The record-union., 1896-02-17

courage, to give them a candid opinion
upon which to determine whether to go
home or wait little longer One of
these, Wells Wiedmannn of Baltimore,
spoke his mind freely to the big pro-
moter. Said he:
Here have come nearly $500 miles
on your say so, because it was given
out that Dan Stuart had this time
sure-thing concession for fighting car
nival and bull carnival. Your bull
carnival and your fights have not ma
terialized. What sor+ of a game is it
anyhow? Does Dan Stuart's word go,
or doesn't it?'' But the Baltimorean and
those in the same boat with him are still
without satisfaction tonight.
Maher's eyes have improved wonder
fully during the pasc twenty-four hours.
The catarrhal discharge has been arrest
ed, the spots within the lids have van
ished, and very little blood remains
about the eyeballs. The face above and
below the eyes, however, is scared from
the blistering lotions applied by the
physicians. while around the left eye
there are several incrustations On the
whole, however, the Improvement has
been more rapid than the physician ex-
pected.
The bull fights at Juarez this after
noon attracted a crowd of 1000, two
thirds men, and women from the Ameri-
can side. 1t was brutal and disgust
ing exhibition. The first two bulls
looked more like milch cows, and were
as harmless as septuagenarian cats. The
prodding of the banderillos. instead Of
working them into frenzy, only re-
suited in their getting down on their
launches and believing piteously, as
though they could not understand what
was required of them, or why they
should be thus tortured.
The matadors also were novices, and
one of them broke three spears in one of
the helpless animals before giving it
its coup. The remaining two bulls put
up lively fight, with the result that
two picadors were severely injured and
one horse killed.
Governor Ahmuda with his staff and
the entire force of Chihuahua State Off
Gals were present. Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor Cortez presided over the fight.
The sight of horse with entrails pro-
truding was so sicl1ening as to cause
numbers of the American spectators to
leave the amphitheater.
At the close of the fights Fitzsirn-
mons, who had occupied box. asked
Governor Ahmuda II he did not consider
bull-fghting as more disgusting than
prize-fghting. The Governor smilingIy
remarked that 1t was the custom of the
country, but that he deprecated the use
of horses in bull-figfts
At O'Clock tonight Dan Stuart an
nounced TO the crowd of correspondents
and sports in his office that the Ever
hardt-Leeds. WaIcott- Bright Eyes.
Marshal1-Dixon and Barry-Murphy
contests were officially declared off. and
that he would pay the forfeit of $500 on
each contest tomorrow The announce
ment was not coupled with any reasons
for this step, but later it was stated in
Stuart's behalf by one of his associates
that as one of the fights was already
past due and another was scheduled to-
morrow, he regarded it useless to carry
out the lesser features of the carnival
SO long as the big fight was undecided
and moreover as the little fellows were
beginning to kick, the conclusion had
been reached to sponge off the slate be-
ginning with the second line. It is now
more than ever likely that the first line
will be wiped off Tomorrow
Some complications between the
fighters are likely to arise as the result
of the abandonment. Leeds and Ever
hardt, who were to have fought on
Tuesday, should weigh in tomorrow
under forfeit of $1,000 Everhardt.
however, recognizing several days ago
that the game was up. has been taking
things easy and gaining flesh, with the
result that he tips the beam tonight at
140 pounds, or eight pounds overweight
Captain Glori, Leeds hacker, insists,
however, that the weighing-in shall
take place, and says he will claim the
forfeit if Everhardt fails to appear or
if he is overweight.
The consensus of opinion among the
expert sports remaining here is that the
fights having been declared off in adj
vance of the weighing-in, Glori's po-
sition is untenable.
NEW ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
Ell PASO (Tex.), Feb. 16.-New arti-
cles of agreement are being drawn up
tonight for a fight between Fitzsim-
mons and Maher on next Friday. Buck
Connolly says he will deposit $1,000 to
be forfeited if Maher does not enter the
ring on Friday. The new agreement
will be submitted to Julian and Fitz-
simmons in the morning Stuart will
use his influence in getting Fitzsim-
mons consent to the new agreement