Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-19
Sporting Notes.

GEORGE WRIGHT has been elected Captain OF
the Boston Cricket Club.
PETER PRIDDY is training hard every day for his
foot race on Decoration Day.
ELMER SHANER will be a contestant in Wolsten-
croft's shoot at Philadelphia next week.
DARRIN's confidence may be shaken when he
gets TO Pittsburg and on the track with Priddy.
BILL BAXTER, recently whipped by Bill Reader
in England. has issued challenge to fight any man
in the world at lis pounds.
AL COPELAND. the champion hurdler Of the
Manhattan Athletic Club is training in Boston for
the proposed trip to England.
THE foolish talk from Lexington about strike
of Jockeys because Colonel Clark will not allow the
boys Wallets is laughed at by all good owners.
Lorenzo Palestine and Tarquin are scheduled
as sure to go in the Latonia Derby. Tarquin GER
tainly will not He will not ''do'' in the third
Western class.
THE Eagle Gun Club, of Allegheny, will have
shoot on their grounds at Marshall avenue Satur-
day F. F. Dawson is manager. There will be
eight contests.
SWAIN, Princeton's feet-footed athlete, gives
promise of being a champion before long; Run
ming from six-yard mark in 8 4-S seconds for
100-yard run is a performance approaching cham
pionship form.
CANADIAN ladies are to play cricket this summer.
The edct has gone forth and a match is arranged
between the two fair eevens of Toronto and Ham
ilton. Such fixtures are by no means unusual in
Great Britain and India.
JACK McMAsTERs has worked faithfully at
Princeton, and his work has been appreciated.
Jack is getting along very nicely, and has bought
row of houses on one of the side roads. Jack will
take the students to board.
HARRY GILMORE, of Chicago, formerly light
weight champion pugilist of Canada, who has 80
scalps in his belt has issued challenge to fight
any man in the world at 1B pounds for $500 or
q, 600, Queensberry or London rules to govern.
ALTHOUGH the great trotting horse Thomas
jefferson had tail that extended to the ground
and was remarkably thick, his full brother, Naubucs
that died in this State noted for the thinness
called a ''rat-tail. &C California Breeder.
ATHLETES are warned against competing in the
open games of the Bayonne City A. c. on May 30.
All who do will be disqualified. In and around
New York City athletes can compete in two open
meetings only, viz, the N. j. A. c., at Bergen
Point and S. A. A. c., at Jersey City, n. j.
JUDGED by what Division Superintendent Craw
ford, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, stated to
personal friend, it is that officials opinion that
there will be no more racing at Monmouth Park
during the coming season. The friend did not
want to rent cottage if the race trains were run,
to rent the cottage.
THE conflict of dates between Lexington and
Nashville has been the subject of much speculation
among horsemen. During these meetings Lexing,
ton has had the better of it far as the quality and
frequent occurrence at Lexington for race to re-
ceive from Is to 20 entries Nashville races some
times failed to fill and were often reduced to
quartet or a trio. The race property at Nashville
used as race course is too valuable TO be de-
voted to that use, and result OF this apprecla-
tion oe real estate, association, that viii be
called the Cumberland Club will soon be ready to
race on grounds more remote from the business
center OF Nashville.