THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAX FEIUIUAHY 4 , I894--SJXTEEN PAGES.
CHAT WITH THE BOXERS
A Tow of the Notables Met In the Land
of the Alligator.
THE LOCAL HORSEMAN'S ' MEATY COLUMN
Itrcrry llnno llnll Omalp A iliitnmry Ooofio
Hunt HIITH with Hi" ( Ihm-ft-Auit
the Umiul Wf'rkly Hporly
I founil the following poetic and eloquent
ffualon upon my desk yesterday morning ,
Tlio niithor'fl name Is withhold to B.IVJ him
from endless iinnoynnco from m.icuo mana
gers. The HUGH nro unlltled :
COHUKTT , rni : KINO.
Within the prlzu ring hand to Imml ,
Tin ; modern gladiators Htaiul.
Two o'er thu rest Hiiporlor rose.
And proud demanded mightier foes ;
Nor called In vuln for legends toll
How wet thu Htiir of grail John I. . :
Nor belter English Mitchell's fare ,
Whom senseless from thu ring they bear ,
While wild Hhoilt makes thu well < ln' ring ,
"Forever Carbettl Corbetl's King !
I huvo been asked frcqii'ntly Minx my re
turn from Jacksonville wlnt I ItiliiK 'if Cor-
bctt now , and honestly and c-indldly I reply - '
ply that I think of him ns I have nlwr.ys
thought , Hint he Is a mighty liplit'-r , the
greatest probably of nil now prominently
before the people. I huvo nuvor wliten ono
solitary line deiogatory to Uor'jJtt'fj ' nullity
an a fighter , and never will until I have
ample and honest grounds fur r.o uolng.
Mltchull had no more tlinv" wit , ; thu
American champion than a MHI.V llilo ; In
ono of the smeller's I.'K f.mmces ,
and I wns one of Hus wiry lew
sporting critics who wont on record that
ho would not last over ten rounds , and In
Jacksonville I placed a dollar or two that
ho wouldn't bo there at thu end of six. As
to Corbctt's foul tactics In the Into snap ,
over word that has been written Is true ,
and they wcru u revelation to his host of
friends. That ho loit his head , had abun
dant grounds for his action , may be true
enough , still that Is no excuse. Ho could
hnvo whipped Charlie Mitchell easily In six
or seven rounds with cither hand tied se
curely around his back , and ho should have
held himself above any move that would
have laid him open to criticism. Hut what
ho did do cuts no figure now ; nothing could
have altered the result. As I said In my
telegraphic story of the fight , he proved
himself a resistless physical tornado , and I
now think ho can whip any man In the busi
ness In the world , not excepting i'eter Jack
son.
son.In
In substantiation of what I said of the
fight , I herewith produce what I' . J. Dona
hue of the New York Recorder had to say.
Ho Is the best authority on the game on
either side of the Atlantic and a friend and
staunch believer In the prowess of Jim Cor-
bctt.
Mr. Donahue said : "Viewed critically It
can only bo said that It was a most disgrace
ful exhibition. The American champion lost ,
his head In his anxiety to annihilate his op
ponent , and the seconds ot Mitchell were
rattled from the start. 1'rinclpals and seconds
ends violated all rules of the vmg , and so
palpable were the fouls that I thought the
excited mob would overstep the b uinds and
carry all before them. Pandemonium
reigned and thcro were yells of derision and
threats of violence and , as I said before , It
Is fortunate that the affair was over so
quickly.
The first time Mitchell was knocked down
Corbott stood over him llko a lion over Us
prey. Ills eyes blazed with anger , and his
usually palo sallow face was livid. Referee -
oreo Kelly stepped between the men and
prevented Corbett from committing a foul.
The second tlmo the Englishman was
floored Jim stood over his prostrate" fee and ,
as the latter raised himself to one knee , Cor
bett struck htm on the head. Jim had lost
his self-control , and would have battered
* Ills helpless antagonist to Insensibility
had ho not been restrained. A dozen men
jumped Into the ring and surrounded the
big man. Ills seconds , Jtllly , Delt'm'cy and
Jack Dempsey , fought with him to prevent
him striking Charlie again and again , and
thus losing on a foul , while FogArty ran
across the ring and carried the almost In-
nnlmato form of the British bcfxcr to his
corner.
. "Tho scene was ono I shall never forget.
The spectators , wild with excitement , jumped
to their feet and stamped and yelled until
' It seemed as If bedlam had broken loose.
'Men who are usually cool at such times
wjro greatly excited , and excitable men
made wild threats , It appeared as If seri
ous trouble would result. The gong
sounded , and In the minute allowed for'
rest the hubbub subsided somewhat and the
crowd became less demonstrative. "
Corbott has changed vastly from the
man BO many of us saw a Illtlo over u year
ngo In New Orleans. The Corbett of that
occasion and the Corbett" who so quickly
fanned Charlie Mitchell to sleep the other
day are two entirely different Individuals.
On that September night In the Olympic
arena ho was a mere stripling to what he Is
now. Then ho was a David to Goliath ,
but today ho Is a Colossus of Rhodes along
side of all living aspirants for fistic fame.
A finished athlete.symmetrical as a model
In body and limb , of fabulous strength and
marvelous quickness , and a fighter who
throws a deep shadow over the world of
Klstlana.
Already the press has begun to debate on
the coming Corbott and Jackson soiree.
Hut the hope IE that wo may bo spared the
avalanche ot rot which has been launched
upon us during the past six months. That
another big fight will bo hold In Jacksonvllo
Is as Improbable as the fear that Q rover
Cleveland will yet bo made king of all the.
Americas. Hut few men who went down
there a week ago will over go again. The
Do-em-All ! club will over moro prove a bar
rier to the sporty element to the flowery
land of I'onco do Leon. They hold-up ,
shock-down and maced .everybody In sight ,
ami are the execration of all legitimate
sportsmen today. They oven mulcted the
newspaper men , the men who have been
capping their game for nearly a year , $20 a
head to SCR seven mlnuten fun , and then
permitted outsiders at $2 npleco to crowd In
and monopolize the scats set aside for them.
They charged $35 for box seats when thcro
wasn't a box on the grounds , nothing but n
lot ot rough circus scats , many ot them un
protected oven with a shingle for a roof.
They charged $35 for those Imaginary luxu
ries , and $45 when they stuck an over-rlpo
sucker. And moro and moro yet , after they
liad burglarized all the foreign visitors In
this outrageous manner , they ojjoned up
their ticket olllco out on on the grounds and
oold boxes , icservcd and press seats for
whatever they could get for them , Some
paid $5 , sumo paid , $2.50 , and not a Email
number got In for ? 1 , They proved them
selves n tot of cheap shou-strlngs , utterly
and wholly devoid of honesty or principle ,
and as Incapable of business us a hog Is of
manners. They got out their little billies
when the first stranger struck the town ,
and they never put them back again until
the last guy hud loft the place. Is It likely
that such ii-nest of ruts will over again bo
allowed to enjoy the profits ot logltlmao
uport ? .
NORTH PLATTR. Nob. , Jan. SS. To the
Sporting Kdltor of The Ileo : Your account
of the late scrap was the most Interesting ,
and doubtlesstho most valuable , I have ever
read. None of the accounts ot the differ
ent reporters nay that "Jim came up with a
nmllo on his good-tempered mug , " as the
editor of Help's Life used to say of old Tom
Hayers. On the contrary , his llorco little
eyes ami thin-lipped , cruel mouth must have
boon the opposlto ot nil open countenance or
"a good-natured mug. " U Is u curious fact
that all the old tlmo English championship
fights , from 1837 or 1S3S , when Deaf llurko
butted Rendlgo on the ropes down to the
very debatable contest between Harry
Ilroomo nml the Tlptnn Slasher (1851) ( ) , were
won and lost by a foul. Corbott made n
narrow escape of losing his championship
In the came way.
IlliiK history proves that pugilists who with
Increasing years wax fat and corpulent
Invariably leave oft losers. Nothlim Is
moro unsportsmanlike or contemptible than
for n puglllMt to attribute his defeat to pol-
neil , Ily thu wuy , what Is the object of
modern pugilists of their handlers putting
such egregious lies In the papers about
their measurements of body and limbs ,
weights , etc ? A tlark and light-lined
tkclch ot Corbett and Mitchell has been
jolng the rounds of the press , where Corbett
reprenonts "Slim Jim" nnd Mitchell IB
shown with h pair of shoulders said to
'
monsuro two feet four across nnd Corbett's
two feet. John I * , had the most mnsslvo
frame of nil the pugllliiU of the present tlmo
nnd his shoulder * naked from point to point ,
before ho met Corbett , measured twenty-
two Inches. If Mitchell measured elx
Inches broader than Sullivan nnd four
Inches moro than Corbett ho must have had
n coat on with artificially squared shoulders
composed of buckram nnd padding. Cor
bett's calves In ono tnblo nro 17 Inches nnd
In nnothcr 14VS. Which nro wo to bellovo ?
If that double dark and white-lined sketch
ot Jim nnd Charlie Is correct , Corbett , al
though nearly n head taller , must have
looked a perfect lath In comparison. A re
porter said ho was present when Mitchell
weighed , stripped , after exorcising , 102
pounds , nnd that could bo rolled on as cor
rect. Most of the papers stated that ho
would enter the ring at 175 or 180 pounds.
Mitchell's chest measurement was given ns
nn Inch ami a halfmoro than John L.'s.
The latter paid Mitchell had much Increased
In weight since bo fought him In Franco In
1SSS-and that his fighting Weight would now
bo from 197 to 203 pounds ! "Poor Illtlo fit-
tcen-stono baby Mitchell , " quoth old Jack.
"The crushed tragedian" raid ho had said
hard things about Mitchell , and ho did not
think any worse of him for retaliating , nnd
said he was no coward. Sully Bald James
J. came Into his room nt 'Frisco nnd bagged
"
of htm not to hit him hard. "I swear 11.
James J. said Sullivan wns n man ho nd-
mlred , and that his heart warmed to his
Irish , etc. Old Jack seemed to prefer
'
Mitchell's peppery remarks to James Jay's
slobbers. Ho probably thought Charlie's
were moro olncere , nml Jim's came from
the pen of his mentor , Ilrndy , for advertis
ing purposes. Modern Qucensberry rules
contests seem to bo all In ono extreme
or thu opposite In regard to the number ot
rounds. Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett ,
"The Buffalo" and Orfiggalns-wcre most pro
longed tedious affairs. On the other hand
many expected long scientific contests be
tween the great guns have been disappoint
ments which have been all over In a few
rounds , and not worth the price of admis
sion. T. K , C.
Hero Is n starter :
TACOMA. Feb. 3. Darney Levy , well
known In Tacoma , has started a movement
to organize the Washington Athletic club ,
for the purpose of having the battle be
tween Jim Corbett and Peter Jackson take
place In this city next Juno. Mr. Levy Is
enthusiastic over the schi'ine , and Is con
fident that It can be successfully carried out.
He proposed that the club offer n purse of
$10,000 , or some sum that will Induce the
fighters to come here. Ho says thcro are
enough sporting men In the city , In Cali
fornia , Oregon , Idaho and Montana , to In
sure success. There are enough miners In
Montana alone who would como hero to sco
the battle to Insure the financial success of
the pcliemo. Sporting men who have been
talked with In regard to the matter speak
favorably ot It.
I met Tommy Ryan at the Windsor on
the morning of the light. Ho was togged up
In great style , with light derby , English box-
coat , creased trousers and proper stick ,
and physically looked out of sight. Tommy
has broadened In every way since ho left
Omaha , and weighs , walking around , 179
pounds. Ho was a Corbett man , but con
sidered Mitchell tricky enough to stay twelve
or fifteen rounds. In speaking of Mysterious
Billy Smith , Ryan grow extremely vivacious ,
and declared that a finish light would be
n gift. "Punched him so hard In our last
go"contlnued Tommy , "that I am afraid
he will never consent to meet mo to a fin
ish. If he does , he will have to be bully
ragged Into It , and I want all my newspaper
friends to Jielp mo out. All they have got
to do Is to publish what I say , and I think
Smith Is a cheap fighter and that I can lick
him sure , without getting n bloody nose.
It maybe , however , that 1 will be compelled *
to slap his face In public to spur him up
to the fighting point. He Is a hot headed
duck , and a personal affront ot this kind
would likely make him light. But If wo over
do meet , Sandy , don't you fall to put a lit
tle dough on me. " Tommy Is dead stuck
on his New England homo , and said that out
side ot Omaha he would rather live thcro
than any place In the world.
I mot still another old Omaha celebrity
at the fight , In the guise of no less a person
age than Jack Prince' , the bicycle champion.
Like Ryan , "he also seemed to bo belly-deep
In clover. Ho were an English suit of
drab , with a vest as full of color as Joseph's
coat , patent leather gaiters and a diamond
stud nearly as big as a tin cup. Although
a , fellow countryman of Mitchells , ho had
expense money on the American champion ,
and , when I met him , wns feeling particu
larly hilarious , as ho had just closed a con
tract 'with M. Lelande of the Los Ameri
canes , Havana , to ride against n relay of
horses after the bull light on the coming
Sunday afternoon In that famous city.
Jack sailed via the Lelande excursion ,
Tampa , Key West and Havana , Friday after
noon , leaving Mrs. Prlnco In Jacksonville ,
the guest ot a daughter of ono of the big
hotels. Ho expects to make n tour of the
principal West Indian cities ere his return
to the United States and will bo In Omaha
about Juno 1.
TherO were still a couple of more ox-
Omahans I met , In fact , traveled with them
from Kvansvllle to .lax. First of these was
Big Murks Gumbort , who has the street
cleaning and sweeping contract for Evans-
vlllo , and Is getting rich hand over fist ,
and next Mark Stafford , a genial sport , when
n few years ago waxed fut and oleaginous
off the members of the Nebraska legislature
down nt Lincoln In that ancient and time-
honored dlvcrtlsemcnt called poker. Johnny
Regan was also with the gang and an agreeable -
able trio they made. They hud n basket of
Clicquot with them , n bale of Perfectos , n
marked deck of pasteboards and were as
lavish vflth their effects as so many Coal Oil
Johnnies. I .haven't got tlmo to tell of the
game of whist wo had In which each man
got the biggest poker hand , but It will make
good reading In the tlmo to come.
The disgraceful scones that were enacted
at the Florida metropolis were In sad con
trast with these that were unfolded by the
model clubs at Now Orleans. The Do-om-
All club was a take and dead-beat concern
from Its very Inclplcncy. Neither Munager
Bowden or President Mason possesses the
bruin of nn ordinary jackass. Bowden l as
a head llko a tuck , is humpbacked and as
repulsive In form and feature as the Satyr.
Mason is n sycophantic , puffed up little Eng
lishman , mercenary as a miser and as de
void of principle as n bunco-steerer. They
are both bluffs on manhood and cannot here
after , In the sporting world , take rank oven
with the shoe-strings or tin-horns. They
knew that with this light their connection
with Kportlng affairs would forever' bo at
an end , so they wont to work systomutlcally
und remorselessly to gut every man In
sight. In speaking ot these people In the
Now York Recorder Peter Donahue said ;
"They talk about future fights and the
purses they will give. Let mo gtvo them a
tip. Bowden , Mason and company have as
much chance to glvo a fight In Jacksonville
as I huve. They uro on , what sportsmen
recognl/.o , as the "bum. " Bowden may be
great man In Duval county , but 'ho figures
as a dummy with sport levers ; Mason comes
under the head of a monkey. As for the
rest of the outfit , they do not know that Ice
Is frozen water , They pluco their hooks and
then go to sleep.
Highway robbery would bo a mild term to
glvo the form of thievery visitors to Jack
sonville were forced to undergo. If you had
money you were hold up , and If you had no
money , you were hold on suspicion. Every
body was on ° the "get the coin" order , and
when they fell out , nnd could not find
"suckers"to rob , they robbed between them
selves. It was a most delectable assemblage
blageot thieves , and to mo It seemed us If
the contents of nil state prisons had been
sent upon Buy , llogan and Main streets.
Every man who over turned a crooked
stoneor walloped a leather or dipped Into n
pocket or put powder Into a safe , was there ,
and the only wonder to mo was that the
bank escaped.
I do not know anything about II , but It
seems to mo that the Florida bank and n
tew other Institutions were lucky In escap
ing. I would bo with the governor today It
ho made another attempt to prevent fight
ing In the Peninsula state. Ho was right
from the start , for ho know his men.
That the governor was right In placing the
militia thcra was made manifest within
twenty-four hours. Ho knew that the men
who would charge $ S5 tor $25 tickets were
not the kidney to take an event of the kind
on their hands. Ho Is a game sport , but
an honest ouo , and lie sized Uowdeii and
Mnson nnd company up In the same style
he would ns It acting as chief Justice of the
circuit court. Ho know the shrlvclcd-iip
nnd unreliable Bowden nnd the blatant nnd
untruthful Mason , nnd ho know that Brow-
ard , the sheriff , would be thrown down , nnd
ho put In the cigarette-smoking mllltln.
To the newspaper men Bowden nnd Mason
never told the truth nnd , whenHhcy agreed
to mnko the hard-workers of the press pay
In order to give the news to the patrons ot
the game , they sounded ( ho death knell of
the Duvnl Athletic club , It may not menu
much to cither man , but It means some
thing to pycophnntlc Joe Vehdlg , who was a
party to the scheme , nnd wjio had not the
nerve to protect the party of the north. Joe
or , as ho Is better known , "Circular Joe , "
wns n big stockholder , representing Mlko
Dwycr , and ho tried to hide himself behind
the actions of the others , but I may ns well
tell him now that It don't go. Ho may find
some people who will pet him because of
his connections , but ho will soon find himself
down nt his level.
SANDY dlUSWOLO.
A Jiimmry ( limni * Hunt.
To the Sporting Editor of The Boo :
The exceptionally Ilrtc weather that
has prevailed this winter up to
n recent date has caused the
ducks nnd geese to linger In the northern
latitudes much beyond their- wonted time ,
nnd In some sections have nffordcd excep
tionally fine shooting. This IS particularly
true along the Mississippi riverwhere geese
shooting , ns a rule , Is a decidedly slim pas
time. During a visit last week to Burling
ton , la. , the writer accompanied govern !
local gunners on n trip for the > wnry honkers
nnd succeeded in bringing two of them n
Hutchlns nnd n Cnnnda to bag. The shootIng -
Ing Is all done at the air holes on the river ,
which are milllclently large nnd numerous to
Induce the birds to remain In the country.
No such bags of geese are made now , or
at any time , In the. Mississippi valley as
fall to the lot of the'gunners abngtho | Platte ,
but they are sufficiently plentiful to reward
the enthusiastic gunnca for his trouble.
Shooting gceso Is always attended with n
largo measure of personal discomfort , and
none but the enthusiast Is liable to extract
enough pleasure from It to repay for the
hardships. As the writer sat 'In the blind
that morning with the keen north wind , as
It swept down the Father ot Waters , play
ing a lively game with his hirsute append
ages , ho was forcibly reminded ofVhnt
fools these mortals be. " But It was worth
It all to see the royal birds double up and
come down "ker plunk" on the Ice.
The sportsmen along the river are mak
ing the most of their present opportunity ,
which comes to them but rarely.
C. J. BEST.
About AVeHtern Turf JMattorx.
There Is on increasing demand for the
pacer as a road horse.
Only ono addition was made to the 2:05 :
list last year Flying Jib , 2:04. :
The Keystone farm Is Issuing Its first an
nual catalogue. It will bo out in the next
ten days and Is a very complete affair.
Kansas has three kite tracks , ono at Hoi-
ton , one nt Ellsworth and the third at Rus
sell.
sell.A meeting of the Improved Stock Breeders
will bo held at Columbus , Neb. , February
20-22.
There were eleven newcomers to the 2:10 :
trotting list in 1S93 as against five new ones
In 1892.
There arc 183 trotters with records of
2:15 : or better. Sixty-seven of these were
added In 1893.
The 2:30 : list now numbers over 10,000
performers , over 2,000 of these having been
added during 189Ji
During the campaign of 1893 over 20,000
horses were raced , and of these over
2,000 entered the 2:30 : list.
The Lucas county fair will bo held Sep
tember 18 to 21. The secretary Is W. M.
Householder , Churlton , In.
Dr. D. C. Evcrson , Cawkor City , Kan. , has
purchased the stallion Uortlen , 2:24 : % , by Cuy-
ler , dam Silence , by Abdallah. XV. -
Eight stallions now' have , trotting records
below 2:10. : All of them have secured
their records n the past two years.
Race meetings the coming season will bo
patronized more liberally than last. There
will be no World's fair to divide attention.
Thirty-four pacers nnd twenty-three trot
ters have records ot 2:10 : or better. Twenty-
seven of these , or almost half , are products
of the west.
Rosewatcr , the big roan station that last
spring took the record at Omaha of 2:1G' : ,
will bo In Driver Chase's string this season.
Ho will be worked on the mile track at St.
Joseph.
The Hedrick , la. , Kite Track associa
tion will hold a July meeting. The usual
liberal purses will bo offered. A special
prize will bo offered for a reduction of the
track record of 2:15 : 4. '
Bon Marshall , a full brother to Mary Mar
shall and May Marshall , will bo In the 2-
year-old pacing "classes this year. If ho
can do as well as his s Isters thcro will bo
no trouble whenever ho starts.
At the close of the year 1S92 there were
but two horses with trotting records below
2:08. : Now there are six : Nancy Hanks ,
2:04 : ; Dlrcctum , 2:05V1 : ; Stamboul , 2:07 : > X. ;
Alls , 2:07 : % ; Arlon , 2:07 : % ; Kremlin , 2:07 : % .
Orrln Hlckok will drive the Russian stal
lion , Krnkus , In his rnces on the American
turf this year. Secretaries will have to re
cord his breeding as follows : Krakus , by
Bezlmmy-anny-Arfin , dam TIshlna , by Kri-
voduskln.
Only two horses have over beaten 2:05 : In
n race Muscott , 2:04 : , and Flying Jib , 2:01 : % .
Only four horses have over beaten 2:05 : In
n race or against time Nancy Hanks , 2:04 : ,
Mascott , 2:04 : , Flying Jib , 2:04and : Hal
Pointer. 2:01V : .
R. Boylcston Hallwho Is still balancing ( ? )
horses , has done some of the most wretched
work , on western horses that the writer
over saw. It all his work Is allko It Is good
advice to always let him practice on someone
ono else's horses.
Twenty-flvo of the representative 'citizens
of Independence , la. , have organized an as
sociation for the purpose of perpetuating the
meetings started by Charley Williams. In
dependence , however , will never become a
race horne town again.
Fred Carmen of Tarklo , Mo. , has in his
string of campaigners for the coming season
the fast pacer Northwest , 2:15 : , by Egmont.
Northwest will bo put to trotting this sea
son. In the same stable Is Billy Bunker ,
2:19 : , and Charles II , , 2:2C'i. :
There are but five race tracks In Amor-
lea where the 2:05 : mark has been beaten.
They nro Chicago , Terre Haute , Detroit ,
.Nashville nnd.Scdalla. Only ono of these ,
Sedalla , Is Kite shaped , and It holds the slow
est record of the live , 2:01 : % .
There Is a constant demand for horses
that are well bred , handsome , myJIati , g'ood
color , kind disposition , fearless and that can
draw two In a wagon at tlu > rmu ot a mlle
In 250 ; or thereabouts. Sucn nurse' Is
worth today from $500 to $ l,00v.
Cyclone , by Caliban , was ono ot the
greatest sires of extreme speed that ever
lived. Ho was. taken with lockjaw nnd died
two weeks ago. Ho was the slroof Dr.
Sparks , 2:121,4 : ; dlllotto , 2lli : : Cicerone ,
2:12 : $ , and twelve others In the 2:30 : class.
Pansy McGregor , the yearling that holds
the world's trotting record , | s reported to
hnvo a "dickey" leg. If she has , however ,
sno must have got-It- within the past few
weeks , as the writer saw her less than six
weeks ago and slio was us sound us n
newly minted dollar.
Driver John Kelly has opened a public
stable and will huve Dlrcctum In lls | string
the coming season. Ho writes that ho ex
pects the little black stallion to go very close
to the 2:00 : murk this season. Mr. Kelly will
race his stable through the east and middle
west.
Trainer Daughorty of Leon , la. , writes that
Iowa's famous pacer , Blue Sign , 2OS'/i : ' , Is
being worked every nice day , and that ho has
fully recovered from the Injury ho sustained
In the great free-for-all pace at Fleetwood
Park , N. Y. , last fall. Mr , ' . Daughorty
thinks that Blue Sign will beat 2:05 : this year.
Slnco a son of Robert McGregor , owned
In Kansas , Is the slro of the champion
yearling , that blood Is In demand In the pop-
nllat-rldden state , and Tulloch & Warren ,
expecting to profit by the boomhavo recently
purchased and taken to Topeka the stallion
Mclncz , by Robert McGregor , dam Inez , by
Sweepstakes ,
N , A. Cole of Crcston , la. , who Is the west
ern representative of the Horseman , Chicago
cage , Is compiling a directory of western
breeders who campaign their horse ? . The
directory will contalu over a thousand
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narily for $2OOO , and the batter grades $25.00.
OUR PRICE WILL 8E AND Worth $20 $ and
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' " ' " OMAHA , Feb. i , 1894. This sale demands the attention of every buyer of fine clothing in
> Omaha. The fabrics are the finest and-the workmanship the very best. The prices we oiler to
d-.l ' retail these goods at will not cover the cost of the cloth and trimmings.
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- FREELAND--LOOMIS CO.
names and will be the first one printed. It
will bc a great assistance ) to associa
tions and others.
The Red Cross Stock farm of Stowartsvllle ,
Mo. , Is arranging to move to Creston , la.
This farm owns Red Shawmut , 2:25 : % , by
Shawmut , 2:26 : , dam Kate Mitchell , 2:28'X : : ,
by Red Wilkes. This horse Is an Intensely
Inbred Clay-Hamlltonlan , a cross that Is
much sought after and lilghly prized.
Up to the present tlmo the weather in the
west has been magnificent and there has
hardly been a day that horses could not bo
worked on the track or road. As a result ,
nearly all the western campaigners are In
fine condition and , If the weather continues
as It has , there will bo some fast work by
the western contingent when the season
opens.
A bill Is to bo Introduced In
the Kentucky legislature which will prevent -
vent associations from defrauding horsemen.
The bill requires that any association ad
vertising a race meeting shall give u good and
sufficient bond to the state for the full
amount of money proposed to bo raced for.
The best associations of Kentucky are
urging the adoption ot the bill.
As predicted In last Sunday's Dee , Ab.
Fullager , the good Illinois trainer , who was
hist season with M.I3. McIIenry , has engaged
with the Keystone farm for the coming sea
son. It Is hardly necessary to add that Mr.
Kullager Is u first-class driver and that ho
will have some of the best bred and fastest
horses In America In his stable.
Hiiwarden , la. , Is out with Its announce
ment for a mooting to bo held July 3-6.
Last year the Hawardcn association held ono '
of the most successful meetings In the west.
The association has a now regulation mlle
track and at Its first meeting the track got
a record ot 2:11 : , held by the Nebraska
horse , Ontonlan , 2:07' : .
3tldwlntc-r Lunch for tlin 1'nns ,
Larry Twltchcll will wield his little club
for the Colonels again this year.
Doston'H catchers for next season will bo
Ganzcll , Merrltt , Ryan and Connaughton.
Sioux City has already selected a place
to Jiang up the championship "rag" next
fall.
Danny Shannon has caught on with
AVIIkesbarro. Ilo will manage and play sec
ond.
ond.J.
J. * J. McClosUy will play first and manage -
ago the Lincoln team this year. Ho Is a
good ono.
Ned Williamson , late of the Chlcagos , is
dangerously 111. Ho Is at present at Hot
Springs , Ark.
Rusle , German. "Dad" Clarke and Westor-
velt are New York's "sure thing" pitchers.
They can't lose.
llrooklyn Is trying to unload Lovett. Ho
would make a .good man for Omaha , of
course ho would.
'Manager Cmhman of Milwaukee has
signed T. C. Williams and waived claim
to Pitcher Cobbi
Savannah capitalists have purchased the
Southern league franchise formerly owned
by Jimmy Manning.
Chicago has oollarcd a new catcher In
Martin J. Leo l > f the \Vaukeshas. Ho Is
Bald to bo full mf mineral water.
Tim Donahue tot the Now England league
has Just been lassoed by Jimmy Manning.
Ho has a mark of .334 with the stick.
Dig Sam Dungnn has already reported at
Chicago. Sammy doesn't Intend to allow
the grass to spring up under his No. O's.
Indianapolis has landed I'ltcher Hobby
Oaylo , the youth whom the Omahas
( .mashed for twenty-six hits ono Juno day
two years ago.
Jimmy Canavan hasn't made moro than a
freight car full nf coin out of his polo snap
this winter , and has given It up and gone to
handball playing.
After ten years separation old "Pop"
Smith , Illlly Kuohno and "String" Kleld
will bo reunited In the spring. Tuey have
nil signed with Krle.
The Boston people are squealing about Kid
Nichols pitching so much on the coast.
They fear ho will report ut llcantown In
the spring with a lame tin ,
Southern league magnates are clamorous
for n rule which will prevent the big leagues
from taking all their good players from
them. They claim that their circuit was
ruined last year by the depredations commit
ted by the league. Ren Mulford.
Kansas City Is quite jubilant over her
base ball prospects. Manning Is scouring
the east for young blood , and Is getting to
gether quite an array of talent.
The Bostons made moro runs than any
club last season , scoring 1,003 times. Phila
delphia made OSS and Cleveland 914. New
York led In stolen bases with 313.
Robert Martin and Thomas Burns have
purchased an Interest In the Minneapolis
Baseball club. These two gentlemen and
John S. Barnes now control the club.
St. Jacob Beckley has gone to Ho't Springs
to boll out all the little measloy strikes and
wertk lilts that are In him. Ho wants to
land at Plttsburg full of home runs and
beeswax.
Homo Rim Breckcnrldco refuses to yield
to the blandishments of Count Campau.
Ho says ho wouldn't play In New Orleans
for the biggest steamboat on the Missis
sippi.
Kd N. Williamson , the old short stop In
the days of the Chicago White Stockings'
prominence. Is dangerously 111 at Hot
Springs. Ho has grown to bo u mammoth
and Is ailing with some tort of liver dis
ease. Cincinnati Times-Star.
I met Ted Sullivan at Jacksonville , and
ho said the new Western association ought
to be a moneymaker. Ho sent his regards
to "Stub" Bandcl , Russ McKelvey and
Harry Saullsbury and said ho would drop
In on usIn the spring. Ted will manage.
the Atlanta team this year.
Frank Seleo In a personal letter to George
Munson thus bewails the loss ot Charley
Bennett : "Thero Is no gainsaying the fact
that wo have been greatly weakened by the
fearful misfortune that has befallen our
great catcher , Charles Bennett His loss ,
not only as n player , but UB a man , will bo
severely felt In our ranks , and I heartily
and sincerely regret that ho Is lost to the
diamond. I am frank to confess that the
old war horse was without a superior In his
line and that It will take a long time before
wo can get ono or two men to jump In and
do tlio work ho has done. Ho was not only
ono of the most gentlemanly men on and
oft the diamond , -but ho had a faculty of
very effectually acting as a peacemaker
when any little disturbance arose. "
Illlly Knnrkn Will 31 a HIIRO Onmlm.
Hilly Hourko , who was with the Omahas
in 183" , lias been signed to pliy : third biso :
and manage tlio ( Jala City loam this year.
Ho Is well tuul favorably known to nil tlio
old patrons hero , and his return will bo
Imlloii with no llulo pleasure. Ho lias
already began hustling for : i team , anci snys
ho will hnvo a corker In line tiy tlio time the
blue birds begin to chirp.
Hourko was born In Columbus , O. , in Au
gust , 1SH ( , and made his professional dobuton
the diamond tit Xanosvlllo , that Btuto , In 18S5 ,
along with such plnycrs us I/arry Twltcholl ,
Nick Htindibo , Carl MoVoy and Curt Welch.
In ISSUho was with Dulutli , that club win
ning the championship of the Northwest
league. Ho played In Omaha In 18S7 till July
15 , when ho roiurnoa to Dulutli , In 1833 ho
captained the JJnrn team In the MYi-Stato
league , and won the punimnt. Ha then ro-
KolvoU to quit base ball , and accoplod n posi
tion with the Grand Island Cunning
company. Grand Island , Neb , In , IS'.K )
he went back to tno national ( 'iimo , playing
wltlt the Ft. War lti ( Tex. , team. The
To nus loauuo was shorMlvcd and In June
of that year ho wont to Cedar Kaplds , In. ,
In the ' 1 wo-IOycd league , und his team ended
the season In second placo. In 'Ift ho
managed the Grand Island State League
team , but lust season was engaged at His
old trade.
Hilly Hourko Is n rattling good bull player
nnd n gcntloinan , nnd the Onmha club qns
mnduu wibo' selection m iitm for tholr touin
muungur. _ _ _ _ _
( Jiii'ttllmH anil
.RLOAN , la. , Jan. 25. To the Bnortlng Kdl-
tor of Host I'uper Went ot ( 'hU'iiKo : To
decide u bet piratic Htatu In Bundiiy'B Dee
whut tlmo they K > In JurkHonvlllr ,
Fin. , Central or KaHttni tlinu/ ! ' . 11. Far
ley.
ley.Ans. . Oentral.
ALMA , Neb. , Jan , 23. To the Sporting
Editor of tlio Hco : What cities nre repre
sented In the Western Base Bull associa
tion this year ? Is there to be u Western
league and , It so , what citlea are repre
sented ? I'lease answer In next Sunday's
Beu nnd oblige a "constant reader" of your
sporting page. L. 1C. Fever.
Ans. (1) ( Omaha , Lincoln , DCS Molnes ,
St. Joe , Hock Islnnd-Mollne.Qtilncy , Pcorlu
nnd Jacksonville. (2) ( ) Yes. Kansas City ,
Sioux City , Milwaukee , Minneapolis , De
troit , Grand llaplds , Toledo and Indianapo
lis.
lis.OMAHA
OMAHA , Jan. 28. To the Sporting Kdl
tor of the Bee : Please state In Sunday's
Bee where Denver Kd Smith was born ,
and whether lie over fought with Charley
Mitchell ? nobort Hicks.
Ans. (1) ( ) Birmingham , England. (2) ( ) He
did.
OMAHA , Jan. 23. To the Sporting Edi
tor of the Bee : To decide a wager will you
kindly Htato In the query column of the
Sunday Bee the dimensions of the ring In
which Sullivan nnd Mitchell fought Un
France nnd greatly oblige ? Fonqung.
Ans. Twenty-four feet square.
SCIIUYLEIt , Neb. , Jun. 2fi. To the SportIng -
Ing Editor of the Bee : -To decide a dis
pute please answer the following question
in the sporting department of the Bee : In
the Sullivan-Corbett light which did the
most dodging nnd running nround In the
ring , Sullivan or Corbett ? I claim Corbett
did. llnlk-y M. West.
Ans. Sullivan didn't do nny running or
dodging. lie couldn't. Champion Jim did
a little sprinting' , considerable dodging and
all the lighting.
OMAHA , Jan. 2G. To the Sporting Editor
of the Bee : Will you kindly decide a bet :
A bets that Corbett hit Mitchell with his
elbow or arm nnd II bets tlmt he did not.
Kindly decide this bet In your next Sunday's
paper ? A Subscriber.
Ans. Ho knocked him down the llrst tlmo
with u blow across the face with his
wrist.
SOUTH OMAHA , Jan. 2(5. ( To the SportIng -
Ing Editor of the Bee : Will you state in
your columns the correct answer to the
Jackson nnd Frank 1' . Slnvln light In Eng
land and the number of rounds/fought ? A
lu-ts the light did not last three rounds nml
B bets It did. I'lease state number of
rounds. A nnd B.
Ans. Ten rounds.
Kl'TTON. Neb. , Feb. 1. To the Sporting
Kdltor of the Uee : Will you bo FO kind IIH
to let me know whnt thu score wns In the
billiard panic between Ivos and Roberts
lust fain Can yon let m ; > know how Pony
bet ut nil wan too smart.
BLKNCOE , In. , Jim. i ! ) . To the Sporting
Kdllor of the BeoVII1 : yon please answer
In your Sundny Issue how long ngo was It
Hint Jim Corbett nnd Peter Jackson fought
their drnwY Conntnnt Header.
Ans. Mny 20 , JS'JI.
OMAHA , Jnn. 29-To the Sporting Editor
of the Uco : Please nnmvrr In next Sun
day's Bee ] ) emp ty nnd Fltzslminoiis'
weight In tholr light nt New Orleans ; also
whnt dnlly papcr.lf nny , Mr. McOormlck
( Mneon ) Is regular correspondent for , nml
obllgoV Subscriber , 103 South Thirteenth
Street , City.
Ans.-l ( ) Fltz. 15016 ; Jack , 1171& ; (2) ( ) The
Now York Advertiser.
TRENTON. Null. . Fob. l.-To the SportIng -
Ing Kdltor of tlio BPO : 1 'lease state through
the Kundny Bee how ninny times Corbatt
knocked Sulllvnn down In iholr light ? The
request Is made to dfcldo u bet ; ono. party
claims Hint Corbett knocked Sulllvnn down
about the fourth round , nnd ngnln In the
last round ; the other party denies the llrst
knock down. W. M. Wnrd.
Ans. Sulllvnn wasn't knocked down until
lie went out In the twenty-first round.
OMAHA. Jan. 87. To the Sporting Kdllor
of the Bee : I'leano stnto In next Sunday's
I lee whether Corbett nnd Jackson fought n
draw In the California Athlullo club , Knn
Frnnclsco , or nut , to nettle n lint ; that Is ,
Klvu the referee's dcuUlon ? J. B. nnd
W.M.
Ans. After Hlxty-oiio rounds hnd been
fought the referee decided no content ,
OLENWOOH , In. , Jnn. 25.To the Sport
ing Kdltor of the JJro : Would you bo BO
kind us to tell mo whether Peter Jiu-kson
( colored ) wan ov ; r whipped or mil ? By no
doing you will greatly imllKtv Hux Hunks.
Ans.--By Boh Formim. In Sidney , N. H.V. .
ELK < ! UKKK , Nt'b. . Jan. 22.-To the
Sporting Kdltor of thu lice. : What Is the
fastest mlle on skates ? To decldu u bet In
your next Sunday BCP. A Bee Render.
Ans. Three minutes , 14 2-B seconds.
LINCOLN , Jan , 23 , To the Sporting Kdl
tor of thu lice : In plnylim Iiluli flvu ono
party Ims forty-Rlx nnd thu other llfty
points , llfty-two being unine. The parly
having forty-fclx points bids eight and make
llivlr polnu , while th < > party being lifly
pluya high nnd low. Whri wins ? II. W ,
Hrevenbvck , m North Tenth Htrvct , Lin
coln , Neb.
An. . - The side haying fifty points , with
high nnd low In their hands goes out first.
HlKh and low always counts out first.
AVOOIJ RIVER , Neb. , Jnn. 2f.-To the
Sportini ; Kdltor of thu Beu : To decide a
bet will you kindly write a letter to me answering
swering- the following question : Did Sul
llvnn nnd his backers give Mitchell and his
hackers money to mnko their light a draw
the time they fought in France ? Plenso
answer this through personal letter nnd I
will remit you whatever your trouble Is.
John M. Brett.
Ana. No questions answered by mall.
They did.
CHADRON. Neb. , Jan. 21. To the SportV
ing Editor of the Bee : Please decide thn
following bet : A bets B tlmt Corbett will
win the light ; during the conversation B
claims tlmt if Corhott don't whip Mitchell
It Is n draw ; A loses the money. Plenso
nnswer In Sundny's Bee , does thn monevy
go with referee's decision ? Rounds. jr
Ans. (1) ( ) A draw would have mnilo tlio
bet a draw. (2) ) Yes.
COUNCIL BLUFFS , In. , Jnn. 2n.-To the
Sporting Editor of the Bee : A bets B Hint
If they light to-dny Corbett will whip
Mitchell. They light nnd It Is declared a
draw. Who wins ? I'lease answer in Sun
day's Bee. A Reader.
Ans. Under thu circumstances it would
have been n draw.
RED OAK , la. , Jan. 25. To the Sportlm ?
Editor of thu Bee : Plcnsu state In next
Sunday's Issue of the Bee of whnt descent
Is Charles Mitchell ? Is he n naturallxed
Amerlcnn now or not ? llnrry A. Clements.
Ans.-t ( ) English. (2) ( ) No.
FAIRBURY , Jnn. 2 . To the Sportlnpr
Editor of the Bee : To'settle n dispute will
you plenso let us know by Sunday's Bee
whnt time IB used In Jacksonville , Central
or Eastern , or Is It different from tlmu usuii
in Omaha ? Mont Mann.
Ans. Centrnl , ftninu us here.
COLUMBUS , Neb. , Jnn. 27. To the Sport
ing Editor of the Bee : Unmo.of crlblmKe ,
four playing : A plnys 4 ; I ! plays 4. tnkes
two points : C plnys , takes six points ; D
plnys 3 , tnkes two points ; A plays 2 , takes
throe ; B plnys ace , tnkes four points ; C
pnys C , takes nothing : 1) plays G , clnlmg ?
run of six points How Is It ? J. O , Pollock. *
Ans. Correct.
OMAHA. Jan. 2fi.-To the Sporting Editor
of thi ! Bee : Will you answer In your vulu-
nblo paper Sundny morning whether Dlxon ,
the colored pugilliit , liny over been defeated ?
If so'where , whnt date nnd by whom ? A
Subscriber.
Ans. He 1ms not.
OMAHA , Jnn. 2:1.-To : the Sporllng Editor
of thu Beu : To decide a bet plons 5 BTrrCG
in your next Sunday's Issue If , In plnylnir
hlRh live , thu bidder Is compelled to lead
trumps ? II. L , nnd Cl. S.
Ans. No.
PORTSMOUTH. la. , Jan. 20. To the > ,
Sporting Kdltor of thu Beu : To decide n. H >
bet please nnswer In next Sunday's Beu :
Did Corbett nnd Jackson over have u
llBht-Jiicob Kortli.
Ans. Yes. n draw.
FREMONT. Jun. 2fi. To the SporthiB
Kdltor of the Beu : Where was Champion
Corbett'H father born , nnd In whnt year ?
Kindly reply through the columns of the
King Beu und ureatly oblige. A II Header.
Ann. In Ireland ; don't know whnt year
FRKMONT , Jnn. 27. To the Sporting Hill-
tor of the Bee. : Plenso answer In Sundny'H
Bee : What Is the best ten-mile record on
n wheel ? Thnnklni ; you for Maine , I re
main. Fred.
Ans. Bond record , 28:31. :
LINCOLN , Jnn. 21.To the Bportlng Kill-
tor of the Beu : Pleasu answer thcso _
questions to dceldu a wager : In douhU
hllih llvo ( I ) run n player discard nnjl ,
trump ? (2) ( ) din a phiycr pick out a ills-
rnrded trump und piny It ? (3) ( ) Has thn
denier thu rlxhl to look ut the bottom cnrdT
( O If both sides KII out nt thu Htune time ,
which wins ? Kurnesl Themnlln ,
Ans. (1) ( ) Yes , but not a natural point.
(2) ( ) No. (3) ( ) No. ( I ) How can they both
go out nt tint same tlmu ? If I urn llfty-ona
nnd mitko high , I am out.
SUPKRIOR , Neb. . Jun , KWTo the Rport-
Intf Kdltor of the Bee ; In a game of Hove.ii-
up A runs thu ( Minis ; they run diamonds'
tlireo times , leaving of coin-so but ono card ;
has not A the rlKhl lo turn that card with
out consent of his opponent In thu game ?
Pleusu nnswer In Sundny'H Dee.-J. W.
Mitchell.
Aim. He IIUH not.
OMAHA , Feb. l.-To thu RportlllK KclltoP
of the Bee : To decldo a bet plenxo Htato
In the Hundny Bert : Whnt constitutes n
royal llupli In n gumo of poker ? H clulnm
tlmt a royal flush heats four HCCH , nml N
claims that If four ares are out no royal
HiiHh can bo held , because a royal lliiHh can ,
only bo held with thu nco In It ? (2) ( ) Jn
thu Joker a legal card , und cnn It HiihHtTS *
tutu nn uco In holding u royal fluHh ? II ,
claims II can ami N claim * ) It can'tW. . Lv
Henderson. 112U North Seventeenth Hlieet.V
Ann. ( IAct ) * , klnjf. queen , jack and trfit ,
of any suit , Any straight Hush beats four
nces , Four uces and u royal lliiKh cannot
be held at Die same time. (2) ( Thu Joker
Is not a legal cn.nl , but If playing utruluhH
could be substituted lor an ace.