Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-07
said at that time that he believed the lac
would be star in a few seasonsr
General Sporting News.

NJ Maloney. who owns the steeplechase
horses G. w. Jenkins. Sallust and Ohnet,
has engaged "Patsey" Gallagher to ride for
him next season. Gallagher rode we'll at the
Benning meeting last fall.
Durnell & Herr head the list Of winning
owners at New Orleans. Up to and includ-
ing Saturday last they had won O,1S0.
Albert Simons was second with $6712;
James Arthur third, with s6,O64; NJ. H.
Tichenor won $3.50 Mrs n. Goldblatt
So 727 and S. c. Hildreth $685.
In addition to the rowing record Of Am.
32s. for the mile, made by the Harlem
Rowing Club in the Harlem regatta, May
80 1902. the Dauntless Boat Club eight
cared crew rowed a mile over the Speedway
course in Am. 23As. in the Middle States re-
gatta on Labor day.
Entries for the big spring handicaps-
Brooklyn, Suburban and Brighton-fairiy
poured yesterday into the three racing asso-
Citations, whose Offices are in New York.
The outlying parts Of the country-Califor-
MIA and the south-are yet to be heard from.
The present indications are that the entries
will excel those Of all previous years.
Jockey Cannon leads all his rivals Of the
saddle at New Orleans with 80 winners, IL
seconds and II thirds. Helgerson is second
with 25 winners. Buchanan third with 80.
Fuller fourth with II and Redfern fifth
mounts a month later than his rivals, Is
steadily gaining on the leaders.
The amateur speed skating championships
Of the United States and Canada will be
held in the Montreal A. A. A. open air
rink on February T. The amateur events
will be 30 yards, $50 yards. one mile. three
miles. $50 yards backward. 200 yards hurdle,
half mile (under twelve years.. one mile
(under fifteen years.. The pro" races for
the worlds championships will be at half
a mile. one and three miles.
The pool rooms of New York city have
discontinued taking the California races.
H. 10. ttryn0 &c
races are restricted in their play to the
newspaper odds. the extreme limit Of which
Is cut down by the pool room men to 10,
6 and 3. The talent in New York city won
so much money on the San Francisco races
that the proprietors of the rooms deter
mined to shut down on the game.
Cornell only loses one member OF last
years championship rowing eight, which
insures the Itnacans having veteran eight.
Now that the plans for trip to Henley
have been given UP Coach Courtney will
concentrate all Of his attention on the
Poughkeepsie regatta, which he Is deter
mined to win again.
Manager Considine Of the Metropolitan A.
c. Of Detroit Is determined to let his towns
folk see Terry McGovern box. With this
end In view he has arranged a match for
Terry with Austin Rice. and they Will fight
at the clubs next show.
Dow" Williams, who was mixed up In
the Little Pete" racing scandals of the
San Francisco tracks seven years ago. but
fourteen head of thoroughbreds owned by
Lucky" Baldwin at the Oakland track.
Clarence Forbes and Kid Herman. feath-
erweights, have been matched for the
windup at the Apollo Club, Chicago. next
Thursday night. They will meet at catch
weights which will let both boys into the
ring at about 125 pounds. These youngsters
have had three or four hard. close encount-
ers with Forbes always having the merest
shade eff advantage.
A. F. Troescher of the Brunswick-Baike-
Collender Company sails for Paris today on
the Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse His mis-
sion is In connection with the worlds cham
pionshfp tournament In that city. which.
because of trouble with some OF the con-
testants, was postponed from January II to
February Is. Mr.. Troescher will confer
with Jacob Schaefer. the champion, VINO is
now in Paris. and also with M. Fournil.
with the intention Of obtaining their consent
to play Schaefer entered the tournament
conditionally and then withdrew, while
Fournil has all along refused to be a COM
peyitor.
T3iily Lavigne. brother Of Kid Lavigne.
who 10 Q power among the prise nghting
promoters on the Pacific coast. says II there
In one man In the world that Jimmy Britt
can beat 1t Is Joe Cans. the lightweight
champion. Gems fought Turner in San
Franciaoo last summer" Lavtgne says.
land Turner was half scared to death go