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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1897)
r IS THE OMAHA DAILY .Vl' JTNE 20 , 1897. SPORTS FOR. THE HOT SPLLL Interesting Gossip Anent Events the Wide World Over. AMATEURS HERE AND OVER THE RIVER Tlie ( Irvnt llont Iliiccn r < ni hnll Fore- cunt A Long Tlirim 'I IIP TroHhiW Turf mill llrr.-r > Clml on 'I MM , That mill HiOilier. . While light harness racing may not bo a/ > popular as It wan Rome years ago , no ono can gainsay < tut what there has been n grand Improvement In the conduct of the port , and that the conditions governing this department of the turf never were In such a healthful etato. The pawing of the kings o4 the bike Into the hands of wealthy sportsmen has been the chief factor In bring ing about this satisfactory change , nnd It Is more than probable that the present season s racing will accomplish murh In restoring the old-time enthusiasm and fervor , and plnco It on a much higher plane than has ever dis tinguished It In the past. All thR bright stars In the pacing galaxy are In thu haudrt of the kind of men who will allow nothing to interfere with the honest conduct of their competition. Those wonders of the fllde wheelers' brlgide , John U. Gentry , 2 OOH , and Hobeit J , 201 % , belong to Mr. Tewks- bury , n New York bankci of culture and re finement , and a thoioughbrcd gentleman sportsman. Star Pointer. 2 02V4. Is the urop- erty of Jo oph A. Murphy another wealt'iy gentleman of sterling sporting properties , while the new owner of Joe Patchcn , Mr Marks , l .1 fit cuniptnlon foi the other two. About all the great trotting stallions arc alto owned by gentlemen of unqutttlonud repute a men and sportsmen , atid there arc but few high-class horses In the hanJs of the old piratical craft , who run the race trucks for mercenary purposes alone a doen years ago. A moro forcible evidence of the desired change In trotting hor'e affairs was the meetIng - Ing at the State Fall grounds a week ago It waa under t'ie personal management of Omaha's leading business men gentlemen fanciers of menus agaltmt whom no word of criticism baa ever re.ich.srt the public ear and from the first tup of the bell on Tuesday nflernoou lo the last ilvlnq ; cadence Satur day , the local patrons of the sport never en joyed n smoother , more- harmonious nnd sat isfactory meeting. Them were none but good men at the head of oveiy department , fiom the general superintendent , D T Mount , down to starter , tlmum and marshals There were no disputes , no jangles , or unseemly sights or bcencfl of any character , even n largo majority of the horse owneri , being In strict accord with the management Thus It will be seen that the light harness affairs are gradually , but surely , reaching tea a higher plane of honor and gentility. While wealth Is not an unerring Indicator of re spectability and honesty. It has the advan tage of being able to nfford an effort that way over Ignorance and Impccunloslty , nnd when backed by culture and Intelligence Is certainly a powerful fnctor In directing mat ters In the right channels. Of course there are plenty of honest horsemen and true sportsmen in ordinary circumstances through , out the country , but that does not refute the proposition that the more cultured wealth the trotting turf , or any other sport for that matter , has behind It the greater are the as- uranccs of Us prosperity and perpetuation. Only a few moro days and the Intercollegi ate boat races. In which the Cornell , Yale and Harvard crews are to participate , will have been rowed on the beautiful Hudson. The freshmen of the throe universities will meet next Wednesday , and the three 'varsity eights will back up to the starting line the following Friday. All the prophets are pre dicting au enormous crowd of spectators , much larger than that which viewed the four-cornered race last year , or that vvhlch looked on when Columbia defeated Cornell In ' 95. Laat year the observation train con sisted of forty-three cars , but this year this number will be Increased one-third , and oven thebo will be far Inadequate. The throng that will bo on hand from New York will exceed that of the biggest gatherIng - Ing ever known at a boat lace before. All things considered , the battle will not be won In a short sprint , for cvcrj thing points to a race from start to finish. During the pant week most encouraging repoits have como from Now London , show Ing that Yale lias taken a great brace nnd is now rowing very fast. While it would tlcklo the Har vard men almost to dentn to llrk Yale and Cornell together , It will bo entirely satis factory for the crow to bent Yale. Cornell fully realizes that this Is her only chance for many years to get a crack at the big college crews. Her men are a hardy set of fellows , who look much lighter than they really aro. They will be at least ten seconds faster for the four miles than they were last June. This means that Harvard must show nt least fifteen seconds Improve ment to bo on equal terms nt the finish. If the race Is rowed against the tide , as some - clulm , the Harvard and Yale narrow blades will be an advantage. An effort will bo mndo toward arranging a field day between the High school athletic clubs of this city nnd Council muffs , lo take place at Union park , Council Bluffs Bomotlme In October. The two schools were to have measured strength this spring , but on account of some misunderstanding the affair did not eventuate. Theio was con siderable disappointment felt on both sides of ( ho liver , as the superiority of the two Institutions has long been a mooted ques tion , and the adherents of each were very desirous of seeing the matter settled this spring The Hawkeyc lads nro certainly a foimldablo lot , nnd If piesont negotiations result In n meeting the coming nutumn the Omaha youngsters niuat get a hustle on themselves Immediately upon the com mencement of the fall term. While there are some likely fellows on this side In nil departments of athletics , there Is a sort ol sentiment prevailing that as a whole they nro govern ! notches below the standard of their rivals ntross thu Dig Muddy. A little Judicious training , however , would undoubt edly oven up matters , nnd with BO murh larger field to select from , there are little fears but that the O. H. S. could carry off any or all competitive laurels. A reporter on the New York World thus describes the record-breaking performance ol Flannagan with the sixteen-pound hammer "In the contest from the aven-foot circle Flannagan played with his opponents , Mitch ell , Clmdwtck of Yale , Mcl'ricken of the Uni versity of Pennslvanla nnd Smith a lank southerner. Every tlmo the hammer left his hand to sail out amn7lng distances Into the expanse of turf Its Might was marked by the murmur of the multitude. And with this stimulus Flai nagan , smiling and confident hurled the haunter ono lost time , nnd ther what a shout went up from the ciowd ! Far beyond the little mounds of earth that showed where the hammers of the others had sc.irrei' ' the turf fell the hammer of the Ilrltlpher And the mos. amazing part of It was that It had flown no far when thrown so low Then the markers got out with the tape , and when they were done It was found that Flannngan had thrown the record distance 160 feet I Inches beating the American record made by Mltcholl G feet 7 Inches and the Ilrltleh and IiUh records made by himself 3 feet 8 Inches Kvcn Mltciicll had to pat Ihe visitor on the back for thi > work. None of the others coult get within twenty-Olio feet of this , and , as a matter of fact , they gave up trying when the tape waa read , " H IB a trifle premature to talk foot ball ono would think , hut not BO with the play- cm thetnaelvrs. Already there la a cast- lug of eyes about for candidates who will be ripe for the fall picking. The University club , the High school of Omaha and tha High school of Council Bluffs all expect to have a strong eleven In the Held , and It la Iready conceded that the coming seasoi will be a great ono for the game , not only locally , but all over the * country. In ad dition to the teams above mentioned for thU Immediate vicinity , It la quite likely tha the military at Fort Crook will place ai eleven In the Meld and try for local cham pionship honors. The material among the young officers for a foot ball team U said to bo of exceptionally good quality , several o them being graduated pla > er > , their educa- - > * ( Ion in this line hiving hoen received nt I the military academy at West Point. Hith erto the officer * and ( he men In tha ranks lave never engaged In any concerted ath letic enterprise. An attempt , It Is Paid , will be made to abandon caste line * In athletic matter ? , that ofllcerh and men may pliy ( thoulder to shoulder , which would : ertalnly prove an Innovation of far-reach ing results. There are many fine athletes In the rank * at Tort Crook anl there Is not a eihndow of doubt but what a team could be organised down there that would show up , ell a alnsl even the teams of the Western Intercollegiate Foot Hall ttsoclatlon Anywiy , It U to be h'.pcd that the armv is represented on the local gridiron this fall. It would add rest to the sport and furnish much additional enthusiasm In this vigor ous and exciting game. H may seern rallur caily to talk of Hlsh school track athletics for next vcar , but a word of advice and cncoutagemrnt may not be amiss at tli'e time , optvislly is rr.ont of hoje ambitious for net : > cur w'll ' have n chance to do some good prepaiotor > work this summer. The number of flr.it.rUsi mm In the High school at present ( spelklng of ilrot-dncs men 'rom a school stnn Ip.n.it ) Id Miiall , but n great abundance of mutciltl Is In tt.e . pro refs of development and fcome mete j-.iod . ones may be expected Thi 'la hc will bo well taken care of , as Hey Morris , who won the 220-yard dash JtiJ was seconJ In the 100 , may be expected * 3 be aroint nt both d fi ances next season , nnd will Uo try ( > l6 hand on thu 4-10-yard run which ho has gone since field day , and at lih flrat try In 0 seconds. Morris Is remarkably tprcdy for a school boy , although slow on thr start , and at 2 0 yards will be one of th sensatlorn of nc\t year. Neal , Morse nnd Hertford will also run the lashes iii'U jeir. The other runs will liave Spaford , the winner ot the half and quarter- Itryant , hecond In the mile , and "WeeV11 lo" Wool , lo lake care of them , and will not be negli-ct'd Spafoid'rf time thla > ear was slow buj le was trying to save a lame foot and did not try to make nny record" Ho la a heady nnd gamn little fellow , mid will doubt ltd. * do good work next year. It will also pa > to keep an cjc on Wood , as with three yeira more of school ho will have a chance to make some good records The hurdling and Jumping departments are very weak , as lUdwell nnd Morsman both graduiteil last week : Underwood nnd Moir's ' ntend to try the high ones next tlm and i Wood the low , nnd from th ! trio some qood work may bo developed. Kennedy vvouldiiot _ : walk this year , for reasons known only to ilmselt. but sava ho will try next time. He s n bpccd ) man and should make a good mark. Jensen , the "Terrible Dane , " who throw the hammer 90 feet 5 Inches , was a )7 ) boy , but his place will bo taken by John Hlce , who took second at SO feet 5 Inch- ! , and who will likely iniso his mark ten or twelve ] feet next jear. Hartlctt , the winner of the j shot put , Is a freshman and with three more years to go should beat 12 feet easily before is gets through. The selection of a captain for next year's : cam Is n problem that Is not easy to uolve The two old war horses ot the High school , Joe Lllllo and Archie Achehon , have both quit the school for good , though it Is probable - able that they may bo seen coaching ne\t year. This leaves only ono man really quail- lied fur the place , Nojea Spaford , who de clares ho will not take It , but can likely be persuaded when the heaaon opans. H might not be out of place to suggest that the tlmo to elect thla cJptaln Is as soon as school open ? this fall , for then ho can com in en co to pick nls spring material during the foot ball season. A letter was received from the DCB Molnes High school some weeks ago asking for a meet either at Des Molnes or Omaha for this month. The Omaha High school management was not able to take up the challenge this year , but asksd that the Des Molnc-fl management communicate with them next year , promising either n fall or spring meet If possible. This , with a probable meet with Council Bluffa , will hurry up athletics and make the boys do their best. If the High school boys will only hustle a llttlo they may expect hearty support from thu alumni and the poopl of the city. Although speaking of the above men ns all probable winners for next year , there Is nothing certain , because ofttimcs It Is the freshmen who come to the fiont and are the surprises of the year , so all should get out on the campus and trv their hands , and they may have .somo especial qualifica tions for some certain form of the track sport. Most fuvornble reports continue to come from those who are watching the work of the Harvard crow at Poughkccpslc. It Is said the oarsmen nro n splendid set of men physi cally and that they are rounding to In gical shape rowing smoothly and rapidly. Theie Is no doubt about their ability to keep up n hot pace for four miles. The Yale crew la still at New Haven , practicing against the freshman crew. They have no difficulty In beating out the freshmen who Etatt In the middle of n four-mile stretch nnd row ngalnst the 'varsity for the last two miles. At Cor nell all hna been change and confusion during the pant ten days. Courtney has been trying different men , and has now moved out nearly all the regular 'varsity men , who established the world's record against Harvard , Columbli and Pemmylvrnla last year , and has given their places to lost year's freshmen , who this spring defeated the naval cadets. As the clew Is now rowing only two of last year's oarsmen , Mocre and Savage , nro In the boat. In a race for a quarter of a mile a scrub crow , stroked by Ilrlggs , defeated the 'varsity the other day by three-quarters of a length Although Brlggs has beenstroklng the'varslty for bovoral days , Courtney has again mndb a shift , and It now seems Improbable that Hrlggs will stroke the crew in the race , al though he will bo taken to Poughkeepsle. H n work the other day waa excellent , but the combination could not got his stroke. It was necessary , therefore to put Carter back , ns he waa the only stroke they seemed able to follow. The combination which now Becnis moat fnvored by Courtney Is : Carter , stioke ; Savage , 7 ; Oddle , G ; Odell , 5 ; King , 4 ; Moore , 3 ; Beiitley , 2 ; Wake-man , bow ; Colson , coxtwnln. On Tuesday the irishmen beat the "varsity In a two-mile racu by a boat length. Several crltlcUms have already been made by the coacbors on the respective merits ot the different methods of rowing , nnd the present form of the crews. Walter Pei-t Columbia's coach , thinks Harvard bus , i fine well-balanced crew , and considers them In lit condition to lace today. Ho say * they are superior in every respect to the * Yale men at prtecnt , although ho admits Deb Cook's faculty to llok a crew Into winning fjrii In the last thrco weeks , Pcet says ilul Valw Is rowing a longer stroke than llarvird They reach farther at the catch ami go back f.urtluT at the finish than the Cambrl.'ga . ' men , He thinks the Yale stroke an Cook has tmitfht It this spring la going to bo n killing otic In a four-mile race. Ho thinks Harvard Is rowing a much smoother atioke than Yale , and that they are showing nure speed. On the other hand , the veteran Kills Ward , coach of Pennsylvania , la not nt all enthusiastic over the present form of the Harvard crow. Ho has been near enough to them but once to be abk to crltlclbo their work. The only feature which he commended was tha blade wmk , which was excellent , and which is a ch.ir.io- terl&tlc ot all Hnglish-taught crews. Die body work he thlnka very poor. They have no form as a crew , whatever , catching | | . regularly , not swinging In unlton , etc If Cornell U rowing In the same form It did last year he tips the Ithacans to win the race on Friday next , As the day for the Suburban handicap ap- pi caches something occurs to look toward the future. The Suburban la the next star event of the east , and though It Is likely that several of the highest class horses will be withdrawn there will bo several left In ths event to exclto Interest , and make up a respectable race , The work of the horses Is being watched keenly , and many a quiet trial Is being put Into candidates vvhllo these who will bet on the race are at homo and sleeping , Public performances are also closely scrutinized for the purpose of getting a line on tha big Coney Island stake. Among the probable starters are Ben Brush , uolinar , Halma. First Mate. Sir Walter , The Winner , Bon Edor , Itoundsman , Dutch Skater , Peep o1 Day , Lake Shore , Havoc , Volley. Jeffer son and Orestes. Should thla entire number start a good r C9 will result for sure and It will uol bo a walkover for any horse , In fact , the race will ha open from the fact that there are very few probable starter * that can bo counted upon aa lit candidates for the rear division. Taking them la order iJen Brush has a cbancf If he Is good , and reports from the stable state that he Is doing well enough Delmar can never be counted out of n race. Halma Is very high In flesh at present , and he Is a cripple , consequently Is not reliable First Mate Is about ns good- looking au a horse can be undo He la je.lnn put through a special preparation. Sir Walter la a llttl" aged The Winner Is certainly the most speedy hor.se In Smith's stable. Hen Udcr Is much lloundsman's racu with Howard Mann gives him a look In Dutch Skater having beaten -Lake Phore he has a chance Peep o'Day's slcknetfl t ecpu him In the rear division ; a nick ho-so tio.s llttlo chance in a race like the Suburban handicap Havoc , Volley , Jefferson anl Orestes are a bit oulelas'cd , but It Is very plain thv seven of the Suburban eandlditci tuvp an pxr-Mlent chinrc to get the pil70 and any one ot them may win , ns much Icpcnds upon the- condition of the track , the way they leave the starter and their fortune ilur'.nit the tiic With everything fair and pHlii sailing 7ho Winner has the preference- ot this writing The dcnth of Myron McClelland last wcel : removed from the western turf a man who hns long been conspicuous and whose Integ rity nnd high character have won for him the lospeet , confidence nnd admit Minn of c'V'ery onu who has ever watched his eolois In n nee Through his death the vvcatein turf lo ° ca Its most popular member nnd It will be ninny a day until there is nnolhcr < . Ills like HP was nnp of tlip verv few who made racing a source of profit and ho did so through rinse personnl supervision o' "p stable Nearly i-vcrv yont his tnMr > I > > noduced a great racp horse and to his iorKer > he gave the grojifst care and th < closest attention Ho commenced with noth ing and died vorth nearly half n million dollars , but In prosperity ho wns ns cnreful nnd ns painstaking ns wben he was HUUK- pllng to pay off the debt of another with the winnings of his Hist race horse Undue WHS lilt first meet , nnd he has since glvin to thr tuif Henry of Nnvaire , Hnlinn , Prince Lief nnd others of less note How ho started nn u Jockey being a son of Morrison McOlplhmd n tuifman and miller of Lexington ; how he stnrted out rs a trilnpr with the stable o' Ihe late Henry Duncan , how he tinlncd for Clongiessman W L. Scott , and how later hr formed n partneishlp with Hit-hard Ilnnrh and Liter continued the business In his own name , has all been written time nftcr time It la Kittle bar the door In Now Yoik from this on The Maher-Sharkey flsaco of a week ago did the blThe anthoiltles now dcclaru that they will Intprfeie with an ! atop every flatlc exhibition attempted , Horton law or no Hortnn law The Tom O'Hourkrs Hilly Brady s , Glnsllmjera nnd Kruncdys got altogether too gay , and a prize flglit wa on the nightly bill of fare lu Gowanua De cent people were getting tired of this hrizcn defiance of propriety , and the bobbles hid to show front to square themselves Uvory thing was progressing swimmingly , and with a llttlo Judgment the same order of thlni might have been made to prevail for another six months 01 so , but when Urady attempted to pull oft a rough and tumble fight , such as that between Mahcr nnd Sharkey devel oped Into , a hall was forthcoming. TMat waa piling the last bale of hay on the drome dnry's bad : and the law nnd order brigade arcso upon Its hind legs nnd let out a 1011 that fairly shook the buttocs off of every pollceman'o uniform In the great metropolis The fairy tale now comes floating from the Orient thn : these two big loiforlsh dubs are detei mined to settle thtlr differences be fore the beautiful begird to fly It Is sail' that the old Omaha newsboy , Billy Brady will hang up a puree of two or three million dollars for a finish light between the two at Carson City. But to make suio that It Is a finish fight , Bindy should allow Maher to use a piece of lead pipe and Shnrkay n pav ing stone. What the people want most 'a n real finish fight between throe star .counter- felts. They sav thU little Brady fellow Is a shrewd and astute business nnn If that Is true he contemplates no such nn affair In Nevada The receipts at the great champlon- ahlp battle between Fltzsimmon'5 and Corbctt did not supply Dan Stuart with cigarette money , and n match between Peter and the Sailor out there would prove surh a frost that all the California fruits would be killed for ten years to come. Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey. Bah1 The quicker they are- chased to the woods the better. Notwithstanding Dan Creedou and Kid Mc Coy have bcoii matched to go twenty-five rounds In mid-July , it looks very much as If sportdom was to bo agnin disappointed The attitude of the authorities In New York will certnlnly prevent anything like a fall tcbt in that city nnd If the men do meet nt all they will hnvo to be shifted to Cnll- foinln , about the only likely battle ground that now presents itself. They have let the b.trs down again out there and should th y bo nble to keep the sure-thing men out of the g.tmo some fine sport mny be anticipated throughout the winter. As to Cicedon and McCov , they nrc to fight at the mlddlo weight limit , 15S pounds , weigh in at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of thu contest , which means , that they will collide at HIP heavy weight notch , for certainly neither man will tip the scales an ounce less than 161 pounds McCoy Is In unusual flamboyant spirits and when not chattering about the pilncelv fortunes ho won in South Africa be Is tell Ing his ftlonds how be would like to bet the Ahtor residence In New York , the Hud son Hlver lallroud , National Park bank cr ? omo such b.igatcllc HKo that , that he will make Dan Crecdon regret the day ho left the Innd of the Golden Fleece to come over hero In search of shekels and fame. And It is the Kid's talk more than anything c'lse , that is convincing me Just now that he Is a licked man befoie they pull on a glove. Ho Is entliely too garrulous , too fidgety , too nervous to be on the level. It Is different with Jolly old Dan. Ho has gone about the task of putting himself In the finest fettle and when questioned nbout the outcome says- he has no fenrs ns to who will get the money , but that both have a chance. CITV TU.NMS I'rrjuiradoim for llnlillni ; It llCKln- ii I n U' TiMvsilnv , July ( I. Owing to tlip tardiness in the approach of good tennis weather , the season can only now bo bald to have falily opened. Although a tew neighborhood clubs , such as the Shrlner and the Thistle , have been doing good work for a month or more , hardly one of the best known players has practiced sufficiently to meet anything llko his old form. It was mainly for this reason that the local tournament , which was scheduled for next week , lias been postponed until Tuesday , July C. This action was tr.kcn at an execu tive board meeting ot the Omaha Lawn Tonnls association Thursday night. Conind Young , Samuel Caldwell and Frederick Ham ilton were appointed as a tournament com mittee They will direct the arrangements of the city tournament nnd entries should bo booked with Mr. Hamilton not Inter than July 3. The handicap plan that was used last year will again bo In force. Frank Hatkell , there fore , the vvlrnor of Inat year , will be obliged to play through the match Instead of meetIng - Ing the winner , the champion's privilege In a "scratch" tournament , Of the old favorites , Hey Austin , the cham pion ot two years ago , will bo again seen In the courts , C. S. Culllngliain and Conrad Young have also begun regular work , Kollln H. Spencer , a young club member and a Stanford university student , has played most of the winter. Ho defended the cardinal re cently In the Pacific coast Intercollegiate match. Mr. Conrad Young expected to leave last night for Chicago to attend the meeting of the Western Lawn Tennis association which Is held there today. The competitors for the western Interstate championship meet are tha Kenwood Country club and the Wyandotlo club , both of Chicago. Mr. Young will cast the vote of the local club which favors the former organization While In Chicago Mr Young will work up interest In our own Interstate tournament , to ba held In Omaha August 17. A consider able number of Chleagoans have already promised to be present , among them Hardy and Bond , the men who carried off the prized last year , and who gave us the prettiest ex hibition of tennis ever seen In Omaha , Hut it Unities Chicago Post : "Think of It ! " ho snld , put ting down his paper. "Uloren killed and 12S Injured. " "Well , why do you persist in reading about those Unban atrocities ? " demanded his wife , "But , my dear , I'm not ; I'm iwrely " Oil , thu Turco-Ureclan was lu Just us bad , If you want to avoid thusu horrible vshy don't you skip ul' the vvur IIO.VB ? " 15ut this Isn't war news , " "Then what is ItV" ' "A list of the bicycle accidents of Ihe lust thirty day . " Then uhe said , "Oh ! " That was all she could say , Shu wan a bicyclist herself. .LLACCE RACING Moats and Winners of Ejgono Championships. LIGHT YEARS' ' WORK BRIEFLY RIVIEWtD Otniiliii Hitlers llnnU Illuli in tlir 1.1st of CliiuiVtjI.f'n * Slniitin - Pli-Hl I j l.lll In ISM ) . Two mope vvcrks from jcstcrday and Oinaln for the second time slnco the organ- Izatlcn of the Nebraska division of the I/aguo of American AVheqlmen will be the scene of a stale nitct. H will bo the ninth annual cno nnd Rives promise of cxeolllns In this line ntithing over held In the midwest bi - fore. At the last sMte meet , which waa held In Lincoln , thc-re was an unusually Hrr.e I in of entries for lhj races , but as the num- Ler of racing men In this section has nearly tlunblcil slnco that time u list of entries twice as largo as that of last year's may bo looked for. There \\lll not onlj be more entrl's , but the men who have slgnlflel their Intention of competing nt thli } car's m et are murh faster aa a rule than tlm e who competed nt tha Lincoln n-tet. Applications for entry blanks have been rocel-.el from racing men In Illinois Michigan , Missouri , Kansas , Iowa , Minnesota , Colorado ami several other states , which goes to show tint the liberal iirl/o list offcU'il by the 'its Meet tlub Is actlni ; .is a powerful magnet nnd will draw HIP cream of the western riders to Omaha on July 3 and fi. One thousand entrj blanks have liicn sent out and out of UiU number at least one-fourth of the blanks should COIIIP back nilcil out with the names of prominent riders to them. A brief review of the state liue-ls held lu Nebraska since the organiza tion of the division will undoubtedly mal.i' intei eating reading just now , and therefore a brief one Is given below. The Hist Ne braska state meet , and In fact , the first meet Evei held outsldo of Omaha , took ice at 1'lum Creek , or what Is now calluil Lex ington , In 1SS9. It was held under the aus pices of tile Lexington Wheel club. The first League cf American Wheelmen state cham pionships were competed for nt this me-t. They were the one-mile ordinary , \\hlch was won by C. G Veabody of Omaha , nnd tha one-half mile safety , won by H. H. Hhodes , also of Omaha. A remarkable thing about the meet was the winning of the latter rac ? b > iMi. Rhodes , who had nc\cr competed In u luco before. Several Jajs prior to the meet ho inado a businbs tilp lo Kearney and being an enthusiastic wheelman , stopped ofi' at Lexington , upon his waj home , to s > eo the races. As Omaha did not lia\e a rcpie- sentathn enfied in the one-half mile safety championship and as Mr. Hho-lra was quite a fpst road rllt-r , his Omal-i friends Insisted upon hU euteiliig the lac ? , which he was Imlucel to do atfcr a peed deal of coax- Ing. Ho simply inn awa > from the otliT htartcrs anil won by a black in 1.41. The re- btilt was certainly a surprise to his friend" as well as tojjiim eif , and as a leward for hh wonderful performance bo now bears the tltb of oii8-haU mlle champion of Ne braska for 1889 , and Is the pos sessor of a hpndsomo $50 solid gold medal. The nexf state meet was held at Omaha on Uie , pld fair grounds track September 20 , 1S&0 , under the auspices of the Omaha , Wpeol club. The safety chaniploiHhlps wej-o all won by Hort Potter- field of th.s glly. who has long since retired from the racing game The tw o-mlle ordinal y championship was won by Lou Flescher , while C. K. Ueniiun won the one and flvc- milo ordinary championships , lu 1S91 York held the state meet. Mockct tof Lincoln won the two-mile * ordlnarv championship In 7.09 , and L'.n. Holtoij of Omaha took tbn qiiarter-inlle ordifiarj and the one and two- mile safely state champlon-shlia In .132-5 , 3.401-3 anJ 7 11 respectively The fourth annual state meet was held at Hastings on Jul > 4 , lS9i /J road race frqm Junlata to Hasting ! , a distance of six miles , \as run in the morning and was won easily by Jack Kastimn of Omaha. Thp one-mile ordinary championship went to Mockett of Lincoln b > default. The one and two-mile safety championships were also won by Mockett In : > 4' ' > 7i and 6-10 % respectively. Ml of the open safety races , IKe In number , were won by Uilly Schnell of Omaha. Mockett rode In nothing but the champion ship , and , of course , won these easy. In ISO.i Lincoln secured the stale meet , and It was held under ( ho auspices of the Capital Citv Ccling club. Lincoln rldcro had won the championships in 1S92 and Omaha riders had been loft out almost entirely , therefore , ! hey set to work early in the spring of 1S93 and trained hard for the state meet with the Intention of adeeming themselves , which they did nicely. UiiEsell Condon of Onnha won the one-mile slate champion ship In 2:54V. : ; . -A. Pixlcy the one-quarter mile championship in .39 3-5 , and L. E. Holton of Omaha , the two-mile champion ship In r > 5S 2-5 and thus Omaha swept the platter clean , leaving Lincoln without a win lo Its credit save the bojs' race , In which Omaha did not have a representative. In 189) ) Kearney picked the state meet plum and hold their meet on July 4 and 5. The championships were won by Darnett of Lincoln and rredcrlckson of Freinout , i.hllo the other events went to Gerwlng MeGnlre and Bowles of Denver. While the Omaha Wheel club's team , composed of Mc&sers. Proulx. Potter and PKley , won the team race easily , securing as a pri7o the handsome trophy which now adorns the Omaha Wheel club's parlors. In 3893 Kearney again secured the state meet , and held it upon the same dates as theivear before. In class "A" Oadke of Omaha was given thu one-mile * , tate championship , O 0 , Ilayman of Grand Island won It , but later It was taken away from him on account of his not having been a member of the league when bo competed for It. The time- was 2 201-5 Plxley of Omaha won the half and two-mile championships In 1:00 : and 4501-5 , both state records which still stand. Prank Ulgby of Toledo , O , won overj thing In class "D" easily. Last year Lincoln tccured the state meet , which waa the eighth annual one , and held It upon July 3 and 4. Prom a racing standpoint this was one of the most successful division meets ever held In this section , but financially It was a flat failure. The amateur state championships of the state wore all won by Gadko of Omaha , while Alockett of Lincoln 'won the half-mllo professional and Plxley of Omaha the one- mile professional championships. This > ear's meet , which will bo held upon the old fair grounds track , promises to glvo us some new champions In both classes , and will without a doubt nee the best racing ever held In this section. The old fair grounds track Is the Hceno of an unusual -amount of activity among the local racing' men these days , there being no less than a half hundred amateur and pro fessional racing a men preparing themselves for the coming state meet. Pacing machines aio kept btiiy from early morning until sun set carrying riders fast quartets , halves nnd miles , while others are plugging five and ten miles. .There la less than two weeks left for the men to put on the finishing touches , which they will begin to do dur ing the comjng week , and a trip to the track to witness some of the sprints of both the professionals and amateurs Is well worth any * one's time who enjoys seeing fast riding Several of the local profes sionals have ildden quarters as fast aa 20 , halves Jn 51 and miles close to tha two-mlnuto mark , wlillu It Is a common thing for the amateurs to cut the half below the ml mites Mlersteln , McCall and Gadke have been out of the city for the past four days attending race incuts and will return today and begin at once to put on the finishing touches for the state meet. Reports from the small towns throughout the state utiow that from one to five racing men will bo sent from each town to compete at the state meet. There are some promis ing young amateur riders residing In these- small towns that will make the locals ride clear to the tape to win and any one who gets the Idea into their head that because these riders are coming from the country they cannot ride are very liable to bo sur prised. ' Lesna , the Italian rider who defeated nearly every professional rider of promi nence In both France and Australia , passed through this city a week ago last Friday upon bl way to Chicago. He will endeavor to arrange with American wheel and tire makers to represent them upon the path. Lesua will remain In this country during the season ami endeavor to arrange match races with Bald , Cooper , Klscr and other American riders. It begins to look very much M though fiddle - dlo Hnlil Is going to show hi' rival Tom Cooper the waj across the tape In the- major ity of the races they come together In during the season. So far they have mot In eight races and Ilald his won six of them. Karl Klser la also making a bid for championship honors this season and to a man up a tree It would look as though he might show the champions of 'OS how to rldo before- the sea son closes. Ho has met Hald four limes , Coopr twice , and has defeat6d them each timeHald and Cooper nro now following the New Yoik state circuit , while Klser la on the nallou.il circuit. A. A Zimmerman , the old war horse , rode an exhibition one-half mile at Philadelphia last week In . .15 1-5 , paced by a triplet. Thli would Indicate that 7.1 in still has some speed In him , and It would not surprise the writer in the least to sec him enter Rome of the big events toward the close of the season and win them as easily as ho did In 13'J2 ' and 1S93. CoNtlli from 1lu < WloUct. Council Illiifffl ain't so worse1 It s Captain Vaughan and Secretary Doug- lad now. Will Vaughnii will make a good live cap tain , and that Is vihnt the club needs. Sirague. | ar , should get his little- brother to give htm n few hints on the art of batting Uhote ia Oeorge Ilurst thla siason ? His genial face Is much mimed among the boys. Tlu > Omahas threaten to annihilate the lllliflltes lu their return game next Satur day. day.What's What's the matter with Papllllon getting up n team to play the Omahas ? They are casv ! John Douglas sa > s ho won't come out to practice when Spiague. sr. . Is there ; that Is v.heti he has a bat In hlc hand. Why la If Omaha Intends to win all the games at the St Pant toninament thla year , If they have to hire the Australian base ball team til turn the trick. Anyone who has any use for a few tons of h.i > can have all they can haul away bj appljing to the secretary of the Omahn C't Icket club Ho always has plenty If any one' has any doubts In their mlnda as to whether a baoe bill player can learn to usa a cricket bat to advantage , let them rome up and HP" Colonel McKelvcy play. Sioux City la to have a big cricket game on the 22d by wav of celebrating the Queen'u Dlimond Jubilee There Is some talk among the Council Hluflltes of sending up n team to show them a thing or two nbout the fine points of the game. _ I.AIIOIlM > 1MMJST11Y. I We raise two-thirds of the vvoild's cotton. In many Scotland towns- - furniture workers get 14 cents per hour. Ihe biggest cotton mill In the south Is going up In the mountainous region thirty miles west of Hirmlngham , Ala. The Lancister. S C. , e-ottcn mills are run ning their 10,000 spindles night and day and employ two sets of operatives. Alabama makes pig Iroj nt $5 a ton , which would have been called an Impossi bility a few years ago Us on now the Eng lish can hardly credit the fact. Denver's city attorney has warned the major that the city has no power to fix . .he amount of wages to be paid by men who secure contracts for public Improve ments. An Hngllsh labor papei of recent date states that Industiial affairs In that coun try aie the best In jears , the demand for skilled labor In some Instances being bejond the supply. The manufacturers of East Liverpool , O have shown an Interest In the houses established in that city for factory girls emplojed at the potteries and have started a movement to endow the institution , besides raising $2,000 for it. The row between the International Arsocla- tion of Machinists and International Typo graphical union lias reached such a stage that already Chicago members of the latter Organization declare that machinists will not bo employed In n newspaper composing room In the United States at the end of this jear. A blanch of Debs' Co-operative Common wealth has been formed ut San Francisco It Is probable the stait will be made In middle Tennessee , which offers a wide va riety of soils and an equable climate. Mem- beis from all parts of the union will be expected to contribute 10 cents a month to the success of the entc'rprlse. Immigration at the port of New York shows a gieat falling off for the past three months. During April , at the port of Now York alone , the decrease was 11,439 , and during the first eleven davs of May It was 10,800. The commissioner of Immlgiatlon at New York estimates a decrease of not less than 93,000 foi the country as a whole during the current fiscal jcar. Labor union officials at Cleveland have under advisability a scheme which , If adopted , will seriously complicate matters for building contractors of the city nnd af fect the building Interests. The plan under consideration Is something llko the rule ol the union longshoremen , who assess a fine of 5 cents per thousand feet on a cargo ol a lumber carrier , when the cargo Is loaded by non-union longshoremen , The union of ficials have been considering the advisabil ity of having the plumbers and steam am gas fitters assess and collect a fine on nil buildings on which non-union worklngmen have been employed. Ilnslness men exhaust their nervous sys- tern by mental work. They lese vitality Vitality Is blood. If Mifferlng from nervous disorders , strengthen the blood by using Pill Anaemic Pink , H makes rich red blood nnd plenty of It. ( Made only by the Mercer Chemical Co , Omaha. AN HISTORIC 1IllU.IO. . Original Copy of Ou < > of ( lie T\iclv < ' COIIH UI < l U oil a 1 A ill IMI il in t * ii ( H. Hanging upon the wall ir. an office In the Hoard of Trpdo building , IndlnnapoHs , Ind. , Is an Interesting historical relic of undoubted authenticity. It Is no lees than one of the thirteen original copies of the twelve amend ments to the constitution , Ono of these copies , savs the Indlanpolls News , was sent to each of the thirteen states that formed the compact. This document Is a parchment twenty-eight Inches wide by thhty-two Inches long , It Is perfectly preserved , the Ink In seine places still Jet black , but for the mcwt part a rusty brown , The handwrit ing is 'admirably plain , free from all flour ishes and as oven and regular as copperplate. At the top of the parchment 1s written In largo letters : j CONGUDSS OF TUG UNITHD .STATUS. Begun nnd held nt the city of New York , on Wednesday , the fourth of March , one thousand seven hundred and ulghty-nlne. Then follows the ruaton for the nuking and sending of these paichments to the thirteen states- "Tho conventions of a number of these states having at the tlmo of their adopting the constitution expressed a deslro In order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of Its powers , that further declaratory and re strictive clauses should bo added ; and as extending - tending the grounds of public confidence In the government will best Insure the benefi cent ends of Its Institution , "Iterolveil , by the senate * and house of rep- regentatlvea of the United states of America In congress assembled , two-thirds of both lioiiHc-ii concurring , that the following articles he proposed to the legislatures of the several states ag amendments lo the constitution of the Uunlted States , all , or any of which articled , when ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures , to be valid to all Intents and purposes an part of the Bald constitution ; \U " ( Hero follow the twelve amendments. ) This valuable parchment bears the fol lowing autograph signatures : "Frederick Augustus Mublcnberg , speaker of the bouse of representative * ; John Adams , vice presi dent of tha United States and president of the senate. Attest : John licckley , clerk of the house of representatives ; Sam A , Otis , secretary of the senate. " This document belongs to Charles A Shot- well. Explaining how It came Into his pos session , he aald : "I was living at Troy , O. , at the close of the war , thirty-two years ago I got It from a eoldler In anOhlor cgiment I believe It cost me J5. Ho took U from the state house at Raleigh , N C , when that place was pillaged by Sherman' * army , " I 1/J B IL W v 4iU x 7A "UNdWCSLD The greatest test of the bicycle as a mill tniy conveyance yet undertaken In the United States began ou Saturday of last week , when twenty-four soldiers under command of Lieutenant Mo w , left Tort Mia soula , Mont , for St Louis The distance IB about 2,000 miles At least two mountain ranges must bo crossed nnd foothlllis with out number , followed by hundreds of mlliM of almost tracklc w plains , which will test the physical endurance' of the men us well as the wearing qualities of the wheel , The wheels are thirty pounder * , geared nt Cfi'i , made especially for the soldlera. In addition to the weight ot the lldcr cailA wheel carries the regulation knaisack , a bicycle trunk , haversack , utensils for held cooking , one blanket nnd nKleter lent. Ten of the men carry rllles. the others revolvuis. all being supplied with fifty rounds ot am munition to the man. Human extremes develop on the blcyrle A 7-y ear-old Philadelphia girl n.ado a cen tury with nppaient ensc n few weeks , 'go. An S-yeai-old Jeraey boy bin.ished n crnlury record last aSturday and ran awiy with a pot of prlna which Beveral veiir.uu pushed for lust ns thespc'vents wci"pulled oft Joe Grine-s of Cleveland dropped In from Kurope , bilnglng with him ft wealth of girth , lipping the orales at 640 pounds Joe Is glv'ug ' thp easterners pi act leal lessons on the value of weight nnd wind awheel. Largo cxporte of bicycles and bicycle ma terial are a featuio of our foreign trnde at present. During the week n fore la't from the port of New York nlnne $101000 woith of bicycles went abroad , and bicycle nu- tcrlal to the amount of ? 'JS il additional Over thirty foreign counlilos and pnifc. In- eluding nil continents , me nuntloi n as the destinations of thise shipments , the bulk going to London , llambuii ? , Havie an-1 Antwerp. 'During ' the month ot Apill bicycle exports amounted to $1,117.321 For the ten months of the fiscal yenr to May 1 , the px- perU In this line were $5,2olono , ngalnsl only $1,001 000 for the same period n you ago. H Is thus a trade of very recent origin and 1 rising to remarkable pi opoi lions. According to the Hcfercp , there Is cveiy probability Hint the last national circuit will bo that of 1807 ; all indications are that another ycnr will see the rncing men riding when nnd where they please. So long ns the men are not compelled to rldo on the cir cuit , and are permitted to go where they me best paid , the circuit must naturally fall in Its purpose It Is becoming more apparent each day that the racing men are not prone to follow the route laid out by HIP rnciiig board , for the small meet promoter fioquently offers Inducements which are of such n tempting nature that they cannot well be resisted , and the national circuit Is the loser to the extent of this or thnt per son's presence. "Hlcycle hallucinations nre becoming n recognized nervous disorder , " said n Cleveland land doctor to n reporter for the Plain Denier. "I know of half n dozen cases or more. One woman came to me nnd claimed fho coudn't rldo on a street when a street car line was In operntlon. Every time a cnr came nlong slid hnd a wild Impulse to topple over toward It. She simply couldn't help It. Another woman said that whenever she rides her wheel she hns an Idea that somebody Is scorching close behind her. She feels the scorcher's presence and ex pects every moment to be hurled to the ground. If she rideo In company with friends she doesn't notice the unpleasant sensation , but it comes to her again as boon as she Is alone. A innn cnmp into my olllco n fpvv weeks ngo and snld there was something wiong with his eyes. I looked nt them , nnd they appeared to be all right. Ho told me UPHILL Oft ! A IB easy work , It fairly comes Itself , The labor of cycling it altogether removed on this kine of wheels. Ask MONARCH rideri. forty paKo art catalogue free , Omaha Agent A. B. HUBORHANN , I3lli nJ Douglas Street , J/OJV'AltOll UYl'LK MVO. CO , 'Meats. titui York London. out people uhoulj u A . Btatlc I'U-ctrlcltj J II. 1 Woo J bury , > 27 W IM t , N Y elveu ututlo electricity tinj Bella liatterlea for home u Term * ure moderate Henil lOc for Ileauly Hook nnd ample * ot either \Voodbury'i > ' clul tto.ii > or Pftd that whenever he rode Ms wheel- and bo wan very fond of riding llm ground began to slip awa > from In front of him , and the whole landscape seemed to cull up-and It kept on curling ns Ion * ax he- rode 1 fan cied J knew what nili-tl him. llo watched his front wheel too closely t told him to sit tip strnlghtcr , and to keep his ies off the wheel 1 guess It cured his maladv for ho hasn t cnino back 1 have another patient , a voting girl When she rides she trembles violently , nnd thin Impaits n tiembllng mo tion to the win el. U dotsn't appear to x- haiist her. hut she Is very much worried because - cause she can't stop it. 1 think she will outgrow " the tendcncv as she gets older and\ stronger. \ The one great aiRument thnt can be used for the divided skirt Is Us absolute safety. I'rlmarllv the skirt in used for riding a din- mend frame- wheel though It can bo worn on n drop fiamo machine equally ns vv < - | | . llie skill of this make Is self aiinngiug that Is , the ildc-r dots not hnvo to take- thoM ° .Vbl ° Of l1nly dividing It b.foro . , , . getting I In the saddle. Another gient ad- jantago Is thnt theie Is less llnhllitv I , fart , none nt all. of its Mowing up wlun riding In the wind , and perhaps the g ,1 , est advantage Is that It dors not Mow b , k far enough wIMi the wind to have the en wrap around the roar sp.o.ku . wheel n I , ' \vi'nV ' ' the or < ll ar > - shut when worn aru. . " ' " ' ' of divided sMrts . on sale in the- market there are skimo that do not answer all requirements nn 1 ho rider In purchasing , 0io will have o vaTuo ° " " Jl"lGlllcnt as to lts Pi-aetlcal Wheelmen made Home howl it | 8 said The truth Is the aldermen of Home made Ilin wheclmn howl and th.-i , howls weucffee - "v" mul "lu B ( ' n-Iillled clt ) but Homo N } The streets of the town are | n ! , ag11Ji7illolV.J ! > ? u' " ' " > * ' " r lp co" ' " > council i , though It knew the condition of llm streets patted an oidlnance forbidding hi- c.velo ildiimon the sldowaKn ! \ dispatch savaTh , . indignation of the people was marked and some talked of holding meetings to protest 1 he aldoimnn who voied fo ! , im nnti-blojcle oidlmnco have been boycotted In busings Toda > Ma > or Klngslev. win is an enthusiastic wheelman , bilspindid the or dinance " , and wheelmen nro using the side walks. The Inotrtclency of biek-pedalllng ns a substitute for .1 braKe was again Illuutialcd in an accident which befell John Oreib. a Ilaltlmoio rider , on Sundaj afternoon llo was tiding down Hush hill , which Is one ot the steepest hills In the vicinity of IHIII- more , and In li ! e fforts to Keep hl wheel under control by hick-pedalling the left pedal of his bicycle broke. He wan consequently quently thrown violently to the road and was bcrloiibly Injutcd. The accident which happened to the Haltlmorean Is only ono of * many that are praslble without a good bialto and cnslly avoidable by the use of one The strain of back-pedalling Is so severe thnt any Imperfection which survives the 'fac tory Inspection" of the catalogues Is liable to result In a severe accident. With the driv ing mechanism unavailable and with no means of checking thei speed , there Is but ono result possible unless the' rider Is par ticularly favored by good luck A powerful brake of quick action Ih the burrst Insuianco against accidents on a down gtado or even on a lend. The young men nnd women who hnvo put all their spare cash Into "bikes" within a yenr or two may soon begin to w'sli ' that they hnd not been qnlto so hasty U Is now said that an Inventor has devl cd a llttlo storage battery to go under the bike saddle , which will propel the machine- , burn a bril liant lantern for night riding and sound a ' 'bu/zer" to warn off pedestrians , whllo an- Thi ® \M' Wheel With up-to-datoconstruction , choice of equipment throughout , Morgan & Wright tires , Tliia is o bicycle that btanda the work and Is liberally guaranteed. 18OG GJ3NnttON Olt J3 Never before was it possible to buy sujh wheels as those for so little money HIGH GRADE CHILDREN'S WHEELS , FROM $ IO.OO TO S30. Second hand wheels at your own price. Wo rent wheels by day , week or month. Goo. E. MIokol , M < * r. 'Phono 1003. Cor. 15th and Harney IJ's only This wheel Is made of the same material and by thu same workmen that inadu thu ' 06 wheels with 'i 7 Improvement Thli lu the wheel that Lieutenant Moss of the U S Army rode across the Hock/ Mountains , a dintunco of 1,400 miles , with a weight of 237 pounds. This lu the wheel that made thu greatest number of miles in 1S86 78Sifl miles This Is the wheel that holds the world' * record for coasting. This Is the wheel that you should rldo > c pvclally when you buy It for $50 , 116 South Fifteenth Street.