Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1890, Page 12

12 HK OUMAHA DALLY BEEK, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE LICAL VORLD OF SPOKT. G (luby Should Lok After, fOX TERRER CLUB. A Natter the THE OWAHA A Rimance of the Reservation—Gos= sip from the Diamond and the Whee—The Rifle Tour namnent-Note Ttwoull bean alvisable movejustnow on the part of tho Omaha gun cub,nd the other clubs of the city, tocall a special joint meet- Ingz, 1o discuss ways and meins for pitting a stopto the illegal killing of priirie chi. thisscaso. The time will shortly arrive when the potand market hunters will shoul- der their blundersusses and statt forth tothe slaughter, and there isno Wmeto be lost if anythingis tobe dne toward the protecion of the birls. From allparts of this stateand the Dakotas omes the repot of an. unpro dented hatch, and that the pects - a wod £ the big- gest chicken crop in fifteen years. The young birds are now outandnearly half grwn andin the bountifil stubblywilbe but afew wedks 1o in reaching the most delicous conlition. The causs for the incresed hatch this year are both numerous and rea- sonibl st winter was one of the millest llvnl\lm hires which slaught of the cousci stingand nidi | to be sure,theve wasan excessive runfall, bit it had been precoded by such a loig, cntined drought, that the carth was sinply one im- sponge, and the witer was ab- sorbed readily and speedily, and inundations and overflows were rare. Llis gve the birls the best opportunity to tear thcir brods, aud the preent gletious prospects anply atust that they made hay wlile the sin stone, for this sum- mermore chickens are scen i their acus- tomed haunts than for man n. Even i jlaces whre the birds bid b nost en- tinly exterminated they ar now tobe found in most satisfactory nuabers, - This s ac- countend for by the Tach thil the Localities in quistion lustseasm were 5o burenof bivds that » wis noinducernout for the ma 11 hunter to visit them and the fow birds that were Left wero alwost totally unmolsted and the consequences are that this sunmer eviy ol hen i elucling though thelong yellow prasswithher fiteci or tventy brisht- ved What glorious sport would awiit the Legtimite sportsmannowif e ivemeus coild be adoptad for thech of the netaious prctio of the hurter. Dilightiul” Soptember and gl Ocoberwould by months of inconparable Bt 1, it ther was sonie way of pre ventir vastiation of our prai before thel ns. But th 10ub anytling eing e ires is seand 1 Lhe ate rougily at theirsession two i 10 time for the cldo of game laws wun club and forw s whonn It was thought would take an in the matte Action outhe pat of - the gun clubs cannot betoo prompt ortoo vigonus, Fast sason, he midile of "Jily hilf-gown priiric chickens were bemge s two of our leading hot Belngr tansportel from the entor wrs by the thousand natural that ther will be a speedy resume of s uulawful onler of things, and ina few yers nove,at he present rate of destruc i, and pririe chicken and grouse will be nomen awelcome sight along o prairio highwi Last 1 northiwestern port less U &M of o nont »and 1 was forent and so th tion of 0’ tho loal mem b ? slate doon, Itis bul er took a hunt in the mof the state, and ot not 1 five different points on the B, ul, did he v the rendevous hunters, wlho have perma- shipping houses built, with refrigera: and picking departuents, and r unlawful business vegularly all sund and opendly and defiantly, too s market. men not. only omploy all tho 1y’ boys they can muridabout the cou- | bring i expert shots from the eist with thern, whon the s a regalar silary for theie work in the fild. Now, isn’t this asad comuentary on the laws of a great progessive state lilke Nobmsia; isn't iad 0 and an oulrage, and dosn’t it cll for u loud protest fromevery true and honest sportsman in the state, and & vigorous remonstrance from all lovers of nature! Fox Terrior Coursing As itis ascttled matter that Omaba has suicceedod in finding enoughof members to slart clul for the purpose of coursing wild nbbits with fox terriers, o little information a5 to low ind wherothesport may be arrid o1 with success, will beno doubt accoptable atthepresent time, especially to those who have never seen it. Bagged rabbits should be coursedon in- <osed gromds, where there is nochance for bun to escipe until fairly and squarely cught by the terrors,as tho death is the <imax of the yun and winning of tho pri The torrirs we mn i poirs, the sime as with hounds, exi with fox terriers, the slipping, or starting canbe dons more conveniently and to betier alvaniage by the avners of the dogs, owing o the ter- riers bing quurelome when being leld by one puson, The ml shoud be givn by the judge, who shallsee that thereis a fair start, ‘The it must bewild, freshly and in ym-lw( health to afford “an exciting race. fach dog should spicuons colars, uwsually blue, yellow, green, blnckor red, so thist the winuer canbe identiied by all pres- ent. Theterms apjliedto the sprt are us follow 1. Speed—Running upon the quarry. 2. The go-by—1f from sone case me dog saxts o clor lmgeth bahin the ofior d yet. gots uclear lougth before him, he displiys speed anl delermination which should be creaited W hin, say, two poiits. . The tirn~This is whea the mbbitis foroal by the dog soclosdy that toescape him she deviates from hor course ata right m,,m which counts oneor two points, The kill—At the most. only two points lhouhl beallowed for this. Some kills, how- over, are of nomeritand shoild bo credited with nothing, or only such porionns the udge sees fit, us for instanc, when the rb- it s run byone dog inlo tho other’s tracks and is killed by the lutter, Some allowances should bomade to a dog that 10 fault of bis own has been placed at & disadvantige, suchas bing partislly or entirly unsighted through an awkward slip in the _starting or other acci- dental cwse. Such alowance should be ded ucted from the scor of his oppoent— Undecidod Conrso—This iswhen the dogs haveshown such equal mevit that the judge cannot declare onesuperior to the other, In sucha caso the dogs shall conpetoagiin after WO courses by other: Point julging in some clubs is mado to suit themselves, “The Dulwich fox terrier cub of Eugland, sum up the poiuts as follows : 1. SpeedTwo points. The Go-by—Not given ;optional with the 1uu.w proba bl . The Turi—Oue pont. The Kill -To be 1oft to the judge, butnot w excoed twopoints. Some of the by-luws of this sport ar; 1. That ther bean entranco fee for each dog, to be paid at the tine of entry. Onedol- lar would be a4 resonable sumn in Omaha. Thatall dogs be brought on to the gromd withsuitable collars and chiins so us not to Interfere with thecoune. .! Thata committee of members of the dub ppointed 10 attend cach coursing meoting vm- e pirposo of ussisting in errving out the rules, and to se that noie other than fox terriers are allowed to com jete. 8. That the word “dog” include both sexes. Itis believed that thore are enongh of fox terrirs inOmaba to stat @ sixteen dog counse, oreight puirs—in which there must be four wir o mn the final couse. There isno doubt that thero willbe suficient fun in this pastisaoto please the most fastid- fous, for having seen itonee none will miss it aftenvanl. ‘The proprietors aro very anxious to huve uli who own, or expect to own, fox terrier dogs join tho club, solhata guwod start, can be mude carly in September, when rab- bitswre plentiful. For the procat address 1.1 McTagie, Omiha, Ne, 1tis necessary that all _members prepare to train their dogs. The club isarranging for this atmee Parties who wish to join can callon Mr. Short at the Grand hnkm"V on Doodires str , between Thirteenth and Four teentty streets, who will gi I the informa- TRITEIEEY as lo whereand when the club will meet, Omaha fox torrior club, Johin Munchausen Petty. John Petty, the well known shot, and superintendimnt of the repaie department at Gwin & Duimin's gun stor, has had in- nunersble adventures, both singular and thrilling, duringhis long careor asan Indian scoit, hinterand sportsman. Years ago he and Gaersl Crok were inseparable com- panions, in far as their plasures in th fiell, the woods or on lke or river wers comerned, and many, and many ar tho thiilling experiences they had in pursuit of theshagey grizzly ordnnimon in the rugged mountains of Wyoming, shoting elk and blacktail in Montuna, spearing salmon on the faroft Columbia; antelopo stalking on o own broad plains, and goose and_duck shaote ingon the legendary Platte or storied ELkhor: butof il the queer ineilents which ev befell them, or the strangs facts that came under their observation, the queerest was ralbit chaso onthe Onials reservation somo ten ot tyelyo y Y o kn oy, other evening ty to the writer the “the goneral and 1 had be- with killing big game, aud we sitourold friend, Injun Jim, svition, and have a little sport with the rabbits. The general was the owner of seven of thesmothest old Virginy fox hounds you ever laid your eyes on and coirse we took the pack up with us, for shooting rabbits woild have been no Sport at all. You uiist course them, if you want ciloment. Wellther was just tie light SK? of snow on the ground the morning wo went out, TnjunJim, the general andmyself, and the old Onmsha sid we were sure of great sport. We took our position on a hiilsidecommanding agood view of the bamen valley below, the opposite heights, anl the level plin strelhing away 0 thewest, Therowas an old hollow ving newr, and alter slipping the hounds we took seats on thisand awaited the fivst Sunp.’ Wo hal only eftimo to wait, forin 1 few mor ol a rabbit con 1pthe vall " it probabl 3 agiin saw’ It couin e, this time Wo allsat still wd on hunny, on, on, upto and into the hollow of the very b on o sitting 1€ oS Were Soon and 05 they neared the log, full mouthi eager o getat their quarry, out ponped the rabbit atthe otherendof - the log and away they al went, helter-skelter, down in the villey agin. We all lughd hearily and then began date on ~ Low loug M bbit woild nto our surprise o him coming ard the log a socond Agzaln b o, ngrain the dogs eame ani ngzain binny 1 from the other | and s chase coutinued. And will you believeit, rabbit ket this up uitil” way in smoen; the dogs we inp from shee exha n; their o aud Dlistore, tongzues res bloodsh ws drippi with froth, audyet Brer Rabbit was keepiug up the chase aschipper s ever. Finally our stock of putience gave oit, and the next time the hounds came roind, the general rather testily called them o, He was exercised at the poor showiug they hal uade, idea S ole poor little cottontail keeping them on the go for seven hours, was something almost, increlible. We all stood §1/ i o IiRcivei ! L1 BSRIARLY KO L1GD wonderful chase, when suddenly Injun Jim siid = truight at s time. up, aft maybe someting matter wid log. Injun 1ok “Now, what do you think? On inspection that log, which was 140 feet long, was found 10 be stufled as fullof rubbitsas a dog is with floass. It was full from one end o the othe and when one rabbit would jump in_the rear end_of theloge e would punchout a fresh one at the front end, and thus foree him to take up the raco forlife we had been gazing upon with bated breath the whole day ““Well, we wore hot, You can bet: but, of course, we couldn’t help laughing, and the general and Injun Jim and T just put our arms rund each other wnd danced and laughed around that log for a half hour. Then we wontto work to killthe rabbits. The general andl I, with clubs ivourhands, knocked them in the heud at one end, whileInjun Jim poked them out from the other.” Ry v were there, John s 0.1 A ity averygood log for rabbits cither?” “No; not soall-fired good-I've scen ter.? bet- The July Rifle Tournament. A rifle turnament under the auspices of the Omaha riflemean will be held on the Gwin & Dunmire shooting gronnds scwoss the river July 14, 1hand16. It isin the handsof s eral mergtic shots, with S, W. Campbell as manager, and promises to be a very interest- ing eront. city who will compete might be metioned John Petty, J. J. Hartow, Dr. H. A. Worley, C. C Hulett, Frol Fuller, Herman S tock- manand others. Ther will also boa large forcoof shooters on hand from the sur- roundingcitics and towns. The competition opens each day ats p. m. and closes at7p. m. There will also be targets for short range shooting, from 100 feat to 200 yards, to suitll grad purses divided into five monies, 80, 5 and 10 per cet. Following will bo' found the prozrammne: First Day-Finst event, 5 shots at 200 vards, ofthand, 8 entry; second ovent, 5 shots at 200 yards, off ‘hand, $1.5 entry ; thizl eveut, 6shots at 200 yards, off hand, $3 entry; fourthevent, 10 shots at 200 yard off lana, §2.5 filth event, 10 shots on half rest, or as shooters may decide; $5 enty. Second Day—First event, 4 shots at 200 ards, off haud, $1 entry; second event, shots at 200 yards, off hand, event, 5shotsat 20 yards, oft had, entry; fourth event, 10 shots on a 35 target, & en! fifth event, 3shots on a3 ring target, $l'en Third Day—Fist event, 5 shots at 200 yards, of hand, §2 entry; second L\'mlt shots at 200 yards, of l.ullnl #2.00 ent thinl event, 10 shots at 200 )dr\li oft hnnd 83 entry; fourth event, 5 shots on a z.nlng targt, # ontry; fifth event, 3 shots on a 23 ring taryet, §$l'en West rn Association Race. The Minneapolis team, by virtue of Mil- waukee's three recent defeats by St. Paul,has again stpped into first place, and lms a splendid prospect of remuiuing there. Tim Humst isgetting fine work out of Morton’s men and will strain every nevve to still ac- complish grator things. Milwaukee still comtinues to fight havd, but the prediction is mado here that cre the month expires sha will drop back to fourth place, Kunsas City is atlastplaying the game she is capable of, andit is Kansas City the Millers must keep thelr eyes upon. Sioux City cannot expect to comoout frst as Jong as sheplays in such spwmodio form as has marked her last month’s work. Tough luck clings to Omaha like grim death and ifshe succeeds in getting into thind or fourth place and stays there, shewill be doing well. Uncertainty of ex' istnce did wuch toward impairing De. Muine Yn»p«n ts and the Prohibitionis along with the Aposties, can consider them: selves good for the last two holes. Worthy of Consideration, The time is rapidly rolling around when base ball clubs will conteact with thier players by the yeariustead of for the season. This is ameasure Trne Bee has advocated for yours, and itis pleasing to note that sooner or laterit must by adopted. The ill-advised amd diswstrous move on the part of the ball players brotherhood will be the cause of nunberless changes within the next six mouths, and the ibove arrangement is likely to be amongthom, Munager Leonard, and hois very sound o governmental idoas, is of theopinion that sucha piece of legislation would be both v and cconomieal, Under such a regime managers would have control of theirmen bothin and outof scason, - it would prevent their hiring out for wild-cat trips after the season expeditons in the it is on these carousals —which is the proper term for them— thit many agood player completely incapao closes, and southern winter time, for Among the experts from this itates himself for the coming season. Jack Crooks came protty nearly being an example during the past winter, as his sickness ~this pring was but merely ' the reaction of ex- cesses, Thore 15 1o doubtof that,and so it has boen with many another fine player. 8o the good that woull be effected in this regard is self-evident and ferofragable, Again {f such alaw 8 made by the magnates at the coming annual mee it wouldn’t be a bad {dea to incorporaten clause at the same time for pay- | ing playersin monthly justallments throug out the year. This would obviate all cause or excuso for the paying out of advance moncey, and redound to both player and managemont beneficially in a hundred ways, The improv- ident and profigate player would then always have some againgt impecuniosity, s he would alays bave a fortnights’ wages coming to Nim.” Thus he' would be enabled to save a littleyif t ero should be aleaven of providence | ten | in his ¢ mposition. Nine out of ever, ball players have never had any money, ‘don’t know its value and haven't the faintest idea about taking eare of it when they get it. one aim of their lives isto blow themsels and they do it to the quoen's taste. Th when their ball playing days ave over, they drift behind the bar or in some other equally questionable employment, as they are utterly unfit for anything clse. Their ¢ on the diamond is the finishing tonch to their dis- qualification for other cmployment, It is ¢ liappy fact, how: toward greater respectabitity, fi worthiness among ball play and within the Activ fhere are meny mon with as good bisls ness heads on their shoulders'as you will find ercial and still, like hens’ are extr A little Jegislation, such as is here vriefly suggested, would do great things in enhancing the wel- fare of the average ball play The Relentless Crank. Baso ball pitchers are anuncortain quan- tity, aud the bast of thom are lisble to their off clay They 1 2o into the box today and hold down the hardest slugging team in the association to two or three hits, aud then azain, tomorrow or nest day, the weakest hitting team of the whole aggregation may knock him out of the box. This has been fro- quently exemylified on the local grounds this season. A slight cold in the head, chest, arms or legs, adisordered stomach or nervous scizure, a headache or mental disarrangement may cause the best of pitchers toshow up weakly and lose o gume, Many lovers of the sport will never appreciate this fact, or give the twitler bis due. They set his briltiant work upas the standard, and if he falls below this he is accused of carclessne g dudifloronce, and s wasted to a turn, They say be has been lushing or keeping bad hounrs, lel!hn the managementshould *jack 1 tay him off without pay. They ac- 1o e er investigate for_cause, but assuume They know all about it, and the p le meets only deaf eavs. In fact this is notonly the caso with pitehs ers, but with players generally. 1t holds as good with one man as another.” It is the ve- lentless cran ho i ays to the front with the cause of a pl »od or bad Hot m the Bat. Jack Fanning has also been let out by Denver, erquest is play neapolis. Laovett but oue ¢ Munag Dwye ng a good short for Min- s pitehed in fourteen games with Hurst, of the Minnics, is after of the Chicago Brotherhood club, Reddy Hanrahan played second without an ervor inlast Wednesday's Denver game. econd Busermun Woleh of the Milwaukees is sick and Pettit is playing that position. Furmer of the Apostles isone of the best catehers in the league, and is also a first class batsman, Mr. Bad Streak sticks to Omaha like the old man of the sea clung to the neck of tho hopeless Sinbad. Ted Kennedy is oneof the slickest con- fidence men in the country. He has just siened to piteh for the Dubugue club, Dummy Ryn did the best batting on the lastirip. Inthe s with St. Paul on the home grounds he made his first home run of the season, and to say that he was tickled is oxpressing it mildl Seore Roche claims that the M inneapo- lis pitching talent is very inforior to that of soveral other clubs in the association. This statement confirms the idea that Sir Michael knows nothing at all about it. St. Paul is improving rapidly under the new management, aud must not be considered out of the ruoe yet awhile. Itis just such an aggregation us ‘the Aposties that hus beaten many & good team out of champiouship houors, Bausewine, the Apostles’ new pitc her, has a very sore arm, which accounts for his being hitso hard. Buihe is a first s3 pitcher, has great conmand of the ball, and, above all, hasa head ou his shoulders that he knows how to use. Next Suuday Dave Rowe's mountaincers will run _over here from Des Moines, and struggle for mastery with the Black Sox. This will be the last gamo hero until the 24th, when the Apostles will arrive for their second series. Omaha will surprise the natives in her next regular home serics with one of the b est kunowu pitchers in the country, The deal for his release has been quictly progressing for several wecks, andit is at last about an assured fact that Omaha will get him, The Cowboys will be here fora game today, and a ratthng onc it will be judging hey are putting up at last. s big brawny Kansu dity is now a good third aud galloping fo waird like u thoroughbred. 1tis an even bot i team inunder the The games seheduled for the local grounds for blns month @ August aro as follows: us City; July 13, Denver; J HlV LSt Paul; July 20, 80 and August 2, and Milw: mluh and 10, Des Moines ; August 26, Mizameol August me of base ball is never out until the an_has been voli This uncertaint, chief charm of the great national pas- time. 1t Looks bad to seen team, whon be- hind, bogin packing their bats during the last inning. It is a sign of capitulation, that is that they have given up. Many a game is hammered out jo the last Inming, and it is Just such work that sets tho audience wild. the ‘Whisperings From the Wheol. Mears, Flescher, Denman and Pixle; turned from the St. Joe races this morning There is but procious little of the poetry of uotion discoverable in & woman upon & bi- cycle. Both wheel clubs Fourth of Julyed out of the city, and, from reports, most enjoyably and pmfl tably. The Omahas must get an ou them or the Apollos will loave them cut of sight, ou their rival scorches. Billy Townsend can be seen almost sny evening sailing through the streets on his tandem. Billy, however, makes his fair com- panion sit behind, There is a rumor oozing about the club headguarters that one of the wmest popular members i3 to marry when the leaves turn yellow and sere, A business meeting of the Apollo_club has been called for Monday evening at7:30, All tho members are urged touttend as important business is to come up. Tho Apollo club run o Honey creek today will be attes number of the members inest, most deligh tiul run within a radius of 100 mi Perrigo’s three-man club riding than any club in the @reat future, and is the only exacts a fine for non-attendance at club runs. Mintera Worden, the world-renowned hill-clinbe id the man who would ride over Popocatapetl if necessary, in his mind, has been spending a short vacation in this city. The New York athletic club seems to think that Windlo will beat Lumsden out of sight, but the Omwaha boys who have seen Lums at work say, “Wait until they come together aud F'n v will show the Milbury man a few points in racing he basu't secn yet." The Leagne of American Wheelmen meet at Nisgars alls this August promises to be the lurgest and best ever held. Onenotice- able feature in all meets now is the total absence of professional mders, and the new rule placing a tiue limit on short vaces will prevent loafing and make all races red hot irom start to finish, The Apollos first club race, which took place over the Omaba-Council Bluffs course, was acorker. The course is five miles in length and well calculated for speedy time. The comtest in question was won by Louis Flescher, with Deal Wertz secound. Time 16 proved move doing more v. It has a guarantee | most | minutes and 17 seconds, There will be an- other race ovy rE‘;‘hruurse, against time, next | Saturday evening, 1 In a quiet little scorch over the boulevard the other evening between the Omaha and 1 Apollo club members the latter unquestion- ably bad a trilic the best of it. These two clubs would |nu\ln- a_ great race if they covld be matched. Tho Omuhas mustn’t furn up thelr nasal organs at the Apollos on account of their supposcd juvenesconce, for there's | too good stusl arong them, and the Mittauers, | Townsends, Morris' and 'others must keep their weathor eyo open always for the Pix- leys, the Wente’ and the Fleschers. wenty-sevgn members of the Omala whoel club went to Fremont on the 3rd, eleven going ou their wheels, leaving at4 p. m. and arriving at; Fremont at 8:80 p. m. They were royally entertained by the Fremont wheel club and tiie citizens in gene The two-mile race was the best attended attrac- tion there, the streets being packed with peo- ple for five blocks. Porterfield, Mittauer, Schnell and Rhodes from Omaha, and Frank Allce of Fromont compoted. The result was Rhoes fivst, Schnell secon Time— ). | This was the first race Allec ever lost, but the Omaha boys were ulllllolmu“ i for him. Rbodes ‘uiso captured a gold medal in the 100 yards foot race, und & gold medal in a short byke race. He s one of the best if not the best out-door nder in this vicinity. His final spurts are phenomenal. Miscellaneous Liocal Sports. The Gate City athletic club has died a calm and peacoful death, Peace to its ashes, J Prince, in a match race of tw miles agaiost Williams at St. unday last, won by a bare half wh ength, which was in all probability ranged before the race started. Wood duck and some mallard are breeding at Honey creck luko this scason. Just north of this little of water is a long reach of low lying, bogzy meadow and woodland where the birds haveSecreted thel The snipe and plover have at last about all joined their congeners among the swampy brakes and lagoons of the far north, and like Othello, the sportsman's occupation has gono until the autumn time come iin. But as a consolation the piscatorial season is now at height, and the anglc departing for and refurning from the adjacent lakes and rivers every day. Youug squirrels, particularly of the fox species, ure reported in exceoding plentiful- ness in the timbor along the Missouri six or oight miles below the cit, Young squirrels are ripe when the alder be is in bloom, and as this bush is now a flowering it is time to go gunnin’, And what sport it is, a day's syuirreling in the odorous old woods. 1t is uot oly that Jim Stice of this city and Churlie Budd_of Des Moines will couio togetherin a 100 live bird h at no dis- tant day. Bi hus made gre i toward the cliim of champion of the countr during the past six months, and the whilom champions are all after s scalp. It will take the best of the whole himn. It must be ack in aquatics is w count of ver elodgged but little interest nifest in Omaha, and on ac- unsuitable adjacent waters, this is natural. The attempt made this sprin ¢ the Owaha rowing association tlashed in the pan, as ha tended toward a tegatta at Manawa an honest aud healthful sport, and always be Hovsemen are still 5 af the fair ning the cou ber of spivited roadsters. attractive cropped g 1t s hould busy tracking the is the u0 of any nuui s bhetween gentlemen owns The grounds present appeavance. The neat] 1ss, leavy folinged trees and neat and cleanly os Tenders it a pleasant resort for lovers of tho turf indeed. The fair grounds course is one of the very best and prettiest in the eountry, @s any turfman familiar with the same will tell you. — If that won't answer, an early moru or an evenag drive fothis famous stamping grouud of the thoroughb will convinee the most skeptical of the truth of the asscruon. QUESTIONS AND ANS Will you please state in who stood first as pitcher in league for 1880, —Read arkson was pitcherof the league for 183 led in pitehing the largest numbor of game in having tho best porcentage of victorie: the smullest average of earned runsof his pitching, and was prominent in the other averages. Keefe of the New Yorks stood sccond, and Welsh of the same club thivd, with Bufinton of the Phillies fourth and Radbourne of Boston fifth Please state in Sunds game of bas Bre whether the ed fivstin Bngland and wh it orig- U. P. Headquarter: stobe very certain that base ball was oviginated and first played in Ameriea at the beginning of the present cerrtury, although there is no authentic ree- ord of this fact prior to 1825, There was lit- tle interest taken in it, excepting at colleges, and the game dragged out an inferior existence until 1845. It was this year that marked practically the ora of organized baseball and tke Knickerbockers of New York were the first club. Their grounds werethe Elysian field, near the city, and for a half dozen years they played regularly. In 1851 other clubs were organized and in a few years a dozen clubs were in the field, and they have gone on increasing in num- ber until at the present day the total runs up into the thousands. The theory that the game had its im- mediate derivation from the old English game of *rounders’ hy iherents upto the present day, and, per contra, there are m who d¢ B 2 idea, and claimivto be a strictly ican game—concelved here, nurtured heve, and brought to its present high state of examination into all the ex conclusively shows that the latter claimants ave ¢ and that base ball is @ pur game, ‘Will you ect, American ublish in Tie B the standing of the different clubs of the National league last scason and on what date the season closed? Whendid Lew Brown, the old Bos- ton backstop, die, and was ho a former player in this city ~~Amateur, Omaha. Ans,—New York, Boston, Chicago, Phila- delpbia, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Indianapol and Washington. Lew Brown died January 16, 1880, He never played in Omaha, FHow must tho gun be held by u man at the scorein live bird matches! Also give rules governing a new' bird.—Snap Shot, Grand Island. Ans.—In any position, except against the shoulder, until the shooter calls *pull.” If the position is challenged and sus- tained the result of a shot, if a dead bird, shall bo delared ‘no bird if amissa “lost bird.” The shooter shall be allowed another bird for any of the follow- ing reasons: For any defect in the guu or load, causing it to miss fire; for uninten- tional neglect to load his gun! for uninten- tional neglectto eock a hammer gan ; for un- intentional noglect to properly adjust the safoty slide on a hammeorless gun; provided that, in single bivd shooting, if the shooting is at traps set in the segment of a circle, the bird shall be thrown from an unknown trap, to be decided by ‘the indicators if from traps sot in a straight fine, the bird shall be thrown from the sawe teap, at & different augl unknown to the shooter. —r——— “There was great hilarity in the house this afternoon when Mr. Walker of Massachu- setts, becoming excited in the midst of his ver speech, poelod off his coat and threw it on tho chair behind him, says a Washington dispateh to the Globe-Democrat, About that time Congressman Frank strolled up to the speaker's desk and asked Mr, Reed if he could have a little time to talk on silver. The speaker turned from his silent and severe contemplation of Mr. Walker’s undignitied appearauce, und said : *'You can have some time, Mr, Frank—that is, upon a condition.” “AlL right,” replied Mr. “What is lln'luulllllun‘” ou must promise me,” said the speaker, in his most solomn manner, “that you will keep your trousers o g There may be “sermous instones,” but don't imagine, friend, that there aro *vocks in religion." Frauk. bunch to down | also the effort that | ounds, and aluost every | PRACTICE DAYS AT BELLEVUE How They Are Passed by the Second Infan- trymen at the Rifle Range, DAY DREAMS AND BULLS' EYES, What It Requires to Make a Sharp. shooter and the Attention Be- stowad Upon the Work by Of. cers and Men, Bellevue rifie range! In these days of midsummer it is pleasant now and then to start away from all the bustle, the trouble, the worry, from all the cares of the city, and just foran hour or two scek some place of quictude where day dreams may be dreamt, romances reviewed and life lived ov gain, Such a place is afforded at the outskirts of Bellevue rifle range just after sunset. The guns that have been emitting bullets and sounds all day have ceased their noise; retreat has sounded; the officers and men at the range are at supper, a sweet silence hangs over the plate, and there is nothing left for the loi terer to do but to lean on his elbow out there under the trees and droam, What a beautiful place the range is! There it lies inthe shadowing twilight, nearly fifteen acres of level ground, without somuch as a hummock of grass arising from it, friuged on every side with trees, through whose dense foiluge the winds whispe stories to each other, On the northern edge, high bluffs ove |l|mu: the ri The murky turbulent ri pears like a peaceful lako in the earl ning. Thes abend in the river he the water scems to glide around the curves like the trend of a pretty stor: A half mile below is the lit brown sta- tion where the train stops to permit passen ers for the village of Betlevue to light. 1 up the river avises the smoke from tho fa tories of Omuha, Here it is that the department of the Platte of the United States army holds its annual sompetition in marksmanship, rly in May five companics of the Second ¢ leave Fort Omiaha and foto this de- spot for ritle practice, remain ¢ for amonth or so_and Ihl'n the other © companies supplant them, The regimont is divided into two wings and the left wing is there n It consists of A, B, C, I and Major Butler is in command Thé oficers of A company are Mills and Lieutenant Brookmille of B compuny, Captain Dempscy and Licus tenant Malloty; of C company, Captain Cat- oy and Licuténant Wilson: of ¥ company, Captain Hines conpiny, Captain Kol lar and Licute: These will leave th this month, and on the petition of the d Thi ¢ the ¢ ‘ange on the 14th of b the annual com- ment will begin ¢ and i fan 1d more than rty-tive officers and mey my e hun- will be mp, as far as supplies and avvangement s coucerned, is in Lieutenunt Arrasmith, q © courtesy a BEE 1 seutative was shown about the day One could not but remark_its sanitary ad- vant The camp i ned into deep x vines on the eastorn and western borders, The company streets are perfectly clean, and n about the Kitehen fires not a erumb of brend or an old bone is to be seen, The tents, orected bencath treeson the northern border, are typical of cleanliness. And the bakery ! Tt would muke a housewife's heart glad to sce that. The oven s perfect; the kneading tables are us white as a plastored wall and in tho center, piled high, are loaves and loaves of sweet, white bread, Neur here are tents holding the commissary stores, the targets, ammunition aud rations. Upand down tréu thn guard There is work ho the soldier cannot b ful spot, that he is enjoyiug a fu But fow people outside of military cir are aware of the wonderfui skill and pi ciency acquired in rifle practice by the wr army of the United States. In this superior to any army the world duced, This has been accom- thorough instruction, careful i and energy and an earnest do- ~in~mnmkmm~ stem employed in time of o of practical upplication in time of war. bt e present system is the work of Captain Staubope B. Blunk, ordnance department U, 8. A, formerly 1 of small arms prac- tice at the he of the army. The course of instruction consists of three divi- sions, First, preliminary dvills and and exercises, This includes sighting drills, position ar i drills, gallery practice and general in- structions. Second, fudiyidunl practico at known dis- tance and in skivmish firing, ‘Third, rango or field practice of the com- 1y as i bod) and h feoet hiwh, ’J ‘ho hull'st eis an l,lllpiu in diameter. The target used for 3 asquare 0x3 with u bull's e 18 inches in diameter. he long r: target is used for all dis tances above s and up to 1,000 yards, It is 6 foet high " by 12 foetin width, 3 feot and 9 lmth being the height of the bull's ey The skirmish targets are iron skeloton frames, representing the outline of a soldicr in the firing positions, standing, kneoling and lying prone. They are covered with cloth and with black paper, cut as silboucttes in the shape of the frames Iu company skirmish practice the number ures employed equal the number of men fir Companies fire by volley at 600, 500 and 1,000 yards, At 600 yards the fiving will ting or kneéling position; at 500 rds, from a prone position, and at 1,000 vds, from any lying down position. 1 for volley firing are silhoucttes, in lhx-m lines, in closed order, the first line formed by sixteen lying down figures, the second line by sixteen kneeling figures, ten yards in the rearof the first line, und the third line by sixteen standing figures, twenty yards in the rear of the line of kneeling figures. Tn record pract 1. at lknown distance, re- Second season’s shots each ab 200, 800, 500 1t the soldier in the setond o makes a total of 640 points at four Tanges above mentimed, his practice will be extended to hots being fired at that distance. Soldicrs who have in former years completed the second s in tho subsequent sea » twenty shots at 200, 500, ) yards. All men making a total upuum are sent to 800 yards for divid rgzols cach soldier having one of kneeling and lying gether for a target ght or sixteen, ubout six hundred y At the command, eward, - ar lino advances in quick time, then in double time at the proper command > noxt com- mand is, “Skirmishers, balt,” immediately followed by “Commence fiviy Sights are ted and the proper position taken by the shers, The finug may commence at time after the last note of “commence firlng.” Aftor an_interval of thirty seconds leasie firing” is sounded, and the fiving i discontinued with the last note of that com mund. The line ner as hefor in, al skirmish firing are subouettes, the standing, own fizures groups The men, in_ squi again advances in the same the first halt, until the suc halt is ordere Five halts are made in advancing towards the targets, two shots being fired at ch halt. Having approached within nearly two hundred yards of the silhouettes, the Signal “I'o the rear, march,” is sounded, when the marching to the rear and the firing is con- ducted in the same manner #s in the advine Yive halts are made in retiving, making a total of ten halts, and twanty shots fived cou- stitute one skirmish run. Soldiers in the second se four skivmish vuis, while quent seasor In c each skir son's course make those in the subse- ke but two runs, he number of points made by altin the standing figur counts 3, in the kneeling figure 4, and iu the ying down figure 5; while in the fiving at ho large target at the known distw 00, Jm 500, 600 und 800 yards, @ “bull's eye" WE THANK YOU, GOOD PEOPLE. We offered to make gar- ments to order at about cost, to keep all our tai- lor’s hands employed this summer, Orders came in more abundantly than we cX- pected; we thank you; not so much for the orders ,as there’s little profitin them, but for the expression of your confidence,which we have strived to merit, and with which we will never play fast and loose FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SUMMER WE WILL MAKE TO ORDER ; Usual care and Trimmings. Our g25 Suits for g20. Our $30 Suits for $25. Our ¢35 Suits for Our $45 Suits for $35. Winter Weight g()ods if you prefer them. $30. Trowsers, $5, $6 and $8; worth a gond deal = more. Please saved; sale. remember we'll use no more printer’s there is money to be ink er this 186 IR B (D) 1409 Douglas Street, count; Z 4, “outen In the so of 1000 wil an “inne and an nd season’s course an aggrogato quired for qualitication a for a_marksman, 600 fi s, and 4060 for sccond class. Al others and having a total.of less” than 460 are ominated the third class. Tn the subse- auent scason’s course, the soldier fires ouly one-ly i ond si- son's onlyone half of the o { rog ived for sh rlmluul o and thir are ¢ 'u\mlull as follows: ) ¢ rksmen—100 each. rst ¢lass—60 each, nd classs ish practice four skir- mish runs ar and the total of the four runs dizided by four, will give the average ]muoul ge of the company in skirmish firing. The average percentago of tho volley fiviug is determined in a similar at each of the ranges 600, 800 and 1,000 yards Then the ave ards, the average at 800 yards and_the average at 1,000 yards are added, divided by three, which gives the gen- eral average of all the volley firing. e following is an explanation of how the percentage or goneral figure of merit of a compa determined. Supposing o com- pang (léaving out the recruits not counted) consists of forty men classitied as follov rpshoote rksinen. . rst Oluss, Second Olass Third Class.. 10— Total numbe unt, 4,00, Divide 4,000 by 40 (the number of men fir- ing) and we have 100 as the average percent- age. Suppose that the average company skirmish figuse of merit is 50 por cent and the average of company volley firing 60 per cent. Now we have the individual figure of merit of 100, as stated_above, but in order to deter- mine the collective figure of merit we add the skirmish percentage (50 per cent) and the volley fiving (60 per cent) and divide the sum (110)" by two, which gives us 55 per cent as the collective figure of merit. Now add the individual figure of merit (100 per cent) to the collective figure of merit (55 per cent) and divide the sum (135 per cent) by two, which gives us 7.5 per cont as the general figure of merit of the company. This method of determining the precontage s long and somewhat complicated, but the object is to give all manner of fiving 'its proper value, and demonstrate that a ~company his to bo shooting at ull ranges aud under all Tn compar The following ar a few scores made at the Bellevue rifle range during the presont wonth by ealisted men of the Second infautry. muny other ssoves equally as good, in order to show that out of a total of fired by six different men, at diffe anges, 30 of the shots having heen fired at 800 _yards, not one shot Sorgoant_Bou Privato Schoembrood Privato Conlter Sorgennt Oblor, A YOUNG HERO OF THE SIREET. How a Young Bootblack Stopped a Dangerous Runaway on the Brid ge. “Ding, ding, ding,” rang the electrie gong at the New York terminus of the Brooklyn brid just at the busiest hour of an afternoon, says the New York Tri- bune. Nearly all in the great throng that was pouring into the entrance turned their heads as they heard the impetucus note of warning, 'What was this gong? Why was it sounded? Few in the crowd knew; but instinctiv y seemed to foel that somethi ud oceurred., Tnstantly the whose duty it is to watch the pxit at the northorn side of the terminus had run to the strongly constructed gate thrown back against the building, and had un- fastened it ready for closing Thon the word puss on the bridge, and ] In another minute the crowd, spring- ing up, ns it we from the ground, blocked Park Row. Several policemen strove vainly to keep the people back from the end of the driveway. ks were craned and eyes were strained to ch a glimpse of the horse and wagon which was just coming into view at the top of the long streteh of paved approach to the bridg “*Here he comes!” was the ¢ thousand throats, and people tarily drew back, as if to crash which might come latc horse, it could be seen, was on a dead run, but 80 far away was he that he only seemed to be moving slowly, Then it could be seen that a young man sut in the driver's seat and held the veins, His feet weve firmly braced aguinst the footboard, his lips we and he was exerting all his strong stop the mad onrush of the horse the incline is steep, the animal ovidently “lost his head,” it's from a nvolun- avoid the ron, The sot, h to But had and l was now dushing to his certain destruction in _ an excess of mad tervor. The policeman, with his hand on the gate, began slowly to close it It was his intention, should the animal not be stopped; to shut it in his face. Peo- ple began to picture o themselves tho crash, and turned away their heads in horror. Thero was_profound silence in the awestruck crowd broken only by dis- connected exclumations, and above all the importenate “ding, ding, ding” of the gong, Down the long ineline came the fright- ened steed, his black coat bespattered with foum, and swayed from side to sido by the frantic effor(s of the young dr to slacken his gait. Insome of the lurches the horse and wagon narrowly? missed striking the teams drawn up at losof the driveway, Fromu cab ; few hundred feet up tho driveway could bo heard the hysterical sereams of & woman. Still the horse ha not slackened his speed. The policeman\ closed the gate and the crowd drew as if impelled by one will, holding its breath, The horse had reached the stone bal- ustrade that walls the driveway for the space of about one hundred feet from tho A Y wed bootblack, 56 face showe beneath its cont- ing of dust and g N uding on the balustrade. Suddenly the boy Was seen to spring into the drivew front of the plunging horse. He the tightened reins close to the bit, and raising himself from the ground hung at the horse’s head. A shout went ur from the crowd. 'he horse made several more plunges, then swayed from side to side, and finally stopped stock-still with- in a few feet of the stout bars of the gate, The gong censed ringing. Five minutes lator the entrance to the. Bridge had re- gained its usual appearance and no ono in the hurrying erowds would have guessed that it had been the scene of uy act of heroism. — WOODEN TIES THAT BIND, The Projected Pan-American road in High Favor. “The projected Pan-American rail- roud will receive strong support in Cen- tral America, and the lending men of that country ure enthusiastic over tho steel bands wi (']I will join North and South Ameries This wis snid by Manuel Soto, one of the richest planters of ¢ the Chicago Tribune, who was Palmer the other day. “In Central Amorica, Mexico and Columbin, he said - further, “it is fully recognized that the Pan-American road would do more for all partic meerncd than any other one thing. Someathing bLas been accomplishod” alvoady. The line from the Atlantic to the inferior of Costa Rica will be finishedin a few and in about that time the lines ragus and Guatemala from the fic to the gulf will be completed. Other important lines are almost fin- ished, and before autumn there will bo good facilitics for transportation over the Central America. The difticulties in building the road can be overcome. It is not nearl large an under- aking as the Nicaragua canal, and and the work is progressing ina way that is exceedingly promising. 1t was thought at first that the Central Ameri- can roads could not be built, Now entire country is spanned with and that wi great help to the b American systom. The big enterp: will also be benefitted by the un the Central American states, which will be coneluded in September. That will save the trouble of ~going to each state for concessions, and 1o petty jealousics will be encountered. For ten years the diflerent statos will be united and thero will be only one government with whicl 10 settlo quostions, L will be as help fulto the roud as anything. From the five presidents of the diflerent states ono will be chosen a8 the presidentof the Central American ropublic. Ho will bs in office one year, The home of the pro dent will be the capital city, and all the stutes will have epual chances,” Rail- DOUGLAS-~-STREET. On account of our large and increasing’ Practice, we huve REMOVED to more spacious and con- veniont oflices. Drs. Betts & Betts, 1409 Douglas 8t ) Omaha, Neh -