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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
HORSE NOTES.

Curl Burr returned homo from California = few days
ago. Ho was deli GIFTED with mis- trip to the land OF
gold. Burr reports that he does not tpink Smugger
Is lame.
Rumors are In circulation that few members I
the American Jockey Club will purchase Monmouth
Park and put the course In working order .his sum.
mer The park will DO sold IN April unlcss othor
arrangements are msdo
George Lonss,an's race horses to be sold on the
25th INST all IN robust health aud just in the
RICH, condition 70 90 training for the June
The chow ring and stabiins are being constructed
in the American Institute Building (KinK on Third
avenue Tor the combination sale OF rottipg ssocE 10
be held there March ~ and rs. number Of notice
able horses cataiosued Tor the sale have already ar
rived and are stabbed IN tue vicinity. The rc.
maiuder are expected during the week will
tore be sxh.b tion until the days oil sale.
The famous young stallion Woodford Chief, owned
by Colonel X. I. Pepper OF Frankfort, KY, died on
the 9th inst, ~ tho stable OF his traiuers Macy
Brothers Versailles woodford Cniei was bay
station, bred ny Benjamin Williams, OF woodIord
HIS sire was Chafk CnIcf, who was by Mamorino
Cnicf. out OF Little Nora, by Bay Messenger The
dam Of wooaora on,e was vsns ey !ns . race
time OF the stallion was second heat IN 222@ last
summer
rne following Colonel Russeil's reply 10 Charles
Green's challenge to trot Great Eastern seven races
against smuggler tor $1,000 each race:-
Hoxr Fam, MILTON. March H. 1878.
Csn !. be mat s e.sn. is, ~ tue report o. smug
bis own stable snaSle select one
against the aon AZ any rate his last CHI enge re-
Gghs his neirhbor. sent him the messsge. You
coward" 70 which the negnUor saswT=s. "you knew it
had siready cxpressed lear rsking S.
especially when asked on horse publicly
Pray psraon the tempest which Ihave iunocenx raised
for nothing anu accept my assurance that this closes my
''"'' ;" 'A' '''''''''N'' mnSKi' >. RUSSELL
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YACHTING NOTES.

Mr.. q. F. CLARK is building q centrsboard sioop
yacht at the Wallabout, Brooklyn, L. l. Her model
Is indicating last sailing qualities and good stow
age capacity. she has lively looking stem, her lines
terminating In pretty stern OF the style much al
iccted by the late George Steers. Her length is SO
feet all. with a beam Of II feet Her mast Is 81
feet bowsprit Is eot outbosrd ind manboom IS feet
She thoroughly put together her deck pianks being
~ inches square-an unusual feature vessels Of
her cass--and her outside pIanking ID inch thick
the majority OF the plauks beng In single lengths
shc will be launched about tho LIST OF May
Mr. John G. Foster. OF East Gloucester, is having .
yacht built a model, which 10 expected 10
afford extra speed and good seaworthy qualities She
will be between nifty aud sixty feet In length OF deck,
with keel about three iourths a. long. and deck
width Of nine foet There Will DO considerable inter-
est among amateur yachtsmen to SEQ II the owners
expectations are realized.
Tho famous American schooner sappho, now owned
by Prince Coonna has just made cruise Of the Black
Sea and other Oriental ports She Will shortly visit
Nice and later on make . tour TO America Captain
Van Wyke IL sssl In charge
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yves" Allen. more feeble and pallid than o.
the previous Jay, appeared IN the Jefferson Markci
Police Court yesterday. Oficcr McSsliy testified tnxi
he hua searched the pawn Office Of Mr. Lindsrm4s
Mr. Cogen.
John Alien, brother OF tho prisoner, stated that he
was satisfied Of the nters Innocence He xept loan
office himself, ns said, but mao heid communities
ton with "wes" for over six years
Mr. McClclland, tue prisoners counsel, made quite
lengthy address Ia his beaaif referring TO his cong
soourn In penal institutions, aud his Efforts To reform
aud AVOID urthcr publicity which the survellancc Of
the police frequently rendered avortive. Judge Kill
breth, alter considerable deliberaton, concluded TO
discharge Alien VINO, hearing the Court decision,
said that 1t was tile arst time. tss justice had ever
been done MIN.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
The PARIS EXPOSITION.

AMERICAS FREIGHT LADEN WAR VESSELS ON
THEIR PEACEFUL MISSION DEpARruRE OF
THE PORTSMOUTH AND WYOMING.
The United States sIoops Of war, Wyoming and
Portsmouth, LETT the Brooklyn Navy Yard at high
tide tsx oclook las. evening for Havre France Iaden
with goods Tor the Worlds Fair IN Paris the Ports
mouth which 65U tons Of exhibits, was hauled
out from the DOCK front Of tho shiphouse opposite
the Cob dock to the buoy shortly before noon. Pre-
vous 70 her removal the Secretary oil the Navy Hon.
Richard Thompson, who arrived at tho Navy Yard on
a government tugboat from Jersey CITY, went on
board and had brei conversation with Captain No
Naire A salute OF nineteen guns was fred In the
secrctarys honor ny the receiving ship Colorado and
the ue pcnnant was displayed from tho manmast
head. The Secretary was accompanied by Rear Ad-
miral Howell, chief OF the Bureau OF Lands and
Docks; Rear Admiral Scott, Commodore Nicholson,
Captain d. L. Brain and Pay Director kldridge. The
Secretary also visited the wyoming, the hinnesota
and the Colorado.
ana collection OF oil paintings by American
artists Tiffany Co. have thirty-nve packages Of
silver plate, gold watches and other valuable aud
eiaboratcly manufactured specimens OF American ME.
cnn meal art The walton American Watoh Company
nave also shipped valuable tneut OF gouus Of
Their own anuacture. Ibe crew OF the Portsmouth
numbers 100 men, and among her deck officers Is En-
sigu Young VINO was attached 10 the ifIated Huron.
When the Portsmouth hauled out 10 tie buoy tue
WYOMING winch mad been moored at the ordnance
dock tnovcd up TO tie place vacated by the iormer
vessel anu menccd to take ON goods-casss a2-
raj and ed ucati0na EXHIBITS, uggresatng some
iorty tons Al Washington sue received that class OF
goods and had not room Tor more than the latter
amount OF tonnage. she Is commanded by Captain
Watson, aud has u crew oil about one hundred and
seventy. i've men. Lieutenant Conway, VITO was
saved from tue Huron, IL among her wardr oom OIL
GERS The drsit made Tor ssamsn from inc COLORADO
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THERON MERHIrT'S FUNERAL.

Tho funeral oil Theron Merritt, OF Tuckahoe, whose
tragic death was fully reported In the HERALD yes
tcruay the day before occurred from fathers
house yesterday one Z. NJ In accordance with his
written instrucious which were found among his
papers alter his death. the arrangements for the
funeral were transformations In the extreme. The body
lay in plain but handsome casket parlor the
room in which he shot himself and died. Some thirty
vehicles driven to the gate fully hundred Of
bis friends neighoors assembled pay their last
tribute Of esteem Tor the whom they had liked
we'll in his lie, and whose shock and greet
TO them. The services were conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Hutchins, the Dutch Reformed clergyman Of
Brohxviie, and The Rev Mr. HaviIand, the pastor OF
the Methodist Church in Tuckshoe, was present, as
we'll the Rev. Dr. EgglestVD, Mr.. Merritt's friend,
Instructions mentioned offered q prayer beside the
coffin on Friday.
to view the remains IT was remarked that his face
looked as peaceful though he had been only Sleep
Ing fne lid Of the casket was covered with flowers,
and when II was taken away the hearse was followed
by u number Of tho nearest friends TO Wooalawn,
where grave had been prepured.
Among those who attended the funeral were several
members oil Mrs. Lcggett's family, who seemed 10
uesre testify by Their presence that they cherished
no feeling Of BITTERNESS toward the man whose evil
dehtly insane act had deprived thom Of q mother.
The elder Mrs. Merritt, In speaking oil the tragedy.
declared that she believed the shooting Of Mrs Leg
gett as entirely unprecedented ny her IL
was unexpected by every one else. 'He had no
thought OF doing such thing, am positivc' she
sad; "and no Que ever dreamed Tor minute that lie
would hur any one out himself, for he was one Of
The gentiest aud most amaDic men that ever lived"
She denounced as false and needessly cruel. under
The circumstances, the scandals that have been told
by her negDbors and rctofd by some oil the newspa
pers OIL this city.
Mrs. Leggc,i's funeral will take place on Monday
morning ~ nalipast ten o'clock, and her body will
also be iaid In Woodlawn Cemetery.
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BILLIARDS.

The match between Sexton aud Yank Adams wa
continued yesterday afternoon and evening In Gil
rnore's Garden. Tho length Of the game reduced
one-naf, making Adams score 1000 to Sexlons 500
There Was very largo attendance In the after.
noon, but the game proved quite Interesting to the
spectators It was more closely contested than 1t
had been the previous evening Adams was
again fortunats, AS the score at the close
OF the game wM:-Adams, 1000, and Sexton,
445. Tho best runs made were 242, go, ITO
los and 1903 by Adams and lso and 1O7 by Sexton.
Alter the game Yank Adams gave an exhibition OF
fancy shots that rather sstonished the spectators
He appeared to be able TO do pretty much what he
pleased the ivories twisting them round hats,
caroming of bottss and in ias keeping them almost
mpletely under control
There was quite . lar attendance At the evening
game, and every body was comfortably located on
raised benches that gave them good view OF the
table. The game was the same as played 10 the al
ternoon, Adams to make 900 against Sexton's 500.
The following 10 the score o the game:-
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THE CASTLETON'S CREW.

CAPTAIN BUNN AND HIS FAITHFUL sHIPMATEs
REWARDED FOR THEIR BRAVERY ON THE oC-
cAsIoN OF THE spAIN-cAsrLEroN DISASTER.
very fine reception was given last night Mt AS
ISOLATION Hall, West Brighton, s. l., to Captain
Bum ana the crew OF the ferryboat Casticton Tor
their bravery the 2sd Of February Staten
Island ferry boat Casteton by the
snip Spain Instead OF backing standing sill Captain
Bum gave the signal for his vessel TO 60 ahead at ul
speed brought her round that the Spain struck
at an xngle instead Of directly abreast, thereby
saving The lives Of all the passengers on board,
cept AIR. George II. Carey, who was killed by failing
timbers and by beng thrown Into the water.
Ihe testimonials presented were Of substantial
nature. Captain Isaac A. Bum received $685. Engi-
and Alfred Richards, James Nye, Michael Giiioy 10,
Peter Finn, John AcCourt, Patrick Duncan and
EiizaUetn De Hart, members VI the crew, SIS each.
The money ali raised by voluntary contributions.
TAE sPKEcaEs.
AT the appointed hoar-aquarter past eight O'clock
W.. X. Souttcr, Stephen Wnitinun, Richard WHITE
more and b. 3. Beckwith. Of the Uonmittss vi Ar
rapgements. proceeded 20 tho platform with dir.
George William Curtis and Erastus Brooks, the speak,
ers OF the evening. Mr.. Curtis hrst arose and
counted the history OF the accident. Ho said that Cap
tain Bum mad merely discharged his duty and not
conscious o any special o heroism yet therewss
nober her0ism than the faithful dischsrge Of duly
in moment Of great emergency. Staten Island was
beautiful place OF rcsidence, yet It's charms would
be lost without the conditions Of sale AND speedy
passage 10 New York. Wealth and enterprise could
be valusess without supreme self.controI In
the whose hands the peoples lives
were temporarily entrusted. IL was ttis self.
possession which Captain Bum manifested
10 y way that could not bs surpassed. For one In.
slant there huns over the homes OF the entire COM
n,unity shadow which he dspsiIed. Their hearts
did not however, iorgst the one oeresved home, and
they asked the tender pity OIL God Tor tue widowed
and the tathcrless.
Mr.. Curtis then presented the testimonials to Cap
tam Bum and tbe crew oil the CastIst0n. Captain
Bonn was very much overcome by the affair aud re-
Piled that pubc speaking was out Of Ilns out that
Mr. Erastus Brooks had kindly consented " reply Tor
himself ana comrades.
Tho latter thsn made few appropriate remarka
after which resolutions we're adopted expressive oil
the thanks OF The community and The mesttng nd
IOurDed.
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THE Asron LIBRARY HoUus.

To THE EDiroR THE HRRALD:-
Having occasion to consult some special BOOKS
called the Aston Library, about Ave O'Clock Friday
afternoon, on my way up town from business. found
the library closed, and notice the door read -
"Open from ten A. ii. to half past four p. NJ" lam
prompted to ask, for whose benefit Is the Astor Ii.
brsry Kept open at aIis For the business Of New
York; Certainly not, should think. since they are
all at their places OF business long before O'clock
and Tor the part do leave until alter
''nali-past TOUR p NJ" For The WORKING men
and woinen2 Assurediy not. Tor the same good rea.
sons. For whom was Il, Thea, cstab shcdY under.
stand that IN great cry like New York numbers OF
transicut and unemployed men ana women ind
time to avail themselves Of the benodt OF mpgnin
cent vi Information, but the mass OF Now York.
can never, under existing regulations, be aLuo0g
the favored. | cannot but think that such rules
the time OF opening and closing tend TO defeat IN
great measure tho benevolent inteuuns aud purposes
OF It's generous foundsr Will not the directors pre-
scribe bours moro u consonance with rcason?
NEW YORKER
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
COMPULSORY PILoTAGE.

To EDITOR HERALp:-
wish 70 Call the attention OF Now York shipownefe
to OF abuses OF the pilot system oil this port.
Last tall Was bound 90 from New York. did
not apply tor pilot aud did want one, but had any
offered their services should have been compelled
to take him. employed towooat and started for scs.
After getting fairly through tho Narrows wore
boarded by pilot who returning to Tho ciiy IN
towUoaE promptly told him did NOS want his
vices. MS considered my vessel on pilot ground, out
the towb0at be boarded IN steering oil ne
peled 10 rcnIain on board Ny towboat leaving alter
passing the Romer Sncai, tue piiot went In ber,
and took my vessel To sea Now, / ask Is is
risns just that | should pay pilotagc,
whcn no pilot services were offered rendered until
tho vessel was hall way from New YORK to seal IL
there redress or remedy, aud should there not be
some point which vessel may pass and bs Tree from
compulsory piIotage? Many Vessels avoid New YORK.
on account of the cxorb,tant piIotage.
r. NJ HOPKINS.
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IS IT A MYTH?

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
II is popular deiusIoa that there Is In this citya
Board OF Heatn. Theoretically thorc may such an
institution, but when await the practical domon-
stratiou of It's existence which the invest isaton Of
that has been complained Of would furnish
there u woiul lack OF corroborative evidence.
Whom renewed complaints are made DAY alter day for
entire week OF nuisance highly dangerous 10 the
public health and not representative OF tho >oard
makes his appearance to inquire tue Justice 1T
tue complaint, what conclusion eau DC drawn? We
certainly csnnot imputc 10 puuiio oil GERS indt
erence 70 the pubic welfare that They neglect their
duly, although human lives arc at stake The alter
native alone remains that tho Board oi Health IL
myth. AS this rs highly undesirable state Of affairs
We call upon Mayor Ely, head OF municipal
government TO use his influence to effect mme-
diate reform and mus iileioua erAflulc Of
MANY SUFFERERS.
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AMERICAN ENGRAVING AT THE yARIs EXPO
sITIoN.

AMERICAN ENGRAVING AT THE YARIs EXPO
sITIoN.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
should like 10 make an appeal through your paper
to all lovers OF art and persons Of culture with regard
to the representation 1t the Paris Exposition Of de-
partment Of American art which has siry
represented abroad While the number OF artists
gagged In email have attained high standard
Tor The present day IN the art OF engraving on wood,
and on this ground we can compete iavorably win
European nations, most oil which are decdedly our
interiors
Alike superiority we cannot with certainty main.
tain in any other department Of know all lovers
Of art win in America Would regre. throwing
away the opportunity Of deserved ana honor
In practice the 70 obtain this distinction Tor
the United Suites easily secured. space Of six
or eight feet square would be than needsd Tor
such AL exhlDition. The number OF our artist en-
necessarily, ana think nave not undersiated The
space required. Win regard 70 my appreciation
able 10 state thnt I have the concurrent opinion
oil many European artists ana writers, OF whom
might mention Mr. Ruskin as The latest Que, and one
OF the least likely " overrate auy work d0pe IN
rivalry oil his own country. The committee VINO had
taken In charge the management OF The rsprescn-
iaon OF tue United States in art ut The Paris Expo
sitiOn encouraged The offer o the best specimens OF
WOOD engraving that could DO louna here exit
btion III Paris out, from some circumstances, lar
unexplained, tbcy became unwilling the next day
allow these engravings 10 Ce entered IA tho lne
department. l Ueiieve that over-weighted
with the cares OF business and the representation of
great public Interests, and unuccustomed aud mex
pert In tns more reconcile aud technical nrt they lid
recognize the injury they nhicting upon the
standing Of a meritorious though less Well known
class oil artists nor oil the harm they were doing at
and It's culture IN America. Your own experience and
knowledge oil life VIII have shown You nov difficult II
Is in country Oh comInerce ana manufacture 10 h
trade into hIgh ART " difficult any part OF The
world. 10 pavo had II happen more ~ something OF
which we should all be proud, nor should We, II seems
To me, lose any chance OF letting II be known.
nope mat through such pubic statement our Amer
lean committees Will take the matter INTO consldera
ton, unwilling az they must be to pass over lightly IN
American success which has had tho praise aud APP
prova OF the principal artists and critics thai have
met, ana II Ueing M good fortune 10 know good
many both here aud across the Atlantic Were tnore
any difficulty ~ the way, such rs want oi space Or
great weight or difficulty Of transporlstion, should
not he urgent, but such coiiectlon as would rep
resent best work would not cover more wall space
than have statsd above, and II not framed could all
be carried over IN large envelope. l am, sir, re-
specially yours, J. L. y.
NEW YokK, March Is, 1873.
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GLASS BALL SAOOTlNG.

SAuaArucK, Conn, March 10, 1878.
An interesting match with glass balls was shot here
this afternoon the Contestants being Mr. James Knox
Polk son Of the late President ana Mr. Il. s. Wheeler,
Jr., on tho grounds OF tho former. The balls
we're sprung IRON u Bogardus trap. the distance
being Iwcni Que yards. Fiuy balls we're shot, the
contestants each breaking twenty three out OF tweny
I'VE. The time Occupied was about hall an hour
several resident sporting gentlemen witnessed mo
contest. Considerable attention - AZ present paid
here 10 this novel IN cans Of anu scnent
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MRS. A. M. WILSON'S oBsEQUIEs.

Al balf-past nine yesterday morning tho body of
MIRA Adele N. Wilson, the widow OF the late George
Wilson, OF staten Island and the great
Of Count De Grnsse. was removed IRON the
New YORK Hotel TO 81 AIMS Churcn on
Twelfth street, where Fatncr Ly nch celebrated
solemn requiem high mass The body
encased In cssket aud literally covered win
lowers Father Preston the pastor OF ST. AIMS
Church. spoke OF his acquaintance with the deceased
ind her great religious devotion. Tho body was
10 the vault OF the Fowler family IN Eass Chester
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
A SNEAK THIEF CAPTURED.

David. Harvey, alias James Fay. sought out the
house Of Abraham Mackinsk at No 405 Canal street,
with burglarous intent Friday evening. He broke
into the apartments, and was engaged IN runrnsging
q drawer when Mary Marks, female domestic, ap.
pcarcd. Harvey at once madc for tho window and
Jumped out. ony to hnd himself ID the arms VI OQcsf
Roppson. In tnc Jefferson Market Court Yesterday
he wus held III ST. 900 OaL He had n velvet sack
erpenh hts various other garments wrapped
up in q sheet NJ the time oil his arrest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
THE OLTEN DIVORCE SUIT.

Mrs. Olcn obtained n divorce from her husband,
Charles Often, jewelier Of Brooklyn, several years
ago. but finally went 10 1--we with him again, xnd kept
up the relation until about twenty months since,
when, It Is alleged, she and barber named Henry
Reicuard became enraptured with each other Mrs.
often, learning that her second marriage not
valid one according to law, SCI arated from her hus-
band second time and married the barber. A suit
to have the decree oil divorce Set aside was then
begun ny Mr.. Often, but lie has now abandoned II.
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RESCUED FROM DROWNING.

william Morris, colorcd, thirty years OF age, re-
siding AT NO. 10 Thompson street, rescued iron
drowning In the North River, the loot of Rector
street, yesterday. by Albert Williams.
Putip schirmer, nity-six years Of ago, German,
having no nome, attempted to commit suicide by
Jumping into the East River, AT the loot OF THIRD
street Hc rescued by Uiicer Qugley, OF tho
twenty -iouftn precinct, and taNen ~ Bellevue Hos
MIN
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THE KALLINGs SEIZURE.

An Investigation has been commenced into the con.
duct OF the officers VINO passed. Nine. Ralings trunks
containing goods liable for duty to the amouns u
nearly $4,000 declaration that SOS would cover
tho amount 10 which they were subject Yesterday
Mcssrs Phelps, Dutchsr aud Merritt heard evidence
in tue mater VIII examine further INTO the case
ms week Tie Investigation 10 conducted prlvaley
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A MARRIED LOIHARLO.

The present legislature OF New Jersey passed bill,
which Is now law, making 1t a States Prison offence
for married lead maiden astray, In case the
lnttcr OF good repue. The rst person 10 DO tried
under the act 10 one james Totem, OF Newark, who
has been arr ested ana held default Of 600 bail
Sarah ,fes also OF Newark, alleges that james Sc.
duced her under "a promise OF speedy marriage, he
rcpresen that he single. whereas IL turns out
that he 10 a married man 1oiten does not deny the
sbargc Bat pleads tnat the girl IS not 'of good
puts" lie now In jail awaiting tho action Of tho
arand Jury
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ROBBED OF JEWELRY.

Tho residence OF General McQuade. No. 123 West
Forty .nth street. was entered oy burglars Friday
LAST and 81, 500 worth OF jewciry carried or The
thieves broke into tho house next door, which has
been vacant for some time, and climbed from window
to window on the third story. rno burglars were
evidcutly hurried IN their work. rs they lett behiud
more vaiuaDie property than tuat when they took
with tuem. A list OF the stolen articles has been
furnished 10 superintendent Waning, aud detectives
siuqo ON case
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GLASS BALL SHOOTING IN NEW JERSEY.
Attic opening OF the Jersey City Heights Gun Club
Grounds, ut Marion, N. j., on Tuesday next, some
choice sport is promised also exhibitions
oil skill IN tho handing Of the shotgun by the cham
pion Boeardus who mas made a match to break 800
Dai's IN twenty ono minutes, using three guns Of dif
ierent weight and Galore via 10 gauge. Weighing
10 lbs IL gauge, weighing IA los, uud 20 GAUGE,
Of 81 lbs A sweepstake, open 10 all amateurs.