The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT.

The Melbourne Athletic club offers ~
Shawn i'm the club for 1000 a side.
The Nashville people are sure they will
rave Ell Roi Rey, Rey el Rey and other
famous animals at the meeting i'm April.
T. Loates, who stands mt the head of the
English jockeys, has just passed his End
year.
WI. Brough, u San Francisco turf re-
porter, received word on Christmas MORN
ing that he was heir tn clos 900 through
the death Of a relative i'm England.
The Great BREEDERS Produce stakes at
Kempton Park, England, closed with 4O6
entries. The first four horses will get 49,
100 bctwcen them. while the nominators
of first, second and third get ADO, also
and f1OO respectively; the owner of the
winner gets E6,OOO, the second fl,Jn,
third IL 900. and fourth f50O.
The Dryers three-year-old contin gent
this season will begin a. an almost M
tried lot. Outside of Blackburn and June
bay, few of them have done anything.
Toronto has forfeited it's charter and it's
players are for sale. President NicCor-
nell lost S2O,dOO i'm three years.
Ames and Brokaw will be Princcton's
star battery next season.
An ente,rsiastic admirer of Jack Fogar-
~, who lives i'm Pittsbsrg,h has, on behalf
of the latter, issued n challenge to La
Blanche, Jack Dempsey and all Others
to Ugh for the m~iddlcweight champion
ship of America.
The total mileage of the Handlers BIZ
cycle club Of Buffalo for the year isS9 was
over 2OO,UOO miles.
Michigan horsemcn have been looking
at Robert Stecle's stallion Antevolo ,rse-
ord 2:19L, with n view tn purchasing.
The price of the horse is said tn be SS,-
M.
An authority at Lexington estimates
that S2,GOyOOO has changed hands i'm KEN
lucky for %trotters at private sale alone
during the past year. Those that went
under the auctionecr's hammer during
the same period in that state brought
1851 ,92i. The business shows "a very large
increase.
Next years Derby i'm England will be
run under entirely new conditions. Ii Will
Inc a stake of f6,OOO, the winner taking
$4,000, thu. nominator of the winner AGO
and the owners of the second and third
horses Goo and 400 respectively.
The curious fact that no wolves will
pass under telegraph wire has induced
the Russian government tn stretch wires
in sections of the country infested with
this nuisancd.
The muzzle velocity required of a rifle
to he adopted 10y the English government
must bc 1,S0O feet per second.
The New York Clipper Annual for 1850.
just issued, places Al Bandlc of Cincin-
natl, the greatest recorded shot in Amer
ica-i0O single live pigeons straight.
William X. Na~nderbilt's stables on his
estate at Oakdalc, l.. l.. which were de-
StRt1ti Uy ISlcIEtrn VI. ItuIlt. HANe JUST
been completed at II cost of SiOO,OoO. They
are filed with tlloroughbreds and manned
entirely by Englishmen and boys. The
furnishings. as far AS possible. are English
also.
Catcher visucr has accepted advance
money from Ed Hanlon and will play
with the players league team of Pitts
burg. He was one of the heaviest batters
i'm the Brooklyn team.
Harvard University is going To put "a
I~.aA ball MIN, into fhn fall nnxt SsNrtntr
that, il fondly hopes. will wrrst the cham
pionship from Yale.
Won der Al,c started into base ball with
$1,000 Now hc is worth u quarter of "a
million.-Ner York World.
Goldseeker. who was sent To Messrs-
TattersalIs recent sales at Newmarket,
had a reserve price of 1850 guineas placed
on him. and Clairvaux one of $500
guincas, but no offer was made for either.
Columbus will he represented by u very
strong team i'm the American association
next season.
The Cleveland League team will train at
Hot Springs from March I'D.
Three base ball guides will he issued for
lseO-tlc National League. Brotherhood
and American association.
The Melbourne cup of 1890 will he the
richest ever contested for in the turf
world. The added money will he S5O.Ot
added to- a sweepstakes of 80 sovcrcigns
eachs The owner of the winner will re-
ceived cup valued at $50 sovereigns.
jackson expresses himself as greatly
pleased at the prospect of meeting Sulli
van.
During the racing season just CLOSED
Rochester riders have won AZ first, ~ sec
one and = third prizes.
The Memphis aud Avcnt kennels made
clear profit of $4,000 the past year. This
is on excellent authority and good sales
Joe Steinway of Brooklyn. says that hs
will light any 40 pound mar i'm New iorl
state to IL finish or a limited number 81
rounGs.
Six thousand trapped Tennessee uuai
will he released on the preserve of an I'm
diana politician i'm the early spring.
The variations of Maud SIS height bc
fore and behind are one inch.
Lorrigan, n once noted Californi;
pitcher. is dying of consumption at hi
home in ockto Cal.
Mr.. Philip Dwyer says the reason tia
Mr.. j. b. Haggin did not make any cntrie
for the May stakes at the Brooklyn locke.
clnb's track was that the Californian viii
not start his horses early i'm the season.
Major K~nox-Holmes, the veteran Eng
lish cyclist, has just turned his SD year.
Martin and Tom Dempsey, brothers n
Hack. tho .sNonpn rpil.S are working "a