Tmr mrAifA DATTYV sinsrnAV. .TTTXT.I as. SPORTS FOR JIID-SDJIJIER Kumiing Comment on the Events Hero and Elsewhere. THE TINKLING WHISTLE OF THE PLOVER of tiu > itiiiiiint i\-ciiimi- iIon McCoj' unit iln > TrntliT' On < \Vntcr\Vltli Ihr Hull I'lny- IT.I mill Oilier llrcczj' Mutter * . COTT M'COY. manager of Omnha's Incomparable - parable mile track , ilroppcil In at my office yes- tciday anil wo had a little talk about the much mooted Innova tion In trotting races. It will bo borne In mlml that breeders and owners of har ness racers are seriously consld- erlns the advisa bility of appeal- Ing to the associations to change from the antiquated "thrce-ln-llvc" heat racing method , which has been In vogue since the I' days of Dexter , to a more "modern system. One of the plans suggested Is to have the I. * . ' laces contested under a best "two-ln-thrco" r.eat rule , on the ground that the old meth ods have had a tendency to tire the specta tors nnd Injure the horses. Then , too , the public of today have seen the marked ad vance In all phases of sport other than In harness racing methods. They have come to regard the dashes and quick work with favor , and unless there Is some exceptional attraction a tendency Is developed toward a reduction In attendance. It Is queer. In vlow of tlin fact that we have Improved our tracks. Improved the speed of our trotters nnd pacers. Improved on the sulkies , and In other ways elevated and advanced along the r proper lines , tbo same reslme as existed I thirty years nno should prevail today. It Is my opinion that the nssfoctaUona owe It to \ the breeders that this matter bo given de liberate consideration. The fact that so \ many races are postponed on account of In I terminable scoring nnd long , drawn out con II tests has created the mest Intense dissatis I faction among the people who attend the races , la one thing that should Influence at } least an effort at change. Again I think the I present condition of things has a tendency to deteriorate our fast horses , and Instead of ] requiring five , six nnd even seven and eight heats a full day's work to determine which J Is the superior. It nil could be accomplished much more satisfactorily by the limited plan. Manager McCoy , however , does not agree with me , entirely anyway. He advo cates a continuation of the old three-ln-llvo plan. Ho says wo are trying to Improve our horses , and that short races will have a tendency to short breeding. Wo want horses who can stand repeated trips , and not sprinters , and all races should be three heats. Still , McCoy thinks a llttlo variety wouldn't hurt and that It will come In one shape or another before long , but that all match races between the kings and queens of the turf will be at the old style , threc-In- flvo. The conquering eleven from Australia have nt last run against a stone wall In England. The easy way In which they were sweeping nway all before them has been the source of no end of bewildering comment and philo- loflc criticism. The Johnny Dulls could not get It through their opaque pates how the /Ipodeans ( were enabled to so summarily bring about their subversion. They felt that their crack elevens were Inferior to none In the world , and have persevered In the pre diction that they would yet get the Iad3 from the southern hemisphere before they boarded the big canoe for America. And they did. It occurred on Thursday of last week , when tbo Australians bumped up against thn M. C. C. eleven , which comprises tbe crack ajacks of the English forces , among whom might bo mentioned Stoddard , Grace , Jack son and UanJuxlnhJI. The M. C. C. going In didn't do n thing , as we Americans put it , but pile up tbo modest score of 219 runs. C Then carne the Australian collapse , the entire crew falling for but eighteen runs. Then ono of the British cracks took all the remaining wickets without tbe cost ot a slnglo run. The event created a grand hulla baloo throughout all England. Could It have been that tbo Antlpodeana bad "been down the line , " or was it only one of those un accountable reverses that overtake the best of us sometimes ? Again , on Tuesday of last week , , did Henry of Navarro demonstrate that he Is the Itlng of the gallopers. It was In the great Hrooklyn Suburban , and The Ileo of the following morning told the story graphically nnd In full. To win this classic event Is the ambition of every horse owner , and rach cldo year It Is witnessed by ono of the grandest Oil nnd most fashionable crowds that assembles am 8 In this country during the sporty summer for season. Whllo Navarre was the odds-on public favorite , ho was not the favorite In the battliiB. For some unexplained reason attor the tnl nt picked his old rival , Clifford , to v/ln. It may have been because Fred Taral IOQIO , howl liad the mount. That could hardly have horn ! been the cnso when it was considered that it Orlinn Imd Navarre. Anyway , Clifford was it played heavily at 4 to 5 and out , while Henry was 2 lo 1 and 7 to 10. Sir Walter , ease the winner of the Handicap , The Commoner , 3ce , Hornpipe , Natiklpoo and Belmar being out- Bide chances. It was a romp for the king , and of course the 30,000 people went wild , that Is , all but those who had put their ecstcrres on the humiliated favorite , who came. In oven behind The Commoner. Dut the race at St. Louis the Saturday before , the National Perhy , was the hair- curler of the season. Thin event Is but the continuation of the old American Derby which gave Washington park , Chicago , Its historic standing. If age , tradition , record and rnnmrkablo enthusiasm make races "elftsalc , " the National deserves the distinc tion In Its most robust form , nnd ran well be classed In hippie fame with the glory of I psomtleld , the Grand Prix at I'arls and the Melbourne Cup of Australia. Twenty thousand frenzied people , among whom were Captain Clarke , Jack Morrison , Henry Ortcr nnd Charlie Hlbbens of thl * elty , envr the mighty struggle for snprmnaoy between tliobo two mighty colts , I'rlnco Llof and lien Brush , and the uproar did not cease until long after the number of Byron .Me- Clclliiid's peerless 3-year-old was run up as the winner. The Owyur entry , the two liens. Drush and Kdur , worn most in demand , and were played by thou IKdU sands and thousand * , coupled , at I man oven money , and then camn I'rlnco plro 1Act at 3 to 2. Captnln Clark , who Is ono be- of the Hurowdrat and best posted thorough bred followers In this city , van early on the Ground and pot a "hunch" on tbn McClelland colt , and pulled out qtiito a nlro pk-co of money. Of course the captain htood "in and in'1 with the Omaha crowd on all muttera .t mutual Interest , and ha passed the tip to Morrison , Ortor and Itlbbeus , but they w rc Dwyer men and said thuy "had had It be fore. " .Morrison Imd bet a friend on Wednes lout ! day evening $ ' ! 00 to ? 30 that McKlnloy would Breed be nominated on the first ballot , and Juat -bofoie the horses came to the post the gen Ionian stepped up to Jack and handed him thrco sawbucks. When this occurred the Omaha visitors wrre standing In the butting Ehud , and Morrison , turning to Clarke , said , "Here , captain , I'll Miow you how much Block I take In your lumch , " and stepping over to the block he handed his thirty Etmoleons to thu gontlnmnnl.v booklo with ths remark : "Give me the lMvyer entry. " "From the three-quarter post It was n. two-horse race , " said Captain Clark In do- EorlMiiK the event , "Prince I.lrf and Hen Uriiih , and one of the fiercest soon for many n year. A half- mil * from the finish the son of Urar.iblo had made up .1 length anil a balf and was btlll gaining. Around the turn they swept , then Slmms went to work on Hen Finish , lUpldly he picked up , and , very rounding into the stretch , lien Drush bad In Kot Ida htaJ to I'rlnco lAet't hindquarters , hut the latter wag still well within himself. Oatwly and vftllsntly dlJ Hen Ilruah answer rrcrr call of Slmuis , and sixteenth from the finish Prince Mjfr'.tfrt tbo son of nrntnble by only a short head."Then the crowd rose In ono wildly cheering mass and urged the struggling horses on. Up to this time. hl face braining with confidence. Perkins sat upon I'rlnce Lief like graven linage. He sremed pcrfprlly jiossessed with the belief that Prlnro Lief ivas Invincible. When he naw the heads of the two bobbing In unison ho never lost his self-possession for an In- slant , but. gently urging the colt with hla hmiils nnd heels. IIP kept the gallant horse going. From the sixteenth home lien Drush , ridden to the last ounro and ridden with the * klll of a master , could not gain an Ineh. Hut he hung on with bulldog tenacity , never faltering for n moment from the gashing of cruel spurs. Hut all to no purpose. Ho was not equal to the task , and the two shot un der the wire with Prince Mef a short head to the good. Four lengths bark Hen Kder led the stragglers home. A howling crowd surrounded the Judges' stand , and cheer upon cheer rung out In honor of the victor. Then when the time , 2:31 : , was hung out , It was greeted by another outburst , for the first National Derby had eclipsed every Derby ever run In this country , even the victory of Spokane over Proctor Knott In the classic Kentucky event In 1839. Prince Llef's victory Is the record for a circular track. " That will undoubtedly prove the most memorable day In Uyron McClelland's re- rnarkxblu career on the turf , and will here after mark ono of the milestones In history of the running turf , for hardly had his great son of King Krlc pushed his nose first under the wlrti for the $20.000 National Derby at St. Louis , when Maceo , hU natty Plr Dlxon colt , won $3,000 more by winning the diamond stakes at Cincinnati. The I > atonla Derby on Thursday , which rcnks among the star events of the turf , was a tame and listless affair. lien Drush won , but while there was $12,000 In the win , there was but llttlo glory. Again the stocky son of Dramble was yoked with Den Edor aa the Dwycr entry , and all they had to beat was Lokl , Semper Ego and Howard Mann. It was a lead plpo from start to finish , and all the money that went In the box was on the entry. The other com petitors were as friendless ns the red-headed boy at a busking. There la no denying that Johnny Johnson , the bicycle racer , now In Europe , has been an overwhelming disappointment this year. At first I thought that foxy old Tom Eck was holding him back for n grand coup d'etat In the big races at Paris , but It now looks as If tills suspicion was groundless. Equally untenable Is the claim that the Minneapolis wonder has not been up to racing pitch , for the latest Intelligence that ho has beaten two European records In trials against the watch dissipates the Idea and the only ver dict to be deduced by his performance so tar Is that ho Is not a competition rider. It tray bo , however , that this Is all wrong , and that Johnny and Eck are still onto their lolis. Jackson \V. Show-alter has again clinched va ; claim on the chess championship of the United States. The thirteenth game of the match between ho'Und J. P. Barry , Boston's youthful prodigy.Involving this honor , and Incidentally n pursti 'Cf $3,000 , resulted In a victory for the cider player , leaving the final score at seven games for Showaltcr , two for Barry and four drawn. The champion , who. by the way , has a brother-in-law residing in this city , was born at Minerva , Ky. , Febru ary , 1SGO , and learned the moves of chess at the early age of S. When 15 years old ho entered Kcnyon college and three years later Cornell university , this being supplemented by n course In the military Institute at Frankfort , whence ho was graduated In 1SS2. His chess record embraces all the important American events-jof tbo past decade. In all of which ho occupied a prominent position. In the sixth American congress of 1SS9 he tied for ninth and tenth places with Delmar. In the championship tournaments ot the United States Chcsa association of 1SS9-90-91-92. he caiuo out first each time. He tied for tlrlid place with two others In the Impromptu tourney of 1393 and took third prize in the New York City Clubmasters' tournament the same year , A similar contest In 1S94 tied hliu again with Hymes. Tlio same sum mer the Stoats Zeitung cup fell to him In the Now York State Chess association tour ney. In the matches recently concluded with S/Llpschutz and Emll Komcny he demon strated hla ability to bold his championship laurels , end hla last achievement conclu sively shows that bo Is worthy ot Pillsbury's attention. En passant , while speaking of Plllsbury , It might be news to 'tho lovers of knights and pawns to learn that the great American player has withdrawn from the Manhattan club. This move was brought about by Pillsbury - bury losing the handsome umbrella pre sented him by the club. It was carried oft by a fellow member one rainy afternoon , and when Plllsbury sent for It he refused to re turn it , saying that It he wanted It he could come after it. This made Henry so all-fired mad that he reported the matter to the club and the club-'takinc no action , Henry Jumped the frmie. Wonder if the horde of Fltzsimmons knockers will now dare to say that Robert wasn't right when , ho bade Jim Corbott go make a reputation ? . Wonder whether Jim Corbett Is still as anxious to meet Robert In the squared clrplo , as ho pretended to be- erstwhile ? I should rather guess not. His llttlo experience with Sailor SharKcy out In 'Frisco last Wednesday evening1 put a leak In his tank of conceit that will be hurd to caulk. Of course , he will bo Juat as flatulent and frothy as ever , but It won't go. He must light from this on with bis fists , and not his mouth , and my , oh , me , what a lot of contracts ho has on hand. First , ha must whip the herculean sailor , or from this on out Ilia name Is mud , or even n more odorous article. Then there la Peter Maher , Joe Choynskl , Denver Ed , and a dozen more who must bo treated with duo respect and con sideration. Ot course ho Is not In Fltzsim mons' class , and when I sny this now , I suy It on tbo level. I think Fltzalmmons would make a ringtullcd monkey out of him In the Jig time that has marked all the lanky boy'a victories In this country. No man can aay that I haven't always been consistent and given Corbett the benefit of the doubt. As long as It was so universally understood that he was such a ureat fighter , I could not bring myiolf to go In opposition to the multi tude. And while I was willing to acknowl edge that he must bo a mighty man In the ring , I always qualified this gracious con cession by the declaration that I had never seen him do anything to actually justify It. I saw him whip Sullivan , and 1 saw him .befoul Mitchell into defeat. Sullivan wa 'slow , stnlo and Inert , and would have gone down In a quarter of the time before Fltz- Bimmons , Joe Goddard , Peter Maher , Paddy Slavln , Denver Ed Smith and men of oven less caliber. The Mitchell tight was no fight at all. It was a cowardly riot , lu wblcli Honest John Kelley , the referee. Jack Dempsoy. Steve O'Donnell , Prof. John Don aldson , Dclaney , Dillon , Brady , and Urn whole Corbett gang took a band. Olmrllo Mitchell couldn't Have won that fight with an ax , nnd had thu same crowd been present at 'Frisco ln t Wednesday night Shnrkey would have had Just about aa much siiow aa the Brit isher did at Jacksonville. Now , taking everything Into consideration , I want to know how anybody Is going to compare the records of Corbett nnd Fltzsimmons. Cor bott never hud a fight In his Ufa save those with Choynskl In hia youthful days. The exhibitions with Sullivan and Mitchell we.ro puddings stuffed with rnUlns. His meeting \\Itn Dave Campbell w.is a fake ot Cor- bett'H own making , and his contest with Jnckson \vnlk-aroiind-Jerusalem , and bis collision with Dominlck McCaffrey and Jake Kllrain only games of tag with blx mils. But Fltz , what has be done but whip a whole cage full of the beat lighters In thn country , Billy McCarthy. Arthur Uphara. Jnck Dempsey. Jim Hall , Peter Maber , Dan Creedon , Joe Choynskl , tn say nothing of ix battalion of smaller fry. But there la little use in reminiscing. Corbett has been re duced to the level of the common prize fighter , where he belongs , and nil future break * at Champion FlUslmmoua from thla on until be makes a reputation will evoke nothing more melodious than tbo corsa- lau b. Notwithstanding the favorable stories that arc cabled over here daily about the Yale boys at Henley , the English paper * are full of grotesque rot , All the bis Johnny Bull Journals have sent tbflr experts to size up the American lads iiv their quartern , Thus tar but few of them , have discovered any thing to admire or commend lu their own papen zaro Ibe gentlemanly personal quali ties gf the crew. Tbe trend of all their screeds Is gratuitous and voluminous advice to our boys. They tell them Just how to do it. and just lion * not to do It , and add that If their say-so Is followed to the letter our boys may get pretty close lo the winners. ] i H Is the same old fairy story retold when- I ever American representatives Invailo the 1 sacred soil with the spirit of competition In I their hearts. I remember when curly- I headed Ned Hanlan first wont across. Ho got advice by the column and the page at the hands of these condescending journalls- I tic experts , lie was told that a man with | i his style of smiling had about as much j chance of winning n race on English waters as a canal boat would 1'ave of winning from ono of their royal yachts. Hut when Ned met their cracks on the Thames he made them look like a lot of short skates , and while the Hrltons may have the science of rowing down better than any nation on earth , I am willing to place my faith In the primary education of ono Hob Cook. It may bo uncouth and homely , but It is chock full of horse sense , and ho Is apt to fool our English cousins. His piesent crew Is the best crew Yale ever produced , and they are apt to Give the cockneys the highest surprise party they have had for many a year. Kid Lavlgne nnd his manager , Sam Fltz- patrlek , are In gay Parce , looking at the elephant and other choice exotics. The twain have declined to consider any of the numerous overtures made them by Dick Hurge since his licking , and they will salt for home on the day wo burn our fire crackers. One would think that Hurge had had enough of the llttlo lumberman , but ever since the night he went down before the National club ho has been plying the Kid with Invitations to como and do It some more. Ho said he had 200 pounds of scrap Iron , probably of his own , which he would put up that the American couldn't keel him over at 143 pounds. Hut It Is the same old story. Every beaten man Is sure be hasn't got enough. Even Cornell pre tends to want to get a bite at Sharkey's ear In a finish battle , and , by the way , I see they have actually been matched for a finish fight , and this far In advance I pick the big salt for a winner. The unexpected victory of the Cornell 'varsity crew on Friday at Poughkecpsle Is without doubt the most notable event In intercollegiate athletics this spring. The critics had all picked Harvard and Columbia for the first two places and are now busy explaining why their favorites did not como up to expectations. Perhaps the truth of the matter is that Harvard rowed fully as well as was anticipated , but Cornell ex hibited a combination of form and speed that was as near perfection as anything could be. There is no use of denying that Columbia's work was a bitter disappoint ment. It must have been a case of overconfidence - confidence , for Columbia had seven of last year's victorious crow In Its shell and had it done faithful work in practice It should have given a better account of Itself. Penn sylvania showed up In far bolter form than was anticipated and Coach Ellis Ward has every reason to be proud of his first year's work with a lot ot Inexperienced men. The time , 19:29 : , was wonderfully fast and reduces the former record by forty-one seconds ends , nearly three-quarters of a minute , which is equivalent to about fourteen boat lengths. Cornell had a youthful lot of oars men and they were the lightest of them all. but they stuck to the hot pace that Harvard set for them during the first two miles like veterans nnd finished out the last two miles like Ideal victors. Cornell has long held the intercollegiate record for one mile and a half and may well feel proud to add a more nota ble record to Its list of aquatic triumphs. Of course , there can never be an Inter collegiate champion crew until all the crows are ranged alongside ot each other on the same body of water , and , rowing under exactly the same conditions , fight the battle for supremacy out to a finish. Hut if there Is any crew that could be pardoned for denying that Yale is the cham pion crew of America , It Is Cornell. It's a pity that Yale was not represented In Fri day's race , for the result would have proved or disproved its loud claims to first honors. It's no fault of the other colleges that Yale was not present. To be sure. Yale was never invited Into the contest , but It had a perfect right to apply for admission. Had it done so the writer Is confident , from" n thorough knowledge as to the position of- the athletic councils of the other colleges on the question , that Yale would have been admitted. Hut to ask for. admission by other colleges , some of whom Yale pro fesses to hive never heard of , was thought too humiliating to Yale pride , and the pill was never swallowed. Now , If Yale will only v.-ln at Henley , as every American sin cerely hopes It will , wo ought to have a five-cornered race next year that will even surpass the excellence of Friday's contest. 'it was said on this page last Sunday that a Cornell freshman crew had never yet been defeated and that "never" was a big word. Their honorable record has now been lengthened by the addition of the most important victory a Cornell freshman crew ever won. The Cornell freshmen of six years ago felt pretty happy when thej went down to New Loudon and trounced the YalensSans on their home course , but Its \ doubtful If those young pupils ot Courtney were a whit happier than this year's fiesh- men on Wednesday last , when they crossed Lhi line ahead of Harvard , Pennsylvania and Columbia. It was a splendid contest and there can ho no doubt but that the best crew won. Harvard's freshmen had been the favorites mid on their form alone should have won. But the youngsters rom that pretty little New York town had Itsi form and more speed , and won by dint of the hardest kind of woik , Harvard pressed Cornell closely for flrst honors , and Pennsylvania was right on to Harvard. The time was nearly a minute faster than that for the freshman contents of eoveral seasons past , and shows that all the crews were well trained. Just how Cornell won Is hisrd to under stand In view ot the fact that one of the oarsmen rowed under a most serious handi cap. On the very second stroke young Bailey , who was rowing at No. 2 , broke hi * oarlock. How lie ever managed to row the race out at the wonderful speed with which the Cornell boat was being pushed along , with the fastening pin broken In twain , is difficult to understand. That he kept his plai'o nnd that his oar moved rlsht along with the other seven Is but little short of if mlroc\p. \ It was another instance of Cornell pluek. and young Holley will probably bo the hero of the Cornell campus for many a day to come. It's too bad that the Wisconsin oarsnen were not In the raco. The week before they administered a terrible defeat to the Yale freshman crew , and many critics are In clined to believe that they would have set a hot pace for Cornell , Harvard , Columbia nnd Pennsylvania. It's pretty certain that they would have made the race even more interesting than It was. The addition of another crow , especially of a crew from the west and ot a crew that had badly beaten Ynlo , would bo bound to Increase the Interest in the event. Hut it's doubtful whether Wisconsin would have been a prominent factor In tlio race. Last week , when they defeated Yale , their time was 12:63-5 : , with favorable conditions. Cornell's time on Wednesday for the same distance , two miles , was 10:1S. : Granting that the Hudson river Is a faster course than Lake Saltonstall , It must be admitted that the time of the Wisconsin lads Is not to be considered as anywhere near approach ing that of the Ithacans. To bo sure , Wis consin was never pressed by Yale , and doubtless could have sliced many seconds , or perhaps a minute , off tholr time , but even then their time would have been slower than that of the Columbia freshman crew , which finished a poor fourth in the quad rangular race. Columbia's tlmo was 10:32. : Yar ) > finished about three-quarters of a min ute behind Wisconsin , so that their time was close to thirteen minutes. Where the Yale lads would have finished had they been In Wednesday's big race on tha Poughkeepsle la too apparent to bo pointed out. rni : T\VO M.IJKSTIKS. rtobert E. Everett In the Lotus. The night moans cease beyond the peaks of low. blncli hllla. And , like the mysteries of Egyptian tomb Avraltlng silently the day of doom , Kature awnlt.s In fenr Tbe forest monarch's near Approach , whose heralding roar the rav- l.ihvd darkness nils. For once the lion s step leads down the ocean beach ; In sllencu he marvels at the sight and roar Of a kins whoso heritage was before Hla own. With equal power , At this strange hour They meet : a god-like spirit In the voice or each. DAYS WITH Tim tri\xns. ; Another Iliitnltliivltli ( lie Iiovrrx of flip \Vinit i illt.1 1 < * l.l,1 . \HE11B will not bo many Jmore nights now before the plaintive "tur whee- , vtlc" of the upland plover ; , , l8 heard tinkling over \li \ hill and vale as he ) , 'cleaves the soft ether L/above / on his way to the F table lands of New Mex- li Iro. The upland plover ' . -does all his traveling by /i night , and while enroute 'ifioiu his breeding i * . . - . , , , ! ti llm linrthnrll part of this istaip , nnd the Dakotas - kotas to his suiimer loafing place In this latitude , , , nuil on to the gulf states , as nil accompaniment to his meas ured wing-beats hjo keeps up a constant " " " " that sweet "tur-wbeetle , "mv-Hhoetle , yet melancholy note so familiar to all sports men of this wcatryn country. Tills cry Is peculiarly mellow andmuslcal , , , and has the wonderful quality ot. sounding near by when It Is refllly off a half mile from you , or sounding distant wien , the crafty bird Is Immediately overheador , scudding over the plain within gunshot , .fj Is this over-thrill- Ing whistle which , frequently first admonishes ishes the alert sportsman that be has mil made his trip to Uio flew mown hay fields or broad , lawn-llko pastures In vain. It also warns him that ho has been discovered by the bird , nnd must look sharp and care ful If ho wants a shot , for they either take wing on flrst soundliife this sweet alarum , or get upon their long legs ami make tali strides for the protective shadows of some convenient cluster of gloden-rod or clump of rag-weed. Once behind this friendly shelter and ho squats , , then lifts himself with long- pointed wing and sails away , low at flrst , but once beyond the reach of your hammer- less , with a quiet succession of "tur- whectles , " ho rises In the air , sweeps round in broad aerial curves and then suddenly - denly alights again , several hundred yards away. While the upland plover flushes warily and At Ions range during the early days ot his urlef lay-over here , he even furnishes good sport then , for while timid and wary In a way , bo Is a bird ot llttlo judgment or foresight , nnd when ouco on the wing nnd Indulging In his tantalizing curvettlngs In the air , bo is as apt to como right hack over you , affording an easy shot , as he Is to go anywheres else. So It is always a sensible plan to crouch low and remain perfectly motionless when you first flush them , and take this chance of getting A shot Instead of a helter-skelter chase ovpr the hot Holds. I have killed as high aa four and five birds on the big hay fields out on the old military road without moving from my tracks , after having flrst put a dozen or so of the birds Into tile air. No dog is necessary In hunting upland plover , In fact would bo a decisive draw back unless for the single purpose of ranging away from your wagon through the fields along the roadside , while searching for favorable grounds , and by thus jumping any stray birds In the neighborhood might save ycu a vast deal of laborious leg work. Hut orce the birds have been located , tbe best thing you can do with the dog Is to chain him to the wagon. To be sure , If ho Is thoroughly broken nnd is a good retriever , which Is an astonishingly rare thing with Omaha bird dogs , you might use him to recover the dead , for a defunct plover is sometimes just about as hard to find as the proverbial needle In a haystack. If but slightly shot-stricken or wing-tipped they will lead the fleetest human sprinter In the world a merry chase , for they can run like a wild turkey. Hurt this way , the moment they strike the ground they lose no time in getting away. They are up on their yellowish-gray spindles like a flash , and streaking it away In a manner that seems to defy pursuit. If you lose sight of the quarry for a single second you may know that he has hidden , and although the pasture In which you are hunting looks as smooth as a Urusscls car pet , you will probably indulge In a good many superfluous expressions before you succeed In unearthing him. The slightest depression In the soil , an old hoof-track of horse or cow. a go [ her pile , clod of dirt , the tiniest bunch of vervain or gentian , will answer , so closely doei his lovely mottled feathery coat assimilate with the confusing and blending colorS'bf nature. I have spent hours looking for a wounded bird I knew could not be outside of a radius of twenty- five yarJs , to find him at last outspread In plain view , almost in the very spot I had marked him down in the chase. In cases like these a dog might come into effective play. Hut he must bti an obedient animal , who will remain "at heel" until ordered to "fetch , " otherwise ho would prove an exas peration anil n plague. Big bags of plover arc made by riding onto thorn in a wagon. They seem to have little fear of an approach ing vehicle , and thusiall : an easy prey to the Insatiate gunner. This species of hunt ing , however , deger.eralcs from sportaman- shlp to wanton slaughter and Is seldom practiced only by > those who find their pleasure alone in tho-killing. To the honest sportsman love of outdoor life , with Its concomitant beauties. Is the principal ele ment in the fondness for hunting. The pleasure ot exercising skill and knowledge in finding niul killing game Is secondary to the Joy of being a part of nature , nnd still kss considered la the quantity or the llavor of tbo game they bag. But It is not philoso phizing but information about the plovt-r my re.vlcr likes best , so I will return to the birJi. While this species of the feathered tribe Is called upland and grass plover , It Is not a plover at all. although possessing the closest propinquity to the genera. His proper title is the Bartramlam sandpiper but is seldom called such. Anyway , ho Is a yreat bird , and as a benne boucho for the gastronome Is hard to beat. Some sportsmen even prefer him to the Wilson snipe or woodcock , while many rank him high above the quail. They arrive hero in the spring early In May , and breed In the northern tier of counties In this state snd on os far north as the Sashatchewan. re turning during the coming month on their way to their winter quarters on the meas ureless plains of Texas and Mexico. They reach here In their greatest numbers about July 10. when the golden-rod Is at Its fullest bloom , remain for a period of three weeks or more , when they are up and off again before you know it. They abound here In great numbers , however , during this short Interval , our great iiay fields and reached of plowed ground and sloping high lands being a favorite abode. They are the least maritime of all the plover kind , and are never to bo found In marshy or boggy country or rocky , wooded districts. The bird disports In his greatest glory on our limitless plains , undulating pastures , fallow fields , hay lands and newly plowed ground , where It gorges Itself on the various kinds of Insect food It Is fondest of , small grass hoppers , crickets , beetles and all the kinds ot small coleopterous Hies which Infest our grass lands. In the fallows and upturned fields he desserts on angle worms , snails , grubs and the like. He Is always shy and goes It alone , that is , they do not gather together In flocks , but are found scatter- Ingly together on tbu same feeding ground , and when flushed do not fly off In a hunch , but each one takea his own Individual course , which is a habit peculiar , I think , to all scolopacldae , such as kill-deer , jacksnipe - snipe , plover , yellow-legs and phalaropes. With the close of tha upland plover shootIng - Ing , the gunning for the summer mouths reaches its end , and when the delicate pur ple ot the meadow-beauty and the softer azure of tbo lobelia show their sweet faces beneath a clear , sun-lit sky , you need no longer listen for that plaintive whittle rip pling across the fields or no longer watch for the circling blpt ot gray against the horizon and over the distant woods , now gradually turning to tbo yellowish hue of waning dog days. The golden rod has faded and the sumach is reddening In gulch and fence corner , and If you will only be pa tient , Inaction will 'soon cease gnawing at your soul , for autumn Is on the way tbe heartiest and most jocund season of all the year , when the woodlands and the stubble , the crested lake and flowing stream are In reality naught but the hunters' clytilum. With the cool nights and cooler mornlnga , with the sear prairies , gray sand hills and browning river valleys , comes the vanguard of the great .quacking hordes that will once more set your heart to beating and your nerves to tinkling as the aun goes down , f CANYOXVILLE , Ofy. June 16. Dear Sandy As Frank add I start for a few weeks' hunt up at the bead of the I'rnpqua river tomorrow , I thought I'd let you know before we started what kind of a country we are In. Wo have been camping nt John McCormlck's ranch and have hunted the gulches for a couple of weeks with great success. Frank Is quite proud of himself , having killed the first buck he had ever seen ( n largo five-pointer ) . Our party that starts tomorrow consists of John McCormlck. Frank ilcCune , Lorn Russell ( our guide ) , and myself. We will take nine horses , four of which wo will pack , and expect to lilt the trail for about 100 miles. The fishing here Is simply superb. It is no trick nt nil to RO out armed with a light rod and n bnrnn hncklo for three or four hours and basket from 100 to 150 trout , and I nm not stretching It. either. Deer and bear are not hard to flml , and on Friday evening next we expect to be In the elk country. < Wish you were here to give the readers i of the good old Ilee a series of your : matchless hunting letters , but na that cannot be on this trip , anyway. I'll ship you a handsome Cinnamon skin on our re turn to tbe ranch. So goodbye. HAU'II. LAKE WASHINGTON , Minn. , Juno 23. To the Sporting Editor of The Hce : Haas fishing was never better than now , that Is by casting with frogs. They are catching them In great quantities , and fine ones. 'oo. Wish you would please let Don Chamberlain - lain know how things are now , and como up yourself at your earliest convenience. P. SHEE1IAN' . Hilly Marsh , one of the new members of the Omaha Gun club , Is rapidly coming lethe the front among the trap shot exports. Wllllo Rill struck n high class gall throe or four weeks ago , nnd lias since been very conspicuously In evidence at all the remilar Saturday club shoots. With this salon's practice he will Improve suinclently to put him on the scratch with the big fellows another year , and at the state tournament lu 'D7 look out for Hill ! Another young shooter who Is rapidly coming to the front Is Charlie Curtis , ouo of Colonel Parmelee's corps of gentlemanly clorks. His shooting has been a matter ot comment ail season , nnd the young gentle man bids fair In the near future to give bis champion employer a sharp chaso. Mr. Curtis , who , by the way , Is the secretary of the Dupont Gun club , has won quite a number of special matches recently , un < l Is ready and anxious to take In a few more. Fishing prospects are on tbe Improve everywhere locally since the recent rains and the coming two weeks will witness an exodus ot fishing and camping parties to favorite resorts , both nearby and abroad. Tekamah and Washington are Just now favorite places of resort with the local angMcrs and It Is safe to say hundreds of Omahans will visit these two places during tbe next fortnight , A late report from Long Pine has It that the stream Is unusually high Just now nnd that good fly fishing need not be expected on the river before the middle of July. Largo numbers of cropple and rock bass are being taken from the lakes north of Cody , Mcrriman nnd Irwln. In some of these lakes the presence of game fish was unsuspected until this season. Colonel J. J. Dickey and Mrs. Dickny. Louis Hradshaw and Mrs. Dradsbaw. Archie Love and Mrs. Love spent a fo\v days during the week Just passed at Qulnnebojjg. Just what success they had has not been learned , but relying on the fame of Colonel Dickey as a second edition of dear old Izaak W. , It is dollars to dimes they came awav with well filled creels. Jim Godfrey , son of Tom , the Missouri Pacific man , with Howard Leonard , will spend the dog days with rod and gun In the wilds of Colorado. George A. Hoagland Is at Lake Washing ton. On Tuesday last he made a 'amous catch of bass , nineteen in one hour and fifteen minutes , the smallest pulling down the steelyards at two and three quarters. As a black bass fiend you may tie Mr. HoaglanJ , but you can't beat him. George O. Scrlbner of the Union Pacific headquarters Is getting bis sword and his pistol ready for an Invasion into the wild fastnesses of Colorado. He will act as cicerone for a party of Now York friends , and the grizzlies out there had better be gin to climb now. Tbe higher up they get the better off they'll be. Lawyer Dill SImeral tells a good one on ono of his royal Gordons , Hector , Rags or Moxey , I don't remember which. Anyway , as all people do or should know , dogs arc bothered with ficas. as well as the good people of Lincoln , North Plattc and other western cities , and Rags becoming so afflicted re cently , proceeded to get rid of them In a most unique and Ingenious manner. He became fairly bristling with the llttlo pests , and the other afternoon Barrister Hill had him over to Cut-Off lake , and what did Rags do ? Not a thing but roll up a little bunch of moss with Ills nose and seizing It In his Incisors , walked deliberately Into the lake. As he got deeper tbe fleas hustled for a higher roost , so as to keep out of the damp. Slowly Rags waded out until nt last his bend wan above water alone and It was "standing room only" for his tormentors. Then elevating his muzzle - zlo high in the air Rags sinks slowly and gradually until only the bunch of moss IB high and dry above the nurface. When the fleas have all crowded Into this the sa gacious animal opens his mouth , and as the Infested bunch floats away Rags dives Into shore , crawls out , shakes himself , rolls over , and looking up Into his master's face. Bays : "Say , Bill , we'd better go ; It's pretty near dinner time. " Trout fishing In the mountains was never better than It Is this summer. Parties from Utah. Colorado. Wyoming and Mon tana report great tltmlng. The season is proving unpreccdentedly auspicious , the lakes are all just right and the streams and rivers are fast assuming their normal summer condition ( ) \ Till : HA 1,1FIELD. . I'lllavrr About ( InI'lnyeix All AloilK ( lie lIll < - . GAIN the week has seen a chance. In the great pennant chase In the league , but a mighty small one. Uy dropping Friday's game to I ho plucky Sena tors. Baltimore dropped behind Cleveland , nnd the fight goes merrily on. Just now the Hean Eaters seem tn llA Mlinwtni ? flip best form , In the rank and Hip following Cleveland , Halttmoro and Cincinnati , closely followed by Washington. Philadelphia hits been going forward backwards. Her slump lias been a big surprise to all base balldom. Brooklyn , too , Is in the sloppy states , and New York retains her firm hold on tenth place. As intimated last week , Chicago will do well on her own grounds. The two games she won last week from Cincinnati , however , were of the scratchy kind , and nil on Id have gone to the Red Legs. Pitta- burg , as usual. Is cutting but a sorry figure and St. Louis and Louisville haven't won a game since the flood. Until the evidence Is all In there is no profit In guessing what the verdict will be at next Monday's hearing of a celebrated rase. Some people seem to think that New York will win on every count , but the Washington Post has an idea that An drew Frcedman hasn't a trump In bis hand. That journal says : If tbe board of director * wants tbe whole truth about tbe matter at Issue between Frcedman and Hustle It < vlll only have to call on President John T. Brush of the Cincinnati ? and Harvey Watkins - kins , now press agent of tbe Barnmn & Bailey shows. Mr. Watklns was manager of tbe Giants when the Rusle fines w re In flicted by Frcedman ; be knows how unjuat ono of those lines was , because he protested against Mr. Freedmau's action , ami b will also be able to tell tbe board that Mr. Vreedman promised Rusle tbu amount of that particular fine should bo refunded to him. Mr. Brush can give similar testimony , with a little other stuff along for good measure. If lie will , " Now the Washington club IB anxious to get the big Hooalcr aod Earl Wagccr. who is one of the court , recently ottered Jli.&OO for bU release. Still , tbe Post doesn't think rtualo would choose Washington It ho is declared a fre4 pjcnt , nnd says : "Under such circumstances he would probably elect to go with Brush's Cincinnati team. The Cincinnati president has always been able to do more with the big Hoosler twlrler than any other man connected with the business , . and It would be a strong play for Mr. Brush I ! to add llusle to his already excellent pitchIng - Ing coips- Computed from n dollars and cents standpoint It tvbultl be n great Investment - ment for any elub to get Itusle. He Is one of the greatest drawing cards ever In base ball. It Is doubtful , however , If the big fellow will be nble to summon up his old- time speed , skill and effeetlvenrss murh be fore the close of the present championship season. Players of Husle's disposition stale rapidly under n protracted layoff , lie hnn not taken the best rnro of himself , and It Is n mooted question if lip will ever again bo as effective as he has been. It Is n little ftlffer game than buying lottery tickets lo make such an Investment In Husle now. But the Washington magnate Is billing to run chances , and therefore be should have first call on his services. " It Is about time the league did n little disciplining on Its own hook. Tlio Cleve land team Bully Bolivar Tebeatl at Its head. Is dolns much to throw the sport lute dis pute. The respectable element of tbe Forest City have long since put the stamp of disapproval of this fellow's high banded actions by remaining away from the K' ' nie. and if ho Is going to bo allowed to continue - tinue on the lines thus far laid down he'll drive the attendance away from many another gate. The scoring rules are not altogether Just to a team , " says Tim Murnane. "If n player gets a base on balls and Is batted around his run doesn't score as an earned run. Ho must make a base hit In order to figure among the earned runs. A base on balls H at least as good as n base hit , and when n batsman gains his base by walling for four balls be accomplishes even moro than he would It he had hit tbe ball. When a pitcher makes a batsman hit tbo ball there Is n chance for an out. Hut when the batsman reaches flrst on balls the chances ot retiring him are lessened. It takes a deal of nerve to wait for free transportation to first base , and I argue that a team whose players have tbo nerve to watt should receive a benefit In the carucd-run column. " Llttlo Wllllo Bill Tratncy lost n thlrtecn- Innlng game to St Joe Friday , and he got so hot under the collar , they say , that his silk undershirt was set on lire. What do you want , BUI , anyway , tbe earth ? Jake Wells was tn an elevator that dropped at the Atlantic hotel In Norfolk , and he sus- tnlned Injuries that will confine him to his bed for weeks , while it Is thought the eleva tor will die. Tommy McCarthy's old Dostonlan friends presented him with a diamond ring made out of horseshoe nails on lib ) appearance there the other day , and In appreciation of this testimonial Tommy turned right round and didn't hit big Jack Stlvetts for a single safe. The surprise of the > year Is the showing of the Cincinnati Reds , There Is a team that no person thought of rating any higher than the second division , and yet It turns in , plays the best kind of boll and figures quite prominently In the flag race. Pitts- burg Commercial-Gazette. James M. Ncllls does not believe In pour ing oil on troubled waters , when there's n club handy. This Smokctown critic says : "A sample of how other clubs root was given by Cleveland yesterday. O'Connor was on first base and used such choice ex pressions to Klllen as "m6nkey face , " etc. Frank would have been , . Justified lu going after Mr. O'Connor with a bat. " Princeton has won the Intercollegiate championship. The Tigers took the decid ing game anyway from Yale 4 to 3 , In eleven innings at New Havon. Brown University's team meets the Uni versity of Chicago in a series of three games this week. The Omaha University team plays two games July 4 , with the strong amateur out fit of Council Bluffs , on the letter's grounds. Cockman of Roanoke has been discussed in connection with that third-base weakness of Louisville. If Stucky Is determined to draw on the Virginia- League ho would make a shrewd guess by drafting Dolan of Lynchburg. Exchange. Dolan is an Omaha boy and ho Is making n nuperb record. Thus far this neason ho has had 24C chances , out of which he accepted 21S. His fielding average Is 8S6 , and batting 291. The Lake Street Pharmacy team walloped - loped the Royals the other day by a score of 29 to 3. COXM/'IIIAMTIUS. Some men think they can't live without a girl , and after they are married discover that they can't live with her.- When an editor prints a kiss on his fiancee's lips nt parting , bis natural Im pulse , of course , Is to come back and correct the proof. M. Bouguercau , Urn' artist who married the American woman. Is fO years old. Hut bo still paints allegorl'ps on which to gaze too long would ruin the morals of a not-too- well-stayed Vermont deacon. Russians are fond of telling the story of the answer given to the emperor when his majesty proposed to his future wife. "Tho emperor , my father , baa commanded mo to make you the offer of ray band nnd heart , " was tbe czarewltch'a quaint way of putting It. "And my grandmother , the queen , " re plied the lady , "has commanded mo to ac cept the offer of your band ; your heart I will ti kc myself. " It Is said , nnd on good authority , that the emperor Is passionately devoted to his wife , and that she Is equally fond ot him. "Tricjis played upon bridal parties , " says the Philadelphia Rncord , "don't always turn out as the jokers Intend them to. . In the baggage loom at the Hotel Hanover Is an old trunk , gaily decorated with white ribbons bens , old shoes , bags of rice and other ar ticles supposed to bo emblematic of the mar- rlago rites. The trunk bears n tag. n which nro written the names of the brlilo and groom , but It lifts never been claimed. Tlio supposition Is that the trunk Is merely a dummy. The brlilo and groom evidently sent their own baggage away and left the old trunk as a decoy , and the Jokers have had the tables turned on them. " A Ypsllantl ( Mich. ) man adopted a novel method of punishing his faithless wife , who had been caught meeting a married man clandestinely. He didn't storm , threaten di vorce , or knock the woman down , but getup up a llttlo party , to which ho Innocently Invited his wlfo'a lover , tbo wronged wife and three other persons. 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