Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
General Sporting Notes.

JOHN A. MURPHY-He is not an older man than
Anson.
BALDWIN and Berger will be to-day's home
battery.
THE second meeting of the Grand Circuit COM
mences tomorrow at Cleveland.
THE ]. Visners want to play the st. Pauls or the
Frankstown Echoes. Address y. Foster 203 Spring
alley.
THE Eclipse ball team, of Mt. Washington, de-
feated the Eighth Street Stars Southside Saturday
by II to4.
HUTCHINSON, ofChicago. pitched in 81 of the first
81 games and won ~ of them. He Is one of the
most successful men in the box.
THERE is an important letter at this Office for ex-
Umpire Iachariah. He can get II by calling here
this or Tomorrow evening between Z and O'Clock.
ALEXANDER MACPHERSON, late of this city,
now of Chicago, did brilliant work in the recent
ricket match between the Chicago and German
town teams.
panied by correct name and address will not be
ton, but as matter oc good faith.
SOME of the race track followers are not very rev.
erental about the titles of the horses. For instance
The latest corruption of names in such is that
of Pancakes for the colt ST. Pancras.
PIGEON marked &C. b. No. g. arrived at the
Mountain House, Cresson Thursday. ANY person
who may have lost 1t in this vicinity communi-
cate with Stephen Roth, Mountain House. Cresson.
THE Our BOYS having strengthened their team
by the addition of two new men now prepared
TO arrange games with any amateur teams in the
teams. They play Saturday next at Fayette City.
RECENTLY at Washington Park Chicago. Jockey
oyerton probably beat the worlds record for win
six winners. under tie wire one afternoon. Over
ton Is coored and easily heads the list of winning
jockeys of the West at this writing.
YoUNG Casey hasn't been exploded vet DESPITE
the predictions of the critics. Although hit hard
occasionally he is the average quite effective.
In fact his general showing is excellent when it is
considered that this is his first in the
citation and that he is with a tail-end team.-Er-
change.
IT is hardly likely that match of any sort will
he made now between Gibbons ani McAuliffe as
the Paterson people were so angry over Nc
Auliffe's action saturday thai they say they gave
everything 10 him on this occasion TO induce him
to fight, and that if they come together again it
will be 13S pounds or nothing.
BRIGHTON BEAcH's officials have taken frequent
occasion of late TO caution jockeys to their
riding of certain horses This action good so far
it goes but in itself it is sufficient to accom-
plish the ends that the officials desire, namely,
racing that shall he above any suspicion of wrong
doing. To effect this end something more than the
the recent Bellevue Eclipse race. Ito n man ND a
tree, 1t looked they warned the wrong jockey
All Of which the public is quick 10 detect.
TIE first of the Grand Circuit meetings, held at
Homewood Park, Pittsburg. Pa, last week, was
great success, and besides comparing favorably
what the meetings to come will he. The fact that
during the four days of the meeting 30 peo-
pie turned out TO see the sport is sufficient evidence
that interest in horse racing in the smoky City is
as keen as ever, and the same is the case in the
other cities where the Grand Circuit meetings will
be held.-SpOTtSnldn.
TEMPLE BAR, the winner of the Merchants and
Manufacturers stake, is l5ix hand black horse
years old by Egbert. out of Nettie Time, by Nam
brino Time. He started out with a record of 2:25
this season and has yet to suffer defeat. His dam
is one of the most famous in the stud book as her
first three foals are shadeland Onward, 2:2O4,
Temple Bar. 2:172. and Egbertihe, g:s5. Her next
foal was Shadeland Belmont the premier of the
Cleveland stock farm. Nettie Time died in Lex
ington last winter and two weeks ago her sister,
Merry Cap the dam of Linnie, also numbered
with the dead. Horsemen. who saw Temple Bar
rot in Detroit say he is able to go three heats in
2:l5.