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Long Island Race Courses.
BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB.

The Brooklyn Jockey Club was incorporated in the spring of 1886, with a capital stock of $500,000. The grounds are located in the town of Gravesend, and cost over $400,000. The course is one mile in circumference, being 90 feet wide in the stretches, and 120 feet wide at the turns. The grand stand is capable of accommodating 8,000 persons. The Club gave 26 days' racing in 1890, 13 days at the Spring Meeting, from May 15 to 30, and 13 days at the Fall Meeting, from September 16 to 30, inclusive. The number of events run off were 163, of which 79 were in the Spring and 84 in the Fall Meeting. The added money amounted to $197,685. The total gate receipts for both meetings were $137,000. The highest receipts in any one day, May 15, amounted to $18,915. Under the Ives' law the State receives this year $6,850 as against $5,724 in 1889, $6,392 in 1888, and $4,492.50 in 1887."

BRIGHTON BEACH RACING ASSOCIATION. The Brighton Beach Racing Association was founded in 1979 by the late William A. Engeman. The track is a mile in circumference, and is situated at Coney Island, in the town of Gravesend. During the 30 days of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of this Association, which began on May 30, 185 races were run, during which period 478 horses run for a total amount of $96,875, of which $94,000 was offered by the Association. The total gate receipts amounted to $63,910. The State received under the 5 per cent. tax $3,195.50, as against $2,211.37 in 1889, $2,583 in 1888, and $2,609.64 in 1887.

CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB. The Coney Island Jockey Club was founded in 1879, and in 1880 the course at Sheepshead Bay was built. The course is a mile and a furlong, with a mile track on the turf inside the regular course, and a three-quarter of a mile straightaway track. The Club in 1890 gave 27 days' racing, the Spring Meeting consisting of 14 days from June 17 to July 2, and the Fall Meeting of 13 days from August 30 to September 13, inclusive. The number of events run off were 169, of

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1843-Lady Suffolk (saddle).
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1852-Tacony (saddle)
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BASE BALL.

BY HENRY CHADWICK.

Not in the nineteen years of professional base ball organizations has there been a single season so damaging to the financial interests of the professional clubs of the country as that of 1890. From the time of the organization of the first professional association in 1871 up to 1890, the history of the game shows three periods of demoralization resulting from the selfish greed of the players. The first was the era of crooked play which culminated in the seventies; the second being the revolt of the contract breakers of 1884, which gave life for a season to the professional Union Association, and the third was the revolt of the National League players of 1890 under the auspices of the Brotherhood. The result of the rascality of the Louisville club quartette in 1877 was their expulsion from the professional arena forever. The outcome of the Union Association revolt was the formal compact known as the National Agreement.

The experience of the past season has shown conclusively that there is but one method for financial success in the business management of professional clubs, and that is the placing of the governmental control of the clubs in the hands of two strong professional leagues, each representing the two distinct existing plans for catering to the patrons of professional ball playing, and these two plans are shown in the working of the National League and the American Association, the former catering to the best class of patrons by their rule of prohibition of Sunday games and the sale of liquor on their grounds; while the latter seek the support of the masses by allowing both Sunday games and the sale of liquor. The past season's experience in the Players' League has exploded the idea that the requisite discipline in the ranks can be enforced under the rule of player directors and player stockholders.

The pennant races in the professional arena in 1890, in which clubs of the metropolitan district took part, were those of the National League, the American Association, the Players' League and the Atlantic Association. The championship of the National League was won by the Brooklyn club; that of the American Association by the Louisvilles, and that of the Players' League by the Bostons.

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The Jersey City, Hartford, Worcester, Washington, Wilmington and Baltimore teams also played, but resigned or disbanded before the season ended.

The Brooklyn (N. L.) Club.

The Brooklyn N. L. team completed the eighth year of its history at the close of the season of 1890 by winning the championship pennant of the National League. Out of the eight seasons of championship contests, from 1883 to 1890 inclusive, the club stands credited with having won three championship pennants, that of the InterState Association in 1883; the American Association in 1889, and the National League in 1890. The team of players who succeeded in winning the National League pennant were Terry, p.; Caruthers, p.; Lovett, p.; Hughes, p.; Foutz, p.; Daly, c.; Bushong, c.; Stallings, c.; Reynolds, c.; Clark, c. Collins, 2 b.; Pinkney, 3b; Smith, S. S.; O'Brien (captain), 1. f.; Corkhill, c. f.; Donovan, c. Burns, r. f.: McGunnigle, Mana

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The record of the club for each season is as follows:

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The percentage of earned runs is not given, as the figures are unreliable as a criterion of pitching under the scoring rules of the present code, inasmuch as the estimate of earned runs is based on the play of the infielders as well as the pitchers, instead of on the play of the pitchers exclusively.

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From the inception of the club's career in 1883, to its capture of League Championship honors in 1890, the President of the club, Mr. Chas. H. Byrne, has been the club's moving spirit; and to his remarkable executive ability, his liberal course of action, and his intelligent conception of what was regarded to conserve the best interest of his club and the game at large, is the success of the Brooklyn Club chiefly due.

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The College Championship. Harvard refused to enter the championship contest against Princeton and Yale during 1890. The latter two played together, however, and Harvard and Yale contested a series of three games. Yale defeated Princeton, and Harvard whipped Yale. The following were the games played and the results:

May 3-Yale vs. Princeton at New Haven.. 3- 2 May 17-Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven.. 8-0 May 24-Princeton vs. Yale, at Princeton.. 1- 0 May 31-Harvard vs. Yale, at Cambridge ..10- 8 June 14-Princeton vs. Yale, at N. Y. (drawn) 8- 8 June 18-Yale vs. Princeton, at East'n Park 6- 5 June 21-Harvard vs. Yale, at Cambridge.. 4- 3

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The Amateur Athletic Union
Championship.

The inauguration of the series of base ball championship contests by the Amateur Athletic Union in 1890 was a noteworthy event In the history of amateur ball playing, and a much needed movement to promote the best interests of legitimate amateur ball playing.

The series began with the club nines of the New Jersey, New York, Manhattan, Berkely and Yonkers athletic clubs representing the Eastern section, and those of the Detroit and three other western athletic clubs the Western section. The Detroit Club bore off the palm in the West, and the New Jersey Club in the East, the Columbia A. C., of Washington, being the third prominent competitor. The final series for the championship ended in the appended record, the games being played at the Polo grounds, New York, the Detroit Club winning the championship after an exciting struggle.

Sept. 27-New Jersey A. C. vs. Detroit..... 3- 2 Sept. 29-Detroit vs. New Jersey A. C.... 3- 2 Oct. 1-New Jersey A. C. vs. Detroit 4-0 Oct. 4 Detroit vs. New Jersey A. C...... 4- 3 Oct. 5-Detroit vs. New Jersey A. C.... 3-2

CYCLING.

Bedford Cycling Club.

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This club was organized May 26, 1890, by seven bicyclists in the Eastern District. It has advanced with rapid strides and the membership is now over 50. A "stag" reception was held on August 29 and a "smoker" on November 11. The membership includes some promising young riders, who have already distinguished themselves in armory races. The club occupies the house, 1196 Bedford avenue.

Brooklyn Bicycle Club.

This club is the oldest in the city, organized June 21, 1879, almost twelve years ago. It is the largest in point of membership, having 147 names on its roll; is conservative in policy and occupies a handsome club house at 62 Hanson pl. It feels proud of having as one of its organizers the pioneer wheelman of this city, Charles G. Koop, who was the first to ride a wheel through the streets of Brooklyn. Several creditable performances have been made on race track and path by some of the members, and they are the only club from this city having a team in the Wheelmen's Bowling League, an association of bicycle clubs of this State and New Jersey. Socially the club has few rivals in the wheel world, the winter months being given up to stag, ladies' and club receptions, while whist and pool tournaments are made a feature. Medals are given each year to each member covering 1,000 miles, and special ones to the two making the largest number over 1,000. Four races are held, two on path and two on the road, for which suitable prizes are offered. The parlors of the club have recently undergone a renovating process which has still further beautified a house replete with every comfort.

The Brooklyn Ramblers.

The Brooklyn Ramblers, a promising young organization of about thirty-five members, was organized on January 4, 1890, by eighteen young riders in the part of the city known as Prospect Heights. The club's headquarters are at 324

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