The herald., 1893-12-18
Gull TINES Fer Sports.
The Brooklyn Spring Meeting
Stakes Announced.
Come High Bred Animals at the
Chicago Deg show.
a Gam frnm ths Grand Master's. Ohcss
Championship Being prayed at
New York some Very
Good Games.

young lVed III tl5 ulfliHfu tUuEuau0At az
New York. The champon's world
beating record of 566 and 100 average
will probably go long way towards
changing the opinions OF the many who
prophesied the supremacy OF the younger
man.
Sehaeffer's average of 100 is exactly 20
more than the standing worlds record,
75, made by the Frenchman, Vignaux,
eight years ago in Chicago.
1HE PRIZE RING.
The popular craze for prize-fghting
and its exponents appears to have died
as suddenly as it arose, and the astern
dailies scarcely find room to chronicle
the vapid utterances OF self-conetituted
champions.
The Corbett-Mitchell fight appears 10
be as far off as ever, the latest news be-
ing that CorbeGt ''worries'' over what
he terms Mitchell's bluffing. Mitchell
has not yet declared his feelings in re-
gard to Jim'a utterances.
The San Francisco Chronicle has the
following: 1t begins to look as if Ryan,
the Australian middle-weight, who re-
Gently boxed Young Mitchell in Oak
land, was indulging in little cheap
advertising when he challenged the
local champion TO finish contest for
substantial stake. Mitchell promptly
answered the Australians challenge
and notified him to meet him next day
in the Wasp office. Thomas Flynn, the
well known sporting editor OF that jour
nal, was to hold the forfeit until articles
could be signed. At the appointed nour
the San Francisco boxer was on baud
with his $1,000 to bind the match.
The Australian put in a tardy appear
ance half an hour later, but merely
came to announce that "his backer,"
whose name he carefully suppressed,
was incapacitated from attending by
reason of family affairs" The exact
etatus of the backer's domestic trlbu-
latons was also concealed b. Mr.. Ryan
with reticence that would have made
csst-iron watch dog rusty with envy.
Mitchell treated the Australian quite
considerably, and suggested another
meeting next day, to which Ryan
agreed.
10 the second appointed conference
the Antipodean challenger came not at
all An hour after the arrival of Mitch
ell and hie backer q small messenger
boy arrived breathless with q letter ior
it had walked up Market street from
the saloon where it WAS written and
been run over by couple OF street cars
or dump-cart on the journey. On
being deciphered, with difficulty, j. was
found to be signed by the Au5tralian
Blogger, and to convey the sad intelii-
gence that his hacker was ''sick in
Auck land
siIe must have travelled by telegraph
to get to Auckland from San Francisco
since yesterday" sneered Leon Dem
nery. who was in the Mitchell following.
II guess de gum tree fellow means
Oakland" suggested Tom McGrath. the
trainer, who was also of the Mitchell
Tetinue.
At this stage of the proceedings
portly gentleman, with q clean-shaven n
lace and large watch chain that rolled
across the convexity of his stomach like
ali anchor chain over q molasses barrel,
arrived bresthless in the interest of the
absent slogger's reputation.
Ryan amt funked. nohow," he
Rasped. "He's anxious to fight, he ia,
sure az you live, but his backer's sick
true business. He's real sick, and no
iooln'."
''lt amt fatal, hope" ssrcastically
inquired Mitchellite, with fox ter
rier and large diamond horseshoe pin.
You needn't be SO fresh, young fell
ier,'' responded the man with the aurif-
erous cable and the ample waistband,
and silence fell on the crowd. while the
hands of Mr.. Dennery's split-second.
diamond bedecked chronometer licked
of 30 ominous seconds.
'.We amt renting this Office by the
month";" said the glib man with the
fox terrier. Suppose we adjourn for
another day and give Mr.. Ryan chance
TO nurse his backer."
''You don't need to do nothin' of the
kind" said the man with the golden
anchor chain. ''l'll see Ryan and we'll
hunt you up tonight. Well be at
MItcnell's place at O'clock"
''If the hacker don't die before that"
Haid the fresh young man with the dia-
mond pin as he ducked into the elevator
and shot out of sight.
The other sports followed, and during
the evening there WAS an eager crowd
aronnd Mitchell's to see the challenging
Australian come to beard the local
champion in his den. They were
doomed to disappointment, however.
Midnight arrived without even tele-
phone from the defiant but absent
sogger, and as the Chronicle clock
pointed solemnly to the midnight hour,
the Mitchellite with the diamond pin
went out on the eidewsIk and pinned
this bulletin or the doorpost:
Ryan cannot come tonight. His
backer is dead"
Xhe crowd dispersed.
SPRING RUNS.
Secretary FL. Mcintyre of the Brook
lyn Jockey Club has announced the
stakes:
Handicaps for the spring meeting of
1894, entries to which close January
2nd. The Brooklyn handicap, with its
guaranteed value OF $25, 900, of which
$4,000 will go to the second and $4,000 to
the third horse, comes first in order of
Importance. The Amazon, Clouer and
Seaside stakes, with $1,000 each added,
are all for 2-year-olds. The Fort Hamil-
ton handicap heads the list OF Swear
old events. 1t is we'll worth winning,
for il hae q guaranteed value OF $40 900,
OF which $500 goes to the second and
$500 to the third horse. Other Swear
old races at the spring meeting are the
Falcon and Preakness stakes, both OF
which have literally added money.
Other handicaps besides the Brooklyn
are the Brookdale, with $1,000 added
the Parkway, with $1,000 added: the
Standard stakes. with $4,000 addad and