The herald., 1896-04-13
SPORTING MISCELLANY

| with the Browns. lie CldHus ~ s. .,.s,-
der Abe refused to pay the 5000 bonus
agreed upon, and now the iei'- Ai"s-
| declares that all deals are on.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Martin Julian
| will sail for England either the iasI
| week in May or the first week III ouiio.
| While there "Fitz" will give exhipltions
and fight IL there Is anyone over theie
who is anxious to try him OUT
Mrs. Francis willard, writing IN tme
bicycle number Of the Silver Cross.
saws: ST have found high moral uses
in the bicycle and can recomnenu
as a teacher without pulpit or creeu
He who succeeds or she VINO succeou'
in gaining the mastery OF sucii cIea
ture as the bicycle will gain the Iias
terry of life, and by exactly the se@'"o
methods and characteristics.
Field Sports has scored another vic
tory. The late castigation it gave the
junk-shop trio for their boorish treat
ment of an A. K. c. official communica-
ton cut clear to the bone. AT a iate
star chamber performance OF the httie
gang they exhibited their WOUNDS anu
cried aloud at the pain (this last Word
should be spelled Paynel. Ha, IA.
! The lash cut deep. Well. dress the
wounds with tobasco sauce and they IL
| feel better when they quit hurting.
The proposed battle between Steve
| O'Donnell and Owen Sullivan Is well
under way. A cable dispatch from Lon
| don states that the mill is set for April
| 20, and that it will come off before the
National Sporting club for a $lOOo
| purse O'Donnell may not consent to
| match as he is inclined to hold out
| for $1500 purse and $3.50 for expenses.
| The National people will only allow MN
5000 for expenses. Articles OF agreement
have been already signed by Sullivan,
and are now on their way for y Don
nell's signature.
| A steeplechase and hunters meeting
| was to have been given at Lakewood,
| NJ, by the Ocean County Hunt cluD
| under the rules of the National Hunt
association, but the idea has been
abandoned, for the time being at any
rate, owing to the fact that prominent
| lawyer of New Jersey informed the club
| that the holding of a race meeting even
| without betting was against the law
| of the state. 1t is not probable that
| any such law exists, but under the pres.
ent legislative conditions in New Jer-
| sey the decision Of the club not to agi-
tate the question as to their legal rights
to hold meeting is to be commended.
JOS T. Seagram's great horse, Sara
| gossa, who is entered for the Dig Brook-
| lyn handicap to be run in June, has gone
! wrong and will not likely be able to go
into training for the race. says a Tor
| onto dispatch. In the winter books he
|
| got as high as 100 to 1 against him.
Johnny Walker, the trainer of the sor,
of the Duke of Montrose, thought so
| well of the horse that only few days
ago he placed $3.50 on him in New York
| book. This bet was made only few
days before Saragossa threw out
curb which may throw hin out of rae
ing entirely this summer and may
| cause his owner to retire him to the
stud.
| Nothing that has ever been said in
favor of the League of American
| Wheelmen is so powerful an argument
| as the unprecedented gains in men,
bership for this season of the year. The
| Boston office of the league is literally
| flooded with applications which, i'll
number, equal those sent in during the
| height of the cycling season of last sum-
mer From Missouri alone the record
| is over 200 ahead of the figures estab-
| lished last year, which was prosper
| Gus one. Nine hundred and one appli-
| cations were published in the Bulletin
| of last week, bringing the total mem
bership up to 43,065. Applications since
| forwarded from Missouri will increase
! her membership to over 1900. and anoth-
| er representative will then be added to
the list of officers.
| Connaughton is pretty sure of place
on the New York team. His fielding at
| short has been erratic. but his hitting
| as a rule has been hard and timely.
Manager Irwin is taking great pains
with Connaughton and says: Il want
him on the team for his hitting. 1 think
he is one of the greatest baters for
youngster that L ever saw, and if he can
keep anywhere near keeping the pace
on fast diamond he will play regularly
on the team. He can hit to either field
and is a good bunter. More than one
pitcher will suffer when he gets going.
hn fl al nl1fh q
present l viii try him in the outfield."
The London Fox Terrier club an
nounces the entries for the club stakes.
There are 81 entries for the eighteenth
Produce stake,a banner entry, no doubt,
and amongst it will be found many
youngsters with q future.
Owners Of three race tracks in Indi-
ana, which are to give 1856 days of con-
tinual racing this year, express them
selves as not disturbed by the story
that Governor Matthews is preparing
to put through the legislature a bill
aimed at their existence. The COVER
nor is now ill at his home, and has not
been able to attend to the duties of his
office for some time. The three tracks
Sheffield, Forsythe and Lakeside-have
selected days for their meetings which
will not conflict. The three concerns
with interests in common are said to be
distinct and controlled by different par
Sheffield John Brennock, James and
John Burke are credited with the own
ership of Forsyth, and John Condor and
SamDahl will control Lakeside (Roby).
These men have promised to adhere TO
the letter of the Sellers law. and sec no
reason why Governor Mathews should
interfere.
Robert Kneebs. who has an interna-
tonaI fame as horseman, is now free,
the imperial court having quashed the
conviction. Kneebs was convicted for
ringing Bethel as Nellie Kneebs and
winning a good lot of money with her in
Germany. The particulars of the trial
and conviction are well known. .Kncebs
is an Englishman and driver and
trainer of great ability, and became
prominent when he beat Pixley With
Jessie Gaines. He was over so years
old, with long gray beard and a vener-
able appearance. When here last sum-
mer he insisted that Bethel had never
been taken from this country. and was
still at South Dakota. Kneebs' home is
in Sioux City, Ia. One thing can be
said in his favor. He returned to Ber-
lin and stood trial, even though he must
have known conviction was almost cer-
tain. He had little or no sympathy with
American horsemen, and few believed
him innocent
For Fifty Years
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