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    TJTE OMAITA ! DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , TEB1UTATY 21 , 1897.
CUST OF SPORTING GOSSIP
Musings Over the Mooting of the Horcnles
nnd Achilles of the King ,
VALUE OF PROFESSIONAL PREDICTION
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There nro now Iwo big events on the bill ,
ono al each end ot the country , the In
auguration of McKlnley In the Orient nnd
the fistic combat between Fitzslmmons nnd
Corbett at the Occident. The management
nt each end of the line U equally confident
ot scoring an overwhelming success , and
ns a consequence everybody Is. happy. There
are no etena of n conflict of Interests , and
Washington and Carson are In sweet ac
cord. From reports from nil sectlona ot
the country It would seem that the bolting
on the big fight has begun , but while , the
amount so far staked Is small , there Is no
doubt but what every man with sporty
fluid In his veins Is getting ready to back
his opinion. Professional opinion haa made
Corbett , al this stage of tha game , Iho fa-
vorlle , but , my word for It , there will bo
a change before the men step Into the
ring. John U Sullivan says Corbett will
win bucnuoo ho outclasses KlUslmmons , but
you must remember that It has been a say
ing ot long standing tfiat there Is money
In coppering John L.'s tlpn. ' Sharkey , Iho
man before Ihe mast , picks Corbelt , basins
his opinion probably on Iho fact that he
virtually whipped Corbett In four rounds ,
whllo Fltz all bill killed him In eight.
Steve O'Donnell f vor Iho Callfornlan , al
though ho Is honest enough lo assert that
the CornlS'hman has n look In. Peter
Mahcr thinks Corbelt will get the coin ,
simply because ho hates Fitzslmmons worse
than ho docs an A. P. A. Joe Choynskl
says Corbett Is Iho man , because ho has
fought both men and Itnows. Corbett
ivlilpped him In twenty-seven rounds , while
Fltz did the trick In five , all of which w
the refinement of logic. Charley Mc-
Kocver opines that Robert can t
last longer than twelve rounds ,
and Charley knows Just about an
much nbout It as a wooden Chinaman. Hilly
Moyers nays Corbott ought to win , bocaimo
lie ought to. George Green Is cork sure that
Jim will win In a walk. George also thought
ono ttmo that he could do the tame with
Paddy Smith. Tommy Ryan asserts that
Corbett will win It Fitz do ? " not , and there
you are. To offset this we have Jack Mc-
Aulirfo's pronunclamicnto. He says Corbett
will have his hands full In any ovont. From
what Slmrkoy told him ot his flglilH with
Jim and Bob , ho cannot perceive how the
latter can lose. Jack Fogarty is refresh
ingly candid. Ho asseverates that Covbctl Is
the blsgost fakir of the ago , and Is half scart
to deatli already. He makes n. present of the
fight to Fltz In six or eight rounds. Horace
I.eeds warns Corbett to keep cool , while
Professor John Duffy declurca that Fltz will
take a couple dozen of Jim's Jabs for the
pleasure of Insinuating n single punch. And
what do Corbett and Fltz say ? Here Is
Corbutt's latest : " 1 am as sure of winning
this fight as I over was of anything In my
life , " he ald. "Barring accidents , there Is
no possible show on earth for Fitzslmmons.
Tlio wiiy I feel now , strong and In splendid
condition , I am certain that I could defeat
two such men on the same night. And in
saying this I am fully aware that Fltzslm-
inons Is a wonderfully clever man and a
very dangerous opponent. Ho would bo
dangerous to any pugilist other than myself.
I know his Btyio of lighting thoroughly.
There Is not a trick In his repertoire that I
cannot dlcccmt. My confidence in myself Is
born ot my perfect knowledge of Fitzslm
mons. He Is a splendid boxer , 'but ' he Is a
novlco beside me. So certain as ho steps In
tlVabrlog on March 17 , so certain his star will
have sot when they carry him 'out. " Now
what chance on earth deco Fllzslmmons
stund' However , ho Is going to fight , and
says that ho .rimy glvo Jim his lasting
Bounorinc.'lM tlio first round.but will , likely
let him go n ways to please the crowd. Now.
gentlemen , how much do you want cither
wayV Not much I should Judge Just yet
nwhllo.
nut what is there In all this professional
opinion anyway ? They - are the most
prejudiced lot of men on earth and generally
predict Just what they wish would happen.
Gushy blather exudes from them In torrents.
They diillght In tipping off the verdant pub
lic , which Is always taking the sucker's end
of It. Tlioy are feulllutnnlsts , export In Iho
rot of prognostication , nun on bunloned feet
limp through the samel slougb of guff bcforo
every prominent contest that lakes place
Jicro or In any other country. Founding my
belief by actual experience with this un-
lioullc mob , I denounce Ihe whole senti
mentality of tlio "perfesh" nothing more
nor less than bosh. If professional opinion
Is to be taken seriously then thb battle
booked for St. Patrick's Day In the Morning j
Is aR good as fought , and Corbett Is ai I
herculean wonder and FltzslmmonH a gob of I
the commonest kind of mud. I have uhown ]
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many times In these columns how figuring ;
out a fighter's form by comparative analysis i
Is a profitless task and uften loads to dis
appointment and dlscr.mfituro. If Tom beats
Jim In four rounds and Hob beats Tom In
three It Is only natural to Infer that Bob ! I
will beat Jim , all things being equal. But j i
the Inferencei Is often erroneous. Remember !
how U led you to drop your stuff on Sullivan , I
on Mahur , on Goddard , on Hnll and a dozen ! I
others. I do not by these remarks mean to
Indicate that I believe Fitzslmmons will
whip Corbetl , for , as n matter of truth , I am
very much nt sea as to the probable out
come of tholr mooting , but I do IHIeve , and
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bollcvo It firmly , that the Installing Corbett
a favorite at the odds 1 have seen
quoted Is more due to sentiment than
dollbcrnto Judgment. I know n whole lot
of the big moneyed sports In the cast who
nil ) betting , or offering to bet , odds on
Corbetl and I know that a majority of
them are offering to back him more bo-
cauco they nro friends of his than because
of r.ny knowledge they have of his ability
to defeat aa formidable a man as Bob Fit/-
Hlmmona , On the line wo have today of
the two men as fighters Fltzslmmons should
bo an oilils-on favorite and he would bo , too ,
If as much wan known of Corbett as there Is
of llm , That Is the trouble. Corbett Is a
wonderfully clover boxer , wo know that , and
wo have bscn educated to think that ho la
n wonderful fighter. He has had one- pretty
good prlzo fight thnt with Choynskl , on the
barge a bluff nt another that with Peter
Jackson. HU fight with Sullivan was cold
turkey and thai with Mitchell a take and a
farce.
H la qulle probable that none of the red-
hots have forgotten the historic bnttle that
was fought down In the Molassen City on
that memorable September night In 1832.
The money thai most ot them lort on John
It. will servo as nn everlasting reminder of
that great event. If one Just goes over the
matter In his mind he will dl : over that
practically the same condition of things ex
isted then as now. Up to the very night of
the battle Sullivan was n prohlblllvo favor
ite , nnd Corbelt had nol p.n hundredlh parl
of the following Fllislmmona ban today. In
fact , with Ihe masses u * Ihe people the coun
try over In the bg ! flgM which H to be
pulled off Ihrce weeks from ncxl Wednesday ,
Fllz haa Iho call en Jim so far as friends
F.o. The big moneyed gamblers and tha
fighters are In n largo measure In Corbetl's
camp. Hilt II was different at the other
fight. Then the only boxers of note who
wnro on the Callfornlnn's side could be
counted on the flngera of ono hand , in f.\ct
I can recall bul four who openly Indulged In
Ihe belief that Sullivan wan nbout to meet
It 1.1 mnetcr , and the loudest of thejo was One.
Eyed Connelly. Domlnlck McCaffrey , who ts
now living on n rnnch up near O'Neill , Mlko
Donovnn nnd Tommy Ryan were the other
three. The only question with the balance
of the "perfcah" was how many rounds could
thn pompadoured youth from the auriferous
crn.it stnnd bcforo Ihe Bully Boslon Boy. In
Kcmroth'e , under Iho SI. Chlrles , Ihe betting
showed $100 to $23 on Sullivan nt the < open
ing , and Corbclt'a slock never reached n
higher notch In any of the pool rooms than
130 to $100. In Omnha on the night of Ihe
fight Iho Big Fellow was made n good rs n
10 lo 1 shot , nnd even while Ihe fight was
being wnlched upon Ihe bulletin boards
at Bandlo's nnd the different reports ,
hundreds of dollars were slaked nt 2
to 1 and better. Down In New
Orleans It was different. There
was litllo or no betting at all. Everybody
wanted Sullivan , but few felt dlspcacd to place
a fortune to win a meal ticket. Jack Morrison
w.i-i down there with mo that time and he
had a roll as big as n can ot tomatoes. He
wca an enthusiastic Sullivan follower up to
the day before the fight , when we paid the
big follow a call , and .would . have bcl several
thousand dollars on him had I not persuaded
him out of It. I will never forgot that Inter
view with the bis fellow. Billy West , the
minstrel man , Morrison and I called en John
togothor. We found him busy punching the
bag nt the Olympic club rooms. He was
doing nil his work with his left hand and
was oo slow and careless and indifferent that
misgivings took possMslon of all three of na
Intuitively. Later , when wo were rnngc'l
along In front of Ihe club's bar. I sail to
West : "What do ynu think of him. Billy. ? "
"Not much , " came the quick reply. "I did
think ho would win Inf a. Jog. but my minor
will now go on the other man. " and West
probably won as much money as any man in
the country. Morrison , while dubious , ftlll
Insisted that Corbott wasn't In It , but he
knew better and I noticed that the only
money he put up was a twenty dcllar William
with the late lamented P. J. Drnolme of the
Now York World , Just before the gong
lotimlrd , on the proposition that the fight
would not last fifteen rounds. Ho lost til"
twenty , but he brought back homo his thou
sands.
I rpeak of this simply to show the
similarity between existing circumstances
then and now. Of course the burden of the
odds on Cnrbctt nt present Is nothing what
It v/as on Sullivan , still he is a big favorite
with the sporting fraternity , and were he as
popular as John I. , was In those ijays , the
lay of general scntlmcnl would bo Just ac
great , notwithstanding the knowledge of
Fitzslmmons' woivlerful prowess. But he Is
not. Fitzslmmons stands Just as. well with
the public as Corbett. The lattcr's domineer
ing and overbearing character has
Irretrievably alienated the sympathies of the
vast army which makes up the ranlc and'file
of the lovers cf boxing. All are willing to
concede that ho Is n marvelous boxer , but
as a side-partner that Is a different tllng. ;
As 1 have clearly shown In the quotation of
opinions above , the consensus ot opinion
among the profession Is that Jim will win ,
yet. out of tlio mass of predictions that
have been made there can bo detected no
agreement as to the number of rounds It will
take him to turn the trick. Some have
ovlnccd a hardihood to place It at three or
four , but the most of them are prone to
string It out from a dozen to twenty-five.
To me It looks like n short fight. It will
provo a cycloplan task , I think , for Corbott
to tire Fltz out by his slaps and Jabs , and
tcrpslchorean evolutions. The lanky boxer
will compel him lo mix whether he wants
to or not , If he once demonstrates that the
long drawn-out business Is his lay. Either
ono or the other , I think , will win quickly.
If Fitzslmmons is there at Ihe end of six
rounds ho will be there when Corbett U
out ot It. Many good Judges think , with
every round after six , Jim's chance will been
on the wane , and there are others who
believe the longer ho goes the better ho will
get. They have probably forgotten the little
fact that In his fight with Jackson there
was not a blow or even a feint in the last
thirty-five rounds. Distance probably didn't
count In that fight. As to the Fitzslmmons
contingent. His friends arc looking fur him
to win In from four to eight rounds , but
liavo every fnlth In his capability lo go the
route no matter how Icng the Journey may
prove. They concede nothing to Corbett but
might and quickness , and offset this with
Fltz's terrific propulsive force and rlngship.
Jim may tap the Australian and got away ,
but ho cannot drive In and smash htm with
thnt utter Immunity ho employed with the
Big Fellow. Ho will find ho has an entirely
different job on his hands on St. Patrick's
Day In Ihe Morning than he did on the night
of September 7 , Ifc02 , down In the Olympic's
classic arena.
But the biggest factor ot all In the approaching
preaching contest will bo condition. With
two such glganllc and scientific propositions
as Jim Corbcitt and Bob Fitzslmmons , how
cm this be otherwise ? And now , what Is
the true condition of the two men ? . Of
course. I have no greater facilities nt get
ting at this vital point than any of the rest
of you. But sports and sporting Is my
livelihood , nnd I am expected to give greater
herd to such matters than the casual man
who. picks up his paper and read * of the
various sporting events as a mere pastime
nnd pleasure. I am supposed to have an
opinion and would bo a shabby sporting
editor had I not. Now , I think that Corbett
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Is Immeasurably better than ho was when he
fought Sharkey. It he Is not he mlsht aa
well be laid away on the shelf with the other
I ] canned goods now ts later. Hut all reports
i j point to the fact that ho Is better , and Irri-
lirovlng every day. While I do not bellevo
that hopping around an old skate on tha
theatrical stage , dancing About a hand ball
court , or working his jaw for the edification
of a sycophantic lot of admirers Is synony
mous with perfect physical fettle , I do be
lieve that Corbett Is rapidly Retting In
splemlld form. 'Ills ' magnificent physique
Is ovldsntly susceptible to wonderful perfec
tion In this line , and If ho "gets there , "
oh my , oh me , what a scrap he ought to
make. Dut will he , or can lie get there ?
That'a the question that Is bothering me 83
well as n good many others. I see Phil
Dwyer , who Is a Corbett man nnd will back
htm with a small fortune , expresses a doubt
about Jim's ability to trot out a "broken
heat" race. So , of course , he expects the
Callfornlan to do his work with neatnesa
and despatch. As to Fltzslmtnons : Hid
condition Is susceptible to little better
ment , for the simple fact that ha Is next
to perfection already , stronger , quicker
nnd more confident than ever be
fore In his life , anil consequently
ought to give us the fight of the century.
If Corbott can hit him and got away with
out feeling the full Impact ot tnat big right
maul or loft houeycooler I will miss my
guoss. Let hlnv OIL his lungd with the nltl-
tudlnoiia ether ot Nevada's snow-capped
ptalcs for the few weeks to come , and ho
will bo ready to go against the thunderbolts
of Jove. FUz'n lateit bit of tltllatlrotlre
Is that his wife , Ucno Julian l-'ltzslmmons ,
has bet him a sealskin sacquc that he lays
Corbett's pompadour under tha daisies In
four rounds , and as ho doesn't want to lose
the sacquc ho Intends to string Jim along
for dvo to six , and then hit him where ho
lives. Hut all joking aside , the fight , GO as
It may , will certainly prove something Ilka
a clash between Hercules and that other
mythological hero who was slain by Paris
In the Trojan war.
It will bo seen by this morning's tele
graph that Sharkey has opened his mouth
and let out a "holler" that Is calculated to
starlle the' Corbett cohorts out of their boota.
While I take little stock In this fellow , I do
not wholly discredit his declarations and aui
willing to await developments.
ny the way , Carson Is the busiest city In
the world today , and Dan Stuart wide It
so. He Is not only very popular with the
denizens of the rfage bru.ih state , but round
about tlio capital they worship him as a
hero. And he cornea pretty nearly being one.
There Is no other man In the. country who
could have accomplished what ho has , and
his name will go down In the annals of
Klflllana a one of Its Idols. While Dan Is a
sport , he Is also a business man ot extra
ordinary Judgment and ability. Ho Is en
terprising and Industrious , and It Is to \ > 3
earnestly hoped that a rich reward awaits
him for what ho has accomplished and the
chances he Is taking. He U a safe man In
every detail , and as square a one as trolu
the mundane sphere. He overdoes noth
ing , but everything ha undertakes thor-
oroughly. Truly In his lexicon there Is no
such word as fall , and he will glvo the coun
try such a carnival ot sport In March aa
was never dreamed of before. Everything
In connection with his affairs will bo found
In clockllke condition , and It Is safe to pre
dict that the big fight will take place under
auspices that could not be equalled In any
ether hands In the ccuutry. He has an able
assistant In Louis M. Houseman of Chicago ,
and visitors to Nevada can prepare , them-
sclven for a. welcome anJ such treatment as
a stranger to this pair of consummate
generals would think Impossible. By the
way , I notice that the soubriquet which 1
bestowed upon Stuart about the time he
first became conspicuous as a fight promoter ,
that ot "Dallas Dan , " U being
extensively useJ by tha Berlins
writers ever the country. It may not bt
very generally known , but I also gave Peter
Jackson the title of the "Midnight Mars , "
i.nd have a letter from him , In which he
congratulated ni2 on the appropriateness of
the nom do giltrro I hart Ivcn him. As
"Bug" Holllday , "Deacon" Grltlin , "Old Pop"
McCauley and many other old-time base ball
friends can boar testimony , I used to bo sonic
pumpkins In the science of neology- Hut
to return to Dalles Dan. It will be pleasing
to know that he has fully mada up his mind
to have the March carnival extend through
fo'ir or more days. He will have both pro
fessional and live bird handicaps on the two
days preceding the fight end It Is quite
probable that we will 'get to see Frank
Parmelee , Dr. Carver , Charlie Budd and. Jim
I211loU hi a quadrangular match for the
pigeon championship of the world. During
the evenings cf the carnival Colonel Stuart
will amuse his thousands of patrons with
chicken mains , In which the best strains of
'jlrds In the world from all parts o [ the coun
try will ba pitted against each other. Just
what the pugilistic events. In addition to the
premier attraction will be , have not just yet
oeeii decided upon , but that they will be
the right stuff goes wlthuut saying. I wan
in hopes of being able to glvo my readers
full particulars about thb train I will run
west this morning , but unavoidable delays
have arhen , and , evoklni ? patience for one
more week , I will dlamlss the subject for a
few days.
Yale and Harvard have kissed at last and
madeup. . The osculatory act was performed
en Saturday Inst and all la plain Et'.ling
row toward a restoration of the glorious
days of auld lang syne. The armistice , or
agreement , rather , U for five years , and fre
quent contests may now be expected on both
land and water between the ahlctcs of our
great universities. While there Is a feeling
of relief In all collegiate circles , the agree
ment Is regarded as a gieat diplomatic vic
tory for Harvard. A inunth or so ago the
negotiations came near ending without set
tling the boat race , but the rowing men
raised such a howl that the Ilualo v.-a.- ;
averted and It looked as If the whole- at
tempt at .1 patch-up would result In failure.
But all Is felicity now , and even Cornell
has agreed to allow Vale to enter the for
mer's race with Harvard , and this op013 ui
the way to one of the greatest aquatic
events that han ever been arrange.a ! } race
between the five great rowing uni
versities Cornell , Harvard , Columbia Penn
sylvania and Yale. The under
graduates generally areIn high feather and
Immensely pleased at tta result of the ne
gotiations. Somehow or other the llarvard-
Yale games have always been more to the
students than any other contests , and there
was universal regret when the gamca were
broken off. although It was felt that Har
vard's posl''lon was right. Ever since the
day Harvard's ultimatum was given out by
Prof. James Barr Ames the Cambridge un
dergraduates have looked forward to a roe-
oncilatlon. Whenever and wherever Har
vard and Vale men met , cither Jointly or
separately , the wish has been e.xprwiod by
both that omo end might bo found to the
ililllculJea. That the period of Interrup
tion has brought Harvard and Vale closer
together than over before no OMB woual deny ,
and therefore iho break has. at least done
some good. With the plan of arbitration
proposed It 'Is hard to see how anything
can arise In the future to break up the regu
lar succession of games. As a result the
tlrst noticeable thing wilt bo a wave of en
thusiasm In all branches of athletics at
Cambridge. The preparations for the spring
foot ball season have already been mentioned
ami there la bound to bo ronuwod and
greater activity In rowing , track athletics
and base ball.
The eighth annual dos show of the famous
Mascouta club will bo held In Chicago dur
ing the week of March 9. The club will
bo extremely liberal with Its offerings and
a largo array of Omaha doge will be seen
upon the benph. While the premium list
does not show many great additions over
these o/ past seasons , all the different chases
will bo treated generally In a more liberal
mamipr. No ono class will be jjlvcn much
preference over another. The club la a
member of the American Kennel association
and entries will bo made from the best ken
nels from all parts of the country. They
will close on Saturday next and local fan-
clern wishing to display their dog.i should
at once communicate with the secretary.
John L. Lincoln , Omaha exhibitors wcro
surprisingly successful latt year lit carrying
off prizes , and It la to bo hoped the same
good fortune will attend them this year.
It was rather humiliating to eastern turf
followers last summer when a horse from
out the golden west swooped down on the
east and fairly ran all their famous gallop
ers off their lega , and this year the Subur
ban will see In Its field moro western horses
than , ever before , and while I hope to see
some one of them repeat the dose ot 1S96 I
hardly .expect . to 'bo so gratlfliHl , Never be
fore In the history of the running turf was
the average form or "Hie horses In the
Suburban so low na It'm&lAst season. Hut
very few ran up to thjliu liest form. Of the
western homes entered for the event this
year are , Hal ma , lluc ) : Vassle , Klrst Mate ,
Cret-cendo , Dr. Illee , Counter Tenor. Lokl ,
Den Halladay , Ogdeiiv-r-fTyphon II. . Algoe ,
Herclalr , Blazerock , . . AVliuckle , Meadow-
thrope , Kookwood , FrHnx11 Harris , Orc tw ,
Bright Phoebua and Captive. Requital will
undoubtedly be made tno' tcp weight , and
even If ho got regular/ste-adler he would
ho made favorite If betting wcro done on
the race before the opening of the season.
The chances are that with the general dis
position to raise Iho weights the top weight
In the Surlnuban will "be1 "put a Rood deal
higher than heretofore ; > nnd Hequttal may
possibly bo flflked to.chctilder 135 pounds.
Anyhow , he will probably be called upon to
concede five pounds to the next horse , and
this will In all likelihood bo Handspring.
Then may come Clifford , Halma , Hastings
nnd Buck Mawle , In tho' order named , with
about 12G , 124 , 123 and 122 pounds re
spectively ,
A MM3 num simrx crrv.
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SIOUX CITY , Feb. 18. To the Sportlns
Editor of The Dee : Hnvo you conaldere < l
carefully what Corbett.has to say In resard
to Fitzslmmoiifl ? Ho has conlcndcd all the
tlmo lhat ho has a. "soft thing" with Fltz-
E-lmmons and has been telling us how easily
ho would defeat him , etc. Now eeo whnl
ho says aboul sludylng Fltz' methods carp
fully for Iho last'thrM years ; notice the
nunrbcr of trainers he has around him trying
to put him In the beat possible shape. If
Fltz Is EO dead easy , why Is It that ho has
studied his way of fighting for Iho last
three years , and why Is It ho has got all
the Inilncm he can gel. Including all ot
Fitz' old trainers and seconds , to give him
pointers ? Ho has White , Fltz' old-time second
end , and Carroll Is giving Jim all kinds of
pointers , EO a friend lolla mo who lives In
'Frisco. You \vlll see Carroll 'In Corhcll's
corner when the flghl cornea oil. My occu
pation Is that of commercial drummer nnd
I cover the counlry from Chicago to the 1'a
clflc coast. I hear many claim thai Filz
showed the white fcathei1 when he did nol
meet Corbett nt Hot Sprlnpu , Ark. ; that he
ran Into the sheriff's hands lo evade Cor
betl. Thai Is all rot.
How wo.s It when Fltz challenged Corbett ?
Didn't Corbett tell him to first defeat Dan
CrcL'don Mid then he , Ccrbott , would glvo
him a show ? F'llz boat OrccJon and called
Corbett to time on his promise to meet him.
Coibett then put up Mahcr ; Fltz beat Maher
and called Corbett again. Then Corbett
wanted Fltz to defeat O'Donnell , but the
press of the. country' ' howled so that Corbott
hail to come to time. H leaked as If Ccrbett
id not want anj | of Fltz'a game nt thai time
by trying to place between him and Fltz
another man. Fltz kept knocking them
down light along , however , anJ calling Cor-
bull to time. I am not posted In regard
to i'ho Hot Springs deal. It may bo that
II Uz was afral.l to meet Corbett at that time ,
but 1 can't see vhy lift should have been.
Corbett , from what a friend writes to me
from 'Frisco , lo not Inditing as we'.l as he
did when ho was on the coast before , but
ho and Urady own the iro. ; s out there and
keep the papers full ofnll | klnda of gossip.
Fltz haa to take his chances In this line.
We hear a lot abc-ut'Cor'dctt and his good
condition , exanvlnatlori ' 'jy physicians , etc.
However , I have reason to think that ho will
bo In ( but llttlo better , . flx.than ; ho was the
day he met Sharkey.
I was present and eajjv.that fight , and It to
Tint fair to cay this for b.oth msn , that Cor-
Intt dIJ hh best to' put Sharkey out In
the finst three rounds , and did go up ons tide
of him nn-1 down the o her. biff , bang ,
but his blows did not phase Sharkey. It
was like hitting a brick , wall. Everybody
spoke about Corbett's blows being weak , and
that ho could not knock'Sharkey down , in a
month. Ho hit many'tliura with the glove
cpsn. Sliarlcoy did -vlola'to the rules by
clinching In- the first Iw'o rounds , out Cor
bett with all hi * swiftness of foot could not
kesp'liim away ; hp Nvao 'like a baby In
Sharkey'i ? grip. Ho c'ould' no moro throw
him off Iran he couldthow oft a ton of
siot. | In tha third' and fourth rounds It
was Corbett th'dt wanted-to clinch ht ( com
menced It In the last half of the third round.
Ho wan badly winded. In the fourth round
Sharkey saw that he wh's winded' and he
went In to finish him. Corbett came up
with his mouth open , arid Sharkey went at
him , but Corbett clinched and held on like
grim death. He was all but gone. They
broke , as pr ordera , and Corbett cllnclioJ
again , and then nodded his head to elthsr
his seconds or the police , I don't know
which , but every one noticed It. U was all
he could do to stand up. The captain of the
police then spoke up and time wa.i callJd.
That is all that saved _ Corbett. Another
round , anil he could not have stood up. His
friends in 'Frisco told him that he had
gone back , and the match with Sharkey
nan made to show his. friends that ho had
not. Ho did hU best to set In shape anil h ?
.rained faithfully for a mqnth. Ho wfs In
fair looking condition , and dll ; his best to
show that he had not gone back , but made
i moat miserable failure'
If Fitzslmmons has ccurage and kecp hU
head he will win with Corbett easily. Som3
question lili courage. I often hear the
point arguc.l that If ho geU the gaff In the
flrst part of the .match . thai he will weaken.
I have never seen him ] ami don't know how
that would 1)9. I have set-u Ccrbett In his
fights with Sullivan. Mitchell and -Tachion ,
as well as his fiasco with Sharkey. Sulli
van was dead on hU feet and It wsa like
hitting a brlrk house , to hit him. - Old
man Mitchell had iesu lii thu game twelve
ytars , and was a middleweight. Jackson
wca crippled so badly that for thirty round *
ho could hardly get out of hit corner , yet
Ccrbett did not have Hip courage lo go In
and finish him. Jachspn'o ankle was as
largo is his thigh the very time ho put It
hro-ugh the rcprs. Corbet hit Jackson , hut
hla blows lacked . -.team , and thnt wra wlun
Ccrbett was In his prime. Ho Ii not the
Corbett to-Jay by half that ho was the day
ho faced Jackson.
Now , Sandy , we all watch The nee up
hero closely to get the nt-ws of the fight. It
will bo Impossible for mo lo go-to this
mill , the first of Importance I have missed
for years. However , I take as much Inter
cut In It as If I could ? Hope you will keep
ua posted through the columns of Tlic-
Hee , as you always do. Mr. . Grlawold , wo
all shall watch Ths Bee carefully , as we
know that you are the man who can glvo
IIH a line of this kind as well as any man In
the country. H. B. a.
run CIIIUP OF THIS iii.ru num.
A lli'iMriilci'iiliiKT < > ' lilfi" AIIIOIIK Hie
KolliiwrrN nf I'll-lil mill Stri'iun.
It looks very much as _ If the ugliest part
of the winter had be.eurjp.ppcd off and the
'
ilovoteta of the rod am'ljjflin hive begun to
Irop In at the gun Bti > n > nito look over the
things they love EO wulTaml to recount for
the hundredth time the.4'tales ' they love to
toll. Whllo It Is a IHI14) ) premature yet. 1
might say that the prospectu were never more
flattering for a royal ; time , both In the
field , on the water autl. ' before the trap.
With plenty of water * Ihl spring wild fowl
shooting will be ail /tlmtr could bo saked.
Then cornea the early Bugling season , the
opening of the traps , 8n.lfift.anil plover shoot-
'ng. ' The gun club rnqmb ra are exceedingly
active and are antlcljjiijg ( | six months of
the most Incomparably . , Eirt. ) The coming
season promises to IJB ft , very active one.
aiiong | tha lovers of trap scooting. The boys
are all on Iho qul vlvc getting their shoot
ing ullck'3 ' polished upj readlni'ss for the
Smead and Kcnyon'arrf.tp& crnck bllllard-
Ista of tliei gun club a'nij Cilher one may be
tunned quite expert. '
U U about tlmo for these two gentlemanly
sportsman , Fro4 IJIake and M. C. Pcteia.
to have another argument with the choko-
borjs.
Jim Sniead Is ono cf Omclia's bust
shots. He Is very gentlemanly abuut 11 ,
however , and says llttlo about bis own
ability , but Is usually to bo found at the top
when the smoke clojva away.
Thoto of the Omnha Gun club having
whoslfl Intend forming a wheel club. Many
pleasant spins out Into the country can ho
taken U thl * plan U carried out and a llttlo
shooting Indulged in on the Ride.
Did you ever atop to think Where In
there a moro genial , gentlemanly , lili-
hearted lot of fellows than chootera gener
ally ?
My friend "Edward * " will cut considerably
of a figur.e In HIP prize lint offered by the
club this year. He allowed a 30 per cent
gait lust fall and can do it again.
Colonel Hughea will show some of the
younger bloods that he U a top-notchcr yet.
Just wait till the weather gets a little
warmer , and the colonel gets his lamps Jus
right.
Oarmlcheal and Montmorcncy are both
training under the Swoboda. system ot physi
cal culture. They are both getting so
strong that 600-pound dumbbells are mere
toys , I don't Ihlnk.
The Du Pont Gun club have a new manga-
trap for targcl shooting. As many as 10-
000 targets can be thrown during the day
with this new machine. It Is an automatic
afTalr and will throw targets fast enough
to keep from ten to fifteen In the air all the
time. Go out and see It work on Wash
Ington's birthday.
Charley Jolmnnes , the "Genial Jo , " re
cently received from his Illustrious friend ,
Tom Heed of Maine , a magnificent specimen
of Iho Anpora cat. U Is perfectly marked
and has a pedigree as long as your arm.
John Heed , when In Kansas City the other
day , made the preliminary arrangements for
a llvo bird contest between Kansas City and
Omaha. The match Is to bo at 100 birds
per man. fifty to bo shot In Omaha and fifty
In Kansas Oily. The teams may consist of
six , eight , ten or twelve men , nnd the shoot
will be for the prlco ot the birds and the
championship of the two cities.
George Loomls made A very creditable
showing at San Antonio. Ho finished only
a few points under Parnifleo. who was third
In Iho grand average.
Goodly Hrucker also shot well when at
San Antonio , but owing to the dlsagreoahlo
weather ho didn't take part In the shooting
but ono day.
Johnnlo Hepil , on his return from Texas ,
stopped oft at Kanoas City to attend to FOIIIO
business matters , and while there took a
shy nt the Kansas City live bird shooters ,
and didn't do a thing but kill twenty-nine
out of thirty , one string of fifteen straight
and fourteen out ot the next fifteen , a good
enough score for anybody.
Billy Urowcr Is one of the most graceful
shooters In the Omaha Gun club. Ills posi
tion whcr * faL'Ing the trap U perfection , and
ho not only looks good , but It ) good.
The Omaha Gun club has tha honor of
numbering among the inow already famous
list of members none other than the great
Chinese statesman , LI Hung Chang. Some
people may think this tunny , but It Isn't.
They changed his name from Parmelco to 1.1
Hung Chant ; during the San Antonio tourna
ment. It happened Ilko this. Dr. Carver ,
who Li a warm personal friend of the great
Chlnepo statesman , met Parmelee on the
depot platform at San Antonio , Just as the
northbound train was i.ulMng out. The
doctor seeing Parmelee , who Is the living
Imago of LI Hung , rushed at him ,
grasped his hand In fond embrace , nslnvl
him how Mrs. LI Hung was , sent his re
gards to the baby and then quickly mounted
the rear platform of the last car of the fast
departing train. The doctor will probably
never know the cross m'ntake ' ho made.
This fuslladc of band-shaking , regard semi-
Ing , etc. , BO bewildered Parmolce that all
ho could say was "And and you go to "
For the benefit of the many aportamon
who love to seek the black bas In his native
haunts wo glvo a few extracts from a letter
ancnt the reported destruction of IIol-
mau's or Qulnnebaugh lake by the cutting
In of the Missouri river. "The river got
blocked with Ice about a mile below here
and raised enough to overflow that narrow
strip between the river and the lake , EO at
present ( February . " > ) the lake Is almost four
feet higher than > lt was , but since the river
went down the Inko has been falling. There
was no new channel formed , and I don't
think It Is going to hurt the fishing a parti
cle , and am almost sure it will Improve it.
Will let you know later. "
From the Smithsonian Institution nt Wash
ington , says the New York Times , comes a
warning that unless civilized man mends his
ways , and at once , every race of birds except
the few that have been domesticated will dis
appear from the earth , with results whoae
gravity can hainlly bo estimated. The pro
cess of extermination is going on steadily
and rapidly. Scores of species that had al
most numberless representatives a few years
ago have been entirely killed off ; of othcin
only scanty remnants survive In out-of-the-
way places , and even there they are the
victims of relentless pursuit. The rhca of
South America , the Western Hemisphere's
ono mem'.ier of the ostrich tribe , has become
? o rare that specimens or It are hard to
prrcure , and yet the plumage of this bird Is
Usied only fpr making feather dusters. The
Irat Labrador duck , once common In summer
as far south as Now England , was shot In
1S52 ! , and the species now exists , thanks only
to thirty-eight stuffed specimens In
various museums. Thebirds of
islands arc especially helpless against
the persecution of hunters , as they
have no place to which they can retreat
The Blue Mountain duck , a species of petrel ,
has Just been exterminated In Jamaica ; Cubi
has lost her macaws , unless a few of th"in
still dwell In the remotest swamp. ? ; the Lro-
ser Antilles now have few or no parrotn ; the
mnino , of whose wing feathers the Hawaiian
kings made their royal cloakt' , Is now no
moie , while New Zealand , once rich will ,
unique birdd , at present Is almost destitute
of feathered life more InterfHtlng than hcr.s.
The list could bo extended almwt indefinitely
ais could bo talcs of Insect ravages , which
are the direct conwqucnco of bird destruc
tion.
tion.Has
Has any one heard from the Man-from-
Wlld-Horso-Canyon slnca ho tackled Dago
George out at Siitlon ? Jim thought ho had
a snip , but he went back to Arapahoa a
ladder and wlsr m n.
The Dupont Gun club will hold Its regu
lar Sunday afternoon shoot on Its grounds
.I Anderson's , on thn lake , this afternoon , at
which the now magutrap 'Will bo iijreil fur
the first tlmo.
( [ m'NdOIIN Illlll AllNIVCM'M.
WOOD HIVEH , Neb. . Feb. 17. To the
Sportlr.T Editor of The BPO : Please publ'oh '
' . n Sunday Bee of February 21 whether Jake
Kllraln U a cousin ot John L. Sullivan cr
not. There is a bet hero to bo decided by
your decision of the matter. Are they related
In any wayV T. P. Uyan.
Ans. They are not , neither cognate or
agnate.
STnOMSBUHG. Neb. , Feb. 18. To the
Sporting Editor of The BPO : Please state In
ii xt Sunday's Bco whether or not the now
aw In Nevada allowing the Corbett and
Fltzsliimons fight was made by pcpullsta
and democrats. Reformer.
Ane. They are nil 1C to 1-crs.
Iltmi.INGTO.V. la. . Feb. 1C. To the Sport
ing Editor of The Hco : Please glvo amateur
running record 8.3 well as for professional- '
I'cr th'.J country at CO nnd 100 yards In next
Sunday's Bee and oblige ? Lawrence Berry ,
AIM. Flrty yards. 5Vi seconds. L. E , Mey
ers , Now York City , December 12 , 1SSI ; 100
yardo , 0 4-5 wcr-nds , J. Owen , Jr. , Well
ington , D. C. , October 11. 1S80.
WAHOO , Neb. . Fub. IS. To the Sporting
Editor of The Bee : A beta B that Bryan
eairlfj Kentucky , B hots Hint McKlnley car-
i | f-a Kentucky. Who wins ? T , M. Pylo.
Ans. B.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cnl. , Fob. 10. To the
Sporting Editor nf The Bco : Will you
Ijlndly send mo original articles or a copy of
th snmo for the fight between Jack Davis
cf your city nnd Joe Choynskl which too' <
place hero March 20 , 1800. Robert L , Maston.
Ans. Did not preserve a copy of the arti
cles.
SOUTH OMAHA , Fob. 17. To the Sporting
Editor of The Bee : In a game of ulngle-
liamlod high five , S and C playing , S 19 and
C CO ; S bids 2 and C blii 3 , S makes low.
lack and C high , five. Who wlno ? Pleapo
annwer in Sunday Iteo ? Subscriber.
An C.
SHHKDANVyo. . , Feb. 1C. To the Sporting
Editor of The Bco : Please lot mo know In
icxt Sunday's Bee , C bets M that Sullivan
weighed less than 200 pounds at Corbott
fight. PJppso Inform mo haw much ho did
weigh In your paper and oblige C. II.
Ann. 212 pcur.ds.
GENOA , Nob. , Feb. 17. To the Sporting
Editor of The Heo : Please write inn what
Hot you \\culd suggest would be good for
any one It.trndlns to get In good conditioner
or summer > i > or Imjotrd find 2-cait s.amp
for i only. J. 0. Lllllbrldge.
Ana. No answers by mall. Good whole
some food o' any kind , meat , vegetables uml
fruit , avoiding as much as possible breads of
til klnd.i , oat meal and the like , and abstain
absolutely from paslrle * and xweeta.
DBS MOINES. la. , F b. 15. To the Sport-
tig Editor of The Boo : I'lcacc Inform mo
where to rtglBter a dog nnd the fee , and
oblige Reader of Sunday Be ? .
Ana. American Kennel club , New York
City. Jl.OO. .
OMAHA , Feb. 20. To Iho Sporting Editor
of The Bee : Plcaso glvo answer for below In
Sunday's issue : In a game of double high
five A bids 8 , > B 9 and makeu trump. A
lolda tovcn trumps and discard * ono , face
jp on tlio table. B claims A should tell him
ie had dlacardod trump , us It would inalcii a
difference In his lead , A claims nut. Which
s corerct ? F. S. K ,
Ans. A *
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A string of bicycle shows Is strelchlnp
across Iho counlry. Chicago set the pace a
few weeks ago. Now York followed nnd dis
tanced the Inko city. Philadelphia , Cincin
nati nnd Denver will ontcrlaln the fans Ihls
wesk nnd Omnha will follow next week.
These oxhlblllons do more than demonstr.ilo
Iho pomilartly of the wheel. They group
the skill of manufacturers nml Inventors , nnd
present to the cyclist the latest Improve
ments In wheels , all calculated to Increase
the comfort njsA pleasure of riders. The re
sult of tlio two leading exhibitions , particu
larly In atlendnnco , must be gratifying to
the dealers , as the manufacturers report a
goodly number ot advance orders.
Australian papers nro telling n prelly good
story on Marlln , the old American crack ,
who Is racing In that country. At Brisbane ,
on September IS , he was billed to RO for the
Australian hour record , and was Induced by
n Mr. Beckman to ride his patcnl hand driv
ing nltachmcnt. Martin got the record and
the manufacturer claimed nil the credit , nl-
Ihough U Is stated Ihal ho only lurncd Iho
coffee mill when passing Iho grand sland ,
using his legs entirely when on the back
stretch. The machine weighed 36 pounds ,
bul Martin ostnbllshed new records , ns fol
lows : Ten miles. 22.1C : 25 miles , D7.20 ; ono
liour , 2C miles , .ISO yards.
Dr. Shndwoll , who has written much nbout
the bicycle nnd who claims credit for the
discovery ot the "bicycle face , " has an ar
ticle In the National Review on Iho hidden
dangers of cycling. If Iho doclor had his
way all would-bo riders' iif Ihe wheel would
bo condemned to Ihe ordeal of n physical
examination before tnkltig to this form of ex
orcise. But Ihe redeeming- feature of the
wheel Is that while It may do harm to some
riders with weak hearts or diseased kid
neys It cures more than ft kills.
There nro two sides of the cycle question
for women nml from n woman's point of
view. This only serves to Illustrate the
bittlo that Is now being waged. Miss Frances
Wlll.ird snys she has found n high moral
use in the bicycle , and cnn recommcnii
It as n teacher without pulpll or creed.
'Sho who succeeds In gaining the mastery of
such n creature as the bicycle , " she snys.
will gain the irastery of life , and by ex
actly the same methods and characteristics. "
On the other hand , Mrs. I.vnn Lynton
says : "Ono of the lowest crazes of the age
s that of the bicycle. Walking , riding ,
skating nnd dancing I can understand as
fit exercise for the vigorous and young. But
cycling seems to be such a doubtful kind
of amusement such a queer crass between
; hi treadmill nnd the tight rope ilemand-
ns such n constant strain of attention to
keep your balance , with such a monotonous
and restricted action of the limbs , ns to
render it a work of penance rather than of
ileasuro. "
Yet there nro plenty ot people who believe
.11 either one side or tlio other ef the ques
tion.
H looks all right for an able-bodied. full-
Imbed person to ride a bicycle , but a pcr-
eon with one arm , or one leg. or maimed In
any other way , seated on a machine , Is re-
; arded as odd. But the loss nf an arm or n
eg. or , for that matter , both arms or both
ogs , is not an obstacle to riding a wheel ,
n New York there are several persons who
lave lest one of their arms who can bo
seen riding a wheel , and a safety at that.
With ono hand they nro able to guide a
nnchino with as much skill and as much
lonlldenco ns many of their brethren who
lave two arms. Then , again , there nro
several persons In the city with one lee
who use the wheel. The bicycle not being
especially ndnpted to them , n tricycle Is
brought Into requisition , nnd the powpr
supplied by the one limb Is sufficient. There
a aim Instance , of a young man who has
i falsa limb , who pedals his wheel , n safety ,
with as much vim as those who have two
sound legs. In fact , this young man could
lush a wheel BO fast nnd so well that he
tillered n couple of local track races. There
are nlso unfortunate people deprived of
ho use of both limbs who managed to got
around on tricycles or quads , by using Ihclr
arms as the means of transmitting power ,
n Chicago there Is an Instance of a young
ady who lost a lower limb through an
accident , and who pedals around with one
oot.
Electric lights for blcyclca have for the
nest parf been dead failures. They were
oo heavy , or too inefficient , or too troublesome -
some , and the bicyclist , D.-J n rule , felt tliat
10 had thrown the purchas3 money nwny.
The Intest electric wheel lamp , however , 1
of an entirely different order. It Is a clean ,
powerful Illuminator , which cannot be blown
out , Jarred out , or extinguished by the ordl-
inry accidents which affect other lights' . It
consists of two parts , the battery , or eourco
cf power , which la carried In a compact
cather czse hung from the lop bar of the
diamond frame , or from the handle bar of
lie drop-frame machine. The lamp proper
3 a very Binall , heavily plctcd with nllver re-
lector , mounted on n swivel sripport , and
onnected by n Blonder cord with the bnt-
ery. Within this Is the aiiall Incandescent
amp wiilch gives the light. Thu whole out
fit H almost na useful In a carriage no It IF
en n bicycle. The mcflt Hlrl'ilng ' thing nbout
t Is the power of the light , which the rider
an Distantly deflect In any dealred dlrcc-
lon. It U' more llku u miniature search-
Iglit llinn Ilko an ordinary lamp , and It
hrows n strong beam ot light for llfiy or
'eventy-Ilve ' yards ahead. Tills Incrcnto of
ho light of a ono candle-power lamp to over
00 candle-power simply by n Pclenllflcnlly
made reflector will probably suggest to some
houglitful people thnt they may cut down
lielr bills for electric light fully DO psr center
or moro by going the right way about It.
The battery will run for eight hours on one
charge , nnd can be recharged nt any Incan
descent lamp eockot , or by the wpcclal ap-
illances which are provided to favo trouble
n the procpi'S. Many bicycle clubs now keep
i charging outfit for the use of their mcm-
How many girls would use wheels out
shopping If circumstances wnro all favorable
cannot , of course , bo Plated accurately , but
loubtli'sa there are many. The chief diffi
culty h that thu chopper haa no handy
neans of carrying homo whatever small par
cel she may have purchased , for bo 'It re-
nembored some shuppers do really buy
sametlmcs. A Parisian has dovl.scd nn In
genious parcel rarrlcr , which may bo nt-
ached to the front of the wheel and which.
vlicn not In UEO , may oc folded up neatly.
lolng attached to the wheel there Is nj
langnr of Its being forgotten when the for
getful bhoppe-r sUrta on her tour. Artisans
ind office workers who carry lunch , with
hum would also find aucli a contrivance very
iandy. ,
A corroiiKindont of the League of Ameri
can Wheelmen Bulletin bought ono of tint
mrgaln counter bicycles last soaion and -nili-
rvlts the following Htatlstlr.i rulallvo to Iho
cost of Ills Reason's riding :
lost of llrst-elnss , high jjr.ido ,
gunrantccd bloycle , worth $123 ,
but Ko'd ' on "bargain day" . JI9.9S
U'palr of linndlo-bur . t I.M )
'wo repaint of cluiln . . . . . . 1.2.1
tcpafr of fork . , . 2.75
s'c-iv frank . l.r.rj
Ilghtncii iii'W spokoa . . 1.20
Two imlr of rim * ( front wheel ) . . . . 2.X ( )
) no rim for rear wheel . 1 .00
Two new tires ( for front wheel ) . . 7r < 0
) nu tire for roar wheel . 3.7.
( epulring nine jmntur < M . 'i'i'i
Minor reptilfH . 2.00
'nr fiiro bunk to city when the
wheel broke iluwn ( snvuiiloun
tltnoH ) . 22.50
Cxprotwage of wheel brick lo the
ulty < st veiitcen times ) . 9.7S
" ] | IH to ( hi' haKRUKu in.iMtur during
the your . . . , . 2.7C
- 561.70
Total . . * SlTl'cs
Number of miles ridden , ! Si. Number of
mllr-H wallcoci , owing to luraklni ; down , CIM
Cost of filling per mlltr. ut'i'cimtH ' ,
The a 3Qclatcd dealer * of Baltimore ut r.
recent meellng adopted a SMP ot prices for
exchanging bicycles , which might bo adopted
to advantage by other dealers. The wheels
wcro divided Into four classes. Class 1 was
for machines sold for $100 or over ; class 2
for Ihoflo sold from $ S5 to $95 ; class 3 , these
from $55 lo $75 , and class 4 , these $50 or
less. The allowance prices were ns follows :
ISM. ISM. 1S < > 4. 1 < M.
flops 1 } .V , } J3 JI5 ill
ClafS 2 , C > 23 IS II
Clnsa 3 3.1 23 IS U
4 U II 10 . .
rlinjM of tin1VliPo1 ,
Orib week from tomorrow evening the doors
ot Omaha's third annual cycle show * wilt bo
thrown open lo Iho public. There will bo
over 300 wheels upon ino floor for Us In
spection , 'besides ' numerous tires , saddles nnd
other sundries nnd nccessory exhibits. A
force of carpenters nnd electrical engineers
will bo pul to work tomorrow morning to
transform the mammoth building on Fif
teenth nnd Howard Rtieets , In wh'lch the
show1 Is to bo held , Into nn electrical palace ,
Tlio dealers who attended the big Chicago
show had a , chance to inspect the magnifi
cent electrical displays and , therefore , gain
many new Ideas , which they will undoubt
edly put into effect al the coming local show ,
and the public may look forward to the
moat beautiful elcctrlcnl display ever hold In
this city. Each Incoming train for the past
ten days has been bringing now wheels Into
the city for the different dealers and the
past week especially has been a busy ono
with them In gelling Ihe wheels ready for
the show. Among Ihe many special attrac
tions that nro to bo ottered to thu public
perhaps Iho six-day rnco , ono and a half
hours each day upon home trainers , Is tlio
most noteworthy. It will be held upon the
third floor ot the big building , and as eomo
ot Nebraska's fastest men have entered , nn
Interesting race may bo expected. Another
special feature will bo the poster show ,
which will be In charge of Jlr. Huston , a
local pester collector , who has upwards ot
SIX ) of these beautiful pictures. This col
lection will he exhibited , besides hundreds
of others that have been coming In for the
past month. Another feature will bo the
fancy nnd trick riding of Masters Phillips
and Matheson , two local celebrities. Tim
management has also engaged one of the
finest orchestras In the city and the musical
program will bo worth the price of admis
sion alone. Many of the local wheel cluba
have requested the managcmojit to set nsldo
special club nights for them , nnd on the fol
lowing evenings the different clubs will ba
honored : Monday evening , Tourist Wheel
club ; Tuesday , League -or American Wheel
men night ; Wednesday , Turner Wheel club
and Thurston Rltlo Wheel club ; Thursday
evening , Omaha Wheel club nml ladles'
night ; Friday evening , Union Pacific nnd
Omaha Guards' Wheel cuibs ; Saturday even
ing , grand rally of nil the wheelmen In the
city. Rates ot one and one-third faro have
been made by the dlfftrunt railroads from
points la the vicinity of Omnha and a largo
attendance from adjoining states Is expected.
F. Howard Tuttle of Syracuse. N. Y. , W. O.
Taylor of Topeltn , Kan. , and Pete Doyle of
Chicago , prominent wlieclmon and bicycle
salesmen , are In the city and will doubtless
remain until after the local show.
Jolly Bob Carr , formerly located In thin
city , but now on the road for a largo Chicago
cage cycle concern , was In the city renew
ing acquaintances with the boys hut week.
The Omahn Wheel club , Thuraton Rlllcs
and Omalin Guards .are considering a propo
sition from a local trust company to build
them a mammoth club houyj anil armory
with apartments for each club and a largo
drill hall for the two military companies.
The six-day go-au-j'ou-pleaso bicycle rnco
which opened at Tattorstall's In Chicago last
evening gives promise of being the grcattal
long distance race ever held In this country.
There are thirty riders In the race , nml
nearly all of them have national reputations
as long dtalanco riders , among them bolng
rule , the Irish champion , who won the big
six-day race recently held al Mndlran Square
Garden , New Yoik. The track ta nlno laps
to the mile , and being one of tlio finest email
Iracks ever constructed In this country , some
remarkable riding may bo expectjd. What
promise. * to be a novelty Is n series of motor
cycle races each evening during the week.
The niitomobllcH will occupy n specially con
structed track Incldo the circuit which will
1)6 used by the blcyclu racorp. There will
nlso be short distance races each evening.
Nod Reading , the well known fsoldlor
cyclist , formerly of Omahn , who made such
a flno showing In tlic big New York rnce , did
not start In the Chicago race on account of
hU not having fully recovered from the
effects of the Now York raco. Reading will
remain with his company nt Fort Kcogh ,
Mont. , and rest until tho' next Now York
race.
The flno weather last Sunday brought out
whoslmen and wheulwomcn In counties } num-
bcra , who enjoyed tliemtvlves by taking
"pins over Borne of our veil-paved streets.
Miller park , the Transmlr-ilsslppl Exposition
ilto , scorned to ! > p the meat attractive to
these rycllsts. and from early morning until
dark the different streets nml boulevard t
leading to the park were alive with wheelmen -
men , ca well na many reojilu In other pleas
ure crafts ,
Tlio pioponod lamp ordinance which In to
be brought up In fore tliu council eumotlmo
next month seems to be meeting with moro
favor among the local wheelmen than It dlil
nt flist. Wheelmen arc beginning to reallzo
tlio Importance of this ordinance , nnd tliu
protection It will afford them , nnd tlinri'fora '
ooino who worn nt first fltrongly opposed to
It are now working for Its passage.
TinOilKliiulM ( < rl TilKi'llHT.
The Original Amateur Bai > o Ball club has
been reorganized for the scnson of 1R07.
Fred Knickerbocker Is manager nnd Dan
Taylor captain. The team will take thu field
In DIB following order : Knickerbocker ,
catcher ; Taylor and Scully , pltrhnrs ; Lewis ,
first ; Wnllor , BCCOIK ! ; Miller , short ; Rooney ,
third ; Bradford , right ; Whitney , center , and
Whlpple , left. Captain Taylor will put hl'i '
men at work limbering up early In March
and expects to play the opening game wllli
Missouri Valley Sunday , April iti ,
ST. PAUL , Neb. . Fob. 17. To the Sporting
Editor of The Bco : In high flvu Is thu bidder
obliged lo lead trumps on tha first trick ?
In razzle-dazzle must the card called for
ni'cossnrlly bo thrown on the Unit Irlck ?
Kindly answer In Tlic Sunday lice and oblige ,
Ed S. C.
Ans. (1) ( ) No. (2) ( ) No.
"For fifteen years
my daughter H u f
fered terribly with
inhurltctl Eczema.
She received tlio best medical atten
tion , was given mnny patent medi
cines , and used various external
applications , but they had no etfecl
Whatever. H. S. 8.
was finally given ,
and it promptly
reached the ecat of
the diseasd , BO that
she is cured sound and well , her
skin is perfectly clear and pure ,
und Bho has
been saved from
what threatened
to blight her lifu sss
forever. " E. D.
Jenkins , Lithe-
nia , Ga.
B. 3. 8. is guaranteed purely vexelablc ,
nnd i.sllui only euro for deep seated
blood iliHcnses ,
i'-vt , free ; aiiilre.n , SwiftBpoclflcCompioy ,