The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-12

in fielding, with an average of 971. H.
was not strong with the bat, being 81
on the list of n with an average of 2zs
only.
Spectators Demand Blood.
A we'll known member of the New York
Athletic club has this to say of the up to
1ate boxing bouts which have become 81
common of late under tho Horton law:
"The SO called boxing bouts of today are
really slugging matches. Real scienti @
boxing-the art of hitting. stopping and
getting away-is worth Watching. The
taste, however, Is at present for bloody
kpockouts. Let two boxers meet and be.
gin scientific sparring match and the
spectators will begin to guy them"
New Crack Yacht.
The new steam yacht Of Harrison B.
Moore, recently launched in New York, Is
172 feet 6 inches over oil, l4O feet load
water line, Is feet beam and feet 9inches
draft when loaded with necessary supplies
She makes the finest appearance of any
American yacht, and gives promise Of un-
usual speed. Her beam Is little more than
one tenth Of her length, and her hull, set
ting low In the water, will offer but lit
tie resistance to the wind as she steans
against it.
Racing Matters.
Justice Henry Hawkins. who delivered
the decision of tho full court of the queens
bench to the effect that the betting ring st
race tracks is "a place" within the mean
ing Of the anti2ambiing act of 1853, and
thus gave serious hlow 10 turf betting.
probably regretted the necessity Of 10 as
much as any man in England. He Is fre-
quently described as the sporting JUS
tice, F." and he has no parallel on tho bench
In this country.
The English racing season, which opened
last week, promises TO be the most sue
cessful for many years. The new patrons
Of the turf are many and wealthy. Be
sides blue blooded debutantes like the
Duke of Marlborough, there arc group
of South African gold ard diamond kings
and some new made mlllion0ires in the
bicycle company boom. The Duke Of Marl.
borough and the Earl OF Warwick are the
latest additions to the employers at Eyer
ton House, Newmarket, where the Duke
of Devonshirc is now the largest patron
with horses in training. Lord Wolverton
comes next, and the Psince Of Wales Is
among the others Interested i'm the stable.
The duke owns two promising 2-year- olds
bred by the late Baron Hirsch.
The nuisance of scoring one horse or two
at horse races is annoying to the public,
and leading horsemen are eEdeayoriDg Ia
devise some way of doing away with the
custom. Another unpopular rule la that
races shall bo the best three out OF five, or,
| in other words, the horse that first wins
| three heats wins the race When this rule
| was first adopted, it must be remembered
that it was the exception TO have more
| than four or five horses to start, and , :2l
| horse was the sensation of the day. But
| when fields Of horses increased to 10 or .,
| with every heat trottod below 2:2O, race
| consumed all the afternoon, and was then
postponed till the next day, spectators,
| drivers and horses became completely Tired
| out waiting for an end that never came.
| Hunting and Fishing
Walter Mansfield broke the worlds rec
| ord at the recent san Francisco Fly Cast
ing club tournament when he dropped his
| fly i'm the waters of Stow lake 1887 fee,
from the wharf whcreon ho stood.
There were more deer killed i'm the Adj
| rondacks last year than ever before The
| effect of the shortening Of the bounding
| season was To make moro vigorous hound
| ing during the season. There was Gordon
| Of men and dogs on the borders of the
| wilderness last season waiting for the hour
| when bounding could be begun, when
| there was q mad rush for the houndinp
ground.
| It should interest all patriotic Ameri
| cans 10 learn that the largest moose head
| (the moose Is identical with the European
| clk) in the world was secured recently in
| Alaska and Is now in New York city. Its
span is 10l. inches, and IL bears strong
resemblance 10 the superb heads of the ex
tinct Irish elk. There il said TO be still
larger Alaskan head owned in Seattle, but
until its measurement has been made by
competent authority the one now in New
| York must Le considered ss the record
head of the world.
| The new straight pull gun adopted hy
tho United States naval authorities !.
| probably rs good an action as has yet been
introduced, but 10 is very generally admit
ted thnt the caliber, .286 inch, IL too small
for practical purposes, though in theory II
may be amply powerful. On the Other
hand nothing larger than .315 calibel
seems necessary. As far IA has been ascer
taincd by experiment on living and dead
subjects, the 1916 is considerably morc
powerful than the old 1870 500 load, Will,
IL can he fred o,rt of very much lighter
rifle, has double the range and gives hall
tho rcoil.
Clipped Diamonds.
The New Bedford nine report today fol
practice, and the first game will be with
Tufts College on Monday next.
Manager Morton of the Everett, Mass.
Club, has written to the President OF tn,
Pawtucket Club for a date on Monday
April ~.
According to the reports in the variou'
| papers on the circuit there are sevcra
| teams that cannot be beaten In the New
England League championship race.
Owing to the poor weather condition.