Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19

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suits of the races here to-day:
| First race, nine and half furlongs-Miss Mary
first. Lucy Howard second. Maud third. Time.
/ 1914
Second race four and q half furlongs-Osceola
first, Ida second. Trixy Gardner third. Time. 505..
| Third race. six furiongs. King Lee frst Lewis
second. Mystery third: Time, i:1s4.
Fourth race. seven furlongs-Guido nrst Oregon
Fifth race, one mile-Barney frst, Bertha Sec
| ond. Time. 1:4s.
sifer second. casselIa third. Time. i:is,s. " -
Miscellaneous Sporting Notes.
THE Erie regatta this week promises to be good
.1Ein,s4 + ss!15H-Thsrs is no such thing IS 'm''s
s:ID;.B having the low card is out as it counts
into training July
P.R..,Nat Langham was the only man who ever
defeated Tom Sayers,
A LOCAL sporting man suggests a series Of local
swimming races for July4.
QUIrE number Of Pittsburgers are down East
this month trying their luck with the runners.
CHARLEY COURTNEY has signed a contract to
train COrnelrs crew and scullers next season.
CHICAGO sPoRT-Harry Kelly defeated jaime s
Hamill on the Tyne. England, In two races rowed
July and 5, 1866.
BILLY DAcEI and Walter Campbell matched
to fight at the Coney Island Athletic Club July IL
for a a91, 500 purse.
THE American stallion Elxood. for which the
italian Government paid 60 900 lire (about 412 000.
has just died at Ferrara.
THE American trotter Valkyr won the Interna-
tional Purse at Modena. Italy. beating the Ameri-
can. Spofford. and the Russian. Sjubiesny.
list Of the World Stopped Willie TUCKER. OF New
sFk r. j. in three rounds Wednesday night in Newark
THE Goshen Ind.) track has been resodded and
worked over, and is now in first-rate condition. A
large number Of harness horses are In training
there.
will run Tom Hammond under the same conditions
as they recently signed articles for as soon as his
leg is better.
there has been 90 much talk about Jack Hayes
lately he (Martin) is ready to fight Hayes tor
stake or purse.
per emphaticaly denying that he made arrange
ments to throw any games during the East End
pool tournament.
A COLT nine days old followed his dam distance
Of hfty,nine miles IN two days. covering twenty
nine miles the second day. The trip was from
1onta, Mich, to Eaton Rapids,
BILLY KENDALL. the ex-Boston policeman, who
swan the Niagara rapids. has become pueilist.
He is located In Spokane. and Wednesday night de-
feaied a colored fighter named Ramsay.
ONE Item in Oregon horse doctors bill reads:
TO hSdn pcst,morfim I, eEaminashun e q on 2 boss
the ground of square professional talent.
F.. S.-The fastest time made by a sculler over
the Thames championship course from Putney to
Mortlake, is % minutes seconds. made by Neil
Matterson, the Australian, on October IA. 1880.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN left Boston the midnight
train for New York The ''big fellow wants to
consult his hackers about training quarters, and
he will probably not return to Boston again till
after the fight.
IN a match trotting race at Punxsutawney yester-
day for 500 side j. L. Shields Brother Scott de-
feated s. c. Dinger's Baker Boy In three straight
heats. Best time, 1884. More than 81. 900 changed
hands on the result.
JOE WALCoTT, the weli-known boxer who has
never lost BATTLE has decided to professional
and will travel with George Dixon next season.
Walcott Is pugilstic phenom enon, and will be q
surprise to some of the professionals IN his class.
FRANK SMITH. the PAGER. owned by Henry 8.
Jewet is liable in the opinion Of those who know,
to- wipe out all pacing records. He is black stall
lion. five years old. by Coronet. dam Marie Scott.
in IA seconds. but has no mark.
The following Palo Alto trotters obtained rec
ords of 2:30 better st San Jose CAL, June 4: Or
ghina, 2;2sh, by Norval. dam Orphan Girl; Laura
R.. 2:28h. by ElectiOneer, dam Lady Farmer;
Paola, 2:3o. bay colt by. Electioneer, dam Dame
Winnie; Wavelet 2:28. bay mare. by Piedmont,
dam Wave. by Electioneer. and Wild Bee 2:29,
bay fllv, four. by Piedmont, dam Wildfower, 2:2I.
hy elect