Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1895, Page 7

SPORTS FOR FERVID AUGUST Linooln and Jacksonville at the Old Fair Grounds This Afternoon, OPENING OF THE BIG TENNIS MEET nE of the Two-Minute Hoss Field and on the Lake— nll Prospects and the Usunl Weekly Roundup. VEN like base ball, and taxes, racing 1s surprises certainties, good many of fast equine flesh today are wondering where they are at. Robert J clearly 2 S5 established hls right to the title of champion pacer during the season of '94, and this year he showed up in improved form, and has been generally con- sidered the fastest harness animal in the world. But fast horses are coming in a veritable procession, and the king of today fs apt to be made a monkey of tomorrow. horse full of and un- and a owners Just now it looks very much as it John R. Gentry was In a class all by himself. Any- way, he s the present top-sawyer. The hollow way in which he defeated Jjoe Patchen bowed the latter's followers in the dust, but no more o than did the latter's recent victory over Robert J humilfate the friends of ‘the wonderful little gelding. Can it be that Robert J has grown chicken-hearted? There are scores and scores of horsemen who will swear that a horse, just like a man, weakens and acknowledges defeat when he could win. About this I am not positive, as I hava never talked to many horses about it Still it looks plausible. Take Flying Jib for instance. There is a horse that has evidently thrown up the sponge. Andy McDowell can take him out most any afternoon and drive him out In less than 2:07, but in a racs most any of the 2:12ers can_outfoot him under the wire. Hal Pointer, recently sold by his old_owner, Ham 1in, a8 no longar a moncy-maker, has gone back in grit, 1t not in speed. This became notice- able to the knowing ones about the time that Direct and Guy and Mascot beat him Horsemen regret to fee Robert J on the back stretch, but it looks as if he was there. The recent victories of Patchen over him at Cleveland and Buffalo has made him faint and cowardly, and it is probabie that an- other idol has joined the long procession that bas wandered away from the turf in the past few years. But a great feast has been prepared for the lovers of the harness nag n R. Gentry, 2:08%, and Joe Patchen, Robert J's conqueror, 2104, are to meet at Washington park, over in Chicago, next Thursday afternoon. A hun- dred thousand people will likely see the great 80. They beyond dispute the speediest pacers in the whole world, and the race will be for a purse of $3,000. The 2:00 mark fs one of the possibilities, Anyway everyhody will be on the lookout for something sensa tional. . Both horses are in the plnk of form and the owners and drivers of each crazy for the clash. It means glory and fortune for one or the other. Which will it be? They have both shown sufficient speed to warrant the belief that one or both will put the record at the 2:00 mark before the snow flies. Only a lunatic would have predicted such a thing twenty years ago. A mile in two minutes! Stupendous! Impossible! But the horse Is here. Not quite a month ago these two kings met at Freeport, as all horiemen will re- member, and while Gentry won, his victory was nelther decisive or satlafactory. Patchen threw a stoe in both the first and second heat and was out of fix in consequence in the third. It was this, his friends claimed, that alone brought about his defeat. But horsey men always have an excuse for a loser. But in reviewing the race it should not be over- looked that John R. Gentry paced the first half of the initial heat in the wonderful time of 0:69%, the fastest half ever recorded In a trot or pace. The -two reached the three- quarter post in 1:30, a 2:00 clip, and ail records would have been knocked into splith- eroens had not Patchen’s bad luck put him out of the race. Speclal attention will be paid to the track for this great event. That goes without say- ing. McHenry and Curry will see to this. Mac, you know, of course, will be behind the handsome Gentry, while Jack will occupy Joe's sulky. McHenry Is considered one of the best drivers who ever neid the reins over a good horse. He has a knack of finishing that seems to be Inimitable. As a driver he has the call on Curry, but Curry thinks that Patchen’s speed is too great for any driver to overcome. He seems confident of a tri- umph, Judging from what he says to the news- paper boys. At the recent Cleveland meeting two new records were made—one for a nine-heat trot and the other for an elght-heat pace, Bach of these races was begun on Friday and ended on Monday, the rain of Saturday preventing their being decided that afternoon. Bravado has the honor of having won the trot, the time of which was 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:18%, 2:12%, 3%, 2:13%, 2:121, 3%, and Direction the pace, In which the heats were negotlated in 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:07%, T, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2: 21114, Tnasmuch as Sweet Little Alix, the great Directum and the mystic Fantasy have dis- appointed the cranks of the tracks, they are busy all over the country casting about for a new candidate for the trotting champlon- ship honors. Many think they have picked her out in Benzetta, 2:06%. This horse is 4 years old and 'ts the get of the Nebraska stallion Onward, dam Beulah. As a 2-year old she took a race record of 2:26%, but it was not until her 3-year-old form that she attracted any special attention. Then she won three out of four starts, took the record 2% and placed a little over $26,000 to the credit of her breeder and owner, E. W Ayres, of Duckers, Ky. Last spring she was offered for sale at what seemed to be a reas- onable price for such an animal, but those in search of good horses seemed to think that her brilllant career had been due more to luck than to merit, and as a consequence Benzetta did not find a new owner. She has started four times this season-—at Columbus, Tiflu, Detroit and Cleveland—and each time she was victorious. In her race at Tifin she reduced her record to 2:09%, and though she has defeated most of the great ones in her class she has still others she must conquer before she takes Alix' place. Just how good Beuzetta is is purely a matter of conjecture. She has done every- thing that has been asked of her so far, and as yet Mr. Ayres and her driver, Gus Mace would rather have her win races than a fast record, it 1s extremely doubtful if ker lmit 1s reached in 1895, Horssmen, both resident and from abroad, who have visited and looked over the track at the new state fair grounds, so far, are unanimous in the opinion that Omaha Is at last to have a regulation mile track that she can be proud of. The springy character of the soll on th® northeast turn seems to be the only problematical contingent. Superin- tendent Swigert Is building the truck with an espectal eye for speed, and the author- ftles say he will succeed if be is able to ount the difficulty mentioned. Swigert It has no fears. He is Immensely tick- led over the outlook when we will_have Gentry, Patchen, Robert J. Onaqua, Fantasy Azote, Klamath, Miss Curtis, Benzetta, and all the blg guns here o the no distant future. Goody! Pat L is a Nebraska-bred 3.year-old, who has been showing up in a brittlant way. At Freeport Warren P was only able to scratch out on him in 2:14%, end at Joliet he won the 2:24 race In_straight heils, reducing Bis record to 2:16%. He closed last season with 2:27% to his credit. Pat L. was bred by J. W. Lash of Auburn, (his state. His sire 1s Republican, dam Nelly, a dsuzhter Pat McMahon. Nebraskn also has a new 2:20 trotier in MoVera, 2:17%. He is 8 fae locking boy Av Talvara snd was also bred by an Aubu and the day will come | man, Jim Caldwell. The black gelding Wis. ley, is another Nebraska product who h cut’ down his record. This happened at Hol- ton, and from 2:22% he reduced it to 2:14%. The Patrick Brothers have removed their big stables of fine horses from Fremont to the old fair grounds in this city which are under control of the well known old turfman, Adam Thompson. The largest deal in horse flesh there has been in the Blue Grass re glon for more than two years was closed a few days since by W. C. France, who dis- posed of fifty-one head of horses for some- thing like $20,000 to J. D. Crelghton, one of Kentucky's largest trotting horse breeders and a resident of Omaha. He disposed of his en- tire lot of foals of 1895 out of exceedingly well bred mares, and by such sires as Red Wilkes, Clay King, Allle Wilkes, etc. To W. Wilkes, Harold, Clay King and Alcyone, and to R. L. Martin of Baltimore he sold the good mare Reddie Clay by Red Wilkes for $1,500. Clinton Briggs Is in Chicag: ington park races and W. goes over this evening. for the Wash- Paxton, Jr., Foot Nall Thix Fall. From present indications Omaha Is to have her sbare this fail of the great college game of foot ball. While up to this year she has never been able to boast ot a first class team of her own, she has had good material from which to draw, but it has never been organized except last fall, when the Young Men's Christian assoclation made the move and sent a splendid team to Butte, Mont. This year the university club is going to undertake the task of bringing the good foot ball players of the town together and getting up a team of which Omaha may be proud, and which will be able to hold its own with all the cracks of this part of the valley. The club has placed its foot ball matters in the hands of an experienced and capable man, Frank Crawford, who coached the Nebraska State University team up to such a_high de. gree of excellence last fall. Already game: are being arranged with all the universities around here and also with the crack Chicago athletic association, the Denver Athletic club and the Butte team. The Chicago athletic team has always made an eastern trip, played all the eastern colleges and the Boston ath- letic club, but this year she is figuring on a western trip to the coast and promises to fa- r Omaha with a game. To compete with these strong teams will necessitate a great deal of practice and the aid of all the old college men who used to indulge while undergraduates. Besides the working up of the new materlal which is running loose around here and anxious to learn the great game, the old veterans will not be overlocked. Being situated geograph- fcally between the state universities, Omaha is to be the scene of two games of the West- ern intercollegiate series. This league is com- posed of the four ate universities of Ne- braska, Towa, Kansas and Missourl. ~ Bach one of these teams plays one game with every other team, and if two teams win the same number of games the championship is de cided by the scores made in the games | played, as it was last year when Missouri and Nebraska had won the same number of games, but Nebraska had the largest scores to her credit and was awarded the pennant. Always before this season the Missouri-Ne- braska game has baen played at Kansas City, but this year it has been transferred t Omaha and will be played here on November 2. HEvery one remembers the great crowd 11 enthusiasm at University ~ park last hanksgiving Day where Nebraska and Towa settled old .disputes on the gridiron. The same scenes will be repeated this fall, when the same teams come together on the same field to decide which has tha best team, and as the men are continually changing and new material is worked up one season can not be taken as a criterion of what the next will be. From this it will be seen that Omaha Is to be favored with many games of the great college sport and also that she will have a toam of her own which will do her proud when upon foreign soll Jacksonville and coln Todny. For the balance of the season the Lincoln base ball team will play its Sunday games on the old fair grounds in this city, the first one being this afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock, with Bobby Carruthers of Jackson- ville. A large attendance should attest to the fact that the Gate City has not lost interest in the great sport or the Western association. Buck Ebright’s aggregation s now in a fair way to win the championship and his hun- dreds of friends here will be out this after- noon to root for him. Jacksonville is consid- erably stronger than at any time during the season and will make the farmers hustie to beat them. Billy O'Brien, one of the prime favorites here, will guard first bag for the Jax, while the young phenom, Connors, will pitch, On the other side the literary Mr. Groag will be on the slab and he swears that the Tlinols delegation shan't have a run But then we have all heard Ernie talk be fore, and if the big sluggers from Jackson- ville don't e him eat his words it will be a wonder. Take the Thirteenth street cars, they go straight to the grounds, and a large number of specials will be on to accom- modate the crowd. The game will be called at 3 o'clock sharp and a brilliant and snappy game may be looked for as both sides are am- bitious to win before a metropolitan_crowd Don't fall to give Buckerino and Perisian Robert a big welcome. The teams LINColN.....veeesss PO acksonville. . Eagan ruthers Johnson .Dillon Déveney veve.Belt an Dyke .O'Brien Connors p v Van Buren. Hollingsworth. Donovan Middle . B0 T [ TR 11 ST Gume called at 3 o'clock sharp. Chat with the Ball Cranks. Pittsburg has captured the series from St. Louls. Loulsville wants twirler. Hugh Dufty has fallen off lamentably in his batting thls season. Sam Laroque is one of the surest hitters in the Western association. svery since Bob Allen retired Philadelphia has becn mourning for a- shortstop. Buckerino and Parislan Bob at fair grounds this afternoon. Go out. Only three league players are now in 400 class. They are Turner, Burkett Lange. Billy but one game on season. George Gore, the New ‘York's old- center flelder, is now a Gotham street cleaning in- Spector. rappy” Joyce of the Wash'ngtons leads the leaguo in home runs. He has eleven to his credit. Washington, St. Louis and Loulsville are the only teams that do not enjoy pennant possibilities. Beckley his made more hits tban any Pittsburg player. Stenzel is second and Donovan third, Preston of the Louisvilles has joined the Des Moines team and will succeed Willle Bill Traffley at short. Fred Genins has play tlons on the Pittsburg team this eason. has done well in all. The University club team will probably ar- range games with the Hastings and Sioux City teams for early dat Ducky Holmes, with Grandpa Traffley's Des Moines outfit this summer, is putting up a clever short for Louisville, Cy Duryea, once a Red, bas been released | by Roohester. Cy has a wonderful record | of games lost in his average. Puller again leads off the New York bat- ting list. Since the change was made his batting and fielding have improved. Ned Crane, old “cannon ball,' has been released by Toronto. This probably -marks the end of his career on the diamon. “Kid” Samuels, the Browns’ new third baseman, needs more minor league experience before he can expect to shine in league com- pany The Bostons are looking for four new players for next season. S prasent tean are drifting into | stakes | Wilcox & Draper shoé house. team ls one of the strongest amateur colored feams In existence. It has been challenged by the Chicago Rembrandts. wuett Meekin and Amos Rusie are both complainiag of sore arms and both are doing gilt-edge pltching. There is liable to be a | collapse one of these days. Cinelanati has won miore stralght gam this season than aoy team in the league, the Hansen, Peorla’s crack the old the and lost this Rbines of the Cincinnat's has the home grounds A five different pos He or five veral of the the “has-been’ A. Brasfield he soid nine brood mares, by Red | number being ten. Cleveland Is second with elght consecutive victories. Billy Niles has been benched at Pittsburg and Frank Genins is now covering third base for the Keystones. He has proved to be a good utility man this year. In Pittsburg they think that Fred Ely is the greatest flelding shortstop in the busi- ness. George Smith can play all around the St. Louls man and hit harder, too. Proston, late of Loulsville, escaped the threatened black list by going to Des Moines as requested by the Colonels' management Holmes, for whom Preston was traded, Is doing well at short for Louisville Manager Doyle of the New Yorks appears be a first class demoralizer. He is un- popular with players and patrons alike. Heraus mit fhm Charley Rellly's foot finterfere with his fielding. A Philadelphia_paper suggests that he is all right as far a distance is decidedly limited The batteries in ths champlonship game the fair grounds this afternoon—Lincoln sus Jacksonville, will be Speer and Groag and Johnson and Connors. Parker of the Jax has decided to study medicine. He has been taking it in such large doses all summer that he has declded to post up on the business for a change Tim Hurst thinks that clumsy Jud Smith, In the Western associstion last year, now with Toronto, Is fast enough for the Na- tional league, but he isn't by a jugtul. Bobby Lowe, the old-time Western league favorite, is at the top of Boston's batting list About all the topnotchers of the league to- day were former Western league players. The Rockford Morning Star declares that Jack Haskell is the best umpire who ever officiated in that historic old town. Wha the matter with the big league next year, Juck? Ernie Beam of Philadelphia will no doubt be signed by Brackett of Quincy. He was the crack pltcher in Brackett's last year Peoria team. The National league was just a little too fast for him. Harry Staley, the fat twirler of the St. Louis Browns, has drawn his d'ploma. When the Wolverines ran up the hits on him until they reached more than a score, Chris Von der Ahe fell in a fit, and when he recovered he sawed off Staley's head. Des Moines enjoys the distinction of being the only club {n this leagne which has not had a player put out of a game this season, says the Rockford Register-Gazette. It Is genu- ine base ball, not kicking, which has earned place three for Des Moines. Jesse Reynolds of Hastings has signed with the Quincys, and Manager Brackett will not regret it. With a little experience in fast company the boy will make a star. His playing here with Wahoo was lavishly and favorably commented on, Times change and men change with them. A few days ago New Yorkers were counting Jouett Meekin a_full-fledged member of the Society of Back Numbers, while Washington- jans shouted gleefully: *“William Mercer is himself again.” In the case of Meekin vs Mercer the latter hadn't a chance. The cranks should turn out in force this afternoon and witness the game at the old fair grounds between Lincoin and Jackson- ville.” Tt will be a rattling good game, and Omaha should demonstrate that she is still for the glorious national game. An excur- sion train will bring oyer 200 rooters up from the Capital City, and altogether it looks as it a big crowd would be in attendance. Captain Jack Doyle would be a lovely fel- low to lead a german. If some gentleman should tread on the train of a fair dancer ptain Jack would be right there to kick spiked tails off him. The New York players love Doyle for the enemies he has made, and the dressing rooms at the Polo grounds have been christened Annex No, 1, Donnybrook Fair. After Dad Clarke had been ‘pounded the other day Captain Jack chased him to the bench, and now when Clarke and Doyle are near each other it grows cool enough to wear an ulster. The Des Molnes Record throws flowers to Buckerino in this way: 1f anybody makes his men work, it is old Hiram Ebright. Hiram believes that is what they are paid for and, being a conscientious old codger, thinks they should earn it. And they gen- erally do when the ‘“old man" is about. Should a player shirk a ball, or do some poor base running, or become careless on the lines, or strike at a ball when he should not, Hiram sets him over on the bench and plants another representative of Lincoln In the posi- tion he has occupied. Indifferent playing doesn't go with “his Bucklets.”” The men understand this and seldom try to “lay down.” With the Shooters and Fishermen. John J. Hardin has camped upon *“Plumber’’ Read's trail and says he must sioot him a return 100-bird match or acknowledge that he dare not put up a dollar on such a match, All the shooters are anxious to see the match consummated, as they know It would be a close and Interesting contest. According to sporting ethics, Mr. Read Is in honor bound to give Mr. Hardin a retury shoot. That was the agreement and understanding when the first match was made, Judge Sam Chapman is shooting sickle-bill curlew in the western sandhills with a party of friends, and they are having fine shooting in the vicinity of Blue Lake, to The Elkhorn river, It is sald, has been seined from source to mouth, and that it is almost utterly and literally depopulated of fish. George A. Hoagland was out after plover one day last week and bagged seventeen. He said they were fat and nfce and that he could have kifled a barrel of them, but seven. teen was just the number he needed. Jim Smith and Dick Berlin made a big bag of uplands southwest of South Omaha. They retrieved sixty-three, and Mr. Smith said the shooting was the best he had ever bad om these birds. The Council Bluffs Gun club 1s anxious to have the prospective Hardin-Read match shot on its grounds or at Union park. It prom- ises to have everything In perfect shape and there will be no excuse for poor scores at either place. Billy Hardin and Oscar Keeline of the Bluffs have returned from a hunt in the northwest- ern part of this state. They had elegant “plover’ shooting and prognosticate plenty of chicken and ducks for the fall sport. Just now they are too small to kill, as they are a month back in the north part of the state, Captain Haskell of Lena, Neb., Is in the city. Ha reports a scarcity of game in his vicinity, but thinks the chicken and grouse will return in another year. The captain has a big spring on his place and he Is bu'lding a ten acre lake to be fed by this. When completed he will stock it with bass and other choice fish. He claims that this lake will be the only fresh water lake in the country. Rl e Something About Cricket Records. That cricket records are hard to break is a well established fact, and the performance of new feats with bat or ball are eagerly sought It is just nineteen years ago this month that Dr. W. G. Grace made 344 for M, C. C. against Kent, an individual score that has stood for that length of time as the highest in a first class match. On July 11 and 12 A. Cr McLaren, playing for Lancashire agalnst Somersetshire, compiled 424, including 1 six, 64 fours, 11 threes and 27 twos. He was seven hours and three-quarters at the wickets, and his wonderful exhibition was remarkably free from mistakes. Lancashire’s full total was 801, which is also a record for a county match; In fact, it has only twice been ex ceeded In first class matches, viz., $43 by the Australians In 1593 against a combined Ox- | tord and Cambridge team, and 803 by the Non-Smokers against the Smokers These are net the only records that have been broken in the English naticnal game. Captain Oats and Private Fitzgerald, playing for the Royal Munster Fusileers against the Army Service Corps at the Curragh, put to- gether 623 without their partmership being broken, the captain belng credited with 313 not out and the private 257 not out. Previous to this the longest partnership was that of G. F. Vernon and A. H. Trevor, who in 1882 for the Orleams club made 605 between them. While on the subject of cricket it Ia interest- ing to note that the champion of champlons still continues in his best form. He recently in the Gentlomen vs Players match made his seventh century this season, making his totsl close to 1,900 runs up to July 13. His county (o that date stands at 95 for twelve in 1887, he goes, but that his | W YORK STORE Cor. 15th and Dodge Sts. First Grand Summer Clearing Sale. Every department will have hundreds of bargains. 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ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING SMALL Twenty-Five Hundred People to Pay Out $4,000 in Purses—Axtell Colt Makes a Good Showing in the 2:10 Trot. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The meeting of the Northwestern Feeder's association began to- day at Washington park. No betting of any kind was allowed, three or four bookmakers who came out to make “hand books” being told that it would not be tolerated. Although there was no racing at Harlem, only 2,500 people were present. Four thousand dollars were paid out in purses. In the Iroquois stakes, Bert Oliver, the Minnesota horse, wout out gamely after a hard struggle with Marcus Daly’s Rachael. The latter was the fastest horse in the race, but her breaks were dis- asterous. In the third heat she covered the last half mine in 1:02%. Overworked Earl- mont won the first heat and then was dis- tanced for running. Major Ewing won the second heat in the 2:19 trot, but was set back for breaking. In the third heat, Ax- tellold, the young son of Axtell, nipped Josephine at the wire. Franklin reduced his record In the 2:25 trot. Summarie Class , trotting, purse $1.000: TFrank- lin, b. g, by Gold Leaf, (French), won the first, third and fourth heats and race. Time: 2:18g, 2:17%, 2:19%. A. L. Kemplan won the second heat, Time: 2:84. Lit- tle Glenn, Berry, Drum Major, Liulu I, Bud Ewing and Tart Baltic also 'started. Troquis stake, 2:25 pace, purse $2,000: Bert Ollver, b, c., by Ashland-Hussy, won the second, fourth and sixth heats ‘and race. Time: ' 2:10, 2:14%, Rachael won the third and fifth heats. Time 0, 2:16 Earlmont won the first heat in 2:08%, and was afterward distanced, as was also Clara King. Belle Orr was drawn Class 2:19, trotting, purse $1,000, (unfin- ished): Josephine won the first and s ond heats. Time: 2:18%, 2:16. Axtelloid won the third heat, ~Timb: 2. Major Ewing, Glenmore, Garret Cand Genle also started, GAV SIMMS A WARM WELCOME, Rode His First Race nt Aqued and Brought it in Winner. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The most notable feature of the races at Aqueduct today was the riding of Simms, He was heartily greeted when he went to the post in the second event, and still more so when he rode the winner in. He had the mount on Roller, who was second cholce at the open- ing and favorite at the close, At the fall of the flag he took @ good position in the rear and sailed along there until the stretch, when he came away and won in a_drive. Another feature was the upset of Captain T in the fourth race. In the second race Captain Jack fouled Diabolus in the stretch and the stewards set him back, Mendicant von all the way v ily. Summaries five furlo : Hermia (9 to 10) Unity’ @ (o 1) second, Rebea (7 to 1) third, Time: 1.8, Second race, one mile: won, Chiswick (even) second, to 1) third. Time: 141, hird race, handicap, six and a half fur- longs: Roller (2 to 1) 'won, Ameer (5 to 2) second, Roundelay (12 to 5 (hird. Time: Mendicant (3 to 1) Diabolus (15 Folirth race, mile and a sixteenth: Mirage (@ to 1) won, Captain (1 to 2) second, Hagle Bird (6'to 1) third. Time: 1:50% Fifth race, five furlongs: Royal Rover (20 to 1) won, Kliza Belle @ to 5 second, Ben Naid (4 to 1) third, "Tine: 1:03%, Sixth race, one mile: Golden Gate (5 to 1) won, True benny d fo 1) second, Buckeye @0 fo 1) third, Time: 1:46% Extended (he Mecting One Week. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 17.—Eight events were on the card at Exposition park today and caused endless trouble to the talent In their efforts to pick the winners. In the trotting races, which preceded the regular running card, Roy Honor and Grant's Ab- dallah made excellent time and won the first and second events respectively in straight heats. Paulette at § to 5 was the only favorite that won in the other races Track fair; attendance gos The racing association has extended the meeting until August 2. Summaries Firat race, 2:28 class, mile heats: oy Honor heats. No time recorded Parnell third Bacond race, free-for-all pace: Abdallah won'in straight heats. recorded. R H_ second. Third race, six furlongs: Miss Oaks (& to 1) ‘won, Buenos Ayres ({ to 1) second, Elmo @ to 1) third. Time: 1:20% Fourth race, six and a half turiongs: wila trot or pace, half. won in siralght Ratsom second rant's No time LINENS. clearing price Bleached Table will go at Red Damask, Towe Outings§ Outing Flannel worth 8c; goes at.... 4!éc Turkey Red color Calico, Indigo Blue, worth 6c; clearing sale price ... Shirting, extra fine, worth 8¢; will go at Men’s Furnishings. Shirts, Percale, fancy stripes; clear- ing sale Black Sateen Our entire line half LES! Linen, i all o twice this sale price . worth 6c; Working 65c; & big bargain .. 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Time: 1 Fifth race, six furlongs: Vallera (4 to 1) won, Davy 'Crockett (2 to 1) second, Pat Brooks (3 °to 1) third. “Time: 1:19%. Sixth race, flve furlongs: Bessle Yelser (20 to 1) won, Little Ell (5 to 2) second, Vir- ginite (4 to 1) third, Time: Seventh race, five and Ben Wiison (2'to 1) won, second, Virgin (8 to ) third. Time: 1:10. Eighth race, six and a half furlongs: Paulette (4 to'5) won, Abana Boy (6 to 1) ccond, Bob Clampett’ (i to 1) third, Time: furlongs: get (4 to 1) CR CLUB'S MATINEE, Fair Crowd Watches an Afternoon of Excellent Racing. A large and not over enthusiastic crowd gathered at the old fair grounds yesterday afternoon to witness the fourth matinee given under the auspices of the Omaha Driving club, The card contained six race: and they were all very interesting, and soma of the finishes were as good a3 one would wish to see. Mr. Al Patrick had his string entered, driving the horses himself, and considering his weiznt Lis horses showcd up remarkably well. D, T. Mount_had hia singlefooting class out and Miys Ma= Mount and Mrs. Lewls showod grent skl in the exhibition which they rode Deiween' beats in the trots, he fifth race was not finished on acconnt of dwkness aud it will have to be decid:d st ancther time which owner has the fast- est horse. Al Patrick won the special prize for the fastest half, as his horse Goldage went in 1 ummaries: 125 pace to cart: #s, Scott Robinson.. Pritche . . Van Court H B MeCormick 1:17. Posaum, C. Mell, i, trot: . Clarke ...oovveene 1 Dakin ...... s ) P. Phiilips 0000 Morrell... ... red Gudgeon Y, 5 Grey Frank, Billie, 1" "), F'ax Tall, T Mollie M, ‘. B Wolf Tane Third race, bike: Goldage, Al Patrick ... Shiftless, George O. Jac Arno, A, Thompson .........3 Holsteln, Jake Tremain Time: 1:15%, 1: Fourth ra Earnie 8, Dictionar’ pace or Fifth race, 1 e ell, Pritchard White Stock Idmah, T. Bannock Burn, Fally F, C. Time Sixth or trot olds and under, Rose A Lulu Calaway, A. Ti St. Martin, 7.’ T. Tune: 1:21, 1:17 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.—An unusually large attendance was present at the Fair Asso- clation park today and the racing was good. Track fast.” Favorites fared poorly and the reversals of form sent the talent home with the usual Saturday luck. the gecond race Forget, 2 to 1 sho the money, and long sh throughout, = Summaries: First race, six furlongs: White Wings (4 to 1) won, Mrs. Bradshaw (3 to 1) sec 1, Hibernian Queen (3 to 1) third, 1:160%, Becond won, Har lar (8 to Third race, mile and a sixteenth: Cre- sse (13 to '20) won, John Hickey (9 to 1) second, Mopsy (15 to'1) third. ‘Time: 1:50% Fourth race, six furlongs: Char 1) won, Upman (13 to 5 second, Warmer (3% to 1) third. Time: 1:15%, Fifth race, one mile: Linda (even) won, Rey del Mar (5 to 1) second, Miss Galop @ _to 1) third. Time: 1:42 Sixth race, eleven furlongs: Marcel (8 to 5) won, Billy McKenzle (i to 1) second, J P B (4 10 1) third. Time: 2 d Over the Favorites. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.—Favorite were bowled over with the accustomed reg ularity at Bay District today, only two out of six winning. Bummarie Pirst e, five furlon selling dene (8 to 1) won, Detective Green third. Time: 1:09%. Becond ri five furlongs, selling 1zation (2 to 1) won, Gold Bug second, cardo third. Time: 1:01 "'hird race, about six furlongs (1 to 5 won, Grady second, Josephine Time: 1:1F Fourth race (G to 1) won, lator third, e 101, Meth race, five and a half furlongs, sell ing Wid Rose (e won, Bob Tucker second, Jim Corbett third. Time: 1:08% Bixth race, mile and a half, six hurdles JOC (3 to 2 won, Gold Dust second, Mes- tor third. Tim 2474, orget (20 to 1) second,”Dare Dol- 116, third, * Time: Yanga second, Imp. Real- Ri- Gratif, third five furlongs: Tim Murphy second, Bloomsburg Instal- simuions Falled to Draw, BUFFALO, Aug The number of spec tators attracied to the Driving park today by the unusual spectacle of a prize fighter on the track with the circult races was small that the only wonder was how many would have been present besides judges and stable boys If there had been no side show. There was nothing but the side show, for a shower came opportunely to sav out any of the $9,000 hung up for pu th management, who were out o anyway on the two weeks' racing without betting, gladly declared the races off. Fitz- simmotis punched the bag and sparred four roun paying 5, and pocket Clavton Made n SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 17.—The day was fair, the track fast and attendance about the best of the meeting. There was an ex- cellent card. Clayton's finish on Silk Gown in the second race was a master stroke. Annie Barron made the pace to the last fu long in the first race. Prince Lief then came through and won by & half length {rom Damien, who was a length to the kood over Annie Barron. In the second positions alternated rapidly until the stretch Ajax gave up the lead as they reached the stretch and Sk Gown Increased his pace, followed closely by Refugoe, overtaking Waltseer and ‘beating him home in the greatest of finishes by a head. In the third race Roundsman had a struggle with Merry Prince, beating him by a head, Enthusiast in_the' fourth made the pace for almost a mile, but in the finish Candelabra_rushed throigh and won by a head. May Blosson after a lively race, came In first by threc lengths in the last race. Cicero and Oak- wood did not_finish. Oakwood ¢l 1 foul against May Biossom, which was al- lowed and May Blossom was disqualified, Lion Heart was given first place, Young Orlon second and Flellas third. Results: First race, five furlongs: Prince Lief (4 to 5 won, Damien (5 to 1) second, Annie Barron (7'to 3) third. Time: 1:02! Second race, six furlongs: Silk to 2) won, Waltseer ) ‘second, (4 o 1) third. Time: 1: Phird race, the Bitter Root Stud stakes, handicap, siX furlongs: Roundsman (3 to 1) won, Mefry Prince ('t 1) second, Ramiero (6 t6 5) third. Time: 1,15, Fourth race, mile and a_quarter: delabra (7 to'5) won, Dungarven cond, Langdon (2 to'1) third, Time Fifth “race, steeplechase, short Lion Heart (3 to 1) won, Young Orion (8 to second, Hellas (30 to 1) third. Time: reat Ride. « Refugee Only One Favorite to Win, DETROIT, Aug. 17.—All the events at the Windsor track today were hotly contested. Florence P was the only favorite to win and she made it only by the shortest of heads at the finish between her and Mid- star and Aunt Lida. Weather fine; track fast. Results: t race, six_furlong: lict second, Sunset third. ce, five furlon; econd, Brow Malmalison won, Time: 1:16%. Vice Regal Jewel third, Florence P Jda third, won Midstar second, Aunt Time urth race, four_and a Merry Nell won, Summer Hours third. Fifth race, five and a half furlongs: Foster won, Aina Mayes second, Atelier third, Time: 1:081;. Milwnukee Mecting o Frost. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 17.—One street car took away all the people who saw the end of the trotting meeting this afternoon. There were only two events. Summarics: Frae-for-all: Slumber won the first, third and fifth heats and race. Time: 2:16, %:ld, 21, Two Strikes won the second and fourth heats In 215, 2:17%. Adelbert also started. 2110 class, trot: Happy Mark won in three stralght Neats. Time: 2:0 = 2:2714, Martha Mitchell, Jim Young, Shadelatd Amella also started e OF A HOLD-UP Time: 035615 Mys SRY SOLVED. Blnck Hills Stage Robbers to Be in Jall in Arkan SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Aug. 17.—(Speclal.) Postal Inspector Fosnes, who arrived in this city last evening, gives out the Intelligence of an important capture of stage robbers The men arrested are Ulysses S. Pitts and George Hayes and the capture was effected in Arkansas, where the robbers are now in Jail, waiting the arrival of a deputy from here to bring them to this eity. On March 17, 1894, the mall stage ruhning between Deadwood and Spearfish was held up in broad daylight by two masked men and the mail sacks rified. There were several passen gers on the stage, but they were successfully kept covered with revolvers until the rob. bery had taken place and the driver ordered 10 “move on.” The letters were then opened near the scene of the robbery and several hundred dollars taken from them. The rob. bers have so successfully covered their tracks that they were not even suspected for a long time, and not until after several other peo- plo had becn arrested for the offense, tried and ucquitted. Pitts before the robbery was v tenant of Judge Burns of Spearfish, and as far as known 's not old in crime, but'is more or less the vicim of Hayes' influence. In spector Fosnes says he understands that Hayes is an old and dangerons criminal and wanted fn Texas for murder. It Is known beyond & doubt that the captured men are the ones wanted for the mail robbery. Mrs Pitts, wife of one of the men, and Thomas a brother, arrived yesterday from fish and will testify before the United States grand jury, now in session here, con- cerning the case. The grand jury will report Monday, and there will qoubtiess be indiet- ments found against Pits and Haye | Suite EDUCATIONAL. NEW YORK CITY, 11 W. 86th-st. (ad). Ceniral b ¥ Tho Jacolot Sehool 4o and mny soner forans A Frent ing Mile. FROM Mis. C. L. MORGAN, Principals, 1l term ‘beging October 1, 1 Trospectus sent on application. Fat Folks EDUCED. from 15 to 25 bs. per month, Per- fectly harmless. No wrinkles. $5 per month, all medicines fur- nished. Thou- sands are being reduced. Whylpay Snyder 810" for treatment you can get for $5. Send for circular and testimonials ad- dress with stamp, DR. H. S. JONES, 2 Rialto Bldg, Kansas City, Mo, DR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE To all sufferers of Errorsof Youth and Diseases of Menand Women. 208 puges, cloth bound. Treat- ment by mall strictly confidential. Cure guaran: teed. Callor write. Dr, LOB1,329 N.15th 8t., Phila United States marshal sent after them bring them here for trial. e LAKE SHORF DOWN to 1 BARS , Aug. The Lake Shore today knocked a prop from under the Knights Templar rates, It has served notice that its tickets will be good for return pas- sege over the New York Central, August 27 to October 2, and over the Lake Shore till October 3, regardless of conditions printed on the tickets, for passengers desiring to go to any point on these roads may use the round trip portions without going through to Bos- ton to have the tickets endorsed by the terminal lines there. The Wabash has made a similar announcement, and in addition it will grant stopovers at Detroit, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Toronto and Montreal, and on the return portion of the tickets going via this line and returning via other eastern lines, stopovers will be granted at Philadel- phia, New York, Washimgton, Baltimore and Pittsburg. No demoralization in the Knights Templar tickets has thus far made its ap- pearance amoug the western lines, but they, will have a hard time to keep out of trouble when the return portions of the tickets are on the market All the western roads, with the exception of the Union Pacific, have agreed on the harvest excursion proposition. If that one line stands out the agrement will fall to the ground and excursions will be run wide open. It is generally believed that the Union Pacific will agree to the proposition, al- though its vote had not been received up to a late hour this afternoon. Notice has beem given by the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern that they do not desire to have eny excursions run into their territory, and wiil not participate in any reduced rates for these occasions. " Fair and Probably Slightly Cooler for Nebrawka. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The for Bunday Is: For Nebraska- cooler; northerly or - Missouri or South Dakota—Generally falv; slightly lev; northerly winds, or | Kansas—Generally winds, forecast Generally winds, and lowa fair; probably, Fair; varlable falr; variable ocal Record, OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Aug. 17.-Omaha record of tem: perature’ and rainfall, compared with the corresponding day of the past four years 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, Maximum perature. # 95 19 9 67 6l E’ % & 0 7 Minimum temperature, Average temperature Precipitation .............. 00 00 T Condition of temperature and precipitation at Omauha for the duy since March 1, 136 Norinal LUperature.. .cooovssssessersnienes Excoss for the day...... ... z Accumulated excess since March 1000077 22 Normal precipitation il inel Deficlency for the day. AL ineh Total precipitation since March 1 1349 inches Deticlency since March 1. . 8.62inches