The evening times., 1896-02-24
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.

rcCciNeu, MIDa SSr uc LlDOuT VIII cOHi-
plcte the necessary final arrangements.
The faculty have been sounded. and no OBJ
lection to a start as early as June 10 is
expected from this quarter. The number
OF substitutes taken over will probably
enable Yale 10 enter four in some of the
other races, as was advised in the letter
from Henley. The number of men who have
already decided to go abroad this summer
is very large, and a number of berths have
been reserved for Yale men on the Umbria,
which sails June -, getting the men to
England in coed time for the regatta.
The ST. Paul Whist Club, which won the
American Whist League trophy from Bos-
ton team at ST Louis recently, was called
on Saturday to defend its claim to the
trophy by the Chicago Whist Club. repre-
scented by Messrs. Waller, Parker. Bald
win and Parsons. After playing all d ~
Chicago lost, and the trophy will remain
in st. Paul. The st. Paul team consists
OF Messrs. Bum, Briggs. Bronson and Cor
don.
Mr. George ID. Gideon, chairman of the
racing board of the l.. A. W, rcde his
wheel to Baltimore Saturday from Pbila
delphia. He returned home by train. He
said: 'tIt is true that President Sterling
Elliott ,.as Offered me the ch1irmanship OF
the racing boa rd for another year, but. as
have much personal business to look after.
/ am as yet undecided about accepting.
If accept suppose l shall have much to
say in the selection of the ether members
and If i take the place the board will prob
Rblv h,, the same la year,
John Splan said. when Informed Of the ru-
NOR that McHenry was going to Russia 10
drive for his majesty, the car: "Well,
Mack is foolish" When asked why, he re-
piled: why, the first time he ha ppens 10 ap-
pear on the track with his hat ON crooked
the car will send him TO Siberia for life"
Jack Curry, the driver of the black side
wheeler, Joe Patchen, says if there is any
one horse out this year that will reach the
two-mnute mark it is Joe Patchen. Jack
sayshe had him hitched TO a sleigh once this
winter and let him stretch himself for quar-
terdown the snow path and Jack declares he
never rode SO fast before as he did FOR this
quarter.
SOiGStIltif tTclttu oo- Dtstts III -.oO
or better, won 121 races and 1864, 200
during her career on the turf, and it has been
estimated that her net winnings, after all
expenses We're deducted, footed up to the
enormous sum of $246, $50.
The celebrated hackney sire ,Danegelt, for
which Sir Walter Gilby paid SEE, 900 year
or SO ago, died in England last week. He
sired some of the highest-priced animals of
his kind.
John Teemer, ex-champion oarsrnan of
America, has severed his connection with
the Western Rowing Club OF st. Louis as
trainer. He will leave ON March IL, when
his resignation is effective, for his home
in McKecsport, Pa. Differences over the
question of salary caused Mr.. Teemcr to re-
sign.
The lone armed live bird shoot at
Beaver, Pa, ON Saturday, between D. c.
Bra aden of Beaver Falls and W. S. Canon
OF New OFT, n. j., for a wager of $500 was
won by the latter. Each man shotat ninety
eight birds and each killed sixty-five. In
the shoot-off at twenty-five yards Canon
killed sixteen and Braden nIleeD.
Levi Quockal Of Reading, Pa, has issued
q challenge To compete against any weight
litter in this country. 1t is claimed that
Quockal has lifted 1900 pounds in harness,
which is not the limit OF his strength.
Roola o. Heikes of Dayton, Ohio, in a tar
get shooting exhibition at Louisville on
Saturday broke 100 targets in ten minutes
and thirty-six seconds. He shot Ill times
The. proposed conference of the Cniver-
sity Athletic Club of New York to revise
the football rules has been announced as a
certainty, and will probably be held some
time within a week. Pennsylvania, Har-
ward, Cornell, Princeton, and Yale have
been invited to participate in this confer
ence. and it is believed that all will send
repre- sentatives. Following the plan
adopted two years ago, the University Club
Will endeavor to make uniform set OF
rules TO govern football, under which all
the colleges in the country will play.
Bicycle snatching is a new form of crime
developed in Paris. The wife of Forain,
the caricaturist, was riding some distance
ahead of her husband, near the Porte
Maillot, recently, when two men stopped
her. pulled her off her bicycle and were
making off with the machine, when the
husband caught up with them and had them
arrested.
The Westminster Clubs dog show at
Madison Square Garden closed on Satur-
day night, and many of the exhibits were
shipped TO Boston, ready for exhibit there.
Sam Barnes, the champion ftfteen-ball
pool pla yer of Texas, defeated j. L. Ma
lone, champion of the world, at Dallas,
Tex. on Saturday by a score OF 8 10 43.
Malone was TO pocket 100 balls TO Barnes
7b.
James whitford and Joseph Burke Of
Philadelphia were on Saturday held in
81, 900 bail each on charge OF selling
pools on races at Wilmington. Detective
McVey testified to buying pools on New
Orleans races. Bail was furnished and the
men released.
Now it turns out that W. E. D. Stokes
has bought Patchen Wilkes. The day be-
fore the sale Mr.. Stokes bought 2OO-acre
farm In Kentucky, and this will be known
rs the Patchen wilkes farm.
A running race circuit has been formed,
to include the cities OF Terra Haute, In
Elkhart, Toledo, Saginaw, and
probably Bay City. The first meeting will
be held at Terra Haute during the week
beginning May %, following with week
zach at the above cities in the order
named.
The Shamrock and Montreal Hockey Clubs
Of Montreal have arranged for an exhibition
tour for their teams throughout the United |
States. They expect to exhibit in New
J YOrkduring thefirst week In March, and will |
subsequently visit Washingto ton. Baltimore, |
and perhaps Pittsburg. The clubs are the |
two hest In Canada -