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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1896)
'r -c- r..' v. V - , -T S .-- -, j-ss" "y-- THI COURIER. VW?OuSflE.K.R 5 CO vcxvo THE WORfoD. 01; SPORT g.,pu&. "' "- '- - jpjjjffgpiggjjmipyy grxrorooo cu 10 3 r : r? 5iS lH cccyo JP S'-T;. - te. - With the disbanding of Parson DavIeV "Wicklow Postman" company John I. Sullivan bade farewell to the stage. For the past six months the ex-champlon, In every section of the .country, has enlivened each perform ance with a three-round bout with Paddy Ryan, after the falling of the curtain on the play proper. Five nights oul of six, however, the ex-champlon .of the world "has been so much under the Influence of liquor that the bout "has ben' little more than a farce, calcu lated to bring out groans, hisses nd ironical ejaculations from the audience rather than applause. Between high eating, high drinking and lack of ex ercise, the "big man!' has taken on flesh to such an extent that he now finds it necessary to abandon even his apology for boxing. What he will now do for a living he does not himself know, nor do any of his erstwhile as sociates. Financially as well as physi cally, he Is "dead broke." Therehas been some talk of setting him up in the saloon business in Chicago, but so far" it has not taken on any definite shape. The Louisville '96 Meet Club expects to eclipse all former L. A. W. national meets "with the one to be held there in August. Prparatlons are being made to take care of the crowds of spectators that will throng Fountain Ferry trackN during the races. Prizes valued at 13,000 will be given to the -winners of the races. On the first day $300 will be given in merchandise to amateurs and $538 in cash or official medals to professionals. On the sec ond day $270 will go to the amateur and $609 to professionals. On the third day $310 will go to amateurs and $586 to professionals. Only medals cast from L. A. W. dies can be offered as prizes. The program of races will not be changed, but two or three match races may be added, and it is possible an invitation race may be arranged, open to Sanger, Cooper, Bald, Hamil ton, Johnson and one or two others. Prizes in such a race would be $500 or more. N The club of wheelmen that will go to Louisville from Omaha this year will begin the work of advertising Omaha for the national meet two years from now. About forty wheelmen will be in attendance from Omaha and they will no doubt start the wheel rolling in the right direction. With the Trans Mississippi exposition, the state fair and the L. A. W. national meet, to say nothing of the horse racing and base ball, Omaha will be "right in line" in 98. It Is not probable that Lincoln will be represented at the races this year. Great Interest Is centered In the big Springfield, 111., race meet to be held July 3 and 4 at Washington park un der the auspices of the Illinois Cycling club. F. G. Barnett, who holds the two-mile competitive world's record, has sent In entries for the principal professional events. Among the feat ures of the meet will be an amateur two-mile handicap tandem race, sex tuple race of one mile and a quarter, and exhibition contests between fast pacing and trotting horses and pro fessional bicycle riders. Lee Richard son has been engaged and will give exhibitions each afternoon in trick .and fancy riding. Derby day has come and gone, and Prince Lief is king. Byron McClel land's chestnut colt won the national derby last Saturday in record-breaking time from a Held of the best three-.year-olds on the turf. Fully 25,000 peo ple saw the performance and it took nineteen bookmakers to handle the money on the races. Prince Lief fin-' lshed In 2:34, with Ben Brush a close second, closely followed by Ben Elder, Ramire .Don Carile, Argentina and Captive in the order named. The ' prizes were $15,000, $2,500. .$1,500, $1,000, The name "derby" as applied to- a horse originated in England, and was used In honor of the Earl of -Derby, one of the first patrons of the sport in the old country. "We will show you races on a track that already has a credit of twenty twt world's records; we will show you not only the biggest, but the best field of racing men ever gathered together In the west; we will show you runs and roads that cannot be excelled any where; we will give you a series of en tertainments that will make you re member Peoria, as it is remembered by thousands today." etc., etc All this at the Peoria meet. June 25, 26, 27. This will be the thirteenth annual meet of the Illinois division and two of these dates are taken up by the national circuit races. From all ap pearances it will be a great meet. Harley "P. Davidson.- wlio created a new record for the unpaced competi tion quarter-mile by riding the dis tance in twenty-six and three-fifths seconds at Rochester, is one of the, "best short-distance men on the American tracks. He is a Canadian and a mem ber of the Royal Cycling club of Toronto. He has been prominent since 1894, when he began to establish rec ords, many of which still stand to his credit. The best of his racing has been done in the United States, though he holds more Canadian records in both A and B classes than any other rider. Davidson is not a sprinter alone. He has some distance records to his cred it, and all around Is one of th fleetest, nerviest riders on the path. David son's first appearance in the record list is at the quarter-mile distance, for which he established the class A stand ing unpaced record in 028 1-5 at Wal tham In September, 1894. In the Ca nadian distance, riding he holds the records from six miles, which he rode in 14-26. to twenty-two miles in 54-21 2-5. Davidson will probably soon Join the national circuit and will rank up with the best of the circuit riders. It is no longer a secret that A .J. Balfour, M. P., has accepted the presi dency of the National Cyclists' union. The right honorable, gentleman has been In correspondence with the gen oral committee on the subject, and. although at first disinclined to accept the position, fearing that he would not be able to devote the necessary time to it, he ultimately acceded to the re quest of the. committee. His name will come before the next council meeting for formal ratification. It is said that Bruno Faulhaber. who is entered in the Pullman road race. July 4, will be made a professional be fore that date. If this is done Faul- INVENTORY SALE i As inventory time approaches, we find we have many lines of "season goods" which MUST B SOfeD . Within the next few weeks Sale begins, Wednesday July 1st. Watch -. daily papers for prices. These goods will -r be sold Jt profit- "' " KILLING PRICES i ; ? JfiL HO MB -A 02&UQ)Sr? rV: ER?0iSEWW & 00 ARE YOU GOING TO ATTEND THE EIEHIA i Jtily 3 to 155 The finest program The most beautiful grounds The most accessible location- r .. s -? - Hh?" f 4 tf ' ; smc w Every purchaser of $1 vortu of goods will receive a cou pon worth 10 cts. to apply on future purchase. 5c cou pon with 50c Riggs Pharmacy 12 & O Some of ttG talent ', Prof D. S JORDAN, HE3ER D. MacDONALD, MISS MARION THEAT, JOHN P. IRISH, Rev. J. D. STEWART, MRS. MARY H. FORD, MRS. P. V. M. RAYMOND, Dr. P. W. GUNSAULUS, Prof. LAURENCE FOSSLER, ELIA W. PEATTIE, Prof G. D. SWEEZBY, Prof. LOUIS FAVOUR, W. J. BRYAN, SLAYTON JUBILEE SINGERS. ; Rev. WIL.LARD SCOTT Prof. GRAHAM TAYIOR, Prof.G.D.SWEEZY, MRS. W. O. JONES, HAGENOW STRINGQUARrET, R. J. BENNET ,
