Little By Little.
Step by step the Alpine climber
Presses upward sure and slow,
Till his feet are firmly planted
In the realm of endless snow,
Blow on blow the sculptor fashions
Roughness into symmetry,
Pill-the dark rock gleams with brightness
In its new-born majesty.
Touch by touch the picture groweth
Into beauty, life and light,
Till a wondrous revelation
Bursts upon the raptured sight.
Stroke by stroke the clock aye ringeth
Welcome to eternity.
Adding warning unto warniug,
I'o the heart in me and thee,
Word by word the book is written,
With its tale of woe or weal,
Till the throbbing thoughts like music
Through the trembling spirit steal.
Wave on wave the wild tide creepeth,
Farther on and up the shore,
‘rill the stranded boats are floating
Free and buoyant as of yore,
“uch is life in all its phases,
Little things make up the great.
'herefore scorn them not, but make them
Stepping-stones to heaven's gate.
A DOG STORY.
{he 1
ght
battle had lasted
had The
migh still be
The
alion of French marines, who had re-
wi1ved orders to cover the retreat,
whole village was on fi
to the
Prussian C«
all day,
set
AIS
ance.
re,
other,
ylumns, as they filed through
n st with
ry ‘rived
main 8s resounded
3 SNOW,
officers were muflled in long over-
and when the steeds snorted
ath ot the horses’ nostrils seemed to
he air. The quiet, gloomy,
toward which a fog cloud
reet,
vainh : ine
motony on the icy
ls,
of riven flame.
Outside the
large,
although stood alone, has also
come a prey to the devouring element,
‘I'he conflagration had gained the roof,
ek loft
i steadily
thousand lambent tongues of flame shot
the charred toward the
fruit trees and the tall poplars
1 v
road. Pse Was
extended
village
is
av
advancing sheet of fire,
Yaw ry Yael res 11a
LEYOonu Wiis
3
orchard
na the
along Lil
tr Yi vie
ACKINL
und was silent i.
suddenly the mad howl of a pow
LLIINeSS O
id the poor
» the s
LOOM.
wrench
wnd howl ¢
Prussian
The
ad left house
and bome 1d children, to fight
their heredit , were deaf even to
the cries of mercy which fell from the
lips of a human being. How, then,
yuld such men be expected to stop in
their victorious career to unbind the
leash of
wretched dog?
The battalion
by, and only a few stragglers remained
behind. One of them stopped, should-
sO
vard,
poor brute, The man
ad some heart, le
jear old mastiff which had left home to
Jiow him in the pressed campaign
wind bad died in a diteh by the roadside.
was a Pole and
}
vard and approached the kennel,
wateh dog came out and took confidence
it the light blue eves and open counten-
wnee of the stalwart deliverer. The
ole unstrapped the leather collar, and
.he poor animal was free!
It was a large white dog, with woolly
at, long tail and pointed ears. It
started to follow the stranger; but, on
caching the dead man at the farmyard
igor. it drew near slowly, timidly,
whine. The faithful creature had rec-
wnized its master, and began licking
is brown and callous hand.
the soldier beckoned, called and whistl-
«i; he bad to drag the animal away
from the corpse, after passing round its
eck a rope wi
ose of a girdle
naster.
One day, a fearful battle was fought,
Vhen the struggle was over and
oldiers were gathered round their camp
etiles, suched at his friend’s
wt and looked up at hum,
flfered the now well nigh famished
animal the rind of a piece of cheese
which had long been stowed away in
he depths of his pocket. The dog for
v long time scented the food, as if to
to the dead
dog's
the dog cre
snidd nobody else,
this time accepted the
ance; it began to eat slowly, and with
a sort of dignity, like one who does a
thing merely to oblige another. From
that day the Pole got the dog's food
from the country stores which he came
across in the long marches over French
soil,
One evening, the sergeant of his squad
said to the landwehrman:
“What are you going to do with that
beast?’
Pole; “1 need a watch dog and cannot
hope to meet with a better one,”
At last the armistice was concluded
and peace proclaimed, The landwehr-
men looked at each other with joyful
eyes and clasped their hands in allent
token of better days, At the first town
they reached, the whole battalion was
bandled into a train which steamed off
in the direction of Fatherland. They
had no sooner passed the frontier than
the soldiers were received at every
station with endless cheering, and music
and flowers,
The Pole who had been called out to
fight he knew not why, was specially at
a loss to explain why, having fought,
he was brought home amid such out-
bursts of popular favor. Ie looked as
silly as the dog at his feet, perhaps 5
little more so, for the dog seemed to
have an inkling that he was surrounded
by enemies, while the ‘Polak’ had
grown to be indifferent,
Once only the dog rose from the dark
corner nm which he crouched sulkily,
It was at a station in the north of Ger
many. A convoy of French prisoners
arrived just as the landwehrmen’s train
entered the place,
rushed to the window and barked and
howled at the cheers and songs which
blue coats and red trousers, as they
by the Prussian sentinels,
| "At Posen the landwehrman were dis-
| handed and sent home to their villages,
Volnizki set out with his bag at his
by his dog. He left the high road and
took a short cut across the country.
For two days he travelled through an
undulating region intersected by pretty
streams and fertile hills; the lark sang
merrily above, and the plowman drove
his furrow through the hardened glebe,
the promise of germs which had been
gown in the winter season.
The Polak’s heart beat high when he
caught sight of the church spire which
rose above his native place,
{ those he met by the way greeted him
with the usual salutation, *‘Jesus Christ
be praised!” As soon as he reached
the moss grown cross just outside his
village he knelt before it and uttered a
short, hearfelt prayer.
Savior, not for any victory or any glory,
| but for allowing him to get back
| through all his trials without loss of
| health or limbs,
his wife and children.
Not far off could be seen the little
| cottage with its roof of thatched straw
blackened by the smoke of the chimney,
and granary, wherein the stork
nestled.
Soon, from the other side of a hedge,
he was greeted by his young wife, and
two young children came running to-
ward him. He took his son up i
its
| his hand, and then he g:
| on his young wife.
{| She merely said:
see you back here!’
Ie entered the |
iarge
Yer
wzed loy ingiy
“How good it is to
1S
+
room of his cot-
dog.
“Whose
beast have you got there?”
“I brought him back with me
France,” he replied.
The dog went about
gaping mouth and inquisi
scented everything;
and
fer crit a
LAZO
+1
Lie
ore
wail; larg
ir
of ti
{ red
“WW }
have
may lo
dren
The chil-
near to play with him, The
e brought him something t
attentively to
on as
drew
He
eat, listened
their meaning or discover what
whenever a
he
to touch him hb
sought
He soon got to be looked upon as
“Never mind,’”’ said
“he'll keep
watch dog.”
Volnizki assented to
gestion.
So a chain was
11t TOI
pus Toun
used to
the thing from puppyhood.
Every evening, as soon
came out bright in the sky, 3
housewife let the dog loose in the }
Thereupon the faithful beast would
shake himself, sniff the air with
parent pleasure and commence
round of inspection,
On one occasion,
was massed. But he
since he came back
however, the dog
did not r
next day, and
go far,
the
nel, as if he had never left it.
One Sabbath afternoon, after vespers,
an old man entered the peasant’s court.
yard, He was over 80 years of age.
His stiff bearing, bronzed compiexion
and manly aspect at once revealed the
military veteran. An counten-
set off to advantage the
open
a grave and good
face; while his
ly expression to his
white mustache grew
his chin. Ie
to his knees, a
to
wore boots that reached
long overcoat in dark blue cloth,
white necktie, and a gray hat. In his
hand, for show rather than use, he held
a stick with a shining knob,
breast shone the cross of the
Honor strung to an old piece of faded
red ribbon, which still bore black stains
due to the gunpowder at Waterloo.
The old soldier was received with
tokens of kindness and reverence; he
was shown into the large room which
n
on
its washed and sanded
floor,
cheerfully through the
The two men sat down before the
large deal table: and when the young
woman had brought brandy, bread and
salt, cheese and sausage, they began to
speak about the war. Volnizki re-
counted the events at Spichern, Saint
Privat and Buzenval, while the old
man spoke of Lutzen, Dresden and
Leipsic, Ligny and Quatre-Bras, Every
time France and the emperor's name
were mentioned the old man raised his
hat. Meanwhile, the children played
in the yard, and — that the holiday
should be a general one-—the dog was
let 4cose from his kennel,
Presently the animal appeared on the
threshold, looked up inquisitively at
fhe aged man, drew near to and scented
im,
“What sort of a dog 18 that?” in.
quired the old soldier; **he is not from
these parts,’’
“I brought him back with me from
France,” replied Volnizki
“From France?"
“He's a bad animal,” sald the young
woman,
“And disobedient,” sald the little
HOY.
“I tried to teach him a few tricks,”
added Volnizki, “but all to no purpose;
he understands nothings absolutely
nothing.”
The old man laughed,
| obvious, The poor brute doesn’t un-
derstand your tongue. ”’
“Well, now, that beats everything!”
| exclaimed Volnizki.
“Why, of course; what confidence
{ can he have In people whose tongue is
foreign to him?” continued the old
veteran of Napoleon. ‘‘How shall he
obey, when he cannot understand the
order that is given?”
“That,” said Volnizki, ‘is a thing 1
never thought of. And,” he added,
“as I don’t know French theregs no
help for it.”
“Wait a bit,’ said the old man, as
he turned toward the animal, whose
| aves were attentively fixed on his own,
He began to speak to the dog in good
French vernacular: *You don’t un-
derstand a word they have to say, do
you, my friend? On that account they
call you a wicked dog; but you are a
brave brute, I know, and will be most
| obedient when spoken to in your own
decent language, won't you?”
The dog pricked his ears, beat the
floor with his tail, and his whole frame
| thrilled with conscious pleasure at the
sound of the old man’s voice, Sud-
| denly, as if unable to withstand so
direct an appeal, the dog whined,
bounded forward and leaped up to the
{old man’s neck, barking with all his
might
“See whether I am not right,” ex-
claimed the veteran warrior, ‘whether
| he underst ands me or not.”
{i The dog
place, ran from one room
with sparkling and
limbs, like one who had taken leave of
! He invariably came back
to man,
wagging the tail, to lick his hand; and
finally crouched down panting at
feet, the poor beast’s large, red, fever-
€¢ves
N18 Senses,
} s 1:1
the old
ner of the mouth and the fore teeth.
The two men again resumed their
conversation and spoke of
| cavalry attacks, or the more savage
| struggle at the point of the bayonet,
At last the old man took his depart-
{ ure, followed by the dog,
{ other master,
The veteran soldler stood for :
went in the doorway and looked ¢
: sun had set and ¢
ut in the west
hone out
ia 1 y .
this glory went
ointed witl
He Knew,
literal truth
there
gr
i and
may be
exist
4 ¢
i Oi
a virtual lie,
great clever-
that sort of
speech which we would scarcely care to
imitate, though we may smile at it
A party of boys were snow-ball
{ one day in front of the
just as the professor was approaching
| the door. Whizz! and
| striking his shiny beaver, can
nearly away from his head.
It was an accid but the pre
though
ness in the telling, it
one Icy
ed
+
ens,
as he turned and glared at them, th
boys trembled. One of them, however,
had the self-pessession to pick up and
} ill-used ‘*‘tile,”’
a word, mar
his bell
traigh
owner,
and
The boys went ix
they were seated, *
said the profess
doors
When
5
ike Imice,
)
. .
‘Young gentlemen,
ir, “who threw the
{ ball!”
and not a glance was
wxchanged., The question was repeat-
ed, and still the room was silent,
“1 will put one more question,’’
the professor, severely,
| know who threw it?"
The guilty boy raised his hand, but
as he was a model of excellence, it did
i not occur to the teacher that he could
be the offender.
“You raised your hand, Reade,”
| aaid, “then you know who did it?"’
“Yes, sir,”
st]
“Does any one
demeanor of another, but it is evident
posure. Reade,
*1 would rather not
Reade, with
his eyes,
*
tell, sir,”’ said
a mischievous
“Noble boy, I honor youl"
teacher, with enthusiasm.
said his
to con-
fess it is evident that there is another
who is too honorable to betray a schiool-
| mate, For Reade’s sake the culprit
shall be forgiven,
proceed with your work.”
conscience afterwards pricked him,
view of such
in
undeserved praise, and
- ———— ————
A Shrewd Advertiser.
“‘My stars!’’ exclaimed a man, shov-
ing some one who stood near him, *‘you
have trod on my corn,”
The fellow snatched out
ointment, and replied:
you, Sir, in a few minutes, Only ten
cents, Endorsed by the medical frater-
nity everywhere. There is no use in
suffering. One box? Thank you,” he
added, as he put the money in his
pocket,
“It was an accident you found him,"
some one remarked to the salve dealer.
“Oh, no, it wasn’t. If you ask a
man if he’s got corns he don’t want to
talk to you, but when you find out that
he’s got em the chances of selling him
medicine are good. 1 adyise my medi.
cme by going into crowds and slyly
feeling for corns, Yonder stands a fat
fellow, When the crowd gits thicker
1°11 go over and tap his hoof, Oh, yes,
it may be painful, but, my dear sir, the
business of this country must be car-
ried on, regardless of sentiment,”
——————
~Georgn Hall, Boston, Mass,, has
pu from parties in Mawne for
2950 the gr. m. Maud IL, 2.830, by
Gray Dan.
Firs,
~The 4 year old pacer Arrow,
W. Richmond, dam Cutchton’s
made a record of 2 14 at Stockton, Cal.,
Sevtember 28th.
a box of
“I can relieve
A STORY OF STEPHEN GIRARD.
Tested a
fulness by Routine Work,
How he Laborer's Faith-
It is known that Stephen Girrd ad-
mired industry as much as he despsised
sloth and there never was, it is related,
an instance where he refused to furnish
employment or money to an industri-
ous and worthy man in distress,
Early one morning, while Mr, Girard
was walking around the square, John
Smith, who had worked on buildings
as a laborer and whom Girard had no-
ticed for his unusual activity, applied
to him for help, when something like
the following dialogue took place:
“Help—work—ha? You
work?”
“Yes, sir; it’s a long time since 1 had
anything to do.”
‘Ver’ well. I shall give you some,
You see dem stone yondare?’’
“Yes, sir.”
“Ver’' well. You
put him in zis place.
Yen sir?
“When you got him done come to
me at my bank.”
Smith diligently performed hig task,
he finished about 1
shall fetch
You see?”
and
he would give him some more
work.
“Ah, ha! oul you want some
work? Ver, well, You sall go
dem stone where you got him.
You take him back.”
“Yes, sir."
Away went Smith his
You
see?
and
sul-
set he waited on Mr rd for his pay.
“Ah. ha! You all finish?"
“Yes aly.”
“Yer well,
give your
work.
about
How much money sall I
“One dollar, sir,”
“Dat is hones’. You not take ad-
Dare is your dollar.”
“Can I do anything else for you?”
“Oui. Come here when you get
Y ou sall have
up
Next morning on calling Smith was
ie must “take dem sts
}
aut %
ASLON ASI
yne back again,’
nent diminished
when the order
Was
fourth time, {
However, he was one ol
mind their own
business, and he went i
his job, When he called on b
tric empioyer ne evel
rmed
f
2 O01
}
weanely abotit
Serenely aovous
§
4
n 1
ung
progress of the work
Ah, zat is bad.
little
“Yes sir; fiveliving.”’
“Five? Zat is good; I like
ile you; you like to work; you
business, Now 1]
ie Bi
shick?"
] mind
do something
iick. Dare, take
or your five little
yur busine
never
8
.
Wali.
Wp
The Hog Who Won't Get Into
Line.
A man came yesterday even
one of the windows in the post
ing to
There was
window waiting to be served, but in-
ing his head close to the window, said:
“Take the end of the line,’ said
stamp seller, as he went on servin
had come in first,
man waited a minute and then said:
“Two two-cent- ”
“Take the end of the line,” said
man, angrily, who had come in before
y
ie
the line he went over to another win-
He repeated his per-
formance at a third window, then came
a moment or so, and after
was served rushed forward
“Two two-cent ”
“Take the end of the line,”
eral voices indignantly, The
took the end
the line, after losing fully five minutes,
in the half of which time he would
nan
of
To a newspaper reporter, who also
witnessed the occurance, one of the
“Take the end of
He does it.
disposition that they will take any trou-
ble rather than do a thing fair and
square.”
A Mouse Nest in a Window Cartain.
A family party was sitting at a din-
ner when one of the children noticed
that a mouse was slowly and carefully
toiling up the damask window curtain
with something in its mouth. The
little creature was not disturbed, but
was carefully watched till she disap-
peared in a fold of the curtain, After
awhile she emerged and ran down to
the floor, and so disappeared. On ex-
amining the curtain, four very little
mice were found in one of the folds
which formed a kind of uch, and
would have been comfortable enough
withost any lining; but Mrs. Mouse
had not thought so, for she had placed
in the fold some soft wool stolen out of
a rent im a sofa cushion. The follow-
ing day all the little mice had disa
yeared; the mother mouse evidently
knew that her nest had begn discover-
ed, and was no longer a safe dwelling
place for her family.
2. BE. Simmons, Lexington, Ky.,
has sold to James Boyd, of San Jose
Cal, for $4000, the b, o. Gerrard, 8
years old, by Beverley, dam Emily by
George Wilkes.
ek South hua decided So tell al
Taatrav ed Tonch ght : ing
FASHION NOTES.
— Another cream dress was trimmed
with a deep tone of bright yellow, after
the time of louis XV; straps of the
color crossing the bodice from beneath
the arm and fastening in the centre
with buckles, the skirt describing a
wide diagonal cascade in front.
—A cream crepe de chine fell appar-
ently where it would about the skirt,
but always gracefully, while the bodice
was crossed from the left shoulder by
a breadth of the stuff, which seemed
to lose itself in the side folds. The
sleeves formed a series of puffs to the
elbow, clinging to the arm.
—A delicate celadon moire had a
straight flowing train, raised into a lit-
tle additional fullness at the back of
the waist, the front having a ruch at
the hem beneath a panel of pearl em-
broidery, with many pendent drops
and an admixture of satin of the same
tone.
— Velvet veld with the moires in
matrons only. One gown of brilliant
terra-cotta velvet
gown had a panel of brocade. Still
with a panel of fine steel work,
— A great many dresses wer s trimmed
A white
A cream sicllienne
an arrangement of
Impian feathers, the metallic greens,
b ues and golds displayed individually
and collectively.
— India cashmeres and other woolens
that under new
in combination
have stripes
modistes
soft silks that
old-fashioned coloms,
—'The new house jackets of armoured
pilot cloth, made in rich, dark colors,
in style, are trimmed in military fash.
vers, these covered with handsome gol
or silver passementeries in fine ara-
A very stately looking dress was a
rich, red peach satin, the back, in sim-
ple straight folds, composed of the
same satin, scattered over with gold
brocaded bonguets. The
gold on this beautiful
was beyond all description, A small
piece of the same peeped out in front
between the plain satin, which was
carried down on one side and then re-
served, then forming a double panel
bodice was made entirely of
Pid
effect
Whi
order, the women who wish to out-
shine their neighbors will be anxious
to know what is really to be worn.
Moire seems to be the material of all
old and young. Not the watered silk
that goes by that name, but the real
moire. This grand material {3 also
finding favor for wedding gowns, The
It is hard to describe the drapery
be no particular style. At a recent dis-
play the following attracted much at-
tention. A light pink Sicilienne was a
This
Was
—Toques are likely to be much worn
hats and bonnets that there is little
danger of thelr ever going entirely out
A very charming model,
of blackcock’s plumes, falling in front
— New mantles and other small
number of pretty details.
with pale bronze,
figure very closely, and glistens with a
superb passementerie of gold and olive
beads. Another visite 18 made of
pansy-colored corded silk brocaded
with dark velvet leaves, touched with
gold. The sling sleeves are of plain
violet velvet, lined with gold and heli-
otrope-shot surah. The sleeves are un-
trimmed, but down the front are set
some very handsome pendants of gold
and heliotrope beads, which glitter like
real gems, so fine are they cul.
—A drawn bonnet of shot velvet,
showing interchangeable tints of tilleul
and bronze, with a bird and an aigrette
of lyre bird feathers in brighter green
at the side, has » touch of the mode of
the First Empire, which renders it
uant; and specially preity is a
enri Deux ocepote, set kward on
the head so as to form a bonnet, and
composed of madere velvet, with an
aigrette of k's eyes, cunningly
doctored to the same tint as that of the
bonnet itself. Perhaps, however, the
most alluring ‘‘vanity’”’ on view is a
lovely little bonnet and muff embroid.
ered 1n all shades of queer, sweet, dull
hues mingled with gold thread on re-
sada cloth In Persian fashion, and
trimmed alike with 1 bows of wide
shot ribbons to mate Strange and
lovely these tints are—heliotrope, re-
seda, dove’s breast and tawny gold;
and in their deft blending they recall
to us, in our English winter, a glimpse
of the harmonious maze of color which
delights ous eyes in an Eastern bazaer,
~J. H. Temple bas sold to H. A.
Hutchins, of New ry Thy bh Be
Albert Franc, record 2.20}, and to
William Oampbell, his former partoer,
the bik. ¢. J. Q.
HORSE NOTES,
————————
—3am French always welcomed
horseman at Woodstown, N. J.
~The Sire Brothers horses will win.
ter at Mornstown, N. J.
~Only four or five of the 150 horses
~John Crocker has gone Into winter
quarters, at Brighton Beach.
—John Madden, the trotting horse.
man has returned to Philadelphia.
—8ir Dizon 18 the most popular can-
didate for the next Kentucky Derby.
—Mr. Wooley, of Philadelphia, has
purchased the 4 year old gelding Ches-
ter Chief.
—Pool-seller Frank Herdls will go
to Canada to take in ice races in Jan-
| uary.
—“Enapsack’® McCarthy has left
Texas for California, taking eight hor-
| ses with him.
—The New York Driving Club is to
put up a toboggan slide and hold a
Canadian carnival
—The Coney Islabd straightaway
track is to be completed in time for the
{ Futarity stakes, next September.
—Wells Fargo, b. g., record 2.17, by
| George M. Patchen Jr., has been pur-
| chased by General Eman, of Australia,
| at Ban Francisco.
| Mr. Haggin is said to have offered
| Jockey Garrison $13,000 as a retainer
| for next season, and $25 additional for
| each winning and $10 for each losing
| mount,
| —The well known horse Sandoval
| died at the farm of E. T. Cooke, Barry,
Il... on October 11. He was a foal of
1881, and was by Springbok, dam Em-
{ ma Sansom,
~-Kellar Thomas, North Middle-
| town, Ky., has sold to a Canadian
| party the 3 year old colt Dr. Carver, by
New York Dictator, out of the dam of
Nannie Talbott, for $3500.
| —The St. Louis Fair Associalion
| cleared $42.643,22 at its recent running
| meeting, and has decided to hang up
| 45.000 in stakes and purses for ten
| davs racing at the spring meeting of
1888,
—The English Jockey Club has re.
ceived intimation that the Queen’s
Plates have been abolished, and that
the money will be applied in another
form for the of h
breeding.
—Joe Farquahar, of Gloucester City
N. J., has purchased the g. g. Grey
Chief. 8 years old, by Lancewood, from
Cooper Hatch, of Camden, for $400.
Grey Chief has the reputation of being
| a good pole horse,
—David Nicholls recently dreve bis
team, Tempest and mate, a mile io
2.434 over the Gentlemen's Driving
Course, James Cooper did not gO s0
| fast with his team, neither did Captain
| Batley with his,
in AY rt » t CYT RA
improvement OTE
— General C. 1. Paine, Arthur Hun-
newell, I. A. Blanchard, Ralph Blaek,
A. A. Gardner, J. R. Hazeltine, Frank
Seabury and Frank Peabody, Jr., are
agitating the subject of organizing a
| jockey club at Boston.
| —In Australia trotlers are handi-
| capped as are fool-racers in this coun-
try. There are not enough trotters te
afford good speed If divided un indo
classes. A 2.30 horse is worth iviice as
| much money in Australia as in Amer-
| ica.
—The brown yearling filly Norlaine,
| foaled February 15, 18886, reduced the
| yearling trotting record to 2.31} at
| Bay District Course, California, on
Saturday, November 12 Norlaine was
| bred at Palo Alto, got by Norval, dam
Elaine by Messenger Duroc, out of
Green Mountain Mad, The quarters
were made as follows: .384, 1.15, 1.53,
2.31}. It beats the yearling record of
| Hinds Ross by 5 seconds, and is 4}
seconds better than the Kentucky filly
Sudie D.’s time.
—The news that the great Victorian
Derby, run at Melbourne on October
| 20, was won by Mr, Cannon’s brown
| colt Australian Peer is an event of
more than ordinary importance, espe-
cially to Americans, as the race is the
greatest 3-year-old event in Australia,
| and the winner isa son of Mr. J. B.
Haggin’s stallion Darebin, which he
| imported to California from Australia
| in September, 1886, at a large figure,
| and many of his best mares, including
Miss Woodford, are now in foal to the
| champion of Australia.
—Hon. August Belmont has purchas-
ed from Messrs. Appleby & Johnson the
| bay gelding Raceland. As the latter
| only recently bought him for $17,500,
it is safe to assume his new owner paid
| an advance, which will make Raceland
the highest-priced thoroughbred geld-
ing ever sold In this country, the price
previously realized baving just equaled
the $17,500 paid for Drake Carter.
With Raceland, George Oyster, Mag-
netizer, I’rince Royal and Belinda in
it the Belmont stable should be heard
from next Season.
~The Duke of Westminster has de-
termined upon retiring Ormonde from
the turf. Although not a pronounced
“roarer,” he is “troubled in his wind,™
and was during all the past season, but
treatment by electricity enable his
trainer to keep him going. As every
one knows, he has an unbeaten record.
He started three times as a 2-year-old,
winning the Post and Criterion stakes
and the Dewhurst Place, worth £3008,
As a 83-year-old bre won the 2000 guineas
Derby, St. Leger, the St, Legar at
Newmarket, Great Foal, St. James,
Palace, Hardwicke, Champion and
Private stakes and a free handicap at
Newmarket, ten races in all, valued at
£21,552; and this year, as a 4-year-old,
he won the Rous , the Hard-
wicke stakes and the lmperial Gold
cup, of a total value of £3005. His
runs for the three years number six-
teen, and, reckoning £1 as the equival.
ent of $5, his earnings in American
money foot up $142,335. G. Barrett
rode him in the 2000 guineas and Hard.
wicke stakes in 1888, in his threa
of Ape nd His highest
Tr engagemen
weight as a 2-year-old
as & S-year-old, 184 pounds,
Ly 139 pounds,