The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN THEATRICAL AFFAIRS.

(n•ont Wilkes's Spirit of the Times.)
Mrs. J. H. Allen and Mr. Harkins succeeded Mr. John
Dillon at the Academy of Music, Milwaukee, on the Ist.
Miss Kathleen O'Neil opened at the Academy of Music,
Binghampton, New York, on the Ist.
Mr. John Brougham has closed his engagement at the
Walnut, Philadelphia.
Mr. D. E. Bandmann opens at the Arch-street Theatre,
Philadelphia, on the Bth, in the new play of " Destiny."
Mr. Proctor followed Stuart Hobson at the American
Theatre, Philadelphia, on the Ist.
Lady Don was to close at the Opera House, San Fran-
cisco, on the 22(1 September; thence into the provinces.
Mr. John E. Owens is drawing crowded houses at the
Chesnut-street Theatre, Philadelphia.
Mr. Drew's Clothilde, in " The Fast Family," was a suc-
cess at the Arch-street Theatre, Philadelphia, last week.

Mr. Templeton's company were to have re-opened the
iabßeeonn
addedface, ltlor. and
Vicsburg Theatre on the 2d.
GilbertMMiss
shavear Templeton's Wildman,Company ftna
al it
therry
Vicsburg Theatre.
Reuse's Star Combination has been holding forth at
Easton, Pennsylvania.
Frank Drew has boon playing with Rouse's Star Com-
bination.
Mr. Walter Bean is now with Rouse's Star Combination.
Mine. Celeste was to have succeeded Lady Pon it the
Opera House, San Francisco, on the 24th September.
Manager Riley and his theatrical co:lvan returned to the
Metropolitan Theatre, Indianapolis, last Wook.
The Florence opened at the Pittsburg Theatre on
the Ist.
Mr. Charles Darras is the reigning star of oho Metropo-
litan Theatre, Buffalo.
Mr. Booth closes at the Boston TT heatre this wheeekßrook-
.
Mr. John Sefton played Jemmy Twitcher at t
lyn ca
A demy of Music° on the when Mlle. Marie Zoe
appeared in the " French Spy."
The Webb Sisters succeed Mrs. Bowers and Mr. McCol-
urn, at the Louisville Theatre on the Bth. ,
Edwin Adams open at, the 3fetropolitan Theatre India-
napolis, on the Bth, to be followed in two weeks by Miss
Blanche de Bar.

DEATH OF MR. JOHN RAREY, THE HORSE TAMER.
—John S. Raroy, the celebrated horse tamer, died sud-
denly at Cleveland, on the 4th inst. Last December he
had a stroke of paralysis, since which time ho had been
treated by several prominent physicians. On Thursday, at
2 p.m., he left the Waddell-house for a walk, but soon re-
ais!
York paper.
re-
turned, complaining of a pain in the head. After being
hr vi
in a
28 native
._ive oseated a few minutes he exclaimed, "I am dying," and in
about an
cohuonutry, o,where
hoo eixp ied. Mho r.
wasils reY
born

THE POACHER'S DoG.---A. dog between a bull-
dog and a greyhound, or between a greyhound and
a terrier, makes the best " lurcher" or poacher's dog. You
may generally know a poacher's dog when you see him.
Ito looks very sleepy in the daytime, and seems stupid for
want of a good night's rest. Moreover, he seems slyer and
subtler than other dogs. There is too much of the Jesuit
about him to enable him to pass for an honest dog, and ho
sulkily does the bidding of his master with the air of ono
who must either do it or die. He is soldorn in goodspirits,
and when on some rare occasion he wags his tail, he does
it as if he Were ashamed of himself. Poachers' dogs are
employed, not for catching game, but for running it into
the nets. They are taught to scour a field in the darkesth
nights, and woik all the hares and rabbits towards the
nets in the gateway, or on the cover sides.nd
fly,
at
they are put to watch-their master's net;_t.awill
aguivyeonnloeuwthhounadtteeim.apotysotioroninnttesrteafoeneres,wit.h.
to fall into that error. A Shropshire farmer
dog.
•110
had
some rather good stories about a 1
poacher's
when called to
been trained to run away from his,bfe•lingn'etoroivbecelelYttornliielnveuedrs
brought before the magistrates,The animal was brought into
acpumprsotaacnheehsi.m,
oannede neverl
identify him by his - dog.
of the poacher. This he
court as the supposedatoti'ies ea
tnimd:tushtlehn:eue enpidloeersarcahtnreiyre tried it:o-s
propertytold to call the dog to him, which
stoutly denied.
he did, and iTmhnelAelidri,eaotwsey-133igothe
October. terrified_ dog
..
~scampered.
' of the 'Royal Horticultural SO-
;
[ theachoeurt.
nest meeting
1 ciety will take place on 6th Noyember.

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