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THE O.VAltA DAILY UKEjSt'XDAY , ,11'LV rtO , 1890. 0 iv TUP ttrnm n rm nnn m IN THE WORLD OF SPORT Shamrock Qivea tta American Yachtsmen Same Considerable Trouble , CRAWFORD SAYS YALE IS NOT DECLINING of Toot llnll Tcnm * InU the Unlx-rmKIc * Arc SUIri.il hln fur ( Joiil Met , fr llc ) V ' When Sir Thomas Johnslone Upton came forward nnd blandly announced that ho would build n > ncht to compete for the America's cup in 1899 the declaration < was regarded by English sportsmen as a bit of a bluTf on 4 ho part of the eminent tea mcr- * chant , who Is an Indefatigable nnd enthusl- * nstlc self-advertiser and Is , wont to occa sionally Indulge this habit on a scale \\orthy n man who ralnci tea In Ceylon , kills hogi in Chicago , manufactures ginger ale In Uub- lln , makes n superior article of candy In J-ondon and who pays wages to some 10,000 persons and has a fortune reputed to bo in the neighborhood of $ ' 0,000,000. Unheeding the sneers of the doubtful , Sir Thomas went calmly nnd quietly ahead When ho deposited a trine of 60,000 to the credit of the builders of the projected boat the Idea that ho was merely Indulging In a now dodge to exploit the cup that cheers , but docs not Inebriate , faded en tirely from the minds of his countrjmcn Now the multi-millionaire Is being taken quite seriously , and the biggest Interm- tlonal event of n sporting character , which ended In bad feeling last year on both sides of the Atlantic , will not be allowed to lan guish And If Sir Thomas Is after adver tising on a gigantic scale he will unques tionably get his money's worth , dollar tor dollar , ns from this on until the race Is sailed he will bo n prominent figure before the English-speaking world , to whom the ' America's cup" is the ono great trophy sport offers to brains and seamanship. Sir Thomni klpton's whole attitude has been fair nnd manly. All ho has stood for Is that the course bo kept clear ot excur sion boats a matter ns vital to the chal lenged ns the challenger and It U prolnblo that before the race comes off a special law covering this point will bo operative. The Shamrock has been put In shape to cross the orean and will leave for this side Tuesday. Not much IH known of the speed of the challenger on this side , but the wlso ones whisper that It Is from three to eight minutes faster than our cup defender , the Columbia , But wo will stay by the Colum bia nnywiy , confident In the skill of Ameri can builders and American , sailors. OMAHA , July 28. To the Sporting Editor ot The Bee Dear Sir. In the sporting columns of The Omaha Bee of July 16 there was an article upon what jou were pleased to call Yale's dcclino In athletics. Tor several years ill has sccmod to mo that Yalo-svas not getting Its true deserts In your columns , but that on the other hand the other colleges were getting moro than their duo. The article above referred to , In particular , seemed to mo to convey an erroneous Impression and I resotvcd to answer It , without , however , claiming an exceptional knowledge of the way affairs nro at present conducted In athletics at Yale and without fortifying myself with Yalo'a exact record in games won and lost in the last few years. It Is my contention first that the standard ot Yale's teams for the last few years has been practically as high as It ever was ; that they liavo been marvelously successful ; that they have reflected great credit on the uni versity ; that when Yale has lost It has nl- wnya lost with credit to .itself ; that It has always put up the hardest kind of a fight ; that its generalship has invariably been good , its management all that could be asked for , nnd it It was worsted it was be cause of sheer physical inferiority. It Is my contention that today Yale is the worthy rival of any American college in all branches ot athlotlcs ; that It Is eo recognized among the colleges and that the other colleges con- elder U more of an honor to best Yale than nny ot the rest. I am perfectly willing to admit that Yale'e victories have not been so overwhelming as they used to be , but that Is not because ot Its 'weakness ' , but rather on account of the strength of the other colleges and bccauso ot the number of the colleges that In these days must < bo ranked ns In the first class In athletics , thereby greatly lessening the chances ot superiority In any particular one. Yale wtis greatly abused because it would not row Cornell a few years ago nnd tooo U6o of the position which it took , that in Justice to Its men , who naturally desired a successful season , It ( could not row two races and iwas perfectly satisfied , to beat Its old and natural rival , Harvard. It Is niy j Judgment its position v.na absolutely cor rect ; that ono race la enough ; that when the men train and work as hard as they do they should not be required to limit their chances of feeling that the season has been a euccess by row lug everybody. Cornell last > ear had a taste of what it Is to row two races , when It ( beat Yale , anil yet later was beaten by Pennsylvania nnd about equaled by Wisconsin- Can nny ono tell me whether Cornell considered last year as a euccessful year or the reverse or whether it still believes that every crow must meet nil comers ? I contend that Yale has the cleanest rec ord of nny American college In rcsocct to freedom from professionalism , and it de- eerve * the greatest credit for this , owing to the fact that Yale is great ns a collcgo lather than ns a university aud its divinity , medical and law schools furnish no athletes , and owing to the fact that theio nro few courses at Yale and that Greek nnd latin nro required for nJmlsulon and that thoie nro few special students , there has not been afforded nt Yale the same opportunity to admit men who were interested in athletics alone. Tor this reason , nnd much more for the reason thht wlso and experienced men have been nt the helm In athletics nt Yale , there has rarely been the question about the purely amateur sUndlng of the men Ime represented Yale Others of the cas ern college- ! have been exemplary in this respect , but , on the other hand , eome have ' violated the spirit of the law outrageously _ I wish to eugRwst that In my Judgment Yale deserves the greater creOlt for the success that It has attained , because of the fact that it has the poorer material to choose from of any of the colleges of great prominence In athletics Its pupils are > ounger and weaker physically than In the other Colleges 1 have observed this for > cars , and I attribute It largely to the fact that Greek has alwajs been a perquisite at least until lately for admlislon to Yale proper , and this has served to keep away the sturdy men. who almost Invarlablj de sire an education In more practical branches I do know that a large , strong mnn , such a cne ns Is common In our western colleges , Is almost a prodigy at Yale I do not care to sa > more A word or two In pralso of Yale will look well in print. Yale bos alwajs been modest Tor jears It lias been put nt the disadvantage of having to play Harvard and Princeton both when they did not play each other. Many times It has beaten both Now It has lost to one , now to the other. This joar for the first time In Its history It has lost to both , but only after n hard fight In close contests. Yale maintains a ciew , a base ball team , a foot ball team and a track athletic team They have all been worthy of the support ot the university They have shown the Yale spirit in their contests , and the Yale spirit In their defeats. It cannot be expected that among so many an > ono should bo always nt the head , but we ought to give Yale credit for what It has done , and It lt teams are ns successful In the future as they have been In the past no one need mourn except Us rivals FHANK CUAAVrORD. The following letter , received last week by Prank Crawford , former coach of the Michigan foot ball team , from Charles Balrd , the present graduate director of athletics at the university , shows that the western col- lenes are not the only ones that have to worry over a scarcity of men and that Mich igan will have to build up almost an en tirely new line before It meets Pennsy this fall"ANN "ANN ARBOR , July 21 Mr Prank Craw ford , Omaha loitering upon the foot ball season , wo find that wo have lost from our old team the five largest men wo had , Cun ningham , Prance , Baker , Carley and Ben nett , besides Wldman , a largo nnd very valu able halfback. The largest man we have left , White , weighs only 173 pounds , and with no center or guards we are really in a desperate condition \\'o play Pennsyl vania November 11 , and hope to beat them , but without weight to hold Penn's heavy line wo cannot expect to win "I write to ask jour aid In helping us get ono or two heavy men and would be glad ot any Information jou can give In regard to the heavy iplajers In Nebraska and Ion a Please do your best to persuade men this way. Wrllo wherever you think It will do good and call upon our friends and nlumnl to rally to our aid in dldlculty Wo are trjlng to keep our teams distinctly ( Michigan , ot a high grade and purely amateur , and the difficulties are great and success depends upon the Interest shown and the work done by Michigan men , students nnd .ilumnl. "Our ulumnl game , one of the biggest events of the year hero now , comes October 21 , and if It Is convenient for you , come , and , It you wish , you -nlll get a chnuco to play part ot the game with the alumni. " \Vo would also appreciate > our kindness If jou could get away and give us n week's help coaching the team. Wo have so many men to coach the work Is heavy. We will have several men here all the time , but need more. "Please let me hear from you at your con venience and remember me to old friends. "CHARLES BAIRD. " I < -i In the International cricket match , which was played nt Winnipeg Friday and Satur day between an nll-Amerlcan team nnd the Canadian team , Omaha was honored by the selection of two of Its team for positions on the eleven. Bate and Robinson were chosen to do the bowling for the American team , and they did remarkably well , considering the heavy batsmen they had to face. Rob inson got five wlckots for 23 and Bate sU for 28. 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Beaumont , the boy who fought his way Into Plttrburg to-un , ! there to stay nnd he promises to ibc the find of the senscii The fact that he has no 'bad habits , Is In telligent , willing to li'.irn and to be crltl- clrrd are strong points In his f.uor With Beaumont the all-ltrportant question Is "What Is the Bcorc' " and not "How many hits did I get' " but dp'plte his wllllngncis to sacrifice his own record any time to help his team he did sonic remarkable stick work last week , getting sixteen hits for a total of eighteen bases in the ? lx games He was on the circuit twenty-three times and ecoroj nine runs Plttsburg Pre = s PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS Kid Modi } ' * Ill-rent \ lalt linn VrniiNCil IntrrrM In Prirc ItluR Mutters In Till * fit } . "Kid McCoy slopped over In Omaha two or three da > s last week as the guest of S 0. V Orlswold and was more than delighted with his reception at the hands of the Omaha people nnd also with the exposition The exposition will surely have n good advertis ing agent all through the cast In the person of the Kid , as lie could not say enough In praise of the beautiful plrturo formed by the Lagoon and buildings , and also of the Mld- wa > . McCoy left for Davenport , where he fights August 10 , and he cmrled the best wished of the host of friends which be had made In Omaha. It was quite remarkable the way In which all expressed themselves upon meeting or seeing McCoy for the first time. Such re marks as "What show would a slight fol low like him ba\e with Jeffries or ritzslm- mons1"1 or "He must have nerve to expect to whip nny of the big ones " But these re marks only make the handsome Kid smile He probably remembers how he had the great salloi , Sharkej , almost out In the third round of their recent fight and knows that ho has a chance with any of them on account of his extreme cleverness. McCoy la certainly a small man to aspire to hcavjweight championship honors , as he Is altogether too slight to long withstand the heavy onslaughts of such giants as Jeff ries nnd Sharkc } , nnd yet they can't beat him for his weight. He Is the king of them all in his class. McCoy promises to return rater In the sea son and put on a match at one of the local houses. Trom present Indications the forthcoming battle between Jim Jeffries and Tom Shar- key for the heavyweight championship of the world will eclipse in public Interest any similar event that ever took place Not withstanding that the date of the battle is three months away Interest In the great af fair Is paramount to everything else of a pugilistic character and some Idea of the manner In which It Is regarded by promoters meters of sporting enterprises may be gath ered from the fact that a $60,000 purse has been offered by one California s > ndlcate , while $40,000 bids are so plentiful that little It any consideration la being given to them at all. The first offer that made Us appearance was one of $40,000 from. Charles Newman , a San Tranclscan. Ho put up a certified check for $5,000 as a guaranty of his sin cerity In the affair. Newman , acting solely In his own behalf , wants the contest to be held In San Francisco , at the Velodrome , which was built several jears ago for blcyclo matches. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 persons. It Is the purpose of the promoter , should he be the successful bidder , to bring off the match during the daytime. Upon the heels of the first bid came onu from the Glen Park company , with condi tions Identical with those made by Newman , except a purse of $00,000 was offered , the fight to take place eomo day lu September between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. The amount of money that Is Involved seems to Indicate that the New York fightIng - Ing cltibs. which have- engineered so many big nstlc ventures , will have to "stand a tap" If they secure the fight. To a club which has the facilities for making a pho tographic reproduction of the battle $50,000 would , not bo too much for the fighters to expect , but any club not possessing such fa cilities would be taking extremely hazardous chances. The klnetoscopa exhibition of fistic contests has passed bejond the experi mental stage . When Fltzslmtnons and Cor- bett wore shown the fllraa vvero indistinct and unsatisfactory , yet how much raonoy was made by exhibiting them lu evety coun try on the globe will never be known. To such an extent has the photogtaphlng of trovablo objects been perfected since Iron that n wholly satisfactory result may bo ob tained nnd considering the amount of In terest that Is now being taken In pugilistic attaint an exhibition of a genuine cbainplou- ehlp fight , such as the one forthcoming , ought to profit its promoter * to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars. This Is really the incentive for the offers of the largo purees now under consideration. Some lively things will happen before a settle ment Is finally made. The heavyweight problem will be more complicated than ever If the number of as pirants for championship honors continues to be added to with the same frequency that has characterized the situation during the last year. Already Joe Kennedy , the big California ! ) , who won a decision recently over Gus Ilublln , Is being boomed as a future factor la the disposition of titular honors and a half dozen self-constituted managers are falllngi over each other trying to get engagements for hlin In the cast. While speaking of the pugs , wo have an old follower of the game right "In our midst , " who Is known the whole country over , nnd that Is Colonel Tom Earley of BOB- ton , but now In the show business on the exposition Midway , Earley Is an English man and he became known as a boxer when but a lad of 15 years. He used to spar around at the then popular places of London , He became known to all the leading lights of England In the pugilistic world and when Jem Mace nnd Joe ( Joes came over to this side to get some of the good American coin they brought Karley along Earley liked this country and located In Boston , where he has been In business ever since. lie kept up hie boxing and among those whom bo has met In friendly exhibitions In the arena were John L. Sullivan , Jem Mace , Joe Goia , Jimmy Elliot , Johnny Dwyer and many others of prominence at that time. Earley has always been a promoter of clean sports nnd was the first man to give George Dlxon , George LaUlnnche , Jimmy Carrel , Hank Urennun and other prominent boxers a cbanco to show what they could do In the ring Earley was also the first man to rec ognize the ability and fighting qualities of John L. Sullivan and helped him to arrange his first match before be became the cham pion of champions , Colonel Earley Is a firat-cloes showman and a prlnco of good fellows and you could not tell from seeing him on the Midway whlcu show belongs to him , but the show goes on Just the same , as the colonel has his busl- nis3 well In hand He likes Omaha and the west to well that he will probabl ) locate here after the exposition Is over. The International match between Terry McUovcru and Pedlar Palmer is an assured fact The forfeit money Ins been polled and the battle will take plate as previously announced , before the Wentehester uhletic club September 1 Ur Orday posted the money for palmer Sammy Harris for Me- Govern and G W. 1) ) Gray for the club MEN OF THE ROD AND GUN llli tin Vrv Plentiful mill Itnrr sport \\lll 111- inj : < i > -il li > \ | | Iliintfm Dili rail , The flrat annual amateur tournament ot the Waterloo Gun club will be held fit Waterloo August 3 nnd 4 This tourna ment Is open only to amateurs , and profes sionals are .barren ! from the purses In the target events , but are welcome to shoot at the targets. The two handicap live bird events are open to the world and ore looked upon as the most Interesting numbers on the pro gram. Besides the twenty-one regulai event * an extra match race has been ar ranged between ten members ot the Dupont Gun club and an equal number of men from the Valley Gun club Excclcnt ar rangements have been made for the care and entertainment of visitors Further In formation can bo secured from J. S. Nes- blt , secretary , Waterloo. J A H Elliot and Mr. A H Daniels were arrested In Denver n we 'k ago at the Instance of the humane society for killing live pigeons The case * was set for July 26. Mr Daniels Is u millionaire and able and willing to back himself In the courts and If necessary to carry the matter to the su preme court The Colorado statute permits shooting pigeons at the trap , but the humaiib society holds that the law Is In valid. The society Is getting good just as the boxing game and other sports are begin ning to flourish and make Denver a real live town. It was an amusing sight to see the women with their hats decorated with the most beautiful song birds In court pro testing against the killing of pigeons The See Gun club ot Sioux City Is watchIng - Ing the weekly scores of the Omahi Gun club with considerable Interest on account of the approaching match between the two clubs. In three target events the leading ten shots broke a total of 522 targets out ot COO thrown , a percentage ot 870. "Comparisons are more Interesting than accurate and valuable , " remarked a See Gun club member the other day , "but thej serve to give some sort ot n pointer on the skill of shooters. A comparison ot the scores of the Omaha club and those that have been made In the Smelzer trophy shoot show that the two clubs are pretty evenly matched and It Indicates that the team shoot at live birds this fall Is going to be one ot the warmest events ever shot off in this western country. The average percentage ot the best ten shots who have taken part In the Smelzer trophy shoot has been 870 also , but the See Gun club men have shot at 1,500 tar gets , more than again as many as the Omaha shots. " At a recent shoot of the Omaha club the members made use of English sparrows , fifteen to the man. They made a rather dlfflcult target , darling about at a lively rate and they were qultei hard to kill. Out of 195 shot at 141 were killed , a percentage of .723. Prom Chanute Kan. , comes the report that twenty local sportsmen -who enjoy hunting the quail and chicken have each contributed $1 for the purpose of stocking the surround ing country with game birds. The variety of birds used will bo the- English pheasant and Mongolian pheasant , two of the finest game birds In the world. The intention ot the sportsmen , says a local press correspond ent , Is to buy a few old birds and Invest the remainder In eggs at $3 a setting. Then they Intend to hatch the eggs with the help of some local hens , raise the little pheasants by band and next fall turn nearly the -whole flock loose In the black Jack country , which extends for five miles up and down the east bank of the Ncosho. All of the farmers In the neighborhood of this timber are to be Interested In the scheme and every effort will bo made to prevent poaching. The aid ot the law will be Invoked In every Instance of trans gression. The birds thrive anywhere ou earth and nro the most prolific breeders known. The female will lay sixty eggs dur ing the season. They are very pretty birds and have tails of considerable length , show- Ing every color of the rainbow. In flavor they resemble the Kansas prairie chicken. "DUNNING. Neb . July 23 To the SportIng - Ing Editor ot The Bee : Enclosed find ad dress of party sending prairie chickens to southern markets out of season. The chick ens are but little larger than quail Ho has been shipping "or two weeks. They go as dressed poultry and are shipped from Dunning and transferred at Lincoln and Table Rock to H. & . M. railroad nnd sent to market. Please notify game warden of the same and oblige a SPOUrTB.MAN. " The name Is known at this ofllce. SPORTING EDITOR. Sandy Grlswold and Chat lei Thomas drove to Paxton's stock farm Thursday and secured a nice bag of birds. Among the number were some golden-backed plover , a variety seldom seen around here. John Schmelzer and "Mat" Matthes spent Wednesday at Cut-Off lake and returned with two nice strings of croppies. G. A. Hllwcll of South Omaha bought a fine outfit of tackle last weuk and went to Langdon for a short visit to those famous bass and cropple grounds. * * The fourth annual tournament of the Dupont Gun club will bo hold at the Twin- City shooting grounds at the east end ot the bridge on September 0 , 6 and 7. The club will add $400 to purses and also merchandise overages. This is a strictly anfatcur shoot and the program will be out In a few days. W , D , Townsend nnd L. E Lucas returned from Lake Qulnnebaugh last week They left Ed Furano , Herman Mctz and Pred Goodrich enjoying the fishing W H. Sheldon and family have Joined the Camp Omaha contingent. C ( II. Curtlss caught ninety-seven croppies at Cut-Off lake In six hours' fishing last Sun day. Tred and Sam Spratlln made a good catch of croppies and perch at Cut-Oft lake last Sunday. ABOUTHQRSESANDHO RSEMEN Sctcrnl Hocont DenlN Slum Mulit Hnr- HORN I'rrforniiT Mill a I'n- torlte with Ilumemen. A big deal In light harness horses was consummated at San Pranclsco last week when Dudd Doble , the famous relnsmau , purchased twenty-eight trotters from A. B. Spreckels This Is probably the biggest single purchase in some time , and virtually Includes all the horses bred at the Aptos ranch , with the exception of the 2-year-olds and yearlings. The transaction was private and no price was made public , but a good round turn must have been paid , as several of the trotters are brothers and sisters to well known performers. In the lot purchased are four 5-year-olds , thirteen 4-year-olds and twelve 3-year-olds Tourteen are sired by Apto Wllkes , nine by Cupid , four by Dexter Prince and one by Wlldnut , Ttre dam * ot the DobTe purchases are principally toy such sires as Speculation , Abbotsford , Director , Dexter Prince and Cresca Aptos Wllkea Is a fulf brother to Hulda , 2 OS'/i , one of the gamest campaigners ever Icen on the grand circuit , He is also one of the mo t promising > oung sires In the ountrj Cupid the sire of nine out if the t entelght was n rpolutp and fast per former and the only three horses b > this Soung sire that have been tralnpd ran boat 2 20 \s Sprecklen has ulread ) bred siuh stars as Huldi , Dlone and Vemn , the tnames are that Doble has secured several embrvo stars , as none have been developed tor peed Uoble will develop the twentj-eight trot ters in California , but he experts to ship them cast late In the fall Tor twentfour consecutive vears unlit ISPS , the black , with red maltese cross of E J llaldwln was seen at the Saratoga meet ing During these m.inears dorena of California horses scored winning brackets nnd the Santa Anita stable enjojeil a reputa tion second to none Earlv lu isns Baldwin became disgusted with his tint ventures and vovvid that he would never race another liorte cast of the Rockies He IIHB now changed his mind , and a few da > s ago an nounced that the Santa Anita stable would be represented on the eastern tracks In 1 00 with a bigger stable than ever before The master of Santa Anita has also de elded that he will not hold an ) more auction sales , but will tialn and rnie ever > horse bred lit his famous farm In Los Angeles countj. At present there ore sixteen horses In training at Santa Anita , white there are no loss than fort j-six coming 2 ear-olds principal ! ) bv Emperor of Norfolk and the Prince Charlie stallion Amlgo Connoisseurs who have examined these > ounRsters pronounce the Emperor of Norfolk-Miss Tord colt to be one of the grainiest appearing In dividuals ever raised at the ranch The Santa Anita stable has not held Its own the last three or tour jears , but Bald win Intends to be In the swim once again next vear He cannot forget the brilliant victories achieved b > Emperor of Norfolk , Los Angeles , Re > ct Santa Anita , Lucky U , Volatile , Santa Ana , Gano , Slnaloa , Mollle McCarthy and man } other turf stars that first saw light of daj at Santa Anita In his palmy da > s Baldwin made some of the shrewdest pun-bases known to the turf He bought Emperor of Norfolk for $2G50 , vhllo Ix > s Angeles was secured for $3,500 Ho paid $10,000 each for Molllo Mc Carthy , the queen of the California turf , In her da > , Grlnstead , the most famous sire of stamina over Imported to California , and Rutherford , a crack racehorse and almost a failure In thu stud Although almost n quarter of a century hns passed away since Baldwin took a string across the Rocky mountains , Clan D , a member of that string , Is still alive with a foal at her side lu those Oa > K it cost $1,800 to ship a car load of horses from Callfouila to Chicago , while the Jockejs , trainers and stable bojs were nil assessed $95. Budd Doble , who Is acting as starter on Callfouila trotting tracks this season , holds to the belief that the fast records now made by trotteis aud paccis do not Indicate that there Is any marked superiorly In the ani mals themselves over those campaigned twenty-five or thlrtj jeais ago "I should llko to have Dexter and Gold smith Maid in thcli prime , ' sa > s Doble. There Is quite a difference between their records and those of Allx ami Nancy Hanks , but there Is a marked difference between thp tracks and sulkies of now and then Twenty jears ago we had not so man ) good horses In all probability , but wo had a few that compared with the best of the present time Goldsmith Maid was a sensational cam paigner She was driven in races over all kinds of tracks and In many different cflmcs from Maine to California and won no less than $364,000 In purses , which record has never been equaled Goldsmith Maid rarely broke when tiottlng at her highest speed. Her last great race In a big field was In 1876 In Hartford , where she won a six-heat race , beating Smuggler , Judge rullerton , Bodlne and others Smuggler came dangerously close to beating Goldsmith Maid. He won the first two heats , but the third resulted lu a dead heat between Smuggler aud Goldsmith Maid , but the mare won the fourth , fifth and sixth heats. She possessed wonderful stamina , although she was a flttle bit on the small order and weighed only 820 pounds. She was retired when she was 21 ) eats old and had three foals before she died , one of them being Stranger , who has been fairly success ful as a sire. Goldsmith Maid was not such an easy mare to drive as Nanc ) Hanks. The latter never would break and on that ac count was easy to drive. "I'm not one who delights In going back to the 'has beens' and claiming that they were better than the stars of the present , but the difference between the 2 17'/4 of Dex ter and the 2 03 % of Allx Is not as great as the figures would indicate. Dexter was nearly a perfect trotter. His action was so true and accurate that stride for stride could tie measured by the same rule. He rarely evel broke. I think that the two years I hod Dexter before he was purchased by Robert Conner and the sear afterward , during which time I managed him , he never made more than half a doren breaks. He Is the only horse that I have ever driven that icoutd go mile after mlle In a path no wider than this , " and Doble Indicated a distance of three feet or less with his bands "There's one thing sure. Horses don't last now as they did In the old das. Why , Gold- emlth Maid was 20 years old and had been campaigned hard for ten years when she trotted a mile on the Chlco ( Cal ) track In 2 14'4 In u race against Rarus. The rea son ? Well , cvciy man to his own way of thinking , but I believe the racing of Imma ture animals tends to lessen their usefulness on the turf. We never started them at 2 and 3 years of ago In the ' 70a " Doblo was born near Philadelphia and started driving In 186" . He spent thirty- four years In the sufky and has driven almost every famous horse during that period. After lowering the world's record time with Dex ter , five times with Goldsmith Maid and three times with Nancy Hanks Doblo re tired three years ago. Among other harneso stars driven by Doble were Judge Pullerton , Martha Wllkcs , 2 OS ; Jack , 2 12 , Monbars , Delmarch , Stamboul , Arlon and Axtell Diblo resurrected the once noted pacer , Johnston , after he bail been retired for ton jears nnd drove him a mlle In 2 00 % , which was within a quarter ot a second of his own world's record. Ho gave Monroe Chief a two-mile world's record to harness and also drove George M. Pnthen to his two-mlfe record. Jessie Wales and Darkness , driven by Doblo , once held the team record. CHESS , Tlio summer tournament of the Nebraska CbeEH association , to be held at Dannebrog on August 2 , 3 and 4 , promises to be an en joyable affair Messrs. Biddle , Burtoo , Bruner , De France , Kdwards , Griffin , Patter son and Powell have entered the tournament and Hammond , Barren and Kcttenmajer will come If possible and Sedwlck , Clark , Klnnl- burgh , Crosby , Hartzell , Black and others are also expected The hours of regular tournament play will be from 2 to 5 and 8 to 10 p. in. The forenoons will be employed in getting acquainted , playing Informaf games , etc If the number ot contestants bo email'each will play two games with every other , Kvery Nebraska chess player ia In vited and it Is hoped that the meeting will be the starting point for a series of suc cessful tournaments N. Hald , Dannebrog , Neb , should be communicated with by those wishing to attend. Play in the Nebraska Chess association's second annual correspondence tournament Is progressing rapidly aud satisfactorily. This tournament "began " January 21 , 1819 , with twenty-tour contestants playing In three sections of eight each Each contetrtant plays one game with each of the other play ers In his Boctlon. thus making twenty-eight garnet to the section , or eighty-four afl told WHEELS I FOR EVERYBODY , Onr prices nro from § 5 to $15 lower than nny other bicycle house in Omnlm \Vo con soil > ou n flr , * t-clas1 . * now . wheel from $20 to J2 ) Second. 1mml wheels trom $ Ti to $15 llmoho Diminla On Cor16th anrt Chlca9 ° sts- Ulliaiia BICyCIB U0i9 KCIT. Hoyden , Mgr GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES On Second-Hand BICYCLES Gash or Easy Payments. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LAMPS WHEELS RENTED AND REPAIRED , H. E. FREDRICKSON , Phone 2161. 15th nnd Dodge Sts. Up to Jul ) 22 fort-five games have been completed , nine of which were resigned without pltt ) Of the thirty-six games pla > ed to a finish the openings and results are as follows Won by Won by Opening White Ulnck. Drawn Uuy Lope ? . . . . 4 1 1 Q U.nnblt dec K1J Oponlntf . . . 0 4 0 1 " Irregular - Evvuis -2 1 0 I'valf dec J 1 0 Two ICts 1 1 0 Petroff 2 0 0 PhllUlor 1 0 ° 1 > .Q 4 1 l > 0 Kleterltzky . . . . 1 U KKt Gum dec . . . . 1 0 " Scotch dec 1 " Sicilian 0 1 < > Trench 1 < > J > ToUlt 21 1 ! - The standing of plaeis b ) sections Is as follows SECTION A. ITnfln- Won I.oflt Ished Bt rron Kdvv mis 2'i 1'i -1 Huld 2 T 2 Hammond r > Vz 1'4 0 Hartzpll Owen 4 i 0 Ra muw-en TV son Totals 20 20 SECTION B. - , Unfln- "Won. Lost. Ished. BMdlf . ! 0 1 Black . 1 1 o Br-gn . 2 2 2 De France . Hilts . , . i i § Pntterson . 0 5 2 Powell . . 0 1 > S\vlm _ _ j Totils . 13 l.t 15 SECTION C. tlntln- Won Lost ished Burner . TJ ( 'i S Carroll . ' Hlnmiin . 1 ? ? Nelson . 1 1 Pice . 1 0 J Winchester . Jl J * Jj Totals- . 12 12 16 Mr Hammond hns the lead In section A ; however , It Is possible for Edwards to tie or Rasmussen or Hartzell to win first place by winning all of their unfinished rames In section B , Biddle , Black , De Franco , Ellis or Swim may win first place , although from the condition of the unfinished eames Bid- die's chancrs are perhaps the beat. Wln- che tcr , Rice and Hlnman In section C have a hard fight for supremacy , neither having lost a game. In tlio Kansas-Nebraska correspondence match N Hald of Dannebrog lost a Scotch opening to Dr. John J Parker of Olathe , thlrty-olx moves This makes the Kan. , In - score- Kansas , 4 ; Nebraska , 2 % ; unfin ished , 9. In the Nebraska correspondence tourna ment N. Hold won a Ruy Lopez from II. B Hammond In forty-five moves , N G. Griffin won an Irregular opening from Paul Nelson In thirty moves nnd T. C. Patterson lost a KB opening to V W. Blddlo In forty moves and a KB opening to R E Brega In thirty- three moves Score of the seventh game completed In the Kansas-Nebraska correspondence match , between Nelson Hald of Dannebrop ? , Neb. , and Dr. John J Parker of Olathe , Kan. : Still MukliiK Ittiiionnile , Baltimore News- George Hughei , fa miliarly known us "Lemonade George , " who for the last thirty-five > ears has beou mak ing Jcmonade under the shadow of the old and the new postoffice , has again opened hie stand for the dispensing of thu cooling bev erage. During George'H long career of lemonado-maklug it IH stated that ho ban used more lemons than the Urgent steamship afloat could carry and he roughly estimates that If the empty wooden boxes In which the fruit Is imported were piled up they would make a structure nearly a large an the post- office under whoae shadow be has worked so long Tons of sugar and a whole season's output of Ice from the Kennebec he has con sumed In tue compounding ot the cooling drink , Rambler ( ladies' ) $30.00 Tills IB a ' 99 model tfunrimteed peed as iiuvv. Steams , ( gent's ) not n scratch on frame and good shape $20.00 Cupid , ( girl's ) " 20 new" $13.00 RambleV , ( gent's ) . . . $80.00 Shop worn. Other Second-Hand wheels from $3.00 up. Patee $25.00 Up-to-dnto in every form of con struction tmd fully guaranteed. Sundries , at half the prices others will charge you. Sewing Machines. Davis ball bearing , the best machine manufactured. Second-hand machines from $5.00 up. 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