As She Comes Down the Lane.
Along the fields the shadows fall,
The sun is hanging low,
And on the ivy-mantied wall
The soft lights come and go.
A zephyr watted from above,
Dritts o'er the waving grain,
My heart goes out to meet my lovs,
As she comes down the lane,
I lean upon the moss-grown bars,
As 'long the path she fares,
My gracious queen, no blemish mars
The coronet she wears,
The sceptre in her woman's hand
Will banish care and palo
For 1 am lord of all the land
W hen she comes down the lane.
Soft breezes play about her now,
And lift her abining hair,
The sunset glow is on her brow,
To make her passing fair.
Her beauteous face, her modest udlen,
To picture them were vain,
And she is mine, my bonnie queen,
As she comes down the lane.
The daisies nod as she goss by,
Tue wild rose blushes pink,
Sweet song-birds round her pathway fy,
And sing the praise they think,
She lifts her head, her eyés 80 clear,
Smile into mine again; =
My heart cries out, “(;od bless you, dear,
"As she comes down the lane.
A TALE OF THE SEA.
We were four weeks out from New
York. bound to Metbourne, Australia,
in the bark Jasper, loaded principally
with mining Implements, machinery
and farming tools, We also carried
three state-room passengers—a Mrs,
Dacy, her daughter (Miss Belle), and a
young man whose luggage was simply
marked Moore,"
Captain Roberts, who was tall, dark
and heavily bearded, stood watching
Ar. Moore and Miss Dacy, a fine-look-
ing, rather sell willed brunette, whose
father, one of the wealthiest commis-
sion merchants in Melbourne, was sole
owner of the Jasper.
[ was then about twenty-five, and
was (illing the position of second mate.
While directing some work on the miz-
zen rigging, 1 noticed the rosy flush
that suffused Miss Dacy’s clear cheek,
as she stood, with downcast eyes, lean-
ing against the fife-rail, while Mr,
Moore, who was a fine-looking young
fellow, with smooth, clear-cut features
and a keen gray eye, was murmuring
something in an undertone.
Most certainly, for young people who
had met as seeming strangers on the
day of the boat's sailing, and bowed in
the most formal manner upon being in-
troduced, they had become wonderful.
ly well acquainted in the sort spice of
four weeks,
It was blowing pretty stifily from the
north and west, and the bark, with her
rovals and outer Jib stowed, was mak-
ing rather bad weather of it, for a
heavy swell, coming in from the east,
caused a heavy cross-sea.
The sun was being gradually obscur-
ed by a greasy haze, and 1 was sure we
shibuld have a reeting job before night,
Captain Roberis was probably of the
same opinion, for, with a scowl in the
direction of Mr. Moore and his fair
companion, which rather more than
confirmed nn previous suspicion of my
own that he, too, bad fallen a victim to
the charms of the fair Isabel, he went
below to look at the barometer, and
perhaps to suggest to easy-going Mrs,
Dacy that her daughter might take
coid—or something.
For, a moment later, the good lady’s
voice was heard through the compan-
jonway, calling to her daughter, who,
with a little shrug of her shoulders,
rather unwillingly obeyed.
Now 1 did not like Captain Roberts,
who was vely much of a tyrant, nor
did he like me—indeed, with such a
man. a second mate’s position is but a
shade better than that of an able sea-
man’s. Besides, I was a Yankee, with
the peculiar independence of my peo-
ple; while he was a Londoner bred and
born, who had served an apprenticeship
on some of the hardest vessels afloat,
and hence was a barder taskmaster on
that account alone.
In Lis tits of anger, which were ter-
rible to behold, he would rave like a
madman, and only for the presence of
Mr. Fobes, his chief officer, who seem-
ed to exercise a singularly restraining
power over him, Captain Roberts would
Lave shot a man down in Cold blood on
the bark’s deck ; and yet, to those he
considered his equals, he could act the
courteous gentleman with all the ease
and grace imaginable,
It was nearly eight bells, and I order-
ed the men, who were rattling down
the wizzen rigging, to knockoff and get
ready to clean up decks,
“Looks dirty to wind’ard,” remark-
ed Mr. Moore, using, to my surprise,
the sailor phrase expressive of the ap-
proach of bad weather.
In dress, appearance and maoner, he
seemed like one whose acquaintance
with pautical toatters must be limited.
What his occupation or profession, or
business in Melbourne might be, did
not seem to be known (0 any one on
board the bark. He was quiet and re-
served regarding his own affairs, with-
cul appearing secretive.
“Yes, sir,” I replied, in answer to
bis remark, as I stood eyeing the work,
to make sure it was all shipshape. ‘It
does look that way. If 1 was the skip-
per,” I added, unthinkingly, “I'd have
those rails stowed, and a reef or two
taken before it came on—"'
“Oh, you would, eh?” interrupted a
voice, thick with suppressed pass
close behind. “Perhaps you would like
to take charge of the bark altogether,
you Yaunkee—"
Had Slugger Sullivan himself used
the vile epithet which ended Captain
Roberts’ outburst, I should have done
exactly as [ did do; for there isa point
in verbal abuse where forbearance
ceases to be a virtue,
Dropping the heaver and ball of mar-
line in my band, I wheeled suddenly,
and, perfectly mad with rage, struck
him squarely in the mouth, with a force
that sent him Sprawitog at the feet of
the man at wheel, cutting my
knuckles pretty badly against his white
teeth.
well the consequences of
1 knew too
such an act,
Regaining his feet, with features
contorted with fury, he sprang below
after his revolver, as I had seen him do
i prey dy ae
Xs ;
a duty hound, snatched a brass be-
laying pin from the rail and came for
me,
Seizing the heaver from the deck,
where I had dropped it, I stood on the
defensive, for I had no idea of getting
a broken head If I could prevent it.
Mr. Moore quietly stepped in front of
the excited officer, and was about to
speak, when blended screams sounded
from the cabin, and a second later up
rushed the steward, with a face as
thie napkin over his arm,
“For ’eaven's sake, come below!
The cap'n’s got a hapoplectical fit, or
somethin’ wuss!’ he exclaimed, wildly.
And, dropping our weapons, we fol.
lowed the steward into the cabin,
Extended on the floor, his right hand
grasping the handle of a revolver, lay
Captain Roberts,
But this was no apoplectic fit, for,
as I tore open his shirt and placed my
ear to his breast, there was not the
slightest flutter of the heart or pulsa-
tion at the wrists, Ilis eyes were
slightly glazed, and his face wore the
livid hue of death!
I feared it,’’ said Mr, Fobes, after
vainly trying to force a few drops of
brandy between the pale lips. **He
had two similar attacks on the last pas-
sage, and Dr. Durgess with the great-
est difficulty restored him to conscious
ness, and said plainly that a third
would terminate fatally.”
Placing the lifeless form in his berth,
the mate and myself went on deck—-I
having almost the feeling of a murder-
er.
“Mr, Hale—"* began Fobes, menac-
ingly, when lo! the sound of rushing,
mighty wind and the frantic command
let go everything was followed by a
clear shout from the quarter:
“Hard up—hard up, I say!”
With a muffled report the light sails
were blown from the bolt ropes ina
twinkling, and as the bark went over
on her beam ends, a black wall of
water, whose like I have never seen be-
fore or since, rose nearly as high as the
mastheads, and burst across the deck,
sweeping with it everything movable,
Mr. Fobes and 2 of the men being
swept away into the seething billows.
Clinging to a brace, and wiping the
water from my eyes, I began to recover
from the stunning shock.
A great quiver of the half-submerged
hull showed that in obedience to her
helin the bark was paying off and shak-
ing the tons upon tons of black sea
from her deck, and tearing over the
foaming billows like a mad thing.
“Send another man aft here to the
wheel!” called Moore, who, drenched
and bareheaded,
break of the quarter.
tion of authority, I did as directed.
Standinz in the weather gangway,
Mr. Fobes and
giving off order after order,
with such perfect coolness and evident
er of it, the wreckage was
pumps sounded and found all right,
half-dead with fright,
ous draughts of hot coffee,
have an invincible repugnance to the
presence of a corpse on shipboard. The
men had learned, through the steward,
now, that Mr. Fobes
they felt their advantage.
take place at once,
“We don't warnt
old Fleming, who was spokesman, in
answer to the remonstrances of both
Mr. Moore and myself; ‘an’ wol's
more,” he added, with an ucpieasant
grin, ‘*we bein’ consider’bls the strong-
ist party, don’t cal'lake to, neither,
So three or four of you bring the cap’n
out here to the main hatch, an’ we'll
sew him up in canvass as well now as
to-morrer.”’
What could we do? Against seven
reckless, hardened men we two were
simply powerless. 1f they refused duty,
what would become of the vessel aml
her two delicate lady passengers, who
already bad suffered everything but
death itself from fright?
A spare stun’ sail was spread on the
main hatch, upon which the lifeless
body was laid.
Od Fleming, with palm and needle,
began at the feet, where some fifty
pounds of pig lead were Lo be attached,
and sewed steadily on, his weather-
beaten face 4s devoid of emotion as
though he were side-stitching a top
sail,
All at once there was a convulsive
twitching of the body, and as Fleming,
with a yell of terror, dropped his needle
and started to his feet, the supposad
corpse sat up, and with flashing eyes,
into which the hght of life had sud-
denly blazed, glared about him, and
shouted:
“Arr. Fobes! Mr. Fobes!
on deck! Come quick, sir!”
For the moment I was as much terri-
fled as the fleeing sailors; but Mr.
Moore, recovering from his own tem-
porary terror, ran to the batch, and
with one slash of old Fleming's knife
ripped open the enveloping canvass.
Stagging to his feet. Captain Rob-
erts looked wildly about him, and then
seemed to take in the situation at a
glance.
“Where is Mr. Fobes, he asked, in a
hollow voice, as, glancing with a shud-
der at the canvas shioud, he rose and
walked aft,
Mr. Moore had hurried to the cabin
the ladies for his coming; yi
Mutiny
he added, significantly.
And after the watches were called
and set, he went below, to be welcomed
by the ladies literally as one from the
dead, ‘
Curiously enough, from that time
Captain Roberts was a changed man in
many respects. His gratitude to Mr.
Moore—who, merely explaining that
some of his years had been passed at
sea in the capacity of a ship's officer, at
once volunteered to act as chief mate—
both for the offer, and his services in
saving the bark, knew no bounds,
Toward myself he was remarkably
considerate, and even courteous, and
gave me to understand that, if I chose,
1 could have the mate's berth on the re-
turn voyage.
One more episode, and I am done, I
was sitting on the edge of my berth,
smoking, jnst before turning in one
lovely moonlight night just after we
struck the southwest trades. My win-
dow was open, but the blinds were
drawn. Mr. Moore was pacing the
deck to windward, humming a love-
song under his breath. Mrs, Dacy,
who, being terribly near-sighted, could
not enjoy the ocean scenery by night or
day, was peacefully sleeping in her
berth,
All at ones I heard voices in a sub-
dued undertone close by my window,
and as I was about to quietly with.
draw, to my astonishment I heard Cap-
tain Roberts, in impassioned accents,
beseeching some one to be the guiding
star of his life,
“Does anything stand in the way,
dearest?” urged the special pleader, be-
fore the lady herself could answer,
“Only one thing, Captain Roberts,”
replied the fair one, ina low, clear voice
—] was privately married to Captain
Harrison Moore Gray, now acting as
your chief mate, about two weeks be-
fore we came on board the Jasper, and
I have been depending upon your friend-
ship to break it to mother, who does
not dream that Captain Grey is nearer
than New York.”
And then I heard two high heeled
boots go clicking along the deck, while
with an exclamation of astonishment
the captain scrambled to his feet.
But he wus a trump, after all, and a
few days later I heard the whole story,
which, in brief, was this:
Captain Grey had fallen in love with
Miss Dacy, whom he met in Melbourne
the year before. The affection was
mutual, her parents were opposed, and
Miss Dacy taken on a ‘tour’ in the
vain hope that thus she might be in-
duced to forget; but she didn’t
He followed her to the United States;
Captain Grey's owners having a large
Sydney, whose captain bad
sacrifice of a bandson
of curly
his ship in
passage,
from dreaming of the mischief till It
was too late,
But Captain Roberts’ arguments, her
services in saving her husband's vessel,
and mother
with their Yankee son-in-
law,
resurrection.
——— A —————
An Episode In Dreamland.
A contemporary relates that a prom-
passed through an experience in dream-
teresting data for the Society for Psy-
chical Research. He had an idea he
ought to shave, and proceeded to do so,
to him that it would Le the easiest
thing in the world to take off his head,
apd placing it on the table facilitate
matters. It seemed in the dream that
this was allowable for a certain number
of minutes without endangering life.
So he hung up his watch to count the
minutes, The operation continued till
some errand called the man across the
room, and be returned to find his head
was missing. He looked at the watch
and found the Lime was pear when he
must have his head in its proper place
if he cared to keep it. Then he “lost
his head” in two ways, and rushed
frantically about the room looking in
every available place, Just as the
the minute hand was about to cross the
fatal point, the dreamer woke up, felt
for his head, and was surprised and re-
lieved to find it there,
Forty-five Million Hens.
The minister of agriculture has been
taking a census of the fowls of France
and he informs us that the country con-
tains 45,000,000 hens worth on an aver-
age 50 cents apiece, One-fifth of these
wens and 2,000,000 cocks are killed an-
nually, and they sell for $5,600,000 in
the market. The other 36,000,000 hens
lay about 3,000,000,000 eggs every year,
worth 11-5 cents apiece; this sums up
to not less than $36,740,000. There.
fore the chickens of France produce
$67,200,000 a year. They form no un-
unimportant item of the natioual debt;
and whether fried, roasted, boiled or
stewed, they are the most tender speci
mens of the feathered tribe you ever
Why She is Bleached Out,
Says Prentice Mulford: **Two hours’
more
Ea
THE HORSE,
From the Pony with Sixteen Hoeofs to
the Noble Antmal of Modern
Times,
Although the mule, as Sunset Cox
said, “is without the pride of ances
try,” it is quite a different thing with
his relative on one side of the house, in
whose outlines, bearing, size, and intel-
ligence may be seen very plainly his no-
bility and pure lineage,
The ancestry of the horse can be
traced back before the time of Eng-
land’s monarchs, beyond the Cuwesars or
the Eternal city, beyond the creation of
man, and even further than the very
layer of earth on which we live into
the rocks and petrifaction of the age
below us. Ancient as is his family
tree, the horse specles is not by any
means entitled to classed among the
“first families,” and yet his lineage is
enough to put to blush those foolish
people—fortunately, few in our coun-
try—who pride themselves upon their
descent, and feel good because a great-
grandfather did something which Is
thought to shed luster upon his degen-
erated, high-collared, sharp-toed de-
scendants. Any old cart-horse on the
street cap show an older and purer
strain of descent,
Far back before the age of man there
lived upon the earth a species of the
horse family, long ago extinct, which
at the present day would make a show-
man’s fortune, This horse was very
little larger than a sheep, and some not
larger than a terrier dog. Thess little
horses, as far as we know from the fos.
sil remains, were the beginning of the
horse tribe,
They bad every outline of horses,
and the anatomy also, with the excep
tion that the feet were most pecullar.
Instead of having one hoof on each
leg, a= our modern horse has, this di-
minutive pony was the possessor of
four, making sixteen hoofs inall. As
the horse developed these hoofs, or,
speaking more correctly, these toes, all
but one dissappeared, leaving our mod-
ern horse to walk upon the end of one
tos to each leg. If they bad all con-
tinued to remain permanent the blacks-
miths would have rejoiced.
In order to clearly understand the
manner of the gradual disappearance
of these toes 2 :'ttle anatomy may be
tolerated.
Starting with the hand of man as a
standard, the thumb, which is really a
finger, is called the first finger, the in-
dex is called second, the next third,
It has been observed
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So it was with the little horses,
remains can be found possessing
first finger, The earliest has the sec-
and were usable.
peared until none was left except the
third, which is the toe upon whose end
the borses of the present day walk.
horse had three toes, the second, third,
and fourth, but the outside ones did
ingly not usable. They were upa little
distance on the leg, like the little hoof
of a deer, and only remain on our mod-
ern horse in what
bones. It occasionally happens that
horses. as well as other animals, will
yreed back, and a monstrosity, asit
appears to us, will be the result, In
England some lime ago a horse was
born which had two hoofs on each foot,
and was carried about the country as a
curiosity, It was a reference, or index,
had.
Just why they were at first in posses-
sion of such feet is a matter of conjec-
ture. It may have been because the
ground was soft and marshy and the
extra feet gave more surface for resist.
ance, and as the earth grew firmer no
necessity existed for so many toes, so
that by disuse they began to disappear.
With the modification of the feet the
horse increased in beight and strength,
getting ready to help man bear his bur.
dens and progress in the line of civiliza-
tion, and it is true that if all the horses
in a city were to die, and there were no
means by which their places could be
filled, civilization would retrograde, be-
cause men would have to bear their
own burdens, and the physical man
would increase at the expense of the
intellectual, so that in time we would
all go back to semi-savages, as the stu-
dents of an athletic college do. The
horse, as we have it now, is a vast im-
provement over the steed of ancient
times. It is dependent upon man for
its very life, and man is dependent
gpon it. As It increased in size,
through man’sinterference and culture,
it also inc in mental capacity,
until one of the most intelligent, docile,
useful creatures ever given by a Su-
preme Being to man is the animal al-
most human—the horse,
In very early days horses were not
used by all nations, and by none as
beasts of burden. Asses and mules
did the drudgery, and horses were only
used as racers, warriors, hunters, or to
carry their owners upon journeys, of
pleasure or business.
Seeing men on horseback, apparent.
ly a part and parcel of the beast, led
some natives to think that the strange
ap) nee was but one animal; hence
the belief in the centaur, or animal half
horse and half man. In war they were
a source of great terror to those who
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FASHION NOTES,
—Tiny silver acorns are the newest
iu bonnet pins.
— Russia leather in all colors is worn
for houss shoes.
—A revival of coral and gold jew-
elry is predicted.
~Draped bodices of soft, white silk,
with black Swiss belts and braces, are
in high favor.
—A new shade of green, rather
dark, is extensively used in combina-
tion with white,
In fancy woolens and gauzes pure
white 1s preferred to cream by young
ladies this season.
~Polonaises may be draped alike on
both sides, or long on one side and
short on the other,
—Belts to wear with dressy blouses
are of silk belt ribbon, with buckles of
Rhinestones and other brilliants,
—White hlac and Guelder roses,
with ivy and maiden hair fern, are the
fashionable artificial flowers of the
summer Season.
~The Directoire styles have ex-
tended even to morning dresses, which
even for summer are composed of rich,
heavy materials,
— Dressy costumes of silk are often
made with pinked out edges, and a
plastron eomposed of scallops in layers
completes the corsage.
—Some of the daintiest summer
bonnets are made of rows of straw in-
sertion divided by pufiings of black,
white, cream or pale colored gauze.
—(iray and tan colored gloves are
worn with all summer tollets, When
of undressed kid they are in mousque-
taire styles, When dressed kid is pre-
ferred they may bo either butiened or
loose.
— Costumes of poppy red or copper
colored wools are popular for seaside
wear at all times of the day. They
are usually relieved by soft blouse
vests and accordion plaitsd panels of
while crepe.
—Stylish collarettes, which display
the throat advantageously, are of fou-
lard or India silk, made with a square
at the back like a sallor collar, along
the front of which is gathered a full
scarf of the silk, which is caught to-
gether in a point below the throat and
the endss thrust underneath the belt,
— White felt hats are decidedly the
rage. There are four distinct styles,
viz: The low, round crown, with brim
rolled up all about it; the Alpine, with
parrow, tapering crown, indented at
the top; the stiff brim sallor and the
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| wear with tennis coslumes,
| —French ladies now choose their
| hosiery to match the shoes in color,
| instead of the dress, as formerly,
| shoes black or Swede undressed kid is
| favored, while for house or carriage
| wear shippers of bronze are preferred.
There is so great a variety in tollels
{ this summer that it is scarcely possible
| to say which is the most fashionable,
One modiste 1s in favor of the redin-
gote, another prefers the draped tunic,
while the third assures you the
aly model really in vogue is the Em-
pire dress, with round waist and large
sash. The fact is, each of these is
fashionable, and ladies wear them all
with equal favor—of course, always
selecting that which Js most suitable to
their style and figure,
—There is nothing under the sun so
raved about and so popular just ai
present as the lea gown. Everything
in the shape of a gown that is joose
and baggy and of no particular style or
shape is called a tea gown. However.
some of them are very preity as well as
gseful. Ingenuity and tasle, as, well as
| artistic skill, are tasked to their utmost
to produce the new stylish designs
| Chinese crepe and lace seem to be the
| tavorite materials for concocting their
confections
A very lovely one was of Chinese
crepe in cream color. The full-length
front was made of hand-run Spanish
lace in cream white, The front was
made of plece lace, aud the edges of
the gown were finished with a narrow
flouncing, set on slightly full and
caught down in jabots in which were
set floops apd point edged moire nb-
pon. A sash of netted cord silk passed
around the waist and was tied in loops
at the side, the ends, which fell almost
to the bottom? of the dress, being fin-
shed with elegant tassels, The collar
lace on the front. The sleeves were of
puffs of lace with bands of neited silk
between the puffs, Falls of lace fin
ished the lower edge of the sleeves.
~There is nothing in the way of
costumes that so emphatically marks
the well bred fashionable woman as
her attire on near-by excursion occa-
sions, Almost every lady takes pains
to prepare a suitable costume for regu-
lar traveling dresses, but for short ex-
cursions or afternoon or evening out-
ings Jess consideration is given to the
p on of the outfit, Thoughtiess
and inconsiderate ladies, especially
those who are young, seem to think
that “almost anything will do.” As a
ence, we see all manner of in-
arments, all of which are
of the taste and habits
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~The Hartford entry list is a big
one,
~The at the Cleveland fall
ting will be $700 each except the
special, whieh will be $2500.
~All of the bookmakers
have made money, William Biley, the
Chicago penciler, was $30,000 abead at
the end of two weeks,
~ Ed, Corrigan’s great steeplechaser
Tennesses pulled up very on
Thursday August 16th, and It is doubt~
rul if he will run again this year.
—~Proctor Knott is engaged in the
rich Futurity stakes at pshead
Bay, and Mr. Bryant confidently an-
pounces that his colt will win that ig.
portant event.
~It 18 very doubtful whether the
Louisville (Ky.) Driving Park Associa-
tion will give another meeting. The
inaugural one held in May was a finan-
clal fallure,
—W. H., McCarthy's mare Geneva
8, was distanced in the last heat of the
Rochester $10,000 race for fouling
Guy, and “Knapsack” was out of sec.
ond place and $2500.
—There were fifty-six heats trotted
or paced at the Buffalo meeting, and
the average tims wis 2.19 53-56, a
shade under 2.20, and the best average
ever reached at Buffalo.
~The bay gelding that has been trot-
ting around Boston as Champion John
1L., and made a record of 2,28f while
bearing that name he bas been identi-
fled as Prince, 2.26, by Hambietouian
Prince, dam Baird by Superb,
—Proctor Knott, the winner of the
Junior Champion stakes, has no less
than twenty-four engagements for next
season, including the Kentucky Derby
and Clark stakes, at Louisville, and the
American Derby, at Chicago,
—Louis Kittson says the proposed
sale of the Erdenheim stud in Novem-
ber is, in a measure, a forced sals, in
order to settle the affairs of the estals,
Mr. Kittson says he may eventually
buy a few brood.mares and breed colts
tor racing and sell them developed.
—Stamboul beat Arab Jn 2.15, 2.174,
2.163, at Los Angeles, Cal, the Orsi
week in August. As a 2 year old
Stamboul made a record of 2.37. and
reduced it the following season 0
2,264. In his 4 year old form he trot-
ted in 223, asa § year old in 2.17},
and as a © year old In 2.15.
—Speaking of the Clingstone-Bells
Aamlia race, the New York Sportsman
says: “That good mare Favonia could
| have beaten either very handily, and as
| tor Prince Wilkes-—well, that horse bas
| not yet appeared in public that can
beat him, all things being equal.”
—Barnes, the popular and rising
| light-weight jockey, is a bright mulat-
| to, modest and well mannered, and
| only about 17 years of age. He has
{ already ridden nearly 120 winners this
| season, leading all the jockeys of the
{ country in that respecl. Barnes bas
{ had 370 mounts.
| —After the collision between Spol-
| tord and Thornless at Buffalo the lat.
| ter ran around the track with no dri
| ver. When he was stopped the horse
| plunged over tne rail and stunned him-
| self. He lay quiet so long that people
| thought he was dead, but he proved to
| be pot seriously hurt and started in the
{| next heat,
| —Some time ago Hickok purchased
| the chestuut gelding Conde, 2.20 by
| Abbotsford, for $2100 at a sale in San
| Francisco. Since that time he sold
| him for $5000 to an Arizona party, who
| won him out in the free-for-all et
| Butte, Mon., on August 18th, when he
| deteated lot Slocum, Ranchero,
| Charles Hilton, Kate Ewiag and Little
Joe in the free-for-all,
| —E. J. Baldwin says: “If anybody
| thinks there is a colt in the East that
| can beat Proctor Knott, and is willing
to back his opinion, I will back Knott
to the extent of $5000 or $10,000, and if
| that is pot enough I know two or three
| others who will be more than willing
| to put up a like amount each. We are
not particular where the race is rum,
be it at Monmouth Park or Sheeps-
head Bay, or as to whal may te the
distance or the coadition of the track.”
There is the chance for a great sec-
tional and sensational race. Now,
what says Mr. Withers ‘‘or any other
man?"
— J. Cassatt Bays The Bard prob-
| ably kit himself, and be proposes to try
the horse as soon as the inflammation
| has subsided in order to find out the
extent of the injury. Ile says: “if his
middie tendon is involved he will never
train again, In that case I want his
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