The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15

have deserted their native heath TO try |
,0y farga ard fortune against the equine |
wonders owned by lords and princes broad |
The anti-sGmbl,ag laws in New YORK
state have done much to bring about this
condition cf Affairs, and II these three sta
hlts maze any kind Of a showing on the
English tracks Il is fair TO presume that
1877 Will SEE a large addition TO the foreign
American racing colony
The three American stables are owned
boy Richard Croker. Pierre Lorillard. and
Duke 4 Wishard. Mr. Lor.!lard hopes to
repUa. the successes a. Iroquois who cap
tursd the Derby twenty-odd years ago
and ST. Croker also has his eyes on some
az ;ns historic STAKES. Duke < Wishard
az not locking f0r the blg things IN the
turf lire but Will be content to land a race
uere and there with their entries at fat
odds. But as matter OF fact they have
stronger stable than either Mr. Croker
or Mr. i.oriilard, ana II their horses take
20 the crarscd climate they are sure to be
heard from.
Newmarket. where the Lorillard and
Wishard horses are stabbed. is the greatest
race horse town In the world. Everything
about It bears some relation to the thor
ouehbred horse. Everywhere one turns, In
any part II the place and az any hour Of
The day, race horse is pretty sura to be
IN sight All the men N the town seem to
lee 1ackevE or ex-iocRevS No one talks
about anything but horse. Lexington. Ky.
Is net 70 he compared with Newmarket IN
this respect. The finest racing stables IN
The world are located there. and some or
them seem fne enough to shelter Roths-
child.
Newmarket ~ annually the scene of
many famous races. In the course OF tho
rear there are eight race meetings at New
Uarket-the Craven, the First and Second
Spring. the First and Second July. the
Fist and Second October, and the Hourh-
TON. at which the principal stakes run for
arr the aen0 Euineas, the 1000 guineas. the
Princess OF Wales stakes. the C2arowi,z
stakes the Middle Park plnte. the Cam
brdgeshlre stakes. and tho Dewhurst
plate,
The legitimate racing season IN the West
IS VOW uUt little over two weeks distant.
Nearly al Of last years cracks arc out OF
winter quarters and IN more or less ad-
vpnCed state 81 training Saturday, March
- VIII witness the Inauguration Of the
spring racing season over turf congress
tracks, when the buglc viii sound the post
call OF Little Rock The flag list showing
tie list ~ meetings arranged on the leglt-
iusie tracks I'm the West for the sprlng IS
officially announced: Llitle Rock, March
= 20 April Memphis, April tn April IS
Nashville April q to May 3; Louisville,
May 20 May IS; 81. Louis, May On-
dcnnUel. Oakley, May u to June =; La
tona June p 10 July 90. Detroit. August
4 10 August ~. Newport may give a meet
ing beginning early In Aprll. but dates
have not been officially announced. Aill.
waukee gives n meeting from June z TO
July p. Windsor may give q rilnor grnde
meeting, but no programme Is ont got,
"You VIII observe tina, on my stan Of
umpires are four old pitchers" quoth
President Nick Young. "And ! am begin
ming to congratulate myself that go many
OF my umrires are graduates from the
pitchers box pitching unconscionsly cd
ucates a man for n position as umpire
First OF all, Il gives him an accurate eve
with which TO difterentlatc as to "A ball and
81 strike. He can toll-or he ought to-
every time whether bali cuts the corner
of the plate or whether II falls short OF
the corners. And right here Is n point. n
very important point, In deciding halls and
strikes. and IN netting out justice TO the
taisman and players alike.
1.-THE pitcher umpire IA possessed OF n
good eye because OF his training rs pitch
| or. and for that reason I anticipate good
work from those ox-p!tchers who viii hand
down decisions In the major l,ngue games
next season Thes arc Kccfe. Emslie,
| Henderson and Wedman."
|
Arthur Irwin hrcathes the air OF hone.
| Before he and his band of forty. count
| 'em, forty" set sail for tho South, on
| Tuesday. he delivered himself thus 10
| Charley Mathlson. II am going to try and
make record for myself by giving to New
| York some OF the best base ball that has
| ever been played here and l feel pretty
| confident that the pennant VIII come 10
| this city. | think have tho material Ia
make a winning team, and I'll get all tho
work out OF the boys that there Is In them.
| The boys have got to take an interest In
their work while am In control and that
means that we will ne winners"
Four OF the crack billiard players OF the
world will compete in three tournaments
| that Maurice DAILY OF New York Is ar
ranging. The games are to be played al
Chicago. Boston and New York. The foui
stars who win play are Albert GARNER, oil
Lucien Plot. should the first Partisan fine
II Impossible TO get away; Jacob Schaefer
George Slosson. or perhaps DAILY himself
and Frank Ives.
the coming OF French billiard player Of
the hrst class and has now announced tina
he viii offer 5000 In prizes for a series Of
| tournaments with the star talent entered
He offers this amount for contests In New
York, Chicago, Boston, and any other cit,
that will offer enough encouragement fo
the holding OF fist class tourney. IN,
prize money In question IL TO be divided
| into three purses. $1,000 for New York anl
Chicago. and $1,000 for Boston. DAILY give
an equal chance to George Slosson, Jacol
schaefer and Frank c. Ives. and also ex
| tends his offer TO any other player or Play
ers who may be willing 10 put up $3.50 en-
trance fee. which entrance fee Ia 10 go Il
the winners In addition to the regula