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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
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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- "' "
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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
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