The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-01

financial part of the affair. This matter,
however. j. likely to he over
and the articles Of agreement may Ia
signed next weck.
Matt Allen has all III Senator Hear-t's
horses in the pink of conditions, and II -
a common saying at Shacpshead that III
they were to ace tomorrow the hcarst
horses would get all the money! Ihis
was said last year, hut when racing time
arrived Aliens string was not such a 20.
tc.t factor as was expected. Gorgo, the
handicap candidate, Is doing candy. n
barring accidents II will take n lot of
heating.
Trainor Frank McCabc is giving a
dozen Of the 50 horses at the Dryer sta
blcs a special preparation in order to
have them III when the Elizabeth meet
ing opens April IA. He declares that the
weather has d~ishcartcned him., and I'M
less there is n spell Of dry, scasonablc
weather, they will he no further lvanced
than Kingston. Hanover. Longstrcct, Sir
Dixon and the othcrs that will not bc
bridled for a race until the brooklyn
meeting opens.
..Fiddlcr" Ncary and Johnny Files
signed articles of agreement IN New FORK
last Monday tn fight Is rounds within - ~
weeks at catch weights with t~hrce-ouncc
gloves for "A purscof $40 and 500 outside,
500 of which was posted. Frank Stcvcn-
son IL Files hacker and n Chicago man IL
behind Ncary. IL the referee cannot give
"A decision at the end az the specified
number of rounds, lac is empowered To
order additional rounds until one Is fairly
beaten.
The Harvard Bicycle club will hold its
spring race meeting under the a. A. U.
rules just wha action will he taken by
the l.. A. w. on % OF this the college
boys, of course. do not know and. indeed,
do not seem To care. Harvard riders DO
not think kindly of the l.. A. w. Tor dis
qualifying Grcenleaf and Davis for racing
safcties against ordinaries al the inter
collegiate games. They claim that the
action Of the league was To a certain cN-
tent unjustiiiablc, inasmuch as the inter
collegiate games were not an open vent.
Peter Hcrgct. the middle-wcight cham
pion Of the Pacific slope, known in prize
ring circles as "lonng MITCHELL" denies
that he Is going la England to fill the
position Of boxing instructor of the Pcli-
can club to avoid "a meeting with Dcinp-
sey. Young Mitchell states that il the
California Athletic club will decide TO put
up a purse Of $500 for Dempsey and him.
self To fight for. AT c~atcl-wciahts, for the
middle-wcight championship OF America,
he will sign tho articles within ten hours,
and that the idea of his being afraid OF
Dempsey or any other pngilist Is absurd.
For some ~unaccountablc reason, says
the New York San, the doublc-scull chal-
lengc cup won by Jim P~ilkington N
lack Maggie of the Metropolitan Rowing
club at the National Association of ANA
tcur Oarsmen's regatta, held at Pullman,
ILL.,, last August. has not yet been de-
liycrd to them. Pilkington some time
ago wrote the president of tho association
in regard to il, and some time after re-
ceivcd word from the treasurer that the
trophy was detained in the Chicago GUS
tom-house. Pilkington says that, as the
Chicago custom-housc did not win the
cup, he would like to know why the GUS
tom-housc is allowed 10 retain il.
Onc Of the sensations of the fall meet
ing nj Nashville last season was the per-
Torrance of the 2-ycar-old colt. Basil
Duke. by Enquire, dam Bonnie Meade,
says the New Orleans correspondent OF
the Horsrmon. The colt was TROUBLED
with badly-shapcd fore feet, but he
showed n great turn of speed and many
people expected him Ia grow into a good
:,ycar-old. He IL at the tract here along
with the string handled 10y J. w. Rich
crcck. lie has not grown great deal.
and IL Is safe To say that his future turf
career will neither he long nor brilliant.
His fore feet have wor down into good
shape. but one of his hind ankles IL badly
pulled and the other one doesn't look n
too well. Richercck, however, il "A pretty
good trainer and he may patch the colt
up for a few races.