Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-03

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Hickory Jim, the famous old horse which
won his last race at Guttenburg November :,
lSsS, is still in training and Is twenty-three
years old. He was many times over win
ner even before Barnum was foaled
When Razzle Dazzle was sold to Louis
Martin the name he gave the horse indicated
his opinion OF the transaction. After he ran
away with Taylor Saturday the latter con-
cluded he was appropriately named also
Some OF the owners VINO took part in the
Gloucester meeting still have their horses at
the latter course, which would indicate that
they expect the sport to be resumed in the
near future at some point near the Quaker
city
Harry Bethune, the champion sprinter, Is
In Chicago looking, as usual like "ready
money" Bethune, who Is n gentleman by
breeding and mixes only with the better class
of sportsnen, has lately turned his attention
to literature
Reports from Washington state that NV
Fellow is in great shape and is getting IN pre-
paration for the Brooklyn handicap. He is a
good horse in his class but will hardly be
able to show the cracks the way for mile
and quarter.
Joe Tansey, the vanquisher OF Joe Lannon
and the hero of 100 battles in the SOUTH has
accepted the challenge of Casey, and il the
latter will meet him at 80 o'clock this after
noon match will be arranged Tansey in
sists on skin-tight gloves and finish con-
test.
The chess match which commenced by
cable between Steinitz and the Russian
champion, Tschigorin, on October 23 is now
finished. Thursday Steinit2 announced to
Tschigorin by cable his resignation in both
games, also forwarding letter of congrat-
ulatiOn.
For the Brooklyn handicap the following
horses have been backed quite heavily
recently by western capital AL Farrow,
Cousin icems, Gallifct, Riley and TeutOn.
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100 to 10, Gallifet from 30 to 20, and Riley
from 40 to 10.
Duncan G. Ross and George Robinson
Wrestled for tlOO recently at Christ church,
Australia. The match resulted in draw.
Robinson won the American SIDE hold and
Cumberland. Ross won catch as -catch-ca
and the GrTcO-Roman. The collar-and-elbow
style was drawn.
Johnnie Campbell carried a battery in his
pocket at the Guttcnburg track the other
day, and prominent turGmen who had the
pleasure of shaking the hand of the sly fox
were very much electrified. 1t is said he is
training them for the shock he will give them
in the Brooklyn.
The sculling match for 600 and the cham
pionshlp was rowed on the Paramatta river
Australia, Monday, between Mclean and
Stanbury, and was won by Stanbury In
the last match between these oarsmen which
took place November II last Mclean de.
feated Stanbury.
Frank Savin met John L. Sullivan in St
Louis Tuesday, and the great pugilists shook
hahds. John l.. said he had retired from the
ring and observed: "Eou are the only man
who ever came to me to ask me for a fight
The others like to talk 5000 miles away |
congratulate you.r
l.ouis Bczenah, well known lightweight
prlzehghter has just ended his last contest
ana was Vahquished' Death grappled with
him thirty-siX days ago. The doctor and all
his friends threw up the sponge from the be-
ginning, but Bezenah fought the antagonist
through thirtysiX rounds of twenty-four
hours each and then was defeated. He died
at 1870, Wednesday, at the Cincinnati hos
pital.
American tennis players will have to lool,
to their laurels, as the latest adviccs from
England are to the effect that the celebrated
RenshaWs are coming here. September will
see the advent of Mrs. Edwina Pedley the
champion of India, and the only lady who
has ever defeated the Renshaws in a
match. She comes for the special purpose of
trying the skill of Miss Robinson.
The most forward horse at the Graves end
track is Blue Rock. He is fit to win now in
very speedy company, and Judging from his
work, ought to be in the front fight of the
sprinters this spring. His stable companion.
Reporter Is doing nicely and may prove one
OF the successful surprises of this sprlng.
his pest work has been mile under | As,
which he accomplished without sDecial effort
Void, in the same stable, is working well.
Frank Slavin was in Chicago ''under
cover on Saturday night. He was with DR.
Dougherty of the Quaker city, and came to
see if he could not arrange a meeting with
John l.. Sullivan. Slavin did not make him
self known, and when he found that "the
Only John" had gone to st. Louis he and his
friend also left for the Mound city. John l.,
sullivan, in an interview over there last
nght, declared: I'm not going to fight
Slavin. i think the best thing he can do if
he wants to make friends in America is to
break away from Mitchell. Fox is in with
them, and brought them over to annoy ne,
but they'll get the worst of it if they try it
on.n
The Omaha Wheel clubs election is now a
thing of the past and the new officers have
taken hold of affairs in truly business-like
manner, which will produce good results ere
their term OF office expires The officers
elected were; Lew Livesey president:
James Ebersole, vice president; Fred G,
Mathews, secretary; Gould Dietz treasurer;
William Townsend, captain. The racing
committee is composed of Porterfeld. Pea
body and Townsend; house committee
Ebersole, Gygger and H. X. Smith; board of
directors, Livesey, Ebersole, Mathews and
Dietz. AT late meeting of the latter body
Ed GySger was appointed purchasing agent
and Harry x. Smith librarian Sub-oficers
John Nj. Conradt, lieutenant; w. II. Head,
color bearer; Frank Siefkln, bugler
The st. Louis Game and Fish Preserving
association, commonly called the Kings Lake
cluU, Is located III missouri on Kings lake
north of st. Charles The association has
under its control about six thousand acres of
land and controls one shore Of the lake for
about two miles. There is q large club house
containing about forty rooms, ice house gar
den and other cOnveniences The member
ship is fixed at 200, and Is nearly filled.
There is wide range of sport, there being
both timber lakes and prairie lakes. ,rhe
shooting consists of duck, snipe, quail, squir-
rels ana imported coons The fishing is mostly
Tor bass and croppie, although other fish are
caught. The officers of the club are: David
Caruth, president; Joseph Specht vice prcsi-
dent; John Mcdonald, secretary and treas
urer.
Writing of the Hall -Fitzsimmons match
the pugilstic oracle of the New York Word
says: "Shaw may make money through at
tractlng big crowd to his racetraclK on tn @
day OF the contest but under ordinary cir
cumstances he would probably lose some
III would be good investment for any club
near this city or the California athletic club
to give purse of this kind, but MINNEAPOLIS
Is a long way of, and the attendance will
probably be largely made up of local sport
ing men," Tho writer evidently forgets that
ST. Paul and Minneapolis are merely a nights
Journey from Chicago, Omaha, Kansas CITY.
Sioux City and scores OF other big towns
Enough people will go from points farther
south TO moro than make up the purse of
$4,000. Even under ordinary circumstances
shaw would do considerably better than
"break even" As it is, he and the persons
associated with him on;,