THE O.VAltA DAILY UKEjSt'XDAY , ,11'LV rtO , 1890. 0
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IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
Shamrock Qivea tta American Yachtsmen
Same Considerable Trouble ,
CRAWFORD SAYS YALE IS NOT DECLINING
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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. Bate also made the remarkable rec
ord of getting three wlckots with four balls.
BRIEF BASE BALL GOSSIP
The rommiit Hncc In OeHlnn finite
Clone fortlic Middle Tcnm
of the
Indianapolis Is taking a boost and has Just
fcon ten straight games.
Vaughn has been , released by Cincinnati
after many years of service.
Williams nnd Beaumont each won a game
for Plttsburg on the same day by timely
homo runs.
St. Ixmls beat New York three straight
last week and Jumped Into third place In
the percentage column.
Garvln , Chicago's new pitcher , held Phil
adelphia down to thrco hits and jet Chicago
lost the game. Connor did It.
Beaumont , Pittsburgh center , has been doIng -
Ing the star work of the league and has won
games by his timely stick work.
Kansas City has again gone back to the
tall end position nnd yet the fans stick by
the team. How different from some other
towns !
Wllllany of the PlttsburRs struck a snag
when ho wont to Boston. Up to that time
ho batted safely in fifteen games running.
Ho made but ono 'hit ' In the three games
there.
The race among the middle men In the
league has become quite Interacting , ns there
nro flvo teams within four games of each
other. A successful eerles for cither
changes the position on the list ,
Speaking ot Bergen's tantrums a Boston
" Boston is too
paper BOJS : "Tho sport la
important to allow any ball plajcr to have
lilu own way nt the cxpcuso of discipline.
Then , again , n player forced to go In and
work against hlwill is n poor Investment ,
Big or little , stars or Texas leaguers , should
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On Saturdaj July 2. three National
league bitsmen made a batting average of
1 000 Beiumont , the Plttsburg outfielder ,
secured six hits none going out of the
diamond In that number of times nt bat
against Platt , the PhlladelpHa pitcher. Mike
Kellj , the Colonel's new fltst baseman In
three times at Ml 'hit safely each time , nnd
Selbach , the Cincinnati outfielder , was
credited with A similar performance against
Lewis , tti Boston pitcher.
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
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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 ,
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lemonado-maklug it IH stated that ho ban
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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
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drink ,
Rambler ( ladies' ) $30.00
Tills IB a ' 99 model tfunrimteed peed
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Steams , ( gent's ) not n scratch
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