The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-12
man In the world at his weight. Dick
Burge Is tho leading HEAVYWEIGHT in tho
old country kid l.avigne is on hts way
to England to fight Burge In May.

| man In the world at his weight. Dick
Hnarge is tho leading lightwelght in tho
to England to tigh, Buirge In In May " ~
Jimmy Barry Of Chicago is the best ban
tam In America, and pe,ilar Palmer, who
beat Billy Plimmer Is tho English cham
p'on. Palmer was over hero last winter
To box and he made clever showing
| with the s-rat negro. Barry and Plmme r
would have beefi matched by this tiine
has a bad hand,
Joe Choynski Is In a class by himself.
Joe is too light to be classcd as as keayy-
weights. A fight between him and DEN
yer Ed Smith would prove corkeS.
smith Is CAPABLE of giving any man ii.
the world an. argumen. when he is ii,
condition. Melody knows just how rood
! he really Is
Mccoy and Dan creedon will probably
nor OF This contest Will have a chance
TO make big money fighting second-raters
around New York next fall ana winter.
In his autobiography. lust published.
hsi Mccoy has this to sag: ''Known,,
that | am somewhat OF a mystery to the
followers Of American pugiism l will
anempt to make myself plain to the
| man Selby, the name of Charles Mccoy
| having been adopted when | ran away
iron h,, happy r home at the etse OF IA. |
1915 and took up my residence al In
diannanolis; ! worked q, almos, everything
yb hoy could DO and got along nicely:
TO permit 1t. Joined the Young Mems
Christian, association. and Ii was the e
/ learned the manly art. / never pose us
:, pugilst only when in tile ring al cork.
| | take good care of myself and intend
70 pc In the game in ten years from now
| health"
| In the palatial breeding establishment
of j. Malcolm Forbes. in Milton. Mass.
there came into world during the fore
noon hours of last Saturday a brown fii-
ly. which, by hrthright. should make the
fastest trotting mare in the world. The
parents OF this little filly are no less than
the renowned mare Nancy Ha.aks with Il
record of ..DN and the equally famous
stallion Arlon, with a record OF 2:07a.
This is a combination which Mr.. Forbes
has sought for q long time. and which
IVES the end he had in view when he ac-
CURED Nancy Hanks and Ar!on. over a
year ago The fact tina! th!s combination
gives the fastest possible average speed
TO this youngStcr makes the advent of the
my of greatest interest 10 lovers of
speedy horseflesh all over tho country.
school. attended the great Nancy Official
ly. His report to the anxious owner last
night wa. conveyed in the regulation
phrase, Both mother ANA child doing
well"
Mr.. Forbes intends that nothing that
human experience can forestal shall he
neglected n order that the great Nancy
aud her offspring shall continue TO do
we'll To that end he has given imper;-
1--WE orders That no one except his regu-
lar employees shall be admitted into the
presence of mother and baby. Mr.. Forbes
said last eNeni.r.
81 wish you to state positively that on
nc account can strangers be allowed to
enter the stable ! have already los, sew
cral valuable colts this spring from pueu-
1iinnia caused by exposure to the cold and
damp M.ather and ! Go not. propose 70
take any chances with this valuable ally"
I'll
Arion, the most sensational .-year-old
trotting stallion that was ever foaled. So
dying from a distemper that has prevailed
for month throughout the stable OF ]!
MALCOLM Forbes, the millionaire horsamgn
at Pontapoag., Mr.. Forbes, DR. Osgood
OF o.; me Haryard Veterinary college super
intendent Hall of the farm and Trainer
Harry liter have kent II close watch on
the stallion thrty-siX hours. The disease
p fn;ane them: II has been prevalent
among the brood Mares, and several OF
the foals recently dropped have died. Ar.on
seems to s,tIer great pain. Three DAYS
NO no the Stallion was II the best Of copd',,
OF California and is by E,lectioncer. out OF
Adam; by Nutwood He made n 10 mark
III Il illGf WUetl SNiKN. In 1873 Mr.. Forbes
purchased him for s125 90.
p Little Pete" the Ch.naman mixed up
the queer san Francisco races. and barred
from the betting ring at the same time
Ghorn. Chcvaiier and Hinrichs were set
down for life, has issued "a letter defend
ing his action. In this ne says:
ny giving space 10 this letter You will
40 justice 10 several wronefu!ly accused
Jockeys as wei. az TO myself. The evening
papers have stated that n number of lock
cys have been in the habi, of visiting my
pace and arranging with me TO pull horses
IN the following days races. This en-
phaiicaily deny ana can state many facts
well known TO every bookmakcr on the
track TO disprove the statements made. 1t
has been stated tina, Jockeys Chorn. Chcv-
alier and ilinrichs were the boys with
whom had done business, and that when
Chorn was riding a winner invariably
bet with him, and when he rode loser
bet against him. and that this state OF
things had existed for four or five weeks.
y VIII state that some of The heaviest |
los'ngs have made. and the bookmnkors |
sheets will bear out what say tmy tick
cts all being bought ON credD, were lost |
horses ridden by tho above named boys |
If your reporters VIII interview bookmak- |
crs on the following races they will find |
proof of what | state:
March .. bet 500 or 800 on Thclma.
ridden ~ Chcvalfcr. who put up "A poor |
ride and was. set down for IT,.
March bet 500 or 500 on Basso, who
was beaten by n head by Collins with |
Cheva,ier up. Did this look as II Cheval-
Ter was controlled by me?
February Is / bet $500 on Palomacita
md 500 on Road Warmer. Palomacita
was beaten one length by Crawford with
Chorn up. Did this look as If Ciorn was
controlled by me?
"The day before l bet 1900 on Babe
Murphy. who was beaten one-half length
by DerfnrgIlla, With chorn up.
II might give numerous other ms stances
where those boys mounts have beaten
horses ] bet on. all OF which can be proved
by the bcokmakers sheets.
II can only account for Jockey Hin
richs statement by believing that II was
made In a spirit of revenge. He visited
NE some time ago, ana wished me 10 as
sist him in getting a license to ride at
Ingleside. ana also wished me 20 loan him
500 10 remove an attachment on his
horses. This / refused to do. Al that
time Hinrichs blamed d. Schroeder for
his license being issued. and
declared his intention of getting even.
Nov | want to say that every horse !
have bet any great amount of money on
in the past six weeks has been the first
or second choice Of the American handi-
rapper. regardless of who rode him. and