Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-18

Editor OF The BEE: Will you please answer
ne I9 sno @yar f bnTI ~ your paper; Did JAZZ
fastest mile made singly. If so, when. for
how long and under what circumstances
Ans. -Jay-Eye-See held the one mile rec
ord for Il five yearold in 1883, made AT Provi-
dencc, II. L., September Is; 2:l0s4.
,CouNCIL BLUFFS, Oct. l6.-To the Sporting
Editor of THE BEE: WIN you kindly publish
in Sundays BEE II description OF tho great
trotter. Allerton. and thereby oblige "A mum
Der Of the Bluffs horse Observation-Disclosures.
Ans.-The Buffaio Courier horse editor
furnishes the following pen picture, which is
probably just what you want:
Standing IN his stall Allerton does not i'm
press one as being the great stallion that he
Is. He is dark in color, with white ankles
behind and white rofonets in front. He is a
long, rangy animal, and has q very intelligent
head, his eyes being particularly expressive.
In his present form he weighs OPS pounds
without a strap on him.. When hooked up for
a race he wears seven ounce shoes in front
and four ounce shoes behind, with no weights
of any kind. He wears shin and quarter boots
in front and ~scalpers and shin boots behind.
He is a tractable horse and easily handled in
his stall. He is five years old, was sired by
Jay Bird, dam by Gussie Wilkes, she by
Mambrino Boy; second dam by George
Wilkes. His record to suiky is . :09ll, to
wagon 2:l5.
OMAHA. Oct. 16.-To tho Sporting Editor OF
THE BEE: II you VIII decide the following
proposition for me you will do II great favor
Tor II constant reader OF your valuable paper;
| was playing faro bank. my money was in
string bets. going odd and even to cases. 1t
showed IL dcuce.ciEht and five spot in the box.
l picked up the money strung from the even
card and placing IL with the five money
strung IL coppered from that card. the r.>aler
understanding it had act on only t. cases.
Tho turn came and the cases had been marked
wrong, an two five spots showed up. Was /
split? claim not. The dealer holds other
wise. We decided to leave it to you.--Jay
Smith.
one who knew exactly what no was about. l
think, from your language, however, and if
the dealer knew you, you would escape
with all your fish. 1t is a stand-off.
A correspondent asks for a recipe for
browning gun barrels. Take ounce of
spirits of nltre; u of Il drachm Of ~tincture of
steel; sublimate OF mercury. - drachm;
Diuestone draChm; soft or ram water, T.
pint. the unmedicated %tincture of iron will
do II tlncture of steel cannot be had: use
ram water, melted ice or snow. If it can be
procured; mix, and let stand 4 week or more
before using; age improves it, unless it is al
lowed to freeze; freezing spoilS it Thu bar
rels should be polished clean and bright by
rubbing them with oil and emery. They may
afterwards be polished with No. l2O, as tho
finer the tinish or smoother the surface the
nicer the barrels will look after beng
Drowned. The corners alongside of the RIB
OF a double gun may be polished out with the
end of a soft pine stick moisteneu with oil
and emery powder. After the barrels are
polished they should be wiped as clean as
possible with dry cotton cloths and corked al
both mu2zle and breech.
OMAHA, Oct. l6.-To the Sporting Editor of
The Rec: There Is II Smith family in this city
with memiOer OF three generations living, ana
over II years of age, namely: John Smith.
father; JOnn Smith, son; JOhu Smith, grand
son. Now II you address John Smith tho first
rs senior John Smith the second as Junior,
how would you address John Smith the third
Answer In SUNDAYS BEE to decide IA bet
Smith the Third.
Ans.-You will nave 10 submit the abcys
question to your lawyer.
Ey9RrN-PLAErE, Mob -qtt-4s:T6-th the SPORT
ing Editor OF TAG BEE; To decide n wager
please state the faslNst mile running for a
man, who made II and where!-Sprlnter.
Ans.-W. q. George, 4 minutes, l2a4 sec
onds, Lille Bridge, London, Eng, August
%, 1886. ma
ASCRIBSER. Neb,, Oct l6.-To The Sporting Ed
tor of The BEE: In order to decide n dispute
between two parties who shook dice first Hop
out OF box! The tfst man throws Il pair Of
aces and three duoes;Nthe second man throws
"A pair OF skies and three iYes; which party
winsY-J. A. Diels. Isll
Ans.-rhe five-fulig
LusHNoN. Neb., Oct, t5--To the sporting Ed
itor OF THE BEE: Kindly answer the follow
ing in your sunday BEE: Does a stallion from
a standard dam,!1slred the s~tallion) by IA