18 TTTI3 FOR THE . At the annual ohamptonsltlp niectlnt ; o the Amateur Athletic union on Manhattan field last Saturday afternoon Bernard AVcfers , the phenomenal sprinter of the r.ge was run to a standstill In the 4 < 0-ynidcr by Tom Burke , last year's winner at the saint distance. Wefeis wan the winner nt the shorter distance. * , but ho slfjhrd for the 440 yard honor and mndo a herofc effort , but was beaten. Burke , the victor. Is the Bos ton amateur champion as well ns the king pin of American winners In the Olympic games at Athens last April. Thcie were seven starters In the r.T-o Saturday , In cluding Kllpatilck. but attention was cen tered on Wcfcrs and Burke. Every man who looked on had his heart In his mouth whei the seven got on ihelr mai-'hS , and there was scarcely n luuiinur In the great enclosure till the faint crack of the starter's pistol was faintly heard away up the stretch. Burke's long , tolling strldn , so familiar to devotees of the sport , at once brought him to the front. Ho was followed by Kllpat- rlck , while Wcters held himself well in among the tnllcndors. Down tlm stretch llurke gradually drew away from the field , and then n terrific shout went up when Wefers toro through the bunch. Nearlng the dressing room , about 100 yards from the finish , ho mowed his opponents down ns If they had been standing still , and then he made his supreme ) effort. Inch by Inch he cut down the gap between himself nnd the champion. Evoobody sprang to their feet. Everybody yelled : " \Vcfe r wins ! Wefer wins ! " nnd , Indeed , fifty yords from , the finish the triple crown for the gicat api inter seemed assured. Hut all this tlmu the speed and the endurance ot the Boston lad had boon very llttlo taken Into account. Then lie , too , put on the terrific , final spurt for which ho Is noted. H was a hoarL-bicaking finish , nnd Wcfcrs , although defeated , cov ered himself with glory. Hurko beat him to a standstill , however , and ciosscd the line a winner by exactly seven feet. The time , 48 4-5 seconds , was remarkably fast , but not up to the record. INDIANOLA , Nob. , Sept. 15. To the Sporting Editor of The Bc-c : Enclosed please find a complimentary to our fair , to be held hero October G-9 , with our earnest request that you mnko nn effort to bo with us. We nro going to have the best string of horses lioro wo have over had ; also a handicap foot race , 100 yards , Sheffield rules , the second event of the kind , I believe , ever run In the stato. Wo had ono here last year which was a grand success. An uukuown colored man dropped In on us and won from the scratch. In ten seconds. This handicap is open to all comers ; the purse Is $30 cash nnd the entry $2.50 , all entry money going with the purse , which makes the event quite an attractive one ; three moneys. I think there will bo twenty entries at lea.st , and If therb are nny sprinters ubout Omaha we shall bo glad to receive their eutrles. W. A. McCool , superintendent ot speed. Talking of foot ball signals. Bob Patrick says that no two teams have tbo same set of signals , but all the best teams have adopted a system which vailcs only In de tail. Dy the middle of the foot ball season every first-class team has perfected at least twenty-five plays , which aio numbered from ono up to the limit. For example , the play by which left half back goes around right end will bo called No. 1 , nnd left tncklo between right tackle and right end will bo called No. 7. Every man has to take a different position and da something different In each play , so he must keep In his mind's eye his position In each play. Every play Is signaled for by shouting n series of numbers , and the dlfllculty comes In distinguishing what play has been sig naled. It would bo a simple matter If only ono number was called , but In order to prevent the opponents from learning signals they are purposely complicated. This Is done tn various ways , as , for In stance , the number ot the play Is obtained by adding or subtracting the third and fourth numbers which the captain calls out. Whether the numbers are to be added or subtracted will bo determined by the first number called For example , If the third and fourth numbers are to bo added the first number will be some number below ton ; If they are to be subtracted the tlrst , or cue number , as It is called , will be. some number above ten. The cue number may be tbo second or third or some other number , and tbo numbers to be added or sub tracted may bo the seventh and eighth or any other two numbers. See how the sys tem works ? Let the cue bo the second number called , and If It be even the fourth and fifth numbers are to bo added , and If It bo odd they nra to bo subtracted. Lot the play called for bo right guard around the left end , which has been numbered twelve. The captain will then sing out nine , six , twenty-nine , seven , Hve , slxty-threo , seventy , live , otc. Hardly are the last words out of bla mouth bcforo the ball Is In play , and ovcry man must be In his position In an instant. It will readily ho seen that some lightning calculation must bo done , and that , too , while laboring under great ex citement. Proficiency In this kind of mental exerclso comes only by long and hard prac tice , and many a bright man In the class room has failed to mnko a 'varsity foot ball team because he hndn't the mental nblllty to play his position properly. Not only accurate - curate reasoning but also rapid decision la required to make a successful foot ball player. That glorious old "waser" Jake Kllraln had the temerity to attempt to make a twen ty-round run with Paddy Slavln the other night. Not that the Australian la any great shakes , but Kllraln well , ho couldn't beat a pair of deucra If ho was allowed to draw from the deck face up , He was at one time , years ago , a good sort of a defensive fishier , with plenty of will and plenty of pluck , but that was right after the flood , and since then Jalu > has grown obrae and Indolent , and paretlc , one' would think. Judging from hla flstlc vagaries. And Paddy .Slavln , he's but llttlo better. Put Jake's years on hla shoul. clora and ho would make u good mate for the old uknto , As It Is now , ho has some considerable- punching power left , enough anyway to maku a stowed monkey out of the Daltlmoreau In leas than ono round. Henry of Navarro , It la said In turf cir cles , Is to bo let I roil and sent to Mr , Del- mont'a stock farm. Whllo being fltte-d for the present season at theHcnnlngs race track , near Washington , last April , the great horse contracted eatarrlml foyer , > vhlch pre vailed at that point. Ho recovered In due time , but could not bo prepared for the llrooklyn Handicap. Ho rounded to and won the Suburban , that race being Iho occasion of hit ) last appearanco. It was the purpose of Mr , Hement ! to Bend Henry of Navarro to England this fall at the head of his table for racing In that country next year. Henry of Navarro Is a chestnut horse. 6 years old , by Knight of rjllcrslle , out of Moss Hose. Clifford , who wan regarded last spring M the only rival handicap horse to Henry ot Navarro , may also shortly ba retired. Ha pulled up ao sore at Shcepshead on Tut-s- day ot last week , while working for the First Special , to bo run at Qravesemd Satur day , that hts owner ordered him out of training Fitziluuuoni and Corbett are again matched tor a long and bitter struggle In tbo uowipapert. Thus far In their numerous typographical conflicts , Fits has had decid edly ttit Unit ot It , M all Jalr-uUuUed ai n will corroborate- According lo the latest agreement lliri mrn nrc tn meet within sixty days utter Cot Lett fights Sliarkcy , and from the present outlook It Is n-nsonablo tn expect thU orctit to come off some tlmo In May , 1993. long after most of us have been cathcml to our fathers. Ocorse Sllrr , the Chicago fistic * scribe , la to rnferco the affair and ulll piobably odlrlntc from til * perch on the jasper wall via ( he celestial tele- phone. The stakes. $10.000 a side , arc lo bo nailed up In Al. Smith's coffin and burled with him. and mu > uf the stipulations l.i that the ninner mint dig Al up and get the stuff with his own hands , and IT he re fusal to dn this It Is to rerun in with the loiiuilns of Mr. Smith until the arrival ot the inlllcnnltim , xvlicn It la tn be handed over to a committee ami spent for flrj-worka and water to celebrateIho advent of Hat auspicious ocr.lslon. And there Is going to bo no foot ball game this year between the Yale and Harvard teams. This lias been definitely settled , nnd the Interesting feature about It Is that both parties teem quite satisfied with tlu > settlement. At leatt that Is what the authorities on the matter say. A few days ago tbo nov.it. or rather a statement , was Issund from Harvard that thu Crimsons would not play the Yale foot ball team this year. As soon an thU announcement was made the Yule authorities Rave the world to know that there could not possibly be such a gime ! > , as the Yale authorities some tlmo ago decided that there had been too much athletics for a season or two past There was a fear that the business would be carried too far. It was , therefore , decided n year ago that there would bo only one big game this year , and that there would not b any foot ball game or boat race be tween Harvard and Yale until 18DS at the soonest. This explanation shows that the Yale people were making a declaration that had been made already by other people It Is not necessary to go Into the unpleas ant features of the estrangement between the athletic authorities of Yale and Harvard The public Is aware that contests between these two bodies are more Interesting than contests between any two other colleges or amateur organizations. A short time ate It was thought that a reconciliation had been effected between them when each party sent a representative tn the committee that revised the foot ball rules. Hut things will come all right , although , as the Yale au thorities Intimate , It may bo 1S98 before they do so. An Interesting question now Is will there b a game between the University ot Penn sylvania and Yale teams. The former have solicited such a. contest , but the people on the Yale side who claim to know say that tlu-re will not he any such contest. It Is claimed that If Yale makes a date wllh thr University of Pennsylvania this year an al llanco will be claimed for several years , o at least Yale would bo expected to meet tin University of Pennsylvania boys next year Now. this Is not a reasonable excuse by an' means. A game could be arranged between the teams for thla year and no other , jusi as easily as the Yale authorities arrange : ' to go to Ilpnley this year without belnf compelled to go next year also. If the Yalr authorities want to play the Quakers thcj can do so without the least fear of therr being any compulsion for games In future years. Hut , despite the above unpleasant tea- tuies , there Is going to bo a. great foot ball season this year among the big college- and athletic clubs. The leading teamr promise- bo as strong this year as they were last season. Hnth the Harvard atr1 ' the University of Pennsylvania teams are hard at work getting ready for next month when their contests begin. Last year It will bo remembered that the PcniiaylvanlanF prolited considerably by their early training and this year they are working just as hard anil have started lust as early. They are a flno lot of athletes , and , judging from ap pearances , thereIs no reason why thej should not bo as strong and as formidable as were the players of the university last year. It Is safeto say that they wll make a good record , ami that there will b < - some reason for big and ambitious colleges keeping clear ot them. The authorities in charge at Yale , Harvard and Princeton all state that their team ? will probably be better than last year ThereIs strong "eason for thinking that the Crimsons will bo stronger than they vrcre Last year they were sadly Interfered will In their work , and this drawback Is no' likely to happen this year ; In fact , th rt Is more sympathy for the team this yea at the university than there was last season that Is , the "powers that bo" seem to be r llttlo more an < tiou3 about the team than -wai- the case In 1895. This Is sure to be a great encouragement. The Cornell trial foot ball squad will lumber about 100 men. Nineof that num- icr trained for last" year's team. They are Hcacham , Tausslg , Sweetland , Fitch Veoborn , Lylo. Starbuck. Richie , and Fen nell , Among the new men entitled to con sldcratlon are many players from other colleges and preparatory schools. Harrj 'rank , a son of Hon. Klmer Frank of talc city. Is a candidate for quarterback , with a good showing of be-In. ? elected. George Connors of Chicago will look after the phys ical condition of the rnen. The team will have no professional coach. Active train ing began last Monday. The sjstcm of coaching at Yale , Harvard and other older Institutions will be- tried at Cornell this year. Captain Heacham will have a general oversight of the various men. Them will bo fifteen or twenty of the old Cornell players back tn assist In the work. They will comeat different times , staying a week or two each , BO that a sufficient number will always bo on hand. Among those who will come back to do this work are Clint Wyckoff , raptaln of last year's team ; D > cr and Mason of the ' 04 team ; George fUcon and Edward Young. The following Is a partial list of the names scheduled by Cor nell : September 23. Rochester at Ithaca ; October 24 , Harvard at Ithaca ; October 31 , Princeton at Princeton ; November 14 , Wil liams at 'Buffalo ' ; Thanksgiving day , Penn sylvania at Philadelphia. Australia's faraoua team of cricketers ar rived at Now York from Southampton last Tuesday. There are fifteen men Ip the Anti podean party , and the main reason , BO they say , for their trip to this country Is to re trlovo the defeat they mot with In 1S93 at the hands of the Philadelphia eleven , whom they meet today ( Friday ) , The whole outfit from the land of the Golden Flceco Is In capital condition and they expect to over whelm the Quaker boys this afternoon Next "Wednesday nnd Thursday they will collide with the Dergen Point team on the Now Jersey Athletic club's grounds , and return games with Philadelphia October 2. 3 and 4 , Just when they start west has not as jet been announced , hut Omaha devotees of the sport can pretty certainly rely upon petting a chance to ECO them , as a strenuoui effort will bo made to Induce them to atop off at Omaha. Harry New , secretary of the Omaha Cricket club , as well as the sporting editor of The Hee , has written an urgent request to Cnptaln Henry Trott , holding forth such Inducements as Is thought Mil bo aulllcient to accomplish the desired end. Mr. Utt of the Commercial club Bay a that they shall bo well cared for during their stay here , while the various cricket organizations will certainly vlo with each other In their entertainment , A visit thl by * all-cou- qucrlng team would be of Incalculable bejic- fit to the game here. o.v Tin ; LAICU AMI"IN Tim KIIM > , Weekly IlimiMtt with ( hit r < > lliMVvri of It ml null ( inn , Cutoff lake , it seems , Is destined to al ways retain Its charm for local hunters and Qshermen. All through these delicious Sep tember days its uhores are Ilnod with In dustrious anglers , and while the flnny lux uries that are lured from Its translucent depths Imvo dwindled la Importance from the noble black basa to almost Inllulteamul cropple and suntuih , the sport Is prosecuted with as much vigor as of old. and the nr- dimt Unheruian Is just u proud ot hia catch i as If It WM up to the standard ot * day' * work In the pnst. Hut there Is no denying It the conscience less Hotter nnd selnnr has all b.ut destroyed ) these waters as an attraction ot real anglers and fishermen , men who know something | of the ethics of the sport , who would dis ' dain to carry off infant cropplo and sunflsh hardly large enough to be dis | tinguished from tadpoles , and men who In no way could bo Induced to participate In ftn Illegal sport. Ono would think that there was n limit to all things , but this Is a mistake. There 1 Is no limit to the Rail and greed of the Cutolf lake market fisherman. Notwith standing thcso waters have long slnco been almost entirely depleted of their marketa ble fish , such as blnclc bass , pickerel and cropple , of a size to Justify their capture , ho still continues his nefarious practice nnd will only ccaso when Interested parties arc sufficiently aroused to hunt him down nnd exterminate him. Just now the shooter Is enjoying his ha ! cjon time nt the lake , as In no season dur ing the whole twelvemonth Is this llttlo patch of water , slough , reeds and mud BO attractive to this class ot sportsmen , at no season Is there n better opportunity to mnko n creditable bag. Jt Is in September that the teal shooting Is at Us best , and there Is no other duck that visits thcso waters as numerously as the teal. The Increased settlement about the lake , nnd the grand multlpll cation of shooters , seemed to have no terrors for him. Let the haze of autumn once bc- filn to draw Its diaphanous veil over the distant hills , nnd down comes this llttlo mottled beauty , with n blue or a green splotch on cither wing , from hla summer abiding places In the north , down he comt-s to Cutoff'a reedy shallows , to wallow In the sunshine and grow fat on the dainties which cvcijwhcro abound. The other clucks , e nv.v < bnfk , red-head , mallard , widgeon , baldpalo and blueblll , are more wary than they formerly wore. The. numerous buildings which have been con structed about the lake , and the general metamorphose ot the surroundings , together with the ubiquitous gunner and his 'dOK , hts warned them to seek more secluded and safer localities ! for their fall festival and sojournmcnt. Of cottise these birds still drop In here , but In nothing like the myriads which use to mark regularly their spring and autumn migrations. Years ago these waters bore a different name from wlir t they do now. Fifteen or twenty years back they were- known ex- clusl\ely na Willow lake , and the uew and uncuphonlous afpcllatloii was not applied until after the erratic Missouri gave provoca tion by Its famous "cutoff. " Those days , lee , wenda > s made memorable by such old school sportsmen as General Crook , John Collins , John Petty , Judge Kennedy , Yank Hathaway , Jack Knowles , Al Patilck. Homy 1 Ionian and others. It was nothing unusual for a couple of these Illustrcus old shots to jump In a buckboard at 4 o'clock In the afternoon , drive up to Wilson's lake by the old road and knock over from fifty to spvcnty-llvo birds before night drew her curtain and shut off the sport. While Wil low lake In old lang syno was one of the greatest teal grounds to lie found in the whole conitij ; teal In those days were too small game for the men I have men tlono.il. They were very "choicy. " and teal , widgeon blueblll , baldpate could skim ever dccojs with Impunity ; when their old hammer guns belched fotth their storm of tire aucf smoke , It was the downfall of can- uisback. redhead or mallard. In those times duck hunting trlpi to the distant sand hills country were unheard of , and journeys of any cotslderablo consequence were only undertaken for buffalo , elk , deer and an telope ; the nearby dishorn and Pintle fur nished wild fowl In abundance , to say noth ing nf geesu and swan , sandhill crane , Jacksnipe - snipe and chicken. Hut , as I said before , Cutoff lake seems destined to withhold her magnetism for all time to como. Despite the Improvements that have encroached upon the feeding and play grounds of the larger body of visiting wild fowl , there seems to bo plenty of attractions hero still for Anas OIscois , the delicate teal , seed feed In the muddy , reedy shallows , delightful cover and open waer of sufficient ox pa lisa to fulfill all requirements. And 'again , September Is the favored month here for yellnwlcgs , rail and Jacksnlpe , and while they are seldom to be mot with In any un usual numbers , they stop off hereIn these tlno fall days with sufficient frequency to render tolerable siiort. Whllo on this subject I might add that the blue-wing Is about the first of all the lucks , save the ever present wood duck and spoonbill , who returns to us In the fall from hh breeding grounds In the north , and this Is the tlmo for thorn hero , September. Where not frequently disturbed they sit In iho mud along our low lake shores , nome- times crowding so thickly that the stealthy pot hunter Is enabled to kill a dozen or more at a shot. The teal , both blue-wing nd greon-ning , fly like a bullet , and when Jiey alight drop down with the suddenness of a Wilson snipe , They are extremely fond if low , mucky waters , where the splatter docks , rccds cud smartwecd * hlckly .bound. Their food Is mostly of a vegetable - table character , and they are Inordinately fond of the tiny tceds of the reed , of wild ice and the tender shoots of all aquatic plants. No finer table- bird exists , nnd In the fall , after a. brief stay here , they become - como exceedingly fat and toothsome. They do not linger In this latitude long after the arst nipping frost. There Is no more dell cato member of the wild fowl , and , as they are very susceptible to the cold they con tinue on southward at nn early date. What the United Statea needs Is a gov ernment pi oof house , where guns manufac tured by American companies may be thor oughly tested as to Iho strength of their barrels rnd breech mechanism , says Billy Tonnsend. In many eases guns regarded us absolutely safe by their makers nro after ward returned to them , the barrels burst or bulged by the nltro powder. Hero the maker Is always held responsible , and Is blamed becnuso the gun broke. Often Iho break 1-j caused by the use of an excessive > Imrgo of ponder , but this can not bo proved , nnd Iho reputation of the gun-maker miffertt. In the event of thu establishment of a proof house by the government this would all be done away. The gun would bo thor oughly tested In every particular , and with the largest charges of povvdor ; they would then bo stamped with the proof marks. Should the gun then break In the handy of the sportsmen ho alone would bo re sponsible therefor , and thu maker's reputa tion would not bo tarnished by any unjuxt criticisms. The name lest would also bo to the advantage of the sportsman , as In buying a gun ho would have the govern ment stamp on It a certificate that it had been tried and not found wanting , and that It was gafo with any reasonable charge of powder , This Is plain , and for years has been adopted In several European countries and has worked admirably. A set of regulations for quail shooting In the villages of tha Glieivc-h Province , Kgjpt , has Just been Issued. The season for quail ghootlng has now commenced , and , very shortly , parties of sportsmen will be out after the birds on the cultivated ground between Cairo and the pyramids. Under the rules which have been posted up In all the principal hotels of Cairo , quail shooting hi iho cultivated laud of the vil lages of the Gheczeh Province Is prohibited unless n llrenso has previously been obtained. A license costs P. T. 100 ( about fO ) . The proceeds of thti sale of licenses for shooting will bo distributed by the local authorities among the culti vators of villages where quail shooting Is allowed. Tha Idea of making the sportsmen pay for the privileges accorded to them of going on the lauds ot villagers , whoso cropa they nro very likely to damage , Is a good ono. Under Article 12 of the rules any Infringement of them will bo punished by a flue of P , T. 30 to P. T. 100 nnd Imprison ment from twenty-four hours to five days , K. B. Dundy , jr. , and his cousin , Charlie Dundy , have returned from an eventful hunting expedition up In the wild fastnesses of the Idaho mountains. They had an en viable experience and a highly successful hunt , killing , however , only such game as they could use. They had mtmerus chances to slay that mighty monarch of the rocky wilderness , the elk , but refrained excepting such times as they required fresh meat. They lay for two hours , H. S. told me , watching the maneuvers of an approach- IPK band ot elk twenty-seven cows , a num ber of calves and two spike bulls. "It was an Interesting sight , " said Mr. Dundy , "watching these noble animals , brouslng and playing , until they approached within forty yards of the spot where we lay behind the shelter of two huge boulders. " Kven thea they did not take alarm , but pAasad on by the hunters' perdu and oft Into tHe 1pnfs ( unsuspecting ot any danger. DeMdcs n number of elk And deer , the twfc llifntcrs killed two mountain sheep , the shiewdcst and wariest of all wild game. With1 the possible exception of the mountain' goat , and a halt-grown , moun tain lion. The latter brute was discovered In the centcVof a little' Blade rnvenously feeding upoil'n' Jack rabbit , lie did not scent the- hunters , although when first seen ho was not over1 sixty yards nway. They had plenty ot time to formulate their plans , and , lying down ; took n good rest nnd at n given signal' thrlr AVlnchesters cracked simultaneously nnd the lion fell dead with out n struggle. There vvns ono other Incli dent related ! by Mr. Dundy that Is ot es pecial Interest , and that was the killing of n big bull elk at a distance ot over 1,000 yards. Ho was , on the side ot ono mountain nnd Sclp on tbo side of nnothcr. lie saw the animal standing broadside nnd , without even elevating the sights , took a crack at him , moro ns nn experiment than anything else. Ills surprise was unbounded when ho saw the big animal make a frenzied leap , then como rolling and tumbling down the steep mountain side. Ilfc rolled fully 1.000 feet before lodging on the rocks , nnd at ono plnco took a tumble over a precipice fully 100 feet high , breaking his nntlers Into fragments nnd otherwises sadly dis figuring his royal carcass. It Is quite apparent that there Is an or ganized gnng of dog thieves operating In this city , as a large- number ot valuable bird dogs have disappeared within Iho last fortnight. Dog owners , especially those possessing hunting dogs , should take extreme , care of their animals at this tlmo. Every year at thl9 tlmo this species ot thief begins to get In his work. The hunting season being on , they experience but llttlo difficulty In disposing ot stolen dogs at a good profit , and once moro owners are ad monlshed to excrclso Increased care In keep lug their dogs close to home. Stockton Hcth nnd Joe Haldrlgo spent a couple ot dnjs during the past week as guests of Hob Co III n ot Itandolph , chicken shooting In the vicinity of that pretty little burg. Mr. Coffin Is a good fellow In every wav , as the sporting editor has learned from Ultimate' association , and the man lucky enough to draw him for a partner on a day or two's shoot , Is n lucky Individual In deed. Omaha gunners are again having capital sport with the rail , both clapper and sera , which se m to fairly swarm about the shores of all our adjacent lakes and low- lying flag and reed-covered marsh lands. In 1SD4 these birds were exceedingly plenti ful on all the nearby grounds , moro so , In fact , than they were ever known before or since. This seaicn they are again unusually numerous , but In nonlso as plentiful aa they worn during the season mentioned , but If there are any of the uninitiated who would like to Indulge In an afternoon's sport they had better lose no time , for the first Impressions by Jack Frost will set them a-scurrylng for milder climes. The roll la a queer llttlo fellow , n mystic spirit of marshy lake shore nnd reedy river bed. Ho Is a bird of slow and deliberate flight nnd easily killed. Now aud then. It you are shooting along the shores of the lake , there Is nn opportunity for a quick shot as one of the llttlo feathered gnomes shows himself above the tulles for a couple of ) feet ; only , as It reaches out for the shelter of tlys high grass aud rice- , where boat cannot be- pushed , or If a strong wind Is blowing | the , rlslnE bird Is swept away , and then a geol [ allowance must be made for him. tint ordinarily , In fair weather and on the wide marshy fields of Cutoff lake , ho Isn burlesque on marshmen , who fall to knock down nine out of every ten that dares oxliib.it himself above the waving grass. To-Uuopk down , however. Is not always to retrieve , for the crippled rait Is an adept Inj hiding himself In the wet reeds and weeds. Of course , misses are made by an oft us , but for most of those made tlicru Isi no possible excuse. The llarrlster and I went up to Cutoff the other afternoon , and bagged some twenty-eight In a couple off hours' shooting. Edward Blade ; who recently returned from a cycling trip through Europe and an ac count of whos6 experiences will bo found in The Hce's wheel department , has remem bered the sporting editor with a number of copies of that good old London Journal , the Fishing Gazette , which for nearly a half century has been exclusively devoted to old world angling , Inko and sea fishing and fish culture. As Mr. Black surmised , thcsr papers have proved exceedingly Interesting to me. I have reviewed them carcfulli nnd thoroughly , have found much instruc tive and Interesting matter and am free tr acknowledge that the venerable Fishing Gazette - zetto Is one of the sort of publications that assist In making lifo worth living. It I- verv exhaustive in detail nnd seems to be conducted on the fundamental base of truth an I veracity.V hat ono reads In the Fishing Gozette ho can depend upon ii coming pretty nearly the truth , there is no trabh or vapcrlns by Illiterate contribu tors. When a subject Is discussed It Is discussed by some one who knows what he is talking about. Cut while I unhesitating cay all thcso good things about our English contemporary , I cannot for n moment com pare the Gazette with such Amei Icnn sports men's magazines ns Forest and Stream the American Angler and one or two others It lacks their typographical beauty , Illus trative wonders and bright nnd newsy sub- stnnco , and where ono grows tired of a page or two of cumbersome English stuff at . - time to pick up the Forest and Stream Ic to hold on lo it until you have read It from "ecnd to cend. " I. O. Hbcdcs , George Smith , A. E. Hutchi son. Gcorgo O. Seribner aud Brigadier Gen eral Gregory spent several days last week out on Silver Creek , hunting chicken According to authentic advices this quintette- sportsmen are. about to revolutionize tionize- the prevailing method of capturing this gallant bird of the plains , and do away with all su6h unwieldy appurtenances as shot gun and shells , doss , wagons and BO forth. They Intend to reduce the labor of hunting to a minimum , but Just how they nro to accomplish this 1 cannot Buy. as 1 am but meagrely posted as to their modus opcra.mll. I do know thla much , however , that jou do not haveto leave your tent at all. All you do Is gather In n little- circle about the mess-chest , and with a lot of llttlo pictured pieces ol pasteboard , kill jour chicken. It Is a species of necromancy thp.t will require thorough education before It can bo correctly understood. Ono man takes the full complement of pasteboards , mlnglc-s tbom together Indiscriminately , and lays them on the chest. Then another one of the hunters carves them Into , two piles , nnd the man who did the mingling puts the two piles together , picks the whole up and helps the other hunters to a certain number of * pieces. When all bavo been supplied , they 'look ' at them critically a moment , and encli one , cither says : "l in out , " or " 1 'stiiy. ' " Then thcso who say "I'll stay" throw away some of their paste boards and jhunt'tr number one again hands them a ] | Kp niimber from the main pllo that Is left. ' 1/hen / they all "skin" their papes , nnd Ip'ofc wise , and study so hard jou would think'they were In a tiance. Hut they are not , Suddenly the ono next to thu 0110 who h'Vl distributed the pasteboards , ejaculates "check , " holcllni ; his pasteboards close up tq his bosom. The next man look * at htm , qulzzkajly , then "skins" his paste boards ait > ln , and picking up u number of celluloid dl'sks filled In front of him , says 'I'll have to go you five bones. " The next huulur , who ( s evidently In a hurry , quickly exclaims ; "I see you , and goes you five jetter. " Tlfo fpurth man Informs tbu rent Jmt ho "quits , " and the hunter who had nlngled and distributed the pastoboaida adds that ho "goes to the stable. " Then .ho hunter who "checked" nays , " 1'vej a good notion to clevato you , I think you're try- ng to steal the pot , " icferrrlng possibly to .ho dinner pot still sizzling away on the camp stovo. Ho "skins" his pasteboards again , fingers the llttlo celluloid dUks In rout of him , and finally announces that ho 'lays down. " Then the hunter who had 'gono" five bones picks up five more , nnd , osslng them tn the center of the chest , says , "I call you ; what you got ? " Then ho man who bad "gone five better , " replies 'two little stlnkln * pair , " and the other luuter. etlll holding his pasteboards , lays hem face up on the chest , and says "no ; oed , three threes , " and rabes In all the lit- le red and white disks that had been hrown on the chest. This they repeat over and over again , all the afternoon , and away nto the night , only quitting when one or wo of the hunters have run out of those Ittlo disks and want to borrow more. Then he bunt breaks up , there Is a little talk about "bow much this and that one is ahead , about being even , nnd so much behind , " when they all take A drink and crawl Into thetlr sleeping baga , and the last night they were Hiore Hutchison says Scrlbncr lost his voice " " saying "Rood. I would think , wouldn't you , that when a man found his voice going saying "Rood , " he'd quit ? Well , how do they get their chickens , you ask ? That's the mystery , but I do know that when they got back to the city they all Vcft the motor car at Howard street , went up to Icken & Walter's com mission house , went In and were there hardly five minutes when they came out , each ooo carrjlng from six to B dozen chickens. I guest they had Ihcm shipped In by telephone , don't you ? Tom Uruner and one or two other mem bers of the old Mcrgalizcr club put In a day on the Sweetwater bottoms last week nfter that morceau of all feathered game , the Wilson snipe. While the birds had Just begun to come In , Sir. 11. and party made a very creditable bag , twenty-seven Jacks nnd a number of lesser ycllonlcgs. Cllffo Cole spent the week at Holdregc and he reports moro than ordinary good chicken shooting. Ho and a companion brought In thirty-eight , the result of one day's hunt. Jllko Clnrlisoti and Charlie Mucnteferlns have been spending their vacation on Hon. Matt Daugherty's ranch In Arthur county and they had a great lot ot sport with the chicken , Jack rabbits nnd coyote's. Hut on Tuesday last they struck bigger gamo. They were scouting about the country a-horao- back anil run Into a bunch of ten antclopo. Both lads had a neve-re attack of the "buck ague , " but they finally succeeded In crip pling one ot the animals , gave It a long chase , but It got away. Mr. Daughcrty said the > y were the most surprised and most excited pair of kids ho over saw. Dr. D. C. IJryant Is the guest of Dr. C. D. Evans ot Columbus , The two disciples of Esculaplus have gone oft Into the far north In search of the toothsome pralrlo chicken , and will bo absent for a few days. Thcro will bo a big live-bird and target shoot on the grounds of the Uupont Oun club this afternoon. Shooters generally In vlted to attend and take part in the sport. OX THU HAI.IJ I'llOI.I ) . A llrt > p . .jRrlnt of \ < > ttN from AH ( liinrU-rx of tliv Diamond. The past ten days have been less Inter esting In the National league thnn any pre vious week slnco the opening game of the season. Baltimore still occupies the apex of the structure , with Cleveland as the main brace nnd Cincinnati next. On Thurs day last the Queen city quitters surprised the world by shutting Plttsburg out twice , the two victories , however , only nudging her up In n slight degree on Cleveland. As I stated last week , the teams will end the season pretty much as they stand today. There Is a fight for fourth place between Chicago nnd Uoston , with the chances In favor of the Uean Eaters , and another for ninth place between Brooklyn and Wash ington. So far as honors nre concerned , the other eight teams have shot their bolt. John J. McCloskey may take Omaha's franchise next year , says Hen Mulford. He talked of the Colonels the other day and said : "It appeal's to me that McGunnlglc now has some very fast young men and If batters are added the team next year will nrovo a winner. No team can win without heavy bitters. Dolan , the new man at short , Is the most promising youngster I ever saw and Pickering Is very fast. Ho played under mo once and I think he will recover his batting eye eventually. I believe If heavy batters were secured the club will prove next season almost as great a surprise as did Baltimore the first year Hanlon won the pennant. " Thcro will likely be some changes In the Chicago infield , despite Oem Adrian Anson's assertions that his team would play as It Is. Jimmy Connors has been drafted or rather bought from the Minneapolis club , and so has Preston. Preston Is a third baseman and Connors has always been n guardian of the middle bag. The latter covers acres of ground , but is about ns ungraceful about his work as any of them. He can , however , throw accurately to first whllo fnlllne down. He's an off and on batter some days strong .and others weak but as a whole would hit harder than Fred Pfeffcr. That awful slump and downfall of Bucli Ewlng's Reds can be accounted for by the players In the other eleven teams of the league , though Buck Is trying to fool him self with the belief that he cannot explain It. Hero Is Tommy Dowd's theory on the slump of Buckingham and the Reds : "The Reds _ they call themselves , but the Yellows would bo a more appropriate name. There is enough saffron In the Cincinnati club to celebrate Orangeman's day on a large scale. If LI Hung Chang " ( new that such a big bunch of yellow was floating about the country ho would have secured a corner on It. " Connors and Preston have been drafted from Minneapolis. Connors played hero In TS92 and Impressed the crowd as n big , fine- built fellow , with much fielding nblllty nnd a shock of stngo fright every tlmo he went to bat. Preston U the fellow who started In last year with Louisville- and then , between lushing and McCloskoy's nagging , fell heav ily by the wayside. Ho Is said to have de cided that the red stuff Is better let alone , In which case he ought to bo good enough for any team Chicago News. Charley Snyder , the Washington umpire , Is achinvlng quite a record as a sprinter. Twice durlur. July ho made an exit from n Western lengue diamond with an inflam mable mob of looters in the vrako , and last week on the Kansas City diamond ho ran first In a sprint event with a vigilance com mittee of inns In second place , well bunched and close up. Hut Charley will Insist on umpiring. Washington Post. John J. McCloskey , the ex-manager of the Loulsvllles , is figuring on a franchise In the Western league for next year for Omaha , and it Isqulto likely something will come out of the move. J. J. says ho can put n very fast team In here , and that If ho can only interest the right parties ho can score a big success. The liopo Is that John will succeed In his project. Thcro are about IS3 players In the National Icpguo. Of thcso fifty-nine are Irishmen. The Emerald Isle Is always well to the front when nnythlng athletic Is going on. There nro forty-five Germans on the list , one Englishman , ono Australian nnd thrco Frenchmen , leaving as American or un classified seventy-four. Manager Hanlon Is the ono league man ager who doesn't have to stew or fret about strengthening his team for next season. Judged by the long lead with which the Haltlmorcs will win this year's pennant , there is nn wny of making the team any stronger than It la. Thcro Is o"ho person who dees not think that ono year In Brooklyn has "doped" Tommle McCarthy out of the ginger ho used to have. It Is Pataoy Tcbeau. The Cleveland chief Is quoted as saying that hu will take McCarthy the minute he Is put on the market. Chicago is even a worse bugbear for Pitts- burg than Plttsburs has been for Cincin nati this season. Connlo Mack's men have but to look at Ansou and his cohorts and they start trembling. The Chicagos have beaten the Plttsburgs eight out of nlno games this season. Big "Cy" Young pitched live of Mio twelve games against Baltimore- and vvun four of them. The game he lost was when he lad had only ono day's restCuppy 'iltuhcd In six of the twelve games and lost only cne. That also was when ho had only nr.d cnc day's rest. Exchange. Jimmy Slogel , the ex-Ornahog , Is tn join the Uaitlmores shortly , and piny a few games Ibis season to allow Manager Hanlon a chance to sl/e him up in fast company. Slagel may bo all right , but tie must dhow vast Improvement over his Omaha form. La-Jo-wet ) Is the way to pronounce Lajolc , according to the authority of Llngulut I iyo Cross. "If I vvoro a name llko that I would get a Job tearing ribbons In Macy's or thumping a piano with a burlesque thovv , " is the critical fling that Comedian Dad Clarke takes at La-Jo-wee. ComUkey liai suspended "Wee Willie" McGlll for being tucli a tublil u.r.l-i ohibi- tlonUl. Commy said that l.c simuld not let ball playing Interfere with hla drltiKlng. Dwyer Is Cincinnati's u Inning twlrlcf. Of the thirty-two games ht > has pitched lie has won twenty-four. Ho has hit only seven men nnd made flvo wild pitches. The * Bostons are thinking porlou&l.r ot slpnlng Jimmy Cooney , once an Omaha favorite. Snapper has put up a sound money game for Providence this year. Omaha must 1mon prcfcfMonn ! ball team for 1S9S. She Is to have most everything else , but without n good , fast ball team she will not be In the sporty swim. Low Camp , the Omaha boy , linr. been doing some terrific batting for ( Irnnd Hnplds re cently , In addition to a lot of glltilged general play. President Hart has given It out nut'.inrl- tatlvely th.it the league's r.hampionr.liin sea son next year will not begin before Muy 1. Dowd , IlrcltciHti'ln , Connor and Morgan Murphy nro out of place tn the St. Louis team. They .should be In faster company. KI field ot the Dclrolts and llenzer rf the St. Pnuls are spoken ot as Cincinnati possi bilities for next season. Hill Everett of the Thlcagos did not mlas a game last year , and so far thin season has played In every game. Auson made n bet In Baltimore1 leccntly of $100 tn $ Tii that the Ct ! > vclauds would trim the Orioles , UttpNtlcuiN mill Ann ors , OMAHVFept. . 13. To the Sporting Editor of The Hco : In a five-handed game ot razzle- dazzle , A bids 13 nnd plays It alone , makes 13 and claims 26 , becauseho played It alone ; the other four players object and say It don't make any difference how you play It ; who Is right ? And If there nre n book of rules on this giimc please give ad dress of store that baa it to .sell. Please answer In next Sunday's Bee. A Subscriber. Ans. (1) ( ) A Is correct. (2) ( ) I do not know If there "nro" a book of rules on this , game or not. Think not. Write to Homer Kirk. TA.MA CITY , In. , Sept. 15. To the SportIng - Ing Editor of The Bee : Please state In next Sunday's Bco how to treat n distemper nflllcted setter ; nlso what do you consider good time for four nnd n half furlongs nnd ono mile and one-sixteenth for a running horse ? Melby Mills. Ans. (1) ( ) Keep the dog warm and allow no exorcise ; vary the diet ns much ns pos sible , nnd give plenty of milk and one grain of qulnlno thrco times n dny. (2) ( ) OioS'/i for 4H furlongs ; 1:48 : for I 1-16 tulles. AMES , Neb. , Sept. 14. To the Sporting Editor of The illec : Plenso answer the fol lowing question In next Sunday's Hee : A and H make a wager to run n race of nlncly- five yards , A to ride blcyclo and B to run , on the following evening. In the mean time about two Inches ot rain falls and makes track too muddy for blcyclo ; A wishes to call race oft or postpone , but H Insists on race being run. If B refuses to run nt timn set and A Insists , can A claim stakes ? Arthur G. Williams. Ans. Ho certainly can , If no stipulation about weather conditions vvoro made. FREMONT , Sept. 17. To the Sporting Editor of The Uee ; To decide n wager please state If , when playing the "cuter" in poker , that card makes the fifth nee ? i M. O. C. Ans. No. There Is no such thing as five ' aces In a deck ot cards. Four aces with the "cuter" Is no better than four ncci with a deuce , OMAHA. Sept , 16. To the Sportlns Kdltor nt The lice : In a panic of pitch. A Is ten points and B l eight points. II bids thrco and makes high , Jack and the game , nnd A makei low. Wlilcli Is out. playlnn eleven points as game ? Answer In Sunday's paper. A Subscriber. Ans. As they play It hero the bidder goes out If ho scores his points. FOIIT YATKS. 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