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cure an engagement with Peoria he would
play With Terre Haute. Sporting News.

Dohcny. who viii probably be one of the
best left handed pitchers in the league this
| season. Is a ringer for william Jennings
Bryan. His Photographs are even more like
! BRYAN than he is himself. and they look
| Ike BRYAN must have looked at about II
| years VI age.
| Dolsu Bost0n's southpaw. has grievance
and II seems he has cause for II. lie liz
| on tho reserve list although he Is not
| been irving to sell him during the winter
! and failing in this tried TO farm him. still
| Boston hangs on to him. being afraid that
he may turn out to be Il crackajack.
| Manager joyce OF the Giants has made
! one Of his semi weekly predictions He
| says, look out for Chicago and Boston He
does not believe that Baltimore can win
again and that Cincinnati Will take drop
this season. believing that the Reds played
above their gait last year lie is too mod
est 10 state where ;he Giants will finish
sockalexls realizes that he will have to
play great ball to get place In the Cleye-
! land Outfcid and he IL working hard. II
he takes hlake's place the present righr
fielder will be rcipipcd for emergency'work,
but tho way Blake Is batting in practice
indicates that his old batting eye has re-
turned. II this Is the oase II will be hard
for any man IN Gupplant him.
There were several pnycrs In the Ma
iional league last wear who failed to steal
single base during the entire season g.
'fhcy were Cunningham and Johnson Of
/ Louisville Carsey and Taylor of philadel-
uhia. Klllen. Hughey ard Mack Of Pitts
burg, Esper NJ Baltimore, Cuppy OF Cleye-
land. Sullivan OF Boston. Dad Clarke OF
New York Rhines Of Cincinnati. King Of
Washington. Abbey Of brooklyn. Brigga Of
Chicago and INLAND OF ST. Louis. The
leaders IN bare stealing In tho big league
las, wear were Langc o. Chicago. 100;
Hamilton of Boston. o3; Kelley of Balti-
more 20.
AZ The Chicago team is now fortified n
doullo irheld or outfeld can he presented.
There Is not n man on the team whose alb
Eenco could not he filled, and well hilcd nj
that without any need Of using some un-
certain utility PLAYER or pitcher or
catcher
In a recent paper Colonel Henry Exall
~ Dallas, one Of the most successful horse
breeders In Texas. concluded review Of
the rise and decline OF the prices OF trot-
tiers by saying
with tho dawn OF 1897 a brighter future
for the horse business is already In sight
Tho recent sales In New York. Lexington
and Chicago have averaged almost double
the prices realized in the same markets
for the same class OF stock one year ago,
European parties, too. are active buyers
at all sales In tho United States now. and
the recent winning OF the greatest race
over trottcd In the old word--tho grand
prize at ST. Petersburg. Russla-by an
American trotting mare. will give an In
creased impetus 10 the rapidly growing
horses In Europe. This is evidenced by the
fact that within the past ten days eighty
seven richly bred trotting horses were sold
In Lexington. KY. To European parties for
tho sum OF s07 500 and shipped on the
steamship Prussia to Vienna, Austria.
The great success that has been attained
by Woodburn and kindred farms Is very
largely due to the fact that they have per-
sistoDtly claimed that speed follows blood
and have insisted that their stations and
mares showed to be Of the highest breeding
These are the only lines upon which very
great success can DO assured. The short