the breaking and management of a stal- lion, and it is easier to spoil him than to cure his evil habits when once these have been formed. If there is anything like a wild or unruly disposition in him he should never be led out except by a bridle that will enable the groom to have the most perfect control over him. The ordinarv "snaffle " with rings of moderate size, and with the head-piece made ' in the ordinary way, can be made effective by getting a blacksmith to attach a well-polished, round iron bar to the right-hand ring, by means of a small link connecting the bar and the ring, and to the other end of the bar attach the usual sliding rein used on stallion bridles. Put the bridle on in the usual way, and then, with the right hand on the bar and the left hand on the bridle-rein next to you, press the bar back and the nng forward until the bar will pass through the ring in the left hand. This bar should be made just as long as it can be to admit of its being passed into the other ring in this manner, and the bit and rings should be so adapted to the size of the mouth and under jaw, that when a little pressure is brought to bear upon therein attached to the eud of the lever formed by this iron bar, the rings of the bit will be brought within an inch of touching each other. The leverage given by this appliance, when well- fitted, will enable anyone to hold the most unruly and headstrong horse in check. This is a most efiective curb, and a horse can be brought on his haunches at once if there is need for it. It is, withal, cheap, simple and effective. FISH. The Carp as a Food Fish. There is much inquiry concerning the German Carp intro- duced into this country by the United States Fish Commis- sion. Paople want to know where it will live, how fast it will grow, and generally what it is worth now that we have it. Often as these questions are answered they come up again, and in truth, the different results reported are confus- ing unless accompanied with an explanation. Carp are not a first-class table fish, but they are immensely superior to no fish at all, when a fish dinner is wanted. They are not as good to eat as the bull-head, for instance, but then it may be said that the bull-head is a very excellent ash when well" un- derstood. So the carp can bs made a toothsome feature of the dinner table, if the mistress of the kitchen comprehend* the mysteries of the sauceboat. Without that skill, which by the way is universally posssessed by our adopted German fel- low citizens, and can be learned from almost any of them.ths carp is rather tasteless. In very cold spring brooks carp will not grow at all, they rather seem to shrink, if we can imagine a fish shrinking, with the cold. But in warm waters, especially in the southern states, where there is no trouble with frost, they attain an enormous size quickly. There have been instances of their growing to Beven-pounds weight in two years, which far surpasses auything known of auy other species of fish. In the North, if the ponds have hard bottoms and freeze their entire depth, the carp will be killed; but if the bottom is soft and muddy, they will burrow into it and protect themselves. They are said to feed on vege- tables, either the natural growth iu the water or the refuse from the garden, but I imagine they are greatly improved by an occasional taste of the numberless insects that are found on all aquatic plants. The same rule applies to them that is found to govern in all other departments of nature; ths best is always the hardest to get. Not only will carp nevsr supply the placs of trout, but they will hardly live in the same water. They need little care, and will exist on poorer food, are content in less water, and they are in the end an in- ferior fish. The common proverb says that whatever is worth having is worth working for, and that, translated into fish literature, means that an ordinary variety is mors easily maintained than a superior one. Still, there is always mora need of the lower class. Few men eat trout, infinitely more use cod, while the ponds that are adapted to trout, are not as one in a hundred to those fitted for carp. Any old slug- gish pond, above a mud-hole, will answer for them. Iu con- clusion, it is almost self-evident that carp are no more a game fish than a fattened hog is a game animal. It is well known in tropical countries that the moon's rays occasion the rapid decomposition of flesh aud fish. A num- ber of bouitas having been caught oue evening near the line by a friend of mine, the spoil was hung up in the rigging of the ship, and was thus exposed to the moon through the night. Next morning it was cooked for breakfast. Symptoms of poisoning were soon exhibited by all who partook of it — their heads swelling to a great size, etc. Emetics promptly administered, and happily no one died. The na- tives of the south Pacific are cartful never to expose fish [fl constant article of diet in many island*) to the moon's rays by any chance. They often sleep by the seashoM' fishing, but never with the face uncovered. Aboriginals of Australia do the same as well as they can with their fishing nets, etc, A fire answers the same purpose. May not the injurious in- fluence of the moon, in addition to her beauty and utility, account for the almost universal worship of that orb through- out the heathen world. — American Angler, According to the Ferndale EhUerprve people are killing fish with giant powder in thesouth fork of Eel river. These depredations are rather out of the reach of the Pish Commis- sion, but the local officers ought to enforce the law. Unfor- tunately, in many cases, that is just what thi-v don't want to do. There are 60,000,000 white fish egga in the Detroit hatch- ery. When hatched the fry will bo used to stock the waters of Michigan. Alfred Dennison, of Loudon, has the finest pi*i library in the world. 92 3£kc grecxUr muX ^piaiswatt. Feb 9 PACIFIC COAST Blood Horse Association. Spring Race Meeting. Bay District Course, San Francisco. First Day— Saturday, April 12th. No. 1— California Stake— For two-year- olde, $50 each, 525 forfeit, $250 added; to be run on the first day of the Spring Meeting; second to save stake -dash of half a mile. Closed with 23 nominations. No. 2— Hearst Stake.— For all ages, of 525 each; $10 forfeit; 8200 added : second to save stake ; dash of three-quarters of a mile. No. 3— Winters' Stake— For three-year-olds, to be run the first day of the Spring Meeting; dash of one and a half miles; $100 each, S25 forfeit, 5300 added; second to have $150, third to save stake. Closed with 28 nominations. No. 4— SellingEace.— Purse $200; $25 of which to second; one and one- eighth miles; horses entered to besold for $1,000, and to carry the rule weight; two pounds taken off for every $100 below that valuation, and three pounds added for every $100 above. Extra Day— Tuesday, April 15th. No. 5 Purse, S200; for two-year-olds; $25 to second; dash of five- eighths of a mile; winner of California stakes to carry seven pounds extra, second five pounds above rule weights. No. 6— Purse, $200; $50 to second; one mile and a furlong; for three- year-olds; maidens, colts and fillies that have not won a race. No. 7— Purse; $200; $50 to second; dash of one mile. No. 8— Selling Purse, $200; $25 to second; 1} miles. Same conditions as Selling race on first day. Second Day— Thursday, April 1 7th- No. 9-Purse, $200; for two-year-olds; dash of five-eighths of a mile; winner of either of the preceding two-year-old races barred ; second to carry five pounds extra. No. 10 — Pacific Cup Handicap— $50 each; $20 declaration; $500 added; second to receive $150; third to save stakes; two and one-fourth miles; ■weight announced April 12th ; declaration April 15th. at 3 p. u. No. 11— Handicap Stake -For three-year-olds; lg miles; $25 each; $10 declaration; $200 added; weights announced at the same time as the cup. No. 12— Purse, $300; $50 to second; for all ages; heats of three-quar- ters of a mile. Third Day— Saturday, April 19th. No. 13— Gano Stake— Dash of three-quarters of a mile for two- year" olds; $50 each, $25 forfeit, $250 added; second horse to save stake- "Whe'n any California two-year-old beats the time of Gano. 1 :15 for three-quarters of a mile, the stake to be named after the colt which beats it. Closed with 23 nominations. No 14— "Spirit of the Times" Stake— Dash of one and three-quarter miles for all three-year-olds; $100 each, $25 forfeit, $300 added; $160 to second, third to save stake. Closed with 31 nominations. No. 15— Purse, $300; $50 to second; heats of three-quarters of a mile; for all ages. No. 16— Consolation Purse, $200; $50 to second; for horses that have run and not won at the meeting; five pounds allowed for each defeat; dash of a mile. Conditions. Entries to stakes and purses not marked closed will close March 1st, 1884. Races to close will be run under weights adopted at the annual meeting 1881. Starters in all races must be named at 6 p. m. the day preceding the race. Entrance free for starters in purses. Non-starters can declare out at 6 p. M. the day preceding race, by paying five per cent. After that time can only be excused by Presidine Judge, snd in such case, ten per cent, on amount of puree must be paid. Non-members will be placed on the same footing as members of the association in regard to the payment of purses and stakes advertised; and should there be a deficiency, the winners will receive a pro rata division. Parties making nominations will be required to record colors at time of making entries, and after record will not be allowed to ride in other colors. This rule will be strictly enforced. All nominations in stakes and entries in purses must be made on or before the first day of March next, 1884, directed to Jos. Cairn Simpson, Secretary, 508 Montgomery St., San Francisco. To be valid, they must be delivered to the Secretary personally or plainly postmarked on or before that day, March 1st. JAS. \. COIJEHAX, President. Jos. Cairn Simpson, Secretary, State Agricultural Society. TROTTING AND RUNNING PURSES To Close Mai oli lOth, 1884. No. 1 — Trotting Purse $1,000; mile heats for two-year-olds. No. 2— Trotting Purse 31,000; mile heats, three in five, for three-year- olds. No. 3 — Trotting Purse $1,000; mile heats, three in five, for four-year- olds. Entrance ten per cent., five percent, of which to accompany nomi- nation, remaining five per cent, payable July 15th, lt-84. Those not making second payment forfeit first, and cannot Btart In the race; five to enter and three to start. If more than ten make second payment, $200 additional will be added; four moneys. The meeting having been extended to nine days, these races will be so arranged as to permit the colts entered in other stakes to trot in these purses. Running. No. 4— Running purse $1 ,000; one-mile dash for two-year-olds. No. 5 — Running Purse $1,000; one mile and repeat for three-year-olds. Entrance ten per cent., five per cent, of which must accompany nom- ination, the remaining five per cent, to be paid July 15th, 1884. Eight entries required to make first payment; four moneys. If more than ten make second pavment, $200 will be added. EDWIN F. SMITH." P. A. II\M(;VV Secretary. President. Hambletonian Trotting Stallion BOB MASON By ECHO. His dam Belle Mason by Belmont, thoroughbred. Echo by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, his dam Fanny Felter by Magnolia (by American Star). Belle Mason by Belmont (Williamson's). First dam, Lucy Johnson, by the Pony i son of imported Leviathan). Second dam Catalpa, by Frank. Third dam, by John Richards. ■Will make the season of 1884 for a limited number of mares, at the OAKLAND TROTTING PARK. Description. Bob Mason is a mahogany bay, with inside of off hind ankle white and star in forehead; sixteen hands, and weighs 1,100. Foaled 5Iay 10th, 1879. He is of fine kindly disposition, a natural trotter, and has shown gTeat speed, but as yet has no public record. For a fine portrait and full description of the horse see Breeder and Sportsman of June 30th, 1883. For full history of his sire Echo, see Breeder and Sportsman July 29th, 1882. See also, for his full brother Exile, Breeder and Spobtb- man issue of September lGth, 1882. Terms. Fifty dollars the season, payable at time of service. All maies at risk of owners. Mares not proving in foal can be returned the following season free of charge. Good pasture at $5 per month. CHARLES J. ELLIS. Owner. WM. DOSATHA3V, Agent. The Thoroughbred Stallion HUBBARD, Chestnut foaled in 1860, bred by R. A. Alexander of Woodburn Stud Farm, Kentucky. Sired by Planet. First dam, Minnie Mansfield, by imp. Glencoe. Second dam, Argentil. by Bertrand. Third dam, Allegrante, by imp. Young Truffle. Fourth dam, imp Phautomia, by Phantom. Fifth dam, by Milton. Sixth dam, Allegrante, by Pegasus, Seventh dam. Orange Squeezer, by Highflyer. Eighth dam. Mop Squeezer, by Matchem. Ninth dam. Lady, by Turner's Sweepstakes. Tenth dam, Shuffles and Syphon's dam. by Patriot. Eleventh dam, by Crab. Twelfth dam. Sister to Sloven, by Bay Bolton. Thirteenth dam, by Curwen's Bay Barb. Fourteenth dam, by Curwen's Spot. Fiftbteenth dam, by White Legged Lothar Barb. Sixteenth dam. Old Vintner Mare. Some of Ills winning Performances, 1872, Balimore, Md., Oct. 22d., Dixie Stakes for three-year olds. Ninety nominations. Won by Hubbard beating Joe Daniels, True Blue, Woodbine, Mate, Silent, Friend, Wheatley, Experience, Oak and Brook- land. Won by six lengths. 1873, Long Branch, N. J., July 10th. .Grand Sweepstakes, four-mile heats, won by Hubbard, distancing Wheatley and Bessie Lee in the first heat. 1873, Saratoga, N. T., Aug. 2d. For all ages, dash of three miles, won by Hubbard beating Harry Bassett, "Wanderer and King Harry. 1873— Saratoga, N. Y-, August 9th— For all ages: dash of two miles and three-quarters; won by Hubbard beating Katie Pease and Boss Tweed. Total winnings in 1872 and 1873 $12,950. Will make the season at the DALE BREEDING FARM, Mountain View. Santa Clara Countv, commencing February 10th, and ending June 10th, 1884. Terms, §50. Mares not proving in foal can be bred the next season free of charge. Good pasturage at $5 per month. No responsibility for escapes or accidents. Full pedigrees can be had by applviug to T. .1. DALE, Mountain View. Cal . STOCKTON FAIR. SPECIAL PUESES OFFERED BY THE San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Associa- tion for the Pair of 1884. OPES TO THE WOKI.I). $3,000— Trotting. For two-year-oldB or undsr. Purse ?l,OO0 per conditions. For three-year-olds or under, Purse $1,000 per conditions. For fuiir-y ear-olds or under. Purse $1,000 per conditions. $2,000— Running. For two-vear-olds or under, Purse £1.001) per conditions. For three-year-olds or under. Purse $1,000 per conditions. Conditions. If more than'lOpaid up entries. $20" added to each purse; S100 of purse goes to winner's sire if standing in the State. Four moneys In each race, viz.: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Six or more entries to nil, three or more to start. Only two entries allowed from anyone breeding farm. Entrance 5 pei cent., positively payable with nominations, which close March 15th with ths Secretary. 5 per cent, additional uf purse payable to Secretary July 15th, 18SI, or colt is declared out and first 5 per cent, forfeited. This Association's rules of 1S*3 to govern, except as specified above. Weights of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association to be carried in running races J. 31. LaKl'F, Secretary. L. V. SHII'I'KE, President. P- O. Box 168, Stockton, Cal. Special Sale. FAST STOCK HEREFORDS BY ORDER OF E. H. MILLER, Jr., Who, on account of ill-health, will close out all of his breeding stock on Wednesday- February *9th, 1884. At 11 o'clock, at the Sale Yards — OF THE — San Francisco Horse Market, 33, 35 and 37 New Montgomery Street. 18 BEAD OF STOCK, Comprising Brood-Mares and Stallions; also, Geldings and Fillies from the follow- ing well-known Stallions: Electioneer, Benton, Berlin, Blackbird; also, several with St. Clair blood. A Full List of the Stock will be found in another column of this Paper. Catalogues will be issued in a few days. Apply for same at the above place, or to E. H. MILLER, Jr., Corner of Fourth and Townsend Streets, Central Pacific Railroad Building; or "WILBEK F. SMITH, Sacramento. N. B. — The above stock can be seen on the 21st day of February at the above place, or at any time after up to the day of sale. S. ft HOW LEY, Auctioneer. FOR SALE. An Irish setter dof;, three and a half years old, well broken on nil kinds of game. Sound In every way, and only sold for want of use. Apply ai the Mint Saloon. C05 Commercial St. S. F. Imported OF THE 44 HEAD OF THOR- OUGHBRED ENGLISH Hereford Cattle, Imported oy me from New Zealand, and held 90 days in quarantine under the laws of the United States, I have sold and de- livered 14 Heifers and 12 Bulls. On hand are 4 Bulls about 2 years old, 8 Bulls 1 1 to 14 months old, and 6 Heifers 2 years old, in calf. The 3-year-old graded Hereford cattle in New Zealand, (grass fed), average 800 pounds of meat. Of the number sold 7 have gone to Chico, 2 to Alameda, 17 to Oregon, and 1 to Humboldt. Credit will be given on bankable paper. The prices made will be same as cash, and interest on time payments. CATTLE ARE AT No. 524 Third St. Where you are invited to call and see these Famous Beef Producers. A. W. SISSON, 202 Sansome St., S. F. F oundatL ast &CpNTE(lTStJau»ll " OM'I'.. tLlliiuliY I ....-jn.iiiHTEN PEHTSSUver.you'leet mm G. H. STRONG, BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. «5S Market Street. Kupalra to order. Elovutor. 12 Front Btreel Jerseys and Guernseys Registered in the A. J. C. C. and the A. 0. C. C. MOTHER. SON. The above bi a cut of tho unequaletl cow .Jeraey Belle of Seltuate tliat niaile 9511m, 4 1-3 oxm. of butter In one week, unci her only living son King of Scltnate. AORAND.SON OF JERSEY BELLE OF SOIT- uate Is now In line In tin' Verba Buena herd. This herd of Jerst-vs ami <>uernseys won all the herd prize 8 for 1883. Since then huve been added young animate from Mr. Pierce's valuable horde East. He now bus Jersey Belle of Soltuate, Coomassle, Mary Ann of st. Lambert, Barmeia'Glorv.uiid Ku rotas strains. These, with larire selections on the Islands .if Guernsey and Jersey from the best without regard to cost, and Im- port L-d directly, make tola the beat herd on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Pierce hay interest in two herds In tho Fast of 2oo, at the bead of whlolt Stand King of Scltnate unilv livitiK son oi Jersey Belle of scltuatej, Romeo de Bonalx(87M per cent. Mary Arm's blood) and Piersou, Hi.- l.isl show hull in Anierteii. These bulls are ral- lied 'it 010(000 each, and stand for $100 to 8200. The blood of these eelebiated animals can be had, at mod- erate prices of IlKMt V I'll K* 1 San Francisco. 1884 £b* Ivccdcv and j&povtsmau. 93 DIETZ'S PATENT CHECK HOOK. Simple in its Structure and Prac- tical in its Use. The horse never loosens the check-rein when this Check-Hook is used. Horsemen can appreciate the value of a Check- Hook of this kind. There being no springs or hinges to break connected with it, makes it serviceable and easily appended, as the check-rein passes through a solid ring attached to the front of the hook. Orderssent to a. c mcrz. No. 9 Front St., San Francisco, Cal, Will receive prompt attention. US-When ordering state whether gold or silver plate required. S TANFORD STAKE S BUT DIRECT 1885. A SWEEPSTAKES FOR TROTTING COLTS AND fillies of l«.s2.*3i/it.'arh, >•:.', payable on the 1st of March, 1881, at which time the stake will close, 850 on the 1st day of January, 1885, and SlIK) ten days be fore the day fixed for trotting, whatever amount up to be considered forfeit, and the neglect to pay at the stipulated time Incurring forfeiture nf the previous payments. The race to be heats of a mile, best three in five, to harness. First to leceive six-nintliB of the whole sum, the second two-ninths, the tliird one. ninth. In addition to the stakes and forfeits, the pro- portion of the gate money, profit on pool sales ana all other sources of emolument will constitute the gross amount to be divided in the foregoing proportion. Five or more subscribers to fill. The race to be trot- ted in 1885, not sooner than the latter part of August. The exact date to be fixed and announced on the 1st of January, 1&S5 or sooner. Race to be governed by the Rules of the National Trotting Association. Nominations to he made to N. T.SMITH. Treasurer. S. P. Railroad office, Fourth and Tow use nd streets, or JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, Secretary, Bbekuek and SPORTSMAN office, on or before the 1st day of March, 18SJ. The colts must be named, the name and pedigree, so far as known, given. Under the new trotting rules letters legibly post- marked March 1st will be eligible. Breeders of trotting horses will see that it is greatly to their interest that this Stake should not be allowed to lapse, and now that the first payments are made so light it comes within the reach of e'veryone. t is the main Trotting Stake of California, and is fully entitled to support. IW. T. SMITH, Treasurer, JOS. CAIRX SIMPSON. Secretary. STALLIONS FOR SALE HAVING ACQUIRED MORE STALLIONS THAN he has present use for, the owner offers for sale the high-bren and well-known trotters Inca —AND— & Gibraltar. INCA, RECORD 2:27, FOALED 1874, BRED BY L. J. Rose, got bv Woodford Mambrino, son of Mam- brino Chief; first dam Gretehen, by Mambrino Pilot; second dam Madame Kirknian, by Canada Chief , son of Daw Crockett: third dam by Farming's Tobe; fouithdani by Leviathan. GIBRALTAR. RECORD 2:22,U, FOALED 1872, bred by Geo. O. Tiffany, got by Echo, son of Rys- dyk's Hambletonian; dam "the Tiffany mare, said to be by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. For terms and other particulars apply to JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. FASHION STABLE, Ellis St., San Francisco. From the Manufacturer. Carriages BUGGIEfl UGGIEU and 7 WAG O N G . ANY STYLE MADE TOORDEix Sulkies a Specialty. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO P ainting , varnishin U John McKerron, 3HNCFACTUEEK OF Fine Harness. AGENT FOR Famous Whitman Saddle and Halter Bridle. Horse Boots and Track Work A Specialty. 232 Ellis St., opp. Fashion Stable, San Francisco. FOR SALE. Thoroughbreds OF ALL AGES. ENQUIRE OF Alterations and Repairs. OFFICE AND FACTORY, I 3 l J AND 13 19 MARKET STREET Between Ninth and Tenth StreetB. San Francisco. M. J. McCUB, Proprietor. IIIMt Y W AI.NB. Bap't Running Home Dep't Palo Alto sio.k Farm. TIPS AND TOE WEIGHTS. A Natural aud Plain Method PURE-BRED POULTRY o. J. . ii'.b i:. Santa Clara. Box »«9, FOR SALE— 1 Cock, i Hens and a fine lot of Stages. Pitt-Games imported from McDougall, warranted dead game; also all leading varieties thoroughbred Poultry. GEO. O. SHATTUCK, General Blacksmithing, 365 Eleventh Street Oakland, Between Webster and FranKlin. ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE with neatness and dispatch. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Particular attention piven to repairing Carriages of all kinds. FOR SALE. Llewellin Setter Brood Bitch POSHA, Druid ex Pocahontas, in whelp to McGregor, Rob Roy ex Queen Mab, 2 rears old. Price $100 00 Llewellin Setter Bitch Pup MAY D. McGregor ex Posba, 7 months. Price $25 00 English Pointer GLEN BOW, Ranger Boy ex Josie Bow, 17 months, partly broken. Price.. $50 00 Also a few choice Pointer pups comprising the bloods of such cracks as Champions' Bow, Sleaford, Ranger, King Bow, and others. Price, 320 00 Full pedigrees to all the above dogs warranted as represented. G. W. Bassford, Colusa, Cal. FOR SALE The Trotting Gelding STARR KING. Record, 2:22. Sound and in fine condition. Sold only for the reason that his owner's business is such that he cannot give attention to the turf. For further particulars address C. W.Welby, Tenth and Railroad Avenue, San Francisco. PURE-BRED JERSEYS FOR SALE. W. H. Woodruff, INTHE STUD. Gordon Setter DOR R." Six years old, V. H. C, and winner of medal and spe- cial monev prize at Boston as a performing dop. Win- ner in Nebraska field trials, and winner of first prize Pacific Coast field trials, also winner of secondprize as a Gordon, and first as the best performing dog at San Francisco, 1S83. Fee, 525. FRED. A. TAFT, Truekee, Cal. u VETERINARY DENTIST. References; Scott AMcCord, Fashion Stable; Wm. Gerhart, Ne- vada Stable; J.M. Parker, Telegraph stable; O. Hink. lev, Baldwin Stable; Col. Dickey, Bay District Course; C" W Smith. H. McConn, J. C. Simpson. J. P. Kerr, city; R. F. Simpson, A. Gates, Robt. Glover, G. Lap- ham', Oakland, Officeat Fashion Stable, 221 Ellis street. For Bale, to close an Estate, Ten Head of Pnre-Bred Jersey tattle, ResrLstered in A. J Herd Book and A. J. C. C.H.R.— Cows, Heifers and Calves, All superior animals both in breeding and quality Also a number of Two and Three- Year. Olds. Geldings and Fillies, Thoronzlibreds and by Thad Stevens Trotting stock of the very best Families. For particulars inquire of or address, Jt.P. CLEMENT, 424 Montgomery St San Francisco. Crown Point For Sale. This promising Hambletonian stallion, record 2:24, is offered for sale. Re is so well known for thorough game and endurance that it is almost superfluous to say anything further. He has defeated Sweetness, 2:211, Starr King. 2:92, Del Sur. 2:24, and others of celebrity. Although having only served one season in the stud, he can show colts of as much promise as any The dam of Crown Point has two representa- tives in the 2:30 list. His blood being a combination of Hambletonian, Clay, and other strains, which proves him to be of the very best breeding. Crown Point is sound in every way, and will be ready to train, with a good show of trotting faster than ever. * For further information address G. TAXEJSStN, Arno Station, Sacramemto Co., Cal. IN THE STUD. Llewellin Set- Z. ter Dog CARL, BY LIECESTEB OUT OF DART. Color, Black. White and Tan; aged five years. Bred by L. H Smith, of Strathroy, Ontario.Canada; broken bvR. B. Morgan, now of Akron, Ohio; also handled one season bv N. B. Nesbitt. of the Harvard Kennel Club, at Storm "Lake, Iowa. Will be bred to a few first-class bitches. Fee S40.00 Address "W. W. MOORE. Oakland, Cal., or J. Y. ROSS. 123 California Street, San Francisco. Horse Shoeing, With an Appendix, Treating or the Action of the Race Horse and Trotter as shown by In. stantaneons photography. BY JOS. CAIRN SIMPSON, AUTHOR OF HORSE PORTRAITURE. ' Round-hoof'd, short- jointed, fetlocks Bbag and long. ' Shakespeare, PRICE RETAIL: In Paper Covers $ I imi In Cloth 1 .50 TRADE SUPPLIED OK USUAL TKRMS. Mailed to any part of the United States or Canada on receipt of price. Send orders to SAN FRANCISCO NEWS «0.. or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. San Francisco. The Breeder and Sportsman,* weeklv journal de- voted to the interests of breeders of domestic animals and the advancement of all legitimate sport. Subscription price. 95 per year. JOS. CAIRN simpson. Editor. The above treatise, 200 pages, will be sent free to yearly subscribers who send orders direct to the office. 508 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. HORSEMEN, ATTENTION. I DESIRE TO CALL TOUR attention to my new patent band- made shoe. I guarantee to cure- any horse with bad corns or con. _ tracted heels by using this shoe. ■4 I also guarantee to enroamr horse "*" with quarter crack*, interfering, speedy cutting, paddlins, thumping and hitching, or no charge, Horses sent for and returned. .1. .UCCARRON. Third street, between Fol- "The Horseshoer," som and Harrison. 25 m3 § GREAT WESTERN CONSUMPTION. bave been cored. Tndoed, soetroDgls my faith lclt3 efficacy, IbBt I will send TWO BOTTLES FHEE, togetbar with a VAL- CHEAP "GUNS for THE PEOPLE. § GUN WORKS, s Z 30*r P'CTORIAL t>TAL0flU£S FREE. n 7^^^2 3 Rilli'*, Sli"t Gum, Revolver* Ammunition, Seine*. IV«" t £ ~ pwiing Twkle. Razor*. Jte. *ea: C G. D.tor examination, w Add™, CHEAT WESTERN mMMMHU. FOR SALE. THE ALMONT STALLION ALTOONA, BY ALMONT, FIRST DAM THERESA BY Prophet, Jr.; second dam Molly Floyd by Mohawk; third dam l>y Daw Crockett.a Canadian pac-.-r; fourth dam Puss, a line road mare imported from Canada. I'ropliit Jr. by Prophet, son of Hill's Vermont Black Altoonft was bred hv r.en. \V. T. Withers of Fair- lawn; Is a dark bay, a little over Vb% hands, of high form and breeding. For particular, apply tc A „ HEC0X . Almont Stables, 1352 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland. The Vienna Gardens, Cor. of Sutter and Stockton Sts.. THE TOP11AR FAMILY RESORT OF THE < ITV. The Ladies' Orchestra, composed «>f accomplished mnsifiiaiip ip the feature of the Entertainments, «uii the t.ilr -nti d Mihs )'.iib--r ;-■■ UmiI-t. Befresbmenta <>r all kinds the besl the market affords. G. r. WAITER. Sole Proprietor. ■9-ADMISSION FREE-** KILLIP & CO., LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL A UCTIONEERS, 116 Montgomery Street, San Francisco SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO Sales of Ranches & Live Stock. Will Sell In Ail < iii.s and <> i.-s of the State. REFERENCES. J. S. Carry, Sacramento. J- r>. Carr, Salinas. R.P. Saboknt, (Jllroy. Jmiin BOO0S, OolOta. P. A. Finioan, San Francisco. HAVING CONDUCTED BOMS OF THE MOOT mi ssfu] sales, notably Lho Whip- fie, Colgrove, Diets, Courts, Dougherty, Ncwl and A [ainmond, Daniel Cook and others, we feel uKimrrd of ourablllty to fclve sattsfactloii In all bualne asln- trusted i rcare. Sales arlll dlcltlea and ntlee In the State. W« have In contemplation a aeries of combination or breed aulax to hilly held at the Bast, V7o srlll be pleased to entei mi rrespondenc< with part eirinn tn pai tie i pat>.' in m*li >'■■ ITUatt- purcbascs and sales of Improved live itock of all descriptions w m !>• in "I' oi nunisalon and ft..<-k shipped with in ; i care. ■-■ ■■ eral one ram .,■ of land of ever] desorlp> t Kill. II' A <"<».. USMontffomery street. ■ BV AS AnTIKIIMlnlM DM AND iPOBI I . Hi: iiiimiiK AMI BPOBT8BA :n I CURE FITS! \0.**n I »»y euro 1 d" imt mean iui tlmr.nTi'1 Ihfnhrivnihciii ro'uru *j»;r;. 1 r 1 BICKHSafl n i; in h-n « itsdjr, Iwairaol lit* worst casss, Brc«ti«ootni>r» bai "ivlogacure. f > Fr*<« BOSAI.l>. Fast Trotting Stallion HA HA. Standard (See Wallace's Register.) Ha Ha- Color Blown, 153 hands. Extra fine style. Action and form perfect. As a three-year-old, with eight weeks' handling, showed 2:291, without a skip. Breeding. Gilt-Edge, combining, close at hand, Hambletonian, Alexander's Ab- dallah, Mambrino Chief, dam by McCracken's Blackhawk, the sire of the dam of Overman. Record 2 :19J. N B As a four- rear-old, with proper handling, 2:20 or better, I TerK tim t0 ^^ ™» A»LD, Stockton, Cal. THE ELECTIONEBB STALLION STANFORD Will make tbe season of 1884, commencing February 1st and ending July 1st, at my stable near tbe Oakland Race Track. Terms. $50 for the season, payable at the close of tbe season. No responsi- bility assumed beyond reasonable care. Pedigree ami Description. Stanford was bred by George Faylor, late of San Francisco, foaled in 1879: is dark bay, no marks, 15^ hands, and weighs 1,050 pounds; was sired by Electioneer, and closely resembles him in form and color; was not broken until last year; has been handled very little, but enough to show that his action is excellent and peculiar to the get of Electioneer. - . First dam, Annie Laurie, by McCracken's Dave Hill, Jr., (sire of Geo. Treat, record 2:251), he by McCracken's Dave Hill, he by Red Lion, and he by Vermont Black Hawk. Second dam, Kitty, by Owen Dale, son of Belmont. Dam of Dave Hill, Jr., by old St. Lawrence, grandam thoroughbred. Dam of Dave Hill by Vermont Hambletonian. Dam of Red Lion by Vermont Hambletonian. J. J. FAIRBANKS, Oakland, January 18, 1884. Agent. Trotting Stallions Prompter, 2305, and Privateer "Will make the season of 1884, from February 1st to July 1st, at Agri- cultural Park, Sacramento, at *50 the season. Mares not proving in foal can be returned next season free of charge. Pasturage at reason- able rates. Accidents and escapes at owner's risk. Prompter is a bright bay, star in forehead, hind ankles white, sixteen hands high, and weighs 1,140 pounds. Sired by Wilson's Blue Bull, son of Pruden's Blue Bull, by Herring's Blue Bull, dam Prairie Bird (four-year-old pacing record 2:28£, and dam of Flight, five-year- old record 2:29, and three-fourths sister to dam of Pride, yearling rec- ord 2:44^, and three-fourths sister to dam of Buccaneer, public trial against time 2:24^, and full Bister in blood to dam of Fawn, record 2:304). by Flaxtail, grandam by son of Tally Ho Morgan, great grandam by Irwin's Tuckahoe. great great grandam by Leffler's Consul. Privateer is four years old, a beautiful brown with tan shadings, over Bixteen hands high, and is by Buccaneer, sou of Iowa Chief, by Green's Bashaw, dam by Marion, son of Mambrino Chief, yearling rec- ord 3 :05J. For extended pedigree and further description of the above horses send for circular. M- W. HICKS* Sacramento. Cal. MAMBRINO WILKES. BLACK STALLION, SIXTEEN HANDS IN HEIGHT, BY GEORGE Wilkes, boh of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, bred by B. ,T. Treacy of Fayette Comity, Kentucky. Dam Lady ChriStman bv Totlhunter's Mambrino, eon of Mambrino Chief. Second dam by Pilot, Jr. Tod- hunter's Maiubrino son of Mambrino Chicl, his dumRipton's clam by Potomac. This is the largest and one of the best colts of George Wilkes (weigh- ing 1,200 pounds), combining tin- Hambletonian and Mambrino strains, and alBO Beveral thoroughbred crosses. His* eolts demonstrate that he foHBeBses in an eminent decree the same faculty of transmitting the amily qualities to his offspring which put George Wilkes iu the front rank as a sire of trotters. George Wilkes has 27 representatives In the2:30 list, of which 11 have records of 2:25 or better, .5 of 2:20 or better, and s of 2:1ft or better. These are all the get of Geo. Wilkes, and do not include Phil Thompson, William H., and other famous grandsons and granddaughters of this prepotent sire. Will make the ensuing season, commencing February 1st, 188-1, at the I --yiw Stable, STOCKTON, and L. M. Morse's near LOUI. Terniw: 840 for the season, or 825 single service. TIiSb low rate brings the service of this horse within reach of breeders, hut do«B not argue any Inferiority to the horses whose services are held t One or Two Hundred Dollars. For further particulars address A. I.. HINDS, Agent. STALLIONS RANCHO DEL PASO. For the Season of 1884. Thoroughbreds. Imp. KYRLB DALY. Bay horse, by ARTILLERY. First dam. Colleen Roue, by Gemma-di-Vergy. Second dam, Princess, by Retriever. Third dam. Echidna (the Baron's dam), by Economist. Fourth dam. Miss Pratt, by Blacklock. Fifth dam, Gadabout, by Orville. Sixth dam, Minstrel, by Sir Peter. Seventh dam. Matron, by Florizel. Eighth dam. Maiden, by Machem. Ninth dam (Pumpkin's dam), by Squirt. Tenth dam (Lot's dam), by Mogul. Eleventh dam, Camilla, by Bay Bolton. Twelfth dam, Old Lady (Starling's dam), by Pulleine's Chestnut Ara- bian. Thirteenth dam, by Rockwood. Fourteenth dam, by Bustler. At S100 the season, due at tbe time of service. LONG-FIELD. Chestnut horse, by MONARCHIST, he by Lexington. First dam, Dame Gourlay (Blue Gown), by Planet. Second dam. Flora G., by Lexington. Third dam, Fanny G., by imp. Margrave. Fourth dam, Lancess, by Lance. Fifth dam, Aurora, by Aratns. Sixth dam. Paragon, by imp. Buzzard. Seventh dam, Indiana, by Columbus (son of imp. Pantaloon). Eighth dam, Jane Hunt, by Hampton's Paragon. Ninth dam, Moll, by imp. Figure. Tenth dam, Slamerkin, by imp. Wildair. Eleventh dam, imp. Cub Mare, by Cub. Twelfth dam, Aramanthus' dam, by Second. Thirteenth dam, by Starling. Fourteenth dam, by Croft's Partner. Fifteenth dam, by Greyhound. At 550 tbe season, due at tbe time of service. JIM BROWNE. Chestnut horse, by FOSTER, he by Lexington. First dam, Flush, by Hiawatha. Second dam, Fanny Bugg, by imp. Ambassador. Third dam, Ida, by imp. Belsbazzar. Fourth dam, Madame Bosley, by Sir Richard Touson. Fifth dam, Nancy Nichol, by imp. Eagle. Sixth dam, Bet Bosley, by Wilke's Wonder. Seventh dam, by Chanticleer. Eighth dam, by imp. Sterling. Ninth dam, by Clodius. Tenth dam, by imp. Silver Eye. Eleventh dam, by Jolly Roger. Twelfth dam, by imp. Partner. Thirteenth dam, imp Monkey. Fourteenth dam, an imp. mare from the stud of Harrisuu uf Bran- don. At 350 the season, due at time of service. Trotting Stallions. ECHO. Bay horse, by RYSDTK'S HAMBLETONIAN. First dam, Fanny Felter, by Magnolia, son of Seely's American Star. Second dam, by Webber's Kentucky Whip. Third dam, by Shakespeare, son of Duroc, and out of a mare by Plato, son of imp. Messenger. At $100 the season, due at time of service. ALGONA. Chestnut horse, by ALM.ONT, son of Alexander's Abdallah.son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. First dam, Emma Kinkead, by Conscript, son of Cassius M. Clay. Second dam, Effie Dean, by Mambrino Chief. Third daiu.by Powell's Bertrand, son of Bertrand, by Sir Archy. At $100 the season, due at time of service. ALASKA. Brown horse, by ELECTIONEER. First dam, by Washington, he by Geo. M. Patchen. Second dam, by Williamson's Belmont. At 350 the season, due at time of sen-ice. The season for thoroughbreds will commence February 10th and ter- minate June 20tb. For trotting stallions, will commence February 10th and terminate July 1st. Good care will be taken of mares during the season at SG per month; after the season S10 per month will be charged, but no responsibility for escape or accidents. John Mackey, Superintendent, Sacramento, Cal. 2:20 1-4. The Past-Trotting Stalliion ANTEEO.- Dark bay colt, near hind foot white; foaled May 5th, 1879; bred by Jos Cairn Simpson, Oakland, California. By ELECTIONEER. First dam. Columbine, by A. W. Richmond. Second dam, Columbia, by Imp. Bonnie Scotland. Third dam, Young Fashion, by imp. Monarch. Fourth dam, Fashion, by imp. Trustee. Fifth dam. Bonnets o" Blue, by Sir Charles. Sixth dam, Reality, by Sir Archy. Seventh dam. by imp. Medley. Eighth dam, by imp. Centinel. Ninth dam. by Mark Anthony. Tenth dam. by imp. Janus. Eleventh dam, by imp. Monkey. Twelfth dam, by imp.Silvereye. Thirteenth dam. by Spanker. See Bruce's American Stud Book, vol. l,p. 307, and vol.3, p. 79. Will make the coming season, from February 10th to June 15th, 1884, at the Fair Grounds at Santa Rosa. TERMS. S100 tbe season. Mares kept in any manner their owners desire, and at reasonable rates, hut no responsibility for escapes or accidents. Anteeo ranks as one of the great trotting colts of the United States, well worthy of the family to which he belongs. His breeding is of the choicest, and in point of form he is as nearly the model of the trotter as any horse living. He has shown a mile in 2:201, and at the same time demonstrated that he was capable of trotting way down in the teens. For further particulars address, ' ii. hoi.mvs. Agent, Santa Roua. The Trotting Stallions DIRECTOR - MONROE CHIEF Will make the season of 1884 at Oakland Trotting Park, Commencing February 1st and ending June 1st. Director $200. Monroe Chief $100, the season. Good pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Due care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility assumed should any occur. Director, 9:17. Black horse, foaled Julv 18, 1877. by Dictator Mohave. Needles \ Express f and East > Emig'nt Niles and Hay wards 3:30 p M 8:00 A si 4:30 p M Ogden and ( Express East "( Emigrant Red Bluff ( viaMarvsville, and Tehama '( via Woodland.. Redding Sacramento, via Livermore. " via Benicia '* via Benicia " via Benicia Sacramento River Steamers San Jose coMMXNcraa SUNDAY, NOV.. 11, 1883, AND ONTII. Fl'BTHKE KOTICB, Passenger Trains will leave from, and arrive at, San Francisco Passenger Depot (Townsend Street, between Tliird and Fourth Streets) U follows; I DESTINATION. AKKIVK * M to r m •12:10 P M fi:40 r « ft;40 P H 10:10 A H 10:10 A M f..\n p V 5:JO r M ft:40 p M 2:JO r M 7:10 a M 5:40 r M ►12:10 p M 5:40 P SI 10:10 a m 2: 40 P U 5:10 P si *8:40 , 2:40 p M 2:40 p M •12:10 p si 5:40 P SI 2:40 i J M 7:10 A SI 5:40 P M 3:40 P M 9:40 A II •8:40 A M 8:40 P si 9:40 a si 5:40 p si 6:40 P M 5:40 P SI 5:40 P SI 6:40 F M 8:40 P S£ 10:10 a SI •fi-.OO A M *3:10 P M «:*) P SI 9:40 a M 6:40 P M 2:40 p M 8:40 P M »12:10 P si 10:10 A si 8:40 P M 6:40 p M 10:10 a M t6:50 a SI 8:30a 10 HO a •3 :30 p si y 4 35 P M I •5:10 pm I 6:30 PM ; San Mateo, Redwood and ! Menlo Park. I 6:35 am •8:10am I via am '] ' : '1 \ M I 3;3fiPM M :5» p m 1 S^PI( 8 30 a si 10:40 a si t Santa Clara, San Jose and 1 P m| f Principal Way Stations. 9:03a m "10A2a m 3:36 pm -" 56 r « 10:40 a m } GUrov.Pajaro.Castroville, t •3:30pm 1 t Salinas and Monterey. ) in in \ m Hntiisier and Ttes Pinos. i SAPH 10 *3 10 A SI .30 P M . \\'.it^'.nvil].-,.\|,to?,Soiin-l ;_ (Camp Capltola] & Santa ; Cruz. Broad Gauge; no' J change of cars. 53SB p M 1 :40 \ M Roledari and way Stations | ft :55 pm i Sportemen'fl I H MPROVBD HORSE hLOTHIN G. Train leaving San Francisco at 4:30 r. St can meet Pacific Express from Ogden at Benicia; and that leaving at 9 :30 a. m. can meet Pacific Express from The Needles and El Paso at Antioeh, " Sundays excepted, % Snndays only. Stage connections are made with the 10:40 a.m. Train, except Pescadero Stages via San Mateo, and Redwood, which connect with 8 30 a. M. Train. !*pkcial Rnrsn-TBiF Tickets, at reduced rates to Monterey, Soquel and Santa Cruz; also to Paralso and Paso Robles Springs. Excursion tickktp sold Satnrdav and Snnday —good to return on Monday — to Santa Clara or San Jose, ?2 50; to Gllroy, ?4: to Monterey or Crnz, ?5. and to principal points between San Fran- cisco and San Jose. Ticket Offices. — Passenger Depot. Towneend street, Valencia-street station, and No. 613 Market street, Grand Hotel. A.C.BASSETT, H. R.JUDAH, Superintendent. Asst. Pass. A Tkt. Agt US' SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. ~t LOCAX FERRY TRAINS, VIA OAKLAND PEER. From San Francisco Daily. TO EAST OAKLAND— •6:00— '6:30— 7:00— 7:30— 8 :00— g : 30— 9:00— 9:30— 10:00— 10:30— 11:00— 11:30— 12:00— 12:30 —1:00— 1:30— 2:00— 2:30— 3:00 — 3:30 — 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00 — 5:30— 6:00— 6:30 — 7:00— 8:00— 9:00 — 10:00 — 11:00 — •12:00. TO FRCIT VALE— «6:00— *6;30 — *7:00— *7:30 — •8:00 — •3:30— *3:30— *1:00— *4:30— •5:00— *5:30— *6:00— *6:30 — 9:00. TO FRUIT VALE (via Alameda)— •9:30— 6:30— 111:00 — *12:00. TO ALAMEDA— •6:00— *6:30— 7:00— •7:30— 8:00 — •9:30 — 9:00— 9:30— 10:00— ±10:30— 11:00— J:ll:30— 12:00— tl2:30— l : 00— ±1:30— 2:00— 3:00— 3:30— 4:00 — 4:30 — 5:00— 5:30 — 6:00— 6:30— 7:00— 8:00— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— *12:00. TO BERKELEY— *6:00— •6:30— 7:00— *7:30 — 8:00— *8:30 —9-00— 19:30— 10:00— tl0:30— 11:00— 111:30 — 12:00— 1:00 — 2-00— 3:00— 4:00 — 4:30— 5:00— 5:30— 6:00— 6:30— 7 :00— 8 :00— 9 :00— 10 :00— 11 :00— *12:00. TO WEST BERKELEY — *6:00 — *6:30— 7:00— *7:30 — 18-00— •8:30— 9:00— 10:00— 11:00— 11:00— 2:00— 3:00-4:00 _«4-30-5:00— *5:30— 6:00— *6:30— 7:00. To San Francisco Daily. Secured by Letters Patent g^&Jg&^Wi™: The above cut represents the body-piece, the patent also cover- ing the improvements in the hood. The following are the claims granted : 1. An improved blanket or covering, consistingof the body-piece A, flap C.and the extension B, formed or united together, so as to cover the body and legs of the animal, substantially as herein described 2. The blanket or covering A, having the Hap C. and the extensions B. to fit the fore and hind legs of the animal, front fastenings FG.and the permamnt straps or bands E, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. , . , „ 3. The blanket or cov ring A, with its extensions B, ermanentsecuring-bands E, and the front fastenings ^G.in combination with the elastic neclcextenalon II, substantially as and for the purpose herein described, 4 The blanket A and hood J in combination wit lithe elastic connecting-strip I. substantially us described andtOT the purpose set forth. 5. The cl'.s-- tit ting hood J, having the clastic band L, beneatli the jaws, BO that tliev may be allowed to move without disturbing the fit, and adapted to be secured to the cover by means of straps, suljstantially as herein described. 6 The improvement in covering-blankets for ani- mals, consisting of the blanket A, having the flap C, and permanent straps or bands fixed to It to secure it around the br t dv, whereby the use of loose surcingles is avoided, substantially as herein described. I The right to make clothing in the United States will be sold on a royalty. Apply to the patentee oairn ^^^ SAX fRAMLStO, t'AJL. FROM FRUIT VALE— •8:23— "6:53- •7:23--7:53— *S; £3 •8 :53— *9 £3— "10 : 21— *4 :23— *4 :53— •5:23— •5:53— *6 :23 - •6:53—7:25—9:50. FROM FRUIT VALE fvia Alameda) — •SJS — *5;45 — ♦6:45— 9:15— *3:15. FROM EAST OAKLAND— "5:30 — *6:00 — 6:30-7:00 — 7-30-8 :(«"J—S:3n—t.:0O-9:3O— 10:00— 10:30— 11:00— 11:30 12-00—12:30—1 :00— 1 :30— 2:00— 2 :30— 3:00— 3 :30— 4 :00 — 4:30—5:00-5:30—6:00—6:30—7:00 — 7:57 — 8:57 — 9:57 — 10:57- FROM BROADWAY, OAKLAND— "5:37— •6:07—6:37 7-07— 7:37— 8:07— 8:37:— 9:07— 9:37— 10:07 — 10:37 — 11:07 —11:37— 12:07— 12:37— 1:07— 1:37— 2KI7— 2:37— 3:07— 3:37 —4-07— 4:37— 5:07— 5:37— 3:07— 6:37— 7:07— 8:06— 9:06— 10:06—11:06. FROM ALAMEDA— "5:22— •S:52-"6:22 — 6:52-»7:22- 7:52— •8:22-8:52—9:22- 9:52- 110:22- lOy.2- III :22- tl£2— tl2:22— 12:52-JI:22— 1:52-2:52— 3:22— 3:52— 1:22 — 1 :52— 5 :22— 5 :52— 6 :22— 6:52— 7 :52— S :52— 9:52— 10:52. FROM BERJiELEY— •6:16-^5:45— •6:15—6:45— ^:16- 7:15— •StlS — 8:4.5— 19:15— £>:-|.=i — tin ; i5 — 10:45— til :15 — 11 15- 12:45 — 1:45 — 2:45 — 3:45— 4:15— 4:45— 6:15— 5:45 —6:15-6:45— 7:45— 8:45— 9 rfS— 10:15. FROM WEST BERKELEV-*5H5-»6:15-6:45-*7:15 —7-1.5—8:45— 19:15-9:45—10:45— tl2:45— 1:45 — 2:15 — 3:45— 4 :45-«5 :15-5 :15-»6:15— <:«-*7 :15. (REEK RCUTE. FROM SAN FRASCISC0-T:15-5:15-1I:15-1:15- 3:15—5:15. FROM OAKLAND— •6:15—8:15— 10:15-12:15 — 2:15- 4:15. •Dally, except Sundaye. (Sundays only. "Standard Time" Furnished by Ravdolph fc Co Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery 8fc B. F. A. N. TOWNE. T. H. GOOPMA.V Sen, Manager, Gen. Pass. A Tkt Agt Sportsmen & Pleasure-Seekers. the SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R CO. BESPECTFtn.LT CALLS ATTENTION TO THE SUPERIOR FACILITIES AFFORDED BY ITS LINE FOR REACHING with Bpeed and comfort the best places in the State for Sea Bathing, Shooting and Fishing. TEALNS LEAVE SAN FBANCISCO DAILY FOB MONTEREY, THE MOST CHARMING Summer and Winter Resort or the Pacific Coast, with its beanrJful Groves and delightful Drives. Tront in abundance can be obtained from the several stream s in the vicinity of Monterey, and the best of shooting may be had in season. THE BA Y OF MONTEREY Is noted for the extent and variety of fish wndc h abound in its waters, notably Salmon Rock Cod, Bar- acuda, Pompino, Spanish Mackerel, and Flounder. The above-mentioned attractions, in connection with the low rates of fare, rapid transit, and the superior accommodations furnished at the "HOTEL DEL MONTE," have made Monterey a paradise for sports. men. THE BA TH INO FACILITIES AT THE "HOTEL DEL MONTE," ARE UNSURPASSED, haTing a MAGNIFICENT BEACH of pnre white sand for surf bathing. THE BATH-HOUSE contains SPACIOUS SWIMMING TANKS (1KIX50 feetl for warm salt water plunge and swim- ming baths, with IIIUM ROOMS connecting for Individual baths, with douche and shower facilities. THE FAVORITE ROUTE to those wel1*known Watering Places, APTOS. SOQCEI. A>n SAKTA ( Kl 7. 18 VIA THE Southern Pacific Railroad, (Broad Gauge). The s. P. R. R. runs throngfa the oonntiM of Su U ,;..,. -Ant 1 1 iiara, Baa Benito, Santa I . ni end Hon* terey, in each of which game abounds In great variety, Notably Quail. Pigeon, Snlue. inn it. Uccsc. Deer riiiI Hear. Lakes PILARCITos /ind SAN ANDRBAS are reached by this line. Stages connect with Tito* daily tt San Mateo (..r tli'«-- wi*ll. known Betreata, PUBIS- BIM L SAK OREGO] ' ADERO. We would partlcnlarlj c ill attention to the uniimit. d ex- tent of range at and about 8 AN BBUNO unit .M' MA- HOB'S tor RIFLE PBA< Theee lea orte are but » whort distance from s»n •0 and nfTiT special Induce I ncnta to the lovers of this manly sport. SPECIAL NOTICE, Sportsmen and others presi ntlng Passage Tickets nil be entitled to FREE TRANSPORTATION OF Til Kilt nous when can-ied in It»gP4£'' ( Ar * an(1 t int ln r 1'*rgp of uzgagemen, iTiln B-i.- I 111 CKS for all dogs received In Baggage AfT'In order to guard agalnut acctdentl to pogs ■. traiiBit.it lc if. . 1 ■'•■' ''''I with COLLAR AND CHAJN. Qm Tackle v in be carried frea of charge. ■ ,ti.i securely packed In wood or li ■ taken in I'ttSBi-ngcr Cars. TM'K KT < iKI-iri s -i ad No. < BoteX A.C^BASSETT. H. B.JJ I Superlnteadent. Ant.iv. > 96 £fac fgreete and gywctemmau Feb 9 Suspensory Bandages. A perfect fit guaranteed. Support, Belief, Comfort. Automatically Adjustable. DISPLACEMENT IMPOSSIBLE. Treatise on Nervous Tension and Circular mailed free. Bold by Druggists. S. E. «. KAWSOBf. Sent by mail safely. Patentee, Saratoga Springs, N.Y, Russ House, 1009. tOlt. 1013 and iO!5 J Street, SACRAMENTO, CAL. M . J. HENLEY PROPRIETOR mTTT Q "HOUSE IS A NEW BRICK BUILDING, T newly furnished throughout, and with all modern Improvements. Table first class. Everything neat, rS and comfortable. Public patronage respectfully solicited. Street cars pas B the house every five minutes. Sprung Knees AND Cockled- Ankles Permanently cured by using Sparkhall's Specific. RHFORK rSlSfJ. AFTKR USING. Which does not bliste ror interfere with the horse's work. It strengthens the joints and tendons, restor- ing the limbs to their normal condition. Has cured many cases of chronic lameness and muscular rheu- matism after other treatment had failed. Testimonials: From O. A. Hickok. Esq., San Francisco, Cal., .Tune S, 1881. I can with confidence recommend Sparkhall's Spe- cific to any one owning a knee-sprung or cockled- ankled horse, being fully convinced that it will cure those deformities without injurv to the animal. O. A. HICKOK. From Hon. C. M. Pond, Breeder of the celebrated trotter "Clingstone." Hartford, Conn., March 2ft. 1882. ThiB may certify that I have used Sparkhall's Spe- cific inrav stables, and consider it an extraordinary remedy, accomplishing innmst c;ises all that is claimed for it. " C. M. POND. The Specific is sold in rpiart bottles— price, ?2.00, by wvkiiki: A CO., BAKER & HAMILTON. Hardware and Agricultural Implements. SAN FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO, CAL. MANUFACTORY, BENICIA AGRICULTURAL WORKS. See our New Ball Joint Champion Mower. Tiger and Hollingsworth Rakes. THE NEW HOLLINGSWOETH HAY BAKE. Send for CIRCULARS and PRICE LISTS BAKER & HAMILTON, San Francisco, CaL. FAIR LAWN, 1884. TENTH ANNUAL, CATALOGUE Now ready for distribution. Contains descriptions and pedigrees of 252 head of High-Bred Trotting Stock now at Fairlawn. 'Will be sent free to all applicants who enclose 3 cents in stamps to prepay postage. 25 HIGHLY-BRED BROOD MARES, Bred to the Fairlawn Stallions, and 130 HEAD OF VERY PROMISING YOUNG STOCK, Consisting of Young Stallions, Fillies and Roadsters, are offered at Private Sale. TTTT? 0"NTF PPTP.P, PT.A"NT Is strictlv adhered to atFairlawn, and the XJ.J-JJ VJ.1I-LJ X ALJ.U-LJ A JJXlJ.llp rice f every animal for saleis printed in the catalogue. Purchasers from a distance can buy on orders at exactly the same prices as if present in person. All stock sold on orders can be returned if they do not come fully up to the descriptions given. The Stallions in use at Fairlawn are ALMONT 3 3. Represented in the 2:30 list by 24 performers, with records ranging from 2:15^ to 2:30. Limited to 20 approved mares at $300 the season. HAPPY MEDIUM 400. Sire of 18 performers with records of 2 :80 or better. Limited to 25 mares at $150 the season. ABERDEEN 27. Having teu of his get with records ranging from 2:15$ to 2:27$. Limited to 40 mares at £150 the season. ALECTO 2548. By Almont, out of Violet, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Limited to 30 mares at >"50 the season. STARMONT 1526. By Alrnont.out of Starling, by George Wilkes. Lin ed to 50 mares at §50 the season. Ethan Allen, Jr., 473, used as a Private Stallion. The Fairlawn Stallions in 1883 had eight new ones of their get to make records of 2:30 or better, and three new ones to enter the 2:30 list. The sons of each of these stallions aresiring trotters. Almont has six dif- ferent sons that have sired 2:30 trotters. Mares failing to get with foal can be returned in 1885 free of charge. For further information and catalogues containing full particulars, address JLock Box 392. WM. T, WITHERS, Lexington, Ky. __ ASHLAND PARK _- T rotting stu|] NEAR LEXINGTON, KY. B. J. TKEAfY, PROPRIETOR. THIS IS STRICTLY A BREEDING FARM, FOR though training is done, it is only for the stock be- longing to the place, or those purchased from the pro- prietor. The proprietor of Ashland Park has no pet trotting family : his aim is to secure and have at all times lor sale choice representatives of each of the leading families, these being the Hambletonians, Mambrino Chiefs, Clavs, Pilots, Black Hawks. At Ashland Park mav now be seen splendid specimens of the get of such stallions as George Wilkes, Almont. Mambrino Patchen, Clark Chief. Edwin Forrest, Blackwood, Sentinel, American Clay, Administrator, North Star Mambrino, Bourbon Chief, Regular. Bal- sora, Howard's Mambrino and Homer. The steady aim is to possess nothing that does not trace through the best class of speed-producing trotting crosses, along all the bloodlines, right to the thoroughbred. For catalogues or further particulars address 2-17yl B. J. TREAi'Y. Lexington, Ky. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. J. O'KANE, 96? .Market Street, San Francisco. RETAIL "WHOLESALE AND dealer in Harness, Saddles. Blankets, English Race Goods, And everything necessary for horse or carriage use. Horse Boots a Specialty. Agent for Dr. Dixon's Condition Powders. Repair- ing promptly attended to. PAUL PRIEDHOPER, jy PATHOLOGICAL HORSESHOER, 116 Washington Street. PRACTICAL IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES GAUf ORMA VICTOR MOWER. The only Mower made on this Coast, and the best Machine made in the United States GENERAL JOHN BIDWELL, OF CHIC0, says: "I bought one of the Victor Mowers last Spring, and my Superintendent says too much can not be said in its favor." GUN METAL BOXES INSTEAD OF BABBITT, AND STEEL GEARS INSTEAD OF CAST-IRON GUARANTEED TO HAVE NO SIDE DRAFT, AND NO WEIGHT ON THE HORSES NECKS For the season of 1884 we shall make four sizes, 4, 4|-, 5 and 6£ft. cut. THE VICTOR IS GUARANTEED TO DO MORE WORK. AND WITH LESS HORSE POWER, THAN ANY OTHER MACHINE MADE. JUDS0N MANUFACTURING CO., FACTORIES IN OAKLAND. 329 Market Street, San Francisco. W^y^/ 5f= 3 =^s35 ji =-W Vol. IV. No. 7. NO. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1884. m Ik ^; rP ,:; '-■ ". - ' !-. - ' ALGONA Algona. Algona is a bright chestnut, 16* hands high. The shade could scarcely be improved, rather lighter than Piedmont and with equally as fine a coat. His chest is deep and the shoul- ders well-placed. The barrel is full with the back ribs long. From the loin to the nostrils he is almost a model, and his quarters are also good. Not quite so powerful as Piedmont displays, and this is a point in favor of the son of May Fer- guson, though Algona is now highly finished, and with lighter action and more taking style. The limbs all through are first rate, and capital feet. It is unnecessary to extend the description further, especially when we would have to re- hearse the terms used before, although it may be as well to say that he is a remarkably "even-balanced" horse, and that t here is not a weak point in his configuration. His pedigree will bear the most exacting scrutiny. His sire has gained such a high and emphatically well-deserved reputation that it is only necessary to refer to it to a large majority of our readers, the minority who has not a knowledge of the excel- lence of the Almonts being very small. On the side of the dam Algona has strong support. His first dam Emma Kiukead, by Conscript (son of Cassius M. Clay J., and brother to American Clay.) Second dam, Effey Dean, by Mambrinu Chief. Third dam, by Powell's Bertrand, son of Bertrand. by Sir Arcby, and his grandam by imported Mambrino. Thus it will be seen that Algona has a double cross of Mambrino chief aud only one remove further off than Piedmont, and has also the backing ol the thoroughbred. Algona was foaled May 12th, 1876, bred by Genera] W. T. Withers, sold by him to John 11. Danielson of California, of whom he was purchased by Mr. Maggin. That he is destined to be a successful stock-getter is be- yond question. His form and pedigree mmld inve ample token of that, and bis only coll that has started in a race was Almoone at Stockton, in 1882, whan, though suffering prevailing epidemic he was second in thi hi 2:43. F'T a two-year-old tins is a very good there are others of his colts which are of equal ji 98 j^pjcrctettrott. Feb 16 OUR NEW YORK LETTER. Entries to the Stakes at Louisville, Latonia, St. Louis and Chicago— Various Rac- ing and Sporting Notes— The- atrical Matters, etc. That 1884 is destined to be the greatest year the American turf has ever known, is patent to even the most prejudiced or careless observer. Now that the most of the racing associa- tions, whose stakes closed this month, have made public their lists of nominators, this is more than ever seen to be a cer- tainty, the long lists of entries giving token of increased numbers of horses in training, increased interest in the sport, and increased enterprise on the part of the racing asso- ciations. The most pleasing feature of this racing boom is the evidence of the vast extent of country over which it reaches — from Minnesota to the Gulf, from Maine and the Atlantic seaboard to California and the sunny slopes of the Pacific. So great an empire speaks volumes in behalf of the hold the national sport racing has taken in the public mind, and it is more than likely not only to sustain its iuterest during the coming years, but to so increase as to rival the popularity and magnitude attained in the Old World, and perhaps to equal the Australians iu their love for racing, a nation of race-goers, that turn out at their Flemington race- course frequently over one hundred thousand strong, on Cup day, every one of which vast multitude is able to see the whole progress of the race, and all of whom pay revenue to the Victorian Jockey Club, from one shilling up. If New York city, Brooklyn and Jersey City were to turn out with the same enthusiasm on race days as do the antipodians in Melbourne and vicinity, we would have at Sheepshead Bay, Jerome or Monmouth Parks on notable race days over two hundred thousand persons; 1S23, when Eclipse and Henry ran their great sectional race on Long Island, is the nearest approach to such multitudes in American turf annals. From Louisville, Covington and Chicago we read tha lieta of their stake entries, and not the least notable feature 18 the unusually large number of subscribers from California, made by E. J. Baldwin, Palo Alto Stable, J. B. Haggin, Theo. WinterB, Wm. M. Ayres, etc. That these horses will lend great eclat to the racing campaign of 1884 is a cer- tainty, and the races of Lucky B., Gano, Patsy Duffy, Prince of Norfolk, Duke of Monday, Jim Renwick, Shenandoah, Sweet Briar, etc., will be noted with great interest, from the character of the running of these and other cracks of the Pacific slope. It is lately reported that the Palo Alto Stable will send a string of horses to New Orleans in April, and make the south-western racing circuit through Tennessee, Kentucky, etc., but this is hardly likely, and Chicago is more than likely to see the first appearance east of most of your horses. Mr. J. B. Haggin, however, has made entries at Louisville, and may begin the campaign at that place. If the Breeder and Sportsman could ascertain the probable movements of these stables east, just when they will leave, etc., it would be a good bit of matter just now, interesting, and widely noted east. Of all the western associations whose entries are now in, those of the New Washington Park Club are the largest and most noteworthy. Eighty-two nomina- tions to their American Derby, 71 to their Washington Park Cup, 108 to the Quickstep Stakes, 108 to the Oakwood Handi- cap, etc., shows that their enterprise and liberality were not unappreciated by the turfmen of the west and south. In those of this section, in this regard, the less said the better. They seem to be destitute of any reciprocal feeling in these matters, and prefer to stay at home and take a chance at tha crumbs, where they might get a cut at the loaf elsewhere. The McElweels of Jerome park and Mr. Kelso of Philadel- phia, are the only prominent exceptions to this almost univer- sal eastern indifference to western meetings, and that grand horse General Monroe and Waterlily, Equipoise, etc., will very likely make the trip to the lake city late in June or early in July. The Dwyers, and, indeed, many others in this section are beginning to turn the cold shoufder on cup races, and, indeed, on all the long distance events. The Sara- toga Association has dropped altogether the Baden Baden Handicap, three miles; the American Jockey Club has tem- porarily shelved the Westchester Cup; the Monmouth Park Association has cut down the Monmouth Cup to two miles, and so it goes on, until our races of two miles or over are likely to be few and far between. It is a pity that such should be the case, and horse-men should support these races in a greater degree, or we will see the race-horse soon degenerate into a mere "sprinter." Of racing gossip here there is little or none. The heavy snow storms for the past seven weeks have kept the roads constantly covered with a foot or more of snow and ice, and from Kentucky the same intelligence comes. In the crack stables Himalaya from the Preakness, Burton, El Dor- ado and Miss Palmer from the Dwyers'; and Leo, Young Duke, Herbert, Parole and Iroqnois from Rancocas are said to please greatly their trainers and owners. From Com. Kittson's Chestnut Hill Stud good words are spoken of Issa- quena, Panique, Rataplan, etc., while from Virginia, Eolite, a three-year-old brother of Eole has just been purchased by Freddie Gebhard for $12,000. From Kentucky comes favor- able news of Tyrant, Powhatan, Louisville and Bob Miles, while the owners of Leonatus, Messrs. Chinn and Morgan sell out all their string of horses in training on the 24th of Feb- ruary. At Covington, Ky., Latonia Park has leased their pool privileges for 18S4 for the large sum of $26, 250 to Hughes & Cathcart. Last year 518,000 was paid for the same priv- ileges; showing what a revenue they must amount to. Hugh Gaffrey, the steeple-chase rider, has gone to Mexico to ride. Harry Welch has sold his brood-mare Marchioness for $600 to Gen. Jackson of Nashville. The same gentleman has also bought of \V. L. Scott of Erie, imported Blythewood, by Ad- venturer for $750. Gen. Jackson's sale of yearlings at Belle Meade will take place about April 30th, just prior to theNash- ville meeting. Theatrical matters here are at the height of the season. Miss Latham of your city made a rather mediocre debut at the Star last week, but Tom Keene more than made up for it on last Monday night by his great success at Niblo's as Richard III. He was called before the curtain many times, and his rendition of the role bears favorable contrast with either Booth or McCullough. Separation at the Union Square. That Man at the Park, with Barton Hill in the cast, and Alpine Roses at the Madison Square, have all been re- ceived with favor, and the old success Cordelia's Aspirations, at the Comiqoe and 7-20-8 at Daly's have renewed their youth, apparently. Pacific. New York, Jan. 31st, 1884. TURF AND TRACK. Observations at Arno Farm. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — The more I see of this wide world, the more astonished I am that so many men are found trving to make a little money by raising colts without any knowledge of breeding, without any familiarity with the history of the great families of horses, without any knowledge of the performances of horses, and without any turf journal to give them the information they require. A man might just as well try to be a preacher without a bible. I some time ago met a well-to-do farmer, owner of four good-looking mares, who does not know the breeding of any of them. Ha argued good-humoredly, and said he could raise just as good stock without a pedigree, and it was hard to prove to him that he was wrong. He takes considerable credit upon himself for the shrewdness of his views. He reads no breeding or turf journals. He breeds his mares to the lowest stud-fees, and in three years his colts are actually not worth raising. Colts from the same mares might be valuable if the mares were sent to a well-bred stallion representative of the best families. This man has a reputation in his town, and thinks he is a shrewd breeder; but to show that he is not shrewd iu breeding, in a year or so he will see some right-minded breeder sell his colts, which have been carefully bred, at a yearling for $500, while he will not receive more than $50 or $75 for his yearlings, the produce of the common and cheap horse. I find in this State differently minded people in the matter of breeding. For the trotters let this shrewd farmer watch such breeders as L. J. Rose, Gov. Stanford, Santa Rosa Association, G. Valensin, James McDonald and others. I found at Hieksville, Cal., at Arno Stock Farm, G. Valensin, a differently minded man than my shrewd farmer. I was much pleased to see that Mr. Valensin was fixed so nicely. His stables, track, paddocks and everything are in perfect shape for the comfort of the youngster and trotter. Mr. Valensin invited me into the stable to see the trotters. The first one I saw was Crown Point, a chestnut stallion, record 2:24, by Speculation, he the sire of Oakland Maid, record 2:22*, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Crown Point's dam by Geo. M. Patchen, Jr., record 2:27A, and the sire of Sam Purdy, 2:20^-. Crown Point looks well, and his feet and legs are better than we have ever seen them. He is a trotter, and the sire of trotters. There are some colts of his on the Arno Farm that speak for themselves. The nest one we came to was an iron-gray filly, three years old, by Len Rose, dam by Echo. She looks like ready money, and a trotter all over. She can show a 2:25 gait, and is one of the finest gentleman's mares I ever saw. Nest we came to a brown two-year-old, by Buccaneer; first dam Fern Leaf. ThiB filly, I think, from what I have seen, will beat 2:25 this fall. She is the apple of Mr. Valen- sin's eye. Nest we came to a brown four-year-old filly, by Buccaneer, that can speed a quarter in thirty-three seconds; she is an- other Trinket. Nest we came to a bay mare Sister, by Admiral, a son of Volunteer; first dam by Black Prince. She is looking very fine, and can trot a mile to-day in 2:25. Next we saw Punch, an iron-gray colt, by Buccaneer, dam by Echo. He is a two-year-old anda beauty, can show a 2:40 gait. Next we came to the handsome bay filly, two years old, by Buccaneer, dam Cassie Me., the Munson mare. She is a Jersey Lily, and can show a mile in 2:50. Next we came to a three-year-old, by Buccaneer, dam a thoroughbred, that is sixteen hands high, and as fine a look- ing young horse as I ever saw. This colt will make a valu- able stallion to get carriage horses if not trotters. Mr. Valensin invited us to his house where we found lunch prepared for his hungry guests. After lunch we went out to see yearlings by Buccaneer and Crown Point. These yearlings were shown up and down the lane to halter, and some of them in harness, and such young tivtters I have never seen. One would not believe it without seeing. I have seen young ones in the east and also in California, but I never saw such young trotters as those at Arno Farm. t I think your readers will see three yearlings out of this lot,* trot a mile next fall in 2:40 or better. Buccaneer was a great sire of young ones, and he is a great loss to Arno Farm, and the State of California. Mr. Valensin said: "Gentleman, I have a fine mile track out here, and it is a little soft, but I want to show you that I have trotters, and that I can drive some myself." The first one was a gray three-year-old filly, with Mr. Valensin holding theribbons. She showed speed enough to trot in 2:30. He showed others in harness, and we saw quarters trutted from forty-two to thirty-three and a half seconds, by colts from one to four years old, and such showing I never expeot to see again by colts. The loss of Buccaneer is a great loss to the State. He was a great out cross, representing the Bashaw family that have eleven in the 2:30 list, and one bet- ter than 2:20 and the Blue Bull with thirty-seven in 2:30 list, and one better than 2:20. Mr. Valensin is a natural horseman and shows as much skill in driving a trotterin his work, as any practical experienced driver that I have ever seen on the trotting turf. Eve Have Seen. San Francisco, February 12th. Punctured by a Nail. HugheB, the jockey, has been offered $2,000 for Bond- holder. Sackville, N. B., Jan. 29th. Jos. Cairn Simpson:— The copy of Tips and Toe-Weights I have received, and read with great interest. I have a very promising filly two and a half years old, sixteen hands high, 1,050 pounds weight, splendid proportions dam thoroughbred stock, sire "Sanders' Knox," sou of "General Knox"; have driven her a little since she was eighteen months old. I be- lieve the first time she ever had a harness on her she struck a 3£ clip, and she appears to know nothing but trot, as she will leave that gait very reluctlantly when over-urged into a run, and strikes trotting gait again as quickly as possible. I have never sped her but very little. This winter I thought I would use her some on the ice two or three days before I took her to be shod. Whan she would first go out of the stables she would limp iu one of her bind legs, and kind of drag the toe for two or three steps and then was all right; she would net that way the next time, that is, if she was in the stable anylength of time. When I took her to the shop I looked at her foot and found & bent nail stuck in it. The joint, I should judge, just went through the sole of the foot, no more. I got her shod; she still acts the same way, only, I think she is a little worse after she has been driven considerable and brought out next day, but never lame more than three or four stops. I have blistered her stifle as I thought it might be a weakness there, and never took her out of her stall for ten days, but she is just the same. Since I got your book on Tips and Toe-Weights, I concluded, after reading it, that I should use tips on her after this. I had the shoes taken off intend- ing to let her go barefoot awhile before putting t ips on. The shoes I had on her were 18 ozs. forward and 12 ozs. behind. Her step was perfect, so far as I am able to judge. You could not make her touch a leg or heel. You know East, corks on shoes are from \ to 1 inch in length forgoing on ice, and made sharp as a knife. She stays too long on the ground with that weight. Since the shoes are off she has not limped coming out of the stable, it might be the nail in the shoe had went part way in the hole that was made by the nail sticking in her foot and pushed horn or dirt into the the sensitive part, as the nail was sticking on a line where the nail hole of the shoe would be. Would you kindly let me know what you think is the trouble, also, what weight tips would be best to use? H. R.Fawcett. Foals at Palo Alto. The foals reported from Palo Alto for 1S84, up to date, are as follows: Trotters. Jan. 7th — Ameriquita, by Electioneer, her dam America, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian; a brown filly, near hind foot white and white under fetlocks; by Gen. Benton. Jan. ISth— Norma, by Alexander's Norman, herdam by Sir Wallace; a brown colt, near hind coronet white, off hind foot white; by Electioneer. Jan. ISth— Midnight, by Pilot, Jr., her dam Twilight, by Lexington; a brown colt, near hind foot white; by Electioneer. Jan. 20th — Lula, by Alexander's Norman, her dam Kate Crockett, by imp. Hooten; a brown filly, white around coro- net of near hind foot; by Electioneer. Jan. 26th — Nelly Walker, by Thorndale, hfer dam Rosalind, by Alexander's Abdallah; a bay colt, hind feet and ankles white; by Electioneer. Jan. 26th— Lady Kline, by Mohawk Chief, her dam by Sparkle; a chestnut colt; by Peidmont. (Colt died.) Jan. 28th — May Queen, by Alexander's Norman, her dam Jennie, by Crockett's Arabian; a bay filly, few white hairs in forehead; by.Electioneer. Jan. 29th — Mamie C, by imp. Hercules, her dam by Lang- ford; a light bay colt, white face, near hind leg whitejbyBeu- tonian. Jan. 29th — Minnie Norris, by Leinster, her dam Lady Ty- ler, by Belmont; a chestnut colt, white face, four white legs; by Whipple's Hambletonian. Feb, 1st — Lady Ellen, by Carr's Mambrino, her dam by Owen Dale; a bay filly, near hind foot and ankle white; by Electioneer. Feb. 2d — Marti, by Whipple's Hambletonian, her dam Id*. Martin, by Rifleman; a bay colt with star; by Electioneer. Feb. 3d — Winona, by Almont, her dam Dolly, by Mam- brino Chief; a bay filly; by Electioneer. Feb. 5th — Gipsy, by Paul's Abdallah; a bay colt, near hind foot and back of ankle white; by Electioneer. Jan. 5th — Florida, by Robert E. Lee, lost twin foals by Gen. Benton, and on Jan. 2-ith, Flushing Belle, by Dictator, lost foal by Bentonian. Thoroughbreds. Jan. 16th — Fannie Lewis, by imp. Buckdeu, dam by Bay Dick; a chestnut filly, large star; by Flood, he by Norfolk from Hennie Farrow, by imp. Shamrock. Jan. 20th — Dame Winnie, by Planet, dam Liz. Mardis, by imp. Glencoe; a bay colt by Shannon, he by Monday, from Hennie Farrow. Jan. 27th — Hattie Hawthorne, by Enquirer, dam Little Girl, by Endorser; a brown colt, by imp. Young Prince. Feb. 1st — Esther, by Express, dam by CoIobsus; a light bay colt, half moon and snip; by Flood. Feb. 3d — Piney Lewis, by Longfellow, dam Lew Lewis, by Endorser; a bay filly, star, near hind foot aud pastern white; by imp. Young Prince. Feb*. 5th — Lizzie Whips, by Enquirer, dam the Grand Dutch $, by Vandal; a brown filly, small star, white spot on each coronat; by Flood. Feb. 6th— Glendew, by imp. GengaTy, dam Glenrose, by Lexington, a chestnut colt, Btar, both hind legs white; by imp. Young Prince. Dan Mace as a Driver. The writer is personally aud well acquainted with Messrs. Mace, Turner, Bowen, Hickok, Colviu, McLaughlin, Splan, Murphy, Johnson, Golden, Dustiu, Voorhies, the Gold- smiths, Penman, Saunders, McCarthy, Campbell, Either, and many other good drivers, besides many that have gone, to drive no more; The above-named have all driven trot- ters last season, and are likely to drive next season. In speaking of drivers, we head the list with Mace's name, not only because he is the oldest of all the drivers named, but because we believe he possesses more of every quality re- quired iu the trottiug-horse business than auy other driver ever did. First, he cau drive horses, all ways hitched, fully as fast as any one, aud much faster if they never had copied after his ways of haruessiug and hitching teams of trotters, and trotter with runuing mate. Having noticed Mace as a trainer aud driver for about twenty years, and carefully com- pared him with all other drivers that I have seen from that time until the present, I have come to the conclusion that, "all in all, "he has no equal among tha past or preseut drivers. It will not be out of place to mention some of Mace's qualities that excel all others, iu our opinion, as a trottiug-horse driver; and we are not alone in this either, as it is generally admitted by those who know him well that he can almost invariably learn all the strong and weak points of every horse aud driver iu the race b}' the time he has scored a few times, and, at the same time, has judged every judge in the stand, so as to know with whom their sympathies are (if any), aud by so doing get several of the dangerous horses and drivers more or less rattled, and thus get the word "go" (in heats that he intended trotting for) with an advantage over the most formidable oues iu the race; aud in heats that he intended to lay up and rest his horse he would generally manage to get the worst of the send-oft", and by so doing the judges would generally watch to give him a little the best the next heat to make up for it; and Dau was always ready to put them in mind of what a poor start tlif-y gave him the last heat, thereby working the judges on his side and getting the best of it all around. By so doing he has won many a race that could only have been won by clever tactics and his extra good driving. No doubt but what Mace has made mis- takes in driving races, one or two in particular that I have seen, but less tbau any driver as a driver known. Mr. Mace has, in a sense, retired from the active turf, but still drives, buys aud sells the best in which there is the most money, and not nearly so much hazard or annoyance. — "Hopeful," in Chicago Horseman. 1884 §Ptc ifceete mx& gpoxtsmim. 99 Seely's American Star. American Star was a sorrel horse, with a star and snip in forehead, two white ankles behind above the pasterns, and about 15 hands high. He was foaled in 1837, his sire being Stockholm's American Star, son of Duroc, he by imported Diomed. Of Stockholm's dam nothing authentic is known. The dam of Seely's American Star was a mare named Sally Slouch, daughter of the race-horse Henry, son of Sir Archy, second dam by imported Messenger. That the thoroughbred blood largely predominated in Seely's Star will admit of no doubt. That his dam and grandam were both thoroughbreds is also true, although Edmund Seely claimed that his dam was a "Canuck" or Canadian mare. His lasting qualities, not only with him, but with his progeny, should be a proof most manifest that his mother was not a "Canuck." It has been said that American Star was not the horse raised by Henry H. Berry, of Pompton Plains, Morris county, N. J.," but the gentleman quickly put an end to all such reports by looking up the horse while owned by Edmund Seely and Hiram Smith, and recognizing him as the same animal raised and owned by him until he was seven years old. In 1S35 Ira Coburn, of New York, owned a horse called American Star. He was a bay horse, with star in forehead, 15 hands high, as round as a rope, with a good set of limbs, pleasant disposition, and could trot very fast. He left no record, however, as he was used afterward only as a gentleman's road horse. In the fall of 1834 Mr. Berry happened to be in the city of New York, and a friend of his urged him to buy a very fine mare for breeding purposes, the mare, at that time, being owned by a gentleman on Long Island. Having been driven on hard roads her feet had given out, and she showed other out- ward evidences of bad usage. The mare accordingly was offered at a sacrifice, but Mr. Berry declined to purchase her at any price, as he thought he had horses enough. It was claimed that the Henry and Messenger blood alone made the maTe especially valuable for breeding purposes, and she finally found her way into the hands of Joseph Genung, of New York. In the spring of 1835 Mr. Berry went to see the mare, and being well pleased with her looks purchased her there and then. She was a beautiful bay in oolor, some- what advanced in years, 16 hands high, with a star and snip in forehead, and both hind feet white above the ankles. The mare was at once taken to Pompton Plains, and shortly afterward Mr. Genunjj, her former owner, died, thus cutting off all hopes of ever tracing her correct pedigree. In the spring of 1835 Mr. Coburn sent his horse to John Riker'a tavern, near Little Falls, Passaic county, N. Y., in charge of Nicholas Smalley, to serve a limited number of mares. Mr. Berry bred the daughter of Henry, but she failed to get in foal. The next season the horse was sent to the same place, but in charge of another groom, who neglected and treated him so badly that Mr. Riker sent word to the owner that he had better take him away. The horse was returned to New York. Very naturally Mr. Coburn became so disgusted with the stallion business that, meeting Mr. Berry a few days afterward, he urged him to take the horse home with him, breed him to as many mares as he liked, and then castrate him, an operation; at that time in the whole country per- formed only by Henry Berry. This was in 1836, and after breeding him to the Henry mare Mr. Berry carried out the other instructions of his owner. The mare proved in foal, and in June, 1837, dropped the colt which became so famous under the name of his sire, American Star. Some disappoint- ment was manifested with the colt on its first appearance, both in color and in size. However, the youngster received but little care and attention, took it as he could catch it, hardly ever under a shelter until three years of age, when he was taken out of the barn-yard and broken to harness. There was nothing handsome or stylish about him, but he had a great deal of speed. Mr. Berry ran him in a great many quarter and half-mile races, and never had him beaten. At five years of age ha served mares at most any price, and was driven to a butcher wagon. He then began to show a fine trotting step. This was in 1842. The'nest season he received about the same treatment, and could out-trot any horse in the whole country and have that butcher wagon after him. In the spring of 1844 he was fixed up a little and advertised to stand for mares at New Milford and Warwick, Orange county, N. J., to insure a mare in foal for seven dollars, and war- ranted to haul a wagon on the road a mile in three minutes. For some cause he served but few mares. In August, 1844, the horse was sold to John Blauvelt, a silversmith in New York city, for $350 and a set of single harness. He was used for a road horse, and his new owner claimed him to be a great horse for pluck, bottom and speed. The hard roads, and hard drives, however, soon showed the weak points of the dam, his feet giving out, quarter cracks making their appear- ance. The next season he came out all right; but his owner apprehending that the old trouble might again show itself, he was traded off to Cyrus Dubois, of Ulster county, N. Y., for a gray gelding. How long Dubois owned him is not ac- curately known, but he performed stud service in Orange county for a limited period. He was subsequently traded for a bay mare to a man in Hudson, who sold him to Walter Shafer, of Hillsdale, Columbia county, N. Y. After keeping him one or two seasons, Edmund Seely and Hiram Smith, of Goshen, bought him for §750, in the fall of 1849. In the following year he stood for mares in Goshen and served 54 mares and got 45 colts, at$15a colt. His principle produceup to this period was Lady Sanford, the dam of Jay Gould 2:21], by Old Hambletonian, for whom Mr. H. N. Smith, of the Fash- ion Stud Farm, Trenton, N. J., paid $32,000. In 1S48 he got Clara, the dam of Dictator, sire of Jay -Eye-See 2:10|, Phallas 2:15J, and Director 2:17, and who was purchased, it is said, in the interest of Robert Bonner, at a cost of $25,000; Dex- ter 2:17$, who cost Mr. Bonner $33,000. and Astoria, record 2:29. In 1851 American Star made the season at Goshen, at $10 to insure. He served 87 maresand got63 colts. Among the foals of this year were Conklin's American Star, sire of St. Cloud and Star, and the dam of California Dexter. In 1852, at the same place and same price he served 92 mares and got 62 colts. This year brought forth Lady Sears, the dam of Huntress 2:20^, and Trio 2:23 J ,, and Stella, the dam of Lady Morrison 2:27J, all of whom were by Volunteer. Magnolia, sire of Magnolia, record 2:26, was also foaled this year. In 1853 he served 49 mares and got 35 colts. Lizzie Walker, the dam of Startle, by Hambletonian, for whom Mr. Bonner paid $16,000; Silvertail, dam of Driver, by Volunteer, record2:19A; Jennie Hawkins, dam of Lady Blessington, by Middletown, record 2;27; Bolly Lewis, record 2 :29i, and Julia Machree, dam of Chester, record 2:27, and Enfield, record 2:29, both by Old Hambletonian, were foals of this year. In the fall of IS63 he was taken to Elmira and trotted a race against Jupiter. It was a well-contested race and resulted in a victory for Star, who won the sixth heat and race in 2:45. In 1854 he was taken back to Elmira and stood for mares, served twenty and got fifteen colts, at $20 a colt. All of these colts were mares. Lady Irwin, dam of Masterload, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. and sire of Edward 2:19. Nancy Whitman, dam of Robert McGregor, record 2:17.}; Jenny, dam of Powers, by Volunteer, record 2:21. and the County House mare, dam of Nettie, by Old Hambletonian, were among the principle foals of the year. In 1855 Star was taken to Piermont, N. Y., and served 50 mares and got 35 colts at $20. Sir Henry, the sire of Lady Star (Capitolaj 2:24 and the dam of Joe Bunker, by George Wilkes 2:19, were the foals of this year. In 1856 the horse was taken to Mendota, Illinois, and served thirty marea and got 20 colts at $2o'. Well's Star, sire of the dam of Modesty, record 2:26J, was the prominent foal of this year. In 1857 he again stood in Goshen, and served 64 mares and got 53 colts at $20. In 1858 he made the season at Goshen, N. \\, and served 55 mares and got 45 colts at $20. Among his foals of the year were Dolly Mills, dam of Ajax; Orange Girl, record 2:20, and Walkill Chief, all by Hambletonian. Up to this time Star had been owned by Seely and Smith. In the fall or winter of 1S5S the latter, having found some little fault with the care and treatment the old horse was receiving, concluded to sell his share, and Mr. Seely became the sole owner of him. In the spring of 1S59 American Star stood at Goshen, at $25 to insure, and served 72 mares and got 43 colts. The foals of this year included Lady Fallis, dam of Kisbar2:273, and Socra- tes, both by Hambletonian, and Imogene, dam of Leland, by Hambletonian. In I860 he again stood at Goshen, but with all of Uncle Edmund Seely's ingenuity in digging pits for mares to stand in he failed to serve a quarter of the mares offered, yet he got ten colts at $25. Mary Hulse, the dam of Charley Champlin, by Messenger Duroc, and Newburgh, record 2:30, were among the foals of the year. The same fall Mr. Seely gave Star away to Mr. Theodore Dusenbnry, who took him to the farm of Hudson Duryea, near Goshen, where, out in a field, in February, 1861, he died at the age of 24 years. His last set of colts were foaled in 1861, among them being Starlight, dam of Maud, by Hambletonian, record 2:29}, and Lady Brown, dam of Pickwick, by Backman's Idol, record 2:29£. No horse ever lived that more certainly stamped upon hiB offspring hia own characteristics of gait, bottom and disposition than did American Star. About Starting. If anything can make a man grit his teeth and "think wicked," it is to train a horse for a whole season and when he has got him in proper condition and pays his entrance-fee for the privilege of competing for the prize, to see a straggling start made and his horse, after running faster than the tint out, to be declared as nowhere, not even getting a place. Yes, to race a half or whole second faster thau the one first at the line, and not even be named in the result, is certainly putting the civility of a trainer to the severest test. Now just such starts have become frequent, so frequent as to be common and scarcely to be noticed. Is this thing to continue? Are we never to have anything better? Shall our racing con- tests be as unfair as the game of the thimble rigger or the slight- of -hand practice of those who deal from the bottom; or will the management take proper measures to remedy the wroug and insure something like fairness? The rules are not at fault, for they plainly require a fair start and fair riding afterward. The trouble comes of the disobedience of the riders. Any child can order a fair start and drop the flag for the purpose, and a general of cavalry can do no mora unless he has the control of the riders. The jockeys all know how this thing is. They go to the post with orders to get a "good send off' from the trainer, and this means to get the lead and the advantage if they can. They are often told to never mind the tines imposed, for these will be gladly paid, but to "get away well." Now, as long as this thing is allowed we will have no fair- ness in racing. It makes no difference who is the official starter, the result is bad enough. Fines and suspensions do no good. The fines are promptlypaid as a cheap price for an advantage, and suspension for any time less than a life-time does no good. Riders laugh at suspension, and think it a good bargain for the chance they have enjoyed and the ad- vantages obtained. A day, a week, cr for the meeting is nothing, for a good "send-off" pays well for the privilege of beiDg a mere spectator a few days. A chance to play the gentleman a few days And enjoy the profits of the race won is no punish- ment in these gambling times to impose on a forward rider. It is nothing less than a luxury cheaply obtained, yet it is the custom of every club, and nothing better will we have until suspension means punishment and becomes really what it means. The tail end of the troopers also is at fault, and sometimes more to blame than those who lead off well. This class need the same punishment as the forward movers, for they delay the starts, and sometimes on' purpose to worry the other horses, and evidently sometimes to get beat or to make as poor a per- formance as possible. The remedy is very simple and easy. In order to insure fairness, nothing need be done but to make the punishment of the riders suited to the demands of the case. Any one will do to order a fair start, but nothing short of proper punish- ment will cause the actors to obey the oriler. This is the business of the clubs. It is their duty to compel the riders to act fairly. The officer for this purpose finds his hands tied whenever he proposes adequate punishment. The inevita- ble "squeal" is heard, and numerous propositions are made to punish him by putting some one else in his place. Hia duty is a hard one. The starter is cursed for bad starts and cursed for punishing those who are most guilty in the case. The jockeys should be required to move up in regular cav- alry style, and charge to the front when ordered to do bo, aud those who do not break away at the order should be pun- ished, same as those who break away before the order is given. There is no other way to manage the business. If there was I would name it. All I ask for is fpirness, even up all around. Put the horses in proper position, and then when all are in order give the command and let it be obeyed ; thea if some horses are quicker at getting in full speed than others, it is not the starter's fault, and it is fair for all alike. — John Kay, in Turf, Field and Farm. Mr. Haggin's Kentucky Stable. The following horses, owned by J. B. Haggin, are now in training at Lexington, Kentucky, in charge of Jas. Browne, better known in California as "Brownie.'' Chestnut filly, Nellie Peyton, 5, by imp. Hurrah — Emily Peyton. Chestnut colt, Mark Daly, 2, by Kyrle Daly— Cordelia. Chestnut filly Bessie Peyton, 3, by imp. Harrah— Emily Peyton. Chestnut colt Keene, 3, by Dutch Skater— Kapanga. Chestnut colt Tyrant, 2, by Great Tom— Mobile. Bay filly, 2, by imp. Mortimer— imp Refreshment. Lord Falmouth has wou on the turf in the last ten years, over a million of dollars. Betting Jockeys Forestalling Owners. We understand that it was the energetic action of Mr. Cale- don Alexander which caused the stewards of the Jockey Club to put into force the resolutions that had been passed against jockeys owning horses and betting. We know that the club are only waiting for the opportunity to begin at the fountain head, aud warn off one of the very ioremost jockeys of the day, but as yet they have no tangible evideuce agaiubt him. It must not be supposed that tlie jockey club do not Bee the large fortunes that are being accumulated by certain jockeys without inquiring how those fortunes have been made. Since the close of the racing season we have had a conversa- tion with a very leading member of the Jockey Club on this subject. Said that member, speaking of a promineut jockey who possesses in a marked manner visible signs of wealth— and here we may at once state that it is not Archer to whom we were alluding — "That man five years ago had not a hun- dred pounds that he conld call his own, and it is very easy to calculate what he has earned fairly since, as the list uf win- ning jockeys will show that. During the live years his rid- ing fees have perhaps amounted to £2,000 per annum, though that, I should say, is much over the mark, and he may pos- sibly have £500 per annum more in the shape of retainers. Calculate his expenditure at £1,000 per annum, which is not extravagant, looking at his establishment, and the bounce to go into the bank for the five years would be considerably un- der £10,000. And yet he is reputed to be worth fifty or'sixty thousand pounds, and the property we know of is certainly worth three times the amount he has earned. Where has the £40,000 in excess of earnings come from? Those who were entitled to make him presents did not give £4.00U, much less £40,000; aud every shilling of the balance means payment either for betraying his trust ur in indulging in that very betting we have prohibited, and perhaps both." We have related this conversation word fur word, as nearly as we can recollect it. It is a very awkward way of looking at the matter, and yet it is difficult to answer. The same informant told us in connection with jockeys' bet- ting, and of their relations with certain "professional back- ers" a very marked story. One of the non-betting owners had a colt that he tried to be almost a certainty for a forth- coming race. The outside public were not supposed to know anything with regard to that cott, and yet on the day of the race, when a friend of that owner went down the line of book- makers to back the horse — all that he wanted was a pony — the reply all along was "full," "can't lay," etc. At last one book-maker said, "Well, if all that you want is a pony, I will lay you 5 to 4 to that amount," and this was taken. The animal won very easily. Sir who was the backer in question, became curious as to where all the money had gone, seeing that the owner had not won a shilling beyond the stakes. He was not long in making the discovery. The moment the numbers were up, a well-known individual, who is believed, though there is no actual proof of it, to be the commissioner of the jockey who rode in the trial, skinned every book, except about £4,000 which went into the hands of Mr. Walton, who, of course, would reward this very particular merit, even if he, also, in addition to the ordinary commissioner, was not bet- ting for the jockey. The question that arises is, has anyone other than the owner, or those immediately concerned, a right to give a jockey presents? Do outsiders give Mr. Charles Russell. Q. C, £500 here and £100 there for Borne fine speech which has gained an important law case? Do we give the grocer's man fivers and tenners in recognition of the merit he displayed in weighing out our pound of sugar? Why should racing be the only occupation in which one man is to give large sums of money to the servant of some other man for performing duties appertaining to that other man? In nine cases out of ten, these presents are not given as ft reward for the past, but with a view to finding out all the jockey knowB in the future. The past has merely put the donors in a position to make these presents. — London Sport- ing Times. Old Kate. In Mr. Simpson's last paper he gives us to understand that Antevolo, brother to Anteeo, is able to show a 2:24 clip, aud he lacks some months of being three years old. Perhaps the high speed developed by this clever colt will account for the sale of his elder brother. The younger horse, he informs us in his issue of the 19th, has never worn an appendage of any sort upon his legs, and has never worn a shoe. His feet are as hard as iron and tough as those of the traditional govern- ment mule. He trotted in 2:41 at two years old, aud got sec- ond money in the Embryo Stakes, wou by Carrie 0. his half sister. He is likely to make a larger horse than his brother, and will be heard of in good time. Let him once get below 2:25, and the name of Columbine, by Richmond, will be en- rolled among the Belgravian matrons of the trotting world. There was a mare of this sort once owned in Oregon, but she is now dead, and all hopes of gaining any clew to her identity are utterly abandoned. She was brought into Rogue River valley in 1855, just when Sailor Diggings aud Althouse creek were paying their best, by a man who sold her t McDonough, of Willow Springs, Jackson county. Old Kate died in IS75, the property of Mr. McDonough, who w.is a man who never trained horses for the turf and did not bet money on anything. The old mare was a dark bay, with a rather plain head, but a magnificent eye and a neck that was almost faultless in its symmetry uf mould. Kate was hred to Vermont in 1S(J2 and produced Ella Lewis (2:27), and after old Vermont liud left the country she was bred to his sou. Penuiuger's Mike, aud produced Bai ui j 2-.25J I. Si.. bred to a Lummux horse called Black Satin, owned by Jim Clugage, and produced the Wagner mare and Young Kate. The latter was bred Uj Vermont and produced b g Mountain Buy, afterwards owned by C. W. Kellogg, oi 8a who considered him the best pole-burse in Calif ornia, and of- fered mo $3,000 if I would find a horse to mate him. Soung Kate fell in a prospect hole aim was killed, but not till she had produced four daughters, one of whom was called iiib- bou. Ribbon was own sister to Gal. Kellogg'a horse, whom J drove nearly all the winter of 1870, .vh I I net! by Liw Swan, of Jreka. He was the greal m I ever belw. Ribbon waa bred to Penning! r's Mike, the sin nev and produced Nellii . owned by 0. W. Kahlerand U'.Tn.i Sutherland of Yreka. She I i Lady Clyde in 2:36}, and the following year Maggie Arnold a neck in 2:35, the last qnartei in :;.'.; seconds. Vermont stood a d oonntyand was brought into the Willan* Q 1867, where he got Parrott, Faustina and Bine Mountain Boy. But in southern Oregon he never could get a three- man; thai was nol At cended The Arabs deriYi all thi ii pi li ■>■■• b from then do from our stallions. Th. i ■ ' I I. ■ ■■ be justified in imitatin tnpli • Old Kate, in the hands of o ahrewd man like th. 100 toxlcf and sportsman. Feb 16 liam M. Kysdyk, would have been a bonanza; bnt Mr. SIc- Donongh never had the management to bring about such re- sults. He ran heavy freight wagons to Crescent city some years, and at other times to Red Bluff, and the old mare spent most of her best years in a six-horse team. When the snow on the coast mountains ended hauling for the year, this Belgravian matron would be ploughing the fields at Willow Springs or toiling along the road to Jacksonville with heavy leads of cord-wood. The old mare occupies such a place among mares in Oregon as Abdallah occupies among sires on Long Island. Never appreciated during her life-time, she will occupy a niche in the temple of fame among the famous matrons of the older states. After years of undeserved ob- scurity she will bloom out into a fame that nothing but a "dark age" can eradicate.— T. B. Merry. Breeding the Park Horse. It is not a widely-known fact that the most eminent owner on the American turf, Mr. Pierre Lorillard has taken up a new branch of horse-breeding in oonnection with his thor- oughbred interest. We refer to the rearing of park horses. A successful experiment of this gentleman has been the cross- ing of thoroughbred stallions upon tine Percheron marts, but he has gone a step further. The trotting stallion Howe's Bis- marck, a fine son of Gen. Knox, is kept at Bancocas for the purpose of crossing upon roomy thoroughbred mares. We think the result will prove a success. The fine bone and con- formation of the thoroughbred, combined with the size and action ef the trotter, will be very apt to make a horse of fine station and style. Great speed cannot be looked for, but that is not the object in breeding a show horse. An animal that will become the glittering trappings of the private equipage is the one desired, for in the park horse the sen«e of sight is to be gratified. As a specimen of his efforts in the improvement of this type of the equine family, Mr. Lorillard is now using a superb chestnut to his coupe, that, in the opinion of good judges, is thought to be the finest animal of his kind in the city. Being a comparative beginner, it will be several years yet before Mr. Lorillard's new venture will give results. In going the right way about it the sequel will prove a source of wealth, maybe not so lucrative as the breeding of race-horses, but still a paying investment and productive of much good. — Sportsman. An Untimely Foal. On December 24th, last, at Palo Alto, the thoroughbred mare Eobin Girl, by Enquiree, her dam Cynthia Sue, by Joe Stoner, gave birth to a fine colt. It was not premature in the veterinarian sense but fully developed, and there is great regret at the farm that the produce of so finely bred a mare as Eobin Girl should be virtually lost for a season by the arrival of this colt eight days too soon. Investigation showed that nature had taken its due course, and the colt was fully due when dropped, the mare having been bred to Monday surreptitiously by an over officious groom. His only expla- nation of his action was that "all horsemen do the same thing." He strained the truth in the statement for it is very rare that breeders, nowadays at least, descend to such dis- honesty. It certainly is not "one of the methods in vogue at Palo Alto, and the groom was promptly dismissed when the facts came to light. The foal may be of service as a saddle horse or perhaps as a breeder, but is practically deterred from the turf by being fifty-one weeks younger than his age, as fixed by the rule. Prom Butte County. Mr. Charles Sherman, proprietor of the Chico Race Track, was in the city this week ana speaks enthusiastically of the outlook in Butte county this spring. The number of prom- ising trotters that will be trained this season is larger than ever before, in fact, that part of the Sacramento valley is about to come to the front in the matter of tine and carefully bred stock. The track at Chico will be put in order, with some improvements over its old form, and a spring meeting given, at which time liberal purses will be offered, open to the State. Mr. Sherman has four sons of Brigadier which he proposes to "bring out" this year. He also reports some very fine Singleton colts in that neighborhood that will be heard from. I). M. Reavis will be on hand with some fast ones, and Fred Shaefer, of Gridley, will train some good ones, Brigadiers, Singletons and others. Altogether the horses of Butte are showing great progress in point of merit, and al- though in the shadow of Gen. Bidwell and his self-sufficient wisdom, the turf nourishes and its devotees are prosperous, happy and bent on having the best. ROWING. The Oxford-Cambridge Boat-Race. If the Oxford-Cambridge race takes place as usual on Saturday before Holy Week, it will be rowed on April 5th, about 11 a. m. The Cambridge President, Mr. R. G. Gridley, began work on the 10th, when under the supervision of Mr. E. H. Prest, an Old Blue, the following pairs were taken out: R. G. Gridley, Third Trinity, and E. Haig, Third Trinity; P. Pitman, Third Trinity, and S. Swann, Trinity Hall; F. E. Churchill, Third Trinity, and J. C. Brown, Lady Margaret; C. W. Moore, Christ's, and C. J. Bristowe, Trinity Hall, but the eight was not launched. Of the above oarsman four are Old Blues, while the other quartette distinguished them- selves in the Trial Eights last month. Neither Messrs. Fair- bairn nor Meyrick are yet in residence, but it is understood that both are willing to row should their services be required. On the 11th, an eight was launched as follows: R. G. Grid- ley, Third Trinity, bow; second, E. W. Haig, Third Trinity; third, F. J. Pitman, Third Trinity; fourth, S. Swann, Trin- ity Hall; fifth, F. C. Churchill, Third Trinity; sixth, J. Brown, Lady Margaret; seventh, C. W. Moore, Christ's; C. J. Bristowe, Trinity Hall, stroke, and C. Tyndall Biscoe, Jesus, coxwain. It is stated on authority that the crew would con- tinue to practice on the Cam until the end of January, when they will migrate to Ely, and for the next four weeks prac- tice over the*Queen Adelaide course. A new practice-boat by Foster, & local builder, was to be finished in a few days, and both Clasper and Logan have received orders for racing eights. Evidently Mr. Gridley means to leave no stone un- turned to endeavor to turn the tide of ill fortune that for the ast few years has dogged the steps of the Light Blues. STABLE AND P ADDOCK. Queries about Tips. Deer Lodge, Ma., February 4th, 1S84. Jos. Cairn Simpson: — It was well that you sent ma the bound edition of Tips and Toe-Weights, as it bids fair to he speedily well worn. It is the first volume I had got hold of in thirteen years that caused me to neglect our local paper for a week. I have been carefully over it three timei, mak- ing many marginal notes for future reference. I propose to at once adopt the system on all my roadsters, and if is don't work on the old favorites that have been full shod every day of their lives, certainly no sane person would condemn the system on that account. Since I first became interested in tips I have spoken to at least fifty horsemen and shoers, and not one of them have ever seen a tip. Within find pattern of foot I want to work on first. Please have your shoer make a pair of tips (ordinary) to be used as a pattern or rather "model." Would like them to be tolerably smoothly finished, as I will keep them in my business house where all horsemen will see them, and where all questions pertaining to th« track, horse or roadster are daily discussed. Please see to it that the nail-holes have the proper "pitch'* or alaut, also the counter-sink, for if there is an error, rest assured it will be copied many times prob- ably before we "fall down on it." I predict that unless some one in the near future invents an instrument to cut the chan- nel to bed the tip, many a horseman that is a convert to the system will be "jawed loose" by the shoeing smith just when he is ready to experiment. I do not like the idea of cutting square across the toe, but think the sole should be left. How on earth do you get a snug fit or shoulder for tip — i. «.. what tool do you use? Was the instrument alluded to bo briefly on page 67 a failure? — as you use the words "which I used for a time." Blacksmith labor is very high here. Is there no place where I can buy tips? Would be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience, and if you can- not give your immediate attention to the "model" tips, please advise me as to their cost, and I will meantime remit by return mail. Send tips by mail. V, hat make of nail do you use? Have you used the Putnam? Respectfully, W. B. Miller. Inasmuch as there have been several inquiries of the same tenor as the above, the questioners can accept this as a reply to each. Regarding sending specimen tips we hope ere long to have a varietj 7 to select from in the malleable iron which we are now testing. So far the trials have been satisfactory, more so than was anticipated, as without, recarbonizing they appear to wear better than steel. As the trials are so recent it cannot yet be authoritively stated that there will be no objections to their use, though we have great confidence that they will prove in every respect satisfactory. In the first place, patterns or drawings will have to be made from which the brass models are fashioned, and these being polished the castings will have a higher finish than when made after wood. The instrument alluded to was a machine which damped on to the foot, and with a plan of cutters which would only remove so much of the horn as the metal replaced. The tool used, although partially successful, was not as perfect as was desired, and the improvements have been delayed owing to the man who made it being unable to complete the work. He will commence again this week, so that we hope to give full trials by the first of March, and should it prove to perform the work satisfactorily, will have some made at once. With the or- dinary knife and line rasps the shoulder can be cut and the wall removed without much interference with the sole. From descriptions of the Charlier method of shoeing, which is meeting with warm support in England, a knife is used which only cuts away the horn which is replaced by the steel rim. From these accounts it is simply a knife of pecnliar construction, and not at all like the machine referred to. That will cut a perfectly true recess for the tip, and that when made equally true the joining of metal and horn will be correct. We have used nearly all kinds of nails. The Putnum is very good. In a short time we hope to give a de- scription of a newly invented horse-shoe nail, which has novel features,, and in all probability superior to any hereto- fore used. Affairs at Belle Meade. At Melbourne, Australia, on December Sth, the final heats for the Hunt Trophy were rowed. These trials were ex- pected to develop the best man in the colonies, outside of Laycock, and the winner is to be pitted against Hanlau in case Laycock does not recover from his broken leg in time to train. Beach and Trickett were the final contestants, Beach winning easily in 20:53. He finished first by five lengths. We recently had the pleasure of a visit from Gen. W. H. Jackson, long and favorably known as the real head of affairs at the famous Belle Meade Stock Farm. As announced by us some weeks ago, Gen. Jackson, in conjunction with his brother, the Senator, will in future control this gigantic estab- lishment. Judged by its success in the past the produce an- nually sold from this stock-farm is destined to hold its own against all comers. As usual with all men of enterprise, the General was full of plans for the future. There are 4,000 acrea of land at Belle Meade sown in the famous blue-grass, now famous all over the world. In its paddocks roam no less than eighty mares, but this already large number will be speedily angmented to one hundred. The eighty mares now there will be equally divided into four parts, and each of the stallions, Bramble, Enquirer, Great Tom and Luke Black- burn, will have twenty, in addition to a limited number of approved mares, whose owners are clamoring to be accommo- dated. The terms of each stallion will be $100. Now, any one will at once admit that this impartiality is the very best thing that the General could do to give confidence to buyers of yearlings. Owners may exclaim. "What! One hundred dollars for youug, untried stallions like Bramble and Luke Blackburn! What are they thinking of?" Very well; for the same money you can get the services of either Enquirer or Great Tom. The first named had an established reputation years ago, and when his yearlings were sold last spring, twenty-two of both sexes brought over $411,000, an average of nearly SS70. The Enquirer two-year-olds did not perform so well in 18S3, but there probably never was a lot which were so unlucky, as we intend to show later on. The get of Great Tom showed wonderful speed, and if he doesn't get another race-horse in some years, Geu. Harding and Thackeray would cause his yearlings to sell at high prices. Bramble has grown into a magnificent horse, compared with what he was in racing form. His owner declares him a perfect likeness of his sire, aud from the general appearance of his yearlings he will be the legitimate successor of old Bonnie Scotland. One of his yearling fillies, out of the dam of Gen. Harding, is as handsome and racing-like as was ever foaled at this es- tablishment. Bramble has also in foal the dam of Luke Blackburn, while in return the latter covered Ivy Leaf (Bram- ble's dam), and her foal is due almost any day. Arizona (Aranza's dam) and Kathleen (dam of George Kiuney) are also in foal to him. As to Luke Blackburn's chances as a stallion no one is safe in making such predictions concerning any horse, for many of the greatest race-horses of the world failed at the stud. Bnt if constitution, looks, muscular conforma- tion, and certain indications best known to breeders go for anything, he is bound to make his name go down to poster- ity, equally famous at the stud as on the turf. The annual sale of the yearlings bred at Belle Meade will take place on April 30th. Forty-nine head will be offered, ineluding the get of Enquirer, Great Tom and Bramble. Cat- alogues will be issued in due time, and later on we hope to be able to publish full particulars concerning their qualities, judging from appearances.— Sportsman. Working: Capacity of Unshod Horses. "I send herewith a photograph of the near fore-foot of my unshod, white-hoofed, low-heeled chestnut horse "Tommy." This photograph was taken after I had driven the old horse (he may be twenty years old) in a phaeton, a hundred miles, on hard roads in and around London. This does notincluds drives for exercise. It is impossible to say that the hoofs of this old horse (bought chiefly in order to test this question) are exceptionally good. The reverse is the case, as any of your readers who may favor me with a call shall see for themselves. That this animal after having been for years "the victim of the farrier," should work, as he does, bare- foot, is, I think, remarkable. As the old horse is nearly, if not quite, thoroughbred, he must have been shod (as is the vicious custom on the turf) very early; yet over all these evil influences incidental to "the miserable coerced shod foot," the unshod foot has triumphed. Shod, my hors» "brushed" and stumbled badly, but barefoot he does neither. In Africa, a horse working in a post cart does barefoot, over bad ground, twenty-four miles in two hours. In New Mexico horses are ridden barefoot forty mile6 day after day, and perhaps twenty miles of this will be over a rough moun- tain track. In Brazil, little horses (they seldom exceed four- teen hands) carry, slung across pack-saddles, barefoot (they have never been shod) some thirty-two stone ! Thus loaded (or rather, overloaded) they do twenty to thirty miles a day. Their journey may be some three hundred miles, and they load back the same. In England, even race-horses are shod. To gallop over a race-course, which no doubt may be hard at times, it is actually thought necessary to shoe a horse. Here, where weight is of the very utmost consequence, the heels of the English race-horse must be weighted with plates. The fact that Marden, when he rau barefoot in the Sandown Derby on June 2d, 1SS2, beat, in the deciding heat, his two shod opponents by three lengths (though iu his first race with them that day Marden, with his plates on, could only dead heat them); such a fact as this weighs little with th» horsey Englishman, who will still be found to set his thoughts or opinions against facts. After all that can be said as far as argument goes, he will still be found to prefer mere asser- tion; it will still be the "I think this," and "I don't think the other," with him. But then is not the horsey (and for the most part untraveh d) Englishman, as a rule, iu the lan- guage of "Freelance" in "Horses and Roads," "energetically conservative" ? Any one who will read this book will thereby much in- crease his knowledge as to the real capability of the horse's hoof. "Horses and Roads" was published in 1SS0, by Long- man, Paternoster Row. I find quoted in it the saying, "An ounce at the heel tells more than a pound on the back." This explains Marden's success when, by removal of ' 'plates, " his heels were lightened for the deciding heat. But many of our countrymen connected with horses, deeming themselves practical men, are too apt to think that they have, as Mr. Rausom ("Freelance") says, "gone into everything," and they may consider their knowledge as to the real capability of the horse's hoof complete. Now, is it complete? Is not shoeing horses very much a matter of routine with us? I will give two instances in order to prove this: 1. Some weeks ago I received a letter in which the writsr said that he had been told by a veterinary surgeon that if a horse were worked barefoot his hoofs "would wear down to the quick in a few hours." Now, I saw the other day a horse which has been doing the work of his master, a doctor, bare- foot, not for "a few hours," but for over five years. During this time the horse must have traveled, shoeless as he is, some thirteen thousand miles over tbe not too good roads of the east of London, and often with a heavy brougham be- hind him. The hoofs of this horse are the admiration of veterinary surgeons, and they show no sign of undue wsar. This horse was unshod when eight years old. 2. I recently saw a pony seventeen or eighteen years old, never shod, except for a short time when in the breaker's hands. This breaker shod the pony. This was done against the master's wish and without his knowledge. The breaker was, I dare say, practical enough in other details of his call- ing, but, like the majority of his countrymen, he "had always seen horses shod, and he thought they always must be shod." The pony was sure-footed without shoes, "but with them she nearly fell with her master as he rode her home from the breaker's. The shoes were taken off, and the pony did her work admirably without them for years. She has done plenty of work, for her owner tells me that he has fre- quently driven her, and also ridden her, over forty miles in the day. The saying, "One horse can wear out four sets of legs," does not, of course, apply to this pony. The applica- tion of this saying is to the shod horse, whose every step is made upon iron. As a writer has well said, "It is the shoe, not the road, that hurts the horse." Now, we see that both veterinarian and breaker mistook the nail-lacerated, contracted, unused foot for the natural, healthy foot. The former, raised off the ground with an iron ring called a shoe, and with the insensitive sole and frog pared away, is not (when the shoe is first pulled off) fit for contact with the ground. In such a case time must be given for the foot to recover before the unshod horse can be naked to work barefoot. I have a cast of the off fore-foot of n mare belonging to Mr. Whitmore Baker. This cast was taken in December, 1S82, after the mare had worked- barefoot on stony, hilly Devon roads for two years. She was unshod in December, 1S80, being then seven years old. This foot shows no signs of undue wear, and I shall be happy to show the cast to any one. — Arthur F. Ast by, in Land and Water. Note. — The photograph shows very much such a foot as that of Antoeo, represented in Tips and Toe- Weights. ■ -♦ The well-known English race-horse, Scottish Chief, by Lord of the Isles, from Miss Auu, by The Little Known, was sold, at TatlersaH's, ou the 14th inst., for 300 guineas, to Mr. Edward Blanc, and will go to France. As a race-horse he was a success. He was third for the Derby, aud won the Ascot Gold Cup, as a three-year-old. As a sire, his chief suc- cess Wfle Marie Stuart, who, in 1873, won the Oaks and St. Leger. His sons have not, as a rule, been successful at the stud, but his daughters are highly valued as the dams of Adriana and Superba. 1884 S&* grnte and J> poxtsmmt. 101 T HE GU N. A Correction from Gilroy. Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— Please correct the statement that appeared in a recent issue of your journal to the effect that the lire pigeon shoot advertised to come off in this city on the 22d instant is to be under the auspices of the Gilroy Rod and Gun Club. I am instructed by the club to say that it is not in any manner whatsoever interested in said shoot. The gentlemen who are getting it up are, how- ever, citizens of Gilroy, and will no doubt make the affair a success in every respect. J m A, Payne Gilroy, February 14t h. " "secretary. A Sportsman's Kit. Dr. J. Fletcher Smith, who is now temporarily located in this city, exhibited the other day to an attache of this office a very neat outfit in the way of armament. The doctor came to California at the solicitation of W..H. Porter, auditor of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, who desired his pro- fessional services, but having heard some thing of the game of this coast he brought along a few instruments not found in the surgical catalogue. He is an enthusiastic sportsman. His outfit contains seven fine rifles, a Ballard, a Remington, a Kennedy, a Colt, a Springfield, and two Win- chesters; three shot guns, all made to order in England, a Greener, a Scott and an E. Hollis & Sons; three pairs of re- volvers of the Colt and Smith