Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-23
Use LLAN EO s.
THE SPORTING SEASON.

TcCttOH, anu VIC yCdI o HtcCOtJ HAS UGH
piled with events momentous in all degrees
and directions. An epoch in the annals of
our national life, it has been one of unwont-
ed occurrences. in the archives of the turf
are written records of great achievement. 1t
Is true that the deep notch made in the blade
of the scythe-bearer's weapon made by Gold
smith Maid when she %chronicled 2 IA, in
September, 1874, at Mystic Park, Boston,
has not been excelled, though closely
pressed; but as a greater consolation there
has been the more general development of
wonderful speed among a multitude of fly
ers, any one OF whom twenty-five years
since would have been considered a phe-
nomenon not likely to recur in a lifetime.
Col. Russell's famous horse Smuggler has
cut down the stallion's time from 2 20 to
2:154, and proved himself one Of the won
ders Of the day. Great Eastern, Albemarle,
Woodford Chief, Eric, Belle Patchen, Gov
ernor Sprague, Blackwood, Jr., and others
have sprung into sudden notoriety, and a
host of horses cut swaths in the ranks of
seconds until 2 :24t, the "time'' OF twenty
years ago, has come to be considered too
slow to excite interest.
In the racing stud Ten Brock has wiped
out all previous scores on the blackboard be-
longing TO the venerable parsonage with the
h%ourAglass, while Tom Ochiltree and a null
titude of others have won most brilliant VIC
tories.
In the annals of aquatic events the yacht
ing season was somewhat bald of great cir
cumstance, the victory Of the Madeline over
the Countess of Dutferin having been scarce
~ worth coupling with the prize which was
once a trophy Of the famous "America's"
triumph.
Perhaps the most marked occurrence was
that most mournful disaster to the yacht
Mohawk.
Among smaller craft the flying proa Am
aryllis created quite a stir, and has furnished
q model we'll worth cobying-specially for
the bays, rivers and lakes of our Southern
and Western States.
The more muscular style of propulsion
upon "ye .watery element" rowing, has
had an aggregated ocean of experiences.
The college regattas were a falling off from
former years, but among other amateurs the
races on Saratoga Lake proved unusually
tine.
There the Northwestern crew obtained q
triumphal record which has never been ex-
ceeded, while the Sho-wae-cae-mettes won
All increase to already well established laur-
els. At Philadelphia, the oarsinen met
with only partial success that which might
have been a grand regatta was spoiled in
part, at least diminished in efficiency by Il
combination Of malaria, an indifferent curse
and chronic mlsmanagelnent, with a further
result that the downfall to English pride, in
finding out that American oarsmen were
their superiors, induced much violent Ian
g,lage and mendacious trickery on the part
of English Journalists to conceal the fact.
SO far for the amateur oarsmen-the pro-
f~essional races were Il tiasco complete.
Turning toward the rifiemen, the annouce-
ment is one of extreme b~rilliancy. An arbi-
trary and dictatorial English team refused
TO enter the International competition be-
cause they could not induce American gem
tlemen to become their tools for snubbing
the ritiemen of Ireland and Scotland. Stay
ing at home was healthful preservation
from overwhelming defeat. Nevertheless
the grand contest went on teams from Ire
land and Scotland, from distant Australia
and contiguous Canada participated, and
those who expected to see good markham
ship were simply disappointed. Good was
no term for it extraordinary is not definite
enough, and astonishing is commensurate
inadequate. Scotland's first day stands UNI
paralleled, and Ireland was, so to speak.