The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-18

in case he has to give up the Bay dis
trict track. San Jose's track is one of the
best in the state If not the best, and be-
ing close to San Francisco would proba-
bly, be a good investment.
Sporting men in New York are gossip
ping about the cleaning out" of Riley
Grammar, the celebrated turf plunger, by
two of the gambling fraternity. The
story is that the young plunger was in
duced to take a hand at Boston" a
game of cards now much in vogue among
the members of the betting ring
That IL was a big game Is evidenced by
the fact that when the trio adjourned the
plunger had lost about $4,000, but, being
unable at the time to make good all of
this sum he paid over $4,000 in green
backs. Subsequently. 1t is asserted, he
declared that as he had had all the worst
of the play he would take his time in
paying the balance of his loss. If he paid
IL at all.
The game was played in private at
well-known "tenderloin" resort, and one
of the two winners is said to be Pat
Sheedy, probably the best-known gam
bier i'm the United States. OF late he has
not prospered so well as in the halcyon
days of faro and roulette, but he has al
ways been looked upon as a straight"
gambler. To-day Sheedy had. according
to a friend, money to burn" and was
John r. Gentry and Joe Patchen, rec
ords 2:04 pacing hav ebeen rtired for
the season to the Alamance stock farm,
near Burlington, N. c.
"Dare-Devil' Fitzpatrick, the ex-jock-
ey. is doing the starting at Pimlico.
new driving association has been
formed at Macon, Ga, and meeting will
be held beginning Dec. 2. The officers are
N. X. Shaw, president w. ]. Comfy,
treasurer, and j. @. Knapp. secretary. :
The three fastest 2-year-olds of 1886
Bingen, exhibition 2:12la, Tommy Britton,
PISA, and Palita. 2:16-all belong to the
Electioneer family.
1t is said that william Corbitt refused
$4,000 for the 2-year-old Fred s. Moody
and $4,000 for the 3-year-old Fred Kohl
at Lexington. Ky.
A Buffalo special says: IAN Interesting
story anent the Maher-ODonnell fight
came to light here to-day. On the after
noon before the contest, Jim DAILY, the
former sparring partner of Corbett, who
accompanied the champion to Texas. said
TO friend:
" O'Donnnell is up against II. He will
last only few rounds against Maher
and Corbett VIII be there to laugh at his
downfall. Jim steered O'Donnell against
MGher knowing what the result would be
for certainty Days prophesy turned
ont so true that he was asked the next
day for an explanation. He said
- or late O'Donnell has had the idea
that he was a better man than Corbett
and has not hesitated to say so. While
training Corbett for the Fitzsimmons
fiasco O'Donnell became a perfect nui-
sance. He went at Jim harder than
necessary at times. and finally one day
Corbett smashed his nose fiat with a left
hand blow Steve had never heard of or
seen before. After that Jim did no more
boxing with ODonnell. but spared with
me exclusively and did his other work
With McVey.
'ODonneli complained bitterly OF .hfs,
and lamented that no one would box
with him. He told his friends in Hot
Springs that he was too shifty for either
or us. Well. that match was made with
Maher simply to get rid OF Steve O'Don-
nell. i refused to be his second. knowing
what the outcome would be. I couldn't
see the fight without being in his corner.
so / remained away. Corbett Went there
and saw the eclipse Of O'Donnen.'
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