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A New National RanL.

Evan q. sherman. cashier Of the United
State, N-tons Bank Las rsSIEned, 20 accept tho rTSs
ldenry ~ hsbk shout he organized 10 do bust
H6s a. FrOadHsy, 10 10 called tie Washington IA
LUnA, bank
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Col. Hurt Get. a Verdict for o. $500.

BosToN. May 6.-The Jury In the libel suit OF
JAm.s Burt II New YORK aEAnst lie Boston A1rSTssT
for E25 brought 10 verdict this morning for Sl2jOo
for the plLlBun 49,
trial aud hrTe also exceptions TO 10 argued before
the Supreme Court
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Comn,.s,ossr B.sus'. Kln DlsanOwsd.

br ~ u 90 uTsd ~ street Cleaning 'Omrnlsson
Hostus IN T'i.'rclUs the c.'y o'dsT 70 get ths
hrS sIGsm Il sTSsl cleaning INTO uutkluK 0fdTt Inc
4 0mr'rrl ~ saf tai he money tlHu 10 20 from
o. rUui uEsur fond Abd nu tom Lr pro. auOL Tor
tiTesl isst ~ sHlra TsaIG usTI lTGsh
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L,eai uarbor L,nc- r.tabll.h.a d.

III. SECRETARY oi War has established the
lose. WARRIOR .ass '"r tuSss pUInt sOrh River sect
iAu. from NssuAELsn cove 60 gu'tsnbsTE S0Tth
Il.,r rs.f nans tom Ns.i FiFrusth sfSsl tbaih g.
tls sti"ry az HNsf from me bAItsTy east aud
uaT.L 90 Bat O. fEh.J not erect
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Mn orrkNnEImERs nuppuA.
And Hts story Of How the Statue Was
Obtained From u TEMPLE in CeYIon.

Editor Moses Orpenheimer Of the Emil
grant a German weekly published at SO Broad
way, has a little wooden image which. he says,
Ia a genuine statue OF Buddha. A representa-
tion OF 1t is given below Its history. as told by
MIR. Oppenhemer. is:
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EARNsTABLE. May G.-The breach OF proms,
suit for So 49, iSmSgss brought ~ hn kAEEbstL Il
D0liJsr AEAnSl NLIIn AtkiuG bOtn Of Province
tow tsE4n In tie superior tOuTI here day TIE
uAnpn % u" l"Afs ~ ths asf"ndsIi h u and ~
NcAitLIest resident q fTONlnestuNLE
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A report that Fire Commissioner FuuoY was
sunsnHE from nervous FfO'Hatlon brought many 10
quirsr. % NE house ysssfdSy ~ dld pot tbsm
BW vas sSid that 10 Sas not 49, 1ad that be had
LssH dgN BE0WG - NVljAy.
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"ECH or TIE MAKER"
GEO. C. FLINT CO.,
STORES IO4. log. AND los WEST
1zIH ST.

In aid ali kinds OF interior hardwood work
for house, BANKS, Offices, &c. made factory.
1874 and 1856 West 18th st
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Cut;cura Resoivant

Tho now Mood md skin rnrtncr and Iiumor
E"msdy. Internally, and I | IiCIEA, the great
Shin trI". ~, 8, TU' IA SOAP, an cy-
Gni-it" Shin loautlN.r ostrrnali". srccilly
cure in cary Ire I'caiur, buruu., hoedil:;.
scniy; crnstcl. rllni'r srtvln'uHs. ocd hrr"dt-
tary huHogs with lns. Of ha.t i'ns avoiding
yeas at torture and uin!'r}irifIou.
sod oNCrywhrrc. lri"r, Ct'i!C'EA. 5n". {;
SuAl 9ic. ktSOLN fNi. g. rrrralo by he
mIITIk DRUG ND tlilMiIAL CJiPOlA-
to-, Boston Mass.
B1 .'und tcr" l'nn to Cure 81" Diseases"
RtlY'c Skin Sri sea- Irc,"ry"i h.antiIcI "
uAui a. II. ikN SpA.. Au.Dlutt,y puIt.
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Cured hY Guticura

Our oldest child, now G wears OF age, whom m
tntnntG months old. was attacked with n Nru-
lent, malignant skin disease All ordluary
remedies failing, we called our family rhNsi,
ciHn, Who attempted to cure it; but II spread
with almost iuCrcdIble rHridlty. until the lower
norton u the ,'lIe follows person from lie
solid rash ugly. painful. blotchod. and mali
Cous. We lwl no rest ~ night no peacn ~
DAY, inEliy we were advised to try mo CtIl-
CtRA kMiltlES. The eject was simply
marvellous. In ~, e. ~ four weeks com ilo,e
cure was wrongful, leaving the little follow
person as white aid Lcailhy as though he had
never boon aiuchoi. In my opinion, your
Naunhic remedies shIed his life. and today
he is strong. healthy child. perfectly well.
no r"rctit!oU VI tho d,sca,o having ever &C.
cured GEO. H. SMITH,
htt'y-nt- aU and OK Pros ktt'y Ashland u
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Roy Covered with Scabs

Ny Dow, aged y von'e. has leon troubled all
hi W." with II Nerv hHi humur, which appeared
oil over u's nOiy IN small rcd blotcnes with n
dry, Ito srH1 ou Item. Last year he was
worse thnn eyer. h,iuE ,oysiri with scahs from
the t,u", his mead ip II - i"ct. ant continually
growing " ~" rlinouEh he had hcou treated
by twu nysicaae. A. a last resort deter,
mined totrN the llTICURA REM GDlES hey
did al tina; could III. Tho humOr rapidly
Disappeared, leaving the skin 'nir aud smooth.
and prriuimlrr thorNurh rut"
GlOREE L. Il.ANlIN Mnrth NnhONer. MnsA
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Baby a Solid Rash

Ugly, pnIACuI. bIotched, malicious. No rest
all % rsm;e a. fsifeS TsisS CnticuS". Nc.
feet marvellous. saved hts life.
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rubber. German silver, brass and SO on
are now of the past to a perfectly equipped
angler. Artificial halt in dobsons, frogs,
minnows and assorted insects exist to al
lure the fish to destruction. Gangs and
spoons without number conspire to de-
stroy. A patent holder enables several
rods TO he used at once, and relieve the
fisherman OF the labor of holding them.
Hard leather fishing cases and tackle
boxes have their place. And not least of
all, in every fishing catalogue, perhaps,
TASKS, large and small, in glass and In
silver, assure the angler of means to carry
the soul-warming fluid should he fall into
the water.
The great international pigeon shooting
match for 81 1000 and the championship
between Captain John l.. Brewer. the
champion OF America. and A. Clarke,
champion of Australia. was shot at Mel
bourne, Australia, March 10. In the first
30 Captain Brewer, who grasscd u birds
without a miss, killed ~, while his oppon-
ent, who missed his second, scored A..
Then after a brief interval for refresh
mcnts, the American missed Seth. 65th
and S1st birds. Clarke, who failed To kill
his 6sth then looked all over the winner.
and odds of six to four were laid on him.
He failed, however, to bring down his last
bird but two, n the match resulted in a
draw. Each killed 50 out of the 100.
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Sporting.
PREP ARATIONS HORSEMEN OF DEER LODGE ARE MAkND
FOR THE JULY SPORTING NEWS.

stalls here and running races this season
will undoubtedly lie holly contested. d.
p. Sutton is owner Of nine beautiful light
ming chasrrs.
Limmcrick, an cight-ycar-old chestnut
sired by Shannon dam, "a Rifieman mare;
Wilder, "a light sorrcl, f~ive-year-old geld.
ing, dam Minnie, sire Vanderbilt; Gold
Bar. a th~rcc-year-old stallion sired by
Onondaga, dam Joy by King Ban; Van
Wrinkle, a beautiful ~four-ycar-old sired
by Vanderbilt. dam Wild Flower; Susie
Glenn, a thrcee-ycar-old chestnut lilly out
of Glen Elm. Bob Wade. n f~our-year-old
ge,ding sired by Roam Dick. These com
prise the principal horses i'm MIR: Sutton's
stable and there is not "A scrub III tiiat
string. -,
NJ. Il. Grafton Of Preston, Mimi, will
he starter for the entire Montana circuit:
Mr.. Grafton is understood Ia he one oi
the very best starters in America, and has
the confidence of all the horscmen OF b
coyntry. II was considered advisable To
get some disinterestcd outsider who IL
known tn he reliable To start the horses
for the entire circuit.
Mr.. Bcilenbcrg is not yet home with
his new purchase.
Mr.. Burris of Helena was ia town to-day.
He iias "A 3-ycar-old colt, kcnnclwood,
sired 10y Maxim out of a Charmont mare,
which lac says IL very speedy. The COLTS
entered la the circuit.
A large number If horscmen are IN
town.
Colonel Bradshaw came over from
Butte this morning To look ut his winner,
Charlie Hilton.
Sutton's Van Wrinkle is entered in the
mile dash handicap at Missoula.
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AND BoNERs.

Jim Fell Is still on the Com stock, look
ing for battle with n local heavyweight.
Jem Mace wanted 5000 a year to act
as sparring instructor of the California
Athletic club.
Jack Dempsey is in he best of h"aith,
and is at present with his wife and family
mt Portland. Ore.
The Occidental club is without a per-
manent referee, Frank Glover's depart
ure leaving the place vacant.
Mark Brophy of New York knocked out
Jim Bates of Montana in five rounds al
Springfield. Mass. recently.
Jack McAuliffe is engaged to be mar.
ried To Mss Kitty Hart, leading ady oil
the Hole in the Ground company.
President Hammond of the Olympic
club tips off Jim Corbett as a sure WIN
ncr of "A four-round go With Sullivan.
Joe Choynski is taking a rest prior 'o
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BILLIARDS AND POOL.

The billiard match between ]. f. NJ.
McCleery of San Francisco and Jake
Schaefer has been fixed for May ~.
Schaefer and Ives have left Chicago for
Indiana and Ohio, where they will play a
series of exhibition games. They will
also play at various cities en- route To
count McCleery at the straight rail game.
As a result of Slosson's challenge to
Schaefer in Chicago, Immediately at the
conclusi ion OF thelate~ tournament, Schaefer
has accepted and the contest will be-
played in New York sometime i'm June
next. The match will be for $500 a side
and the box Office receipts 0 points up
for q trophy emblematic Of the IL incl
balk line championship, which emblem
must be held two years without defeat be-
fore 1t becomes the personal property of
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starting in for his training to meet Jack
Davis at The Occidental club next month.
Pete Jackson has cleared SIS, 900 by his
recent tour. while poor John l.. Sullivan
Is refused a license for an exhibition even
In his own town. Imported talent pros
pers here.
The fight between Mike Cleary and Ed.
Smith OF Denver, to take place at Hot
Springs. Ark, Is attracting considerable
attention. Ii will be q good match IL
Smiths heart does not freese.
Jack McAuliffe, the light-weight champ
ion Of the world, will he rendered a grand
reception by his friends under the aus
pieces of the Broadway Athletic club at the
Fifth Avenue Casino, Brooklyn, oil May 8.
Joe McAuliffc says: ~ have posted $500
as a forfeit TO light any man In the world
for from 5000 TO $1,000, and II anyone
thinks l am n coward or q nj let him ac-
cept the challenge and cover my forfeit"
Jack McAuliire has announced his will
ingness to meet Patsey Kcrrigan OF Bos-
ton for 5000 a side. He is waiting for
John l.. Sullivan, who has offered to back
Kerrigan against McAulifIe, to put up his
money.
The chief topic among sporting men in
San Francisco is the fight within three or
four months between Sullivan and Peter
Jackson. Within the last Few months
most OF the fighters who fiocked to the
coast nave gone, and pugilism looks as
though II was on the wane, but this match,
with the unprecedented purse Of $4,000,
will stimulate interest an ew. There are
now about LOO members in the Cali
fornia Athletic club. but the scheme to
raise this purse Is to increase the monthly
dues from S. to so or SIS, and to admit
30 new members, who will pay 500 ini-
tiation fee. From these sources the big
purse will be obtained n the extra ex-
pense which will be necessary. There is
no doubt about getting this number of
new Members. In fact, the difficulty will
be to keep to the limit. as fully 2O promi-
G eastern men will come out to see the
HUht
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order to avoid the brotherhood players,
ouartered nj the Southern. When he ar
rived with his club at the Southern he did
not secure the rate he desired. so he took
his men to the Lindeli. right into the
camp Of the enemy, regardless of consc-
quences.
IL report is correct. Long John Hcaly
has worked his cards very well. He has,
il is said, a three-year old contract with
the Toledo club. gets he same salary as
that for which he had signed with Kansas
City, retains the advance money of 500
from that club and gets half his purchase
money.
The Cincinnati Eaquirrr seriously re-
marks: All joking aside, Tony Mullane
can play third base as good as n man In
the league, not even excepting Jerry
Donny. This. combined with his fine
pitching qualities u his ability as n
batter and n base runner, makes him n
valuable man for any team.
In all probability Helena will have a
good ball team this season. Through the
hustling of Mr.. NJ. A. Mcyendorff, who
has been Identified with everything In the
base ball line i'm that city the past two or
three years, $500 was raised as a starter
toward al athletic club, in which every
thing pertaining to ID cultivation OF
muscles will he utilized.
There il something the matter in the
baseball world, for the enthusiasts have
refused to get enthusiastic. There Is not
that wild rush of spectators to the various
grounds that was expected and b at
tendance II the games In most OF the
League and Brotherhood cities has been
far below what had been expected. II
looks as il the a between the League
and brotherhood had Disguised or ut least
wearied many people who formerly went
TO the games. So far the Brotherhood
clubs have played to larger crowds than
the League, but the crowds at neither
grounds have been large enough to pay
more than the running eN-
penses of the clubs. In New
York and Boston the crowds at
the two rival games have not equalled
those that formerly turned out to one
game. The intelligence. One from
Pittsburg that the interest in base ball
there is waning, and that the combined
crowds at the two grounds on Friday were
not more han one-third as large al the
average attendance at one game last
year. II behooves the old and new club
owners to put their heads together and
do some strong thinking. Then h action
should be prompt. There may he enough
room in the several cities for two clubs il
the games do not conflict. There ccrtainl,
is not room enough when they do. II
schedules are not quickly changed, man,
men will he the losers.
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on THE WHEEL.

The new Chicago track will cost 5000.
The total membership of the Cycling
Tourists club, the largest cycling body in
the world, is 21,350. The number of menu
bers elected in 1889 was 5,747.
Thomas Pettitt, of Boston. the cham
pion court tennis player of this country,
left for England April IL, in the Umbria.
He goes abroad to play Saunders, of Eng
land, on May 70, for the court tennis
championship of the world.
What will probably he the longest
wheeling tour of thiss season will be made
by +. +. Weaver, of the New Haven BIZ
cycle club. Mr.. Weaver will leave New
Haven on April q, and will tour through
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington,
Virginia, Ohio. Kansas. ST. Louis and
through to San Francisco.
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OF INTEREST To FIREMEN.

Over four thousand dollars i'm prizes
will be awarded at the North akota fire.
mems tournament, which X place at
Fargo June Il to -.
The past year has brought out some
races. The Continental Hose company
of Fargo, 4. d.. in a 2oOyarl race, ran lo
feet to a hydrant. laid 100 feet OF rubber,
lined service hose. broke the coupling and
put on pipe, zach three full turns, IN ~
seconds, with IA men ana a oso-pouhu SER
vice cart.
An association formed for the purpose
Of discussing fire matters and holding a
ournament oncc n year wouiu ereau!
benefit Montana firemen, as LIS nh-
doubtcdlv the best neal of exeiung IN
terest in the different uepa1'nieh.s
Dakota Mold annual tournaments of sew
eral days duration, and as a natural con-
sequence have very efficient fire depart
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Eastern Races.

ELIzABEsH, May 3.-Five-eighths of a
mile-Kenwood won. Glostcr second, Fitz.
roy third. Time, 1:03A.
Five-eights of a mile-Highland Lass
won, Ccrise Colt second, Ely third. Time,
I :03.
Three-fourths of a mile-Battersby won,
Lakewood second, Count Luna third.
Time, 1:16E.
Th~ree-fourth of a mile-Rosa l. won.
Shotover second, Royal Garter third.
Time, :16.
F~ive-cightlis of "a mile-Lottie B won.
Best Boy second, Gretchen third. Time,
l:0iE.
One mile-Eon won, Belle Wood sec
ond, Golden Rec third. Time. l:ii.
One mile-King Idle won. Qusal second,
Little Jim third. Time. I :I5.
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HI GAME.
In the National League.

PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-Thc Philadcl-
phia league club, through their magnifi-
cen playing, won an easy victory this af-
crnoon. Attendance, 4,5O0. Score:
Philadelphia ...........O % . u o q q l -
Boston. ,............O o u U u u q u 90
Hits, philadelphiass =, Iiosion 5; errors, Phila-
delphias 1. Boston .; batteries, Gleason aud
Clements, Getzein and Bennett; umpire, Lynch.
BROOKLYN. May 3.-The Bridcgrooms
walked away from the New York league
team with ease this afternoon before 800
people. Score:
Brooklyn, ...."...".3 o o o I -
Hits, Brooklyn ., New York s: errors, Brook.
Ign 2. New York :: batteries, taritlprs and
Clark, Welch and Murphy; umpires, Powersa AMI
Mrlberinolt.
CLEVELAND. May 3.-Nine hundred pco-
pie attended the league game this after
noon, which was called ut the end al the
eleventh inning oil account of darkness
with the score n tie. Both pitchers were
effective and the game abounded in bril-
liant fielding plays. Score;
Cleveland ......i o % o 2 % - O-3
Pittsburg .....O Y I o q . q u o
Hits, Cleveland q. Pitt,hurg q; errors. tleNe-
land .. Pittsburg 20 batteries, Bcatin and Liit-
mer. Sowdcrs and Wilson; umpire, Mctluaid.
CHICAGO, May 3.-The league game in
this city was postponed on account of
rain.
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P%ITrsBURG. May 3.-Five thousand peo-
pie attended the brotherhood game this
afternoon. Calvin was very effective,
keeping the visitors down to five hits.
The home team batted freely. Score:
Pittsburg ,......,.,.3 o % . I o o. g
Buffalo ............. 20 o o 0 %
Hits. Pittsburg .. Buffalo .: errors, Pittsbure
2. Buffalo 3; batteries, Calvin and Carroll, Had.
dock and Mack; nmpires. Cunning and Mat
thews.
PHILADELPHIA. May at tool IL in.
ings TO decide the brotherhood game
this afternoon. The contest was closely
played throughout with honors about
even. A couple of hits and errors by Bos-
ton won the game for Philadelphia. At
tendance $500. Score:
Phillies .....5 ! u y u IS
Boston go I q o q o q
Hits. Philadelphia II, Bosto 10; errors. lilila.
delplia6 o, Boston \: batteries, kenell and Pal
man, kilroy, sweet and Kelly. EMPIRES, FergIl-
son and Holbert.
BRooRLyN. May 3.-The New York
Brotherhood club played with their old
time lash this afternoon and won from
Brooklyn with ease. Attendant 2,400.
Score:
Brooklyn ...,......0 o u o ; q 81
New York ...........i q = u . r ia
Hits, Brooklyn .. New York IL: errors. Brook
I'm 2. New York 5. batteries, weighing and Daly,
0Day and Ewing: unpircs. Barnes and Can.
uaN,
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o n
The winners mt Nashville.

NASHVILLE, May 3.-Threc-fourths of n
mile-Miss Blonde won, White Rose seq
ond, Germanie third, Time, 1:3Oal.
Half mile-Philora won, Drift second,
Laura Dorey third. Time, 80.
Five-eighths Of n mile-Ferryman won,
Average second, Woodford third. Time,
| :05. ...
Fifteen-sixteenths of q mile-King won.
Argenta second. Somerset third. Time,
1:40L.
Fiftecn-sixtecnths of a ~mile-Judge
Armstrong won. Jacobine second, Big
Three third. TING, l:iOE.
Mile and Observation-Disclosures won.
Santalenc second, Fayettc third. Time.
1857.
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ROD AND GUN.

a ynnl Showing shnlIlI hp mn1a Inv The
Anaconda oun club this wear from the
amount of practice they are taking.
n." 90, .--...- ~. r..-'
u na Dnro .se,saa,nre ~ na snr ia
IiI,inn ~ FSgi;sb snorrpws
re-. M ~ - ....... In.
LII a., ~ - H. R.i,;sn R;an .snn-
nia..isn 'mis s,a,, as eniaI onh;,;a -,
cla,,oh " nov ma "'i"'iciai co''"'''o" 10
s'l"" '"ih "''''
Reports from a OF the northern
states declare the game to have gotten
through the winter IN best 81 shape:
Quail are wonderfully abundant, u
prairie chickens are IN Inc condiuof.
As a rule, black bass are much more
SHY than trout, n not so easily fooled
east and seldom come tn the surface. but
take the fly well under water rs old and
experienced trout do.
fishery iuspector al ST. Johns. New
foundIand, has seized a lot of trout, which
wcre hacked nmonp smells and lad eyi.
IDENTITY been taken i'm nets. Even New
foundIand, with its wealth of trout, has
none To- snare for this destructive method
of capturc,
r., po,,, ,.,h hons, ,r,ho O,os, win,
shots i'm the state. Ex-Niayor Todd was
o,t ,o one of the lakes 10 the e,st of the
| city the other day and with 40 cartridges
he Ragged and brought home i93 ducks,
and h wasn't a very good day for ducks,
ri,hcr"P,,ss.
- a.,..-, /.
WY n.ilons'"a M;nu "a msn,nH -
snc co!ur oi olrs .io"is. Hlu,e.s'as
ior pp,n roaa y" ma.is ie.s. al. :.
s,cn ps 'he nsh. r1u. n'ay no.n.ar' ~.
'hcy eau scc, anu uncIr s"sl,.,p''s US
easily arouseu. AngIers shpulu move
Iuie,iy ahu III cast,hhg snoniu a'oiu as
mum az possi"ie Tue ""'"ih'h 'h"''o"
WIN 'ieir arms.
The first annual tournament of the
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association
will he held az Cheyenne, Wyoming, June
IL la ~ inclusive. Cheyenne guarantee
Sl,5OO in lash prizes. besides which many
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In the brotherhood race Boston has Sc
cured a good hold on first place, Chicago
has advanced Ia second place, New York
has fallen from fourth to seventh, Brook
Ign and Pi,tsburg have made slight gains.
while Buffalo and Philadelphia have lost
in percentage. The record is:
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ON THE CINDER PATH.

j. S. Hartman, the pedestrian, who is
tn walk 1900 miles in IS days OH a wager
with j. 5. Mcdonald. has started on his
big tramp from Wabash, Ind.
w. G. George. the famous English run
ner, finds that professional running is not
profitable. He has therefore given up
athletics and will shortly become a boni-
face, having purchased the Sherborne
hotel. Birmingham, England, where he
will personally preside.
James Midway. a Philadelphia jumper,
has challenged any man in America.
lack Hartnett of Boston, or Harry Lassi-
ter, the colorcd~ champion, preferred. He
has posted 800 forfeit with the Police Ga
Henry johnson, who has the best re-
cord for running loo yards, declares his
intention OF attempting to improve on
. 4-j seconds for the distance at the cham
pionship field meeting of the Pacific
Coast Amateur Athletic association at
San Francisco, Cal, on Decoration Day.
The Buffalo Express says: $50 a
inquiries have been coming in rega riding
Frank kasper's running high kick Of Ii
feet at the Buffalo Athletic club last
Thursday that an eNplatiation is due. MIR.
kasper accomplished the feat by a run,
keeping hold of n rope n rope attached to
the ceiling, swinging himself mp to a
height OF ten feet or more, and then let
ting himself out"
A half mile foot handicap was recently
run in heats at Sheffield, England, and
was participated in by a number of the
fastest professionals over there. The
final heat resulted as follows: A. Per
kins, London. 50 yards start. i'm I'm. 51Es.;
j. Virtue. Newcastle, 45 yards second, by
a foot: W. Williams, Newcastle. 30 yards.
third, by the same distance; +. Smith,
worksop, 10 yards, fourth. The winner
fell in a dead faint at the finish. while
rot, Virtue and Williams had to be car
ried Off the track, showing what a punish
ing race IL was. The purse was 500.
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ments. The initial tournament would be
found the most difficult to get up, and it
would be found that each succeeding year
would crown the promoters efforts with
more success, as there is nothing SO ex-
citing to witness as the hub and hub race
OF the hose companies, the hook and lad
der u the hose coupling contests, or a
more interesting sight than the evolu-
tons of n well-drilled fire department.