The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-22
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GENERAL sPoaTlNa NoIss.

The Baron dc Ia Rochelle one Of the highest
authorities in the French sporting world, has
just died at the age OF seventy-6ve years.
A bench show at Cleveland is among the
probabilities. It is proposed 10 hold the show
the week following the Detroit exhibition in
September.
Sullivan is now said 10 be behaving himself.
Fl is training on William Muldoons farm at
Belfast, \. Y, with Jack Barnett and his
brother Mike.
Ross and Pierre wrestled long draw" for
$3.50 a side 40 Worcester Tuesday with Graham
as referee and the whole party is being de-
nounced as fakirs.
The bill giving the right OF way on the pub
lie highways to bicycles and tricycles has
passed the Pennsylvania legislature, and has
been signed by the governor
In shoot which took place recently at Day
ton, O., under the new rules of the American
shooting association Mr.. Rollo O. Heikes broke
100 standard targets straight and his opponent
broke ninety-four.
The New York go-as-you-pleaSe contest
closed last night with Herty the winner. The
scores were: Herty, $50 miles; Cartwright,
5S2; Noremac, 500; Hegelman, $40; Hughes,
SIS; Golden, sos; Smith, 800.
The Elwell European bicycle tourists num-
bering thirty. sailed for Liverpool May 1s, and
they anticipate royalty good time during the
five months they propose to spend in the Brit
ish isles and on the continent
Baird Bros. of Pittsburg, who built the high
! bridge over the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, from
which Crank Steve Brodie is said TO have
jumped, declare that his claim is false and that
be only jumped from barge.
John Ward is preparing a series of articles
in which the classification question is to be
handled, and all indications point toward
fight that is TO be made on il later on. The
work against it will probably be done this fall.
Jim Fell and Z. Flemming and four Milwau-
kee sports were arrested at Milwaukee Satur.
day night for engaging in scrapping match.
They will be tried under the state law and the
principals, if convicted, will get from two to
five years in the state prison.
In Ben Hyam's boxing tournament at agri-
cultural hall, London, a. NJ. Wesley took the
eight-stone prize. W. Goode proved himself
the catchweight champion, Bill Baxter was a
winner in the limestone competition, +. White
carried of the eleven-stOne honors and Bill
Cheese was the victor at ten stone.
All of the best middle-weights of the world
will soon be on the coast and some splendid
contests may be looked for. Dempsey, La
Blanche, young Mitchell, Paddy German, and
Sailor Brown are there already and Mike
Ducie, Joe EllingSworth, and Johnnie Reagan
have engagements in the near future.
Mr. w. A. Wilcox, who short time since
was returning by steamer from Humboldt bay
TO San Francisco, witnessed a lively fight be-
tween q California gray whale and pair Of
supposed thresher sharks. 1--WE first noticed
them mile away" said he, "and passed within
fifteen feet of them. The whale was having a
hard time 10 come TO the scratch" 1t is prob
able that the opponents of the whale were kill
ers, says Forest and Stream, a species OF orca,
whose high and dorsal fins would naturally be
mistaken for the long tail of the thresher. This
shark is much too small and Insignificant to
combat successfully with a whale, but the
killer is fearless, aggressive and powerful in
conflict.
An unusual suit was filed recently in the
circuit court at Pine Bluffs, No. A few weeks
since DIR. Hebron of Greenville, Miss, lost
1000 on his mare, Kate, entered against Judge
W. d. JOhnson's horse, BuckshOt. He sues
johnson for recovery of the money. Under
the statutes, money lost on bet or wager is
recoverable, turf bets alone excepted. There
are two averments TO the bill: (l) That the
said race was in no sense a turf race, but was
wagering and gambling. (2) That the stake
holder formed a conspiracy to buy the rider of
the mare Kate and 10 induce him 10 let the
mare run from the starting point half way
down the track three times before the starting
signal, and to so hold her in after the start and
so sway her on the course as TO lose the race.
The supreme court has decided the action
to recover property on q horse race that it is
incumbent on the plaintiff to prove that the
race was not turf race. On this the whole
question will turn.