The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-29

Superintendent Field says In the neigh
borbood of 200 horses have been entered
and, Judging from the manner In which
owners hustled around to the associa-
tion Office yesterday afternoon there will
be quite a respectable addition before tho
books are finally closed. Yesterday some
rarely highbred equines were entered,
among which were nMr. q. II. p. Bel
mont's celebrated carriage horses, MIR. g.
Il. Bakers famous harness horses and
Mrs. DE Forest Danielson's Newport sta
ble including her saddle horses, which
have captured blue ribbons at the New
York, Boston and Newport shows.
Perhaps the most important entry yet
to be- made is Mr.. John Shepard, Jr. Is.
famous four-in-hand Even at this late
date 10 Is not fully decided whether Mr..
Shepard will compete for honors. MIR.
Field received n letter from him only tho
other day, while Mr.. Shepard was out at
town, TO the effect that he thought IL best
not TO enter his horses, but would do ali
in his power TO make the show success
Since Mr.. Shepard s eturn, however, Mr.
Field has seen him and the probabilities
are his famous fouri hand will be in
the race with MIR. Blanding's and Mr.
Halls turnouts for the much coveted rib
bon. Berkshire and spray In the lead
and Justice and Equity in the wheel VIII
probably no the way in which Mr.. Shep-
nrd will drive. These horses hitched In
various ways have won Is prizes and
hitched four-in hand defeated w. Gould
Brokaw's noted four. Ruth and Meteor
and Golden star and Comet kept exciu-
sively for show purposes, In tho Park
class at the recent Boston snow. They
also bested John Arthur's four, one OF the
leaders of which Is Lender the Scotch
man, for which Mr.. Arthur declined
tar "a. IA n
ard four are all trotting bred and one
unusual feature Is that they are used con-
stantly on the road In various hitchos
1t Is seldom that four finland show horses
are used for ordinary driving. The four
Is valued at $40, coo.
A we'll known local sporting authority
VINO saw Kid Mccoy defeat Dick . Brien
the other night says of Mccoy: The re-
suit Of tho contest will place Mccoy high
in the estimation of the sports who follow
with great care the work of the boxers.
n particularly good point in his favor Is
that he did not Try to win out In short
time but used considerable ring general
ship and gradually wore his man down.
Mccoy had every advantage and should
have won the fight which he did. Ho
might however, had he been less clever
won In adifferent manner and had he
done so the chances are he would not be
able 70 find as many men willing 70 back
him against Creedon as Is the case today.
The opinion Of those who are competent
TO Judge is that Mccoy Will not be the
cinch Creedon has figured on for tbe rea-
son that Creedon was at his best few
years ago while McCoys' is gradually
nearing perfection. Creedon is going
back while all the signs point TO the fact
that Mccoy is going ahead with great
strides. III Creedon met Mccoy icw
years ago there would be much better
feeling that he would win first honors.
But "a few years makes n great difference
in the life of n boxer. During tho time
Creedon has been before the sporting pull
lie he has lived q fairly comfortable life.
Things seemed To have como his way easy
enough and so he went up against the
good things of the world. While he has
nsyer become wreck from dissi patton
yet he has had his fling at what the world
calls good tins and as these good times
don't do man any good Crecdon Is feel
ing the effects OF them. Now, when he
should bo at his BEST he finds himself
logy and not at all anxious To begin
hard course o. training. He looks rugged
enough, but he's lived so easy he doesn't
like to worry about training at all. Per-
baps am wrong but that is what be-
lieye. On the other hand Mccoy has lived
the life of student athlete more than he
has that OF q professional boxer. His
physical condition has never been triHcd
away from all forms OF dissipation. Hs
has science. skill and plenty of courage.
With so many things in his favor, one can
easily enough see why no welcomes a
match with Creedon and why Creedon has
no great desire to participate in any such
contest
The crisp little bicycle sheet of Provi-
dence, the Cycling Chronicle, has this TO
say of bicycle tax:
If all the riders OF bicycles In Rhode
Island should hold mass meeting and
signify their willingness to pay tax on
their wheels, with the understanding
that the revenue therefrom should be put
into road building, 1T would be a good
thing.
1t is quite another thing however, for
the city or state both of which are some
what badly off financially, to say that
we will help out tho treasury by taxing
the wheelmen whether they like II or not.
The proposition 20 oppose such tax Is
now being entertained az city hall. But
the only reason is 1--WE need moro
money" The motive I'm the case is tho
same that resulted in the resolution to
increase the price of a liquor license from
$i00 TO $500. No one has had the nerve TO
say that n bicycle rider ought 20 pay q
special tax. He has no special privileges.
The streets are not injured in the least
by his wheel so there Is no good excuse
for the argument that he should he
taxed TO help defray the cost Of keeping
them in repair.
The wear ana tear on the highways
comes from the hoofs and the carriage
tires, but no one has snid anything about
imposing "a special tax on horse owners.
The most important OF next weeks
pugilistic attractions will 10 tho bout be-
tween Eddie Connolly and Jack DAILY in
the Broad way Athletic club, New York,
on Tuesday evening. The mon will box
20 rounds at 13S pounds, and IL Is ex-
pected that every available seat will he
occupied when the gong sounds for the
opening round. Connolly has not ap-
pearcd in competition since his mcinora-
bio fight with Kid bavigLe. lie has Teen
training faithfully Tor this contest as he
realizes that in Daily be will meet
fighter worthy TO class with the best nt
his weight Daily is a game and sturdy
boxer. He has defeated his opponents
in such easy fashion that il will be inn
possible to tell just how good he is until
after he has met Connolly.