New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
LONDON NOTES.
WHAT TIL, ENGLISH CALL HOT WEATHER
A REJUVENATED CRICKET PLAYER
HIGH PRICES AT ART AUCTIONS
TURNER'S FOR SALE
London. June 4.

TURNER'S FOR SALE.
London June a.
The Whtsuntide holiday has come as peas
ant relief upon a London tired before us tl"'e
and burnt up with the unusual heat OF MAY.
You in America doubtless think very niue o'
a thermometer marking Sc degrees in the shad''
but we in London think a great deal OF IT,
especially in May when. according 10 thal great
authority. Mr.. Symons. that measure mas ohE
once been reached during nfty-nve years 1t was
reached last Thursday. the day after the Deroy'
and coming as il did At l time when people
were exhausted with an unusual number OF 'hose
serious occupations which make up the gayeiy OF
a season II sent willing multitude out mo
the country for rest Doubtless You nave al
made vour proper comments upon the Derby
and unon Lord Roseberys second success. NO
Prime Minister before him has ever won that
classic race: but he in the first thirteen months
of his membership has won 1t twice. the frst
time with a horse that had few real competitors
among those of his year. and now with one whlch
has perpexed his owner and his PACKERS pE
sometimes winning brilliantly and sometimes not
winning at all. That Sir Nisto is not thought
a paragon may be seen by the fact that IN the
betting for the St. Leger he stands consider
ably below colt with whom he has never
vet measured forces the colt bearing the honored
American name Of Whittier. What may happen
at Doncaster in September scarcely concerns Us
now. but il is worth while to ask II not to an
swer the question. What has been OF Is HNe''
70 no the moral and even political effect Of the
Prime Minister'S second victory? The curious
thing is that in comparison with the success 81
Ladas last year T. has excited scarcely any at
tention. | hear Of n few sermons. such as that
he master %
who last Sunday visited Eton and preached u
the bovs a stirring sermon against gambling
and betting but the papers have not been nlled'
as they were a year ago. with denuncations
and defences of the noble owner. the one slde
attributing to him and MS like half the SIN ana
more than half the crime OF England ana 'he
other half praisne the National sport ana
loudly procaiming the right of every man. even
though a Prime Minister. to do what he VIII WIN
his own even 10 the extent of running races
and winning them Fol the moment indeed
the Ant-Gambling League is dormant, though
II has obtained leave to carry its prosecution
Of the stewards Of the Jockey club TO hlgh"r
court None Of us would be surprised. however
to see the racing question exercising Sood zeal
of influence one way or the other when the gen
eral election comes. so closely in England are
notifies bound up with morals and so readily
ing at the polls any attack upon their pleasures.
Whitsuntide has brought somewhat cooler
weather. but 1t has not. except in few localities.
brought the rain for which the country pines.
Everybody has been pining for it except the bats
men, and they on these dry grounds have had IL
their own way in every cricket match. fear that
nothing will make the American public take such
a keen interest in cricket as we ourselves take
but we can at least ask you to admire Win US
the extraordinary performances OF DR.. W. u.
Grace-his rejuvenescence at the age OF forty
seven: his scoring more than thousand runs In
Arst-class matches before the end Of May. A sort
of official stamp has been put upon this by the
letter of the Prince Of Wales cOngratulatng the
champion on what he had done; letter, by the
way which-though it would have been still more
generally applauded If 1t had not been written by
tho private secretary-shows once more the read
ness with which the Prince feels what Is expected
Of him. and knows the moment when "A word from
him will be thought appropriate. This succession
NJ tremendous innings on the part OF DR. Grace
has given a stimulus TO what assLredly requires
none: for whatever fashionable amusements may
come and go however intense, while ii lasts. may
be the sway Of tennis, on golf. or bicycling moth
ing has shaken the supremacy Of cricket. and II
almost seems safe 70 say that nothing ever will
shake 1t. It is fine sight to watch the faces Of
q crowd such as that which throrged the oval in
the match OF Surrey against England week ago;
TO see the zeal the earnestness. the concentration
with which they follow the shifting fortunes Of
the players: to note their appreciation Of fine
points in the game. in which they fall no whit
below an audience at the Francois watching
play OF Moliere or a crowd Of musicians at
Richter concert. If it is possible to find in any
single assembly a summary Of the English Ma
.l,.n ,.ol 4rl-.
fine May afternoon that you are likely to find
ii.
Perhaps it Is the warm weather that has led
me to the accidental opening of this first letter
by a talk about our outdoor amusements. There
will. however. be good deal more to say. now
and in the future about matters that com
monty thought more serious; about literature.
art. the drama and the other ways in which the
social energies OF the Nation are expressed or en-
joyed For the moment there is that slackenng
in the talk about art and in the production Of
art which we expect when the Academy has been
a month open and when the middle of the season
has been reached The painters and the sculptors
have sent out their years productions, have
seen, often with much distress Of mind
the places assigned to them in the exhi-
bition and alas, have for the most part
waited In vain for purchasers. For the
recent bad times-which are now, it is said
showing signs Of mendng-have had this effect
among many: they have put stop for the time
to that promscuous buying of modern pictures
which was the rule some years ago, and which Is
responsible for the production Of very great deal
Of mediocre work. What is worse 1t is responsible
for drawing into the profession numbers Of men
and women whose ambition is greater than their
gifts and who. In time Of slackened demand
find it difficult TO live at all and impossible to live
in the comfort they expected. On this point, how
ever, 1 need not dwell at the present time: it
Is only too certain to come up for discussion
pretty frequently. Just now | would only note
a point that is cognate and yet dstnct-the