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THE OMAHADAlljY BEE : SUNDAY MARCH 17. 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES , MTUNES IN HORSE FLESH , Some of the Floot-Footod Boautloo Now Owned la Omaha. WHERE THEY ARE QUARTERED. Tlio Organization or a Jockey Club mill What \Voulil Do for Sportlnc Matters In This City. Iloiuitlful nml Fleet Steeds. Considering the largo number of flno trotting horses there is in Omaha , it IB a matter of much surprise why there is not more interest taken in the mutter of a summer meeting in this city. It is surely time that Omuhiv had her Jockey club , nnd , her own course , with regular spring and fall racing sessions. Thcro is ix grout sportlnir element in this city , and hut little doubt , that nil this could bo brought about if only the right parties took hold of the affair. It would inspire interest in the breeding of line Block , and give it an impetus in the flno horse line such as no ono other thing can , and , within nfuw years , Omaha's race course would liavo a national reputation. In a drive around the city , the past week , a BKK man paid a visit to bovoral of the loading stables owned by private individuals. . The result irifcro than con vinced him of the feasibility and advis ability of the suggestion above made. Dick Wilde's stables are located at the corner of Seventeenth avenue and Jackson streets. Ho lias as handsome and promising a string of horses as can bo found anywhere In the country. They are handled by the veteran trainer , Hilly Huston , and are always in. the best fottlo. First comes the four-year-old trotting stallion , Trenton , (4152) ( ) . Ho caino from the Fashion Stud farm , near Trenton , N. J. Ho is a beautiful bay , by Stranger , dam by Jay Gould ; second "dam by Alexander's Abdullah. The strong noint in Trenton's pedigree , is that on either side he comes for gener ations back from producing and fash ionable families. May Clark , sorrel marc , record 2:29J : , is a splendid animal , and Mr. Wilde's exclusive road horse. She has done much racing and hard work , but shows not oven as much as a "wind-puff. " Annie B. , b. f. , two-year-old pacer , by Charles CalTroy , outof , May Clark , Is a hollyback , neat of limb , and exceed ingly promising. Goldie Siiturns. f..another two-year- old , by Saturn , dam Florence L. , by Ladd's Gold Dust , is ajso a butc , and bound to make her marl ; on the turf. Bangs , b. b. , same ago , by Saturn , dam untraccd , is much thought of. Bee , s. f. , n. yearling , by Saturn , clam Beatrice , by Charles Oallrey , is of equal merit. Niobe , s. f. , same ago , by Saturn , dam Dot , by Davonant , by Bclmont , pos sesses all the points judges best like to sec ! . Queen is another yearling , by Saturn , dam Pralrio'Qucon , matinee record , to top wagon , 2.1(2. ( Flora Saluriivypaj-ling s. f. , sumo sire , QUtsof Flora Sherman , by John Sher man , by Wnpsio. Dick Wolty , b. c. , yearling , by E. B. "Woods' Victor Sprnguo , by Governor Spra uo , dam Annie. Annie , by Charles Cuffroy , dam un known , in foal by Tronton. Rhonu , b. f. , 4 years , sired by Nor- mont bv " Almont (33) ( ) , dam Nellie - lie Clay "by C. M. Clay jr. , in foal to Tronton. Minnlo M. , b. m.,5 years , by Colonel nel Orr , dam Nelly Clay , in foal to Trenton. Annie Scammorhorn , b. f.fouryears , a magnificent creature , by Oriental (1010) ( ) , dam by Rnl , second dam by Vol unteer Chief , by Volunteer. Magnolia Maid , g. m. , pacer , 8 years , record U.OJ ! ! ; brooding unknown , in foal to Saturn. Bessie , b. m. , by California Patchion , record 2.27 ; dam unknown in foal to Victor Snraguo , 2.29 * . In addition to the above Mr. Huston is handling probably a dozen other promising youngsters. E. B. Wood's stables are at 1510 Cali fornia street. Ho has from thirty to forty sale horses now on hand. His thoroughbred racing stock includes Victor Sprague , gray stallion , five years old , record 2:2'J : , without question ono of the most superb animals in all this western country. Victor was sired by George Spruguo. record 2:21 : , by Governor Spruguo , 2:20 : , by Rhode Is land , 2:23 : ; dam by Swigert , sire of twenty-three in the 2:30 : list ; second dam Angolino.record 2:27 : , by Ilichnra's Bollfoundor. Victor Sprague is as line a styled stallion as there is in the state ; a noble looker and head always well up on the shoulders , clean and stout in limb , and "with enough brains , " as Mr. Wood remarked , "to make a congress man. " Dan DM b. g. , record 2:15 : pacing ; ton years old , by Diadom. Dan D. is Huroly capable of boating his record as ho is in bettor shape to go into races this summer than over before. Last buminor ho paced a trial heat in 2:12. : Trinket , b. m. , ilvo years , by Jester , son of Almont , dam Messenger Durock , bccoiul dam thoroughbred , no mark. Trinket has the right material in her for a winner. Adam Thompson's stables are at the fair grounds ; Fred Ellis , foreman. Fol lowing is his finest stock : Klliun Allen , a bright bay stallion , ton vcars , record 2:37 : } ; is n grandson of iiltl Kthan Alien by King Phillip. Jack Sheppard , jr. , a mahogany stal lion , by Jack Sheppard , very fast but hits never been trucked to amount to anything. Prince , b , g. pacer , six years v , by Mon- mnut by Almont ; lirnt dum Kato F. ny Bourbon Chief ; second dam by Alox- andor's Norinnn , sire of Lulu , record 2:15. : Prince is ahull brother to Fullerton - ton D , 2:101. : .loo Dandy , b. s , , a son of Ethan Allen , jr. , dam Muggio Wallace , she by Sir William Wallace. Has never been tracked , but is a comer. Also a line two-year-old stallion , un named , by Jack Sheppard , ( him said to bo by Blue Bull. Hogurded as a horse of mucji promise. Mary Shopparc" , b. in , , four years , r-irod by Jack Shopjmrd , guited llico the jrnvy stallion ana exceedingly . well thought of by Mr. Thomphon. Betsey Baker , ch , in. , record 2:80 : } , by Little Crow. Uetsoy is a great road nmro , and can go right out and trot in .40 any day in the week with uny handling at all. Lady Sheppard , b. c. , by Sir William Wallace. A splendid ono for a two- year-old. Mr. Thompson alee has charge of J. F. Paul's Uuy Frank , record , 2:421 : , b.\ old Commodore Vanderbilt , and ho is expected to boat : SO thin faumuior. A ohufituut lllly owned by D. T. Mount , by Jack Sheppnrd , jr. , dam Mollie , is n graceful and speedy young ster. Bolivar , jr. g. owned by Joseph Gar- ncau. Said to bo a paragon as a road horse and thai ho cnn go farther hi less tune than any horse in the state. .1. II. McShano's Joseph D. , a spotted pnccr , while and block ; record 2:2U : as a green horso. - Robert GarlicTc's b. in. , Folly , is very speedy. She is used exclusively on the road. Folly would inako a great cam paigner , if it were not for extreme nervousness. J. l' < . Boyd's stylish bay is another flno roadster , well palled and nulto speedy. Nowl Chamberlain's stables are also nt the fair grounds , and subjoined is n partial list of his string : Kato , b. in. , Ilvo years , sired by .Too Bassett ; trotted a boat in :32 : and is con sidered by judges to bo a rare good one. Bon , a hnndsomo bay , is promising. Ho is owned by Fred FoWlor. St. John , g. g. pacer , record 2.23 , owned by Nat Brown. St. John is eight years old , and will develop great speed , says Chamberlain. Also a road team. Ensign and Truo- mnn E. , record 2:32J. : A loppy pair. Hon. John A. McShano heads the list for polo teams. Ho drives Will Her and John A. , and generally loads the procession. S. P. Morse handles a well-matched and very showy team of bay geldings like a man to the manor born. Dr. Mercer's loam of brown * geldings is the ilnosl-looklng span in the city. They came from "olo Kuintuck , " and the doctor paid a high price for them. Hal MeCord tak'cs in the city o' evening - ing behind protly Daisy Graham a half- sister of Dan D. , record 2:15by : Diadem. Mr. MeCord also owns the most stylish and speediest road nmro in the city in Captain Hunt , record 2:23 : ; trial 2:18. : And again a perfectly matched team of sorrel mares which ho Ubcs for family driving. Charles Motz drives a loppy bay gelding - ing , while face ana four while feet up to the knee and hough. This follow has shown his ability to trot in forty. Dr. McMonamy t.xkes his airing behind - hind Burkholdcr , n fast and gntno pacor. Fred Fowler is the proud owner of Muggins Muggins. Mug has no wings , but never fails to get to the front just the same. Captain Marsh has n handsome team ilia sorrel gelding and bay mare. This team is quite speedy , but the captain drives them more for pleasure than show. Bon Wood has a beautifully matched team of bays which the boys are com pelled to acknowledge when it comes tea a brush down the road. Then nobody must overlook Old Gold Nate , record 2:24j. : Ho looks alittlo the worse for wear , but when Mr. Briggs turns him loose someone is bound to got loft. loft.Charllo Charllo Green has a very rangy team of boys and if looks and actions go for aughl they will bo a hard pair to .beat. Klmer Frank , with his grey and black , tackles anything on the road , and when ho throws the silk into them Oh , my ! Lem Hill has a chrysanthemum in his high-strung brown gelding , by Prince Alcerno. When Lcm Is out for a race glvo him the road , because if ho can't out-trot you he'll run over you , that's ill ! Fin Gridloy is a hard man to overhaul vhon ho is behind his roan goldingMo- dock. The latter has a record of 2:42. : Fred Nash drives a very blylish bay , and can be seen out almost any pleasant afternoon. P. E. Her is proud of a highly bred notched loam of blacks. They can polo together in about 2:50. : E. W. Nash sports a-toara of magnifi cent bays. Jim Stcphonson never fails to attract attention when ho appears with his su- iioibloum a bay and a black. It is ) ne of the finest turnouls in the city. George Canfleld drives a very loppy team of sorrels , and is always ready to ijivo anyone a brush who comes along. Dr. ColTmau generally has the best n the market , but ho doesn't keep a cam long enough tocnablo the efficient reporter to collar a description of them. Fred Davis speeds along behind a nicely matched team of blacks , for which ho paid a bushel of money. , A Boy Should Learn. To saw. To chop. To write. To figure. To build fires. To respect old age. To save his money. To study economy. To support himself. To toll a good story. To bo at home nights. To black his own shoes. To keep out of politics ? To live within his means. To think naught of Canada. To encourage his boiler half. To sow buttons on his clothes. 'To court not the employer's funds. To cat his wifo's pics without a mur mur. mur.To indorse for nobody , especially rel atives. < To. look out for a wife with a bpnlc account. To got up nights for baby's medicine with a sniilo on his fuco. To give up his seat in the slroot carte to 'homely as well as pretty women. Cincinnati Enquirer , Hunters. The favorite key of the sailor's songs isC. isC.Tho The prevailing culler is the ragman. Ono of the most obnoxious relatives ono can entertain a carb-unclo. A "duck of a bonnet" is sometimes worn by a geese of n woman. The man who is lynched will llnd notice - tico in the noose column. The flower of Iho family froquenlly happens lo bo a sun-llowor. The matter of rents annoys both the professional tramp and the hind baron. Some realize after marriage that the "apple of their oyo" is a crab-applo. Should 'Ibis country bo involved in war wo have sufllclont reserve force in the "killing" dudes that abound. The favorite gait of the inebriate IB the do-canter. With 11 bear of a husband there is al ways trouble bruin. A silo is wlioro green food is kept. A solo is where a conceited musician foede his greenness. Although not a student of astronomy , the cheese-maker is nblo to toll some thing of the milky whoy. James Koil , of Iowa , hanged himself because a Miss Shoolljng refused tc mnrrv him. This is a case of Shoolllng olT tliis mortal Koll with a vengeance. Ono of the loading features of a blind mendicant's lifo is the little dog. A woman's sphere a iriouse. The "chip of the old block" is often "splintered" for copying after his sire , Figures don't lie they recline , "Breeches df trust , " remarked the young man 03 the dog disgorged t greater portion of his pantaloons , A bone of contention the trombone , ' Straws" show which way the bloatf wind. The boor-drinker's hopes are in Ifops and thcv hop rapidly to the bier. Asa last lesort , a woman adminis tered hortiO-rndiEU to euro the mure , * IN THE FIELD OF SPORT , A Proposition to Form a Btato League- . A TALK WITH JACK CROOKS. The Bench Doc and Gun The Shoot- liiK Tournament , Sltscollniicoiis Notes , Questions Answered and General Sporting Gossip. HID Approaching Season. It Is only the incurable cranks who fully appreciate the approach of the base ball sea son of 1SS9. Hoforo this month will have faded away , every loam in the Western asso ciation will bo In active practice , and most of them will Imvo played exhibition games. The schedules of ml Hio larger associations have been announced nnd the "fmis" Imvo plenty to talk about. Manager So'co ' and Jack Crooks , of the local loam , arc already on hand , while several of the St. Joe nnd Dos Memos players have reported. Thu MUwnukoos go Into practice ut Louisville , Ky. , nofct Thursday , nnd the Sioux City , St. Paul and Minneapolis toami will report be- Iwccn this and the 'J.HH. Dave Kowo has notified his muii to rc | > ort ut the earliest pos sible moment. It will thus be seen that a very short time yet remains before the dis ease breaks out In nil its vlruloncy. Prospective Btato The Grand Island Uaso Ball association Is making a big effort to got up n state , or Interstate league for the coming season. They have already succeeded In raising a subscription of W.OJO to run their club , and have begun the erection of now buildings nnd a club house oa their grounds. Grand Islam ! is nn enterprising burg nnd Is entitled to the best base ball In the market for the good work she has already done toward fos tering and promoting this most popular of out-door sports. With Beatrice. Lincoln , Hastings , Kearney und Fremont n very good circuit could bo established and ono that could hardly fall of success. The prospects nro that these towns will Join In with Grand Island and constitute a state league , as a representative of the Grand islands Is now mailing a tour of these cities with this object In vlow. _ FLASHES FKOMTHI3 DIAMOND lu the spring the young man's fancy Lightly tums to bats and balls , And the ' life's umpire's endangered as Ho shouts the judgment calls : "Ono strike I" "Two strikes ! " "Three strikes 1" "Out ! " is the signal for u kick , And the batsman's eyes glare fiercely As ho wields n murderous stick. And the umpire's vision peers forth on The season just ahead : And the prospect makes him weary , And he wishes he were dead. Snool the iinagratnntlcal fiend. Phil Kcccius goes to Evausvillo. "Tub" Welch goes to Galvcstou. Omaha has released catcher Dallas. Leech Maskroy ROCS to DCS Molncs. Broughton will captain the St. Pauls. Whitney will probably captain St. .lots. Denver is to have the finest grounds in the west. Minneapolis has seventeen.men under con tract. "Ducky" Hemp has signed with Evans- ville. Minneapolis has not yet given up pitcher Spraguo. The DCS Monies club wants to buy Ted Kennedy. Billy Annis goes to Worcester instead of Manchester. " Ed Fuzzelback will play in New Haven the coming season. The Sioux City.club has a star.baso runner In.Eddy-Glomi. ' - ' ' , * ' . -r. < > - - . "Red" Ehrct has been sold by Kansas City to Louisville. Nash , of the Mihvaukees , recently sprinted 100 yards in 11 seconds. The Omaha club has a first class hustler in Secretary E. O. Brandt. Cushinau has been released by DCS Moincs and has signed with Toledo. Swartzel is considered ono of the most promising pitchers in the country. Sioux City has t-.vo good batteries in Grotty and Siobel.'and Hcllman and Hungler. Jack O'Connor has been traded by Colum bus to St. Louis for Short-Stop Will White. Minneapolis and St. Paul will inaugural the season with games between themselves. Manager Powell will not report at Sioux City until April 1 and Iho players on Iho 15lb. Jake wells has returned from Florida , and will join the Dotroits at Richmond , Ya. , this week. Little Tommy Mulvehill will dispense the circus lemonade at the ball grounds again this summer. If. the race for the pennant In the Western association is close this year , all the clubs will make money. . McCabe , who was with Milwaukee last season , will play second and captain the Dav enport team tuis year. . Jim McLaughlln is in the city and still unsigned. He would make a good man for some of the minor leagues. The exhibition snasnn will open here April 'A with the Kansas City American team. They will also play again on ( ho 3d , Sioux City has signed Glenn , of last sea son's Boston club. Ho Is a great batter and * a good Holder and base runner. The Union electric street railway line will bo In operation clear to the St. Joseph grounds by the middUiof April. Yonder Aha has not yet decided whether ho will visit Omaha with the champion Browns this spring or not Hot > o so. Hart , of DOS Molues , has signed Finlder Fred TUden , nn old Harvay boy , and Pitcher Lunt , of last year's Racine college tojin. Ed Mullen & Co. will have the score curds this year. It cost thorn just $525 , as much us tuoprivilcgo costs m the Boston grounds. St. Joe may not win the pennant , or even anything bolter than eighth place , but down there they claim the Lord Is on their side. Willis , ono of Omaha's pitchers , had n bat ting average in 1S87 of .DOS. Ho is yet a handy man with the stick , and a great sprinter. St. Joe says she doesn't , care a rap for the pemiuut , just 80 she is enabled to knock out Onmba. Now what has tins ancient vllluzo against the Gate CItyl Tin : BCR base ball men is In receipt of an invitation to attend a banquet to bo given the jpaulding tourists by the Sporting Lifo on their arrival In Philadelphia. Charlies Krohmoyer , an old Omaha back stop , together with "Trick" McSorley and Low Sylvester , have signed with the Sacra mento clnb and gone to California. lu consequence of the salary limit , Iho teams in the Western association are more evenly mutcUod than ever before , and a suc cessful season may bo confidently looked for. It Is the general opinion thai Iho coming season Is going to bo an unusually successfu one in Iho Western association cities. On this prospectall the clubs are making exten sive preparations for increased patronage. The team batting average of the St. Paul club , excepting Farmer , who has no record , according to last season's work Is .237 , and the team fielding average .00. ) . Last season's team record was , batting , .234 , and Holding .913. .913.A A Minneapolis correspondent places tsho teams at the end of the coming season as I ol io ws : Minneapolis or St. Paul , first and sue endOmaha ; , third : Milwaukee , fourth ; Den ver , fifth ; DCS Moincs , sixth ; St. Joe , ov- enlii , and Sioux City last. If Earlo lands In America with sound hands , ho will have a claim on being thu on. duration catcher of the profession. Ho hat caught Crane und Healy , two cannonbai pitchers ) , In nearly every game they h av played since they left 'Frisco. The Minneapolis papers declare that Joe Miller Is the best third baseman In the W est era association , that ho has always been a favorite in the western cities and that ho I likely to do better work than ever this year Generalship they- add , U one of Joe's chio characteristics. The following Idst season' * averages fully demonstrates that St Paul uas a power fu loam for ine year of 1839. Hero Ihey ore : Batting Trod way , .293 ; Mains , .259 .331. FIcldlnfj-Treihvny , loft field , .803 } Mains , pitcher , .SlJVlWi-kott , short stop , .933 ; Cur- roll , right HolfloSSiS ; Hnwes , tlrslbaso , .l > 5 ! ; Iroughton , " "catcher , .M3 ; Murphy , centre lold , .COS ; Tuckorninn , pitcher. .007 ! Sow- dors , pllchjr.'iWI ; Rcljly , third base , .810 ; Wcrrlck , fti1rfl"base , .S2J. Team average , W3 { lasl sia s team .013. JL'lip Don a , nl Gun. Judge Slilolqo has challenged Jack Prince or another shot. Thcro was n largo exit of duck hunters rom the city inst nlgtit. The Plallo lif said lo bo fairly sWnrmlng vitli ducks , geese and brant. Twenty-eight red-heads , fell to ono gun nt lorscshoo lake yesterday afternoon , Reports Of good red-head and mallard shooting come from Waubunecy lake. "Airhole" Billy Townscnd claims to bo llio owner of Iho bcsl red seller In Iho slate. Dr. Cruttcndon , of DCS Molnos , has en- .crcd his celebrated Llewellyn setter "Don , " nlhe coming bench show. All true sportsmen nro pleased with Iho low game la\v now before Iho legislature , Ion. Dick Berlin wrilos that il will go hrough like 011. * The ono-hundred-live-blrd match for - - - SlOO n side , between Colonel Frank Parmnlec. of his city , and Champion C. W. Budd. of DCS Moincs , has fallen through , It is quite likely that those two rival oracle hots , Colonel Frank Parmelee nnd Major John Petty , will Indulge In n 100 live bird shoot nt the coming tournament. Tno Omaha Rifle club has decided to aban don Us range northeast of the ciiy. II will probably join with the Omahn Gun club and arrange for a range across the river. The fifteenth annual tournament of the State's Sportsmen association will be held nt Norfolk in May next. Five thousand ligeons have been cnguced , and thcirccllng , t is thought , will bo a highly suecusstul ono. J. R. Slice , of Jacksonville , 111. , and C. W. Sudd , of DCS Monies , Iho latter the holder of lie American Hold champion pigeon shooi ng cup , shot for the trophy at Jacksonville ' , Fin. , recenlly. II was 5U birds , SO yards'riso , nnd resulted in n tie , each man killing 37. Max Meyer it Bro. will furnish n mag- illlcent badge , emblematic ef Iho stale's championship , lo bo shot for nl fitly slnglo Standard targets , National rules. The holder must win il five successive limes be fore it becomes his individual property. The first shoot for this elegant trophy will take place on the third day of the Haniin .ournament , on Ihe 10th of April , which will > o held on the Omaha Gun club's nu.v grounds Jusl across the rivr r. All challenges "or Iho badge must bo sent to the following committee : W. H. S. Hughes , of the Omaha Gun club ; G. W. Kutchum , of the Lofevras , and John Xeller , of the Gate Citys. Any member of any gun club In the state Is eligible to compete. Sporting Notci. Tommy Miller , formerly of this city , now of Indianapolis , is to fight Georco Siddons , April 2J , for u { 3'Ju purse , near North Bend , nd. nd.M. M. W. Pettigrow , of Deadwpod , is about 0 branch out hero in the publication of the Western Horsouian , a journal dovotcu to the rotting horse. Manager Iiigram has received two wolves , 1 largo timber wolf nnd a i oyoto , two foxes and nine Jack-j rabbits , to be used in his ; rand coursing meet ut the Coliseum , Satur day night , i April ! 20. "Senator" Morgan has made partial ar- rangcuiciitir for , a six-day ruco in Denver , md for a big out-door tournament In San Francisco , under the auspices of the 'Frisco base ball association. Charlie M.c.C0iniiclc ; , Ihe well known turf man nnd horse breeder , yesterday shipped the famous .Westmont Able nnd Little Willie to Lexington , Ky. , to be disposed in next inontu'ssales there. Thesix-dayjrace , horses 'against bicycles , opens at thu Colisseum Monday , April 1. Lord Booth Wipes' THE BISK from Buffalo ! 3111's ranch that the broncos are being put n flue trint'tindAylll surely win. 3he ? race is - The rccent blc.vclo race in Philadelphia , participated in by the lady wheelers who start in the six day race at the Coliseum to morrow , resulted as follows : Jesse Woods , 174 ; Hattle Lewis , 324 ; Helen Baldwin , 211 J ; Kiltie Brown , 'J34. At 10 o'cloclc Miss Louise Armalndo entered the track and ran live mles against time , covering the distance in n 13m , 13s. The first mile was donS in A lot of line gymnasium apparatus lini icon put in at the rooms of the local Cribb club , and many of the members exercise there daily. The club is composed of prominent gentlemen who desire the pro motion of all athletic sports ; men who desire - sire lo familiarize Ihemselvcs with the in tricacies of the Delsartean movement , tiolh for its healthful exorcise and the ability to defend themselves in case of tin omerirency. No professor has us yet been engagei' . Qutstlontt anil Answer * . Please slate in your sporting columns Sun day next who won in the great light between Jack McAulifto and Jim Carnei ; where did the mill lake place and how long did it lasl i "Hod" Uurliugton. Ans. It was a draw. At Hovoro Beach , Mass. , November 4 , 1887. Four hours nnd 58 minutes. ' To decide a.bet will you Inform us whal a spaniel Is ? H. T. Smith and Elmer Moore , Lincoln. Ans. There is a breed culled Hold spaniel , a long , low dog , and another , the cocker , which differs in shape Irom the Held species , being shorter ir. tile body. The not ; must bo under twenty-eight pounds for bench purposes. Can you furnish mo with the last year's averages of Alvoid. Van Dylte , Sago , Smith and Sncca. Hurry Lemon , DCS Moiues. Ans. Alvoord , balling .CO ) , fielding .837 ; Vnn Dyke. .205-.IU3 ; Sage , .100-.994 ; Smith , .1W5..S57 ; Snced , .307-.IWO. Will you Oblige n reader by publishing Iho the pitcher's position for next season i . Ans. Unrcslruined us regards position and" delivery.while in Iho box. Who are Iho players so far signed by Iho difTorenl Wesloru association clubst C. B. Martin , Onmlui. Ans. Why don't you road THE Bins nnd keep posted ! We published the complete rosters of the teams last Sunday. * To decide who pa.70.for a now Dunlap , plo'ase state In Sunday's sporting department who has the record for the longest throw with a base bull ! Twin Cranks , St. Mary's n venue. Ans.- John Hut field. 133 yards , t foot ? K inches. What horse , pacur or Irottcr. has made Iho fastest lime on record i Breeder , Ftillorton. Ans.Vestraont , pacer , owned by Charles McCormlck , this city. It was against time with running ! mute , nt Chicago , July 10 , 1SS4. Tluin 2:01jfc. : - for Now Yorlj World : " 13uso hits. " Whiicks below the bolt. "Never mulls a 'ball. ' " A. toper. "Mtikoaa homo run. " A good hus band. . . i "A regular shy-scrapor. " A comet. "Safe hitters. " Hurelurs. "Caught iwppinp. " Policemen , "Lines 'or jUt. " Fishermen's. "Daisy-cutters. " Uattlo. "Out oij strikes. " DibsaliBflod work men. "A scratch hit. " Lighting a match. "A man ofisighs. " The umpire. ' "Iloavy hitters. " Lucky investors. "On the fly. " Hotel bouts. "A fowl tip. ' ' The tail. "A double play , " Borrowing $5 to pay a $5 debt. ' Often 'caught nt it.1" Catchers. "Rounds many a curvo. " Pitchers. "Resembles the comma. " Shortstops. "Lays them all out. " The under taker. "Makes the circuit. " A garter. "An old ringor. " O. "Familiar llgures on the diamond , " 0000000 00. Ho Lived Illftli. Now York World : She ( at ball ) IIow extravagantly young Mr. Swollby dr ssesl Ho lives high , does he not ? Ho ( a rival ) Won , yes. I bellovo his room is on the eighth floor of the hotel. BR HHEHIHMMBHMHI 9 OUR SPRING STOCK SELECTIONS C SURPASSES D tUITINGS ANYTHING IN OMAHA. MATCHLESS. Monday , We will display all tlie late novelties of Cassimeres Worsteds Glioviofs Tweeds Silk , , , Serges , , Fancy Vesfings , in all late designs , .1 OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. OUR TRIMMING THE BEST. Our fit and workmanship will surely gain your approval. Yours truly , Hotel Buiidim WE SHOW OVER * WE HAVE OVER 12OO Dlfferanl Styles of BO Different' Styles of TROUSERINGS , JSPRING OVERCOATIH6S ! WHAT A SPRING WIFNESSED , * Famous Namea Oarved Over Doug las County Bocks. STORY OF A PRAIRIE SCHOONER. 'I'lio SOI\K nC the Waters null What Went Into the Music Scenes ol' tlie Fifties A Uo- immtic Glen. An Historic Soring. Seven or eight miles west of Omaha on the farm owned by Mr. James Me- Ardlo , through which ilows the Big1 Papillion river is ono of the llnost springs in the country. It in only n spring , however , and the diatnond-liho sparkle of its pure cold waters , the merry music of its Ijquid gurgling , the delicious fragrance of Iho wild flowers und the nniHscs of vines und mosses which cling lo Ihn procipllous rocks around it , the dark , cool freshness of the folingc-roofed little ravine in which it rises , can by no means utono for ils grout offense in having at tracted its owner from the silo of six story bricks a few miles oast. Unhappy litllo spring ! No doubl , if its gur glings could have been Iranshiled , uwtiv back in the llftlcs.whon daily , the parched lips of the California pilgrims kissed ils crystal surface , it would have turned back to the bank of the Mis souri many u weary traveler whoso bones have years ago crumbled away in the mountains or on Iho plains. In 1854 Mr. McArdlo with his brothers and parents caino over from Iowa on Iho ferry , which wiia then the only means of transportation , and journeyed west ward in search of a homo. They might have pre-empted the silo of Iho metrop olis if they hud Hkod the "lay of the land , " but they didn't , HO Ihey wont on and camped at night above the spring. Morning revealed a beautiful vnlloy , a sinuous lilllo river rippling over n stony bed und fringed with Irocs , and , best of nil , bubbling oul from beneath u massive ledge of soft rock , walled In by moss-coverod buukd , where only little Mocks of bunlight filtering through the leafy dome above could iclss its glassy burface , a novor-failing spring of cold , sparkling water. In Ihoir own lan guage it was "tho proltiost spot in the country , " and there Ihoy pitched their touts. Many a story of early days the waters could loll if Ihoir murmurings could onlv bo understood. The long train which started ils weary trump toward the setting sun in Ml ) , halted here and cooled their parched lips in the water. Cut into the soft rock above it. there are now faint traces of what was a few yours ago a maze of names and dittos. Scraping away the moss ono could decipher among them , ' 'John C. Fremont , M6 , " "Ooorgo Francis Train , ' 00 , " und scores of Puts and Sallys , Petes and Marys. The dates run all the way from ' 45 down to some time in the 70's , when the old trail was abandoned for the now road eoino distance south and the spring was Idft to gurgle nlono und wonder what hud become of its many visitors , Ono beautiful spring morning a lonely emigrant's van with its white canopy glibtcning in the sun came winding over the alllB , and halted at the spring. The driver , tall , bearded , hard-handed and muscular , clambered listlessly down from his scat , unyoked his oxen und turned them loose lo food. Then ho'ro- turned to the wagon and , taking from it a bundle which had Iain besidoliiin un rolled a litllo bubo and sat down on a ledge of rock. The sun rose higher and higher In the sky ; hundreds ot birds chirruped and sang in tlie trees tibovo him ; the spring laughed nnd rippled mid gurgled unheeded ; the baby altornaloly cooed and wailed and lugged with its chubby hands at his beard ; all nature exulted at the approach of summer and still this lonely llguro sat there gazing , with wide open eyes , into vacancy. . By and bye the settlers came in from their plowing for dinner. "Coin' out lo thediggin'sneighbor ? " they queried. Then ho started us if from u droam. "EhV Goin' to the diggin's ? No , I guess not not now. " ' 'Taken up a claim maybe ? " ' 'No ; goin' back homo. Got to take her back , " and waving his hand toward the wagon ho resumed his listless atti tude. Suspecting something , they hardly know what , some of them raised tlio curtain of the wagon and lopkod in. There wore the usual furnishings : a little stove , some dishes , u. woman's dresses and wraps , bedding and two or three boxes. On the watron bottom lay a young woman of about twenty-six , her hands folded on her breast dead. They had boon on Iheir waj lo Iho gold fields and when a few miles west the young wife had taken sick and he was compelled to stop on the prairie and watch her die. Kind hands and hearts cared for them thai night , and in the morning he was escorted to Council Binds , whence , after burying his wife , ho and his baby started on their sad , lonely journey back to Ohionnd , the pathos of his shat tered dream wont into the music of the Spring. Others came with their yearnings for the homos they were leaving behind , and whispered their homesickness to the waters ; young men und maidens told their love stories ; middlo-ugnd men told of Ihoir hopos'of .the new lifo in the fur west , their joys , sorrows , dis appointments ; Fremont's soldiers cnmo with their talcs of battles and blood shed , and later , when the country had begun to fill up parties of merry-makers came with their jokes and laughter , and it all wont into the music of the waters. So it happens , perhaps , that whiiiover bo the mood of the listener , joyous , de spondent , exultant , merry or wad , there is an undertone in Iho murmuringof the spring which chorda with it. Oflato years Iho romantic litllo ra- vlno in which Ihe spring rises , has been seldom visited , nnd except on the part of Iho old residents of the city , nearly all of whom have drunk the waters i't is forgotten. The great ledge of rock , from boneuth which it bubbles out , nnd which was in Its way an interesting his torical record , with its inscriptions cut in the forties und fifties by hands , many of which wore yours ago folded in their long rest , has gradually crum bled nwuy , till only n few dales and initials can bo deciphered. The old wagon trail hus been blocked by section lines and wire fences ; a bridge has boon built u little below , und the clack of a water mill drowns the music of the water. The incidents and legends which should have mudo Iho pluco his toric are almost forgotten , but it does not require a very vivid imagination to picture in Ilia grove above the tepees of the Indian with the painlod forms of Ihe savages gliding through the shrubbery ; Iho bivouac of the blue coats on their long tramp to the Pacific or the camp ofthe emigrant or gold- hunter with the smoke of the camp lire curling up through the trees. 'Wlmlslrango languages thcso blulfs must have echoed ! What eavago war whoops , shouts of laughter , talcs of love and war , sobs and sighs ) The 6tuirway which years ago was cut in the bank is filled up with rotting leaves , the old camping grounds are overgrown with underbrush , year after year the May ilowors fill the ravine with beauty und fragrance und wither away unseen , but the spring bubbles und gurgles away just as clear uud bright and Bparlcllnpas when Fremont and hln soldiers drank at its brink , EDUCATlONAIi. v The Yale law facility' 'lms requested Cliauncoy M. Depcw to give the cotnmouc- meat oration before the' law school in June. Ynlo has' Just received $33.000 from Dr. Alvan Talcotl , of , Guiltord , who stipulates Ihut the money shall bo used to endow ft pro- fesHorship of Greek. The endowment of Rutgers college has been increased by $100,000 during the post year. This amount has boon used in the construction of n laboratory and dormitory. Last fall , In view of the ut-od of additional rooms for students , Mrs. Susan D. Brown.of Princeton , pave J50.000 to Princeton colIORo for a now dormitory , and she has recently added f25,000 more. The majority of the Wellesley faculty is believed to bo in favor of abolishing the present examination system. Tbls test is now applied only lo the Ihreo under classes , Iho senior preseiilinfr theses as an equivalent. Dr. Austin Scott , of UutROrs college. J as made an Interesting aisuovory relating to tha history of Iho inslltnlion. Uy looking over the old records lie < learned that the college charter was granted In 1700 , instead of 1771) , as the date is commonly given. The alumni of "Williams college have raised 875,000 for a mouumonl to the lale Mark Hopkins. The monument is to take the shape of a building at Williams , and it Is suggested that the sum bo Increased to 8100,000 , nnd the building bo madu of atone , as typical of the study of character ot tuo grand old teacher and ihoologian. American education will bo represented at the coming Paris exposition by an important colleollvo exhibit now preparing under the direction of Prof. C. Wcllman Perks , of the Keiisscluor Polytechnic Institute , Troy , N.Y. Prof. Parks has secured n comprehensive display of school nnd college methods and appliances by selecting a typical institution of each class , nnd obtaining a very full exhi bition of its equipment , progress , and results Superintendent Soavoy , of the Uostnii public schools , said in u rcuont.nddress : "To what extant und how can manual training bo inlroduced into city graded schools. My answer is : Organize mechanic urU high schools cither us separata schools or as departments - partments of existing nigh schools. To Ihls extent , at least , and bv this moans , a now neglected educational Hold can bo occupied lo groal advantage. " H what wo wnntto plvo to every person that visits our Htoru. Should you ut any time ! ytimmbe nn article that ( loot not nrovo jiint us repreiioiited. wowould conilaer It al great favor to bo allowed the opportunity or . stork is arriving dally. Wo have two ifoors well lighted uud blocked with Unit class PATRONIZE Home-Made Cigars TRA D MARK , x "RED LABEL.f !
