The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-08-07

The Toronto bicycle club will hold its eighth
annual tournament Aug. II.
A. c. Baker Of New York promises to do
great work on the wheel before the close of the
season.
Ted Pritchard, the English middle-weight,
may challenge Charley Mitchell upon the
latter's arrival in England.
Verhoff of the New Haven bicycle club has
gone TO Europe with his wheel and intends
touring through England, Scotland and
France.
Maggie Knox, the celebrated trotting mare.
with a record of 2;244, died recently with
acute Inflammation OF the bowels. She was
valued at 5000.
At Point Breeze park. Monday Robert Jecl's
blk. S. Curiosity, TO wagon, beat Thomas Wad-
dingtOn's b. G. Paul Jones to harness in a
match race for 800 a side. Best time, 2:46.
The Joe Nobra beat the Oakley No. 1 in a
sailing race from the Salt Works wharf TO
Chester island and return. on the Delaware
river Monday. The race was for 500 side
1t is reported that Sam Bryant will sell his
interest in Proctor Knott and Come to Taw to
George Scoggan after the Saratoga meeting.
Knots next race will be in the Omnibus
stakes at Monmouth on Aug. H. in which he
will meet Salvador
Billy Mahoney of Boston says he will back
Joe LannOn again against Jack Ashton for
finish fight LannOn is said to be willing to
meet Ashton again. When they fought before
il was for 81 800 and il is supposed that the
same money will depend also upon this fight.
James E. Clay OF Lexington lost by pneu-
monia recently the valuable colt of Bellman,
four months old, by Bell Boy, dam Slipper, by
Volunteer. Mr.. Clay had refused $1,000 for
him and valued him at $4,000. The dam OF this
colt, valued at $1,000 died about three weeks
ago.
Prof Mccarthy, the latest fistic celebrity
from Australia, has been engaged by the Cali
fornia athletic club. He is ready TO meet any
middle-weight, Dempsey or La Blanche not
barred. He is only feet 81 inches, and scales
over ITO pounds now, but can fight at loo
pounds.
John J. Murphy, the well-known trainer and
driver, died OF consumption at the road-house
OF his brother-in-law, Hiram Howe, near Park
vile, L. l., Monday Murphy was very popu-
lar with horsemen, among whom he was known
as Honest John Murphy" he drove many
horses to their fastest records.
Clancy & McFerrin of Louisville, KY, have
purchased for 5000 the two-year-old FLY
Carua, by Nutwood, dam Candace by Harold;
second dam Fairy Belle. 10y Belmont; third
dam Waterwitch. She will be bred to Bell
Boy this year. This youngster mas, close up,
the blood of four of the seven mares that have
produced 2:20 trotters each.
party Of Philadelphia students left New
York for Europe last week for a wheel tour
through portions of the old world. There
were eight in the party-Henry Schiel, Homer
Synnestvedt, Jesse Burt, Alvin Nelson, Charles
Klein, Y. cambridge Pendleton, Alfred Acton
and J Joseph Boyescn. The tourists will land at
Glasgow and make a trip through the Scotch
highlands. after which they will follow the
route of the Elwell touring party
w. II. Taylor, jr, of the California lawn ten
his club, who recently won the championship
of the Pacific coast at the hotel del Monte
Monterey, Cal, is thinking seriously OF enter
ing for the championship at Newport, TO see
hos his game will bear comparison with the
eastern Cracks" Last fall ne defeated c. A.
Chase of Chicago in San Francisco. AS Mr..
Chase was hardly ia condition az the time,
however, it would hardly be fair to judge from
the result