Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-10

" upon the Omaha mans
application for the
Ia place. While Mr.. Mays
pL8 appointment would
make a vancancy in the Nebraska state COM
mission and take from Omaha an enterpris-
ing and genial citizen, | cannot but hope that
81 will be made. Aside from a generous in
terest in Mr.. Mays success, / feel positive
that the president could nnd no better man
for the position, as his fitness is beyond ques-
tlOn, and that should be the only desideratum
in appointments Of this kind. If Mr.. May
should 20 to Washington it is safe to predict
he will continue to take an interest in Ne
barska's lakes and streams, for which his
enterprise and knowledge Of ichthyolOgy has
accomplished so much in the past few years,
For two years in succession now Byron
McClelland has sloried in the ownership Of
the champion 3-year-old %galloper. In 1894 he
furnished the kingly Henry Of Navarro, and
this year Halma was his representative. BY
the way, Navarro Is to be sent over to Eng
land in the spring, and If he shows up in
form he will make street car horses out of all
the handicaps over there. Many of the best
Judges think Navarro is the greatest race
horse in the world, and from a careful review
Of tho foreign 4-year-Old class it looks as If
there was not more than three or four over
there who would have a chance with Bel
mUnt's wonderful thoroughbred. While on
this subject | might add that the showing
made by 2-year-olds this year has been so
fine that 1t justifes the expectation Of some
great things from the 3-year-old ranks next
year. Requital, winner of the Futurity, is
undoubtedly one Of the cracks, II not the
crack. Then comes homely Ben Brush, fol-
lowed closely by One-I-Love, Prince Lief,
Apologize, Hazlet, Handspring, Margraye,
Hastings, Woodbine and CrescendO.
The big fight ended as l thought 1t would
all along-in a fizzle, and from this on all
those Interested in the two big bruisers will
have to turn to our theatrical columns for in
formation. The days of the ring are gone,
and truthfully has it been said that those
who witnessed the Corbett and Mitchell mill
at Jacksonville two years ago saw the
last heavyweight championship battle
that will ever be fought in this
country. If there Is any more fight talk
INDUCED in 1t can be set down as nothing
but a boost for the very poor shows the
two previous pugs will put on the road this
fall. Nobody should be gulled farther, the
g~entlemanly press agent Will handle the
prize fighters hereafter, and sporting writers
can settle down to legitimate affairs Of COM
petition and science. Corbett says he is
thinking seriously OF quitting the ring, and
his think' tank could not be devoted to a
better cause. If he wants 10 secure a place
in public opinion he has never yet enjoyed
this is the one move for him to make. BY
the way, they say Jim will soon visit Omaha
to see his wife's ma and pa, and that he
will spend a week or more here.
Dan Carrlgg, the Council Bluffs gam.
has gotten himself mixed up in some unen-
viable matters at Latonia with his runner,
Wild Huntsman, who has been ruled off
the turf. Carrlgg had trouble at St. Louis
this summer with this same horse, and, after
being forbidden to start, he came to me, and
through the fundamentally of that clever
sporting editor, George Garrett of the Star
Sayings, l had the way opened for him
and his horse at East st. Louis, and the
smooth Daniel made a nice bundle Of stuff
on his erratic selling platter. Since this it
seems that Carrigg sold the horse to a pair
of turf outlaws, named Brannon, and,
through some sort Of misrepresentation,
they got him a start at Latonia last Satur-
day, and the horse won a barrel Of money, at
b to l, for the gang back Of him. Judge
Carter. however, declared all bets off. and
has since ruled the horse off for life, Car
rigg testifying that the Brannons owned
him, which fact alone made him ineligible
to start in any race over a legitimate race
track. Henry SimOns, who was a conspicu-
GUS figure at both of this years meetings at
Union park, across the river, Interested
himself in Wild Huntsman, and thus made
his doom a cinch. When Henry bobbed up
In front Of the judges stand and said he
would vouch for the horse the horsemen all
laughed and asked who would vouch for
Slmons. Henry is a beauty. He got ruled
on at Hawthorne a year or two ago for hav-
Ing his horses pulled, but that mysterious
influence which is always eyerted for GER
tain turf offenders got him put back again.
The richest revelation ever made as to the
racing methods of the clique Simons travels
with came out in a Chicago court, when
smoky Taylor, his jockey, sought to be
released from his control. Smoky" gave
dates and instances where Simons told him
to pull his horses, and the resulting sensa-
ton was what caused the Louisville mans
temporary Punishment.
Som weeks ago, in talking about hunting
dogs, l spoke about the waning popularity
OF the setter and the increased favor with
which pointers are being regarded. and anent
this subject J. b. Stoddard, an authority on
sportsmen's dogs, has the following to say
The class OF Llewellin settlers which have
been shown this year conclusively prove that
the breed is rapidly degenerating, and 1t is
only a question Of time when they will have
run out and be simply idiotiC runts. The
craze for Duke-Rhoebe blood and the cranky
notions of most breeders about the admixture
of so-called cold blood has about ruined the
grandest tier that has ever been produced
And unless some one with different notions
about breeding takes hold of them the
Llewellin setter will have to take a back
seat. The pointer is coming to the front as
rapidly as the setter is moving to the rear,
and | will predict that in two or three years
the pointers will be winning most of the
prizes. There are an excellent lot Of pointers
HOW CuulelulnB LOT supremacy against the
setter, and they will undoubtedly improve
from year to year, as the craze for inbreed-
ing has not gotten into the pointer ranks
yet"
Judging from the way Atlantic trotted away
from Robbie p in their race at the Lincoln
meeting a week ago, Clint Briggs did not get
much the worst OF the deal when he and
Ed Pyle divided the horses OF their stable
some months ago. In Robbie p many horse
men considered that Pyle got much the best
of the division, but Mr.. Briggs was always
satisfied that h got the best Of it in Atlantic,
and taking the race in question as a criterion,
II looks as II he had not been much off in
his judgment. The race was the 2:lO trot.
Atlantic and Robbie = were the only starters.
and after five heats Clint's big roam walked
on with the cake, He won the first, third
and ffth heats, the best time being made in
the first, 2l3&.
That Robbie p is a good one, however, none
Will presume to dispute. Mr.. Pyle brought
him out In 1883 and gave him a mark OF
2:59A. lie lowered this record in 1889 to
2;S91s, in 1890 to 2:26, in 1891 to 2:23, in 1892
TO 2:l7b, in 1898 to 2l3, in 1894 to 2;12H
and recently he beat Billy Paxton's great
Conqueror at Galesburg in 2:lO%, thus show
in. an Improvement in speed for eight con-