Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 22, 1894, Page 7

. & CHATS WITH THE BOXERS Eig Poter biaher's Decisive Viotory Over the Coffee Cooler. ABOUT THE LIGHWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Jack MeAuliffe Does Not Intend to See It Go from Him by Default—Talk of the Great Ryan- Smith Go, IR PETER MAHER | the big lusher, put eftectual the an quie- cham- plonship aspira- tions of the Har- lem Coffee Cooler Monday evening at and no Still this doos tus to Boston, mistake, achlevement not make a great fighter out of the erstwhile- so-called Irish champlon, in my mind. Craig s but a fair sort of a middle- welght at the best, and allowed his vault- ing ambition to get the better of his judg- ment when he permitted himself to be matched against a giant like Maher. How- over, It Is only another case of swelled head, and hereatfer it is quite likely that the Coffee Cooler will remain within his class. As to Maher, there is a half dozen of the big fellows who can put him out in less time than It takes to tell it, and In the mind of all good judges of the game he is no better man now that he was before the fight. His one quality fs his stiff punching ability. It he can get a man to “mix,”” he has an even show, let him be whom he may. Jack McAuliffe, it seems, intends to have something to say about the surrendering of the title of lightweight champion himself. Some of the castern sporting scribblers had it all arranged for Jack to hand over the honor he 80 deservedly holds on a silver salver to Horace Leeds, a young man from Atlantic City, who has demonstrated that he is pretty hot stuff in a number of inconsequential, semi-amateur contests. A couple of weeks ago when one or two newspapers had about as good as settled Jack's retirement from the ring, this young Jerseyman Issued a challenge to the Williamsburger and notified him it it was not accepted he would claim the mantle that has so long graced Jack's broad shoulders, and stand ready to defend it against any man in the class in the world. To Horace's astonishment Jack informed him that he had no champlonship to give away, but it he wanted the one he held, he could have it if he convinced him that he was the best man inside the rope: The only drawback to McAuliffe's proposi- tion to Leeds, is, however, that he stipu- lates that the weighing in must be at 135 pounds, give or take two pounds. This is two pounds beyond the professional limit, and Leeds will certainly have the best of the argument if Jack insists upon this additional weight. There is a doubt in many minds whether McAuliffe can again get to the weight at which he won his hhonors, but at 135 he would be an odds on favorite against any lightweight who lives. But as to Leed's challenge at the lightweight limit, it Is diffi cult to see how Jack will get around this. ‘The rules of the ring from time immemorial have fixed the limit in this class at 133, and this weight has held good in all the cham- plonship battles for years back in both this country and England. There is a rule in vogue among the amateurs fixing the light- weight limit at the standard McAuliffe names, but as neither Jack nor the South Jerseyman are amateurs, of course they have no re- course to any amateur provisions. It will be really aggravating, however, considering Leeds' cagerness to get at Me- Auliffe when he thought he was to retire, and his ineffable longing for the Williams- burger's crown, if he refuses to fight at Jack’s figures, for it there are two men in the country old ring-goers would like to see come together, they are Jack and Horace. They met once in a four-round turn-up in Philadelphia, but the affair was stopped be- fore either man had accomplished much, Leeds, however, was particularly pleased With the result, and ever since has been ghooting off his mouth with reference to Jack's prowess In a way that has been of- fensive indeed, and ~ Jack has often sald would rather get the Atlan- tic City tavern keeper In the ring for keeps than any man he could name. But whether he is granted the opportunity or mot, a fight is protty apt to grow out of Leeds' challenge anyway, for Tom O'Rourke, the backer of George Dixon and Joe Walcott, has made himself heard. He wants a match with Horace for Walcott, and as an earnest of his faith he has de- posited a §1,000 forfeit to bind such an affair. But Tom doesn't quit at Leeds. He says the Boston dwart is ready to fight any man in the world at the light weight limit, but just now he prefers Leeds if he can get him. Oh no, there won't be fun apoppin’ down at Plattsmouth on the evening of the 9th of next month, when Jimmy Lindsey of this city, and Fletcher Robbins of Plattsmouth, enter {nto their little fistic controversy. Oh, no, there won't be a thing going on about that time .and there won't be more than a couplb of hundred go down from this city to get thelr share of it. They make a hot pair—Lindsay and Robbins—and don’t forget it. The man who can thus far in advance put his finger on the winner is a wiss guy indeed. Heretofore there has always been a strong prejudice against the local man on the part of the patrons of the game on ac- count of his tendency to resort to question- able methods to extricate himself from an unpleasant dilemma, but it should be re- membered that most all of Jimmy's fights have taken placo under questionable manage- ment, and at questionable places, and being a sort of a free-for-all chap, he always took good care that he didn’t get the worst of it. he Matters will be different on this occasion. Lindsey is already in the pink of condition, yet nevertheless is training carefully and systematically. On the night of August 9 he will be, barring any unforeseen drawback, as fit as the traditional fiddle. He is now working with but one end in view, that of hardening himself and cultivating his bel- lows. Jimmy says all he wants is fair play —tho same show the other fellow gets—and ight here T will take occasion to remark that 1s all he will get. There is no call for as good @ man as Lindsey to hope for anything else. While 1t will take a husky sort of an fr dlvidual to beat Lindsey, I um of the opinion he has found & good mateh in Robbins. The Cass county man Is a manly looking fellow, with a square mouth and clean cut features that denote nothing but courage and resolu- tion. That he Is a game man Is a good bet any time. However, when it comes to pick- fog the winner, I will lot the job to those boys who know more about the game than 1do. The articles that will govern the battle are appended: This is to certify that we, the undersigned, James Lindsey of Omaha, Neb., and Fletcher Robbins of Plattsmouth, Neb., do hereby mutually agree and faithfully’ promise to meet at the rooms of the Plattsmouth Athletic olub at Plattsmouth, Neb., on the evening of the uinth (9th) day of August, 1894, without fail, and spar twenty (20) younds for scientific points. Two hundred Qollars (3200) to be paid for such entertain- ment by the Plattsmouth Athletic club, Said 2200 to be posted with the sporting editor of The Owaha Dally Bee (Sandy Griswold) ten days before the day of the engagement here- tofore wmentioned. As an evidence of good faith on the part of eald Lindsay and Rob- Dins, the contestants, they will each of them post_ with the sporting editor of The Daily Bee (Sandy Griswold) §100 each, to Insure one another ugainst the failure of each other, to appear and spar as agreed, and the fuilure of either forfeits the sald forfelt money to the other. The said contestants do further agree that they will weigh in twelve hours before the match, and weikht of either shall not exceed one hundred aund forty-one pounds (141) eud fallure on the part of elther to get to or below such welght, entitles the other to the forfeit money in the hands of Griswold. It is further agreed for the benefit of the Plattsmouth Athletic elub, and for the purpose of indemnifying them against disappointment, that should both of the men fail to comply with their agreement, and be prepared to go on with the exhibition, then the contestants forfeit the forfeit money posted by them with sald Griswold for the benefit of the Plattsmouth Athletic club. It {s further agreed that Sandy Griswold of The Omaha Daily Bee will referes sald con- test and it shall be governed by Queens- bury rules. Said purse money to be pald on the finding of the referce's decision F. A. ROBBINS, JAMES LINDSEY. Barring accidents, the question whether Tommy Ryan sr Mysterious Billy Smith is the welter-wulght champlon of America, If not the woeld, will be settled satisfactorily next Thursday night before the Twin City club at Minneapolis. My excursion to the fight is about filled up, though room can be made for & few more It they apply at Ban- e's cigar store before Wednesday noon We leave the Webster street depot Wednes- day evening at 5:30 and arrive at Minneapolis the next morning, the 26th. The fight takes place that evening and at 7 the next morn- ing the special sleeper engaged will leave on the return trip, which makes a short one indeed, Those who wish to remain longer must notify me by Tuesday morning. In any event the trip is a cheap one, and those attending will lose but two full days. In the minds of a majority of the patrons of the sport here the contest is now all over but the shouting, and they will be greedy to put up their coin on the boy who made a Hamberger steak out of big Jack Wilkes. But up in_Minneapolis there is a different situation. Up there the quid nuncs regard Billy Smith as an almost certain winner. They are sapient sports up in the north, however, and I look to see them bowled over in pleasing style. Physically the mysterious gentleman has several natural advantages over Tommy; he s taller, longer in_ reach ~ and stronger. He will be hard as aails at 141 pounds, while Tom may be slightly drawn. 1 hope not, however, and if be is all right in wind and stomach, look out for one of the stiffest, gamest, merriest fights that has taken place in a decade. as to Manager Cotharin has reserved for the Omaha party thirty seats in the front row next to the ropes, a special and appreciated favor for me. He also informs me that Harry Finnick, the Arkan Kid, and Tommy Danforth wil box twenty rounds on Wednesday night, the night on which we leave for Minneapolis, and that on the night after, the 27th, Jim Hall and Steve O'Donnell will measure strength and skill for as many more. All those wishing to remain over and take in this latter event can do so by notifying me by Monday evening. T received the following late yesterday from Louls Houseman, the brainy and widely known sporting editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean: CHICAGO, July 20.—To the Sporting Bdi- tor of The Bee: Friend Sandy—All right, will meet you at the bloody ringside. As to my views, you know them pretty well, neverthe- less, here goes for a few lines: With almost any other opponent Ryan could go to a draw for twenty rounds, or for forty for that matter. Smith, a_rushing fighter of the gruel-liking kind, will not have this. He will win or lose the fight inside the twenty rounds. Of the aggressive, cyclonic sort, the Mysterious one will bear in and on, forcing the issue, and electing a finish, one way or the other. He must do one of two things— win his fight inside the limit or toss his fate in the balance of Ryan's mar- velous left hand. He cannot win from the Chicago boy by standing oft and boxing with him. He must fight him, rough him, mix it up with him, and wear him down in a drive or not at all. It Is not in the Smith artifice to gain a decision in any other man- ner over Ryan. The Chicago man stands Leads over the Portlander in cunning, ring methods and generalship. Smith must out- brawn him; he cannot out-box him. On paper, Ryan should win the fight, and do it without getting a scratch. The notion that Tommy Is faint-hearted is a delusive one. I respect Smith as a_fighter second only to the Chicago man. I think the contest of Thursday will bear me out in this. LOU M. HOUSEMAN, Sporting Editor Chicago Inter Ocean. I will have to rush this off to you, Sandy, in order to make Omaha in time for use, ¢lse would go deeper in the matter. Ever your friend, LOU. SANDY GRISWOLD. Fodder for the Fans. EW GAMES WILL be played at the Charles Street park this summer that will be more im- portant than the one with Buckerino Ebright’s pump- kin rollers this afternoon. In con- sequence of this outlook Captain McVey says he will triumph or break a good pair of 25- cent suspenders in ] the attempt. Buck, too, 18 equally confident, and swears he'll show the metropolitan dudes a trick they are not yet onto. Last of Lincoln this afternoon until Sep- tember 4. Dick Cooley jumped St. Louis, played a few games with St. Joe, and has been sus- pended. Tom Lovett, who drew $46 a game while playing with Omaha, has been laid upon the shelt for good. Henry Boyle, the old Indianapolis pitcher, 1s going to try it once more and has signed with Minneapolis. The Sioux Citys are getting It pretty strong and quite frequently on this trip. They still lead, however. Lily Langsford still keeps up his batting lick, and promises to be high up on the list at the end of the season. Camp and Johnson will be the opposing pitehers this afterncon. They are a pair of good ones and the game will be a sharp one. Little Buckirino Ebright with his horny- handed plow-boys will try it some more this afterncon. Go out early and avoid the rush. Lily Langtry Langsford is a ball player and a general favorite. His game in Des Moines, however, was not up to his standard of excellence. Pittsburg Is a great town for nicknames. Beckley carries around quite a load. He is called “Old Eagle Eye,” “‘Hannibal Jake" and “Herr Most. Ollie Beard is now a m sas City clan. George joined that team and hopper” Ulrich in right. mmy McMackin, whom many cranks think was the most reliable pitcher Omaha had, has caught on with Lincoln, maybe to make Omaha's life miserable, Jack Hascall had a chance to go on the Western league's umpire staff, but judi- clously declined. Jack 18 of the opinion that the Western is on its last legs. Speaking about umpires, Jimmy Ward is about as good & one as ever officiated in Omaba, not only this year, but any year. And he never gave Omaha any the best of it, «dther, Sam Dungan’s days as a Colonel were few and they're already numbered. He has been reloased and Mr. Smith, whose name is famillar to everybody in the world, will play right fleld. Norman Leslie Baker has been chased by the Western league. They say his umpir- g came ncarer reminding them of Blogg and Bauswine than any(hing they have yet Tun across. Tho Rourke family have cut a sorry fig- ure away from home so far this season, and if they do not improve on the coming long trip, they might as well kiss their band to tho flag. Billy Moran s again catching for the Rourkes. All of Billy's friends are over- joyed to see him back in his old place once wore, and the hope is now he will be able to keep (hose wheels quiet. Washington released “White Wings" Teboau because Le couldn’t hit. They came in landaus for Georgius at the Forest City in his first game. Four hits was his share of the Philadelphia plum pudding, snd he Bot a double and triple out of it, He bas mber of the Kan- tahlings has also will relieve “Grass- | | i also made from two to four hits In every gamo sinoa Now York has released His Muglets, Clarke, and Syracuse has gobbjed him. Langsford continues to catch the crowd But why not—he plays ball all the time. Norman Baker stepped right from the um pire’s place into the box for the Minneapolis team. Sheibeck got the fire at Pittsburg, but has caught on with Gussle Schmelz team of relics at Washington. Runty Boxendale turned on Omaha over in Des Moines the other day and didn't do a thing to her but almost shut her out. That's what Manager Rourke gets for not letting the little failure go two months ago. “Red’” Ehret is credited with “dragging™ a run over the plate for the first time this year at Baltimore. In Smoketown the ovent Is considered a sure sign that the Dagos will gallop away with the rag.—Ren Mulford, There 18 no harder worker In the game to day than George McVey. He never falters, but Is always endeavoring to infuse the sport with a little life. He is a phenominal hit ter, at home on the initial bag, and the most valuable man on the team. Perry Werden says that Frank Genins is the star outfielder in the Wcstern league and that he is covering more ground than four-fifths of the league fielders and is bat- ting in fine shape. His sphere is a minor league, all the same. Stay there, Frankie By order of President Rowe the Quincy club has passed into the agement, with Ed Bishop ident Rowe keeps a watchful ey the whole organization, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has the snuggest league in the country. All of Paddy Boyle's numerous friends regret exceedingly that the management felt justified in letting him out. He is a harworking, energetic, conscientious playe and In time will be heard of. It took a mighty “good eye” to distinguish who was the best man for Omaha or somebody else. Joe Walsh Is home and will probably soon become a member of the Rourke family. Milwaukee has thrown up the sponge and the expensive Western lcague is wobbling. There is a vast difference between the West orn leagus and the Western association. The latter s probably the best conditioned base ball organization in the country. Dad Whisperings of the W 1 %@) THE CLARKS CY- cling club of Clarks, Neb., is' one of the latest acquisitions to Nebraska wheel or- ganizations. The Tourist Wheel- men go to Blair, Neb., today, starting from Daxon's store at 7:30 |a. m. sharp. The | distance for round trip iIs fifty-two miles, and the run is one of =/ the prettiest and most enjoyable out of Omaha. The club extends a general Invitation to all wheelmen who en- joy country riding to accompany it. The balance of the club tours this month are short and_therefore popular with the ma- jority. Thursday evening, the 26th, the captain has called a blind run; Sunday morn- ing, the 20th, the run is to Bellevue and Fort Crook, a round trip of about thirty-two milles. The “Goophers” Is the very unique name chosen by the “push” of the Omaha Wheel club. Just what it signifies is a mystery to many of the local cyclists who have heard it. Perrigo can tell you all about it. The Cyecling West In its issue of July 15 publishes some good snap shots of the prin- cipal events at the Kearney mect on the 4th and 5th. It also devotes cousiderable space to a write-up of some of the Omaha wheelmen. The Plattsmouth Cycling club has a novel nd original way of keeping up the enthusi- m in the ranks. The club hangs up a gold medal, which is to be raced for every week, the winner to defend it against all chal- lengers during the season. The relay men’ on both sides of the river are training hard for their different little sprints, which will take place between the 5th and 13th of August. A list of the Omaha riders who will carry the message will be published in next Sunday's Bee. The Omaha Wheel club and the Ganymede Wheel club of Council Blufts are still talk- ing about last Sunday’s ball game. The Council Bluffs boys are firm m their convic- tion that the Omaha’s can't repeat the dose and the Omaha boys only ask ‘em to wait and see. The Rod and Gun and Dog. George A, Hoagland and son, Will, are still enjoying rare sport at lovely Lake Washing- ton. “Don” Chamberlain and Andy Hansen are casting their lines for mermaids at Spirit Lake. The Cross Gun company are making pre- parations for a big shooting tournament in October next. The Hon. Charles Withnell and Plumber Read made a kill of fifty-one upland plover up near Madison last Wednesday. Frank S. Parmalee and Dr. Carver are ne- gotiating for a series of live bird matches to take place inthis city in September. “Don,” the black pointer presented to the sporting_editor by J. E. Farrell of Stans- berry, Mo., will be sent out to Hamilton's this week for breaking and training. Ward Burgess of this city and Colonel Horton of Hartford, Conn., put in an after- noon_with Bartramfams out on the Elkhorn last Wednesday and bagged thirty-six. Barrister J. B. Meikle is the possessor of a black cocker—one of the McTague kennel— that promises to develop into a phenomenal fleld dog, especially for retrieving purposes. Dr. Gluck made a nice catch of bass at Manawa one day last week, while Garnett >, Porter, from Virginia, sah, and Barney Shannon from Paris, shot a tub full of frogs. Stockton Heth and Willlam Philadelphus McFarlane drove out the old Oregon trail a couple of days since in quest of the coveted plover. They didn’t sce a feather or hear a whistle, but wait—they are going out again this week. Jack Morrison and Jim Heffner have gone up to Dell Aiken's ranch near Atkinson after plover. That is what they say. However, 1 ~ould hate to be the little, scrawny, pe:ping prairie chicken that flies up before their onward march. But plover or chicken, they are sure to have a great time up there op Alken's broad acres. Billy Simeral, president of the local pro- tective fish assoclation, has gone up north for a week with the upland plover. That is what he says. If netting fish s wrong, how can shooting chicken out of season be right; or it netting fish is right how can shooting chicken out of season be wWrong. Verily, there are nice distinctions in the ethies of sport. oy Lots of Sport at Shenandoah, ‘There will be a mammoth athletic tourna- ment held at the thriving little eity of Shen- andoah, Ta., on August 14, 15 and 16. The program 1s an_exhaustive one, including a military drill, band contest, base ball, bicy- cle races, feet running, tennis, trap shoot- ing, walking match, wrestling, jumping, sack and wheelbarrow races, the whole to wind up with a grand sham baftle. The directors of the affair are W. G. Wagner, George Joy, H. M. West, C. V. Mount, C. N. Marvin and E. 8. Ferris. orses. . Dwyer made Lost Heavily on NEW YORK, July 2L—M. one of the heaviest losings of the season at Brighton Beach yesterday. He backed Roller in the first race, Harry Reed in the third, Ogan in the fourth, and Marshal D {n the fifth, and it 15 said he quit the day o0 behind:Mr. Dwyer was over $100,00 er during the spring meeting at Morris Park, and he is probably now further be- nind ‘than he was the High s Semlpalalinsk, in Siberia, holds the record for tho most intense cold, as the mercury drops there to 76 degrees below zero, and some parts of Africa cannot be equiled in heat, as the thermometer registers 135 de- grees. The Bay of Bengal and the Bay of Fundy have tho highest tides, measuring sixty and seventy feet; the deepest sea soundings have been made at Tristan d’Acunha, 46,236; the most northerly point reached was by Lockwood in May, 1888, being 83 degrees 24 minutes § seconds; and the farthest south by Ross In February, 1542, 17 degrees 11 minutes; the highest altitude ever reached was In the balloon ascent of Coxwell aud Glaisher, who at- tained 87,000 feet In 1 and the highest inhabited “altitude Is the Buddhist clolster in Thibet. THE _OMAHA DATLY BEE SUNDAY. l WITH Tlll; ll‘\RNEIS:'S HORSES Brief Glances at the Werk of the Trotteis and Pacers Lagt Weck ONLINE'S GOOD SHOWING AT DETROIT Flying find Nins Two Back-Alix Has y's Judgment—Lord C1 st Races STrack Ev nstle n IVELY DAYS these are with Ne braska horses, and haven't t a few good ones maybe we in this Glance any the of big racing sessions state. of the at scores over the and to familiar \j (¢ Nebraska flyer. racing slate for the balance of the scason inside the state is as follows: Friend, Au- Edgar, August 14-16; Superior, Au- Nelson, August 0; Omaha, September 3-8; Geneva, September, 4-6; Lin- coln, September 10-14; Auburn, September 18-21; Schuyler, September 19-22; September 25-25. The great free-for-all pacing race came oft at Detroit on Wednesday, and the public, which has been guessing as to the merits of the great free-for-all pacers, now has a true line on their ability to cover the resula- tion track. It was a grand field of turf per- formers that started. Al of them are genuine racers, and the mpst of them curry records below 2:10. The peerless little Ne braska pacer, Online, gave a good of himself in this race, and tgrf critfes freely predict that before the season is c-osud he can beat any horse that started last Wedne day. The race was a sensational one from the start to_the finish, und for the third Lme this year Flying Jib eithor been left at the post or distanced before the race ended. This swift animal is rapidly developing into an exhibition horse and his temper is getting to be so ugly that his value as a racer is rapidly decreasing. The field of pertormers consisted of such well known horses as Robert J, Online, Flying Jib, Guy, Reflector and W W P. And maybe they didn’t knock the sparks from the turf in every heat! Three heats below 2:10—that Is genuine rac- ing which must have caused the blood of old turfmen to surge at fever heat. No horse could start in that race and sulk around the course, expecting to save his distance. The time was too fast for that kind of a thin, and the drivers had to be strictly in it, or out of it. Jib sulked and was distanced in the first heat and Robert J was chased under the wire by W W P in 2:09%. But the heat proved a death blow to W W P. The pace was too hot for him to keep it up, and in the second heat the best he could do was to get in fifth place. In the third heat he was distanced. Online hardly had his pipes opened in the first heat, and he came homo in fifth position. The next heat brought out this game little horse's speed, however, and he crowded Robert J under the string in 2:081%. That gray gelding, Guy, was out for a bit of the big purse, 0o, and he managed to finish third in every heat. Robert J won the next heat in a fightink finish with Online, and they wera recorded ‘with the mile in 2:08%. Reflector took fourth place in every heat, and the purse was accordingly divided between the four horses that finished it with- out a break. This was a great race and Online's friends are more firmly convinced than ever that he Is a coming record winne He may not be as much of an exhibition horse as some of the others, but when he faces the starter in a full field of fast ones then look out for him, as he is a dangerous rival for first money in any class pace. oo Geers' Rex Americus, over whom eastern turf writers have shed lots of ink since the opening of the season, affectionately calling Rex a world-beating 4-year-old, and print- ing so much other stuff about his wonderful performances that he has been barred out of many of the 4-year-old events, was given a chance to prove his qualities in the Manu- facturers and Merchants' §8,000 stake race at Detroit on Wednesday. The best Rex could do was to take third money, and he was sixth in the first heat, which was trav- eled in 2:16%. J M D, a horse of unknown pedigree won the race in straight heats, and Claymore took second money in the same manner. The last two heats were trotted in 2:15% and 2:15%. There were six- teen starters and thirteen of them were in it at the finish. That must have been a magnificent field with thirteen horses so evenly matched. coun you ar run acr of The name gust 7-9; gust 21 Syracuse, account se e Monroe Salisbury has a treasure of a trot- ter in the chestnut mare Expressive, by Electioncer, a 3-year-old that will be heard from in more than one race this year. He has started this game colt in every meet- ing which he has attended and with one ex- ception she has managed to land a part of the purse for her owner. On Wednesday she was started at Detroit In the 2:30 cla trot, and won second money in a four-heat race, winning the second heat in 2:18, the fastest time of the race. Red Bud, by Red Fern won first money and the time' of heats was: 2:20%, 2:18, 2:19, 2:21%. e Clinton Briggs' string of horses has been at the Detroit meeting during the past week. Kate Caffrey has done some good work, and Dick Tilden is hard at work training his pets up to racing standard. So far Newshoy has not been started, but he will prob- ably be heard from later on in the season. . Wednesday was a day of excitement at the races at Aurora, 1. There were four- teen starters in the 2:35 class pace, and only six of them were able to keep out of the way of the distance It required four heats to decide the event, and Ella T, g m Altamont, won it in the first, third fourth heats. The best time was 2:22%. Two horses, Bessie Baldwin and Prelude dropped dead in the stretch, in this race. e More horses have been entered and started in the classes below 2:30 this year than ever before in the history of the trotting and pacing turf. Yearlings have gone the mile in better than 2:40 during the past week, while 2-year-olds have beaten 2:30 with ‘ease. 3 and d-year-olls have traveled the mile from 2:20 down to 2:09 and the season is only well commenced. This is bound to be a year of record breaking. e Among the many great events during the past week was the Horseman stake race at Detrolt for 4-year-old trotiers, for a mag- nificent silver cup and $11,000 In cash, do- nated by the paper published In Chicago known as the Horseman, The race came off on Tuesday afterncon, july 17, and 10,000 peaple witnessed the thdroughbreds trot the miles for fame and finance. There were ten starters in this race, bt four were dis- tanced, one drawn, and’ only five finished. It required five heats to docide it, and it looked as If the game Nemoline was going to win after he took the second and third heats, but Dancourt was too strong a fin- isher and won the money, crossing under the wire in the lead in tho first, fourth and fifth heats. The money w divided into $5,000, $3.6500, $1,000 and 0. There were originally 632 nominations for this race, but only ten of these made the ninth and final payment entitling them to start. In addi tion to the mon in the stake for the trot ters the breeder of the winner was presented with a stlver cup worth $1,000. This cup 1s of sterling silver and weighs 155,750 grains, which are equal to 356 ounces averdupois, or twenty-seven pounds troy. Its over all s twenty-seven inche pedestal is of solld ebony. The width of the bowl inside Is fourteen inches; depth of bowl, ten inches; greatest width from handle to handle, twenty Inches. The horses ar five inches in beight, and the trunk of the silver oak supporting the bowl 1s about three inches in diameter. . This has been a year of record breaking among the harness horses, and If the trot- ters and paoers keep up their lick until the season closes at the progressive rate the records will all be set at a lower figure | 2 JULY 22 in the fall. The following been made by trotters: Two-year-old colt, Bucyrus, b, Wilton, at Detroit, July 16 e Four-year-old_colt, Rubenstein, b, h Taron Wilkes, at Detroit, July 16 2 ing colt, Dick Russell, b, ¢., by rd Russell; Lexington, Ky., July 12 Yearling filly, Stella. Woodline, b, f. Woodline; Denver, Colo., June 13, mil vear-old colt, Coupon, by tor Chief; Minneapolis, July 6 Two-year-old filly, Scourine, br, Wilton; Lex n, Ky. July 6 Throe-y d_colt, Pawling, ch. c., by < Kippi Lexington, Ky. July Three-yvear-old filly, Expressive by Ll weer; Council Bluffs, June 2 Three-year records by 1., by ar lonel £ 1a., ard Tack, b. Harrodsburg, Ky., June le Carne, g by Mambrino; Portiand, Dancourt Detroit, Jul Wistful Indianapolis, colt, Ambassador; our-year-old ity by Wedgawood; July Axainst Chimes; m., Ind:; intasy, b, by 1" Meander; T me 1 sinaw, July Stallion, Pamiico, b, h., fin, 0., June 20 Mare, Lightning, b. m. Portland, Me., July 6 Gelding, Amboy, ch. ., by Holmesburg, Pa., June 1f Mare, Alix, b, m., by Patronage; Sas inaw, July 14 The pacers have not will be seen by the fc Two-year-old colt, Judge Hill} Cour m., by Alcantara; Heptagon; been idle eith wing records Hurt, b. e by Wm. M Bluffs, Ta: June Two-year-oid filly, Prince; Council 1 Three-yeéar-old colt, by Happy Day; Jun Thr ‘rincess, ch. f affs, Ta), Jun Harry | Harrodsbur Jle “Acton, b. f., —yvar-old filly, 1 Councif hadeland ~'Onward; June = & 1 colt, Rubenstoin, b. h., Wilkes; Windsor, Ont., b, m., by ind., ar-old” fiily, 'Nidis ie Wilkes; Indianapolis, Tion, " Saladin, br. h, Philadelphia, June ‘21 W May Marshall, b, 'm., by 1 Milwaukee, Wis., June Gelding, Major Wonder, b. by jor Tdsall; Tifll Robert J; Detrolt, t” Time—Ily Algona; Council T by ‘Suitan; Witkes; 0., June g 2:05% Tho Western this to say of Breeder of the recent has race meeting at Union park: “The Blue Ribbon meeting at Council Bluffs has closed Its closing may mark an epoch in the Listory of har- ness racing in the Missouri valley The meeting was by far the best ever held at Union park, and it created more interest in Council Bluffs and Omaha than has ever before been centered on racing at that point A good :prinkling of the elite of the two cities was seen at the races, and the mect: g in general was one of an unusually respectable nature. From the standpoint of a racing enthusiast, the meeting was the best held to the date of its closing, this year, During the meeting th hree heats were trotted and paced, the fa test in 2:0 the slowest in 2:26, and the ave time 2:17 The proprietor, Clinton H Briggs, is a popular business man of Omaha, and the success which attended his first meeting has caused his friends to believe and hope that it will not be his last. Al- though his name may not be a familiar one to all men of the turf, he has this year made a start in a way that leads me to believe that by autumn all patrons of turf literature will have seen the name of Clinton H. Driggs. He has a gocd stable of lorse: in charge of Dick Tiden, one of the best drive: and as owners and manager, he is a man to materially assist in the elevation of the turf.” o There is no longer any doubt that Monroe Salisbury has purchased an intere:t in Alix, Morris Jones' little trotting mare, which made so many friends when she was here at the Blue Ribbon meeting. The lovers o harness racing will now learn just what is in this wonderful little animal, for Salis- bury doe: not keep horses for exhibition pur- poses, and he wants a stable of winners. He has kept his good eye on Alix all thi season, and her performance at Washing- ton park, in Chicago, last fall, when she won the hotly contested World's fair st in a nine-heat race, particularly impre him with her good qualities as a racer. When Salisbury saw Alix beat Robbie P s0 easily at the races here on July Fourth he must have made up his mind that he wanted the mare, and made a very templing offer, for the deal was closed immediately after this race, and now Alix is being driven by Andy McDowell, and is entered in_the grand free-for-all trot at Cleveland, where it is expected that she will take the big end of the large purse against as fine a fleld of starters as has ever faced the judge's stand. Salisbury did not have a trotter which he could put in the free-for-all trot- ting class with any degree of as:urance, and he hopes with Alix and Flying Jib, the swift pacer, to greatly increase his earnings this season. Morris Jones will travel the grand cirenit meetings with Salisbury, and will keep his eye on the pride of his heart. Salisbury certainly could not have been disappointed with Alix's recent perform- ances. At the meeting in Saginaw, Mich., he was started in a race against Night- ingale, cne of Matt Geers' crack trotters, and she won the three heats quite handily in 21334, 2:09%, 2:11%. The association hung up a purse of $1,000 for this race and agreed to give either horse $1,000 additional it the track record of 2:10 was lowered. McDowell was out sfter that big bill and he sent Alix along in the second heat just fast_enough to win the coin, although he could have made the distance in quicker time if it had have been necessary to pushed the little mare. But the Cleve free-for-all race will determine the speed and enduranc and mare's e The magnificent new track at Dotroit was opened with one of the best racing u ings held so far this season. The track a fairly fast one and some records have been broken there. Bueyrus made a 2-year old record of 2:26%, which is the fastest mile traveled by any gelding this year. In the class pacing race for 4-year-olds two of the get of Baron Wilkes started and a great deal of inter:st was taken in the event because the colts are from different dams. Both of the colts secured a por- tion of the purse, one winning the race, & the cther taking second moncy, and it was + race, too, for the slowest heat was trav- cled In 2:16. There were elght starters and two of them were distanc:d in the first heat. Rubenstein and Barondale vere the contesting descendants of the great sire, and Rubensteln won the raco in three straight heats, while Clay FIiontas, by Fo- cahontas Boy, was second and Barondole third. Time: 2:10%, 2:12, 2:16. Altamont, 2 the son of Almont 33, that has proved such a successful sive of speed upon the Pacific slope, received an addition to his role of honor at the closing day of the Portland, Ore., meeting, July 7, when the 3-year-old colt’ Touchet won his race in straight heats, taking a pacing r ord of 2:22. The same day Altamont's G- year-old son, Del Norte, won the second heat of the free-for-all pace, reducing his record to 2:14%. Altamont was bred by Richard West of Georgetown, Ky., und his record of 2:26% was made to wagon in 1885 when he was 10 years old. e Fantasy was driven a mile in 2:09 at Sag. inaw on July 14, beating the track record, made by Nelson in 2:11%, and making the fastest mile for trotters this year. Fantasy was sent out to beat the 4-year-old record for mares and was accompanled by a pac naker. Geers drove her to the quarter 0:31%, and to th half in 1:08%. From halt to the three-quarters she traveled In 0:30%, making the last half in 1:021%, and the mile In 2:09, which goes upon the rec- ords as a pretty good mark for some of the other fast nags to travel towards. Geers is satisfied that he has a trotting treasure in Fantasy, and the people who were fortuna enough to witness the performance fuily agreid with him in this respeet in the Lord Clinton made a for trotting geldings at Columbus, 0., last Saturday, when he trotted the second heat in the free-for-all in 2.09%, which is the exact time mado by Alix af Saginaw in a recent race. Lord Clinton Is a black geld g, by Deming's Allen, und Le lo a record as_a d-year-old at the close of last season. This record gives Lord Clinton th world's championship for geldings in a trot ting race, which honor was previously di vided by Little Albert and Walter I2., each of them having taken a race record of 2:10 in 1893. Inasmuch as the mile mads by Guy. the black son or Keatucky Prince, in % against time at Detroit last year, was new world's record rejocted by the American Trotting Reglster asscelation, Lord Clinton’s performance to- day glvis him the distinetion of being the only gelding that has ever trotted to an authentie record below 2:10. It was in 1884 that Jay-Eye-Soe placed the record for trot- ting geldings at 2:10, at which point It re mained unassafled for nina years, and last year was equaled but twice. On Thursday he won the free-for-all at Dotroit, lowering his own record to 2:09 flat Dr. Sperry, th that won the 2:15 pacing race at Unfon park, Is a queer animal, but he is doing fine work this seaso 1 can finish like a whirlwind after being driven a hot heat. When Salisbury brought the horse to Omaha he conld not get him to at his record speed and could not the Ut ot HIm Entil Jeek 1iiden, a rother of fixed up a rigging which blinded the animal so that he could not sce the ground for a distance of fifty or sixty yards and then he travelod like a chestnut streak, It is said that the horse gots rattled it he looks down at the turf while going fast and loses Iis regular gait so that he o be driven fast horse somo L.w‘w Dick entries for the Grand Circuit land indicate that the meeti be one of the largest of recent years arly 100 horses will contest for the fifteen purses which aggregate $33,000. Thirty-four pacers have paid for the privilegs of starting in the 2:20 class, and twenty-nine others expect to start in the 2:15 class. The enteries in the free-for-all trot are: Pixtey, Walter B, Alix, Belle Vera, Fant and Magnolia, Those for the free-for-all pace are: Guy, Will Kerr, Mascot, aladin, Flying Jib, W. W ) i Robert J, Hal Braden and Crawford will The at Cle ¥ rick Foster's stable of running horses has been shipped from Chicago to Sheeps head Bay. Henry Young's victory in the Columbus handicap last week was a surprise to many shrewd turfmen, who believed that the race would result in a contest between Dr. Rice, Yo Tambien and Rudolph. Henry Young was bought by his present wner, Nicholas Finzer, out of a selling rac. His Vistory was a decisive one, as he made a new record for the distance, one and three-six teenths miles, winning cleverly at the finish in 1:58%. by Direct, the the famous race at Union pa Judge Hurt made a record of 2:14%, won the 2-year-old pacing race at Saginaw last Saturday, having a veritablh walkaway for first money in 3:36 and 2:0 This great little colt is almost a counterfeit of his sire in color and form, and from present appearances will prove to be a grea er pucer, car-old car-old in Directly, that won pacer pac K, which Tt took efght heat decide the 2:16 class pacing race at Boston last Saturday, and five horses were ruled out in the fifth heat for running into the stretch in order to escape the distance flag. lhe race was won by a horse having the grant name of Socks, ch. h., by Rockdale ocks finished first in the fifth, sixth and Ccighth hedts, and was second in the first and seventh, In the third he finished sixth. winning heats were paced in 2:13 2:14%, 2:143, 2:14%, 2:17%, s Albert B, b. g, by Penrose, owned and driven by “Pop” Whitney, has been. giving the people of Fond du Lac some fine bursts of speed. He won the free-for-all pacing race last Saturday in straight heats in 2:113 2:13% and 2:12. This horse is one of Pe rose's best gct, and is a most tireless cam- paigner. He is an Towa horse. o h., by Idol, won the free-for-all Falls last Saturday in 2:13 In the second heat Laura were dead heat for second place, but in the last heat Laura T w second place, and LaBelle landed third money. Fidol is being fitted for some lively campaigning this season. The breeders of American trotters of Ne- braska are fast coming to the front and the season of 1894 has in the old grand circuit no less than three stables from as many farms in this state. Prominent among them is the Alamito stock farm, which takes its name from its premier stallion, the great son of Eagle Bird, Alamito, and us all signs fail his home will have a national reputation through him by the end of the present trotting season. The first time started this year he defeated such world's champions as Pheobe Wilkes, Walter B and Keno F, easy, with the invincibles McHenry, Curry and Thompson up. In point of breeding, conformation and manner he is without ~a peer. Alamito is by Eagle Bird, sire of Monbars, 11% at 3, son of Jay Bird, sire of Allerton, 09%. Iis dam, Anriana, is by General Washington, whose dam was the mighty Lady Thorn, one of the greatest race mares America ever produced. — Alamito is liberally entered in rich stakes and purses through the great cireuit. He will start this week at Cleveland in the 2:15 class, and whoever beats him will be a tired horse and have a race record that will be creditable indeed. The Alamito farm has another representative in the rich looking chestnut stallion Hurly Burly, who In performances so far this season has done great credit to himself and stable. Hurly Burly is by Rumor, 2:20, sire of Edgardo, 2:13%, grandson of the Pilot, jr. ~ His dam is Lucia, by Jay G 2:21%, son of Hambletonian 10; second dam, Lucy, 2:18%, who in her day could be beaten only by the wondrous Goldsmith Maid, He is not as fast as some, but a gamer one was never asked to go a race. veraging 2:15% to 2:19%. Fidol, b. pace at Sioux 2:121% and 2 T and LaBelle The Woodbine farm is doing its share and doing itself credit as well. It seems there is only one that can head its 4-year-old pacer, Online, and at the next meet he may lead the way. Ki tone farm stable is at Gales- burg, Hls., where it has been in preparatory worlk, but is now ready and fit for fast work. The 4-year-old Electioneer horse, Conqueror,is in great form and will be good in his class. e ska will have it s at the season’s close, bay daughter of the McGregor hoise, MacCullamore, is with the K this season. She and Driver Ku about right and will be right up 1, 2 over any good track. The Z-year pacer Phenom of the Dircctor family has all the characteristics, always wanting a race, and ever fit for a hard one. ghare of two Mary, 2:20%, Notex from the Stables. 01d foxy Bob Kneebs s still playing checkers with his nose at Moabit. And what's more, the game stands a good chance of run. ning through a serles of years. The first heat, s Western Re- sources, of the 1894 Grand Circuit, was won in 2:36%, and the first day's racing did not equal any one day of tho Briggs mecting at Council Bluffs last month, Nebraska-bred horses are dolng things this season. Barondale, In E. D, Gould's stable, has a pacing record of 2:13%., made the third heat of the 2:24 pace at Saginaw. Ketcham's gelding, Plerron, by Eyelid, won the opening heat in 2:15. retary Briggs writes from Superior that races there August 21, 22 and 23 will be the best for years. The card includes 00, 2:45, and 2-year-old pacing events and 3:00, 2:45 3-year-old classes for trotters, to- gether with races for runners and cyclists. The annual meeting of the Nebraska Asso ciation of Trotting and Pacing Horsn Breeders which will be held at the fair grounds September 4, 5, 6 and 7 will un- subtedly be one of the largest and most » trotting sossions ever held in the state. All of the purses save three run up to $500 or more, and every event on the pro- gram is open to all, and there are sixteen in all. One of the most remarkable performances of the year, says the Kentucky Stock Farm, and indeed of any year, was that of the 4- year-old pacer, Online, at Council Bluffs on the 20th of June. He started in a field of six in the 2:10 pacing class, and won the race In three straight heats in the splendid time of 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. These were the fastest throo conxecutive heats ever made by a d4-year-old pacer, and the fact that they were made as early as the month of June adds eclat to the achievement. It was a little remarkable that although he made such exceptionally fast time none of the field were distanced but all stayed in the race to its conclusion great th Resort of the Athletes, Prof. Swart, the boxing opened a private gymnasium room Sheeley block, which deserves the palrc of those who in need of exercise has it fitted up with all the necessary paratus, such as striking bag. palling chir dumb bells, Indian clubs gloves, etc., all of which, including bath, he places at the disposal of his pairons. has 106 150 H ap- ma Instructor, at wer hoxing | —————————————————— Blood in the Anglers' Veins Again Stirred by the Mus'o. CREEL AND REEL MAY SEE SERVICE NOW Bass May Iie Tempted with Fly, Frog or Grasshopper with Some Assurance of Suce s During Next Few Wooks, the THE RIVERS NOW muurmur lazily bes their sere . brooks are warm and sluggish, and the lay like shimmering glass tween banks lakes beneath the dog day still is amain A time, second only to the last weeks of May and early June, when fhe blood tingles In the angler's The spawning season s over, and once moro the voracions bass is on the qui vive for fly, frog or grasshopper, and once again the devoteo of the rod Is preparing to sally forth with creel and reel. It is royal sport and no dispute. The golden woodpecker nover cackles so cheerily, nor moadow-lark sings sweeter, nor grass or trees look greoner, nor water brighter than to the eager sun, this veins, angler when he gets a day off and goes fish- ing. And to him is welcome everything that comes from the liquid depths, let it be bass, pickerel or pike, it is all the same, just so they bite and keep him busy. Hay and wheat fairy golden rod mnods plumes to the gentle waft Nebrask have been cut and the its yellow, furzy winds that peronnially broad prairies, and the upland plovers are in and gorging them- selves with seed, kernel and insect. The upland plover is a glorious little fel- low, in his gray mottled plumage, and is the one legitimate game bird that affords a break in the weary monotony of the close season between the departure of the ducks and snipe in April to the time when the chicken and grous lawful prey August. His stay, is short-lived. He comes in about the 12th of July and re- mains and waxes fat until probably the 10th of August, when he once more spreads his long pointed pinfons and continues his way on fo the clime that knows no frost. So the sportsman that profits by this brief visit must be on the move early and late, and from the signs of the times It looks as if not many intend to lot the opportunity pass unimproved, The club men are aiways delighted at the thought of once more turning from the artificial target to try their luck and skill on real flesh and feathers, the only true sport when you come right down to facts. ACROSS ODOROUS MEADOWS. Who can mention anything to compare with a day with a dog and gun. What is half so stirring, so healthful, so grand and exhila- rating? A ramble through the golden wheat stubble and over the emerald hillside, with its burning yellows ,reds and blues, for up- land plover “even on these blistering days of July; a tramp across breezy and odorous meadow, or a morning or evening in the grassy valleys, with the multifarious per- fumes of blooming land and gurgling stream; the music of the Bartramian's throat and wing; the fiutter and life of the cicadae, or the thrilling song of the thrush or taninger fil- ling the air all about you. Avaunt with range and trap, with thelr petty jealousies and bickerings over competitive scores, when these intenscr pleasures are spread beforo you with beneficent hand. It is always the same with the lover of nature—the true sportsman. His proclivitics, are inherited and inbred, and successful or unsuccessful in filling bag or crecl, with guf or rod, he would not exchange cne day’s sweet commune with all outdoors. such as are his on days like these, for weeks and months at the scratch behind a trap loaded with a pigeon or black- bird made of asphaltwn and clay. Once a sportsman, always a sportsman, and the whole twelvemonth contains no joy so great to him as the hour when he dons the pictur- esque habiliments of the field and sallies forth to try his dexterity on fin, fur or feather. Strictly speaking, the bird is not a plover, but that is neither here nor there, so long as we all recognize him by that name. They arrive here, as I said, 'long the second week in July and remain a short month. ‘They brced from the latitude to the Sashatchewan and spend the fall and winter months across the borders of Mexico. When they come in here, the southern limits of their breed- ing grounds, from the north, they frequent mostly the wide uplind downs and pastures where the turf has been cropped short by cattle, and whero thoy experience little trouble in pursuit of seed or insect. Fal- low fields, newly plowed grounds and cut hay lands are also favorite resorts, but it is use- less to look for thom near marshes or in wet low lands, for there is nothing marl- tine in their habits, wherein they differ from all true plover. It loves the open fields and cattle pastures where there is an abundance of the insect food on which it fattens, beetles, small coleopterous flics, grasshoppers and in the freshly upturned wheat fields, where worms, snalls and grubs are to be found. HAUNTS OF THIZ BIRD. The bird Is suspicious, wary and shy, although it haunts scenes of domestication, and follows stock as naturally as a dog fo lows bis master. They are difficult to ap- proach on foot, and invariably flush at long range, say from forty-five to sixty yards, which, however, renders the sport keener, more deceptive and alluring. They go In scattered flocks, and when rising from their feeding grounds go off stragglingly, one or two at a time, and in different directions, wheeliug unexpectedly, vaulting and flying erratically over and about the field in which they were flushed, or arching on but a few hundred yards and alighting agal It is during this idiotic flight of their's that they are easiest killed, as they are as apt to come hack right over you, emitting at short intervals that melodious and plaintive whistle as they are to dart by out of gun shot, This is a habit I have ncticed In all ups Jand scolopacidae, never flying in large bodics like the reasted snipe, golden plover or otber maritime birds of like appearance and structure. Thelr whistle is extremely mel- low and sweet, and they send it forth both when running and flying, It is very decep- tiv and apt to fool the Bports- mai, a8 it has a remarkable quality of appearing to be sounded close at hand when In reality it ls a long wiys oft. It sounds the samo anywhera within a dist ce of a thousand yards, It is this note that generally informs the eag gunner that he is on the right scent, also that he is & moment or so too late, for on sonnding this whistle at the approach of the enemy, the wary rd Invariably takes wing, It wing-tipped the bird should be gathered before pursuing oth for they are ex- tremely swift of foot and can hide on the meadow or in the plowed fleld In a way that I8 highly exasperating. Thelr beautiful mottled plumage assimilates closely with the different tinged grases or herbs, or the dull s0il of tho parched plowed ground LiO. AND LEOPARDS Perform at :%0, 4:30, 9 and 19 p. w. today at COUAILAND BEACH,