/ * \ - \ rTT A TV A TT dT"VT"r\ Tr A i lfly 5 * M , A& The summer days are foal slipping away and winter will bo hero before you know it. Then outdoor sports must give-way for those to bo had behind closed doors , vvhleh are few nnd fnr between ns compared with those ot the open air. During the frigid period the bulk of the athletes in all de partments of sport arc at rest , save thu followers ot that alwajs questionable game , pugilism. The ball , cricket , tennis and golf plajcr retires for six months' recuper ation , the rower bonnes his scull nnd the yncht owner disappears , while the bicycle rider and the horses forsnko the pnth as thoroughly ns it they had not been. Truly , summer In the halcyon time for the sports men , and there la a. bent on alt sides to mnku the moat ot thn remaining season Thu wheelmen are having n gala day throughout the country ; the college- foot ball plnjers nro arranging for their selection ot teams ; the oarsmen are particularly active , nnd the base ball season has reached Its cllmatcrlc of excitement , the- horses ute going nt their best , cricket flourishes , and , In fnct , the. zenith of outdoor hurrah and excitement hns been but passed. In a few moredajs the chicken shooters will bu scouring hilt nnd dale for this fast dls- nppcailng bird ; the uuglor Is already busy nt homo and In the mountains , and after another six weeks hnvo rolled away thu nll-absurbiug wild foul season will bo upon The big International chess tourney at Nuremberg , Germany , did not icsult with any great amount of satisfaction to Amei- Icans. although 1'lllsbury succeeded In se curing third prl7o Hut when you are looking fur first thcro Is llttlo consolation In third. The German champion , Laskor , was a clean and easy winner yet I'llUs- bury compelled him to lower his colois in tholr personal collision. lla\vuvci , Lasher is again champcn { of the world , but It doubtful whether1 ho. can hold It long He and I'lllsbury are booked for a champion whip bout some time during thu coming winter , and the American has the call even on the other side. He defeated thu big four Laskcr , Stulnltz , Tschlgorln and rasch at the recent touinament , and may after all take a good deal of pride In his record. H was to the lesser lights of the board ho fell a victim. In the earlier days ot the play , when ho was de cidedly Indisposed , The old chess con- nolsbeuri picked him for thu u Inner and never dreajncd that ho could possibly fall short of second place Showaltei , the United Staks champion , was wiy short of his foim and made but a sorry record. Ho was nervous throughout and sustained several defeats feats that should have been easy victories Showalter , It seems , lacks the nerve ot Pllls- bury , but ho Is undoubtedly one of the masters of the game and would show up better nt another meeting with the stars of the old world. Another Nebraska foot ball team has gone to Butte and 1mH been taken into the camp of the sturdy mountaineers. This time it was the Nebraska City boya. When the fltst teams journeyed to Unite they found a husky lot of boys who were all enthusiastic over the game , but not very well versed In its fine points. Contact with good teams good coaches and an addition of much new and good material , however , has made the Uutte allegation one of the most for- mld.iblu in the wholu western country. As much Interest seems to bo manifested In these games , a short sketch of the members may bo of Interest to the readois of The Bee In the first place the plnjers uie all sti Ictly amateur , as not a man ou the team tecelvus a cent in compensation for his Dcrvlccs , although the gathering of so man ) crack players haa aroused suspicion and brought forth charges of professional IMII from some of the eastern papers which me wholly unfounded. The Butle Koot Ball associa tion has for Its president Charles CI.uK , the bon of thu millionaire mlnu owner , and It Is largely through Mr. Clark's Interest and labor that such an excellent team has been gathered together Thu team -started with ono or two plnjars who understood the | game and these had to coach up uotne of the miners to play the , } line positions and with this team they plnyrd their first game. Isut liave been gathering players ever slne-e , not by paying them for their services , but uty > inducing them to come to Dntte to live , and then seeing that they found lucrative employ , inunt In some of the van enteiprises which ere carried on there. Jim Hooper , the giant guard of thu Michigan team , lives In lJuttu : md coaehed thelt llrst teams , as does , also , Hay n-ound of thu Michigan team , and 01111 ? , the star half of the University of California team Thu Michigan Alumni has induced lU'orgo Dygert. for two yeuis captain of the Michigan team , to locatu in Hutto , where ho now plays foot ball and enjoys a good Jaw practice The Portland ( Ore ) team came to Uutto for a game , and Hutte HKcd her captain , Taswcll , so well that ho now phijs In Buttu. On the California tlip last ( all the managei made some good additions , as he Koi.iirod the captains of both the | Lelnnd Stanford team , McMillan , and the University of California , Benson , both of whom havu taken up permanent residences in Hutto , With auth nil aggregation to mutt In their own climate is It any wondrr that Omaha , Crete , and Nebraska City Jouiney to thu mountains and return vanquished ? Tommy Uyan and Dick Moore , a pair of old Otnnhn favorltt'o , meet In a twenty- round gu at Huffalo the latter part of this wtult , and just now , with the eastern fol lowers of thu same1. It la a toss-up for choice. As with Kid McCoy , IIan gives away a poundage , that may aqaln prove illsnatious , but the clmnccs of such a result are re duced to a minimum when It Is understood that tula time lit ) will crawl through the ropes fit for such n contest , which cannot bo said of him whim ho met McCoy , He hua Iieen training Industriously and may be expected to Mho ouu of hla uld tlmo exhibi tions of cleverness Dick Moore , too , may bo expected to bu In high fettleHo has been a soldier lu the aimy of I'ranoU Murphy for quite six months now , and they say he IB a formidable opponent for any man. In Ills last ga with Kid MeGoj nt DrooKljn he was a revelation to the Uovvanus fancy ami ho will not lack bankets from that end of thu Hue. As for in > self , I think Ujan will vln , but as I bald bi'foio. It will taku pretty nea\ly the whole of the twenty rounds to prove It. Thu following uoto was ractlvod from Toau yesterday ; SYItCUS13 < , N. Y , AUK , 13. Friend Bandy : I aappone you am wondering how I am coming on , and all I can > ay Is , never better , r mi't Hairy Mononuld of Omaha In Buffalo some ton da > s o n. and he vo mo lota of news about my eld friends oul thcro. I enff th plucc In Thu Dee jou wreito about my cciuHttou when I fought Mi Coy , nnd It und uioro truth In It than anything I have jot cn : . You Jjnow McCoy trained mo for nulto a while , and ho has been trying to nwko thu public bellovo that J vnu In condition whou li ! > be-at mo , but bo known vbl | tlmt I was In no condition at nil. But wnit ; I hero Ix a Rood time coming. I urn good and strong fop my light with Dirk Mooro. I win glvlnif uw v mi awful , welcht. an I should HOVIT think ot ontmluB the rluff Uiiulor than 145. At that I hold hlu safe. V.'lth best retards to all the boys about Handle's , I am as ever Tommy Ryan. \Vlillo touching on the thumpers I might add that I saw Jim Corbctt at thu Chicago * Cincinnati ball game the other afternoon.n" IIni occupied a box , with a single companion , and during thu entire game- WAS allowed tc enjoy himself unmolested Ho didn't even get n halidshnl.i' , and looked lonely , peaKcd and commonplace. There Is llttlo mistake but what the once alleged great pugilist's star lias gone down behind a mud bank I saw Dan Crccdon ton , over at Colonel Hopkins' theater , and was surprised tiJ find him on terms of Intimacy with John Barleycorn As a consequence he did not look at himself Ho wat cordial and good naturcd ns ever , weighed about 100 walking around , and said he would be- found as good ns ever when the tlmo came Plnally It has been demonstrated that Iho pcoplo know what leal sport In the blcycln racing line Is ami the hilgo crowd which 111 It'll the. amplthoatcr at the old fair grounds last Saturday was proof at the fart that rcil racing will nlwaja find favor with an Omaha crowd With the old track as hard and smooth as labor could make It , with the big stand packed with the smiling faces of the fairer set and the larg est Held of starters ever seen In thu west a rare day's sport was cnjovcd by all. There wcro many surprises In store for the crowd. In the first place , every one was wondering whether Maxwell or Mockctt or Palrmon or Slaver , the California crack , or which one of the circuit chasers would win HIP big events , but they forgot that "Faithful" Gadk < hail stajcd off the circuit on purpose to dally practice thn quarter * mile sprint which landed him winner In. both the big open event * , Another sur- prlso was In Harry K. Smith's nnd. Young Joe Hoyne , who "had never raced before" and who won his novice- the Omaha meet and also won other numerous prizes. MIerstlen , the- Sioux City crack , hail been reported sick and did not enter until the lost dnj. but this fact did not seem to stop him from winning the big handicap from the twentnvu jard mark. Bert Morrow , the Sioux City amateur , carried off both the open amateur events , nnd. In tact. If It had not been for Gadke , all the beautiful prizes and all the good coin hung up by the mamgemcnt would have loft town Max well's paced half mile , behind McCall and itaver , In 56 1-5 soponds , was a very credit able affair and if the record Is allowed bv the racing board the bo > s will ride a long while before they will be able to lower It The handicap events were as pretty sights as one would wish to see Fifty riders , strung around the track In all their vario lated costumes , was truly a striking spcc- raclo. When at the crack of the gun the three scratch men set out to overhaul the limit men the excitement began and In creased until after the second mile , when all vero bunched nnd It was merely a ques tion as to whether the scratch men had ridden themselves out In their magnificent ride after the men who lud started 325 yards ahead , or whether the great advantage of having ildden a shorter distance would land some limit man In ahead The last mlle was Indeed a beautiful race , with the whole ' itty riders In ono Immense buncJi , all strlv- 'ng for a position for the final sprint , which , vas won by Virgil Hall , from the 100-ard mark The success of this meet demon strated that Omaha will alwajs patronbo good sport and also that If the national neet Is secured that there are men here who mow how to handle races on a largo scale and will bo able to do the "biz" as It ought to be done , The sculllnc ! race for the championship of the world between big Jim Stanbury and Jake Gaudaur will take place some time next month on the Thames , In England Gaudaur Is now on the other side and all of the details have been agreed upon. Stan- bury Is an Australian and the champion of the world , while Gaudaur Is a Canadian and rho champion of the United States , on whoso waters he has rowed much moic than those of hla native land , and It Is for this reason so many think him an American. The Thames course , Is probably more ad- vantageoua to the Australian than the man fiom this continent. It Is a fast-flowing current , and that Is the kind of course Stanbury has been used to. nut Gaudaur haa rowed on the Thames , and he rowed a wonderful lace at that. In 18SC ho was beaten in a race on that river by Wllllan : Beach , an Australian , for the championship of the world In one of the boht races ever seen Ucarli simply outstayed Gaudaur , as the latter showed himself to be a speedier rower than the Australian. The tlmo made was ono of the best on record , althougl : that may not amount to much They rowed their race In 22 29 , and later H. Scarlcs and William O'Connor rowed the course In 22 12 , But two second class mer like Matterson und liubcnr rowed a niatcl : race over the same course In 2202. This shows thnt the time test on the Thames is not u very sure one. The course. It may bo remarked , Is four miles and 440 yards long. Whllo It Is rather early to figure on the result of n race between Stanbury nnd Gaudaur , I have no hesitancy In picking the Antipodean for a winner , still Guudaur has a chance Stnnbnry has plenty of endurance and itervu , while Gaudaur occasionally likes < ° It looks ns if a really honest effort wns being made to revive the old-time IntercBl In piofcsslonal sculling , and there Is bin llttlo doubt but what the coming race wll bo on the level. For the past decade the game bus been n very shndy pnstlmo. Once It wns n high fuvoiltc throughout the sport Ing world , being In Its glory during tin joais when Ned Hnnlnn reigned ns king In his day ho was really Invincible , but like all champions ho did not know enough to quit In time He had the sporting worlt at his beck and cill Ills carver was an honorable nno Hundreds of Ihousands of dollars were won on the curly hrndcd chnmnlon , for such men ns Courtney , Onudaiir , Ten Cycle. Hosmcr Tcemer , Illlcy and n score of others , were hla ensy victims. But when ho nt Inn met his master thn glorious sport wns n ] most literally abandoned , and since then up to the present summer. It has been as ilend ns the provcrblnl mackerel. Nobody has been able to revive Interest In It , am llniirnnt faking bns been the rule ever slncn. Gaudnur has demonstrated time an ngiiln that ho can paddle away from any man In this country since poor O'Connor's sad and untimely death. When Stanbury was In this country a jear or two ago he kept clear of Gnudaur. Our champion trlet to draw him Into n match at Austin , Tex but was unsuccessful. Since then the An ttpodean has gained mare confidence It himself. His recent defeat ot "Wag" Hard Ing on the Thames has Increased his con flilrnce nnd ho now thinks that Jake wll prove n "pud. " May he prove In error , am wo will all pull for Jake to bring back t America the prize once held by Hanlau , th world's Eculllug championship. It seems to be pretty generally understooe that Kecno Fltzpatrlck will take the plnci of Michael Murphy as the trainer of tin Yale athletes. I'ltz made a fine reputation with the University of Michigan , anil th advisory committed thought It could no get a better man to drop Into Murphy' shoo. It Is chiefly on account of the too hall squad that Fltzpatrlck has been so lerted. He has no equal at training football team , and the Yale men , lu antlcl paling some tough matches in the coraln , fall , were bound to have a trainer who coul prepare them for thu trying campaign A ft trainer of foot bailers , Fltz U not entirely unknown to fame. It was he who trainee Yale in those seasons when she was con tlde'red Invincible , and hla work is still re nu'mhered at Now Haven ns surpassing any thing ever in connection with the unlver sky. The defeat of Frank Ae n by Robert J at Columbus , O. , on Thursday of last week must have coat N. W , Hiiblnger , the rich In owner , many a thousand dollars , as he 1 noted on the Grand circuit for big heav betting. Light harness horses are hU fad and bo vrai big loser until Frank Aeun of showed such phenomenal speed. After win ning and lo lng a race or two , Frank Agan took Robert J anil Joe Patchen Into camp at Cleveland , reeling off the three heats In 2 05 , 2 01 and 2 Oti i , the second fastest race on record But the Village stock farm had Its revenge on Thursday at Columbus , and Robert J beat the biff stifling In the fastest rnco In the history of light harness racing. The fourth heat was made In 2-02 , which Is the fastest mile ever made In a race , although this pncer tn n trial against the watch paced n mlle In 2 01'4 Robert J , by his race on Thursday , has demon strated that ho is still king of the side- wheelers , as ho has been for the past three Soars , Prank Agan reduced his record to ! 03 % . which Is the record held by John t Gentry. The aftermnth of Yale's trip to Henley s . . developing many Interesting fa ts They n" tend to show up Coach Bob Cook In an unenviable light. U will be remembered t the tlmo Hint Cook was roundly crltl- Iscd by the American critics for telling ils oarsmen they were bcnten before they ntcrctl the race and making other dlaheart * nlng statements. The statement that ap peared during the-crew'a absence In a New York Journal for which Cook was acting as ipeclal correspondent , over hla own slgna- uro , to the effect that thcro had been omo dissension within the crew has caused all Yalenslnns to wonder Just what vns meant At thnt tlmo U was not gen- rally bcllovctl. But the following Inter- lew with one ot the members of the crew , obtained by the usually careful nnd accu rate correspondent of the Philadelphia PubIc - Ic Ledger at New Haven , explains many hlngs that hnvo not heretofore been under- stootl. He snvs- "A number of disagreements arose jctweeti Mr. Cook nnd the other eoarhers. Including Captain Treadvvay nnd cx'Captaln .Armstrong , who accompanied ho eight to England They thought differ ently from Mr. Cook In n number of things which composed v Itnl parts of Yale's policy , > ul , of course , Mr. Cook was head coach nnd his plan always went. The members of the crew did not show their disapproval of Mr. Cook In nn Insubordinate manner > ut they did express It on one occasion vary forcibly. The choice of Mr. Cook for the captain next year was Gcorgo Lnng- 'ord , the stroke Langford was generally ookctl on ns the coming captain till the crew went to Cnglnnd. Then it seemed as If opposition to his choice arose from the 7T ' 'act that he was Bob Cook's man for the p ilace. , The crew decided among themselves .o select Phil Bailey , who has had only a 'cw months' experience in the Ynlo boat When the election took plnco Bailey was elected. "It was to be Yale's policy after" the race n England to have ex-Captain Armstrong ; aln as many vital points on Cngllsh row- ng ns he could , and to have him for the lead Yale conch the coming year. Mr Cook has opposed Armstrong for the posi tion , and In the midst of thu trouble Lang- fold has said that he will not stroke the crew next j ear. nx-Captnln Armstrong has expressed himself on ono very vital matter relative to Yale's policy of training the coming year "Ho thinks that two freshmen crews should be formed , as at Cornell , and that hey should train the entire year In prepara tlon for the raee , not working several hours ially as Is the case hero now , for a few months , but halt an hour , throughout the year. Mr. Cook Is opposed to this s > stcm , although what his plan would bo has not yet nppenred. Mr Cook has even thrent- oncd to coacli the Unlversltj of Pennsyl vania ciow next year If his plans aie dis regarded and Armstrong coaches Yale. Thcro will be a meeting of prominent Yule men soon to talk the matter over. " Edgar G. Holt , Harvard's giant football guard , has decided to leave Harvard ant ] to enter Princeton In September. Holt Is one of the strongest guards In college , and In championship games last 3ear ht was the milnstny of the crimson line , and It will bo a difficult matter to nil the posi tion he leaves vacant. Dudley Rlgqs. whom Casper Whitney chose as an all-Amerlcaii team guard , will not return to collegeane Holt will bo on hand to play Rlggs1 position Princeton graduates believe that with the famous Princeton line system of play. Holt will become a football player as able ns Yale's great HcfTelflngor of ' 92. In addl tlnn to being n skillful football player. Hoi will bo ot great value to the track athletic team aa a hurdler and weight man. Ho has a record In the shot-put of 39 feet Inches He has thrown the hammer 89 feet and his time over the high hurdles Is r seconds. An athlete leaving one college to enter another is not without precedent. In ' 88 IlefTelflngor was a student nt Princeton and left to become an undergraduate ai Yale a short time later. In ' 01 Carter , the base ball player , did likewise. Then Kellcy came from Yale to Princeton In ' 91 , nnd now Holt will wear orange and black after having plnyed on the Harvanl eleven fo a season. The Tigers will meet for early practice In September , two weeks befor > college opens. Till ! WOODS AM ) WATHHS. \\Vi-k I > .Tn ti n Yvlfli tinr.oicrs u tin * Itoil ami nun. When. In the halcyon days , I was a llttl tyke , I used to fish In pickerel ponds for minnows nml the like ; And eli the bitter sadness with which my soul was fraught , . When I rambled home nt nightfall with the puny stitngI'd caught1 And oh. the Indignation and the vnlor 1't display When I clnlmed that till the biggest fisl I'd caught hud got nwixy. Sometimes It was the rusty hooks , some time's the frugllo lines. And mnny tlmew the treacherous reed would foil my Just designs , But wlii'ther hooks or lines or tecds wer actually to blame , I kt-pt rlcht on at losing all the monster Just the same I never lost a llttlo fish xcs I am free to Hty It always was the biggest fish I caugh tint got away. And so It was , when , later on , I felt nmbl tlon P.IHS From rallow minnow joys to nobler grcci for plko nnd bass ; I found It quite convenient , whan th lu-ailtlps wouldn't bite , And I lotiirncd all bootleuH from the watery chani ) at night To ft'lun a cheery aspect and recount li ncct'iits gay How tin ) blcgpst llsh I had caught hat HOinehovv got awii > . Ami , really , llsh look bigger than they nu Itcforo the10 caught When the polo Is bent Into a bow nnd th slender line in taut. When a fpllovv feels his heart rise up like dmighniitH In his throat And ho lunges in a frenzy up and down th leaky boat ! Oh , you who'vo been a-flslilng will cndors mo when I say Thnt It IH alwayn the biggest flHh you catch that gets away ! KUGENE FIELD. Perhaps n short sketch of Bert CInildge who won the live bird championship of the world at the great Dupont shoot held It Chicago recently , will not come nmlss , In r.bniuch as the > oung expert Is well known In Omaha , his sister , Mrs. T S. Walto meyer , residing at ISO ? Ijathrop street Clarldgo Is but 27 years of age and re side'9 with his parents nt Baltimore , Md He has been a phenomenal shot from earl > boyhood. When but 7 jears of ago ho often went off Into the woods and fields an brought home strings of doves , larks ant other small game birds. Several jcars agi ho spent a season with the family of tile brother-in-law , T. S. Waltemcyer , then re siding at Falls City , and together they pu In many a day with the ducks , chicken and quail In the famed Ncmaha bottoms , yomu , Clartdgo always distinguishing himself b ; the accuracy of his aim. At the age of 17 ho made his first entry In a regular shoo held by the Atchlson Sporting club a Atchlson , Kan. , of which Messrs J. Smeat and S. King ( of the firm of Smead . Klnt , ot this city , but at that tlmo of Atchlson Kan. ) , and T. S. Waltemejer of this cltj were members , and there against such notet shots as Budd , Stlce , Doty , Rooney. Stod dard and others of like Ilk , ho was more often in for first money than second am was given the nom da shoot ot "the Kid. In 1SSS he visited Buffalo , and at a shoo for the championship between the Canadian and Buffalo clubs , he shot with the latter and making a clean score won the chain plonshlp for that club. Since that time h nai made a record as one of the beet shot. Mar ) land and capped It all aa a marks man by winning the championship of th world at Chicago a. week ago Saturday Ilu lias a brother , F. H , Clarldge , caelile the Castetter bank of Blair , Neb. , who y the way , la an excellent mnrksman him- elf , and well and favorably known to all > ur local sportsmen. The shoot In which Mr. Clarldgo won the nvlable record ot champion ot the world \ns one of the most tttlbuorn and exciting hat hns taken place In .a long series of ears. The battle had been In progress or two days , and err lt renewal on the ast morning a terrificfinish was anticipated iy all. Gilbert , the tfcrttch man , dropped wo birds early In the ) tiny1. Jack Winston was the last of the experts to fall down lo lost his twenty-second bird The pig eons were a particularly strong lot , and tome of them , nlthoujih-hlt hnrd with both mrrels , fell dead out of bounds. Five men md tied for the honor. Clnrldge of Mnry- nnd. Miller of Texns. Gottlclb ot Kansas City , Klrkover of Buffalo nnd Hell of Chi- cngo. nnd the shoot off was innde amidst rrmcndous excitement Klrkover stood at twenty-ecven yards , InrltlRo , Miller and Gottlieb nt twenty-nine yards and Hell at thirty yards Clarldge. was the first man to KO to the score. The excitement was contagious All the con- : cstanls save Roll wcre _ pulsating with It. Clarldge killed clenn The Texan followed suit Gottlieb shot under his bird with ioth barrels nnd fell back Hell knocked over a swift right qunrterer with his llrst jarrol. Then another mighty cheer went forth , which the management promptly checked with n request not to repeat the ilemonstratlon \ until the race was over The ua : inislon on the four remaining men was Tcnitindous In the second round Clartdgo killed nicely , but used his second for sifcty. Miller : killed with his first and Klrkqver ; iassed his bird beautifully Roll hit his { ] ] ilril with both barrels. It was n hard Iriver and fell dead out ot bounds In IrTl third round Miller and Klrkover missed. They could stand thn strain no longer. Clarldge had to 1-111 his next two birds , which ho did , but was so nervous when he went to the Imp for the last time that ho sent n load ot shot Into the ground In front of him before calling "pull. " It was five minutes before the crowd ceased chce-rlng ' Iho victor. Gcorgo Beck of Indianapolis 1' has nlrcndy challenged the winner , nnd n mntch between the two will bo forthcoming this fait Blnck bnss , cropple nnd plko fishing nt nil the popular resorts near Omaha Is now nt Its best. Even In the enrly spring the fish were round no more voracious Frank Berkley lias returned from OWoboJI. Ho reports fine sport theie He caught a five and one- qunrtcr-pound wclleyed plko himself , thu cntch of the season , besides a good basket of bass nnd cropple. At Langtlon there Is a good run , while at Lake Wnshlngton they nro fnlrly "snakln1 " them 0..1. Alj of the nearby lakes are In excellent condition and providing iae very Sest of sport Fljtlshlng In the evening at Lal.e Madison Is good , nnd lots of big catches are being made with the spoon Frogs , helgramlles nnd craw fish are alt proving killing bait for small- , mouth blagk bass , while minnows , angle j worms and grasshoppers are the thing for plko and cropplo. Judge E S. Dundy ot the United States 'I ' | court Is again i tn the mountains of Montana The venerable Jurist will pay particular at tcntlon to the trout , but no one should be surprised If ho brings lome ) the pelts of a grizzly or tw o . * , * 1 j The thriving little'1 city of Springfield 1 ( glories In a thilfty nnd nourishing gun I club It has n membership of fifteen to twenty nnd holds regular weekly shoots i every Friday afternoon The officers are I George Fackley , prcsltlent C. r. Calhoun , I vice president , and Jiimes1 Miller , secretary ! and treasurer. President Fackley la an i expert , and at their last "shoot " missed but one bird In his twenty-five A book which will cdrtalnly prove of great interest as well as of-Value to sportsmen is 'The ' Ouananlche and Its Canadian Environ7 ments , " by E. T. Chambers , which I found on my table yesterday It contains an nc- count of the fishing waters of the piovlnce of Labrador , the principal game fish In thonl nnd some delightful descriptions of fishing trips and inclrlenta- The region In ' vVhtch 'tilt ' ) ouananlcho , lafgamospecles'iot salmon trout , flourtsltes and has Its solo abiding place. Is the great peninsula which reaches from Hudson strait on the noith to the St. Lawrence on the south , and from Hudson bay on the west to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic on the cast. This vast territory Is fully 1,000 miles from east to west and 1,200 miles from north to south. The region abounds with magnificent lakes and rlvcis. Is almost vholly unux- plorcd nnd nffords for fishermen the best sporting grounds In the world from the time the Ice breaks up In May to the be- i ginning of fall. The ouananlcho Is the salmon found In the waters of northern and i eastern Canada. Careful observation tends | ' Cltl tltl the belief that It very seldom descends to salt water. It Is found In the fresh i tlw , waters of Lake St. John all the jear around , i Strangely enough , however , It Is not found In any lakes or rivers that empty Into Hud- I i son bay , but only In those which flow to the ' St. Lawrence or the Atlantic. It U claimed [ that the ouananlcho , which Is frequently i caught ; weighing from eight to ten pounds , I U the gamest fish of Its abe In the woild | I I Un UT offoiH the finest sport that anglers know. t The volume u. a most excellent ploco of booKmaklng on the part of Harper & Bros. , and : , while the copy before mo makes no pretensions to in edition de luxe , It Is nevertheless co beautifully illustrated with picturesque views of rivers , rapids and forest vistas as to be a volume nttractlvo ftf for Its beauty as well as for Its contents. IIn will undoubtedly lead , many people to I make the trip to the fisherman's paradise ' and even those who cannot go will find no i better pleasure than In making the acquaintance quaintance- the ounnanlcbo through these delightful pages. CODY , Neb. . Aug. 13 To the Sporting i Editor of The BeeI read the article In i last Sunda > 's Bee relntlv'e to the unexplained ! 'I ' disappearance of the buffalo grads which ' used to flourish so exuberantly throughout ' J I this state as well as the whole west , and I | must.say I do not coincide with the learnd 1 authority whom you quote I do not belle-vo that "tho hardening of the surface by the tread of the animals and the regular manur ing by reason of their presence" has had anything to do with the alleged dhapt paarance of the buffalo grass. An experience < extending through nearly thlrty-nlno years ' In the buffalo country convinces mo that the grass Is not running out from any such . causes It Is one of our jiardlest species , and Is capable of withstanding any and all kinds : of weather , and grows where other grasses cannot survive. Buffalo grass Is stilt a veiy decided ( inanity in our native upland hay , and whenever to by secured. Is fed by ranchmen and farmers. In preference to clover or timothy It Is1 to bt found on nil Irrigated hay lands , an'il reaches n height siilllclcnt to be caught'/ ! ; the mower. I claim and think I can Jijovc- that it has not or is not running out. u'U to be seen today in great abundance at Jhfi sides of all the roads traversing , the p.J/i ) / % and In the low lands whore the bison jvere most wont to feed , It IH even morojjijjp.utlful than In the early Injun da > s. ' ( | whole former buffalo country now iyauted with count less thousands of cntjlq , , do they not keep the surface hardened , ayil , maiuircd Just as thoughly as the bUloi e\rr did ? Well , then why such a theory dvauped lu jour brief article ot last .iiqulc ? And again , wherever buffalo grass lias vanished and coarser plants hnvesucceeded It , It has been from some natural cause , nnd not merely because the twlilito have gene , I can take you to spots today where there has not been a buffalo''fur thirty the years and show you buffalo grasps flourishing like green bay tree , ifowever , this Is an Interesting subject , am ! I'woiijd like to hear from my fellow ranch1 men on the same through the columns ot your popei B B Thorpe. While Mr. Thorpe's communication Is ut least readable , overwhelming proof gathered from all parts of the erstwhile buffalo coun try render his assertions absolutely unten able and his argument' weak and purlle He exposes his Ignorance of the matter when he asks If the whole former buffalo country is not tenanted by cattle , and again when ho says ho can lead one to "spots" where the grasses flourish as of old It will require no learned authority to reply con , clusively to Mr. Thorpe I am sufliclent to the occasion mjself , not from any theoretical Inferences or borrowed knowledge , but from actual observation and experience. I never take a hunt out In the western portion of the state or up In the Dakotas but what I make constant research for knowledge and the flora and the fauna of this most In tlead teresting region has alwajs been delightful for me. No , the cattle do not tenant the whole former buffalo country. There Is not e.no steep on the plains today Tvhero there were ten thousand buffalo a half century ego. nnd the surface ot the country Is not uniformly beaten hard , as U was In those days ot unobstructed freedom , nor Is the manure of the cattla the sameas was thnt of the blaon , His Idea of buffalo grass on all irrigated lands Is another egregious misstatement - statement , as Is his knowledge- ltd being niotvcd nnd made Into hay and fed In prefer ence lo timothy or clover. Certainly ho can take one to "spots" where this peculiar and precious gross flourishes , and so can I. I can flnd It In almost nny scctlo.i of the old buffnto country , but It la mighty rare. You tnke a wagon trip of , sny. from forty to fifty miles , through western Nc- braskn or Dakota , nnd mark how , every once . . In a while , your driver , If he bo an old- timer { or experienced plainsman , will pnlnt with ' his whip down along the roadside nnd e.\plaln "There's your buffalo grass " You . won't catch him limiting a sweep of his hand . over thu plain nntl exclaiming : "Thnt's I all . buffalo grass " Thnt tlmo has passed j' And , If Mr Thorpe wants my theory of the I i dlsnppenrnncc . . , . of the Rrnss I can give It In I few words The . . grass was dependent upon j the buffalo , the buffalo have gone and so j hastho } grass or at least Is rnpldly going. Like my correspondent , 1 would like to reecho - echo the opinions of all old plainsmen nnd ranchmen who feel Interested enough to dis cuss the matter for publication In these columns. Sporting Editor. The sportsmen readers of The Bco can prepare themselves for n heat In the way of an article on night fishing nnd thu habits of our Indigenous game flslics , together with much valuable Information uncut the In comparable sport of angling. ] ) r. Charles W. Ha > es , who Is probably the greatest expert with rod and reel of all the many devotees of the- pastime hero , and n man of almost limitless oxperlcnce on American waters , has promised mo such nn article and , with the many readers of The Bee In this pnrtlclar department , I am In a fever ot expectancy. . J C. Morrison and H. B. Kennedy , while ' plover shooting In Stautou county recently , killed a rattlesnake measuring over two feet In length. The enormous circumference of the snake's body Induced them to cut lit open Twenty-seven joung rattlers were found nnd of course dispatched. The farm ers of Stanton should send Jack and Spike at least a load of hay apiece for their good day's work. i o.v TIID HAM , ( Mint TV till the CriinUN All .Montr 1Iii 1.1 iif. The dozen teams In the National league arc rounding Into the stretch , with Cin cinnati nnd Baltimore neck and neck in the lead , with Cleveland third well In the dust. IcTi There have been some decided changes dur ing the past week , Cincinnati pulling up ' e'en with Baltimore , by reason of the latter'a two defeats nnd the tied Legs holding their own Clevelnnd has tnken quite n slump and there Is little likelihood of her being nblc , to better ner present condition , if she Is | oven allowed to retain It. Chicago Is playing } ; ' a strong game , and being a good load team" stands n good chance- pass ing the Tcbenus within the next two weeks. JJ New York nnd Brookljn have both braced up ' , and Boston Is showing better form With a fev more lickings by her eastern foemen , Baltimore will change places with Cincinnati | , thnt Is , of course , piovldcd the latter maintains her present admirable E' ' The Western league race has been a re- markably hot one , and while Minneapolis leads , the events of the past fortnight are calculated to make her nervous. St. Paul , after a remarkable winning streak at home , reached the top only to be dragged down by Columbus , the tallendcrs. Then the Saints * I after a sequence of surprise parties on | Ton Loftus' lot , proceeded to tan the hides of the Hooslcrs and recover ground that ' had been lost at Columbus. Now Detroit i Is ( making things lively for Indianapolis j while Milwaukee has walloped St. Paul j The Saints , who were dark i'orses for the j i ppnnnnt Only a week ago , have tumbled Into third place and Indianapolis I ! hilt a notch above her. It will be interesting for the many Omaha friends of Joe Dolan , formerly of this cl'y to know thnt he has worked himself In'o r I the National league nnd made a very suc- 'cessful ' debut with the Louisville club on Tuesday of last week. Dolan Is nn Omaha . boy , and served his base ball apprenticeship , here , first as captain nnd catcher for the i ' Shnmrocks and afterward for the Crana company team , with whom he remained for j i three J : years , nnd later with the Conventions This spring he found himself with the Lynchbnrg team of the Virginia league slid associated with him were "Kid" Fear and young McJnmes , now with the Washlngtons J Pickering of the Lynchburgs went to Louls- vllle with Dolan and of the twelve hits made by f the team on Tuesday last oft Cy Young these two youngsters secured five and aa- s'stcd very materially In miking nr eleven-Inning tlo out of a came which at one time seemed linjio- icssly , lost. Dolan levered shorUtcp accepting seven dlfllciilt chances without an en or , besides being credited with a stolen base He Is a natural ball plajcr and Is bound to succeed and his many Omaha friends wish him success. "Ono of the smallest crowds I ever behel at a ball game Hocked by themselves to witness . a game between the St. Louis Drowns nnd Loulsvlllcs at Louisville late last season , " sajs Tim Hurst. "They tool' ' exceptions to one ot my decisions and ono colonel In the stand , with a whisky \olco and fine-cut whiskers , yelled : "Sail , Hurst sab ! If you tlon't do the kunncls Justice the crowd here will run yon off thf Held , sail ! ' I politely Informed this colonel that the crowd wasn't laise enough to make a re- spcctablo showing In a rough and tumble and nffeietl to lock the gate nnrt take a catch-as-catch-can chance with the little bunch j , of fans that were roasting me The novelty of the idea struck the bunch ns being funny and they laughed , and It made a hit with them , and I wasn't roasted du'lu ; the remainder of the game. " _ . Cupid Chllds Informed I3ob Kmsllo thai itheie t was a yellow halo around his brow and that he stood In ai ) atmosphere as fetli no Deer creel : dump. Cupid was thereupon Invited I to assume a thinking part on the bench. Larry Twltchcll has been released by Ml ] waiikee Marzena and Nonnomacher were also llrcd. and the shake-up braced the lirowers. They defeated Minneapolis 9 to 6 "The National league has two remedies and must choose nno or the other in mJcr to Improve base ball , " says Gus Schmclz "The tmublcB between the n in plica and play era this season have been so ficqucnt Urn the public Is disgusted and a halt must bo called If coaching la abollahe'd the dlfTor onces will be blotted out If It ls continued there U but one way to rid the game of these disgraceful brawls , and that is the double umpire system. " Not for n moment have the Boston dl rectors icgretted Hamilton Joining the team The talk that preceded his coming here o his being hard to handle. , a disturber In thn team , a shirker , etc. , Is all buncombe. Ho has a good eye , anil not only leads the tean In I batting , but ho leads the country In having his base on balls uioro times than any player in the league , while ho haa maintained hie high reputation ua a base runner. During the past week he has road three of the most marvelous catches ever seen In the outfield , and his work for the wliolo seabon has been of the highest order Doaton Herald , The cntlro Infield of the New York team Is made up of captains and former cap tains Ono of tlieto days when somebody yells for an Infield fly , "Take It. Cap ! " there will be a quartet collision , Talk about jou colonels ! What's the matter with our cap tains ? New York Herad. Cincinnati is the only League club tha has not been shut out this season. Tues day'E 1'ltUburg Presi. .And to think null the Ink wan drying the I'.eds fell like the beautiful miow. "Disregarding the old adage agalns swapping hojaes In midstream , more thai half the National League ten ma have mad extensive changes In their personnel sine the present season began , " says the Haiti more Bun. "Tho three teams now lu th lead have made practically no changes o moment since the seabon began , McGraw' absence from Baltimore's ranks was , o course , unavoidable , but with that creep tlon anil the change ot Dan nroutbrrs for John Doyle , the Orioles are Identically th * R ni ( > toum that won the pennant In U94. hree of thp pitchers , eve n , r the Mine IcMahon , Eapcr anil Hemming. Ctntln- att has not made a change , and the tcnm s the game as last year , except that tt has wen strengthened by Khrct nnd I'elU Ant ! ly Irwln In place of Latham. Manager Tebeau tried to strengthen his team nt bin ! base by trying a new man , IHIo- lanty , but it was not long before the M't- ran McGarr was back at his old placAlul 10 has been playing great ball. Tibc.tu also tried to Improve on lllako In lUht elil , but Dlako Is back and Shcaron , who icgan the season In right , U back In minor caguo ranks. " New York has thirty straight gomes to ilny nt the i'olo giounds , but 0 I * Caylor s not ovcrsanguinc. He sajs"Tho > rst the club can do In bettering Its stniul- tig In the rnco Is to beat Itrookljn nnd hllndplphla In the- championship , and reach the head of the second division If hat be accomplished It will bu unbounded encouragement for these who do not live wholly In the present , but look forward o next season. " The score card at Chicago wns not explicit In naming the Druaklyn pitcher , thoCl nnr.it of Ke'iinotly Daub nnd Harper being ined. Many In the crowd did not know Inrper , and when ho went to bat the first time somebod } In the sin ml calletl In a loud voice : "Hit 'er out , Mr. Kennedy , Daub or Inrper. " . When Tommy Dowd promised Chris that 10 could hoist the Drowns out of eleventh ) lace , the boss said' "Tommy , tlon't bo i guesscr. As my old frlent and secretary. Heed , used to say , 'Don't count your chickens until they lay eggs alreaty. ' " Mlko Kelly as a trleKster was a wonder n lila day , but even Mike ncknowledgc.i that luck ISwIng was his master in turning a rick at a critical moment. Washington Post. Anson says that only a scries of accidents can take the Chlcngos out of fourth place , and that they will hold that position , not withstanding the coining long trip away 'rom liomc. "I am satisfied that the gradual wane of Cleveland as a base ball city Is duo to the conduct of Tebeau and his players In the field , " says J. Earl Wagner. The Washington fans are very sore over the sale of Joyce. ritti.buig has been Cincinnati's stumbling 3)00k ) this season. The average age ot the National league Mci-l nt MJ > < < Miiirl Vnllcr. There will bo a sanctioned blcjclo meet at Missouri Valley August 25 , which prom ises to be very Interesting Many Omaha riders will enter and a crowd of enthusiasts will go over from this city. The program Is nMachcd : One-Third Mlle Open rlist prize , vnluo , second , $5 Ono Mile Novice Flrt prize , value ? 3 ; second , S3 ; third , $1 50. Two-Third Mlle Open Fiist prize , \aluo U5 ; second , $10 Two-Third Mile for Boys Under 1C Years Flist prize , value $2 ; second , $1 ; third , 50 cents One Mile Open First prize , \aluo ? 15 ; second , $ " > ; thlid , $2. One-Half Mlle Open to County First pilzevalue tlO , second. $ > . Five-Mile Handicap First prlre , value ? 20 ; second , ? 10 ; third , ? 5 ; fourth , $2. ( ) ueMtloiiH mill -\IIKMITN. WOODBINE. la. . Aug. 12. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will jou please send me I the name of managers , and address of the Original and University base ball clubs. Hoping to hear from you by retuin mall n. J. Welsh. Ans Originals , Fred Knickerbocker , room 4 New York Life building ; Universities , Lysle Abbott , Omaha. WAVEHLY Neb. . Aug. 13 To the Sport ing Editor of The Bee : Plcaso let me know- through jour paper what the best Jumping high kick Is ? B. A. Ans. Nine feet eight Inches ; C. C. Lee , New Haven , March 19 , 1SS7. CAJIUOLL. la. , Aug. 8 To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : "A" bets "B" that a certain horse Is 6 yeirs old. "B" bets the horse Is moro than C jcars old , The 1'orse proves to be C years and 10 days old. Who wins the bet ? W. H. Smith. Ans. What color is the horse ? RAPID CITY , S. D , Aug. 4 To the Sport ing Editor of The Bee : Please state In Sunday's Bee the blcjcla and tandem records for one mlle on a wooden track , and oblige Frank Blake. Ans No bonaflde records of thla kind. NHBHASKA CITY. Neb. , Aug. G To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Plcauo answer following question In next Sunday's Issue of The Bee If A wagers B thnt ho can name n city ot over 25,000 to 10000 In habitants In the cast , In which McKinley will not receive 250 votes , and he names Washington , D. C. , where McKinley will not lecclve any votes ; vho wins the bet ? -J. E Hanston Ans. It Is a catch hot , nnd. don't go Neither wins. UT1CA , Neb . Atlff. 10 , To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you please answer the following question through the Sunday BPO : Where can I purchase five or six stag hounds , for my ranch in Wyoming ? F. Beckord. Ans. Grcendalo Kennel , Kensington , 0. NENVMAN ttUOVE. Neb. , Aug. 15. To Iho Sporting Editor of The Bee : To satisfy a crank will you plcaso answer lu next Sun day's Bee the following questions. Docs section 9 , rule 45 , of Spauldlng'H 183 ( ! base ball lulcs Include liners batted by batsman" And does the batsman become out when such line ill ho Is batted to on inlleldcr , nnd can base runner run on such a hit ? G. A. An derson , Ans. (1) ( ) No. (2) ( ) Yes , and get put out , probably. OMAHA , Aug 11 To the Spoiling Edi tor of The Bee- Answer In The Sunday Dee : A bets that forbett and Jackson fought scvonty-two lounds to a draw , D bets that they fought nifty-two rounds nntl dcclnrcil no contest ; which wins' .Miami Ans. Sixty-one rounds. No contest. OMAHA MI1C.Vtr IIT Till ! CHOWD. ( Jlion n lloynl Welcome- ( hr I.onln- tlllr .Mrrt. Among the pacngers who allghteil from stordAjmorning's Milwaukee train wcro Mr. and Mrs. 1 > . J. O'llrlcn and Master 0 llrlen. They am alt blcjclo cnthiiflnMs. They were just returning from the Unilivlllo national meet of the League of American Wheelmen Ho says the Omaha repre sentatives wrro treated rcjally , nnd that the notional meet for exposition city In exposition } ear Is almost nn Assured fact. Ho Is the first of the Omaha party to ro- tuin In speaking of the trip , Mr. O'Brien said : "Thero's no use ot talking , our bovs simply caught , the place Although wn had but fourteen , men along , our suits , our pnthu- sUsm and our organization appeared tn gain , us innii ) friouds Wo were the only club In the parade that carried a banner. As the line advanced , crlei nt Omaha , Oinnhn , could be heard all nlong. At our reception on Wednesday evening wo had the lending officer * of theIciRiie and the best people of Ixnilsvlllo In attendance. They all had words of praise for us. anil told us that they hoped the 1S93 meet would ccmo to this cltj't' Informed thnm that our treatment wan only n slight snmpUi of the hospitality that nv.nltod thrin In OmMi.i , "Although the matter will not be dccldfi ! until next 3par. 1 think Omnha'a chances nro excellent It looks as though thu motit of next > ear would go tt > Brooklyn That would just suit us. ns It would Increase the thances of n western city for IS'JS As an evidence that other delegations apprcclato thn strength of our claims It may lie vvoll to mention the action of the Indianapolis contingent It had about forty men on tlio grounds , all ple-dge-d to work for that city for ISIS After we had been at work for tn n while the members came over nntl said that they tint ) decided Hint they would nbandon their original policy and help work for Omnhn The favorable action of the Kentucky wheelmen In endorsing Omnha for ISl'S ' was a great aid to us Yes. Indeed , j nm moro hopeful than ever bt'foio that things mo going to come our wny. " IIIII.IM : ov IIKMITTIM ] oir rivna. \HMciiMMl ! > > ' l.iuiilnsiitliillon , The-y Must Miuitt. Notices of n ruling by Iho Western nntl by the Transcontinental Passenger nsso- clotlona eonccrnlng the remission ot fines lu n local passenger sssoclallon we'ro received by Omalii ratlrondcis jestordny morning. Under the local pnsscngcr association ngiec- incnt , fines once nssrsscd by local associa tions cannot be i emitted by ( he local asso ciation A Kansas Clt > casecalletl for the ruling of the ehnliman on this point. Ills circular concludes ns follows "Pnr- tlbS to a local passenger association have no ' light tn take netlon remitting tines , and tn ull cases whcro a line Is adjudged , guilty tlio pcnaltj provided for the offense must luvarlnbly follow The only ic- course In the tnnttei Is thnt of appeal to the arbltiutor , as provided In rule C. " Cm ( lit- mill I In * Ornv ' . The following bliths nnd deaths wcio re ported nt < ho health ofllco during the twenty-four hours ending nt noon yesterday : Ulrths- . Elsigscr. 20JI South Nineteenth Btrcet. girl ; Albeit Slum , 1451 South Thir teenth , girl ; a. S. Wegener , 2902 North Twenty-eighth , girl , Albert Anderson , S34 South Twenty-eighth , girl , Jon n olden , 1116 North Twentieth , girl , Clint let Johnson. 13G North Thirty-fourth avenue , boy ; W. P. Stilling , imo North Twentieth , boy ; John Williams , 521 North Nineteenth , boy. Deaths Otto Cold , 50 , 12 5 Grant .con sumption , body tinned over to Omaha Medical college , Hannah Peterson , 17 , 1m- manuel hospital , Sprlngwell cemetery. MEALS In all its stages completely eradicat' etlbyS.S.S. Obsti. nate sores and ulcers yield to its healing powers. It re moves the poison and builds up tlie system I'tlu.ble trcailie on ttie ril e and lit treatment millt't ( tea , svvirx faPLcirn : co , , Aiimti. c- . PAINLESSLY & PERMANENTLY CURED 33. 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