The Old Friends, W here are they scattered now, The old, old friends? One made her dwelling where the maples low, And mighty streams through solemn for- est Gow But never from the pine-crowned land of KDOW A message sends, Same meet me oft amid Lilds common ways; And then perchance a word or smile de- clares That warm hearts throb beneath their load of cares; For love grows on, like wheat among the tares, Tili harvest days “But some have fall'n asleep:” The words are sweat! O friends at rest beneath the blessad sod, My feet still tread the weary way ye trod Ere yet your loving souls went back to God When shall we meet? O thou, divinest friend, When shall it be That I may kuow them in their garments white, And see them siohty Mine old familiar friends—made fair and Lright, Like unto Thee? RE EA SO WR CHIP'S CURE. with a new and clearer Every now and then a horseman, oroad hatted acd be-weaponed, with janghing Mexican spurs and leuther “chap” legging, dismounted, tied his “cayuse’ pony to the gnawed rack, and joined the group of cowboys lounging in the shade of Ashburn’s postoffice. With each comer the first question was: “How's Chp?"’ plied, each time, “T,00ks to me like that thar was a mighty heavy load to put onto a child like Chip,™ said Santa Fe, the cowboy, with the gaudy Mexican sash about ber waist, *“A load uv pain an’ misery big enough to break a man down, an’ she noth’n® but a child!’ “Yer right, only she h’ain’t a child,” spoke ved cheeked Posy; she's—How old, Ashburn?’ -— and a general appearance of almost owlish wisdom, had been growing more and more uncomlortable ever since en< tering the cattle country. The conver- sation of the stage driver, and later of Hank Bitters, had not served to allay any of his apprehension, “Wy,” said Hank, with great grav- ity, “some uv these yere cowboys Is pizon—plumb pizon! An’ reckless! Wal, reckless h’ain’t no name for it! They're bad!” His auditor shivered. “Kill a man! Jest as quick as to eat! Durn sight quicker, some of em I've knowed’’—- He paused and gazed thoughtfully at the tall hat of his companion, “I've knowed ‘em to shoot a states- man jest fer wearin’ a plug hat.” “My stars!” shivered the passenger, “Koowed wuss’n that. W'y, out on the Soap River range’ — And Hank Bitters luridly pictured the depravity of the cowboys of the Soap river region. “But surely they would not harm me,” quavered the passenger, *‘if they were appraised of my identity!” * Which?” “If they knew who I was.” ““Mebby they'd let you off consoled Hank, “And when we do come in contact with them, you will do your lest to defend yourself,’ “I'll do what I kin,” returned Hank. “But it’s mighty finnicky business,” And so he worked upon: the fears of his passenger tll gazed appreliensively about, as if he ex- ’ casy, : leap from behind every bush, to make of his person an impromplu revo.ver target. He was nearly ready he careering from the timber, and his comrades them, which they greeted Hank, while still rods away, sent a great thrill of terror through the old gentleman, “Tell them who I am!” ed, hoarsely. “Tell them I of peace bound on an errand of mercy “I'll do the best I Kin,” returned Hank, with an inward convulsion, “But it’s mighty risky he whisper- al a man i “Seventeen,” Ashburn answered. “Hanged if I knowed,” said Santa | Fe. *“Reckon yer right; but I got so | ust to seein’ her amongst us, a-ridin’ | the cayuses and dancin’ an’ laughin’ | an’ singin’ lke a happy child, that I'd | plumb fergot she’d grown up,” i “Me, too,” said Reddy Rose. I'm mightily afeared she’ll never ride nor run no more,” said Old Man | Ashbure. “Ever sence she was a- throwed she's be’n a-gittin’ slowly but shiorely worse an’ worse, an’ "'— “Wal.” interrupted Sante Fe, with grim earnestuess, 1 h'ain’t never Le’u sorry fer the way we run out o’ the Range the cuss that roped the cayuse an’ got ber throwed.” “Nur mel” cried a cowboy chorus, At the sound of a faint call, Old Man | Ashburn hastened within the building. Presently he appeared, dragging care- fully behind him a splint bottomed rocking chair, in which reclined the wasted form of little Chip, Ashburn’s crippled daughter. At sight of her, the impulsive cow- | boys waved their broad hats and went through the motions of shouting lusti- ly. But very litile sound came from their distended mouths. “Hello, boys!” the little cripple sa- luted, weakly, *‘I jest couldu’t stay | in there any longer when I heard you all tdking. Pa didn’t want me 10] come, but I told him’'—- i “She lowed,” interrupted Ashburn, | “that she'd come out yere if she'd to crawl an her hands an’ knées, an’l reckon he'd’ — *You bet she'd a-done it!” broke in Santa Fe. “That's what she'd a-done,”” agreed | Reddy Rose, “How nice the sunshine seems!” said the Little cripple. “I've been a- | thinkin’ eften that mebby 1'd pever git | out into it ag'in to run an ride as I ust | to. Bome way''-——— “Sant,' whispered Posy, ‘‘hanged if | [ h'ain’t sorry we stopped at runnin’ | out the cuss that got her throwed,” i “Me, tool” returned Santa Fe, “Ort | to a-killed Lim then an’ thar!” | “That's what we ort!” agreed Reddy | Rose. ! Even the slight exertion attendant apon the short trip from the little bed- room to the door seemed almost too much for Chip's enfeebled frame, Her iace grew paler, and she learned weari- | ly back in the old rocking chair. i “Mebby [I'll never see you again, | boys,” she piped. “1"—— “Old man,” interrupted Posy, *‘you better take Ler back now.” “But I don't want to go,” the girl protested, “1 want to stay an’ see the boys, an® As easily as if she had been of but a feather’s weight, Posy took her iz his wrong arms and carried ber back into | her little bedroom carefully and very tenderly, His brown cheek was close to her pale one, “An' who, Chip?” he whispered. “An' you, Posy,” she answered, softly, “Boys,’ Ol Man Ashburn was say- ing as Posy rejoined the group about the deor, *‘things looks mightly black, She's s-suflerin’ an’ a-sufferin’ an’? i | i Posy rushed to his cayuse, flung him self into the saddle, and dashed away across the prairie, followed by his com- rades. “I couldn't stand it,” he told them, as the nies bounded away to the castwar “1 jest couldn’t stand to hear that pore ole cuss a~tellin’ of little Chip a-gettin’, nearder an’ nearder death, au’ be, her dad, not able to help 0... said Santa Fe, suddenly, “we “You bet!” interrupted Posy, “We ort, an’ we will do" *““I'bar comes Hank!” broke in Reddy as the little mules and faded buck that com the turnout of Havok Ditt the mall carrier, em- ad Sion he istant timber, * A passenger. Obedient to the rt the huge Mexican spurs, the cayuses beunded to- ward the approaching vehicle at the cowboys favorite gait, a keen run, Hank Bittery' , an old gen bald head tieman with a pheno They're pizon, plump pizon! As the cowboys circled buckboard the passenger up all hope. “Tell them!’ That worthy, he whispered to Hank. with a tremendous “Don’t be brash, boys! This his way to visit the Cimarron, Asa Name's Doc Bristow, friend down on don’t hart him, MD. uv “What?” cried Posy. “A doctor? “Yes, sir,” quaverad “Got them along!” cried in Santa “We Doe, air you broke ideal, Fe, . 10 ver game?’ “I hardly “I mean, do you know yer biz? Do doct Dr. Bristow"s professional arms in an fears, “Know my business, sir? Why, say, without a particle ot that I stand head and shoulders above Of 77? pride, up in instant, overcame his gir, I can ders, si.! Iam the author of" He named a work with a and complicated medical title, couveyed Hitle or no meaning hearers, “1 performed, sir, one remarkable cures of the that to his of most cent. the present vigorous health,” ““B'lieve I yeared about that’ said lowed he'd die, they?" “Certainly! Ninety-nine cases out thus atlacked suc- i” lous cure. “That's what we do,” agreed Reddy Rose the party wus within a bundred yards of Ashburn’s postotlice, “Doe,” said Posy, ‘you'll stop yere a while,” The physician’s air of gratifded pro- fessional pride was instantly supersed- ed by fear. “Oh, gentlemen, spare mel he quavered. *‘I will not wear it agaio if you object to its appearance!” ‘“'Pearance uv what?'’ asked Santa Fe, ~My hat—*plug,’ 1 think you call iti” Hank Bitters threatened to explode ave to 1" even smiled, The physician was so loath to leave the vehicle that he had to be dragged out by force, **Take it easy, doe,” soothed Posy. “We don’t mean no harm!” Dr, Bristow, little reassured, mental« ly anathematized the day he left his city home to throw himself into the clutches of these white savages, “Doe,” began Posy, *‘kin you cure a girl what's mighty nigh dead frum bein’ throwed frum a cayuse?”’ Dr. Dristow's professional instinct rot the better of a portion of his fears, “I think I can safely say I can, sir, if a cure is possible,” he said, Posy led the way to Chips bedside, “Chip, this yere is Doc Bristow, Doe, this yere 1s Ole Man Ashburn, Chip’s dad. Come, ole man!” Ashburn followed him out of doors, and Dr. Bristow was alone with his patient. The cowboys were very grave when the physician “Gentlemen hs began, “Means you an’ Sant, I reckon, Po said Reddy Rose, “What'll it be with little Chip, doe? asked Posy. “Although her case is extremely fous,’ replied the physician, de- art shen Pyslotan care of a be restored to health, A delicate and dangerous operation is necessary. sho survives that and She will bel thar,” sald Posy, “Who might he be, if I questioned the physician, “Doc Bristow,” answered Posy. “But I cannot remain, My engage. ment’ “Blank your engagement! thar room lies Chip — little that’ eee “That we all love, every last one uv us,” broke in Santa Fe, “You bet!” cried Reddy Rose. “But? ‘An’, interrupted Posy, ‘‘the cuss that got her hurt was run off the Range, but the cuss that kin cure her, but won't, wil never leave the Range a-runnin’ sur no way," “That’s what he won't!” Reddy Rose. Dr. Dristow seemed to fully realize what osy’s words implied. Next day, long before the hour for performing the operation that was to end or save Chip’s life, the cowboys had congregated in the shade of Ash- burn’s postoffice. Posy was not with them. “Posy,” little Chip was saying, as she feebly stroked the rough head bent above her, *if 1—if I don’t again, give each of the boys one these,” * Then she weakly drew from beneath her pillow as many Jocks of hair, tied with little pieces of ribbon, as there were cowboys in the group outside, | There was one for Posy, also, he no- ticed through mist of tears that | dimmed his eyes. Little Chip softly stroked Dosy’s rough head, as he bent still lower till {his lips touched hers, and a hot tear fell on each Then, far braver than he, she turned her face away, *Good-by, Posy,” she said, “Good-by, Chip.” He staggered out of the j dashing the tears from his eyes, | grasped the doctor’s arm with a force { that made him wince, | hoarsely, “Go in, now, an’- may ask?” In that Chip agreed ol Lie cheek, | This yere iron’ half drawing his re volver—*‘never misses fire, an’— Wal, { you'll never go off the Rangel” Dr. Bristow bad made no idle boast when he spoke of his professional skill, and all of that skill was called into | action to preserve unsnapped the chord | that bound poor little suffering Chip to life, When the operaliolf was over and the crisis past, the great physician trotted through the door and fell faint- ing into Posy’s arms, is safel'’ he opened his eyes, As if moved by a common the cowboys mounted their and galloped off across the prairie | whirlwind speed, Two miles away thiey halted, and gave veat to thelr re- long and loud, “She grasped, as he impulse * it A wouth later, when little Chip was { able to bop about quite smartly on ber Posy, of { joicing In veils both - ~ ” { crutches, Dr. Bristow asked of whom he seemed to stand in dread{ul fear, if he i for his east Home iY. FOU Was marron” ying was further from Dr Dris OwW’s sire. He wold himself that if hie could but return home, it would take a most powerful atiraction indeed to draw him away from it, Sauta Fe and Old Man Ashburn several ‘mysterious conlersnces, which Posy was not invited to take i part, The result was apparent next day. Instead of the faded buckboard, {| Hank Bitters arrived in a long spring wagon, which, as Reddy Rose said, | was simply “gorgis” with red paint of § ¢ 1 £5 Hig V Aye Pid v 3 1 ti ¥ on Lhe IOUOWINnZ % on the ( setae i} ¥ % By : # Ut, Go though Ree to go out Not { ae ¥ ii eld in gotten up for the great gardless,’’ in an | new store clothes, topped off by a collar { that persisted in riding | most outrageously, A clerical looking | personage who accompanied him was saluted by the cowboys with shouts of “I’reachier Blue!” Occasion { tire, and even Old Man Asbiburn was quite “smarily’’ arrayed. [Posy stared { in wonder at the group, but from the way little Chip smlied and blushed, it | was evidently not at all a mystery { her, { “Posy,” began Santa Fe, awkward - tly, **1 want to say fer me an’ the boys tan’ Old Man, yere, that we ‘low we know how you an’ Chip feel towards each other, an’ "eee “We reckon you both show mighty good taste,” broke in Reddy Rose, “Knowin’ this,” went on Santa Fe, ‘“*we--that 18 — you — wal — darn it, you're goin’ to git married yere, an’ now, an’—an’ yere's yer weddin’ pres- ent from me an' the boysl Soon’s its over you're goin’ to start on a weddin’ tower, We ‘low Chip needs travel;”’ : ¢ vO i the hand of the astonished Posy. The latter presently essayed to ex- seeing hus embarrassment, drowned his words by wild yells, After Posy and Chip had been made one, Dr. Bristow was the first to be equal to the occasion. He first pro- posed and carried out the Kissing of the bride. The cowboys followed suit, and Posy, still halt dazed, was nearly knocked off his feet by a rush of com- rades to claim tribute from the tempt ing mouth of the new made bride, hen the very red spring wagon de- 1, its occupants were Posy, Chip, t. Bristow, besides Hank Bitters, the truthful, Just before they entered the timber they waved an adieu to the cow voys congregated before Ashburn’s Santa Fe unwound his gaudy Mexi- can scarf and waved it in response, and the other cowboys Industriously swung their hats and yelled till the red wagon and its occupants had passed from sight, “Ashbarn, you ole fool, you're n- eryin’,”” sald Santa Fe, “80 alr youl” spoke “Wal, you're not a bit yer- self]” retorted Santa Fe, G4 is attended bv" ee y ¥ No Man's Land, Recently a very interesting picture of existing conditions of life in what 1s known as No Man’s Land has appear- ed in The Bun, It is cne of the few newspaper articles which is not only in- teresting in the highest measure, but enjoys a permanent historical value. No Man's Land consists of a great big strip of territory which appears to have been left out of sight wholly when the boundaries of the surrounding States and Territories were being marked out, 1t now contains about 8,000 inhabitants and embraces about 8,700,000 acres, It is bounded on the north by Colorado and Kansas, on the east by the Indian Territory, on the west by New Mexico and on the south by Texas, Neither United States, State nor Territorial law prevails there, Yet the Constitution which does duty at least nominally as the organic Jaw expressly recognizes the existence of God, This wonderful community is not only a curiosity but a governmental phenomenon, A description of its so- { cial and political curiosities, however | carefully prepared, is necessarily in- complee, i | prepared to defend it with firearms, ix are dealers | estate, although no man i lerriiory owns can own { foot fand, There are | who | ll, and give credit, although ! ther method of collecting { debils i IO are | + who are wanted elsewhere { for « gainst property well as agai wisons, There is and ; in marriage, but no law by whici i Yorce, bigan: with proved here or a Bt y legal # as 1 I'bere are public als such as carefully built and sustained highways, and yel there are no taxes, nor is there any penalty for | the man who neglects public duties; | more singular still, there are probably few men guilty of such neglect, There are dealers in tobacco, wines | and liquors from not one of whom the | Collectors of Internal Revenue ask or | can ask a license fee. There Is at least 4 . { the location of which is well known Ww | the people and to | authorities, but no license fee or lax is {| nor has any right to arrest { { way interfere ! a factory were Unit new ail dbout i ' i proprietors 1 the boarders State of Kansas did the any or : any attempt, break up the 15 business, dered tr Out he proprietor or in any with him. There was where counterfeits made, The Stiles Secrel it, but bly ventured even | silvers of tix ed yolis ACTo=s Fal Oi LES right, aq y neat ii . s Ff loorisiatinn iil Cons COIse OL WEISIAMON mark iaries ol i Tern seted 0 WITROL 3 i he sur- will be the very 8 sori Of {Ories Us § in Lieart of our Wesle territorial island, ’ BT, The Value of Lying in Bed. For those who cannot get a sufficient ional day in bed, Many whose nerves are constantly straived in their dally vocation have discovered this for them. A Spanish merchant in lona told his aan that Yur a Seives, t med ical i t i whenever he couls business. and he laughed at those who spent their holidays on loilsome moun- taing. One of the hardest worked women in England, who has for many | years conducted a large wholesale busi- | ness, retains excellent nerves at an ad- habit of taking vue day a week in bed. Fapensive Luxuries, | the dogs in the United Sta es, and the number is said to be not far from 20,- 000.000, or one dog Ww every three of four persons—an average of one dog to every family in the land, The expense of feeding and caring for this canine population is estimated ut $200,000,000. The average expense of a poor family is not $100 per year, so that the cost of our dogs would support 500,000 famil- | fes of the poorest sort, or 200,000 fam- !jlies at a cost of $1000 each, These | figures are not exaggerated, and are a | fine illustration of our wastefulness, If we ate puppies it would not be so bad, We only let the puppies eal us, One dog in about th rty is of the least value whatever, and not over one in 100 pays for his keeping. Besides, there is no means of spreading disagree- able diseases like dogs that run every- where, sdb e———— Saved From Hydrophobia, Catharine Gee, aged 23, of Waverly, 0., was bitten by a mad dog, the teeth tearing through the flesh at the wrist, It bled copiously, and as she walked the mile to her home she sucked the blood from the wound and spit it cut. All the treatment she got was from an old woman neighbor, who claimed to have an antidote for all animal poisons, and she 1ecovered entirely, while another person who was slightly scratched by the teeth of the same dog died of hydro. phobia In a few days. Doctors say that the bleeding and sucking bad more to do with saving the girl's life than the old woman's medicines, ——— aa The New American Navy. The new American navy, when com pleted, will consist of twenty-two ves. ranging from the armored cruiser ne, carrying 444 men, down to a FASHION NOTES, ~The tiny watches, Illke crystal bulbs with gold backs, are suspended from either side by short gold chalns united at the top by a single bar, These watches are worn in a bullion hole, being too short to hang from the dress belt. —A unique watch which I saw re- cently, was very small with an open face and fastened on a bracelet, like a clasp. It certainly is a convenient way to wear it, as all that is necessary, is to glance at it and the time of the day can be seen. ~(old yellow and black is the very newest color combination, and Is already supplanting the lately, so much admired, green and black, History does not tell us whether we have to thank a patriotic Austrian or a dark beauty for the above becoming composition, —On some of the new spring dresses are seen the genuipe mution-leg sleeves, much larger than those which have been worn, Their fulness ex- tends below the elbow. and is met there by a flat plaiting of silk, below which | is a narrow cuff of velvet made to roll back and outward from the wrists, as if wired, ~—A dressing jacket is of pale blue India silk; it is ornamented in front with four bands of insertion, edged on each side with feather stitching. It is finished round the neck, sleeves, basque and down the front with cream lace. | Bows of faille ribbon at the neck, sleeves and waist, —Foulard neckerchiefs of color, from the lightest bloe and spring green to the deepest red, are a nov- soon as the we ther is warm enough to allow the change, | fasLionable paletot. | Mauve and apple green, the favor: I period, bave also found their way as | favorites among us. They are much | admired, when, in addition to bead | trimming, they are toned down bLya | | tilly lace and made up for evening Wear, —Some of the new spring materials when the design 15 wrought on ihe goods and the material between cut tout, Vandyke designs of this open- i work are used the points turned up- ward across the foot of the front of sage. ~The Directoire gowns will be in | demand for spring gowns, ple are however already wearying of the Incroyable redingote, and gleaa the closer princess waist and skirt in continuous breadths { that are closed their whole leagin, fcl i lowing the outlines of the figure in the bodice, und widened below to form Lhe entire fulness of skirt, vit Cus, the — Kid gloves for spring, wort to coustrast with the gown; tan shades prevail over all other colors | The Suede glove In mourquetaire | style, 1s fast superseding the buiton glove of dressed Kid for the prome- nade. For evening wear, undressed kid 10 mousquetaire style, have for | several years past been { style, in any light shades, —A new material for petticoats is a fine kind of winsey, with Darrow | stripes of color, each one edged with i a shining gold thread. They are made up with a plaiting edged with liven | thread lace, carrying out the colours of | the skirt, Foc instance, a light grayish | blue ground, with stnpes of two darker shades would have lace with all three colors woven in, A buff ground with red stripes would bave red and bufl lace, walking. but for every day wear. Most of them are of black silk or satin mervilleux lined wilh pale blue, red, or rose pink, Those worn with lea gowns have a deep cream lace ba- layeuse and founces. Another is of cambric with an open- work stripe, It 1s trimmed at the fout with two flounces of fine embroidery, beaded with a band of insertion and two cross folds of cambrick, Swiss manufacturers are busy pro- ducing great varieties of printed fou- lands, which are now very fashionable, Dotted, fNgared, flowered and striped patterns are printed In every color and on every colored ground. As regards the latter, pale green is one of the pewest things, a sort of dull blue 1s also wew, and then we noticed that curious half purple, half copper color or porphry tome, which is classed among the reds and distinguished for its fine hight effects. Colored FPompa- dour patterns alternate with openwork stripes or lacey leaves, whilst lovely mixtures of black and white are avail able for those who prefer simplicity. ~The dinner gowns to be worn all through Lent are made without trains, the short skirt just resting on the floor, and its fabric being very simply draped on the foundation skirt, Soft, light shades of piuk, yellow or nile green, in antique design of Brocade, 1s used = i A —— HORSE NOTES, Matt Byrues bes sold Marsac to C. WwW, Billings for $600. and Winfield to Walter Olney for $2500, ~Prinee Royal, Raceland and Terra Cotta are the book favorites for the Suburban handicap just at present, —Galen, Terra Cotta, Kaloolah, Viking and Egmont, of the Chicago stable, have wintered splendidly at Nashville. ~8, I. Suiffen, at one time Becres tary of the New York Driving Club, is in a dying condition at his residence in Harlem. ~A{), N. Payne has taken up the little black gelding David L., 2.194, and will condition bim for a trip through the Eastern Clrcuit, —Jockey Kelly, who was ruled off at Guttenburg recently for striking another jockey with his whip In a race, has been reinstated, - ~Nine bundred and elghty-uine head of horses were sold at the Wood. ward & DBra.field combination sales at Lexington last month for $195,000. ~—A pew steamer is being balit at Wilmington, Delaware, for the use of race goers who journey to Monmouth Park by water from New York to Sandy Hook, ~The Southern Hotel, $10,000 Guar. antee Stake of the St, Lous Jockey Club, will be trotted for during the meeting, October 1t0 5, The entrance is b per cent. -—E. E. Bergin, of Newark, N. J. has purchased a farm near Bomerville, on the Raritan river, that will in the future be known as the RHaritana | Stock Farm, -Patron has pot i. had a shoe on since the middle of last November, and is strong, rugged and in good condiliop to go to work at once. Fuller took him | up and commenced jogging him, | ~The well known trainer and dniver | Royal PP. Stetson, who was located at ! Polut Breeze Park for many years, { died at Andover, N. Y., recently, from the effects of a cancer. ~Messrs, Labold Brothers, of Cin. cinnati, O., have purchased of Mr, | Dabney Car, of Chilesburg. Ky., the | chestnut colt Chilesburg, 2 yve.rs, by | imp. Prince Charlie, dam Bellona, by Virgil, for §2000, ~The Driving Club of New York has stricken from the conditions of the | stakes for 2.80 and 3.00 trotters the { clause in which borses distaocing the { field or any part thereof are io receive ! first money only. ~Although Hanover has been de- | clared out of the City handicap to be run at Jerome Park, yet it was not be- cause of any mishap. He is in the best | of condition, and is doiog as well as any borse in Lhe Dwyer stable, ~Jackson I. Case, son of the owner of Jay Ee Sse, purchased the bay | three year old stallion Baron Bras. | Geld the bay Shree year old stallion | Baron Harold, by Baron Wilkes, 2.18, | damn by Harold, for a price well up in | the thousands, — (Galore, tLe imported English horse entered in the Suburban, is recovering | from the resuits of the rough experi- | ence he had on landing bere. BSirang- | les attacked him soon after resching | his stable. An operation relieved him and it is hoped he may be got Gt to run | surly in Lhe season. ~The stakes and purses agreed upon for the circular meeting at buffalo on August 6 9 amount to $21,000. The present speclals are: 2,18, $2000; 2.20, $2 000, 2.22, $5000; 2.24, $5000; 2.27, £5000; 2 17 (pacing), $2000. Eatcies for the stakes will close on May 20. The Buffalo International Fair will be held on September 3-13, and there will be stake races for colts 2, 3, 4 and 5 years oid. —Tuat erratic mare Kaloolah, since she bas joined the Chicago stable, is said to have mended ber manners, She has filled out and lengibeped consider- ably since last seen in public and is not likely to g ve McLaughlin a winning ride early in the season. Terra Colla, who ran second for the Suburban last season, is greatly fancied by the stable for the race this year. Egment has recovered from nerving snd looks ike standing a preparation, -—W,. H. Wilson, Abdallah Park, Cynthiana, Ky., has purchased from J. I. Case, Racine, Wis, the 3 year old gray filly, Snow Bird, by Sim- mons, record 2.28, dam Snowdrop, by Daniel Lambert; also the 4 year oid chestnut filly Suulight, by Royal Chef, Jr., blood brother to James G., record 2.20. Mr. Wilson has so'd to Mr. Robert Bonuer, of New York, the bay mare Crip (dam of George Simmons, record 2.37§). by Mambrioo Time, dam Bet, by Regular, —A California correspondent writes: “Anent winter racing ia California, i 3 gine gi g : 2 i } £ : 5 : 2 £f i i E : 3 i 3 : 32 i 3s tl 5 gk i . fs iY 8 ii I 23 gt i g " - 2
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