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overcome. He had great speed, and soon
showed quarter in 3219 seconds, a half in
1869 and several miles in 2:20 or better. 4.
J. Dunbar took charge of Mr.. Gordon's
horses in 1856, and began working Clingstone
and Guy to the pole The pair made their
first public appearance at Pittsburg in July,
when they started TO beat 2:225. They trotted
the first mile in 2:27 and the second in 2;2l.
One month later they wife started to beat
2:l9 over the Cleveland track, and succeeded
in trotting mile and repeat in 2;l7I5, 2:l7.
The quarters in the second mile were finished
In 3iI3s., says, 4Sts., 33l5s
At Hartford the pair were started TO beat
the team record but failed, finishing the
three trials in 2;32, 2:2lk, 2:l9 The quarters
in the third mile were finished in 36l5s,
Ss.s, IIEs., S3as Three exhibition miles
were trotted at Springfield the following
week in 2:23S! 2:2ilg, 2:23.
In 1856 Splan conditioned Guy and drove
him in the Guaranteed stake at Detroit,
where, in the first heat he finished third, VIII
ton winning in 2;l95t. He was fourth in the
second heat, which was also won by Wilton
In 2l9l., and he was diStanced by bad act
ing in the third heat.
Soon afterward, however, Splan drove him
mile barefooted, hooked to a cart, over the
Cleveland track in 2:l7l!. Last year he APP
peared on the track in Trainer Saunders
hands again, and met with much success
though the thoroughbred blood that coursed
through his veins made him nervous and err
ratio at times. At Cleveland, Aug. 2, he
beat Fred Folger in three straight heats, ths
time being 2;ls1t, 2;i9, a'ls4. At Buffalo
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INITIATING CAMPBELL's ILL FATED CRAFT
1t was on June 5, 1888, that the first sue.
cessful elevation Of a hot air balloon was
accomplished by its inventors, the Mont.
golfer brothers, at Annonay, France
On this occasion the balloon was sent up
without carrying any person with it. 1t
reached a height of 1,500 feet. Ascents
were soon after made in presence of
King Louis XVI, his queen and his
court. The properties of hydrogen gas
"a gas fourteen times lighter than COM
mon air--were discovered in 1866, but
the Montgolfers, who sent up the first
balloon seventeen years later, appear
not to have known anything about the
gas, using heated air as it is used in the
tissue paper balloons of the present day.
They built fire under the balloon, fill
ing it with smoke, which they seemed
to consider the motive power to lift the
balloon instead Of expanded air. The
first persons rash enough to go up with
a balloon used this dangerous method.
They were Pilatre de Rozier and the
Marquis d'Arlandes, who made the
ascent on Nov. 81, 1888. They rose to
a height of 5000 feet, and descended
safely near Paris. When one considers
that sufficient fire was necessary to re-
quire the carrying of extra fuel, and
come to regard the inflammable texture
of the material of the balloons, one can
appreciate the frightful risk run by the
aeronauts.
Ballooning became quite in vogue dur
In ha Er1t Of Ea ,,r
Indeed, during the first year an ascent
was made in which the change in the
barometer between high and low posi-
ton was noticed. During 1884 there
were fifty-two ascents made. But the
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Tho position, opposition and carriage Of the
arms are, perhaps, the three most difficult
things in dancing. IL is law Of nature that
when putting one foot forward or back the
arm on the opposite Of tho body moves cor.
respondingly with it, Observing this coun-
terpoising of the body as it deyiates from the
central line Of gravity gives the dancer a
graceful appearance
There are two movements for moving the
wrists--upward aud downward. When the
move is TO be made down, this wrist must bs
bent inward, the hand moving In a half cir
Gle and returning 10 the first position, with
care not to bend the wrist too violently, as
II would then appear broken. The elbows
move in the same direction, with the differ
ence that when the elbows bend the wrists
should also be bent, imparting TO the move
much grace Learn TO hold the arms as best
accords with the physical construction. II
short In stature let them be higher than the
general rule prescribes, and II tall let them
be lower. A good dancer should omit moth
ing that may tend to remedy or conceal her
personal defects
Let the point Of junction OF the shoulder
bone with the lower bone Of the arm he level
with the palm of the hand, the shoulders low
and always mGtionless, elbows round and well
supported, and the fingers gracefully grouped
together. The position and carriage Of the
arms must be soft and easy. Let them make
no extravagant movement, Eor permit the
least stiffness TO creep into tleir motions.
Beware lest they be jerked by the action and
reaction of the legs; this is great fault and
sufficient to spoil q dancer, what perfection
soever she may possess in tue exercise Of her
legs.
The head should never be held exactly per.
pendicular, but should incline little to the
left or right, giving the dancer a viyacious
and pleasing expression. Dancers should
learn from ehaste pictures Of sculpture and
painting the real mode Of displaying them
selves with taste and gracefulness.
Take care to make the arms SO encircling
that the points Of the arms may be imper-
ceptible. Having given his readers pretty
good idea Of the disposition 10 he made Of the
body in parts as whole, Mr.. Headlam takes
up the dance itself with its various steps and
movements. He thinks truly good dancer
should throw into her steps sort Of light
and shade, and by exactness Of the perform
ance distinctly mark each variation The
'grande temps" should be wide, bold and
easy to be most effective, with the ending
firm and upriSht on toe legs In the 'tsrrs =
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OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.

There Arc Two Ways TO Play the Oams
According to IN Enthusisst.
There are two kinds Of whist One Il solely
a game for amusement In this game, al the
cards having been dealt out to the four play.
ers and the last one turned up TO show the
trump, about all that each player !s required
to remember Is that tho ace Ii the highest
card and that the deuce is the lowest; that
you must follow suit 30 long as you have any
cards left Of the suit led; that in case you
haven't you can trump 0r discard from an.
other suit, as you think best, and that, In Q
general way, it is best to play second hand
low. third hand high, and not to trump your
partners ace. AT this game one can laugh
and talk as much as he please., but In the
strict sense this is not whist. The real whist
is game to be studied The real game Il
objected to by some people on the ground
that 1t Is too much like work.
when we play cards." say they, i've do
It for amusement-to kill time. II we want
to study anything y, will take up some use-
to do this alone, why, we will club together,
but the idea Of four people sitting down with
out saying a word for hours at a time and
at intervals slapping pieces Of pasteboard on
the table and then Imagine they are having
good time-bah,"
Now, this sounds very well, but there Is q
hitch in it. The point is right here. People
don't play whist for study Alone II they did
there would be very few whist players. They
play II for amusement. That Is the way the
game started. But after awhile people b.
gan to perceive that by following certain
rules they could get more enjoyment out of
the game than If they played 1t at random
Thus the game advanced to its present state
Of perfection. II was found that not only
was it source of great pleasure, but Of great
intellectual profit. II strengthened the men,
ory; it had the effect Of making the mind
more systematic, and it offered a splendid
field for the study of human nature.
But it must not be imagined that in order
to enjoy the game it Is first necessary to at
tain any great proficiency. few simple
rules are all that are necessary to start with
After the novice has learned these rules he
will take as much enjoyment out Of the game
as he would get from casino, eucher, Dom
Pedro or other familiar games But after he
has practiced for some little time he will per.
ceive that whist is a good deal more than he
at first thought-that it is a various language
spoken by the silent cards, SO to speak, and
which constantly grows more beautiful and
harmonious as he advances into its mysteries,
so that the enjoyment of the game is ever on
the increase and the player has the great
satisfaction of knowing that when he sits
down to play not only will he have a good
time, but also a profitable one. OF course,
he might spend his time to better advantage,
but one must have some mental recreation,
and all that whist players claim for the game
is that the person who once gives it fair
trial will never desert it for any other.
Ton LANSING
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principle once having been discovered,
seemed to lie as dormant, so far as utili.
ty is concerned, as if it were still un-
known. Nothing remarkable followed
these earlier experiments, and of late
years the hope that men would be able
to navigate the air by means of the ordi-
nary balloon alone has given place to ex-
periments in flying machines. These
have often combined mechanical contri.
vance with the old balloon system,
though at times they have assumed the
form of wings, Even In this form the
body of the flyer has usually been COW
cred with costume capable of holding
a light gas,
Considerable attention has been called
Of late TO new idea on the part of DIR. A.
De Bausset, of Chicago. De Bausset's plan
is to use vacuum, which, being lighter
than any gas, he claims will have a
greater lifting power. But the pressure
of the atmosphere from without would
necessarily render it essential that the
material of which the balloon is made
should he capable of resistance, Indeed
such material would have to be of steel
or something having equal resisting
power.
DR.. De Bausset proposes 10 construct a
cylinder of steel plate one-forty fourth
of an inch thick. From this he exhausts
the air, thus getting a buoyancy, as he
expects, capable of lifting a considerable
weight The vacuum is regulated by
valves, by which il is increased or di-
minished at will by means of powerful
pneumatic pumps driven by storage bat
teries and electric motors. Horizontal
motion is secured by means of compound
exhausting air screws or propellers, capa-
ble Of disLlacing 10000 to 800, 900 cubic
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no pest frlnce wilkes aue RosAlins wilkes
and got mark Of 2:i4JSs At Hornellsville
he beat the great demon Clingstone, and
later, at Hartford, he was started to beat
2;i4k. and failed In the astsmpt, though b.
covered mile In 2,i5L.
At Springfield hs failed IN an attempt @
beat 2:l5, yet few days later, st Morrisania
N. ", he beat . great nsld Of hor,es AM
won three straight heats in fast time. On
Sept. % be trctted . mile IN s:l2k at tbe
above mentioned place, and at Philadelphis.
few days later, he beat Rosalins WiIkes ip
three straight heata At st. Louis, on Oct
4, he won against Rosalins Wilkes and Whit
Stocking in 2:l9, 2:i6 and 2isk, while q.
Cleveland, Oct. 20. he made . mile IN 2:i2
Three days later he tried to beat ala. ana
just equaled that work.
Last year he was beaten for big stakes a
Springfield, Rochester, Detroit and Hart.
ford. but his defeat was not due to lack o
speed, but rather to his nervous and sxcitabl.
nature.
His 2:lllf performance at Cleveland, Z
lew days ago, Is still fresh In the minds On
the readers Of this paper.
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prehensive score by taking In base hits md
bases ON balls. No. Is a specimen Of his
memorandum. He always has sharply
pointed lead pencil, and he can, by neat and
small marks, have clean and useful score.
The strictly private or very exclusive score
card Is unsatisfactory often 10 tho maker and
always to the overiooker. You can see an
example Of II in No. T. For the time being
1t may bo sufficient 10 prevent repetition OF
the frequent inquiry, Let me see your score
card, pleaseP by the careless scorer after
visits to the bar but by G few observations
its key may be obtained. What earthly rca.
son the scorer had for using A. NJ. and II. in
scoring the outs OF O'Rourke, Ewing and
Ward in that particular inning is known only
by the maker Of the score md the maker OF the
scorer. Almost any other score card on tn
stand would give the key 10 tho characters,
but the underlying principles that actuated
the use Of them are mysterious The excit
able scorer often gets mixed, especially II he
tries TO record more than runs and outs See
what hieroSlyphics there are on No. 8. Hi,
card Is always dirty and crumpled, and his
errors outnumber those on tho field. The
comprehensive score is readily understood by
the average spectator, and was explained
with pleasure by the maker. No. o Is an IL
iustration OF it. Beginning with the first
man at the bat In the inning referred to the
score gives O'Rourke a 0, with small mum
eral close by TO indicate the first out. Then
Whitney is credited with base hit by dot
In the upper left hand corner of the square or
first base. II 1t had been two base hit II
would have been indicated by a dot I'm the
upper right hand corner or second base; II a
three base hit, by a dot in the lower left
hand corner, and If home run by dot or
small II in the lower right hand corner.
II he had stolen the second before Crane
advanced him by base hit, the feat would
have been indicated by S IN the right hand
corner, or second base, but the advances by
Crane and Gore, who made base hit, are not
indicated except by leaving blank the other
corners of the square The runs are indicated
by Il, the larger tho better, unless tho team
Is is batting streak, and player goes to bat
more than once in an inning Tiernan took
first base on balls, and the fact is indicated by
q small B in the upper left hand corner or
first base. Ewing was the second out, and
Connor took his base on balls Ward tried to
bring in the men on the bases, but he popped
up q fly that was easily caught. The various
plays are easily distinguished in this score,
and the method is not too complicated for
Genexal use 1t is wiser TO not attempt to be
exit emely comprehensive by recording the
errors, wild pitches, assists and other plays.
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THE NEW TROTTlNS WONDER.
Guy, the Sensational Gelding That May
Beat Maud s.

Guy, the Sensational Gelding That May
Beat Maud s.
Here is q picture, taken from The Boston
Herald, Of the sensational trotter Guy, that
not long ago made record in Cleveland Of
2:l1I. 1t is believed by many that he will
be able soon to beat the best time ever made
by Maud s., the present queen Of the turf.
Guy is black gelding, II hands high and
9years old. He is bs Kentucky Prince, and
his dam is Flora Gardiner, by Seeley's Ameri-
can Star. Guy was bred by Charles Back.
man at Stony Ford, N. Y, and was sold by
him in the fall of ls32 to j. b. Perkins, of
Cleveland, for s4CO Mr. Perkins took him
to the Twin Elm farm, in the vicinity Of
Cleveland, where he was allowed to run out
oil winter, and after being broken in the
spring was turned out to grass. At this time
Guy did not show much speed even to halter,
and but few of the friends of Mr.. Perkins
had kind word to say in behalf of the little
black colt.
In June Of the same year Mr. Perkins ex-
pressed his willingness to sell the colt for
$3.50 to a New York gentleman, but his train
er advised him to try his speed before - ling.
Mr. Perkins consented, and Guy was given q
half mile in :23. Mr.. Perkins did not think
this performance was possible, and he subse-
quently made visit to Guy and witnessed
the youngster make half in | 2l, thus beat
ing his first trial by two seconds. BY this
performance Guys value was raised to 81, 800,
which proved too steep price for the New
York parties and the sale was not made.
Shortly afterward Guy trotted the half in
10 and then in :l6.
As these performances were made over the
half mile farm track and as Mr.. Perkins saw
that he had a wonderful colt in hand, he had
him transferred to the Cleveland Driving
park, where, in his first performance, he made
the half in l;l3, which fixed his value at
5000
The wonderful speed of the little 3-year-old
did not remain without being noised about,
and among those who were attracted was W.
j. Gordon, who, on witnessing him do half
the first time he was ever sent ut top speed in
l:l09l, purchased him for $4,000.
Guy was not started up again in 1885, but
I'm the following spring he was given some
slow work. and showed upso well that so, 600
was refused for him.
In the fall his trainer, Millard Saunders,
worked him moderately, and found, after a
few trials, that he had temperament that
it would take long and patient training to
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cess. His work was artistic, not mere bur-
lesque. Mrs Barnaby Bibbs in "A Quiet
Family" took SO well that he had play
written which allowed him to guide his mirth
In his own way. It was "Josiah Aliens
Wife, ID. r. Locke C'Petroleum V. Nasby'1
then dramatized FOR him his own "W idow
Bedott," which was first produced according
to The Clipper Annual at Providence, r. l.,
March %, 1879, and was seen in New York
at Haverly's March Is, 1850. He brought
out "Vim; or, Josiah Puffy's Wife," his
former Josiah Aliens Wife" rechristened,
at the Bijou Opera house, In New York,
March 20, 1888 BY q curious arrangement
IA kind Of treadmilD In "yim" he appeared
to ride horse at full speed. In 1850 Neil
Burgess married Miss Mary stoddart,
niece Of J. II. Htoddar'. Of the Madison
Square theetra
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feet Of air per minute-an energy sum.
cient to drive the air ship seventy miles
an hour.
Another machine u that Of Carl
Myers. 1t is shaped something like .
Derby hat, which is filed with gas. The
rider sits In seat hung beneath and
works screw propeller. Still others
have lifting screws beneath and screws
for steering, all these having auxiliary
lifting power in a balloon from which
the machinery Is suspended. They are
all complicated and cumbersome, and
the danger Of any part not working
properly at q distance above the earth Il
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MYERS GAS KITE.

30 great that wise people would not be
likely to trust themselves to the air in
the keeping Of such a machine.
In the winter of 1884 an old man
named Zephaniah Phelps, rs years OF
age, who had long been given to the
study Of perpetual motion and flying
machines, took machine he had built
to tower built on the summit of Talcott
mountains, near Hartford, Conn.,, and
carried it to the top Of the tower. The
contrivance included a gas generator
with turbines and two triangular wings.
The gas generator was easily worked
and in few minutes both turbines wers
In condition to start. The old man
opened the valves and seating himself ir
a loop Of rope suspended under the gen
orator pushed his machine from the
tower. The turbines lowered rapidly,
and the flying machine and its rider
moved slowly away. For moment the
machine rose few feet and then began
to drop.
Phelps found his generator losing
power with every second, and attempted
to discover the cause. BY some mistak.
Optucu tuc waive, anu ln
stantly was falling rapidly, with his tur.
bine motionless and useless. The only
check on his descent were the two tri.
angular wings. These spread out and
checked somewhat the descent. Still h.
fell with constantly increasing velocity,
and after descent of several hundred
feet he struck the trees on the Simsbury
plains below. His fall was broken, but
nevertheless he lost his hold on the rope
loop, and while the machine caught in
the branches he fell with terrible force
to the ground below, breaking his hiI
and several ribs.
The old man tainted from the pain and
lay unconscious for nearly half an hour.
Coming to his senses, his groans finally
attracted the attention of chance passer
by, who came to his rescue. The old
man was nearly dead from pain and cold,
and tainted on being removed. He was
taken to a neighboring house, about O
mile distant, in a critical condition. The
particulars of the loss of Campbells all
ship and Aeronaut Hogan are still fresh
in the public mind.
Perhaps when the problem of air navi
CATION has been solved some one will
gather up the statistics Of perils and los.
of life attending the experiments pre-.
ceding the solution.
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older organizations, and at tho close Of the
year there was quite a demand for his SER
vices, but the Detroit club managed to get
him. He played In a number Of exhibition
games in the fall Of lss6 with the Detroit
team, and did exceedingly well 1t was then
predicted that he would certainly make q
very brilliant player. He played in twenty
championship games during 1887 with the
Detroit club, nineteen Of them at third base
and one In the out field
In the spring Of 1883 Manager Barnie, Of
the Baltimore club, purchased Shindle's re-
lease from the Detroit club and placed him
on third base, where he played remarkably
well, and did even better than his most san
guine friends dared to hope for He led all
the third basemen Of the American associa-
tion fer lsss, with n fielding average Of .9lo.
In 1856 championship games he accepted COO
chances. Shindle's batting record for lSss.
In the 1856 championship games was .2l6. He
Is playing In brilliant form this season, both
In the field and at the bat. He covers con-
siderable ground, and tries for every ball hit
within his reach, and is also a very swift and
accurate thrower. That he IL one Of the best
professional third basemen is shown by the
high rank he has held each season in the official
fielding averages He Il also a clever base
runner, being very feet footed.
SCORES AND SCORES OF SCORES
Perhaps no two persons ever keep base
ball score alike, and 1t Is interesting to note
some Of the different cards kept at a game.
The same general system applies to all, but
the variations are infinite. There Is given
herewith six examples Of scoring at a game
between New York and Pittsburg. The
fourth inning was particularly lively, says
The New York Sun, three base hits, two
Ill. .xI 1.at. hal .
ures The difference between the methods
Of individuals could not be more striking.
No shows the runs by cross marks and tn.
outs by numerals, 1t is very simple, and al
lows the scorer to see at a glance how the
score stands, but the information conveyed
Is limited.
The very simplest, rs shown In No. 2, has
only a single mark for each run and small
circles for the outs. Women take great sat
isfaction in being able 10 make this score. The
boyish enthusiast tries TO keep a more com
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Consul General to Turkey.

Professor z, 7. Sweeney, LII. D., who
was recently appointed by President
Harrison as United States consul general
to Turkey, is a minister, and comes from
a family Of ministers. lie has been
chancellor Of the Butler university and
editor ,in-chief of The Central Christian.
He was born in February, 1910, at Lib
erty, Casey county, Ky. When he was
years of age his father moved to Ma.
coupon county, Ills, and here the son at.
tended the public schools until he was
IS years Of age, when he entered a semi.
nary at Scottsville, Ills. Here he made
enough money by teaching to enable