Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-29
Sporting Notes.

CoASTMAN. a 2-year-old PAGER that made a
record of2:2 the latter part of the present
had only two months handling.
CHAPMAN, PAGER that got a recor! of 2:l9S
last summer, and showed the abilit to go in 2:l6,
is being used on the road in Boston.
MR.. D.-The Signal Service Office Fifth avenue
this city. is the only place where yoI can obtain
correct information TO settle you" be-.
suBscRIBER..The bes- time for one mile is
4::i4. made b. W. g. George August &c, 1886.
Co. There was no official time for each mile.
VERY few of the bookmakers now at the winter
tracks maxi a book on judgment. They rely
and sometimes get badly left in conseq Sence.
]. A. Il. ELLIcT, the holder of the wing shot
chalnpio ship cup. has been challenged to a con-
test of the same by James 4. Hagerty of st. Louis
The match will be shot in Kansas City in January.
KINGLIKE, formerly one of the crack trotters of
the Eastern courses. sold for SIS 600 as yearlng
was burned to death at recent fire in the City of
Churches. He was formerly the property of j. II.
Shultz.
A. c. ANsoN, the ball player. is fast developing
WAS the victor in two matches-one at 100 BIRDS in
which he killed a. the other 50-bird match.
when he made L score of A..
DANNY NEEDHAM. the champion lightweight of
the Northwest. writes to friend in New York
that the Seattle Athletic Club will give purse of
81. 500 Tor glove contest between he andany
other l4O-pound man in the country.
mo MAN l ever fought'' says Fitzsimmons,
''had a word TO say about my legs after l got
through with him. Jimmy Carroll also wants it
''Fitz' will outrun any frst-class pugilist in the
world from one up to ten miles.
THE directors of the Puritan Athletic Climb have
pivot blow, first INTRODUCED by Jimmy Carroll
aud since adopted by LaBlanche, Ed Smith and
will not allow any boxer to use it in contest at
their club.
THE Olympic Club, OF New Orleans. La. at an
expense of Sc, OOl is rearranging the ampitheater
for the Dempsev- -Fitzsimmons fight. which takes
place January IA. A numbes of private boxes are
aGd VIII be sod for e % seneaa s1 ssa5s
with reserved seats will lie 500.
COLONEL NoRTH's greyhound City of Paris
his owner 81 COO he won his purchase money back
in less than three months coursng. Then the
litter in lieu OF stud fee and thus accpmulated 20
pups Now he stands at $50 fee.
ARTHUR UPIAM and Z. j. Pltzen have been
matched to fight in the rooms of the Galveston
Athletic Club on January ., for a purse of $500
and gold medal representing the middle-weight
championship ofTeXas This will he the second
being declared in favor of Pitzlen.
SAILOR BROWN posted s1oO on Wednesday, to
bind match with young Horace. of Brooklyn
Horace gained his reputation by defeating Mix
Bodcn about two years ago. but since then has
done nothing Brown has also been very quiet
before the California Athletic Club.
'iIs said that the California fillv. Margaret s
t?.l2}0 has won more money than any 4-year-oid
SjO2; in 1889 she won the Spirit of the Times
stake and other events, netting hr Sc, $50 76 and
in 1890 she won more money than any other horse
the trotting turf. Her total winnings aggre-
gate 81, O5S 76.
OF account of the scarcity of jockeys at the
present time several owners who are now quar-
Tered at the winter tracks have signifed their in
tenton TO retire their steeds until riders become
more numerous. With Il few exceptions the bows
who figure star jockeys at the Jersey courses are
not on par in ability with the average exercise
rider of L few years ago.
MIKE CUSHING may soon have a chance In yet
on match at l26 pounds. He has just received
letter from Tommy Danforth, in which the latter
hat 1,s
thinks he can reverse the decision oftheir former
fight Mike expressed his willingness to meet
DanIorlh, and a match may be made in a few
days Cushing is TO have benefit on January O.
RILEY, the crack Western colt was to have left
Lexington, KY, yesterday for the Bascombe
track, near Mobile Ala, where he and lot of his
stable will be wintered. Captain sam Brown has
courteously allowed their owner the usc of the
near charming Magnolia Cemetery, is located in
one >of the most picturesque parts of Mobiles
suburbs.
SPoRTsMEN throughout the country who are in
tercsted in trap shooting are agitating the ques-
tion of holding worlds tournament during the
tian with nropramme to o0an W C az oura, ,
championship events at live birds and inanImate
ali parts of the world. The live bird chsmnion
shin should be at 1G0 birds and the inanimate
of hundreds Of trap shooters, and If a COMMITTEES
would take the matter in hand and open a sub
scription book, there is no doubt but what the
sportsmcn OF the country would respond freely
So well known English racing authority as
Hon. James Lowther, NJ. p, recently spoke at
ork, England, as follows, on the effect of bet
ting racing: He said he thought it would al
ways exist so long there was with the people a
love OF sport. The greatest nuisance on thC turf
was the professional hacker, who should be sup
pressed AS to the position which the English
turf occupied he might say that all Cont mental
turf authorities and the authorities of the United
States were associated with England in an en-
deayor 10 put down roguery throughout the world.
There was one exception only. The people of the
Argentine Republic had been not only the largest
purchasers Of blood stock in the world, but pur-
together. Still. the people OF that republic were
about the only racing nation with whom England
had no reciprocity in putting down frauds.
Buenos Ayres was perfect Alsatia OF aggravated
scou undrelism, in his opinion.