The herald., 1895-04-01

And so the fight between Green and Gal
iagher is off. And there are good
many stories being circulated as to the
reason. | do not believe in paying very
much attention to these rows between
clubs and fighters; but in this case the
charges made by both sides are perhaps
worth commenting upon. The club
authorities give for their reason for de-
claring the fight off that Green failed to
post his forfeit of $50. That is true, and
there is absolutely no excuse for his not
doing SO. But, then, the members of the
club are saying that Green is afraid of
Gallagher and would wriggle out of the
match. | do not believe that is true, be-
because Green was training hard at Santa
Monica. 1 imagine his failure to post a
forfeit was due to his present financial
condition. In my opinion Gallagher
would nave peen an easv mark Tor Green,
under the conditions of the articles which
thev signed 1t is true that Gallagher
can hit harder than Green. but he has no
more brains than an eel when IN the
ring. If he misses a swing or a lead he
has to have searchlight or guide post
TO show him where his man is.
have seen him in most of his tights
and am not talking at random. In San
Francisco he hau Tracy beaten, and lost
that fight purely on account of his rattle
headedness. Now, Tracy is not half so
clever as Green, and | have the word of
a competent and a reliable man that IN a
sparring bout with Dawson, Green smoth-
cred him. Macon Mccormick, the
great sporting writer, saw Green spar
several years ago in the Olympic club
and | heard him say that Green was the
cleverest man of his class he had ever
seen.
1t is true that Green cannot hit hard,
and that he loses his vitality after train
ing. For this match he would not have
had to take off weight, and | believe that
was what weakened him for his other
fights. He is clever and game, though,
and everybody who has ever seen him
fight will admit that Gallagher is game
enough too, but he has always been just
good enough to get thrashed. I regard it
as very fortunate for him that the match
is off, and l believe he does himself. |
will add, however, that had the match
been made for 1876 pounds, Gallagher would
win.
= Il
have received the following letter:
Sporting Editor Herald II am IN re-
ceipt of letter from the Los Angeles
Wheelmen's club and am surprised at
its contents. l wish you would kindly
put this piece in your paper:
Who is Tom McAleer that the best
riders in Southern California should ride
off race between themselves in order to
meet him? Of course he defeated me,
but anybody knows who saw the race
how he did it. | challenged him some
time since for return match and he
crawled out of it by saying that he didn t
want to run until the last of the season.
If Mr. McAleer claimed the champion
ship, why didn't he accept my challenge
as any man with any sportsmanship
would? Yours very truly,
Nj
San Jose, Cal.
Isn't it time that this war between
Castleman and McAleer should cease?
What does the great body of riders care
for their differences? They had chance
to ride from the scratch at Agricultural
couple of boys. 1 join with Casey Castle
man in his query as to Mr.. McAleer, but
/ should also like to ask, ''Who is Casey
Castleman?"
Ii he does not want to ride in that in
vitation race, of course he does not have
to. At the same time l think he is labor
ing under a misapprehension. The race
is not for the purpose of determining who
is to meet McAleer. McAleer simply
stands ready to meet the winner. But
these petty squabbles are tiresome. Rae
ing men are getting into them altogether
too often. People would rather see them
race than hear them talk, and SO would L.
4 4 4
l think Los Angeles is to be congratu-
lated on the way La Fiesta stakes have
filled. This is the first really good run
ming meeting the city has ever had. OF
course it is kind of experiment, but
there is little doubt of it's success, judg-
ing by the interest that has always been
manifested during past meetings. The
Newton Handicap and La Fiesta Derby
have some OF the highest class horses in
the country in them and are sure to be
exciting. Handicapped and Secretary
and will bring the horses very close to-
gether by judicious allotment of
weights.
l should like to say word in praise of
Mr.. H. ID. Brown, who will act as
starter. Everybody who has seen his
work will agree with me that there are
very few men in the country who equal
him in getting the horses away. l ain
great admirer of Mr.. Ferguson's work,
particularly during this last season; but
| dom t think that Brown is one whit be-
hind him.
Henry Schwartz, who is back of the
meeting. has splendid reputation for
integrity. He gave meeting in San
Francisco year ago last summer, which
was one of the most remarkable ever held,
SO far as the running is concerned, and |
have no doubt but that he will insist on
owners and riders acting perfectly
straight at che coming races.
HORATIUS.