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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24
:. : :. HOT BATHS FOR HORSES
HOT Springs Man VIII :: Try to- Rel,
venate Racer To-day

Liveryman Simon Cooper of Hot
Springs. Ark. has just purchased To-day
the race horse that won the Brighton
handicap and ran third in the Suburban
when in the Keene coors. and will bring
him to Hot Springs to start him through,
a course Of hot water baths.
Teddy recently ran at the Crescent City
track, but seemed to be suffering from
rheumatic trouble
Cooper is just completing his horse
bathing establishment. authorized by
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. and
will start Teddy In the course. of baths
next week.
Cooper purchased the horse outright tc
take all the risk in the initial treat
ment Of animals in the. hot baths
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CUT OUT DISTANCE FLAG
H.. 4. Devereux Thinks 1t Is Useless
Amateur Races

II. 4. Devereux Thinks 1t Is Useless in
Amateur Races.
H.. Is. DevereuX. the Cleveland amateu,
reinsman. believes that in order to make
amateur races fill the place they ought tc
In public esteem. there should be no bet
ting on them. and there should be nodts-
lance flag. He asserts that with the f1ae
out of conside ration. the question of lay.
ing, up heats can be easily settled by dis
Qualifying any horse that is obviously laiG
up The objection to the distance flag is
found in the disgrace which, in the ewes
of an amateur. is attached to being; dis.
tanced. No one is better qua lifted to tel
what course should be taken to increase
the: interest in amatur racing than is Mr.
DevereuX, ard if his advice is followed
no very glaring errors will be made.
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PRINCESS A FAST YACHT
Madison Boat to Make Bid for Free
for=a1t Cup at Gull
p. "a. ea@- II ~ H1ake ''si-' @.-. -.

The Madison Ice Yacht club Of Wiscon-
sin, believes it has one of the fastest boats
in the country at the Gull Lake regatta.
which. was scheduled to open this after
noon after several postponements ON &C
count of lack of wind. This boat is
Princess, the flower Of the Madison club S
fleet. -
Princess is a new. boat owned by Emil
Fauerbach It was built by W. p. Barn.
ard. a veteran boatbuilder Of Madison,
and an expert sailing master A. z. Oak
ley will handle the yacht during the races,
The yacht has been entered in the free
for-all, which is the third race Of the
series. and if unsuccessful will probably
be entered in the consolation. or last race,
Of. the series.
The free-for-a is an international
race. open to entries from the United
States and Canada. The prize is the F.
A. Stuart interna tional championship tro-
ply, large cup Of great value. This tro-
ply is never to become the property OF
| the club winning it, but is always open
| to challenge. If not defended when chal-
lenged for it is to revert to the club last
! holding it. No club can challenge the
holder of the trophy more than once q
| year. and no yacht can" compete for il
| carrying over $50 square feet of canvas.
Princess, which is q soop carrying 3SI
! feet Of canvas. has never taken part ir
any race. having only been finished few
! days ago. In it's lines Of construction il
differs considerably from the older type
| Of yachts. The mast is placed four feet
forward Of the runner plank, bringing the
| truck Of the mast parallel with the run
ners. The wire rope is Of heavier ant
stronger character than is usually used or
such a yacht. The runners also are of Z
style. being lower and stronger than those
Of other local boats, thereby bringing thu
body of the yacht closer to the ice
| Builder Bernard Is sanguine that the new
boat will make. a good showing in thu
coming races. ..
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M'HENRY SHARED PROFITS.

! 1t is not generally known that NJ. F. Nc
Henry shared In the money earned by Dan ttll
last season. Altogether the horse cleared some.
thing like $3OOUu during the season, counting
the. immense: profits . ie on his sale. Mr.;
Sturges bought the no, 80 for $4,000 and sold
him for $60,Ooo. In: purses and exhibition fees
Patch earned SlO.On0. ;. According to the contract
made with Mr.. Sturges,, McHcnry received one
half of the net proht Of the sale Of the horse
and his winnings. " 'F''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24

, No one knows better than those who
have used Carriers Little Liver Pills what
relief they have given when taken for
dyspepsia: dizziness pain in the side
constipation and dsordered stomach.
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NEIL WILL MEET ToKELL

frankie Neil has agreed to meet Andrew
Tokell. the English bantam weight champion
at 116 pounds at the ringside.. Neil is ready
to sign articles at once and will fight twenty
rounds before the club offering the best induce
ments.
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MICHAEL SAILS FOR EUROPE.

Jmm! Michael, the cyclist has returned to
New York from Hot Springs and be and Rel
mers sailed for Europe on the Lucania to-day:
Michael Will visit bis family at Aberanlan l.
Wales. before he goes TO France to ride IL.
nrd Eeimers expect to be established at the
Pare des Princes track. Paris. some time in
April The majority OF the American cycist 5
who will go abroad will ride at the opposition
track, called the Buffalo Velodrome,
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sHARKEY IS IN TRAINING.

Tom Sharkey has begun his training for his
contest with Jack Munroe: Sharkey declares
lat the earlier the match is arranged the bet
ter he will be satisfied. Sharkey looks fit TO
enter the ring on short notice but he is not in
clned to speak lightly of AIunroe. He asserts.
| however, that he thinks he can put. the miner
to sleep. .,-.t .. -
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Z =, ! - =" Playing CARTS.
At the Rock Island Office, 322 Nieoilet
avenue. Is cents a pack or two for a quar-
ter. Call and see them -. : '.-.' : T..
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SMALLEST JOCKEY ALIVE
Herbert Weighs Only 6a Pounds But Is a
Clever Rider. i

The sight of Jockey Herbert on Little
Stingys back in the third races at New
Orleans a week ago, recalled the unique
sight of Jockey George Washington Brus-r
sells the 64-pound rider in Captain S. S..
Browns stable, on Ipse Dixit last Septen-,
Der at Sheepshead Bay. Herbert scaled
for his mount last Saturday at S. pounds.
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FIVE MILLIONS IN PURSES
Big Money Won by the Runners During
Season OF 1902.

1t is estimated that nearly $1,000. 900
was paid out in purses by the racing
Tunning) associations of the country dur
ing the season Of 1902. Here are the fig
ures of the leading associations:
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Fencers are supposed to. use the best
tactics to touch an opponent who has
recourse to -cleverness and science to
perfect himself; but slashing, using
strength or avoiding. a touch by NOV
ing the body from side to side would
never be tried by anyone claiming to
be a fencer.
One Of the best Italian fencers,
Professor Conte, established himself in
Paris a'good many years ago andasince
then has >almost adopted the French
school. Within the last few years
fencing has been recognized as one of
the best sports. It does not develop
one part Of the body at the expense
of the other parts, and it does not
injure the mind while Strengthening
matter. Fencing seems especially
adapted for women. 1t lends to- .one
practicing this science gracefulness
and vigorous, clear. head. OF all
arts and exercises practiced by women
to make them graceful, none has won
such golden opinions from physicians
and from adopts as has fencing. 1t
helps one to be light and surefooted.
A light, sure poise is a very striking
feature of a skilled sword-woman's
physique. Lessons in fencing are as
important to the debutante's education
nowadays as lessons in dancing or
French. ~ .-.- '3%S
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out and practice weeks earlier than
their southern rivals?
''This L do know, that when at COL
lege, altho the candidates for the foot
ball team come from all parts Of this
and the neighboring states, with very
few exceptions the men who made the
team were from the more northerly
counties Of Illinois, or il they came
from other states, they came from
points north of q line drawn thru the
middle of Illinois.
..The northern members Of the Big
Nine are Minnesota, Michigan and
Wisconsin. AS rule these three uni
versities are represented by better foot
ball teams than the other conference
colleges. There are other conditions,
such as large enrollments and pro-
fessional departments, where we
usually find the more mature material,
but, withal, the greater 'stickto1tive-
ness Of the men must be accounted
for in some other way.
us it the climate, and, if so, will the
more southerly schools of the Big
Nine ever be able to compete on equal
footing with their huskier rivals up
north? Holt, the former Illinois
coach, once said that if he had Min
nesota's scrub material he would turn
out the best team in the history of the
state university. He referred to DR..
Williams second team in 1901, which
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sons, m the church, n Fbizness.s Good
old sport, too. KnoWed which door
the lady m the tiger come out of,
m how to spot EN- seV'ry time. Well,
this dead guy. had az big funeral. / m
the paper hired this Chicago Teller to
write piece bout ST m he did,
too, you bet your neck. Went there
fuller'n goose, II, mixed the WHOLE
proceedin's up soss.the only: blame one
bout the funeral diln't have no kick
comm was the corpse wv nt to sleep
all the time. the preacher was preach
in, m then Wrote$sa sermon fer him,
tho he never heard5a word he said.
An it was a bull sermon, too. Got
all the pal bearers wrote up wrong,
United States YOU ever heard, m our
paper man he printed 1t; too, fer he'd
been shakin' dice IN Tim MONEYS
place all the funeral time himself, and
didn't know no better. ,s.xs;, II. = se,'', :
''Well this pape1.&rnan he wanted to
kill "a deer, n I run four or five right
over him, m. he missed 'em all. So
Off hind foot Of a. graveyard rabbit,
an. piked off after one one night, him
full ga tick, mt he?didn't"git back that
night m T found him asleep in the
graveyard when I hunted him up next
day. But he had a rabbits foot all
right, wherever he gotit,, init worked
fer *thataday he killed a9big buck first
shot. An then he had to. go to town.
Said no Chicago mar couldn't live a
day out Of Chicago ,n'5 keep sober,
n keepin' full huff sos not sto miss
his town was .wearin'' on him. so
home he would go mex day. But I
picked his pocket o. the rabbit foot,
m slipped the bucks tail in instead,
m W en- the crowd got him up 'ginst
the bar whites they was waitin' fer the
train, they got him talkin' bout his
mascot, that was what he called the
rabbit foot, m stumped him to show
it up: NJ he went 'down'n pulled but
the bucktail m he was madder'n a
wet hen, m he had to ,borry money
to pay fer some o'@the drinks he had
to buy fer that gang to git EN- to shet
up. But he. was a: dandy all samee,
n nobody only me couldn't ketched
him Hathaway, m T only visit: you
ducks knowed .half's nuch's he's for
got. H'T'doud be some pleasure to go
out TIL you then f.you did" -
- &C. c., Kelly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24
TIM GOULD NOT. ACCEPT
Popular Referee Had to Decline to
Officiate at Battle in Min
ing Town. ..-..

Tim Hurst was telling some of his
early experiences as an umpire and
referee the other night, and in his
characteristic way related the trials
and tribulations he encountered when
he was just starting out IN the bust
ness. q tef. IS As,t' y 't1. p r.
"Once I. got a telegram from a club
in the >wilds Of Pennsylvania asking
me to send my terms to referee a fight
between two miners. had previously
heard that it was worth q, mans life
to hold down the position Of referee
in the town, so I declined the offer
The man running the club sent me
another wire saying that the two fight
ers had agreed on me as a referee,
and, if possible to come at once. II
wired back my terms, adding at the
bottom Of = the message: will you
guarantee protection?' The next. day
I received a telegram which read as
follows::- .....:zt* 55s.zs. ;.5..z. ~ :.
a "'Can't guarantee anything but ex-
penses.' 8 $50 .:.: 80 ,z=..
IT didn't take the job. / heard af-
forwards that the club members saw
that the man who did referee the bout
was given a decent burial, they con-
tributing a part of the gate receipts
for that purpose. guess the guy who
sent that messagest to me meant funeral
expenses" !3%s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24
COURSING MEET CLOSES
All Age Stake Divided-Jack Rabbit
Ran Short.


Ran Short.
Kearney, Neb., Oct. 24.-The Mis-
sissippi valley coursing meet closed
last evening without a winner; in the
all-age stake and, the money was
divided. This was necessary because
the time was too short and the supply
of jack rabbits ran short. ~ -. g.
The first ties in the all-age stake
were run off, the winners being as
follows: >--. -.l@ - ~.
Rosy Cross, owner Hoffman & loves Law
renee, Kan: Northern Light, Menown & Feeder.
Yours Truly. Wilson Allen, Victor, Iowa.; North
ern Express, Blake 4 Smith, Butte, Mont; Black
Boy, same owners; White Hat, Hutchinson &
Denver; Grace Greenwood, II. Hulshiser, Friend,
Neb.; Charming Thought, Blake & Smith, Butte;
Frisco Lad. E. M. kellogg, Gilmore City, Iowa;
Laughing Water, ]: B. Crawford st: Louis; Al
ways n Front, Charles Malcolm, York, Neb.;
Eugene Neave, St. Louis Razzle Dazzle, John
andrews, Burr Oak Kan; Gilmore Girl; p. n.
A. Hartgroye. Omaha: Prince Alert, James Rob
ertson, Strong City, Kan; Confidence, Blake &
Bte ew had
i +: NJ Kellogg, Gilmore City Git Iowa '"'
The greater portion of the coursing
men. here Wall go direct to Oklahoma
City, where they. have their dogs en-
tered in the Waterloo stake. c.. A.
Hartgrove, to Wilson & Allen, Victor,
Iowa.; owners all-age stake last year,
retains it for another year by reason
of the stakes not being run off. The
new futurity cup, which was purchased
by subscriptions from the sportsnen
of the country and which arrived from
st. Louis to-day, goes to Omaha. 4 s-~s :
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The = guy, etc. who aroused the
good coloneIs. disgust, was a very es-
timable---tho eastern-gentleman who
was up here recently, and employed
our philosopher to assist, him in a
we'll meant, tho futile, effort to cap
ture a few of our delicious lake trout
Which latter is one Of the most
fascinating, and at the same time one
of the most exasperating- sports NOR
tai man ever engaged in. For, tho it
demands a higher degree Of skill, en-
durance, and the indOmitable patience
that will not cease effort. while day.
light endures--and would keep it up
longer had it the Joshua power-it is
yet one into which the element of
bullhead luck is a most potent factor.
The way the colonel sums it up per-
haps describes it to T."
Them trout" says he, care jes' like
wimnlin. If they: want to be ketched,
wy any fool kin ketch 'em. F. they
don't, all HI can't. y: y r.
At all events the eastern gentle
man could not, and came back tired,
wet and mad clear thru, the candid
comments of, the colonel, upon, his
methods of angling, his respect for
the game laws, and eastern ideas in
general, having evidently not appealed
very strongly to his sense. Of the eter-
nal fitness of things. ~. -, s9S@,sa> ~. I
When they left, the colonel.wished
to procure a. shot gun, saying that
cartridges were certain to be encoun-'
tered, that a chance at ducks was apt
to be met with, and that getting a
shot at a. deer was by no means an
impossibility. The latter suggestion
so horrifying the fastener that he all
but refused to leave town. And they
passed half a dozen cartridges along
the road, saw two grouse, were in easy.
shot of two f1ocks Of ducks, and three
deer stood at the edge Of the road;
en- gaped at us like they'd never saw
two ID fools, before, IS. we was t. hin
half a mile O. town." as the colonel
wrathfully informed us after his pa.
iron had retired to his ROOM II * ..
wouldn't that kind o. giIly loosen
your teeth?' he broke out; BY gum,
oughter. knowed by the: cut O his
jib what kind O. jay he was, m give
him the straight no wen he asked me
to take him out. Them part-the-wool-
in-the-middle' = M snaoke*- cigareets
chaps alters makes me sick anyhow,
m git up 'ginst m ore n my fair share
Nv 'em right along, seems to me.
Never seen but one Nv 'em seemed to
me to be worth KILN, but he was
dandy. Newspaper man he was, M
come up fun Chicago 18th a passed. o.
Milwaukee 'fel1ers used to hunt with
me back in Wisconc. He moked cof-
fin nails all the time, N parted his
hair like wimmen used to, but he was
dead game, m fy's a weasel. Green
to the woods he was too, but ketched
on so fast you couldn't never git a
holt to josh him about it.. ~ And he'd
tackle any sort o. game, season, er no
season. An drink! wy that chap'd
hold huff to float him, m, look wiser
n a billed owl Wen he was drunker'n
two of 'em. 81. -.
Jus bout the time he come up a
big man in town cashed in. - Good
Teller, he was, m way up in the Ma
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24
JOE GRIM A PHENOMENON
Italian Fighter Is Marvel of
Courage and Ability to Endure
Punishment. .'-.2

TThe latest prodigy of the ring, an
Italian,s has been developed in Phila-
delphia. Joe Grim is his name, and
just now he is the hero of the town.
Grim is a fighter and popular, yet in
the fighting line his performances are
unique. He is one of the few sons Of
Italy ever to have won success in the
roped arena.
Grim never knocks out an opponent,
but he has fought many of the hardest
hitters and fighters of the profession,
and never has been knocked out him
self. He is an iron man. His ribs
and his sturdy jaw seem able to with
stand blows that would dent a piece of
armOr plate.
When Grim fought Robert Fitzsim-
mons every man in the place thought
that at last the Italian would go to
the canvas to stay. FitZsimmOns ham
mered andn punched away at every
spot on the Italians anatomy from his
belt up, knocking him down seventeen
times, yet Joe Grim came up smiling
and ready to continue, His features
were covered with his own blood: He
was spattered from head to foot, and
the crimson fluid was smeared over
Fitz in the mixuDs. Now and then
the Italian staggered as he rose, for
an, instant. the; strength seemed to
have left his limbs, but he recovered
in a, second. His recuperative pow
ers were wonderful.
There is d story about Joe Grim
that illustrates the -toughness of his
body. A few weeks ago, while; Grim
was training, a visitor at his quarters
said that Bob Fitzsimm ons' solar
plexus punch would soon 'do up" the
Italian. Grim went away, and in a
few. minutes returned with a heavy
hickory pickaxe handle. He passed it
to the visitor, then holding his arms
above his head invited : the soothing
stranger to swing the club and hit
him across the stomach. The strang-
er compiled with a will. Grim was
Knocked to the floor, but jumped up
laughing. - ~; ~. s:-
'"That doesn't hurt he said.
After the fight with ;Fitzsimmo ns
the club physician visited Grim in the
dressing rooms, expecting. to find the
Italian suffering from the terrible
punches delivered by eFitz. Grim was
standing erect, taking a sponge: bath.
"Are you hurt?" asked the doctor.
4 Haven't a sore spot on me, except
my nose,' replied Grim, and to prove
his statement he hammered his own
fist vigorously against the stomach
and sides that Fitz had just been bat
tering.
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The ART OF FENCING;
In No Sport Are Skill, Quickness
and Science Of So Much I'm
.. portance. -
slashing Is Deprecated by the Best
Swordsmen-French and Ital-
ian Schools.

Among the many athletic sports
which furnish recreation and exer-
else, the old sport of fencing is maxi
ing strides toward popularity. Fencing
CLUBS are SprlngIng up everywhere. ~
A popularity of the game is that
the sport interests only the more re-
fined and intelligent classes: and there
are good reasons for this - =. %,e!>~
Brute force is not necessary, it is
even detrimental to the fine execution
of the art. Thus it affords to a slen-
der and less powerful" man a great
pleasure to outpoint: a man stronger
than himself thru quickness, GOODNESS
and strict attention to the science: 4
There. are only two recognized
schools of fencing, the French and
Italian. Some people are under the
impression that there are at least four
or five, but this is a mistake. The
two schools differ from the guard po-
sition to the last thrust. =.
The Italian guard is bigger than the
French, that is to say, the distance
between the feet is greater. The
French guard has the right arm bent,
whereas the Italian has it almost ex-
tended. The latter's lunge is shorter
than the French and so is the reach.
One Of the best fencing masters, La
fayere, has said that the foil should
be held as a bird, strong enough. not
" let ~ 81, OuI llOL oil OllS C1lOuSll ~
kill it. =.
one of the finest. points Of the
French school is the lingering or
doigse, which means the control Of
the fingers on the foil, directing it in
the attacks as well as in the parties
without using, the arm. lingering
makes the whole difference in fenc-
ing. .az2...... sz...z -, ..-e-..-- -
is a part of scientific fencing, where
as, carrying. the point with the arm
produces wide rough. fencing, which
in reality is not fencing, but slash
ing. -.,.4. -. : -..-.' 7.
In fencing the touch should be clear
and the very fine point is the one
touching in fopen line without meet
ing the opponents foil. Laying or
using strength on the foil to touch an
opponent is against all rules.
Strength nd~srough house" have
nothing to do with fencing. The whole
secret lies in skill, cleverness and
science. 5--s.5 g. 70
Persons unacquainted with fencing
believe that disarming an opponent is
aaproof of superiority. It is said plain
ly in the rules, disarming counts for
nothing. The duty of a gentleman
who disarms an opponent is to pick
up his foil and to excuse himself.
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a corresponding pin at the foul line
drops. thus showing to the scorer the
pins remaining. ~. IT,
To return the balls, a simple device
is arranged. A slow ball drops into a
groove inclined to the right, into a
small shaft, where an iron tongue
catches. ..D.-. -, -,:,.s.. = ! T.
4 BY pulling the lever on the right of
the foul line the ball is raised to the
ball run and returned to the bowler.
A fast ball will run UP an incline
and return of it's momentum.
:! The pins are returned to their posi-
ton by throwing the lever on the left
into place. - -. 3. - -: =
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INGENUITY MAY QUIT
Iron Man Sore on John T. Brush and
Will ,Iumn to Coast - .

IRON Man Sore on John T. Brush and
Will Jump to Coast.
Several players of the New York
National League club have declared
war on John T. Brush. They are dis
satisfied with the treatment accorded
them at the close Of the season, and a
disruption of the club is expected.
Jie McGinnity says he will quit the
team and play in a California league.
Roger Bresnahan is another, it is
said, who will not be seen on the New
Yorks next year.
All season McGraw had hard time
handling Bresnahan. Roger always
complained of being imposed upon,
and only by coaxing was he persuaded
at times to work.
McGraw, In view, of this, has been
negotiating to trade the giants great
batter for "Si' Seymour Of the Gin
.cinnati reds