The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-12
SPORTING NOTES.

The two in three plan of horse racing is
not meeting with the success that was
predicted
Tom Linton says that the International
meet meet at Montreal will be fizzle unless
the outlaws ride.
The horses parade this week at Read
vile, Nashua, n. H, Bridgeport, Conn.,
Rochester, N. Y, and several places in
the west.
Tom Linton is hot after Eddie McDufie
Welshman is now in Boston trying to ar
range the match.
Linton has brought one of the best tan
dem crews across the water with him in
and Dudley Marks.
Candidates for the NJ. and M stake are
looming out of the field already, and the
race is taking its place second only to the
pennsylvania in Importance.
Paddy D. appears to be too good horse
to be sent for the money twice in one
week, even If one of the races is two in
three. He is one of the likeliest PROPOSE
tons that has gone out from Worcester
this season.
VIII inquire in the money at Nashua this
week. He has entered Oles in the 2;40
trot' Addelee and Bellfield in the 2:29 pace,
and Orlando in the 2:25 trot The latter
looks like the winner.
Oakhurst farm, Whitinsville, the home
OF Rubenstein, 2:05 is out with the
strongest stable that has ever been cam
palgned by Mr. Lasell. Among the horses
is Ierriu s., who has drifted about for
two years from hand to hand, and who at
last has struck the right kind of usage.
The baseball scribe on the Soon-to-be
w wreck ioIs must have wagered his weeks
win out he has boosted the New York
skaters up into second place, ahead of the
Montreals, although every other paper
for second place But the scribe ea MAJ ans
win his bet, even If he displaces Worces-
ter and keeps the men from Rochester
e on ehe pinnacle OF the percentage table
from now until the end of the season
Some ones pipe is certainly going good
READ what the Chicago Inter-Ocean saws
OF Major Taylor's suspension: Major
Taylor the colored cyclist, is in a fair
way to suspension by the L. A. w. Tay-
lor is one of the few fast riders still undsr
the leagues wing, and he was billed as a
star of the L. A. w. circuit, which start
ed at indianapolis. But the major did
not see sufficient profit in sight, and in
stead OF going west to ride remained in
Boston. His absence robs the l. A w
meets In the west Of their only attraction.
ana Chairman of the Racing Board Ger
ZACH vows that he will punish TAYLOR for
going back on his word.
The Chicago people were thrilled with
me- me race that the major rode, beating
their own fellow townsman Bowler last
Saturday. The Tribune says: Major
Taylor had close call for his champion
ship title yesterday in the opening meet
OF the L. A. W. circuit chasers at Park
gave the coiored man a ride around The the
cement track which Taylor has cause to
remember. Round after round was reeled
on, with Bowler sticking to the champion
like leech Nearing the tape on the
home stretch, Bowler, by magnificent
squirt, shot to the front, and the two
crossed the tape abreast, although some
of the spectators thought the Chicago
man had fraction the best of the race,
The judges called 1t a dead heat. Nearly
every one of the other events proved in
unusual about them The events came
and went quickly, and the enthusiasm
manifested by the spectators was out Of
the ordinary. The largest crowd which
Chicago greeted the riders. Taylor won
on the toss. W.