The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-18

Island. This club will dnabtiess have the
largest membership In the United States In d
short time. The engineer has laid oil the
track, and ground has been broken, and next
on tho improvements under construction on
| tho grounds and buildings.
| Here is n description OF "Gentle Jnmcs'
Gnlvln's delivery: iio turns tho bnl round In
| his hnnd SIX times, mops his forehead with
| his right hand pulls u knk ont of the seat oil
| hls pants. pulls out his handkerchief and
4 wipes his Dyes, turns 10 the second basem nm
aud neka whit O'Clock II le lays the bnll be-
| tween his faet, pats both hands In the dust,
wipes Ell" dust of on hIe trousers, licIs the
ends OF his tlngsra, pitches tho ball oyor his
left shoulder, absOrhB u little more dust with
hIs pnims. tells the boys 10 look out, and
| pitches tho ball
Race meetings are TO begin emily this
! spring. Tho first meeting nj tho Brighton
| Beach Fair Grounds. Coney Island, N. j.,
will begin Saturday, May s. aud take In tho
following Funsdny, Thursday and Saturday,
May fl, ~ and -. The National Fair Aaeo-
| citation, Washington, y. O., will follow next
with Il four-day meeting, beginning on the
eev"nteonih of May. Tho Maryland Jockey
Club comes next, the running Mt Plmlico boz
ginning about the usual time, May 25 Jerome
Park then follows with her june meeting.
Worcester Inns dec4,led to apply ,incondI-
tlonnlly for admission TO the lengne. As tho
city contains u less number Of people than
IL unanimous vote or tho clubs to secure her
admission. There appears TO be- no doubt but
II will he done. This decision Of tho Worcpl,-
ter club drprivcs the National Association Of
nnother Oh It's strong props. Tho only clubs
now belonging TO ilint nsRocntIon That show
nny kind Of lifs nrs tho Nationals Albauys
and tho now Springfield club. II reduction from
nine clubs that entered for the championship
race la4t year, To three.
Racing rs not without It's rewards To tho
few. lord Fmlmonth'a winnings for last yenr
nra set down MS G23 52s Count dis LAGRANGE
won twenty-eiRht turf victories and nettrd
f2G. 37G The Duke Of WcBLmlnster carried
Of fig. 2g} Bat whnt IA ths 10 what M old
turf anntIiat rccords of tho third md fourth
Dukes of Grafton, who won tho Derby four
times. the Ohks seven timoa, tho Two Thou
sand two times. the Ono Thou sand eight
times, the July five times. md NIL "the other
good things nj Newmarket, ~ FRANK Buckle
phrnscd II, on mnfiy OceheOns5 'ThHy aro
sud. ends ths enthusiastic chroulcler, ''to
havr Melted near IL quarter Of II million In
public stakes.
1t ls just now made public TINT Vlgnuux
ch leIRes Schaefrr to play for $4,000 or up
ward. 5000 points up. 1000 points each night
In Paris, on 5xl0 table with French cushions,
lie to pny Schaerrl + cxpensea to and fro, and
to divide tho receipts with him. AS To tho
game II II the straight" rail the same game
that ViKnaux refused To play In Paris with
Sexton In 1876, for the Challenge Cup, and
that hnrelised In 1879 To phy with SloRsan.
VINO offered to pny his own expenses. Wig
nAuN leaves Tho challenge open until the mid
die Of April next, the Inference from which
Is thut II II proposed to play the game ut the
time when American travel has act toward
thn French capital. A. tho ghma Is to be
straight rail, 1t can make little or no differ
rnce 10 Schaefer whether tho cushions are
irish or French. Although it has just been
made public, yet thle challenge WAS In sub
stance known To parties here mouth ago.
II the programme Ia carried out 1t Will stop
billiard mAtGh-playinG in America for IA time.
A bicycle tournament, fourteen hours daily
for ak daya, WAS participated In by q. w.
Waller, w. Phillips, j. q. Mercer. b. Keen, J.
Nichols and Il. Patrick, Mt tho Hull Engl0nd,
Cattle Show building, ending Decamber n.
On tho first day Phiilips WAS credited with
doing 100 miles In :26 49, one second before
Waller, amt, provided the track was properly
laid out. the best time on record The account
before NJ says tho course measured 81 laps
10 the mile, but does not say whether IL had
IN inside curbing or VIVA simply Ghalkod out so
lint we cnnnottell whether the performances Is
genuine or not. although 1t Is likely that both
Phillips and Waller arc capable OF riding that
distance In the time mentioned on n properly
trnck Of full length. The tourna-
nent was won by Waller. doing go miles;
phiIlns second, with 7so miles ~ laps; Pat
lex 10 miles ~ laps: Nichols G22 miles 7
APPS, Mercer d5S miles, Keen 315 miles ~
APPS.
MI John NJ Clay Cson OF the late Henry
)lay), OF Ashland Farm. Lexington, KY, has !
lrcd more distinguished and lrst-elhss |
lorsrs with the same number OF mares than
my breeder In this country. According to |
he Kentucky Lire ,St,ch Record, he bred /
Magic. Madeline, Madonna, Charley Ball. |
Princeton, Charley Morgan, Hanover. Daniel |
Boone Simon Kenton, Skedaddle, Kentucky, |
iilroy and Victory from Magnolia by im-
ported Glencoe. From Zenobia he bred Il I'M
"a. I"ro, Ie Iingara, Jerome Edgsr, Zera