The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-08
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
AT sale in Phiadelphiarecently s., 500
worth of dogs were sold.
Two goats were pitted at Dayton re-
Gently. They made good fight.
Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, landed in
San Francisco less than one year ago dead
broke.
The Century wheelmen of Philadelphia
have appropriated 5000 for the purpose
OF building gymnasium.
One of the most popular pastimes
among the students at the College of the
City of New York is cross country run
ming. The college has a strong junior
cross country team, which will probably
compete in the championship race.
If Stansbury defeats Mclean in Aus
tralia, April 2S, he will come to America
and challenge OConnor and Teemer.
The Astoria athletic club. OF Astoria,
Ore, offers n purse OF 1000 for a fight
between Bob FiCzsmmons and Jim Hall.
Among the two hundred varieties of
wheels shown at the Philadelphia cycling
exhibition there were only five ordinary
machines.
In checker match for the champion of
the state in TT. Dodge, Ia, David Miller OF
bows defeated G. A. Merrill Out of
40 games Miller won 80, Merrill Is and 10
were drawn.
Guy Scott of Algona, Ia. who has lost
both arms, expects to ride q safety bicycle
this summer. He can now mount and
ride a high wheel, and, % course, will
have no difficulty with safety.
The annual tournament OF the Ohio
trap-shooters' league will be held at Find
1o,- a. 4 I l.
no classification or handicapping, and,
with the exception of the shoot for the
Ohio championship trophy, the shoots
will be free for all
The Associated Fancers of Philadel-
phia and vicinity announce the schedule
of homing pigeon flights for the coming
season, as follows: May 80, Orange, Va,
200 miles June 6, Beford City, Pa, 800
miles; June IL. Lexington, n. c., 400
miles; June q, Charlotte, n. c., $50
miles; July IL, Spartansburg, S. c., 500
miles.
a. II. Green of Harvard vaulted in
splendid style in the pole vault Tor dis
lance mt the Manhattan games, winning
first prize. His best leap was twenty-six
feet, one and half inches. Green, who
is also a good sprinter. hurdler and
Jumper, will compete in the all around
championship contest of the A. A. L., to
be held on June ,. >---
Montana's noted millionaire copper
king, Marcus DAILY, will have a very pow
eriul racing stable this year, and the mem
bers OF this string will battle in both the
East and West for the various rich stakes.
Some OF his horses are now at Monmouth
Park in charge OF Matt Byrnes, but a
large number are now in training at his
ranch in the far West
An experiment has been tried in France
| during the recent cold weather in riding
horses without shoes on ice and snow.
Ten horses were picked out ut haphazzard,
their shoes taken of, and then they were
ridden at different places over all sorts of
ice and snow, doing about sixty miles for
five days, at the end of which time their
feet were not in the least damaged.
The New York Times suggests u sensa-
tional stake for two-year-olds at Morris
Park as the appropriate chief feature OF the
autumn meeting there. Tho features out
lined are $50, 600 added for mile dash for
such two-year-olds as have won stake
races, the entrance TO be at least $500.
Such a stake would attract an enormous
attendance to the track and the winner
would be hailed the unquestioned cham
| pion OF his age and year.
Jerry Heating, the walker of the, New
Jersey A. c., made great performance in
the one-mile walk at the Manhattan A. q.
games. Although heavily penalized and
seeing on the last lap that he had no
| chance to win, he set out to capture a
| place. Nicoll came to the same conclusion
ut the same stage OF the race and a pretty
struggle then ensued. To the surprise of
every one Heating outspurted the cham
pion and captured third prize.
| Says writer in the Louisville Courier
Journal: As the time for the derby ap-
proaches it becomes daily more apparent
that the race is going to be very open; in
fact, one OF the most evenly matched con-
tests ever run over the classic distance.
Kingman, Dudley's horse now at Lexing-
ton, is the favorite already in that section
of the country. He will carry all the Lex
ingtop money. He is said to be in excel
lent condition and a sure starter.