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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
CLUBS IN AND ABOUT NEWBORN.
GREAT PROGRESS IN SIXTEEN YEARS.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEASONS sroRTs-cosrLY
CLUB HOUSES AND GROUNDS.
A recent writer on athletics said that New
York was in fair way TO become the athletic
capital of the world. This view, which is not
so Utopian as it may at first appear, is sup
ported chiefly by the argument that the geo
graphical position of Manhattan Island makes
every class of outdoor sports easily accessible.
Provided with q noble bay, one of the finest
rivers in the world succession of inland shall
lows admirably adapted for shell-rowing' ana
plenty of open ground within short distance
this CITY supplies an ample field tOr the activity
of the amateur athlete. And the athiete so Tar
has no; been slow to avail himself OF these ao-
vantages. Year by year greater interest Is
taken i'm health giving rccrcationS ana rlVaiflcS
and greater attention paid to them lianui-
capped ut the start by the climate with It's eN-
tremcs of heat and cold and the early darkness
which rObS him of part OF the evening EXERCISE
granted 10 his more favored EnglSh cousin, tue
young New Yorker, nevertheless holds ms own
in the amateur contests OF the world. Though
the country is denied the glory of so-calIcu
@IciSurc Glass; the business hours of this city
are vet short enough to allow the enthusiast an
abundance of time for practising. He has only
to take an elevated train or one OF the numer-
Gus fcrryboats on either side of the island or at
the Battery, and in less than an hour he finds
himself in the luxurious case of his hanncls'
welding the bat or taking gentle trot round
the cindcr track.
Sixteen years ago amateur athletic clubs were
unknown in this country and Canada. To-day
there arc more than half dozen strong athletic
climbs in New-York and Its suburbs TRIBUNE
reporters have gathered together many facts OF
general interest concerning these clubs ana
woven them into the sketches which appear
lnlnNY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
NEW WORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, APRIL

ont under tho careful supervision Of committee APP
pointed for that purpose. A large number Oh avn
tennis courts are being laid out and space has bee"
reserved md rs used for baseball At least six lawn
tennis courts shielded from view hom the rest OF me
grounds viii be laid out for exclusive use by ladies',
and the club hopes 90 make the place favorte resort
for the fair when they wish to enjoy lev hours
ont Of doors at their popular pastime Suitable
and connections dressing rooms for the ladies VIII Dc
provided and every effort made for their convenience
successful experiment of 1881. Arrangements have
been made with the South London HarTfers a well,
known English club and Il selected team consisting Of
MYERS Fredericks Wadron, and Murray the last one
belonging 10 a sister club, will go to England next
month and cndcavOr To uphold the reputation OF Aner
can athletes.
The Manhattan is the only American club that ever
gave athletic meetings in this country or in Europe in
connection with foreign club and this fact alone Is no
small compliment 10 its intelligent industrious ana
effective management. =,
II must not he supposed however, that Myers is the
only well known athlete in the club The list is long
one and among those who have either gained champion
ships or are well known the track, are H. FRED
cricks the halfmilc runner, Waldron the sprinter,
Iambrecht the heavyweight puttcr; besides Derrick
son, Voorhees, White. Smith, Chanira, Hart Nchard-
son Schuyler Pomeroy. Moorhouse and Young. 1t has
been Frequently said that this Is the only club which
could give n complete athletic meeting with only its
own men OF those who have done good work III adj
vancing the club and the cause OF pure athletes gener
ally Mr. Thomas and Mr.. Ridabock have died and Mr.
Cuthbert has retired from active participation III inc
club management.
George w Carr. one of the four diners at Del
monicos still remains president of the club. aud to his
warm interest and hard work much of the clubs sue
cesa is due Charles +. Trotter is the president
L. l.. Myers, secretary W. storm, treasurer ana .,
and w r. Beers and g. A. Avery. james Magce and
{. w Minor the trustees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
4 RELATITE or WARREN HASTINGS.


Sir George Corncwa Lewis used to have theory
that there never woS IN authenticity established
of any living for hundred years lie used 10 main
tain that when the of alleged centenarans were
carefully inquired into It usually found either that
the age was greatly exaggerated. or that there
proof whatever of the date Of birth IL seems, how
ever that an unidentified centenaran is living and
looking the earth in the person of Miss Hastings of
Malvern who celebrated her hundred third birth
dav last week Miss Hastings Is relative Of Warren
Hastings She must have been seven years old on that
historic day when her famous tnsman was brought to
trial In the great hall of William Rnfus Even in the
DAYS when Mncauny wrote his glowing essay IL seemed
strange 10 think that the House of Lords had in it,
rank man who played part In the impeachment and
could in listening the lofty and animated eOquence
Of Charles Earl Grey. he able 10 form some estimate
Of the powers of of men among whom he was not
thu foremost" Lord Grey has long passed away ;
Macaulay himselfhas been dead for wenigh quarter
of century. ard yet it Is curious to reflect that we
have still living among usa kinswOman Of the great
pro-consul, who was seven years Old when the I'M
jenolnnent bagan, who .rl OF fourteen whcn it
ended in acquittu.
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tho life of the modern athlete Is by means Spartan
An ia severity. The young athlete can GO up
town by the elevated road from his once III
the evening take his spin his exercise IN ine ~ IL
nasium nut on the gloves with one OF his ieiloW ,
hers take his dip or his Turkish bath, and ma W W..
n welsAppliod restaurant where he can recT c w
hausted nature All this, however Is III tne tu'uv
At present the club has priv ate gymnasium rtv
Crescent Club Rooms nt No. III west i"'n..
third-st where plenty of work Is bclns eU a II
whore eight rowing machinc@ are III constant vs. ,,e
is sometimes limited by good humored o't W. 1,% Is
members of other clubs that the Newly York CIup Is
nrincinollv composed of old fogics and others Tn
resi- nm the laurels of past, glorious II may oo WI.
somewbat distant Ii is dangerous, however "
brso+be This 10 an active NewYo rk Athletic 'iuo mtn
her lie will ask YOU if Hugh II. Baxter, the ChaIPu
nncIeaner is superannuatcd if W. Ford, the cnhl
nion hipb and long jumper, has no more huIc's ~
win. IL C. J Queck heruer. the champion sho' anu
hammer putfer has longer tho strength 81 ast yt
if w IL Goodwin. of Harvard, is an old loEl nv
will remind YOU that the majority OF the ne" menu 80
are Young men who have not yet had chance 10 INV
what tbcy can do In short he will put various 0'cr
pertinent questions which 60 to prove that though ,
New. York Climb has many wealthy aud mlddie-hgtu
members II nevertbecss has large majority OF acuNt
eager Young fellows who will i'll the future ~ ulu il
foreriIuneIs help to keep the club. where ~ mas Mr.
been in the van of the amateur athletic clupS vi 'ho
world. ,....;
At the lad election w r. Traycrs was elec'eG plesi
dent and A. H. Curtis vice-presdcnt; Niliaih NooI'
secretary and treasurer and w: Cralg W il,htl W
tain; the committee consists of A. '. dc Goconila'
Herman Oelrchs, T.. :. 1nnct ~ dc beftal"s' = ~
Drake Rutgers Van BrTnt II. b. Phinny, Otto >arohy'
f. j. Fitzpatrick A. Ii. Wheeler and II. b WILSON,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
NOTES or OTHER CLEBS.
WEST SIDE CLTB.

The West Side Club organized in August, ISL
and was known rs the New-lO rk Walking Club until
lat spring when the present title assumed Until
this year the president was William II. Meek, the
champion walker and the list of prominent members
naturally includes more walters than Among
the latter. however, is G.. StOnebridgc, mile
runner f. f. Macdonald has a record as a three
mile walker The club holds its meetings and pract
on the Standardization Grounds il Fiftyfomth-st
between Eighth and Ninth ayes where there a good
sevcIlap track There are seventy members. and
at the las, election H. W. Clark elected president ;
r. Watt. vice-pIesidcnt; +. T. Macdonald and w
Moore. secretaries w. Rodgers, captain and G.. w.
I.Owden. lieutenant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
pAsTLME AND GRAMCRCY CLTRS-

Among the smaller clubs not members Of the Ma
tional Amateur Athletic Association the Pastime
and Gramercy Clubs. The former is chiefly composed
of Young men under the nge of twenty The club has
a good ground at SiKty-,Xthst and the East River,
and has had In its ranks many men who have subse-
ducntly become we'll known III amateur athletic ranks.
Among them may he mentioned A. WHldron the 100
wards runner. and II. Fredercks, the mile runner be
sides f. l.. Lambrect the heavyweight puttcr, and
H. Stone the hurdle racer.
The Gramercy Club has grounds and is given to
taking long spins the country. One of it,
hcrs Nns peIrr Enlden. the mile runner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
IT IS INDEED A "CORKER."
From Truth london.

Let those who are fond of tho German language
mediate on the following word composed of thirty
seven lettersi zhalungscass
hatern II means:" Accountant of the bureau where
the State debts paid" Now, in Germany etiquette
demands that every should be saluted by his title
and State mnctionares very particular in exactng
who obliged daily to welcome their superior with
this ghtfu cong lomeration of nharmonious syablcs!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
THE AMERICAN CLUB.
TREBLING ITS MEMBERSHIP IN LESS THAN
SEVEN YEARS.


Eycl since the Young Mems Christian Association oc-
cupicd the new building at Twentythird-st. and
FouIth-ayc one of the advantage afforded to MEM
bers has been the large and wcllequipPed gymnasium
Throughout the summer season, however the members
of the elias, see little of one another and have no
chance 70 continue their exercises az body. Some
years AGO this fact caused certain members to devise
some means whereby the bond of union might be kept
M the whole year. meeting held in the College
of Physicians and Surgeons III the fall of 1871 and III
November of that wear the American Athletic Club waS
started with u membership of nearly sixty. That sixty
has today nearly tTcblcd itself For some years the
club was nomadc i'll its character. The quarters Tor
the first season the st. Georges Cricket
Ground ut Hoboken, which the club shared with the
Stevens Institute hut the members soon found that ms
dual tenancy would not work smoothly. Inc next
wear saw the club sharing the grounds OF the Manat-
tan. al Fifty siXth-st and Eghth-avc The grounds 1t
now occupies are the Polo Grounds at One hundred
and-tenth-St. and SXth-ave.. renting them from tine
Metropolitan Exhibition Company, which has done
much 10 forward the clubs interests and 10 supply Its
wants. 4 comfortable clubhouse l. already erected on
fine grounds and this season large and wellurnshed
gymnasium will he pI tap. The track Is RoOd one,
having three laps to the mile, while there plenty oi
space for lawn tennis, baseball ana othtf sports Inc
gymnasium which has hitherto supplied the members
with "A winter practising resort is John 0Od \, at
Fifthavc. and Twenty elghthst.
The monthly business meetings are held AT the
Kuickerbocker Cottage III Slxthaye, ana the president
of the Americans is Cyril Robinson. Eugene Van
Tambaclt is their viceprcsident, f. {. Lowry treas
rer and > A. Stafford secretary, while A. A. Jordan is
the captain of the club The club belongs to the ANA
teur Athletic Association and has from lts birth gwen
spring and fall games every year and has turned ont
several athletes whose are familiar IN champion
ship lists such rs ". s. Nixon and &. d. Baird, the
three-inile walkers and $. A. Stafford, the champion
howard urdlor while among the members have been
numbered W Il. Curtis j. McCciland, the Unknown
athlete. aud Robert Stole. tine halt-miie runner
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Like Some RAILROADS..
Wall Street News.

Wall Street News.
A religious denomination in a town
in India, which felt that it must have a
church, called in the services of a bust
ness man to tell him how 1t could be
brought about.
"The s stands like this" he began:
"There are twenty of you, and you can
rsise $500 among you. You need at
least$3,O0O. Organize a stock company,
offer your shares at fifty cents on the
dollar, and you'll have no trouble about
getting the money"
"But MIR. Chairman" protested one
of the brethren, what about dividend
on this stock ?"
Dividends! dividendsl" echoed the
Chairman; why, that's an after consid-
Grafton. The first thing is to get rid OF
the stock and get the building up"
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Miscellany.

-
To remove sunburn, wash in butter
milk, in which q little fresh tansy has
been stepped for o few hours.
An inventive woman advises when
you drive q nail into a clothes-press to
hang clothes upon, to drive it thorugh
On empty spool up to the head. Select
a spool with a hole large enough 80
that the nail will not split it.
Mating is not put down on floors
now in straight breaths, a plaid colored
piece being tackled all around the floor
and q square of the same in the middle,
the rest being filled with plain white,
or any individual taste is carried out,
to lay it in o rug-like manner.
A lady advises those who are troub-
led with little flies about their plants
in winter to use separate saucers for
the pots, and to water the plants from
the bottom by filling the saucers with
boiling water. Since beginning this
practice, she writes, she is not troubled
by the flies, and thinks the plants do
much better watered in this way than
by pouring the water on top.
To produce o pure black upon wood
the following receipts given: Pour four
quarts of boiling water over one ounce
of powdered extract Of logwood, and
when the solution is effected add one
drachm of yellow chromate of potas-
SUM, and stir the whole we'll. Repeat
the application of this mixture until the
wood is dark enough.
DR.. s. A. Brown, United States Navy,
states in the Medical Record that he has
found q specific to the troublesome erup.
ton produced by the poison oak or
poison ivy so common in our woods and
along old fences. This specific he finds
in bromine, which he has used with I'M
varying success in at least forty cases.
He uses the drug dissolved in olive oil,
cosmoline, or glycerine, in the strength
of from ten to twenty drops of bromine
to the ounce of oil, and rubs the mix
ture gently on the effected parts three
or four times a day. The bromine is SO
volatile that the solution should be re-
newed every twenty-four hours. The
eruption never extends after the first
thorough application, and it promptly
disappears within t%wenty-four hours if
the application is persisted in.
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a.ltimors rr1sd chack.n.

A Newport correspondent asks how
to fry chickens a la Baltimore. The
ideal chicken for this dish is young and
tender, and unless it is so really these
directions are vain. Put the frying pan,
and it should bea deep one, on the
stove, with a large tablespoonful of
lard and one Of butter. afte. cutting up
the chicken in the usual way. When
the fat is hotlay the chicken in sprinkle
pepper and salt and flour owe it; the
-four should De busted over il through
. fine sitter; cover the frying pan, and
let the chicken cook slowly but steadily;
when one side is . delicate brown burn
the chicken and sprinkle salt, pepper,
and -four over this side also; if the fat
is absorbed add enough to keep the
chicken from burning. Half to three
quarters Of an hour is long enough to
cook the chicken. Make q rich gravy
in the pan; brown it we'll. Ifit is your
pleasure to add peas or mushrooms, put
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The oleander

#H-- Is
The oleander is a favorite in and out
door plant, priced for its flowers,
usuallyo of red or rose color. The shrub
belongs to the dog-bane family, and is
poisonous. A guinea-pig-keeping boy
gave to his pets leaves and twigs cut
from the oleander plant. The pigs
died in commissions, also in great agony,
apparently. We can testify to the fact.
Nevertheless, the oleander flower is
beautiful. and worth the culture be-
slowed upon it. There are many va
rieties-double dark purple, double
vermillion. cherry crimson, white, pale
yellow and pale sulphur, as to color of
flowers. The oleander is found in the
Levant and in some parts Of Palestine.
In Florida it grows in hedges and
groves, and attains the height Of twen-
ty-fye to thirty feet. Galveston is
called the "Oleander City," IN account
of the abundant growth Of the oleander.
When the plant has grown to the height
of eight or ten inches it should be cut
back to the second OF third jcint, and
these should be cut back after they
have attained sufficient growth. The
bush will be thick in foliage, and flow
er abundantly. The plant requires
much moisture. Slips placed in q
bottle of salt water, and kept in q sunny
window, will put forth roots, and be
ready soon for the pot.
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Precautions Asain,s CHOLERA.

Cleanliness is one of the precautions;
cleanliness of the person, the house, the
entire premises, the neighborhood. ALI
decaying substances should be covered
deep with fresh, dry earth, all stagnant
pools should be drained; q free use Of
copperas water, lime water, dilute
sulphuric acid, carbolic acid, chlor-
ide of lime, one or all, will chem
ically cleanse foul places. Wholesome
food, sufficient exercise, abundant sleep,
should be insisted on. Under-ripe and
over-ripe fruits and vegetables should
be avoided. All strains of body o,
mind should be avoided. Fear, worry,
nervous exhaustion, filth, gluttony,
starvation-all invite cholera. Aserene
mind and sound body repel it and re-
sist its attacks.
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that can be made useful in any form;
but this eyer-increasing pile Of rubbish
in 9 house, is not economical o. desira-
ny Experisnos with xolst.s.s.

1
Mr.. john Mitchell Of Orange county,
N. T., gives his experience with these
cattle in the columns OF the Country
Gentleman:
My first purchase Of a Holstein was
attended by many m,sgivings. I had
been brought up with Ayrshires in
their native land, and always regarded
them as the best for general dairy pur-
poses. I had read of Holsteins, and had
seen anumber of them at fairs, but con
sidered their records as exaggerations.
My venture wa most convincing, to me
at least, for % after calving, my Gov
easily surpassed the record claimed for
her at thu time Of purchase, and by
actual test gave more than the two
best young graded COWS in my dairy,
her yield being 16, O76 lbs. for the
year, from two milkings q day. She
repeated the next season with IA, 1856 lbs.
to her credit, with only ordinary care,
proving herself a remarkable butter an
ilnal, two days milk at height Of flow
producing six pounds, eight ounces Of
butter. In 1880 and 81 my entire herd
of six, comprising one COW, two three
year-old heifers, two two-year-olds and
one which celved at twenty-one months
old were MIXED twice o day, and with.
out any grain during the summer season
averaged 8,6O5 lbs. per head for the
year. In 1882 and '83 my entire here
of twelve, (only two of which we're foul
years old and seven were under three
years old), with the same treatment av
eraged S,213 lbs. per head.
/ have more than twenty now in milk
which began their records in 1883, ant
have only one complete record to show
and that a heifer of the Aaggie family
which calved in February, 1888, just on,
of quarantine, and calved again Januar,
~. 1884, not going dry at all. Shl
scored 9,156 lbs. for the first season il
America. When the herd records arr
completed, I expect to show an average
of between $500 and 10000 lbs. pc,
head for the year and only two were
over four years old st the beginning Of
their present record. These two vii
complete their fourth year in milk in
May and June next. Their first three
years show averages of 1858 lbs, and
1881 lbs. per annum, respectively, and
the completion Of their fourth year viii
increase the average considerably.
believe it 70 be quite within the mark te
expect from herds of matured animals
an average In excess of 5000 quarts oi
milk per annum When bred on the
farm and properly fed and handled still
greater results may be looked for.
I have step by step discarded all
grades of every kind substituting thor.
oughbred Holsteins, and have yet to be
disappointed either with the quantity
or quality of their product. ]
have bottled aud sold Holstein mill
for the last three years, and have met
with gratifying success. N~otwithstand.
ing great competition, I have always
obtained the highest market price, and
find the demand for it much greater
than I can supply.
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Melons, to Prsssrvs.

Medium sized melons are better than
very large ones for preserving, and they
should not be over-ripe. Peel them
and press the juice from the pulp and
seeds, which should be taken from the
melons with a silver spoon, wash the
melons after this, and add the water in
which they have been washed to the
juice obtained from the pulp and seeds.
The melons should be cut lengthwise
into eight pieces, if possible using a
silver knife; allow them to soak day
and night in cold water with a little
salt and vinegar, in the proportion OF q
teaspooful of salt and two Of white vine
gar to half a gallon of water, throwing
a clean cloth over during the time to
keep out the dust. In the meantime
prepare a syrup with the juice from the
pulp and seeds, boiling a pound of good
loaf sugar for Is minutes to every half
pint Of the juice, and then letting it stand
to become cold. After the pieces of mel
on have soaked for "a hours-care be-
ing taken that they have been quite I'M
der the water all the time-place them
in q preserving pan, and add the cold
syrup as prepared; set 1t on the lire,
and, after it comes to a boil, let it sim
mer for about a quarter Of an hour,
skimming it during the time; then re-
move the slices of melon into q bowl,
taking care not to break them and
pour the syrup over them. For three
successive days pour off the syrup, give
it a boil up and pour it over again; on
the third day place the slices OF melon
IN wide-mouthed bottles, adding some
bruised ginger to each; fill the bottles
with the hot syrup, let them remain
until cold, and then tie tightly down
with bladder.-N. Y. Tribune.