The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-03
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.

The Jewett stock farm has refused S25, 900 for
twenty-five colts by Jerome Eddy, 2:161z.
Albert Frey won the pool championship of
the United States Saturday night in BROOKLYN
defeating James Malone in the final game by
300 TO POI.
Senator Hesrst's colt, Almont, is getting to
be quite a favorite for the Kentucky Derby
Knowing ones say that the race is between this
horse and Proctor Knott.
A Pittsburg man is out with this somewhat
novel challenge: II will shoot any man in
Pittsburg at any distance from 100 to 200 yards
Tor any amount of money"
Charlie Gleason, who fought Paddy Duffy in
Boston to draw some months since, is now in
Denver, where he mas match on with Tom
Cleary, the well-knOwn ex-light-weight. La
Blanche Will soon arrive in Frisco and try for
a chance at the winner of the Mitchell Brown
fight.
The stallion Director Chief was stricken with
n congestive chill at Waterville Me- recently.
DIR. Bailey was summoned from Dexter to at
tend the horse. A special engine with steam
up was waiting for the doctor. and he was
whlrled to the horse at the rate of mile a min
ute. The doctor believes the horse will recover.
Tom Bowling, now in Montana is said to have
become transformed from a very docile horse
when he LETT Kentucky to a perfect savage OF
late. good judge who has seen the best
horses OF Europe and this country thinks Tom
Bowling the handsOmest horse he has ever seen.
He certainly was one of the greatest race-horses
of his day
c. J. Hamlin of Chicago paid visit few
days ago to Maud aud critically examined the
legs OF the trotting queen. He had not seen
the mare for three years and was simply aston
lshed at the improvement made in her by Mr..
Bonner. Maud S is in far better condition to
trot fast mile than she was when Mr.. Wander
bilt parted with her.
Harry Bethune put up 500 at the Chronicle
Off1aa-San EranaiSao INodpas1o- % Hoo
acceptance of the challenge of H. NJ. Johnson
of st. Louis, to run any man in the country for
100 or 40 yards for the championship of the
world and purse. johnson made the challenge
good for one month from March 4. Bethune
will run for any amount from 81, 900 to $500
John Goldsmith has already driven forty per-
formers to their best records below 2:24, and
given six stations their best records below 2:20
The second showing has never been equaled by
any other knight of the sulky, his six being
Guy Wilkes, 2:l5A; Anteeo, 2:16%; Director
2:17; Sable Wilkes, 2:1S; Dawn 2:1915 and
Romero, 2:191l. In addition to the above John
gave Sable Wilkes his three and four-year-old
records of 2:1S and reduced the three-year-old
pacing record of the world to 2:14 with Yolo
Maid
The Adelaide correspondent of the London
Sporting Life thus writes OF Henry Searle the
Australian champion oarsman: "Searle is wait
ing to hear from the Yankees. Should neither
Teemer nor O'COnnor approach him, it is prob
able that the champion of the world will asseil
in turn the lion in his den and the eagle in his
eyrie. He would like to meet Gaudaur, Teemer
and OConnor on such neutral point the
Thames" He has also written: Harlan had
announced his intention of proceeding immedi-
ately to America, but he has just heard that
Teemer and OConnor are to start for Australia
in March, and he intends TO wait for them"
The Daly-McAuliffe fight is assured. A spe-
cial from New York says in regard to it: The
DOiJep fYH5cffe OffIpp tho n a Gupv
debate when Jack McAuliffe and Billy Madden
met Capt Bill DAILY of Boston to arrange fight
between the champion lightweight and Mike
Daily of Bangor for the championship. DAILY
wanted the fight for 81 900 side, but McAuliffe
would not fight for anything under s, 800
side. Jack finally gained his point. Articles
were drawn up and signed, STIMULATING that
Jack McAuliffe of Brooklyn and Michael DAILY
of Bangor, Me-, should fight on August s,
within 100 miles of New York, for s., 800 side