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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1896)
w TUE OMAHA DATLT TIEE : STXDAT * JTXY 20 , 1800. We-ll , we are to lia e another eull for the championship of tlic world after nil. Jake Gaudaur. the American champion , has ntccded to the demands of Jim Stanbury and v ill cross over in September , and row Mm on the historical Thames. Gaudaur first had hopes of luring the nan from the land of the Golden I'ltece , over litre , but the latlt r speedy veto of the move derided Jake , and he concluded expeditious- do what traveling Is necessary himself. He knows of the Victoria sculler's indolent character , nnd that If he wanted a race he must l > pud to the latter's will In the matter , vhlch he haz dene , nnd now we are to have an cquttlc event that -will prove the most Interesting since Searle and O'Connor meaFurbd blades in 1683. Without a ques tion the twi > Jays Jale and Jim are the two beet oarsmen of the times , and a bout between them will avalicn a lively en thusiasm in a sport that , for years has been In a moribund condition. England has not produced a Cm-class sculler for nearly twenty years Trlrlctt ; , the Australian , v/as the first to relieve Jhe mother country of the honor , and Scarle and SUnbury both provt'd thciuEelvei. worthy successors to the bis fellow , who was compelled to sur render to Haulan. All other classes of sport are constantly developing pheuomE. but in professional rowing , all the glory seems to be fading in tit waning days ol the heroes of & fontitr day. Where is the young sculler making a bid tor the our of any of the cracks of a decade and a half ago ? An English medical Journal , discussing the physiological cost of a boat race be tween unlvcrblUes. says that for a period of twenty cilnutes every member of the two crc-vrn was at the highest physiologi cal pitch to which his organlnm was ca pable. The strain fell principally upon the two mein centers of life the heart and the nervous system. Then , continuing , the journal referred to. Kays : "Speaking as Judiciously as possible , n physiologist can not but ezprers the conviction that every mas in the two boats must have been to Home extent injured. The tremendous mus cular effort made net up r.uch a swift and lilgh-tensloned cardiac activity as could not but charge to overflowing every remotest capillary supplying the nervous cystem and caused a production of nerve energy which was the very highest of which the nervous organteaUon was capable. The strain in such cases is intense and the vracte of nerve tissue is almost incredible. It is not , how ever the nervous system to which the most serious end enduilng barm Is done it Is the Lean. There is one fuctor in a boat race which the medical authorities agree upon and that is the strain is vmlntcr- ruptt-3 for a period beyond the strength o ! any human organism. It is certain that nr race la ever rowed without serious Injury tc some. In a definite number of cuses the Injury is life-long to Inidvirtual * , but in every race every man can hardly fall to be a bufferer for a longer or shorter time , " For a man -whom Kid McCoy alleged he had put out of the business Tommy Ilyan seems to be a pretty hustling sort of a pugilist He fights Dick Moore a twenty- round battle at Buffalo the first week in August , and in September he is to meet George Green before one of the 'Frisco dubs for twenty-five jnore. In both of these will undoubtedly affairs the Syracuse thumper edly be an odds-on favorite , although to my way of thinking neither is of the cop per-riveted Uind. Moore , -who has fought man in the ring today as many fights as any day han improved sreatly since the days vhen be was the trial horse for the Omaha Athletic club. and while 1 think Ryan will conquer him I also think that it will require about all of the twenty rounds to do it. Dick Moore is as pulled a sweater eve : came a man as ever < a head and in the early stages can hit hard rnnugh to suit the tastes of the most InstidlouB. He is fonJ of grueling and can Etaud as much of it as the iie.it one. If he could induce Tommy to "mix" he would stand a good chance of winning , but thu lie will not be able to do and I look for Ryan to stand him off and finish him at an artistic distance. As for "Young Corbett , ' he will undoubtedly provo a hard nut to crnclc He is quick and clever and will fight all the v.-ay down the pike , and Tommy must be at his best to ccore a win , and 1 tra certain ho will be. The lesson taught him by McCoy was c dearly earned one and it U 'hardly probable that ho will ever again crawl through the ropes unprepared. It t-eems that Jack McAullffo will not tin- bu.'kle from the Idea that he is Kid Lavlnne's master , and , ns IHclc Roche is again to the front with an offer to back him. there Is quite a likelihood that such a meeting is as good as booked for onn of the New York clubj this fall. Already the red- IJOIE buvo decided the fight , but the dia- culty in thnt they arc not unanimous as to the way it will go. A larsc preponderance Is as sure as they arc that the mooa Is made out of crceu checnc. and , as much as I like Jack , I ' am Inclined toward the majority , that MeAullffe vlll ? sever b in It. There are a Eood many -.vho profess to believe that the old champion will lick his man to a dead literal certainty. I cannot ECO how they figure this out , hut. as the man from \Vaboo said , "it'b a good thing all men don I think alike , fur if they did Maria Jane would be pome other fellow's wife. " If all the spoils thought alike there would be no matches and no fights and an s natural consenucrcc no pugilistic fun. It crnus thnt the gilded path of all cham- pioiie lu sport has Its end in an abyee of glootn. A very Ignus fatuus is the title champion. The man who aspires to the Junior will trespass on forbidden territory Bii'l plunge into unknown darkness In hit attempt to achieve fame , and generally meets disappointment only. The champion , not content with bis honors continues on and on , until the beacon light goes out and Ituvfb hm flouudnrii.g in c slough of dis k-rare alii poverty. The will-o'-tbo-v/lsp pf greatness lias vanished and the dark- nc.st and desolation of dissipation and decay of power alocc engulf him. The crown of fame It succeeded by a focil'c cap of nonentity. It in much tmslor to fall than to climb and reputations which here required years to Valid up art dccuoyu4 In tn ill-time moment The trouble with champions has bt n and chravR will b * that they do tiot know when to retire. They refute to acknowledge any depreciation of ihclr prov.-b * until they bump acaltul u ftooo wall. Surelr. the year ef cur Lord , 1BSC. it not jirovlns a blue Tibicu year for the turf , cs- purlaliy Ihc troltljifUTiitmont tbcri-of. and v.th tbr H'orouftlibridi little more tan be eaid , Ouiidi ( it the big ; tUselc events on the varlvis faojiia courses tbrousbout the country thrro lu * tmw nothing to maik thu yrw other Ihcn Bpry ordinarily auo ecsfbl inc In eocie cdctioas of this broad la-id it really loakt it if the trotter wtu obcti tc. scd on ull tJ > o Uu rucaiog track * thenaow & clw Idfd ti udency to not only fli rrriia 'he nutr.l-or , but the Value of ftaJ'r > and > t ui.iry Ir.ntuiffs thi lenpti in ' . 'f , * Uavo bc-.ii ahcrti-ncd by voi-ks. As 'iio unonB ! turt . - > k lifer frfer of era ' ' - I5 , Jmn it IJ tixls ? t5i : { nd.twn of ui 3-4 tiu only bittr li. { to cue thine end Ih&i i * the abftnec of c. cuucrfluity of U o stuff ttat wkVti the lucre Cn. Hard tlmra Jliimwl retrup . tiun shoss that in 1658 lh raeicg tnten U oX ttii reached tlielr renlth. Every horeaan it > t every trafkman aafle a "bundle" thot year Ev ry tnpetlng enjoyed a free coinage o ! both gold and silver and many of the stakci were of a prl&ooly character. The e wh < d the whole campaign returned homi In the fall with mosey tc burn , and thi her e mart * till over the country enjoyrt a boom. The thoroughbred * went tip liki rochets , and phenomenal prieo * were pal * for many who n-xer had earned enough to bu ; their hay. Brwders recoftnized the aurl fprous time iu the horey tide and worked niBht and day to Inrrean * their produclnf capacity and the eonowjuence was that thi following few years saw the sntrkel ( tluttei and the prices of horses , both thorough bred * and trotters , took a tumble that wai absolutely incredible. Good horoee could b < had for n ttong. and bad ones for ncrt ti nothing. Just now , bow ever , the silver ; lining to the clouds hug Just begun to fibov KB rrfcplond nt fringe , and with rood timei 1S9C , Instead of a failure , would have provci one of the banner years in the hintory o the running turf. Hut all chances of thii have pone pHmmerlnp now , and horei owners turn back to 38SS as the polden en of the game. Some of the best horses thi American turf ever knew made their debu that year , and what Is more , they wen western horses at that. It It true tha cvory year since some phenomenally grea horeo ban made his appearance , and then have been us good , and. perhaps , bette ; horses since than any that year , but , takci as a whole , all ages considered , no seat-oi since has thown up as many good horses Just as the true sportsman's blood toda ; quickens at the mention of such horses ai Henry of Navarre. Domino , Clifford. Bci Brush , etc. . so in 1SS8. the same effect wai produced when the exploits of Terra Cotta Emperor of Norfolk. Los Angeles and Proc tor Knott were recalled. Taking them al in all this country has never ( .een man ; better race horses than the four abovi named. And this reminds me. speaking of the trot tens , this year , to far , like 1895 , hat given ui no advance toward the two-minute mark but of course the season is hardly half eve : yet. The failure of all the prospective cham plons only einphaMzes the merit of wha their predecessors have done since the im proved running gear was applied to thi sulky. Hathcr curiously , It Is found that thi difference in the time made with the oil vehicle and the new one , at both gaits , 1 the same to a fraction. Sunol's mile ii SOSVi : has been beaten by 4 % seconds sinc < the safety wheel came to the aid of the trot tern. Similarly the 2:06 : , which Dlrec ncorod , is 4U seconds lower than Robert J'i superb achievement. For the present thi figures which mark the improvements madi since the "bike" came into general usi must be taken to represent the advantagi gained by its employment for dereloplni speed. When the ball-bearing axle an ! pneumatic tire were first attached to a sulky early in the season of J892 , the suggestloi that they would enable the horses to go a least two seconds faster was laughed ti scorn by more than one trainer of experl ence. Budd Poblc read of it at Terre Haute where he was giving his best endeavors ti getting Kancy Hanks patched up. so tha her "dicky" legs could carry her fas enough to reward J. Malcolm Forbes for th large outlay at which he had become thi owner of the little bay mare. The mai who had captured world's records with Dex tcr and Goldsmith Maid shook his head a the idea of a sulky that would make such i difference in the speed of a trotter. Befor the Grand circuit was fairly- under - a ; Robin's opinion changed , and a few week later be-rlrote his famous pupil four wcond fflKtcr than he bad ever expected to gowit ! her. The hoped-for visit of English amateu athletes to this country is off. and if we nr to witness any high class "feet running' this fall It mutt be between homo products Bredcn. the British crack , has resolved t retire from the racing path , for a year ese so at least , owing to a serious Injury to on of his ankles , while Shaw , the hurdler , doe not care to compete on this side of th brink , and Bacon and Bradley have bet ! been disqualified by thr- Amateur Athl < * ti union. On the other Fide of the herrini pond , however , they are going to have : troat. for our oven Tommy Conneff. champloi mile runner of not only this country am Canada , but of Ireland also , is going t < cross over for the purpose of giving th English champion. Bacon , a series of race fcr the world's championship. Conneff I now a professional , as are many of th alleged amateurs with vrbom he has bee : trotting for no long a time. He intend to Fettle at his home near Dublin and d his training for these championship runt Bacon , as all followers of sport probabl know , is the idol of the cinder path ii England. He first cstabllphed his rpputatio : by wlnnlni ; the one-mile national chemplon ship of 1893 from a high-clats field I : ) minutes 191-5 seconds. He repeated th trick iu 1R94 in 4 minutes 221-5 Lccoadt having so much up his sleeve the latter da- that he won the four-mile championship in 1 minutes 4S 2tseconds. . Vp to that time Baeo : had been .1 humble private in her majesty' army , but , having completed bin service , h blOEcomod. out as an amateur athlete. H did nothing but travel over th Unit'ji Kingdom from meeting to raeefinc , am winning from a mile tip to all that wa worth winning. He , like Coniieff anl i score of other "amateurs" ia this county had plenty of pocket money , besides none ; for training and traveling expenses. Ni question was asUed about him by .tie Amcri can Athletic union offlr.lals ; the public c"li not bother Its head about the amatcu status of a man who could run a mile ii 4 minutes 19 seconds , as Bacon did at Ir.t fceanon'a EnpHhh rhampionsbip meet. ; funny class are thes.c amateurs , cs I demonstrated by the lily whites in thi bicycle realm , as well as In all other -ie partmcnts of r.port outEido the hi ; colleges The tennis players still continue to be moan the fuel that the American player ' Lamed , sot so beautifully waxe-l at 'ihi Wimbledon tournament , and by a man , a that , wtoa ho had thrashed out of hi : ( .hoes Just a week before. There is 113 cil for lamentation , however , for he Amcricai ban , on the whole , done remark ably well , hit jecord far ciccllini that of any other player wbi ever left these shores and dared face thi cracks in the lion's den. There is llttli doubt but what ho will do better still. H < is in fine form , and with no serious draw back will at the. end of the year be righ up in the front rank with the champioi British artists. If Lamed was a disappoint ment in the EnglUb championship tour aey. homo players may find some consola tlon in the exploits of Miss Juliette Atkin aon , the Brooklyn girl , who went over ti Niagara the other day and won the Caua dian championship from Mrs. Smith Just ai vary at rating bon-bons. To c nati up a tree it looks very much ai If Robert J.'E star is on the wane , and Joi Patchen is looming up in the trotting con situation ai the bright particular luml nary of the day. Thus far this season tbi little bay wonder lias not given evidence o ! oven last year's high form , and he mus brace up or give way to Patchen , his bl | rival. They say that Joe turned off hU ex hlbition mile at Joliet a week ago in04 % , iu cuch an easy wey that leads to the be lint that he is capable of something a goot deal better. Robert J.'s best heat thus fai was a I:05er : and he had to be urged to hli btst to turn the trick , With Johnnj Gentry on the dry dock it lookf as if a eerlei of lake races between Patchen and Rober would be about the thing Just now , to no' prove -which ii the best horse , and to tkii the suckers. -\VItli tlir .tlbutjut-rijiie Sjiorti. ALBUQUERQUE , X. M. , July 1C. Tc the Sporting Editor of The Bee ; 1 taU thu means of informing my old frieudi iu C'J.aha that I tin Hill in the land of the kicking and pushing A. j > eel cue J' . t a little stronger than erer before , nud U ia by reason of this ability that I EC c.'ullfd to eat with high-class regularity I cm bavjcg > fine time here and being treated like awhite BM. You , yourself are anything but stranger here , both per- aonilly and as one of the most iBterestltii ; spotting writer * in the country Your brief Mop-off here on your way to El PBMJ Is re membered with pleasure by all the local tiloodg Mr. Arthur , the cx-Omaboc. 'Who Piloted you durlnc ytror stay li re. wnds regards , as also Joe Darnett , Mr. Jon and others. Kn- closed j-oti will find a program , which will give you an Idet of vhat 1 am dtrlnp here. Please Inform Tom Foley that the next time I happen In Omaha I will show him a rataple of fifteen-ball pool that will m ke him for get there ever was fuch a man a * Jim Malone. FRED PEYTON. AVITII HOD A\D Ol X. The CnMomnrj - -klj . .Inuntwith Ii - 1,1114'ro ofn1tiro. . It IB to be hoped that the next Nebrask * legislature ! ! ! follow the good example set by Massachusetts. Michigan and other nuttf In repct to the distribution of state n h foi private viBler * . These states have enacted a statute prescribing that the fish commis sioners shall furnish no fish nor fish spews to any individual or corporation for stock ing waters under the control of such in dividual without first having exected eti agreement that the waters no stocked wlUi Mate fish hhfcll be free to the public for fishIng - Ing during the lawful o ] > en fishing st-ason ! This U hard , practical , common sense , bul simple Justice to the taxpayer. This thins of outlaying money for the stocking of pri vate ponds whereon no one tmve the sclfisli proprietor has rights is getting to be toe much of a good thing and should be brought to a sudden termination. One of the most pronounct-d traits of human nature IF to get something for nothing , and In no people will you find it so thoroughly exemplified as those who think they are beating city , state or government. To this class belong * tbf man who Is crying for fish for bis prlvatt waters at the expense of the general people The same parties in Nebraska have sent tot fish ovrr and over again , and there is ont name which has appeared among the regu lar annual applicants for the gratuitous isrue of bass and trout fry for the pact sU years , and every year , I believe , he has gel what he asked for to stock and restock hit posted private pond. In a talk with Com missioner May some months ago he ex pressed the sound Idea that the province ol state activity in fish culture should be in the Increase of the food fisi supply , the kind you buy in the market , bass , pike , cropple. pickerel and sunfish. while the private prop agation of trout should be left to the In dividuals , gun and fishing clubs and asso ciations. This is a view shared in by D large majority of men interested in fist culture for practical Instead of amusement purposes , and it is more than likelv that when the legislature once comprehends that a big portion of the products of state trout culture go to the benefit of comparatively few Individuals they will follow the wa > which has been pointed out by so many ol the eastern and middle states. It Is a well known fact that among the very best patrons of the railroads are the sportsmen , shooters and fishermen , am ! It will be pleasing to note that at least one road traversing a paradisical western country will complete plans this season for the better accommodation of this class of patrons , for the transportation of camp luggage , boats , dogs , etc. The nature of the sportsman's recreation makes It necessary for him to do a great deal of traveling and as a rule be is plenty able tc pay for what be gets. The railroads ap preciate this fact and locally the sports men have been tolerably well looked after. The rr.an _ who fishes and shoots wants tc leave his business at the last possible moment and then get to the place he has selected for his outing as quickly as steam and wheels will carry him. If"he want * grizzly bear , elk and mountain lion it is to the Rocky mountains he hies himself ; he goes to Canada for ralmon and muskalunge , for moose and caribou ; to Minnesota for bass , pickerel and pike ; to the Dakotus and the handbill region of Nebraska for chicken and groutt , also geese and duck : and snipe : quail attract him also to varlour localities in this state and into Kansas Iowa and Missouri. But whatsoever hit destination , save In rare instances , must b' made by rail , ar-d isn't there ample reason why the railroad companies sho-aid pay ' extra attention to this class of patronago'l Think of the hundreds and the thousands who annually make big outlays in search of sport , and they ere on the increase everj j-ear. It is safe to nay that where ont man indulged in such an expedition ten years ago 109 go now. This swelling o ! the s-portEmen's ranks of course must re dound greatly to the benefit of the rail roads , and. as increased business make : keener competition , the present o'Jtlonl ; be hooves a number of lines whirh might b < named to establish a new code of rules governing this class of patronage. There is no traveler more important to thcli welfare than the shooter and the fisher foi most all summer tourists are hunters ani anglers , and no one depends so ex tensively on the railroads us he. Tc him , on a trip , time and comfort meat much , and he Is willing -to pax generously for quick time , the best cf serv ice and accommodations. Harry Brome. C. L. Thomas , T. J. Folej and myself spent last Sunday out st Joe ) , MacColl's home , as the guests of that jirlnct of good fellows , George riakeslty. Th ( Journey was made ostensibly for" plover but In this regard proved a disappointment as the birds had come in in that region bul sparingly. But plover are not the onlj proof of happiness on a summer day out al Lexington. Blakcsley was ready with twc spanking teams and we made c trip into z country upon which the gods have surelj smiled most graciously this year. Broac fields of waving corn , yellowing wheat and rye , immeasurable teas of haj and meadow lend , and beautiful country places , with cattle nn < : hogs until one wonders where market ! big enough can be found to utilize them all And we had sport , too , plenty of It. fron : shooting the whistling Bartramlans on the hay fields to doves In the timber , end fish ing for channel cat in the all but drled-ui Platte. And our dinner in the woods , pre pared and served in true Griswoldesyui style , with plenty of Budwiesrr right off tbt Ice to act as chasers , what lovelier tlmt could man have had ? Prof. Bruner of the Nebraska univer sity says there are 780 species of birds foi the whole of North America north of the Mex ican boundary ; that 415 species and sub species vim Nebraska , and that 27 species breed within our borders , and that more than 100 winter with us. The professor also says that Nebraska has an unusucll ) large bird fauna , and while this is true , it is also a fact that a large number of the species which visit this state do so in but comparatively small -numbers , the robin be ing a noticeable instance. As Prof. Bruner says , we are situated nearly In the middle of the country and mwfthe rep resentative's of the eastern and we-stern , northern and souther faunas , and Nebraska probably furnishes as many facilities for the prosecution of the study of ornithologi cal life as any state in the union. His idea for "Bird day , " as well as "Arbor day , " is a good one. The Dupont Gun club is making elaborate preparations for a picnic on Sunday , August 2. to be held on their grounds in East Omaha. There will be a sweepstakes khoot at IMe birds and targets , with a good card of athletic games , besides refreshments ga lore. boating , bathing and divertlsements of many and varied kinds. St > cre tary Curtis has the sporting editor's acknoTfledgments for a special iuviution. The Omaha Gun club will send a team to Chicago the first week In August to com pete in the big team race at the Dupont tournament. The cracks likely to reprte t Omaha are F. S. Parmelee. G. W. Loom ! * , J. C. Read Jim Sroead and Goodley Brueker. This quintet are doing a good deal of prac ticing on live birds and , judging from their scores , they will be well able te maintain the Gate city's credit at the big shoot. Ed Krug of tha Waltonlan school of sportsmen says he has word that the fitclug is better down at Lacgdan now than it has been at any time this season. Bac ure taking the frop very well and a large num ber have be-en caught with files Cropjiie are biting with great voracity a ElLtle book landing over low on Wednt-eday last. Mr. Krtig vill pilot a party down today or tomorrow , Norman N Spear , B young Illinois sports man. U making a tour of the west in the interest * of that popular iportsman' ' * mag- Sports Afield , Mr. Spear zn&de tb editor of The Bee a pleasant call Wednesday He Mtd-Jif Intended to VlMt rrery tonn in NebraS-Ufi of anv tfm furtce ! an * he will not petftti | * to Chicago wscto b re the tnof fllefti oFports Afield Isu - a weH-wveaoiB ( this C pws In tbe HK > i.gUlns are now en joying the finest KJWI , with rod and re J. Tbe reports romins $ ftn are tno t pratlfy- itic , and the pleasure and liraltli-tvefcer * - ho are rusticating Utatftig the pines of thr Big Horn and other intare hlpj > lnc ; mountain trout almoVtoUlly to their trln > d here , who cannot o/'aU. ttipmnrlvtn of the opportunity for an ovung in the pleasant altitudes. " ; , , Blui J What singular rotA5jjrlftIeg are witnessed In nature. While tWjSirt nei-son * drown the ration- prairie rfitfkvn and quail they work no damage to the ravenous brool of hawk ft&d owl ; all the > tr round the farm ers wap ? a war of extermination l on the crows , but e-ach recurtlng fall * ces the hordes of the blck corn thief utithimied movlnjr southward , while yrar after year the hairled platoons of ppee nnd ducks ntnrn fewer and ! e s frequent ; the deteitrd Eng lish sparrows Increase find multiply ID r.Mte of bitter winters and riEhtcous perse-cation , but our native * , the beaulllul none birds. continue to diminish. Thus ell about us wr witness the undesirable In animated tutorc flourishing , white tbtwe whose increase would bf hulled with joy are rapidly disap pearing and tmdins toward extinction. Who can say that a century bcaoc the- spcrtfeBicn of the day -l | ! not be wrangling over their bags of English spsrrows and crows in lieu of ducks , gn.ie. chicken ana quail ? The last weekly shoot of the Dupont Gun club rcsulte-d as follows : Lang . join 10:11 11111 11111 Hill-Si 1'avis . imi um inn niio irmi-sa cuivis . 11011 um ami inn innn Murray . 10101 11111 mil 1U11 tillO-21 Mrr > onaia . .mil onn moo 10011 11101 if ittnor . oiino mai onn mm < nm K S.nson . . . .lOlfll 10111 won mil UKMI 10 Moore . JIUO OW " 1211 1OT11 IlCmi 14 Gardiner . . . .iimm 11053 oinoo loill 11101 1 ! H. r.uuma . .iTni wi ooioo nom mm i : Goldsmith . .11 lit Olflin IWO.l OM10 50.11 ] i Bechen . W10J 10201 ow.to 10101 ItHOJ S "Rattle-snake Jack , " the repulsive char acter whom I met at Rushvllle when on my way to the Pine Rldse Indian celebration a couple of weeks ago. as I t > r aicte-d then. has been bitten by one of his pet rattle snakes and is In a td way. The phvsiclan in attendance thinks he can pull the old man through , that Is if Tommy Doud's whisky banel holds out. The following note from Unite-d States Marshal Llddlard gives come rf ' .he details : nfSHVILLB. July 20. Dear Sandy : While your friend. Rattlesnake Jack , was preparing to hit the road for nn exhibition tour with his msnagcrie yesterday , one of bis big performing rattlers bit htm on the trm , and it looked like "all day" for Jack for a while. 1 have learned from the doctor this evening , however , that the snake is in a bad way. but he has hope's -at stretching Jack's life out a few years longer. Notwithstanding the upland plover are heard flying to and fro in large nuinbem over the city every night the gunners thus far have met but meager success in bagging them. The haying , however , is now being finished up anil from this on until the de parture of the birds the shooting ought to be first class , as there is no doubt about the piesencc of a latgcr number than for several years. j i..j- The exodus of mountain campers In search of cscltcmei't vltb roil and pun has now fairly commenced fecd from this on until the middle of Septc'-r.bcr . there will be some thing like a veritnHlerpJ-occsslon passing to and from the well hadw-n hunting and fish ing resorts of tbe riidifntamous redoas. o.\ PnlaviT with tliv aiii-nelicr- AIoui : tlu- Another -week ot ; : iae great league race has been run , and'sllTJ Buckerino Etvins's Cincinnati Reds ard sbcv Ing the way. They started neck and , "cjclc , . with Haalon't OriUts.on Monday , - > * Ui Patsty Bolivar and his Forest Cities hanging ct their heels. They rounded Into tEJ ; trefch in this posi tion Wednes'day. Jut right here Burkoriuc demonstrated that he1 WE the bst Jockey of tue three. He knocked down the New York Giants twice la suftlon. while Kunlon could only take oae crut cf two with the Pirates. Cleveland , Jiowever , took Wash ington by the nape of the neck and the slack of the pants , and sv-p.Ebcd her round in the lake a couple of times , and thus crowded Baltimore out of sri-ond place. ieavlng Cincinnati . cnoe more in the van By the v.-ay , Wednesday was the Jil&hwate : mark of the ye.tr iu the way of mrtrvelout contests. The clay eaw the record for purely r.cieutiSc base ball broken to smithereens , Seven pomes were played In the big circuit , end five of them resulted In Ehuioutb. Every one of tbe seven games was hotly contested and desperately and honestly played. Cincinnati , after two hare struggles , tool : two games , one of them a whitewash , and Cleveland , by remarkable work , twice ChJcagoed the Senators. Down at Smoke Town the Baltimorcs first shy ; out the Pittsburgs , who turned right round end returned the compllmert. None ot these games , however , were pitchers' but tles in any sense of the word. Of course ; they played their part , l.ut . it was thp per fect worU of tbe ficlde-rs that made five shut outs in seven games possible. Wet and soggy grounds are producthe of sma.ll Kcorfs. With base running cut oE by muddy paths , and batlinc : interefered with by reason of the ball being wet and Boggy. tbe chance of stealing runs is reduced to the minimum. The team that got oft in the lead had a shade the best of It. All the grounds were muddy because the rain of Tuesday and Tuesday night was general. There is little chanc-e to make up lost ground on soft grounds , but fn-o shutouts in one day is little short of remarkable. Chicago pulled further toward the leaflets , and any of the four may now fiy the pen nant , for with the ball she is playing now Chicago' will rise100 points above its pres ent per cent before September closes. The race is getting warmer rach day , and ij is the west which is slaughtering the vis itors this year. More then two-thirds of the games since the raid began is tbe record for the western division , aad this is some thing that has not happened in a good many seasons. "Grasshopper" Ulrich. a former Omaha favorite , is now with the- New Torl : and made his second league debut in the doubleheader - header at Cincinnati Wednesday. That he jnade an impression , it is only ce > eessary to quote one of the local critics : "Aside from the cheer that was given Irwln for hiE capture of Van Haltren's fly in the eighth , Ulrich was the only one of the play- cr to ge-t a baud for , field work. Twice the stands acknowledged the-lr pleasure by giving him vigorous founds of applause. Once he was cheered for a one-handed catch of Smith's fly , and lheothe-r time for a for ward running catch ofVUoy's pop fly near tbe left field bleachers. ! "t'lrlch made three hits In the Uvo games , jmjjone of the two runs. He was signed from Uif Quincy team. He U no stranger to Cincinnati , for he was one of the many ybutigBters that Comlskry signed during the el-amfo of 18&S. He icarne here from the Birmingham club , but did not fctay lone. it woilldiu ( . appear that he IE in ffet company to irtaj. " Alison stole a basa . ) Jt v. as in the seventh when Ryan was atrnre ; by Urtue of a hit. He was BO lame tfcjjl running was Impas sible and Nash cetei'lAnBon pe-rmlsnioii to run in his stewiTlie ; ' chestnut colt neiRhod and kicked mp hU heelE while Delt'r ; was striving lo hit and finally made a sprint down the pike. He got off in a bunch and tel the running down tbe bur ) ; stretch at a itiBeu > &d Blip. CJe.imiEU was so staggered at the Epecucle that he heltatt < d ctJ the Cup Minded the dirt vig orously and beat the ball by a nose. The crowd gave pop a round ot cheers for LU flaring. Cblcaco Record. The league Miaaon of ' fi ic thirteen vtc-ks old. Bl ren weeks ttlll remain.tnd from jiriig- rnt itrrapecU tbe crunkc will bet out uf tbe mom brilliant fiiiiiOiet in the hlctory of baw ball. It will 1 * ibt exist vc tee we l , with chances slightly ia favor of the wild end woolly Tl-t east places itc hapoc em the cb < iupun Omits whi.il't ' wt t will be represented l > v two smuggling coiiteti- tnts for < Lan.i'ioncl ; l ucrt , Cleveltaa atd C itr-limni At the present time It is a be ant if uJ ra'-e Tte C'lnciuLtti * tie in tbe van wuh Lhitimort and Cleveland both at their hecli Despite the effort * of cer tain eastern writer * to cast a slur on tbe Queen C'Uv representative * , they deserve til fhe credit th t can beccord S them. The Red * have had more than their sbar < * ot in-luck. but through H all they hait J > U > rd a conslMeot game and have krpt in Jbr front flight slroplr tbroach rvorag * . Toflny thry are playing t * BOP * . If t better bill , thtn any club in the big organtMttcn. A New York crook brake Into In * of the Cincinnati bs bull ground and stole some office furniture. He rrtXM-d to plvc his name and the clerk of tbe court , who Is a ltd 11 f r. . entered bim OB the docket as Andrew Freedman. There doesn't sectn to be anything the matter with the St. Louis pitchers , con sidering that Plttsburr would 111 : * to hve Donahue , that Cincinnati bus an Itching fnr IMIly Hart and that every club in the league would make room for Breitetisttln. The oia Chlcaco tram. In which Atisfn. Kelly , Williamson. Flint. Bum * . Oor . D l- ryw ; > l * and Corcoran were stars , proltablj- pwsejFd ( tbe virtue of ronfldencc or ] l ck in a largrr depree than any t * in that ever plnye'd ball. A defett or two never d < ? - preuw'd them. They looked upon a lost game more as a frctik titan as aa evidence of their Inferiority as & nine. "I'll tnke off my hut to Hulen of the Phlllle . He is the wily lett-haadmi thrower I hare evw rcen who could play Iu th1 short field and make a eucceas > of ft. " s-nys Tore Brown. Phil Ehre't of the Reds at present leads the pitchers of tbe National league. He hM pitched in thirteen games and the average of earned runs made off htm is less than one Tbe recent Chicago-Baltimore scries will probably go down In history ns tbe harde-st slugging series ever contcstitl between big league clubs HO nearlv matched in skill. The total number of hiu made was 104. Talk about wine improving with age. How about Bid WcPhe-e ? This Is his fourteenth consecutive year as a professional l-sll p'ayor and anybody who has watched bis grand work this ye-tr will have to admit that this 1 * the banner s ason of Ills wonderful re't-ord. Bid has set the pace for the- second bese- men of the world for the last fourteen yuets. To e-clipse his own record in the last year marks him as a wonder. For a hit in the nick of time your t'nclc Anson may be defended on. Never before in his long end honorable carter on the diamond l > as the vcteiran performed EO well at thu bat as this scaaon. Age cannot wither nor custom stale his batting eje , and there isn't a player in the major league who wouldn't willingly give n hip , hip and a hurrah for the glorious veteran and shout "more power to your trusty willow and your eagle eye , uncle. " Anson played two games last Monday that are probably without an equal in the history of the came , in the matter of put-outs at first base. In the first game the big chief only had five put-outs and in the second only two. making 'seven put-outs as his record lor two games. Comlskey's St. Paul team probably has the best record for Eucccssive victories of tbe season. They won their seventeenth straight game the other clay. Jake Deckley puts in most of his time In the Plttsburg games In dusting off the home plate and in coaching. EOdie Burke is the second Red to pass the century murk iu the matter of base hits. He now is near 110. In the Tebcau Injunction Connie Mack pets back bs ! real name. He is designated Cornelius MoGlllic-uddy. Manager McGunnlgle has filed a formal protest with President Young for the pos session of Shortstop Monte Cross. It is said that tie Western association is on its lust legs and sortie of the clubs have agreed lo give up the fight next week. Lanpe rides to the grounds on his wheel twice P. tlajAoson makes the trip 1n the sameway - every Becontl day. Chicago Tribune. Lou Bierbauer of tbe Pittsburg club will not be able to get back to tbe game forever over a month. His sprained ankle ih giving him co end of trouble. TUB C .MSTATI3 MEET. I'rriinrntlou. . lor 11i - Crniiilcsl Usij-'h flm-lvx UH It - < - r l. The Nebraska state circuit bicycle meet vill be held tt the old fair grounds on Sat urday , August 8. and Judging from the ex tensive preparations being made , it will prove the biggest and best racing day ever known in this part of the country. ILo irati dii.ts management is in the hands of W. Lyle Dickey and Charlie L. Tnoiaas. ivlLieh is a BulDclect guarantee that the af fair vfill be conducted on a strictly first class basis and that it will be a decided cu'ccess in every particular. It may l > e. aJteu1 all , that the meet will not be held on the old fair grounds , as the management liEve net as yet fully de-teralned upon this point. If it is , the riders can rest assured that the track will be put in perloct condi tion and the spectators given every advan tage for their convenience and comfort. That it will prove the star meeting of the- state circuit there is no doubt whatsoever , and as it will close the summer campaign , this is as It should bo. Nearly 5700 will be huiig up in purs.es c.nd prizes , besides a large number of special trophies to be offered on the uay , and this will be sufficient to attract the very best riders now campaigning throughout this pajt of the country. Secre tary Thomas Already reports thirty entries and pre-dicts that there will be half as many again by the time closing day Arrives. One thing ihat points to the unqualified success of the coming state meet is the ex traordinary intert-tt tbe merchants , hotels , railroads and business mt-n are evincing iu it. The railroads will all offer reduced rates and every prominent firm in the city has in one way or another demonstrated its interest in tbe tiffalr and will tum out oa the day and help in mailing the attend ance the best evtr kiiowu here Al ! tbe well IDvu : professionals in this wt-sttrn country will be oa hand to contend for the haudbome cash prizt-B , v.hilc vlie Im maculate omatcur will be herein all Ms glory. Fifty competitors v.111 make a HE SENDS IT FREE. I'll j klclicii'i ; -f.c-rliU < ! ii f ir Curtr o ] riiKiii-MH In Tlirli. When n HIBH Las sutTeTtxJ for many yours wuli h wakuLhs that blights lilt , life and robs him of r.ll that really inaloc : life worth living ; wben afteT years of doctoring with all tortb of jiatent niedkiucE iud alleged ejie'CiallEtE , he difevovera a remedy that linnet Imcl ; to him tbe power and physical tnt-rcy that Feornod to him lofct forever , be naturally fee-Is generous. He * want * hie fellow tnt'H to know about it. He ferlu tbet his mltclon on earth is to lift out of bondage tbe thousands of young nud ini < JflleaEe < a JHPH who are to day battling vitb a shattered ntrvoue syt- ten , just Ui be did ; men who , by their own fcorrct follies , are buffering a mental torture that wordE ctnuot adequately describe. The world has come to IcKik at s t-b uf- feirers in a < liiT r it liibt from fonni.r flays. It now itardB thtin as uufortuutic , not criminal. Tiiey have lacked moral C'IUISRC. Their may be vlrtirns of icLerileJ jiaazior. , or they mty have aoquirfd Bect ; bnuHk from evil aasodateic. iiuiwiiattkor may h-ve been the in tiitive tbi.1 IIMII.CF- 111411 Lu dosrade hit beiiig buJ ii.'jlKli > lumwll from N tlty , he n ode a frlt-tiJ. He iioadv the ristit hand of fellov.fhip cud ; ; i-rj' ' . < - \ > var. U Uwicing to denouutf Him for liit folly , and U U equally ueelose to ive liiri ud- vice. 3le juv' have tli huncry man's bruid. not & Etontottered him. Tilt it. why I Mod tue prc cnption Unit icadc we t man among men freeto any one wlio A rlu < * for it. I know the avemim tliat inflHilns ine-o b ve to il > t Ifcut teujliiauec < Wul ) < - llcit.v , ted I therefore rent the proi'ri , > tlci' cecurt'ly etialeid iu t p'.iia cnio.iIthout tBiirk to kliow uhej-o It c-jimc ficii. ' /inu > kandc of uifn baic viif c me iu u.y ii/v. ) glid tbey vtre to cet tbij > ; -ncri | > ii.)5. ) ixJ { vt-rr mail iTitic * t 'ooi'iifiiii ; icjivrt i/f Mvcre oca * of j.jjyukaj d kility curt d vi < i e'UJKiu'ftd j-artz r 'i.ttredo IIU'.L.M ! s Now , toy friend. 60 not MI t-J how I c n &flard to gue aar tLis recijie , but -writ * Jur < t 'jl y Jt it Jrr.- to all tud 1Btit o-er } ' min to hiivu i : Addre $ * In the lual'.n ! r r.Mta" THOU IS SLATER , Bsx 11 * . Ks.iL = . * ioc. ilici. Krmt flrld of fiartprn In rarh rv nt. and It in quite certain that tlicrf - I1I be tbl * mny. If not mor * . Th jironram. with | > rlt , excepting tbf tfwtatK. Ie niT > a4 d : 1. Otie Mile N T > Hmt nrlw > . value tSC ; ppcood prl , value JJ8 ; third mluf it. i. Oae IUlf Mile Otwn , Tirxt prlrp. $ H ; MKmd prlK. fli ; Uilrd liriw. J * . S. Onr-Half MIVc Or . Are 1 r prlj-p , value f ; ww > i)4 r-Hiv. 'v prltf" , valueH * . 4. O f Mile McRM s'r Ofly Flrt prl f , HO ; second prlte , < t\vt \ Jt ; third prt * * . Ow M > Araati ttr. SM : Class I'lnit I > rlie. value SM : MMXHI * I'ritelan JIO ; third prlte. valiH Jfi. 6. Two-Mile rroffRSltmal Tandem rlrnt jirite. J1S ; < con < l prlteJ6. . . 7. On * Mllf Oiwn. Amstttir rirst prlic. value JSt ; MTotiiS prices , valuf fSO ; third priie. value J1P. S. One Mile Open. Profpuslonftl Flrt prlif , IM : M > wtia prtte. $20 ; thlrtJ prltp , 11 . . Three Mlle Atnatenir H iaic * | Klrt rrhe. valve M ; w-rond iirlw , valar ISv. third , value $10 ; fourth , value JS. 16. Two-Mile 1'rofesslonM llandlrap rirnt prlte. Jafi ; rceoud prlw. JIB ; third prlteIT.f'O ; fourth prlEe. fl.50. WII.U C.MIKY OM-Y rOMlMXY SI A 1 1. . Oinnim t'lilln N tinI.on l of Other ttonil * nml IKKIM-X n Clrnitnr. Followltm the example of the ilurllnpton and the Utilon Pacific roads. General Matia- ger Hurt of the Omaha road has sent out the following circular lo carry emt the regulations - - I'ostJnaUtr lations recently t-pe-clfied by Ge'tieral Wllnou : "This company will carry as railway mall only such printed or written matter und correspondence as may relate to Its own j > e.'parute business , or joint traffic or busl- ntss with other lines of railway. All other mail matter should be forwarded by the United States postal sen Ice. "Any mail inatteT to be carried as railway mail rnvst be plainly marked 'Hallway Business , ' nnd when received from or de livered to any conne'dlng line. muKt be marke-d 'Joint Hallway BuEine'ss , ' giving the names or initials ot all Hues over which routed. "No mail matter of any description , des tined to uny point beyond this company's lines , should be sent by railway mail that is not pertinent to the business or traffic of this and all the other lines by which routed , anil plainly marked as above. " Siu-s f r llonvj I > IIIIIIIK . Charles Lund has commenced tuit ngainst tbei Hocl ; Island and Union Pacific railroad companies for t25.0I 0 damages , alleged to have been sustained by being struck by a Hock Island passenger train while crosplnc ; the tracks in South Omaha -used by both roads. In August , 1894. The plaintiff al leges that the point where he crossed the tracks wan a public highway , and that the train was moving ot a rate of speed higher than allowed by city ordinance , and also that no warning signal by bell or whistle was given of the approach of the traia. Old Itiillromli-r Gone. George Mitchell , one of the oldest con ductors in the employ of the I'nlon Pacific. died Friday night at the residence of his brother in Lincoln. He leaves n wife and one child , who icsicle at Council Bluffs , to which place his remains were yesterda > taken by the Hocl : Island road. Tor tbe past three jears he had been ill of paralysis caused by a severe fall he luet with in thr service of the company , lie had been in the employ of the Vnlon Pacific for the past eighteen years and was well and favorebl. * known throughout the system. Croj ) CumlltioiiN i\oellrnt. General Manager Bid well. Superintend , nt Hughes. General Freight Agent Morehouse and General Passenger Agent Buchanan of the Elkhorn have returned from a trip over the pystem. Itwas the first regular inspec tion tour of the new management. Excel lent conditions were .found to exist nil along tbe line. The corn crop is especially good. and , although oats are a little bit off. the yield will be a good one. There has nc - aplenty plenty of moisture clone tbe line * and pros- petcts tre good for a tplcndid teason. Arri-M Ml for PJrnHiiii n. Mur ic Uv. . Harry Souflenburg , aon of ex-Holler Inspector specter Soudenburg , wns nrresU-U laFt night on suspicion of having stolen n musk- box nnd a pair of opera glasses from the- of Thorn * * XltpMrlck , * ' H ri tr . The artlolwinrir t kf ' > nl ten dny. r l > y ! K mr im * V thief , d.'si rip. tlori ofwhom tnMlp * rxnrtly wltVi the & > * ix"in tinof Sou ln urt ! The j-outig man h < l. when takrn Into cu to ly , p'ur of hearly ww tun shoes , vhlch he ha 1 en d * voTfd to 5 11 to a num < f r of t < con J- hmnd clothing Sncnr _ The officers of th * NrhniKk * Ht SURJF cK-1itton will hold n ineetlfiie nt I o'clcxk nvjtt Wednrjklnjr nfn-rnoon In the rnm at 17N FAiimm nirwt , M which titm- they will arrange f r UM < rtniventlon of beet pugcr crowit-R. to bet l.eld at Gr tul IP- l n < l M > out Aucu t 10 At this meeting It will ! det-Med v.heth r or n"t tht 1 - -t men \\lll rriHkr nn rxhlblt ut the fair Mr. Henry Roth , of 1R4S 8outh 9th Street , St. Louis. , was p-ivcn the usual mercurial treatment for conUipious blood poison. He was twice pronounc ed cured , but the disease returned each time , lie was seized with rheumatic paiiis , and red lumps and sores cov ered his. body. ' 'I was in a horrible rible fix" he says , "and the more treat ment I receiv ed , the worse I teemed to pet. A New York specialist said he could cure me , but his treatment did me no peed w h a t e ver. 1 was stiff and full of pains , my left arm was useless so that 1 WLS unaVle to do even the lightest work. This was my condition when I began to take S. S. S. , and a few bottle's convinced me that I was being bcncfittcd. 1 continued the medicine , and one dozen bottles cured me sound and well. My system was under the effects of mercury > and I would soon have been a complete wreck but for S. S. S. " S. S. S.- ( guaranteed purely vegetable ) is the only cure for real blood dis eases. The mer curial treatment of the doctors al- wa3'S does more harm than good. Beware of mercttryl Books on the disease and its treat ment mailed free to any address by Swift Specific Co. , Atlanta , Ga. tjv'jj 3 | &vS p' KB F " * Searles & Searlea SPECIALISTS 1.4 Borons , chronic bud Private Diseases. mail , c-uu s Cured tor life tnfl Hit j.ol cn > tlim-ouehly riun3 from th tysiem PIL.I1S. FISTULA ij nni TAL. t'LCKHS HVDnu'-ELlSH ' A Nil mmrt Mfthofl new end unfuJllnK. STRICTURE m GLEET ftfc JJy new nirtbod vltliout puln or cutlltic * Call an or addrcu wlm rump. < & USB- thst , Br Virlio J& nirlc : Uii OCdll OC Obitluij Otcunit Mao. f.S , THE OMAHA SUNDAY- BEE It Ito A NEW AFRICAN STORY. o if ? By RIDER HAGGARD. . To Begin August 2d and Bun 12 Weeks. TN this story Mr. Haggard relates the terrible experiences - 2O * ences of the Reverend Thomas Owen , who , persuaded that Faitli , if strong enough , could accomplish all things MO even to the performance of miracles , gave up a comfort * able living in the Church of England to practice his preaching among the Children of lire. He went knowing that this savage African tribe , under the spell of the Wizard Hokosa , had put to death i9 the last " \Yhite \ Messenger" because lie could not prove his religion by raising from the dead his companion whom they hud slain before his very eyes. This he learned through a third missionary whom they sent back to his people with this message : "Tell them that having proved you to be liars they r-0 dealt with you as all honest men seek that all liars should be dealt with. Tell them ihat they desire to hear more of this matter , and if one can be sent to them 'who has no false tongue , who in all things fulfills the promises of his lips , that they will harken to him ani treat him well ; but that for such as you they keep a spear. " It was this challenge that the Reverend Thomas # Owen accepted ? and in this serial is told the won Jerful story of his single-handed conflict with the Children ol lii'i and his almost miraculous success in baffling their ! --5 prophets and contour.ling their Winr-lry - convening first .hc king and then the great boiy of his people ; among others his son and riirhtlul heir to the throue. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEL .The , . Keeley Institute jX rtmmmm JY'nKF V.MSEY , at ah. owes , TCIUCCO AKD i UAUITS. Write I-r Jem * SUM ! UM .ia. CorreHpoudtacc ccsflucai.nl. Me ? t > .