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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1896)
18 THE ( XMAHA DAILY JJE13 : SUNDAY , OCTOBER < l , 1890. On Tuesday next the big ten days' Ugh harness meeting begins at classic Lexlng ton , and as usual will wind up the rcgula icason. The present outlook Is for oni ' of the best and most sensational scsilon : over hold In this or any other country For the cloven rich stakes , which closei way last June , there ore four hundred am twenty-nlno entries. These evonU Includi the Futurity , $25,009 ; the Transylvania $3,000 ; the Aahland and the Tennessee , 51,001 each , These four events alone shouli furnish sensation enough to satisfy the mos fastidious , But they are only n part o tlio great whole. There arc eighteen othei magnificent purses , Including all classes from the fice-for-all trotters and pncors ti the .23 performers , and there la certainly tic ono who will doubt that the present wceJ holds a matchless treat for the follower ; of the light harness horse. What a rac < the free-for-all pace should ho , with Johr It. Gentry. 2OOV6 : : Robert J , 2:01 : V4i Slai 1'olntcr , 2:0214 : ; Prank Agan , 2:03 : % ; Jot I'atchen , 2:0.1 : , and Uublnstcln. 2:05. : Wll John H. Gentry lop off the halt sccom : which now Intervenes between him nni the Ideal two-mlnuto horse , or will llobori J once moro demonstrate that ho Is UK king. Hamlln will make a mighty efforl , with him In any event , for It will bo hi * " last appearance on the race track , as lie will bo turned over to his new owner Inv mediately after this great event. And ne ono must think that Star Pointer will be 1 < outclassed ! i'or Frank Agan or Hublnstelr cither. Pointer made Gentry pace lu 2:01 : - to beat him by a length , and Rubinstein car measure off a half In .59 and go to the throe-quarter polo In 1:31 : , tany\vay ho has done 11 brforo and ought to be able to dc It again. W. A. Paxton. jr. , will head a small party of local horsemen who will go down to the Blue Grass capital to sec the fun. As I remarked last Sunday the two- mlnuto horse Is practically here. John R , Gentry Is but a half Bccoml shy of It , and at present Is the hoise of the century. Twc inlnutca Is the Ideal speed of the horse at any gait other than that of running. In conversing with Mr. Paxton the other day ho remaiked : "Tho dovelopniPiit of thla wonderful mark has been the work of hall a hundred years. Wo had ti otters and pacers of great renown eve-n batons the war of thu rebellion , but up to that tlmo the evolution of speed had not progressed very far. It has been within the past ten years that the superfluity of seconds ends beyond the Ideal mark began to dis appear and the Ideal was dreamed of , but now , as > on have said , It has been practl- , cally reached. There Is no question that 'thero Is a limit to the speed that can be developed by biceding and training , but there lb a doubt In my mind whether twc minutes marks that limit or not. " Whllo on the subject of the harness horse It mlRht ba apropos to mention that Rubin- stelu is tho. last to Join tlio 2:03 : list , which now contains no lut > s than sixteen perform- ' ers. Just think of It ! sixteen horses thai can cvHfar trot or pace a mile In 2:05. : Thlnli of It and then let your memory drift bach to tbe days when Dexter , Lucy , American Girt and Rarus were the king ? mid queens of the light-harness world. In this list there nro thirteen pacers and three trot ters , ns follows : Pacers Robert J. , 2:01V : , by Hartford ; .loo Patchen , 2:03 , by Patchen Wllkcs ; John H. Gentry , 2:00'by : Ashland Wllkes ; Frank Agan , 2:0394 : , by Mike Agan ; Flying Jib , 2:04 : , by Algona ; Mascot , 2:01 : , by Decolvo ; Online , 2:04 : , by Shadeland Onward ; Strathbcrry , 2:01V4 : , by Rosebcry ; Fldol , 2:04 % . by Idol ; Hal Pointer , 2OIVi , by Tom Hal ; Star Pointer. 2:02& : , by Brown Hal ; Hal Dlllard , 2:01 : % , by Blown Hal ; Rubln- stoln , ' 2:03 : , by Karen Wllkes. Trotters . .Alls , 2(0391 ( , by Pationaso ; Nancy Hanks , 2:04 : , by Happy Medium ; Azote. 2:04 : % , by Whips. Among the paeon , the Wllkes fam ily leads with flvo lepresentatlves , the Hal family coming second , with three. No other family has moro than ono representative. Electioneer and Happy Medium having ono each among the trottois , Almont and Jay Gould being tlio other two of the popular beads of families to have a rcurnscntatlvu each , both being the pacers. It Is quite pleasing to note that Nebraska Is lu on the honors , for Onllno Is a Nebraska-bred horse. 'l had Billy Huston look up for me the first horse tn take a harness record of bet- 'tor than 2:40 , and his research shows that It was Sally Miller , who won a five-heat race at Philadelphia In November , 1831 , trotting one of the heats In 2:37 : , Dutchman was another of the ancient record breakers , Dutchman was a bay gelding foaled In 1828 , and by Tlppoo Sail ) . Jr. Ho trotted a great many races at two miles and three miles , and de- featqd such horses at Rattler , Lady Suffolk. Awful , Washington and Rlpton , and obtained a mlle record of 2:32. : This was July IS , 1839 , In the second heat of a race against Awful. The first horse to trot In 2:2S : was Pelham , a bay gelding that came from Maine , lit weighed only 700 pounds , but was nt tough fiber. This was at the Ccntro- vlllo course , I.ons Island , July 2 , 1840 , and ho was driven by Bill Wholan. Pelham was formerly n pacer. Ch.irllo Thorpe , an old Omaha lad and a t pal of Mogy. the newsboy prlnco , Is the best rider In the west , \i \ noi in tlio country , says Harry Wcldon. Charlie will do most of hie rlillni ; on eastern tracks next season. Ho ban not y t signed a contract , but It is quite llkoly that ho will soon attach bis signature to an aitldo calling for somn- thliiR Ilko $10,000 a year , with the privilege of taking outside mounts. Thnrpu will In all probability rldo for Judge Arltoll , owner of the well known pictorial paper , Judgo. Lou Klruoio , who trained for tlio Flelsch- mannij when Thorpe was riding for the Cin cinnati stable , Is now trutnur for Judge Ar- licll. IIo has long been anxious to have Tborpo with him. Judge ArUell's stable at thn the present tlmo Is not a very formidable one , but It will be. Thu Judge has glycn Trainer Elmore carlo blanche to buy such horses as he sees lit. Some Ideei of thn prices Judge Arkell In willing to pay for the right kind of hnrsca can bo gleaned from tlio fact that UP offered $20,000 for Chnrllu Patterson's great colt Ornament. There U little clnuicn of any International yachting for some tlmo to comn , judging from tlio present constrained status of affairs , Sir Gi-orgo Nownes , whom , It will bo remembered , contemplated Issuing a - challenge for the American cup last year eftor the Defender-Valkyrie entanglement , made n n cities t to the Royal Yncht club a few days ago to nuipoit | him tn issuing a challenge for the Aiuerlcax cup , the condi tion to bo attached to the challenge that the r.igps should be called off Halifax. But the Royal Giblets of the Royal Tub club said "Nny ! nay ! Paulluo. " and Informed Sir Goorglo that tlio club already had a resolution elution cproad on Its booka to the effect that any such race or mcea could ouly.ire- , suit tulmlcally to the sport ef yachting. A'lid moro. The KnglUb Yacht association la now Iii the depths of a bitter quarrel with my old pal , Howard Gould , Some of the mnib ri protmided to tbluk that How ard had been sullty ot eomo skullduggery with Ills yacht Niagara , which was a com petitor In the Royal Thames vaces last M y. They aliened that Howard had a , gy.&ulu ot water works Ingeniously con- ntructetl In the abdominal legions of the Niagara by whtcb an a < | tieoiu ballast could be shifted fiom ODD aide of the bead to the other and thus aecme an uuilun advantage under certain condition * , and , wUUn he was absent , , had a committee itxlt lili craft tuii Investigate. It U needltsi tu nay ( bey ftlltd to ( urn up these water \rorki. and ' 'declares ' tint th association Is "afoard" to put him on tj the party c parties who first mode the allegation , c the three commlttecmen who made t.io Ir vtstlgatlon , and that In consequence Intel national port has rcceUcd another ver damaging upper cut. I canndt say whs Howard would do to these royal fou fltishers If he should happen to Identlt ; them , but In a private letter to mo bo Ir tlmnli't ( hat he could convince them of tb error of their way with a piece ot lea pipe so quickly that they wouldn't Icnoi whether they were descendants of the Tn dnm or onlv common cockneys. Hut It I lust as I anticipated. I told Howard las January , before he went over , that ho ha better ship the Niagara out here and sal Dr , Dcsnechcr's Mermaid n scries of race on Lake Manawa , hut bo would have lit own way , and you sco tbe result. A Council Bluffs correspondent writes m to publish the mathematical rule or set o rules by which experts work out chccKc problems , and also to point out a qood lln of study by which a person may become i good player. 1 would like to accommodsti my prohibition friend , but hardly think am miniclcntly "up , " but 1 can Inform bin without much fear of contradiction tha there Is no secret way to the mastery o the old nnd ever Interesting game o draughts , nor do the crackajacks nt tin play employ any mysterious mathematics hocus-pocus to help them out. Grcal checker pliyers , like great chess players are born , not made , and while great benolli may bo derived by studying tbe bent works and icgular practice , no man Is wise enougl to tell you Just how to go about It to be come a good player. Some will tell yov that there Is a limit to the moves , alii some players know them all , but that Is nol so. However , there may be a limit to the number ot moves , but if there Is , no mar yet has ever presumed to give the number Thousands and thousands of variations have been published , but there nro Innumeruble possibilities in the devious labyrinth ot the squared board that have never yet beer mastered , Intricate lanes and byways thai have never yet been gone over , and depths that have not been explored. Studious analysis Is constantly developing new moves , nnd It is absurd to think that the limit has ever been reached. It U a won' dor that the game Is not more popular ami generally played than It In , for It is a grand sitidv and an Intensely Interesting pastime. Chess players claim that thclt game Is a more scientific ono than draughts but this claim la not sustained by devotees who play both games well. The end game In checkers is fullv If not more subtle than that In chess. After a blunder In chess there Is more chance to again "catch on" than there Is In checkers , and , while chess certainly admits of a greater play of the Imagination , checkers requires the more accuracy and precision. A stmnljlo In checkers against a well matched opponent and you are gone. I have played many a hundred games with the ox-cham pion of the country , A. Y. Burks , now a Western Union telegraph manager lu Ohio , and never won one. and all he required mete to do to win was to got a man In the kins row. While'draughts Is undoubtedly a kean and beneficial mental exercise , there Is such a thing as overindulgence In the pas time. Its constant practice produces a species''of 'mental Intoxication , which en- gendersrri distaste for the duties of life , and consequently should be made subsidiary to one's everyday occupation. The Australian cricketers will not stop oft at Omaha enroute to the coast. Their time Is limited and their stay In 'Frisco will even be fa brief one. Since their ar rival In New'JYork there has been no break In their conquering stride. The team mot Philadelphia In a three days' match on the 18th , IJUhi'ajnd qist , and , although the wiekot turned .out a sticky one , the visitors won by over 120 runs , clearly outclassing the Phlladelphlan * in every department of the game. After a day's rest they Journeyed to Bergen Point and administered a decisive thrashing to the New Jersey Athletic club's representatives by an Inning and nlnety- nlno funs to spare. They were at Phila delphia , j again Thursday and Friday and play theije , today. Next Tuesday they will be at Niagara Falls and on October 7 , 8 and 9 wilt play at Chicago , passing through this city on their way to California an October " 10 , On tbe 16th they sail for Australia. Alike In batting and bowling have the Australians both In England nnd this country excelled. Of the thirty-four matches played by them In Eng land they won nineteen , lost six and elrew nine , nc'arty.all of which were In favor of the Australians. In the thirty-four matches they played they scored an aggregate of 12,240 runs for the- loss ot GOD wickets , giv ing an average of 24.30 runs per \vlckct , while against them 10,001 runs were scored for 583 wickets , or an average per wicket of 17.15. The highest inning played by the Australians was 025 against Derbyshire at Derby , while * the lowest total was eighteen runs against the Marlcybono Cricket club and ground at Lords in the first match. In tht > return game Marleybono Cricket club and ground scored 357 , which waa the high- fat total sewed against the Colonials. Gloucester , as In 1SU3 , were disposer ! of for the lowest score seventeen runs at Chel tenham , which number Is the lowest ever obtained by an English side against any Australian team. Taking the Colonials' per formances as a wholes It may be safely said that for all-round excellence they compare favorably with these of any Australian team , with the exception , perhapa , of the eleven of 1SS2. ThU eleven succeeded In defeating nil England In the second of the three test matches , but the visitors beat every country club In England , with the exception of Mid dlesex , whom the Australians did not meet. In tills country , so far , they have made a clean sweep. The fact that the grandest light harness meeting ot the season begins at Lexington Tuesday next reminds mo , as Lincoln was ivont to' remark , that while the grand circuit Just closed was not exactly a failure [ ho past season It was near tt , very near It. The circuit as at present made up cannot be compared to the circuits of a few seasons igo , It wan then that the grand circuit ; ot Its prestige and fame. A grand circuit with such cities as Buffalo , PHtsburg , Rochester and Hartford left out Is hardly a ; nmd circuit at all. Anil these cities have Lieen shut out of the circuit entirely by a lumber of bigots who want to veto all the luiuscmcntfl of life simply because they can Ind ploaauro lu being tyrants when they mvo the power to be so , The law that has rulnod trotting' rncrs at Buffalo and other jltlos has done no good whatever. I defy my advocate of this cjass of preventive or eilrletlve legislation to prove the contrary. These laws , while they have done no good , mvn done Infinite harm lu very many re spects. Dr. 0 S. Slate of Sydney , N. S. W. , re- : enlly altered , through the Chicago Horse- nan , to match ) iln trotting horse Fritz igalnst any bainuss ! mso In tha world for ilO.009 a side. L. O , Tcwksbury of Now ( fork City , who owns Robert J , the pacer , m Monday last tent a letter to the Chicago lubltcatiou accepting the offer. Mr. Tottks- > ury offers llrst to give tha odds of $20,000 o J10.00D If the owner of Fritz will bring its hnrzo to America tn race , and will illow all expense * If tbo visitor Is defeated , rnmlltlons permitting the race In Australia vero aleei Edit. It Is stipulated that the ace bo In harness at mile heats , best tlnee n fivr , aifd from tliU It would seem thai * te > bi > rt J If not to ba rctlioj from the track itter he Lexington wutUm , after all. On Saturday last Homey \Vofers , Uuerlca's champion sprinter , set the imatvur record ill a new notch nnd once noru demons ! rated that bo hat 110 equal in tliQxlndtr patlit It took ) > ltce at Travcrs glnnd , on tbo occasion of the New York : | uli'n annual gamea. Ho mnilo tbe 120- rani run la 0tr6. : . onq-ntth better than ho rcQr4b ; > Il ( by Mr. Meyer , and equals ho bt > tt time ever made on the English imateur track , In ( hci 300-yard run be gain dlstlnRUlsbod himself and while bo ut down Ills own record for the distance IB failed to touch the professional mark , it tired hi tl'e _ last- thirty jai-da or would > galn liava wiped' out both amateur and trofoi ! oual record * for the distance , and as It was , made the run In 30 3-5 , < tv.-o-fltths of a second Inside ot tbo world amateur record. In proof of the assertion that has been frequently made that the Corbett-Shark match wa * nothing moroor lev * than money making fake concocted by this save pair ot blackguards , Corbctt has now d clared Ihe match off entirely nnl will co CDiitrnlc nil his wind nnd guff from this i In a grand fusillade against Fltzsjmmor Whcro are these wonderful "articles" agreement ? With a $5.000 forfeit up how c ; the spineless cT-chami'lon ' dedans the mat off ? But there is little to be gained In cbi rncnt or criticism on these fellows ; Sharl. Is a nonentity and Corbelt unworthy hotlce. Ho la n faker from bis carllt career. He- faked with Dave Campbell ni Jim Williams , under the management Jack Prince and Senator Morgan , before ! ever heard of Qulllvan ; would have fak with Sullivan If lie had had the chance , ni If the truth was kncnvnt did probably fa with Charlie Mitchell , and oh , my , oh , n how tickled ho would bo to fake with re headed Robert. The appearance of little "Jlmm ; Michael , the wonderful bicyclist from Walt In this country has caused n revived I tcrcst In bicycle racing , and that Interc Is llkoly to Increase. Michael has alrcai downed some American records In an houi rldlnn. That In Itself may not be vc sensational , but It does moro or less csta Hah the fact that'he Is a great little mien on the Wheel. In this respect ho rctnln < one of the Torrents , the Frenchmen , wl were prominent some years ago. Mlcha has proven himself to bo thb best racer f < an hour tn Europe , and ho has demo ; stratod here that It will require a wondc fully good man to beat him. But there always somebody looming up who Is reac to tackle champions nnd world-beaters. { we have W. W. Hamilton of Denver , an : Ions to tackle Michael In n race. The pa ties Interested have already met , and It safe to say that tbo rape will take plac The men arc to race one hour. This klr of racing recalls oleMlmo contests. Thei have been scores of such races during tl last twenty years , but" recently they hai dropped out of popularity. A "one-hoi raco" Is not Ilko a long struggle ot ci durance where there Is hardly anythli : else but brute force nnd strength as fa tors. "An hour's race demands speed at accomplished riding , besides stamina. Son of tbo speediest riders the world has know have been great "one hour riders , " and tl two men In question are very speedy rldei Indeed. Hamstrcct , the Denver rider , no hero under the mcntorshlp of Charl Thomas , says Hamilton will make a formli able antagonist for any man on the path 1 a one-hour race. AT THE THAI' A > 'I ) IN THE FIRLI Oninlm Oiui Cluli'x SlmntliiK Scnuo ulth Other Ilrvcxr OoH.ilp. George A. Hoagland Is up In the Blac Hills wltb a Texas friend after deer. Wn down In old John Potty's gun shop the otbc afternoon and spent a couple of very dt llghtful hours swappln' reminiscences wit John and Hoagland. "Talk about duck shootln' , " said Pettj "why you don't know what duck shootlr Is , does ho Hoagland ? Ought to have bcc : with mo and General Crook up at Horse shoe lake ono March afternoon In 18S3 , an I'll bet you'd forget there ever was such place as Koshkonong or * the Illinois rlvci Wo bagged 448 ducks In Just five hour shootln' , and over two-thirds of 'em wer canvas , and if wo hadn't run out ot shell wo'd made it a thousand , " and tbo colonel' eyes sparkled with the fires of by-gou days. "Oh , yes , " I replied , "I > Vo heard yoi crack that ancient chestnut a dozen time and think I've written It up once or twlc for The Bee , but wo can stand It again , can' wo Hoagland ? " "Yes. John Is at his best when recount ! ! ! , ild-tlme experiences In the field. Shoo lier off , John. " "Well , sir , Crook could never get eve that shoot. It was a little ahead ot any thins he had ever experienced , and yo both know there were few men who ever hai setter shooting than the general. " "Wasn't Billy Hughes with you ? " "No. Just the general and I. But I'l : ell you just how It was , " and holding hi ipccs tn lila hand and throwing one Ic , iver the anvil , the old champion contlu led : "I'll never forget It If I live to b is old as Methuselah. The general droppci nto the store that morning about 9 o'clock ind It was a blowln' and snowin * like al ; lt out , and ho sez , sez he : 'Say , John : hts Is awful ducky ; what say you to. ; ; rlp up to Horseshoe1 " 'Oh , don't mention It , general , sez I lon't you see I've got this gun to stock , an f I don't have It done by evening , Join Collins ' 11 raise * well , It don't matter wba said , but I didn't say Cain and ngair he general looked at the weather. " 'Oh , to you know with Collins am .ho weather , ' sez the general , sez he ; 'why 've seen more ducks flyin' over this mornln .ban I've seen for years ; they've beei irossln' In clouds ever since daylight , 4an is fur the weather. It couldn't bo botter- mt what's the use talkln' you know you'l ; o , so oft with that apron , we've no tlnn 0 lose , you know It's a good sixteen inllci ip to the lake. ' "Of course you Know T wont. Wo got tc .ho lake about noon , and by 1 o'clock wi md our decoys out and wore workln' oui ild Lefevres Ilko harvest hands. There was 1 bllndtn * snow storm ragln' and at time : he wind fairly took our breath. Wo dldn'i vaste no time maklf ? a blind , but just steer > ut on the shore among the broken sun lower stalks and It was rip , slap , bang , am > ang and splash until wo had busted over ) ast shell wo had with us. "Our gun barrels got BO hot at times thai vo had to run down Into the water and hrust the muzzles In to cool 'em off , an lurln' the short tlmo I shot without glove : blistered my hands so that they wore sore 'or a week afterward. We got King he Ives on the lake , you know and his twc ions to help us gather the birds , an' say , f you could have seen the three piles we milt under these old rottonwoods you'll i-thought wo had enough eludes to supply ho whole country. And the next day " "An' you say the most of 'em were can- 'asback , " Interrupted Mr. Hongland. "Well , there waa a thunderln' lot o' ' : anvas and redheads , but maybe not the iulk ot 'em. The most of 'em were pintail , Jut as I was a-sayln' , the next day ole King irought the birds In for us , and I'll never urglt the crowd that swarmed Into the tore ! all the afternoon to look at the game , : 'hey were runnln' there till long after lark , and mighty few came but what wont .way with a brace or so ot ducks. Crook ent most of the canvasbacks to Chicago and ils friends In the east. " "Yes , that was a great day's shoot and 10 mistake , " added Hoagland with a sigh , 'but ' John , these days havo' gone , and like he dead man , can never return. Prairie hlcken why , Sandy , I'll tell you what 'vo done many nnd many a tlmo urjd bought nothing of It. I've Jumped In my iuggy at 3 o'clock In the afternoon , drove Ight out on the pralrlo west of where Krug's ilg brewery now stands and illleil more chicken than I could use. iccse and ducks ! Such trips as you are ireparlng for woro. never dreamed of in hose days. The Sweetwater , Bellevue hot- ems and Waterloo were the farthest ibjectlvu points , There was slathers of > lrds at all these places and they could bo md for tbe killing. Seven years ago last all , over on the Nlsbnabotna river. In own , I bagged seventy-eight mallards mat- ards , mind you , every ono of them In Just no hour's shOQtln' . That was also a snowy , dustery , disagreeable day ; I was shooting iver decoys In the timber , and never saw ho birds either BO tame or so plentiful. A t range thing about that bag ot ducks. " onttnued Mr , H. . picking up tbo barrels f the gun Petty had been working on and qulntlng through them , "say , John , there's pit or twq In that left barrel yet but as waa a-sayln' , a strange thing about that unch of mallards waa that they were purty early all drakes , splendid green-beadi , and eo , what a Bight they made. Really I on't believe there were two dozen bens In be whole caboodle , " "Well , that doesn't surprise me very lucb. " broke Iq John , for I have always aund that the drakes predominate , tbree o one , an * often at a greater ratio , How've 011 found 'em , SandyT" "More drakes always. I never could nderstnnd it , but you'll kill two Urakes tone no hen always , that Is when you maka any ort it a bag. Dy tbo way , that reminds le of a good story on 'Splatfctriaouth' Wise Theodore you both know Splatter , ( course. We were discussing this vcr thing ono evening two years or so ago , Bill Townscnd. Frank Parmelce , Splatter an Big Courtney , the Lcfcvcr man , and mysel and we were marveling at the predomlnanc of drakes over hens , when Splatter broli In and said : ' "I do-do-don' th-thlnk there are an-ai any moro roos-roos-tcrs than h-h-hons. was out-out on the BI-El-Elkhorn last fa an-an ono mornln' I-I was In a bl-bllnd o a p-polnt In the river an-an I see-seo string o' d-duck comln' d-down down tli river. There was thlr-thlrtccn of 'en They were on < x line , nn-an I w-waltcd tl th-thcy were Jes' op-op-opposlto mo and give It to-ttirtemr I killed 'cm nil , nn-a will y-yoii ticjllcye It ? Every mother's s-sc of 'em was'a , Airake a can-can-canvasbac drake. The. next eve-cvenln' 1 was In tl : same bl-bllra ! Ahd I see thlr-thlrtccn mot d-ducks swlm-afvlmmln' right down on-o me In n line , 'I ' wait-waited till Ihey wei right op-op66Bl8 { mo an' I give It to-to 'ei rn'-an' as Ijllk V\o-would have It I klll-klllc 'cm all , all ; Ijm-I'm the biggest liar 1 weren't all 1 Nc-Ne-Ncbptska If they hens , thirteen ,1-an-caii-cnnvasback liens ! ' Potty drrfftie/T" / his specs and lell off tti ivll , whllSMlHagland leaned back In h ! chair and liiugKcd so long and loud the bui toni flow , o'rt' i 111)1 ! vest like flakes In a stio' ' ' " ' E. rm. "Tlwt settles.'U , " ho cried. "Splattc won the belt."but say you can oil tnl aboutyouri'lthofoln' and your shotln' , bu tbcro Is nottilng11' like In the world so we ns deer limiting. I have had a great o pcrtcnco In'1 ' thb field and killed as man ducks and gccai1 ! 'I'lall ' and chicken as nn man , but there Is nothing that stirs m Ilko a deer hunt. Why , even n fresh trac sots my nerves all a-tlngle , and I'd rathe stalk one deer than kill a dozen other nr Imals. I wouldn't give a picayune to kill a : oik , but a deer , an old Virginia white tal or black tall cither for that matter , Is in game all the time. By this time next wee I'll bo out tn tbo hills among them , nn I am anticipating a great time. On m way homo I will atop off In the sandhill for a couple of weeks with the ducks , then once back hero , put In the tlmo with th quail until Jack Frost shuts up the shop. " The Omaha Gun club's summer compctl tlvo target shoots have closed , the end hav Ing been reached with the meeting yesterday day afternoon. On the whole the season ha boon both a successful and an enjoyable one Beginning last May with the annual stati tournament , the host ever held by tha , ttme-boporcd association , tbo succcsslvi weekly affairs have all been well attcudci and the competition keen and Ir prestlng But now that the fall obootlng season lia : opened up the club men will prefer- the ox cltoment of the field to the tamer pastlmi before the trap , and It will bo only Intro qucnt Impromptu matches that will bo sect upon their grounds from this on until cole weather effectually puts up the bars. The prizes for the season's shooting * ' were awarded as follows : * First prize for attendance , a $25 suit ol corduroy shooting clothes , was won bj Charles Johnson. The second prize for attendance , a W tneorschum pipe , was won by Mr. Fred Blaku. The prize for the five highest scores , a ? G Channoy Powers cleaning rod , was won by Frank Carmlchael , wlth 123 breaks out ol a possible. 12S. The special prizes were awarded as fol lows : July 18 Pair of fine silk suspenders , won by Parmcleo , 24 out of 25. July 25 Box of fine cigars , won by Car- mlehacl , 25 straight. August 1 The prize was captured by Colonel Hughes , 25 straight. August 8 Shooting blouse , won by Whlt- nor , 22 out ot 25. August 15 Box ot cigars , won by George Loomls , 23 out of 25. August 22 Hand protector , won by Marsh , 23. August 29 One ton of hard coal , .won by Fred Moutmorency , 21 out of 25. September 19 Sweater , won by Fred Blake , 22 out of , 25. September 26 Aluminum reel , tied for by Johannes and Larned. September 20 Box cigars , tied for by Johannes and''Randlett. ' lfThBavrraiie.Vlzes. : ; ' ' , . , ParnifMee $3 t < at. Whltner-J2.2 iltlo. Colonel HtigHes Suit of corduroy snoot ing clothes.6" ' " Blake Split Uimbco rod. Loomls Mackintosh coat , Brucker Sbct case. Carmlchael Peters ! , tote bag. Johannes--lOO" ' Green trap shells. Montmorency-'J-Korty prize. Marsh Pair allppera ( golden ) . Dickey One-fourth keg Dupont smokeless powder. t tt MoFarlaneft-Pair gold sleeve buttons. Following swill be found tbe Individual work of the members who shot In the requisite nUmbw of shoots during the sea son to entitle them to a position on the list : ' v r"i Shot. at. liroke. lllnko , r.2r > 431 Johannes , . . .i. . . ' . ' . ' . , ; KO 411 Hrucker It. BOO 40T Hmeail j < . , ( 230 20. ) Hates . , 300 1C8 HiiBlie.H 375 313 Carmichael 52' 421 Itimd , 3J" 239 Whltner 475 303 Dickey 350 'Ki lllngham 20 32 Kenyan t 200 140 Loom Is 425 34 * Larnpd 300 US Marsh . ' , 310 2" ) Montmorcncx ; 450 342 McFarlane 450 323 i'nrmcleo , 350 322 Peters , , . 223 1)2 ) Cole . ' 0 42 Cavanaugh 25 14 Hryntit CO 25 rinmllett , 2M 181 Salisbury ' . ' . 200 147 U'j'tiolda C ) 26 rituhbs 25 13 Powln . . .i , 25 15 Smiley 25 9 fount ; 75 8 I'ownscml , 25 14 S'ason1 CO 3i Billy Nuson and party returned from Halm's peak , Colo. , In North park country , last Tuesday. They bad a grand tlmo and killed all tbe deer that the law allowed , and then spent the rest of the time shooting grouse and fishing. Billy says the grouse shooting was something to bo remembered a long tlmo. Billy killed what they call a "snow packer" rabbit. Ho said It weighed about sixty pounds in Its "stocking feet. " Ono of the party saw a bear , but as ho hadn't lost any bear ho didn't go and gpt It. Ho said he thought It might belong to aomo ot tbo neighbors. Joe Sykes , private secretary to General Manager Dickinson of tbo Union Pacific , has returned from a three weeks' trout fish In the Jackson Hole country. Ho caught trout until ho grow tired , and had some pretty Fair duck and chicken shooting. Judge Dundy Is back from his annual jcar hunt In tbo Idaho mountains , after the aiost unsuccessful expedition ho has had For years. Bears were scarce , and as ukill- tul as thp venerable Judge Is at this , his lavorlto sport , ho succeeded In killing but DUO bear. Harry J , Root put In a couple of days : htcken shooting , near Randolph last week , .ogother with Frank P. Root and Will Bond } f that place. They found birds fairly ilontlfiil , killing sovonty-tbrco In two lays' shooting. , Three deer were scon upon an island In tbe Platte on Monday afternoon last , west of Brady Island , by a' couple of local chicken junlera , " . The outlook''f6r duck and goose shooting s unusually promising. Already tbo narshcs aroibJtluiiliig to receive the feath ered visitors , and by the 20th of October the nalu issue will probably be down from the lorth. Parties who have boon up at Qulu- icbogg reports" having seen a great many ) lrds , and also that the surrounding coun- : ry Is fairly working wltb quail. A few mlpo are In ; but as yet only Insignificant jags nave bood made. W. P , McFarlane and Fred Blake are cn- lamped on Siran lake in tbe western sand- illls. Colonel > IIckey and a party left for ho aamo point yesterday , JD Billy Towuatad waa lu attendance at the rap tournament held at Onawa. last -week mdor the management of Jim Elliott of that dace. The .sheet waa a success and Mr Townsend brought back bla full share of ha monoft > shooting In capital form and naklng ecveral straight kills. While at ) nawn Billy also bad a snlpo hunt round ibout Blue lake \\1U ( Jimmy Hart , tbe old Omaht ball player. They bagged forty hire In an evening's shoot nnd Billy reports ll llttlo gallnagocs as extremely plentiful. Dr. Dohse and Major Bishop put In day on a bar In tbo Missouri river up oppi slto Florence last week and bagged ovi decoys gome fifteen or sixteen mallards. Mr. Gere and Mr. Daniels ot Northami ton. Stnss. , spent a night last week wit C. 13. Dates , stopping over hero to tell < the wonderful things they saw on a trl of eight rccl < 3 In a wagon and on horsi back between Salt Lnko City and lenvc They found hunting and fishing first das Deer were most plentiful , they having sec by actual count as high as 100 In a dn ; but they only shot what they needed ! an fishing could not bo bettor ; trout up I three pounds were , frequent and oni pounders were to bo had at all points r the Journey. Mr. Gcro la nu ardent sporti man , having been all o\cr this count ! hunting nnd fishing. Ho has H log cabl In the Grtcn mountains , where ho RO < frequently. Mr. Kraatus Young of this ell enjoyed n threedays' fishing there lai June. These gentlemen were delighted wit Omaha and said It far exceeded their e- pectatlons as n city. Whllo hero they wei entertained by Mr. Young at lunch , whei hear stories and big fish took a promlnet place. After lunch a drive round the clt completed the day , I.V Tlll'2"\VHST13IIN i.H.VnilK. ( nxHilt of flu * Play unit IMnytTN frm " All U i < l" < 1 > < ' ' H begins to look again very much n If Omaha would bo In the professional bas ball push once moro next year it all d ( ponds upon what is done at the next ai nual uniting of the Western league , whit will bo held at Indianapolis some tlmo 1 November. I am In receipt of a Irttc from n fonncr Omaha business man , nn : a resident ot Louisville * Ky. , aud ho In forms mo that the Louisville Natlon.i Lcaguo club will make a strenuous eftot to get a franchise In the Western leagu at Its next annual mee-tlng , and If 1he are successful , they will put a flrat-clas team In at Omaha as a farm for the I league club. Louisville has been wlthou this highly necessary adjunct for the pas two years , but now , as all the league club have their farms , she Is determined to b In the swim hi 1897. I am assuicd tha tlio move Is an earnest one and that th probabilities are that It will bo successful The L'julsvlllo ' club It entitled to conccs slons at the hands of all the other club composing the league , and tt Is but rea sonoblo to suppose they wilt all lend he a helping hand In the present project. An other well known fact Is that u majorlt ; of the Western league clubs are deslrou. of getting Omaha Into their circuit , RI their pre-emption of the city at their an nual meeting last winter clearly denotes and' the overtures made by Charl U Comlskoy of St. Paul nnd Tom Loftus o Columbus 'to their league to put In a lean hero In case the league decided to do "sst on Its own hook. Geographically , Omahi holds the kcp to the Western League clr cult , and now as there scorns to bu a strong probability of a return of good times , thi desire on the part of that body to havi i club located here Is stronger than ever and It Is an odds-on bet that the Loulsvlll < : nterorlse coos through. I am also In re vlnt of a letter of Inquiry from n promt : cnt mnenntn In the Western league , thai ( hews nvlrlnncn nf the- very general de > termination on the part of that organlza' [ Ion to fortify Itself with a franchise lo- ntpft linrn. .lust now It would be decldedlj premature to disclose names and plans , but : ho fans can rely upon the fact that there s a hen on and that they will be supplied vlth all the news In du& time. The hint ibove conveyed will serve to put on edge .ho local base ball appetite , preparatory 0 the grand banquet I hope to bo able to iprcad before the fans before the lapse of ilxty days. The move is bona fide and sin- : ere , aud a combination of Influences pc- : ullrir to the situation ( should come pretty icarly to carrying It to a successful Issue. Nick Yount ; . the president of the Na- .lonal Base Ball league , In an Interview iald that the fact that the championship ace so far as the leaders were concerned vas not close and interesting near the Inlsh ot the season In comparison with that it previous years was partly because of the 'unfortunate circumstances for which Mr. Pcbeau- Cleveland -was held responsible. " The occurrences Incident thereto. President I'oung thinks , doubtless worried Tebeau and its men , as they suspected that the outcome if the case might prove serious and Jeopar- llze tholr cl ances In the championship con- cst. "This affair teaches the. league one csson , and that Is that something must bu lone to stop the differences between the impircs and players. On that score , how ever , there Is not so much to complain of .s In previous years. The umpires , upon ho whole , have given moro satisfaction to hn players and the public than over before .nd I am heartily pleased with their woik. 'o be sure there were the usual differences 'otwcen ' a captain and an umpire , but noth- ng serious rebultcd. These differences will tways occur , for tlicy are Inspired by the oal ot both teams , their desire to win. " Mr. . Young says the coaching question and hat affecting the Temple cup series will : ome up for consideration at the next league nostlng. The league will analyze the couch- ng question thoroughly , and will probably isk the opinion of some of the older players md umpires bofcre decisive action Is taken. Regarding rumors of reduction In the Ircuit ot from twelve to eight clubs , Presl- lent Young said : "Tbo twelve-club league Hll remain Intact , not only another season , nit at least four seasons besides. Tbe welve cJub compact was formed In 1802 , nd this Is the fifth year ot Us existence. It ns four more years to run. Base ball bas oen moro successful under the twelve-club oglmo than any five years previous slnco raso ball became a professional sport. " Tbo base ball season Just about to clone as been ono of tbe most prosperous in the Istory of professional base ball. All no clubs have made money. Most of them ave paid handsomely , and some have madu big money. " The attendance In Baltimore has been irgo , but to some extent has not come up } expectations , especially during the last lonths of tbo season. This was , of course , uo to tbe case with which the champions ron the pennant. Baltimore bnlng ono of 30 few cities where the price of general dnilsslon Is 25 Instead of 50 cents , the roflts have not been nearly so large as In 3010 ether league cities. Though the at- jndanco hero has been above ) tbo average 1 numbers It has been below the average i amount of money received theiofrom. For a city of Baltimore's size , however , Ith no populous suburbs , like New York , oston , Plttsburg , Chicago and Cincinnati , 10 attendance has been very large. Almost quartpr of a million of people havu paused 10 turnstiles at Union park since thu iascm began. The exact-number , according > the .official reports , was 2 > 9,44S. This Is nearly half as many as tlio en- re population of the city , and 1s about 3ul > lo thn voting population. It Is an aver- ? o of 4,220 for every day that base ball bas iiea played at Union park. It U not the yerago per game , for two , and once three nines were played In ono day , The total attendance for all the cities , as Iven out by the clubs , foots up to the tre- londous total of over 2,500,000 admissions , f nearly flvo times tbo total population of altlmore , and many moro than tbo total apulatlon of Maryland. Tbe exact figures , as taken from the dally ress reports , are 2,529,421. This would make an average attendance i each city of 210,783 , As stated above , altlmore'8 total attendance was 249,448. At an average ot sixty playing days a > ason tn every city , the average attendance jr day In all the league cities would bo 513. As stated before , Baltimore's dally wage was -J,226. Baltimore Sun. Base ball experts everywhere are becoming invlnced that "Big Bill" Lange la tbo reatent alj-round player In tbo business , o Is In a class by himself , and no one can pproach him , Ho Is not only the greatest ; nter fielder allvo and one of the best Ittera In tbe league , but be Is also ono of 10 fastest men In the profession , His > cord of stolen bases for the season reached 10 100 mark nearly a month ago , and his parest competitor was over a score behind Im. Lang's strongest point as a ball layer IshU ' 'head work. " Ho understands 10 game from a scientific standpoint , and B uata hi * head more than his heels. When not at work be reminds one of a illy , careless , laiy man of , the world , whq ould prefer starvation , ta violent exeroUe. utwhen you eeo htm on a ball field he la ansforiiied. He la a bundle of pring la activity , with the power of n steam cngl and Jho spool fef A grayhound. Ho mak every play < is It his.life-depended on It , ai the next moment , when the play Is accoi pllshpd and the crowd U cheering , ho again the careless , laughing , overgrown be and his awkward motion returns. Cblca Tribune. , . ° ' " 'I ' amateur base bait clubs who to me field In the season Just rndcd perha none were more * nuccenaful than the Ha " ? nHM- Slating In at the commcncemc of the season they visited several of ti neighboring towns , coming out vlctorlo In almost every Instance. Tholr fxpedltli on the other sldo ot the "Big Muddy" w , not as successful as It might have bcc owing t * > he fact ot their meeting plcki teams , while at homo they never met el feat. Hero might bt * mentioned the oxce lent battery work of Welsh and O'Coiiuc The former espcelally pro\ed himself n mi zlcr to thp local crackerjacks. Too mm pralao cannot bo given to that popul manager of the team , M. P. O'Connor f nts successful efforts In that capacity. Tl personnel of tha team was as follow Welsh pitcher ; O'Connor , catcher ; Mo aghuo , first ; Thlcsson , second ; M. O. Coma third ; Harrison , short stop ; McCormac right ; Quintan , center : Kelly , loft , ni Latterly , substitute. The team Is abe to resolve Itself Into an association foe ball team , which will bo second te > noi In the state of Nebraska , and whose Inltl game will take place In the near future. "Vou can talk' about your batters , " s.v Tim ponohuo. "but 1 don't think them In been another such slugger as Dclchant Ho never fans out and ho hits the ball an where the pitcher tries to send It. As comes In ho changes his gilp on the bj to suit the- occasion , ami so , whether tl u.\ll comrs fast or slow , ne ar or far. ho PUMurod to kill It. Ho hit Terry In tl anklu with one ot those low drives of h In one ot our games. Tlu < ball bounde straight up In the air and seemed to stn tip a week , while Terry was dancing aroun and Delcbanty wns chasing over the base These low hits are Del's specialty. I neve saw any onu else who could send the ba along the ground that way. Ono ot thoi upset McCormlck. and , after striking hi glove , went clear to the brick wall for tw bases. And field ! Why , that fellow come In on hard hits nnd stops them If ho ho to throw himself lu front of them ! Yu can't get over a single on a hit Into h territory. " The Baltimore club will make a shoi tour through England after the" games wit Clove-land. The team which will make tli trip will bo composed of Clarke nnd Bowei man , catchers ; Pond and Hemming , pltcl ors ; Doyle , first baao ; Jennings , short etoi McGraiv , third base ; Kelloy. left field Koeler , right field ; Lange of the Chlcagni center" field , and Gleceon of the New Yorks second baso. Brodlo and Reltz cannot gen on account ot personal business , and th plajers selected tholr old comrade Glcaso In Roltz' place and Bill Lange Is take along as the king of center fielders. The will bo billed as the three times champion of America When Nash bought La Jolo from Fal River , Manager Marston of that club said "You are pajing mo $1,500 for a man whoi you would not soil for $10.000 after ho plaj out the season with you. " Nash says $10 , 000 could not buy La Jole today. Phlla delphla Item. Now It Is claimed thati Kelly , the crac ! left fielder of the Baltlmcres , will be fouin with the New Yorks next season. Kelly Van HaUren and Tlernan would make th Giants very strong In the outfield. Collins of the Bostons and Lange of tin Chlcagos are the only two outsldo player who will 'go to England with the Baltimore ; thla fall. Collins Is to play seccnd base li Reltz's nlace. ' Arthur Irwln's contract with the New York club does not expire until Novemboi IS. Arthur claims ho has offers from tw < National league clubs for next season. There are three Tnen besides Hallman whc kind of "feel It In their bones" that they will not play here.nextseason. Philadelphia Record , _ ( T ' "V ' 1 I Baltimore has ohly wen -one game out of tbo nlno that woratplayod last season and the season before for the Temple cup. McMnhon , Hemming and Esper are three at Baltimore's pitchers who will likely bo released this fall. Th Teemplo cup series with Cincinnati would have been worth $300 or $400 more * to Baltimore. , Wilson , Van Haltren' Tlernan , Gleason intl Meekln of the Giants are cranks at lilka riding. The Wnshlngtpns and Loulsvlllcs socred ISO runa In their s > erles , of which the 3enatora made 108. ox THK citininoN Fini.D. t'nliiv * r Aliont HIP I.nilt Who Iliintlc tin1'lKnklii. . Foot ball ts now tha absorbing theme with he athletes throughout the land and tha ; raud shower of long-hair nnd court-plas- ored mugs will soon be upon us In all Its ageful vchsmcnce. The High school boys .re hard at work , and while the team haslet lot yet been dratted , a few moro days of iractlco will tcl } the tale , Their colors arc iurplo and white , and among the candidates mibltlous for a place on tbo regular team ro : John Nollson , Spencer Cortalyou , C. onsen , H. SIHln , VH. " Spaffprd. S. Thomas , len Cotton , Bob Johnson , Gear-go Wes > t , Joe 'radenburg , Joe Lilly , Will Chambers , ; harlcs Kvorts , Roy Glllesple , Arthur 'otrl ' , Will McKoll , Lewis Reed , W. lushes , Harry Crandoll , Harry Tnltey , Wll- 11 il Hopkins , Frank Lehmer , Charlie warU , M. Morrison , Walter Field , George 'owler find Lester Hutchison. Hero Is an array of youthful athletic ilent from which a formidable ! team CUD 0 selected , nnd when all bavo been tbor- iighly tried out the team will bo mndn up y a committee appointed to pass Judgment n the relative strength of the candidate1) ) , lames have already boon scheduled for arklo. Mo. , Lincoln , Nebraska City , Red iak , PJattsmouth , Ashland , Sioux City and llnncapolla. As to the Western nnnoclatlon nothing oflnlte has as yet been promulgated , but It 1 hlch tlmo there was , There Is no doubt but hat all the teams are getting Into shape > r the busy campaign that Is to shortly pen , and , of course , as is always inevitable , ich college will have the strongest team L over had before. I hope to bo able to Ivo the personnel of the teams by another mid ay. It Is not only hero , but all over the eoun- y , the long-haired genus Is working Ilko a oaver , and It may bo ald that the reason aa formally Inaugurated in the cast last colt. TlieiO Is llttlo doubt but what Is colng to prove ono of the greatest nd most thrllllngly interesting within the Istory of the gamo. Anyway , reports from II the head centers of tbo sport In both 10 east and west would Indicate as much. will bo more of a punting game this year ian ever be-fore. All the players of the ! g colk'/jo / teams nro devoting much of loir tlmo to thh practlco , as It I a knack lat must be acquired by hard and pcr- atcnt piactlco. There is a paucity of good puntcrH com- ared to the number of players on a team , nd this IB certainly because American ueby foot ball players have been Instruc- d mart ) In the methods of knocking down ian In getting tbo ball toward the desired ? al by purely scientific means. The game i now becoming more of a science than it , 'er was , and every year finds It nearer to isoclatton foot ball' , which Is foot ball In .ct. The American Rugby game U In Its ifancy , and , most certainly it will improve mply because every year the public Is be- > mlng more and. more Intele-sted In It. orotoforo , and to a guat extent yet , moro tan one-half of a team IB selected because ' the strength at jhp itiY.n ; playem who are rong enough to throw an opponent yards i front or yards , to one nlde , or in any [ roctloQ ot the * wa , > % Jut the other day It a * the rule to'iteuro flvn or nix men who mid rush against an opposing six with ich terrific forcp AI to knock the latter six ito a Ii6ap of bruUid humanity. This lias langed and thU year will find thu gamu utter than U has ever been before. The authorities In our prominent col- ! Ifges. nn well ns the pironU ot the student * . , are evidently determined tn do nway with the sense-IMS brutality that has for years marked this exciting nd rugged play. \ As n matter of fact , there lnu t always bo more or less of rough and vigorous work nbout the game of foot ball no matter what the rules be , but heretofore there has lieen too much of outright and willful brutality. H Is the latter thai wilt bo eliminated this year , and In the course ot a season or two will bo entirely eradicated. Officials ot the game can accomplish much , but the managers n vast deal more. The glory that victory entails almost always prompts youth to make extremely desperate efforts to attain It , and for tlio nnnco mod eration Is lost sight of. H Is nt these times that the unduly rough play takes place- . loulh can bo Instructed and by n rigid disci pline * forced to keep clear of these maddened efforts , Just as moments ot desperation are prevented nt other times. U Is qulto clear , tlior , that If all parties directly Interested make up their mind * to have a game do < old of what Is called brutal , or unduly rough work , there will be * such a name. StudrnU of various schools and colleges have act tlio Pace for tbo game of foot ball In the past and It U a hopeful sign that .they , or nt least their authorities , have comei to the con clusion tha' the game will necessarily bo freer from re ughiiess tills year than wo nave ever seen It. The rules make * the garnet moro of an open one , and the moro It goes In this direction most assuredly will moro nrt bo needed and less brute strength. But rules arc * f llttlo moment unless there are proper people to enforce them. This has been proven In base ball for n long time. So that after all , n very great deal depejiih this season , and always will depend , on the umplro nnd rcforee-s of the gnmra as to whether or not the > re > nro to bo unduly rough features In tlio contests It these olllclals at the very stall off make up their minds to prevent this kind ct work , nnd they cnn do It , then all will bo well. Players who uuort to brutal tactic * to win games should bo , nnd must be > , re tired from the game \ \ Ithout hesitation , and there should be a means of suspending them from play during the season. This will prompt parents to encourage ) their boys to "get Into the gamo" aud try to make . mark In it. As previously stated the season virtually began last week , with the trial games In tlie cat. The University of Pennsylvania team returned from Its training trip In the most excellent trim , and still the eleven has not been finally choaeii. Several , ext ihu men are liuablo to fill tbo bill as puntcja , , , and this will undoubtedly make a change , In the final scli-ctlons , on account of the fnclUiat , , punting Is to bo a prominent feature- , tbo play this season. Still Pennsylvania , Is sure ot a stroii ! ; aggregation , and under Coach Woodruff and Trainer Murphy w411 bo fit to fight the beat on the lino. The most encouraging reports are com ing from Yale ; that Is , the reports are better than they bavo been In the past nt this tlmo ot year ; for Yale never tries to scare the ltfe > out of people by declaring what she Is going to do. There has ever been a marked abscnco of beast at Yale. Tlio Harvard and Princeton teams nro still at work. Neither has made anything Ilko a selection of a team , nnd will not do so before the latter part of this week. Good Judges who have been watching the wcrk of the players at each place say that there U plenty of good material to select from. Cornell has an unusual number of as- plr.uita for positions an the team and all have been working Ilko Trojans on Percy Field with the hope of developing superior prowess. Bcacham , Taussig , Swcotlnnd , McKcever , Louder , White , Young and Tracy are the old men who are in line. Ot the new candidates there Is no certainty as to who will bo tlie- lucky ones , as all are ? reen and Inexperienced. The prosiKscts for ii good teem are exceedingly bright , as most ot th" new men show much promise Jf developing Into star players. There has occn a most encouraging snap nnd dnati ibout their practice , which makes It prob- ematlcal whether all the old men will bo iblo to retain their places or not. Tauaalg , I'racy. McKeover , Wilson nnd Short will 'urnish ' abundant timber .for strong ends , met with the excellent new material the jeneral feeling Is that this season's eleven vlll bo ono long to bo remembered. Cor- icll will play tbo Western Reserve unl- 'eralty at Ithaca next Saturday , Taft's col- ego October 17 , Harvard on tbo 24th. Mneoton at Princeton on the 81st , BiiMh- lell at Ithaca November 7 , Williams at Juftalo on the 14th , and University of Penn- iylvanla at Philadelphia November 2G , ClllCNtlOIlH Illlll SIOUX CITY , Oct. 2. To the Sporting 3illtor of The Boo : Please publish trump dgnal and echo for short suit game of whist md same for long suit , and obllgo. R. R. Lois. Ans. The trump signal and echo are the lame In any style ot whist , The "signal" s playing a higher card bnforo a lower ot ho same plain suit , when not attempting o win a trick , such as 7 , and 4 on the oca .lid king. It means "lead trumps. " The cho Is the signal In the trump suit , when rumps are led. It means "I have four rumps. " OMAHA , Oct. L To the Sporting Kdltor f The Bfo : Please prescribe for setter Hell. She hml mango the past summer nd now her hair la falling out. Jcfforaon quarc. Ans. Wash well with diluted ammonia nd salt water , Give light dose of qulnlna laming and evening and keep her In a licil , out of the house , Must not ! > ( , ' . kept 00 warm. < n CRESTON' , la. . Oct. 1. To tho.Sportlng Iditor of The Bee : Please state for the eneflt of an always intcrcbtod leader ot our department In Tlio IJce wlmt has 'bo- nmo of the great St. Bernnid dog , ( Jliam- lon Melrose , and also give his pcdlgico. hanking you In advance , H. M. Work. Ans. Champion Melroso' is now owned by harles R , Heictor , San Jose , Cal. Champion lolrosof with a single exception , Is the best inooth-cnatfd St. Bernard In America , Ha 1 ono nf the celebrated Alton Judith litter no r > f six Champions , and Includes In bin 3t of winnings : First , New Yoik , 1R92 and S93 ; first Pawtucket , Toronto , Klngs'on , 'owark , Philadelphia , Boston , 1893 ; first , , 'anhliiRlon , 18fl4 ; first , Chicago , ISO'M-fi 0 ; lat , St. Loula , 1S9G , In addition to nil- lorous specials. He is a winner and the zo of winners. OMAHA , Sept , 29 , To the PportlnR Hdltor ! Tbo Boo ; A and B are playing double Igh llvo , each having BO polntn ; A buys for and makes clubs trumps ; ho plays llio co id BSVCB five of clubs , tills bolus lowest ird played , and claims high , low and flvo , points. II Plays and Haves Jack mid ten ' clubs nnd flvo of njmdcs and claim * Inw , rk game and five. 8 points , claiming flvo 1 spades and not flvo of clubs Is low caid , claims , even If five of dubs Is low caid , 3 saved Jack and ten before A played hlijh id low , consequently wins the gamo. This an old chestnut , but a decision by you the only thing that will satisfy . ibacrlbcr. Ans.IJ wins , Tbo llvo of spades Is the west trump out. AUBURN. Neb , , Oct. l--To the Sporllnrj lltor of Tlio Bee : Please glvei In Sun- y's Bee foot racing records for BO , til ) , 70 , , 80 and 100 yards. Also hoxv fast , In jour hilon , ray pony will bavo to gallop to > ep up , or a little ahrnd , with aomo pooil ics for 200 and 300 yards and oblige irlnter. Ans.--Fltty yards , 5'A ' eeonds ; 7fl yards , i seconds ; 80 yards , S seconds , amateur ; 0 yards , 0 4-5 seconds , For 200 yards ur pony should go at n ID-second clip aud r 200 nt u 29 dip. GALIIOUN , Nebiaft , n. To the Sporting lltor nf The Doe ; would you kindly ntato the corienpondcnts' column Sunday If It ilild bo safe to shoot buckshot at iJi'fio me > from a No. 12 Smith gun ? Plcazo antlon the proper load. H , M , 0. Ans. Safe , provided tlio shot chamber operly , They should cbamjior even In tern In the barrels.