Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-28

Freedom, 2:29Z. by Sable Wilkes, 2:ls; 2
year-old pacing record, Manager, 2:16H, by
Nutwood, 2:1Ss4; 4-year-oId record, Sunol.
2:101%, by Electioneer; stallion record, Mel
son, 2:103z, by Young Rolfe. 2:21 n;
4-year-old stallion record, AlIerton, 2:131I,
by Jay Bird. 2:3134; pacing stallion record,
Roy Wilkes, 2:OSZ, by Adrian Wilkes;
trotting race record, Palo Alto, 2:13. in third
heat, by Electioneer; pacing race record,
Hal Pointer, 2O954: trotting team record,
Belle Hamlin and Justina, 2:13. In addi-
tion to these great achievements the average
gain of speed has been remarkable. When
the year opened, for instance, the 4-year-old
record was PIG. During the year that mark
has been beaten by Sunol, Margaret S, Aller-
ton, Nancy Hanks and Alabaster. But
trotting stock has also increased in value in
a wonderful way. and the high prices paid
for well bred horses during the year will
cause 1890 not to be forgotten very readily
by patrons OF the track. Altogether trotting
and everything connected with it has had
remarkably good year:
Pugilistic Affairs.
The year has not been a remarkable one
for pugilists and pugilism. The modern
method of prize fighting, viz: with big
gloves, has not developed anything very
wonderful while it has given to us many
frauds. Not man of note has been
thoroughly developed, that is, he has not
been thoroughly tested. Bowers, as alight-
weight fighter has come well to the front,
but he has not proven himself n first class
man yet, as his encounter with Carroll will
show. Among our heavy-weights it yet re-
mains to be seen whether or not Corbett is in
the front ranks or that he can hold
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men who have proven themselves good
ones. To a very great extent the measure of
two heavy-weights has been found. l refer
to Joe McAuliffe and Peter Jackson. The
former really made such n miserable show
against Slavin that there is much force in
the statement made by some authorities,
that the affair was either fake" or that
McAuliffe is veritable "duffer." 1 don't
think it was "fake," and am inclined to
think that McAuliffe is of very little use as
a pugilist. AT any rate the encounter be-
tween himself and Slavin will not add any
lustre to 1890. Whichever way we look back
at it we can only see it as a very rank
affair. We have also found out during the
year that Peter Jackson Is not the terror
that John L. Sullivan was. Many people
argued that Jackson was even better than
John L., but Jackson's contest with God
dard has proven quite the contrary. Good
authoritiesin Australia tell us that jack
son was certainly "bested" by Goddard, but
whether this is true. or not, the fact re-
mains that Jackson failed to accomplish the
task he undertook. He essayed to stop God
dard In eight rounds and miserably tailed,
aud here let me remark that failing to do
what he undertook to do there was no
fairness at all in declaring the
affair draw. To all intents and
purposes Goddard was the winner.
There could be no draw, because Goddard
had to be knocked out in eight rounds for
jackson to win. Goddard fought tie eight
rounds and, therefore. Jackson must have
lost. 1 have just referred to Corbett, and 1
want TO add few words regarding him.
When ne first began his pugilistic career he
defeated Joe Choynski after a desperate
battle. During this year the latter has
downed without much trouble some promi-
nent men in Australia. This is certainly
very fattering to Corbett. George Dixon
has been the busiest of our a:her-weights,
and while don't believe that his contest
with Nunc Wallace added much to his fame,
it certainly proved that Wallace is below
par as a fighter. 1t was tame contest sur
rounded with suspicion.
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