Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-27

Nine yearlinzs d tae English horse
Hermit have sold for la9re than $4,000.
TIE college base ball championship
sens 70 beagaln a. the mercy q the ! ale
team.
A syndicate ~ Baltimore bsse bah
eEanks has offered $500 for the transfer
q t1e ProFldeace Club 70 Baltimore.
Tle IOung OglethoTpe Base Bal Club
q trying 90 arrange . game with q Jack
soDFIlle e-nD 10 taat city On the 17th d
May.
\ new Dugilistic company IS % the
road- n1auaged bT the SeDFaska Giant
Combination with Paddy Ryan st the
head.
won The amateur t7E0-EuIle bicycling race
IN min. / SC. in the face n a heavy
wind.
4 jeWeIer Of Racine IS making scarf
pins cut q the horseshoe nails taken from
TIE aCCgs u Jay-Eye--se when he made
his fast record u z:l05<.
The Boston Yacht Club has a member
ship Il %, and It's feet comprises .
schOOners, - shops, 8 cutters. L cat
boats, I y2wl, and y steamers. Il has
property valued at $500, and has no
debt.
Richardson, second bsseman Of the
Boston Beacon Base Ball Club. was
offered 81, - % play with New York. but
u was refused. II accepted, this would
have made him the largest salaried man
10 the league.
The meeting of the Kentucky Associa-
ton and the spring sales Of yearlings viii
attract a great many people 70 Lexington
10 May. The races viii BEGIN MAY and
end On the I4th. over 20 horses viii
take part In them.
The bill excluding bicycles from the
public highways 81 Kentucky, which
passed the lower House last week. died in
the Senate, and another was passed max
ing riders responsible for damages caused
by their carelessness.
Duncan Mcdonald, Of Butte City, and
Pete Mccoy. Of New York. are to fight
within 100 miles Of Butte City. on May 70.
London prize ring rules, bare knuckles.
Tor 5000. Mcdonald will weigh IT.
pounds and Mccoy 145.
The ten-mile-run record, which has
stood unmolested for over tWenty-One
years, which was made BY L. Bennett,
otherwise DeerfOOt, the American Indian,
and which was u minutes Is seconds. was
beaten in England last week by W. q.
George, the Moseley Harrier, whose time
was 81 minutes % seconds.
News Of the great race mare Girofie,
which was taken 70 England nearly two
years ago b. Mr.. 4. T. Walton, the
''Plunger," states that through some ac-
cident the mare has lost the sight Of one
Of her eyes, and is said to be in anything
but promising condition. Turfmen are
Of the opinion that GirOhe will never land
a big prize in England.
Courtney and Ross will row at Oak
Point, ". r., May 30, for a purse Of s.. 100.
divided, $1,000 to winner, $500 10 loser.
That IS 10 say that Courtney has screwed
up his courage to the point Of signing the
articles. Whether he viii force his cOur-
age TO the point Of getting into his boat
when the day cOmes-prOvided the boat
IS not sawed-remains 10 be seen.
Mr.. o. A.. Hickock, the driver and
trainer Of st. julien and other great trot-
ters, met with a serious accident while
driving the trOtter Ruby at San Francisco
recently. A running horse and PAGER
accompanied Ruby, all driven to sulkies.
The running horse SHE'D and ran into
HickOck, throwing him heavily on his
head. As he lay insensible the PAGER ran
over him.
AdvIces from Boston state that assur-
ances have been received from Hosmer,
Ross, Courtney, Teemer, Hamm, Conley,
Lee, Ten Eyck, Plaisted and Riley that
they will start in the regatta 10 be held
on the st. CrOiX river, at Calais, Ne, on
the Path Of July, and it is probable that
Peterson will also start. The purse
offered is 81 900, Of which $500 goes 70 the
first, $500 to the second, and 500 to the
thru.
George w. Lee enjoYed his visit 70 the
Pacific coast. He does not take his defeat
by Peterson much to heart. He was out
Of form when he rOwed the race, and his
boat was not in good working order.
Peterson declined to row for more than
5000, and Lee concluded to bag this sum
for expenses back to New York. Luck
was against him, and now he will take
rest until about the middle Of June.
There are several men he would like to
meet on the water, and he will issue a
formal proposition before long.