The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-14
WORLD OF SPORT.
The Ring, the Gymnasium. the Turf sno
the Diamond.

Richard X. Fox will probably return from
.ondon the latter part OF the month ne
las. through the proprietor OF the feiican
hub. started a subscription for the oenento,
Ice NcAuIIffe. Mr.. Fox and the editor OF tLs
ondon Sporting Life have contributed tLo,
md T.. Lewis, the proprietor oil Tue lehcan
,Iuh a similar amount. About fioo ster-
ino had been subscribed up TO November
sOth. McAuiiffe's enforced stay IN hng-
and, owing to the legal proceedings result
ing from his glove light win oiasii,, na'
mi him 10 considerable INCONVENIENCE
,n, for the Kindness OF Mr.. Fox, Lord Ions
Iale' and others, he would have Jared padIy'
Tho expenses OF the McAulihe-slasin con,
,est and the legal proceedings That toiio"eu
coa,s n. N. Fox a larger amount than w
raid 10 briug the meeting OF hiirain anu
I'm smith about. Ii has also resulted IN
tocning him three months In London, 10 or
Ger 20 see McAulifie through.
In some of Joe Columns obituaries II na'
been stated that he defeated ION SayeIs
The latter's last battle in the prize ring
was i'm 1860. COburn became chamPioh "!
defeating Mike McCool IN 1898. ana 10 i,o'
Coburn gave an exhibition in the CITY As,
ssmblv rooms. on Broadway, near Canai
street when he was presented with a cham,
MON belt, soon after he sailed TO Engiahu
81 tgbt lem Mace, who was then champion.
me committee which will represent tne
Amateur Athletic Union in their confer
ence with the League Of American W heel-
mon and the National Association OF ANA
,o,,r Oarsmen. are Mathews0n. Carr, NC
MILAN. Harden, and Curtis.
Rig Bill Brown, well known as a catcher
OF the New York Club, IS now catning lor d
in California, made up Oh odll Piayeis
whose faces are familiar In this section Vi
the country during the summer months.
Tho most impoftant event Of the season IN
boxing circles will be the championships
of the amateur Athletic Union, which are 10
,ake Mace next week. The preliminary
bouts will be held on Thursday, at Central
Tnrn Hall. and the finals on Saturday at tne
Netropolitan Opera House. The classes 10
he decided are bantam weights, lOs pOunusi
feather weights, ll5 pounds; special weights:
l2J rounds; heavy weights, 100 pounds, anu
heavy weights, los pound.
All the first-class boxers are now I'D Tram
ing for the championship OF the Amateur
Athletic Union, and consequently ING yoA-
ing tournaments, which takes place before
championshps are decided, will be Of
rather mild order.
CHI. Nelson says that while IN New OK
be refused an offer OF 100000 for the stall
lion Nelson, and that he also, in the pres
ence Of number of moneyed horsemen.
offered 10 bet from 81, 900 10 $4,000 that the
Maine stallion can beat in a match race any
trotting horse that stands in the world.
He saws that the stallion next season VIII
he lifted for the track again and sent 10
lower his record.
some people are doing considerable guess
ing as 10 what will be the makeup oil Varl-
Gus baseball teams next season. w nhe
f.rf rns
are engaged In good occupation, for with
the gigantic cut which is TO be made in the
salary list next season, there is not one In
ten ofthe managers who can tell Just what
PLAYERS he will have in his team next sea-
son.
Robert Bonner, speaking OF the mooted
Straightforward trOtting races Tor next sea-
son. saws: .'The public patronize trotting
races TO see the horse trot, and with mile
straight away very little could be seen. A
thoroughbred trotter in action Is one OF the
most beautiful sights in the word, ana
a trotting race can only be enjoyed on the
regulation oval track. III the straight
away track ever materializes. and all con-
ditions are right. / NAV send Semel TO see
what she can do. But there would be little
merit in such record. A am opposed 10
straight-away tracks both Tor runners ana
trotters. The oval track 10 the only one Tor
horse-racing, and a record made ON
straigbt-away or kite-shaped track is value
less, in my opinion.
Gallatin. Tenn. is to have a new race
track, Captain L. Il. Turner, OF that city,
having given out the contract for the course:
II will be located near the Louisville and
Nashville depot, and commodious stables
and other buildings will be erected.
Byron McClellaud is wntering MS small,
- af laXinOf0n-
XIV. He wintered ut New Orleans until the
last two wears. McClelland recently sold TO
Bradley Brothers. Cutlery, two years old, by
Blue Eyes. dam Etna.
Senator Stanford AID Charles Marvin re-
Gently made a careful canvass OF the year
lings at Palo Alto, with view OF selecting
one CAPABLE Of restoring TO that famous es-
Enlistment the yearling record, wrested
from il by San MatOe's Freedom, 2:29I.
Elecuoneer's death will be felt greatly.
q. B. Morris, although he has had good
year, has been unfortunate in the matter OF
Jockeys during the season. lie lost num-
her of races earlier in the season through
the ineiiiciency Of Narvice, Monahan. and
others. and rumors credit him with having
opened negotiations with Taral for 1871.
The largest and most liberal guaranteed
stake ever offered in this country has been
perfected by the kentucky TrOtting Horse
Breeders Association for fOsls of 1891. The
conditions are as follows: Ten dollars 10
nominate mare, March !, 1871: Sl5 TO name
mare and describe colt, October /, 1871, the
stake TO be trotted in two divisions; so,WO
for colts when two years old, and S2OOOO as
three-vear-olds. to start in first race, $50;
must be paid June !, 1893, and $1,000 the
night before the race, the winner getting
$1,000. second $1,000 and third 500 and
nominator of winners dam 5000. For three
year-old race 500 must be paid June l,
1893. and $3.50 the night before the race,
the winner getting $4,000, the second
$1,000, third $1,000, and the nominator oil
winners dam 1000.
John A. Morris, of this city and New Or
leans, has in charming Metaire Cemetery,
i'm the Crescent City, one Of the most beau
tiul family burial places imaginable. Lo-
Gated near the head OF the old homestretch,
whe,r Lexington ran his famous four miles
in 7:l9sI, the Morris tomb represents an
uncovered bower surrounded by orange
trees and all the fauna of a semLtropical
vegetation.
j. G.. Miller, of Sioux City, Iowa, has the
largest standard trotting-bred horse In
America, or probably the world. lie is
eighteen hands one inch and half high,
and eau, it is said, show 2:4O gait.
The Australians have peculiar idea OF
their own ABOUT racing III tnls country
They declare that our timers watches are
seconds too fast and that the races are
yards too short.
The ingenuity which luxury and taste
displays is seen in pair of dumb-6ells be-
longing to very swell young lady who
takes "A certain amount OF exercise, not for
her health so much as 10 benefit her figure.
They were made of beautiful cut glass.
Poultry.