New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-21
TONY TALK.
PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL.


THE HIPPoDRons BUsIszss--A prominent Eiam
County official visiting Brighton Beach recently came
unexpectedly upon the manager OF Edward Hanlan the
oarsman and others connected with the business f
rowing and loosely said to them in loud tone, We'll
what Job are you putting up on the public now I" The
only reply was hasty exclamation Hush ~ as n thu
sporting gentlemen were afraid Of having the suggestion
heard In oubl'c A gentleman who formerly acted a
referee in some of the professional rowing matchs but
who lsttery mas declined to be connected with any Of
them or even to be present at them recently expresl
his belief that there was combination among the pro
sessonI oarsmen todefraud the public by hippcdrous
exhibitions Courtney he says may have been In the
combination at time, and he rather incnes 70 think
he was: but he is not still Having once been
the ring be cannot peach on 1t, though he does
occasionally threaten to break mp Hanian's combine
ton or the hippo ironing" on the part Of ~
Mace and Mitchell crowd OF pugisa aa1
so-called sluggers" there II little question Anu nay
interest all parties concerned know that the aaa
exhibition for this is to be between Sullivan an1
Mace in which the latter is to illustrate now az active
albeit old man can get from the big one BY aul
and quiet lodging, and finally tire him out WITHOUT
getting knocked out That hippodroming" was very
general among baseball professionals at one time has
been frlly established TO the satisfaction OF macy
sufferers And several glazing instances have pointed
to the during the passing season a. the
of daring hippodromug Some OF the race-tracks are
VIGOROUSLY In the hands Of gamblers as owners whis
the connection between bookmakers and "plangeu"
on the one hand and stable owners and starters on the
other has In some cases been bold and open.
No IDEA OF LIBERTY "A group Of persons q
both sexes and Of than average intelligence
the bridge at night recently endeayoring 70 40
cate~ the site for statue Of Liberty Enlghtenne the
World" Not single one of half dozen gave coreci
or correct guess though 1t was apparent
tha Lnau afafIh o
BILE from the bridge They knewth name CT thets
island ON which the statue stand. but could not tell
its relative position to Governors Island or the Battery
It would seem froaths incident and Others Including
the smaness Of the subscriptions to the construction
the pedestal which s to rest that Americans GO nos
generally comprehend the magnitude and magninesnes
Of this great gift Of France to America, or the grandeur
of the ornament to New-York Harbor which 10 70 b
erected Some idea can be given BY comparison vita
surrounding objects Looking southwark from the CEN
tire of the big bridge Bedoe Island on which the statue
is to rest lies In full view between Governors sano ana
the Battery but beyond both The top OF the pedestal
will be on level with the centre OF the bridge the head
OF the statue will be twice as high. The light which
Is TO be held above the head, VIII be much
higher than any other object in the city within the range
of vision from the bridge. II will be visible across Ia
tsryeuing Bay Ridge and Coney Island for twenty miles
10 seaward or about the same distance at which the
twin lighs attae Highlands become visible to marasrs
From the bridge one will have TO look up at a. to an
other moon.
LITTLE Demonstrating that q little female
child OF prisoner In Ludlow Street Jail had been born
in captivity" Grabbed old lawyer without trace Of
romance or sentiment in his composition, remarEs1
"And now suppose idiot will suggss, through tas
newspapers that she be called Amy Dorrit' ater ths
little heroine of the Marshalsea Prison. and 50 attach
the stigma OF her misfortune to the little creature fo
life