The evening times., 1898-02-08

that has not existed since Mr. i. Loril-
lard won the Derby with Iroquois and
Mr.. j. Il. Keene the CesarewitCh and
Cambridseshire with FoXhall. Today
there are more American bred horses
in England than ever before. and hard
ly a stake Of Importance is published
in which this country is not represent
ed, either by an owner or a horse.
Voter is the horse most literally en-
gagged, being entered in the Babraham
Plate at Newmarket. for which he is
handicapped next TO knight of the
Thistle the handicapper giving him
credit for being the second best horse
i'm the race. He is also nominated for
the Lincolnshire Handicap. one mile
straightaway for which he will carry
12i pounds, the top weight. Knight Of
the Thistle, having l2S pounds up. st.
Cloud ii. is the only remaining Ameri-
can entry in this race, with 1l9 pounds
on his back. Both horses belong To Mr..
J. II. keene. Considering that St
Cloud ii. ran remarkably well in the
fall Of last year. Major Egerton, the
official handicapper. has a very high
opinion Of Voter Ia make him give his
stable companion five pounds in weight
In the City and Suburban Voter, III
pounds. appears again, along with
Diakka. 124: Dobbins. ll9; Sandia. III:
St. Cloud H.. III. and BerZak 10. i'm all
of which American owners are interest
ed.
In the Hurst Park Spring Handicap
at a mile. four of the five top weights
are American horses. Lord William
Beresfords Diakka heads the list. with
is pounds up. followed by y. LOril-
lard's Sandia. with 123. Then comes
Lord Derby's Crestfallen, an English
horse. which is allotted 130 pounds.
Voter follows. with 129 pounds, and
Lord Beresford'S BelZak. with i25
pounds.
At kempton Park the Jubilee Stakes.
at a mile. has seven American horses
entered. The English horse Kilcock is
the top weight. with 1873 pounds up.
Diakka and Sandia follow. with 12s and
122 respectively. Voter comes next,
with l20: St. cloud H.. 115; Berzall, los;
Mr.. J. \. Curtis Archduke H.. 9S. and
Mr.. Richard CToker's Dobbins. with but
90 pounds up. Dobbins has been on
breeding farm for nearly two years.
and is. no doubt. being brought out
again for experiment more than any
thing else. If he were TO regain the
form he showed here as a two and
three year old il would take an extra
ordinary horse To even give him an ar
gument, with such light impost.
e. s. Muckenfuss began his baseball
career in 1899 when he first became
connected with the st. Louis Baseball
Association. A year later he was ap-
pointed secretary of the board of di-
rectors and served in that capacity
until January, 1898. when he was elect
ed president and treasurer 10 succeed
Chris Won der Abe.
He is well known in baseball circles,
has represented st. Louis in National
League meetings. and is recognized as
a man Of ability. His rapid rise is an
indication of this. and the public will
watch with considerable interest the
manner in which he expects to land
the ''tailender' in the first division. He
is quite a young man, being but thirty
five years of age, and has all the con-
fidence of youth.
Thirty of the men who in former
years mastered the Courtney stroke
at Cornell, yesterday reported in
response to the call for candidates and
We're at once set to work on the row.
ing machines.
Among the candidates who reported |
only three We're members of last years !
winning crew. These were Odell, |
Wakeman and King. All the other |
80 men with the exception of Spill |
man are yet in the university and will |
begin work before the end of the week |
The track athletes of the Johns Hop
kins University, of Baltimore, met yes
terday TO begin training for the sea-
son under the direction of Coach Will |
liam Mackdermott and Captain Rob
ern Garrett. About dozen of the old |
sprinters and new candidates were out
A great many more are aspirants for /
team places. but owing to the fact that
access TO the new cage and gymnasium
has just been obtained. many of the
men lacked running clothes and shoes,
SO that there was not as large a show
ing as was expected.
The men were put through a course
of exercise in the gymnasium. and later
they adjourned To the cage and covered
a few laps, running and walking.
George Kerwin is the name of a sue