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, 1888-12-02
DIGBY REII

Ol1bl bELi% DE WILLY hOftLR.
To cast back 70 the subject nearest his
heart latter Mrs. Bell, of course), he says that
he went to see the New Workers play ball for
five years, constantly longing for the pen
nant which never came till now, and at
this moment when that trophy hes been won,
and he is known the length and breadth of
this vast land as one of the victorious clubs
two mascots, he is as happy US Hopper is.
The towering form of De Wolf Hopper is
saturated from top to toe with the spirit OF
humor and the concentrated essence of base
ball enthusiasm in about equal proportions.
His conversation bubbles and s~parLles with
m%erriment, base hits, incuryes, outshoots,
puns, Munchausen like anecdotes and the
averages of the League and Association stars
of greater or less magnitude, from early morn
till dewy eve, and well on towards carly morn
again.
He is a child of the metropolis, having first
yelled Judgment on the 3Oth day of March.
1858, and, according to his own statement,
the first twenty years of his life were de-
voted to amateur theatricals and amateur
baseball. Since that time he has devoted
himself to the professional branches of those
widely popular callings. His first appear
ance on the regular stage was on the I'd OF
December, 1878, in New Haven, Ct, when he
started out with m organization of his own,
called the Criterion Comedy company, and
his initial performance was ALB Champ
ncys, in "Our Boys" For four years he
studied the game OF theatrical management,
to the constant and steady depletion of the
size of his head and his pocketbook.
At this stage of his career Annie Louise
Cary, the prima donna, suggested that he
study singing, and he left the losing game of
management to cultivate his voice, signing a
contract at the same time to play with Har-
rigan and Hart through their New York sea.
son as the Juvenile Lead of their company.
He afterward signed with an operate man.
nger and has made n home run in comic opera.
OF his unquenchable thirst for the national
game he speaks with an enthusiasm only to
be paralleled by that of the frenzy OF a Hin
doc gone daft on the subject OF practicing
personal discomfort as IA route to a blissful
hereafter.
at was born in me-, he declared tho other
night, as he swallowed "a ball" just out OF
love for the game. at was born in me, and
has grown like a prairie fire after a shower of
kerosene. Into companiouship with my love
Tor it came the Kids love for it (Hopper
always calls Bell the Kid, and the two loves
have flourished together until 1 now have the
craze as badly, if not worse than any mar
on earth"
Bell and Hopper are the Damon and
Pythias of the modern stage. As Hopper
puts it, I'VE eat, sleep and breathe to
gether," and their mutual admiration So
ciety is a close corporation OF two.
, 1888-12-02
QUAIL AND wooDCocK.

esting bird. One very severe winter some
years since a covey of seven quail were
driven by hunger to the barn owned by a
friend of the writer, and finally became SO
tame as to feed with the domestic fowls; they
remained all winter, and were the source of
much amusement and entertainment. They
departed in the spring, and no doubt with
thankful little hearts for the good entertain
ment.
There is no more healthful sport than
quail shooting. Take a bright October or
November morning, when the white frost
lies thick; start afeld with one OF two well
trained settlers or pointers. The fine, intelli-
gent animals are cast off in likely looking
cover and quartering their ground; with
head high in air, working to hand and voice,
suddenly one OF them stops dead; then draws
on cautiously, slower, slower. STEADY,
boy.n Then, as If carved in marble, he
stands, his point established. Should the
other dog see his companion thus,
he will instantly stop. Then draw
on to within a few yards and back
him; though he may not have the scent, he
is simply indorsing his mate. Now comes
the moment for the shot. The sportsman a6
vances, and, If he is an old timer, keeps COO,
fushes the covey, picks out his bird from the
outside OF the winging covey and generally
kills it. But if he is a tyro or inexperienced
in this kind of shooting, he will aim hur-
riedly at the drown" of them and miss COM
pletely.
Another of the farmer boys favorites, and.
of the city sportsman as well, is the wood
cock. Woodcock shooting is now at its
height, and the birds are not at all scarce this
season The colors of the woodcock are
brown, or gray black, russell predominating.
Occasionally a ten ounce bird is bagged, but
not often, the weight generally ranging from
five to eight ounces.
This bird feeds, and flies from one locality
to another, invariably at night. His re-
treats from the advances of winter are al
ways at night, and he must get up early in
the morning who brings in a good bag of
woodcock.
when flushed rises in a ~twinkling on well
balanced wings with a musical twittering
which once heard is never forgotten. A
quick eye, steady hand and some experience
are Indispensable attributes of the successful
woodcock hunter.
The gun for woodcock shooting should be
a II gauge, with % inch barrels of about z to
~ pounds weight. This length OF barrel
admits of better handling in close covert, No.
10 or IL shot, and 81 to 81 drachms OF quick
burning powder should be used. The writer
has used ~three-quarter ounce dust shot early
in the season and done clean and successful
execution.
For quail as light a gun as possible should
be carried, SO that the charge can be shot
comfortably. A12 gauge, of Z to ~ pounds,
with 80 inch barrels, is about right. The
charge should be about 81 drachms Of pow
der and q to l ounce of No. 8 shot.
, 1888-12-02
TURF TALK.

1t can be set down as almost certain that
Isaac Murphy win ride for Lucky Bald
win next season.
At Prescott, Ont, a stallion valued at 49,
900, belonging to DIR. Monagle, recently
broke a leg. Instead of shooting the animal
the doctor had the leg amputated and has
ordered a wooden leg to be made The
horse is doing well, and may be valuable for
stock purposes.
Two old time English race horses were re-
Gently destroyed at EPSON. They were Tor
mentor, winner of the Oaks of 1860, and
Baroness, the lam of Marshall Scott. In
creasing age and infirmities was the reason
Tor their destruction.
1t is denied that Mr.. Richard Ten Brock
has lost his mind. He is said to be simply q
little childish. Nothing more.
A. j. Alexander, of the WOODBURY. farm,
Spring station, has sold to Mr.. W. r. Allen,
of st. Louis, fourteen head of young ~trotters
for $23, 600, which is said to be the largest
private transaction of the kind that ever
took place in Kentucky. The highest priced
animal OF the lot was Yarrow, bay colt, >
years, by Lord Russell, dam Yolande, by
Belmont, ut $500.
The principal winning jockeys in England
up to the 9th ~ October were: +. Barrett, S9
wins out of Al mounts; j. Watts, 81 out of
3TU; q. Barrett, ca out of go. The latter
hassreally lone the best work of the lot, as
he leads in percentage, and this, too, in view
of the fact that he did not begin riding until
the middle OF July.
1t is now pretty definitely settled that Mr..
Belmont wiz have the first call on Jockey
Garrison next season for such races as Garri-
son can mike the weight. The Snapper"
refused to make an engagement in which hs
would be asked to ride lighter than 115
pounds.
, 1888-12-02

The Australian people are rushing to the
front in sports. To-Day they excel the rest OF
the world in professional running races.
They turn out 10000 persons 10 sec n horse
race where we turn out 10000, and it is no
uncommon thing to have 81, 900, 600 staked on
u race like the Melbourne cup. Their am
bition now turns toward the yachting su-
premacy Of the world, and, it is said, they
have in mind a yacht to compete for the
America cup in 1890 or later. In Australia,
where wages are high and work is plentiful,
outdoor sports have become the rage, and ex-
coed in public interest the pastimes of the
older countries. Australians have sent us
Dariben and Sir Modred to show us what a
pure Australian thoroughbred is, and it mny
be that they win send us a yacht that will be
a marvel of speed and beauty.
, 1888-12-02

the whole country. In fact, it was n repre-
sentative gathering OF the lovers of horses,
and 'all the world loves n horsen-that is II
the horse be a good one, and there were no
poor ones at the national show.
There were many interesting events during
the week, and every kind Of horse was given
plenty OF opportunities 10 exhibit its own
particular accomplishments andladvantages.
There was no money, nor will there ever be
any, for the members OF the association in
this undertaking. Many Of them are
wealthy gentlemen and their only wish is the
improvement Of the horse, which such exhi-
billions naturally promote.
Prizes were well enough in themselves for
breeders and owners, but the r~osettes, denot
ing superiority, were the coveted honors. The
blu proclaimed victory. The red was next
In order, and the yellow and white, which
followed as given, wero considered worth
having. The horses looked better when
wearing them. Somebody has been writing
a good deal of late about tho overrated intel
ligence Of the horse, claiming that he is more
stupid than the dog, elephant or parrot. Tho
majority of;those who own well bred animals
will not indorse this. They know to the con
trary, and one proof was the seeming intelli-
gence and u~nmistakable tr~actability and geu-
tleness Of the animals gathered at the horse
show. The arrangements were largely made
by j. b. Hyde, the secretary Of the show, and
were remarkably complete; $4,000 was given
away in prizes.
, 1888-12-02

country some three years ago, doing the wind
up with Burke.
His fights in this country have been few,
but ave been winning ones, with the excep.
tion of his fight with Glow, who won in ten
rounds on a foul at Dodge City, Kan, Nov.
Z, 1885. He, however, knocked Professor
Jimmy Connolly out in four rounds in the
Buckingham theatre, Chicago. He then
went to San Francisco, where he knocked out
Mathews, the Australian heavy weight, in six
rounds. He next fought Frank Engle, whom
be defeated in three rounds at Helena, NJ. T.
His last battle was with Lawrence Farrell, a
big heavy weight, whom he knocked out in
two rounds near Denver, Colo, Oct. /. While
Smith is young and undeveloped, he is a
promising pugilist, being very clever and a
hard hitter
, 1888-12-02

river, 100 feet, was the next on the list,
which he jumped from July is, 1886.
On July IS, 1886, the world was startled by
his wonderful performance of jumping from
the Brooklyn bridge, at a spot 40 feet from
the water. In May OF 1897 he went west and
jumped from both the Covington, KY, and
st. Louis, Mo-, bridges.
In May, 1887, he swan from Albany TO
New York, breaking Capt Paul Boyton's
record.
A few months G he figured in an abduc-
ton case which. was given considerable prom
inence by the press. He settled the matter
by marrying the girl.
1t is said that his jump from the Pough-
keepsie bridge did him no great physical
injury, but Brodie takes every occasion to
announce that he has lad enough and will
mover make another jump.
The bridge people have stiutly averred
that Brodie didn't jump from the structure
at all.
, 1888-12-02

eS AuuuDOn
was born. The mother was killed u
few years later in a negro insur-
rection on n plantation in Santo Do
mingo, and young Audubon was sent
to France TO be educated. Almost before he
was able to walk he evinced a remarkable
love for nature, and spent much of his time
in ~endeavors to make drawings of the birds
with which he was familiar. His father en-
couraged him, and placed him in the studio
OF Il Partisan artist, where he was set to
drawing horses heads and the limbs of
giants. This work he neglected shamefully,
and again began to draw pictures of birds
and study their habits whenever it was pos
sible. His father agah yielded to the boys
tastes, and sent him to a farm near PhilaIel-
phin. The house there became a museum,
and he spent his time roaming the woods
with a gun, staying among civilized people
long enough, however, to fall in love with
Lucy Blackwell. Her father thought him I'M
practical, and induced him to enter business.
He was a fiat failure as a business man, but
finally married the girl OF his choice and
went west with his wife and a business
partner. Again he failed to prosper In bust
ness, MS he devoted himself completely to
natural history, tramping for days at a time
through the woods with no companion but his
gun. His friends looked upon him as insane.
but his wife sympathized with and helped
him.
His father died about this time, leaving
him an estate in France and $1,000. He
was defrauded of the money by a dishcn-
est trustee. He earned money by giving
drawing lessons, and his wife educated their
two children by acting as a governess and
drawing teacher. Finally he published his
Birds Of America. " although beset by ter
rible difficulties. The publication OF his
other books followed, his sons, at that time
grown to manhood, helping their father
when the rest of the world laughed at him.
He died at his sons house, Minniesland on
the Hudson, near New York NOW Audubon
Park. Jan Of 1881
, 1888-12-02
DE WOLF AND THE KID
Two Famous Actors Who Are the Cham
pions In baseball Crankdom.

Two Famous Actors Who Are the Cham
pions In Baseball Crankdom.
Digby Valentine Bell was not born on the
18th of February, as his middle name might
lead the uninitiated to believe, but on the Sth
of November, 1s49, in Milwaukee. He was a
prodigy, and his health began to fail when
he was 4 years old. His parents moved with
him to New York city, and he became greatly
interested in outdoor sports, particularly
baseball. He soon regained his health, and
as soon as he reached an age when he could
handle a bat, he Joined the famous Knicker-
booker Amateur club. He belongs to it to
this day, and tells, according to The Phila-
delphia Stage, in a voice husky with emotion,
how, on his first appearance with the club
during the past season, he covered the posi-
ton of short stop, and with eight possible
chances made nine errors.
He clerked in his fathers Wall street office
in New York for a number of years, and
afterwards acted as passenger agent for the
White Star line of ocean steamers. His love
Tor music, however, was as great as his pas
sion for baseball, so he bowed his adieu to
and went to Italy to study music.
In 1872 he made his debut on the operate
stage as the Count in "Somnambulap at
Malta, singing in various parts of Europe
until 1876, when he returned to New York
and was given a welcoming concert at
Chickering hall. He then toured through
the west with a concert company, and in
1877 sang in opera for the first time in Amer
lea, as Beppo in Fra Diavolo," at Montreal.
Stnce then he has appeared in all parts of the
country in many roles.
, 1888-12-02

for he has rowed
over the champion
ship course on the
Paramatta in the
fastest time ever
made p ito
minutes SO seconds,
beating the previ-
Gus record, made
by Trickett, by Is
seconds. This was
done on July 10 of
this year, when
Searle met and de-
feated Jas. STAINS
bury of the Shoal-
haven district, New
South Wales. in a
, 1888-12-02

is % years of
age, and stands 8
feet 10 C
high, Weighing, in
condition, l6O
pounds. He fought
several unimport-
ant battles with
bare Enuckles in
En- gland before
coming to this
country, generally
for purses. He
travelled with Jein
M a and Ar
Greenfield, giving
sparring exhi-
billions throughout
England, Wales
and Scotland, and
with the Burke
combination in this
, 1888-12-02


he entered several
unimportant walk
Jog matches, max
ing fair records.
He figured as a pc
destrian of some
merit for more
than a year. He
then looked about
for some feat to
startle the public
mind, and in Au-
gust, 1881, he jump
ed from the Allie
gheny bridge, 10
feet. High Bridge,
over the Harlem
, 1888-12-02
sEARLE, The scuLLER.

He Defeated Kemp and Is Champion of
the World.
Henry E. Searle, OF Grafton, New South
Wales, who won the s~culling championship
of the world by defeating Peter Kemp, the
champion, in u race over the championship
course on the Paramatta river, near Sydney,
N. S. w, for $500 a side, has but recently
come into prominence as a sculler. 1t is
only within the present year that he had
other than a local reputation as an oarsman,
but he has suddenly come to the front and
now holds the much priced title OF worlds
champion.
1t need not be supposed that Searle must
AVE beaten Kemp by accident or chance,
, 1888-12-02
A COLORADO sLueeER.

Ed. Smith, the Denver Boy Who Wants to
Meet In Blanche.
A match between 1.-THE Marine" and Ed.
Smith, of Denver, Colo, is among the prob
able events to come, and the possibility is
causing considerable talk in sporting circles.
Smiths chances of a victory in case the fight
should come off are thought by many to be
good, but there are quite as many who think
that the Denver boy would AVE no show if
he once got within reach OF 1.-THE Marines
fists.l
Smith is a native OF BIRMINGHAM. ENGLAND.
, 1888-12-02

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Post Percheron Horse association
will be held at the Office of the ~associa-
ton, in the city of Cheyenne, on Monday
the 3rd of December. 1888. at 2 o'clock
p. m. VIM. II. FORCE,
Secretary,
, 1888-12-02

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. pa have
this day disposed OF my entire stock of
groceries, provisions, grain, fruit, etc to
+. S. Johnston, In thanking the public
for their liberal patronage in the past |
bespeak q continuation of the same on be
half of Mr.. Johnston.
C. W. STANLEY.
, 1888-12-02
RECKLESS STEVE eRoDle.

The Lucky Jumper Who Recently Leaped
212 Feet Into the Hudson.
Steve Brodie, newsboy, prize fighter and
bridge jumper, who recently jumped from
the new bridge over the Hudson into tho
river, 2l2 feet below, is a rather handsome
young fellow, whose face certainly doesn't
indicate the daredevil character of its owner.
His life as an athlete begnn in 1879, when
, 1888-12-02
Advice 10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teethinp. Il
soothes the child. %softeps the gums. allays
the pain. cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty FIVE cents
a bottle
, 1888-12-02

mean society have
been promptly an
swered, however,
and the
will probably be
built before long.
Many plans for the
shaft have been
submitted to the
committee, but the
one which is given
in the illustration
will probably be
accepted
John James Au-
dubon was the SOL
OF a French naval
commander, who
married a Louis
lana girl Of Span
ish descent and
settled down on u
plantation in that
state, where John
i m aa Auduhon
, 1888-12-02
I'D. sroKEs, rANnrm.

Great interest wa manifested as the
butcher boys drove in in their white aprons.
There was not a housekeeper in the garden
who did not wish that her meat could al
ways be delivered in such clean and attract
i've carts.
The special interest Of the week centered in
two events-the great trotting stations, with
four OF their get, and the high jumpers, The
first OF these was unquestionnbly the most
important competition Of the show, and the
i've great sires shown We're all in grand form
and were in each case followed by a noble
band of their offspring. In the ring, as they
paraded, were animals a~ggregating fully
100000 in value. The Cation stock farm
exhibited Don CoSsack, a big, grand looking
son of August Belmont, by Hambletonian
dam Latham Lass, by Alexarder's Abdallah.
He has won blue ribbons innumerable. Mr..
4. b. Darling showed Starlight, a noble
looking son Of Kentucky Prince, and one OF
, 1888-12-02

Fellman prides himself on his elegant
line of underwear, and it is the best and
cheapest we ever saw.
, 1888-12-02

Of the blue blood IN
the big garden dur
ing the six days Of
the bition.
There was lots of 1t
that flowed in hu
man veins Ward
McAllister's four
hundred was there,
and 80 were a
representatives of
the f. F. VS. and
the first families of
Now York, and the
first families of
New jersey, and
the first families OF
, 1888-12-02

A large assortment of Chinese and Jap
anese goods. also some fine Chinese lilies
at Lok Don's, 1917 Capitol avenue.
, 1888-12-02

Oysters on the half shell at the Saddle
Rock.
, 1888-12-02

Know all Men by e Presents ;
That the Union Pacific, the Overland
Route" and the Chicago, Milwaukee x
ST Paul Ry., commencing Sunday, Oct
2S. will run Pullman Palace Sleep
ers through daily from Denver to Chi
II & via Omaha and Council Bluffs.s
, 1888-12-02
nucnIens ArnIen snIye.

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cures piles or no paw required. 1t IL
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money refunded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale by Dr.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-12-02

I he largest stock of fine brAndies. old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masters well kncwn
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1888-12-02

Fresh oysters received daily at Saddle
, 1888-12-02

Legal blanks at the Leader office.
, 1888-12-02
FLOODED HORSES.
The National Show Recently
Held in New York City.
AN EQUINE ARISTOCRACY.

A Fine Exhibition of Animals and Turn
outs-StaIlions, Trotters and High Jump
er-BIoodthIrsty Attack on Wooden
Dummies-A Decided Success.
Horses Of quality. Black horses, white
horses, bay horses, roam horses, sorrei horses
and gray horses, big horses and little horses,
they were all there-at the national horse
show in Madison Square garden, in New
York city.
But the equine veins didn't have a monopoly
, 1888-12-02

WATCHMAKERs.

G. W. Brown, M sssa9R Street, s,G Cheyenne sis
, 1888-12-02

Williamson is a
handsome man,and
the regulation skip
tight uniform of
the Chicago's show
ed his magnificent
muscles and fine
form off to great
advantage. The
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-17

Glen Berry is once more on the
wing at night with bis warm and
toothsome tomales. The delight
full dish is made by Mrs.
Coronado, an old Spanish lady,
who obtained the receipt from a
Castelar, Countess, who was COM
PEELED to fee from Spain along with
Qneen Isabella, leaving many hap
by memories and several unpaid
wash bills.
The receipt has been handed
down from several old Spanish
families for generations, and the
toulales sell for % cents apiece,
which is quite cheap.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-17
a ssD SUICIDE.
Miss EFcs &c ESiiows Hslss EEcr-
seif with = s'Esto,

Yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock, Ms. Csosen who lives
near The residence 81 .ir. Morrison
Fellows, head tao pistol shots 40
she supposed IN AIR. Fellows yard.
She paid no attention, supposing 1t
to be boys at play, buG aoout q
O'Clock Fed Fellows came home
and finding The doors locked, forced
an entrance ana lonnd MS sister
Hettie Fellows, 4 young lady 10
years OF age lying Oh the floor Of
her room, dead.
She wa; coiled NJ on the floor
with 4 brlie; hole in her Lett breast.
The weapon, Smith & Wesson IA
calibre, lay by her side, and her
dress was burned with powder.
Just above her. in the ceiling,
was another bullet hole.
The boy rushed out into the
street and gave the alarm, and in
few moments crowd OF nelghbors
had gathered about the house,
where the greatest excitement pre-
vailed.
The father is Frustrated with
grief, and at once telegraphed to
the girls mother, who is visiting
friends in Mason Valley. No cause
is assigned Ter the act.