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THE NEW rRorTlNe WONDER.
Guy. the Sensational GeIdInE That May
Beat Maud s.

Guy. the Sensational GeIdIng That May
Beat Maud S.
Here is n picture, taken from The Boston
Herald, Of the sensational trotter Guy, that
not long ago made a record in Cleveland of
2:11E. 1t is believed by many that he will
be able soon TO beat the best time ever made
by Maud s., the present queen OF the turf.
Guy Is a black gelding, Is hands high and
years old He is by Kentucky Prince, and
his dam is Flora Gardiner, by Seeley's Ameri-
can Star Guy was bred by Charles Back
man at Stony Ford, n. Y, and was sold by
him in the fall of 1852 to J.. B. Perkins, of
Cleveland, for s4G0. Mr.. Perkins took aim
to the Twin Elm farm, in the vicinity of
Cleveland, where he was allowed TO run out
all winter, and after being broker in tho
spring was turned out to grass. At this time
Guy did not show much speed even to halter,
and but few Of the friends Of Mr.. Perkins
had a kind word to say in behalf Of the little
black colt
In June of the same year Mr.. Perkins ex-
pressed his willingness to sell the colt for
$3.50 to a New York gentleman, but his train
err advised him to try his speed before selling.
Mr.. Perkins consented, and Guy was given a
half mile in 1:23. Mr.. Perkins did not think
this performance was possible, and HI subse-
quently made a visit to Guy and witnessed
the ypungster make Il half in l:21, thus beat
ing his first trial by two seconds. By this
performance Guys value was raised to 81, 800,
which proved too steep n price for the New
York parties and the sale was not made.
Shortly afterwRrd Guy trotted the half in
1:10 and then in 1:16.
As these performances were made over the
half mile farm track, and as Mr.. Perkins saw
that he had a wonderful colt in hand, he had
him transferred to the Cleveland Driving
park, where, in his first performance, he made
the half in l;l3, which liked his value at
5000.
The wonderful speed of the little 3-year-old
did not remain without being noised about,
and among those who were attracted was W..
J. Gordon, who, on witnessing him do a half
the first time he WINS ever sent ht top speed in
1:10%, purchased him for $4,000.
Guy was not started up again in 1888, but
in the following spring he was given some
slow work, and showed up so well that S2o,0 900
was refused for him.
In the fall his trainer, Willard Saunders,
worked him moderately, and found, after n
few trials, that he had a temperament that
1t would take long and patient training to
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older organizations, and at the close of the
year there was quite a demand for his SER
vices, but the Detroit club managed to get
him. BE played in n number of exhibition
games in the fall OF 1886 with the Detroit
team, and did exceedingly we'll 1t was then
predicted that he would certainly make II
very brilliant player. He played in twenty
championship games during 1857 with the
Detroit club, nineteen of them at third base
and one In the out field.
In the spring of 1883 Manager Barnie, of
the Baltimore club, purchased Shindle's re-
lease from tho Detroit club and placed him
on third base, where he played remarkably
well, and did even better than his most san
guine friends dared to hope for. He led all
tho third basemen OF the American associa-
tion for 1888, with a fielding average of .919.
In 1876 championship games he accepted COG
chances. Shindle's batting record for 1883
in the 1856 championship games, was PIG. He
Is playing In brilliant form this season, both
In the field and at tho bat. He covers con-
siderable ground, and tries for every ball hit
within his reach, and is also a very swift and
accurate thrower. That he is one of the best
professional third basemen is shown by the
high RINK he has held each season In the official
fielding averages, Ho is also a clever base
runner, being very fleet footed.
SCORES mi SCORE OF SCORES.
fernhps no TWO persons ever keep n base
ball score alike, and It is interesting to noto
some Of the different cards kept at a game.
The same general system applies to all, but
the variations are infinite. There is given
herewith six examples of scoring at a game
between New York and Pittsburg. The
fourth inning was particularly lively, says
The New York Sun, three base hits, two
bases on balls and two runs being the feat
ures. The difference between the methods
of individuals could not be more striking.
No. 1 shows the runs by cross marks and the
outs by numerals. 1t is very simple, and al
lows the scorer to see at a glance how the
score stands, but tho information conveyed
IL limited.
The very simplest, as shown in No. Q, has
only a single mark for each run and small
circles for the outs. Women take great sat
i~sfaction in being able to make this score. The
boyish enthusiast tries to keep a more COM
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OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
There Are Two Ways to Play the Game
According to an Enthusiast.

According to an Enthusiast
There are two kinds of whist. One is solely
a game for amusement. In this game, all the
cards having been dealt out to the four play
ers and the last one turned up to show the
trump, about all that each player is required
to remember is that the ace is the highest
card and that the deuce is the lowest; that
you must follow suit 80 long as you nave any
cards left of the suit led; that in case you
haven't you can trump or discard from an
other suit, as you think best, and that, in a
general way, it is best to play second hand
low, third hand high, and not to trump your
partners ace. AT this game one can laugh
and talk as much as he pleases, but in the
strict sense this is not whist The real whist
Is a game to be studied. The real game is
objected to by some people on the ground
that it is too much like work
"When we play cards, I" say they, tive do
ii for amusement-to kill time. If we want
to study anything we will take up some use
full branch of knowledge. II we don't want
to do this alone, why, we will club together,
but the idea of four people sitting down with
out saying a word for hours at a time and
at intervals slapping pieces of pasteboard on
the table and then imagine they are having
a good time-bahi"
Now, this sounds very well, but there is a
hitch in it. The point is right here. People
don't play whist for study alone. If they did
there would be very few whist players. They
play 1t for amusement. That is the way the
game started. But after awhile people be-
gan to perceive that by following certain
rules they could get more enjoyment out of
the game than If they played it at random.
Thus the game advanced to its present state
of perfection. 1t was found that not only
was it a source of great pleasure, but of great
intellectual profit 1t strengthened the men,
DRY; it had the effect of making the mind
more systematic, and it offered a splendid
field for the study of human nature.
But it must not be imagined that in order
to enjoy the game it is first necessary to at
tain any great proficiency. A few simple
rules are all that are necessary to start with.
After the novice has learned these rules he
will take as much enjoyment out of the game
as he would get from casino, eucher, Dom
Pedro or other familiar games. But after he
has practiced for some little time he will per-
ceive that whist is a good deal more than he
at first thought-that it is a various Language
spoken by the silent cards, so to speak, and
which constantly grows more beautiful and
harmonious as he advances into its mysteries,
so that the enjoyment of the game is ever on
the increase and the player has the great
satisfaction of knowing that when he sits
down to play not only wiz he have a good
time, but also n profitable one. OF course,
be might spend his time to better advantage,
but one must have some mental recreation,
and all that whist players claim for the game
is that the person who once gives it a fair
trial will never desert it for any other.
Ton LANSING.
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overcome. He had great speed, and soon
showed n quarter in 32x seconds, a half in
l.O694 and several miles in 2:20 or better. T.
]. Dunbar took charge of Mr.. Gordon's
horses N 1885, and began working Clingstone
and Guy to the pole. The pair made their
first public appearance at Pittsburg in July,
when they started to beat lbs. They trotted
the first mile in 2:27 and the second in 2:21.
ON month later they were started to beat
2:1o over the Cleveland track, and succeeded
In trotting a mile and repeat in 2:17%, 2:I7.
The quarters in the second mile were finished
in 34Hs, 34Hs., 84&s., 33Es
At Hartford the pair were started to beat
the team record, but failed, finishing the
three trials in 2:82, 2:211f, 2:19. The quarters
in the third mile were finished in 361$s.,
84&s., 34Iss., 83Ls. Three exhibition miles
were trotted at Springfield the following
week in 2:2SH, 2:24L, 2;23.
In 1886 Splan conditioned Guy and drove
him In the Guaranteed stake at Detroit,
where, in the first heat, he finished third, vii.
ton winning in 2:l0H. He was fourth In the
second heat, which was also won by Wilton
in 2:l9A, and he was distanced by bad act
ing in the third heat
Soon afterward, however, Splan drove him
a mile barefooted, hooked to a cart, over the
Cleveland track in 2:lTA. Last year he APP
pearcd on the track in Trainer Saunders
hands again, and met with much success,
though the thoroughbred blood that coursed
through his veins made him nervous and err
ratio at times. At Cleveland, Aug. ., he
beat Fred Folger in three straight heats, the
time being 2;Is4, 2:l9, 2:1s4. At Buffalo
he beat Prince Wilkes and Rosaline Wilkes,
and got a mark of 2;l41S. At Hornellsville
he beat the great demon Clingstone, and
later, at Hartford, he was started to beat
2:14H, and failed in the attempt, though he
covered a mile in BABY.
1t Springfield he failed In an attempt to
beat 2;15, yet n few days later, at Morrisania,
N. ", he beat n great field of horses and
won three straight heats in fast time. On
Sept. % he trotted a mile In 2:12H at the
above mentioned place, and at Philadelphia,
a few days later, he beat Rosaline Wilkes In
three straight heats. At st. Louis, on Oct
4, he won against Rosaline Wilkes and White
Stocking in 2:19, 2:16 and 2:lSH, While at
Cleveland, Oct. 30, he made a mile in 2:12
Three days later he tried to beat 2;l2, and
just equaled that work.
Last year he was beaten for big takes al
Springfield, Rochester, Detroit and Hart
ford, but his defeat was not due to lack OF
speed, but rather to his nervous and excftable
nature.
His 2:l1H performance at Cleveland, q
few days ago, is still fresh in the minds Of
the readers of this paper.
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BASEBALL GOSSIP.
Three of the Boys Who Run
Around the Diamond.
ROBINSON, LYONS AND sHINDLE.

Robinson Is Said to BE the Best Catcher
in the Association and Denny" Lyons
Ia No SLOUGH when It Comes to Hit
ting.
William Robinson, OF the Athletic club, Is
by many, according to The Stage, considered
the best catcher in the American association
He Is a plucky, reliable back stop, a great
thrower to bases, and, in short, one of the
finest catchers who ever stood behind the
plate, He belongs to that class known in
baseball p~arlance rs "brainy" catchers, in
that he studies the weak points of every bats
man that comes up to the plate, and is, there
fore, a good man to coach young pitchers.
Robinson invariably coaches Seward, and
to the formers Judgment is, in a great meas
ure, due the lAttsr's success
Robinson possesses one element OF strength
that few catchers possess, and to that may DO
attributed his success as a catcher, viz. cool
ness He seldom loses his head and was never
known to lose his temper on the ball field.
Hot tempered players like Seward, Milligan,
Glasscock, baldwin and men of that fix can
never be relied upon at critical stages of the
game or when the umpiring is In the least
faulty, but "Robbyn always remains cool
and plays all the harder under adverse cir
cumstances In addition to being a first class
catcher, Robinson v n fine batter and an ex-
ceptionally good base runner. He is also a
good utility man, being able TO play any
position on the field outside OF the pitchers
box.
Robinson was born in Hudson, Mass,
twenty-five years ago. He Is 3 feet o inches
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club, Is given In a recent issue OF Inc Cnpper.
Shindle, The Clipper says was born Dec. 5,
1853, at Gloucester City, n. J., and first play
ed with amateur clubs of his native place,
which is opposite Philadelphia, and is the
Sunday resort Of Quaker City ball players,
His professional career began in 1885, with
the Eastern league team of Wilmington,
Del, as a third basemAn. The club disband-
ed after two months play, and Shiudle went
TO Norfolk, Va, where he finished the season
with the Eastern league team Of that city,
playing third base, and Of those playing in n
majority of games in that position he ranked
second in the official averages at the close Of
the season
He began the season of 1886 with the Utica
club, Of the international league, as a third
baseman His team won the championship
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afraid OF collisions, fow runners attempt to
steal third base against the Athletics, and 1t
is never attempted unless the pitcher gives
them a big start With Lyons to block them,
and such lightning throwers as Robinson and
Gross to fire the ball over, it Is almost impos-
hble for any base runner to steal third base
against the Athletics. This naturally puts
the opposing team at a great disadvantage in
a close game.
For a heavy man Lyons Is also a very good
base runner, as may DO Inferred from the fact
that thus far this season he has stolen no less
than t~wenty-three bases. Indeed, Lyons at
present ranks sixth among the Athletics in
base running, there being nine men on the
team who have stolen fewer bases than he.
Lyons first saw the light OF day in Cincin-
natl, t~wenty-four years ago. He started his
baseball career with the Crescents, one of the
leading amateur clubs OF that city, In 1883.
BE next Joined the Shamrocks, the strongest
amateur club in the Ohio metropolis, and 1t
was while with this club that his work at
tracted the attention of minor league mana
gers, and the Atlanta club, OF the Southern
league, made a bid for and secured his ser
vices He played great ball for this club,
and easily ranked as the leading third base
man of the Southern league, though such
players as Werrick and Bradley were also In
that association hat year. he also led the
Bouthern league In batting. In the spring Of
5sS5 he played with the Providence reserves,
and finished the season with the Atlantas. In
the fall Of 1885 the Athletics secured him, and
he has been with them ever since.
sHISDLE
An excellent portrait Of William Shindle,
the clever third basemen of the Baltimore
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btOhES BY THE CRANks.
prehensive score by taking in base hits md
buses ON balls. No. 8 is a specimen of his
memorandum He always has a sharply
pointed lead pencil, and he can, by neat and
small marks, have a clean and useful score.
The strictly private or very exclusive score
card is unsatisfactory often to the maker and
always to the overlooker. You can see an
example of 1t in No. 4. For tho time being
1t may be sufficient TO prevent a repetition of
the frequent inquiry, "Lre me sec your score
card, pleaser' by the careless scorer after
visits to the bar, but by a few observations
Its key may be obtained. What earthly rea-
son the scorer had for using A. NJ. and II. In
scoring the outs OF O'Rourke, Ewing and
Ward in that particular inning is known only
by the maker of the score and the maker of the
scorer. Almost any other score card on the
stand would give the key to the characters,
but the underlying principles that actuated
the use of them are mysterious. The excit-
able scorer often gets mixed, especially IL he
tries to record more than runs and outs. See
what hie~roglyphics there are on No. 0. His
card Is always dirty and crumpled, and his
errors outnumber those on the field. The
comprehensive score is readily understood by
the average spectator, and was explained
with pleasure by the maker. No. o Is an il
lustration Of 1t. Beginning with the first
man at the bat in the inning referred to the
score gives O'Rourke n 0, with a small mum.
sral close by TO indicate the first out. Then
Whitney is credited with a base hit by a dot
In the upper left hand corner OF the square or
first base. If it had been a two base hit 1t
would have been indicated by a dot in the
upper right hand corner or second base; II a
three base hit, by a dot in the lower left
hand corner, and II a home run by n dot or
small II in the lower right hand corner.
II he had stolen the second before Crane
advanced him by a base hit, the feat would
have been indicated by S in the right hand
corner, or second base, but the advances by
Crane and Gore, who made a base hit, are not
indicated except by leaving blank the other
cornersof the square. The runs are indicated
by r, the larger the better, unless the team
Is in a batting streak, anda player goes to bat
more than once in an inning. Herman took
first base on balls, and the fact is indicated by
a small B In the upper left hand corner or
first base. Ewing was the second out, and
Connor took his base on balls. Ward tried to
bring in the men on the bases, but he popped
up a fly that was easily caught. The various
plays are easily distinguished in this score,
and the method is not too complicated for
general use. 1t is wiser TO not attempt to be
extremely comprehensive by recording the
errors, wild pitches, assists and other plays
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lean association and National league clubs,
and in the fall OF that year no received no
less than six offers from managers Of major
league clubs The Athletics offer was the
best, or at least he considered 1t tho most ad-
yantageous, and as a result he decided to
20 to Philadelphia
Manager Sharsig considers Robinson one
of the best finds he ever made since he has
been connected with baseball. II was in
July, 1884, that Mr.. and Mrs Shnrsig went
on a trip TO the White mountains, and dur
ing their stay there the Athletic manager
went down to Massachusetts for the purpose
of seeing the clubs in the New England
league play. His object was to take n look at
the young players of that league, and IL he
saw any promising ones In the lot to nip them
before any OF the other managers OF the two
big leagues came around. Robinson i'm
mediately caught his fancy, and he made up
his mind to secure him at any cost. Mr..
Sharsig had a ak with Robby after the
game, and an understanding was reached
that the latter would sign an Athletic con-
tract as soon as the New England league
season was over, and he stuck to that prom
Use, though tempted with very Hattering Of
fers from other clubs.
DENNY
Denny Lyons is known to fame as tho
hardest hitting third baseman in the profes-
sion. The Stage say of him: He is a power
fully built man, 8 feet 10 inches tall, and
weighs 2l5 pounds. Not only does he AMI
as the greatest batter among the third base
men of the country, but he travels in the
same class of hitters with Arson, O'Ncil,
Brouthers, Stovey, Common, Orr, Kelly and
Browning. In some respects he is more of n
terror to pitchers than either of the above
mentioned sluggers, for the reason that he is
what is known as a free hitter, by which is
meant that he hits high and low, in and out
balls with the same freedom, giving pitchers
no chance to "workn him at all, while Arson
and Kelly are just as weak on low balls as
Stovey, o'Neil. Connor. Orr and Brouthers
are on a high delivery.
Hitting the ball, however, is not Lyons
only qualification as a ball PLAYER. He Is a
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S r CIFIC S I.
ksA1HSS

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fountain of health, by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
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and vigor will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch. or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or b~lood-poison. Es-
pecially has 1t proven its efficacy in curing
Salt-rheum or letter. Eczema, Erysipelas.
Sores and Swellings, Enlarged Glands. Col
tire or Thick Neck, and Eating Sores or
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula of the Lungs). by its
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For Weak Lungs. Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath. Catarrh in the Head. Bron-
chitis, Severe Coughs. Asthma, and kindred
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For Torpid Liver. Biliousness. or Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and indigestion. it is
an unequaled remedy. Sold by druRRists.
Price s1y0o. or six bottles for $50.
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The Question of Hydrophobia.

The English public have taken up the ques
ton of h~ydrophobia in a practical manne
At n meeting held lately subscriptions were
voted to be sent to the Pasteur institute In
Paris, and a fund was raised to send impecu-
nious Britishers, who may nave been bitten
by rabid dogs, TO the institute, to undergo
the Pasteur treatment, which, by statistics OF
the last few years, has been practically in.
dorsed by scientific authorities.
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Tip" o'Neil, of the St Louis, the heavy
hitter of the st. Louis Browns and the Ameri.
can association, leads the association in bat
ting. He has made eighty runs in seventy
two games. Long, of the Kansas Citys, leads
the Association in run getting, having scored
eighty-flve times in si1ty-seven games. He
has stolen thirty-five bases. Kansas City
leads the Association in stolen bases
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tall and weighs 100
pounds when in
playing condition.
He first played ball
with the club Of his
native town, in
1889, and two years
later he bloSsomed
out as a full aedged
professional with
the Haverhin club
OF the New Eng
land league. While
with this club no
did such excellent
o as to attract
the attention OF a
numhar Of Ama-
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1t begins to look as If the Westminster
Kennel club people will ave to prospect fol-
a new location to hold their show in next
February, as it is positively stated the garden
will be taken down in October next and the
new building will not be ready till April,
1890. 1t will be a serious drawback to the
club if this turns out the case, as the Amer.
lean institute building cannot begin to hold 4
New York show.
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Have you heard what Mr.. G. L. Weast

Have you heard what Mr.. G. L. Weast,
OF Cambridge City. Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy? If not, here it is: During last
summer | was troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend to try this
remedy. | took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and it ave me almost instant re-
lief" 25 and so cent bottles for sale by
b. b. David, Druggist
Job Printing at the Leader Office.
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Christine Nilsson may never sing in public
again During a recent illness in Paris she
was roubl with deafness and loss of mem.
ory, from which she has not yet recovered.
furniture Of her Gus in London has
been moved TO Paris, where she and her hus-
band will in future make their residence.
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Manager Larry H. Reist, of the Memorial
hall, Dayton, Ohio, was recently i'll with vel,
low jaundice. He was sitting on the piazza
of a hotel talking with friends when a newly
arrived guest rushed up to him with a bundle
of clothes for the laundry. The strange mis-
took Mr.. Reist for Fun Gee, a Chinaman who
works at the hotel 1t cost the rash intruder
the price of admission to Booth and Barrett
to get out of his contretemps.
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of the international
league that year.
S hindle played
{ third base in
~ninety-siI cham
pionship IN es,
and ranked second
In the official aver
ages, with a field
ding record of Str
he gained quite a
reputation thai
year, and attracted
the attention Of the
managers of many
of the clubs OF the
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A Chicago reporter thus describes a home
run hit by Crane: Cranes drive for four
bases in the eighth inning was the kim tax
idermists enjoy. The ball went on a dead
line over the north wall, tore through the
soughing branches of a cottonwood tree,
galloped hurriedly up the steps of a brick
house, and then with joyous laughter burst
through one of tho front windows. 1t was
not seen again"