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.
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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
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