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The herald., 1898-02-07

plished the greater part of his mission
and would return to Paris
1t is said that eight of Europes best
riders will return with Eek, including
Frenchmen, Italians and Irishmen.
o O o
With all the talk about the new chain
less single wheels, we hear little OF
chainless multi-cycles Two well known
racing men recently experimental with
a chainless tandem on the Willow Grove
track, Philadelphia. This wheel, the
first of its kind ever fitted with chain
less gear, gave great satisfaction. Ii
weighed forty-eight pounds, but the
riders easily covered q half mile in %
seconds.
Tom" Linton, the famous Welsh cy-
cllst, who is regarded as the only rider
living who may be able to defeat
Michael, sailed from Liverpool for New
York Saturday by the steamship Aura
MIA. Dudley Marks, the Welshman's
manager, received cablegram to that
effect yesterday. Strangely enough
Linton and Michael We're born on the
same street In the same village, ant
played together as boys.
O O O
The bicycle manufacturers of Canada
have asked the government for a specifi,
duty of 50 on each bicycle imported fron
the United States. The present tariff
imposes a duty of 30 per cent. The mem
bers of the government have not ex.
pressed any opinion.
o o o
That Potter is not as confident o.
election to the l.. A. w. presidency as h,
would have the general public believe il
abundantly indicated by the vigorou!
hustllng for votes which he and hi.
friends are doing. With Massachusett.
and other New England states ready t,
vote for anybody but Potter, the major.
ity of the Pennsylvania delegation dis
liking him and held to the Potter
keenan, ticket only by the fimsiest O.
ties, with at least fair proportion O
the New Jersey delegation opposed tt
him and nearly all the western ant
southern states under agreement not t,
pledge themselves to any ticket unit
they get to st. Louis, the situation IL
decidedly interesting.
The herald., 1898-02-07
CYCLING

The unfortunate cycle collision, which
resulted in the death of wheelman last
week, IL it results in a permanent en-
forcement of the ordinances regulating
the speed Of wheelmen will have the
effect of preventing scores of other ac-
cidents. There have been spasmodc ef-
forts to enforce these regulations from
time to time but until poor Page was
killed little attention was given to the
matter by either the police or wheel
men. The riders themselves are as anx-
ious as any class of citizens to have Fl
stop put to scorching, and many OF
them are willing to give the officers all
the assistance they can. They do not de-
sire additional legislation on the subject,
for they claim, and with reason, that the
more laws there are the less probability
there will be of enforcement of the meas
ureS.
The growing tendency to admit women
to membership in bicycle clubs is a sign
of the times. The fair sex are ON an
equal footing with the sterner sex in
many such organizations, particularly
The herald., 1898-02-07

York "Pedlar" Palmer has not Agned
articles to fight Dave Sullivan, Sammy
Kelly or Solly Smith. He claims to have
hurt his hands so badly in his last fight
with Sullivan that he cannot tell when
they will be sufficiently strong to fight
again. He says that he will give Kelly
the first match, however, and the Ma
tional Sporting club of London has of
fered $4,000 purse for the contest. 1t is
hoped that the match will take place
during Derby week.
Peter Maher is after "Kid' Mccoy and
has Joined Choynski in hunt after the
scalp of the young middleweight who
has professed a desire to fight Corbett
and Fitz. Buck" Connolly of Pittsburg,
who is Maher's manager, has issued a
challenge to Mccoy and has backed it
up with the statement that he will cover
McCoy's recent deposit of S5000 There
is not the shadow of a doubt that
Choynski and Maher are in earnest in
challenging Mccoy.
Corbett is irrepresible as press agent
After having made himself absurd in
INcIClcC oIltl ldl1ncSS, Ht
now declares that Dan Stuart is figuring
on throwing him down by matching Nc
Coy against Fitz. If F'itz is wise he will
lose no time calling McCoys $4,000 for
felt. Corbett seems to be bent on read
ing himself out of fistiana by antagon-
izing competent referees and promoters
who have a chance to pull off cham
pionship affair.
o O o
"Parson" Davies has issued chal-
lenge in behalf of Dan Creedon to meet
Tommy Ryan in a limited round bout
Davies declares that Creedon is in fine
condition, and adds that the Australian
will have no trouble in getting to the
middleweight limit.
The herald., 1898-02-07
GENERAL SPORTS

Vassar college boasts of an athlete
who bids fair to rival any Harvard OF
Yale representative in her abilities
Miss Rowena Reed of California is only
IS years old, weighs 100 pounds and is
feet S1s inches tall. She can ride, swim
fence, row, wheel, run and jump. She
can handle the Indian clubs and dumb
bells, play football and basketball like
a veteran, and is an expert on the
trapeze. In the VaS games lately she
broke the women's record for the broad
jump, clearing 13 feet and 8 inches; won
the 12O-yard hurdle race and the run
ming high jump, doing feet inches. AS
she is only a sophomore, her career is
only commenced.
Ed Gaines is very much impressed
with the racing in England, and will
no doubt go there again. Ed says that
If a person wagers less than $25 with q
bookmaker, he has to apologize to him
for the trouble he has put him to ir
recording the bet.
Cameron Forbes is announced as Har.
wards football coach for the coming sea.
son. Captain Ben Dibblee called meet
ing of all the men who had played OF
the college team this year, and an
nounced this selection of coach by thu
athletic committee.
The craze for English racing is in
creasing. 1t amounts almost to a mania
in New York, and one is not surprised
to hear announcements made daily tha
this and the other turfman will sent
over a string of racers. Sloan's sue
cess is turning the heads of other jock
eys, and the close of racing next fal
may see wholesale exodus of jockey.
to the mother country. Taral has al
ready announced his intention of goinf
to England in 1900, but he gives as al
excuse that he wants to run over II
Paris to see the exposition. But Tara
is ambitious, and he would like to dupli.
cate Sloan's success, If possible.
The Brazilians have the cycle racing
fever badly. Our racing men would
scorn the prizes offered there, however
The average total of the prizes Offered
in a single race foots up to about $25.
There may be some doubt about ths
The herald., 1898-02-07

Yale eleven securing the services of
Ransome, the University of California
football player, who distinguished him
self last fall as member of the Orange
A. c. team. Some men al Yale say Ran
some is a professional because they
think he received pay when playing at
Orange and in Pittsburg.
The visit of +. H. b. Maple, the Eng
lish oarsman, to Ithaca last week has
caused conjecture among the Cornell
students as to his mission here. In an
interview Mr.. Maple said he thought it
probable that an English eight might
join Cornell and her competitors in a
race at Saratoga next June.
The yacht Mayflower, formerly owned
by the late Ogden Goelet, is said to have
been bought by King Leopold of Bel
gium for 100000 This splendid vessel,
which cost over $1,000,000 and has be-
come the property of the gayest king in
the world, is now laid up in Erie basin,
near the handsome yacht of the late
Charles Fleischmann, the Hiawatha.
Shortly before the death of Ogden Goelet,
| which occurred on the Mayfiower, Mrs.
| Goelet entertained the prince of Wales
on this yacht in a royal manner. The
| Mayfiower is now being fitted up and
put in shape for an ocean voyage. and
will sail about February 10 for South
| ampton for delivery to the king Of Bel
gium.
| A New York dispatch says: A rumor
| to the effect that George E. Smith, bet
| ter known as 'Pittsburg Phil" the turf
plunger, was "broke" gained currency
| today. Friends in Philadelphia were
said to have raised $1,000 for him last
| Thursday. "Phil'' is at present, and has
| been for some weeks, in Florida. There
| is no doubt that Mr.. Smith was a heavy
| loser on the last racing season. but that
| he is "broke" is not thought to be 9
possibility. Large as his transactions
are-and he acknowledges that he turns
| over some $2.000,000 year in his betting
he has until last year always man
| aged to make his ledger balance on tbs
| right side at the close of the season
"Phils" eccentricities at the tracks last
season are believed by his friends tC
have been due to nervous prostration.
| A petition is being circulated among
| owners and trainers requesting the Tur1
! Congress to assist Matt Dunn, the old
time trainer, out of the fund that the
| trainers have established and keep VI
| through license fees. The veteran train
er after forty years services on the
western tracks, is now practically help
less, one side of his body being par
alyzed.
''Tod" Sloan called on James r. Keen,
| Monday and told him his version of tn,
running of st. Cloud II in the Cesare
witch and Cambridgeshire in England
last fall. He also outlined his preseni
and future plans for Mr.. Keenes in
| formation, but made no formal engage
ment to wear the white and blue
is thought, however, that the interview
| indicated desire on the part of Mr.
| Keene to secure a call on Sloan's services
when the jockey goes to England mex
| fall Sloan says he viii be glad to ac
cept a Keene mount whenever he is fire,
to do so, either here or abroad.
The success achieved by their football
eleven has led the Carlisle Indians t.
| take up other athletic sports. This yea
they will put a crack baseball nine il
the field, and also team of runners.
The herald., 1898-02-07
usually at this time of the year flooded

usually at this time of the year flooded
with water.
The open winter has attracted to the
bay shore more canvasback ducks than
have been known for years, and instead
Of a short flight early in the season,
which was soon over, the ducks have
remained throughout the entire winter,
and are still here, and furnish good
shooting on the northern shores of the
bay
Under ordinary conditions the heavy
rains flood the marshes and put an end
to duck shooting by midwinter, and
sportsmen betake themselves to the up
lands in quest of the game-little Cali
fornia quail.
To the present conditions the quail
owe their unmolested quietude, and it
is safe to say that the number of quail
killed this year has been less by so per
cent than during former seasons.
The herald., 1898-02-07
The first bicycle policeman ever to be

The first bicycle policeman ever to be
killed while on duty met death in New
York last week.
Frederick A. Lincoln had been on the
force for some time, had splendid rec
ord and had made some important ar
rests. He was pursuing a trolley car on
Madison avenue, the car having just
knocked down woman, and had near
ly caught it when he collided with pas
senger alighting from another car and
was thrown about fifteen feet, striking
the curb. His skull was fractured and
death resulted shortly.
The herald., 1898-02-07
IN THE PRIZE RING

Jim Jeffries and Joe Goddard, the two
heavyweight pugilists who are to box
fifteen rounds before the Los Angeles
athletic club on the 18th of this month
have not yet arrived from the north,
but are expected the last of this week
Goddard, who has been training with
Tut Ryan, the Australian heavyweight
who was to have fought Joe Choynski,
win probably come down at once to
complete his work here, as Ryan's fight
has been declared off and he has left
for home. Goddard is sore over his re-
cent defeat at the hands of Tom Shar-
key, and vows vengeance on the head
of big Jeffries. At any rate this contest
will give an excellent line on the respect
i've merits of Sharkey and Jeffries,
should they ever come together.
Jeffries is doing his preparatory work
at the Reliance club in Oakland, under
the supervision of Billy Delaney. His
brother, Jack, and De Witt Van Court
ex-boxing instructor of the Los Angeles
athletic club, are also working with him.
The coming contest is attracting much
attention among the srnrting public
generally, and judging from the call for
seats, the outside towns will be well
represented at the ringside.
Dan Long Of San Jose and Bob Jones
(colored) of Whittier, two heavyweights
have been matched for ten-round con-
test to precede the event Of the evening
The club directors are looking up some
good material for another preliminary
bout the same evening.
o O o
Bob Thompson, the shifty little fight
er who has won a number of fights ir
this city, is matched for fifteen-round
go to decision with "Frenchie'
Hearst of San Francisco. The fight will
take place at the Manhattan club house
on Los Angeles street Friday night
The purse offered has not been made
public. The contest will be preceded by
several short bouts.
o o O
Steve O'Domell, Jack McAuliffe and
Solly Smith have all sent challenges te
the London Mirror OF Life, agreeing tc
meet fighters in their respective classes
in England. ODonneH wants to face
Fred Morris, Frank Craig or "Star-
light" while Smith Is anxious to meet
'Pedlar'' Palmer. McAuliffe says he
will fight Jim Carney with bare knucl1les
for stipulated sum on the outside.
According to cable yseetved In New
The herald., 1898-02-07

in the larger cities. Other bicycle clubs,
which do not go so far as to admit women
| to active membership, in many cases
make special arrangements for their en-
!! !tertainment on certain days of the week
or month. 1t Is safe to say that women
riders are welcomed to participate in
| the regular runs of at least one third
| of the clubs in and around the principal
cities. The girls are not slow to take ad-
vantage of the opportunities thus Of
fered. To keep up with men in an ath-
letic pursuit compels them to develop
physically, and must needs have bene-
| fetal effect.
In addition to declaring an embargo on
American fruit and horses, the German
government contemplates an increase in
the duty on American bicycles. A report
OH the matter has been made to the state
department by Consul Keenan, of Bre-
men.
The bill now pending affecting the
duty on bicycles comes UP for the Sec
ond reading this month. If 1t passes, the
duty will be raised to $3.50 on each
wheel. This will Of course, shut out the
cheaper grades of bicycles, but that
should benefit rather than injure the fu-
ture of the United States trade, owing
to the superiority of American wheels.
Those well informed do not anticipate
I a change Of tariff. The United States
wheel has given much satisfaction and
is gaining in popularity.
1t would not be advisable, in Consul
Keenans opinion, to manufacture Unit
-+1r IT,, I,,% ! =
importation of parts of American wheels
to be put together afterwards, might
be worthy of serious consideration in
case the proposed legislation is carried
into effect.
| The Century Road club Of America has
extended the hand of fellowship to pro-
| fessionals. The vote of the question of
admitting professionals to membership
was ordered some time ago by the exec
utive committee Of the organization, and
| the ballot was taken by the committee
on legislation. The vote, which was by
the national board. composed of state
chairmen of committees, was completed
Jan. 18th, and the committee met at the
| Great Northern hotel at Chicago and
counted the vote 1t was found that out
| of total of SO votes cast, GA were in favor
Of the amendment.
O O o
The disappearance of Tom Eek, the
/ veteran trainer, has been explained by
the following announcement made by
the company which employs him.
"Mr. Eek left New York on the morn
ing Of January 18th on the steamer New
York for Southampton. His instruc-
tions were to proceed to London, Paris
and Berlin and also to Brussels if occa-
sion required. He was instructed to ne
gotiate with eight of the best European
riders, and also to engage, II possible.
electric pacing teams. Eek oabIed from
London Monday that hs had acoom-
The herald., 1898-02-07
SEASON NEARLY OVER

Some weeks hence will mark the end
of the shooting season of '98-in many
respects the most remarkable within the
memory of local sportsmen. The exceed
ingly dry weather and lack of rain has
kept the marshes in first-class condition
for duck shooting since the opening of
the season, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. Many places that can now
be passed over almost dry -shod are
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towns. L. A. Umsted, S0S8 Hoover street,
Los Angeles, has charge of the matter of
arranging dates of games.
O 0 O
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Feb. g.
Especial to The Herald.) San Bernar-
dino defeated the Trilbys in game of
baseball this afternoon by a score of IL
to 8. The score by innings:
San Bernardino.3 0 2 0 2 2 1 l liz
Trilbys.. .....0 0 0 0 0 2 0 p
Twelve hundred people witnessed the
game.
The herald., 1898-02-07
The Oldest City in the World

Though Rome is called "the eternal
city, the name by right belongs to the
city of Damascus. in Syria, which is the
oldest city in the world. AS long as man
has written records the city of Damas-
Gus has been known.
The herald., 1898-02-07
WhichP

The Herald of Los Angeles speaks of
Melick or Mellick of the Pasadena News
as a cheap-john editor and small bore
politician.-Colton Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-02-07

1t rains on an average of 20S days in
the year in Ireland, about 15O in Eng
land, at Kezan about ninety days, and
in Siberia only sixty days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-23
HOW OREGON WAS CARRIED.

The truth is gradually leaking ont
about that election in Oregon. The day
after the election we stated that the Re
publicans had the war to thank for their
victory. 1t now turns out that three in
huences co-operated to win the victory
for the Republicans: /. The war issue.
which always helps the party in power:
>. The so-cdlled middle-of-the-road Pom
ulists who are working for the gold
standard in national politics either be-
cause they are paid by Hanna or have
no better sense, and 3. The so-called gold
Democrats, who, since boiling in 1896.
are nothing but Republicans, seeking to
injure the Democratic party most by
continuing TO pose as Democrats. A
Portland (Ore) correspondent of the
New 4orN Commercial, gives the true in
wardness of the Oregon victory. He
writes:
/ see that the election in Oregon is
misjudged by the Eastern press. 1t was
not so much of bald gold victory as is
CLAIMED, but an ebullltlOn of patriotism
and "A desire to hold up the hands of the
President during the war. On the finan-
cial issue alone we would have lost both
Congressional districts had not the war
interviewed. However, all is well that
ends well. The defeat of the FusonistS
is so pronounced that there is. and will
be, n stampede Of Republicans back TO
their ranks, and in 1900 we can fight
the silver party to finish The biggest
surprise to the fusion managers came
from the county of Jackson, always
Democratic, which gave Bryan /, $50 ma
jority. Now it is about 200 for the
straight Republican ticket For this we
have been quietly working ever since tho
last election, so as not to arouse the
sleeping enemy. At the last minute we
made an alliance with the gold Demo
Gratis by putting their candidate for
Judge on our list, and got the middle-of
the-road Populists to bolt and run their
own ticket"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-23
IS THIS THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.

TO the Editor: The extract from Prof
Alexander Graham's "Plea for the Trutl
of History" which was copied into tn,
News and Observer of June 18th, is very
pleasant reading to North Carolinian
1t is not always easy. however, in thu
present condition of our written history
to he entirely accurate. and | am quite
sure Prof Graham will be glad to have
any statement he makes questioned with
a view to establishing the truth. In that
spirit / question this clause:
Let us teach our children that North
Carolina is part of the jamestown set.
Element"
This follows the criticism Of a largely
prevalent sentiment rather favorable IL
Plymouth Rock, Mass. in a comparison
of the influence of that settlement with
the one at jamestown, Va.
But for the emphatic insistence of
Prof. Graham / would feel no hesitancy
in expressing very serious doubt whether
any single distinguishing characteristic
Of the jamestown colony marked the
North Carolina settlements. IF he is
wrong in this the weight of his opinion
will go very far to perpetuate the error.
IL he is right those who have thought
differently will he glad to have their
opinions corrected.
/ do not wish to contradict the con
tention but to question it sufficiently 70
draw from Prof. Graham the reasons
and authorities for his conclusions.
THOMAS NJ. PITTMAN.
Henderson, n. c., June %. 1893.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-23
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENED.
There Were About Seyenty-fve Teachers
Present at the University.

Chapel Hill, n. c., June 22.-(Special0
AT II o'clock the summer school was
organized with about seyenty-fve teach
ers present at the opening service. Sup
erintendent Noble is in charge and an
nounced DIR. Turnbull, of Durham, who
conducted devotional exercises. The
schedule was announced and at once
went into effect, the first class room
work being Il lesson in geography by
Superintendent E. p Mangum, of VIII
son. All the departments are well
equipped by expert and experienced
teachers. Prof. Hummel, of Maryland,
has the medical room as Il special ldbra-
tory for teachers where he will not only
lecture on physics but have experiments
and teach the school how to make mex
pensive apparatus to teach the natural
sciences in small schools. Prof. Apgar,
Of New Jersey, is on FOR two lessons a
day. one during the morning period on
zoology and one at ; p. IN. on botany.
There has been heretofore great enthu-
siasm in Mr. Apgar's courses. Miss Mary
Bryant Of Ogonitz, met her classes in
English literature ut o'clock. She is Il
charming instructor and we feel proud
of her as a North Carolinian. The school
will begin work daily at S:45. with pray
ers in the chapel, the morning being de-
vided into convenient periods for class
room instructions. These, necessarily
are divided into sections, and several
classes in different subjects are taught
ut the same time, teachers selecting n
course out of the valuable things offered
The Presbyterian Sunday school OF
Durham nicknicked on the campus yes
terday.