The Washington times., 1895-01-14
Salmagundi of D0in8s on the Turf,
Padded Ring, and Diamond.
RACING DEAD IN NEW YORK
Departure of the Croker-Dwyer Horses Taken
by Horsemen to Mean That There Is No
Hope of the Empire State Tracks Opening
This Year-what Fitzsimmons Says About
Corbetrs Ducking Powers-0ther Sports.

Naturally the departure Of the Croker
DIVER horses for Eagland furnished a fruit
full theme for gossip among the horsemen
now in this city yesterday. II was regarded
as significant and giving q certain indication
that there will be no racing in New York this
year. Strangely enough the turf followers
have chung to the hope that there would be
racing. and depended upon the big men in
the business to secure a stay.
There hasn't been the slightest chance OF
horse racing with betting on the Empire State
tracks since the last election, and the action
of Croker and Dwyer emphasizes this fact.
The jockey club is practically nil.
The board of stewards of the California
Jockey Club at Friday session ruled Trainer
Jimmy Long off for life. suspended Book
maker Frank Maley pending little further
investigation, and exonerated little Fitzger-
aid from all blame in the Ricardo ''pulling"
case AT first the little stable boy refused TO
make q clean breast of what he knew, but
under a cross fire of questions Fitzgerald,
trembling with fear of the result ii he told on
his employer, Long, broke down, and, after
being guaranteed protection. gave the whole
Long had treated him cruelty nearly all the
time since he had left his mothers home at
Lathrop. Cal, some three months ago, 10 ex-
ercise horses for Ricardo's trainer.
He had not only been whipped, but had
not received dollar for his work. FltZ-
gerald declares that he strongly demurred
from pulling horses. but that Long said he
would ''break his head il be did not do as
he instructed. In view OF the circumstances
the lad was exonerated from ali blame, and
Col. Chinn told him to 90 over to the Ken
lucky stable, where he would be furnished
with protection and employment. Fitzger-
aid was afraid 10 meet Long. President VIII
liams, on learning that the abused boy had
not been able 10 get any money ont OF Long,
sent his mother $50 by telegraph, and in
formed her that her son was in good hands.
Jimmy Long was crack jockey few years
ago. but getting too heavy. went 10 training,
at which he has been fairly successful.
Chris. Moore. the leading Jockey OF Aus
tralia, arrived in San Francisco on the
steamer AraHa last Saturday morning and
/ attended the races in the afternoon. Moore
is declared to be a thorough artist in the sad
de- and those that have seen him in the pig
skin are enthusiastic over his ability. He is
apparently twenty-six or twenty-seyen years
of age, and can ride at 102 pounds easily
enough, we should say. Moore's last great
victory was on The Harvester in the V. r. c..
Derby.
Chicagoan who was il conversation with
FitZsimmons a few days ago said:
.'Whiie your record shows YOU to be the
greatest knockout hitter in the rim & to-day,
Corbett is even greater at ducking, and if
you can't hit him what good are your trip
hammer hooks?'
Don't tie too fast to that" responded
Fitz. THE first time we get mixed I'm sure
TO trade him something for his peppering
he can't hit me all the time and not get re-
turn, and believe one of nv thumps will
feel just as heavy 10 jim as 10 any one else.
Think he will keep iabbing me back out CT
reach. eh? Well, now | want TO tell you
Corbett is no jatber if you don't believe go
| look at his kinetoscope fight with Courtney:
you won't see Il jab in it. His blows are ali
side blows and ducks. I am the abber, al
/ though they won't give me credit for il. /
hit straight and bard with the left. turning
my body at the same time, SO that it
makes it look like a hook; and, another
thing, they don't like to call it
| iab because it is a knockout. Jabs got the
name Of being such hits as sent the head
| tack-nothing serious. Mine is the same old
! thing. only twice the power that others put
/ in it 1t knocks out. the same as Sullivan 5
! side swing used to do. As for ducking, /
4 4
! self, else how have / got through so many
! fights without black eye or any mark about
my face?'
Among the baseball contracts approved by
! President Young last week the one most in
teresting to Washingtonians was that oil
Nicholson, the promising young second base
man whom so many other League clubs were
after. Nicholson has signed q Washington
contract, with the intention of shutting out
both Jack Crooks and Klusman. who are
| also aspirants for second base honors under
the direction OF Gus Schmelz. Last season
| the Washingtons were weak in that position
and Ward, Radford, and Hassamaer were
tried alternately without success. Jack
Crooks was once 'star' inflelder, and there
may be some sparkling work in him yet
Klusman has a great reputation in the West
and he will have no trouble in getting an as
signment if he should fail 20 show up in the
form expected of him. Nicholson is said tC
be one of the coming infielders of the base
ball world. and the Washington management
is shaking hands with itself upon It's goo6
fortune in securing him. f-he can do one
half that is claimed for him, New York Of
some OF the other League teams will be firt
ing with him for the season Of 1896.