Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21
$4,000 Stake for Horsemen in
California.
HARVARD GETS CHALLENGE.
pinisey Potter. n Race Horse, sold to
British Government TO be Used
Against the Hocrs.

dent Williams N tbs California Jockey
club Announces that hereafter there ia TO
De- a California futuniy. u viii be-
run OF Tor the fret tlmo two years from
next December and iH. OF course Tor two
year oida. Tho distance will be little
over elk furiousr. The Jockey club
VIII add 5000 20 the entrance money
with % liberal part ~ the purse 90 the
owners Of tho sire ana dam o. the
winner
The date Of the race being fixed af-
Ter n1 tho eastern meetings are ut Hu
end win anord nu opportunity for the
beet youurft.ra in the country 60 come
to California and rnrn Tor n stake
which u b. c-tlmatcd will b. worth
$4,000
Nowa comes over tho wires to-day 10
The encet that Manager spauld.nr. OF
the Harvard football team. Cambridge
Macs. received q challenge from The
University Of California Cor o. foot bail
game ON Chflstmna day ln San Francis
90. The challenge was declined Tor the
rvneun that % would n,ccfFltnte tho
absence from COLLEGE Tor too long time
Of the men on the team.
a chicago dispatch rlya that pnkcy
Potter. "a race h0rse. who's uncertain
tv made him more famous than hla
speed dld has hocn sold by bis owner.
,. Smith. better known us "ryNaH'
Smith To- the English government aud
la now on bio way a. South Africa.
where be- viii b. u1cd ln the war aFhinut
tho uocfa J. -. BRYAN. one Of Great
Hfltulu'n nrontH. bought linkoy Potter
and % dozen or more horses at Harley
An ~ them had outllvrl their useful
noes aa pufre winners. but should De
valuable 10 cavnlrymcn. Nj. bryan
went from linrium tn 49, g. Louis
whore be- expects tn fud nt inlst % race
hurrUa that Will be- 81 service ln the war
Some ~ the horses wcru cold Tor aH
low na g25. II 10 rald Pinkcy Potter
brought 500.
Catcher Nichols. who has been laid
up great part % the season with a
broken diglt. VIII not De- with the Chi-
carua again until next nenaun. The
injured member is healing but alowiy
Tcboau says that be- o. through with
the game individually. and will prob
ably never play again. schrrckcngoni
will mako a star ntHt haHeman. and
Tcboau will manage from the bench
hereafter.
In game between the chester and
| cuban y Giants tam. at Chester Pa.
on September 2g tho noted cul0red
player seldom ZEN and broke HE lcft leg
and was taken 10 the chester hospital
Two OF the three nrtrolt contingent
| Thomas and 1iuolpW -nnNn reported "a
/ the ~. Louis club. but Thlrd hascman
/ Pat piil1rd declined the ~. Louis OF
/ Ter and went 10 hia home IN Chatta-
nouga.
The mother of Pitcher McJamcs died
guddenly ut ChoraW. =. g. The tnd
ucWa greatly shocked the pltchcr-doc-
/ tor. who had no intimailOn that me-
mother wac in anything but the best
/ of health.
Pat Wright Of the Newcastle team
recently escaped o. horrible death while
going home from Sew castle 10 SPRING
nold. Tho man NIttng opposite him IN
/ tho car was killed. They wcrv IN
railroad wreck.
The drafting season began october !.
| To date tho only selections announced
/ are as folIowe. Chicagg-illche nv
! Menefec ~ Minneapolis and Pltchcf
/ Harvey Of sacramento, Wa-hihk'NN
] catcher McMnnus 10 Allentown ana
/ ghoftstop shcIbeck of Montreal. Louis.
| viuo-pltchcr Magcu and Catcher pcal
Of McHdcn.
Manager TRULY OF the Youngstown
| ciub haa recommended Outneldcra
| Wright and Conn1r and Pitcher car
| nsy III his club 30 Jimmy Manning Of
| Kansas city, who had asked Itupy 70
fNNA VIC NNNlfN 'A '''f'H 49, N'
Toronto's now manager. Ed Barrows,
haa rlrncd pitcher "Nic" clark and
| second BaHcmau white OF the chester
| team for his Toronto club for the next
season. also Pitcher Brucc, the Indian
and Pitcher George Merritt OF Pater-
son.
According 10 the New York Journal
| Albert Rchock, the eN-HiN-dny cham-
| plnn, Is the latest pcdnler 90 organize
| party for the South American titp.
lie has practically completed his
| plans. and will fuil early IN November
with several riders he has not ygt
made hts selections, but it IL possible
thnt orrar Hahcock. the former indoor
King, Ii1b Miller. known as "Old Side
Wheeler" charles liadneid, the New
! ark ulugr0r. and perhnpa NewhouHe,
tho uve-milo national champion, VIII
be included In the bunch which viii uc-
company tchock,
Tie party Will take passage direct
fus Huenos Ayrcs, ana after racing In
that city will vlflt RIO Janeiro and 9TH
| ar cities
fp inc recent 100 kllomoter race at
| Antwerp. Tom Linton gave out at the
seycntiitn kllnmrter, claiming that he
| WAS too 90 Co continue. A portion Of
tho race was ridden iu the rain. during
which time the Wolahmnn was the lead.
en-. but when the track dried Taylore
forfsd TO the front and ran Linton on
his legs.
Another match between tho two is 20
take place IN Paris, with the men TO
contiuue fur one hour 1aylore IL con-
aidcrng "a proposition to visit this
country this winter IN which event he
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