Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
General Sporting Notes.


PrrcHERINKs is not a very great success.
THE County League season will finish to-mor
row.
RAIN stopped the Cleveland and New York gam.
yesterday.
THE rain yesterday spoiled the sport Of the young
ball players in this locality.
IT is stated that a race between McClelland and
Darrin will take place in this city the 18th inst.
THE local ball team will leave for Philadelphia
this morning, where they play two games to-mor-
row. s,
FRANK BRAY has resigned as trainer for Housh
stable. stable, anu -N'' o' - ' o y ''>
UMPIRE MooUAIDn received terrific blow on
the shoulder by foul ball yesterday. He bad to
call time.
E.X-Ify you mean future events. no book on
the matter is published. For past events get
Goodwin's Turf Guide.
THE grand race mare Marion O. is named for
Miss Marion Connie, the daughter Of = well-known
physician of Louisville, KY.
LoNGsTREET's let-down is the pastern joint
He win be punch and receive course Of blis-
tiers. He will not start untilspring.
1T is n very easy matter for onlookers to crfti-
else driver. But the question is, could these self
constituted critics do nearly as well?
THE Silver Leafs yesterday disbanded for the sea-
plonship. They were the winners q times and
losers once.
HAPPY LADY. one of the fastest 2-year-olds. and
full sisters, both being by Happy Russell. dam
Beeswing, by Kent.
THE West End Stars are desrous of arranging a
or Allegheny. Address ali challenges to James
Mulhern Thirty-hfth ward.
M. E. McHENRY has this year driven the follow
ng RcSsF
(pacer), 2:164, and Forrest Wilkes (pacer), 2:16.
THE Our Boys would like to arrange another
soson before dsbandnS Ike
VIII meet MANAGER Barbour at this office Tuesday
evening at O'Clock.
and Billy Barnie have left the City without having
accomplished much apparently. They claim to
SEASON. They refuse to d%uge the location
OUR latest English advices show the betting on
the classic st. Leger. to be iun September O. to be
as follows: to against Common, to Reverend.
to Mimi 10 to Orvieta, 20 to each Bosphorus
and Patrick Blue. 25 to The Deemster, 100 to
Valauris.
NANCY HANKS, the great Kentucky 5-year-old,
has trotted five miles better than 2l3 this season.
2:l24 at Rochester; 2il2H at Chicago. and 2:12,
a:12&. 2:l2 at Independence. She seems more
hkely to beat Maud SIS record of 2:0s4 than any
other horse in training.
THE Maynowers, of Allegheny. crossed bats with
the Wilmerding Athletics at Wilmerding yester-
inning, the score being tie-2 70 q Batteries-May-
flowers Garlick ana Byres: Athletics, W. A. Davis
and Fleming.
stallion IN Nelson, 2:ioK, was asked on on Mondass Ms
about the dispatch sent out from New York stating
that nelson was SOl0 slN lnOnthS ago to Marcus
DAILY. of Anaconda, Mont, and he said 1t was
without foundation; and he furthermore declared
that he will never sell his great horse. He claims
Nelson beat his record at Independence, and tnat
90 watches out Of 100 made the time 2.20K better
A TERRIFIC encounter between bulldog and q
valuable trotter, both animals the property of
Augustus Whitmore. who resides on Bernal
Heights, CAL, took place recently, resulting in the
dog tearing in a horrible manner the windpipe of
the horse, killing him almost instantly. The dog
was driven off the horse with pitcafork for =
time. and bit Mr. Whitmore in the thigh. but the
ma daUnd hrTIfa N cd ia faaf.
the dying horse and locked his jaws tightly that
even after he had been shot dead his teeth had to
be broken before the bodies could be separated.
NUMBER of the semi-monthly edition Of
'Goodwin's Official Turf Guide'' has been re-
ceived, with record of the races run during 1891
up to August n. The present number cantains
about 700 pages Of valuable information to turf fol-
Hamilton leads with 1873 winning mounts to his
credit Penny has 19, oyerton 1OS, Taral %. Lam
lev co. j. Bergen SO. r. Williams a. Bergen 81
Lftteheld 70, Simms 70. Britton II, Clayton 81,
Taylor 81, II. Anderson IS, Goodale 33 Freeman 81
less than 80 each to their credit.