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10 THE OMAHA DAILY HRE ; SUNDAY. APRIL . IHUa-TWKNTY PAUES. A SEANCE WITH THE BOXERS Speculation on the Big International Cham pionship Battle. 1)OWN ) IN THE MEADOW WITH THE JACKS mill Slionti-M-McclliiK of tlio | ji- ' Wlicol U'liUpi-rliiB-mrtlio mid SMirtliiNi | ( > siir All 1(111114. Notwithstanding the fact Dint nnothor Jink has Ijccu taken up In the chain of or- ranirciiicnts for the great international Ja-tivywclght championship hattlo between Jtm Corhett anil UmrHo Mitchell , I can only Veltorato my belief that the nig mill will liever transpire. The Coney Island club , Svhoso claqners have heon mom than loud- 'mouthed In their condemnation of the New Orleans clubs for inaujfnratin an era of ex- tiiivugiint and tinreasonabU- purses , turns fight round now and endorses the action of these southern organizations by duplicating their premier piece of assinlnity. The club liy the sea has offered a puise of MO.IMKI for the battle , and It has been virtually accepted Jjy Corbett and Mitchell with commendable expedition. Catch these clever llstic conji- ilenco gentlemen making an.v mistake , In these days of doubt and Incertitude , over a little matter of f ( ) , ( ) ( ) or so. \ This week .Indgo Newton , the anachorlt- Ji-nl matchmaker of the Ccinci Island club , says that the date of the Hunt , which has been already booked for next December , will bo llxed. Hut Is Judge Newton rertaln ? It might IMJ well lieforo lixing the day to llx the powers that be , for it liardlv seems reasonable that the Judge , the notorious .lero Dunn and brilliant Peter JJoiiolum will prove an.v blgjrer potatoes with Governor Flower tlian did the combined snorting fraternity of linffiilo. The chief magistrate , it will bo recalled , put hi * foot down hard when the city on I'.rie's tempestuous shores began to make a r.oiso over the big contest and when , in her rash temerity , she offered to ham : up fcsO.OOO to clinch the light , ho forthwith issued his rd let , nuthori/.ing his minions to push the rlty into the lake if she dared take another tcp In the matter. And Huffalo Iniiiiuillntuly subsided and has evinced no symptoms of umhltton in that direction since. Still I am forced to acknowledge , being an old resident of Oowanus , that HulTalo Is not Now York , but that New York comes pretty nearly belnir the universe. They can perform some wondrous things in Grandpa Knickerbocker's old abiding place , and don't you forget it. liuffalo would have about as much chance In a competition with Ciotliam us Tom llenton would for re-election as B ate auditor. When the sports in New York get their ancient Amsterdam dutch up they fume pretty nearly doing as they please , especially when there is a good big gob of the dough of the realm in sight , Governor Flower , Inspector liyrnes or Cap tain Williams to the contrary notwithstand ing. And so after all , and here's hopin' the Judge and my quondam friends , .fere and 1'o'er. ' may bo the very quantum necessary to accomplish what to the ordinary law- nbidlng citi/en of prim and well-behaved Omaha would deem imK | > ssible. Again. I say , I hope they may , for what plorloiifl place Coney island would bo for imlling otf the greatest of all modern llstlo contests , and if it can be done 1 predict the biggest sporting gathering outside of some of the hie Derby days the country has over witnessed. New York itself Is attraction Enough for ordinary mortals , but when the sports could take this In and a grand battle royal on the side , goodness ! how they would Hock , like migratory birds , to the scene. Now Orleans In such a connection cannot bo mentioned in the Bamo ago , and yet they have always Hindu It superlatively pleasant for all their patrons down there , and given them all and inoro even than they were promised in letterer or on show-bill. If a fairer , more courteous or liberal set of gentlemen than Charlie iloo Spohrl , Captain Williams and the re- tnalr.dcr of the ofllclnl roster of those two southern clubs can bo produced , I'd like to ECO It dono. They arc not of the same strain ns Newton , Dunn & Co. It Is a long time before the beautiful Hies ngaln and a bit early to speculate upon the outcome of the big light , if It over takes place , or to discuss the merits of Coroctt and Islitchcll. Still 1 am naked every hour in the rtny , almost , what I think of it , and in a few words will advance au Individual idea or two. In the outsell might as well state that sufio I saw the late big contests at Now Or leans my respect for Jim Corbott has been very measurably altltudlnUed. I thought Imt little of him before ho subverted the mighty John I * , and precious little more nfterwards. Still I had brain enough to see by the dextrous and praceful way ho toyed with the llig Kellow that ho came pretty nearly belonging in a class all by himself that is , that there were but three or four Hcholars In It , notably Charlie Mitchell , Peter Jackson ami .loo Goddani. The burly champion of the Australian silver Holds , however , lost all caste with mo when I saw him fumbled out by such a selling-plater as Ed Smith. I real- ied then that all his vaunted power of exe cution and capacity for punching had been overestimated , and that ho would stand jibout as much show with Corbett a * an ice palace would 'In Kouador. That loft only Mitchell and Jackson us likely candidates lor the honors held by Jim , and of these two > ny first choice is the Englishman , because if It must conw to a show down , 1 would rather koo the white follow have the llrst chance. As for Mitchell , but before proceeding I want to state emphatically that never again will I allow prejudice or sentiment to cut tiny llguro in nnj interest 1 may have in a prl/.o light. I got a suniclcncy of this sort of Ki-nel in the Corbett and Sullivan uml Fiu- nuiuuoiis ami Hall collisionIn botti cases my fomlost hopes wore i-ustcd wide open and telescoped fron. cowcatcher to caboose. Consequently I shall shinny in tlio coming event on the American's side. 1 think ho ia the quickest , cleanest and greatest lighter of them all , and yet I do not say that ho can or Will whip Mitchell. The Englishmen Is a different man from lln > dapper , athletic fel low I know seven or eight years ago. IIo Is bigger and stronger and moro robust , yet as deft with his amnldexirotis mauleys , as nhn- blu and speedy on his pins as over , and fully capable I think of making a creditable show ing with any man living. There is no one better versed In the finesse ami rellncd tactics of the ring than Charlie Mitchell , no .shrewder or moro running general , no moro skilled man , ) io harder hitter , mid what else is lacking. l.ikoCorbelt. he lights with his head and Ids feet , his shoulder smashing capabilities being a secondary consideration. Could a Dettor opponent bo found for the American champion , and isn't It reasonable to opine that ho will makoa longstubborn and scien tific light , and if ho cannot win , doesn't ho Htand n bright show for u draw ! To bo euro , Corbott will have the advant.igo ol height , reach and youth , powerfulactors ! in the great game of hitting and getting away , but Mitchell will offset these by his wonderful powers of tiuluranco , his bulldog determina tion , Ills tremendous punching force ami Buperlor knowledge of rim : maneuvering. Ho max not win - I do not think ho will. Yet I think lie will give us one of the best lights over wltiu-saed on Columbia's soil , and is In in n fair way to split oven , at least , on Coney Island's nmulllcvnt purse. Tlio fact that Alex Greggains is after Bob Fltzslmmou's game remlmla mo of n funiiA ' pcoiui , or rather an incongruous ono , 1 s.n\ down at Prof. Itobert.son's training quarters nt Hay St , Louis , Miss. , Sunday morning March 5. On an invitation of Tommy Hvan J. Walker KOSS--OII whom I have another good story in soak relating to his cncouutci with Jack McAuUdo last September am. lien Mulford , the brilliant sporting oracle ui the Cincinnati Times-Star , took thu I-ouis villo & Nasln ilia road and ran down to the Day , Hobcrtson'seoitago. a tlx-roomed af fair , Is iltunted in nn opening amidst a for. est of towering pinrs , on Mississippi's bread sound , down the shell road about two uilks nnd a half from the depot in the bay. An wo drove up to tno llttlo wlekot gate entering the professor's yard , we wore niui liy the profiisor himself. Hniry llakerand Ityau , 'Iftmnj limped badly , and walked wltl n cuno , aa ho was lust rounding to from n severe strain of the tendons in his right tinkle , the injury that prevented his meeting with Dawson the previous Thursday , buthe I gave tm n cordial ivi'-ptlon and wo all wont I in together. After semi'considerable talk | on the lights of the weolc , Mike Daly , who was training .under Hoherlson nnd Alex Oreggalns. for his light with Austin Gibbons the comlnp Tuesday night wan nnkod for. "Heanu Greggalns are In DIP front room. Tom. take the gentlemen In nnd Inttoduce thrin , " said IJolwi tson. So together wo crossed the llttlo vino-en- cumbered porch and entered the professor s best room. The llrst objivts to catch our oies were two men enveloped In heavy sweaters , crouched on a bench over a little stand In an alcove by the ifront window. They were very Intent upon Homothlng and neither looked up when ueentered the room , nor gave no sign that they were aware of our invsence. until Hyanyelped out : "Hero you stiffs , don't you see these pee ple. " lloth men nroso. the taller , which was Greggainsltliii book in his hand with one linger inserted between the pages evi dently to keep the "place , " and stopped over to meet ns. Hyan knocked us down in his characteristic way. and after we had chatted In a friendly manii'-r a short time , Tom nodded toward the door with his head , and excusing omsehes , we went out lute the yuid again. "Did you see what those fellers were doing ! " asked Tommy as wo cmurgc'l into the fresh air ; "thill WHS a bible In Alex's hand. Ho reads a chapter or two out loud to Mlko every morning aftir they have said their prayers. Wouldn't that cork you a couple of old dub pri'.o lighters poring over the liible ! " Woiicknowledgod that it would , still 'way down In our hearts we couldn't help but feel considerable moro respect for "a coume of dub pri/.c lighters" than we had ever felt for nnj of their ilk before. My friend Hen Mul- ford , who Is a devout member of the church himself , although he writes about lights and tluhU'i-s , was particularly impressed , and all through the afternoon he kept exclaiming. ' Iog-gono ) my cats , that beats mo , that does. " Another Sunday I will liavo more to say ibout the Hay , with pen pictures of the Ightors wo mot. Tomorrow night , if the limbs of the law do not fall on thorn in the last hour and > poll the fun , the English world's jantam champion , Hilly dimmer , and Danny McHrlUe , New York's little king > in , will settle the dill'ercnccs be tween them before that model organization , the Newark , N. J. , Athletic cl'ib. It will surely be a mill worth seeing. Danny has > et I'limmcr Jl.OOU on the side that Ho will win , and he is not alone in this belief. That ic Is the handiest man I'linimer has so far net in America there is no denying , but the English midget is a corker and no mistake , ind the man who whips him must bo a good one indeed. Hilly Lewis , the young man who admin istered such a thorough' drubbing to Aaron iherroy before the Omaha Athletic club last u Inter , met his Waterloo at Helena. Mont. , last Monday night at the hands of , llm Hiii-go , the Iron Man of Australia. The tight all went the ex-Omahan's way up totho thirtv-flrst round-when ho broke the thumb ind index tinker of his right hand. In the lireced ing rounds ho didn't "do a t him ; " to Ihe furrupenous gentleman from the luek- liloeks , only knocking him down eight times ind hammering him all over the ring. After Hilly had injured his hand there were only thirty-eight tame rounds , but In tin1 fifty- eighth the Iron Man took the offensive and iriivc Lewis some largo doses of his own medicine , and In the next round stretched him out stiff anil apparently lifeless by a terrllie swing in the neck. TIIK ItlltDS 'I'TlAI ri.Y IX TIIK SI'ltlNCJ. I'litHlng I'Y'.ltlior ' I'llslils 'riio , I clc Snlpii mill lllH llmuiU. AKLY AS IT IS the wild fowl snoot ing In this vicinity for the n r e s o n t spring is drawing to i close. It has been un unpreccden ted season. There have been more birds and they have been in bettor condition than for any previ ous spring In ten years. The long , hard winter may have had something ' O Jto do with this , as It iq.muiidJ-Zti1 . . . - * ) t. t 11 i i -Lj-vv-nv Is a well established fact that an open winter season Is followed by a meager llight of fowl in the spring. The reason for this is that the weather through the months of January and Febru ary Is of such a character as permit the birds to straggle in In irregular Hocks until March and then no regular issue from the south takes place. Hut at the eloso of a se vere winter on the llrst symptoms of a breaking up the birds come and go in ono grand Hlght , and Instead of furnishing indifferent shooting for a period of six or eight weeks , they give us magnificent sport for two or three , such an experience as is just reaching an end. In another week the main body of the birds will have winged their way on to the far north to their breeding grounds about Haflin's bay and the furthermost borders of the British Dosseaslons. That royal old honker , the Canada goose , with his con geners , the Hutchins , the snow and speckled front , the toothsome canvasb.ick , the beau tiful mallard , plump redhead , the swift Hying teal , widgeon , baldpatc , bluebill and butterball - ball , In faet all the feathered habitants of lake , stream , morass nnd marsh , have al ready packed their trunks and witli head aloft are awaiting a favorable south wind on which to resume their Journey to the hyper borean regions. 15nt It is with no regret the true sportsman sees them depart. He has had nearly a mouth of unrivaled sport at the poor birds' expense , and even welcomes the favoring winds that carry them away to these unfrequent ed recesses where they can revel and fruc tify all through the long sunshiny summer dajs , knowing full well that they will re turn again in greater numbers , and fatter and moro delicious , when the frosts of Octo ber begin to dye the maple and the sumach with their L'audy yellows and crimsons ami scarlets. And why should the hunter lament , does not the precious llttlo Jack-snipe , that mor- eeaiiofall feath-Tod kind , the yellow-leg and countless sptvie * of plover follow the depart uro of the wild fowl ! They lire oven here now. the jacks and the yellow-legs , and in another week the shooting will bo at its height. Nebraska is sun-ly a favored state. Her resources for health-prolonging pleasures are as numerous as her countless attrac tions for stockmen and agriculturists. There is no gainsaying that sports afield are healthful pleasure of the most pronounced kind , and Neluaska teems witti these almost the entire year round. I know of no state that can boast of more capital snipe grounds. They can bo found within a couple of hours ride of Omaha , In any direction. Little gems of lakes , en vironed by miles of low-lying , boggy meadow and tuhaocky , reedy , weedy marshland the bamiuet hall of the Uallinago Wilsonli- better known as the Kngllsh cnipe , and still better as the "jack. " These grounds are usually composed of rich black loam , fractured out of nil sym metry with < ? onleal tufts or miniature hil locks , with brackish pools and reaches of sear buffalo grass between , with the green of the peeping dandelion and the tiger lily just now making itself delightfully mani fest. Then closer to the lake > or along the numerous sloughs are clumps of Tvrlan dyed maple , swamp willow , puckerbrush , sunllower , cane and swaying reeds , making superb nooks foi the trysting and the revels of the joyous birds. The snipe arrive liero in their greatest numbers generally during the first genial days in the latter part of March or early April. For a few daj s they are to be jumped only in straggling numbers , and lire restless and uneasy. Hurdling frequently out of gun- slml. Hut with the warm April ahowers , and lengthening mellow days , the birds grow moro and moro plentiful , fatter and less wild , and Invariably the second week In April linds the sport at Its height. \Vhnt cun be more Inspiring , more ex hilarating or enjoyable than to visit any one of the many grounds in this vicinity on a morning like these wo are now having ! How the u ] > ortbmiin'a heart tnVuIlH us ho plants his rubbered foot upon the marsh , nnd enters feverishly upon ItU errand , forcing hU way through tangles of ambitious sprouts , herbs and bramble , over lichcttnl Ings , through thickets ofellow tcmirlled willows , blood rod maple sprigs and creeping vines , with the whole lnnilscax | * n ( Hitter with iiiilnm A soft wandering brec/.o sways th naked reeds. the robin sings bllthosomoly from the topmost twig of yon budding oottonwood ; thp nM-wInit.'d blackbird chirps p tulnnll.v from thU IMS3 clump nnd that , the jay scoUts In the cojisi. thi's.iblc crow caws provoklmrly , ns w-lth steady pinion stroke he cleave * the bine nbove , the hawk , stall lliu hl h 0:1 : his > ellow-plllarod legs , watches tli ? love-making of the quail , from tin' nwx | of that old snag , while the garter snake , with provident baste , makes Its sinuous way from licnoatli your tread Into some neighboring crypt of dead Hags. The entire scene Is ono to bewilder "the eye , while it revlvltles the fancy. Is it anv wonder that the sportsman will sacrifice almost everything for a trip afield in such weather as thlsf The lack snipe , like the woodcock. Is n mysterious bird. Nobody kn-nvs when ho comes in. or when he goes out. They do their Journeying by night , riding In on the llrst warm wave from the south alter the earliest spring rains have accomplished their mission with th" frost in the earth. There are no hirds in the meadow today ; tomorrow It Is full of them , and the next day they are KOIIO. They arrive and depart , with the stealth of disembodied spirits They are also a very erratic bird , and often the llrst one Jumped by the eager hunter is the signal for every bird on the ground to take wing. His shrill "skeap" seems to icnetrato the furthermost points of the whole surrounding country. This Is gen- raliy lust after they llrst got in. and under such conditions thov are up like so many brown streaks ; their note is sharp and spiteful and off they go , lying low at 11 rat but gradually isctndlng until they are but mosquitoes igalnst the over-archlmr background of mm. Here 1 have watched them fly by the lour in the most irregular peregrinations , naking great curviforms in their aerial di versions , now shooting oIT out of vision's range , but unexpectedly making their up- loaranco again , and Immediately , as If Iropped from the upper suces | , so incompro- icnsiblc and mystifying are their move- nents. At irregular intervals during their llight , Dint distinct but far-sound- ng guttural "whirr , " that tremulous lioo-oo-oo-oooo , so familiar to all snlpo hunters , breaks upon the ear , and which weird sound is made every now nnd then bv the bird beating his sides with wondrous rapidity with its wings during its curvetings in the air. There is no telling what a Jack may do : his llttlo shapely head is full ol eccentric notions and ho may drop down within a few feet of you , tilting dude- Ishly back into the reeds as noiseless as a sprite , or continue his reticulated antics In the air until ho becomes a mere speck and then vanish for good. At other times you flnd them lazy and sluggish and lying like hunks of mud. in fact almost forcing you to nick them out of their wallow- in the warm , oozy loam. Tills is the case when the weather Is sultry and full of spring fever , developing thus suddenly after a gradual moderation of weeks , during which process the struggling sunshine and drizzling rains together have extracted the frost from the ground anil rendered "boring" easy for the birds the moment their slender legs settle down. Their long journey from tlio south , althoush they have made frequent halts for rest and nourishment , has made them weary and Hungry , and they go to work voraciously on their arrival and gor- mamluc themselves on the larva ; and angleworms worms into an indolence that never fails to 1111 the gunner's bag. Their slow flip-flap up from aiming the thin reeds Is easily fol lowed , and generally with the crack of the hammerlosj , in skilled hands , they drop back ready for t he hands of the cook. Such are the habits and the ways of the king of all game birds , which are found no moro plentiful in any other region of the globe than In Nebraska's rich low lands. SANDY GHISWOLU. The I/KTOSSO tUiili's Alinult ; Moctlni ; . The annual meeting of the Omaha La crosse club , to bo held tomorrow night at the Paxton hotel cafe , should be attendol by every well wisher of the game in the city. The club was organized last fall , late in the season , and had uphill work in making them selves known. One game was played , and that against Kearney for the state chain pionship , resulting in a disastrous defeat for the Omahas , who , however , put up a bril liant game and made a gallant fight. When the fact of their being tint a new club and their oppjncnln an'old ono is taken Into con- ' sldoration , they madean extra good showing. This season the homo team is greatly strengthened and promises to uphold the name of the city in any and every contest. The first club to visit Omaha will bo the Lincolus , who are pretty strong and feel confident of capturing the state champion ship. They will play here within a month. Sioux City , Kearney. Chicago and Minneap olis will follow , and every effort will be made to make the game fill the vacancy left by base ball , and to afford exciting sport for the public. The meeting tomorrow night is for the annual election of officers and general organ isation. Grounds will likely bosecuredin conJunction - Junction with the cricket club at the fair grounds. Let all admirers of lacrosse be on hand tomorrow night. On tlio I.iiUiuiiiil In tlio Miirrtli. Harvey McGrow , the great tongue-tied goose killer of the Missouri valley , and S. G. V. Griswold spent last Sunday up on the bar with that famous old republican poli tician , John Marloy , and Hurdetto and John Kerr , about as clever a trio of gentlemen and sportsmen as a man will meet In a month's travel. They had all the accessories for a flrst-class slaughter of the Canadas live decoys and artificial ones , too but all to no purpose. The birds all How higher than Gilroy's kite -thoy know McGrow was in one of the blinds except one sturdy gander wno thought he'd show thorn light. An ounce of No. ! ) 's. backed up with thirty-one grains of the best powder in the world the Walsrodo from the sporting editor's Lofover , how ever , was too much of an argument for Anas Canadensls and he gracefully cap itulated. Getting tired of not kill ing so many geese the party adjourned to ono of the numerous ad jacent lakes and put in the afternoon with the teal. Of these little beauties they made quite a bag , In addition to three cauvasbaek and a couple of widgeon. C. A. Clallin. who boasts of the finest shooting outfit in the west and which was all lilted up for him at the Cross gun store tents , boats , waders , gun , shells and all other hunting paraphernalia required In the business has returned from a prolonged so journ among the sand hills of Dakota. Mr. Clnllin's party had line success , making an enormous bag of both geese and ducks. E. A. Hastings has Just como into posses sion of ono of the finest bird dogs In this sec tion of the country. Ho is a Llowoon , beau- tiiully marked nnd giving every evidence of having been thoroughly broken. So far ho has kept his now owner busy keeping a tab on him , and if ho isn't careful he'll turn up missing ono of these line mornings. The best way to keep a flue dog In Omaha is to keen him in the lee chest. J. C. Heed and Frank Parmeleo of this city hae challenged Charlie Hudd of Des Moliies and Major Teddy Aekerman of Stanton to a 100-llvo bird team shoot for $100 u comer. As yet the foreign shots have not been heard of , but there is little doubt but what they will accept. It will make a great match and call out the shooters in force whenever it takes place. Frank Cross , William Preston and J. II. Dumont , n triumvirate of renowned field shots , have returned from a foray against the jacks up near Onawa , It was a success. They all Bliot Walsrodo powder , whicli is. now being furnished at Cross' , nnd pronounced It a little nhead of any of the nitres yet Intro duced. Hilly Emmons , The Hoe building tonsorial artist , shouldered his llttlo gun Thursday , went up to Cut Off and gave a brace of mal lards a close shnvo nnd n shampoo. Charlie Hood made a bag of twenty-five Jacks down on the 1'appio Thursday. Photographer HInehart , Harry Heed and Fred Hlakc , the eracks of the ilemls Park Gun club , drove down below the Hluffs Thursday for jacks. Thev report the birds in goodly numbers , and as proof of the as sertion brought back about twenty-five head. The meeting of the Omaha Gun club Inst evening was largely attended nnd a renewal of life wu lufujod InVo the honoruulo old holy .lefT IJ.ilTord nnd C C HulrU , liavi n't .ittemlixl a mi etliirf In ye irs , wcn > on hand , and beiUnto very I'lithtHl mile over the club's prospects. W. II. K. ' 'W hc * ami a friend buRged twenty-five Btftsand thirty dneks at HI- low , Mo. , omMli.hist ; . week. . , rf Hilly lloagland made a bag of forty-two snlpo In the avvdtlins south of Mnnnwa hut Monday. ; j , George W. Uutrliein , ono of Omaha's old- time shots , am ! niio of the best , with six chil dren , Is down with scarlet fever. Fred Uimbnf kidney , la. , was In the city a couple of ci sJast week. He reports the country full ot fucks and anticipates great shooting this week. Hilt Turner of Elkhorn brought In a wagon load of ducks mat Wednesday. Ho says that this spring beats them all -that there never were so many birds In his part of the coun try. The Saturday afternoon shoots at the grounds across the river are attracting good crowds. WliUpprlnifri of the Wlu-i'l. What has become of those road race com mittees f Several Council Bluffs wheelmen spent last Sunday afternoon ami evening In the city. city.Tho The Magic City Bicycle club was organ ized last week in connection with the Ger man turners of this c'ty. As time passes on the Tourist's club hou5 > e nenrs completion and the opening Is tin- doubedly not for distant. < The trade was never belter , both of the principal dealers are selling wheels as fast as they can handle them. It is expected that the Omaha Wheel club will send a largo delegation of wheelmen to the iVorld s fair in August. Tlio Pedestrian race to Fremont In which several of the Tourists were to act as pilots has been postponed until April 'J'J. ' Captain Potter has not as yet appointed his road officers , but he promises they will be old and experienced read riders. With the exception of a disagreeable wind Easier Sunday was an ideal cycling day. and many a trip was made over this city's pave ments. Only n few more weeks at least and the farmer will sec the familiar slghlof a long line of wheels passing along the country lanes. Several now and ambitious scorchers have sp.-ung into existence this season , and the old-timers will have to hump themselves to hold their own. George Sancha and John Ilynes of the Tourist Wheelmen rode down to Glenwood last Sunday. They report the roads in very bad condition. Johnny Johnson and his side partner. Tommy Eek , will leave Hot Springs in about a week for Savanna , where Jolinnyiwlll train for the season's work. A bicycle thief made a sneak on one of Perrigo's wheels ono day last week. Perry declares ho is one of the unluckiest individu als on the face of the globe. George K. Barrett received notice of his expulsion from Din League of American Wheelmen last Saturday , and It is expected that L. D. Muiigqi : will bo treated likewise. Vice President Sheridan , chairman of the subexcculive tiAnimlttoo winch has charge of all matters concerning the league meet , is making arrangements for a wheelmen's day at the World's fair aboul the 1st of August. > -i The annual 'election of officers of the Omaha Wheel club was hold al the club house last ' 1'nes , lay evening , about two- thirds of the tucinbcrs being present. Mr. J. A. Cavanaugh was elected president ; J. II. Kastman , viea president ; Thomas Col lins , sot-rotary ; him Livesey , treasurer , und Jack Conradt.'Captain. Omaha received her first visiting wheel men last Sunday , [ Six hardy riders loft Lin coln at 10 a. iU.jand : arrived in this city about dusk , afteria very long and rough ride , as the roads wni't * not in Hie best of condi tion. Mr. Ed Hpwo wlis unlucky enough to puncture his tire/.at / 'South Omaha and l.ad to walk to the cltjj.After a stay of several hours tne boys were enabled to return homo that night through the kindness of Mr. N. B. Fell , business manager of Tim BEK , via TUB HUE flyer. Those who made the trip wore : F. Knapp , It. Merrill , C. Scifut , P. L. Webster , C. Condon and Ed Uowe. MlftcHlnuonut Spurting Mc-ntlon. Notwithstanding the fact thai Omaha has lllllo prospecl of witnessing anything in base ball tills season boiler tlran amateur games , the lacrosse and cricket clubs , to gether with the gentlemen's roadster , gun and bicycle clubs , promise to fill the breach with plenty of stirring sport. Tlio first number of the Daily Sporting Gazette , a new Chicago Journal devoted ex clusively to the horse and the bicycle , pugilism , base ball and outdoor sports gener ally , is uiion my table. It is quite an exten sive sheet and stalls off with columns teem ing with interesting news and instructive editorials. Outing for April is a superb number re plete as it is with all the good things in the sportsman's way of awakening spring. All Its stories of adventure and travel , its hunt ing idyls and scientific disquisitions are of more than ordinary interest and depth , and once taken up It cannot bo laid aside until iho lasl page has been thoroughly and diges- lively scanned. The officers for the Omaha Schuolzen- vcrein for the current year areas follows : Gustav Hencko , president ; Adam Snyder , vice president ; "William Krug , treasurer ; Louis Holmrod , secretary j George Karl , corresponding secretary , and William Mack , shooting master. The club will arrange Immediately for a now shooting range and have In view a splendid site , em bracing twenty acres , near Florence. The idea is to purchase this and nt iho same up In first class style as a shooting park. Louis Helmrod , Hans Peterson and II. Shafer have been selected as a committee to effect such a transaction. Harry Hothuno , the well known sprinter , while in Now Orleans last month informed the writer that ho Intended to get up a series of sprints for Chicago during the World's fair that would eclipse anything of the kind over inauguraled in this country. As a starter I see the redoubtable Harry has arranged a match with Jim Quirk , who engineered a big race hero last fall , ST'n' ' yards for ? ' . ' . . " ) ! ) , ) a side. Hcthuno , who has held for six years the 100- yard record , Ulfi seconds , wanted to muko thn distance for tlio race 100ards . , but Quirk , who holds the record .for ii yards , " ' 4 seconds , has insisted on the shorter distance. It was finally arranged to divide the differ ence and race at 67' ' . , > yards. The race will como off some day next week. Hands on your pocket books. AiMwor * . C'IIAIIMTTON , NeJujAiirllO. To the Sporting Editor of Tut : Itpg : , will you please nn , wer thu following In iiqvt " imday's HKK : Wlmt was Charles .Mitchtill' * WHgli when lie fouglit Sul livan In I'rniici' ? ' Did ho i > vor light at less than 1UU pounds'/ . UjB. Ans. (1. ( ) Onoi hundred and soventy-nine. ( J. ) No. l i HKATIUCK , NolM April 4. To the Snorting Editor or TIIK Hfh ) : : , In u game of poker lint dealer e.xposes u A'/ml , can the player who would have nrnuftrly. received this curd , ac cept It or reject J.I as he pleases ? Sporl. Ans. No. Thtt card must bo laid aside , and s M player glvan another canl after all the other pluyerd have been helped. C'OITNCII llMiKraJTa. , Anrll 0. To the Sport Ing Editor uf TiltIUR ( > : : Todecldo u lii't wll yov pli-aso stiito In. No.\t Suniluy'M llit ; thu most "balls"ovur fCiiulred to irlvo a man his base In base Imll.Viim ! when wns the rulu ullvu'c Adrian tVtv' Ans. Seven , from 1831 to IWO inclusive , save during the season of It&O , when six "wide ones" wero'sufficient to give a batter his base , NOIITII I'I.ATTK , Nub , , Neb. , April -I. To the Sporting Kdltorof TIIK HUB : rleaso Inform a number of your Interested readers how many times did Joe c'hoynskl und Joe ( ioddard llxhl , anil what was tlu > result of each. Did ( ieur 'ii ( iodfroy over tlufent the lain Jack AslMun ; If so , Inhow many roundsV Also , what was thu number of rounds of the La llliinclie-Hmnpsuy tight , and thu rit sliunions-Dempspy tight ? Arthur l' . Ans. (1) ( ) Twice , four rounds each. ( U ) Godfrey ocat Ashton nt Hoston November 7 , 18S , fourteen rounds. I/i Hhincho-Oempsoy thirty-two. ( i > Fitzslmmons-Dempsoy , thir teen. OMAHA , April B.-To the Sporting Kdltor of TUB HEKI will you please stnto In your S-un- dny Imho bull roluiniH wliothcr any parties uro mnklnit un olUirt in put In u professional base bull club In thU city this yeur , and who they are ? It si-onu us longaH Imio bull Is huv- Ing such a boom In thu hltf cities of the coun try , us it Omaha oiltflit to bo In It , To ducldo a wager pleatetitate also if a triple pluy wat by one player iinii Mod lln.thp piti'hi-r'M box been don uway with \o'mn Trull Icy Ans. Ye-s , there Is nomu sur' of an effort In that line being made , but there is llttlp lie | c of success , ( 'annul plve you Die names of the active parties , cit YIM Paul Illnes made n triple play alone lUMlnst Uos- toll In | ss. it ; Yes. he pilches now from a rubber slab aftvr the stile of the homo pin to. lln-MH. Nob. . April (1.-To ( the Sporting Ed itor of Tm : HKK : Will you plen i < state In your ne\t SiiudAy's spiirtln * column whi-rcnlmiiis dlil IVmpsey and lilllanrhi : < llrst 11--lit and how muii ) itiunds' -U.S. U. -Westelloslor county , New York , March II , IKMl , lirrontHs. TIIIKmM.NK i in ti.in.v . World's I'ulr OIHi < lils : Spi < itl < In Highest Terms of Its Arolilti'ctnri' . Tin : Bir. : recentlv published an Interview in which some rather sharp criticisms wore made upon the Nebraska slate building at the World's fair. Member. ! of the Nebraska Columbian commission resented the uncom plimentary rem-.irks and appealed to ihe fair ofll.-lals. . Director Burn ham stated that the Nebraska building was.Vonsnlorhig its nom inal cost , full.v un to the .standard. The special corrospandcnt of Tin : Uur. was ilistnu'tod to got export opinions from World's fair architects and officials whose Judgment Is known to be competen' , . These men compliment the architect und cuiiu'iMt'i- late the state uopn the st.\lc nnd beauty of its building. It cost , a bout . < iiiiOO , and in comparison with stite hfiildings that cost from $ -.200,00 ! ) to $ KK.0'K ) ) the Nebraska build ing , of course , Is at great disadvantage. Our correspondent writes as follows : Citiruio. 111. . April ( I-Hack in tlio days when Die locations of llu- various state buildings on the World's fair grounds were being settled Dm d.-sixn for the Nebraska building slipped before the landscape nriUts as a candidate for disposition. A nuiiib-r of plans and specifications of other buildings had alroidy been passed , most of them , ac cording to the judgment of the committee , being marred by hx-alUms in point of archi tectural design. For such buildings till that was possible was done in the way of secur ing a tempering enviriinmont to hide defects. Not a few were consigned to out of the way corners in the belief lli.it distance lent a cer tain enchantment not otherwise gained. But when the design liy Henry Voss was laid on the table a mur mur of npplniisu passed around us the architectural landscape artists guvo vent to nucli expressions as "nice , " "well done , " "simple , but ver.tasty. . " When Henry Hodman , since deceased , re marked thai tlio building would be an archi tectural gem ho was cordially seconded by every man in the room. That first expres sion settled the fate of the Nebraska build ing. It was concluded to give it n position of honor and the greatest compliment paid the architect was the fact thai the structure was located on a mound of earth close to the Flft.x-seventh street entrance to Jackson park with not a .single object to limit the view from any side. "It needs no prelecting environment , " re marked the well known architect of the art building , C. H. Atwood , and llioso wlio are recoijnl/.od authorities in such mailers now vindicate the building's claim to distinct lei | by giving it their unsolicited praise , itstaiuts isolated ami free , a graceful ornament to the gr.iud boulevard stretching away to the lake from its feel and lately called forth Die following remarks from Architect .luliiis Harder , u genUoman of recognl/.ed repute in Now York , where lie has carried on a lucra tive business for the last fourteen years : "Architecturally the building is almost per fect. The design is highly artistic , though simple. Us simplicity is one of its greatest merits and contrasts it very favorably with the Ohio ami Kansas buildings where the matter of decoration is rather over done. The Nebraska building shows a symmetry the others lack in that the original scheme is pure in every detail ; there is no discordance , no cra/y quilt mixture of incompatible styles. The design is of the Italian renaissance and very good Judgment is shown in choosing the proper ornamentation. Every detail is well proportioned tioned , I'rom the windows , with their pretty panes , to the well modeled Corinthian columns and pilasters decorating tlio po > ' - ticos and supporting the sculptured pedi ment. On the whole , the building is above the average state building , judged by rceoir- ni/.cd standards of what constitutes archi tectural beauty. It is only surpassed by such buildings as the New York state build ing , erected at a cosl pi' close to .flOO.OUO , or Die Pennsylvania building , costing about & ! 00,000. In Iheso buildings the scheme is very elaborate and is very happily carried out. With an appropriation of $ l\QOi ) and one small building to exhibit his knowl edge of architecture tlio artist o-i the Ne braska building could not lv expocle.l to show all lie know of his subject. " There nro three things worth saving Time , Trouble and money anil Da Witt's Little Earlv Hlsors will save them for you. These little pills will save you time , as they net promptly. They will save you trouble as they cause no pain. They will save you monev as they economi/e doctor's bills. Some interesting tests have bcn recently made to decide the relative illuminating power of the are and the incandescent lamp. Ono company which has ISO iii'-arfdesci-nt lamps from S-candle power to . "iOO-candio power ami six arc lamps of a nominal J.OOO- caudlo power on its extensive premises , , finds thai each arc. liglil tested illuminates an area of 9,000 square yards and absorbs onf horse poweiyand that each : iOO-candle power incan descent lamp illuminates an area of ' 'OOyards and absorbs ono horse power. The United States supreme court decides thai when a foreign patent lapses l > . \ reason of non-payment of taxes , an American patent granted thereafter for the SIH.O in vention is void. This action , it is sni'l ' .it 'he patent office , destroys Edison's quadrui'icx telegraph patent and also hi thrci1 micro- ph'ine patents , leaving the Hell company , after Jam ar. next , lo stand wholly on the Herliner patent. I had a malignant breaking out on my leg below the knee , aijd was cured sound and well with two ami a half bottles ot I Other blood medicines had failed [ to do mo any good. WILL C. HIATY : , VuUvillc. S.C. I wna troubled f rom childhood with nn ng- rrnvittpd PUSH of Totter , nnd Ihreo bottles of" 1 cured mo peimiinctly. I VMU.ACr MANN , ManuuUr , 1. T. Our book on lllnod and Skin Diseases mailed free , Uwi r hricinoCo. . Atlanta , ( W raas By purchasing goods made at the folla.vin-f Nebr.is'ci F.ist > r , ; ; If yau communicate with the manafa-tururs as cannot find what you want , - to what dealers handle their goods. AVVHIHQS. riRNITIJ1E- ! Omalia Tent-Awning Chas , Shiverick & Co COMI'VNV. Oil Kurnlluro. ( ind llubbor Clullilns. 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