The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-11
General Sporting Notes.


There were 6, POS races run on the Amer
lean turf in 1890.
Will ID. Day, the champion long-distance
and cross-countrY runner of America, has
permanently retired from participation in
athletic sports.
Ed Smith, the Denver pugilist, SAYS that
he intends to challenge the winner OF the
Kilrain-Godfrey fight. He attributes his
recent defeat by the latter TO the fact that
he was not in condition.
Prof John Donaldson saws that Fitz-
simmons Is simply a freak, that middle
weight IL his class and that he can fight
at l46 bounds. He is clever, quick as a
flash and strikes with terrific force.
Ted Prtchard, the middle weight cham
pion of England, has issued q challenge TO
fight Bob Fitzsimmons for a purse in any
club that will offer the largest sum for the
championship belt and the championship
of the world in May.
1t is more than probable that a $4,000
stake for three-year-olds, TO be known as
the American TroIters breeders stake,
will be arranged. 1t will be for foals of
1890, and prominent breeders have signi-
fed their willingness to subscribe.
The catalogue of W. r. Brasfield & Co..
sale of trottiag stock has been issued.
The sale will take place at Lexington,
beginning promptly at 8 o'clock the
morning of Feb. 9 and continuing until
the 18th. Nearly 700 head are to be dis
posed of.
Lord Marcus Berestord, who was the
official starter of the English jocky club,
and who resigned to become manager OF
the racing stable of Baron de Hirsch, in
which the prince OF Wales is also inter
ested, has an engagement for three years
at $4,000 year.
The great dog race for the championship
dog collar and championship of America
will be rur on kearney's athletic grounds,
East Newark, n. j., on Monday, Feb. %.
The race will be for the Derby puppy
sweepstakes. Ten entries have been
made and the race promises to be the
greatest ever run in this country.
new circuit has been formed to be
known as the Northern Illinois and
southern Wisconsin circuit. These are the
tracks in membership and the dates agreed
upon: Elgin, ILL.,, June 2, 3, and 3;
Rockford, Ill, June9, 10, / and IL; James
vile, Wis, juno Is, II, Is and 10, and
Freeport, Ill, June %, "a, %, and 20.
On Jan. IL, 1871, 100 years ago, there
was fought IN England one OF the most
terrific battles in the world. Tom John
son, who had most successful fistic
career, and had then lately beaten Isaac
Perrens, weighing over 23S pounds. being
defeated by one Bryan, otherwise known
as "Big Ben" in $50 rounds, which lasted
three hours and hall.
Within the next three months five big
fights are to be decided. They are: Kill
rain ard Godfrey, Corbett and jackson, La
Blanche and young Mitchell, Myers and
McAuliffe and Dixey and Mccarthy. A
sporting man, whose judgment on fights
and fighters is excellent, has selected these
to win: Kilrain, Corbett, young Mitchell,
McAuliffe and Dixon.
A London telegram says: Charles
Rowell, the Englishman who won the
first six-day walking match at Madison
Square garden, has issued a challenge to
the world for twenty-four hours go-as-
you-piease match for $3.50 He prefers 10
walk against Albert or Littlewood, and
DIR. A. Dougherty of Philadelphia has &C
cepted the challenge in the name OF the
former.
The last boat to arrive from Australia
brought news of man who may treat
Sullivan as Jack Dempsey was treated.
He is known as the Queentown giant, is
seven feet two inches in height and weighs
22O pounds IN gOOd CONDITION. lie Is
matched to fight Jack Perry this month,
and if successful he will be sent TO
America to tackle anything in sight He
is said to have wonderful reach and ter
rife hitting powers.
w. c.. Leeds, member of the Whining
ton, Del, wheel club, on Jan. IL at
tempted to excel the previous record for
riding a bicycle over six miles on the
road, from Centreville to the Baltimore d
Ohio railroad on Concord Pike, distance
of six miles. He was accompanied bv
number OF club members, and was sue
cessful, accomplishing the distance in 30
minutes 55 seconds. The rider was
mounted on cushion tyred safety
machine.
Last evening Robert Fitzsimmons and
James Carroll left for Chicago over the IL
linois Central railway. Though they have
not yet signed any contract, it is alto
gether probable that they will come to
terms with Parson Davies very shortly af-
ter their arrival in Chicago. For the
present there is no immediate prospect
that Fitzsimmons will make a match
with anybody, though he is willing to
meet anybody in the middleweight class.
- Times Democrat.