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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-16
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ONT of His Line.

The Boston Transcript reports that
two gentlemen fell into talk about
books.
what do you think Of the Origin of
Species?' = asked one man.
II have never read it, was the
others reply. I'm fact, he added, Il
am not interested in financial subjects. I"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-16

Ny dear, said young Mrs. McFlim-
sey To her husband II do wish you
would net go about the house in your
SHIRT sleeves. People Will think your IA
Their worked for a living.
They whit when they know his
son Detroit Free Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-16

Husband (shaying)-Confound the
razor
Wife-What's the matter now?
You re dreadfully cross tempered.
1.-THE razor is SO dull -
Dull +! Why, | ripped mp an old skirt
with it only yesterday, and it cut beau
tifulJy. Chicago Record
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Also large list of ornamental
shrubbcry and Nursery Novelties.
Book your orders early for Spring
delivery.
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DIRECTORS AND oFFlcFss

Foreign and Domestic Exchange
bought and sold. Interest paid on
time deposits. Special attention
to Grant county collections Gen
eral banking business transacted
Agents for the sale of ocean tickets
on the Cunard, Inman and Rcd
Star Lines.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
,nds did not seem to have their heads

onds did not seem to have their heads
either.
after he lostwhat advantage he had
secured by good fighting he lost heart
and gave up battle he still might
have won.
''He was hurt some, but he did not
seem to know that FitZsimmons was
hurt worse. Had he known that he
would have won the battle with ease.
His heart was weak at that time,
and for all any one knkows it may be
weak still. However, his last battle
did much to give him confidence in
himself, and that is all he needs in good
hands. He is so much improved in
both strength and skill that all he needs
is to go right in and win his fight. He
may get little punishment, but he
will take that all right while he is fresh
and strong. I look for him to smother
Fitzsimmons in five rounds or less, and
1 say this as friend of Fitzsimmons.
Indeed, 1 am so close to him that I
do not wish to be quoted as saying he
will get whipped. 1 would like to see
him win, but my judgment tells me
Maher is the coming man."
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hight shy of these favorite blows. If
they do this and make an ordinary ham,
ner and tongs battle of it Maher will
have a great advantage on account of
his superior weight. To overcome this
Fftzsimmons will have to call into play
all the cunning for which he is noted.
He is sensible Of the fact that in a
stand up and hammer away fight he
would have the worst Of it, SO he will
rely up on his skill to offset the Irish
mans weight and strength.
Maher has been variously estimated by
men who have seen him battle. A Chi
cago patron Of the ring who feels GER
tain he will defeat Fitzsimmons gives
his reason at length for his faith in
the Irishman.
'"There is no man in the business" he
says, who fights as Maher fights. He
is a new school all by himself Or, to
be more exact, he is a, revival of the old
school, of which John C. Heenan was
the great exponent. All Of the modern
fighters except Maher depend upon
swinging blows with which to do their
seldom swings. He strikes straight
from the shoulder and he has on more
than one occasion demonstrated his
ability to hit as hard straight from the
shoulder as any of the other fighters
can hit with swinging blow.
This is where his great natural SUI
periority lies over all modern fighters.
Since the new school of fighting with
gloves began the round arm blow be-
came popular. Men found they could
not hit hard enough with a straight
blow with the right, and then they
found it difficult to get the blow in.
But with round arm blow they get by
the left guard and reach the side Of the
head.
"This blow is risky one to attempt.
FitZsimmons has a fashion Of sliding
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lenses as a Thespian. : Columbus

pretenses as a Thespian. - Columbus
Dispatch
Chicago is after Johnny Ward. Ward
was the famous captain of the New
York club In 1894, and it was largely
through his ability that that city fin
ished the season so well and defeated
Baltimore for the Temple cup.
Brush is said to contemplate estab-
fishing big Four" in the Western
league. Is Goodnow in on this?
irwin says Amos Eusie can have his
old salary If he will let UP on liquor.
Vanderbeck says that Whitehill has
not been released by Detroit
The Baltimore team will begin spring
practice on March 49,
Deacon Ellis is making an effort to
sign Outfielder Butler of New York.
Con Strouthers is spending the winter
In Kansas City. He will not play with
this years Detroit club.
Pete Lehman, formerly of the Mil
Waukee team, will catch for ST. Jo-
seph in the Western association
The board of directors of the Ma
tional league will meet tomorrow.
George Vanderbeck, the Detroit West
ern league magnate, refused the offer
or $4,000 cash from John A. Newell for
half-interest in the team \ Can this
be Short Stop Jack?
Jimmy Hughey, the ex-Toledo pitch
er, has been farmed out by Pittsburg
to Grand Rapids.
Buster" Burrell, who played with
Minneapolis in 94, has dropped back
into minor league. The big one was
two swift for him, BROOKLYN having
given him his walking papers.
President Killilea says the MilIwau-
kee base ball club is not for SALE
Bobby CarutherS will umpire in the
Western association.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

the decisive blow followed closely upon
the call of time. In fact, so soon as
the men came within reach of each
other Maher fell upon his man and
with that one famous lick sent him to
the floor yin the case of Fitzsimmons
and Hail there was a great deal Of
fooling about before the awkward Aus
tralian hooked his victim into dark
ness.
In the coming battle between the
man with the punch and the one with
the hook ring followers are specializing
on the probabilities Of one of these
gladiators settling the fight according
to his favorite method. ALI are agreed
that the fight will be practically at an
end If either Of these blows are landed
early In the battle while the men are
strong. If Maher can reach Fitzsim-
mons on the jaw with his terrible
right-hand cross he will win the fight
easily. On the other hand, if Fitzsim-
mons can slide in, hook his long right
around Makers left and reach the
Irishman's left jaw it will be all over
with him.
But each Of the men know what dan
ger there is to the other, and both will
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With the Runners.

Unity, Louie Ezelfs three-year-old
filly, is doing great work in Frisco.
Galen Browns colt Wyoming is beat
ing all corners at Ingleside.
Fred Foster will make another effort
to win the Brooklyn handicap with Dr.
Rice.
The coming season at Vienna, Aus
tria, promises to be most brilliant one
for trotting sport. The trotting asso-
citation Of that city has decided to offer
in stakes and purses no less than $685.
600 in 1896.
Clarence Mackay, son of John
Mackay, who resides in Paris, France,
has decided to give two purses of 81, 600
each for trotters, to be decided during
the coming season, at Rouen and Neuil-
ly Lavallois.
James Gordon Bennett has offered to
make match with Henry Fleisch-
mann, of Berlin, Germany, laying s10,-
000 to $4,000 or $4,000 to Sc, 600 that
either of his mares, Autrian or Helen
Leyburn, can beat any trotter in the
Fleischmann stable, with the proviso
that the match must be decided in this
country on a first-class track.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
WORLD DOES MOVE.
Scotch Athletes Find Definition of
Amateur Not Fair.

Amateur Not Fair.
Perhaps the most sensible def1ni-
ton of an amateur yet seen is that
adopted by the conference of Scotch
athletes at Edinburgh during the holt
days. It is as follows:
can amateur is one who has never
competed for a money prize, declared
wager, or staked bet or knowingly
with or against a professional for any
prize or in exhibition, or who has never
taught, pursued, or assisted in the
practice of athletic exercises as a
means Of pecuniary gain. (O That
amateurs shall not lose their amateur
status by competing with or against
professionals at cricket football, or
other games, provided that such COM
petitions form no part of, nor have any
connection with any athletic gymnas-
ium, swimming, rowing, or skating
meeting. (3) That the aforesaid
bodies be recognized each by the other
as the governing bodies of athletics,
gymnastics, swimming, rowing and
skating in Scotland, and that their re-
spective findings and suspicious be
binding on all the bodies. az That
three representatives from each body
shall meet in conference in December
Of each year" It was agreed that
these recommendations be laid before
the various bodies on the earliest nos
sible date. and that the representa-
t1ves should meet again in conference
in April to report progress.
Why should an amateur be shut out
for competing with possible profess
SIGNALS in events other than those of a
professional nature?
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in on his feet quickly and hitting his
man before he can duck and counter.
That is, he does it sometimes. But it
is always attempted with great risk.
If the man can dodge he is thrown off
his balance and may receive counter
blow that will give him an awful jar.
Not so with the straight punch which
Maher uses. If he misses he naturally
comes to clinch, and no damage can
be done to him. If he lands he has
his man pretty well whipped.
II figure that Fitzsimmons' only
chance is to counter one Of Makers
right-hand leads, and to do this sue
cessfully he must start his counter at
the very instant Maher sends out his
right. When Maher does attempt a
straight-right cross his body goes with
the blow and his left is free to pro-
tect himself from counter, and it
makes little difference where Peter
lands that terrible right, it is bound to
do serious damage.
eff it falls on the shoulder, chest or
arm it is bound to have it's effect. ALI
that Maher has TIC do to beat Fitzsim-
mons in four or five rounds is to sail
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Amid SuIky Hubs.

Geers Is now the only trainer en-
ployed by Village Farm. a~f.e -,..,--
Driver Alex Carson has gone to Cal
ifornia. where he will locate.
Dell Barker, the Missouri breeder
and trainer. will locate in Madison,
Ind .t. 49,. q. ..u..
Independence, TO-, has claimed dates
for summer meeting July TO T.
Budd Doble is driving Lee Russell,
ZIG. by Lord Russell, on the road in
New York. saint
James Dustin, who drove Directum
at Minneapolis last year, would like to
come East with his division of the Palo
Alto stable this year.
Mesa is the name of the fast Neb-
raska fiily by Atlantic, 2:131a, out OF
Kate Caffrey, 218h.
w. W. Bair. noted as the driver of
Maud S, is now clerk in the Columbia
hotel, in Philadelphia.
John Splan will probably. have for
next season the greatest stable Of
horses he has ever campaigned. He
Is W1ntering at Lexington, Ky.
dates for the green pacing classes this
year one being by Mambrino King,
and one by Prince Regent.
Irotting meetings will be held at
Aurora and Ottawa, III, In 1896 The
dates for Aurora are July IA to II, and
FOR Ottawa July q to "a Oshkosh dates
are changed to June 23-26. ,.
The fastest young PAGER on earth"
according to Scott Hudson, is a year
ling owned by 7. G. Angling. the Ken
lucky horseman. He paced halves in
LOS last fall. The eyoungster Is by
Wilkes Boy -
Several of the turf papers have given
the trotting stallion Joliersasaa PAGER.
he Is owned by w. o. Dustin. Gilmore.
MINI. Joker, 2:20, Is by Gen. Lee Jr.
He got his record in 1892
Trainer Frank Loomis, who has
charge of the Du Bots horses at Den
yer, Col. will have in his stable for
this season Athol Wilkes, 2:19h, by
Shadeland Onward.
Thomas Raymond, owner Of Klamath.
Will campaign the sensational Califor-
mia horse Chehalis, 2:071a, in the East
this season.
A filly by Allie Wilkes, owned by d.
A. Smell, of New Bedford, Mass, paced
quarters last fall in 80 seconds. She
will be raced this season
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
AFFAIRS OF THE WHEEL.
Various Pickings From the Realm
of Whfriinx Pedals.

John S. Johnson has signed with Ar
mold, SchWinn & Co., and is now ar
ranging his plans for the next seasons
campaign. He will, 1t Is said, train in
America till March, and will then start
for France, where he will put the fin
ishing touches on his physical prepara-
ton, after which he will make an at
tempt at all records on the safety from,
the quarter-mile to the hour He will
Of course, be accompanied by the as
tute Tom Eek.
Walter Sanger has disposed Of the
diamonds which he acquired during his
amateur days. The gems he won were
rated at $3.50, according to the race
promoters advertisements, but when he
came to sell them he found out that
their value was only s., 939, or about So
per cent of the figure at which they
were advertised.
Frederick NJ. Hoblett, who has been
appointed the local representative of
the Spalding bicycle concern, the Gre
denda, the Columbus and the Ohio
stated yesterday that the first named
company was considering the selec-
ton of a Spalding team for 1896 from
the ranks Of the Twin City riders.
It is announced that Zimmerman, the
champion cyclist. will retire from the
track after leaving Australia.
A bill has been introduced in the
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Da1y,s Montana Circuit.

Marcus DAILY, the Montana copper
king, has a plan for a grand circuit Of
his own in the West 1t is said that
DAILY will attempt to organize q circuit
Of trottins. pacing ard running meet
ings in Montana, to last tie entir. sea-
son from early spring until late fall
His desire is to offer not less han $780,
900 in stakes and purses, and thus at
tract the better class of horses from the
entire country. Mr.. DAILY says he is
we'll satisfied that a Montana circuit
can be made successful in every way,
and thus do away with the necessity
of Western owners shipping their sta
bles hundreds of miles in quest Of prize
money. If organized, the circuit would
include Helena, Butte and Anaconda,
the latter being Mr.. Days home, while
it is suggested that Denver and several
other points outside of Montana might
possibly be taken in.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

yellow The timid man who is no.
tor1ously coward will win for YOU
nore money than the fellow who
knows no fear"
This opinion was expressed by a.
fvell-known trainer who has made a.
earetul study Of and the qualities
winch go to make up the successful
prize fighter. After years Of experience
ne declares that the ideal fighter is q
Hnid, gentle man.
In view of the fact that courage is
generally regarded as of first impor-
lance In lighting man 1t sounds
someWhat strange to hear a profess
sional student Of the sport make such
declaration, but he speaks his CON
VlctlonS with the earneStneSs of a man
VINO knows what he is talking about.
Hnd he knows why he believes as he
hoes.
''The mere capability of taking pun-
tshment," he says, us not, dependent
upon that quality which we call cour-
/ age, but rather upon circumstances
hnd training. The bravest creature in
Inc world is the game cock Let one
pr these young birds get we'll licked
IN his first fight from being over.
matched and he will never be fit after
ward to meet the commonest sort Of a
uunghill fowl He has had his conf
uence In himself destroyed, and with it
went all the essential qualities of his
courage. Had that same bird been
( permitted to win his first fight he
would have stayed to the death any
Time afterward
\. Breeders and handlers Of game
DOCKS know this truth and handle their
plrds accordingly. They give them a.
nght TO begin with against some COM
mon bird they can whip easily That
builds up their conceit, their conf
uence and their courage. They will
never finch afterward. They may be
depended upon to die fighting in the
pit.
What is true Of gamecocks is equal
ly true of bulldogs. The courage of
these animals is about as pronounced
as the courage Of the gamecock They
are born with the desire to fight. and
instinctively they seek the opportunity
to express their love for hurting some
thing at the expense Of being hurt
themselves. But before they have had
a battle in which they have been vic
tor1ous they must not be seriously
whipped, for, like the gamecock, once
they are cowed, they cannot be de-
pended upon to act with courage.
1t is precisely the same with man."
Since the powerful right hand of
Peter Maher fell upon the left jaw of
Steve O'Donnell, the man from Ireland
has been counted a real competitor for
championship honors. Hitherto he had
been regarded as good broth of lad,
with much power and little skill
Moreover, he has always been held to
lack both judgment and heart in an
uphill fight. But his last fight made
him many friends and set the followers
:. Of the ring to comparing his skillful
onslaught upon ODonnell with the
famous hook blow which Fitzsimmons
used upon the clever Jim Hall early in
the fight.
But the surprise which the Aus
tralian visited upon Hall was not as
complete as the surprise the Irishman
gave O'Donnell, for in the latter case
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

right into him and keep up his two
handed punching. Fitzsimmons won't
have time to execute any fancy moves
and get in his heavy blows if Maher
goes after him.
HE VIII be kept busy lodging the
blows, and every one that lands will
take some Of the wire edge out of him,
and if any Of those stiff punches land
fairly he will grow dizzy from the eff
feet.
Il regard it as mere question Of
nerve. Maher has the weight, strength,
speed and hitting power. But whether
he has the nerve to sail right in and
overpower his opponent from the start
is another question. OF course if he
fools and fiddles about waiting for
sure thing that will be easy the cum
ming Australian will be likely to touch
him up with few Of his specialties
Il think the Fitzsimmons people are
counting on Maher fooling about until
he gets hurt, but the Maher people are
not reckoning on such a plan of battle.
Since Maher met Fitzsimmons in New
Orleans he is much changed He did
not know in that fight that he had the
Australian all but whipped and his Sec
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
New York,s Game Laws.

New York state Is agitating for a
better game law. The Forest and
Stream says:
The reasons demanding such an &C.
ton are two. First, the sale Of game
the year around means an increased
destruction for the market in the open
shooting season and a continuous de-.
struction for the market during the
closed shooting season. Second, the
open market in New York encourages
in other states the destruction of game
which finds market In New York al
times when in other states sale Is for
hidden. The working of the law is de-
structive of the game of New York and
of the game of New York's sister states
1t is a wrong which should be righted
at once. The remedy should be pro.
vided without the delay of a day."
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out of the cold and the original project
of a race between Cornell, Columbia,
Pennsylvania, Harvard and Yale to be
consummated. Cornell's desire to meet
the "blue" crew will serve to neutralize
Harvard's opposition. If Yale does go
in, the greatest event in the history Of
Intercollegiate boating will result. The
annual event at New London has been
enough of gala event, but when three
more crews are added to the list, and
the race transferred to the Hudson,
Poughkeepsie will doubtless hold such
a holiday crowd next June as was never
before seen at a collegiate event.
One of Yale's noted coaches said
recently that the chances are nine out
of ten that Yale will send a crew to
race in England this summer.
The Harvard candidates are hard at
work on the principles Of Coach Wat
sons new stroke. The stroke differs
in most essential points from that
taught last year. The body reach has
been greatly reduced, and special atten-
ton is being paid to the leg drive. On
these two points last years oarsmen
were especially weak. Their body
reach was so great that the boat could
with difficulty be kept on it's keel. The
Importance Of the leg drive, Yale's
strongest point is now fully recognized.
The first eight is made up of men who
have had some experience, and the
members have now begun regular gym
nasium work. Besides the daily row.
ing on the slides, the men have GER
tain exercises for morning and night in
their rooms.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
HORSE TO PUSH THE RUB
BIER TIRES.
BELLS IDEA IN PRACTICE.
THE EQUINE AS A PAsSEN-
GER.
CLIMBS BIG HILLS WITH EASE.
Novelty at Least, If 1t Has No
Greater Claim to Public
Notice.

The predictions made last summer
by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the telephone, that a ma
chine would be invented that would be
to the horse what the bicycle is to the
man. has attracted more than passing
attention, and the problem of vehicle
in which the horse shall be the mo-
tive power is not so far from solution
as many others that have vexed the
scientific world for years.
A correspondent of a leading En-
glish paper, Cycling, believes that in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

most quiet and satisfactory manner
1t is unnecessary to state that ex-
Secretary Cross was not 'in the hunt"
and failed to show up after making a
preliminary survey of the field Messrs.
Randall and Weaver were retained by
unanimous vote, and the board was
strengthened by the election of J. p
Cooley, of Duluth. Mr.. Cooley is an old
friend and faithful worker in the agri-
cultural field, having been actively en-
gagged in that work for ST. Louis coun-
ty for many years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
GAHER AND FITZsIMMoNs TRAIN
ING THEORETICALLY FOR THE
EVENT.
BOTH IN PINK OF CONDITION.
Ian FROM IRELAND IN FIRST
RANK SINCE HIS DEFEAT OF
- O,DONNELL.
JTRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
He Strikes n Terrific BIOw-His
Friends Confident of His Sue
cess.

Z Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 25.-Both Ma
her and Fitzsimmons are training as
If their lives depended upon their be-
Ing in the pink of condition. Each acts
Rs If he were certain he could whip
The other.
=. IF you wish to compliment a prize
Fighter, tell him he is as game as a
bulldog, as brave as julius Caesar.
But if you expect to get rich backing
lighters put your money on the man
Who is streaked with the despised