The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Ell Rio Rcy's gross earnings from his
I'VE :o"sec"tive wins this year now loot
The latest reports are that Mr.. Bonner
Eiil place Maud s., 2.0s,l In the hands Of
Prcsident Wilkes, f~our-ycar-old pncer,
by Ashland Wilkes, son Of Red Wilkes,
recently secured a record of Alb.
ut a S" sbss B.a r SSsi. ,ss .s.S snss ~ y !, .ro. wssy
will spend next winter at Fresno, In that
state.
chased at Rachestcr 10y Frank L.. Noble
for $500. a rss'ord Of 2:1sN at Pousl'-
keepsie.
Nelson, 2:l4A stallion. showed his
speed when exercising al Pos,ghkccpsic
by stepping the last quarter of his mile In
like to make another match with Harry
wilkcs.2:l31., against Belle Hamlin = :l3N.
this time best three i'm five.
Jim Page, of Denver, Col, has u green
horse which he considers more promising
than were either Rar,is ar Maxey Cobb,
public.
During Johnny Rcagan's stay i'm Omaha
he will he the guest of tn" Gates City Attn
ictic club. He * tn give a sparring match
South Omaha ON September 3.
Both Mcssrs; Belmont and Dwycr mad"
offers for FL Rio Rcy.. but Mr.. Es,ii re-
would not sell the colt. AT st. Louis hc
offered To sell FL Rio Rey. with doe Court
fey ana ION Jose. TOT So,Uuu.
Patron. 2:1ih. il said tn he in better
health than at any time since Mr.. Emery
has owned him.. His owner still has his
dent of the ability of his horse To- get il.
He il in training at Cleveland.
Red Wilkes son, Ashland Wilkes, whose
damn + by h impor s;, TX Knight anhr." ~ 81. G:.s srs"'i i.
the sire of the four-ycar-oid PAGER Prcsi-
dent, 2:131E. and il the first son of Red
Wilkes credited with "a 80 performer.
In m ipfs.rvis va with 4. M vNiIlinnrS .t
Independence. Iowa. last Tuesday. con-
cerning Colonel j.. W. Conley's offer at
that he had decided not to accept that he
regarded the colt has too good IL invest
mcnt to part with al present, even ut that
price.
The largest horses OH the trotting turf
this season are Sarah b., Alric. st. Elmo,
Tariff and Graylight. each of them being
over III or quits IL hands high. Grayligbt
H. the fastest big horse that has appeared
ON the trottinR turf since the days of
Great Eastern.
Tie fact that very many of the greatest
turf performers are not standard bred, ac-
cnrsiing to the rules of the National assoc
ciation. leads some tn believe that the
standard will soon become SO unpopular
that il will die ont. Such conclusion is
not warranted. IL is mr,rl, more probable
that the standard rules viii Inc thoroughly
revised i'm the near future. and established
uI."n "A so,ni,icr basis than at present.
wbotr,in.,i and =sc,"nsicm BENNY Kcllcier
in his fight with doc EllinRsworth, il
matched to- fight Ed. Cutie. who trained
and Joe E~llingsworth. The
fight will take. place AT the southern Cali
forrIia Athletic club. Los Angeles. the lat
ter part of October. Cutie has figured in
several battles on the Pacific slope. hut
the sports do not think much of his abili-
ties.
A. H.: Moore Of PHILADELPHIA. has made
a ten strike i'm the purchase of the year
ling hay stallion Lord Warren. Lord War
rem is by Lord Russell full brother to
Madrid son Of George Wilkes and. sire
of Coguac. pacing record IN, second
dam Sirrnc, by Dictator ,sire of Jay Eye
Patti, by Mamhrino Chief. Mr.. w. p.
Ijams has parted with "a grsandly bred
ON securing such "a prize.-Spirit IF the
Times.
Feather weight Tommy Holden. who
"a match with Ike Weir. Holden has been
selected by the California A: {. to meet
bnt he says he IL willing to foreRo that up
%portunity il Weir will give him "a go with
the understandings tina, the victor shall go
Warrcn. In other words, IL he fails to
whip wier, Holden will let the Belfast
IL nave heard that Weir has offered tn go
to san Francisco to- fight IL the California
Athletic club will give him II railroad
il only one of the spiders bluffs. and i'm
my opinion he is full of them. He will do
flothing 81 FAR away from home unless
there is some sure coin i'm sight. Now,
there's no need for him to- go West at all.
at least mt present. I will fight him for
Sl,OUO u side, and the gooI-sizcd gate we
could probably draw, within 30 miles of
New York. If he beats me he can 20 tn
California with some cash in his pocket.
! would even he willing to meet him he
fore some club in Boston," Holden says
he got the decision from Billy Murphy,
the Australian feather weight, at Jack
Hallihan's theatre. San Francisco. ina n
private bout of four rounds with big
gloves. He considers thai this Murphy
has been ovcrcstimated in his ability as u
puRilist, hut he is N remarkable young fell
low, and has made many firm friends i'm
San Francisco. Holden declares that the
Australian Murphy would have had no
easy thing with Johnny Griffin had Griffin
been perfectly sober when they met.
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