New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
and should bend every energy toward dlscharg
ing it in the right way.
now AMERICANS AMUsE THEMSELVES

mcnt and luxury it rapidly multlplieS sources
and opportunities of entertainment. Not many
veors AGO the diversions of Americans were
co,nparatiyclv few and limited. Now this coun-
fry has levied tribute upon the games and
sports Of almost every nation upon the glone'
and a wonderful variety OF recreation Is pro-
yided for the young the people OF middle age
and the old In the amount OF capital IN
vested for the extensive and elaborate prepara-
lions for amuscments. in the property set aside
for that purposc in the buildings erected, in
the eouipmcnt provided the United states are
rapidly surprising all other countries All
competent Observers say that there are no such
extensive and costly grand stands on any race
course in England the Continent. Australia or
elsewhere as those which have been constructed
at Morris Park and Monmouth Park. ndonbf
cdy more money has been spent upon Morris
par, than upon any other race grounds IN any
country Americans stop at nothing in eNpcndl-
t,ro when they have undertaken n great enter
pr,sa and in recent years millions upon millions
have been invested all over the Onion i'll meet
ing the demand for quito door diversion.
The present outlook is for buster season
than any previous one in American history for
the lovers of sport. There VIII be more rae
ING and greater number of tracks Tor the
thoroughbreds than ever before. There will
also be more contests between the trottcrs than
in anv preceding season. No less than 900
trottinp meetings have been announced already
in the various States. In the East public inter
est il less intense and general in the competition
of trotters on trottng tracks than in the rival
RIGS of famous thoroughbrcds. The West and
the southwest are at present the strongholds OF
trottinc. Nevertheless there is an immense
number Of fast trottcrS in the East, and the
fancy for owning horse that can show high
speed and handsome action on the road is more
prevalent every year.
Some clouds appear upon the baseball horizon.
Gricvous. indeed, were the bunders made last
wear. Popular enthusiasm was chilled and alien
ated by the discussions both in the League and
in the Brotherhood clubs The Ncw-Iolk nine
are playing SO contemptlbly this season that
the most Jealous votarcs of baseball in Gotham
are not at all happy. while Chicago, the great
Western centre of the worship OF that pictllr-
csquc but ugly deity of the diamond, the cole
bratcd Arson, is suffering from serious dcprcs-
sion because the so-called "Colts' from the
Windy City seem TO be a wild and fractions lot
badly disciplined and lacking in the ability to
get there" the one tremendous test OF char
acter and accomplishment in the Illinois me
tropolis But as the season advances the New
York and Chicago clubs may perhaps display
more staying power than they have yet exhlb-
tied and put themselves a little higher in the
estimation Of their followers. Among the col
legc baseball clubs the games will be contested
even more kccnly and with ever more skill than
in preceding seasons. Several Of the best
clubs have better mines than they have possessed
for many years.
Among amateur oarSmcn there il increased
interest greater number of competent crews
is in training and the competition on the water
for cups and medals and honors of all sorts Will
be keen and strenuous. In cricket. in Ia crosse
in lawn tennis. in football, and in many other
sports that might be named it is likely 10 be nj
least an average season. and il is probable that
the meetings between the skilled players will
provoke even wider public attention than in
1891. Athletic organizations are 10 q consider
able extent. following the tendency of the times
in business affairs. Among the railroads. among
the manufactures. and in many departments Of
activity. the drift toward consolidation Of inter
greater by absorbing competitors. 80 the great
athletic organizations are expanding. and they
are swallowing up small and feeble clubs The
Manhattan and Athletic clubs were never 50
strong and prosperous. Their rolls of mem
bcrship are Of extreme length. The University
Athletic Club has just taken possession Of
clubhouse, and already has 800 men on IT'S rolls
II will undoubtedly reach the thousand mark in
a short time and third great athletic Organiza-
ton. with prospects Of the highest promise
will take It's place among the foremost bodies
of that class in the world.
Yachting doe, not encourage the public to
expect any international contests Of great inter
est. and as things look at present. the season
will not be marked by many exciting cOmpe-
titons between vessels well known and highly
honorcd as in other years But the cruises and
rcgattas Of the clubs will no doubt afford plenty
of enjoyment. and Americans cannot expect "A
battle royal between representatives of Old
World Yachting and the New except at con-
siderable intervals
As one looks over the wonderful diversity Of
sports which will occupy the days until the
earth is frost bound once more, and darkness
comes on after "a brief interval of daylight, the
observer of such matters cannot fail To .bc i'm
pressed with the fact that American activity.
enterprise and ingenuity arc rs consnicnously
and forcibly exhibited in the sports rs in the
industries Of the United States. America has
not only adopted the best and most satisfactory
diversions of other nations, but she has added
original games and sports Of her own, and those
which she has taken from other peoples she has
embcishcd and improved with remarkable re-
suits People who are not suffering from scr-
Gus mlSfOrtuncs have no excuse for melancholy
brooding. During the months when sports can
be enjoyed IN the open air in so cnivcning and
stimulating a climate as this, and among such
asscmblagcS-full of gayety of vivacity. of wit.
humor and SparlSlc-as are brought together to