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ODOM, who has just re- irom the track, > known for years a5 “the honest ‘There are few of the little fel- ~not at some time or Jeast under suspicion. ‘Odom was the shining exception to the ~ rule. “He has always ridden ‘fairly and ““*o the best of his ability. ‘The result 1s that he now enters upon his career as an owner with a-clean rep- ‘tation, backed with a comfortable for- ‘tune. He made more money out of riding ‘than any of the boy: to use the “strong arm" now and then. ‘Odom was born to be a ridex. His ‘early homie was in Columbus, Ga., where his father, a Southern gentleman, owned nd raced a private stable. gentleman gave George a pony when he ‘Ras about six or eight years old and “the boy learned to ride. dn the saddle. HEN he* was sixteen his father placed him with a friend as an exercise boy, Soon he made such sho were willing He grew up Progress that he was given a mount. He as still only sixteen when he rode his rei ruce, for W. P. Burch in New Or- Teons., Ho didn't win at first. , for they don't get the best horses In the stable, But after a while young Odom attracted so much attention that he was sigt) . by W. H..Clark. He ogg his first race on Klepper at Morris “{Park, fall of '88. (hea he began Win-|reveais the fact that as a yearling ning steadily, BAG vatire [one wae Tee: ay was evidently not very promis- *ulzed as one of the topnotchers. Odom wes married before he camo ot He settled down quietly, putting jaway his earninga, which came to about 900,000 a yeur—quite a comfortable In- He always made as much riding ‘aso freelance as he did under his co! tracts, for he was in great demu ‘absolute honesty made among the better class of owners. when asked what horse of all that he had ever ridden he liked best, His|had remained in, him a favorite “Advance Guard is my favorite, e horse for his gaifiencss. gamest horse in the world, and game- ness is the quality I admire most in either a horse or a man.” Men who adimiro*honesty a ness in a jockey will be sorr creasing welylit has forced George Odom ! ‘to leave the track. HE Britt-Sullivan fight Francisco {a arousing quite a lot f interest on the con’ has been heralded as a umong the Nght-weights, Jimmy Britt, Tecopnized as the light-welght champion. @ curlour situation in the West, This brings out among ‘the light-weights. Al Herford manages both Sullivan end jj) holder of the title, pens to land one on Jimmy E brits bome the money Herford will be But if Sullivan hap- ch Suillyan and Gans either have to m: {als own meu) for a fight for the title, Wiich would be regarded as something of Joke among followers of the gatno, or induce Misto Gans to retire Gang is all in as a light- His big money-ee: Sullivan, if he could ge “the title, would be a much better draw- foe card (hun tke dark man, ‘“liyan’s tayo welght any way. ‘@aye ure over. WEY pay from bah ava to twenty dol- lars a seat at fights in the Kion- dike. Don't expect to see “Phila- “Gelphia Jack” O'Brien In this part of the “evuntry for a while. a SHOW HORSES AT NEWPORT. Sia UC © Sewrort, @. 1, duly 19.—The Newport med ite prize list for tho iW O2uual exhibition, to be held at the Bevt, 4. > aud 6 ves are offered wt chuises, Twenty In harness en een saddle horven, rev ay; » 4 Big “Pro,’’ a little nonsenser it awfully cold? you button up your coat Bad your treeaing earlets holdt nt yao you ales ac feos SPORTING NEWS AND COMMENT on EDITED BY ERT EDGREN ‘ONE “HONEST JOCKEY” ARTFUL AND MAY MEET AT SARATOGA BY FRANK W. THORP. Saratoga stake books were distributed yesterday, ami were examined with much eagerness to see what were the! SYSONBY could afford to dodge in a stake of tho value of this one. So, after all, there is only one charice of a meeting between Artful and Sysonby, and that is in the Samtoga prospects for an early meeting between! Cup. The fact that Artful was one Artful and Sysonby. It was found that both Sysonby and Artful had but two engagements, and in only one of these stakes did the entry of both ea ‘This stake is the Saratoga Cup, at @ mile and six furlongs, and it is run near the end of the meeting, so it 1s too far away for any one to say whether or nog they will meet. Artful is engaged also in the Delaware Stakes, but Sysonby is not. ‘The lat- ter is an eligible to the $0,000 Great Republic Stakes, and if he stays fit and sound he has the rich event at his mercy. This stake last year was won by Delhi, owned by James R. Keene. In looking over the declarations fram this stake, it was found that «mong the earliest of those withdrawn was William C. Whitney's Artful. This declaration was made Nov. 1, 293, be- fore the death of Mr, Whitney, anti it Will Shock Racegoers. This withdrawal of Artful ts a yosi- tive shock to horsemen, in view of the present rivalry between the pair | 0! ifor three-year-old honors. if Artful and was still an eligible, the Great Republic would have furnished the spectacular event fuera "prilisnt victores at «vuttel burg, when it was no unusual thing for him to'ride the six winners oy a cerd, Bergen has lost his sPiill, of the year's racing, for nefther owner of the July entries seems to indicate that a meeting with Sysonby was sought, because ® was known that Sysomby was one of the eligibles in that event. Telephone booths were put in at Brighton yesterday. They should be installed at all tracks. . Of course, some will take a chance and try to eat the Western Union's flash win- ners ‘by the telephone route, but that does not make any difference to the association, nor should it concern the Western Union, since that corporation has declared that it ‘has no eftiliation with pool-rooms. The telephones are a age ic convenience and should have in long ago. Telephones were) provided for club members some time some time ago, but not every one can go into the club-house. Might Shut Off Thelr Wind. WHO HAS JUST RETIRED FROM THE FIGSKIN. Starters. Jocks, we = erty, Str. Petropaw. J Martin 107 ae! 3 BF Wittred, Holloway, There was a long delay at te “feld once going away to a false | he race Listless sak. Eront and: showed the wayee |the stretch, followed b flamme and, Senechal. Retropaw, closed very gamely and just in time to win by a hea AStess was four lengths in front of Rube Breaks His Leg, QO aitded: steptechase von. ‘caslly, niet two-year-olds: Retropaw. Ori- in the run home | Accountant “Mart GNC Bennett Davin tet bw Bs OR Ormd DaleHilah'nd 107 3 26 3% 8 7-5 sae et Ga handtcap; start good. George Oscne "The Honest Jeckey ™ AMATEUR ON YANKEE BEATS Jocks. Wis. St-HIf-Fin, Roberts Tube. alsa ran. Hedge | pulled fell, Gate Bell fell. Ral Flying Machine made up. Heather Bells ie down. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. the running ‘Then Neponset showed a few jumps and gave Half a mile WATIONAL LEAGUE. iis W. L. PC. ay way to George Keene. from home Rube and Graceaway mo.cd Phila'phia a “y 0! Boston. +48 34 SSH Bi TY fo the front and took the last J mp RESULTS OF orl tiey 'S GAMES. While the Brighton Assnintion is making improvements and reforms, by all means abolis! lus dine dividuals) who, Imeet ou at the gate with’ miegaphones the alluring fascinations of ‘urious attractions at the beaches, It 18 more than annoying to racegoers to Lave these things roared in’ one's face. usty-luns inform you of Marty Bergen received a wonderful ovation. when he paraded to the Meet on Buttons yesterday. There a warm (spot for Bergen in the near f the people, who sull remember th It wi toke c7prldarable to get him Leek into form BETWEEN THE ROUNDS. Jack Welch. the well-known referee the writes a few days ago that he of fistic battles, been sefected to judge the twenty-roun, Lout between Jimmy Britt and “Kid’ Sullivan, be decided in ‘Frisco Friday night. Britt at first wanted Eddie Graney ‘to of San Feunelse», bas | Woukl 3 nontes these days are Dal Hawkins, Andy Walsh and “Kid" of Washinigton, which ts to|MePartland, ver box again. Ou fighters making mone: following the ‘Young Corbett." who ar Tom Tracey Still Fighting. Tom Tracey, who was cne of the Aus- referee the fight, but as Graney said /trallan Axhters who came to this coun: he ovag through with the refereeing puainees Britt picked Welch, and ‘ai|* ortord, manager of Sullivan, aiso a> ey between Britt and Jabezz White and will referee all the fights out ‘riveo in the future. International Battle Next. bantam-well ham pion of and Owen Moran, the bantamwele ter of England, wiio Danie euch A great showing ls the bat tles he fought during the short timo he was in this country. The boys will meet In & twenty-round contest before the Butte A. C, on Labor Day afternoon, They will clash at 118 of Calf pounds. Moran will return to Amer-| fea the third week In August. Ryan and Peterson To-Night. Welch judged the {ghi|home and have quit the game. has th e a fulr deciaton, The Ind’cations Retna ine chicen eeitecaee sh sack | battle to be} when he was banta: y several years ago und made good, is | sun nehting around California, while "Young Griffo” and Dan Creedon, who accompanied Tracey here, have returr twenty rounds at Mansouyes, W. T., on the night of July 28. Forbes to Mect O'Brien, Harry Forbes, who could fight some “weight champion, will engage in another battle in New ad on July 25. Forbes will meet O'Brien, the 11$-pouad fighter of id, who has been winning es during the last’ eleven, ‘orbes- and O'Brien will box ‘round “go” before the Doug- of Chelsea, Maxs., for a purse Chance for Herbert, Georgo Herbert, the California wel- it, who was knocked out by Ryan, at Hutte, Mon., on guy “Buddy’ Ryan, the welteswelght! 4, is to be given another chat champion of Chicago, will Ogure in is! thake good in the aquared clecle, Here first battle in Callfornia to-night. His| bert has been matened to fight Jack opponent will be George Peterson, the! California fighter, wh a coming mun by th the coast, HKyan “nook up" for fy the Colma ¢. is being con- dueted by Pitiy Hoshe the former man- ager of pugilizts of this vicinity. ins! leas Peterson ls o wender Ryan should Mtop him before the fifteenth round has started, Duane Quito Ring. Danny Duane, who was quite a fighter in the Hghtwelgit division only a few Years age, hax quit the ring. Playing the racts these has benn so successful that b TIVERTON WINS Peterson will rounds before 8 and he informed Ten Gelding Beats Out Sweet Marie in Two Straight Heats in Bel- mont Park, Pa., the Mare Breaking Each Time. | suousana dovoters of knotting enw the is regarded as|V, fisife critics of| pects to make good in th's fixht, ap ne wane ty} ney, of San Francisco, In a twenty- ind ‘battle before the Palm A, C,, of lejo, Cul, on July 21. Herbert ex- rol if pe is trained by Byan and Jimmy Bott, Jimmy Gardner Gocs to Coast, Jimmy Gardner, of New Fnyland, the Nghtweight champion, ts on hls way to fight Rufe fu ule Colma A. twenty rounds before " of California, on Au tre looked (0 be in excellent condi: tion, His brother. George, aceompan- ted him. George is going to try to ree 1 ter Which ‘he will Schreck, at Belmont Driving Park to- in the lead. badly and pu lea} up. Graceaway went on and won e from George Keene, who waa two leneths in front of Ne- ‘Rube hobbled Into the stretoh ‘and it was seen tl Hin jockey, Soff: and they tr.ed to lead the jboree of the track, ‘The nit! of the horse to waik cn his broken leg brought tears to the eyes of the women in the grand stard. Was then summoned, and a bunsle was ing Rube into it. so tha fared and then fell backward. ed in the wagon and Bittaburg, 2 New, York, Bx Hew York. 2: Clevelana, 0. Philadelphia, 3: chnehinat 4 Boston, 3: St. Loul Philedenpnia. Gr Detrott, GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. Eatery New York. ce at Pnlladetonia. OUT MINEOLA: Charley Barr Has No Excuse! to Offer to Defeat on after his sprawl, jhis leg way broken. ew teas Betladeiphin of Be Eula, Washington at Detroit, Boston at Cleveland. The ambvl n-» PROVIDENCE ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) NARRAGANSETT PARK, R. I., July ‘ne entries for to-mérrow’s races JOHNSON WON FROM FERE FERGUSON : duly 19.—Jack voRnOR: Hé was finally pl Long Shots In Front. IRD RA! 1,000: nd = tein {ain ‘Time— Startefs. Jocks. Wis. St. rv (Special to The Evening World.) polling: three-year LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB, Nrw | YORK, July 19.—The principal He | of the second open regatta of Yacht Club arnual week wan the race between the Yanke a seventy-footer, owned by J. Roge and the Mineola, owned by |of Chelsea, This race was a con- | Assoc test from start to finish, and unusual | | Interest.was taken in tt. oEIRST ral ant psa end forty. yerdai AMUSEMENTS. SUPERB SHOMS a foul from eauly Perna the Douglas ‘ Athi fon in that city W. Ross Proctor. ‘The Westerner had the better of the Jeontest excent in the first two, rounds, In seventh round Johnson fell ov: The yachts -Jockeyed for the sts art the Jocal boxer and the latter struck groin three Umes with his selghnaan fell to the floor and was | unable to rise for five minutes. The Mineola Was) referee then awarded him the decisisn “The |on a foul. LL STAM VAUDEVILLE. at. a Bene “igh ett yack’ “& Ji." Marion eet Hick Extra ® halen, TE Chrgetes « suite Wits," 3- ANwalton Taylor, the Yankee, Maxwell, the young on of the owner, | the best of it. manned by Capt. Yankee crossed the line thirty seconds Harry | tim in the Charlie Barr, Byron Ougley. Helen Some J ockeys aet a feartul arm development from oe their: eee ere Not so auith odom.. ACCOUNTANT WINS THE MONTAUK STAKE (Continued from First Page.) — fi . Go Between and others enga) Dance Soh et Tak A a mo, Go Between and others, enmaged: Vopaay wc: iart a5 Bt. ropaw Finished Gamely. FIRST RACE $000 added; selling: maiden frowesr-olds Fain Tree, Nubeis; Dinsh military Man, Waswift, Incubator, ee a Tt “Jack, Ratlin made the running, fol- lowed by Novena, Head Dance and Mili. tary Man, They ran this way to tho far turn. where Head Dance moved to the front followed iby Novena and Vola- day. In a ha: drive to the \trish No- vena won yy. a head from Her 4 Dance, | ieee oladay three-quarters ry length, Accountant's Stake Easily. FOURTH RACE—The Montank Stakes for 000 ar Start ‘poods Won easily Hime te See ‘Botttn Starters, Jocks: Wis St.HIf.Fin. Str. Pi Clover Crest and C: Accountant made the runsing, fol- lowed by Ormond Dale and Ciover Crest. They ‘held this order for a uar- ter, when Clover Creat quit. Accountang and Ormond Dale ran in close one: to the stretch, where Accouatent drew Away and won eastly by a length from George C. Bennett, who was the same f. | distance in front of Ormond Dale. Bad News Handy Winner. EIPTH RACE—$1.200 | handicap gesyolda, and Meee re Biart’ baa.” "Won ‘handily. Time—0 ed Starters. Jocks. Ws. Bt Bad News... .Kaspp 118 ce a wer} Pretension «1 Geraniurn bay i 8 amo, Ouicome, Alles a" Hu wicome, Alles 4°Or, Ocean Tide, Pretension Seta atlft, pace, fs by Bad News, an ‘Tide optumo. They held his Rate to the far turn, where Bad Nows closed on Pretension ane raced with her to the stretch. There News went to the front and won hamatly by half a length, while Preten- sion held second Base to the end, beat ae Geranium lengths for the Kiamesha All id Way. qemrolds ftea, ste furlaens. Bart ‘goed, ‘Won eashy. Time—1.1i pil % Kali Hitema Tia ee ge es ea Gout eerie arms He 2 dt ie a 3? dan, Hyacinthe and Floraiia also "Kiamesba raced to the front soon after the start, made all the running and won ganly %, four len: from. | eer de Mar! 10 beat Gold ‘Ros a nee} AMUSEMENTS. NEW YORK ROOF and Wistarta Grove, MMER TaPPopRoatE |. Sun. ‘Le Domino Rouge.’ A NOVELTY[Tho Girl wae the Red in a uropean Comedy Keatures arralie ‘ALOB, zh De, Sekzlt & Mr, Hyde. 3 ua one alee oo Sackintosh ete: ." Beatrice Mo; ‘sic, Dally Maat 20 pniesTEN'S SE rode NG ARDEN (Te abads akan lant, oe BRIGHTON ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, July 19.—Entries for to-morrow’ races ahead of the Mineola. The start was Sasol a6. The race brought about an interest- Ing test for mastery between young Maxwell and Barr. a professional and an amateur at held the weather berth for twenty minutes and both vachts skipr & good west-southwest FOURTH RACKET kes; for thre e-year-clde; about Of course, there is skipper at one wheel and thety ton, sie along under On the first round ished the first leg of the fifteen-and-a- half-mile triangular course, She was 6til about 38 seconds ahead of her rival, The Yankee ag she set sail for the second round had her spinnaker set to port and her mainsall squared to port. view at the clubhouse Barr was slow in getting out his big sails, but soon he was speeding along ata rapid clip, Two minutes later and Barr had the Mineola going and she passed the Yankee, The Yankee finally won, however, by Mr. Barr ga‘d: “We did our best, rse-yea ne; nile aad a sixteenth.” “eta Louiao Chimney ‘Sweep righton a rach *Juds “Henhis Sullivas two: acai furlongs os iisat Chery. wt e MAN HAY TIAN BEAC H. |ALE OF $861,000 , a UDEVILLE ’.35" VAI BLOCK OF BONDS PUT OFF. Ss eel oats [Mkt A block of $841,000 of the bonds of the T{ucscn ‘Valley Railroad’ Company was udvortisad for sale torduy at the Real Estate Siesrooms on Vi the reselvers of the Merohante’ ‘Trust Company. but the securities were with: drawn und the sale o2e'poaed for one block to be old repiese ts cotta eral for a call trerpoed, of 47 #9 the ee Valley aa a on fae aie i en ey but we could not The Yankee had the best of the wind and we could not get ahead of ‘ov ptree: bY 1 RACH — The} Sun Mranciseo, where he ts matened to| RMaraDiPed Venue “FiMbO; in tena ‘The only accident of the day occurred 4 twenty-one-footer owned by C, Oliver Inelin, Jr., son of the millionaire yachtsman, boy and his skipper, Willie Odem, were thrown in the water and were rescued by a launch. The boy said: We had a The Mira, owned by In the fist boat they got aWay to a| Charles Lane Poor, ran us down os we fairly good start, the gelding @ Uttle Tiverton kept the lead all Ke another attempt to gec a fight were making the last turn.” Summaries—New York Yacht (imb— lengths to tue good. ond heat. When an elghth of had been travelled, 'T varie ‘took G so untl hin 800 yards of 1} ’ Baseball, Polo rounde, 3 PHILAPELVHIA, Pa., July 19.—Pive | CoA" cheat Seis ee adwad and went under tha wi winner by ax engi pe Bk a aL " sea. ‘Tiverton in stratcat heats de-| SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK in the #1,00 mateh the way and tcok the heat jn easy| Thirty-foot Class—-W. B, Duncun’ | fashion in the slow tme of 2101-2, two| hinda won; Newbury D. J4wton's rah Time—1.6 behind, ‘They stood head and bead 1p the see | third, 11 seoands | eta rT, track| “Raceabout Class—Tarta Jead and kept it until the stretoh, when|L- Pierce, firat; Nori Swoet Marie by a magnificent burst of | nell Iselin, secon Hoe Ae atin Go ahme and continued | Roy A, Rainey, third. when aia ke. Before Sweet Starts Twenty-sevel could e brought down Tiverton shot| first; Maryola, second. ‘Twenty-one-foot Dorothy, firat; Hourt, eeeond; Molerte, Roventy-two yachts took part in the regatta td-day, and although the thor-) mometer ranged 92 degrees there wus) The keen Fiyalry the yuchiemen, and | Bi! weather to * = = |PASTOR’ S "Bre qdcnata,, PureTpert ft erelle. Dootblacks BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, - /BRIGH HTON. BEACH "iH Srbially sMats., 100. orgn i forse} any es wn aie ns tose Sine tean te oer War Dath: 8 & 8.79. sat. x foe SPORTING. Brig¢gh fon ‘Races gst eStre