The evening times., 1896-03-19
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

DR.. ]. W. Bash OF Warsaw, Ind, has
sold his celebrated trotting mare. Mag
nolia, to II. c. Carroll Of New York, for
81 500.
Walter s. Hobart, who is now famous In
California with his fast thoroughbreds,
was noted about Boston as road driver.
While at Harvard he had Hazel Wilkes.
2:11 IA, and was one of the few who were
seldom beaten.
The German emperor has sent the Royal
Yacht Squadron cup to be competed for
in the races of the Cowes Regatta, which
will take place in August.
j. NJ. Townsend, 80, has presented med
ais won in competition by him in repre-
senting the University OF Pennsylvania
to the Houston Hall trophy.
DuctOr the good two year-old race horse,
for which VIII Woodward of Lexington
paid 300, is dead.
@. G. Appieby, alias Stanley Francis,
has been arrested by postoffice inspectors
in New Orleans on charge OF using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. on com
plants from the postoffices at Chicago.
Cincinnati. Saratoga, Covington, KY. and
other places. The basis of the scheme was
circular entitled Discretionary Invest
ments as operated by Philip NJ Archer,
expert racing commissioner. New Orleans"
The writer claimed TO have inside informa-
ton from horse owners. and land Of
flee business in money orders and regis
| tered letters was done.
Eight men are training at the UDiver-
sity OF Pennsylvania grounds for the spe-
cial mile race. to be run at the interschoias-
tic games a Madison Square Garden. The
trials will be run on Saturday, and the team
| that will represent Penn will be selected
at that time. Yale, Princeton and Har-
ward have also entered teams III this race.
George Starr keeps on adding good ones
| to his string. He has good PAGER in Ben
D., 2:O6 ga, which will come to his stable
| April L. Then he has the Salisbury colt.
| Too Soon, which Mr.. Salisbury always
| claimed was one of the ia stest he ever bred.
| Mr. Starr has made up his mind 10 come to
| the Northwestern Breeders meeting in Chi
| ago next June, and believes he Will get his
share of the money. Another old-timer who
| will be here is John Splan, now at Terre
Haute. splan has pretty good stable OF
| useful horses.
Those who are looking for the pacerless
| age will derive little consolation from the
| statistics which the current yearbook 1ur'
| nishes. Up to the end of S94 there were
| 10 .bSe trotters that had taken records in
standard time ,and 2,6O6 PAGERS with records
| of 2:25 or better. At the close OF 1895
there were IL ,ss9 trotters in the list, nd
| 3.4bb PAGERS, an increas Sc of $50 trotters
| and $40 PAGERS Therelative percentage OF
| increase is as follows: Trotters, IL 2 pei
cent: PAGERS, "a 1-2 per cent, or more than
| double that of the trotters.
| Trainer Ben Walker willmake Mystic PARK
, his headquarters this season, and says tha'
! several western trainers whom he knows
have also expressed their intention TO ioca't
| there for the season and campaign in the
East. Mr. Walker, it will be remembered
| is the man whom Trainer Moody got to drive
Mr.. George B. Inches stallion. Pedlar. in The
/ thea ts of that famous ten heat race whici
that game horse won at Mystic Park last
season. Speaking of Pedlar. 2:1s H. on'
evening last week, Mr.. Walker remarked
.That horse can trot in 2:12. 1 am no
guessing in this matter; know he car
do it."
Capt. John L. Brewer, the world-famou'
pieeon shot, is now in New Jersey jail
awaiting trial at the May term OF court
on an indictment charging him with dis
uroneriY.