The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-12
Eagle Sporting Notes,


Brooklyn handicap.
Rampo is still favorite for the
Brooklyn handicap.
Mascot. 2:O4. showed mile in PIG be-
fore leaving Buffalo.
Isham RaiIey paid $4,000 for the Ver-
sailles, KY, fair grounds.
Lucille, 2:141a, by Wedgewood, has a
FLY foal by CORTLAND, 2:24la.
George W. Learitt has entered Lar
able in about $4,000 worth of stakes.
That old-time pitcher, Ramsey, is
pitching poor ball for the St. Joe club.
Brown Dick, PIP, by St Cloud, has
been placed in NJ c. McHenry's stable.
Judge Marshall is the name of the
yearling brother to May Marshall,
2:0S1a.
Mary Mays. dam of Ralph Wilkes.
2:06sa, is about due to foal to Red
Wilkes.
Anterior, 2:o9H, is being worked
carefully, and it is expected that he
will do to race.
The 800 stalls at Louisville are all
been turned away.
Monte Cross, the Pirate, is doing great
base stealing this season. He leads the
team in run-getting.
It is reported that Monroe Salisbury
has recently offered 900 for AliX by
cablegram from France.
An amateur and professional bicycl-
ina racing tournament will take place
at Toronto, May "a and 25.
Amt Uncle Arson and his Colts
climbing the column of percentage with
a rush? Keep it up "Old Man
IL,
financially, and the association has
about $4,000 on the right side of the
ledger.
Frank Cation. the American trainer
who has been driving in Russia during
the past year, is at Cleveland, o.. on a
short visit.
If Pitcher Hawley of the Pirates con-
tinues his brilliant work he will come
near leading the league pitchers this
season.
Merriwa and Troy are the names Of
two newly arrived Australian horses al
the Frisco track. They have not per-
formed yet.
feature of the recent meeting at
Memphis was the fact that out of a
daily attendance of from 5000 to 1000,
from 500 to 600 were ladies.
c. J. Hamilton says that Alix. 2:03A
and Directum, 2:05A, have no advant-
age over Fantasy, 2:06, except in age.
He thinks his mare can beat either of
the champions.
Santa Anita string, has been sent TO
Eugene Leigh's farm, where she will
be bred to Burlington.
Matt Strong, the well-known Cali
fornia tur-fman, will not come east this
summer. owing to the fact that num-
Der if his horses have been sick all
winter.
Charles Courtney. trainer at Cornell
college, is having difficulty selecting his
crew for the Henley regetta. He has so
many good men in training that it is
hard to tell.
New York sporting writers don't
think much of O'Donnell as a fighter.
They say that Maher and Choynski can
defeat O'Donnell. AS for Fitzsimmons,
O'Donnell would hardly have chance
An anti-pool selling bill recently in
troduced in the Tennessee Legislature
was rejected by the senate. as there
was alrady law in that state which
prohibits pool-selling and betting eX-
cept upon race track Enclosures.
Dame Wood. dam of John r. Gen
( try and Myron McHenry, died at Glow
erdele Farm, Colmar. Pa, last week
She was purchased a shorttime since
by NJ. f. McHenry from II. G.. Toler
of Wichita. Kan. and sold again to A
H. Moore. proprietor of CloverdelL.
Eeastin and Larabu's chestnut coli
First Mate, by Fonso out of Shipma te
she by Spendthrift, out of Messmate by
Alarm. said to be one of the best colts
now at Chirchill Downs. is a tremen.
dous big youngster, standing sixteen
hands high, and weighing over Loo
pounds.