A Song of Spring.
0, for a joyous song—
A song to sult the May-—
A song to sing with merry ring,
In harmony with happy Spring
To comrades bright and gay!
Winter is past and gone—
The Winter sear and cold;
Upon his bier we shed no tear;
The gentle Spring brings more of cheer
To hearts of young and old.
The welcome birds have come
Singing their songs of love;
And Cupid now, with busy bow,
Bids many a telling arrow go
In garden, fleld and grove,
The waiting trees burst forth
With leaf and blossom bright;
Fair Nature's breast is gaily dressed
And all the Earth is richly blessed
With pleasing warmth and light,
While softer skies again
Shine on us from above,
Teach us to know, in weal or wos,
From Thee, O God, all blessings flow
Of joy and peace and love.
So warm our hearts anew
And fill with every grace
To fit us for another shore
Where smiles sweet Spring forevermore,
Beyond life's fleeting race.
RN IRR EaR
THE DEVIL'S CARD.
It was miduight. Fernand de Ro-
quefeuil was seated in a cafe on the
boulevary among six of his intimate
companions, all young men of the world
like himself, In accordance with an
ancient Paris custom, he wished to
bring his life of single blessedness to
an end by giving a merry entertain-
ment to his former comrades, Ie was
to be married in three days at Saint-
Philippe-du-Roule. The intended bride
was Mme. de Lucay, a charming young
widow, who had many ardent suitors.
As wine went round his friends
heartily congratulated him on his tri-
umph. During the repast his good for-
tune was the chief topic of conversa-
tion, until, at dessert, many already
had begun to envy him.
“Well, Fernand,” remarked one of
the guests, “I must say that when you
came into the world you drew a lucky
ticket in the lottery of fortune,”
“Yes, indeed, between ourselves, I
1st admit I have very little to com-
plain of,’’ answered Fernand.
Just as he had finished speaking the
ottle of champagne was opened.
he foam sparkled in the crystal cups.
» young men, wholly intent on en-
joyment, scarce
+}
vie
xt }
ol
1 1%
eng
an
and noise of Paris when the
to sink into slum-
15t this moment
5 entered and
little card,
wur, and in a publ
is about
+
hi
with an air
gentleman
ny
to-morrow,
Jl be very
ard
I the
hi
mzelf at
LEIS ai
oO
hie
present
street
¢
Ol
have not
the
ys oriiest s ntly
guesis ap
taken
name of the
ends in his card.”
30," replied Fernand.
is this fellow who
1 queer visiting hours,
even
at
ai
“uo
card
$
gust of air. The wind snapped up the
sheet of paper, swept it through the
window and carried it to the devil—I
mean to his address, ”’
“How did you come to the knowledge
of all these things, sir?”
“Allow me to finish my story, if you
please. From the following morning
your life was a perfect run of good
luck, Fortune flew to you. In rum-
maging one day under an old piece of
furniture you discovered a large roll of
money, without knowing how it came
there—10,000 francs in coin, Having
gone to Baden-Baden, you risked the
entire sum three successive times on
the wheel of fortune and won each
time. With this capital you then en-
gaged in railroad speculation. Before
a week had passed you found yourself
a rich man.”
“All that is very true, sir, but—"
“Just wait awhile. Let me finish,
[ need hardly tell you that your sudden
acquisition of wealth was the result of
vour letter to the mysterious and pow-
erful being who you invoked in your
hour of distress.”
“Well, sir, what about it?”
“Just this, M. de Roquefeuil. In 48
hours hence your tenth year will have
expired,”
“Well, and what then?”
“In 48 hours you will belong to me,
I am the devil,”
One would naturally imagine that
Fernand and his six friends would only
burst into a fit of laughter at this
strange declaration from this unex-
pected visitor. To-day we may be sure
he would be told to carry his transpar-
ent joke elsewhere. But this happened
some time ago, when his Satanic ma-
jesty figured prominently in romantic
literature. In the first place the fan-
tastic writings of that day had a great
number of readers on account of the
stories of Theodore Hoffman, then
largely scattered throughout
Again, Frederic boulin, still living, had
made his sable majesty quite fashion
able by the recent publication of the
Nevertheless, Fernand and his com-
rades laughed in chorus, one ot them
remarking:
“Mons, Satan as this is the first time
we have had the pleasure of your dis-
tinguished presence, you will do us
the honor of accepting a glass of cham-
pagne?"’
**My ordinary beverage
tears,” replied the King of terrors,
I suppose I may make one exception
Pour out the wine!’
He emptied his glass with apparent
zest, and retired,
ithdrew, to Fernand:
Roquefeull, I expect to
of calling you Uu
13 an
gracefully
}i0%
'
}
at al
. ‘
all
¢
ou
retired
i his room at
a card.
f the card of the ever
name scrawled
in
» life of me I
on
a puzzled way
can’t
to each of his frie
+
vile
£ tl
i
3.1
tabie,
struggled with
sated aroun
{he six o
turn. an
in
Lie
1 my
gave up in
ince ne
cuinst alo
» curiosity of
than Fernand’s,. A moment
was about to dismiss the
I unceremoniously now he had
the keenest desire Lo see him.
“Tell the gentleman to come in,
said, addressing a waiter.
In a moment the seven gay youths
gaw approach a young man, in
rather below medium height,
10 saluted all present with a grace-
il bow and in a pleasant tone of voice,
was dressed in t
with white cravat and gloves,
a dainty little eye-glass,
was extremely handw«ome—a
too effeminate for a young man,
bore the expression of
lution that seemed to com-
absence of beard and
he
ry rpT
1
inti
"3
hat
1 }
hand, i
wl
face
hat it
a quiet res
pensate for the
moustache
A
ns Ol
send
fore
have been considerate enough to
in your card, and I should there-
know your name, but, truth to
not even to spell it,”
“Very well, sir, I shall have
honor of telling it to you in an
stant,” replied the stranger with
pleasant smile.
“But, in the meantime,
Faby
in-
a
you will
have come to speak to me?”
“In that of creditor, Perhaps
had better retire to a private seat for a
moment.”’
“It is not
speak out without the least reserve,
friends, They will not be at all sur-
prised to learn that I have a few out-
standing debts in Paris. And now may
i inquire what it is about?”
“Monsieur de Roquefeuil, some ten
years ago, as you douljtless remember,
you sacrificed your entire fortune to
save the honor of the Viscount de
Brevames, an old friend of your father’s
boyhood. After having paid a debt of
300,000 francs you found that your ex-
cessive generosity left you entirely de-
pendent. What could a young man
like you, brought up amid wealth and
luxury, do on finding himself suddenly
deprived of all his means? your
apartment on Louis-le-Grand street
you took one evening a sheet of note
paper, and wrote in large lelters the
following words:
I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
deliver up my soul to Satin provided he be.
stow on me ten year's riches,
FERNAND pr ROQUEFEUIL,
“The window chanced to be open at
that moment, There cane a sudden
anonymous, of
that Mme, de
yi widow
a day or
p., and was
ia
his most
JUN
ro, had given
it to wed one intimate
six gallants who |
table with him the
Of course, & man of
ot be annoyed at any-
ined in an anonymous let-
3 written by a coward; nev.
he found such precise details
Knew 4 true, and
thought to be unknown to
hat he could not help gi
den ¢ to the whole letter,
The third letter contained a steno-
graphic account of a conversation that
recently occurred
$
iis one of those
+ seated at the
ter, alway
. ]
158 850 5
bia
which he
others, ti ve cre-
in a club, of which |
It was a sort of a run- |
commentary of the principal
nembers of the club on the merits and
character of Fernand himself. The
latter was by no means flattered; on
the contrary, he was regarded as the |
“Well, these are odd series of coin-
cidences,”’ exclaimed the undeceived |
Fernand, as he proceeded with a sad
air to complete his toilet. *“Just think
Fortune, friendship, social con-
Not a thing left
Oh, yes, 1 had forgotten, 1 have |
*
The idea then struck him to look at |
i
closely than he did the evening before, |
The signature was still illegible, but |
a few words traced with a pencil in|
first rate French told plainly enough |
that Satan was a man about town,
This is what Fernand read under the |
redoubtable scratch:
FERNAND: "The Devil's Part” will be
played this evening at the Opera Comique.
Come there at 9 o'clock; knock at the third
box. You will be sure to find me there,
Your oldest friend, THE DEVIL,
Was this a mystery or was it a
freak? Fernand reflected a moment,
“To go there would be childish,” he
mused, ,
“And not to go there will give the
idea that I am afraid,’ -
He decided to go.
About 9 o'clock in the evening he
entered the theatre, and, come what
might, walked straight or dhe third
box, a8 directed, To his un kable
amazement he found himself in the
presence of a lovely young girl, Seated
in front of the box, she was dressed
with the most exquisite good taste, and
griatally toyed with a fan in her
and, Strangest of all, the face was
the same as that of the devil who a
peared to the six Joung men in the
cafe on the boulevard the evening be.
fore. But why should Satan present
himself this time under the semblance
of a daughter of Eve? There wassome
new mystery here.
On seeing him enter the young lady
rose with a sort of unconscious eager-
ness, and as soon as the door was closed
she began:
“Monsieur de Roquefeuil, you see
me to-lay under my real form, My
name is Ophelie de Drevames. 1 am
the only daughter of that friend of
your father’s, for whom you were gen»
erous enough to sacrifice your entire
fortune, Do not be surprised, then, at
seeing me offer you a restitution, I
am rich, and wish to repay the losses
you suffered for my father’s sake in the
hour of his misfortune, All I possess
18 yours, myself included, If you think
me worthy of the love of 80 generous a
heart,”
“Ma, foi,” exclaimed the young man,
half dazed with astonishment, ‘‘but if
you are the devil he is the most charm-
ing being I ever met in my lifel”
He offered her his hand and sat down
beside her.
Three days after they were spending
their honeymoon at the watering-place
of Bagnere-de-Bigorre.
A Highly Cultured Boston Dog.
A young girl was crossing the public
garden the other morning upon the
main path which crossed the bridge,
She was accompanied by a magnificent
mast ff, which strode along beside her
in the most companionable sort of way,
looking up into her face occasionally as
if there
anything he could do for her,
The two crossed the bridge together
and finally came to Charles street gate,
Here the young girl, evidently not wish-
was
TONS OF SILVER.
Counting and Welghing $40,000,000
in Silver Coin.
Expert money counters have been
weighing and counting the $00,000,000
in gold, $40,000,000 in Silver and $30, -
000,000 of notes and bills stored at the
United States Sub-Treasury, Yew
York. Describing the process of hand].
ing the silver, the Commercial Adver-
tiser Bays:
The high silver vault 18 a room of
about sixty feet in length by forty feet
in width, Its walls, floors and ceilings
are of heavy plates of riveted iron, sur-
rounded by thick walls of granite, The
foundation of the vault is of solid mas-
onry extending down as deep as the
foundation of the sub-treasury itself,
This iron room is divided into twelve
compartments ranged on either side,
eight compartments on one side and
four larger ones on the other, with a
narrow passageway between them.
The compartments are formed by boiler
iron, partitions and fronts with doors
or gates of half-inch iron bars, crossed
like lattice work, with the interstices
too small even to admit of the inser-
tion of a child’s hand, Each door iz
provided with a ponderous padlock.
The entrance to the vault
ed by two iron bars; the outer one sim-
ilar to a heavy safe door, and the inner
the strongest lock that modern ingenu-
ity could devise, The vault is burglar-
proof, fireproof and almost air-proof.
Within these solid walls no
murmur of the busy, bustling
above and around ever penetrates,
. 1
Orie
vault coutain nearly $40,000,000 in
ing to have the care of the dog in the |
busy streets, turned to him and said:
“There, that 1s far enough now,
You need not go with me any |
farther, but turn about and go back |
home,’
She did not take her hands out of her
muff to point the way, and she spoke as |
would to a small brother, in a
pleasant, conversational tone,” i
Marco looked at her with his larg
eyes, then looked across the common,
wagged his tail slowly, as though he |
thinking how very pleasant it |
go the rest of the way,
Bile
of his head and
Mainly as though the!
come from mouth:
farther, it is
words had his
's
‘No, dear; I'm
ANSWere
+
when sent back
along with his |
+3
t on the U1
a Imnoment
children swimming
on toward ¢
an wat
th avenue, TI
hed him until he had dis
nd the gates, then resum
OWn Way whethe
. hd
, Wondering
The Latest Hotel Swindle,
the bell boy
tel he rusi
wei, As He
+ Key out
y
thought struck
thins }
Le DOX
Li, AD
at the
envelope lying there.
“Who want
“lady in parl
Front, dancing
“That ain't her
ask for her name."
Front disappeared
presently, siowly.
looked in
flerence
she’s gone."’
ated the clerk to
‘she was work-
“She says it don’t make no di
it’s a mistake-——and
hought 80." ejacu
sorter standi
he new rack
k pei
women generaiy.
ladies’ parlor, ring for
ey go the
and
a matter-of-fact way for
room, He asks the
and if he is busy and think-
ing of something else he hands it oul
without question, Then the female
sharper goes through the room in a
in
of
the key
some
occupant will not return before she gets
Then the hotel is responsible
the loss,
—
Repeating A Foolish Mistake.
A traveler in making change at the
railway station at Condord, N. H., gave
the ticket agent a five-dollar gold piece
for a penny. The agent saw it and
handed the coin back. The man thanked
pulled |
one, and the agent brushed it into the
drawer with the pennies, After the |
train started the traveller jumped off, |
and rushed back: “I gave you a five |
'* he said. |
“Yes, said the agent, and I gave it |
back to you.” “But I gave it back to |
you againl Look and see,” The agent |
looked and there was the gold piece, |
The man bad made the same mistake |
twice,
LL ————
Chinese Opposition to Steamboats,
Among the remarkable reasons nd.
vanced by the Chinese for opposing the
introduction of steamboats on the Up-
per Yangste is the allegation that a very
flerce and strong species of monkeys
live along the river where it :
through the mountains, and that they
would not fail to hurl large stones from
the heights down upon the steamers,
probably sinking them, while the au-
thorities would be powerless to prevent
the outrage or arrest the offenders,
The real obstacle in the way is not
monkeys, but about 20,000 junk men,
who think steamboats would take away
their present means of livelthood,
All meat should be cooked before
fed to fowls. need it every
day, If eggs are expected.
though by far the larger portion is com-
posed of silver dollars, The
each
tion over fifty
numbers sixty pounds, These are pilled
from the front to the
and from the floor to
the ceiling with the utmost regularity
and nicety, until they form almost a
them. The
holding between $8,000,000 and §95,000,-
000 each, and the eight
$2,000,000 each,
smaller come
$2
now he
ie
1 viel
$1000 and
quantity of coin stored
in {
Cal
contains
Ly 8 avoird
city, ag
AS el
weighs six
four
ton in
bers, in
Wis
it
3
bases would
EN
a 3 3
weight,
real'ly
bags, would be
1 (¥ {Hs ’
$1,000 000, an
CI IRLIBT 1
. I
narrow
compartment 1
en from a full compu
ed, and, if correct,
Mnpartm
was iu Lhe
taining only perfe
which has been
isn as t
used “as i
3 8
as ik
hie {test of
2
bursting
quent oocury
lower tiers of
weight of the silver ab
thie lower bags and ruptures them,
the broken aided as
us
VE presses upon
All
bags are dis !
discoverad and new
their stead,
It requires
twenty men to carry «
weigher, or man at the s .
men, the watchers, the piler, and eight
or ten men to simply bags
and carry them one by one from the
one compartment the and
from the scales to wan who does
the repiling. The manual labor
it
who are used to heavy
A dozen 'longshoremen
hey
work and the
strain on their backs, caused by lifting
and carrying the sixty-pound bags, al-
though they are accustomed Lo handl-
ing much heavier burdens, but the pe-
culiar weight and solidity of the silver
makes it much barder than the handl-
ing of twice the weight in some other
material or form. The vault is imper-
fectly ventilated for so many people,
and the breathing and perspiring of
scores of men in its close confines and
the heat from the half<dozen gas jets
renders the vault close and nearly as
hot as a Tarkish bath, and while all
are compelled to doff their coats and
vests, those men who do the physical
handling of the bags sirip down tw
their undershirt and nether garments
8
ones used
idle the
to BORE
the
mere
men
When
they rest they sit on bags of silver just
asthe miller sits on his bags of meal at
the mull door, It is considered a good
day's work to handle, weigh and pile
2,000,000 im silver, and those who are
engaged in the work are only too glad
when the day is done and they can come
out into the light and air of the upper
world,
sn A MA —
~**He is the highest-class 3 year old
in America s)' remarked Mr,
Green Morris the other day at the
Brooklyn track, speaking of Sir Dixon,
"oo ssid ni he S¥utisual, “because
2 8 a great of money to me,
a man whose limit in betting is $500.
Although Sir Dixon may win more than
$20,000 in stakes, by the time I had got
through paying his stake fees, and
many otker expenses, it would take
much more than $20,000 in winnings
to put me that muck ahead.”
FASHION NOTES,
— A fashion which came into force
| last summer during the hot days of
June and July is likely to be popular
again this year when the sun shall
make cloth bodices too hot to be
borne, This is the pique jacket worn
with the habit skirt. These jackets are
in shrunk pique, so that they wash per-
fectly, and in small patterns, such as
checks and lines of red, navy blue
and other colors, They are some-
what similar to a man’s lounge coat,
although they have inner waistband
just fastened to the middle of the back
seams Lo keep them in place, They are
buttoned once in front and, then fly
open. A loose skirt and neat tle are
worn with them, also a sailor hat or
jockey cap. Of course, this style does
not sult the regulation silk hat,
—More care and ingenuity Is ex-
pened upon the upper part of the cos-
tume, i. e,, the basque or waist, than
upon the skirt; and the variety of
vests, collars, folds, plastrons and
other applied or decoupe or cut-out ef-
fects, is almost innumberable, There
{i8 no one method of waist trimming
| more popular than another, unless it
ibe the V-shaped upper vest effect,
| the basque buttoning close below.
with a fold of white and-crimson
striped cashmere, cut on the bias and
{ just laid under the folded lower edge
{of the underskirt. The
{ looped very full at the back, is but-
toned plainly down to the usual basque
{depth in front, and below that falls
apart in two straight breadths which
| are faced with the striped goods, and
i at the bottom. This model, with some
in the back drapery and
| garnitures, is copied in more elegant
| materials,
~-FPink is the color whieh has re-
| placed that charming shade of lilac
j called heilotrope, or Opnelia, and any
shade of rose-hued pink is liked in
| velling, cashmere or printed mohair,
jand the lighter fabrics for dressy
occasions class as drapery-nets,
{ which are inline in wvanety and
worn over faille, surah and moire. The
{ latter combination in pink—although
moire is not as prelly in pink as in
blue—suggests the vapory clouds of
i sunset res on & roseale tinged sea,
and is a lovely summer dancing dresss
for a youthful wearer,
| variations
tine
wild
~One stylish costume
red, rough cheviot a smartly
draped skirt front outstanding
plaits at the back, a Norfolk blouse
bodice and a W t, double
breasted, and buttoning ¢ from
tha alt & 3da
thie rigut shoulder
Was
in idin habits melton
cheviot clotl i the favor
there is but Ii hat
and
les, and
ie in the fashion
if the make. The turn~Jdown collar is
still popular, and the opening in front
is a little lower, showing a trifle more
vest, Reiodeer skin—of a special
make, deeper in color than formerly,
and extremely soft and
ing extensively used
breeches, It is better
than stockinettes, and
for
every way
wore lasting,
in
aid
The originality of a costume usu-
ally is displayed in the waist and its gar-
re, which are Inconceivably varied,
and not only tax the modiste to invent
but the observer to describe. The
fashion of waist draperies is wholly
unique, and only really pretty on a too-
slender form. The basque is appar-
ently complete, yet around the figure
is drawn closely a width of the dress
fabric, on the bias, either in folds or
plainly, which terminates at the close
ing of the basque iu front. The broad
sash of ribbon which is worn
some dresses is somelimes arranged in
this way, only the fastening is then at
the back, and the front of the sash is
taken in, in a bias seam, Lo make it set
closeiy to Lhe figure.
vii®a
ik
—(iingbams and satines are made up
in much the same styles as pongees, yet
there are two differant classes-—with-
out reference to quality--of
goods, thore figured in resemblance of
other dress materials which are suita-
ble for street wear, and the delicate-
bams and Chamberys which make
lovely morning and house dresses, The
embroidered gingham dresses in pink,
i blue, gray and pongee have deep
| flouncings which are made up on a
plain skirt; and plain gingham, edged
| with narrow similar white Hamburg
embroidery on the goods, is used for
| the drapery and waist, Sometimes two
deep overlapping flounces compose the
| entire skirt, and the waist is made in
| surplice style, the dress being com-
I pleted by a moire sash of the same
| color or black.
| ~The tailor-made gown 18 80 sensl-
| ble and tasteful that although it 1s not
| 80 much the craze as heretofore, yet it
| is still worn by the most fashionable
and best dressed people. The London
Queen says that thers are as many as
seven distinct styles this season, re-
spectively named the Drownlow,
Windsor, Bray, Florence, Marlow,
Season and Venetia costumes, Some
are braided, all differently, and others
draped, either of one material or with
the introduction of a .striped or a
checked and striped fabric. For spring
wear there are cheviots, rough or
smooth, in checks large and small, also
in stripes; and for summer there are
beautifully light Saxony tweeds, There
are also other materials,
At a recent display one gown was
of soft, gray cheviot, made with the
bodice and back draping all in one
over a skirt banging plain in front and
at its sides, with a few loose, plalts in-
tervening, and a short draped tunie.
The neck of the bodice was cut away
in front, as if to show a cravat, and
then filled in again with the material
cnt a different way.
Another was of drab-colored Saxony,
with very narrow lines of blue and red.
The bodice was cut like a jacket, with
side pockets, a turndown collar and
revers, with the front left open to
show the colored eravat. The skirt
WAS Arran with long, softly falling
drapery, the folds at the back haviog
been loopad under and then allowed to
fall long.
HORSE NOTES.
~Frank Van Ness has arrived al
New York from California.
~The half-mile track at Grand Rap-
ids, Mich., has been put into shape.
~ At Wilkesbarre, Pa., they are
building a new track and Fair
grounds.
~—Two hundred and eighty-five hor.
ses started during the Nashville meet
ing.
— Mr. Cadugan lost recently by death
the bay mare Juno, 2.404, by Hamble-
tonian,
~TF1an0o Boy 2.20}, by Panle, is the
name of a horse in Peter V. Johnson's
stable,
—~Lule Wilkes, by George Wilkes,
2.22, out to Lulu, 2.15, has foaled a
brown colt by Electioneer,
~It is said that Jewett, record 2.224
trotting and 2.14 pacing, is trotting
this season, and will be campaigned at
that gait.
—W. H, McCarthy sold Jessie Bal-
lard, 2.25, by Archie Hambletonian, to
J. W. Robinson, of Los Angeles, be-
fore leaving Cailfornia,
—By mutual arrangement between
Starters Caldwell and Sheridan, the
latter will start at Baltimore and Cald-
well at Lexington,
—Barnes headed the list of winning
jockeys at Nashville with eleven wins
to his credit. He can ride down to
about eighty-five pounds.
William M. Singerly purchased re
cently while In Kentucky from the
| Macey Bros, the b. Artiste, by
| Macey’s Hambletonlan, dam by Al
Cade,
—C, H. Kerner, of New York, has
purchased from George FF, Leach, for
| $1200, a chestnut 2 year old filly, by
Bayonne Prince, 2.21}, dam Emma
| K.
| —There are but four entries in the
free-for-all at Detroit, Harry Wilkes,
| Oliver K., Prince Wilkes and Mam-
| brino Sparkle, It sbould be a ‘“‘hot”’
| race,
B
~The Lion, like many horses both
East and West this spring, nas been
| suffering from cracked heels, but he
| will start for the Derby, peverthelese,
—~A. J. Cassait’s stable of fourteen
| horses are now at Sheepshead Bay.
The Bard 1s reported to be in excellent
condition, and 18 a reasonably sure
| starter for the Brooklyn handicap.
—The stables at Sound View Stock
Farm, property of the late Roscoe
Conkling, were burned recently. Sev-
eral horses were destroyed, and the loss
was about $50,000,
—The Michigan Trotting Circull
comprises Kalamazoo, Jackson, Grand
Rapids, and Saginaw, with $21,600 in
purses. The circuit will commence al
the former city on July 26.
— Budd Doble’s stable includes Lhe
pacers Johnston, 2064; Arrow, 2.14,
and Ed. Annan, 2.17§, and the trotters
Oliver K., 216}; Prince Arthnr, 2.15;
| Mikado, 2.
20%, and Geneva, 2 20,
—Jerome Whelpley has taken his
string of trotters to the Gutlenburg.
| {(N. J.) track to train. Majolica, Fanny
| Temple, Pottery Girl, A. W. Rich
mond and Crockery are among the
number,
~The Executive Committee of the
American Jockey Club has ordered,
that, after September 1, all jockeys and
| trainers making use of the track and
| stables at Jerome Park shall be li-
| censed.
{ ~The American Jockey Club has
decided that at the coming spring
meeting at Jerome Park the betlling
will be confined to auction and mutual
| pools, Bookmaking will not be per-
itted.
—R. Williams rode Overture in the
fourth race at Lexington on May 8,
and was left at the post, for which he
used insulting language to the starter,
Upon him being reported to the judges
they ruled him off for six months.
— Western Belle, Mr. Hamilton's
brown mare was driven a mile in 2,24}
| and a repeat of 2.24 by William Weeks
over the Fleetwood (N. Y.) track re-
cently. This is the fastest mile of the
season in this vicinity.
—At the annual election of tne Is.
| Hon. Erastus Corning; Vice President,
George P. Ide; Treasurer, Frank Gil-
bert: Secretary, Sidney W, Giles;
{ Chairman Executive Committee, Frank
Gilbert.
~The §8200 paid by the Dwyer Bros,
for the brother to Hanover is the high-
| est price ever pdid for a yearling thor-
| oughbred in America. As liberal pur-
chusers as the Dwyers have heretofore
been, they fairly exceed themselves this
spring. Besides the $3200 expended for
the brother to Hanover they paid the
next highest price, $4500, for the
brother to Blue Wing, $3500 for the
brother of Jim Gore, $3000 for the
brother to Firenzi, $2600 each for the
sister to Tremont and brother to Port.
land, $2000 each for a brother to Dry
Monopole, to Vigil and Vera Cruz and
to Hinda; $2000 for a Hindoo colt out
of Francesca, by ton; $3000
for a colt by Billet, out of Belle Pal-
mer, and $1400 for a sister to Lizme
Dwyer. Awong these brother and sis-
ter’s to distinguished records it will be
strange if the brother shall not find two
or three, at least, worthy of their royal
lineage; and If they shall, their pro-
gressive policy will enable them to
recoup themfelves for the large outlay.
In tion to these, they purchased
many others at prices ranging from
$1300 to $450, buying in all thirty-four
paid $060,200.