Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-06

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seasons races were over, he had pilot
ed 1876 winners during the year.
4 Winnie OConnor had 1,047 mounts
in 1901 and won on 253 occasions.
In 1902 Jay Ransch broke Burns
record Of the largest number of rides
and out of 1901 chances the Bakers
field boy won on 2i6 horses. Groves
Cleveland Fuller headed the list in
1903 with 229 wins. Last season
Gene HiIdebrand attracted attention
on the California tracks He was rid.
ing for Vic Gilbert at the time. Joe
Yeager, the eastern punger who was
| visiting California, Immediately took
cognizance of the fact that "Hildey"
was the making of a great rider. He
opened negotiations with Gilbert, and
secured the contract on TIldebrand fol
a reported price of S. 900. The Cali
fornian made good for Yeager. and the
plunger, though at times playing
against "Hihey's' mounts, was cred
tied with winning wagers that aggre-
gated over 100000 on the boys good
work in the saddle.
When the season of 1904 was over
Hildebrand had heraded supremacy.
He established two records One in
riding the largest number of races in
one season. and the other in plotting
more winners than any rider in Amer
| lea.
But during the past season Hide.
brand has come into disrepute for
questionable tactics, to the end that
his license was revoked by the stew
ards of the jockey club in New York
last Saturday. This practically os-
tracizes him from further riding in
this country, unless the matter is re-
considered. Careless and rough rid
ing" is the ultimatum of the jockey
club.
Joe Cans admitted last week in Bal
timore, before Judge Dennis in Cir
cult Court No. that while he s,il!
claims to be the light weight chan.
pion, he is no longe" able to defend
that title, and to be plain about the
matter Cans acknowledged that he
was now on the backward track. The
disclosures were made when the case
of Cans for an absolute divorce from
his wife, Madge M. Cans, was called
on petition of Mrs. Cans for $4,000
counsel fees and $25 a week alimony.
| The ever thrifty Jack O'Brien, who
has been transforming in the Klon
dixie for the past four or five months
has cleaned up about every spare dol
lar in sight there and is now on his
| way home to again start up the ques-
ton of the middle weight champion.
has started to do light training and
Rnh Eit1S mn ic Iv fOI
put in his oar at what seems to be a
good spot. Thus we shall have a
| little excitement to enliven what
promises to be an otherwise dull fight
| season this winter.
| 1t will take a man with punch of
| Kid Lavigne and the brains and
the brains and science Of Britt to whip
the "Battler," and where are you go
| ing to find the man? Those who were
at the fight say that Britt had open
| ings enough to have put Nelson away
twenty times if he possessed the
| punch, but it was not with him.
Chicago, Oct. 5.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from San Francisco says:
Aurelio Herrera, through Sol Levin
son, has posted $500 forfeit, and his
signature again was attached to arti-
| cles for fight with Eddie HanlOn be.
| fore the Pacific Athletic club at Los
Angeles, Nov. 3. The boys are to get
per cent of the gate receipts, divid.
ed Is and rs per cent and it is stip-
| ulated they shall do at least two
| weeks training in the southern city.
Spokane, Wash, Oct. Boomer
Weeks, Spokane fireman, with limited
| knowledge of the fighting game, this
being his first appearance in the ring,
fought Frank Gotch, the heavyweight
wrestler to a standstill in twelve
| round go at the Spokane-Amateur
Athletic club last night.
In the tenth round Weeks sent
| GOtch to the floor with short arm
| punch and had the wrestler on queer
street" for a few moments. Later
Gotch went to the floor again and took
| the count of nine, as he did on the
| knock down.
In hitting powers, science and speed
Weeks is far the superior of the wrest-
Ter, and for the lack of experience was
unable to free himself from Gotchs
repeated clinches. The agreement al
| lowing hitting with one arm free in
clinches. GOtch was master of Weeks
at this sort of thing, but his blows did
little damage. Weeks, on the other
hand, would land solidly on Gotch
| almost every time the latter uncov-
cred, and he had the wrestler worried
| IN the closing rounds.
After the rush following the tap of
| the gong, two or three minutes found
the men in savage and CORY embrace,
| for blood began to flow freely from
| both before the round was half fin
ished. Gotch and Weeks would come
| together like freight cars in a coils
ion, there would be thud of gloves
on body and head; then followed a
| tangle of arms and gloves, with an
| angry howl from the crowd to break
| away, accompanied by frantic efforts
| of 133-pound referee to pry the
| fighter and wrestler apart.
Gotch landed few blows that count
| ed, his best being right to the
mouth and nose that started the blood
coming from Weeks. Weeks seldom
missed Gotch when he aimed a blow.
He caught his man with sharp jabs,
Jared him with powerful short arm
smashes and then got busy protecting
himself in the clinches. 1t was wrest-
| ling all over the ring with the eX-