Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-15


Although 1t will be weeks, aye, months
before the foot ball season practically be-
gins, the managers Of the various proposed
teams in this neck of the prairie are al
ready marshaling the material available ani
keeping their weather eye open for any
thing good or new that may happen this
way Neither the High School, University
club or Young Mems Chrictian association
have selected their coaches, but will all do
so early in September. The University club
will have strong eleven in the field thG
fall, and the High school youngsters ex-
pect to be able to surrass any and all of
their former exploits on the gridlron. The
Council Bluffs school, as she always does,
will put out an exceedingly strong aggreSa-
tion with the one ambition and one deter
mination to again tear off the hair of thelr
rival on this side of the big bridge. There
was some talk some time ago about the
officers at Fort Crook organizing a team TO"
operations against local forces this autumn,
but the idea must have been abandoned, as
am unable to learn anything further in
relation to the project
The beating of that great 2-year-od Ham
burg, at Saratoga last week created quite a
stir in thoroughbred circles and occasioned
no end OF suspicious talk. Archduke, who de-
feated the dapper son OF the great Hanover,
is certainly good horse and some are even
now picking him to win the Futurity but
he never would have beaten Hamburg with
twelve pounds extra up II the colt had not
been run off his legs days before. Mr.. Mad
den has certainly shown, poor judgment in
putting Hamburg in the running so fire.
quently especially when ID is his intention
to take him, with Howland, to England this
fall and acclimate him foe the big foreign
stakes next summer, All the eastern author
tiles, | see, set great store by this pair on
the other side the drink and minnie Calm
says Hamburg and Howland are two OF the
best 2-year-olds that ever struck a hoof on
the American turf, and what Minnie"
doesn't know about the, Jumpers is hardly
worth acquiring. u. 9aI
Again II looks somewhat as II the two
minute hoss might get here after all this
season. Joe Patchen didn't do a thing last
week at Columbus, o., but paced the steel
shoes of Star Pointer who just licked him
over in Cleveland the week before, at John r
Gentry's top clip of 2o1ta, Many people con-
sidered Star Pointer unfonduerable before he
started this summer and uup to the event
above mentioned he fulaliedTall the wiShes OF
his many admirers This wss a soft snap
for his owner who seems 10 have all the big
events and the worlds record in his kick -
but was rough on the owner of Patchen. who
had been cajoled into the belief that he pos
sessed the king. And now it looks as if he
had, and the big black PAGER is now
greater idol than ever.
The story OF the race which had this un-
expected ehulhs hinges nrst on Joe Patchen
being fortunate for once in drawing the in
side place. As the two flyers hsttled for the
supremacy in the last half of this mile the
clip increased to one never before seen in
harness. Patchen covered the distance In
l'0i the last quarter In 29A seconds
which is a 1857 gait. but as the other
horse closed a gap of two lengths his flight
was even more terrific. This killing drive
had it's effect later on though Star Pointer
was able to make his dusky foeman take
the race record OF 2:0ll5 in the second heat
Without a doubt the greatest one mile
professional feet race" ever run in Amer