New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

aspirants for distinction in its particular line
The S,orHpg Gasciie now survives only In Iae tof"
frg GenflemqR, n sixpenay paper UonEhs n'a'"'S ''
its big portrait cartoons: bu. far more oa'S'i'''
connection appeared in The Fcd TINS was "'isT
Ill one If tho Essex Street" publ atoms a. hey
were called The Ficld and The QHeeH haa pech ior
same time IN the condition OF plp3r5 which are
dropped down areas AMI seat gratis TO an'Douy
who will have Them They appeared hopeless
s,crt,,r n,,vsyao.r with Bcirs Lie already on Tho
ground seemed to have q poor chance of success
and ladies' newspaper q still worse one. Al
tcmos in tn, direction OF lad - journal had be'A
made and II al failed absetiy. AMI so the Essex
Street papers vent begging until tho late scIjeAH
Cox bought them. SERGEANT Cox, albeit 10 hai
l,anings toward SputuahIm, wac very isFer
mauand had what Cicero declared to he tho last ahd
highest qualification OF 4 general, GOOD ihcH' ii0
also had capital being already successful as news
paper pr )prle;or aud soon poured into the veins VI
the expiring Field and queen reyiving Stfoam VI
CASH These are now two of the best pieces Oh Nv vs.
paper property in England, with very large ""u
steady circulation and positive volume oil au'ei
tisamcns Ii is no part of my purpose TO set form
the profits of new spHpers, but tine moore dor'Eo"
from The FicLi The Queen, The Law Itmes' Inc O"-
zaar rcEGnCc and hdrt and The country caii"oS
fall far short OF forty thousand pounds year. anu
probably this estimate is too low. MIR. irwin WV
The 81, and Mr.. Horace Cox the nephew, of the
late SERGEANT Cox have managed these papers VIII"
singular ability. They have always been success
full IN recruiting efficient members for ther stan VI
writers omou, whom are Miss Love- Mrs, Lynn
Tvntou Mrs ilaweis Mr.. Walsh (who mas cliIeu nc
Field admirably for many years., ieir oleIit1' -u,
Pence Mr. Bernard H. Becker draIna,lc cIl'io, %
Mn rfhur art critic, aud hr hacIarltu
musicol critic: Mr. Francis Frames, M les'llHli
and Mr. Howard Saunders-who wrlte on aIIs'jhn i,
a oh n
tory The EieId aud The queen deal rtsP55cSNoIy
with the outdoor and IN loon aspects o. tc iilo %
English gonti.iok., and arc init % tho bitchenN
variety If 81 1j-cts from cricket 20 Ihe i
the latter ed niJabiy written upon by hiiifinC
STOCK broker and amateur COOK owning .nG r"1 H.
culinary library ia the world, MI. 1hcV1ley uo
- yyLo ~ 1.sIstrd by ,arCe statf OF probe sl0il-
a. con ributoIs. The advertisements alone Oh iHo
TicId and The QueH afford with tnelr lnhuuicIaVio
illustrations a very amusing hours pasinei ny
first-named of these - now ~ TO- on,te
sp0rting paper II existence. Bcits LVe mas Iui,o
retired into the second rank, ana has VI Ia'e tae
to rcpubisnn8 ITS cnfOnlc4cs Oh tho Pl'H'-''"e
distinct confession OF weakness IL. ..,uo,;
The Sporting Life one OF the earliest c91npe'I-
tors of DttlS LIE A penny paper II ndu .io a.
VANTAGE OF large circulation, ana moreover Was
very fortunate IN its turf prophecies-a III ich more
imuoItaDt department OF sporting Journalism IMAM
generally supposed rtoPe c III tTe striSt
tlpv much better. For " me Inc HP0'Hg Ivy
was lucky in Its prophecies. On one occasion O. ~
njocrd the first second and tllrd horses IN the ."
oger nm the morning uf the race exactly as lnoy
came mast the pos. III The afternoon. ..
Then tine great circulation OF Inc sporting LVe
brou rhf The Sportsman INTO existence, newspaper
when by degrees mas grown 10 daily issue. III Is
fine propfrt, of Mr.. james Smith, once known as
.'SwOrdsman' omith, a re,Oluie ana Successlul
t,,rtr ana tho owner OF RoseDery, the horse when
rst hroke the charm of the double event of CeSale-
witch and CONFERENCE.-The, since equalIed only
nv Fnxball Ar. smiths black jacket ana straw
c,tnrrd c3p had already won the Cesarewtch with
IIortugton and had also figured prominently on
several occa ions Mr. smith is believed 10 be the
owner of tbs Bon MarcL60 stores on the right side
of the Iaames, and IS III every respect go0d
'sDottsuan." His newspaper IS very well edited
and conducted and so far as hor5c-raclDg IS COLI
c-rnod may b. called the leading journal"
TI,re are other spOr ing papers. notably Iho |
SlOyiiaq Times. FMS amusing newspaper was |
I3uIcbed many years ago bY Dr. Shorthouse, who, |
being an enthusiasts OF me subject OF PantalOon |
mars me BiricatclcT blood, and so torth, pre-
dIcied many months before the race that Macal0nl |
must win the Derby. The animal fulfilled the vat
jcIuption winning the Two thousand, the DERBY, |
and the DoncasteI Cap, and The sporting Times " IS
I'M glrat favor Later Oh DR.. ShorlIOusc got into |
r,ulle over "A itcl case, and the paper sank Into
stale of lnauiton until Mr John COrett bought II.
ne new purchaser had long been a writer and
racing propAct or The .p0TtSmaH and OtpcT papers,
ana aided Dy the late Nj. F,rrdll and few other
oltrrs produced pink newspaper which soon be-
came somet II ny between sporting anu comic
ourua! Al Is very amusing, and mas among itSCOI-
trinutors Nj. Reginald Brooks, Mr.. POtlnger Sic
phcils. Mr w. Mckay and most Of the young and
lively iignt cavalry OF journalism