The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-30
SPORTING NOTES.
Pugilislic Mites. - Doing of the
Prominent 0arSmen.
phil NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Turf Notes, Doing of Famous Horses and
Their owners.


L. W. Terrington. the champion
marksuian ol Connecticut, died M Nor
wich, Conn, May l.
Proctor Knott will not start at I.ouis-
vile or the Latonia raee meeting. He
will 80 in the suburban.
Cleon and Charley Gibson are matched
To trot, best three in five, To harness, Tor
$4,000, at Waverly on May 81.
Another feather weight champion pu-
gilist ot Australia has started for this
country. lie Is called Yonng Critic
Ed. smith, OF Denver. who is matched
To fight Jake kilrain in July, will 80 into
training at New Orleans ON June ID.
The first big race down for settlement
is the Brooklyn Handicap, and about a
dozen horses are being backed heavily.
1t is reported that C. D. Mccoy has
refused SiS,CO0 for the great sprinter,
Marry.
Charles J Psoita. the amateur oars
man, is now on his way TO England 10
take part in the Henley and Metropol-
itan regattas.
Tom Sloan won the prize offered by
the Memphis iurf Topics for the most
popular Jockey at tile Memphis Jockey
Club meeting
Matsada Sofakirhi. the Japanese
champion wrestler. " ho is living al Sc
attic, NASH, has challenged Joe Acton
TO wrestle for $500.
The Board OF Review OF the National
Trotting Association ON May / expelled
u |. Young, OF East BOSTON, Mass, ON
a charge of fraud.
Congressman Scott's, 81 Erie. Pa. =
Chaos should be one ul the fastest three
year-olds on the turf this season. As a
t~o-vear-oid he won s63,550.
The Two Thousand Guineas was run
al Newmarket. Eng, on April 81. Sure
foot, the Derby iavorite, won, with lie
Nord second and Blue Green third.
Phil DIVER. the famous turfman,
writes denying the story published
broadcast thai lie wenld back James
Corbett against any man in the world.
Riley, the iavorite for the Kentucky
/ Derby, started twelve times last wear
E
+ the race have erlilsed kilev's perform
ance.
Marty Bergan's finish on King Idle, at
Elizabeth, on May /, when he beat Ebls
and Pontico, who finished heads apart,
was the NEST sensational ever seen on
race track
On April %, George Lee OF Newark,
n j., sailed ior England. He will train
Chas. q. Psotta, the amateur oarsman,
who is entered 10 row in the Royal Hen
ley Regatta
The coming season will doubtless be
an interesting one on the trotling turf
and whether the present champions will
+ De able to hold their exalted positions is
a matter d great uncertainty.
L. H. Cvpher, of Pittsburgh. Pa, who
is twenty five years OF age, stands q feet
inches in height and weighs 220
I pounds. is willing 10 meet any man in
the country in a glove contest.
William IL Germaine, who figured
prominently in tile sullivan KllFain
Jrne" Rankin 5 bright little paper, the
Sporting Critic. Billy is a hustler.
Young Mitchell, who is to fight George
LIE Blanche Tor 50 500 next month in the
California Athletic Club, has gone into
training Betting ON the result has al
ready commenced at san Francisco.
Jake Sehaefer and Met leaiy play bill
lizards ias 81 GOO at the Pacific Coast on
May 29-30. The game will be 1000
points up. McCleary Is to be allowed a
discount. Schaefer Will have to roll high
TO win.
The well-known wrestler, Greek
George, is going to send his wife to Nor
way, and then 90 to E, gland to wrestle
Antoine Pierre. Prior to his departure
he will wfestle Charley Green, at Buffa-
10, \. Y.
Col. J. III. Mclaughlin, the retired
collar-and-elbow champion OF the world,
who was always greatly admired in De
troit, Mich, Boston, Mass, and New
York, is now the proprietor of the Weed
House, Seattle, Wash, which is the
headquarters of the sporting element.
Mclaughlin, in his day, was one of the
greatest Wrestleis in the world.
A jumping match has been arranged
between James g. Medway, the cham
pion of America, and an unknown, for
$500 and the championship. Captain
Mike Bowie is backing Midway, who is
said to be phenomenon. The unknown
is also described as a wonder lie has
jumped over IA feet in a single jump
over % feet in two jumps, and AZ feet
will net stop him at three standing
Jumps Richard X. Fox is the final
stakeholder. The conditions of the
match are that each man is to contend
in one single, one backward, two single
two backward, three single, three back
ward and one high jump; also, a single
jump over chairs, backward and for
ward, and one jump from the end OF d
brick, backward and forward, making
eleven events. The man winning the
majo, ity will be declared the winner.
At the New Jersey Jockey Club al
Eliza beth, n j., on May 3, Rosa, owned
by Mike DAILY, woa. she was $50 to
shot s'Davy'' johnson laid $50 to
and made one bet of $500 to so
Tom Childs wrote one ticket $500 tC
so straight and 5: 80 to SO place. The
other "bookies" laid similar odds at the
opening, but as the horses went to the
post 50 TO ] was Rosa's prevailing price
Each one OF Rosa's hackers got small
fortune with very little risk All in al
il was one OF the best played long shot
seen on the turf When the despiseC
outsider galloped in an easy winner they
found that they We're many THOUSAND
dollars losers Eole lost So, ,000: Johns
81 900; Carroll, 80 900, and so on. No
hookmaker escaped. 1t is estimated
that S70,0o0 was taken out of the ring
Jockey Fitzpatrick won nearly 81 ,00I
with SIS. DAILY himself must have woI
a CARLOAD Of money.