The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-08
THE DAILY STAR
THE SPORTING WORLD
Base Ball.

HOrnunS Will prooaply pay III o"A"'o
next wear.
On October Slst the Bostons defeated the
Lowells II to in seven innings.
George w. Bradley has been engaged by
the Providence Club as their change pitch
er for 1880, in place of Matthews.
NC. Dorgan, well and favorably known
as the catcher of the Syracuse Stars, is
shortly to be married to youhg lady OF
Syracuse, N. Y.
Paul Hines, of the Providence nine, had
the best batting average in League cham
pionship games, and thereby won gold
medal presented by gentleman of Buffalo,
Ny.
F.C. Bancroft has been re-engaged as
manager by the Worcester Club. 1t is the
intention of Manager Bancroft to take the
nine on Southern trip OF four weeks in
April next.
There is strong desire in the Eastern
States and the Atlantic border cities to or
ganize an Eastern League for 1880 in oppo-
sition to the Chicago Western League. 1t
is argued by those favoring the scheme in
question that the expensive western tours,
which last season eat up the profits of the
games resulting from the visits out there,
would thereby be avoided, and, moreover,
that at the close of the regular seasons of
the two leagues-Wes and Eastern-a
series of profitable contests might be ar
ranged for the United States championship
between the two mines having the lead in
their respective sections. The Boston peO-
pie favor this League, and would like to
see Mr.. Soden of their club made president
oiit There would be two lines of tours COM
prised in the proposed League, viz, one from
u ,t,n tbpnnuh Wnrcactor fold
Hartford, New Haven-with Yale College
tealn-to Jersey City, Princeton-with col
lege team-Philadelph Baltimore and
Washington. The other would be from
Providence through to Troy, Albany, Utica,
Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Such q
League, run at twenty-five cents general
admission tariff, ought certainly be pay
ing institution. The existing League is
practically Western organization, and it
could be run as such with The membership
of clubs from Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleve-
land and other Western cities. Neither
would interfere with the existence OF the
National Association, which necessarily
must in time become what its name i'm
ports-The National Professional Associa-
ton of the Country.-[ New York Clipper.
Turf Talk.
The current Spirit of the Times has the
following regarding the great event in
which st. Julien beat the best record of
Rarus:
Saturday, October 25th, 1879 the bay
gelding st. Julien performed the astonish-
ing feat of trottng a full mile to rule, and
for consideration over the Oakland Park.
California, track, in the Unprecedented
time of 2:124, reducing the record of
Rarus by half IL second. The announce
ment of the performance through the As
sociated Press dispatches did not excite the
comment that would have been naturally
expected, because they were so worded as
to leave it doubtful whether the perform
ance was a record. In order to resolve this
doubt we sent dispatch to Orrin A.
Hickok, the driver and part owner of St.
Julien to which we have received the iol-
lowing reply:
"SAN Francisco, Oct. 81, 1879.
''To the Spirit of the Times: st. Julien
trotted at Oakland Park track last Satur-
dav, for purse of $3.50, conditioned upon
his beating the best record of Rarus, 2;13l4.
The trot was to rule. st. Julien won on
Tive first trial, trotling the first quarter in
33 seconds, the second quarter in 33l4
seconds the third quarter in 34A seconds,
and the fourth quarter in 32M seconds;
time of mile, 2:12M. On asecond attempt,
he trotted the first quarter in SO q seconds,
the second quarter in 80 seconds, the third
quarter IN 35 seconds, and the fourth quar-
ter in "a seconds; time of mile. 2:1514. 1t is
the opinion of both Doble and Eoff that he
could have trotted in 210, and believe that |
can drive him faster than he trotted. j.
Cairn Simpson describes the first heat as
follow: AT last Hckok nodded his head
To signify his readiness for the start, and
away he swept at rate which even the
unpracticed eye could see was very fast.
The strokes were clean and clear, no clam
bering or sprawling, the very perfection OF
trotting action. The half mile was made
in 1o5Ia. The regular stride still being re-
tained. no attempt to change his feet or
wabble which would suggest break, down
The home stretch he kept up the uniform
stride until he reached the grand stand
when the cheers exhilarated him to still
greater exertions, and from the distance.
post on, no person ever witnessed greater
Hight of trotting speed 0. A. HIcKoK."
By virtue of this performance St. Julien
assumes the proud position of king of the
lrottng turf, heretofore held by such il
llstrious predecessors, either as king OF
queen, as Lady Suffolk, Flora Temple, Dex
Ter, Goldsmith Maid and Rarus. And
while he has taken the crown from the
brow OF Rarus, it is gratifying to feel that
in his case, there is not, as in Rarus any
obseurity in his lineage. His sire is Volun.
,cer, after Rysdyk's Hambletonian, the
greatest Of trotths progenitors, and his
dam by Sayres' Henry Clay. He was foaled
in 1869, ana is now ten years old In
height he is 1873 hands, and al
most counterpart in appearance
TO his brother in blood Bo
dine, having the offhind foot and the neal
fore foot white and patch of white in the
face When four-year-old this horse was
seen, while being logged over the Goshen
track, by Mr.. James Galway, who pur
chased him for the modest sum of $G00 HI
was turned out and given no work until the
fall of 1874, when lie was taken up anC
trained by VIM. Sargent but was firs
speeded to sleigh the following winter
In June, 1875, he trotted mile at a tria
in 2:42 and repeated in 2:3S; little late
he trotted in 2;3S, and repeated il
2:36, and before the Grand Circuit ell
tries closed he showed 2:27 on half-mile
track. He knew nothing bat trot, and w
doubt if any horse ever came to speed NOR
quickly. That year, 1875, he was entered